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a"Three western stories where unlikely heroes struggle with their consciences and desires to discover where true values lie"-- Provided by publisher.

"When Duff MacCallister sees smoke rising from his neighbor's ranch, he knows that something is very wrong. But he isn't prepared for what he finds: smoldering buildings, a rancher and his wife brutally slaughtered, and a 14-year-old survivor who could not save her parents. Now, Duff is going after the killers-and his only companion is the headstrong girl who refuses to be left behind." -- Amazon.com.

Heath Rayne, a dashing Southerner, has been waiting for his chance to meet Lucinda Caldwell, but he never expects to find the spirited beauty in such a desperate dilemma, as he rescues her from an icy New England river. When Lucinda opens her eyes, she is stunned to find herself in the arms of a handsome stranger with a dangerous reputation - a man forbidden to her by the rules of society and by her own guarded heart. But the chance encounter kindles...

Thorliff Bjorklund's plans for college and a career as a writer are cut short when a flood and epidemic hits his hometown of Blessing, North Dakota and he must return home to help his friends and family recover from the aftermath of the disasters.

Morgan Clyde is a former New York City policeman and Union sharpshooter who lost everything in the Civil War. But he's still got his guns and his guts. Some folks say he's meaner and tougher than the Devil himself. Which is why the owners of the MK&T Railroad hired Clyde for one hell of a job. They plan to extend the rails through Indian Territory, connecting Missouri and Kansas to Texas...But the ornery citizens of Ironhead Stationwant to keep things...

A saga of the Browning, Mackay, and Stiles families plunging them into the Civil War in Savannah.

"There's something rotten in Wyoming, and it's not just the smell of cow pies--the first whiff is coming off the Laramie County Cattlemen. Right off the bat, Duff notices something odd: no small-time ranchers allowed. It's big-leaguers only. And none are bigger than Brad Houser, owner of the sprawling Twin Peaks ranch. He's up in arms over the small-timers claiming the unbranded mavericks who escape their herds. Which is perfectly legal. No brand,...

The scene is laid in a great house, which like all Chinese family homes in a series of court years surrounded by one-story rooms, all connected by passage-ways. Here three generations live, together and yet with privacy. But as the story mounts, the fact emerges that the author is actually writing not only about China but about the infinite variety of relationships between women and men.

The cattle trail from Texas to Kansas was long, hot and dangerous. By the time cowboys got there, they had the money and means to make a boomtown explode - and make Dodge City a great place to be a defence attorney, as long as you weren't looking for an innocent man.

A collection of two storiesby beloved Western writer Louis L'AmourIn The Trail to Peach Meadow Canyon, Mike Bastian has beenraised by outlaw chief Ben Curry and trained in frontier skills by Curry's mosttrusted associates. Curry now wants to retire from leadership of the gang hehas headed for years. But he is frustrated in this ambition by various factionswithin his gang who want to seize leadership and by Mike himself, who is notsure that he wants...