Best of
Western

1994

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain


Cormac McCarthy - 1994
    Hauntingly beautiful, filled with sorrow and humor, The Border Trilogy is a masterful elegy for the American frontier.

Wildest Dreams


Rosanne Bittner - 1994
    She doesn't believe she can escape the pain of innocence lost, or feel desire for any man…until she meets Luke Fontaine.Haunted by his own secrets, Luke would never blame Lettie for what happened in the past. One glance at the pretty redhead is enough to fill the handsome, hard-driving pioneer with a savage hunger.Against relentless snows, murderous desperadoes, and raiding Sioux, Luke and Lettie will face a heartrending choice: abandon a lawless land before it destroys them, or fight for their Wildest Dreams. An emotional saga from the "QUEEN OF WESTERN HISTORICAL ROMANCE" that will captivate fans of Debra Holland, Jodi Thomas, Diana Palmer, and Linda Lael Miller. What readers are saying about Wildest Dreams:"I laughed and cried and mourned the end of this wonderful adventure!" "This is my idea of what love, marriage and family should be like." "This book kept me thinking long after I had read the last page." "I have not read a historical romance in years, and years. But, this one sucked me right in." "If I were stranded on an island and could only take 5 books with me, this would be one."What reviewers are saying about Wildest Dreams:"It's a rip-roaring soap opera that lets the reader follow a couple's life together over the course of 25 years." "Anyone seeking an emotional, sweeping Western saga need look no further…" "I was swept away into Luke and Lettie's story and loved every re-reading minute of it, and they and their story has stayed with me again long after I have finished." "Books like this aren't being published in the romance genre anymore — and it's a damn cryin' shame." "In my opinion this book was everything a good western romance should be."What everyone is saying about RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award–winning and USA Today bestselling Author Rosanne Bittner:"Power, passion, tragedy, and triumph are Rosanne Bittner's hallmarks. Again and again, she brings readers to tears." "The strong flavor of the Wild West combines with a beautiful love story, creating a true saga of the era." "Ms. Bittner has a way of bringing the pages and characters to life which pulled me right in from page one and I hated having to put it down for even one second." "If you like authentic American West romances with in depth characterizations Rosanne Bittner is your author." "Rosanne Bittner has a way of weaving a story into your heart so that you can't help but love the characters and feel like you truly know them!" "We are very lucky to be living during a time when the TRUEE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL ROMANCE…keeps delivering epic novels that are forever engraved in our hearts."

Brules


Harry Combs - 1994
    Cat Brules, whose life embraces the short, turbulent history of the American West, seeks revenge against the entire Comanche nation, finds love with a Shoshone woman, and must chose between becoming an outlaw or a hero.

Cheyenne Amber


Catherine Anderson - 1994
    When her infant son is kidnapped, Laura hires the rough-edged, dangerously handsome Deke to track down the comancheros responsible.

Sheriff's Blood


John Legg - 1994
    His dedication has won him the respect of everyone on the right side of the law. But he is a fierce and relentless foe of those who cross him or those he has sworn to protect. So when the Durango-Silverton train is robbed by Mack Ellsworth and his gang of villains, it is Culpepper’s duty to run them down and bring them to justice. But his job is made all the more dangerous when his enemies include men on both sides of the law. And when Culpepper’s wife is kidnapped, hell comes to San Juan County in the form of one enraged lawman.

Conroy's First Command (K Company 2)


Robert Broomall - 1994
    The station is in a quiet area, and the company commander thinks this will be a good opportunity for Lt. Tom Conroy ("K Company") to exercise his first independent command. Tom worries about whether his men, hard cases like Link Hayward, will obey him. Then Indians attack the station, and Tom's worries get a whole lot more serious.

The Texan and The Lady


Jodi Thomas - 1994
    On a train bound for Kansas and her exciting new life, she met Austin McCormick, a gruff, abrasive Texas marshal who seemed to be everything she disliked in a man. But when their train is held up by gun slinging outlaws, Jennie is thrown together with the stubborn Texan and learns that the law can be deadly and dangerously filled with desire.

St Agnes' Stand


Thomas Eidson - 1994
    Back in west Texas, he killed a man over a woman whose name he never knew, and now he’s on the run to California, his only hope for a new life the ranch deed in his pocket.In a dry riverbed, Nat spots two overturned wagons surrounded by Apaches. The only sign of a survivor is his quick glimpse of an old woman’s face–a face that forces a stark decision. Nat can ride on and save himself, or stay and try to save the stranded and doomed party. Sister St. Agnes, huddled between the wagons with her fellow nuns and the orphans in their care, somehow knows that God will answer her prayers and send a savior to deliver them from evil.As death shadows the dusty arroyo, the forsaken canyon becomes a place of destiny where a courageous nun and an embattled man confront their fates together.

While Angels Dance: The Life and Times of Jeston Nash


Ralph Cotton - 1994
    After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston joins cousins Jesse and Frank to fight in Quantrill's guerilla forces. Later, he rides with the gang as they invent their special brand of bank and train robbery. All the while, Jeston seeks vengeance against Daniel Zanone of the Free Kansas Militia -- the man responsible for the death of his child.

Montana Atlas & Gazetteer


DeLorme Mapping Company - 1994
    / Typical Gazetteer categories include: Hiking, bicycling, canoeing/kayaking/float trips, museums/historic sites, campgrounds, hunting/fishing, scenic drives, unique natural features, state and national parks and forests.

Legacy


Al Lacy - 1994
    On his right hip hangs a Colt .45 Peacemaker. In his pack -- and often in his hand -- he carries a large, black Bible. He is the legend known only as the Stranger.John Stranger finds the citizens of Riverton, Wyoming held in a grip of fear. Assuming the identity of their new pastor, the Stranger takes a stand against the evil that has infiltrated the town -- with both gently spoken biblical wisdom and unequaled fighting skill.

It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own


Stephen Bly - 1994
    Launching the Code of the West series, this is a tale of switched identities, the need for truth and an unexpected love, set in the Old West.

Buckshot


L.J. Martin - 1994
    What was unusual was how seriously he took it. This is a classic western filled with suspense, and an underlying romance. In the Louis L'Amour tradition. Buckshot by L. J. Martin

Padre


Robin Hardy - 1994
    But when their hired guide drives off with their rented Jeep, supplies, and money, the three women are left stranded in the Texas desert. Their fate will ultimately be determined by the quiet stranger called "Padre".

Temptation's Trail


Dana Ransom - 1994
    When Amanda Duncan headsd West to find her missing brother, she knew she was a little out of her element.Her privileged upbringing in a fancy boarding school hadn't prepared her for the perlis of frontier Texas. So she made a plan-all she had to do was hire a hero. BUt when legendary gunslinger Harmon Bass showed up, he wasn't what she expected at all. True, he was gorgeous beyound belief, but he was also unarmed! What kind of hero didn't carry a gun? LADY FOR LOVE. Rugged half-breed Harmon Bass needed a job that paid well and disguised his true mission. What ha got was an irritating and irresistible trail partner who could not ride, shoot or keep quiet! Yet with every move she made, he wanted her more! Maybe it was Amanda's sheer pluck...or unexpected courage...or the way her beautiful brown eyes glowed with sensual fire.Here was a woman to tempt and torment him-the woman he'd been waiting for all of his life. Now, as he and the feisty eastern beauty crossed a wilderness dogged by crooked lawmen and avenging outlaws, Harm only prayed they lived long enough to clam the love that waited at the end of...TEMTATION'S TRAIL

Morning Star (Ghost Rider Series #1)


Sigmund Brouwer - 1994
    #1 Morning Star The vivid world of Samuel Keaton is riddled with uncertainties and little promise of surviving his life on the run, is there more to life than he has yet discovered?

Shadow of Silver Tip


Max Brand - 1994
    It seemed to come easy to him—like breathing in and out. But was he also the kind of man to make a whole town trigger-happy with fear? Did he hide behind a dark mask and come back for vengeance?Was he The Shadow? Sylvia didn't think so. "I'm the only one who knows the face of the real Shadow," she said. A dappled chestnut with black points is the only clue to the identity of a town's secret horror. It could be a case of mistaken identity, but yet again...This early Max Brand classic features the mysterious and ambiguous figure of The Shadow, a masked and lonely gunslinger who foreshadows great Western legends like Zorro and the Lone Ranger.

Cowboy Tales: Featuring the Debut of Hank the Cowboy!


John R. Erickson - 1994
    Hank is on the case immediately, but before he can put an end to the digging robot's antics, he gets blamed for the crime. Can Hank dig his way out of this mess, or has he burrowed too deep? Find out in the newest adventure starring everyone's favorite Head of Ranch Security.

The Plainswoman


Irene Bennett Brown - 1994
    She built her own homestead with her bare hands and tamed the wild lands. Then she set her sights on politics, running for election as the county school superintendent. But as her dream came within reach, and her love for local newspaper publisher Chalk Holden staked its own claim in her heart, Amity's past returned, bringing a menace more fierce than a storm on the open plains . . .

Tolliver


Paul A. Hawkins - 1994
    Army. When he saves the life of an injured Sioux brave--disobeying strict orders--he is court-martialed. But grateful Lakotah warriors help him escape, forcing Tolliver to make a difficult choice.

Moon Basket (The Ghost Riders, Book 2)


Sigmund Brouwer - 1994
    A showdown is certain, and the stakes are high. Will he still believe in the truth when all the dust has settled?

Cowboys & Images: The Watercolors of William Matthews


William Matthews - 1994
    William Matthews had already made a name for himself as a watercolorist when he began to paint cowboys and their world in 1985. Associated with the revival of cowboy poetry and music fostered by the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, Matthews brought a fresh and unexpected viewpoint to this classic American figure.Following the buckaroo on horseback, in pickups, and cookwagons, on the IL, the YP, the Winecup, the MC, and the Spanish Ranches in Nevada and Oregon, Matthews takes us into a realm of powerful evocation. Executed in subtle tones and thoughtfully composed, his watercolors are studies in complicity and distance. His buckaroo is a quiet, introspective man, a rural hero whose gestures create a quiet poetry much closer to cowboy reality than traditional images of action and derring-do.