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MESSAGE in the BOX: A Psychic Murder Mystery (Messages of Murder Book 5)
Dawn Merriman - 2021
Blood on the Lance: Crow Killer Series - Book 5
Alfred Dennis - 2020
The Ordeal of Andy Dean
Douglas Hirt - 1993
Now Franklin Dean is searching for his daughter with a U.S. Marshal. Dean and the lawman know that Andy has been picked up by the notorious Neville Hallidae gang. But what the manhunters don't know is how the presence of little Andy Dean is changing each one of the hard-bitten bank-robbers, and setting off a struggle among them. Now, as the law closes in on two sides, Andy is caught in between. Each outlaw knows Andy can identify them and that their final choice must be between her life...or theirs.
Even The Preacher Got A Side Chick 2
Angie Hayes - 2016
Just when he thought that all of his secrets could continue to stay hidden, all of his sins slowly began to get exposed. It's then when Paul decides to do whatever it takes to make sure that he doesn't lose his church or his marriage; even if that means getting rid of everyone attempting to stand in his way. As they say, birds of a feather flock together and just like the Pastor, Deacon Travis Whitehead is living a double life as well. After playing the field for years, he finally decides to step up and do right by his wife, Fatima and their marriage. He soon finds that one of his mistresses has no plan of letting him go. Will Travis be able to end his extra-marital affair without his wife finding out, or will his side piece make sure that her presence is known? Fatima is fed up with her husband’s trifling ways. She decides to end their marriage and go on with her life, but not before she meets the sexy and mysterious Quincy. She's trying her best not to give into the temptation, but finds herself falling more and more for him. Done with Travis and all of the heartache he's caused, she decides to walk away. The only problem is that Travis isn't willing to let her go. Will Fatima be able to leave him peacefully, or will death do her part? Everything you do shall always come to the light, and God is always watching. Church is now back in session and you don't want to miss this service. The lies and adulterous ways continue in the second installment of, Even The Preacher Got A Side Chick 2.
Showdown At Apache Butte
R. Cameron Cooke - 2018
Cameron Cooke... Mountain man and army scout Jacob Utah is called to guide a cavalry patrol across the harsh, relentless Arizona Territory. The purpose of the mission is a secret, known only to the soldiers. That suits Utah just fine, until the seemingly simple job takes a deadly turn. A mysterious sharpshooter begins shadowing the patrol, killing the soldiers one-by-one. Utah soon discovers the men he rides with are not what they seem, that they have a dark history which is coming back to haunt them. With fierce Apaches on the warpath and a sadistic gunman doggedly pursuing them at every turn, Utah must lead his dubious companions through scorching desert sands, treacherous canyons, and narrow mountain passes to reach an abandoned outpost at a place called Apache Butte, where old scores will be settled, and blood will be spilt...
Elliot "Bear Scat" Sutta, Mountain Man
Terry Grosz - 2017
Killing the biggest deer in his life, Elliott’s joy is short-lived when he is swooped down upon by a tornado, which ‘whirls away’ his deer and leaves him battered and bruised without family or farm, all destroyed by the airborne killer! Elliott finds himself alone and soon hunted by old friends who realize that he has discovered a hoard of Spanish silver dollars hidden in his father’s “Posthole Bank”! Thus begins Elliott’s adventures as a man and fur trapper in the wilderness, attempting to find his fur trapper brother Jacob. As a ‘greenhorn’, he finds himself betrayed by trappers posing as friends who soon abandon him on the prairie! There he faces starvation and then a chance meeting with a mentor occurs. In the years that followed, “Bear Scat” faces capture by the deadly Sioux, becomes a Mountain Man in the territory of the deadly Blackfeet, faces grizzly bear attacks, ‘moose madness’, deadly Indian battles, experiences heartaches in opportunities lost trying to find his elusive brother, is engaged in a deadly fight with white trappers resulting in a sad loss, all ending in an unexpected surprise! Elliott “Bear Scat” Sutta, Mountain Man is an epic story of the life and times of a Mountain Man who rises from the ashes and tries to find his brother in an unexplored West that was young, dangerous and yet beautiful beyond compare, told only as a man can tell it who “was there”…
Apocalypse Trails: Episode 3
Joe Nobody - 2016
As he passes through the doomsday landscape created from Yellowstone’s epic eruption, Jack’s life is threatened by an avalanche of volcanic sludge, resulting in the loss of his transportation and equipment. Finding himself injured and marooned in a deeply divided community, the commander’s only hope for survival is a desperate gamble through hostile territory and the dim hope that a remote military base still exists and can provide life-sustaining resources for the fledgling group of survivors.
The Gunfighter: A Novel
Steven Hardesty - 2017
A classic Wild West novel, tough and true.
"The key to being a live gunfighter instead of a dead one is not to gun fight," said Wyatt Earp."How the hell do I do that?" Ronas said."Get up close and pistol-whip the son of a bitch. Buffalo him to his knees. Shove the barrel in his mouth and make him weep for mercy. Then arrest and shackle him. He won't want to trouble you again."
Australia
Stewart Giles - 2021
It's February in York and the dark, dreary days are getting him down. When his wife, DC Erica Whitton wins a holiday to Australia, Smith is reluctant to go. He has no desire to go back home. Against his better judgement, Smith agrees to show his wife and daughter where he grew up. The perfect holiday soon turns into a nightmare as Smith finds himself in a race against time to save the only people he's ever cared about. Children in Smith's home town are being murdered. There's something rotten there, an evil Smith has never come across before, and the local police are not what they appear to be. When his wife is attacked and his daughter is taken, Smith realises he's on his own. With the clock ticking, and not knowing if his daughter is alive or dead, Smith comes face to face with the worst kind of evil he's ever encountered.
Sailing Orders
David O'Neil - 2013
Following the life of an abandoned 13 year old who by chance is instrumental in saving a family from robbery and worse. Taken in by the naval Captain Bowers he is placed as a midshipman in his benefactor’s ship. From that time onward with the increasing demands of the conflict with France, Martin Forrest grows up fast. The relationship with his benefactors family is formalized when he is adopted by them and has a home once more. Romance with Jennifer the Captain’s ward links him ever closer to the family. Meanwhile he serves in the West Indies where good fortune results in his gaining considerable wealth personally. With promotion and command he is able to marry and reclaim his birth-right, stolen from him by his step-mother and her lover. The mysterious (call me merely Mr. Smith) involves Martin in more activity in the shadowy world of spies and secret agents. Mainly a question of infiltrating and extricating agents, his involvement becomes more complex as time goes on. A cruise to India consolidates his position and rank with the successful capture of prizes when returning convoying East-Indiamen. His rise to Post rank is followed by a series of events, that sadly culminate in family tragedy. Though still young Martin Forrest-Bowers faces and empty future, yet the mysterious merely Mr. Smith has requested his service. Why does the spymaster require of him, and what lies ahead?
The Love of Her Life
Kate McCabe - 2016
She is married to star journalist Joe, a man she adores. She has a great job in the financial industry, three marvellous children, and a beautiful home overlooking Dublin bay. But tragedy strikes when she arrives home one evening to be told that her husband has died suddenly at a hotel in London.When she then discovers that he may also have been having an affair, she feels as though she may never pick up the pieces of her broken life.Set between Dublin and the sun-drenched beaches of Marbella, The Love of Her Life is a heartfelt story of family life, learning to live again after bereavement and discovering that joy can be found where you least expect it.
Yellow Horse: A Sage Country novel
Dan Arnold - 2018
Yellow Horse is a man on the edge. He’s struggling to understand his place as a Comanche warrior in the rapidly changing times, and the white man’s world. He’s found some comfort scouting for his peoples’ long-time enemies, the Texas Rangers To improve his beef holdings, Quanah needs a man to buy breeding stock and herd them to the reservation. Yellow Horse has come in answer to his prayers. He is surprised to learn that Quanah is no longer fighting the American government. He too is learning to think and speak like a white man. In a time when native people are hated and feared, Yellow Horse sets out to find someone who will sell cattle to the Comanche, hire drovers, outfit a cattle drive, and deliver the herd to the Indian Territory. Before he can bring in the herd, he’ll have to confront rustlers and track down the outlaws who destroyed a small settlement. They’ve kidnapped the woman he loves, an army Colonel’s daughter. They will show him no mercy. None will be shown them. The story is set in the Panhandle of Texas and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma in the late spring of 1877. It includes many historic figures who lived in the area at the time. It's another a contribution to the many books of historical fiction that address the frontier period .
Moments : A collection of short stories
Teresa Driscoll - 2013
For 15 years she presented the BBC's south west regional TV news programme Spotlight.
Ride With The Rangers: A Western Duo
G. Wayne Tilman - 2020
He makes it to a stagecoach stop and falls off his horse, almost dead, a beautiful young widow nurses him back to health. When everything is going well, Bodeway learns that life can have some unexpected twists...and he solves them with the fast .44 on his hip. Follow Tilghman from his early days as a buffalo hunter out of Dodge City to serving as the Marshal of Dodge, and later the Deputy U.S. Marshal who became one of the Three Guardsmen of Oklahoma to his last arrest in 1924 at age 70. Tilghman wanted to be a successful businessman and tried and failed throughout his life. He always came back to what he did best – enforcing the law. Ride With The Rangers: A Western Duo includes – Zack Bodeway Texas Ranger and The Legend of Bell Tilghman.