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Captive Justice: A Classic Western (Western Justice Book 2)


Sam Scott - 2019
    And they’re heading to a canyon where the outlaws who killed his family are hiding out. To Jed, it feels like destiny. But if he rides into the canyon to face the evil, he’ll come out with blood on his hands. To win justice for his family he has to risk losing the woman he’s come to love. Enjoy this new classic Western from Sam Scott. No profanity or swearing. Plenty of action, honor and a little love.

Dred Jones


R.O. Lane - 2018
    He adopts Emma and tries to find someone to teach her to speak. Moving to Denver, he meets a gunsmith that teaches Emma to speak and marries Dred. All is well until Abby and Emma are kidnapped and taken into the high Colorado mountains. Dred, using all the resources at his command, goes to war to recover his loved ones and kill those who've harmed his family. Another classic western from the pen of R. O. Lane.

JERICHO (Texas Ranger Book 3)


Brad Dennison - 2017
    But is he prepared to step into the boots of Tremain? Things become complicated when the girlfriend of an outlaw raider lands in the Wardtown jail. Jericho has to handle the threat of the outlaw and his gang, and his own growing feelings for the girl.

Back With a Vengeance (A Ben Bridges Western)


Ben Bridges - 2012
    But when he survived a near-fatal shooting in Colfax, Colorado, he decided to make the most of his new lease of life and finally settle a long-standing piece of unfinished business …But that didn’t mean Bowman was about to go soft. Before he was through, innocent men would die in legendary numbers, and Bowman would make sure that life was hell for a mild-mannered farmer named Walt Canaday.As it turned out, that proved to be his worst mistake … because if Bowman was back from the dead, then Canaday was back with a vengeance."A superb natural storyteller," -- Twentieth Century Western Writers"Ben Bridges is arguably the best western writer Britain has ever produced," -- Steve Hayes, author of Viva Gringo!"A consistently original western writer whose talent has been touched by genius," -- Mike Stotter, author of McKinney's Revenge

Hell Or High Water In The Indian Territory: The Adventures of the Dodson Brothers, Deputy U.S. Marshals


Terry Grosz - 2017
    Ride with the three Dodson Brothers who experienced the almost total loss of their family members to cattle rustling, raping and murdering ex-confederate soldiers. Soldiers who then fled into the lawless Indian Territory to avoid prosecution in a land where only a few federal lawmen were available to enforce the laws of the land. Follow the tribulations of the three Dodson Brothers who cold track the murderers of their family members throughout the Indian Territory and, without lawful authority other than the rights of man, bring the killers before Federal Judge Isaac “The Hanging Judge” Parker for prosecution. Experience their conversion into Deputy U.S. Marshals at the behest of Judge Parker and then follow their law enforcement adventures as they pursue murderers, bootleggers, horse thieves, cattle rustlers and rapists throughout the Indian Territory wanted by Judge Parker's Court. Warning, be prepared for a surprising ending to the adventures of the three Dodson brothers, Deputy U.S. Marshals… Terry Grosz was a Conservation Officer for more than 32 years initially for the State of California as a fish and game warden and then with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a special agent. His fourteen previous wildlife law enforcement true life adventure books include Wildlife Wars, winner of the National Outdoor book award for nature and environment. He has a two hour movie credit titled “Wildlife Wars” with the Animal Planet T.V. series and is the author of six historical mountain man and western novels. He lives in Colorado.

Outlaw's Trail


John Legg - 2017
    So when he wants the notorious McPeek gang brought to justice — dead or alive — he turns to bounty hunter Quill Callaghan. But running down such a bloodthirsty bunch as that led by Wes and Penn McPeek is a tough trail even for the experienced and deadly Callaghan.

To The Cache La Poudre (Buckskin Chronicles Book 7)


B.N. Rundell - 2017
    But the young man is reminded of his father’s counsel that “Whenever a task falls to you, don’t question the why of it, just get busy with the doin’ of it!” Now he must set aside his new job as Shotgun for the Overland Stage and gear up for the pursuit of a band of warrior renegades. A tall task for an unproven young man, but when none of the pilgrims believe in the cause, and the settlers of nearby LaPorte refuse to leave their homes unguarded, Talon realizes he must face this challenge alone. His commitment and determination lead to the making of a man and a bloody chase through the foothills of Colorado and the plains of the new territory. Along the way, he makes a bitter enemy of the Cheyenne war leader, Two Bears, who is determined to seek vengeance on this unknown white man and prove to his people that he is the chosen leader of the notorious Dog soldiers. But Talon is undaunted and even eager to show the renegade that this white man is more than his match. Follow the trail that takes a young man from the Cache La Poudre through intimidating country and back to the Overland Trail as he proves his worth as he rises to the challenge and the making of a man.

Willow Falls: U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister: A Western Adventure (The U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister Western Series Book 1)


Kenneth S. Pratt - 2017
    Now famed U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister is coming home to reconcile with is family. He prayed he wouldn't see his ex-best friend Tom Smith nor the only girl he ever loved, Tom's wife, Elizabeth. However, old feuds unsettled never die and spark a powder keg of action as the quiet town of Willow Falls trembles in fear when the desperate Moskin Gang kidnaps Elizabeth and leaves a murderous trail for the sheriff Tom Smith to follow. In anguish, he turns to his despised ex-friend Matt Bannister to help him get the woman they both love back alive, if they can. Sometimes God's greatest blessing is unanswered prayers.

Vengeance Creek


Robert J. Randisi - 2005
    In a lawless town, they become the law, grieving for their slain loved ones while looking to start a new life free of further bloodshed. But destiny has other plans for the Shayes.Eight men ride into town with designs on the bank's money -- and when they ride out, a dozen innocent people are dead and Dan Shaye is down with a gunshot wound. Now it's up to his boys to settle one more score, riding hell for leather toward a final reckoning ... and a mystery.And if Death comes again for the sons of Daniel Shaye, so be it, because any man who won't lay down his life for what is right is no man at all.

Clint Cain: The Texan Avenger


Robert Hanlon - 2017
    He killed them…. in the name of justice.” From Robert Hanlon, the bestselling author of “Texas Bounty Hunter,” “Bounty For The Preacher” and “Pecos Bounty Hunter” comes his best Western… “Clint Cain – Texan Avenger.” Vengeance, repentance and justice come in many forms. For Clint Cain, it comes in the form of his gun—a gun he knows how to use better than almost anyone else. Filled to the brim with action, adventure, plot twists and gunsight justice—Clint Cain is not a man to be crossed. This is a book filled with the dead, the dying and those who don’t get in his way—because those who do cross Clint Cain end up dead. Real dead. If you like your Westerns written in the style of A.H. Holt, Bruce G. Bennett and Paul L. Thompson—you will love “Clint Cain – Texan Avenger!” Download your copy today and start a read filled with action, adventure and drama—and the bodies of dead bad guys.

SHANE: Fifty-Seventh in a Series of Jess Williams Westerns (A Jess Williams Western Book 57)


Robert J. Thomas - 2016
    He finds him and puts him down, but he has to take the corpse to the next town to turn it in for the bounty. Things take a strange turn when two desperate bounty hunters steal Blackstone’s body at night and take it to Fannin, Colorado, to put in a claim for the bounty, but Jess arrives before they can collect it. The two bounty hunters, down on their luck, inform Jess they know where two brutal killers with a high bounty on their heads are holed up, but they won’t tell him their whereabouts unless he agrees to let them go with him on the hunt. Jess finally agrees and the three of them leave Fannin to hunt for the killers when Shadow suddenly shows up. The trip gets interesting along the way and eventually, Jess meets a wanted gunslinger and gambler who needs to clear his name. Jess leaves the two bounty hunters behind and rides with this man on the hunt for the brothers who can clear his name. Along the way, they discover that they have something in common. They both have a lot of men who want to see them dead and under a dirt blanket, but neither is ready to meet their maker yet, especially Jess.

Yancey's Ride


C. Wayne Winkle - 2021
    He’s been successful thus far in putting his wild years and the death of his wife behind him. Then he gets news of his granddaughter losing cattle to rustlers. So, in the beginning of a winter that promises to be extra cold, Yancey quits his good winter job on the ranch and sets off for New Mexico to help Cassie, his granddaughter. The old ways come back to Yancey, including the feeling that someone’s following him. That someone is Laredo Dodson, a bounty hunter. Armed with an old wanted dodger, Dodson tries to catch up to Yancey and capture him. Unless Yancey objects, then he’ll kill him. Along the way, Yancey meets up with Nathaniel Landrum, Nate, a young man who doesn’t seem to know much about living in the wild. He’s also running away from something. As they travel, Yancey teaches him things like building a fire that will at least keep him alive. He also finds out Nate is running away from a failed relationship. As they travel, they help out an older man, Brother Alphonse, who invites them to spend the night at the compound where he lives. There, they meet Father Josiah and learn this is not a place they want to stay. As they leave, Yancey sees Walter Graves, a gunfighter. Dodson continues to follow Yancey. And gets into a bit of trouble along the way.

Arizona Pay-Off


Alan David - 2016
    Praise for Alan David 'A classic of the genre.' - Tom Kasey, bestselling author of Trade Off.Alan David is a prolific writer of over 500 novels in a wide range of genres, from classic westerns, to historical thrillers. His other western novels include Fight or Die, Gun Hell, Gun Wages and Draw or Die. Pioneering Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK’s leading independent digital publisher. We publish new and classic westerns by authors from the US and the UK.Sign up to our newsletter: http://bit.ly/1qCIi74Follow us on Twitter: @PioneeringPressGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/PioneeringPress

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.

Revenge Of The Damned (The Montana Series)


L.J. Martin - 2017
    When a freak early-winter storm finds Linc wounded and sheltered in the cabin of a recently widowed homesteader and her young son, all should be fine…if he wasn’t on the run from the law. Now, Bama, a black mule skinner; Twodogs, a Crow tracker; and Dolan, find themselves an unlikely gang. Damned by decent folk, hunted by the law, and pursued by Montana’s most deadly man-hunters, they all three are wronged and seek bloody revenge.