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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”…

The Guns of the Broke Knife Mine


Tracy T. Thurman - 2018
    To the daughter he’d left many years before. After crossing the desert, at the Colorado River, he comes across a woman and her young grandson, survivors of a brutal stage robbery. He finds himself in a small mining town in Arizona territory, wearing the badge of a Deputy U.S. Marshal, being the arm of the law in the town, tracking down outlaws and uncovering a sinister plot based on deception and corruption. A plan to rob, kill and terrorize, in the interests of cleaning out the Broke Knife Mine once and for all. Taking the wealth, and leaving nothing but dust and dead men behind. Pete Cooper encounters men who are cold blooded killers. He encounters honest men who work hard for a living. He also encounters a refined woman who, in spite of his rough edges, falls in loves with him. ‘The Guns of the Broke Knife Mine’, is a tale of the west. There’s action, intrigue, adventure, and even a little romance. It’s a tale of good men overcoming evil, and in a few cases, men overcoming the evil that lives within themselves. Does he ever make it back to Kansas to see his daughter? You ask. Well, I reckon you’ll have to read it to find out. Saddle up pard.

Yakima Henry: Volume 2


Peter Brandvold - 2019
    FOLLOW YAKIMA’S EPIC ADVENTURES IN THIS GRIPPING OMNIBUS, CONTAINING BOOKS 7-12.The wild western trails are Yakima’s only real home, his only real friends his coal-black stallion, Wolf, his trusty stag-gripped Colt .44, his prized Winchester Yellowboy repeater, and his razor-edged Arkansas toothpick.Yakima Henry hunts killers, is hunted by killers, digs for gold, destroys saloons with his fists and legendary temper, gets locked up, busts out, shoots his way in and out of Old Mexico, falls in and out of love with beautiful women, and lays down a heavy fog of gun smoke everywhere he rides…looking for something even he knows he’ll never find—save, in the end, a lonely unmarked grave in a forlorn stretch of cactus-spiked desert…- Bullets for a Half-Breed- Dead River Killer- Revenge at Hatchet Creek- Dead Man's Trail- Ambush at Apache Pass- Blood of the Horsetooth Widow

The Unwanted : The Adventures Of Lucas Morgan


C. Wayne Winkle - 2018
    They’re accused of using witchcraft to cause an ongoing drought in the area. After several incidents they agree among themselves to move West. Through many incidents, both man-made and natural, they make their way to Kansas. Once they near Oregon, Indians attack the wagons. Following this, they make it to Oregon.

Mail Order Bride's Baby And Her Idealistic Lumberjack (A Western Historical Romance Book) (Evergreen Frontier)


Florence Linnington - 2021
    

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.

Mariposa


R.O. Lane - 2019
    It's a tough assignment, and both men escape with their lives repeatedly. Along the way, the men find love and romance. It's a story of two men who grow to respect one another because they always do their duty as their consciences dictate. Another exciting novel from the pen of R. O. Lane

U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson - A Bit Of Crooked Law: Tales of the Old West Book 91


Paul L. Thompson - 2020
    

A Change of Heart (Oregon Dreams #2)


Montana Ross - 2019
    Rebekah is uninterested in marriage, but her Uncle wants nothing more than to see his nieces happily settled with loving husbands. He attempts to find Abigail a beau in the form of Elijah Cook, an eligible and wealthy bachelor. Life begins to get complicated as Abigail has her heart set on marrying Elijah, but it is evident that he has fallen for Rebekah. Rebekah is forced to face her feelings and her ideals while trying to maintain the relationship she has with her sister. As she battles the truth and her sister's displeasure, Rebekah learns that there is more to being the woman she wants to be than being the perfect sister. Find Out Now - Get Your Copy of 'A Change of Heart' - Today!

Broken Dog Ranch: Clint Hunter Mountain Man


Mike Mackessy - 2019
    The bad dreams and fear of thunderstorms are a result of five years as a Blackfoot, Sioux, Comanche, and Comanchero slave. Now the successful rancher and part time Texas Ranger is expanding his holdings to include a ranch in Kansas and pioneering the breeding and raising of Longhorn-Hereford cattle. But not everything goes his way. After the Civil War, crippling taxes become an arm of the Carpet Baggers and Reconstruction in the southern states.In spite of the adversity, Clint and a collection of colorful characters now call the Broken Dog Ranch, home. Ex-slaves, ex-rustlers, and ex-gunmen and outlaws all celebrate new lives, working together to develop and fine tune the recovery of Texas, the Longhorn, the Cowboy, and the Trail Drive.Overcoming high taxes, rustlers, and cheating businessmen, Clint, his family, and crew exemplify the Spirit of the West.

Kiss of the Texas Maverick


Charlotte Dearing - 2021
    

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.

The Two-Gun Carpenter: A Frontier Boomtown Western Adventure


Robert R. Peecher Jr. - 2018
    Joseph lynch party finds his way to Three Forks of the Animas, a mining camp on the verge of flourishing.There he tries to settle himself, working as a carpenter with his partner Jimmy Langdale.But when Jimmy sparks on one of the strumpets working in a saloon, Barton may find he’s hung up his guns too soon.If you love Westerns with six-guns and whiskey shots, whores and outlaw ruffians, where you can’t always tell the good guys by the color of their hats, then come along with us to Animas Forks, and plan to stay a spell.But pack your shooting irons, and get your cabin squared before the first snow, because the only thing as cold as the winters is the nerve of the back-shooters. Click the “buy” button now to stake your claim in Animas Forks!

This New Country: A Western Double


Harlan Hague - 2021
    

Wade Garrison The Last Ride


Richard Greene - 2020