An orphaned boy is adopted by an old rancher and his retired schoolteacher wife, deep in the Utah wilderness. Nearly self-educated thanks to a huge book collection he discovers an abandoned platinum mine. Nobody ever told him there were no such things as ghosts.
In 1876, 10-year-old Annie Hightower was standing beside her father when he was murdered on the main street of Hendly Pass. She swore revenge on the murderer, no matter how long it took. Seven years later, she was able to begin her quest, dressed as a man and using the alias of Jack Highsmith. Romance rears its head in chapter 4, but there is still plenty of daring-do. This story is told in the third person, so there is no dialect except in the actual dialog, thus, it should be easy to read.
A Gone to the West... Story As a young girl, Sarah fell in love with two men. She made an innocent vow to her mother that she was going to marry both of them. Her amused mother promptly sat her down and explained, she was allowed to marry only one. Years pass! One of her two men is now happily married to her own mother'"childhood problem solved. Eighteen years old, in the full bloom of her vibrant young womanhood, will Sarah at last be successful with the remaining love of her life'"Emmett Lacey?
Kitty Anderson is a remarkable young woman of 1905 Texas. She shoots an automatic pistol and has learned to drink BEER, though not much at one time. She drives a car and, oh, yes, is a Secret Service agent. She starts out on a big case, tracking down the Knights of the Golden Circle (really, look them up). She's also a Deputy US Marshal, but that's just her cover.
A runaway boy and an orphan girl dream of one another. They feel a strange connection. Is it a dream, or is it real? A wrinkled, old woman with a heavenly voice gives the boy shelter. He grows to manhood and helps the old woman search for the heir to a magical crystal bracelet that holds the power over storms and rainbows along with many secrets. And, where there is power, there are those that covet it and will do anything to make it their own, which is exactly what an ancient evil plans to do.
Carter “Wheels” Ellis doubts that he’ll ever find a wife since he’s a paraplegic. But Nora Guthrie has strong feelings for him, and they begin a powerful romance. Sparks fly between Mayor Carly Branson and male prostitute Ray Stratton despite their mutual hate. Or is it love? Four people come to important crossroads. Will they find happiness, or take a wrong turn and end up heartbroken?
I stand on the temple steps in the sunlight, a harmitu of Inanna waiting for someone to purchase my first time with a man. Waiting to begin the sacred rite—mirroring the mating of sacred king and high priestess, of god and goddess—that will make me a woman.
"Shotgun Jack" Green was a self styled Independent Health Contractor, commonly known as a bodyguard or gunslinger. What set him apart from most such people was his preference for a sawed off shotgun as his personal armament. This is the story of some of his adventures as a bodyguard, a deputy federal marshal, a gambler, and a rancher. His life may not have been typical, but it sure was exciting! Join him as he visits The Cheyenne Social Club. / (Reviews)