Adventure fiction: Westerns
Penguin Putnam Inc Ralph Compton the Burning Range Ralph Compton
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Penguin Putnam Inc Left Hand of the Law
Book SynopsisIn this gripping western tale, a man on the run finds something to live for.After a corrupt deputy killed his family, burned down his home, and left him with nothing but a sword scar across his face, Ben Cutler came back to settle the score. The townsfolk called it justice, but a judge called it murder—so now Cutler is on the run, a wanted man.Trailed by an obsessed federal marshal, ambushed by a vengeful Sioux warrior, and running afoul of a low-down scoundrel in Deadwood, Cutler is in for a long, hard ride before he can find any peace. But when he comes to the aid of a westbound family, he begins to discover something he thought he’d lost forever: hope.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Lawman from Nogales Signet Historical Novel
Book SynopsisArizona Ranger Sam Burrack is hunting Luis and Teto Torres, the notorious leaders of the ruthless Gun Killers Gang. Little does he know that an ambush is waiting for him in the town of Wild Roses. Only the courageous actions of the beautiful Erin Donovan keep the ranger from meeting his end. But Erin has a secret that may prove deadlier than any ambush.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Ralph Compton Dead Mans Ranch
Book SynopsisA son will fight to the death to save his inheritance in this stirring story of the Old West.For years Rory Middleton waited for his long-lost son to return to Turnbull, New Mexico, to run the family’s Dancing M Ranch with him. By the time Brian returns, his old man is dead and buried. Although he’s named as the rightful heir to the cattle spread in his father’s will, Brian’s about to find out it’s not that simple.Brandon MacMawe, Brian’s half brother, wants the property for himself—as does the county’s wealthiest rancher, Wilf Grindle. Brian’s got both hands full fending off these men when a wild card rides into town: a no-account con man and killer named Mortimer Darturo, who has ideas of his own for the dead man’s ranch.... More Than Eight Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Man Called Sunday
Book SynopsisA good man finds himself in bad trouble in this thrilling tale of the American West.Strapped for cash, Luke Sunday takes a job as a scout for the army’s war against the Sioux. Raised by the Cheyenne and Crow, he runs afoul of the army when they attack a peaceful Cheyenne village, believing it to be Sioux leader Sitting Bull’s camp. When he accuses them of wrongdoing, the outlaw Bill Bogart leads the charge to oust him from the campaign.Set adrift, he happens upon the Freemans, who need a guide to the Gallatin Valley. When they meet the sinister-looking Sunday, they’re hesitant to hire him. But when Mr. Freeman is killed in a Sioux attack and the reckless Bogart shows up, Mrs. Freeman must put her trust in the man called Sunday.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Red Moon Ranger Sam Burrack
Book SynopsisA KILLER STORM In the dark of night during a raging storm, a criminal is on the loose in the Arizona badlands. His name is Wilson Orez. Half-Apache and a former cavalry scout, Orez is skilled with weapons, seasoned in the desert, and trained to keep a cool head while death lurks all around him. Or when it springs from his own hands. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack knows the only way to stop Orez is to kill him. But the madman has robbed a stagecoach, driven away its horses, and brutally pistol-whipped one of its passengers, leaving four unfortunate souls stranded in a desert on the verge of flooding. Now Sam must lead them to safety before he can continue his hunt for Orez—if he doesn’t drown first.More Than 2.5 Million Ralph Cotton Books in Print
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Penguin Putnam Inc Lawless Trail Ranger Sam Burrack
Book SynopsisIt's Ranger vs. Ranger in this Western adventure from USA Today bestselling author Ralph Cotton....The Traybo brothers have a reputation for being gentleman outlaws—the kind who will make polite chatter as they take your life savings. But Ranger Samuel Burrack has no sympathy for those who show poor manners when it comes to obeying the law. He’s traveled as far as the Mexican Badlands to pick up the Traybo brothers’ ex-cohort Fatch Hardaway to lead him to his prey.Burrack isn’t alone on his pursuit. Ranger Dallas Garand and his gang let the Traybo brothers slip through their fingers during a robbery once before, and they don’t plan on letting history repeat. Instead of joining forces with Burrack to create a unified front, though, Garand is going his own way. It’s Garand against Burrack on the trail of these criminal brothers—and may the best ranger win....More Than 4 Million Ralph Cotton Books in Print<
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Penguin Putnam Inc Silver City Massacre
Book SynopsisA former soldier must survive a journey more treacherous than any war in this novel from Spur Award-winning author Charles G. West.Joel McAllister is a lieutenant in the Confederate Army—or at least he was, until Lee surrendered. Now he’s determined to get as far away from war as possible, somewhere beyond North and South and maybe somewhere with some gold: Idaho Territory.Accompanied by his steadfast sergeant, Riley, the two former soldiers travel westward from Texas. But the trail to Silver City is littered with peril. When his traveling party expands to include a Bannock Indian and two women survivors of a Comanche raid, Joel will need to rely on what soldier’s instinct he has left in him to deliver everyone to Silver City alive—and keep them alive once they’re there.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Evil Men Do Ralph Compton Western
Book SynopsisA marshal and a teenage bounty hunter team up to dole out justice in this classic tale of the Old West.If things are quiet in the little town of Sweetwater, Marshal Fred Hitch sees no reason to make waves. But when Tyree Johnson shows up, Fred’s relaxed nature is put to the test. At fifteen years old, Tyree is a tough-as-nails bounty hunter with no patience for anyone calling him “boy.” He’s come to apprehend a killer who escaped from Cheyenne and has been hiding in plain sight in Sweetwater.To save face and his town’s good name, Fred must ride with Tyree and his prisoner all the way to Cheyenne. The unlikely pair has a rough trail ahead of them, and as tough as Tyree is, he has some lessons to learn about the evil men do—and how to survive it.More Than Eight Million Ralph Compton Books in Print
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Penguin Putnam Inc Ralph Compton Shotgun Charlie
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Penguin Putnam Inc Wrapped and Strapped
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Penguin Publishing Group Longarm 420
Book SynopsisLongarm needs to even the score with some ladies of the evening.When Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long’s boss, Billy Vail, sends him to the town of Salt Springs in New Mexico Territory to investigate a possibly crooked lawman, he needs a good cover. Whiskey salesman, wandering gambler, and doctor specializing in female complaints are all ruled out. Land speculator should be safe, Billy decides. But Longarm still manages to get himself into some trouble when he books a room in the town’s only hotel, which also happens to be a brothel. Longarm quickly learns there’s more going on behind closed doors than good times. Some of the ladies of the world’s oldest profession may be moonlighting…as stagecoach robbers.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Depth of Winter
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Utah Blaine
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Random House USA Inc Buckskin Run Stories
Book SynopsisFor the westerner trouble came with the territory. Long grass valleys, merciless deserts, sheer rock cliffs, icy streams, hidden trails, dusty towns. These were the proving grounds of daily life. At any time violence could explode and on the frontier there was no avoiding its sudden terrible impact. In this collection of his stories Louis L’Amour guides us to some of these untamed places where men and women faced the challenge of survival. And for the first time, L’Amour also presents a selection of riveting scenes from western history that are every bit as exciting as his stories.
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Kilrone
Book SynopsisWhen Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone were dashing young officers in Paris, they both fell in love with the same woman. But now they are men in exile in one of the harshest territories of the American West. It is against this inhospitable backdrop, where survival itself is a day-to-day struggle, that Paddock makes a fateful decision that will plunge both men into a headlong battle for their lives and the lives they’re sworn to protect. As Paddock leads his company of soldiers in pursuit of a Bannock war party, Kilrone is left behind to guard the post’s women and children. And before the day is over, one of them, outnumbered and outgunned, will be trapped in a fight to the finish.…
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc kiowatrail
Book SynopsisKate Lundy, owner of the Tumbling B, and Conn Dury, her foreman, told Tom the rules: men from the cattle drives are forbidden on the north side of town. People appreciated the money the cowboys spent but thought them too coarse to be near their homes. Enticed to come calling by Linda McDonald, daughter of one of the leading citizens, Tom Lundy broke the law and crossed the line. Later that night, he was dead. Outraged by her brother’s murder, Kate vows to destroy the entire town. But when Aaron McDonald sends east for an army of hired guns, Conn Dury and the men of the Tumbling B soon wonder if the price of Kate’s revenge is too high.
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Random House USA Inc Tucker
Book Synopsis“If a man won’t fight for what is rightly his, then he ain’t much account.” With this challenge from his dying father, young Shell Tucker rode out after three men who had stolen the twenty thousand dollars his father was carrying. Two of the men he hunted, Doc Sites and Kid Reese, were his friends. Dreaming of adventure, Tucker had wanted to join their gang. But now, with his father gone and the people back home desperately in need of the proceeds from the cattle drive, Shell was determined to uphold his father’s reputation and recover their money. He knew the odds were against him. Finding his friends would be difficult. Getting the money back would be nearly impossible.
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Random House USA Inc The Strong Shall Live
Book SynopsisThey came west to stay, risking their blood to dig the gold, ride the range, conquer the greedy, and carve out a legacy of freedom. Men honed by desert fires and edged by combat with fist and gun. Women tested to the limit of endurance by an unrelenting land. Now, in a long-awaited collection of his stories, Louis L''Amour tells of the real heroes of the frontier, the survivors for whom hanging tough was as natural as drawing breath.
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Random House USA Inc Californios
Book SynopsisCaptain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find his family home in jeopardy. After the death of his father, Sean’s determined mother, Eileen, took it upon herself to run the sprawling Rancho Malibu—until a fire destroyed her hard-earned profits. Now, on the edge of financial ruin, Eileen hopes Sean can help them find a way out. The rumor is that her late husband found gold in the wild and haunted California hills, but the only clue to its whereabouts lies with an ancient, enigmatic Indian. When Sean and Eileen set forth to retrace his father’s footsteps, they know they are in search of a questionable treasure—with creditors, greedy neighbors, and ruthless gunmen watching every move they make. Before they reach their destination, mother and son will test both the limits of their faith and the laws of nature as they seek salvation in a landscape where reality can blur like sand and sky in a desert mirage.
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Random House USA Inc War Party
Book SynopsisBud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi. But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man. . . . Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen. Now Tell was hauling dangerous freight—a soldier''s wife and a fortune in gold—knowing that someone wanted him dead. . . . Laurie Bonnet was a mail-order bride who thought she was a failure on the frontier. But when the chips were down, she was the only one who could save her husband''s life. . . . In these marvelous stories of the West, Louis L''Amour tells of travelers, gunfighters, homesteaders, and adventurers: men and women making hard and sudden choices and fighting battles that could cut a person''s life short—or open up a bold new future on the American frontier.
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Random House USA Inc West From Singapore
Book SynopsisHe’s a two-fisted American adventurer and veteran of a hundred waterfront brawls. He’s “Ponga Jim” Mayo, and he minds his own business and leaves international intrigue to others. But, as master of his own tramp freighter, trouble seeks him out as he navigates the treacherous East Indian seas from Borneo to Singapore. Never one to back away from danger, Jim straps on his Colt automatic and takes the helm of the Semiramis, ready to battle pirates and spies, dope peddlers and gunrunners and whoever else dares to challenge his command . . . and God help the man who crosses Jim Mayo.
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Random House USA Inc Night Over the Solomons
Book SynopsisLOUIS L’AMOUR’S FIGHTERS IN THE SKY They’re freelance pilots and full-time troubleshooters for democracy. They’re men like Steven Cowan, Mike Thorne, and Turk Madden who face danger every day of their lives and fight like tigers for what they believe in. With the world on the brink of war, they’re on the front lines or wherever there’s action. From the dangerous South Sea islands, to steaming South American jungles, to the islands of Japan, you’ll find these men ready to fight the enemies of freedom—in a battle to the death.
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Random House USA Inc The Cherokee Trail
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Random House USA Inc Lonely on the Mountain
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Random House USA Inc Man from the Broken Hills Talon and Chantry
Book SynopsisFor years Milo Talon had been riding the outlaw trail, looking for a man who had betrayed his family. Only Hank Rossiter wasn’t the man he had been: old now and blind, Rossiter was trying desperately to hold on to a small ranch to support his daughter, Barbara. Suddenly Talon found himself in the middle of a range war, siding with the man he’d marked for payback. But had Rossiter really changed? And could his daughter be trusted by either of them? For Milo, getting to the truth meant a long hard fight to separate his enemies from his friends—and forgiveness from revenge.
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Random House USA Inc Sacketts Land
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Random House USA Inc The Trail To Crazy Man Stories
Book SynopsisA WORD FROM LOUIS L’AMOUR “Almost forty years ago, when my fiction was being published exclusively in ‘pulp’ western magazines, I wrote several novel-length stories, which my editors called ‘magazine novels.’ In creating them, I became so involved with my characters that their lives were still as much a part of me as I was of them long after the issues in which they appeared became collector’s items. Pleased as I was about how I brought the characters and their adventures to life in the pages of the magazines, I still wanted the reader to know more about my people and why they did what they did. So, over the years, I revised and expanded these magazine works into fuller-length novels that I published in paperback under other titles. “These particular early magazine versions of my books have long been a source of great speculation and curiosity among many of my readers, so much so of late, that I’m no
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Random House USA Inc Dutchmans Flat
Book SynopsisTURN HOME, RIDER In this land, the place you leave behind might not be there when you get back. At least not the way you knew it. Tack Gentry of the G Bar, Chat Lock of Dutchman’s Flat, and Ward McQueen of the Tumbling K knew how it felt to struggle against men who were trying to take from them what they believed in. For the bad rush in when the good leave, and men will choose to fight, not just over drunken threats, gambling losses, and honor, but for land, friendships, family, and even love—a struggle magnificently captured in these eleven great stories written and handpicked by the incomparable Louis L’Amour himself.
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Random House USA Inc Rider of the Ruby Hills Stories
Book SynopsisA WORD FROM LOUIS L’AMOUR “Almost four decades ago, when my fiction was being published exclusively in ‘pulp’ western magazines, I wrote a number of novel-length stories, known back then as ‘magazine novels.’ In creating them, I lived with my characters so closely that their lives were still as much a part of me as I was of them long after the issues in which they appeared went out of print. Proud as I was of how I presented the characters and their adventures in the pages of the magazines, I wanted to tell the reader more about my people and why they did what they did. So, over the years, I revised and expanded these magazine works into novels that I published as full-length paperbacks under different titles. “These particular early magazine versions of my books have long been a source of considerable speculation and curiosity among many of my readers, so much so of late, that now I’ve decided to bring four o
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Random House Publishing Group Long Ride Home Stories
Book SynopsisRIDE ALONG INTO DANGER Traveling under an alias, the last thing gunman Clip Haynes wanted was attention. But Basin City needed a town-taming marshal, and a cold-blooded murderer was hiding behind Haynes’s real name. Now Haynes was coming out of hiding to protect his honor, save a town, and catch a killer—even if it cost him his life. Lou Morgan was as tough as they came. But it wasn’t just the money or the challenge that motivated him to take on a suicide job involving a buried Spanish treasure and two greedy killers. It was love for a beautiful señorita who had left him for dead years ago. It’s not easy being the new schoolma’am in town . . . especially when you’re a man. But Van Brady isn’t quite the tenderfoot he seems, and before he’s through he’ll teach a few hard cases a lesson they’ll never forget. From the rough-and-tumble streets of San Francisco t
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Burning Hills
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Random House USA Inc The Outlaws of Mesquite
Book SynopsisMeet the frontier bad men—like Leo Carver—a man so hated that everyone in the town of Canyon Gap planned to turn up for his hanging. Then meet those who dared to challenge them—like Marshal Lou Morgan, who tried to save his citizens from a goldmine swindler, only to learn that his own code of honesty made him the biggest sucker in town. There''s champion rodeo rider Marty Mahan, called a coward because he was afraid of the bronc Ghost Maker—until he showed them the true color of his courage. Here are classic tales of the West from the storyteller who brings to vivid life the brave men of women who settled the North American frontier.
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Rustlers Of West Fork Hopalong Cassidy
Book SynopsisIn this first of four classic frontier novels, Louis L'Amour adds his own special brand to the life and adventures of one of America's favorite fictional cowboys, Hopalong Cassidy. In The Rustlers of West Fork, the quick-thinking, fast-shooting cowpuncher heads west to deliver a fortune in bank notes to his old friend, Dick Jordan. When he arrives at the Circle J, he discovers that the rancher and his daughter, Pam, are being held prisoner by a desperate band of outlaws led by the ruthless Avery Sparr and his partner Arnold Soper. Even if Hopalong Cassidy can free Jordan and Pam, he will have to lead them across rough and untamed Apache country, stalked by the outlaws who have vowed to gun him down. But Hopalong is no stranger to trouble, and before his guns or his temper cool, he's determines to round up Sparr and his gang and bring the outlaws to justice ... dead or alive! This classic tale of pursuit and survival is vintage L'Amour and adds new life
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Random House USA Inc Trail to Seven Pines By Louis LAmour published
Book SynopsisHopalong rides into a firestorm of violence and betrayal. On the rain-drenched trail to the lawless town of Seven Pines, Hopalong discovers two men—one dead, the other badly wounded. Returning with medical help, Hopalong finds the wounded man has been shot through the temple. Who would commit such a murder? To find out, Hopalong hires on at Bob Ronson's Rocking R Ranch. There he learns that more than a thousand cattle have been run off by men keeping one scheming eye on the ranch and the other on the monthly stagecoach shipments of gold. Hopalong is determined to stop those responsible. But even the best gunfighter needs men he can trust to watch his back, men willing to risk their lives to do what's right. With their help, Hopalong fights to save the Rocking R, only to find himself the target of a ruthless gunman in
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Random House USA Inc With These Hands Stories
Book SynopsisThe timeless fiction of Louis L'Amour is both unforgettable and undeniably American, deftly capturing the heroic bravery and intrepid spirit that make this nation great. L’Amour ’s legacy of work remains unparalleled, setting a standard of excellence that few other writers have matched. Now With These Hands pulls together some of L’Amour's very best work—eleven newly rediscovered stories that have never before appeared in a single volume. From a South Seas island paradise to the icy reaches of the Arctic, from the dark, gritty streets of urban America to the rugged landscape of the untamed West, the stories gathered in With These Hands combine razor-sharp characters with breathtaking action and historic detail. Here are tales of adventure, mystery, passion, suspense, and the Old West as only L’Amour can tell them. The result is a collection that profoundly echoes the highs and lows of the human experience, whil
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc From the Listening Hills
Book SynopsisClassic tales that capture the heroic and indomitable spirit of our great land The twelve stories in this collection run the spectrum of human emotions as they transport us from the fading majesty of the Old West to a small-town football field to the lonely canyons of one man’s mind. These classic tales of adventure, mystery, mysticism, and suspense epitomize the uniquely American yearning for connection and roots, justice and love, as only L’Amour can. Here is a diverse group of heroes and traitors, outlaws and lawmen—the innocent, the guilty, and those who operate in the shadowy territory outside the reach of justice. The wastelands of Death Valley form the backdrop for the tale of a desperate man who leads his pursuers into a desert trap—where heat and thirst are his only weapons. A rodeo rider framed for a crime he didn’t commit takes a wild ride on a legendary bronco that may help him catch the real killers.
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Random House USA Inc Radigan AND North to the Rails
Book SynopsisRadiganTom Radigan spent four hard years building up his ranch. Now a beautiful and deadly opportunist presents him with “evidence” that the land belongs to her. Angelina Foley wants Radigan off Vache Creek immediately, and with an outfit of gunfighters to back her and winter coming on, she’s not taking no for an answer. Outmanned, outgunned, and legally outmaneuvered, Radigan isn’t going anywhere. Not without fighting for what he knows is rightfully his…even if he has to die for it.North to the RailsTom Chantry came west to buy cattle, not to find trouble. So when he leaves town rather than accept a challenge from a gunfighter named Dutch Akin, he’s labeled a coward. Now only one man will agree to help Chantry take his herd to the railroad: a shrewd and ruthless cattleman named French Williams. He makes Chantry an unusual deal. He will hire a crew but Chantry must remain with the drive from start to finish or fo
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Penguin Putnam Inc Hang Tough
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Penguin Putnam Inc Ralph Compton Death Valley Drifter
Book SynopsisA thrilling new instalment in bestseller Ralph Compton's The Gunfighter series.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Ralph Compton Broken Rider
Book SynopsisA man without a memory meets an unforgettable ally.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Fire Season
Book SynopsisDevilishly funny and endlessly inventive. —Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author Beautiful Ruins A Publisher’s Weekly Summer Reads Staff Pick One of Lit Hub’s “35 Novels You Need to Read This Summer” An arresting take on magic, science, disaster, and salvation that’s eerily resonant with the fire seasons we find ourselves living through today. —Anna North, author of New York Times bestseller Outlawed Darkly funny, deliciously devious and hugely inventive, a magical twist on the allure of the American West. —Good Housekeeping The propulsive story of three scheming opportunists—a banker, a conman, and a woman with an extraordinary gift—whose lives collide in the wake of a devastating fire in the American WestFor the citizens of Spokane Falls, the fire of 1889 that destroyed their frontier boomtown was no dis
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Penguin Putnam Inc Ralph Compton Shot to Hell
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Penguin Publishing Group The Backup Bride Proposal
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Thomas Nelson Publishers The Trouble with Cowboys
Book SynopsisOnly one pair of boots—and the cowboy wearing them—can get Annie out of the mess she’s in.Annie Wilkerson is Moose Creek’s premiere horse trainer and equine columnist for Montana Living. Money is tight as she tries to put her kid-sister through college and provide for her young nephew. When Annie’s column is cancelled, she’s given first shot at a new lovelorn column—and she can’t afford to turn it down. Only problem is . . . Annie’s never been in love.Always resourceful, she reluctantly strikes a deal with the town’s smooth-talking ladies’ man Dylan Taylor: She’ll work with his ailing horse, Braveheart, if he’ll help her answer the reader letters.Working closely with Dylan is harder than Annie imagined, and she quickly realizes she may have misjudged him. But her unwavering conviction that cowboys are nothing but trouble has kept her heart safe for years. And she can’t risk getti
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Penguin Putnam Inc Robert B. Parkers Buckskin
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Penguin Putnam Inc Whiskey When Were Dry
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Highwayman
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