Adventure fiction: Westerns

Book SynopsisWinner of the 2017 Reading the West Award A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThis gorgeously written historical novel follows Dulcy, a young woman in 1904 who attempts to flee her late father's business problems―and her violent ex–fiance's grasp―by traveling west and posing as a wealthy widow. ―Entertainment Weekly Dulcy Remfrey has traveled the globe with her eccentric father, Walton, a wealthy entrepreneur obsessed with earthquakes and catastrophe, searching to cure his long battle with syphilis through any crackpot means necessary. Their deep connection is tested, however, when Walton returns from an African expedition without any of the proceeds from the sale of his gold mine. It seems he's lost his mind along with the great sum of money, his health declining rapidly. Her father's business partner (and her ex–fiancé) insists Dulcy come to Seattle to decipher her father's cryptic notebooks—a dozen in all, wrapped in brightly colored silk—which may hold clues to the missing funds. Yet when her father dies before they can locate the money, Dulcy falls under suspicion. Petrified of being forced to spend the rest of her life with her ex–love, Dulcy decides to disappear from the train bringing her father's body home. Is it possible to disappear from your old life and create another? Dulcy travels the West reading stories about her presumed death and settles into a small Montana town where she is reborn as Mrs. Nash, a wealthy young widow with no burden of family. But her old life won't let go so easily, and soon her ex–fiancé is on her trail, threatening the new life she is so eager to create. The Widow Nash is a riveting narrative, filled with a colorful cast of characters, rich historical details, and epic set pieces. Europe in summer. New York in fall. Africa in winter. The lively, unforgettable town of Livingston, Montana. And in Dulcy, Jamie Harrison has created an indelible heroine sure to capture the hearts of readers everywhere.Sweeping and richly hued . . . features a character set loose to wander the American West at the turn of the 20th century, a woman whose early experiences seem drawn from the worldly peregrinations of the era of Henry James . . . Harrison has rendered her imagined world anachronistically, but Henry James might still have approved. ―The New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisJillian Parks doesn?t need her hybrid scorpion pepper to set her pulse racing. Wildly charismatic rancher Jack Reed does that all on his own in this scorcher from Gigi Templeton.Don?t ever think I didn?t want more time with you, darlin?.Those were her college boyfriend?s last words to her after a phone call summoned him home to Texas. In the ten years since, Jack Reed has taken over his family?s ranch, and Jillian Parks has experienced devastating losses with traumatic repercussions.Now a reclusive insomniac, she podcasts about the specialty hybrid chili peppers she grows in her Seattle greenhouse, keeping a closed door between her and the past. But when Jillian?s producer coaxes her to make a surprise call in to Jack?s YouTube BBQ channel, their chemistry still sizzles!An invite to the ranch for a follow-up collab is a scary proposal for Jillian. But forward movement is key to her recovery, and it?s time to take the bull by the horns. With Jack?s commanding yet soothing presence, maybe this charismatic cowboy is just the right ingredient to help her heal?while adding a different kind of spice to her life.

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Book SynopsisEnjoy three stories in one with the sizzling hot Foolproof Love series!Foolproof LoveJules Rodrigez isn't interested in the role of town spinster. Being seen with a hell-raiser like bull rider Adam Meyer is the perfect way to scandalize the residents, make her ex jealous, and prove she's a sexy, desirable woman. And if their plan includes ridiculously hot sex-all the better.Fool Me OnceAubry Kaiser's in a bind. She needs a plus-one for a convention, and when annoyingly sexy cowboy Quinn Baldwyn offers to go along in exchange for her being his fake date to a wedding, it looks like the perfect solution. Heck, they already fight like an old married couple. If only their fighting wasn't starting to feel a whole lot like foreplay...A Fool For YouIt's been years since Hope Moore left Devil's Falls, land of sexy cowboys and bad memories. Back for the weekend, she has no intention of seeing Daniel Rodrigez, the man she never got over...or the two of them getting down and dirty. It's just a belated goodbye, right? No harm, no foul. Until six weeks later, when her pregnancy test comes back positive.Please note: Each book in the Foolproof Love series has been previously published.

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Book SynopsisAuthor June Favor takes you to the ranch for a contemporary cowboy romance that'll leave you breathless.The Garrett family have been ranchers and cowboys for generations—they love the land, and the joy of family and children.Cade Garrett's orderly life is upended when his sister and her husband are killed in a plane crash. He's ready to step in and take care of their two young children, but he's thrown for a loop when the children's aunt is named their guardian and plans to take the children with her to Dallas.Unexpected sparks fly when he meets Jennifer LaChance. Can Cade and Jenn band together for the good of the children—or only create all kinds of opportunities for friction?Praise for June Faver's Dark Horse Cowboy series:"Guaranteed melt-your-heart romance."—Romancing the Book for Do or Die Cowboy"June Faver is a must-read author."—Harlequin Junkie for When to Call a Cowboy"A story to make you feel good."—Long and Short Reviews for Cowboy Christmas Homecoming

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Book SynopsisFans of William Johnstone will love this unique and riveting historical western series. A perfect gift for birthdays and holidays for the men in your life.It will take all this lone frontiersman's skills to save his only friend from murderous outlaws.Caleb Marlowe carved out his own legend as a frontier scout and lawman before arriving in the Colorado boomtown of Elkhorn. Famous for a lightning-quick draw and nerves of steel, he is mysterious, guarded, and unpredictable. Now, he wants to leave the past behind. But the past has a way of dogging a man…When Doc Burnett, Caleb's only friend in town, goes missing, his daughter Sheila comes seeking Caleb's help. Newly arrived from the East, she hotly condemns the bloody frontier justice of the rifle and the six-gun. But this is outlaw country.Murderous road agents have Doc trapped in their mountain hideaway. To free Doc, Marlowe tracks his kidnappers through wild, uncharted territory, battling animals and bushwhackers. But when Sheila is captured by the ruthless gunhawks with a score to settle, Marlowe will have to take them down one by one, until no outlaw remains standing.

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Book SynopsisImagine a world in which the Salem witch trials never ended…It's the early 1800s and Jack Ellard is a reluctant lawman of the growing river town of New Madrid, Missouri. Expelled from the army for his role in a brutal Native American massacre, Jack has carved out a solitary life as sheriff and rebuffed several offers to become marshal. Despite his desire to avoid controversy and conflict, trouble follows him out west. When a young girl named Abigail Duncan goes missing, everything changes. Jack is forced to delve into the town's secrets and confront his feelings for the girl's mother, Sarah. But when a firebrand preacher named Elijah Prescott, and a city-raised Native American named Chata, arrive and offer to help find the young girl, Jack is unsure of their motives. Neither is who they claim to be. Even Sarah seems to be hiding things from him, and Jack begins to fear the preacher's criticism of her bold and uncompromising demeanor.Trade Review"To step into New Madrid is to step into a new reality entirely. From the first sentences, it is immediately felt that the world that Robert Tomaino has built is not the world we know." -- Maudlin House

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Book SynopsisWhen rustlers stampede his herd and injure his sons, Bull Kelly will do anything to protect his own.

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