Everyone in Big Iron knew how vicious Gabe Hawks could get when he was drunk. But Gabe was the son of a powerful rancher, and when Marcy Clayborne accidentally killed him in self-defense, the powerful
"I'm not good at crawling before some arrogant gringo!" Juanita Mestas snapped. "Quit buttering me up," Dan Keen said sarcastically, "and tell me what's on your mind." "They'll hang my innocent brothe
Doug Wyler has a stubborn streak a mile wide—more guts than brains, some folks might say. He'll take on a man twice his size for a cause he believes in. But this time, even Doug has his doubts. For th
When Kit Montgomery happens upon the bodies of six Owatawna Indians, he knows that there will be war—and that he will be in the middle. As an Army negotiator, he has had three years of peaceful dealin
When Dave Runyan set out to deliver a wagonload of barbed wire to a farmer in Wayward, Wyoming, he knew there might be trouble. After all, some of the ranchers referred to barbed wire as "the devil's
Luke Mallory's dream is to be an agent of Wells Fargo & Company, to be someone of importance, to be respected and admired. An orphan at six years of age, raised like a garden weed, he has a burni
Orion Culhane had always earned his way with a gun. But the time he worked as a stagecoach guard and shot five bandits in one day, he'd finally had enough. He never wanted to shoot at anyone—or be sho
Guy Kolter was probably one of the best detectives in Denver. So when he was hired by someone to find the killer of Zack Lorring, an old miner, he was fairly sure he could do the job. But Guy hadn't c
Above all else the Lucane family wanted law and order, justice and peace—even if it took a Colt Peacemaker to get their point across. It was justice that had sent Levi Lucane hunting for the bloodthir
Not by choice but from necessity, Random Chance has always managed to survive by living a little outside the law. Now he’s not so sure about the survival part. While fleeing a marshal whose brother he
Luke Yancy apprenticed to a gun-smith when he was just a boy. At fifteen, he fought in the Civil War, and later he became one of the youngest U.S. deputy marshals ever. Now, still in his twenties, Luk
Reputed throughout the West to be half man, half gun, Rawlin Lassito was a legend in his own time. Books had been written about his vendetta against the Quantrill Raiders who had slaughtered his loved
Technically, there is a name for what Orem Clancy is doing: breaking the law. When he decides to help the slave Togg Jackson escape from his brutal master, Baldwin Colensworth, Orem knows the move wil
The Civil War ended months ago, but in Lost Springs, Missouri, the fighting rages on. The town is run by Austin Urbank, an embittered Northern veteran who lost a leg—and his soul—in battle. Under Aust
When Dr. Eliot Bouldeen runs into mountain man Big Badd Bartley in the Arizona desert, it has already been an eventful day. The young woman whose life he has just saved lies unconscious on the sand, a
Ranz Tanner is down to six cents and a lame horse when he defends a young Mexican girl in a cantina fight in the Arizona Territory; he shoots a man in self-defense and is promptly sentenced to five ye
When Dave Bryant rides back to Scofield, Montana, so many years have passed that no one recognizes him. This is just as he wants it. His parents have been in the ground for twelve years, and Dave’s re
Mac Avery, the man known as Banker, had no special business in the town of Mona. He was just riding through. But he didn’t like what he saw there.One man, Justin Carstairs, had the whole town in his h
Back in El Paso no one ever accused ex-cavalryman Troy Banner of being overly heroic or steadfast or even friendly. He was just known for his good aim and his bad temper, and most smart men steered cl
As Brian DeClay rode to Twin Forks, he was determined to kill Sid Locklin, the man responsible for his father's death eight years before. Henry DeClay and Sid had been partners in a freight line—till
Dr. Dean Chance was running away from his old life when his trail crossed Flintlock. But he tried to hang on to his old belief that there was no excuse—none—for killing another man. Things got all mix
Lagg Durant is a peaceable rancher with no real enemies. But after killing vicious Guns Quinton in self-defense, he’s forced to flee across the snow-covered San Juan Mountains or face Quinton’s vengef
Lou Travis, an ex-Yankee captain, does not expect a warm welcome from any Texan right after the War Between the States. But he must go to Clearwater, Texas, for he has promised Will Mallory, a dying C
Lane McCord was still a die-hard Reb ten years after the Civil War. But when Kimberly Torrey, a beautiful Yankee lady in distress, crossed his path, he was willing to do anything for her. With the hel
Tybalt Kolher, who helped plan new routes for a stagecoach company, spent a lot of time out on the trail. But in all his years of riding, he had never met anyone as green and clumsy—or as feisty—as th
Matt Sco?eld tried real hard to stay out of other people’s squabbles. He’d had enough ?ghting in the War Between the States and later in Mexico. As he rode toward his hometown, all he wanted was peace
Bounty hunting had never appealed to Tray Dackett. Every day he got sicker of it. That was the only reason he agreed to work for Rhonda Boyd, who wanted him to take her and three men to Apache Canyon
It would have been tough enough for Marshal Trent Roller to capture Drago Boone and his cutthroats without any complications. And Jolene Lovato was not just a complication, she was a deadly threat. Fo
Spence Kane was a consistent lawyer. He'd handled fifteen court cases and lost every one of them because all of his clients were guilty. Then out of the blue a Denver judge appointed him to look into
Spenser Whitlock knows the ins and outs of blacksmithing. As for his rather honorary title of Deputy Marshal, he had seldom been called upon to keep the peace or arrest anyone in Sundown. When a ki
To become a man of importance at Wells Fargo & Company was Luke Mallory's dream, so it's a sad day for Luke when he's unjustly fired for being honest and trusting. Returning to Broken Spoke and
For Tito Pacheco, a few hands of poker seems a good way to pass the time - until he is forced to kill one man to save another. Then he finds the body on the trail, and has a second gunfight in a town
When the man known as Dakota ?rst rode across the Kilmire range, he was only passing through Montana, heading for Washington State. But the Kilmire brothers didn’t believe him. They thought he was spy
Tazz Cantrelle—known for his way with a gun—had been sent to Yuma Prison for standing up to a crooked lawman. Every day spent there with dangerous killers and vicious guards was like a century in hell
Bowers Wayne Sinclair was more dead than alive when he came home to Sunset, New Mexico, after the Civil War. And now, he wanted to forget the hellish time he'd spent at the Andersonville prison camp.
It was wrong, no doubt about it, and Johnny Dystra knew it. But he had to go through with the plan anyway.Yes, Johnny and his partner, Rusty, would have to put on masks like a couple of outlaws and ki
Enjoying his job as a handyman at the Melbourne ranch, Cullen Lomax's life changes drastically after a rancher is gunned down, he becomes the target of an ambush, and he tries to figure out what is ki
