The DuMontaigne family, owners of Belle Marie, a beautiful Louisiana plantation, face a series of trials involving adultry, reckless spending, a sexual scandal, and bitter jealousies

Belle Marie

Romance

Ashton, Laura

Historical

Jove

Texas Ranger Lieutenant Jim Blawcyzk is on his way to the easiest assignment he's had in a long time... until a fellow Ranger, a man Jim trusted as a friend and partner, murders their commanding officer and puts two bullets into Jim. Now, with Jim lying gravely wounded in a hospital bed, his long-time partner Smoky McCue, along with Jim's son Charlie, newly appointed to the Rangers, must try and track down the Ranger turned killer. The only problem is the renegade lawman has powerful friends and allies in Mexico, and they are determined to keep him safe from Texas law, at any cost.

Renegade Ranger: A Texas Ranger Jim Blawcyzk Story

Literature & Fiction

Griffin, James J.

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Rafer Allard was a bank robber. A very good bank robber. It was a career choice that greatly pleased him and his every intention was to keep it up as long as he could run to a horse and spur it away. That was until a late afternoon in Tumer, Kansas, when two bullets in the back and a man named Peter Stone irrevocably changed his life forever.    Large print book - 16 pt.

Rafe: A tale of redemption

Roderus, Frank

Growing up on a small ranch without a mother hasn't been all that easy for only-child Maddie O'Brien. Her father, scarred by war emotionally and physically is kind, but very withdrawn. Her grandfather, Otis, is funny and wise but a confirmed bachelor who is completely content to tend to their livestock and endlessly re-tell old stories. As another difficult Christmas season approaches, Maddie O'Brien is hoping for something special to bring joy into their lives. And then one snowy winter night a small band of abandoned and hungry donkeys appears at their barn door braying for food and comfort. HEE-haw. HEE-haw. HEE-haw. They are achingly cute, sweet and there is even a little one among them, but where could they have come from? And why did they find Maddie O'Brien? This is a heartwarming story about how magical donkeys transformed the lives of the entire O'Brien family in ways that Maddie could have never even dared to dream. Whether you're young or old, Maddie O'Brien's Christmas Donkeys will bring a smile to your face.

Maddie O'Brien's Christmas Donkeys

Children's Books

McCarthy, Gary

Holidays & Celebrations

This large handsome 5" X 8" Trade Paper Collector's Edition makes the perfect addition to the western reader's book shelf. Author Ralph Cotton grew up listening to stories of the James-Younger gang, and as the years passed his fascination led him to seek the truth behind the legends. Now, in this brilliant blend of history and imagination, he offers up a fresh and gritty look at the gang through the eyes of Jeston Nash. Jeston Nash bears a striking resemblance to his cousin, Jesse Woodson James of Clay County, Missouri. After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston meets his cousins, Jesse and Frank, and joins them to fight in Quantrill’s guerilla forces. Later, after the war, he rides with the James-Younger gang as they invent their special brand of bank and train robbery. All the while, Jeston seeks vengeance against Daniel Zanone, of the Free Kansas Militia-the man responsible for the death of his child. In While Angels Dance, the reader will experience the events, places, and people that helped fuel the legends of these men. It is a vivid adventure tale of the outlaw West and an original view of the James-Younger gang.

While Angels Dance: The Life And Times Of Jeston Nash

Cotton, Ralph

THE RAVEN CLAN…450 A.D. Animus Valley, Northwestern New Mexico…in a time of starvation The People set out upon a perilous journey to find a mystical mesa where hope can be reborn but also where death and deep snows lay silent in waiting. ECHATA…a bold and desperate Anasazi leader, sees a vision of RAVEN and must take his starving people north knowing that they can never return to a brother that has sworn to kill him. LI-TIA…a fierce Chacoan medicine woman risks everything to save a banished mother and deformed infant from a terrible stoning…but by so doing, is forever branded as an enemy and a…witch. LISA CANNADAY…married to a dreamer and archaeologist who must race to the fabulous new Mesa Verde discovery and unlock its treasures before it is plundered and its secrets are forever lost. But it is she who is destined to ignite the world with her fabulous stories of the Ancient Ones based on one magnificent petroglyph. STORYTELLER …who only wanted to be a prosperous jeweler and trader of silver, gold and turquoise but who is forced to become the one who writes the story of his Ancient People with his blood and tears in stone. From sacred Chaco Canyon to Cliff Palace to a sprawling National Park...from a prehistoric people to the mystics and builders of Mesa Verde and finally to those that would plunder its ancient artifacts for fabulous wealth…comes an epic tale of love, hope, sacrifice and courage told in MESA VERDE THUNDER. Multiple award-winning author, Gary McCarthy has now written perhaps his most unforgettable saga of a never to be forgotten people…the Anasazi.

Mesa Verde Thunder

Fight for Freedom is a story of determination, passion, loss, betrayal, and ultimate triumph. Take a wagon train of former slaves and freemen heading to start a new life in west Texas, add some men determined to keep them from reaching their destination, toss in a rancher who will do anything to drive the settlers from the land they've chosen for their new town, add in an order from the Governor to protect the emigrants, and you have a recipe for a whole passel of trouble for Lieutenant Jim Blawcyzk and his Texas Ranger partners. It will take only one spark to ignite this powder keg. Ride along with the visionary leader of the settlers, Adrian Chatman, and Jim Blawcyzk's Rangers on their perilous trek more than halfway across Texas. To survive, they will not only have to take on the Texas wilderness with all its dangers, but also those who will stop at nothing to prevent them from building their settlement. Will they be able to overcome almost overwhelming odds to attain the promise of a new life of freedom?

Fight for Freedom: A Texas Ranger Jim Blawcyzk Story

In this large 5" X 8" Trade Paper Collector's Edition, Ralph Cotton spins another epic tale of guns and grit in the wake of the Civil War...a journey through a world of outlaw justice and the men who lived and died by it. ...Sure, it would've been easy killing Two Diamond Joe with a second shot. No man takes a .44 round square between the eyes and survives. But Jeston Nash only wants his prize horse back from the man, and a fast trail out of the New Mexico badlands. ...Together again with Quiet Jack, Nash is on a hunt that will take him through unforgiving terrain, a tangle of firebrand beauties, and even into a lawman's trust...before squaring off with the most ruthless pack of gunmen ever to rule the desert frontier.

Price Of A Horse: The Life and Times of Jeston Nash (Western Classics)

From Bestselling Author, Ralph Cotton, comes another classic adventure tale from the life of Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack. One man stands for justice and the law, the other stands for murder and mayhem. Both are about to reach a point of no return …. The Ranger makes his living tracking down dangerous criminals who have long eluded the law. His goal is swift justice and his aim is certain death. But a midnight jailbreak that sets loose a cadre of killers and trigger-happy outlaws is about to put the Ranger’s skills and sense of justice to a test. Ernesto Caslado, the Mexican-born desperado who is behind the jailbreak, leads the band of convicts deep into the harsh Badlands Frontier. He, too is searching for justice—seeking out the true killer guilty of the murder that was about to send him to the gallows. Both lawman and killer are driven, and both are about to face off in a life or death challenge. Before the sun goes down, the Badlands will defy everything they know about honor, courage, and loyalty.

Badlands: A Ranger Sam Burrack Western Adventure (Ranger Sam Burrack (Big Iron))

Where Legend Begins... Years before he became famous as The Ranger, young Samuel Burrack was a buffalo hunter trying his hand at enterprise on the Western Frontier. When his best friend is murdered, his first instinct is simple—find the killers and deliver justice. Joined by legendary Ranger Clyde “Outrider” Sazes, Samuel learns how to track, hunt, and shoot from the best in the territory. But when the badmen split up, so must the partners, and Samuel soon finds himself alone in the very town the gang has chosen as a rendezvous. Befriended and further taught the skills of the killing trade by Lawrence Shaw (Aka Fast Larry, the Fastest Gun Alive) the newly deputized Samuel will have to muster all of his strength, courage, and skill against a batch of murderous thieves whose only desire is to kill and conquer. For Samuel Burrack, it is his first fight to the death—and his first step toward becoming a legend.... "Blood Rock", written in 2001, was the sixth volume of the "Big Iron Series", and is the third in Ralph Cotton's "Ranger Sam Burrack" series of Western Classics.

Blood Rock: A Ranger Sam Burrack Western Adventure (Ranger Sam Burrack (Big Iron))

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