Historical Mysteries America

Attorney Cameron Thorne is thrust into a bloody tug-of-war involving secret societies, treasure hunters, and keepers of the secrets of the Jesus bloodline. Joined by Amanda, an enchanting British researcher with secrets of her own, Cam races around New England with only two choices - unravel the 600-year-old mysteries encoded in the ancient artifacts, or die trying.

A collection of stories capturing what it means to be a cowboy.

After a violent train robbery, a stranger is left for dead, with no memory of who he is. Rescued by the rancher Sam Garrett and his widowed sister Sarah, he takes the name "Jack" and begins the slow road to recovery, never knowing if the men who attacked him will return to finish the job… Grateful for their kindness, Jack works to repay them. He has a natural way with horses, yet no memory of the life he left behind. The more time he spends at the ranch, the stronger his bond grows with Sarah, a bond shadowed by the mystery of who he was before the robbery. But Copper Valley is no safe ...

A collection of stories from the most famous Western author of all time! Desert Death-Song is a compilation of some of Louis L’Amour’s greatest stories, many of which might otherwise be difficult to find. Whether he was writing under his early pen name, Jim Mayo, or his own, L’Amour’s stories are unforgettable, touching on rough and rugged American ideals, and set in the untamable frontier of the Western United States.

Lydia Hartman, orphaned young and raised without a home to call her own, boards a train bound for Sacramento as a stowaway chasing a new beginning. But the iron rails carry more than dreams westward, and not everyone on board will reach California alive. Jack Callahan, a former gunslinger turned businessman, thought he had buried his past a long time ago. On his way to purchase a seaside hotel, he discovers that some ghosts refuse to stay buried, and this time they have found his trail. As secrets unravel and the miles roll by, Lydia and Jack are drawn into a deadly web of deceit and ...

Noah Carter returns from the Civil War with nothing but scars, a revolver, and the ghost of a life he can never reclaim. His hometown lies in ashes, his parents are gone, and the only option he has is to become a hired gun. But when a fierce gang destroys Colorado City and nearly kills him, Noah realizes some battles follow you no matter how far you run… Wendy Longstreet never imagined she’d be responsible for what remains of her community. With Purgatory burned and her parents murdered, their only hope lies in driving two thousand longhorns to Denver. When Noah crosses their path, ...

Evelyn Harper shoots her abusive husband to protect her son, then flees Indiana under the cover of night. They find refuge in Arlington, Wyoming, where Evelyn starts over as a seamstress, but danger isn’t finished with her yet… Widowed sheriff Jonathan Tate has kept his heart buried since his wife's death, focused solely on protecting his town. Yet, Evelyn’s strength and guarded warmth catch him off guard. He senses she’s running from something, and he’s not sure if he can trust her… or afford not to. When ruthless outlaws appear in Arlington, Evelyn and Jonathan face their ...

Victoria Lawndale boards the train to California with nothing but her late husband’s satchel and a secret that could get her killed. She wants a quiet new life, not more loss. But when outlaws swarm the train and a charming stranger won’t look away, survival becomes a shared vow. Mathias Birch was a soldier who lived when better men didn’t. Now he rides undercover as railroad security, masking old wounds with easy smiles and an empty flask. When Victoria becomes the target of a ruthless spymaster, Mathias steps up, even as the siege hurtles them into the Rockies and straight into a ...

Rook McKenna, a stagecoach guard with a past he’d rather forget, fights through a blinding blizzard to reach Sagebrush Station, the only shelter for miles. Snow is rising, tempers are tight, and it’s clear they’ll be stranded far longer than anyone hoped. Grateful for the warmth but wary of danger, Rook begins to suspect it wasn’t mere chance that brought him here… Lillian Hart, widowed and determined, has kept Sagebrush Station alive through sheer grit, despite relentless pressure from a ruthless railroad company. Their offers have turned threatening, and now one of their men is ...

Virgil Ellis, once a feared bounty hunter, has traded violence for solitude in the mountains. But when a letter arrives from his old mentor, the town sheriff, begging for help, Virgil is pulled back into the life he swore he’d never return to… and toward the woman whose heart he broke. Belle Davis, the sheriff’s daughter and Virgil’s old flame, has never forgotten the man who abandoned her. Tired of her father’s strict rules, she’s fallen into the arms of a charming outlaw, never suspecting he may be using her. Seeing Virgil again shakes her to the core, and she discovers that ...

Cole Brennan was orphaned young and forged into a weapon by one of the West’s most ruthless outlaws. Sick of bloodshed, he fled the man who raised him, and now, he’s guarding a single locked trunk aboard a train for a dying marshal. Can a man built for blood choose honor, or is redemption already beyond his reach? Sarah Moreau learned early that the frontier devours the innocent. Alone and trapped in a life she never chose, she runs when her future is traded away to settle another man’s debts. Her desperate flight west puts her on the same train as Cole, the locked trunk, and a ...

After the murder of her best friend, a librarian’s search for answers leads back to her own dark secrets in this "searing and timely" novel about a woman transformed by war, family, vengeance, and love, from the author of the beloved bestseller The Life We Bury (Kristin Harmel, author of The...

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! From the instant New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed comes a daring new mystery about a foster teen claiming her heritage on her own terms. Ever since Lucy Smith’s father died five years ago; “home”...

Five years after losing her husband, Madeline Banks is finally steady on her feet until a gang of outlaws attacks her ranch and she barely escapes with her life. Hunted through the hills of Sangre Pass, she takes refuge in a crumbling outpost and prepares for the worst. When a weathered stranger finds her hiding there, is he the threat she fears—or the only ally she has left? Jebediah Hurst, a former officer turned recluse, known as the Hermit of Sangre Pass, is a man with a haunted past and no interest in unfinished business. When he finds a desperate woman chased by the same ruthless ...

Pat Coleman, a renowned bounty hunter, brings down one of the most wanted men in the country. The small fortune he earns becomes the crowning reward of his long career, and he retires early to enjoy some well-earned peace. But powerful enemies have marked him, and after a brutal attack, he returns to his hometown a broken man. Pat soon discovers the attack was only the beginning. His enemy has crushed his hometown under his heel, terrorizing innocent people and targeting even his elderly father and sister. He will not stop until everything Pat loves is reduced to ashes, and Pat himself is ...

Jack Morrison spent five years burying the outlaw he once was—until he returns from a cattle drive to find his wife murdered, his wanted poster on their bed, and his old gang’s symbol carved into the headboard. Grief hardens into resolve, and Jack straps on his guns again, determined to hunt down the men he once called brothers. Elena Morrison does everything she can to keep her brother from completely losing himself. She offers refuge between hunts, tending his wounds and steadying him through sleepless nights as vengeance drags him across Texas and New Mexico. But with every outlaw ...

Jim Walker is a quiet ranch hand at the Double M in Colorado. He respects his boss and secretly loves the boss’s daughter, but the loss of his father and family ranch still haunts him. He was cheated out of his inheritance, and now his stepbrother is back, trying to buy every ranch in the valley. Jim smells a rat but can’t yet prove it. Sarah McKenna loves the steady, unshakable Jim, but there’s no time for courtship when disaster strikes the Double M. Cattle vanish, fences are cut, and a fire brings the ranch to its knees. With her father seriously injured, Sarah must take charge and...

A historic western that opens in 1873, a time when recession is forcing thousands westwards to recoup their fortunes. The West is tough, brutal and the Indian is the enemy. But when a white woman is raped, it is a half-breed Cheyenne who comes to the rescue. From the author of Jake and Upland Passage.

One man finds himself torn between two cultures in this sweeping tale of frontier life in post–Civil War era Texas. In the years following the American War Between the States, the once vacated military presence in west Texas is on the rise to protect the waves of settlers moving into the region. Living peaceably with the Mescalero Apache, half-breed former military scout Holton Lang promotes the tentative harmony between the US cavalry and the Native American population.

Jacob Hardy shouldn’t be alive. Left for dead by the outlaw who burned his adoptive family’s ranch and slaughtered everyone he loved, Jacob miraculously survived. Now the only thing keeping him going is the vow he made over their graves: that man will pay in blood. Clementine Carter is alone in the world and drowning in grief. She watched her brother die for crossing the same man Jacob hunts. With only a retired bounty hunter for company, she’s on her way back to her hometown when fate throws Jacob in her path. Both Jacob and Clementine want justice, but the man they’re after is no ...