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It’s 1876 Arizona and the territory may never become a state unless it can bring its outlaw problem under control. Only recently an illegal territory wide whiskey cartel was responsible for the murder of a beautiful young innocent woman. Governor Anson Safford believes he may have the man to turn it all around. He is Pinkerton Detective Denver McCoy on loan from the fledgling Department of Justice. Denver will have to use all of his cunning to go up against a gang, which lingers in the shadows and remains elusive. It’s led by Herman “Birchwood” Hatcher, who has his hands involved in...

Young brash cowboy Buck Larsen is fed up and can't take it any longer. Everyone in Centerville, Texas is sitting back and letting a local cattle baron and his ranch hands call the shots for everyone, whether they like it or not. Most of them don't, but won't do anything about it. They're all paralyzed by fear. They refuse to act against the bullies, mis-named the Justice Rangers. That group threatens anyone they don't like with violence and unspeakable acts. Kidnapping and murder aren't below this violence gang, who hide their identities with masks. Not only is the town scared but the ...

It’s 1869 in the New Mexico Territory and the frontier legend of Dory McLee is only growing. The farm girl is as skilled at riding, shooting and chasing criminals as much as her male counterparts. Back east, thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, know about Dory thanks to the sensationalized dime books and pamphlets, yelling out her western moxie. Their stories, including the taming of a grizzly bear, may be exaggerated. Yet people have become enchanted with the young woman. In the real world, the stakes are high for Dory as she is helping a friend, Abby Davis, find the killer of her ...

Fatherhood demands something harder: saving a son who may not want to be saved. Jebediah Stone’s world shattered when outlaw Leroy Jacobs murdered his wife and stole his son. Now, years later, Leroy rides into Wildsprings – bringing chaos, cattle rustling, and the ghosts of Jebediah’s past. But when the boy he thought lost stands before him at White’s Acre, hardened by the man who raised him, Jebediah faces an impossible choice: vengeance or redemption. With the sheriff in Leroy’s pocket and the town descending into lawlessness, Jebediah, in his late-fifties, straps on his ...

Rugged tracker and Civil War veteran Tristan Hawk is hellbent on accomplishing his mission to serve justice. Railroad tycoons Ames Hathaway has enlisted Tristan Hawk to go after the Rip Bateman outlaws who have kidnapped the younger 15-year-old Baker Hathaway. Bateman and his lackeys had been working for Ames until they were fired for abusing Chinese railroad workers, and Bateman’s way of revenge is a kidnap-for-ransom. A lot is on the line for Tristan, including Baker’s life and the safety of anyone who gets too close to Bateman and the outlaws. And Ames is under pressure to make sure ...

A hunt is on for Wiley Hatcher and the renegades before more people are hurt. Leading that search is Adam Dale, a young Civil War veteran. Adam has witnessed a brutal tragedy where his neighbors, the McCormicks, have been murdered by the renegades. Only Lydia McCormick, age nineteen, has survived. The renegades are emboldened by new Winchester rifles, which Hatcher has also illegally sold the stolen weapons to the natives. Adam is aided by his younger brothers, Lyman and Jake. Adam will need all of his bravery and skills to make sure justice is brought to the frontier. During his mission, ...

Evan Henson, a Union battle-tested veteran of the Civil War, dismounted. He stood six-one and paused. “I am so sorry, Miss McLee. Your ma was one of the finest women the Good Lord ever put on this earth. You say it was Kreb who killed her, huh?” “Sure nuff,” Dory McLee confirmed. Evan exhaled deeply and turned around slowly shaking his head. “You know Alton Kreb. He has the most money of anyone in this territory and he ain’t about ready to go to the hoosegow on his own.” “That’s just too doggone bad,” Dory fired back. “He broke the law and now he’s gotta pay for it....

It is 1873 and cowboy Tate Foster finds himself having to lead a wagon train of some two hundred western bound settlers over a dangerous canyon pass. The rugged young cowboy also has to be mindful of a gang of villains, led by the ruthless and thoroughly evil Cobra Hawkins. No decent person is safe from Hawkins, and he is especially sinister towards women and children. The lone wagon will cross paths with the Hawkins gang, and Tate will have to put up a fight of his life if he is to protect the innocent. Tate’s spirits are buoyed by a fellow wagon train beauty, Julia Wright, who is ready ...

No lawman has ever been tested under fire as Sheriff Clay Granger. The lawman must respond to a large murderous Vortman family intent on leaving behind a trail of blood and fear in 1874 Empire, Texas. The Vortmans, led by evil patriarch Asa Vortman, don't mind burning, shooting, bludgeoning or blowing up anyone who gets in their way. To complicate matters, the insidious gang are holed up a most well protected pieces of real estate on the frontier, Ridge Country. Nobody can lay a hand on them in the barren, rugged rock terrain. Or can they? That's Clay’s mission as he fights against the ...

Civil War veteran and cowboy Gabriel Hansen is called to serve as a deputy in order to stop Rube Bauer, an evil and unstable man who has a sinister plan to become wealthy. Bauer’s plan involves murder and illegal land sales in Arizona Territory. He wants to swoop up lands in small towns Newton and nearby Grove. But the town of Newton is an all-black settlement, which no longer trusts white authorities especially in the aftermath of the killing of a black family. The lynching has concerned officials from Tucson to Washington. Helping the investigation is famed black lawman Baker Reed. Both...

God Set Me Free is a testimonial written by a man that was set free from his mental health psychosis, addiction, and his existence behind bars. This harrowing tale takes you through several years of fear, depression, massive anxiety, auditory, and other hallucinations. God opened him up to his hidden talent as a writer and gave him guidance and courage to develop a series of business books unlike anything else on the market today.

Matt Foster’s tight knit Silver Hill horse ranch family has entrusted him to find the men responsible for fatally shooting his grandpa in a senseless road robbery. Matt must stop the desperate outlaws from inflicting the same pain on other families and bring the criminals to justice. In order to hunt down the rabid Harley Cole gang, Matt volunteers to be a deputy. The gang isn't just threatening the settlers, but also a nearby Apache village, and a special attraction – Rachel Divine, one of the greatest trick shot performers to have ever lived. The lives of many and Rachel rely on the ...

“Help them” are the last words of a dying man who had no hat, no gun, no horse and massive callouses on his hands. US Marshal Clint Riley is suddenly staring at a nefarious mining operation in Colorado Territory. Dozens of citizens and an entire Indian village go missing. Innocent men, women and even children are threatened, abused and some killed. This biggest and most wicked crime in Old West lore has to be exterminated – at its roots. Together with his deputy Jasper Teel, Riley saddles up to investigate this nefarious operation. The US Marshal uses his wit, brawn and law ...

Plain Creek veteran Sheriff Isaac ‘Ike’ Hoskins never knew it before, but there’s a deeply corrupt town not too far from him. Arizona Territory’s Irongate is plagued with extortion and graft, as well as too many unexplained deaths. One of those was the son of widow Marge Davenport. She also happens to be the long lost love of Sheriff Ike. Some twenty-five years before, Ike chose his profession over her. Now, with an uncertain retirement ahead, Ike questions if he did the right thing. The lawman will fight through those feelings to take on the wickedly cunning Wesley Lutton, a ...

The Old West frontier was never a perfect or safe place. Nobody knows that better than Deputy Johnny Russell. The energetic young man works for Sheriff Marcus Sharpe in the town of Plain Creek, located in the Arizona Territory. Earlier in 1875 he survived being shot by a vicious killer. Now the lawman is on the trail of another gang of outlaws, led by cunning career criminal Waco Walker. One of Waco’s men kills a farmer and two sons. Johnny has to muster his courage and law enforcement skills to stop additional bloodshed and protect a major gold shipment. It won’t be easy as the bandits...

Few men are more determined in the Old West than Braden Richardson. Illness cheated him out of a happy childhood. Not only that, but it claimed the lives of his parents. Now he’s a young man who has landed in Plain Creek in the Arizona Territory. The year is 1875 and Braden has no family and is looking for his place in life. He signs on to be a deputy for the hard-nosed Sheriff Ike Hoskins. Ike likes the way the tall, young cowboy handles himself with his fists and gun belt. All seems peaceful until an infamous gunrunner, Moss Radaker, strikes. He threatens to upset the local Apache tribe...

The fearless and famous Dory McLee, and her friend Evan Henson, are back and facing yet another daunting challenge in the New Mexico Territory. This time it involves a caravan freight wagon company, J.C. Holdings Co. The business founder, Jed Coburn, has been murdered by a disgruntled former worker named Flint Mattox. And now Jed’s daughter, Ruth, wants to find Mattox and bring him to justice. Evan is out to help the Coburn family after they previously saved the life of his brother Baxter. Once again, it will take bravery and quick thinking for Dory and Evan to capture the thoroughly evil...

Ranch hand Hampton Lee and Navajo Indian Proud Feather will not sit idle when nefarious and dangerously armed men are running loose in Arizona Territory. The evil Draco Sparta and his drunken henchmen, vicious kidnappers of women for slave trade, make it personal as they snatched a loved one from Proud Feather. In a classic tale of good versus evil, Hampton will do almost anything to keep any other woman from being harmed. Along the way he rescues Sarah Brookhaven and takes a special interest in her. Hampton is also on his own personal quest to chart his own future and find his place on the...

He upholds the law, until the law is held in utter contempt. U.S. Marshal Wade Nelson’s stint in the Union Army and no-nonsense approach to law enforcement makes him a natural fit for his position. When a night has gone lawless to become known as the Bandera Massacre, starting with the death of a sheriff, Wade saddles up. Law and lawlessness cannot co-exist. The Bateman Gang inflicts great evil and suffering in both Texas and the Indian Territory. They terrorize. They think they are soldiers. They see everyone else as ‘outsiders’. Little is known about the gang, except that: 1- they ...

Amy Taylor and Colt Harman were riding Walter, the appaloosa, as fast as the critter could carry them. They had one destination – the Taylor Way Station. “Are you sure we have to go this fast, Colt?” a still somewhat distressed Amy asked the Wells Fargo guard. “I’ve learned one thing about outlaws over the years,” Colt answered back with his speech a bit halted by riding on Walter. “You can never tell what outlaws will do. Most of them are yellow bellied cowards. But a few of them are crazy enough to do anything.” “You really think they'd come after us now?” “Pardon me...