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In the spring of 1877, Bridget--sixteen years old and already disillusioned after caring for her alcoholic father--is orphaned while crossing the Kansas prairie. She arrives penniless in Dodge City, and, thanks to the allure of her bright red hair and country-girl beauty, is soon recruited to work at the Buffalo Queen, the only brothel in town run by women. Bridget takes to brothel life instantly, appreciating the good food, good pay, and good friendships...

He blew into town like a tornado--a mysterious stranger with money to burn and a sadistic streak as wide as the Rio Grande. He says his name is Benson and he's come to invest in the town's future. First, he showers the banks and local businesses with cash. Then, he hires a pair of drunks to fight and get arrested so he can check out the local lawmen. After that, he warms up to a lady of the evening--with deadly results. That's just the beginning....

No self-respecting Head of Ranch Security would be caught dead sleeping on the job...so when Slim catches Hank asleep, not once but TWICE, Hank knows something sinister is afoot. And, if that's the case, then odds are that Pete the Barncat is involved. Later that day, the case takes an interesting twist when Hank learns that Pete has been missing for two days! Worried about her precious kitty, Sally May asks Slim and Hank to find and rescue Pete from...

Officer Ren Hopper is a ranger with the Natinoal Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: breaking up campgroundss, saving clueless tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp through the park with cameras and the residents of hardscrabble Cooke City who want to carve out a meaningful living. When Ren, hiking hrough the backcountry on his day off, encounters a...

Beautiful, wealthy, and sophisticated, opera star Sophia Maxwell is living the life of her dreams. As the Songbird of Chicago, she's lauded for her pure, rich voice and has a constant circle of admirers vying for her jaded attention. Then she loses her voice during a performance. Her doctor warns her to rest her larynx, or she'll never sing again. Devastated, Sophia retreats to the frontier town of Sweetwater Springs to stay with her sister. She's...

In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska.

After the Ute Indian boy Thomas Black Bull has been betrayed both by his own people and by the white man, he dedicates himself to killing the legends that gave him his distinction and his pride - and becomes a man without a dream, with emptiness inside him.

Leaving her uncle and his English estate, Lily Branson, 24, travels to Wyoming to live with her father on his ranch. Since Lily has no dowry, her uncle thinks she might fare better in the United States. But when Lily reaches Wyoming, she finds that her father has gambled away the ranch and is working as an accountant for another rancher. Now she must find a way to survive before the harsh winter comes.

Edith Livingston Grayson can hardly wait to shake the dust of Sweetwater Springs, Montana from her silk skirts. Finally her exile to the small prairie town is over. She is returning home to Boston with her son Ben. Home to society. Home to educated, upper-class people. Home to the ocean. She can't wait to attend cultured entertainments, shop in exclusive stores, sail in the harbor, and use indoor plumbing. But Edith's triumphant return is not at all...

During an attempt to stop unchecked violence from breaking out, Governor Agar faces death, saved only when Lauren Davis shoots first. After the Collapse, insulin is in short supply for the 40 thousand diabetics in Wyoming. Word comes down there's a lab north of Boulder, Colorado, that can make insulin in sufficient quantities to keep people alive. Governor Agar handpicks a team-The Fallen Eagle convoy-to retrieve the scientists and their lab in a...