Orem Library

A young cowpuncher stakes a claim that can only be sealed with fists and a .44 Colt. . . . A gunfighter, tired of violence, finds himself pushed down a trail of bloody revenge. . . . From purple sage to gamblers gold, from a señoritas tempting smile to a splash of blood in the dust, here are stories with a distinctive LAmour twist. A quiet farmer defends his honor in a moment of panic and luck . . . only to find true courage...

"Outlaws plot a daring heist in this exciting new Western by USA Today bestselling author Ralph Cotton A corrupt former Army Colonel trying to run a railroad. The sheriff of a frontier town so raw its only name is New Water Stop One. And a gang of outlaws on a mission. When these forces collide, bullets fly1 After pulling off their latest train robbery, outlaw leader CC. Ellis and his unruly gang of long riders set their sights on a new target, a...

Each of the Jackals has his own path to follow: Former Texas Ranger Matt McCulloch is trying to protect a young Commanche from scalphunters. Retired cavalry sergeant Sean Keegan is dodging bullets in a prison breakout planned by the notorious Benteen brothers. And bounty hunter Jed Breen is bringing in one of the bank-robbing Kruger twins, while the other one's out for his blood. Three Jackals. Three roads to justice. But when their paths cross near...

Santa Clara, Colorado, is 24 hours by train from the land where Smoke Jensen found peace and prosperity on his Sugarloaf Ranch. But somehow, Smoke can't stay away from Santa Clara - and from an evil cattle baron hiding a murderous past. For Smoke, it starts at a high-class auction for a pureblood Hereford bull. Smoke wins the bidding - and earns the hatred of Pogue Quentin, Santa Clara's leading citizen and a man living on bloodshed and lies. Then...

Between July 1875 and November 1883, a single outlaw robbed the stagecoaches of Wells Fargo in California's Mother Lode country a record of twenty-eight times. Armed with an unloaded shotgun, walking to and from the scenes of the robberies, often for hundreds of miles, and leaving poems behind, the infamous Black Bart was fiercely hunted. Between robberies, Black Bart was known as Charles E. Bolton, a distinguished, middle-aged man who enjoyed San...

When Paul Manning set out in search of adventure, he didn't realise what was in store. He'd never been in a blistering hell-hole like Bitter Seeps - or met a man as crooked as Belmont. Or seen a woman as good as Belmont's wife, Louise.

Choate heads into Tejas country on a secret mission, knowing that he will be deep in enemy territory where the French, the Spanish, or Comanches could end both the mission and his life."--Amazon.com

The Cumberland Transportation Company and the SM cattle outfit had been feuding over a right-of-way for years, but until someone deliberately set fire to SM's autumn feed there didn't appear to be much reason to expect a real range war. After that, CTC sent down Leo Bishop, the son of a company executive. And before Leo fairly got acquainted around the countryside, he was in a fight up to his neck with the big SM cow outfit - which was owned and operated...

A romantic lure used by fight manager Sparrow Roberts draws Harry Camden into boxing, but with no interest in becoming a champion boxer, Harry drifts into a life of drunkenness and crime which culminates in the theft of the great stallion named Crusader.

In "Ben Sutton's Law", a marshal intervenes in the violence that has broken out between cattle ranchers and nesters, and in "Land of Strangers," Frank Brokaw rides into Scattered Hills to find Matt Slade and bring him to justice.