"No man has employed the Western story formula with better results." —The New York TimesFrom the legendary writer of the west: two complete novels in one low-priced edition.Desert GoldWhile rescuing a lovely Spanish maiden from Mexican rebels, former Union soldier Dick Gale partners up with a pair of rough-hewn cowboys. The three men take refuge on the ranch of Al Belding, where Gale finds a new mission helping breed fine horses and carving a settlement out of the wild landscape. But angry, greedy men have their eyes on the rich ranchlands—and the beautiful women who live there. The Light of Western StarsSearching for her brother Al, Maddie Hammond gets off the transcontinental railroad in the middle of the night, in a New Mexico town full of drunken, dangerous men. A hard-bitten cowboy drags her before a priest and insists that they be married—until he hears her name. Al Hammond, a ranch foreman, holds...

Five short stories from some of the most notable names in the Western genre. Also, a bonus from author and literary scholar, L. D. Clark. A portion of the profits from the sale of this book go to support the ReadWest Foundation, Inc.

Two cowboys. One woman to rope ‘em and ride ‘em! Two cowboys enjoying a passionate bout of sex in the living room is the last thing Sophie expects to see when she arrives to inspect the homestead she inherited from her grandparents. Outraged by what they believe to be trespass, the men insist the prosperous horse stud is theirs. The confrontation catapults Sophie into a torrid three way sexual adventure. The only way for her to win is to round up her cowboys and ride ‘em.

After two tours as a sniper in Iraq, Tommy Smith has returned to his former life as a cowboy and wilderness guide in California's Sierra Nevada, hoping to reclaim the simplicity of his youth and heal the wounds the world can't see. Wh

PI Truman Smith has become a loner after failing to find his sister Jan during a recent search of Galveston Island. He jogs on the Seawall, plays with his cat, and reads lots of Faulkner books. Then an old high school football buddy, Dino, asks him to find a young girl named Sharon. As Tru begins his investigation, dead bodies begin to appear and Tru himself wrapped up in a dark mystery.

Becky Brown knew she’d made a mess of her life. Eight months pregnant, and her fiancé has been dead for almost that long. After her parents kick her out, she moves into a boarding house and helps the kindly woman there with chores for half her rent. She wants what’s best for her baby, but how on earth is she supposed to provide it?When handsome stranger, Amos Bowen, shows up at the boarding house and asks her to marry him, her first instinct is to tell him he’s lost his mind. Instead, she finds herself married to him three days later. Can this couple survive the bitterness of her parents, a visit from his mother, and an early baby? Or will they break under the pressure?

Jordan had tried to love and support her husbandEven after he'd cleaned out the apartment and sold many of their belongings for drug money. But when, as the doctor on call in the E.R., she'd been forced to treat Garry's overdose, it had nearly killed her, too. Knowing she couldn't survive much more, she left him and Vancouver behind. She hoped only to find peace as the new resident G.P. in the remote First Nations village of Ahousaht.She never expected to meet someone as gentle and nurturing as native healer Silas Keefer, a man who understands Jordan's need to escape her past. He'd done the same thing himself years earlier.Their love is unexpected and right, but can Jordan and Silas have a future if they cannot heal the past?

SUMMARY: A Fated Future.The most exciting thing to happen to twenty-sixth-century scholar Sameh Smith was being teleported to the earth of the past. But her journey was not supposed to lead her to Adam Hawkins, a man who seared her soul while striving to uncover her every secret. Though she looked like an angel, hard-bitten investigator Adam would not be swayed in his mission to find out who Sameh truly was. Hired to check into her past, he found Sameh didn't seem to have one! Yet he felt compelled to be part of her future. With her time in this world running short, they soon found a passion beyond limits. Would fate grant them more than mere moments together and allow them to decide their own destiny?

Take a girl with a flower name and add in a sweet widower, twin boys, a pet pig and what do you get? A fun-filled romance sure to delight any lover of historical romance. The fifth of the Sullivan girls , Jasmine stays with her sister Daisy to help her while she’s pregnant and for a time after her sweet niece Dinah is born. While she’s there, she catches the eye of widower, Lee Fields, who has his hands full with the most rambunctious twin boys Jasmine has ever had the fortune to meet. She’s certain he’s the man she needs to fulfill all her dreams, and the boys? They’re just icing on the cake. How could anyone complain about such sweet little things? Of course, she only felt that way until they started playing the type of pranks on her she’d always considered her specialty. Could she fight through the nonsense to find love with her new husband? Or had she made a terrible mistake marrying this man?