Marina was tired of ranch life. She was tired of cooking and cleaning for her husband and the arrogant Tyree Stockton, owner of the Moon Driver Ranch. Efrin kept telling her that their two wayward sons would soon return home but she needed to go to Bowie and find them. Rumors were that her two sons were living a life of drinking and gambling at Rosa's Gided Cage cantina. Finding her sons was an excuse for her to complete a daring act. She would leave Efrin and the Moon Driver Ranch. Tess was determined to find Tom Lacy at Fort Bowie and kill him even if it meant losing her own life. The Prittchett House would be a safe haven for her more than once. Yolie followed Efrin to Cabo, Mexico. She dreamed of the future they would have. The dream became a hedious nightmare and she regretted leaving Bowie and Millie Prittchett.

In 1872, thirteen-year-old Will Curtis isn't prepared for the changes that are about to occur in his young life. His mother died six months ago while giving birth to his youngest sister, Anne. Will is not pleased when his Pa, a cantankerous self-ordained minister, introduces him to his new stepmother, eighteen-year-old Mary. Will initially resents the pretty young woman, but he is eventually overcome by her charm.

Soon after Mary's arrival, the family is guided by Will's forty-year-old uncle, Zeke, as they leave their West Virginia home to forge a new life on the Kansas frontier. Will is saddened when he has to leave his best friend, Skeeter, and his dog, Crusher, behind. The long journey by steamboat, train, and wagon is not an easy one, but their struggles are only the beginning. While besieged with natural disasters, family conflict, outlaws, and death, the Curtis family also becomes involved in a deadly vendetta.

This coming-of-age Western demonstrates Will's determination and dedication to his family as he matures on the hardscrabble Kansas homestead. In his five-year journey, Will reaps the rewards of hard work, faces his foes, and discovers the wonder of love in Into the Heartland.

A former marshal with a trouble past drifted into Twin Creeks looking for some rest and a chance to forget his problems but fell into more trouble than he could handle. The entire town wanted him to be hanged, so Morgan Reeves had to decide if he was going to run or risk his life to save a woman with a reputation and her son.

Captain Gus Rodgers of the Texas Rangers is dying--and before he goes, he needs Jim's help to free his grandson from a Mexican prison. Trouble is, the "Federale" general holding him wants the head of the boy's brother, Billy, who has already confessed to murdering the general's daughter. Gus believes Billy deserves to die. The old ranger's just worried he won't live long enough to do the deed--which is where Jim Glass comes in.

Gus's wild grandsons may be a lot of things--brutal, ignorant, and dangerous, to name three--but they may not actually be guilty of this particular crime. And when the truth comes out, there's bound to be a war. And no one's going to escape unbloodied . . .