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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Westerns
Filled with exciting tales of the frontier, the chronicle of the Sackett family is perhaps the crowning achievement of one of our greatest storytellers. In The Warrior's Path L'Amour tells the story of Yance and Kin Sackett, two brothers who are the last hope of a young woman who faces a fate worse than death.…
When Yance Sackett's sister-in-law is kidnapped, Yance and his brother Kin race north from Carolina to find her. They arrive at a superstitious town rife with rumors — and learn that someone very powerful was behind Diana's disappearance.
To bring the culprit to justice, one brother must sail to the exotic West Indies. There, among pirates, cutthroats, and ruthless "businessmen," he will apply the skills he learned as a frontiersman to an unfamiliar world ... a world where one false move means instant death.
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War Women
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Martin Limin
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Heartstone
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Rose Sartin
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Fans of William Johnstone will love this unique and riveting
historical western series. A perfect gift for birthdays and
holidays for the men in your life. It will take all this lone
frontiersman's skills to save his only friend from murderous
outlaws. Caleb Marlowe carved out his own legend as a frontier
scout and lawman before arriving in the Colorado boomtown of
Elkhorn. Famous for a lightning-quick draw and nerves of steel, he
is mysterious, guarded, and unpredictable. Now, he wants to leave
the past behind. But the past has a way of dogging a man... When
Doc Burnett, Caleb's only friend in town, goes missing, his
daughter Sheila comes seeking Caleb's help. Newly arrived from the
East, she hotly condemns the bloody frontier justice of the rifle
and the six-gun. But this is outlaw country. Murderous road agents
have Doc trapped in their mountain hideaway. To free Doc, Marlowe
tracks his kidnappers through wild, uncharted territory, battling
animals and bushwhackers. But when Sheila is captured by the
ruthless gunhawks with a score to settle, Marlowe will have to take
them down one by one, until no outlaw remains standing.
"The reader is treated to a kind of alchemy on the page when
character, setting and song converge at all the right notes,
generating an authentic humanity that is worth remembering and
celebrating." -- New York Times The critically acclaimed,
bestselling author of News of the World and Enemy Women returns to
Texas in this atmospheric story, set at the end of the Civil War,
about an itinerant fiddle player, a ragtag band of musicians with
whom he travels trying to make a living, and the charming young
Irish lass who steals his heart. In March 1865, the long and bitter
War between the States is winding down. Till now,
twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks
to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of
compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl
in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however
belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a
fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position in a regimental band.
Weeks later, on the eve of the Confederate surrender, Simon and his
bandmates are called to play for officers and their families from
both sides of the conflict. There the quick-thinking, audacious
fiddler can't help but notice the lovely Doris Mary Dillon, an
indentured girl from Ireland, who is governess to a Union colonel's
daughter. After the surrender, Simon and Doris go their separate
ways. He will travel around Texas seeking fame and fortune as a
musician. She must accompany the colonel's family to finish her
three years of service. But Simon cannot forget the fair Irish
maiden, and vows that someday he will find her again. Incandescent
in its beauty, told in Paulette Jiles's trademark spare yet lilting
style, Simon the Fiddler is a captivating, bittersweet tale of the
chances a devoted man will take, and the lengths he will go to
fulfill his heart's yearning. Jiles' sparse but lyrical writing is
a joy to read. . . . Lose yourself in this entertaining tale." --
Associated Press
Few writers portray Native American life and history as richly,
authentically, and insightfully as Robert J. Conley. Conley
represents an important voice of the Cherokee past. The novels in
his Real People series combine powerful characters, gripping plots,
and vivid descriptions of tradition and mythology to preserve
Cherokee culture and history. War Woman spans the late 1500s to
mid-1600s.
War Woman, a brave, headstrong, clever Cherokee, is believed by
many in her town to be a witch. Having heard stories about the
Spanish, and believing there is great profit to be made by trading
with them, she leads a small band of youths on the treacherous road
to La Florida. This journey, blessed with success and marred by
terrible tragedy, marks the beginning of War Woman's own personal
journey as she leads her people by example and by guidance through
terrifying times.
John Russell has been raised as an Apache. Now he's on his way to
live as a white man. But when the stagecoach passengers learn who
he is, they want nothing to do with him. and his ability to lead
them out of the desert. He can't ride with them, but they must walk
with him or die... western novels also stand as some of the most
vivid writing of his career. Crackling with Leonard's trademark
dialogue, set against a beautifully evoked landscape, this is a
classic work that captures the wild and glorious spirit of the
American West.
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Ruth
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Lori Copeland
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