Riley Montgomery lives to ride. On weekends, she brings in cash by barrel racing. During the weekdays, she works as a receptionist at a law office in the city. On a routine rodeo outing, what is originally perceived as a spot of bad luck outside the small town of Whispering Pines is actually chance, opening a door to her otherwise predictable, urban future.

Prompted by an unexpected tragedy, Riley takes charge of her life. She buys a fixer-upper near Whispering Pines and spends her time working on the house and caring for her horses, and yet, something is missing. A friendship develops with a local man but the relationship goes no further, partly because of miscommunication but also due to Riley's heated romance with a man back in the city.

With sometimes amusing results while adjusting to country living, Riley encounters misfortune and hardships as well. Facing the challenges head on with a positive attitude, Riley discovers many things along the way, including where her heart truly lies.

Mike Madigan, an Irish immigrant living in Chicago, receives a windfall inheritance from his uncle's estate. He wants nothing as much as land of his own in his new country, so he invites his best friend to explore and then homestead in Western Colorado with him.

All manner of challenges present themselves, but the settlers persist through attacks by bears, cougars and Indians. Their fiercest antagonist turns out be an evil politician who helped them get their land, but then wants it for himself. Despite kidnappings and an organized assault by railroad company mercenaries, the pioneers prevail.

The chronicle and the characters are fictional, but the period detail and the geographical descriptions are totally accurate. The author draws on his knowledge of the Colorado Western Slope and his experiences as a hunter and horseman to enrich the narrative. The story is an uplifting epic tale of American tenacity and perseverance.

Wild Rag Westerns acquaint the reader with Colorado's desolate Western Slope, and in a vivid and entertaining way depict what it was like to be up against it in the Wild West of the 1860's.

Pearl Zane Gray studied dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania on a baseball scholarship, and later played with a minor league team. He met and later married Lina Roth, whose inheritance helped support his efforts to become a writer. He pioneered the Western genre. His first western, "Heritage of the Desert," became a bestseller in 1910, and he went on to write over sixty books, many of which became films.

In "The Mysterious Rider," Bill Bellound's foster daughter Columbine agrees to marry his son Jack out of love for her foster father. Jack is a coward, drunkard, gambler, and thief, and Columbine really loves the cowboy Wilson Moore.

Things are changed by the arrival of the title character, a gentle and kind middle-aged man who is so fierce a gunfighter he has earned the nickname Hell Bent Wade, and he will play a crucial role in righting the wrongs of the story.

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In his later work, Grey portrayed Mormonism more neutrally -- but here, in this book, those evil polyandering men are villains, plain and simple. Well, ewww -- there's a reason why the Mormons generally gave it up, and don't think being part of the union was really all there was to it. Really, gross! That said, here in "Riders of the Purple Sage" -- and in the sequel, "The Rainbow Trail" -- the Mormon men take it on the chin. They're heavies, here -- villains who use their religion as an excuse for greed and lust. Great adventure for those who don't mind thinking about the development of mores in the twentieth century . . .

Set in a logging town on the lawless Pacific coast of Washington State at the turn of the twentieth century, a spellbinding novel of fate and redemption--told with a muscular lyricism and filled with a cast of characters Shakespearean in scope--in which the lives of an ill-fated family are at the mercy of violent social and historical forces that tear them apart.

Keen to make his fortune, Jacob Ellstrom, armed with his medical kit and new wife, Nell, lands in The Harbor--a mud-filled, raucous coastal town teeming with rough trade pioneers, sawmill laborers, sailors, and prostitutes. But Jacob is not a doctor, and a botched delivery exposes his ruse, driving him onto the streets in a plunge towards alcoholism. Alone, Nell scrambles to keep herself and their young son, Duncan, safe in this dangerous world. When a tentative reunion between the couple--in the company of Duncan and Jacob's malicious brother, Matius--results in tragedy, Jacob must flee town to elude being charged with murder.

Years later, the wild and reckless Duncan seems to be yet another of The Harbor's hoodlums. His only salvation is his overwhelming love for Teresa Boyerton, the daughter of the town's largest mill owner. But disaster will befall the lovers with heartbreaking consequences.

And across town, Bellhouse, a union boss and criminal rabble-rouser, sits at the helm of The Harbor's seedy underbelly, perpetuating a cycle of greed and violence. His thug Tartan directs his pack of thieves, pimps, and murderers, and conceals an incendiary secret involving Duncan's mother. As time passes, a string of calamitous events sends these characters hurtling towards each other in an epic collision that will shake the town to its core.

During the Autumn of 1857, in a remote region of what is now Southern Utah, acts of great treachery were committed against innocent people. The loss of life was staggering and unprecedented in American history. Evidence shows the responsible parties to be from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including the Prophet Brigham Young. This story strives to honor the historical record.

Set in the newly annexed state of Texas, circa 1846 to 1849, Star Over Texas is the second in a series of four historic westerns written by Jeffery Robenalt. Saga of a Texas Ranger continues, as Caleb McAdams volunteers for service in the Mexican-American War. From fierce encounters in the streets of Monterrey and the plains of Buena Vista, to deadly struggles with Mexican guerrillas on the road to Mexico City, the action in this rousing adventure saga is non-stop. Through it all, Caleb must come to grips with the love he has for two women, and survive a long-running feud with the Pate brothers. "Keeping with the tradition of Western greats Louis L'Amour and Elmer Kelton, Jeff Robenalt magically brings the history of old Texas to life, as his epic Saga of a Texas Ranger continues. In Star Over Texas, Robenalt expertly weaves a historic tapestry of breathtaking adventure and intriguing romance into a thrilling, action-packed story that will immediately reach out and capture any reader's imagination. Star Over Texas is definitely a classic you won't want to miss!" - Flip Flippen, New York Times bestselling author of The Flip Side About the Author: Jeffery Robenalt served in Vietnam as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps and later as a Platoon Leader in the 101st Airborne Division. He has a BS in sociology from Troy University, a BA in history from New York University, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Texas Tech University. The author resides with his wife, Lizabeth, and daughter, Emily, in Lockhart, Texas, where he teaches Texas history at Lockhart Junior High. For more information visit: www.sagaofatexasranger.com and www.starovertexas.net. Publisher's website: http://SBPRA.com/JefferyRobenalt