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DUEL AT LOW HAWK: July 2007 - Boot Stoner spent twelve years of his life behind bars for stealing a horse and rustling cattle. Upon release, he adds murder and kidnapping to his criminal skills, slaughtering his own parents before exacting revenge upon the man responsible for his incarceration, and abducting a young Creek girl his folks adopted. The best hope for stopping Stoner's bloody rampage in Oklahoma Indian Territory is the veteran manhunter, John Ward, deputy marshal.

TANNER'S LAW: Jan 2008 - Tanner Bland leaves his Virginia home on foot to fight for Dixie and rides back on a fine horse. Most folks would call that a profit - until they consider his loss. Thinking him dead, his intended marries his brother shortly before Tanner returns home. With no desire to remain in Virginia, Tanner heads west to join an old army pal. The two friends are destined for a world of trouble in the form of the Leach brothers in the untamed Montana Territory.

RANGE WAR IN WHISKEY HILL: July 2008 - Almost ten years ago, wild eighteen-year-old Colt McCrea was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now he's received grim news that his father has been murdered - shot in the back. He returns to Whiskey Hill, Wyoming, but he's not welcomed by everyone. Colt means trouble because he thinks he knows who killed his father. He suspects Frank Drummond, a ruthless cattle baron who wants more land and will bury anyone who gets in his way. But Colt is no longer a kid with a chip on his shoulder. He returns home a prison-hardened man with a mind for justice.

LUKE'S GOLD: November, 2008 - Young Cade Hunter knows horses. He's worked with them since he was a small child, and his ambition has always been to have his own ranch where he can raise them. Hearing tales that there are many herds of wild horses in Montana Territory, he hires on with a cattle drive to work his way to Miles City. On the drive, he befriends Luke Tucker, and by the end of the drive, Luke tells him of a gold shipment, lost during the Civil War, and that he knows where it is. The two new partners decide to go after the gold, but trouble in the form of Lem Snider is just the first of many obstacles that turns their journey into a fight for life, for Snider knows that Luke was one of the escort troops on the gold shipment. He wants the gold, too, and Snider doesn't intend to share.

LAWLESS PRAIRIE: February, 2009 - Young Clint Conner made a decision when he was eighteen to free a spirited Appaloosa from the cruel treatment the horse was receiving at the hands of the owner's foreman. Clint was brought up before the judge on a count of horse stealing and sentenced to half a dozen years in prison. A bit harsh, but understandable when one considers the judge was also the owner of the horse.

When notorious outlaw, Clell Ballenger pulls off a daring daylight escape from The Wyoming Territorial Prison, Clint happens to be caught up in the middle of it, and is forced to escape with Ballenger because the outlaw plans to leave no witnesses. At first opportunity, Clint parts ways with the hunted killer and his gang, but it seems that his destiny demands that he cannot avoid crossing paths with Ballenger as well as deputy marshal Zach Clayton. Clayton has a reputation for always getting his man, and he's not about to soil it when it comes to Clint or Ballenger.

SHOOT-OUT AT BROKEN BOW: August, 2009 - Outlaw Roy Blanton has raised his four sons in the family business - robbery, cattle rustling, and murder. But when U.S. Deputy Marshal Casey Dixon hauls Billy, the youngest Blanton, in to the gallows to hang for murder, he invokes the wrath of old Roy and his sons and is marked for death. Buck Avery, the oldest and most famous deputy marshal to operate out of Fort Smith's jurisdiction, partners with Casey on a quest to rid the territory of the Blantons. Both young and old marshal prefers to work alone, but since Buck had run the Blantons out of Indian Territory some years back, Marshal John Council figures it a good idea to team the two deputies on this job.

THE BLACKFOOT TRAIL: December, 2009 - Despite his apathy toward white folks, mountain man Joe Fox reluctantly agrees to lead a group of settlers through the Rockies to Oregon. Taken aback by their appreciation, he soon finds himself enjoying their company - especially the attentions of young Callie Simmons. That is, until her parents warn Joe to keep his distance. But they should have worried about Max Starbeau. A wolf in sheep's clothing, he travels with the party until the opportunity arises to steal and murder - and then to kidnap Callie for good measure. When the settlers find themselves unable to track Starbeau, they once again turn to Joe Fox.

STORM IN PARADISE VALLEY: April, 2010 - Jason Storm has had a career any lawman would be proud of, but now he's ready to take off the badge and begin a peaceful life as a modest cattle rancher. With the help of a generous benefactor, Storm is able to make a fresh start in Paradise Valley. But trouble comes in the form of six outlaws who raid Storm's benefactor, killing him and ambushing his men. After the massacre, the outlaws decide to take over the town. When the sheriff resigns rather than face the gang, and the law in town is represented by a young and inexperienced deputy, Jason Storm had no choice but to climb back in the saddle.

WAR CRY: August, 2010 - Will Cason, cavalry scout at Camp Supply, rescues a young widow named Sarah from an ambush by Cheyenne warriors. Will's deadly skill with a Winchester rifle results in the deaths of several Cheyenne and earns him a mortal enemy in the person of Bloody Hand, a Cheyenne war chief. After seeing Sarah and her young daughter to safety at Fort Dodge, Will reports back to the army for scouting duties, but finds he has formed a rather strong attachment to both mother and daughter. It seems unlikely he will see them again when Bloody Hand leads a major attack against the army, with a special emphasis upon killing the white devil who killed his warriors.