He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America—and one of the most feared and hated.

Now, suffering from incurable cancer, he has come back to New Mexico to die alone. But when an all-out range war erupts, Flint chooses to help Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher. A cold-eyed speculator is setting up the land swindle

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A seventeen-year-old boy trails three men who have taken his father's money.

They came to the Comstock Lode, drawn to the harsh mountains and twisting canyons of Nevada by the promise of instant wealth. It was the richest deposit of silver the world had known, and drifters and dreamers, builders and killers fought, worked, schemed, and died to wrest the metal from the earth--or to profit from whose who did. For Val Trevallion, a dangerous loner, twisted by his need for vengeance, it was a chance to build a lasting future--and...

A woman ahead of her time, Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, Mary must provide for her young daughter by running a stage coach station on the Cherokee Trail. With the help of an Irish maid and a mysterious stranger, Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have...

"As far as the eye can see is a vast, empty horizon. Evie Teale has finally accepted that her husband won't be coming home. To make ends meet, she runs a temporary stage station. But though she is diligent and careful, Evie must prepare for the day when the passengers no longer come and she must protect her children in an untamed country where it's far easier to die than to live. Miles away, another solitary soul battles for survival. Conagher is...

Rafe Caradec promises a dying man that he will save the Long Valley ranch for the man's wife and daughter. But the daughter does not trust him and plays into the greedy hands of enemy ranchers.

Twelve stories, with the author's comments, deal with loyalty, gamblers, a cowboy who runs away from a gunfight, wagon trains of settlers, Texas rangers, Indians, and revenge.

No matter that Echo Sackett was young, and a woman, and had never been far from the valley, she was still a Sackett. Sharp and smart and a better hunter than most of the men she knew. Like her bold ancestors, Echo couldn't ignore a challenge. A sure hand with a horse, a dead shot with a rifle, and fast with her wits, Echo traveled to the mountains of Tennessee, coming up against ruthless killers who's stop at nothing to cheat her out of her inheritance....

Kate Lundy, owner of the Tumbling B, and Conn Dury, her foreman, told Tom the rules: men from the cattle drives are forbidden on the north side of town. People appreciated the money the cowboys spent but thought them too coarse to be near their homes. Enticed to come calling by Linda McDonald, daughter of one of the leading citizens, Tom Lundy broke the law and crossed the line. Later that night, he was dead.
Outraged by her brother’s murder,...