Frank Carlson Library

Millie Evans is used to a life of petty crime. But over the past year she's changed and wants to leave her sordid past behind, even if her brother Sam has other plans. When Sam leaves to join a gang of outlaws, Millie heads to Cheyenne and the safety of her cousins, where she hopes to get a new start. But during her trip, David Stone boards the stagecoach and Millie is confronted with her past. David is on his way to England to claim his title and...

Johnny Paynter flees Denver to escape being hanged for a murder he didn't commit. At his brother's ranch in Texas, where he thought he could take refuge, he finds his brother, Mark, dead at the hands of rogue bandits. Taking advantage of his strong resemblance to his brother, Johnny assumes Mark's identity. Johnny soon discovers that Mark has been corresponding with a widow named Sally in St. Louis, and she is en route to be a mail-order bride to...

Gert Dooley can shoot the tail feathers off a jay at a hundred yards, but she yearns for rancher Ethan Chapman to see she's more than a crack shot. When murder strikes in Fergus, Gert forms the Ladies' Shooting Club to teach the women how to protect themselves. Asked to become sheriff, Ethan must investigate the death of his predecessor and restore order in the sleepy town. Then another person is murdered, and Ethan turns to Gert for help in the investigation....

"Hiram Dooley's sister Gert is about to leave him to get married--if Sheriff Ethan Chapman would ever propose; his sister-in-law, Rose, thinks Hiram should marry her, since they're both widowed; and the woman he truly loves, Libby Adams, is blind to his regard. Schoolmarm Isabel Fennel has a different problem--a man claiming to be her uncle came to town...and then disapeared. She's afraid her father may have killed him and buried him behind the barn....

Lady Anne Stone believes she's found her long lost uncle. Unwilling to meet him on her own, Daniel Adams accompanies her to her uncle's ranch. But both Dan and Anne are convinced that the man introduced as her uncle is an imposter and decide to continue the search for the new Earl of Stoneford. And the swindler is now on their trail, hoping to steal Uncle David's inheritance. Dan tries to protect Anne and also his heart. He's good at keeping her safe,...