Frank Carlson Library

When Diane Chadwick urdges her family to move west to her uncle's ranch in Montana Territory, she imagines an idyllic adventure. Inexperienced but determined. Diane must face the reality of an arduous wagon journey and an unforgettable land. But when tragedy rends the very fabric of her family, she fears for her future in the wild country where love and loss seem to walk the mountain paths hand in hand.

The Grey sisters grew up under the disapproving eye of their father, an embittered rancher. But that's never stopped Winona, the oldest, from seeking his approval. Now an attorney, Win knows neither she nor her sister Aurora can compete with Vivi Ann, the youngest, the most beautiful, the most talented--and the one who has taken up the ranching. Win's jealousy cuts deep when veterinarian Lujke Connely falls for Vivi Ann & she accepts his proposal....

When fragmented images and unfocused panic force Noelle St. Claire to flee her wealthy, sheltered life in New York, she gains sanctuary on a ranch in the Rocky Mountains. There Noelle finds solace in the breathtaking scenery she paints. But as the attentions of two brothers, Rick and Morgan Spencer, breach the wall she hides behind, the past she yearns to escape becomes a menacing threat from which she can no longer hide. Award-winning and bestselling...

In 1886, Montana stands on the brink of statehood, and Dianne Selby finds her world turned upside down. Cole takes her and the children to Kansas to care for his dying father. After the funeral, Cole's mother insists he stay and take over his inheritance. Unable to deal with her mother-in-law's cruel treatment, Dianne takes the children back to Montana alone. There, blizzards devastate the area, trapping a now pregnant Dianne at the ranch.

After her fiance is killed, Cat Calder, a Montana rancher's daughter vows never to marry, but sex with a stranger is acceptable. The result is a son and years later when the stranger is appointed sheriff and she faces danger her vow is tested.

Chet Byrnes is building a new life in Arizona Territory as he expands his ranching operation, but trouble just keeps coming. First, there's a brutal Apache attack on his cattle drive. Then a friend's young daughter is abducted, and the search leads Chet and his men to the wild town of Tombstone and then south of the border, where life is cheap. As much as he longs to stay close to home, Chet's friends and family continue to need his brand of help....

He came home to sell his family's failing ranch, but once twenty-year-old Bull Tyler sets foot on the Rimrock, he's determined to tame the rugged land and make it his own. First he'll have to take on the powerful Prescott clan, who'll do anything to get their hands on the Tylers' holding - even murder. Then Bull sets eyes on the breathtaking woman earmarked to be Ferg Prescott's bride. Now nothing will stop Bull from taking the land - or the lady...

"Chet Byrnes has built a ranching empire from the ground up. And he's defended it with his sweat, blood and a ragtag band of ranch-hand fighters. Now a beautiful young Spanish widow comes into Chet's life, just as he starts off in search of a lost cattle drive that heads straight into the eye of a sprawling, violent storm. Chet, and his men--and his seductive new woman--end up on a wild ride through Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas, where authorities...

Purchasing a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas, FBI agent Garon Grier plans to put his tragic marriage behind him while working on the case of a child predator who recently escaped from prison, until he encounters Grace Carver, the only child to escape alive from the deadly convict.

Kate Kerrigan has seen the blood-soaked face of war. But nothing has prepared her for the assault on her land that begins with an eviction order hammered onto the door of her family's cabin. Beautiful, cold-blooded Savannah Saint James has her sights set on the Kerrigan property--and twelve of the deadliest hired guns in Texas are ready to back her play. Kate has her sons by her side, a ragtag group of ranchers who don't like outsiders messing with...