Once, the plains thundered beneath endless herds of buffalo. Now the ground lies quiet—and men who built their lives on the hunt are running out of time.John and James Elliott have hunted buffalo since they were boys, rising from skinners to owners of a successful outfit. They knew the work, the risk, and the reward. But as the herds vanish and the railroad pushes west, their business begins to collapse. Wolves press closer. Rival hunters circle. Iron money offers survival at the c...

A man wakes beneath a merciless sun with no memory, no horse, and no idea who left him for dead.With only fragments of pain, blood, and gun smoke to guide him, he sets out across a hard country where every town has secrets and every stranger may know more about him than he knows about himself. Some men offer help. Others offer only a bullet.As pieces of his past begin to surface, one truth becomes clear: whoever he used to be had enemies—and they are not finished with him y...

n a land where justice rides on horseback and the law is often bought or buried, Marshal Danny Derringer stands as a rare breed of lawman—sharp-eyed, fast-draw, and just stubborn enough to stand between order and chaos.When a gang of merciless outlaws led by the infamous Cade Banner begins carving a bloody trail through frontier towns, Derringer is called in to do what no one else can: stop them. But this isn't just another assignment—it's personal. Banner once rode beside Derringe...

The war took Ruby Cantrell's husband—but it did not take her land, her resolve, or her right to choose her own future.Living alone on a small frontier ranch with her ten-year-old son, Ruby has learned to fend off suitors as surely as she fends off storms and drought. Too many men see her as a path to ownership, not a woman who has earned every acre beneath her boots.Then Lance McGuire rides into her yard.He asks for nothing more than water for his horse and honest w...

n a land where justice rides on horseback and the law is often bought or buried, Marshal Danny Derringer stands as a rare breed of lawman—sharp-eyed, fast-draw, and just stubborn enough to stand between order and chaos.When a gang of merciless outlaws led by the infamous Cade Banner begins carving a bloody trail through frontier towns, Derringer is called in to do what no one else can: stop them. But this isn't just another assignment—it's personal. Banner once rode beside Derringe...

In a territory where the badge means nothing and the gun means everything, Marshal Gideon Grifford stands alone.Stoic, relentless, and carved from the same granite as the land he rides, Grifford doesn't care about politics or praise—only justice. When a string of brutal crimes leads him deep into outlaw country, Grifford follows the trail with a steady hand and a cold heart.But some lines can't be crossed without a cost. And some enemies don't fear the law… they only fear t...

After years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, Ethan Ward returns to the prairie town of Larkspur, longing for nothing more than honest work and a chance at redemption. When widowed rancher Clara Dawson takes a risk by offering him shelter, Ethan finds himself tested by suspicion, old enemies, and his own battered faith. As crisis strikes and the community's future hangs in the balance, Ethan must prove that forgiveness isn't just possible—it's stronger than the dust of any past mis...

A man wakes beneath a merciless sun with no memory, no horse, and no idea who left him for dead.With only fragments of pain, blood, and gun smoke to guide him, he sets out across a hard country where every town has secrets and every stranger may know more about him than he knows about himself. Some men offer help. Others offer only a bullet.As pieces of his past begin to surface, one truth becomes clear: whoever he used to be had enemies—and they are not finished with him y...

After years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, Ethan Ward returns to the prairie town of Larkspur, longing for nothing more than honest work and a chance at redemption. When widowed rancher Clara Dawson takes a risk by offering him shelter, Ethan finds himself tested by suspicion, old enemies, and his own battered faith. As crisis strikes and the community's future hangs in the balance, Ethan must prove that forgiveness isn't just possible—it's stronger than the dust of any past mis...

A hot iron can mark a steer for life. In the wrong hands, it can mark a man for death.When trouble rides into a hard country of cattle, dust, and old grudges, one man finds himself caught between justice and survival. Rustlers are moving stock under cover of darkness, honest ranchers are losing everything, and the law is too far away to help.Now the truth must be burned out one way or another.HOT IRON is a gritty Western tale of stolen cattle, hard men, frontier jus...

Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the communication discipline to their analyses of how television, film, news coverage, and the Internet shape our expectations of the performance of women’s identities. This collection includes stud...

A hot iron can mark a steer for life. In the wrong hands, it can mark a man for death.When trouble rides into a hard country of cattle, dust, and old grudges, one man finds himself caught between justice and survival. Rustlers are moving stock under cover of darkness, honest ranchers are losing everything, and the law is too far away to help.Now the truth must be burned out one way or another.HOT IRON is a gritty Western tale of stolen cattle, hard men, frontier jus...