Texas Ranch Justice

Danger and intrigue plague an oil-rich Texas ranch in this heart-thumping romance from the award-winning author. Who’s trying to kill a rancher’s long-lost daughter? When a beautiful woman unexpectedly shows up at HG Ranch, foreman Travis Warren gets suspicious. City slicker Scarlett Kistler claims she’s there to meet her dying father—Travis’s boss—but is she just looking for a payday? Several attempts on her life convince Travis she’s innocent, and as unexpected feelings surface, the cowboy and the southern belle must find who wants her dead . . . at all costs.

The remarkable story of Sandra Day O’Connor’s family and early life, her journey to adulthood in the American Southwest that helped make her the woman she is today: the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and one of the most powerful women in America. “A charming memoir about growing up as sturdy cowboys and cowgirls in a time now past.”—USA Today In this illuminating and unusual book, Sandra Day O’Connor tells, with her brother, Alan, the story of the Day family, and of growing up on the harsh yet beautiful land of the Lazy B ranch in Arizona. Laced throughout these stories about three generations of the Day family, and everyday life on the Lazy B, are the lessons Sandra and Alan learned about the world, self-reliance, and survival, and how the land, people, and values of the Lazy B shaped them. This fascinating glimpse of life in the Southwest in the last century recounts an important time in American history, and provides an enduring portrait of an independent young woman on the brink of becoming one of the most prominent figures in America.

A cowboy and his dog must keep a witness safe…even as he investigates her. When cowboy Mac Dolan and his dog, Barnie, stop an attempted abduction, Mac is surprised to learn the target is attorney Liv Calloway — the woman the FBI contracted him to investigate. Letting Liv hide on his ranch is the perfect way to keep her close. But even as he protects her, Mac must figure out whether Liv is a murderer…or a witness being framed. Mills & Boon Love Inspired Suspense — Courage. Danger. Faith.

A look into a period in American history full of sweeping changes--an intensely personal account of the Old West as told by the memoirs of Jim Gober, a Texas lawman.

He's fighting for his land, home, and woman...and he's going to win even if it kills him. Rancher Sebastian Maddox is a retired gunfighter who just wants to live a peaceful, quiet life on his Texas ranch. But when someone tries to scare him off his land, Sebastian realizes there is no peace without justice. Gilbert Kramer and his gang are the most wanted outlaws in the West. They're not just bad; they're pure evil. They relish in hurting others and make their money by stealing it from hardworking people. They killed Bridget O'Hara's entire family. They would have killed her too if she hadn't been a fast runner. When Sebastian meets Bridget, he learns that Gilbert is hiding out on the ranch next door. The problem is he can't prove it, and no one believes him. If Sebastian does nothing, the entire town is in danger. But if he acts fast, he might be able to save both Bridget and Blackgate from total destruction. Sebastian's guns are coming out of retirement, but is this one battle he can't win?

Box F Ranch foreman, Hack Taylor, was getting settled in his cabin for the night when he heard a voice out of the darkness. A former employee, J. T Finley, straggled in, hatless and afoot, announcing he'd been accused of a murder he didn't commit. Hack vowed to do what was needed to get him out of his predicament and offered him a job at the ranch. However J. T. refused the offer, afraid the lawmen would also arrest Hack for aiding a murderer. Instead, he decided to hide out in a line shack near the ranch. But when the other two ranch hands ran into a posse looking for J. T. in the nearby town of Sycamore Springs, Hack and Box F owner Wilson Forrest decided to bring him back to the ranch. They discovered, however, that the posse had been there first-and had lynched the young cowhand. The two made it their mission to get to the bottom of why he was lynched instead of brought to trial. But they knew they couldn't do it alone. It took the help of two of the most famous Texas Rangers in the state. And together they set out to seek justice in the cross timbers.

"In the annals of law enforcement few groups or agencies have become as encrusted with legend as the Texas Rangers. The always-readable historian Robert Utley has done a thorough job of chipping away these encrustations and revealing the Ranger's rather rag-and-bone, catch-as-catch-can beginning in a time when the Texas frontier was very far from being stable or safe. A fine book."--Larry McMurtry, author of Lonesome Dove From The Lone Ranger to Lonesome Dove, the Texas Rangers have been celebrated in fact and fiction for their daring exploits in bringing justice to the Old West. In Lone Star Justice, best-selling author Robert M. Utley captures the first hundred years of Ranger history, in a narrative packed with adventures worthy of Zane Grey or Larry McMurtry. The Rangers began in the 1820s as loose groups of citizen soldiers, banding together to chase Indians and Mexicans on the raw Texas frontier. Utley shows how, under the leadership of men like Jack Hays and Ben McCulloch, these fiercely independent fighters were transformed into a well-trained, cohesive team. Armed with a revolutionary new weapon, Samuel Colt's repeating revolver, they became a deadly fighting force, whether battling Comanches on the plains or storming the city of Monterey in the Mexican-American War. As the Rangers evolved from part-time warriors to full-time lawmen by 1874, they learned to face new dangers, including homicidal feuds, labor strikes, and vigilantes turned mobs. They battled train robbers, cattle thieves and other outlaws--it was Rangers, for example, who captured John Wesley Hardin, the most feared gunman in the West. Based on exhaustive research in Texas archives, this is the most authoritative history of the Texas Rangers in over half a century. It will stand alongside other classics of Western history by Robert M. Utley--a vivid portrait of the Old West and of the legendary men who kept the law on the lawless frontier. "A rip-snortin', six-guns-blazin' saga of good guys and bad guys who were sometimes one and the same. By taking on the Texas Rangers, Utley, an accomplished and well-regarded historian of the American West, risks treading on ground that is both hallowed and thoroughly documented. He skirts those issues by turning in a balanced history.... An accessible survey of some interesting--and bloody--times."--Kirkus Reviews

Life in Sweetwater is never dull. When a child mysteriously disappears while walking home from school, Texas Ranger Vince Ward must uncover the truth with no witnesses and no clues - it's as if the child has disappeared into thin air. In addition to the disappearance, Vince confronts criminal railroad executives and discovers just how powerful the railroad is when he winds up having to take on the state of Texas and fight to keep his job. Murder, embezzlement, cattle rustling and romance put Vince to the test in this novel about life as a lawman in the Old West.

Crimes examined are the King Ranch murders, the Walker Railey story, the John Hill case and the Cullen Davis mansion murders.

- Young girl's family is murdered, leaving her an instant orphan. - When her aunt realizes that the child's trauma had left her mute; she decides the trouble isn't worth the financial incentive. - Justice is placed into a foster home on a beautiful Texas ranch were she meets Bruce the Ranch hand and Cammy, the housekeeper/nanny. - Her passion for the horses and ranch hand's dog begins to tear down the walls she'd been stuck with since the tragedy. - The bond between Justice and Bruce grows. - The bond between Justice and Cameron Grows. - A passion is ignited between Cammy and Bruce. - When A family decides to adopt the girl, after months of being at the ranch, Justice runs away. - Cameron and Bruce search for the child in the downpour and return with her to the ranch. Only to learn the adoptive parents no longer want Justice. Neither does the foster family. - When the social worker prepares to remove the child from the ranch, Justice pleads them not to go. After months of not speaking the passion in Bruce's heart ignites and he confesses his love for both Cameron and the young girl. - With love confessed; Cameron marries Bruce and they adopt Justice. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.