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William Johnstone's bestselling The Last Gunfighter novels have become a new classic in frontier adventure. Now, Frank Morgan, the last of a dying breed, sets off from the Pacific Northwest for Alaska--and into a raging blizzard of violence and death. A Hail Of Lead. . .. It was a favor to a dead friend: Frank Morgan is shepherding a group of mail-order brides to a brawling Alaska boomtown called Skagway. A bushwhacking, a storm-racked sea voyage,...

"Cannon Colter is quintessential hero material: chiseled jawline, shredded body--the works. He's also the guy who rescued Yvette Sweeny from kidnappers, only to put an end to her romantic dreams. These days, she's older, smarter, determined to face whatever life throws her way. Even the prospect of sharing a house and business with Cannon. Cannon knew Yvette wanted him three years ago. But she was young--and some things are worth waiting for. Thrown...

Struggling to bring her younger brother and her family's thoroughbred horses to safety, eighteen year-old Jesselynn Highwood embarks on a journey, while hiding from Confederate and Union troops and a scorned suitor seeking revenge.

Veronique Girard arrives in Colorado to search for her father. The only information she has about him are his name and the fact that he is a fur-trapper-turned-miner near Willow Springs. She plans to visit every mining town in the area until she finds him, Jack Brennan's new freight business takes him to all the local mining camps. He isn't keen on the idea of driving a beautiful young French woman up to the rough-and-tumble camps, but "Vernie" isn't...