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Depicts the personal struggles of the McCaskill family in 1930s Montana as they face a forest fire, the coming of age of fourteen-year-old Jick, rodeos, and community dances.

Observing that Billy, the son of a cowboy at the Star Ranch, has lots of friends, Pal the pony hopes to find a friend of his own.

The Byrnes family has fought fiercely for its ranching empire, and taken their fair share of hurt fighting outlaws too deadly and powerful for the law. When a stage is robbed of a fortune in gold, the Byrnes boys set off on a wild race through the wilderness. But who are they are chasing? And where have they stashed the gold?

From Nicole Helm, the author of the national bestselling Stone Cold, Navy Seal Cowboys, and Big Sky Cowboys series! In Colorado's glorious big-sky country, everything is done with cowboy flair-even boot-stomping, hat-tipping cowboy weddings . . . As the middle Tyler brother, Gavin doesn't always have much say in ranch decisions, but when it comes to his heart, he's the only authority. He's loved Louisa "Lou" Fairchild for longer than he can remember,...

Someone was trying to kill him. That's the only clear thought that comes to Chase Calder when he regains consciousness after a vicious head wound strips him of all memory. Chase has no idea who he is, why he came to Fort Worth, or who tried to put a bullet through his head. And according to the local papers, Chase Calder has been declared dead-the victim of a fiery car crash. None of it rings true to Chase, but his gut feeling tells him to stay dead...

The search for her birth mother brought Cora Kelly to the New Horizons Boys Ranch. Getting a job there was easy enough, but confiding in Aiyana, the ranch's owner, that she's really her daughter? Cora's not sure she can do that, not unless she's confident the news will be welcomed. And once she gets to know Elijah Turner, Aiyana's adopted son and ranch manager, that decision becomes even more difficult.

"It begins with a simple act of kindness--and ends in a shocking night of violence. A homeless family shows up on Kate Kerrigan's doorstep, seeking refuge from a vengeful rancher's wrath. Seeing their desperation -- and fear -- the West Texas matriarch welcomes the family into her home. But her charity turns out to be an invitation to disaster. First, the rancher and his henchmen come gunning for her houseguests. They break into Kate's mansion. They...

Little Ree is excited about her move from the big city to her grandparent's ranch, and even though she finds that life on a ranch can be tough, it also has its good points.

Sarah Anderson decides that it is finally time to reveal the truth about her seemingly perfect late husband so that she can move on with her life, and, in losing the past, finds a new love -- and family.

While staying at their grandmother's ranch, sisters Tori and Miranda are practicing to compete in different events at the local horse show--but Ashley, a rude and conceited girl who is stabling her pony at the ranch, is constantly criticizing everthing, their costumes, their ponies, Jewel and Buttercup, and generally draining the fun out of the summer.