Western Thriller

In Lonesome Animals, Russell Strawl, a tormented former lawman, is called out of retirement to hunt a serial killer with a sense of the macabre who has been leaving elaborately carved bodies of Native Americans across three counties. As the pursuit ensues, Strawl’s own dark and violent history weaves itself into the hunt, shedding light on the remains of his broken family: one wife taken by the river, one by his own hand; an adopted Native American son who fancies himself a Catholic prophet; and a daughter, whose temerity and stoicism contrast against the romantic notions of how the west was won.

"Kill or be killed historical romance with bandits, Pinkerton agents, bounty hunters, mystery and more. Melissa Lenhardt writes with passion and does not hold anything back." -RT Book Reviews Laura Elliston and William Kindle are on the run-from the Army and from every miscreant in the West...

The vicious Mexican cartel war boils over into the Big Bend in the explosive new novel from the author of The Far Empty and High White Sun. In the Mexican borderlands, a busload of student protesters is gunned down in broad daylight, a violent act blamed on the Nemesio cartel. But its aging...

Photographer Todd Ellison is engrossed in a photoshoot deep in Alberta’s dinosaur country when he stumbles upon human bones buried in the sand of a remote coulee. Not far away, while driving through the Alberta prairie, Amanda Doucette glimpses an abandoned farmhouse that reminds her of an old photograph hanging on her aunt’s wall. Who is the cocky young cowboy in the photo? Could it be connected to Amanda’s uncle, who went missing in Alberta 30 years ago?

In tiny Blacklin County, Texas, a curse is nothing more than a four-letter word hollered in a barroom or muttered in the heat. So Sheriff Dan Rhodes is more curious than concerned when he dutifully responds to a complaint of witchcraft. When Dr. Samuel Martin, the local dentist - and unpopular landlord - claims he's been hexed by a tenant, Rhodes does his best to smooth things out between the distressed D.D.S. and the would-be witch. But in two shakes of a black cat's tail, the good doctor disappears...and his wife turns up bludgeoned to death.

When FBI agent Maria Belasco is mysteriously attacked, her soon-to-be ex-husband, Austin O'Brien, is instantly on the scene. Problem is, she can't remember what happened or the case she was working on. Or how, months before, tragedy had driven her and the reserved rancher irrevocably apart....Now Austin must pretend that nothing has changed between them to help Maria get her memory back and discover who wants her dead. But protecting her 24/7 is reigniting desires even more explosive than before. Austin will do whatever it takes to expose the enemy on their trail.

With the ferocity of a tigress, Kate Williams desperately fights a kidnapper trying to snatch her adopted son from her. When rancher Dallas O'Brien sees the skirmish, he bravely saves the infant and his lovely mother. Single and new in town, Kate accepts the handsome cowboy's offer of a safe haven at his ranch. Spurred on by their Texas-sized attraction, Dallas and Kate untangle a web of lies that throws the baby's paternity into question. And Dallas wonders - could he be a father? Could he be a husband? But when bullets start flying, the real question is, will he survive to find out?

He was sure he could handle one petite PI with an attitude - but he'll need her help to solve the secret of his missing sister and outwit a ruthless killer. His family never fully recovered from the kidnapping of his siblings decades ago. Now Boone McGraw finally has a lead on his missing sister's location, but it means working with feisty private investigator C. J. Knight. Desperate to solve her partner's murder, C. J. doesn't believe her case could possibly be connected to the sexy horse breeder's investigation...until they find themselves running for their lives.

The hardworking single mother of young daughter, Joanna Brady still feels the acute pain of loneliness and loss, the hole that was left in her heart when her policeman husband was murdered. But Sheriff Brady is the law in Cochise County, and murder has shattered the small town's fragile peace. A local gun dealer has died violently, and his stock of high-powered weapons has been cleared out. When two more slayings follow soon after, suspicion falls upon rancher Alton Hosfield.

He's riding straight into danger. Wrangler Angus Savage has come to Wyoming to help Jinx McCallahan get her cattle to high country. He's signed on for the dangerous drive, eager to reconnect with the woman he knew when they were kids. Now in the wilderness the no-nonsense cowboy and the strong-willed rancher must navigate the trail's many hazards - like her treacherous ex who wants her back...or dead. Contains mature themes.

The gunman simply known as McKibbon, a legend in the mob wars of the early twentieth century has slipped into an uncomfortable retirement in unlikely Pittsburgh. But it is 1936 and America and in the midst of the depression the East's best young men have moved away seeking work so an old adversary, Pittsburgh mobster Edgar McFaul, has a job for him.

Wayne Masters is coming home after working years away. After purchasing a ranch in Texas, he is in search of a past that's now just a blur as a result of an accident resulting in partial amnesia. Wayne is being haunted by distant memories of a love gone by and must overcome unimaginable obstacles in his quest to find her. Violent storms, a murderer and life threatening emergencies all stand in Wayne's path to reunite with the one love that he doesn't even remember.

Jake Logan is a drifting free-wheeling cowboy who is just passing through town. He is recruited by a damsel in distress to help discover what happened to her missing uncle and his ranch. A powerful enemy tries to stop the investigation by getting rid of anyone that stands in the way. After reading them from the good book, Jake must make good on his promise, but first he must stay alive!

New Mexico Territory, 1825: a volatile frontier where cultures collide. In Taos Valley, the brutal murder of a Mexican official and theft of the legendary Sangre de Cristo Cache—priceless Spanish gold and sacred religious artifacts—threaten to ignite open war. The cache, key to the new government's stability, becomes a magnet for deadly ambition. U.S. Territorial Marshal Sam Hartwell rides into this powder keg. The Hawken rifle used points to American mountain men, but Hartwell uncovers a deeper, more insidious conspiracy: the theft was an inside job, its secrets guarded by powerful figures.

In the rugged terrain of late 1800s Texas, where justice is as untamed as the land, one man stands against the chaos. Pharaoh Smith, a seasoned Texas Ranger with a no-nonsense approach, embarks on a relentless mission in this heart-pounding installment of the Pharaoh Smith, Texas Ranger series. The very air around them carries the weight of desperation as 16-year-old Anna Hinch is kidnapped by the ruthless Comanche warrior, Blood Eye. With a gang comprising Mexicans, Blacks, and Whites, Blood Eye is a force to be reckoned with.

Demons need to feed. James Johnson, illegitimate son of the legendary Wyatt Earp, brings his mentally disabled friend, Carson, to Dodge City. The size of the town is overwhelming. And so are the potential dangers. Unable to secure a place to stay, the boys accept the hospitality of the local preacher. But not all holy men are what they seem. Some souls belong to the devil. James and Carson must defeat the possessed before the demon hits the Chisholm Trail. Will James and Carson unite to battle the demon? Or will their family be torn apart by a preacher who serves a dark lord? This is a spine-tingling tale of supernatural horror. Read this book to continue the terrifying series today! Summoner of Souls is the third novel in the Son of Earp series by Chuck Buda.

Twister Malone and Chuckaluck Thompson are making their way through a West Texas canyon when they smell death. Finally, the two emerge onto the mesa, where they encounter the site of a massacre. A whole family of deer lies dead around a small pond, their skeletons bleached by the Texas sun. Someone has poisoned the water hole. Then a rider comes around the corner, rifle in hand, and gets the drop on Twister and Chuckaluck.

A boy in Texas waits for a Christmas present he chose from a Montgomery Ward catalog. The present, a brand new, lever action Winchester 1886 and a box of .50-caliber slugs, never makes it there. Instead, the rifle is caught up in a train robbery and starts a long and violent journey of its own - from the hands of a notorious, kill-crazy outlaw to an Apache renegade to a hardscrabble rancher and beyond. But while the prized Winchester is wandering the West - aimed, fired, battered and bartered - Deputy U.S. Marshal Jimmy Mann is hunting for the outlaw who robbed the train in Texas.

One murdered girl. One unknown killer. One legendary lawman. A lone man sits his horse atop a bluff near the southern Missouri border. There's a story in the country ahead of him. A dark tale of murdered girls and a killer not caught, of an old friend asking for help, and a letter from a frightened young mother that has arrived too late to save her daughter. A letter that now rests in this man's pocket.....

What would cause two friends to leave Cajun country and go on a foolhardy romp through Colorado? The argumentative Cajun and Tee Man attend the National western stock show in Denver to buy a bull. They craft an impromptu visit to Winter Park ski resort where, coincidently, the blind J.O., is enjoying winter sports with challenged veterans. The raucous bunch celebrates and J.O. cajoles Cat into a snowmobile race, which ends in near-disaster.