Black Horse Western
39 total works
With the Sioux defeated, land along the Powder River was up for grabs. Some violent men were after it but they hadn't bargained for hunter and guide Lonesome Brad Bradshaw. When rancher Rob Henshal was shot from the saddle, Brad rode into rumbustious Miles City intent on bringing the backshooter to justice. Could it be shyster lawyer Charles Horniblow? Or Psychopath Scarface Jack Mosby? Were the Diamond Square cowboys on the level? Or was Rob's neighbour, the fiery Euala del Toro, behind the rustling? The arrival of pretty easterner Heather Monro adds further fuel to the fire as she, too, lays her claim to the ranch. Against all the odds, can Brad rescue Heather from peril and nail the killer?
When a young Japanese railroad worker, Higo, kills two rapist guards and escapes into Utah's canyonlands, Cal Mitchell goes after him - and not just for the $500 reward...Dark secrets beckon Cal towards his homeland amid the soaring mountains of Zion. Not only is he still under the spell of his tempestuous passion for Modesty but he also seeks vengeance against the five fiery brothers of the Granger clan. Blood flows and bullets fly as Cal steps back into his murky past. Can he find peace when the odds are stacked against him?
When young wrangler Quince Simms lands a job with Big John Durham he's well pleased. It's hard work, but honest. He falls for the charms of the rancher's daughter Marie, and when Quince's boyhood pal, Lance Silverlight arrives on the scene it's a recipe for disaster - not only does Lance sweet talk Marie, but steals her father's horses!
JayCee Lanchester, the richest rancher in Arizona's Tonto Basin, runs the town of Riba, keeping his daughter Margarita a virtual prisoner. But Margarita's chance meeting with Cal Jones spells love at first sight for two young people. When she is kidnapped, Jones must face an ambush to rescue her...
The mysterious southern belle, Careen Langridge, has come West to escape death threats from fanatical Confederates. Is she still being pursued? Should she marry Capt. Robbie Randall? But the Mexican, Artistide Luna, has other plans. With gambler and fast-gun, Luke Short, he murders Randall's men and targets Careen. Can the amiable cowboy, Tex Anderson and his pal, Pancho, impose rough justice as with guns blazing they go to Careen's aid?
All Flynn wants is to be Marshal of Tucson, but he is framed by the territory''s richest rancher, Frank B uchanan, and thrown into the hell of Yuma prison. Five years later Flynn comes out, intent on clearing his name and burn ing for vengeance. '
The woman-chasing bronc-taming Sioux ''breed, Sundown Jack, sets up a heap of trouble for himself when he tosses the loathsome big-shot, Henry Snoad, into Miles City ''s flooded main street. '
On the slopes of the volcano lay the mines of Matarote and Mike Morgan would reap a lucrative contract if his railroad company could be first to lay track to them up from the Mexican coast. But he was little prepared for the dirty tricks of a rival outfit. When his workers were murdered, his tunnel destroyed and a locomotive blown sky high, he knew he had a war on his hands. To add to the troubles he had fallen for Rosa, the beautiful daughter of his money man, Don Emilio Terrazos. And Terrazos was not pleased. It was time for Morgan to reach for his Winchester and take on the hired killers face to face. But against such odds, could he save his rail road and win back Rosa?
In the wilds of western Colorado, pert and pretty archaeologist Lucy Luffy, and her companion, Professor Matt Strangeways, are searching for a fabled cave of brontosaurus remains. But when they lose their equipment while rafting down the tumultuous Flaming Gorge, it is only the start of their problems. Rebellious Ute Indians, Jesse Greer's thieving gang of Missouri white trash, and Luke Greaves, the greasy sheriff of Dutch John, soon accelerate the pair's troubles which land them in jail. Can the handsome bounty hunter, Jim Roland, catch up with Greers and his gang after they kidnap Lucy and are swept on down the river? And can Lucy hang on to her life, or even her virtue?