Bøger af Langdon Pierce

Rancher Garland Ware, favored by fortune in business and love, is engaged to the owner of the largest ranch in the area, Rebecca O'Shea. Between him and his friends, they have the little town of Burnside in their grasp. That is, until gunfighter Cotton Mallory shows up, a dead body across his saddle. Right behind him come the Brooks' family, challenging Ware's right to his ranch. What will it be: law and order or Western justice?

Tyler Reed would say that he was an up and coming actor, ready to hit the big time, like his friend, Nick Musgrave. He might also say that he let Jillian, the love of his life slip away. But all of that was for naught, when on the set of a Western movie, there was an earthquake and his life got turned upside down. Somehow, he finds himself in the Southwest of 1882, on the floor of a saloon, accused of shooting a dead man and in the company of a gambler named Sam. Not only that, he is mistaken for a well-known gunman, Lin LaSalle. Confusing matters further, Tyler meets up with his best friend, Nick, who is known as Rooster Hayes, an outlaw, and his old girlfriend, Jillian, who is now Jewel. Neither have his best interests at heart. Further complicating things, he finds that he, as Lin LaSalle, has signed up for a Show Down to the Death in Goliad, New Mexico. His opponent is none other than Sam, the gambler who saved his life in Red Rock and keeps him alive in the Old West. And the man who has organized the Show Down is none other than King Cooper, the director on the set of the movie he was filming. Tyler doesn't want to kill or be killed, he only wants to make it back to the 2020's. Meanwhile, he finds himself falling in love with Tatia, an actress traveling with Sam and his wife, Katie. How is he to get back to his future, while becoming more and more the gunman, Lin LaSalle? And how can he do it without killing Sam?

Newly widowed Nancy Cyrus is flooded out of her home at the Forks in Tennessee. With her two daughters, they embark on a journey westward to start a new life. Convicted for a crime he did not commit, Frank Pascoe goes back to Ohio to find that his wife has remarried. He plans to head west for a new start, but the past keeps catching up to him. Whether by a young man, Shelby Sinclair, who believes he is Jack Davis one of the outlaws who robbed the Union Pacific, or by J.J. White who is convinced Frank knows where the loot is.At first, Nancy and Frank come together for mutual convenience in traveling, Nancy for protection for herself and her girls, and Frank, to throw off the posse that is deadset on the reward for his capture. But Nancy has her values and when Frank falls short, she breaks off their agreement. What will it take to convince her that she needs him, or does she?

The West has always been known as a place of starting over and Arizona Territory in the early 1870's was no different. Growing up caring for an ill mother and two young sisters, Cherry Brown does her best to keep her family together. When her mother dies and her stepfather is murdered, she and her sisters are left to the care of her uncle and stepbrother. Life on the ranch becomes unbearable and though she can't read or write and has few skills, she decides to start over in Tucson, forty miles north. Taking a chance on being discovered by the Apache is worth the risk. But when black smoke billows from Big Rock Canyon, she knows she must go back. Once she gets to Tucson, saloon owner Belle Forest gives her a job and a place to stay and gamblers Temple Hardy and Keg Williams befriend the girl. When she saves the life of Lieutenant John Harlan in a flash flood, the desire for a husband and family comes to the fore. Will it be the Army officer or someone else who holds for her the Hope of Heaven?

Newly returned from the East where she went to school, Tess Duvall is unprepared for a wounded U. S. Marshal to fall at her feet. Nursing him back to health is the easy part. Helping him find the men responsible for selling rifles to the Apache, while keeping her heart aloof from his twin brother is the hard part. Tess Duvall must learn to fight for her land, her life and her love. Can she convince Treb she is strong enough for the Benteen Brand?

"Get to Independence Rock by the Fourth of July if you want to make it through the mountains before the snow flies." Gloriana Jude is a Kentucky girl determined to be part of manifest destiny; her goal to march across a continent to make her stamp on history. Risking everything, she and her husband and son leave the narrow hollows and sheltering hills of Wolf Creek, resolved to make a home in the West. Catastrophe waits at every river crossing; disease and destitution strike the unwary. When a head injury to her husband threatens their trip, she wonders if the risks outweigh the rewards. An Army patrol is there to lend security to the wagon train, but there's an Army scout who has her feeling anything but secure. At Fort Laramie, she meets Gregor, disinherited by his family and cast out to die. Who can she trust? Is this too much for a girl from Wolf Creek? Will they make it across the mountains in time?

Born in the West but raised in the East, Emma Cordell yearns to return to the land of her birth. However, marriage and the birth of her child keep her in the East. Misfortune seems to follow her steps as she becomes a widow not once, but twice.Yet, with tragedy comes the opportunity to go west. Tall, dark and handsome Matt Sweeney seems all too willing to become her next husband. But, he's misled her once, can she trust him again?Jim Day, former cavalryman and sometime miner, is well on his way to hell. However, a pair of blue eyes needs him to help bring justice to Wolf Gap. Can he save Emma and help her claim her inheritance?

Moultrie is a prairie town fighting for a foothold on the plains of North Dakota. When her best friend heads west as a mail order bride, Millicent Ball joins her, in a bid to escape her past. Forging a new beginning is her goal. Though there are men willing to help her forget, marriage isn't on her mind. In her situation, love is impossible and she knows it, yet there's one man who dares. Can Millie let go of the past and grab hold of the future? Or will she always be looking at shadows, hiding her heart and ready to run at the slightest alarm? What about Rafe Moultrie, a big man made bigger by the events of his life? Falling in love with Millie wasn't his plan. Will he stand aside for his son or will he follow his heart? Past and future demand a final reckoning in Moultrie.

Eleanor Dennison is happy with her life in Ohio. But, when her husband dies she decides to make a longtime dream of going west come true. The farmer next door, Owen McClure, was once wed to her best friend, Sara, but is now a widower. Though Eleanor feels an attraction to him, Owen becomes engaged to Rosemary Pescher.With nothing holding her back, Eleanor heads west. Yet, while making plans to join a wagon train, she meets up with Owen McClure, a neighbor from back home. The last wagon train leaving Independence is led by Reverend Follansbee who insists that only married couples are welcome. After striking a bargain with Owen to wed, 'business only, ' she learns he has been accused of murder and has a price on his head.What has she done? Can she trust her heart? Will she find a way to make her dream come true?

The West is a hard place to make a life, have a family and build a future. Indians have been moved to the reservations, the railroad has come to town, but life in Texas 1876 is still wild and woolly. On the Double H Ranch, Ruth Holbrook has come to visit her uncle, aunt and cousin. A neighboring rancher's sheep is stampeded over a cliff and on the east side of the ranch a wildfire nearly destroys the Diamond W. Are these natural occurrences or is someone trying to drive them out? Finding the truth won't be easy; who can you trust? Quin Smith, whose gun looks a little worn for a peaceable man, Sunny Bill, who will fight for what he believes in, or Ford Holbrook, the rancher who has built the Double H from the ground up? Or maybe Clair Ransome, the railroad man with eyes for Ruth? Alongside their men are the Holbrook women: Ruth, has she fallen in love with the West or a man? Ginny, the belle of the valley with her stylish clothes and cultured ways is looking for a man like her father. And, Anne Holbrook, standing by her man, regardless of what comes their way. These men and women know what they want and they won't settle for less. Death can come from fire, flood, stampede or gunshot. Will heaven bend down and rescue them before it's too late?

Living by his fists and his wits has suited Sam Dollar, who along with his partner, Hugh O'Hanlon, have roamed the West, taking life as it comes. That is until he meets Kathleen Rexrode, the star of the play, The Santa Rita Rose. A beautiful woman with fire and confidence, she's a match for him in every way, except his heart. The thrill of the gamble is irresistible and he follows it to Brazil, then Europe, where he meets the enigmatic Joan Cacella. With her tragic death, he is once more drawn to America where he faces the biggest gamble of all.

Attending a funeral in St. Louis, Sam Dollar is drawn into a poker game where he wins a horse. Upon collecting the bet, he ends up buying two other horses as well. Which fact leads him to decided to ride back to Arizona after picking up his son, Logan, from school in Austin, Texas. On the road, he comes across a young woman, Madeline Starrett and her daughter, Grace. Upon finding that they were abandoned by her husband's family, Sam knows he must put things right. Especially when he is told they've taken her infant son with them.The Taylor brothers, Curt and Byron run Prospect County. When he is struck on the head by a tree blasted by lightning, Madeline and her daughter are kidnapped by Byron Taylor. Friend's from Sam's past, Slim and Zelda Cavanaugh, take care of him, even while they are avoiding Byron themselves.Concerned by the telegrams he has sent to his wife, Katie, she and his best friend, Hugh O'Hanlon, join Sam. Together, they plan to re-unite the family, as well as bring to justice the men who have taken the law into their own hands. An almost hanging, a fire at the Social Hall and a final meeting with Byron await them. To win, Sam must risk everything: Katie, Logan and his life.

Traveling from Wickenburg on his way to California, the stagecoach is waylaid by Indians and Sam is wounded. Dragged to safety by one of the passengers, they witness another of the passengers, Georges Latrelle, shooting, killing and scalping the driver, messenger and other passengers, to make it look like they were he up by Indians. Sam is too hurt to give testimony and his fellow passenger, Ben Shaw, is in a hurry to get to California, himself. While in Ehrenburg on the Colorado River, Sam is invited to sail on a steamship, the Fortunado, along the coast and around the cape of Baja California. The poker games entice, and the owner of the ship, Alejandro Mateos, intent on making a go of his shipping business, needs his help against pirates. Elizabeth Fourchette, accomplice of Georges, is being squeezed out by Alejandro's sister, Adelita, and she uses poisoned wine to try to get her way. Seeing that he survived the stagecoach robbery, Sam isn't too keen on tracking down the mastermind, Georges Latrelle. However, their paths keep crossing and when Georges tosses him overboard into the Sea of Cortez, that is the last straw. Sam must see this through to the end, even if it takes a Poker Contest in San Francisco to do it.