The Second-Best Ranger in Texas by Kathleen Rice Adams is a short historical romance about Texas Ranger, Quinn Barclay. His friend and partner was murdered in a grotesque fashion, and we meet Barclay in a saloon, drowning his sorrows in booze and women. He is...

An African-American cowboy and U.S. Marshal in Indian territory, Cole Winter accepts a commission to bring in Joseph Two Guns, his own brother. So begins the story in To the Gallows by author G.S. Luckett. Cole knows that Joseph is not guilty of the crime...

A richly drawn Western with beautiful descriptions of stark landscapes and situations is how I would describe Texas Yankee: Homecoming by Jerry P. Orange. Our story begins after the conclusion of the Civil War when Joshua Granger, a Yankee cavalryman, returns to Texas, ready to...

The Maynwarings by Digger Cartwright is everything a western novel should be and so much more. The Maynwarings are an influential family living in Carson City, Nevada, shortly after the Civil War during the time of reconstruction. Barron is the head of the family as...

In To Swallow the Earth by Ransom Wilcox and Karl Beckstrand, Wade Forester has a big problem. His problem, it seems, is that everyone wants to shoot him. When he comes home after a long absence, he finds everything has changed. His father has disappeared...

Joshua and Sarah Granger are just two of the young people determined to make Texas home during the turbulent years following the Civil War. Jerry P. Orange recreates the joys and struggles of homesteaders trying to tame a wild land, fight off raiding Indians, and...

Meet Tucker. He’s just your all-round good guy, living in Wyoming with his horse, Snort, and dog, Rex. His world gets turned upside down when Elizabeth Vaughan comes to his town to work on an article. In The Cowboy and The Vampire: A Very Unusual...

The Outlaw Takes a Bride is like a mail order bride story on steroids! As someone who reads this genre regularly I found Susan Page Davis' plot to be refreshing because she didn't just follow the same old formula. Instead she provides a twisting, turning...