Central Kansas Library System

Rodeo cowboy Brody Creed likes life on the move. Until a chance encounter with his long-estranged twin brother brings him "home" for the first time in years. Suddenly Brody is in Creed territory--at thirty-three, he's a restless bad boy among family with deep ties to the land and each other. And a secret past haunts him as he tries to make plans for his future. Carolyn Simmons is looking for Mr. Right in Lonesome Bend, as the ticktock of her biological...

Follows Connor Creed who, promising to carry on his Uncle's legacy, struggles with identity issues when his estranged identical twin brother returns.

Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together...

Real cowboys are gentle, patient, and creative as they move hundreds of cattle, make camp, and dream under the stars.

"Still processing his grief, Jet Mayer is shocked to learn his late brother had a secret wife and child. Though he's neck-deep running his family's ranch, nothing will keep Jet from supporting Holly and little Clara. But Holly wants to follow her own path--even if Jet's the steadfast man she once wished for. Can they somehow reconcile their dreams to make a forever life together?"--Provided by publisher.

"They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they...

Adam Stark had found gold. In the confusion of the mesas and canyons near Rockinstraw Mountain, Stark, his wife, Consuelo, and his sister, Miriam, were quietly working a rich vein while keeping their presence a secret from raiding Apaches. Worried that his wife might leave him, Stark wanted to make enough money to take her to San Francisco, where she could enjoy the style of life she craved. When Taggart, a stranger on the run from a vicious bounty...

Thirty years before the events of He Who Comes, Reuben Cole is a young man yet unforged in the blood of his enemies. His ruthless determination to hunt down those who has broken the law is a force that drives him forward. An ex-army scout, his skills are valued and sought after whenever trouble arises. When evil men try to seize what others possess, Reuben is called in. No one who crosses Reuben Cole is going to stay around for long. He is the...