Central Kansas Library System

"In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty...and a hidden fortune and a bride he can't remember marrying. Jude Coulter is far more comfortable in his family's sapphire mine tucked in the Montana mountains than on the bustling streets of New York City, where he's been sent to deliver a shipment of gems. His relief at boarding the train for the first leg of his journey home is short-lived when an...

"After running wild in his youth, Finn Monroe is now on the other side of the law as the local attorney. Between his practice and working at his family's ranch, his days aren't as exciting as they used to be--until Jessica Blair steps into his office. Gorgeous and determined, Jessie has a hunch her aunt is in trouble, and Finn is her last hope. As someone who relies on facts rather than feelings, Finn is skeptical. But it can't hurt to do a little...

Promiseland: Callie McGregor is a young pioneer woman determined to survive the Indian massacres, prairie wildfires, droughts and blizzards of the Montana Territory and help settle the west. Her journals bring to life the men and women who endured these problems and more, transporting readers to a time long gone. A ragged old man leaves a Christmas gift Callie will never forget. A dying mother tries to drown her children rather than leave them as...

Forensic psychologist and single mother Ann Bailey has joined forces with Montana Highway Patrol officer Bryce McCabe. An expert in untangling the motives of depraved minds, Ann is tasked to help solve the mystery of two murdered women doused with gasoline and set aflame. The deeper Ann and Bryce's investigation goes, the nearer they get to each other and to danger. After another murder hits close to home, Ann fears a clue is hidden in her own past....

"Mail-order-bride-to-be Heather Stanford dreads the day the matron of the St. Louis bridal agency finds her a husband and sends her west. Heather has no desire to marry; she just wants to free her struggling family from the financial burden of another mouth to feed. Still, she holds true to her plan when the fateful day arrives and Mrs. Seymour sings the praises of her prospective groom. Heather girds herself to leave behind all she holds dear and...

After surviving a horrible train accident, Victoria Kinsley can never be sure of her age-- or her identity. She was adopted by the Kinsleys and has never recalled her life prior to the accident. How can she embrace her future without knowing her own past? She is guarded around strangers and keeps men at arm's length. Until Reese Cartwright shows up. Reese recognizes Victoria the moment he sees her. He's been hurt in the past by a woman who was less...

"Mary Stoltzfus is thirty years old, splashed with freckles, and unmarried. In her Amish world, that qualifies her to be called an old maid. She is living her quiet schoolteacher life in the Lancaster County Amish community when she gets a surprising invitation in the mail one day. Would she come to Montana to teach? Of course not, she decides, fully at home in eastern Pennsylvania, where she can go out to eat in dozens of restaurants, do her laundry...

She's determined to make a name for herself as a news correspondent, but this mountain man may be her hardest assignment yet. As the fifth daughter in a family of nine, Noelle Grant spent her life striving to be unique. Her love of telling stories helps define her goal--to be known around the country as one of the top news correspondents of her time. And what better way to uncover sensational tales than to travel through the mountain wilderness...

It is 1879.Rock Beckler wants to cross Angus cattle with his herd of Texas Longhorns. Getting the black cows to his ranch in the Bitter Root Valley in the Montana Territory is going to be a challenge though. The cattle will have to be trailed in. That could take three months, maybe even longer depending on where they can be found. Then an old friend by the name of Badger McCune writes Rock about some black cows down by Cheyenne in the Wyoming Territory...

"When Luke McCutcheon finds Faith Brown about to give birth in her rickety wagon, his first instincts are to ride for help. Instead, he stays and delivers a beautiful baby girl. Unable to leave the pretty young widow and her little son and newborn unprotected in the Montana wilderness, he brings them along on his family's cattle drive, to the absolute delight of the other friendly cowboys. Luke, third son of Montana's wealthy McCutcheon family, is...