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Harlan Finchley loved reading dime novels, his favorite western hero being the fearless lawman Colt T. Blood, the marshal of the wildest frontier town of the all, Fort Arlen. So when Harlan set out to write his very own dime novel, he sought inspiration by going to Fort Arlen to see firsthand the Wild West action he'd read about. But fact and fiction prove to be very different things. The town marshal has never met an outlaw in his life, never mind...

Dry Heat may be a small desert town in 1871 New Mexico, but it's about to sse its share of action! A crazed cougar, the snakebite death of a young man, and an unstable woman from a troubled family are just the beginning of Sheriff Phil Palmer's problems. Sheriff Palmer must also deal with the impending arrival of his newly orphaned 13-year-old niece -- a girl he's never even met. Add shady Southern politicians, angry Indians, myserious cowboys, a...

While tracking Clell Stanhope, the ruthless leader of the Vultures gang who has left a trail of carnage throughout the Old West, Deputy United States Marshal Spurr Morgan is ambushed and loses all hope until a half-breed named Yakima Henry offers his assistance.

Fent Crocker had been foreman of the Hamlin ranch for fifteen years, and with Luke Hamlin growing old and a little soft, he had begun to day-dream of himself as owner of the Hamlin spread. That explains why he had it in for young Race Cullyer. For Luke Hamlin's only daughter, Fox, wasn't at all unhappy to have the young cowboy around. Fent, however, didn't intend to let that interfere with his plans, so he tricked Race into an argument with the Basque...

Born mary Katherine Horony in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, she had socialized with Europe's royalty. But inthe American West she was known by other names: Kate Fisher, Kate Elder, Mary may and perhaps the most famous of all, Big Nose Kate. Doc Holliday might have been the only man she truly loved, and Kate was the woman in Doc Holliday's life.

Frank Morgan survived his first trip to Alaska. Barely. Now, in Western Canada, Morgan and a band of survivors encounter an archenemy with a fortune in ill-gotten gains. He plans to supply murderous Metis rebels with stolen U.S. Army Gatling guns to use for a bloodbath - and the Last Gunfighter is in the way. But before the rebels can kill him, a daring U.S. secret service agent joins his side. In a harsh and untamed land, Morgan faces the ultimate...