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Winifred, a small village in the middle of nowhere that no one knew about until one man's dream came to town.Spaceships, astronauts and a big building program have a way of bringing the unknown to the center of the world's attention.Rob Cantrell's dream could be the salvation of mankind or the destruction of Winifred.

Andy was just trying to survive in a terrible economy. When his brother-in-law came up with the idea to incorporate their village, how did he know it would soon involve the EPA, the Forest Service and the Governor? Yeah, there was a lot of money involved, but was it really worth going to jail? As Mayor, he just wanted to stop the smoke and go back to obscurity.

Mike Clay had a rough night at the football game last night. His Saturday fixing fences and checking cows became worse after he spotted the two four-wheelers roaring out of Canada. The nightmare began when the jerks cut his fence, shot cows, then opened fire on him. How do you stop them with no cell service and no neighbors close enough to help? Sometimes a rancher must do what he has to do.

Book 1 in the Mizzouri Kid series.John was a Missouri boy who just wanted to be a cowboy and join a cattle drive from Texas. He stopped in Ottumwa, Kansas to visit his grandparents as he headed to Abilene to join some cowboys headed back to Texas. That's where life threw him a curve. He met Shorty, who taught him to quick draw a gun. He had a natural talent for it that he soon developed. Bullies and bad men learned that even at fifteen years old he didn't back down and they could e...

Slim Raymond had a good business and a good wife but he couldn't measure up to his father-in-law. He talked his wife into moving to a new land where the land was free for the taking. The only problem was holding on to it. If Mother Nature or the insects or the animals didn't try to get it back, there were the Road Trotters. They were the worst animals of all.

Volume 4 in the Alcantaran series.Elevin Shi was tasked with an impossible job. He had to find some answers on a distant backward planet but there was trouble in the Charter Alliance Intelligence Service. He couldn't even get a decent briefing. He had to turn to his personal network of spies for help. This trouble could spell the end of the Charter Alliance but could they get the answers in time? Would they live through it?

Sometimes, a gorgeous blonde with blue eyes just shouldn't be allowed in a bar. Especially if some of the men have been drinking and one of them dares the other. She can be the tipping point where the idiot accepts the dare. Some dares hurt a lot more than others.

Lucky Dawson came to the conclusion that his life as a gambler wouldn't last. When he won a mine and ranch with water rights, he thought he had started a new life as a gentleman rancher. Then a beautiful red-head, a crooked railroad man, desperate ranchers and rustlers complicated his life. Could he use his guns and wits to keep alive to enjoy that ranch? Book 2 in the Lucky Dawson series.

Boxed set of first four complete novels of the Alcantaran series. Includes Alien Abduction, Alien Challenge, The Alcantaran Key and Portal to the Stars, plus an excerpt from the newest Justice Alien Style. A $23.96 value on sale now.

Volume 2 in the Alcantaran series.Why won't the Bugs leave them alone? All Ron, Gus and Tik wanted to do was to get back to their home planets to see their families. They wouldn't mind turning a profit on some trades along the way but when people threaten their friends and trade, they have a tendency to forget trading while they take care of the problem. It seemed like every time they turned around, the Bugs or some of their allies were threatening them or their friends. Maybe hitt...

John just wanted to be a cowboy on his buddy's ranch and go on a cattle drive. When the terrible winter of 1886 hit and Road Trotters from No Man's Land threatened the ranch, John's skill with a gun was called into action again. Now he was forced to make a cattle drive to save the ranch. A gun might not be enough to get the cattle back home though. He might need more than a little luck.

Kanchen is a very competent space station administrator.It's beyond her control when a fledgling AI tests its new abilities and stirs up more troubles than a moody teenager. Kanchen just needs time to educate the AI before her boss shoots it.But time is in short supply in her world and the Bugs are pushing more problems at her as well as those coming from the breakup of the Charter Alliance. Problems which overshadow even a temperamental AI's antics.Her choices affect ...