In the early 1840s, indentured contracts bound men, women—and even children—to years of service, all sealed by ink and promise.Young William Berry is one of them. Sold by his mother to learn the wheelwright trade, he is bound for seven years to a traveling wagon crew. But instead of training, William is worked like a beast—feeding livestock, breaking camp, and shouldering every unwanted task. Two years pass, and the lessons he was promised never come.When W...

Return to Forbidden Valley is a continuation of book one, 'Follow the Lonely Trail'. After the long winter months waiting for the melting snows. Chase Johnson finds out that the homestead has debt left by his murdered pa. Needing provisions along with planting supplies forces him to return to the mountains and in the course of it all, he is drawn into a whole new adventure following outlaw gangs, rescuing a kidnaped girl, and looking for love brings him headlong back onto the trail with hi...

Smoky was no dog at all, but a full-blooded Timber Wolf. But Sheriff Roy did take care of his dog which most in the town of Poison Poke called him the 'Hellhound'.Hellhound he could be, if the sheriff was threatened, but most of his time he spent lying on an old leather door mat in front of the sheriff's office watching the town with little interest.At first, Roy's wife, Abigail, did not care for the 'mess maker' as he chewed up or on furniture, rugs given to him to sleep o...

Welcome back to another thrilling episode in the Chase Johnson Western Adventure series!This time, Chase is hot on the trail of a band of desperate renegades who've raided the ranch of his sister, Sianna, and her husband, Junior Brady. At Junior's urgent request, Chase and his seasoned Uncle, Gray Wolf, join forces to bring back the kidnapped women—Sianna and her two daughters—before it's too late.Set in the fading days of the Indian Wars, when most tribes have already surren...

Chase and Gray Wolf hit the trail looking for outlaws the sheriff of Silver City cannot track. After robbing the Silver City bank, the sons of Steed Bowling seek revenge on those they deem responsible for the death of their pa, blaming Chase and his uncle, along with the sheriff and judge of Silver City. The Bowling boys force Chase and Gray Wolf back on the trail to a trap set to spring at a place of their choosing, Steaming Valley.Chase has no choice but to bring in his uncle to ...

A brand new Western adventure from Ray Rowan!'Gray Wolf - Blood Trail' tells a riveting story of Gray Wolf, a Kiowa warrior who refuses to surrender to the oppressive forces stripping his people of their land and freedom. Set in the backdrop of the Civil War era, this story paints a vivid picture of the relentless pursuit and ingenious escapes of a man committed to his own path. As Gray Wolf evades capture by the determined Sergeant Mason and his troops, he must rely on his wits an...

Chase Johnson was born from the union of an Irish father and Kiowa mother. Genetics gave him the best of both traits. He had his father's temper and his mother's native instincts. Schooled by his uncle, Gray Wolf, in the ways of his Indian heritage, Chase had no idea just how much he would come to rely on those lessons until the day his father and brother were killed by a neighboring rancher, John Brady.Determined to exact his revenge for their murders, Chase spent months in the mo...

Vivian Graves thought she was a normal, a late-teenaged girl who worked hard as a waitress to help her mother take care of her ailing father. After deciding to end her dad's suffering, she found out the hard way that she was anything but 'normal'. Her parents had hidden a disturbing secret her entire life. Vivian was a banshee. A fabled fore-warner of death, who's curse had been handed down through generations.A curse known simply as, 'The Mark'.

The Journal: A written report of the life and times of Jeremiah Kornegay. Written by him to be found or passed down through the generations to tell of his life here in the new world. The only survivor other than his three sisters captured by those that had massacred the 119 souls that had made their way across the vast expanse of sea to escape the harsh life of the old world.Looking for land and a new life they had no idea what they were to find here in this new vast untamed land. ...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST'Essential reading' - THE INDEPENDENT'Vital and insightful' - OWL FISHERWhat does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century?Our gender identity is impacted by our personal histories; the cultures, communities and countries we are born into; and the places we go and the people we meet. But the representation of contemporary non-binary identities has been limit...

Anson's fate is clear the moment his caravan trespasses near the lair of the legendary Dragon of the Sands. The beast demands payment, but instead of treasure, he chooses Anson himself: a human vessel to incubate the dragon's eggs.

Captain Drake Parker intends to go down with his ship, but in the aftermath of his unexpected survival he finds himself captured by a powerful alien hunter. Drawn to the dominant predator, Parker must adapt to a life of service to this alien monster that includes serving as the tyrannosaur's mate.