In this Ralph Compton western, home is a battlefield....Buck Fletcher, infamous shootist, was once a boy raised in a cabin near Two-Bit Creek in Montana. Returning home to pay his respects at his parents' graves, Buck finds an unconscious woman in the woods—bleeding from a head wound. She might be the victim of a range war that’s brewing in the territory.Buck soon finds himself drawn into the escalating conflict—courted by one side, threatened by the other....

Bad blood runs deep in this Ralph Compton western...Jock Kane would do anything for his buddy Chad Becker—except drive the rancher’s longhorns to the Ellsworth railhead in Kansas. Having lost his fortune and his faith on the last trail, and his beloved wife, Twyla, to a killer, Jock’s not looking for adventure. What gets him off his tail is finding out who’s vying with Chad for the Kansas sale. It’s none other than Twyla’s cold-blooded killer himself—Jock’s own bro...

In this Ralph Compton western, even the most rugged trailsman has to watch his steps...It’s called the Whoop-Up Trail. It’s a two hundred mile stretch of rough terrain between Montana and Canada, littered with spiky brushwood, crawling with clawed and fanged critters of all shapes and sizes, and traversed by hostile Indians and vicious outlaws.But for Luke Garrett—framed for a murder he didn’t commit, saddled with five mail-order brides, driving what’s left...

A cattle drive turns bloody in this western in the USA Today bestselling Ralph Compton series...Luke Deal and his gang are murderers many times over. And Owen, the foreman of the Bar 40 ranch, has interrupted their depravities one time too many.Now a business representative for some British cattle ranchers is buying one of the Bar 40’s best longhorns, and driving it from Texas to Wyoming. Owen and three of the Bar 40’s toughest cowhands are escorti...

A gunslinger gets bloody payback in this western from USA Today bestselling author Ralph Compton.Nathan Stone experienced the horror of Civil War battlefields. But the worst lies ahead. When he returns to Virginia, to the ruins of what was his home, he discovers his father butchered and his mother and sister stripped, ravished, and slain. The seven renegades who did it rode away to the West. Half-starved and afoot, he takes to their trail.Nathan St...

A man embarks on a hazardous journey for both body and soul in this Ralph Compton western...Ed Wright earned his reputation as a capable and principled man from years of driving cattle—and from wearing a Ranger’s badge. The Texan wants nothing more than to drown his memories in bottle after bottle of whiskey.Unita Nance is the owner of the Bar U Ranch, having inherited the spread after her husband’s death. She needs Ed to drive her stock from Texas to Newto...

In this gritty Ralph Compton western, a cold-blooded killer uses his deadly skills for fiery vengeance.When it comes to killing, Lucius Stark is just about the meanest mongrel of a man who ever aimed a gun in West Texas. For him, taking lives means making a living, and if the price is right, he’ll do the job. But even hardest of men has a soft spot...When Stark grows too fond of a woman he is hired to kill in a range war, his client shows his displeasure by...

A gunslinging woman can't escape her past in this Ralph Compton western.Disguised as “Danny Duggin,” Danielle Strange hunted down the merciless cutthroats who murdered her father. Now the feared gunslick has hung up her trademark twin Colts—and given up her secret identity—to make something out of her Texas ranch. But then a passel of hard cases rides into town and all hell breaks loose. And when the vicious gunmen kill one of Danielle’s old saddle pals, she knows ...

There's no such thing as safe passage in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series.Ben McCullough was once an officer in the Confederate Army. Now, he’s a rancher in the Texas hill country, hoping to earn enough money to settle down and marry. With eight hundred head of cattle to drive north, Ben is relying on his ex-sergeant, Hap, to watch over the bunch of greenhorns he’s recruited to help.These young cowboys have their work cu...

The trail to riches is lined with danger in this Ralph Compton western...The ranchers of Frio Springs are praying that Sam Ketchum will succeed in driving their cattle to the richer markets of Nebraska. Sure, there’s no one more reliable. But ghosts still haunt Sam from his last drive—and the road north has only become tougher. Comanches and cattle thieves lie hidden in the brush, poised to ambush, and notorious gunslingers lurk in every town along the way....

Justice casts a long shadow in this Ralph Compton western.James Cason…son of the owner of the Long Shadow ranch and head of a posse that tracked Mexican bandits across the border and killed their leader.Duke Faglier…wanted by both sides of the law for killing the men who murdered his family.Revelation Scattergood…suspected of being a rustler alongside her four brothers—and ready to start a new life for herself.Together they will drive a herd...

In this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series, on the Alamosa Trail, anything goes...After the merciless Blizzard of 1886, times are tough, but on the Trailback Ranch, the cowboys are tougher. From horse racing to train robbing, they'll survive on whatever schemes their wits can muster until a job comes their way...And infamous gunslinger Clay Allison needs a few good men to rustle a herd up from Mexico into Colorado across the equally in...