Catherine finds herself stranded in a small western town in the late sixteen hundreds and is rescued by a cattle baron, who hires her to become his wife, for, how ever long he needs her. She ultimately finds that he is a domineering man, who demands obedience and during her struggle with his controlling ways she falls in love with him and finds herself emotionally and physically involved with him even though he prepares to marry another woman. Jonathan Thornton, the new cattle baron, because, of his father's illness is returning home and stumbles upon a young woman being sold to a brothel and he rescues her and ultimately hires her to marry him in order to keep peace, between he and his father for the two men had a disagreement causing Johnny to leave home five years ago. Now, he finds himself torn, between Catherine the woman he hired to act as his wife, who invades this thoughts during the day and his dreams at night and gives him peace and contentment when he makes love to her and Elizabeth, the woman with whom he is engaged to be married as they have been meeting and writing secretly over the past five years and is use to the life of a man who works twelve or more hours a day in running a ranch as the Bar T.

The wilderness at the heart of the Australian Northern Territorywas no place for delicate city beauty Samantha Langdon.Cattleman Ross Sunderland wouldn't have agreed to act asguide if he'd known Samantha had signed up for the trip.Their one meeting had sparked an overwhelming attractionand, determined to resist her, loner Ross had vowed to avoidher at all costs.Sam could see in his hard, handsome face that Ross didn'twant her along. But they were seduced by the danger andprimitive beauty around them, and raw instinct took over astheir passion could no longer be denied…

If only the society beauties jostling for the bouquet, hoping to become Mrs. Garrick Rylance, knew that the dashing best man in question has eyes for only one woman…. Bridesmaid Zara was his friend, his lover—but that was five years ago, before she flew to the city and out of his life, and Garrick cordoned off his heart. So now, seeing Zara again, Garrick is wary. But there's one thing he's certain of—he won't let her run this time!

Luke Dawson and his Navajo Indian sidekick, Honani, both Union soldiers, have ridden home from the Civil War. Each man yearns to return to a normal life but while they rode away to the War, things changed in Sundown Valley. Instead of peace in the valley, they face Dallas Zimmer who's consumed by greed and has a bunch of killers at his disposal. He's even claimed Luke's woman. Faced with murder, corruption and injustice, Luke rides through hostile Apache Country to face Zimmer and his gang in a final showdown. But are the odds too great?

A hot power couple ignites in passionate rivalry in this “surefire winner” that spent three months on the New York Times bestseller list (Publishers Weekly). When San Francisco ad executive Flame Bennett first meets powerful land developer Chance Stuart, the spark between them is intense and undeniable. Through their whirlwind courtship and marriage, Chance romances Flame lavishly—all while withholding a fatal secret. For years, Chance has coveted a sprawling estate in Oklahoma known as Morgan’s Walk—an estate Flame just so happens to have inherited. When Chance’s secret intentions are revealed, the betrayal sends Flame into a red-hot fury. The lovers quickly turn to a bitter rivalry, reigniting a deadly feud that has existed between their families since the Oklahoma land rush. Rivals throbs with Dailey’s legendary mix of mystery, revenge, jet-set action, and sizzling sex—not to mention her tried-and-true formula for down-home color and sweet romance. “[Dailey] brings passion and fun to the tale she spins. . . . Mysterious threats, heated affairs and the heady scent of revenge are liberally sprinkled throughout the novel with Dailey's assured hand.” —Publishers Weekly “Again, Dailey proves herself to be a master.” —Library Journal

To catch these cons, Longarm will have to play by their rules. Rumor has it that Deputy Marshal Custis Long is now riding on the other side of the law—swindling ranchers and taking bribes, just as cool as you please. But if folks’d only look closer, they’d notice the fake moustache and counterfeit badge—and recognize the conman behind them… A motley crew of thieves, gamblers, and ladies of the night has just arrived in Ogallala, looking to relieve the local bank of its contents. But their plan—to have one of their men impersonate the lawman known as Longarm—has a fatal flaw. The owlhoots never counted on running smack into Longarm himself…

The western is arguably the most iconic and influential genre in American cinema. The solitude of the lone rider, the loyalty of his horse, and the unspoken code of the West render the genre popular yet lead it to offer a view of America's history that is sometimes inaccurate. For many, the western embodies America and its values. In recent years, scholars had declared the western genre dead, but a steady resurgence of western themes in literature, film, and television has reestablished the genre as one of the most important. In The Philosophy of the Western, editors Jennifer L. McMahon and B. Steve Csaki examine philosophical themes in the western genre. Investigating subjects of nature, ethics, identity, gender, environmentalism, and animal rights, the essays draw from a wide range of westerns including the recent popular and critical successes Unforgiven (1992), All the Pretty Horses (2000), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and No Country for Old Men (2007), as well as literature and television serials such as Deadwood. The Philosophy of the Western reveals the influence of the western on the American psyche, filling a void in the current scholarship of the genre.