Matt Bardoul receives a mysterious warning not to go with the wagon train taking gold seekers to the Big Horns, but is determined to seek his fortune.

"'If a man won't fight for what is rightly his, then he ain't much account.' With this challenge from his dying father, young Shell Tucker rode out after three men who had stolen the twenty thousand dollars his father was carrying. Two of the men he hunted, Doc Sites and Kid Reese, were his friends. Dreaming of adventure, Tucker had wanted to join their gang. But now, with his father gone and the people back home desperately in need of the proceeds...

Kilkenny settles in the lonely mountains of Utah after killing a young man who challenged his paid for it with his life. The boy's father is a powerful rancher who is determined to run his vast herd on the limited grasslands in the valley - whether he has to buy out, run out, or kill the local ranchers. He'll cut down anyone in his way - especially a man he already hates for killing his son. Kilkenny's going to have to defend himself against another...

No matter that Echo Sackett was young, and a woman, and had never been far from the valley, she was still a Sackett. Sharp and smart and a better hunter than most of the men she knew. Like her bold ancestors, Echo couldn't ignore a challenge. A sure hand with a horse, a dead shot with a rifle, and fast with her wits, Echo traveled to the mountains of Tennessee, coming up against ruthless killers who's stop at nothing to cheat her out of her inheritance....

Logan Sackett faces starvation or a hanging if Tell can't drive a herd of cattle from Kansas to British Columbia before winter. Tell has never abandoned another Sackett in need. He will bring aid to Logan - or die trying.

East Texas wasnt much of a home for Cullen Baker. Few liked him, and some even tried to kill him. Yet after three hard years of wandering, hes come back to farm the land thats rightfully his. Only Cullens in for an unwelcome homecoming: his neighbors have long memories, the Reconstructionists have greedy hearts, and his worst enemy has teamed up with a vicious outlaw. But Cullen isnt about to back down. Instead, hes intent on perfecting a new way...

A novella and stories. In the novella, Rustler Roundup, the lone hero outwits a gang of cattle rustlers, Desperate Men is on a prison break during an earthquake, and in the title tale a cowboy finds women more of a challenge than a cattle drive.

Chancy started out with nothing until fate dealt him four of a kind--all bullets. The young drifter plays his hand for keeps--taking on crooked sheriffs, deadly gunmen, and renegade Indians. When the smoke clears away, he stands alone--boss of his own cattle outfit. But the game isn't over yet.

Nolan Sackett's attempts to elude a posse hunting him for murder are complicated when he stops to rescue two women who appear to be in trouble.