Robert O' Hanlin

The murder of Ian MacGregor had started a chain of events that his son couldn't stop. Cullen had left the area for good, or so he thought, but he was determined to find the person who killed his father. It was a perfect cover story for the second reason for his trip back to a lot of memories. Someone was printing money and distributing it across the country, and although the clues were vague, it required the Secret Service to investigate. It was an ideal out of the way place where the biggest distraction was the ongoing seventy-year-old feud. Because everyone in this part of the country mistrusted strangers, it was hard to investigate, but since Cullen MacGregor had such a good cover story, the job fell to him. He soon learned that a cover story was not enough to keep him alive as the bullets began to fly. Death was not a stranger to him, but it was the love of a mountain woman that opened up his new life.

Two stories of the old west. Maclin Valley. The lure of gold was drawing many to the mountains of Colorado but when Silas Maclin rode into the valley he knew he had found his gold. The tall grass waved through the valley from side to side and once he saw it he could go no further. Now it ws up to his estranged some Moses to save the beloved valley even if it meant crossing the line of the law. It was the love of a beautiful girl and her daughter who turned him around and made him whole again. The Skinwalker was a legend, a myth...or was it. James Sherwood had made a mistake that he had to pay for but the help of a kindly Sheriff and the friendship of an Osage family he was able to make a life for himself...but sorrow seemed to haunt him and when he finally came face to face with the myth he had to decide if it was real.

Cletus was the first of the Youngblood clan to see the Rocky Mountains and for him, it was love at first sight. Meeting a fur-trapping Mountain Man gave him a reason to stay, and as the market for beaver pelts started to dry up a chance encounter with an Arapahoe Indian changed his life again. His years with the Arapahoe were happy ones, and when his son was born he was even happier. He spent time teaching him the white man's ways while his Arapahoe friend Little Raven saw that he knew all the Arapahoe ways. When things were turning bad for the plains Indians, he and Little Raven convinced his son Martin to take his family and move into the white man's world. It was a big step for Martin but he had the years of teachings that his father gave him to fall back on. Martin took the abuse and name-calling that his Arapahoe blood caused him, but eventually, he gained respect in his community. He and his boy Jimmie were making a success of the 'Little Feather Ranch' until two of Coleman's Raiders gunned him down. Jimmie vowed to avenge his father and his pursuit of Coleman and his raiders began. It was long and sometimes disappointing, but his Arapahoe blood and a promise to his dead father kept him going. That all changed when a U.S. Marshal convinced him to join them in the same pursuit.

Saddled with Sadie: When Declan Logan came across Sadie he was frustrated at first. Having to deal with her meant he would have to postpone his search for his sister's killers but he soon found out that he was able to do both. He was already shirking his duty with The Secret Service by tracking the men who killed his sister and she added something to the dilemma that he didn't need right now. He could not leave her alone on the mountain where she would surely die and he was not even sure that they might both die, but he was determined to get the men he was after, and being saddled with Sadie was not going to stop him. Texas Oil: Oil was something that Gil Macintosh knew little about but he did know about the law and when an unscrupulous rancher made an attack on the oil field workers he knew what he must do. Going after the man and his hired guns took a lot of nerve but he knew if he enlisted the help of the townspeople that some of them were sure to die. There was one man who he couldn't hold back and that was the man he promised the woman he loved that he would keep safe. Hobson Springs: The hot springs of Hobson Springs had turned the dying town around and when the rich folks came to soak away their ailments they became targets for a family of misfits. When Rita McGuire got a good look at the face of the man who killed her brother she became a target as well. To her the only answer was to learn how to shoot and the best man to teach her was a man who was good with a gun. Dan Bates was reluctant, but how could he turn down such a pretty girl?