Stephen Bly

Will Stuart Brannon lose his beloved ranch to the Casa Verde Land Corporation? At long last, Stuart Brannon hits the homeward trail to his Arizona ranch. But if he has hopes to settle down to the quiet life of a cattleman, he has miscalculated. Much of what he holds dear is in terrible peril. Riding into his spread, he finds it occupied by gunmen sent by the Casa Verde Land Corporation, which claims to hold a Spanish land grant on his property. Enraged, Brannon drives off the intruders. Before the gunmen return with reinforcements, some of Brannon's friends and neighbors descend on the ranch. When the gunmen reappear--this time with a cannon--Brannon and his friends hunker down to defend the ranch. Written in the tradition of Zane Grey, Luke Short, and Louis L'Amour, "Standoff at Sunrise Creek" recreates the tumultuous Old West where good battles evil.

Stuart Brannon is back. And he's found gold But the struggle to keep it could cost him his life. After months of digging in the mountains of southwestern Colorado, Stuart Brannon and Englishman Edwin Fletcher finally hit the mother lode. But someone else is after their claim. Under attack, they fortify the mine and ally themselves with three Ute Indians. Soon they find themselves fighting both a professional gunman and the powerful Colorado Southern Mining Corporation. Stuart Brannon finds himself dealing with both the threat to his claim and, much to his surprise, with his own greed as he comes to terms with his newfound riches.

A horrific blizzard was only the start of Stuart Brannon's troubles. For a man who didn't need another disaster, the fierce winter at Broken Arrow Crossing couldn't have come at a worse time. Brannon had just abandoned his Arizona ranch, sick with grief over losing his wife and baby son in childbirth, as well as all his cattle by disease. That's when the vicious Colorado blizzard struck. Half-frozen, Brannon stumbles into the isolated stage station at the Crossing. There he finds a wounded prospector and attempts to nurse him back to health. Winter storms draw other stragglers to the station--an abused, pregnant Indian girl and a band of naive gold seekers. Drawn into their desperate plights, Brannon plunges into a dangerous mission to rescue a young boy from the Utes, and then himself as he becomes the target of an outlaw band. Written in the tradition of Zane Grey, Luke Short, and Louis L'Amour, "Hard Winter at Broken Arrow Crossing" recreates the tumultuous old West where good battles evil.