Books in the An Evans Novel of the West series

When Colonel Simpson blocks up the creek in Simpson, Texas to force out his neighbors and tighten his control of the town, only one person can stand against him: Caulfield Blake. After being run out of town by a lynch mob, Blake should let the townspeople reap what they sowed, but his heart lies in Simpson with his estranged family.

In an exceptionally stirring and exciting saga of life in the Old West, Barry Weston exposes a ruthless gang of outlaws with a six-shooter as his only ally.

Sheriff Bob Lee, out to make the country safe for the cattlemen, treats you to a swell streak of gunfighting. He breaks up the hitch between the outlaws and the law, he forfeits his job for friendship and loyalty, and he wins a reward as handsome as his victory.

Paced like a mustang and charged with strong human interest, this yarn will click with those who like Westerns high, wide, and handsome. It is the story of a fight for cattle land and water, for wire fence, and for the lives of man and beast.

Reb Santee was his name. He appeared to be just a rough-and-tumble cowboy, with an unruly shock of flaxen hair, and a puckered frown in his laughing blue eyes. But when he first rode into Wind River Basin, the law already had a grudge against him-and the grudges multiplied in a hurry, all because he wanted to be honest.In self-defense, he made a chain store business of outlawry. Brown's Park, over the line in Colorado; the Robbers' Roost, down in the purple wastes of Utah; the Hole-in-the-Wall; the Lost Cabin wilderness-he made them way stations on the outlaw trail, where men on the dodge could get grub, fresh horses, and information. Rustling became organized; banks and railroads began to feel the sting of their activities. The notorious "Wild Bunch" was blazing a wide trail up and down Wyoming.Stockmen organized; posses scoured the range; guns roared in dark canyons. But no one suspected Reb Santee, everybody's friend and the best-liked man in the Basin, until one fateful day…Thrills, excitement, romance, and the best assortment of laughs you ever had in a Western story.

The story of Suzanna, an impoverished girl making her way through the romantic California of old, where the grandsons of conquistadores reigned supreme, a time fraught with romance, adventure and danger.

A classic tail of the West, featuring a young Harvard graduate who must reconcile his East Coast education with the customs and heritage of his Cherokee upbringing.

It was a lonely life the Wolfer led. He ate when he felt hungry, drank as he wanted, and slept where he fell. It hadn't always been that way…Once there had been a cabin filled with the warmth of Katie's smile, a bright flower that touched every corner of his life with love…that was all gone now. He'd left her one furious winter's night, and when he'd returned, Katie lay in the snow outside their cabin, dead, surrounded by wolf tracks.Roan McCrae had been taking his revenge on wolves ever since. Soon, however, he learns that the wolf isn't the real scourge of the land. That epithet belongs to Azle Steppe and his men. A powerful man, Azle Steppe's greed knows few limitations. When he decides to take over the valley, Roan McCrae is the first one he'll burn out and run off.And then the Wolfer will become the Wolf..and the Hunter will become the Hunted.

A classic Western tale of redemption and revenge, Peter Buckow gets a new lease on life after surviving the noose. He must decide whether he will buckle down and earn an honest living, or ride off, guns blazing, in pursuit of them men who viciously left him for dead.

Willie Goodwin begins his odyssey of death and vengeance when he tracks a faceless and chilling murderer across western plateaus, ultimately facing a dilemma that pits the values of friendship against honor.

Whether they seek freedom, love, gold, blood, or justice, the vibrant cast of characters of Buscadero head to the frontier-under the vast western skies lies the potential for exhilarating success, crushing failure and stalking danger that alters fates as fast as a bullet flies.

For every glorious legend of the Old West there are a thousand workaday stories of the boundless persistence and courage that turned a wilderness into civilization. Jennifer Vandermeer and the story of her hardship, disasters and triumphs, is one of the real stories of how the West was won.

Lee Strate is robbed of his fortune and left for dead before he is discovered and saved by Jack, a freed black man. Lee and Jack hunt down the thieves and uncover a plot to incite black and white Galveston dockworkers to riot against each other, just as President Ulysses S. Grant is due in town.

Civil War veteran "Pinto" Lowery is a vagabond mustanger haunted by his dead comrades-until Tully Oakes hires him to tend his farm and protect his family in his absence. Pinto faces hostile Commanches and vicious outlaws even as he starts to soften his heart towards the young family.

A moving coming-of-age story from the perspective of a young Indian boy who must navigate adolescence, fight for the honor and lands of the Lakota people, and ultimately help guide his people through the difficult transition to a new way of life.

An epic coming of age novel about young Rat Hadley-an unwanted orphan who fights tooth and nail to escape his desperate circumstances and establish himself as a sheriff's deputy. Ultimately Rat must weigh his past friendships against his future prospects and decide the course of his own destiny.

The journal entries of the dauntless Mr. Peter Paul Sherman lend unique insights to the treacherous world of Reconstruction-era river-boating. This humorous epistolary novel brings history to life as it transports the reader to the time of majestic steamers and cunning river pirates.

A story of redemption and new beginnings; Nobel McCurtain and Fleta Corey must navigate the dangers and harsh realities of life in the Great Plains in the aftermath of the Civil War, all while keeping an eye out for the cruel bandit who wants Fleta for himself.

Jay McGraw, a messenger for Wells Fargo, must protect the express box he's been charged with and unravel the mystery of the message contained within, as he's hotly pursued by highway robbers.

Henry Logan has been hired to find wealthy rancher Richard Parrish, dead or alive. Arriving in Nogales Arizona Territory, Henry discovers the situation muddied by a yellow journalist, hidden treasure and the beguiling charm of his number one suspect, Mr. Parrish's beguiling wife.

A legendary gunman gets help from a man of God-or is he?-in this unusual story of frontier justice in the Arizona of 1864.

Ryan had long ago turned his back on the corrupt town of Tularosa, but when the festering politics of the town steal the life of his sister, he must return, avenge her death and set old wrongs right.

Behind the costumes and miracle cures of a western Medicine Show is Ray Storey, a man who seeks vengeance for his little brother's senseless murder. When he finally tracks down the killer, Storey must test his own courage and will against the savage brutality of the Hawkins brothers.