Books in the An Evans Novel of the West series

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.