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As a boy, Wyn Witcomb watches helplessly as his parents are killed during a deadly raid on their homestead. His sister Marly strikes a terrible bargain with the raiders' leader to save him, and he dedicates his life to finding her. Bringing frontier justice to the men who altered the course of his life one by one until he finds their elusive leader, and his sister, he becomes known as the Ghost Rider. Filled with beauty and complexity, with plenty of action for western fans, The Wild Country is a rip-roaring tale in the best tradition of legends told over a campfire. A classic western, ...

The most deeply felt Seth Halliday novel yet begins when Sonny and Seth come across a massacre in the Florida Everglades. But there is also Harry’s missing granddaughter to deal with, which turns into a twisted tale of modern times. The complex and involving novel moves from the Florida Everglades to Key West, Dubrovnik, Las Vegas, Arizona, Paris, Savannah, Georgia, and finally to the Yucatan for a violent and primitive confrontation in the jungle. The complex and involving narrative has an underscore about personal damage and love, and how the two can never be disentangled, not even by ...

Traveling late at night on an abandoned Illinois backroad during a terrible storm, a man has a close brush with tragedy. Relief turns to fear when hours later, morning doesn't arrive. Trapped in an endless night he travels on these lonely stormy backroads recalling the betrayal which sent him cross-country, and wondering if the girl in the rain who saved him from a certain death was actually real...

Three stories of mystery, crime and romance set during the 1940s. Each thrilling crime mystery reads like a classic black and white film of the era. Dedicated to the memory of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, Silver Screen Dreams contains Beautiful Detour, Where Flamingos Fly, and Nightside, for a delicious and nostalgic stroll down memory lane.

With its sexy mix of thrilling action and tangible sensuality, and a willingness to tackle subjects such as abuse and incest, suicide and faith within an entertaining sci-fi/mystery series often focused on global conspiracies in a world devoid of real love, The Sapphire Sea might just be the finest and most entertaining entry yet in the Matt Ransom canon. Big and sprawling — there are over thirty pivotal and recurring characters — yet almost uncomfortably intimate at times, the world of Matt Ransom is both intoxicating and addictive. By the seventh entry the world of Matt Ransom had ...

A young pretty teacher hiding a terrible secret, a young man grieving the loss of his parents, and an appointment with fate all collide in a small Oklahoma town during the 1970s. The tender, sweet and forbidden is sensitively dealt with in this atmospheric rural noir which will inevitably explode in violence, and require a miracle for anyone at all to survive…

Halloween is growing near, and Matt's buddy Ray, already spooked by strange noises in the morgue, insists the old mansion down the street from Edna's is haunted. When Matt also sees a girl standing at the window of the abandoned old mansion, plans are made for a ghost hunt! With Stacy on her way into town for Halloween, bringing with her some very alluring costumes for her best friend LeAnn and herself, there is sure to be more than a little fun mixed in with the chills! Taking place after The Velvet Sea but before The Tender Shore, this is a fun holiday treat for fans of this unique series.

A WWII soldier returns to his small town in Upstate New York with no memory of his past. Someone is following him and he doesn't know why. Once he arrives at a home he can't remember, he discovers two very different women appear to have designs on him. Shadowed by a mysterious stranger, and romantically confused, he must make his way through the dark corridors in his mind and remember, before it's too late...

A darkly sensual and deeply romantic mystery set in the latter half of the 22nd century. New Chicago's Civil Regulator Matt Ransom begins an investigation into the brutal murder of a bio-organic Cherry 6. The clues will lead Matt and his Cherry 6 wife, LeAnn, from New Chicago to Paris as a conspiracy affecting all mankind is unraveled. The sensual love between Matt and LeAnn is intertwined with the case more than either of them realize, and once the reason for the murder is discovered, this inaugural entry in a spectacular series becomes an exploration of what it truly means to be human. ...

The tender interlude in Monaco between Matt and Andrea alluded to in the epilog of The Dreamless Sea, is finally told in this beautiful and poignant ode to love, and the end of spring.

From the creator of Matt Ransom comes his latest hero, Seth Halliday, a tarnished white knight who metes out justice on his own terms in The Turquoise Shroud. Seth is a former Miami detective who shattered the image he once had of himself as one of the good guys, and has been coming to terms with who he is now. Docking in Cozumel with his old pal, Harry, a drunk who knows more than a little about regret, the island paradise seems the perfect spot. But when a young girl named Nancy walks into their lives only to be cruelly ripped away, Seth puts on the tarnished armor to find out who ...

Matt and LeAnn are in Hawaii for Maria's wedding to Lucas. Matt has been having dreams about the day he rescued LeAnn as they arrive in Kauai, while great changes have been taking place in the lives of those he loves. Leaving Hawaii briefly to fly with Meagan to Paris, and share in her exciting news, Matt discovers that not all is as it seems with someone very dear to him. Once he discovers the reason, his world will never be the same. Meanwhile in Portugal, a beautiful Italian girl with whom Matt has only a passing acquaintance is having one last fling at living while she still can. When ...

A MATT RANSOM HALLOWEEN: Halloween is growing near, and Matt's buddy Ray, already spooked by strange noises in the morgue, insists the old mansion down the street from Edna's is haunted. When Matt also sees a girl standing at the window of the abandoned old mansion, plans are made for a ghost hunt! With Stacy on her way into town for Halloween, bringing with her some very alluring costumes for her best friend LeAnn and herself, there is sure to be more than a little fun mixed in with the chills! Taking place after The Velvet Sea but before The Tender Shore, this is a fun holiday treat for ...

Brooke Lonesome is a Missouri legend who disappeared into the mountains long ago. Katie Wells is a slightly past her prime saloon girl with a young boy to raise. Haunted by the past, a chance meeting in Sonora with a kindly Mexican grape grower offers a second chance for both. The second sprawling and emotional story in the Wild Country saga gives readers a chance to revisit their favorite characters from the first novel, while making friends with new ones. The Trail to Santa Rosa is an intimate and emotional portrait of two damaged people looking for a second chance in an often unforgiving...

Matt and his wife LeAnn are confronted by a terrible murder on the eve of the ARW going online in New Chicago. Hours later, more murders occur. Matt must discover the connection between the brutal crimes being committed in New Chicago and Maria's disappearance in Rio de Janeiro. As great changes begin to take place in Matt's life and the lives of his friends, he must travel from New Chicago to West Palm Beach, Florida, and finally South Carolina in this swiftly moving tale of murder and madness with startling revelations. A beautiful but amoral CR and a sexy Cherry 6 both play roles in this...

A young man made good returns to the small town where he grew up and his life changes forever in this emotionally naked and beautiful story of going home again. Darcy Kendrick, the nicest girl in town and once the head cheerleader in high school, is no longer the pride of Shafter, but its greatest disappointment and shame. But to Billy Ballard, who sees beyond the surface down into Darcy's lovely heart, she is still the same wonderful girl he adored from afar all those years ago. Seeking her out as the small town around him shuns her, Billy will have to love Darcy more completely than most ...

Civil Regulator Matt Ransom and his wife LeAnn are years removed from the world-changing revelations of The Velvet Sea. Those events tested their love and made it stronger than before. But not everyone involved in the unraveling of the crime at the heart of The Velvet Sea has fared as well. The Tender Shore finds Stacy adrift when her world is shattered by an assassin while on vacation in Mexico with Matt and LeAnn. Matt's investigation into what's really behind it all will take him from Mexico to Miami, and finally Brazil, as he discovers the fallout from the conspiracy uncovered in Paris ...

Down every rural road and in every small country town there is an old-fashioned noir story waiting to take place. Whether it’s California, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, or lonely eastern Nebraska, peril paints these byways. Down Every Road contains State Route 43, Last Semester, Nebraska, Galveston and Endless Night for five gritty and unforgettable tales of old-fashioned noir.

The morally complex and emotionally beautiful Sapphire Sea took the Matt Ransom series to new frontiers, reshaping the sensual and complex world while fulfilling all the promise suggested in the series’ lean and sexy inaugural entry, The Velvet Sea. If readers were expecting the follow-up to The Sapphire Sea to be a letdown after the series’ most emotionally powerful entry, they can be forgiven. It was difficult to imagine where this series could go from where we last left our favorite bio-organic and his sensually close group of friends, especially after such devastating losses. Yet ...

The Gentle Tide is a pivotal moment in this most unique series. While its riveting mix of sensuality, mystery and dystopia pulled readers into this world in enthralling fashion, The Gentle Tide began widening in scope the mythology of the series. Matt has regained the part of himself lost after Rio, but then he sees a ghost from Paris in the rain. He begins searching for answers as to how a woman who died in a way which haunts his dreams could actually be alive. What Matt and his new friends uncover is a perversion so twisted, that even the dead are not safe. For someone Matt loves very ...