Managing a Wyoming sheep ranch and a feisty little girl isn't easy for widow Melanie MacAllister. The last thing she needs is another forest ranger to stir up trouble for the ranchers. Then she meets single dad Scott Ennison and his daughter, and realizes there's something special about him. Scott has vowed to protect the land and the ranchers his predecessors have alienated in the past. Yet no one wants to trust him - except courageous Melanie.

Carlin Reed flees to Battle Ridge, Wyoming, to escape her past, and takes a job as cook and housekeeper to Zeke Decker, but Carlin and the cattle rancher soon find their relationship complicated by an undeniable attraction. When Carlin's past catches up with her, she must choose between running from the man she loves and placing him in danger.

The author of the Joe Pickett novels presents ten suspense stories about the Wyoming he knows so well--and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there--in a collection that includes four stories that feature Pickett himself.

Living with his family in the rugged, often dangerous, Wyoming mountains in the 1860's, twelve-year-old Adam finds his courage put to the test when he is left in charge of the household during his stepfather's absence.

Barrel racer Celia Lawson knows better than to tangle with bull rider Kyle Gilchrist. The sexy cowboy's love 'em and leave 'em ways have earned him a reputation on the rodeo circuit, and he's always seen her as his best friend's kid sister. But one wild tequila-fueled night later, and Celia wakes up to find out she's gotten herself hitched-to the one man she never should have married! When Celia insists on an annulment, Kyle has no good reason...

Cattleman Bran Turner is left shorthanded during busy calving season when a bull tramples his hired hand. Rural Wyoming isn't exactly a hotbed of qualified candidates, and the only applicant for the position is the pampered town beauty, Harper Masterson. The curvy cowgirl gets under Bran's skin at every turn, but with no other options, he reluctantly hires her.When sexual sparks ignite, down-on-her-luck Harper convinces Bran that not only is she capable...

When rancher "King" Charles Hagen tries to encroach on his territory and the King's son vies to take over his father's violent empire, Sheriff Buck Trammel, sensing a civil war on the horizon, is determined to be the last man standing.