Author: patina
A Room Full of Memories (by Patina)
Summary: 7th story in The Battle of Wills series. It’s time to clean out the spare room so it can be turned into a nursery for the coming baby. As Ben, Adam, and Hoss go through the room’s contents, they remember the past.
Rating: K+ Word Count=3622
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Birthday Blues (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=2002
Summary: Adam, away at college, is celebrating his first birthday away from his father and brothers.
Remembering Childhoods (by Patina)
Summary: 6th story in The Battle of Wills series. It’s the morning after the events in New Expectations. Ben’s thoughts of the coming baby make him remember Adam’s childhood and Hoss’ early years.
Rating: K+ Word Count=3240
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New Expectations (by Patina)
Summary: 5th story in the Battle of Wills series. Marie and Adam race their new horses. Luckily, Paul Martin has arrived in Virginia City to practice medicine. Ben has invited Paul out to the Ponderosa for supper. After examining both Marie and Adam, Paul has to relate Marie’s and Adam’s conditions to Ben.
Rating: K WC=4470
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A Gift Horse (by Patina)
Summary: 4th story in the Battle of Wills series. Ben announces at supper that he is going to buy a horse for Marie. Adam becomes unhappy because Ben had promised to buy him a horse before leaving for New Orleans. Will this situation cause another rift between Marie and Adam?
Rated K Word Count=3059
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Shadow of Jean de Marigny (by Patina)
Summary: 3rd story in The Battle of Wills series. Men break into the house while Marie is home alone with Adam and Hoss. After observing his step-mother’s actions when faced with the robbers, Adam calls Marie a name he once heard Jean de Marigny use. This incident leads to an argument between Ben and Marie about Adam’s upbringing. And Adam finally realizes that Marie had been Jean’s wife.
Rating: K+ Word Count=5268
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Education is More Than 3 Rs (by Patina)
Summary: 2nd story in The Battle of Wills series. During a family picnic at the lake, Adam gets in trouble adding poison ivy to Hoss’ bouquet of wildflowers for Marie. After an argument with his father, Adam decides to leave home. A neighbor and old friend, Abe Garvey, shows Marie that there’s more to education than reading, writing, and arithmetic while leading the search for Adam.
Rating: K Word Count=6007
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Battle of Wills Begins (by Patina)
Summary: 1st story in The Battle of Wills series. Ben brings his new wife, Marie, home to the Ponderosa.
Rating: K Word Count=4433
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
