Summary:  This is number twelve in the Traci series.  A question Adam and Traci have to face is having lost one child, there is the possibility of losing another as their son begins to assert some independence.  They must tread a fine line between responsible parenting and smothering, and don’t do that very well at first.
Rating:  PG   Word count:  7,923
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  It seems that not one plan that Adam has seems to go the way he intends until he learns to accept that sometimes you follow plans and sometimes random events take you places you never thought you would go.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  28,513

Summary:  In this prequel, Ben tries for a romantic interlude, but the weather and hay fever conspire against him.
Rating: PG  Word Count: 1,619

Summary: This is a prequel in which Little Joe should learn some lessons about telling the truth and doing what is right, but does he?  Sadly, Little Joe has a habit of only learning the hard way. 
Rating:  PG   Word Count: 1,535

Summary: Adam and Anne have clues about her long lost brothers, trouble with a counterfeiting ring Adam is investigating in his new job for the Treasury Department, and a threat to kill one of the Cartwrights, and all of those are tied together.
Rating: T  WC = 11,299

Summary:   A troublesome spirit invades the Ponderosa and all the family hopes he will be gone on All Saints Day.
Rating PG   WC 1341

Summary:  Adam is recruited to do some dangerous work, but isn’t briefed fully on what the dangers are.  Predictably, he gets in more trouble than he could have imagined, but the help he expected doesn’t come.  The opposite is true.  When he can, he sets out on a quest to find out why.
Rating:  T
Word count:  15,798

Summary:   The last story in this series starts with some informative letters between Adam’s wife and Joe’s wife but progresses into a Christmas visit in which important changes occur for all the brothers.
Rating:  T  WC:  18,845

Summary:  A kind action by Ben as a young man has unintended consequences for him and his family many years later.  The family has to pull together to solve the mystery and prevent any more tragedy.
Rating:  T  Word count:  17,044

Summary:  Joe and Adam have a series of altercations that have significant consequences for them and their families until they work out their differences and both make changes in their lives. 
Rating: T  WC:  30,906
This story is part of the Brenda Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  Hungry for something other than beef for dinner, Hoss gets his family to go on a bird hunt, but Adam ends up in a difficult situation as a result.  This is the first of three stories about the family in which winter is the setting and hunting is the theme.
Rating:  PG  WC:  4,153
Winter Tales Series, links to all stories included within

Summary:  Like any legend, it’s something that no one believe unless they’re one of the lucky ones who experienced it too.  But for Joe, the problem is how to explain the unexplainable to others without becoming the subject of ridicule. 
Rating:  PG
Word Count: 1955

Summary:  Refuge in Australia becomes a chance for Adam to change into the man he wants to be, but there are those who become obstacles to his success.  At home, Ben is pushed into change too when Hoss and Joe force him to face some truth he would rather deny.  Eventually events bring the two together to see if they can reconcile.

Rating :  T  Word Count:  24,206

Summary:  Adam suffers a minor injury but it is the words of his opponent that wound him the most.  He sets out on a quest to test those words because of the doubts they have raised about his perception of himself and about his vision of his future.
Rating:  T  Word Count:  25,106

Summary:  A woman attempts some romantic deceit and fraud with two Cartwright brothers, but it turns out to be even more devious than that.  Her actions tear at the fabric of the family and open other issues which leads to great changes for one of them.
Rating: T  Word Count: 28,025