Category: Adam Cartwright
Stories that focus on Adam Cartwright
Soul Searching (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam needs to find the source of happiness before he can be happy. It is a struggle though as he has to work through a number of issues to get to that point.
Rating = T Word count = 30,312
Mrs. Hardwicke’s Parlor (by Inca / aka Tye)
Summary: While studying in Boston, a young Adam Cartwright finds himself a part-time job – with unexpected benefits.
My response to Brand’s 13th anniversary R-rated challenge (to include the words “lacy lingerie”)
WC: 7150 Rating: MA (for sexual content)
Evil (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam’s life changed to a darker tone one night when he and a young lady shared some apples. Now Little Joe likes those same apples and Adam wants to protect him but can’t tell him the whole story. You can read it here though.
Rating = PG Word count = 2135
One Night (by SJRCartwright)
Summary: Adam encounters a sweet angel in San Francisco. Written for the R-Rated Anniversary Challenge.
Rated: MA (sexual content)
Word Count: 2350
Double Cross (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This started as a pinecone, Cousin Bette, but needed closure. This is it. Adam met a beautiful woman and the romance progressed rapidly. But was it too rapid, and what else was going on?
Rating = T Word count = 1667
The Return (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam’s upcoming return from Boston affects his brothers in an unexpected way.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 1,015
Cheryl (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: A romance that starts out rocky for Adam and Monica. Soon though those issues are resolved, but events take the romance in an entirely unexpected direction.
Rating = T Word count = 15262
It’s a Bad Day, or Not Series, links to all stories included within.
It’s a Bad Day, Or Not (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam has had some difficulties with women, and it doesn’t seem to stop. When there are more incidents, he’s ready to give up on romance, but sometimes the darkest days can turn out to have unintended consequences that a man can learn to appreciate. Added the second Adam and Monica story, Not Always, to this one. Adam makes some serious mistakes in trying to extricate himself from trouble until he turns to his family for help.
Rating = T Word count = 22,989
It’s a Bad Day, or Not Series, links to all stories included within.
Mustang Sally (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: On a trip to catch mustangs, Adam learns about breaking horses from an unlikely source. Edited in a second Mustang Sally story based on a Pinecone challenge from Brand — McTeague.
Rating: PG Word count = 2215
Each Day #4 – The Meeting (by Dogwood)
Summary: Part 4 of the Each Day Series. Laura and Will Cartwright visit the Ponderosa
Rating: T (Words: 39,305)
From Adam’s Pen (by DJK)
Summary: Three poems in the voice of Adam Cartwright. Publish here in honor of the March Poetry Challenge though they have been individually posted elsewhere previously.
rating: k+word count: 302
Bitter, Sweet, Wonderful Everything (by JC)
Summary: Their first little bird has left the nest, and more change is on the way for Adam and Moira.
(Part of the More than a Memory series, written for Camp in the Pines 2026)
Rating: T Word Count: 3447
These are the Days (by JC)
A glimpse of Adam Cartwright redux, back on the Ponderosa after a surprise reunion in Stockton and with a family of his own. (Third in a series, links to other stories provided)
Rating T Word Count 1285
From Shadows (by JC)
Summary: Adam and Moira begin their future together amid shadows of the past. (Part of the More than a Memory series, links to other stories provided.)
Rating: MA (Adult Situations) Word Count: 1338
Polka Dots and Tears (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Delayed on a trip home from Sacramento to the point that his family searched for him, Adam suddenly appears on the Ponderosa but wounded and wearing clothing clearly not his. Joe is the one to find him but has no answers only questions for the unconscious man. A quest for answers will lead to a variety of trouble for family members.
Rating: T Word Count: 13,833