Category: Adam Cartwright
Stories that focus on Adam Cartwright
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
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
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
Exposed (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: In seeking justice against those who put him in the asylum, Adam ends up suffering again.
Rating: T Word Count = 10,398
Almost Lost Two Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Christmas Story (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Follows The Haunting and Broken with the same OCs. This is, as the title suggests though, a lighter story set on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day focusing mostly on Adam and his wife, Savannah, and children, Owen and Eva, although Adam’s father and brothers play roles in the drama as well.
Rating: PG Word count = 4496
The Haunting Series, links to stories in this series included.
The Adventures of Adam and Tanner (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: After years in the east, Adam gets a notice that he has a son. The circumstances of his son’s upbringing to that point lead to some difficult situations but some rewarding ones too. Certainly his life becomes more interesting. Published on some sites as two separate stories: Savage Son, and Learning.
Rating: T Word Count: 20,836
Being Hopeful (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Lonely and disillusioned, Adam returns after years away, but he doesn’t find what he had hoped would be there. He seeks to change his life but needs to discover a way to do that.
Rating: PG Word Count: 5449
Refuge (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam is back, but will he stay, and what happened to him while he was gone that he won’t talk about? His family has more questions than answers, but Adam isn’t one to talk until he’s ready or has no choice.
rating = T word count = 26,557
Can Love Change Everything? (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: In this sequel to Yellow, Adam finds that getting Jason and Mariette as well as their gang to court for justice was not the end of the problem for him. Though the system worked as it should, a plot still develops against him for revenge, and he’ll need his family and others to avoid what is planned.
rating = T word count = 14, 498
Yellow Series, links to stories of this series included.
Yellow (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: When witnessing a crime, Adam can’t act, and then after the fact, he can’t help the posse and he can’t tell what he knows. Those things give people the wrong impression, but eventually put him in great danger too. The whole family will have to work together to resolve the problem.
rating = T word count = 10,705
Yellow Series, links to stories of this series included.
