Category: Adam Cartwright
Stories that focus on Adam Cartwright
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.
Understanding (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: It is several years later and Adam has sent a message that he will be visiting the Ponderosa. There are many questions his family has for him and they would like answers such as what has happened to his marriage and why is he traveling so much. Jamie figures prominently in this story.
rating = T word count = 27,250
Red Night Series, links to stories of this series included.
Gently, Full of Grace (by JC)
Summary: Two Cartwright lives take a dangerous turn during a trip abroad. Will they ever be able to go home again? (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: K+ (4372 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories of this series included.
First Kiss–Book One: Adam (by BettyHT)
Summary: The first in a series of four stories, this one features Adam ensnared in a number of difficult situations as his brothers try to help by playing matchmaker for him. It doesn’t go well of course as romance should never be attempted by a team.
Rating = T Word count = 17,959
First Kiss Series, links to stories of this series included.
The Outlaw Brother (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam finds himself in dire straits and needs help to extricate himself, but he has to flee to avoid worse trouble. He makes a friend but manipulation takes from him something he had hoped never to lose. His family worries about him and wonders if he will keep his promise to come home one day.
Rating = T WC = 25,590
When Angels Cry (by JC)
Summary: The arrival of a range detective in Virginia City means trouble for Adam in more ways than one. (A WHI for The Flannel-Mouth Gun, part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: T (13,258 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories of this series included.
Guarding the Henhouse (by JC)
Summary: A too-pretty girl, a Saturday night dance, and a little moonlight mischief. Not to worry—Adam’s got it covered. (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: T (2870 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories of this series included.
Fear No Evil (By Questfan)
Summary: Written for the Missing Man Challenge – Add Adam into any Season 7-14 episode as if he never left. Based on The Kingdom of Fear episode. Ben, Hoss, Joe and Candy are captured and illegally found guilty of trespassing so they can be used as slave labour in a gold mine. There is no hope of escape and no hope of parole.
Word Count: 9621 Rating: T
Each Day #3 – No Boundaries (by Dogwood)
Summary: Part 3 of the Each Day Series Rating: T (Words: 39,305)
More Than a Memory (by JC)
Summary: Adam re-assesses his life in the aftermath of his broken engagement to Laura Dayton. (WHB and WHN for “Triangle”, written for the 2017 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament)
Rating: T Word Count: 4,221
More than a Memory Series, links to all stories included within.