Category: Adam Cartwright
Stories that focus on Adam Cartwright
Short Trip Home (by Arien)
Summary: What could possibly happen to the Cartwright boys between home and Virginia City?
Rating: K+ Word Count: 908
Love Has Eyes (by DJK)
Summary: Adam didn’t lie to his father, but Marie wasn’t so sure that her stepson wouldn’t lie to her.
word count: 1407 Rating PG for references to mature subjects and corporal punishment
Pride Before A Fall (by JC)
Summary: A poem about what can happen when a man’s pride gets in the way of love. If the subject is a Cartwright, it’s bound to be Adam.
Rating: T (400 words)
Each Day #2 – Delivered (by Dogwood)
Summary: Part 2 of the Each Day Series Rating: T (Words: 200,885)
Prelude (by JC)
Summary: Adam Cartwright is taking the long road home, but sometimes life takes a man in a direction he never intended to go.
Rating: T (1683 words)
What the Heart Knows — aka The Guardian (by JC)
Summary: A fateful encounter at the river leads to a revelation for Adam Cartwright.
Rating: T (3,471 words)
Imperfect Memory (by JC)
Summary: A conversation overheard at a party evokes Adam’s memories of Marie and the integral role she played in his own first love. (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: T (47,245 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Fortuna Smiles (by faust)
Written for the prompt: Adam wins the lottery. And that’s all there is to it.
800 words, rated K+
Part of the Art-Universe, links to stories within the series are included.
Charity Series #4 — Let’s Do It! (by BettyHT)
Summary: There are obstacles to Adam and Charity getting married, but Adam finds a solution after overcoming those problems and seeing no other way to calm the waters. There is a budding romance for Hoss too as the story develops.
rating = T WC = 15,839
Charity Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Charity Series #3 – Trust Me (by BettyHT)
Summary: With the Ponderosa in severe financial difficulties, Adam makes a rash and perhaps foolish decision to save his father’s dream when he takes a job and it could be the worst decision he’s ever made. He needs his family, Charity, and friends to save him from it.
Rating T (22,820 words)
Charity Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Charity Series #2 – Wounded Hearts (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is the second story in the Charity series and is a WHN for the Bitter Water episode. A mysterious corporation threatens the Ponderosa and the other ranches in the Comstock area. There are shootings, kidnappings, and threats from unknown assailants, and Lem Keith’s daughter’s anger at Adam for perceived wrongs make for a complicated scenario.
Rating = T and WC = 23,448
Charity Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Mysterious Drover (by ACSPeej)
Summary: Adam’s the Trail Boss, like so many times before. But just who is this mysterious drover?
Rating: T Words: 39,300
Adam and Rose (by ACSPeej)
Summary: Adam and his wife settle into life on the Ponderosa.
Rating: T Words: 9,870
The Lilies of the Valley–Book 2 of the Lilies series (by sandspur)
Summary: Adam and Tilly go to Europe for the worst honeymoon ever, landing in the middle of a war to end up missing and presumed dead. Meanwhile, Ben, Joe, and Hoss move on with their lives, finding new friends and uncovering strange secrets from the past.
Rating: T. Violence, character death, attempted rape, etc. (109,635 words)
The Lilies Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Garden Party (by BettyHT)
Summary: Inspired by some Ricky Nelson songs, this story begins with Adam arriving home disillusioned and cynical after many years away. At a party thrown by his father to celebrate his return, he meets someone who begins to change his attitude and will change his future as soon as he allows it. Adam changes her life too although there are some who do their best to try to prevent the two from being together.
rating = T WC = 35,173
Irae Series, links to stories within the series are included.