Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
Love’s Last Whisper #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Twelve years after the loss of Marie Cartwright, a man with a grudge against Ben commits the unthinkable; the desecration of Marie’s grave and the theft of her casket. Now, as a combined, yet grieving, force Ben and his boys begin their search for what was rightly theirs. Rating T, WC 40,000
Light up the Winter Darkness (by Robin & GinnyF)
Summary: This is a Bonanza Christmas/Chanukah story. One Christmas morning the Cartwrights go in rescue of a stranded family, who unbeknowst to the Cartwrights are being held hostage by bank robbers.
Rated: PG13 for some harsh language and a fight scene (10,975 words)
Light up the Winter Darkness (by GinnyF & Robin)
Summary: This is a Bonanza Christmas/Chanukah story. One Christmas morning the Cartwrights go in rescue of a stranded family, who unbeknowst to the Cartwrights are being held hostage by bank robbers.
Rated: PG13 for some harsh language and a fight scene (10,975 words)
Christmas Wish (by Susan G)
Summary: Could it be that St. Nicholas himself ensures that Ben’s Christmas wish comes true.
Rating: G (8,140 words)
The Round-up (by AMG)
Summary: Hoss and Joe have adult children; Joe’s wife isn’t there anymore; the foreman is Bronc Evans, another trustworthy hand is Jacob. Adam had been gone for many years now; the contact has been lost in unfavourable circumstances. Ben and Barbara, Hoss’ wife, stay at home during the roundup, and come across some old news…
Rating: G
Words: 6,200
Bonanza Christmas Story (by Anne G)
Synopsis: The four Cartwrights, separated just before Christmas, keep running into this family that make it possible for them to once again understand the true meaning of Christmas.
Rating: G (9,160 words)
The Whipping (by DebbieB)
Summary: When Little Joe returns from a horse sale in Carson City that did not go well for him, his family notices a difference in his personality. Not sure why Joe acts the way he does, his family struggles to understand before Joe winds up destroying himself and his family’s good name.
Rated: PG (20,400 words)
Santa’s Little Helper (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: With eighteen-year-old Little Joe the only Cartwright not confined to bed, the prospects for a merry Christmas appear bleak. Ben has even ordered the cancellation of the annual Christmas Eve party, but in a burst of Yuletide enthusiasm, Joe decides to host the party by himself. After all, how hard could it be? And then his carefully laid plans begin to unravel.
Rated: K WC 15,000
The Toymaker (by the Tahoe Ladies and Helen Adams)
Summary: A Christmas Tale
Rating: K (7,025 words)
The Lo Mein Affair (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: Hop Sing’s relatives are visiting … and Bradley Meredith and the Slade Brothers are in town. It’s shaping up to be a very interesting week for the Cartwrights.
Rating MA (92,780 words)
Bloodlines Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
The Bond (by Janice Sagraves)
Summary: It a story of survival during a flashflood.
Rating: T 14535 words
All the Shades of Gold (by Jenny G)
Summary: looking at the flexible structure of the Ponderosa ranch house . Does the house seem warm and inviting to you or do you always wonder where all those bedrooms come from when guests visit?
Rating: G (3,550 words)
A Life Lived (by HelenB)
Summary: Adam and Joe run into trouble while away from the ranch. Will help arrive in time?
Rating: T (11,540 words)
A Life Lived Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Out of Discord (by Mary S)
Summary: Joe and Adam find are at odds after a misunderstanding, but soon find themselves with only each other to rely on for survival. Rated: G (16,900 words)
Decisions #1 – Decisions, Decisions (by KathrynM)
Synopsis: Adam’s cousin from New York arrives and Adam is faced with some tough decisions.
Rating: PG
Words: 14,800
Part of the Decisions Series, links included within.
