Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
A Doctor’s Work is Never Done (by VRON)
Summary: With patients like the Cartwrights on your books, work can be never ending….
Rating: G Words: 3,980
Family Again? (by Lisa Orcutt)
Summary: A father’s ‘blindness’ to the past tore the family apart.
Rating: Teen Word Count: 12,240
Wash Day (by VRON)
Summary: Ben’s thinking again and Hop Sing’s doing the washing. Just what could go wrong?
Rating: G Words: 1,365
The Promise Trilogy – #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: A ghostly apparition haunts Ben after Little Joe is feared dead. Can an act of fate restore that which is lost?
Rating T, WC 31,000
First in “The Promise” series, links to all the stories in this series are included within.
A Chill in the Air (by vickic)
Summary: Through their troubles the Cartwrights are gently reminded of the true meaning of Christmas.
Rated: K+ WC 8800
Christmas Spirit (by Judy)
Summary: Life on a ranch the size of the Ponderosa can be all encompassing at times, and as Christmas approaches, one finds the need to take a better look at himself and the lessons that were supposed to be remembered.
Rated: PG
Word Count: 5700
Ponderosa Christmas (by Judy)
Summary: An afternoon spent preparing for Christmas
Rating: PG (1,085 words)
Fourth Wife #6 – Peace on the Ponderosa (by Jenny G)
Summary: Sometimes the smallest things can solve the biggest problems, and when no Cartwright wants to go home on Christmas Eve, there has to be something wrong.
Rating: T (7,100 words)
Fourth Wife Series, links to all stories of this series included.
The Christmas Gift (by Judy)
Summary: The best gift ever.
Rated: PG
Word Count: 19,366
Blood is Thicker than Water (by Starlite)
Summary: The Cartwrights’ are again visited by their favorite cousin.
Rated: G (7,500 words)
Pieces Trilogy (by Starlite)
Part One: One of Ben Cartwright’s sons is missing, will they ever learn what happened to him? Rated: G
Part Two: More in the continuing saga of Missing Pieces. Rating: G
Part Three: The conclusion to Missing Pieces. Rated: PG
Word Count: 25,225
Bless You (by Starlite)
Summary: After rescuing a stray calf goes awry, Ben Cartwright’s sons need some tender loving care.
Rated: G (9,300 words)
Favorite Son (by LisaA)
Synopsis: Ben is on a trip with his three sons and is forced to choose between them who must live or die.
Rating: PG
Words: 14,500
Fourth Wife #2 – All in a Day’s Work (by Jenny G)
Summary: On his feet again after being shot, Adam finds his new stepmother ready to give birth, Hoss suffers a toothache, Ben pays a visit to Silver City and Joe finds trouble while trying to be a Good Samaritan.
Rating: G (41,590 word)
Fourth Wife Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Coming Home (by deansgirl)
Summary: A WHN for The First Born
Rated: K+ (4,410 words)
