Summary:  The beginning of a path Adam didn’t realize lay before him.  The outcome is one that changes his life forever and opens the door to unknown and life changing challenges.
Rating:  T  (223,014 words)
Part of the Each Day Series, links to the stories included within

Summary:  It’s time for Adam to introduce Little Joe to the… um… fine art of negotiating.  And at least for the night, what better way to forget that Pa is probably going to ‘kill him’ when he finds out the whole truth. Written for the 2016 Bonanza Brand 10th Anniversary, Ranch House R Forum ‘Dirty Words’ Challenge.  If sexually explicit scenes offend you, please do not continue to the story.

Rating: R   (5,095 words)

Negotiation Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Terrance has everything he ever wanted:  the love of a wonderful woman, the town’s admiration, and a boisterous friendship with Little Joe.  What could possibly go wrong?

Rating:  K+     Word Count:  6278

Competition Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary: When Joe and Mitch befriend two orphaned boys and try to help them, Ben has no idea where this new friendship will lead his youngest son. It would actually prove to be Ben’s spur-of-the-moment decision that would lead to disaster. All parents have acted in haste and he just prays he has time to set things right again.

Word Count: 60,173 Rating: T

Summary:   When 10 year old Joe Cartwright awakes screaming his pa’s name in the night, his brothers assume the young boy is afraid since their pa is away in Placerville. What they can’t know is that Joe’s nightmare is all too real and their brother’s reaction to it will catapult all four Cartwrights on a journey that will end with both their father and little brother losing their lives – unless Heaven intervenes.

Rating:  K+  (41,980 words)

Summary: One day the wind blows in a woman claiming to be Ben Cartwright’s daughter. As her claim appears to be valid, Belle moves into the Ponderosa bringing trouble from her past in the form of a man who is obsessed with her and who blames Ben Cartwright for taking her mother away. Before the end the lives of the Cartwrights and the Ponderosa itself are in danger of going up in flames.

Rated: PG-13    Word count: 59, 034

Summary:  Like the ever changing seasons, life blooms and dies on the Ponderosa.

Rating T  (140,000 words)

Summary: Who would have thought that a pair of missing boots would propel the Cartwrights into the nightmare world of a madman? One morning Joe wakes up to find his boots gone and the mystery of how he lost them – and who is wearing them – leads to a series of events that could cost not only Joe’s life, but Adam and Hoss’ as well.

Rated PG-13 (58,335 words)

Summary: This story is a sequel or WHN for the wonderful episode ‘Different Pines Same Wind’.  As Joe Cartwright helps the old woman Carrie Pickett prepare for winter, the arrival of a beautiful young woman at the Ponderosa spells disaster. Her appearance serves as a catalyst for an unexpected series of events that culminate in a showdown in the Piney Woods in which not only Joe, but Hoss and Ben, must face and overcome Marks deep seated need for revenge .

Rated PG-13   Word Count: 50,528

Summary: In Bounty Hunter, consequences from an incident on a trip taken by Adam and Joe years earlier embroils the brothers in a tense drama, and kindness shown in that earlier effort is the source of their only hope of survival. Chasing The Wind is the second story — A surprise visitor from Adam’s recent past in Boston shakes things up in Virginia City and Adam has some choices to make. Weep For Me, and Rejoice With Me is the third story — A serious problem for Adam causes him to have to make some adjustments in his life.

rating = T WC = 67,872

Summary: Deep inside 17 year old Little Joe Cartwright there’s an angry beast waiting to get out. It makes him say and do things he always regrets, like talking back to his Pa.  After one such incident, his shame drives him away from the Ponderosa, straight into the arms of trouble – and the waiting rifle sight of a little golden-haired girl named Elizabeth Carnaby.

Rating: PG    Word Count:  13,300

Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  With a storm approaching, Little Joe heads out to find the prize foal his father is so fond of and is caught in a flash flood. While his brothers deal with their own fears, Ben Cartwright fights a battle to overcome despair and grief and face the very real fear that Joe may never be found.

Rated: PG-13  Word count: 38,190

Summary: Events from the past come back to haunt Adam and his family.

Rating  T   WC 140,975

Home is the Sailor Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  The story follows the Heat Wave story and includes a flashback segment as well as taking the story forward as Adam deals with regrets he has in his life.  He goes to meet a woman he had known about ten years earlier, and their first meeting is the subject of that flashback.

Rating = T  WC = 21,833  (Nicknames BJ and Beej used with permission)

This story is part of the Brenda Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  Adam meets a shy boy on the stage and then helps guide him when he must face decisions after traumatic events and revelations.  The boy has a secret that others want, but even he doesn’t know what that secret is.

Rated:  T    Word Count:  9907