Summary: This is a series of four stories that can each stand alone, but follow chronologically. Angela’s Story — Acting in a wholly uncharacteristic way, Adam meets a saloon girl on a trip and begins to fall in love, but will the Cartwright Curse strike again? Who Are You? — What would happen if you lost some of your short-term memory and it never came back? Adam has to deal with it in this story, and Angela suffers too even as the family tries to help both of them. Travels and Travails — Adam and Angela travel to Arizona to see her family and must face problems that emerge because of her past and new issues.  Helen and Hoss – A Hoss story although all the other family members are included. Helen Layton returns. That Hoss will be hurt again is what his family fears, but then they have a series of problems to face as they seek a happy ending.
Rating: T  Word count: 71,173

Summary: in Bustin’ Loose — Broken Dreams, Adam leaves the shambles of his dream in Boston to take an entirely different direction for his life in Colorado but doesn’t tell his family what he is doing. Meanwhile, Joe has a romance. In a Dream Catcher, Adam’s former fiancé creates trouble for him but the solution is one that no one anticipated. In By Chance To Dream, a troublemaker, a gang, and babies on the way complicate life for the family.
Rating: T   Word count: 65,898

Summary: Joe is surprised at the observations that Candy has about Adam’s return to the family, but a string of events shows that Candy is correct even though there is far more going on than he guessed too.
Rating: T  Word count: 17,498

Summary:   At last the long awaited cattle station is being built on Ponderosa land close to Carson City.   It seems a good idea at the time and the Cartwrights are anticipating big things as a result…until their neighbouring rancher decides to put a stop to the whole thing.  But as the Cartwrights find out ..there is a lot more involved than the building of a cattle station 
Rating:  PG
Word Count:  168,941
Part of the Home is the Sailor Series, links to all stories included within

Summary: A task gone wrong leads to a discussion and a bet among the brothers. 
Rating: PG  Word count: 1,194

Summary: Returning home from a camping/hunting trip in this prequel, the brothers bond by teaching Little Joe how to manage the truth without making false statements to their father.
Rating: T  Word count: 1,339

Summary: Adam has been gone for seven years but a letter promising his return is followed by nothing except worry and trouble.
Rating: T  Word count: 8,708

Summary: Working together, the brothers find trouble, and only their father knows the reason for what happens to them.
Rating: T  Word count: 3,478

Summary: It began with a massage and started a romance for Adam that continued through 57 chapters in 9 stories. The whole family is involved in the story with more Hoss than the others. Hoss has a serious romance in this one too. The OC’s family is also part of the story but it doesn’t get too complicated. It begins with a Massage and continues with a variety of other subjects. There are romance, family squabbles, hurt and comfort, trouble with the Paiute, intrigue, adventure, and drama,
Rating: T  Word count: 104,138

Summary: This begins as a story of family conflict:  first it is a WHI for The Lady from Baltimore with Joe and Adam at odds and how they will repair their relationship and what changes will happen for the Cs especially Adam who meets a new friend who is significant in the future of his life. Then it is a WHI for She Walks In Beauty as Adam and Hoss are at odds. It continues as a WHN then as there are further developments for Adam in the third part of the story because of conflict with his father and his own dissatisfaction with his life that drives him to make decisions.
Rating: T  Word count: 36,620

Summary: A Double Life starts with a story of Adam doing a favor for a friend that becomes a career choice as Adam strikes out from the Ponderosa on a new career that is a cover for a second more dangerous career. The second part is By Crooked Paths in which someone is leaking the details of Adam’s secret life which allows those who seek vengeance to find him. 
Rating: T  Word count: 72,460

Summary: Gabriella, the middle Cartwright stepdaughter, gets captured by outlaws and her family and fiancé, Candy Canaday search for her.

Rating: T

Word Count: 16,327

Summary: This is a series featuring Adam but with significant roles played by Hoss, Joe, and Ben. Each story can stand alone, but features the same OCs and they tell a progressive story as well.–On Borrowed Time— There are conflicting accounts of what happened in a gunfight, and the family of the man killed won’t believe Adam. –On the Run— about five years later, Adam faces accusations and a tragic loss, and has to flee.   –On Edge— Adam and Elaine get to know each other but it’s complicated by Elaine’s disapproving father, and court fights too. –On Top of the Mountain— There are ups and downs in Adam’s romance and Hoss gets to be romantic too.
Rating: T  Word count: 111,885

Dedicated to Debbie B. or Debbie Beshears (because she asked for it!)
Eleven-year-old Little Joe Cartwright is on a mission.  His friend, Sarah Winnemucca, needs his help and so, he sets out to find her in the woods.  Of course, since this is Little Joe Cartwright, he’s bound to find something else as well – BIG trouble! 

Rated: PG
Word count: 32,644

Summary: Shelia Johnson, Little Joe Cartwright’s fiancée, gets captured and held hostage by the Lassiters. A WHI for Five Sundowns to Sunup.

Rating: T

Word Count: 10,268