Summary:  Despite the reservations of some members of the family, Joe breeds his bad-tempered mare to his famous wild stallion, Satan. The result is something none of them could have foreseen.

Rated:  T    (11,405 words)

The Mustang Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Eight years after falling in love with a woman whose husband he killed, Joe comes face to face with a young man who once promised to avenge his father.

Rated:  PG (14, 125 words)

Gossamer Dreams Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Visiting a friend in jail has consequences that Joe doesn’t expect.

Rated:  T     (8,545 words) 

Summary:  After receiving a surprise invitation to the governor’s inaugural ball, Ben soon discovers that he has more to fear than just the governor’s intentions.

Rated:  T (9,400 words)

Summary:  Joe, so wrapped up in self-pity, and fed up with his family’s constant teasing, takes a long ride that ends up leading him straight into disaster and his first real taste of what it’s like to be the big man of the family.

Rated:   G (10,325 words)

Synopsis: Joe returns home late from a trip and finds that Ben, realizing Joe was going to be late, has sent Hoss to Pineville in place of him. All seems well until Ben and Joe receive a telegraph from Pineville informing them of an unfortunate shootout resulting in Hoss’s death. As Ben needs time too himself to grieve, it is up to his youngest son to pick up the responsibilities around the ranch and push aside his own feelings to allow his father this time. Moving from one responsibility to the next keeps Joe from thinking about the tremendous loss he feels until a couple of days later when he comes across a letter in his father’s desk addressed to him………from his brother, Hoss.
Rating:  Teen     Word Count:  8,100

Summary:  A WHN for Credit for a Kill.

Rating:  T   (15,700 words)

Summary:  A WHN for Credit for a Kill.

Rating:  T   (15,700 words)

Summary:  An accident leads to self-doubt for Joe, until a potential disaster restores his faith in himself.

Rated:  T    (9,350 words)

Summary:  An attempted murder and a trial are the settings for a “Who Done It” mystery. 
Rating and Reader Alerts:  G
Words: 20,300

Summary:  Joe’s cousin Philippe from Louisana turns up unexpectedly and together they cause some mischief.   But someone from the past soon turns up to take out some revenge on Philippe.   Can he be sure that he has the right cousin?

Rated: K+ (43,895 words)

Summary:  After Hoss is bushwhacked and badly injured, Joe vows to find the men who did it, even though he was injured, too.

Rated: K+ (8,300 words)

Summary:   ‘And love is sheer magic for it’s woven of Gossamer dreams, enchantingly real, that people in love are privileged to feel.’  Found unconscious and near death, a young destitute woman and her two children take Joe Cartwright home with them in hopes of saving his life.  Love blossoms, but Joe knows something about the woman’s husband…and his conscience forces him to share it with her.

Rated:  PG (19,150 words)

Gossamer Dreams Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  When you least expect it, the past is right in front of you.
Rating:  T  (2,035 words)

Summary:  On his return home, Adam finds Joe’s life in danger. But is everything as it seems? This story has a sort of Halloween connection, but isn’t spooky.

Rated: T     (4,555 words)