Category: Romance
Cowboy Boots and Dancing Shoes (by AC1830)
Summary: It is 1875. After recovering from some family tragedies, Adam and Joe still don’t have their spark back. Their wives come up with a plan to light their fires again.
Rating: K (2354 words)
Cowboy Boots and Dancing Shoes Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Little Bit Challenge – 2015
Summary: During the last quarter of 2015, members in the Brand Forums were challenged to write vignettes for all the Bonanza episodes. Members could submit as many Little Bits for as many episodes as they were inspired to write. Multiple members could submit Little Bits for the same episode. The hardest part of the challenge was to write the vignette in exactly 100 or 200 words.
Some Little Bits are dramatic while others are humorous. The submitting member is identified after each Little Bit. 132 Little Bits have been submitted to date and are listed in episode order.
Rating: K (16,000+ words)
Annie’s Story (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam meets a feisty young woman who thinks that arguing means that you care. It’s a tempestuous relationship at times, but loyalty, honesty, courage, and love are the cornerstones of the foundation that supports them through many crises. Although the story is centered on the Adam and Annie relationship, the rest of the family is important to the story and there are changes for all of them too including romances.
rating = T word count = 155,709
Dang, He Smells Good (by BettyHT)
Summary: Three women and one man. How is Adam supposed to choose when all three want him, but he can only romance one. Who will he choose? You get to choose for him.
rating = T WC = 1632
The Lilies of the Valley–Book 2 of the Lilies series (by sandspur)
Summary: Adam and Tilly go to Europe for the worst honeymoon ever, landing in the middle of a war to end up missing and presumed dead. Meanwhile, Ben, Joe, and Hoss move on with their lives, finding new friends and uncovering strange secrets from the past.
Rating: T. Violence, character death, attempted rape, etc. (109,635 words)
The Lilies Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Cat (by BettyHT)
Summary: Gone for many years, two men make their way back to the Ponderosa and the family that misses them. They don’t know each other, but they end up in a critical situation that brings them close together and that leads to many changes for all.
Rating = T WC = 42,544
Cat Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Hi Ya, Sweetheart (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a continuation of the Garden Party and Wearing a Frown stories with the same characters, but this is a much lighter story with humor especially with Adam’s son Lake and with romances for Ben and Hoss too although there are complications of course.
rating = T WC = 31,583
Irae Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Garden Party (by BettyHT)
Summary: Inspired by some Ricky Nelson songs, this story begins with Adam arriving home disillusioned and cynical after many years away. At a party thrown by his father to celebrate his return, he meets someone who begins to change his attitude and will change his future as soon as he allows it. Adam changes her life too although there are some who do their best to try to prevent the two from being together.
rating = T WC = 35,173
Irae Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Welcome Back, Adam Cartwright (by mumu74)
Summary: This is a short story : Romantic evening at the Ponderosa : Adam is back.
(2,130 words)
Say Something – Lessons of the Heart (by MissJudy)
Summary: This is a grouping of short stories that show Adam in situations where he is left speechless when it comes to matters of the heart. It begins with a story of youthful naivete, and each progressions shows another episode where he learns something new about love. loss, mistakes and finding a the right person.
Rating: T (One section has an adult theme) Word Count: 22,056
Date Night (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam hopes to have a wonderful night with a special lady in this light romantic story.
(2,365 words) Rating = T
Rosalie Series, links to stories within the series are included.
An Excellent Plan (by BettyHT)
Summary: A guest on the Ponderosa finds her time monopolized with activities planned by Adam and Joe. Hoss comes up with a plan to change all of that.
Rating = PG WC = 1455
It’s Not a Game (by BettyHT)
Summary: After some problems at home, Adam sets off on what his father expects to be a one or two year absence, but circumstances take Adam to many countries and eventually to refuge far from home for years before it is safe for him to return. However there’s danger at home as well.
Rating = T WC = 102,217
Four Corners (by BettyHT)
Summary: The story starts with a horse race as the three Cartwright brothers take on a challenge, but the story continues with romances, tragedy, heartache, an abduction that takes Adam to Australia, and troubles at home until all the issues can be resolved. There are three parts to the story with Four Corners, Dreams, and Turbulence and Trouble.
Rating = T WC = 81,104
Rosalie Series, links to stories within the series are included.
How Do I Tell Him (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam suffers the consequences of a man trying to get revenge on Joe, but it’s the secrets that are revealed in the aftermath of that which cause Adam to temporarily leave the Ponderosa to heal emotionally as well as physically. His sojourn leads him to discoveries and opportunities as well as danger that helps him understand what happened.
Rating = T WC = 29,938
Lydia Series, links to stories within the series are included.