Category: Romance
From Shadows (by JC)
Summary: Adam and Moira begin their future together amid shadows of the past. (Part of the More than a Memory series, links to other stories provided.)
Rating: MA (Adult Situations) Word Count: 1338
Convergence (by JC)
Summary: Three years ago Adam left the Ponderosa for parts unknown, and now Ben finally gets the news he has been praying for – his firstborn is coming home. However, an unexpected reunion in Stockton isn’t the only surprise fate has in store for the Cartwrights. (A Bonanza/Big Valley crossover story and sequel to More Than a Memory)
Rating: T 35,257 words
More than a Memory Series, links to all stories included within.
Aníron (by Arien)
Summary: Adam was reading; his wife had other ideas.
Rated: MA (Warning: Erotic, adult sexual situation.)
Word Count: 2189
Dog Days (by Hart4ben)
Summary: Joe is sent by his father to help a young widow. He soon has his hands full trying to find homes for the widow and her four-legged family. The 5th in the Ben Brown series.
Rating: K+ WC: 17057
Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
At Odds (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: In this story, Adam has returned home but is not sure of what to do and if he should stay. It’s a romance, but a bumpy one as there are detours involving all consuming work, tragedy, and life threatening trouble that will fully engage his mind and his heart until he has found his place and his future.
rating = T word count = 27599
At Odds Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
Long Ago and Far Away (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Ben’s memories of the past and dreams of the future all revolve around a simple pearl ring.
Rated: K (679 words)
Passions and Dreams (by AC1830)
Summary – Adam Cartwright and Lotta Crabtree were supposed to be strangers when her carriage broke down on the Ponderosa, but something in their demeanor seemed to say otherwise. Based on the episode A Rose for Lotta. Dialogue in the last chapter is from the episode written by David Dortort.
Rating – T
Word Count – 7909
A Skeptic, A Dreamer, and A True Believer (by DJK)
Summary: A skeptic, a dreamer, and a true believer set out on a journey to find gold.
Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: PG 8,890 words
A Worried Man (by BettyHT)
Summary: It’s an Adam has left the Ponderosa for adventure and finds a romance story, but like any Adam story, there are always complications. Adam is in Boston pursuing a dream, but there are obstacles including corruption, pressure, and conflict. He does gain friends who will be his allies and…
An Unnecessary Deception (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This story brings together Everett/Rett Stoddard from the Impasse story and Sophie/Sierra from the A Necessary Sham story into a drama of settling old problems and dealing with new intrigue as well as dealing with Adam’s dissatisfaction with his life on the Ponderosa. It’s a lot to do in six chapters so the story is fast paced.
rating = T word count = 14949
Love For A Moment (by JC)
Summary: Love comes unexpectedly to Hoss Cartwright, leaving a bittersweet memory. A poem inspired by “The Newcomers” (Season One) written by Thomas Thompson. (Written for the World Poetry Day 2018 Challenge)
Rating: G (550 words)
Playing Games (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: There are times when one of the Cartwright ends up playing the game of romance even when he hadn’t planned on it and didn’t want to play, but it gets even more complicated when a brother wants to play too.
rating = T word count = 3369
First Kiss–Book Three: Joe and Ben (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: The third story in the First Kiss series has Joe still scheming. Of course Ben won’t scheme, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be affected by the schemes Joe has hatched. The story of Adam and Anita continues first as the catalyst for a scheme and then as a crisis envelops the two.
Rating = T Word count = 23,409
First Kiss Series, links to stories of this series included.
Bound by Love (by AC1830)
Summary – A young woman’s sudden departure from Virginia City leaves heartache and anger behind. After an eight-year absence, she returns home hoping to reconcile with the ones she left behind.
Rating – T, Word Count – 9751
Dr. Michaela Quinn MD – A Bonanza/Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Crossover (by Ahdavis)
Summary: When Little Joe is seriously injured following an attack by bandits, Ben must rush him to the nearest doctor for immediate medical attention. Ben Cartwright is stunned to find that the doctor is a woman and he hesitates to let her treat Little Joe.
Rating: T/PG-13 Mild language and brief sexual innuendo. Word Count: 19,190.