Category: Romance
Turn, Turn, Turn (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam had a fall at work, but things got worse until he had to give up his job and move back to the Ponderosa. There he tells his family the news. No one wants to accept it, and they keep trying to find a better answer. A French doctor offers hope, but Adam is reluctant to accept that things will go his way. Added the first story in the series, A Rolling Stone, and a short flashback story, Snow Angels, at the end. Each story can stand on its own and is marked as Part I, II, or III.
Rating T Word count 49,403
Doubt That The Stars Are Fire (by McFair_58)
Summary: Eight years have passed since Joe and Bella met. Both have experienced great tragedy. A letter from Ben Cartwright paves the way for them to meet again. But is it too late for their love? This story takes place post-canon.
Rated PG-13 for adult situations, language, and intense emotional drama. However one section is rated M. (62,200 words)
Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Pride Before A Fall (by JC)
Summary: A poem about what can happen when a man’s pride gets in the way of love. If the subject is a Cartwright, it’s bound to be Adam.
Rating: T (400 words)
Letters From Home (by Home Alone)
Summary: A prelude to Take Me Home. Adam has left for Boston, leaving his wife Ellie behind while he makes ready for her to join him. This is a collection of their letters to each other during their separation.
Word count: 5,169 Rating: K+/G
Take Me Home Series, links to stories within the series are included.
In the Darkness As In the Light (by McFair_58)
Summary: A burned out stagecoach lies on its side, the victim of an Indian raid. There’s a name on the coach manifest that makes Joe Cartwright’s heart stand still. Can it be that Elizabeth Carnaby is dead? And, as the man who robbed the coach seeks personal vengeance against Ben Cartwright’s youngest son – can Joe himself survive?
Rated M. The story is probably a PG-13 one, but for safety sake – and for the sake of one heavy duty romantic scene – I am calling it ‘M’. Contained in that PG-13 rating would be western brutality and violence, and torture. (101,760 words)
Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Prelude (by JC)
Summary: Adam Cartwright is taking the long road home, but sometimes life takes a man in a direction he never intended to go.
Rating: T (1683 words)
Take Me Home (by Home Alone)
Summary: Adam is called home from Boston for a family emergency after a ten-year absence. Will he be able to win back the love of his life he left behind?
Rating: MA/R WC 19208
Take Me Home Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Friend in Need (by Questfan)
Summary: A sequel to Prodigal Sons with some of the characters from that story. When Adam receives an urgent telegram, calling in a marker, he has no idea what he is riding into. A tale of brothers and the bonds that hold them together, no matter what comes against them. This story does go into OC territory, but it all ties in with our favourite family along the way.
Word Count: 39,542
Rating: T
Prodigal Sons Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Sense of Smell can be so Evocative (by mumu74)
Summary: This story was written for the Challenge “Lorne Greene’s birthday”. It’s not a poem, it’s not a 102 words text, it’s a 2915 words short story about Ben during one very special moment of his life. I wrote this text in french, the translation was not an easy one because I wanted to keep the special atmosphere of that romance. I was helped by my English friend, who reread and corrected the text. Now you’ll be able to discover it ; I’m glad to share it with you.
Have you ever experimented that sensation that one special smell could bring so many memories ?
Rating: K+ (2,915 words)
My Dearest Husband (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: The year is 1848, and Marie Cartwright writes a letter to her husband for Valentine’s Day.
Rating: K Word Count: 649
Beginning Again (by JC)
Summary: Ben Cartwright has twice known love and loss. Will the third time be the charm?
Rating: T (1,044 words)
Imperfect Memory (by JC)
Summary: A conversation overheard at a party evokes Adam’s memories of Marie and the integral role she played in his own first love. (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: T (47,245 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories within the series are included.
One-Way Ticket for the Pleasure (by mumu74)
Summary: I hope, you’ll have so much pleasure reading it as I had, writing it… The handsome Adam Cartwright will be in the middle of an amazing adventure. R-Rated, because that story was written for the 2016 R-Forum Brand Anniversary writing challenge.
Rating: MA (2,250 words)
When They Were Young (By Adams_lover)
Summary: This story is a modern day story with Adam as the featured character. It is a prequel to “Weekend Dad.”
PG-13: Very mild language and implied sexual situations (113,407 words)
Weekend Dad Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Second Chances (by BettyHT)
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.
