Summary:  Joe the boy was anxious to become the man only to find that in many ways he wished to remain the boy.  

Rated: K+  WC  20,000

Boy to Man Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: No longer a boy, sixteen-year-old Joe Cartwright is struggling with what it means to be a man. Meanwhile, the Ponderosa is plagued by rustlers, and when Joe uses the opportunity to prove himself and protect his family, he unwittingly puts both himself and his father in grave danger….

Rated: K+  WC  9000

Summary:  After four years at Harvard’s Lawrence Scientific School, Adam Cartwright is returning to the Ponderosa with a gift for his family.  This story is a sequel to my stories “A Gentleman and a Scholar” and “Veritas”.

Rating: T  WC  53,200

Adam:  The Early Years, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: 4th story in the Battle of Wills series.  Ben announces at supper that he is going to buy a horse for Marie. Adam becomes unhappy because Ben had promised to buy him a horse before leaving for New Orleans. Will this situation cause another rift between Marie and Adam?

Rated K Word Count=3059

The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: 3rd story in The Battle of Wills series.  Men break into the house while Marie is home alone with Adam and Hoss. After observing his step-mother’s actions when faced with the robbers, Adam calls Marie a name he once heard Jean de Marigny use. This incident leads to an argument between Ben and Marie about Adam’s upbringing. And Adam finally realizes that Marie had been Jean’s wife.

Rating: K+ Word Count=5268

The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: The Cartwrights band together to help each other through a dark time of twists and turns.

Rating: PG for adult issues and emotionally intense scenes / Words:   58,425
Part of the Like Joseph Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary: 2nd story in The Battle of Wills series.  During a family picnic at the lake, Adam gets in trouble adding poison ivy to Hoss’ bouquet of wildflowers for Marie. After an argument with his father, Adam decides to leave home. A neighbor and old friend, Abe Garvey, shows Marie that there’s more to education than reading, writing, and arithmetic while leading the search for Adam.

Rating: K Word Count=6007

The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: 1st story in The Battle of Wills series.  Ben brings his new wife, Marie, home to the Ponderosa.

Rating: K   Word Count=4433

The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:  A potentially deadly illness sneaks up on  the youngest Cartwright.  Follow along as, in a moment of true Joe, the family finds themselves racing against time.

Rating:  K  (16,720 words)

Summary: After a stampede scatters the herd, the only one missing is Little Joe. What happens afterward turns out to be a living nightmare for all the Cartwrights.

Rated PG WC 20,100

Summary: More than dark clouds are brewing for the Cartwrights. Joe’s been accused of being involved in the recent trouble about town and the accusations have a grave affect on all his family, but mostly for himself.

Rated G  WC 20,300

Summary:  Did Marie have a secret that she kept from Ben?

Rated: T  Word Count:  69500

Summary:  The Cartwrights try to keep things going around the house when Hop Sing leaves for a while

Rated: K (10,000 words)

Summary:  Joe is tired of being ‘Little Joe’

Rated: K (11,365 words)

Summary:  Sometimes a boy’s ears can come in handy.
Rating:  K  5,930 words