Summary:  Three Vingettes where you get to figure out TWO of the brothers.

He lay there; wishing for all that he was worth that it was just the sound of thunder that was pounding in his head.   His body wanted to give into its exhaustion but the sounds wouldn’t let him.  And so there he laid; praying for a rescue, hoping above hope that it all would stop. And what of his brothers?
Rating:  K+ (4,840 words)

Summary: After Adam and Joe take an early spring ride up into the mountains, Joe comes home alone with fragmented memories and a haunting fear that Adam might never come home at all. A story told in two voices: Joe’s and Adam’s. 

Rated: T  WC  24,000

Summary: In an effort to keep Paul Martin alive and well, the Cartwrights have to match wits with someone whose reality is a very dark place indeed.

Rating:  T  (18,800 words)

Summary:  The Cartwrights are enjoying a festive Christmas party at the Ponderosa, when what to their wondering eyes should appear but a corpse in a closet.  Oh, my and oh, dear!

Rated: K+  WC  6600

Summary:  When three pies go missing at the Ponderosa, everyone’s suspicions naturally turn to a particular Cartwright, but who actually ate all the pies?

Rated: K  WC  2400

The unexpected arrival of a mysterious group of women complicates—and threatens—Cartwright lives, turning the Ponderosa into a decisive battleground.

Rated: T  (61,600 words)

Summary: Each of Ben’s sons rides off in the wake of tragedy, leaving a stranger home alone—at least until suppertime.

Rated: K+   WC  5300

Rating: T

Word Count=4843

Summary: Gold and greed are a volatile mix.

Summary: There’s a broken window on the Ponderosa but who’s guilty?

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1025

Summary: A businessman is tired of playing by the rules and uses Ben’s sons to manipulate Ben, himself. It falls to Sheriff Roy Coffee, Deputy Clem Foster and a very determined Hop Sing to prevent the Cartwright family from falling like a house of cards. What results is a high stakes game in which Ben must gamble his full house against his rival’s hidden aces.

Rating:  T   (33, 700 words)

Robbed and left for dead at the roadside, Adam and Joe are forced to take shelter from a storm in an abandoned house. Injured himself, Adam struggles to keep his brother alive. But the house has a past, and it returns to haunt them…

Rated: T WC 9500

When Joe is reacquainted with a childhood friend, tragedy follows. Struggling to recover from serious injury, he finds himself on trial for murder.

Rated: T WC 18,000

Summary: A prison break sends Alfred Whitfield, a man on the edge of madness, and Peter Nobridge, an enigma whose alliances are yet to be proven, back to the Ponderosa one year after Adam’s old classmate played a deadly game with Cartwright lives. This time, when the siege begins there is more at stake than mere blood. (This is a sequel to “The Game,” but should offer enough hints to stand alone.) The SJS & SAS are, of course, integral to the plot, and there’s plenty of angst and ES? to go around….

Rated: T   WC  48,300

Games Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: A old college rival of Adam’s takes competition to an extreme, playing chess with Cartwright lives. SJS, SAS, JAM, ESA, ESH…let’s just say lots of hurt, comfort, angst and mystery. I

Rated: T.  WC 29,000

Games Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Rating: K+

Word Count=6396

Summary: Joe finds a mysterious apple pie recipe with directions that must be followed. Happy Early Birthday, Devy!