Summary: Adam is running the ranch alone while his family takes a spring trip to San Francisco. All has gone well, but a change in the weather heralds an unexpected chain of events that Adam must deal with. When Ben, Hoss, and Joe return, they find an empty ranch…and a mystery.

Rating: K  WC:  30,700

Summary:  With a storm approaching, Little Joe heads out to find the prize foal his father is so fond of and is caught in a flash flood. While his brothers deal with their own fears, Ben Cartwright fights a battle to overcome despair and grief and face the very real fear that Joe may never be found.

Rated: PG-13  Word count: 38,190

Summary:  Hot weather and no rain create serious problems for the Ponderosa, but a renegade band on the run brings the worst trouble of all for a member of the family.

rating = T  WC = 20,237
This story is part of the Brenda Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  Adam’s life is turned upside down after an attack on a wagon train leaves him alone and injured in the desert. He is helped by an unlikely saviour. But what has become of his family? And why is his rescuer so keen to keep the truth from him.

Rating: T   Word Count: 83,320

The Many Spirits Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Seasons of Change is a continuation story from Weekend Dad, a modern day Bonanza story featuring Adam.  The story begins ten years after the end of Weekend Dad, and Jason is getting ready to head to college.  The story will continue the four years Jason is in college until he graduates.  There will be many references to the Weekend Dad story, so if you have read it before, you will understand them when you read them in this story.

PG-13:  Very mild language and implied sexual situations  (201,225 words)

Weekend Dad Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary: Seventeen-old-Joe Cartwright has planned to prove himself a man to the citizens of Virginia City by entering a fast draw competition on Founder’sDayy. But everything goes wrong and Joe is left publically thrashed and disgraced, when he find an unexpected friend in eleven-year-old Lilly.

A story about pride and prestige, fear and loss, but even more about the thing that makes us truly strong and happy – family love.

This is my 2015 BoNaNo submission and my first fanfic.

Rating: K+ (15,779 words)

Summary:  A heartfelt plea as the family tries to reunite in the wake of Marie’s death.

Rating:  K+ (2,655 words)

Summary:  Adam and Joe are on their “vacations” planned by their wives.  Will they each be able to finally deal with their grief as well as rekindle their love for their wives?  

WC = 7694   Rating = K+

Cowboy Boots and Dancing Shoes Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Exploring — what makes you who you are? 

Rating:  K  (650 words)

Summary:  On his way home, Joe encounters a Spring snow storm and has to wait it out in a line shack. He has a visit from an unusual child who tells him troubling things about Adam, who has been gone for years.  Adam, in the mean time has suffered a great loss and has returned home. He and Hoss head into the mountains to meet with Joe.  Joe is desperate to get to Adam when he learns from the child that Adam has been injured on his way to the shack.  The brothers reconnect but soon learn the child is part of a terrible tragedy in Adam’s life. Will Adam find healing or more sorrow on his way home with his brothers?

Word count – 8814     Rating K+

Summary:  In this story written in three acts, Adam’s involvement with a young woman leads to discord within his family and when that is resolved in the first part (chapters 1-6), he leaves on a journey that affects him greatly in the second part (7-13). He will need his family once more to face the future in the third part (14-17).

rating T  WC = 46,215

Summary:  This is the second story in the Charity series and is a WHN for the Bitter Water episode.   A mysterious corporation threatens the Ponderosa and the other ranches in the Comstock area.  There are shootings, kidnappings, and threats from unknown assailants, and Lem Keith’s daughter’s anger at Adam for perceived wrongs make for a complicated scenario.  

Rating = T and  WC = 23,448

Charity Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  At thirteen, Joe decides to practice shaving, only to discover that growing up isn’t just about growing whiskers. (This story introduces an OC named Jackson Cooper, aka Coop.)

 (Word Count: 4500; Rating: K)

Summary:  New hands play practical jokes that become increasingly a problem and their justification doesn’t sit well with Joe after Adam gets hurt.  Response to October Chaps and Spurs challenge.  

rating = T  WC = 2870

Summary: When the pain and the hurt are still fresh, can a memory shine bright?

Rating:  K  (1,125 words)