Category: Hurt/Comfort
Brothers Till the End (by DebbieB)
Summary: Hoss and Joe become the victims of revenge, but when Joe sees his brother shot down in cold blood, the tables are turned and it’s Joe who declares that it’s pay back time.
Rated: PG for Mild Violence (8,000 words)
Unseen Link (by EPM)
Summary: It’s more than just being family, it’s ties that bind father to son and son to father.
Rating: K+ (7,940 words)
The Journey (by Rona)
Summary: An accident forces Joe to embark upon a journey he had never expected to take.
Rated: T (11,075 words)
Love… Always Love (by DebbieB)
Summary: Love knows no barriers, that’s what my grandmother once told me. I must have been feeling her presence on the day I wrote this short, short story.
Rated: G Tissue alert (1,450 words)
Trapped (by Rona)
Summary: Hunting for strays ought to be easy. Ben fears the worst when disaster strikes Joe and Adam.
Rated: T (5,575 words)
Guilty (by Rona)
Summary: Accused of a crime he didn’t commit, Joe finds himself facing the ultimate punishment while his brothers race against time to bring the witness who can clear Joe’s name.
Rated: T (9,620 words)
Guilty Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
A Fresh Start (by Rona)
Summary: Joe is sought out by a woman who wants him to help her husband. But when Joe discovers who the woman’s husband is, he wants nothing to do with him. Will he take no for an answer?
Rated: K+ (10,975)
Only Skin Deep Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Chains and Slavery (by Rona)
Summary: Worried when one of his friends goes missing, Joe sets out to look for him. But he is not prepared for what he discovers.
Rated: T (10,100 words)
Areas of Expertise (by Rona)
Summary: A terrible accident teaches the Cartwrights that each of them have their own areas of expertise.
Rated: K+ (5,635 words)
Anything for Family (by Lynnette Smith)
Summary: When Richard Darvey is out for revenge on Ben Cartwright for the death of his son, Joe must decide how much he is willing to give to protect his father. When Darvey fails to claim his revenge on the Cartwrights it becomes quite clear that someone other then Darvey will stop at nothing to see both Ben and Joe dead.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG
Words: 4,480
Faith to Believe (by Rona)
Summary: The sequel to Believe in Me. Will the Cartwrights find Joe? Where did he go when he left the Ponderosa?
Rated: T (7,855 words)
Believe in Me Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Always My Son Series – #2 – The Color of Love (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe welcomes Rachel, the girl who helped to save him from Rene Marchant in New Orleans, to the Ponderosa. As love blossoms hatred abounds with devastating consequences. Rating T, WC 18,000 Part two of the Always My Son series all links provided.
Always My Son – #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: A stranger arrives in town with the intent of ripping the family apart by claiming he’s Little Joe’s real father.
Rating T, WC 55,000
Flames (by Rona)
Summary: A gang of rustlers is plaguing the Virginia City area.
Rated: T (10,205 words)
The Protector (by EPM)
Summary: A spat between brothers leads to dire consequences for a third when he take on a task one of them should have done, and encounters bank robbers while in town.
Rating T (12,000 words)
