Category: Hurt/Comfort
A Night at the Opera (by Krystyna)
Summary: A night at the Opera House in San Francisco really goes with a bang. But will Joe will able to save Adam’s life as his brother desperately seeks a way to survive.
Rating: T (15,390 words)
The Best Loved Son (by Wrangler)
Summary: An accident during a hunting trip threatens to take the life of Ben Cartwright, later forcing him to reflect on his three sons and what they mean to him.
Rating T, WC 16,000
Every Purpose Under Heaven #3 – Dru (by Wrangler)
Summary: When Hoss falls in love with Drucilla Carrington it leads to trouble when Little Joe remembers where he met her and it’s not where a lady should’ve ever been.
Rating T, WC 27,000
Death of an Angel (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe is in love for the first time and plans on making this blue-eyed angel his wife. Will an unavoidable accident shatter his dreams of happiness?
Rating: PG13 Contains on questionable scene (6,500 words)
The Enemy Among Us (by Milesky1)
Synopsis: After being wounded during a robbery attempt, Joe’s life is endangered by the surviving member of the gang.
Rating: T (22,750 words)
Every Purpose Under Heaven #2 – Another Season (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben hires newcomer Luke Thrasher but his ties to an old enemy of Joe’s shocks everyone and sets Joe up for murder charges.
Rating MA, WC 52,000
Whatever it Takes series – #3 – A Part of the Main (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe travels to San Francisco to help one of Dr. Peele’s patients and encounters danger and a strange turn of events when Ben gets there.
Rated T, WC 22,000
Third in the “Whatever it Takes series”, links to all stories of this series included.
Raising the Stakes (by Wrangler)
Summary: Joe sits down at a high-stakes poker table and gambles with something he can’t afford to lose.
Rated T WC 19,000
Whatever it Takes series – #2 – Absolute Faith (by Wrangler)
Summary: Two men seek revenge on Little Joe by forcing him to use the medicine which had almost killed him before.
Rating T, WC 32,000
The second in the “Whatever It Takes” series, links to stories in the series included within.
A Question of Doubt (by KateP)
Summary: Joe is left to face the future alone when the unthinkable happens.
Rated: T (16,145 words)
Always My Heart (by Wrangler)
Summary: This story addresses the arrival of Adam Cartwright after a ten year absence and how his return affects the remaining Cartwrights.
Rated: T ~ WC 25,500
The Promise Trilogy – #3 – With Wings as Eagles (by Wrangler)
Summary: Lone Eagle seeks to kill Little Joe after sparing his life in “The Promise”. Can Joe endure the torture planned for him?
Rated T, WC 34,000
The third in “The Promise” series, links to stories in the series included within.
Every Purpose Under Heaven #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Thieves invade the Ponderosa, setting devastating events into motion. Now Little Joe struggles to find a way to get over what happened to him that horrible night.
Rating T, WC 36,000 Part one, links to stories in the series included within.
Legacy of Honor (by Wrangler)
Summary: A frightened young woman’s lie has devastating consequences for Joe when her father refuses to believe his legacy of honor. Rating T, WC 35,000
Whatever it Takes – # 1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: When Joe is seriously injured, the remedy serves to be much more harsh than anyone expected.
Rated: T WC 22,000
Whatever It Takes Series, links to all stories of this series included.