Synopsis: Ponderosa Fan-Fic. The Nevada Territory is plagued by a heat wave and the Greene Ranch is hit the hardest when their house catches fire. Margaret withdraws from the town and Hoss is the only one who might be able to help her… if he can only get over his own guilt.
Rating:  PG   Words:  4,105

Summary:  After their father’s death, Adam and Hoss are forced to put aside their own grief in an effort to save the life of their grieving youngest brother. Ben’s death has devastated Joe, turning his world upside down. No longer able to face the future without the man he loved and respected and more often than not, needed, Joe gives in to his despair and takes to his bed waiting for death to claim him.  Adam and Hoss know that only a miracle can save their brother now, will it come in time and who is this man that claims to be the real Ben Cartwright?

Rating: G   (12, 575 words)

Summary:  Hoss meets the woman he wants to marry.  However, she has a secret regarding her past, which makes her wary of closeness with anyone.  Hoss is determined to break through her shell and win her heart.

Rated:  PG  (5,260 words)

Emily Series, links to all stories within the series are included.

Summary: Paris McKenna, an old friend of the Cartwright family, suddenly falls ill on her way to San Francisco and a new job. She reluctantly accepts Ben’s invitation to rest and regain her strength at the Ponderosa. However, she also carries the burden of a devastating secret that could rip the close-knit Cartwright Family to shreds.

Rating MA  WC  133,000

Bloodlines Series, links to all stories within the series are included.

Synopsis: Everyone is excited about the coming of Christmas and the new year, with Adam and Hoss getting married and possibly a new Cartwright child, but something horrible happens and the family must pull themselves together to get through this. This jumps around a bit, but I think I made it decently easy to read.
Rating:  PG-13
Words: 8,600

Synopsis: Adam and Hoss visit Tucson, where Adam thinks back to a trip he took there with his father when he was seventeen. He meets a young girl who lives with her mother in the Bird Cage Theatre, the local brothel and dance hall.
Rating: PG (33,750 words)

Synopsis: Adam and Joe are going to be leaving the large city of Boston and must make the choice to take the girls with them or leave them forever and maybe never find women like them again.
Rating:  PG
Words: 8,900

Summary:  Adam takes Becky away to help her recover from her illness. As Becky regains her health, they both find renewal. But then Adam is forced to accept that some wounds are so deep that they can never be truly healed.

Rating:  T  (21,265 word)

Memories of Love Series, links to all stories of this series included.

Story Summary: A friend from Adam’s past emerges with a common foe on her tail and though the attempt is made, Adam is unable to save her and fall victim to his own grief that Ben must now save him from.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG-13 for violence description of wounds.
Words:  15,800

Summary: On his way home from a Christmas shopping trip in Placerville, Joe is thrown from a spooked horse and left stranded at the bottom of a deep ravine in the midst of a severe snowstorm.  

Rating:  K (6,015 words)

Bloodlines Series, links to all stories of this series included.

Summary: Rose and Hoss are married and now are on their Honeymoon.
Rating:  PG – implied sex
Words:  3,100

Story summary:  Hoss meets a young woman that changes his life.
Rating:  G
Words: 4,200

Summary: A sweeping story that follows each of the Cartwrights through a season of trials and triumphs.

Rating:  T (90,650 words)

Fourth Wife Series, links to all stories of this series included.

Summary:  A continuation of Adam and Becky.

Rating:  T   (14,400 words)

Memories of Love Series, links to all stories of this series included.

Summary:  A continuation of Adam and Becky.

Rating:  T   (9,150 words)

Memories of Love Series, links to all stories of this series included.