Category: Alternate Universe
Inclusion of non-canon family members (wives, siblings, etc.)
Trouble Comes Looking (by BettyHT)
Summary: The story is set five years later than A Fight You Do Not Want, and Adam has to recover from a tragedy and find a way to move his life forward. He has made some terrible mistakes in doing that and has to figure out how to make his life better.
Rating T and Word count 28,726
Part of the Fight and Trouble Series, links to all stories included within
Things That Matter #3 – A Father’s Concern (by wx4rmk)
Summary: How does a father help a grieving son get back into life?
Rating: G, Word Count: 519
A Fight You Do Not Want (by BettyHT)
Summary: A light drama with quite a bit of humor in the last chapters, the story focus is on Adam but all members of the family as well as Jamie and Candy play significant roles in the telling of this story. There are two OCs too who are necessary to move the story forward. There is a Part 2 which is a short follow-up story.
Rating: T Word count: 20,302
Ponderosa Schoolmarm – Cartwright Gals: A Romancing the Ponderosa Spinoff Book 1 (by millieshepherd)
Summary: Madeline Cartwright, Ben’s oldest stepdaughter, is Virginia City’s new schoolteacher. She has a school program planned but doesn’t have anyone to build the stage she needs, that is until Kevin Butler steps in. Kevin and Madeline are very close to being enemies, so the sparks are bound to fly!
Rating: T
Word Count: 20,397
Rose, My Love – Romancing the Ponderosa Book 4 (by millieshepherd)
Summary: Ben runs into a lady friend from his past and the sparks fly again.
Rating: T
Word Count: 15,453
Your Son Is a Man (by BettyHT)
Summary: Hoss takes a stand with his father, but it takes a serious accident for Ben to fully accept what his son told him.
Rating: PG Word count: 8,168
Choices and Risks (by BettyHT)
Summary: Seeing injustice, Adam has to act, but his actions and the consequences from them pull his family into that quest too. In the end, all of them make choices knowing the risks involved.
Rating: T Word count: 14,366
Mrs. Little Joe – Romancing the Ponderosa Book 1 (by millieshepherd)
Summary: When Little Joe finds a badly injured stranger on the Ponderosa, the Cartwrights’ lives are nearly turned upside down.
Rating: T Word Count: 21,027
Part of the Romancing the Ponderosa Series, links to stories included within.
Christmas Angel (by wx4rmk)
Summary: Just when Adam thought the first Christmas without his wife couldn’t be bleaker, something magical happens.
Written for day 19 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1155
Home is the Sailor #9 – Equinox (by Krystyna)
Summary: The Cartwrights face an unseen enemy who is preying upon the young women of Virginia City .. can it possibly be the man Adam suspects?
Rating: T (164,625 words)
Part of the Home is the Sailor Series, links to all stories included within
Allegiance (by Harpistforhim)
Summary: After the first grueling days of the Battle of the Wilderness, Joe comes across someone he hadn’t expected to meet during the war. Two brothers caught on opposite sides of the Civil War come face-to-face one night in an intense battle of words, forcing Joe to reconsider exactly where his allegiance lies.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1521
Part of The Allegience Series, links to all stories included within
Halloween of the Heart (by SJR Cartwright)
Summary: It’s Halloween night. Things happen. Some things are special. And some are very special. Share this night with a woman in love and will soon have heart’s desire come true. Alternative Universe. Written for the 2021 Bonanza Brand Boonanza Challenge.
Rating: T Word Count: 1430
Trapper John stories (by BettyHT)
Summary: There are three stories that can stand alone but are related. –Trapper John — Hoss meets a man in the mountains whose life intersects with the Cartwrights a number of times. –Suspicion — Adam’s relationship with Delphine leads to a disastrous turn of events and to Adam leaving, but he meets someone important in France, and on his return, he meets Trapper John. –Belladonna — Murder and what to do about the murderer are at the center of the story. A threat to Adam’s family brings the situation to a crisis.
Rating: T Word count: 60,428
Choosing Blue (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam and Joe go to War, but it’s not your usual brother against brother Civil War story. There’s not much about war, but there is spying, romance with a little help from a brother, a tale of revenge, and suffering among other things.
Rating: T Word count: 15,777
Part of the Choosing Series, links to all stories included within.
Only the Truth Can Fix This (by BettyHT)
Summary: A ‘guest’ at the Ponderosa reveals a secret that Adam had warned his father would inevitably be found out. The family has to deal with the aftermath of the cruel truth.
Rating: T Word count: 12,471
