Stories by Author – Deborah

 

Adam in the Outback # 1 – My True Love Hath My Heart Part 1 – by Deborah

Summary:  This story is one explanation of why Adam might have settled in Australia as posited in the Bonanza sequels. This is the first story in my “Adam in the Outback” series.
Rating:  T   WC 32,000


Adam in the Outback # 2 – My True Love Hath My Heart Part 2 – by Deborah

Summary:  Adam and Bronwen adjust to parenthood and life in the outback in the second of my “Adam in the Outback” series  2 of 16 .
Rating: T   WC 30,000


Adam in the Outback # 3 – My True Love Hath My Heart Part 3 – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the third story in my “Adam in the Outback” series. Adam and Bronwen learn that being the parents of two little girls only 10 months apart is not easy.
Rating:  T   WC 22,200


Adam in the Outback # 4 – Family Reunion – by Deborah

Summary:  Adam, Bronwen and their daughters visit the Ponderosa. The fourth story in my “Adam in the Outback” series.
Rating:  T   WC 18,500


Adam in the Outback # 5 – Cartwright is the Name – by Deborah

Summary:  This story takes place in 1883, and is the fifth story in my “Adam in the Outback” series. It tells of Adam, Bronwen and their daughters’ second visit to the Ponderosa.
Rating:  K+   WC 25,000


Adam in the Outback # 6 – A Son and Heir – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the sixth story in my “Adam in the Outback” series. After four daughters, will Adam and Bronwen finally have a son?
Rating:  T WC 29,000


Adam in the Outback # 7 – The Country of the Heart – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the seventh story in my Adam in the Outback series. The year 1889 is one of many reunions among family and friends of the Cartwrights when Adam and Bronwen bring their five children to visit the Ponderosa.
Rating:  K+    WC   67,500


Adam in the Outback # 8 – To Bloom in Another Man’s Garden #1 – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the eighth story in my “Adam in the Outback” series. Adam must deal with the fact that his little girls are becoming young women.
Rating:  T


Adam in the Outback # 9 – To Bloom in Another Man’s Garden #2 – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the ninth story in my “Adam in the Outback” series. Will Adam and Bronwen survive three teen-aged daughters? Are there wedding bells in Beth’s future? Will Miranda cope with living in Boston without her family? All these question are answered in Part 2.
Rating:  T    WC 53,300


Adam in the Outback #10 – In Memoriam – by Deborah

Summary:  Adam and Bronwen experience the most devastating loss any parent has to face. They, and the rest of the Cartwright family, must struggle to accept their loss and deal with their grief.
Rating:  T    WC 54,000


Adam in the Outback #11 – The Marriage of True Minds #1 – by Deborah

Summary:  Part 1 takes place during 1894 through 1896.
Rating:  T WC 49,000


Adam in the Outback #12 – The Marriage of True Minds #2 – by Deborah

Summary:  Part 2 takes place during 1896 through 1898.
Rating:  T    WC   47,000


Adam in the Outback #13 – The Marriage of True Minds #3 – by Deborah

Summary:  Part 3 covers the years 1898 through 1901—a time of weddings and births for the Australian Cartwrights.
Rating:  T    WC 76,000


Adam in the Outback #14 – The Joys of Parents – by Deborah

Summary:  Adam and Bronwen discover raising a teenage son is every bit as challenging as raising daughters.
Rating:  K+ WC 46,400


Adam in the Outback #15 – Grow Old Along With Me – by Deborah

Summary:  A.C. is off to the Technical College in Sydney, leaving Adam and Bronwen alone for the first time in 31 years. A secret that has been hidden for many years is about to be revealed.
Rating:  T   WC 49,000


Adam in the Outback #16 – The Best is Yet To Be – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the sixteenth and final story in my “Adam in the Outback” series. It begins in 1908, two years later.   However, there is one last story, told as a flash-back.
Rating:  T  97,221 words


Adam in the Outback #17 – O Tannenbaum – by Deborah

Summary:  In a flashback, Adam tells his grandchildren the story of the Cartwright’s first Christmas tree.
Rating:  K  19,700 words


Adam:   The Early Years #1 – The World was all Before Them – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the first of my series of stories about Adam. It begins with his birth and ends shortly before he and Ben meet Inger Borgstrom.
Rating:  K WC 21,400


Adam:  The Early Years #2 – A Real Nice Lady – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the episode “Inger, My Love” told from the point of view of five-year-old Adam.
Rating:  K+  12,340 words


Adam:  The Early Years #3 – A Gentleman and a Scholar Part 1 – by Deborah

Summary:  The year is 1849 – a year of dramatic changes for Ben Cartwright and his two sons, Adam and Hoss. Men are pouring across the Sierra Nevadas in search of gold in California, and ben has just arrived back at this ranch after a trip to New Orleans with a surprise for his boys.
Rating:  K+ WC 56,600


Adam:  The Early Years #4 – A Gentleman and a Scholar Part 2 – by Deborah

Summary:  Adam Cartwright has a dream that seems impossible—he wants to attend college. Will that dream remain forever out of his reach? This story is both a continuation of “A Gentleman and a Scholar, Part 1” and a prequel to my story “Veritas”
Rating:  K+ WC 67,300


Adam:  The Early Years #5 – Veritas – by Deborah

Summary:  This is the story of Adam’s freshman year at Harvard College.
Rating:  T  44,500 words


Adam:  The Early Years #6 – Building for Forever – by Deborah

Summary:  After four years at Harvard’s Lawrence Scientific School, Adam Cartwright is returning to the Ponderosa with a gift for his family. This story is a sequel to my stories “A Gentleman and a Scholar” and “Veritas”.
Rating:  T WC 53,200


Adventure of the Gooseberry Pie Eating Bear (The) – by Deborah

Summary:  Adam tells his daughters a story about when he and their Uncle Hoss were little boys and got into some mischief.
Rating: K  WC  2500


Bronwen in Nevada #1 – From This Day Forward – by Deborah

Summary:  Adam returns to the Ponderosa with a surprise for his family. An AU version of “My True-Love Hath My Heart”.
Rating:  K+   WC   71,400


Bronwen in Nevada #2 – Blessed are the Children – by Deborah

Summary – This short story is a sequel to From This Day Forward, where Adam brings his Australian bride, Bronwen, back to the Ponderosa.   It begins in late April 1878; Adam and Bronwen’s oldest daughter, Betsy, is now three and their second daughter, Miranda, is about two and a half.   And their little family recently increased with the addition of their third daughter, Gwyneth.
Rating:  K    WC 4300


Bronwen in Nevada #3 -Angelic Affection – by Deborah

Summary:  This story is a sequel to “From This Day Forward” and “Blessed Are the Children”. It’s January 1881 and Adam and Bronwen are awaiting the birth of their fourth child.
Rating:  K+   WC 11,400


Bronwen in Nevada #4 – Over the Hill and Through the Wood – by Deborah

Summary:  This Thanksgiving story is set in the Bronwen in Nevada universe.
Rating:  K   WC   5500


Bronwen in Nevada #5 – Precious Ties – by Deborah

Summary:  It’s the spring of 1883. There are 12 Cartwrights living on the Ponderosa:   Adam and Bronwen and their four daughters, Hoss and Claire and their two sons, plus Ben and Joe, who are both widowers. Joe has been in San Francisco and he’s late returning. What could be the reason?
Rating:  K   WC 28,600

 

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