Posted in Ben / Joe Drama Hurt/Comfort

To Love Again (by Rona)

Summary:  Joe meets a woman in town, but Ben falls in love with her. The family are delighted – or are they?

Rated:  T     (9,230 words) 

To Love Again Series, links to all stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Drama Joe Cartwright

Taken (by Rona)

Summary:  After winning the rodeo, Joe is approached by a stranger about a job. He refuses, then disappears. Can the Cartwrights find Joe, when the stranger seems to be innocent?

Rated:  T  (11,720 words)

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Posted in Drama Family

Bonanza Christmas Story (by Anne G)

Synopsis: The four Cartwrights, separated just before Christmas, keep running into this family that make it possible for them to once again understand the true meaning of Christmas.

Rating: G  (9,160 words)

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Posted in Ben / Adam Drama Prequel

Christmas (by SadieSpinner)

Synopsis: Ben and young Adam forced by an unexpected snow storm, must halt their journey west. Only then does Ben realize he almost missed Christmas.
Rating G   7,625 words

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Posted in Alternate Universe Hoss Cartwright Romance

Cartwright Romance #2 – Second Sight (by Emmy)

Story Summary:  A romantic tale centering on Hoss Cartwright as he meets his match in one Annie Rose Tyler.
Rating and Reader Alerts:  G
Words:  10,275

Cartwright Romance Series, links to stories included within.

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Posted in Drama Family Prequel

The Whipping (by DebbieB)

Summary:  When Little Joe returns from a horse sale in Carson City that did not go well for him, his family notices a difference in his personality. Not sure why Joe acts the way he does, his family struggles to understand before Joe winds up destroying himself and his family’s good name.

Rated: PG (20,400 words)

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Posted in Drama Hurt/Comfort Joe Cartwright

The Christmas Payroll (by Rona)

Summary:  Collecting the Christmas payroll is such an ordinary chore, that the Cartwrights can hardly believe when things go so wrong.

Rated:  T    (7,660 words)

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Posted in Drama

The Toymaker (by Helen A and the Tahoe Ladies)

Summary:  It’s Christmas, in this story written by Helen Adams and the Tahoe Ladies.

Rating:  K  (7,135 words)

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Posted in Drama Family

Santa’s Little Helper (by Puchi Ann)

Summary:  With eighteen-year-old Little Joe the only Cartwright not confined to bed, the prospects for a merry Christmas appear bleak. Ben has even ordered the cancellation of the annual Christmas Eve party, but in a burst of Yuletide enthusiasm, Joe decides to host the party by himself. After all, how hard could it be? And then his carefully laid plans begin to unravel.

Rated: K  WC 15,000

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Posted in Drama Family

The Toymaker (by the Tahoe Ladies and Helen Adams)

Summary:  A Christmas Tale  

Rating:  K  (7,025 words)

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Posted in Adam / Joe Drama Hurt/Comfort

The Stuff of Nightmares (by Rona)

Summary:  After a quarrel, Adam and Joe are sent off separately to do chores. But they become embroiled in a situation which sets brother against brother, and makes each one doubt if the other still loves him.

Rating T  (12,950)

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Romance

Cartwright Romance #1 – Truth Be Told (by Emmy)

Story Summary:  A romantic tale centering on eldest Cartwright son Adam and the town’s new schoolteacher, Katherine O’Fallon.
Rating and Reader Alerts:  PG, mild language
Words:  11,875

Cartwright Romance Series, links to stories included within.

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Posted in Ben / Adam Drama

The Savior (by Jenny G)

Summary:  A blizzard in the high Sierras is no place to spend Christmas Eve as Ben finds out.

Rating:  K+  (4,650 words)

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama

Mary Knox’s Christmas (by Jenny G)

Summary:  Christmas finds Adam far from home. He takes shelter with a family who needs his help, and learns that the spirit of Christmas can manifest in different and sometimes mysterious ways.

Rating:  T  (10,000 words)

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Posted in Drama Joe Cartwright

Suspicion (by Rona)

Summary:  Adam’s cousin appears out of the blue for a family visit. He and Joe don’t take to one another at all. Is Joe right to be so suspicious?

Rated:  T    (9,210 words)

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