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DebbieB<\/strong><\/p>\n The world of Bonanza Fanfiction has lost a favored, early-era author.\u00a0 We are sad to report that DebbieB passed away on Friday, April 15, 2022.\u00a0 A prolific Bonanza fanfic author, her spirit will be remembered by the many fans of her writing.\u00a0 Our condolences are offered to her family and friends.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Better Day Tomorrow – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Caught in the middle of a family argument turned ugly and having to face his own\u00a0irate father, Joe bears the blunt of both family’s wrath.\u00a0\u00a0 He isn’t the only one who learns something from the experience. A Brother\u2019s Love – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 An accidental shooting, a mindless threat muttered in a moment of anger and a family of men all result in a lesson well learned by two Cartwright brothers. A Choice to Make #1 – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Ben is away, and Adam is planning for his wedding to the beautiful Rachel Stanrick.\u00a0\u00a0 Joe knows something about the lovely lady that would break his brother’s heart, but he’s afraid to tell Adam.\u00a0\u00a0 Not quite fifteen, Joe is hard pressed to know how to deal with the situation, especially since he’s been made a party to deception. A Choice to Make #2 \u2013 Love at it\u2019s Best – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam and Joe thought their woman problems were over when Adam told his fianc\u00e9e, Rachel Stanrick, to get out.\u00a0\u00a0 Who would have thought she’d have the audacity to return three years later and insist that Adam marry her? What could she possibly do that would make Adam change his mind about how he feels towards her? A Fistful of Regret – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When he accidentally punches Joe instead of Adam, Hoss is consumed with guilt.\u00a0\u00a0 Will Joe lose his hearing?\u00a0\u00a0 Will the youngest Cartwright ever forgive his gentle hearted brother for the injuries he sustained from the powerful blow to the side of his head?\u00a0\u00a0 Will Hoss forgive himself or will he forever carry, a fistful of regret? A Handful of Faith – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 In the midst of a drought, Ben witnesses a miracle, from a most unsuspecting source. A Kiss to Die For – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, under wrong circumstances, Little Joe pays the price, not only for himself but for the beautiful Indian maiden whom he was warned to stay away from. A Letter From Adam – by Debbieb <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This Mother’s Day, it’s Adam’s turn to write home and wish Pa a Happy Mother’s Day. A Letter from Hoss – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Tricked and left with the shortest match, Hoss is the one to be away on business on Pa’s special day, but does he forget his father? A Letter to Mama on Mother\u2019s Day – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe puts his feelings on paper. A Night of Reflections – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 With a snowstorm coming and his sons late in getting home, Ben reflects back on his life and the three wives that bore him, his sons. A Pa for Toby – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Young Toby’s parents have been killed in an accident, and Ben takes the boy under his wing. But Toby wants something that Joe has, and he sets out to take it away from the youngest Cartwright. Someone has been silently observing the goings on, does that person save for Joe, what Joe has feared most in his life of losing? A Poor Man\u2019s Roses – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Running away from your problems never solved at thing.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s what Pa had always preached to his three sons, but now Ben was doing exactly that, running away. A Question of Intent – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Was his intent purely to talk to Billy Walker, or was he actually intending to seek revenge?\u00a0\u00a0 When the younger man is killed, and Joe is charged with murder, Joe begins to question his real intent. A Reversal of Roles – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This time it is Ben who suffers from guilt and who shoulders the blame and Joe who delivers the lecture that relives his father of his burdens. A Royal Pain – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam and Hoss think their littlest brother is a royal pain…but Ben is beginning to think all three of his sons are a royal pains, and the knowledge soon leads him to taking refuge in the hayloft. A Score to Settle #1 – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Joe is found unconscious and in a coma, his family has no idea how the boy was injured.\u00a0\u00a0 A storm, a fire and a miracle, turn Ben’s long nights of worry into a happy ending.\u00a0\u00a0 The only questions left unanswered are how and why?\u00a0\u00a0 Only one person knows the answers, and he’s not telling. A Score to Settle #2 \u2013 Settling the Score – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A month after coming out of a coma caused by a head injury, Little Joe is full of hate for the one responsible and wants to get revenge.\u00a0\u00a0 His father however, has other plans for the persons responsible for nearly killing his son.\u00a0\u00a0 Can father convince son that vengeance is of the Lord and not of man? A Score to Settle#3 \u2013 The Final Score – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0\u00a0 Five years after having been sent to prison, Lucas Tatum returns to seek his own revenge on Joe Cartwright.\u00a0\u00a0 What he does this time is far worse than a wallop on the head; he wants to make Joe suffer for what he believes was Joe’s fault.\u00a0\u00a0 Joe learns just how badly hate can destroy a man and just how far a man filled with hate will go to seek revenge. A Stranger in the House – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:The last time that Little Joe sees his father is when Ben yells at him to jump seconds before their wagon careens down a steep ravine. Little Joe is found badly wounded and brought home to his brothers……..but what about his father? Ben has vanished and Joe’s grief is more life threatening than the injuries he suffered from the accident. A Tale of Two Feathers #1 – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe learns that compassion and understanding are the footnotes to love; and that love can destroy the hate in a man’s heart, give renewal to a man’s spirit as it binds two unlikely souls in a most unusual friendship between a young man and a hardened Pauite warrior. A Tale of Two Feathers #2 \u2013 A Winter of Hope – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Ben has no idea what has happened to his youngest son, only that Joe has been missing for weeks. Forced by impending snow, Ben calls off his search and returns home without finding a trace of the young boy whom he loves dearly.\u00a0\u00a0 Heartbroken and defeated, his son’s fate unknown, Ben is forced to wait out the long, lonely winter, his winter of hope. A Tale of Two Feathers #3 \u2013 An Old Acquaintance – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:.\u00a0\u00a0 Joe is reunited with his old friend, the Paiute chief, Two Feathers, in a most unusual way.\u00a0\u00a0 This time, it is up to the Indian to teach Joe how to forgive and how to stop hating. A Tale of Two Feathers #4 \u2013 A Final Goodbye – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe sets off on an adventure to visit his old friend, Two Feathers.\u00a0\u00a0 Not long after arriving at the Paiute village, Joe is told of a vision that the chief has had, one that spells disaster for the entire Indian village.\u00a0\u00a0 When the vision becomes reality and Two Feathers dies while being held in the arms of his young friend, Joe, heart broken, must now face the future without his dearest friend. Adam\u2019s Story – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Growing up was never easy, but it did have its rewards…just ask Adam Cartwright. Awakening (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Hoss is left on his own to run the ranch, he begins to doubt his ability in himself and in everything that his father had tried to teach him. Back to Reality – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Adam takes Joe along on a business trip, things go from bad to worse.\u00a0\u00a0 After Joe gets bitten by a sidewinder, it is now up to Adam to save not only his baby brother’s life but his own life as well. Be There a Stranger Among Us – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 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. Beating Death\u2019s Game – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 An unfortunate accident, leaves Joe Cartwright wishing he’d never been born. Between a Rock and a Hard Place – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Caught between squealing on a friend or keeping silent, Joe learns that its not always in his best interest to turn a deaf ear. Between Brothers #1 – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Adam finds Joe wounded and near death, he blames no one but himself. Will he be able to find help, not just for his brother, but for himself as well? Between Brothers #2 \u2013 Baring Souls – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Find out what happens weeks after Adam brings Joe home with life threatening wounds. Will the brothers be able to keep their secret made “Between Brothers” or will they bare their souls to their father…and each other? Big Brother Hoss – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Contains some graphic fight scenes. Joe worships his older brother Hoss, more so after being beaten by a gang of bullies who hold a grudge against the older brother.\u00a0\u00a0 Hoss then deems it his duty to become his younger brother’s protector. Blundered Seduction – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n This story is available via e:mail only.\u00a0 Due to Debbie’s death, we ask reader reach out to the Brandsters to request a copy.\u00a0 Please e:mail:\u00a0 Brandsters2020@gmail.com<\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Caught with his pants down and in a compromising situation by the one person he’d least likely want to find him as such, Joe learns three valuable lessons; no one ever died of embarrassment, chose your friends carefully and being 16 and still a virgin is nothing to be ashamed of. Broken Promise – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Unable to keep a promise he made to his father, Joe must now pay the price.\u00a0\u00a0 Is it too high?\u00a0\u00a0 Can Ben forgive and learn to trust his most impetuous son once more? Brothers, Till the End – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Hoss and Joe become the victims of revenge, but when Joe sees his brother shot down in cold blood, the tables are turned and it’s Joe who declares that it’s pay back time. Burden of Guilt – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Joe is shot by an intruder, Ben blames himself for his son’s injury. Things go from bad to worse, deepening Ben’s burden of guilt. Bushwhacked – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:The Cartwrights become the target for murder when cattle thieves decide they want more than just the herd; they want the entire Ponderosa empire. But for the Grace of God – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When mad dogs attack fifteen-year old Joseph Cartwright, the family struggles with their emotions as they watch the boy, whom they love more than life, battle against the deadly effects of hydrophobia, for which there is no cure. Careful What You Wish For – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Hoss, tired of his younger brother always being under foot, wishes that Little Joe would just go away and leave him alone. CelebRating: 90 Glorious Years and 430 Episodes of Bonanza! – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 I wrote this story for David Dortort’s 90th birthday party to which I was invited. In the story I used all 430 episode titles so the story might sound a bit strange to some. I had the story bound in book form for Mr. Dortort and given to him as my gift celebrating his 90 glorious years. It was my way of saying thank you for the joy he brought to so many lives and especially for the friendship that developed between us that I will always cherish. It has never been shared with anyone except David, until now. Chinese Molasses #1 – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n This story is available via email only.\u00a0 Due to Debbie’s death, we ask reader reach out to the Brandsters to request a copy.\u00a0 Please email:\u00a0 Brandsters2020@gmail.com<\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Safe once again, 15 year old Joe struggles to re-establish himself within the family unit.\u00a0\u00a0 Share the nightmarish experience as Joe recalls his days of terror at the hands of a man who required only two things from him:\u00a0 his body and his soul.<\/p>\n Rated:\u00a0\u00a0 R \u00a0adult situations \u00a0\u00a016,500 words .<\/p>\n Chinese Molasses #2 \u2013 Frightened Beyond Reason – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n This story is available via e:mail only.\u00a0 Due to Debbie’s death, we ask reader reach out to the Brandsters to request a copy.\u00a0 Please e:mail:\u00a0 Brandsters2020@gmail.com<\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 While on a San Francisco holiday, Joe mysteriously disappears. When Ben, Adam and Hoss learn that Lin Wong, the evil Chinaman who had adducted Joe five years earlier has been recently released from prison and spotted in the area, they begin a massive search for their missing family member. Meanwhile, Little Joe is held prisoner deep in the hull of a sailing ship. Lin Wong is teaching Joe a new meaning to the word fear and Joe is quickly slipping from the real world into a world where there is no fear. Will Lin Wong fulfill his promise that he made to Joe five years ago? Chinese Molasses #3 \u2013 In My Father\u2019s House – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n This story is available via e:mail only.\u00a0 Due to Debbie’s death, we ask reader reach out to the Brandsters to request a copy.\u00a0 Please e:mail:\u00a0 Brandsters2020@gmail.com<\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Weeks after returning home from his terrifying experience at the hands of the evil Lin Wong, Joe wrestles with the guilt and shame he feels for what happened to him. As he struggles to come to terms, he finds strength and comfort in the loving arms of his family who each take time to express to him their inner most feelings that they have in their hearts for the youngest member of the family. Even though this story is G-rated, it will be difficult to follow if the reader has not read the previous stories within the series.<\/p>\n Chinese Molasses #4 \u2013 Prelude to Rebirth – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n This story is available via e:mail only.\u00a0 Due to Debbie’s death, we ask reader reach out to the Brandsters to request a copy.\u00a0 Please e:mail:\u00a0 Brandsters2020@gmail.com<\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A shooting is described to some extent and may be passed over without affecting the plot of the story.<\/p>\n Even though this story is G-rated, it will be difficult to follow if the reader has not read the previous stories within the series.<\/p>\n Chinese Molasses #5 \u2013 The Rebirth of Joe Cartwright – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n This story is available via e:mail only.\u00a0 Due to Debbie’s death, we ask reader reach out to the Brandsters to request a copy.\u00a0 Please e:mail:\u00a0 Brandsters2020@gmail.com<\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 This IS the final chapter to Chinese Molasses,<\/em> a story I once thought finished.\u00a0\u00a0 But with so many requests for more, I was forced into adding to the ongoing plot.\u00a0\u00a0 Prelude to Rebirth,<\/em> will explain without details, what really happened to Joe Cartwright when Lin Wong returned unexpectedly a year later.\u00a0\u00a0 After believing to be dead, Lin Wong enters the Cartwright home and finds Joe alone.\u00a0\u00a0 From that meeting, Joe’s nightmare becomes a reality that takes him from one lifetime into another, where he seeks refuge.\u00a0\u00a0 The Rebirth of Joe Cartwright, <\/em>tells of Joe’s struggles, his strengths, and his determination to rise above what this highly abusive man inflicted upon him.\u00a0\u00a0 The unconditional love of Ben Cartwright, is highly portrayed and much of Joe’s recovery is credited to his father.<\/p>\n Rated:\u00a0 G \u00a0\u00a0May be read with or without Prelude to Rebirth \u00a0\u00a024,000 words Color of Chocolate (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0Chocolate has more meaning to Little Joe than just a piece of cake.\u00a0 It keeps appearing in his dream and the vision scares him. Coming to Terms – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Joe is the lone survivor of a horrific accident, he finds himself questioning a God who allows bad things to happen to good people. His faith in God, his fellowman, his family and in himself are tested in this story that I dedicated to those who have at one time or another asked, ‘Why God? Why?’ Crystal Ball Predictions – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Adam suddenly inherits a son, Joe is washed away by a flash flood, Ben breaks a leg and Hoss leaves home in search of his missing brother, the Cartwrights begin to wish they had never visited the fortune teller. Darkness Within – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Little Joe’s best friend, Mitch Devlin, betrays Joe’s most private secrets to their older friends, Joe becomes the victim of the malicious joke.\u00a0\u00a0 Joe suffers from both the physical and emotional turmoil of the boy’s so called fun. But what really eats away at Joe is why Mitch turned his back on him.\u00a0\u00a0 Will he ever be able to forgive his very best friend for his betrayal? Death of an Angel – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe is in love for the first time and plans on making this blue-eyed angel his wife.\u00a0\u00a0 Will an unavoidable accident shatter his dreams of happiness? Death Rides a Black Horse – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A serial killer is wreaking havoc in the surrounding area. When a dying woman, a victim of such an attack, gives Adam Cartwright\u2019s name as her killer, there\u2019s only one person alive that can dispute her claim. But Joe Cartwright knows the woman isn’t lying because he\u2019s a victim too and he was present when the crime took place. Should he believe what his eyes tell his mind he witnessed, or should he follow his heart? Detour Home (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0When Joe becomes dissatisfied with his lot in life and decides to leave home for good, he soon learns that not all roads lead home, sometimes you have to take a detour. Disenchanted – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Ben advertises back east for a new school teacher and gets a mail order bride instead, things start going haywire for the four Cartwrights, especially Ben. Echoes from the Canyon – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 As his pain riddled body succumbs to it’s fate, Adam, alone in Red Rock Canyon, encounters more than just the puma who stalks him. Ellen, My Love – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Happy with his new love, his new home and expecting great things from his new life, Hoss isn’t prepared for the sudden twist that turns his world upside down and inside out. Empty Box (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When word reaches Ben and Joe telling them that Hoss has been murdered, father and son must each learn to deal with their own grief.\u00a0 A journey to retrieve their loved one’s body leads them to an empty box and two missing brothers instead of just one.\u00a0 Where’s Adam? Fight for Life – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0Joe becomes the target for revenge when he is forced to participate in a human cockfight in order to save his father’s life. First Notch – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 “Sooner or later, the day will come when a man will force you into a shootout, and there will be no way out of it, except kill or be killed.” Adam shared a bit of wisdom with his youngest brother the day that Joe was permitted to wear a sidearm for the first time.\u00a0 Little did either brother realize how soon those words would come back to haunt them. Foiled Attempts – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Contains some violence. In the right place at the wrong time, Little Joe foils a bank robbery attempt and is taken hostage.\u00a0 A vision from the past, gives him the courage to be brave until his family can find him. For All Mothers, including Ben Cartwright – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0Ten year old Joe learns that sometimes mothers are more than just being a woman. From Inside One\u2019s Own Self – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0When a gang of thieves take Ben and Joe as their prisoners, each must draw on their own inner strengths to survive. God Bless America – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Ben gives his young sons a history lesson on America’s birthday. Gossamer Dreams #1 – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 ‘And love is sheer magic for it’s woven of Gossamer dreams, enchantingly real, that people in love are privileged to feel.’\u00a0 Found unconscious and near death, a young destitute woman and her two children take Joe Cartwright home with them in hopes of saving his life.\u00a0 Love blossoms, but Joe knows something about the woman’s husband…and his conscience forces him to share it with her. Gossamer Dreams #2 \u2013 From Dreams to Reality – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Eight years after falling in love with a woman whose husband he killed, Joe comes face to face with a young man who once promised to revenge his father. Greater Love Hath No Man – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Hoss hires a monster of a man, a derelict, to work for them, he has no idea the danger he has put his family into, until it’s too late. Green Eyed Monster (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0Little Joe’s been bitten by something his Pa calls the green-eyed monster. He isn’t quite sure what it is, but he knows he’s not feeling to well because of it. Gun for Hire – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Caught in a web of deception, Joe faces more than murder charges, how about a guilty conscience? Half of Nothing, All of Everything – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Dan, Bobby and Cody have decided that they don’t want Joe’s kind at school any more.\u00a0 But just what is Joe’s kind?\u00a0 And what did they mean when they told him that he was half of nothing?\u00a0 Can he find the courage to prove to everyone, including himself, that he’s much more than that to those who love him most? Hangin\u2019 Tree (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Left hanging from an old oak tree to die a horrific death, Joe’s life takes on a strange twist when he is cut down.\u00a0 An old mountain woman that he meets, isn’t what she appears to be.\u00a0 Neither is anyone else it seems. Happy Birthday, Big Brother – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe is away on Adam’s special day, but still manages to send his respects. Happy Birthday, Pa – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0\u00a0 Joe’s down in Texas on Pa’s birthday…but he hasn’t forgotten his father’s special day.\u00a0 He has written a letter home to wish Ben a Happy Birthday. Happy Father\u2019s Day, Pa – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0Away on business once again, Joe writes a letter home, accusing his father of purposely sending him away on every holiday. Happy Mother\u2019s Day, Pa – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0Little Joe pays homage to his father, on Mother’s Day He Said Not To Tell – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n The author requests those who wish to read this series contact her via eMail:\u00a0 DLB1234@aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Fifteen year old Little Joe tells his father that he wants to get married. Ben isn’t at a loss for words; he has plenty to say on the subject. When the truth is revealed, hearts are broken. Find out why.<\/p>\n Rated: R…deals with incest and rape, but no graphic details. \u00a016,550 words<\/p>\n Heart of Clay – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: While being held prisoner by a gang of bank robbers, Joe makes contact with a man from his past.\u00a0 Confused by why this certain person is associated with the bandits, Joe struggles to put the pieces of the puzzle into one.\u00a0 Not until much heartache later is the truth revealed to him, and then it is up to Joe to learn to forgive. Hell or High Water\u2026 The Day Will Come – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Both Ben and Little Joe become the target for revenge when a neighbor’s son dies in an accident that might have been prevented if only…. Home is Where Love Dwells – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe’s private search to find himself, leads him to learn one very important lesson, home is where love dwells, be it back at the ranch or in a far distant cabin surrounded by those he loves. How Do I Love Thee – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Little Joe, battling his conscience, refuses to tell his father why he was beaten up, until a neighbor’s barn is burnt and the Cartwright’s barn almost meets the same fate, with more than just their horses trapped inside. How Do you Say Goodbye – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0For most of us, saying goodbye to someone you love is often difficult. Joe tells us in his own words how and why it was so hard for him. Hunted (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0When an old friend of Ben’s visits the Ponderosa, Ben has no idea that the world renowned wild game hunter is there to hunt the most elusive animal of all…man.\u00a0 He has three young men to pick from…what makes him choose the youngest? If I\u2019m Dreaming #1 \u2013 If I\u2019m Dreaming, Don\u2019t Wake Me – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0Ever have trouble deciding what is real and what is not? If I\u2019m Dreaming #2 – Are You or Aren\u2019t You? – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0After waking from a head injury, Joe struggles with what was real and what was a dream. In the Name of Love – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0\u00a0 After taking a beating, Joe wakes up to find that his favorite girl has been murdered and he’s being held accountable. Inevitable Betrayal – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 With Ben hidden away in his ‘safe haven,’ his youngest son becomes the victim of heartless, wicked men who are determined to find the elder Cartwright and stop him from testifying at a murder trial.\u00a0 Joe suffers insurmountable pain and is left for dead….after his inevitable betrayal…. Jingle Bells – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0Hoss Cartwright has found an untraditional meaning to Jingle Bells. \u00a0Not a Christmas story, just a lesson in love. Joy Cometh in the Morning – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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? Last Laugh (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Those who laugh last, laugh the hardest.\u00a0 Thus, Joe proves this statement to be true. Last to Go (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0Adam has finally found what he has spent a lifetime searching the world for. Left to Die – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: cattle thieves, Little Joe is shot in the back and left to die. As he fights for his life, Little Joe also fights with the knowledge that his attackers have seemingly gotten away with their crimes Life\u2026 It\u2019s All About Love – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: WHN story: The Stallion and a bit of Forever tossed in to wet the eyes Like Father, Like Son – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A chain of circumstances brings Ben to the brink of realization that he and his youngest son are more alike than he had dared to admit. Little Jonah – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Little Joe finds himself trapped in the bottom of an old forgotten well, with nothing but time on his hands, he recalls a Bible story that his father recently read to him and associates it with his own predicament. Little Man. Big Man – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe, so wrapped up in self-pity, and fed up with his family’s constant teasing, takes a long ride that ends up leading him straight into disaster and his first real taste of what it’s like to be the big man of the family. Lonely Hearts Passing in the Night – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A love story about a gentle giant. Lost in Time – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam has a once in a life time experience of meeting someone who reminds him of his youngest brother, Little Joe, but is that person from his world or another? Love is Like a Violin – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0Ben sends Adam and Joe off together in hopes that the brothers can mend some fences…but not the wooden kind. Love, Oh Love, Oh Careless Love – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 It’s just as the song implies, “Gonna cry tonight, and cry no more”. Love\u2026 Always Love – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Love knows no barriers, that’s what my grandmother once told me.\u00a0 I must have been feeling her presence on the day I wrote this short, short story. Measuring Up! – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 With Little Joe feeling as if he doesn’t measure up to his two older brothers or his father’s expectations, Joe’s attitude turns nasty, until he hears what Pa has to say on the matter. Michael Landon AKA Joe Cartwright – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0\u00a0 Caught between two worlds, Michael Landon AKA Joe Cartwright must choose.\u00a0 Which will it be…a life of extreme wealth, glamor and notoriety, or a life of\u00a0 warm understanding, peaceful living and contentment within himself? Never Too Old to Learn – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Both Adam and Joe learn that you’re never too old to learn something new after an accident leaves Joe mortally wounded and his older brother feeling guilty. Night Callers – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Based on actual events, the Ponderosa is invaded with a group of train robbers. Of One Man\u2019s Blood – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0Ben’s three sons have vanished, but where could they be?\u00a0 Months of worry and fear leave him devastated over his loss.\u00a0 When Ben offers the Ponderosa for sale, a reformed criminal comes to Ben’s aide and together they set sail on the high seas in search of Ben’s most cherished of life’s gifts, his three sons. One Lucky Man – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0A prank, an accusation, and a journey to death’s door, shows all of the Cartwrights and a few others, just how lucky one man can truly be. One More Brother – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A WHN story for Credit for A Kill.\u00a0 When the shooting stopped and the last remaining Jordan brothers were pronounced dead, Joe Cartwright sighed in relief, his troubles were over.\u00a0 Or so he thought; what he hadn’t counted on was that Luke, Virgil, Boone and Walt Jordan had one more brother, and that brother was set on revenge. Our Secret Love\u2019s No Secret Anymore – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0 Only one man that Ben knows of can be held responsible for Ben’s youngest son’s injuries, Austin Baker.\u00a0 But why, after nearly twenty years, would an old friend want to seek revenge on Ben Cartwright?\u00a0 A secret love from Ben’s past may hold the key that unlocks the door to the mystery and Ben’s heart.\u00a0 Ben shares his secret with Adam and Hoss to help them understand why their brother was so badly beaten. Part of the Rainbow #1 – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When an ex-slave comes to Virginia City, bringing with him, his son who enrolls in the local school, and whom Little Joe tries to befriend, the community is divided on the issue. Certain facts about the family begin to surface, teaching everyone that every child is part of God’s beautiful rainbow. Part of the Rainbow #2 \u2013 The Dark Side of the Rainbow – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Five years later Joe meets his old friend and now US Marshal, Bass Reeves, but this time under much different circumstances.\u00a0 Both learn that there are two sides to the rainbow…can one help the other see beyond the dark side of the rainbow? Power of Love (The) – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam and Joe are at it again. When Joe’s temper gets the better of him and he screams out an obscenity, unknowingly cutting his usually reserved brother to the deepest core, Adam retaliates. The end result happens when brother must save brother from a pair of thugs with a grudge against Adam. Price of Friendship – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 My version of what happened next after Joe destroyed his lifelong friendship with Mitch Devlin in, Between Heaven and Earth. Questions and Answers – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Through the eyes of a six-year old this story is dedicated to those of us who have raised little boys and who know the questions they can come up with in regard to their growing bodies. Thank you Ben Cartwright for giving us your sons to use as examples. No harsh language, no correct terms, just funny stuff. Reflections of My Father – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Not yet sleepy, Joe sits down at his desk and pens a few thoughts he’s had buzzing around in his head all day. Renewal – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0When Joe becomes sick with cholera and his life slowly begins ebbing away, Ben’s faith is put to the test. Restitution\u2019s Reward – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Little Joe is knee deep in debt.\u00a0 Can he pay the price? Sacred Ground – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Warned on numerous occasions to stay off the Indian’s sacred ground, Little Joe makes a daring attempt to keep a group of young curiosity seekers from making a fatal mistake…will his attempt came too late to prevent a tragedy? Seven Times in a Day – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: An unfortunate incident that involves his father, leaves Joe with feelings of guilt and fear that Ben may never forgive him for what happened. Adam shares a long kept secret with his youngest brother that helps Joe accept the fact that his father can and will forgive him. Shared Guilt – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Ben decides to marry again for the fourth time, things as they had always been suddenly start going haywire, especially for Little Joe.\u00a0\u00a0But when a buggy accident\u00a0claims the life of Nora Cromwell, leaving Little Joe fighting for his own life, both Ben and Joe end up blaming themselves for the other’s pain and sorrow.\u00a0 There once close relationship suddenly starts to decline, causing more stress and even more guilt for both.\u00a0 Can the warm, loving relationship that father and son once shared, be saved before it becomes lost to them forever? Shortcut to Terror – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0Ben and Joe choose what they believed to be the shortest way home, but instead, they found themselves on the shortcut to terror…terror such as they had never known. Silent Heartache – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0When 14-year-old Little Joe over hears a conversation between his father and two older brothers, Joe’s world begins to crumble as he struggles to make right his wrongs. Skeletons Unleashed – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0 Plagued with a haunting memory, Joe refuses to open his heart and face reality.\u00a0 Ben searches desperately for a way to help his son before life becomes so unbearable for the boy, that Joe takes drastic measures. Son, Don\u2019t Take Your Gun to Town – by DebbieB <\/a><\/p>\n
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