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In Montana Territory, one name above all others strikes fear and hatred in the hearts of the Crow Indians - John Jackson, better known these days as Liver-Eating Jackson. Consumed by grief and rage, the mountain man has brutally killed ten braves so far in his one-man war of vengeance against the Crow, who murdered his beloved wife. Smoke Jensen knows Jackson by another name - "friend." He's not sure to what extent Jackson's exploits are true - devastating loss and frontier savagery have certainly driven lesser men mad.

Kissing spitfire Susanne McCord is the farthest thing from Cass Claxton's mind. But that doesn't stop this devious lass from convincing Papa that Cass has sullied her virtue. When the ensuing shotgun wedding provides the escort she wants for her trek to St. Louis, Susanne beams--and Cass fumes. Reaching their destination, the hostile travelers part and vow to annul their paper marriage. Six years later, a transformed Susanne desperately seeks refuge for nine orphans. But when her only hope lies in unfriendly hands, she uses a clever strategy to rope a maverick named Claxton.

Frank Morgan, legendary gunslinger turned town marshal, has disguised himself as an inmate at Yuma Prison--hoping to root out a bank-robbing plot. But even the straightest arrow can bend when shot into a corrupt hellhole like Yuma.

Rancher Smoke Jensen thought he was rid of Sundance years ago. After the cruel young gunslinger plugged one of Jensen's men in the back, Jensen punched him into the dust, then shot his ear off. But ever since, Sundance has been plotting revenge.

"Laura Hicks renders this imaginative work splendidly. She is vivacious and expressive as May Dodd...Her vocal characterizations, especially of the various immigrant women Dodd encounters, are lively. A work this unusual needs a performance that is versatile and out of the ordinary, both of which have been achieved."-AudioFile on One Thousand White Woman. The stunning sequel to Jim Fergus' award-winning One Thousand White Women. 9 March 1876 My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing.

When a stranger cheats in a game of poker, Jigger Bunts takes off to get the money back. But this decision sends him down a path outside the law from which there appears to be no return.

When a courageous Mestizo priest needed a man of strength to fulfill his vision, there was only one warrior fierce enough to turn to. It was the one they called the Black Apache.

Ben Allison runs into an old acquaintance and agrees to escort her son home to the boy's father. But Ben misses the stagecoach, and when it's attacked by Apaches, the boy is kidnapped.

Saddle tramp Sam MacKinnon is in trouble. Double-crossed by his partners after robbing a saloon and gambling hall, MacKinnon has been left behind in the mountains of southern New Mexico with busted ribs, a banged-up head, no gun, and no horse. And no chance because aging lawman Nelson Bookbinder and his Mescalero Apache scout, Nikita, are leading a small posse hot in pursuit of the bandits. Miraculously, MacKinnon escapes the law, finds his horse and rifle, and, despite his injuries, sets out on the vengeance trail. But fate has something else in mind for Sam MacKinnon.

In 1913, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Lawrence, Kansas, Massacre, Cole Younger stands before a preacher and takes a step towards salvation. For a man like Younger, there is much to confess.