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When Garret the horse rancher's thoughts turn to love and marriage, he is at a loss as to where to find a potential bride. He admires the tough women around him, yet wants a woman from the city. By chance, he's at the telegraph office and gets a letter from a relative back east, wanting to visit, along with her husband and a young woman. They all meet and Garret grows to love the spirited young woman but a few weeks later she tells him something which may change his mind forever.

Fast-paced plot driven by the threat of a world-wide viral pandemic, an underlying suggestion of government evil, and a pervading sense that all is not what it appears to be. This is a great listen filled with suspense as our central character races with time to perfect an anti-virus in his top-security lab near the nation's capital, all the while uncovering startling secrets about his surroundings, his work, political and scientific history, and even his family-including his brilliant and sexy wife Dara.

This volume of candid interviews contains a sampling of hundreds conducted by Jean Henry Mead over a thirty-year period. Among them are photographers, artists, writers, ranchers, politicians, ranch hands, bunkhouse publisher, country singer, museum curator, and the nation's oldest talk show host.

Confessions of a Horseshoer offers a close and personal look at the mind-set of a professional horseshoer (farrier) who also happens to be a college professor. The audiobook, an ironic and playful view of the many unusual animals (and people) Ron Tatum has encountered over thirty-seven years, is nicely balanced between straightforward presentation, self-effacing humor, and lightly seasoned wisdom. It captures the day-to-day life of a somewhat cantankerous old guy.

The Western Mail Order Bride: Well, Hello Dolly - Is it Really You? is a wry look at how one battered by life older woman, her illegitimate daughter, and a whole lot of 'baggage' end up with an old rancher, who happens to also be a preacher out west. What will Gilbert do when he finds out about her past?

The Western Mail Order Bride: Preacher Man and Dinah with the Dark Hair, is a love story about a Civil War vet who is a preacher, and who decides to settle in a Baptist church in Phoenix, in the Arizona Territory. He's there over a decade and feeling quite lonely when an aunt from back east recommends that he meets up with a young lady she has under her wing. He agrees to meet them and Dinah goes to Phoenix. Now, all the preacher has to do is find out why she seems to be carrying a great burden of guilt and sadness deep within her.

Here are thirteen short Cooper Stories compiled into one novella.

The life of Ethan Aaron Douglas is chronicled as the ten-year-old joins his grandfather for a life on the Chesapeake Bay. With his grandfather as captain of a steamboat traveling between Norfolk, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, the boy learns quickly about life on the water. From hurricanes to blue crabs, life on the Bay changes quickly. Learning Shakespeare and witnessing a hanging are just part of the life along the river.

This audiobook has nine standalone tales to choose from. Everything from strange and harrowing to endings that pull at your heartstrings.

When Mac Travis witnesses a poacher working lobster traps in the backcountry of the Florida Keys—too near his island home to ignore—he takes action. The traps belong to a friend who enlists Mac to search for the poachers, but along the way, Mac makes a discovery that changes everything.

There was no doubt the man was dead. A bullet through the head will do that. But, who was dead? The man had no identification, no known address, no Social Security information could be found, and the fingerprint search came up empty. Detective Nate Burns, Albuquerque Police Department, knew two things. The man was dead and he was blood type O+. The most common type of blood in the country.

Nate knelt beside the dead girl. This wasn't his first homicide, it wasn't even the first dead prostitute he'd investigated. It wasn't the first strangling death he'd been assigned to. But this one bothered him. Maybe it was her youth; she appeared to be in her early twenties. Maybe it was her looks, as death had yet to rob her of her beauty. Maybe she reminded him of his own daughter, Lizzie, who was only a few years younger. Maybe it was something else entirely.

If you appreciate stories that explore uncomfortable themes but often wrap up in surprisingly satisfying and unexpected ways, you’ll want to dive into these captivating tales, each brimming with a delightful mix of flavors. They’ll stay with you long after you’ve finished listening.

Join the crew of the Panther in this thrilling continuation of the Tides of Fortune series. As tensions mount in San Francisco, Nick Van Doran and his crew are thrust into a desperate race against time. Their mission: to navigate the treacherous waters and war-torn landscapes to reach New York.

As you enter the abyss the only sound you'll hear is the ticking of the clock. In this collection of tales time will not be your ally. Here you will face the fury of the elements, sinister supernaturals and Hell itself. Lucifer lurks in the vast darkness. A Rougarou howls somewhere nearby but its hard to tell where it came from. A chill runs up your spine as Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. Goosebumps ripple across your skin as a familiar humming hits your ears and fear grips your heart.

A young woman finds herself naked on the side of an isolated road with a gun to her head. How did she get there and what consequences will she face? As she struggles with her memories and the reason for her predicament, she realizes that the biggest danger may be the secrets buried in her own mind.

Join short horror fiction writer P. D. Williams for a tour of his dark house of many rooms. This horror anthology is a collection of terrifying tales that will stay with you, even with the lights on. Popular horror authors, narrators, and podcast hosts are there to guide you past the sticky cobwebs and shifting shadows of this macabre mansion.

Come ride the freight train of emotions of one seemingly normal mortal man as he takes a twisted journey toward renewing the world that he had once held so calmly in the palm of his hands. Meet the townspeople and learn what can happen in a little place tucked away in the Ozark hills when an outsider meant to lead them in faith instead stumbles and falls. Through anger and tears, action and inaction, witness just how far one man can push his creator away before it becomes too much. Does that single miracle called grace even exist?

Everyone gets their heart broken at least once. Whether you're a mercenary in 17th-century Hungary or a transplant to Missouri in 2019, we've all been there. But in some universes, love's aftermath is a tad more gruesome. From crunching bones on midnight asphalt to burning flesh in an ashen snowfall, everyone has to learn some way. There are horrors worse than a broken heart...right?

When Special Agent Kurt Hunter is forced to follow the trail of a killer to the small ex-smuggling town of Everglades City, he faces some unique challenges—one of which is staying alive.