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Larry Watson's previous fiction evoking contemporary Western small-town life has won him awards, a dedicated readership, and unqualified critical praise. Now he has written a novel that envelops the rich emotional terrain of his beloved Montana in a mystery that is both unexpected and unforgettable. After a nighttime accident at the bottom of Sprull Hill in Bentrock, Sheriff Jack Nevelsen is compelled to try and protect a part of his hometown that...
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Into the staggering beauty of the Gallatin, the rich, virgin grasslands of Montana, rode Nathan stark at the head of the first herd of Texas longhorns to be seen in those parts. Stark was primitive, brutal, ambitious. Human rights and natural beauty meant nothing to him. He was going to make a million dollars before he was thirty, even if he had to destroy a civilization to do it. -back cover.
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Pete Benson was a big-city police detective. His job was intense, dangerous, and 24/7. He loved it. But he also had a loving wife and two young children he hardly saw. So he made a choice. Now Sheriff Pete Benson patrols Rhyolite County, Montana. His beat is bigger than some states, but it's beautiful country with tall mountains and broad valleys - and more cows than people. Of course, even in paradise trouble sometimes comes calling. Fortunately,...
7) Springwater
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Evangeline Keating came west because she had to: after her husband's passing, she needed to build a new life for her young daughter, and marrying a stranger from Montana Territory was her best chance. After a difficult winter journey, she arrives at an isolated outpost called Springwater Station. But the handsome man who's come for her is not her husband-to-be, and Evangeline soon finds herself thrust into a most inconvenient - and highly improper...
9) Justice
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The author of Montana 1948 explores the early years of a powerful Western family in these "beautifully written" linked stories (USA Today).
Larry Watson's bestselling novel Montana 1948 was acclaimed as a "work of art," a prize-winning evocation of a time, a place, and a family (San Francisco Chronicle). Justice is the stunning prequel that illuminates the Hayden clan's early years, and the circumstances...
Larry Watson's bestselling novel Montana 1948 was acclaimed as a "work of art," a prize-winning evocation of a time, a place, and a family (San Francisco Chronicle). Justice is the stunning prequel that illuminates the Hayden clan's early years, and the circumstances...
10) Hailee
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Montana skies trilogy volume 3
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"When Hailee Annigan comes to Pine Haven as the new schoolteacher, an unexpected romance arises, but she needs to forgive herself, with the help of God, for some parts of her past before the relationship can be realized"--Provided by publisher.
11) Prince Charming
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Lady Taylor Stapleton agrees to marry Lucas Ross. Once they get to America they will go their separate ways. They could not have come from more different worlds: his, the wide-open skies of Montana territory, and hers, the restrictive, proper London drawing rooms. They have only one thing in common. They will do anything to protect the innocents who depend on them.
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Ivan Doig has been hailed by the New York Times as "dean of Western American letters." In Ride with Me, Mariah Montana, widower Jick McCaskill, his daughter Mariah, and Mariah's ex-husband Riley take a road trip back and forth across Montana. As Jick recounts his memories of the area, Riley and Mariah fall in and out of love-and Jick unexpectedly discovers a new partner.
14) Savannah
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Linda Lael Miller returns to the world of her triumphant Western romance, Springwater, to create a delightful new series. Each thrilling Springwater Seasons novel takes place in the tiny stagecoach stop called Springwater, as it blossoms into a bustling Montana town. For a dance-hall girl who's never had much luck with dreams, Springwater may hold the happiness she seeks. Savannah Rigbey has made a living pouring whiskey and singing in saloons since...
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A handsome cowboy with laughing eyes. Gus McQueen sweeps like a Western wind through Boston's staid stifled by fear of her stern father. When Gus proposes marriage, Clementine impulsively accepts. Montana is all Clementine has dreamed it could be...and far, far more. The harsh realities of frontier life are a shock, but it is Gus's ne'er-do-well brother Rafferty whose raw masculinity steals her breath away. Gus is the man she married, though, and...
20) The forbidden
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Outlaws smashed his life, left his wife dying, and took his young son. Now all Frank Morgan wants is to hang up his guns and settle down. But when he rides into the middle of a Montana range war, his legend proves to be as dangerous as his guns.
