Posts Categorized: Historical

Wine of Violence By

Wine of Violence "This novel has an immediacy that will shock some readers...the poignancy of the love story calls to mind Ernest Hemingway." New York Herald-Tribune

Reardon took women as they were -- and in wartime Europe, they were like snowflakes in a blizzard.

A Crooked Trail By

A Crooked Trail The Story Of A Thousand-mile Saddle Trip Up And Down The Texas Frontier In Pursuit Of A Runaway Ox

A steer named Old Lep wanders off into the wildlands, pursued by a barefooted farmboy, beginning an epic pursuit that carries past pioneer cabins, through forests and mountain glens, by ranches and frontier forts until it becomes a great marching cavalcade of cattle and horses and armed and mounted men.

"A vivid, thrilling narrative. The story is intensely interesting." Boston Globe

The Captive Witch By

The Captive Witch Rifleman and woodsman Adam Frane, wintering alone in the forests of Kentucky, rescues a white girl from the Cherokees who kidnapped her as a child.

"Van Every is among the best historical novel writers of our day and this is his best yet." Lewiston Sun-Journal

Ghost Gold By

Ghost Gold When the ranchers rush into the Sagebrush bank, the safe is gaping open, $40,000 in gold is missing, the cashier is dead, and Bill Saxon, a cowboy from Texas, is unconscious on the floor with a gun in his hand. Was Saxon part of the robbery crew? Is he a murderer? Saxon must prove his innocence amidst a range war between the gunmen of the Diamond Spread and local nesters.

Here Is My Body By

Here Is My Body Renie's husband wants to become Governor and she knows it's a big climb, one she is willing to make for him. The rungs of the ladder she will use to get him there are the bodies of her lovers, who think they are conquering her but it's the other way around. The same is true for her husband, because he's not the one who will be wielding the political power when they get to the Governor's mansion...