Roses by Leila Meacham
Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses
takes place in a small East Texas town against the backdrop of the
powerful timber and cotton industries, industries controlled by the
scions of the town's founding families. Cotton tycoon Mary Toliver and
timber magnate Percy Warwick should have married but unwisely did not,
and now must deal with the deceit, secrets, and tragedies of their
choice and the loss of what might have been--not just for themselves but
for their children, and children's children.
With expert, unabashed,
big-canvas storytelling, Roses covers a hundred years, three generations of Texans and the explosive combination of passion for work and longing for love.
The Old Spanish Trail by Ralph Compton
Trail Drive Series #11
Missouri was closed to
Texas cattle. Santa Fe was closed by murder. Now, they had one choice:
cross desert mountains and hostile Indian land-- to a place called
California...
The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War
were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn, and
boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph, Compton
brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary
epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives.
For the
ranchers riding with Rand Hayes, things had gone from bad to worse. The
Santa Fe man who'd contracted five thousand head of cattle was dead--
murdered by renegades. Now the Texans had a herd of longhorns and only
one choice: cross two mountain ranges and the Mojave Desert to the
gold-fevered market at Los Angeles. A trail blazed by ancient Spaniards,
this was a route that would lead through a brutal, wondrous land, where
a hostile Ute nation was only one danger the cattle drive faced, and
California was a shooting war away...
The Abilene Trail by Ralph Compton
Trail Drive Series #17
A former Confederate
Army officer, Ben McCullough is now a rancher in the Texas hill country,
hoping to earn enough money to settle down and marry. With eight
hundred head of cattle to drive north, Ben is relying on his
ex-sergeant, Hap, and a bunch of greenhorns he's recruited to help.
But
the stampedes and raging rivers are nothing compared to the gang of
outlaws waiting to rustle the herd.