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Malcolm Theodore Puddle is a 21-year shipping clerk from way back East. The Mountain Man's former neighbor, Humboldt Puddle, died and left his crumbling 600-acre ranch to his only living heir just as a greedy and ruthless cattle baron began circling it like a vulture. Smoke is not the pitying kind, but poor, unsuspecting Puddle is walking into a death trap. Any enemy of Smoke's neighbor is his enemy, too, and kill-crazy gunmen are threatening the...
2) Loner
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The loner volume 1
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English
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"When Conrad Browning's wife disappears in the untamed frontier, Conrad finds himself assuming the identity of his famous gunslinging father, Frank Morgan, to find her. But his hopes of rescuing Rebel are swiftly shattered--and now he's burning for vengeance, the old-fashioned way. So he fakes his own death and starts calling himself The Loner, becoming the deadliest gunfighter this side of his own father--ready to settle the score in blood and...
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Brookstone brides volume 3
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Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
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English
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Only while trick riding can Ella Fleming forget the truth about who she really is--the daughter of a murderer. Phillip DeShazer buries the guilt he feels for his father's death in work and drink, and his guilt continues to grow the more Ella Fleming comes to his rescue. Will they be able to overcome their pasts and trust God to guide their futures?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of Broken Branch watches and waits. Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the town's children in her hands. Will Thwaite, reluctantly entrusted with the care of his two grandchildren by the daughter who left home years earlier, stands by helplessly and wonders if he has failed his child again....
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Rebel of the sands volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"Amani is desperate to leave the dead-end town of Dustwalk, and she's counting on her sharpshooting skills to help her escape. But after she meets Jin, the mysterious rebel running from the Sultan's army, she unlocks the powerful truth about the desert nation of Miraji...and herself"--
8) Brimstone
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Sharpshooter volume 1
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English
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The story of Andersonville prison camp was written in blood, with few left alive to tell it. Union Army sharpshooter Jed Wells was one of them, and he was sworn to share the tales of those who suffered and died beside him. It is a promise that has brought Jed to Kansas and to small-town sheriff Amos Broughton, a friend and fellow survivor of hell on earth. But Broughton's dangerous obsession with a mysterious man threatens to explode in a vengeful...
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87th Precinct mysteries volume 55
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[2005]
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English
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"Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professor trudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog - these are the seemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serial...
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Rebel of the sands volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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The sequel to the bestselling "Rebel of the Sands" finds Amani Al-Hiza fighting against a sultan who is rumored to be heartless enough to murder his own father to claim the throne. After being captured and sold to the palace, Amani focuses on bringing the sultan down. But soon she begins to doubt the validity of what she's been told about the sultan--and who the real traitor to her homeland is.
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Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2009, c2006
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English
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During an attempted robbery in a Nebraska frontier town, young storekeeper Matt McKay kills the brother of a murderous gang leader. Fearing Jack Moss's revenge, Matt's father takes him to Colorado and hires once-feared gunfighter, Tom Patterson, to teach Matt the gun skills needed for self-defense. With the threat of the Moss gang's retribution ever present, Matt and Patterson form a bond of mutual respect and resolve as they await a fatal showdown....
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Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Falcon MacCallister comes to the aid of Teddy Roosevelt being attacked by a bandit gang in the Dakota Territory. Roosevelt knows a brave man when he sees one. He calls on Falcon when a judge's daughter is taken by an outlaw trying to pry his brother free. Falcon has only one way to do this job: alone and ready to kill.
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Brookstone brides volume 2
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English
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In 1901, Mary, an accomplished sharpshooter, can't rest until the man who killed her brother is brought to justice. Journalist Christopher is immediately captivated by Mary--but getting close to someone would threaten to bring his past to light. Can they find healing from the past together? 1901. A sharpshooter in the Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, Mary Reichert's skills are on display in every performance. But unless the man responsible for her...
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The loner volume 9
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Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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"Conrad Browning had money, a manservant and a mission: to find his missing children and meet them for the first time. He's come as far as Denver, dodged a bullet from a beautiful assassin, and landed in a big buy-in poker tournament against a ruthless heavy-betting cattle baron with a plan of his own - to take this city slicker into the wilderness, and hunt him like an animal."--Back cover.
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Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Their friendship started with a schoolyard tussle. Now, the need for revenge is what binds Luke Croft and Red Connover together. When Luke taught himself how to fire a Colt, he never imagined he'd turn into a gunman. But when his stepfather's dodgy business dealings turn his life upside down, Luke asks Red to help him destroy the man who murdered his kin. The road to vengeance is long and hard, and the two friends who are barely out of boyhood will...
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Brookstone brides volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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In 1901, Mary, an accomplished sharpshooter, can't rest until the man who killed her brother is brought to justice. Journalist Christopher is immediately captivated by Mary--but getting close to someone would threaten to bring his past to light. Can they find healing from the past together?
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DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Annie Oakley has always suspected there is something "uncanny" about herself, but has never been able to put a name to it. But when Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show goes on tour through Germany, Bill temporarily hires a new sharpshooter to be part of his "World Wide Congress of Rough Riders." As they travel and perform, Annie must use her newfound knowledge and rare skill to combat creatures of the night scattered across the countryside, who threaten...