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When Beauregard Kennedy left the Double K Ranch on the trail of a gunslinger, the last person he expects to work hand-in-hand with is Jessica Sanders…the woman whose heart he broke a few years earlier. Jessica Sanders takes her position as a Pinkerton Agent seriously, so when she learns her partner in the Red River Crossing case is Beau Kennedy, she must push her feelings aside and get her man. Can Beau keep the woman he still loves safe? Will Jessica get her man without losing her heart?

On January 22, 2003, four men stepped onto a stage in Brooklyn and did something no one else was doing at that time, in that place. They played rock 'n' roll: old-fashioned rock 'n' roll with skyscraping riffs and sloppy solos, topped with extraordinary lyrics about an out-of-focus America, blurred by pills and powders, of crime and fear and desperation and redemption. Twenty years later, The Hold Steady are one of America's most beloved rock bands. To mark those twenty years, The Hold Steady tell their full story.

Lauren Brower is traveling to Rawlins, Wyoming to marry a sheep rancher she met through an advertisement. Much to her dismay, a thief snatches her reticule, and running off with her tickets and most of her money. What she still has tucked away on her person is not enough to buy a replacement ticket. She is offered a way to earn her fare plus extra funds, but it means she must delay meeting her intended.

This book is the ultimate guide to British slang. An all-encompassing hilarious dictionary of everything that's quintessentially British. A deep-dive into the most up to date and current slang spoken by Brits today.

Fort Niagara is the key to the American continent. Whoever owns that lonely outpost at the edge of civilisation controls the entire Great Lakes region. Pitt’s grand strategy for 1759 is to launch a three-pronged attack on Canada. One army would move north from Lake Champlain, a second would sail up the St Lawrence to capture Quebec, and a third force would strike across the wilderness to Lake Ontario and French-held Fort Niagara. Commander George Holbrooke is seconded to command the six hundred boats to carry the army through the rivers and across Lake Ontario.

Bradley can’t believe his bad luck. All because of one innocent kiss! He’ll never be husband material. Not with his past. Amanda agrees! If Bradley won’t woo her, who needs him? Until her secret, guaranteed to keep her safe from the man driving terror into the hearts of the locals, is stolen. Bradley doesn’t want anyone to count on him. Especially Amanda, even though she is the one person who understands him. The one person who can save him from his past. The one person who can teach him to love.

Brody and his brothers have a plan to save Copper Moon from their rival Hawkes, who is trying to buy up the whole town. Brody draws the short straw to woo the new school teacher who is living in Hawkes' ranch. Laura never stopped loving Brody. And when she learns of Hawkes' plans to take Brody's home, she can't stay away. She returns to Bullet and accepts the job as the new school teacher. Determined to make amends for the past, Laura will do anything to help Brody, even putting herself in the path of the murderous Hawkes.

It is 1758, and the Seven Years War is at its height. The Duke of Cumberland’s Hanoverian army has been pushed back to the river Elbe while the French are using the medieval fortified city of Emden to resupply their army and to anchor its left flank.

Desperate to escape her evil stepsisters, Lila heads west to be a mail-order bride. As she reaches her destination, her groom is shot dead in front of her. Suddenly, a mysterious stranger whisks her to safety. A former bounty hunter, Bolton specializes in retrieving sensitive government property. He discovers Lila possesses the only key that will open a stolen strongbox. Against his better judgement, Bolton agrees to use Lila to flush the thieves into the open.

Beatrice Gaffney had been accosted one too many times, and had reached her limit. This time she fought back, but instead of disabling her assailant, she killed him. There would be dire consequences for her actions, but she wasn’t hanging around to find out what they might be.