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1) To the death
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When Nathan Palmer and Jeff Morgan take up bare-knuckle boxing they soon regret their decision. With the result of the fight having been decided beforehand, they find themselves running from the aggrieved Sheriff Armstrong Beck and the even more aggrieved townsfolk of Lone Gulch. They seek to make amends, but that leads to them taking part in another fight and this is one where the stakes will be as high as they can get. Unbeknown to them they have...
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When a geologist who horse wrangler Jake Holley has been gambling with dies of fever after telling him that he has found gold, Jake travels to the Telluride Hills to take over his claim. Here, he does indeed find gold nuggets. Then a trapper called Lemaitre jumps his claim and leaves Jake for dead. Badly injured, Jake manages to get back to civilization where his hand, infected with gangrene, is cut off. Nearly a year after his 'death', and fitted...
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Cort Keller and his gang are on the run after a successful robbery, but a posse led by Marshal Nate Whitman, aided by his Crow Indian friend Little Hawk, are closing in on them. Cort goes to the house of his cousin Coy Brandon, ex-outlaw turned family man, for help. But when Coy is gunned down, and the Keller gang starts to fall apart, Cort is forced to reconsider his way of life if he is to survive.
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The flare-up between Zeb Walters of the Red Hammer ranch and Broken Arrow's top-hand, Jim Braddock, is brief and unexpected. It earns Zeb a lump on the head, a night in the cells and a five dollar fine. The cause is a mystery to everyone, including Jim Braddock, but over the following days, the event becomes a major talking point in Big Timber, giving rise to much gossip and speculation. It is several weeks, however, before Jim and Zeb meet again,...
17) The starless sea
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When Zachary Ezra Rawlins discovers a mysterious book hidden - entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors and nameless acolytes - he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms and sweetly-soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his...
18) Met her match
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In small towns, no one lets the facts get in the way of juicy gossip. Terri Rayburn keeps to herself as she runs the summer resort on Lake Kissel. When she returns home from a short trip to find a handsome stranger living in her house - and she must admit that Nate Taggert is just her type. As Nate starts to hear rumours, he's determined to discover the source of the gossip. Terri doesn't want to revisit the past, but Nate won't stop until he discovers...
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"From the highly acclaimed author of The Outcast and The Alliance, which New York Times bestselling author Lisa Wingate called "a book that begs to be savored," comes an engrossing novel about marriage and motherhood, loss and moving on. When Ruth Neufeld's husband and father-in-law are killed working for a relief organization overseas, she travels to Wisconsin with her young daughters and mother-in-law Mabel to bury her husband. She hopes the Mennonite...
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"Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call...
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