Shelia Johnson can't wait to marry her fiancé, Little Joe Cartwright. They have many plans for their future together, that is until she gets captured and held hostage by a family of outlaws named the Lassiters. She realizes very quickly that she only has two days left to live, two days without her hazel eyed cowboy and the family who she loves more than anything in the world. Yet she won't go down without a fight and even though she is tied hand and foot, she's determined to decide whether or not she is going to live or to die... This short story is a WHI (what happened instead) for the season seven episode Five Sundowns to Sunup.

When Little Joe finds a young man who's been beaten and whipped on the Ponderosa, he brings him home so that they can help the boy. But the only problem is that it's not really a boy like Little Joe thought. It's really a beautiful young lady named Hannah who wears men's clothing to protect herself from the mean men in the mining camp where she lives. But who beat and whipped her? And why is someone searching for her? Will Little Joe, Ben, Adam, and Hoss be able to protect Hannah from being taken back to her horrible life in the mining camp? Find out in this book, the first of the Romancing the Ponderosa series!!!

18 years old. Fear in her eyes. Legs aching. Hands shaking. Heart breaking. For years she's been running, will she ever be able to stop? Saphira Midnight. Scarred by her past. But being very strong is her cover up, to hide her pain. But can one cowboy change all of that? A cowboy who's different from all the others? One who's hands are clean, has a pure heart, one who's gentle, kind, and respectful of all life. When a bullet to her ribs slows her down, both fates cross paths. Can Little Joe slow her down and convince all her running to come to a stop and to finally give her life a fighting chance for a new beginning?

In the aftermath of Laura Dalton running off with Will Cartwright and Adam's accident that left him crippled, he is still trying to recover both physically and emotionally. In an attempt to heal and get rid of the itch to leave the Ponderosa for a while, he buys a six-month homestead claim contract. His piece of land is a beautiful little spot about forty miles north of the Ponderosa and he soon discovers his closest neighbor is a pretty young lady named Felicity Quinn. While helping each other through multiple situations, a close friendship grows between them and they aren't sure if they want to continue to be "just neighbors". This is a standalone Bonanza short story. It takes place around the beginning of season six.

This is a what happened instead story based on the season 14 episode, Forever. Disclaimer: Based on the two part episode of the TV western series, Bonanza, created by David Dortort. Original air date: September, 12th, 1972. Written and directed by Michael Landon, based on characters created by David Dortort.