Historical Fiction
8 stories
Dancing with the Devil by conleyswifey
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*** Ansel Adams, or Ance as those he knows tend to call him, is a bad man though he didn't consider that to be his fault. His father had been a bad man, his grandfather had been a bad man--hell as far as Ance knew he came from a long line of men were just a bitten rotten down at their core. Everyone that knew Ance knew he was a man who would never change, never give up his lifestyle, never settle down....Until Penelope Reynolds came sobbing into his life. Ance hadn't given much thought to offering this rich man protection as he took a load of stolen goods to market until he realized that the banging sound coming from the crate was a tiny little blond with pigtails, freckles and a bad leg. Suddenly he's struck with a choice. Save the girl and return her to her family or simply let life do what life does and chalk it up to bad luck for little Penelope--in the past the latter choice would have been easy, but not now. *** Audrey Reynolds had never been so afraid in her life. Her daughter has been stolen. Her daughter is all she has left in the world since the murder of her husband five years earlier. Desperate to find Penelope, Audrey enlists the help of U.S. Marshall Rodger York who also happens to be the man who's been trying to marry her since the day after her husband had been placed under the ground. They embark on a journey to find Penelope and Rodger has vowed to kill whoever took the girl away. But things go wrong and Audrey learns that the very man she went to for help might be the man responsible for every bad thing that's happened in the last five years...... Will Audrey find a way to survive but more importantly will she ever see her daughter alive again?
Gray Skies by conleyswifey
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North Carolina 1851 Deep in the mountains of North Carolina lives a branch of the Cherokee nation that no white man had been able to remove. They could come and go like the wind. They were rumored to be ghosts and called the 'Ghost Tribe' by those that knew of them. They were feared by all who lived in those mountainous lands except for one. Deniah Williams is the one person who does not fear them. And her reason? Gray Skies. He saved her life as children and has been her friend since that day. She knows there is something unique about her friend and his people and yet she asks no questions. She has trust in him and for her that's enough. But when Deniah's father learns of her friendship with a monstrous savage of the ghost tribe he is determined to protect her. And he knows just how to do so. He must find her a suitable husband and move his daughter to the northeast and away from the danger he is sure she faces. But things do not go as planned. When Gray Skies learns of the danger that Deniah faces he knows he must save her. Going against the wishes of his tribe, Gray Skies leaves to rescue the woman who has his heart. A fiery passion ignites between them and a love stronger than any love before ties their souls together. But hatred and revenge threaten to tear them apart. Join Gray Skies and Deniah as they fight for their love, for each other and for peace among their people.
Innocence and the Outlaw by conleyswifey
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Wyoming Territory 1884 Leah lived a sheltered and comfortable life. It changes the night she goes against her family's wishes and runs away to marry her beau. Attacked by a band of outlaws, her beau apparently murdered, Leah is thrust into the fear of the unknown with men who seem pure evil. Confusion accompanies the explainable passion she feels toward the tall Indian who is holding her prisoner and yet keeping her safe inside this camp of outlaws? Chase Caldwell was raised a man who took what he wanted to survive without guilt. He had never thought anything could change that until Leah came tumbling into his life and made him question the way he was living. A love unlike any other but it seems impossible. Will peace ever find these young lovers or will Leah's family or Chase's outlaw past and Indian blood keep them forever apart?
Savage Redemption (3rd in Savage Series) by conleyswifey
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3rd in 'Savage' series. Five years of running in with a vicious gang will change a man and Jack is no different. He returns home a changed man covered in scars both physical and emotional. He wants to start over.. He wants to forget about all the bad he's done, but can a man ever truly escape his past or is he damned to carry that past with him forever?
Give My Soul to Carol (To be read after Give My Heart To Kaitlyn) by conleyswifey
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This is a short story that accompanies 'The Outlaw Series'. This tells the story of Duke and Carol's past together for anyone that is interested in reading about them.
Give My Heart to Kaitlyn (2nd in Outlaw Series) by conleyswifey
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Sequal to 'Give My Love to Rose' Pete has changed in the five years since he let Marston leave town after the man had killed the Marshall. Life has been hard on him and every dream and belief he once had has been crushed and killed. Left alone to die in the middle of a snowy Dakota territory road he gives in to the cold and accepts his fate only to find that maybe God hasn't given up on him the way he has his life. Kaitlyn is seventeen years old now and while she is beautiful and soft and draws plenty of attention from the men she cannot bring herself to trust any of them. All she wants is to learn medicine from the doctor in town and help the sick. But what happens when the shot up new patient at the docs doesn't want to take no for answer and her determination to tell him no is quickly fading? Pete doesn't realize who this enchanting young woman is until her father comes to pick her up one day and he realizes that she is none other than Marston Jacob's daughter. Can Pete forgive the man who helped ruin his life and accept Kaitlyn anyway? And what will happen when enemies from Marston's past come back to haunt eveyrone and threaten to take away the second chance at life that Pete has been given?
Savage Intentions (2nd in Savage Series) by conleyswifey
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2nd in the 'Savage' series. Hawke and Lily have everything they wanted. A family with their daughter, Allie and Jack. But soon tensions begin to arise within the family and when unexpected visitors arrive from the past, no one can predict the devastation that will strike their family.
Savage Desires (1st in Savage Series) by conleyswifey
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Lily knows that being with Hawke is dangerous. If her husband finds out her and her sister could both die but Hawke's intense green eyes and powerful body are more than she can resist. Hawke vows to keep her safe. Will he succeed? First in a three part 'savage' series.