Americanwest Stories

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1865. Nevada. Charlotte Lockner. After her oldest brother dies in the civil war, her family is left with his enormous debt that is nearly impossible to pay off. Even worse is that the men he owes are ruthless members of a gang who take no mercy. Charlotte's father hires a similar gang who owe her family a favour, to protect them from the men who are out to get them and all they have. But now Charlotte and her sister in law Nora want to leave the rich life and promising future they both had in order to create a new life away from all the troubles they're family have passed onto them. How long can they run from their problems before they finally catch up to them?

Nolan Holloway didn't ask for a legacy-he inherited it. A year after his father's mysterious death on Slumgullion Pass, Nolan Holloway finds himself running the small, weathered gas station his father once called a "retirement project." The summer brought overwhelming tourists and fleeting success, but now the fall is quiet, the winter is coming, and the station sits on the brink. The offer from corporate giant Lucky's Quick Stop could be Nolan's way out-an easy escape from a failing business and the haunting questions surrounding his father's final days. But selling means more than handing over the keys; it means giving up on the last piece of his father's dream. In a town divided between locals struggling to survive and second-home owners who leave with the snow, Nolan must fight to keep the station alive. As he wrestles with guilt, exhaustion, and the ghosts of his past, he faces an impossible choice: give up or rebuild. With every creak of the old pumps and whisper of the mountain wind, Last Stop Before Slumgullion Pass explores the weight of family, the pull of legacy, and one man's determination to hold on when everything around him says to let go.

[COMPLETE] Brenton Tucker swept like a cool breeze into the long, stifled summer of Amelia's life. He was everything a hero should be-- all easy smiles, broad shoulders, and rakish good looks. Years of common sense left her when he invited her into his company, and she found herself tangled with him beneath virgin sheets. He worshiped her body, crooned sweet promises into her ear, and a dismal future forecast of drudgery and struggle lifted away at his words. He claimed her, stole her away from strangled city life, and rewrote her future in one glorious night of star-crossed lovemaking. There was just one problem-- Brent Tucker wasn't hero of Amelia's story.