Lucy Cartwright is helping her older brother Hoss and twin brother Joe to deliver glycerine, but she feels the boys aren't giving her credit for the work she's doing. Soon, after she and Joe have an argument, she tries to prove herself, but it ends up getting her in the shack when the cat knocks over the bottle, causing an explosion and Lucy to go blind. Now, she must go through life, possibly forever, without her sight. Meanwhile, Joe feels that he is responsible for what happened to Lucy and won't come near her, irritating her further. Can the twins work their feelings out? And what happens when Miss Dobbs from the Blind Institute comes to teach Lucy?
Based on the episode "The Stillness Within", and told from my OC, Lucy's, POV.
Adam and Beth Cartwright are enjoying looking after their recently expanded young family. Life on the Ponderosa is pretty much routine with a cattle drive; and a special weekend away for Adam and Beth, leaving Ben and the boys with the children to look after : both with comical results. Yes, life is pretty routine till a jealous woman, from Adam's past, appears on the scene again. Everything seems to be going well till one of the young family members is mysteriously kidnapped, one night."
These stories make the most sense when read in their correct order : Book 1, Book 2, etc.