"Western Man": "Ever since she was a teenager, Sharon Powell has adored Ridge Halliday, a strong, proud Colorado rancher who could set her heart trembling with one glance from his lazy blue eyes. Now, working at his side on a cattle roundup is a dream come true. But Sharon has a bold new dream beyond her girlish fantasies: to win Ridge not just for a night of passion -- but for a lifetime of love." -- Page [4] of cover. "Leftover Love": "Layne MacDonald's...

After flunking out of college and losing her scholarship, twenty-one-year-old Lauren Barrett returns home to Nebraska where she finds an ally in Rob Conrad, her best friend's older brother, and together they try to figure out their futures.

Hadley Donavan can't believe she has to go home to Nebraska for her sister's wedding. She's gonna need a wingman and a whole lot of vodka for this level of family interaction. At least her bestie agreed he'd man up and help. But then instead of her best friend, his evil twin strolls out of the airport.

"The story is ste in Nebraska in the late 1890s. It is a time when women and children have few rights and society looks upon domestic abuse as a private, family matter. Seventeen-year-old Effie and eleven-year-old Bridget must struggle to endure abuse and neglect at the hands of a man whose past has left deep scars and a cruel, warped view of family and religion" -- Page [4] cover.

In 1881 fifteen-year-old Tad helps a girl in her attempt to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who wish to take the elephant from her.

Dirt-poor farmer, Paul Steele, is tested in Nebraska of the 1850's. He and his wife meet adversity head-on and overcome it while teaching their children honesty, loyalty and dedication. As the adults begin to overcome their challenges, the story centers more around their eldest son Simon's friendship with his best friend, Buell. Though these boys have dramatically different personalities, their loyalty to each other is unwavering, and each one takes...

Nebraska, 1876. The western frontier is wild and needs a lawman who can tame it. Joe Mundy is such a man. A veteran of the Civil War and Indian wars, he once wore a badge in the booming cattle town of Baxter Springs, Kansas. A deadly gunfight with a prominent rancher costs him that badge. He finds his next job enforcing the law in Taylorsville, a new town in the sandhills of Nebraska. The little town is on the road to the lawless Black Hills gold...

There's joyous news at Heather Creek: Dana is pregnant! But soon word spreads that a crop disease has put the entire soybean harvest in danger. With the future of the farm hanging in the balance, Pete rallies the local farmers to devise a way to save their harvest. Meanwhile, Bob and Charlotte have to evaluate their own place on the farm and make one the toughest decisions of their lives.