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Sixteen year old John Cole wants to grow up on his grandfather's ranch and live his life freely. When his grandfather dies, John suffers. He takes off for Mexico, but instead of escape and renewal, he finds a blood price to be paid.

One minute, Rhett Lockhart is a love em and leave em bull rider with a slow, sexy smile, a swagger, and not a care in the world. The next, he learns his free-wheeling days are over: a baby has been abandoned in the hospital, and theres no question: hes the father. But from the first moment he gazes into his daughters eyes, he knows the moment has come to say no to no-strings. Its time to grow up. Standing in his way is the babys foster mother, Tara...

Twenty of the finest stories in this well-loved and uniquely American genre.

Patience was never one of her virtues. After her SUV runs off the road in the middle of a Texas blizzard and her cell stops working, Claire Mason is about to snap. Getting back home to Oklahoma with her four-year-old niece is top priority. And lucky for her, help comes in the form of a true Texas cowboy... Levi Jackson has always been a sucker for strays. So he can't help getting involved when he comes across Claire and her little niece shivering...

After being trapped on an embankment after a car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves.

After years on the rodeo circuit, Gabe Bowden wants nothing more than land of his own and a woman who will claim his heart for more than one night. When he has the chance to buy the enormous Wolf Ranch spread, he snaps up the incredible deal. Everything is set, until Gabe rescues a woman on the deserted, snowy road leading to the property, and the half-frozen beauty changes everything. Ella Wolf rushes to her family's abandoned Montana ranch after...

Lee Garrison searches for a magnificent gray mustang know as Moonshine. The chase leads him through miles of plains, deserts, and rivers.

Cowpokes Greg, Anthony, Murray and Jeff are hustling to Town Fair. Their friend, Alfonso the Master Pasta Maker, must win the County Cook-Off to save the Great Western Café from going bust. But there's bad news, Alfonso lost the secret ingredient to his pasta. With the help from Foodman, the Superhero of Sustenance, The Wiggles ride off into the sunset having saved the day - and the café.

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great DepressionOver seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbecks tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of Americas most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. They hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George...

Following increasingly chaotic attempts to give his dog a bath, Cowpoke Clyde discovers there is only one way to get Dawg into the tub.