Catalog Search Results
2) Lando
Author
Language
English
Description
He got to Texas with a racing mule and a good idea of the whereabout of buried gold across the border in Mexico. Six years in a Mexican prison, boxing and mule racing, he finally got together with his Dad-Falcon Sackett.
Author
Language
English
Description
1890s. Emily Carver is tired of following her gold-hunting father from one mining camp to another: she wants a home where she can put down roots. When she realizes she's losing her heart to the intriguing new man in their Montana camp, she is afraid that love will only result in disappointment and heartache. Caeden Thibault is a young geologist cataloging minerals indigenous to the state. He avoids romantic entanglements, fearing he might become like...
Author
Language
English
Description
Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It takes a brave man to ride shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It takes an even braver man to try to rob a coach of bullion when the shotgun rider is Johnny Greenway. Armed with his weapons of choice, Shotgun Johnny ain't stopping for no one ...
Author
Language
English
Description
It's 1939. Russia teeters on the verge of war with Germany. It is also on the brink of bankruptcy. To preserve his regime, Stalin orders a search for the legendary missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II. For this task, he chooses Pekkala, the former investigator for the Tsar. To accomplish his mission, Pekkala will go undercover, returning to Siberia and the nightmare of his own past, where he was once a prisoner in the notorious Gulag known as Borodok...
Author
Language
English
Description
After her harrowing journey west to California, Lee Westfall has finally found a new home, one rich in gold, thanks to her magical power, a power that seems to be changing every day. But this home is rich in other ways, too: with friends who are searching for a place to be themselves, just as she is, and with love. Jefferson, her longtime best friend, hasn't stopped trying to win her heart. And Lee is more and more tempted to say yes. But her uncle...
10) Bo & Mzzz Mad
Author
Language
English
Description
When his father dies, Bo Gamage warily moves to the Mojave Desert home of his distant and estranged relatives, the Martinkas, and finds that "Mad" lives up to her name, PawPaw despises him, and Aunt Juna hopes he'll help search for the gold mine that started a family feud.
Author
Language
English
Description
"After her sister's marriage, Michelle Stiles is left hiding at Two Harts Ranch with the handsome but stubborn Zane Hart. She's managed to stay one step ahead of her stepfather and his devious plans, but if he finds her, she will no longer be safe. Zane has problems of his own. Having discovered a gold mine on his property, he must figure out how to harvest it without kicking off a gold rush. Michelle, educated and trained to run her father's business,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
1902. Arriving at Kenworthy, California, mail-order-bride Juniper Cohen was met by the pounding of the gold mine, the rowdiness of its prospectors, and her greatest surprise of all: the love of the kind man who awaited her. When the mine proves empty of profit Juniper’s husband vanishes, and the pioneers flee this dwindling boomtown. Carving out survival for her and her young daughter in a ghost town requires trusting in the kindness of a few...
17) By the neck
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rollie Finnegan is a man of few words. As a Pinkerton agent with two decades of experience under his belt, he uses his stony silence to break down suspects and squeeze out confessions. Hence the nickname Stoneface. Over the years, he's locked up plenty of killers. Now he's ready to make a killing--for himself... There's gold in the mountains of Idaho Territory. And the town of Boar Gulch is a golden opportunity for a tough guy like Finnegan. But when...
18) The wild
Author
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jack London makes the arduous journey to the Yukon's gold fields in 1893, becoming increasingly uneasy about supernatural forces in the wilderness that seem to have taken a special interest in him.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine. Gave him a reason to live. But even she can't save him when the Starrett gang tries to rob the gold -- and Johnny kills their leader ... When the dust clears, Shotgun Johnny is wanted for murder. The dead...