War Paint, Young George Alwood the Third heads west to the Rocky Mountains, following an argument with his wealthy father. He has no idea what fate has in store for him. Teaming up with two experienced mountain men, Jeb and Hawk, he soon finds himself with an unwanted Indian wife, Falling Leaf. When the group spends the winter, high in the mountains, he learns to love her, and then discovers she is pregnant with their child.

Returning to Fort Atkinson in the summer, George sells a small bag of gold to a sutler, which brings out deep greed in more than one man who witnesses the exchange. Soon after, with a brutality rarely seen out west, his wife and unborn child are killed, and this sets him on a bloody trail for revenge. The killers have not murdered just any woman, and he will not stop until he achieves payback for his lost family.

* Silently Beats the Drum: (Volume 1 of the Drum Series) During the years he fought for the Southern Cause during the Civil War, Jeb Patton should have died countless times. Carrying only the precious memories of the girl he left behind, he survives until one night near a no name town in Arkansas he is severely wounded. Waking up in a tent with his right leg removed at the knee, Jeb loses the desire to live, until he meets a man more severely injured than he. Click here to read an excerpt. Released by Saga Books.

Released from the hospital, Jeb starts a long walk home with only one good leg and an old crutch. But, once at home Jeb Patton discovers that the girl he loves deeply no longer loves him. Thinking she does not want him because of his missing leg, Jeb takes Moses and Faye and moves west, to the shinning mountains. (At the Publishers now) Click here to read an excerpt.