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WHEREVER HE WENT TROUBLE FOLLOWED!

When Matt Bartlett rode into Sun Dog, the last thing he was lookin' for was a new mess of trouble. Matter of fact, he was aimin' to get himself a small spread and set to forgetting the brutal Lincoln County fracas he'd finally gotten away from. But a stranger in Sun Dog didn't stand much chance of keeping peaceably to himself. Not with a pair of trigger-happy gunmen running the town, using their bullets to protect a vicious rustling racket. Especially when they had been looking for a newcomer to take the blame for it all. And as far as these gun-toting varmints were concerned Matt filled the bill perfectly.

Seemed as if things started going wrong places just as Matt drifted in. Some folks even called him a "jinx." This time it was Sun Dog and Matt'd landed in a hornet's nest of trouble. Way Matt figured it he only had one choice, find out who was really behind the dirty work or do his own ranching in the graveyard. Either way, like everywhere else Matt had been, there was gonna be gunsmoke at Sun Dog.

In this powerful western classic, by a man who had been a ranchhand and was published by the same publishers as his contemporary Louis L'Amour, you will meet:

MATT BARTLETT: He discovered finding his enemy was easy — proving him behind Sun Dog's chicanery nearly impossible.

ADA SIMMONS: She headed West and wore men's clothes, to hide her woman's heart.

KANSAS TANNER: He judged men quickly — but not always correctly.

HARVEY ROGERS: Sunset Ranch was his life line — and his death warrant.

DUNCAN FELL: Sun Dog's easygoing banker, everybody liked him, but nobody knew him well.

FARO HILLBERG: This gunslinger could be hired — but not fired.

COSMO BENDER: His shooting was straighter than his thinking.

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A NEWBIE DOMME FINDS HER SOULMATE

Here is a treat for fans of brilliantly written erotica! It is a story of kismet in a femdom setting. Through different paths, two people discover their affinity for BDSM and set out to find a compatible partner. Femdom Kismet follows the journey of Samantha and Matt from the twists of fate that enable them to acknowledge their true sexual nature through their star-crossed romance. This erotic romance includes realistic characters, sizzling sex scenes and a smattering of humor.

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FATE INTERFERED WITH LUKE’S GOOD INTENTIONS

After being released from prison Luke Barcley intended to build a new life for himself, but fate interfered with his plans. He got drawn back to his old haunts when his family ran afoul of the shady owners of the C-Bar-M. Luke managed to survive attempts to kill him and the members of his family, yet was once again slung in jail. After making a dramatic escape he is forced to go on the run, with the forces of law and order intent on tracking him down. Ultimately Luke joins forces with White Feather, an outlawed Indian, and the formidable duo wade through blood and bullets, leaving a gory trail of mayhem as they battle their numerous enemies.

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LUCAS' MOTIVE FOR VENGEANCE WAS … COMPLICATED!

Rosarita was a sleepy little Texas border town until Lucas Brennan gunned down saloon owner Race Jago one morning. Because he refuses to give a motive or defend himself, the judge has no choice but to find him guilty of murder.

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Kidnapped at the age of 16, Maggie survived the fickle temper of notorious outlaw Mad Dog Frank O’Bannen for seven years. Now, he is dead, and she is about to find out that there are worse ways to live and die than as the wife of a wanted man.

Frank had prepared her as best he could for what would follow, and when she leaves her prison in the hills, she has the blood of three men on her hands and knows the feel of hot lead. Soon, her hard-won freedom is in doubt and she finds herself pursued by Frank’s old partner, a man with a vicious reputation and more than one score to settle.

Maggie has Frank’s gun, her keen wits, and new friends to help her, but will they be enough to save her from the brutality of a maniac bent on revenge?

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DON GLUT'S PULP THRILLOGY

An Unforgettable Science-Horror Classic by the Author of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Bugged! begins at a college reunion in a moldering mansion in the midst of an isolated swamp. Howard Barks, accompanied by his daughter Karen, is looking forward to seeing his old college chums when his car stops dead. After he gets out to see what the trouble is, hundreds of insects swarm over him and strip the flesh from his bones. Ronald Reid, owner of the mansion, begins to grow concerned for the Banks when hours pass and they fail to arrive, so he sends his butler to look for them. The butler soon discovers their car and Howard’s skeleton beside the road, with a terrified Karen locked inside the vehicle. Thinking what has happened is a freak occurrence, the rest of the alums don’t realize that the horrors are just beginning until other members are attacked by swarms of insects and eaten alive.

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"Frank O’Bannen wanted $5,000 to let you go. I offered him $10,000 to kill you."

Kidnapped at 16, Maggie O’Bannen returns home after seven years to be reunited with her father. No longer the idealistic girl she once was, her return is meant to help put her demons to rest. Instead, it sets in motion a series of events that will put her on a collision course with trouble, and this time, Maggie has no qualms about speeding toward it.

Discovering who was behind her abduction is just the beginning. Murder with no apparent motive and no suspect soon brings her under the scrutiny of the local sheriff. As the body count rises, Maggie fights for her life against a foe who will stop at nothing to win.

As events escalate, Maggie will need to rely on her friends more than ever before if she is to survive. But at what cost?

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AN OUTSTANDING GOLDEN AGE MYSTERY CLASSIC AND ONE OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS ABOUT THE WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II!

Heart on Her Sleeve is the story of a patriotic American college girl who steps up to run her father’s war plant when he is hospitalized by saboteurs. Not long after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and US entry into the Second World War, the government realized the draft would seriously deplete the country’s entire workforce, including entry-level labor, skilled trades, office staff, and management. The only possible replacement was to be found in the ranks of the nation’s women. But for women to join the workforce, major changes would have to occur.

Traditionally characterized as an emotional and care-giving labor force—homemakers, mothers, nurses, teachers and the like—women would have to adopt a whole new view of themselves and their capacities (as would men), and quickly. In a world without TV or internet, a radical re-envisioning of women’s capabilities would have to be promulgated via radio, newspapers, and magazines.

So the US government called together leading writers and journalists, asking them to help by printing and broadcasting stories, novels, and factual reports supporting the heretical notion that women could make great factory and office workers—and even run those factories and offices—without losing their “natural” urge to be homemakers, mothers, and wives.

This campaign began in the May 29, 1943 Saturday Evening Post with a two-part kick-off: Exploding from the cover, Norman Rockwell’s overpowering, goddess-proportioned painting of Rosie the Riveter in overalls, with a touch of lipstick and blush, a rivet gun balanced across her thighs, a look of unflappable nonchalance, the Stars and Stripes unfurled behind her, and a copy of Mein Kampf crushed beneath her feet. And, to her left, boxed text beckoned readers to discover the initial installment of a new Kelland serial—Heart on Her Sleeve.

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SOMETIMES, LIFE IS COMPLETELY UNFAIR.

Spoiled teenager Jenny Halpen's parents were against her going on a cruise, but her doting uncle didn't see it that way. He thought it a fine graduation gift for his favorite (and only) niece.

Unfortunately, before Jenny has a chance to enjoy the voyage, the Cassandra collides with a meteor shower, and her escape pod is separated from the others.

Landing on an uninhabited world might not be so bad if Jenny's pod-mates were human, but they're not. They're poodles...all three of them...and not just your garden-variety poodles, either. They're the telepathic royal family of Canaris, and they're of the opinion that Jenny is now their servant, existing only to protect and serve them.

Robinson Crusoe had it easy!

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A ZANY INNOCENTS AT LARGE MYSTERY

Columbine Pepper Drugget's background wasn't one that equipped a young woman to manage a motel worth a million dollars, or cope with rude guests, jewel thieves, an unscrupulous competitor – or even the attentions of a brassy but oddly attractive lawyer.

She had spent her life so far as an assistant to her aunt, Miss Egeria Cordwainer, at Miss Cordwainer’s School for Girls from Five to Ten. What she knew about the world was limited to the novels of Jane Austen and such bits of knowledge as the pupils possessed. None of this prepared her to assume the proprietorship of a multimillion-dollar luxury motor court in Phoenix, Arizona, left to her by her estranged father—or, indeed, for what ensued when she set off alone to claim it.

Her adventures began on the train, where she met a strange trio of passengers who, unbeknownst to Miss Drugget, would soon become more intimately involved in her life. They included a suspicious-looking clergyman known only as Martinus, Professor Artemus Thumb (who was a fanatic about his thesis, “The Place of Primitive Magic in the Development of Pastoral Peoples”), and Mrs. Roxy Thistlebun, a rich Texas oil widow. As it happens, that was also the night one of her suitcases became switched with one containing thousands of dollars in stolen jewels.

Miss Drugget’s life became even more complicated when she arrived in Phoenix to assume her new duties as the owner-operator of The Grove of Daphne Motor Court. In addition to discovering the jewels—and a very businesslike gun—in her suitcase, she needed to discover which of her employees was stealing the motel blind. She also needed to head off an attempt by a local real estate magnate, Lucius Quentin, to acquire ownership of her motel. Then there was the junior partner in her late father’s law firm, Sam Green, whom she found herself relying upon for assistance far more often than she liked—due to his disturbing effect on her. What perturbed Miss Drugget most, however, was that somehow she seemed to have become a magnet for murder…

Here is a true-to-form, zany Kelland tale featuring a strong and brilliant (if thoroughly unprepared) heroine, fast-paced adventure, humor and homicide—and even a touch of romance.