Stephen Bly

Gabe Young is an orphan. He barely survives in the unforgiving West by working for meals at mining camps and frontier towns. Then in 1860 he gets lost along the Humboldt River in northern Nevada Territory. He meets a girl, who takes him to her parents at a Pony Express station. With them Gabe finds a whole lot more than shelter and a meal. He discovers a father’s provision, a mother’s love, and a young girl’s interest. But most of all, he discovers God’s grace.

Growth and change in a developing western town. Crystal's Rodeo Debut - Book 3, Crystal Blake Adventures by Stephen and Janet Bly. Suddenly, it was Crystal's turn, her rodeo debut. Caleb, her big gray Appaloosa, dug in and made an incredible turn around the first barrel, almost flipping Crystal. "If I keep this up, I'll have a great time!"

A Horrific Blizzard Was Only the Start of Stuart Brannon's Troubles. For a man who didn't need another disaster, the fierce winter at Broken Arrow Crossing couldn't have come at a worse time. Stuart Brannon had just abandoned his Arizona ranch, sick with grief after losing his family and his cattle. That's when the vicious Colorado blizzard struck. Half frozen, Brannon stumbles into the isolated stage station at the Crossing. There he finds a wounded prospector and sets about to nurse the man back to health. Winter storms bring other stragglers to the station- an abused, pregnant Indian girl and naïve gold seekers. Drawn into their desperate plights, Brannon plunges into a dangerous mission to rescue a boy from the Indians, and then himself becomes the target of an outlaw band. Written in the tradition of Zane Grey, Luke Short, and Louis L'Amour, "Hard Winter at Broken Arrow Crossing" recreates the tumultuous old West where good battles evil.

Fourteen-year-old Alex Hopewell, oldest son of his widowed mother, believes he is responsible to take care of his family. But nothing is simple. His younger brother Cyrus shirks duties by trying to dream up new-fangled contraptions. A blonde-haired girl complicates his life. And some menacing gunmen hide a mysterious package at the family's bakery. When her husband is killed in a railroad accident, leaving no pension or provision for the future, Daisy Hopewell opens a bakery with her three sons and sells doughnuts in northern Utah Territory in 1869. With the help of friends in the Union Pacific Railroad, Daisy secures a great location for her bakery at Promontory Point. Everyone converging on the Utah plains knows that when the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroad lines join, history as well as fortunes will be made. Will that include the Hopewells too?

New opportunities and challenges shape Crystal’s journey. Crystal's Mill Town Mystery offers many more small town adventures for 14-yr-old Crystal Blake! Crystal Blake didn't plan to enter more small town adventures. However, she faces the mystery of …

Stuart Brannon is back. And he's found gold! But the struggle to keep it could cost him his life. After months of digging in the mountains of southwestern Colorado, Stuart Brannon and Englishman Edwin Fletcher finally hit the mother lode. But someone else is after their claim. Under attack, they fortify the mine and ally themselves with three Ute Indians. Soon they find themselves fighting both a professional gunman and the powerful Colorado Southern Mining Corporation. Stuart Brannon finds himself dealing with both the threat to his claim and, much to his surprise, with his own greed as he comes to terms with his newfound riches.

Tap Andrews and Pepper Paige begin the Code of the West series with danger, second chances, and a journey into the Old West.

Crystal's Blizzard Trek by Stephen and Janet Bly. Rivals on a high school rodeo action team learn to come to terms with each other when they're trapped in a blizzard in the Montana.

Only Stuart Brannon can overthrow the tyrannical mayor of an isolated western town. But will he be too late? Stuart Brannon rides again--this time into the booming mining supply town of Paradise Meadow, and into conflict with Dixon Rutherford, its self-appointed mayor. Rutherford has tyrannized the entire town--jailing Brannon's friend Peter Mulroney for a murder he did not commit, running down and killing Mulroney's wife for standing up to him, and now trying to drive Cherokee schoolteacher Rose Creek out of town. But finding courage to stand up to a corrupt politician is only a first step. Now the town faces another kind of struggle. Can a violent, lawless collection of citizens avoid mob rule and choose to govern themselves in an orderly way? Written in the tradition of Zane Grey, Luke Short, and Louis L'Amour, Last Hanging at Paradise Meadow recreates the tumultuous old West where good battles evil.

Tap Andrews rides to Denver to clear his name and save a friend, while Pepper Paige faces painful memories and old threats.

Crystal's Grand Entry by Stephen and Janet Bly - Crystal Blake Adventures, Book 6 Crystal Blake’s about to experience her first grand entry. When her horse is stolen just before the state high school rodeo finals in Idaho and her potential grand entry, Crystal Blake, her sister, and friends conduct a search which brings them into contact with terrorists.

Will Stuart Brannon lose his beloved ranch to the Casa Verde Land Corporation? At long last, Stuart Brannon hits the homeward trail to his Arizona ranch. But if he has hopes to settle down to the quiet life of a cattleman, he has miscalculated. Much of what he holds dear is in terrible peril. Riding into his spread, he finds it occupied by gunmen sent by the Casa Verde Land Corporation, which claims to hold a Spanish land grant on his property. Enraged, Brannon drives off the intruders. Before the gunmen return with reinforcements, some of Brannon's friends and neighbors descend on the ranch. When the gunmen reappear--this time with a cannon--Brannon and his friends hunker down to defend the ranch. Written in the tradition of Zane Grey, Luke Short, and Louis L'Amour, "Standoff at Sunrise Creek" recreates the tumultuous Old West where good battles evil.