The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness";...

When gambler Adam Hagen takes wagers on the fate of notorious outlaw Ben Washington, who’s in his custody, Sheriff Buck Trammel of Laramie and his deputy must place a high-stakes game of their own as a bunch of cutthroats team up to make some easy money.

"It is silent now, the blizzard has paused and left the moment still. I think about them both at such times -- roaming the shadowlands of remembrance amidst the shards of my broken heart."--Excerpt from Hunter Bell's diaryThe winter storms of the wide-open frontier reflect the anguish raging in Hunter Bell, a minister who heads to Utah's gold-mining towns after his wife dies in childbirth. A man with nothing left to loose, he plays the card tables...

On the run from his family's murderers, Ty Butler survives with a few good hands, a loaded gun, and a little luck. But lying low is harder since he's earned a rep at the poker table and made some new friends named Earp, Masterson, and Holliday. In Denver, Butler finds Holliday in the clutches of corrupt lawmen. Wanted for murder in Tombstone, he'd rather go out in a blazing gunfight than face a hanging judge. Butler just has to keep Doc breathing...

"Vienna Mortenson isn't your typical gambler. She prefers to stay under the radar, using her poker winnings to support her family and her community, including the local search and rescue team, which she heads up. Out in the backcountry there's no time for hesitation when lives are on the line. Vienna prides herself on being tough and decisive. She's not the sort to make a fool of herself over a guy, especially one who left her high and dry without...

"Drill or be drilled. The streets of Green Meadow, Oklahoma, are flowing red with blood. At the scene of every grisly murder is a threatening message: Get out! A mysterious villain known as the Fat Man wants the black gold hidden beneath the town, and he's willing to wipe out every man, woman, and child to get it."--Page 4 of cover.