From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of -- Close Range These are stories of desperation and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both stark and magnificent -- by an author writing at the peak of her craft.

The classic story of a boy's journey to manhood under the joys and hardships of ranch life, focused around the life and death of his red pony.

"When Molly learns that her grandfather is sick, she packs up her two sons without a second thought and makes the long drive to Sweetgrass, Montana. But once she arrives, her warm memories of a sprawling ranch don't quite match the reality: Molly's grandfather is more ill than she thought, the place is shabby and there is a stranger running things. Molly has learned to be suspicious, and she has questions about ranch hand Sam Dakota. Why is he working...

Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of this life, its pleasures and heartbreaks. Lately, managing the wild stallions on his property is wearing him down. When an interfering so-called expert arrives and starts offering her opinion, Drake is wary, but he can't deny the longing-- and the challenge-- she stirs in him. Luce Hale is researching how wild horses interact with ranch animals-- and...

While Slim and Loper are away from the ranch for three days, Hank suffers from--is it a double bumblebee sting, or much worse? It falls upon Sally May to nurse the stricken Head of Ranch Security back to health. Her patience and compassion are seriously tested.

Newly married and with a baby on the way, Trey Calder makes a shocking discovery about his wife, freelance photographer Sloan Davis, that places his family in the path of a dangerous enemy who is out for revenge.

Hank the Cowdog investigates reports of a phantom dog on the ranch.

"Cort Grier is no ordinary rancher. Despite his vast wealth, he still works the land with his own bare hands, unlike his troublesome new neighbor, Ophelia Dresden. Fiery, beautiful Ophelia infuriates and entrances Cort, awakening feelings he'd thought long buried. But he knows falling for a city girl can lead only to heartbreak. Bestselling author Ophelia hardly expects to meet a man like the ones in her novels. But roguishly handsome Cort is an alpha...