Stephen Bly has 20 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own.
It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own
Summary
Pepper Paige is tired of her life as a dance-hall girl, and tired of fearing Jordan Beckett, a violent patron who has turned his attentions on her. When a stagecoach wrecks and an injured woman dies in her room, Pepper assumes her identity and leaves town. The dead woman was a refined, educated Christian on her way to marry a rancher she knew only through letters. Pepper chooses to assume that role. What she doesn't know is, the rancher has been killed by Indians and Tap Andrews is now passing himself off as the rancher. What will happen when the two meet?
©1994 Stephen Bly (P)2000 Books in Motion
Friends and Enemies
Summary
Robert is not like his father, the legendary Brazos Fortune. Not a businessman like his brother Todd. Not a notorious retired gunslinger like his brother Sam. Nor the social darlings of the Black Hills like little sister, Dacee June. He's a career soldier who no longer has a career. With the discipline of a West Point graduate, and the rock solid faith his long-departed mother, Robert moves his family to Deadwood to join the rest of the clan. And in Deadwood, Robert finds not only his place - as a railroad detective - but a fistful of enemies, all seeking vengeance against him and his family.
©2002 Stephen A. Bly (P)2008 Books In Motion
Hard Winter at Broken Arrow Crossing
Summary
The hard winter at Broken Arrow Crossing couldn't have come at a worse time for Stuart Brannon. Having left his Arizona ranch sick with grief after losing his family and cattle, Brannon is caught in the teeth of the blizzard. He stumbles half-frozen into an isolated stage station, where he finds a wounded prospector. While staying on and nursing the stranger back to health, Stuart welcomes other winter travelers in need of help. He is soon drawn into their desperate plights. Then he must plunge into a dangerous mission to rescue a boy from nearby hostile Indians, only to become the target of an outlaw band. It's a hard winter that seems long in passing, with little hope of escape.
©1991 Stephen Bly (P)2002 Books in Motion
False Claims at the Little Stephen Mine
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After months of digging, Stuart Brannon and Edwin Fletcher finally hit the mother load, only to find someone else is after their claim. Under attack, they ally themselves with three Ute Indians and fortify the mine. As the siege continues, Brannon rescues Fletcher from a band of kidnapping claim jumpers, and ends up with another companion in the bargain. Velvet Wendell becomes the third partner in the Little Stephen Mining Company. Soon, Brannon and his partners are fighting both a professional gunman and the powerful Colorado Southern Mining Corporation. In the midst of the fight, Stuart must confront the threat to his claim and, much to his surprise, his own greed.
©1992 Stephen Bly (P)2002 Books in Motion
Last Hanging at Paradise Meadow
Summary
Stuart Brannon's friend, Peter Mulroney, has been wrongfully jailed by Dixon Rutherford, the corrupt Mayor of Paradise Meadow - Rutherford killed Mulroney's wife for standing up to him, and continues tyrannizing the entire town. Brannon comes to break his friend out, but finds himself drawn into the town's struggle by schoolteacher Rose Creek. With Rose's courage and Stuart's leadership, the townspeople are ready for a showdown at the Gold Palace. Facing down Rutherford is only the first step - taming the town's violent nature and avoiding mob rule is another. Meanwhile, Brannon is personally challenged by Rose saying, "You just play a little game and call it faith." He may have tamed a town, but can Stuart Brannon tame his own conscience?
©1992 Stephen Bly (P)2002 Books in Motion
Standoff at Sunrise Creek
Summary
Stuart Brannon heads home to his Arizona Ranch, but he finds it occupied by interlopers from the Casa Verde Land Corporation claiming to hold a Spanish land grant on the property. Enraged, Brannon drives them off. Stuart is soon joined by several friends and neighbors in defending his home, including a contingent of soldiers tracking down a band of Apaches, and Miss Harriet Reed who makes her attraction to the ex-lawman obvious. They are soon under siege by Casa Verde's 50 hired gunmen and a cannon sent to take back the property. Brannon fights for the only things left worth holding onto - his ranch, and the burial place of his wife and son. For Brannon, right and wrong seem perfectly clear, but at a terrible price, putting innocent lives on the line for the sake of honor.
©1993 Stephen Bly (P)2002 Books in Motion
The Next Roundup
Summary
The story of the Fortune family sees a new beginning with the grandchildren of Brazos Fortune, especially his grandson Frank, and their place of prominence and disgrace in the Black Hills of 1875-1905. As the weight of all the Fortune family tradition, history, and faith bears down upon them, some of them bear the legacy well and some fail miserably; some trust in God faithfully and others will wander down the wilder and wider paths.
©2009 Stephen A. Bly (P)2009 Books In Motion
Last of the Texas Camp
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Dacee June Fortune's mother died when she was eight, and for the next 23 years she stood at her father's side. Even after she married, Daddy Brazos was her strength, her protection, and her idol. Now, daddy is dying.
©2007 Stephen Bly (P)2009 Books In Motion
Final Justice at Adobe Wells
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Stuart Brannon heads south of the border to buy cattle for his ranch, but finds the cattle rustled and the owner murdered. Stuart discovers a former Confederate Officer has stolen the herd to finance his own private army with the fantastic dream of "liberating" Baja, California for the Confederacy. Army or no army, Stuart Brannon isn't about to let anyone walk away with his cattle. During the feud, Stuart again encounters the enchanting widow Victoria Pacifica. His admiration grows for the amazing woman, and she wonders if she can help him lay the ghost of his dead wife finally to rest.
©1993 Stephen Bly (P)2002 Books in Motion
I'm Off to Montana for to Throw the Hoolihan
Summary
Tap Andrews has left his past behind. He's no longer a Wyoming lawman backing down any mobs, nor a Brand Inspector dodging rustler's bullets. He has loaded up the wagon and is moving the very pregnant Pepper and their 11-year-old ward to a seemingly perfect new family life in Montana. His old friend Stack Lowery has invited him to partner on the 50-thousand acres of timbered range land, called the Slash Bar Ranch. There are a few surprises though, such as cows in the front room and Indians camped in the backyard. Then there's the pack of outlaws raiding the neighborhood, and two inept bank robbers bumbling through. Of course, the pacifist neighbors could use some help with the people wanting them off the land. Tap again takes up his guns, steels his courage, and hits his knees to help settle this part of the Old West.
©1997 Stephen Bly (P)2000 Books in Motion
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
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In only two weeks, Tap Andrews will tip his hat and say "so long" to bachelorhood. Normally, that would be enough time to take care of business and finalize wedding plans. But considering his knack for finding trouble, it may take him longer. For instance, there's a gang of rustlers invading his ranch, a missed bank payment he didn't know about, a sniper taking potshots at him, and problems at the local dance hall. In fact, there's so much trouble that it's likely he'll miss his own wedding! But never fear - Tap's word is good, even if his timing's not.
©1995 Stephen Bly (P)2000 Books in Motion
Shadow of Legends
Summary
Life in the shadows. It happens to all of us. We stand so close to a dominant personality that our reflection can hardly be noticed. Someone more famous. More skilled. More powerful. Sometimes they are people we hardly know. Sometimes they are members of our own family. Brazos Fortune has left a towering legacy. His son Todd now struggles to prove himself and find his own identity in the Shadow of Legends. Todd Fortune must follow his father as he takes over the family business with his wife, a fast-paced city girl who's not willing to settle into a small town lifestyle. A tale of daily hardships and hard-earned victories, Todd struggles to prove himself a committed husband and a courageous frontiersman in the wake of his father's legacy. Cross-country chases, deadly showdowns, and budding romances weave the story of this second powerful novel in the Fortunes of the Black Hills series.
©2000 Stephen Bly (P)2008 Books in Motion
My Foot's in the Stirrup, My Pony Won't Stand
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All Tap and Pepper Andrews want to do is settle down, buy a small ranch, get a few head of cattle, and start raising a family. But nothing is ever that easy for the ex-convict and his former dance-hall girl trying to break from the past. It seems no matter where they go or what they do, the past is already there ahead of them. Tap's job as brand inspector for the cattle association keeps him smack in the middle of trouble. One day he's holding off rustlers, the next he's baby-sitting Texas ranchers and trying to clear his name of murder charges. Every day he tries to keep from getting shot and worrying Pepper into birthing the baby too soon. It's a lot to ask from a man with a new horse that won't stay still long enough for him to get in the saddle. There's all that, and the real trouble is just about to start.
©1996 Stephen Bly (P)2000 Books in Motion
The Long Trail Home
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The second son of Brazos Fortune, Samuel, is somewhat the lost sheep of the Fortune family. After he is run out of Texas, he ends up hiding out with his father and brother. Although he struggles to escape the consequences of his previous lifestyle, he refuses to talk about the past. Brazos has to deal with sending Samuel back to Texas to make amends or allowing him to have a new start in Dakota. To make things even more complicated, Samuel decides to marry a divorced woman with several children and a questionable reputation. Through it all, Samuel never gives up his Christian heritage.
©2001 Stephen A. Bly (P)2008 Books In Motion
Beneath A Dakota Cross
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In search of a new life out West, Brazos' fortune finds his family endangered by the very quest he hoped would save them. With these simple words, Brazos Fortune sets out on his journey in the first of Stephen Bly's new Fortunes of the Black Hills series. When locals threaten the lives and property of his family. Brazos abandons his Texas homestead for a new ranch in the West he has seen in a dream. It's a war against corrupt lawmen, wild outlaws, and bitter winter weather as Brazos wrestles with his newfound hunger for gold and the burning desire to be reunited with his family. He must test himself against the untamed frontier, confront the greedy miners who try his Christian convictions, and find the new home God showed him Beneath a Dakota Cross.
©1999 Stephen Bly (P)2008 Books in Motion
Son of an Arizona Legend
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Stuart Brannon's 40th birthday party turns into a real surprise with the arrival of an unexpected guest, a 12-year-old son he never knew he had! The boy also brings sad news that his mother, whom Brannon had befriended at Broken Arrow Crossing, is now dying in a Navajo camp. Brannon determines to bring her back to his ranch, but chooses to wait and see her with the boy before telling Littlefoot the truth of his outlaw parentage. Danger stalks the trail to the Utah border. A desperado Brannon once sent to prison is closing in on him, determined to have revenge. A gun battle breaks out, and Brannon captures the man again. Then the outlaw tricks a gullible sheriff into locking up Brannon, instead. Brannon is pitted against the shrewdest outlaw of his career, and again faces another crucial question.
©1993 Stephen Bly (P)2002 Books in Motion
Stay Away from that City...They Call it Cheyenne
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Married life for Tap and Pepper isn't turning out quite the way they planned. The ranch is gone and they've moved to Cheyenne where Tap finds himself a job as acting marshal in a town that has little regard for the law. And it's not a pretty sight! He soon discovers just how hard it is to simultaneously hold off a vigilante crowd hungry for a lynching, control a wayward deputy who thinks he should be in charge, keep his lovely wife from worrying herself sicker, and uncover who's behind the trouble in Cheyenne. It's enough to push his patience to the breaking point.
©1996 Stephen Bly (P)2000 Books in Motion
One Went to Denver and the Other Went Wrong
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Tap Andrews is tired of fighting every gun-toting bounty hunter crossing his path. He's innocent, and he sets out to Denver to prove it. Pepper Paige would go with him, but she just can't return to Denver and face her past. That is, until Carter Dillard reappears in her life. Pepper must strike a deal that once again forces her to face a past she'd much rather forget. What she doesn't plan for is being taken to Denver and an unexpected reunion with Tap. What happens when their paths collide? Can they look beyond each other's past to their future together? Will their newfound love and faith survive?
©1995 Stephen Bly (P)2000 Books in Motion
Stuart Brannon's Final Shot
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It took a personal request from President Teddy Roosevelt to put Stuart Brannon back in action. In 1905, at 58 years old, legendary lawman Stuart Brannon - now a rancher and widower - had no intention of leaving his beloved Arizona Territory to attend the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon, nor to participate in the celebrity golf tournament for the Willamette Orphan Farm. Even an emotional appeal from a longtime friend didn't persuade him. His life no longer consisted of bloodthirsty men to track down...people trying to kill him...lawless gangs preying on the innocent. Then the telegram came: "Stuart, I need you in Portland. Tim Wiseman is missing. I think there's a cover-up going on. Tell folks you're going to the exposition. Nose around. Find out how a US marshal can disappear and no one knows why. I'll contact you there. T.R." No way could Stuart Brannon refuse a personal request from the president of the United States. Filled with humor and heart, adventure and romance, Stuart Brannon's Final Shot is the story of a man who embodied the code of the West.
©2015 Books In Motion (P)2015 Books In Motion
The Dog Who Would Not Smile
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Nathan Riggins heads out west to the Nevada desert to search for his parents after his grandmother died. He faces one danger after another: hostile Indians, a masked gunman, a blinding sandstorm, a rattlesnake. Now, he frantically hurried from one empty building to the next. Where was everyone? How could everybody in town just disappear? In the deserted post office, bags of unopened mail lay everywhere. With increasing dread, he looks through the stacks of letters. He finds his own letter to his parents telling them he is coming. No wonder they hadn't waited for him here in Willow Creek. What should he do? Then, a strange dog seems to adopt him and come to his rescue.
©2021 Books in Motion (P)2021 Books in Motion