Adam returns home to his family after fighting in the Civil War. His father and brothers try to help him as he struggles to recover and find his place on the Ponderosa again and then—he meets someone unexpected. Who knew Doctor Paul Martin had a niece! This story is about the indestructible strength of a newly reunited family and the blossoming love between two healing hearts.

What could possibly go wrong on a short trip home from Virginia City?

Summary: Abigail has bitten off more than she can chew when she finally meets up with Adam Cartwright.

Ginny Cartwright experiences a life changing moment at the young age of four. This story will explore the aftermath and it's affect on the Cartwright family. Other characters are included in the story but as most know I can only tag four. Please enjoy, feed back is welcome

Prequel - Adam has been back from college for a few months but is having trouble settling in with the ranch hands and his brothers. Through the wisdom of his father he learns some lessons about being a boss and a brother. A What-Happens-Years-Before the episode The Grand Swing.

Joe's always getting in trouble. Good thing Candy's always there to get him out of trouble. Joe/Candy slowburn.

A series of brief reflections and life lessons by the Cartwrights. Plan to add more as the opportunity arises.

6th Story in the Alexandra Series. Marty and Alexandra are a little put out at being left behind, while the Cartwright men go on one of the biggest trail rides in the territory. Frankly, I'm not sure what's going to happen, other than, Adam won't be too happy and Alexandra will have a lot to say… as usual.

This is the eighth of the To Everything series. This story concentrates on the Cartwright children. Adam and Shiloh have their hands full with their work, but they'll find quickly that growing children take time and patience and…that priorities change. It will grow into a story about each child as he/she grows. There will be joy, heartbreak and the unexpected. It's May of 1866.

Introducing a little sister for the Cartwrights. She will be related to characters from other Westerns and have some famous Godfathers, but they will rarely be in the story. It will be necessary to show her life before she moves to the Ponderosa. Warning, spanking of minor children in some chapters. Trolls will be dealt with by the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Story is AU.

Adam, on his trip home from Montana, comes across an injured Shoshoni brave - and that is the beginning of a new adventure. Mild cursing, perhaps some violence and probably adult situations.

I've been playing over at Bonanza Brand for over a year with the bi-monthly Pinecone Challenge and decided to post the collection here. Each chapter has a prompt and had to be no more than 500 words. I've tried looking at old scenes with new eyes as well as trying to imagine some varied scenes with different characters getting the focus.

The story begins with a short background story called Only A Brother Can Know. The romance heats up in At Odds. The adventures of Adam and Kitty continue with intrigue and danger in A Masquerade.

Two brothers talk.

Spending the day fishing can open up all sorts of discussions. Adam asks Joe for help with his troubled grandson, but the child isn't the only one helped by the fresh air and touch of home that the Ponderosa offers. Thanks to a friend for the title.

A day in the lives of Ben and Hoss Cartwright. Ben decides that the ladies need a day away from the children. Sequel to More Than Enough Love Part 2.

The brothers share a bittersweet day. Written for the July 15 Pinecone challenge on Bonanza Brand - prompt: God only knows what I'd be without you. (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)

Adam Cartwright and Lotta Crabtree were strangers when her carriage broke down on the Ponderosa, or were they? Based on the episode A Rose for Lotta. Dialogue in the last chapter is from the episode written by David Dortort.

Emma Peters is no regular 25 year old woman. She's a soldier in the U.S. Army who is almost finished with boot camp and will be deployed to Afghanistan in a week. What happens when she leaves for Afghanistan? What happens when she's ambushed and transported to the world of Bonanza? Will she find a way to get back home? Or will she stay and find love?

Adam's life begins to fall apart after a lie told by another student at Harvard results in him being expelled. He struggles to understand how he could have done everything right and still lose everything. He must listen to the wisdom of those who love him, look deep into his own heart and find the truths and lessons that forged his character into the man he became.

Hoss must come to the aid of Jake Turner and his siblings when it appears they have been abandoned by their mother. An adaptation of Boy To Man, The Big Valley, season 2 episode 18 written by A. I Bezzerides.

This story, written for "Love Changes Everything Challenge" on BonanzaTrailRiders com, is based on the Season 1 episode, "Newcomers" and Emily Pennington, Hoss' first love on the Show. This tale is an attempt to wrap up the story better and provide more of Hoss' process through his grief. An interesting fact is that Hoss referenced Emily's death in "The Philip Deideshiemer Story".

When the Cartwright brothers head off to do some chores, not all goes according to plan. 6-29-18 It is finally finished.

Adam wants to break from his hot work on the corral and go swimming with the Bonner brothers and Carl Reagan, but then there's Joe...

Thirty-eight year old Ben Cartwright is on a desperate ride to save his sons who have been taken hostage. Not only their lives, but his faith is on the line. A short story written for the Bonanza Boomers 2018 Father's Day writing challenge.