The Traherns Series by Nancy Radke

She wanted to marry the Handsomest Man in the Country. She was forced to marry a man who made her mules look good. Sometimes it is important to look on the inside.

The cowboy finds a woman.His stallion finds a filly.Trouble is, the stallion belongs to his cousin, Trey.

She went looking for love. He went looking for her. She was traveling mighty fast.

Trey's cousin. He's searching for gold. She's searching for land. Neither can't do without the other.

She's not looking for a husband. He's not looking for a wife. When he proposes, she runs away. It all starts with a bull from Baltimore.

SHORT STORY (24 pages, 12,000 words)He was not ready to love again.She refused to leave him.A stubborn woman, once she makes up her mind, won't change it very fast.

He lost it, then wanted it back. A good name is hard to restore.He had to prove himself to the most important man in his life.

He's got him a mule and he's headed back to Tennessee. He's picking up strays along the way. Evil men follow for one reason or the other.

She smuggled guns and clothes. He wore a Yankee uniform, but acted as a spy. What would happen if they got caught?

He was searching for his brother.  He found gold and a girl.  Can he manage to keep them both?

Matthew's brother brings Hero's colts out to Trey. He finds out why animals and men make good companions. He discovers why 'he who finds a wife, finds a good thing.'

A blizzard traps a young woman, her son, and the Trahern who came to rescue his brood mare in the Idaho mountains. Her shelter is insufficient, and threatens to collapse on them and the newborn foal. Love comes as they struggle to survive. A modern ranching novella.

This modern Trahern story finds former Navy SEAL, Lee Trahern, escaping from an advancing army. Rowing across the Mediterranean Sea, he plucks a young woman from the water. In the days to come, evading pirates is the least of their worries.