Ussher Family Series by Sam Scott

Out on the windswept plains, a captive boy is torn from his Comanche family and returned to the world of the white man — a world he finds even more cruel and unforgiving than the wild western frontier.In 1870s Texas, with the Indians all but defeated, a lone white captive is surrendered by Comanches to the Indian agent at Fort Sill. All the boy remembers about the family he was born to is that they were murdered in the raid when he was taken prisoner seven winters earlier... moreOut on the windswept plains, a captive boy is torn from his Comanche family and returned to the world of the white man — a world he finds even more cruel and unforgiving than the wild western frontier.In 1870s Texas, with the Indians all but defeated, a lone white captive is surrendered by Comanches to the Indian agent at Fort Sill. All the boy remembers about the family he was born to is that they were murdered in the raid when he was taken prisoner seven winters earlier.Unable to recall his birth name or the English he used to speak, he recognizes only his Comanche name, Broken Wing.At the fort he’s renamed Johnny and adopted by a man who vows to beat every trace of Indian from the boy.In a night of violence, his new father dies and soon Johnny’s on the run, wanted for murder.Caught between two worlds and unwelcome in both, Johnny sets out to forge a new life. He finds solace among the wild mustang horses with whom he feels a kinship.But when the law catches up with him he learns everything he believed about his family is false. And when he’s put on trial for murder he discovers prejudice rather than the truth could see him hang."A most creative and unique western ... certainly the most entertaining story this summer."Enjoy first installment of this epic new series, a classic Western Family Saga from Sam Scott. No profanity or swearing, and always a happily ever after ending. less

1870s Texas: Grady and Eli Ussher are reunited ten years after their family was split asunder in a hellish Indian attack. The brothers yearn for a fresh start together. They plan to settle a ranch on the Texas plains and raise horses.Hiding a dark and painful past, Grady is blackmailed by Blanche Riggs, a vicious old woman who runs a gang of ruthless killers, a woman he once called “Ma”.She has a task only Grady can handle... more1870s Texas: Grady and Eli Ussher are reunited ten years after their family was split asunder in a hellish Indian attack. The brothers yearn for a fresh start together. They plan to settle a ranch on the Texas plains and raise horses.Hiding a dark and painful past, Grady is blackmailed by Blanche Riggs, a vicious old woman who runs a gang of ruthless killers, a woman he once called “Ma”.She has a task only Grady can handle. Nina, her daughter, is in the cribs of Fort Griffin and Ma wants her back.Grady has no choice. He’ll find Nina, who he once loved, but he’ll take her as far away from Ma Riggs as he can.His plan goes awry and tragedy unfolds. Grady makes a deathbed promise to care for an orphaned child, vowing to protect the boy and raise him as his own son.When the baby is kidnapped, Grady must exhume his long-buried secrets and the murderous grudge that still burns in his soul.He must risk everything he holds dear to find redemption. The truth will surely pit brother against brother. And the truth might well leave a young boy orphaned. Once again.Enjoy the second installment of this epic series, a classic Western Family Saga from Sam Scott. No profanity or swearing, and always a happily ever after ending. less

GRADYTexas, 1880. Grady and Eli Ussher had long ago given up their sister for dead. When aged four, she’d been kidnapped by a Comanche war party. So when a woman claims she knew Lily as a ten-year-old, it’s the first real clue the brothers have she’s still alive.Desperate to find Lily, Grady begins a search that takes him to the rugged Texas Hill Country. But he soon discovers he’s not the only person searching for her... moreGRADYTexas, 1880. Grady and Eli Ussher had long ago given up their sister for dead. When aged four, she’d been kidnapped by a Comanche war party. So when a woman claims she knew Lily as a ten-year-old, it’s the first real clue the brothers have she’s still alive.Desperate to find Lily, Grady begins a search that takes him to the rugged Texas Hill Country. But he soon discovers he’s not the only person searching for her.The two mysterious men on his trail are looking, too, and they’ll do anything to take Grady out of the hunt. When he confronts them, a gunfight in a desolate land leaves Grady barely alive.LILYDeeply mistrustful of strangers, Lily says the bloodied man who’s just crawled out of the scrub should be left to die. They’re two women alone, she argues to Mama Helena. They owe this stranger nothing.But Helena can’t turn her back on the man when a wife and children could be waiting anxiously somewhere, hoping for his return. If she and Lily don’t help, he’ll die.When the injured man reveals he’s Grady Ussher, searching for his sister, Lily believes that’s impossible.She can’t dare to hope this man is kin. She has no kin, not after her family were caught in a brutal Comanche raid. Not after so many years have passed without a sign of Eli, who promised to come for her.But Lily has more to worry about than the stranger’s wild story. Someone from her past was tracking him and he’s unwittingly brought her worst nightmare right to her door.Now the three of them are in a fight for their lives. To survive, Lily must decide whether the lying outlaw can be trusted.This is the final installment of the epic Western Family Saga from Sam Scott. No profanity or swearing, and always a happily ever after ending. less