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Desperate Straits
$16.99
Desperate Straits and Gracie Jane
Janet Squires
Whiskey Creek Press
December 7, 2014
Softcover, 296 pp.
From the Publisher:
Sarah Ryan’s hope for a new life in the Arizona Territory is shattered in an instant by gunfire. Suddenly, she has to rebuild an uncertain future with her orphaned nephew, Will, and take on the challenges of a cattle ranch. Just when order returns, veteran lawman, L.T. McAllister rides in. He’s a dangerous man determined to do what’s right regardless of the personal cost. L.T. believes himself ready for anything until he meets Sarah. Her ideas about the man he’s become soon pit his lifetime of duty against desire.
L.T.’s and Sarah’s loyalty to Will catapults them into a life for which neither one is prepared. And when L.T. and Sarah defy Sheriff Grant Simpson, they trigger a cataclysm of retaliation that escalates into kidnapping and murder. L.T. and Sarah are forced into a battle for justice… and their lives.
Meet Author Janet Squires
The Writer's Block Radio Show, LA Talk Radio
July 2, 2015 Click here for Podcast link
Gracie Jane
$14.99
Author: Janet Squires
Publisher: Midstir Media, January 4, 2019
Softcover, 28 pp.
GRACIE JANE has a heart as big as the Western sky, and she's always ready to lend a helping hand. So, she doesn't think twice about rescuing Fifi La Rue and taking the lost pup home. After all, how much trouble could one little dog be on a great big ranch? It's nonstop fun and excitement when one good deed goes hilariously wrong!
Signed by the Author
The Writer's Block Radio Show, LA Talk Radio
July 2, 2015 Click here for Podcast link
Congratulations to author Janet Squires on the 14th Anniversary of her popular children's book The Gingerbread Cowboy!
Lancer Hero of the West: The Santa Fe Affair
$11.99
Lancer: Hero of the West
The Santa Fe Affair, Book 3
Bob Brill
Published April 2017
About the Book:
In "The Santa Fe Affair" Lancer takes on injustice on many levels. He travels to New Mexico and meets up with more legendary figures including Billy the Kid, as he tries to rescue a little boy from the hands of the cruel rulers of a small town.
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Lancer: The Los Angeles Affair
$11.99
Lancer; Hero of the West: The Los Angeles Affair (Book 2)
Bob Brill
Published January 24, 2016
Softcover, 138 pp.
About the Book
The Los Angeles Affair is the second in the Lancer series. Lancer travels to a bustling Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley to foil a plot of international proportions with three nations all trying to rule what will become the Golden State with its vast resources.
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Lancer: The Prescott Affair
$11.99
Lancer; Hero of the West: The Prescott Affair (Book 1)
Bob Brill
Published March 2014
Softcover 200 pp.
About the Book
The Prescott Affair is the first in a series of Western novels based on a good guy, gun-for-hire, Lancer. An educated mystery man, Lancer works out of Tombstone in the 1880's and solves crimes with his brains first, before resorting to his fast gun.
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Law Of The Gun
$6.99
Part of the HERO COLLECTION, 20% of the purchase price of this item is donated to this month's selected charity. Thank you for being a HERO!
Law of the Gun
Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Russell Davis
Contributed by C. Courtney Joyner
Pinnacle Books, 2010
Available- 1
One Man. One Gun. One Law.
A Western anthology from Pinnacle Books features "Two-Bit Kill" by C. Courtney Joyner a tale of a decades-old grudge between two outlaws that comes to a head in a barber shop. Courtney's story is featured alongside such legendary western writers as Johnny Boggs, William Johnstone, Loren D. Estleman, Andrew Fenady, Elmer Kelton and the great John Jakes.
From the Book Cover:
It's an American icon: the Western shootist, living by skill, courage and a willingness to spit in death's eye. Now, the greatest names in Western literature turn this mythical character upside down, inside out and every way but loose...
In The Trouble with Dude, award-winning author Johnny Boggs saddles a once-famous lawman with some high-paying New York dudes in search of Western thrills who get more than they bargained for; in Uncle Jeff and the Gunfighter Western master storyteller Elmer Kelton chronicles a quarrel between a hardscrabble Texas rancher and a killer for hire- with results that stun a town...William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone offer Inferno: A Last Gunfighter Story featuring series hero Frank Morgan. From a pistol-[packing woman to a freed slave heading into a Nebraska winter and an education in gun fighting, The Law of the Gun is about journeys, vendettas, stand-offs, and legends that end-or sometimes just begin-with the roar of a gun...
C. Courtney Joyner contributes The Two-bit Kill
At the 2011 Western Writers of American conference, C. Courtney Joyner was presented with The President's Award for "Outstanding Service to WWA" by Chairman Paul Andrew Hutton and WWA's Johnny Boggs. Courtney has been a judge for the prestigious WWA Spur Awards for Drama and Documentary Writing for the last five years, and has served on numerous writing panels, with a focus on the current western market and screenwriting.
Meet Author and Screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner
Rendezvous With A Writer
Guest "The Writer's Block" Radio Program, LA Talk Radio
Podcast June 29, 2017
Podcast September 1, 2016
May 21, 2015 Click here for Podcast
Around The Barn Radio Podcast
Recorded March 12, 2011
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C. Courtney Joyner and Troy Andrew Smith chat with Co-Host Bobbi Jean Bell
The Gingerbread Cowboy
$17.99
Author: Janet Squires
Illustrator: Holly Berry
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006
Hardcover, 32 pp.
The Writer's Block Radio Show, LA Talk Radio
July 2, 2015 Click here for Podcast link
2020 Congratulations to author Janet Squires on the 14th Anniversary of her popular children's book The Gingerbread Cowboy!
"PreSchool-Grade 3-A delightful, infectiously cheeryful, Southwestern rendition of a familiar story. Phrases used to describe biscuits, such as plump pillows, soft as clouds, and tasty as a big Texas barbecue, just roll off the tongue. Bow-legged and dressed in a vest, boots, hat, and a big belt buckle, the Gingerbread Cowboy teases: "Giddyup, giddyup as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man" and includes an added refrain, and "raced away as fast as his boots could carry him". The lively text demands to be read aloud.
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JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! BOOK GIVEAWAY & CONTEST
From award-winning author, Janet Squires, here's a special offer for adults and children!
Book Giveaway
1. Purchase an autographed copy of Desperate Straits and receive either a second copy FREE or select a FREE copy of her picture book Gracie Jane (style #94105, valued at $14.99) for the young readers in your life.
2. Purchase this style, #19027-B, and receive Gracie Jane Free.
The Traditional West: A Western Fictioneers Anthology
$16.00 $19.95
Part of the HERO COLLECTION, 20% of the purchase price of this item is donated to this month's selected charity. Thank you for being a HERO!
The Traditional West
A Western Fictioneers Anthology
C. Courtney Joyner
CreateSpace (Aug. 1, 2011), 384 pp.
About the Book
The Traditional West is a brand new anthology edited by James and Livia Reasoner for The Western Fictioneers.
The classic American Western returns in this collection of brand-new stories by some of the top Western writers in the world today. Contributors include C. Courtney Joyner, Matthew P. Mayo, Robert J. Randisi, Dusty Richards, James Reasoner, Larry D. Sweazy, L.J. Washburn, Jackson Lowry, Larry Jay Martin, Kerry Newcomb, and many other members of Western Fictioneers, the only writers’ organization devoted solely to traditional Western fiction. This anthology takes readers from the dusty plains of Texas to the sweeping vistas of Montana and beyond.
About Contributing Author:
C. Courtney Joyner is a screenwriter with more than 20 produced films to his credit. He has contributed chapters to a number of books on film history and his articles have appeared in Wildest Westerns, Fangoria and Famous Monsters of Filmland.
Meet Author and Screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner
Rendezvous With A Writer
Guest "The Writer's Block" Radio Program, LA Talk Radio
Podcast June 29, 2017
Podcast September 1, 2016
May 21, 2015 Click here for Podcast
Around The Barn Radio Podcast
Recorded March 12, 2011
Click here for Podcast
C. Courtney Joyner and Troy Andrew Smith chat with Co-Host Bobbi Jean Bell
Wings of the Pirate
$21.95
Part of the HERO COLLECTION, 20% of the purchase price of this item is donated to this month's selected charity. Thank you for being a HERO!
Wings of the Pirate: A Flying Adventure Novel
Author Eric H. Heisner & Artist Al P. Bringas
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Skyhorse Publishing
Hardcover, 176 pp.
Meet Author Eric H. Heisner and Artist Al P. Bringas
The Writer's Block Radio Show Podcasts:
June 22, 2017
July 28, 2016
June 11, 2015
From the Publisher:
A Flying Adventure Novel
Wings of the Pirate is an adventure tale that follows the treasure - hunting exploits of renowned archaeologist Alexa Reid. During her journey in the South Pacific, she teams up with a wild card ex-navy flyer Jimmy Ferral, who runs a seaplane charter service. Chased by Air Pirates, the pair runs into a medley of colorful island characters while the one-eyed Air Pirate Captain, P.M. Rasmus, is close on their tail. Who is he and why does he pursue our heroine so intently?
In the years immediately following World War II, the influence of the Western world hangs heavy on the islands in the South Pacific. A harvest of new economic resources provides a wealth of prosperity to those who can afford the gamble. While most rush to invest in the new found abundance, others plan to steal it.
- Hardcover. 176 pages. Black and White Illustrations.
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