Al Lacy Books in Order

Sheriff Matt Blake escorts captured outlaw Duke McClain across the desert to face a death sentence in Tucson. Determined to deliver him alive, Blake must survive brutal terrain, deadly traps, and enemies intent on preventing justice.

Wounded during the Civil War, Captain Ryan McGraw falls in love with nurse Dixie Quade. The return of his estranged wife and a son he never knew forces him to confront competing loyalties amid the fighting.

As the Civil War begins, Virginia's wealthy Ruffin family struggles with threats to its future and promises. Enslaved couple Mandrake and Orchid also fight for their hopes while jealousy, racial hatred, and wartime upheaval test their love.

Confederate sympathizer Jenny Jordan falls in love with Union soldier Buck Brownell while helping her father's spying missions. Captured carrying information across enemy lines, she places him between military orders and the woman he loves.

Confederate major Lane Dalton seeks revenge after Union soldiers assault his wife and cause their unborn son's death. Presumed dead and imprisoned by the men responsible, he faces a struggle shaped by grief, vengeance, and faith.

John Stranger arrives in fear-ridden Riverton, Wyoming, and adopts the identity of a new pastor. Armed with his Bible and a Colt revolver, he attempts to free the community and rescue a young man from corruption.

An officer gravely wounded in battle loses his memory and falls in love with Hannah Rose. Recovering his past threatens their future, particularly when he must confront the possibility of a woman he left behind.

John Stranger and the woman he loves help a town threatened by cattle rustlers. Protecting Jim Logan's family becomes part of a dangerous struggle that also involves rescuing a woman separated from her own beloved.

Nurse Breanna Baylor serves people across the postwar West while trying to restore her relationship with John Stranger. Facing Frank Miller, the man who once betrayed her, forces her to confront the distrust threatening that love.

Three convicted murderers escape from Colorado Territorial Prison, sending Marshal Hollowy and John Stranger on their trail. Their pursuit unfolds amid a violent family vendetta, with faith and love tested alongside the effort to deliver justice.

Breanna Baylor travels west caring for the injured while her sister Dottie fears her husband's violent episodes after Civil War trauma. The nurse's journey toward California leads to a dangerous confrontation within her own family.

Shane Donovan and Ashley Kirino lose their youthful romance when her family returns to Ireland. Years later, both married to others, their renewed friendship becomes entangled with tragedy as Shane faces war and his wife's declining health.

John Stranger travels to Apache Junction after the Arizona governor's son is kidnapped on his wedding day. Demands for weapons threaten to intensify a tribal land dispute, forcing Stranger to attempt a rescue amid the conflict.

Nurse Stefanie Andrews arrives in Denver carrying painful memories of childhood loss and abandonment. Her friendship with Breanna Baylor and work at Mile High Hospital offer new beginnings, while encounters with her past complicate hopes for love.

Outlaws capture nurse Breanna Baylor in the mountains west of Denver and force her to treat scarlet fever in their slave labor camp. When they no longer need her skills, escaping becomes a struggle for survival.

John Stranger hunts night riders terrorizing Montana ranchers, unaware that an impostor is committing crimes in his name. After capturing the gang, he is arrested himself and must expose the deception to regain his freedom.

John Stranger becomes involved with Sioux warrior Quiet Thunder and Army captain Thane Tyler, childhood blood brothers whose friendship withstands prejudice. When duty brings them face to face with weapons drawn, their loyalty faces its greatest test.

Doctor Hunter McGuire loses contact with nursing student Jodie Lockwood before joining Stonewall Jackson at the Civil War front. Their eventual reunion rekindles love, but a dark family secret threatens the future they hope to share.

Newly widowed Hannah reaches Fort Bridger determined to run a general store despite grief and opposition. When a bitter former Confederate destroys her business by fire, rebuilding her life becomes a test of faith and forgiveness.

Jurors in Butte begin dying after a condemned murderer vowed to return from the grave for vengeance. John Stranger investigates reports of a shadow in the snow, convinced a living killer lies behind the town's terror.

After foiling a plot against President Grant, nurse Breanna Baylor meets three children traveling west on an orphan train. Their bond draws her into another rescue when the adoptive family awaiting them proves dangerously deceptive.

Hannah and Solomon Cooper set out for a new frontier life after the Civil War, but tragedy interrupts their wagon journey. Despite others' objections, Hannah pushes onward, relying on courage and faith to sustain her family.

Breanna Baylor and John Stranger prepare to marry, but his best man, Chief U.S. Marshal Solomon Duvall, disappears. After their wedding, the couple risks their lives searching for him, putting Breanna's promise of companionship to the test.

Abandoned at the altar when her fiance elopes with her sister, Linda Forrest seeks a fresh start as a mail-order bride. Her new husband's sinister secret places her in danger and challenges her reliance on faith.

Silver Moon survives the destruction of her Cheyenne village and grows determined to kill the officer responsible. When a smallpox outbreak brings nurse Breanna Baylor Brockman to her people, compassion challenges the hatred driving her quest.

Hannah Solomon befriends Betsy Fordham, whose husband's death has left her consumed by fear and resentment toward Native Americans. When Betsy's sons disappear, their rescue by Shoshone people challenges her beliefs and opens a path toward healing.

Widowed Julianna LeCroix travels west with her infant after lawyers steal her inheritance. Drifter Jack Bower takes her hostage to evade hired killers, but their journey brings unexpected faith and attraction as they consider new lives.

After losing her family and husband, Kathleen Stallworth faces another loss when wealthy in-laws take her daughter. Answering a mail-order bride advertisement leads her west, where renewed faith helps her return to fight for her child.

Four soldiers honored for saving Rance Dayton accidentally shoot Stonewall Jackson and become disgraced. They flee west and turn to crime, leaving Dayton, now a U.S. marshal, to bring his former rescuers to justice.

Lawyer Adam Burke leaves Philadelphia haunted by a fatal accident and marries mail-order bride Rachel Mason in Nebraska. Discovering that the woman he killed was Rachel's mother tests their marriage and her capacity to forgive.

Nurse Natalie Fallon reconnects with a former love who refuses marriage after becoming paralyzed. Meanwhile, Breanna Baylor Brockman learns her husband is traveling with a murderous impostor and races to warn him before the trap closes.

Jack Bower and Julianna LeCroix help a stranded family reach Fort Bridger, where the couple's child dies of pneumonia. Unable to accept her loss, the mother takes another girl, drawing two families into a painful struggle.

Grant Smith and Lydia Reynolds plan to marry until the Mexican-American War separates them and he is presumed dead. Their lives take different paths, but a reunion years later, both widowed, raises the possibility of renewed love.

Nurse Breanna Brockman arrives at a Colorado clinic as a series of murders unsettles the town. Her suspicions lead to kidnapping and confinement in a mountain cabin, where a threatened execution, storms, and a rising river test her faith.

A blizzard and influenza epidemic deepen conflict between settlers and nearby tribes in southern Wyoming. When the friendly Crow face hunger and sickness, Hannah and a young doctor offer aid despite objections from settlers struggling with their own shortages.

Separate tragedies leave rancher Carrie and father Doug grieving their spouses, while newly widowed Hannah offers comfort. Work brings the two younger survivors together, creating unexpected attraction as they struggle to imagine lives beyond bereavement and the responsibilities left behind.

Ginny follows the man she loves into the James-Younger gang after his gambling debts draw him toward crime. Encounters with her friend Dottie and nurse Breanna make her reconsider that life, but leaving the outlaws may prove dangerously difficult.

Freed from a threatened sale into slavery, Benjamin befriends Dan Johnson in Charleston and joins his plan for a Texas cattle ranch. Their dreams and marriages face bigotry and hostility as the young couples seek security, independence, and a future together.

After her father is murdered, Dorianne answers Arizona lawman Stone McKenna’s advertisement for a bride. Another traumatic experience during her journey leaves her unable to see, challenging their planned marriage and their hopes for healing through love and faith.

Widowed frontier mother Hannah Cooper and her children hope their Jewish friend Jacob Kates will embrace Christianity. Mary Beth’s declaration that she would risk her life for that hope becomes a troubling question as the family confronts further hardship.

Russian farmer Vladimir struggles with religious persecution, ruined crops, and unpaid taxes while supporting his family. His daughter’s secret love for a Cossack adds another danger, and the search for freedom eventually carries their fragile hopes toward America.

To evade a marriage chosen by his family, volatile Jordan seeks bride Diana, who wants escape from an abusive father. Arriving in Idaho to find him missing, she encounters another man, complicating the future both had expected from the arrangement.

Doctor Quint Roberts leaves the Union army for Montana after disturbing experiences near the Civil War’s end. His brother’s death makes him responsible for three children, while bereaved Southern woman Annamarie also seeks a way to rebuild her life.

Swiss doctor Erik questions his surgical career after his former fiancée dies during an operation. Meanwhile, Dova faces retaliation after identifying dangerous men, and their separate struggles with love, fear, and faith unfold as emigration places an ocean between them.

Nigel Whitaker abducts Queen Victoria’s great grandson and carries him toward America to avenge an inherited grievance. Emigrants Jeremy and Cecelia become attached to the child, complicating the scheme while the queen’s influence begins unsettling an accomplice’s commitment.

Jenny answers former prison guard Dan Tyler’s advertisement for a bride with murder in mind, blaming him for her father’s death. Traveling to Arizona with a weapon and a false pious identity, she confronts the possibility that love could undermine revenge.

Years after McClain saved her from an armed fugitive, Rya reunites with him on the journey west and they plan marriage. A former suitor’s relentless harassment threatens their future, forcing them to confront separation despite the love they have found.

Deputy marshal Paul Brockman escorts five captured outlaws back to Yuma Prison while helping an orphaned young woman reach safety. An attack on their iron wagon forces him to find a way to protect everyone traveling with him.

Stephan flees his father’s anger after his brother’s death in Hungary, while Miklos later regrets losing another son. Their separate hardships eventually lead toward America, where faith and unexpected connections challenge bitterness and offer the possibility of reconciliation.

Sixty two abandoned children travel west from New York by train, uncertain whether families will choose them or separate them from loved ones. Their different journeys bring affection, danger, mistreatment, and new responsibilities as they search for places to belong.

Joaquin Murieta becomes a bandit celebrated by oppressed Californians and hunted by authorities after losing his wife to violence. Following his reported execution, stories of a headless rider raise questions about revenge, justice, and the boundary between legend and reality.

Lieutenant Boyd Locklin finds devastation when assigned to escort a wagon train, eventually protecting its sole surviving young woman. Further attacks and enemies test his courage before the Civil War draws him away from his growing family toward new dangers.

Rescued after an attack on the Nebraska plains, Clay Bostin joins a wagon train and grows close to Rachel Flanagan. Taking over as trail boss makes him responsible for protecting the travelers when repeated attacks threaten their lives and dwindling hopes.

An orphan train carries children from New York toward western towns, where prospective families decide who will join their homes. Along the journey, both abandoned youngsters and adults confronting their own losses seek belonging, renewed affection, and a more secure future.

Fourteen year old Dane loses his family to a murderous gang in New York, ending his hopes of becoming a doctor. Forced into street survival, he faces imprisonment and separation from orphan friend Tharyn while searching for a way forward.

Newly married Dane and Tharyn take charge of a medical practice in a Colorado mining community, offering care amid frontier hardship. The abduction of Tharyn’s friend Melinda tests their hope as those who love her begin fearing she will never return.

Orphan turned physician Dane Logan builds a surgical reputation in Cheyenne while seeking reunion with childhood love Tharyn. An unfortunate death makes outlaw Tag Moran his enemy, placing Dane’s work and romantic hopes under threat from a dangerous gang.

Doctor Dane and his wife Tharyn provide medical and spiritual support in a Colorado mining town while considering a family. A stagecoach crash leaves Dane alive but without his memories, separating him from the people and identity he must somehow recover.

Farmer Jim Bannon seeks gold in the Black Hills to gain the approval of wealthy Alyssa’s father and marry her. Conflict over the mining rush threatens his ambitions, forcing him to weigh faith, love, and the wealth expected of him.

The 1889 Oklahoma land opening brings displaced Cherokee communities and hopeful settlers into conflict over homes and promised territory. Cherokee police chief Britt and his wife face rising anger as newcomers confront fraud, harsh conditions, and the uncertainty of starting again.

Wealthy New Yorker Craig seeks independence in California’s gold rush while governess Kathy hopes he will embrace her faith. Success seems within reach until thieves take his fortune, forcing him to reconsider ambition, loss, and the meaning of returning home.

After settling in Indian Territory, Britt joins the Cherokee police while he and Cherokee Rose raise their family. Their life unfolds through decades of danger and change, culminating in renewed uncertainty when the government opens the territory to white settlers.

Forced west with her people in 1838, Cherokee Rose encounters Lieutenant Britt Claiborne, who resists his fellow soldiers’ cruelty. Their shared faith and attraction offer hope during the Trail of Tears, but hardship threatens the home and marriage they imagine.

Livia and her mother travel toward the Yukon goldfields seeking her missing father, encountering danger on the icy Chilkoot route. Matt Holden’s protection sparks love and faith, but the unanswered question of her father’s survival shadows their hopes.

Alan Kane and his family settle in Texas as conflict with Mexico intensifies, while he hopes to marry Julia Miller. Joining his brother at the Alamo places family bonds, concealed jealousy, romance, and faith against the prospect of deadly battle.

The Kane brothers return home briefly during the Mexican-American War, but renewed military threats draw them back into fighting. Their family waits anxiously at the ranch while infiltrating spies broaden the danger beyond the battlefield and test everyone’s courage and faith.

Grieving his brother’s death at the Alamo, Alan faces unresolved guilt and feelings for the woman Adam left behind. The surviving Kane brothers volunteer again as conflict continues, leaving their families uncertain whether another military campaign will bring further loss.

Marshal John Brockman captures one Zarbo brother after a string of robberies, provoking the remaining outlaws to kidnap his daughter. Their demand for a prisoner exchange forces him to seek a rescue that will not release a condemned killer.

Former outlaw Whip Langford tries to live honestly and helps stop a train robbery, but escaping thieves frame him for murder. Marshal John Brockman races to prevent his hanging, while a widow’s growing affection adds another stake to Whip’s survival.

Young deputy Paul Brockman escorts five recaptured outlaws toward Yuma Prison in an iron wagon and helps orphaned Lisa along the way. An attack during the journey threatens prisoners and travelers alike, testing his judgment beyond his skill with a revolver.