Spanish Peaks Country Books in Order

Cuchara Valley homesteaders prepare to obtain cattle when a deadly bank robbery interrupts their plans. Discovering an old adversary among the robbers, they join a posse in pursuit, following a trail of destruction while trying to bring the fugitives to justice.

Mountain trapper John Wainwright leaves his solitary routine to help strangers recover stolen wagons and missing travelers. The search becomes a rescue complicated by violent opportunists, while an unexpected connection with one of the women changes his thoughts about living alone.

A partnership of homesteaders works to build a cattle ranch called The Spoon in Colorado's Cuchara Valley. Their struggle for survival and prosperity is complicated by the Civil War, whose violence reaches people trying to make a life beyond the battlefields.

Eight ranch owners drive three hundred cattle from Dodge City toward their Colorado homestead along the Santa Fe Trail. Harsh weather and exhausting work test the group, while protecting a mother and daughter draws the drovers into danger from men seeking revenge.