Stephen Bly Books in Order

Stephen Bly examines spiritual greatness through the demands of Christian discipleship. He emphasizes humility and complete commitment to Christ, challenging readers to measure their ambitions against God's standards rather than the world's expectations of success.

This collection offers fifty-two devotional readings for young readers, organized around questions about Christian belief and daily life. Stephen and Janet Bly address concerns such as the struggle to stop sinning through a question-led approach to faith.

Crystal Blake investigates anonymous notes targeting her Native American friend Gabrielle and suspects someone on the rodeo team. When a blizzard traps the group in Montana's mountains, their rivalries become secondary to the struggle to survive.

Crystal Blake prepares for the Idaho rodeo finals and queen contest while a Texas stranger shows disturbing interest in her horse Caleb. Suspicion over his intentions combines with jealousy involving her boyfriend and older sister.

Crystal Blake and her friends discover a locked safe in a burned lumber mill, attracting unexpected interest from the lumber company. Solving the mystery with Shawn Sorensen distracts her from preparations for an important upcoming rodeo.

Fourteen-year-old Crystal and her friend Megan travel to Idaho with Crystal's father. Strange events draw the girls into an investigation involving a gang impersonating prominent local residents, turning their visit into a dangerous small-town mystery.

A century-old pioneer journal sends Crystal Blake and her friends searching for forgotten treasure. Meanwhile, the new girl at school faces rodeo team tryouts against experienced riders, putting her confidence and horsemanship to the test.

Crystal Blake explores an apparently abandoned Idaho gold mine whose helicopter pad and smoking chimney suggest otherwise. A mysterious buried bag adds another puzzle, complicating her plans to enjoy her horse and spend time with Shawn Sorensen.

Stephen Bly offers practical suggestions for fathers who want to be more involved with their families. Drawing on Christian faith, he encourages everyday participation, openness, affection, and deliberate attention to a spouse and children's needs.

Confederate veteran Sandy Thompson seeks peace in the West while fleeing Yankee justice in 1870. An unlikely partnership with a peddler and responsibility for an orphaned Indigenous girl complicate his attempt to escape a pursuing officer.

Stephen and Janet Bly offer biblical guidance and practical ideas for grandparents with families near and far. They address limited resources, divorced children, and changing family circumstances while encouraging active relationships grounded in acceptance and love.

Grieving rancher Stuart Brannon takes refuge at an isolated Colorado stage station during a brutal blizzard. Caring for a wounded prospector brings him into other travelers' desperate problems, while gold seekers and outlaws make survival increasingly dangerous.

Nathan Riggins joins a cattle drive, but his father's pursuit of an escaped criminal and the cook's injury leave three children managing alone. Hungry coyotes and an approaching outlaw turn their unfamiliar responsibilities into serious danger.

Stuart Brannon and Edwin Fletcher finally discover gold in Colorado, only to face attackers determined to steal their claim. Defending their mine against gunmen and a powerful mining corporation also forces Brannon to confront his own greed.

Stuart Brannon rides into Paradise Meadow to help a friend imprisoned by its tyrannical mayor. Schoolteacher Rose Creek draws him into the town's wider struggle, where confronting corruption also tests the citizens' willingness to govern themselves.

Nathan Riggins arrives in Willow Creek to find the town deserted and his parents gone. Searching across the Nevada desert exposes him to threatening encounters and harsh conditions, with a strange dog becoming his unexpected companion.

Stuart Brannon travels south of the border to buy cattle and finds the herd stolen and its owner murdered. A former Confederate officer's private army stands in his way, while a widowed acquaintance reawakens difficult feelings.

Parenting does not end when children leave home, as requests for money, advice, childcare, and a place to stay demonstrate. Stephen Bly considers the continuing relationship with adult children and the challenge of offering help within healthy boundaries.

Stuart Brannon returns to his Arizona ranch hoping for a quieter life, but a land corporation's gunmen occupy his property. Its claim to a Spanish grant forces him and his neighbors into a dangerous defense of their homes.

Nathan Riggins buys an enormous buffalo for one dollar, then discovers that keeping Thunder safely confined is nearly impossible. Donating him to a zoo seems sensible, but transporting an animal that has already wrecked railway equipment creates another challenge.

Nathan Riggins trades for Onepenny, a clever spotted horse, then discovers its former owner is wanted for stagecoach robbery. The horse may lead him straight to the outlaw, while the man's daughter complicates Nathan's feelings.

A brutal winter and a mine closure threaten to empty Galena, Nevada, leaving Nathan Riggins worried about losing his friends. A bank robbery brings a more immediate danger as he and Leah encounter the criminals.

Dance-hall worker Pepper Paige assumes a dead woman's identity to escape a violent patron and marry a distant rancher. Unknown to her, prison escapee Tap Andrews is impersonating that rancher, setting two deceptive fresh starts on a collision course.

Nathan Riggins takes a summer job hauling supplies to a mining town, but a bobcat badly injures his dog Tona. His desperate wish to save the animal creates a painful dilemma, while further dangers threaten his work.

A twelve-year-old boy interrupts Stuart Brannon's birthday celebration claiming to be his son and asking help for his dying mother. Brannon's journey toward her Navajo camp attracts an old enemy determined to exact revenge.

Stephen Bly explores how divine anger relates to God's love, mercy, and grace. Intended to challenge a one-sided understanding of God's character, this Christian study includes questions that invite readers to reflect on the connection.

Tap Andrews heads to Denver to prove his innocence and save a friend from an unjust hanging. His fiancée Pepper Paige refuses to revisit her own painful past there, until a threat forces her toward the same city.

A stranger's claim to possess a famous author's lost novel sends editor Lynda Dawn Austin searching Arizona canyon country. Rodeo cowboy Brady Stoner guides her toward a remote cabin, where professional ambition meets unfamiliar danger and unexpected attraction.

A train journey to California promises familiar holiday attractions, but instead opens into unexpected adventures involving oil, territorial politics, and explosive mishaps. This children's story places the traveler amid a succession of surprising choices and complications.

Tap Andrews and Pepper Paige have just two weeks before their wedding, but rustlers, financial trouble, and a sniper keep interrupting preparations. Pepper must get her trouble-prone fiancé to the altar while danger threatens their plans.

Traveling writer Tony Shadowbrook and his professor wife Price uncover a fifty-year-old secret in quiet Fox Island, Washington. They must decide whether exposing the truth is worth the damage it could inflict on innocent lives.

Tap Andrews hopes to buy a ranch with his pregnant wife, Pepper, but his work as a brand inspector brings rustlers, ambushes, and murder accusations. He must clear his name before their baby arrives.

Tap Andrews becomes acting marshal in Cheyenne as he and his pregnant wife, Pepper, face another upheaval. A lynch mob and an uncooperative deputy force him to uncover the trouble threatening the town.

Editor Lynda Austin discovers a treasure map in a manuscript, then learns its final chapter has vanished. She and cowboy Brady Stoner follow clues into Montana, where competing treasure hunters complicate their investigation and their relationship.

Researching Jerome, Arizona, Tony and Price Shadowbrook encounter a traveler carrying a tombstone that predicts his imminent death. When an elderly inventor is accused of murder, Tony tries to free him while family wedding tensions escalate.

Tap Andrews and his pregnant wife move to Montana to join a ranch partnership. Outlaws and bank robbers threaten their new beginning, and violence against pacifist homesteaders tests how he will use his gun and his faith.

Cody and his basketball teammates investigate an abandoned pickup and strange activity at a neighboring ranch. Objects keep changing position without anyone appearing, prompting the boys to search for clues and plan an overnight watch.

With their wedding approaching, editor Lynda Austin and cowboy Brady Stoner search across the West for their missing friend Cindy. Their strained engagement faces a further threat when someone from Brady's past seeks revenge.

An old rifle in a trunk gives Cody and his friends a coded clue to a robbery committed fifty years earlier. Explosions and the arrival of a mysterious girl complicate their efforts to decipher the message.

After Cody discovers an injured man whose money has been stolen, suspicious visitors and figures along the river deepen the mystery. He and his friends organize an overnight watch to learn what is happening in the canyon.

Tony and Price Shadowbrook travel to Montana for a quiet summer of writing near Glacier National Park. A neighbor's fatal mountain fall draws them into an investigation as competing accounts suggest murder or suicide.

Cody Clark's recurring nightmares about wolves, railroad tracks, and a dark tunnel unsettle him as his basketball team practices. When armed thieves bring real danger, he must find the courage to confront more than frightening dreams.

As their basketball semifinals approach, Cody and Larry find themselves without the rest of their teammates. With Feather away and Jeremiah in Colorado, the boys need creative solutions while dealing with a friend's troubles and a wild boar.

Alena is a confident businesswoman in old California when she meets a rancher burdened by a tragic secret. Their developing relationship challenges both to reconsider their direction in life and discover what God is calling them to do.

Cody and his friends travel to Montana to watch Jeremiah dance at a powwow and play basketball. When Larry's autographed ball disappears, a getaway truck becomes a clue, while a jealous boyfriend adds another complication.

Carolina Cantrell goes to Montana to settle her brother's estate and sell her interest in his store. Plans to return home unravel amid rumors of gold, a wandering man's attention, and a struggle over her future.

Former actress Isabel Leon wants to build a hotel and begin again in Montana. Her demanding deadline and clashes with Captain Dawson Mandara become more dangerous as robberies, murders, and disappearing friends threaten the project.

Brazos Fortune seeks a better life for his family in the Black Hills, but the lure of gold strains his priorities. Corrupt lawmen, outlaws, and a bitter winter challenge his resolve to protect those who depend on him.

Oliole Fontenot leaves New York to establish a photography business in Montana and live independently. An outlaw gang, a young protege, and an appealing drover complicate her plans and force her to reconsider freedom and faith.

With her business and marriage deteriorating, Martina Swan takes her child in search of her missing husband. Armed outlaws pursuing stolen treasure make the journey dangerous, while reconciliation requires her to confront the question of forgiveness.

Stephen and Janet Bly offer fifty-two brief weekly devotional readings for teenagers seeking a closer relationship with God. The collection provides a regular opportunity for young readers to pause, reflect, and focus on their spiritual growth.

O. T. Skinner intends to stop briefly in Goldfield, Nevada, on his family's journey to California. Hungry children, a drunken father, and an elderly woman's disputed mining claim draw him into a dangerous feud.

The Skinners still hope to leave Goldfield, but a friend disappears while searching for treasure in the desert. A missing child and Dola Mae's work feeding miners add urgent demands that keep the family tied to the town.

Judith Kingston and her judge husband become involved in the disappearance of an abusive husband accused of embezzlement. His sister arrives to defend his reputation, leaving the Kingstons to navigate accusations and determine what happened.

Widow Marthellen Farnsworth is drawn to a charismatic major proposing a sanitarium at a mineral spring near Carson City. As his development plans attract money and speculation, romance becomes entangled with schemes that threaten the community.

After losing her teaching job, Christina Swan goes to her family's San Joaquin ranch. An obstinate neighboring rancher and a development scheme involving a railroad and ditch force her to fight for the property and her future.

An outlaw claiming he was framed asks Judge Kingston for help, while Roberta faces troubling questions about her fiance. The arrival of a missionary's son further complicates her choices as the family confronts legal and personal uncertainty.

Todd Fortune takes on the family business while struggling to define himself outside his father Brazos's reputation. His wife's discomfort with small-town life and conflicts involving outlaws put additional pressure on their marriage and his responsibilities.

O. T. Skinner still dreams of moving his family to California, but his wife needs help feeding Goldfield's miners. His readiness to aid others brings danger, intensifying Dola Mae's fear that his generosity will cost him his life.

After her husband's scandalous death, Lixie Miller retreats to Lordsburg, New Mexico, hoping for a quiet life. An attorney's brief visit and an injured Indian girl's need for help draw her into new responsibilities and danger.

Samuel Fortune returns to his Dakota family after being driven from Texas, refusing to discuss what happened. Torn between making amends and starting over, he also faces difficult choices about a divorced woman and her children.

Banished from Washington by her senator father because of a damaging secret, Grace Denison seeks anonymity in New Mexico. Trouble at her boardinghouse, a boy with a pet, and an appealing cowboy disrupt her hoped-for peace.

Career soldier Robert Fortune moves his family to Deadwood and begins working as a railroad detective. Joining the wider Fortune clan brings little peace, as enemies seeking revenge threaten the family he is determined to protect.

Dacee June Fortune has relied on her father Brazos since her mother's death in childhood. Now married with three daughters, she faces his approaching death and must learn how to live without the man she has idolized.

The Bowers family moves to Nebraska expecting a fresh start, but their homestead comes with unexpected shared ownership. Floods, grasshoppers, money troubles, and their father's ambitious schemes make settling on the land harder than promised.

Twelve-year-old Retta Barre believes courage belongs to the heroes in her novels, not to her. When friends disappear along the Oregon Trail, she sets out to help them and faces dangers that test that belief.

Retta Barre expects the Oregon Trail to be dull compared with the adventures in her books. A trip onto the prairie and the escapades she shares with curious friends soon bring more trouble than she anticipated.

With her twin brother in a Mexican prison, Julianna Ortiz faces harassment from his gang and the return of her absent father. An irritating gunslinger may offer help as danger threatens the people and security she values.

Separated from their wagon train on the Oregon Trail, Retta Barre's family must cope with her mother's illness. Horse thieves, raiders, and passing soldiers complicate the crisis as the twelve-year-old faces the need to protect her family.

Jolie Bowers teaches in a Nebraska schoolhouse while planning her wedding to Tanner Wells. Flood damage, shipping disputes, gunmen, and her father's arrest disrupt their plans, while a widower's attention makes her romantic choices less certain.

Orphan Gabe Young becomes lost near Nevada's Humboldt River before a girl brings him to a Pony Express station. Finding a new family and learning to ride the mail routes give him responsibilities amid an increasingly divided nation.

Fourteen-year-old Drew Joyton suspects foul play when a stagecoach reaches his family's station carrying a dead man. New arrivals and frontier danger follow, and Drew and his sister Blaze risk their lives to help wounded wagon drivers reach safety.

After their father's death, Alex Hopewell and his brothers help their mother run a bakery near the meeting of the transcontinental railroads. A mysterious package hidden by gunmen brings danger to their attempt to earn enough to pay their bills.

Weary novelist Paul James Watson begins seeing his fictional detective Toby McKinna as a real person. When Watson becomes entangled in events involving a serial killer, he struggles to distinguish actual danger from the plots taking shape in his imagination.

A runaway railcar kills a boy, provoking threats against the railroad and testing Jolie Bowers's desire to control events. Wedding preparations, threats to the family homestead, and further troubles force her to face uncertainty through endurance and faith.

The Fortune family's story continues through Brazos Fortune's grandchildren, particularly Frank, in the Black Hills. Their inherited reputation, history, and faith shape differing choices, as some uphold the family legacy while others drift toward disgrace and more troubled paths.

Stephen and Janet Bly share guidance for grandparents seeking to pass Christian faith to their grandchildren. Drawing on their family experience, they explore the spiritual influence grandparents can exercise and ways to leave a meaningful heritage for another generation.

After divorce and her former husband's death strain her relationship with her daughter, teacher Develyn Worrell returns to a Wyoming town remembered from childhood. A rented cabin, new animals, and unexpected relationships offer possibilities beyond her grief.

Develyn Worrell's Wyoming retreat begins to ease the sadness that followed her divorce. As she enjoys horses and small-town life, emerging cowboy romances and tensions with her grown daughter complicate her effort to understand where faith is leading her.

Develyn Worrell hopes to enjoy the end of summer in Wyoming, but her daughter's arrival and a friend's heart attack disrupt the calm. Cowboy Cooper Tallon's steady friendship and her Christian faith help her navigate competing demands and deepening feelings.

Hap Bowman and rodeo partner Laramie Majors travel from Wyoming toward the Mexican border searching for Hap's childhood sweetheart Juanita. Their inquiries lead through cattle drives, wild mustangs, and trouble with a crooked ranger, turning the search into an unpredictable adventure.

Former cavalry soldier Avery John Creede follows the upper Missouri River looking for four comrades who missed a planned reunion. After accidentally stopping a bank robbery in Fort Benton, he becomes embroiled in conflicts that test his courage and wounded heart.

Stephen Bly addresses the difficulties parents face when an adult child continues living at home. This short Christian parenting guide offers practical advice about the relationship and its challenges, alongside resources for readers seeking further support with the situation.

In 1954 Albuquerque, a ten-year-old boy joins six aging cowboys for their regular cribbage gathering at the Matador Hotel. Their memories of frontier life intertwine with a new adventure that gives the young narrator a cowboy story of his own.

Catherine Draper Goodwin travels west toward a promised marriage, while Race Hillyard rides the same train seeking revenge for his brother's death. Their clashes become more complicated as danger aboard the journey from Omaha to Sacramento threatens them both.

Hap Bowman and Laramie Majors search for the elusive Juanita while taking odd jobs along the Texas border. Rounding up wild horses puts them in dangerous territory, where modern equipment offers little reassurance against the hazards ahead.

Two Indigenous youths compete for an honored place within their tribe, then face threats to their families as young men. This short story follows their developing rivalry and responsibilities while providing character background for Stuart Brannon's Final Shot.

Retired lawman Stuart Brannon wants to remain on his Arizona ranch, but President Theodore Roosevelt requests his help in Portland. A missing man and suspicions of a cover-up draw Brannon back into the dangerous work he thought he had left behind.

Stephen Bly gathers thirty-one cowboy poems about ranch life, romance, hunting, and the unexpected collisions between Western traditions and modern habits. The collection moves between humorous predicaments and reflections on the landscapes and people of the West.