Adam has a new wife who has much to learn about him, about the Ponderosa, and about being a Cartwright, but it turns out that she's a great learner as she and Adam face a number of difficulties alone and together.
Ben and his sons take steps to move forward after losing their beloved Marie.
In the sixth season, Adam had bad luck in situations from Thanks for Everything Friend to the Flannel Mouthed Gun to The Search and Right Is the Fourth R and ending with Dead and Gone. He had lost Laura to Will in the previous season. You would expect so many setbacks to affect a man and this is the story that tries to explain how it might have been for him by the end of that year.
After the Lotta Crabtree encounter, Little Joe is angry with Adam and events increase that as well as his jealousy. Adam is angry and acts accordingly. Ben and Hoss do their best to calm the waters but it takes a crisis to bring the brothers back together again.
Adam finds himself reacting with jealousy when his plans to marry off his mistress are succeeding. A vignette containing adult situations. Disclaimer: All recognizable characters and settings are the property of their respective owners. All original characters and plots are the property of the author. No copyright infringement is intended.
Little Joe relates two times a woman caused trouble between Adam and Hoss.
There are ups and downs in any family, and Adam and Elaine experience a number of those. Hoss gets to be romantic too as the story develops.
Prequel set in the time period after Adam returns to the Ponderosa from college. Based quite a bit on misunderstandings, Joe harbors a lot of jealousy of Adam which affects his interactions with his oldest brother. The trip home from a cattle drive and a series of unfortunate events begin the healing of the rift between the brothers.
What if Ben Cartwright wasn't as great a father as everyone thought he was? What if Ben beat his sons just like some other fathers? ? Fine out here. Dont own, dont make money. Also later in the story the boys give ben the surprise of his life. Stick around for a great adventure with some drama.
Adam and Elaine have a number of issues to face together in this story as they get to know each other better. They always have the support of the rest of the family though whether they are facing Elaine's disapproving father, fighting in court over Jon's custody, or working to keep everyone in the family safe. Violence, and racist opinions of a character are included.
Adam suspects that his young wife may be unfaithful. Contains adult language, subject matter and sexual situations. Disclaimer: All recognizable characters and settings are the property of their respective owners. All original characters and plots are the property of the author.
A short story in honor of David Canary's birthday. What is Candy's relationship with the Cartwrights and what does he think of them?
The story follows the On Borrowed Time story and is about five years later. Adam faces accusations and a tragic loss, and has to flee. He and his family need to investigate to discover who is behind the things that have been done. Sexual references and violence.
When Jean D'Aurigny is fatally injured while saving Ben's life during a round up, Ben promises to go to New Orleans to tell his family and friends of his death - and to deliver a special message to his estranged wife, Marie. I've changed the name of Marie's son from Clay to Charles because I didn't like the character. He was too cold-blooded for my taste.
The sequel to They Walked in Beauty, a short story based on the episode, She Walked in Beauty.
An attempt on Adam's life is just one of many troubling events on the Ponderosa. Are they related, and who could be the mastermind behind them?
Adam finds his time and energy pulled in too many directions and can't satisfy anyone. He leaves on a trip but finds trouble, and trouble hits his family at home at the same time.
Chloè Cartwright is Joe's twin sister, that no one was expecting . This is the stories of her life growing up the only girl of the Cartwrights. Follow her starting school finding love and dealing with her brothers and life on the Ponderosa.
It's two years after the end of the Civil War and Adam is on his journey home. He stops at a ranch to ask for work and becomes involved with the Fells, a family with whom he stays for a respite.
There are romances and nuptials, and there are some things that Adam said to his brothers over the years in what Joe dubbed as Adam's Bible that seem to help. There is trouble for Adam and Lea too until they can work out what has come between them.
Ben travels to Boston to visit an ailing Adam; along the way he is haunted by memories of another trip they took in the opposite direction many years ago.
As Adam's health improved after his ordeals in Italy, France, and on Devil's Island, memories began to flood his sleep causing nightmares. He needs to do something about those and his fears, but there is no easy solution to his suffering. Help comes unexpectedly from the new ramrod on the drive who is also the new foreman of the ranch. A few more surprises in the last chapters.
After Little Joe's testimony helps put a noose around the neck of a murderer, his nightmares are nothing compared to the reality that comes to haunt him.
Ben is trapped, and it's up to his sons to get him out.
Adam suffers a devastating wound, but he is the only one who knows who shot him. He is unable to tell anyone, and no one knows that the shooting is part of a bigger plan of revenge for perceived wrongs.
Adam had been thinking of leaving the Ponderosa to chase an elusive dream and satisfy his wanderlust. A visit by Joe's friend Harry sets that into motion, but Harry travels with him. The rest is the story of their travels until they return to the Ponderosa and the turmoil that awaits them there. WHI for some Bonanza events.
Joe goes on his first trip with Hoss and Adam and is true to his ideals of chivalry and honor when trouble looms. Disclaimer: All original characters and plots are the property of their respective owners. All original characters and plots are the property of the author. No copyright infringement is intended.
Adam, older and jaded with life after the war, saves a beautiful and seductive young girl from a sordid life-but what to do with her? Strong language and adult situations. No copyright infringement is intended; all recognizable characters and settings are the property of their respective owners. Original characters and plots are the property of the author.
Adam is 25 and facing a major crisis in his life. The situation gets more and more dire until he is gone. His family never loses hope that he will return, but the Adam who comes back is not at all like the one who left. Hoss is 19 and Little Joe is 13 at the beginning of this story.
Based on the episode, She Walked in Beauty, this short story explores a slightly different ending.