Joe's practical joking raised his brothers' ire and then his father's.
It was a long winter, and Hoss and Joe were hoping to have some fun at Adam's expense, but it doesn't work out as well as they thought.
Another story of Adam returning home from college and reconnecting with his family.
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.
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.
A sequel to Adam, Age 23 with the same characters and a few new OCs. This story deals with Two Cats, the men who hired him to kill Adam, and the Paiute and their problems with the movement of whites into their lands. Some graphic violence.
Adam has returned to the Ponderosa after college but carries disturbing memories and has to try to reconnect. It isn't easy to work with your father who sees you as his boy, and with your younger brothers who aren't quite ready to accept you as a man either. There's more trouble with the hands because of Adam's kindness and Ben's interference. Some graphic/disturbing violence.
Adam struggles with Patricia's medical issues and mental health problems, and faces one blow after another. He wonders how he will be able to continue doing all that he is doing especially in caring for their young son. The problems and pressures will cause him to seek help, and he will get more than he bargained for in that too.
Ben witnessed a robbery and murder. Threats to his life have caused him to go into hiding until the trial, but it is Adam who suffers the consequences as accomplices of the accused set out to find Ben's location by questioning Adam who finds that his mind is his only weapon against their relentless questioning. SAS
Adam gets involved in an unconventional romance, and he's in for a bumpy ride.
Adam tries to stop a gunfight but fails and a young man dies. The dead man's brothers blame Adam and put a complex plan of revenge into action. Soon Adam is missing and his family is the only hope he has of being found and saved. SAS
Wanderlust and Wives and Truth and Consequences stories combined in chronological order. Ben and Adam traveled west and built the Ponderosa as Hoss and Joe join the family and Inger and Marie are there as well. Then as an adult, Adam travels to help Hop Sing get his wife, and finds adventure and love before returning home for more. A surprise too in the last chapters.
Adam and Regina had been in love, but circumstances drove them apart. She kept a secret, and five years later, it will cause dramatic changes in Adam's life. 1st chapters based in part on the episode The Hopefuls.
Sixth Adam and Annie story. Adam is targeted for revenge and finds himself accused of murder and without a defense. He does his best to uncover the people behind the plot but finally has to seek another solution to keep himself and his family safe.
The fifth in the Annie series. Adam and Annie travel to San Francisco and into a mystery and danger which eventually ensnares their son and causes an agonizing decision. Adam and Annie, with the family's help, will need to defeat some nasty and mostly unseen villains but get help from Maggie who was introduced in Je t'aime!.
Adam and Annie have a few bumps in their romance and marriage with visitors and other factors interfering with their relationship. Hoss gets a little good romance eventually too.
Some of Adam's bad memories bother his sleep, but others who remember have revenge in mind. He will need his whole family backing him up on this one as he is falsely accused. Some trouble for Hoss' romantic relationship adds to the complexity of the situation.
Once again Joe is explaining to his father how he ended up waiting in jail to be released to his father.
Misunderstandings, jealousy, and impetuous temper get Joe in trouble, and then he has to get himself out of it.