Adamcartwright Stories

When Chief Winnemucca of the of the Paiute tribe shows up at the Ponderosa one morning, it causes an uproar of excitement for the Cartwrights! The Chief wants Ben to trade him two beef cattle for the feisty redheaded gal he brought with him. But Ben doesn't want to trade cattle for a person. That is until Adam talks him into going through with the trade, promising to take full responsibility for the girl. Adam learns real fast that he just might have gotten himself in way deeper than he expected, especially since the redhead turns out to be not only a spitfire, but a very beautiful spitfire... (This is book two of Romancing the Ponderosa series and it is NOT a standalone. You must read the first book, Mrs. Little Joe for it to make sense since The Redhead begins three months after Mrs. Little Joe ends.)

This is part of my Forever series. a retelling of the prodigal son story with Joe and Ben. Ever since becoming a husband and father, Joe becomes fed up with working for his Pa on the Ponderosa and wants to venture out on his own and create a new and more exciting life for his family when he comes across a mysterious businessman who offers him a job with exciting opportunities. Joe takes his family to Boston where his brother, Adam is living with his family. But Adam starts to become suspicious of the man's motives and suspects there's more to this man than he's leading Joe to believe. This is an original story I wrote with Joe and Adam. We didn't get many Joe and Adam episodes on the show and I loved exploring their dynamic as the oldest and the youngest brother and as always it's best my Bonanza stories are read in order as they contain characters and events introduced in my Forever story.

With an aging gelding of his own, and after the death of Little Joe's pony, it's up to a 20 year old Adam to go looking for a new mount not only for himself, but for his 8 year old brother, Little Joe, too. This is a 'retro - stand alone' story, of how Adam and Little Joe came to get their horses 'Sport' and 'Cochise', and can be read at any time, and be easily followed, and understood,whether you've read my other stories, or not.

"Did you ever have someone who promised you something and they never kept it?" "Yes..." the girl asked. "What was your promise?" "My papa said he'd come back for me." "Did he ever come back?" "No." I said quietly. "But I've been waiting for ten years."

Different stories about you as Adam Cartwright's wife.

Sarah Cartwright is practicing towards winning the barrel racing contest at the upcoming Virginia City Rodeo, just weeks away, so she can try to get her Pa a real nice birthday present. But, other things are happening, in the background, in her world... An innocent enough question she asks her Pa, one day, sends them both on a quest to find out if her Ma really DID die, as her Pa was told - or not... These stories make the most sense when read in their proper order : Book 1, Book 2, etc.

Finding out someone was after her for causing the death of Lucky the Kid, life wasn't peaches n' cream anymore. With school right around the corner, and finding out she can't go to school, is one thing, but waking up every night to see a man staring at her through her window is another type of scary. And that not the worst part. In his right hand is very obvious, that it's a knife. For the first week, no one believes her, but when someone else finally sees him, her life gets even more horrible. Especially when her new prized filly gets stolen. Will she be able to live again without having to look behind her back everytime she is outside or in town? And will they figure out who the man is that is terrorizing the youngest Cartwrights and who stole Maggie's new filly? Started: Wenesday, August 31st, 2022 Finished: Monday, September 5th, 2022

The Cartwright brothers have drawn 'lots', to see who will make the hundred mile journey to pick up a valuable stallion for their busy Pa. Adam and Hoss 'win' that draw. In what starts out as a routine trip, soon turns into a life and death struggle, as an old nemesis of the Cartwrights' appears on the scene, seeking revenge. These stories make the most sense when read in their proper order : Book 1, Book 2, etc.

We pick up the story line begun in my Books 1 and 2. With a couple of close scrapes thrown in - including a runaway buckboard, and a driverless, out of control stagecoach - and an ultimatum given to a pair of 'unyielding people' - we find Adam can just about handle anything, as he plans, and builds, for his future, and the future of his family. These stories make the most sense when read in their correct order : Book 1, Book 2, etc.

In the aftermath of Laura Dalton running off with Will Cartwright and Adam's accident that left him crippled, he is still trying to recover both physically and emotionally. In an attempt to heal and get rid of the itch to leave the Ponderosa for a while, he buys a six-month homestead claim contract. His piece of land is a beautiful little spot about forty miles north of the Ponderosa and he soon discovers his closest neighbor is a pretty young lady named Felicity Quinn. While helping each other through multiple situations, a close friendship grows between them and they aren't sure if they want to continue to be "just neighbors". This is a standalone Bonanza short story. It takes place around the beginning of season six.

In this 'retro' story, a 13 year old Adam Cartwright helps his nearly 7 year old brother, Hoss, deal with the school bully, Jeremy Fitch. A bully that loves picking on the kids that are 'different'. With help from his Pa, too, Hoss proves to his family, and friends, just what he's 'made of', and truly proves 'the mark of a boy '. This is a 'retro - stand alone' story, and can be read at any time, and be easily followed and understood, whether you've read my other stories, or not.

Sarah Elizabeth Cartwright is the nine year old cousin to Adam, Hoss and Little Joe Cartwright. Her Pa, John, the younger brother of Ben Cartwright, was killed the previous year in the line of duty, as the Sheriff of Carson City, Nevada. After her Pa's death, Sarah's Uncle Ben and his sons took her into their home, and lives. Ben is very concerned to find out that his niece has recently been shadowed by a man in town, and at her school, claiming to be her 'Uncle'. The worry of a custody battle for Sarah, and a 'truth that is told', shakes the Cartwright family, to its very core. These stories make the most sense when read in the proper order. Book 1, Book 2, etc.

Little Joe Cartwright meets a lady doctor who ends up saving Adam's life.

Maggie is the youngest of the Cartwright family. She never remembered her mother, and they never ever talked about her. Maggie, who just turned 13 is close to all her brothers, but closest to Joe, mainly because she always thought his mother was her mother also. Maggie finds something devastating, and makes a decision that will change her life. Started: Saturday, August 27th, 2022 Finished: Wenesday, August 31st, 2022

Adam and Beth Cartwright are enjoying looking after their recently expanded young family. Life on the Ponderosa is pretty much routine with a cattle drive; and a special weekend away for Adam and Beth, leaving Ben and the boys with the children to look after : both with comical results. Yes, life is pretty routine till a jealous woman, from Adam's past, appears on the scene again. Everything seems to be going well till one of the young family members is mysteriously kidnapped, one night." These stories make the most sense when read in their correct order : Book 1, Book 2, etc.

In an instance of ' When Worlds Collide...' - and two author friends on Wattpad: 'Sarah Hendess' and 'Jane Linnegar', collaborate on a story - Adam and Beth Cartwright, and their kids, from Jane Linnegar's stories get a surprise visit from Adam's cousin, Dr. Josephine ( 'Josie ' ) Cartwright from Sarah Hendess' ''A House United " series. In this first comedy collaboration, Josie has moved to Nevada to open her medical practice. Mayhem ensues when Adam and Beth's eldest daughter, Sarah, spots an old homestead on the Ponderosa, that is rumored to be haunted, and draws just about the whole family into a real paranormal adventure... This story would make the most sense - and the many 'blanks' would be filled in - if you've read my other stories, first,in their proper order, just to see how Adam came to have a wife, and family ! If you don't plan to read my other stories ? 'Knock your socks off ' - and I really hope you enjoy this story ! ;)