Family is also who you choose, and so are traditions.

A special keepsake brings back Adam's memories of the early history of Virginia City, and one unforgettable person in particular.

A young Ben takes part in a lumberjack contest, but the consequences aren't what he expected.

(Sequel to Home) Nobody said returning home after years away would be easy; they never claimed finding a place in a town and family that had changed would be simple. Even so, Adam Cartwright thought he had. But circumstances shift in an instant, old habits die hard, and just because a man thinks he's finished with the past, that doesn't mean the past is finished with him.

A former love returns to Nevada and Adam, mired in a loveless marriage, contemplates the road not taken. Is there still a choice left to be made, or is he fated to a lifetime of regret?

(This is still a work in progress.) Too young to go on the drive, Little Joe is left under the care of a neighbor. With his family far away, Joe will discover first-hand that the neighbor for whom his family had entrusted is not the man they had assumed him to be. (This is the prequel to the 2 part series, Good Boy.) Trigger warning* Deals with the subject of child abuse.

A sudden wild ride on the Truckee River leads Joe to becoming a man.

Anne Cartwright is Joe's twin sister, the often times spoiled only daughter among three brothers. Headstrong and used to getting her own way, she tags along on a trip to deliver the Pauite Wabuska to Fort Churchill. Along the way, the group runs into a dark-haired drifter with laughing blue eyes who eventually becomes more than a stranger passing in the night.

When cattle are found mutilated on the Ponderosa, Ben sends Adam and Little Joe out to discover the cause. What they find will trigger a series of events that threaten to not only tear the Cartwright's apart but threatens their sanity.

On a return journey home after a strenuous two week job of carrying out line shack repairs and replenishing the food stores, Adam comes across an unconscious and very wet young woman who needs help.

Time had passed since Eastgate, though perhaps not enough. One year after the events of The Crucible, Adam finds that certain hurts never heal, and some scars never truly fade. A WHN/Later for The Crucible. One shots.

Melinda Banning and Joe Cartwright marry and Deborah Banning, in her desperation for her daughter's happiness, works behind the scenes to ensure it. 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.

A poisonous jug of Punch causes havoc at Ben's end of harvest party.

A short story of what Ben dreams about when he is worried about his sons.

What would happen if Adam made a friend who came to live on the Ponderosa ? How would this character change things and what adventures would they have? An alternate universe story which draws on events in the series.

Introducing a little sister for the Cartwrights. She will be related to characters from other Westerns and have some famous Godfathers, but they will rarely be in the story. It will be necessary to show her life before she moves to the Ponderosa. Warning, spanking of minor children in some chapters. Trolls will be dealt with by the Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Prequel: Ben Cartwright is raising his three sons and two young daughters alone on the Ponderosa. But their lives are about to change when Ben announces he's going to marry again.

When spring rain mixes with melted winter snow, bad things are sure to happen.

A Bonanza story taking place during the earlier Adam era years. A stranger dressed in black with a secret and is exceptionally good at Black Jack runs into trouble and the Cartwrights come to her aid. The stranger will need it even more when the past catches up with them.

TLR is usually a Starsky and Hutch girl, but has written these Bonanza stories that includes some drama, romance, family, a little humor, and sometimes danger.

Kiedy okazało się, że śnieg zatrzymał Hop Singa u kuzyna, Hoss Cartwright zostaje wrobiony w organizację świąt. Jak sobie poradzi?

Adam i jego poczucie winy, czyli kontynuacja odcinka „My Brother's Keeper".

The first Christmas with Inger brings some unexpected challenges to five-year-old Adam helping him learn the most important part of the Christmas season. Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar Challenge.

Little Joe and Adam get into a fistfight over Adam's moody and brooding demeanor and the color of his clothes.

Since the very moment that Laura Whitmore stepped foot in Virginia City, she was the talk of the town. A headstrong woman from New England, Laura is searching for freedom in the new territory. As she falls in love with the land, she finds herself falling for a rather stubborn and serious young Cartwright. Laura hadn't planned on falling in love again, but whoever plans on falling?