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After an unexpected romantic encounter with the newly appointed beautiful county magistrate, Xu Qianli, who originally faced setbacks in both career and love, begins to turn his fate around. He rises steadily, gaining success in politics. "Power, wealth, and beauty are all within my grasp!"

All five books (and one short story) of R.W. Clinger’s best-selling contemporary western Stockton County Cowboys series combined into one box set for the first time! Contains the stories:<br><br><strong>Book 1: Chasing Cowboys:</strong> After one date during a business conference, sparks fly between Cord Darringer and Bradley Hull. When Cord returns home to Stockton County, Bradley chases after him. Is it meant to be? Or will the miles that separate them keep them apart?<br><br><strong>Book 2: Riding Cowboys:</strong> Cal Hoke has a secret: he’s in love with ranch owner, Pax Raulton. Straight and sexy Pax is a handsome businessman at Riding Ranch. When he suffers a head injury caused by one of his prized horses, he spends days in recovery due to amnesia. Under Cal’s care, Pax is provided with the help he needs to heal. Cal learns Pax has a secret of his own, a secret that will change the two forever.<br><br><strong>Book 3: Roping Cowboys:</strong> Dixon Pierce has fallen head over heels in love with Gray McKeever at Glock Ranch in Stockton County. The two plan to get married, but Gray is torn. He loves Dixon, but running into his ex Toby again reignited the flame he once held. Will he be able to choose one cowboy over the other before Dixon and Toby come to blows over him?<br><br><strong> Book 4: Branding Cowboys:</strong> Which cowboy murdered Evan Sting? This is what Joe Boxford is hired to find out. When Joe enlists the services of Tal Linear, sparks fly between the two. Romance heats up as they attempt to solve the branding crime. Then Tal vanishes, and Joe thinks his buddy is the killer's next victim. Can Joe solve the case and save his lover at the same time?<br><br><strong> Book 5: Saddling Cowboys:</strong> Sparks fly when entrepreneur Chip Cutter enters Dan Fargo’s saddle store. When Fargo is implicated in a couple of fires downtown, his abusive ex returns, determined to protect Fargo. Eventually the arsonist is caught, but Brent remains at large. Can Fargo and Chip put aside their problems, saddle up, and ride off into life’s wide blue yonder together?<br><br><strong>Taming Brooks:</strong> New ranch hand Randy Marke falls for sexy ranch owner, Dallas Brooks. Summer heat and a bath in the nearby creek draws the two cowboys together and their relationship turns intimate. Then Randy decides to tame Brooks the old-fashioned cowboy way, with relentless sex. Can love between the two last longer than a summer, though?

JP was just an ordinary electrician—until a freak accident with a storm-damaged transformer fried him alive. But instead of fading into darkness, he awakens in a strange new world of swords, monsters, and magic. Gifted with two unique abilities—Appraisal, which lets him see the true nature of anything, and Alchemist’s Touch, which allows him to reshape and fuse materials—JP discovers that his real-world knowledge of circuits, wiring, and energy makes him a one-of-a-kind genius in this medieval land. What others see as crude magic stones and useless junk, he sees as components for inventions: mana-conducting coils, rechargeable batteries, enchanted lanterns, and even shock traps to fight monsters. But his innovations don’t go unnoticed. Rival alchemists grow jealous, nobles scheme to control him, and adventurers flock to his side in search of “miracle tools.” From dungeon expeditions and dragon hunts to defending his workshop from assassins, JP must use both his modern logic and newfound powers to survive—and maybe, just maybe, bring electricity to a world that’s never dreamed of it. A story of adventure, invention, and commerce, where a humble electrician lights up another world—literally.

Which eccentric cowboy in Stockton County branded Evan Sting on Shotner Hill, murdering the young man? This is what private eye Joe Boxford asks himself when he's hired by Evan's father Benny to find the murderer.<br><br>Joe needs some help, and enlists the services of Tal Linear, owner of The Linear Bar. But sparks begin to fly between the two. As romance heats up between them, they attempt to solve the branding crime.<br><br>As the suspects start to pile up and weird relationships unfold in West Stockton, Joe and Tal begin to unravel a heinous crime. That is, until Tal vanishes and Joe thinks his sleuth buddy is going to be the killer's next victim.<br><br>Does Joe have the skills needed to be a hero and save Tal from the killer's secret agenda and solve the crime? Or will Joe fall flat on his face and lose his reputation as a private investigator as well as his new lover, Tal Linear?

Every time Tsuki faced his toughest enemies, he faced every malevolent version of himself. So, what was destined to be eternal, lingered in a moment of time, when he faced his every version of the dark world. Even though in the midst of nothingness and the world of darkness, they entered into an agreement, he didn't know who had the idea, or who got tired first, who had the idea, but he didn't know, whose it was or if it was a time, it was in battle with the dark versions of the dark multiverse, he was the darkest knight, it could have been another, or all of them... Now, going back to a moment in time, when everything changed, to a moment in time, when Tsuky Miki didn't know how or when she got the idea, but she had a plan, but that plan didn't involve marrying the cat woman, none of them knew. when it started. So they planned, even if they didn't know who but what they did know was one or all of them. at the same time. in a moment when everything changes Tsuky Miki had the idea, he invested in a madness, which was simply, to start plotting, to discover secrets. All this to investigate or all together come to an agreement, but someone, or had a plan, it was a bet, one of them won and they were all in trouble. Then at some point the darkest knight wins realizing it wasn't as much fun as he thought so he returns to a moment in time when everything changed. Now, he was changing his home, inviting him to join manipulation schemes, where he was radically changing his plan of action. now he plays with the hidden beings of the multiverse, amid games, bets and conspiracies, as he tries to save and manipulate. Death is no longer his enemy now, he is involved in infinity, being something long awaited, something that could answer all his questions.

Where gods once walked, only dust remains. This is the Borderlands—a scar carved by broken heavens and abandoned experiments. Divine machinery rusts beside the fossilized remains of forgotten faiths, all swallowed by a storm without memory. Amid the ruins, a Mark burns upon flesh—a sigil left behind by a god erased from history. It is no blessing. It is a System. The sequence has collapsed—the Reversal failed, the Life-Extraction Protocol deranged, unleashing a Blight that devours form, will, and light. Shapeless horrors roam the dead sky, feeding on whatever survives. Hunted by the Blighted and bound to the remnants of the gods’ final experiment, the bearer of the Mark must awaken the chaotic System dormant within blood—before the System awakens on its own. For the Borderlands are the place where the world first ended… and perhaps, the only place where its beginning can be rewritten.

Sparks fly when Chip Cutter, the owner of a vacationing spot for rowdy cowboys, enters Dan Fargo’s Saddling Cowboys store, a retail shop that sells the finest saddles in Stockton County.<br><br>As the heat of the Oklahoma summer rises, so does the passion between Chip and Fargo. However, their budding relationship is threatened when fires break out in downtown Blue Coyote. Fargo’s abusive ex-lover Brent Trigger returns, determined to protect Fargo from the arsonist.<br><br>Fargo takes a personal interest in the fires and sets out to learn the identity of the arsonist. In the process, he begins to unravel other crimes happening in town. Rowdy gangs and nosy reporters push Fargo to the edge, challenging his sanity. Even when the arsonist is behind bars, Brent Trigger remains at large. Can Fargo and Chip put aside their differences, saddle up, and ride off into life’s wide blue yonder together?

Cyberpunk x Zombie Apocalypse In a world torn apart by apocalypse and overrun by terrifying Necro-bots, Axel Maverick and his cyber-savvy feline companion, Nano Byte, tear through the chaos in a Mustang headed for the lawless town of Little Maw. A regular gig spirals into chaos, leaving Axel with two choices: kill himself or break into the research centre where the Necro-bots were born, a place thought to be impenetrable. Now fortified by the ruling Authority, this facility holds the key to saving or dooming the fractured world. With Nano Byte and his Mustang, Axel gears up for a showdown against the forces threatening to engulf him and his world.

Artist and former actor turned Midwestern country boy, Dixon Pierce, has fallen head over heels in love with cowboy Gray McKeever at Glock Ranch in Stockton County. The two cowboys plan to get married, with an extraordinary wedding service and reception to follow.<br><br>While Dixon works on art, Gray runs a hot sauce company called Roping Cowboys in downtown Tulsa. Both are occupied with their careers, but always come together in the evening hours for some heavy-duty, cowboy romp-time between the sheets.<br><br>But trouble lurks in their relationship when Dixon learns that Gray’s ex-boyfriends Toby wants to steal back the hot sauce creating cowboy. Then Dixon catches Gray and Toby in a compromising position, and all hell breaks loose.<br><br>Dixon pulls himself away from his art and upcoming art show to try to rein in his cowboy and future husband. But Toby is not about to lose Gray a second time.<br><br>Gray is torn between the two men. He loves Dixon, but seeing Toby again reignited the flame he once held. Will he be able to choose one cowboy over the other before Dixon and Toby come to blows over him?

A young teenager by the name Ezra is involved in the kidnapping of his best friend Al. Will they find the kidnapper or will it forever be a mystery? Will he ever see his friend again...? (Uploads on Mondays at 8:30.)