R. O. Lane

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About R. O. Lane

R. O. Lane discovered westerns in high school when he read Shane by Jack Schaefer. He so enjoyed the book, he read every work by Schaefer. He's loved hundreds of western authors, his favorites, besides Schaefer, being Louis L'Amour, Gordon D. Shirreffs, Elmore Leonard and Matt Braun.

From his base in Tucson, Arizona, R. O. has traveled all over the western states. He's lived in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. Although never having lived in Texas, he has traveled the state extensively and loves its history as is evident from a number of the westerns he's written. He continues to write every day for his own pleasure and that of his readers.

R. O. has B. A. in English and an M. A. in communications research. He worked as a writer and editor for three daily newspapers and has written dozens of speeches for senior officers of three Fortune 500 corporations.

He was recently quoted in an interview as saying, "Writing has been my life, and now I'm writing the westerns that were my first love. Nobody can fully understand how tough life was in the West, or the courage it took to settle a new land with all its challenges. Those who were equal to the task were heroes and heroines, and their lives are worth remembering. I'm a romantic at heart, and I don't apologize for it. It's evident in every book I write. If you don't want romance in your westerns, well ... I hate to say it, you should probably look elsewhere."

He's also written two love stories, including the novel Air Force Brats, A Love Story and Wishin' and Waitin', a novella.

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Johnny Hayes Feb 28, 2021

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It's a story of a boy looking for his father while growing up working as a muleskinner. He travels the west with a man who teaches him not only about being a teamster but a lot about life. They travel first from Bellevue to Omaha to Denver, then from Denver to Santa Fe. With their own freighting outfit, they deliver goods throughout New Mexico braving the wilds of the untamed land, facing banditos and Apaches. Eventually, Johnny builds a life in the strange new land. Another novel of the Old West from the pen of R. O. Lane

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Ruble Perkins: The Youngest Marshal Dec 28, 2020

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Ruble Perkins leaves his home in the Georgia mountains in 1868 heading west. He links up with Jonas Millett, and the two of them seek jobs as Deputy U.S. Marshals for the Western District of Arkansas. Neither has any experience in law enforcement, but they accept one assignment after another to capture outlaws in Indian Territory. It's the story of two young men in the early days before Judge Isaac Parker arrived to bring law and order to Indian Territory. Another novel of the Old West by R. O. Lane.

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Navarro Nov 2, 2020

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Navarro is a bounty hunter who stumbles upon a woman who has been kidnapped in the wilds of Colorado in 1877. He rescues her and befriends her, but she has enemies, lots of enemies. She talks Navarro into being her bodyguard, and he takes off after her enemies and the result is another exciting novel from the pen of R. O. Lane.

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Muddy Tilghman Sep 4, 2020

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A saloon gal gets her man, but she has to share him with two orphans. Muddy Tilghman is a lawman turned bounty hunter, who tries to raise the money for a ranch, but gives up his dream in order to make his wife happy. It's the story of a man and woman struggling to make a life together in the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota Territory. He's hunting outlaws while she opens a store. In the process of hunting criminals, Muddy finds that he has to make decisions about life and death for the criminals who show no mercy to others. In the end, though Muddy tries to lay down his gun, he finds he must strap it on again to get justice for his friend and protection for himself and his family. Another novel of the wild frontier from R. O. Lane

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Doctor Rose and the Outlaw Jul 26, 2020

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Doctor Rose Devereaux moves to Durango, Colorado, after her father is killed by a business associate. She sets up her medical practice there. One night she's called out to help a gang of outlaws that have been shot to pieces while trying to rustle cattle. One of the outlaws is a young man that she develops feelings for, but he's in and out of her life for months on end. The outlaw attempts to change his life and go straight. It's a challenge that Rose encourages. It's the tale of two people who grow to care deeply for each other, and when Rose is kidnapped, the outlaw, now her husband, rides out to save her. Another novel of the Old West from the pen of R. O. Lane.

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Ronan O'Higgins Jun 18, 2020

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Ronan O'Higgins is assigned to clean up a vicious gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He and his fellow marshal, Clive Sutton, take on the gang and start arresting them. O'Higgins narrowly escapes death. The Irish marshal meets an Irish woman with a son, and they make a life together. It's the romantic story of Irish-Americans who live on the western frontier in the wildest frontier territory of them all. Another classic western with a touch of romance from R.O. Lane

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Hank: A Western May 14, 2019

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Henry Hankins of the Tennessee Hankins rides west to find his elder brother, Seth, who has disappeared into the gold fields of Montana. Henry's search takes him to Virginia City and all over the mining centers of southwest Montana. Eventually it leads him to Nevada. On the trip he finds love and romance and adopts a little boy that he learns to love. His journey is full of outlaws and crooked lawmen and politicians. Another classic western from the pen of R. O. Lane

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Ruby Ringo Apr 3, 2020

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Ruby Ringo, a young Texas woman, becomes a trail boss after her grandpa dies, leading a herd of cattle from south Texas to Abilene. A young cowboy comes along and finds her nearly dead in the wilds of Indian Territory, her herd gone and all her drovers dead. It's the story of a young woman who does her best against all odds and wins not only the battle to get her herd back but to win the heart of the man she loves. Another western novel, set in 1867-68 Texas and Wyoming from the pen of R. O. Lane.

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Mose Cabot Feb 25, 2020

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Mose Cabot leaves Virginia as a young man, gets jobs on steamboats and works his way to Fort Benton, Montana. Along the way, he runs into a lost little boy named Gabriel Allsop. Together they strike out and file a mining claim in Montana Gulch. They work for three years at their mining claim before settling on a homestead in the Bitterroot Valley, where they build a horse ranch. This is a touching story about two boys who grow to manhood in the wilds of Montana in the early days when fortunes were made and lost in a heartbeat. It's a novel you'd expect from no other author but R. O. Lane.

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Thatch Jan 28, 2019

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Thatch Elliott is adopted off a mercy train and makes a success of his life. Fifteen years later, he adopts two others off a mercy train and tries to build a life for them. He marries a mail-order bride from Boston and buys a ranch in Taos Valley. But a larger rancher, Fred Sugg, attempts to kill Thatch, then has his wife, Martha, kidnapped. Thatch rescues Martha from two men who intend to molest and violate her. Thatch hangs the two men and eventually kills Sugg after a chase through the Taos Mountains. Thatch builds a life and finds that his family cures the loneliness and yearning for a home that he's felt since he was a child. Another classic western with just a touch of romance from R. O. Lane

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Yavapai Gold Oct 3, 2018

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Kilcannon comes to the Mogollon Rim country of Arizona to help his friend, Lester Sutton, find buried gold in the Bradshaw Mountains. The two men are former Texas Rangers. Along with Sutton's daughter, the former Rangers ride into the Bradshaws with outlaws on their trail, who know that Sutton has a map to buried gold. Sutton's brother years before had buried the gold before being killed by Yavapai Indians, who considered the Bradshaws sacred territory.

Kilcannon marries Sutton's daughter, who is then kidnapped by the outlaws, who kill her father. Kilcannon rescues his wife and the two of them find ways to get the gold back to Prescott, the capital of Arizona Territory. Outlaws kidnap Kilcannon's wife again, but she's armed and dangerous. She kills Buster Oldham, leader of the gang of outlaws, with her pocket pistol, and Kilcannon rescues her and kills the last of the outlaws. It's another classic western with a bit of romance by R. O. Lane.

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Will Fain, U. S. Marshal (Will Fain, U. S. Marshal, West Texas Book 1) Dec 20, 2016

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Will Fain is a U. S. Marshal sent into West Texas by President U. S. Grant. He comes to West Texas with six of the finest thoroughbred horses to build a life and build up a horse ranch in San Angelo, Texas, which becomes his base of operations. Fain seeks to establish law and order at a time when the U.S. Cavalry is in constant battle with Comanches and Kiowas. Soldiers desert regularly and often become criminals themselves. People without a conscience, murderers, robbers, rapists, counterfeiters, card sharps are all over West Texas. Fain seeks to bring to justice the worst of the worst criminals. Fain and his deputy, a former Buffalo Soldier named Isum Wood, have encounters with cattle rustlers, buffalo hunters, card sharps and a host other criminals. Will finds that horse racing is the favorite pastime of westerners, so be races his thoroughbreds against the finest quarterhorses in the West. While these criminals inhabit Fain's work world, he finds great joy by marrying a widow with two children, who give purpose to his life and bring him the greatest love he's ever known.

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