Boyd: 1234 books

Jennlynn Swift is a college student who's down on her luck after her parents threw her out. She sees only one hope of being able to pay for college and her flying licenses. Little could she dream that pushing the doorbell of a Nevada brothel would lead to the things it does, which includes being a national heroine.

Kyle Murray, out taking landscape pictures, meets a girl taking selfies beside the road. Chelsea Walsh is wearing a skimpy bathing suit, which makes Kyle's eyes pop. They have entirely different approaches to photography, and both use their pictures to supplement mediocre day-job income. They help...

All she ever wanted was to be normal! Her mother considered Judith a hopeless invalid to be cared for all her life -- but then as she's about to finish high school, Judith acquires a boyfriend, Ken, who helps her learn that her mother is dead wrong. Judith's mother doesn't like Ken because he keeps...

Desperate journey! Nanci spent every cent she had and burned all the gas in her tank to escape an abusive boyfriend in Chicago and find her mother and her sister. She discovers that both of them are now Colorado River raft guides in Arizona, and that her mother is about to remarry -- in the depths...

A week into her first pastorate in two small Southeastern Colorado ranching community churches, Reverend Nanci Chladek takes in an abandoned teenage girl. She finds that Amber is disliked intensely by the leaders of the communities and of her churches. This brings discord to the two communities, and...

After Danny Evachevski found his wife cheating on him, he had no choice but to get a divorce, go repair ties with his family and friends and start over. It wouldn't break his heart to leave a life and a job he detested, either. It isn't easy to go back home -- things have changed in the twelve years...

A snake crawls out of a bathroom drain, and a woman kills it with her hair dryer . . . That's all it takes to set townspeople, media, crooked environmentalists, a country music singer, the federal government and a bunch of dogsledders to getting at each other's throats. Of course, nothing's quite normal in Spearfish Lake!

The year is 2241 and geologist Arik Kalita thinks planet Earth is getting too crowded and too regulated, so he signs on with the next sublightspeed exploration ship to the stars, one aimed at a star eight lightyears away. Coldsleep technology will allow Arik, exobiologist Leticia Ozawa, and 20,000...

In 1970, a Spearfish Lake kid walked into a patch of jungle in Vietnam, and was never seen again. In an era when many people were tired of the war or just didn't care, most were ready to forget about him -- except for his friends, some of whom he'd never met, but who kept the faith anyway. They kept...

Early retiree and widower Roger Bishop found life lonely and boring, so he bought a small motor home and headed south to the Gulf Coast to help with the Hurricane Katrina cleanup efforts. Amid all the rubble, he makes friends with an Amish crew and then meets a lifelong free spirit, Catalina Smith...

Handcuffs! Brenda Hodunk couldn't believe the sight before her eyes as she jogged down Lakefront Drive -- the blonde jogger coming her way was wearing handcuffs! Her new job had already taught her that Spearfish Lake was a little different, but this was a little more different than she had expected....

Two kids, a dream, and acres of dogs . . .  Josh and Tiffany want to become dogsled racers. They just have to grow up first – and learn about what they’re doing along the way. A follow-on to Busted Axle Road, focusing on Josh and Tiffany’s adventures. It's not necessary to read Busted Axle Road first.     

College and the years just afterwards are pivotal for many people, establishing their lives, and sometimes having many adventures along the way. Sophomore Randy Clark wants to avoid the family business and learn how to white water kayak and raft and ride a surfboard.  Physical education major...

In the middle of the worst snowstorm of the decade, the whole town was burning down. The only hope lay on two rusty steel rails . . . Nonstop action and adventure – no sex or violence as railroad workers and firemen struggle against fire, storm, and failing equipment to relieve an isolated...