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Tangle Creek
When Eli Soren Cooper is accused of murdering his wife Caroline Kuchen Cooper the whole Cooper family gathers to support their brother and son. The family that helped to change the name of their rugged wilderness ranch from Tangle Creek Ranch to Bloody Basin during an all out war with sheep men invaders, have to face their own lusts, greed, and avarice. Across the Verde River the Mazatzal Mountains form a haven for rustlers and outlaws. Can the peaceful paradise dreamed of by Rayne and Jamaica Cooper on their hazardous journey from Wyoming to Arizona survive?
338 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 2, 2021
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December 1, 2025
Tangle Creek drops you straight into a wilderness where loyalty is tested harder than the land itself. Della May Olson writes with the kind of raw, lived-in frontier energy that makes you feel the dust, the heat, and the unspoken history between every Cooper family member. When Eli Soren Cooper is accused of killing his wife, the entire clan closes ranks not just out of love, but out of fear that their own buried sins may finally be catching up.
The story stretches across a harsh, beautiful landscape where ranchers once fought sheep men in a bloody feud that literally renamed their home. That history clings to the family like old smoke. As the accusations deepen, so do the fractures within the Coopers lust, greed, and ambition push them toward breaking points, even as they struggle to protect one of their own.
The Mazatzal Mountains loom across the river, hiding rustlers, outlaws, and the darker parts of human nature. Yet the heart of the book sits with Rayne and Jamaica Cooper and their dream of carving a peaceful paradise out of this unforgiving land. The question that drives the story is simple and powerful: can a family built through hardship survive the storms rising from within?
For readers who love frontier sagas, family-driven Westerns, and stories where the land is as alive as the characters, this novel delivers grit, heart, and a slow build of tension that feels authentic and deeply human.
The story stretches across a harsh, beautiful landscape where ranchers once fought sheep men in a bloody feud that literally renamed their home. That history clings to the family like old smoke. As the accusations deepen, so do the fractures within the Coopers lust, greed, and ambition push them toward breaking points, even as they struggle to protect one of their own.
The Mazatzal Mountains loom across the river, hiding rustlers, outlaws, and the darker parts of human nature. Yet the heart of the book sits with Rayne and Jamaica Cooper and their dream of carving a peaceful paradise out of this unforgiving land. The question that drives the story is simple and powerful: can a family built through hardship survive the storms rising from within?
For readers who love frontier sagas, family-driven Westerns, and stories where the land is as alive as the characters, this novel delivers grit, heart, and a slow build of tension that feels authentic and deeply human.
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