Books like Brutal night of the mountain man by William W. Johnstone

Eleanor & Park follows two sixteen‑year‑old high school misfits who, across a single school year, find an extraordinary first love that pushes them to confront their insecurities and the challenges of adolescence.

AUBURN REED, a twenty‑year‑old artist in Dallas, must rebuild her life while falling for enigmatic painter O. GENTRY, whose hidden past threatens to unravel everything she holds dear. The only cure? Confession, but its truth may be more destructive than the secret itself.

A.J. Fikry, widowed bookstore owner on Alice Island, faces personal loss and a stolen prized Poe collection. When a mysterious package arrives, he gains a new perspective, rekindling hope, friendship, and the magic of books.

A high school student discovers a hidden power while navigating a city under siege, as she and her brother fight to protect the Republic and uncover the true threat.

In "Dragonfly in Amber," Diana Gabaldon transports readers across time to 18th‑century Scotland and France, following Claire Randall’s return with her daughter Brianna to uncover family secrets tied to the Jacobite uprising.

Chantel and Trace O'Hurley rise to stardom, only to face danger, heartbreak, and the pull of ordinary love.

Racing home to his Colorado ranch, Smoke Jensen learns that his beloved wife has been shot by a band of outlaws who were hoping to kill him instead, and Jensen vows that he will stop at nothing to make them pay.

Three former college bandmates in their fifties navigate marriage, career, and parenthood in gentrified Brooklyn while confronting how their youthful identities evolve and how secrets from their past finally surface.

An amnesiac Isabelle de Piaget and the resourceful Gervase de Seger reconnect amid a shipwreck survival saga, weaving romance, rescue, and the fragile bonds of man‑woman relationships.

The Wyoming tinderbox of Muddy Gap is feeling none too friendly ever since the Grubbs gang lure through on a hell raising rampage. And it's far from over. Because what the vicious Utah Jack Grubbs would really kill for just rode into town: Smoke Jensen... and a small fortune of rawhide. Smoke needed a break from diving a herd of remounts north when he showed up in Muddy Gap. Now, he's on the run again, headed for the Montana wilds - with Grubbs and his men shadowing his trail. As if that wasn't trouble enough Chief Iron Claw's bloodthirsty Cheyenne Warriors have just appeared on the horizon. It isn't long before a war between the white man's greed and the red man's fury turns the peaceful Bighorn Mountains into a simmering powder keg. Caught in the middle - with no way out - Smoke Jensen is just the man to set off the explosion.

A daring engineer, Smoke Jensen, leads a crew of mountain men to build a railroad through the Canadian Rockies, confronting hostile tribes, outlaw gangs, and natural obstacles in a spirited adventure of ambition and survival.

A brutal quest for land in New Mexico pits greedy industrialist Clifton Satterlee against the vengeful mountain man Smoke Jensen, who will protect his people with bloodshed and justice.

After losing his wife, Texas Ranger Crawford Hunt fights to regain custody of his daughter, while ambitious judge Holly Spencer battles politics on the bench. A courtroom gunman threatens their lives and forces them to confront danger, duty and a growing attraction.

An ex‑daughter‑in‑law and her mother‑in‑law form an unlikely friendship after a divorce and infidelity, helping each other rebuild their lives, find new love and celebrate female camaraderie.

Sheriff Troy Davis navigates love, loss, and crime in the small town of Cedar Cove, Washington, while juggling family ties, a mysterious cave discovery, and a courtroom battle amid city life.

Smoke Jensen, armed only with a Navy Colt and the guidance of an old mountain man, seeks vengeance in the rugged Colorado Rockies, mastering survival and the harsh truths of the wild.

In Montana Territory, one name above all others strikes fear and hatred in the hearts of the Crow Indians - John Jackson, better known these days at Liver-Eating Jackson. Consumed by grief and rage, the mountain man has brutally killed ten braves so far in his one-man war of vengeance against the Crow, who murdered his beloved wife. Smoke Jensen knows Jackson by another name - "friend." He's not sure to what extent Jackson's exploits are true - devastating loss and frontier savagery have certainly driven lesser men mad. While doing some trapping in the territory. Smoke hears that twenty of the Crew's most fearsome warriors have banded together to hunt down their nemesis. Without a second thought, he rushes to his old friend's aid. But even with Smoke Jensen at his side, the fierce and fearless Liver-Eating Jackson may not be able to beat the odds this time....

That he's a father is news to former Navy SEAL Ben Slocum was not expecting. But once the initial shock wears off for the confirmed bachelor, he takes in the rest of what social worker Claire Chastain tells him: his son is missing, abducted by a man who wants revenge against Claire and Sam's dead mother. Now, Ben is the child's only hope.