Welcome to Willow Falls. The town young Matthew Bannister ran away from fifteen years before. Now famed U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister is coming home to reconcile with his family. He prayed he wouldn’t see his ex-best friend Tom Smith nor the only girl he ever loved, Tom’s wife, Elizabeth. However, old feuds unsettled never die and spark a powder keg of action when the desperate Moskin Gang kidnap Elizabeth and leave a murderous trail behind them. In anguish, Tom, the Willow Falls sheriff, turns to his despised old-friend to help get the woman they both love back alive, if they can. Sometimes God’s greatest blessing is unanswered prayer.

Welcome to Sweethome. A town owned by the cruel Thacker family. This sweeping western novel exposes town corruption to religious persecution. From the world of professional boxing to the farthest northern logging camps and the human suffering and tragedies in between. Sweethome is written to answer the age old question, "Can any good come out of tragedy?" There is hope for those who believe.

Welcome to Bella’s Dance Hall, where Christine Knapp found a career dancing and singing after her husband and child died along the Oregon trail. Three years after this devastating loss, Christine is ready to find love again and is drawn to Matt Bannister at first sight. After being heartbroken by Travis, Christine meets Kyle Lenning, Matt Bannister’s brother-in-law. During a group date tragedy struck and Kyle dives off the river bank and is killed. In the fall out, of the tragedy, Christine’s reputation is stained, and the immoral town sheriff and his friend take the opportunity to accuse Christine of murder to blackmail her into doing their wicked will. With no hope, no escape and no way out of it, Christine is about to sell her very soul to three of the most powerful men in Branson, when Matt Bannister comes to her door. Will he demand justice for the death of his sister’s husband or rescue her from a horrible fate?

Welcome to Windsor Ridge, where Adam Bannister is led by a huge wolf – straight into the blurred battle lines. Nathan Peirce is hiding from an unjust bounty in Loveland, a small logging community in the treacherous Wallowa Mountains of Oregon. When the bank is robbed, Nathan is asked to join the local posse being led by their incompetent sheriff and a brooding stranger forced by the sheriff to help track the robbers. Adam Bannister is elk hunting in the southern Wallowa’s when he sees the largest wolf he’s ever seen. Determined to hunt the wolf, he follows it over Windsor Ridge and into the direct path of the bank robbers and what’s left of the doomed posse. One man is a serial killer, another is one of the most wanted men in the west. A gang of bank robbers and the brother of the U.S. Marshal Matt Bannister, who finds himself in the middle of a battle between some of the best and worst of mankind. Sometimes, it’s safer to trust a pack of wolves than a man.

WELCOME TO BRANSON, OREGON WHERE NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS. U.S. Marshal Matt Bannister has returned to identify two dead bodies burned in a cabin as Catherine Eckman and her husband Nathan Webster. However, Pick Lawson does not trust Matt and is on a mission to prove he is lying for his own personal gain… Matt Bannister is looking forward to a spending a weekend with Felisha Conway who is coming to town for a wedding. His weekend is turned upside down when his dear friend Christine goes missing, and he finds himself under investigation by a Pinkerton Detective for intentionally misleading the missing persons case of Catherine Eckman. Death, kidnapping and lies are just the start in book five of the best-selling western series by Ken Pratt!

WELCOME TO PRAIRIEVILLE…THE TOWN MORE DEADLY THAN ANYONE EVER EXPECTED. U.S. Marshal Matt Bannister and his Cousin William Fasana are headed to the distant unknown town of Prairieville to solve a murder that no one else can. Railroad tycoon Louis Eckman and his wife are robbed on their way to Branson in the Blue mountains outside of Prairieville. Shortly after, Louis and the driver are murdered and the local sheriff is coming up short. While in town, Matt meets fourteen-year-old Tiffany Foster, who is mourning her father’s death. As this relationship grows, Matt learns everything is not as it seems and Tiffany might have the answers. Book six in the Matt Bannister Western Series is a story about finding the truth behind a building body count and deflective deceptions by a wicked family…

RETURNING TO WILLOW FALLS, U.S. MARSHAL MATT BANNISTER COMES FACE TO FACE WITH HIS PAINFUL PAST. U.S. Marshal Matt Bannister’s bitter side comes out when his father, Floyd Bannister, comes to town unexpectedly. He wants nothing to do with his father and makes his thoughts known. Floyd, though heartbroken, agrees to leave Matt alone. Matt is dealing with the murder of two Chinese immigrants and the brutal scourging of a third. When he finds the men responsible, and makes an arrest, he is faced with a turning tide as those who dislike him twist the truth and turn the mining community against him with destructive consequences. Tiffany Foster, who Matt brought back from Prairieville, tells her friend Gabriel Smith, that Matt is his real father. Gabriel confronts his parents and then runs away to Branson to confront Matt. Matt is caught off guard but learns a great lesson, that he and his father have more in common than he realized… Sometimes, you must have the chimney swept clean of its past fires before you can start a new flame confidently…

Welcome back to Branson, Oregon where murder, love and obsession lurk behind every corner. U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister is troubled by the cruel and unnatural death of miner Leroy Haywood. There are no witnesses or clues of any kind, just a very slow and horrible murder…unlike any Matt had seen before. He suspects Wu-Pen – the President of the Chinese Benevolent Association and a powerful man in the Chinese community – but has no way of proving it. When Leroy’s friend Roger is murdered, Matt again suspects Wu-Pen but, there is no evidence. Martin Ballenger is a good-looking young man who moves to Branson with his mother and younger sister. When Martin sees dancer Edith Williams, he is infatuated by her beauty and her sad smile. His obsession turns violent when he discovers his soulmate is pregnant with another man’s baby. Matt is a fighter, a killer and a tough man who isn’t afraid to stand his ground against anyone, but sometimes…prayer is our only weapon. Disclaimer: While this series is classified as Christian fiction this title does include violence that may be upsetting to some.

THE STRONGEST MOTIVATION TO KILL IS BLOOD VENGEANCE. Wes Wasson – an old Indian fighter and known troublemaker – comes to Branson to visit his Sister and brother in law. While out with his nephew Bruce, Wes hears that a local Indian named Chusi Yellowbear was a survivor of the Bear River Massacre in 1863, and Wes decides he needs to meet him. While harassing Chusi, Wes discovers the man who killed Chusi's family was Bruce's father, Frank Ellison. Chusi has wanted revenge for twenty-one years and now he knows where to find it. After being arrested by Matt bannister for drunken antics, Chusi comes out a changed man with his fighting spirit back, and this time he offers no forgiveness, but blood for blood. Matt is drawn in between Chusi, who wants revenge for his family and Frank who wants to be forgiven. And of course, Wes who wants one more Indian notched in his belt and antagonizes Chusi every chance he has. Matt Bannister must work between them all to try to calm a brewing storm that runs deeper than pride or honor…

U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister is once again going head-to-head with Wu-Pen Tseng. Wu-Pen Tseng is not getting the respect he craves. To use a bit of deception, he comes up with an operation he calls "Dragon's Fire.” Dragon's Fire has three goals, and when all three are fulfilled, Wu-Pen is pleased. That is, until Matt Bannister begins an investigation and follows the evidence into Chinatown. Suspicion leads him to his prime suspect: Wu-Pen. Wu-Pen has sabotaged the silver mine and brought a compassionate smile, shelter, and food for the families of the now missing minors, while they wait to know the fate of their loved ones. Inside of the mountain holding the tunnels, drifts and mining works of the Slater Silver Mine, Joe Thorn is the only uninjured of the survivors and he is forced to make a lifesaving decision with only what he could find five-hundred-feet underground to save Lawrence Barton. Four men work together through their injuries and fears to stay alive and care for their most injured man. With no promise of a tomorrow and a heavy load of regrets, the men emerge from the mine with a whole new outlook on life…

Readers are calling it “a five-star masterpiece of heartwarming western folklore.” The weekend of the community Spring Fling dance is normally a time to celebrate, but for Roger and Martha King it becomes a weekend of weakness and suffering the consequences of facing the shame of betrayal and the hope of forgiveness and reconciliation. For Matt, the weekend of celebration is interrupted by the arrival of his old friend Marvin Aggler who answers Matt's invitation to come to Oregon and work for Annie at the Big Z Ranch. Marvin had picked up two cowboys looking for work along the way – Elias Redding and Jude Maddox who are wanting to work, until Jude learns that Truet Davis is a U.S. Deputy Marshal in town. Arrested for the murder of three men, Elias and Jude escape from jail with the help of a small-time thief who leads the two killers to the Sperry home in Natoma. What starts as a manhunt for two escaped killers leads Matt and Truet to Natoma, where an act of betrayal teams the outlaw Morton Sperry up with Matt to find the two fugitives. The Legacies of Spring are the character and faith of a good man.

They say everyone has a price, but at what price does one pay to stay true to themselves and the faith they hold on to? When U.S. Marshal Matt Bannister learned that he hanged two innocent Chinese brothers for the crimes committed by Wu-Pen Tseng—leader of Chinatown—guilt assailed him. But when Wu-Pen was quickly arrested, Matt felt like justice would finally be served. That was—until Wu-Pen escaped from jail. Just as the Chinatown gang leader is about to flee town, he comes up with a devious plan to stay and rule his kingdom. Matt refuses to let Wu-Pen win. But when he goes after the evil Chinatown mastermind, the unthinkable happens. For the first time in Matt’s life, he is helpless to save himself. Will he trust God to keep him and his true love safe? Or will he let fear take over? Join US Marshal Matt Bannister on a journey through not only one of danger, but also one of trusting in God to protect him through anything, and everything.

Greed, violence, and mayhem never end well. But that’s what happens when all that you have is never enough… When the Slater’s strike gold on someone else’s claim, they’ll stop at nothing to get it all for themselves. Murder, violence, and unspeakable deception aren’t enough to keep Mr. Slater’s rampage and thirst for money at bay. But what will happen when Matt Bannister is called into town on a mission to quell the miners’ strike and a feud brewing between neighbors? Corruption abounds in the Old West, and– here in Branson–it’s up to Matt to stop not only a greedy miner, but also a vicious gang of outlaws who started their own private police force in order for their criminal deeds to appear legit. But when Matt is accused of a most heinous crime, one he couldn’t have committed, and arrests a man for murder only to see him released later, Matt knows that this job might keep him from making it to the alter and his beloved Christine. Join US Marshal Matt Bannister as he stands up for what’s right in a world that rarely does.

Never judge a person by the leather of their skin... But that’s exactly what the entire town of Branson, Oregon does. When a stranger comes to town dressed in leather and acting weird, he’s immediately shunned by residents. Yet when he sees a young girl thrown from a bridge, he jumps in to save her. And what does he get for his efforts… Either way, he’s still being blamed for little Hannie’s death when the circus comes into town for Independence Day, and as the town’s excitement grows, so does that of a few ruffians looking for a new start. Only problem is, the circus wolfman notices and reports the suspicious behavior to Matt Bannister. Determined to set things right, Matt joins in on the hunt for the killer. But what if the estranged vagabond everyone thinks murdered Hannie isn’t the real culprit—no matter what eyewitnesses say? While the entire town mourns the loss of a young girl taken from this world before her time, Matt refuses to halt in his search for the truth. Even if it’s a reality no one wants to accept…