Reasoner has written 24 volumes for the Wagons West series that was published by Bantam Books in the early 1970s to late 1980s. The first Western novel is titled "Independence!" The second volume is "Nebraska!," followed by volume three, "Wyoming!" Reasoner continued forward with volumes four through 24 of the Wagons West series, listed in order as "Oregon!," "Texas!," "California!," "Colorado!," "Nevada!," "Washington!," "Montana!," "Dakota!," "Utah!," "Idaho!," "Missouri!," "Mississippi!," "Louisiana!," "Tennessee!," "Illinois!," "Wisconsin!," "Kentucky!," "Arizona!," "New Mexico!," "Oklahoma!" and "Celebration!"
The series follows the lives of pioneers, miners and brave families that traveled by wagon train to claim and settle the wild country of young America. These fiction novels are favored by readers that enjoy historical Westerns with romance. The Holt family dynasty is introduced by Reasoner in this series of books.
The Fuller series of Westerns are continued with more romance and historical adventures involving the Holt family in the Frontier and Empire trilogies. The Wagons West Empire trilogy consists of volume one "Honor!," based on the 1800s time period; volume two "Vengeance!"; and volume three "Justice!" The Wagons West Frontier series is volume one "Westward!," volume two "Expedition!" and volume three "Outpost!," from Random House Publishing.
"The Holts" series tells the stories of the Holt brothers, Clay and Jefferson, and their family members. These novels include 10 volumes--"Oregon Legacy," "Oklahoma Pride," "Carolina Courage," "California Glory," "Hawaii Heritage," "Sierra Triumph," "Yukon Justice," "Pacific Destiny," "Homecoming" and "Awakening"--that were published by Domain and Bantam publishing companies.
"Yukon Justice" brings a strong Holt female to the forefront with the character of Dr. Janessa Holt Lawrence, who takes up the 1896 challenge of women's rights. "Yankee," published by Dell, is a romance novel that features character Jeremy Morgan, a Revolutionary America secret agent. "Yankee Rogue," marketed by Wheeler Publishing, is a romance novel about swordsman and Royal Dragoon Lt. Jarod Hale, who becomes an indentured servant to a woman who brings him to America.
Each novel series written by Dana Fuller Ross encourages readers to imagine what life may have been like for men and women in the early days of America. Within each series, the author deals with controversial subjects of the time period, such as marriage between a white man and Native American woman, a woman in charge of a business and government corruption in early Washington D.C.