Penname: patina [Contact] Real name: Elizabeth Davoli
Member Since: 14 Sep 2007
Membership status: Member
Bio:

I enjoy writing fanfiction involving the Cartwrights.  The majority of my stories are set during the period of time that Ben was married to Marie.  At that time, the Cartwright household had a baby and a rebellious teenager.


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Bonanza Brand Blog: http://bonanzabrand.com/patina/

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Stories by patina
A Spoonful of Medicine by patina Rated: K starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 18]
Summary: Marie Cartwright is sick with a chest cold. Three year old Little Joe discovers her cough syrup.
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2682 Read Count: 540
[Report This] Published: 20 Jul 2008 Updated: 20 Jul 2008
A Gift Horse by patina Rated: K+ starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 8]
Summary:

4th story in the Battle of Wills series.  Ben announces at supper that he is going to buy a horse for Marie. Adam becomes unhappy because Ben had promised to buy him a horse before leaving for New Orleans. Will this situation cause another rift between Marie and Adam?


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright, Ben Cartwright, Hoss Cartwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2639 Read Count: 310
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
A Glimpse Into the Future by patina Rated: K+ [Reviews - 2]
Summary: After telling four year old Little Joe about the balls held during Mardi Gras, Marie dreams of a dance held in the future. How has life turned out for the Cartwrights? Did Adam, Hoss, and Joe turn out to be the men we know?
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3620 Read Count: 217
[Report This] Published: 20 Jul 2008 Updated: 20 Jul 2008
A Hatful of Guilt by patina Rated: T starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 3]
Summary: A WHN for the episode No Less A Man. Roy resigns as sheriff when he believes the Virginia City Town Council thinks he can't do his job. Now Adam is the only lawman and he has to prepare for the possible arrival of the Wagner Gang.
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family, Roy Coffee
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9918 Read Count: 233
[Report This] Published: 04 Nov 2007 Updated: 04 Nov 2007
A Man Named Missouri by patina Rated: K [Reviews - 2]
Summary: Ben has hired a new hand to help with the branding. Is there more to him than meets the eye?
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2407 Read Count: 257
[Report This] Published: 20 Jul 2008 Updated: 20 Jul 2008
A Mouthful of Regret by patina Rated: T starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 5]
Summary: It's roundup time for the Cartwrights. Heated words are exchanged between Adam and Joe as they search for steers. A bear attack, though, changes everything.
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6201 Read Count: 684
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
A New Pattern by patina Rated: K+ starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 5]
Summary:

8th story in The Battle of Wills series.  The Cartwrights go into town so Marie can order baby furniture and Adam can get a haircut. Hoss goes shopping with Marie and, while in the store, he overhears her conversation with two elderly ladies about food cravings and whether the baby will be a boy or a girl. Which of course leads to questions.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright, Ben Cartwright, Hoss Cartwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4063 Read Count: 213
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
A New Year, A New Resolution by patina Rated: K [Reviews - 1]
Summary: Joe makes a resolution to stay out of trouble. Hoss and Adam are determined to help him break it. How long can Joe last?
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4455 Read Count: 245
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
A Room Full of Memories by patina Rated: K+ [Reviews - 2]
Summary:

7th story in The Battle of Wills series.  It's time to clean out the spare room so it can be turned into a nursery for the coming baby. As Ben, Adam, and Hoss go through the room's contents, they remember the past.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright, Ben Cartwright, Hoss Cartwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3628 Read Count: 210
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
A Sure-Fire Plan by patina Rated: K starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 4] New!
Summary:

Two men plan are entrusted with a plan to kidnap one of Ben's sons and hold him for ransom.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright, Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5411 Read Count: 120
[Report This] Published: 15 Aug 2010 Updated: 15 Aug 2010
A Tangled Web by patina Rated: T starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 7]
Summary: A What Happened Instead story for The Lady From Baltimore. Deborah Banning's scheme to marry her daughter to a Cartwright had come to fruition when Joe proposed to Melinda. But Melinda was in love with Adam. What if Melinda decided to have Adam, no matter the cost?
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9711 Read Count: 467
[Report This] Published: 08 Dec 2007 Updated: 08 Dec 2007
A Woman Cloaked in Scandal by patina Rated: K+ starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 5]
Summary:

WHIB for She Walks in Beauty. After Regan Miller's kiss, Adam realizes he has a decision to make since Hoss plans to marry her. As he ponders his course of action, his thoughts turn to another scandalous woman--his step-mother, Marie.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1632 Read Count: 212
[Report This] Published: 01 Mar 2009 Updated: 01 Mar 2009
Baby's Breath by patina Rated: K+ [Reviews - 3]
Summary:

14th story in The Battle of Wills series.  Hoss finds a kitten in the barn and decides to bring it in the house. Marie is not happy because of the old wives' tales of cats stealing the breath from babies. Will this kitten change her mind?


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4029 Read Count: 135
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
Back to the Beginning by patina Rated: K starstarstar [Reviews - 3]
Summary: An important letter arrives for Adam. The letter contains news that will change his life.
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2173 Read Count: 226
[Report This] Published: 20 Jul 2008 Updated: 20 Jul 2008
Big Brother Lessons by patina Rated: K starstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 2]
Summary:

12th story in The Battle of Wills series.  Hoss wants to learn how to be a good older brother to his new sibling.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright, Ben Cartwright, Hoss Cartwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2477 Read Count: 197
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
Birthday Blues by patina Rated: K [Reviews - 1]
Summary: Adam, away at college, is celebrating his first birthday away from his father and brothers.
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1930 Read Count: 82
[Report This] Published: 20 Jul 2008 Updated: 20 Jul 2008
Dead Man's Hand by patina Rated: K+ starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 2]
Summary:

After seeking refuge during an Indian attack, Joe finds himself in a high-stakes poker game where everything, including his life, is on the line.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family, Joe Cartwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2821 Read Count: 128
[Report This] Published: 02 Jul 2010 Updated: 02 Jul 2010
Devil's Bargain by patina Rated: T [Reviews - 2]
Summary: WHI for Death at Dawn
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5709 Read Count: 359
[Report This] Published: 26 Jan 2008 Updated: 26 Jan 2008
Ducks in a Row by patina Rated: K [Reviews - 1]
Summary: Two year old Hoss comes across some hatching ducklings. Will Pa let him keep his new friends?
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright, Ben Cartwright, Hoss Cartwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1849 Read Count: 100
[Report This] Published: 20 Jul 2008 Updated: 20 Jul 2008
Education is More Than 3 Rs by patina Rated: K+ [Reviews - 1]
Summary:

2nd story in The Battle of Wills series.  During a family picnic at the lake, Adam gets in trouble adding poison ivy to Hoss' bouquet of widlflowers for Marie. After an argument with his father, Adam decides to leave home. A neighbor and old friend, Abe Garvey, shows Marie that there's more to education than reading, writing, and arithmetic while leading the search for Adam.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright, Ben Cartwright, Hoss Cartwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6113 Read Count: 300
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
Ennui by patina Rated: K+ [Reviews - 1]
Summary:

The 15th story in The Battle of Wills series. Hoss fears that he's sick and dying while Pa and Adam are out of town.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3615 Read Count: 50
[Report This] Published: 25 Jun 2010 Updated: 25 Jun 2010
Fevered Dreams by patina Rated: T [Reviews - 2]
Summary: WHI for The Savage. Was Ruth Halverson real? Did Adam propose marriage to her? This story attempts to explain some of the events in this episode.
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4689 Read Count: 159
[Report This] Published: 07 Jun 2008 Updated: 07 Jun 2008
Fraternity by patina Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Adam, Hoss, and Joe are getting the line shacks ready for winter. Everything goes horribly wrong after Adam goes to the pond to take a break. It's up to Hoss and Joe to get their brother back.
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Adam Cartrwright, Hoss Cartwright, Joe Cartwright
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9464 Read Count: 299
[Report This] Published: 16 Jul 2008 Updated: 16 Jul 2008
I Won't Be Spoiled No More by patina Rated: K+ starstarhalf-star [Reviews - 4]
Summary: Adam is injured when he and Joe are working on fence repairs. It's up to Joe to get the doctor while Hoss takes Adam home.
Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 8878 Read Count: 377
[Report This] Published: 04 Nov 2007 Updated: 04 Nov 2007
Love's Labor by patina Rated: MA starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 5]
Summary:

11th story in The Battle of Wills series.  The birth of Joseph Cartwright.


Categories: Bonanza
Characters: Family
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5800 Read Count: 288
[Report This] Published: 14 Sep 2007 Updated: 14 Sep 2007