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Give Hope a Chance by S.J. McCoy
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the final part of Chance and Hope's trilogy. We left them in a good place at the end of Finding Hope. Now it's time to see how their story concludes. Chance is starting to relax and to believe that he and Hope can have a future together... -
The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLife under Brazil’s brutal “cordial racism” comes painfully alive in this novel of fathers and sons. How do you become the protagonist of your own life? For Pedro, it means searching for his murdered father in the objects he left behind―an archeology of affections... -
The Cowboy's Secret Romance by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Previously titled Cowboys Don't Have a Secret Romance* Called The Preacher, Clay Stryker has lived a life as straight as a North Dakota highway. Everyone thinks the pen and notebook he carries around is to jot down poetry or possibly notes on Scripture. They don't know he has a secret...romance. Reina Hall has never forgotten the night she was rescued from a child trafficking ring...Categorized as:
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Finding Hope by S.J. McCoy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis time in Oregon didn’t end the way he’d hoped, and now Chance is back at the ranch. He put himself out there, made an attempt at opening up his heart to happiness, but it didn’t work out. Maybe he’s just not supposed to be happy? That’s what he’s starting to believe—until his Remington brothers convince him he shouldn’t give up Hope just yet... -
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When We Fall by J.H. Croix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA steamy, full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA from Amazon Bestselling author J.H. Croix! If you like smoking hot romance with alpha men and strong women, you’ll love this series! Sometimes when you stumble and fall, you discover who’s there to catch you. Lacey Adams runs at life full bore...Categorized as:
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Falling for Tender Heart by Katie Lane
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys . . . New York editor Emery Wakefield has come to Bliss, Texas, in search of the fabled final novel in the Tender Heart series—a series that left readers the world over hanging when the author died. But finding a happily-ever-after for her beloved characters and editorial success for herself won’t be easy... -
Never Look Back by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJack Holland finally has everything a man could want. After a lengthy courtship that has required persistence and self-restraint, Emi Hennigan– the woman Jack has been fantasizing about since college– has fallen in love with him. Together, the couple sets out to create their own happily-ever-after...Categorized as:
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A Kiss In The Rain by J.C. Quin
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe rain was pouring when he saw her standing in the middle of the busy street, looking kinda lost.People were passing by her, but she just stood there. He walked towards her, took off his jacket and wrapped it around her shivering body. "Miss are you lost? Do you need help?" he asked her. She looked at him, and for the first time he saw her face. She looked so beautiful, yet looked so fragile... -
Wyatt Men of Clifton, Montana Book 4 by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWyatt Stone knows how easily a woman can destroy a man’s trust, because he’s been there. So when his attraction for Olivia Roberts brings him to the point of giving in to his desire for her, he knows the safest thing to do is not start something he can’t finish, but Olivia is so irresistible... -
Bring on the Night by S.J. McCoy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's the head of a major country music record label. She's worked hard to get where she is. She demands the best of herself—and of everyone around her.He's the label's biggest star—and the biggest pain in the a** she ever met. It's not that he's one of those arrogant musicians; to be fair, he's not a bad guy. In fact, he's a great guy. It's just that he irritates the life out of her... -
Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever let your past define your future. Single mom, HALEY DUNN, is ready for a new start for herself and her four-year-old son, Noah. When she loses not only her job and home, but the man who she thought cared about her, she decides to leave her hometown in Michigan and head to the west coast... -
Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContinue the Hell Yeah! Series with book 14...The first time Bowie Travis Malone laid eyes on Cassie Cartwright, she knocked him for a loop. He was as drawn to her side as a moth to a flame. A green eyed angel with golden hair, she made his heart hammer in his chest and his body ache to hold her close... -
A Rancher's Bride by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Heart Falls, where there's more at stake than the future of the Silver Stone ranch. A standalone novel by New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend. With the ranch teetering on the brink of disaster, accepting an invitation to the gala of the year is a top business priority for Luke Stone. Having a significant other on his arm isn’t merely a good idea, it’s a necessity... -
The Rancher Takes a Family by Paula Altenburg
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRugged rancher Jake McGregor wrangles cattle better than kids, but when he's suddenly saddled with three grieving children, he's determined to step up. His sister's kids shouldn't pay for her error in judgment in naming him guardian. Problem is, he doesn't have a clue what he's doing. And the woman who attempts to help with his every fumble is the one woman he wants to steer clear of.. -
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Coming Home to the Cowboy by Megan Ryder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe town bad boy with hidden pain…Champion bull-rider Chase Summers is everybody’s friend, but his affable personality hides a troubled childhood. The only thing that saved him from isolation was his foster dad and life on Redemption Ranch...Categorized as:
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Maya's Triple Dare by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKendall has adored Maya from afar for years, but he is done being her “go-to guy.” He’s always been her confidant and her husband’s best friend. Now widowed, Maya is through with living life in half-measures and regrets never asking both men for what she wanted. A posthumous letter reveals Maya's husband knew she loved Kendall and challenges her to follow her heart... -
Cowboys of Chance Creek Vol 0 - 2 by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree fast-paced, full-length, sexy western romance novels in one set! Available for a limited time only. Including: The Cowboy Inherits a Bride: When a big city chef and a hometown country boy go toe to toe to win an inheritance, the competition gets smoking hot... -
All Cowboy and Charm by Rhonda Lee Carver
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens at a fertility clinic stays at a fertility clinic...unless there's an accidental switch-a-roo...Successful author Melanie Jane decided after a very public divorce that she would prove to the world, especially her critiques, that she didn’t need a man to make her dreams come true. So, she wrote a best seller and used a fertility clinic to get pregnant... -
The Yard Rose by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGlory Flowers fell in love with Quaid Matthews when she was seven years old. A part of her heart went to Galveston with him just after the second grade when he left southern Oklahoma. Twenty years later he returns home for his grandmother's funeral... -
Gabe by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGabe Stone can’t get Emma Conner out of his mind, even though he knows she’s not the kind of woman to settle for a fling. Having known Emma all her life, he never noticed how grown up she’d become - until now. Emma has been in love with Gabe forever. When he finally shows her the attention she’s always hoped for, she falls even deeper in love with him, and soon discovers she’s pregnant... -
Cowboy's Unexpected Family by Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHome is where the heart is…Single mom and widow Amy Thorne loves her beautiful town. It’s her job to market her little corner of heaven, and right now, she’s promoting the town’s upcoming rodeo. Everything is perfect—until rodeo star Cal Pierce arrives.Astonishingly, the smoldering cowboy is the spitting image of her late husband... -
Brody by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Brody Morgan comes back to Clifton from Butte, it’s because his life is in turmoil. He slept with a married woman, lost his US Marshal job, and is firmly implanted in the crosshairs of a mobster that is out for blood. Not only that, but the woman he’s always loved, Madilyn Young, isn’t too happy with him either, since he left her five years earlier to join the Marshals... -
Linda Howard Collection by Linda Howard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeartbreaker The ranch she'd inherited was nearly bankrupt, and now Michelle discovered that she was also deeply in debt to John Rafferty, the tough-talking, hard-loving rancher who'd fascinated her since their first meeting years ago. But that fascination also scared her, and never more so than now, when he suggested a bargain that was far more tempting than it should have been... -
A Cowboy's Baby by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReady or not, he’s a daddy… Gage Sawyer has been a rolling stone since he left the family ranch at eighteen. A year and a half ago he had a fling with Emma Green, and never forgot about her. But when he showed up at her door, she shut it in his face. He figured that was that…until she arrived in Eagles Nest with a baby. His baby... -
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The Light We See by J. Lynn Bailey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Carpinteria, California, we left. In Arizona, we barely spoke. In New Mexico, I gave him a promise that I knew I couldn’t keep. In Texas, we slept under the stars. In Oklahoma, he told me a story I wouldn’t soon forget. In Louisiana, he gave my soul a voice. Between Arkansas and Mississippi, we took full advantage of an opportunity. In Tennessee, I studied his face... -
Falling for a Cowboy's Smile by Katie Lane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo heart is safe when a charming cowboy comes to town... Dirk Hadley has bamboozled everyone in Bliss, Texas, into believing that he’s an easygoing drifter just passing through town. But Dirk is no drifter. He’s on a mission to discover the truth about his past. And when that past collides with the sweet and beautiful Gracie Arrington, he won’t be able to maintain his charade... -
Falling Head Over Boots by Katie Lane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhatcha got cookin’, good-lookin’? After getting her heart broken, Carly Hanover believes the only person she can trust is herself. She works hard to become an executive chef and dreams of opening her own restaurant. But after being blackballed in the culinary world for losing her temper with a customer, that dream starts to fade . . -
Renegade Hearts by Amanda McIntyre
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMEET THE FORMIDABLE MEN OF THE KINNISON LEGACY~ When tragedy strikes the lives of three young boys, they are placed under the care of wealthy cattle baron, Jed Kinnison. He raises the three as his own, leaving everything to them, including a special dream he had for the ranch. ~*~Dalton has the reputation as a good-timin'man. But this past year his life was upended... -
Trainer's Treat by Kirsten Osbourne, Culpepper Cowboys
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPatience Quinlan moves to Culpepper, Wyoming, with only two expectations: That she would get out from under her father’s thumb, and that she would open a bakery with two of her favorite people. Once those two things are accomplished, she is content... -
The Cowboy's Autumn Fall by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrice Morgan thought love at first sight was some ridiculous notion of school girls and old ladies who read too many romance novels. At least he does until he meets Bailey Bishop at a friend’s wedding and falls hard and fast for the intriguing woman. Bailey Bishop attends her cousin’s wedding with no intention of extending her brief visit to Oregon... -
Bashful Banker by Cindy Caldwell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOlivia Hamilton loves everything about New York—her local coffee shop, the walk to work, the skyscrapers. As a young, single CPA working on audits, life is exciting—and longing for her Texas cowboy-boot history fades day by day. Fred Wharton, III, has spent his entire life in Riston, Idaho, working in his family’s business—the Bank of Riston... -
Picture Perfect by Cindy Caldwell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOpal Hamilton’s newfound home at River’s End Ranch is everything she’d hoped it would be. With her new job at the gallery, she’s thrown herself into what’s most important to her—her family and her photography of the magnificent mountains and wildlife at River’s End Ranch. Her sister is happily married, and her father settled, and her own future is the furthest thing from her mind... -
Cowboy True by Michelle Beattie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s back in his life… and this time he’s not letting go.Gage Granger knew back in high school that his friend and secret crush was desperate to get out of Last Stand, Texas. But with his roots running deep into the Hill Country soil of his family’s ranch, he couldn’t leave and so made the tough decision to let her go...Categorized as:
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One-of-a-Kind Bride by Charlene Sands
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s a promise she intends to keep at all costsTaylor Preston never breaks a promise, especially to her dying mother about following her dreams to become a successful New York bridal gown designer. But when Taylor unexpectedly loses her high-profile job, she returns early to Last Stand, Texas where she happily spent childhood summers, to help with her cousin’s wedding... -
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Meet Me in Montana by Debra Salonen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s looking at her big picture…in MontanaWho swaps a golden parachute in the Bay Area for a share in a Montana thrift store and pipe dream flipping homes with her two sisters? Ambitious former investment rep Amber McCall who’s never abandoned her dream of a career in design... -
Rock Star Cowboys by D.L. Roan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe McLendon Twins have become country music gods. Reckless and charming, Carson is the life of the party. Connor loves their music, but he’s had it with Carson’s antics and life on the road. He’s ready to call it quits when their beloved Papa falls ill and they are called home to their family ranch on Falcon Ridge... -
Cowboy Christmas Redemption by Maisey Yates
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs snowflakes fall in Gold Valley, Oregon, will this rugged cowboy finally win the woman of his dreams?Cowboy Caleb Dalton has loved single mom Ellie Bell, and her little daughter, Amelia, for years. But since Ellie is his best friend’s widow, Caleb’s head knows Ellie will always be strictly off-limits. If only his heart got the memo... -
Stetson's Storm by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive years ago, hunky rodeo star Stetson Scott left town, never looking back, convinced he had no reason to stay. He unknowingly left behind more than just a love, so much more. Storm McCrory's heart was ripped out that same day. Now Stetson is back in town. He's shocked to find not just Storm McCrory living in poverty, but his son. The son he never knew. Both shunned by most of the town... -
Baby-Daddy Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s all fun and games until… oh, baby!CJ Andrews loved every second of his brief affair with beautiful and witty Isabel Ricchetti. Under different circumstances, she could have been the one. Too bad her coffee shop is in Seattle, not Apple Grove, Montana.But when a failed condom turns their carefree fling into a serious commitment, CJ’s priorities shift... -
Auctioned to the Cowboy by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’ve been in love with Cole Rogers, the cowboy next door, for as long as I can remember.Not for his money, but for his hard work, heart and protectiveness towards me. All he sees when he looks at me though is the tomboy working my daddy’s ranch.When my ranch is in financial danger, I sign up to sell the only thing I own of worth: my v-card...Categorized as:
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Véspera by Carla Madeira
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNovo romance da autora do fenômeno Tudo é rio, Véspera retoma a escrita brilhante e contagiante de Carla Madeira, que desperta todo tipo de emoção no leitor. Carla Madeira cria personagens que parecem estar vivos diante de nós. As emoções que sentem são palpáveis e suas reações, autênticas. Temos a sensação de conhecê-los de perto, inclusive as contradições e os pontos cegos... -
Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas by Inma Rubiales
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratings«No tengo ni idea de lo que es el amor. Creo que nunca antes lo había sentido. Lo único que tengo claro es que, cada vez que pienso en eso, eres tú quien se me viene a la cabeza» Maia. Liam. La historia de cómo dos astros colisionan Liam ha perdido su pasión por YouTube...Categorized as:
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A Natureza da Mordida by Carla Madeira
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Natureza da Mordida, segundo livro de Carla Madeira, autora de “Tudo é rio”, é um livro sobre a amizade. É sobretudo um livro marcado pelo amor à literatura. Olívia e Biá, as duas protagonistas da história, se encontram pela primeira vez num pequeno sebo improvisado... -
Cowboy Up 2 by Allison Merritt, Leslie Garcia
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSaddle Up with the best-selling authors who brought you Cowboy Up... And fall for Six more Cowboys ready to steal your heart! Good Ride, Cowboy by Allison Merritt Sometimes all you need is one good ride to clear your head. Cowboy in Waiting by Leslie P. Garcia She’d buried a hero. She wasn’t looking for another... -
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Tatted Cowboy by Kasey Millstead
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author, Kasey Millstead, comes the fourth instalment of the #1 Bestselling Down Under Cowboy Series. Tatted Cowboy Laura & Luke One moment was all it took for my entire life to shatter. One moment. I had everything . . . and then, I had nothing... -
One Night with the Bad Boy by Eve Gaddy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Blues might be new to Whiskey River, Texas, but these illegitimate sons of the legendary Boots Kelly are no strangers to charisma. Xander Blue, IT genius, has always been a love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy. But when he meets the CFO of Kelly Boots, beautiful single mom, Bailey Richmond, he knows he's down for the count... -
Scotsman's Siren by Merry Farmer, Culpepper Cowboys
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the day she was born, Honor Quinlan was forced to live up to impossible standards. Her twin, Grace, was always more feminine, more obedient, and more appreciated, while she was always reminded of how wicked and willful she was... -
Contractor's Cookies by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFelicity Quinlan has always felt like the odd duck. She was raised in a family who didn’t allow her to do much of anything, and her personality has always been suppressed. When she moves to Culpepper, Wyoming, she watches her cousins and sister fall in love one by one, until she is the last Quinlan standing... -
Veterinarian's Vixen by Merry Farmer, Culpepper Cowboys
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen reporter Nancy Tilson visited Culpepper, Wyoming to do a story on the Quinlan Quads the real scoop was her instant connection with hunky veterinarian, “Doc” O’Donnell. But months have passed, without a single call from Doc... -
Bartender's Beauty by Kirsten Osbourne, Culpepper Cowboys
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDallas Gustafson thought she’d seen Culpepper, Wyoming in her rearview mirror for the last time, but when her father tells her he needs her to come home while he’s on his death bed, she sucks up her pride and complies. Back in the town where she grew up with people who teased and tormented her, she finds herself face-to-face with the only boy she ever loved...
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