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Velvet by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVelvet is about to breathe her last and doesn't even know it when Patrick O'Leary lays her on the bed in a very strange house. When she does awake from a fever-induced coma, she finds herself in a cabin with Dr. Hoyt Baxter, who's hateful, mean and spiteful and doesn't care if she lives or dies, so long as she's out of his house and his life as soon as possible...Categorized as:
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![Walkin' On Clouds by Carolyn Brown]()
Walkin' On Clouds by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIsaac Burnet didn't want to go to Louisiana to deliver the letter from Delia to her sister Fairlee, but he did. He sure didn't want to be party to kidnapping the sassy, spirited lass on the eve of her wedding, or journey two weeks with a woman who didn't like him, but he did. Fairlee Lavalle was determined to marry Matthew Cheval no matter what her sisters, aunt, or uncle thought... -
![Healing Montana Sky by Debra Holland]()
Healing Montana Sky by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a grizzly bear kills Antonia Valleau’s trapper husband, she packs her few worldly possessions, leaves her home in the mountains of Montana, and treks to nearby Sweetwater Springs, seeking work to provide for her two young sons. Reeling from the loss of his wife during childbirth, Erik Muth must find a nursing mother for his newborn daughter to survive...Categorized as:
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![Donovan's Daughter by Lori Wick]()
Donovan's Daughter by Lori Wick
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen an angry snowstorm forces Marcail Donovan to seek shelter for the night at the town doctor’s house, the pretty new schoolteacher is thrust into a scandal that threatens her career. The unfortunate but innocent circumstances bring harsh condemnation to Marcail, but the compassionate bachelor doctor offers her a way to remain the town’s teacher...Categorized as:
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![The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis]()
The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAN UNTAMED WOMAN... A FEARLESS MAN... A MAGNIFICENT LOVE. THE MONUNENTAL ADVENTURE THAT SWEEPS ACROSS A MIGHTY CENTURY OF AMERICAN HISTORY.The first time Gavin Ramsay sees Tessa MacLeod y Amarista -- a violet-eyed beauty swimming naked in a hidden pool--she reacts by attacking him with a knife. Realizing her mistake, she nurses him back to health and into a deep, enduring and courageous love... -
![Away in Montana by Jane Porter]()
Away in Montana by Jane Porter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeautiful, spirited heiress McKenna Frasier–daughter to one of the Butte Copper Kings—vowed eternal love to Sinclair Douglas before she left for college and an introduction to society. Four years in New York and travel abroad have opened her eyes, making her realize she wanted more than marriage and a simple Montana life... -
![Jeni Finds Safety by Krissyann Granger]()
Jeni Finds Safety by Krissyann Granger
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA mail-order bride shouldn’t have to trap a man.Jeni MacGregor fled from Massachusetts to Montana to marry Scott Maxwell. Being a mail-order bride had to be better than staying behind, where a violent suitor won’t take no for an answer.When Scott refuses to marry her, without explanation, she’s left desperate in a town full of strangers—and she’s running out of time... -
![A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer]()
A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsStone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter, Stone eagerly accepts. Charlotte Atherton, former headmistress of Sullivan’s Academy for Exceptional Youths, will do anything to keep her charges safe, especially the little girl entrusted to her care after her mother’s death... -
![A Clean Slate by Amelia C. Adams]()
A Clean Slate by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia Markham is a socialite from New York City who came to Topeka with one goal—to marry Adam Brody. But Adam has married someone else, and Olivia has nowhere to go. Taking a job at the Brody Hotel requires her to swallow her pride, but she has no choice in the matter. Now she must learn to adjust to simple living and wearing cotton dresses—cotton, when she should be wearing silk... -
![Scars of the Heart by Kristene Holloway]()
Scars of the Heart by Kristene Holloway
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill their pasts keep them apart? Or can love heal their scars?Adelaide Harris is seeking a new future. Jilted by an unrequited love, she heads West, beginning a new chapter of her life as a mail-order bride in a marriage of convenience, determined to never fall in love again. However, she is about to discover that fate has other plans in store for her.Jackson Preston is haunted by his past... -
![High Desert Haven by Lynnette Bonner]()
High Desert Haven by Lynnette Bonner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Is Jason Jordan really who he says he is? Everything in Nicki's life depends on the answer." "Oregon, 1887" When her husband dies in a mysterious riding accident, Nicki Trent is left with a toddler and a rundown ranch. Determined to bring her ranch back from the brink of death, Nicki hires handsome Jason Jordan to help... -
![When the Meadow Blooms by Ann H. Gabhart]()
When the Meadow Blooms by Ann H. Gabhart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWidow Rose Meadows eagerly accepts her brother-in-law's offer for her and her two daughters to live on his farm after her treatments in a sanatorium finds them needing a home... -
![Twilight in Texas by Jodi Thomas]()
Twilight in Texas by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was love at first sight. When Wolf Hayward and Molly Donivan gazed into each other's eyes in a crowded train station during the Civil War, they knew they were meant to be--and sealed their commitment with a passionate kiss. He promised to find her after the war--until he realized she was the daughter of a Union General when he was a Southern spy behind enemy lines... -
![Waiting for Hope by Karen J. Hasley]()
Waiting for Hope by Karen J. Hasley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s 1905 and the new century overflows with opportunities for the smart, the strong, the confident, and the determined. All words that describe Hope Birdwell to a T. Her first twenty years had their share of trouble and torment, but she’s certain the next twenty hold only promise. Hope leaves a sordid past behind and heads for Wyoming to take up homesteading...Categorized as:
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![Pillsbury Crossing by Donna Foley Mabry]()
Pillsbury Crossing by Donna Foley Mabry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the second of The Manhattan Stories, Emma is nine on the day they meet, hot-headed and wild-haired. Akecheta is twelve, already the man of his house. He saves her life and tells her she belongs to him... -
![The Wren by Kristy McCaffrey]()
The Wren by Kristy McCaffrey
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFull-length novel ~ Rating: Steamy ~ Word Count: 74,000 Ten years have passed since her ranch was attacked, her folks murdered and Molly Hart was abducted. Now, at nineteen, she’s finally returning home to north Texas after spending the remainder of her childhood with a tribe of Kwahadi Comanche...Categorized as:
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![Oh, Kentucky! by Betty Layman Receveur]()
Oh, Kentucky! by Betty Layman Receveur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen-year-old Kitty Gentry and her family came to Fort Boonesborough to farm the rich land. But when fierce Shawnee attacked the white settlers, the horrified young Kitty was forced to seek refuge within the walls of the fort... -
![Savage Innocence by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Innocence by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife in small-town Minnesota was too confining for an independent young woman who yearns for adventure --- so Danette leaves home to seek a new life along the rugged frontier. She never expects to find herself wrapped in the arms of Gray Wolf, the magnificent Chippewa warrior who rules the land with battle-hardened courage ... and unexpected compassion .. -
![Texas Tender by Leigh Greenwood]()
Texas Tender by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is the most beautiful man Idalou Ellsworth has ever set eyes on. When he appears at her front door, she is struck speechless at the very sight of him. Folks in Dunmore, Texas think her bossy, too focused on rescuing her familyâ��s failing ranch to be interested in courting. But in Willâ��s company, she canâ��t think of anything but him... -
![Matt by Leigh Greenwood]()
Matt by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatt Haskins proved to be the most difficult of all the orphans in The Cowboys to write about. It's not easy to make a hero out of a man who has been sexually molested, especially when the abuse has given him a mental block against physical contact. I had to find a way to make the reader see that Matt's strength was of a different kind from most cowboys...Categorized as:
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![The Dangerous Thaw of Etta Capstone by Karen J. Hasley]()
The Dangerous Thaw of Etta Capstone by Karen J. Hasley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Revenge is very good eaten cold” For most people food serves a purpose and the purpose isn’t complicated. You eat it. But for Etta Capstone it’s not that simple. An excellent cook and the owner of a successful restaurant on the Texas frontier, she’s had years to perfect other uses for food besides the obvious. Food as shield. As wall. As love letter. As peace offering... -
![The Chisholm Trail Bride by Kathleen Y'Barbo]()
The Chisholm Trail Bride by Kathleen Y'Barbo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Series for Lovers of History, Adventure, Romance, and AncestryBarbour Publishing offers a series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees. Stubborn Hearts Clash on a Cattle DriveEliza Gentry’s pursuit of marriage to the son of her family’s sworn enemy has cost her greatly... -
![The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood]()
The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHawk and Zeke have been inseparable ever since boyhoodâ��two loners, outsiders, as free as the wild horses they chase across the Arizona desert. So when they join up with two misplaced dancehall girls on the trail, they react about the same way as unbroken mustangs to the saddle... -
![Savage Torment by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Torment by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFree-spirited Judith McMahon's idea of a good adventure doesn't involve taking over her father's lumber business, but the Chippewa country surrounding the mill inflames her imagination. The reality is something she could never have prepared for - a virile stranger who sets her blood on fire, makes her tremble like a fawn, and calls her his enemy... -
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![Brides of Beckham: The First Four Books by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Brides of Beckham: The First Four Books by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis box set includes the first four books in the bestselling Brides of Beckham Series by Kirsten Osbourne. Included are: Mail Order Mayhem, Mail Order Mama, Mail Order Madness and Mail Order Mix-up. Harriett Long, a widow in Beckham, Massachusetts, begins her journey as a matchmaker by matching up four brides with grooms in the West... -
![Laurel: Bride of Arkansas by Carra Copelin]()
Laurel: Bride of Arkansas by Carra Copelin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaurel, Bride of Arkansas, is twenty-fifth in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides Series. Laurel Weidner desires a life of her own away from Philadelphia society and a dull, boring marriage. She is sent to live with her aunt in Lawrence, Massachusetts. When her Aunt dies in a tornado, she gets a job at the Brown Textile Mill to avoid going back home... -
![Beulah's Brains: A McClain Story by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Beulah's Brains: A McClain Story by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeulah Wigg thinks her life is already as good as it’s going to get. An orphan, she teaches at the foundling home where she grew up, and she loves the challenge. When she finds out she has to leave the only home she’s ever known and marry so she can start a school of her own, she worries that she is not someone who should be married... -
![A Mail Order Bride for Wyatt by Carré White]()
A Mail Order Bride for Wyatt by Carré White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHired for a cattle drive, Wyatt Carson is surprised when his boss, Mr. Hardin, expects him to transport his mail order bride, Sofia Parker, from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. Little does Wyatt know that the real Sofia Parker has just passed away from blood poisoning. Her roommate, Eugenia Madsen, has taken her place, determined to escape poverty by marrying a rich cattle baron...Categorized as:
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![Westward Christmas Novel by Linda Bridey]()
Westward Christmas Novel by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA clean historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. Montana Mail Order Brides - Westward Series Book 11 The last time Sasha McCall had been in Dawson, she had met the dashing Dr. Ben Walker and had been instantly smitten. His dark good looks and soft Georgia accent captivated her. Now back home in Nebraska, her life is devoid of warmth and joy...Categorized as:
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![The Dark and the Dawn by Amelia C. Adams]()
The Dark and the Dawn by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJeanette Peterson and her sister, Abigail, are running from a dark past and hiding from an even darker future. When they happen upon the Brody Hotel in Topeka, Kansas, they're given a chance at a whole new life, one where they can choose who they want to become. When Jeanette assists the town doctor with a difficult case, she realizes she has a calling and a passion to become a nurse. Dr... -
![Jessamine's Journal by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Jessamine's Journal by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJessamine Stewart has felt rejected for most of her life. Now she is being sent away by the woman who has been her surrogate mother for the past six years. She moves to Texas to start a school and marry a stranger as his mail-order bride. When she arrives, it seems that all has worked out for the best, but it doesn’t take long for her to realize that he’s not attracted to her... -
![Savage Obsession by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Obsession by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile her beloved family struggle to put down stakes in the harsh Minnesota territory, Lorinda Odell is in St. Paul to get a proper education. But the bustling city is not without its own hazards, especially for a young woman as lovely as Lorinda... -
![Lily by Leigh Greenwood]()
Lily by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZac Randolph owns and runs the Little Corner of Heaven Saloon in San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast. He's a gambler by trade and by nature. He takes care of the girls who work for him, but no woman is as exciting as gambling, no woman means as much to him as his saloon. His life is perfect until a distant cousin, Lily Sterling, arrives from Virginia and upsets everything... -
![Yesteryear by Dorothy Garlock]()
Yesteryear by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAddie Hyde spent four years waiting to see if the high-spirited husband she had married in haste would come back after the South lost the war. Yet Kirby Hyde was never among the Confederates in rags and tatters straggling through Arkansas. Addie always had spunk, but now she also had a young son, two foster children she cherished, and trouble...Categorized as:
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![Ante Up by Caroline Lee]()
Ante Up by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRiver "Hart" Hartwell was raised by his Crow grandfather to do the right thing…even when it's none of his business.For several years, the town of Black Aces, Montana has been under the control of a nasty piece of work, Mr. Augustus King. He's got the brains and the muscle to keep the townspeople cowed, so no one stands up to him.Except The Black Ace...Categorized as:
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![A Sheriff's Passion by Michelle Beattie]()
A Sheriff's Passion by Michelle Beattie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShane McCall has dedicated his life to rising above the smear his father put on his last name. As sheriff of Marietta, Montana, his reputation is finally above reproach and he aims to keep it that way. A difficult task made impossible since he made the mistake of kissing Silver Adams...Categorized as:
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![Mail Order Maternity by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Mail Order Maternity by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe happiest day of Esther’s life quickly becomes a nightmare when she finds her husband dead in their fields. Now she is pregnant with no way to provide for her unborn child and her in-laws will soon evict her from her home...Categorized as:
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![Laurel by Leigh Greenwood]()
Laurel by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe latest historical romance in the bestselling series about the Randolph brothers--and the women who tame their hearts. Hen Randolph is the perfect choice for sheriff, but he's no one's idea of a model husband. Then a beauty with a tarnished reputation catches his eye, and the thought of taking a wife suddenly appeals to him as never before... -
![Violet by Leigh Greenwood]()
Violet by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHealing Heart Broken and bitter, Jefferson Randolph coud never forget all he had lost in the War Between The States — or forgive those he had fought. Long after most of his six brothers had found wedded blss, the former Rebel soldier kept himself buried in work, only dreaming of one day marrying a true daughter of the South... -
![The Texan's Dream by Jodi Thomas]()
The Texan's Dream by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNineteenth-century Texas was alive with lovers and scoundrels, drifters and dreamers. It was a land brimming with wild, glorious passions—passions USA Today bestselling author Jodi Thomas tenderly evokes in this exquisite new novel…Fleeing trouble in Pittsburgh, young Kara O’Riley has no choice but to travel as far West as her meager funds will take her...Categorized as:
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![Daisy by Leigh Greenwood]()
Daisy by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhile Tyler Randolph is prospecting for gold in New Mexico to get the money to build the hotel of his dreams he finds a woman wounded and left to die in a blizzard. He can't take her into Albuquerque because he doesn't know who's trying to kill her, so he takes her to his cabin. When the killers come after her, he makes it his job to protect her. Tyler is a loner not used to have a woman around... -
![Mail Order Match Maker by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Mail Order Match Maker by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter helping countless women find suitable husbands, Harriet is embarking on her own mail-order bride journey, to marry a man whose sister has eight lovely daughters of her own. Her new husband seems to care for her, but doesn't understand Harriet's attachment to her faithful butler Higgins...Categorized as:
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![Mail Order Meddler by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Mail Order Meddler by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrancis knew something needed to change immediately. He was only sixteen, but he understood that his family couldn’t keep living on bread and beef jerky. In town one day, he noticed an advertisement for a mail order bride, and sent off a letter…after signing his older brother’s name. He’d just make sure to tell Andrew that his fiance was coming before she arrived...Categorized as:
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![Passage West by Ruth Ryan Langan]()
Passage West by Ruth Ryan Langan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsON A WAGON TRAIN HEADING WEST, LOVE COULD BE AS FIERCE AS THE LAND--AND AS UNKNOWN! At seventeen, Abby Market left the only home she'd ever known--Missouri--in a covered wagon bound for California. With her sister and hard-drinking father in tow, she needed all her strength for the long trek westward. But Abby could hold her own with any man, until she met a rugged gunman named Rourke.. -
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![Emma and the Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller]()
Emma and the Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDespite her unconventional upbringing -- she'd been adopted off the orphan train by the local "madam" -- Emma Chalmers was the most prim and proper young lady in all of Whitneyville... -
![To Kiss a Texan by Jodi Thomas]()
To Kiss a Texan by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWes McLain returned from the civil war with little money, and less hope. He had given up on love. Until he saw her…Allie, the blue-eyed girl who had been called a savage, a wild soul—and was prisoner of what seemed to be a horrible fate. But when Wes looked into her eyes, he wanted only to free her, and to take her with him on a journey through the frontiers of Texas...Categorized as:
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![A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller]()
A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sudden death of the town marshal leaves Blue River, Texas, without a lawman...and twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan without a husband. As winter approaches and her meager seamstress income dwindles, she has three options... -
![Ward by Leigh Greenwood]()
Ward by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky--they get into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy ... except the love of a good woman. MARINADevastated by a ruthless betrayal, disillusioned by the War Between the States, Ward Dillon swore he'd escape his bitter past and start anew .. -
![Dream River by Dorothy Garlock]()
Dream River by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe million-copy bestselling author of Wind of Promise and Annie Lash continues her breathtaking Wabash River Trilogy with this second exciting novel set in Arkansas in 1819. Amy Deverell joins Rain Tallman as he blazes new trails across the American frontier--and across her heart... -
![Savage Paradise by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Paradise by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Mariana Fowler arrives in the Minnesota territory, she is not prepared for the uncivilized world she encounters. What unsettles her most is the man who captures her attention, a handsome Chippewa brave named Lone Hawk - an enemy of her people...A fiercely proud warrior, Lone Hawk has every intention of resisting his powerful feelings for the beautiful woman whose life he saved...
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