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Before the Dawn by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeah Barnett can't believe how far fate has carried her: from Boston to the towering Colorado Rockies...and into the life of an angry, ruggedly sexy man. Ryder Damien is not about to welcome this beauty with open arms, however, especially since Leah was the one who won the affection of Ryder's late father and now may inherit, his considerable wealth...Categorized as:
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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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Augusta by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAugusta "Gussie" Dulan is the only Dulan sister to make it all the way to California on the wagon train for brides. Each of her four sisters has taken off along the trail to marry up with a man they fell in love with and now Gussie is hoping to find a man to love here at the end of the trail...Categorized as:
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![From Wine to Water by Carolyn Brown]()
From Wine to Water by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Tyrell Fannin and his cousins Isaac and Micah Burnet want is to get out of a Texas jail and go home to Mississippi. Delia Lavalle didn't need three outlaws to escort her and her sisters to Louisiana but she doesn't really have a choice. The outlaws aren't happy about escorting nuns, but figure they might bring them luck, because not even Santa Anna would harm a holy woman... -
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![Sophie's Dilemma by Lauraine Snelling]()
Sophie's Dilemma by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe couldn't wait to leave the Red River Valley. . .Certain she can't live without Hamre Bjorklund, the impetuous Sophie Knutson rejects her father's request to postpone her marriage until after graduation and convinces Hamre to elope. But far from her family, Sophie finds that life as a fisherman's bride in Ballard, Washington, is not all she had envisioned... -
![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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![Chances by Carolyn Brown]()
Chances by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAdelida Broussau took a big chance by saying she was Rueben Hamilton's new bride. But even a rat will stand up and fight when it's cornered and she was surely feeling the pinch of being pushed in the corner. Her sister, Maria, was dead...Categorized as:
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![McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller]()
McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen news came that there was trouble back in Texas, Holt McKettrick left his mail-order bride at the altar and never looked back. He just hoped he'd be in time to save the man who raised him as a son and stop his best friend from hanging...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 Beauty of Love by Dorothy Wiley]()
The Beauty of Love by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrought together after tragedy, Edward Wyllie and Dora Tudor find the true beauty of love in this poignant and thrilling historical romance set in 1800 Boston and New Hampshire. In an unlikely place for new beginnings, a cemetery, Edward and Dora meet for the first time. But in that forlorn place, the beauty of love blossoms... -
![Isabelle's Choice by AnneMarie Brear]()
Isabelle's Choice by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalifax, 1876. On the death of her mother and sister, Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and her brother in a privately-run workhouse. After the matron's son attacks her, Isabelle decides to escape him and a life of drudgery by agreeing to marry a moorland farmer she has never met. But this man, Farrell, is a drunkard and a bully in constant feud with his landlord, Ethan Harrington... -
![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... -
![Starry Montana Sky by Debra Holland]()
Starry Montana Sky by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSince her husband’s death, Samantha Sawyers Rodriguez and her son have been little more than prisoners on her father-in-law’s estate in 1890s Argentina. Now, thanks to her late uncle, she has an inheritance—a Montana ranch that she plans to transform into a sanctuary for orphaned boys while raising her family’s miniature horses... -
![Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A passionate, heartwarming story of the iconic MacLarens of Fire Mountain. This captivating historical western romance grabs your attention from the start with an engrossing story encompassing two romances set against the rugged backdrop of the burgeoning western frontier.” Connor MacLaren’s search has already stolen eight years of his life...Categorized as:
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![Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill MacLaren is a hardened, plain-speaking bounty hunter. His life centers on finding men guilty of horrendous crimes and making sure justice is done. There is no place in his world for the carefree attitude he carried years before when a tragic event destroyed his dreams. Amanda is the daughter of a successful Colorado rancher...Categorized as:
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![Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Smart, tough, and capable, the MacLarens protect their own no matter the odds. Set against America’s rugged frontier, the stories of the men from Fire Mountain are complex, fast-paced, and a must read for anyone who enjoys non-stop action and romance.” Drew MacLaren is focused and strong...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Bobbins and Boots by Shanna Hatfield]()
Bobbins and Boots by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does an act of kindness result in. . . marriage? One carefree cowboy is about to find out in this sweet historical romance! Born dirt-poor into a life of hardship, Allie Tillman seizes the opportunity to better her situation by answering an advertisement for a mail-order bride in the West. Upon her arrival in Baker City, Oregon, she discovers her intended is a low-down, lying thief...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Iron Lace by Emilie Richards]()
Iron Lace by Emilie Richards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Aurore Gerritsen watched her lover kill her father, it was just one act of violence in a long chain of dramatic events.Years later, behind the iron lace gates of wealthy New Orleans, beneath the veneer of her society name, linger secrets that Aurore Gerritsen has hidden for a lifetime, and truths that threaten to change forever the lives of her unsuspecting family... -
![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... -
![A Tryst by the Sea by Grace Burrowes]()
A Tryst by the Sea by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVergilius, Viscount Summerton, has watched his wife grow more and more distant, and he’s determined that, this year, the marriage will start moving in a better direction. Penelope, Lady Summerton, is also determined that this year will be different. She slips off to a seaside cottage, intending that to be her first step toward a new life free of marital difficulties...Categorized as:
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![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 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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Sadie by Patricia PacJac Carroll]()
Sadie by Patricia PacJac Carroll
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSadie Bluhm receives the letter to confirm she had been chosen to be the mail order bride for Conrad Frazier in America. She is delighted. Growing up an orphan, Sadie relishes the idea she has been chosen to belong to someone. Conrad lost his wife six months ago. Desperate to find another, he enlists the help of an agency to find him the proper German bride...Categorized as:
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![The Tiger's Woman by Celeste De Blasis]()
The Tiger's Woman by Celeste De Blasis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHE COULD FLEE HER PAST, BUT NOT ESCAPE IT! She called herself Mary Smith and hid her extraordinary beauty behind widow's weeds. She came to San Francisco in flight from a secret so shattering, a man so dangerous, that no disguise could long shield her. Then she met Jason Drake--The Tiger--lover, gambler, empire builder, the one man whose power offered sanctuary... -
![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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![Substitute Bride by Margery Scott]()
Substitute Bride by Margery Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe married the wrong twin! Six years after Cole Berringer goes west to build a new life, he writes to his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Main, and proposes marriage. But instead of the woman he left behind, her twin sister, Elizabeth, arrives in Colorado to take her place... -
![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... -
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![A Run For Love by Callie Hutton]()
A Run For Love by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeisty school teacher Tori Henderson values her independence and has no use for a husband. When she finds herself the legal guardian of her two nieces, two nephews, and facing eviction from her Kansas home, she enters the 1889 Oklahoma land run and confronts a new set of challenges...Categorized as:
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![To Capture a Duke's Heart by Jennifer McNare]()
To Capture a Duke's Heart by Jennifer McNare
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir attraction was immediate and undeniable, but not everyone was pleased with their burgeoning romance... -
![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.. -
![Lucas's Lady by Caroline Lee]()
Lucas's Lady by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLucas Ryan has a problem. The rustling and land-grabbing on his ranch has been going on far too long, but his mother promised him it would stop just as soon as he married and produced an heir. So he's sent off for a mail-order bride who won't ask questions and wants a baby as much as he does.He just doesn't expect to fall for her.Shannon Montgomery is not a solution...Categorized as:
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![Ride Baby Ride / Rocky Ride by Vivian Arend]()
Ride Baby Ride / Rocky Ride by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnjoy the first two STAND ALONE romances in the bestselling Thompson & Sons series in one bundle! From New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend... -
![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 Wed in Texas by Jodi Thomas]()
To Wed in Texas by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReverend Daniel McLain desperately needs help in bringing guidance and peace to the mid-19th-century Western town of Jefferson, Tex., and with twin toddlers running him ragged, he can't get focused. He appeals to his late wife's family and expects the assistance of an elderly aunt. Instead, poor family relation and spinster Karlee Whitworth arrives...Categorized as:
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![Two Texas Hearts by Jodi Thomas]()
Two Texas Hearts by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKora Adams doesn't believe in curses, but she has known nothing but bad luck all of her life. Until the night a handsome stranger knocks on her front door. Winter McQuillen has inherited a sprawling Texas ranch--but the only way he can claim it is to have a wife--this very night. Now, Kora has to make a choice--turn Winter out of her home or take a chance on the possibility of love...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... -
![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... -
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![Drew by Leigh Greenwood]()
Drew by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Proper setting down She landed in Cole?s arms. The shock knocked the sense out of her. She couldn?t describe it any other way. Nothing else could account for the fact that not a single coherent thought remained in her head. He caught her easily, as if he?d done it before. He balaned her lightly against his chest, but that didn?t keep her from being acutely aware she was leaning against his body... -
![The Texan and The Lady (McCormick (Harvey Girls Series) #1) by Jodi Thomas]()
The Texan and The Lady (McCormick (Harvey Girls Series) #1) by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJennie Munday left her sleepy Iowa home to become a Harvey Girl. On a train bound for Kansas and her exciting new life, she met Austin McCormick, a gruff, abrasive Texas marshal who seemed to be everything she disliked in a man... -
![To Have and to Hold (Nebraska Historicals) by Ruth Ann Nordin]()
To Have and to Hold (Nebraska Historicals) by Ruth Ann Nordin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Eye of the Beholder, Mary Larson left Maine for a new life in Nebraska, a new life that almost ended at the train station if not for Dave Larson. Six years later in To Have and To Hold, Mary's journey continues. All her dreams for marriage and children have come true, and she couldn't be happier, until a fateful accident erases her memory.. -
![Grayson Brothers Series Boxed Set by Wendy Lindstrom]()
Grayson Brothers Series Boxed Set by Wendy Lindstrom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGRAYSON BROTHERS BOXED SET Fall in love with the Grayson brothers in this award-winning series by bestselling author Wendy Lindstrom. Four strong men—four stories of passion and once-in-a-lifetime love. “This entire series is absolutely epic... -
![The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection: 9 Historical Romances Begin After Saying "I Do" (Love & Romance Collections) by Angela Bell, Angela Breidenbach]()
The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection: 9 Historical Romances Begin After Saying "I Do" (Love & Romance Collections) by Angela Bell, Angela Breidenbach
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArranged marriage without romance was once a rather common occurrence, and if love developed, they counted themselves fortunate. From England to the American west, nine historical couples enter marriage agreements by both coercion and necessity... -
![Iris by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Iris by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIris Sullivan worked hard for many years for her medical degree. When she finally obtained it, no one would hire her simply because she was a woman. The town of Nowhere, Texas was the only place she could find work in her field, so she made the move with her companion Edna Petunia Blue, fully expecting to spend the rest of her life as a spinster...
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