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  • Taming a Maverick by C.M. Owens

    Taming a Maverick by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    SALEM Just some fun. Just one night of reckless, harmless, wild fun. That's what I told myself the night I hooked up with quite possibly the sexiest guy I've ever known. Only, I didn't want to KNOW him. Life is a series of temporary situations, or so it's always been for me...
  • Perfectly Toxic by C.M. Owens

    Perfectly Toxic by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    BELLA New life. New job. New home. New goals... I vowed to make drastic changes and to never fall back into old habits. But then Ethan Noles showed up and blew all my good intentions to hell. I should have stayed away. I shouldn't have played his game. But I did. Now I just hope I don't regret it. ETHAN Bella is the type of girl you can't help but chase, because she doesn't want to be caught...
  • Riding Hard by Lauren Landish

    Riding Hard by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A city girl reins in the cowboy of her hottest dreams in Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Lauren Landish’s wild romance. As the eldest brother, the responsibility for the family ranch now rests on Mark Bennett’s broad shoulders. He wouldn’t have it any other way—he loves being in charge...
  • Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This ain’t no love triangle. This is people not knowing when to let fate do its thing. Brody Tannen has been the boss for way too long, putting everyone’s needs above his own. It’s the way his family farm stood while fate took shot after shot against them. But now he’s got a chance to figure things out for himself...
  • Beau by Nicole Edwards

    Beau by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    THEIR LOVE IS UNDENIABLE… Happily married for four and a half years, Beau and Ethan Walker are ready for the next phase in their lives. They want what so many people dream of: A baby. THEIR COMMITMENT IS UNWAVERING… Expanding their family with a tiny bundle of joy isn’t as easy for them as it is for the rest of the Walker clan...
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    alpha-mc  angst  children  family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy
  • Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker

    Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ten years ago Boone Pace made a mistake out of selfishness and immaturity.He’s regretted it ever since.Competing as a professional rodeo cowboy was everything he wanted. All that mattered. An opportunity he wouldn’t pass by.But it meant leaving his high-school sweetheart behind.Mae Wells was sweet, and innocent, and quiet...
  • The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

    The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What would it take to get one last chance? Joey Greer is done having her heart broken. Eight years ago, after a horrific car accident, Jackson Pierce—her high school sweetheart—abandoned her. Abandoned his family. Abandoned the town they'd both grown up in, and fled to Hollywood. He never looked back, and she never forgot him. Or forgave him...
  • Ethan by Nicole Edwards

    Ethan by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How long did it take you to find your place in the world?For Ethan Walker, going through the motions of life, keeping his distance, and never getting attached has become the mantra he lives by. Success is measured by how many hours he can work and how little attention he can draw. That was until he landed on Beau Bennett’s radar...
  • Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron

    Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s hard up.He’s just hard…After an ill-fated one-night stand, Wyatt Landry was the last person I ever expected to see again.By design, mind you, as I spent the last two years avoiding him.He was only ever meant to be a good time—a really good time—and now, thanks to one teensy little mistake, he’s back in my life and wielding an entirely different set of tools...
  • Get Bucked by Lani Lynn Vale

    Get Bucked by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Darby has always been ‘that’ guy.The guy that no man, woman, or child wants around their loved one.See, a long time ago he made some bad decisions. Those bad decisions have haunted him ever since. No matter what he does, people still see him as the town’s screw up. The boy that sold his soul to the Devil. Years later, he’s turned himself around...
  • Good Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Good Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series shows how family and true love can heal a broken past.After her mother died in a car accident when she was only five, and her father was determined not to show any emotions toward his only daughter, Timberlynn longs for a normal family...
  • Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The fourth, and final novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series fires up the passion in a story about forgiveness and finding your soul mate.Dirk Littlewood had the world at his feet and a life he claimed to love. He was a world-champion bull rider with plenty of women to keep his nights busy and make his inner loneliness nothing but a delusion...
  • What the Heart Learns by Jessica Gadziala

    What the Heart Learns by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Liam has always preferred spending his life inside books, only looking up to occasionally growl at customers in his shop. Until the day someone new comes to town. A woman who could keep up with him, someone who sees beyond his guards, who makes him want something decidedly non -fiction for a change. The only problem is, Riley has a secret. One that just might tear them apart...
  • Lost Love by Kelly Elliott

    Lost Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Moving back home to my parents’ cattle ranch in Texas was the last thing I thought I’d be doing. But, here I stand … in front of my high school girlfriend. A beautiful, confident woman has replaced the young girl I once knew and loved. Hell. I’m still in love with her. Yep. Paxton Monroe was my first love and the one girl in town who now hated my guts...
  • Seducing Sawyer by Melanie Shawn

    Seducing Sawyer by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stand-alone Wishing Well, Texas romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way! I had to keep my distance… Sawyer Briggs could admit that she was all he ever thought about, but the tall, sexy alpha knew that if he truly wanted what was best for her, he would stay away… It's now or never… Delilah Turner was ready to go for who she really wanted! The curvaceous...
  • Kickstart My Heart by Lacey Black

    Kickstart My Heart by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WalkerThere’s nothing better than a packed house on a Saturday night, and co-owning the hottest restaurant and bar in town with my best friends, isn’t so bad either. We put everything into Burgers and Brew. My job is to keep the alcohol moving and the patrons coming back for more. I won’t let anyone break my focus.That was until I saw her.As much as I try, I can’t fight it...
  • Seeing Red by Bailey Hannah

    Seeing Red by Bailey Hannah

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All Cassidy Bowman wants is one night of recklessness… and to get back at her ex.Cassidy has strict rules: she doesn’t date locals, she doesn’t sleep with men she isn’t dating, and she doesn’t do anything that might jeopardize her good girl reputation. But after a run-in with her ex-boyfriend—and a few too many drinks—she’s ready to buck those rules and get revenge...
  • Zane by Nicole Edwards

    Zane by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Vanessa Carmichael will never forget that horrible day for as long as she lives. With Zane fully on the mend from the brutal attack he suffered right in her very own yard, she knows she should be grateful, which she is. She also knows that walking away from Zane might be the only way to keep him safe...
  • Needing Him by Kennedy Fox

    Needing Him by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Evan Bishop is your typical hotshot doctor. Hardass, brooding, and all business. Instead of working on the family ranch, Evan broke the mold and became an ER doctor. He’s good with his hands—in more ways than one—smart as a whip and is the definition of God’s gift to women. Being a gentleman is in his Southern roots, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t flawed...
  • Siren in the City by Sophie Oak

    Siren in the City by Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    [Menage Amour: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance, M/M/F, BDSM, public exhibition] When the Dom's away...the subs will play! Jack and Sam married Abby. It was supposed to be for forever, but lately Abby wonders where her alpha male has gone. Jack has retreated, and life has become decidedly vanilla. It isn't the true threesome she and Sam wanted...
  • Foreseen: Lex by Sloane Kennedy

    Foreseen: Lex by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    LEX Even if I wasn’t losing my sight, I never would have seen him coming… I’ve known my fate for years, but I wasn’t willing to accept it. But as the light in my eyes dims a little more each day, I have no choice but to adapt. Or not...
  • Body and Soul by Lucy Lennox, Sloane Kennedy

    Body and Soul by Lucy Lennox, Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Oz: Escaping the international modeling scene to design my own fashion collection is the first step to shucking my bobble-headed supermodel reputation and proving to the world I’m more than just a pretty face. But the minute I have to accept roadside help from the sexy man next door, I feel like the airhead people think I am...
  • Liars by Lucy Lennox, May Archer

    Liars by Lucy Lennox, May Archer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Parrish Partridge’s True Facts:There’s nothing hotter than a tall, gruff, bewildered, tattooed mountain of a man cuddling a sweet, orphaned baby, so you can tell yourself that you’ll resist him...But that’s a lie...
  • Romancing the Cowboy (Galentine's Getaway) by Nichole Rose

    Romancing the Cowboy (Galentine's Getaway) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When this older cowboy rescues a hot mess author from a crazy bull, she learns a whole lot more than she anticipated. If growly cowboys, sassy heroines, and laugh-out-loud comedy make your heart pitter-patter, you'll love Cord and Cassia's steamy-sweet story!Spying on a bossy cowboy lands this hot mess romance author in hot water.Cassia MurphyI'm used to getting fan mail from readers...
  • Taming Teddy by Lucy Lennox

    Taming Teddy by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B01N2T0IRWTeddy: If there’s one thing I don’t do, it’s commitment. You don’t become an award-winning photographer by staying in one place. I’m always on the road, looking for the next shot, the next award, the next hot body. Which is how I end up on Dr. James Marian’s front porch in the middle-of-nowhere Alaska...
  • I've Got You by Becca Seymour

    I've Got You by Becca Seymour

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a single dad and a newly outed veterinarian meet by chance, it takes red-cheeked conversations, a tentative friendship, and the willingness to put their hearts on the line to show these men they’re made for each other.  Single dad Davis Jackson is busy balancing his coffee shop and being the best dad he can be. That doesn’t mean he’s not lonely...
  • Tied Up, Tied Down by Lorelei James

    Tied Up, Tied Down by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The strongest bonds are the ones unseen… Businesswoman Skylar Ellison never intended to get tangled up with a sexy Wyoming cowboy—let alone conceive a baby with him in the parking lot of a honky-tonk. When it appears her baby daddy has taken off for greener pastures, Skylar pulls up her bootstraps and carries on alone...
  • Sheriff's Secret by K. Webster

    Sheriff's Secret by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a steamy and emotional MM romance!When you’re the sheriff of Brigs Ferry Bay, certain things are expected of you.Marry a local girl, settle down, have a few kids. You know, the small-town dream.But I’ve got a secret I’m terrified will get out.I’m gay.Not bi. Not curious. Not confused.Just gay.So, settling for that dream won’t be happening...
  • Herd That by Lani Lynn Vale

    Herd That by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    His Wranglers fit him like a glove. A really tight, leaving nothing to the imagination, glove. Codie wants nothing more than to shove that Wrangler-covered butt straight into the mud. Ace Valentine has a smart mouth, a devil-may-care attitude, and those wicked eyes aimed directly at her. She doesn’t know what to do with that kind of attention...
  • Kissin' Tell by Lorelei James

    Kissin' Tell by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Once she led him around by a string. Now he's the one holding the reins. Georgia Hotchkiss swore wild horses couldn’t drag her back to Sundance, Wyoming. So it’s ironic she’s forced to take a rodeo PR job in her former hometown—right before her ten-year class reunion. The only thing worse than facing her cheating ex-husband? Showing up to the reunion without a date...
  • Small-Town Sweetheart by Toni Aleo

    Small-Town Sweetheart by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delaney Abbot has never wanted to live anywhere other than Spring Grove, Kentucky. She loves the town, the people, and the whiskey made right down the road at McElroy’s Distillery. If only she could find a man in her beloved small town worthy of all that love she has to give. The first thing Reed McElroy did when he finished high school was get the heck out of Spring Grove, Kentucky...
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    angst  drama  humor  industrial-era  western  adult  book  contemporary
  • Reining in the Bad Boy: An MM Holiday Romance (The Men of River Gorge) by Jacki James

    Reining in the Bad Boy: An MM Holiday Romance (The Men of River Gorge) by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What kind of loser pretends to have a boyfriend?Oh, yeah, that’s me, Landon Nichols. I’m the loser. In my defense, I didn’t actually make up a boyfriend. My mom just assumed I had one, and I figured if it made her feel better to think I had someone in my life, then what could it hurt? Nothing, right?Until she decides I need to bring my pretend boyfriend home for Christmas...
  • Country Thunder by Cheyenne McCray

    Country Thunder by Cheyenne McCray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Miranda Hawthorne has made a new start in the small town of King Creek, Arizona. She’s a horse therapist who works with children and adults with disabilities and is perfectly fine being single and living a fulfilling life helping others. After what her ex put her through, she doesn’t need a man, thank you very much...
  • How To Rope A Wild Cowboy by Anya Summers

    How To Rope A Wild Cowboy by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emmett Benson makes no apologies for his bachelor status. He revels in a woman’s surrender but does not want the responsibility of claiming a submissive for his own, because no one is worth the price of his freedom. He appreciates his friends, loves his horse, and fancies wrangling cattle every day over interacting with people...
  • Lone Star Best Friend by Kat Baxter

    Lone Star Best Friend by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Friends-to-lovers/Curvy Girl RomanceJohnnyHarper Rhodes and I were just kids when we promised to be each other’s first everything. I’m not sure if she thought I was kidding or lying. All I know is she’s left town because she thinks I got another woman pregnant. Little does she know I’ve been saving everything for her. Every kiss. Every touch. Every filthy-fueled fantasy. I’m tired of waiting...
  • Mother Bucker by Elle Thorpe

    Mother Bucker by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Getting pregnant then realising your baby daddy is a cheating, lying, scumbag? That happened.But then Abel James walks into my life. One hot look from the broad-shouldered cowboy and I’m ready for all the sexy fun I won’t be having once I start showing.Only one problem. He’s my father’s best friend and almost twenty years older than me.He’s off limits. I’m completely forbidden...
  • Wishing Hearts by Emmy Sanders

    Wishing Hearts by Emmy Sanders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A shameless flirt. A single dad. And an unexpected chance at love. HarrisonWhen I left Plum Valley ten years ago, I never thought I’d return. But a call about animals in crisis brings me back to the town that inadvertently broke my heart.What I don’t expect? Sam. The animal control officer looks every bit a cowboy wet dream, and for whatever reason, he’s latched on to me like a dog with a bone...
  • Forget Me Not by Felice Stevens

    Forget Me Not by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "He had everything under control, except the way that cowboy made him feel."Texas cowboy Shea Montgomery has plans. Big plans. Still mourning the loss of his beloved father, he’s finally ready to sell the Forget Me Not ranch. He’s dusting off his boots, packing up his cowboy hat, and moving to New York City to make his dreams come true...
  • Virgin Hearts by Emmy Sanders

    Virgin Hearts by Emmy Sanders

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can an inexperienced cowboy wrangle the adult movie star of his dreams? HawthorneI’ve lived in the same small town my entire life. And I like it, for the most part: being a rancher, taking care of my chickens, and even my meddlesome family. What I don’t like is the limited dating options. I’m gay, and at thirty-six-years-old, I’ve never been with a man...
  • Black by Quin, Perin.

    Black by Quin, Perin.

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Meow!”There it was.The sound that made my knees buckle.He purred, neck stretched, eyes half-lidded.With those cat ears, in his hair.And the tail, that he flicked.A ray of sun in the drizzling rain. I’d been a traveler, floating adrift, while he’d stayed in one place. How was I supposed to know he’d become my anchor? My light. My everything...
  • Like the Taste of Summer by Kaje Harper

    Like the Taste of Summer by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack managed to get a scholarship to a small-town college in the middle of the Iowa cornfields, September 1981. It wasn't New York, or California, but he figured it would be better than being home. College would be be a new start in a new place, maybe somewhere he could be himself...
  • Drawn to You by Jaclyn Quinn

    Drawn to You by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Leaving his enormous family behind, native New Yorker, Elijah, decides to move to Brighton Pier for a fresh start. Being part of a large LGBTQ community and landing his dream job at Inkubus, a local tattoo shop, is too big of a draw for him to turn down...
  • The Homecoming by S. Doyle

    The Homecoming by S. Doyle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ruby I needed to get away. Someplace safe. Someplace far away from the mess I've made of my life. Turns out I have a half-brother I never knew about. I took a chance, left everything behind to go find him in Riverbend, Montana. Then because I’m me and I have my luck, my car broke down...
  • The Shearing Gun by Renae Kaye

    The Shearing Gun by Renae Kaye

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    At twenty-five, Hank owns a small parcel of land in Australia’s rural southwest where he supplements his income from the property with seasonal shearing. Hank is a “shearing gun”—an ace shearer able to shear large numbers of sheep in a single day...
  • BTW: By the Way by Lucy Lennox, Molly Maddox

    BTW: By the Way by Lucy Lennox, Molly Maddox

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    James:My assignment is simple: go to the Cape and seal the real estate deal for my most important client. No problem. I’m good at my job, I know how to close a sale, and this time won’t be any different.Until I meet Sawyer, the sexy young bartender I accidentally kiss in the broom closet. Turns out, he’s one of the owners I’m here to negotiate with.Okay, so that complicates things...
  • Return to Blackcreek by Riley Hart

    Return to Blackcreek by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This December it's time to go back... Wes and Braden Braden plans a surprise weekend getaway for him and Wes. Two days alone in a cabin with his husband? There’s no telling what kind of trouble they can get into. Wes isn’t fooled though. He knows this weekend is about more than just a sexy escape...
  • Catching the Cowboy by Kennedy Fox

    Catching the Cowboy by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Settling down and starting a family is something Diesel has considered, regardless of his one-night stand reputation. However, he just might be single forever since who he wants is off-limits—his best friend’s little sister.He’s been in love with her for years, but betraying his friendship could ruin everything...
  • Nobody's Prince Charming by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Nobody's Prince Charming by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fire and ice. Oil and water. Vodka and decisions. That’s what Darren McCoy and Wren Davison are: two opposites that shouldn’t mix well. Dare believes in fairy tales, true love, and happily ever after. Wren believes in fast cars, freedom, and no-strings sex. What can these two men possibly have in common? A magnetic pull strong enough to obliterate logic and reason...
  • Game On by Riley Hart, Devon McCormack

    Game On by Riley Hart, Devon McCormack

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CARTER Relationships--who needs 'em? As a personal-assistant-extraordinaire to one of the top PR firms in Los Angeles, I've dedicated most of my life to errand-running and people-pleasing. But when it comes to men, as much as I love to please them in the bedroom, I'm way too busy to give more than that. Fortunately, as far as my options go..
  • Prairie Heat by Tessa Layne

    Prairie Heat by Tessa Layne

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Rancher's SonCowboy Blake Sinclaire is determined not to repeat the sins of his father. That means choosing to love no one and save the settling down for his younger brothers. But one woman has thrown a wrench in those plans – Maddie Hansen, the sexy scientist who also happens to be the daughter of his family’s greatest enemy...
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