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  • Saxon's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Saxon's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Many believed he didn’t possess a heart. Not true. It was just hidden beneath a layer of protection so deep no one would ever penetrate it. Until her. Aspen. Sweet. Innocent. Beautiful. And not the woman for him. Despite his reputation, Joel Saxon wasn’t in the habit of corrupting innocents. Especially when she had no clue about the dark desires he possessed...
  • Texas Gift by R.J. Scott

    Texas Gift by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Hayley arrived on the steps of the D, Riley and Jack knew life would never be the same. Told through Riley and Jack’s eyes, this is ten years in the life of their family and watching Hayley grow up, fall in love, and start her own life. Hurricanes, illness, babies, happiness, sadness, work, play, the barn, the office, horses, friends, enemies, and above all love...
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    children  family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  western  adult  book
  • Red Dirt Christmas by N.R. Walker

    Red Dirt Christmas by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **14,500 words, gay romance** Travis had been here at Sutton Station for just over a year. We were technically engaged, not that we’d told anyone. He was happy just knowin’ I’d said yes, and I had some head-clearin’ stuff to work through. Knowing I was good enough for Trav was one thing, but knowing if I was good enough to be a husband and father was somethin’ else entirely...
  • Forever Falcon Ridge by D.L. Roan

    Forever Falcon Ridge by D.L. Roan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The McLendon Family Saga continues in this epic, coming-of-age love story by USA Today bestselling author, D.L. Roan. A third-generation rancher, Dani McLendon is destined to become the first woman to ever manage her family's ranch. Running Falcon Ridge is her birthright, her honor, her responsibility...
  • Betting on Grace by Nicole Edwards

    Betting on Grace by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dead Heat Ranch, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicole Edwards is continuing to heat things up with Betting on Grace, a sexy new ménage novel which is the first book in a hot new series called Dead Heat Ranch. The tables have turned on Grace Lambert. For a woman familiar with long days and hard work, she just recently discovered just how hot the sultry Texas nights can get...
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    industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book  contemporary
  • Cowboy Healing by B.A. Tortuga

    Cowboy Healing by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Patrick Kelly needs some help. His husband passed away a while ago, and now he has a thriving medical practice, two busy kids, and one ranch outside Aspen, Colorado that he's not really sure how to run...
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    children  family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  western  adult  animals
  • Still Waters by Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr

    Still Waters by Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bryant is unlike other relentlessly alpha Compton men, including the three cousins he loves like brothers. While they grew up drooling over pretty girls in Compton Pass, he was sneaking peeks of the sexy men working his family’s ranch. All that sweaty, shirtless skin… flexing, exposed muscle… tight, dusty jeans… The temptation proved too much...
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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book
  • Light as Air by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Light as Air by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two rough and ready cowboys. An innocent scientist. And a cyclone of desire that takes down everything in its path. Doug never imagined life would send him chasing storms with stunning beauty, Rosalia. Rosalia puts herself in the path of tornadoes, but no twister has ever made her heart race like Doug....and his best friend, TJ...
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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book
  • Logan's Loves by Taylor Rylan

    Logan's Loves by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life wasn’t easy. It didn’t always turn out how you planned, either. Still, Logan wouldn’t trade his current life for anything. He had a wonderful family, a loving husband he’d do anything for, and they had just become parents to twins. What more could they want? So much had changed in the last two years but Rhett couldn’t be happier...
  • Wistful in Wyoming by J.B. Havens, Samantha A. Cole

    Wistful in Wyoming by J.B. Havens, Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What does a small-town rancher know about being out and proud? Absolutely nothing. But that’s about to change. Jeremiah Urban has always hidden who he really is, but he’s tired of being alone and watching everyone around him fall in love. However, at forty-two, he fears the repercussions of coming out to the residents of Antelope Rock...
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    mlm  western  lgbtq  industrial-era  fiction  angst  contemporary  book
  • Perfectly Seasoned by B.A. Tortuga

    Perfectly Seasoned by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Geoff has seen a lot of people find love over his years at the Leanin' N ranch. He's been content to let others have their day, deciding that he's happy enough with good friends and found family. The truth is, Geoff isn't sure he's worthy of love. Or capable of dealing with it. So he's just not looking very hard, even when it's right under his nose...
  • Ranch Manny by B.A. Tortuga

    Ranch Manny by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trace is down on his luck, out of his teaching job, and on the road with his young daughter Savannah. Just as he's contemplating tucking his proverbial tail between his luck and heading back to his ex or his parents to ask for help, a job opportunity falls into his lap. What he's not sure about is working for a handsome cowboy. On a ranch. In the middle of nowhere.Cowboy Brent has a ranch to run...
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    children  family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  western  adult  book
  • My Survivor, My Savior by Taylor Rylan

    My Survivor, My Savior by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everhett Welsh grew up knowing exactly what he wanted in life. He wanted what his dads had. To him, a love like theirs was something to strive for and when he and his best friend went to Wyoming for Christmas, he found the man he wanted it with. Logan Redfeather has sworn off men and love. After being betrayed by his fiancé, he promised himself, never again. That was before he met Rhett Welsh...
  • Cowboy Rules by Jacki James

    Cowboy Rules by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You're right until now I haven’t dated. Ever. But for you, Lincoln Reynolds, I will. So what do you say? Will you go on a date with me?” Lincoln Reynolds grew up cowboy. And that meant when you got thrown off a horse, you cowboy up and shake it off. You don't show fear, you don't let it shake you, and you never let them see you cry...
  • Falling Softly by Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr

    Falling Softly by Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Darkness has crept into Sterling Compton’s charmed life, relentlessly stealing what’s left of her grandmother’s memories. When she happens upon a compelling stranger leaning against a broken-down pickup in the middle of nowhere, grief and a gut-deep attraction spur her to take that too-safe life by the horns. From the instant Sterling emerges from her Jeep, Viho is drawn to her carefree spirit...
  • Imagoes by N.R. Walker

    Imagoes by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Jack receives a phone call from a colleague in the southeast of Tasmania with news of a newfound butterfly habitat, he and Lawson head off on another adventure. It’s not an easy trek to the location. The Franklin-Gordon National Park is famous for wild rivers, rainforests, and rocky cliff faces, and they’ll need to hike and abseil—in the dead of winter—to get to the site...
  • Rex by Nicole Edwards

    Rex by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Whether it was due to lack of funds, lack of desire, or one lame excuse after another, Rex Sharpe has managed to ignore the one and only dream he’s ever had: turning his family’s dilapidated old farmhouse into a bed and breakfast. Until now...
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    industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book  contemporary
  • Family Rules by Jacki James

    Family Rules by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Justin had three simple rules for dating: No co-workers, no repeats, and absolutely no men with kids. He was happy with those rules. And no one had ever tempted him to break them. Until a night on the prowl had him crossing paths with an adorably geeky accountant. Mark spent the last year being the best dad possible to his little girl while enjoying life as an openly gay man for the first time...
  • Texas! Trilogy by Sandra Brown

    Texas! Trilogy by Sandra Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Together in one volume, here are all three novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s beloved Texas! trilogy—which follows the sweeping story of the tempestuous, troubled Tyler family. Lucky Tyler is a born rebel with a fiery temper...
  • Love Means... Endurance by Andrew Grey

    Love Means... Endurance by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Love Means... Story Together for over ten years, Geoff and Eli built a fulfilling life. Their love and support helped raise their adopted son. Their hard work and dedication grew their farm from raising cattle and boarding horses to expanding into therapy riding sessions. Surrounded by a loving circle of friends, Geoff and Eli couldn’t ask for more...
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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  western  adult  audiobook  book
  • Royal Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Royal Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leigh Ann Baker, former Miss Texas, knows she is more than a beauty queen. She knows she has more value than a trophy wife for one of the rich old men her mother had been trying to marry her off to for the last four years. She just needs to figure out what that is...
  • Love Under Two Adventurers by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Adventurers by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/F, HEA] Rebecca Jessop had just decided to damn her pride and go after Greg Benedict, when he arrives with his lover Cody Harper! But loving two adventurers brings complications she never saw coming...
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    family  industrial-era  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book  contemporary
  • Roped In by Jodi Payne, B.A. Tortuga

    Roped In by Jodi Payne, B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but sometimes distance makes people drift apart. Rope Canutt has announced his retirement from bull riding and is making the most of his final year on the circuit, riding the big shows and resting in between so he can finish the season on a high note. He isn’t sure what’s next for him...
  • Kade & Cameron by A.D. Ellis

    Kade & Cameron by A.D. Ellis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cameron Lewis is left reeling when his perfect life—two beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a house on the lake—is ripped apart by loss. Kade Ramsey is living the American dream with a wife, two amazing children, and a comfortable job. But dreams are often only illusions, and Kade discovers his life isn’t all he thought it to be. Kade and Cam have been friends for years...
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    children  family  lgbtq  mlm  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction
  • Texas Lullaby by Cynthia D'Alba

    Texas Lullaby by Cynthia D'Alba

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Winner - Holt Medallion Best Short Contemporary for 2016 Sometimes what you think you don’t want is exactly what you need. After a long four-year engagement, Lydia Henson makes her decision. Forced to choice between having a family or marrying a man who adamantly against fathering children, she chooses the man. She can live without children. She can’t live without the man she loves...
  • Buck Me, Daddy by Ruby Steele, Virginia Sexton

    Buck Me, Daddy by Ruby Steele, Virginia Sexton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My happy endings only come in one variety. Then she rode into my life. Nannies are supposed to minimize distractions, not cause them. She’s got the kind of sweetness that makes a man want to sink in his brand. And she’s connected so deeply with my spitfire of a daughter, she has me thinking I’ve found my match. But I have time for two things in my life...
  • C Is for Comfort by Colette Davison

    C Is for Comfort by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A single dad, a doctor, and a one-night-stand. Is there room in their lives and hearts for one another? Corey Stress is my middle name. I'm a single dad and a newly qualified teacher, so it’s hard to find time for myself. What I didn't expect from an adult party is a man who allows me to relax fully...
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    mlm  lgbtq  family  children  fiction  contemporary  age-gap  book
  • Perfect by Jenny Wood

    Perfect by Jenny Wood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Adoption is hard. Paperwork and more paperwork, lawyers and more lawyers and it seems like begging and choosing....all to get your heart broken when the expectant mother backs out. Not wanting to go through that again, or put Morgan through it again; they opted out. Unfortunately, the new guy didn't get the memo and they were chosen by expectant young mother, Haley...
  • Something Unexpected by Rory Maxwell

    Something Unexpected by Rory Maxwell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    DOMINIC LAUDER never thought he’d return to Split Rock Ranch. But after twenty years, he finds himself knocking on his aunt’s door. He just wishes he was there with better news...
  • Mack by Nicole Edwards

    Mack by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Four years ago, Mack Schwartz made a decision that would alter the course of his life. Little did he know that walking away from the man he loved was only the beginning of a downward spiral. Since then, he’s become nothing more than a puppet, his son Daniel at the helm, turning Mack’s life not only upside down but inside out...
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    industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  audiobook  book
  • Love Under Two Cowboys by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Cowboys by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Carrie Rhodes doesn’t plan to fall for Chase and Brian Benedict. The past has taught her she’s better off alone. But once her heart opens to these two cowboys, she yearns to live her own happy-ever-after. Chase and Brian demand that Carrie shares her soul before they share her body...
  • Release Me by Faith Gibson

    Release Me by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen Years… For fifteen years, Cade Anderson, drummer for the world-famous rock band 7’s Mistress, has been in love with his best friend, the band’s lead singer. Even though it’s been years since they were lovers, Cade still wants the man. When his best friend falls in love with someone else, life as Cade knows it is over. The band breaks up and Cade has to figure out how to move on...
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    industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book  contemporary
  • I'm Not Your Enemy by Cara Dee

    I'm Not Your Enemy by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Family | Book 2 of 2 | Lovers to Enemies | Enemies to…The line between love and hate has never been so thin, and Blake and Sebastian return in this sequel with bottled-up hurt that somehow just brings them even closer. Sebastian was right. I was a coward. I ran my closeted tail all the way back to Georgia. Once I got there, I had no place left to hide. My life imploded...
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    industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book  contemporary
  • New Tricks by Davidson King

    New Tricks by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After thirteen years together, Malcolm and Embry are all too familiar with their differences. Malcolm is free-spirited and spontaneous while Embry prefers having everything planned out...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Summer Drifter by R.J. Scott

    Summer Drifter by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One man craves family, the other isolation; neither of them was searching for forever love.  Experienced and much-in-demand horse trainer Levi doesn't need or want people. With his horse and dog at his side, he lives out of his trailer and trains horses in the summer to earn just enough to head south for winter...
  • Second to None by Felice Stevens

    Second to None by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nightclub owner Marcus Feldman never met a man he didn’t love, at least for the night. Although his best friends have all found love, Marcus shuns their advice to commit to one man and settle down. His past has taught him monogamy and marriage is for fools, and Marcus is anything but a fool...
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    children  family  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Cassie by Jennifer Foor

    Cassie by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Cassie Healy. I'm twenty-two years old and I've had to sneak around to be able to have a relationship with the man I love because of my overbearing parents. So what if Brantley Moxin has a criminal record? He's who I chose to be with. Leaving town was our only option. One night we packed up a few things and hit the road, bound for a new chance at a future together...
  • Overnight Love by Nicole Edwards

    Overnight Love by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MacKenzie Catlay never expected a blind date to lead to one of the best nights of her life. She also never expected sparks to fly when she runs into the sexy cowboy who helped her evade the drunken guy she was supposed to meet. Lucas Burch wasn’t looking for a woman when he finds himself coming to MacKenzie’s rescue. Twice...
  • Seeking Sunshine by Carly Marie

    Seeking Sunshine by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everyone needs a little Sunshine in their life.Liam has compartmentalized down to an art. With too much on his plate and raising his brother Jackson, he barely has time to sleep. Finding a man interested in him and accepting of Jackson isn’t happening. As for riding lessons at Sunshine Ranch? It’s just another thing that will stretch his budget and time...
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    children  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  western  adult  age-gap  book
  • My Choice, My Chance by Taylor Ryan

    My Choice, My Chance by Taylor Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a disastrous relationship in college, Jasper Welsh swore he would never let anyone that close to him again. But after watching his twin fall in love with the man of his dreams, Jasper starts to realize that maybe there’s more to life than meaningless hook ups. After all, it’s been almost a decade since he’s taken a chance on someone again...
  • Texas Family by R.J. Scott

    Texas Family by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack and Riley Campbell-Hayes begin a journey that will change their lives forever. Set against the backdrop of the Double D, the cast of the Texas books face changes that won’t leave a single one of them untouched. Jack and Riley want to extend their small family of three...
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    children  family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult
  • Dalton's Undoing by RaeAnne Thayne

    Dalton's Undoing by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He had a reputation . . . he was known as a major player who'd left a swath of broken hearts across the Teton Valley. Yet when single mother Jenny Boyer saw the tenderness in Seth Dalton's eyes when he looked at her children -- not to mention her -- it was impossible for her to believe it was all a game. She was new to this small town, a school principal who needed to be respected...
  • Natural Disaster by Chris Owen

    Natural Disaster by Chris Owen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jake and Tor return in this long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Bareback! Having bought the ranch they've worked on for so long, they're now the proud owners of a spread of their own. There's more than enough on their plate coping with their new responsibilities and their arguments over ranch management, and it's not long before even more trouble hits...
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    children  family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult
  • Getting Lucky by Carolyn Brown

    Getting Lucky by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Getting Lucky by Carolyn Brown ONE STUBBORN COWBOY WHO'S MORE THAN WILLING TO CROSS HORNS When single dad Griffin Luckadeau thinks his new neighbor is scheming to steal his ranch out from under him to benefit her own daughter, sparks really begin to fly... ONE HOTHEADED SCHOOLTEACHER WHO DOESN'T TAKE GUFF FROM ANYBODY Julie Donovan moves to town, determined to leave her troubles behind...
  • Heart of a Mountain by Stormy Glenn

    Heart of a Mountain by Stormy Glenn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Publishing: The Stormy Glenn ManLove Collection: Erotic Alternative Romance, M/M, HEA] John Aldrin Flores came to Cade Creek hoping to build a new life outside of the city. After landing a job at the Cade Creek Diner, Aldrin has a chance to meet many of the townspeople, but the one that interests him the most is the one that doesn't say anything...
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    industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  abuse  adult  book
  • Cowboy Christmas by Stormy Glenn

    Cowboy Christmas by Stormy Glenn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Cowboy Romance, M/M, with M/M/M, light spanking, HEA]Life has settled down for each of the Blaecleahs. They’ve all found their legends and are living a life filled with love and happiness...
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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book
  • Texas Desire by Sara York

    Texas Desire by Sara York

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gresh is on his deathbed and Lane is swimming in guilt. Will Riley's comfort and love be too tempting for Lane with Gresh in a coma? A new cowboy, Kip, has come to town and he's got his sights set on one of the cowboys, but the man is straight and Kip doesn't know if he wants to date another closet case. Winning over his new lover and getting him to open up may prove to be too much...
  • Riveted by S.J.D. Peterson

    Riveted by S.J.D. Peterson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “When trust is gone, a man no longer believes in humanity.” ~Ty Callahan~ When Ty left Pegasus for New York, he knew he was falling for Blake but wasn’t sure he could trust him. Blake didn’t know whether he could be vulnerable enough to take on another boy. Since the move to the Big Apple, Blake and Ty have learned how to live with each other...
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    industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  book  contemporary
  • Cody by Lynn Hagen

    Cody by Lynn Hagen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Cowboy Romance, M/M, HEA] Life is really simple, but we insist on making it difficult. Cody Wylde is living proof that just because he is easygoing, doesn’t mean his life is any less complicated. He is falling in love with a man who has arrested him more times than he can't count and finds that giving his heart isn’t as easy as it sounds...
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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  age-gap
  • Walker Pride by Bernadette Marie

    Walker Pride by Bernadette Marie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Susan Hayes moved to Georgia to start the life she wanted to live and build her catering career. On the brink of having everything she ever wanted, Eric Walker and his family happened into her life. Eric Walker’s life had been quiet, structured, and boring until his uncle gambled away the family’s property and jeopardized Eric’s livelihood...
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    family  industrial-era  mlm  western  adult  book  contemporary  epic
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