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  • Hot Under the Collar by Roxanne St. Claire

    Hot Under the Collar by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Firefighter Braden Mahoney is devastated when his beloved Weimaraner, Jelly Bean, fails the canine arson investigator test. Faced with the challenge of raising the money for advanced training, it’s Braden’s sweet grandmother and her best friend who suggest he use the services of the new event planner in town. Not that he needs a push in Cassie Santorini’s direction...
  • Dynamite by Emilia Finn

    Dynamite by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They call us the devil twins - a fallacy and unfair assumption on everyone’s part.Well... mostly.My name is Luke Hart, and I’m the oldest of identical twin boys. Although I may be responsible for the ‘devil’ in our name, I have no urge to set the record straight and exonerate the innocent half of our pairing.There’s no point letting the truth get in the way of a good story.Right?Not so...
  • Stitches in Time by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Stitches in Time by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Detachment had worked well as a life strategy for horse trainer Sam Schrock. Until he met Mollie Graber . . . New to Stoney Ridge, schoolteacher Mollie has come to town for a fresh start. Aware of how fleeting and fragile life is, she wants to live it boldly and bravely...
  • The Jam and Jelly Nook (An Amish Marketplace Novel) by Amy Clipston

    The Jam and Jelly Nook (An Amish Marketplace Novel) by Amy Clipston

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the final installment of Amy Clipston’s bestselling Amish Marketplace series, a young widow struggling to raise her son dreams of one more chance at love.Since her husband died seven years ago, Leanna Wengerd has done her best—tending to her son, Chester, and running her Jam and Jelly Nook at the Amish market...
  • Primrose Park: Escape with a heartwarming and feel good must read novel about friendship, family and romance in 2021! by Christie Barlow

    Primrose Park: Escape with a heartwarming and feel good must read novel about friendship, family and romance in 2021! by Christie Barlow

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter whatVet Molly has always been career driven and focussed on caring for her animals, but when she meets a gorgeous Mystery Man at a conference and their connection is off the charts, well, one night off work won’t hurt anyone…except the next morning he’s vanished and all Molly knows about him is his first name...
  • Clover Cottage by Christie Barlow

    Clover Cottage by Christie Barlow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A page-turning new cosy novel in the bestselling Love Heart Lane series – perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Phillipa Ashley and Milly Johnson! Love Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter what. When Vet Rory Scott inherits ramshackle Clover Cottage in the quaint village of Heartcross, Allie MacDonald just knows this is their happy ever after...
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    animals  family  adult  book  contemporary  dogs  fiction  holidays
  • New Leash on Life by Roxanne St. Claire

    New Leash on Life by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former attorney and current dog whisperer Shane Kilcannon doesn’t like to lose. At anything. So when he messes up his chance with a beautiful stranger whose confident smile and haunted eyes intrigue him more than any woman he’s ever met, he’s ready to snarl like one of his beloved pit bulls...
    Categorized as:
    animals  family  adult  book  contemporary  dogs  fiction  humor
  • The Christmas Clause by Kathi Daley

    The Christmas Clause by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this cozy mystery series. With just two weeks until the highly anticipated Christmas on Main event, the tiny town of White Eagle Montana is all decked out for the season...
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    animals  family  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction  holidays
  • Conquer by Kitty Cox

    Conquer by Kitty Cox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    True love is facing your own fears so your family can conquer theirs.The world is supposed to be mine. I took it when I was younger, and now I'm just coasting on my success. As an internationally renowned lingerie designer, I have everything I've ever wanted, including the three loves of my life.Or so I thought...
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    animals  family  horses  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Feliz Naughty Dog by Roxanne St. Claire

    Feliz Naughty Dog by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pru Kilcannon has one goal when she wakes on Christmas Eve – to perform the most “Random Acts of Christmas Kindness” so she can spread cheer and ensure her high school wins the county-wide “RACK IT UP” contest. But when her friends decide to team up with their boyfriends, the ever-helpful Dogmothers enlist the new kid in school as Pru’s partner for the contest...
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    animals  family  adult  book  contemporary  dogs  fiction  holidays
  • Combust by Kitty Cox

    Combust by Kitty Cox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When passions burn this hot, something's going to combust.Becoming a doctor of psychiatric medicine was supposed to make me a better man. I'd been brought here to be the logic in this group of insanity. Instead, I'm falling right back into my old habits and making the exact same mistakes.But they feel so right. I found "the ones" when I was sixteen...
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    animals  family  horses  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Suloisimmat hetket by Virginie Grimaldi

    Suloisimmat hetket by Virginie Grimaldi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hurmaava tarina äidinrakkaudesta ja naisista elämän taitekohdissa.Kun kuopus muuttaa pois kotoa, Élise tuntee itsensä merkityksettömäksi. Lapset vastaavat viesteihin viiveellä, ja seurana on vain masentunut koira. Uutta sisältöä elämään löytyy tanssikurssilta ja vapaaehtoistyöstä vauvaperheiden parissa...
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    family  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Blackstone She-Wolf by Alicia Montgomery

    The Blackstone She-Wolf by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Coming May 30, 2018! The Blackstone Mountain series continues with The Blackstone She-Wolf! Kate Caldwell's just not into relationships, but she finally meets her match when a mysterious hunky Greek wolf comes to town...
  • The Wedding Plan by Kathi Daley

    The Wedding Plan by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this mystery series set in the small town of White Eagle Montana. In book 10 in the series, Tess and Tony plan a secret wedding ceremony, Nona plans a visit, and Tess and Mike plan a face to face meeting with their father. Of course you know what they say about the best laid plans...
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    animals  family  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  dogs  fiction
  • Converge by Kitty Cox

    Converge by Kitty Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lives that are meant to be together always converge.I was proud to be a simple country man. All I had to do was take care of my little girl, feed the cows, and live a good life - until Violet showed up. With one bat of her false eyelashes, that woman rocked my world. The things she offered sounded too good to be true...
    Categorized as:
    animals  family  horses  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • The Secret by Kristen Proby

    The Secret by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes a forbidden romance. The Secret is the first in the Single in Seattle series!Vaughn is everything I’m supposed to stay away from. Sexy. Cocky. And famous.Ultra-famous.I grew up in a family full of wealthy celebrities. My father, Luke Williams, is the celebrity of them all...
  • Surge by Ronie Kendig, Voni Harris

    Surge by Ronie Kendig, Voni Harris

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love and Betrayal in a Race Against TimeDelaney Thompson isn’t just a dog trainer—she’s the key to preventing a disaster. With loyal Military Working Dog, Surge, by her side, she’s ready to prove herself on her first mission…even without military training...
  • All Roads Lead to You by Jennifer Probst

    All Roads Lead to You by Jennifer Probst

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    All bets are off in this heartfelt romance by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst. Happily single, Harper Bishop trusts in only one passion—her rescue farm and healing her thoroughbred, Phoenix. Her dream is to lead him to the Triple Crown. But how unreachable is it without experience or help? A handsome new guest at her family’s B&B has what it takes to make it come true...
  • Boots and Bedlam by Ashley Farley

    Boots and Bedlam by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ‘Tis the season for chaos.Wedding bells will soon be ringing in the Lowcountry. All Sam Sweeney wants is to marry her man on Christmas Eve surrounded by family and friends. But emerging complications, some humorous and some not so humorous, threaten to converge and derail the best-laid plans during the busy stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas...
  • On a Coastal Breeze by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    On a Coastal Breeze by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Madison Grayson, life is good. Newly licensed as a marriage and family therapist, she can't wait to start her practice. Despite the unfortunate shortage of eligible bachelors on the island--they're all too young, too old, or too weird--Maddie feels like she's finally found her sweet spot. Not even one panic attack in the last year. Not one.And then Ricky O'Shea drops in. Literally...
  • Sunrise Canyon by Janet Dailey

    Sunrise Canyon by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the heart of Arizona's Sonora Desert, a little girl in need of her father, a woman in need of forgiveness, and a war hero in need of love come together to create a family . . . Before he left for Afghanistan, Jake O'Reilly had everything--a beautiful wife, a baby on the way, a wonderful life...
  • Wrangling His Sexy Assistant by Leslie North

    Wrangling His Sexy Assistant by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Veterinarian Hunter Beckett just got roped into his nightmare: a bachelor auction to raise funds for a local charity. While he’s a hottie, most in town see him as a curmudgeon, a man who manages to be cranky, even after he’s saved your dog’s life...
  • A Home for Haley by Mary Jane Morgan

    A Home for Haley by Mary Jane Morgan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Haley Donahue’s husband has been missing in action for more than a year, a year of waiting and pain as she watches other soldiers return home to their families. Determined to build a better life for her toddler Ryan, Haley relocates to Nashville and takes a job as nanny to a little girl learning to live without her mother...
  • Owen by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Owen by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    -- Amazon ReviewerNo more bar fights, making enemies, or saying goodbye to friends who got caught in the crossfire of our dangerous lifestyle.Things are better.But it’s impossible for it to stay that way for long.I’m not that lucky.Evangeline Snow is the girl from my past who I didn’t deserve.Her father made sure I knew that...
  • Chancing Hope by Lisa Slater

    Chancing Hope by Lisa Slater

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In "Chancing Hope," readers are introduced to Kerwyn Bartel, a skilled young horse trainer with an uncanny ability to recognize a horse's potential and help them overcome their fears. However, applying these same instincts to his own life proves to be much more challenging...
  • The Summer Cottage by Annie Rains

    The Summer Cottage by Annie Rains

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This summer, they'll learn that home is where the heart is.Somerset Lake is the perfect place for Trisha Langly and her son to start over. As the new manager for the Somerset Cottages, Trisha is instantly charmed by the property's elderly residents and her firecracker of a new boss, Vi Fletcher. But Trisha is less enchanted by Vi's protective grandson Jake...
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    animals  family  adult  book  contemporary  dogs  epic  fiction
  • All I Want Is You by Iris Morland

    All I Want Is You by Iris Morland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You met them in DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME. Now prepare to fall in love with THE YOUNGERS, a brand-new series from Iris Morland, full of sexy men, passionate women, and the love stories you can't get enough of. A brilliant, aloof lawyer, Phin Younger has focused solely on his career and on helping people less fortunate. Living his life without romance? He’s just fine with that...
  • Truth About Cats & Spinsters by Andrea Simonne

    Truth About Cats & Spinsters by Andrea Simonne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When rock star Joshua Trevant shows up at Leah's door to escape the paparazzi nightmare at his house... little does he know she caused it.Fiber artist Leah Kelly is finally living the life of her dreams. After leaving the world of high finance, she bought a small farm and raises alpacas, llamas, and even has her own rooster. Not to mention the seven barn cats...
  • The Hart Brothers: Simon & Callaghan by Diana Palmer

    The Hart Brothers: Simon & Callaghan by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    First there's the Hart brother,Simon Hart who'd sworn off women forever.Then,he met socialite Tira Beck.He thought she was nothing but a shameless flirt.Until he found out she was saving the flirting only for him.He decided he had to have her but could a reformed bachelor give up his bachelorhood for the long haul? For good? Next,there was Callaghan Hart...
  • The Hart Brothers Rey & Leo by Diana Palmer

    The Hart Brothers Rey & Leo by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    two long, tall texans favorites ride...
  • The Wish by Beverly Lewis

    The Wish by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Compelling Story of Friendship from the Top Author in Amish Fiction Leona Speicher got the "sister" she'd always dreamed of the day Gloria Gingerich and her family moved to Lancaster County Amish farmland. The Arkansas newcomers seem to be everything a devout Plain family should be, and Leona can't help comparing Gloria's engaging young parents to her own...
  • To Kill a Labrador by Kassandra Lamb

    To Kill a Labrador by Kassandra Lamb

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Marcia (pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha) likes to think of herself as a normal person, even though she has a rather abnormal vocation. She trains service dogs for combat veterans with PTSD. Then the ex-Marine owner of her first trainee is accused of murdering his wife, and Marcia gets sucked into an even more abnormal avocation–amateur sleuth...
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    animals  family  romance  mystery  cozy  fiction  dogs  audiobook
  • Just in Time for Christmas by Carolyn Brown

    Just in Time for Christmas by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's Southern twang and inimitable sass shine through in this romantic second-chance story.Footloose Liz Hanson has finally come home to Ringgold, Texas with a hankering to settle down. All she wants for Christmas is a house of her own-and the man of her dreams. The house was easy...
    Categorized as:
    animals  family  horses  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • The One Dollar Horse by Lauren St. John

    The One Dollar Horse by Lauren St. John

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fifteen year old Casey Blue lives in East London’s grimmest tower block and volunteers at a local riding school, but her dream is to win the world’s greatest Three Day Event: the Badminton Horse Trials. When she rescues a starving, half-wild horse, she’s convinced that the impossible can be made possible...
  • I Only Have Pies for You: A Wish Novel by Suzanne Nelson

    I Only Have Pies for You: A Wish Novel by Suzanne Nelson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dacey Culpepper Biel comes from a long line of pie bakers. Her family's shop, Pies N' Prattle, is legendary in her small Texas town. But Dacey didn't inherit a gift for baking. Her pies always end up as messy or burnt disasters. Even worse? Business has been slow lately, and Dacey wishes she could do something to help...
  • Heart of the Valley by Cathryn Hein

    Heart of the Valley by Cathryn Hein

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brooke Kingston is smart, capable and strongwilled – some might even say stubborn – and lives in the beautiful Hunter Valley on her family property. More at home on horseback than in heels, her life revolves around her beloved 'boys' – showjumpers Poddy, Oddy and Sod. Then a tragic accident leaves Brooke a mess...
  • British Big-Shot by J.H. Croix

    British Big-Shot by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Next level opposites attract.If there's a contest for two people who don't belong together, Jasper and I would definitely win.Jasper's tall, dark, and waaaay too handsome to be on my farm. He's an uptight British big-shot, and my goat got mud all over him only minutes after he showed up. It's safe to say we didn't get off to the best start. To make matters complicated, Jasper owns half of my farm...
  • Amish Christmas Memories by Vannetta Chapman

    Amish Christmas Memories by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All she wants for Christmas is her memoriesAn Indiana Amish Brides bookWhen a young Amish woman collapses in the snow shortly before Christmas, Caleb Wittmer rushes to her aid. Only, “Rachel” remembers nothing of who she is. Now his family has taken in the pretty stranger, disrupting Caleb’s ordered world...
  • Misty Lake in Focus by Margaret Standafer

    Misty Lake in Focus by Margaret Standafer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Cassie Papadakis, a lonely childhood inevitably led to a lonely life. Trusting no one, she threw herself into her work and avoided relationships at all costs. Until she met Frank McCabe and everything changed. Two weeks with him taught her what happiness was. But then, in an instant, her world was shattered. Frank never understood why Cassie disappeared so suddenly from his life...
  • Don't Let Go by Andrew Grey

    Don't Let Go by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Avery Rivers is a country music sensation, selling records by the millions and playing to sold-out crowds. But behind that persona is Robert, a burned-out musician cracking under the pressure. He’s unable to write any new songs, and he wants out of the business—at least for a while. He changes his appearance and finds honest, hard work in Jackson, Wyoming...
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    family  animals  horses  romance  mlm  western  contemporary  lgbtq
  • Good Things Come by Linda Shantz

    Good Things Come by Linda Shantz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “There’s so much more to life than horses.” Was there, though?If Liv wasn’t such a control freak, it wouldn’t have rubbed her the wrong way when the farm’s new exercise rider stepped in to resuscitate Chique, the first foal out of her father’s favourite mare...
  • A Gift of Grace by Inglath Cooper

    A Gift of Grace by Inglath Cooper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Enjoy this fan-favorite story of love, redemption and finding family from RITA® Award—winning author Inglath Cooper.In a moment of grief, Caleb Tucker made the biggest mistake of his life. He gave away his wife’s baby, born under the most tragic circumstances.Three years later he gets a second chance...
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    animals  family  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  romance
  • Bella's Run by Margareta Osborn

    Bella's Run by Margareta Osborn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bella Vermaelon and her best friend Patty are two fun-loving country girls bonded in sisterhood no blood could ever beat. Now they are coming to the end of a road trip which has taken them from their family farms in the rugged Victorian high country to the red dust of the Queensland Outback...
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    animals  family  horses  adult  australia  book  contemporary  fiction
  • My Favorite Cowboy by Donna Grant

    My Favorite Cowboy by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant rounds up the hottest cowboys in Texas in her latest novel of no-holds-barred passion.Audrey Martinez is a veterinarian who has devoted her whole life to the care and protection of horses―even if doing so leaves her little time for meeting a man...
  • J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis by Katy Regnery

    J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Did you fall in love with The English Brothers? Were you hot for the Winslows? Katy Regnery's New York Times bestselling Blueberry Lane series continues with The Rousseau siblings in 2016! Jean-Christian “J.C.” Rousseau’s reputation as a charming flirt has been well-established in Philadelphia, and he’s never had trouble winning a woman’s heart. So, when Libitz Feingold, the best friend of J.C...
  • Wild Horses by Linda Byler

    Wild Horses by Linda Byler

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sadie's family started falling apart when they left their Amish community in Ohio for a small settlement in Montana. Sadie works to keep her family together, while she tries to figure out if it is Ezra or Mark who has truly captured her heart. The first book in the "Sadie's Montana" series by Amish author, Linda Byler...
  • Betrayed by Dee Henderson

    Betrayed by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Janelle Roberts is freed--thanks to the actions of strangers--after serving six years of a twenty-year sentence for a murder she did not commit. But a murderer is still at large, and Janelle needs to be somewhere safe with someone she can trust. She may not survive another betrayal...
  • The Atonement by Beverly Lewis

    The Atonement by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Must-Have Novel from the #1 Name in Amish Fiction The mistakes of the past haunt Lucy Flaud, who years ago stopped attending the activities for courting-age young people in her hometown of Bird-in-Hand...
    Categorized as:
    animals  family  horses  adult  book  christian  contemporary  fiction
  • Kentucky Sunrise by Fern Michaels

    Kentucky Sunrise by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In Fern Michaels's thrilling finale to the series that has reunited the Coleman and Thornton families, tough-as-nails horsewoman Nealy Coleman Diamond faces her greatest challenge... Nealy is happy with her new husband, lawyer Hatch Littletree... but when it comes to horses, she's never satisfied...
  • Country Roads by Nancy Herkness

    Country Roads by Nancy Herkness

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When sheltered artist Julia Castillo flees her family home, she has just one goal: to prove to her overbearing family once and for all that she can make it on her own. In Sanctuary, West Virginia, her horse paintings promise to take the art world by storm...
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