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  • 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...
  • Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not all fights are one on one. In a team, no man should stand alone. ‘You can’t keep me.’ Shawn ‘Easy’ Pischlar has given his speech so often, it should be written on the white board in the Dartmouth Cobra’s locker room. Too many of his own teammates have heard the words. And the games he’s played are finally catching up to him...
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  • 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
  • Borrowing Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Borrowing Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dylan Thomas, a cowboy with a tough childhood, is as settled as the bucking bulls he used to ride for a living. His lifelong mode of operation has been to avoid attachments and only take care of himself, because nobody else was going to. After an almost career-ending injury, he's been stuck at the R & R Ranch teaching snobby rich guys to ride bulls until he can get back to the rodeo...
  • 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
  • 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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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  western  adult  book  children
  • 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...
  • 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
  • The Second Chance Rancher by Kate Pearce

    The Second Chance Rancher by Kate Pearce

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It might be the pride of hard work on rugged terrain, the welcoming community, or the memories—but wherever the folks of Morgantown may roam, they have a way of coming back to the ranch . . .   There’s a reason Jackson Lymond left the Air Force, but he’s not telling a soul...
  • 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
  • Hockey Holidays by Toni Aleo, Shannon Stacey

    Hockey Holidays by Toni Aleo, Shannon Stacey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **100% of the proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to charity.** This holiday season unwrap a brand-new collection of hockey romances that includes humor, drama, love, and - of course - hockey! Each book is EXCLUSIVE to the anthology and NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED by USA Today, New York Times, and all your favorite bestselling hockey romance authors...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  anthologies  contemporary
  • 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
  • Bobby Does Dallas by Sable Hunter

    Bobby Does Dallas by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bobby Stewart is a man of many talents. He can ride a bull, catch a football and please a woman - its all in a day's work for one of the most eligible bachelors in the Texas Hill Country. He's wanted by the Dallas Cowboys and half the female population of the Lone Star State. But one stormy night, he meets Cecile Fairchild and she turns his world upside down...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Stitch Me by K.C. Carmine

    Stitch Me by K.C. Carmine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a bad-boy immigrant wants to explore his kinky side, Rod is willing to give him much more than his firm hand.His career a mess and his sex life a string of meaningless hookups, Rod is ready for a change. He needs someone who can fit into his world as a true partner, but also feed his dominant and sadistic sides. Impossible? Maybe, but he needs to try...
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    mlm  lgbtq  steamy  sports  romance  contemporary  age-gap  fiction
  • 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...
  • Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chandler Bell When my boyfriend breaks up with me because I'm overweight, I go to the one place I feel the most comfortable. Oddly enough, it's the gym I was basically raised in. Things have changed over the years, but the people inside are my family. Some of them literally. Baker reluctantly agrees to help me get in shape, and so begins the torture...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Rodeo Summer by Jillian Neal

    Rodeo Summer by Jillian Neal

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Summer Sanchez has a plan…Get full custody of her little boy from his good-for-nothing father and get as far away from the rodeo circuit as possible. Keeping her son safe is her only priority. She’ll figure out the rest later.Until Austin Camden takes her to his bed…Champion bull rider, Austin Camden, shows her just how much she’s been missing...
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    family  industrial-era  sports  steamy  western  adult  age-gap  book
  • Concussion Protocol: A Short & Spicy MM Romance by Rebecca Rathe

    Concussion Protocol: A Short & Spicy MM Romance by Rebecca Rathe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sweet and spicy short story by Rebecca RatheHe's a ten, but he's my ex-boyfriend's straight teammate and my patient...
  • Texas Fall by R.J. Scott

    Texas Fall by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 6 in the Texas SeriesJack is focusing on building an equine therapy school for children with special needs and works hard along side his normal horse training and breeding program. He and Riley have settled into a softer, quieter, kind of family life, but that doesn't stop them using the barn with the door to the fullest!But the lull comes before the storm...
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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  audiobook
  • 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...
  • Surprise Play by Carly Marie

    Surprise Play by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An innocent gift has the power to change everythingMalcolm Ward is a retired wide-receiver, NFL offensive line coach, and husband to one of the best wide-receivers in the NFL. His life is hectic and the last thing he expects is to walk into the bedroom one afternoon to find his husband sleeping with the pacifier Malcolm had jokingly given him a decade before...
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    lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  audiobook
  • Hooked by Cat Johnson

    Hooked by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    His last eight seconds could lead to the longest, most satisfying ride of his life. Studs in Spurs, Book 4 Annie Grant is at the top of her game as an on-air interviewer for the pro bull-riders tour. In all those years standing within microphone range of thousands of sexy cowboys, she’s never been tempted…until now...
  • 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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    family  industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  western  adult  angst
  • Una maldita confusión by América Rodas

    Una maldita confusión by América Rodas

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jean intenta confesar su atracción hacia Olivia en una fiesta, pero por culpa del alcohol termina declarándose a su mejor amigo, Oliver. ***Cuando invitaron a Jean a la fiesta de una desconocida sabía que debía decir que sí, sobre todo porque necesitaba liberar el estrés de la escuela, de su casa, de su equipo de básquetbol y de él mismo...
  • 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
  • Thrown by Cat Johnson

    Thrown by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This ain’t their first rodeo…but there are a lot of other firsts they can experience together Studs in Spurs, Book 6 Skeeter Anderson was born to ride bulls. He bypassed college to shoot straight to the top of the elite pro tour, but lately all he can seem to do is hit the dirt...
  • 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
  • Down in Flames by Parker St. John

    Down in Flames by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Old enough to know better. Straight enough to know better. But this rugged cowboy can’t rein it in around his innocent young ranch hand…Michael Whittaker survived two military tours and more tragedy than any man could bear, but it was his wife’s death that broke him. The rugged widower has sworn off relationships. Celibacy might make him cranky, but it keeps everyone safe...
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    industrial-era  lgbtq  mlm  sports  western  adult  age-gap  book
  • 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
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