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Heck's Journey by John Deacon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
An epic tale of strength, compassion, and adventure on the western frontier.Orphaned at fourteen, Hector “Heck” Martin heads west, determined to see the far country and make a man of himself.Along the way, he falls in love with bold and beautiful Hope Mullen. But Heck is too young and poor to marry, so he heads west again...

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Redemption by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Geneva Garner's mind was fixed on survival, her unborn child, escaping out of Savannah, and getting away from the men in the white robes with hoods over their heads. Covered in dirt and smoke from the cellar where she took refuge when the Klan burned her plantation home, she fled on the first stagecoach headed north. She vowed never to trust a man again as long as there was breath in her body...

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Charlotte by J.S. Anthony
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
When the least likely person in your life becomes the one who means the most.Charlotte’s father left her alone on the prairie with the wagon, a team and the mare. She was to wait for Ellis Gray and the wagon train he was leading. Charlotte understood that her father was paying Ellis Gray to see her to Fort Randall where she would meet her uncle and go to live out in the desert with a new husband...

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Choices by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Douglass Esmeralda Sullivan has just discovered that all men are gutter rats, all except for her six half-Irish, half-Mexican brothers, and sometimes she's not so sure about them. She's sitting in the middle of a dusty road on a hot Texas day, fuming because she's made a horrible mistake concerning Raymond Pierce, a despicable Yankee, one who has led her down the daisy path to destruction...

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Augusta by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Augusta "Gussie" Dulan is the only Dulan sister to make it all the way to California on the wagon train for brides. Each of her four sisters has taken off along the trail to marry up with a man they fell in love with and now Gussie is hoping to find a man to love here at the end of the trail...

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The King's Mercy by Lori Benton
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
For readers of Sara Donati and Diana Gabaldon, this epic historical romance tells of fateful love between an indentured Scotsman and a daughter of the 18th century colonial south. When captured rebel Scotsman Alex MacKinnon is granted the king's mercy--exile to the Colony of North Carolina--he's indentured to Englishman Edmund Carey as a blacksmith...

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The Unexpected Champion by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
City dweller John McCall never expected to be out in the High Sierras of 1868 on a wild-goose chase to find the Chiltons' supposedly lost grandson. But now that he's out here, things have gotten even more complicated, mostly due to wildcat Penny Scott. She's not like any woman he's ever met--comfortable in the woods, with a horse, and with a gun...

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Gypsy by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Gypsy Rose Dulan just knew there was a secret hidden in the stars. She just didn't expect to fall sleep while searching for that secret. And she sure didn't expect to be awakened by a rude, overbearing, short Irishman by the name of Tavish O'Leary...

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Garnet by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Garnet Diana Dulan swung open the doors of the Silver Dollar Saloon, sucked up a lunch full of cigar smoke, and listened intently to the sounds of men playing poker and the scrape of boots across the wooden floor; she felt right at home. After just minutes inside the doors of the saloon she knew she'd made the right decision to leave her sisters and the wagon train of brides heading to California...

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The Husband Tree by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Hit the trail into the Old West, where a tough lady rancher and a seemingly aimless wrangler attempt to avoid the matrimonial noose. When Belle Tanner hires Silas Harden to help her get her cattle to market, the last thing she’s looking for is romance...

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Chances by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Adelida Broussau took a big chance by saying she was Rueben Hamilton's new bride. But even a rat will stand up and fight when it's cornered and she was surely feeling the pinch of being pushed in the corner. Her sister, Maria, was dead...

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A Lady's Prerogative by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
It’s not fair. Titled rakes can practically get away with murder, but one tiny little misstep and a debutante is sent away to the country. Which is where Lady Natalie Spencer is stuck after jilting her betrothed. Frustrated with her banishment, she’s finished being a good girl and ready to be a little naughty. Luckily she has brothers, one of whom has brought home his delightfully gorgeous friend...

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Lightning and Lawmen by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
How did a simple hello turn into something so complicated? Love is about to leave one lawman thunderstruck in this sweet historical romance! Cultured and full of grace, Delilah Robbins agrees to accompany her meteorologist father to his new post in Baker City, Oregon...

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The Hardest Ride by Gordon L. Rottman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Book 1 in the bestselling “Ride” series, which won the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award for Best Western Novel 2014 Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist for Best First Western Novel 2014 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist for Best Traditional Western Novel for 2013. The Texas-Mexico border, the winter of 1886—The Great Die Up. A raw rift separates Mexicans and Anglos...

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Lassoed in Texas Trilogy by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Bask in laughs and tears as you visit Mosqueros, Texas, a Wild West town in the making, where you'll meet three matchless couples and a passel of children who begin their relationships on rough footing. Petticoat Ranch Sophie Edwards is doing jut fine alone, until a man walks into her life, insisting on rescuing her and her four daughters...

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Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Beth and Alex survive a stage coach accident. Beth realizes the derelict in the stagecoach with her is a doctor and she forces him to help tend the injured. Alex finds he can care for the patients as long as Beth is right beside him... yelling at him. Alex saves Beth's sister’s life, but he only has the courage to treat patients as long as Beth is there...

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Texas Twilight by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
TEXAS TWILIGHT - Book Two in the McCutcheon Family Series Fresh out of medical school, John McCutcheon finds his stagecoach under attack by brutal outlaws. With the help of a feisty acquaintance, Lily Anthony, he manages to fend off the assault. Lily is attracted to the charming cowboy-doctor, with his chiseled good looks and teasing ways, then heartbroken to learn he's engaged to be married...

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Montana Rose by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Fire up your love of romance with Montana Rose , where Cassie Griffin, a seemingly spoiled pregnant woman, is widowed one day and wedded the next. Marrying handyman Red Dawson seems the only alternative to Cassie’s being hitched to a brutal rancher...

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Remembered by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Though loss is often marked in a single moment, letting go of someone you love can take a lifetime. The threat of war—and a final request—send Véronique Girard from France to a distant and uninviting country. In the Colorado Territory, she searches for the man who has held her heart since childhood—her father...

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A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Stone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter, Stone eagerly accepts. Charlotte Atherton, former headmistress of Sullivan’s Academy for Exceptional Youths, will do anything to keep her charges safe, especially the little girl entrusted to her care after her mother’s death...

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The Promise of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Can The Book of Love bring together two hearts passing in the night? Juniper Farthingale is on her way to London for her debut season when she meets handsome Scottish general Augustus MacLauren by chance at an elegant coaching inn. The man is so obviously right for her...

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Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
“A passionate, heartwarming story of the iconic MacLarens of Fire Mountain. This captivating historical western romance grabs your attention from the start with an engrossing story encompassing two romances set against the rugged backdrop of the burgeoning western frontier.” Connor MacLaren’s search has already stolen eight years of his life...

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Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Will MacLaren is a hardened, plain-speaking bounty hunter. His life centers on finding men guilty of horrendous crimes and making sure justice is done. There is no place in his world for the carefree attitude he carried years before when a tragic event destroyed his dreams. Amanda is the daughter of a successful Colorado rancher...

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Her Hell Yeah Cowboy by Donna Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Years ago, he unknowingly rescued his soulmate, now she’s back in Texas and about to save his guarded heart. Unlike his twin, Texas National Guardsman Sgt. Logan McCall would rather march barefoot and blindfolded through a cow pasture than date the same woman twice...

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Blind Faith by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A wounded horse. A half-dead man. She thinks she can save the horse. She doubts the man will survive...Painter Alena McClaine’s world turns upside down when an unconscious rider arrives on his injured horse at her isolated California cabin. Both the animal and the stranger sport bullet wounds. Much to her surprise, the man lives—and hasn’t a clue about his identity. Even worse, he’s now blind...

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Mail Order Bride: Westward Dreams: A Clean Historical Mail Order Bride Romance Novel by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. ** A clean romance novel ** When Hannah Fairbanks answers an advertisement for a mail-order-bride, she thinks she's found the man with whom she'll spend the rest of her life. Instead she finds that her prospective husband, Clive Laramie, has lied to her about everything he told her in the letters they exchanged...

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Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
“Smart, tough, and capable, the MacLarens protect their own no matter the odds. Set against America’s rugged frontier, the stories of the men from Fire Mountain are complex, fast-paced, and a must read for anyone who enjoys non-stop action and romance.” Drew MacLaren is focused and strong...

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Sophie's Daughters Trilogy by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Saddle up for sure-fire fun when three sisters meet their opposites in a collection of Old West romances: Alex Buchanan is a wanted man. Beth McClellan is an idealistic nurse. When the two cross paths, will they find enough common ground for a future together? Sally McClellan is a tomboy through-and-through... until she's rescued by Logan McKenzie...

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Footprints on the Horizon by Stephanie Grace Whitson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
The battles of WW II are thousands of miles from the quiet Sandhills of Nebraska … or are they? • When the young man CJ Jackson loves like a son is called to the front, she is forced to face the feelings she has for his father. • A soldier captures Josephine Hale’s heart, but she doesn’t dare reveal her feelings, for Dieter is a prisoner of war at Fort Robinson who wears the enemy’s uniform...

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Mary's Musket by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
When Mary Mitchell agrees to go on the Oregon Trail with her family, she certainly has ulterior motives. Believing that married women are no more than servants to men and children, she wants to get her own homestead, and Oregon is the place she can do just that...

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Taken by Storm by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Fearing that an endangered racehorse will die at the hands of her reckless brother, Lady Ariadne St. Aubyn disguises herself as a man, steals the horse, and abducts the handsome Colin Lord to help her plot...

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Cross her Heart by Jo Noelle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
Sweet & Clean Western Romance The last thing he wants is to take the boss’s pampered daughter on a cattle drive. The last thing she wants is to fall in love with a cowboy. Oops!Ida Turner was supposed to pass along her father’s directions to the trail boss...

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Paint the Wind by Cathy Cash Spellman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Born Françoise Deverell of the Deverells of Louisiana, everyone calls her Fancy. In one night of blood and tears her past will vanish and she will begin an unforgettable journey of the heart. Too beautiful to be innocent, she will be swept into the relentless rhythms of a nation hungry for adventure. Her fortune is bound to the West...untamed, dangerous, and golden with promise...

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Fed to the Lyon by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Enter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made... unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves.A high-stakes game…but who is playing?On the day the Princess of Wales goes into exile, Diana loses both her court place and her betrothed...

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Yours Truly, Thomas by Rachel Fordham
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
For three years, Penny Ercanbeck has been opening other people's mail. Dead ends are a reality for clerks at the Dead Letter Office. Still she dreams of something more--a bit of intrigue, a taste of romance, or at least a touch less loneliness. When a letter from a brokenhearted man to his one true love falls into her hands, Penny seizes this chance to do something heroic...

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A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Meg Pero has been assisting her photographer father since she was big enough to carry his equipment, so when he dies she is determined to take over his profession--starting with fulfilling the contract he signed to serve on an Army survey of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in 1871. What she doesn't realize is that the leader of the expedition is none other than the man she once refused to marry...

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Calder Grit by Janet Dailey, Graham Winton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Listening Length 8 hours and 50 minutesWith all the intense drama, historical detail and grand sweep of her original New York Times best-selling Calder series, Dailey returns to 1909 Montana, as tensions mount between immigrant homesteaders and cattlemen determined to keep the range free...

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The Captive Heart by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Proper English governess Eleanor Morgan flees to the colonies to escape the wrath of a brute of an employer. When the Charles Town family she’s to work for never arrives to collect her from the dock, she is forced to settle for the only reputable choice remaining to her—marriage to a man she’s never met...

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Hannah by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so when Hannah Granger's little sister takes off for Oregon with a group of mail-order brides to meet her new husband, Hannah has no choice but to follow. She expects her sister to find trouble, and she does...

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Dusty Britches by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Angelina Hunter was seriously minded, and it was a good thing. Her father’s ranch needed a woman who could endure the strenuous work of ranch life. Since her mother’s death, Angelina had been that woman. She had no time for frivolity; no time for a less severe side of life...

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Bendigo Shafter by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
At what point does a group of strangers become a community? When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of gold...

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Nate by Lori Handeland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
When Josephine Clancy befriended gun-for-hire Nate Lang, she knew he was the kind of man who needed someone. However, Jo hadn't counted on falling in love with the stranger, or the lengths she would travel to rescue him from his melancholy...

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Wyoming Wild by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Hearts collide when a sheriff’s daughter asks a hardened US Marshal to join her fight for justice and rid a small town of her corrupt father. Wyoming Territory, 1876 US Marshal John “Hawk” Hawking is one of the most respected lawmen in the West, so when a telegram arrives from the small town of Sand Creek warning him of a death threat against him, he immediately begins an investigation...

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Big Beautiful Mail Order Bride And Her Lost Man (A Western Historical Romance Book) by Florence Linnington
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
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Storm & Shelter: A Bluestocking Belles Collection with Friends by Bluestocking Belles, Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
When a storm blows off the North Sea and slams into the village of Fenwick on Sea, the villagers prepare for the inevitable: shipwreck, flood, land slips, and stranded travelers. The Queen’s Barque Inn quickly fills with the injured, the devious, and the lonely—lords, ladies, and simple folk; spies, pirates, and smugglers all trapped together...

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The Wonder of Love by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
She was in danger. He meant to protect her. But could he protect his heart? More Regency fun as The Book of Love brings together two reluctant hearts.Willow Farthingale never meant to punch Taunton’s magistrate, Shayne Brayden, in the nose. And she certainly did not set the fire that destroyed the coaching inn’s carriage house the very morning she was to leave for London and her society debut...

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Jed by Linda Devlin, Linda Winstead Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Jed Rourke has been a soldier, miner, cowhand, gambler, and most recently a Pinkerton detective. Stopping in Rock Creek to see his sister, Jed finds a compelling reason to stay--prim and sensible Hannah Winters. Hannah has come to comfort her sister, whose husband has been charged with murder. Hannah doesn't believe the claim and sets out to solve the crime--with Jed's help...

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To Marry a Texas Outlaw by Linda Broday
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Outlaw Luke Weston is surviving by his wits. On the run with a price on his head for a murder he didn't commit, the last thing Luke needs is more trouble. But when he stumbles upon a young woman who has clearly been kidnapped, he'll find he's willing to face any odds if it means keeping the delicate beauty safe...

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Lawless Love by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A man ruled by his gun meets a woman led by her heart in a dazzling western historical romance from the bestselling author of Shameless. When Moss Tucker smells danger, he shoots it. When he needs shelter, he grabs it. And when he wants a woman’s touch, he buys it...

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Waltz in the Wilderness by Kathleen Denly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
She's desperate to find her missing father. His conscience demands he risk all to help. Eliza Brooks is haunted by her role in her mother's death, so she'll do anything to find her missing pa—even if it means sneaking aboard a southbound ship. When those meant to protect her abandon and betray her instead, a family friend's unexpected assistance is a blessing she can't refuse...

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