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Rail Detective by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCallum Devlin gets the assignment to accompany a rail car with $500,000 in gold double eagles from the San Francisco Mint to Kansas City. A gang attacks the train and dynamites the car with the gold and Devlin inside. The resulting fight is furious and deadly. Devlin decides to go to San Francisco and get revenge on the gang. On the trip, he unexpectedly meets a woman and falls in love... -
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Velvet by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVelvet is about to breathe her last and doesn't even know it when Patrick O'Leary lays her on the bed in a very strange house. When she does awake from a fever-induced coma, she finds herself in a cabin with Dr. Hoyt Baxter, who's hateful, mean and spiteful and doesn't care if she lives or dies, so long as she's out of his house and his life as soon as possible...Categorized as:
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Heir to the Sea by Danelle Harmon
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHERO OF THE SEA:His life devastated by tragedy, privateer Captain Kieran Merrick, youngest son of a famed New England seafaring family, sets sail for his childhood home to confront bittersweet memories. When he encounters a merchant ship adrift in the Caribbean, he discovers something he never expects ... a red-haired, pistol-wielding virago hiding in its cabin... -
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Precious Jules by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Gangster Cowboy Novella They will bring him home...by any means necessary. When Adrian's 4 y/o nephew, Jules, is abducted by Adrian's brother Tazz - leader of a motorcycle gang - it is up to Clint and the boys to get him back, by any means necessary... -
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![The Difference a Dare Makes by Alyssa Clarke]()
The Difference a Dare Makes by Alyssa Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Agatha has spent three London seasons without an offer, achingly aware that several of her friends found love matches because they dared to reach for adventures and new experiences. She is determined to take some risk hoping it just might be what she needs to make a difference in her humdrum life...Categorized as:
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![Truly, Madly, Daring by Emma V. Leech]()
Truly, Madly, Daring by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA nefarious plot…Leander Steyning, The Marquess of Wrexham, was the ton’s most eligible bachelor. Handsome, charismatic, rich and titled, everything Wrexham wanted came to him with ease.Until the day he went blind... -
![So Material a Change: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Amy D'Orazio]()
So Material a Change: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Amy D'Orazio
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“If the thought of us being destined for one another is what caused you to laugh, then I shall laugh with you. Ours is more a story of mutual desperation than of love.”MATRIMONY IS THE LAST THING on Elizabeth Bennet’s mind when she arrives at Netherfield Park to tend to her ill sister...Categorized as:
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![Evie by Caroline Fyffe]()
Evie by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMAIL-ORDER BRIDES OF THE WEST is a new series created in collaboration by USA Today Bestselling Authors Caroline Fyffe and Debra Holland. Well-bred socialite and bride-to-be Trudy Bauer arrives at the St. Louis based Mail-Order Brides of the West agency full of excitement for an adventure of a lifetime... -
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McKettricks Bundle by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan't get enough cowboys? Hooked on the McKettrick Men? Now get three McKettricks --Jesse, Rance, and Keegan --for one low price with the McKettricks Bundle! Bundle includes McKettrick's Heart, McKettrick's Pride, and McKettrick's Luck... -
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Godsend by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGodsend is the first novel in the Hell Yeah! Heritage series. If you ever wondered where those McCoy men came from…these historical novels will take you to their beginnings. Deeply sensual stories of romance and adventure, they will capture your imagination and your heart. History is definitely worth repeating... -
![Bobbins and Boots by Shanna Hatfield]()
Bobbins and Boots by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does an act of kindness result in. . . marriage? One carefree cowboy is about to find out in this sweet historical romance! Born dirt-poor into a life of hardship, Allie Tillman seizes the opportunity to better her situation by answering an advertisement for a mail-order bride in the West. Upon her arrival in Baker City, Oregon, she discovers her intended is a low-down, lying thief...Categorized as:
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![A Narrow Road by Amelia C. Adams]()
A Narrow Road by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith her checkered past, Margaret Smith doesn’t expect that she’ll ever fall in love again. She’s happy as she is, surrounded by good friends, but she still sometimes wonders if there isn’t something more... -
![Prairie Desire by Tessa Layne]()
Prairie Desire by Tessa Layne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s a guy to do when the girl of his dreams makes a pass at him?Saying no to Hope Hansen was the hardest thing Ben Sinclaire has ever done. Despite their age difference and a family feud, he's loved her since grade school, but a romance between them was always forbidden. Now she’s back and the girl he loved has become all woman... -
![Romancing the Bride by Melissa Jagears]()
Romancing the Bride by Melissa Jagears
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarrying a stranger to save a ranch is one thing; losing the land on their wedding day is another. Desperate to keep the ranch where three of her children and a husband lie buried, Annie Gephart must marry or sell...Categorized as:
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![Southern Desire by Danielle Jamie]()
Southern Desire by Danielle Jamie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Point of View of Kayden Knox We fell in love with Kayden Knox in Irresistible Desire, Inescapable Desire, Indestructible Desire and Infinite Desire. After seeing bits and pieces through Kayden’s point of view throughout the Savannah Series readers begged for more. Y'all asked so I delivered... -
![Their Rebellious Bride by Vanessa Vale]()
Their Rebellious Bride by Vanessa Vale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome back to the Wild Wild West in 1885 and the town of Bridgewater, where one cowboy—one husband—is never enough. Young, beautiful and idealistic, Tennessee Bennett longs to marry, but only for love. Unfortunately, her father intends to marry her off to the first wealthy man who will have her in order to pay his gambling debts... -
![Six Pack Ranch: Books 1-3 by Vivian Arend]()
Six Pack Ranch: Books 1-3 by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first three contemporary western romance novels in the Six Pack Ranch series from New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend. Includes: Rocky Mountain Heat: Blake knows that wanting the sweet girl next door is just wrong. The responsible thing to do is keep his hands off. Jaxi may have once considered him a big brother, but now she has plans for Blake’s hands... -
![Paint the Wind by Cathy Cash Spellman]()
Paint the Wind by Cathy Cash Spellman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBorn 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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Matt by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatt Haskins proved to be the most difficult of all the orphans in The Cowboys to write about. It's not easy to make a hero out of a man who has been sexually molested, especially when the abuse has given him a mental block against physical contact. I had to find a way to make the reader see that Matt's strength was of a different kind from most cowboys...Categorized as:
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![Her Seafaring Scoundrel by Sophie Barnes]()
Her Seafaring Scoundrel by Sophie Barnes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last thing she wants is a husband…Least of all one determined to win her heart…Lady Cassandra has no desire to marry. But when Captain Devlin Crawford brings scandal to her doorstep and offers salvation, she cannot say no. Not with her daughter’s future at stake. So she decides to accept Devlin’s offer, provided he agrees to never being intimate with her...Categorized as:
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Hawks Prize by Elaine Barbieri
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheirs was a tale of tragedy and triumph... Four children abandoned in an orphanage. Two missing parents. One man whose hatred had divided a family, whose duplicity ended in murder, inextricably weaving their lives together in a web of lies that only time could untangle. Drew He was the last of the four to return to Galveston, the first to admit he was in over his head... -
![A Mail Order Bride for Wyatt by Carré White]()
A Mail Order Bride for Wyatt by Carré White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHired for a cattle drive, Wyatt Carson is surprised when his boss, Mr. Hardin, expects him to transport his mail order bride, Sofia Parker, from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. Little does Wyatt know that the real Sofia Parker has just passed away from blood poisoning. Her roommate, Eugenia Madsen, has taken her place, determined to escape poverty by marrying a rich cattle baron...Categorized as:
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![His Heartbroken Bride by Merry Farmer]()
His Heartbroken Bride by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(Please note that this is the spicy version of Libby: The Heartbroken Bride ) Libby Chance Sims was orphaned, along with her siblings, at an early age, traveled west on the Oregon Trail, and thought she had her fairytale ending when she met and married a good man at trail’s end... -
![My Wild Duke by Eva Devon]()
My Wild Duke by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Unlucky Lady: Lady Beatrix Westport was once destined to be the most successful debutant the ton has ever seen. Now, it is all she can do to recover from the brutal coaching accident which killed her entire family. Now, she has only one purpose. Continue her family line and secure her father’s earldom...Categorized as:
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![Love's Greatest Gift by Montana Ross]()
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![Lawless: Noah Kincaid by Stacy Reid]()
Lawless: Noah Kincaid by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNoah Kincaid has a ruthless reputation, known in the untamed West as ‘Lawless.’ He does not seek distractions or attachments, especially one as lovely, fierce, and passionate as Miss Ada Bancroft. Rescuing her from a gang bent on mayhem, they are forced to flee together...Categorized as:
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![A Duke for the Road by Eva Devon]()
A Duke for the Road by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Duke With A Secret: Robert Deverall, Duke of Blackstone, is cursed. Or so he thinks. Inheriting a dukedom bankrupted by his dissolute grandfather, father, and elder brother has made him determined that the male line will end with him. He refuses to allow any one else to suffer at the hands of a Deverall man...Categorized as:
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![The Plain Bride by Chasity Bowlin]()
The Plain Bride by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSinclair Wortham, Lord Mayville is a man haunted by the sins of his family and by the rejection of the woman he once loved. Seeking solace from his loneliness and an escape from the secrets hidden within the crumbling walls of his family home, he heads to the local tavern for some company and truly atrocious brandy. But Sinclair makes a terrible mistake... -
![Substitute Bride by Margery Scott]()
Substitute Bride by Margery Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe married the wrong twin! Six years after Cole Berringer goes west to build a new life, he writes to his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Main, and proposes marriage. But instead of the woman he left behind, her twin sister, Elizabeth, arrives in Colorado to take her place... -
![A Springwater Christmas by Linda Lael Miller]()
A Springwater Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCome home to the heart of a frontier town.... Linda Lael Miller created magic in five novels set in Springwater, Montana -- and in the delightful characters whose lives and hearts entwine in each of her enchanting tales. Now, come back to Springwater for an unforgettable holiday -- and join in the tears and the smiles when a prodigal son returns to find love at long last... -
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![A Run For Love by Callie Hutton]()
A Run For Love by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeisty school teacher Tori Henderson values her independence and has no use for a husband. When she finds herself the legal guardian of her two nieces, two nephews, and facing eviction from her Kansas home, she enters the 1889 Oklahoma land run and confronts a new set of challenges... -
![The Duke She Married by Jessie Clever]()
The Duke She Married by Jessie Clever
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOrphaned and destitute, Lady Amelia Atwood must marry to save her family from utter financial devastation. Lost between her sisters, neglected by her father, and scorned by her mother, Amelia learned being close to people only brought hurt and loneliness, and she avoids them at all costs. But if she wishes to save her sisters, she must sacrifice herself.To the Ghoul of Greyfair... -
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![The Viscount and I by Stacy Reid]()
The Viscount and I by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter jilting first a fortune hunter, then a lying libertine, Lady Fanny Dashwood has given up on marrying for love. This time it will be strictly business – a man who’ll agree to her terms, give her the children she craves, but will not trouble her heart. Sebastian Rutledge, Viscount Shaw, has desired Lady Fanny from afar for years...Categorized as:
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Caleb by Emma Lang
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Texas Ranger, a lady blacksmith, a fierce passion, a dangerous game. Caleb Graham has spent the last four years in too many dangerous situations to count. As a Texas Ranger, he knows no fear, or at least he never shows it. When he’s sent to force a blacksmith off government seized property, he runs face to face into the woman who will change his life... -
![Cowboy Billionaires by J.P. Comeau]()
Cowboy Billionaires by J.P. Comeau
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre you ready to binge-read six stories that will keep you up all night long? Follow the twists and turns combined with billion-dollar scandals… all for your reading pleasure. If you love sexy cowboys and enjoy forbidden relationships, secret babies, and second chances, then you have come to the right place... -
![The Prize by Beth Williamson]()
The Prize by Beth Williamson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat do you do when love gives you a second chance at life? Jack Malloy is haunted. Haunted by memories, he tries to escape the dreams that have stolen his sleep for six months by agreeing to help out his sister Nicky. Unfortunately, time at her ranch offers him no escape when he's confronted by Rebecca Connor's beautiful gray eyes... -
![Married by Christmas by Karen Kirst]()
Married by Christmas by Karen Kirst
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn inconvenient wedding Wherever Caleb O'Malley goes, trouble follows, and trouble is the last thing Rebecca Thurston needs. But when Caleb appears—gravely wounded—at Rebecca's Smoky Mountain cabin, she can't turn him away. His life depends on her kindness, but she never anticipated it would lead to an unwanted proposal...Categorized as:
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![The Rancher by Lily Graison]()
The Rancher by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaurel Montgomery wanted a new life, one that didn't include a man. She'd had enough of their pretty lies and broken promises but one night of reckless abandon weeks before taking a job as the new schoolteacher in Willow Creek would come back to haunt her. The man she thought to never see again turns out to be the father of one of her new students... -
![The Gambler by Lily Graison]()
The Gambler by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmmaline Hunt only had one thing she could call her own. A piece of land that held a secret not even her drunken stepfather knew about. When he gambles it away in a high stakes poker game, Emmaline does the only thing she can. She tries to steal the land deed back... -
![A Prescription for Love by Callie Hutton]()
A Prescription for Love by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGuthrie, Oklahoma, 1903. Betrayed by his fiancee's infidelity eight years ago, pharmacist Michael Henderson vowed he'd never risk his heart again. But he doesn't anticipate the tug of attraction he shares with his new employee. Heidi Lester flees her home, determined to prove to her overprotective parents she can conquer her debilitating asthma, to make a life of her own... -
![Wind of Promise by Dorothy Garlock]()
Wind of Promise by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVanessa is determined to cross the prairies, ford the mighty rivers and climb the Rockies to reach Colorado. But her resolve weakens when a tall, lean stranger as wild as the western wind takes her in his arms. Will surrender to this restless roamer bring her happiness - or will it break her heart forever... -
![Reckless Heart by Madeline Baker]()
Reckless Heart by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheirs was a love that would not die... They had played together as children—the Indian lad and little Hannah Kincaid. Then Shadow and his people went away, and when he returned, it was as a handsome young Cheyenne brave. Hannah, now a beautiful young woman, had never forgotten her childhood friend—but the man who swept her into his powerful arms was no longer a child... -
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![The Treasure by Beth Williamson]()
The Treasure by Beth Williamson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a clumsy governess from New York meets a lonely, bitter rancher, more than her heart will fall. Book 4 of the Malloy family series. Ray Malloy is a single father in an age when every child has two parents. Abandoned by his shallow wife, he struggles to find the balance between being a father and being a successful rancher... -
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The Reward by Beth Williamson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis family thought him dead. Returning home to confront his past, the bastard bandito, Hermano, finds a future he never dared to hope for. Book 3 of the Malloy family series. Hermano is more than the bandito you met in The Bounty. He's Malcolm Ross y Zarza half-Spanish, half-Scottish bastard son of a Texas hacienda owner who has hidden in the guise of a Mexican bandito for half his life... -
![His Brother's Wife by Lily Graison]()
His Brother's Wife by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Grace Kingston accepts a wedding proposal through a mail-order bride agency and travels across country to be married, she has no idea her bridegroom is a fourteen-year-old boy. There's no way she can accept his offer but with depleted funds, and winter coming on, Grace has little choice but to stay. Things go from bad to worse when she meets Jesse's older brother, Rafe... -
![Leah and the Bounty Hunter by Elaine Levine]()
Leah and the Bounty Hunter by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe won't rest until he claims his prize... They are brash, they are brave, and when they see a chance to be a hero, they take it. They are the Men of Defiance, and they are not easily tamed... To Leah Morgan's mind, the last thing her hometown of Defiance needs is another gunman stalking its dusty streets—especially one as sweet-talking and fine-looking as Jace Gage... -
![The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection: 9 Historical Romances Begin After Saying "I Do" (Love & Romance Collections) by Angela Bell, Angela Breidenbach]()
The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection: 9 Historical Romances Begin After Saying "I Do" (Love & Romance Collections) by Angela Bell, Angela Breidenbach
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArranged marriage without romance was once a rather common occurrence, and if love developed, they counted themselves fortunate. From England to the American west, nine historical couples enter marriage agreements by both coercion and necessity...Categorized as:
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![Iris by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Iris by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIris Sullivan worked hard for many years for her medical degree. When she finally obtained it, no one would hire her simply because she was a woman. The town of Nowhere, Texas was the only place she could find work in her field, so she made the move with her companion Edna Petunia Blue, fully expecting to spend the rest of her life as a spinster...
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