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Heck's Journey by John Deacon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn 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...Categorized as:
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![Redemption by Carolyn Brown]()
Redemption by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGeneva 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...Categorized as:
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Augusta by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAugusta "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...Categorized as:
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![To Win a Widow by Alexa Aston]()
To Win a Widow by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe craved his touch—and they had yet to kiss. Book 5, the final book in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series from bestselling author Alexa Aston, has arrived. A widowed duchess at loose ends, longing for love. A colonel with no family who unexpectedly becomes an earl. Two stubborn individuals who are drawn together by passion—and also find friendship.. -
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![A River Between Us by Jocelyn Green]()
A River Between Us by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCora Mae Stewart’s world collapses when Sherman destroys the Georgia cotton mill where she works and has her arrested for treason and sent North. Faced with impossible choices, she does what she must to keep a little girl safe in an inhospitable land.Convinced he won’t survive the war, Union Sergeant Ethan Howard determines to make his death count for something...Categorized as:
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![Gypsy by Carolyn Brown]()
Gypsy by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGypsy 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...Categorized as:
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![Garnet by Carolyn Brown]()
Garnet by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGarnet 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...Categorized as:
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![Chances by Carolyn Brown]()
Chances by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAdelida 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...Categorized as:
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![The Hardest Ride by Gordon L. Rottman]()
The Hardest Ride by Gordon L. Rottman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 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...Categorized as:
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![Wildfire Creek by Shirleen Davies]()
Wildfire Creek by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“A passionate story of rebuilding lives, working to find a place in the wild frontier, and building new lives in the years following the American Civil War. A rugged, heartwarming story of choices and love in the continuing saga of Redemption Mountain...Categorized as:
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![Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy]()
Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeth 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... -
![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... -
![The Reluctant Warrior by Mary Connealy]()
The Reluctant Warrior by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUnion army officer Cameron Scott is used to being obeyed, but nothing about this journey to Lake Tahoe has gone as expected. He's come to fetch his daughter and nephew, and seek revenge on the people who killed his brother...Categorized as:
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![Montana Rose by Mary Connealy]()
Montana Rose by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFire 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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![Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill 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...Categorized as:
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![Her Hell Yeah Cowboy by Donna Michaels]()
Her Hell Yeah Cowboy by Donna Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYears 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... -
![Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
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...Categorized as:
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![The Unlikely Master Genius by Carla Kelly]()
The Unlikely Master Genius by Carla Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSailing Master Able Six, Royal Navy, is a man like no other. To call him a mere polymath is to sell him short. Someone with his extraordinary gifts should rise to the top, unless it is the 1800s, where pedigree and money govern Regency society, as sure as Napoleon seeks world domination...Categorized as:
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![Weathering Captain Storm by Jane Charles]()
Weathering Captain Storm by Jane Charles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptain Nathaniel Storm fell in love with Miss Isabella Valentine during the time of war. She followed the drum, he knew his duty. If not for the fear of making her a widow, Nate would have claimed her as his long ago. Isabella knew Nate could never been hers, but that didn’t stop her from dreaming of what could have been if her life was as she claimed...Categorized as:
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![An Agent for Victoria by Kate Marie Clark]()
An Agent for Victoria by Kate Marie Clark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA desperate woman, determined to prove her worth to the agency. An ex-outlaw and seasoned agent who only works alone. When Mr... -
![The Valentine's Curse by Jodi Thomas]()
The Valentine's Curse by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas takes you back to the Old West, where two strangers find love in the least likely place, with the least likely person, just in the nick of time . . -
![Sophie's Daughters Trilogy by Mary Connealy]()
Sophie's Daughters Trilogy by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSaddle 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...Categorized as:
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![The Wrangler's Inconvenient Wife by Lacy Williams]()
The Wrangler's Inconvenient Wife by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“…pure sweetness in a very readable package, perfect for those who like their romance gentle, G-rated, and family-style.” - Publisher’s Weekly on The Homesteader’s Sweetheart. ”…smart, gentle, and uplifting…” Publisher’s Weekly on Return of the Cowboy Doctor. Lacy Williams is the USA Today bestselling author of the acclaimed Snowbound in Sawyer Creek and Cowboy Fairytales series... -
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![Her Convenient Cowboy: Wyoming Legacy by Lacy Williams]()
Her Convenient Cowboy: Wyoming Legacy by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s pregnant, widowed, and snowed in… with the a quiet cowboy who never seems to give up. “…pure sweetness in a very readable package, perfect for those who like their romance gentle, G-rated, and family-style.” - Publisher’s Weekly on The Homesteader’s Sweetheart. ”…smart, gentle, and uplifting…” Publisher’s Weekly on Return of the Cowboy Doctor... -
![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... -
![Calder Grit by Janet Dailey, Graham Winton]()
Calder Grit by Janet Dailey, Graham Winton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsListening 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...Categorized as:
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![Dusty Britches by Marcia Lynn McClure]()
Dusty Britches by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAngelina 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...Categorized as:
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![Nate by Lori Handeland]()
Nate by Lori Handeland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Big Beautiful Mail Order Bride And Her Lost Man (A Western Historical Romance Book) by Florence Linnington]()
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...Categorized as:
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![The Most Unlikely Lady by Barbara Devlin]()
The Most Unlikely Lady by Barbara Devlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWoo a young lady with a fishing rod and a bucket of worms? Oh-so dashing - but untitled - Everett Markham seeks a bride, and he has charged the field of Miss Sabrina Douglas, a woman who prefers trout to truffles. But, sometimes, even when both hearts are engaged, happily ever after isn't so smooth a journey...Categorized as:
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Mail Order Midwife by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWidowed midwife Patsy Lawrence spent too much time working and not enough with her young daughter. She felt like life was passing her by, and she knew Emily's childhood would be over before she realized it. So she took matters into her own hands and responded to a letter for a mail order bride, hoping for a better future for herself and her daughter. Dr... -
![Jed by Linda Devlin, Linda Winstead Jones]()
Jed by Linda Devlin, Linda Winstead Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJed 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...Categorized as:
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![To Marry a Texas Outlaw by Linda Broday]()
To Marry a Texas Outlaw by Linda Broday
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOutlaw 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...Categorized as:
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![Lawless Love by Rosanne Bittner]()
Lawless Love by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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![Amelia by Cynthia Woolf]()
Amelia by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmelia James grew up performing on the stage. Her stunning voice made her the darling of New York's theater district since she was fifteen. She's never been more than an asset to her mother, never been just a woman to the young up-and-coming men who want to use her to advance their own careers... -
![Teton Sunset by Peggy L. Henderson]()
Teton Sunset by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 3 in the Teton Romance Trilogy Life for Lucas Walker is a constant adventure, a daily game to be won in the vast Teton wilderness. Facing every challenge head-on, he values the freedom to go where he wants, when he wants, and without attachments to any one person. She is known to the native people of the land as Ghost Woman... -
![Seized by the Lawman by Rhonda Lee Carver]()
Seized by the Lawman by Rhonda Lee Carver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpecial Agent Nixon Cade wasn’t looking for anything long term when he met Melissia, but it turned out she left a lasting impression. When he landed a special assignment, a favor for the boss to help his daughter, Nix found out it was the very woman who had haunted his every waking hour. There are lines a man wouldn’t—shouldn’t—cross. He never messed with the boss’s daughter...Categorized as:
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![Stormy Montana Nights: Brotherhood Protectors World by Paige Yancey]()
Stormy Montana Nights: Brotherhood Protectors World by Paige Yancey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRecovering from being kidnapped by human traffickers, Jeanie Finley hoped she had finally found a safe haven at the Brighter Days Rehab Ranch in Montana. Having been imprisoned by heartless fiends she has a great distrust of most men. Unfortunately, the rehab ranch is full of men—veterans recuperating from career-ending injuries... -
![Ranger Pride by Layla Chase]()
Ranger Pride by Layla Chase
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEx-Ranger and military dog handler Beck Gunnar wants nothing more than to get back into action and earn a spot on the Brotherhood Protectors team. After surviving a brutal mortar attack, both dog and handler face limitations caused by their wounds. Beck is in denial about his hearing loss, and King won’t follow training to sniff out explosives... -
![Inventing the Viscount by Ellie St. Clair]()
Inventing the Viscount by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s never met a problem she can’t fix...Lady Fredericka Ashworth observes the world around her with the intention of making it better. Blessed with a gift of tinkering and the skills of designing and woodworking, she has thought of everything from an easier way to cook eggs to candlesticks that allow for a longer burn... -
![Savage Winter by Constance O'Banyon]()
Savage Winter by Constance O'Banyon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoanna found happiness and contentment as Windhawk's wife, until the day she was kidnapped and returned to the white world. Now she must rely on Windhawk's love and devotion to find her and bring her home to his side...Categorized as:
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![Buffalo Gal by Bill Wallace]()
Buffalo Gal by Bill Wallace
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's her mother's crazy idea: a trip to Texas to save the buffalo. Amanda Guthridge just wants to ride horses with her boyfriend Philip and plan her coming-out party...Categorized as:
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![The Ranger's Wife by Eveline Hart, Natalie Dean]()
The Ranger's Wife by Eveline Hart, Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Black Hands” Jack Walker spends his time as a US Marshal catching criminals and protecting innocent people, like he always dreamed of as a child. Having moved to the American Frontier to escape his life as a political pawn for his family, he is content. Everything changes when he receives a letter from his father explaining that he is to marry one Elizabeth “Piper” Renwick...Categorized as:
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![Woman of Courage by Wanda E. Brunstetter]()
Woman of Courage by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJilted by her fiancé in 1837, Amanda Pearson gives up on romance and turns to her Quaker faith for reassurance. She becomes determined to follow the Reverend and Mrs. Spalding three thousand miles into the western wilderness to minister to the Nez Perce Indians...Categorized as:
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![The Wedding Affair by Heather Boyd]()
The Wedding Affair by Heather Boyd
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe life she wants is the love he lost. Coming face-to-face before her wedding with the scoundrel who broke her heart and destroyed her trust could not be more awkward or ill timed for Sally Ford. When she agreed to give her hand and fortune to London’s most eligible earl, she did so believing she would learn to love him after they tied the knot...Categorized as:
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![The Renegade Wife by Caroline Warfield]()
The Renegade Wife by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBetrayal by his cousin and the woman he loved may have made Rand Wheatly crave solitude, but his heart isn’t as hard as he likes to pretend. When he discovers that the squatters in his house include sick and injured children, he lets them stay.Meggy Campeau is harboring a secret, but she’ll do whatever it takes to keep her children safe...Categorized as:
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![Scattered Petals : A Novel by Amanda Cabot]()
Scattered Petals : A Novel by Amanda Cabot
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLonging for adventure, Priscilla Morton leaves Boston and heads for Texas, never dreaming that the adventure she seeks will leave her badly injured and her parents dead. Priscilla is determined to rebuild her life and make a home for herself in the beautiful Hill Country. But the bandits who took her parents' lives also destroyed her hope for the future...Categorized as:
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![Texas Blue by Jodi Thomas]()
Texas Blue by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGambling man Lewton Paterson wants to marry into a respectable family. After fleecing a train ticket, Lewt makes his way to Whispering Mountain. But seducing a well-bred woman is hard, and Lewt realizes that to entice a McMurray sister, he'll need to learn a thing or two about ranching-and love...Categorized as:
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![To the River's End by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
To the River's End by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn epic saga based on true events of the American West —with the trailblazing fur trappers and the mountain men who lived it. This is an unforgettable journey into the untamed American frontier. Where nature is cruel, violence lurks behind every tree, and where only the strongest of the strong survive. This is a story of America...Categorized as:
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