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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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The Problem Child by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCymbeline Barnes declared Viktor Olofsson her arch-enemy when they were children. When he saved her beloved sister, she started to see him as a hero instead. Still, she can't let go of the idea that her destiny is waiting somewhere else in the world.Viktor Olofsson has cared for Cymbeline his whole life... -
Hope Between the Pages by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUncover the Story Behind a One-Hundred-Year-Old Love LetterWalk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure... -
More Than Meets the Eye by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMany consider Evangeline Hamilton cursed. Orphaned at a young age and possessing a pair of mismatched eyes--one bright blue, the other dark brown--Eva has fought to find her way in a world that constantly rejects her. Yet the support of even one person can help overcome the world's judgments, and Eva has two--Seth and Zach, two former orphans she now counts as brothers... -
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The Sheriff's Mail Order Rescue by Amelia Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove is perilous – and that’s before you involve bandits and kidnapping.After five years of being the town’s sheriff, Matt Hanson is well and truly settled into his life in Iron Creek.Sure, there are still challenges, like the bandits that are occupying the nearby mountains, but Matt is content with his life in this small town...Categorized as:
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Gunslingers Don't Die by Wanda Ann Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBOOK TWO in the BRIDES OF SWEET CREEK RANCH SERIES—A SWEET HISTORICAL WESTERN ROMANCEMAGGIE REED HAVEN, formerly known as Lady Lily, Female Bounty Hunter, once loved risk and adventure, but she has exchanged her reckless ways for a more stable life...Categorized as:
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A Trick of the Light by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAngels would have trouble getting along with Micah Burnet, and Tempest Lavalle's halo is twisted plumb out of shape by the time she gets to the plantation where her two married sisters are living. Micah was the handsomest of the three outlaws who escorted her and her sisters from San Antonio to Louisianabut he also has the biggest ego... -
Blessing in Disguise by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer first mistake was emigrating alone. Was this one even worse? Augusta Bjorklund, after discovering her intended bridegroom married someone else, decided to leave her broken heart in Norway and start a new life in America. But knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent's directions in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the harried confusion, she boards the wrong train... -
Heart on the Line by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGrace Mallory is tired of running, of hiding. But when an old friend sends an after-hours telegraph transmission warning Grace that the man who has hunted her for nearly a year has discovered her location, she fears she has no choice... -
An Agent for Darcy by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWidow Darcy Spencer abhors the very idea of marriage, but to become a Pinkerton agent, she must marry her trainer. She's assured that it's in name only, so she begrudgingly takes the position. Although her new husband is infuriating, she’s determined to prove herself worthy as an agent – and as a person. Agent Porter Shaw can’t help but tease his tight-lipped, stubborn bride... -
Lightning and Lawmen by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow 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...Categorized as:
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The Captive Within by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe house in Denver has been empty and neglected for years and is almost beyond saving . . . almost. The young women seeking sanctuary in the old mansion are as empty and damaged as it is...Categorized as:
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Corsets and Cuffs: by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSheriff Tully Barrett never knew trouble had such a pretty face. Brianna Dumont never knew the law could be so handsome and hardheaded. Pampered and privileged, Brianna Dumont escapes the life she’s always known in an effort to clear her father’s good name. She arrives in Baker City, Oregon, intent on selling her father’s shares in a mine... -
Survivor Pass by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSurvivor Pass, Book Five, Redemption Mountain Historical Western Romance Series “The Redemption Mountain series is as good as historical romance gets—vivid settings, memorable characters, love, and lots at stake. Shirleen Davies knows how to bring the old west to life. You feel as if you've traveled, with the characters, to the frontier...Categorized as:
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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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No One's Bride by Nerys Leigh
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mail order bride with no intention of marrying, a young postmaster determined to change her mind. It's 1870 and Amy Watts needs help, money, and to get as far away from New York City as possible, and her only hope is to answer an advertisement for a mail order bride. The last thing she needs, however, is a husband... -
Serving Up Love: A Harvey House Brides Collection (Harvey House Brides) by Tracie Peterson, Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBestselling novelist Tracie Peterson joins Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, and Jen Turano in this collection of four novellas, each featuring a Harvey Girl heroine. From Kansas to Texas, the Grand Canyon to New Mexico, the stories cross the country with tales of sweet romance and entertaining history... -
Barclay by Charlene Raddon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo bachelor could be prepared for what happens to the Givens brothers one stormy night in 1876. Finding a pregnant woman on their road, they take her in. Before they can learn anything about her, she gives birth to triplets and disappears. Luckily, the doctor supplies a much-needed wet-nurse— Cynara, a recent widow who lost her baby...Categorized as:
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Texas Twilight by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTEXAS 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...Categorized as:
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The Mail-Order Bride Carries a Gun by Wanda Ann Thomas
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBOOK ONE in the BRIDES OF SWEET CREEK RANCH SERIES—A SWEET HISTORICAL WESTERN ROMANCEThe Brides of Sweet Creek Ranch is an uplifting Sweet Historical Western Romance series set in Wyoming Territory on a frontier homestead ranch. The books follow the untamed Haven brothers, the spirited brides they marry, and the struggle to find love and joy amid the rugged wilds of the West...Categorized as:
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A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsStone 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...Categorized as:
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Seven Brides for Seven Texans by Erica Vetsch, Susan Page Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the seven Hart brothers of the 7-Heart ranch in central Texas. Each man is content in his independent life, without the responsibilities of a wife and children—until their father decides 1874 will be the year his grown sons finally marry, or they will be cut from his will...Categorized as:
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The Fair by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of THE LANE BETRAYAL comes the second novel in the Time Box saga.Months after stealing two time machines from a madman who wants them back, the Lanes, a family of six, seek safety and contentment in 1893, the latest stop on a journey through time... -
Blind Faith by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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A Clear Hope by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a daughter, an older sister, and now a hotel waitress, Abigail Peterson is used to taking care of everyone around her. When a nameless stranger collapses on the train platform and is brought to the Brody Hotel to recover, Abigail steps in to nurse her back to health. Deputy Marshal Gabriel Hanks has seen a lot of violence in his life, and now he works every day to fight it... -
Two Ways Home by Sondra Kraak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s about to lose her home. He never wanted to see his again. And a stalker is staking a claim . . . Washington, 1892 Mary Smith was never one to back down from a challenge... -
A Ruby Glows by Kari Trumbo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRuby’s heart froze as she threw her dead husband over the cliff. When Beau walks into her life, one glance has her running from her past. He couldn’t want someone like her. It should be easy to avoid his quiet charm. If he can convince her she’s a prize, not prey, he might have a chance. Beau’s captivated when Ruby scrambles from him whenever he gets too close... -
The Pinkerton Matchmaker by Christine Sterling, Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPairing prospective lady Pinkerton detectives with rough and ready agents? What could possibly go wrong? Head of the Denver Pinkerton office, Archie Gordon, has been tasked with hiring female agents. The problem? They need to be trained by existing agents while solving cases. Alone and unchaperoned. In 1871. The solution? Have each pair marry temporarily, for the duration of the case... -
An Agent for Delilah by Kate Marie Clark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA seasoned agent, dreading the prospect of marrying to keep his job, and a feisty woman determined to make her own way in life. Will they learn to trust each other and find their own happy ending? Delilah Fulmer is bent on escaping the rowdy home of her childhood. With little to recommend herself besides scrappiness and grit, she answers an ad to become a Pinkerton agent... -
Mistress of Netherfield by Julia Winter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is a truth universally acknowledged that on escaping an unhappy marriage, a young widow will be delighted to remove to the dower house and lease the marital abode to a single man in possession of a good fortune, provided he looks elsewhere to fulfil his want of a wife... -
Forsaken Falls by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWyatt Jackson has lost everything. Successful in his role as a soldier, he can no longer find a home in the region he fought so hard to save. Sick and on the edge of starvation, he journeys west, searching for the one man who might help him. A deputy in Splendor, Montana.Nora Evans has never found a place to call home...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Wilhelmina by Sophie Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWilhelmina Cutler had wanted to be a Pinkerton agent ever since she moved in with her aunt and uncle who was an agent himself. Now’s her chance. They are hiring women in the Denver Pinkerton Detective Agency. Already trained in most of the skills needed, Mina is confident she can handle any case they assign her...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Audrey by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen heiress Audrey Hardwick is given the opportunity to become a Pinkerton Agent, she wholeheartedly leaves her life in Cincinnati behind and sets out for a new adventure. But her mission turns into mayhem when she meets Agent Warren Rockwell, a former gunslinger, who is too stubborn – and handsome – for his own good...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Belle by Nerys Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarriage is the last thing Belle wants, but she’ll have to get married to avoid it.When Isabelle Wood answers a newspaper advertisement for female Pinkerton detectives, it seems the perfect way to avoid her parents’ desire for her to wed… until she discovers she has to marry her training agent for the duration of her first case...Categorized as:
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Uma's Umbrage by Dallis Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUma is a spitfire who is usually in an uproar about something—whether it's women's rights, or the Morgan dollar, or labor laws for children. But when she discovers the reason for her abandonment at the orphanage doorsteps was to save her infant self from the same demise as her murdered mother, she finds a new calling... -
Western Promise by Janelle Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLily is desperate. She’s finally landed her dream job, but now she might lose it after her first assignment. He’s everything she can’t stand. Cultured. Entitled. Wealthy. So, when she’s asked to settle the newest Copper King in town, she reminds herself what’s at stake—she just wishes he wasn’t so handsome. Chase’s persona is a necessary evil...Categorized as:
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Restless Wind by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA headstrong rancher determined to make it on his own. A society belle intent on creating her own life. Is there any chance they’ll become each other’s future? Restless Wind, Book Thirteen, Redemption Mountain Historical Western Romance Series Dominic Lucero is a man driven to succeed. Leaving his family’s profitable ranch in Texas, he strikes out to build a new life. Becoming a Montana U.S...Categorized as:
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Dixie Moon by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGabe Evans is a man of his word with strong convictions and steadfast loyalty. As the sheriff of Splendor, Montana, the ex-Union Colonel and oldest of four boys from an affluent family, Gabe understands the meaning of responsibility. The last thing he wants is another commitment—especially of the female variety. Until he meets Lena Campanel... Lena’s past is one she intends to keep buried... -
Mail Order Ruth by Charlotte Dearing
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRuth travels to Texas to become a mail-order bride and to care for an orphaned baby.She finds the child living in squalor. Worse, her fiancé is a rogue and probably a thief. With nothing more than her wits, she must fend for herself and the baby.Her only hope lies with Gideon, a gruff but charming cowboy. The tall, gallant Texan offers Ruth safety, a haven for her and the baby... -
Ilsa by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne of the most talented seamstresses of her time, Ilsa Thorsen could sell her creations anywhere in the world, but she ends up on her sister’s ranch in the western town of Pendleton, Oregon. Disgusted with the dust, smells, and nearly every aspect of rural life, Ilsa wonders how she’ll survive, particularly with the arrogant Tony Campanelli constantly underfoot... -
Devil's Bride and A Rake's Vow by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to the wonderful world of the Cynsters! When I embarked on the stories of the Cynster clan, I knew they fascinated me, but I had no idea how much they would appeal to readers. This volume contains the books that first introduced readers to the glittering, glamorous, passionate, and sometimes dangerous lives of the Cynster cousins and their ducal dynasty... -
The Beguilement of Lady Eustacia Cavanaugh by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens continues the bold tales of the Cavanaugh siblings as the sole Cavanaugh sister discovers that love truly does conquer all...Categorized as:
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Long Time Gone by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConnealy Combines Western Action and Charming Historical RomanceThe Boden clan thought their problems had ended with the death of a dangerous enemy, but have they truly uncovered the real plot to take their New Mexico ranch? Rancher Justin Boden is now in charge. He is normally an unshakable and rugged man, but with his brother, Cole, shot and in mortal danger, even a tough man faces doubts... -
A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeg 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...Categorized as:
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Iron Lace by Emilie Richards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Aurore Gerritsen watched her lover kill her father, it was just one act of violence in a long chain of dramatic events.Years later, behind the iron lace gates of wealthy New Orleans, beneath the veneer of her society name, linger secrets that Aurore Gerritsen has hidden for a lifetime, and truths that threaten to change forever the lives of her unsuspecting family... -
No Way Up by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew Western Romance Series from Bestselling Author Mary Connealy When Cimarron ranch patriarch Chance Boden is caught in an avalanche, the quick actions of hired hand Heath Kincaid save him. Badly injured, Chance demands that his will be read and its conditions be enforced immediately. Without anyone else to serve as a witness, Heath is pressed into reading the will... -
A Stolen Heart by Amanda Cabot
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom afar, Cimarron Creek seems like an idyllic town tucked in the Texas Hill Country. But when former schoolteacher Lydia Crawford steps onto its dusty streets in 1880, she finds a town with a deep-seated resentment of Northerners--like her. Lydia won't let that get her down, though. All will be well when she's reunited with her fiancé... -
A Dream to Call My Own by Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLacy Gallatin, the youngest of the Gallatin sisters, is a woman with a mission: to find her father's killer. Haunted by the belief that she's failed him, Lacy is also battling a desire to have something more than just revenge, something she can't quite figure out. Enter Dave Shepard, deputy sheriff for the area... -
The Wren by Kristy McCaffrey
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFull-length novel ~ Rating: Steamy ~ Word Count: 74,000 Ten years have passed since her ranch was attacked, her folks murdered and Molly Hart was abducted. Now, at nineteen, she’s finally returning home to north Texas after spending the remainder of her childhood with a tribe of Kwahadi Comanche... -
The Inheritance by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn unexpected inheritance. An unknown future. An unending love. Determined to tame her younger brother's rebellious streak, McKenna Ashford accepts her cousin's invitation to move west, and to begin again. But she quickly discovers that life in Copper Creek, Colorado, is far from what she expected...Categorized as:
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