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  • The Wicked Aftermath by Melissa Foster

    The Wicked Aftermath by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    THE WICKED AFTERMATH is an emotionally gripping story of love, loss, and hope, with a rich and entrancing happily ever after. Set on the sandy shores of Cape Cod, the Wickeds feature fiercely protective heroes, strong heroines, and unbreakable family bonds. If you think bikers are all the same, you haven't met the Dark Knights. The Dark Knights are a motorcycle club, not a gang...
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    angst  female-mc  friendship  grief  sad  slow-burn  adult  biker
  • Cowgirl Fallin' for the Neighbor by Natalie Dean

    Cowgirl Fallin' for the Neighbor by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s the beauty with a smile that won’t quit and a heart of gold. He’s the cranky, prideful rancher who wants help from no one. Trouble is… she won’t take no for an answer.Quirky, six-foot-tall Clara Miller has it all. And although she’s on the bigger side, she’s gorgeous from head to toe...
  • Scars & Silver Linings by Kelsey Kingsley

    Scars & Silver Linings by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two little, pink lines should have been a good thing, but for Kendall Wright, it felt like the end of the world. Especially when her career as a successful romance novelist had only just begun to take off. But with the acceptance of her flaky boyfriend, and the help of a friendly bartender, she begins to see how those two little, pink lines could actually be a blessing...
  • Buck You! by Elle Thorpe

    Buck You! by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer Hunt was destined to be the first woman on the pro bull riding tour, until a devastating accident shattered her dreams. With the injury not healing, and her fiancé pushing to move to the city, there’s nothing left for her at the small-town bull riding school she runs with her father. Dominic West has always secretly longed to know his biological parents...
  • Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker

    Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ten years ago Boone Pace made a mistake out of selfishness and immaturity.He’s regretted it ever since.Competing as a professional rodeo cowboy was everything he wanted. All that mattered. An opportunity he wouldn’t pass by.But it meant leaving his high-school sweetheart behind.Mae Wells was sweet, and innocent, and quiet...
  • Intertwined by Jerilee Kaye

    Intertwined by Jerilee Kaye

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The women in Brianne Montgomery’s family have a curse that compels them to marry before the age of thirty-one, and she wasn't going to be the first one to break it. Her life seemed perfect. Her parents were happily married and she had a wonderful brother who looked out for her. The only thing she hated about her life was Travis Cross—her brother’s annoying best friend...
  • Wild, Crazy Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Wild, Crazy Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Bradens and the rest of the Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. In WILD, CRAZY HEARTS... High school teacher Brindle Montgomery and rancher Trace Jericho have been close friends forever and on-again off-again lovers for years...
  • Graham by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Graham by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Receiving a frantic call from her friend Alice, Julia McComas packs her bags and heads to a ranch in Texas where she encounters critters, cows, and a handful of handsome cowboy brothers. Her presence interrupts their daily routine, and one brother in particular makes his annoyance well known: Graham...
  • Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann

    Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    "Kissing you feels like catching the sun…" At seven years old, Ella Sunbury and Max Manning were inseparable—until life scattered them in different directions, forcing Ella to abruptly leave town. A decade later, she returns for their senior year of high school, moving in across the street from her childhood best friend. But she's not the same girl Max once knew...
  • Say You Want Me by Corinne Michaels

    Say You Want Me by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There’s no way I’ll fall for Wyatt Hennington. He can keep his Southern drawl, irresistible smile, and those pick-up lines all to himself. I made the mistake of sleeping with him not once, but twice. I’m not stupid enough to give him round three, especially after he left me in the middle of the night so I could see myself out. I vow to return to Philadelphia and forget him...
  • Fool for You by Kelly Elliott

    Fool for You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was only supposed to be for a few months, so where was the harm in going along with it? That is, until the fake engagement Landon and I came up with after a misunderstanding threw us both into the spotlight, and threatened to destroy the lives we had both worked so hard for.Somewhere along the way, though, we realized everything had changed...
  • Beyond The Roses by Monica James

    Beyond The Roses by Monica James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To the outside world, my life is perfect.I’m young and rich, and some may even say I’m beautiful. But I would give anything to be somebody else because after being extraordinary all my life, all I wish for is…silence.My name is Lola Van Allen, and there’s no easy way to say it, but…I’m dying...
  • Keeping Secrets by Weston Parker

    Keeping Secrets by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s no secret that me and love don’t mix. Not after it schemed to rip my heart out and leave me a single father.The biggest question I have is what to do with forever now that my wife is gone.As much as I hate it, it’s time for a break from my famous life.A year off to spend time with my little girl is what the doctor ordered.Giggles, smiles, and tons of ice cream for the two of us...
  • Calvin by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Calvin by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alice Wilkenson grew up with the Hastings brothers. She's always viewed them as family more than friends, and the feeling is mutual. Annoying, interfering, and frustrating to have seven brothers constantly on the look out for you. But one brother starts keeping a closer eye on Alice than the others: Calvin.Calvin Hastings works hard on the family ranch...
  • Cowboy of Convenience: Moss Creek PD by Janice Whiteaker

    Cowboy of Convenience: Moss Creek PD by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grady’s spent his whole life in Moss Creek, Montana, helping out on his family’s ranch and keeping the town he loves safe. There’s nowhere else he’d rather be.Except for Evelyn Warwick’s bed.The newly arrived New Yorker is a breath of fresh air in his stagnant and stale life— one he seeks out at every opportunity...
  • Hard 5 by Stephanie Brother

    Hard 5 by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five ruthless ranchers have bought my farm, and they want to include me in the deal.After Pa dies and I discover he's mortgaged our farm to pay gambling debts, I'm forced to sell my home and only asset. On auction day, I watch my elusive neighbors, the Bradford brothers, buy the land that's been in my family for generations...
  • Southern Secrets by Natasha Madison

    Southern Secrets by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    AmeliaNever make the same mistake twice is my motto.After being left in the dust of an old pickup truck, I promised that I would take care of myselfand never trust another man with a sexy smirk and cowboy boots.Then he showed up, and he's everywhere I turn, making me want something I shouldn't.AsherI grew up in foster care, and on my eighteenth birthday, I was set free...
  • Southern Heat by Natasha Madison

    Southern Heat by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WillowAfter being left for dead, I was given a fresh start by my knight in shining armor.My protector.I never had a family before they took me in.But I don’t know how to stay or trust.I always had a bag packed and ready just in case I needed to escape again.Like they say, old habits die hard.Being in the shadows is lonely, but lonely is safe...
  • Overdrive by Juanita Kees

    Overdrive by Juanita Kees

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chase Calhoun has worked hard at making Calhoun Customs a world-wide sensation and keeping his father’s dream alive. He hasn’t had time to think about settling down, so he’s not expecting to find love or new life in their garage amongst the ghosts of his family’s past. Charlotte Jackson is on the run from a rebellious past, determined to prove she can be a good mom to three-month-old baby, Zoe...
  • Cowboy Creed by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Cowboy Creed by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Seconds chances come in their own time for a cowboy. For Mindy and Creed the flame remains.Newly divorced and empty nester, Mindy Sage, decided that her hometown might be the perfect place to reinvent herself, or at least find the wild and carefree girl she used to be before she moved away. She’s craving small town comfort, but the problem is, in Cooper’s Hawk, everyone knows everyone...
  • One Wrong Move by Olivia Hayle

    One Wrong Move by Olivia Hayle

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The woman I love has always been off-limits. She was my best friend’s fiancée… and now my new roommate.  I thought I was used to pain. Harper dated my best friend for years, and I was going to be the best man at their wedding. Until she blows up the engagement and shows up in London with a new job.Being friends never worked for me. That’s why I moved away...
  • Unraveled by Aubrey Bondurant

    Unraveled by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unraveled: To become undone. To take apart. To destroy. I thought I had it all with my well-respected job, Hollywood boyfriend, and glamorous lifestyle. Until the truth revealed a different story. In one day, after a single word, my carefully constructed life was obliterated. But it’s only the beginning of my spiral. There’s much further to fall. Then I meet him...
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    angst  female-mc  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Whispers of the Heart by Rae Knight

    Whispers of the Heart by Rae Knight

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When loss happens and grief holds you hostage, is there ever an escape? Can one person really be the answer to all your prayers and the balm to all the open wounds on your heart?Elizabeth Wallace has always been a punk rock kind of gal, yet in high school she nabbed the golden boy and jock, Lyle Foster...
  • I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson

    I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dear Edie, I wanted you to know so many things. I wanted to tell you them in person, as you grew. But it wasn’t to be.Jess never imagined she’d be navigating single motherhood, let alone while facing breast cancer. A life that should be just beginning is interrupted by worried looks, heavy conversations, and the possibility of leaving her daughter to grow up without her...
  • Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter

    Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Continue the Hell Yeah! Series with book 14...The first time Bowie Travis Malone laid eyes on Cassie Cartwright, she knocked him for a loop. He was as drawn to her side as a moth to a flame. A green eyed angel with golden hair, she made his heart hammer in his chest and his body ache to hold her close...
  • Santa, The Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    Santa, The Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If you were penniless and lonely, and you’d lost all hope, would you let Santa, the Billionaire grant you a wish?I fell in love with Nick Prince the day I started work as his PA, but I knew it would never work for two reasons: a) He was married, and b) his wife was my best friend. Boy, do I know how to pick ’em. So I ignored my feelings, and I got on with my life as best as I could...
  • Cowboys & Starlight by Jacqueline Winters

    Cowboys & Starlight by Jacqueline Winters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This cowboy thought he could stay away from his best friend's little sister. This cowboy was wrong.Colten Livingston swore he'd never fall for another city girl. Not after his ex-wife left him, fed up with country living. Now that his mom plans to sell the family home, nothing is stopping him from returning to his dream job at Glacier National Park...
  • Maya's Triple Dare by Heather Rainier

    Maya's Triple Dare by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kendall has adored Maya from afar for years, but he is done being her “go-to guy.” He’s always been her confidant and her husband’s best friend. Now widowed, Maya is through with living life in half-measures and regrets never asking both men for what she wanted. A posthumous letter reveals Maya's husband knew she loved Kendall and challenges her to follow her heart...
  • A Falling Star by Carolyn Brown

    A Falling Star by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When she was young, pilot and airplane owner Retta King made a promise never to get involved with any of the migratory song birds who flew into Nashville to chase stardom. Then she met Denison Adams, a tall, handsome rancher from Oklahoma, who was trying to break into the song-writing world...
  • A Cowboy's Strength by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    A Cowboy's Strength by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When friendship ends, passion begins... Zane McGavin is fit to be tied. His childhood friend Mandy Fielding has waltzed into town and announced she’s moving her mother to New York. Never mind that her mom loves Eagles Nest, Montana and would be miserable in the big city. He’s determined to talk Mandy into seeing reason but his plan backfires and he ends up kissing her instead...
  • Ruined: The Price of Play by Tania Joyce

    Ruined: The Price of Play by Tania Joyce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night of fun turns into a nightmare. Newly single, broken-hearted and being told she’ll never conceive naturally, Kara Knight drowns her sorrows at her best friend’s engagement party and falls into bed with the one person who was on her never-touch list—playboy rock star Hunter Collins. Becoming pregnant is nothing short of a miracle...
  • Protecting His Cowgirl by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North

    Protecting His Cowgirl by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heroes aren’t supposed to drive beat-up old trucks, and they don’t go around breaking a girl’s heart. But Garrett Grayson, Macy Joyce’s particular hero, does both of those things. Well, Macy doesn’t need a hero, just a little bit of help around her ranch. Someone to figure out who’s been cutting fences and throwing rocks through her windows...
  • Winner by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Winner by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Roselette Horton... Miss Prim and Proper. Arm candy for one of the richest men in Hoffman. Fate had her saving my life. Now I'm indebted to repay the favour. Rose has the biggest stick up her arse. It’s surprising she can even put one foot in front of the other. She has no clue what it means to be living, or who she really is...
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    angst  female-mc  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Cowboy Tough by Stacy Finz

    Cowboy Tough by Stacy Finz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five hundred acres of gorgeous California land is a life-changer for cousins Cash, Jace, and Sawyer—and a surprising chance for each of them to find a game-changing love . . .   Sheriff Jace Dalton’s plate is piled high even before he discovers a stranded motorist just a few miles from his home...
  • Peace in the Valley by Ruth Logan Herne

    Peace in the Valley by Ruth Logan Herne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In spite of their differences, Trey Walker Stafford knows he owes his life to cowboy and legendary rancher Sam Stafford--the uncle who rescued him after his parents' death. Trey had left the Double S Ranch to pursue music against Sam's wishes, but returns to central Washington when he learns he's the best match for a procedure that could save Sam's life...
  • The Light We See by J. Lynn Bailey

    The Light We See by J. Lynn Bailey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Carpinteria, California, we left. In Arizona, we barely spoke. In New Mexico, I gave him a promise that I knew I couldn’t keep. In Texas, we slept under the stars. In Oklahoma, he told me a story I wouldn’t soon forget. In Louisiana, he gave my soul a voice. Between Arkansas and Mississippi, we took full advantage of an opportunity. In Tennessee, I studied his face...
  • Losing Love by Laura Ashley Gallagher

    Losing Love by Laura Ashley Gallagher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Losing Love and Watch Over My Life are both standalone books in the What Will Be book series and can be read in any order, but it is recommended that both are read before If By Chance).To fall in love with her future, she must face the consequences of her past.When I was nineteen, I had a plan. Work hard, become a teacher, and spend the rest of my life with my childhood sweetheart, Nick...
  • The Cost of Forgetting You by Hannah Bird

    The Cost of Forgetting You by Hannah Bird

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Falling in love with a Parker must be genetic. It's the only way Delilah Ridgefield can make sense of the mess that is her life. Some other things that are genetic? The hazel eyes she shares with her mom, the need to care for others that she gets from her dad, and her father's dementia diagnosis, which brings him back into her life after years of radio silence...
  • Relent by Rachel Schurig

    Relent by Rachel Schurig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Levi has always been on the outside looking in. When your best friends make up one of the most famous rock bands in the country, living at the edge of the spotlight comes with the territory. Levi was pretty happy with the way things were; after all, helping the Ransome boys achieve their dreams was his dream too. But all of that changed when Levi fell for lead singer Daltrey Ransome’s girl...
  • Cowboy True by Michelle Beattie

    Cowboy True by Michelle Beattie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s back in his life… and this time he’s not letting go.Gage Granger knew back in high school that his friend and secret crush was desperate to get out of Last Stand, Texas. But with his roots running deep into the Hill Country soil of his family’s ranch, he couldn’t leave and so made the tough decision to let her go...
  • Meet Me in Montana by Debra Salonen

    Meet Me in Montana by Debra Salonen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s looking at her big picture…in MontanaWho swaps a golden parachute in the Bay Area for a share in a Montana thrift store and pipe dream flipping homes with her two sisters? Ambitious former investment rep Amber McCall who’s never abandoned her dream of a career in design...
  • The Rancher by Julia Justiss

    The Rancher by Julia Justiss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When he sets out to regain his family’s heritage, he never expects to fall in love.Cowboy Duncan McAllister has worked tirelessly to make the family ranch profitable enough to buy back the section of land hard times forced them to sell a decade ago. When the owner of that land unexpectedly dies, leaving the ranch to his city-based daughter, Duncan finally sees his opportunity...
  • Summer Fling by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Summer Fling by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summertime and the lovin’ is easy…until it’s not. Compass Girls, Book 3 Too much love and loss taught Jade Compton to protect her heart and her sanity by steering clear of all that romance nonsense. She’s doing just fine, working two jobs, hanging out with her cousins and her best friend, Liam...
  • Red River Deep by Carolyn Brown

    Red River Deep by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One fight ended it all… And now Tracey has a secret, and bittersweet memories that she keeps close to her heart. Maybe a brand new start in a brand new town would help erase the memories. It was worth a try. Building a new life… Is what Austin is planning when he takes the position at Oklahoma State University...
  • Pure Country by Kelly Fox

    Pure Country by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’d sooner cage a wild bird than try to pin that cowboy down. But God, I want to make him mine.Our sizzling banter and filthy texts are the stuff of legends, but Rowdy is the king of one-night stands, and one night with him will never be enough.I crave a future with him, which is exactly why I’ve kept him at arm’s length...
  • Always You and Me by Dani Atkins

    Always You and Me by Dani Atkins

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Fractured comes a moving, heart-mending and uplifting novel of love, hope and second chances.Then…On the eve of her wedding to Adam, Lily’s best friend Josh unexpectedly walked out of her life, and she hasn’t seen him since.Lily and Adam are blissfully happy, until he falls ill...
  • Seducing the Cowboy by Kennedy Fox

    Seducing the Cowboy by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After leaving his hometown seven years ago, Payton hasn’t returned. One heartbreak was enough to turn him off relationships forever. As soon as he arrived at the Circle B Ranch, they treated him like family—something he’s never had—and he met the one woman he shouldn’t want. He’s put her in the friend zone, but after agreeing to her proposition, he can’t hold back anymore...
  • Tristan by Karla Sorensen

    Tristan by Karla Sorensen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There's one thing you should know about Tristan Whitfield: he’s been in love with Anna for years. There are two problems with that: she has no idea, and she's married. Or at least, she was. Anna Callahan knows three things about her brother’s friend, Tristan: he's quiet, incredibly handsome, and has a smolder that could set the room on fire...
  • Love Of Country by Vicki Green

    Love Of Country by Vicki Green

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lost and betrayed, Alone and forgotten, Until the beauty of the land, Shows the way home Trevor Mackay has his own demons from his past but finds solace in his friends and owning a farm he’s always dreamed of. Boarding horses for those in town and giving riding lessons help him cope. However, when a lost young girl enters his life, his demons return to haunt him...
  • The Cowboy's Baby Mistake by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North

    The Cowboy's Baby Mistake by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No man should be as sexy as Trey Cantor when he’s mucking out a horse stall. But then again, there’s no man quite like Trey. Charity has known Trey all her life, but she can still appreciate a fine-looking man when she sees one, and Trey is far more to Charity than just a fine-looking man...
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