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  • Burn So Good by J.H. Croix

    Burn So Good by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ella Life isn’t fair. I know that lesson well. I said goodbye to Caleb ten years ago. The boy I once loved is all man now.. As a hotshot firefighter, he’s all about saving others. Life ripped us apart, stealing more than I could’ve imagined. Time didn’t heal all of my wounds, and time never let me forget what we once had. Once again, Caleb comes to my rescue...
  • Play With Fire by J.H. Croix

    Play With Fire by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jasmine I lost my job, lost my fiancé, and started a bar fight. That’s how I met Donovan Ryan. Don’t worry. I gave another guy a bloody nose, not Donovan. Donovan is way too handsome for my own good, certainly for my peace of mind. He’s also one of those save-the-day hotshot firefighters. You know the type. Strong, protective, dangerously hot. Now isn’t the time for me to fall for anyone...
  • Hot Mess by J.H. Croix

    Hot Mess by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ward Susannah is the only woman who’s ever tested my control. Fighting fires is my life, but I can’t put out the fire between us. I tell myself I can keep my distance, tell myself it’s nothing more than a little fun. She fills every corner of my thoughts and kicks my control to the curb. Still, I have this. I can handle her. Then I find out she’s pregnant—with our baby...
  • Saxon's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Saxon's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Many believed he didn’t possess a heart. Not true. It was just hidden beneath a layer of protection so deep no one would ever penetrate it. Until her. Aspen. Sweet. Innocent. Beautiful. And not the woman for him. Despite his reputation, Joel Saxon wasn’t in the habit of corrupting innocents. Especially when she had no clue about the dark desires he possessed...
  • Solid Soul by Brenda Jackson

    Solid Soul by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the real world there was no way flower shop owner Kylie Hagan would ever meet up with millionaire Chance Steele. But the world of single parents and teenage hormones brought them together the first time -- and a simmering passion they both tried to deny wouldn't keep them apart for long. Chance made her think of hot, sultry Southern nights...
  • Taking Catie by Helen Hardt

    Taking Catie by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Catie Bay has worshiped much older Chad McCray since she was a child. When she fumbles a seduction attempt after her graduation from high school, she flees to Europe, hoping she can forget her unrequited love. Four years later, Catie returns, now a beautiful, worldly woman, and Chad, the quintessential bachelor, takes notice...
  • Teasing Annie by Helen Hardt

    Teasing Annie by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Newly divorced from his greedy and deceptive first wife, Dallas McCray is convinced he wants a sweet country girl like his sister-in-law. So why is he lusting after the new veterinarian in town, striking New Jersey transplant Annie DeSimone? Also divorced, Annie yearns to leave her difficult past behind and start a new life in beautiful Colorado...
  • Taming Angelina by Helen Hardt

    Taming Angelina by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ranch heiress Angelina loves her leisurely life…until her father, a gorgeous ranch hand, and a long-buried secret turn it upside down. Learn to run a ranch? Angelina Bay would rather wear last season’s clothes. But if she doesn’t, her father demands, she can kiss her inheritance goodbye. Teach a spoiled heiress how to ride a horse? Not in this lifetime...
  • Forever Falcon Ridge by D.L. Roan

    Forever Falcon Ridge by D.L. Roan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The McLendon Family Saga continues in this epic, coming-of-age love story by USA Today bestselling author, D.L. Roan. A third-generation rancher, Dani McLendon is destined to become the first woman to ever manage her family's ranch. Running Falcon Ridge is her birthright, her honor, her responsibility...
  • Crash & Burn by J.H. Croix

    Crash & Burn by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fall in the mud. Best way to meet a H-O-T guy. Not . Rachel I fell in the mud, got a flat tire, and Remy kissed me. I saw stars. I might’ve seen God. But a hotshot firefighter to rescue me? Don’t think so. Then, I catch way too hot Remy Martin staring at my muddy a**. He’s got that whole tall, dark & protective thing going strong. So strong, I can’t resist...
  • 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...
  • Awakening Veronica by Heather Rainier

    Awakening Veronica by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bullied all her life, Veronica Benedict has learned to withdraw rather than risk being hurt by those closest to her—but that’s not the only type of bully she has to deal with. On a research trip, a fellow author introduces her to two Doms at a wedding. Travis McDaniel is disillusioned by life in Washington, D.C., and is back home in Divine, examining his future...
  • An Old-Fashioned Christmas by Laylah Roberts

    An Old-Fashioned Christmas by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s Christmas, Old-Fashioned style. Come celebrate Christmas with the gorgeous alpha Jamieson brothers and their sweet, strong wives. There will be eggnog, bad singing and, of course, a Christmas spanking or two. And it wouldn’t be Christmas without Sam in a sexy Santa suit...
  • Summer's Indiscretion by Heather Rainier

    Summer's Indiscretion by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer Heston is ready to give up on men and has sworn off blind dates permanently. A chance text message and phone conversation with two mysterious friends of Grace’s changes her mind. A dangerous situation literally thrusts her into their powerful arms as the attacks on her ladies’ adults-only boutique escalate and the tone of the Divine Morality blog grows more blatantly hateful...
  • Tangled in Divine by Heather Rainier

    Tangled in Divine by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Robbed of her family’s legacy, Gwen Henderson blindly sets out to win it back. In Divine she finds employment until she rejoins the rodeo circuit for one more winning year. What she doesn’t foresee is getting tangled up with two cowboys who have her yearning for life in Divine when her dreams are in Colorado...
  • Heart of a Bachelor by Tessa Layne

    Heart of a Bachelor by Tessa Layne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Playing doctor has never been so sexy...Confirmed bachelor Gunnar Hansen has successfully resisted the matchmaking efforts of Dottie Grace and her posse of granny wannabe’s. There’s no room in his life for love or for starting a family of his own. Not when his hands are full running Hansen Stables and heading up the board of Prairie’s new medical clinic...
  • Heavenly Angel by Heather Rainier

    Heavenly Angel by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Angel Martinez has worked patiently for months to draw the fragile beauty out of her shell, wooing her with gentle kindness and falling for her delightful two-year-old in the process. Teresa left her painful past behind and built a new life for her and her son. She cares deeply for Angel, but is afraid to let down her guard...
  • 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...
  • Quade's Babies by Brenda Jackson

    Quade's Babies by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Quade Westmoreland's one-night love affair with Cheyenne had branded him body and soul, but he'd never even learned her last name. Almost a year later, driven by memories and one incriminating photo, the sexy operative had finally tracked her down--and discovered three little babies bearing his features...
  • Indestructible Desire by Danielle Jamie

    Indestructible Desire by Danielle Jamie

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After going through a terrifying ordeal, Savannah has to try and overcome the tragic events that rocked her soul to the very core. With Kayden by her side, Savannah tries to piece her life back together. Feeling betrayed, she finds herself struggling to move on with her now fragile life...
  • Educating Holden by Melanie Shawn

    Educating Holden by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stand-alone Wishing Well, Texas romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way!Holden ReedIn the blink of an eye, my whole world changed. One minute I was riding high at the peak of my career, the next I woke up flat on my back in a hospital bed.Returning to my hometown a broken man had never been part of the plan...
  • Santa Wore Spurs by Becky McGraw, Sable Hunter

    Santa Wore Spurs by Becky McGraw, Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SANTA WORE SPURS is a wickedly hot Christmas anthology by Desiree Holt, Sable Hunter, Becky McGraw and Sandy Sullivan. This year you won’t need cocoa, you’ll want a fan and a hot cowboy! You’ll find four hot cowboys in this scorching contemporary western romance anthology...
  • Nursing in Northlake by Kirsten Osbourne

    Nursing in Northlake by Kirsten Osbourne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nurse Heidi Hart feels life is passing her by. All her close friends from school have married and have children, and she wants what they have. Her job keeps her from dating because she works so many hours, and she’s not interested in the bar scene anyway. When her cousin emails her, excited about how wonderful her marriage is, she asks about the company that matched them...
  • Reaper's Girl by Laramie Briscoe

    Reaper's Girl by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 5 in the Rockin' Country Series Wife Husband Parents Entertainers Reaper and Harmony have enjoyed being Garrett and Hannah since their respective tours ended. They’ve become closer, learned to live as a married couple, and been successful in keeping relevant without having their faces on the covers of tabloids. Raising their eighteen-month-old son is the highlight of both their lives...
  • Melt With You by J.H. Croix

    Melt With You by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Harlow A wedding, a one-night stand, and no happily-ever-after. That’s how it all started with Max Channing. Along comes another cliché – a second chance. A year later, I’m about to face Christmas alone when tall, dark & handsome Max shows up again. Our lives are worlds apart. He’s a billionaire tech investor. I’m a hotshot firefighter. Nothing about us makes any sense...
  • A Cowboy's Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    A Cowboy's Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Saddle up or settle down?After living a vagabond life with her hippie parents and rambunctious siblings, Morgan O’Connelli’s determined to put down roots at last. When a promotion for her new business goes off the rails, she’s rescued by the hottest cowboy in town. Too bad he comes with complications.Rancher Gabe Chance is blown away by the feisty redhead. Morgan’s perfect for him...
  • His Ranch, His Rules by Shanna Handel

    His Ranch, His Rules by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Georgia Hamilton has done her best to keep her life together since her boyfriend of four years left her broken-hearted, but if she were being honest, she'd have to admit she isn't doing great. She's getting tipsy--if not drunk--more and more often, and now she's lost both her job and her apartment...
  • Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th Family Reunion by Heather Rainier

    Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th Family Reunion by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sheltered Jayne Sheridan, the town librarian, is ready to live the fantasies she writes now that she’s free from the shadows of her past. The art buff she meets in the library sets all her creative juices flowing. Well-traveled Seth Carter, Divine’s new tattoo artist, believes life experience and globe-trotting are overrated...
  • Love Under Two Kendalls by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Kendalls by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    [Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, sex toys, HEA] After months of gentle wooing, Adam and Jake Kendall know their sweet Ginny Rose is on the verge of saying yes to a romance with them. But then her former abuser escapes from jail, and suddenly, all bets are off. Ginny can’t reason through the terror that grips her when she learns Deke Walters is free...
  • Rockin' Country Series Box Set by Laramie Briscoe

    Rockin' Country Series Box Set by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only The Beginning Princess of Country Music America's sweetheart Survivor of the scrutiny that comes with it all Hannah "Harmony" Stewart has lived most of her adult life in the spotlight. It hasn't always been easy. One heartbreak almost ruined her. Some days it's hard to keep a smile on her face and stay positive,but there are a lot of people counting on her to keep it together...
  • Worth The Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Worth The Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Horse trainer and female ranch hand Roxanne Baker's daddy had warned her about smooth-talking city boys at sixteen. She had always taken his advice as gospel until she met the poster boy for smooth-talking city boys, Ethan Cassidy. Until then it had been easy, because she intimidated most men in her profession, most men in general...
  • 12-ALARM COWBOYS by Cora Seton, Becky McGraw

    12-ALARM COWBOYS by Cora Seton, Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AFTER THE FIRE by Cora Seton When a series of fires keeps bringing him to her door, a firefighter must uncover his ex-girlfriend’s secret or risk losing her forever. WHERE THERE'S SMOKE (A Cowboy Way Novella) by Becky McGraw Cowboy Austin McBride follows a herd to a new town, but firefighting is his passion, so he applies at a local station...
  • Cowboy Justice 12-Pack by Susan Stoker, Elle James

    Cowboy Justice 12-Pack by Susan Stoker, Elle James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Get your TWELVE Cowboy Lawmen who are so hot it's criminal. The COWBOY JUSTICE 12-Pack includes fresh novellas by twelve New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors! JUSTICE FOR LAINE by Susan Stoker - What began as a favor turns out to be fate when Laine meets sexy Texas Ranger Wes and falls for him...
  • Her Cowboy, Her Daddy by Shanna Handel

    Her Cowboy, Her Daddy by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When she takes a long vacation to visit her parents in the tiny town of Little Peak, Wyoming, Bridgette Smith is quickly left wondering if her sanity will last a day, let alone six weeks...
  • How To Rope A Wild Cowboy by Anya Summers

    How To Rope A Wild Cowboy by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emmett Benson makes no apologies for his bachelor status. He revels in a woman’s surrender but does not want the responsibility of claiming a submissive for his own, because no one is worth the price of his freedom. He appreciates his friends, loves his horse, and fancies wrangling cattle every day over interacting with people...
  • Scorpion by Piper Stone

    Scorpion by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He didn't ask if I like it rough. It wasn't up to me.I thought I could get away with pissing off a big, tough Marine. I ended up with my face planted in the sheets, my burning bottom raised high, and my hair held tightly in his fist as he took me long and hard and taught me the kind of shameful lesson only a man like Scorpion could teach.She was begging for a taste of my belt...
  • Wrangling the Cowboy's Heart by Leah Vale

    Wrangling the Cowboy's Heart by Leah Vale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His little sister’s best friend…The moment Amanda Rodrigues placed her hand over his heart to break up a fight, rancher Liam Neisson knew he was in trouble. He may have watched Amanda grow up next door and run in and out of his house indulging in wild escapades with his sister, but at this year’s rodeo, he suddenly can no longer think of her as the dark-haired little orphan girl running wild...
  • Falling Softly by Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr

    Falling Softly by Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Darkness has crept into Sterling Compton’s charmed life, relentlessly stealing what’s left of her grandmother’s memories. When she happens upon a compelling stranger leaning against a broken-down pickup in the middle of nowhere, grief and a gut-deep attraction spur her to take that too-safe life by the horns. From the instant Sterling emerges from her Jeep, Viho is drawn to her carefree spirit...
  • Spurs and Heels by Heather Rainier

    Spurs and Heels by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ash Peterson falls for her the moment he lays eyes on her. She’s a stereotypical city girl, from her manicure to her high heels. Judging by the sparks that fly between them, he knows there’s a fire burning deep inside the blue-eyed beauty. But department store manager Juliana Meyers is thrown by her attraction to Ash...
  • Their Divine Doctor by Heather Rainier

    Their Divine Doctor by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emma Guthrie has been playing it safe all her life, watching friends marry and have families. She’s dedicated her life to healing others and now it’s time to heal herself. Duke Rivers and Gage Randall are intrigued by the blushing doctor, whom they’ve observed in the past making a naughty sex toy purchase. Fate brings them together when Emma treats Gage for an arrow wound to the buttocks...
  • Her Gentle Giant, Part 2: Remember to Dance by Heather Rainier

    Her Gentle Giant, Part 2: Remember to Dance by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rachel and Eli prepare for a future together, as Grace and Kelly plan their Christmas-time wedding. Eli makes it worthwhile for Rachel to master her jealous tendencies as he shows her how much fun loving him can be. When Rachel comes face to face with painful memories from her past she claims to have moved on, but Eli struggles with the need to avenge the wrong done to her...
  • Rex by Nicole Edwards

    Rex by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Whether it was due to lack of funds, lack of desire, or one lame excuse after another, Rex Sharpe has managed to ignore the one and only dream he’s ever had: turning his family’s dilapidated old farmhouse into a bed and breakfast. Until now...
  • The Second Chance Rancher by Kate Pearce

    The Second Chance Rancher by Kate Pearce

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It might be the pride of hard work on rugged terrain, the welcoming community, or the memories—but wherever the folks of Morgantown may roam, they have a way of coming back to the ranch . . .   There’s a reason Jackson Lymond left the Air Force, but he’s not telling a soul...
  • Heart of the Texas Doctor by Eve Gaddy

    Heart of the Texas Doctor by Eve Gaddy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Opposites attract... Graham McBride is a cardiothoracic surgeon and the eldest of the McBride siblings. Dedicated, hardworking, traditional, and oh, yeah, hot. But Graham married young and divorced, and is now convinced no woman will tolerate his dedication to his career...
  • Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson

    Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    And what the former Texas Ranger wanted now was sultry Patrina Forman. But Patrina was set against falling for a man with a no-strings attitude, and there was no way she'd fall into bed with a lawman!Then a Montana blizzard changed everything. Trapped together for three sinfully delicious nights, Cole soon had Patrina singing a different tune thanks to his brand of red-hot seduction...
  • Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Sable Hunter

    Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Continuing the Hell Yeah! Series with Book 4 Kane Saucier has chosen to walk away from a family fortune to wear a badge. As Sheriff of Kerrville County, he lives near his brother Zane and his friends, the McCoys of Tebow Ranch. His life is good, but something is missing. The Sheriff is lonely until love walks through the door of his office one day in the form of Lilibet Ladner...
  • Ian's Ultimate Gamble by Brenda Jackson

    Ian's Ultimate Gamble by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Casino owner Ian Westmoreland thought he had seen the last of Brooke Chamberlain, until she checked into his resort claiming to need a little R & R. Brooke had betrayed him years before, and Ian was willing to bet there was more to her visit than she would admit. No woman had even come close to igniting the heat and passion inside him as Brooke once had...
  • Vanishing Dreams by Nicole Edwards

    Vanishing Dreams by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dalton Calhoun hadn’t always planned on a life up on the big stage, beneath the bright lights, but that was where he found himself. A second chance of sorts. An opportunity that had come along after his real dreams vanished when he was eighteen years old. Although country music was more than he could’ve expected, he’d never dismissed the notion that there was still something missing...
  • Spencer's Forbidden Passion by Brenda Jackson

    Spencer's Forbidden Passion by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "YOU HAVE FORTY-EIGHT HOURS TO BE MY WIFE." Millionaire deal-maker Spencer Westmoreland would bail out Chardonnay Russell's failing Napa Valley vineyard. And in return she'd bear his children. But she shouldn't dare hope Spencer would ever fall in love with her. Her only choice was to accept the arrogant businessman's proposal...
  • Texas! Trilogy by Sandra Brown

    Texas! Trilogy by Sandra Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Together in one volume, here are all three novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s beloved Texas! trilogy—which follows the sweeping story of the tempestuous, troubled Tyler family. Lucky Tyler is a born rebel with a fiery temper...
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