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No Coming Back: Cross Creek Ranch by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon’t have a one-night stand in a small town.Not unless you’re real comfortable facing down your bad decisions in the daylight.It’s a lesson Amelie Gable learned the hard way.Which was turning out to be a recurring theme in her life since it was a string of hard lessons that led to her falling into bed with the first blue-eyed cowboy that said, yes ma’am to her... -
Fireflies and Magnolias by Ava Miles
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAmelia Ann Hollins might have been raised to be a sweet magnolia, but she’s found her inner fire—the quest for justice. The secrets she carries and a tragedy from her past prompt her to volunteer at a legal clinic in the worst part of town. Here she can serve and protect the one she couldn’t save. Here she will risk everything... -
Beau by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHEIR LOVE IS UNDENIABLE… Happily married for four and a half years, Beau and Ethan Walker are ready for the next phase in their lives. They want what so many people dream of: A baby. THEIR COMMITMENT IS UNWAVERING… Expanding their family with a tiny bundle of joy isn’t as easy for them as it is for the rest of the Walker clan... -
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Chance Encounter by S.J. McCoy
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChance knew love once—a long time ago. She died when they were eighteen and the best of him died with her. Since then his work on a ranch in Montana has allowed him to keep his distance from people and from happiness. Eighteen years later, he may be ready to start living again—maybe. He’s watched all his friends find love and embark on the next stage of their lives... -
Buck You! by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSummer 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
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen 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... -
Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLinc liked an uncomplicated life.He didn’t need much. A cold beer after a hard day’s work. A comfy bed. Good food. And a soft, sweet woman. A Little he could coddle, love and discipline.When he met Marisol, he thought he’d finally found her.Hmm . . . remember that uncomplicated life he enjoyed? Turns out that Mari’s life is anything but simple... -
Crash Into You by J.H. Croix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA swoon-worthy romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!A hotshot pilot and a Southern princess looking for a fresh start collide in the wilds of Alaska.The first time I met Daphne involved three things: a cute skirt, a bear, and mud. Lots of mud. Daphne is everything I don’t need, and she makes me crazy in all the wrong ways. This princess does not belong in the wilderness...Categorized as:
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Cowboy Seeking Nanny by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs a widowed father trying to build a family empire while juggling dirty diapers and bed times, Brody Pace has full hands.And an empty bed.Losing his high school sweetheart after the birth of their twins left him broken, battered, and lonely. But business doesn’t wait, and neither do toddlers... -
A Cowboy's Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll she wants for Christmas is a fake fiancé… Just once Hayley Bennett would like to spend the holidays at her parents’ house without feeling as if she’s stepped onto the set of The Bachelorette. Her mom’s been planning her wedding since the day she was born, but thirty years later, Hayley hasn’t come up with a groom... -
Jackson by Cynthia Dees
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnnabelle Winters is sick of the big city. She hates her job, hates her boss, and hates her life. And then she receives a letter informing her she’s inherited a slice of land in Apple Pie Creek, Montana. Jack Sutter has just retired from the army and plans to renovate an old grist mill he recently inherited back home in Apple Pie Creek... -
Hidden Waters by Catherine Cowles
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe world had tried to break her.Addie has dreamt of freedom for as long as she can remember—peace away from the torment of her old life. But now that it’s finally within her grasp, she’s struggling to take those first steps into her new reality... -
Taste of Passion by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSOME LONGINGS Attorney Mackenzie "Mac" Standfield swore off love when her heart was shattered into a million pieces. But there’s one man who has managed to tempt her beyond reason—rodeo star Luke Madaris... -
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Cowboys & Wedding Woes by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s from the rival ranch next door. He’s trying to save his family legacy. Will his secret ruin their chance at happiness?Adeline Callahan is hardworking, beautiful, speaks her mind, and desperately needs a husband. None of her sisters can even date until there’s a ring on her finger. But the local boys are scared of her headstrong nature and her tough, ranch-owning father... -
Starting Over in Maple Bay by Brittney Joy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Maple Bay, a small Midwestern town with heaps of heart—where family dinner is a must, and someone will always leave the light on for you. A new series perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber, Jenny Hale, and Elana Johnson.An inheritance from a mother she never knew... -
The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNed Matheson is sharing a house with the woman he loves, but he can’t kiss her, or even touch her. In fact, she can barely look him in the face. He knows he needs to be patient; Fila Sahar has been to hell and back as a captive of the Taliban for over a decade. Now she’s safely back on American soil, but her fears hem her in so tightly, she might as well be a prisoner again... -
A Cowboy's Christmas List by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis cowboy has made a list—checked it twice—and she’s about to find out exactly how right they are for each other.Cowboy Alex Thorne was a pain in quiet Yvette Wright’s side for years, but when he suddenly left Heart Falls, she missed his smart mouth and sexy smile. Now he’s back with a Christmas gift she can’t resist... -
Kissing Beau by Melanie Shawn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStand-alone Wishing Well, Texas romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way!Beau BriggsExes and weddings don't mix.I'd never been a big fan of weddings... -
Claiming the Cowboy for Christmas by Kadie Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer thermostat was set to frosty, until her Christmas cowboy cranks up the heat. Ashley Hughes would love to cancel Christmas this year. Instead of holiday plans, she’s back in her Texas hometown planning her twin sister’s wedding — to her ex! Nothing like small town speculation to make her life cheery and bright... -
Love at Last (A Braden Flirt) (Love in Bloom: The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor) by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove at Last is a USA Today BestsellerCowboy Cal Hayden has loved Rachel Gray practically since the first time he set eyes on her. But Cal’s a careful, responsible man who knows better than to start a relationship before he can give it his all. He bided his time while caring for his family through his father’s terminal illness... -
The Front Runner by Elsie Silver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStefan Dalca is beautiful, brooding, and bossy. He’s also public enemy number one in this small town, with a murky past that’s hard to overlook. And I just agreed to three fake dates with him. I may be a renowned veterinarian, but when I find myself in a sticky situation, Stefan is my last hope. I need his help to save a sick foal and what he wants in return is me... -
Oh, Christmas Night by Jane Porter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrilliant, but overworked California accountant, Rachel Mills, inherits an old bookstore in Marietta, Montana, just as she’s been passed over for a huge promotion. The smart thing to do would be to buckle down and keep on working. But for the first time in her life, she goes with impulsive and books a flight to Montana to inspect the bookstore, and hopefully have her first white Christmas ever... -
River's Return by Leanne Davis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShane Rydell is better fit to ride his Harley than any of his family’s horses. He has spent his life trying to find a road that can travel between the family he loves and the open road he is pulled towards. He often leaves River’s End, but eventually, he always comes back as he can’t quite sever the connection to a place he doesn’t want to be from, but which, he always seems destined to return to... -
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What I Like About You by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Laurel is offered the chance to stay on the farm and dogsit while the happy couple honeymoons, she jumps at the chance to get out her life and into Sebastian's strong arms. He wants to help her make her decision, a choice with haunting echoes of his own past... -
Heart of a Bachelor by Tessa Layne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlaying 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... -
A Cowboy's Kiss by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCowboy to the rescue! When big-hearted Luke Bennett spots a dog stranded on the highway in a snowstorm, he leaps into action. Saving the day is what this sexy cowboy does. Whether it’s a stray animal in peril or a business going down the tubes, Luke’s the guy to call. But it will take all his management skills to rescue Abigail Summers from bankruptcy...Categorized as:
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Stone Hearts by Amber Kelly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new friends-to-lovers small-town romance from Amber Kelly…When I returned to Poplar Falls six years ago, I’d given up on love.I’d made the mistake of marrying the sexy rebel right out of high school. He’d ended up in jail. I’d ended up pregnant. With a baby on the way, I decided to give up my wild, impulsive ways. All I wanted was a family and to watch my sweet son grow up, happy, and healthy... -
The Brawl by Willa Nash, Devney Perry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOn Ronan Thatcher’s first week in Montana, he spots the most beautiful woman in the world. Love at first sight? Nah. He doesn’t believe in love. But he wouldn’t mind a date or two with the local beauty. Ronan is the type of man who gets what he wants, and he wants Larke Hale.Except Calamity’s sweetheart has sworn off men. The last time Ronan was rejected was, well . . . never... -
Cowboy Strong by Stacy Finz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree cousins become cowboys when an unexpected inheritance leaves them with a ranch—and a future as wide open as the California sky . . . Sawyer Dalton may be an investigative journalist, but he has no interest in the story of the sexy stranger who has invaded his barn’s loft apartment on Dry Creek Ranch. After months on the road, he just wants to settle in... -
The Outsider Series: The Complete Collection by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Outsider Series The Complete Omnibus Collection is the ultimate sexy and emotionally charged western romance series. Over 350,000 words of love, passion, and deep family ties. Get it for yourself or for the western romance lover in your life. This collection includes all the books and short stories of the hot and sexy Friessen men and the strong and vulnerable women they love... -
Logan's Loves by Taylor Rylan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife wasn’t easy. It didn’t always turn out how you planned, either. Still, Logan wouldn’t trade his current life for anything. He had a wonderful family, a loving husband he’d do anything for, and they had just become parents to twins. What more could they want? So much had changed in the last two years but Rhett couldn’t be happier... -
Forgotten Angel by Suzie O'Connell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShane McGuire and Becky Epperson have a history. They might have had much more, but the murders of two close friends killed their shot at forever before it had a chance to breathe, and Shane did what he hoped he never would. He broke Becky’s heart... -
Simon's Surprise by Taylor Rylan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSimon has been married three years and he loves his husband more than life. He’s patiently waited for a time when Sean was ready for a family, but if that never happened, he was okay, as long as he had Sean by his side. Sean wanted to make Simon happy and he knew his husband wanted kids. He finally felt he was at a place that he could slow down enough to start the family he’d always dreamed of... -
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Off Limits by Emma Creed
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRanching isn’t easy, especially not in Fork River. The days are long, the competition is ruthless, and there’s always someone out there waiting to take what’s yours.For my family to survive things have to go back to the way they were.The Carsons used to run the town, we were feared, but my father changed that legacy by thinking he could run things legitimately... -
Colorado Wrangler by Jill Haymaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJill Haymaker brings you back to the small mountain town of Peakview, Colorado in this fourth book in her series. Melanie Gentry has found her father and a home for herself and her daughter in Peakview, but can she also find love?Hank Dalton is the head wrangler at Peaktop Guest Ranch. He is a loner by choice...Categorized as:
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Colorado Golden Sunrise by Jill Haymaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForty-three year old, Kelly Charm, feels her life slipping away in Prairie, Nebraska. A single mom, she longs for a better life for herself and her teenage son, Ethan. Having scoured online job ads for months, she finally finds an ad for a hardware store manager in picturesque Peakview, Colorado and decides to take a chance... -
The Horseman's Convenient Wife: Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge Book 3 by Mindy Neff
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWanted: Women and Babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible! Not in name only . . .? Single father, horse whisperer, Stony Stratton was sure he was safe from the meddling matchmakers of Shotgun Ridge . . . until Eden Williams arrived on his ranch with an outrageous proposal. Eden had only six months to make a baby or forever hold her peace...Categorized as:
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Restoring You by Aria Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI planned for everything.Everything except him .This unspoken attraction between us is turning my already shattered world upside down.♥♥♥It’s been two years, and I can’t move past my loss. I guess that’s what happens when I’m left alone after a tragic accident takes everything that matters to me. Now I’m stuck with the one label I never wanted in life—Widow.I need so much more than a distraction... -
His Tainted Ways by Jessica Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI shouldn’t have lied about being engaged.But it got my mom off my case for a while. Now to find someone to go with me to my baby sister’s wedding.Lucky for me, a brooding cowboy from the bar will work just fine.Especially since he’s everything a girl might want by her side or in her bed.Crazily enough, when you fake it until you make it, sometimes you actually make it...Categorized as:
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Read With Your Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a small town teacher meets her new neighbor, she’s failing at remaining professional.Tricia Carter loves teaching, but as a high school teacher, her newest student puzzles her. When she calls home to discuss her concerns, she learns the child lives with a much older brother. She also discovers he’s her next door neighbor and dangerous... -
Rocky Mountain Vignettes by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the stories are done, their stories go on. One of the great parts of writing a long, family saga is that I get to revisit characters who have already hit their happily-ever-after. Over the past couple years I’ve written short vignettes revisiting characters from the SIX PACK RANCH series... -
Small-Town Sweetheart by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDelaney Abbot has never wanted to live anywhere other than Spring Grove, Kentucky. She loves the town, the people, and the whiskey made right down the road at McElroy’s Distillery. If only she could find a man in her beloved small town worthy of all that love she has to give. The first thing Reed McElroy did when he finished high school was get the heck out of Spring Grove, Kentucky... -
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Breaking Free by Pamela Clare
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the return of the Colorado High Country series! Come back to Scarlet Springs with members of the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team.Featuring characters from Pamela Clare’s acclaimed I-Team series.He’s the one man she can’t have…Winona Belcourt left the Pine Ridge Reservation to become a wildlife vet in the small Colorado mountain town of Scarlet Springs... -
The Cowboy's Outlaw Bride by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCoopers: 1, Turners 0. Noah Turner’s losing a war with his heart—and a war with his neighbors. Competing with the Coopers for the Founder’s Prize—and the Ridley property, the prime ranch land it confers—has pitted him against the woman of his dreams. The one woman he’s not supposed to love: Olivia Cooper. Olivia knows loving Noah is all wrong... -
Her Quarantined Cowboy by Kathy Fawcett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer little dress and his big truck get off to a rocky start!The First of the Wild Wests Cowboy Romance SeriesAs far as Doctor Kat Tate is concerned, calling Gunnar West an arrogant caveman is an insult to Neanderthals. As for Gunnar, all he can see when he picks Kat up is her too-tight prom dress, and a blinking sign above her head that reads “not the mother of my children...Categorized as:
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How To Rope A Wild Cowboy by Anya Summers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmmett 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... -
River Road by Leanne Davis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAJ Reed grew up in foster care until he ran away in his teens and started earning his way through the rodeo circuit, until injury made him quit. Left adrift with no real skills, he wandered through almost as many towns and jobs as he did women... -
Blazing Hot Nights by Katie Mettner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTexas cowboy Blaze McAwley has made a lot of mistakes in life. His biggest one is alive and living on the neighboring ranch. He can't say she's well, and that's his fault too.Heaven Lane is in trouble. Dogged by an injury caused by Blaze McAwley's bison, she can barely keep her ranch above water. Her plan to use Blaze to save her ranch is the most fitting revenge of all...
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