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Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector find their way through peril, uncertainty, and loss. The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West... -
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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... -
![Charlotte by J.S. Anthony]()
Charlotte by J.S. Anthony
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen the least likely person in your life becomes the one who means the most.Charlotte’s father left her alone on the prairie with the wagon, a team and the mare. She was to wait for Ellis Gray and the wagon train he was leading. Charlotte understood that her father was paying Ellis Gray to see her to Fort Randall where she would meet her uncle and go to live out in the desert with a new husband... -
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Topaz by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn updated look and a new format gives a fresh life to this long-time favorite of Beverly Jenkins’s fans, out in time for Black History Month.A Perilous PursuitKate Love is an ambitious reporter on the trail of a swindler who has been preying on elderly blacks...Categorized as:
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![Defending the Duke by Alexa Aston]()
Defending the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan love grow between a reluctant duke and an illegitimate shop girl?Read Book 4 in the bestselling "The St. Clairs" series for free with Kindle Unlimited!Anthony Godwin, trusted staff officer to the Duke of Wellington, returns from the Napoleonic Wars to learn both his father and brother are dead and he is the new Duke of Linfield...Categorized as:
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![Discovering the Doctor by Calle J. Brookes]()
Discovering the Doctor by Calle J. Brookes
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe was the quietest Tyler of Tyler Township—and for good reason. They might not have much, but rabble-rousing Tylers loved—and took care of—each other. Pip was a Tyler, through and through. There wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for her family. After a terrible experience as a teenager, Pip retreated to the safety of her family’s ranch... -
![SEAL's Vow by Elle James]()
SEAL's Vow by Elle James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReal estate agent Brenna Meyers is in a good position to work a side job as a private investigator searching for the money stolen from a bank. On a routine visit to a potential listing, Brenna discovers a grisly scene in an abandoned home. Her first thought is Squatters. A closer look reveals the house had been used as a place of torture... -
![Tomorrow's First Light by Naomi Rawlings]()
Tomorrow's First Light by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMarrying a stranger to keep the woman's siblings out of an orphanage is one thing, but when more children than expected pour out of the stagecoach, what’s a man to do? Nervous about meeting her fiancé for the first time, Ellie Spritzer’s lifelong hope of finding love is about to end—or rather, begin... -
![Queen of Swords by Sara Donati]()
Queen of Swords by Sara Donati
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIt is the late summer of 1814, and Hannah Bonner and her half brother Luke have spent more than a year searching the islands of the Caribbean for Luke's wife and the man who abducted her. But Jennet's rescue, so long in coming, is not the resolution they'd hoped for... -
![Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson]()
Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. This is the story of how she grew up with them, mastered their ways, married one of their leaders, and became, in every way, a Comanche woman. It is also the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever... -
![Lost In Time : An Old Fashion Western by S.A. Ison]()
Lost In Time : An Old Fashion Western by S.A. Ison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSawyer Reed is heading home after rambling for seven years after the Civil War ended. His family's cattle ranch is waiting, and he is ready to get to work. On his way home from Mexico, Sawyer runs into a mysterious woman who will change his life and his future forever. Josephine Alverez is a chef at a posh restaurant in San Antonio, Texas in the year 2020...Categorized as:
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![The Lieutenant's Bargain by Regina Jennings]()
The Lieutenant's Bargain by Regina Jennings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHattie Walker dreams of becoming a painter, while her parents want her to settle down. As a compromise, they give her two months to head to Denver and place her works in an exhibition or give up the dream forever. Her journey is derailed when a gunman attacks her stagecoach, leaving her to be rescued by a group of Arapaho . . . but she's too terrified to recognize them as friendly... -
![Oregon Destiny (Trail of Hearts) by Rachel Wesson]()
Oregon Destiny (Trail of Hearts) by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnly a mountain range stands between Scott Jones and his fellow travelers. Their final destination is within their grasp after months of suffering deaths, illnesses and betrayal. But it is the most treacherous part of their journey and not just because of the terrain. Becky Thompson loves him but he can’t return that love. He has a past to deal with... -
![Marine's Promise by Elle James]()
Marine's Promise by Elle James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUS Marine, Colin McKinnon, fell in love with Emily in high school, but when he elected to join the Marine Corps, Emily chose to marry Colin’s best friend, Alex, preferring a safe and secure life. Brokenhearted but resolute, at their wedding, Colin promised Alex he’d take care of Emily if anything ever happened to Alex. Though Emily loved Colin more, she married Alex, one of her best friends... -
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![Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati]()
Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsLake in the CloudsIn her extraordinary novels Into the Wilderness and Dawn on a Distant Shore, award-winning author Sara Donati deftly captured the vast, untamed wilds of late-eighteenth-century New York and the trials and triumphs of the spirited Bonner family... -
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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... -
![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... -
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Night Hawk by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOutlaw. Preacher. Night Hawk. He's had many names, but he can't escape the past. Since Ian Vance's beloved wife was murdered years ago, the hardened bounty hunter knows he'll never feel love or tenderness again, so he's made it his mission to ensure others get their justice...Categorized as:
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![Moon Over Montana by Caroline Fyffe]()
Moon Over Montana by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsY Knot, Montana Territory, 1886 The long-awaited wedding date has finally been set, but when a young Cheyenne woman shows up in the loft of her family's barn, life as Charity McCutcheon knew it is thrust into chaos. Secrets her parents and brother Luke have held now explode with the power to shake her foundations... -
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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... -
![Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown]()
Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith a “knack for romantic tension and page-turning suspense, this one is a winner.” The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful New York Times bestselling novel by Sandra Brown. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas (Booklist, starred review)... -
![A Shot in the Dark by Addison Cain]()
A Shot in the Dark by Addison Cain
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatthew is determined to find his run-away sweetheart. And then he’s going to marry her. Well, that is, if he can get her to hear him out before rival gangster, Tommy Kennedy, woos her into believing that Chicago power and prestige are better than quite towns and true love. And if she won’t listen, then he’ll just have to tie her up and drag her home. Part 2 of the A Trick of the Light duet...Categorized as:
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![RNWMP: Bride for Dermot by Cassie Hayes, Mail Order Mounties]()
RNWMP: Bride for Dermot by Cassie Hayes, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the best thing to happen is for best laid plans to fall apart... Socialite Isabelle Rochester's life has been planned out for her since she was a child: marry well and live a life of luxury as one of Ottawa's elite. Her fiancé has other plans...Categorized as:
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![Courage in the Mountain Wilderness by Misty M. Beller]()
Courage in the Mountain Wilderness by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeeping her son safe on this epic journey may be harder than she imagined. Caleb Jackson is on a journey. And not just the mission he and his friends have embarked on to fetch the Nez Perce chief’s runaway daughter. Maybe someday, he could also find God’s plan for his life...Categorized as:
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![Westward Spirit by Linda Bridey]()
Westward Spirit by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA clean historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. Montana Mail Order Brides - Westward Series Book 18 When Bryn Maddox and Dr. Mike Samuels meet, their attraction is immediate. He’s more than she could ever have hoped for in a man and she’s everything he ever dreamed of in a woman... -
![Dally by Shanna Hatfield]()
Dally by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's ready to spread her wings and fly. . . He's scrambling to set down roots. Unconventional, Dally Douglas is as likely to be found wearing her brother’s britches and riding a horse as she is dressed in lace-trimmed finery sipping tea in the parlor. With no plans to wed, she convinces her family to allow her to stay at their ranch in Oregon... -
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Defiant by Pamela Clare
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCharged with a crime they didn't commit, the MacKinnon brothers faced a death sentence until they agreed to serve the British Crown in the colonies and take up arms against the French. Allied with the Indian tribes who lived beside them in the wilderness, the Scottish Highland warriors forged a new breed of soldier..Categorized as:
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![With You Always by Jody Hedlund]()
With You Always by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Riveting Look at the Orphan Train from Historical Novelist Jody Hedlund When a financial crisis in 1850s New York leaves three orphaned sisters nearly destitute, the oldest, Elise Neumann, knows she must take action. She's had experience as a seamstress, and the New York Children's Aid Society has established a special service: placing out seamstresses and trade girls... -
![Hope in the Mountain River by Misty M. Beller]()
Hope in the Mountain River by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis epic journey is not at all what she expected. Joel Vargas can’t believe he’s lost his older brother in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains after surviving their harrowing voyage across the Atlantic. And he can’t shake the feeling that Adam—his only living relative—is in dire trouble. No matter what the cost, he and his band of friends won’t stop until Adam is found... -
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Nolan's Vow by Linda K. Hubalek, Grooms with Honor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA historical romance set in 1885. Nolan Clancy finished his military career in Fort Ellis, Montana Territory and is traveling home to run his grandparent’s café in Kansas. His train is delayed in Miller Springs, MT because of a snow storm, and he helps a woman feed the waylaid passengers in the café in town... -
![One Fine May by Courtney McCaskill]()
One Fine May by Courtney McCaskill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne Fine May…Furious that his son was featured in the notorious Rake Review column, Evander Beauclerk’s stickler father issues an give up his dissolute ways and marry a respectable woman by the end of the month, or the family fortune will go to his dimwitted cousin...Categorized as:
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![Courting Morrow Little by Laura Frantz]()
Courting Morrow Little by Laura Frantz
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMorrow Little is haunted by the memory of the day her family was torn apart by raiding Shawnee warriors. Now that she is nearly a grown woman and her father is ailing, she must make difficult choices about the future...Categorized as:
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![Sand Creek Serenade by Jennifer Uhlarik]()
Sand Creek Serenade by Jennifer Uhlarik
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne woman with a deep desire to serve and help. One brave who will stop at nothing to save his people. Each willing to die for their beliefs and love for one another. Will their sacrifice be enough?As a female medical doctor in 1864, Sadie Hoppner is no stranger to tragedy and loss... -
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Yellowstone Origins by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 11... Get ready for a new era in the Yellowstone Romance Series....All her life, Riley Bernard has felt like an outsider. Bullied and misused, she finds solace in her books and research. She comes to Yellowstone, hoping to learn about its ancient inhabitants, and unexpectedly overhears a strange tale about time travel from a couple of park rangers...Categorized as:
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![Cowboys and Calico by Kirsten Osbourne, Amelia C. Adams]()
Cowboys and Calico by Kirsten Osbourne, Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive bestselling Western romance authors come together to bring you one collection of stories that will sweep you off your feet! MAIL ORDER MIDWIFE by Kirsten Osbourne - Widowed midwife Patsy Lawrence spent too much time working and not enough with her young daughter...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... -
![Cocky Baron by Annabelle Anders]()
Cocky Baron by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Bethany Wellstone’s season in London was cut short when her father is killed in a duel. She believes it is a sign—a sign that she was never meant to marry. Besides, no one can ever live up to the man she’s secretly loved for most of her life—a man who also happens to be one of her brother’s closest friends...Categorized as:
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![Mail Order Bride: Westward Dreams: A Clean Historical Mail Order Bride Romance Novel by Linda Bridey]()
Mail Order Bride: Westward Dreams: A Clean Historical Mail Order Bride Romance Novel by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. ** A clean romance novel ** When Hannah Fairbanks answers an advertisement for a mail-order-bride, she thinks she's found the man with whom she'll spend the rest of her life. Instead she finds that her prospective husband, Clive Laramie, has lied to her about everything he told her in the letters they exchanged... -
![Mail Order Moments (Brides of Beckham) by Cissie Patterson]()
Mail Order Moments (Brides of Beckham) by Cissie Patterson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStruggling to define her future, Ida Mae Miller enlists the help of her sister, Elizabeth, to escape a violent relationship. Could becoming a mail order bride be her answer for a new life? One letter touches her heart. Seattle is far enough away—she hopes. Simon Farmer has spent three years reliving what happened in his past... -
![Eliza: Historical Western Romance by Cynthia Woolf]()
Eliza: Historical Western Romance by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAvoiding love and entanglements has been easy for Hank Barringer since losing his wife and young son to influenza. An outrider on the wagon train, his only job is to keep the mail order brides and passengers safe until they reach their destination. Then he meets Eliza Tanner. She’s different than other women...Categorized as:
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![Emma Rose by Cynthia Woolf]()
Emma Rose by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen her mother is killed by the crossfire in a gun battle in the city, Emma Rose Murphy has no choice but to accompany her aunt and uncle on their journey to Oregon. The trail is hard and full of hard people, but Emma Rose knows two things for sure. One, she's never going to fall in love and two, she will never be able to trust a man who carries a gun...Categorized as:
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![Angus' Trust by Linda K. Hubalek]()
Angus' Trust by Linda K. Hubalek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sweet historical romance set in 1886. This book series showcase the six sons of Pastor and Kaitlyn Reagan, first featured in the 1873 year-based Brides with Grit series...Categorized as:
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![Forget Me Not by J.M. Madden]()
Forget Me Not by J.M. Madden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou first fell in love with Chad and Lora in Embattled Home, book 3 of the Lost and Found Series. Chad Lowell and Lora O’Neil are in love, engaged to be married and happy … aren’t they? They’re in love, engaged and wildly over scheduled and over extended... -
![Bride for the Innkeeper by Jovie Grace]()
Bride for the Innkeeper by Jovie Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s a by-the-book kind of fellow. She’s a rule-breaker. Since opposites attract, sparks fly the moment they meet. Edward Remington made a promise he plans to keep. He’s determined to restore his family’s rundown inn to its former glory—despite a rugged band of cowboy brothers attempting to jump a claim on the place and despite a Comanche dispute over land boundaries that needs settling... -
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![Hidden Forever by Cat Cahill]()
Hidden Forever by Cat Cahill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA necessary lie. A thief in plain sight. A love that breaks the rules.Dora Reynolds is just another Gilbert Girl at the Crest Stone Hotel, and she needs it to remain that way. If anyone found out who she truly is, she’d lose her friends and her position...Categorized as:
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![A Bride for Ross by Cynthia Woolf]()
A Bride for Ross by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE PRESCOTT BRIDESFive lady outlaws sent to prison for bank robbery. Their sentences commuted to time served if they become mail-order brides.Five brothers looking for wives, take a chance on the outlaw brides...Categorized as:
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![Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell]()
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 22 ratings"Eyes" is a story of family conflicts set in Colorado in 1885. Unmarried at 28, Anne Wells is a disgrace to her rigidly conventional family. Cord Bennett is the black sheep of the Bennett clan. When these two misfits are found alone together, violence explodes...Categorized as:
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![An Outlawed Heiress & Her Duke by Denise Daye]()
An Outlawed Heiress & Her Duke by Denise Daye
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's been rich and powerful her whole life. How can she possibly survive the slums of New York?EstherClifford Silverton, the country's most prominent oil tycoon and upper-class paragon, is dead... -
![Yellowstone Deception by Peggy L. Henderson]()
Yellowstone Deception by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDan Osborne has one ambition in life. He wants to be a permanent park ranger in Yellowstone National Park, a place where his family roots run deep. He'll do just about anything to make his dream a reality. When a pretty tourist tells him an incredible story about his ancestors, his dreams might be realized sooner than he hoped.Jana Evans' best friend traveled back in time for true love... -
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Yellowstone Awakening by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 7 in the Yellowstone Romance SeriesA man willing to risk everything, including his life and all he's worked for, to free the woman he loves from an impossible situation. Kyle Russell has worked with prominent men, led scouting expeditions through the Yellowstone country, and irritated more than a few Indian braves, but he will never duplicate his father's legendary accomplishments...
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