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Heck's Journey by John Deacon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn epic tale of strength, compassion, and adventure on the western frontier.Orphaned at fourteen, Hector “Heck” Martin heads west, determined to see the far country and make a man of himself.Along the way, he falls in love with bold and beautiful Hope Mullen. But Heck is too young and poor to marry, so he heads west again...Categorized as:
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The Duke's Magnificent Obsession by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf there is one thing I know, kisses have a tendency to alter things irrevocably.Abandoned at the family’s country estate by her employer, Minerva Stone realizes that the concerns harbored about her position with Mrs. Charlotte Entwhistle-Graves were well founded...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Darcy by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWidow Darcy Spencer abhors the very idea of marriage, but to become a Pinkerton agent, she must marry her trainer. She's assured that it's in name only, so she begrudgingly takes the position. Although her new husband is infuriating, she’s determined to prove herself worthy as an agent – and as a person. Agent Porter Shaw can’t help but tease his tight-lipped, stubborn bride... -
Lightning and Lawmen by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow did a simple hello turn into something so complicated? Love is about to leave one lawman thunderstruck in this sweet historical romance! Cultured and full of grace, Delilah Robbins agrees to accompany her meteorologist father to his new post in Baker City, Oregon...Categorized as:
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The Captive Within by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe house in Denver has been empty and neglected for years and is almost beyond saving . . . almost. The young women seeking sanctuary in the old mansion are as empty and damaged as it is...Categorized as:
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Corsets and Cuffs: by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSheriff Tully Barrett never knew trouble had such a pretty face. Brianna Dumont never knew the law could be so handsome and hardheaded. Pampered and privileged, Brianna Dumont escapes the life she’s always known in an effort to clear her father’s good name. She arrives in Baker City, Oregon, intent on selling her father’s shares in a mine... -
Precious Jules by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Gangster Cowboy Novella They will bring him home...by any means necessary. When Adrian's 4 y/o nephew, Jules, is abducted by Adrian's brother Tazz - leader of a motorcycle gang - it is up to Clint and the boys to get him back, by any means necessary... -
Temptations of a Duke's Daughter by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSolving a murder is dangerous business. So is falling in love…Lady Chastity Fallon will not stand idly by while her sister is suspected of murder. Since no one wants to help, she’ll take matters into her own hands. The plan? Simple. She’ll disguise herself as a servant and investigate...Categorized as:
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No One's Bride by Nerys Leigh
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mail order bride with no intention of marrying, a young postmaster determined to change her mind. It's 1870 and Amy Watts needs help, money, and to get as far away from New York City as possible, and her only hope is to answer an advertisement for a mail order bride. The last thing she needs, however, is a husband... -
The Last True Gentleman by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSycamore Dorning has watched one sibling after another succumb to the blandishments of wedded bliss, while he has grown wealthy and—deuce take it—lonely. He loves the ladies generally, though he waits in vain for the woman who can love him back in all his contrary, stubborn, outspoken glory... -
Marked by the Marquess by Alyson Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNever in his wildest dreams… Sinclair, Marquess of Dunkeld, is determined to discover who’s behind the recent unrest in Scotland. But when he’s caught alone with an unmarried woman, a hasty marriage threatens his mission. While his new wife is everything a gentleman spy should want—amiable, practical, and unquestioning—she also proves a heady distraction...Categorized as:
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Barclay by Charlene Raddon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo bachelor could be prepared for what happens to the Givens brothers one stormy night in 1876. Finding a pregnant woman on their road, they take her in. Before they can learn anything about her, she gives birth to triplets and disappears. Luckily, the doctor supplies a much-needed wet-nurse— Cynara, a recent widow who lost her baby...Categorized as:
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The Mail-Order Bride Carries a Gun by Wanda Ann Thomas
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBOOK ONE in the BRIDES OF SWEET CREEK RANCH SERIES—A SWEET HISTORICAL WESTERN ROMANCEThe Brides of Sweet Creek Ranch is an uplifting Sweet Historical Western Romance series set in Wyoming Territory on a frontier homestead ranch. The books follow the untamed Haven brothers, the spirited brides they marry, and the struggle to find love and joy amid the rugged wilds of the West...Categorized as:
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Prince of Persuasion by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.An illegitimate son bent on revenge is swept up in an unexpected affair with an unexpected lady...The gossips say his soul is as black as his cravats.Handsome, enigmatic Duncan Kirkwood is the prince of London’s most exclusive—and wicked—gaming club... -
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Seven Brides for Seven Texans by Erica Vetsch, Susan Page Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the seven Hart brothers of the 7-Heart ranch in central Texas. Each man is content in his independent life, without the responsibilities of a wife and children—until their father decides 1874 will be the year his grown sons finally marry, or they will be cut from his will...Categorized as:
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Blind Faith by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wounded horse. A half-dead man. She thinks she can save the horse. She doubts the man will survive...Painter Alena McClaine’s world turns upside down when an unconscious rider arrives on his injured horse at her isolated California cabin. Both the animal and the stranger sport bullet wounds. Much to her surprise, the man lives—and hasn’t a clue about his identity. Even worse, he’s now blind...Categorized as:
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A Clear Hope by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a daughter, an older sister, and now a hotel waitress, Abigail Peterson is used to taking care of everyone around her. When a nameless stranger collapses on the train platform and is brought to the Brody Hotel to recover, Abigail steps in to nurse her back to health. Deputy Marshal Gabriel Hanks has seen a lot of violence in his life, and now he works every day to fight it... -
The Pinkerton Matchmaker by Christine Sterling, Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPairing prospective lady Pinkerton detectives with rough and ready agents? What could possibly go wrong? Head of the Denver Pinkerton office, Archie Gordon, has been tasked with hiring female agents. The problem? They need to be trained by existing agents while solving cases. Alone and unchaperoned. In 1871. The solution? Have each pair marry temporarily, for the duration of the case... -
An Agent for Delilah by Kate Marie Clark
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA seasoned agent, dreading the prospect of marrying to keep his job, and a feisty woman determined to make her own way in life. Will they learn to trust each other and find their own happy ending? Delilah Fulmer is bent on escaping the rowdy home of her childhood. With little to recommend herself besides scrappiness and grit, she answers an ad to become a Pinkerton agent... -
Mistress of Netherfield by Julia Winter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is a truth universally acknowledged that on escaping an unhappy marriage, a young widow will be delighted to remove to the dower house and lease the marital abode to a single man in possession of a good fortune, provided he looks elsewhere to fulfil his want of a wife... -
Uma's Umbrage by Dallis Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUma is a spitfire who is usually in an uproar about something—whether it's women's rights, or the Morgan dollar, or labor laws for children. But when she discovers the reason for her abandonment at the orphanage doorsteps was to save her infant self from the same demise as her murdered mother, she finds a new calling... -
Dixie Moon by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGabe Evans is a man of his word with strong convictions and steadfast loyalty. As the sheriff of Splendor, Montana, the ex-Union Colonel and oldest of four boys from an affluent family, Gabe understands the meaning of responsibility. The last thing he wants is another commitment—especially of the female variety. Until he meets Lena Campanel... Lena’s past is one she intends to keep buried... -
The Raider's Daughter by Kimberly Cates
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe had a fiery spirit only one man could tame...The vitality of colonial Virginia had transformed Lucy d'Autrecourt Blackheath into a defiant and self-assured young woman—and made her restless and hungry for adventure. When a parcel arrives from England, unearthing a long-buried secret, not even her beloved family can stop Lucy from pursuing her perilous fate... -
Mail Order Ruth by Charlotte Dearing
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRuth travels to Texas to become a mail-order bride and to care for an orphaned baby.She finds the child living in squalor. Worse, her fiancé is a rogue and probably a thief. With nothing more than her wits, she must fend for herself and the baby.Her only hope lies with Gideon, a gruff but charming cowboy. The tall, gallant Texan offers Ruth safety, a haven for her and the baby... -
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Ilsa by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne of the most talented seamstresses of her time, Ilsa Thorsen could sell her creations anywhere in the world, but she ends up on her sister’s ranch in the western town of Pendleton, Oregon. Disgusted with the dust, smells, and nearly every aspect of rural life, Ilsa wonders how she’ll survive, particularly with the arrogant Tony Campanelli constantly underfoot... -
The Wicked Marquis by Mary Lancaster, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGet Book Five in the exciting and sensual BLACKHAVEN BRIDES series! Or read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited! The lady meets her match - and he's hopelessly ineligible. Poverty stricken marquis, Lord Tamar, is regarded in Blackhaven as an amiable eccentric and a gifted painter, rather than as a wicked man...Categorized as:
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Devil's Bride and A Rake's Vow by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to the wonderful world of the Cynsters! When I embarked on the stories of the Cynster clan, I knew they fascinated me, but I had no idea how much they would appeal to readers. This volume contains the books that first introduced readers to the glittering, glamorous, passionate, and sometimes dangerous lives of the Cynster cousins and their ducal dynasty... -
Long Time Gone by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConnealy Combines Western Action and Charming Historical RomanceThe Boden clan thought their problems had ended with the death of a dangerous enemy, but have they truly uncovered the real plot to take their New Mexico ranch? Rancher Justin Boden is now in charge. He is normally an unshakable and rugged man, but with his brother, Cole, shot and in mortal danger, even a tough man faces doubts... -
Iron Lace by Emilie Richards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Aurore Gerritsen watched her lover kill her father, it was just one act of violence in a long chain of dramatic events.Years later, behind the iron lace gates of wealthy New Orleans, beneath the veneer of her society name, linger secrets that Aurore Gerritsen has hidden for a lifetime, and truths that threaten to change forever the lives of her unsuspecting family... -
A Stolen Heart by Amanda Cabot
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom afar, Cimarron Creek seems like an idyllic town tucked in the Texas Hill Country. But when former schoolteacher Lydia Crawford steps onto its dusty streets in 1880, she finds a town with a deep-seated resentment of Northerners--like her. Lydia won't let that get her down, though. All will be well when she's reunited with her fiancé... -
At Last the Rogue Returns by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA lady discovers that the monster of her nightmares just might be the hero of her dreams. The lady labels him a devil. Miss Lydia Lovell is on a quest for justice. For years, Lord Greystone's tenants have suffered at his hands. While he abandoned his estate to rusticate abroad, poverty and illness crippled those who depend upon him...Categorized as:
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Emmeline's Exile by Josephine Blake, Covers and Cupcakes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmmeline was abandoned at Madame Wigg's School and Foundling Home as a small child. When, as a young woman, her eyesight begins to fade, she is prepared to spend the rest of her life teaching and managing her blindness in the only home she has ever known.Madame Wigg has other ideas... -
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The Blacksmith by Kelli Ann Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wanted a fresh start... Grace Nolan left the city for the small town of Stone Creek, Kansas, but wants nothing to do with the legends surrounding her family's name there. However, when her new life is threatened, she must follow a map that will lead her to the truth with the aid of the one man whose very touch promises forever. He'd lost all hope.. -
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Holly by Vivi Holt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOrphaned as a girl, and now a widow with five children to feed, Holly leans on her sister and brother-in-law for support. But when her sister’s husband turns them out, she’s overcome by despair. With nowhere to turn and no one to help them, she discovers an advertisement for a Mail Order Bride in the local newspaper...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Regina by Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRegina Caulfield was unhappy with the choices facing her in her life and with her step-mother’s overbearing attitude. She dreamed of adventures and finding a job in law enforcement unheard of for a lady in 1871. Luke Tucker was a seasoned Pinkerton agent and a ladies’ man. He loved his job as an agent and the freedom of working cases alone...Categorized as:
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Wishing on Buttercups by Miralee Ferrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan Love Survive When Secrets Collide? She’d kept her secrets safely hidden—those from her past, and those in the present. Some things, Beth Roberts knows, a lady simply doesn’t share, even in the 1880’s West. The townspeople would never understand. No one ever has. Jeffery Tucker, a handsome young writer, has kept his own secrets... -
Love Finds You in Tombstone, Arizona by Miralee Ferrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove and second chances aren't easy to come by in a town named Tombstone. When Christy Grey receives an urgent summons to Tombstone, Arizona, she reluctantly leaves her new life in California. The trip goes from bad to worse when three masked men hold up Christy's stage. She finally arrives in Tombstone to find her mother ill and her brother trapped in a life of gambling... -
Poisoned Legacy by Jenny Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnsolved deaths. Untold treasure. Can she uncover the secret of her inheritance before dark forces claim another victim? Graysie Castellanos is ready to take her final bow. When the traveling singer inherits a rundown mine, she thinks it’s her golden opportunity to provide her adopted daughter with a happy childhood and a prosperous future... -
The Way to Healing by Malory Ford
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter their first meeting, Edith “Edie” Carmichael would have been content to never lay eyes on Lucas Brown again.She thinks he’s no more than the grumpy owner of Pine Creek’s lumber company, and he thinks she’s a know-it-all lady doctor intent on putting folks in their place...Categorized as:
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Their Stolen Bride by Vanessa Vale
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing the daughter of a Butte copper king won't buy Mary Millard happiness, especially when she discovers her father's plan to marry her to a cruel man. Desperate, Mary makes an arrangement with a man she meets on a train: pretend to be my intended so I can delay the inevitable. But little does she know it isn't one man who will save her, but two...Categorized as:
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The Duke of Lies by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVerity Beaumont has suffered domineering men most of her life, first with her father and then with her husband. Free from both men, she has finally found peace. Even meeting a kind and hard-working gentleman who just might be the perfect father her young son so desperately needs. But as she dares look to the future, her carefully ordered world is shattered when her dead husband returns... -
A New Beginning by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHandsome young heir Charles Brody sees nothing but possibilities in the sprawling old building he's just purchased. With a little hard work, he will transform it into a hotel to meet the needs of those traveling by railroad. Aunt Caroline believes he's lost his mind, but she agrees to help him give it a try. Left a widow with a small daughter, Elizabeth Caldwell must find work... -
The Boden Birthright (The Cimarron Legacy .5) by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the death of his wife, prosperous businessman Chance Boden heads west along the Santa Fe Trail with his son to escape the powerful, controlling hands of his in-laws. He has plans to establish his own ranch, but instead he finds work with Frank Chastain, owner of a vast amount of land...Categorized as:
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The Last Earl Standing by Gemma Blackwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA bluestocking with a secret nom de plume and a dashing spy compete to uncover a scandal – and their undeniable attraction puts all their secrets at risk. Lady Anthea Balfour has never had much luck with eligible gentlemen – and she’d have even less if they knew she was the infamous Lady X behind London’s most popular newspaper column...Categorized as:
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Secrets of a Duke's Daughter by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA duke's daughter must be prepared for whatever life—and love—throws her way...Lady Cassandra Fallon is finally ready to take control of her life and join her late mother's investigative society. She's more than confident she can do the job—even when her first case involves a potentially deadly scandal... -
Mail Order Mystery by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCivil war devastated the country and left Rachel Sawyer stranded in a dead-end job as a seamstress with no prospects for marriage. Men are thin on the ground in Massachusetts, so Rachel and her best friend travel west, to Seattle, with the handsome Talbot brothers...Categorized as:
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The Renegade Wife by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBetrayal by his cousin and the woman he loved may have made Rand Wheatly crave solitude, but his heart isn’t as hard as he likes to pretend. When he discovers that the squatters in his house include sick and injured children, he lets them stay.Meggy Campeau is harboring a secret, but she’ll do whatever it takes to keep her children safe...Categorized as:
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Texas Princess by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHiding out from her fiancé in her father's barn, Liberty Mayfield can't deny that she made the biggest mistake of her life when she agreed to marry ruthless Captain Samuel Buchanan. If only she could find a way to stop the wedding without risking her father's life.Ever since he defended the Whispering Mountain Ranch as a boy, Tobin McMurray vowed to steer clear of outsiders... -
Beloved by Robin Lee Hatcher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDiana Brennan came west on the orphan train and was given a home with a loving couple who cherished and spoiled her. At 17, she fell hard for Tyson Applegate, the son of a wealthy mine owner. After a whirlwind courtship and marriage, Tyson took off for adventures around the world, including fighting with the Rough Riders in Cuba...
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