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Andrew by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNot all scars are visible.Andrew Hollister knew the wounds that make a person the most vulnerable couldn’t be seen. That last mission punched his ticket home. He’d survived when most of his team hadn’t.The physical damage had mended. The mental injuries hadn’t healed as easily. Hell, they hadn’t healed at all.Once burned, twice shy... -
![Eli by Marc Alan Edelheit]()
Eli by Marc Alan Edelheit
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dangerous mission. A war of the Gods. An epic destiny.When elven rangers Eli’Far and Mae’Cara are dispatched to hunt down the dangerous criminal Mik’Las, the mission seems simple enough. Mik’Las has committed the unthinkable crimes of murder and kidnap, and though he’s a former ranger and skilled in the deadly arts, Eli is confident they will bring him to justice... -
![Sarsaparilla Showdown by Caroline Lee]()
Sarsaparilla Showdown by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen your first two loves are books and ice cream (not necessarily in that order!) who has time to fall for something else? Sadie Mayfield has gotten really good at admiring handsome men from afar… After all, it’s not like they’d be interested in her, would they? But when Shawn starts frequenting her ice cream and soda shop at River’s End Ranch, she sets out to become his friend... -
![Cowboy Seeks a Wife by Marley Michaels]()
Cowboy Seeks a Wife by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNora McIntyre has two main focuses in her life—her thriving accounting firm and her family. Becoming a single mom as a teenager and now raising one of her own, she’s never had enough time to date, or to do anything about her crush on a certain handsome, burly rancher client of hers... -
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![Hidden Waters by Catherine Cowles]()
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... -
![Sun Over The Mountains by Duane Boehm]()
Sun Over The Mountains by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSun Over The Mountains is the latest novel by bestselling Western author Duane Boehm.When Sammy Landon is called home by his dying mother, he returns to his hometown to find that the things he ran from all those years ago are still as much a part of him as they ever were. Central City still holds the same old heartbreak, temptations, and problems that it always had for his troubled life...Categorized as:
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![Hand Of The Father by Duane Boehm]()
Hand Of The Father by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHand Of The Father is the exciting new sequel to the Bestselling Hand Of Fate.With their troubles behind them, Boone and Flannery anxiously await their wedding day, but men from Boone's past appear in Trinidad just days before the marriage is to take place... -
![A Hero's Honor: Flint Hills Military Heroes by Tessa Layne]()
A Hero's Honor: Flint Hills Military Heroes by Tessa Layne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when the war comes home? A captivating new series from USA Today Bestselling Author, Tessa Layne, featuring your favorite characters from the Cowboys of the Flint Hills series Prairie’s police chief, Travis Kincaid, has had enough of death and destruction. After an operation gone wrong, he left the SEALs for a slower life at home... -
![Nova Terra: Catalyst by Seth Ring]()
Nova Terra: Catalyst by Seth Ring
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBack from the Abyssal Lands, life is looking pretty good from where Thorn sits. Firmly established as the Stone King, Thorn has added the throne of Rakkam, the Labyrinth City, to his growing holdings.But not everyone is so satisfied with how the game is turning out and when a cursed staff leads Mina to disclose some of her tumultuous past, the team decides to head north... -
![Black Light: Branded by Kay Elle Parker]()
Black Light: Branded by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn emotionally rivoting standalone book set in the Black Light world. She put her trust in him for a night.Now they both want forever.Ava McGee is a nobody, plagued by the voice of her father, driven to self-harm. Scarred and broken, tortured by doubts and a lack of self-worth, she doesn’t think she deserves to be loved.She doesn’t want to be a burden... -
![Rescue Agent for Dana by Jenna Brandt]()
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![Grizzly Killer: The Uninvited by Lane R Warenski]()
Grizzly Killer: The Uninvited by Lane R Warenski
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNAMED BEST MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES BY TRUE WEST MAGAZINE , LANE R WARENSKI’S BEST SELLING GRIZZLY KILLER SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE UNINVITED .In the fall of 1839, “Grizzly Killer” Zach Connors is still recovering from a Gros Ventre arrow... -
![Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence by Gabriel F.W. Koch]()
Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence by Gabriel F.W. Koch
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 2554, the World is Coming to its End, unless an impossible mission through 600 years of time travel succeeds. Maternal instinct knows no boundaries, including the nano-neural-net intravenously installed in Dannia Weston's mind to repress her identity, allowing her to perform a mission 300 years before her time... -
![Redemption Trail (Yakima Henry) by Peter Brandvold]()
Redemption Trail (Yakima Henry) by Peter Brandvold
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLifelong loner Yakima Henry unexpectedly befriends Paul Cahill, an old prospector with roots in a once-wealthy Eastern family. When Cahill is mortally wounded by men stalking his and Yakima’s trail, Cahill asks Yakima to travel to northern Dakota Territory and deliver a letter and a belt stuffed with money to his estranged son... -
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![Timberline Trail by B.N. Rundell]()
Timberline Trail by B.N. Rundell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTate Saint, man of the mountains, was grieving his wife when Jim Beckwourth brought word from Kit Carson that he was needed at Bent's Fort. Eager to put his loss behind him and anxious to know what his mentor and friend needed, Tate set out for the fort... -
![Pathfinder Peril by B.N. Rundell]()
Pathfinder Peril by B.N. Rundell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf the man of the mountains, Tate Saint, had a fault, it was that he had a hard time saying no whenever someone needed his help. But now he has a family and the wilderness makes many demands on anyone that tries to master the mountains... -
![Wannabe in Wyoming by J.B. Havens, Samantha A. Cole]()
Wannabe in Wyoming by J.B. Havens, Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat does a tattooed chick from Philadelphia know about being a rancher? Absolutely nothing. But that’s about to change. Willow Crawford never knew her father’s identity until she hears from his lawyer, advising her of his death. As the sole heir to his ranch in Wyoming, she has the chance to start anew following her divorce... -
![Samantha's Revenge by Andrew R. Williams]()
Samantha's Revenge by Andrew R. Williams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter changing shape several times, the ball eventually turned into a huge face. It floated alongside the air-car. This time, time instead of sending him mental message, the face spoke out aloud and the whole air-car vibrated with its intensity. "If you are foolish enough to renege on your contract, you will be severely punished. For your sake, I hope you wouldn't do such a thing... -
![The Thief Who Went To War by Michael McClung]()
The Thief Who Went To War by Michael McClung
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter barely surviving the attentions of the Knife That Parts the Night, Amra and Holgren are determined to end the threat posed by the remaining sentient, powerful Blades of the Eightfold Goddess... -
![Brooks by Chris Keniston]()
Brooks by Chris Keniston
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Farraday Country, set in cattle-ranching west Texas, with all the friends, family and fun that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Chris Keniston. On the way to his family's ranch, Dr. Brooks Farraday encounters what he thinks is a hit and run. Instead he finds a beautiful stranger in the road petting a stray dog... -
![One Hundred Lifetimes by Kelly Collins]()
One Hundred Lifetimes by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKelly Collins invites you back to Aspen Cove, the charming mountain town where dreams never die and love lives on forever... Poppy Dawson has spent her entire life wanting what she can’t have—namely Mark Bancroft, Aspen Cove’s deputy sheriff. Growing up the daughter of a cattle rancher, there was no time for silly things such as love... -
![Dreams of Eagles by William W. Johnstone]()
Dreams of Eagles by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the greatest western writers of the 21st century, the classic second adventure in The Eagles, one of the most iconic and beloved sagas of the American frontier, is back in print as legendary Scottish frontiersman Jamie MacCallister blazes through the Wild West.In peace and war, he was the soul of a nation—and the flesh and blood of the American Frontier . .Categorized as:
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![Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo]()
Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsClad ln a doeskin, alone and unafraid, she stood straight and proud before the onrushlng Forces of America’s destiny: Sacajawea. child of a Shoshoni chief, lone woman on Lewis and Clark‘s historic trek-beautiful spear of a dying nation.She knew many men, walked many miles... -
![Panther in the Sky: A Novel Based on the Life of Tecumseh by James Alexander Thom]()
Panther in the Sky: A Novel Based on the Life of Tecumseh by James Alexander Thom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRich, colorful and bursting with excitement, this remarkable story turns James Alexander Thom's power and passion for American history to the epic story of Tecumseh's life and give us a heart-thumping novel of one man's magnificent destiny--to unite his people in the struggle to save their land and their way of life from the relentless press of the white settlers... -
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![The Order of Epic Grinders: 4th Dive by M.A. Carlson]()
The Order of Epic Grinders: 4th Dive by M.A. Carlson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt just never gets any easier, or at least, not in Bye-bye Jacko’s world.After striking a bargain with Epic, the stakes have never been higher. If Bye-bye wins, Epic promised to put the defeated players back to rights in the real world. If Epic wins, things will get so much worse. And Epic really wants to win this one. To win, the rogue A.I. will strike at the first Citizens Bye-bye ever helped... -
![Desert Outcast by Juddy Anderson C. Punzalan]()
Desert Outcast by Juddy Anderson C. Punzalan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Southern Empire of Kyrdas is a rogue nation. Ruled by Emperor Sarvasa, the richest man in Serestia, they are masters of nature, magic, and advanced technology deciphered from the sacred texts of the Ancients.For thousands of years, Kyrdas has continuously abused their power and have erected a super city for the lavish lifestyle of the elite... -
![Tides of Faith by Brian S. Pratt]()
Tides of Faith by Brian S. Pratt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter having barely survived their return from Earth, James, Jiron and Jira enlist the aid of friends on their way to reunite with their loved ones. Strange and dangerous forces are at work that will provide hazards that brute force alone will not be able to overcome... -
![Drumindor by Michael J. Sullivan]()
Drumindor by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdding a placeholder for the next Riyria Chronicle. If you are a longtime Riyria fan, the title will be all you need to know about this book. Yes, we finally see what happened to Royce and Hadrian when they went to the dwarves tower of Drumindor for the first time.Don't have a release date for it...yet... -
![Kissed by a Stranger (Montana Sky Kindle World) by Cynthia Woolf]()
Kissed by a Stranger (Montana Sky Kindle World) by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWidow Laura Fitzhugh has lost everything but her wonderful daughter. Josie is the light of her life and the only reason Laura keeps going. Offered a home and a job in Morgan’s Crossing by her cousin, Laura jumps at the opportunity. Bill Simms lost his wife and daughter to influenza seven years ago and has closed himself off from everyone, hoping to never feel that pain again... -
![Cowboy's Secret Son by Leslie North]()
Cowboy's Secret Son by Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLights, Camera, Romance…Remington’s late father left him half of the family’s famous cowboy camp. But he left the other half to a kid Remington has never met—although the adorable child's mother is no stranger. Melody Naly was Remington’s childhood best friend, until they foolishly spent a night together... -
![Jasper Jacks by Ciana Stone]()
Jasper Jacks by Ciana Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Cotton Creek SEAL hero story. Jasper figured that being captured and tortured for weeks before managing to escape was going to be what ended him. He was trying to deal with it but it the damn panic attacks were crippling him. When he was ordered into rehab, he had no choice but to obey. Being a SEAL was his life. He had to get whole again and get back to his unit... -
![Deacon Johns by Ciana Stone]()
Deacon Johns by Ciana Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's a natural born leader and as Commander of a Seal team, spent most of his adult life doing just that. Now he's training men to become fighting machines -- still in command. At least of the men in his charge. When it come to his love life, he is about to find himself spinning out of control, and he's not quite sure what to do about it... -
![The Loner's Heart by Anne Carrole]()
The Loner's Heart by Anne Carrole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor those who believe in second chances… Cowboy Trace Martin is fighting to hold on to both his ranch and his five-year-old daughter. This single dad may need a caregiver for his child, but will hiring Haylee Dennis, his neighbor’s attractive niece, be the solution to his problems, or the beginning of new ones? Because she has a secret…and he has a past... -
![Bryson's Treasure by Linzi Baxter]()
Bryson's Treasure by Linzi Baxter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA distress signal he can’t ignore… Betrayed by a fellow soldier in Afghanistan, Bryson “Ghost” Steele watched every member of his unit suffer torture and death. He barely got out alive with the help of a young Afghan girl he refused to leave behind. His boots barely touch Montana soil before he and his brother Noah rescue an unconscious woman trapped in a wrecked truck... -
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![His Wicked Mouth by Jessica Mills]()
His Wicked Mouth by Jessica Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan anyone really go home again?Not when you’re the black sheep of the family. So I’m far from home, in Vegas, because good things always happen there. At least for us bad boys, they do. And who shows up to save my soul?My brother’s best friend. Pretty little Annabelle. Hell, her name even reminds me of back home. Unfortunately for me, her daddy warned her about guys like me... -
![Ghost Coach: A Classic Western Adventure by Robert Vaughan]()
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![Dead Stars - Part Two by Ben Galley]()
Dead Stars - Part Two by Ben Galley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNorth, is where the battle will take place.North, is where Farden must go.But to death, to glory, or to both? The Arka have chosen their champion, and now he must lead them to the top of the world - The Spine, where the black mountains belch fire, and where the battle against cataclysm will take place upon the ice... -
![King's Crossing by Wyatt Cochrane]()
King's Crossing by Wyatt Cochrane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho would you kill to save those you love? Oliver King is not your typical Montana fur trapper. Raised an English gentleman, he believes the world is ordered and mostly good. His pregnant Crow wife’s family is missing and in danger, and King must find and rescue them. US Cavalry Lieutenant Atticus Little wants nothing more than to get back to the belles and the balls of the East... -
![Wild as the Wind by Jessica Mills, Ali Parker]()
Wild as the Wind by Jessica Mills, Ali Parker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Best Selling Author Ali Parker Ted Dawson is the second to oldest brother of the rowdy Dawson boys. With his oldest brother gone to Tennessee in search of fame on a stage of lights, Ted’s forced to step up and help his aging father run the farm. He needs help, and gets it from the least likely place – a pretty little country girl from his past... -
![The Isles of the Cutlass Sea by Torsten Weitze]()
The Isles of the Cutlass Sea by Torsten Weitze
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAhren can hardly believe his luck. His apprenticeship finally comes to an end, and Khara’s interest in him is growing by the minute. He and his companions leave the Southern Jungles and sail westwards, this time in search of two Paladins, who are apparently living a peaceful existence on one of the Isles of the Cutlass Sea... -
![Proud Pada by S.G. Blaise]()
Proud Pada by S.G. Blaise
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLilla is on her next mission as a Sybil,when she must travel to the Pada world following the trail of a ruthless murderer.Navigating deadly politics turns increasingly difficult,when the Teryn emperor goes missing.Now the Teryn empire is heading towards civil war,and Lilla must uncover who is behind the conspiracy before it's too late.Unfortunately her success depends on the Proud Pada... -
![Paint the Wind by Cathy Cash Spellman]()
Paint the Wind by Cathy Cash Spellman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBorn Françoise Deverell of the Deverells of Louisiana, everyone calls her Fancy. In one night of blood and tears her past will vanish and she will begin an unforgettable journey of the heart. Too beautiful to be innocent, she will be swept into the relentless rhythms of a nation hungry for adventure. Her fortune is bound to the West...untamed, dangerous, and golden with promise... -
![Montana Brides Boxed Set by Leeanna Morgan]()
Montana Brides Boxed Set by Leeanna Morgan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFall in love with the first three books in the Montana Brides series! Forever Dreams When Gracie Donnelly arrives on a Montana cattle ranch, she has more on her mind than mending fences and feeding chickens. She's secretly searching for her father and answers to questions that could destroy a family. Forever in Love Amy Sullivan's life might have been lonely but it was safe... -
![Texas Free by Janet Dailey]()
Texas Free by Janet Dailey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA woman with a burning need to break free from her past . . . Rose Landro is on the run. Seeking refuge at the Rimrock Ranch, she is finally ready to claim the land her granddaddy left her and make a fresh start. But her return is rife with controversy when cattle begin disappearing—and a handsome menace named Tanner McCade starts watching Rose a little too closely... -
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![Rafe by Debra Clopton]()
Rafe by Debra Clopton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen runaway bride, Sadie Archer’s car breaks down on the outskirts of Mule Hollow, Texas, she’s not exactly dressed to fix the blown tire. Then again, she hadn’t planned on this road trip or her life falling apart a week before her wedding... -
![Submitting to Two Doms by B.J. Wane]()
Submitting to Two Doms by B.J. Wane
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was meant to be an affair… After Kelsey is assaulted, her FBI foster parents plead with her to spend a few weeks with their friends in Montana while they investigate the incident. Since she would do anything for them, she grudgingly agrees, wondering how she will pass the time on a ranch in the middle of nowhere without going stir crazy... -
![The Fields by Conrad Richter]()
The Fields by Conrad Richter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConrad Richter's trilogy of novels The Trees (1940), The Fields (1946), and The Town (1950) trace the transformation of Ohio from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The Fields continues the saga of the Luckett family that began in The Trees... -
![Shifting Calder Wind by Janet Dailey]()
Shifting Calder Wind by Janet Dailey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChase Calder has no recollection of who he is, why he came to Fort Worth...or who tried to put a bullet in his head the night that a cowboy named Laredo Smith saved his life. Laredo recognizes him as the owner of Montana's Triple C Ranch--but according to the local papers, Chase has just been declared dead, the victim of a fiery car crash. The only place Chase can find answers is at the Triple C... -
![Talion: Revenant by Michael A. Stackpole]()
Talion: Revenant by Michael A. Stackpole
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe man he is sworn to protect is the man who butchered his family.Justices--the select of the Talion, endowed with fearsome magick and lethal martial skills--roam the Shattered Empire, crushing the lawless and championing the oppressed. Their word is law and their judgement binding on highborn and low.Nolan is a Justice born in what once was the free nation of Sinjaria... -
![The Rise of the Red Shadow by Joseph R. Lallo]()
The Rise of the Red Shadow by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEvery story must begin somewhere. For the warrior who would come to be known as the fearsome Red Shadow, the story began in a forgotten glade deep in the land of Tressor. It was there that a pair of trackers, eager to retrieve a lost slave, instead found an orphaned malthrope...
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