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  • Burned by Greta Rose West

    Burned by Greta Rose West

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack Cade already has enough on his shoulders with his four brothers, his struggling Wyoming horse ranch, and his adopted mama going through chemo again. He doesn’t have time for a woman, and he doesn’t trust them, not since his real mama left when he was a boy. But when Everlea Donovan falls into his life—literally—he can’t stop fantasizing about her...
  • Indigo Ridge by Devney Perry

    Indigo Ridge by Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Devney Perry comes a small town, enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance.Winslow Covington believes in life, liberty and the letter of the law. As Quincy, Montana’s new chief of police, she’s determined to prove herself to the community and show them she didn’t earn her position because her grandfather is the mayor...
  • Her Shadows, His Secrets by C.C. Monroe

    Her Shadows, His Secrets by C.C. Monroe

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HannaI hid in the shadows all my life. That was where I felt I belonged the most, because I was ridiculed by the ones I loved, by society’s view of women like me.But now I believe someone is out to hurt me, yet I don’t know who it could be. I didn’t think I had anyone to fear, except for in the shadows, the same ones that used to keep me safe...
  • Beautifully Broken Spirit by Catherine Cowles

    Beautifully Broken Spirit by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s always been his safe place to land.Jensen has shared a special bond with Tuck for as long as she can remember, their friendship a language that never needed words. But as life threw her one curveball after another, that secret language turned to stony silence. He’s always been her protector.Tuck has looked out for Jensen since the day she was born...
  • Whiskey Chaser by Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley

    Whiskey Chaser by Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "I'm afraid my vagina might turn itself inside out if you try to give it another orgasm so soon." — Scarlett BodineRaised by her three overbearing brothers, Scarlett is a hell-raising tomboy with a tool belt. A tornado stirring up trouble everywhere she goes. Her favorite pastimes? Drinking any man under the table and two-stepping. But she has zero interest in love...
  • Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Some mistakes haunt you forever. Harlan Young knows that from personal experience. Walking away from Grace Townsend, even with the best intentions and no other choice, still haunts him to this day. So when he had the chance to return to Montana, and be part of something as special as the Resting Warrior Ranch, he took it...
  • Scheming Heart by Ivy Layne

    Scheming Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ScarlettI don’t want to lie to him. I really don’t.First of all, he's hot. Really hot. I know I swore off gorgeous men for the rest of eternity, but Tenn Sawyer has me questioning all of my choices. At least, any choices that mean I can’t have him.Second, he isn’t just hot, Tenn is bossy and domineering and patient and his smile makes my panties melt. And that was all before he kidnapped me.After...
  • Siren Unleashed by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Siren Unleashed by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Twin detectives Ben and Chase Dawson have been sent to investigate an unusual murder at a resort owned by Julian Lodge. Julian wants them to protect the prime suspect, a young submissive who was the last person to see the victim alive. The job seems simple until Ben and Chase discover that the beautiful submissive they both desire has a dark past...
  • Back in Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Back in Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Logan Green is back in Bliss, but only for a few weeks to help out at the sheriff’s office. Everything changes when Seth Stark strolls into town with Georgia Dawson on his arm. Seth’s arrival is anything but a happy accident. He always dreamed of a big house on the river and a wife he could share with his best friend, Logan...
  • Booted by Pam Godwin

    Booted by Pam Godwin

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The night I’m released from prison, she’s in my bed.It’s been eight years since I touched a woman, and the Native American beauty is half-dressed, beaten, bruised, and devastatingly exquisite.We’re toxic together, but we want the same things. Blood. Vengeance.Violent relief in a warm body.Beneath her touch, I’m alive.Against her skin, I’m redeemed.Buried inside her, I forget the past...
  • SWAT Ed.: Fox & Bull by A.E. Via

    SWAT Ed.: Fox & Bull by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A fox can set many traps to catch his target—but this one only needs one to catch his.Dominic “Bull” Walker is used to the simpler things in life. Give him his own land to work, a strong horse, and twelve hours of daylight, and he is a contented man. But when someone threatens to take away the successful ranch that took him two years to rebuild, he’ll accept any help he can get to defend it...
  • Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Some nightmares you don’t wake up from.Noah Scott spent two months in an enemy prison camp but made it out alive—unlike most of his SEAL team. He’s one of the lucky ones but doesn’t always feel that way with his scarred body and daily fight against PTSD.Working with the animals at the Resting Warrior Ranch helps...
  • High Impact by Freya Barker

    High Impact by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Manager for Hart’s Horse Rescue, Lucy Lenoir, finally feels she has a handle on life after having worked hard to leave her old one behind. So hard, there are times she almost forgets what she escaped. Memories which suddenly come flooding back when she catches a glimpse of a familiar horseman in town. What’s worse, he’s in the company of the unlikely cowboy she’s only just beginning to trust...
  • Warrior by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Warrior by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mistake #1: Sleeping with a friendHooking up with Quincy was a no-brainer.The sexy hot-shot Navy pilot wasn’t on my SEAL team.I thought she’d be safe for a one-night stand.Mistake #2: Letting her walk out the doorI realized too late she wasn’t a one-and-done for me.But now she thinks I’m a player. Okay, she knows I’m a player.Which is why she won’t go there with me again...
  • A Rogue Cowboy's Second Chance by Stephanie Rowe

    A Rogue Cowboy's Second Chance by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, he shattered her heart. Now she needs to trust him with her life. First in a new billionaire cowboy series by New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Rowe.Billionaire rancher Brody Hart protects others…no matter the cost to himself. When the woman he lost a decade ago needs his help, he has a second chance with the sassy country music star he never stopped loving...
  • Found in Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Found in Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Holly Lang has a hard time trusting men. Eight years ago, her husband tossed her aside and took her son away from her. Finding the little town of Bliss has given her a second chance at life, new friends, and sense of belonging. Unfortunately, Bliss also seems to have filled her days and nights with dreams of two beautiful men...
  • Hidden Waters by Catherine Cowles

    Hidden Waters by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The 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...
  • Bourbon & Lies by Victoria Wilder

    Bourbon & Lies by Victoria Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In Fiasco, Kentucky, there is one rule: never fall for a Foxx brother. Any woman who did, ended up dead—or so the rumor goes. Townies call it a curse. But I’ve lived it, and I won’t survive it again.I’m not a cop anymore, but I’ve seen enough danger to know that Laney Young, the beautiful stranger who just showed up in my small town, is running from it...
  • Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alexis is backed into a corner as she looks between two doors. Behind door number one is the man her father is pushing her to marry, the man who’s good for her brand and her future. Behind door number two is me: the bad boy of baseball who happens to be the man she has fallen in love with.I wish we could just run away together. I promised I’d wait for her no matter how long it took...
  • Liam by Nyssa Kathryn

    Liam by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s looking for a fresh start…she finds him.Nylah Walker knows what it’s like to be protected. You don’t grow up with five brothers without having someone close by, watching your back at all times. She craves independence, and Cradle Mountain is her fresh start. Her new beginning...
  • Buckled by Pam Godwin

    Buckled by Pam Godwin

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I protect what’s mine. The ranch, my family, our buried secrets. Nothing will stop me from reassembling the life that went terribly wrong. Not the law. Not our enemies. Not even Maybe Quinn. The gorgeous, quarrelsome journalist shouldn’t have meddled. I shouldn’t have let her stay. But she’s hiding something in those deceptive blue eyes...
  • Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Gemma Wells came to Bliss, Colorado, after a scandal cost her everything. Utterly lost, the disgraced attorney built walls so high that she thinks no one can get through them. She’s given up on love, friendship, and all matters of the heart...
  • Sin's Enticement by Ciara St. James

    Sin's Enticement by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After years of serving his country, Sin reclaims his life and forms the Ares Infidels MC, with like-minded military brothers. They decide his home town of Tenillo, Texas is the perfect place to build their futures. By forming a club where they get to make the rules and determine what orders to follow...
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  • Beautifully Broken Control by Catherine Cowles

    Beautifully Broken Control by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A woman trying to rebuild her life.Kennedy is doing all she can to escape, to prove that she’s not the monster her father was. A simple life of peace and service is all she needs.A man haunted by a past he can’t forget.Cain has buried his demons under layers of control and success. The only thing he needs is his company and his solitude...
  • High Meadow by Freya Barker

    High Meadow by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An emergency call to pick up an injured stallion on the side of the road sends Alexandra Hart, the new owner of Hart's Horse Rescue, into action. A recent addition to the area, she is not impressed when the animal's taciturn owner shows up. With his less-than-stellar disposition, he’s the kind of man she normally avoids at all costs, unfortunately, he owns the ranch just down the road...
  • The Road to Solace by Samantha A. Cole

    The Road to Solace by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Adam Westfield is an ex-friar just released from prison. Unsure of his destiny, he roams America, hoping to find a purpose . . . and forgiveness. A widowed mother of two, Sage Hammond is struggling to keep her horse ranch afloat. Unable to find a ranch hand willing to work for meager wages, she’s close to giving up. Then, an answer to her prayers appears—a quiet, handsome stranger...
  • Iron Will by B.J. Daniels

    Iron Will by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are a dead woman’s secretsenough to kill for…? Hank Savage has always believed his old girlfriend was murdered. Now he’s come home to Cardwell Ranch and, with the help of PI Frankie Brewster, is determined to find the killer. Trying to keep their feelings at bay, Hank and Frankie quickly learn that every lead reveals a life steeped in secrets—and danger...
  • Lost in Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Lost in Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    [Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M] Laura Niles left her past behind. She fled Washington, DC, with her career in ruins and her love life decimated. In her desperate flight, she found a home in Bliss, Colorado. For five years, Rafe Kincaid and Cameron Briggs have searched for the only woman they've ever loved...
  • Retreat by Jay Crownover

    Retreat by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Every once in a while, you need to get away from it all. I was a woman on the edge, shaken and shattered after a breakup that felt like it tore my entire world apart. My best friend, sick of watching me drown in misery and melancholy, harassed me until I agreed to go with her on a week-long wilderness retreat. She promised days spent bonding and getting in touch with our inner bad-asses...
  • High Ground by Freya Barker

    High Ground by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not much has gone according to plan for mechanic, Pippa Freling, recently. With lots of bridges burned behind her, she decides to stick close to her sister and give Montana a try. Things are looking up when she joins a local group of animal activists, buys an auto shop for a steal, and even tries her luck with the opposite sex...
  • Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m in love with my brother’s wife.When River came back, I thought I’d gotten a second chance to make her mine. I had Mama’s ring ready and everything. Until the moment I found out she was already married–to Cross.On paper, it’s a good thing, especially since the head of the Russian Bratva has her in his sights...
  • A Second Chance at Forever by Alexis Winter

    A Second Chance at Forever by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The last time I saw Landon Nash, he was leaving town with a target on his back and my heart in his hands.Fifteen years later, fate brought him back into town and stupidity brought him back into my bed.It’s hard not to admit that life is passing me by.It seems like all of my friends boarded the happily ever after train and somehow, I was left twiddling my thumbs when it left the station...
  • Threat of Danger by Dana Marton

    Threat of Danger by Dana Marton

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling in love can be a deadly proposition in this pulse-quickening Mission Recovery novel from the New York Times bestselling author.Jess Taylor and Derek Daley were in the throes of first love in a small Vermont town when they were kidnapped by a serial killer. They escaped his clutches—but not the trauma of the unsolved crime...
  • Dams by Esther E. Schmidt

    Dams by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dams is a man of few emotions, apathetic if you will. His past carved him into the man he is today; a strong body and mind but lacking the desire for connections beyond his brothers. He’s stoic. Unflappable. You can throw anything at him and he will divide and conquer making him the perfect VP of Areion Fury. He’s got everything he needs in life, or so he thought...
  • Submitting to the Cowboy by B.J. Wane

    Submitting to the Cowboy by B.J. Wane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She wanted more than friendship from him, he refused to risk their special bond on a fling. Tamara Barton has lusted after Connor Dunbar ever since she was old enough to know what those stirrings meant whenever he was near...
  • Charming a Texas Beast by Katie Lane

    Charming a Texas Beast by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time in Texas . . . there was a ranch with a castle. In this castle lived a beast, a sleeping beauty, a big bad wolf, a Cinderella, and a lost prince. But these are no fairytale characters. These wild cowboys and cowgirls are about to raise some Texas hell on the way to their happily ever afters...
  • His Cowboy Heart by Jennifer Ryan

    His Cowboy Heart by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bound by honor and by love… That’s a Montana Man Ford Kendrick has often dreamed of the day that Jamie Keller would come home to Montana. After high school, she needed to leave—and he, duty-bound to rescue his family’s ranch, pushed her to go. The Army made Jamie a hero, but Ford still sees the gorgeous, loving woman who lit up his whole world...
  • Playing with Danger by Riley Edwards

    Playing with Danger by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s strange how quickly life can go from predictable and boring to…not.How a chance meeting can set off a chain reaction.How a single moment can offer much-needed clarity.How a kiss can alter the course of your life.Valentine Malone fell into my life…correction, I fell into his in the aisle of a grocery store...
  • Siren in Waiting by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Siren in Waiting by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Bethany “Mouse” Hobbes spent her entire life waiting, especially for the love of Bo O’Malley. But for the first time in her life, she is ready to start living, with or without him. She has found her dream, restoring a rustic farmhouse on the outskirts of town...
  • Fractured by Lori Sjoberg

    Fractured by Lori Sjoberg

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Carter Phillips has returned from multiple deployments, and he’s brought a few demons home with him. War has left him scarred, inside and out, and he’s counting on the peace and isolation of his family’s farm to keep his head screwed on straight. What he doesn’t bargain for is Amy Williams, the new horse trainer...
  • Steal Her Heart by T.S. Joyce

    Steal Her Heart by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Maris Thurgood is in deep trouble. Abandoned to care for a ranch on her own, she’s struggling from sunup to sundown to keep up with the work. When a pack of werewolves begins preying on her herd, she has no choice but to sell. A chance meeting at the cattle auction has her wondering why someone as tall, dark, and growly as Bryson Locke would take any interest in a business venture with her...
  • Pure Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Pure Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bliss, Colorado, gave Hope McLean a second chance at life, but she's hiding a dark secret. Raised as brothers, James Glen and Noah Bennett always dreamed of finding a woman to share their lives on the Circle G ranch. James would run the ranch, while Noah served the town of Bliss as the resident vet...
  • One to Keep by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    One to Keep by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Stefan Talbot likes order and control. He approaches his life with the same meticulous precision that he uses to put paint on his canvas. Nothing good comes from chaos, and that is why he has refused to allow himself to get close to Jennifer Waters. They are like fire and ice. Though she is younger, her talent as an artist is unquestionable...
  • Two to Love by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Two to Love by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content.Three lost soulsGrowing up in the eclectic, small town of Bliss was wonderful for Callie Sheppard. She loved everything about it, except for the lack of potential romantic partners. She only went wild once in her life, sharing a perfect weekend in Dallas with two incredible men she never thought she would see again...
  • Bourbon & Secrets by Victoria Wilder

    Bourbon & Secrets by Victoria Wilder

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In Fiasco, Kentucky, there is one rule: never fall for a Foxx brother.Any woman who did, ended up dead. It wasn’t just a rumor. It was my reality. I buried my wife along with too many secrets surrounding the night she died.Now, I’m a single dad with two priorities above everything else: raising my two girls and making great bourbon...
  • South by Vanessa Vale

    South by Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second book in the exciting Billionaire Ranch series!When South least expects it, love points him in the right direction.To Maisey. She's new to the small town. A beautiful mystery.Except South quickly learns she's living a lie, the one thing he can't abide...
  • Under a Killer Moon by B.J. Daniels

    Under a Killer Moon by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A celebration becomes a crime scene with a killer hiding in plain sight…With Buckhorn, Montana’s 125th anniversary on the horizon, it’s the job of straight-laced marshal Leroy Baggins to keep the peace during the four-day celebration...
  • Montana Wild by Vanessa Vale

    Montana Wild by Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Violet Miller is a teacher savoring her summer break until she's been called in as emergency reinforcements—of the dating kind. She volunteers to help an old flame by pretending to be his girlfriend. In Alaska. At a family reunion. Since the guy is a handsome, lumberjack-sized doctor she's never quite forgotten, faking a relationship won't be hard work—while wishing for more...
  • Seeking Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Seeking Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes happily ever after isn’t forever… With a murderer on the loose, Kaylee is pitching in to help her best friend Ava take care of the twins while they’re in hiding. Unfortunately, that means being close to her estranged husband Reed. No one knows they’ve separated. Not wanting to burden her friends with her own issues, she’s going to have to pretend to be the happy, loving wife...
  • Bound to Fall by Pamela Clare

    Bound to Fall by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Featuring characters from Pamela Clare’s acclaimed I-Team series.She barely survived.Sasha Dillon, a five-time world champion climber, moved to Scarlet Springs to join the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. She loves the tiny mountain town and its quirky residents and finds happiness using her climbing skills to save lives...
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