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Frank by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA life well-lived.Frank Marshall’s life before he married and had a family is a closely held secret. The past should remain in the past until it doesn’t.A love for the ages.Never in a million years did Frank think he’d find the type of love his parents shared. Until her. Until Amanda King...Categorized as:
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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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The Hardest Goodbyes by D.L. Roan, Kathryn Lynn Davis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome goodbyes are cathartic—a good riddance to those things that hold us back. Some are bitter-sweet. It hurts to say the words, but we know the pain is only temporary, and we’ll soon be reunited. Some goodbyes are forever . Those are the hardest to say... -
A Family Chosen: Volume 3 by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***Note that this bundle includes books already available as single titles*** Save $ when you buy the bundle vs the individual titles in each bundle! Come meet my amazing extended family of men, the Protectors and the Barrettis! Since all of my series cross over with one another, I've gotten many requests to bundle my bestselling books by reading order... -
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A SEAL's Triumph by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s bound to the past. She believes in the futureLieutenant Walker Norton might be cynical, but he isn’t a broken man—yet. Raised to understand the looming catastrophe of climate change, promised to a woman he doesn’t love, he long ago decided to live a life of service to his country, family and friends. It’s enough—until he meets Avery Lightfoot and realizes he wants so much more... -
Cowboy Truth by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGenre: Contemporary Western Erotic Romantic Suspense Series: Cowboy Justice Association FULL LENGTH NOVEL People will do desperate things to keep the truth dead and buried. Sheriff Logan Wright might be the sexiest bad boy Ava Hayworth has ever seen but she’s not interested in the least. He can have every other woman in town and probably already has...Categorized as:
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Bravo Tango Cowboy by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOpposites don’t only attract—they combust… Retired pilot Mike Modeen is happy to be part of the WEST Protection security team. Usually, anyway. But his current mission has him grounded—and working with a snarky and very sexy woman who happens to be his boss’s little sister. She’s totally off limits. And knowing that doesn’t make it any easier to keep his mind—or his hands—off her... -
House for Sale Navy SEAL Included by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s bringing a ghost town back to life…Ten years ago, desperate to save his father’s life, Carter Elliott pulled the plug on Elliott Ridge, the failing company town owned by his family for generations. After a decade with the Navy SEALs, he’s back to resurrect it so he can bring his father home. He’s ready to start a family of his own, too, but first he’ll need a wife... -
Thunderbird by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContinuing the Hell Yeah Series with book 13 – Equalizers Soulmates. Twin souls. Two people destined to be together. Their journey to love is never an easy one, but when they meet – their hearts beat only for one another. Kyle Chancellor is a hero, an honest to God hero. After winning the Heisman, he turns down a lucrative career as a professional football player to fight in Afghanistan... -
His Little Cowgirl (Montana Daddies) by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGigi is settling into life on Sanctuary Ranch. She’s made friends with the other Littles, gotten herself a pair of cowgirl boots and a cowgirl hat. Too bad she hasn’t learned to listen when Daddy gives her orders. That’s going to land her in a whole lot of trouble.Enjoy this glimpse into Macca and Gigi’s life on Sanctuary Ranch. This should be read as part of the Montana Daddies series... -
A Little Winter Wonderland by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome back to Sanctuary Ranch this Christmas. The favorite time of year for many of the Littles living on the ranch. This year there is a baby, as well as something else . . . What will it be? A wedding? An engagement? Another baby? You’ll have to read to find out . . . Please note: This book is best read as part of the Montana Daddy series, it's not intended as a standalone... -
Gravity by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYour first love is nothing to joke about. It’s powerful, overwhelming, and something that haunts you forever. When your first love is severed, you lose a piece of your soul. Your world shatters. My first love, Amos Marshall, left something behind for me. He promised me forever and gave that to me. It’s the GRAVITY that keeps my universe held together...Categorized as:
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Colorado Free Rein by Elle James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDevin Layne, Former Green Beret from 10th Special Forces Group, returns home after a disastrous mission. Feeling less of a man due to injuries, he struggles to navigate civilian life, avoiding his former fiancée, convinced she deserves better.Horse trainer and champion barrel racer, Mallory Watts, is heartbroken when the love of her life returns from deployment but wants nothing to do with her...Categorized as:
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Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBorn into a prominent ranching family and brought up in a disciplined household, Sheriff Jared Monroe has high standards of how to live his life and he doesn’t hesitate to hold the people around him to the same accountability. Misty Foster is a girl from the wrong side of the tracks... -
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Western Ties by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow strong are the ties that bind? Leah Hollister’s sex life needs a swift kick in the pants. Small-town Compton Pass, though, isn’t the place to explore her need for bondage. When she gets an invitation to a BDSM party out in LA, she wastes no time booking a flight... -
Her Volunteer Cowboy: Tanner by Donna Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCowboy Tanner Hathaway, part time firefighter and National Guardsman, is great at volunteering his time, never his heart, but when his Pocono one-nighter shows up in Texas to help a friend, sparks ignite a flame neither of them expect... -
Seeking Justice by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes 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... -
Jake's Way by Eileen Dreyer, Kathleen Korbel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverybody knows Jake Kendall. Jake is a success story. Orphaned early, he did such a good job turning around a failing Wyoming horse ranch, he put his three siblings through school and gained a nationwide reputation. Amanda Marlow is the epitome of an east coast author: bright, funny, curious. When she shows up at a cabin on Jake’s land to research a book, she threatens Jake’s entire world...Categorized as:
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Where There’s Smoke… by Romeo Alexander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatt:I’m proud to be a Port Dale firefighter but it isn’t all excitement and sitting around eating homemade meals. It’s also dealing with your work “family” in ways you never expected. I love my real family, and I love my work “family”. Well, most of them... -
Surrendering My Affection: Sulfur Springs Book 4 by Taylor Rylan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCody Wells isn’t sure what he wants in life. He’s watched his two best friends fall in love, but he’s not sure that’s for him. He has a job he loves and friends that are always there for him, what more could he want or need? But if that’s truly the case, why can’t he get a certain someone out of his mind? Adrian Fisher knows exactly what he wants and is determined to get it... -
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... -
Scorpion by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe didn't ask if I like it rough. It wasn't up to me.I thought I could get away with pissing off a big, tough Marine. I ended up with my face planted in the sheets, my burning bottom raised high, and my hair held tightly in his fist as he took me long and hard and taught me the kind of shameful lesson only a man like Scorpion could teach.She was begging for a taste of my belt...Categorized as:
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Heart2Heart: A Charity Anthology, Volume 3 by Leslie Copeland, Annabeth Albert
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce upon a time, a group of authors wondered… What if the Heart2Heart app -- the dating app with a glitch that matched up the oddest, most perfect couples, and sponsored the charity date raffles that helped dozens of people find love -- offered a classifieds section, too? Need a handyman who knows how to wear a tool belt? Have a closet of drag costumes that needs a new home? How about finally... -
Waiting for Derek by Izaia Winter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDerek knew his life was about to become very interesting. Derek Astor knows next to nothing about BDSM, but when Foster Hayes, the co-owner of the local BDSM club, walks into his photography studio and offers him a job, he can’t refuse. And after seeing a photo of one of the club’s dungeon monitors on the website, Derek doesn’t want to... -
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Justice Healed by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGenre: Contemporary Western Erotic Romance Series: Cowboy Justice Association FULL LENGTH NOVEL You can’t go home again, but if you do, pretend you want to be there. Dr. Madison Shay has left Chicago and moved back to her small town roots to take over her father’s medical practice. She’s not the skinny, gawky red haired, four-eyed girl any longer but it sure feels that way...Categorized as:
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Texas Cowboy's Protection by Barb Han
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIsaac Quinn missed his chance with Gina Anderson when he broke up with her after high school years ago and joined the military. Now, he’s back home for a big family announcement. Staying in Gunner isn’t in his plans until single mother, Gina, crosses his path... -
Living Promises by Amy Lane
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSix years ago, Jeff Beachum comforted a frightened teenager outside an HIV treatment clinic, and Collin Waters has remembered his kindness ever since. Now, after six years of crushing on the kind, brown-eyed sweetheart of his dreams, Collin is feeling adult and together enough to make his move. Too bad fate, which has never been kind to Jeff, has something else in mind... -
Trace & Tori by Avery Gale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsErotic Contemporary Romance, light consensual BDSM, spanking, HEA Tori Paulson has been stalked by a Houston police officer for the past year. When she unexpectedly inherits a small ranch near Climax, Colorado, from a great-uncle she’d never even met, Tori thinks fate may finally be planning to give her a break... -
Cattle Valley Volume One by Carol Lynne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR CAROL LYNNE 5 out of 5! This a great start to Ms. Lynne's newest series. ~ Romance Junkies Carol Lynne has written an alluring love story.. -
Healing the Rancher by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen rancher Carter Janus first sets eyes on the live-in physical therapist he’s hired to get him back in the saddle, he almost sends her packing. Willow Spalding is just too darned pretty, and too much of a distraction to have around his ranch. But when her young son, Tavish, lights up around the horses, Carter just can’t bring himself to disappoint the little guy... -
Crazy Little Thing Cold Love by Colette Davison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan two very different men turn an intense holiday romance into lasting love? Jude I shoot my mouth off and hide behind my smile as I try—and fail—to fill the void inside. Nothing has felt right since I was medically discharged from the army... -
The Key To Micah's Heart by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMicah Wolfe is one cocky, sexy, son-of-a-gun. He wears many hats–former intelligence officer, Equalizer, rancher, and a secret career that’s about to become public knowledge–erotic writer Don Juan. To most he seems like an open book: flirtatious, audacious, and devil-may-care. But there’s a side of Micah that he keeps locked away... -
Her Indulgent Cowboy by Donna Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Lacey Turner's father contracted AIDs from a transfusion when she was five, her rough childhood made her strong and self-sufficient, so butting heads with the guy her brother leaves in charge of the ranch while he's away is as inevitable as her attraction to the hot cowboy.Jesse Briscoe's word is his bond. Too bad he agreed to watch over his friend's ranch and sister while his buddy was away... -
Colorado Flip by Sara York
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatthew ‘Tex’ Miller and Jordan ‘Jazz’ Bergeron settle in to their new life at Wild Bluff, but is their relationship as solid as they think, or will Jazz’s issues come back to bite them? Tanner Parrish has a problem when he arrives at Wild Bluff, and only the team can help him solve the crisis. His twin sister, Suzanne, is in a world of trouble... -
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The West Series Boxset by Jill Sanders
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLoving Lauren: Lauren had been raised to not be afraid of anything, and she lived by that code, that is until her dad died and left everything in her hands. Now she’s not only in charge of her two younger sisters, but she’s running a full-blown Texas ranch. Caring for a thousand‑acre ranch has its ups and downs, physically, mentally, and financially. All she is looking for is a little break...Categorized as:
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Vengeful Justice by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCowboy Command was only the beginning… follow along as Olivia Jaymes revisits the first couple of the Cowboy Justice series. Sheriff Seth Reilly and his beautiful wife Presley have a terrific life - two fantastic children, good friends, and lots and lots of love. Of course nothing worthwhile is ever easy and that’s true for them too... -
Travis by M. Tasia
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBEAUTY... After living on the streets and in his car, Travis has found a home in Brighton, Texas. His job as a cook at the local diner pays enough for him to afford a small apartment, and, for the first time in years, he's able to feed his passion, buying a few art supplies so he can sketch. He's safe, and, oddly enough, feels accepted in this small town... -
Sweet Talking Rancher by Kate Pearce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Kate Pearce's sweet and sexy Millers of Morgan Valley series, the close-knit folks of Morgantown, California, have long memories--and big hearts to go with them...Everyone in rancher Danny Miller's life wants to know how he feels about his teenage flame returning to Morgan Valley. Danny wishes he knew... -
The Ranger's Fake Bride by Lia Rae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wants her inheritance, he wants to save his ranch. The only way to accomplish both is to marry someone they’ve never met.Sadie has done everything her father asked, but when she returns home from college he gives her an ultimatum. Leave town and get married to a stranger to get her inheritance and stay out of his life, or get nothing...Categorized as:
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Noah by Eve Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLetting go is truly the most powerful control of all.Federal Prosecutor, Noah Riley has had enough of what he feels is a failing justice system. He’s watched one too many times as young victims are let down and the men who have caused them harm go free. It’s time for a change in his life, but he has no idea where to start... -
Love Under Two Navy SEALs by Cara Covington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJulia Benedict fled New York City for her home of Lusty, Texas, after one unforgettable night making love under two navy SEALs. She’s fallen for them, hard. But Dev and Drew are the wrong type of men! They’re more Alpha than all the men of her family combined, and if there’s one thing Julia doesn’t want, it’s a pair of husbands who will boss her around just as her brothers have always done... -
His Boy to Cherish by Colette Davison
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDear Santa,I’m going to be upfront and tell you that I feel silly doing this, but here goes nothing!I’ve realised that I lean more towards being a Daddy, than a strict Dom. I’m kind and caring, and I want someone to spoil. I’ll always put my boy’s needs before my own. I’ll take care of him in every way he needs me to... -
Cowboy Logic by B.A. Tortuga
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Anderson “Logic” Whitehead gets a call from his sister that she’s in a dangerous situation, he leaves his California home to head back to Texas for the first time since high school. He’s a different man now, a well-known author and creator, as well as out and proud, so he’s not about to let anyone intimidate him, whether his sister’s stalker or an old nemesis from his bad old days... -
Wind River Lawman by Lindsay McKenna
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe new novel from the bestselling author of Lone Rider. Sometimes the war comes to you . . . After serving as a Navy medic, Dawson Callahan is back in the States and ready to start over. Leaving his native Texas, he heads for the wide open spaces of Wyoming, where he finds work as a wrangler...Categorized as:
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Forever Starts Tonight by Roni Loren
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe wait is over. They fell in love in Melt Into You, but that was only the beginning. Now New York Times bestselling author Roni Loren dials up the passion as three lovers reinvent the meaning of togetherness and find out if love is truly enough… Two dominant men, one beautiful woman... -
Detour by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes it's the unexpected detour that life throws your way that ends up taking you exactly where you were meant to be. Wyatt Bryant is all kinds of broken. Wyatt never planned to end up in the middle of nowhere. He was a big city guy, used to bright lights and constant noise... -
That Hot Night by Piper Sullivan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJaneyJaney the photographer. Janey the Mayor’s niece. That’s me.The girl most likely to volunteer for…well, everything.And that’s how I ended up in my birthday suit in a hotel room with the guy most likely to…never commit.Rafe was Gorgeous. Kind. Heroic.He was also highly allergic to commitment.So, of course that’s exactly who I went and fell for... -
Spread Your Wings by Jayne Rylon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s through playing it safe… Men in Blue, Book 4 Waiting. Watching. Jambrea was patient long enough. After nearly ten years pining over a man with whom she’d spent a single night, her job set her on a collision course with two sexy cops who turned her head…and ignited her passion. More agonizing. Debating... -
Roses and Rodeo by Cheyenne McCray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Danica Cameron meets Creed McBride, the last thing she wants to do is get involved with a bull rider. Men who willingly put themselves in that kind of danger aren’t for her. It didn’t matter that he was mouthwateringly hot and she was more than attracted to him. Creed wants Danica from the moment he spots her after a bull riding event. She’s beautiful, sexy, and intelligent... -
Three Cowboys and a Baby by Kate Pearce
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree sexy cowboys find their lives upended in surprising ways in this sweet and sexy new trilogy of feel-good contemporary westerns from Kate Pearce, New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Morgantown series...
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