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  • Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together...
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    angst  family  industrial-era  steamy  western  adult  audiobook  book
  • Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Blinding Trust is told by Savanna and Colt. The book starts where book 6 left off. The family is at Conner and Amy’s oldest daughter’s fifth birthday party. Once the family arrives home, Colt is visited by someone from his past, (KRISTA’S BROTHER)who has changed his name to Zeke. He is a recovering addict and the lead singer of a popular rock band. Zeke is only visiting for one reason...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  industrial-era  steamy  western  adult  book
  • Carter by S.J. McCoy

    Carter by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Carter Remington is a stand-up kind of guy. He leads a quiet life, running his landscaping business and working out at the gym. Family is one of his main concerns. He likes to make sure his brothers and his parents are all okay. He used to think he’d have a family of his own to take care of someday. But that dream died the day he found his wife in bed with one of the ranch hands...
  • Beau by S.J. McCoy

    Beau by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Beau Remington has built a good life for himself. He's worked hard to make his real estate company a success. He owns one of the nicest houses in town and comes from one of the most well-respected families in Paradise Valley. It's not that he isn't close to his family, it's just that he's never felt he quite belonged in the same way his brothers do...
  • Jared by Nicole Edwards

    Jared by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jared Walker is a single dad who knows what it’s like to be burned by a woman. His ex-wife tormented him in a way that’s unforgivable. It makes sense that Jared doesn’t trust women. He’s not looking for love, but when his cousin Travis puts Jared in charge of the Walker family reunion, Jared just might find himself in over his head. In more ways than one. Hope Lambert has one goal in life...
  • Solid Soul by Brenda Jackson

    Solid Soul by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the real world there was no way flower shop owner Kylie Hagan would ever meet up with millionaire Chance Steele. But the world of single parents and teenage hormones brought them together the first time -- and a simmering passion they both tried to deny wouldn't keep them apart for long. Chance made her think of hot, sultry Southern nights...
  • Cowboy Creed by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Cowboy Creed by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Seconds chances come in their own time for a cowboy. For Mindy and Creed the flame remains.Newly divorced and empty nester, Mindy Sage, decided that her hometown might be the perfect place to reinvent herself, or at least find the wild and carefree girl she used to be before she moved away. She’s craving small town comfort, but the problem is, in Cooper’s Hawk, everyone knows everyone...
  • Long Time Gone by Lorelei James

    Long Time Gone by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The right love is worth the wait... Calvin McKay can't understand his twin brother's rush toward the altar—until he lays eyes on the bride's younger sister. But she's far too innocent for him to pursue…and yet something about that little blonde tornado gets his blood pumping and his heart all twisted up...
  • Shane by SJ McCoy

    Shane by SJ McCoy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shane Remington has it all. He has a great family. He’s built his guest ranch into a great business. He’s a good-looking guy and he knows it. Everyone loves him. He may not have a woman, but that’s okay, he can have any woman he wants—and usually does. There is one woman who seems impervious to his charms though, and for some reason it bothers him. Cassidy Lane has it all, too...
  • Daddy's Little Darling by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Little Darling by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She was desperate, homeless and alone… Charlie was used to fending for herself. She wasn’t necessarily that good at it, considering she was currently living in her car, but it was the only life she knew. She didn’t have family or friends and she certainly wasn’t used to anyone caring about what she did...
  • Forever Falcon Ridge by D.L. Roan

    Forever Falcon Ridge by D.L. Roan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The McLendon Family Saga continues in this epic, coming-of-age love story by USA Today bestselling author, D.L. Roan. A third-generation rancher, Dani McLendon is destined to become the first woman to ever manage her family's ranch. Running Falcon Ridge is her birthright, her honor, her responsibility...
  • my person by Grey Huffington

    my person by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Summer's Indiscretion by Heather Rainier

    Summer's Indiscretion by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer Heston is ready to give up on men and has sworn off blind dates permanently. A chance text message and phone conversation with two mysterious friends of Grace’s changes her mind. A dangerous situation literally thrusts her into their powerful arms as the attacks on her ladies’ adults-only boutique escalate and the tone of the Divine Morality blog grows more blatantly hateful...
  • Tangled in Divine by Heather Rainier

    Tangled in Divine by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Robbed of her family’s legacy, Gwen Henderson blindly sets out to win it back. In Divine she finds employment until she rejoins the rodeo circuit for one more winning year. What she doesn’t foresee is getting tangled up with two cowboys who have her yearning for life in Divine when her dreams are in Colorado...
  • Full Circle by Laramie Briscoe

    Full Circle by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    First comes loveThen comes marriageNow? The baby carriageGarrett and Hannah Thompson have a lot going on. They have a baby on the way, Garrett’s on tour, and Hannah’s enjoying being a wife and a soon-to-be mother.But with them nothing is ever easy. Paparazzi still want the inside scoop, Jared and Shell still have issues, and there’s her pesky record company that they have to deal with...
  • Heavenly Angel by Heather Rainier

    Heavenly Angel by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Angel Martinez has worked patiently for months to draw the fragile beauty out of her shell, wooing her with gentle kindness and falling for her delightful two-year-old in the process. Teresa left her painful past behind and built a new life for her and her son. She cares deeply for Angel, but is afraid to let down her guard...
  • Stand-Up Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Stand-Up Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s almost perfect…Buckskin wrangler Garrett Whittaker has found the woman of his dreams in single-mom Anna Warren. He’s eager to be in her life, but she refuses to date until her toddler son is in college. Her intimidating ex left little Georgie afraid of men and Anna wary of making another mistake.If Garrett can win Georgie’s trust, he has a shot. If he can’t, he’s out of luck...
  • Tied Up, Tied Down by Lorelei James

    Tied Up, Tied Down by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The strongest bonds are the ones unseen… Businesswoman Skylar Ellison never intended to get tangled up with a sexy Wyoming cowboy—let alone conceive a baby with him in the parking lot of a honky-tonk. When it appears her baby daddy has taken off for greener pastures, Skylar pulls up her bootstraps and carries on alone...
  • Love Under Two Responders by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Responders by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, light consensual BDSM, spanking, HEA] Carol Ashwood, esthetician, arrives in Lusty, Texas with no expectations but to earn her way and heal her heart from a major fight with her family. She’s led a sheltered life, but refuses to judge the way the people of Lusty live—and love...
  • Hell's Fury by K.J. Dahlen

    Hell's Fury by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I thought I’d found my forever. She decided to tear it apart. Deke My MC is my world. She is my centre. My children are everything I live for. Walking a street of contentment I hadn’t known before, I thought the bad was finally over. I should have known better… I didn’t see her coming - a vengeful figure from my past with a score to settle...
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    alpha-mc  angst  insta-love  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • Santa Wore Spurs by Becky McGraw, Sable Hunter

    Santa Wore Spurs by Becky McGraw, Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SANTA WORE SPURS is a wickedly hot Christmas anthology by Desiree Holt, Sable Hunter, Becky McGraw and Sandy Sullivan. This year you won’t need cocoa, you’ll want a fan and a hot cowboy! You’ll find four hot cowboys in this scorching contemporary western romance anthology...
  • Corey's Catch by Jill Sanders

    Corey's Catch by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Corey has dug himself into a hole so deep, he can’t see a way out. His only goal now is to see this rough patch through. But then Bella Stevenson waltzes into his life and knocks him on his ass—figuratively and literally. Now, there’s nothing he wouldn’t do to prove to her that his wild days are a thing of the past...
  • Reaper's Girl by Laramie Briscoe

    Reaper's Girl by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 5 in the Rockin' Country Series Wife Husband Parents Entertainers Reaper and Harmony have enjoyed being Garrett and Hannah since their respective tours ended. They’ve become closer, learned to live as a married couple, and been successful in keeping relevant without having their faces on the covers of tabloids. Raising their eighteen-month-old son is the highlight of both their lives...
  • Into the Fire by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Into the Fire by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    James Compton is a man of two worlds. For half the year, he’s Seth’s oldest boy, working with his family and the horses on Compass Ranch. The other half, he’s Jamie, a daring smokejumper on the West Yellowstone Squad. Those two halves make him feel whole, happy, satisfied. Until he meets his boss’s daughter, Ivy…   Ivy Wagner’s life should be complete...
  • A Cowboy's Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    A Cowboy's Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Saddle up or settle down?After living a vagabond life with her hippie parents and rambunctious siblings, Morgan O’Connelli’s determined to put down roots at last. When a promotion for her new business goes off the rails, she’s rescued by the hottest cowboy in town. Too bad he comes with complications.Rancher Gabe Chance is blown away by the feisty redhead. Morgan’s perfect for him...
  • Cowboy Bikers MC #2 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Cowboy Bikers MC #2 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way.Roper - I’m the vice president of an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses...
  • Love Under Three Titans by Cara Covington

    Love Under Three Titans by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Richard, Trevor, and Kevin Benedict thought they weren’t meant for marriage until Margaret Morrison arrived in Lusty. It doesn’t take the triplets long to understand that Maggie herself had given up on some things in life, too—like having a family of her own or a happy-ever-after...
  • Rockin' Country Series Box Set by Laramie Briscoe

    Rockin' Country Series Box Set by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only The Beginning Princess of Country Music America's sweetheart Survivor of the scrutiny that comes with it all Hannah "Harmony" Stewart has lived most of her adult life in the spotlight. It hasn't always been easy. One heartbreak almost ruined her. Some days it's hard to keep a smile on her face and stay positive,but there are a lot of people counting on her to keep it together...
  • Daddy's Little Bride by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Little Bride by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wedding of Clint and...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  industrial-era  steamy  western  adult  age-gap  book
  • Her Cowboy, Her Daddy by Shanna Handel

    Her Cowboy, Her Daddy by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When she takes a long vacation to visit her parents in the tiny town of Little Peak, Wyoming, Bridgette Smith is quickly left wondering if her sanity will last a day, let alone six weeks...
  • Lone Star Playboy by Kat Baxter

    Lone Star Playboy by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HayesSaddle Creek was a great place to grow up, but I got out as soon as I could. I go back to visit my siblings, but there is nothing in the world that could lure me back there for good. Until I meet Rory Reynolds, a delectable, sassy-mouthed bombshell. Now, for the first time in my life, I want to give up my one-and-done ways and settle down, even if it means returning to Saddle Creek for good...
  • A Cowboy's Salvation by Megan Ryder

    A Cowboy's Salvation by Megan Ryder

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He wanted to be left in peace… West Morgan knows all about second chances. After bouncing from foster home to foster home, he finally landed at the Rawlings Ranch as a teenager. There he found a home, something he’d never thought possible. Now an adult, he realizes he’s been given much more: a family and, most importantly, peace...
  • Forbidden Cowboy by Khloe Summers

    Forbidden Cowboy by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can this cocky, older cowboy win the boss’s curvy daughter?FORDKate is everything I’ve ever wanted.A pretty face and a smart-ass mouth.She’s someone who isn’t afraid to throw down with the boys.Not to mention, she’s got loads of curves.I’d do anything to make her mine.Trouble is, she’s way too young, and happens to be my boss’s daughter...
  • Wrangling the Cowboy's Heart by Leah Vale

    Wrangling the Cowboy's Heart by Leah Vale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His little sister’s best friend…The moment Amanda Rodrigues placed her hand over his heart to break up a fight, rancher Liam Neisson knew he was in trouble. He may have watched Amanda grow up next door and run in and out of his house indulging in wild escapades with his sister, but at this year’s rodeo, he suddenly can no longer think of her as the dark-haired little orphan girl running wild...
  • The Rancher by Julia Justiss

    The Rancher by Julia Justiss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When he sets out to regain his family’s heritage, he never expects to fall in love.Cowboy Duncan McAllister has worked tirelessly to make the family ranch profitable enough to buy back the section of land hard times forced them to sell a decade ago. When the owner of that land unexpectedly dies, leaving the ranch to his city-based daughter, Duncan finally sees his opportunity...
  • Falling Softly by Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr

    Falling Softly by Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Darkness has crept into Sterling Compton’s charmed life, relentlessly stealing what’s left of her grandmother’s memories. When she happens upon a compelling stranger leaning against a broken-down pickup in the middle of nowhere, grief and a gut-deep attraction spur her to take that too-safe life by the horns. From the instant Sterling emerges from her Jeep, Viho is drawn to her carefree spirit...
  • Spurs and Heels by Heather Rainier

    Spurs and Heels by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ash Peterson falls for her the moment he lays eyes on her. She’s a stereotypical city girl, from her manicure to her high heels. Judging by the sparks that fly between them, he knows there’s a fire burning deep inside the blue-eyed beauty. But department store manager Juliana Meyers is thrown by her attraction to Ash...
  • One to Leave by Tia Louise

    One to Leave by Tia Louise

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some demons can't be shaken off.Some wounds won't heal. Until a pair of hazel eyes knocks you on your ass, and you realize it's time to stop running. A STAND-ALONE, ONE TO HOLD NOVEL. Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and elements of erotic romance, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18...
  • Her Unbridled Cowboy by Donna Michaels

    Her Unbridled Cowboy by Donna Michaels

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Homeless and unemployed thanks to an earthquake, divorced California chef Kerri Masters agrees to head back to her hometown to help plan her sister’s Texas wedding. It must be her weakened state that has her eyeing the neighbor she used to follow around as a child. Her tastes tend towards gentlemen in suits, cultured, and neatly groomed— not a dimple-glaring, giant of a cowboy...
  • Her Gentle Giant, Part 2: Remember to Dance by Heather Rainier

    Her Gentle Giant, Part 2: Remember to Dance by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rachel and Eli prepare for a future together, as Grace and Kelly plan their Christmas-time wedding. Eli makes it worthwhile for Rachel to master her jealous tendencies as he shows her how much fun loving him can be. When Rachel comes face to face with painful memories from her past she claims to have moved on, but Eli struggles with the need to avenge the wrong done to her...
  • Rough Rider by Madison Faye

    Rough Rider by Madison Faye

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Country swagger, filthy mouth, and one big, huge… gun . The wildest outlaw in Sugar County is about to get his dirty hands all over one lucky lady. And this is one cowboy who knows how to hold on tight... No one ever said robbing a drug kingpin was gonna to be easy. But for a rough and tumble outlaw like me, it should be a cakewalk...
  • Texas! Trilogy by Sandra Brown

    Texas! Trilogy by Sandra Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Together in one volume, here are all three novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s beloved Texas! trilogy—which follows the sweeping story of the tempestuous, troubled Tyler family. Lucky Tyler is a born rebel with a fiery temper...
  • Rising Star by Terri Osburn

    Rising Star by Terri Osburn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can love survive the bright lights of fame? A popular DJ at the hottest station in Nashville, Charley Layton is doing what she’s always wanted to do: living in the heart of country music. Charley puts her career first and relationships second, but when a charismatic stranger in a black cowboy hat invites her back to his place, she decides to give herself one night of no-strings fun...
  • Once a Wife by Patricia Keelyn

    Once a Wife by Patricia Keelyn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    At seventeen, Sarah Colby had been scared and desperate. Her marriage to Reece Colby was faltering. They were nearly destitute and their infant son, Drew, needed on-going medical care they couldn’t afford. Sarah felt her world crumpling around her. Then her mother-in-law, Elizabeth, offered Sarah a solution...
  • Braydon by Nicole Edwards

    Braydon by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the sixth searing adventure in her Alluring Indulgence erotic romance series, which follows the seven Walker brothers and their sizzling-hot love interests!Braydon Walker has always shared everything with his identical twin brother Brendon—hopes, dreams, career choices, and yes, even women...
  • Hot for You by Cheyenne McCray

    Hot for You by Cheyenne McCray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Having just arrived in Prescott, Arizona to housesit for one of her best friends, Carilyn Thompson would never have believed that a chance stop at a cafe would change her life forever. Catching the attention of the sexiest firefighter she'd ever seen wasn't too difficult when he's the one trying to save everything she owns from going up in flames when her car mysteriously catches on fire...
  • Royal Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Royal Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leigh Ann Baker, former Miss Texas, knows she is more than a beauty queen. She knows she has more value than a trophy wife for one of the rich old men her mother had been trying to marry her off to for the last four years. She just needs to figure out what that is...
  • Love Under Two Jessops by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Jessops by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chloe Rhodes has moved from Divine to Lusty, Texas, and is getting ready to open her day spa. She’s nearly over the most recent traumas in her life, too, having to break the heart of a good man and taking the life of a very bad one to save Lusty’s Sheriff. Chloe has always maintained that her sister was the only one deeply troubled by their earlier tragedy...
  • Love Under Two Adventurers by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Adventurers by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/F, HEA] Rebecca Jessop had just decided to damn her pride and go after Greg Benedict, when he arrives with his lover Cody Harper! But loving two adventurers brings complications she never saw coming...
  • Love Under Two Private Dicks by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Private Dicks by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, sex toys, HEA] Emily Anne Bancroft doesn’t see herself as a woman worthy of one man’s love, let alone two. Yet the hunger growing inside her for Mel Richardson and Connor Talbot can’t be denied. It’s up to those two private dicks to prove to her they’re, all three, meant to form a Lusty kind of family...
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