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  • Mose Cabot by R.O. Lane

    Mose Cabot by R.O. Lane

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Mose Cabot leaves Virginia as a young man, gets jobs on steamboats and works his way to Fort Benton, Montana. Along the way, he runs into a lost little boy named Gabriel Allsop. Together they strike out and file a mining claim in Montana Gulch. They work for three years at their mining claim before settling on a homestead in the Bitterroot Valley, where they build a horse ranch...
  • Mariposa by R.O. Lane

    Mariposa by R.O. Lane

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nash Powell and Ewell Roberts take jobs Mariposa, Texas, to tame the town and bring law and order. It's a tough assignment, and both men escape with their lives repeatedly. Along the way, the men find love and romance. It's a story of two men who grow to respect one another because they always do their duty as their consciences dictate. Another exciting novel from the pen of R. O...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Wilbur by R. O. Lane

    Wilbur by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wilbur dreams of being a U.S. Deputy Marshal, and when he's old enough, he's sworn in and has a taste of the life. He's shot, recovers and goes after the outlaws with an Osage tracker to help him. Eventually, he captures the head of the outlaw gang and transports him back to Fort Smith to face Judge Isaac C. Parker, the hanging judge...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • The Poker Chip by R. O. Lane

    The Poker Chip by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Poker Chip is another classic western with a bit of romance. Vance Brennan falls in love with Lexie Moody, but she marries someone else, who turns out to be a scoundrel. Jeff Warren bets his wife, Lexie, on a game of poker. The winner insists that Warren pay up, and he devises a scheme to have his wife kidnapped and taken to Mexico to pay off his gambling debt...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Retribution by C.J. Petit

    Retribution by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Joey couldn’t imagine a better thirteenth birthday. He’d been given his first pistol and now was going to join his six older brothers on tomorrow’s job. They were going to trust him with covering their escape after robbing the bank and he was determined to do it right. He was immensely proud to be a Hogan, and his tough brothers were his heroes...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Waylon Nance by R. O. Lane

    Waylon Nance by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A young vaquero leaves a cattle drive to look for a woman stolen by Comanches. He spends months in Comanche country only the find that the Army will offer no help whatever. So he hires his own Lipan scout, and travels over much of Indian Territory and Texas to find the woman he loves...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • War Adams by C J. Petit

    War Adams by C J. Petit

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    United States Marshal War Adams stared at the telegram in disbelief...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Virgil's Herd by C.J. Petit

    Virgil's Herd by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Virgil Scott and his best friend Roy Sheffield left their horse ranch and were making one of their routine runs to Denver to deliver thirty-two horses...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Hank by R.O. Lane

    Hank by R.O. Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Henry Hankins of the Tennessee Hankins rides west to find his elder brother, Seth, who has disappeared into the gold fields of Montana. Henry's search takes him to Virginia City and all over the mining centers of southwest Montana. Eventually it leads him to Nevada. On the trip he finds love and romance and adopts a little boy that he learns to love...
  • When The Ties Bind by Duane Boehm

    When The Ties Bind by Duane Boehm

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the bestselling author of the Gideon Johann Western Series , the Wild Horse Westerns Series , and the Hand Of Western Series comes When The Ties Bind , a story of loss, love, acceptance, and revenge! With the death of his pa, Wyatt Roundtree not only lost the last of his family, but he also lost their ranch at the hands of an unscrupulous banker and a vengeful rancher...
  • Navarro by R. O. Lane

    Navarro by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Navarro is a bounty hunter who stumbles upon a woman who has been kidnapped in the wilds of Colorado in 1877. He rescues her and befriends her, but she has enemies, lots of enemies. She talks Navarro into being her bodyguard, and he takes off after her enemies and the result is another exciting novel from the pen of R. O. Lane...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Texas Paladin Rides Again by R. O. Lane

    Texas Paladin Rides Again by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Texas Ranger Jubal Coe returns to the Texas Rangers and tackles one assignment after another. He goes after three escapees from Huntsville Prison and kills all three after they riddle him with bullets. He's assigned to Eagle Pass to stop the cattle rustling and murders of gangs on both sides of the border...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • The Scalawags by C.J. Petit

    The Scalawags by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Union Army sergeant Sam Walker returns home to Iowa after leaving a prisoner of war camp, only to discover that his sweetheart has married his brother. He heads down to Mulberry, Texas, to keep a promise to his fallen Union army brother-in-arms, Joe Farrell, to make sure that his family is safe...
  • Sam's County by C.J. Petit

    Sam's County by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Yavapai County in Arizona Territory was bigger than Pennsylvania, and Sheriff Sam Hicks and his three deputies were the only law that most of its residents knew. When China Joe's gang knocked off the huge cash shipment heading for Prescott, Sheriff Hicks left his office unsure if this would be his last job one way or the other...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Tate by C.J. Petit

    Tate by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Laramie had just been hit by the Clayton gang, leaving Sheriff Joe Tate without any deputies to serve the entire county. But, as bad as the gunfight had been, the visitor to his office to file a complaint for something that wasn’t even a crime turned out to be much more significant and life-changing...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • High Stakes by Freya Barker

    High Stakes by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When her sister, Pippa, goes missing, Nella Freling tells her boss she’s taking time off from her job as a research librarian, hops in her sensible van, and heads south of the border to Montana. However, local police don’t seem too concerned about a missing woman living in her motorhome...
  • Unwanted by C.J. Petit

    Unwanted by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fifteen-year-old Joe Beck wasn’t listening as the minister eulogized his uncle but was already planning on what he would have to do as soon as they returned to the Quimby farm. He wasn’t welcome there even before his uncle had died and knew that his cousin John would soon order him to leave...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Sun Over The Mountains by Duane Boehm

    Sun Over The Mountains by Duane Boehm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sun 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...
  • Guarding Payton by Jen Talty

    Guarding Payton by Jen Talty

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life has a way of coming full circle—we just have to open our hearts and let go of the past.As a little girl, all Payton Wheeler dreamed about was coming to Montana and living at her grandfather’s ranch. However, life took a different turn and instead of following her dreams, she followed the path of least resistance. That is until her granddad passed away and left her the Wheeler Creek Ranch...
  • The Beauty of Love by Dorothy Wiley

    The Beauty of Love by Dorothy Wiley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brought together after tragedy, Edward Wyllie and Dora Tudor find the true beauty of love in this poignant and thrilling historical romance set in 1800 Boston and New Hampshire. In an unlikely place for new beginnings, a cemetery, Edward and Dora meet for the first time. But in that forlorn place, the beauty of love blossoms...
  • Love's New Beginning by Dorothy Wiley

    Love's New Beginning by Dorothy Wiley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Loss took everything, love gave him even more. It's 1800 Philadelphia, and the city cowers before a mysterious killer—Yellow Fever. Daniel Armitage and his family are respected members of Philadelphia society. But their status cannot save Daniel’s loved ones. His entire family succumbs to the horrifying disease. His mother’s startling deathbed confession, shakes Daniel to his soul...
  • Horse Hunt by Wyatt Cochrane

    Horse Hunt by Wyatt Cochrane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Most never get their heart’s desire…, But for a moment, Gus has his. On his own and chasing adventure, he is finally free. Be careful what you wish for. Raised to hate injustice and trained to use guns and fists, he can’t look away and ride on...
  • Last Breath by Duane Boehm

    Last Breath by Duane Boehm

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Last Breath is the highly anticipated fifth book in the Gideon Johann Western series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Western Classics, Last Stand, Last Chance, Last Hope, & Last Ride. Cattle are being rustled from ranches around Last Stand and seem to vanish into the night by the time they are discovered missing...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • First Rites by Wyatt Cochrane

    First Rites by Wyatt Cochrane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gus craves adventure… A real-life challenge… Not a made-up obstacle course of ropes and tin cans. Bred and trained to be a warrior–up to now–boredom and hard work have been his fiercest enemies. The winter’s hay safely in the barn, he finally gets a few days of leisure with his best friends. They discover one of his father’s cows butchered and only the best cuts taken...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • One Wish by Jodi Thomas

    One Wish by Jodi Thomas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas takes you back deep into the Texas Panhandle, where the winters are long, the storms fierce—and the Yuletide nights are unforgettable . . .   It’s the week before Christmas in Kasota Springs and Maggie Allison is sweeping the floors before closing her shop for the night. But out in the cold darkness three men are keeping a close watch on her movements...
  • Dreams of Eagles by William W. Johnstone

    Dreams of Eagles by William W. Johnstone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From 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 . .
  • The Long Way Home by Sam Scott

    The Long Way Home by Sam Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the arid lands of Arizona, a guilt-ridden rancher protects a vulnerable young woman from a vicious outlaw. A year after burying the last of his family, Texan rancher, Newton Tanner, sets out for Arizona to buy horses from the legendary horseman, Joey Thunder. The trip offers Newt a respite, both from the past and from the lonesomeness of the Tanner homestead...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Broken Dog Ranch by Mike Mackessy

    Broken Dog Ranch by Mike Mackessy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A brand new Mountain Man series--- this is “Broken Dog Ranch” from Mike Mackessy! Ride with Clint Hunter, one of the most exciting Mountain Men of today!Clint Hunter the Mountain Man, army scout, soldier, Texas Ranger, and the friend to the Crow Indians is shedding the horrors of his past...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Stormy Montana Sky by Debra Holland

    Stormy Montana Sky by Debra Holland

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Schoolteacher Harriet Stanton believes she is in love with newly-married Nick Sanders, until a mysterious stranger rescues her from an accident. Anthony ‘Ant’ Gordon is chasing Lewis, the man who murdered his sister and kidnapped his nephew, David. Harriet and Ant join forces to find David. When they do, Ant fights with Lewis. The kidnapper falls off a cliff, and is presumed dead...
  • Starry Montana Sky by Debra Holland

    Starry Montana Sky by Debra Holland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Since her husband’s death, Samantha Sawyers Rodriguez and her son have been little more than prisoners on her father-in-law’s estate in 1890s Argentina. Now, thanks to her late uncle, she has an inheritance—a Montana ranch that she plans to transform into a sanctuary for orphaned boys while raising her family’s miniature horses...
  • Cowboy's Bride by K.C. Crowne

    Cowboy's Bride by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Snowy Ridge by Peter McKelvie

    Snowy Ridge by Peter McKelvie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Often, before a storm, there is that moment of eerie silence, stillness, tranquillity. A moment of absolute peace. Everything in nature stands motionless in anticipation. Even the initiated can be drawn into the deception.The moment Jack saw a lone figure on a horse riding toward him on that hot day in early spring was such a moment in time, literally and figuratively...
  • Tanner by Cheryl St. John

    Tanner by Cheryl St. John

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's focused on the future...The past is all she knows.Together they're forced to face today. His months in Salisbury prison taught Union Captain Tanner Bell to detest a southern drawl, and Widow Cranford's exaggerated Dixie twang has him gritting his teeth. His plans for a ranch are threatened when his orphaned newborn niece is delivered to him, and he desperately needs her help...
  • The Dawn Wakers by Angela Castillo

    The Dawn Wakers by Angela Castillo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Ellie's been on the Oregon trail for almost four months, with her mother and four siblings to care for. Though scarlet fever left her with a weakened heart, she's pushed ahead with resolve and determination. Thaddeus dreams of becoming a pastor, though his affluent family expects him to follow in his banker father's footsteps...
  • Brides Finding Love Collection by Emma Ashwood

    Brides Finding Love Collection by Emma Ashwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Taken by the Lawman by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Taken by the Lawman by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s his boss. Can he handle her? Kiersten Cade has always been skilled at catching criminals, bur finding Mr. Right not so much. Lately she’s been feeling a void that work no longer fills. Not getting any younger, she decides to steer her trajectory toward motherhood...
  • A Clean Slate by Amelia C. Adams

    A Clean Slate by Amelia C. Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Olivia Markham is a socialite from New York City who came to Topeka with one goal—to marry Adam Brody. But Adam has married someone else, and Olivia has nowhere to go. Taking a job at the Brody Hotel requires her to swallow her pride, but she has no choice in the matter. Now she must learn to adjust to simple living and wearing cotton dresses—cotton, when she should be wearing silk...
  • Front Range Cowboys by Evie Nichole

    Front Range Cowboys by Evie Nichole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy with KINDLE UNLIMITED... FIVE full-length books. Guaranteed NO CLIFFHANGERS. Cowboy’s Last Down Football is the only thing I’ve ever cared about. Then I twisted my knee. My career is over. There’s no place to go but home. Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys. My mama raised five of them. But I’m no good at ranching and I’m no good at business. I’m no good for anything...
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    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Eleanor by Rachel Wesson

    Eleanor by Rachel Wesson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eleanor Templeton, recently arrived in Clover Springs, is looking for a place to hide and nurse her invisible wounds. Gary Barrett, the saloon owner, tries to break down the barriers she has erected, convinced he has found the woman of his dreams. Wilma, usually the first to help new arrivals, doesn’t want to meet the new school teacher...
  • Playing With Fire by Elle James

    Playing With Fire by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What started as a way to teach a young firefighter a lesson on what an older woman has to offer, widow and designer shoe store owner Lola Engel’s hot little class on love has taken a turn for the worse. Her best and only student, Daniel Flannigan, drops out of school and avoids her altogether. Not that she intended on making her teaching career a full time job...
  • Vera's Virtues by Cissie Patterson

    Vera's Virtues by Cissie Patterson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vera Mae Wigg is ready for an adventure, and her fellow teachers at The Wigg Foundling Home and School have been given the opportunity for just that. They are all heading west to start their own schools...
  • Yetta's Yearning by Michele Lindsey

    Yetta's Yearning by Michele Lindsey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now that his mine has paid out, Nathaniel can finally hang up his pickaxe and fulfill his dream of owning a cattle farm. He's also looking forward to settling down and starting a family. But he'll need a wife first.Yetta has spent her whole life at the Wigg Foundling Home and School in New York City. First as a foundling herself, now as teacher, living in the dorms...
  • A Timid Heart: A Kansas Crossroads Story by Jo Noelle

    A Timid Heart: A Kansas Crossroads Story by Jo Noelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sweet & Clean Western RomanceCan a tender man whose passion is to take pictures reach the heart of a woman who hides from him and all others?Bridget Hall takes a much-needed job at the Brody Hotel as a laundress after being rejected as a mail-order bride. She loves the people she works with, but because of a deformity, she hides from society. .
  • Scars of the Heart by Kristene Holloway

    Scars of the Heart by Kristene Holloway

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will their pasts keep them apart? Or can love heal their scars?Adelaide Harris is seeking a new future. Jilted by an unrequited love, she heads West, beginning a new chapter of her life as a mail-order bride in a marriage of convenience, determined to never fall in love again. However, she is about to discover that fate has other plans in store for her.Jackson Preston is haunted by his past...
  • Last Will by Ron Schwab

    Last Will by Ron Schwab

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When the dead body of one of lawyer Ian Locke’s wealthy clients is discovered in a place most unbefitting for a man of his station, it is just one piece of a complicated legacy that Ian must unravel...
  • Jake by Leigh Greenwood

    Jake by Leigh Greenwood

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky--they got into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy...except the love of a good woman. Isabelle Born and bred in Savannah, Georgia, she was the kind of woman Jake Maxwell avoided at all cost...
  • Escape to Love by Emma Ashwood

    Escape to Love by Emma Ashwood

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    industrial-era  western  adult  book  fiction  historical
  • Family Feud: A Marshall Family Western - Book 2 by Wyatt Cochrane

    Family Feud: A Marshall Family Western - Book 2 by Wyatt Cochrane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Minding your own business is easy. Just look down and leave. But Thorn hates bullies. Without knowing who the men are, or why they want to hurt the boy, he jumps in. To get this far, he’s survived the Civil War, fought nature to a draw, and triumphed over evil men...
  • The Treason of the Ghosts by Paul Doherty

    The Treason of the Ghosts by Paul Doherty

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the village of Melford, a local lord is executed for a spate of vicious murders. It's not until the killing begins again, and the dead lord's son alleges that a miscarriage of justice has taken place, that a serious investigation begins...
  • Hanta Yo: An American Saga by Ruth Beebe Hill

    Hanta Yo: An American Saga by Ruth Beebe Hill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A multigenerational saga that depicts the lives of two families of Teton Sioux from the late 1700s to the 1830s, before the arrival of the white man...
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