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  • Give Hope a Chance by S.J. McCoy

    Give Hope a Chance by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is the final part of Chance and Hope's trilogy. We left them in a good place at the end of Finding Hope. Now it's time to see how their story concludes. Chance is starting to relax and to believe that he and Hope can have a future together...
  • Happily Ever After in Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Happily Ever After in Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A man hiding from his natureHenry Flanders never dreamed his past would catch up to him. After all, the man he used to be is dead and buried. He made a clean break with life in the CIA. He moved to Bliss under a new name. For years he has been living a dream, married to his lovely Nell. Now a miracle has happened, and they have a baby on the way...
  • Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker

    Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ten years ago Boone Pace made a mistake out of selfishness and immaturity.He’s regretted it ever since.Competing as a professional rodeo cowboy was everything he wanted. All that mattered. An opportunity he wouldn’t pass by.But it meant leaving his high-school sweetheart behind.Mae Wells was sweet, and innocent, and quiet...
  • The Cowboy's Secret Romance by Jessie Gussman

    The Cowboy's Secret Romance by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *Previously titled Cowboys Don't Have a Secret Romance* Called The Preacher, Clay Stryker has lived a life as straight as a North Dakota highway. Everyone thinks the pen and notebook he carries around is to jot down poetry or possibly notes on Scripture. They don't know he has a secret...romance. Reina Hall has never forgotten the night she was rescued from a child trafficking ring...
  • Finding Hope by S.J. McCoy

    Finding Hope by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His time in Oregon didn’t end the way he’d hoped, and now Chance is back at the ranch. He put himself out there, made an attempt at opening up his heart to happiness, but it didn’t work out. Maybe he’s just not supposed to be happy? That’s what he’s starting to believe—until his Remington brothers convince him he shouldn’t give up Hope just yet...
  • This Much Is True by Adriana Locke

    This Much Is True by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When celebrity Laina Kelley bolted from her small hometown church on her wedding day, she ran to the first place that came to mind—the home of the local farrier, a gorgeous playboy who just so happens to be her first love … and biggest frenemy...
  • Allure  (Booklet Dreams Book 1) by C.A. Harms

    Allure (Booklet Dreams Book 1) by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The next generation of the Southern Boys returns in a new spin-off series, Brooklet Dreams… She was supposed to be my forever... I’ll never forget the first time I saw her. She wore overalls two sizes too big and a pair of gloves that were also too large for her little hands. But that didn’t faze her one bit, and we clicked instantly...
  • Falling for Tender Heart by Katie Lane

    Falling for Tender Heart by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys . . . New York editor Emery Wakefield has come to Bliss, Texas, in search of the fabled final novel in the Tender Heart series—a series that left readers the world over hanging when the author died. But finding a happily-ever-after for her beloved characters and editorial success for herself won’t be easy...
  • 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...
  • Time Stands Still by Lori L. Otto

    Time Stands Still by Lori L. Otto

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Books preceding this in the Emi Lost & Found series: Not Today, But Someday (prequel) Lost and Found (book one) Depression threatens all the relationships in Emi Hennigan’s life after a near death experience leaves her injured and feeling alone in a world she barely recognizes. On a night that is supposed to signify a new beginning in her life, she loses everything she loves...
  • Wyatt  Men of Clifton, Montana Book 4 by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Wyatt Men of Clifton, Montana Book 4 by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wyatt Stone knows how easily a woman can destroy a man’s trust, because he’s been there. So when his attraction for Olivia Roberts brings him to the point of giving in to his desire for her, he knows the safest thing to do is not start something he can’t finish, but Olivia is so irresistible...
  • Bring on the Night by S.J. McCoy

    Bring on the Night by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's the head of a major country music record label. She's worked hard to get where she is. She demands the best of herself—and of everyone around her.He's the label's biggest star—and the biggest pain in the a** she ever met. It's not that he's one of those arrogant musicians; to be fair, he's not a bad guy. In fact, he's a great guy. It's just that he irritates the life out of her...
  • Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker

    Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never let your past define your future. Single mom, HALEY DUNN, is ready for a new start for herself and her four-year-old son, Noah. When she loses not only her job and home, but the man who she thought cared about her, she decides to leave her hometown in Michigan and head to the west coast...
  • Rifts and Refrains by Devney Perry

    Rifts and Refrains by Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    From the moment Quinn Montgomery sat behind her first snare and cymbal set, she was destined for fame and glory. As Hush Note’s infamous female drummer, she sets the rhythm for the band’s chart-toppings hits. When people tap their feet to their music, it’s to her pulse.Quinn is content to live in a world away from her family and the cage of her youth...
  • Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter

    Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Continue the Hell Yeah! Series with book 14...The first time Bowie Travis Malone laid eyes on Cassie Cartwright, she knocked him for a loop. He was as drawn to her side as a moth to a flame. A green eyed angel with golden hair, she made his heart hammer in his chest and his body ache to hold her close...
  • Under a Different Sky by Lindsey Iler

    Under a Different Sky by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My life is a mess. I'm walking around with a black eye. My position on the hockey team is questionable at best, and if that’s not bad enough, I think I'm falling for my dead girlfriend's best friend. Every day, it's a fight to feel alive, and yet, I drink to numb the pain. Everyone is standing back, watching me fall apart. Everyone except Hannah...
  • A Rancher's Bride by Vivian Arend

    A Rancher's Bride by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Heart Falls, where there's more at stake than the future of the Silver Stone ranch. A standalone novel by New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend. With the ranch teetering on the brink of disaster, accepting an invitation to the gala of the year is a top business priority for Luke Stone. Having a significant other on his arm isn’t merely a good idea, it’s a necessity...
  • Gray For You by Spencer Spears

    Gray For You by Spencer Spears

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I might be your fantasy. But I’m nobody’s forever… Gray: I’m not the kind of guy you take home to meet your mother. I’m an ex-adult film star with a GED and a giant co...llection of movie credits I can’t talk about in polite company. I might be good at helping other guys get their happy endings, but I’ve more or less given up on finding one of my own. Until Tyler Lang walks into my life...
  • The Rancher Takes a Family by Paula Altenburg

    The Rancher Takes a Family by Paula Altenburg

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rugged rancher Jake McGregor wrangles cattle better than kids, but when he's suddenly saddled with three grieving children, he's determined to step up. His sister's kids shouldn't pay for her error in judgment in naming him guardian. Problem is, he doesn't have a clue what he's doing. And the woman who attempts to help with his every fumble is the one woman he wants to steer clear of..
  • Coming Home to the Cowboy by Megan Ryder

    Coming Home to the Cowboy by Megan Ryder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The town bad boy with hidden pain…Champion bull-rider Chase Summers is everybody’s friend, but his affable personality hides a troubled childhood. The only thing that saved him from isolation was his foster dad and life on Redemption Ranch...
  • Maya's Triple Dare by Heather Rainier

    Maya's Triple Dare by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kendall has adored Maya from afar for years, but he is done being her “go-to guy.” He’s always been her confidant and her husband’s best friend. Now widowed, Maya is through with living life in half-measures and regrets never asking both men for what she wanted. A posthumous letter reveals Maya's husband knew she loved Kendall and challenges her to follow her heart...
  • Royal Atlas by H.J. Bellus

    Royal Atlas by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love struck me at the early age of five. The boy turned into a man, and I fell even deeper. Guy Webb had no idea my fragile heart belonged to him for so many years. He was too busy being my brother’s best friend and a star on the football field. He was my daydream, and consumed every single thought, but he was always one step from my reach. Beartooth Ranch was our home...
  • Stone Hearts by Amber Kelly

    Stone Hearts by Amber Kelly

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A new friends-to-lovers small-town romance from Amber Kelly…When I returned to Poplar Falls six years ago, I’d given up on love.I’d made the mistake of marrying the sexy rebel right out of high school. He’d ended up in jail. I’d ended up pregnant. With a baby on the way, I decided to give up my wild, impulsive ways. All I wanted was a family and to watch my sweet son grow up, happy, and healthy...
  • Cowboys of Chance Creek Vol 0 - 2 by Cora Seton

    Cowboys of Chance Creek Vol 0 - 2 by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three fast-paced, full-length, sexy western romance novels in one set! Available for a limited time only. Including: The Cowboy Inherits a Bride: When a big city chef and a hometown country boy go toe to toe to win an inheritance, the competition gets smoking hot...
  • All Cowboy and Charm by Rhonda Lee Carver

    All Cowboy and Charm by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What happens at a fertility clinic stays at a fertility clinic...unless there's an accidental switch-a-roo...Successful author Melanie Jane decided after a very public divorce that she would prove to the world, especially her critiques, that she didn’t need a man to make her dreams come true. So, she wrote a best seller and used a fertility clinic to get pregnant...
  • Ruined: The Price of Play by Tania Joyce

    Ruined: The Price of Play by Tania Joyce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night of fun turns into a nightmare. Newly single, broken-hearted and being told she’ll never conceive naturally, Kara Knight drowns her sorrows at her best friend’s engagement party and falls into bed with the one person who was on her never-touch list—playboy rock star Hunter Collins. Becoming pregnant is nothing short of a miracle...
  • Gabe by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Gabe by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabe Stone can’t get Emma Conner out of his mind, even though he knows she’s not the kind of woman to settle for a fling. Having known Emma all her life, he never noticed how grown up she’d become - until now. Emma has been in love with Gabe forever. When he finally shows her the attention she’s always hoped for, she falls even deeper in love with him, and soon discovers she’s pregnant...
  • Cowboy's Unexpected Family by Leslie North

    Cowboy's Unexpected Family by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Home is where the heart is…Single mom and widow Amy Thorne loves her beautiful town. It’s her job to market her little corner of heaven, and right now, she’s promoting the town’s upcoming rodeo. Everything is perfect—until rodeo star Cal Pierce arrives.Astonishingly, the smoldering cowboy is the spitting image of her late husband...
  • Brody by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Brody by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Brody Morgan comes back to Clifton from Butte, it’s because his life is in turmoil. He slept with a married woman, lost his US Marshal job, and is firmly implanted in the crosshairs of a mobster that is out for blood. Not only that, but the woman he’s always loved, Madilyn Young, isn’t too happy with him either, since he left her five years earlier to join the Marshals...
  • Linda Howard Collection by Linda Howard

    Linda Howard Collection by Linda Howard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heartbreaker The ranch she'd inherited was nearly bankrupt, and now Michelle discovered that she was also deeply in debt to John Rafferty, the tough-talking, hard-loving rancher who'd fascinated her since their first meeting years ago. But that fascination also scared her, and never more so than now, when he suggested a bargain that was far more tempting than it should have been...
  • Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer

    Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have three major loves in my life: my family, my best friend Becky, and ballet. Elijah Turner is quickly becoming the fourth.He's been around as long as I can remember. But now he's much more than just the annoying guy at school.My life was working out perfectly...until it got turned upside down...
  • A Cowboy's Baby by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    A Cowboy's Baby by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ready or not, he’s a daddy… Gage Sawyer has been a rolling stone since he left the family ranch at eighteen. A year and a half ago he had a fling with Emma Green, and never forgot about her. But when he showed up at her door, she shut it in his face. He figured that was that…until she arrived in Eagles Nest with a baby. His baby...
  • Wistful in Wyoming by J.B. Havens, Samantha A. Cole

    Wistful in Wyoming by J.B. Havens, Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What does a small-town rancher know about being out and proud? Absolutely nothing. But that’s about to change. Jeremiah Urban has always hidden who he really is, but he’s tired of being alone and watching everyone around him fall in love. However, at forty-two, he fears the repercussions of coming out to the residents of Antelope Rock...
    Categorized as:
    western  angst  industrial-era  mlm  lgbtq  fiction  contemporary  book
  • Falling for a Cowboy's Smile by Katie Lane

    Falling for a Cowboy's Smile by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No heart is safe when a charming cowboy comes to town... Dirk Hadley has bamboozled everyone in Bliss, Texas, into believing that he’s an easygoing drifter just passing through town. But Dirk is no drifter. He’s on a mission to discover the truth about his past. And when that past collides with the sweet and beautiful Gracie Arrington, he won’t be able to maintain his charade...
  • Falling Head Over Boots by Katie Lane

    Falling Head Over Boots by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whatcha got cookin’, good-lookin’? After getting her heart broken, Carly Hanover believes the only person she can trust is herself. She works hard to become an executive chef and dreams of opening her own restaurant. But after being blackballed in the culinary world for losing her temper with a customer, that dream starts to fade . .
  • I'm With You by Taylor Dean

    I'm With You by Taylor Dean

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alternate Cover Edition ASIN B00JNYQCUQ ISBN 978-1493659142 Same book, new cover! Can three little words irrevocably change your life? When the doctors inform Chloe Brennan that her pregnancy is “incompatible with life,” her subsequent choices will change her path forever...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  friends-to-lovers  sad  adult  betrayal  book  cheating
  • Trainer's Treat by Kirsten Osbourne, Culpepper Cowboys

    Trainer's Treat by Kirsten Osbourne, Culpepper Cowboys

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Patience Quinlan moves to Culpepper, Wyoming, with only two expectations: That she would get out from under her father’s thumb, and that she would open a bakery with two of her favorite people. Once those two things are accomplished, she is content...
  • Relent by Rachel Schurig

    Relent by Rachel Schurig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Levi has always been on the outside looking in. When your best friends make up one of the most famous rock bands in the country, living at the edge of the spotlight comes with the territory. Levi was pretty happy with the way things were; after all, helping the Ransome boys achieve their dreams was his dream too. But all of that changed when Levi fell for lead singer Daltrey Ransome’s girl...
  • Small-Town Sweetheart by Toni Aleo

    Small-Town Sweetheart by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delaney Abbot has never wanted to live anywhere other than Spring Grove, Kentucky. She loves the town, the people, and the whiskey made right down the road at McElroy’s Distillery. If only she could find a man in her beloved small town worthy of all that love she has to give. The first thing Reed McElroy did when he finished high school was get the heck out of Spring Grove, Kentucky...
  • The Cowboy's Autumn Fall by Shanna Hatfield

    The Cowboy's Autumn Fall by Shanna Hatfield

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brice Morgan thought love at first sight was some ridiculous notion of school girls and old ladies who read too many romance novels. At least he does until he meets Bailey Bishop at a friend’s wedding and falls hard and fast for the intriguing woman. Bailey Bishop attends her cousin’s wedding with no intention of extending her brief visit to Oregon...
  • Bashful Banker by Cindy Caldwell

    Bashful Banker by Cindy Caldwell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Olivia Hamilton loves everything about New York—her local coffee shop, the walk to work, the skyscrapers. As a young, single CPA working on audits, life is exciting—and longing for her Texas cowboy-boot history fades day by day. Fred Wharton, III, has spent his entire life in Riston, Idaho, working in his family’s business—the Bank of Riston...
  • Picture Perfect by Cindy Caldwell

    Picture Perfect by Cindy Caldwell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Opal Hamilton’s newfound home at River’s End Ranch is everything she’d hoped it would be. With her new job at the gallery, she’s thrown herself into what’s most important to her—her family and her photography of the magnificent mountains and wildlife at River’s End Ranch. Her sister is happily married, and her father settled, and her own future is the furthest thing from her mind...
  • My Heart, My Home by Taylor Rylan

    My Heart, My Home by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Isaac Redfeather loves his son more than anyone in the world. But seeing his brothers and cousins happily married, he wonders if he’ll ever meet someone that’ll be willing to accept not only him, but his son, Mack. They’re a package deal, and not everyone is looking for a ready-made family. Sheriff Jacob McCoy has watched Isaac from afar for almost a year now...
  • Cowboy Rules by Jacki James

    Cowboy Rules by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You're right until now I haven’t dated. Ever. But for you, Lincoln Reynolds, I will. So what do you say? Will you go on a date with me?” Lincoln Reynolds grew up cowboy. And that meant when you got thrown off a horse, you cowboy up and shake it off. You don't show fear, you don't let it shake you, and you never let them see you cry...
  • Notorious by Leslie McAdam

    Notorious by Leslie McAdam

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Picking up your favorite adult film star at a bar in Vegas is a bad idea—especially when you wake up the next morning married to him. Ask me how I know.Before I met Velvet the Cowboy, the public knew me as an innocuous guy who was running for office.Now I’ve gone from boring to notorious in twenty-four hours...
  • Cowboy True by Michelle Beattie

    Cowboy True by Michelle Beattie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s back in his life… and this time he’s not letting go.Gage Granger knew back in high school that his friend and secret crush was desperate to get out of Last Stand, Texas. But with his roots running deep into the Hill Country soil of his family’s ranch, he couldn’t leave and so made the tough decision to let her go...
  • One-of-a-Kind Bride by Charlene Sands

    One-of-a-Kind Bride by Charlene Sands

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s a promise she intends to keep at all costsTaylor Preston never breaks a promise, especially to her dying mother about following her dreams to become a successful New York bridal gown designer. But when Taylor unexpectedly loses her high-profile job, she returns early to Last Stand, Texas where she happily spent childhood summers, to help with her cousin’s wedding...
  • Meet Me in Montana by Debra Salonen

    Meet Me in Montana by Debra Salonen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s looking at her big picture…in MontanaWho swaps a golden parachute in the Bay Area for a share in a Montana thrift store and pipe dream flipping homes with her two sisters? Ambitious former investment rep Amber McCall who’s never abandoned her dream of a career in design...
  • 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...
  • The Road to You by Melissa Toppen

    The Road to You by Melissa Toppen

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life is full of choices- of chances- of moments. Chances we regret not taking. Choices we wish we could change. And then there are the moments that define us. Kam was my choice…The one who stole my heart instantly.Kane was my chance…The one who set me ablaze with just one look.They were my moment… Two brothers that both owned a part of me...
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