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The Delivery of Decor: Glover Family Saga & Christian Romance by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen he falls, he falls hard and deep. She literally drives away from every relationship she's ever had. Can Ward somehow get Dot to stay this Christmas?Ward Glover is now the foreman at Shiloh Ridge Ranch. He loves his new job, though he's over a lot more at a shallower depth... -
The Secret of Santa by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe's a fun-loving cowboy with a heart of gold. She's the woman who keeps putting him on hold. Can Ace and Holly Ann make a relationship work this Christmas?Ace Glover loves to laugh, and everywhere he goes, luck seems to follow... -
Cowgirl Fallin' for the Ranch Hand: Western Romance by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s a cowgirl who can no longer ride because of her disability. He’s a cowboy drifter trying to find his place in life. What will it take to get her on a horse again? And what will it take to get him to stay… Cassidy Miller is usually hard at work on the family ranch, riding horses and doing chores. When an accident sidelines her, she’s beyond frustrated... -
Not Until Someday: A Christian Romance by Valerie M. Bodden
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s waiting for her someday. He thinks his has already come and gone.After spending the past five years caring for her ill grandfather, Grace Calvano is eager to honor his memory by turning his stately old house in Hope Springs into a bed-and-breakfast... -
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The Harmony of Holly: Glover Family Saga & Christian Romance by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCactus Glover has been living in a cabin on the edge of Shiloh Ridge Ranch for ten years. He's suffered tremendous losses, and it's taken him a long time to heal his heart, body, and mind. Recently, he's seen his brothers and cousins find the women of their dreams, and he wants to try again too... -
Her Last Cowboy Christmas: Christian Cowboy Romance by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's tired of having her heart broken by cowboys. He waited too long to ask her out. Can Lance fix things quickly, or will Amber leave Last Chance Ranch before he can tell her how he feels? Amber Haws has never had a problem saying yes to a date. She's been out with lots of men in the time she's been at Last Chance Ranch, but she's finally gotten her heart broken one too many times...Categorized as:
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Her Cowboy Billionaire Bad Boy by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA cowboy billionaire who's rough around the edges, the woman he ghosted last Christmas, and their second chance at happily-ever-after.Ames Hammond loves rules and organization, and his job as a cop gives him the structure he craves. But he quit that job months ago, and he has no idea what he should be doing with his life...Categorized as:
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A Secret Baby for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSullen cowboy billionaire Topher was the only Rolston brother that thought his small town of Isabel was the last place he would end up. Little did he know, that wasn’t the only surprise waiting for him there….His very successful jump racing event lead him back to living in Texas and inevitably to his old, abandoned ranch... -
A Nanny for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDrake Rolston is a grumpy single dad with a chip on his shoulder larger than Texas.When his long-time nanny quits, he is in desperate need of a new one.Carefree dreamer Freddie Dover seems like the last girl on earth that he would pick.But when there is slim pickings in a small town, desperate times call for desperate measures…and Drakedecides to take a chance with Freddie and his heart... -
Cowgirl Fallin' for the Single Dad: Western Romance by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe’s a cowgirl with trust issues. He’s a doctor with a painful past. Headstrong cowgirl Charity Miller is the eldest of five children in a million-dollar ranching family. She had dreams, once… before a betrayal left her heartbroken. Now she’s convinced herself she doesn’t need anything other than taking care of the ranch and her siblings.Until she meets the new doctor in town... -
A Fake Marriage for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAugust Rolston wanted to escape his small town Texas lifestyle when a gorgeous enemy complicated his reality even more.The arrogant overachiever, Belle Danson, was the hydroponics expert that he needed for his organic greenhouse.She was annoyingly driven and also had a special talent for driving August crazy... -
Sold! In the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe town outcast buys a date with Cowboy Crossing’s own A-List movie star. Ivory Haines is the daughter of the town’s resident retired prostitute and possibly the town drunk, although her mother wasn’t entirely certain.She resents her position in the town – and especially resents the teasing she’d been subjected to – and has vowed to show everyone that she is just as good as they are... -
The Blessing by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReturn to the Troyer farm where, despite stressful changes occurring in their lives, Joel and Heidi once again open their Ohio home up to those seeking to learn about Amish cooking... -
Eight Second Ride by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sixth book in the #1 bestselling Three Rivers Ranch Romance series, Eight Second Ride takes you beyond the ranch...to the rodeo. Ethan Greene wants no part of the rodeo circuit he left six years ago. Instead, he's spent the last year reinventing himself, trying to become a man he can be proud of... -
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Cowboys & Christmas Kisses by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe loves Christmas on the ranch. She dreads all the fake holiday cheer. Will Christmas derail their chance at love?Tate Baker is a handsome cowboy who loves Christmas. He’s bound and determined to help his mom and five brothers enjoy the season—the first Christmas on the ranch without their father. Then he rescues a beautiful young woman from an avalanche... -
Grumpy Cowboy by Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe can find the negative in any situation. Like that time he got upset with the woman who brought him a free chocolate-and-caramel-covered apple because it had melted in his truck... Can William and Gretchen start over and make a healthy relationship after it's started to wilt?William Cooper doesn't mean to see red the moment things start to go bad. It's the red hair, he swears... -
Her Fake-Fiance Cowboy Protector by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey had to fake an engagement to protect her. He just wanted to keep her safe. If only it were that simple… The second to youngest of all the Miller brothers, Bradley has always been a bit of the odd one out. Good with numbers, but not especially with people. While his brothers played sports in high school, he got into theater...Categorized as:
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Her Cowboy Billionaire Best Man: A Whittaker Family Novel by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCelia is finally ready to date again—but not the man whose family has a century-old feud with hers... Celia Armstrong has spent almost two decades mourning the loss of her husband, raising her two girls, and taking care of everyone except for herself. When her best friend gets married, Celia's right there, taking care of everything at Whiskey Mountain Lodge... -
The Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Previously titled Cowboy's Don't Marry Their Enemy* Can you love someone and hate them at the same time? She led him on, lied about him, then dumped him for his cousin. She was his enemy. He walked. But he loved her still. Can people change? Cora Fischer knew they could... -
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... -
The Cowboy's Marriage Mistake by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRancher Cordell Stryker just wants to settle down on his ranch, and he’s convinced the twin sister of his best friend to tie the knot with him. But as the wedding day approaches, he finds himself drawn more to her sister. But that can’t be, because she’s his best friend...Categorized as:
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Overprotective Cowboy by Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCowboys looking for a second chance at life, love, and happiness.Ted Burrows is ready to start his life over again, even if he has to go to a work-parole ranch to get out from behind the walls that have caged him for the past thirty months... -
Country Romance by Carolyne Aarsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo lonely strangers and a snow storm. Recipe for romance? If Adele Marten’s troubled childhood taught her anything it was that family is everything.So when the time comes to keep a promise she made to her dying friend, she knew she would do whatever it takes to reunite a father and son... who have never met. Even risk her fragile heart... -
Cowboys Don't Buy Their Bride at Auction by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan love bloom between a woman who was forced to sell herself and the man who bought her to get her ranch?Roxane Rosthchild is up for auction. Well, her and her ranch. She knew it would be too much to hope for that the man who bought her would be more interested in her than in the property, and money, that came with her. But she’s been down this road before – a marriage that isn’t perfect... -
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The Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Previously titled Cowboy's Don't Marry Their Enemy* Can you love someone and hate them at the same time? She led him on, lied about him, then dumped him for his cousin. She was his enemy. He walked. But he loved her still. Can people change? Cora Fischer knew they could...Categorized as:
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A Cowboy and his Daughter by Emmy Eugene
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey were married for a few months. She lost their baby...or so he thought. Rex Johnson knows he's the loudest brother. He doesn't even try to hide it, because he has plenty of other secrets he's never told anyone. Not his parents. Not his brothers. No one. I was only married for four months. No one needs to know...Categorized as:
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Twins for the Cowboy by Linda Goodnight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“There were regular men and then there were real men. Nate Caldwell was the latter.” Linda Goodnight is a RITA award-winning, New York Times and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of more than 3 million books sold. About TWINS FOR THE COWBOY: Her daughters are everything to her... Single mom Whitney Brookes needs this fresh start...Categorized as:
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Romancing Rachel by Pamela M. Kelley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAspiring actress Rachel McIntyre is also a waitress at Kelsey's Kafe at River's End Ranch. She plans to eventually move to L. A. to chase her dream, but money is tight at home, so she is going to wait a few years... -
The Preacher's Son by Patricia Johns
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this poignant new series, Patricia Johns introduces an Amish family striving to reclaim the promise of love, marriage, and community . . . The Amish residents of Bountiful, Pennsylvania, are stunned when preacher Abe Yoder is imprisoned for fraud. For Abe’s son, Isaiah, the news cuts doubly deep. His daet’s misdeeds have cost Isaiah his family’s land and their good name... -
Claiming the Cowboy by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA cowboy with a chip on his shoulder, a farrier who's got no roots, and their second chance at making a life together... Unwilling to be tied down, farrier Robin Cook has managed to pack her entire life into a two-hundred-and-eighty square-foot house, and that includes her Yorkie...Categorized as:
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Cherish Me by Autumn Macarthur
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll she ever wanted for herself was to be loved. At thirteen, Naomi Macnamara and her two best friends each pen a wish list of things they want to achieve. Deciding to bury a tin containing their life goals, the friends vow to unearth the metal box once they’ve all turned forty. But as the decades pass and each girl chases her dreams, the lists are forgotten...Categorized as:
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A Kingsbury Collection: Where Yesterday Lives / When Joy Came to Stay / On Every Side by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree Page-Turning Novels in One Volume! Where Yesterday Lives Ellen Barrett is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist with an uncertain marriage, a forgotten faith, and haunting memories of her picturesque hometown and the love she left behind. The eldest of five siblings, she longs for the time, long ago, when they were a happy family... -
Ever Caring by Carolyne Aarsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe lost his wife. She gave up her baby. Can these troubled souls find true love beneath their secrets? Attorney Zach Truscott is ready for a fresh start with his grief-stricken daughter. After the widower and his eight-year-old move to a new town, he hopes creating a commemorative photo album will help ease the girl’s suffering... -
Saving Her Cowboy by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s the man. He should be saving her. But instead, she’s the one saving him. After surviving a few combat fights in the military, Bart Miller is suffering from a severe case of PTSD. No matter how hard he tries, life on the ranch just isn’t the same anymore. His family thinks he’s improving, but they don’t know about the night terrors that plague him almost every night...Categorized as:
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A Cowboy and his Boss by Emmy Eugene
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's his boss. He's had a crush on her for a couple of summers now. Can Toni and Griffin mix business and pleasure while making sure the teens they're in charge of stay in line? Griffin Johnson likes getting away from his brothers and the ranch every summer, going to Camp Clear Creek, where he's a counselor for teenage boys. Finally, some peace. He loves his brothers, don't get him wrong... -
A Cowboy and his Fake Marriage: A Western Cowboy Sweet Romance by Emmy Eugene
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe needs a husband to keep her ranch...can she convince the cowboy next-door to marry her? Darren Dumond has been working at Chestnut Ranch since he sold his place after the death of his first wife. But he starts to see the woman who owns the ranch just north of where he works over the summer, and he thinks his heart can handle a new relationship. His heart was wrong... -
Best Friend's Sister At The Cowboy Billionaire Ranch by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen cowboy billionaire Blake gives Penny a job at his ranch, he has no idea that her secret could destroy his dreams.Since his beloved wife’s death, Blake has been raising his nine-month-old son by himself. That is until Penny showed up in Pine Springs. His best friend’s sister captivates him more than he’d thought possible and she’s definitely off limits... -
Catching the Cowboy by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s fresh out of jail...He’s fresh out of luck.Spoiled billionaire heiress Emery Brighton indulges in one mimosa too many, attempts to steal a horse, and winds up in jail. A sentence of community service leaves her at the mercy of strangers on a remote ranch near a small town in Oregon...Categorized as:
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The Mechanics of Mistletoe by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBear Glover can be a grizzly or a teddy, and he's always thought he'd be just fine working his generational family ranch and going back to the ancient homestead alone. Then he meets and hires mechanic Samantha Benton. She's a genius with a wrench on Bear's tractors...and his heart... -
Just a Cowboy's Fairy Tale by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFormer firefighter Hines Cannon saved a life. But in the process, he lost his own. Hines Cannon, a recluse haunted by the scars of his heroic sacrifice, never expected to find love in the rural North Dakota town of Sweet Water.But when a freak accident leaves him helpless, Eliza Walton, the woman he once saved, becomes his lifeline... -
Summer Serenade by Melissa McClone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wanted to be a star—until he crushed her dreams in front of millions. When Ivy Quinn’s father dies, her dream of moving to Nashville gets put on hold, but she isn’t giving up on a music career. At least not until country superstar Nash Bennett delivers a devastating critique of her audition…on national television. Returning home to her supportive family and a stable job makes the most sense... -
Landscaping Love by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe hired her to landscape the yard, but she's going to make him re-evaluate who he lets into his heart. Rhodes Quinn is only months away from taking over Quinn Valley Ranch, and he doesn't have time to deal with water leaking into the basement at the homestead. But since it's his future home, he hires a landscape architect to get things right with the yard... -
The Hope We Share by Juliette Duncan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the Master Potter work in Rachel and Andrew’s hearts and give them a second chance at love? Rachel Jennings’ unwillingness to forgive God for her twin sister’s death when they were twelve has made her bitter and rebellious. Now, approaching thirty, Rachel flees an unhealthy relationship and heads north with her son, Joshua... -
A Simple Kiss: Amish Romance by Samantha Price
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLooking after everyone else is how Florence Baker lived her life. She was determined to set a standard for her younger step-sisters to follow. When Ezequiel Troyer came to dinner, Florence knew he would make her the perfect husband, but that didn’t stop her thinking about the mysterious neighbor next door. However, daydreams were one thing, and reality was another...Categorized as:
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When I Come Home Again by Jennifer Rodewald
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a family crisis calls him back to Big Prairie, will Craig Erikson be able to work through past mistakes and the tragedy that had sent him searching for a new place to call home? Brenna Blaum had been sure of three things in her life—her brother, her running, and her dad’s star receiver. But in a matter of a year’s time, everything she’d counted on fell apart, leaving her devastated...Categorized as:
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Mistaking the Cowboy by Mandi Blake
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe kissed the wrong cowboy, but what if he was the right one?Haley Meadows was so excited to meet the man she’d been chatting with online that she greeted him with a kiss only to find out she’d planted a big, messy, passionate wet one on his brother instead! She has to spend the rest of her vacation at Blackwater Ranch pretending that she didn’t kiss the wrong cowboy and like it...Categorized as:
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Catching the Cowboy: A Royal Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cowboy who can't get off the ranch to meet anyone, a stylist who hasn't been on a second date in a year, and the relationship that starts when they're stranded in a cabin together... Cowboy Dylan Royal is good at two things: whistling and caring for cattle. When his cows are being attacked by an unknown wild animal, he calls Texas Parks & Wildlife for help... -
Cheering the Cowboy: A Royal Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cowboy with anger management issues, the woman whose ranch he "stole," and their chance to get everything they want for Christmas...including each other. Austin Royal loves his life on his new ranch with his brothers. But he doesn't love that Shayleigh Hatch came with the property, nor that he has to take the blame for the fact that he now owns her childhood ranch... -
A Time to Care by Juliette Duncan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’ve tied the knot, but will their love last the distance? Wendy didn’t expect to find love again after losing her beloved husband of over 30 years to a heart attack, but after being swept off her feet by a silver-haired Texan cowboy she met in a Dublin hotel, their relationship bloomed, and she agreed to marry him... -
Amish Family Secrets: Amish Romance by Samantha Price
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLies have been told. Secrets have been kept...
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