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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... -
![Her Cowboy Billionaire Beast by Liz Isaacson]()
Her Cowboy Billionaire Beast by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratings...Categorized as:
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![The Secret of Santa by Liz Isaacson]()
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]()
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... -
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![Not Until Someday: A Christian Romance by Valerie M. Bodden]()
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... -
![The Harmony of Holly: Glover Family Saga & Christian Romance by Liz Isaacson]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![Rugged Cowboy by Elana Johnson]()
Rugged Cowboy by Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe's a cowboy mechanic with two kids and an ex-wife on the run. She connects better to horses than humans. Can Dallas and Jess find their way to each other at Hope Eternal Ranch?Dallas Dreyer was once a decorated surgeon... -
![A Nanny for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart]()
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]()
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... -
![Eight Second Ride by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson]()
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... -
![Cowboys & Christmas Kisses by Natalie Dean]()
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... -
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![Grumpy Cowboy by Elana Johnson]()
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... -
![Bungalow by the Bay by Kay Correll]()
Bungalow by the Bay by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaybe there’s time for one last wish at Lighthouse Point… Courtney Davis is perfectly content with the new life she’s found for herself and her son on Belle Island. They are finally safe from her past. AJ Hamilton can’t shake his past. He finished trying to prove to his family, the media, or anyone else that he’s anything more than the black sheep of the wealthy Hamilton family... -
![Her Fake-Fiance Cowboy Protector by Natalie Dean]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![Mending Fences by Suzanne Woods Fisher]()
Mending Fences by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEvery saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him.Amos and Fern Lapp allow Luke to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions... -
![The Cowboy's Marriage Mistake by Jessie Gussman]()
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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![A Change of Heart: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan]()
A Change of Heart: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis Christian romance novel of 80,000 words is the second book in The Callaghans & McFaddens series from author Kimberly Rae Jordan. A HANDFUL OF FLOWERS (ASIN: B01APAIXM6) is the prequel to this series. NOTE: This book is also part of the boxed set, WHISPERS OF LOVE (ASIN: B01DMH1FME) which release June 2016. Makayla McFadden has been part of her family’s business since it started... -
![Country Romance by Carolyne Aarsen]()
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... -
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![Cowboys Don't Buy Their Bride at Auction by Jessie Gussman]()
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... -
![The Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman]()
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]()
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]()
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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![Cottage near the Point by Kay Correll]()
Cottage near the Point by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes trying to atone for mistakes only makes things worse… Sammy Thompson would love to erase her one big regret in life. A mistake that tore her family apart. A mistake that caused her to flee Belle Island years ago. Now she’s returned and certain if she buys back Bellemire Cottage it will lessen some of the pain she caused... -
![All That It Takes by Nicole Deese]()
All That It Takes by Nicole Deese
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the ever-cautious Val Locklier finally agrees to a cross-country move with her nine-year-old son to take a job with her best friend, Molly, everything she had planned for the future unravels within the first week. After pushing aside her anxieties about renting an apartment from Molly's twin brother, whom she barely knows, she accepts an invitation for an elite filmmaker's mentorship... -
![Claiming the Cowboy by Liz Isaacson]()
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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![Bring Me Back by Jessie Gussman]()
Bring Me Back by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA driven company executive and a hard-working mechanic must set aside their differences and try to work together.After spending the last fourteen years raising his twin sisters, Ben Baxter is ready to start his own diesel repair business. But the big trucking company he works for asks him to move to Pennsylvania and manage their home terminal shop, which is located in his home town... -
![Cherish Me by Autumn Macarthur]()
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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![Seeking Home by Carolyne Aarsen]()
Seeking Home by Carolyne Aarsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSabine Radowski’s rocky childhood left her looking for a stable future for her daughter. So when the insurance payment arrives from her estranged husband’s passing, she brings her dream alive and buys a ranch... -
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![Being Known by Robin Jones Gunn]()
Being Known by Robin Jones Gunn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter her mom passed away, Jennalyn was in the midst of moving, having a baby, and helping her husband work toward his dream job. At the time, she thought she processed the shock and loss, but only now that Jennalyn has two small children, a lovely new home, a lucrative side hustle with her art, and a husband who is always working does she feel the full impact of the loss... -
![Ever Caring by Carolyne Aarsen]()
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... -
![A Cowboy and his Fake Marriage: A Western Cowboy Sweet Romance by Emmy Eugene]()
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]()
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... -
![Lucky Number Thirteen by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson]()
Lucky Number Thirteen by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA bonus novella in the #1 bestselling Three Rivers Ranch Romance series, featuring Tanner Wolf! Tanner's in Three Rivers, a changed man, to compete in the rodeo. He's glad to be forgiven of the misdeeds he's done, and he looks to his friends in Three Rivers as examples. He's ridden hundreds of bulls over the years, but when he draws Lucky Number Thirteen, the personal stakes for winning go up... -
![Catching the Cowboy by Shanna Hatfield]()
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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![Calvin by Katharine E. Hamilton]()
Calvin by Katharine E. Hamilton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlice Wilkenson grew up with the Hastings brothers. She's always viewed them as family more than friends, and the feeling is mutual. Annoying, interfering, and frustrating to have seven brothers constantly on the look out for you. But one brother starts keeping a closer eye on Alice than the others: Calvin.Calvin Hastings works hard on the family ranch...Categorized as:
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![Love at the Lighthouse by Kay Correll]()
Love at the Lighthouse by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGaining her independence has been hard-won, but Susan Hall’s love of Belle Island and the small inn she runs with her son has seen her through. Adam Lyons needs money… and not only for himself. With a raise and a promotion on the line, he comes to Belle Island to convince the owner of a quaint inn to sell it to his company... -
![Return to the Island by Kay Correll]()
Return to the Island by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes the universe takes everything away… Sometimes it gives back in unexpected ways. Tally is perfectly content living her life on Belle Island and running Magic Cafe. She has all she’ll ever need or want. At least all she’ll let herself need or want. Eddie Williams returns to the island, searching for answers, determined to meet the son he never knew he had... -
![The Mechanics of Mistletoe by Liz Isaacson]()
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... -
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![The Wonder of You by Susan May Warren]()
The Wonder of You by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMortified after her semester abroad is cut short, Amelia Christiansen returns to Deep Haven, certain she isn’t brave enough for the adventures she’s dreamed of. The last thing she expects is for the man who broke her heart to cross the Atlantic and beg forgiveness. Heir to a European hotel dynasty, Roark St... -
![Heartland Faith by Jessie Gussman]()
Heartland Faith by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe made a mistake and married the wrong man.Once the vows were said, she had to keep them. After all, they were said to God just as much as to her loser, neglectful husband.And so for fifteen years and four children, Carmen Davis stayed true, kept her word and did her level best to love the man she married... -
![A Courtship on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand]()
A Courtship on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's nothing Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin’s irrepressible eighty-somethings Anna and Felty Helmuth like better than a challenge. And the chance to matchmake their feisty granddaughter is their most delightful task yet… Elsie Helmuth’s plain-spoken ways got her in trouble once before, so she needs to make a good impression at her new teaching job in Huckleberry Hill... -
![Summer Serenade by Melissa McClone]()
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]()
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... -
![A Simple Kiss: Amish Romance by Samantha Price]()
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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