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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...
  • 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...
  • Seducing Sawyer by Melanie Shawn

    Seducing Sawyer by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stand-alone Wishing Well, Texas romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way! I had to keep my distance… Sawyer Briggs could admit that she was all he ever thought about, but the tall, sexy alpha knew that if he truly wanted what was best for her, he would stay away… It's now or never… Delilah Turner was ready to go for who she really wanted! The curvaceous...
  • Texas Gift by R.J. Scott

    Texas Gift by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Hayley arrived on the steps of the D, Riley and Jack knew life would never be the same. Told through Riley and Jack’s eyes, this is ten years in the life of their family and watching Hayley grow up, fall in love, and start her own life. Hurricanes, illness, babies, happiness, sadness, work, play, the barn, the office, horses, friends, enemies, and above all love...
  • The Slade Brothers: A Complete Small Town Contemporary Romance Collection by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil

    The Slade Brothers: A Complete Small Town Contemporary Romance Collection by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet the Slade Brothers. Brooding. Protective AF. Rich and drop-dead delicious. If you love small-town love stories full of alpha men who will stop at nothing to claim the women they love then grab this complete best-selling Slade Brothers Series in one steamy collection. Books Included:Billionaire's Unexpected BrideI don’t break rules. EVER.1. NEVER mix business with pleasure.2...
  • Kiss A Cowboy (Kiss A Cowboy Series) by Deanna Lynn Sletten

    Kiss A Cowboy (Kiss A Cowboy Series) by Deanna Lynn Sletten

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New Release! Sometimes fate steps in and changes everything... Andi Stevens drives away from her home town of Seattle and says goodbye to her sister to begin a new life with her fiancé in Buffalo, New York. When her car breaks down in the mountains of Montana, she reluctantly knocks on the door of a cabin for help...
  • 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...
  • Wild Ride by Lorelei James, Moira Keith

    Wild Ride by Lorelei James, Moira Keith

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BUCKLING DOWN by Moira Keith Levi McKenna heads to Las Vegas with one simple goal: win the rodeo and cement his place in rodeo history. Then Lady Luck throws a wild card into the deck—Sydney Hart. Time and distance haven’t dulled the sharp edge of their attraction, but thanks to a long-ago promise, she will always be the forbidden fruit dangling just out of reach...
  • His Christmas Cowgirl by Alissa Callen

    His Christmas Cowgirl by Alissa Callen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Headstrong cowgirl Peta Dixon has put her life on hold this Christmas to prove she can run her ranch as well as any man. There isn’t anything she can’t ride, fix, or stare down, and the only things to scare her are long hemlines and sky-high heels. Self-made rancher Garrett Ross normally doesn't take orders – he gives them...
  • 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...
  • Anchored in Alaska by Kirsten Osbourne

    Anchored in Alaska by Kirsten Osbourne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beverly Snow lived a charmed life until a car accident when she was eighteen. She lost her father and sister, and her mother became a quadriplegic all in one night. After giving up her own life for twenty years to care for her mother, she’s at loose ends in the midst of her grief with her mother’s passing...
  • Wild West Boys by Lorelei James

    Wild West Boys by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mistress Christmas When she fills in at a Christmas-themed strip club, Holly fears she'll be recognized--or exposed as a fraud. Instead she's shocked at how deliciously wicked the velvet mask and Mrs.-Claus-as-dominatrix outfit feel. Nick is determined to find out who robbed his friend at the club...
  • Montana Darling by Debra Salonen

    Montana Darling by Debra Salonen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her marriage. Her job. Her body image. Mia beat cancer and is ready to rebuild her life in her hometown of Marietta, Montana. Literally. Her first order of business is to build a house on the ten-acre parcel she was awarded in her divorce settlement. And she's damned if she'll let some stranger camp on her land and claim squatter's rights. So maybe he's not a squatter...
  • 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..
  • Megan's Hero by Sharon Gillenwater

    Megan's Hero by Sharon Gillenwater

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Six months pregnant, unmarried, broke, and alone, Megan Smith doesn't think things can get much worse--and then they do. Stuck on the road without shelter when a tornado appears, Megan barely escapes with her life. And when Will Callahan comes upon her in the road, her life will never be the same...
  • The Cowboy Imports a Bride by Cora Seton

    The Cowboy Imports a Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rob Matheson's a fighter. Flattening enemies with his fists or with his legendary practical jokes, he's a tough enemy, and a troublesome friend. But Rob doesn't know how much longer he can keep up the act. As his buddies get married one by one, he's left with his lonely life - and the sinking feeling he lost more than his dreams when he traded them for a thick skin...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 . .
  • One Night With You by Francis Ray

    One Night With You by Francis Ray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cougars, brush fires, snow storms—rancher Duncan McBride tackles it all without a flinch. But the archeologist who’s come to authenticate cave drawings found on his property is the kind of trouble he’d sworn to avoid. Far from the aging academic he was expecting, Raven La Blanc is a stunning woman…and definitely not sticking around this small Montana town once her job is done...
  • 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...
  • Crossing the Line by Kimberly Kincaid

    Crossing the Line by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cocky farmer Eli Cross plays twice as hard as he works. When his latest stunt drums up a heap of negative PR for the family farm, he grudgingly agrees to play host to an ambitious New York City photographer. Her feature on Cross Creek could be just the ticket to show the country what the Cross brothers do best…which is more problem than solution for Eli...
  • The Second Chance Rancher by Kate Pearce

    The Second Chance Rancher by Kate Pearce

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It might be the pride of hard work on rugged terrain, the welcoming community, or the memories—but wherever the folks of Morgantown may roam, they have a way of coming back to the ranch . . .   There’s a reason Jackson Lymond left the Air Force, but he’s not telling a soul...
  • Baby-Daddy Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Baby-Daddy Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s all fun and games until… oh, baby!CJ Andrews loved every second of his brief affair with beautiful and witty Isabel Ricchetti. Under different circumstances, she could have been the one. Too bad her coffee shop is in Seattle, not Apple Grove, Montana.But when a failed condom turns their carefree fling into a serious commitment, CJ’s priorities shift...
  • Emily's Chance: Christian Contemporary Western Small-town Romance by Sharon Gillenwater

    Emily's Chance: Christian Contemporary Western Small-town Romance by Sharon Gillenwater

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Emily Rose may be in the tiny West Texas town of Callahan Crossing for the moment, but it's just a rung on her ladder to success. Her work at the Callahan Crossing historical society will look good on her ever-growing resume as she attempts to break into the prestigious world of a big city museum curator...
  • His Christmas Bride by Lara Van Hulzen

    His Christmas Bride by Lara Van Hulzen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lucas lives in New York, but he's always loved Marietta. When he gets engaged, he decides Montana is exactly the place to get married. Tanner Ranch brings back happy memories of horseback riding and summer nights under the stars making it the perfect place to hold his wedding...
  • Blue Moon Over Texas by Tori Scott

    Blue Moon Over Texas by Tori Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Two of the Lone Star Cowboys Series and the sequel to Blame it on Texas. Carol and Jake were high school sweethearts, but when she chose college over marriage, it cut Jake to the core. When they finally had a second chance at love, she chose to help her brother win custody of his daughter by moving to Dallas to live with them, leaving Jake once again...
  • Bobby Does Dallas by Sable Hunter

    Bobby Does Dallas by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bobby Stewart is a man of many talents. He can ride a bull, catch a football and please a woman - its all in a day's work for one of the most eligible bachelors in the Texas Hill Country. He's wanted by the Dallas Cowboys and half the female population of the Lone Star State. But one stormy night, he meets Cecile Fairchild and she turns his world upside down...
  • Texas Treasure by Sharon Gillenwater

    Texas Treasure by Sharon Gillenwater

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christian Contemporary Romance Buckley, Texas Series -- Book 2 Deeply wounded by the infidelity of his late wife, widower Grant Adams has stuck to his vow to avoid all women. But when bright, bubbly antiques dealer Dawn Carson enters his life, he is unexpectedly touched by her gentle spirit...
  • The Rancher’s Second Chance by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North

    The Rancher’s Second Chance by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Samantha Jenson likes things ordered. She’s managed to carefully plot out her life, creating lists along the way to keep her on track: Leave small town. No more cowboys—especially him. Get educated. Don’t even think about him. Become a professor. So far, she’s put a check in every box but the last...
  • A Cowboy to Keep by Barbara Ankrum

    A Cowboy to Keep by Barbara Ankrum

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the run from her past, photographer Ali Thibeaux arrives undercover in Marietta to find her biological half-sister. Plan A: Meet Olivia, photograph her wedding, and disappear before endangering anyone. Plan B: All hell breaks loose. Reclusive rancher Adam Wolfe’s only plan when he hires Ali to manage his dysfunctional household is to go on hiding from the world...
  • Brody: The Long Road Home by Jan Scarbrough

    Brody: The Long Road Home by Jan Scarbrough

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Champion bull rider Brody Caldera returns home after his stepfather’s accident only to discover things have changed big time. When rancher James McKenna is critically injured in a riding accident, his wife calls his daughter and stepson home for a family meeting. Ironically, home is just where stepson Brody Caldera wants to be. He’s taking stock of his life—past, present, and future...
  • Saddles and Soot by Cynthia D'Alba

    Saddles and Soot by Cynthia D'Alba

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Veterinarian Georgina Greyson will only be in Whispering Springs for three months covering for the town veterinarian while he is on a research trip. She isn’t looking for love or roots, just maybe a good time before she moves on. When his parents leave on their dream fantasy RV trip, Tanner Marshall is left in charge of his family’s cattle ranch, as well as his two younger brothers and sister...
  • Falling for a Texas Hellion by Katie Lane

    Falling for a Texas Hellion by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can This Hellion Resist Hot Summer Love? Becky Arrington isn’t a daydreaming country girl just waiting for a handsome cowboy to come rescue her. She’s a strong, determined woman who can run a ranch as well as any man. To prove it, she needs a ranch all her own, and she has the perfect place in mind...
  • The Rebel and the Cowboy by Sarah Mayberry

    The Rebel and the Cowboy by Sarah Mayberry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Casey Carmody may be the dreamer in his family, but he’s a born-and-bred cowboy. His days are spent on the family ranch while his nights belong to his band and the music they create. Casey would never dream of walking away from his responsibilities to pursue a career in music – until he meets urban artist Eva King.Eva has always been a rebel...
  • Wishing in Wisconsin by Kirsten Osbourne

    Wishing in Wisconsin by Kirsten Osbourne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cindy Lambert thought she was done with the small town of Blevins, Wisconsin, but here she is, back in her home town, managing a bed and breakfast and following her grandmother's dream. The problem is, she's tired of being alone, and there are no single men for miles that she's interested in. Plus, with her busy schedule, she has no time to date anyway...
  • Tutu's & Cowboy Boots: Part One by Casey Peeler

    Tutu's & Cowboy Boots: Part One by Casey Peeler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cadence Lewis has been dancing since she could walk. Living in New York with her parents she has the chance to go to the best dance school in the country, but when her father does the unthinkable she’s forced to leave her dreams behind and move to a small southern town with her mom. Cadence is having a hard time adjusting to her new life when she meets Jade Carpenter...
  • Want Me, Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne

    Want Me, Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cowboy Luke Wilder only wanted a beer at Grey’s Saloon. Instead he ends up in a fight with a brother he never knew and dumped by a fiery red headed bull breeder he only asked to dance. So much for keeping a low profile. But Luke Wilder is stubborn, and no woman’s ever said no to him twice, in business or pleasure...
  • Midnight with You by Cheyenne McCray

    Midnight with You by Cheyenne McCray

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Bailey McBride finishes grad school, her four older brothers give her the gift of a lifetime—a trip to a Hawaiian paradise. She’s looking to relax before diving into her professional plans full force. Seth Greer, a Montana rodeo cowboy, is on the island to guest star in a charity island rodeo. He’s got several possibilities for a good career and life lined up...
  • Montana Maverick by Debra Salonen

    Montana Maverick by Debra Salonen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for- Meg Zabrinski wants a child. She's a successful scientist, a well-known environmental advocate, and a tenured professor. She doesn't need a man in her life to make this happen. But having a baby alone is a weighty decision, so she retreats to her isolated mountain cabin to write and think...
  • Smolder by Tracy Solheim

    Smolder by Tracy Solheim

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former Army Ranger, Sam Gaskill, is starting over in Glacier Creek, Montana - far away from the plains of Texas and the memories of his late wife. Taking charge as the new captain of a squad of smoke jumpers should provide him with enough adrenaline to chase away the ghosts from his past...
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