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  • Nick & Cindy by Cee Bowerman

    Nick & Cindy by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nick and Cindy are living the fairy tale, or at least, that’s what someone who doesn’t know them well might think. A handsome police officer who marries a caring nurse before they ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after is exactly what fairy tales are made of, right?But in almost every fairy tale, there is a villain that the handsome prince slays for his princess...
  • No Coming Back: Cross Creek Ranch by Janice Whiteaker

    No Coming Back: Cross Creek Ranch by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Don’t have a one-night stand in a small town.Not unless you’re real comfortable facing down your bad decisions in the daylight.It’s a lesson Amelie Gable learned the hard way.Which was turning out to be a recurring theme in her life since it was a string of hard lessons that led to her falling into bed with the first blue-eyed cowboy that said, yes ma’am to her...
  • Brendon by Nicole Edwards

    Brendon by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling indie author Nicole Edwards comes the final scorching installment in her Alluring Indulgence series, erotic romances featuring the Texan Walker brothers and their sizzling-hot love interests. Brendon Walker’s life was altered drastically when his twin brother fell in love...
  • Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This ain’t no love triangle. This is people not knowing when to let fate do its thing. Brody Tannen has been the boss for way too long, putting everyone’s needs above his own. It’s the way his family farm stood while fate took shot after shot against them. But now he’s got a chance to figure things out for himself...
  • Racing Hearts by Lauren Landish

    Racing Hearts by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A tomboy tames the cocky cowboy next door in Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestselling author Lauren Landish’s forbidden romance. Luke is damn near invisible, or at least that’s how he usually feels. He takes care of things around the ranch before his boss-brother even knows there’s a problem, and no one even notices when he's done...
  • Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Linc liked an uncomplicated life.He didn’t need much. A cold beer after a hard day’s work. A comfy bed. Good food. And a soft, sweet woman. A Little he could coddle, love and discipline.When he met Marisol, he thought he’d finally found her.Hmm . . . remember that uncomplicated life he enjoyed? Turns out that Mari’s life is anything but simple...
  • Rocky Mountain Home by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Home by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The FINAL NOVEL in the bestselling SIX PACK RANCH series by New York Times Bestselling Author Vivian Arend. ------------- There’s no distance you can run to escape the past. Too stubborn to face his sins, Jesse Coleman bolted from the Six Pack Ranch, only to fall straight into the arms of a beautiful stranger...
  • Get Bucked by Lani Lynn Vale

    Get Bucked by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Darby has always been ‘that’ guy.The guy that no man, woman, or child wants around their loved one.See, a long time ago he made some bad decisions. Those bad decisions have haunted him ever since. No matter what he does, people still see him as the town’s screw up. The boy that sold his soul to the Devil. Years later, he’s turned himself around...
  • Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The second novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series turns up the emotion with a story about finding true love and healing broken hearts.Grieving the loss of her fiancé two years ago, Kaylee longs for a fresh start...
  • Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Gemma Wells came to Bliss, Colorado, after a scandal cost her everything. Utterly lost, the disgraced attorney built walls so high that she thinks no one can get through them. She’s given up on love, friendship, and all matters of the heart...
  • Daddy's Lost Love by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Lost Love by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Daisy is a Little fending for herself in a scary world. All her life she’s taken care of everyone else. And she’s completely drained. She needed a change of pace. She never expected that moving forward would bring her straight back to her past. And the boy she’d been forced to leave so many years ago. Only, he’s no longer a boy. He’s hard. Rough. Stern. Dominant. He both arouses and terrifies her...
  • Romancing the Cowboy (Galentine's Getaway) by Nichole Rose

    Romancing the Cowboy (Galentine's Getaway) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When this older cowboy rescues a hot mess author from a crazy bull, she learns a whole lot more than she anticipated. If growly cowboys, sassy heroines, and laugh-out-loud comedy make your heart pitter-patter, you'll love Cord and Cassia's steamy-sweet story!Spying on a bossy cowboy lands this hot mess romance author in hot water.Cassia MurphyI'm used to getting fan mail from readers...
  • Kissing Beau by Melanie Shawn

    Kissing Beau by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stand-alone Wishing Well, Texas romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way!Beau BriggsExes and weddings don't mix.I'd never been a big fan of weddings...
  • Wicked in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Wicked in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He gets shot. She saves his life. But can their love survive his wicked lifestyle?AdrianaI’ve heard of the Knight Brothers.They’re dangerous.Exactly the sort of men I avoid.But when one of them lands bleeding on my doorstep…I have to save him.Levi is strong, sexy, and he gives love a bad name...
  • Commanding the Curvy Girl by Nichole Rose

    Commanding the Curvy Girl by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To save a curvy dispatcher and win her heart, this detective will do whatever it takes. Even if it means answering every outrageous call in Silver Spoon Falls.EastonTaking a bullet was supposed to be as bad as things could get.And then I moved to Silver Spoon Falls.There is nothing easy about life in this crazy small town.Especially when a curvy little dispatcher decides she doesn't like me...
  • Perfect Song by Lauren Runow

    Perfect Song by Lauren Runow

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I came back to Mason Creek when my life was turned upside down, both literally and figuratively. Scared and alone, I packed my belongings and left New York where I’ve made a career as a writer for a national publication to stay with my parents in the town so different than the big apple they might as well be on different planets...
  • The Cowboy Earns a Bride by Cora Seton

    The Cowboy Earns a Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wedding bells are ringing on the Double-Bar-K and Luke Matheson is determined to make his move on his favorite bridesmaid—sweet, sexy Mia Start. Though she's shared his house for more than two months, she's remained elusive. Luke's ready to cross that divide, and win her love for good...
  • Pure Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Pure Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bliss, Colorado, gave Hope McLean a second chance at life, but she's hiding a dark secret. Raised as brothers, James Glen and Noah Bennett always dreamed of finding a woman to share their lives on the Circle G ranch. James would run the ranch, while Noah served the town of Bliss as the resident vet...
  • Lone Star Ex-Con by Kat Baxter

    Lone Star Ex-Con by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Reverse Age-Gap/Curvy Girl RomanceMonroeI just got out of prison. I literally have blood on my hands. It doesn’t matter if it was an accident or even justified. I'm tainted. One look at the bespectacled, curvy librarian, and I’m hooked. Clean, educated, and polished, Callie is beautiful, sweet, and the sheriff’s sister. She’s the last person I should want because I’m the worst person for her...
  • Colorado Golden Sunrise by Jill Haymaker

    Colorado Golden Sunrise by Jill Haymaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forty-three year old, Kelly Charm, feels her life slipping away in Prairie, Nebraska. A single mom, she longs for a better life for herself and her teenage son, Ethan. Having scoured online job ads for months, she finally finds an ad for a hardware store manager in picturesque Peakview, Colorado and decides to take a chance...
  • Big Bossy Cowboy by Mia Brody

    Big Bossy Cowboy by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This over the top cowboy is bossy and big…and every inch is just for her. EvieThe persistent cowboy is everywhere I look. He's at my work. He's at my apartment. He's even in my bathtub.He says we're soulmates.He says we're inevitable.I say he's wrong.GreerThe curvy little spitfire is everywhere I go. At her workplace. At her apartment. In her bathtub...
  • Ridden Hard by Kim Loraine

    Ridden Hard by Kim Loraine

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the wild one. The Ryker brother who'd rather have more notches on his bedpost than rodeo championships.I'm good with horses, even better with women. I've been warned that sowing my oats might have consequences, but I'm always careful. And there's nothing wrong with having a little fun.But the truth is I want more than fun. I want it all. With the right girl...
  • Thick Thighs Save Lives by C.L. Cruz

    Thick Thighs Save Lives by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a single mom with the world on her shoulders. He’s a mechanic who wants to help. Will they slam the brakes on their love or find their way down the road to happiness?IvyI used to have it all figured out—marriage plus baby equals happily ever after.And then my husband leaves me just when I need him the most.It seems like things can’t get any worse..
  • Romancing the Mountain Man (Galentine's Getaway) by Kat Baxter

    Romancing the Mountain Man (Galentine's Getaway) by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Grumpy Meets Sunshine/Curvy Girl RomancePaigeThere was really no way for me to know that the helpful woman from the sheriff’s office who gave me a camping permit was sending me to camp on her brother’s land in a misguided attempt at matchmaking. Or that he’d be so annoyed when he found me setting up my tent...
  • Lone Star Playboy by Kat Baxter

    Lone Star Playboy by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HayesSaddle Creek was a great place to grow up, but I got out as soon as I could. I go back to visit my siblings, but there is nothing in the world that could lure me back there for good. Until I meet Rory Reynolds, a delectable, sassy-mouthed bombshell. Now, for the first time in my life, I want to give up my one-and-done ways and settle down, even if it means returning to Saddle Creek for good...
  • Country Thunder by Cheyenne McCray

    Country Thunder by Cheyenne McCray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Miranda Hawthorne has made a new start in the small town of King Creek, Arizona. She’s a horse therapist who works with children and adults with disabilities and is perfectly fine being single and living a fulfilling life helping others. After what her ex put her through, she doesn’t need a man, thank you very much...
  • Jensen by Kali Hart

    Jensen by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    JensenI swore off women years ago, sick and tired of watching all those closest to me suffering from relationships gone sour.I’m a loner.I don’t need anyone except my dog.But when I meet my buddy’s wife’s sister Nova, I’m drawn to her in a way I can’t fight.I quickly find myself at the mercy of this charming curvy beauty.She fills a part of me I never knew needed to be whole...
  • The Cowboy's Outlaw Bride by Cora Seton

    The Cowboy's Outlaw Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coopers: 1, Turners 0. Noah Turner’s losing a war with his heart—and a war with his neighbors. Competing with the Coopers for the Founder’s Prize—and the Ridley property, the prime ranch land it confers—has pitted him against the woman of his dreams. The one woman he’s not supposed to love: Olivia Cooper. Olivia knows loving Noah is all wrong...
  • Lone Star Best Friend by Kat Baxter

    Lone Star Best Friend by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Friends-to-lovers/Curvy Girl RomanceJohnnyHarper Rhodes and I were just kids when we promised to be each other’s first everything. I’m not sure if she thought I was kidding or lying. All I know is she’s left town because she thinks I got another woman pregnant. Little does she know I’ve been saving everything for her. Every kiss. Every touch. Every filthy-fueled fantasy. I’m tired of waiting...
  • Mother Bucker by Elle Thorpe

    Mother Bucker by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Getting pregnant then realising your baby daddy is a cheating, lying, scumbag? That happened.But then Abel James walks into my life. One hot look from the broad-shouldered cowboy and I’m ready for all the sexy fun I won’t be having once I start showing.Only one problem. He’s my father’s best friend and almost twenty years older than me.He’s off limits. I’m completely forbidden...
  • Her Unbridled Cowboy by Donna Michaels

    Her Unbridled Cowboy by Donna Michaels

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Homeless and unemployed thanks to an earthquake, divorced California chef Kerri Masters agrees to head back to her hometown to help plan her sister’s Texas wedding. It must be her weakened state that has her eyeing the neighbor she used to follow around as a child. Her tastes tend towards gentlemen in suits, cultured, and neatly groomed— not a dimple-glaring, giant of a cowboy...
  • Wrangled by Vanessa Vale

    Wrangled by Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pushed by her driven mother to become the best in her field, Penny believes Fate has stepped in when she receives word she isn't just an heiress to Steele Ranch, but had a father she never knew. She takes her chance to break free from the family she never truly felt a part of and heads to Barlow, Montana...
  • Southern Devotion by Kaylee Ryan

    Southern Devotion by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Surprise me,” the words fell from my lips before I even realized what I was saying. Didn’t matter though, they were true. I’m ready to start our forever. I want the future he and I have spent hours talking about, but I’ve never had the courage to reach out and grab it. Now I do. I knew on our first date; she was the girl I was going to marry. I told her so every chance I could get...
  • Counting on the Cowboy by Karen Foley

    Counting on the Cowboy by Karen Foley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It will take all he has to keep her safeLuke Claiborne is back in Last Stand, Texas, after a combat injury ends his career as a military K9 handler. Without his working dog by his side, he’s lost his purpose – until he meets a sexy wildlife rehabber who seems determined to save every animal in town...
  • Auctioned to the Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Auctioned to the Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve been in love with Cole Rogers, the cowboy next door, for as long as I can remember.Not for his money, but for his hard work, heart and protectiveness towards me. All he sees when he looks at me though is the tomboy working my daddy’s ranch.When my ranch is in financial danger, I sign up to sell the only thing I own of worth: my v-card...
  • A Simple Life by Melanie Moreland

    A Simple Life by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From NYT bestselling author Melanie Moreland comes a feuding to lovers standalone romance -John Elliott is a busy man. He runs his farm and his business, keeping to himself, with no time for anything else in his life.Quinn Harper is a single mother, looking for a fresh start.The small town she picked seemed perfect—until her first run-in with John...
  • His Hard Mountain Wood by Madison Faye

    His Hard Mountain Wood by Madison Faye

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Outlaw, filthy biker, mechanic…single father. For the roughest alpha on the mountain, it’s his way or the hard way. For one lucky lady, it’s about to be both . Rough. Wild. Savage . I was a lot of things before I left the outlaw life behind. Blackthorn Mountain was a fresh start. No drama, no distractions. Nothing but me, my bike shop, and my little girl...
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  • Prairie Heat by Tessa Layne

    Prairie Heat by Tessa Layne

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Rancher's SonCowboy Blake Sinclaire is determined not to repeat the sins of his father. That means choosing to love no one and save the settling down for his younger brothers. But one woman has thrown a wrench in those plans – Maddie Hansen, the sexy scientist who also happens to be the daughter of his family’s greatest enemy...
  • Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Matt Coleman always figured at this point in his life, he d be settled down with a family. Since his ex split for the big city, though, no way will he give anyone else the chance to drop-kick his heart. Physical pleasure? Hell, yeah, he ll take and give with gusto, but nothing more...
  • 817 Fireman Ln. by Hope Ford

    817 Fireman Ln. by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He wants to save her… even from himself.Kent is a widower and fights fires like he has nothing to lose.He knows he’ll never find love again and he doesn’t even want to try.But when the new recruit is hired at the fire station, she’s brave, bubbly and beautiful.Kelli is a firewoman with something to prove.She knows she can do this, even though Kent questions her every move...
  • Redeemed Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Redeemed Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about a frumpy administrative assistant with a secret crush that discovers sometimes even playboy cowboys can change their ways.MiaI’ve always been the ugly duckling. I never expected my Prince Charming to be wearing Wranglers and dusty cowboy boots.Crushing on one of my hot cowboy bosses isn’t smart...
  • The Rancher's Rose: Ranchers Only Series by Elle Christensen

    The Rancher's Rose: Ranchers Only Series by Elle Christensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When forbidden sparks ignite, they’ll have to choose whether to burn or snuff out the fire. Rose Locke has loved Garrison Keeler since she was fourteen-years-old. He drove her crazy, treating her like his annoying baby sister, but she was convinced that one day when she was all grown up, everything would change...
  • Hailey by ChaShiree M., M.K. Moore

    Hailey by ChaShiree M., M.K. Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hailey I thought I knew. I thought I knew what life had in store for me. Until the day I met HIM. Until the moment he said hello. Until the second he touched me. Until the times he made love to me over and over claiming me EVERY. TIME. Then our time was up, and I left my heart with him. Fate brought us back together. But, does he still want me, as much as I want him? Plans be damned...
  • Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw

    Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AddysonLife just threw me a curveball. I have to find a new place to live, but it must be in-district, because my son has his heart set on riding the bus to his first day of kindergarten.When my brother’s sexy best friend suggests we move in with him, I have to remind myself the offer was for his spare bedrooms… not his bed...
  • Texas Lullaby by Cynthia D'Alba

    Texas Lullaby by Cynthia D'Alba

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Winner - Holt Medallion Best Short Contemporary for 2016 Sometimes what you think you don’t want is exactly what you need. After a long four-year engagement, Lydia Henson makes her decision. Forced to choice between having a family or marrying a man who adamantly against fathering children, she chooses the man. She can live without children. She can’t live without the man she loves...
  • Merrrick by Lana Dash

    Merrrick by Lana Dash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Handsome Cowboy by Lori Wilde, Liz Alvin

    Handsome Cowboy by Lori Wilde, Liz Alvin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jared Kendrick knows in his cowboy gut that Leigh is the one for him. All he has to do is convince her. Ha! She wants to celebrate her singleness and not get hog-tied to a relationship...
  • Montana Inspired by Kim Law

    Montana Inspired by Kim Law

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Passion ignites when two longtime friends find themselves in the right place at the right time.Jewel Jackson has pined for Bobby Brandon for years. He’s been “with his soulmate” since high school, so pining was all she ever expected. However, when he returns home to help out with his family’s stock contracting business, he shows up sans fiancée and suddenly looking at Jewel in a whole new light...
  • Grading Curve by Emily Bunney

    Grading Curve by Emily Bunney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a feisty, curvy school principal moves to a sleepy coastal town for a fresh start, she has no idea she'll find love in an unexpected way.JessAfter years in an unhappy marriage, Jess leaves everything behind for a new town and a new job. The only thing missing is a new relationship...
  • Protect My Heart by Kat Baxter

    Protect My Heart by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FletcherI’m a rule-follower, by nature, and I never set out to cause conflict. Until Daphne Whitmore. The truth is, she’s my best friend’s younger sister and therefore she’s off-limits, completely forbidden. I’ve never wanted a woman more. I know that one taste of her will never be enough, especially after I steal a very public kiss. Now I’m committed to claiming her as my own...
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