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  • Rough Country by Lauren Landish

    Rough Country by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Is it really a dream come true if it means losing the one thing you never knew you needed? Willow Parker is excited to move to Podunk, Nowheres-ville. That’s what she’s telling herself, but it’s not working until she meets a dark-eyed, honey-voiced cowboy. That’s when her new small-town life starts looking a lot less temporary...
  • 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...
  • Perfect Secret by Molly McLain

    Perfect Secret by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m done with men. Or at least I thought I was until I found Holden standing in my shower, naked, wet, and built like he could break my heart...and my bed...
  • Cowboy Seeking A Wedding Date by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Cowboy Seeking A Wedding Date by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nora Levitt is at a crossroads.After a messy breakup that left her with no home and no friends, the prospect of taking some time far away to regroup seemed appealing.That was until she saw exactly what awaited her in Moss Creek, Montana.Nothing. Nothing awaited her.The place is just fields and pastures.And cowboys. Lots and lots of cowboys.Which would be great if she was looking for a cowboy...
  • Stay With You by Melanie Shawn

    Stay With You by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just when Chrissy Caldwell thought things couldn’t get any worse, life showed up and said, “Hold my beer.”The past year had been a living nightmare, one she couldn’t seem to wake up from...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  humor  romance  contemporary  small-town  fiction  book  adult
  • Always on My Mind by Bella Andre

    Always on My Mind by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Lori “Naughty” Sullivan finally falls in love in ALWAYS ON MY MIND, the new book in Bella Andre’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling series about the Sullivan family. After a tragic loss three years ago, Grayson Tyler left his life in New York City behind and started over in the rolling hills of the California coast...
  • Taste of Passion by Brenda Jackson

    Taste of Passion by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SOME LONGINGS Attorney Mackenzie "Mac" Standfield swore off love when her heart was shattered into a million pieces. But there’s one man who has managed to tempt her beyond reason—rodeo star Luke Madaris...
  • Fated Hearts by Kelly Elliott

    Fated Hearts by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was only meant to be a short trip—up to Chicago for two days and then back to Texas. At least, that was the plan until a massive snowstorm leaves me trapped in Chicago at a local hotel with no definite timeframe of when I can go back home. If that wasn’t a crazy-enough turn of events—I wake up to a beautiful princess standing in my hotel room...
  • 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...
  • Shelter by Kristen Proby

    Shelter by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A small town, close proximity romance from New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kristen Proby.Remi Carter has survived her fifteen minutes of fame and is putting LA in her rearview mirror. As a former reality show contestant, she’s trading staged expeditions and faked wilderness tours for real adventures...
  • Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve always heard, don’t fall in love with a cowboy. I just didn't listen. I've sworn off men. They’ve never given me much in life, except a bun in the oven and grief. My kids are my life and all that truly matter. Until him. Jansen Reed is a living fantasy straight from the old west. Sexy drawl, tight jeans and that glint in his eyes that make my knees weak...
  • Getting Lucky: Sapphire Falls book five by Erin Nicholas

    Getting Lucky: Sapphire Falls book five by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sapphire Falls book five TJ Bennett knows one thing for certain—being in love isn’t for him. Been there, done that, has the scars to prove it. But that’s before he meets colorful, sweet, slightly-kooky Hope Daniels. Hope is only in town temporarily. She simply wants to have a cup of coffee with the father she’s never known. That’s it...
  • The Line by Amie Knight

    The Line by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was a thief. The invisible girl only he could see. The woman who wanted to be more. He was the mark. The extraordinary cowboy who stole my sixteen-year-old heart. The damaged man who still owned it, even four years later.The Line was where we began.Where fates collided. Where truths derailed.The place where our love story ends...
  • No Going Back by Janice Whiteaker

    No Going Back by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Don’t fall for the sexy silver fox that just rolled into town.Easier said than done.Especially when he’s your new neighbor.Dianna came to Moss Creek for a fresh start. To learn from the mistakes of her past.But Griffin Fraley is testing her commitment to that task. Somewhere between those baby blue eyes and a set of hands she can imagine doing debaucherous things, her focus starts to shift...
  • Love Profound by Kelly Elliott

    Love Profound by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I write about love, but I’ve never experienced it. Sure, I’ve been with guys that I cared about. Even thought I found ‘the one’. He turned out to be the frog and not the prince.A few Frank Sinatra songs and a wildly handsome cowboy who calls me Darlin’, will have me second guessing everything I ever thought I knew about love...
  • 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...
  • Seeing Red by Bailey Hannah

    Seeing Red by Bailey Hannah

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All Cassidy Bowman wants is one night of recklessness… and to get back at her ex.Cassidy has strict rules: she doesn’t date locals, she doesn’t sleep with men she isn’t dating, and she doesn’t do anything that might jeopardize her good girl reputation. But after a run-in with her ex-boyfriend—and a few too many drinks—she’s ready to buck those rules and get revenge...
  • The Apple Tree by Jewel E. Ann

    The Apple Tree by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's a single dad starting over in a new town. She's a relentless flirt with a penchant for trouble, ten years younger than him, and the babysitter. What could go wrong?Eve has just graduated from high school, but she doesn’t know what’s next aside from working at the local motel, spying on Kyle, her neighbor, and stealing apples from his orchard...
  • For The Heart Of The Warmaker by T.S. Joyce

    For The Heart Of The Warmaker by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Karis Dunway’s instincts are screaming that there is a storm brewing around Two Claws Ranch. With the odds stacking against them, she and the Clan are in a race to save the ranch. A trail ride for a family of tourists could mean a turnaround for her people, but there is a new threat coming out of the woodwork, and they will have to work together to keep the ride on track...
  • Rock Bottom: (A Dawson Family Novel) by Emily Goodwin

    Rock Bottom: (A Dawson Family Novel) by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rory's life is a mess. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, let go from her job, and losing her apartment, she takes a chance on a new job in a new town. Things can't get any worse, right?Wrong.When the foundation of Dean Dawson's life crumbles to pieces at his feet, he swears off relationships of any kind and goes back to a life of bachelorhood, loving and leaving different women every night...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  humor  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Taming Travis by Melanie Shawn

    Taming Travis by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stand-alone Wishing Well romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way! It was finally happening! Mia James was about to lead her first reality show...
  • 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...
  • Wrangled by Lilith by Remi Carrington

    Wrangled by Lilith by Remi Carrington

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My plan is to start over without a man. But car woes and a cowboy are making it difficult.LilithI don’t need a man. And I definitely don’t need his money. After spending twenty-five years as a trophy wife, I’m single again and on my own. Well, not completely alone. I have my cat.My fresh start isn’t going well...
  • Just a Cowboy and His Baby by Carolyn Brown

    Just a Cowboy and His Baby by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She's got her eyes on the prize... Gemma O'Donnell wasn't the first woman to win the ProRodeo buckle for bronc riding, but she was damn well going to be the second. What she didn't count on was her main competition sweeping her off her feet. He'll do whatever it takes to win... Trace Coleman isn't really after a title - he needs the cash prize to buy his dream ranch...
  • Runaround by Jay Crownover

    Runaround by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can two people perpetually moving in opposite directions ever end up in the same place? Or will love just keep giving them the runaround? Webb Bryant is intimately acquainted with every type of trouble there is. Trouble is all he’s ever known and the only constant in his life. Webb’s a man constantly on the move. He’s a drifter. A wanderer...
  • The Cowboy's Second Chance at Love by Jenna Jacob

    The Cowboy's Second Chance at Love by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She finds her high-school flame to scratch an itch…and loses her heart.Jade Hollis is having the crappiest day of her life. Laid off from her job? Check. Discovered her boyfriend is a lying, cheating snake? Check that, too. But she’s not wasting time on pity parties. Nope, she’s lighting a match to this dumpster fire and leaving town...
  • Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox

    Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Never trust a man who wears nothing more than a cowboy hat and ripped jeans who asks if you’d like to save a horse and ride a . . . well, you get the picture.Being a travel photographer has its perks but when Colton Langston collides into me and offers to model, he’s an unexpected surprise for my current project...
  • Grit by Elizabeth Hunter

    Grit by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s been patient; she’s been busy. Patience is running out. Melissa Oxford is a widow with a ranch, an orange grove, a goat-obsessed ten-year-old, and not enough time. She doesn’t have time to make friends. She doesn’t have time to stop and chat, and she definitely does not have time for a boyfriend. Which is fine, because Cary Nakamura is far from being a boy...
  • Daddy's Sweet Girl by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Sweet Girl by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    On the surface Kent Jensen is an easygoing guy. But underneath lies a core of steel. He’s a Dom who is looking for a sub who will give him everything. Total control. What he is not looking for is a Little who is in a world of trouble... Abby’s life is so out of control she doesn’t even know how to begin to fix it. She’s worn out, broke and trying to pay off her brother’s debts...
  • Cowboy Strong by Stacy Finz

    Cowboy Strong by Stacy Finz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three cousins become cowboys when an unexpected inheritance leaves them with a ranch—and a future as wide open as the California sky . . .   Sawyer Dalton may be an investigative journalist, but he has no interest in the story of the sexy stranger who has invaded his barn’s loft apartment on Dry Creek Ranch. After months on the road, he just wants to settle in...
  • 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...
  • Perfect Chance by Molly McLain

    Perfect Chance by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kaden McMurray & Carly Walsh are coming to Mason Creek!We shared a single night together. No last names, no strings, no promises. Two months later, chance brings us together again. But this time around, things aren’t nearly as simple. In fact, they’re downright complicated...
  • Evers & Afters by J.H. Croix

    Evers & Afters by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A swoon-worthy romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!An ex-military pilot and a sunshiney barista take opposites attract to the next level.I’m blaming it on the porcupine who broke into Cammi’s coffee truck. If that didn’t happen, I never would’ve kissed her.I’ve spent years ignoring the spark that flares any time I get close to Cammi. I don’t do romance, and I don’t lose control...
  • Perfect Problem by Cary Hart

    Perfect Problem by Cary Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Perfect Pact by Cary Hart

    Perfect Pact by Cary Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life hasn’t been easy for Beth, and her sexy new neighbor isn’t making it any easier.When she inherits a beautiful old barn on the outskirts of Mason Creek, things are looking up—until she meets the stubborn cowboy next door. Turns out, he’s the absentee grandson of the man she was caring for. He got the house; she got the barn. The problem? A single driveway shared between the two...
  • Forever and For Always by Debra Clopton

    Forever and For Always by Debra Clopton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS Book 4 in the Windswept Bay series. Publicist Olivia Sinclair has been away from Windswept Bay for years, busy helping the Hollywood elite get out of one scandal after another. But now, she’s in the middle of her own scandal and splashed all over the gossip tabloids. Suddenly, coming home to lay low in Windswept Bay is her own best advice to herself...
  • Restoring You by Aria Bliss

    Restoring You by Aria Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I planned for everything.Everything except him .This unspoken attraction between us is turning my already shattered world upside down.♥♥♥It’s been two years, and I can’t move past my loss. I guess that’s what happens when I’m left alone after a tragic accident takes everything that matters to me. Now I’m stuck with the one label I never wanted in life—Widow.I need so much more than a distraction...
  • 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...
  • Small-Town Sweetheart by Toni Aleo

    Small-Town Sweetheart by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delaney Abbot has never wanted to live anywhere other than Spring Grove, Kentucky. She loves the town, the people, and the whiskey made right down the road at McElroy’s Distillery. If only she could find a man in her beloved small town worthy of all that love she has to give. The first thing Reed McElroy did when he finished high school was get the heck out of Spring Grove, Kentucky...
    Categorized as:
    humor  industrial-era  western  adult  angst  book  contemporary  drama
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Justice Burning by Elle James

    Justice Burning by Elle James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her groom was a no-show at her wedding, and Dallas debutante Phoebe Sinclair isn’t going to face her family and the hundreds of guests with the news. Taking nothing but her wedding dress, her grandmother’s locket and her fiancé’s rented convertible, she leaves the church, determined to get away and start a new life free of her society status...
  • 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...
  • How To Rope A Wild Cowboy by Anya Summers

    How To Rope A Wild Cowboy by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emmett Benson makes no apologies for his bachelor status. He revels in a woman’s surrender but does not want the responsibility of claiming a submissive for his own, because no one is worth the price of his freedom. He appreciates his friends, loves his horse, and fancies wrangling cattle every day over interacting with people...
  • River Road by Leanne Davis

    River Road by Leanne Davis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AJ Reed grew up in foster care until he ran away in his teens and started earning his way through the rodeo circuit, until injury made him quit. Left adrift with no real skills, he wandered through almost as many towns and jobs as he did women...
  • Cowboy Triplets Next Door by Summer Haze

    Cowboy Triplets Next Door by Summer Haze

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When three dominant cowboys take over my ranch, they want more than just my land.It's their rules now. And this innocent girl is about to break every single one of them.Living alone on my family’s ranch was supposed to be peaceful. But then the Hellstone triplets moved in next door, turning my world upside down...
  • Bound by Bronx by Nichole Rose

    Bound by Bronx by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the sun sets in Silver Spoon Falls, things heat up at The Sterling Rope. The best girls can find everything their hearts desire within, including some of the town's filthiest billionaires. There are no rules. Only submission.Welcome to Silver Spoon After Dark. Your patronage will be our dirty little secret...
  • Surprised by a Baby by Mindy Neff

    Surprised by a Baby by Mindy Neff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Surprised by a Baby Texas Sweethearts Series - Book Two As young girls, they vowed to be best friends forever—a promise they kept through happiness and heartbreak! Now these four Texas Sweethearts are all turning thirty...
  • 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...
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