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![Fireflies and Magnolias by Ava Miles]()
Fireflies and Magnolias by Ava Miles
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAmelia Ann Hollins might have been raised to be a sweet magnolia, but she’s found her inner fire—the quest for justice. The secrets she carries and a tragedy from her past prompt her to volunteer at a legal clinic in the worst part of town. Here she can serve and protect the one she couldn’t save. Here she will risk everything... -
![Perfect Secret by Molly McLain]()
Perfect Secret by Molly McLain
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’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... -
![Chance Encounter by S.J. McCoy]()
Chance Encounter by S.J. McCoy
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChance knew love once—a long time ago. She died when they were eighteen and the best of him died with her. Since then his work on a ranch in Montana has allowed him to keep his distance from people and from happiness. Eighteen years later, he may be ready to start living again—maybe. He’s watched all his friends find love and embark on the next stage of their lives... -
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![Crash Into You by J.H. Croix]()
Crash Into You by J.H. Croix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA swoon-worthy romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!A hotshot pilot and a Southern princess looking for a fresh start collide in the wilds of Alaska.The first time I met Daphne involved three things: a cute skirt, a bear, and mud. Lots of mud. Daphne is everything I don’t need, and she makes me crazy in all the wrong ways. This princess does not belong in the wilderness...Categorized as:
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![Cowboy Seeking Nanny by Janice Whiteaker]()
Cowboy Seeking Nanny by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs a widowed father trying to build a family empire while juggling dirty diapers and bed times, Brody Pace has full hands.And an empty bed.Losing his high school sweetheart after the birth of their twins left him broken, battered, and lonely. But business doesn’t wait, and neither do toddlers... -
![A Cowboy's Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson]()
A Cowboy's Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll she wants for Christmas is a fake fiancé… Just once Hayley Bennett would like to spend the holidays at her parents’ house without feeling as if she’s stepped onto the set of The Bachelorette. Her mom’s been planning her wedding since the day she was born, but thirty years later, Hayley hasn’t come up with a groom... -
![Jackson by Cynthia Dees]()
Jackson by Cynthia Dees
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnnabelle Winters is sick of the big city. She hates her job, hates her boss, and hates her life. And then she receives a letter informing her she’s inherited a slice of land in Apple Pie Creek, Montana. Jack Sutter has just retired from the army and plans to renovate an old grist mill he recently inherited back home in Apple Pie Creek... -
![Always Enough by Kelly Elliott]()
Always Enough by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 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... -
![Starting Over in Maple Bay by Brittney Joy]()
Starting Over in Maple Bay by Brittney Joy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Maple Bay, a small Midwestern town with heaps of heart—where family dinner is a must, and someone will always leave the light on for you. A new series perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber, Jenny Hale, and Elana Johnson.An inheritance from a mother she never knew... -
![Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie]()
Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’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... -
![The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton]()
The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNed Matheson is sharing a house with the woman he loves, but he can’t kiss her, or even touch her. In fact, she can barely look him in the face. He knows he needs to be patient; Fila Sahar has been to hell and back as a captive of the Taliban for over a decade. Now she’s safely back on American soil, but her fears hem her in so tightly, she might as well be a prisoner again... -
![A Cowboy's Christmas List by Vivian Arend]()
A Cowboy's Christmas List by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis cowboy has made a list—checked it twice—and she’s about to find out exactly how right they are for each other.Cowboy Alex Thorne was a pain in quiet Yvette Wright’s side for years, but when he suddenly left Heart Falls, she missed his smart mouth and sexy smile. Now he’s back with a Christmas gift she can’t resist... -
![Kissing Beau by Melanie Shawn]()
Kissing Beau by Melanie Shawn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStand-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... -
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![Claiming the Cowboy for Christmas by Kadie Scott]()
Claiming the Cowboy for Christmas by Kadie Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer thermostat was set to frosty, until her Christmas cowboy cranks up the heat. Ashley Hughes would love to cancel Christmas this year. Instead of holiday plans, she’s back in her Texas hometown planning her twin sister’s wedding — to her ex! Nothing like small town speculation to make her life cheery and bright... -
![Love at Last (A Braden Flirt) (Love in Bloom: The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor) by Melissa Foster]()
Love at Last (A Braden Flirt) (Love in Bloom: The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor) by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove at Last is a USA Today BestsellerCowboy Cal Hayden has loved Rachel Gray practically since the first time he set eyes on her. But Cal’s a careful, responsible man who knows better than to start a relationship before he can give it his all. He bided his time while caring for his family through his father’s terminal illness... -
![Oh, Christmas Night by Jane Porter]()
Oh, Christmas Night by Jane Porter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrilliant, but overworked California accountant, Rachel Mills, inherits an old bookstore in Marietta, Montana, just as she’s been passed over for a huge promotion. The smart thing to do would be to buckle down and keep on working. But for the first time in her life, she goes with impulsive and books a flight to Montana to inspect the bookstore, and hopefully have her first white Christmas ever... -
![River's Return by Leanne Davis]()
River's Return by Leanne Davis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShane Rydell is better fit to ride his Harley than any of his family’s horses. He has spent his life trying to find a road that can travel between the family he loves and the open road he is pulled towards. He often leaves River’s End, but eventually, he always comes back as he can’t quite sever the connection to a place he doesn’t want to be from, but which, he always seems destined to return to... -
![Heart of a Bachelor by Tessa Layne]()
Heart of a Bachelor by Tessa Layne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlaying doctor has never been so sexy...Confirmed bachelor Gunnar Hansen has successfully resisted the matchmaking efforts of Dottie Grace and her posse of granny wannabe’s. There’s no room in his life for love or for starting a family of his own. Not when his hands are full running Hansen Stables and heading up the board of Prairie’s new medical clinic... -
![What a Bachelor Needs by Kelly Hunter]()
What a Bachelor Needs by Kelly Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYour date with ski champ Jett Casey is an either/or deal. He’ll take you off-piste for the ultimate Montana ski adventure or he’ll put his handyman skills at your disposal for a week. Which one would you choose? Single mom Mardie Griffin has a run-down old house in need of fixing and a memory of Jett Casey as her savior in a time of great need... -
![A Cowboy's Kiss by Vicki Lewis Thompson]()
A Cowboy's Kiss by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCowboy to the rescue! When big-hearted Luke Bennett spots a dog stranded on the highway in a snowstorm, he leaps into action. Saving the day is what this sexy cowboy does. Whether it’s a stray animal in peril or a business going down the tubes, Luke’s the guy to call. But it will take all his management skills to rescue Abigail Summers from bankruptcy...Categorized as:
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![The Brawl by Willa Nash, Devney Perry]()
The Brawl by Willa Nash, Devney Perry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOn Ronan Thatcher’s first week in Montana, he spots the most beautiful woman in the world. Love at first sight? Nah. He doesn’t believe in love. But he wouldn’t mind a date or two with the local beauty. Ronan is the type of man who gets what he wants, and he wants Larke Hale.Except Calamity’s sweetheart has sworn off men. The last time Ronan was rejected was, well . . . never... -
![Cowboy Strong by Stacy Finz]()
Cowboy Strong by Stacy Finz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree 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... -
![Eight-Second Ride by Anne Jolin]()
Eight-Second Ride by Anne Jolin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOwen Daniels lives his life eight seconds at a time. The thrill of anticipation that comes with sitting on twelve hundred pounds of untamed power is unparalleled. The adrenaline rush that floods his system when the chute opens is one of life’s most unique and natural highs. Ride eight seconds bareback on a bucking bronco—that’s his life... -
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![Full Coverage by Erin Nicholas]()
Full Coverage by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can take the boy out of Quinn, Texas, but you can’t take the love for sexy cowgirls out of the boy. Evidently. Nolan Winters left his hometown after high school, wanting bigger things than Quinn could offer... -
![The Outsider Series: The Complete Collection by Lorhainne Eckhart]()
The Outsider Series: The Complete Collection by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Outsider Series The Complete Omnibus Collection is the ultimate sexy and emotionally charged western romance series. Over 350,000 words of love, passion, and deep family ties. Get it for yourself or for the western romance lover in your life. This collection includes all the books and short stories of the hot and sexy Friessen men and the strong and vulnerable women they love... -
![Logan's Loves by Taylor Rylan]()
Logan's Loves by Taylor Rylan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife wasn’t easy. It didn’t always turn out how you planned, either. Still, Logan wouldn’t trade his current life for anything. He had a wonderful family, a loving husband he’d do anything for, and they had just become parents to twins. What more could they want? So much had changed in the last two years but Rhett couldn’t be happier... -
![Forgotten Angel by Suzie O'Connell]()
Forgotten Angel by Suzie O'Connell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShane McGuire and Becky Epperson have a history. They might have had much more, but the murders of two close friends killed their shot at forever before it had a chance to breathe, and Shane did what he hoped he never would. He broke Becky’s heart... -
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![Colorado Wrangler by Jill Haymaker]()
Colorado Wrangler by Jill Haymaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJill Haymaker brings you back to the small mountain town of Peakview, Colorado in this fourth book in her series. Melanie Gentry has found her father and a home for herself and her daughter in Peakview, but can she also find love?Hank Dalton is the head wrangler at Peaktop Guest Ranch. He is a loner by choice...Categorized as:
western industrial-era romance contemporary family small-town womens-fiction fiction -
![Colorado Golden Sunrise by Jill Haymaker]()
Colorado Golden Sunrise by Jill Haymaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForty-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... -
![Restoring You by Aria Bliss]()
Restoring You by Aria Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI 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... -
![His Tainted Ways by Jessica Mills]()
His Tainted Ways by Jessica Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI shouldn’t have lied about being engaged.But it got my mom off my case for a while. Now to find someone to go with me to my baby sister’s wedding.Lucky for me, a brooding cowboy from the bar will work just fine.Especially since he’s everything a girl might want by her side or in her bed.Crazily enough, when you fake it until you make it, sometimes you actually make it...Categorized as:
western industrial-era fake-relationship romance contemporary small-town fiction book -
![Rocky Mountain Vignettes by Vivian Arend]()
Rocky Mountain Vignettes by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the stories are done, their stories go on. One of the great parts of writing a long, family saga is that I get to revisit characters who have already hit their happily-ever-after. Over the past couple years I’ve written short vignettes revisiting characters from the SIX PACK RANCH series... -
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![Curvy Valentine Match by Piper Sullivan]()
Curvy Valentine Match by Piper Sullivan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat do you do when the love of your life strolls into your bakery like you hadn’t sacrificed your future for his? You pretend as if you hate his guts, that’s what.Then you stop pretending, because you do hate his guts.Even though he’s bigger and stronger and more handsome than you remember.History can’t repeat itself where Xander is concerned.I won’t let it... -
![The Cowboy's Outlaw Bride by Cora Seton]()
The Cowboy's Outlaw Bride by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCoopers: 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... -
![River Road by Leanne Davis]()
River Road by Leanne Davis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAJ 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... -
![Blazing Hot Nights by Katie Mettner]()
Blazing Hot Nights by Katie Mettner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTexas cowboy Blaze McAwley has made a lot of mistakes in life. His biggest one is alive and living on the neighboring ranch. He can't say she's well, and that's his fault too.Heaven Lane is in trouble. Dogged by an injury caused by Blaze McAwley's bison, she can barely keep her ranch above water. Her plan to use Blaze to save her ranch is the most fitting revenge of all... -
![The Cowboy’s Texas Rose by E. Elizabeth Watson]()
The Cowboy’s Texas Rose by E. Elizabeth Watson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’ve found exactly what they weren’t looking for…Archaeologist Rosalinda Morales is focused more on what’s in the soil and caves of the famed Legacy Ranch, rather than what’s on it—the sexy and charismatic cowboy heir. As a single mom to her special needs son, she knows what it’s like to struggle, so even though Toby Dixon has charm pulsing through his veins, she’s determined to resist... -
![Twice Shy by Suzie O'Connell]()
Twice Shy by Suzie O'Connell
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt has been nearly five years since Aaron Hammond's wife died in his arms and left him to raise their young daughter alone. Besieged by guilt and grief over her death, he has nearly given up hope of ever finding happiness again… until photographer Skye Hathaway shows up in Northstar. She isn't looking for love, however... -
![Prairie Passion by Tessa Layne]()
Prairie Passion by Tessa Layne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe is SO not his type…They might have shared a fiery kiss at his brother’s wedding, but Brodie Sinclaire wants nothing to do with chef Jamey O’Neill and her sexy, all too sassy mouth. Except he desperately needs her to run the kitchen at his new hunting lodge.He’s a pain in her…...Categorized as:
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![Claiming Colton by Melanie Shawn]()
Claiming Colton by Melanie Shawn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStand-alone Wishing Well, Texas romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way! Colton McCord was just a regular cowboy before the world made him famous after several stints on reality TV. And even though he turned on his charm for prime time, his real heart belonged to the one he let go because he loved her… Bella Connor thought she’d never return to Wishing Well... -
![Her Lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan]()
Her Lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEverything's bigger in Big Sky country, including the hearts of the Montana Men... Champion rodeo rider Dane Bowden is eight seconds from winning under the Vegas lights, one last hurrah before reluctantly returning to his family's Montana ranch. But his bull has other plans. When Dane wakes up, he's sure he's died and gone to heaven . . -
![Rough Love by Lauren Landish]()
Rough Love by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSecond chances aren’t always easy. Sometimes, it takes some Rough Love.Bruce Tannen is better known by his nickname, Brutal, because once upon a time, he was a monster on the football field. Now, he’s a farmhand on what used to be his family’s land, and change is all around him. A new family, new expectations, and even new friends... -
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![Capturing the Texas Rancher's Heart by Debra Holt]()
Capturing the Texas Rancher's Heart by Debra Holt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe thought she’d protected her heart…After a tumultuous childhood, nurse Jamie Westmoreland craves the comfort of predictability. She loves her quiet life in a small Texas ranching town and finally feels in control until a handsome rancher becomes her newest patient. He challenges her at every turn, but Jamie is too stubborn to admit she enjoys their sparring, and that he makes her heart race... -
![Her Restless Cowboy by Liz Isaacson]()
Her Restless Cowboy by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBen Buttars is the youngest of the four Buttars brothers who come to Steeple Ridge Farm, and he finally feels like he’s landed somewhere he can make a life for himself. At only twenty-five, and having been cared for by his older brother when their parents died a decade ago, Ben’s never dated, never had a serious relationship, never really worried about anything... -
![True Blue & Carrera's Bride: True Blue\Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer]()
True Blue & Carrera's Bride: True Blue\Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer continues her beloved Long, Tall Texans series by delving deep into the heart of San Antonio and one of its top detectives, Rick Marquez. He never met a case he couldn't solve or a woman he couldn't charm... -
![Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis]()
Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of Once Upon a Cowboy (“Sexy, charming, and perfectly heartwarming.”—Lauren Layne) comes another sweet novel of the Whisper Creek Ranch, where sizzling Montana men melt the most stubborn hearts. After Alexis Maguire’s wedding day comes and goes without a groom, she decides that it’s time for a change... -
![Secondhand Cowboy by Lacy Williams]()
Secondhand Cowboy by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA TODAY bestselling author Lacy Williams comes a new contemporary cowboy romance: Iris Tatum hasn’t seen her high school sweetheart Callum Stewart since he left years ago without a single word. Then she witnesses an horrific hit-and-run accident, and comes face to face with her past–and Cal’s triplets. A volunteer paramedic, Iris can’t walk away. No matter how much she wants to... -
![Broken Hart by Kelly Collins]()
Broken Hart by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA long time ago I fell in love. She left—tore my heart in two.Now she’s back, and I’ll do anything to keep her. Women are trouble. I learned that the first time Kandra left.You know what she told me? That I couldn’t give her the life she wanted—a life of glitz and glamor.She left to model in the city, hit it big, and I thought I’d never see her again.I thought wrong.Now she’s back...
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