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Rail Detective by R.O. Lane
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCallum Devlin gets the assignment to accompany a rail car with $500,000 in gold double eagles from the San Francisco Mint to Kansas City. A gang attacks the train and dynamites the car with the gold and Devlin inside. The resulting fight is furious and deadly. Devlin decides to go to San Francisco and get revenge on the gang. On the trip, he unexpectedly meets a woman and falls in love... -
![The Taming of Jessi Rose by Beverly Jenkins]()
The Taming of Jessi Rose by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNo Man Could Tame Her Jessi Rose Clayton would do anything to keep the family ranch from falling into the wrong hands-even agree to take on a rough-and-tumble outlaw as her protector. With his rugged, handsome face and muscular bronze body, Griffin Blake can draw a sigh from a lady's lips almost as fast as his strong, sculpted arm can draw a gun from its holster... -
![Silver-Tongued Devil by Lorelei James]()
Silver-Tongued Devil by Lorelei James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir love story sparked a brushfire that grew into the legacy of Lorelei James's Rough Riders series. This standalone historical romance is a prequel to the McKay family saga.The West doesn’t get much wilder than Silas McKay. He’s earned his cowboy reputation not just as a rancher, but as a brawling card sharp who’s short on cash but long on charm... -
![Made for the Marquess by Alexa Aston]()
Made for the Marquess by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFirst sons inherit all. Third sons are promised to the church. Second sons do their duty and serve in the military—unless fate intervenes and turns their lives upside down... -
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![Willow by Carolyn Brown]()
Willow by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWillow Gail Dulan didn't like Rafe Pierce when he read her father's will. She sure didn't like him when he tried to talk Hank Gibson out of letting her and her four newly-found sisters travel to California with the wagon train of mail-order brides. Rafe was totally against the idea of Jake Dulan's daughters going with the train... -
![The Sin Commandments by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Sin Commandments by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet ready for a scandalous Regency romp. Meet the Sinning Flynns!Rory Flynn, grandson of the Duke of Savernake, is embittered by his family’s reputation as a wealthy family from Irish stock. They are hated by the Ton but accepted because of their links to the duke. Rory has a list of those who have offended his family the most and he intends to do something about it...Categorized as:
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![Daring with the Rogue by Alyssa Clarke]()
Daring with the Rogue by Alyssa Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Philippa's first season had not turned out as she dreamed. There had been no grand love match. Despite following all society's rules, she was almost compromised by a lecherous fortune hunter. Shy Pippa decided that bold and decisive is what she must become. On return to Town, her first aim is to settle the score with the disgusting fortune-hunting lord... -
![Ride The Free Wind by Rosanne Bittner]()
Ride The Free Wind by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbandoning everything she had ever known, Abigail Trent left her family and chose her fate--to ride with Zeke Monroe, half-Cheyenne scout, into the unexplored west. Together they faced peril, until Zeke found his mother's people and became Lone Eagle, turning his back on the white man's world. To stay with him, Abigail must become Cheyenne too--even if it means death and warfare... -
![The Beauty of Love by Dorothy Wiley]()
The Beauty of Love by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrought together after tragedy, Edward Wyllie and Dora Tudor find the true beauty of love in this poignant and thrilling historical romance set in 1800 Boston and New Hampshire. In an unlikely place for new beginnings, a cemetery, Edward and Dora meet for the first time. But in that forlorn place, the beauty of love blossoms... -
![The Wager of a Lady by Kathleen Ayers]()
The Wager of a Lady by Kathleen Ayers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA notorious bastard of a duke. Leo Murphy believes in playing the odds, as long as the house wins. As the owner of Elysium, London’s most exclusive gambling hell, Leo’s existence depends on predicting his opponent’s next move. Rarely is he surprised. Until he meets the young bride of Lord Masterson losing at cards... -
![McKettricks Bundle by Linda Lael Miller]()
McKettricks Bundle by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan't get enough cowboys? Hooked on the McKettrick Men? Now get three McKettricks --Jesse, Rance, and Keegan --for one low price with the McKettricks Bundle! Bundle includes McKettrick's Heart, McKettrick's Pride, and McKettrick's Luck... -
![Godsend by Sable Hunter]()
Godsend by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGodsend is the first novel in the Hell Yeah! Heritage series. If you ever wondered where those McCoy men came from…these historical novels will take you to their beginnings. Deeply sensual stories of romance and adventure, they will capture your imagination and your heart. History is definitely worth repeating... -
![A Narrow Road by Amelia C. Adams]()
A Narrow Road by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith her checkered past, Margaret Smith doesn’t expect that she’ll ever fall in love again. She’s happy as she is, surrounded by good friends, but she still sometimes wonders if there isn’t something more... -
![Prairie Desire by Tessa Layne]()
Prairie Desire by Tessa Layne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s a guy to do when the girl of his dreams makes a pass at him?Saying no to Hope Hansen was the hardest thing Ben Sinclaire has ever done. Despite their age difference and a family feud, he's loved her since grade school, but a romance between them was always forbidden. Now she’s back and the girl he loved has become all woman... -
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![Country by Khloe Summers]()
Country by Khloe Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan this older mountain biker find love with his bounties ex?CountryI don't date. I have a busy job and a daughter to think about. But when I meet the ex wife of the man I'm hunting, I can't keep my mind off her. She's strong, determined, curvy, and sweet as hell. That, and she needs my protection.I shouldn't mix work with pleasure. Yet here I am, desperate to touch her and make everything right... -
![Southern Desire by Danielle Jamie]()
Southern Desire by Danielle Jamie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Point of View of Kayden Knox We fell in love with Kayden Knox in Irresistible Desire, Inescapable Desire, Indestructible Desire and Infinite Desire. After seeing bits and pieces through Kayden’s point of view throughout the Savannah Series readers begged for more. Y'all asked so I delivered... -
![Their Rebellious Bride by Vanessa Vale]()
Their Rebellious Bride by Vanessa Vale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome back to the Wild Wild West in 1885 and the town of Bridgewater, where one cowboy—one husband—is never enough. Young, beautiful and idealistic, Tennessee Bennett longs to marry, but only for love. Unfortunately, her father intends to marry her off to the first wealthy man who will have her in order to pay his gambling debts... -
![Six Pack Ranch: Books 1-3 by Vivian Arend]()
Six Pack Ranch: Books 1-3 by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first three contemporary western romance novels in the Six Pack Ranch series from New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend. Includes: Rocky Mountain Heat: Blake knows that wanting the sweet girl next door is just wrong. The responsible thing to do is keep his hands off. Jaxi may have once considered him a big brother, but now she has plans for Blake’s hands... -
![Eli's Little Easter by Dakota Trace]()
Eli's Little Easter by Dakota Trace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe youngest son of the Atheron family, Elias has been a huge disappointment to his overbearing parents, particularly his mother. He’s done everything right, including relocating to another state to head up the office in the newest addition to the family party business, but it still never seems enough. She now wants him to come home for Easter, to reunite with an old flame, which he refuses to do... -
![Cowboy Bodyguard by K.L. Donn]()
Cowboy Bodyguard by K.L. Donn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarilyn Monroe Kingsley was coveted on the pageant circuit. Winning Miss California set her up to compete in the Miss America competition this year. Anyone who knew anything about pageant life knew she was going to win it, too. She had the looks, the skills, and the brains. But was it what Monroe wanted?She had private dreams of normalcy, family, and living a life she’d only seen on T.V... -
![Shadows of Scandal by K.J. Jackson]()
Shadows of Scandal by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe needs a champion willing to scandalize her. He doesn’t need anyone. Scandal turns into seduction when a not-quite-perfect heiress tangles with a lost son of society.An heiress with an imperfection.Spawn of the devil. Willow has suffered the gossip her entire life. She has the requisite pot of gold, but not the perfection that is necessary for an admirable ton match... -
![Hawks Prize by Elaine Barbieri]()
Hawks Prize by Elaine Barbieri
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheirs was a tale of tragedy and triumph... Four children abandoned in an orphanage. Two missing parents. One man whose hatred had divided a family, whose duplicity ended in murder, inextricably weaving their lives together in a web of lies that only time could untangle. Drew He was the last of the four to return to Galveston, the first to admit he was in over his head... -
![Renegade Bride by Barbara Ankrum]()
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![His Heartbroken Bride by Merry Farmer]()
His Heartbroken Bride by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(Please note that this is the spicy version of Libby: The Heartbroken Bride ) Libby Chance Sims was orphaned, along with her siblings, at an early age, traveled west on the Oregon Trail, and thought she had her fairytale ending when she met and married a good man at trail’s end... -
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![Love's Greatest Gift by Montana Ross]()
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![Renegade Love by Donna Fletcher]()
Renegade Love by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRosa’s friend warned her not to look at Esteban Cesare that he was evil and once she looked upon evil she was doomed. But she felt sorry for the handsome ranchero. He had finally returned after having been abducted sixteen years ago by renegades and no one but his family welcomed him home. Rosa didn’t heed her friend’s warning. She looked upon him... and sealed her fate... -
![Her Sexy Cowboy by Mia Brody]()
Her Sexy Cowboy by Mia Brody
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s the protective cowboy that will love and defend this single mom and her baby no matter what it takes…BeauI retired from the game I love and sought peace here on my farm, the Broken Heart Ranch. I like my quiet life even if the nights are lonely.Until I find her: the single mom on the run with a baby.She’s battered and exhausted... -
![Jingled by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody]()
Jingled by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSanta is going to be extra naughty with the sweet little elf he’s claimed as his own! SusieSanta just kidnapped me. No, seriously. I’m not drunk on the eggnog. I was at the hospital’s annual Christmas party when the bearded mountain man scooped me up and put me on the back of his motorcycle.He says I’m his, and he’s keeping me.Forever.RogueI saw her. I wanted her. I took her... -
![Lawless: Noah Kincaid by Stacy Reid]()
Lawless: Noah Kincaid by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNoah Kincaid has a ruthless reputation, known in the untamed West as ‘Lawless.’ He does not seek distractions or attachments, especially one as lovely, fierce, and passionate as Miss Ada Bancroft. Rescuing her from a gang bent on mayhem, they are forced to flee together...Categorized as:
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![Ruin by Khloe Summers]()
Ruin by Khloe Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill this older mountain biker find love with his brothers best friend? RuinI've watched Maggie for years.Thought about her,Fantasized about her doing things I shouldn't be fantasizing about.But when she asks me to take her to a sex club on her twenty-first birthday the answer is no. At least that's what I should've said... -
![Love Under Two Lawmen by Cara Covington]()
Love Under Two Lawmen by Cara Covington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the illegitimate daughter of a kept woman, Amanda Dupree is considered unmarriageable. So she sets her sights on building a career as a private investigator. But when a disgraced businessman threatens to get even, she decides it s a good time leave town. She even has a destination in mind: Waco Texas, the cousin she s never met and a quest for lost Confederate gold... -
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![The Beast's Bet by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont]()
The Beast's Bet by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTom Courtney is a beast of the East End. Fighting his way up through the warrens, clubs, and halls of sins in London's darkest part of town, he has but one goal. . . To survive and ensure that the weak aren't preyed upon. When he discovers a young lady is victim of a vicious bet. . . He cannot stop himself from coming to her aid. . . Even if it might cost him everything he has ever won... -
![Dare It All for Love by Emma V. Leech]()
Dare It All for Love by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCuriosity killed the cat… When Florence Knight is invited to stay at Holbrook House for the month of August, she is pleased to catch up with her friends and forget the disappointment of her last season. The young men in town are so dreadfully dull she cannot imagine ever wishing to marry one, and then she meets her hostesses’ brother...Categorized as:
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![Outlaw by Khloe Summers]()
Outlaw by Khloe Summers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan this older mountain biker find love with a woman on the run?OutlawI know a criminal when I see one,But this woman isn't what I'm used to.She's thick, sweet, and sexy as hell.That, and despite the fact that she's robbed two banks, she has a heart of gold.I'm a bounty hunter, I should take her in.Trouble is, she needs me And I'm not sure I can say no... -
![Lady Gouldian by Calia Read]()
Lady Gouldian by Calia Read
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was just eight-years-old, looking up at the clouds, when Asa Calhoun became my one true love. He was my brother’s best friend. He was stoic and solemn, and always believed everything in life had to be perfect. But I saw past his eccentric mannerisms. I found him fascinating. I was seventeen when I had my debutante ball. Throughout the years, there was a gradual shift between us... -
![The Doctor's Widow by Susannah Calloway]()
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![A Run For Love by Callie Hutton]()
A Run For Love by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeisty school teacher Tori Henderson values her independence and has no use for a husband. When she finds herself the legal guardian of her two nieces, two nephews, and facing eviction from her Kansas home, she enters the 1889 Oklahoma land run and confronts a new set of challenges... -
![Cowboy Billionaires by J.P. Comeau]()
Cowboy Billionaires by J.P. Comeau
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre you ready to binge-read six stories that will keep you up all night long? Follow the twists and turns combined with billion-dollar scandals… all for your reading pleasure. If you love sexy cowboys and enjoy forbidden relationships, secret babies, and second chances, then you have come to the right place... -
![The Prize by Beth Williamson]()
The Prize by Beth Williamson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat do you do when love gives you a second chance at life? Jack Malloy is haunted. Haunted by memories, he tries to escape the dreams that have stolen his sleep for six months by agreeing to help out his sister Nicky. Unfortunately, time at her ranch offers him no escape when he's confronted by Rebecca Connor's beautiful gray eyes... -
![The Rancher by Lily Graison]()
The Rancher by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaurel Montgomery wanted a new life, one that didn't include a man. She'd had enough of their pretty lies and broken promises but one night of reckless abandon weeks before taking a job as the new schoolteacher in Willow Creek would come back to haunt her. The man she thought to never see again turns out to be the father of one of her new students... -
![The Gambler by Lily Graison]()
The Gambler by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmmaline Hunt only had one thing she could call her own. A piece of land that held a secret not even her drunken stepfather knew about. When he gambles it away in a high stakes poker game, Emmaline does the only thing she can. She tries to steal the land deed back... -
![A Prescription for Love by Callie Hutton]()
A Prescription for Love by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGuthrie, Oklahoma, 1903. Betrayed by his fiancee's infidelity eight years ago, pharmacist Michael Henderson vowed he'd never risk his heart again. But he doesn't anticipate the tug of attraction he shares with his new employee. Heidi Lester flees her home, determined to prove to her overprotective parents she can conquer her debilitating asthma, to make a life of her own... -
![Wind of Promise by Dorothy Garlock]()
Wind of Promise by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVanessa is determined to cross the prairies, ford the mighty rivers and climb the Rockies to reach Colorado. But her resolve weakens when a tall, lean stranger as wild as the western wind takes her in his arms. Will surrender to this restless roamer bring her happiness - or will it break her heart forever... -
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![Reckless Heart by Madeline Baker]()
Reckless Heart by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheirs was a love that would not die... They had played together as children—the Indian lad and little Hannah Kincaid. Then Shadow and his people went away, and when he returned, it was as a handsome young Cheyenne brave. Hannah, now a beautiful young woman, had never forgotten her childhood friend—but the man who swept her into his powerful arms was no longer a child... -
![Lakota Renegade by Madeline Baker]()
Lakota Renegade by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCreed Maddigan is handy with six-guns and fists. But the rugged half-breed isn't used to innocents like Jassy McCloud who curtsy and make ginger snaps. Then Creed is falsely jailed for a crime he didn't commit and Jassy is determined to take Creed for better or worse--even if she has to spend the rest of her days dodging bullets and bounty hunters. Original... -
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The Treasure by Beth Williamson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a clumsy governess from New York meets a lonely, bitter rancher, more than her heart will fall. Book 4 of the Malloy family series. Ray Malloy is a single father in an age when every child has two parents. Abandoned by his shallow wife, he struggles to find the balance between being a father and being a successful rancher... -
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The Reward by Beth Williamson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis family thought him dead. Returning home to confront his past, the bastard bandito, Hermano, finds a future he never dared to hope for. Book 3 of the Malloy family series. Hermano is more than the bandito you met in The Bounty. He's Malcolm Ross y Zarza half-Spanish, half-Scottish bastard son of a Texas hacienda owner who has hidden in the guise of a Mexican bandito for half his life... -
![His Brother's Wife by Lily Graison]()
His Brother's Wife by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Grace Kingston accepts a wedding proposal through a mail-order bride agency and travels across country to be married, she has no idea her bridegroom is a fourteen-year-old boy. There's no way she can accept his offer but with depleted funds, and winter coming on, Grace has little choice but to stay. Things go from bad to worse when she meets Jesse's older brother, Rafe... -
![Leah and the Bounty Hunter by Elaine Levine]()
Leah and the Bounty Hunter by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe won't rest until he claims his prize... They are brash, they are brave, and when they see a chance to be a hero, they take it. They are the Men of Defiance, and they are not easily tamed... To Leah Morgan's mind, the last thing her hometown of Defiance needs is another gunman stalking its dusty streets—especially one as sweet-talking and fine-looking as Jace Gage...
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