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  • Finding Forever  (Treading Water) by Marie Force

    Finding Forever (Treading Water) by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The long-awaited finale to Marie’s beloved Treading Water Series is HERE at last! Maggie Harrington is in way, way over her head, running Matthews House, the shelter her famous sister Kate and brother-in-law Reid have opened, using Reid’s family estate to provide support to women and children in crisis. This job is just what Maggie needed after a disastrous episode in New York—or so she thought...
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    animals  horses  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Conquer by Kitty Cox

    Conquer by Kitty Cox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    True love is facing your own fears so your family can conquer theirs.The world is supposed to be mine. I took it when I was younger, and now I'm just coasting on my success. As an internationally renowned lingerie designer, I have everything I've ever wanted, including the three loves of my life.Or so I thought...
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    animals  horses  mlm  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Combust by Kitty Cox

    Combust by Kitty Cox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When passions burn this hot, something's going to combust.Becoming a doctor of psychiatric medicine was supposed to make me a better man. I'd been brought here to be the logic in this group of insanity. Instead, I'm falling right back into my old habits and making the exact same mistakes.But they feel so right. I found "the ones" when I was sixteen...
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    animals  horses  mlm  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Animal Instincts by Emilia Finn

    Animal Instincts by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Converge by Kitty Cox

    Converge by Kitty Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lives that are meant to be together always converge.I was proud to be a simple country man. All I had to do was take care of my little girl, feed the cows, and live a good life - until Violet showed up. With one bat of her false eyelashes, that woman rocked my world. The things she offered sounded too good to be true...
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    animals  horses  mlm  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Trey by Nicole Edwards

    Trey by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trey Walker has one major flaw as far as he’s concerned: he impulsively falls in love too easily and too often. That reckless impulse resulted in several failed relationships, not to mention the implosion of his marriage. And what’s the best way to ensure you don’t make that mistake again? That’s easy. You shrug off relationships for good.And it was working for him.Right up until it wasn’t...
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    animals  mlm  abuse  adult  bisexuality  book  contemporary  dogs
  • Fireworks, Forensics and Felonies by Colleen Mooney

    Fireworks, Forensics and Felonies by Colleen Mooney

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was the perfect date night… …until they saw their friend’s house explode. Was it an accident with the July 4th fireworks?Brandy and Jiff barely have time to catch their breath. The house destroyed, the mystery began, no bodies were discovered in the rubble.... where were Sophie and Ian?Fearing foul play, Brandy gets to work. As she starts to dig… …newly issued insurance policies are discovered...
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    animals  mlm  mystery  cozy  whodunit  dogs  contemporary  audiobook
  • Heal with You by Nicky James

    Heal with You by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Six couples. One conference. You’ve taken their journeys. Fought the hard road along with them, but where are our couples at today? Dr. Kelby and her associate Dr. Mann have organized a conference in faraway Alberta to discuss their research of life-crippling phobias...
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    animals  mlm  adult  book  cats  children  contemporary  fiction
  • Taming Clint Westmoreland by Brenda Jackson

    Taming Clint Westmoreland by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In name only? The moment ex-Texas Ranger Clint Westmoreland learned he was still married, he set the limits for his wife's stay at his luxurious horse ranch. But when she arrived, Clint's boundaries began to blur. He and Alyssa Barkley had thirty days to untangle the legal knot that had bound them together during an undercover assignment years before...
  • Sparrow by Kelly Fox

    Sparrow by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I like horses better than most people. After years of supporting our local equine rescue, it’s safe to say that I have a certified hate-on for the rodeo. So why is Luke McCall, injured rodeo diva, in my training paddock?I feel bad that he was outed by the media, and I get the need to regroup out of the spotlight...
  • Whiskey River Rescue by Justine Davis

    Whiskey River Rescue by Justine Davis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Still reeling from the unexpected sale of the land she and her horses live on, horse rescuer Kelsey Blaine is frantic when she comes home to find her possessions already boxed up and her house being bulldozed without any notice. Normally calm and kind, Kelsey becomes furious and impulsively cuts a privacy fence to confront the culprit–her mysterious neighbor, Joe...
  • Sundancer by Shelley Peterson

    Sundancer by Shelley Peterson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the outside, 13-year-old Alberta — Bird — looks like a typical teenager. She spends her days attending school, riding horses, and helping out on the farm where she lives with her Aunt Hannah. But Bird is anything but typical. For one, she hears things that no one else hears, like the thoughts of the various animals she befriends. For another, she doesn't talk...
  • Crankshaft by K.M. Neuhold

    Crankshaft by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I don’t have time for a relationship, not even with the adorably dorky vet I can’t seem to stop bumping into… *sigh * pass the oil and lubeBetween running a garage full of beefed up, gear head mechanics and bailing my idiot brother out of trouble every other week, the last thing I have time for is a relationship...
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    mlm  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Sunrise Canyon by Janet Dailey

    Sunrise Canyon by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the heart of Arizona's Sonora Desert, a little girl in need of her father, a woman in need of forgiveness, and a war hero in need of love come together to create a family . . . Before he left for Afghanistan, Jake O'Reilly had everything--a beautiful wife, a baby on the way, a wonderful life...
  • Chicken Culprit by Vikki Walton

    Chicken Culprit by Vikki Walton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Check Out the First Book in the New Backyard Farming Mystery Series CHICKEN CULPRIT Finally healing after her heart-breaking divorce, Anne Freemont is ready to put the painful past behind her. Discovering an old Victorian for sale in the small mountain town of Carolan Springs may be just what she needs. The beauty of Colorado beckons, so Anne heads west to start her new life...
  • The Betas: Rene'  (Werewolves of Manhattan) by A.C. Katt

    The Betas: Rene' (Werewolves of Manhattan) by A.C. Katt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Frankie Ferone moves from the mob to an even more secretive group, the loup garou.When attending a wedding, Frank Ferone is introduced to Rene DuBois, a violet eyed stranger. Rene has a secret to hide but can't overlook that he's met his mate. Rene starts to romance Frankie and soon Frankie falls in love. But how is he going to react when Rene tells Frankie he is loup garou...
  • Ours by Fiona Quinn

    Ours by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ours is but to do or die.A novella from Fiona Quinn’s bestselling Kate Hamilton SeriesScience teacher Kate Hamilton is moving to Washington D.C. to be closer to her disabled SEAL husband.Her marriage is held together by a thread. Her baby is due very soon…too soon...
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    animals  mystery  military  contemporary  murder  fiction
  • Chancing Hope by Lisa Slater

    Chancing Hope by Lisa Slater

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In "Chancing Hope," readers are introduced to Kerwyn Bartel, a skilled young horse trainer with an uncanny ability to recognize a horse's potential and help them overcome their fears. However, applying these same instincts to his own life proves to be much more challenging...
  • Whirlwind by Alison Hart

    Whirlwind by Alison Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Here is the much-begged-for sequel to Shadow Horse. With a feisty female protagonist, a little romance, a lot of mystery, and a barnful of animals just waiting to be loved, this young adult horse mystery novel will have young girls galloping to the bookstore to grab their copy...
  • Appaloosa Summer by Tudor Robins

    Appaloosa Summer by Tudor Robins

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Meg Traherne has never known loss. Until the beautiful, talented horse she trained herself, drops dead underneath her in the show ring. Jared Strickland has been living with loss ever since his father died in a tragic farming accident. Meg escapes from her grief by changing everything about her life; moving away from home to spend her summer living on an island in the St...
  • The Hart Brothers: Simon & Callaghan by Diana Palmer

    The Hart Brothers: Simon & Callaghan by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    First there's the Hart brother,Simon Hart who'd sworn off women forever.Then,he met socialite Tira Beck.He thought she was nothing but a shameless flirt.Until he found out she was saving the flirting only for him.He decided he had to have her but could a reformed bachelor give up his bachelorhood for the long haul? For good? Next,there was Callaghan Hart...
  • Bishop by Jacki James

    Bishop by Jacki James

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bishop was looking for a boy of his own, but he didn’t expect that boy to be his best friend’s little brother.When Rory’s car breaks down on the way to make the most important delivery of his career, he thinks it is the worst thing that could have possibly happened to him. Little did he know it would turn out to be the best...
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    animals  mlm  adult  age-gap  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Hart Brothers Rey & Leo by Diana Palmer

    The Hart Brothers Rey & Leo by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    two long, tall texans favorites ride...
  • A Horse of Her Own by Annie Wedekind

    A Horse of Her Own by Annie Wedekind

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A girl who longs for her own horse is given the chance to care for a troubled, damaged horse, who needs her as much as she needs him.Fourteen-year-old Jane Ryan has always dreamed of having a horse of her own―but so long as she gets to ride her favorite school horse, Beau, at Sunny Acres farm, she's content. And this is the summer she means to try out for the advanced riding class...
  • Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell

    Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Adrian Simcox tells anyone who will listen that he has a horse--the best and most beautiful horse anywhere.But Chloe does NOT believe him. Adrian Simcox lives in a tiny house. Where would he keep a horse? He has holes in his shoes. How would he pay for a horse?The more Adrian talks about his horse, the angrier Chloe gets...
  • The One Dollar Horse: Fire Storm: Book 3 by Lauren St. John

    The One Dollar Horse: Fire Storm: Book 3 by Lauren St. John

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Teenage eventing star Casey Blue has it all - fame, her champion horse Storm and a boyfriend who loves her.Then Kyle West walks into her life. The country's hottest equestrian coach is also drop dead gorgeous and Casey knows right away that she's in trouble...
  • The One Dollar Horse by Lauren St. John

    The One Dollar Horse by Lauren St. John

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fifteen year old Casey Blue lives in East London’s grimmest tower block and volunteers at a local riding school, but her dream is to win the world’s greatest Three Day Event: the Badminton Horse Trials. When she rescues a starving, half-wild horse, she’s convinced that the impossible can be made possible...
  • Race the Wind by Lauren St. John

    Race the Wind by Lauren St. John

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Casey Blue's Badminton victory earns her and Storm an invitation to the prestigious Kentucky Three Day Event, it is a dream come true. But that dream is about to turn into a nightmare. After her father is arrested for a crime Casey is convinced he didn't commit, she finds herself the victim of a vicious blackmailer. To make matters worse, Storm is behaving like the wild horse he once was...
  • Sawyer by JJ Harper, Jay Aheer

    Sawyer by JJ Harper, Jay Aheer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Take one bartender. Add an unwelcome engagement party With a dash of hot, sexy stranger For a spicy and sweet new beginning. Sawyer can’t believe his cheating ex has chosen Bar 28 to hold his engagement party. The grin on his smug face proves he has done it on purpose...
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    animals  mlm  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction  insta-love
  • Kitt by Taylor Rylan

    Kitt by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Second chances at life and new friendships are sometimes exactly what you need. Austin “Kitt” Kitteridge knows firsthand that it only took seconds for your life to change. When a ride on a bull that’s never been ridden before goes terribly wrong, Kitt suddenly finds himself retired from the rodeo circuit and left wondering what’s next...
  • Got Me Looking by Casey Cox

    Got Me Looking by Casey Cox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A jilted groom and a guy who doesn’t believe in monogamy fall in love? Yeah. Right.After getting cheated on at my own goddamn wedding, I’m through with men. I’m approaching fifty, and all I’ve ever wanted is to settle down, get married, and live happily ever after. But yeah, that hasn’t exactly worked out great for me.The last person I expect to understand me is Tate...
  • Wednesday Riders by Tudor Robins

    Wednesday Riders by Tudor Robins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The island. Meg can’t wait to get back. She’s excited to see her new mare kick up her heels in Salem’s old paddock. She’s impatient to run on country roads between breeze-blown hayfields.Mostly, Meg longs to be back with Jared again.It’s going to be the perfect summer...
  • Heart of the Valley by Cathryn Hein

    Heart of the Valley by Cathryn Hein

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brooke Kingston is smart, capable and strongwilled – some might even say stubborn – and lives in the beautiful Hunter Valley on her family property. More at home on horseback than in heels, her life revolves around her beloved 'boys' – showjumpers Poddy, Oddy and Sod. Then a tragic accident leaves Brooke a mess...
  • A Silver Fox for Kinkmas by Colette Davison

    A Silver Fox for Kinkmas by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a commitment-phobe. He’s a widower. Is the true gift of Christmas each other?All I want for Christmas is a sexy silver fox, and Cuffd Kinkmas events are the perfect places to find temporary Daddies for steamy hookups.I don’t expect to get swept off my feet. I don’t expect to want more of Magnus. Even though I’m freaking out, I can’t deny that he ticks all my boxes...
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    animals  mlm  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction  insta-love
  • Pete & His Pig by Lana Dash

    Pete & His Pig by Lana Dash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Samantha agreed to help out her cousin with her dog walking business, she quickly realizes that she wasn't given the full rundown of what it would entail. When she heads up to the hotel suite to pick up Wilbur for his walk, she's not met by a dog but a pig! Things get even more complicated when his hot owner greets her wet and in only a towel..
  • A Very Special Christmas by Athena Steller

    A Very Special Christmas by Athena Steller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome back to the Daddy’s Boy series.Come spend the holiday with our favorite boys and their Daddies.It’s been almost a year since Avery’s life changed and he met Jace. Cold and lonely Christmases of the past are over. And our sweet little deserves everything he’s going to get and more.Caleb feels a little better every day that he gets to spend with Grant...
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    mlm  animals  lgbtq  contemporary  humor  age-gap  fiction  bdsm
  • Don't Let Go by Andrew Grey

    Don't Let Go by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Avery Rivers is a country music sensation, selling records by the millions and playing to sold-out crowds. But behind that persona is Robert, a burned-out musician cracking under the pressure. He’s unable to write any new songs, and he wants out of the business—at least for a while. He changes his appearance and finds honest, hard work in Jackson, Wyoming...
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    mlm  animals  horses  romance  western  contemporary  lgbtq  audiobook
  • Heartstring by Ana Ashley

    Heartstring by Ana Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MikIf I had a dollar for every mistake I made… But there’s only one mistake I regret.Breaking my promise to the only person who ever understood my need to get away from a future I didn’t want…Tyler.I’ve reached many hearts through my music, but the only one I’ve ever wanted might be lost to me forever.TylerFool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…Mik broke a promise a long time ago...
  • A Dealer Dead Ahead by Scarlett Moss

    A Dealer Dead Ahead by Scarlett Moss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All she can see is grief until a friend offers her a coastal view. But this seaside adventure could have her drowning in danger.Carter Cash struggles with starting over. Widowed for a year and looking for direction, the mystery-TV-show fanatic agrees to assist a pal refurbishing an old yacht… and makes fast friends with a retired police dog...
  • Good Things Come by Linda Shantz

    Good Things Come by Linda Shantz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “There’s so much more to life than horses.” Was there, though?If Liv wasn’t such a control freak, it wouldn’t have rubbed her the wrong way when the farm’s new exercise rider stepped in to resuscitate Chique, the first foal out of her father’s favourite mare...
  • The Country Bride by Lucy McConnell

    The Country Bride by Lucy McConnell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Paige Baker is bound and determined to start her own horse training business. While at an auction where she plans to purchase the horse of her dreams, she meets Pamela Jone, a matchmaker for the ultra wealthy, and is suddenly on a whole new path in life...
  • Sometimes You Just Know by Kate Sherwood

    Sometimes You Just Know by Kate Sherwood

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before Dan met Jeff and Evan, he thought he'd only ever love one man. This is the story of Dan and Justin, before things went wrong.WARNING: Things DO go wrong. Not in this book, but unless you're pretty tough, I'd read Dark Horse first, so you're prepared..
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    animals  horses  mlm  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Bella's Run by Margareta Osborn

    Bella's Run by Margareta Osborn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bella Vermaelon and her best friend Patty are two fun-loving country girls bonded in sisterhood no blood could ever beat. Now they are coming to the end of a road trip which has taken them from their family farms in the rugged Victorian high country to the red dust of the Queensland Outback...
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    animals  horses  adult  australia  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Blaze by R.M. Neill

    Blaze by R.M. Neill

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    BlazeWhoever says money can solve all your problems is a damn liar. It only creates unnecessary headaches and does nothing to erase bitter memories.Deep down, I’m still the same guy I’ve always been. No matter how many zeros are in my bank account. No matter how far I run, or how much richer I become. Where I came from will never change.I’m tired of pretending...
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    mlm  animals  horses  romance  contemporary  western  lgbtq  small-town
  • Chase Me Home by Tatum West

    Chase Me Home by Tatum West

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elias:I broke Zane Chase’s heart twenty years ago, on the night I left Abingdon. I knew we’d never have a happy ending. I played straight for years. I made my life perfect through sheer force of will—I built a billion dollar company, married a good girl, even had a kid. I hid myself for decades, and I got exactly what I wanted.But it all came crashing down...
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    mlm  animals  contemporary  lgbtq  fiction  audiobook  family  children
  • Runaway by Dandi Daley Mackall

    Runaway by Dandi Daley Mackall

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new series by Dandi Daley Mackall, author of the best-selling Winnie the Horse Gentler series!I've run away seven times―never once to anything, just away from. Maybe that's why they call me a “runaway,” and not a “run-to.”Meet 16-year-old Dakota Brown. She used to love all things “horse” until she lost everything, including hope...
  • Ambition by Natalie Keller Reinert

    Ambition by Natalie Keller Reinert

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The first book in Natalie Keller Reinert’s beloved Eventing Series, set in the high-stakes world of three-day eventing, now reimagined and repackaged!Jules Thornton didn’t come to Florida horse country to make friends. With her beloved horse Dynamo and her ruthless ambition, she is intent on becoming a world-class rider and trainer...
  • The Atonement by Beverly Lewis

    The Atonement by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Must-Have Novel from the #1 Name in Amish Fiction The mistakes of the past haunt Lucy Flaud, who years ago stopped attending the activities for courting-age young people in her hometown of Bird-in-Hand...
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    animals  horses  adult  book  christian  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Kentucky Sunrise by Fern Michaels

    Kentucky Sunrise by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In Fern Michaels's thrilling finale to the series that has reunited the Coleman and Thornton families, tough-as-nails horsewoman Nealy Coleman Diamond faces her greatest challenge... Nealy is happy with her new husband, lawyer Hatch Littletree... but when it comes to horses, she's never satisfied...
  • Thicker Than Water by Lauren Brooke

    Thicker Than Water by Lauren Brooke

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Eleven years after her father deserted her, Amy must face the fact that he is coming to Heartland. Thicker than Water, the eighth Heartland title, is a story of family and discovery and acceptance.Amy's father is scheduled to visit Heartland. Amy hasn't seen him since he abruptly left the family following his debilitating accident...
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