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  • Give Hope a Chance by S.J. McCoy

    Give Hope a Chance by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is the final part of Chance and Hope's trilogy. We left them in a good place at the end of Finding Hope. Now it's time to see how their story concludes. Chance is starting to relax and to believe that he and Hope can have a future together...
  • Carter by S.J. McCoy

    Carter by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Carter Remington is a stand-up kind of guy. He leads a quiet life, running his landscaping business and working out at the gym. Family is one of his main concerns. He likes to make sure his brothers and his parents are all okay. He used to think he’d have a family of his own to take care of someday. But that dream died the day he found his wife in bed with one of the ranch hands...
  • Beau by S.J. McCoy

    Beau by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Beau Remington has built a good life for himself. He's worked hard to make his real estate company a success. He owns one of the nicest houses in town and comes from one of the most well-respected families in Paradise Valley. It's not that he isn't close to his family, it's just that he's never felt he quite belonged in the same way his brothers do...
  • Burn So Good by J.H. Croix

    Burn So Good by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ella Life isn’t fair. I know that lesson well. I said goodbye to Caleb ten years ago. The boy I once loved is all man now.. As a hotshot firefighter, he’s all about saving others. Life ripped us apart, stealing more than I could’ve imagined. Time didn’t heal all of my wounds, and time never let me forget what we once had. Once again, Caleb comes to my rescue...
  • Graham by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Graham by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Receiving a frantic call from her friend Alice, Julia McComas packs her bags and heads to a ranch in Texas where she encounters critters, cows, and a handful of handsome cowboy brothers. Her presence interrupts their daily routine, and one brother in particular makes his annoyance well known: Graham...
  • Trusting Sydney by Helen Hardt

    Trusting Sydney by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sam O’Donovan is bored with his stale life in Montana. When his brother-in-law offers him a great job and a cut of the McCray Ranch in Colorado, he’s ecstatic. This is the change he needs. As for beautiful Sydney Buchanan resurfacing? That’s icing on the cake. Sydney’s back for one reason and one reason only...
  • Finding Hope by S.J. McCoy

    Finding Hope by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His time in Oregon didn’t end the way he’d hoped, and now Chance is back at the ranch. He put himself out there, made an attempt at opening up his heart to happiness, but it didn’t work out. Maybe he’s just not supposed to be happy? That’s what he’s starting to believe—until his Remington brothers convince him he shouldn’t give up Hope just yet...
  • Ryder Revisited by Pamela M. Kelley

    Ryder Revisited by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chef Bethany Davis needs a job. Ryder Quinn needs a Chef. But she'd never make his short list. Bethany Davis has worked in some of the most exciting restaurants in New York City. She's from Quinn Valley, a small Idaho town and she hasn't been home for more than a few days in years...
  • Solid Soul by Brenda Jackson

    Solid Soul by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the real world there was no way flower shop owner Kylie Hagan would ever meet up with millionaire Chance Steele. But the world of single parents and teenage hormones brought them together the first time -- and a simmering passion they both tried to deny wouldn't keep them apart for long. Chance made her think of hot, sultry Southern nights...
  • Falling for Tender Heart by Katie Lane

    Falling for Tender Heart by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys . . . New York editor Emery Wakefield has come to Bliss, Texas, in search of the fabled final novel in the Tender Heart series—a series that left readers the world over hanging when the author died. But finding a happily-ever-after for her beloved characters and editorial success for herself won’t be easy...
  • Overdrive by Juanita Kees

    Overdrive by Juanita Kees

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chase Calhoun has worked hard at making Calhoun Customs a world-wide sensation and keeping his father’s dream alive. He hasn’t had time to think about settling down, so he’s not expecting to find love or new life in their garage amongst the ghosts of his family’s past. Charlotte Jackson is on the run from a rebellious past, determined to prove she can be a good mom to three-month-old baby, Zoe...
  • Cowboy Creed by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Cowboy Creed by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Seconds chances come in their own time for a cowboy. For Mindy and Creed the flame remains.Newly divorced and empty nester, Mindy Sage, decided that her hometown might be the perfect place to reinvent herself, or at least find the wild and carefree girl she used to be before she moved away. She’s craving small town comfort, but the problem is, in Cooper’s Hawk, everyone knows everyone...
  • Shane by SJ McCoy

    Shane by SJ McCoy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shane Remington has it all. He has a great family. He’s built his guest ranch into a great business. He’s a good-looking guy and he knows it. Everyone loves him. He may not have a woman, but that’s okay, he can have any woman he wants—and usually does. There is one woman who seems impervious to his charms though, and for some reason it bothers him. Cassidy Lane has it all, too...
  • Treasuring Amber by Helen Hardt

    Treasuring Amber by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kissing handsome Harper Bay to avoid a confrontation with her past isn’t on Amber Cross’s “to do” list, but sometimes a situation calls for desperate measures. She doesn’t expect the kiss to leave her breathless. Amber is the hottest thing walking but clearly not Harper’s type. Nope, he’s not looking for a platinum blond manicurist from the city...
  • Wyatt  Men of Clifton, Montana Book 4 by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Wyatt Men of Clifton, Montana Book 4 by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wyatt Stone knows how easily a woman can destroy a man’s trust, because he’s been there. So when his attraction for Olivia Roberts brings him to the point of giving in to his desire for her, he knows the safest thing to do is not start something he can’t finish, but Olivia is so irresistible...
  • Crash & Burn by J.H. Croix

    Crash & Burn by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fall in the mud. Best way to meet a H-O-T guy. Not . Rachel I fell in the mud, got a flat tire, and Remy kissed me. I saw stars. I might’ve seen God. But a hotshot firefighter to rescue me? Don’t think so. Then, I catch way too hot Remy Martin staring at my muddy a**. He’s got that whole tall, dark & protective thing going strong. So strong, I can’t resist...
  • Bring on the Night by S.J. McCoy

    Bring on the Night by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's the head of a major country music record label. She's worked hard to get where she is. She demands the best of herself—and of everyone around her.He's the label's biggest star—and the biggest pain in the a** she ever met. It's not that he's one of those arrogant musicians; to be fair, he's not a bad guy. In fact, he's a great guy. It's just that he irritates the life out of her...
  • Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker

    Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never let your past define your future. Single mom, HALEY DUNN, is ready for a new start for herself and her four-year-old son, Noah. When she loses not only her job and home, but the man who she thought cared about her, she decides to leave her hometown in Michigan and head to the west coast...
  • Bighearted Cowboy by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Bighearted Cowboy by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brennan Colt sings happy birthday to a stranger and ends up with a wife. Now that's a story of a Colt brother! Charlotte has faced a hard knock life. At ten, she was shipped off to live with her aunt and she had to grow up fast. Then in her twenties, she was diagnosed with a condition that changed her path. Wanting to help survivors of traumatic events, she sees an opportunity...
  • Montana Rebel by Debra Salonen

    Montana Rebel by Debra Salonen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don’t look down and don’t give up. Justin Oberman‘s credo for living his adventurous–some might say death-defying–life to the max served him well until the unfortunate outcome of a climb made him walk away from the sport he loved...
  • Men of Rocky Mountain: The Complete Collection by Alexis Winter

    Men of Rocky Mountain: The Complete Collection by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meet the men of Rocky Mountain. Alpha, broken, protective…and down right filthy.These men are the definition of bold, rough, take charge mountain men that will leave you weak in the knees. This collection includes FIVE full-length novels of small town angst, drama and off the charts heat. Books Claiming Her ForeverI’m not Mr. Settle-Down-and-Start-a-Family.Tried it. Failed at it...
  • Summer's Indiscretion by Heather Rainier

    Summer's Indiscretion by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer Heston is ready to give up on men and has sworn off blind dates permanently. A chance text message and phone conversation with two mysterious friends of Grace’s changes her mind. A dangerous situation literally thrusts her into their powerful arms as the attacks on her ladies’ adults-only boutique escalate and the tone of the Divine Morality blog grows more blatantly hateful...
  • Tangled in Divine by Heather Rainier

    Tangled in Divine by Heather Rainier

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Robbed of her family’s legacy, Gwen Henderson blindly sets out to win it back. In Divine she finds employment until she rejoins the rodeo circuit for one more winning year. What she doesn’t foresee is getting tangled up with two cowboys who have her yearning for life in Divine when her dreams are in Colorado...
  • Taming a Texas Bad Boy by Katie Lane

    Taming a Texas Bad Boy by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Bad Boy Ranch . . . where bad is, oh, so good. Six men return to the boys' ranch they spent one summer at as troubled teens. They're all searching for different things: peace, family, forgiveness, redemption, hope, and faith. It will take the love of strong Texas women to heal these wounded hearts and make these bad, bad boys realize they're good, good men...
  • The Rancher Takes a Family by Paula Altenburg

    The Rancher Takes a Family by Paula Altenburg

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rugged rancher Jake McGregor wrangles cattle better than kids, but when he's suddenly saddled with three grieving children, he's determined to step up. His sister's kids shouldn't pay for her error in judgment in naming him guardian. Problem is, he doesn't have a clue what he's doing. And the woman who attempts to help with his every fumble is the one woman he wants to steer clear of..
  • The Chase Is On by Brenda Jackson

    The Chase Is On by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WHAT CHASE WESTMORELAND WANTED... Something sure looked tempting, and Chase knew it wasn't on his restaurant's menu. His new neighbor Jessica Claiborne was as deliciously enticing as the confections she created--so enticing, Chase was finding it difficult to concentrate on anything but the curve of her lips...
  • Risky Pleasures by Brenda Jackson

    Risky Pleasures by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Although frustrated in his attempt to acquire Steele Corporation, arrogant millionaire Cameron Cody will not be denied the firm's most attractive asset, Vanessa Steele. So when Cameron learns that Vanessa is house-sitting for her sister in Jamaica, he buys the adjoining property and makes her an offer she can't refuse...
  • Stand-Up Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Stand-Up Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s almost perfect…Buckskin wrangler Garrett Whittaker has found the woman of his dreams in single-mom Anna Warren. He’s eager to be in her life, but she refuses to date until her toddler son is in college. Her intimidating ex left little Georgie afraid of men and Anna wary of making another mistake.If Garrett can win Georgie’s trust, he has a shot. If he can’t, he’s out of luck...
  • Cowboys of Chance Creek Vol 0 - 2 by Cora Seton

    Cowboys of Chance Creek Vol 0 - 2 by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three fast-paced, full-length, sexy western romance novels in one set! Available for a limited time only. Including: The Cowboy Inherits a Bride: When a big city chef and a hometown country boy go toe to toe to win an inheritance, the competition gets smoking hot...
  • A Falling Star by Carolyn Brown

    A Falling Star by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When she was young, pilot and airplane owner Retta King made a promise never to get involved with any of the migratory song birds who flew into Nashville to chase stardom. Then she met Denison Adams, a tall, handsome rancher from Oklahoma, who was trying to break into the song-writing world...
  • All Cowboy and Charm by Rhonda Lee Carver

    All Cowboy and Charm by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What happens at a fertility clinic stays at a fertility clinic...unless there's an accidental switch-a-roo...Successful author Melanie Jane decided after a very public divorce that she would prove to the world, especially her critiques, that she didn’t need a man to make her dreams come true. So, she wrote a best seller and used a fertility clinic to get pregnant...
  • Gabe by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Gabe by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabe Stone can’t get Emma Conner out of his mind, even though he knows she’s not the kind of woman to settle for a fling. Having known Emma all her life, he never noticed how grown up she’d become - until now. Emma has been in love with Gabe forever. When he finally shows her the attention she’s always hoped for, she falls even deeper in love with him, and soon discovers she’s pregnant...
  • Cowboy's Unexpected Family by Leslie North

    Cowboy's Unexpected Family by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Home is where the heart is…Single mom and widow Amy Thorne loves her beautiful town. It’s her job to market her little corner of heaven, and right now, she’s promoting the town’s upcoming rodeo. Everything is perfect—until rodeo star Cal Pierce arrives.Astonishingly, the smoldering cowboy is the spitting image of her late husband...
  • Brody by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Brody by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Brody Morgan comes back to Clifton from Butte, it’s because his life is in turmoil. He slept with a married woman, lost his US Marshal job, and is firmly implanted in the crosshairs of a mobster that is out for blood. Not only that, but the woman he’s always loved, Madilyn Young, isn’t too happy with him either, since he left her five years earlier to join the Marshals...
  • Linda Howard Collection by Linda Howard

    Linda Howard Collection by Linda Howard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heartbreaker The ranch she'd inherited was nearly bankrupt, and now Michelle discovered that she was also deeply in debt to John Rafferty, the tough-talking, hard-loving rancher who'd fascinated her since their first meeting years ago. But that fascination also scared her, and never more so than now, when he suggested a bargain that was far more tempting than it should have been...
  • Santa Wore Spurs by Becky McGraw, Sable Hunter

    Santa Wore Spurs by Becky McGraw, Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SANTA WORE SPURS is a wickedly hot Christmas anthology by Desiree Holt, Sable Hunter, Becky McGraw and Sandy Sullivan. This year you won’t need cocoa, you’ll want a fan and a hot cowboy! You’ll find four hot cowboys in this scorching contemporary western romance anthology...
  • Harland County Christmas: Jen and Brock by Donna Michaels, Brieanna Robertson

    Harland County Christmas: Jen and Brock by Donna Michaels, Brieanna Robertson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author HARLAND COUNTY CHRISTMAS Harland County Series-Prequel/Jen and Brock Novella Heat index: Hot Accounting major Jen has one more year before she graduates and moves out of Harland County to find a corporate job and maybe a good-looking businessman to boot. Cowboys were handsome and fun, but they didn’t stick. Neither did ranch hands...
  • The Bull Rider's Collection by Lynn Cahoon

    The Bull Rider's Collection by Lynn Cahoon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Saddle up and get ready to ride with three of the sexiest cowboys in spurs. These heroes aren’t afraid of danger or a challenge, and neither are the sassy, smart women in their world...
  • Reaper's Girl by Laramie Briscoe

    Reaper's Girl by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 5 in the Rockin' Country Series Wife Husband Parents Entertainers Reaper and Harmony have enjoyed being Garrett and Hannah since their respective tours ended. They’ve become closer, learned to live as a married couple, and been successful in keeping relevant without having their faces on the covers of tabloids. Raising their eighteen-month-old son is the highlight of both their lives...
  • Into the Fire by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Into the Fire by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    James Compton is a man of two worlds. For half the year, he’s Seth’s oldest boy, working with his family and the horses on Compass Ranch. The other half, he’s Jamie, a daring smokejumper on the West Yellowstone Squad. Those two halves make him feel whole, happy, satisfied. Until he meets his boss’s daughter, Ivy…   Ivy Wagner’s life should be complete...
  • Cowboy's Secret Son by Leslie North

    Cowboy's Secret Son by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lights, Camera, Romance…Remington’s late father left him half of the family’s famous cowboy camp. But he left the other half to a kid Remington has never met—although the adorable child's mother is no stranger. Melody Naly was Remington’s childhood best friend, until they foolishly spent a night together...
  • A Cowboy's Baby by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    A Cowboy's Baby by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ready or not, he’s a daddy… Gage Sawyer has been a rolling stone since he left the family ranch at eighteen. A year and a half ago he had a fling with Emma Green, and never forgot about her. But when he showed up at her door, she shut it in his face. He figured that was that…until she arrived in Eagles Nest with a baby. His baby...
  • Bourbon Bold by Jessica Mills, Ali Parker

    Bourbon Bold by Jessica Mills, Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s got a bucket list, and I’m hoping I’m on it.Relationships should be short and sweet, or so I thought, until I meet a woman who shows me what an idiot I’ve been.An enchanting mix of innocence and sensuality, she’s part surgeon, part daredevil.She wants my help with her bucket list, a list filled with adventure and a hint of danger...
  • Perfect Problem by Cary Hart

    Perfect Problem by Cary Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Every Blue Moon by Hildie McQueen

    Every Blue Moon by Hildie McQueen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Olivia Dougherty is trapped with a badly injured Bronson, she doesn't expect to fall in love with the handsome man who fights her every step of the way. Bronson Cole knows better than to allow the beautiful physician near his heart, especially since she's set to marry another...
  • Falling for a Cowboy's Smile by Katie Lane

    Falling for a Cowboy's Smile by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No heart is safe when a charming cowboy comes to town... Dirk Hadley has bamboozled everyone in Bliss, Texas, into believing that he’s an easygoing drifter just passing through town. But Dirk is no drifter. He’s on a mission to discover the truth about his past. And when that past collides with the sweet and beautiful Gracie Arrington, he won’t be able to maintain his charade...
  • Falling Head Over Boots by Katie Lane

    Falling Head Over Boots by Katie Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whatcha got cookin’, good-lookin’? After getting her heart broken, Carly Hanover believes the only person she can trust is herself. She works hard to become an executive chef and dreams of opening her own restaurant. But after being blackballed in the culinary world for losing her temper with a customer, that dream starts to fade . .
  • A Cowboy's Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    A Cowboy's Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Saddle up or settle down?After living a vagabond life with her hippie parents and rambunctious siblings, Morgan O’Connelli’s determined to put down roots at last. When a promotion for her new business goes off the rails, she’s rescued by the hottest cowboy in town. Too bad he comes with complications.Rancher Gabe Chance is blown away by the feisty redhead. Morgan’s perfect for him...
  • Jake by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Jake by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jake Stone isn’t happy about Hattie’s granddaughter suddenly appearing to take over her ranch after Hattie’s death, but he knows she’d want him to make her welcome. He just didn’t expect to like the stubborn redhead quite so much. Becca Daniels has inherited a horse ranch from a grandmother she never knew. To sell it, she has to live on it for six months. Otherwise, it goes up for auction...
  • Rockin' Country Series Box Set by Laramie Briscoe

    Rockin' Country Series Box Set by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only The Beginning Princess of Country Music America's sweetheart Survivor of the scrutiny that comes with it all Hannah "Harmony" Stewart has lived most of her adult life in the spotlight. It hasn't always been easy. One heartbreak almost ruined her. Some days it's hard to keep a smile on her face and stay positive,but there are a lot of people counting on her to keep it together...
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