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  • Mackenzie's Heroes: Mackenzie's Pleasure / Mackenzie's Magic by Linda Howard

    Mackenzie's Heroes: Mackenzie's Pleasure / Mackenzie's Magic by Linda Howard

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Mackenzie's Pleasure Navy SEAL Zane Mackenzie is a pro. No mission has ever gotten the better of him…until now. Saving the ambassador's gorgeous daughter, Barrie Lovejoy, is textbook—except for their desperate night of passion. Though his job as a soldier ends with her freedom, he would sooner die than let the enemy harm the mother of his child...
  • Badlands, Bad Boy by Maggie Shayne

    Badlands, Bad Boy by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Alter Ego or Ghostly Warrior? Wes Brand is the black sheep of the family. But lately, he’s become friends with an old Shaman named Turtle who has hidden reasons for wanting to put Wes in touch with his Comanche roots. Turtle convinces Wes to impersonate legendary warrior Wolf Shadow, to drive archaeologist Dr. Taylor McCoy away from her dig site...
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  • Long Gone Lonesome Blues by Maggie Shayne

    Long Gone Lonesome Blues by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Back from the Dead? Ben Brand is still in mourning for his long lost wife, Penny. It’s been two years since she died in a fiery car wreck leaving her wedding band as the only identifiable thing on her body...
  • Cowboy Under Siege by Em Petrova

    Cowboy Under Siege by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone wants her for her money. But what he wants comes with a bigger price—her heart.Jaren Abel, new bodyguard on the WEST Protection team, will try anything once. Which is how he ends up on the back of a bull, hoping to snag the attention of a stunning rodeo trick rider. Jaren doesn’t do relationships, so one night is all he’s willing to commit to...
  • Lonestar Secrets by Colleen Coble

    Lonestar Secrets by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Can a secret be kept forever? Five years ago, Shannon Astor left the beautiful high-mountain country of West Texas as a single mother. She was desperate for a fresh start...and a way to keep the secrets of her past buried. It almost worked. Until a chance to make a better life for her daughter leads her right back home. To the very place of the past betrayals...
  • The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SOMETIMES SMALL TOWNS HAVE SECRETS.Masterson, Wyoming is no exception.When the Masterson brothers meet the redheaded Tyler sisters, anything can happen. But can the brothers stop the threats coming for them all?In Seeking the Sheriff, Sheriff Joel Masterson shows up on Phoebe Tyler's doorstep with her drunken younger brother in tow. Joel takes one look at Phoebe and falls hard and fast...
  • Lonestar Angel by Colleen Coble

    Lonestar Angel by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Eden's hope is rekindled when Clay delivers astounding news: their daughter has been found. Five years ago Eden and Clay Larson's baby was stolen and never found. Eden blamed herself, Clay lost himself in work. Their young and rocky marriage ended. Or so Eden thought. Now Eden's moved to a new town. She's found faith and is trying to rebuild her life...
  • Garrett by Linda Lael Miller

    Garrett by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Fast track up the political ladder, fast cars, fast women, that's Garrett McKettrick. Make that was. A scandal has brought him home to Blue River, Texas, a place where a man can slow down, take stock and plan his next move. Which doesn't include staying at the family ranch with his brothers. A city boy, Garrett does not think he has the land in his blood...
  • Lonestar Homecoming by Colleen Coble

    Lonestar Homecoming by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For most, it's the safest place on earth. For Gracie, it's the last place she wants to be...and the one place she must return. With nothing but five dollars and the wedding dress she's wearing, Gracie Lister flees with her daughter by train to West Texas, to the town she ran away from so long ago...
  • High Ground by Freya Barker

    High Ground by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not much has gone according to plan for mechanic, Pippa Freling, recently. With lots of bridges burned behind her, she decides to stick close to her sister and give Montana a try. Things are looking up when she joins a local group of animal activists, buys an auto shop for a steal, and even tries her luck with the opposite sex...
  • Her Brand of Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Her Brand of Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Exploring her hidden past May rob her of her future Ansley Brookshire’s search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. This is where she meets Buck Crawford. Determined to help, the gorgeous rancher introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations...
  • Royal Atlas by H.J. Bellus

    Royal Atlas by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Love struck me at the early age of five. The boy turned into a man, and I fell even deeper. Guy Webb had no idea my fragile heart belonged to him for so many years. He was too busy being my brother’s best friend and a star on the football field. He was my daydream, and consumed every single thought, but he was always one step from my reach. Beartooth Ranch was our home...
  • Finding Dandi by Sable Hunter

    Finding Dandi by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    LOVE IS PATIENT. LOVE IS KIND. Lucas thinks he has his life mapped out until fate throws a curvy little dancer in his lap. Soon he finds that it will take more than success or status to make him happy – it will take Dandi. LOVE IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS Dandi can’t change her past, but she can keep from hurting Lucas...
  • The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton

    The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ned 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...
  • High Stakes by Freya Barker

    High Stakes by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When her sister, Pippa, goes missing, Nella Freling tells her boss she’s taking time off from her job as a research librarian, hops in her sensible van, and heads south of the border to Montana. However, local police don’t seem too concerned about a missing woman living in her motorhome...
  • The Baddest Virgin in Texas by Maggie Shayne

    The Baddest Virgin in Texas by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Jessi Brand decided she wanted Lash Monroe. He was the man she'd saved herself for. But this male was going to need some convincing - Lash had vowed never to settle down - but he couldn't get Jessi out of his mind. And he couldn't resist her tempting offer. But when he discovered Jessi was pregnant with his child, everything changed...
  • Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This case may prove to be too hot to handle. There's silver out there: Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on that big piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it. The man with the skills she needs is private investigator Alex Justice—a former navy fighter pilot and a current pain in the neck...
  • Against the Sun by Kat Martin

    Against the Sun by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin comes another thrilling story in The Raines of Wind Canyon series. It’s not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell’s job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake’s not on her payroll...
  • The Man from Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller

    The Man from Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller presents the Stone Creek story that started it all…When trouble strikes in Haven, Arizona, Ranger Sam O'Ballivan is determined to sort it out. Badge and gun hidden, he arrives posing as the new schoolteacher, and discovers his first task: bringing the ranchers' children under control...
  • The Cowboy's Second Chance Family: Clean as a Whistle Contemporary Western Romance by Shirleen Davies

    The Cowboy's Second Chance Family: Clean as a Whistle Contemporary Western Romance by Shirleen Davies

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This cowboy will do everything possible to get his family back.He never expected to uncover the treachery which tore his marriage apart.Trace Griffin loved his life as a rodeo competitor. Leaving it behind to recover his family hadn’t been a difficult choice. Blindsided years earlier when his wife wrongly accused him of cheating, he found a new focus...
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  • Cowboy Bikers MC #12 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Cowboy Bikers MC #12 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way.Nick - I’m the sheriff of this town as well as a member of an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses...
  • His to Take by Tory Baker

    His to Take by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a man who knows what he wants and what I want is Birdie. It hurt like hell to watch her leave our small town to set off and chase her college dreams. I let her go once, I’m not letting it happen again.Now she’s home for good, and I’ll stop at nothing to keep her with me, always. Even if that means tying her to me in every way possible...
  • The Littlest Cowboy by Maggie Shayne

    The Littlest Cowboy by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Baby on his Doorstep!Sheriff Garrett Brand has raised his entire brood of siblings single-handedly, and he’s done his best to teach them some values, to mold them into honorable, responsible, and trustworthy human beings...
  • Rafe by Kathy Ivan

    Rafe by Kathy Ivan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When Sheriff Rafe Boudreau catches Tessa Maxwell climbing through the window of a house where she doesn’t belong, the crime rate isn’t the only thing that spikes. Turns out, trouble has followed the small-town schoolteacher to Shiloh Springs, and Rafe and the rest of the Boudreau clan must step in to keep her safe...
  • Dylan by Linda Lael Miller

    Dylan by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Hailed as "rodeo's bad boy" for his talent at taming bulls and women, Dylan Creed likes life in the fast lane. But when the daughter he rarely sees is abandoned by her mother, Dylan heads home to Stillwater Springs ranch. Somehow the champion bull rider has to turn into a champion father--and fast...
  • Brash by Laura Wright

    Brash by Laura Wright

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of the Cavanaugh Brothers novels returns to the Cavanaugh’s Texas Triple C ranch as the brothers confront the painful memories of their childhood and the truth about their sister’s murder… No matter how many fights UFC champion Cole Cavanaugh wins, he can’t rid himself of the guilt of not having saved his twin sister’s life...
  • Cowboy Reckoning by Barb Han

    Cowboy Reckoning by Barb Han

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Intent on proving her brother was murdered a decade ago, Ensley Cartier returns to the one place she vowed to never set foot in again. With the whole town against her, she finds an ally in Levi McGannon. He loves the land and the ranching way of life, but they quickly discover Cattle Cove isn’t the innocent town he once believed and somebody wants Ensley buried along with their secrets...
  • My Favorite Cowboy by Donna Grant

    My Favorite Cowboy by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant rounds up the hottest cowboys in Texas in her latest novel of no-holds-barred passion.Audrey Martinez is a veterinarian who has devoted her whole life to the care and protection of horses―even if doing so leaves her little time for meeting a man...
  • Against the Night by Kat Martin

    Against the Night by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    He knows what goes on in the dark. She's got the face of an angel and the body of… well, isn't that what he'd expect from an exotic dancer? But there's something about this girl that Johnnie Riggs can't shake. The former army ranger is hot on the trail of an elusive drug lord, and suddenly very hot under the collar, as well...
  • High Meadow by Freya Barker

    High Meadow by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An emergency call to pick up an injured stallion on the side of the road sends Alexandra Hart, the new owner of Hart's Horse Rescue, into action. A recent addition to the area, she is not impressed when the animal's taciturn owner shows up. With his less-than-stellar disposition, he’s the kind of man she normally avoids at all costs, unfortunately, he owns the ranch just down the road...
  • Antonio by Kathy Ivan

    Antonio by Kathy Ivan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tasked with locating a missing government witness, FBI agent Antonio Boudreau jumps at the chance to work closer to his home town of Shiloh Springs, Texas. Ever since somebody tried to kill her while under the feds protection, Serena Snowden’s been on the lam...
  • Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated continuation of the Cardwell Ranch Collection, read by more than 2 MILLION! Jackson Cardwell won't stop until she is safe. In Montana for his brother's nuptials, Jackson Cardwell isn't looking to be anybody's hero. But the Texas single father knows a beautiful lady in distress when he meets her. Someone's hell-bent on making Allie Taylor think she's losing her mind...
  • Renegade's Pride by B.J. Daniels

    Renegade's Pride by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trouble has come back to town, and this time, he's not leaving without her In the nine years since Trask Beaumont left Gilt Edge, Lillian Cahill had convinced herself she was over him. But when the rugged cowboy suddenly walks into her bar, there's a pang in her heart that argues the attraction never faded...
  • Hero for the Holidays by Maisey Yates

    Hero for the Holidays by Maisey Yates

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    This Christmas, could the cowboy from her past unlock the key to her future?When Landry King shows up at Four Corners Ranch with Lila, the teenage daughter no one ever knew he had, it sets the gossip mill churning. Landry’s daughter has lost her adoptive parents and is in desperate need of a new family...
  • Testing Limits by Emma Creed

    Testing Limits by Emma Creed

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Join these dark, dirty, and corrupt cowboys on the Carson’s ranch. Where boundaries are pushed, laws are broken and limits get tested…Life on the Carson Ranch is never boring.We have secrets to unearth and scores to settle.What I’m about to do is gonna cause us a whole heap of fresh trouble. The Masons are my family's biggest rivals.They play dirty and don’t like to lose...
  • Obsessed Cowboy  (Whiskey Run: Cowboys Love Curves) by Hope Ford

    Obsessed Cowboy (Whiskey Run: Cowboys Love Curves) by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s the preacher’s daughter and she’s off limits.I’m an over-the-top, obsessed cowboy.I can lasso wild horses, loose cows and the orneriest of bulls...but I can’t seem to catch the curvy Janie Bradshaw.She’s too young and she’s way too good for the likes of this ol’ cowboy, but I can’t stop thinking about her. She has more curves than some men would know what to do with. But not me...
  • Double Trouble by C.P. Smith, Julia Goda

    Double Trouble by C.P. Smith, Julia Goda

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WARNING: Author believes in soul mates and insta-love. Proceed with caution if you're not a romantic at heart. Book #2 in the Wallflower Series. (Not A Standalone) “ ’Tis better to never have loved and lost than to live with the regret of your stupidity.” ~ Sienna Miller, Wallflower They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, or in this case, Wallflowers to behave. Then again . .
  • Taming Alex by Jill Sanders

    Taming Alex by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Alexis has always been the wild child. She’s the girl everyone always gossips about behind her back. Now that she's engaged to the town’s bad boy, Travis, she finally thinks she's heading in the right direction. Then life throws a tall, dark, and good man her way and causes her whole world to shake. Grant's back in town...
  • Lonestar Sanctuary by Colleen Coble

    Lonestar Sanctuary by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    In the quiet safety of the Bluebird Ranch, old promises resurface and unexpected love brings new hope. Though tragedy has wrecked her life, Allie Siders holds on to the hope that her five-year-old daughter, Betsy, will speak again. But with a stalker out for revenge, all Allie can think about now is their safety. She must sever all ties and abandon life as she knows it...
  • Against the Storm by Kat Martin

    Against the Storm by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Some women find trouble wherever they go. And some men are their only protection against it. Redheads like Maggie O'Connell are nothing but trouble. But Trace Rawlins, a former army ranger turned private investigator, takes the case anyway. After all, he knows a thing or two about women. Trace can sense that something is wrong--Maggie isn't telling him everything...
  • A Christmas Nanny for the Cowboy by Mia Brody

    A Christmas Nanny for the Cowboy by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Gruff cowboy seeks nanny for hire. Must love babies, flannel, and kissing under the mistletoe.MicahI didn’t ask Santa for a baby for Christmas. But the precious bundle that was left on my doorstep needs me and I won’t let her down. Problem is I can’t run the Christmas tree ranch and care for a little one.So I ask Santa to send me a nanny for Christmas who can help me with my new daughter...
  • Promise, Texas: A Bestselling Western Romance by Debbie Macomber

    Promise, Texas: A Bestselling Western Romance by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    www.DebbieMacomber.comLet Debbie Macomber take you into the HEART OF TEXAS In Promise, Texas, people know what really matters—family, friends, community. And they know that love gives meaning to every day of their lives…. Some of the people in Promise are from old ranching families—like the Westons and Pattersons—folks who arrived in the Hill Country more than a century ago...
  • Christmas at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Christmas at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AT CARDWELL RANCH, THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE BRUTAL… It had been years since Tanner "Tag" Cardwell's boots touched Montana soil. This Christmas he was determined to change that. Until a run-in with local Lily McCabe revealed dark secrets from his past and deep trouble for his future. Cowboys came and went in these parts...
  • This Calder Sky by Janet Dailey

    This Calder Sky by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The great Calder empire stretched across the Montana plains as far as the eye could see. Everyone knew a Calder's word was law and that one day Chase Calder would carry the family name to new glories. But for handsome, arrogant Chase Calder there was also beautiful Maggie O'Rourke, who came to him in innocence and stirred in him a deep, insistent longing...
  • Heart Of Stone by Diana Palmer

    Heart Of Stone by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    He would rescue the innocent beauty in distress...Boone Sinclair is a hard-headed, hard-hearted businessman and rancher. He has it all - except for Keely Welsh. The lovely beauty had always beguiled him...yet he was too experienced for her innocent charm. But when Keely's life is endangered by forces beyond her control, he has to protect her...
  • Suspicions by Cynthia Eden

    Suspicions by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyone’s a suspect in the beloved third book in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s The Battling McGuire Boys series, which was originally published by Harlequin Intrigue in 2015.Mark Montgomery will never forget the night Ava McGuire galloped onto his ranch terrified out of her mind. Once he’d saved his best friend’s sister from harm, the hardest part was letting her go...
  • Branded by B.J. Daniels

    Branded by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Responding to a 911 call, Whitehorse Deputy Halley Robinson is stunned to find herself face-to-face with her teenage crush, Colton Chisholm. The schoolboy who had teased her is now a strong and sexy man—and he's on a mission to solve a case! But if he plans on unmasking a killer, he's going to need her help...
  • Rescue at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rescue at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated continuation of the Cardwell Ranch Collection read by more than 2 MILLION! Saving her once was risky. Rescuing her again may be fatal. When Hayes Cardwell arrived in Big Sky, Montana, for his brother's wedding, the Texas P.I. didn't expect to play hero. But ever since he saved her from a brutal abductor, he can't get McKenzie Sheldon out of his mind and heart...
  • Cowgirl Crazy by Becky McGraw

    Cowgirl Crazy by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cowboys are a different breed... They work hard, play hard and love harder. It's all about the ride, until the right woman makes them fall. Twyla Taylor is one frustrated cowgirl. She's not winning at barrel racing or in love. She's spent ten years nursing a crush on her brother's best friend, Ryan Easter, who thinks of her as no more than his little sister...
  • Mercy by B.J. Daniels

    Mercy by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The hunt for a killer leads to a battle between justice and desire… For U.S. marshal Rourke Kincaid, there's the law…and then there's his law. When the two don't agree, he always trusts his instincts. A killing spree has gripped the Northwest, showing a strange connection that only he sees, and now the old rules of justice no longer apply...
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