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On Wings of Devotion by Roseanna M. White
All of England thinks Phillip Camden a monster--a man who deliberately caused the deaths of his squadron. But as nurse Arabelle Denler watches the so-dubbed "Black Heart" every day, she sees something far different: a hurting man desperate for mercy. And when their paths twist together and he declares himself her new protector, she realizes she has her own role to play in his healing...Categorized as:
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Untamed by Pamela Clare
In the breathtaking tradition of The Last of the Mohicans... MacKinnon's Rangers They were a band of brothers, their loyalty to one another forged by hardship and battle, the bond between these Highland warriors, rugged colonials, and fierce Native Americans stronger even than blood ties...Categorized as:
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![Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati]()
Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsWith epic sweep and breathtaking adventure, Sara Donati’s bestselling saga of an Early American family’s struggle for survival in the Northeast wilderness continues with the story of an indomitable woman and an unforgettable journey of redemption across a young nation threatened by the flames of war. The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has returned to her family’s mountain cabin in Paradise...Categorized as:
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Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fourth, and final novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series fires up the passion in a story about forgiveness and finding your soul mate.Dirk Littlewood had the world at his feet and a life he claimed to love. He was a world-champion bull rider with plenty of women to keep his nights busy and make his inner loneliness nothing but a delusion...Categorized as:
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![Southern Heat by Natasha Madison]()
Southern Heat by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWillowAfter being left for dead, I was given a fresh start by my knight in shining armor.My protector.I never had a family before they took me in.But I don’t know how to stay or trust.I always had a bag packed and ready just in case I needed to escape again.Like they say, old habits die hard.Being in the shadows is lonely, but lonely is safe...Categorized as:
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![Silver-Tongued Devil (Rough Riders) by Lorelei James]()
Silver-Tongued Devil (Rough Riders) by Lorelei James
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 12 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...Categorized as:
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![More Than Words Can Say by Karen Witemeyer]()
More Than Words Can Say by Karen Witemeyer
After fulfilling a pledge to a dying friend, Zacharias Hamilton is finally free. No family entanglements. No disappointing those around him. Just the quiet bachelor existence he's always craved. Until fate snatches his freedom away when the baker of his favorite breakfast bun is railroaded by the city council. Despite not wanting to get involved, he can't turn a blind eye to her predicament . .Categorized as:
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![Cowboys Don't Buy Their Bride at Auction by Jessie Gussman]()
Cowboys Don't Buy Their Bride at Auction by Jessie Gussman
Can love bloom between a woman who was forced to sell herself and the man who bought her to get her ranch? Roxane Rosthchild is up for auction. Well, her and her ranch. She knew it would be too much to hope for that the man who bought her would be more interested in her than in the property, and money, that came with her. But she’s been down this road before – a marriage that isn’t perfect... -
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Jake by Leigh Greenwood
The freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky--they got into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy...except the love of a good woman. Isabelle Born and bred in Savannah, Georgia, she was the kind of woman Jake Maxwell avoided at all cost... -
![To Bluff a Bride by Kate Condie]()
To Bluff a Bride by Kate Condie
She’s looking for freedom. When her ex brother-in-law insists she belongs to him, Ellen Moren must escape the town that never felt like home. Determined that another marriage is the only way to convince him to leave her alone, Ellen proposes a fake marriage to the kind bachelor whose family is heading west on the Oregon trail. He’s looking for home... -
![Protecting A Soul In Need: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Mia Dunham]()
Protecting A Soul In Need: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Mia Dunham
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBethany Stapleton has dedicated her life to horses, spending each day in her father’s stables, sacrificing things like love and family. However, when her father hires Corbin, a new trainer, her priorities change for good. Unfortunately, Bethany's world falls into pieces, when her favorite horses fail to recover with no explanation... -
![The Bride's Unknown Legacy: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Grace Clemens]()
The Bride's Unknown Legacy: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Grace Clemens
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-two-year-old Elsie Mays, the spirited daughter of a wealthy rancher, discovers a shocking family secret, prompting her to flee Minnesota under the cover of night. For years, she believed her mother and brother died in a buggy accident, but a hidden tintype reveals they were alive in Wyoming two years later... -
![When Love Comes by Penny Zeller]()
When Love Comes by Penny Zeller
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan love be found amidst broken hearts and unexpected loss?Determined to heal her broken heart, Charlotte Eliason visits her aunts in Prune Creek, Wyoming. What should be a time of peace and calm becomes one of chaos and unwelcome surprises when she discovers her longtime foe, Tobias Hallman, is the new blacksmith... -
![Fitzpatrick: Cowboy Reluctant: Christian Historical Western by Kathleen Ball]()
Fitzpatrick: Cowboy Reluctant: Christian Historical Western by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSweet Christian Historical Western RomanceFitzpatrick Kavanagh enjoys being a bachelor. He hasn’t found a woman who interests him, but he keeps courting various young ladies. He needs to be sure his future wife loves him and not his money. He rides toward town and he discovers a young woman in the road and unconscious.Brenna White wakes up at the Kavanaugh ranch in fright... -
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![Love Along the Cattle Trail: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Carol Colyer]()
Love Along the Cattle Trail: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Carol Colyer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeep into the Oklahoma frontier, Sierra Cassidy is a force to be reckoned with. Raised to be more cowboy than debutante, with fiery red hair and a spirit as wild as the open prairies, Sierra joins her father on a perilous cattle drive, defying societal norms and her father's protective instincts... -
![The Lady and the Mountain Man by Misty M. Beller]()
The Lady and the Mountain Man by Misty M. Beller
Leah Townsend, a recently orphaned heiress, flees Richmond after discovering her fiancé’s plot to kill her after their wedding. She needs a safe place to hide, and finds herself accepting a newspaper marriage proposal from a God-fearing young rancher in the Montana Territory... -
![Burning Desire by Scarlett Avery]()
Burning Desire by Scarlett Avery
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternate cover edition can be found here. Two Strapping Alpha Billionaires. One Girl Looking For A Fresh Start. A Heck of A Wild Ride. ***POV from all 3 main characters.*** Allison may have left her ex-boyfriend behind in New York, but it seems that toxic relationship is still haunting her today... -
![The Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer]()
The Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer
Only the Gift of Love Could Free Their Lonely Hearts AGATHA was the picture of primness and propriety although her green eyes could blaze with anger or sparkle with humor... SCOTT was the picture of lazy charm and happy indifference to what others thought was right and wrong. They were enemies, then friends. Then the sweet innocence of a child opened their eyes and their hearts... -
![Emma And The Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller]()
Emma And The Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDespite her unconventional upbringing -- she'd been adopted off the orphan train by the local "madam" -- Emma Chalmers was the most prim and proper young lady in all of Whitneyville...Categorized as:
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Rogue by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA loner by choice and a renegade by nature. Rogue is living up to his name. He’s lived life on his own terms, doing everything from team-roping in college, Texas Hold ‘em champion to founding his own company, Lone Wolf Oil. Everything he’s accomplished has been in spite of Dusty Walker, a man who sired four sons by four women – none of them his wife...Categorized as:
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![Song of the Wolf by Rosanne Bittner]()
Song of the Wolf by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBorn to be a Holy Woman among the Cheyenne, Medicine Wolf’s life as a young child is saved by a pack of wolves that keeps her from freezing to death. From then on, wolves are her guiding spirit and her protector. As she grows into womanhood, Medicine Wolf is forced to live among whites for one year, in an effort to learn the way of the white man... -
![An Abandoned Baby's Guardian: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Grace Clemens]()
An Abandoned Baby's Guardian: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Grace Clemens
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnswering an ad for a mail-order bride, Alice Smidgen finds herself at the mercy of fate when her fiancĂ© vanishes without a trace, leaving her stranded at the altar. As whispers of gossip engulf her, Alice's resilience is put to the test when an abandoned infant appears on her doorstep, intertwining her fate with that of the town's enigmatic doctor... -
![Lawless: Noah Kincaid by Stacy Reid]()
Lawless: Noah Kincaid by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 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... -
![A Christmas Miracle for the Hopeless Rancher: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Etta Foster]()
A Christmas Miracle for the Hopeless Rancher: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Etta Foster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is a hopeless cowboy. She is a Bride trying to break free. When everything falls apart, a Christmas miracle will bring them hope... Louise Moreau has only wanted a chance to be herself, even if it didn’t match up to her parents’ wishes. Desperately searching for an opportunity to have everything she desired, she finds an ad for a man asking for a clever wife...Categorized as:
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![Buck Spade - Never Date a Cowboy Billionaire | A Spade Brothers Billionaire Romance by Sophie Devon]()
Buck Spade - Never Date a Cowboy Billionaire | A Spade Brothers Billionaire Romance by Sophie Devon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBuck Spade, 44, is the tall, handsome cowboy billionaire boss of the sprawling 250,000 acre Texas ranch, the Seven Spades, and one of the famous Seven Spade brothers.Buck is all cowboy: tall, tough, brash, and blunt and is used to getting his own way... -
![Healing the Nurse's Heart: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Aurora Hanson]()
Healing the Nurse's Heart: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Aurora Hanson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaddie Ryan has fled her past, only to be trapped in a nightmare of a life in the West. When the man she thought to be her savior turns out to be a monster, she is left with nothing but a wounded heart and a flicker of hope. Alone and penniless, Maddie's future seems bleak until she stumbles upon a glimmer of hope in the most unexpected place... -
![Blind Faith by Alexa Aston]()
Blind Faith by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA wounded horse. A half-dead man. She thinks she can save the horse. She doubts the man will survive...Painter Alena McClaine’s world turns upside down when an unconscious rider arrives on his injured horse at her isolated California cabin. Both the animal and the stranger sport bullet wounds. Much to her surprise, the man lives—and hasn’t a clue about his identity. Even worse, he’s now blind... -
![A Lesson in Patience by Jennifer Connors]()
A Lesson in Patience by Jennifer Connors
Book #3 of the Lesson Series They say that third times a charm, but that couldn't be further from the truth for Ginny. In her latest adventure as a modern day woman trapped inside the body of a romance novel heroine, she finds herself in the late 19th century, on the frontier of America... -
![Calder Born, Calder Bred by Janet Dailey]()
Calder Born, Calder Bred by Janet Dailey
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTy Calder was a stranger to the mighty empire that was his legacy -- the ranchlands that rose to meet the Montana skies. He learned the ways of ranch life from young Jessy, who knew the land her own heart. But Ty worshiped dark, glamorous Tara, scion of the new "corporate West," of vast power and big money. Tara lured Ty on, greedy to be mistress of the Calder kingdom... -
![Forbidden Angel by Sandra Lea Rice]()
Forbidden Angel by Sandra Lea Rice
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Adrian Spencer, The Tenth Earl of Windsford, finds himself the unlikely guardian of the one woman he cannot forget, he has a decision to make. He can follow the dictates of his heart and pursue Angeline and the sensual promise implicit in her eyes, or adhere to the strict moral code he was born to uphold and deny them both... -
![Hitched to the Gunslinger by Michelle McLean]()
Hitched to the Gunslinger by Michelle McLean
Gray “Quick Shot” Woodson is the fastest gun west of the Mississippi. Unfortunately, he’s ready to hang up his hat. Sure, being notorious has its perks. But the nomadic lifestyle—and people always tryin’ to kill you—gets old real fast. Now he just wants to find a place to retire so he can spend his days the way the good Lord intended. Staring at the sunset. And napping...Categorized as:
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![Disability and Determination by Timothy Underwood]()
Disability and Determination by Timothy Underwood
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDespite being a cripple with a blighted life, Fitzwilliam Darcy was a fine looking man…A year ago Mr. Darcy suffered from an illness which robbed him of the use of his legs. However he is determined to never become maudlin and behave as though his life is over and ruined just because part of it has become more difficult... -
![Just Wicked Enough by Lorraine Heath]()
Just Wicked Enough by Lorraine Heath
What will she bid? Desperate for riches, penniless Michael Tremayne, Marquess of Falconridge, is willing to auction away his only possession of value--his title--to the highest bidding American father. But Kate Rose was the last woman he had in mind to marry. The willful and headstrong Kate requires from marriage the one thing Michael is unable to give--powerful, unending love...Categorized as:
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![Savage Dream by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Dream by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForbidden by her strict father to associate with handsome Navajo chief Shadow, whom she secretly loves, Maria is unable to resist her feelings when Shadow abducts her... -
![Savage Splendor by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Splendor by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFleeing into the forests of Minnesota to escape a tyrannical uncle, Jeanine becomes the captive of Chippewa Lone Wolf, with whom she finds a passionate love that she never dreamed was possible... -
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![Saving Lady Abigail: A Historical Regency Romance Book by Abby Ayles, Fanny Finch]()
Saving Lady Abigail: A Historical Regency Romance Book by Abby Ayles, Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIntroducing "Saving Lady Abigail": Novel - Discover NOW The New Historical Regency Romance Book by Abby Ayles! …how far would one man go to save the woman he loves…. When Colton Gillchrist returns from war, he is not the man he once was and not the man that Lady Abigail Grant remembers and is so keen to reacquaint herself with...Categorized as:
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![Following the Path of Love: A Historical Western Romance Book by Carol Colyer]()
Following the Path of Love: A Historical Western Romance Book by Carol Colyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJune and her best friend Sierra have recently decided to leave the orphanage where they grew up the rough way. Now they are ready to follow a new path and finally find happiness together. Nevertheless, their quest for a new life will soon turn into a risky adventure that will change everyone involved forever... -
![The Trouble We Keep by Cara Devlin]()
The Trouble We Keep by Cara Devlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNewly pregnant, alone, and a fugitive from the law, Emma has run out of time.After waiting a year for her estranged brother to send for her—a year in which she did whatever it took to survive on her own—Emma has no choice but to flee as a fugitive on a westward train, bound for his last known location... -
![Monica's Mystery: Sweet Historical Western Romance by Kate Cambridge, Grandma's Wedding Quilts]()
Monica's Mystery: Sweet Historical Western Romance by Kate Cambridge, Grandma's Wedding Quilts
GRANDMA'S WEDDING QUILTS: Twelve Sweet Western Historical Romance Novellas and Novels from Eleven USA Bestselling, Amazon Bestselling, and Award-winning Authors. Grandma Mary's traditional gift to each of her grandchildren: hand-pieced and hand-stitched quilts. Made with love and woven with memories, wisdom, and a family legacy of enduring love... -
![Lady of Light by Kathleen Morgan]()
Lady of Light by Kathleen Morgan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInfused with the same warmth and excitement of the two previous books in her popular Brides of Culdee Creek series, Kathleen Morgan's third book tells Evan MacKay and Claire Sutherland's story. Heartbroken at losing his first love to another man, Evan leaves Culdee Creek in hopes of forgetting her... -
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Rebel by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPROMISED TO LOVE... Alaina McMann is stunned by the brazen sensuality of Union major Ian McKenzie. Suddenly she is in his arms, engulfed by desire. Her honor compromised, Alaina's options are either scandal or marriage--to a man who will soon be her bitter enemy. SWORN TO BETRAY.. -
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![Nobody's Darling by Teresa Medeiros]()
Nobody's Darling by Teresa Medeiros
Billy Darling never enjoyed being a wanted man until the day Miss Esmerelda Fine marched into the Tumbleweed Saloon and pointed her derringer at his heart. Lucky for him, she's a mighty poor shot. Instead of killing him, she hires him to find her runaway brother. He should turn down her offer. He should resist her charms. But he doesn't...Categorized as:
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![More Than a Pretty Face by Karen Witemeyer]()
More Than a Pretty Face by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsClinging to the hope of escaping her town and her past, Rosalind Kemp keeps her head down and works hard until her contract as a Harvey Girl expires and she can flee... -
![The Medicine Man by Sarah M. Anderson]()
The Medicine Man by Sarah M. Anderson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe White Sandy Reservation needs a doctor, and Madeline Mitchell needs to do a little good in the world. It seems like a perfect fit, until she meets the medicine man, Rebel Runs Fast. As far as Madeline can tell, Rebel’s sole mission is to convince her patients that modern medicine can’t help them. And the fact that he makes her heart race every time he looks at her only irritates her more... -
![Along the Way Home by Christi Corbett]()
Along the Way Home by Christi Corbett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKate Davis is intrigued when her father reveals his dream of starting a horse ranch in Oregon Territory. Settlers out west value a strong woman, and though she manages the financials of her father’s mercantile her competence earns her ridicule, not respect, from Virginia’s elite society. Jake Fitzpatrick, an experienced trail guide, wants land out west to raise cattle and crops... -
![Love and Cherish by Dorothy Garlock]()
Love and Cherish by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was only seventeen years old . . . and terribly alone. Running deep into the Kentucky wilderness from the low-down family that dared to sell her, Cherish Riley knew that her enemies were relentlessly tracking her, and that she risked all the dangers an untamed land had to offer... -
![The Angel & the Outlaw by Madeline Baker]()
The Angel & the Outlaw by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn outlaw, a horse thief, a man killer, J.T. Cutter wasn't surprised when he was strung up for his crimes. What amazed him was the heavenly being who granted him one year to change his wicked ways, Yet when he returned to his old life, he hoped to cram a whole lot of hell-raising into those 12 months no matter what the future held...
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