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Surrender by Pamela Clare
A hand-picked cadre of warriors, they had the fierce courage of their Scots forefathers, combined with the stealth and cunning of the Indians who lived beside them in the wilderness. Battling the French in a no-holds-barred combat, they forged a new brand of honor, became a new breed of men..Categorized as:
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Dawson Bride by T.S. Joyce
Werewolves meet the Wild West in this thrilling final installment of the Wolf Brides trilogy. Lucianna Whitlock has her entire life planned out for her by men determined to use her as a pawn in high society marriage games. But when she balks against the cruel man who has won her hand, he rips her life apart... -
Red Snow Bride by T.S. Joyce
Werewolves meet the Wild West in this exciting second installment of the Wolf Brides trilogy. Lorelei McGregor has tumbled from the top tier of Turn of the Century Boston society. Determined not to sully her family’s name further, she answers an ad in the newspaper for a mail order bride... -
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda.As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north...Categorized as:
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Wolf Bride by T.S. Joyce
Werewolves meet the Wild West in this captivating new shifter romance series from T. S. Joyce. Kristina Yeaton is running from her past as a working girl at a Chicago brothel. Determined to start fresh in the wilds of Colorado, she answers an advertisement in the paper for a wife...Categorized as:
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Only By Your Touch by Catherine Anderson
New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson takes readers to a quaint wilderness town, where a man and a woman find a second chance at life—and love… Determined to give her son Jeremy the childhood he deserves, Chloe Evans has left a tough past behind and is starting fresh in the charming resort town of Jack Pine, Oregon...Categorized as:
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Suspects & Scales by Maz Maddox
Deputy Cody Moore is shattered. The murder of someone dear to him has pushed him to a breaking point and awakened the monster sleeping inside him. While the young man is no stranger to tragedy and death, having someone slaughtered under his watch has left him rattled with heartache... -
The Return of Rafe MacKade by Nora Roberts
Ten years after disappearing from Antietam, Maryland, the bad boy Rafe MacKade has come home. Cleaned up and successful now—though still dangerously good-looking—Rafe’s return sets tongues wagging. But Rafe is not going to let a few gossips stop him from his dream. With the help of Regan Jones, who owns the local antique shop, he is restoring the old Barlow house into an inn... -
Walking On Air by Catherine Anderson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom "incomparable" (Fresh Fiction) author Catherine Anderson comes a novel of lost souls, second chances, and love everlasting.... Random, Colorado, is just another stop on the road for solitary gunslinger Gabriel Valance. Known for his drinking, gambling, and womanizing, he prefers to remain a stranger to anyone who crosses his path...Categorized as:
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Shadow's Stand by Sarah McCarty
Shadow Ochoa is lying low in the western Kansas Territory, waiting for his fellow Texas Rangers—the Hell's Eight brotherhood—to clear his name. That is, until he's unjustly strung up for horse thieving…and pretty Fei Yen intervenes. Invoking a seldom-used law, the exotic lady prospector claims Shadow as her husband and rides off with the bridegroom shackled to her buckboard...Categorized as:
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Claw Marks & Card Games by Maz Maddox
Cooper Woodlock is a man who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Between his gambling debt and being a widowed father, he can never seem to get Lady Luck back on his side. Desperate for a winning hand, Cooper starts hitting saloons and tempting fate in order to keep the bloodthirsty Spades at bay...Categorized as:
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Come Home To Me by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJake Owens is tired of life on his parents’ Montana ranch, catering to city folk who want a taste of old-fashioned country living. He enjoys life in the fast lane, with fast cars and even faster women. When he falls in with the wrong crowd and is accused of murder, a stranger’s bizarre offer at a second chance might be his only hope to clear his name... -
Highland Storm by Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEach Man to His destiny. As the last male heir of the dún Scoti clan, Keane’s future is known from the hour of his birth: Someday, he must take his brother's place as Guardian of the true Stone of Destiny. A Storm is Brewing. Alas, the fickle Highland winds must turn...Categorized as:
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Stampeded by B.J. Daniels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo escape a killer, she muct accept the Chisholm brand of protection...Alexa Cross has spent a lifetime outrunning the "curse" of her bloodline. Now she must confront her past to save her family from an extraordinary force of evil. Haunted or not, the eerie Wellington Manor radiates danger and Alexa has nowhere to run except to her strongest--and most irresistible--ally... -
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Ain't No Angel by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 2 in the Second Chances Time Travel Romance SeriesDelaney Goodman has been running from her painful past all her life. Dreams of working with horses have long been replaced with the reality of doing anything to make ends meet. About to hit rock bottom, she accepts a stranger's proposition, even if it sounds too good to be true. She figures she has nothing, not even her dignity, to lose...Categorized as:
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Eleanor by Calliope Stewart
London, 1872Eleanor Thompson is a beta governess who spends most of her time chasing after the Earl of Cornwall’s rambunctious children, with no plans to ever marry despite her cousin’s pushing.But everything changes one night when she perfumes as an omega... -
The Mad, Bad Duke by Jennifer Ashley
Meagan Tavistock can easily see how Alexander earned the nickname Mad, Bad Duke. His deep blue eyes promise sinful pleasure and his rich voice intimates that as soon as they are skin to skin, he'll fulfill desires she isn't even aware of. When a love spell misses its intended target, Meagan can no longer resist the temptation..Categorized as:
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The Return of Rafe MacKade by Nora Roberts
Ten years after disappearing from Antietam, Maryland, the bad boy has returned. Cleaned up and successful now—and still dangerously good-looking—Rafe MacKade sets the town on fire, and tongues wagging.Lovely newcomer Regan Jones is intrigued; what kind of man could cause this sort of talk? She's just about to find out...Categorized as:
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Heartache & Hoofbeats by Maz Maddox
Like all centaur shifters, Sheriff Calhoun is the epitome of honor. He protects his small town of Stallion Ridge and its people from any threat large or small. When word comes in that the notorious Iron Bandits are making a play for a train in his territory he’s both livid and invigorated. If anyone can bring these thieves to justice it’s him and his crew...Categorized as:
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The Heart of Devin MacKade by Nora Roberts
Don’t miss the next book in the beloved MacKade brothers series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. Sheriff Devin MacKade has always known his destiny was to serve and protect the small town of Antietam, Maryland—and for a long while he thought that future would include Cassie Connor. She’s the only woman he has ever loved, but he’d never worked up the nerve to tell her...Categorized as:
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My Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller
Seven-year-old Keighly Barrow never forgot the night she spied a boy her own age at her grandmother's Redemption, Nevada, mansion. He was staring at her from an antique mirror in the ballroom, standing among gaudily dressed women in an old-time western saloon. Keighly could only discover that his name was Darby Elder -- and that he lived a century ago... -
Home Is Where You Are by Alex Jane
By the winter of 1870, Caleb Fletcher has carved out a sheltered existence for himself in a simple cabin, outside a small town in the backwaters of Nebraska, resigned to living out his days as a solitary wolf. But his quiet life is interrupted when another werewolf lands on his doorstep on the eve of a snowstorm, brutalized almost beyond repair, with nowhere else to turn...Categorized as:
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Once in Every Life by Kristin Hannah
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTess Gregory's brilliant career as a research scientist hides her longings for husband and child. Though deaf, she is a free spirit--a woman full of life and love. She is struck down all too soon But for Tess, a new life begins at her death, in post-Civil War America. She is now Amarylis Rafferty, wife and mother of three--and she can hear... -
Desperado by Sandra Hill
When a stint in the National Guard brings Rafe Santiago, her tormentor, underMajor Helen Prescott's command, Helen promises herself that they will play bythe rules. But then a routine skydive goes awry, and all bets are off as theyparachute straight into the 1850 California Gold Rush--and they are taken fora bandit and his mistress... -
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Yellowstone Heart Song by Peggy L. Henderson
Nurse and avid backpacker Aimee Donovan is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. She encounters a patient who tells her he can send her two hundred years into the past to spend three months in the rugged Yellowstone wilderness at the dawn of the mountain man era. The only requirement: she cannot tell anyone that she’s from the future...Categorized as:
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The Pride of Jared MacKade by Nora Roberts
New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts returns with the classic tales of the MacKade brothers—their rebellions, their passions and their lovesJared MacKade believes in taking a stand, and he never turns his back on a fight... -
Wyoming Bold by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFormer border agent Dalton Kirk thought his life was over-literally-when a gang of smugglers left him for dead. Defying all odds, he survives his ordeal and returns to his Wyoming ranch ready to dedicate his future to a more peaceful home on the range. Until lovely Merissa Baker knocks on his door... -
The Fall of Shane MacKade by Nora Roberts
Shane MacKade loved women. But he hadn't met one yet who had him whistling the wedding march. Until Dr. Rebecca Knight. Problem was, the pretty lady was too busy hunting legends on the MacKade land to succumb to the MacKade charm. Maybe it was time to pop the old question. 'Cause this was one woman Shane couldn't live without... To Dr. Rebecca Knight, everything was explainable... -
Bushwhacked Bride by Eugenia Riley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"JUMPING JEHOSHAPHAT! YOU'VE SHANGHAIED THE NEW SCHOOLMARM!" Ma Reklaw bellowed at her sons and wielded her broom with a fierceness that had all five outlaw brothers running for cover; it didn't take a Ph.D. to realize that in the Reklaw household, Ma was the law...Categorized as:
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Talking with the Dead by Shiloh Walker
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSurrounded by death, a man with a terrible gift reaches for life. A horrific tragedy blasted open a door in young Michael O’Rourke’s mind—cursing him with the ability to talk with the Dead. Nearly two decades later, Michael has moved from victim to survivor, using his abilities to seek out those who would go unjudged... -
In the Night by Kathryn Smith
Every man has his weakness. And the Ryland brothers are no different. But Wynthrope Ryland has always believed himself an exception to that rule, an exception to every rule. It is the only way he can justify his former life -- a life of crime. Long ago he took advantage of his astounding ability to remain undetected in the most profitable of ways ..Categorized as:
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The True Love Wedding Dress by Catherine Anderson, Connie Brockway
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLong ago, a poor servant girl created an exquisite wedding gown for her haughty mistress, who was to marry the man that the girl loved with all her heart. Though tempted to stop the marriage using her secret magical skills, she instead ensured the groom's happiness by enchanting the dress so that whoever possessed it would be blessed with true love...Categorized as:
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Destined to Last by Alissa Johnson
Lady Kate Cole was a young woman of exceptional beauty, extraordinary talent, and notable charm. She was also a woman so remarkably prone to accidents that it was generally considered wise to keep as much distance from her as possible.Yet Andrew Hunter simply couldn't stay away. No other woman would do for his wife... -
The Touch of Fire by Linda Howard
Annie Parker came to Silver Mesa, Arizona, because it was the only place she'd found where folks thought a woman doctor was better than no doctor at all. Her lonely life became harder still on the winter night Rafe McCay broke into her office with a bullet in his side and a bounty hunter at his back... -
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A Man for Amanda by Nora Roberts
On the rocky coast of Maine sits the Towers, a magnificent family mansion that is home to a legend of long-lost love, hidden emeralds - and four sisters determined to save their home against all odds. Amanda was known as the responsible Calhoun sister. But when irresistible architect Sloan O'Riley came to town, it was Amanda's turn to be rescued - from falling head over heels in love... -
Love's Magic by Traci E. Hall
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhile her sisters are tall and beautiful, Celestia Montehue is the misfit in a royal family—petite, with one green and one blue eye. The only thing she has in common with her ancestors is her magical healing ability. Fearing no one will ever accept her, she vows never to marry...Categorized as:
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Love's Magic by Traci E. Hall
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCelestia Montehue is the odd-eyed misfit in a family of flame-haired goddesses descended from notorious Queen Boadicea. While her sisters are tall and beautiful, she, the eldest, is blond and petite, with one green eye and one blue eye. The ony thing she has in common with the family legend is her magical healing ability...Categorized as:
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When Lightning Strikes by Kristin Hannah
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDuring a magical storm, romance writer Alaina Costanza is hurled back in time, into the Western world of her latest novel. There she is kidnapped by her own character, a ruthless outlaw known only as Killian. Thrown together by fate, Alaina and Killian will discover a love too magnificent to last a single lifetime. But even magic has a price, and time is running out...Categorized as:
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Taken by the Cowboy by Julianne MacLean
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHERO AND PROTECTOR Former bounty hunter, expert gunslinger, and the toughest sheriff Dodge City has ever known, Truman Wade is a real man from the tip of his black Stetson right down to his spurs and leather boots...
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