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Reckless by Elsie Silver
Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider. Notorious ladies’ man. Scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package.And he’s looking at me like I might be his next meal.But I’m almost free of my toxic marriage and have sworn off men entirely. So all I see when I look back is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak.The man is hard to trust—and even harder to resist.Make that impossible...Categorized as:
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![Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts]()
Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts
Linc liked an uncomplicated life.He didn’t need much. A cold beer after a hard day’s work. A comfy bed. Good food. And a soft, sweet woman. A Little he could coddle, love and discipline.When he met Marisol, he thought he’d finally found her.Hmm . . . remember that uncomplicated life he enjoyed? Turns out that Mari’s life is anything but simple... -
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![Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard]()
Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard
A small Wyoming town is about to learn a few lessons from a new schoolteacher with the courage to win the heart of a man who swore he had nothing to give.... Mary Elizabeth Potter is a self-appointed spinster with no illusions about love. But she is a good teacher and she wants Wolf Mackenzie s son back in school...Categorized as:
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![Thunderbird by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary]()
Thunderbird by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary
Continuing the Hell Yeah Series with book 13 – Equalizers Soulmates. Twin souls. Two people destined to be together. Their journey to love is never an easy one, but when they meet – their hearts beat only for one another. Kyle Chancellor is a hero, an honest to God hero. After winning the Heisman, he turns down a lucrative career as a professional football player to fight in Afghanistan... -
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![Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips]()
Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Come heck or high water, Gracie Snow is determined to drag the legendary ex-jock Bobby Tom Denton back home to Heaven, Texas, to begin shooting his first motion picture. Despite his dazzling good looks and killer charm, Bobby Tom has reservations about being a movie star -- and no plans to cooperate with a prim and bossy Ohio wallflower whom he can't get off his mind or out of his life...Categorized as:
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![Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas]()
Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas has enthralled millions of readers with her powerfully seductive novels. Now she delivers a story featuring her most unforgettable characters yet.... SHE'S FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS Liberty Jones has dreams and determination that will take her far away from Welcome, Texas---if she can keep her wild heart from ruling her mind... -
![The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers]()
The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers
Two women, centuries apart, are joined through a tattered journal as they contend with God, husbands, and even themselves . . . until they fall into the arms of the One who loves them unconditionally... -
![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... -
![Wyoming Proud by Diana Palmer]()
Wyoming Proud by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"You just can't do better than a Diana Palmer story to make your heart lighter and smile brighter." —Fresh Fiction on Wyoming RuggedA sudden romance leads to betrayal and a shocking secret…It takes one night for Erianne Mitchell to fall heart-first for dashing architect Ty Mosby. They work together and have friends in common—and a searing attraction that seems far too good to last...Categorized as:
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![A Reckless Memory by Marie Johnston]()
A Reckless Memory by Marie Johnston
I fled minutes before my wedding when I learned my fiancée was being paid to marry me. Ten years, too many crappy exes, and one drunken decision later, I’m now his boss.From Marie Johnston comes a small town second chance romance .I worked hard to get where I am. New house. Good job. Fresh start...Categorized as:
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![What Price Paradise by Katherine Allred]()
What Price Paradise by Katherine Allred
All his life Tate McCullom has been taught to be responsible, and he is the very model of what a respectable man should be. Until the night he gets drunk and sleeps with a woman he barely knows. Now, six weeks later, she's pregnant, alone, and broke. Once again, Tate must take responsibility for his actions, and makes plans to marry his child's mother. There's only one problem.. -
![Renegade Cowboy by Sara Richardson]()
Renegade Cowboy by Sara Richardson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Filled with humor, heart, and love, this page-turner is one wild ride."--- Jennifer Ryan, New York Times bestselling author on Hometown Cowboy A COWBOY'S HOMECOMINGCassidy Greer knows that cowboys are nothing but trouble. But when her childhood crush comes riding into town, she starts to have second thoughts. Levi's a world-class bull rider now and more handsome than ever... -
![Rival by S.E. Green]()
Rival by S.E. Green
Clayborn Hughes is the enemyJaxon ~ I’ve never hated someone more than Clayborn. He’s the reason my sister is gone and if I ever get the opportunity, I’ll destroy everything he holds dear. I just didn’t know about her connection to him.A monster and an abuserMason ~My family has been feuding with the Hughes’ for generations. Every member of that family is vile...Categorized as:
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![Runabout by Pamela Morsi]()
Runabout by Pamela Morsi
In Prattville (formerly called Dead Dog), Oklahoma, in 1916, Tulsa May Bruder has given up on love. Her first and only suitor -- Doctor Odysseus P. Foote, better known as Doc Odie -- has jilted her at their very public engagement party. The whole town is talking and Tulsa May feels like the local wallflower... -
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![Morning Comes Softly by Debbie Macomber]()
Morning Comes Softly by Debbie Macomber
A shy Louisiana librarian, Mary Warner fears she'll always be alone—so she answers a personals ad from a rancher in Montana. Never before has she done anything so reckless, casting the only life she knows aside to travel to a strange place and marry a man she's never met. But something about this man calls to her—and she knows this may be her very last chance at happiness... -
![Accounting for Love by Erin Wright]()
Accounting for Love by Erin Wright
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIs she the answer to his dreams…or the person who will be forced to destroy them? He’s a farmer, dammit, not a bookkeeper When Stetson Miller inherits his father’s farm in Idaho, he’s too focused on crops and yields to pay attention to the financial side of things...Categorized as:
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![Comeback Cowboy by Sara Richardson]()
Comeback Cowboy by Sara Richardson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"Filled with humor, heart, and love, this page-turner is one wild ride."--- Jennifer Ryan, New York Times bestselling author on Hometown Cowboy A WOMAN NEVER FORGETS HER FIRST COWBOY . . . As a single mother, Naomi Sullivan is used to doing things on her own. She's finally saved enough from working at the Cortez Ranch to buy a lovely home for her and her little girl...Categorized as:
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![Hometown Cowboy by Sara Richardson]()
Hometown Cowboy by Sara Richardson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH A COWBOY Jessa Mae Love is done with relationships. No matter how tempting he might be, she cannot--will not--fall for a man like Lance Cortez. The outrageously handsome cowboy is practically a living legend in Colorado, as famous for riding bulls as he is for breaking hearts... -
![The Tender Stranger by Diana Palmer]()
The Tender Stranger by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRealizing the on-edge lifestyle he has always lead is not the one for intriguing but straitlaced Dani St. Clair, mercenary Eric Van Meer follows his conscience and proposes marriage in the most dangerous challenge his heart has ever faced. Reprint...Categorized as:
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![Romancing Olive by Holly Bush]()
Romancing Olive by Holly Bush
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn 1891, spinster librarian, Olive Wilkins, is shocked to learn of her brother’s violent death at a saloon gaming table and her sister-in-law’s subsequent murder, traveling far from her staid life to rescue her niece and nephew, now orphans. She arrives to find the circumstances of her brother’s life deplorable and her long held beliefs of family and tradition, shaken...Categorized as:
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![Fearless by Diana Palmer]()
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![Saddle Up by A.M. Arthur]()
Saddle Up by A.M. Arthur
Reyes Caldero keeps his past buried deep and his emotions buried deeper. But what he doesn’t say he always makes up for with his actions. When the hot chef he once saved from an abusive ex turns up at Clean Slate Ranch, the quiet cowboy is happy to act on their sizzling chemistry, even if he’s not ready to share his secrets—or his heart... -
![King's Queen by Marie Johnston]()
King's Queen by Marie Johnston
When Aiden King asked me out years ago, I couldn’t believe it. Six months later, I went from mousy librarian to wife of the most wanted bachelor in town. Heck, in the state, probably the country. I moved from a trailer house to a mansion by the river. Turns out, I shouldn’t have believed it. After years of being alone while Aiden put in long hours at the office, I learned his secret...Categorized as:
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![Night Wind's Woman by Shirl Henke]()
Night Wind's Woman by Shirl Henke
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Theirs will not be an easy path to travel, but they are fated to love." So spoke the Indian medicine woman when Night Wind led his Spanish captive into the remote Apache stronghold. Proud and untamable as a lioness, Orlena vowed she would never submit to the renegade who nightly teased her body into a frenzy of longing...Categorized as:
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![Garters by Pamela Morsi]()
Garters by Pamela Morsi
A lady doesn't go courting...but that doesn't matter a whit to Miss Esme Crabb. Unlike her featherbrained sisters, the proud, practical hill girl knows sweet talk won't put food on the table -- so she's bent on finding a sensible man to marry. Cleavis Rhy seems like a smart choice... so amidst the cracker barrels and jam jars in his general store, Esme makes her move.. -
![High Plains Holiday by Simone Beaudelaire]()
High Plains Holiday by Simone Beaudelaire
Garden City, Kansas, 1888. A small Western town receives an early Christmas present: a new pastor for the church. He is young, handsome, and single. To church organist Kristina Heitschmidt, Reverend Cody Williams is nothing but trouble, especially as his first move is trying to take control of the music away from her. But Kristina is not about to give up her life's work...Categorized as:
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![Summer Chaparral by Genevieve Turner]()
Summer Chaparral by Genevieve Turner
As far as her illustrious Old California family’s concerned, no man is good enough for beautiful Catarina Moreno. She’s been obedient through all the years of waiting, but now she wants a little excitement before her inevitable spinsterhood. When a handsome American cowboy rides onto her father’s rancho, Catarina sees her chance—as long as she doesn’t get caught and dishonor her family... -
![Do You Dare? by Lylah James]()
Do You Dare? by Lylah James
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhat happens when a dare goes too far?Maddox Coulter. Reckless bad boy. Infamous playboy. My nemesis. And now my best friend.I know he'll never leave me hanging. He knows I'll never refuse a dare. Everywhere we go we turn heads, but it's not like that.Until it is.For one of us, anyway.I've always known he would be my downfall. But I trusted him to catch me.He proved me wrong...Categorized as:
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![Belong to You by Cheyenne McCray]()
Belong to You by Cheyenne McCray
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnna Batista's life is great. Her event planning career is well established, allowing a comfy budget for shopping splurges at her favorite boutique. She has great friends, lives comfortably with her aunt, uncle and two sweet, young cousins who she loves to watch as they grow up. Anna hasn't found love, but why rush when everything else is going so right? But Anna has a secret... -
![Secret Nights with a Cowboy: A Kittredge Ranch Novel by Caitlin Crews]()
Secret Nights with a Cowboy: A Kittredge Ranch Novel by Caitlin Crews
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA man holding on...Riley Kittredge has always known exactly what he wanted. His land, his horses. His woman. He met and married Rae Trujillo far too young, and their young love combusted right after they said their vows. But their passion has never managed to burn itself out. Yet when Rae shows this time, it's not a night of pleasure she demands, but a divorce.A woman letting go..Categorized as:
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![Saddled by Dani Wyatt]()
Saddled by Dani Wyatt
Is it possible to fall in love at the sight of a wisp of jet black hair swirling out an open window of a pickup? In a thousand lifetimes, I would have said, ‘Hell no’. But today I learned not only is it possible, it’s fucking happening. To me. I’d all but given up on love but apparently, it hadn’t given up on me...Categorized as:
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![Daughter of Fortune by Carla Kelly]()
Daughter of Fortune by Carla Kelly
Born into Old-World elegance, beautiful Maria Espinosa lost her parents and her fortune when plague ravaged Mexico City. Now she lay in the blazing heat of the Santa Fe trail, sole survivor of a brutal Apache raid. Rescued by Diego Masferrer, Maria came to love the bold young rancher—and the harsh beauty of life on his hacienda... -
![The Courtship of Izzy McCree by Ruth Ryan Langan]()
The Courtship of Izzy McCree by Ruth Ryan Langan
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Way to a Woman's Heart...Isabella McCree wanted to be loved. So she traded her lonely Eastern existence for life in a mountain cabin with her rugged mail-order husband and his brood. But could she ever put her haunting secrets behind her and become a 'real' wife?Between raising four children and training wild stallions, Matt Prescott had no idea how to court a woman again...Categorized as:
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![Make Me Crazy by Codi Gary]()
Make Me Crazy by Codi Gary
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiranda “Rand” Coleman has seen the way love can wreck a person and wants absolutely no part of it. When her granddaddy dies suddenly, he leaves a clause in his will that has her married in three months or she loses her inheritance... -
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![Lawman by Diana Palmer]()
Lawman by Diana Palmer
When San Antonio FBI agent Garon Grier buys a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas, the strong, silent loner is hoping to mend some broken family fences. He's not looking for love when he finds an unexpected, unwanted attraction to the girl next door, a shy, lovely woman who believes some secrets are best kept hidden... -
![Beyond Broken by E. Winters]()
Beyond Broken by E. Winters
"You want a taste of what I can give you? Well, you know what, princess?" he sneered. "Get in the fucking line.” Words that describe Caleb Montgomery: sinfully erotic, unbearably cold, beautifully devastating. Once upon a time, Maddie Ashby thought that he was the man of her dreams...Categorized as:
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![Too Hot to Handle by Victoria Dahl]()
Too Hot to Handle by Victoria Dahl
This good girl's going bad. Merry Kade has always been the good girl. The best friend. The one who patiently waits for the guy to notice her. Well, no more. Merry has just scored her dream job, and it's time for her life to change. As the new curator of a museum in Wyoming, she'll supervise a lot of restoration work. Luckily she's found the perfect contractor for the job... -
![To Marry an Heiress by Lorraine Heath]()
To Marry an Heiress by Lorraine Heath
MOST CONVENIENT MARRIAGE The breathtakingly handsome Earl of Huntdon is determined to take a bride, and equally determined that his marriage to Miss Georgina Pierce will be a business arrangement only--after all, he has been wounded in love before. But there is unexpected passion in his innocent wife, and he soon begins to look forward to many days--and nights--with her .. -
![Prey by Linda Howard, Abby Crayden]()
Prey by Linda Howard, Abby Crayden
In this captivating novel of romantic suspense, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard brings us deep into the wild, where a smart and sexy outdoor guide and her ruggedly handsome competitor must join forces to survive—and avoid becoming what they never expected to be: PREY Thirty-two-year-old Angie Powell has always spoken her mind, but in the presence of Dare Callahan she...Categorized as:
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![Seduced By His Touch by Tracy Anne Warren]()
Seduced By His Touch by Tracy Anne Warren
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsHe Had to Marry Her Everyone in London agrees the Byrons are just as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" as their poetic non-relation. But Lord Jack Byron is facing a predicament that is scandalous...even for him! Marry a young woman because he lost a bet? Unreformed rake Lord Jack Byron would do anything to get out of it... -
![Land of Dreams by Cheryl St. John]()
Land of Dreams by Cheryl St. John
In this tale of hope and love, too-tall spinster Thea Coulson wants to be a mother to a child who arrives in Nebraska on an orphan train. When Booker Hayes shows up to take his niece, a marriage of convenience suits them both. Thea’s nights are filled with dreams of the tall, dark army major, but she guards her heart...Categorized as:
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