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Readers who enjoyed When the Splendor Falls by Laurie McBain also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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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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Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati
In her extraordinary novels Into the Wilderness and Dawn on a Distant Shore , award-winning writer Sara Donati deftly captured the vast, untamed wilderness of late-eighteenth-century New York and the trials and triumphs of the Bonner family... -
Westward Sight / Westward Horizons by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBooks 22 - 23 in the series that critics describe as a spellbinding blend of mystery, humor, passion, romance, suspense, and forgiveness. Book 22 – Westward Sight. When Frankie Scorrano and D.J. Samuels meet, romance blossoms, but when a terrible illness strikes, leaving behind complications, will their love survive or will it succumb to bitterness and despair? Book 23 – Westward Horizons... -
Reckless Love by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe first time I kissed Scarlet, I knew I was in trouble. The night I slept with her, my life changed forever. The day I found out I was going to be a father, I ran from her. Now that I’ve been given a second chance I won’t be so reckless...Categorized as:
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Addison by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAddison is the youngest daughter of Colt and Savanna Mitchell.She's also turned out to be the most trouble during her adolescence. Now that a few years have passed since her last bout of problems, she's gotten back into the good graces of her whole family, by securing a job, and also donating her free time to community outreaches for those suffering from addictions... -
Savage Innocence by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife in small-town Minnesota was too confining for an independent young woman who yearns for adventure --- so Danette leaves home to seek a new life along the rugged frontier. She never expects to find herself wrapped in the arms of Gray Wolf, the magnificent Chippewa warrior who rules the land with battle-hardened courage ... and unexpected compassion .. -
A Willow Creek Christmas by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWidowed with two young children, Keri Hilam is desperate to escape her abusive brother-in-law, going so far as sneaking away in the dead of night in hopes of finding a better life. She never regrets leaving, not even when they find themselves stranded, starving, and alone... -
The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she’s willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls...Categorized as:
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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... -
Chasing Change by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCait Quinn has never understood how some people can do the same thing day in and day out...Categorized as:
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Cowboy Surprise by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFamily ties run deep in the heart of Texas. Who knew that having the Dalton looks—dark hair and blue eyes—would deem Justus as a trustworthy person? That’s exactly what happens when a friend of the family turns up on the Daltons’ ranch and thrusts a baby at him to watch because nobody else is home. After she leaves, he realizes he doesn’t even know her name—or how to care for an infant... -
Sing in the Sunlight by Kathleen Denly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA marriage of convenience is the last thing Richard Stevens needs when his own identity is in question.Clarinda Humphrey’s singing career was destroyed when an accident left her with disfiguring scars. The aftermath forced her to leave her home and family, but she refuses to let her appearance steal her future... -
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 Dance Hall Wife by Cici Cordelia
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCAT . . .Cat Purdue has come a long way from the days when her father used her as partial payment for a gambling debt to a ruthless man. Reacquiring the saloon Father had lost, and turning it into a successful restaurant, is only the beginning of her drive for success.FRANK . . -
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Ride Dirty, Cowboy by Elle Thorpe
Addie Sunny Burke is the all-American life of the party. The golden boy everybody loves, a talented cowboy, and the man who warms my bed at night.In rodeo circles, they call Kai Hunt ‘Frost’ because of his determination to win and his icy exterior. He’s never made it a secret he can’t stand his best friend’s girl. Aka, me.Then the three of us got into a car and everything changed... -
Savage Heart by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsInnocent young Christa Martin, threatened with an unwanted, arranged marriage to an older man, tries to battle her attraction to Tall Cloud, the powerful and handsome chief of the Suquamish, but his embrace overcomes her resistance. Reissue...Categorized as:
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Sweet Prairie Passion by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis first book in Rosanne Bittner’s popular Savage Destiny series tells the powerful love story of 15-year-old Abigail Trent, who is traveling west with her family; and a very rugged plainsman, Zeke Monroe, the half-Cheyenne guide who wins Abbie’s heart as they journey through an untamed land beset with Indians, outlaws and nature’s harsh challenges... -
Savage Beloved by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTerrified and alone, Candy huddled beneath the trapdoor in the floor of her father's cabin, listening to the bloodcurdling whoops of attacking Indians. When she finally crept outside, it was to find all the other inhabitants of Fort Hope massacred and a fierce-looking Wichita chief thundering toward her on his black stallion... -
Savage Love by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMonster bones. They were the stuff of Indian legend, which warned that they must not be disturbed. But lovely, golden-haired Dayanara and her father were on a mission for the Smithsonian Institute to track down the mysterious bones and uncover them, despite the danger... -
Outlaw Hearts by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt twenty, Miranda Hayes had known more than her share of heartache and loss. Widowed by the war, orphaned by a vicious band of rebel raiders, she was a woman alone in a harsh, unyielding frontier. Then she clashed with the notorious gunslinger Jake Harkner, a hard-hearted loner with a price on his head, and found within herself a deep well of courage...and feelings of desire she'd never known...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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Sunrise Ridge by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNoah Brandt is a successful blacksmith and businessman in Splendor, Montana, with few ties to his past as an ex-Union Army major and sharpshooter. Quiet and hardworking, his biggest challenge is controlling his strong desire for a woman he believes is beyond his reach...Categorized as:
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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... -
A Long Way from Yesterday by Lynda J Cox
THIS IS A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS *THE DEVIL'S OWN DESPERADO* He's everything she fears… Colt Evans didn’t choose to be a gunfighter. When he’s injured in a shootout and stumbles onto a remote homestead, he didn’t expect to find compassion. But beautiful Amelia McCollister is like no other woman... -
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Sadie by Patricia PacJac Carroll
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSadie Bluhm receives the letter to confirm she had been chosen to be the mail order bride for Conrad Frazier in America. She is delighted. Growing up an orphan, Sadie relishes the idea she has been chosen to belong to someone. Conrad lost his wife six months ago. Desperate to find another, he enlists the help of an agency to find him the proper German bride... -
Do Not Forsake Me by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsExperience the epic, sweeping story of Jake and Miranda Harkner from Bittner's beloved Outlaw Hearts, called by New York Times bestseller Heather Graham "a wonderful, absorbing read, with characters to capture the heart and the imagination". Fate brought them together. His past may tear them apart. Miranda Hayes' life was changed the day she faced down infamous gunslinger Jake Harkner.. -
Love's Bounty by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife hasn’t been easy on young Callie Hobbs. After her father’s sudden death and her mother’s murder, there isn’t much left for her on the outskirts of Rawlins. Alone with a ranch to run, Callie could sell it all, cut her losses, and find a suitor in town. But Callie knows only one thing will bring her peace: Seeing her mother’s killers hung... -
Protector: Doms of Mountain Bend Book 1 by B.J. Wane, Joe Dugdale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeputy Sheriff Shawn McDuff can’t figure out why the new teacher in Mountain Bend seems so familiar, but Lisa Halldor’s evasive answers to his inquiries confirms his suspicions they have met before. When he sees her struggling to focus and respond during a scene at his private club, he intervenes and finds himself as drawn to Lisa’s submissive nature as he is determined to unearth her secrets... -
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 Fearless Man by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAll it takes is one FEARLESS man... As the sheriff of Sycamore Flats, Hen Randolph has seen just about everything this lawless land has to offer. Quick in the saddle and quicker on the draw, he's cultivated a reputation for being a ruthless sharpshooter—and an unapologetic loner. Hen's had more than his fair share of complications and is happiest keeping his distance from the world... -
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... -
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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Heart of the West by Penelope Williamson
Clementine Kennicutt, a ladylike New Englander, aches to leave her home and her oppressive father. So when Gus McQueen, a cowboy with laughing eyes and big dreams, presses her to elope with him to his Montana ranch, she is ready... -
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Vows by LaVyrle Spencer
New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents a beautiful and moving story filled with people who will live in your heart forever. A captivating woman with blue eyes and big dreams, Emily was engaged to a man whose touch left her aching for something more...Categorized as:
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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... -
JAMESON by Frankie Love
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ve been on Whiskey Mountain for years, refusing to live off my family’s fortune. I can take care of myself like a real ass man by flying sea planes, delivering illegal cargo, and keeping my profile low. Then Jemma knocks on my door. And my world changes. Everyone thinks she’s dead. But by the way she moves … Hell, she is very much alive... -
Oregon Bride by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsON A TRAIL OF DANGER, THEIR LOVE KNEW NO BOUNDSIn a land of raw winds and merciless sun, Marybeth MacKinder was a quiet, raven-haired young widow traveling westward with her former husband's family and the memories of a loveless marriage. Here she was losing the battle to protect herself and her infant son from the brutish brother-in-law who was trying to claim her as his own...Categorized as:
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White Eagles Touch by Karen Kay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo worlds. Forbidden love. Blackfoot Warriors, Book 2 Katrina Wellington is vexed. She must marry to obtain the rest of her inheritance. But her uncle, who left her in New York with a governess to make his fortune out West, has suddenly decided he must approve of her fiancé before he will loosen the purse strings to her dowry...Categorized as:
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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
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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Heart's Surrender by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFORBIDDEN LOVEWhen young, blond Andrea Sanders moved to the hills of Georgia, she was terrified that she lived next door to the Cherokee. But when she first saw the muscular, handsome warrior Adam, she was even more afraid of the turbulent passions he aroused in her... -
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Godsend by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsGodsend is the first novel in the Hell Yeah! Heritage series. If you ever wondered where those McCoy men came from…these historical novels will take you to their beginnings. Deeply sensual stories of romance and adventure, they will capture your imagination and your heart. History is definitely worth repeating... -
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.. -
Sam's Creed by Sarah McCarty
Known for making up his own rules of right and wrong, Texas Ranger Sam "Wildcard" MacGregor takes what he wants when he wants it, especially when it comes to women. But seduction is the last thing on his mind the moment he stumbles across an Hispanic beauty crouching in fear beside a burned-out wagon... -
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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Holt's Gamble by Barbara Ankrum
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKierin McKendry is indentured to J. Talbot, a ruthless saloon owner, until Clay Holt wins her in a rigged poker game. When Clay tries to collect his winnings, he's attacked by Talbot's men and badly injured. Clay never expected Keirin to take him to the wagon train on which he was due to leave, or that she would lie about being his wife and nurse him back to health while on the trail...Categorized as:
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Leah and the Bounty Hunter by Elaine Levine
He won't rest until he claims his prize... They are brash, they are brave, and when they see a chance to be a hero, they take it. They are the Men of Defiance, and they are not easily tamed... To Leah Morgan's mind, the last thing her hometown of Defiance needs is another gunman stalking its dusty streets—especially one as sweet-talking and fine-looking as Jace Gage...Categorized as:
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