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  • Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together...
  • No White Knight by Nicole Snow

    No White Knight by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Handsome devil. Hate-worthy. Walking scandal.I'm catching one feeling with him and it's got teeth...If I were a bird, I know who I'd paint white.Holt Silverton. The cocky dolt who swaggered up thinking he'd buy my ranch out from under me.I know his reputation—those stormy eyes and chiseled looks ruined half this town.Spare me the pick up lines and pretty words...
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  • Justice for Boone by Susan Stoker

    Justice for Boone by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sheriff’s Deputy Hayden Yates has worked hard to gain the respect and admiration of her fellow law enforcement officers. She’s succeeded so well, in fact, that she’s become just one of the guys. As her friends slowly begin to meet their soul mates, Hayden longs to be seen as a desirable woman, and not the tomboy she’s always been...
  • A SEAL's Vow by Cora Seton

    A SEAL's Vow by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Navy SEAL Clay Pickett needs a wife, fast, or he’ll lose the model sustainable community he and his friends came home to Chance Creek to build. He’s got just the woman for the job in mind: sexy, sensitive Nora Ridgeway. Too bad she’s not interested in rushing to the altar...
  • Digitalis by Ronie Kendig

    Digitalis by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Step into the boots of a former Marine in this heart-pounding adventure in life and love. Colton “Cowboy” Neeley is a Marine trying to find his footing as he battles flashbacks now that he’s back home. Piper Blum is a woman in hiding—from life and the assassins bent on destroying her family. When their hearts collide, more than their lives are at stake...
  • Rekindled by Kaylea Cross

    Rekindled by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    He left her when she needed him most... Four years ago, Dr. Grace Fallon lost everything that mattered in a terrorist attack she barely survived. Now she’s stronger than ever and in Pakistan with a UN-sanctioned team for the most important assignment of her career...
  • Faithful Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Faithful Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about a romance author that doesn’t believe in love until she meets a wounded warrior that teaches her that real all-consuming love can withstand anything.HaileyI’m a romance novelist who no longer believes in love.My agent keeps calling it writer’s block, but I think what I have is more permanent...
  • Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They call me the rocker’s princess, some even call me the dance prodigy, but none of them knows the real Mia Armstrong. Now that dancing is no longer my future, I don’t know either. All I want is the opportunity to find out, to have some time to try being just a little normal. To discover who this new girl is. I fought for the chance to go to college on my own...
  • When Angels Fall by Sherryl D. Hancock

    When Angels Fall by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Skyler Boché survived the war, as well as a horrific crash that should have killed her and her entire crew. Now, every day she has to deal with the aftermath and the crippling PTSD that’s tearing her apart.Devin James is a wild child. Headstrong and beautiful, she’s a force to be reckoned with...
  • Needing Nevaeh by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Needing Nevaeh by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She doesn’t realize I will give up everything to be with her. When I lost my leg, I’d thought I lost everything. Then I met Nevaeh. She gave me a reason to wake up in the morning, turned into my best friend, became the voice of sanity when the world was nothing but chaos...
  • Southern Comfort (Southern Series ) by Natasha Madison

    Southern Comfort (Southern Series ) by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Buried secrets never stay hidden in the South. Olivia When you find out that your fiancé is arrested for swindling over ten million dollars from his clients, you do what any sane woman would do. You escape reality and go undercover, trading in your city-girl Louboutins for country-pumpkin cowboy boots. It wasn’t a forever change—it was temporary...
  • Breaking in the Cowboy by Em Petrova

    Breaking in the Cowboy by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He never thought he’d see her again. Now he’s fighting for her life…and her heart.Ranch hand Casey Clayton has been tasked by the Wynton Ranch to ready the grounds for an important wedding in a few weeks. So when his best friend’s little sister turns up on the ranch seeking protection, it couldn’t come at a worse time...
  • House for Sale Soldier Included by Cora Seton

    House for Sale Soldier Included by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Twelve years ago, Lincoln Elliott made a rash decision that wiped out his family’s business—and turned Elliott Ridge into a ghost town. Now he’s back from serving with the US Special Forces, and he’s ready—with the help of his four brothers—to bring the Ridge back to life. They’ve got the family lumber company up and running again, but a town needs people—specifically women...
  • Eden's Ridge Series Starters by Kait Nolan

    Eden's Ridge Series Starters by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A collection of 3 full-length novels from USA Today Best Selling and RITA® Award winning author, Kait NolanWelcome to Eden’s Ridge, Tennessee...
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    cowboys  military  contemporary  length-epic
  • Honor and Wealth: Remy by Dahlia Rose

    Honor and Wealth: Remy by Dahlia Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sinead Christie was dedicated to the foster kids in her care. Was she surprised to be groped at a charity event trying to gain donations for her kids? Nope, because rich people felt that for their money, they could do whatever they wanted. But that was when she met the mysterious billionaire, Remington Durant, for the second time. With one act of kindness, Remy changed Sinead's life forever...
  • Her Secret Ranger by Donna Michaels

    Her Secret Ranger by Donna Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kissing the sexy soldier was a dare she couldn’t resist… By-the-book event planner Beth Brannigan’s best friend dared her to kiss a cowboy. She should have said no. Instead, she said please…again and again. If her brother finds out she’s dating—okay, kissing—okay, sleeping with—one of his military buddies, he’ll kill her. Assuming he doesn’t kill his friend first...
  • Collateral Damage by Kaylea Cross

    Collateral Damage by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Pride tore them apart… Warrant Officer Honor Girard made the worst mistake of her life in walking away from the man she promised to marry—and she knows it. An attack on base unexpectedly pushes them together and in the aftermath she realizes she can’t let him go a second time. Only he’s not willing to let her back in...
  • Southern Sunrise by Natasha Madison

    Southern Sunrise by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Buried secrets never stay hidden in the South. Emily I fell in love with him when I was fourteen. Under the stars, he told me he loved me, and under the stars we promised to love each other always. But under the stars, he broke my heart by walking away.He left me without a second glance. I was just an afterthought.Now he's back, but this time, I'm not falling for his Southern charm.Maybe...
  • The Start of Something Good by Jennifer Probst

    The Start of Something Good by Jennifer Probst

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    An enriching story of family ties, broken hearts, and second chances from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst. When Ethan Bishop returns to the Hudson Valley, his body and spirit are a little worse for wear. As a former Special Forces paratrooper, he saw his fair share of conflict, and he came home with wounds, inside and out...
  • Tall, Dark and Fearless by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Fearless by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author SUZANNE BROCKMANN returns with two more classic tales of tall, dark and dangerous men who face the msot daring adventure of all -- FALLING IN LOVEFRISCO'S KIDBeing a Navy SEAL is more than a career to Alan Frisco Francisco--it is his whole world. So when a bullet wound threatens his future in the Navy, he is determined to achieve a full recovery..
  • A Steel Heart by Amie Knight

    A Steel Heart by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Five seconds. A deafening blast. Pain. Silence. That was all it took for an IED to end my life as I knew it. The man I was shattered in a hard wave of sound and debris that rained down on me like death itself. And six months later, after waking up to an inescapable hell, I found myself wishing that death had found me. Until her...
  • Scary Hot by Kd Robichaux

    Scary Hot by Kd Robichaux

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Alpha former-military biker.Quirky office manager of a vet clinic.When their best friends meet and have a whirlwind romance, they get swept up in it and have a hot tryst of their own.It leads to a surprise pregnancy—and a soul-deep connection—neither see coming...
  • In a Ranger's Arms by Donna Michaels

    In a Ranger's Arms by Donna Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former Army Ranger Stone Mitchum doesn’t have time for sex. Since starting a company with his brother and two buddies, he’s had more important things on his mind. Like transitioning veterans back into society. But when his curvy new tenant falls into his arms—literally—his libido snaps to attention. Jovy Larson has four weeks to prove she’s worthy of taking over the family business...
    Categorized as:
    military  cowboys  contemporary
  • Redemption by Laura Lee

    Redemption by Laura Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I fell in love with Beckett Armstrong before either one of us knew what that meant. He was my first kiss. My first love. My entire world. We promised each other forever, and we meant it wholeheartedly. But unfortunately, when tragedy struck, love wasn't nearly enough to save us. Little did we know... it would only get worse from there...
  • Honk If You Love Real Men by Carrie Alexander, Pamela Britton

    Honk If You Love Real Men by Carrie Alexander, Pamela Britton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Wanted: Real Men. Must be irresistible, good with his hands, and know how to handle any situation... in or out of the bedroom. Honk If You Love Real Men is a contemporary erotic anthology featuring some of the brightest up and coming names in contemporary romance and erotic romance...
  • Second Chance Ranch by R.J. Scott

    Second Chance Ranch by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rob runs to Crooked Tree determined to find a safe place for his nephews. A family for them is the final thing on his list, and then he can vanish completely. Falling for a local paramedic along the way is a disaster in Rob’s otherwise perfect plans.Paramedic Aaron, the middle of five brothers, would like someone to love...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  military  contemporary  m-m  queer  length-short
  • Rancher Daddy: A Single Dad & Nanny Romance by Lexi Whitlow, ReddHott Covers

    Rancher Daddy: A Single Dad & Nanny Romance by Lexi Whitlow, ReddHott Covers

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Grace: He needed a nanny, and I needed a job. A match made in heaven, right? Almost. When I arrive in Montana, nothing is like I expected it to be. The mountains are dark and cold, and huge—just like Camden Davis. He's six feet plus of pure muscle and sky blue eyes, the kind of man you might call a living, breathing god. Like something out of a fairy tale...
  • Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige

    Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When someone close to Viktor Baran becomes a target of an assassin, he vows a hellfire of a payback. But the enemy is cunning and avoids the trappings of the digital web, preferring to strike out from the shadows. Drawing on old-fashioned cloak and dagger methods to investigate the enemy’s hatred for the Guardians, he uncovers a link to a past he is reluctant to revisit...
  • The Wilde One by Savannah Young

    The Wilde One by Savannah Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE WILDE ONE is the second novel in the spicy contemporary romance series about four sexy brothers, their small-town bar and their local country band. Each novel in the OLD TOWN COUNTRY ROMANCE series can be read as a STAND ALONE NOVEL or as part of the SERIES. FOUR WILDE BROTHERS..
    Categorized as:
    military  cowboys  contemporary  length-short
  • The Trouble with Christmas by Amy Andrews

    The Trouble with Christmas by Amy Andrews

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All Suzanne St. Michelle wants is an over-the-top, eggnog-induced holiday with her best friend in Credence, Colorado. But when her hoity-toity parents insist she come home for Christmas in New York, she blurts out that her sexy landlord is actually her boyfriend and she can’t leave him—Joshy loves Christmas. The more twinkle lights the better. Rancher Joshua Grady does not love Christmas...
  • Redeeming the Hitman by Kat Baxter

    Redeeming the Hitman by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HaileyI’ve never been good at taking what I want …I have a long history of making life choices solely on what my rich extended family expects of me. I am trying to change, though. I’m ready for a fresh start, a new career, and a love life that involves fewer trust funds and pedigrees. I want someone real. Someone not afraid to get his hands dirty. Someone maybe even a little bad...
  • One Little Mistake by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Mistake by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Easton Westbrook entered my life like an arrogant, grumpy, wrecking ball, and refused to leave.Our banter is addicting, and nothing I do or say will make him change his mind. But when his mind becomes focused solely on me, I run.I can’t afford to give my heart away again. Not when I’m barely surviving with the broken one I have.I have walls up for a reason...
  • On Sunset Beach by Mariah Stewart

    On Sunset Beach by Mariah Stewart

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a captivating and heartwarming new novel in her beloved Chesapeake Diaries contemporary romance series—perfect for fans of Barbara Freethy, Robyn Carr, and Susan Mallery. Carly Summit’s name couldn’t be more fitting, since in life she always lands on top...
  • Just a Hint - Clint by Lori Foster

    Just a Hint - Clint by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    SOME DAYS, IT DOESN'T PAY TO GET OUT OF BED That's what crosses Clint Evan's mind the minute he takes on the four thugs holding heiress Julie Rose hostage. It isn't the danger--Clint's made the reputation by being reliably ruthless, a quality that keeps his wounds deeply undercover. What's got Clint in a lather is Julie herself...
  • Her Christmas Soldier by Hope Ford

    Her Christmas Soldier by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I don’t do forever. I don’t do Christmas.And I definitely don’t do emotions.I was a foster child that never had a home, never celebrated a birthday and never felt loved.So when my troops get a Christmas tin full of cookies, I send a thank you email...
  • Baby and the Beast by Taylor Holloway

    Baby and the Beast by Taylor Holloway

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Connor Prince is a beast.He’s a rich and infamous ex-movie star with one dream.He wants a baby. And he wants me to be his surrogate. I need the money and the contract doesn’t look too bad.All I have to do is hang out in his mansion for nine months getting pedicures and massages while gestating his child.I’ll even have a chef...
  • Life After Wife by Carolyn Brown

    Life After Wife by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    All’s fair in love and war, and Sophie is determined to win the battle for her aunt Maud’s cattle ranch—even if it means fighting Elijah, a rude ex-military man. But it seems that even from the grave Aunt Maud is still matchmaking; her will states that both Sophie and Elijah must share the ranch evenly, and neither wants to give up a share...
  • Big Stranger's Baby by B. B. Hamel

    Big Stranger's Baby by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s the biggest I’ve ever seen. Home for the first time in years, I end up in bed with a big, bad stranger. When he brags about how huge he is, I make him prove it. He pisses me off. But he’s not lying about his big, thick… body. I don’t even know how I’ll handle that… thing! He tears me to pieces in the best way possible. Except now I’m pregnant...
  • Love Means... Patience by Andrew Grey

    Love Means... Patience by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Love Means... Story Years after his discharge from the Marines under “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” Cody Culver lives in a PTSD-induced world all his own. On a mission, under misconceptions that Geoff and Eli are the enemy, Cody breaks into their farmhouse but is quickly brought back to his senses by a frying pan to the head. After receiving much needed help in the hospital, Cody has nowhere to go...
  • A Bad Boy for Christmas by Jessica Lemmon

    A Bad Boy for Christmas by Jessica Lemmon

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    'Tis the Season to Be Naughty Connor McClain knows what he wants. And after four harrowing years in Afghanistan, that's a quiet life in the lakeside town of Evergreen Cove. But coming home has land mines of its own-the most dangerous of them being long-legged bombshell Faith Garrett. Now getting her into his arms this holiday is going to require more than mistletoe . .
  • Ten Christmas Brides by Ruth Cardello, Nina Bruhns

    Ten Christmas Brides by Ruth Cardello, Nina Bruhns

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Join ten New York Times, USA Today and National best-selling authors to celebrate the holiday season with a boxed set of stories brimming with emotion, holiday spirit and happy ever afters...
    Categorized as:
    military  cowboys  humor  contemporary  christmas  m-f
  • Protecting Kate by Amy J. Hawthorn

    Protecting Kate by Amy J. Hawthorn

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Trent Dawson, horse trainer and former soldier, smells trouble at a simple charity auction. His good intentions get the better of him and he bids a small fortune on a damsel in distress. It turns out there's far more than meets the eye to the former Ms. Kentucky and their chemistry is off the charts...
  • Inseverable by Cecy Robson

    Inseverable by Cecy Robson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How can you imagine forever with someone who's leaving everything behind? Callahan, a former army sniper, wants to make an escape from his past and everything he experienced at war, but most of all, just not feel. Feeling leads to pain and he’s suffered enough. When he inherits a house on South Carolina’s Kiawah Island, he packs his bags, lured by the peace and seclusion he thinks it will bring...
  • Hot Stuff by Weston Parker

    Hot Stuff by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Construction is easy. Nail here. Saw there. There is nothing easy when it comes to raising a 4 years old daughter though. The love of my life and the one woman that I could spend a Friday night with and not get tired of her. The construction company has taken off, financially, over the past couple of years and made money accessible enough to give my daughter the life that she deserves...
  • Cowboy in Colorado by Jasinda Wilder

    Cowboy in Colorado by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It should have been simple and straightforward—business, and nothing but business. A quick trip to Colorado to scout out a location for my newest real estate development acquisition. Fly in, drive to the location, talk the owners into selling, sign some papers, and go home. A business trip like any other, something I’ve done hundreds of times without issue. This time, however, I was waylaid...
  • Resurrection by S. Davidson

    Resurrection by S. Davidson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His war has just begun. James (Jamie) Massey has been raised in a strict military household and grew up with the sole purpose of becoming a soldier. He never imagined the heartache his choices in love and war would weigh on his soul, and when he loses everything, he can’t imagine ever being happy again. Chris Baker grew up in a small town, raised on the rodeo circuit...
  • Cowboy Daddy, Jingle-Bell Baby by Linda Goodnight

    Cowboy Daddy, Jingle-Bell Baby by Linda Goodnight

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a dusty Texas roadside Jenna Garwood has just gone into labor. Hardheaded rancher Dax comes to her rescue and delivers her baby daughter. Single dad Dax knows what it's like to raise a newborn alone, and won't turn his back on Jenna—so he offers her a housekeeping job.But he's not prepared for the fireworks between them, or for Jenna's secret, which could shatter their hard-won trust…...
  • Dad's Navy SEAL Friend by Lena Little

    Dad's Navy SEAL Friend by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As a very recently retired Navy SEAL I’m no stranger to trouble. I used to go looking for it, Uncle Sam sending me to the most dangerous places in the world. But today? Today it’s found me…because I’ve found her. She’s too young. Way too young. But there’s just something about this woman, something unlike I’ve ever experienced before, that makes me certain she belongs to me...
  • Stud Farm: The Delancey Brothers by Joanna Blake, LJ Anderson

    Stud Farm: The Delancey Brothers by Joanna Blake, LJ Anderson

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There's a feisty little filly who needs taming. And I'm just the man for the job. My name's Clint McRae. I took this job without realizing how hard it would be. Hard to train a know-it-all trick rider like Pheonyx Delancey, Hard to get her all the way to the National Championships. Hard to keep my hands off her...
  • Code Name: Kayla's Fire by Natasza Waters

    Code Name: Kayla's Fire by Natasza Waters

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kayla stands in the eye of a hurricane. Past and present are on a collision course, and her tactical experience won’t save her. She’s the target on a serial killer’s radar. The media brews a storm of confusion, pointing at the warriors stationed at Coronado. To catch the killer, she has to relinquish hope, and the Navy SEAL protecting her...
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