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Sarah Mayfield by J.S. Anthony
An unexpected journey of the heart. The war is over and Sarah Mayfield has put the sorrows of her life in Virginia behind her. On the strength of three letters she has traveled by railroad, riverboat and stagecoach to meet her new life out west...Categorized as:
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Good Enough by Kelly Elliott
The third novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series shows how family and true love can heal a broken past. After her mother died in a car accident when she was only five, and her father was determined not to show any emotions toward his only daughter, Timberlynn longs for a normal family... -
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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
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWillow. After 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. Quinn...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... -
Dawn on a Distant Shore by Sara Donati
In an icy, untamed world of pristine beauty, a husband and wife are torn apart by fate but reunited forever by a love that can't be broken. .. . An unforgettable love comes alive in this masterful epic of passion, treachery, and adventure. ..Categorized as:
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Silver-Tongued Devil (Rough Riders) by Lorelei James
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 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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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... -
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... -
Always and Forever by Beverly Jenkins
A desperate need. Sassy Grace Atwood never expected to find her proper self accidentally tumbling into a stranger's bed. If she weren't desperate for a man to lead a wagon train of brides to a woman-starved town out West, she never would have gone near Jackson Blake-former lawman or not. She should send the ruggedly charming Texan packing. .. only he's perfect for the job...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... -
Stolen Hearts by Kelly Moore
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt was a day like any other on the ranch. Hard work and no play make for a cranky cowboy. Needing a night out on the town left me sneaking into my father’s house like a teenage boy. That was my first mistake of the day. The second was playing hero to a damsel in distress that turned out to be no damsel at all, but a sexy, snarky woman who took me by surprise... -
Her Convenient Cowboy: Wyoming Legacy by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s pregnant, widowed, and snowed in… with the a quiet cowboy who never seems to give up. “…pure sweetness in a very readable package, perfect for those who like their romance gentle, G-rated, and family-style. ” - Publisher’s Weekly on The Homesteader’s Sweetheart. ”…smart, gentle, and uplifting…” Publisher’s Weekly on Return of the Cowboy Doctor...Categorized as:
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Redemption's Edge by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“A heartwarming, passionate story of loss, forgiveness, and redemption set in the untamed frontier during the tumultuous years following the Civil War. Ms. Davies’ engaging and complex characters draw you in from the start, creating an exciting introduction to this new historical western romance series. ”... -
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 . . -
The Blizzard Brides by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Last Chance, Nebraska! When the freak blizzard of 1878 kills most of the men in a small Nebraska town, what does it mean for the surviving women and children? Realizing they need to find men of honor to help rebuild, the women place an advertisement in the Matrimonial Times. Choosing a husband is more difficult than they thought, when there is an overwhelming response to the ad...Categorized as:
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Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsContinuing the Hell Yeah! Series with Book 4. Kane Saucier has chosen to walk away from a family fortune to wear a badge. As Sheriff of Kerrville County, he lives near his brother Zane and his friends, the McCoys of Tebow Ranch. His life is good, but something is missing. The Sheriff is lonely until love walks through the door of his office one day in the form of Lilibet Ladner... -
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... -
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
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...Categorized as:
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Kari by Miriam Minger
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStill grieving the loss of her mother, Kari Hagen leaves her younger siblings behind and travels to Walker Creek, Texas. She promised to deliver a letter to her mother’s first love, so now she just has to find him. Should she accept an offer of assistance from that tall cowboy who’s as handsome as any man she’s ever seen? The sooner she gives the letter to Mr...Categorized as:
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Mail Order Bride And The Gift of Children (A Western Historical Romance Book) (Evergreen Frontier) by Florence Linnington
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinding love is never easy for a single mother listing herself as a mail order bride. But it is necessary. Eliza Buell has just given birth to her second child. Now a single mother after the death of her husband, she finds herself alone and desperate for a way to help her children survive the coming winter. With no other option, Eliza opts to become a mail order bride... -
The Innocent Wife by Cici Cordelia
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJOSHUA . . . As the Sheriff of Little Creede, Joshua Lang has had his hands full more than once. Protecting his town from a criminal bent on destructive revenge. Keeping the peace when Little Creede grows too fast for its own good during the height of the silver mining boom...Categorized as:
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Tanner (Bachelors and Babies Book 14): American Western Historical (Bachelors & Babies) by Cheryl St.John
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of the most reliable western romance writers today! ♥ "Story and style remind me of LaVyrle Spencer. " - Linda Howard. He's focused on the future. .. The past is all she knows. Together they're forced to face today. His months in Salisbury prison taught Union Captain Tanner Bell to detest a southern drawl, and Widow Cranford's exaggerated Dixie twang has him gritting his teeth...Categorized as:
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Protector 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...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... -
Savage Obsession by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhile her beloved family struggles to put down stakes in the harsh Minnesota territory, Lorinda Odell is in St. Paul to get a proper education. But the bustling city is not without its own hazards--"especially for a young woman as lovely as Lorinda. Her fiery red hair and seductive curves have caught the eye of a vicious trapper who hungers to make her his own...Categorized as:
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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... -
Texas Blue by Jodi Thomas
Gambling man Lewton Paterson wants to marry into a respectable family. After fleecing a train ticket, Lewt makes his way to Whispering Mountain. But seducing a well-bred woman is hard, and Lewt realizes that to entice a McMurray sister, he'll need to learn a thing or two about ranching-and love. -
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... -
Joe's Wife by Cheryl St. John
Memories…. Tye Hatcher returned to Aspen Grove to find that life in the sleepy Western town hadn't changed much. The townspeople stubbornly refused to see the man he had become. That is, everybody but Meg Telford. Meg definitely took notice of the reticent rancher and gave him a chance in life when no one else would... -
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Shotgun Groom by Ruth Ann Nordin
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsApril Edwards, a young widow, is content to manage a farm with her fourteen-year-old brother and a one-year-old daughter. Nothing, after all, could be worse than being married to her deceased husband. Nothing, that is, until her unscrupulous brother-in-law decides to marry her... -
Buck by Leigh Greenwood
Hannah was lovely enough to make any man forget the past--any man except Buck Hogan. For thought she had more than fulfilled the promise of beauty in the 14-year-old girl he'd once known, Buck would always remember that back then he had been her father's whipping boy. Helpless no longer, he would have his revenge by taking the old man's ranch...Categorized as:
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Texas Tender by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe is the most beautiful man Idalou Ellsworth has ever set eyes on. When he appears at her front door, she is struck speechless at the very sight of him. Folks in Dunmore, Texas think her bossy, too focused on rescuing her familyâ��s failing ranch to be interested in courting. But in Willâ��s company, she canâ��t think of anything but him... -
Claiming Mariah by Pam Hillman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn light of her father's death, Mariah Malone sends a letter that will forever alter the lives of her family. When Slade Donovan, strong willed and eager for vengeance, shows up on her front porch, Mariah is not ready to hear his truths: her father's farm, the only home she's ever known, was bought with stolen gold... -
RNWMP: Bride for Kendall by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoAnn Becker, a wealthy socialite from Ottawa, has devoted her life to music and teaching others. She is content with her unmarried status, still living at home with her parents. That is until one of her closest friends moves west to marry the Mountie of her dreams. Once her friend is gone, she feels a bit lost and confused...Categorized as:
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Long Journey Home by Sarah M. Eden
From Sarah M. Eden, the USA Today Bestselling author of the Longing for Home series, LONG JOURNEY HOME is a new romance novel set in the beloved world of Hope Springs. Widowed by war, Maura O’Connor has raised her son alone under the weight of poverty in the unforgiving slums of New York City. That harsh and difficult life has taken a toll on them both...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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Intrigued by Her True Colors by Elaine Shields
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the crushing loss of her mother, Louisa’s upbringing has been completely different than any other girl’s. Yet she’s come to love working at her family’s ranch and wearing men’s clothes. Her carefree life is about to change forever, though, when her family forces her to marry... -
The Wrangler's Inconvenient Wife by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE. With no family to watch over them, it's up to Fran Morris to take care of her younger sister, even if it means marrying a total stranger. Gruff, strong and silent, her new husband is a cowboy down to the bone. He wed Fran to protect her, not to love her, but her heart has never felt so vulnerable...Categorized as:
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His Perfect Bride by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSage Rhodes is eager to escape Manchester, England, and leave behind the pain of a broken engagement. When she’s offered the job as a lady’s maid to Augusta Lennox, who is traveling to Vancouver Island to visit her brother, Sage happily accepts the position... -
The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood
Hawk and Zeke have been inseparable ever since boyhood�two loners, outsiders, as free as the wild horses they chase across the Arizona desert. So when they join up with two misplaced dancehall girls on the trail, they react about the same way as unbroken mustangs to the saddle...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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Bound by Honor Bound by Love by Ruth Ann Nordin
The day Onawa eagerly anticipated has finally come. She is to be Citlali’s wife. But what she doesn’t realize is that his ambitions to be the next chief could be more powerful than his feelings for her. Will she ever find a prominent place in his life, or will she end up taking second place to the tribe? These are the books in the Native American Romance Series:. Restoring Hope...
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