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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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![Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati]()
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... -
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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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![Reckless Love by Kelly Elliott]()
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]()
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]()
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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![Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller]()
Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOne ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides... -
![Cowboy Surprise by Em Petrova]()
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]()
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... -
![The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner]()
The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner
Based on the real-life tales of her own great grandmother, author Nancy E. Turner continues Sarah's extraordinary story as she struggles to make a home in the Arizona Territory. It is winter 1906, and nearing bankruptcy after surviving drought, storms, and the rustling of the cattle, Sarah is shocked when her son brings home a bride who was slated to become a nun... -
![A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller]()
A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe sudden death of the town marshal leaves Blue River, Texas, without a lawman...and twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan without a husband. As winter approaches and her meager seamstress income dwindles, she has three options... -
![Burning Desire by Scarlett Avery]()
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... -
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![The Dance Hall Wife by Cici Cordelia]()
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 Substitute Wife by Cici Cordelia]()
The Substitute Wife by Cici Cordelia
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHARRISON . . .Once his fortune in silver mining is secured, Harrison Carter finally sends back home for his fiancée. It's been four years since he's seen Jenny.But it's Retta Pierce, Jenny's sister, who arrives by stagecoach with young daughter Adeline in tow...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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![Song of the Wolf by Rosanne Bittner]()
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... -
![Protector: Doms of Mountain Bend Book 1 by B.J. Wane, Joe Dugdale]()
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... -
![Austin: A Rough Romance by Piper Stone]()
Austin: A Rough Romance by Piper Stone
I offered this brute a ride. I ended up the one being ridden.The first time I saw Austin, he was hitchhiking. I stopped to give him a lift, but I didn't end up taking this big, rough former Marine wherever he was heading. He was far too busy taking me.She thought she was in charge. Then I took off my belt... -
![A Fearless Man by Leigh Greenwood]()
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 Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist]()
A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn 1860s Seattle, a man with a wife could secure himself 640 acres of timberland. But because of his wife's untimely death, Joe Denton finds himself about to lose half of his claim. Still in mourning, his best solution is to buy one of those Mercer girls arriving from the East. A woman he'll marry in name but keep around mostly as a cook...Categorized as:
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Night Hawk by Beverly Jenkins
Outlaw.Preacher. Night Hawk. He's had many names, but he can't escape the past. Since Ian Vance's beloved wife was murdered years ago, the hardened bounty hunter knows he'll never feel love or tenderness again, so he's made it his mission to ensure others get their justice...Categorized as:
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![Savage Obsession by Cassie Edwards]()
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]()
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... -
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Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins
The second novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins’ compelling new Women Who Dare series follows a female rancher in Wyoming after the Civil War.A reporter has come to Wyoming to do a story on doctors for his Black newspaper back east. He thinks Colton Lee will be an interesting subject…until he meets Colton’s sister, Spring...Categorized as:
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![Calder Born, Calder Bred by Janet Dailey]()
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... -
![Texas Tender by Leigh Greenwood]()
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]()
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... -
![JAMESON by Frankie Love]()
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]()
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... -
![Lips That Touch Mine by Wendy Lindstrom]()
Lips That Touch Mine by Wendy Lindstrom
A charming rogue…an abused woman. She greeted him with her gun—he disarmed her with his love. Saloon owner Boyd Grayson is intrigued by his new neighbor, Claire Ashier, and considers her temperance crusade to shut down his noisy tavern nothing more than a game. While matching wits with the beautiful, aloof widow, he uncovers her torturous secrets that shock him to the core...Categorized as:
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![Just Wicked Enough by Lorraine Heath]()
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... -
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![The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood]()
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]()
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]()
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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![Skye by Linda Lael Miller]()
Skye by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFor as long as she's known him, Skye McQuarry has been in love with Jake Vigil, a handsome but shy man who has been building a successful timber operation. Skye is eager to be married and knows that Jake is the man for her. But after Skye's cousin Christy left him at the altar, Jake has sworn never to love again... -
![Megan by Linda Lael Miller]()
Megan by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMegan McQuarry returned to Primrose Creek after attempting to become an actress -- and innocently losing both her heart and her beloved land. But instead of the healing homecoming she needs, Megan is met with a shocking revelation that changes everything she believed about her family. Feeling lost and betrayed, she finds herself befriending Webb Stratton, the handsome new owner of her land... -
![In His Eyes by Peggy L Henderson]()
In His Eyes by Peggy L Henderson
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsCarefree and strong-willed, Katherine Montgomery is the daughter of a successful Montana horse rancher. When a tragic accident claims her father's life, Katherine is left to deal with an overbearing mother whose agenda does not include a young daughter. Fate deals her another devastating blow, leaving her to face an uncertain future far away from everything and everyone she's loved... -
![Holt's Gamble by Barbara Ankrum]()
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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![A Run For Love by Callie Hutton]()
A Run For Love by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFeisty school teacher Tori Henderson values her independence and has no use for a husband. When she finds herself the legal guardian of her two nieces, two nephews, and facing eviction from her Kansas home, she enters the 1889 Oklahoma land run and confronts a new set of challenges... -
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![Brave Beginnings by Ruth Ann Nordin]()
Brave Beginnings by Ruth Ann Nordin
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJulia Milton has said good-bye to two men in her life. Ernest who was a part of her safe and familiar world, a childhood friend who shared her background. Then there was Chogan who stirred her passion but came from the Mandan tribe--a man who lived a life foreign to her own... -
![The Angel & the Outlaw by Madeline Baker]()
The Angel & the Outlaw by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn outlaw, a horse thief, a man killer, J.T. Cutter wasn't surprised when he was strung up for his crimes. What amazed him was the heavenly being who granted him one year to change his wicked ways, Yet when he returned to his old life, he hoped to cram a whole lot of hell-raising into those 12 months no matter what the future held... -
![A Texan's Honor by Leigh Greenwood]()
A Texan's Honor by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBret Nolan had never gotten used to the confines of the city. The sprawling buildings, the rumbling wagons, even the roads: all seemed designed to lock him in. He would always be a cowboy at heart, and his restless blood still longed for the open range... -
![The Wrangler's Inconvenient Wife by Lacy Williams]()
The Wrangler's Inconvenient Wife by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 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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![The Outlaw's Redemption by Renee Ryan]()
The Outlaw's Redemption by Renee Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCLAIMING HIS CHILD Who would guess the most formidable adversary former gunslinger Hunter Mitchell ever faced would be a fiery, violet-eyed female? Now that he's served his time, Hunter intends to claim the daughter he's only just discovered. While the law is on his side this time, his daughter's devoted aunt certainly isn't. Annabeth Silks can't bear to let a onetime outlaw take little Sarah... -
![Anna: Bride of Alabama by Lily Graison]()
Anna: Bride of Alabama by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnna: Bride of Alabama is book 22 in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series. After a warehouse fire changes her life, Anna Davis makes a desperate decision. Along with the other single women she worked alongside, she places her fate into the hands of a random stranger she found in a mail order bride catalog, the Grooms’ Gazette...
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