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Anti-Hero by Kelly Fox
Spoiler This isn't some sad exploration of my tragic past. I have a list of the people who bought and sold me. And they aren't getting a redemption arc. I was luckier than most. I was rescued by a team of guys who search out people like me, and now I get to work with them. But I'm not the hero of this story. I don't forgive. I don't forget... -
![Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch]()
Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch
Some mistakes haunt you forever. Harlan Young knows that from personal experience. Walking away from Grace Townsend, even with the best intentions and no other choice, still haunts him to this day. So when he had the chance to return to Montana, and be part of something as special as the Resting Warrior Ranch, he took it... -
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![High Frequency by Freya Barker]()
High Frequency by Freya Barker
When the rug is pulled from under Detective Sloane Eckhart, she leaves the Billings PD and returns to Libby, Montana.Eight years ago she left with her pride and the promise of a future, but her heart was broken. On her return, there is no pride left, no prospects to speak of, but at least her heart is safely secured in the back seat... -
![Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne
I’m in love with my brother’s wife.When River came back, I thought I’d gotten a second chance to make her mine. I had Mama’s ring ready and everything. Until the moment I found out she was already married–to Cross.On paper, it’s a good thing, especially since the head of the Russian Bratva has her in his sights... -
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![Deadly Debt by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
Deadly Debt by K. Loraine, Meg Anne
I blew my cover for the woman I love. The second River Adams walked into my life, I knew my days undercover were numbered. The FBI gave me one mission: bring down the Cross brothers and their criminal empire. But no one counted on her, and now that she’s been taken, I’ll do anything to get her back. Even if it means working with the men I was ordered to catch... -
![Savior Complex by Kelly Fox]()
Savior Complex by Kelly Fox
Love isn't something I get to wish for. Ten years ago, my nephew was sold to traffickers, and it was my fault. I spent the next decade doggedly searching for him in the most awful places imaginable, unable to stop until I knew he was safe.I finally track him down to Wild Heart Ranch, an equine therapy center in the heart of Texas with a secret mission to help victims of trafficking... -
![Come Sundown by Nora Roberts]()
Come Sundown by Nora Roberts
Librarian’s note: An alternate cover for this Kindle ASIN can be found here. A saga of love, family ties, and twisted passions from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obsession…The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for vacationers... -
![Sweet Beloved by Raya Morris Edwards]()
Sweet Beloved by Raya Morris Edwards
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSweet Beloved is the accompanying novella set seventeen years after Deacon. It is an extended epilogue/accompanying novella to Deacon and cannot be read as a standalone.It is related to the Sovereign Mountain Series and must be read after reading Deacon, the third book... -
![Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines]()
Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines
HuckTwo places I never thought I’d a church and my little brother’s funeral.I was the one who was supposed to die first. Not Hayes.He hadn’t chosen my path. I took lives but Hayes had wanted to save souls.Yet here I was drinking from a flask, around people that fucking hated me, unable to take my eyes off the fiancé he’d left behind...Categorized as:
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![Sing for Me by Brittany Ann]()
Sing for Me by Brittany Ann
Mason: I never wanted to go back home. Hallow Ranch was my own personal hell, and I was lucky to escape in one piece. My brother’s betrayal was the last straw, but he doesn’t know the real reason I left. No one does. For the last decade, I’ve focused on one thing: bull riding. I don’t care about anything but my eight seconds. When I’m on a bull, everything goes quiet. Until her...Categorized as:
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![West Bound by Maggie Rawdon]()
West Bound by Maggie Rawdon
When I’m stalked and kidnapped from the convent by my father’s enemy, a cowboy hellbent on revenge, everything changes.I’m torn from my cloistered life of simplicity, thrown into the center of a bitter fight, and held at his mercy in a small cabin in the middle of the Colorado wilderness.There could be a silver lining though... -
![The Endless Fall by Emmerson Hoyt]()
The Endless Fall by Emmerson Hoyt
Willa Dunn is finally getting the hell out of Deadwood—but first she needs to tell her overprotective family that she’s leaving. For years she’s dreamed of escaping the small town that refuses to let her forget the past, but when Ryker Bennett—her childhood bully and brother’s best friend—comes back to East Texas, all her plans go up in smoke...Categorized as:
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![Darling Bride by Raya Morris Edwards]()
Darling Bride by Raya Morris Edwards
Darling Bride is the accompanying novella set after Westin. It is an extended epilogue/accompanying novella to Westin and cannot be read as a standalone.It is part of the Sovereign Mountain Series and must be read after reading Westin, book two in the Sovereign Mountain Series... -
![Right Number, Wrong Man: A Masked Man, Hate-to-Love Dark Rom-Com by I.M. Wraith]()
Right Number, Wrong Man: A Masked Man, Hate-to-Love Dark Rom-Com by I.M. Wraith
"Right Number, Wrong Man" is a spicy, hate to love, secret identity dark romcom with a pierced and masked MMC. Colton Hailey has hated me for as long as I’ve loved her… and I’ve loved her in secret for a very long time.16 years ago I fell for her at first sight, but a misunderstanding made me the villain in her story. To add insult to injury, she married my good-for-nothing brother... -
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![Breaking Limits by Emma Creed]()
Breaking Limits by Emma Creed
Join these dark, dirty, and corrupt cowboys on the Carson’s ranch.Where boundaries are pushed, laws are broken and limits get tested…I’ve loved Leia Walker for as long as I can remember.There was a time when I had her,She was mine.But unearthed secrets left me with no choice but to let her go.Staying away from her ain’t easyBut the truth would break her...Categorized as:
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![Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy]()
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west... -
![Sinner's Secret by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
Sinner's Secret by K. Loraine, Meg Anne
I might be a cowboy, but I’m no gentleman.Ten years ago I crossed the line with my younger brother’s best friend. I knew she was in love with me, and I couldn’t resist her. River Adams gave me her innocence on her eighteenth birthday. I broke her in return and made her hate me. I thought walking away from her would be easy, but I never expected to come face to face with everything I gave up... -
![Notorious by Leslie McAdam]()
Notorious by Leslie McAdam
Picking up your favorite adult film star at a bar in Vegas is a bad idea—especially when you wake up the next morning married to him. Ask me how I know.Before I met Velvet the Cowboy, the public knew me as an innocuous guy who was running for office.Now I’ve gone from boring to notorious in twenty-four hours... -
![Burn by Abbi Glines]()
Burn by Abbi Glines
From the moment she fell out of the tree in his backyard, ruining his eighth birthday party, Genesis Stoll had been Kye Levine’s best friend. The one person he knew would be there no matter what. She was his escape, his sunshine when the darkness in his world got too deep. When he had her to run to, he knew no matter how twisted his life got, she would remind him who he was...Categorized as:
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![Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker]()
Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker
Daxton Chambers loved being a part of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas…the Texas Rangers. But whoever was burying women alive in his city of San Antonio was always two steps ahead of him…and he hated it. Mackenzie Morgan lived what she considered a normal life... -
![Fallen Foe by L.J. Shen]()
Fallen Foe by L.J. Shen
Arsène Corbin does not intend to marry for love. His fiancée has always been a means to an end, a woman he wants to conquer. But when she dies suddenly in an accident, Arsène’s grand plan unravels.Still reeling from his fiancée’s death, he meets Winnifred Ashcroft, a struggling actress who lands a coveted role in a play at his theater…and knows things about his late fiancée no one else does... -
![Honey Bee Hearts by Kendra Moreno]()
Honey Bee Hearts by Kendra Moreno
Fable has never quite fit in anywhere she goes. She’s always been quirky, a special brand of weird only her best friend understands. After a tragic accident changes her life, she’s not sure how to move forward. When she receives an email with the chance of a lifetime, she seizes the opportunity, if only to escape the darkness...Categorized as:
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![Live for Me by Brittany Ann]()
Live for Me by Brittany Ann
This is a dark cowboy romance set at Hallow Ranch, home of the Langston Brothers and their morally grey ranch hands.BeauI made a promise long ago to protect her.As we grew up, I fell in love with her.I was ready to give her everything, to be anything she wanted.Then, instead of riding off into the sunset together, she left me broken and confused.Six years later, I thought I was over her... -
![Sinner & Saint by J.L. Beck]()
Sinner & Saint by J.L. Beck
I’ve always been the good girl.The preacher’s daughter. The town’s saint.The one who never strays from the rules.Until one reckless night changes everything.Calder Bishop is the monster I’ve been warned about my entire life.Heir to the most feared family in Black Hollow Creek.Rancher by day, enforcer by night.His touch carries ruin, his name carries blood, and his gaze makes my prayers falter... -
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![Crimson River by Devney Perry]()
Crimson River by Devney Perry
Lyla Eden has spent the last few years watching her siblings fall in love. Meanwhile, she’s married to her job. It’s on her hundredth consecutive workday that her sister stages an intervention, kicking Lyla out of her own coffee shop. With nothing else to do, Lyla sets out on her favorite hiking trail.It’s there that she spots a man washing blood from his hands in a stream...Categorized as:
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![Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant]()
Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA cowboy finds love in the most unlikely place in New York Times bestseller Donna Grant's newest Heart of Texas novel, Looking for a CowboyA beautiful stranger has come to Clearview, asking questions that are nobody’s business. Cooper Owens also wasn’t born yesterday. He knows that this out-of-towner is hiding a dark secret of her own... -
![Auctioned to the Cowboys by Stephanie Brother]()
Auctioned to the Cowboys by Stephanie Brother
When I’m auctioned to clear my father’s debts, the three rugged cowboys who bid on me want more than just a wife.Life in my abusive father’s clutches has left me tired of fighting to survive. Escaping was always my plan until he found a final way to destroy selling me to three brooding strangers whose remote ranch promises to be another kind of hell... -
![Deacon by Raya Morris Edwards]()
Deacon by Raya Morris Edwards
All Roads Lead to Sovereign Mountain Freya Hatfield knows one thing for certain—to never, ever get tangled up with a man like Deacon Ryder.Growing up surrounded by her harsh stepfather, Aiden Hatfield, and his sons, she vowed to not to repeat the same cycle as her mother... -
![Ravenous by Thea Lawrence]()
Ravenous by Thea Lawrence
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRipley Winter’s demons have haunted her for years, begging her to embrace the darkness that’s always dwelled within her. After spending far too long beneath her abusive boyfriend’s thumb, she’s finally indulged in the unthinkable... -
![Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch]()
Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch
Some nightmares you don’t wake up from.Noah Scott spent two months in an enemy prison camp but made it out alive—unlike most of his SEAL team. He’s one of the lucky ones but doesn’t always feel that way with his scarred body and daily fight against PTSD.Working with the animals at the Resting Warrior Ranch helps... -
![Hollow Out the Dark by James Wade]()
Hollow Out the Dark by James Wade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to decimate a small Texas town.A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads... -
![Bounty by Piper Stone]()
Bounty by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe came to collect a bounty. She got my belt instead.I went undercover to take down a mob boss and ended up betrayed, framed, and on the run. Harper Rollins tried to bring me in, but instead of collecting a bounty she earned herself a hard spanking and then an even rougher lesson that left her cute bottom sore in a very different way.She's not one to give up on a paycheck, but that's fine by me... -
![Broken Road by Addison Kline]()
Broken Road by Addison Kline
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is often said that time heals all wounds. The words are spoken like a promise... A vow. These words are said to people who have been beaten down to their lowest state. To the poor souls who have nothing left to lose. Whispered into the ear of a grieving daughter, told with a shrug to a man who has nothing left to live for. These are dangerous people. The down-trodden. The grieving... -
![Biker's Enemy: Property of Cash by Jamila Jasper]()
Biker's Enemy: Property of Cash by Jamila Jasper
He likes his women dark-skinned, very plus-sized and unable to run away from him. Juliette's best friend Quin suffered a tragedy that forced her to stay confined to her house for years...When Quin emerges with her dark secret and 130 lbs of weight gain, she turns to her bestie in Santa Fe for help...Categorized as:
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![Chasing Snowfall : An Enemies to Lovers, Small Town Romantic Suspense by Anastasia Wilder]()
Chasing Snowfall : An Enemies to Lovers, Small Town Romantic Suspense by Anastasia Wilder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe day Charlotte Adler decided to stop running from her past, she found herself in the sleepy town of Silver Rapids, Wyoming, trading a fancy high-rise in Boston for a small bungalow and a luxury SUV for a horse. As long as she kept a low profile, no one would find her— and no one would get hurt...Categorized as:
suspense forced proximity from hate to love cowboys found-family contemporary slow burn western
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