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The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch: Books 1-3 by Shanae Johnson
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThree SWEET Marriage of Convenience Western Romances in ONE Boxset! If you believe in heroes… If you know that the power of love will heal all wounds… Then you’ll love these light-hearted, clean and wholesome romances of convenient arrangements that unfold into lasting love...Categorized as:
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![The Rancher's Christmas Song: A Western Holiday Romance by RaeAnne Thayne]()
The Rancher's Christmas Song: A Western Holiday Romance by RaeAnne Thayne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsKeep a song in your heart this holiday season with this single dad Christmas romance from New York Times bestselling author, RaeAnne Thayne. When Beckett McKinley’s twin boys need help preparing a Christmas song for their father, music teacher Ella Baker agrees on one condition: they teach her to ride a horse... -
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![Justice Inked by Olivia Jaymes]()
Justice Inked by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSheriff Dare Turner is known for his ever-present scowl and general bad mood. Between a teenage sister who thinks she’s all grown up and a killer on the loose he doesn’t have much to smile about these days. He simply doesn’t have time for fun and games. Rayne Dunn is half free spirit and half workaholic... -
![Butter My Biscuit by Lyra Parish]()
Butter My Biscuit by Lyra Parish
My bestie was off-limits until he kissed me and changed everything…. Harrison Valentine is my best friend and the king of one-night stands. And hi—nice to meet you—I’m the queen of failed relationships. Commitment issues are something we have in common, or so I thought. Then the devil delivers his kiss of death, and it puts me in a chokehold. I expect a f*ck boy, but he wants forever...Categorized as:
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![Finding Dandi by Sable Hunter]()
Finding Dandi by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLOVE IS PATIENT. LOVE IS KIND. Lucas thinks he has his life mapped out until fate throws a curvy little dancer in his lap. Soon he finds that it will take more than success or status to make him happy – it will take Dandi. LOVE IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. Dandi can’t change her past, but she can keep from hurting Lucas... -
![Always on My Mind by Bella Andre]()
Always on My Mind by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsLori “Naughty” Sullivan finally falls in love in ALWAYS ON MY MIND, the new book in Bella Andre’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling series about the Sullivan family. After a tragic loss three years ago, Grayson Tyler left his life in New York City behind and started over in the rolling hills of the California coast...Categorized as:
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![The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton]()
The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNed Matheson is sharing a house with the woman he loves, but he can’t kiss her, or even touch her. In fact, she can barely look him in the face. He knows he needs to be patient; Fila Sahar has been to hell and back as a captive of the Taliban for over a decade. Now she’s safely back on American soil, but her fears hem her in so tightly, she might as well be a prisoner again... -
![Bourbon Harmony by Walker Rose]()
Bourbon Harmony by Walker Rose
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen my car breaks down miles from my cabin, I’m rescued by none other than Rhys Kinkade, the man who broke my heart years ago, and his two adorable little girls. Fifteen years ago, I was eighteen and Nashville bound. Rhys ditched our plans to leave Bourbon Canyon together. I thought he’d follow; he knew he wouldn’t...Categorized as:
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![The Cowboy's Fake Wife by Janalyn Knight]()
The Cowboy's Fake Wife by Janalyn Knight
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen rancher Dillan Mandell offers to let the new female doc in town put her mobile home on his ranch, he has no idea what life has in store for him. Heather Cain, sleepless for months due to her neighbors’ barking dogs, can’t wait for the peace and solitude that the handsome cowboy has promised her... -
![Ranch Manny by B.A. Tortuga]()
Ranch Manny by B.A. Tortuga
Trace is down on his luck, out of his teaching job, and on the road with his young daughter Savannah. Just as he's contemplating tucking his proverbial tail between his luck and heading back to his ex or his parents to ask for help, a job opportunity falls into his lap. What he's not sure about is working for a handsome cowboy. On a ranch. In the middle of nowhere. Cowboy Brent has a ranch to run... -
![Naughty List Cowboy by Hope Ford]()
Naughty List Cowboy by Hope Ford
Dear Santa,. I’ve been nice, and what I’d like more than anything… is a cowboy from your naughty list. One that loves his ranch and family too. He’s protective of the ones he loves and honest to a fault. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks; he just does what he thinks is right. One that cusses a little too much. He’s grumpy and set in his ways... -
![Long, Tall Texans by Diana Palmer]()
Long, Tall Texans by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsETHAN. Arabella Craig was eighteen when Ethan Hardeman first opened her eyes to passion…and then turned around and married another woman. Four years later, tragedy brings Ethan, still just as tall and handsome, but newly divorced and bitter, back into her life. He runs his family's cattle empire with an iron hand, yet he refuses to loosen his grip on the reins holding back his heart...Categorized as:
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![A Nanny for the Grumpy Cowboy: Rolston Ranch Brothers by Hanna Hart]()
A Nanny for the Grumpy Cowboy: Rolston Ranch Brothers by Hanna Hart
Drake Rolston is a grumpy single dad with a chip on his shoulder larger than Texas. When his long-time nanny quits, he is in desperate need of a new one. Carefree dreamer Freddie Dover seems like the last girl on earth that he would pick. But when there is slim pickings in a small town, desperate times call for desperate measures…and Drake. decides to take a chance with Freddie and his heart... -
![Calder Pride by Janet Dailey]()
Calder Pride by Janet Dailey
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Long-Awaited Addition to the Beloved Calder Series from the Queen of the Western Romance! Cat is a Calder, through and through: proud, headstrong, intelligent, and beautiful. When her fiance is accidentally killed, she vows never to love again. But one reckless night with a handsome, gray-eyed stranger changes everything, giving her a son with striking gray eyes... -
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![Two Texas Hearts by Jodi Thomas]()
Two Texas Hearts by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKora Adams doesn't believe in curses, but she has known nothing but bad luck all of her life. Until the night a handsome stranger knocks on her front door. Winter McQuillen has inherited a sprawling Texas ranch--but the only way he can claim it is to have a wife--this very night. Now, Kora has to make a choice--turn Winter out of her home or take a chance on the possibility of love. -
![Cowboy Seeks his Redemption by Marley Michaels]()
Cowboy Seeks his Redemption by Marley Michaels
Tess Graham’s life is going pretty great. She has her dream job teaching kindergarteners, and the rest of the time she’s either fixing her house up one D. I. Y. disaster at a time, or baking new dishes to sneak in for her grandfather and his retirement home friends. But she’s missing one thing—someone special to share it with...Categorized as:
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![Hero for the Holidays by Maisey Yates]()
Hero for the Holidays by Maisey Yates
This Christmas, could the cowboy from her past unlock the key to her future? When Landry King shows up at Four Corners Ranch with Lila, the teenage daughter no one ever knew he had, it sets the gossip mill churning. Landry’s daughter has lost her adoptive parents and is in desperate need of a new family...Categorized as:
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![The Single Dad's New Twins - A Billionaire Cowboy Romance by Holly Rayner]()
The Single Dad's New Twins - A Billionaire Cowboy Romance by Holly Rayner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s got a secret: TWINS, and they’re his…. But this ain’t the cowboy’s first rodeo…. Karla is a would-be entrepreneur, trying to make it work in Oklahoma City. Finding herself in debt after her efforts fail to bear fruit, however, she bounces from one temp job to another until she meets Garrett, the owner of the very company where she just had a car-crash interview...Categorized as:
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![Montana Cowboy Bride by Jane Porter]()
Montana Cowboy Bride by Jane Porter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBriar Phillips was thrilled to finally find her half-brother but it's been far from smooth sailing. Single and pregnant—and hiding her pregnancy—Briar retreats to the Sundowner Ranch to figure out her next steps but isn't greeted with open arms. Older brother Cade Hunt assigns her to the kitchen and warns every ranch hand to stay away from her... -
![Sunshine Sky by Carly Marie]()
Sunshine Sky by Carly Marie
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt was only one night of no strings attached fun. Being shy and awkward, my fantasies always stay in my head, until I meet Hunter. No last names, phone numbers, or promises of tomorrow, just one night together. Imagine my surprise when he shows up at my parents’ house—with a kid—and changes the course of my life. Never have I felt a connection with a man like I do with Dalton... -
![Dylan by Linda Lael Miller]()
Dylan by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsHailed as "rodeo's bad boy" for his talent at taming bulls and women, Dylan Creed likes life in the fast lane. But when the daughter he rarely sees is abandoned by her mother, Dylan heads home to Stillwater Springs ranch. Somehow the champion bull rider has to turn into a champion father--and fast... -
![Obsessed Cowboy (Whiskey Run: Cowboys Love Curves) by Hope Ford]()
Obsessed Cowboy (Whiskey Run: Cowboys Love Curves) by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s the preacher’s daughter and she’s off limits. I’m an over-the-top, obsessed cowboy. I can lasso wild horses, loose cows and the orneriest of bulls. .. but I can’t seem to catch the curvy Janie Bradshaw. She’s too young and she’s way too good for the likes of this ol’ cowboy, but I can’t stop thinking about her. She has more curves than some men would know what to do with. But not me...Categorized as:
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![A Creed in Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller]()
A Creed in Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsJoin big city lawyer turned reluctant rancher Steven Creed as he puts down roots and finds love in the process in this classic Montana Creeds novel from New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller! When attorney Steven Creed becomes guardian of an orphaned five-year-old boy, this bachelor trades his big-city law firm for a ranch near his McKettrick kin in the close-knit community of Stone... -
![The Bridegroom by Linda Lael Miller]()
The Bridegroom by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsUndercover agent Gideon Yarbro is renowned for stopping outlaws almost before they commit a crime. But now he must stop a wedding --- despite the bride's resistance. Lydia Fairmont will lose everything if she doesn't honor her betrothal to a heartless banker. Unless she marries someone else instead . .. whether it's a love match or not...Categorized as:
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![Heart Of Stone by Diana Palmer]()
Heart Of Stone by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe would rescue the innocent beauty in distress. .. Boone Sinclair is a hard-headed, hard-hearted businessman and rancher. He has it all - except for Keely Welsh. The lovely beauty had always beguiled him. .. yet he was too experienced for her innocent charm. But when Keely's life is endangered by forces beyond her control, he has to protect her...Categorized as:
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![Cowgirl Crazy by Becky McGraw]()
Cowgirl Crazy by Becky McGraw
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCowboys are a different breed. .. They work hard, play hard and love harder. It's all about the ride, until the right woman. makes them fall. Twyla Taylor is one frustrated cowgirl. She's not winning at barrel racing or in love. She's spent ten years nursing a crush on her brother's best friend, Ryan Easter, who thinks of her as no more than his little sister... -
![Bucked by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart]()
Bucked by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI have a secret. I’m Kentucky Derby royalty and I am absolutely terrified of horses. It started after I was bucked off as a teen. I was injured and when I left the hospital and went back home to my dad’s ranch, I refused to go anywhere near the barns or animals. Now that his health is deteriorating though, I know that it’s time for me to face my fears so that I can take over for him...Categorized as:
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![Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter]()
Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsContinue the Hell Yeah! Series with book 14. The first time Bowie Travis Malone laid eyes on Cassie Cartwright, she knocked him for a loop. He was as drawn to her side as a moth to a flame. A green eyed angel with golden hair, she made his heart hammer in his chest and his body ache to hold her close... -
![Wait in the Truck by Dallas Ryan]()
Wait in the Truck by Dallas Ryan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIf you're a fan of the song WAIT IN THE TRUCK but crave a happy ending -- here's your book! Reece Whitfield is running for her life when she crosses Jericho King's path, literally. As soon as the cowboy sees her bruised and broken face, Jericho knows he has to take action and brings swift justice to her tormentor... -
![The Rival by Maisey Yates]()
The Rival by Maisey Yates
This rugged cowboy has always been content going it alone…until he finally meets his match! Cowboy Levi Granger is his own man. He’s proud of his ranch, and he’s proud of the siblings he brought up after the devastating loss of their parents. The only thing he’s not proud of is the way the Sullivan family took advantage of him when he was struggling the most...Categorized as:
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![Rescued Hearts by Nicola Hayes]()
Rescued Hearts by Nicola Hayes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI married my lawyer to save my son. Now I can’t tell where the lie ends and love begins. I return to Wild Creek with nothing but a suitcase and my four-year-old. My abusive ex is hunting us, determined to take Luke away. Levi Hollis is the last man I should lean on—my lawyer, forbidden protector, the one who makes me feel safe when I swore I never would... -
![Long, Tall Texans: Boone by Diana Palmer]()
Long, Tall Texans: Boone by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDiana Palmer delivers a classic tale of cowboy love with Long, Tall Texans: Boone (originally published Heart of Stone in 2008). Rancher Boone Sinclair is the ultimate Long, Tall Texan—reticent, noble and blessed with a Texas-size stubbornness. He’s always been beguiled by the lovely Keely Welsh, but he’s kept his distance to protect her innocence... -
![Never Marry a Cowboy by Lorraine Heath]()
Never Marry a Cowboy by Lorraine Heath
Sensitive and lovely Ashton Robertson fell in love with Kit Montgomery the moment she first laid eyes on him. Four years later, her most cherished dream has come true: the rakish English aristocrat is her husband, if only for a brief time... -
![Connal by Diana Palmer]()
Connal by Diana Palmer
A New York Times Bestselling Author Connal Tremayne lived in torment since he lost his wife in a tragic accident. On the anniversary of that date, he drank to drown the remorse and Pepi Mathews, the daughter of his boss, wanted to help him. However, the young woman had expected to follow him to a bar in Mexico City, and instead he took her to a chapel and asked her to marry him...Categorized as:
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![Outsider by Diana Palmer]()
Outsider by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFormer black ops CIA operative Colby Lane, now retired from his wild years as a mercenary, has found his new calling as assistant chief of security for the mammoth Ritter Oil Corporation. But the past is never far behind...Categorized as:
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![Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer]()
Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTwo beloved Long, Tall Texans stories together in one volume! TRUE BLUE. One of San Antonio's top detectives, Rick Marquez, has never met a case he couldn't solve or a woman he couldn't charm. But this smooth-talking Texan is about to meet the one woman who will lasso him—body and soul! CARRERA'S BRIDE...Categorized as:
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![Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer]()
Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBut there was one woman who could see beyond Marcus Carrera's notorious reputation and imposing stature to the gruffly tender man inside. And their destinies collided when Delia Mason was unexpectedly swept up in the kind of trouble only a man of mystery like Carrera could resolve— if he chose to step out of his dangerous social circle. Would he leave it all behind to make Delia his bride? -
![Nelson's Brand: A Heartfelt Western Romance Novel by Diana Palmer]()
Nelson's Brand: A Heartfelt Western Romance Novel by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA gentle ex-missionary and a daredevil rancher fight to overcome their haunted pasts in this opposites-attract romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer! Hidden away from the world, Allison Hathoway is a woman with a heavy past. A former missionary, her life took a tragic turn when she was taken captive with her now-deceased parents in Central America...Categorized as:
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![How to Marry a Cowboy by Carolyn Brown]()
How to Marry a Cowboy by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRancher Mason Harper’s two little girls want nothing more than a mama of their own. So when a pretty woman appears on his front porch in a tattered wedding dress, while Mason’s looking for a nanny, he can’t help but wonder if it’s fate. Annie Rose Boudreaux is in a downright hellish mess... -
![Getting Lucky by Carolyn Brown]()
Getting Lucky by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGetting Lucky by Carolyn Brown. ONE STUBBORN COWBOY WHO'S MORE THAN WILLING TO CROSS HORNS. When single dad Griffin Luckadeau thinks his new neighbor is scheming to steal his ranch out from under him to benefit her own daughter, sparks really begin to fly. .. ONE HOTHEADED SCHOOLTEACHER WHO DOESN'T TAKE GUFF FROM ANYBODY. Julie Donovan moves to town, determined to leave her troubles behind... -
![Lionhearted by Diana Palmer]()
Lionhearted by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHIS WINTER BRIDE. .. ? As the holiday season approached, the residents of Jacobsville were whispering about Janie Brewster's hopeless crush on Leo Hart. Up till now, all her efforts to lasso the dynamic cattleman had crumbled quicker than those mouthwatering biscuits the Hart men coveted...Categorized as:
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![Frontier Woman by Joan Johnston]()
Frontier Woman by Joan Johnston
The prequel to the New York Times bestseller The Cowboy. Sprawling 1840s Texas comes alive in the hands of Joan Johnston, New York Times bestselling author of The Cowboy and The Texan... -
![Fallen Willow by Roxanne Tully]()
Fallen Willow by Roxanne Tully
🤠 WELCOME BACK TO BLUE RIVER RANCH . . . 🤠. Saddle up for Dallas and Willow's irresistible story, coming February 2026 . . . Pre-order now! Tropes:. 💚 Ranch Romance. 💚 Marriage of Convenience. 💚 Fake Relationship. 💚 Grumpy x Sunshine. 💚 Single Dad / Nanny. 💚 Forced Proximity. 💚 Found Family. ---. Dallas. Six months ago, a fire on my ranch took my fiancée... -
![Montana Sunset by Lietha Wards]()
Montana Sunset by Lietha Wards
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMeagan was running from her mother and stepfather, trying to stay invisible, but when she ended up working as a groom on a cattle ranch, she caught the attention of Adam Wightman. Although she was deeply attracted to him, she just couldn't get involved for secrets of her own. Adam came from a long line of cowboys...Categorized as:
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![The Rancher's Nanny by Sam Crescent]()
The Rancher's Nanny by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaleb Pole has sworn off women. After his completely selfish wife, who wanted nothing to do with his ranch or their daughter, divorced him, he truly believes there is no woman out there for him. But his little girl is getting older, and he can’t keep relying on his mother. There’s only one solution … a nanny... -
![The Cowboy Cookie Challenge by Lori Wilde]()
The Cowboy Cookie Challenge by Lori Wilde
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde returns to Twilight, Texas, with a delicious love story about a sexy cowboy and a love-shy nurse determined to win the Christmas Cookie Bake-off challenge. He's sexy, single, and he can bake! Roan Sullivan is the answer to Jazzy Walker's prayers...Categorized as:
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![Rawhide and Lace by Diana Palmer]()
Rawhide and Lace by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen Erin left Ty Wade so long ago, she'd vowed never to return. Because of him she'd wrecked her car, her career, and lost his baby. Once a famous model clad in silk and lace, Erin could hardly face the task of mending the tattered pieces of her life. And now Ty wanted her back. Without her, jobs would be lost. The future of the Staghorn Ranch depended on her return...Categorized as:
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![Two of a Kind by B.A. Tortuga]()
Two of a Kind by B.A. Tortuga
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWorking on a full house. Once upon a time, Trey Williamson and Ap McIntosh had quite the whirlwind romance—but that was before family tragedy left them the guardians of five kids. Their lives have changed quite a bit over the last six years, but Ap is still on the rodeo circuit, doing what he does best in an attempt to feed all those extra mouths... -
![Love with a Long, Tall Texan by Diana Palmer]()
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![Her Relentless Cowboy by Cameron Hart]()
Her Relentless Cowboy by Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's love at first sight. .. for Knox. Teagan needs a little more convincing, but he's up for the challenge. Knox: I can’t believe my best friend is a total teddy bear over his new wife. I never thought I’d see the day. I don’t know if I’ll ever find a love like that… And then I see her...Categorized as:
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