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  • The Guardian by Dee Henderson

    The Guardian by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 42 ratings
    A federal judge has been murdered. There is only one witness, and an assassin wants her dead. U.S. Marshall Marcus O'Malley thought he knew the risks of the assignment . . . but he was wrong. Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed family...
  • Montana Freedom by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Freedom by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Daniel Clark is the leader. The one who ensures everyone makes it out alive.He took that responsibility seriously when he and his team served in the Navy SEALs together, and he takes it seriously now at the Resting Warrior Ranch.When he and his men broke up the Riders—the vicious dogfighting gang who also kept some human captives—they got everyone to safety...
  • Ranger Justice by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Justice by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    Deception can lead to murder…Prosecutor Hannah Lawton is thrust into the spotlight after a local doctor is arrested and charged with the murder of his wife. The case has fractured the county and made her a target for death threats. When she’s attacked and nearly killed, Hannah believes it’s connected to the upcoming trial. She refuses to back down...
  • Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin

    Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Third generation Texas Ranger Tyler Steele is the last of a dying breed-- a modern day cowboy hero living in a world that doesn't quite understand his powerful sense of right and wrong and instinct to defend those who can't defend themselves. Despite his strong moral compass, Ty has trouble seeing his greatest weakness...
  • Knox by Susan May Warren

    Knox by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    His voice threaded through her, as if it might be made of rawhide, designed not to break, to weather time and elements, as sturdy as the land he probably worked. Because yes, he wore cowboy like a second skin, the no-nonsense aura of hard work and get ’er done. About KNOX: He's not looking for trouble... Montana rancher Knox Marshall's danger years are behind him...
  • Bluegrass Undercover by Kathleen Brooks

    Bluegrass Undercover by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Cade Davies had too much on his plate to pay attention to newest resident of Keeneston. He was too busy avoiding the Davies Brothers marriage trap set by half the town. But when a curvy redhead lands in Keeneston, the retired Army Ranger finds himself drawn to her. These feelings are only fueled by her apparent indifference and lack of faith in his ability to defend himself...
  • Montana Storm by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Storm by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Kill first, ask questions later.It’s the instinct former-SEAL Jude Williams must fight every time someone touches him. His six months being tortured in an enemy prison camp may be long over, but he’s got scars—all over his body and mind—keeping that time at the forefront of his psyche...
  • Word of Honor by Terri Blackstock

    Word of Honor by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    WHAT WILL IT COST TO KEEP A PROMISE? Of the four people at the Newpointe post office when the bomb went off, three were killed instantly. The fourth, a five-year-old boy, lies comatose in the hospital and might not survive. Who would do such a thing? The answer comes in the form of a gunman crashing through the door of the hotel room where Jill Clark is staying...
  • Tate by Susan May Warren

    Tate by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What will it cost this bodyguard to save the woman he loves? Bodyguard, Tate Marshall, has always been the family troublemaker. Maybe it's his impulsive propensity to get into the middle of problems that don't belong to him. But once in, he can't stop himself from trying to solve them and that includes his recent dilemma...
  • Sphinx Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake

    Sphinx Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “There’s beauty in this world, Remington,” the social worker told him once. “You just have to figure out where to find it.”He’d finally found it. It was inside this woman. And it was perfect.—RemingtonPart 1The boys from Golden Sphinx Ranch are trying to have a quiet breakfast in the local diner when one of them sees a man attempting to pull a woman out of her car by her hair...
  • Saving Chelsea by Elle James

    Saving Chelsea by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She prefers the four-legged wolves over the two-legged kindChelsea Youngblood’s first love is her only true love. Wolves. Raised on a wildlife rescue ranch, she grew up with wolves as her siblings. It was only natural she would become a wolf biologist and work with the wolves of Yellowstone National Park...
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  • Saving Amanda by Elle James

    Saving Amanda by Elle James

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For Ex-Navy SEAL, Carter Manning, nothing worthwhile is easy. Having lost the people he loved, he dedicates his life to the hard stuff to keep from looking back. The future is strictly about the next mission, not settling down or raising a family...
  • Her Brand of Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Her Brand of Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Exploring her hidden past May rob her of her future Ansley Brookshire’s search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. This is where she meets Buck Crawford. Determined to help, the gorgeous rancher introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations...
  • Ranger Courage by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Courage by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The games he plays are deadly... As chief of police for Harrison University, Avery Madison expects to spend her days buried in administrative paperwork--until a murdered woman is discovered on campus. She asks Texas Ranger Weston Donovan for help. The former football star turned lawman is heartbreakingly handsome, but Avery has put romance on the back burner...
  • The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SOMETIMES SMALL TOWNS HAVE SECRETS.Masterson, Wyoming is no exception.When the Masterson brothers meet the redheaded Tyler sisters, anything can happen. But can the brothers stop the threats coming for them all?In Seeking the Sheriff, Sheriff Joel Masterson shows up on Phoebe Tyler's doorstep with her drunken younger brother in tow. Joel takes one look at Phoebe and falls hard and fast...
  • Out of the Storm by B.J. Daniels

    Out of the Storm by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She can’t lose him again…One look at his warm brown eyes and Kate Jackson knows she’s found her husband. It’s been twenty years since Daniel was declared dead in a refinery explosion, but Kate never gave up hope, convinced he was somewhere out there, suffering from amnesia. Then, on a trip to Buckhorn, Montana, she sees him—working as a carpenter, scarred, but still her Danny...
  • The Rook by Steven James

    The Rook by Steven James

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An arsonist has struck a top-secret research facility at a key US naval base. But it's not just a random terrorist attack. These people were after something specific. When Special Agent Patrick Bowers is called in to investigate, he is drawn into a deadly web of intrigue and deception...
  • Uncontrollable by C.A. Harms

    Uncontrollable by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Avery Nolan’s father has never been a part of her life. As a result, she finds herself becoming a caretaker. Always trying to please other people, willing to tuck her own concerns aside for the happiness of others. She is selfless. She is a nurturer. On the outside, it appears Kade Thomas has it all, but no one can understand the guilt and ache he feels daily...
  • Lonestar Secrets by Colleen Coble

    Lonestar Secrets by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Can a secret be kept forever? Five years ago, Shannon Astor left the beautiful high-mountain country of West Texas as a single mother. She was desperate for a fresh start...and a way to keep the secrets of her past buried. It almost worked. Until a chance to make a better life for her daughter leads her right back home. To the very place of the past betrayals...
  • Lonestar Angel by Colleen Coble

    Lonestar Angel by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Eden's hope is rekindled when Clay delivers astounding news: their daughter has been found. Five years ago Eden and Clay Larson's baby was stolen and never found. Eden blamed herself, Clay lost himself in work. Their young and rocky marriage ended. Or so Eden thought. Now Eden's moved to a new town. She's found faith and is trying to rebuild her life...
  • The Cook and the Gangster by Jackie North

    The Cook and the Gangster by Jackie North

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “Time cannot erase the love I feel for you, my friend.” Levi has worked very hard to find a private corner of the world where his past can’t catch up to him. His life, with its fourteen-hour days working in the ranch’s kitchen, is a little humdrum, but he likes it that way. And it’s safe, because he lets no one get close...
  • Cowboy Haven by B.A. Tortuga

    Cowboy Haven by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Heath Barron leaves Texas for Northern New Mexico, he thinks he's getting a luxury house rental for a steal, getting away from his ex, and finding a home for his newborn triplets. What he finds is a broken down trailer, a freezing winter, and the feeling that he's at rock bottom in his life. Again.Former rodeo champ Kolt Cordova has a good life...
  • High Ground by Freya Barker

    High Ground by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not much has gone according to plan for mechanic, Pippa Freling, recently. With lots of bridges burned behind her, she decides to stick close to her sister and give Montana a try. Things are looking up when she joins a local group of animal activists, buys an auto shop for a steal, and even tries her luck with the opposite sex...
  • Snowy Ridge by Peter McKelvie

    Snowy Ridge by Peter McKelvie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Often, before a storm, there is that moment of eerie silence, stillness, tranquillity. A moment of absolute peace. Everything in nature stands motionless in anticipation. Even the initiated can be drawn into the deception.The moment Jack saw a lone figure on a horse riding toward him on that hot day in early spring was such a moment in time, literally and figuratively...
  • High Stakes by Freya Barker

    High Stakes by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When her sister, Pippa, goes missing, Nella Freling tells her boss she’s taking time off from her job as a research librarian, hops in her sensible van, and heads south of the border to Montana. However, local police don’t seem too concerned about a missing woman living in her motorhome...
  • Lonestar Homecoming by Colleen Coble

    Lonestar Homecoming by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For most, it's the safest place on earth. For Gracie, it's the last place she wants to be...and the one place she must return. With nothing but five dollars and the wedding dress she's wearing, Gracie Lister flees with her daughter by train to West Texas, to the town she ran away from so long ago...
  • Lucky Like Us by Jennifer Ryan

    Lucky Like Us by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Hunted series continues as Special Agent Sam Turner discovers that protecting the FBI's star witness is more difficult than he thought! Bakery owner Elizabeth Hamilton's quiet life is filled with sweet treats, good friends, and a loving family. But all of that is about to turn sour when an odd sound draws her outside. There's a man lying unconscious in the street, a car speeding toward him...
  • Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This case may prove to be too hot to handle. There's silver out there: Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on that big piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it. The man with the skills she needs is private investigator Alex Justice—a former navy fighter pilot and a current pain in the neck...
  • Against the Sun by Kat Martin

    Against the Sun by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin comes another thrilling story in The Raines of Wind Canyon series. It’s not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell’s job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake’s not on her payroll...
  • Escape by Jay Crownover

    Escape by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Everything inside of him is screaming that he needs to run, he needs to go, he needs to escape. Lane Warner is used to being overshadowed and overlooked. After all, he’s the youngest brother and the most laid back one in the family. He’s the one known for going with the flow and not making waves, even when things seem to be at their worst...
  • Cowboy Reckoning by Barb Han

    Cowboy Reckoning by Barb Han

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Intent on proving her brother was murdered a decade ago, Ensley Cartier returns to the one place she vowed to never set foot in again. With the whole town against her, she finds an ally in Levi McGannon. He loves the land and the ranching way of life, but they quickly discover Cattle Cove isn’t the innocent town he once believed and somebody wants Ensley buried along with their secrets...
  • Texas Rich by Fern Michaels

    Texas Rich by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The extraordinary novel that introduces the unforgettable Coleman family—and the brilliant heroine who began a powerful American dynasty   Young Billie Ames naively fell for the exciting pilot Moss Coleman at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II. Within a few months she was pregnant, married, and traveling across the country to Austin . .
  • Echoes by Kristen Heitzmann

    Echoes by Kristen Heitzmann

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Romantic suspense from a best-selling novelist. Sequel to Unforgotten, Sofie Michelli goes to Sonoma to unravel her past, but returns to face the future...
  • My Favorite Cowboy by Donna Grant

    My Favorite Cowboy by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant rounds up the hottest cowboys in Texas in her latest novel of no-holds-barred passion.Audrey Martinez is a veterinarian who has devoted her whole life to the care and protection of horses―even if doing so leaves her little time for meeting a man...
  • Bitter Roots by C.J. Carmichael

    Bitter Roots by C.J. Carmichael

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Dispatcher Zak Waller prefers working behind the scenes in the Sheriff’s Office of Lost Trail, Montana, but when a newcomer to the sparely populated town is brutally murdered—and the Sheriff is quick to pin the death on an unknown outsider—Zak starts his own private sleuthing...
  • Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated continuation of the Cardwell Ranch Collection, read by more than 2 MILLION! Jackson Cardwell won't stop until she is safe. In Montana for his brother's nuptials, Jackson Cardwell isn't looking to be anybody's hero. But the Texas single father knows a beautiful lady in distress when he meets her. Someone's hell-bent on making Allie Taylor think she's losing her mind...
  • Rescue at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rescue at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated continuation of the Cardwell Ranch Collection read by more than 2 MILLION! Saving her once was risky. Rescuing her again may be fatal. When Hayes Cardwell arrived in Big Sky, Montana, for his brother's wedding, the Texas P.I. didn't expect to play hero. But ever since he saved her from a brutal abductor, he can't get McKenzie Sheldon out of his mind and heart...
  • Mercy by B.J. Daniels

    Mercy by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The hunt for a killer leads to a battle between justice and desire… For U.S. marshal Rourke Kincaid, there's the law…and then there's his law. When the two don't agree, he always trusts his instincts. A killing spree has gripped the Northwest, showing a strange connection that only he sees, and now the old rules of justice no longer apply...
  • Lucky Shot by B.J. Daniels

    Lucky Shot by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's determined to uncover the truth behind a decades-old disappearance—even if it kills him... When hotshot reporter Max Malone gets a rare shot of Buckmaster Hamilton with a blonde woman near Beartooth, Montana, he chases down one of the senator's daughters to verify that the woman is his supposedly long-dead first wife...
  • Honor Bound by B.J. Daniels

    Honor Bound by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Protecting her life will mean betraying her trust  Ainsley Hamilton has always been the responsible one of the family. As the oldest daughter of presidential candidate Buckmaster Hamilton, she's also a potential target. For months she's sensed someone following her...
  • Renegade's Pride by B.J. Daniels

    Renegade's Pride by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trouble has come back to town, and this time, he's not leaving without her In the nine years since Trask Beaumont left Gilt Edge, Lillian Cahill had convinced herself she was over him. But when the rugged cowboy suddenly walks into her bar, there's a pang in her heart that argues the attraction never faded...
  • Winchester Christmas Wedding by B.J. Daniels

    Winchester Christmas Wedding by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Winchester Ranch is a place of age-old scandal and deadly family secrets. For DEA agent T. D. Waters, the thriving ranch and mysterious Winchester clan have the answers he's looking for. With the heart of a cowboy and a rebellious streak that can't be tamed, he's not going to let anyone interfere with his investigation. Nor will he let a beautiful, lonely siren distract him from his mission...
  • Antonio by Kathy Ivan

    Antonio by Kathy Ivan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tasked with locating a missing government witness, FBI agent Antonio Boudreau jumps at the chance to work closer to his home town of Shiloh Springs, Texas. Ever since somebody tried to kill her while under the feds protection, Serena Snowden’s been on the lam...
  • Save Me by Sharon Sala

    Save Me by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tragedy separated them. Now he’s her only hope. Hunter Gray and Lainie Mayes were each other’s first, last and only love. Until tragedy and their feuding families drove them apart. Eleven years vanish, then Hunter learns that Lainie has gone missing in the Colorado mountains. Now the former army pilot must pull off his most perilous mission...
  • Jayhawk by Dorothy M. Keddington

    Jayhawk by Dorothy M. Keddington

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Timeless best selling JAYHAWK now available by award winning author Dorothy Keddington. To Angela Stewart, a summer on a Wyoming ranch with her college roommate's family seemed like an ideal vacation. For Jay Bradford,his return to the Triple J Ranch involves a potentially dangerous quest and the search for an answer to a 26-year old mystery...
  • Rancher's Pride by Bonnie Poirier

    Rancher's Pride by Bonnie Poirier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She's been gone for five years, life hasn't been easy.He's avoided relationships and focused on the ranch...
  • Wild Horse Springs by Jodi Thomas

    Wild Horse Springs by Jodi Thomas

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    In the heart of Ransom Canyon, sometimes the right match for a lonely soul is the one you least expect Dan Brigman may not lead the most exciting life, but he's proud of what he's achieved: he's a respected lawman, and he's raised a bright, talented daughter on his own...
  • Double Trouble by C.P. Smith, Julia Goda

    Double Trouble by C.P. Smith, Julia Goda

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WARNING: Author believes in soul mates and insta-love. Proceed with caution if you're not a romantic at heart. Book #2 in the Wallflower Series. (Not A Standalone) “ ’Tis better to never have loved and lost than to live with the regret of your stupidity.” ~ Sienna Miller, Wallflower They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, or in this case, Wallflowers to behave. Then again . .
  • Christmas at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Christmas at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AT CARDWELL RANCH, THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE BRUTAL… It had been years since Tanner "Tag" Cardwell's boots touched Montana soil. This Christmas he was determined to change that. Until a run-in with local Lily McCabe revealed dark secrets from his past and deep trouble for his future. Cowboys came and went in these parts...
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