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Fractured Sky by Catherine Cowles
Damaged. Broken. Destroyed. I’ve heard it all. A single moment of trusting the wrong person shattered my life into pieces, and my family has never looked at me the same. It’s impossible to convince them that I’m anything more than the broken girl they rescued all those years ago.Until I meet him.Ramsey’s grumpy demeanor and menacing scowl scare most of the world away. But not me...Categorized as:
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![Barry by Kris Michaels]()
Barry by Kris Michaels
A final chance. In the peaceful town of Hollister, secrets from days gone never stay hidden. For Barry Marks, memories of a disastrous military mission haunt every waking moment. He came to Hollister as a last hope. His final chance to change the spiraling trajectory of his future.A chance meeting.When Barry Marks literally sweeps Kathy Prentiss off her feet, she’s mesmerized...Categorized as:
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![Mackenzie's Pleasure by Linda Howard]()
Mackenzie's Pleasure by Linda Howard
Mackenzie's PleasureNavy SEAL Zane Mackenzie was a pro. No mission had ever gotten the better of him—until now. Saving the ambassador's gorgeous daughter, Barrie Lovejoy, had been textbook—except for their desperate night of passion. And though his job as a soldier had ended with her freedom, his duties as a husband had only just begun...Categorized as:
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![Cole's Mistake by Laylah Roberts]()
Cole's Mistake by Laylah Roberts
Everyone deserves a second chance, right? Cole Saxon wasn’t so sure of that. He’d burned so many bridges, he wasn’t sure anything he could do would be enough to make amends. Then fate brings him to Haven. To the brother he’d disowned and to the only two people to ever have a hold on his cold, black heart. Keira and Julian have been through hell... -
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![Blazing Hot Nights by Katie Mettner]()
Blazing Hot Nights by Katie Mettner
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTexas cowboy Blaze McAwley has made a lot of mistakes in life. His biggest one is alive and living on the neighboring ranch. He can't say she's well, and that's his fault too.Heaven Lane is in trouble. Dogged by an injury caused by Blaze McAwley's bison, she can barely keep her ranch above water. Her plan to use Blaze to save her ranch is the most fitting revenge of all... -
![Against the Odds by Kat Martin]()
Against the Odds by Kat Martin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis 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... -
![Wyoming Proud by Diana Palmer]()
Wyoming Proud by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"You just can't do better than a Diana Palmer story to make your heart lighter and smile brighter." —Fresh Fiction on Wyoming RuggedA sudden romance leads to betrayal and a shocking secret…It takes one night for Erianne Mitchell to fall heart-first for dashing architect Ty Mosby. They work together and have friends in common—and a searing attraction that seems far too good to last...Categorized as:
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![From the Ruins Comes Love: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Lilah Rivers]()
From the Ruins Comes Love: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Lilah Rivers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoyce finds herself stuck when her brother-in-law wants her out of the house and sends her to his family living a few towns away. In a leap of faith, Joyce moves on to a town a bit further in order to avoid living with some strangers that could be just like him...Categorized as:
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![Hot on Her Heels by Susan Mallery]()
Hot on Her Heels by Susan Mallery
Sleeping with the enemy just might have its own rewards... Dana Birch vowed never to put herself at the mercy of a powerful man. She became a deputy so that she could take care of herself, and protect those she loved. Especially her best friends, the Titan sisters. Twenty years ago, Garth Duncan swore revenge on Jed Titan for abandoning Garth and his mother... -
![Bodyguard by Tabatha Kiss]()
Bodyguard by Tabatha Kiss
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’d give my life for hers. And they’re hell-bent on making me. Everyone has a celebrity they’re head over heels for. Mine is Roxie Roberts. Every man wants to date her and every girl wants to be her best friend. The perfect storm of talent and beauty. But I knew her before the fashion and the fame. Before all of that crap, she was my stepsister, Dani. Beautiful, off-limits Dani Roberts... -
![Against the Edge by Kat Martin]()
Against the Edge by Kat Martin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA child he's never met. A danger he's never known. Deep in the humid, rank heart of the Louisiana bayou, a survivalist group has something that belongs to former navy SEAL Ben Slocum: his son. That he's a father is news Ben Slocum was not expecting... -
![Daring Daddy by Laylah Roberts]()
Daring Daddy by Laylah Roberts
She’s the spoiled princess living a life of reckless fun. . . Or that’s what she wants people to believe. Because for years Eden has been hiding her pain from the people who love her the most. All of her true emotions and feelings are tucked away in a safe place where no-one can reach them. Except for him. . . Because when Zeke touches her heat fills her. Longing. Want... -
![Dueling Hearts by Kat Martin]()
Dueling Hearts by Kat Martin
Beautiful Molly James had her work cut out for her: to own and operate her late father's California ranch, the Lady Jay -- all by herself. Molly's Irish spirit was as bright as her flaming hair, but a young woman alone -- even one as iron-willed as Molly -- had little chance of succeeding at so masculine an enterprise...Categorized as:
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![A Reckless Memory by Marie Johnston]()
A Reckless Memory by Marie Johnston
I fled minutes before my wedding when I learned my fiancée was being paid to marry me. Ten years, too many crappy exes, and one drunken decision later, I’m now his boss.From Marie Johnston comes a small town second chance romance .I worked hard to get where I am. New house. Good job. Fresh start...Categorized as:
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![The Last Mercenary by Diana Palmer]()
The Last Mercenary by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsPRIVATE PROTECTOR Micah Steele was a mystery, as silent as stone and just as intractable. Not even those closest to him knew the details of his life—which was exactly how it had to be. Because Micah was a mercenary, and his lies protected those he loved. Or they had, until the young beauty he'd left behind in Jacobsville, Texas, was kidnapped by his sworn enemy...Categorized as:
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![Once a Princess by Johanna Lindsey]()
Once a Princess by Johanna Lindsey
Once Upon A Time...In a rustic Mississippi tavern, a beautiful exiled princess was forced to dance for the pleasure of others unaware of her regal birthright...and infuriated by a magnificent golden-eyed devil who crossed an ocean to possess her. From A Far Off Land... A bold and brazen prince came to America to claim his promised bride... -
![Blacklisted by Jay Crownover]()
Blacklisted by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men series comes an irresistible and suspenseful romance between a doctor who plays by the rules and the outlaw who breaks them in order to protect her.Dr. Presley Baskin has always lived a quiet, calm life...Categorized as:
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Wanted by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call me Vigilante because I make my own laws.Because I get retribution when there’s none to be had.Because my name is Jace Mercy... but I show none.Stood up at the altar, I ran from everything familiar... and straight into trouble.Now I’m the lone witness to a backwoods execution.A wanted woman with a price on my head.I’m trapped in a cabin with the one man who can save me... -
![Heart of Stone by K.K. Allen]()
Heart of Stone by K.K. Allen
Benson Bexley has always had a heart of stone.Apparently nothing has changed.When he returns home after a decade gone, I recognize him right away.How could I forget him?He’s the same cocky flirt who slid dirty poetry to me in art class.With the same stone-cold stare that shielded his soul from the world.And that same sharp-edged jaw that cut straight through my heart like a dagger... -
![Comanche Woman by Joan Johnston]()
Comanche Woman by Joan Johnston
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe son of a white father and a Comanche mother, Long Quiet has long loved Bayleigh Stewart, the daughter of the wealthiest cotton planter in Texas, and has searched for years for the beauty, abducted by marauders, until he rescues her from her captors... -
![Hondo by Louis L'Amour]()
Hondo by Louis L'Amour
As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials!He was etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch... -
![Untouched by Maisey Yates]()
Untouched by Maisey Yates
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the Silver Creek romance Unexpected, Cole Mitchell found love in the last place he ever thought to look. Now, in USA Today bestselling author Maisey Yates’ newest novel, Cole’s little sister Lark is determined to have her turn…Having never left the family ranch, Lark Mitchell needs a little adventure—or at least a romance that isn’t confined to the internet...Categorized as:
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![Perfect Enemy by M. Robinson]()
Perfect Enemy by M. Robinson
From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author M. Robinson comes an enemies to lover, standalone romance.She's twenty-years younger than me.Half my age.And twice the trouble.After two decades of serving, I come home to find nothing's changed, except her. She's still the same carefree girl with wild eyes and a smart mouth... -
![Take Me to the Lake by Kaci Rose]()
Take Me to the Lake by Kaci Rose
A Billionaire, Mountain Man, Virgin Hero Romance.Someone is watching me. Luckily my mountain man is watching over me.Hope: I didn’t think they would find me here. I moved to the small town of Whiskey River three months ago, hoping I would finally be safe from my past. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I can breathe easier.Then I meet the mountain man who makes my breath quicken...Categorized as:
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![The Listening Sky by Dorothy Garlock]()
The Listening Sky by Dorothy Garlock
The Listening...Categorized as:
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![Angelfire by Linda Lael Miller]()
Angelfire by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShocked by the threat of an arranged marriage to an aging magistrate, Bliss Stafford fled through the rugged New Zealand countryside. But chance -- and the barrel of her father's pistol -- wed her to Jamie McKenna, a handsome, headstrong rancher whose bold touch flamed her innocent senses...In his embrace she discovered the wonder of desire, and the passionate man who would be her destiny...Categorized as:
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![Cheyenne Song by Georgina Gentry]()
Cheyenne Song by Georgina Gentry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratings“Georgina Gentry brings the West and her characters to life and gives her fans hours of true reading pleasure.” — Romantic Times Fort Reno, Indian Territory, 1878. Glory Halstead faced her captor with the same pride and courage that had seen her through hardship and bitter scandal and vowed to be strong. She didn’t know what Two Arrows intended to do with her... -
![Tattered Stars by Catherine Cowles]()
Tattered Stars by Catherine Cowles
Be brave. Just for sixty seconds. Twenty breaths.One night changed them both forever. Their lives shattered, beyond repair, with jagged edges and pieces askew. Now, Everly has a chance to make things right. To bring healing to the place where everything fell apart. But it means facing the family her father almost destroyed, and the boy with the dark eyes—now grown—who still haunts her dreams...Categorized as:
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![A Gown of Spanish Lace by Janette Oke]()
A Gown of Spanish Lace by Janette Oke
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA heritage so very different from her own, but one profound connection. Ariana loves her life her parents, her little town, her job as the town's schoolteacher, her students. But one evening after classes are done and she prepares to hurry home before a blizzard hits, her whole life changes in an instant... -
![Nora by Diana Palmer]()
Nora by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWhen innocent, wealthy Nora Marlowe came to visit the Wild West, she was as wide-open to adventure as the vast Texas horizon. Its rugged individualism�and dashing cowboys�suited her romantic spirit. That is, until the wrong cowboy decided to take the elegant heiress down a notch!Cal Barton didn't like haughty Eastern misses...Categorized as:
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![The Hostage by Susan Wiggs]()
The Hostage by Susan Wiggs
Chicago, 1871. Deep within the quiet of the night, a city erupts into flames, and a spoiled heiress is soon whisked away. Deborah Sinclair is a beautiful, accomplished young heiress with a staggering dowry. But her fortune does her no good when, one horrible night, Chicago is engulfed in flames. Tom Silver will walk through fire to avenge a terrible injustice—and he may have to...Categorized as:
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![Larkspur by Dorothy Garlock]()
Larkspur by Dorothy Garlock
Kristin Anderson had never left home before, but no one could stop her from going to Montana to take possession of Larkspur, the ranch she had inherited. At 23, she was considered a spinster, but she stood tall, wound her braids primly around her head, and tucked a derringer in her purse... -
![Glorious Dawn by Dorothy Garlock]()
Glorious Dawn by Dorothy Garlock
Out of print for nine years, a classic western romance by the bestselling author of Homeplace and Ribbon in the Sky has been brought back by popular demand. The Macklin ranch seemed to be a refuge for Johanna and her ravaged younger sister--until the cruel rancher forces Johanna to marry hisson . . . then Johanna faces overwhelming desire for her new husband... -
![Wild Sweet Wilderness by Dorothy Garlock]()
Wild Sweet Wilderness by Dorothy Garlock
Berry Warfield is only 18 when she leaves the wagon train to find her father's claim in Missouri, vowing to let no one stop her from earning her fortune...Categorized as:
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![The Wildest Heart by Rosemary Rogers]()
The Wildest Heart by Rosemary Rogers
No man can own Rowena Dangerfield--a sensuous, strong-willed lady with a fiery, unchained spirit--though many desire her. She had come to claim her birthright, following her destiny to the sprawling New Mexican frontier...and to the only man who can tame her restless heart... -
![Taken By The Mountain Man by Kaci Rose]()
Taken By The Mountain Man by Kaci Rose
He's a scarred up mountain man. She is the curvy girl no one wants, until him. Who knew she’d be the one to save him? ColeGo in and save my friend's girl. That was the mission. I never expected her, the girl who wasn’t supposed to be there.She’s injured… and mine.So, I take her back to my cabin to care for her...Categorized as:
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![Wind of Promise by Dorothy Garlock]()
Wind of Promise by Dorothy Garlock
Vanessa is determined to cross the prairies, ford the mighty rivers and climb the Rockies to reach Colorado. But her resolve weakens when a tall, lean stranger as wild as the western wind takes her in his arms. Will surrender to this restless roamer bring her happiness - or will it break her heart forever...Categorized as:
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![Against the Wind by Kat Martin]()
Against the Wind by Kat Martin
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThey were known as the "no-account Raines boys," but they've grown into successful, honorable men and everything they have, they've fought for tooth and nail. Now each of the three brothers has one last obstacle to overcome to claim what's eluding them: love. Secrets don't stay buried long in cattle country... -
![A Gentle Giving by Dorothy Garlock]()
A Gentle Giving by Dorothy Garlock
Willa Hammer has nothing left after narrowly escaping the lynch mob that unjustly hanged her foster father except her dog, her faith, and the protection of a secretive family. She joins their wagon train heading West, never realizing she is traveling to the wilds of Bighorn Mountain, where a rundown ranch and the arms of an untamed, hardened cowboy await her...Categorized as:
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![Honor Bound by Sandra Brown]()
Honor Bound by Sandra Brown
Aislinn Andrews met Lucas Greywolf under unusual circumstances--she caught the escaped convict raiding her refrigerator. But was he a troublemaker who aroused dissidence among Arizona's Native Americans...or a hero who'd gone to prison for a crime he hadn't committed? It didn't really matter now, since Lucas Greywolf had taken her hostage... -
![To Love a Stranger by Connie Mason]()
To Love a Stranger by Connie Mason
Rugged rancher Pierce Delaney doesn't trust women and has vowed never to marry; beautiful Zoey Fuller is far too busy trying to save her ranch from greedy Samson Willoughby to even think about a husband. Unfortunately, Samson not only wants her ranchland, but he wants Zoey as well... -
![Counterfeit Lady by Jude Deveraux]()
Counterfeit Lady by Jude Deveraux
Nicole was a passionate French beauty, kidnapped by mistake and swept accross turbulent seas...to be the bride of a stranger. In eighteenth-century Virginia, the lush lands embraced the rivers that bounded the great plantations. There Clayton awaited his English lady..Categorized as:
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![True Colors by Diana Palmer]()
True Colors by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMeredith Ashe thought her heart was broken when Cy Harden's family ran her out of town as a scared teenager, penniless and pregnant. Now, stronger and wiser, she's back, but this time as the poised, powerful head of a multinational corporation--and she's planning a hostile takeover of Harden Properties. Cy doesn't know the secrets Meredith is hiding, and she has no intention of telling him...Categorized as:
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![Something Wilder by Christina Lauren]()
Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah...Categorized as:
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![Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn]()
Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn
Seven years ago she broke his heart... When Robert Kemble stumbles across Victoria Lyndon in hedgerow maze, he can't believe his eyes. The girl who'd torn him in two, who let him plan on elopement and then left him standing by the side of the road, was suddenly within arm's reach, and even though his fury still knew no bounds, she was impossible to resist..Categorized as:
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![The Darkest Heart by Brenda Joyce]()
The Darkest Heart by Brenda Joyce
She was called the bell of the Southwest Beautiful Candice Carter enjoyed the attentions of every eligible man in the New Mexico Territory, until her reckless heart led her to near death in the desert. But rescue came from a savage...Jack Savage, the hard-muscled Indian warrior who both terrified and fascinated her...Categorized as:
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![Just Imagine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips]()
Just Imagine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The War Between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but not for Kit Weston. Disguised as a boy, she's come to New York City to kill Baron Cain, the man who stands between her and Risen Glory, the South Carolina home she loves. But unknown to Kit, the Yankee war hero is more than her bitterest enemy—he's also her guardian. And he'll be a lot harder to kill than she's figured on .Categorized as:
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