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  • The Cowboy Contract by B.A. Tortuga

    The Cowboy Contract by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Ryder Vittor has almost everything he could ever want. He was a successful bull rider, he runs a rodeo company and a ranch for his family, and he's right where he wants to be. Until his grandmother issues him an ultimatum...
  • Burned & Bound by A. Winchester

    Burned & Bound by A. Winchester

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was one kiss and a promise of tomorrow…WESTLoving Jackson Myles almost cost me my life. I ran, going wherever the wind took me. I did things I’m not proud of to survive. When I inherit my half of Double Arrow Ranch, I mean to sell. I want nothing to do with Jackson or that place. But my dad’s will requires I work the ranch for one year or I’ll forfeit the sale...
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  • Red Dirt Heart 4 by N.R. Walker

    Red Dirt Heart 4 by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Moving from a Texas ranch to an Australian Outback station was a life changing decision for Travis Craig. Though it wasn’t really a decision at all. Something in his bones told him to go, though he had no clue as to why. Until he met Sutton Station’s owner, Charlie. Loving Charlie shouldn’t have been easy. The man was stubborn, and riddled with crippling self-doubt...
  • 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...
  • Wishing Hearts by Emmy Sanders

    Wishing Hearts by Emmy Sanders

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    A shameless flirt. A single dad. And an unexpected chance at love. HarrisonWhen I left Plum Valley ten years ago, I never thought I’d return. But a call about animals in crisis brings me back to the town that inadvertently broke my heart.What I don’t expect? Sam. The animal control officer looks every bit a cowboy wet dream, and for whatever reason, he’s latched on to me like a dog with a bone...
  • 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...
  • Cowboy Healing by B.A. Tortuga

    Cowboy Healing by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Patrick Kelly needs some help. His husband passed away a while ago, and now he has a thriving medical practice, two busy kids, and one ranch outside Aspen, Colorado that he's not really sure how to run...
  • The Meaning of Life by BA Tortuga

    The Meaning of Life by BA Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When tragedy strikes in the parking lot of a rodeo event, bullfighter Jasper Dean loses his best friend Kayla, inherits her barrel racing horse, her pack of dogs, and her two babies, who also happen to be his biological kids. He has no idea what to do about any of it, and JD struggles to juggle all of his new responsibilities...
  • The Cowboy Guardian by B.A. Tortuga

    The Cowboy Guardian by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Watson Torres and his daughter Naomi have had a rough time of things. They've lost a loved one, and Naomi has lost an arm in a house fire. So when Wat lands a job at the Broken C ranch, he's excited to start over. He loves teaching kids, and there seems to be a steady supply at the ranch, which means Naomi will have a chance to make friends, as well...
  • Ranch Manny by B.A. Tortuga

    Ranch Manny by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    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...
  • Red Dirt Christmas by N.R. Walker

    Red Dirt Christmas by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    **14,500 words, gay romance** Travis had been here at Sutton Station for just over a year. We were technically engaged, not that we’d told anyone. He was happy just knowin’ I’d said yes, and I had some head-clearin’ stuff to work through. Knowing I was good enough for Trav was one thing, but knowing if I was good enough to be a husband and father was somethin’ else entirely...
  • Forever Promised by Amy Lane

    Forever Promised by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Crick has been home from Iraq for five years, Jeff and Collin are finally married, and Shane and Mikhail are quietly making lives better for the dispossessed teenagers who come their way. Everything is right in Deacon's world, but nothing ever stays the same. When Deacon's best friends, Jon and Amy, answer the call of an opportunity in Washington, DC, Deacon figures that’s life...
  • Have Mercy by Christina Lee

    Have Mercy by Christina Lee

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Julian NorthMy whole world changed with one roadside bomb and an honorable discharge. Not even the city I used to love can ease the restlessness inside me. I don’t expect visiting my cousin Sienna’s farm to do the trick either, but the change of scenery can’t hurt. Wyoming isn’t what I expected—from the mischievous pig following me around, to the rescue horse I’ve become strangely fascinated with...
  • Down in Flames by Parker St. John

    Down in Flames by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He’s been in love with a rugged, hunky cowboy for years.The problem?Michael is fifteen years older…and straight.West Owens grew up suffocated by his overprotective family. To prove he’s not the frail child he once was, he’s shredding through local rodeos on the wildest broncs around. But the man he most wishes would stop seeing him as a sickly child is Michael...
  • Release Me by Faith Gibson

    Release Me by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen Years… For fifteen years, Cade Anderson, drummer for the world-famous rock band 7’s Mistress, has been in love with his best friend, the band’s lead singer. Even though it’s been years since they were lovers, Cade still wants the man. When his best friend falls in love with someone else, life as Cade knows it is over. The band breaks up and Cade has to figure out how to move on...
  • Broken In by B.A. Tortuga

    Broken In by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Greyson Hayden wants to prove to his ex that he's made it. He's a successful stock contractor with a couple of million dollar bulls, a ranch owner with more acres than he can count, and he stopped drinking when Kyler kicked him out. He's had a lot to prove, but now he's back in town to show Kyler that he has. And maybe rub it in...
  • Back in the Saddle  by BA Tortuga

    Back in the Saddle by BA Tortuga

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When David Garcia's family suffers a loss, he comes back to New Mexico to help, leaving his life in Austin behind. He knows he has to make the best of it, so he uses his skills as a teacher to set up a daycare business on his parents' ranch and start helping out local friends and family who need a babysitter now and then...
  • Home Free (Higher Elevation ) by Jodi Payne, BA Tortuga

    Home Free (Higher Elevation ) by Jodi Payne, BA Tortuga

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Connor Westin and Early Jericho have a comfortable, busy life in Denver. Connor is a lawyer who brings home the bacon and Early is a stay at home dad to their two young boys.Sure, Early is a cowboy at heart, but he loves their kids and as far as Connor is concerned they’re happy in their suburban home...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  m-m  mature couple  suspense  western  humor  angst
  • Seeds and Sunshine by Jodi Payne, B.A. Tortuga

    Seeds and Sunshine by Jodi Payne, B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Shiloh Williams lost his husband in the bullriding ring two years ago and hasn’t been able to move on. It’s been so long since he was happy he’s forgotten how to be. After making the long drive up to Vermont to visit friends, he finally decides that getting out of Texas might be the only way to leave the hard days of his past behind...
  • Texas Family by R.J. Scott

    Texas Family by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Jack and Riley Campbell-Hayes begin a journey that will change their lives forever. Set against the backdrop of the Double D, the cast of the Texas books face changes that won’t leave a single one of them untouched. Jack and Riley want to extend their small family of three...
  • A Courageous Ride by Andrew Grey

    A Courageous Ride by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Bullriders: Book Three Aspiring orchestra conductor Marshall is exhausted after months of auditions without a single job offer. Marshall’s friend, Terry, recommends a change of scenery and points Marshall in the direction of a dude ranch run by former bull rider Indigo Santana...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  western  contemporary  m-m  texas  usa  north-america
  • Pure Country by Kelly Fox

    Pure Country by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    I’d sooner cage a wild bird than try to pin that cowboy down. But God, I want to make him mine.Our sizzling banter and filthy texts are the stuff of legends, but Rowdy is the king of one-night stands, and one night with him will never be enough.I crave a future with him, which is exactly why I’ve kept him at arm’s length...
  • More Than Life by Mary Calmes

    More Than Life by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Hart Jarrett was only supposed to be passing through Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He wasn’t supposed to get involved, no emotional entanglements to tie him down. Setting down roots was never part of the plan, not until he opened himself up to love. Too bad the man he bet on bailed and left Hart holding the ranch. There were two choices after that: run away, or stay and build something real from nothing...
  • Texas Pride by Kindle Alexander

    Texas Pride by Kindle Alexander

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 36 ratings
    When mega movie star and two time Academy Award winner, Austin Grainger voluntarily gave up his dazzling film career, his adoring fan base thought he’d lost his mind. For Austin, the seclusion of fifteen hundred acres in the middle of Texas sounds like paradise. No more cameras, paparazzi, or overzealous media to hound him every day and night...
  • Saddle Up by A.M. Arthur

    Saddle Up by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Reyes Caldero keeps his past buried deep and his emotions buried deeper. But what he doesn’t say he always makes up for with his actions. When the hot chef he once saved from an abusive ex turns up at Clean Slate Ranch, the quiet cowboy is happy to act on their sizzling chemistry, even if he’s not ready to share his secrets—or his heart...
  • The Ranch Hand and the Single Dad by Jackie North

    The Ranch Hand and the Single Dad by Jackie North

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    "If Austin has forgotten what love is, maybe Clay can show him the way."Happy-go-lucky Clay keeps busy with hookups at the local bar after working hard at the ranch. Those hookups used to be fun, but now they leave him empty.Austin is reeling after a difficult divorce. His wife took everything, including full custody of his daughter, Bea, who is only nine...
  • One Trick Pony by Eli Easton

    One Trick Pony by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Forgiving yourself is the first step toward finding true love.Henry Atkins is determined to turn around his no-good, sorry life and prove to the residents of Clyde’s Corner that he’s not the town bad boy anymore. If going to church every Sunday with the Ladies Society is what it takes to polish his reputation, he’s all in...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  western  humor  m-m  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Fight for Identity by Andrew Grey

    The Fight for Identity by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will Martin’s racist father, Kevin, hates Native Americans and wants to keep them off his property, never mind that part of the ranch land is sacred ground for the Sioux. When they request access for prayer, Kevin refuses—but Will doesn’t share his father’s views. Ever since he first saw Takoda Red Bird during one of the Sioux sacred ceremonies, Will has been fascinated...
  • The Words We've Never Said by J.H. Knight

    The Words We've Never Said by J.H. Knight

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Sam Northwick’s dreams have always been simple. Keep his ranch going the same way his father had and his father before him. Be a part of the community he grew up in and take care of his neighbors, the same way they always take care of him. And, mostly, be the kind of man his parents would’ve been proud of if they’d lived long enough...
  • Colby by R.M. Neill

    Colby by R.M. Neill

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ColbyI never meant to fall in love with my stepbrother, but Dante cared for me in ways no one ever had before. Then, he vanished without a trace. For five years I’ve wondered how he could walk away so easily, leaving our hopes and dreams behind. I never thought I’d see Dante again, then my world is turned upside down when he reappears. I want to push him away, but I can’t...
  • Forget Me Not by Felice Stevens

    Forget Me Not by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "He had everything under control, except the way that cowboy made him feel."Texas cowboy Shea Montgomery has plans. Big plans. Still mourning the loss of his beloved father, he’s finally ready to sell the Forget Me Not ranch. He’s dusting off his boots, packing up his cowboy hat, and moving to New York City to make his dreams come true...
  • The Rancher's Son by R.J. Scott

    The Rancher's Son by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When he wakes up in hospital, the victim of a brutal beating, John Doe, as he is labelled, has no memories of who he is or who hurt him. The cops can find nothing to identify him and he can't remember anything to help... except the name Ethan, and one recurring place from his dreams. Three words, and they're not much, but it's a start. Crooked Tree Ranch...
  • Texas Heat by R.J. Scott

    Texas Heat by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Riley and Jack Campbell-Hayes are doing well. Jack is expanding the Double D, Riley is close to his first ethical based contract, and Hayley is nearly ten and happy as all get out. Jack hires Robbie, who is recovering from a loss, as his right-hand man. Riley's photographer friend, Eli, decides the Double D is perfect for a cowboy-themed model shoot and falls in lust with Robbie...
  • Love Means... No Boundaries by Andrew Grey

    Love Means... No Boundaries by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Joey Sutherland has found a home with Geoff Laughton and his partner, Eli, living and working at the farm that has become a refuge after a motorcycle accident left him with a scarred face and a lot of insecurities...
  • Love Means... No Fear by Andrew Grey

    Love Means... No Fear by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Raine Baumer is living the party life in Chicago, indulging in short relationships with little emotional commitment. But after he's severely injured in a gay bashing, close friend Geoff arrives to take him to the country to recuperate...
  • Love Means... Freedom by Andrew Grey

    Love Means... Freedom by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Spurned by his father and driven from his home, Stone Hillyard is struggling to find shelter in the Michigan winter when he lucks upon the horse farm run by Geoff Laughton and his partner Eli. They take him in, warm him up, and give him a job working with their No Boundaries therapy riding program...
  • A Volatile Range by Andrew Grey

    A Volatile Range by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Since mustering out of the Marines, Gordon Fisher has been off the grid and out of money, so when a group of ecoterrorists promises him big bucks to set some mistreated animals free, Gordon agrees. Unfortunately, the animals are Wally Schumacher’s large cats, and one of them decides to take a chunk out of Gordon...
  • Marathon Cowboys by Sarah Black

    Marathon Cowboys by Sarah Black

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jesse Clayton loves painting, his cowboy grandfather, and his life as an artist with a wild abandon that leaves scorch marks on everything he touches. Budding Navajo cartoonist Lorenzo Maryboy is a hard-working former Marine: staunch, brave, and honorable. Chance brings them together on the road to Marathon, Texas, and passion flares. Just as always, Jesse puts his art ahead of everything...
  • My Cowboy Homecoming by Z.A. Maxfield

    My Cowboy Homecoming by Z.A. Maxfield

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Love can heal the deepest wounds… A sense of duty brings a soldier home…but a passionate cowboy makes him want to stay. After his brother’s tragic death, Tripp has to leave the army and return to New Mexico to take care of his mother while his father is in prison for arson...
  • His Accidental Cowboy by A.M. Arthur

    His Accidental Cowboy by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    An experienced Texas ranch hand reluctantly falls for his much younger, very accident-prone coworker in this gay cowboy romance from acclaimed author A.M. Arthur.Wyatt Gibson is in Texas looking for answers about his past...
  • A Daring Ride by Andrew Grey

    A Daring Ride by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Simon “Frizz” Frizzell sneaks away to the rodeo on weekends, and it’s not until after he wins a buckle that he tells his parents about his bull-riding. He knows they won’t approve of his choice of sport, but his parents own a Christian bookstore, and he couldn’t possibly tell them the whole truth: he’s gay...
  • Whit's End by Laura Harner

    Whit's End by Laura Harner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When his three-day marriage ends in an annulment, country music sensation Brody Kent finds himself on the run from paparazzi intent on discovering why...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  contemporary  m-m  western  usa  north-america  arizona
  • A Chaotic Range by Andrew Grey

    A Chaotic Range by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stories from the Range: Book Seven Most of the time ranchhand David rescues stray cattle, but this time he and his fellow cowboys Wally and Haven save a stranded motorist. David is surprised to find his former high school classmate nearly frozen in his car. After learning that Brian Applewright's boss fired him from his ranch for being gay, they invite him back to theirs to take a job...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  western  contemporary  m-m  length-short
  • Cherish the Land by Ariel Tachna

    Cherish the Land by Ariel Tachna

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seth Simms never wanted to be a cowboy, although to listen to his best friend, Jason Thompson, tell it, he isn’t one. He just happens to have lucked out in coming to live on Lang Downs with his brother ten years ago...
  • Real World by B.A. Tortuga

    Real World by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Love is Blind Novel Dan White is trying to acclimate to civilian life after a long career in the military with multiple combat deployments. Now he’s home in the Austin area, living with his brother Dixon, Dixon’s husband, Audie, and their two nine-year-olds. During the New Year celebration, Dan meets Abraham Weldon, and the connection is instant. There’s a kiss. There’s a dance...
  • Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns by Tara Lain

    Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns by Tara Lain

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Cowboys Don’t Story Cowboy Danny Boone—a name he made up one drunken night and has regretted ever since—harbors a big past and yearns for a small future. A short, bright career as a champion bull rider almost ended in his death when his homophobic father discovered Danny was gay...
  • When the Dust Settles by Mary Calmes

    When the Dust Settles by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A Timing Story Glenn Holloway’s predictable life ended the day he confessed his homosexuality to his family. As if that wasn’t enough, he then poured salt in the wound by walking away from the ranch he’d grown up on, to open the restaurant he’d always dreamed of. Without support from his father and brother, and too proud to accept assistance from anyone else, he had to start from scratch...
  • Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns: A Gay Bull Rider, Toppy Femme, MM Romance by Tara Lain

    Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns: A Gay Bull Rider, Toppy Femme, MM Romance by Tara Lain

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Does it make sense to get turned on by girly guys when you want to be topped? No. Hell, no.After a big past in bull riding that nearly killed him, Danny Boone’s looking for a quiet, low-key future on a small ranch of his own.Two problems...
  • Guys Like Him by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Guys Like Him by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Kieran Sullivan is broken when he arrives at Redemption Ridge. A wrongful conviction and twenty months in lockup will do that to a man. The ranch is a place for second chances and fresh starts, but for him, it’s an opportunity to discover who set him up. Get in, get answers, and get out...
  • Tempting Fate by Sloane Kennedy

    Tempting Fate by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Jackson Everyone says what a lucky guy I am. I've got a great kid, an amicable relationship with my ex, and a job working cattle on one of the largest ranches in Eden, Wyoming. Only problem is that "everyone" has no clue that I'm living a half-life. Because the other half is a closeted gay man who's got it bad for the young ranch hand he works with day in and day out...
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