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Loving You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together... -
Saving You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhat happens when your head and heart contradict each other regarding the one person you’ve always wanted? Growing up, Luke Johnson and Libby Hayes thought they would be best friends forever. One kiss changed everything. Fearing his love for Libby could cost him their friendship, Luke chooses to listen to his head—instead of his heart...Categorized as:
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Un-Shattering Lucy by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe conclusion to USA Today Terri Anne Browning’s The Lucy & Harris Novella Series. Shattered. That was how Lucy Thornton felt in the aftermath of her breakup with Harris Cutter. Her family thought the best thing for her to do was to put the length of the country between her and Harris. Reluctantly, she went... -
Unstable by S.E. Hall
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAfter eight years, Henley Calvert is headed home. Back to the family farm and small town she left behind, never to be thought of again. Too much regret and shame to bear. But she’s the only one left to see to her family’s legacy, so she must return to Ashfall and face all the ghosts that haunt her...Categorized as:
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Missing Hart by Ella Fox
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsMy life has been built on a mountain of secrets, lies and half truths. For a long time I wasn't able to let anyone get close to me. But then I met my Prince Charming. The man who saved me from myself, who showed me what true love was. If only I'd been honest. If only I'd been stronger. If only I could forget...Categorized as:
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Love Blossoms at Puddleduck Farm by Della Galton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe next in the wonderfully warm and uplifting series set on Puddluduck Farm How can life be too busy for love? Phoebe Dashwood is living the dream. She’s running her own successful vet practice, Puddleduck Vets, alongside her grandmother’s animal sanctuary. She’s also dating the gorgeous, yet slightly broken Rufus Holt, the most eligible bachelor in the New Forest... -
Devoted Enough by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNathan Shaw has been keeping a secret since high school. It was so tightly intertwined with someone else’s that exposing the darkest facts meant he couldn’t keep the other to himself. He’s had years of holding onto those truths... -
Getting Off Easy by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratings𝘼 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩, 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚! New Orleans firefighter, James Reynaud’s true love is hanging out in the jazz clubs on Frenchmen Street and playing piano with some of the best musicians in the city. But driving his cute, bookworm neighbor Harper Broussard crazy is right up there on his list of favorite things... -
Playboy in a Kilt by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA notorious former playboyAs heir to Ardinmuir, Connor MacKean had one job: fulfill the marriage pact that's held his family captive for three-hundred years. Except his sister's the one who took the plunge, and now there's nothing standing in the way of him finding a real and lasting love...Categorized as:
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The Cost of Forgetting You by Hannah Bird
Falling in love with a Parker must be genetic. It's the only way Delilah Ridgefield can make sense of the mess that is her life. Some other things that are genetic? The hazel eyes she shares with her mom, the need to care for others that she gets from her dad, and her father's dementia diagnosis, which brings him back into her life after years of radio silence...Categorized as:
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Wicked Outlaw by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCole loves the city. He loves the noise, chaos, and having tacos delivered at 2 a.m.He loves his job at Ward Security. He might look like a bodyguard, but there’s nothing better than being counted as one of the hacking tech triplets.There is no way he will ever love horses, cows, and the great wide open of Texas.At least, that’s what he thought until JB Alexander rode into his life...Categorized as:
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Southern Comfort (Southern Series ) by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBuried secrets never stay hidden in the South. Olivia When you find out that your fiancé is arrested for swindling over ten million dollars from his clients, you do what any sane woman would do. You escape reality and go undercover, trading in your city-girl Louboutins for country-pumpkin cowboy boots. It wasn’t a forever change—it was temporary...Categorized as:
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Old-Fashioned Rancher by Audrey Bell
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen the surly, divorced rancher meets his match in the pretty local florist, he soon finds the ice around his cold heart beginning to melt. But is he willing to change his bachelor ways to keep this woman who makes him feel alive again? GradyEven though I have my hands full with running High Plains Ranch, my daughter won't stop heckling me about dating again... -
Kissing You by Aria Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne mistaken kiss with my best friend’s sister, and all I can think about is kissing her again.♥ ♥ ♥A blind kissing booth isn’t exactly something I would normally do. But when my best friend begs me to take his place, I reluctantly agree.Leann shouldn’t have entered my booth. She’s my best friend’s sister, which means she’s off-limits. When I realize who she is, I should stop her.But I don’t... -
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Stranded Ranch by Cindy Steel
Her past came back to surprise her. But her past is now a flirty hot cowboy so...I wasn't sure why I gave up a week in the Bahamas with friends to visit my grandparent's home in Wyoming.In January.But one phone call to the ranch to check-in was all it took.It didn't matter that the worst storm to hit Wyoming in years was upon us. I needed to be there. I just didn't know why...Categorized as:
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Can't Bucking Wait by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve wanted to be a big city doctor my entire life. I studied hard. Got into Harvard. Then moved across the other side of the country, leaving my family’s small-town ranch and bull riding school behind. I’ve hated every moment since. My older sister’s wedding is the perfect excuse for an extended trip back home...Categorized as:
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Someday by Willow Aster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsFrom childhood best friends to high school sweethearts…to a relationship so broken it seems impossible to fix… I’ve loved Sofie Copewell for as long as I can remember. She was all I ever wanted. We said someday we’d have a family together and raise them on our ranch in Landmark Mountain. She was my home. My forever...Categorized as:
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Say You Won't Let Go: A Return to Me/Masters and Mercenaries Novella by Corinne Michaels, Andi Arndt
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEmily Young had two goals in her life: 1. Make it big in country music. 2. Get the hell out of Bell Buckle. She was doing it. She was on her way, until Cooper Townsend landed backstage at her show in Dallas. This gorgeous, rugged, man of few words was one cowboy she couldn't afford to let distract her. But with his slow smile and rough hands, she just couldn't keep away... -
Stalked by the Rebel (Rebel Hearts MC) by Kaci Rose
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe came back to protect his best friend's sister. She found herself falling for the one man she shouldn't. Can love triumph in the shadows of old loyalties and new dangers?ChanceComing back to Rock Springs was supposed to be about helping my best friend, not trouble.But when I see Jessa, all grown up and full of sunshine, I can’t stay away—especially when danger shadows her every step... -
Changing Rules: Special Edition by Anastasija White
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's the love of my life...and I'll do anything to win her back.ISABELLA LAWSON is the happiest she’s ever been, simply because ALEXANDER WALKER loves her. With him by her side, Bella begins to understand her worth. The only problem? Not everyone wants to see her in Xander’s life...Categorized as:
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Home for Christmas by R.J. Scott
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan Connor show River a real family Christmas? When Connor finds River on the roof of the campus admin building, he doesn’t know what to do. His friend is drunk, and shouting into a snowstorm, a bottle of vodka in his hand. The easy part is getting River down; the hard part is insisting River comes home with Connor for Christmas... -
Country Hearts by Cindi Madsen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe shouldn't get involved with the cowboy next door... Laid off from her teaching job in the city, Jemma Monroe takes a job teaching in a tiny town and rents a house on the outskirts. A visitor soon shows up at her door—a horse. His owner, a handsome neighbor in boots and a cowboy hat, comes by to collect him... -
Lick of Fire by Clara Elroy
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsYou can’t escape fate, no matter how fast you run. That was a lesson hard learned for me.I spent years trying to bury my past, but my future held skeletons bleaker than the ones I'd left behind.Darkness follows me everywhere I go, hanging over my shoulders like a scythe. A byproduct of my bad karma.For so long, I refused to even look at my hometown on a postcard...Categorized as:
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The Cowboy's Spring Romance by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrent Thompson has carried a torch for the new schoolteacher since she moved to Grass Valley more than three years ago. Instead of asking her out, he's dated every single female in a 30-mile radius, giving her the impression he's not interested in her. Lindsay Pierce moved to Grass Valley to teach and quickly fell in love with the small community as well as the delightful people who live there... -
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Asking for Trouble by Amy Andrews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter three years in Credence trying to fade into the background, Della Munroe is sick of being invisible. She’s ready to take back control. To live a little. Hell, she’s ready to see what this dating fuss is all about. And if that means she has to download Tinder and date every guy in Colorado, then she’s up for it... -
Hometown Hottie by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI thought my best friend’s little sister was hot then.Now? Wicked hot.It’s hard to stay away. But she’s hands off.We had our love affair years ago.She’d made our small town feel like it was the whole world.When I left for the glory of my NFL career, I realized that wasn’t true.I’ve lived a lot of life while I’ve been gone.But now I’m back home to stay.And some things haven’t changed...Categorized as:
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Hometown Hottie by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI thought my best friend’s little sister was hot then.Now? Wicked hot.It’s hard to stay away. But she’s hands off.We had our love affair years ago.She’d made our small town feel like it was the whole world.When I left for the glory of my NFL career, I realized that wasn’t true.I’ve lived a lot of life while I’ve been gone.But now I’m back home to stay.And some things haven’t changed...Categorized as:
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Strike a Pose by Jackie North
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMake a wish on a shooting star. Cry to the moon like the coyotes do.There are so many things Sid cannot have, so many things he tells himself he does not need. His job at Farthingdale Ranch is good enough, right? Then along comes Heston, a glamorous and gorgeous top-tier model from New York City who makes Sid want and then want some more...Categorized as:
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Defending by Jami Davenport
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMuch to my utter dismay, the Portland Icehawks chose me in the expansion draft, and now my estranged father is my hockey coach. No one on the team knows he's my dad. They think he’s a distant relative I don't get along with. They’re right about that last part. We hate each other. He blames me for the death of my sister, and I blame myself, too... -
Cowboy with the Spurs: A Curvy Girl Romance: Sweet & Steamy Lunch Hours by S. Cinders
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRecipe for love: 1 cowboy, 1 super sexy best friend, and 1 steaming pile of horse pucky... I know, shocked the hell out of me too.USA Today bestselling author S. Cinders brings you a super steamy, friends to lovers romance about a curvy girl who has given up on love, and her cowboy best friend who finally sees her for the first time.LiaThere are three things you need to know about me.1... -
The Slow Burn by Caro Carson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOut of the friend zone...and into the fire!When firefighter Caden Sterling unexpectedly delivers Tana McKenna's baby by the side of the road, the unlikely threesome forms a special bond. So when Caden offers friendship and a helping hand, single mom Tana can't say no. Their flirty friendship slowly becomes more, until Tana's ex and the truth about her baby catches up with her... -
Cowboy Flirt by Audrey Bell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe sweet-faced baker and the womanizing cowboy have been frenemies since childhood. Will they finally admit their mutual pining for each other and find their happily ever after? RoryI've been lovestruck over the swaggering cowboy Beau Collins since I was a scrawny eleven-year-old girl with pigtails and a missing front tooth. Though I will never admit that, as long as I live... -
Crave by Megan O'Brien
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI didn’t realize I was falling, not until my heart was lost in love with him. After years of close friendship with former Marine and security specialist, Sid Masters, Samantha McAllister finds herself grappling with feelings far beyond friendship. After a line is crossed, Sam’s heart is broken in the process... -
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts, Angela Dawe
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts cordially invites you to meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac — the founders of Vows, one of Connecticut’s premier wedding planning companies. Laurel McBane has always relied on her friends for support, especially when her dream of attending culinary school was almost ruined by her parents’ financial problems... -
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Forever After All by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMcKennaI’ve always had a thing for my best friend’s older brother. In fact, I’ve been planning our wedding since elementary school. Then I grew up, moved away, and studying, and law school became my only focus. Now that I’m back, the sexy cowboy is everywhere I turn. I shouldn’t mind so much as Rip Callahan is all levels of fine. My problem? His presence… his attention is sending me in a spin... -
Still Your Guy by Devon McCormack
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChase Rogan and Mason Finley fell in love as kids and had their happily-ever-after at eighteen…or so they thought. CHASE Over a decade after his estrangement from his ex, Chase returns to Finley Dairy to celebrate Mason’s sister’s engagement...Categorized as:
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Fight Me by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJake Stevens has it made. A local police officer with an open invitation to any number of beds around town, Jake has no desire to settle down with any of the ladies he entertains by night. After watching his best friend fall in love with his little sister, Jake is certain that love and marriage just aren’t in his cards. Heck, he’s not even playing with the same deck...Categorized as:
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His Uptown Guy by Felice Stevens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Jesse Grace-Martin loses his father on 9/11, his charmed life is gone forever. People look menacing, and the streets no longer seem safe. After experiencing a brutal mugging, Jesse retreats to his apartment in the landmark Dakota building... -
Mail Order Cowboy by Victoria James
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHope Roberts has a strict No Cowboys Allowed policy. Between raising her daughter, running her business, and trying to settle into her new ranch, Hope has no room for romance—especially when it comes to cowboys. What she needs is someone to help fix her ranch. But the only person to respond to her ad is the one man Hope still blames for her husband’s death…In Wishing River, Dr... -
Say You Won't Let Go by Corinne Michaels, Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEmily Young had two goals in her life: 1. Make it big in country music. 2. Get the hell out of Bell Buckle. She was doing it. She was on her way, until Cooper Townsend landed backstage at her show in Dallas. This gorgeous, rugged, man of few words was one cowboy she couldn’t afford to let distract her. But with his slow smile and rough hands, she just couldn’t keep away...Categorized as:
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One Night with a Cowboy by Elizabeth Otto
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne night is never enough... Jobless, broke, and struggling to support herself and her invalid mother, paramedic Sophie Miller doesn’t have time or energy for a relationship. Especially with her mother’s clock ticking down. So when the sexy cowboy she meets at a carnival proposes a no-strings, one-night stand, she’s all over it... -
Last First Kiss by Diane Adams
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEighteen-year-old Gage Harris is not a part of twenty-five year old Trent Foster’s plans. He likes Gage but the intense attraction between them makes remaining just friends unlikely, and the young farmer with two small children is a complication Trent doesn’t need. Despite all the reasons to stay away, Trent is pulled into the small family...Categorized as:
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Rough by S.E. Green
~ ~ "Loving the country isn't a matter of just enjoying it time to time, it's a way of life." ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~In the rugged landscape of Broken Ridges, Betsy's devotion anchored their world. Remy, Clyde, and Wilder chased adventure while she carved a destiny from the rough soil of their shared dreams.When the guys return years after leaving Betsy behind, they find more than just a flourishing ranch... -
Clashing Hearts by Nicky James
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEASTONThere is nothing I hate more than when some big-city outsider stirs trouble in my peaceful little town. When Mr. Arrogance himself waltzes in and thinks he can slap a price tag on my land, he doesn’t know what he has coming. I’m not just a hick cowboy who’s going to bend to his good looks and charmless personality. No, sir...Categorized as:
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Breakfast in Bed by Robin Kaye
"DELIGHTFULLY FUN, WITTY ROMANCE... A WRITER TO WATCH." -- Booklist From Romance Writers of America GOLDEN HEART AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Robin Kaye, the third funny, sexy, contemporary romance from a fresh new voice in romance fiction. He'd be Mr. Perfect if he wasn't a perfect mess.. -
Cliff's Edge by Laura Harner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNavy SEALs Cliff “Snides” Snyder and Ryan “Rhino” Matthews have been moving comfortably in each other’s worlds for two decades. Best friends since attending BUDs twenty years earlier, and despite playing for different teams, they’re often accused of acting like an old married couple—much to their amusement... -
Coming Apart at the Seams by Jenna Sutton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of All the Right Places, a sweet and sexy romance about finding the right words and the perfect fit...Love can take some time to break in... Teagan O’Brien, heiress to the Riley O’Brien & Co. denim empire, is anything but a spoiled rich girl. She’s worked hard to secure her place in the family business and can hold her own, in and out of the office... -
Shiver by C.M. Foss
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is a love story. This is a romantic story. Except bananas. Bananas are never romantic. Lissa was a twenty-year-old girl trying to make it in the equestrian world. She was sassy and smart, strong and a little weird. And she had no idea what she was doing. Ethan was twenty-seven, tattooed, tall, dark, and hot. And lugging some baggage...Categorized as:
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Chasing Cassidy by D. Kelly
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Zachary Stafford first set eyes on Cassidy Pope she was being beaten by her father. After witnessing the traumatic event, he made it his mission to befriend her. As the years pass, their relationship evolves and Cassidy not only gives Zack her friendship but her love, as well. Cassidy spent her childhood being verbally and physically abused... -
A Buckhorn Bachelor by Lori Foster
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBuckhorn, Kentucky's favorite son has finally decided to tie the knot in a sizzling new Buckhorn Brothers novellaAdam Sommerville always thought he had it all--a great family in a close-knit community, a worthwhile job as a high school gym teacher and no shortage of women eager to be on his arm. But it seems his luck has suddenly run out...
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