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  • Secrets Collide by Kathleen Brooks

    Secrets Collide by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The mysterious Cy Davies is coming home. He’s not coming alone either. Having rescued Gemma Perry, a sassy investigative reporter for a gossip magazine, he takes her to the one place he knows he can keep her safe. Keeneston. Gemma Perry was having a bad week. Now she was in a small town where gossip was a currency...
  • Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    This ain’t no love triangle. This is people not knowing when to let fate do its thing. Brody Tannen has been the boss for way too long, putting everyone’s needs above his own. It’s the way his family farm stood while fate took shot after shot against them. But now he’s got a chance to figure things out for himself...
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    cowboys  humor  new adult  contemporary  open-door  m-f
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  • Dirty Little Midlife Drama by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife Drama by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Georgia wants a fresh start, and that doesn't include the handsome cowboy from her past.But Sebastian is in town now, and he has no intention of leaving until he gets what he wants...My high school sweetheart kissed me so naturally, I slapped him.Listen, I’m forty-three years old. I’m divorced. I’m in a new town. I don’t need ghosts from the past haunting me anymore...
  • Rocky Start by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

    Rocky Start by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Think of the movies Grosse Pointe Blank or RED. Retired covert operatives living in a small town in the Smoky Mountains. What could go wrong?Rose Malone’s landlord and employer, Ozzie Oswald, just died and now she has no idea if she has a job or if she and her daughter, Poppy, have a place to live, and that’s on top of the arrest warrant that’s been out for her for nineteen years...
  • Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve always heard, don’t fall in love with a cowboy. I just didn't listen. I've sworn off men. They’ve never given me much in life, except a bun in the oven and grief. My kids are my life and all that truly matter. Until him. Jansen Reed is a living fantasy straight from the old west. Sexy drawl, tight jeans and that glint in his eyes that make my knees weak...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  humor  contemporary  single-mother  m-f
  • The 2015 R.L. Mathewson Chronicles Collection by R.L. Mathewson

    The 2015 R.L. Mathewson Chronicles Collection by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 2015 collection of R.L. Mathewson Chronicles. The Chronicles are continuations of the books that you loved, The Neighbor from Hell Collection, Pyte/Sentinel Series, EMS series, Hollywood Heart series, etc. The Chronicles are posted on my website every Sunday for free at www.Rlmathewson...
  • Racing Hearts by Lauren Landish

    Racing Hearts by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A tomboy tames the cocky cowboy next door in Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestselling author Lauren Landish’s forbidden romance. Luke is damn near invisible, or at least that’s how he usually feels. He takes care of things around the ranch before his boss-brother even knows there’s a problem, and no one even notices when he's done...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  humor  new adult  contemporary
  • Morning Wood by Megan Wade

    Morning Wood by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Get ready to fall in love with the mountain men of Clearwater Construction! These blue collar men are about to meet the women of their dreams!In Morning Wood by Megan Wade, chef Piper and carpenter Levi have a misunderstanding over lumber and cold showers that leads to a punny union to last the ages..
  • Party Animal by Ali K. Mulford

    Party Animal by Ali K. Mulford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s never done love long-term. But will faking it lead to forever?Finch Lachlan works hard and parties harder. But tired of her siblings judging her fun-loving ways, the head veterinarian at her family’s zoo vows to prove she can make it past the third date. And maybe she can begin with the hottie who just seized her attention with a sizzling kiss.Chef, Frankie Benedetti, craves a fresh start...
  • Her Secret Ranger by Donna Michaels

    Her Secret Ranger by Donna Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kissing the sexy soldier was a dare she couldn’t resist… By-the-book event planner Beth Brannigan’s best friend dared her to kiss a cowboy. She should have said no. Instead, she said please…again and again. If her brother finds out she’s dating—okay, kissing—okay, sleeping with—one of his military buddies, he’ll kill her. Assuming he doesn’t kill his friend first...
  • My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne

    My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I never felt truly desired by a man—until him.The second he stepped foot into my small town Alaskan inn, his gaze swept over my curvy figure with desire, igniting a flame I thought was dead. He flirted with me, and I might’ve left two chocolates on his pillow at turndown, but that’s where it stayed. Over the years, he’s floated in and out of town while a friendship developed between us...
  • Black Light: Worthy by Stella Moore

    Black Light: Worthy by Stella Moore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Handling bossy, demanding millionaires is just a regular Tuesday for Katherine Callahan, one of the most in-demand financial planners on the east coast. Austin Barrick may be baseball’s biggest star, but she figures there’s not much difference between him and the rest of her clients. That is, until he walks into her office, flashes his million-dollar smile, and asks her to dinner...
  • Hello Heartbreaker by Kelsie Hoss

    Hello Heartbreaker by Kelsie Hoss

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    The first time I see the love of my life since he broke my heart, I’m holding a pair of hair clippers. Bad idea.His butchered haircut wasn’t entirely my fault, but now I’m questioning my decision to move back to my small hometown.After years of working in the city and getting nowhere, I was given the opportunity of a lifetime, a chance to buy my own salon...
  • Shut Up and Kiss Me  (Midnight Kisses) by Kat Baxter

    Shut Up and Kiss Me (Midnight Kisses) by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This soccer star has one night to win it all…or risk losing everything.Ben PrescottBy most people’s standards, I’ve got it pretty good. I have a lucrative job playing my favorite game in the world: soccer. I get to live in my favorite city: Austin, Texas. I basically have it all. Except the woman I love. Why, you ask? Because she's my baby sister's best friend...
  • Valentine's Rebellion by Dani Elias

    Valentine's Rebellion by Dani Elias

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fourteen Shades of Day 4 Lizzie I loathe Valentine’s Day, no, I downright despise it. This year, it feels like it's on steroids. But I refuse to let it get the better of me. There's only one escape. I manage to persuade my best friend, Coop, to ditch England and embark on a trip to a secluded Canadian village...
  • Wallflower in Bloom by Elise Kennedy

    Wallflower in Bloom by Elise Kennedy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Painfully shy plant mom Violet Parker is about to experience the thrill of a lifetime when her TV crush lands on her doorstep.Desperate to rehab his public image after a PR disaster, actor / playboy Jack Grant needs a wholesome fake girlfriend for the summer. Violet, meanwhile, needs help stepping out of her comfort zone so her fledgling flower and plant shop, Bloom, will thrive...
  • Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter

    Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This single mom just might be royally screwed…JillianI’m a single mom who works hard to provide for her kid. When my son is away for a week of camp and a friend offers me his condo with a view of the beach for the week, of course I take him up on it! I’m single, not stupid. It’s all fun and games until I get trapped in an elevator with my particular brand of catnip: the hot nerd…...
  • Moody's Grumpy Holiday by Lane Hayes

    Moody's Grumpy Holiday by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The geek, the cowboy, and a not-so-grumpy holiday… MoodyLiving in Christmas Town doesn’t make me a fan of the holidays. Quite the opposite. In fact, eleven months out of the year, I’m perfectly happy running my bookstore in peace and quiet. Of course, that changes in December when it’s mistletoe madness and mayhem. Ugh...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  m-m  christmas  queer  contemporary  humor
  • Curves and Cars by Kat Baxter

    Curves and Cars by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the author of Real Men Love Curves comes your next sweet and steamy read about mistaken identities and a hot one-night stand that just might lead to forever.What happens when you meet the girl of your dreams only to discover she’s your brother’s runaway bride?Yeah, I can actually answer that one...
  • Lost in Love by Kate Perry

    Lost in Love by Kate Perry

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Portia Summerhill feels like a loser. Thirty-something, jobless, and living at home... How could she not? Next to her accomplished sisters, Portia's achievements--or lack thereof--are that much more noticeable...
  • Kiss Me by Susan Mallery

    Kiss Me by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery creates the small-town destination for romance in charming Fool's Gold, California—where a loner cowboy finds the one woman who can capture his heart... After Phoebe Kitzke's kind heart gets her suspended from her job in LA, she swears off doing favors—until her best friend begs for help on the family ranch in Fool's Gold...
  • Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ALASKAHe's a hardened military veteran who's returning to his mountain MC to deal with family issues.FAITHShe's the innocent preacher's daughter searching to escape her controlling father...
  • Rancher Daddy: A Single Dad & Nanny Romance by Lexi Whitlow, ReddHott Covers

    Rancher Daddy: A Single Dad & Nanny Romance by Lexi Whitlow, ReddHott Covers

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Grace: He needed a nanny, and I needed a job. A match made in heaven, right? Almost. When I arrive in Montana, nothing is like I expected it to be. The mountains are dark and cold, and huge—just like Camden Davis. He's six feet plus of pure muscle and sky blue eyes, the kind of man you might call a living, breathing god. Like something out of a fairy tale...
  • Can't Help My Shelf by Frankie Love, Kaylin Evans

    Can't Help My Shelf by Frankie Love, Kaylin Evans

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There’s one thing in life I’ve always, always wanted.And I’m tired of waiting for my prince charming to sweep me off my feet to help make that happen.On my 26th birthday I make a life altering decision.But before the deed is done, Army officer Nash Nichols walks into the children’s section of the library where I work, changing my trajectory forever...
  • Texas Fandango by Cynthia D'Alba

    Texas Fandango by Cynthia D'Alba

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sex can make a fake marriage oh so real. Dr. Caroline Graham is happy with her nomadic lifestyle fulfilling short-term medical contracts. No emotional commitments, no disappointments. She's always the one to walk away, never the one left behind. But now her great-uncle is gone and her grandmother is on her deathbed, more concerned about Caroline's lack of a husband than her own demise...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  humor  contemporary  length-novella
  • The Trouble with Christmas by Amy Andrews

    The Trouble with Christmas by Amy Andrews

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All Suzanne St. Michelle wants is an over-the-top, eggnog-induced holiday with her best friend in Credence, Colorado. But when her hoity-toity parents insist she come home for Christmas in New York, she blurts out that her sexy landlord is actually her boyfriend and she can’t leave him—Joshy loves Christmas. The more twinkle lights the better. Rancher Joshua Grady does not love Christmas...
  • By Its Cover by J.D. Light

    By Its Cover by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Henley is intimidated by the gorgeous older man who comes into the feed store where he works with his friends. From all accounts Cutter is a good, hard working, nice man, and Henley believes every word...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  m-m  humor  contemporary  queer
  • Asking for Trouble by Amy Andrews

    Asking for Trouble by Amy Andrews

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After 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...
  • His Curvy Woman by Elisa Leigh

    His Curvy Woman by Elisa Leigh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter Stone had to leave town unexpectedly in the middle of his senior year of high school. He didn't get to say goodbye. Now that he's back he's only interested in one thing, making his best friend's little sister HIS. Whitley had compared all men to the boy she loved when she was just a girl. Now that she's older, no one but him will do, too bad she has no idea where he is...
  • Country Charm by Lee Jackson

    Country Charm by Lee Jackson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cassidy Walker is coming up to her thirtieth year on this earth, and looking back she’s feeling damn good about how she’s gone about her life so far. She has the job, the sweet downtown apartment, the friends, and the choice of a lover whenever she wants one. She can’t see herself anywhere else. Her friends have a different idea as to what her next decade should look like...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  contemporary  humor  length-medium
  • Peppermint Passion by Hallie Bennett

    Peppermint Passion by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What happens when the Christmas Grump, actor Eli Cooper, meets a real-life Hallmark-esque heroine?Find out in the next installment of Christmas & Curves--a series dedicated to curvy heroines finding their dream heroes at MerryCon, a holiday extravaganza full of celebrities & Christmas...
  • Endless Fate by Alicia Rae, Jovana Shirley

    Endless Fate by Alicia Rae, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Suspenseful Erotic Western Romance Novel Book Three in the Fate for Love Series Colton Kingston is set on rebuilding his ranch to what it once was before his livelihood was diminished to a pile of ashes from a revengeful dark act of arson. His brothers at heart are there with him every step of the way to help pick up the pieces of the old and replace them with the new...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  humor  contemporary  length-short
  • Stella by Sadie King

    Stella by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    JaredI’m looking for an investment, not a relationship. But when Stella Parker walks into the boardroom, I know I’m a goner. She’s smart, funny, and gorgeous.But can I convince her that mixing business and pleasure isn’t always bad?StellaFashion for the curvy girl: It’s what I do, and it’s what I’ve built my business around. Now I’m looking for the right investment to take it to the next level...
  • Cowboy with the Spurs: A Curvy Girl Romance: Sweet & Steamy Lunch Hours by S. Cinders

    Cowboy with the Spurs: A Curvy Girl Romance: Sweet & Steamy Lunch Hours by S. Cinders

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Recipe 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...
  • Lone Star Lovin' by Debbie Macomber

    Lone Star Lovin' by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Escape again into one more Orchard Valley love story! Enjoy this classic romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.When Sherry Waterman leaves Orchard Valley, Oregon, for Pepper, Texas, she’s definitely not in the mood to be “courted.” But if anyone could change her mind, it’s the hardworking, good-looking Cody Bailman...
  • Tequila High by M. Leighton

    Tequila High by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Sexy, funny romance. This is M. Leighton at her best." She has one unbreakable rule. He's determined to make her break it. Who will break first? Haley Brandt isn’t the one-night-stand type, but too much tequila and a man with two sinfully dark eyes left her breathless and willing to break her own rules. Her only solace was the fact that she’d never see him again...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  humor  contemporary  length-short
  • The Dysfunctional Test by Kelly Moran

    The Dysfunctional Test by Kelly Moran

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "You are cordially challenged to a test of true love. " Growing up in her large, crazy Serbian family, Camryn Covic became an expert at shutting down her emotions in order to maintain her sanity. But when she loses her apartment, her job and her boyfriend all in one day, she hits her breaking point...
  • Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison

    Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Stuck. At thirty years old Belinda Gordon felt her life was at a total standstill. With her love life in the dumps, her best friends happily married and her parents smothering her, she decides her life needs a little bit of shaking up...
  • A Curvy Girl for the Cadet by Sugar Jamison

    A Curvy Girl for the Cadet by Sugar Jamison

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Clayton Calhoun had been a soldier his entire life, but after nearly dying in an explosion, he decided to give up his military career and return to his hometown. But being back home isn't as easy as he thought it would be, and soon he starts to miss the action that the Army Rangers provided. Feeling unsatisfied, he's considers taking a job overseas and risking his life to do what he does best...
  • Ten Christmas Brides by Ruth Cardello, Nina Bruhns

    Ten Christmas Brides by Ruth Cardello, Nina Bruhns

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Join ten New York Times, USA Today and National best-selling authors to celebrate the holiday season with a boxed set of stories brimming with emotion, holiday spirit and happy ever afters...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  humor  military  contemporary  christmas  m-f
  • Camp Nerd by Bella Jewel

    Camp Nerd by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The newest series by USA TODAY bestselling author Bella Jewel, coming 2022...Firstly, let me make this clear, I didn’t come here for drama.I came here to escape, to unwind, to relax in paradise.This place is meant to be everything epic the world can offer.A ranch, run by hot tattooed mountain men, that has been made into a retreat.An escape from the world, from all the stresses of daily life...
  • Unraveled: Corwin & Belle's story by Christa Wick

    Unraveled: Corwin & Belle's story by Christa Wick

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’ve got a giant phobia I need to get over by a very important deadline, along with a best friend gunning for meddler of the year. Her mission? To get me over my fear—and under her brother—in a two-birds-one-stone plan I could strangle her for executing. This right here is why I’ve never told her how I’ve felt about her older brother all these years. This exact, disturbing reason...
  • Primal Surrender by Lori King

    Primal Surrender by Lori King

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming May 13, 2014! The Surrender Trilogy III: Brothers Mack and Ryker Thompson know the pain of failure intimately having recently fallen from the heights of success. One a former football star, and the other a master at his artistic craft, they couldn’t be more different from each other...
  • Security Needs by Alexa Blue

    Security Needs by Alexa Blue

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Security NeedsHis Curvy Craving Book 2 A Steamy Older Alpha and Younger BBW Romance BritneyI find a threatening letter slipped under my door after speaking out against a large modelling house. The girls are abused and I refuse to stand for it.My dad is worried about my safety, but I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself...
  • The Wedding Crasher and the Cowboy by Robin Bielman

    The Wedding Crasher and the Cowboy by Robin Bielman

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Kennedy Martin is shocked when her ex calls days before his wedding, expressing serious second thoughts. Doesn’t he see his fiancée's actually the glaze to his doughnut? Now she’s got no choice but to crash his wedding and convince the man he’s with the right woman.Instead, she crashes into the absolute last man she ever wanted to see: Maverick Owens, her old college nemesis...
  • Second Chance by Angela Verdenius

    Second Chance by Angela Verdenius

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The terror of his year 4 schooldays was in town, and his knee-jerk reaction had not made a good impression. Drawn to this spirited rubenesque beauty, can Grant convince her to give him another chance? After a less than warm welcome, Tam was suspicious of the handsome vet’s motives. Already burned twice, she isn’t ready for another round. Then there’s Gully’s Fall’s own mystery..
  • Dangerous Curves Ahead: Steamy Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Mia Madison

    Dangerous Curves Ahead: Steamy Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Averie What do you do when the man of your dreams pulls up to your front door, and becomes your number one client? DeVante is everything I've ever fantasized about. Tall, athletic, sexy, and Dominican, he's a recipe for wet dreams. It also doesn't help that he's extremely charming, gracious, and protective. As the agency's top client, he's entirely off limits...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  humor  contemporary  m-f  betrayal
  • Curves and Coding by Kat Baxter

    Curves and Coding by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    From the author of Real Men Love Curves comes your next sweet and steamy read about co-workers who want each other and the secrets that might keep them apart. Code monkey. Programmer. Computer nerd. Hacker. I’ve been called them all. They’re all true. But so is convicted felon. It doesn’t matter that I hacked that system to protect a friend...
  • Cowboy Daddy, Jingle-Bell Baby by Linda Goodnight

    Cowboy Daddy, Jingle-Bell Baby by Linda Goodnight

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a dusty Texas roadside Jenna Garwood has just gone into labor. Hardheaded rancher Dax comes to her rescue and delivers her baby daughter. Single dad Dax knows what it's like to raise a newborn alone, and won't turn his back on Jenna—so he offers her a housekeeping job.But he's not prepared for the fireworks between them, or for Jenna's secret, which could shatter their hard-won trust…...
  • The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller

    The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Moxie Summers is a curvy, twenty-six year-old teacher who has not had the best track record with relationships. In a drunken stupor at a bar, she meets Miles who turns out to be her sparing equal, until she vomits all over his shoes. Just when she thinks things couldn’t get worse, her dream man turns out to be the single father of the newest student in her class...
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