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  • Bryce by Liz Isaacson

    Bryce by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Bryce Young has been broken and drifting for years. After the pain of giving up his infant son for adoption, he left Coral Canyon behind and hasn't returned... until now. In the five years since coming back home, his horse rescue ranch has been going well enough...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  christian  western  length-long
  • A Cowboy's Forever Faithful by Jessie Gussman

    A Cowboy's Forever Faithful by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the friendly town of Sweet Water, North Dakota, Ellen and Travis's friendship flourished, firmly rooted in shared laughter and dreams.As Travis returned to Sweet View Ranch, his purchase of Ellen at auction seemed to shatter the boundaries they had once embraced. Stirred by newfound emotions, Ellen grappled with conflicting feelings when Travis asked her to assist him in finding a wife...
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  • Healing For My Soul by Monica Walters

    Healing For My Soul by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Jakari protector and provider…He takes on those roles when his father gets incarcerated for hideous crimes that are still bothering him ten years later. Jakari is so busy taking care of those he loves he forgot that he needed care too. Anger, guilt, and hurt have guided his life’s trajectory, and he doesn’t know any other way to be...
  • Cowboy Looking at Me by Jessie Gussman

    Cowboy Looking at Me by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brawley Powers made a mistake he's regretted for almost eleven years. But he didn't realize he had a daughter from that night until a stranger comes to town and puts the pieces together.Brawley sees the truth, but he's not sure if the mother of his daughter even knows who the father is, and whether she does or not, if she'll let him be a part of her life...
  • Cowboy's Christmas Hope by Clara Pines

    Cowboy's Christmas Hope by Clara Pines

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The only thing the country boy and the city girl have in common is that they both think they’ve sworn off dating…Jacob Cassidy is a good man with a streak of mischief a mile wide. He’s generous, smart, and the guy in small town Trinity Falls most everyone comes to with animal troubles. Unfortunately, his family has deemed him “hopeless” because he’ll never get serious about a woman...
  • No Coming Back by Janice Whiteaker

    No Coming Back by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Don’t have a one-night stand in a small town.Not unless you’re real comfortable facing down your bad decisions in the daylight.It’s a lesson Amelie Gable learned the hard way.Which was turning out to be a recurring theme in her life since it was a string of hard lessons that led to her falling into bed with the first blue-eyed cowboy that said, yes ma’am to her...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  contemporary  western  length-medium
  • The Cowboy's Best Friend by Jessie Gussman

    The Cowboy's Best Friend by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    He's a cowboy with a billion dollar problem. His best friend can solve it, but it might break his heart.*Previously titled Cowboys Don't Marry Their Best Friend*Palmer wouldn't trade his family's land for the world. But the only way to save the ranch from financial disaster and claim his billion-dollar inheritance is to find himself a wife...
  • I'll See You In My Dreams - Sweeter Version by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary

    I'll See You In My Dreams - Sweeter Version by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Series continues with I'll See You in My Dreams (Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Book 8) Zane Saucier is handsome, brilliant, powerful, a practicing cowboy and a successful attorney, but he cannot see. Presley Love is smart, intrepid, and attractive, but she wants not to be seen...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  western  contemporary  length-medium  m-f
  • Marrying a Cowgirl by Natalie Dean

    Marrying a Cowgirl by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She has a mad crush on the local veterinarian. He’s scared to death of her father and his rules. Constance Callahan has had only one crush her whole life. And she’s still crushing. She thought she’d lost her chance forever when he left Copper Creek. But now he’s back in town and the most eligible bachelor. She realizes it’s now or never to get his attention...
  • Rancher's Christmas Cowgirl by Clara Pines

    Rancher's Christmas Cowgirl by Clara Pines

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the billionaire businessman everyone loves to hate. Can a cheerful cowgirl turn the single dad’s frown upside down in time for Christmas?Sebastian Radcliffe can’t wait to move to Trinity Falls with his son. His happy memories of summers with his grandfather in the familiar countryside sustained him through years of hard work in the city after losing his wife...
  • Some Cowboys Heal Broken Hearts by Natalie Dean

    Some Cowboys Heal Broken Hearts by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a drifter who’s seen the worst of the world. He’s an honest cowboy who represents the best. Can he convince her to find a new beginning with him? Henry Keagan has always been a hard-working cowboy, helping to run his large family’s ranch. At his brother’s wedding, he encounters Athena, a woman whose haunted eyes and skittish nature reveal a life of hardship and solitude...
  • Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook by Lorelei James, Suzanne M. Johnson

    Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook by Lorelei James, Suzanne M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Saddle up and get ready to ride again with the infamous McKay family!New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James has whipped up six brand new Rough Riders short stories featuring fan favorite couples—Cord and AJ, Colby and Channing, Keely and Jack, Colt and India, Carter and Macie, and Boone and Sierra...
  • Fire On The Farm  (Second Chance Cowboy Romance) by Betty Shreffler

    Fire On The Farm (Second Chance Cowboy Romance) by Betty Shreffler

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Losing the man she loved to a terrible accident, pushes Amy Flanders into a life of independence. Her only source of comfort is her work—a business dedicated to the care and training of horses. Until one lonely night leads her into the arms of Brock Baisdin. A man who fulfills her deepest desires and reignites a flame long forgotten...
  • A Fake Marriage for the Grumpy Cowboy : Rolston Ranch Brothers by Hanna Hart

    A Fake Marriage for the Grumpy Cowboy : Rolston Ranch Brothers by Hanna Hart

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    August Rolston wanted to escape his small town Texas lifestyle when a gorgeous enemy complicated his reality even more. The arrogant overachiever, Belle Danson, was the hydroponics expert that he needed for his organic greenhouse.She was annoyingly driven and also had a special talent for driving August crazy...
  • Cowboy's Secret Baby by Clara Pines

    Cowboy's Secret Baby by Clara Pines

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Can a secret son and a second chance at love show this wounded quarterback there’s life after football?Ian Cassidy’s chance to play pro football was shattered along with his shoulder in a terrible accident. But his heart was broken before that, when his college sweetheart dropped him and disappeared without a word...
  • Wilde & Shore: A Miller's Pointe Christmas by K.C. Mills

    Wilde & Shore: A Miller's Pointe Christmas by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A lawyer with a failed career…A cowboy who refuses to settle…Wilde and ShoreA Miller’s Pointe...
  • Tempting Love by Kelly Elliott

    Tempting Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Can a woman actually make you feel like you’re losing your damn mind? Yes. If she is Corina Miller. The only woman who has ever made me long for something more, and let me tell you, that has me all kinds of messed up. After months of ignoring my feelings, it’s clear to me I’ve fallen for those piercing blue eyes and sexy smile...
  • Love Profound by Kelly Elliott

    Love Profound by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I write about love, but I’ve never experienced it. Sure, I’ve been with guys that I cared about. Even thought I found ‘the one’. He turned out to be the frog and not the prince.A few Frank Sinatra songs and a wildly handsome cowboy who calls me Darlin’, will have me second guessing everything I ever thought I knew about love...
  • McKettrick's Heart: A Western Redemption Romance by Linda Lael Miller

    McKettrick's Heart: A Western Redemption Romance by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She’s the last woman this cynical rancher thinks he needs in his life… a beloved classic from #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller! Keegan McKettrick has learned the hard way that trust results in betrayal. The only light in his life these days is the young daughter he sees all too rarely, and his sole passion is for his job overseeing his family’s corporation...
  • Cowboy Bikers MC #2 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Cowboy Bikers MC #2 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way...
  • Rowdy or Not by Frankie Love

    Rowdy or Not by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can these two overcome a family feud and find love?When Nelson Rowdy puts on a taco costume for the towns annual Fall Ball masquerade party, he isn’t expecting to fall in love with an avocado.When conversation turns steamy, they don’t just want to guac about it – they want to add a little heat to their night.Hands travel, masks come off – and they are face-to-face with a 100 year long feud...
  • Trouble In Dixie by Becky McGraw

    Trouble In Dixie by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Professional rodeo team roper, Katie Upton, is tired of being called the "Mild Child" in relation to her less inhibited twin sister. She's spent a lifetime cleaning up her sister's messes, the last of which landed her working for the handsome, but standoffish, owner of the Rockin' D ranch in Amarillo...
  • Cowgirl Bikers MC by Esther E. Schmidt

    Cowgirl Bikers MC by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hudsyn - I'm the president of an all-female MC located at a huge ranch which breeds horses and other livestock. I'm not pretending to be a biker or clueless on how keep the ranch afloat; I am a woman who fights hard for what she wants and giving up isn’t an option. Not when vengeance keeps my heart beating and retaliation is fueling my veins...
  • Flawed by Vanessa Vale, Helen Hardt

    Flawed by Vanessa Vale, Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The bad boy brother. The by-the-books detective. A random meeting that will change their lives.Miles Bridger would rather be home in New York than stuck on a Montana ranch with his newfound half brothers, thanks to his deadbeat dad’s will. Miles now works with bulls and hay bales instead of custom bikes...
  • How To Rope A Rich Cowboy by Anya Summers

    How To Rope A Rich Cowboy by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Colt Anderson is burned out. Every part of his daily life has become a tedious chore. He cannot remember the last time he took a day off or, better yet, felt a woman’s willing surrender. And it’s just his luck that on his first day off in ages, he runs into a sexy squatter on his property, never expecting that single interaction would alter the very fabric of his world...
  • How to Rope a Valiant Cowboy by Anya Summers

    How to Rope a Valiant Cowboy by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Retired Navy Seal Duncan has a stellar set up. After years of covert operations dodging bullets, he’s living the high life, teaching tourists basic outdoor survival skills at Silver Springs Ranch. The only thing he is evading these days are the countless women trying to trap him into a relationship...
  • Protected by the Biker by Khloe Summers

    Protected by the Biker by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can this older mountain biker find love with a pregnant girl from the past?ColletteMath says that steering clear of a rough, tough, bad-ass biker is a good thing.My heart says otherwise.Seeing my ex is the best thing that's happened in months,But now I don't know what to do.I'm nine months pregnant and everything is falling apart.I don't want him seeing me like this...
  • Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Book 3 in the Six Pack Ranch series by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Vivian Arend---------Nothing comes easy. You've gotta work for it.Six Pack Ranch, Book 3Matt Coleman always figured at this point in his life, he'd be settled down with a family. Since his ex split for the big city, though, no way will he give anyone else the chance to drop-kick his heart...
  • Daddy Dominic by Laylah Roberts, Golden Czermak

    Daddy Dominic by Laylah Roberts, Golden Czermak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    After a health scare, Gwen is told to slow down and take care of herself.Yeah, that’s an issue since she hasn’t the first clue how to do that. Then an old friend suggests a trip to Wishingbone, Montana.And that’s where she meets him.Dominic.Charming. Gorgeous. Protective.She never expected to find him . . . and now she has no idea how to live without him...
  • The Rough Rider by Maisey Yates

    The Rough Rider by Maisey Yates

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Return to Maisey Yates’s fan-favorite Four Corners for a marriage of convenience between two unlikely souls—a hopeless romantic and a man who has long given up hopeWhen Alaina finds herself pregnant and alone, she knows she’s in a tight spot. Small towns like hers tend to raise eyebrows at unwed mothers and she knows the vicious gossip mill will soon be churning...
  • Hopeful Cowboy by Elana Johnson

    Hopeful Cowboy by Elana Johnson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Cowboys looking for a second chance at life, love, and happiness. Nathaniel Mulbury is released early from his six-year term in prison to care for his brother's four-year-old son. Dealing with grief over his brother's death and continued guilt for his role in the embezzlement scheme that landed him in jail, Nate has one more problem...
  • Hawk by Piper Stone

    Hawk by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He's a big, angry former Marine, and I'm going to be sore when he's done with me.Hawk Travers is not a man to be trifled with. I learned that lesson in the hardest way possible, first with a painful, humiliating public spanking and then much more shamefully in private.She came looking for trouble. She got a taste of my belt instead...
  • Blacklisted by Jay Crownover

    Blacklisted by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    From 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...
  • Good and Rowdy by Frankie Love

    Good and Rowdy by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Carter is a local bad boy rancher with one hell of a reputation.Cadence is a preacher’s daughter who has never made a mistake.When their worlds collide, the chemistry is undeniable – but no one would believe their connection is real.They must decide who to live for, and what’s worth a Rowdy brawl.Carter isn’t letting go of Cadence easy. He’s fought before, and he will fight again...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  bad boys  western  length-novella
  • The Ranch Contract by Dinah McLeod

    The Ranch Contract by Dinah McLeod

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Lora Harrison's agent arranges a vacation for her on a working ranch, she decides that a getaway couldn't hurt, but the beautiful, feisty young actress has no idea what is in store for her. Upon her arrival, Lora is shocked to discover that the old-fashioned cowboy who runs the place will not hesitate to take down her panties for a sound spanking whenever he feels it necessary...
  • The Blacksmith by Mia Madison

    The Blacksmith by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She's my only friend in this one-horse town so why do I suddenly want to own her?He's an older soot-stained dirty blacksmith, surly and silent enough to be a hermit. She's the younger straight-talking girl that runs the only bar for a thousand miles.There's no way these two could ever get together.The Blacksmith is Quint and Edie's story...
  • Taming His Cowgirl by Delta James

    Taming His Cowgirl by Delta James

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When her father's will leaves control of the family ranch to Ryder Malone, the very same man who once broke her heart, Sierra Morgan is more than a little upset. The last time she saw Ryder she shot his hat right off his head, earning herself a long, hard spanking on her bare bottom that left her sore yet helplessly, infuriatingly aroused, and she had hoped to never see him again...
  • Hard Ride by Piper Stone

    Hard Ride by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Where he comes from, bad girls get ridden hard and put away wet.When I snuck into Montana Cobalt's house, I was looking for help learning to ride like him, but what I got was his belt across my bare backside. Then with tears still running down my cheeks and arousal dripping onto my thighs, the big brute taught me a much more shameful lesson...
  • 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...
  • Cowboy Bikers MC #1 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Cowboy Bikers MC #1 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way. Weston - I’m the president of an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses. I’m not just a biker, a cowboy or a rancher, but I am a man of many trades and talents...
  • Matt Caldwell: Texas Tycoon by Diana Palmer

    Matt Caldwell: Texas Tycoon by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rugged tycoon Matt Caldwell has no intention of ever trusting a woman again, until his new assistant walks through the office door. Leslie Murray is on the run from her past--and suddenly finds herself in Matt's strong arms...
  • Ranch Rules by Dinah McLeod

    Ranch Rules by Dinah McLeod

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On this ranch, naughty girls get spanked.Natalie has always pushed herself to the point of exhaustion, but things come to a head when the twenty-nine-year-old lawyer makes a mistake that costs her firm one of its most valuable clients...
  • Destry by Lola Stark

    Destry by Lola Stark

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rancher Destry Reeves is your typical country boy; he believes in hard work and the easy life. None of which he recognises in Amelia Highsmith. When a chance encounter involving a cow, a truck and a dark Texan night puts the two on a collision course, it's not long before the fireworks begin and the simple life is turned upside down...
  • Cowboys and Angels by Cindy Stark

    Cowboys and Angels by Cindy Stark

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Katy Rivers' life has been perfect so far. Perfectly boring, that is. She's lived by the rules and made all the safe choices. She has a great accounting job, her own home, and…zero fun. She's looking for a taste of excitement, but she gets more than she bargained for when the sexy, but off-limits bad boy she dreamt about in high school is suddenly back in her life and wanting more than her number...
  • Stark Naked by Desiree Holt

    Stark Naked by Desiree Holt

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Naked is nice. But Stark naked is definitely more fun " Reenie Davenport learned the hard way that men are cheating, promotion-thieving poison. A month after making a fresh start in Texas, she looks forward to taking a breather at her old college friend Amy s family ranch. Instead, she s left breathless when Amy s very drunk, very sexy, very "naked" brother lands at her feet...
  • Running With the Devil by Lorelei James

    Running With the Devil by Lorelei James

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Taking a ride on the wild side is a dangerous proposition. Drug dealer? Hooker? Blackmailer? Kenna Jones was the last person to have contact with a murdered federal informant and DEA Agent Drake March goes undercover during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally to find out just what her relationship to the dead man was...
  • Cowboy Fever by Joanne Kennedy

    Cowboy Fever by Joanne Kennedy

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "A delightful read full of heart and passion." -Jodi Thomas, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Somewhere Along the Way "She thought she had it all..." A modeling contract with Wrangler got this Miss Rodeo Wyoming a first-class ticket out of town, but somewhere along the way Jodi Brand lost her soul...
  • Love at First Sight by Lori Wilde

    Love at First Sight by Lori Wilde

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    From the author of the Twilight, Texas books comes the first in a dazzling new Cupid, Texas series. Lori Wilde welcomes us to Cupid, where every wish for love comes true... Natalie McCleary couldn't believe her eyes-a lean-muscled, darkly tanned, nearly-naked man stood in her path…and then it hit her: love. Everyone always told her it'd hit like a thunderbolt, and she never believed them...
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