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Lone Star Sheriff by Kat Baxter
CalebI’ve known Madison Crawford was mine since we were teenagers. Timing, circumstances, and my good manners have kept me from claiming her as my own. Now, the ex who left her at the altar is back asking for a second chance, and I’m done playing by the rules. She thinks I’m nothing more than a stick-in-the-mud, but she’s about to find out what happens when I’m not in uniform. No more Mr... -
Cowboy Truth by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGenre: Contemporary Western Erotic Romantic Suspense Series: Cowboy Justice Association FULL LENGTH NOVEL People will do desperate things to keep the truth dead and buried. Sheriff Logan Wright might be the sexiest bad boy Ava Hayworth has ever seen but she’s not interested in the least. He can have every other woman in town and probably already has... -
Lone Star Husband by Kat Baxter
A Fake Marriage, Husky Man/Curvy Girl RomanceHarrisonEight months ago I married a stranger to help with a “green card” situation. Now I need a wife for real to help save my family’s ranch. I’ve only met Birdie the one time, but I remember very clearly that she’s remarkably smart, adorably shy and has curves I want to spend the rest of my life exploring...Categorized as:
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Romancing the Cowboy (Galentine's Getaway) by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen this older cowboy rescues a hot mess author from a crazy bull, she learns a whole lot more than she anticipated. If growly cowboys, sassy heroines, and laugh-out-loud comedy make your heart pitter-patter, you'll love Cord and Cassia's steamy-sweet story!Spying on a bossy cowboy lands this hot mess romance author in hot water.Cassia MurphyI'm used to getting fan mail from readers...Categorized as:
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Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBorn into a prominent ranching family and brought up in a disciplined household, Sheriff Jared Monroe has high standards of how to live his life and he doesn’t hesitate to hold the people around him to the same accountability. Misty Foster is a girl from the wrong side of the tracks... -
Redeem My Heart by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShelby silently nursed a crush on Dane all through high school, despite the fact that he was way out of older, handsome, and dating the most popular girl in school. Years later when he returns, wounded, after serving abroad, Shelby accidentally starts a rumor that they’ve been secretly dating...Categorized as:
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Lone Star Best Friend by Kat Baxter
A Friends-to-lovers/Curvy Girl RomanceJohnnyHarper Rhodes and I were just kids when we promised to be each other’s first everything. I’m not sure if she thought I was kidding or lying. All I know is she’s left town because she thinks I got another woman pregnant. Little does she know I’ve been saving everything for her. Every kiss. Every touch. Every filthy-fueled fantasy. I’m tired of waiting...Categorized as:
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Shattered Valor by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEvery step leads her deeper into danger... Eden Miller has her life arranged exactly as she wants it--until a reunion with her high school BFFs places her in the middle of a turf war with a ruthless prison gang, their terrorist allies, and the hunters tracking them...Categorized as:
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Stalked by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThere’s only one man I’ve ever loved—my father’s best friend, my stalker.MackenzieHe follows me around town. He prowls around my house. He’s always in the shadows. My father’s best friend thinks I don’t know he’s the man stalking me.But here’s what he’s about to I’m as obsessed with him as he is me. And tonight, I want to tease him out of the shadows and into my bed... -
Playing with You by Cheyenne McCray
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRicki Sparks knows she can make a mean red velvet cake but can’t believe she’s let herself be talked into a blind date. When she opens the door to see the man she’s been secretly sweet on since the first day he walked into her bakery, she fears her heart will be demolished. At least she knows she’s in for a wild ride... -
Lone Star Ex-Con by Kat Baxter
A Reverse Age-Gap/Curvy Girl RomanceMonroeI just got out of prison. I literally have blood on my hands. It doesn’t matter if it was an accident or even justified. I'm tainted. One look at the bespectacled, curvy librarian, and I’m hooked. Clean, educated, and polished, Callie is beautiful, sweet, and the sheriff’s sister. She’s the last person I should want because I’m the worst person for her...Categorized as:
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The Grumpy Recluse's Wager by Kat Baxter
Natalie: I almost had the life of my dreams. That is until a goat, a churro, and deflating bouncy house made me internet-infamous and ruined my reputation as the reigning queen of over-the-top bachelorette parties. Now, I have no choice but to start over in the mountains of Saddle Creek. Living on my uncle’s ranch--alone--for three months without help is the key to inheriting the land...Categorized as:
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Kidnapped by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis filthy mountain man is taking what he wants—his best friend’s little sister!GingerGrizz has been staring at me for a lifetime. My brother’s best friend lights my body on fire, but he’ll never make a move unless I push him. That’s why I show up at his cabin and pretend I’m looking for another man.But I didn’t count on the fact that he would tie me to his bed and say filthy things to me...Categorized as:
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Will by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWill As a rule, I don’t trust people. I’ve learned the hard way that people will take advantage. Especially when you’re a multi-million dollar salaried professional athlete with your face and body plastered all over magazines. I break that rule though, the minute I meet Esther Dubois. Bookish and shy with curves for days, Esther doesn’t have a deceitful bone in her gorgeous body...Categorized as:
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Roped by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt started as a favor.I would do anything for my best friend so when she calls me up because her brother needs a date for a wedding, I say yes, even though I know that it’s a terrible idea.See, the thing is that I’ve been in love with Clara’s brother, Kai, for my entire life. I know that I can’t have him though... -
Romancing the Mountain Man (Galentine's Getaway) by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Grumpy Meets Sunshine/Curvy Girl RomancePaigeThere was really no way for me to know that the helpful woman from the sheriff’s office who gave me a camping permit was sending me to camp on her brother’s land in a misguided attempt at matchmaking. Or that he’d be so annoyed when he found me setting up my tent...Categorized as:
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Axe Backwards by Daphne Elliot
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOnce in a while, after life gets you down, the universe throws you a bone. And if you’re really lucky, it comes in the form of a tattooed baby-wearing firefighter with piercing blue eyes and a heart of gold.When Noah Hebert swung his axe and rescued me from a coffee shop bathroom, I had only a vague sense of who the tattooed lumberjack was...Categorized as:
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Riding Rough: Rugged Mountain MC by Khloe Summers
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCan this older mountain biker find love with his best friend's daughter ?KaneShe left a year ago to be with someone else,But I never stopped thinking about her.It's for the best that she's moved on, I should move on too .Trouble is, Amber needs me .And I've never been more excited to save her.AmberAll I ever wanted was love , and I found that in Kane...Categorized as:
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Lone Star Boss by Kat Baxter
An Age-Gap/Forced Proximity Curvy Girl RomanceQuinnThe minute I see Amber fending off handsy customers at the small-town diner, I know she needs protection. So I do the only logical thing, I bring her home to be my live-in housekeeper and cook. She’s too young and innocent for me, but every day is a battle not to claim her...Categorized as:
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Just Wicked Enough by Lorraine Heath
What will she bid? Desperate for riches, penniless Michael Tremayne, Marquess of Falconridge, is willing to auction away his only possession of value--his title--to the highest bidding American father. But Kate Rose was the last woman he had in mind to marry. The willful and headstrong Kate requires from marriage the one thing Michael is unable to give--powerful, unending love... -
Micah by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMicahBeing left at the altar wouldn't have been nearly as humiliating if it hadn’t happened in front of the whole damn world. But when you have an international reputation as the “Bad Boy of Country Music” someone is always watching. Is it any wonder, my beloved grandmother tells me its time I return home to my small Texas town roots... -
The Last Mercenary by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsPRIVATE PROTECTOR Micah Steele was a mystery, as silent as stone and just as intractable. Not even those closest to him knew the details of his life—which was exactly how it had to be. Because Micah was a mercenary, and his lies protected those he loved. Or they had, until the young beauty he'd left behind in Jacobsville, Texas, was kidnapped by his sworn enemy...Categorized as:
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Heart Of Stone by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe would rescue the innocent beauty in distress...Boone Sinclair is a hard-headed, hard-hearted businessman and rancher. He has it all - except for Keely Welsh. The lovely beauty had always beguiled him...yet he was too experienced for her innocent charm. But when Keely's life is endangered by forces beyond her control, he has to protect her...Categorized as:
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Hot Mess Wedding by Kat Baxter
ClearyUnlike my group of friends, I don’t have just one fear to conquer. I have a laundry list of phobias. Spiders, confined places, the color orange (don’t ask), flying, traveling alone… and the massive, inked, bearded, giant who’s my seat partner to Las Vegas. I don’t expect the ridiculously attractive stranger to be gentle or to hold my hand through turbulence...Categorized as:
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Montana Protector by Hallie Bennett
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEx-Marine Heath Manning just lost his dad and his family’s ranch, and he’s got the chip on his shoulder to prove it... until a shy, younger woman falls into his arms.Curvy Adeline Croup just received a surprise inheritance that includes a ranch she has no clue how to run... and a gruff cowboy who makes her blush... -
Falling for Her Cowboy Boss (Cowboys of Colton County) by Joan Baker, Patricia Mason
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a military career that could have ended his life, Jacob McKay came back to his family ranch a different man—physically and emotionally. He was content with running the Triple M and building on the success his father had created. And, of course, the occasional no-strings-attached affair... -
Last Chance by Joann Baker, Patricia Mason
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChance Mooreland left home at eighteen to join the army. Somewhere out there—away from the 50-acre patch of land in nowhere Colorado—was the life he was meant to live and he intended to find it. Eight years later, he returned. A lot of things had changed in his absence—except for his feelings for the beautiful but untouchable girl next door... -
What I Should Have Known by R.L. Atkinson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne shot could change everything—even their chance at love.Following a funeral, Navy SEAL operator Bernie Phillips finds himself in a small town filled with gossip and traditions he doesn’t understand. Battling survivor’s guilt, he throws himself into reckless adventures, but nothing prepares him for the fiery, curvy cowgirl he accidentally hit with a bottle cap a week earlier... -
Bright Eyes by Catherine Anderson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsZeke Coulter has no intention of getting married --- until he buys a ranch next door to Natalie Patterson, a sexy divorcee with two kids, a zany extended family, and a philandering ex-husband involved in shady business dealings. When Natalie's twelve-year-old son vandalizes Zeke's property and she is unable to pay for the damages, Zeke offers to let the boy work off the debt...Categorized as:
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Cattleman's Choice by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE OUTLAW AND THE DEBUTANTE When Carson Wayne approached Miss Mandelyn Bush of Charleston with his outlandish proposal, it was My Fair Lady in reverse. The ornery, reclusive cattleman claimed he wanted to learn how to court a lady, and the genteel Miss Bush was the only one equal to the job...Categorized as:
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Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTwo beloved Long, Tall Texans stories together in one volume! TRUE BLUE One of San Antonio's top detectives, Rick Marquez, has never met a case he couldn't solve or a woman he couldn't charm... -
Undeniably Yours by Becky Wade
When Meg Cole’s father dies unexpectedly, she becomes the majority shareholder of his oil company and the single inheritor of his fortune. Though Meg is soft-spoken and tenderhearted–more interested in art than in oil–she’s forced to return home to Texas and to Whispering Creek Ranch to take up the reins of her father’s empire... -
His Redeeming Bride (Nebraska Historicals) by Ruth Ann Nordin
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReady to give birth, Sarah Donner ends up newly widowed. She has to rely on the aid of the one man others had warned her about: Neil Craftsman. She knows of his tarnished past, and no respectable woman will go near him. But as she gets to know Neil, she learns that there is more to him than meets the eye... -
Wyoming Homecoming by Diana Palmer
New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's dramatic tale of an embittered small-town sheriff as he comes face to face with the woman who has haunted his dreams for years... -
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Bean Flicker by Megan Wade
Humiliation is my middle name. After leaving all I know and love behind to start life fresh and unembarrassed in a tiny back-water town, I’ve come to the realization that I can’t escape embarrassing situations no matter how hard I try. They follow me around.And sometimes they even look right in my window.My first day here? I got caught with one hand on my book and the other…er… busy downstairs...Categorized as:
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Connal by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA New York Times Bestselling Author Connal Tremayne lived in torment since he lost his wife in a tragic accident. On the anniversary of that date, he drank to drown the remorse and Pepi Mathews, the daughter of his boss, wanted to help him. However, the young woman had expected to follow him to a bar in Mexico City, and instead he took her to a chapel and asked her to marry him...Categorized as:
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Matt Caldwell: Texas Tycoon by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRugged 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...Categorized as:
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Candy Coated Curves by Kat Baxter
RoniHe’s older than me. He’s my boss. And I’m secretly in love with him.Nash Lloyd is as delicious as the candy confections he creates in his sweet shop. He’s friendly to everyone that steps into the store, but keeps me at a distance. I can’t help but stare at his big, burly body all day long.So when the opportunity comes for him to play my fake boyfriend, I jump at the chance...Categorized as:
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Pursued by the Mountain Man by Hallie Bennett
WinstonHe's an outgoing veterinarian with a rambunctious Siberian Husky and isn't looking for love... except he can't shake the quiet girl with curves from his mind.GuinShe's curvy and reserved, easily overwhelmed by chaos... like a certain husky named Gremlin and the handsome mountain man who owns him...Categorized as:
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The Tender Stranger by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRealizing the on-edge lifestyle he has always lead is not the one for intriguing but straitlaced Dani St. Clair, mercenary Eric Van Meer follows his conscience and proposes marriage in the most dangerous challenge his heart has ever faced. Reprint...Categorized as:
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Texas Born by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir love was born in Texas... Gabriel Brandon had been her hero ever since she was a girl and he'd rescued her, an orphan, from sure ruin. And Michelle Godrey had loved him forever, the mysterious rancher with the dark eyes, her protector and guardian angel. Now she'd blossomed into a woman... -
To Wed in Texas by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsReverend Daniel McLain desperately needs help in bringing guidance and peace to the mid-19th-century Western town of Jefferson, Tex., and with twin toddlers running him ragged, he can't get focused. He appeals to his late wife's family and expects the assistance of an elderly aunt. Instead, poor family relation and spinster Karlee Whitworth arrives... -
Lakota Renegade by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCreed Maddigan is handy with six-guns and fists. But the rugged half-breed isn't used to innocents like Jassy McCloud who curtsy and make ginger snaps. Then Creed is falsely jailed for a crime he didn't commit and Jassy is determined to take Creed for better or worse--even if she has to spend the rest of her days dodging bullets and bounty hunters. Original...Categorized as:
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Lone Wolf by Diana Palmer, Rebecca Zanetti
Headlined by western romance legend Diana Palmer, three celebrated New York Times bestselling authors combine their talents to celebrate the wildest version of man's best friend--the noble wolf. Each novella revolves around a rugged man and his trusty wolf protector as an opportunity for happily ever afters arise...Categorized as:
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The Curvy Girl's Father of the Bride by Adriana French
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA small-town forbidden romance, a twenty-three-year age gap, and one steamy night with his best friend’s daughter that might lead to forever…I know it’s wrong for me to lust for her.Her father is my best friend... -
Stalked for Christmas by Khloe Summers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCan this older mountain man find love with a woman he's stalking?MaeI hate my boss with a passion.He's overbearing, aggressive, and he doesn't understand that people should get holidays off work.So when he asks me to attend his family's holiday party as his fake date in exchange for the day off, I reluctantly agree...Categorized as:
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Fearless by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEven in the wide open spaces of Texas, secrets fi nd a place to hide...in the heart of a shy, determined woman; behind the hard, rugged exterior of a DEA agent; and in the dangerous world of drug smuggling...Categorized as:
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Midnight Blue by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA young woman goes west to claim her family land and must marry to save her home in this American historical romance from a New York Times bestseller. Leaving her finishing school behind, Mara Shannon McCall comes back to Wyoming, determined to reclaim the ranch that was her father's legacy. But when she is reunited with Pack Gallagher, she discovers a man—and a home—worth fighting for... -
The Reluctant Rancher by Patricia Mason, Joann Baker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuke Tanner was a hard man with a painful past. It seemed as if every single citizen of Fiddler Creek wanted something from the wealthy rancher. He’d learned early on not many cared to see past his looks and sour attitude and discover the man beneath... -
Protector by Khloe Summers
Can this older, protective man help a curvy woman in need?MollyAfter spending nearly ten years with a narcissistic ex, I've sworn all men off for good. At least that was the plan. Now, I'm not sure what I want. What harm could one night do? One night of passion. One night to forget everything bad that's ever happened. One night to change my mind. One night I never want to end...Categorized as:
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