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  • Cherished Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Cherished Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Morgan Shaw is my soulmate. She has no idea how much I desire her to fill the needs I crave. I've dedicated the last four years to learning everything I could about her. If my desire for her ever came to light before she realized how much she loved me, I would be labeled a stalker.Some might find it a little creepy how I watch her every move. I find it exhilarating...
  • Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    The second novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series turns up the emotion with a story about finding true love and healing broken hearts.Grieving the loss of her fiancé two years ago, Kaylee longs for a fresh start...
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  • Mateo & Nicole by Natalie Dean

    Mateo & Nicole by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was his secret crush. Now she’s his employee… and a single mom.Mateo Palmer swore he’d never risk his heart again. The last time he did, he was left waiting at the altar. Now, he keeps things light—never serious, never lasting. But when Nicole Reynolds walks into Winding Creek Ranch looking for a fresh start, everything changes...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  western  contemporary  single-mother
  • Lost and Found by April Wilson

    Lost and Found by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book 2 of the McIntyre Search and Rescue series featuring Maggie and Owen.Welcome back to Bryce, Colorado, a small town in The Rocky Mountains. Maggie's a divorced mom with two teenage sons. Owen is a retired U.S. Marine who suffers from PTSD. She needs him just as much as he needs her. What's it going to take to bring them together? This romantic suspense novel is filled with heart and feels...
  • Sons of Chance Boxed Set Books 1 - 3 by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Sons of Chance Boxed Set Books 1 - 3 by Vicki Lewis Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to the Last Chance Ranch, the family home of swoon-worthy cowboys Nick, Gabe and Jack! These brothers have no time for romance, but love finds them anyway. Chance men prefer strong women, so life on the ranch is about to get complicated! WHAT A COWBOY WANTS He's her perfect cowboy fantasy... Fresh from a breakup, photographer Dominique Jeffries has sworn off commitment...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  cowboys  western  length-long
  • 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...
  • Enchanted Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Enchanted Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finally returning home after years in Paris, ex-model Avery Littlewood never imagined a rerouted flight plan would land her on destiny’s runway. She’s seated next to a gorgeous stranger…and as he shares his story, it’s not long before she discovers why his arresting blue eyes look so familiar...
  • 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:
    m-f  western  contemporary  cowboys  length-medium
  • Soldier's Secret Baby by Clara Pines

    Soldier's Secret Baby by Clara Pines

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Can a secret miracle give this wounded veteran a second chance at love?Chris Bell’s world was shattered when the woman he loved suddenly left him. Now a serious injury is cutting his military career short, and sending him home to Trinity Falls years before he expected...
  • 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...
  • Rebecca's Reward by Lauraine Snelling

    Rebecca's Reward by Lauraine Snelling

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Nineteen-year-old Rebecca Baard has experienced more than her share of sorrow, and now she is afraid to open her heart to love. Besides, no man has ever shown enough interest in her to come courting. So Rebecca's friends set out to remedy the situation, concocting social events to attract all the eligible bachelors in Blessing and advising her in the use of feminine wiles...
  • Sin With Me by Brooke Montgomery

    Sin With Me by Brooke Montgomery

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    A hidden identities stand-alone from small-town romance author Brooke Montgomery about a girl who wakes up married in Vegas to her ex-boyfriend’s twin brother… From the moment he calls the crisis hotline, I'm drawn to his voice. As I help him through his darkest moments, we slowly get to know each other. The more he needs me, the more I need him, too...
  • Love Again by Kelly Elliott

    Love Again by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jonathon Turner is going to be the death of me. Maybe not the death of me…but my panties for sure! They seem to disintegrate the moment he touches me. Looks at me. Smiles at me. Talks to me. It’s more than physical. He’s breaking through an impenetrable wall. There’s a problem though—he’s younger than me. Six. Years. Younger...
  • Fated Hearts by Kelly Elliott

    Fated Hearts by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It was only meant to be a short trip—up to Chicago for two days and then back to Texas. At least, that was the plan until a massive snowstorm leaves me trapped in Chicago at a local hotel with no definite timeframe of when I can go back home. If that wasn’t a crazy-enough turn of events—I wake up to a beautiful princess standing in my hotel room...
  • House for Sale Navy SEAL Included by Cora Seton

    House for Sale Navy SEAL Included by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s bringing a ghost town back to life…Ten years ago, desperate to save his father’s life, Carter Elliott pulled the plug on Elliott Ridge, the failing company town owned by his family for generations. After a decade with the Navy SEALs, he’s back to resurrect it so he can bring his father home. He’s ready to start a family of his own, too, but first he’ll need a wife...
  • Christian by Jennifer Foor

    Christian by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    This book is a spinoff of the Mitchell Family Series. It can be read as a stand alone. Christian Mitchell has always made her parents proud. She excels in everything she puts her mind to, and because of her intelligence, has warranted herself a top notch education at Kentucky State University. Though an achievement to be proud of, Christian longs for something else...
  • A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

    A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Rowe delivers a brand new series set in Rogue Valley, Wyoming, home to the Stockton brothers, a clan of fiercely loyal and honorable men, and the women who touch the hearts of these rugged, loner cowboys. The only reason rancher Chase Stockton and his brothers survived their brutal childhood was because they protected each other...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  humor  western  contemporary  cowboys  length-short
  • Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox

    Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Never trust a man who wears nothing more than a cowboy hat and ripped jeans who asks if you’d like to save a horse and ride a . . . well, you get the picture.Being a travel photographer has its perks but when Colton Langston collides into me and offers to model, he’s an unexpected surprise for my current project...
  • Isabella by Jennifer Foor

    Isabella by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    One year ago Isabella Mitchell moved to Kentucky to live with her cousin Noah. Like her mother at her age, Isabella is drawn to men she shouldn’t be with. When she travels back to North Carolina to see her parents, she and her ex have a one-night stand. She knows they are through, but sometimes what happens in the bedroom doesn’t always stay in the bedroom...
  • Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox, Aiden Snow

    Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox, Aiden Snow

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Never trust a man who wears nothing more than a cowboy hat and ripped jeans who asks if you’d like to save a horse and ride a...well, you get the picture.That should’ve been enough for me to walk away.I’ve been warned on several occasions about southern men - with their sexy accents, charming manners, and the ability to easily get any woman in bed - which is something I’ll be avoiding...
  • Tex by Liz Isaacson

    Tex by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He's back in town after a successful country music career. She owns a bordering farm to the family land he wants to buy...and she outbids him at the auction. Can Tex and Abigail rekindle their old flame, or will the issue of land ownership come between them?Tex Young has spent the last two decades traveling around the world with his brothers as part of Country Quad, a successful cowboy boy band...
  • Don't Take the Girl by L.A. Ferro

    Don't Take the Girl by L.A. Ferro

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    At ten, I was the unwanted tagalong on London Hale's fishing trip—the fatherless girl next door he resented having to include. But all it took was one hot Texas summer afternoon of fishing to change everything.At sixteen, he saved my life, and then he kissed me. The star quarterback and the quiet outsider, we defied every small-town stereotype as we fell hopelessly in love...
  • Stranded with a Bossy Rancher by Hope Ford

    Stranded with a Bossy Rancher by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s my boss.He’s completely off limits.Plus, I’m pregnant with another man’s baby.All good reasons why Elliott and I are a bad idea.But he doesn’t care.He pursues me like he has to have me.He’s relentless.And I feel my resolve crumbling.I give in for one night.Thinking it will get him out of my system.But all it does is make me want him more.I can’t do this though.He deserves more...
  • Deadly Intent by Christy Barritt

    Deadly Intent by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sarah Chamberlain enjoys a new life far away from her abusive ex-husband, thanks to help from Vanishing Ranch. But when she starts to have unexplained, dangerous episodes and suffer memory lapses, she begins to doubt her reality.She senses her ex has found her. But she doesn’t know if the problem is real or if her mind is playing tricks on her...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  suspense  christian  western  audiobook
  • True North by Alexandra Banks

    True North by Alexandra Banks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last time Louisa saw Harry Rawlins was the night he proposed to her after prom. After ten years of living thousands of miles away from her small hometown, she runs right back after a humiliating ending to her career. Diner work and the odd shift at the Italian restaurant she lives above has her fighting up from rock bottom...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  western  second chances  cowboys
  • Joshua Healy by Jennifer Foor

    Joshua Healy by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They say without the support from his family, a man is lost. My parents have been pushing me to make the right choices throughout my life. Instead of taking their advice, I’ve gone against their guidance more times than I care to admit. Now I’ve done the unthinkable; something they would never approve of...
  • Addison by Jennifer Foor

    Addison by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Addison is the youngest daughter of Colt and Savanna Mitchell.She's also turned out to be the most trouble during her adolescence. Now that a few years have passed since her last bout of problems, she's gotten back into the good graces of her whole family, by securing a job, and also donating her free time to community outreaches for those suffering from addictions...
  • A Troublesome Little Turkey Day by Allie Belle, Rayanna Jamison

    A Troublesome Little Turkey Day by Allie Belle, Rayanna Jamison

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a job opening at the renowned Rawhide Ranch promises Wren the adventure of a lifetime, she wastes no time in packing up her meager belongings and heading West.But to her surprise, the moment she steps on the Ranch, Master Derek pairs her with Travis — a Daddy who makes it his mission to put her back in touch with her Little side...
  • Cowboy Seeks a Romantic by Marley Michaels

    Cowboy Seeks a Romantic by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hold on to your hats! Cowboy Seeks a Romantic is book 2 in the new Eagle Mountain Ranch series. They're the same kind of sweet, flirty, feel-good, and heart-felt stories you've come to love from Marley, but this time you'll get the big, gruff and tough mountain ranchers living off the land and protecting their own near the town of Kinleyville...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  humor  western  audiobook
  • Just One Date by Chris Keniston

    Just One Date by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Home for a family wedding, Chase Baron has a plan to avoid his grandfather’s matchmaking—hire an actress to be his date. No strings and no commitments is just the ticket for no complications. When CJ Lawson’s ditzy sister takes a last minute acting role out of town, CJ has to take over her sister’s local job —cozying up to a wealthy and sinfully handsome billionaire...
  • The Mitchell Family Series Box Set Part 2 by Jennifer Foor

    The Mitchell Family Series Box Set Part 2 by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second set in the Best Selling Mitchell Family Series Please Purchase the 1st box set before reading this one. http://amzn.com/B00M9P6LGG This set includes: Wanting More - Conner and Amy Saving Us - Conner and Amy Blinding Trust - Colt and Savanna Losing Him - Heather Loving Her- Ty and Miranda Contains adult content...
  • Can't Bucking Wait by Elle Thorpe

    Can't Bucking Wait by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    I’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...
  • Stranded with a Grumpy Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Stranded with a Grumpy Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    A snowstorm. One bed.And one night to make the grumpy cowboy mine.He’s my older brother’s best friend.He doesn’t have any interest in me.As a matter of fact, he grunts and then goes the other direction any time I’m around.He’s too old for me.He’s set in his ways.And he thinks he can boss me around.But he’s the one man I compare all others to and they don’t even come close.I’m about to give up...
  • Escape by Jay Crownover

    Escape by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Everything inside of him is screaming that he needs to run, he needs to go, he needs to escape. Lane Warner is used to being overshadowed and overlooked. After all, he’s the youngest brother and the most laid back one in the family. He’s the one known for going with the flow and not making waves, even when things seem to be at their worst...
  • Risky Ambition by Christy Barritt

    Risky Ambition by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Navy fighter pilot Nate Casper, also known as Ghost, splits his time between flying jet-setting celebrities around the world and volunteering to help with rescues at Vanishing Ranch. When movie star Chesney Blake books a trip with him, Ghost sets aside his attraction to her in order to remain professional...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  suspense  christian  western  audiobook
  • Wild Dream by Leslie North

    Wild Dream by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes love brews where it's least expected… Between keeping his brothers in line and looking after Lockhart Bend, Sheriff Trevor Wild has enough on his plate. But he can't pass up the chance to get close to the town's newest resident, Marianne Stanton. She's as delicious as the beer she brews… But as stubborn as a hangover...
  • Scrape the Barrel by Karley Brenna

    Scrape the Barrel by Karley Brenna

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hurt people know hurt people. Years ago, Sage McKinley thought settling down in small town Bell Buckle was the only way to protect her daughter. It didn't hurt that she managed to get a job at the local cafe, doing what she loved most: baking. The perfect life she'd built for them was all that mattered—until everything was turned upside down...
  • Fixing to be Mine by Lyra Parish

    Fixing to be Mine by Lyra Parish

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    She rolls into town with a bag full of cash, a designer wedding dress stuffed in her trunk, and zero plans to stay… until we meet.Runaway bride shows up outta nowhere?Most folks would call that a red flag.Me? I call it a typical Tuesday and hand her a key.I’ve been rebuilding this old house for someone just like her, and she’s finally here...
  • The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis

    The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    AN UNTAMED WOMAN... A FEARLESS MAN... A MAGNIFICENT LOVE. THE MONUNENTAL ADVENTURE THAT SWEEPS ACROSS A MIGHTY CENTURY OF AMERICAN HISTORY. The first time Gavin Ramsay sees Tessa MacLeod y Amarista -- a violet-eyed beauty swimming naked in a hidden pool--she reacts by attacking him with a knife. Realizing her mistake, she nurses him back to health and into a deep, enduring and courageous love...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  western  length-long
  • Cowboy Seeks a Healer by Marley Michaels

    Cowboy Seeks a Healer by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hold on to your hats! Cowboy Seeks a Healer is book 3 in the new Eagle Mountain Ranch series. They're the same kind of sweet, flirty, feel-good, and heart-felt stories you've come to love from Marley, but this time you'll get the big, gruff and tough mountain ranchers living off the land and protecting their own near the town of Kinleyville...
  • Outback Secrets by Rachael Johns

    Outback Secrets by Rachael Johns

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keeping secrets comes naturally to him ... but will it ruin his chance at love?Liam Castle knows the secrets of everyone in Bunyip Bay. As the owner of the pub, he's heard it all - from marriage proposals and farming disasters to family rifts and everything in between. The locals love to confide in him, but no one knows he's hiding a tragic past.And he wants to keep it that way...
  • Perfect Scandal by Molly McLain

    Perfect Scandal by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's forbidden fruit, and he's everything she's looking for, no matter what her brother says.Tessa McMurray is hellbent on proving that her brothers don't control her. Setting her sights on her family's ranch foreman is risky. But she knows what she wants.Dean Langston loves his job, and he refuses to do anything to jeopardize his position...
  • A Second Chance at Forever by Alexis Winter

    A Second Chance at Forever by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last time I saw Landon Nash, he was leaving town with a target on his back and my heart in his hands.Fifteen years later, fate brought him back into town and stupidity brought him back into my bed.It’s hard not to admit that life is passing me by.It seems like all of my friends boarded the happily ever after train and somehow, I was left twiddling my thumbs when it left the station...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  anthologies  contemporary  western
  • A Naughty Little New Year by Maren Smith, Rawhide Authors

    A Naughty Little New Year by Maren Smith, Rawhide Authors

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For the past year, Detective Dan Forrester has made it his mission to shut down Rawhide Ranch — a resort catering to the type of men who enjoy inflicting pain. So when he receives yet another postcard asking him to come for a visit, he finally gives in. Maybe now he'll be able to gather the evidence he needs to close the Ranch's doors forever and put Derek Hawkins behind bars...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  western  length-short  age play
  • Perfect Chance by Molly McLain

    Perfect Chance by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kaden McMurray & Carly Walsh are coming to Mason Creek!We shared a single night together. No last names, no strings, no promises. Two months later, chance brings us together again. But this time around, things aren’t nearly as simple. In fact, they’re downright complicated...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  western  length-short
  • Farraday Country: Sweet and Clean Contemporary Romance Boxed Set Books 1-3 by Chris Keniston

    Farraday Country: Sweet and Clean Contemporary Romance Boxed Set Books 1-3 by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Farraday Country, a sweet contemporary romance series set in cattle-ranching west Texas, with all the friends, family and fun that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Chris Keniston. This collection includes books 1-3 of the series...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  cowboys  western  length-long
  • Riding Curves by Khloe Summers

    Riding Curves by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can this older mountain biker find love with a lost single mom?LillyOverwhelmed single mom... I've got that down.Overbearing bestie... yup, got one of those too.Love life?That's where I could use some help.Trouble is, I didn't think the bachelor auction would be the place I'd find it.But when Mr...
  • Mountain Man's Valentine by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Man's Valentine by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Clay Callaghan.Stoic. Rugged. Mountain Man.Seeing him again gives me ALL the feels.But does Cupid have a scheme to make our second chance actually stick?Clay is six-foot-four of pure muscled alpha.It's a good thing he isn't lacking in the confidence department...Because only a real man can handle a female Sheriff by his side...
  • Firecracker by Abbi Glines

    Firecracker by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    Being the second son of a mafia boss has its perks. The money and power without the pressure of running the damn thing one day. Trev Hughes was everyone’s favorite playboy. He possessed the Hughes sex appeal without the intimidating presence.The last time a gorgeous blonde walked into his life he never stood a chance. She had belonged to his older brother from the very beginning...
  • The Rebel by Lena Hendrix

    The Rebel by Lena Hendrix

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    I was supposed to lay low while my Hollywood drama blew over. Not fall for a man with golden retriever energy who isn’t afraid to take what he wants. I was supposed to lay low while my Hollywood drama blew over. Not fall for a man with golden retriever energy who isn’t afraid to take what he wants...
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