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  • Luke by Liz Isaacson

    Luke by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He swore off women when his ex told him he might not be their daughter's father. But a paternity test confirmed he is, and Luke Young has dedicated his life to Corrine and his brothers' band. There hasn't been time for a girlfriend anyway. He's tried here and there, and the women in small-town Coral Canyon are certainly interested in him...
  • Rough Country by Lauren Landish

    Rough Country by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Is it really a dream come true if it means losing the one thing you never knew you needed? Willow Parker is excited to move to Podunk, Nowheres-ville. That’s what she’s telling herself, but it’s not working until she meets a dark-eyed, honey-voiced cowboy. That’s when her new small-town life starts looking a lot less temporary...
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  • Blaze: A Young Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson

    Blaze: A Young Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He's dark as night, a single dad, and a retired bull riding champion. With all his money, his rugged good looks, and his ability to say all the right things, Faith has no chance against Blaze Young's charms. But she’s his complete opposite, and she just doesn't see how they can be together......so she ends things with him.But Faith Cromwell can't seem to stay away from Blaze...
  • Frank by Kris Michaels

    Frank by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A life well-lived.Frank Marshall’s life before he married and had a family is a closely held secret. The past should remain in the past until it doesn’t.A love for the ages.Never in a million years did Frank think he’d find the type of love his parents shared. Until her. Until Amanda King...
  • 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  m-f  western  contemporary  length-medium
  • 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...
  • The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch: Books 1-3 by Shanae Johnson

    The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch: Books 1-3 by Shanae Johnson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Three SWEET Marriage of Convenience Western Romances in ONE Boxset! If you believe in heroes… If you know that the power of love will heal all wounds… Then you’ll love these light-hearted, clean and wholesome romances of convenient arrangements that unfold into lasting love...
  • 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...
  • Rocky Mountain Home by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Home by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The FINAL NOVEL in the bestselling SIX PACK RANCH series by New York Times Bestselling Author Vivian Arend. ------------- There’s no distance you can run to escape the past. Too stubborn to face his sins, Jesse Coleman bolted from the Six Pack Ranch, only to fall straight into the arms of a beautiful stranger...
  • Just a Cowboy's Best Friend by Jessie Gussman

    Just a Cowboy's Best Friend by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Teagan Lepley is asked to cat-sit by a kindly lady in town, she wasn't expecting the neighbor to be so "friendly." So she asks her best friend to hang out with her so she can honestly say she's busy. What she wasn't expecting was the entire town to think that there is - finally - something more going on between her and her best friend...
  • Winning the Cowboy by Kennedy Fox

    Winning the Cowboy by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Working on the ranch and settling down is all Grayson’s ever wanted in life. When he meets the woman who could make that a reality, he learns she hates him with every fiber of her being. He knows she’s being unreasonable since their bickering is the hottest foreplay he’s ever had. Mackenzie Bishop’s an elementary school teacher and can tolerate a lot until it comes to Grayson...
  • 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...
  • Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 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...
  • She's a Wild One by Kristen Proby

    She's a Wild One by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes the final installment in her beloved Wilds of Montana series, featuring a small town, marriage of convenience, second chance love for the ages! I have loved Millie Wild for more than eight years. Since that summer long ago when we were inseparable, stealing moments, keeping our love a secret. And my girl has hated me for just as long...
  • Otis: A Young Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson

    Otis: A Young Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's finished with his last album and looking for a soft place to fall after a devastating break-up. She runs the small town bookshop in Coral Canyon and needs a new boyfriend to get her old one out of her life for good...
  • Morris by Liz Isaacson

    Morris by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s back in his mountain hometown after an NFL-career-ending injury. She’s in the same small town helping her brother recover after a car racing crash. When Morris and Leighann run into each other at a wedding, he immediately asks her out, only to have a shockingly familiar little boy run up to her and call her “Momma.”Morris Young has always felt like the odd man out in the huge Young family...
  • Texas Orchids by Samantha Christy

    Texas Orchids by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm a city boy, not a cowboy.I'm way out of my league on a horse ranch in Texas.Falling for the sexy horse vet was never my intention.Especially when I find out she could be dating a killer.Sneaking around with her?Not my brightest idea, but someone's got to protect her.It's just one summer. One casual fling.Until it becomes everything but...
  • On the Wild Side by Kristen Proby

    On the Wild Side by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes On the Wild Side, a sizzling single mom, cowboy, small town romance in the beloved Wilds of Montana Series!Brady Wild has focused on one thing this entire adult life: riding bulls. A three-time world champion, Brady’s body has taken a beating over the years and he knows he’s nearing the end of his impressive career...
  • A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

    A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 25 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:
    cowboys  m-f  humor  western  contemporary  length-short
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Billionaire Falls by Melody Anne

    The Billionaire Falls by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Joseph Anderson has been successful in finding brides for his two eldest sons. In this book he finds the perfect bride for his youngest son Mark. Mark has a billion dollar ranch operation that takes many employees to run successfully. He loses his cook and leaves it to his father to find a new one...
  • Home for a Cowboy Christmas by Donna Grant

    Home for a Cowboy Christmas by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The most wonderful time of the year has arrived for this cowboy in New York Times bestseller Donna Grant's newest novel, Home for a Cowboy Christmas.Tis the season—for everyone except Emmy Garrett. She’s on the run after witnessing a crime. But when it becomes clear that trouble will continue following her, the US Marshal in charge takes her somewhere no one will think to look–Montana...
  • Buck Cowboys by Elle Thorpe

    Buck Cowboys by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hallie knows how to lose your best friend in one easy step.Offer him your virginity, then watch him reject you.But that was four years ago, and now she knows better. Working at Hunt’s Bull Riding School, there’s no shortage of hot young cowboys to keep her entertained. There’s no need to think about Nate Mathews, especially since he’s off on the pro bull riding tour. Out of sight, out of mind...
  • Playing with You by Cheyenne McCray

    Playing with You by Cheyenne McCray

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ricki 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...
  • Rocky Mountain Forever by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Forever by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A return to the bestselling SIX PACK RANCH series by New York Times Bestselling Author Vivian Arend. While this book contains a stand-alone romance, it’s best read as a part of the series.-------It’s never too late for love. Years ago, Mark Coleman made the only possible choice and left Rocky Mountain House before he tore his family apart...
  • 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...
  • Once Upon a Cowboy by Maggie McGinnis

    Once Upon a Cowboy by Maggie McGinnis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *** Formerly published in 2015 by Penguin Random House under the same title. This book has not been revised from the original. ***Yoga instructor Jessalyn Alcott radiates peace, calm, and serenity—on the outside. Inside, she still feels like the broken, desperate girl from the trailer park...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  m-f  contemporary  western  humor  length-medium
  • Escape by Jay Crownover

    Escape by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 19 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...
  • The Cowboy Imports a Bride by Cora Seton

    The Cowboy Imports a Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Rob Matheson's a fighter. Flattening enemies with his fists or with his legendary practical jokes, he's a tough enemy, and a troublesome friend. But Rob doesn't know how much longer he can keep up the act. As his buddies get married one by one, he's left with his lonely life - and the sinking feeling he lost more than his dreams when he traded them for a thick skin...
  • The Baddest Virgin in Texas by Maggie Shayne

    The Baddest Virgin in Texas by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Jessi Brand decided she wanted Lash Monroe. He was the man she'd saved herself for. But this male was going to need some convincing - Lash had vowed never to settle down - but he couldn't get Jessi out of his mind. And he couldn't resist her tempting offer. But when he discovered Jessi was pregnant with his child, everything changed...
  • The Man from Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller

    The Man from Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller presents the Stone Creek story that started it all…When trouble strikes in Haven, Arizona, Ranger Sam O'Ballivan is determined to sort it out. Badge and gun hidden, he arrives posing as the new schoolteacher, and discovers his first task: bringing the ranchers' children under control...
  • Antonio by Kathy Ivan

    Antonio by Kathy Ivan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tasked with locating a missing government witness, FBI agent Antonio Boudreau jumps at the chance to work closer to his home town of Shiloh Springs, Texas. Ever since somebody tried to kill her while under the feds protection, Serena Snowden’s been on the lam...
  • The Cowboy’s Christmas Miracle by Anne McAllister

    The Cowboy’s Christmas Miracle by Anne McAllister

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last present he expected – a nearly two-year-old son!Deke Malone never gave a thought to having kids – until the day Zack came into his life. Now he can’t imagine not being a dad. It’s not easy, but it’s the best thing he’s ever done. It’s the hardest, too, because it takes him back to Montana for the holidays – to give his son a family and make peace with his own father if he can...
  • Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis

    Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At twenty-eight, Shelby Quinn’s already a has-been. Scooped off a country stage at sixteen and remolded into glittery pop princess Tara Gibson, she toured the country for a decade, playing to sold-out stadiums while slowly losing her soul. Now her sales are waning, and when her beloved father dies in a fiery plane crash, she finally comes apart at the seams...
  • Cowboy Seeks his Redemption by Marley Michaels

    Cowboy Seeks his Redemption by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Tess Graham’s life is going pretty great. She has her dream job teaching kindergarteners, and the rest of the time she’s either fixing her house up one D.I.Y. disaster at a time, or baking new dishes to sneak in for her grandfather and his retirement home friends. But she’s missing one thing—someone special to share it with...
  • Hot Cowboy Nights by Carolyn Brown

    Hot Cowboy Nights by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    LET'S GIVE 'EM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT . . . If gossip is the lifeblood of a small town, then Lizzy Logan has been its beating heart. After being dumped by her fiancé for another woman, she could have decided to crawl under a rock. But no, she'd rather really set tongues wagging by "moving on" with one of the hottest cowboys in Texas, who happens to live next door at the Lucky Penny Ranch...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  m-f  western  contemporary  length-long
  • Crazy Sexy Love by K.L. Grayson

    Crazy Sexy Love by K.L. Grayson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three-time world champion bull rider Rhett Allen has never been afraid to get his hands dirty. Hard work, sweat, and determination have gotten him where he is today—and that’s holed up in a hospital room, wondering how he let that damn bull buck him off. He’s also wondering why he thought it was a good idea to let his twin brother talk him into returning home to heal...
  • Protected by the Mountain Man by Khloe Summers

    Protected by the Mountain Man by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can this older man find love with his son's curvy ex?LarkI’ve been on this mountain for too long.My brain is warped.I shouldn't be thinking about my ex's dad.Not like... this.But he's the perfect combination of strong and rugged,And the way his inked biceps pop out of his shirt,Oh my God...That said, there's no way he's interested in me,Or is he?CliveI’ve spent my life trying to be a good example...
  • Second Chance Ranch by Liz Isaacson

    Second Chance Ranch by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A new Christian western romance from bestselling author, Elana Johnson, writing as Liz Isaacson for her contemporary adult romance debut. After his deployment, injured and discharged Major Squire Ackerman returns to Three Rivers Ranch, anxious to prove himself capable of running the cattle operation so his parents can retire. Things would be easier if the ranch wasn’t missing 1...
  • Shifting Calder Wind by Janet Dailey

    Shifting Calder Wind by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Chase Calder has no recollection of who he is, why he came to Fort Worth...or who tried to put a bullet in his head the night that a cowboy named Laredo Smith saved his life. Laredo recognizes him as the owner of Montana’s Triple C Ranch—but according to the local papers, Chase has just been declared dead, the victim of a fiery car crash. The only place Chase can find answers is at the Triple C..
  • 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...
  • Rafe by Kathy Ivan

    Rafe by Kathy Ivan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When Sheriff Rafe Boudreau catches Tessa Maxwell climbing through the window of a house where she doesn’t belong, the crime rate isn’t the only thing that spikes. Turns out, trouble has followed the small-town schoolteacher to Shiloh Springs, and Rafe and the rest of the Boudreau clan must step in to keep her safe...
  • Taking Charge by Ruth Cardello

    Taking Charge by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lucy Albright never wanted her family’s Texas ranch, but now it’s in foreclosure. She’s already lost so much she can’t bear the thought of losing one more thing. Lucy learned the hard way not to accept help from a man when there are strings attached, so she’ll do whatever it takes to save the ranch on her own terms—even if that means launching an online business marketing high-¬tech sex toys...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  m-f  humor  contemporary  western  length-medium
  • Big Burly Foreman (A Big Burly Romance) by Cassi Hart

    Big Burly Foreman (A Big Burly Romance) by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Ashley For the past two years, I’ve been drawn to the mysterious older cowboy working my father’s ranch. Something about his strong body and stoic façade draws me in. I’ve done everything I can think of it get his attention with no luck. I want him, but he doesn’t see me. That is, until my father sets me up with the son of his new friend...
  • Saved by the Rancher by Jennifer Ryan

    Saved by the Rancher by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    From the moment rancher Jack Turner rescues Jenna Caldwell Merrick, he is determined to help her. Soon, he is doing more than tend her wounds; he is mending her heart. Jenna is a woman on the run—hunted down by her ex-husband, David Merrick, from the day she left him, taking part of his company with her, to the second she finds herself in the safety of Jack's ranch...
  • Calder Storm by Janet Dailey

    Calder Storm by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Janet Dailey journeys to the Lone Star state and the Cee Bar Ranch, where the Calders face a new threat to their land and way of life. In order to protect his family, Quint Echohawk is prepared to take a stand against a ruthless cattle baron who is more determined than anyone knows and more dangerous than the Calders could possibly imagine..
  • Always Dakota by Debbie Macomber

    Always Dakota by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Buffalo Valley, North Dakota. A few years ago, this was a dying town. Now it's come back to life! People are feeling good about living here again—the way they used to. They're feeling confident about the future. Stalled lives are moving forward. People like Margaret Clemens are taking risks on new ventures and on lifelong dreams. On happiness...
  • The Cajun Cowboy by Sandra Hill

    The Cajun Cowboy by Sandra Hill

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Talk about a bad hair day! Louisiana beauty salon owner Charmaine LeDeux has a loan shark on her tail, and Raoul Lanier, the six-foot-three hunk of testosterone she thought she divorced, has just delivered a bombshell: They're still married! At least the rundown ranch they've inherited together is the perfect hideout...
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