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  • Rough Country by Lauren Landish

    Rough Country by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  humor  western  contemporary  cowboys  m-f  audiobook
  • 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...
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  • 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...
  • Shelter by Jay Crownover

    Shelter by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    His life is chaos and confusion. It’s a storm of uncertainty and raging emotion. Sutton Warner is a mess. Everything in his life feels like it’s unraveling. He’s let a lot of people down lately, including his daughter. Sutton always promised his little girl he would never disappoint her and that he would always be there when she needed him. Until he wasn’t...
  • Retreat by Jay Crownover

    Retreat by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Every once in a while, you need to get away from it all. I was a woman on the edge, shaken and shattered after a breakup that felt like it tore my entire world apart. My best friend, sick of watching me drown in misery and melancholy, harassed me until I agreed to go with her on a week-long wilderness retreat. She promised days spent bonding and getting in touch with our inner bad-asses...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Just in Time for Christmas by Carolyn Brown

    Just in Time for Christmas by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 25 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's Southern twang and inimitable sass shine through in this romantic second-chance story.Footloose Liz Hanson has finally come home to Ringgold, Texas with a hankering to settle down. All she wants for Christmas is a house of her own-and the man of her dreams. The house was easy...
  • 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...
  • 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
  • Mountain Man's Valentine: A Small Town Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Man's Valentine: A Small Town Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • Full Circle by Laramie Briscoe

    Full Circle by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    First comes loveThen comes marriageNow? The baby carriageGarrett and Hannah Thompson have a lot going on. They have a baby on the way, Garrett’s on tour, and Hannah’s enjoying being a wife and a soon-to-be mother.But with them nothing is ever easy. Paparazzi still want the inside scoop, Jared and Shell still have issues, and there’s her pesky record company that they have to deal with...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Royal Atlas by H.J. Bellus

    Royal Atlas by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Love struck me at the early age of five. The boy turned into a man, and I fell even deeper. Guy Webb had no idea my fragile heart belonged to him for so many years. He was too busy being my brother’s best friend and a star on the football field. He was my daydream, and consumed every single thought, but he was always one step from my reach. Beartooth Ranch was our home...
  • Uncontrollable by C.A. Harms

    Uncontrollable by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Avery Nolan’s father has never been a part of her life. As a result, she finds herself becoming a caretaker. Always trying to please other people, willing to tuck her own concerns aside for the happiness of others. She is selfless. She is a nurturer. On the outside, it appears Kade Thomas has it all, but no one can understand the guilt and ache he feels daily...
  • 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...
  • Talk to the Heart by Rachael Johns

    Talk to the Heart by Rachael Johns

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How hard can it be to resist temptation?Adeline Walsh never thought she would give up her worldly possessions - her iPhone, her make-up and even her successful life as a dog breeder - to join a convent on the other side of the country. But after the discovery of a shocking family secret she feels called to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience...
  • Falling by Willow Aster

    Falling by Willow Aster

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    When Little Miss Sunshine and a Hot, Grumpy Rancher are forced to live together, what could possibly go wrong?To the small town of Landmark Mountain, Callum Landmark is a man of few words and considered to be the family grump. Uninvited and unexpected, I crash into his world like a wrecking ball and disrupt the delicate balance of his carefully constructed existence...
  • Honor Unraveled by Elaine Levine

    Honor Unraveled by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Love Isn’t a Battle… Kit Bolanger, ex-spec ops soldier, has followed the trail of an international drug lord back to his childhood town, the one place he swore never return to. He and his team of terrorist hunters are the only thing standing between the town’s residents and the evil threatening them. It doesn’t help to know that she’s here—the woman who betrayed his trust and shredded his heart...
  • 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...
  • Lone Star Best Friend by Kat Baxter

    Lone Star Best Friend by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    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...
  • Love's Promise by Melissa Storm

    Love's Promise by Melissa Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She's trying to learn to love herself... He already thinks she's perfect. Kristina Rose Maher wants to know why fairytales never happen for fat girls. When the doctor tells her she needs weight loss surgery to treat her diabetes, she sees this as her new chance to embrace life to the fullest and maybe even find a happily ever after all her own...
  • Never Too Late by Alexis Winter

    Never Too Late by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Five steamy stories. Five damaged men. Five swoon-worthy second chances...
  • 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
  • Country Born by Linda Lael Miller

    Country Born by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author, on Country Strong Don’t miss Country Born, the third book in Linda Lael Miller’s Painted Pony Creek series about three best buddies whose strength, honor and independence exemplify the Montana land they love. J.P. McCall has known Sara Worth his entire life. She’s his best buddy’s sister...
  • 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...
  • Her Lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan

    Her Lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Everything's bigger in Big Sky country, including the hearts of the Montana Men... Champion rodeo rider Dane Bowden is eight seconds from winning under the Vegas lights, one last hurrah before reluctantly returning to his family's Montana ranch. But his bull has other plans. When Dane wakes up, he's sure he's died and gone to heaven . .
  • Buckhorn Beginnings by Lori Foster

    Buckhorn Beginnings by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Sawyer The only doctor in Buckhorn County, Kentucky, Sawyer Hudson knows a thing or two about saving lives. But when he rescues the beautiful Honey Malone from a car wreck and nurses her to health at his home, he finds himself dreading the day she's well enough to leave. Because now that he's met the woman of his dreams, he's not about to let her go…...
  • Tillie's Little Thanksgiving by R.J. Gray

    Tillie's Little Thanksgiving by R.J. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On the run after a late-night rescue mission takes a terrible, violent turn, Tillie finds herself in the last place she’d ever expected - Rawhide Ranch, the exclusive BDSM resort where her best friend lives. Even more surprising for Tillie is the way Trey, head of security for the ranch, immediately takes her under his wing. And over his knee...
  • Noah's Journey by C.A. Harms

    Noah's Journey by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The years that were taken can never be repaid. The memories stolen can never be returned. But I had to move forward…for him, my son. Noah had spent years wondering what he could have done differently. Wondering what he’d done wrong to make Stacey leave. The heartache from her absence and the what-ifs of their past eventually turned to anger—and then disgust...
  • One Last Summer by Piper Rayne

    One Last Summer by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    He’s my first love. My high school sweetheart. And he’s leaving tomorrow for a bigger and better life. I’ve loved Ben almost my entire life, and we have one night left before he heads miles away to college on a football scholarship. I’m bound and determined to make sure this day goes perfectly so he remembers me as the girl he loves. But I can’t help worrying that I’ll end up as the girl he loved...
  • Fragile Hearts by Amber Kelly

    Fragile Hearts by Amber Kelly

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Who says you can’t have the best of both worlds? I had my life and career all planned out. That was until I was betrayed by someone I trusted and my perfect opportunity was stolen from underneath my nose.So here I am, back on Stoneyridge Ranch in Poplar Falls licking my wounds. I love being home with my family and friends, but I am determined to move past my anger and build my career...
  • Cammie by Jennifer Foor

    Cammie by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve always done the right thing. People expect nothing less from me. Then came medical school, deadlines, and the pressure of being the best. I became overwhelmed, seeking out alternative ways to stay on top, like extracurricular activities with my mentor. After a while my life was spinning out of control...
  • Hayleigh's Little Halloween by Stella Moore

    Hayleigh's Little Halloween by Stella Moore

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    His kitchen. His rules. Her perfect Daddy. A near-disastrous prank puts Hayleigh in Chef Connor's crosshairs - and on the receiving end of his paddle. With her bottom still burning from his discipline, the last thing she expects is an invitation to dinner. And she certainly doesn't expect to find such pleasure not just in being Connor's little girl, but his naughty little kitten as well...
  • Taming the Mountain Man by Mila Crawford, Aria Cole

    Taming the Mountain Man by Mila Crawford, Aria Cole

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Elliot Shephard has made the term “reclusive mountain man” into an art form. His job as sheriff of Thickwood is vital to his desire for law and order. Life growing up was no fairytale, but it shaped him into the man he is today. He didn’t think he needed anyone, completely content living in the fringes of the mountain town with just his trusted dog for company...
  • Cowboy's Baby: A Secret Baby Ranch Western Cowboy Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Cowboy's Baby: A Secret Baby Ranch Western Cowboy Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The beauty needs me to heal her wounds.To help her remember her lost memories.But when she discovers this cowboy's broken heart...It's clear I'm the one that needs saving. For the first time in a long time,I feel an uncontrollable attraction.And I can't ignore it...No matter how hard I try.I need to make her mine.But, a secret from her past could change everything...
  • Protected for Christmas by Khloe Summers

    Protected for Christmas by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can this older mountain man find love with his brothers ex?Can this older mountain man find love with a woman he's stalking?WarrenA new year is on the horizon and there's one woman I can't get off my mind.She's sweet, curvy and she should be with me.Instead, she's with my asshole brother.I should walk away and mind my business,But the heart wants what it wants.And mine only beats for Tess...
  • Her Cowboy Daddies by K.C. Crowne

    Her Cowboy Daddies by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What’s every cowgirl’s dream?Two wild stallions that can’t get enough.How about a hot older boss - and his equally s*xy best friend?I got my dream job at a gorgeous Texas ranch.And I had to thank my lucky stars. Then I met my dream men...Travis: Exciting. Wild. And dangerous.Adam: Stoic. Patient. And tough.And, it seems their desire has no limits...
  • Dinner on Primrose Hill by Jodi Thomas

    Dinner on Primrose Hill by Jodi Thomas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The delightful and touching new novel from the bestselling author of dozens of treasured romances. Return to the picturesque Texas town of Honey Creek—a place where friendship and warm welcomes can be relied on, and love always finds a way… Benjamin Monroe is pretty sure how his life will play out...
  • Feels Like Home by Dakota Harrison

    Feels Like Home by Dakota Harrison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the last person she ever wants to see again…Zac Hartford swore he’d never return to sleepy Kurrajong Crossing, but after finally making it big in the music business there’s only one thing left on his mind—to ask for forgiveness from the only woman he’s ever loved. If that means stepping foot in the town that turned its back on him, so be it. He’s not there to cause trouble...
  • Hard to Love by Laramie Briscoe

    Hard to Love by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Guitarist Recovering Addict Man Of Few Emotions Jared Winston has spent much of his adult life in the public eye as the lead guitarist for the hugely popular rock band Black Friday. Presented with temptations from every side and dealing with the mess that was his childhood, he’s been known to indulge in excess. One such excess almost killed him when he overdosed on Halloween...
  • Entice by C.A. Harms

    Entice by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was the guy that drifted through life. I rolled with the punches, even when they knocked me on my ass. I'd get back up, dust myself off, and pretend life wasn't full of heartache and disappointment.  On the outside, I was nothing more than the fun-loving guy that made everyone laugh.But on the inside, there was more hate than I knew how to control...
  • The Cowboy and His Obsession: A Best Friends to Lovers Romance by Kaci Rose

    The Cowboy and His Obsession: A Best Friends to Lovers Romance by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    It’s time to convince her the only thing better than being my best friend, is being my wife.MeganWe met in high school when my best friend ditched me for a guy and his date ditched him. We had been best friends ever since. Then one weekend I'm on the ranch alone when one of the cows goes into labor and its having twins. When I see him in action helping me, everything changes...
  • The Cowboy and His Sweetheart by Kaci Rose

    The Cowboy and His Sweetheart by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    My parents don’t approve but my heart wants only him….EllaI’m at my friend’s wedding and it’s so much different than the weddings I’m used to. My parents love Sage and when she begged them to be at the wedding of course they agreed. Then a sexy as sin cowboy comes up and spends the night talking to me. We exchange numbers and after talking with him for a few weeks he has stolen my heart...
  • The Cowboy and His Secret: A Friends to Lovers Romance by Kaci Rose

    The Cowboy and His Secret: A Friends to Lovers Romance by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    I plan to make her mine by any means necessary...SarahI have a secret. I’ve been in love with the cowboy whose family has a lake house here in town since I was 16. His family and him come up to the lake house twice a year for a few weeks. When I started college, we started texting. Last year the weekly phone calls started and since I graduated, they have become every night...
  • Damaged Cowboy by Olivia Reign

    Damaged Cowboy by Olivia Reign

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Why do the best women always have the darkest secrets?I lost it all when I got out of the military—my career, my wife, and my mental health. But with a little hard work on the ranch, I was able to pick myself up, piece by piece, and provide others with the support that I never had. So, when my best friend asks me to help his sister…I can’t help but agree. I mean, this is what I do for a living...
  • Christmas with the Mountain Man by Abby Jensen

    Christmas with the Mountain Man by Abby Jensen

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Sparks fly when the town Sheriff and the meddling reporter are stuck together in a mountain log cabin.Tate is the ex-army, Deputy Sheriff in his small mountain town. He is keeping an eye on the LA reporter in town who is determined to cause trouble.Lacey is a tough, Christmas hating, orphan with a job to do.When these two come together they might get more than they wished for this Christmas...
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