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  • 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...
  • Texas Homecoming by Maggie Shayne

    Texas Homecoming by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A HEART YEARNS. Luke Brand wishes for what he’s never had–family. Aside from an overprotective mother who died young, he’s never had that–until he drives his rig into Quinn, Texas to meet the family he’s never known. His cousins welcome him with open arms...
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  • Some Cowgirls are Worth Protecting by Natalie Dean

    Some Cowgirls are Worth Protecting by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hello readers! The next Keagans of Copper Creek story is about Hudson Keagan falling in love with one of the newcomers to town. If you’ve already read Keagans of Copper Creek Book Five, you likely have an idea who it is. Stayed tuned… it won’t be long before the rest of the description is ready...
  • The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SOMETIMES SMALL TOWNS HAVE SECRETS. Masterson, Wyoming is no exception. When the Masterson brothers meet the redheaded Tyler sisters, anything can happen. But can the brothers stop the threats coming for them all? In Seeking the Sheriff, Sheriff Joel Masterson shows up on Phoebe Tyler's doorstep with her drunken younger brother in tow. Joel takes one look at Phoebe and falls hard and fast...
  • The Lone Cowboy by Maggie Shayne

    The Lone Cowboy by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Originally Titled: That Mysterious Texas Brand Man and Texas Guardian. Marcus doesn’t celebrate Christmas anymore. Not since the holiday massacre of his entire family left him an orphaned child, traumatized and alone...
  • Justice Inked by Olivia Jaymes

    Justice Inked by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sheriff Dare Turner is known for his ever-present scowl and general bad mood. Between a teenage sister who thinks she’s all grown up and a killer on the loose he doesn’t have much to smile about these days. He simply doesn’t have time for fun and games. Rayne Dunn is half free spirit and half workaholic...
  • Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Born 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. Her mother slept her way through the men in town and everyone thinks Misty has followed in her mother’s footsteps...
  • High Ground by Freya Barker

    High Ground by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not much has gone according to plan for mechanic, Pippa Freling, recently. With lots of bridges burned behind her, she decides to stick close to her sister and give Montana a try. Things are looking up when she joins a local group of animal activists, buys an auto shop for a steal, and even tries her luck with the opposite sex...
  • Her Brand of Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Her Brand of Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Exploring her hidden past. May rob her of her future. Ansley Brookshire’s search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. This is where she meets Buck Crawford. Determined to help, the gorgeous rancher introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations...
  • Prospector's Peak by Emma Slate

    Prospector's Peak by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From. Wall Street Journal. and. USA Today. bestselling author Emma Slate comes the third book in the Saddles & Spurs Series. She’s a virgin who just blew up her entire life. He’s an ex-con cowboy biker who swore he’d never fall in love… until her. **Poet’s Story**.
  • Finding Dandi by Sable Hunter

    Finding Dandi by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    LOVE IS PATIENT. LOVE IS KIND. Lucas thinks he has his life mapped out until fate throws a curvy little dancer in his lap. Soon he finds that it will take more than success or status to make him happy – it will take Dandi. LOVE IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. Dandi can’t change her past, but she can keep from hurting Lucas...
  • The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton

    The Cowboy Rescues a Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ned Matheson is sharing a house with the woman he loves, but he can’t kiss her, or even touch her. In fact, she can barely look him in the face. He knows he needs to be patient; Fila Sahar has been to hell and back as a captive of the Taliban for over a decade. Now she’s safely back on American soil, but her fears hem her in so tightly, she might as well be a prisoner again...
  • High Stakes by Freya Barker

    High Stakes by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When her sister, Pippa, goes missing, Nella Freling tells her boss she’s taking time off from her job as a research librarian, hops in her sensible van, and heads south of the border to Montana. However, local police don’t seem too concerned about a missing woman living in her motorhome...
  • Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This case may prove to be too hot to handle. There's silver out there: Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on that big piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it. The man with the skills she needs is private investigator Alex Justice—a former navy fighter pilot and a current pain in the neck...
  • Against the Sun by Kat Martin

    Against the Sun by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From. New York Times. bestselling author Kat Martin comes another thrilling story in The Raines of Wind Canyon series. It’s not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell’s job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake’s not on her payroll...
  • Instantly Her Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Instantly Her Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A cowboy deputy who feels called into the ministry in a small Texas town, a woman on the run, and their chance encounter that sparks a lot more than either of them bargained for…. Officer Jeremy Morgan's life takes an interesting turn when a new waitress at his favorite diner slides into his booth and begs him to make it look like they're together — that her safety may depend on it...
  • Cowboy Bikers MC #12 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Cowboy Bikers MC #12 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way. Nick - I’m the sheriff of this town as well as a member of an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses...
  • Trouble With the Law by Becky McGraw

    Trouble With the Law by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Criminal defense attorney Veronica Winters always wondered what it would be like with sexy former detective Trace Rooks. Even though he’s an ex-convict now, because of her, she still wonders. Ronnie has always felt damned guilty for recommending a plea deal that sent an innocent man to jail...
  • 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…. Morgan...
  • Naughty List Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Naughty List Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Dear Santa,. I’ve been nice, and what I’d like more than anything… is a cowboy from your naughty list. One that loves his ranch and family too. He’s protective of the ones he loves and honest to a fault. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks; he just does what he thinks is right. One that cusses a little too much. He’s grumpy and set in his ways...
  • Silver Tongued Devil by Lorelei James, Lori G. Armstrong

    Silver Tongued Devil by Lorelei James, Lori G. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Historical romance set in the Wild West from NY Times Bestselling author Lorelei James. Hot cowboy twins, a not-so-prim schoolteacher, and a madam with a heart of gold…the West doesn’t get much wilder than this. Wyoming – 1897 . Silas McKay earns his reputation as a brawling card sharp who’s short on cash but long on charm...
  • Her Lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan

    Her Lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 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 . .
  • Against the Night by Kat Martin

    Against the Night by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    He knows what goes on in the dark. She's got the face of an angel and the body of… well, isn't that what he'd expect from an exotic dancer? But there's something about this girl that Johnnie Riggs can't shake. The former army ranger is hot on the trail of an elusive drug lord, and suddenly very hot under the collar, as well...
  • Hero for the Holidays by Maisey Yates

    Hero for the Holidays by Maisey Yates

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    This Christmas, could the cowboy from her past unlock the key to her future? When Landry King shows up at Four Corners Ranch with Lila, the teenage daughter no one ever knew he had, it sets the gossip mill churning. Landry’s daughter has lost her adoptive parents and is in desperate need of a new family...
  • Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated continuation of the Cardwell Ranch Collection, read by more than 2 MILLION! Jackson Cardwell won't stop until she is safe. In Montana for his brother's nuptials, Jackson Cardwell isn't looking to be anybody's hero. But the Texas single father knows a beautiful lady in distress when he meets her. Someone's hell-bent on making Allie Taylor think she's losing her mind...
  • Royal Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Royal Trouble by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leigh Ann Baker, former Miss Texas, knows she is more than a beauty queen. She knows she has more value than a trophy wife for one of the rich old men her mother had been trying to marry her off to for the last four years. She just needs to figure out what that is...
  • Wild Bride by Jill Sanders

    Wild Bride by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Spoiled rich girl Savannah has always had a lust for sexy men, a wild appetite for partying, and a blatant disregard for others. When she finds herself pregnant and alone after burning all her bridges, it looks like she'll be getting a taste of her own medicine. Stubborn and set in her ways, she pushes away the only person who really cares...
  • Since Day One by R.L. Atkinson

    Since Day One by R.L. Atkinson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Past lies. Current lust. Forever. .. love? It's been ten years since Willow Summers moved away from all she knew, and it seems it still wasn't enough time apart. Returning to Wyoming for a family reunion was her grandpa's dying wish, but the hostility and heartache she finds certainly weren't. Feeling completely alone, an unexpected cowboy with his own mysterious history rides into her life...
  • 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...
  • Sticky-Sweet Christmas by Khloe Summers

    Sticky-Sweet Christmas by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Can this older mountain man find love with his best friends daughter? Dee. Usually, I'd laugh off a drunken night that ended with a psychic's advice. Tonight, I'm elbow deep in a carton of ice cream wondering if maybe she's right. Tall, dark, handsome, and covered in tattoos. A rancher and a rodeo rider. There's only one guy I know that fits that bill and he's my father’s best friend...
  • Renegade by Diana Palmer

    Renegade by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Newly appointed police chief Cash Grier makes it his personal mission to keep law and order in the streets of Jacobsville. As a true renegade, Cash has learned never to take anything at face value—especially not his gorgeous sworn enemy, "Georgia Firefly" Tippy Moore...
  • Renegade by Diana Palmer

    Renegade by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Newly appointed police chief Cash Grier makes it his personal mission to keep law and order in the streets of Jacobsville. As a true renegade, Cash has learned never to take anything at face value—especially not his gorgeous sworn enemy, "Georgia Firefly" Tippy Moore...
  • Roped by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Roped by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    It 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...
  • Chance McCall by Sharon Sala

    Chance McCall by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Love and ShadowsRugged and strong, Chance McCall was an awakening, a mystery, a dream -- and Jennifer Ann Tyler loved him from the moment he hired on at the Triple T Ranch. Through the passing years he has always kept his distance, afraid that his checkered history and uncertain future destroyed any chance for happiness with the boss’s beautiful daughter...
  • Testing Limits by Emma Creed

    Testing Limits by Emma Creed

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Join these dark, dirty, and corrupt cowboys on the Carson’s ranch. Where boundaries are pushed, laws are broken and limits get tested…. Life on the Carson Ranch is never boring. We have secrets to unearth and scores to settle. What I’m about to do is gonna cause us a whole heap of fresh trouble. The Masons are my family's biggest rivals. They play dirty and don’t like to lose...
  • When It's Right by Jennifer Ryan

    When It's Right by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Everything's bigger in Big Sky country, including the hearts of the Montana Men. Wide open sky, rolling green hills . . . Gillian Tucker could get used to life in the country—one far from the violence she left behind in San Francisco. Warily accepting an invitation to the Montana ranch that belongs to her grandfather, a man she's never met, Gillian hopes this is the haven she seeks...
  • Suspicions by Cynthia Eden

    Suspicions by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyone’s a suspect in the beloved third book in. New York Times. bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s The Battling McGuire Boys series, which was originally published by Harlequin Intrigue in 2015. Mark Montgomery will never forget the night Ava McGuire galloped onto his ranch terrified out of her mind. Once he’d saved his best friend’s sister from harm, the hardest part was letting her go...
  • Spurred by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Spurred by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Forget Prince Charming. I want my hero in plaid. I’ve always loved Beauty and the Beast. Maybe that’s why I’m so drawn to my new boss, Remington. He has the scars left over from a bad rodeo accident and the same bear with a thorn in his paw attitude. As I clean his home and help him out around the house, my attraction for him only grows...
  • Hot for You by Cheyenne McCray

    Hot for You by Cheyenne McCray

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Having just arrived in Prescott, Arizona to housesit for one of her best friends, Carilyn Thompson would never have believed that a chance stop at a cafe would change her life forever. Catching the attention of the sexiest firefighter she'd ever seen wasn't too difficult when he's the one trying to save everything she owns from going up in flames when her car mysteriously catches on fire...
  • Colt's Choice by Patrice Michelle

    Colt's Choice by Patrice Michelle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    COLT'S CHOICE is novel length and is the third book in the Bad in Boots series. Elise has never really felt settled, be it in relationships or her career. Regardless of her nomadic ways, one constant has always held true--her love for horses and being outdoors. When she inherits half-ownership to a rodeo ranch, she realizes her path in life has finally been laid...
  • Cowgirl Crazy by Becky McGraw

    Cowgirl Crazy by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cowboys are a different breed. .. They work hard, play hard and love harder. It's all about the ride, until the right woman. makes them fall. Twyla Taylor is one frustrated cowgirl. She's not winning at barrel racing or in love. She's spent ten years nursing a crush on her brother's best friend, Ryan Easter, who thinks of her as no more than his little sister...
  • Mercy by B.J. Daniels

    Mercy by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The hunt for a killer leads to a battle between justice and desire…. For U. S. marshal Rourke Kincaid, there's the law…and then there's his law. When the two don't agree, he always trusts his instincts. A killing spree has gripped the Northwest, showing a strange connection that only he sees, and now the old rules of justice no longer apply...
  • Glitter and Grit by Lili Valente, Jessie Evans

    Glitter and Grit by Lili Valente, Jessie Evans

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy small town romance from NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Jessie Evans. This ride is going to last a lot longer than eight seconds…. Female professional bull rider, Reece Hearst, graduated from the school of hard knocks. With honors. Because life is like bull riding—when it sends you to the dirt, you do whatever it takes to get on your feet, even if you have to crawl...
  • Chaps and Chance by Lili Valente, Jessie Evans

    Chaps and Chance by Lili Valente, Jessie Evans

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A steamy, suspenseful romance from NY Times bestselling author Jessie Evans. How far will they go for a second chance. .. Years ago, Layla Parker’s romantic dreams came true. She married her high school sweetheart and settled into a house on his family’s ranch to live happily ever after...
  • Lucky Shot by B.J. Daniels

    Lucky Shot by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's determined to uncover the truth behind a decades-old disappearance—even if it kills him. .. When hotshot reporter Max Malone gets a rare shot of Buckmaster Hamilton with a blonde woman near Beartooth, Montana, he chases down one of the senator's daughters to verify that the woman is his supposedly long-dead first wife...
  • Bucked by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Bucked by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I have a secret. I’m Kentucky Derby royalty and I am absolutely terrified of horses. It started after I was bucked off as a teen. I was injured and when I left the hospital and went back home to my dad’s ranch, I refused to go anywhere near the barns or animals. Now that his health is deteriorating though, I know that it’s time for me to face my fears so that I can take over for him...
  • Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter

    Welcome To My World by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Continue the Hell Yeah! Series with book 14. The first time Bowie Travis Malone laid eyes on Cassie Cartwright, she knocked him for a loop. He was as drawn to her side as a moth to a flame. A green eyed angel with golden hair, she made his heart hammer in his chest and his body ache to hold her close...
  • Night Hawk by Lindsay McKenna

    Night Hawk by Lindsay McKenna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a ranch in Wyoming…. After losing his comrade, Sergeant Gil Hanford thought a visit to the man's widow would be the decent way to honor his late friend. But Gil found more than comfort in Kai Tiernan—he had always secretly desired beautiful Kai, but a sudden, mutual passion helped assuage their grief… until duty reared its head, removing him from her arms, seemingly forever...
  • Long, Tall Texans: Boone by Diana Palmer

    Long, Tall Texans: Boone by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Diana Palmer delivers a classic tale of cowboy love with Long, Tall Texans: Boone (originally published Heart of Stone in 2008). Rancher Boone Sinclair is the ultimate Long, Tall Texan—reticent, noble and blessed with a Texas-size stubbornness. He’s always been beguiled by the lovely Keely Welsh, but he’s kept his distance to protect her innocence...
  • Outsider by Diana Palmer

    Outsider by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Former black ops CIA operative Colby Lane, now retired from his wild years as a mercenary, has found his new calling as assistant chief of security for the mammoth Ritter Oil Corporation. But the past is never far behind...
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