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  • The Lost Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann

    The Lost Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 65 ratings
    It’s been five years since I’ve seen him. An unexpected event takes me back to the place where it all began. But I’m no longer the naive young woman he once knew. And he’s no longer the man who took nearly everything from me...
  • Play It Safe by Kristen Ashley

    Play It Safe by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 81 ratings
    No connections. Play it safe. These were the rules Ivey lived her life by. Until she hit Mustang, Colorado, a perfectly imperfect town where the citizens were welcoming and one of them included the tall, beautiful, macho man rancher cowboy, Grayson Cody. On the run for a decade, Ivey knew she was supposed to play it safe. But she was tired of being on the run. She wanted a normal...
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  • Just a Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman

    Just a Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can these life-long enemies set aside their differences for the sake of a little girl and her horse?Cormac Henderson is shocked when he discovered his friend from college has willed him half-interest in a high-dollar roping horse...and his daughter. But then he finds out that the woman who has hated him since high school is the person he's supposed to be sharing custody of both with...
  • Austin by Linda Lael Miller

    Austin by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestseller Linda Lael Miller brings you the next installment in her unforgettable McKettricks of Texas series. The three McKettrick brothers meet their matches in the three Remington sisters, and now it's Austin's turn…  World champion rodeo star Austin McKettrick finally got bested by an angry bull...
  • Cowboy Walking Away by Jessie Gussman

    Cowboy Walking Away by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy the newest series from USA Today best-selling author, Jessie Gussman - Coming Home to North Dakota.Jessie writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction...
  • A Rancher's Vow by Vivian Arend

    A Rancher's Vow by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dustin's story...
  • 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...
  • Arrogant Devil by R.S. Grey

    Arrogant Devil by R.S. Grey

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Everyone in Cedar Creek, Texas, knows Jack McNight is an arrogant devil. Physically, I get it: he’s tan and fit, with coal-black hair that’s clearly been scorched by hellfire. Oh, and his personality? It burns just as hot.When I show up on the doorstep of Blue Stone Ranch, I’m run-down and rockin’ my last pair of underwear. I’m hoping for a savior, but instead, I find him...
  • Tyler by Linda Lael Miller

    Tyler by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    This Creed brother will go from rodeo star to family man in this beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller!Whether winning championship belt buckles or dealing with Hollywood types, former rodeo star Tyler Creed can handle anything. Except being in the same place as his estranged brothers. Yet here they are, all three of them, back in Stillwater Springs...
  • A SEAL's Struggle by Cora Seton

    A SEAL's Struggle by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    She broke his heart. Now she’s back. When Win Lisle walked out on him five months ago, Angus McBride hardened his heart and committed to marrying a stranger to save Base Camp, the sustainable community he came to Montana to build. Now there’s just over a month until his wedding, he knows he can never love his backup bride, Leslie, and Win has come back—pregnant with his baby...
  • 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...
  • Joshua Healy by Jennifer Foor

    Joshua Healy by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.28 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...
  • Wild Love by Leslie North

    Wild Love by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The heart wants what the heart wants…Web designer Zoe Wilson has two good reasons to avoid Cafferty ranch. First, she’s scared of horses. And second, she absolutely does not want to bump into her first love, Jake Cafferty. Too bad her best friend just happens to be Jake’s sister.When she asks Zoe to update the ranch’s outdated website, Zoe agrees—happy to lose herself in the digital world...
  • Wrangling Love by Leslie North

    Wrangling Love by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the humiliation of getting fired from her job in the city, Fiona Cafferty finds herself back home on the family ranch. Like it or not, she’ll be stuck working there until she can find another job. But she wasn't prepared to work beside her old high school nemesis, Eli Carter.Eli sure had changed over the years. For one thing, he’s grown up to become a smoking hot cowboy...
  • The Cowboy's Second Chance Family: Clean as a Whistle Contemporary Western Romance by Shirleen Davies

    The Cowboy's Second Chance Family: Clean as a Whistle Contemporary Western Romance by Shirleen Davies

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This cowboy will do everything possible to get his family back.He never expected to uncover the treachery which tore his marriage apart.Trace Griffin loved his life as a rodeo competitor. Leaving it behind to recover his family hadn’t been a difficult choice. Blindsided years earlier when his wife wrongly accused him of cheating, he found a new focus...
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  • Whiskey Ryder's Second Chance by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Whiskey Ryder's Second Chance by Rhonda Lee Carver

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A single father is looking for a nanny, but what he gets is an old flame.Whiskey Ryder spends most of his time on the back of a horse on a mountain. Whether it’s on a search and rescue mission, or on the Ryde Hard Ranch working the land with his brothers. He’s all about being a cowboy…and a single father of a preteen who woke up one morning hating him...
  • Seaside Cowboy's Second Chance by Alexa Verde

    Seaside Cowboy's Second Chance by Alexa Verde

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman with broken dreams and promises. A cowboy with a broken—by her—heart. A stray dog with a possibly broken paw. And everyone with a dangerous secret. Even the dog. When free-spirited Skylar Rafferty left her beachside hometown, she promised her high school sweetheart she’d return soon and marry him...
  • Cowboy's Sassy Roommate by J.P. Comeau

    Cowboy's Sassy Roommate by J.P. Comeau

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This cowboy has me going back in time. Back to when we were high school sweethearts. Will and I ran into each other when he was surrounded by a herd of hot cowgirls. I shouldn’t even be surprised. He’s rich, the biggest playboy ever, and the guy I should never trust again. I made the mistake of giving him my heart once. But something makes me want to stare into his eyes again...
  • Cowboys & Wedding Woes: Western Romance by Natalie Dean

    Cowboys & Wedding Woes: Western Romance by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s from the rival ranch next door. He’s trying to save his family legacy. Will his secret ruin their chance at happiness?Adeline Callahan is hardworking, beautiful, speaks her mind, and desperately needs a husband. None of her sisters can even date until there’s a ring on her finger. But the local boys are scared of her headstrong nature and her tough, ranch-owning father...
  • All She Ever Dreamed by Robin Lee Hatcher

    All She Ever Dreamed by Robin Lee Hatcher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dream sometimes comes at great cost.Betrothed in a sensible match, even if the man isn’t the love she’s always imagined, Sarah McNeal relies on the advice her late grandmother gave as well as her own common sense. Dreams of a mysterious European count who rides in and sweeps her off her feet are the stuff of girlhood. And she’s a woman now...
  • Truly, Madly, Deeply by Erika Kelly

    Truly, Madly, Deeply by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What's the worst thing that can happen to a single dad trying to avoid temptation? Crossing paths with the sexy runaway bride who's looking to get as far away from her ex as possible.When runaway bride Grace Giordano needs somewhere to regroup, groomsman Jaime Dupree offers her a guest house on his ranch. It’s no skin off his nose—she’s only in town a few days...
  • It's Your Love by Rachel D. Russell

    It's Your Love by Rachel D. Russell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Grayson Fox is asked to return home to Deep Haven and run the wrangler activities for the local camp, the last thing he expects is to run into the one woman he never wanted to see again. Worse…she’s his boss. But Grayson has big hopes for a life back in Oregon, and he must keep the promise to the camp in order to keep his dreams alive...
  • Country Nights by Winter Renshaw

    Country Nights by Winter Renshaw

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Sixty country days and nights—that’s all I wanted. I needed to get away from the city, away from the hot mess that had become my life. When I stumbled upon my childhood home on RentBnB.com, I took it as a sign, cleaned out my life savings, and hightailed it to the only place that ever meant something to me, a place I hadn’t seen since a lifetime ago...
  • His to Take by Tory Baker

    His to Take by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a man who knows what he wants and what I want is Birdie. It hurt like hell to watch her leave our small town to set off and chase her college dreams. I let her go once, I’m not letting it happen again.Now she’s home for good, and I’ll stop at nothing to keep her with me, always. Even if that means tying her to me in every way possible...
  • Lost in the Wild by Cassie Mint

    Lost in the Wild by Cassie Mint

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    I came out here to interview a cryptid.Now he’s carrying me off to his cave.The Wild Man of Starlight Ridge is a local legend. A man who wanders the mountains barefoot and bare-chested, with a shaggy beard and long, unkempt hair.I’ve been sent out here to interview him, but when we finally meet… well, let’s just say he’s not my biggest fan...
  • Broken In by B.A. Tortuga

    Broken In by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Greyson Hayden wants to prove to his ex that he's made it. He's a successful stock contractor with a couple of million dollar bulls, a ranch owner with more acres than he can count, and he stopped drinking when Kyler kicked him out. He's had a lot to prove, but now he's back in town to show Kyler that he has. And maybe rub it in...
  • Straight Fire by Abbi Glines

    Straight Fire by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    Twisted, unhinged, insane—all words used to describe Gage Presley by those closest to him. A pretty boy with a face that misleads you. He’s one of the deadliest members of The Family. Five years ago, his possessiveness and insane jealousy over a girl unleashed his crazy and in the wake of his retaliation he was given the prison or the United States Marines...
  • A Christmas Bride for the Cowboy by Mia Brody

    A Christmas Bride for the Cowboy by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Grumpy cowboy seeks Mrs. Claus. Must love tattoos, beards, and sitting on Santa’s lap.WestI’ve been helping out my folks at the Kringle Christmas Tree Ranch my whole life. I’m what my mama calls “not particularly sociable”. That’s a nice way of saying “he’s a grumpy cowboy”.When a health scare forces my dad to slow down, it’s up to me to step into the big red suit and jolly demeanor...
  • An Unfinished Memory by Marie Johnston

    An Unfinished Memory by Marie Johnston

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I never keep secrets from my best friend, but I’m not sure how to tell her I’m sneaking around with her brother…who’s also my ex-husband. I might be single, but I’m not ready to mingle. I should’ve stayed home from the street dance. My feet are barely surviving the two-step and my dance partners are looking for dates while I’m only interested in forgetting the man I was once married to...
  • Sullivan's Promise by Joan Johnston

    Sullivan's Promise by Joan Johnston

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two unforgiving lovers reunite for the sake of their child in this fiery contemporary romance from Joan Johnston, the New York Times bestselling author of Surrender...
  • With Every Breath by J.H. Croix

    With Every Breath by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A swoony, small town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!✔️ A nosy, matchmaking grandmother.✔️ Meet cute in birthday suit.✔️ A broody, smokin’ H-O-T hero.✔️ A brilliant, tomboy heroine.✔️ A three-legged sweet rescue dog.✔️ Plenty of small town shenanigans.AliceI didn’t mean for the whole wedding party to see me skinny dipping...
  • All It Takes by J.H. Croix

    All It Takes by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A swoony, firefighter romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!✔️ Nerdy guy turned smokin’ hot firefighter.✔️ A smart, sassy heroine.✔️ The boy who brings them together...
  • Lawless by Diana Palmer

    Lawless by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Five years ago, Judd Dunn, a hard-edged Texas Ranger, put Christabel Gaines's father behind bars where he belonged. But Judd's involvement in Crissy's life was far from over. With their jointly owned ranch on the verge of bankruptcy, Judd wed her in name only, promising to save their land and vowing to ignore the sexual tension between them...
  • Tate by Linda Lael Miller

    Tate by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    There are barely enough hours for divorced dad Tate McKettrick to run the Silver Spur ranch, do the suit-and-tie thing for his business and run herd on his beloved six-year-old twin daughters. But time stands still at the sight of Libby Remington. When they were high school sweethearts, the wealthy McKettrick couldn't convince Libby he loved her. But now they're both back in Blue River, Texas...
  • Mine to Take by Natasha Madison

    Mine to Take by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    When two worlds crossover. From the This Is Series and The Southern Series. Things are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day. Aren't they? Sofia Barnes I’ve always loved to play dress-up.Creating fake weddings was my childhood pastime.Now it is my dream come true.I’ve finally been handed my first client.But nothing could prepare me for who greeted me when I walked in...
  • Vows by LaVyrle Spencer

    Vows by LaVyrle Spencer

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents a beautiful and moving story filled with people who will live in your heart forever. A captivating woman with blue eyes and big dreams, Emily was engaged to a man whose touch left her aching for something more...
  • 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...
  • Second Chance Cowboy by B.A. Tortuga

    Second Chance Cowboy by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Liam McMartin calls Cowboy Wanted, he just wants to hire a cowboy to take him to an event. Objective? To make his ex-husband Sawyer Canton insanely jealous. He and Sawyer just couldn't make things work, but they see each other all the time to exchange their two daughters, and Liam wants Sawyer to believe he's doing better with this whole divorce thing than he really is...
  • 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...
  • Rough Edges by Kimberly Krey

    Rough Edges by Kimberly Krey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Divorced mother, Allie Emerson, never imagined she’d be raising two teenage girls on her own. Between parenting and paying the bills, she hasn’t even thought about meeting a man. That changes once she hears local carpenter, Braden Fox, is in need of a secretary...
  • The Rancher's Wedding by Diana Palmer

    The Rancher's Wedding by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer comes a sexy opposites attract tale of unbridled love, set against a breathtaking Colorado landscape made for happily ever after—if things don’t get too complicated . . .  When a rugged Colorado rancher who’s in the red meets up with a screenwriter-turned-waitress dogged by scandal, they put their talents—and their hearts—together...
  • Mending Hearts by Kimberly Krey

    Mending Hearts by Kimberly Krey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Logan's StoryCandice is through with married life and all it entailed:infertility, an adoption gone wrong, and the death ofher husband’s twin brother. Now that they’ve beenseparated for nearly a year, Candice is finally readyto set Logan free. But when he steps back into her life,Candice begins to have second thoughts...
  • Second Go-Round: 7 by Andrew Grey

    Second Go-Round: 7 by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Former world champion bronco rider Dustin and rancher Marshall have been life partners for more than twenty years, and time has taken its toll. Their sex life is as dusty as the rodeo ring. Somehow their marriage hasn’t turned out how they planned...
  • 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...
  • Loving Justice: El Camino Real by Sable Hunter

    Loving Justice: El Camino Real by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Justice King and Charlee Parker are best friends…or they were until the day her feelings changed and she fell madly, hopelessly in love with him. He didn’t feel the same way. And who could blame him? Justice King was perfect. He could have any woman he wanted. And she was just Charlee – a flat-chested tomboy with her heart in her eyes. But some things are just meant to be...
  • Winning the Virgin: A Western Billionaire Cowboy Romance by Bella Love-Wins, Joanna Blake

    Winning the Virgin: A Western Billionaire Cowboy Romance by Bella Love-Wins, Joanna Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I wanted the sassy little lady the second I first saw her. Caleb I had all the success that a self-made man like me could want. But something was still missing. Ready for a break, I returned to my hometown to find myself. And found her. Riley-Ann. The sassy, curvy bartender-slash-waitress at the local watering hole, with a body made just for me...
  • The Heartbreaker of Echo Pass by Maisey Yates

    The Heartbreaker of Echo Pass by Maisey Yates

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can Gold Valley’s wallflower heal a damaged cowboy’s broken heart? Find out in this enthralling romance by New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates.Shy Iris Daniels is on a mission to shake up her life. She’s sick of being underestimated, and she’s got a new business plan to prove it. The one thing she didn’t factor in is her new landlord, Griffin Chance...
  • The Rival by Maisey Yates

    The Rival by Maisey Yates

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    This rugged cowboy has always been content going it alone…until he finally meets his match!Cowboy Levi Granger is his own man. He’s proud of his ranch, and he’s proud of the siblings he brought up after the devastating loss of their parents. The only thing he’s not proud of is the way the Sullivan family took advantage of him when he was struggling the most...
  • 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...
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