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On Wings of Devotion by Roseanna M. White
All of England thinks Phillip Camden a monster--a man who deliberately caused the deaths of his squadron. But as nurse Arabelle Denler watches the so-dubbed "Black Heart" every day, she sees something far different: a hurting man desperate for mercy. And when their paths twist together and he declares himself her new protector, she realizes she has her own role to play in his healing... -
![Without Words by Ellen O'Connell]()
Without Words by Ellen O'Connell
Bounty hunter Bret Sterling kills Rufus Petty, thief and murderer, less than ten feet away from a frightened, half-starved woman. Rufus should have surrendered. The woman should have kin to help her. But Rufus went down shooting, and the woman has no one. Bret figures by the time he finds a safe place to leave Hassie Petty, he'll earn the five hundred dollar reward several times over... -
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![The Outlaw Noble Salt by Amy Harmon]()
The Outlaw Noble Salt by Amy Harmon
From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes a sweepingly romantic tale of risk, redemption, and what happens when America’s most famous outlaw falls in love.When infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy decides to go straight, he discovers that too many of the powerful men he crossed won’t let bygones be bygones. To have a chance at a new life, he’ll have to become someone else entirely... -
![Love and Marriage at Harpers by Rosie Clarke]()
Love and Marriage at Harpers by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLondon 1913The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street arehappy in their work and their lives are moving on at quite a pace.United by the suffragette cause and now living under oneroof, some will find love and marriage whilst others experience heartache andtears.Harpers is the bond that holds them together, bringingstrength through hardship and pain and friendship and love... -
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![The Homesteader's Sweetheart: Illustrated Edition by Lacy Williams]()
The Homesteader's Sweetheart: Illustrated Edition by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratings**Special illustrated edition**Homesteader Jonas White is a single father to a passel of orphaned boys--and the tiny girl whose birth changed his life and got him banished from the only home he'd ever known. Penny Castlerock is the daughter of a wealthy banker. Far out of Jonas's reach. And the only person in the small Wyoming town who knows his secret... -
![Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer]()
Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer
LOVE IN A STRANGER'S EYES... ELLY In town, they called her "Crazy Widow Dinsmore." But Elly was no stranger to their ridicule--she had been an outsider all her life, growing up in a boarded-up old house under the strict eye of her eccentric grandparents. Now she was all alone, with two little boys to raise, and a third child on the way... -
![Sarah Mayfield by J.S. Anthony]()
Sarah Mayfield by J.S. Anthony
An unexpected journey of the heart.The war is over and Sarah Mayfield has put the sorrows of her life in Virginia behind her. On the strength of three letters she has traveled by railroad, riverboat and stagecoach to meet her new life out west...Categorized as:
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![How West Was Won by Laylah Roberts]()
How West Was Won by Laylah Roberts
Theirs was a love story like no other. . . Or at least it was in Flick O’Malley’s mind. All she’d ever wanted was a man to love her. A family to adore her. Protect her. And she’d do the same in return. Oh, she knew West Malone wasn’t your typical Prince Charming. He was blunt. He was gruff. Sometimes, he was downright scary...Categorized as:
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![Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer]()
Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer
The Bandit and the Gentleman Both were wounded in the same train robbery in frontier Colorado and left on Abigail McKenzie's doorstep to nurse back to life. Gentle, loving David, promising her a happiness she'd lost hope of finding, was all a lady could wish for. Jesse stood for everything she hated: he was rude, violent, roughly handsome and disturbingly sensual... -
![To Win Her Heart by Karen Witemeyer]()
To Win Her Heart by Karen Witemeyer
Having completed his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed his youthful plans for fame and fortune, Levi Grant looks to start over in the town of Spencer, Texas. Spencer needs a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father's knee, and he needs a place where no one knows his past. But small towns leave little room for secrets.. -
![The School Mistress of Emerson Pass by Tess Thompson]()
The School Mistress of Emerson Pass by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHow easily can an open heart unlock the door to happily-ever-after? When Miss Quinn Cooper arrives in Emerson Pass, Colorado, her entire life is packed into one small suitcase. Her widowed mother and baby sister are depending upon her for their survival back home in Boston...Categorized as:
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![The School Mistress by Tess Thompson]()
The School Mistress by Tess Thompson
How easily can an open heart unlock the door to happily-ever-after? When Miss Quinn Cooper arrives in Emerson Pass, Colorado, her entire life is packed into one small suitcase. Her widowed mother and baby sister are depending upon her for their survival back home in Boston...Categorized as:
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![Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr]()
Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
For the second time in a year a woman arrives in the small town of Virgin River trying to escape the past. John “Preacher” Middleton is about to close the bar when a young woman and her three-year-old son come in out of a wet October night. A marine who has seen his share of pain, Preacher knows a crisis when he sees one—the woman is covered in bruises... -
![More Than Words Can Say by Karen Witemeyer]()
More Than Words Can Say by Karen Witemeyer
After fulfilling a pledge to a dying friend, Zacharias Hamilton is finally free. No family entanglements. No disappointing those around him. Just the quiet bachelor existence he's always craved. Until fate snatches his freedom away when the baker of his favorite breakfast bun is railroaded by the city council. Despite not wanting to get involved, he can't turn a blind eye to her predicament . . -
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![Cowboy Seeking Nanny by Janice Whiteaker]()
Cowboy Seeking Nanny by Janice Whiteaker
As a widowed father trying to build a family empire while juggling dirty diapers and bed times, Brody Pace has full hands.And an empty bed.Losing his high school sweetheart after the birth of their twins left him broken, battered, and lonely. But business doesn’t wait, and neither do toddlers...Categorized as:
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![Buck You! by Elle Thorpe]()
Buck You! by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSummer Hunt was destined to be the first woman on the pro bull riding tour, until a devastating accident shattered her dreams. With the injury not healing, and her fiancé pushing to move to the city, there’s nothing left for her at the small-town bull riding school she runs with her father. Dominic West has always secretly longed to know his biological parents... -
![A Match for a Disgraced Bride by Tess Thompson]()
A Match for a Disgraced Bride by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnwanted. Unwed. Unexpectedly matched? Can a daring plan bring together a pregnant social outcast and a lonely lighthouse keeper forced to marry in this slow burn romance set in the gilded age? Sara Rose My heart shattered when my sister's fiancé took what he wanted against my will, leaving me pregnant and disavowed by my family... -
![Matilda's Last Waltz by Tamara McKinley]()
Matilda's Last Waltz by Tamara McKinley
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIf you love Lesley Pearse, you're sure to fall for Tamara McKinley. When tragedy strikes, Jenny craves a fresh start away from the memories of her past. So when she unexpectedly inherits a sheep station in the Australian Outback called Churinga, she welcomes the escape. But Churinga turns out to be a lonely place, where the weather is extreme and the neighbours hostile... -
![Beautiful Bad Man by Ellen O'Connell]()
Beautiful Bad Man by Ellen O'Connell
In 1866 on the empty Kansas prairie, two children shared a few desperate moments that changed their lives. For years afterward, each nursed a secret dream—that the other had grown into a special person—brave, good, kind. When Norah Hawkins and Caleb Sutton cross paths again, dreams die. She is a bitter, suicidal widow. He is a gunman with little conscience and few scruples... -
![The Unexpected Champion by Mary Connealy]()
The Unexpected Champion by Mary Connealy
City dweller John McCall never expected to be out in the High Sierras of 1868 on a wild-goose chase to find the Chiltons' supposedly lost grandson. But now that he's out here, things have gotten even more complicated, mostly due to wildcat Penny Scott. She's not like any woman he's ever met--comfortable in the woods, with a horse, and with a gun... -
![Tempest by Beverly Jenkins]()
Tempest by Beverly Jenkins
From USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins comes a new novel in a mesmerizing series set in the Old West, where an arranged marriage becomes a grand passion . . . What kind of mail-order bride greets her intended with a bullet instead of a kiss? One like Regan Carmichael—an independent spirit equally at home in denims and dresses. Shooting Dr... -
![Sam by Susan Fisher-Davis]()
Sam by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEveryone tells Sheriff Sam Garrett to find a good woman and settle down. When he sets his sights on Clifton’s veterinarian, he fears she despises him yet he’s desired her from the first moment they met. She is quite possibly the only woman in town who isn’t attracted to him which might be why he wants her even more...Categorized as:
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![RNWMP: Bride for Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne]()
RNWMP: Bride for Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadelyn White finds herself in a difficult position. She is living in a large city for the first time in her life, and her boss is showing a very inappropriate interest in her. When she meets Miss Hazel—matchmaker to the Mounties—she worries that she’s being too hasty by even talking to the woman... -
![Stolen Hearts by Kelly Moore]()
Stolen Hearts by Kelly Moore
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt was a day like any other on the ranch. Hard work and no play make for a cranky cowboy. Needing a night out on the town left me sneaking into my father’s house like a teenage boy. That was my first mistake of the day. The second was playing hero to a damsel in distress that turned out to be no damsel at all, but a sexy, snarky woman who took me by surprise... -
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![Pretending to Wed by Melissa Jagears]()
Pretending to Wed by Melissa Jagears
It’s a match made in heaven, as long as they don’t fall in love!The ranch Nolan Key has spent decades working for, even lost a leg for, is now his—or at least it should be. But an absurd clause in his father’s will means he’s in danger of losing the place to his lazy, undeserving cousin. Nolan finds himself scrambling to save his home—by proposing marriage to the town laundress... -
![Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson]()
Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson
Back in print after more than ten years. Torn between the white and Comanche worlds of her parents, Indigo Wolf has grown up estranged from the townspeople of Wolf's Landing, Orgeon. No one understands her elusive spirit-until Jake Rand comes to town to act as foreman of her family's ranch... -
![Where the Road Bends by Rachel Fordham]()
Where the Road Bends by Rachel Fordham
As Norah King surveys her family land in Iowa in 1880, she is acutely aware that it is all she has left, and she will do everything in her power to save it--even if that means marrying a man she hardly knows. Days before her wedding, Norah discovers an injured man on her property. Her sense of duty compels her to take him in and nurse him back to health... -
![A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller]()
A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe sudden death of the town marshal leaves Blue River, Texas, without a lawman...and twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan without a husband. As winter approaches and her meager seamstress income dwindles, she has three options...Categorized as:
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![The Lady and the Mountain Man by Misty M. Beller]()
The Lady and the Mountain Man by Misty M. Beller
Leah Townsend, a recently orphaned heiress, flees Richmond after discovering her fiancé’s plot to kill her after their wedding. She needs a safe place to hide, and finds herself accepting a newspaper marriage proposal from a God-fearing young rancher in the Montana Territory...Categorized as:
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![The Prospector's Only Prospect by Dani Collins]()
The Prospector's Only Prospect by Dani Collins
After eight days in a cramped stagecoach, divorcée Marigold Davis already regrets her decision to come to Denver City to marry. She certainly didn’t realize she’d signed up for mosquitoes, mud, and scores of rough men eyeing her like a hot meal on a cold day. But with her life in Kansas all but incinerated, Marigold needs a husband... -
![Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller]()
Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsOne ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides... -
![Love at First Sight by Kelly Elliott]()
Love at First Sight by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLove at first sight. That’s what it was when Rip Myers came up to me in kindergarten. From that point on, we were inseparable best friends. When I work up the courage to tell Rip I love him, I am met with rejection. He tells me he treasures our friendship too much. That statement might as well be a knife to my heart. I want to hold out hope that he’ll change his mind... -
![Ride Dirty, Cowboy by Elle Thorpe]()
Ride Dirty, Cowboy by Elle Thorpe
Addie Sunny Burke is the all-American life of the party. The golden boy everybody loves, a talented cowboy, and the man who warms my bed at night.In rodeo circles, they call Kai Hunt ‘Frost’ because of his determination to win and his icy exterior. He’s never made it a secret he can’t stand his best friend’s girl. Aka, me.Then the three of us got into a car and everything changed... -
![Years by LaVyrle Spencer]()
Years by LaVyrle Spencer
The sweeping plains held the promise of a lifetime. Linnea Eager to begin her first teaching position, lovely Linnea Brandonberg stepped off the train looking as grown up and worldly as her eighteen years would allow. The golden fields and fragrant wheat of Alamo, North Dakota, were as new and different as the Westgaard family with whom she would live... -
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![Through Streets Broad and Narrow by Gemma Jackson]()
Through Streets Broad and Narrow by Gemma Jackson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOn New Year’s Day 1925 Ivy Rose Murphy awakes to find her world changed forever. Her irresponsible Da is dead. She is grief-stricken and alone – but for the first time in her life free to please herself. After her mother deserted the family, Ivy became the sole provider for her Da and three brothers... -
![Love at Any Cost by Julie Lessman]()
Love at Any Cost by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJilted by a fortune hunter, cowgirl Cassidy McClare is a spunky Texas oil heiress without a fortune who would just as soon hogtie a man as look at him. Hoping a summer visit with her wealthy cousins in San Francisco will help her forget her heartache, Cassidy travels west... -
![The Rainbow Season by Lisa Gregory, Candace Camp]()
The Rainbow Season by Lisa Gregory, Candace Camp
Luke Turner An outcast, they called him "bad blood" from his boyhood in a tarpaper shack to his nights in a prison cell. Sarah McGowan Her roots were deep in the Texas soil. But her secret shameful love for her sister's husband kept her from happiness. Pride and their love of the Texas land threw them together in an unlikely marriage... -
![Tough and Tamed by Em Petrova]()
Tough and Tamed by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRevenge sex and a healthy dose of a bad boy making all the wrong decisions equals one hell of a wild ride. The horse is optional. Zayden Moon and his brothers are back home for the old man’s funeral, but too bad none of them give a damn what happens to the failing ranch they’ve inherited or all the bad memories that come with it... -
![A Long Way from Yesterday by Lynda J Cox]()
A Long Way from Yesterday by Lynda J Cox
THIS IS A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS *THE DEVIL'S OWN DESPERADO* He's everything she fears… Colt Evans didn’t choose to be a gunfighter. When he’s injured in a shootout and stumbles onto a remote homestead, he didn’t expect to find compassion. But beautiful Amelia McCollister is like no other woman... -
![Mail Order Bride's Baby And Her Mismatched Rancher by Florence Linnington]()
Mail Order Bride's Baby And Her Mismatched Rancher by Florence Linnington
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA mail order bride with a baby mismatched to a rancher with no interest in children… Abbie Hustley thinks her future is secure when she becomes a mail order bride for a rancher in the west. There will be no more singing in saloons, no more late nights. Sam Sayler has everything he wants, a ranch of his own, loyal ranch hands, and a life under the wide Colorado skies. All he needs now, is a wife... -
![Long Journey Home by Sarah M. Eden]()
Long Journey Home by Sarah M. Eden
From Sarah M. Eden, the USA Today Bestselling author of the Longing for Home series, LONG JOURNEY HOME is a new romance novel set in the beloved world of Hope Springs. Widowed by war, Maura O’Connor has raised her son alone under the weight of poverty in the unforgiving slums of New York City. That harsh and difficult life has taken a toll on them both...Categorized as:
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![RNWMP: Bride for Elijah (Mail Order Mounties) by Kay P. Dawson, Mail Order Mounties]()
RNWMP: Bride for Elijah (Mail Order Mounties) by Kay P. Dawson, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat does a wealthy, pampered woman from the city have in common with a simple Mountie on the frontier? Nothing—and that’s exactly why Miss Hazel Hughes decides they need each other. Rose Lambert has grown up in the wealthy society of Ottawa, but longs for a life where people will respect her for who she is, and not what her family’s status can give them... -
![RNWMP: Bride for Samuel by Amelia C. Adams]()
RNWMP: Bride for Samuel by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeth James, daughter of Reverend James of Ottawa, suddenly finds herself alone in the world when her father is taken ill and passes away. With very little choices and even fewer resources, she decides to take up Miss Hazel Hughes on her offer--she will travel far away from home to marry a Mountie in a place she's never seen before--Cougar Springs... -
![RNWMP: Bride for Malcolm by Kay P. Dawson]()
RNWMP: Bride for Malcolm by Kay P. Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLearning to live with what fate has dealt her, Annie has accepted that she’ll never be as beautiful as her sister. After her father is arrested, she realizes her entire life has been a lie. She needs to start over somewhere far away, so her friend sends her to see Miss Hazel in Ottawa. Miss Hazel has four Mounties coming for brides before they make the trek into a remote Ontario community... -
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![Captivate by C.A. Harms]()
Captivate by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was back in Brooklet Georgia and things were far from how they were when I left years ago. Maddison used to be one of the guys, but that was definitely not the case anymore... She had changed and damn if it didn’t make my heart race. With each passing second she began to consume me. Her smile made my knees weak and the way she looked at me took my breath away... -
![Tanner (Bachelors and Babies Book 14): American Western Historical (Bachelors & Babies) by Cheryl St.John]()
Tanner (Bachelors and Babies Book 14): American Western Historical (Bachelors & Babies) by Cheryl St.John
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of the most reliable western romance writers today!♥ "Story and style remind me of LaVyrle Spencer." - Linda HowardHe's focused on the future...The past is all she knows.Together they're forced to face today.His months in Salisbury prison taught Union Captain Tanner Bell to detest a southern drawl, and Widow Cranford's exaggerated Dixie twang has him gritting his teeth... -
![Come To Me by J.H. Croix]()
Come To Me by J.H. Croix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA broody ex-military pilot and a sassy yoga teacher collide in a small town.Diego is distracting. He shows up in my yoga class with his smokin’ hot bod and enough brawn to set the world on fire. Cue the melting.He oozes the rugged hero vibe, rides a motorcycle and flies planes in the wilds of Alaska. He’s all man and then some...Categorized as:
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![Lanie: Historical Western Romance by Cynthia Woolf]()
Lanie: Historical Western Romance by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsU.S. Marshal Ben Carleton is new to the job. He had no plans to hunt killers and thieves, but his life took an abrupt turn when his wife was murdered and he was left caring for his infant son. Alone. Ben knows nothing about caring for children, but he does know one thing...tracking a killer... -
![Night Hawk by Beverly Jenkins]()
Night Hawk by Beverly Jenkins
Outlaw.Preacher. Night Hawk. He's had many names, but he can't escape the past. Since Ian Vance's beloved wife was murdered years ago, the hardened bounty hunter knows he'll never feel love or tenderness again, so he's made it his mission to ensure others get their justice...Categorized as:
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![A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist]()
A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsIn 1860s Seattle, a man with a wife could secure himself 640 acres of timberland. But because of his wife's untimely death, Joe Denton finds himself about to lose half of his claim. Still in mourning, his best solution is to buy one of those Mercer girls arriving from the East. A woman he'll marry in name but keep around mostly as a cook...Categorized as:
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