Books like 'An Agent for Gillian'
Readers who enjoyed An Agent for Gillian by Ginny Sterling also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
historical western christian 20th century arranged marriage slow burn second chances forced proximity from hate to love fake relationship
-
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... -
![Her Cowboy Billionaire Beast: A Hammond Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson]()
Her Cowboy Billionaire Beast: A Hammond Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA cowboy billionaire beast, the woman he asks out in front of everyone, and the family traditions that soften his heart and bring Cy and Patsy together.When Cy Hammond loses his girlfriend and then his custom motorcycle shop, he needs a fresh start. He sets his sights on Coral Canyon, because the majority of his family is there now... -
![]()
![]()
Sponsored links -
![Guarding the Mountain Man’s Secret by Misty M. Beller]()
Guarding the Mountain Man’s Secret by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune. Miles is the youngest of six brothers, and he’s spent most of his life helping guard the family’s a sapphire mine hidden deep within the Montana mountains...Categorized as:
christian forced proximity cowboys historical historical western western christmas suspense -
![Carry the World by Susan Fanetti]()
Carry the World by Susan Fanetti
Eastern Kentucky, 1937. After the death of her husband, Ada Donovan returned home to live again with her aging parents. She does all she can to help them keep the small family farm going. But times are hard, and there’s never enough... -
-
![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.. -
![Christy by Catherine Marshall]()
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsIn the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains -- and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth... -
![Shelter by Jay Crownover]()
Shelter by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHis 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... -
![The Visions of Ransom Lake by Marcia Lynn McClure]()
The Visions of Ransom Lake by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsYouthful beauty, naive innocence, a romantic imagination thirsting for adventure-an apt description of Vaden Valmont, who would soon find the adventure and mystery she had always longed to experience-in the form of a man. A somber recluse, Ransom Lake descended from his solitary concealment in the mountains, wholly disinterested in people and their trivial affairs...Categorized as:
tortured hero cowboys christian western historical clean historical western length-medium -
![A Trail Untamed by Lacy Williams]()
A Trail Untamed by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAugust is a loner and prefers it that way. He only took the marriage wager to gain breathing room from his overbearing older brother. Besides, the wagon train still has a long journey before it reaches Oregon. Maybe he’ll meet someone who turns his head.Felicity longs for love and family, someone to choose her above all... -
![Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy]()
Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMandy McClellen Grey, has become the focus of a feud thanks to her husband, who made this mess and then died. Far from home, Mandy, the best little rifle woman in the west, has resigned herself to a lonely life under siege rather than call for help and endanger her family... -
![Husband Tree by Mary Connealy]()
Husband Tree by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHit the trail into the Old West, where a tough lady rancher and a seemingly aimless wrangler attempt to avoid the matrimonial noose. When Belle Tanner hires Silas Harden to help her get her cattle to market, the last thing she’s looking for is romance... -
![Cooper by Debra Clopton]()
Cooper by Debra Clopton
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRomance, cowboys, rodeo, ranching and wild mustangs...the Presley men, aka the cowboys of Ransom Creek, will win your heart and have you longing for Texas. After making a major dating mistake, Cooper Presley has sworn off women. But then he meets his new neighbor and she's making his new "no dating policy" hard to abide by... -
![Whispers on the Wind by Caroline Fyffe]()
Whispers on the Wind by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA straitlaced bookseller and a rowdy trail guide fight their ill-suited attraction in Book Five of the Prairie Hearts series by USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe. Wyoming Territory, October 1883 Tabitha Canterbury came to Logan Meadows with one goal: to open the bookshop she’s always dreamed of having...Categorized as:
christian cold hero western historical historical western cheerful heroine length-medium -
![Wrangler in Petticoats by Mary Connealy]()
Wrangler in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCan the artist tame the cowgirl without breaking her spirit? Tough Texan tomboy Sally McClellan heads to Montana to visit her pregnant sister Mandy. But when her traveling party is attacked, Sally is left for dead... -
-
![Always and Forever by Wendy Lindstrom]()
Always and Forever by Wendy Lindstrom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Mail Order Bride He Doesn’t Want—A Woman He Can’t Resist. Nancy Mitchell refuses to marry the man her father chose for her. Her only escape from the dreadful arrangement is to find another husband quick—so she concocts a desperate plan and agrees to become a mail order bride... -
![Winning the Mountain Man's Love by Misty M. Beller]()
Winning the Mountain Man's Love by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune. As the second brother of six, Jonah Coulter has no shortage of family, yet he’s more than ready to find a woman who doesn’t see him as her second choice... -
![Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy]()
Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBeth and Alex survive a stage coach accident. Beth realizes the derelict in the stagecoach with her is a doctor and she forces him to help tend the injured. Alex finds he can care for the patients as long as Beth is right beside him... yelling at him. Alex saves Beth's sister’s life, but he only has the courage to treat patients as long as Beth is there... -
![Preston Men of Clifton, Montana Book 10 by Susan Fisher-Davis]()
Preston Men of Clifton, Montana Book 10 by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove and marriage is one path Preston Mitchell has no desire to travel down again. His ranch is his life and if a woman cannot appreciate his dedication to it, she has no place in his life. He learned that lesson the hard way when his marriage ended because his wife wanted more. But then a dark-haired beauty enters the diner and he cannot resist having a taste of what she is offering...Categorized as:
slow burn strong heroine cowboys contemporary western historical sassy heroine length-short -
![Reece Men of Clifton, Montana Book 11 by Susan Fisher-Davis]()
Reece Men of Clifton, Montana Book 11 by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRissa Gates did something totally out of character for her…she spent the night with a strange man she met in an elevator. An amazing night with a gorgeous blue-eyed cowboy. A night that left her hoping for more especially after her love life came to a bitter end and she sees her sisters in happily-ever-after bliss...Categorized as:
slow burn strong heroine cowboys contemporary western historical sassy heroine length-short -
![Carrick: The McKeegans by Kathleen Ball]()
Carrick: The McKeegans by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Best Selling Author Kathleen Ball Carrick's life takes a drastic turn when he escapes from his exploitative employers after two harrowing years of captivity, only to return home to find his house deserted. As he descends from the mountain, his heart swells with joy upon reuniting with his son, yet it shatters upon learning of his wife's tragic passing during his absence... -
![Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy]()
Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLet yourself be swept away by this fast-paced romance, featuring Grace Calhoun, an instructor of reading, writing, and arithmetic, who, in an attempt to escape the clutchs of a relentless pursuer, runs smack dab into even more trouble with the 6R's—widower Daniel Reeves, along with his five rowdy sons...Categorized as:
cowboys christian historical western historical western marriage of convenience length-medium -
![The Spinster by Tess Thompson]()
The Spinster by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer love died on a battlefield. He carries a torch for a woman he’s never met. Can the tragic death of a soldier entwine the souls of two strangers?Colorado, 1920. Josephine Barnes wrote every day to her beloved fiancé battling in the trenches of the Great War. Devastated when he’s killed in action, she vows never to marry and buries her grief in the construction of the town’s first library... -
![Joy on the Mountain Peak by Misty M. Beller]()
Joy on the Mountain Peak by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill this epic journey be their second chance or the final heartbreak?Heidi Wallace came west with secrets. When she accompanied her cartologist cousin to map terrain in the Montana Territory, she never imagined he would die from a snakebite. As she and her maid bury the body in this wild country, the last person she expects to come to their aid is the man she's no longer sure she wants to find...Categorized as:
christian second chances historical western historical western indigenous-mc length-short -
![A Match for a Reluctant Bride by Tess Thompson]()
A Match for a Reluctant Bride by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn ugly duckling and a charming scoundrel have nothing in common. But fate has a different plan. Faith Devastated after both my fiancée and best friend betrayed me, I traveled to a distant isle in the Pacific Northwest, clinging to a job as an artist's assistant to escape my broken heart. Little did I know that I would find something else entirely when I met Briggs Tutheridge... -
-
![Protecting the Mountain Man's Treasure by Misty M. Beller]()
Protecting the Mountain Man's Treasure by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty, a hidden fortune…and a bride he can’t remember marrying.Jude Coulter is far more comfortable in his family’s sapphire mine tucked in the Montana mountains than on the bustling streets of New York City, where he’s been sent to deliver a shipment of gems... -
![Earning the Mountain Man's Trust by Misty M. Beller]()
Earning the Mountain Man's Trust by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune. Naomi Wyatt has finally given up on the man who once promised to love her for the rest of his life—then disappeared after a business trip, never responding to her letters...Categorized as:
cowboys christian historical marriage of convenience western historical western length-short -
![A Rugged Beauty by Lacy Williams]()
A Rugged Beauty by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHollis Tremblay has no memory of why he’s out in the wilderness alone or whether the woman with him is his wife. She’s beautiful and her rosy outlook makes everything seem brighter, even the dangers they face...When Hollis’s memory crashes back, he realizes that Abigail is the sister his childhood best friend charged him with looking after across the dangerous westward journey... -
![A Letter to Emily by Christine Sterling]()
A Letter to Emily by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to Flat River, Nebraska with a brand new series from the creator of The Chapmans and The Flat River Matchmaker.She was the last thing he wanted, but everything he needed.Bass Pickett doesn't want a wife. But unless he or his brothers marry, they could lose the ranch they worked so hard for... -
![Love's Healing Path by Lacy Williams]()
Love's Healing Path by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaddie Fairfax may be young, but on this Oregon-bound wagon train, the pioneers welcome help from the self-trained nurse. Until Dr. Jason Goodwin joins up with their company. The doctor portrays a frosty exterior, but Maddie may be the only one who sees the profound loneliness that haunts him.After losing his wife and children in a terrible accident, Jason has vowed not to open his heart again...Categorized as:
cowboys christian age difference western historical historical western length-medium -
![Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer]()
Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer
No one steps on Archer land. Not if they value their life. But when Meredith Hayes overhears a lethal plot to burn the Archer brothers off their ranch, a twelve-year-old debt compels her to take the risk. Fourteen years of constant vigilance hardens a man... -
![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... -
![Emily's Chance: Christian Contemporary Western Small-town Romance by Sharon Gillenwater]()
Emily's Chance: Christian Contemporary Western Small-town Romance by Sharon Gillenwater
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEmily Rose may be in the tiny West Texas town of Callahan Crossing for the moment, but it's just a rung on her ladder to success. Her work at the Callahan Crossing historical society will look good on her ever-growing resume as she attempts to break into the prestigious world of a big city museum curator... -
![Committing to the Cowgirl by Jody Hedlund]()
Committing to the Cowgirl by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter years away, Astrid Nilsson has returned home to Colorado, hoping to become Fairplay’s second doctor . . . and to find healing for her reoccurring consumption. Spirited and independent, Astrid doesn’t want her illness to be a burden to those she loves, so she has resisted getting serious about any man... -
![Cowboy Bold by Carolyn Brown]()
Cowboy Bold by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWith her sassy humor and sexy cowboys, USA Today bestseller Carolyn Brown launches her new Longhorn Canyon series.One city girl, one die-hard rancher, and eight mischievous kids. What could go wrong?Every summer Cade Maguire looks forward to opening his Longhorn Canyon Ranch to underprivileged city kids... -
-
![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:
slow burn strong heroine cowboys western contemporary historical small town sassy heroine -
![The Rest Of Me by Ashley Munoz]()
The Rest Of Me by Ashley Munoz
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDeath never simply settles for the life it claims. It’s greedy. It stole all of our lives that night and while it put my husband in the ground, it left my four children and me behind. After an ugly year of grief, something had to change. My sister suggested open spaces, big skies and fresh air in the heart of Wyoming... -
![To Bluff a Bride by Kate Condie]()
To Bluff a Bride by Kate Condie
She’s looking for freedom. When her ex brother-in-law insists she belongs to him, Ellen Moren must escape the town that never felt like home. Determined that another marriage is the only way to convince him to leave her alone, Ellen proposes a fake marriage to the kind bachelor whose family is heading west on the Oregon trail. He’s looking for home... -
![Honor's Mountain Promise by Misty M. Beller]()
Honor's Mountain Promise by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey both want a new start, but nothing prepared them for this treacherous journey.Finally on the right side of the law, Aaron Long expected his life to take an upward turn. Instead, he ends up with a bum leg and driving a freight wagon through the wild Rocky Mountains. At least he has the joy of his newfound faith in God... -
![Marshaling Her Heart by Mary Connealy]()
Marshaling Her Heart by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBecky Pruitt has always prided herself on knowing everything that's happening on her successful ranch, which makes her foreman Nate Paxton's admission to her quite a surprise. With the notorious Deadeye Gang on the loose, Nate--a former U.S. Marshal--believes that Becky's ranch might be the best spot for a group of Marshals to use as a base and hideout...Categorized as:
christian cowboys historical western historical western marriage of convenience length-medium -
![Sing in the Sunlight by Kathleen Denly]()
Sing in the Sunlight by Kathleen Denly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA marriage of convenience is the last thing Richard Stevens needs when his own identity is in question.Clarinda Humphrey’s singing career was destroyed when an accident left her with disfiguring scars. The aftermath forced her to leave her home and family, but she refuses to let her appearance steal her future... -
![The Drifter's Bride by Christine Sterling]()
The Drifter's Bride by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA woman escaping society's expectations of marriage; a man with nothing to offer, a match that threatens to tear two families apart. Addison Aland came west to escape the pressure of an arranged marriage. Her family is convinced that once she experiences dirty cowboys, cow patties, and the lack of retail establishments she will hightail it back home to be a high-society wife... -
![To Marry an English Lord by Robin Lee Hatcher]()
To Marry an English Lord by Robin Lee Hatcher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes love is a risk worth taking. Sebastian Whitcombe, Viscount Willowthorpe, comes to America to experience the great Wild West for himself before it disappears for good. The adventure comes with a convenient bonus—it postpones his father’s edict that he take a wife from the British aristocracy. Sebastian isn’t so much against marriage as he is an arranged marriage to the wrong woman... -
![Wicked Cowboy Charm by Carolyn Brown]()
Wicked Cowboy Charm by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA blizzard traps the new girl in town with the cowboy she's determined not to fall in this USA Today bestseller from the Queen of Cowboy Romance. Josie Dawson is new in town, but it doesn't take a local to know that Deke Sullivan is trouble--in a smokin' hot package. He's sweet, sexy, and has charmed just about every woman in Dry Creek, Texas. Well, Josie won't be next... -
![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...Categorized as:
christian forced proximity slow burn competent heroine cowboys sweet-hero historical suspense -
-
![Copper for the Countess by Sally Britton]()
Copper for the Countess by Sally Britton
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Victorian countess doesn't belong on a ranch, and a frosty cowboy knows nothing about raising a family. When the two have no choice but to rely on each other, is there any hope for happiness, let alone true love?Lady Evelyn Lyon lost her husband and her fortune on the same day... -
![A Match Made in Texas by Karen Witemeyer, Mary Connealy]()
A Match Made in Texas by Karen Witemeyer, Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the small town of Dry Gulch, Texas, a good-hearted busybody just can't keep herself from surreptitiously trying to match up women in dire straits with men of good character she hopes can help them... -
![Texas Nights: Caroline's Child\Dr. Texas by Debbie Macomber]()
Texas Nights: Caroline's Child\Dr. Texas by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Promise, a small town in the heart of Texas where the neighbors are friendly and you might just find love. Caroline’s Child Everyone in town is curious, but no one’s ever asked who the father of Caroline Daniels’s child is—and they never will. The people of this tight community are protective of her and little five-year-old Maggie. They care... -
![No Place Like Home by Debra Clopton]()
No Place Like Home by Debra Clopton
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHead back to Mule Hollow, Texas, in bestselling author Debra Clopton’s fan-favorite tale After surviving a hurricane, Dottie Hart set out on a cross country journey to start a women’s shelter in California. Her future was all mapped out—until her ancient Winnebago burst into flames stranding her in Mule Hollow, Texas... -
![His Wagon Train Sweetheart by Catherine Kennedy]()
His Wagon Train Sweetheart by Catherine Kennedy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRiding the Santa Fe Trail is a difficult and lonely profession...especially for a girl named George.Georgianna Walton's father sat her on the back of a horse the moment she could sit up straight. Ever since, they have traveled together from one side of the country to the other with no place to call home...Categorized as:
cowboys christian historical western friends to lovers historical western length-novella -
![Opal by Lauraine Snelling]()
Opal by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook 3 in the bestselling Dakotah Treasures series. Dove House has burned to the ground, Ruby and Rand have married, and now Rand's ranch is home for them all. Ruby's younger sister, Opal, is taking to ranch life like a hummingbird to sugar water. She can outshoot, outride, and work as hard as any cowboy on the place. Ranching has clearly stolen her heart...
Fantastic book recommendations by romance book lovers for romance book lovers.
Find out more about romance.io.
Find out more about romance.io.
Get recommendations by genres & tropes
Use the romance book finder to mix and match over 100 content keywords to find the books that match your preferences
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.
