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  • Home Changes: The Long Road Home by Kris Michaels

    Home Changes: The Long Road Home by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Seth Hansen never thought he'd return to his hometown of Hollister, South Dakota. Still, when his father's mind starts slipping away, he steps into the caretaker role with the same unyielding determination that made him a decorated military dog handler. Allison Sanderson has built her dream one loaf of bread at a time, running the small town’s bakery...
  • Montana Storm by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Storm by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Kill first, ask questions later. It’s the instinct former-SEAL Jude Williams must fight every time someone touches him. His six months being tortured in an enemy prison camp may be long over, but he’s got scars—all over his body and mind—keeping that time at the forefront of his psyche...
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  • Lost and Found by April Wilson

    Lost and Found by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book 2 of the McIntyre Search and Rescue series featuring Maggie and Owen. Welcome back to Bryce, Colorado, a small town in The Rocky Mountains. Maggie's a divorced mom with two teenage sons. Owen is a retired U. S. Marine who suffers from PTSD. She needs him just as much as he needs her. What's it going to take to bring them together? This romantic suspense novel is filled with heart and feels...
  • His Fifth Kiss: A Hammond Family Farm Novel by Liz Isaacson

    His Fifth Kiss: A Hammond Family Farm Novel by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They once had a few summers together. Now, Michael Hammond is back in town after a devastating injury overseas. He's looking to reset and recover. .. not to fall in love. Of course Mike looks for and hopes Gertrude Whettstein will be on the farm. She was so much of Ivory Peaks and so important to him when they were teens...
  • Soldier's Fake Fiancée: Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Home for Christmas - Book 3 by Clara Pines

    Soldier's Fake Fiancée: Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Home for Christmas - Book 3 by Clara Pines

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This military mechanic can fix anything, except his own broken heart…. Beau Wilson’s past is littered with mistakes. But he has two things going for him—the know-how that only an Army-trained mechanic can boast, and his fierce, funny, four-year-old daughter Zandy...
  • Protecting Silver by Deanna L. Rowley

    Protecting Silver by Deanna L. Rowley

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Douglas "Patch" Atwal was an adrenaline junkie, from working as a medic in the Marines, to being a trauma surgeon in the emergency room. He thrived on the action. If he didn't his past would start to haunt him, and after having dreams of himself as a little boy, he began to question his entire existence...
  • A SEAL's Consent by Cora Seton

    A SEAL's Consent by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Navy SEAL Jericho Cook is living a lie. In order to save Base Camp, the sustainable community he’s building with his friends in Chance Creek, Montana, he must marry in the next forty days—and try for a family. But after the horrors he’s witnessed, Jericho's sworn to never put himself in charge of a child he can’t completely protect. At least he’s found the perfect wife...
    Categorized as:
    military  western  contemporary  length-short
  • The Airman's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

    The Airman's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Tormented by the knowledge that his father died thinking the worst of him, Colt Hall never meant to come home to Chance Creek. But with his brothers banding together to rebuild the family’s old ranch, he’s finding it hard to stay away. In accordance with the conditions for them to inherit the spread, Colt must soon marry...
  • Shattered Valor by Elaine Levine

    Shattered Valor by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Every step leads her deeper into danger. .. Eden Miller has her life arranged exactly as she wants it--until a reunion with her high school BFFs places her in the middle of a turf war with a ruthless prison gang, their terrorist allies, and the hunters tracking them...
  • Sarsaparilla Showdown by Caroline Lee

    Sarsaparilla Showdown by Caroline Lee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When your first two loves are books and ice cream (not necessarily in that order! ) who has time to fall for something else? Sadie Mayfield has gotten really good at admiring handsome men from afar… After all, it’s not like they’d be interested in her, would they? But when Shawn starts frequenting her ice cream and soda shop at River’s End Ranch, she sets out to become his friend...
  • Saving Chelsea by Elle James

    Saving Chelsea by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She prefers the four-legged wolves over the two-legged kind. Chelsea Youngblood’s first love is her only true love. Wolves. Raised on a wildlife rescue ranch, she grew up with wolves as her siblings. It was only natural she would become a wolf biologist and work with the wolves of Yellowstone National Park...
    Categorized as:
    military  western  suspense  mystery  contemporary
  • Memories for Eternity: Taming Clint Westmoreland\Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson

    Memories for Eternity: Taming Clint Westmoreland\Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Taming Clint Westmoreland. In name only? The moment former Texas Ranger Clint Westmoreland learns that he is still married, he sets the limits for his wife's stay at his exclusive horse ranch. But when she arrives, Clint's boundaries begin to blur. He and Alyssa Barkley have thirty days to untangle the legal knot that bound them together during an undercover assignment years before...
  • Brotherhood Protectors Boxed Set 1: Books 1-3 by Elle James

    Brotherhood Protectors Boxed Set 1: Books 1-3 by Elle James

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    First 3 books in the Brotherhood Protectors Series. MONTANA SEAL. Former SEAL and shining Hollywood starlet struggle against their burgeoning desire while trying to stay alive in the crosshairs of a murderous stalker. BRIDE PROTECTOR SEAL. A Navy SEAL bodyguard and his client’s bride struggle with rising desire while fighting to stay alive in the mountains of Montana. MONTANA D-FORCE...
    Categorized as:
    military  contemporary  western  length-long
  • Nash by Piper Stone

    Nash by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When he caught me on his property, he didn't call the police. He just took off his belt. Nash caught me breaking into his shed while on the run from the mob, and when he demanded answers and obedience I gave him neither. Then he took off his belt and taught me in the most shameful way possible what happens to naughty girls who play games with a big, rough Marine. She's mine to protect...
  • The Navy SEAL's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton

    The Navy SEAL's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    It’s Christmas time at Crescent Hall, but don’t expect peace, harmony and goodwill among men...
  • The Navy SEAL's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton

    The Navy SEAL's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    It’s Christmas time at Crescent Hall, but don’t expect expect peace, harmony and goodwill among men...
  • The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

    The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    If Gunnery Sergeant Zane Hall wants to save his family’s ranch, he’ll need to fix up the buildings, stock the spread with cattle—and find a wife. The first two are easy with the help of his brothers, but getting hitched is proving more difficult. When he meets mountaineer Kenna North through an online ad, she seems like the perfect fit—at least in her e-mails...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Honor Unraveled by Elaine Levine

    Honor Unraveled by Elaine Levine

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

    Wait For You by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A swoony, small town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J. H. Croix! When a grumpy billionaire falls first. We’re just going to be friends, right? My kind of forever is staying single. It took too many years to escape my disaster of a marriage. As a single mom who’s barely scraping by, most men don’t even notice me. So when Adam Cannon almost kisses me, I’m not expecting it...
  • Justified Vengeance: Brotherhood Protectors World by Lori Matthews, Brotherhood Protectors World

    Justified Vengeance: Brotherhood Protectors World by Lori Matthews, Brotherhood Protectors World

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Langley Frost ditched her fast-paced career as a massage therapist to the A-list celebrities in L. A. for a simpler, down-to-earth life in Canyon Springs, Montana. When her new home is broken into, her uncomplicated life is turned upside down. She needs help, and she needs it fast. Griffin Kane relied on gut instinct during his missions as an elite military operative...
  • Snake by Piper Stone

    Snake by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She crashed into my life, electrifying the man. Then the viper in me decided to make her mine. Damaged marine, survivor, bad boy, angry man. I'd left Missoula to serve my country, returning from the ashes a different man. Bitter, injured and incapable of resuming my life, visions of my ordeal consume my thoughts. After refusing physical therapy, Chasity Garrington decided I was her next mission...
  • 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...
  • Her Uniform Cowboy by Donna Michaels

    Her Uniform Cowboy by Donna Michaels

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HER UNIFORM COWBOY. Harland County Series/Book 3: Kade. 85,000 words. Heat Index: Hot. Desperate for change after a verbally abusive relationship, Brandi Wyne leaves a symphony career, her family, and the Poconos to fall back on a designing degree and a chance to renovate a restaurant/pub in Texas...
  • 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...
  • The Texas Hero's Homecoming by Charlene Sands

    The Texas Hero's Homecoming by Charlene Sands

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    His final mission may be the most dangerous of all…to her heart. Autumn Messina has finally put herself first and achieved her dream of becoming a teacher. She’s only sorry it’s come at the expense of having to sell the once thriving Messina Farm. Autumn loves her father and the farm, but she can’t do it all, and her brother has no plans to move back home...
  • 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...
  • Taming the Mountain Man by Mila Crawford, Aria Cole

    Taming the Mountain Man by Mila Crawford, Aria Cole

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

    Dangerous by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Pack Rule #10 – Keep control of your inner wolf. I live alone on the mountain for a reason. I’m dangerous—too strong, too aggressive, too close to feral. But then she shows up—with sweet curves, sultry voice, and a scent that drives my wolf insane. A gorgeous human, pouring drinks at Cody’s Saloon and hiding a shattered past behind her smile. I know the second I scent her—she’s mine. My mate...
  • Protected for Christmas by Khloe Summers

    Protected for Christmas by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can this older mountain man find love with his brothers ex? Can this older mountain man find love with a woman he's stalking? Warren. A new year is on the horizon and there's one woman I can't get off my mind. She's sweet, curvy and she should be with me. Instead, she's with my asshole brother. I should walk away and mind my business,. But the heart wants what it wants...
  • Violet Promises by Marie Johnston

    Violet Promises by Marie Johnston

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was supposed to be one night to feel alive after getting out of a dud of a relationship. Now I’m having a baby, and I only have the soon-to-be dad’s first name. After my breakup, I need to find a job and place to live, but I can’t move into the house my grandma left me unless I’m married...
  • Curvy Girl and the Ex-Military Cowboy by Zoey Rose

    Curvy Girl and the Ex-Military Cowboy by Zoey Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    I crossed an ocean to marry a stranger—a brooding Cowboy with war in his eyes and walls around his heart. Aaron Covington's online proposal offered exactly what I a practical partnership without messy emotions. Three months to decide if we suit each other, no romance required. But from the moment I arrive at his family ranch, nothing goes according to plan...
  • Ethan by Chris Keniston

    Ethan by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Ethan, book 5 in Farraday Country, a twist on the favorite 7 Brides for 7 Brothers theme set in cattle-ranching west Texas, with all the friends, family and fun that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Chris Keniston. More Books in the Farraday Country Series:. Adam – Book 1. Brooks – Book 2. Connor – Book 3. Declan – Book 4 -...
  • Entice by C.A. Harms

    Entice by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was the guy that drifted through life. I rolled with the punches, even when they knocked me on my ass. I'd get back up, dust myself off, and pretend life wasn't full of heartache and disappointment. On the outside, I was nothing more than the fun-loving guy that made everyone laugh. But on the inside, there was more hate than I knew how to control...
  • One More Time by J.H. Croix

    One More Time 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! How we met: I got a black eye. Where we met: At a wedding. Not mine! Marriage is a NO for me. Our first date: We’re not dating. Cross my heart. True story: Jack Hamilton gave me a black eye when we met. He didn’t throw a punch, but he did open a door right into my face...
  • 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...
  • Doctor Cowboy by Olivia Reign

    Doctor Cowboy by Olivia Reign

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He’s back from the military after more than a decade of being gone… and more gorgeous than ever. The moment Jarret Young broke my heart, I told myself I would never let it happen again—though I’ve never been able to tell him no. But now, I just want to run my animal rescue in peace, helping save the abused and neglected. And it was all going just as planned…...
  • 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...
  • Against the Edge by Kat Martin

    Against the Edge by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A child he's never met.  A danger he's never known. Deep in the humid, rank heart of the Louisiana bayou, a survivalist group has something that belongs to former navy SEAL Ben Slocum: his son. That he's a father is news Ben Slocum was not expecting...
  • Cowboy Courage by Carolyn Brown

    Cowboy Courage by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Love gets a second chance in this charming cowboy romance from a New York Times bestselling author, perfect for fans of Diana Palmer and Linda Lael Miller. After spending years traveling the world with the military, Rose O'Malley is ready for a change. Heading back to Texas to hold down the fort at her aunt's bed-and-breakfast will give Rose just the break she needs...
  • Montana SEAL Daddy by Elle James

    Montana SEAL Daddy by Elle James

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A desperate witness turns to her baby’s father, a Navy SEAL, to protect their child and her from those who would silence her testimony...
  • Nome-o Seeks Juliet by Katy Regnery

    Nome-o Seeks Juliet by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Katy Regnery returns with the second book in her Odds-Are-Good series! When a lonely vet(eran) and an ambitious vet(erinarian) work together to win the Qimmiq 200, sparks will fly…. Montana-born veterinary student, Juliet Sanderson, is disappointed when her project on the treatment and care of sled dogs falls through due to the illness of a local musher...
  • Passionate by Khloe Summers

    Passionate by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can this single mom find love with an older fake husband? Brianna. Pleasing my parents shouldn't be my priority. I need to focus on my infant son, and the failing business I have to save. But for some reason, I'm still at their mercy. Enter the tall, handsome, tattooed, shop owner next door,. who's offered to be my fake husband to protect me from them...
  • Hard to Love by Laramie Briscoe

    Hard to Love by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Guitarist. Recovering Addict. Man Of Few Emotions. Jared Winston has spent much of his adult life in the public eye as the lead guitarist for the hugely popular rock band Black Friday. Presented with temptations from every side and dealing with the mess that was his childhood, he’s been known to indulge in excess. One such excess almost killed him when he overdosed on Halloween...
  • Faster Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies

    Faster Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Headstrong, brash, confident, and complex, the MacLarens of Fire Mountain will captivate you with strong characters set in the wild and rugged western frontier. Handsome, ruthless, young U. S. Marshal Jamie MacLaren had lost everything—his parents, his family connections, and his childhood sweetheart—but now he’s back in Fire Mountain and ready for another chance...
  • 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...
  • Sweet on You by Leeanna Morgan

    Sweet on You by Leeanna Morgan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes three little words are all you need. .. Molly O’Donaghue has photographed some of the most beautiful women in the world. For the last eighteen months she’s been living in Montana, building a business that keeps her feet on the ground and her heart intact. Jacob Green is a successful property developer, and he’s definitely not Molly’s type...
  • The Maverick Cowboy by Kate Pearce

    The Maverick Cowboy by Kate Pearce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The heartbreak of their childhood drove the Morgan brothers far from their family’s California ranch—and one another. But as they face the wounds of the past, each feels the land calling him home . . . Blue Morgan never thought he’d crave long days on horseback, working the cattle ranch where he grew up...
  • The Sound of Sleighbells by Janet Dailey

    The Sound of Sleighbells by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cozy ranch setting, small-town neighbors, the uplifting magic of the holidays, and a Texas-sized love story make this brand new Christmas Tree Ranch novel from New York Times bestselling author Janet Dailey, the perfect read for fans of Diana Palmer, Robyn Carr, RaeAnne Thayne, and anyone who can't get enough Hallmark Christmas Movies.
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