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Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold is a story of family conflicts set in Colorado in 1885. Anne Wells has embarrassed her rigidly proper family since she was a child with occasional but grievous lapses from ladylike behavior. They blame those lapses for the disgraceful fact that she is a spinster at 28... -
![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 Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers]()
The Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers
A delightful new western romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming LoveNew York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers returns to the California frontier in this sweeping, romantic tale of a displaced New England suffragette, a former Union soldier disinherited by his Southern family, and the town they join forces to save.1875... -
![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... -
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![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 . .Categorized as:
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![Cherish by Catherine Anderson]()
Cherish by Catherine Anderson
SHE WAS AN INNOCENT IN A DANGEROUS WORLD, AND HE'D RISK ANYTHING TO KEEP HER SAFE. HE LONGED FOR HER ... Race Spencer's gunslinging days are far behind him. He is now a respectable rancher, but it's a solitary life. But then Fate lead Race to an earthbound angel --- lost and alone, the sole survivor of an outlaw attack --- and even his hardened heart is moved... -
![Love on Target by Shanna Hatfield]()
Love on Target by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill romance hit its mark when true love is the target? Desperate for a fresh start, Rena Burke journeys from Texas to Oregon with only her father’s pistol and a plodding old mule for company. She takes a job working with explosives at a mine, spends her free time emulating her hero Annie Oakley, and secretly longs to be loved... -
![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...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... -
![Leave Him Loved by Harloe Rae]()
Leave Him Loved by Harloe Rae
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m a city girl—born and raised. A towering high-rise that overlooks the hustle and bustle is where my future should lead. Living in farm country? That possibility never had a place on my bucket list. Until now.Bumping into Reeve Colton—local bachelor and shameless flirt—on my introductory stroll down Main Street is a pleasant surprise... -
![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... -
![RNWMP: Bride for Theodore by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties]()
RNWMP: Bride for Theodore by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJessica Sanderson knows what it means to love unconditionally. She has doted on the same man for over a decade, and she’s in her early twenties. When that man’s mother asks her to be her traveling companion, she gladly accepts. She doesn’t want to spend the rest of her life sitting in a bank, after all... -
![Bride for Robert by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Bride for Robert by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMinnie, a young widow and mother of a small child, finds out she has no money and no place to live after a meeting with her dead husband’s lawyer. When she goes to her church to find help getting a job, Miss Hazel invites her to stay with her and offers to help her find a Mountie to marry instead... -
![Hitched to the Gunslinger by Michelle McLean]()
Hitched to the Gunslinger by Michelle McLean
Gray “Quick Shot” Woodson is the fastest gun west of the Mississippi. Unfortunately, he’s ready to hang up his hat. Sure, being notorious has its perks. But the nomadic lifestyle—and people always tryin’ to kill you—gets old real fast. Now he just wants to find a place to retire so he can spend his days the way the good Lord intended. Staring at the sunset. And napping...Categorized as:
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![Lily's Forest by Kat Baxter]()
Lily's Forest by Kat Baxter
My dearest Lily,I won’t ever send this letter despite all the ones we’ve shared in the past. Things are different. I’m home now, something else I won’t tell you. War changes everyone, that’s no secret, but some changes can’t be hidden. I am no longer the man I was and you, my beautiful Flower, deserve more. Better. I wish I’d said goodbye in our last exchange…told you how much you mean to me...Categorized as:
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![RNWMP: Bride for Kendall by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties]()
RNWMP: Bride for Kendall by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoAnn Becker, a wealthy socialite from Ottawa, has devoted her life to music and teaching others. She is content with her unmarried status, still living at home with her parents. That is until one of her closest friends moves west to marry the Mountie of her dreams. Once her friend is gone, she feels a bit lost and confused...Categorized as:
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![Penny by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Penny by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPenny Sanders is happy with her life in Nowhere, Texas. She’s been adopted by a wonderful elderly couple who are determined to be good parents for her and her sisters, and she has a good job doing what she loves best. When a handsome stranger wanders into the mercantile where she works, she is immediately attracted to him, but she’s unsure if she can trust him beyond a business relationship... -
![Hope by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Hope by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHope Sanders is a no-nonsense girl who believes her straight-shooting ways will keep her single for the rest of her life. She has a fast-paced job, working for the only doctor in Nowhere, Texas. When her doctor’s nephew comes to apprentice with her, she is immediately frustrated, because they see things so very differently. Stephen Bennett has a great deal of compassion for others... -
![Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson]()
Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson
Annie Trimble lives in a solitary world that no one enters or understands. As delicate and beautiful as the tender blossoms of the Oregon spring, she is shunned by a town that misinterprets her affliction. But cruelty cannot destroy the love Annie holds in her heart. Alex Montgomery is horrified to learn his wild younger brother forced himself on a helpless "idiot girl...Categorized as:
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![Under Her Skin by Susan Mallery]()
Under Her Skin by Susan Mallery
Heiress Engaged To Marry Playboy! Lexi Titan can just see the headlines. All of Titanville will be buzzing. Not that she has any other choice. Faced with exactly thirty days to come up with two million dollars, she is out of options. Marry Cruz Rodriguez or lose everything — the successful day spa she built herself, her tyrant of a father's respect...Categorized as:
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![Austin by Kali Hart]()
Austin by Kali Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAustin: Wilder Brothers Rodeo Book 3An Insta-Love Alpha Cowboy and Curvy Younger Woman RomanceLizAfter one bad date after another, I’ve decided to put it all on hold and focus on the one thing that matters most to me: opening a bakery.But my meddling sister has another plan.We’re at the rodeo when she confesses she entered my name into a raffle to win a date with rodeo pickup man Austin Wilder...Categorized as:
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![Simply Love by Catherine Anderson]()
Simply Love by Catherine Anderson
Even the hardest heart can be softened by love ... Cassandra Zerek is a true innocent in a wild anddangerous place -- but her indomitable spirit and gentle soul make her stronger than anyone suspects. The owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart's wealth and position can buy him anything, yet he has grown bored with a life of saloons, gambling, and loose women...Categorized as:
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![Smoking Gun by Lainey Lawson]()
Smoking Gun by Lainey Lawson
Nothing says welcome home like an irresistibly hot cowboy inviting himself into your shower.I should have kicked him out the second he barged in. He’s my brother’s best friend and we’re living on a ranch in the same bunkhouse for the next three weeks. Disaster waiting to happen.He’s hell bent on keeping his walls up...Categorized as:
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![Her Christmas Cowboy by Jessica Clare]()
Her Christmas Cowboy by Jessica Clare
From New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare comes a Christmas Western filled with holiday cheer.Caleb Watson has been crushing on elementary school teacher Amy Mckinney ever since he saw her. She's oblivious to his feelings--probably because he's never said a word to her. But when he learns Amy's going to be Mrs... -
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![The Virginian by Owen Wister]()
The Virginian by Owen Wister
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn the untamed West, pioneers came to test their fortunes -- and their wills. The Wyoming territory was a harsh, unforgiving land, with its own unwritten code of honor by which men lived and died. Into this rough landscape rides the Virginian, a solitary man whose unbending will is his only guide through life... -
![The Cowboy Meets His Match by Jessica Clare]()
The Cowboy Meets His Match by Jessica Clare
A cowboy is in over his head in this contemporary Western from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare.Single father Henry "Hank" Watson is a fresh transplant from Alaska to Painted Barrel, Wyoming. He doesn't want anything more from life than to put in a good day's work, then go home to his daughter, Libby... -
![Taming Him by Kennedy Fox]()
Taming Him by Kennedy Fox
Alex Bishop is your typical cowboy. Charming, sexy, and wears a panty-melting smirk. Working on the ranch helped build his solid eight-pack and smoking body. He’s every girl’s wet fantasy and he knows it too. Alex doesn’t follow the rules of your typical playboy bachelor... -
![The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas]()
The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas
Thrown off a wagon train with two other women and trying to avoid jail for a murder they committed, Bailee Moore agrees to enter a "wife lottery"--a ploy concocted by the Cedar Point sheriff to secure wives for the men in the small Texas town... -
![When a Texan Gambles by Jodi Thomas]()
When a Texan Gambles by Jodi Thomas
It all started when she got thrown off the wagon train. Now, a crook is dead, and Sarah Andrews has been raffled off in a "Wife Lottery." That seems bad enough—until she discovers her new groom with a knife in his back. He just barely survives—and now if Sarah doesn't get him out of town fast, someone is going to make sure Sam Gatlin doesn't live long enough to enjoy the honeymoon... -
![Garters by Pamela Morsi]()
Garters by Pamela Morsi
A lady doesn't go courting...but that doesn't matter a whit to Miss Esme Crabb. Unlike her featherbrained sisters, the proud, practical hill girl knows sweet talk won't put food on the table -- so she's bent on finding a sensible man to marry. Cleavis Rhy seems like a smart choice... so amidst the cracker barrels and jam jars in his general store, Esme makes her move.. -
![Longhorns by Victor J. Banis]()
Longhorns by Victor J. Banis
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith an introduction by Michael Bronski.Forty-year-old Les, the trail boss of the Double H Ranch, works for its beloved chatelaine, the elderly widow Miz Cameron, "a little dumpling of a woman, dressed in black." Les rides herd over a crew of rowdy cowboys, roping steer and sleeping around prairie campfires. Young drifter Buck, part Nasoni Indian, catches up to them on a roundup... -
![Eternity by Jude Deveraux]()
Eternity by Jude Deveraux
Carrie Montgomery had grown up with seven adoring older brothers, and she was used to getting her way rather easily. Joshua Greene was only looking for a hardworking, practical mail-order bride to help with the farm and feed and clothe his children... -
![Outlaw in Paradise by Patricia Gaffney]()
Outlaw in Paradise by Patricia Gaffney
Patricia Gaffney captivated millions of readers with her New York Times bestseller The Saving Graces. Now she sweeps readers into a world of danger and desire, where a woman of courage and a man of mystery risk everything in the name of love... As the owner of a saloon in Paradise, Oregon, Cady McGill is surviving in a man's world... -
![The Sheriffs of Savage Wells by Sarah M. Eden]()
The Sheriffs of Savage Wells by Sarah M. Eden
The small town of Savage Wells is barely big enough for the people who call it home; it certainly isn’t big enough for more than one sheriff.Yet when famed lawman Cade O’Brien rides into town, he finds he’s not the only man ready to take on the job. What’s more, one of his competitors is a woman.Paisley Bell loves her town and the eccentric people in it. She’s been the job to anyone else... -
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![The Big Girl's Guide to Buying Lingerie by Amie Stuart]()
The Big Girl's Guide to Buying Lingerie by Amie Stuart
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Redneck Casanova" After a disastrous marital near-miss Jade Ballard retreats to San Antonio, cutting herself off from the world in general and more specifically her family’s country club lifestyle, which she no longer wants any part of. She takes comfort in food and eventually, the safety of an internet love affair... -
![Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry]()
Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry
The four McBride brothers have their worlds turned upside down when their precocious younger sister secretly places an advertisement for a mail-order bride.Kit McBride knows that Buck's Creek, Montana, is no place to find a wife. Between him and his three brothers--plus little Junebug--they manage all right on their own, thank you very much... -
![The Charm School by Susan Wiggs]()
The Charm School by Susan Wiggs
An awkward misfit in an accomplished, Boston family, Isadora Peabody yearns to escape her social isolation and sneaks aboard the Silver Swan, bound for Rio, leaving it all behind. Ryan Calhoun, too, had a good family name. But he'd purposely walked away from everything it afforded him...Categorized as:
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![That Fine Line by Cindy Steel]()
That Fine Line by Cindy Steel
All I wanted was a quiet summer on my family’s ranch in Idaho…I didn’t think that was too much to ask. With my fiancé in California, I was back home for three months to plan my wedding. I had colors to pick, cows to milk, and a wedding dress to squeeze into.Which was why I didn’t need anybody messing with me.Especially not the guy who had dedicated his whole life to making mine a joke...Categorized as:
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![Once a Gentleman by Candice Hern]()
Once a Gentleman by Candice Hern
When two friends are found in a compromising situation, their marriage of convenience turns into something neither was looking for ... and something neither can live without. Nicholas Parrish wakes one morning to pounding at the front door of his London townhouse. Standing before him is the irate father of Prudence Armitage and several of her scowling brothers... -
![Sins of a Wicked Duke by Sophie Jordan]()
Sins of a Wicked Duke by Sophie Jordan
She works to live . . . One would think the last place a beauty like Fallon O'Rourke could keep her virtue was in the Mayfair mansion of London's most licentious duke, the notorious Dominic Hale. Yet Fallon—who's endured nothing but lecherous advances since her father's tragic death—is perfectly safe there . . -
![Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn]()
Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn
Seven years ago she broke his heart... When Robert Kemble stumbles across Victoria Lyndon in hedgerow maze, he can't believe his eyes. The girl who'd torn him in two, who let him plan on elopement and then left him standing by the side of the road, was suddenly within arm's reach, and even though his fury still knew no bounds, she was impossible to resist..
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