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  • The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch: Books 1-3 by Shanae Johnson

    The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch: Books 1-3 by Shanae Johnson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Three SWEET Marriage of Convenience Western Romances in ONE Boxset! If you believe in heroes… If you know that the power of love will heal all wounds… Then you’ll love these light-hearted, clean and wholesome romances of convenient arrangements that unfold into lasting love...
  • Frank by Kris Michaels

    Frank by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A life well-lived.Frank Marshall’s life before he married and had a family is a closely held secret. The past should remain in the past until it doesn’t.A love for the ages.Never in a million years did Frank think he’d find the type of love his parents shared. Until her. Until Amanda King...
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  • Tempting Love by Kelly Elliott

    Tempting Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Can a woman actually make you feel like you’re losing your damn mind? Yes. If she is Corina Miller. The only woman who has ever made me long for something more, and let me tell you, that has me all kinds of messed up. After months of ignoring my feelings, it’s clear to me I’ve fallen for those piercing blue eyes and sexy smile...
  • Love Profound by Kelly Elliott

    Love Profound by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I write about love, but I’ve never experienced it. Sure, I’ve been with guys that I cared about. Even thought I found ‘the one’. He turned out to be the frog and not the prince.A few Frank Sinatra songs and a wildly handsome cowboy who calls me Darlin’, will have me second guessing everything I ever thought I knew about love...
  • I'll See You In My Dreams - Sweeter Version by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary

    I'll See You In My Dreams - Sweeter Version by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Series continues with I'll See You in My Dreams (Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Book 8) Zane Saucier is handsome, brilliant, powerful, a practicing cowboy and a successful attorney, but he cannot see. Presley Love is smart, intrepid, and attractive, but she wants not to be seen...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  m-f  western  contemporary  length-medium
  • Marrying a Cowgirl by Natalie Dean

    Marrying a Cowgirl by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She has a mad crush on the local veterinarian. He’s scared to death of her father and his rules. Constance Callahan has had only one crush her whole life. And she’s still crushing. She thought she’d lost her chance forever when he left Copper Creek. But now he’s back in town and the most eligible bachelor. She realizes it’s now or never to get his attention...
  • Sin With Me by Brooke Montgomery

    Sin With Me by Brooke Montgomery

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    A hidden identities stand-alone from small-town romance author Brooke Montgomery about a girl who wakes up married in Vegas to her ex-boyfriend’s twin brother… From the moment he calls the crisis hotline, I'm drawn to his voice. As I help him through his darkest moments, we slowly get to know each other. The more he needs me, the more I need him, too...
  • Cowboy Truth by Olivia Jaymes

    Cowboy Truth by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Genre: Contemporary Western Erotic Romantic Suspense Series: Cowboy Justice Association FULL LENGTH NOVEL People will do desperate things to keep the truth dead and buried. Sheriff Logan Wright might be the sexiest bad boy Ava Hayworth has ever seen but she’s not interested in the least. He can have every other woman in town and probably already has...
  • House for Sale Navy SEAL Included by Cora Seton

    House for Sale Navy SEAL Included by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s bringing a ghost town back to life…Ten years ago, desperate to save his father’s life, Carter Elliott pulled the plug on Elliott Ridge, the failing company town owned by his family for generations. After a decade with the Navy SEALs, he’s back to resurrect it so he can bring his father home. He’s ready to start a family of his own, too, but first he’ll need a wife...
  • Cowboy Under Siege by Em Petrova

    Cowboy Under Siege by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone wants her for her money. But what he wants comes with a bigger price—her heart.Jaren Abel, new bodyguard on the WEST Protection team, will try anything once. Which is how he ends up on the back of a bull, hoping to snag the attention of a stunning rodeo trick rider. Jaren doesn’t do relationships, so one night is all he’s willing to commit to...
  • A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

    A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Rowe delivers a brand new series set in Rogue Valley, Wyoming, home to the Stockton brothers, a clan of fiercely loyal and honorable men, and the women who touch the hearts of these rugged, loner cowboys. The only reason rancher Chase Stockton and his brothers survived their brutal childhood was because they protected each other...
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    cowboys  m-f  humor  western  contemporary  length-short
  • Lone Star Husband by Kat Baxter

    Lone Star Husband by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A Fake Marriage, Husky Man/Curvy Girl RomanceHarrisonEight months ago I married a stranger to help with a “green card” situation. Now I need a wife for real to help save my family’s ranch. I’ve only met Birdie the one time, but I remember very clearly that she’s remarkably smart, adorably shy and has curves I want to spend the rest of my life exploring...
  • Just a Cowboy's Best Friend by Jessie Gussman

    Just a Cowboy's Best Friend by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Teagan Lepley is asked to cat-sit by a kindly lady in town, she wasn't expecting the neighbor to be so "friendly." So she asks her best friend to hang out with her so she can honestly say she's busy. What she wasn't expecting was the entire town to think that there is - finally - something more going on between her and her best friend...
  • Issued to the Bride: One Sniper by Cora Seton

    Issued to the Bride: One Sniper by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sniper Hunter Powell thought he lost everything when he took the rap for a crime he didn't commit in order to save a friend. Now he's got a chance to redeem himself. There's only one catch--he has to leave the military, settle down on a Montana ranch--and marry a woman he's never met before...
  • 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...
  • Romancing the Cowboy (Galentine's Getaway) by Nichole Rose

    Romancing the Cowboy (Galentine's Getaway) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When this older cowboy rescues a hot mess author from a crazy bull, she learns a whole lot more than she anticipated. If growly cowboys, sassy heroines, and laugh-out-loud comedy make your heart pitter-patter, you'll love Cord and Cassia's steamy-sweet story!Spying on a bossy cowboy lands this hot mess romance author in hot water.Cassia MurphyI'm used to getting fan mail from readers...
  • Texas Orchids by Samantha Christy

    Texas Orchids by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm a city boy, not a cowboy.I'm way out of my league on a horse ranch in Texas.Falling for the sexy horse vet was never my intention.Especially when I find out she could be dating a killer.Sneaking around with her?Not my brightest idea, but someone's got to protect her.It's just one summer. One casual fling.Until it becomes everything but...
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    cowboys  m-f  contemporary  western  suspense  office
  • Otis: A Young Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson

    Otis: A Young Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's finished with his last album and looking for a soft place to fall after a devastating break-up. She runs the small town bookshop in Coral Canyon and needs a new boyfriend to get her old one out of her life for good...
  • Both Sides of the Fence by Amelia Elliot

    Both Sides of the Fence by Amelia Elliot

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’ve been in love since they were kids. But for twenty-five years, everything kept them apart.Dee acted responsibly her whole life. She worked hard, went to college, and became a veterinarian. But she ended up stuck in the one place she always vowed to leave. Abandoned and alone, she was tired of waiting for her life to start...
  • 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 WestmorelandIn 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...
  • Creed's Honor by Linda Lael Miller

    Creed's Honor by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Meet a handsome, small-town rancher as he follows his dreams and his heart in this classic Montana Creeds novel from New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller!Conner Creed knows exactly who he is: a hardworking rancher carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. Maybe a small-town cowboy's life isn't his dream, but he owes the man who took him in as a kid...
  • Just One Date by Chris Keniston

    Just One Date by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Home for a family wedding, Chase Baron has a plan to avoid his grandfather’s matchmaking—hire an actress to be his date. No strings and no commitments is just the ticket for no complications. When CJ Lawson’s ditzy sister takes a last minute acting role out of town, CJ has to take over her sister’s local job —cozying up to a wealthy and sinfully handsome billionaire...
  • 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...
  • Home of the Heart by Carolyn Brown

    Home of the Heart by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A heartwarming novel of complicated families, new neighbors, and fresh hope from a New York Times bestselling author who writes "Southern comfort in a book." —Sheila Roberts    Allie Logan has her hands full with a bad breakup, a struggling renovation business, a sister who won’t stop flaunting her engagement ring, and a grandmother who keeps wandering off at the most inopportune times...
  • Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Born into a prominent ranching family and brought up in a disciplined household, Sheriff Jared Monroe has high standards of how to live his life and he doesn’t hesitate to hold the people around him to the same accountability. Misty Foster is a girl from the wrong side of the tracks...
  • The Baddest Virgin in Texas by Maggie Shayne

    The Baddest Virgin in Texas by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Jessi Brand decided she wanted Lash Monroe. He was the man she'd saved herself for. But this male was going to need some convincing - Lash had vowed never to settle down - but he couldn't get Jessi out of his mind. And he couldn't resist her tempting offer. But when he discovered Jessi was pregnant with his child, everything changed...
  • Fire On The Farm  (Second Chance Cowboy Romance) by Betty Shreffler

    Fire On The Farm (Second Chance Cowboy Romance) by Betty Shreffler

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Losing the man she loved to a terrible accident, pushes Amy Flanders into a life of independence. Her only source of comfort is her work—a business dedicated to the care and training of horses. Until one lonely night leads her into the arms of Brock Baisdin. A man who fulfills her deepest desires and reignites a flame long forgotten...
  • Stranded with a Grumpy Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Stranded with a Grumpy Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A snowstorm. One bed.And one night to make the grumpy cowboy mine.He’s my older brother’s best friend.He doesn’t have any interest in me.As a matter of fact, he grunts and then goes the other direction any time I’m around.He’s too old for me.He’s set in his ways.And he thinks he can boss me around.But he’s the one man I compare all others to and they don’t even come close.I’m about to give up...
  • Rocky Mountain Forever by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Forever by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A return to the bestselling SIX PACK RANCH series by New York Times Bestselling Author Vivian Arend. While this book contains a stand-alone romance, it’s best read as a part of the series.-------It’s never too late for love. Years ago, Mark Coleman made the only possible choice and left Rocky Mountain House before he tore his family apart...
  • Redeem My Heart by Kat Baxter

    Redeem My Heart by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Shelby silently nursed a crush on Dane all through high school, despite the fact that he was way out of older, handsome, and dating the most popular girl in school. Years later when he returns, wounded, after serving abroad, Shelby accidentally starts a rumor that they’ve been secretly dating...
  • Country Born by Linda Lael Miller

    Country Born by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author, on Country Strong Don’t miss Country Born, the third book in Linda Lael Miller’s Painted Pony Creek series about three best buddies whose strength, honor and independence exemplify the Montana land they love. J.P. McCall has known Sara Worth his entire life. She’s his best buddy’s sister...
  • The Loner: A Novel by Diana Palmer

    The Loner: A Novel by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "You just can't do better than a Diana Palmer story to make your heart lighter and smile brighter."— Fresh FictionDubbed the Queen of Western Romance, New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer writes about passion & heartache, revenge & justice all set within a small-town community.Tanner Everett spends most of his time jet-setting around the world...
  • Red Dirt Home by Renae Black

    Red Dirt Home by Renae Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To move forward, she'll have to face the past.Paige Bennett is fulfilling her childhood dream of working and living on the land as a station hand on Whitetail Ridge. Getting her hands dirty, riding horses, working with cattle and kicking up red dust. Life can't get much better. Or so she thinks, until a devastating act of violent betrayal leaves her unemployed, homeless and broken...
  • Naughty List Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Naughty List Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dear Santa,I’ve been nice, and what I’d like more than anything… is a cowboy from your naughty list.One that loves his ranch and family too. He’s protective of the ones he loves and honest to a fault. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks; he just does what he thinks is right.One that cusses a little too much. He’s grumpy and set in his ways...
  • 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...
  • Saving Grace by Alexandra Banks

    Saving Grace by Alexandra Banks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Grace Weston left a loving stable home and family to follow her heart. And with her parents disowning her for running off and leaving a bright future behind. At only twenty, she is utterly alone. Apart from the man who has taken a severe nosedive in the boyfriend department. Convincing herself her part time work and art is all she needs, she ignores the bad (Joel), and gets on with it...
  • Once Upon a Cowboy by Maggie McGinnis

    Once Upon a Cowboy by Maggie McGinnis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *** Formerly published in 2015 by Penguin Random House under the same title. This book has not been revised from the original. ***Yoga instructor Jessalyn Alcott radiates peace, calm, and serenity—on the outside. Inside, she still feels like the broken, desperate girl from the trailer park...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  m-f  contemporary  western  humor  length-medium
  • Holidays on the Ranch by Carolyn Brown

    Holidays on the Ranch by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    No one delivers a cowboy romance like New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Brown!Out of the army and looking for some peace and quiet this Christmas, former sniper Finn O'Donnell heads to the sleepy town of Burnt Boot, Texas. But Finn hasn't spent even one night at his new ranch when an army SUV pulls into the driveway and a familiar figure steps out...
  • Taboo Cowboy by K.C. Crowne

    Taboo Cowboy by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Molly is too young. Too innocent.And she's pretending to be my son's girlfriend.It's a real shame how her sweet curves challenge this cowboy's code.When my son comes to visit the family ranch, he brings Molly along.A pretty little temptation my son tries to pass off as his girlfriend.But I know one thing's for certain: My son doesn’t chase women.Molly’s a tiny little thing..
  • The Bad Boy Cowboy by Kate Pearce

    The Bad Boy Cowboy by Kate Pearce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Morgan men thought they left their troubled pasts in the dust. But one by one, they find themselves returning to the northern California ranch where the bad times began. Together, they have a chance to forge a new future based on brotherhood, hope, and love . .
  • Always a Cowboy: The Complete Series by Genevieve Turner

    Always a Cowboy: The Complete Series by Genevieve Turner

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All four sizzling, emotional cowboy romances in the Always a Cowboy series in one set! Forever a Soldier (Book One) A deeply wounded soldier, a determined scholar searching for a legend, and two hearts ready to break… or to heal. Forever a Maverick (Book Two) A parched farmer, a single mom in need of hope, and a convenient marriage that might become more...
  • The Cowboy’s Christmas Miracle by Anne McAllister

    The Cowboy’s Christmas Miracle by Anne McAllister

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last present he expected – a nearly two-year-old son!Deke Malone never gave a thought to having kids – until the day Zack came into his life. Now he can’t imagine not being a dad. It’s not easy, but it’s the best thing he’s ever done. It’s the hardest, too, because it takes him back to Montana for the holidays – to give his son a family and make peace with his own father if he can...
  • Home Is Where The Cowboy Is: A Sweet Small-Town Romance by Sophia Quinn

    Home Is Where The Cowboy Is: A Sweet Small-Town Romance by Sophia Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a feisty loner teach this cowboy what it means to find home?Sierra O'Sullivan never got anything from her father when he was alive, and considering she wasn't even told he was dead, she doesn't have any expectations there either. So imagine her surprise when it turns out her deadbeat dad left her a ranch in Montana. Well, he left it to her . . . and the six sisters she never even knew she had...
  • Maverick: A Rough Romance by Piper Stone

    Maverick: A Rough Romance by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's running from her past. I'm the man hired to track her down. And I intend on keeping her. After serving my country in the Marines, I returned to Missoula determined to live a solitary life. Labeled antisocial, my job as a high mountain tracker suited my needs. When I was tasked to locate another lost hiker, a snowstorm derailed my plans of getting in and out without incident...
  • Cowboy’s Christmas Past by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North

    Cowboy’s Christmas Past by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas with her cowboy ex. What could possibly go wrong?After his mother’s death, Beau Taylor returned from college to care for his baby sister. He left behind his dream of becoming a cinematographer—and his heart.The cowboy never thought he’d see Amelia Crawford again. She followed her dreams and became a big movie star...
  • 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...
  • Second Chance Ranch by Liz Isaacson

    Second Chance Ranch by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A new Christian western romance from bestselling author, Elana Johnson, writing as Liz Isaacson for her contemporary adult romance debut. After his deployment, injured and discharged Major Squire Ackerman returns to Three Rivers Ranch, anxious to prove himself capable of running the cattle operation so his parents can retire. Things would be easier if the ranch wasn’t missing 1...
  • 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?DeeUsually, I'd laugh off a drunken night that ended with a psychic's adviceTonight, 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...
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