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  • Shelter by Jay Crownover

    Shelter by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    His 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...
  • Texas Homecoming by Maggie Shayne

    Texas Homecoming by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A HEART YEARNSLuke Brand wishes for what he’s never had–family. Aside from an overprotective mother who died young, he’s never had that–until he drives his rig into Quinn, Texas to meet the family he’s never known. His cousins welcome him with open arms...
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  • Sunset by Sharon Sala

    Sunset by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Crossroads, Texas, just might be the place to settle down and find the love of your dreams in this new small town romance series from Sharon Sala, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Blessings, Georgia series.World-champion bull rider Sonny Bluejacket was bucked off a bull and critically injured. He died twice on the operating table and then survived...
  • McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller

    McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When news came that there was trouble back in Texas, Holt McKettrick left his mail-order bride at the altar and never looked back. He just hoped he'd be in time to save the man who raised him as a son and stop his best friend from hanging...
  • Some Cowgirls are Worth Protecting by Natalie Dean

    Some Cowgirls are Worth Protecting by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hello readers!The next Keagans of Copper Creek story is about Hudson Keagan falling in love with one of the newcomers to town. If you’ve already read Keagans of Copper Creek Book Five, you likely have an idea who it is. Stayed tuned… it won’t be long before the rest of the description is ready...
  • Dylan's Redemption by Jennifer Ryan

    Dylan's Redemption by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    There's a new sheriff in Fallbrook … Meet Dylan McBride. Jessie Thompson had one hell of a week. Dylan McBride, the boy she loved, skipped town without a word. Then her drunk of a father tried to kill her, and she fled Fallbrook, vowing never to return. Eight years later, her father is dead, and Jessie reluctantly goes home—only to come face-to-face with the man who shattered her heart...
  • The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SOMETIMES SMALL TOWNS HAVE SECRETS.Masterson, Wyoming is no exception.When the Masterson brothers meet the redheaded Tyler sisters, anything can happen. But can the brothers stop the threats coming for them all?In Seeking the Sheriff, Sheriff Joel Masterson shows up on Phoebe Tyler's doorstep with her drunken younger brother in tow. Joel takes one look at Phoebe and falls hard and fast...
  • The Lone Cowboy by Maggie Shayne

    The Lone Cowboy by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Originally Titled: That Mysterious Texas Brand Man and Texas GuardianMarcus doesn’t celebrate Christmas anymore. Not since the holiday massacre of his entire family left him an orphaned child, traumatized and alone...
  • Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • 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...
  • True North by Alexandra Banks

    True North by Alexandra Banks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last time Louisa saw Harry Rawlins was the night he proposed to her after prom. After ten years of living thousands of miles away from her small hometown, she runs right back after a humiliating ending to her career. Diner work and the odd shift at the Italian restaurant she lives above has her fighting up from rock bottom...
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  • Sunrise Arrows by Taylor James

    Sunrise Arrows by Taylor James

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tinsley Jacobs is a global phenomenon. Her songs are all over the radio. Her concerts sell out within minutes. And her latest album is shattering records.An album she wrote about the summer we shared together. It’s been easy to pretend those months never existed. That I didn’t wake up one morning to a note telling me if she didn’t leave now, she never would...
  • A Real Cowboy Always Comes Home by Stephanie Rowe

    A Real Cowboy Always Comes Home by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Caleb Stockton has been missing for more than ten years...and he's about to come home. But his homecoming isn't going to be what anyone expects. Not his brothers.Not him.And definitely not her. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Rowe is "contemporary romance at its best" (Bex 'N' Books)...
  • High Ground by Freya Barker

    High Ground by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not much has gone according to plan for mechanic, Pippa Freling, recently. With lots of bridges burned behind her, she decides to stick close to her sister and give Montana a try. Things are looking up when she joins a local group of animal activists, buys an auto shop for a steal, and even tries her luck with the opposite sex...
  • When Justice Rides by B.J. Daniels

    When Justice Rides by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Buckhorn, roots run deep—and so do grudges…Deputy Jaxson Gray has found the fresh start he needed in small-town Montana. In Luna Declan, he finds something he didn’t even know he craved. Wary of getting too close, he backs away, only to become enmeshed in a local investigation that brings his past and present crashing together...
  • 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...
  • Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker

    Montana Pines Winter Romance by Jill Haymaker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Never let your past define your future. Single mom, HALEY DUNN, is ready for a new start for herself and her four-year-old son, Noah. When she loses not only her job and home, but the man who she thought cared about her, she decides to leave her hometown in Michigan and head to the west coast...
  • 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...
  • A Rancher's Vow by Vivian Arend

    A Rancher's Vow by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dustin's story...
  • The Billionaire Falls by Melody Anne

    The Billionaire Falls by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Joseph Anderson has been successful in finding brides for his two eldest sons. In this book he finds the perfect bride for his youngest son Mark. Mark has a billion dollar ranch operation that takes many employees to run successfully. He loses his cook and leaves it to his father to find a new one...
  • Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Book 3 in the Six Pack Ranch series by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Vivian Arend---------Nothing comes easy. You've gotta work for it.Six Pack Ranch, Book 3Matt Coleman always figured at this point in his life, he'd be settled down with a family. Since his ex split for the big city, though, no way will he give anyone else the chance to drop-kick his heart...
  • The Line by Amie Knight

    The Line by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was a thief. The invisible girl only he could see. The woman who wanted to be more. He was the mark. The extraordinary cowboy who stole my sixteen-year-old heart. The damaged man who still owned it, even four years later.The Line was where we began.Where fates collided. Where truths derailed.The place where our love story ends...
  • Out of the Storm by B.J. Daniels

    Out of the Storm by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She can’t lose him again…One look at his warm brown eyes and Kate Jackson knows she’s found her husband. It’s been twenty years since Daniel was declared dead in a refinery explosion, but Kate never gave up hope, convinced he was somewhere out there, suffering from amnesia. Then, on a trip to Buckhorn, Montana, she sees him—working as a carpenter, scarred, but still her Danny...
  • The Lone Star Lawman by Justine Davis

    The Lone Star Lawman by Justine Davis

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He never lets anything get to him. Except her. Police Chief Shane Highwater has the respect of the entire town of Last Stand, Texas, and they all believe he was blameless when an accident several months ago ended one life and tore apart another. All except reporter Liliana Jones, who blames him for her fiancé’s death. There's more to the story than she knows, secrets that might change her mind...
  • Wild Dream by Leslie North

    Wild Dream by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes love brews where it's least expected… Between keeping his brothers in line and looking after Lockhart Bend, Sheriff Trevor Wild has enough on his plate. But he can't pass up the chance to get close to the town's newest resident, Marianne Stanton. She's as delicious as the beer she brews… But as stubborn as a hangover...
  • 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...
  • Scrape the Barrel by Karley Brenna

    Scrape the Barrel by Karley Brenna

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hurt people know hurt people. Years ago, Sage McKinley thought settling down in small town Bell Buckle was the only way to protect her daughter. It didn't hurt that she managed to get a job at the local cafe, doing what she loved most: baking. The perfect life she'd built for them was all that mattered—until everything was turned upside down...
  • Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 39 ratings
    Matt Coleman always figured at this point in his life, he d be settled down with a family. Since his ex split for the big city, though, no way will he give anyone else the chance to drop-kick his heart. Physical pleasure? Hell, yeah, he ll take and give with gusto, but nothing more...
  • Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This case may prove to be too hot to handle. There's silver out there: Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on that big piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it. The man with the skills she needs is private investigator Alex Justice—a former navy fighter pilot and a current pain in the neck...
  • 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...
  • Silent Scream by Karen Rose

    Silent Scream by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    When a teenage girl dies in a suspicious fire, Detective Olivia Sutherland is assigned to track down the arsonist. Then she discovers something more sinister: a vicious blackmailer who preys on young people and murders without hesitation. Making her work even harder is sexy firefighter David Hunter...
  • 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...
  • Dominic Men of Clifton, Montana Book 23 by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Dominic Men of Clifton, Montana Book 23 by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Dominic Blackstone works for Jeb and Laura Carson as their manager on the ranch Laura’s parents own. Dominic fell for Laura the minute he saw her, but that wedding ring means she’s off-limits. It will never happen between them because he knows how much she loves Jeb. But one night, while Laura is working at the local bar, Dominic discovers the fairy tale marriage doesn’t exist...
  • Instantly Her Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Instantly Her Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A cowboy deputy who feels called into the ministry in a small Texas town, a woman on the run, and their chance encounter that sparks a lot more than either of them bargained for…Officer Jeremy Morgan's life takes an interesting turn when a new waitress at his favorite diner slides into his booth and begs him to make it look like they're together — that her safety may depend on it...
  • Make Me Blush by Marie Johnston

    Make Me Blush by Marie Johnston

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    DATING IS MY LAST PRIORITY when I move my kids to a small town after a sudden divorce. It’ll be easier to be a single, working mom of four, and I won’t have to watch my ex with my former coworker. So when I get away for a night to throw myself a nice little pity party in a neighboring small town, I don’t expect to get hit on by the tastiest guy I’ve ever seen...
  • Wild Love by Leslie North

    Wild Love by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The heart wants what the heart wants…Web designer Zoe Wilson has two good reasons to avoid Cafferty ranch. First, she’s scared of horses. And second, she absolutely does not want to bump into her first love, Jake Cafferty. Too bad her best friend just happens to be Jake’s sister.When she asks Zoe to update the ranch’s outdated website, Zoe agrees—happy to lose herself in the digital world...
  • Wrangling Love by Leslie North

    Wrangling Love by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the humiliation of getting fired from her job in the city, Fiona Cafferty finds herself back home on the family ranch. Like it or not, she’ll be stuck working there until she can find another job. But she wasn't prepared to work beside her old high school nemesis, Eli Carter.Eli sure had changed over the years. For one thing, he’s grown up to become a smoking hot cowboy...
  • Cowboy Bikers MC #12 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Cowboy Bikers MC #12 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way.Nick - I’m the sheriff of this town as well as a member of an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses...
  • River Justice by B.J. Daniels

    River Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you look for the truth, there’s no telling what you’ll find… Brand Stafford has long felt he didn’t quite fit in with his siblings. Now he has the DNA evidence to prove his real father is the Staffords’ ranching rival, Holden McKenna. That secret does more than complicate his family—it’s also made him the prime suspect in a kidnapping...
  • River Strong by B.J. Daniels

    River Strong by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    For two rival families, the only thing that matters more than land…is love.There’s a lifetime of tension between the McKenna and Stafford ranching families, and Oakley Stafford has the bullet scar to prove it. Defying the bitter rivalry between their families, Oakley grew up thick as thieves with Duffy McKenna. But now the Staffords and the McKennas are competing to buy a neighboring property...
  • Trouble With the Law by Becky McGraw

    Trouble With the Law by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Criminal defense attorney Veronica Winters always wondered what it would be like with sexy former detective Trace Rooks. Even though he’s an ex-convict now, because of her, she still wonders. Ronnie has always felt damned guilty for recommending a plea deal that sent an innocent man to jail...
  • A Forbidden Romance for the Grumpy Cowboy : Rolston Ranch Brothers by Hanna Hart

    A Forbidden Romance for the Grumpy Cowboy : Rolston Ranch Brothers by Hanna Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Surly Sutton Rolston is a big grouchy billionaire cowboy with an even bigger secret. Bethany, his best friend, is back in their small town and hiding her own skeletons in her closet. Will these forbidden secrets keep them apart or bring them closer than they have ever been?Sutton realizes that his meddling brother has decided to hire Bethany at his hospitality ranch as a horse-riding teacher...
  • 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...
  • Her Lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan

    Her Lucky Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Everything's bigger in Big Sky country, including the hearts of the Montana Men... Champion rodeo rider Dane Bowden is eight seconds from winning under the Vegas lights, one last hurrah before reluctantly returning to his family's Montana ranch. But his bull has other plans. When Dane wakes up, he's sure he's died and gone to heaven . .
  • 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…...
  • 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...
  • Kissing My Crush by C.A. Harms

    Kissing My Crush by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AmaraTyler Collins has always been the object of my affection. He just doesn’t know it.I’ve spent years admiring him, fantasizing about him, but never once making a move.That is until I see him across the room, already a few beers in and drunkenly decide to press my lips to his. One minute I’m sharing a drink with a friend, and the next, I’m Kissing My Crush...
  • Christmas in Painted Pony Creek by Linda Lael Miller

    Christmas in Painted Pony Creek by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Can a Christmas miracle mend her broken heart?Tessa Stafford will do anything for her daughter, Isabel…even stay on the run to protect Isabel from her narcissistic grandmother. But when her car breaks down in Painted Pony Creek, Tessa gets caught up in the warm embrace of the town and feels safe enough to build a home—and a life—for them both...
  • The Montana Bride by Jeannie Watt

    The Montana Bride by Jeannie Watt

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    She’s not running anymore…After a decade away, Jacie Rose has returned with her daughter to Sweetheart to renovate a historic hotel…and to lay some ghosts to rest. She knows she’ll have to confront mistakes she made in the past, but she didn’t expect to be living right next door to the guy she once asked to be her husband...
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