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The Distant Legacy by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBorn in Ireland but raised in Australia, Bridget Kittrick, headstrong and independent, is ready to show her worth. She meets Lincoln Huntley, a man with a mysterious past, which only heightens Bridget’s attraction to him. As much as she admires Lincoln, his secrets drive a wedge between them... -
Issued to the Bride One Sergeant for Christmas by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOrphaned at seven, kicked out by his aunt and uncle at 16, Sergeant Emerson Myers gave up on family until General Augustus Reed chose him as his assistant, becoming as much a father-figure as a commanding officer... -
Issued to the Bride One Soldier by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJack Sanders built his career as an army intelligence operative on his uncanny ability to anticipate what the enemy will do next--but he never anticipated the trouble he's landed in. Removed from duty, his future on the line, he'll have to accept a truly unusual mission to redeem himself... -
Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set Books 16 - 18: Historical Cowboy Western Mail Order Bride Collection by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow available as a Bundle Box Set, books 16, 17 , and 18 in the Montana Mail Order Bride series written by bestselling author Linda Bridey.(Historical cowboy romance)This sweet clean romance box set includes:Book 16 – Westward Joy.Rachel returns to Dawson after running away amid scandal and shame. Will Foster is the main reason she comes home...Categorized as:
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Westward Sight / Westward Horizons by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBooks 22 - 23 in the series that critics describe as a spellbinding blend of mystery, humor, passion, romance, suspense, and forgiveness. Book 22 – Westward Sight. When Frankie Scorrano and D.J. Samuels meet, romance blossoms, but when a terrible illness strikes, leaving behind complications, will their love survive or will it succumb to bitterness and despair? Book 23 – Westward Horizons... -
Where Wind Meets Wave by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDrawn from Wyoming Territory for the first time in his life, Jake Costner sets off to find his destiny, leaving his love behind in Logan Meadows. NOVELLA Where Wind Meets Wave, Book 6 of the Prairie Hearts series by USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe, will keep you on the edge of your seat... -
A SEAL's Devotion by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe’s got a secret. She’s telling lies. Anders Olsen has a big problem. When he joined forces with nine other Navy SEALs to build a model sustainable community, he didn’t know he’d be filmed—or that the resulting television show would become a nationwide sensation. Now everyone’s watching Base Camp, which means everyone’s watching him. The show’s rules dictate it’s his turn to marry... -
Reckless Love by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe first time I kissed Scarlet, I knew I was in trouble. The night I slept with her, my life changed forever. The day I found out I was going to be a father, I ran from her. Now that I’ve been given a second chance I won’t be so reckless... -
Fool for You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was only supposed to be for a few months, so where was the harm in going along with it? That is, until the fake engagement Landon and I came up with after a misunderstanding threw us both into the spotlight, and threatened to destroy the lives we had both worked so hard for.Somewhere along the way, though, we realized everything had changed... -
Montana Courage by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe is back with another epic tale of love and courage in the Montana Territory… MONTANA COURAGE - The McCutcheon Family Series, Book 9 Y Knot, Montana Territory, 1887 Shad Petty is a cowhand, plain and simple, whose days are filled with riding for the McCutcheon brand... -
The Soldier's Daughter by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratings'Mesmerising from beginning to end.' Lizzie LaneYorkshire 1860With the heat of their beloved India far behind them, Evie Davenport and her widowed British Army officer father, are starting a new life in England. But Evie is struggling. With her dearest mother gone, Yorkshire with its cold, damp countryside and strict societal rules makes Evie feel suffocated and alone...Categorized as:
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Buck You! by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSummer Hunt was destined to be the first woman on the pro bull riding tour, until a devastating accident shattered her dreams. With the injury not healing, and her fiancé pushing to move to the city, there’s nothing left for her at the small-town bull riding school she runs with her father. Dominic West has always secretly longed to know his biological parents... -
Sarsaparilla Showdown by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen 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... -
SEAL's Vow by Elle James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReal estate agent Brenna Meyers is in a good position to work a side job as a private investigator searching for the money stolen from a bank. On a routine visit to a potential listing, Brenna discovers a grisly scene in an abandoned home. Her first thought is Squatters. A closer look reveals the house had been used as a place of torture... -
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Montana Mail Order Brides Box Set: Books 13 - 15 by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBooks 13 -15 in the series that critics describe as “a wonderful blend of hope, humor, passion, romance, and forgiveness.” Westward Secrets: Book 13 Gina Silvetti comes to Dawson to find that the man she was to marry has died. Handsome, Deputy Rick Westlake helps her and the two begin a romance. But, secrets and family strife threaten any future they may have together... -
Warrior's Resolve by Elle James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMolly McKinnon’s father disappeared on a manhunt for an escaped convict. From what they’ve been able to piece together, whoever kidnapped her father, wants the location of the money the convict escaped to retrieve. Getting desperate, the kidnappers will do anything to get the McKinnon patriarch to tell what the convict told him, even go after the rest of the McKinnon family... -
Redeeming the Rogue by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA RogueAn InnocentAnd one forgetful angel …Persephone Dodge had never been out of New York City, so a trip to visit her cousin in Creede, Colorado was a big adventure. So what if her father tagged along? She was determined to have an adventure. Then he showed up on her cousin’s doorstep.Atticus Judrow was a bounty hunter with a reputation for bringing in men more dead than alive... -
Wannabe in Wyoming by Samantha A. Cole, J.B. Havens
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat does a tattooed chick from Philadelphia know about being a rancher? Absolutely nothing. But that’s about to change. Willow Crawford never knew her father’s identity until she hears from his lawyer, advising her of his death. As the sole heir to his ranch in Wyoming, she has the chance to start anew following her divorce... -
The Runaway Children: The heartbreaking, page-turning new historical saga from Lindsey Hutchinson for 2022 by Lindsey Hutchinson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA heart-warming saga about surviving against the odds and finding a family, from top 10 bestseller Lindsey Hutchinson.In two rundown houses, at the side of a barren Black Country heath, live six children with no family but each other. Abandoned or orphaned, every day is a fight to find food and keep warm... -
Sunday’s Child: by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon’t miss the fourth book in the heartwarming six-part series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court!Left on the steps of an orphanage when she was just days old, Nancy Sunday was brought up in hardship – until the kindly Rosalind Carey took her in. Now eighteen years old, Nancy is an adopted member of the Carey family... -
A Match for a Disgraced Bride by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnwanted. Unwed. Unexpectedly matched? Can a daring plan bring together a pregnant social outcast and a lonely lighthouse keeper forced to marry in this slow burn romance set in the gilded age? Sara Rose My heart shattered when my sister's fiancé took what he wanted against my will, leaving me pregnant and disavowed by my family... -
Love Remains by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom Sarah M. Eden, the USA Today Bestselling author of the Longing for Home series, LOVE REMAINS is a new romance novel set in the beloved world of Hope Springs. For nearly a year, Tavish O’Connor has carried the crushing weight of his family’s future on his shoulders. He has taken on the care of his youngest brother, Finbarr, who lost his eyesight in a terrible accident... -
A SEAL's Purpose by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Kai Green joined nine other Navy SEALs to build a sustainable community in Chance Creek, Montana, he never dreamed the day would come when he’d have to marry a woman sight unseen—or lose everything. Now he has to find a way to build a life with a perfect stranger—one who seems perfectly unqualified for happiness at Base Camp—or with him... -
Kendrick by Zina Abbott
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsKendrick Denham left his family farm back east, fought in the war with Mexico, then answered gold’s call after it was discovered in California. In late 1852, when he reached Columbia, known as “The Gem of the Southern Mines,” he realized the easy-to-find placer gold was no longer that easy to find. He decided he would do better providing fresh meat to the townspeople... -
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The Rancher Returns by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDiscover New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson's The Westmoreland Legacy—a navy SEAL returns to his ranch…and finds irresistible desire! Returning from active duty to find his ranch being dug up by a beautiful stranger isn't the homecoming navy SEAL Gavin Blake expected. Layla Harris is convinced there's buried treasure on his land... -
Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chloroform during labour. Florence Nightingale makes headlines as she leads a troop of middle-class women out into the war zones as nurses... -
Fourth and Long by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan one summer together make up for eight years of separation? Commander Brett Murphy left his family’s construction firm in Oklahoma City for a life of hard work at Three Rivers Ranch. Alone, without a wife and kids, Brett needs the camaraderie he enjoyed while serving overseas with his Army buddies, Squire Ackerman and Peter Marshall... -
Montana Snowfall by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMONTANA SNOWFALL – McCutcheon Family Series, Book 7 Y Knot, Montana Territory, 1886 When Roady Guthrie, longtime foreman for the McCutcheon ranch, takes time off to go bear hunting, he never expects to find a young woman asleep in his hunting cabin in the midst of a snowstorm... -
Dear Mr. Stone by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeiress Beryl Branson didn’t plan on becoming a mail-order bride, but doggone it! Desperate times called for desperate measures. Her friend, Katie Haverdash, had the stubbornest set of parents she’d ever met. They were determined to marry Katie off to a man of their choosing... -
An Agent for Evelynn by Marie Higgins
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvelynn Tanner, the local preacher’s daughter, has made one too many mistakes. Apparently, marching into a brothel to confront her unfaithful beau is considered unacceptable behavior for an unwed young lady, and her father has turned her out of his home! Evelynn must now find a means to support herself... -
The Columbus Day Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Weaver clan was growing. Not only was Arlan, Ma Weaver’s oldest son and his wife about to have a baby, but Benjamin, one of her identical twins, was about to get his very own mail-order bride! Ma Weaver couldn’t be happier! Sure, Benjamin and his brothers had been sheltered in the small valley where they lived most of their lives, and maybe they didn’t live as fancy as some folks... -
Grayson by Linda Carroll-Bradd
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA year ago, lawyer Grayson Wainwright's brother was killed due to faulty metal bridge braces. When Grayson files a wrongful death case against a company accused of supplying shoddy materials to the Transcontinental Railroad, he relishes his chance to achieve justice... -
Corsets and Cuffs: by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSheriff Tully Barrett never knew trouble had such a pretty face. Brianna Dumont never knew the law could be so handsome and hardheaded. Pampered and privileged, Brianna Dumont escapes the life she’s always known in an effort to clear her father’s good name. She arrives in Baker City, Oregon, intent on selling her father’s shares in a mine... -
Three Rivers Ranch Romance Box Set, Books 1 - 3: Inspirational Western Romances - Second Chance Ranch, Third Time's the Charm, Fourth and Long by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis Christian western romance boxed set contains the first three novels in the Three Rivers Ranch Romance series - Second Chance Ranch, Third Time's the Charm, and Fourth and Long... -
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Love is Blind by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucius Judrow was good at his job, maybe too good. Hired by Jack Carlson of Cutter’s Creek to track down and retrieve his sister Emma, Lucius got more than he bargained for. The free-spirited Emma wasn’t what he expected, nor was the family she’d taken refuge with... -
The Traveller by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHart Richards has never found home. Sure, he was raised in a house...but it was far from a home. He thought heâd found it in the Army, only to have his world shattered along with his band of brothers. Hart settled in a small-town in Montana until the inevitable happened. The call he dreaded the most... His mom was dying and he needed to return to the place he grew up... -
Bargain for Baby by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBecky Brown knew she’d made a mess of her life. Eight months pregnant, and her fiancé has been dead for almost that long. After her parents kick her out, she moves into a boarding house and helps the kindly woman there with chores for half her rent... -
Montana Sky Justice by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMONTANA SKY JUSTICE Book Nine in the Montana Sky Series K.C. Granger is the sheriff of Sweetwater Springs. Since she was five, K.C. has dressed like a man and been treated as such. She’s efficient at her job and has garnered the respect of the inhabitants of Sweetwater Springs. Red Charlie is a Blackfoot Indian and the blacksmith of Sweetwater Springs... -
Mining for Love by Dana Alden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCordelia Watson is ready to start over. Her husband didn’t return from the war, her fiancé jilted her, and she’s had enough. J.B. Wood agrees to help Delia start anew in Virginia City, even though all he really wants to do is mine his claim for gold. When bad things start happening, J.B. realizes he’d do anything to protect Delia... -
Dorthy's Disasters: A Ryders Legacy Historical Book by George H. McVey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDorthy James is convinced she is bad luck, a Jonah, a pariah. When she’s around disasters happen to her, to others, all around her. Things break, people get hurt and there’s nothing she can do about it. The safest place for her is in her classroom at The Wigg School and Foundling Home or in the garden. Those two places are the only places nothing bad happens... -
Pioneer Dream by Ramona Flightner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImmerse Yourself In 1860’s Frontier Montana with the O’Rourke Family! Sensible Kevin O’Rourke does not believe in ghosts, in love at first sight, or in the happily-ever-after type of love. Instead, he is convinced only hard work, dedication to family, and self-sacrifice will bring contentment... -
Mail Order Mother by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaroline Casey is a romantic in a world of realists. When she decides to leave her privileged upbringing to become a mail-order bride, everyone she knows is surprised, but she is convinced she can make a difference and find true love out west. There are two motherless girls who need her and her special brand of loving everyone around her to make their lives complete... -
Mail Order Magic by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen widow Ruth Arbuckle discovers her ranch foreman is stealing from her, she decides to do something completely unorthodox—she sends for a mail-order husband. She refuses to continue losing money, and she wants someone competent to run all aspects of her ranch, including the financial side. It’s purely business, but when the man arrives to marry her, she’s stunned to find him so compelling... -
Betty's Books by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBetty Meeks likes nothing more than to hide from the world with her nose in a good book, but on the Trail that’s a little harder than usual. No longer wanting to be a burden on her sister and her family, Betty begins taking her meals with a friend who cooks for the bachelors in camp... -
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A SEAL's Triumph by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s bound to the past. She believes in the futureLieutenant Walker Norton might be cynical, but he isn’t a broken man—yet. Raised to understand the looming catastrophe of climate change, promised to a woman he doesn’t love, he long ago decided to live a life of service to his country, family and friends. It’s enough—until he meets Avery Lightfoot and realizes he wants so much more... -
The Cowboy's Bride by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe much anticipated fourth story in the Flat River Matchmaker Series, which began in The Farmer's Wife.June Clark's reputation was in tatters. Her marriage was a fraud. She lost everything, including her pride, in a fire started by her grifter husband. And to make matters worse, she'd never be a mother... -
Love Amid Peril on the Oregon Trail: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Grace Clemens
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLydia Gray's journey westward, fueled by the embers of a broken engagement, takes an unexpected turn when the shadows of her past come to the present. As her wagon train faces unheard perils, Lydia is mystified by a chance encounter. A mysterious figure emerges from a gunfight, revealing himself as Jason Boone, the lost love she had mourned as dead since the end of the War Between the States... -
Shane's Bride by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRescued from Indians, Cecily McGuinness suffers from horrendous nightmare; ones that have her running from her lodging into the woods. She’ll never be normal again and most of the townspeople look at her with disdain. All she ever wanted was a family and a place to call home. Sheriff Shane O'Connor is tired of tracking Cecily down each time she takes flight... -
The Line by Amie Knight
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI 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... -
The Harvest Time Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Weavers. They were boisterous, rambunctious, some would even say wild, and until recently, unwed. First Arlan, the oldest, got himself a mail-order bride, followed by his younger brother Benjamin, one of identical twins. Now it was Calvin’s turn. But Calvin’s mail-order bride was different, really different. For one, she was Italian, an immigrant who spoke broken English...
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