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Sign of Seven trilogy by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNora Roberts presents a collection that includes all three novels in her Sign of Seven Trilogy—a compelling paranormal romance series about three brothers bound by fate, blood, and a timeless enemy. In the town of Hawkins Hollow, every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen... -
Training My Heart to Love You by Monica Walters
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKortlynn Hebert has learned how to be positive in every situation. Growing up in a single-parent home, her mother taught her how to love herself and to have self-respect. That was an important lesson, especially for a plus-sized woman. Kortlynn realized early that the person that should love her the most was herself, however, that didn’t keep her warm at night. It didn’t softly kiss her lips...Categorized as:
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The Runaways by Devney Perry
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOne car. One cross-country road trip. Five small town romances about six runaways finally finding home. From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, Devney Perry, this collection includes Runaway Road, Wild Highway, Quarter Miles, Forsaken Trail and Dotted Lines. Londyn McCormack didn’t have a typical childhood... -
Blaze: A Young Brothers Novel by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe's dark as night, a single dad, and a retired bull riding champion. With all his money, his rugged good looks, and his ability to say all the right things, Faith has no chance against Blaze Young's charms. But she’s his complete opposite, and she just doesn't see how they can be together. .. . .. so she ends things with him. But Faith Cromwell can't seem to stay away from Blaze... -
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Sheriff's Treasured Teacher by Clara Pines
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe’s sworn to protect his heart, but she’s ready to serve up some holiday cheer. When it comes to happiness, grumpy Sheriff Cal Cassidy is an officer in need of assistance. But he’s not ready for it to come in the form of his son’s pretty new pre-school teacher. Sure, she’s kind and she’s patient and she smells like cinnamon cookies...Categorized as:
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Take My Name by Brooke Montgomery
A second chance stand-alone from small-town romance author Brooke Montgomery about a literary agent from NYC who returns to her Southern hometown and the cowboy high school sweetheart she left behind…. I fell in love with him when I was only fifteen—tall, handsome, and so damn charming—it was impossible not to. Years later, we got married, and I thought we’d have our perfect happily-ever-after...Categorized as:
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Meet Me in the Orchard by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Fans of beloved Southern films will flip for this charming small-town tale. " —Woman's World for The Sisters Café. Small town enemies to lovers romance between two headstrong farmers determined to one-up each other, from the queen of Texas twang herself, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Brown...Categorized as:
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Space Junk: Houston, We Have a Hottie by Sara L. Hudson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNASA engineer Dr. Jackie Darling Lee is a genius about many things. .. the male species is not one of them. Then a little friendly blackmail from a co-worker has Jackie walking into a Texas saloon ready to initiate Operation Social Life. After making friends with her waitress and helping a drunk country beauty get home safely, she thinks she’s off to a good start...Categorized as:
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Tyler by Regan Black
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe's a vigilante on a mission. .. Autumn Curley has no interest in changing her ways. After escaping her captors, her sole purpose is to destroy the gangs that prey on Native American women and make sure no one else suffers like she did. But she doesn't know the gangs are closing in and about to spring a trap...Categorized as:
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Saving Amanda by Elle James
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor Ex-Navy SEAL, Carter Manning, nothing worthwhile is easy. Having lost the people he loved, he dedicates his life to the hard stuff to keep from looking back. The future is strictly about the next mission, not settling down or raising a family...Categorized as:
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A Fake Marriage for the Grumpy Cowboy : Rolston Ranch Brothers by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAugust Rolston wanted to escape his small town Texas lifestyle when a gorgeous enemy complicated his reality even more. The arrogant overachiever, Belle Danson, was the hydroponics expert that he needed for his organic greenhouse. She was annoyingly driven and also had a special talent for driving August crazy... -
Spill the Sweet Tea by Lyra Parish
Some describe me as a quirky, free-spirited journalist who charges her crystals by moonlight. They’re not wrong. My instincts ensure I know everything that goes on in my small town. And not much surprises me. But when the man who destroyed my heart returns to care for his family’s business, I’m shaken to the core...Categorized as:
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Winning the Cowboy by Kennedy Fox
Working on the ranch and settling down is all Grayson’s ever wanted in life. When he meets the woman who could make that a reality, he learns she hates him with every fiber of her being. He knows she’s being unreasonable since their bickering is the hottest foreplay he’s ever had. Mackenzie Bishop’s an elementary school teacher and can tolerate a lot until it comes to Grayson...Categorized as:
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A SEAL's Desire by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTen years ago, in the middle of a natural disaster, Navy SEAL Greg Devon lost his heart to a young documentary film director, and when he found out she’d been put in charge of Base Camp, a reality television show, he jumped at the chance to participate. Now he’s in big trouble. If he doesn’t marry in forty days, the sustainable community he’s helping to build will be bulldozed... -
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Borrowing Bentley by Melanie Shawn
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratings𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑-𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝐸𝐴--𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦! 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲. Maisy Turner and I had been butting heads since we were five years old. That girl knew every one of my buttons and loved to push 'em... -
Awaiting the Storm by Amber Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve poured everything I have into Wildhaven Ranch—ever since Mom died, I’ve done my best to hold this family together. My sisters, my dad, my grandparents… this land is who we are. There’s no room for mistakes—and definitely no time for falling for the enemy. Then he shows up. Caison Galloway. New manager of the neighboring ranch. Smooth talker. Knows exactly how to push every one of my buttons...Categorized as:
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Heartland Mistletoe by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsLate one night Lincoln was delivering a yard decoration when he came upon a wild, unruly teenager throwing stones at the window of his neighbor’s house. He tackled the belligerent child and was about to call the cops when she informed him she was his neighbor’s sister who had been locked out of the house. Oops...Categorized as:
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Londyn: The Ambrose Girls of Calaway Crossing by Leigh Fenty
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsLike her older sister, Londyn Ambrose was holding out for someone special. Growing up in a small town and having gone to school with everyone in their age range, finding love was hard in Calaway Crossing. When a scraggly stranger showed up at the café Londyn managed with her sister and cousin, he was nowhere near Londyn’s idea of the perfect man. She couldn’t even tell how old he was... -
Librarian's Legend by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's taken years, but elementary-school librarian Heather Shulman is finally where she wants to be in life. Memories of her abusive ex have faded, her two kids are happy and healthy and involved in more extracurricular activities than she can follow, and she's made peace with her family. Yes, she's pleased. .. and it only meant giving up on one of her dreams...Categorized as:
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Keeping Kenzie: A SANCTUM Novel by Pepper North
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when a Little girl wakes up in a fiery inferno? Heat no one expected…. Try as she might to escape the deadly blaze, Kenzie finds herself trapped until he arrives—a dashing fireman who doesn’t question her determination to save her stuffie. To her amazement, everything about him feels right...Categorized as:
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Memories for Eternity: Taming Clint Westmoreland\Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTaming 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... -
Chaos by E.J. Blaise
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLottie Jackson is not a good person. Reckless, bad-tempered, and perpetually mad at the world, she’s no stranger to making bad decisions. When the worst of them gets her kicked off her family’s ranch, it takes one just as bad to get her back...Categorized as:
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A Simple Life by Melanie Moreland
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom NYT bestselling author Melanie Moreland comes a feuding to lovers standalone romance -. John Elliott is a busy man. He runs his farm and his business, keeping to himself, with no time for anything else in his life. Quinn Harper is a single mother, looking for a fresh start. The small town she picked seemed perfect—until her first run-in with John... -
Wild Dream by Leslie North
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSometimes 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... -
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Talk to the Heart by Rachael Johns
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHow hard can it be to resist temptation? Adeline Walsh never thought she would give up her worldly possessions - her iPhone, her make-up and even her successful life as a dog breeder - to join a convent on the other side of the country. But after the discovery of a shocking family secret she feels called to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience... -
Redeem My Heart by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShelby 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...Categorized as:
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Honor Unraveled by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLove 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...Categorized as:
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Chasing Change by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCait Quinn has never understood how some people can do the same thing day in and day out...Categorized as:
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Wrangling Love by Leslie North
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter 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... -
Flames of Attraction: Quade's Babies\Tall, Dark...Westmoreland! by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsQuade's Babies. Quade Westmoreland's one-night love affair with Cheyenne brands him body and soul, but he never even learns her last name. Almost a year later, driven by sensual memories and one incriminating photo, the sexy operative finally tracks her down—and discovers three little babies who look just like him... -
Wild West Wedding by Caroline Lee, River's End Ranch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiscover River's End Ranch, a gorgeous "destination" ranch and resort in Riston, Idaho, that is run by the six Weston siblings and their well-meaning, semi-retired parents. Five bestselling western romance authors have created a world like no other--full of fun outdoor activities, a huge family in need of love, and side characters you will never forget...Categorized as:
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Dreams of Forever: Seduction, Westmoreland Style\Spencer's Forbidden Passion by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMontana horse breeder McKinnon Quinn is adamant about his "no women on my ranch" rule. So when Casey Westmoreland asks for a job training horses, he turns her down flat. Despite her innocent looks, she tempts him beyond reason. Casey vows to get McKinnon to hire her, and to make him her first and only lover. But after every steamy encounter, he avoids her, infuriating her even more... -
Always a Fake Bridesmaid by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe moment Ewan McBride entered my life, my world tilted on its axis. When we part, I promise him I owe him anything for saving my daughter’s life. What I didn’t expect? Being his fake date to a wedding—in two days. It was only supposed to be a favor, but we can’t deny the attraction. Only he lives a state away and my life is in Colorado with my daughter and the Montgomerys... -
Roping a Cowboy by Peyton Banks
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt was so easy to piss her off. So he did it frequently, just to get a rise out of her. Wade Brooks lived and breathed the Blazing Eagle ranch. It was in his blood, and raising cattle was all he knew. But when it came down to the girl next door, Joy Whitaker, he knew one thing. He got a kick out of seeing her angry. She was a spitfire and challenged him every chance she got... -
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Justified by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men series comes an irresistible romance about a rugged Texas sheriff who must protect the woman who was once his sworn enemy. .. Case Lawton comes from a family of criminals. So as the sheriff of Loveless, Texas, he's determined to do everything by the book - until he's called to Aspen Barlow's office after a so-called break-in...Categorized as:
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Bourbon Promises by Walker Rose
I left for a weekend in Las Vegas and came back with a husband. Gideon James isn’t just any husband. He’s a wealthy CEO of a Vegas casino and hotel, but he’s also from my small hometown in Montana. And it’s his family land my brothers are in the middle of purchasing from his father. Our marriage isn’t just any union. I’m a school teacher, in my thirties, and I’m sick of getting let down by men... -
Kissing My Crush by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmara. Tyler 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...Categorized as:
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Romancing the Mountain Man (Galentine's Getaway) by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Grumpy Meets Sunshine/Curvy Girl Romance. Paige. There was really no way for me to know that the helpful woman from the sheriff’s office who gave me a camping permit was sending me to camp on her brother’s land in a misguided attempt at matchmaking. Or that he’d be so annoyed when he found me setting up my tent...Categorized as:
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Riding Wild by Khloe Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn Age Gap, Curvy Girl, Enemies to Lovers, Mountain Man Romance. Can this older mountain biker find love with a curvy, smart-mouthed waitress? Axel. Dating is for young people. The small talk, the awkward conversation, the compromise. It's all exhausting and I don't have the capacity for it. So a dating site is the way to go ,. and this one guarantees marriage or money back...Categorized as:
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Worth The Trouble by Becky McGraw
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHorse trainer and female ranch hand Roxanne Baker's daddy had warned her about smooth-talking city boys at sixteen. She had always taken his advice as gospel until she met the poster boy for smooth-talking city boys, Ethan Cassidy. Until then it had been easy, because she intimidated most men in her profession, most men in general... -
The Only Man by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOriginally published in 2004 as Very Private Duty , dive into the first book in the Blackstones of Virginia series by national bestselling author Rochelle Alers. At one time, Jeremy Blackstone and Tricia Parker were inseparable. He lived for their passion-filled encounters even though they were from such different worlds. Then ugly accusations of her betrayal ripped them apart…... -
Dark Side of the River by B.J. Daniels
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrudges run deep between two ranch families. And so do secrets…. There’s no avoiding anyone in Powder River’s small community—not even a bitter rival. For years, Cooper McKenna has been thrown together with Tilly Stafford, competing against her at summer rodeos. With all the bad blood between their families, he never imagined they’d be forced to work together...Categorized as:
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The Stardust Cowboy by Anne McAllister
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe is nobody’s hero…. Wyoming rancher Riley Stratton has nothing in common with his newly discovered young nephew Jake’s imaginary “stardust cowboy”—the one who makes dreams come true. Riley’s own dreams died so many years ago, he doesn’t even think about them anymore. Now he just works hard, doing his duty by the family ranch. He knows it’s only fair to buy out Jake’s half...Categorized as:
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Harper by Katy Regnery
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Katy Regnery is back with her second Stewarts of Skagway romance! Joe Raven. My first love. My only, ever love. Harper Stewart and Joe Raven have loved each other since childhood. From elementary school to middle school, through high school and into college, they were each other's first crush, first kiss, first love, first everything. .Categorized as:
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The Cowboy's Challenge by Sinclair Jayne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe needs a favor. He needs a bride. Langston Carr is back in her hometown Marietta as the temporary event planner for the Graff Hotel... -
Bourbon Runaway by Walker Rose
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEveryone calls me a recluse since the accident, but there was one woman’s wedding I wasn’t going to miss. I didn’t think I’d end up coming home with the bride. Now I have a runaway bride in my Montana cabin who needs some time to hide and lick her wounds. Summer Kerrigan is from the local bourbon empire and she’s like her name. She brightens my mountain cabin even on her worst of days... -
Wrangling Hearts by Nicola Hayes
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI was supposed to save the ranch. Not fall for the cocky cowboy next door trying to steal it out from under me. Beau McLeod has always been an arrogant distraction—full of swagger and infuriating golden boy charm. The kind of man who gets under your skin… and stays there. We’ve been rivals since I stole his jeans at the creek and our dads nearly went to blows. Three generations of Hayes vs...Categorized as:
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With Every Breath by J.H. Croix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA swoony, small town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J. H. Croix! ✔️ A nosy, matchmaking grandmother. ✔️ Meet cute in birthday suit. ✔️ A broody, smokin’ H-O-T hero. ✔️ A brilliant, tomboy heroine. ✔️ A three-legged sweet rescue dog. ✔️ Plenty of small town shenanigans. Alice. I didn’t mean for the whole wedding party to see me skinny dipping... -
Colorado Cowboy by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSuspenseful and sexy, here is one of New York Times bestselling contemporary western romance author Diana Palmer’s celebrated Colorado novellas... -
Forever in the Country by Alexandra Hale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s a force to be reckoned with and everything I’ll never deserve. Just one taste and I’ll set fire to my past to keep her. I’ve given my life to protect the ones I love. My sister. My country. My hometown. An injury overseas has me back in Clementine Creek before the ink on my discharge papers has time to dry. It’s a loss I feel deep in my bones...Categorized as:
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