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Tied by Carian Cole
"Holy dark and delicious angst. Carian Cole did not hold back. I dare you not to shed a tear."― L.J. Shen, USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of VICIOUS My innocence was stolen when I was abducted at five years old. For eleven years I held on by clinging to childhood fairytales. I waited for a prince to someday save me and carry me off to a happily ever after...Categorized as:
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![Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch]()
Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch
Some mistakes haunt you forever. Harlan Young knows that from personal experience. Walking away from Grace Townsend, even with the best intentions and no other choice, still haunts him to this day. So when he had the chance to return to Montana, and be part of something as special as the Resting Warrior Ranch, he took it... -
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![High Frequency by Freya Barker]()
High Frequency by Freya Barker
When the rug is pulled from under Detective Sloane Eckhart, she leaves the Billings PD and returns to Libby, Montana.Eight years ago she left with her pride and the promise of a future, but her heart was broken. On her return, there is no pride left, no prospects to speak of, but at least her heart is safely secured in the back seat... -
![Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne
I’m in love with my brother’s wife.When River came back, I thought I’d gotten a second chance to make her mine. I had Mama’s ring ready and everything. Until the moment I found out she was already married–to Cross.On paper, it’s a good thing, especially since the head of the Russian Bratva has her in his sights...Categorized as:
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![Come Sundown by Nora Roberts]()
Come Sundown by Nora Roberts
Librarian’s note: An alternate cover for this Kindle ASIN can be found here. A saga of love, family ties, and twisted passions from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obsession…The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for vacationers... -
![Deadly Debt by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
Deadly Debt by K. Loraine, Meg Anne
I blew my cover for the woman I love. The second River Adams walked into my life, I knew my days undercover were numbered. The FBI gave me one mission: bring down the Cross brothers and their criminal empire. But no one counted on her, and now that she’s been taken, I’ll do anything to get her back. Even if it means working with the men I was ordered to catch... -
![Sing for Me by Brittany Ann]()
Sing for Me by Brittany Ann
Mason: I never wanted to go back home. Hallow Ranch was my own personal hell, and I was lucky to escape in one piece. My brother’s betrayal was the last straw, but he doesn’t know the real reason I left. No one does. For the last decade, I’ve focused on one thing: bull riding. I don’t care about anything but my eight seconds. When I’m on a bull, everything goes quiet. Until her...Categorized as:
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![The Endless Fall by Emmerson Hoyt]()
The Endless Fall by Emmerson Hoyt
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWilla Dunn is finally getting the hell out of Deadwood—but first she needs to tell her overprotective family that she’s leaving. For years she’s dreamed of escaping the small town that refuses to let her forget the past, but when Ryker Bennett—her childhood bully and brother’s best friend—comes back to East Texas, all her plans go up in smoke...Categorized as:
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![Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines]()
Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines
HuckTwo places I never thought I’d a church and my little brother’s funeral.I was the one who was supposed to die first. Not Hayes.He hadn’t chosen my path. I took lives but Hayes had wanted to save souls.Yet here I was drinking from a flask, around people that fucking hated me, unable to take my eyes off the fiancé he’d left behind... -
![Dark Horse by Maggie Rawdon]()
Dark Horse by Maggie Rawdon
Grant Stockton is the devil incarnate. The cowboy turned casino-owning crime boss has been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember—first as my older brother’s best friend, then as my guardian when my brother died at his side, and now as the rival bar owner and landlord running me into the red... -
![Live for Me by Brittany Ann]()
Live for Me by Brittany Ann
This is a dark cowboy romance set at Hallow Ranch, home of the Langston Brothers and their morally grey ranch hands.BeauI made a promise long ago to protect her.As we grew up, I fell in love with her.I was ready to give her everything, to be anything she wanted.Then, instead of riding off into the sunset together, she left me broken and confused.Six years later, I thought I was over her...Categorized as:
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![Sinner's Secret by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
Sinner's Secret by K. Loraine, Meg Anne
I might be a cowboy, but I’m no gentleman.Ten years ago I crossed the line with my younger brother’s best friend. I knew she was in love with me, and I couldn’t resist her. River Adams gave me her innocence on her eighteenth birthday. I broke her in return and made her hate me. I thought walking away from her would be easy, but I never expected to come face to face with everything I gave up... -
![Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch]()
Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch
Some nightmares you don’t wake up from.Noah Scott spent two months in an enemy prison camp but made it out alive—unlike most of his SEAL team. He’s one of the lucky ones but doesn’t always feel that way with his scarred body and daily fight against PTSD.Working with the animals at the Resting Warrior Ranch helps... -
![Stay for Me: A Hallow Ranch Novel by Brittany Ann]()
Stay for Me: A Hallow Ranch Novel by Brittany Ann
This is a dark cowboy romance set at Hallow Ranch, home of the Langston Brothers and their morally grey ranch hands. Mags Peace.After spending a half a lifetime in hell and the other half in a warzone, peace was all I wanted.Over a decade ago, I came to Hallow Ranch after leaving the Marines, thinking that’s what I would find.Peace. Solitude. Maybe even a shred of happiness... -
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![Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker]()
Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker
Daxton Chambers loved being a part of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas…the Texas Rangers. But whoever was burying women alive in his city of San Antonio was always two steps ahead of him…and he hated it. Mackenzie Morgan lived what she considered a normal life... -
![Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant]()
Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA cowboy finds love in the most unlikely place in New York Times bestseller Donna Grant's newest Heart of Texas novel, Looking for a CowboyA beautiful stranger has come to Clearview, asking questions that are nobody’s business. Cooper Owens also wasn’t born yesterday. He knows that this out-of-towner is hiding a dark secret of her own... -
![Honey Bee Hearts by Kendra Moreno]()
Honey Bee Hearts by Kendra Moreno
Fable has never quite fit in anywhere she goes. She’s always been quirky, a special brand of weird only her best friend understands. After a tragic accident changes her life, she’s not sure how to move forward. When she receives an email with the chance of a lifetime, she seizes the opportunity, if only to escape the darkness...Categorized as:
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![Crimson River by Devney Perry]()
Crimson River by Devney Perry
Lyla Eden has spent the last few years watching her siblings fall in love. Meanwhile, she’s married to her job. It’s on her hundredth consecutive workday that her sister stages an intervention, kicking Lyla out of her own coffee shop. With nothing else to do, Lyla sets out on her favorite hiking trail.It’s there that she spots a man washing blood from his hands in a stream...Categorized as:
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![Hollow Out the Dark by James Wade]()
Hollow Out the Dark by James Wade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to decimate a small Texas town.A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads... -
![Bounty by Piper Stone]()
Bounty by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe came to collect a bounty. She got my belt instead.I went undercover to take down a mob boss and ended up betrayed, framed, and on the run. Harper Rollins tried to bring me in, but instead of collecting a bounty she earned herself a hard spanking and then an even rougher lesson that left her cute bottom sore in a very different way.She's not one to give up on a paycheck, but that's fine by me... -
![Broken Road by Addison Kline]()
Broken Road by Addison Kline
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is often said that time heals all wounds. The words are spoken like a promise... A vow. These words are said to people who have been beaten down to their lowest state. To the poor souls who have nothing left to lose. Whispered into the ear of a grieving daughter, told with a shrug to a man who has nothing left to live for. These are dangerous people. The down-trodden. The grieving... -
![Wait in the Truck by Leila James, Shauna Mairéad]()
Wait in the Truck by Leila James, Shauna Mairéad
Readers on BOOKTOK are calling this book hilariously dark and obsessively addictive.Heads or tails? The flip of my coin decides how I end your life.My obsession with Sage Everett runs deeper and darker than the water of Black River—the boundary that divides our land.I’ve spent years watching the girl next door from beneath the brim of my cowboy hat... -
![Blood Sports by Daniel May, Augustus Roth]()
Blood Sports by Daniel May, Augustus Roth
There are deadly games... and then there are blood sports.In Hanged Men territory, there are two rules: you don’t steal horses, and you don’t disturb their leader in his cozy retirement.Someone broke the rules.Jove Alms, an infamous kingpin who passed his crime empire onto his sons, is called home by signs of a traitor in his old territory... -
![Montana Sanctuary by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch]()
Montana Sanctuary by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch
Sometimes the worst wounds can’t be seen.Lucas Everett knows that firsthand. It's why he and his former Navy SEAL brothers created the Resting Warrior Ranch.They aren’t doctors, but they can offer the healing freedom of their Montana range. And they specialize in training service and emotional support animals to help sooth even the worst emotional scars.Usually, soldiers show up at their door...Categorized as:
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![Chasing Snowfall : An Enemies to Lovers, Small Town Romantic Suspense by Anastasia Wilder]()
Chasing Snowfall : An Enemies to Lovers, Small Town Romantic Suspense by Anastasia Wilder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe day Charlotte Adler decided to stop running from her past, she found herself in the sleepy town of Silver Rapids, Wyoming, trading a fancy high-rise in Boston for a small bungalow and a luxury SUV for a horse. As long as she kept a low profile, no one would find her— and no one would get hurt...Categorized as:
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![Barbed Wire Hearts by Kendra Moreno]()
Barbed Wire Hearts by Kendra Moreno
Kate has always been a city girl. The city is all she knows, and she’s fine with that until an ex-boyfriend knocks on her door and destroys all her carefully made plans. Now, she has no choice but to run and get as far away from the city as possible. Head west. Move fast. She doesn’t stop until she finds herself in the mountains of Wyoming... -
![All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy]()
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsThe national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy , All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself... -
![Love Me Today by A.L. Jackson]()
Love Me Today by A.L. Jackson
A jaded single dad. A woman returning to her small-town roots. Neither was prepared for their paths to collide… I should have known I was in trouble when I backed my old, beat-up truck into the shiny Range Rover. The driver looked like a gorgeous fallen angel – one who’d been booted right out of paradise for being a giant prick. Good thing I’ll never have to see him again... -
![The Renegade by Silvia Violet]()
The Renegade by Silvia Violet
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI followed my gut and defied orders.I'd do it again even though I was left with a stain on my record and no where to go until an old friend pulled me back into the world of organized crime.Now I spend my days doing two things I love, raising horses and protecting people. Just like before, my life is filled with danger, bad men, and their badder enemies.I didn't think I had time for anything else... -
![Breathe for Me by Brittany Ann]()
Breathe for Me by Brittany Ann
DENVER The Hallow Ranch was left to me, the first-born son. Before I inherited the ranch, I left to serve my country. When I came back to embrace my destiny, I was tricked. One night of lies and betrayal led me here. Without a brother. With a son. The Hallow Ranch is my focus. I have to ensure my son's future, whatever it takes...Categorized as:
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![For Fillies and Monsters by Landyn Hill]()
For Fillies and Monsters by Landyn Hill
“Loving a monster is madness; it is no easy task, and not as simple as just loving them. Loving a monster is to be consumed by them—pliant enough to weather the storm, and strong enough to fight back.”StetsonI am good at being alone—the best really... -
![The Alias by Lena Hendrix]()
The Alias by Lena Hendrix
The moment I kissed my wife, I knew I was in trouble.A stoic, dangerous man with ties to the Mafia has no business keeping a gorgeous ray of sunshine like her, but she was scared and I was desperate.On the run, we land at a secluded ranch designed to protect federal witnesses... -
![The Cowboy's Revenge by Zoe Blake]()
The Cowboy's Revenge by Zoe Blake
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternate cover edition for ASIN B01N0A8P8W. USA Today Bestselling author Zoe Blake brings you her FIRST Historical Western Romance. When Mason caught sight of the beautiful woman with honey-brown hair and violet eyes, he could think of only one thing...revenge. For three longs years during the War Between the States, he was forced to wait to learn who had murdered his brother... -
![Bull Rush by Maggie Rawdon]()
Bull Rush by Maggie Rawdon
Still married.Those words change everything.Now my should-be ex-husband, Ramsey Stockton, the former pro football star turned felon and hero who left this town—and me—behind years ago, is at my door offering me a deal with the devil.If I let him stay and play his wife again for ninety days, he’ll give me a quiet divorce and his family ranch—the one my inn is on... -
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![The Wallace Girl by Eliot Scott, Ginger Scott]()
The Wallace Girl by Eliot Scott, Ginger Scott
** 99 cents special release price - limited time only! This book will go into KU upon release. ** A feud that spans generations. A love doomed from its very beginning. I fell in love with Alex Sinclair when we were kids. Our love was innocent and it was real. It was also dangerous... -
![Filthy Bratva by Bella King]()
Filthy Bratva by Bella King
Savva is a filthy bratva beast, As cruel as he is charming, As brutal as he is gorgeous. When I took over my late father’s biker bar, I also took over the payments he was making to Savva, the leader of a powerful mafia family operating on the edge of Las Vegas. But Savva couldn’t be satisfied with money alone. He wanted more...Categorized as:
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![Sing You Home by Ava Hunter]()
Sing You Home by Ava Hunter
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIt's been nine months since country superstar Luke Kincaid lost his wife in a tragic plane crash. Unable to cope with the pain of losing her, Luke is damn close to giving it all up—the music, his band, even his life. Until he learns his wife is alive. He rushes to bring her home, only to find himself heartbroken as the woman he loves has no memory of him or their life together... -
![Bound to the Jerk by Amaryllis Lanza]()
Bound to the Jerk by Amaryllis Lanza
I’m Katrina Sanchez and I have to marry Mark Finley, the bully who made my life miserable in high school. I hate everything about Mark – his icy blue eyes, his sneering smile, his bulked-up tattooed body, his insufferable grumpiness and bossy attitude. But my dad is in real trouble and if I don’t marry Mark, Dad will lose everything... -
![His Reluctant Cowboy by A.M. Arthur]()
His Reluctant Cowboy by A.M. Arthur
From acclaimed author A.M. Arthur comes a tender, sexy new novel in the Woods Ranch series.He thought his cowboy days were behind him. But life—and love—had other plans. Michael Pearce left the small-town life of Weston and cattle ranching for the hustle of Austin, and never looked back—until his father suffers a stroke and requires in-home care...Categorized as:
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![The Harder They Ride by Coralee June]()
The Harder They Ride by Coralee June
He turned me into a woman of extremes, living a life of intense passion and fierce emotions in the rugged landscape of West Texas. When I cried, I drowned. When I loved, I burned. Declan Wilder, a man with a deadly past and a killer smile, made me feel alive like never before... -
![Caught by a Cowboy by Lilah Raine]()
Caught by a Cowboy by Lilah Raine
I’ve always lived a simple life,The ranch and my horse are all I’ve ever needed.My world was quiet and solitude.It suited me just fine.Until I met her…Maddison Mackenzie ended up in Clearwater Creek by chance.She’s beautiful, she’s chaotic,And she’s everything I never knew I wanted.Now I just have to convince her to stay... -
![Big Sky by Kitty Thomas]()
Big Sky by Kitty Thomas
"I've broken horses. I have never-ending patience with women."I'd lost my job and was about to be homeless when a sinfully attractive man offered me a job on his ranch that felt too good to be true.I turned him down, but he wouldn't take no for an answer.Now I'm his captive, a domestic servant on his beautiful ranch in the middle of nowhere--for my own good, supposedly...
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