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Good Enough by Kelly Elliott
The third novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series shows how family and true love can heal a broken past.After her mother died in a car accident when she was only five, and her father was determined not to show any emotions toward his only daughter, Timberlynn longs for a normal family... -
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Southern Heat by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWillowAfter being left for dead, I was given a fresh start by my knight in shining armor.My protector.I never had a family before they took me in.But I don’t know how to stay or trust.I always had a bag packed and ready just in case I needed to escape again.Like they say, old habits die hard.Being in the shadows is lonely, but lonely is safe...Categorized as:
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![Saving the Mountain Man's Legacy by Misty M. Beller]()
Saving the Mountain Man's Legacy by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune.Sampson Coulter is determined to undo his disastrous mistake that is jeopardizing his family’s future. Now he’s deeply embedded in the corrupt mining empire of the ruthless Mick McPharland, and has earned the trust of Jedidiah, the brutal right-hand man... -
![Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy]()
Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLet yourself be swept away by this fast-paced romance, featuring Grace Calhoun, an instructor of reading, writing, and arithmetic, who, in an attempt to escape the clutchs of a relentless pursuer, runs smack dab into even more trouble with the 6R's—widower Daniel Reeves, along with his five rowdy sons...Categorized as:
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![Earning the Mountain Man's Trust by Misty M. Beller]()
Earning the Mountain Man's Trust by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune. Naomi Wyatt has finally given up on the man who once promised to love her for the rest of his life—then disappeared after a business trip, never responding to her letters... -
![A Rugged Beauty by Lacy Williams]()
A Rugged Beauty by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHollis Tremblay has no memory of why he’s out in the wilderness alone or whether the woman with him is his wife. She’s beautiful and her rosy outlook makes everything seem brighter, even the dangers they face...When Hollis’s memory crashes back, he realizes that Abigail is the sister his childhood best friend charged him with looking after across the dangerous westward journey... -
![Wagon Train Wife by Catherine Kennedy]()
Wagon Train Wife by Catherine Kennedy
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe will do anything to ensure her sister's safety...even marry a man she barely knows.Eliza Fairchild arrived in America from England with her sister and parents expecting to continue her sheltered, upper-class lifestyle in the new country. However, the death of her parents and the cruelty of her guardians leaves Eliza and her sister, Hannah, in a precarious situation...Categorized as:
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![Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller]()
Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOne ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides... -
![Jake by Leigh Greenwood]()
Jake by Leigh Greenwood
The freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky--they got into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy...except the love of a good woman. Isabelle Born and bred in Savannah, Georgia, she was the kind of woman Jake Maxwell avoided at all cost... -
![Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson]()
Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson
Back in print after more than ten years. Torn between the white and Comanche worlds of her parents, Indigo Wolf has grown up estranged from the townspeople of Wolf's Landing, Orgeon. No one understands her elusive spirit-until Jake Rand comes to town to act as foreman of her family's ranch... -
![Montana Rose by Mary Connealy]()
Montana Rose by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFire up your love of romance with Montana Rose , where Cassie Griffin, a seemingly spoiled pregnant woman, is widowed one day and wedded the next. Marrying handyman Red Dawson seems the only alternative to Cassie’s being hitched to a brutal rancher...Categorized as:
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![To Bluff a Bride by Kate Condie]()
To Bluff a Bride by Kate Condie
She’s looking for freedom. When her ex brother-in-law insists she belongs to him, Ellen Moren must escape the town that never felt like home. Determined that another marriage is the only way to convince him to leave her alone, Ellen proposes a fake marriage to the kind bachelor whose family is heading west on the Oregon trail. He’s looking for home... -
![Marshaling Her Heart by Mary Connealy]()
Marshaling Her Heart by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBecky Pruitt has always prided herself on knowing everything that's happening on her successful ranch, which makes her foreman Nate Paxton's admission to her quite a surprise. With the notorious Deadeye Gang on the loose, Nate--a former U.S. Marshal--believes that Becky's ranch might be the best spot for a group of Marshals to use as a base and hideout... -
![Wrangling the Wandering Rancher: A Sweet Historical Romance by Jody Hedlund]()
Wrangling the Wandering Rancher: A Sweet Historical Romance by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the high country of Colorado, love endures all things, even the solitary way of life in the wilderness.Maisy Merritt has vowed she’ll never marry a mountain man. Even though she loves the Colorado Rockies and the wild creatures she helps, she hates the way her pa’s mountain-man ways took him away from his family and caused her ma to die of loneliness... -
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![Pretending to Wed by Melissa Jagears]()
Pretending to Wed by Melissa Jagears
It’s a match made in heaven, as long as they don’t fall in love!The ranch Nolan Key has spent decades working for, even lost a leg for, is now his—or at least it should be. But an absurd clause in his father’s will means he’s in danger of losing the place to his lazy, undeserving cousin. Nolan finds himself scrambling to save his home—by proposing marriage to the town laundress... -
![The Indian Bride And Her Scarred Farmer by Florence Linnington]()
The Indian Bride And Her Scarred Farmer by Florence Linnington
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn Indian mail order bride is not what she sees herself as, and certainly not what he expects… Ceeh'eenesie's whole family is dead. Her Arapaho way of life is dying. Sometimes Ceeh'eenesie wishes she could vanish as well. But she has a promise to keep. Her dead grandfather wants her to go on, to carry on their ways. And being a mail order bride is her only way... -
![The Dance Hall Wife by Cici Cordelia]()
The Dance Hall Wife by Cici Cordelia
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCAT . . .Cat Purdue has come a long way from the days when her father used her as partial payment for a gambling debt to a ruthless man. Reacquiring the saloon Father had lost, and turning it into a successful restaurant, is only the beginning of her drive for success.FRANK . . -
![Savage Beloved by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Beloved by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTerrified and alone, Candy huddled beneath the trapdoor in the floor of her father's cabin, listening to the bloodcurdling whoops of attacking Indians. When she finally crept outside, it was to find all the other inhabitants of Fort Hope massacred and a fierce-looking Wichita chief thundering toward her on his black stallion... -
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Rogue by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA loner by choice and a renegade by nature. Rogue is living up to his name. He’s lived life on his own terms, doing everything from team-roping in college, Texas Hold ‘em champion to founding his own company, Lone Wolf Oil. Everything he’s accomplished has been in spite of Dusty Walker, a man who sired four sons by four women – none of them his wife...Categorized as:
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![A Long Way from Yesterday by Lynda J Cox]()
A Long Way from Yesterday by Lynda J Cox
THIS IS A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS *THE DEVIL'S OWN DESPERADO* He's everything she fears… Colt Evans didn’t choose to be a gunfighter. When he’s injured in a shootout and stumbles onto a remote homestead, he didn’t expect to find compassion. But beautiful Amelia McCollister is like no other woman... -
![Protector: Doms of Mountain Bend Book 1 by B.J. Wane, Joe Dugdale]()
Protector: Doms of Mountain Bend Book 1 by B.J. Wane, Joe Dugdale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeputy Sheriff Shawn McDuff can’t figure out why the new teacher in Mountain Bend seems so familiar, but Lisa Halldor’s evasive answers to his inquiries confirms his suspicions they have met before. When he sees her struggling to focus and respond during a scene at his private club, he intervenes and finds himself as drawn to Lisa’s submissive nature as he is determined to unearth her secrets... -
![Doctor's Snowflake Bride by Lacy Williams]()
Doctor's Snowflake Bride by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMinnie Bannister’s mail-order bride journey takes an unexpected twist when she encounters a charming stranger instead of her intended husband.Bound by his doctor’s oath to help those in need, Jed Dawson cannot ignore the plight of the beautiful Minnie stranded during a raging blizzard. Minnie is the missing link that will help him bond with his preteen son, who is still mourning his late mother...Categorized as:
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![The Runaway Wife by Cici Cordelia]()
The Runaway Wife by Cici Cordelia
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSAM . . .Samuel "Sam" Singleton has set aside his unsavory past, as a riverboat gambler and sometimes hired gun, to take on employment as security for Knight Gleason's Gambling Galleria in Little Creede. Sam and Knight go back a ways, and Sam figures he owes Knight for some valuable mentorship. Then he meets a stowaway thief in the Galleria kitchen, and it changes the direction of his life.IZZY... -
![Blind Faith by Alexa Aston]()
Blind Faith by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA wounded horse. A half-dead man. She thinks she can save the horse. She doubts the man will survive...Painter Alena McClaine’s world turns upside down when an unconscious rider arrives on his injured horse at her isolated California cabin. Both the animal and the stranger sport bullet wounds. Much to her surprise, the man lives—and hasn’t a clue about his identity. Even worse, he’s now blind... -
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![Parting Gifts by Lorraine Heath]()
Parting Gifts by Lorraine Heath
The USA Today–bestselling author delivers a poignant historical romance of a desperate woman, a lonely cowboy, and the never-ending search for hope... -
![A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist]()
A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn 1860s Seattle, a man with a wife could secure himself 640 acres of timberland. But because of his wife's untimely death, Joe Denton finds himself about to lose half of his claim. Still in mourning, his best solution is to buy one of those Mercer girls arriving from the East. A woman he'll marry in name but keep around mostly as a cook...Categorized as:
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![The Texan's Reward by Jodi Thomas]()
The Texan's Reward by Jodi Thomas
Years ago, Texas Ranger Jacob Dalton bailed an orphaned girl named Nell out of trouble more times than he could count. But now the kid he once called "Two Bits" has grown into a beautiful young woman—and is in more trouble than ever before. Wounded in an ambush, Nell refuses to become a burden for her former guardian angel... -
![Joe's Wife by Cheryl St. John]()
Joe's Wife by Cheryl St. John
Memories… Tye Hatcher returned to Aspen Grove to find that life in the sleepy Western town hadn't changed much. The townspeople stubbornly refused to see the man he had become. That is, everybody but Meg Telford. Meg definitely took notice of the reticent rancher and gave him a chance in life when no one else would... -
![Texas Tender by Leigh Greenwood]()
Texas Tender by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe is the most beautiful man Idalou Ellsworth has ever set eyes on. When he appears at her front door, she is struck speechless at the very sight of him. Folks in Dunmore, Texas think her bossy, too focused on rescuing her familyâ��s failing ranch to be interested in courting. But in Willâ��s company, she canâ��t think of anything but him... -
![A Defiant Man by Leigh Greenwood]()
A Defiant Man by Leigh Greenwood
All it takes is one DEFIANT man...Monty Randolph has always bristled under his eldest brother's tight rein. He's his own man, and he's determined to prove it--and himself--whatever the cost. Getting out of Texas has always been the plan, and now he's got the perfect excuse: driving herd to Wyoming where he can put down new stakes... -
![His Perfect Bride by Jody Hedlund]()
His Perfect Bride by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSage Rhodes is eager to escape Manchester, England, and leave behind the pain of a broken engagement. When she’s offered the job as a lady’s maid to Augusta Lennox, who is traveling to Vancouver Island to visit her brother, Sage happily accepts the position... -
![The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood]()
The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood
Hawk and Zeke have been inseparable ever since boyhood�two loners, outsiders, as free as the wild horses they chase across the Arizona desert. So when they join up with two misplaced dancehall girls on the trail, they react about the same way as unbroken mustangs to the saddle...Categorized as:
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![Bound by Honor Bound by Love by Ruth Ann Nordin]()
Bound by Honor Bound by Love by Ruth Ann Nordin
The day Onawa eagerly anticipated has finally come. She is to be Citlali’s wife. But what she doesn’t realize is that his ambitions to be the next chief could be more powerful than his feelings for her...Categorized as:
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![The Trail Master's Bride by Maddie Taylor]()
The Trail Master's Bride by Maddie Taylor
After being cast out of her childhood home by her horrid stepmother and forced into a marriage by her uncaring father, Mina Hobart reluctantly begins the journey west on the Oregon Trail, hating every minute of each hot, dusty day. Then tragedy strikes and Mina is left a widow... -
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![A Fearless Man by Leigh Greenwood]()
A Fearless Man by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAll it takes is one FEARLESS man... As the sheriff of Sycamore Flats, Hen Randolph has seen just about everything this lawless land has to offer. Quick in the saddle and quicker on the draw, he's cultivated a reputation for being a ruthless sharpshooter—and an unapologetic loner. Hen's had more than his fair share of complications and is happiest keeping his distance from the world...Categorized as:
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![Lily and the Major by Linda Lael Miller]()
Lily and the Major by Linda Lael Miller
Back by popular demand: The first novel in the romantic Orphan Train trilogy, Lily and the Major --the beloved historical classic about a woman who must choose between her family and her one true love, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller. In his arms, she discovered how tender--and how bold--true passion could be.. -
![Coming Up Roses by Catherine Anderson]()
Coming Up Roses by Catherine Anderson
Widow Kate Blakely knew nothing of love - but she knew plenty about unhappiness. She'd married young, hoping to put down roots in a safe haven, but her husband had shattered her naiveté, and made her fear for her beloved daughter's safety until the day he died. When she first met her new neighbor, Zachariah McGovern, all she saw was danger. But Zach saw much more... -
![The Endearment by LaVyrle Spencer]()
The Endearment by LaVyrle Spencer
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFrom the streets of 19th-century Boston to the harsh frontier--she wove a web of deception to ensnare her man!Lovely, fiery-tempered Anna Reardon was forced to lie to get out of the street urchin's life that shamed her ... to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride in the beautiful, treacherous Minnesota wilderness...Categorized as:
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![Sam's Creed by Sarah McCarty]()
Sam's Creed by Sarah McCarty
Known for making up his own rules of right and wrong, Texas Ranger Sam "Wildcard" MacGregor takes what he wants when he wants it, especially when it comes to women. But seduction is the last thing on his mind the moment he stumbles across an Hispanic beauty crouching in fear beside a burned-out wagon...Categorized as:
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![Megan by Linda Lael Miller]()
Megan by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMegan McQuarry returned to Primrose Creek after attempting to become an actress -- and innocently losing both her heart and her beloved land. But instead of the healing homecoming she needs, Megan is met with a shocking revelation that changes everything she believed about her family. Feeling lost and betrayed, she finds herself befriending Webb Stratton, the handsome new owner of her land... -
![A Daring Man by Leigh Greenwood]()
A Daring Man by Leigh Greenwood
Leigh Greenwood takes us back to the lawless days of the Wild American West in this sweeping, epic story of family, honor, notoriety, and one last desperate hope for redemption. Zac Randolph is a gambling man. One of seven infamous brothers, he'd kicked the Texas dust off his boots and found his new home in the Little Corner of Heaven Saloon in San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast...Categorized as:
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![Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer]()
Carrera's Bride by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBut there was one woman who could see beyond Marcus Carrera's notorious reputation and imposing stature to the gruffly tender man inside. And their destinies collided when Delia Mason was unexpectedly swept up in the kind of trouble only a man of mystery like Carrera could resolve— if he chose to step out of his dangerous social circle... -
![In His Eyes by Peggy L Henderson]()
In His Eyes by Peggy L Henderson
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsCarefree and strong-willed, Katherine Montgomery is the daughter of a successful Montana horse rancher. When a tragic accident claims her father's life, Katherine is left to deal with an overbearing mother whose agenda does not include a young daughter. Fate deals her another devastating blow, leaving her to face an uncertain future far away from everything and everyone she's loved... -
![Eye of the Beholder (Nebraska Historicals) by Ruth Ann Nordin]()
Eye of the Beholder (Nebraska Historicals) by Ruth Ann Nordin
Mary Peters despairs that she will never marry. At nineteen, she has no prospects of finding a husband, so she takes matters into her own hands and becomes a mail-order bride. When she arrives to Omaha, Nebraska to meet the man she's due to marry, he takes one look at her homely appearance and rejects her. But fate has other plans for Mary... -
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![Nobody's Darling by Teresa Medeiros]()
Nobody's Darling by Teresa Medeiros
Billy Darling never enjoyed being a wanted man until the day Miss Esmerelda Fine marched into the Tumbleweed Saloon and pointed her derringer at his heart. Lucky for him, she's a mighty poor shot. Instead of killing him, she hires him to find her runaway brother. He should turn down her offer. He should resist her charms. But he doesn't...Categorized as:
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![Holt's Gamble by Barbara Ankrum]()
Holt's Gamble by Barbara Ankrum
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKierin McKendry is indentured to J. Talbot, a ruthless saloon owner, until Clay Holt wins her in a rigged poker game. When Clay tries to collect his winnings, he's attacked by Talbot's men and badly injured. Clay never expected Keirin to take him to the wagon train on which he was due to leave, or that she would lie about being his wife and nurse him back to health while on the trail...Categorized as:
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![Forever in Texas by Jodi Thomas]()
Forever in Texas by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Harmony McLain and Whispering Moutain series'. Sanford Colston left his hometown of Saints Roost to hire its school a new teacher—but instead found himself stuck at the Dallas train station, robbed of the clothes off his back. It was clear to Ford that this thief wasn't your ordinary outlaw—and he was right...Categorized as:
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![The Rancher's Nanny by Sam Crescent]()
The Rancher's Nanny by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaleb Pole has sworn off women. After his completely selfish wife, who wanted nothing to do with his ranch or their daughter, divorced him, he truly believes there is no woman out there for him. But his little girl is getting older, and he can’t keep relying on his mother. There’s only one solution … a nanny... -
![The Wrangler's Inconvenient Wife by Lacy Williams]()
The Wrangler's Inconvenient Wife by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“…pure sweetness in a very readable package, perfect for those who like their romance gentle, G-rated, and family-style.” - Publisher’s Weekly on The Homesteader’s Sweetheart. ”…smart, gentle, and uplifting…” Publisher’s Weekly on Return of the Cowboy Doctor. Lacy Williams is the USA Today bestselling author of the acclaimed Snowbound in Sawyer Creek and Cowboy Fairytales series...Categorized as:
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![Dueling Hearts by Kat Martin]()
Dueling Hearts by Kat Martin
Beautiful Molly James had her work cut out for her: to own and operate her late father's California ranch, the Lady Jay -- all by herself. Molly's Irish spirit was as bright as her flaming hair, but a young woman alone -- even one as iron-willed as Molly -- had little chance of succeeding at so masculine an enterprise...
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