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Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe fourth, and final novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series fires up the passion in a story about forgiveness and finding your soul mate.Dirk Littlewood had the world at his feet and a life he claimed to love. He was a world-champion bull rider with plenty of women to keep his nights busy and make his inner loneliness nothing but a delusion...Categorized as:
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![A Heart's Gift by Lena Nelson Dooley]()
A Heart's Gift by Lena Nelson Dooley
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIs a marriage of convenience the answer?Franklin Vine has worked hard to build the ranch he inherited into one of the most successful in the majestic Colorado mountains. If only he had an heir to one day inherit the legacy he's building. But he was burned once in the worst way, and he doesn't plan to open his heart to another woman... -
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![Wild Heart's Haven by Lacy Williams]()
Wild Heart's Haven by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRachel never wanted to travel into the wilderness. The westward trail has stolen everything from her. Her home. Her family. Her husband. Now a match made out of necessity has trapped her in a marriage with a man she can’t stand.Owen likes Rachel about as much as his horse likes a burr under its saddle. She’s bossy and stubborn with an independent streak a mile wide. And a baby on the way... -
![Montana Reunion by Caroline Fyffe]()
Montana Reunion by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMONTANA REUNION - The McCutcheon Family series, Book ElevenArizona, May 1888A year and a half after Chaim McCutcheon was essentially left at the altar—for reasons he's yet to discover—one steadfast aim remains firm in his mind and heart... -
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![Westward Sight / Westward Horizons by Linda Bridey]()
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... -
![A Trail Untamed by Lacy Williams]()
A Trail Untamed by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAugust is a loner and prefers it that way. He only took the marriage wager to gain breathing room from his overbearing older brother. Besides, the wagon train still has a long journey before it reaches Oregon. Maybe he’ll meet someone who turns his head.Felicity longs for love and family, someone to choose her above all... -
![Where Wind Meets Wave by Caroline Fyffe]()
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... -
![Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook by Lorelei James, Suzanne M. Johnson]()
Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook by Lorelei James, Suzanne M. Johnson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSaddle up and get ready to ride again with the infamous McKay family!New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James has whipped up six brand new Rough Riders short stories featuring fan favorite couples—Cord and AJ, Colby and Channing, Keely and Jack, Colt and India, Carter and Macie, and Boone and Sierra... -
![Donovan's Daughter by Lori Wick]()
Donovan's Daughter by Lori Wick
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen an angry snowstorm forces Marcail Donovan to seek shelter for the night at the town doctor’s house, the pretty new schoolteacher is thrust into a scandal that threatens her career. The unfortunate but innocent circumstances bring harsh condemnation to Marcail, but the compassionate bachelor doctor offers her a way to remain the town’s teacher...Categorized as:
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![Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy]()
Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMandy McClellen Grey, has become the focus of a feud thanks to her husband, who made this mess and then died. Far from home, Mandy, the best little rifle woman in the west, has resigned herself to a lonely life under siege rather than call for help and endanger her family... -
![Husband Tree by Mary Connealy]()
Husband Tree by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHit the trail into the Old West, where a tough lady rancher and a seemingly aimless wrangler attempt to avoid the matrimonial noose. When Belle Tanner hires Silas Harden to help her get her cattle to market, the last thing she’s looking for is romance... -
![The Stable Master's Bride by Christine Sterling]()
The Stable Master's Bride by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratings★★★ The second book in a brand new series from the author that brought you THE CHAPMANS and the best-selling THE BLIZZARD BRIDES series. ★★★A woman needing a home; a man needing a mother for his children and a marriage of convenience that is nothing like they imagined.Hannah Woods has lost everything...Categorized as:
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![Wrangler in Petticoats by Mary Connealy]()
Wrangler in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCan the artist tame the cowgirl without breaking her spirit? Tough Texan tomboy Sally McClellan heads to Montana to visit her pregnant sister Mandy. But when her traveling party is attacked, Sally is left for dead... -
![Montana Courage by Caroline Fyffe]()
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... -
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![Dusty Britches by Marcia Lynn McClure]()
Dusty Britches by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAngelina Hunter was seriously minded, and it was a good thing. Her father’s ranch needed a woman who could endure the strenuous work of ranch life. Since her mother’s death, Angelina had been that woman. She had no time for frivolity; no time for a less severe side of life... -
![Always and Forever by Wendy Lindstrom]()
Always and Forever by Wendy Lindstrom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Mail Order Bride He Doesn’t Want—A Woman He Can’t Resist. Nancy Mitchell refuses to marry the man her father chose for her. Her only escape from the dreadful arrangement is to find another husband quick—so she concocts a desperate plan and agrees to become a mail order bride... -
![Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy]()
Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBeth and Alex survive a stage coach accident. Beth realizes the derelict in the stagecoach with her is a doctor and she forces him to help tend the injured. Alex finds he can care for the patients as long as Beth is right beside him... yelling at him. Alex saves Beth's sister’s life, but he only has the courage to treat patients as long as Beth is there... -
![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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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... -
![Redeeming the Rogue by Kit Morgan]()
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... -
![The Runaway Children: The heartbreaking, page-turning new historical saga from Lindsey Hutchinson for 2022 by Lindsey Hutchinson]()
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... -
![Vow of the Texas Cowboy by Charlotte Dearing]()
Vow of the Texas Cowboy by Charlotte Dearing
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTexas, 1890 - Desperate but DeterminedWhen Daisy Muldoon’s uncle dies in a logging accident, he leaves behind a modest inheritance. The problem? He hid the money somewhere in their rented cottage, and no one knows exactly where.Without the money, Daisy and her two younger sisters have no means to escape the rough logging town where men outnumber women five to one... -
![The Widower's Mail-Order Bargain: Inspirational Western Cowboy Romance by Karla Gracey]()
The Widower's Mail-Order Bargain: Inspirational Western Cowboy Romance by Karla Gracey
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter Jonas lost his wife, he swore he would never marry again, but unless he does, he fears his in-laws will never let him have custody of his son, Teddy, again. The only course of action is to find a new bride… so he advertises for one, making it clear that although he can offer her a good home and a stable life, he will never be able to love her. That suits Geraldine just fine...Categorized as:
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![Protecting the Mountain Man's Treasure by Misty M. Beller]()
Protecting the Mountain Man's Treasure 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, loyalty, a hidden fortune…and a bride he can’t remember marrying.Jude Coulter is far more comfortable in his family’s sapphire mine tucked in the Montana mountains than on the bustling streets of New York City, where he’s been sent to deliver a shipment of gems... -
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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...Categorized as:
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![A Letter to Emily by Christine Sterling]()
A Letter to Emily by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to Flat River, Nebraska with a brand new series from the creator of The Chapmans and The Flat River Matchmaker.She was the last thing he wanted, but everything he needed.Bass Pickett doesn't want a wife. But unless he or his brothers marry, they could lose the ranch they worked so hard for... -
![Texas Forsaken by Sherry Shindelar]()
Texas Forsaken by Sherry Shindelar
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe man who destroyed her life may be the only one who can save it. Seven years ago, Maggie Logan (Eyes-Like-Sky) lost everything she knew when a raid on a wagon train tore her from her family. As the memories of her past faded to nothing more than vague shadows, Maggie adapted—marrying a Comanche warrior, having a baby, and rebuilding her life. But in one terrible battle, the U.S...Categorized as:
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![Love Remains by Sarah M. Eden]()
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... -
![Kendrick by Zina Abbott]()
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... -
![Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry]()
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... -
![Sean Donovan by Lori Wick]()
Sean Donovan by Lori Wick
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLori Wick's bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cover design to delight avid Lori Wick fans and readers just introduced to Lori's beloved fiction. Caught in his first bank robbery, Sean Donovan is sentenced to hang. But Charlotte Cooper, who needs a blacksmith for her livery, has other ideas...Categorized as:
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![Committing to the Cowgirl by Jody Hedlund]()
Committing to the Cowgirl by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter years away, Astrid Nilsson has returned home to Colorado, hoping to become Fairplay’s second doctor . . . and to find healing for her reoccurring consumption. Spirited and independent, Astrid doesn’t want her illness to be a burden to those she loves, so she has resisted getting serious about any man... -
![Montana Snowfall by Caroline Fyffe]()
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... -
![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... -
![Dear Mr. Stone by Kit Morgan]()
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]()
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... -
![Protecting A Soul In Need: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Mia Dunham]()
Protecting A Soul In Need: A Historical Western Romance Novel by Mia Dunham
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBethany Stapleton has dedicated her life to horses, spending each day in her father’s stables, sacrificing things like love and family. However, when her father hires Corbin, a new trainer, her priorities change for good. Unfortunately, Bethany's world falls into pieces, when her favorite horses fail to recover with no explanation... -
![The Bride's Unknown Legacy: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Grace Clemens]()
The Bride's Unknown Legacy: An Inspirational Romance Novel by Grace Clemens
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-two-year-old Elsie Mays, the spirited daughter of a wealthy rancher, discovers a shocking family secret, prompting her to flee Minnesota under the cover of night. For years, she believed her mother and brother died in a buggy accident, but a hidden tintype reveals they were alive in Wyoming two years later... -
![A Convenient Heart by Lacy Williams]()
A Convenient Heart by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpinster schoolmarm Merritt Harding is done waiting for the future she’s always wanted. Which is why she answered a mail-order bride ad and is anticipating her groom’s arrival on the eve of Christmas. She’s about to get everything she’s dreamed of...Except the Jack who steps off the train can’t be the same man who wrote her letters. That Jack was a steady, mild-mannered businessman... -
![The Columbus Day Mail-Order Bride by Kit Morgan]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![Love is Blind by Kit Morgan]()
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... -
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![Bargain for Baby by Kirsten Osbourne]()
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... -
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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]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![A Fearless Bride For A Wounded Rancher by Ember Pierce]()
A Fearless Bride For A Wounded Rancher by Ember Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMae is a fearless woman who grew up in a poor family in Massachusetts.She struggles for independence and respect in the world. For years, she felt as though she was just an object. She wants to be loved for who she is, not what she looks like. When her father tried to force her to marry the local banker, she decided to form her own destiny and answer a mail-order bride ad...Categorized as:
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