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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
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...Categorized as:
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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
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... -
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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... -
Deacon by Raya Morris Edwards
All Roads Lead to Sovereign Mountain Freya Hatfield knows one thing for certain—to never, ever get tangled up with a man like Deacon Ryder.Growing up surrounded by her harsh stepfather, Aiden Hatfield, and his sons, she vowed to not to repeat the same cycle as her mother...Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
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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Fallen Foe by L.J. Shen
Arsène Corbin does not intend to marry for love. His fiancée has always been a means to an end, a woman he wants to conquer. But when she dies suddenly in an accident, Arsène’s grand plan unravels.Still reeling from his fiancée’s death, he meets Winnifred Ashcroft, a struggling actress who lands a coveted role in a play at his theater…and knows things about his late fiancée no one else does...Categorized as:
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Darling Bride: The Sovereign Mountain Series by Raya Morris Edwards, Hannah Chiclana
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDarling Bride is part of the Sovereign Mountain Series and must be listened to after Westin, book two in the Sovereign Mountain Series. It is the extended epilogue/accompanying novella to Westin and cannot be enjoyed as a standalone... -
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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Sweet Beloved: The Sovereign Mountain Series by Raya Morris Edwards, Hannah Chiclana
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSweet Beloved is the accompanying novella set seventeen years after Deacon. It is an extended epilogue/accompanying novella to Deacon and cannot be enjoyed as a standalone.It is related to the Sovereign Mountain Series and must be listened to after Deacon, the third book...Categorized as:
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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
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... -
Notorious by Leslie McAdam
Picking up your favorite adult film star at a bar in Vegas is a bad idea—especially when you wake up the next morning married to him. Ask me how I know.Before I met Velvet the Cowboy, the public knew me as an innocuous guy who was running for office.Now I’ve gone from boring to notorious in twenty-four hours...Categorized as:
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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
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... -
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...Categorized as:
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Burn by Abbi Glines
From the moment she fell out of the tree in his backyard, ruining his eighth birthday party, Genesis Stoll had been Kye Levine’s best friend. The one person he knew would be there no matter what. She was his escape, his sunshine when the darkness in his world got too deep. When he had her to run to, he knew no matter how twisted his life got, she would remind him who he was...Categorized as:
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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... -
Auctioned to the Cowboys by Stephanie Brother
When I’m auctioned to clear my father’s debts, the three rugged cowboys who bid on me want more than just a wife.Life in my abusive father’s clutches has left me tired of fighting to survive. Escaping was always my plan until he found a final way to destroy selling me to three brooding strangers whose remote ranch promises to be another kind of hell...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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
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
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
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
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
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...Categorized as:
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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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Lying Lyrics by Ashley Amy
There was nothing quite like having that certain itch to watch over your shoulder. A waiting time bomb that could go off at any random minute because he could find me. He, the man that ruined my life with his charming smiles and thoughtful gifts.Bently Baker, the most known popstar in recent years, was the misery of my existence. To the world, he was a breath of fresh air... -
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
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...Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
Another Dawn by Sandra Brown
Betrayal had ruined Banner Coleman's wedding day and on her wedding night she was a jilted bride. Now old seeds of greed and desire are harvesting a scandal --- and Banner's affair with an old family friend could shatter a friendship and a family...Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
Roughneck by Piper Stone
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Dark RomanceHe's rough, he's dirty, and he's not going to be gentle.When I took a job on an oil rig to escape my scheming stepfather's efforts to set me up with one of his business cronies, I knew I'd be working with rugged men... -
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... -
Milk & Cookie by Elena Dawne
They call her… The Baby-maker,I call her MINE.This book is a ridiculously sweet and smutty romp with a serious and MASSIVE mountain man and the small, curvy, free spirited, young woman of his dreams.For fans of the Milk & Honeymoon group incident — this is Vince’s story...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Please, Sir by Daisy Jane
My flesh bends to his every whimEverything I have is his to useFleeing to Bluebell is my chance at a clean break. With a new teaching job and gig as the JV cheer coach, I'm excited to start over but more importantly, moving puts distance between my toxic, gaslighting parents and abusive ex... -
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... -
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
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
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...Categorized as:
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Backstroke by L.B. Martin
The boys of Frampton University’s swim team are renowned for their prestige and excellence. Their dominance and ruthless competitiveness invoke fear in any who cross them. Their leader, Remington Frampton, is the enigmatic heir to the university’s legacy and my own, personal nightmare.FallonMy plan was simple. Attend classes, study hard then graduate, leaving this town behind...Categorized as:
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