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  • SWAT Ed.: Fox & Bull by A.E. Via

    SWAT Ed.: Fox & Bull by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    A fox can set many traps to catch his target—but this one only needs one to catch his.Dominic “Bull” Walker is used to the simpler things in life. Give him his own land to work, a strong horse, and twelve hours of daylight, and he is a contented man. But when someone threatens to take away the successful ranch that took him two years to rebuild, he’ll accept any help he can get to defend it...
  • Secrets Collide by Kathleen Brooks

    Secrets Collide by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The mysterious Cy Davies is coming home. He’s not coming alone either. Having rescued Gemma Perry, a sassy investigative reporter for a gossip magazine, he takes her to the one place he knows he can keep her safe. Keeneston. Gemma Perry was having a bad week. Now she was in a small town where gossip was a currency...
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  • Risky Shot by Kathleen Brooks

    Risky Shot by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Danielle De Luca, an ex-beauty queen who is not at all what she seems, leaves the streets of New York after tracking the criminals out to destroy her. She travels to Keeneston, Kentucky to make her final stand by the side of her best friend, McKenna Mason. While in Keeneston, Danielle meets the quiet and mysterious Mohtadi Ali Rahmen, a modern day Prince...
  • Dead Heat by Kathleen Brooks

    Dead Heat by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Paige Davies finds her world turned upside down as she becomes involved in her best friends' nightmare. The strong-willed Paige doesn't know which is worse: someone trying to kill her, or losing her dog to the man she loves to hate. FBI Agent Cole Parker can't decide whether he should strangle or kiss this infuriating woman of his dreams...
  • Digitalis by Ronie Kendig

    Digitalis by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Step into the boots of a former Marine in this heart-pounding adventure in life and love. Colton “Cowboy” Neeley is a Marine trying to find his footing as he battles flashbacks now that he’s back home. Piper Blum is a woman in hiding—from life and the assassins bent on destroying her family. When their hearts collide, more than their lives are at stake...
  • Tempted by Lexi Blake

    Tempted by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lexi Blake comes a new story in her Masters and Mercenaries series…When West Rycroft left his family’s ranch to work in the big city, he never dreamed he would find himself surrounded by celebrities and politicians...
  • Burning Love by Sable Hunter

    Burning Love by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Hell Yeah! Series continues with Burning Love (Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Book 6 – Cajun Style) Beau’s passion burns hot for Harley Montoya. When he discovers that the woman who has enflamed his libido is the girl he fell in love with so long ago in a runaway shelter, he is overcome with joy. But Harley - or Nada as he knew her - has been burned by tragedy...
  • A Rush of Wings by Kristen Heitzmann

    A Rush of Wings by Kristen Heitzmann

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    Running from terrors both recent and remembered, Noelle flees her New York mansion for the Rocky Mountains, seeking a place to hide from the men who betrayed her. Her sanctuary is a horse ranch, where she discovers solace in the breathtaking scenery she paints...
  • Breaking in the Cowboy by Em Petrova

    Breaking in the Cowboy by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He never thought he’d see her again. Now he’s fighting for her life…and her heart.Ranch hand Casey Clayton has been tasked by the Wynton Ranch to ready the grounds for an important wedding in a few weeks. So when his best friend’s little sister turns up on the ranch seeking protection, it couldn’t come at a worse time...
  • Maddox's Truce: Special Edition by Heather Slade

    Maddox's Truce: Special Edition by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Hatfields and McCoys have nothing on the Butler and Avilla families. The feud between the families has been going on for decades and doesn't look like it will end anytime soon. But neither the feud, nor the fence between the wineries can keep two determined young lovers apart...
  • Blinded by Greta Rose West

    Blinded by Greta Rose West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finn Cade is everyone’s fantasy, the cowboy who puts all others to shame with his broad shoulders and charming grin. But while he pretends to revel in his panty-melter status, the truth is, he wants a woman who sees him for more than just his looks...
  • Out of Focus by Nancy Naigle

    Out of Focus by Nancy Naigle

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **A woman is caught in a web of deception as she desperately searches for her missing son.** Kasey Phillips thought her biggest problem was deciding whether to photograph Cody Tuggle’s honky-tonkin’ tour, until an accident on Route 58 claims the life of her husband. Hurricane Ernesto threatens the region...
  • Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies by Nancy Naigle

    Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies by Nancy Naigle

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies is a sweet, down-home story of love overcoming all obstacles — from the crossroads of small town and suspense. America’s beloved country superstar Cody Tuggle never expected to be one of America’s most wanted. At least that’s how he feels since he’s been accused of murdering his scheming agent...
  • Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy: A Deputy Laney Briggs Novella by Jodi Linton

    Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy: A Deputy Laney Briggs Novella by Jodi Linton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A thrilling suspense from Entangled’s Ignite imprint… Some cowboys are worth getting dirty for. In her latest adventure, sassy Deputy Laney Briggs discovers the local high school football coach passed out under the stadium bleachers wearing nothing but a smile…and his wife’s lingerie...
  • Sawyer by Lori Foster

    Sawyer by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    This Buckhorn brother will fight for the woman of his dreams in this beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster… As the only doctor in Buckhorn County, Kentucky, Sawyer Hudson knows a thing or two about saving lives...
  • Blood Ties by Sharon Sala

    Blood Ties by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    The truth will set you free if it doesn't get you killed Savannah Slade is not the person she thought she was. The reading of her "father's" will has led her to a world-shattering revelation: her sisters are not her blood kin—and she may be the heiress to a massive fortune. Her not-quite-fiancé Judd doesn't care where she came from—he only wants her by his side...
  • Threat of Exposure by Lynette Eason

    Threat of Exposure by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pages full of indecipherable codes are all that stand between DEA agent Brock Martin and drugs crossing the border. But if he wants to crack the case, he'll have to work with Texas Ranger Gisella Hernandez. Brock feels the case is way too dangerous for a female agent—especially one who refuses to admit she needs protection...
  • Cowboy's City Slicker by Aja Foxx

    Cowboy's City Slicker by Aja Foxx

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ~Cooper~ I thought I had everything I could ever need right here on the Eagle Creek Ranch until Ethan Walker walked into my life. He was a city slicker right down to his polished dress shoes. He had no business being here, but I didn't want him to leave, especially since I can't seem to keep my hands off of him. Too bad he doesn't plan to stick around...
  • Don't Mess with Texas by Christie Craig

    Don't Mess with Texas by Christie Craig

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Nikki Hunt thought her night couldn't get worse when her no-good, cheating ex ditched her at dinner, sticking her with the bill. Then she found his body stuffed in the trunk of her car and lost her two-hundred-dollar meal all over his three-thousand-dollar suit. Now not only is Nikki nearly broke, she's a murder suspect...
  • Out of the Blue by Josh Lanyon

    Out of the Blue by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    France, 1916. The Great War. High above the carnage in the trenches, British and German aces joust like knights of old for control of the skies. The strain and tension of living every day on the edge of death leads to dangerous choices and wild risks. When British ace Bat Bryant's past catches up with him, he strikes out in panic and kills the man threatening him with exposure...
  • Dark Paradise by Tami Hoag

    Dark Paradise by Tami Hoag

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    New Eden, Montana, is a piece of heaven on earth where one woman died in her own private hell. Now it’s up to ex-court reporter Marilee Jennings to decipher the puzzle of her best friend’s death. But someone has a stake in silencing her suspicion. Someone with secrets worth killing for—and the power to turn this beautiful haven into a . .
  • Sweet Seduction Serenade by Nicola Claire

    Sweet Seduction Serenade by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "One night eight years ago and you ran, angel. One night now and you're gone again. I won't let you run this time without giving chase." Eight years ago Evangeline Rowe met her ice-blue eyed, perfect cowboy, but she was running from a past he would have kept her trapped within...
  • Secret of Deadman's Coulee by B.J. Daniels

    Secret of Deadman's Coulee by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It would just figure! Eve Bailey would have the rotten luck to drop in on a body and a thirty-year-old mystery. And darn it all, Carter Jackson would be the sheriff determined to take on the cold case—and Eve. In high school he had been one tall drink of water, and nothing had changed—not his smoldering eyes, his cowboy swagger or the way Eve felt about him...
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    mystery  cowboys  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Cross of Sins by Geoffrey Knight

    The Cross of Sins by Geoffrey Knight

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Somewhere in the world is a statue so sinful that a secret sect of the Church wants it destroyed at any cost. Somewhere in the Turkish desert, in the streets of London, and in the depths of Venice, are the clues to find it. And, somewhere in the hearts of five sexy, daring, thrill-seeking gay men, is the courage and die-hard determination to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of all time...
  • Georgia Heat by Lola Carson

    Georgia Heat by Lola Carson

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Romance Redux is a series of stories based on the old favorite tropes: the bookshop romance, the blind date, the road trip, etc. Each novella or novel within the series will be inspired by a classic trope. For the full list of planned tropes, visit Lola's blog. Trope for Georgia Heat: the sexy police officer and/or mechanic with a heart of gold...
  • Playing With Fire by Alison Bliss

    Playing With Fire by Alison Bliss

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Nothing ignites a fire like the perfect match… Anna Weber is every inch the proper librarian--old-fashioned, conservatively dressed right down to her tightly clipped flaming red hair. She's just moved to a small Texas town, and is determined to spend time with her friend before she has to disappear. Relationships aren't easy for her. She knows too well what it means to be burned...
  • The Hero by Donna Grant

    The Hero by Donna Grant

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Owen Loughman is a highly-decorated Navy SEAL who has a thirst for action. But there’s one thing he hasn’t been able to forget – his high school sweetheart, Natalie. After over a decade away, Owen is returned home to the ranch in Texas for a dangerous new mission that puts him face-to-face with Natalie and an outside menace that threatens everything he holds dear...
  • My Heart May Be Broken, but My Hair Still Looks Great by Dixie Cash

    My Heart May Be Broken, but My Hair Still Looks Great by Dixie Cash

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Welcome to Salt Lick, Texas, home of big hair,big ranches, and two of the biggest busybodies everto wield a blow-dryer—Debbie Sue and Edwina,also known as the Domestic Equalizers. Their motto:Don't run over him—get over him! Their mission: Track down and expose your straying man. And theywon't stop until female domestic justice is served...
  • Dangerous Games by Stephanie James, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Dangerous Games by Stephanie James, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emelina Stratton was desperate to save her brother's life. Desperate enough to ask mafia-chieftain-in-hiding Julian Colter for help. The man, shrouded in mystery and with lethal good looks, said yes. For a price, of course. Emmy would have The Devil To Pay. Especially since she was what Julian demanded in return.Intellectual Sophia Bennett knew what kind of man she wanted: a rugged cowboy...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  cowboys  contemporary  mafia  m-f  length-medium
  • Date Night (Dating by Numbers ) by Meghan Quinn

    Date Night (Dating by Numbers ) by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Alex and Lauren are married, madly in love and it’s their monthly date night...
  • This Time Forever by Patricia Paris

    This Time Forever by Patricia Paris

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delaney Brannigan and Blake Morrisson meet at the Glebe Point annual costume dance, known only to each other as the leopard and the cowboy---but, as Delaney soon discovers, the cowboy she'd thought had ridden off into the sunset never to tempt her again, is none other than the man she came from New York to find and discredit...
  • Continental Divide by Laura Harner, Lisa Worrall

    Continental Divide by Laura Harner, Lisa Worrall

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detective Remington frickin’ hates the missing persons detail, but a cold fury builds in the pit of his stomach when he realizes that over the past three months six boys have disappeared from the smaller communities that surround the greater Phoenix area...
  • A Little Less Girl by Tess Oliver

    A Little Less Girl by Tess Oliver

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Everything has always come easy to Jake West. But when Amy, the girl obsessed with him, commits suicide, the entire town of Raynesville is quick to blame Jake. Now Amy's cousin, Dani, has moved into town. And suddenly Jake has an obsession of his own. Dani Spencer has always dreamed of a home and normal life...
  • The Enemy's Son by Kristen James

    The Enemy's Son by Kristen James

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cora discovers her father is in trouble… and the only person who can help her is the enemy’s son, Nick Holloway. Her father couldn’t have stolen a million dollars, so how is he going to replace it? In one week? Nick claims he wants to help Cora and says he’s deceiving the Hollways to keep her safe…but what if he’s playing both sides? He could be using her attraction to him against her...
  • Girl v. Boy by Yvonne Collins, Sandy Rideout

    Girl v. Boy by Yvonne Collins, Sandy Rideout

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    All’s not fair in love, war, and high school journalism. Sixteen-year-old Luisa Perez is not looking to win any awards for school spirit. In fact, she and her friends make it a point to avoid all activities considered “extra-curricular.” So when her English teacher volunteers her to be an anonymous columnist for the school paper, Luisa’s first impulse is to run...
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    mystery  cowboys  contemporary  length-medium
  • 2000 Kisses by Christina Skye

    2000 Kisses by Christina Skye

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A year 2000 computer glitch got her $1 million and a cowboy--and the wildest adventure of her life . . . P.R. whiz Tess O'Mara is burned out. She's looking for a change. Something wild and crazy. The year 2000 has arrived. And that's when the trouble begins. A computer glitch has deposited one million dollars into her bank account...
  • Rules of Lying by Stephie Smith

    Rules of Lying by Stephie Smith

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In this award-winning humorous chick-lit mystery, a former best-selling romance writer tries to pick up the pieces of her life after getting her heart stomped on by her lying, cheating boyfriend, and returns to her hometown in Florida where she contends with family, reporters, hurricanes, wildlife, a hunky Texan cowboy, a drop-dead gorgeous doctor ... and murder...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  cowboys  contemporary  length-medium
  • Waiting by Jennifer Zane

    Waiting by Jennifer Zane

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Librarian Note: Alternate/new title edition for ASIN# B006QQRH3A. Once you get the zing you can't go back. Jane West has everything a woman could want. A job in a small Montana town's only adult store, two busy young boys and one dead husband. She's been waiting—for a little zing. That all changes one summer morning at a garage sale with her kids...
  • More Than Memories by Kristen James

    More Than Memories by Kristen James

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Book 1, Memories Series Can she love him if she can't remember him? Molly Anderson returns "home" to a town she doesn't remember, hoping it will spark a memory. She runs into Trent Williams, a Ridge City police detective, and something else definitely sparks. He wants to know why she left town, with her parents, but without a word to anyone. She doesn't remember that life...
  • The Good Daughter by Diana Layne

    The Good Daughter by Diana Layne

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***Temporary sale price: $2.99. Regular price $3.99. Thank you!***A 2012 RT Book Reviews Indie Press/Self-Published Contemporary Romance Nominee! Most good daughters would say they owe their fathers everything. Marisa Peruzzo, Mafia princess, would. She owed him for killing her fiancé. She owed him for destroying her mother. She owed him for chaining her to the 'family business'...
  • Dodge the Bullet by Christy Hayes

    Dodge the Bullet by Christy Hayes

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN13 9781463573041. Two years after her husband’s death, Sarah Woodward moves her boys away from their fast paced life in suburban Atlanta to small town Hailey, Colorado. But Sarah doesn’t know a Colorado Senator has earmarked her ranch for purchase and he’ll do anything to get it...
  • Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner

    Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When Paige MacKenzie arrives in Jackson Hole, her only goal is to complete a simple newspaper assignment about the Old West. However, it's not long before her instincts tell her there's more than a basic story to be found in the popular, northwestern Wyoming mountain area...
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