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Pretend To Be My Cowboy: A Sweet Small-Town Romance by Sophia Quinn
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe only way to keep her safe is to make everyone think she’s his...Inheriting the ranch in Montana after her estranged father’s death is a surprise, but finding out she’s one of seven daughters is the real shock. And now Emma has to track them all down in order to sell? Oh yeah, this short trip to the middle of nowhere just got a whole lot more complicated...Categorized as:
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Sin With Me by Brooke Montgomery
A hidden identities stand-alone from small-town romance author Brooke Montgomery about a girl who wakes up married in Vegas to her ex-boyfriend’s twin brother… From the moment he calls the crisis hotline, I'm drawn to his voice. As I help him through his darkest moments, we slowly get to know each other. The more he needs me, the more I need him, too...Categorized as:
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The Rancher's Christmas Song: A Western Holiday Romance by RaeAnne Thayne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsKeep a song in your heart this holiday season with this single dad Christmas romance from New York Times bestselling author, RaeAnne ThayneWhen Beckett McKinley’s twin boys need help preparing a Christmas song for their father, music teacher Ella Baker agrees on one condition: they teach her to ride a horse... -
Olivia's Ride by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKeeton Pearce hadn’t lived a life full of supportive, loving family… In fact, it was just the opposite. He had been on his own for so long he had no idea what it felt like to belong. He didn’t want to rehash the life he left behind, or even think about it. But the hate from his father followed him, slowly eating away at the life he had begun to build for himself...Categorized as:
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McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen news came that there was trouble back in Texas, Holt McKettrick left his mail-order bride at the altar and never looked back. He just hoped he'd be in time to save the man who raised him as a son and stop his best friend from hanging... -
Shattered Valor by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEvery step leads her deeper into danger... Eden Miller has her life arranged exactly as she wants it--until a reunion with her high school BFFs places her in the middle of a turf war with a ruthless prison gang, their terrorist allies, and the hunters tracking them...Categorized as:
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Just in Time for Christmas by Carolyn Brown
New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's Southern twang and inimitable sass shine through in this romantic second-chance story.Footloose Liz Hanson has finally come home to Ringgold, Texas with a hankering to settle down. All she wants for Christmas is a house of her own-and the man of her dreams. The house was easy...Categorized as:
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Creed's Honor by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMeet a handsome, small-town rancher as he follows his dreams and his heart in this classic Montana Creeds novel from New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller!Conner Creed knows exactly who he is: a hardworking rancher carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. Maybe a small-town cowboy's life isn't his dream, but he owes the man who took him in as a kid... -
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Tyler by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThis Creed brother will go from rodeo star to family man in this beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller!Whether winning championship belt buckles or dealing with Hollywood types, former rodeo star Tyler Creed can handle anything. Except being in the same place as his estranged brothers. Yet here they are, all three of them, back in Stillwater Springs...Categorized as:
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The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf Gunnery Sergeant Zane Hall wants to save his family’s ranch, he’ll need to fix up the buildings, stock the spread with cattle—and find a wife. The first two are easy with the help of his brothers, but getting hitched is proving more difficult. When he meets mountaineer Kenna North through an online ad, she seems like the perfect fit—at least in her e-mails...Categorized as:
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Home of the Heart by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA heartwarming novel of complicated families, new neighbors, and fresh hope from a New York Times bestselling author who writes "Southern comfort in a book." —Sheila Roberts Allie Logan has her hands full with a bad breakup, a struggling renovation business, a sister who won’t stop flaunting her engagement ring, and a grandmother who keeps wandering off at the most inopportune times... -
Rocky Mountain Forever by Vivian Arend
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA return to the bestselling SIX PACK RANCH series by New York Times Bestselling Author Vivian Arend. While this book contains a stand-alone romance, it’s best read as a part of the series.-------It’s never too late for love. Years ago, Mark Coleman made the only possible choice and left Rocky Mountain House before he tore his family apart... -
The Man from Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller
#1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller presents the Stone Creek story that started it all…When trouble strikes in Haven, Arizona, Ranger Sam O'Ballivan is determined to sort it out. Badge and gun hidden, he arrives posing as the new schoolteacher, and discovers his first task: bringing the ranchers' children under control... -
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A Cowboy for Christmas by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsReid Callahan misses his best friend and blames himself for not doing more to save him from the bull that killed him. He also carries the guilt of being in love with his best friend’s wife who blames him too—or did. Now she says she’s always been attracted to him...Categorized as:
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Riley by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHis father’s death may have brought Riley Madison home to Clifton but nothing is going to make him stay in a place filled with so many bad memories. He’s made a life in Texas and not even a beautiful woman with a little girl who melts his heart is going to make him change his mind. He doesn’t do relationships. Kaitlyn Garrett Parker is happy with her life since her husband’s untimely passing...Categorized as:
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Sam by Susan Fisher-Davis
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEveryone tells Sheriff Sam Garrett to find a good woman and settle down. When he sets his sights on Clifton’s veterinarian, he fears she despises him yet he’s desired her from the first moment they met. She is quite possibly the only woman in town who isn’t attracted to him which might be why he wants her even more...Categorized as:
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Wild Love by Leslie North
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe heart wants what the heart wants…Web designer Zoe Wilson has two good reasons to avoid Cafferty ranch. First, she’s scared of horses. And second, she absolutely does not want to bump into her first love, Jake Cafferty. Too bad her best friend just happens to be Jake’s sister.When she asks Zoe to update the ranch’s outdated website, Zoe agrees—happy to lose herself in the digital world... -
Wrangling Love by Leslie North
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the humiliation of getting fired from her job in the city, Fiona Cafferty finds herself back home on the family ranch. Like it or not, she’ll be stuck working there until she can find another job. But she wasn't prepared to work beside her old high school nemesis, Eli Carter.Eli sure had changed over the years. For one thing, he’s grown up to become a smoking hot cowboy... -
Country Born by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author, on Country Strong Don’t miss Country Born, the third book in Linda Lael Miller’s Painted Pony Creek series about three best buddies whose strength, honor and independence exemplify the Montana land they love. J.P. McCall has known Sara Worth his entire life. She’s his best buddy’s sister... -
The Loner: A Novel by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"You just can't do better than a Diana Palmer story to make your heart lighter and smile brighter."— Fresh FictionDubbed the Queen of Western Romance, New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer writes about passion & heartache, revenge & justice all set within a small-town community.Tanner Everett spends most of his time jet-setting around the world... -
Red Dirt Home by Renae Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo move forward, she'll have to face the past.Paige Bennett is fulfilling her childhood dream of working and living on the land as a station hand on Whitetail Ridge. Getting her hands dirty, riding horses, working with cattle and kicking up red dust. Life can't get much better. Or so she thinks, until a devastating act of violent betrayal leaves her unemployed, homeless and broken... -
A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe sudden death of the town marshal leaves Blue River, Texas, without a lawman...and twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan without a husband. As winter approaches and her meager seamstress income dwindles, she has three options... -
The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsMason Hall, Navy SEAL, knows all about difficult assignments, but his current mission is one for the record books. Not only must he find a wife—and get her pregnant—or forfeit the ranch his family has prized for generations, he must also convince his three brothers to marry, too—before the year is up...Categorized as:
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Christmas in Painted Pony Creek by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCan a Christmas miracle mend her broken heart?Tessa Stafford will do anything for her daughter, Isabel…even stay on the run to protect Isabel from her narcissistic grandmother. But when her car breaks down in Painted Pony Creek, Tessa gets caught up in the warm embrace of the town and feels safe enough to build a home—and a life—for them both... -
Always a Cowboy: The Complete Series by Genevieve Turner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll four sizzling, emotional cowboy romances in the Always a Cowboy series in one set! Forever a Soldier (Book One) A deeply wounded soldier, a determined scholar searching for a legend, and two hearts ready to break… or to heal. Forever a Maverick (Book Two) A parched farmer, a single mom in need of hope, and a convenient marriage that might become more... -
The Cowboy's Challenge by Sinclair Jayne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe needs a favor. He needs a bride.Langston Carr is back in her hometown Marietta as the temporary event planner for the Graff Hotel... -
An Unfinished Memory by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI never keep secrets from my best friend, but I’m not sure how to tell her I’m sneaking around with her brother…who’s also my ex-husband. I might be single, but I’m not ready to mingle. I should’ve stayed home from the street dance. My feet are barely surviving the two-step and my dance partners are looking for dates while I’m only interested in forgetting the man I was once married to...Categorized as:
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Sullivan's Promise by Joan Johnston
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo unforgiving lovers reunite for the sake of their child in this fiery contemporary romance from Joan Johnston, the New York Times bestselling author of Surrender... -
Home Is Where The Cowboy Is: A Sweet Small-Town Romance by Sophia Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a feisty loner teach this cowboy what it means to find home?Sierra O'Sullivan never got anything from her father when he was alive, and considering she wasn't even told he was dead, she doesn't have any expectations there either. So imagine her surprise when it turns out her deadbeat dad left her a ranch in Montana. Well, he left it to her . . . and the six sisters she never even knew she had... -
Cowboy’s Christmas Past by Mary Sue Jackson, Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas with her cowboy ex. What could possibly go wrong?After his mother’s death, Beau Taylor returned from college to care for his baby sister. He left behind his dream of becoming a cinematographer—and his heart.The cowboy never thought he’d see Amelia Crawford again. She followed her dreams and became a big movie star... -
Snowed In With the Mountain Man: A Sweet Small-Town Romance by Sophia Quinn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat will it take to crack the city girl's armor? This gruff mountain man is about to find out... Dahlia O'Sullivan's trip to the small town of Aspire was never supposed to last this long. She should be back to her real life in New York City, not trapped on a ranch with the newfound sisters who call her 'the dragon' when they think she can't hear. Not that Dahlia cares what they think... -
Obsessed Cowboy (Whiskey Run: Cowboys Love Curves) by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s the preacher’s daughter and she’s off limits.I’m an over-the-top, obsessed cowboy.I can lasso wild horses, loose cows and the orneriest of bulls...but I can’t seem to catch the curvy Janie Bradshaw.She’s too young and she’s way too good for the likes of this ol’ cowboy, but I can’t stop thinking about her. She has more curves than some men would know what to do with. But not me...Categorized as:
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Craved By The Cowboy (Roping Her Curves) by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI hate to lose and losing her is not an option.I’m a first place bull-riding legend and I’m about to take my last ride. Late nights, anything-goes-women, and broken bones has taken its toll and I’m wanting something more.I’m ready to retire, fix up my neglected ranch and then find a woman to cuddle next to me each night.But plans get hit by the horns when my last ride doesn’t go as expected...Categorized as:
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Merry Cowboy Christmas by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS CHRISTMAS, SANTA'S WEARING A STETSON'Tis the night before Christmas and all through the house is the presence of one wickedly hot cowboy who's come to stay for the holiday. Fiona Logan is downright shocked to return to her childhood home and find that the tall blond stranger who came to her rescue on an icy road will be sleeping just across the hall from her bedroom. Talk about temptation . -
Holding Out for a Cowboy (The Murphys of Meadow Valley) by A.J. Pine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA brand-new sweet and steamy contemporary cowboy romance series from USA Today bestselling author A.J. Pine. Holding out for a Cowboy features:Second chances at success―and at love.Childhood sweethearts who broke each other's hearts and are now determined to be friends. Not so easy.Finding out how to do whatever it takes to live the life you want... -
Midnight Confessions by Tory Baker
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmos Ellison never imagined he’d fall for his sister’s quiet best friend, but that’s exactly what’s happening. Genevieve has always been a mystery to him--her shyness turning every encounter into a silent puzzle. When Amos is near, she retreats, leaving him questioning if he’s done something wrong. Her nervousness is enough to give this cowboy a complex.Fate has other plans... -
Notorious: A Novel by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTrusting him is dangerous. But resisting him is almost impossible. New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's Long, Tall Texans series returns with secrets…and dangerous seduction. Gaby Dupont knows some men shouldn't be trusted. Ever. Especially not high-profile lawyer Nicholas Chandler...Categorized as:
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Bright Eyes by Catherine Anderson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsZeke Coulter has no intention of getting married --- until he buys a ranch next door to Natalie Patterson, a sexy divorcee with two kids, a zany extended family, and a philandering ex-husband involved in shady business dealings. When Natalie's twelve-year-old son vandalizes Zeke's property and she is unable to pay for the damages, Zeke offers to let the boy work off the debt...Categorized as:
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Undeniably Yours by Becky Wade
When Meg Cole’s father dies unexpectedly, she becomes the majority shareholder of his oil company and the single inheritor of his fortune. Though Meg is soft-spoken and tenderhearted–more interested in art than in oil–she’s forced to return home to Texas and to Whispering Creek Ranch to take up the reins of her father’s empire...Categorized as:
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Nell's Cowboy by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRevisit this classic western romance, book 5 in the Heart of Texas series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning Twin Canyons into a dude ranch. One of her first guests is Travis Grant, a celebrity of sorts, a wannabe cowboy, an "Easterner" known for his books about the West. Nell’s kids are crazy about him, and Nell.. -
Phantom Waltz by Catherine Anderson
With one glance, wealthy Crystal Falls, Oregon rancher, Ryan Kendrick falls hard -- and fast -- for lovely Bethany Coulter. A beguiling mix of sass and shyness, naivete and maturity, she shares his passion for horses, has a great sense of humor and can light up a room with her beautiful smile. She is absolutely perfect -- in every way but one...Categorized as:
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Promise, Texas: A Bestselling Western Romance by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingswww.DebbieMacomber.comLet Debbie Macomber take you into the HEART OF TEXAS In Promise, Texas, people know what really matters—family, friends, community. And they know that love gives meaning to every day of their lives…. Some of the people in Promise are from old ranching families—like the Westons and Pattersons—folks who arrived in the Hill Country more than a century ago...Categorized as:
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Buck Cowboys by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHallie knows how to lose your best friend in one easy step.Offer him your virginity, then watch him reject you.But that was four years ago, and now she knows better. Working at Hunt’s Bull Riding School, there’s no shortage of hot young cowboys to keep her entertained. There’s no need to think about Nate Mathews, especially since he’s off on the pro bull riding tour. Out of sight, out of mind...Categorized as:
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A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas by Maisey Yates
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s Christmas in Gold Valley, and this wounded widower is about to get another shot at love… Grant Dodge didn’t expect to find a woman sleeping in an abandoned cabin on his family ranch. Or to find her so intriguing. Unlike every other woman in town, McKenna Tate doesn’t know Grant’s a widower. There’s no pity in the looks she gives him... -
Jillaroo from Jacaranda by Mandy Magro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRose Jones is twenty-two, and has followed in her mother's footsteps working with horses as a champion barrel racer. Hard on the heels of being dumped by her fiance comes Rose's determination to chart her own path in life from now on. But meeting handsome bull rider Ty Parker wasn't part of the plan... -
The Rough Rider by Maisey Yates
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to Maisey Yates’s fan-favorite Four Corners for a marriage of convenience between two unlikely souls—a hopeless romantic and a man who has long given up hopeWhen Alaina finds herself pregnant and alone, she knows she’s in a tight spot. Small towns like hers tend to raise eyebrows at unwed mothers and she knows the vicious gossip mill will soon be churning...Categorized as:
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Mending Hearts by Kimberly Krey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLogan's StoryCandice is through with married life and all it entailed:infertility, an adoption gone wrong, and the death ofher husband’s twin brother. Now that they’ve beenseparated for nearly a year, Candice is finally readyto set Logan free. But when he steps back into her life,Candice begins to have second thoughts... -
Second Go-Round: 7 by Andrew Grey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFormer world champion bronco rider Dustin and rancher Marshall have been life partners for more than twenty years, and time has taken its toll. Their sex life is as dusty as the rodeo ring. Somehow their marriage hasn’t turned out how they planned... -
Straight from the Hip by Susan Mallery
Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister. But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident...Categorized as:
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