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Miles by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI lost it all... My hope, my happiness, and my will to live. My heart was tattered and torn from the promise of real love. Until him... His profound love for living, fortune cookies and collection of rusty matchbox cars made me smile again. It is a simple love story. I found my rainbow, my pot of gold, my piece of beautiful all in one simple man. Miles. Not every happy ending is perfect..Categorized as:
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![We Redeemed the Rain by Ashley Dill]()
We Redeemed the Rain by Ashley Dill
“Everyone should find someone to share their story with.”Exhausted and burnt-out, singer-songwriter, Bea Thompson, needs a break and some space from her once-promising career as an indie musician. Seeking refuge from the crushing pressures of the industry, she books a last minute stay at a special childhood sanctuary, the birthplace of her most treasured friendship, Meadowbrook Ranch...Categorized as:
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Stay by Willow Aster
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA scorching hot small town, age gap, single father/nanny romance by USA Today bestselling author Willow Aster... -
![Corrode by Ella Fields]()
Corrode by Ella Fields
A standalone second chance romance. It didn't matter how young we were. We just knew. Forever was stamped on our hearts, no matter what forces tried to keep us apart. They tried, and they failed. We were happy. We lived, we loved, and we made plans. But as the years went by, we watched helplessly as those plans faded into dusty aspirations. Yet we endured...Categorized as:
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![Even If It Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn]()
Even If It Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn
A heart-buckling ride of a romance by beloved author Erin Hahn, Even If It Breaks Your Heart is about two teens finding out that sometimes, the hardest part of discovering what you want is getting the courage to pursue it...Categorized as:
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![Southern Pleasure by Kaylee Ryan]()
Southern Pleasure by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThey tell you that a parent’s love is all consuming. I never put much thought into it. Not until the minute I heard her take her first breath. That little girl is my world. I’d do anything to protect her. My ex signed over her rights and her family vowed that my daughter didn’t exist. Now that she’s gone, they want my little girl. They’re trying to say I can’t give her what she needs... -
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Scarred by Vanessa Vale, Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe’s inherited billions, but he must leave his home and family to claim it.She’s no longer a captive, yet will she ever be free? Austin Bridger is struggling to keep his seaplane business afloat and help his ailing mother. When his father, who never acknowledged his existence, dies, he leaves his billions to Austin and his two half brothers...Categorized as:
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![Sunday Morning by Jewel E. Ann]()
Sunday Morning by Jewel E. Ann
Her boyfriend’s older brother should be off-limits, but he’s a sinful temptation.Sarah is a preacher’s daughter and a people pleaser. She’s also on the verge of graduating high school and following her dream of singing in Nashville. The only thing standing in her way is that the entire town of Devil’s Head, Missouri, thinks she will marry Matt, the son of the town’s richest rancher...Categorized as:
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![Make Me Dream by Marie Johnston]()
Make Me Dream by Marie Johnston
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStetson Barron has been the center of my world since I was twelve. But with our ten-year age difference and my quirky nature, I didn’t think I was more to him than his little sister’s what color is her hair this month best friend. Until one hot summer night when I climbed him like a water tower at his cousin’s wedding.And then he didn’t talk to me for weeks after...Categorized as:
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![Make Your Move by Heather Garvin]()
Make Your Move by Heather Garvin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI can do that. I can pretend it didn’t happen. But when he’s standing this close to me, I can’t deny I want to kiss him again.Abbie Linley loves her small-town life. Leaving for college may be the next step for her friends, but she’s not ready to walk away from the horses. She’d happily keep her world the same, but everything around her seems to be changing.Starting with her gruff, new farrier...Categorized as:
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![Branded as Trouble by Delores Fossen]()
Branded as Trouble by Delores Fossen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery town needs a bad boy, and Wrangler's Creek's has been gone far too long... Getting his high school girlfriend pregnant was just one square in Roman Granger's checkered past, but it changed him forever. When his son's mother skipped town after the birth, Roman decided to do the same, baby Tate in tow, hoping for a fresh start...Categorized as:
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![MacKenzie Fire by Elle Casey]()
MacKenzie Fire by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIan MacKenzie's been a cranky pain in the *ss for going on three years now, still bitter over his failed engagement and his life on the ranch. Enter Candice, his sister-in-law Andie's best friend, out for a two-week visit as they await the birth of Ian's first niece... -
![Box of Hearts by Nikki Ashton]()
Box of Hearts by Nikki Ashton
"This gorgeously written story of love has left such a big hole in my heart & a massive footprint on my soul.""Box of Hearts is one of those books that reminds you why you love to read and how an author's words can carry you to another place...Categorized as:
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![That Cowboy of Mine by Donna Grant]()
That Cowboy of Mine by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIs he an enemy?Dillon Young is proud that she inherited her aunt’s ranch. The problem: someone is trying to run her off and is willing to do whatever it takes. Strange, dangerous things keep happening. Dillion suspects her no-good neighbor and fellow wealthy rancher Hank Stephens. Never a man to get his hands dirty, he sends others to get the job done...Categorized as:
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![Small Town Big Rumors: The Tequila Rose Duet by Willow Winters]()
Small Town Big Rumors: The Tequila Rose Duet by Willow Winters
He tasted like tequila and the fake name I gave him was Rose.Four years ago, I decided to get over one man, by getting under another. A single night and nothing more. I found my handsome stranger with a shot glass and charming but devilish smile at the end of the bar. The desire that hit his eyes the second they landed on me ignited a spark inside me, instant and hot... -
![Dare You to Resist the Bull Rider by Lacy Andersen]()
Dare You to Resist the Bull Rider by Lacy Andersen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA little dare never hurt anybody...My sophomore year at Rock Valley High was a total downer. Joining the wrong crowd and nearly getting drowned aren’t exactly things I want to write about on my college admission essays.But my best friend, Hunter, is moving back home from spending a year on his grandpa’s ranch...Categorized as:
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![Irish Rogue by Lydia Michaels]()
Irish Rogue by Lydia Michaels
Opposites attract in this scorching romance from bestselling author, Lydia Michaels, when a small-town bad boy falls hard for the town virgin.Kelly McCullough has always gotten every woman he’s wanted. Of all the McCullough men, his charm and magnetism is unmatched. However, there’s one woman he cannot have. Ashlynn Fisher is saving herself for marriage.Ashlynn is everything Kelly is not...Categorized as:
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![The Millionaire and the Cowgirl by Lisa Jackson]()
The Millionaire and the Cowgirl by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA fan-favorite by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, originally published in 1996. Ten years ago, an innocent Samantha Rawlings had surrendered herself to a man whose blue-eyed gaze promised forever. But when the summer sun faded, Kyle Fortune was gone, and Samantha was left to raise their child alone and in secret...Categorized as:
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![Hawk's Way: Mac by Joan Johnston]()
Hawk's Way: Mac by Joan Johnston
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to Texas with this fan-favorite by #1 New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston, previously published in 1997 as The Virgin Groom Mac Macready has it made—women chase after him, men envy him, and he's got his dream job—until the day he loses everything...Categorized as:
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![Back in the Saddle by K.F. Breene]()
Back in the Saddle by K.F. Breene
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJessica is no stranger to life giving her lemons. On the tail end of her latest bad decision, Jessica realizes she needs to make a change. So when college finally ends, she packs up her life and heads to Texas for a fresh start. It is there she meets the most ruggedly handsome cowboy she's ever encountered...Categorized as:
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![Hired To Love by Jordan Lynde]()
Hired To Love by Jordan Lynde
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor Bennett, the plan was simple. Hire a girl to pretend to be his girlfriend, keep the facade up for six months, stage a break-up and then claim he was too heart broken to move on. For Henley, things were a bit more complicated. After all, who could just sign on to be someone's pretend girlfriend? And how could she keep up with someone like Bennett? Wealthy, successful, handsome, arrogant..Categorized as:
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![The Devil in Blue Jeans by Stacey Kennedy]()
The Devil in Blue Jeans by Stacey Kennedy
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sharp, emotional novel about a tough-minded bar owner who makes a deal with a devil of a cowboy—and might just get burned…Moving to Montana to buy a dive bar with her two best friends sounds like a can’t-miss idea to Charly Henwood. The scenery is breathtaking, and the cowboys aren’t bad-looking either. Not that Charly’s interested. Her heart is as unmovable as the surrounding mountains...Categorized as:
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![Ethan and Ava by Lynda Chance]()
Ethan and Ava by Lynda Chance
New Adult 69K words Ethan Jackson has had a thing for Ava Anderson longer than he cares to remember. But her brother is one of his best friends and there are rules and crap about stuff like that. But she's always there, right in front of his eyes and the wanting is only getting worse as the days go by... -
![Faking It All by Kati Wilde]()
Faking It All by Kati Wilde
Everything about me is fake… I’m a small-town nobody named Olivia Burke, but I look exactly like a Hollywood somebody—that somebody being Keri Bishop, one of the most famous movie stars in the world. Now a threat against her life is going to change mine, freeing me and my little sister from my stepfather’s abusive control... -
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![The Naked Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann]()
The Naked Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann
It's official. I'm eighteen and a young woman with endless possibilities on my way to reunite with my mom in Colorado after five years apart—she had a little weed incident in Nebraska.At the airport, she springs the news on me ... she's leaving for a month of job training. And me? I'm left on my own in the basement she's renting from the fisherman, aka her landlord who lives upstairs... -
![If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann]()
If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann
He's mine ... don't ever forget that. Milo lives in the barn, a cowboy through and through. I live in a castle, but I'm not a princess. When the only person who loves me dies, Milo's there. As I get older, I no longer look at Milo like a big brother. I look at him like the man God made just for me... -
![Sins of the Orchid by Eva Winners]()
Sins of the Orchid by Eva Winners
Fashion heiress. Head of Cosa Nostra. Unlikely best friend. Born into one of the richest families on the East Coast, Amore’s world changes overnight. From a leading fashion house heiress to the daughter of a powerful mobster. Amore Bennetti struggles early on to find her path in an unfamiliar world after witnessing the death of her mother... -
![Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas]()
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsVampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda.As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north...Categorized as:
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![Wild Obsession by Lietha Wards]()
Wild Obsession by Lietha Wards
Tess was in love with a doctor. Her father's boss to be exact, only he didn't even know that she existed, or did he? Every time something unfortunate happened it was Jacob Hartley that was there to take care of her...Categorized as:
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![To Save a Mate: Somewhere, TX by Krystal Shannan]()
To Save a Mate: Somewhere, TX by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA chance he never thought he'd have comes at a price he never wanted her to pay What do you do when everything you thought was real turns out to be a lie? How do you pick yourself up and move on? Move past the pain? Kara McClure is living the perfect life. A great boyfriend, supportive loving parents, and a full ride to John McAdams University on a scholarship...Categorized as:
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