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  • Deadwood Cowboy by R. O. Lane

    Deadwood Cowboy by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Texas rancher drives a herd of cattle into Ogallala, Nebraska, in the late summer of 1878 and meets the woman of his dreams. During the robbery of a Union Pacific train, the rancher is shot and the woman is kidnapped. It's the story of the two lovers trying to find each other again. The rancher chases the robbers to find out what they've done with his sweetheart...
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    western  young adult  length-short
  • The Unhired Hand by R. O. Lane

    The Unhired Hand by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A Wyoming homesteader family is terrorized by a large cattle rancher. A stranger comes to the family and asks for a drink of water...
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    western  young adult  length-short
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  • Moe Hankins by Owen Zuro

    Moe Hankins by Owen Zuro

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Young Moe Hankins surrenders with his unit at Appomattox Court House and heads west because he hears they've found gold at Confederate Gulch in Montana. He and a half-breed Bannock Indian work for two years at a mining claim. Robbers take his gold and kill his partner. He recovers from the gunshot and spends months trying to track down the killers. Working as U.S...
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    western  young adult  length-medium
  • Ranger Purpose by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Purpose by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A baby in danger…Texas Ranger Daniel Perez has dedicated his life to justice, but a broken marriage has left him questioning his decisions. When his mother calls for help after witnessing an attempted kidnapping at their church, Daniel is thrust into the role of a bodyguard. The target? Foster mother Ellie Brooks and the infant she’s sworn to protect...
  • Just a Cowboy's Fairy Tale by Jessie Gussman

    Just a Cowboy's Fairy Tale by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Former firefighter Hines Cannon saved a life. But in the process, he lost his own. Hines Cannon, a recluse haunted by the scars of his heroic sacrifice, never expected to find love in the rural North Dakota town of Sweet Water.But when a freak accident leaves him helpless, Eliza Walton, the woman he once saved, becomes his lifeline...
  • Alabama V. Whitworth: A Western by R. O. Lane

    Alabama V. Whitworth: A Western by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Alabama V. Whitworth goes from prison to a shotgun wedding in a matter of days, but keeping his bride, Hattie, who he learns to love and appreciate, proves to be much more difficult than he ever imagined. Her father, a product of the Missouri mountains, had already promised her to another man, who refuses to accept her decision to marry Alabama...
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    western  young adult  length-short
  • Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

    Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 121 ratings
    California's gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea...
  • Me and Pip: Book 1 by R. O. Lane

    Me and Pip: Book 1 by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Two adventuresome young boys, one white, one black, leave the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and head west in 1830 to see the Rocky Mountains that they've heard about. They drive freight wagons down the Santa Fe Trail, learn the beaver trade, attend the Great Rendezvous of 1833. It's the first book in a series as only R. O. Lane can tell it...
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    western  young adult  length-short  audiobook
  • Oldest Trick in the Book by J.V. James

    Oldest Trick in the Book by J.V. James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Justice for the orphan child - time to find out the Truth.Lyle Frakes here again, and this time we sure got some trouble. After almost getting robbed by the world's youngest gang of train robbers, we arrive in Cheyenne to hunt down the skunks who killed Mary's parents...
  • Gold Rush Rhapsody by R. O. Lane

    Gold Rush Rhapsody by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's not the usual western. Instead.it's the story of Luke Parker, who comes to San Francisco in 1852 after his wife dies in Delaware of influenza. It's at the height of the gold rush and the beginnings of the city of San Francisco. Luke finds his niche in the business world, adopts a young Irish lad and marries a gifted and talented musician...
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    western  young adult  length-short
  • The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

    The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 58 ratings
    From the author of the forthcoming Someone Else’s Shoes, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond in Depression-era America Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England...
  • Sarah by Shanna Hatfield

    Sarah by Shanna Hatfield

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings
    She desires his heart.He longs for her love.Can they find common ground when he returns forever altered by the war.In a world turned upside down by World War I, all Sarah Richards desires is to love Brett Rawlings and build a future together. After graduating high school a year early, she’s ready to dive into her dreams of college and a home filled with laughter and love...
  • North and South by John Jakes

    North and South by John Jakes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    Part history, part novel, this book chronicles two great American dynasties over three generations. Though brought together in a friendship that neither jealousy nor violence could shatter, the Hazards and the Mains are torn apart by the storm of events that has divided the nation...
  • We Redeemed the Rain by Ashley Dill

    We Redeemed the Rain by Ashley Dill

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 8 ratings
    “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...
  • Noah by Jennifer Foor

    Noah by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Being the son of Colton Mitchell isn't what Noah Mitchell wants to be known for. Though he works along side of his father, he feels the strain to go out on his own. Being the next in line to be in control of the family's ranch, he debates on taking his life in a completely different direction. Leaving town to clear his head he meets Shalan, a beautiful singer that longs for a life in the city...
  • Ranger Integrity by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Integrity by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Framed for murder… Private investigator Sierra Evans is searching for a missing woman when a tip leads her onto a boat with a dead man. He’s been shot with her gun, and the police believe she’s the killer. Arrested and charged, Sierra is shocked when she’s bailed out of jail by her ex-fiancé, Eli. She hasn’t seen him in five years, not since he walked away from her and their relationship...
  • Miles by H.J. Bellus

    Miles by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I 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..
  • The Daybreakers by Louis L'Amour

    The Daybreakers by Louis L'Amour

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Tyrel Sackett was born into trouble but vowed to justice. After having to kill a man in Tennessee, he hit the trail west with his brother Orrin. Those were the years when decent men and women lived in fear of Indians, rustlers, and killers, but the Sackett brothers worked to make the West a place where people could raise their children in peace...
  • Cherishing Christmas Love Boxset: Bumper Christmas Mail-Order Bride Historical Western Romance - 32 Book Box Set by Callie Gardner, Rosalee Adams

    Cherishing Christmas Love Boxset: Bumper Christmas Mail-Order Bride Historical Western Romance - 32 Book Box Set by Callie Gardner, Rosalee Adams

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    32 Complete, Sweet, Clean and Wholesome Christmas Themed Historical Western Romances in this Wonderful Box Set from three bestselling authors!Includes 8 BRAND NEW Never Released Before Stories!FREE with Kindle UnlimitedChristmas - What a wonderful time of year!Why not tuck into these magical historical western romance stories and immerse yourself in a time when life was a whole lot simpler...
  • Montana Mail Order Brides Box Set Books 19-21 by Linda Bridey

    Montana Mail Order Brides Box Set Books 19-21 by Linda Bridey

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Books 19 - 21 in the series that critics describe as a wonderful spellbinding blend of hope, passion, romance, mystery and humor. Book 19 – Westward Fate. Edwina Bradbury, sole heiress of a vast fortune has finally agreed to come to Dawson to visit her family...
  • Mac's Way by Reg Quist

    Mac's Way by Reg Quist

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Raised in poverty in Missouri, Mac is determined to find a better life for himself and the girl who is still a vague vision in his mind. Work on the Santa Fe Trail, and on a Mississippi River boat give him a start, but the years of Civil War leave him broke and footloose in South Texas. There he discovers more cattle running loose than he ever knew existed...
  • The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

    The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 96 ratings
    Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago...
  • Jackson's Destiny by C.A. Harms

    Jackson's Destiny by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Shaken to his core, the loss was excruciating… Jackson Sawyer was strong, confident, cocky, and arrogant, but when he loved, he loved hard. The Sawyer family was faced with a tragedy that rocked their foundation. Jackson, however, was hit the hardest. He’s the one who can't seem to rise above the grief. It has overtaken him… Until he finds Bailey Whitmore...
  • The Sweet Blue Distance by Sara Donati

    The Sweet Blue Distance by Sara Donati

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory in this captivating epic from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters .Carrie Ballentyne’s life was upended in 1845 when she had to leave the only home she’d ever known in the mountains of upstate New York...
  • Two Thousand Grueling Miles by L.J. Martin

    Two Thousand Grueling Miles by L.J. Martin

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A QUEST – STAY ALIVE, KEEP FAMILY SAFE, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, KEEP MOVING WEST.  Young but determined, the man of the family too soon, Jake Zane comes of age with the help of a massive mute escaped slave. It’s conquer the wilderness, protect your mother and sisters, or die trying...
  • Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes in life you are forced to do things you may not agree with. Family meant everything to Jude Calvert. He would do whatever it took to keep them safe and provide for them no matter what it took to make that happen. Even if that meant putting his own safety at risk, he had no other choice. Callie Raine has always felt a heavy attraction toward Jude. He was fascinating...
  • Calder Grit by Janet Dailey

    Calder Grit by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A Romeo and Juliet romance with shades of Legends of the Fall powers the intense drama of this beautifully written and researched saga from a legendary New York Times bestselling author. Return to early twentieth century Montana with this compelling book that pits farmer against cattleman and brother against brother, in a story of America's westward expansion...
  • Love Finds a Home by Janette Oke

    Love Finds a Home by Janette Oke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Book 8 of the bestselling Love Comes Softly series. Leaving her little prairie town, Belinda Davis never dreamed that the excitement of living in Boston would leave her restless and empty inside. Wealth, literature, travel, and romance touched her life with choices and decisions that brought dissatisfaction rather than joy...
  • A Baby Changes Everything by Isabelle Grace

    A Baby Changes Everything by Isabelle Grace

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Drew Blackwood's seen his fair share of babies born -- he just never imagined the next would be his own. Veterinarian Drew Blackwood is the only Blackwood son to have left Hickory Ridge for greener pastures. Though he adores the gently rolling mountains that cradle his family's sprawling Virginia farm, his plans don't include a permanent return any time soon...
  • Ranger Loyalty by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Loyalty by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No way to escape…After the death of her fiancé, Olivia Leighton takes solace in her work as a wedding planner—until she receives threatening messages. Hiding out isn’t an option if she wants to keep her business afloat. But when she’s attacked and almost kidnapped during a reception, it becomes frighteningly clear the lengths her stalker will go to...
  • Dear Miss Baker: A Sweet Small-Town Holiday Romance by Shanna Hatfield

    Dear Miss Baker: A Sweet Small-Town Holiday Romance by Shanna Hatfield

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s not about to give him a second chance, even when it comes to loveHalston Baker's career took a nosedive when she crossed paths with Kutter Hayes five years ago. Now, Halston has rebuilt her life and found success as a gingerbread house designer. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase her skills at a Las Vegas resort with a life-size gingerbread village...
  • Love's Unending Legacy by Janette Oke

    Love's Unending Legacy by Janette Oke

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Book 5 of the bestselling Love Comes Softly series. Marty Davis had thoroughly enjoyed her visit with daughter Missie, even though a tragic accident had extended it far longer than originally planned. But now she and Clark are home again, and there are changes to make. The family begins to adjust to Clark's crutch, and Clark and Marty recognize their children's new maturity and independence...
  • Stay by Willow Aster

    Stay by Willow Aster

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A 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

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    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...
  • Love's Unfolding Dream by Janette Oke

    Love's Unfolding Dream by Janette Oke

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Book 6 of the bestselling Love Comes Softly series. Belinda, Marty and Clark Davis's "surprise child," has always had a tender and compassionate heart toward anything hurt and broken. Her parents watch with both misgivings and genuine pride as Belinda's older brother, Doctor Luke, influences her toward nursing...
  • Love's Abiding Joy by Janette Oke

    Love's Abiding Joy by Janette Oke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A Birthday Surprise, a New Journey West, and a Delightful Reunion! But Then Comes Tragedy. Marty and Clark Davis's daughter Missie and her husband had homesteaded land in the far West, many weeks' journey away by covered wagon. But with the coming of the frontier railroad, the miles are suddenly bridged, making possible their long-awaited reunion...
  • Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke

    Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The first series from the pen of Janette Oke, follows the lives of one family through three generations. Lets the reader see the impact that Christian love has on relationships despite adversity and hardship...
  • Tripp by H.J. Bellus

    Tripp by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Lacey’s Story... Covering up pain is easy. It’s keeping it tucked away that’s hard. I’ve always needed the cover of tattoos to hide the nasty past that leached its way into me, tainting me beneath my skin. Not the shiny, trendy tats, but the ugly broken kind, meant to keep the world at bay. If they weren’t enough, then my piercings, foul mouth and crazy hair usually did the trick...
  • Ryan's Love by C.A. Harms

    Ryan's Love by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    One of the hardest things I have ever had to do was bury my wife. The second hardest thing would be watching my twelve-year-old daughter fall to her knees as they lowered her mother into the ground to rest. A heart-wrenching vision that will forever be etched in my mind. Claire was my best friend—she had been since we were barely old enough to talk...
  • Love Takes Wing by Janette Oke

    Love Takes Wing by Janette Oke

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Book 7 of the bestselling Love Comes Softly series. Belinda Davis had trained as a nurse to assist her older brother, Doctor Luke. But as time goes by and she sees those she's grown up with getting married and settling into their own lives, Belinda becomes restless. What had seemed exciting and fresh becomes dull and routine...
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