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The Man Who Loved Cole Flores by K.A. Merikan
You want revenge? Dig two graves.Ten years ago, a vicious gang called the Gotham Boys descended on a homestead in the mountains like a pack of wolves, leaving nothing behind but death and destruction.Ned O’Leary was the only one to survive the ordeal.He lost hope for revenge long ago, but its flame erupts in his heart when the gang is spotted again...Categorized as:
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![Anti-Hero by Kelly Fox]()
Anti-Hero by Kelly Fox
Spoiler This isn't some sad exploration of my tragic past. I have a list of the people who bought and sold me. And they aren't getting a redemption arc. I was luckier than most. I was rescued by a team of guys who search out people like me, and now I get to work with them. But I'm not the hero of this story. I don't forgive. I don't forget... -
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![Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch]()
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]()
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... -
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![Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Deadly Debt by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Savior Complex by Kelly Fox]()
Savior Complex by Kelly Fox
Love isn't something I get to wish for. Ten years ago, my nephew was sold to traffickers, and it was my fault. I spent the next decade doggedly searching for him in the most awful places imaginable, unable to stop until I knew he was safe.I finally track him down to Wild Heart Ranch, an equine therapy center in the heart of Texas with a secret mission to help victims of trafficking...Categorized as:
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![Bent Winged Angel by Hannah Shield]()
Bent Winged Angel by Hannah Shield
Over a decade ago, Scarlett Weston escaped from a forced marriage and left everything behind. When her buried past threatens to destroy her newfound home in Hartley, Colorado, Scarlett has nowhere to turn.Except the Last Refuge Protectors.Trace Novo devoted his life to the Army and then the CIA… Until his superiors cast him aside... -
![Come Sundown by Nora Roberts]()
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... -
![Sweet Beloved by Raya Morris Edwards]()
Sweet Beloved by Raya Morris Edwards
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSweet Beloved is the accompanying novella set seventeen years after Deacon. It is an extended epilogue/accompanying novella to Deacon and cannot be read as a standalone.It is related to the Sovereign Mountain Series and must be read after reading Deacon, the third book... -
![Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines]()
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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![Sing for Me by Brittany Ann]()
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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![West Bound by Maggie Rawdon]()
West Bound by Maggie Rawdon
When I’m stalked and kidnapped from the convent by my father’s enemy, a cowboy hellbent on revenge, everything changes.I’m torn from my cloistered life of simplicity, thrown into the center of a bitter fight, and held at his mercy in a small cabin in the middle of the Colorado wilderness.There could be a silver lining though... -
![The Endless Fall by Emmerson Hoyt]()
The Endless Fall by Emmerson Hoyt
Willa 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...Categorized as:
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![Shielded Hearts by Em Petrova]()
Shielded Hearts by Em Petrova
Her dream job comes with hidden risks—and he’s her only shot at survival.Colt Malone doesn’t do emotions—or attachments. The elite soldier turned bodyguard prefers the solitude of his family ranch, where the nightmares from his past can’t haunt him as much... -
![Jensen by Raya Morris Edwards]()
Jensen by Raya Morris Edwards
All Roads Lead to Sovereign MountainAfter a difficult start in Kentucky, Jensen Childress has spent the last twenty years living out his childhood dream of being a cowboy. Single and guarded, he’s evaded his past and the man who ruined his life by keeping his head down in Montana.Until one night, he meets Della, a captivating woman who steals his heart... -
![Darling Bride by Raya Morris Edwards]()
Darling Bride by Raya Morris Edwards
Darling Bride is the accompanying novella set after Westin. It is an extended epilogue/accompanying novella to Westin and cannot be read as a standalone.It is part of the Sovereign Mountain Series and must be read after reading Westin, book two in the Sovereign Mountain Series... -
![Pushing Limits by Emma Creed]()
Pushing Limits by Emma Creed
Join these dark, dirty, and corrupt cowboys on the Carson's ranch. Where boundaries are pushed, laws are broken and limits get tested... I’m the quiet one,The one who everyone assumes is dead inside.But they're wrong.If you're dead inside you can’t feel pain…And pain is what consumes me.I’ve experienced love.I’ve suffered from it.And I’ve lost it... -
![Right Number, Wrong Man: A Masked Man, Hate-to-Love Dark Rom-Com by I.M. Wraith]()
Right Number, Wrong Man: A Masked Man, Hate-to-Love Dark Rom-Com by I.M. Wraith
"Right Number, Wrong Man" is a spicy, hate to love, secret identity dark romcom with a pierced and masked MMC. Colton Hailey has hated me for as long as I’ve loved her… and I’ve loved her in secret for a very long time.16 years ago I fell for her at first sight, but a misunderstanding made me the villain in her story. To add insult to injury, she married my good-for-nothing brother... -
![Breaking Limits by Emma Creed]()
Breaking Limits by Emma Creed
Join these dark, dirty, and corrupt cowboys on the Carson’s ranch.Where boundaries are pushed, laws are broken and limits get tested…I’ve loved Leia Walker for as long as I can remember.There was a time when I had her,She was mine.But unearthed secrets left me with no choice but to let her go.Staying away from her ain’t easyBut the truth would break her...Categorized as:
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![Sinner's Secret by K. Loraine, Meg Anne]()
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]()
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... -
![Burn by Abbi Glines]()
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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![Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker]()
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... -
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![Fallen Foe by L.J. Shen]()
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... -
![Whispers of Helena by Ashley Warren]()
Whispers of Helena by Ashley Warren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHelenaTaking the job at Devil’s Ridge Ranch was supposed to be simple: care for a little boy and keep my head down. But the moment I stepped onto this land, I felt the weight of it, the history, the loss, the tension that clings to the air like an approaching storm. And then there’s Silas Hayes. Every glance from him, every brush of his hand, unravels me in ways I haven’t felt in years...Categorized as:
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![Honey Bee Hearts by Kendra Moreno]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Live for Me by Brittany Ann]()
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... -
![Crimson River by Devney Perry]()
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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![Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant]()
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]()
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... -
![Deacon by Raya Morris Edwards]()
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... -
![Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch]()
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... -
![Hollow Out the Dark by James Wade]()
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... -
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![Bounty by Piper Stone]()
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]()
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... -
![Cowboy Bikers MC Lawmen: Fisher by Esther E. Schmidt]()
Cowboy Bikers MC Lawmen: Fisher by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCowboy Bikers MC Lawmen have a keen eye for justice and catching killers, but also for finding the one woman who jolts their heart at first sight.Fisher - My mind is still plagued by the last serial killer case I worked on when a private investigator swings by the ranch, asking for our help. I feel a connection, with the woman, as well as the case. Maybe this time, I will get my revenge... -
![Biker's Enemy: Property of Cash by Jamila Jasper]()
Biker's Enemy: Property of Cash by Jamila Jasper
He likes his women dark-skinned, very plus-sized and unable to run away from him. Juliette's best friend Quin suffered a tragedy that forced her to stay confined to her house for years...When Quin emerges with her dark secret and 130 lbs of weight gain, she turns to her bestie in Santa Fe for help...Categorized as:
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![Chasing Snowfall : An Enemies to Lovers, Small Town Romantic Suspense by Anastasia Wilder]()
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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![Stay for Me: A Hallow Ranch Novel by Brittany Ann]()
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... -
![Blood Sports by Daniel May, Augustus Roth]()
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... -
![Dark Horse by Maggie Rawdon]()
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... -
![Comanche Moon by Catherine Anderson]()
Comanche Moon by Catherine Anderson
Orphaned after her parents were killed by Comanches, Loretta Simpson still lives in terror that the warriors will return, her fear so powerful, she is no longer able to speak a word. Hunter of the Wolf believes that Loretta is a woman of ancient prophecy whom he must honor. But Loretta can only see him as the enemy who has kidnapped her, and she refuses to succumb to his control—or his touch... -
![Biker's Property: Property of Steel by Jamila Jasper]()
Biker's Property: Property of Steel by Jamila Jasper
A dark-haired 6'5" gruff biker finds a woman crouched in a desert basement. She's on the run from her past and stumbled into trouble with a gang of Neo-Nazi bikers. But can she trust the dark figure in the desert who is just as pale... just as dangerous... just as fierce? With seconds to decide her fate, Joslin makes a choice that changes her life. ..Categorized as:
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![Where There’s A Will by Ember Hughes]()
Where There’s A Will by Ember Hughes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy father's passing brings me back home to Buffalo Trails, to the graveyard of my lost love.What I learn while I'm "home" is terrifying.And that's before I'm taken captive.Things only get worse from there.Until I see her.Kinleigh Conway. My heart and soul.My one and only.Suddenly I'm not just fighting for myself or my father's farm.I'm fighting for her life... -
![Montana Sanctuary by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch]()
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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![All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy]()
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 58 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... -
![Love Me Today by A.L. Jackson]()
Love Me Today by A.L. Jackson
A jaded single dad. A woman returning to her small-town roots. Neither was prepared for their paths to collide… I should have known I was in trouble when I backed my old, beat-up truck into the shiny Range Rover. The driver looked like a gorgeous fallen angel – one who’d been booted right out of paradise for being a giant prick. Good thing I’ll never have to see him again... -
![Breathe for Me by Brittany Ann]()
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...Categorized as:
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![The Renegade by Silvia Violet]()
The Renegade by Silvia Violet
I 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...
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