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  • Desperate Rescue by Christy Barritt

    Desperate Rescue by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The exciting conclusion to the Vanishing Ranch series . .
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christian  western  audiobook
  • A Home For Love: A Hollister Series Crossover by Kris Michaels

    A Home For Love: A Hollister Series Crossover by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Life throws a curve ballAlex Thompson thought he’d live and die as a Delta Force Special Operator. Unfortunately, fate had different ideas. His career ended during a training exercise while stateside. Discharged and displaced after serving in the Army for twelve years, Alex had no idea where his life was heading...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  military  western  length-medium
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  • Montana Justice by Josie Jade

    Montana Justice by Josie Jade

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She ran to save her life.Now the man she once betrayed is her only hope.Home to both the Resting Warrior Ranch and Pawsitive Connections, Garnet Bend, Montana is a small town full of big heroes. Anyone would want to live there.Anybody but Piper Matthews.She swore she’d never come back after what her father did to the town and what she did to Sheriff Lachlan Calloway...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  western  military  audiobook
  • The Runaways by Devney Perry

    The Runaways by Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One car. One cross-country road trip. Five small town romances about six runaways finally finding home.From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, Devney Perry, this collection includes Runaway Road, Wild Highway, Quarter Miles, Forsaken Trail and Dotted Lines.Londyn McCormack didn’t have a typical childhood...
  • Lost and Found by April Wilson

    Lost and Found by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book 2 of the McIntyre Search and Rescue series featuring Maggie and Owen.Welcome back to Bryce, Colorado, a small town in The Rocky Mountains. Maggie's a divorced mom with two teenage sons. Owen is a retired U.S. Marine who suffers from PTSD. She needs him just as much as he needs her. What's it going to take to bring them together? This romantic suspense novel is filled with heart and feels...
  • Baker Brothers of Copper Creek Box Set: Copper Creek Romances by Natalie Dean

    Baker Brothers of Copper Creek Box Set: Copper Creek Romances by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hello readers! Come get to know the Baker family and all six handsome brothers as they experience the ups and downs of falling in love in Copper Creek. This seven-novel sweet romance collection features rugged cowboys, second chances, former high school crushes, and brother’s best friend romances..
  • Wildest Dreams by Kristen Proby, Jason Clarke

    Wildest Dreams by Kristen Proby, Jason Clarke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Ryan Wild thought he had everything he could ever want. A billionaire before thirty, he’s finally moved back home to Bitterroot Valley, built a beautiful house on his ranch, and has recently adopted a teenage boy that has brought nothing but joy into his life. The only thing that’s been missing is the feeling of Polly in his arms since their incredible night together months ago...
  • Retreat by Jay Crownover

    Retreat by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Every once in a while, you need to get away from it all. I was a woman on the edge, shaken and shattered after a breakup that felt like it tore my entire world apart. My best friend, sick of watching me drown in misery and melancholy, harassed me until I agreed to go with her on a week-long wilderness retreat. She promised days spent bonding and getting in touch with our inner bad-asses...
  • Enchanted Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Enchanted Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finally returning home after years in Paris, ex-model Avery Littlewood never imagined a rerouted flight plan would land her on destiny’s runway. She’s seated next to a gorgeous stranger…and as he shares his story, it’s not long before she discovers why his arresting blue eyes look so familiar...
  • Shelter by Jay Crownover

    Shelter by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    His life is chaos and confusion. It’s a storm of uncertainty and raging emotion. Sutton Warner is a mess. Everything in his life feels like it’s unraveling. He’s let a lot of people down lately, including his daughter. Sutton always promised his little girl he would never disappoint her and that he would always be there when she needed him. Until he wasn’t...
  • Texas Homecoming by Maggie Shayne

    Texas Homecoming by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A HEART YEARNSLuke Brand wishes for what he’s never had–family. Aside from an overprotective mother who died young, he’s never had that–until he drives his rig into Quinn, Texas to meet the family he’s never known. His cousins welcome him with open arms...
  • A Real Cowboy Always Protects by Stephanie Rowe

    A Real Cowboy Always Protects by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Is it really a second chance at love if a hot, charming cowboy proposes marriage only to protect you from being killed by a CIA assassin?Haunted by shadows that will never let him go, CIA agent Logan Stockton walked away from his cowboy past ten years ago...
  • A Real Cowboy for the Holidays by Stephanie Rowe

    A Real Cowboy for the Holidays by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A single mom returns to Wyoming to save her family Christmas tree farm…with the help of a reluctant cowboy who just might be the dad her little boy needs.★★★★★ " An epic heartwarming story." ~Vicki R (Amazon Review on A Real Cowboy for Christmas)After a shattering divorce, former NYC ad exec Emma Rollins moved back home to Wyoming to give her son a better life...
  • Faking Mr. Right by K.C. Crowne

    Faking Mr. Right by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Let's make this fun and really give them something to talk about." Levi's nothing like I remembered.Once the nerd from school two years my junior. Desperately trying to hide his crush. Now he's built like a stallion. Tall enough to tower any man. And pulls off a flannel shirt like no mountain man I know.But there lies a scorned heart in his chest. Jaded and broken...
  • Colorado Free Rein by Elle James

    Colorado Free Rein by Elle James

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Devin Layne, Former Green Beret from 10th Special Forces Group, returns home after a disastrous mission. Feeling less of a man due to injuries, he struggles to navigate civilian life, avoiding his former fiancée, convinced she deserves better.Horse trainer and champion barrel racer, Mallory Watts, is heartbroken when the love of her life returns from deployment but wants nothing to do with her...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  western  military  audiobook
  • Sunset by Sharon Sala

    Sunset by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Crossroads, Texas, just might be the place to settle down and find the love of your dreams in this new small town romance series from Sharon Sala, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Blessings, Georgia series.World-champion bull rider Sonny Bluejacket was bucked off a bull and critically injured. He died twice on the operating table and then survived...
  • Tyler by Regan Black

    Tyler by Regan Black

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's a vigilante on a mission...Autumn Curley has no interest in changing her ways. After escaping her captors, her sole purpose is to destroy the gangs that prey on Native American women and make sure no one else suffers like she did. But she doesn't know the gangs are closing in and about to spring a trap...
  • Locked and Loaded: A small town romantic suspense novel by April Wilson

    Locked and Loaded: A small town romantic suspense novel by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Micah Jackson's life is turned upside down when he's called in the middle of the night to tow the car of a young woman who's stranded on the side of the road in his small town of Bryce, Colorado. She has nowhere to go, so of course Micah offers her a safe place to spend the night...
  • Cocky in a Cowboy Hat by Em Petrova

    Cocky in a Cowboy Hat by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Liberty Baker is one step closer to happiness. After buying the ranch of her dreams to raise horses, she is also settling in to the small town of Crossroads. Everyone has been welcoming…except her neighbor, a hunky bachelor with a piercing, icy blue stare that haunts her more than she cares to admit...
  • Guarding Leah: Brotherhood Protectors World by Desiree Holt

    Guarding Leah: Brotherhood Protectors World by Desiree Holt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some battles don’t have a winner--only survivors.Wade Fielding turned tragedy into a career--going up against man and nature as a search and rescue specialist with the 10th Mountain Division. He and his team have saved countless lives through the years, yet the scars on his heart remain...
  • Some Cowgirls are Worth Protecting by Natalie Dean

    Some Cowgirls are Worth Protecting by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hello readers!The next Keagans of Copper Creek story is about Hudson Keagan falling in love with one of the newcomers to town. If you’ve already read Keagans of Copper Creek Book Five, you likely have an idea who it is. Stayed tuned… it won’t be long before the rest of the description is ready...
  • Protecting Silver by Deanna L. Rowley

    Protecting Silver by Deanna L. Rowley

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Douglas "Patch" Atwal was an adrenaline junkie, from working as a medic in the Marines, to being a trauma surgeon in the emergency room. He thrived on the action. If he didn't his past would start to haunt him, and after having dreams of himself as a little boy, he began to question his entire existence...
  • Not Good Enough Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Not Good Enough Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After a cowboy in a work release program rescues a bubbly romance author from the back of a runaway horse, she makes it her mission to convince him he’s hero material… Saint Riley is no saint, and he certainly doesn’t believe in happily-ever-afters, but the newest guest at Anderson Ranch is a big believer in stuff like that. In fact, Jana Marlowe can’t stop daydreaming about his bravery...
  • Dark and Dangerous by April Wilson

    Dark and Dangerous by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ruth owns a tavern in a small town at the foot of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Jack is a retired assassin who wants to settle down and build a life for himself after completing his last job. But the Russian mafia whose leader he took out has other plans for him. Jack has been on the move for the past six months, always managing to stay one step ahead of the mob...
  • Guarding Eris by Reina Torres

    Guarding Eris by Reina Torres

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Before his team even heard about the Brotherhood Protectors, Alex “Ridge” Ridgely took a trip to West Yellowstone to revisit the property his grandfather left to him near Yellowstone National Park. That’s where he met Eris Lange and spent a few days with the woman whose memory he couldn’t shake...
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    suspense  western  military  length-medium
  • Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox

    Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Never trust a man who wears nothing more than a cowboy hat and ripped jeans who asks if you’d like to save a horse and ride a . . . well, you get the picture.Being a travel photographer has its perks but when Colton Langston collides into me and offers to model, he’s an unexpected surprise for my current project...
  • Fool for You by Kelly Elliott

    Fool for You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was only supposed to be for a few months, so where was the harm in going along with it? That is, until the fake engagement Landon and I came up with after a misunderstanding threw us both into the spotlight, and threatened to destroy the lives we had both worked so hard for.Somewhere along the way, though, we realized everything had changed...
  • The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    The Masterson County Collection: Masterson County Books 1 Thru 4 by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SOMETIMES SMALL TOWNS HAVE SECRETS.Masterson, Wyoming is no exception.When the Masterson brothers meet the redheaded Tyler sisters, anything can happen. But can the brothers stop the threats coming for them all?In Seeking the Sheriff, Sheriff Joel Masterson shows up on Phoebe Tyler's doorstep with her drunken younger brother in tow. Joel takes one look at Phoebe and falls hard and fast...
  • The Lone Cowboy by Maggie Shayne

    The Lone Cowboy by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Originally Titled: That Mysterious Texas Brand Man and Texas GuardianMarcus doesn’t celebrate Christmas anymore. Not since the holiday massacre of his entire family left him an orphaned child, traumatized and alone...
  • Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox, Aiden Snow

    Make Me Stay by Kennedy Fox, Aiden Snow

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Never trust a man who wears nothing more than a cowboy hat and ripped jeans who asks if you’d like to save a horse and ride a...well, you get the picture.That should’ve been enough for me to walk away.I’ve been warned on several occasions about southern men - with their sexy accents, charming manners, and the ability to easily get any woman in bed - which is something I’ll be avoiding...
  • Don't Take the Girl by L.A. Ferro

    Don't Take the Girl by L.A. Ferro

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    At ten, I was the unwanted tagalong on London Hale's fishing trip—the fatherless girl next door he resented having to include. But all it took was one hot Texas summer afternoon of fishing to change everything.At sixteen, he saved my life, and then he kissed me. The star quarterback and the quiet outsider, we defied every small-town stereotype as we fell hopelessly in love...
  • Stranded with a Bossy Rancher by Hope Ford

    Stranded with a Bossy Rancher by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s my boss.He’s completely off limits.Plus, I’m pregnant with another man’s baby.All good reasons why Elliott and I are a bad idea.But he doesn’t care.He pursues me like he has to have me.He’s relentless.And I feel my resolve crumbling.I give in for one night.Thinking it will get him out of my system.But all it does is make me want him more.I can’t do this though.He deserves more...
  • Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Imperfect Justice by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Born into a prominent ranching family and brought up in a disciplined household, Sheriff Jared Monroe has high standards of how to live his life and he doesn’t hesitate to hold the people around him to the same accountability. Misty Foster is a girl from the wrong side of the tracks...
  • Deadly Intent by Christy Barritt

    Deadly Intent by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sarah Chamberlain enjoys a new life far away from her abusive ex-husband, thanks to help from Vanishing Ranch. But when she starts to have unexplained, dangerous episodes and suffer memory lapses, she begins to doubt her reality.She senses her ex has found her. But she doesn’t know if the problem is real or if her mind is playing tricks on her...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  christian  western  m-f  audiobook
  • Fixing to be Mine by Lyra Parish

    Fixing to be Mine by Lyra Parish

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    She rolls into town with a bag full of cash, a designer wedding dress stuffed in her trunk, and zero plans to stay… until we meet.Runaway bride shows up outta nowhere?Most folks would call that a red flag.Me? I call it a typical Tuesday and hand her a key.I’ve been rebuilding this old house for someone just like her, and she’s finally here...
  • Cowboy Seeks a Romantic by Marley Michaels

    Cowboy Seeks a Romantic by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hold on to your hats! Cowboy Seeks a Romantic is book 2 in the new Eagle Mountain Ranch series. They're the same kind of sweet, flirty, feel-good, and heart-felt stories you've come to love from Marley, but this time you'll get the big, gruff and tough mountain ranchers living off the land and protecting their own near the town of Kinleyville...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  humor  western  audiobook
  • Forever Theirs by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Forever Theirs by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never imagined love like this—let alone with two men who won’t make me choose.Needing distance from my cheating ex, I escape to a small Alaskan town, not realizing the danger that waits for me. An unknown threat targeting women hunts from the shadows and turns its evil focus to me the moment I arrive...
  • The Woman Who Built a Bridge by C.K. Crigger

    The Woman Who Built a Bridge by C.K. Crigger

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Shay Billings is pleasantly surprised at discovering a new bridge over the river, as it cuts several miles from his trip into town. Ambushed and left for dead, he has even more cause to be grateful when the bridge-builder saves his life. Shay’s savior turns out to be a mysterious young woman with extraordinary skills...
  • Wasted: Falcon Brothers by M.J. Fields

    Wasted: Falcon Brothers by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Haunted and hidden. Mysterious and sexy, Grayson Falcon steers clear of commitment in all forms. He takes the road less traveled, avoiding the demons of his past and the nightmares they cause. He uses his good looks and country charm to attain pleasure, but it is always a short-lived reprieve. Sweet and scarred...
  • Cowgirl Heart by Em Petrova

    Cowgirl Heart by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s not easy to impress a Dalton girl… It’s not easy being a Dalton, let alone the last unmarried one of the Texas bunch. Keziah, or Kizzy, is drained by all the family weddings, and her sisters keep trying to rope and tie her to any old cowboy in the county...
  • Cowboy's Bride: A Secret Baby, Ranch Western Romance by KC Crowne

    Cowboy's Bride: A Secret Baby, Ranch Western Romance by KC Crowne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I was absolutely riveted, all the way through."   ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Strong probability that you won't want to stop reading until the very last wonderful word."     She doesn't realize it yet...But Juliana will happily wear my ring.I'll prove to her I'm not the enemy she thinks I am.She's a perfect balance of class and beauty.And she's perfect for me...
  • Bad in Boots by Em Petrova

    Bad in Boots by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes the second time around is even better than the first...Cort Bellamy’s been avoiding his hometown of Crossroads, Georgia for too long. Who can blame him, when the small town is so thick with memories and everyone recalls that he let the love of his life slip away? However, his father’s summons for help on the family ranch can’t go unanswered much longer—and now he’s offering Cort a share...
  • Driftwood Danger by Christy Barritt

    Driftwood Danger by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s on one side of the fight to preserve Cape Corral. She’s on the other.Abigail Ferguson wakes up in a strange place with bruises on her face and her hands bound. Someone is trying to teach her family a painful lesson and using Abigail as a pawn. When she’s able to call for help, only one person comes to mind—law enforcement officer Grant Matthews...
  • Unwavering Security by Christy Barritt

    Unwavering Security by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her plain Jane past still plays on her insecurities. His betrayal at the hands of someone he trusted leaves him on edge. Can they overcome their pasts and rely on each other when danger closes in?Thaddeus Blackwell and Miranda Stewart have one common goal. As best man and maid of honor, it’s their duty to make sure Grant Matthews’ and Abigail Ferguson’s big day goes off without a hitch...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christian  western  length-medium
  • Saving Chelsea by Elle James

    Saving Chelsea by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She prefers the four-legged wolves over the two-legged kindChelsea Youngblood’s first love is her only true love. Wolves. Raised on a wildlife rescue ranch, she grew up with wolves as her siblings. It was only natural she would become a wolf biologist and work with the wolves of Yellowstone National Park...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  western  military  mystery  contemporary
  • High Ground by Freya Barker

    High Ground by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not much has gone according to plan for mechanic, Pippa Freling, recently. With lots of bridges burned behind her, she decides to stick close to her sister and give Montana a try. Things are looking up when she joins a local group of animal activists, buys an auto shop for a steal, and even tries her luck with the opposite sex...
  • When Justice Rides by B.J. Daniels

    When Justice Rides by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Buckhorn, roots run deep—and so do grudges…Deputy Jaxson Gray has found the fresh start he needed in small-town Montana. In Luna Declan, he finds something he didn’t even know he craved. Wary of getting too close, he backs away, only to become enmeshed in a local investigation that brings his past and present crashing together...
  • Dating a Cowgirl by Natalie Dean

    Dating a Cowgirl by Natalie Dean

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She needs a mechanic. And he needs a cowgirl. When they strike a deal, will they get more than they bargained for?Faye Callahan would give anything to get her mother’s old truck fixed. It’s the only memory she has of her. But there’s a problem… Faye has no money. She’s too busy helping her family on the ranch to have a paying job...
  • Both Sides of the Fence by Amelia Elliot

    Both Sides of the Fence by Amelia Elliot

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’ve been in love since they were kids. But for twenty-five years, everything kept them apart.Dee acted responsibly her whole life. She worked hard, went to college, and became a veterinarian. But she ended up stuck in the one place she always vowed to leave. Abandoned and alone, she was tired of waiting for her life to start...
  • Armed & Marvelous by Pam Crooks

    Armed & Marvelous by Pam Crooks

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A terrible tragedy sends her home to heal. Will his unexpected love convince her to stay? After a devastating loss, wild game hunter Rexanna Brennan returns home to her family's ranch to heal. She never expects to learn her crazy aunt has left her a pink pistol with an even crazier legend...
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