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  • Red Dirt Christmas by N.R. Walker

    Red Dirt Christmas by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **14,500 words, gay romance** Travis had been here at Sutton Station for just over a year. We were technically engaged, not that we’d told anyone. He was happy just knowin’ I’d said yes, and I had some head-clearin’ stuff to work through. Knowing I was good enough for Trav was one thing, but knowing if I was good enough to be a husband and father was somethin’ else entirely...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  m-m  christmas  new adult  contemporary  western
  • Navarro by Kelly Fox

    Navarro by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The worst kept secret on Rebel Sky Ranch is that Desi Navarro is in love with Wyatt Goodnight. But don't tell Wyatt that. The much younger brother of his late wife is and will always be off-limits. Even if he can't manage his own life, let alone the ranch, without Desi. Even if Desi's love for Wyatt burns brighter than any star...
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  • Red Dirt Heart 4 by N.R. Walker

    Red Dirt Heart 4 by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Moving from a Texas ranch to an Australian Outback station was a life changing decision for Travis Craig. Though it wasn’t really a decision at all. Something in his bones told him to go, though he had no clue as to why. Until he met Sutton Station’s owner, Charlie. Loving Charlie shouldn’t have been easy. The man was stubborn, and riddled with crippling self-doubt...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  m-m  contemporary  western  historical
  • The Cowboy Contract by B.A. Tortuga

    The Cowboy Contract by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder Vittor has almost everything he could ever want. He was a successful bull rider, he runs a rodeo company and a ranch for his family, and he's right where he wants to be. Until his grandmother issues him an ultimatum...
  • Good Behavior by Kelly Fox

    Good Behavior by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    From USA Today Best-Selling Author Kelly Fox comes a spicy forbidden romance between an ex-con and his prison therapist.There’s not much I miss about prison, save for the buttoned-up therapist who doled out subtle commands and generous praise in equal measure...
  • Down and Dirty by Parker St. John

    Down and Dirty by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One kiss ended in tragedy.Now they have a second chance to do it right.Lane:Bull fighter. Heart throb. Wild card.Rodeo pro Lane Bell knows a thing or two about taking damage. He’s made a career out of punishing himself, but he can’t outrun his troubled past. Not when it shows up in an irresistible package to spring him from county lock-up and demand he come home...
  • Living Promises by Amy Lane

    Living Promises by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Honorable Mention for Gay Contemporary Romance in the 2011 Rainbow Awards. Six years ago, Jeff Beachum comforted a frightened teenager outside an HIV treatment clinic, and Collin Waters has remembered his kindness ever since. Now, after six years of crushing on the kind, brown-eyed sweetheart of his dreams, Collin is feeling adult and together enough to make his move...
  • The Cook and the Gangster by Jackie North

    The Cook and the Gangster by Jackie North

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    “Time cannot erase the love I feel for you, my friend.” Levi has worked very hard to find a private corner of the world where his past can’t catch up to him. His life, with its fourteen-hour days working in the ranch’s kitchen, is a little humdrum, but he likes it that way. And it’s safe, because he lets no one get close...
  • Cowboy Haven by B.A. Tortuga

    Cowboy Haven by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Heath Barron leaves Texas for Northern New Mexico, he thinks he's getting a luxury house rental for a steal, getting away from his ex, and finding a home for his newborn triplets. What he finds is a broken down trailer, a freezing winter, and the feeling that he's at rock bottom in his life. Again.Former rodeo champ Kolt Cordova has a good life...
  • Cowboy Healing by B.A. Tortuga

    Cowboy Healing by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Patrick Kelly needs some help. His husband passed away a while ago, and now he has a thriving medical practice, two busy kids, and one ranch outside Aspen, Colorado that he's not really sure how to run...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  western  m-m  contemporary  doctors
  • The Meaning of Life by BA Tortuga

    The Meaning of Life by BA Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When tragedy strikes in the parking lot of a rodeo event, bullfighter Jasper Dean loses his best friend Kayla, inherits her barrel racing horse, her pack of dogs, and her two babies, who also happen to be his biological kids. He has no idea what to do about any of it, and JD struggles to juggle all of his new responsibilities...
  • Release Me by Faith Gibson

    Release Me by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fifteen Years… For fifteen years, Cade Anderson, drummer for the world-famous rock band 7’s Mistress, has been in love with his best friend, the band’s lead singer. Even though it’s been years since they were lovers, Cade still wants the man. When his best friend falls in love with someone else, life as Cade knows it is over. The band breaks up and Cade has to figure out how to move on...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  m-m  western  musicians  contemporary
  • Forever Promised by Amy Lane

    Forever Promised by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Crick has been home from Iraq for five years, Jeff and Collin are finally married, and Shane and Mikhail are quietly making lives better for the dispossessed teenagers who come their way. Everything is right in Deacon's world, but nothing ever stays the same. When Deacon's best friends, Jon and Amy, answer the call of an opportunity in Washington, DC, Deacon figures that’s life...
  • Ranch Manny by B.A. Tortuga

    Ranch Manny by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Trace is down on his luck, out of his teaching job, and on the road with his young daughter Savannah. Just as he's contemplating tucking his proverbial tail between his luck and heading back to his ex or his parents to ask for help, a job opportunity falls into his lap. What he's not sure about is working for a handsome cowboy. On a ranch. In the middle of nowhere.Cowboy Brent has a ranch to run...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  western  m-m  contemporary  open-door
  • Texas Family by R.J. Scott

    Texas Family by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack and Riley Campbell-Hayes begin a journey that will change their lives forever. Set against the backdrop of the Double D, the cast of the Texas books face changes that won’t leave a single one of them untouched. Jack and Riley want to extend their small family of three...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  m-m  contemporary  western  historical
  • Wishing Hearts by Emmy Sanders

    Wishing Hearts by Emmy Sanders

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    A shameless flirt. A single dad. And an unexpected chance at love. HarrisonWhen I left Plum Valley ten years ago, I never thought I’d return. But a call about animals in crisis brings me back to the town that inadvertently broke my heart.What I don’t expect? Sam. The animal control officer looks every bit a cowboy wet dream, and for whatever reason, he’s latched on to me like a dog with a bone...
  • Down and Out by Parker St. John

    Down and Out by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They were once friends…but a dark secret drove them apart. Nate: Healer. Savior. Cynic. The one person Nate could never ignore was Tucker Grace. He’s as cruel as he is gorgeous, with a devastating loneliness in his cold blue eyes. Nate ditched his hell-raising childhood for the big city and a string of disastrous relationships...
  • Down in Flames by Parker St. John

    Down in Flames by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s been in love with a rugged, hunky cowboy for years.The problem?Michael is fifteen years older…and straight.West Owens grew up suffocated by his overprotective family. To prove he’s not the frail child he once was, he’s shredding through local rodeos on the wildest broncs around. But the man he most wishes would stop seeing him as a sickly child is Michael...
  • Broken In by B.A. Tortuga

    Broken In by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Greyson Hayden wants to prove to his ex that he's made it. He's a successful stock contractor with a couple of million dollar bulls, a ranch owner with more acres than he can count, and he stopped drinking when Kyler kicked him out. He's had a lot to prove, but now he's back in town to show Kyler that he has. And maybe rub it in...
  • Back in the Saddle : A MM Western Romance by BA Tortuga

    Back in the Saddle : A MM Western Romance by BA Tortuga

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When David Garcia's family suffers a loss, he comes back to New Mexico to help, leaving his life in Austin behind. He knows he has to make the best of it, so he uses his skills as a teacher to set up a daycare business on his parents' ranch and start helping out local friends and family who need a babysitter now and then...
  • Home Free (Higher Elevation ) by Jodi Payne, BA Tortuga

    Home Free (Higher Elevation ) by Jodi Payne, BA Tortuga

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Connor Westin and Early Jericho have a comfortable, busy life in Denver. Connor is a lawyer who brings home the bacon and Early is a stay at home dad to their two young boys.Sure, Early is a cowboy at heart, but he loves their kids and as far as Connor is concerned they’re happy in their suburban home...
    Categorized as:
    humor  angst  cowboys  queer  m-m  mature couple  suspense  western
  • A Courageous Ride by Andrew Grey

    A Courageous Ride by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Bullriders: Book Three Aspiring orchestra conductor Marshall is exhausted after months of auditions without a single job offer. Marshall’s friend, Terry, recommends a change of scenery and points Marshall in the direction of a dude ranch run by former bull rider Indigo Santana...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  western  contemporary  m-m  texas  usa  north-america
  • Eight Seconds to Ride: A Rivals to Lovers Small Town Romance by Ashley James

    Eight Seconds to Ride: A Rivals to Lovers Small Town Romance by Ashley James

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A steamy one night stand in the bathroom of a bar in Las Vegas after a world championship win? Yes, please. Meeting him again months later, only to learn he’s my newest competition? Not so much. The weight of the legacy I carry is a constant tug in my mind, with the ghosts of the generations before me always whispering for me to push harder, train longer, be better...
  • The Rogue by Silvia Violet

    The Rogue by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rogue can charm the pants off anyone, but can he catch a man who might as well be a ghost?Eight seconds on a bull was never as scary as falling for a man who might disappear any second. I might have left the rodeo to work my brother’s ranch, but I never lost my taste for danger… and I’ve never met anyone more dangerous than Special Agent Ghost...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  alpha male  angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  military  western
  • Down Low by Parker St. John

    Down Low by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    His broken bones could finally mend their broken bond…Bull riding was the only thing that calmed the thrill-seeking, self-destructive beast inside of Calvin Craig. It allowed him to escape a small-minded town and the pain of his troubled youth, fleeing to bright lights and big city fame without looking back.One trip on the horns of the wrong bull changed everything...
  • Guys Like Him by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Guys Like Him by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kieran Sullivan is broken when he arrives at Redemption Ridge. A wrongful conviction and twenty months in lockup will do that to a man. The ranch is a place for second chances and fresh starts, but for him, it’s an opportunity to discover who set him up. Get in, get answers, and get out...
  • The Reaper by Silvia Violet

    The Reaper by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A marine. An assassin. A fine line between love and hate.I’ve seen too much death as a marine and the son of a mafia boss’s stooge. I finally have a chance to do what I’ve always wanted: raise horses.The catch: My brother’s ranch is also a safehouse for men the police would never protect.TJ, our first client, is a hot AF mafia assassin who doesn’t take no for an answer...
  • Saddle Up by A.M. Arthur

    Saddle Up by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Reyes Caldero keeps his past buried deep and his emotions buried deeper. But what he doesn’t say he always makes up for with his actions. When the hot chef he once saved from an abusive ex turns up at Clean Slate Ranch, the quiet cowboy is happy to act on their sizzling chemistry, even if he’s not ready to share his secrets—or his heart...
  • The Fight for Identity by Andrew Grey

    The Fight for Identity by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will Martin’s racist father, Kevin, hates Native Americans and wants to keep them off his property, never mind that part of the ranch land is sacred ground for the Sioux. When they request access for prayer, Kevin refuses—but Will doesn’t share his father’s views. Ever since he first saw Takoda Red Bird during one of the Sioux sacred ceremonies, Will has been fascinated...
  • The Rancher's Son by R.J. Scott

    The Rancher's Son by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When he wakes up in hospital, the victim of a brutal beating, John Doe, as he is labelled, has no memories of who he is or who hurt him. The cops can find nothing to identify him and he can't remember anything to help... except the name Ethan, and one recurring place from his dreams. Three words, and they're not much, but it's a start. Crooked Tree Ranch...
  • ISO: In Search Of by Lucy Lennox, Molly Maddox

    ISO: In Search Of by Lucy Lennox, Molly Maddox

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How in the world does a grumpy rancher end up falling for a rich dilettante? Richard Dunning has it all: private school education, an exquisite designer wardrobe, a last name that ensures he’s invited to all the best parties, and a skincare regimen that’s to die for. The only thing he doesn’t have is… well, a job. Or a home. Or money in the bank. Not since his dad cut him off...
  • Texas Heat by R.J. Scott

    Texas Heat by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Riley and Jack Campbell-Hayes are doing well. Jack is expanding the Double D, Riley is close to his first ethical based contract, and Hayley is nearly ten and happy as all get out. Jack hires Robbie, who is recovering from a loss, as his right-hand man. Riley's photographer friend, Eli, decides the Double D is perfect for a cowboy-themed model shoot and falls in lust with Robbie...
  • A Cowboy's Home by R.J. Scott

    A Cowboy's Home by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One burned and broken man finds his way home. Can he find peace in the arms of a man easy to love? Justin made the ultimate sacrifice for his country, battling domestic terrorism, never the man he really was, using hate to avenge the death of his best friend. The friend he'd killed. What he doesn’t count on is getting shot, and if he's going to die he wants it to be on Crooked Tree soil. Home...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cowboys  queer  m-m  contemporary  military  suspense  abuse
  • One Trick Pony by Eli Easton

    One Trick Pony by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Forgiving yourself is the first step toward finding true love.Henry Atkins is determined to turn around his no-good, sorry life and prove to the residents of Clyde’s Corner that he’s not the town bad boy anymore. If going to church every Sunday with the Ladies Society is what it takes to polish his reputation, he’s all in...
    Categorized as:
    humor  cowboys  queer  western  m-m  contemporary
  • New Tricks by J.D. Light

    New Tricks by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a relationship with the boss's son goes wrong, and Jefferson Carter is left outed and kicked out of the only place he’s ever lived or worked, he heads to Haven Hills, hoping to find a job and forget all about his old life. What he finds is a gorgeous, sweet, funny and patient man... with a penchant for tricks and manipulation... but in a good way. Of course, he falls for the sexy older man...
  • The Blacksmith and the Ex-Con by Jackie North

    The Blacksmith and the Ex-Con by Jackie North

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    “If anybody ever needed him, Ellis did. Ellis was broken. Jasper liked to fix things.”Jasper has the perfect life. He’s a blacksmith at a small guest ranch in Wyoming. The last thing he needs is to have that perfect life interrupted by a shifty-eyed ex-con, but the ranch needs the tax benefits the ex-con program will bring.Traumatized by his time in prison, Ellis can barely speak...
  • The Words We've Never Said by J.H. Knight

    The Words We've Never Said by J.H. Knight

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Sam Northwick’s dreams have always been simple. Keep his ranch going the same way his father had and his father before him. Be a part of the community he grew up in and take care of his neighbors, the same way they always take care of him. And, mostly, be the kind of man his parents would’ve been proud of if they’d lived long enough...
  • Love Means... Freedom by Andrew Grey

    Love Means... Freedom by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Spurned by his father and driven from his home, Stone Hillyard is struggling to find shelter in the Michigan winter when he lucks upon the horse farm run by Geoff Laughton and his partner Eli. They take him in, warm him up, and give him a job working with their No Boundaries therapy riding program...
  • Forget Me Not by Felice Stevens

    Forget Me Not by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "He had everything under control, except the way that cowboy made him feel."Texas cowboy Shea Montgomery has plans. Big plans. Still mourning the loss of his beloved father, he’s finally ready to sell the Forget Me Not ranch. He’s dusting off his boots, packing up his cowboy hat, and moving to New York City to make his dreams come true...
  • Timing by Mary Calmes

    Timing by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    2nd Edition Timing: Book One Stefan Joss just can’t win. Not only does he have to go to Texas in the middle of summer to be the man of honor in his best friend Charlotte’s wedding, but he’s expected to negotiate a million-dollar business deal at the same time...
  • Marathon Cowboys by Sarah Black

    Marathon Cowboys by Sarah Black

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jesse Clayton loves painting, his cowboy grandfather, and his life as an artist with a wild abandon that leaves scorch marks on everything he touches. Budding Navajo cartoonist Lorenzo Maryboy is a hard-working former Marine: staunch, brave, and honorable. Chance brings them together on the road to Marathon, Texas, and passion flares. Just as always, Jesse puts his art ahead of everything...
  • My Cowboy Homecoming by Z.A. Maxfield

    My Cowboy Homecoming by Z.A. Maxfield

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love can heal the deepest wounds… A sense of duty brings a soldier home…but a passionate cowboy makes him want to stay. After his brother’s tragic death, Tripp has to leave the army and return to New Mexico to take care of his mother while his father is in prison for arson...
  • Whit's End by Laura Harner

    Whit's End by Laura Harner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When his three-day marriage ends in an annulment, country music sensation Brody Kent finds himself on the run from paparazzi intent on discovering why...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  contemporary  m-m  western  usa  north-america  arizona
  • A Chaotic Range by Andrew Grey

    A Chaotic Range by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stories from the Range: Book Seven Most of the time ranchhand David rescues stray cattle, but this time he and his fellow cowboys Wally and Haven save a stranded motorist. David is surprised to find his former high school classmate nearly frozen in his car. After learning that Brian Applewright's boss fired him from his ranch for being gay, they invite him back to theirs to take a job...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  western  contemporary  m-m
  • Cherish the Land by Ariel Tachna

    Cherish the Land by Ariel Tachna

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seth Simms never wanted to be a cowboy, although to listen to his best friend, Jason Thompson, tell it, he isn’t one. He just happens to have lucked out in coming to live on Lang Downs with his brother ten years ago...
  • Real World by B.A. Tortuga

    Real World by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Love is Blind Novel Dan White is trying to acclimate to civilian life after a long career in the military with multiple combat deployments. Now he’s home in the Austin area, living with his brother Dixon, Dixon’s husband, Audie, and their two nine-year-olds. During the New Year celebration, Dan meets Abraham Weldon, and the connection is instant. There’s a kiss. There’s a dance...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  m-m  military  contemporary  western
  • Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns by Tara Lain

    Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns by Tara Lain

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Cowboys Don’t Story Cowboy Danny Boone—a name he made up one drunken night and has regretted ever since—harbors a big past and yearns for a small future. A short, bright career as a champion bull rider almost ended in his death when his homophobic father discovered Danny was gay...
  • Lucky Break by A.M. Arthur

    Lucky Break by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Welcome to Clean Slate Ranch: home of tight jeans, cowboy boots and rough trails. For some men, it’s a fantasy come true. Shawn Matthews never imagined he’d be living out of his car, trying to make ends meet, but life doesn’t always go your way—he knows that better than most...
  • A Daring Ride by Andrew Grey

    A Daring Ride by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Simon “Frizz” Frizzell sneaks away to the rodeo on weekends, and it’s not until after he wins a buckle that he tells his parents about his bull-riding. He knows they won’t approve of his choice of sport, but his parents own a Christian bookstore, and he couldn’t possibly tell them the whole truth: he’s gay...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  queer  western  contemporary  athletes  m-m
  • Twilight's Touch by V.L. Locey

    Twilight's Touch by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B09QSS1L23In Wyoming’s sweeping prairies a tender new love will be put to the test.Perry Yellow Horse arrived at Prairie Smoke Ranch fresh out of high school, a smart but timid young man with a love of books, horses, and his family. In no time he found his second home on the sprawling grasslands under the Tetons...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  humor  queer  m-m  contemporary  western  suspense  christmas
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