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  • Fractured Sky by Catherine Cowles

    Fractured Sky by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    Damaged. Broken. Destroyed. I’ve heard it all. A single moment of trusting the wrong person shattered my life into pieces, and my family has never looked at me the same. It’s impossible to convince them that I’m anything more than the broken girl they rescued all those years ago.Until I meet him.Ramsey’s grumpy demeanor and menacing scowl scare most of the world away. But not me...
  • Deadly Debt by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Deadly Debt by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    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...
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  • Montana Sanctuary by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Sanctuary by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    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...
  • Sinner's Secret by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Sinner's Secret by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    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...
  • Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant

    Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cowboy finds love in the most unlikely place in New York Times bestseller Donna Grant's newest Heart of Texas novel, Looking for a Cowboy A 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...
  • Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Corruptor's Claim by K. Loraine, Meg Anne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    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...
  • Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Danger by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    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...
  • Come Sundown by Nora Roberts

    Come Sundown by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    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...
  • Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines

    Smoke Bomb by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    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...
  • Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Mystery by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    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...
  • Sing for Me by Brittany Ann

    Sing for Me by Brittany Ann

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    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...
  • Sovereign by Raya Morris Edwards

    Sovereign by Raya Morris Edwards

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sovereign is a dual POV, standalone, dark cowboy romance with an anti-hero MMC. It contains content only suitable for adults.****“I want you to live at Sovereign Mountain,” I say.She goes still for a long moment. She’s got butter on the tip of her thumb and she slowly licks it off. Flashing the tip of her tongue.“Why?” she asks.“For protection.”Her brow rises slowly...
  • Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker

    Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    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...
  • The Renegade by Silvia Violet

    The Renegade by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    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...
  • Sing You Home by Ava Hunter

    Sing You Home by Ava Hunter

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It's been nine months since country superstar Luke Kincaid lost his wife in a tragic plane crash. Unable to cope with the pain of losing her, Luke is damn close to giving it all up—the music, his band, even his life. Until he learns his wife is alive. He rushes to bring her home, only to find himself heartbroken as the woman he loves has no memory of him or their life together...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  suspense  contemporary  angst  rockstars  dark  western
  • The Alias by Lena Hendrix

    The Alias by Lena Hendrix

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    The moment I kissed my wife, I knew I was in trouble.A stoic, dangerous man with ties to the Mafia has no business keeping a gorgeous ray of sunshine like her, but she was scared and I was desperate.On the run, we land at a secluded ranch designed to protect federal witnesses...
  • Another Dawn by Sandra Brown

    Another Dawn by Sandra Brown

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Betrayal had ruined Banner Coleman's wedding day and on her wedding night she was a jilted bride. Now old seeds of greed and desire are harvesting a scandal --- and Banner's affair with an old family friend could shatter a friendship and a family...
  • The Harder They Ride by Coralee June

    The Harder They Ride by Coralee June

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    He turned me into a woman of extremes, living a life of intense passion and fierce emotions in the rugged landscape of West Texas. When I cried, I drowned. When I loved, I burned. Declan Wilder, a man with a deadly past and a killer smile, made me feel alive like never before...
  • Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

    Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An astonishing debut novel that explores the lingering effects of a brutal crime on the women of one small Texas oil town in the 1970s.Mercy is hard in a place like this . . .It’s February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. While the town’s men embrace the coming prosperity, its women intimately know and fear the violence that always seems to follow...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  historical  contemporary  rape  racism  western  abuse  dark
  • Redneck Rebellion (Redneck) by Jordan Silver

    Redneck Rebellion (Redneck) by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This is the edited version of the book that was originally titled Redneck which was banned and republished as T-Bone, which was banned. This is a work of fiction, and yes it's hot, proceed at your own discretion. T-Bone Riley is a man of few words. Raised pretty much off the grid his whole life, he tends to see things a little different...
  • Big Sky by Kitty Thomas

    Big Sky by Kitty Thomas

    Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Veronica Cason lives in a small apartment with no clear view of the sky. It’s uncertain which might crush her first: her debt or the buildings squeezed in so tight that they surround her like ominous sentinels. She can’t breathe in the city. Her success is a lie, and her debt is coming to collect her—unless someone else gets there first...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  bdsm  dark  abuse  menage  contemporary  alpha male  captive
  • Big Sky by Kitty Thomas

    Big Sky by Kitty Thomas

    Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    "I've broken horses. I have never-ending patience with women."I'd lost my job and was about to be homeless when a sinfully attractive man offered me a job on his ranch that felt too good to be true.I turned him down, but he wouldn't take no for an answer.Now I'm his captive, a domestic servant on his beautiful ranch in the middle of nowhere--for my own good, supposedly...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  bdsm  dark  abuse  menage  contemporary  alpha male  captive
  • Knotted by Pam Godwin

    Knotted by Pam Godwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 39 ratings
    I try to forget her. It’s impossible. Growing up together, Conor and I shared all our firsts. First love, first kiss, first… Not all our firsts. We were sixteen the night she was violently assaulted while I helplessly watched. I’ll never forget the sounds of her suffering. Or my inconsolable agony when she left Oklahoma. Years later, she returns to honor our teenage pact...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  mystery  western  contemporary  abuse  rape  alpha male  bdsm
  • Buckled by Pam Godwin

    Buckled by Pam Godwin

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    I protect what’s mine. The ranch, my family, our buried secrets. Nothing will stop me from reassembling the life that went terribly wrong. Not the law. Not our enemies. Not even Maybe Quinn. The gorgeous, quarrelsome journalist shouldn’t have meddled. I shouldn’t have let her stay. But she’s hiding something in those deceptive blue eyes...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  mystery  western  contemporary  suspense  bdsm  dark  erotica
  • Booted by Pam Godwin

    Booted by Pam Godwin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    The night I’m released from prison, she’s in my bed.It’s been eight years since I touched a woman, and the Native American beauty is half-dressed, beaten, bruised, and devastatingly exquisite.We’re toxic together, but we want the same things. Blood. Vengeance.Violent relief in a warm body.Beneath her touch, I’m alive.Against her skin, I’m redeemed.Buried inside her, I forget the past...
  • Chase Wilde Comes Home by Jennifer Ryan

    Chase Wilde Comes Home by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan begins a brand-new series with a western set romance between a former soldier and the mother of his child. Perfect for fans of Diana Palmer, Linda Lael Miller, and BJ Daniels.They're tough, tender, and sometimes tormented; they're the Wildes of Wyoming, three brothers whose family ties are as strong as their wills...
  • Sovereign by Raya Morris Edwards

    Sovereign by Raya Morris Edwards

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    I have to have her.I’ve been alone for so long. I never thought I would want to change that.But when I saw her, I knew she was meant to be mine. And now that her husband is…gone, it’s time to make my move.I’ve never felt like this about anyone. I want her everything, her body, her mind, her soul.And I’ll do what it takes to make her my submissive...
  • The Fight Within by Andrew Grey

    The Fight Within by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bryce Morton needs a change of scenery. Since his partner's death a year ago, he's become withdrawn and quiet, so his friends, Jerry Lincoln and Akecheta (John) Black Raven, convince him to go camping with them on a Sioux reservation. Though he's not immediately sure he's done the right thing, Bryce becomes more interested when he meets Paytah, the man who owns the reservation's trading post...
  • Dark Horse by Kate Sherwood

    Dark Horse by Kate Sherwood

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Dan thinks about just driving, leaving the whole mess behind. He's got enough money. He could just arrange to get his stuff and his horse shipped to wherever he's going. Taking off is what he used to do when things got to be too much, and it worked pretty well, really. Dan Wheeler thought he'd found lasting love and stability with his life and work partner, Justin Archer...
  • Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

    Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters.Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last—and best—hope...
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