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  • Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • Miles by H.J. Bellus

    Miles by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 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..
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  • Jackson's Destiny by C.A. Harms

    Jackson's Destiny by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • Noah by Jennifer Foor

    Noah by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 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...
  • Corrode by Ella Fields

    Corrode by Ella Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 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...
  • One to Leave by Tia Louise

    One to Leave by Tia Louise

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some demons can't be shaken off.Some wounds won't heal. Until a pair of hazel eyes knocks you on your ass, and you realize it's time to stop running. A STAND-ALONE, ONE TO HOLD NOVEL. Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and elements of erotic romance, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18...
  • Calder Grit: A Sweeping Historical Ranching Dynasty Novel by Janet Dailey

    Calder Grit: A Sweeping Historical Ranching Dynasty Novel by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • Ryan's Love by C.A. Harms

    Ryan's Love by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • Dragonfly Awakening by Jaycee Ford

    Dragonfly Awakening by Jaycee Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Paul Harris laid eyes on Ellie Caldwell the first day of high school, his heart stopped and never beat the same again. However, his best friend Lance spoke first and ended up with the girl. Paul watched them from the sidelines as he fell harder and harder, caught beneath rules of friendship and bro codes. Ellie secretly desired Paul, but he never made a move...
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    cowboys  young adult  western  contemporary
  • Scarred by Vanessa Vale, Helen Hardt

    Scarred by Vanessa Vale, Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s inherited billions, but he must leave his home and family to claim it.She’s no longer a captive, yet will she ever be free? Austin Bridger is struggling to keep his seaplane business afloat and help his ailing mother. When his father, who never acknowledged his existence, dies, he leaves his billions to Austin and his two half brothers...
  • Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren

    Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyone around Stefanie Noble is content, but it seems that her “happily ever after” has passed her by. Then two troubled girls and their older brother, Gideon, show up in town and clearly need help...
  • MacKenzie Fire by Elle Casey

    MacKenzie Fire by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ian MacKenzie's been a cranky pain in the *ss for going on three years now, still bitter over his failed engagement and his life on the ranch. Enter Candice, his sister-in-law Andie's best friend, out for a two-week visit as they await the birth of Ian's first niece...
  • The Cowgirl's Secret by Anne Marie Novark

    The Cowgirl's Secret by Anne Marie Novark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE COWGIRL'S SECRETBook Five: The Diamondback Ranch SeriesContemporary Western Romance65,000 words/260 ppHeat Index: SpicyAn Independent Young Woman Tori McCade is bound and determined to earn her degree and return home to practice veterinary medicine in Salt Fork, Texas. Nothing and no one can stop her, not even the hottest man she's ever met in her life...
  • Missy's Moment by Jill Sanders

    Missy's Moment by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Melissa is back in Fairplay, Texas for good. After taking over the small health clinic in town, she finally feels like she has everything she's ever wanted. But when Reece West walks into the clinic, she quickly switches her gears as to what her desires are. Now she'll do just about anything to get the man of her dreams...
  • The Shack: Reflections for Every Day of the Year by William Paul Young

    The Shack: Reflections for Every Day of the Year by William Paul Young

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The powerful story found in The Shack written by Wm. Paul Young stole the hearts of millions and rocketed to fame by word-of-mouth, making it a phenomenon in publishing history. Now, THE SHACK: REFLECTIONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR provides an opportunity for you to go back to the shack with Papa, Sarayu, and Jesus...
  • Make Me Dream by Marie Johnston

    Make Me Dream by Marie Johnston

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stetson Barron has been the center of my world since I was twelve. But with our ten-year age difference and my quirky nature, I didn’t think I was more to him than his little sister’s what color is her hair this month best friend. Until one hot summer night when I climbed him like a water tower at his cousin’s wedding.And then he didn’t talk to me for weeks after...
  • Losers Weepers by Nicole Williams

    Losers Weepers by Nicole Williams

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    If we didn’t know darkness, we couldn’t fully appreciate the light. Garth Black’s more familiar with this concept than most people are. He hadn’t just lived in the dark for the majority of his life—he thrived in it...
  • A McCree Christmas by J.C. Isabella

    A McCree Christmas by J.C. Isabella

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being back in the Sunshine State wasn’t something Briar Thompson was looking forward to, but it was Christmas and she couldn’t wait to see her grandparents. The second she landed in Florida with her boyfriend, Chase McCree, she was accepting an invitation to one of her parents’ fancy parties...
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    cowboys  contemporary  young adult  western
  • Garden of Madness by Tracy L. Higley

    Garden of Madness by Tracy L. Higley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The untold story of King Nebuchadnezzar's daughterFor seven years the Babylonian princess Tiamat has waited for the mad king Nebuchadnezzar to return to his family and to his kingdom. Driven from his throne to live as a beast, he prowls his luxurious Hanging Gardens, secreted away from the world.Since her treaty marriage at a young age, Tia has lived an opulent yet oppressive life in the palace...
  • Breaking Travis by Jill Sanders

    Breaking Travis by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Travis Nolan is back in town and doing everything he can to get right back out of it again. Finding out that his father devised a way to keep him locked in the small town of Fairplay, even after death, has him doing everything he can to complete his new obligations. But now there's a small pixy red-head that just won't get out of his way and out of his mind...
  • The McCarran Collection by Liz Adair

    The McCarran Collection by Liz Adair

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bridget Olasfson, a beautiful archivist with a painful secret, comes to Utah's brilliant red rock country to catalog the McCarran Collection. She finds herself caught up in a dangerous intrigue involving a lost boy, a drug cartel, and possibly murder...
  • Storm: Western Hearts Series by Kate Palmer

    Storm: Western Hearts Series by Kate Palmer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman rancher struggles to save her ranch, but it’s her heart she’s most in danger of losing. Storm’s ranch is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy after cattle rustlers strike. When her part-time ranch hand dies under suspicious circumstances, two neighboring ranchers step in to help...
  • Edge of Honor by Gilbert Morris

    Edge of Honor by Gilbert Morris

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quentin Larribee is a surgeon--one of the best. But in the confusion of one of the Civil War's last, desperate skirmishes, the hands devoted to healing bring death to William Breckenridge, an enemy soldier in the act of surrendering. Now the deed haunts Quentin...
  • The Queen's Handmaid by Tracy L. Higley

    The Queen's Handmaid by Tracy L. Higley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the servant halls of Cleopatra’s Egyptian palace to the courts of Herod the Great, Lydia will serve two queens to see prophecy fulfilled. Alexandria, Egypt 39 BC Orphaned at birth, Lydia was raised as a servant in Cleopatra's palace, working hard to please while keeping everyone at arm's length. She's been rejected and left with a broken heart too many times in her short life...
  • Dare You to Resist the Bull Rider by Lacy Andersen

    Dare You to Resist the Bull Rider by Lacy Andersen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A little dare never hurt anybody...My sophomore year at Rock Valley High was a total downer. Joining the wrong crowd and nearly getting drowned aren’t exactly things I want to write about on my college admission essays.But my best friend, Hunter, is moving back home from spending a year on his grandpa’s ranch...
  • Make Your Move by Heather Garvin

    Make Your Move by Heather Garvin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I can do that. I can pretend it didn’t happen. But when he’s standing this close to me, I can’t deny I want to kiss him again.Abbie Linley loves her small-town life. Leaving for college may be the next step for her friends, but she’s not ready to walk away from the horses. She’d happily keep her world the same, but everything around her seems to be changing.Starting with her gruff, new farrier...
  • That Cowboy of Mine by Donna Grant

    That Cowboy of Mine by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is he an enemy?Dillon Young is proud that she inherited her aunt’s ranch. The problem: someone is trying to run her off and is willing to do whatever it takes. Strange, dangerous things keep happening. Dillion suspects her no-good neighbor and fellow wealthy rancher Hank Stephens. Never a man to get his hands dirty, he sends others to get the job done...
  • That Cowboy of Mine by Donna Grant

    That Cowboy of Mine by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is he an enemy?Dillon Young is proud that she inherited her aunt’s ranch. The problem: someone is trying to run her off and is willing to do whatever it takes. Strange, dangerous things keep happening. Dillion suspects her no-good neighbor and fellow wealthy rancher Hank Stephens. Never a man to get his hands dirty, he sends others to get the job done...
  • Off Limits by Emma Creed

    Off Limits by Emma Creed

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Ranching isn’t easy, especially not in Fork River. The days are long, the competition is ruthless, and there’s always someone out there waiting to take what’s yours.For my family to survive things have to go back to the way they were.The Carsons used to run the town, we were feared, but my father changed that legacy by thinking he could run things legitimately...
  • The Edge of Town by Dorothy Garlock

    The Edge of Town by Dorothy Garlock

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    Julie Jones is a plainspoken girl working on her father's hardscrabble farm. She's not prepared for the Jazz Age roaring through America, sweeping a flapper named Birdie Stuart and war veteran Evan Johnson into her Missouri town. As the summer heats up, life turns explosive. A wave of terrifying crimes threatens Evan's courtship of Julie, and Birdie's schemes begin to tear her family apart...
  • Friend Zone Hell by Marika Ray

    Friend Zone Hell by Marika Ray

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Coming October 6, 2022....The town’s most eligible bachelor just saved my life. I paid him back by puking on him.Callan Hellman. Mr. Nice Guy paramedic. My best friend.He buys my friends flowers when he knows they’ve had a hard day. Who does that? Callan’s the guy every girl wants to date and take home to mama. Not me though. We’re just friends. Have been since elementary school...
  • Cree by H.J. Bellus

    Cree by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I'm Milly, and I am tired of taking kicks to the gut. A broken family, an asshole husband and the loss of loved ones have left me crying Uncle, and declaring a serious case of the Fuck-Its! I had my heart broken, stomped on and shattered before I ever started on my journey to find my little piece of happiness...
  • The Homeplace by Gilbert Morris

    The Homeplace by Gilbert Morris

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lanie took out her journal and dated it April 12, 1928. She started the habit of writing down everything that happened to her when she was no more than eight years old, and now she had six journals completely full. She thought about the prize at school, almost prayed to win, but somehow she could not. “God,” she finally said, “I’ll do my best, and if you’ll help me, that’s all I ask...
  • One Night with a Cowboy by Cat Johnson

    One Night with a Cowboy by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    One Sweet Ride… Oh yeah. A single look at the leggy blonde in the stands and Tucker Jenkins is ready to buck all night long. It’s time to forget all about his cheating ex and his usual hands off policy. One Hot Night… Becca Hart is an East Coast professor. Not a buckle bunny...
  • Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe by Max Lucado

    Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe by Max Lucado

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What if you could ask God anything? What would you ask? And how would He answer? Chelsea Chambers is on her own. After a public split from her NFL superstar husband, Chelsea takes a bold step out of the limelight and behind the counter of the Higher Grounds Café, an old-fashioned coffee shop in dire need of reinvention...
  • Let it be Me by Barbara Speak

    Let it be Me by Barbara Speak

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Arianna Dubray is nothing like the girl she left in Baltimore. Once a Prada shoe wearing, Michael Kors bag carrying, on top of the world seventeen-year-old girl, Arianna knew that her life would never be the same when she got out of the car in middle-of-nowhere Montana. Canyon Michaels is the keeper of his own dark secrets...
  • Cut and Run by Amy Elizabeth

    Cut and Run by Amy Elizabeth

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raised in the crime-ridden neighborhood of South Boston, Rebecca Sheehan has learned the hard way that people can't be trusted. So when her unscrupulous boyfriend turns up without a pulse, she knows she needs to get out of Southie. Fast. She seeks refuge in the last place anyone would think to look for her–the picturesque town of Jackson, Wyoming...
  • Worth the Ride by Casey Peeler

    Worth the Ride by Casey Peeler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Single father, Weston Parker is set in his ways, and raising his daughter is his top priority. But his ten-year-old feisty little girl is growing up faster than he ever realized. Her go-getter attitude is one he's seen before--mainly on himself. When she starts trading in her ponytails for makeup, Weston realizes he just might be in over his head...
  • The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

    The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 51 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...
  • The Outer Edge of Heaven: A Love Story by Jaclyn M. Hawkes

    The Outer Edge of Heaven: A Love Story by Jaclyn M. Hawkes

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Montana truly is heavenly. Especially a certain handsome rancher. Her parents want a clout wielding attorney, safely enthroned in an appropriately high end Mercedes sedan and a tailored business suit. She just wants to teach kindergarten...
  • Serenity Falls by Tiffany Aleman, Ashley Poch

    Serenity Falls by Tiffany Aleman, Ashley Poch

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kenleigh Briggs suffered debilitating depression at the age of twelve after losing both parents in a tragic house fire. Her aunt assumed guardianship and forced Kenleigh to learn how to horseback ride. She soon developed a bond with the horses that helped her work out and deal with her depression. Seven years later, young Kenleigh is now a sophomore at the University of Texas, San Antonio...
  • Strong & Wilde by L.G. Castillo

    Strong & Wilde by L.G. Castillo

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Strong & Wilde is a three-part novella serial with cliffhangers. A broken promise. An unbreakable love. The hardest thing Cody Wilde ever had to do was keep the promise he made to his dying father—stay away from trouble. Growing up in a rural Texas town and being bullied by the sheriff’s son made it nearly impossible to control the notorious Wilde temper...
  • Jacob's Way by Gilbert Morris

    Jacob's Way by Gilbert Morris

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    'The army makes a man hard sometimes. I remember a young girl no more than ten who gave me a glass of buttermilk just outside of Chancellorsville. I still remember that. I guess that's all my life is. Some pictures fading out behind me, and there's not much before me.'Reisa listened as he spoke...
  • Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe by Max Lucado

    Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe by Max Lucado

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    What if you could ask God anything? What would you ask? And how would He answer? Chelsea Chambers is on her own. After a public split from her NFL superstar husband, Chelsea takes a bold step out of the limelight and behind the counter of the Higher Grounds Café, an old-fashioned coffee shop in dire need of reinvention...
  • Spurs & Stilettos by Ashley Johnson

    Spurs & Stilettos by Ashley Johnson

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Mature Content Warning** Recommended for ages 17+ due to language and sexual content. Who knew two separate events would turn Hope Trahan’s life completely upside down? After losing her sister in a tragic car accident and finding her fiancé cheating on her, Hope thought she’d never be the same again. That was, until her best friend drug her down to the rodeo to help clear her head...
  • Taken: A One to Take Primer by Tia Louise

    Taken: A One to Take Primer by Tia Louise

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stuart Knight is an injured Marine turned angry cowboy. Mariska Heron is a beautiful young artist with vivid dreams and a healing touch. When the two cross paths, their chemistry is explosive, their attraction undeniable. But Stuart has one thing on his mind—returning to active duty. He says he’s leaving. She walks away first. Still, neither of them can deny their hearts are taken...
  • Ethan and Ava by Lynda Chance

    Ethan and Ava by Lynda Chance

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    New Adult 69K words Ethan Jackson has had a thing for Ava Anderson longer than he cares to remember. But her brother is one of his best friends and there are rules and crap about stuff like that. But she's always there, right in front of his eyes and the wanting is only getting worse as the days go by...
  • Back in the Saddle by K.F. Breene

    Back in the Saddle by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jessica is no stranger to life giving her lemons. On the tail end of her latest bad decision, Jessica realizes she needs to make a change. So when college finally ends, she packs up her life and heads to Texas for a fresh start. It is there she meets the most ruggedly handsome cowboy she's ever encountered...
  • Shattered Hearts by Octavia Wildwood

    Shattered Hearts by Octavia Wildwood

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The nightmares never stop. Amanda escaped her abusive past, but old wounds never truly heal. They scar. Meanwhile in Minnesota, siblings Nate and Maggie are struggling to keep the family farm afloat after their parents' fatal car accident...
  • Shattered by Octavia Wildwood

    Shattered by Octavia Wildwood

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Amanda fled California, she was trying to escape an ugly past characterized by abuse and betrayal. Though she hoped Minnesota would offer a fresh start, she never expected to find solace in rough and rugged cowboy Nate Avery’s arms. But she did. A former rodeo star, Nate harbors scars of his own...
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