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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsA love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America... -
Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe fourth, and final novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series fires up the passion in a story about forgiveness and finding your soul mate.Dirk Littlewood had the world at his feet and a life he claimed to love. He was a world-champion bull rider with plenty of women to keep his nights busy and make his inner loneliness nothing but a delusion... -
Good Enough by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe third novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series shows how family and true love can heal a broken past.After her mother died in a car accident when she was only five, and her father was determined not to show any emotions toward his only daughter, Timberlynn longs for a normal family... -
Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook by Lorelei James, Suzanne M. Johnson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSaddle up and get ready to ride again with the infamous McKay family!New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James has whipped up six brand new Rough Riders short stories featuring fan favorite couples—Cord and AJ, Colby and Channing, Keely and Jack, Colt and India, Carter and Macie, and Boone and Sierra... -
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Always Enough by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe second novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series turns up the emotion with a story about finding true love and healing broken hearts.Grieving the loss of her fiancé two years ago, Kaylee longs for a fresh start... -
Rough Country by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIs it really a dream come true if it means losing the one thing you never knew you needed? Willow Parker is excited to move to Podunk, Nowheres-ville. That’s what she’s telling herself, but it’s not working until she meets a dark-eyed, honey-voiced cowboy. That’s when her new small-town life starts looking a lot less temporary... -
Cowboy Bikers MC #2 by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way... -
Skye Blue by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNoah McCoy loves his family more than anything, but he has always had trouble seeing anything from anyone else’s point of view. Some might say that Noah is narrow-minded or judgmental, some might call Noah a pain in the......ha! The truth is - Noah only sees black and white, he can’t see shades of grey until Skye makes a home for herself in his heart... -
Cowboy Bikers MC #3 by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way... -
Cowboy Bikers MC #4 by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way. Ledger - I’m a biker in an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses. I’m not just a biker, a cowboy, or a rancher, but I am a man of many trades and talents... -
Cowboy Bikers MC #5 by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way.Colt - I’m a biker in an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses. I’m not just a biker, a cowboy, or a rancher, but I am a man of many trades and talents... -
Fire On The Farm (Second Chance Cowboy Romance) by Betty Shreffler
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLosing the man she loved to a terrible accident, pushes Amy Flanders into a life of independence. Her only source of comfort is her work—a business dedicated to the care and training of horses. Until one lonely night leads her into the arms of Brock Baisdin. A man who fulfills her deepest desires and reignites a flame long forgotten... -
Cowboy Seeking Nanny by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs a widowed father trying to build a family empire while juggling dirty diapers and bed times, Brody Pace has full hands.And an empty bed.Losing his high school sweetheart after the birth of their twins left him broken, battered, and lonely. But business doesn’t wait, and neither do toddlers... -
Husband Tree by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHit the trail into the Old West, where a tough lady rancher and a seemingly aimless wrangler attempt to avoid the matrimonial noose. When Belle Tanner hires Silas Harden to help her get her cattle to market, the last thing she’s looking for is romance... -
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Cowboy's Curvy Nanny by J.P. Comeau
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe job posting had forgotten to mention that the position was for a live-in nanny.Please tell me that this is a nightmare. I need the money, yes. But am I willing to live under the same roof as my cowboy billionaire boss in exchange for it? Probably… not. Okay, maybe I should accept the 24-hour nanny position. Just hear me out. The arrangement feels wrong but it’s for a good cause... -
Red Dirt Heart 4 by N.R. Walker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMoving 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... -
Honky Tonk Christmas (Honky Tonk Cowboys) by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Christmas celebration that no one will ever forget...Sharlene Waverly is bound and determined to finally get going on that mystery novel she's been researching ever since the Year One, but she gets distracted by the Honky Tonk's previous barmaids' romance stories... -
Emily's Chance: Christian Contemporary Western Small-town Romance by Sharon Gillenwater
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEmily Rose may be in the tiny West Texas town of Callahan Crossing for the moment, but it's just a rung on her ladder to success. Her work at the Callahan Crossing historical society will look good on her ever-growing resume as she attempts to break into the prestigious world of a big city museum curator... -
The McCall Trilogy by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsourney through generations of adventure and romance as three Marcia Lynn McClure favorites blend perfectly in The McCall Trilogy! The roundup begins with The Foundling (formerly released as Desert Fire). She opened her eyes and beheld, for the first time, the face of Jackson McCall… Posse up with the next generation of McCall heroes in To Echo the Past... -
Eight-Second Ride by Anne Jolin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOwen Daniels lives his life eight seconds at a time. The thrill of anticipation that comes with sitting on twelve hundred pounds of untamed power is unparalleled. The adrenaline rush that floods his system when the chute opens is one of life’s most unique and natural highs. Ride eight seconds bareback on a bucking bronco—that’s his life... -
Finding Dandi by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLOVE IS PATIENT. LOVE IS KIND. Lucas thinks he has his life mapped out until fate throws a curvy little dancer in his lap. Soon he finds that it will take more than success or status to make him happy – it will take Dandi. LOVE IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS Dandi can’t change her past, but she can keep from hurting Lucas... -
Country Nights by Winter Renshaw
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSixty country days and nights—that’s all I wanted. I needed to get away from the city, away from the hot mess that had become my life. When I stumbled upon my childhood home on RentBnB.com, I took it as a sign, cleaned out my life savings, and hightailed it to the only place that ever meant something to me, a place I hadn’t seen since a lifetime ago... -
Cowboy Justice Association Novel Box Set: Books 1 - 3 by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings*** 3 novel-length books for the price of 2 *** Genre: Contemporary Western Erotic Romance Cowboy Command: One minute Katie is eating lunch with her sister, the next she barely escapes a car bomb meant to kill her. Luckily, Federal agents are going to give her a new identity until she can testify against the man who wants her dead... -
Vow of the Texas Cowboy by Charlotte Dearing
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTexas, 1890 - Desperate but DeterminedWhen Daisy Muldoon’s uncle dies in a logging accident, he leaves behind a modest inheritance. The problem? He hid the money somewhere in their rented cottage, and no one knows exactly where.Without the money, Daisy and her two younger sisters have no means to escape the rough logging town where men outnumber women five to one... -
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A Trail Untamed by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAugust is a loner and prefers it that way. He only took the marriage wager to gain breathing room from his overbearing older brother. Besides, the wagon train still has a long journey before it reaches Oregon. Maybe he’ll meet someone who turns his head.Felicity longs for love and family, someone to choose her above all... -
Protecting the Mountain Man's Treasure by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty, a hidden fortune…and a bride he can’t remember marrying.Jude Coulter is far more comfortable in his family’s sapphire mine tucked in the Montana mountains than on the bustling streets of New York City, where he’s been sent to deliver a shipment of gems... -
Cowboy Reckoning by Barb Han
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIntent on proving her brother was murdered a decade ago, Ensley Cartier returns to the one place she vowed to never set foot in again. With the whole town against her, she finds an ally in Levi McGannon. He loves the land and the ranching way of life, but they quickly discover Cattle Cove isn’t the innocent town he once believed and somebody wants Ensley buried along with their secrets... -
One Texas Cowboy Too Many by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCarolyn Brown's New York Times and USA Today bestselling cowboys prove that love is bigger in Burnt Boot, Texas She's got too many cowboys on her handsLeah Brennan has always been the good girl of the Brennan family, groomed to become the matriarch of the clan... -
Trinity's Trust by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrinity Flores stumbled upon the Sawyer family when she needed it most. She was broken, lost, and looking for a new beginning. They gave her love that most dream of, unconditionally devoted to her well-being. The large, overbearing, protective, bullheaded Sawyer men vowed to keep her safe, and—of course—at times drove her crazy... -
His Cowboy Heart by Jennifer Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBound by honor and by love… That’s a Montana Man Ford Kendrick has often dreamed of the day that Jamie Keller would come home to Montana. After high school, she needed to leave—and he, duty-bound to rescue his family’s ranch, pushed her to go. The Army made Jamie a hero, but Ford still sees the gorgeous, loving woman who lit up his whole world... -
Spun Out by Lorelei James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Lorelei James returns for another wild ride in Wyoming with a new Blacktop Cowboys® novel. Years in the Army equipped Bailey Masterson for many things: target shooting, rappelling off cliffs, dodging grenades. She's lived through horrors that still give her nightmares... -
Sharpshooter in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMandy McClellen Grey, has become the focus of a feud thanks to her husband, who made this mess and then died. Far from home, Mandy, the best little rifle woman in the west, has resigned herself to a lonely life under siege rather than call for help and endanger her family... -
Committing to the Cowgirl by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter years away, Astrid Nilsson has returned home to Colorado, hoping to become Fairplay’s second doctor . . . and to find healing for her reoccurring consumption. Spirited and independent, Astrid doesn’t want her illness to be a burden to those she loves, so she has resisted getting serious about any man... -
The McKettrick Legend by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSierra's Homecoming When she moved to her family's ancestral ranch, single mom Sierra McKettrick was disconcerted by the Triple M's handsome caretaker, Travis Reid. But when her son claimed to see a mysterious boy in the house, and an heirloom teapot started popping up in unexpected places, Sierra wondered if the attraction between her and Travis might be the least of her worries... -
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Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLet yourself be swept away by this fast-paced romance, featuring Grace Calhoun, an instructor of reading, writing, and arithmetic, who, in an attempt to escape the clutchs of a relentless pursuer, runs smack dab into even more trouble with the 6R's—widower Daniel Reeves, along with his five rowdy sons... -
Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBeth and Alex survive a stage coach accident. Beth realizes the derelict in the stagecoach with her is a doctor and she forces him to help tend the injured. Alex finds he can care for the patients as long as Beth is right beside him... yelling at him. Alex saves Beth's sister’s life, but he only has the courage to treat patients as long as Beth is there... -
Cowboys of Chance Creek Vol 0 - 2 by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree fast-paced, full-length, sexy western romance novels in one set! Available for a limited time only. Including: The Cowboy Inherits a Bride: When a big city chef and a hometown country boy go toe to toe to win an inheritance, the competition gets smoking hot... -
Wicked Cowboy Charm by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA blizzard traps the new girl in town with the cowboy she's determined not to fall in this USA Today bestseller from the Queen of Cowboy Romance. Josie Dawson is new in town, but it doesn't take a local to know that Deke Sullivan is trouble--in a smokin' hot package. He's sweet, sexy, and has charmed just about every woman in Dry Creek, Texas. Well, Josie won't be next... -
McKettricks of Texas: Austin by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratings#1 New York Times bestseller Linda Lael Miller brings you the next installment in her unforgettable McKettricks of Texas series. The three McKettrick brothers meet their matches in the three Remington sisters, and now it's Austin's turn… World champion rodeo star Austin McKettrick finally got bested by an angry bull... -
Her Renegade Rancher by Jennifer Ryan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith their hearts' desires on the line, nothing can stop the Montana Men No one knows better than Colt Kendrick that life can change in an instant. He lives without regrets except for one: not making the gorgeous woman he sees every time he walks into the local diner his. Luna Hill is haunted by the heart-stopping kiss she and Colt never should have shared. Their timing has always been off... -
Wrangler in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan the artist tame the cowgirl without breaking her spirit? Tough Texan tomboy Sally McClellan heads to Montana to visit her pregnant sister Mandy. But when her traveling party is attacked, Sally is left for dead... -
McKettrick's Luck by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA classic tale of a new generation of cowboys staking claims to their land—and the women they love… Like his celebrated ancestors, who tamed the wilds of Arizona, Jesse McKettrick's Indian Rock ties run deep. The Triple M Ranch is in his blood, along with the thrill of risk... -
A Cowboy State of Mind (Creedence Horse Rescue) by Jennie Marts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe town of Creedence, Colorado gets involved in horse rescue in bestseller Jennie Marts' brilliant new seriesScarred and battered loner Zane Taylor has a gift with animals, particularly horses, but he's at a total loss when it comes to knowing how to handle women. Even though he's sworn off love, he can't seem to stay away from Bryn Callahan... -
A Cowboy State of Mind by Jennie Marts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe town of Creedence, Colorado gets involved in horse rescue in bestseller Jennie Marts' brilliant new seriesScarred and battered loner Zane Taylor has a gift with animals, particularly horses, but he's at a total loss when it comes to knowing how to handle women. Even though he's sworn off love, he can't seem to stay away from Bryn Callahan... -
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Cowboy Seasons: Four Book Boxed Set by Kathleen Ball
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSummer's Desire When 26-year-old cowboy Holden O'Leary uprooted his brothers from Texas to Montana, the new vet advertised for a nanny. No woman alive would deny the Doc was as handsome a specimen as the sleek, hard-bodies horses he rescued... -
Dusty Britches by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAngelina Hunter was seriously minded, and it was a good thing. Her father’s ranch needed a woman who could endure the strenuous work of ranch life. Since her mother’s death, Angelina had been that woman. She had no time for frivolity; no time for a less severe side of life... -
Montana Creeds: Dylan: On the Run with the Lawman bonus novella by Linda Lael Miller, Delores Fossen
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDylan Creed. From rodeo hero to single dad… They called him rodeo's "bad boy" for his success with bulls and broncos—and women. Dylan Creed has always liked life in the fast lane. But when the daughter he rarely sees is abandoned by her mother, Dylan heads home to the family ranch in Stillwater Springs, Montana. Somehow, the champion bull rider has to turn into a champion father—and fast... -
Montana Creeds: Dylan (The Montana Creeds) by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis Creed brother will go from rodeo hero to single dad in this beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller! They called him rodeo’s “bad boy” for his success with bulls and broncos—and women. Dylan Creed has always liked life in the fast lane... -
McKettrick's Heart: A Western Redemption Romance by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe’s the last woman this cynical rancher thinks he needs in his life… a beloved classic from #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller! Keegan McKettrick has learned the hard way that trust results in betrayal. The only light in his life these days is the young daughter he sees all too rarely, and his sole passion is for his job overseeing his family’s corporation... -
Brash by Laura Wright
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of the Cavanaugh Brothers novels returns to the Cavanaugh’s Texas Triple C ranch as the brothers confront the painful memories of their childhood and the truth about their sister’s murder… No matter how many fights UFC champion Cole Cavanaugh wins, he can’t rid himself of the guilt of not having saved his twin sister’s life...
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