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  • The Guardian by Dee Henderson

    The Guardian by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    A federal judge has been murdered. There is only one witness, and an assassin wants her dead. U.S. Marshall Marcus O'Malley thought he knew the risks of the assignment . . . but he was wrong. Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed family...
  • Beautifully Broken Redemption by Catherine Cowles

    Beautifully Broken Redemption by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    She’s hiding secrets.For Anna, keeping her deepest scars hidden from the world has always been a necessity—from the bruises of her childhood to the mistake that nearly cost her everything. To keep herself safe, she must keep everyone around her at a distance—especially the man who has tempted her since the moment they met.His demons are taunting him...
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  • Sign of Seven trilogy by Nora Roberts

    Sign of Seven trilogy by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nora Roberts presents a collection that includes all three novels in her Sign of Seven Trilogy—a compelling paranormal romance series about three brothers bound by fate, blood, and a timeless enemy.In the town of Hawkins Hollow, every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen...
  • The Brazen by Willa Nash, Devney Perry

    The Brazen by Willa Nash, Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Devney Perry, writing as Willa Nash, comes a stranded together, small town romance.Kerrigan Hale’s personal life is about as exciting as a bucket of tar. With hard work and hustle as her steadfast companions, who needs romance or adventure? Her empire in Calamity, Montana, isn’t going to build itself...
  • Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin

    Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Third generation Texas Ranger Tyler Steele is the last of a dying breed-- a modern day cowboy hero living in a world that doesn't quite understand his powerful sense of right and wrong and instinct to defend those who can't defend themselves. Despite his strong moral compass, Ty has trouble seeing his greatest weakness...
  • Daddy's Little Darling by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Little Darling by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    She was desperate, homeless and alone… Charlie was used to fending for herself. She wasn’t necessarily that good at it, considering she was currently living in her car, but it was the only life she knew. She didn’t have family or friends and she certainly wasn’t used to anyone caring about what she did...
  • Warrior by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Warrior by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Mistake #1: Sleeping with a friendHooking up with Quincy was a no-brainer.The sexy hot-shot Navy pilot wasn’t on my SEAL team.I thought she’d be safe for a one-night stand.Mistake #2: Letting her walk out the doorI realized too late she wasn’t a one-and-done for me.But now she thinks I’m a player. Okay, she knows I’m a player.Which is why she won’t go there with me again...
  • Knox by Susan May Warren

    Knox by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    His voice threaded through her, as if it might be made of rawhide, designed not to break, to weather time and elements, as sturdy as the land he probably worked. Because yes, he wore cowboy like a second skin, the no-nonsense aura of hard work and get ’er done. About KNOX: He's not looking for trouble... Montana rancher Knox Marshall's danger years are behind him...
  • Mackenzie's Mission by Linda Howard

    Mackenzie's Mission by Linda Howard

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 51 ratings
    HIS MISSION... Night Wing--the revolutionary test plane with a top secret weapons system--was Colonel Joe "Breed" Mackenzie's number-one priority. And weapons expert Caroline Evans was his number-one distraction. True, the stubborn blonde was giving him the cold shoulder, but Joe hadn't become the best of the best by giving up...
  • Master of the Wilderness by Cherise Sinclair

    Master of the Wilderness by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Auto mechanic Erin Lockwood is not only newly divorced; she’s practically penniless.When her emotionally-abusive ex flees the country to escape arrest for blackmailing other politicians, it’s actually a relief—a chance to reclaim her life. But retreating to the mountain house gifted by her mother, she’s met by hostility from the nearby town...
  • Montana Storm by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Storm by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Kill first, ask questions later.It’s the instinct former-SEAL Jude Williams must fight every time someone touches him. His six months being tortured in an enemy prison camp may be long over, but he’s got scars—all over his body and mind—keeping that time at the forefront of his psyche...
  • Word of Honor by Terri Blackstock

    Word of Honor by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    WHAT WILL IT COST TO KEEP A PROMISE? Of the four people at the Newpointe post office when the bomb went off, three were killed instantly. The fourth, a five-year-old boy, lies comatose in the hospital and might not survive. Who would do such a thing? The answer comes in the form of a gunman crashing through the door of the hotel room where Jill Clark is staying...
  • Saving Chelsea by Elle James

    Saving Chelsea by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
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  • Her Brand of Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Her Brand of Justice by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Exploring her hidden past May rob her of her future Ansley Brookshire’s search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. This is where she meets Buck Crawford. Determined to help, the gorgeous rancher introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations...
  • Both Sides of the Fence by Amelia Elliot

    Both Sides of the Fence by Amelia Elliot

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • Bluegrass Undercover by Kathleen Brooks

    Bluegrass Undercover by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Cade Davies had too much on his plate to pay attention to newest resident of Keeneston. He was too busy avoiding the Davies Brothers marriage trap set by half the town. But when a curvy redhead lands in Keeneston, the retired Army Ranger finds himself drawn to her. These feelings are only fueled by her apparent indifference and lack of faith in his ability to defend himself...
  • Ranger Courage by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Courage by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The games he plays are deadly... As chief of police for Harrison University, Avery Madison expects to spend her days buried in administrative paperwork--until a murdered woman is discovered on campus. She asks Texas Ranger Weston Donovan for help. The former football star turned lawman is heartbreakingly handsome, but Avery has put romance on the back burner...
  • 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: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
  • Beautifully Broken Pieces by Catherine Cowles

    Beautifully Broken Pieces by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    A woman who’s lost everything. Taylor is looking for peace and quiet away from the memories of all she’s lost. A small mountain town where no one knows her seems like the perfect escape. A man battling the ghosts of his past. Walker loves his life just the way it is. His town, his family, his brothers in blue. Everything simple and easy—until a chance encounter changes it all...
  • Forsaken Trail by Devney Perry

    Forsaken Trail by Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Aria Saint-James has planned the perfect getaway: sweatpants, takeout and two weeks alone with her sister and nephew. Nowhere on that list is wearing a low-cut dress and uncomfortable heels to attend a wedding where she knows neither the bride nor the groom. Toss in her nemesis, Brody Carmichael, and her road trip to Arizona is officially a bust.But at least there is champagne...
  • Beautifully Broken Life by Catherine Cowles

    Beautifully Broken Life by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    She’s on the run… Tessa has finally found a safe haven in Sutter Lake, hiding in plain sight—just as long as no one asks too many questions. He can’t escape… Liam knows better than anyone how one wrong word, a single whisper can ruin a life. After seeing the darker side of fame, he's desperate to retreat and find his voice again...
  • River Strong by B.J. Daniels

    River Strong by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    For two rival families, the only thing that matters more than land…is love.There’s a lifetime of tension between the McKenna and Stafford ranching families, and Oakley Stafford has the bullet scar to prove it. Defying the bitter rivalry between their families, Oakley grew up thick as thieves with Duffy McKenna. But now the Staffords and the McKennas are competing to buy a neighboring property...
  • High Ground by Freya Barker

    High Ground by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • Snowy Ridge by Peter McKelvie

    Snowy Ridge by Peter McKelvie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Often, before a storm, there is that moment of eerie silence, stillness, tranquillity. A moment of absolute peace. Everything in nature stands motionless in anticipation. Even the initiated can be drawn into the deception.The moment Jack saw a lone figure on a horse riding toward him on that hot day in early spring was such a moment in time, literally and figuratively...
  • When Justice Rides by B.J. Daniels

    When Justice Rides by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • Noah by Delta James

    Noah by Delta James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zara does NOT want a relationship with a dominant man.Noah wants a sweet submissive woman.What they get is the last thing either of them wanted... each other.Zara Hughes had her life all laid out. Find a great story, write it and win awards and accolades. And if the story is dangerous, all the better. Get involved in a relationship with another dominant man? No way. Not happening. Not ever again...
  • Spill the Sweet Tea by Lyra Parish

    Spill the Sweet Tea by Lyra Parish

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some describe me as a quirky, free-spirited journalist who charges her crystals by moonlight.They’re not wrong.My instincts ensure I know everything that goes on in my small town. And not much surprises me. But when the man who destroyed my heart returns to care for his family’s business, I’m shaken to the core.After our messy breakup, Hayden Shaw swore he’d never come back to Valentine, Texas...
  • A Little May The Fourth Mayhem: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story by Maggie Ryan, Rayanna Jamison

    A Little May The Fourth Mayhem: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story by Maggie Ryan, Rayanna Jamison

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Before Georgie Mayer blows out the candles on her birthday cake, she only has one wish—and she isn't leaving Rawhide Ranch until she gets exactly what she's always wanted.The only thing better than finally uncovering the secret about where her brother's best friend disappeared to seven years ago, is finding out that he's employed at Rawhide Ranch...
  • How To Rope A Rich Cowboy by Anya Summers

    How To Rope A Rich Cowboy by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Colt Anderson is burned out. Every part of his daily life has become a tedious chore. He cannot remember the last time he took a day off or, better yet, felt a woman’s willing surrender. And it’s just his luck that on his first day off in ages, he runs into a sexy squatter on his property, never expecting that single interaction would alter the very fabric of his world...
  • The Brawl by Willa Nash, Devney Perry

    The Brawl by Willa Nash, Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    On Ronan Thatcher’s first week in Montana, he spots the most beautiful woman in the world. Love at first sight? Nah. He doesn’t believe in love. But he wouldn’t mind a date or two with the local beauty. Ronan is the type of man who gets what he wants, and he wants Larke Hale.Except Calamity’s sweetheart has sworn off men. The last time Ronan was rejected was, well . . . never...
  • High Stakes by Freya Barker

    High Stakes by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When her sister, Pippa, goes missing, Nella Freling tells her boss she’s taking time off from her job as a research librarian, hops in her sensible van, and heads south of the border to Montana. However, local police don’t seem too concerned about a missing woman living in her motorhome...
  • Lucky Like Us by Jennifer Ryan

    Lucky Like Us by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Hunted series continues as Special Agent Sam Turner discovers that protecting the FBI's star witness is more difficult than he thought! Bakery owner Elizabeth Hamilton's quiet life is filled with sweet treats, good friends, and a loving family. But all of that is about to turn sour when an odd sound draws her outside. There's a man lying unconscious in the street, a car speeding toward him...
  • Scorpion by Piper Stone

    Scorpion by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He didn't ask if I like it rough. It wasn't up to me.I thought I could get away with pissing off a big, tough Marine. I ended up with my face planted in the sheets, my burning bottom raised high, and my hair held tightly in his fist as he took me long and hard and taught me the kind of shameful lesson only a man like Scorpion could teach.She was begging for a taste of my belt...
  • Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Against the Odds by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This case may prove to be too hot to handle. There's silver out there: Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on that big piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it. The man with the skills she needs is private investigator Alex Justice—a former navy fighter pilot and a current pain in the neck...
  • Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown

    Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    With a “knack for romantic tension and page-turning suspense, this one is a winner.” The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful New York Times bestselling novel by Sandra Brown. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas (Booklist, starred review)...
  • Sable Peak by Devney Perry

    Sable Peak by Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 49 ratings
    Vera Gallagher is chasing constant. For four years, her life was anything but normal. And the years before that she refuses to even remember. Dwelling on the past only hurts. Life is fragile, a lesson her mother taught her well. She’s determined not to waste a moment of her newfound freedom.Maybe some would consider her crush on Mateo Eden wasted time...
  • Chasing Wild by Kristen Proby

    Chasing Wild by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Summer Quinn’s life changed five years ago when she walked in on her boyfriend and her best friend in bed together. She silently left, ghosting both of them, and never looked back. She came to Bitterroot Valley, looking for a fresh start, and that’s exactly what she got...
  • Long, Tall Texans by Diana Palmer

    Long, Tall Texans by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    ETHAN Arabella Craig was eighteen when Ethan Hardeman first opened her eyes to passion…and then turned around and married another woman. Four years later, tragedy brings Ethan, still just as tall and handsome, but newly divorced and bitter, back into her life. He runs his family's cattle empire with an iron hand, yet he refuses to loosen his grip on the reins holding back his heart...
  • Rafe by Kathy Ivan

    Rafe by Kathy Ivan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Sheriff Rafe Boudreau catches Tessa Maxwell climbing through the window of a house where she doesn’t belong, the crime rate isn’t the only thing that spikes. Turns out, trouble has followed the small-town schoolteacher to Shiloh Springs, and Rafe and the rest of the Boudreau clan must step in to keep her safe...
  • Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan

    Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    From the wrong side of the tracks and with most of her family in jail or dead, Piper Walsh is used to everyone in town thinking the worst about her. It doesn’t seem to matter that she’s worked hard to build a good life for herself. So she isn’t surprised that when she comes into contact with Sweet Hill’s wildly irresistible, arrogant sheriff, Hale Walters, they’re instant adversaries...
  • A Montana Daddies Christmas by Laylah Roberts

    A Montana Daddies Christmas by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    It's Christmas time at Sanctuary Ranch.The Daddies are determined to make it a wonderful Christmas for their Littles. There's a wedding, gifts and even a visit from Santa...
  • Tempt Our Fate by Kat Singleton

    Tempt Our Fate by Kat Singleton

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Camden Hunter doesn't belong here.I've spent my entire life in the small town of Sutten Mountain where everyone knows everyone and you can spot trouble from a mile away.Camden is trouble.He’s an arrogant, self-absorbed billionaire from the city with too much money and not enough manners.And he just opened a fancy art gallery next door to my bakery...
  • Saxon's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Saxon's Soul by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Many believed he didn’t possess a heart. Not true. It was just hidden beneath a layer of protection so deep no one would ever penetrate it. Until her. Aspen. Sweet. Innocent. Beautiful. And not the woman for him. Despite his reputation, Joel Saxon wasn’t in the habit of corrupting innocents. Especially when she had no clue about the dark desires he possessed...
  • Dark Side of the River by B.J. Daniels

    Dark Side of the River by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Grudges run deep between two ranch families.  And so do secrets…There’s no avoiding anyone in Powder River’s small community—not even a bitter rival. For years, Cooper McKenna has been thrown together with Tilly Stafford, competing against her at summer rodeos. With all the bad blood between their families, he never imagined they’d be forced to work together...
  • Bitter Roots by C.J. Carmichael

    Bitter Roots by C.J. Carmichael

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Dispatcher Zak Waller prefers working behind the scenes in the Sheriff’s Office of Lost Trail, Montana, but when a newcomer to the sparely populated town is brutally murdered—and the Sheriff is quick to pin the death on an unknown outsider—Zak starts his own private sleuthing...
  • Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The highly anticipated continuation of the Cardwell Ranch Collection, read by more than 2 MILLION! Jackson Cardwell won't stop until she is safe. In Montana for his brother's nuptials, Jackson Cardwell isn't looking to be anybody's hero. But the Texas single father knows a beautiful lady in distress when he meets her. Someone's hell-bent on making Allie Taylor think she's losing her mind...
  • Mercy by B.J. Daniels

    Mercy by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The hunt for a killer leads to a battle between justice and desire… For U.S. marshal Rourke Kincaid, there's the law…and then there's his law. When the two don't agree, he always trusts his instincts. A killing spree has gripped the Northwest, showing a strange connection that only he sees, and now the old rules of justice no longer apply...
  • Lucky Shot by B.J. Daniels

    Lucky Shot by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's determined to uncover the truth behind a decades-old disappearance—even if it kills him... When hotshot reporter Max Malone gets a rare shot of Buckmaster Hamilton with a blonde woman near Beartooth, Montana, he chases down one of the senator's daughters to verify that the woman is his supposedly long-dead first wife...
  • Renegade's Pride by B.J. Daniels

    Renegade's Pride by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trouble has come back to town, and this time, he's not leaving without her In the nine years since Trask Beaumont left Gilt Edge, Lillian Cahill had convinced herself she was over him. But when the rugged cowboy suddenly walks into her bar, there's a pang in her heart that argues the attraction never faded...
  • Mastered by Malone by Laylah Roberts

    Mastered by Malone by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    She’d seen one dead body too many… Mia Alcott was in a whole crap load of trouble. The only witness to a horrific crime, she’s on the run, trying to figure out who she can trust and who is out to get her. In come the Malones. They’re loud. They’re violent. They’re rude. And right now, they’re her only shot at survival. Of course, she has to survive living with them...
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