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The Cowboy's Fate


Janalyn Knight - 2019
    Caleb has searched for his one true love and come up dry – until he hires beautiful ranching consultant, Eve Owen. Following their glorious nights together, a bereft Caleb must say goodbye to Eve as she disregards the shocking result of their final loving and returns to her beloved Dallas-based business. Sent from the sweeping expanse of his isolated West Texas ranch, Caleb’s deeply romantic love notes keep Eve’s heart in turmoil. She loves her desert cowboy, and his sensual, heartfelt words tempt her to abandon everything she’s worked a lifetime for. It appears a straightforward choice until a newfound secret throws her life into turmoil. This sweet spicy love story will have you burning the midnight oil.

Love Struck Café: A Sassy Southern Romantic Novella


Carolyn Brown - 2022
    If someone doesn't answer her "Help Wanted" sign soon, her struggling café in the heart of Texas won't be open much longer. But when a handsome traveler pops in for a country-fried steak, Jasmine's luck begins to turn around. Hiring Flint Walker is the answer Jasmine has been looking for, and if her business can have a second chance, then maybe her love life can too.

Cowboy Walking Away


Jessie Gussman - 2022
    His wife left him and he’s ready to come home and settle down.But he needs a caregiver and the one that seems to have fallen into his lap is his Dating Game partner and also the woman he’s agreed to “fake-date.”Only neither one of them are good liars and their straw house could never survive the wild North Dakota wind…or could it?Do they have the character and faith to face their problems and build a solid foundation together?Books in the Coming Home to North Dakota Series:Cowboy Walking Away Cowboy Coming HomeCowboy Finding Love

Hank


Jan Scarbrough - 2017
    Ashleigh, Chaz’s daughter, is new to ranch life. Can she survive the results of her bad judgement and make a home with her father’s new in-laws?On Christmas Eve, Hank accepts the job of ranch foreman over the mountains in the Gallatin Canyon, Montana. But something dark is happening at the Ghost Mountain Ranch, where the past is reaching out in dangerous ways to haunt the living.Hank’s story launches the Ghost Mountain Ranch series by Jan Scarbrough.

A Wedding on Honeysuckle Ridge


Debbie Mason - 2021
    After all, she's engaged to brilliant and gorgeous FBI agent Chase Roberts, whose kisses warm her from head to toe on chilly evenings. But Sadie's having trouble convincing herself that she deserves this much happiness—and deserves him. And the worst part is that Chase's family seems to agree . . .Chase loves his grandfather, but he won't let anything—or anyone—get between him and Sadie. Especially when Chase has never felt this way about another woman. But when Sadie and Chase start planning to say their “I do’s” on a reality TV show, Chase's grandfather goes from disapproving to full-on Wedding Sabotage Mode. Now Chase and Sadie's special day is quickly turning into a disastrous three-ring circus. Can Chase and Sadie find their way back to each other . . . before their wedding turns into a happily never after?

Impressing Her Billionaire Cowboy Boss


April Murdock - 2020
    The son his mother is counting on. The one who has to do it all. But he’s a rancher at heart. A cowboy. Spending his days in a corporate office isn’t for him. In fact, the thought that most every day from now on will be spent indoors is depressing.Annie Shipley has worked hard for her credentials. She knows how a ranch should be run – because of her education and her experience. Getting a job at Bolton Farms is the break she hopes will point her career in the upward direction she’s dreamed about for years.When she makes a bold and unsolicited suggestion that brings laughter from the strong male personalities in the board room, she’s sure she’ll be fired. Walking out of the room and away from the decidedly handsome CEO, she wants to melt into the floor. Easy come, easy go.But just as she’s putting the embarrassment behind her, Annie gets a proposal she never expected. As Chad drops the opportunity of a lifetime into her lap, he crosses his fingers she’ll accept. He needs someone like her, in more ways than one.Managing the team to make the changes she’d proposed is going to be a huge challenge. Fully qualified to run the project to bring it through to success is one thing. Being equipped to work hand in hand, day in and day out, with her boss is another. It’s inappropriate for her heart to race when her boss is near no matter how drop dead gorgeous he is. Isn’t it?Getting his ranch on track is what Chad’s working toward. Is it selfish for him to depend on Annie to help him get there? Is there too much going on in their careers to allow them to notice they’re falling in love?

Cowboy's Unexpected Match (Collier Cowboy Camp Book 2)


Leslie North - 2022
    In exchange for the physical therapy he needs to get back in the saddle, Taison agrees to help out his buddy, Remington Collier, a former rodeo rival who now runs the Collier Cowboy Camp. Fully expecting to be working at the camp, Taison is thrown when he’s tasked with helping out Remington’s cousin, the wonderfully disorganized and distractingly sexy local vet, Emme Lion.Emme is under pressure to bring her Grandfather’s vet practice back to life, and Taison’s steady hand is what her business has been missing. But she’s been burned before by an ex who kicked her out of the practice she’d built right after he’d dumped her for another woman. Lesson learned — business and pleasure just don’t mix. This is her chance at a fresh start, and no blond, blue-eyed cowboy is going to stop that.If only her traitorous heart would listen…

HERO Force Box Set


Amy Gamet - 2018
    Gripping action and spicy romance meet heroism and intrigue. Complete series! Six books and two novellas. Stranded with the SEAL - A runaway bride with amnesia is stranded with a Navy SEAL bent on revenge. Sheltered by the SEAL - A secret baby story with a smoking hot twist. Harbored by the SEAL - All she wants is a fling with her brother's best friend, but their cruise ship is wired to explode. Married to the SEAL - He's hired to be her husband, but can they keep their relationship strictly platonic? Justice for the SEAL - A one-night-stand with an older woman turns out to have dramatic consequences. Targeted by the SEAL - A journalist disappears into a cult and only her ex can rescue her. Kidnapped by the SEAL - A SEAL in desperate need of medical attention is forced to kidnap a doctor and her son in the middle of a hurricane. Forever with the SEAL - A wedding novella featuring the couple from HERO Force book one, Stranded with the SEAL.

Saving Sarah


Amy Briggs - 2017
    Between the sleepless nights, and indifference to just about everything around her, she’s developed a deep-seated inability to find happiness. Hoping that a visit with Rayne, her friend with whom she was held captive in Egypt, will help her move forward, she spends a week with her to get away from the self-imposed solitude that’s been keeping her down. What she didn’t expect was to meet someone who would ignite the sparks she’d always been missing. Colin Walsh, counter-terrorism specialist in the Army, has been stationed at Ft. Hood for over five years, and intends to make a career of it. Recently returning from a deployment to the Middle East, he’s bored and anxious to get back in the field, until he meets Sarah Kennedy, the flight attendant with the sad eyes, who’s just in town for a visit. Can the uncompromising soldier, committed to his service, find happiness with the tormented flight attendant? Find out what happens when Sarah and Colin’s worlds collide in Saving Sarah.

Grayson's Angel


Linzi Baxter - 2018
    After her mother died, she decided never to step foot in the state again. Then she gets a call saying her father is in hospital. Her trip home is supposed to be quick. She didn’t count on meeting a retired Navy SEAL who made her body come alive. A retired Navy SEAL looking forward to vacation Grayson Steele was looking forward to a vacation with old friends. The vacation starts out perfect when he is seated next to a blond-haired angel on the flight to Montana. He didn’t expect to see her again, or for her to jump into his car wearing a bloody wedding dress. Will Grayson be able to help Kara untangle the lies of her past before it’s too late? Or will an unexpected enemy take Kara from Grayson. Note: This book was previously published through Amazon Kindle World.

Tarnished


Violet Rae - 2021
    CassidyI've been in love with Asher for as long as I can remember.But this headstrong, billionaire rancher wants no part of me.He says I'm too young.He's wrong.Asher still sees me as the girl I was.It's time to show him the woman I've become.AsherI'm a man of few weaknesses.Cassidy is one of them.She's my Kryptonite.Too beautiful.Too Tempting.And completely off-limits.Almost losing her is the wake up call I need.I just hope I haven't left it too late to claim the only woman I've ever loved.

Cowboy Boss and his Destiny


Mary J. McCoy-Dressel - 2014
    Then Nora came into their lives. Together they share sunny days and passionate nights, but all of their days aren’t filled with sunshine. Darkness falls over the entire Carlson family when a near-repeat of a devastating memory comes back to haunt them, and Tristan fears he and his child will have to suffer all over again. Nora Trinity moves back home to Canyon Junction with forgiveness on her mind. She didn’t expect to fall for the handsome cowboy she’d rescued. However, he has a past that nearly destroyed him, and now she can lose everything if she can’t find it in her heart to trust he’s a changed man. But has she lost him, anyway? Out of a compassionate act of love for his little girl, Tristan disappears, but it's when Nora needs him more than she's ever needed him before.Tristan and Nora’s bond is put to the test. They need to be strong enough to overcome issues of trust, family complications, and painful memories. A man and his family vow to love without limits, to prevail, when circumstances beyond their control attempt to prove them wrong.Note: Don't forget to check out the Spin Off Series-- Canyon Junction: Hearts in Love Series.

Always and Forever


Zoe Matthews - 2017
    None of them are interested in marrying at the moment, so their grandfather takes things into his own hands. He met his wife through an arranged marriage and they had over sixty years together; why not do the same for his grandchildren? In this first book, Quinn is the oldest of the cousins, he decides to use some information his grandfather finds through a Christian online dating service about a woman named Grace. As they get to know each other through emails, he decides to propose. They can both help each other out, he with her young daughter and she with his plans to start a new business. But will this marriage be one of convenience like Quinn suggests or will it turn into love?

Feels Like Christmas


Shannon Stacey - 2021
    From the moment Ian Emerson checks in, it’s clear he’s not going to be just another guest. She’d given up on ever finding love, but suddenly she’s longing for things she’s never wanted before.Ian’s kids are busy young adults and he's looking forward to spending quality time with them, so he books a week-long snowmobile trip in Maine before they head off to their mom's for Christmas. But when the beautiful woman checking them in sets his blood on fire, he knows this vacation is going to be more than he’d bargained for.There’s no denying the chemistry between them and as the clock ticks toward his checkout time, neither wants to say goodbye. Are they caught up in the holiday spirit, or is it love at first sight?Spend your holidays at the Northern Star Lodge in this standalone Christmas novella set in the world of the reader-favorite Kowalski Family series from New York Times Bestselling Author Shannon Stacey.

Moving Violations


Elise Sax - 2014
    If losing her job, her Mercedes, and her good name weren’t enough, she’s now on her way to the morgue, sentenced to three-hundred hours of community service for a minor altercation with a cop (totally not her fault). Her grey cloud has one silver lining…the hunky hottie medical examiner. When the local body movers fall ill, it’s up to the doctor and Dinah to take their place. As the body count begins to rise, Dinah falls into a mystery that might have her wind up on her own slab. Moving Violations is a funny adventure into Stephanie Bond’s Body Movers world.