HE'S A COWBOY,
 
AIN'T HE?
 

WESTERN ROMANCE: HISTORICAL, CONTEMPORARY, AND MORE

The Ballad of Hattie Taylor
 
by Susan Andersen
 
In the small but bustling town of Mattawa, turn-of-the-century Oregon offers a new kind of frontier: a vast and exciting range of possibilities for women--to a point. It's a time for change, and no one is more eager to embrace new roads than self-proclaimed black sheep Hattie Taylor. 
 
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Strawberry Hill

by Catherine Anderson

Butting heads with Wyatt Fitzgerald, a proud and stubborn deaf cowboy, Erin De Laney, new to the sheriff’s department, seeks to make amends via written correspondence, which offers them both a chance for a once-in-a-life time love—if they are both willing to take the risk.
 
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Return to Virgin River

by Robyn Carr
 
Determined to escape distractions and avoid the holiday season, Kaylee borrows a cabin in Virgin River. She knows the isolation will help her writing, and as she drives north through the mountains and the majestic redwoods, she immediately feels inspired. Until she arrives at a building that has just gone up in flames. 
 
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Quicksand

by Janet Dailey

Forced to trust Brock Tolman, the rancher who once swindled her father in a land deal, Tess Champion, working to save her family's ranch from foreclosure, tries to deny the attraction between them, especially when they are stranded together, and the truth of their relationship comes out.
 
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Westering Women

by Sandra Dallas
 
It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees the postings soliciting 'eligible women' to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter and several painful secrets, she has nothing to lose. So she joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west.
 
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The Four Winds

by Kristin Hannah

A Depression-era woman confronts a wrenching choice between fighting for the Dust Bowl-ravaged land she loves in Texas or pursuing an uncertain future in California.
 
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Where the Lost Wander

by Amy Harmon

The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both.
Distrust

by Lisa Jackson
 
Two riveting titles from the Queen of suspense:  Renegade Son - single mother Danielle Summers is convinced her ranch is being sabotaged.  And Midnight Sun - a long and bloody feud between two lumber families, Ashley Stephens and Trevor Daniels aren't sure if they're ready to stop fighting.
 
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Wild Rain

by Beverly Jenkins
 
Banished by her grandfather at the age of eighteen, Spring Lee has survived scandal to claim her own little slice of Paradise, Wyoming. She's proud of working her ranch alone and unwilling to share it with a stranger -- especially one like Garrett McCray, who makes her second-guess her resolve to avoid men.
 
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Better Luck Next Time
 
by Julia Claiborne Johnson

Set in 1930s Reno, in which two very different women seeking divorces meet and form an unlikely friendship that is complicated by the handsome young ranch hand who befriends both --a nd who finds his life unexpectedly upturned.
 
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Till Death

by William W. Johnstone
 
The brides-to-be include a dangerously attractive widow, her sweet-hearted niece, and two of their friends. The roadblocks to the altar include a lecherous saloon owner, a lovesick sailor, and a gang of hired guns. And that's just for starters ...
Marry Me by Sundown

by Johanna Lindsey
An American heiress turns to a rugged mountain man to help her locate her father's fortune in gold fever-stricken 1880s Montana.
 
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The Cowboy's Lady

by Debbie Macomber
 
Fresh off a breakup, Taylor Manning accepts a yearlong teaching position in Cougar Point, Montana, planning to focus on herself and avoid men. That's before she meets Russ Palmer, a local rancher who's as stubborn as he is handsome.
 
also includes a bonus story "Small Town Nanny" by Lee Tobin McClain.
Leaving Cheyenne

by Larry McMurtry

As the world enters a new century, three teenagers forge a future for themselves on the wild Texas grasslands
Once a Rancher

by Linda Lael Miller
 
From the moment titian-haired Grace Emery walks into his office on his family's sprawling ranch with her rebellious teenage stepson in tow, documentary filmmaker Slater Carson knows he wants to know her better. However, to wary Grace, divorced ex-cop and manager of a local resort and spa, wealthy, good-looking Slater has all the signs of a man to avoid. 
 
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Unbridled

by Diana Palmer
 
Widowed Texas Ranger John Ruiz hardened his heart years ago. Day after day, he tracks the roughest criminals in the Lone Star State, leaving little room for love. So when John butts heads with the beautiful nurse who's helping his young son, he's floored by how quickly the sparks fly. 
 
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The Lady's Mine

by Francine Rivers

A sweeping, romantic tale of a displaced New England suffragette, a former Union soldier disinherited by his Southern family, and the town they join forces to save.
Surrendering to Hunt

by Jennifer Ryan

Thrown together by fate time and time again, lawman Hunt Wilde and purple-haired troublemaker Cyn, who's bent on revenge, can no longer deny the overpowering attraction simmering between them as Hunt risks everything to keep her safe and in his life — forever. 
 
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The Longest Ride
 
by Nicholas Sparks
 
After being trapped in an isolated car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves.
 
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If the Boot Fits

by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Following up his first Oscar win with a steamy after-hours romp with an enigmatic woman seems like the perfect way for actor Sam Pleasant to celebrate -- until she suddenly disappears. Worse, she's vanished with the wrong swag bag: the one containing his Oscar statue. 
 
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