Gentle reads that feature a rancher or cowboy. Many of the titles on this list feature a strong faith element and/or are the first in a series.
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The Heart's Pursuit
Robin Lee Hatcher - Zondervan Format: Book
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A jilted bride desperate to save her family from ruin. A bounty hunter seeking vengeance for a ravaged past. An arduous trek toward justice--or redemption. Silver Matlock and Jared Newman know traveling together is a bad idea. Bad for Silver's already tarnished reputation in her small... |
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Short-Straw Bride
Karen Witemeyer - Bethany House Format: Paperback
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When repaying a debt suddenly goes awry, Meredith finds four brothers drawing straws for her hand! Can the future hold love for this short-straw-bride? |
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Blue Moon Promise
Colleen Coble - Thomas Nelson Format: Paperback
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Lucy Marsh's worldly resources are running out, but she's fiercely determined to care for her younger brother and sister. When she discovers that their father's recent death was no accident, Lucy is eager to leave town. She accepts a proxy marriage she believes will provide... |
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Chasing the Sun
Tracie Peterson - Bethany House Format: Book
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When her father disappears in war-torn Mississippi, Hannah Dandridge finds herself responsible not only for her younger siblings but for the ranch her father recently acquired on the Texas plains. Though a marriage of convenience could ease her predicament, she determines to trust God for direction.Wounded... |
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Love Without End
Robin Lee Hatcher - Thomas Nelson Format: Paperback
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For two single parents with bruised hearts, it'll take more than a little courage to get back on the horse when it comes to love.
Kimberly Welch lost her husband to a heart attack in the blink of an eye. But she's losing her daughter slowly, in the day-to-day tension. In three... |
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Swept Away
Mary Connealy - Bethany House Publishers Format: Book
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Swept away when her wagon train attempts a difficult river crossing, Ruthy MacNeil isnt all that upset at being separated from the family who raised her. All they've ever done is work her to the bone. She prayed for a chance to get away, and then came the raging flood. Alive but disoriented,... |
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Out of the Embers
Amanda Cabot - Revell Format: Paperback
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Ten years after her parents were killed, Evelyn Radcliffe is once more homeless. The orphanage that was her refuge and later her workplace has burned to the ground, and only she and a young orphan girl have escaped. Convinced this must be related to her parents' murders, Evelyn flees... |
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The Accidental Guardian
Mary Connealy - Bethany House Publishers Format: Paperback
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When Trace Riley finds the smoldering ruins of a small wagon train, he recognizes the hand behind the attack as the same group who left him as sole survivor years ago. Living off the wilderness since then, he'd finally carved out a home and started a herd--while serving as a self-appointed... |
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The Cowboy's Ready-Made Family
Linda Ford - Thorndike Press Large Print Format: Book
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Susanne Collins has her hands full raising four orphaned nieces and nephews and managing the family farm. When her cowboy neighbor offers to plant her crops in exchange for using her corrals, Susanne reluctantly accepts. Will Tanner Harding prove to be the strong, solid man she's been... |
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The Outlaw Takes a Bride
Susan Page Davis - Center Point; Lrg edition Format: Large print book
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Johnny Paynter flees Denver to escape being hanged for a murder he didn't commit. At his brother's ranch in Texas, where he thought he could take refuge, he finds his brother, Mark - dead. Taking advantage of his strong resemblance to his brother, Johnny assumes Mark's identity.... |
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Petticoat Detective
Margaret Brownley - Shiloh Run Press; Gld edition Format: Book
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Pinkerton detective Jennifer Layne is no stranger to undercover work. But posing as a lady companion named Amy at Miss Lillian's Parlor House and Boots is a first for her. She's finally landed a high-profile case and is on the trail of the notorious Gunnysack Bandit, when one of Miss... |
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Valley of Dreams
Lauraine Snelling - Bethany House Publishers Format: Book
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Cassie Lockwood's mother died when she was little, so Cassie traveled with her father's Wild West Show and became an amazingly skillful trick rider, likened by some to the famous Annie Oakley. When her father died, she continued to work with the show, having nowhere else to go.
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Santa Fe Woman (Wagon Wheel Series #1)
Gilbert Morris - B&H Fiction Format: Paperback
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Ever since her mother’s death, twenty-two year old Jori Hayden has lived safely under the shelter of her wealthy father. But when the severe economic depression of the 1800s destroys the family’s fortune, the Haydens must venture west together along the Santa Fe Trail in search... |
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Love Finds You in Sundance, Wyoming
Miralee Ferrell - Summerside Press Format: Paperback
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Angel Ramirez is tired of living a lie. But can she live like a lady? On the run from a dangerous outlaw, Angel works her way across several states disguised as a boy and working as a varmint tracker and horse wrangler. After taking a job on a Wyoming ranch owned by a bachelor and his widowed... |
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