Western romance is more than just a roll in the hay! It ranges from the gentle and sensitive to unusual kinds of loving that are decidedly erotic. Here are some of the best – meaning most popular – books available in this genre. They’ve been selected from the bestselling lists of the world’s largest bookstore. Feel free to offer your own suggestions in the comments which follow,
Branded As Trouble
- Lorelei James
An entertaining and engaging story about two individuals who overcome their drugs and alcohol problems and find love in their lives. Even though you are reading about some serious issues, it’s with done with some humor and heart felt emotions…you end up laughing at points and you are reaching for tissues at others…Overall though, this is a love story. India and Colt aren’t perfect but they are wonderful characters…
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Branded as Trouble (Rough Riders)
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Texas! Sage (Texas! Tyler Family Saga)
- Sandra Brown
Instead of the engagement ring she was expecting for Christmas, Sage gets dumped! Too wilful and flamboyant for her fiance’s conservative family, she recuperates while being attracted to, and annoyed, by Harlan a lean, blond cowboy hired to help out in the family business. He has strength and animal magnetism but is too independent. Working together, they find an undeniable chemistry which intensifies through inevitable bedroom scenes.
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Texas! Sage (Texas! Tyler Family Saga)
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Texas! Chase (Texas! Tyler Family Saga)
- Sandra Brown
Marcie has loved Chase Tyler since grade school but never had a chance with the handsome boy who used to tease her. Later, when Marci has her own real estate agency, she is retained by Chase and his wife, Tanya, to find them a house. However, Tanya is killed in a car accident and Chase goes downhill, with Marcie standing by and helping to sober him up. eventually, Marcie offers him both a loan and a marriage bed and encourages him to restore the ailing family business. Her thoughtful schemes tend to be misunderstood by Chase, providing a rocky path to love, but they do manage to enjoy considerable pleasure. Lively and sensual.
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Texas! Chase (Texas! Tyler Family Saga)
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High Country Bride
- Linda Lael Miller
Rafe McKettrick is forced to take a bride, a condition imposed if he wants to inherit the family ranch. The inheritance will go to the first son to marry and produce a grandchild. His solution: to send for a mail-order bride, expecting that his problems will be quickly solved. But Emmeline has her own ideas and won’t readily fall into step with him. However, she has a secret from her past and this ignites his jealousy, as they get to know and appreciate each other. When a visitor from her past appears, they are forced into a union greater than either expected.
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High Country Bride (The McKettrick Series #1)
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The Husband Tree
- Mary Connealy
In the old west, Belle is a tough lady rancher who’s hired Silas to help her get the cattle to market. She isn’t looking for romance and he doesn’t want anything to do with women. Yet neither can deny an unexpected attraction. Adventure mixed with suspense and romance provides a spicy blend. The writer offers real world problems and sensitive wit, woven with a western historical viewpoint that makes you think while your admiration grows. The growing love between the two takes your breath away.
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The Husband Tree (Montana Marriages)
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Early Dawn
- Catherine Anderson
A sensual, satisfying and richly rewarding novel from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson. She lights up the Old West with a tale of love, danger, and redemption. After breaking off their engagement, Eden Paxton’s fiance spreads so many rumors about her that she is forced to leave San Francisco. Her pride bruised, an angry Eden heads for the wilds of Colorado to live with her half brothers. But murderous outlaws cut the trip short when they kidnap her, intending to sell her across the Mexican border. Ever since a gang murdered his wife, Matthew Coulter cannot see a woman being mistreated without being aroused to rescue her – and exacting vengeance against the evildoers. So when he spots Eden with the outlaws, Matthew takes fierce, focused action.
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Early Dawn
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Sarah’s Quilt
- Nancy E. Turner
In the earlier novel, These Is My Words, Sarah Agnes Prine told the spellbinding story of an extraordinary pioneer woman and her struggle to make a home in the Arizona Territories. Now, in this mesmerizing sequel, a three-year drought has made Sarah desperate for water. And just when it seems that life couldn’t get worse, she learns that her brother and his family are trapped in the Great San Francisco Earthquake. A heartwarming blend of stubbornness and compassion, Sarah will once again capture the hearts of readers everywhere.
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Sarah’s Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906
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Heart Of Texas: Nell’s CowboyLone Star Baby
- Debbie Macomber
Nell’s Cowboy:
Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning her property into a dude ranch. And one of her first guests is Travis Grant, an Easterner known for his books about the West. Her kids are crazy about him — and she could fall for him herself. But it’s too soon for her.…
Lone Star Baby:
Wade McMillen might be a minister, but he’s also a man. An unmarried and very attractive one. So is it as a man that he responds to Amy Thornton when she shows up in Promise, pregnant and alone? Or as a man of God? Maybe it’s both.
Debbie Macomber is one of today’s leading voices in women’s fiction. A regular on every major bestseller list with more than 140 million copies of her books in print, the award-winning author celebrated her third publishing “triple crown” in September 2009 when the latest in her Cedar Cove series, 92 Pacific Boulevard, scored #1 on the New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.
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Heart Of Texas: Nell’s CowboyLone Star Baby
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Dakota Heat: Her Dakota MenDakota Ranch Crude
- Leah Brooke
Her Dakota Men
Stacy Daniels left the ranch she loved so much years ago. Not being able to cope with her abusive father, she’d stayed away as much as possible. Infrequent visits to the ranch to visit those she loved caused her heartache, but she couldn’t stay away. Wolfe, Travis and Cash Dakota, the foreman’s three sons, lived and worked on the ranch and she’d loved them forever. But if she gives in, loving all three of them the way she does, she’ll ruin everything. Not wanting to cause anyone pain, she has no choice but to flee. Wolfe, Travis and Cash Dakota have other plans for her and won’t let her go. They’ve waited for years to be Her Dakota Men.
Dakota Ranch Crude
When Samantha Cross goes to her brother’s employers to ask for help, she had no idea it would change her life forever. To repay their debt, they both have to live and work at the Dakota Ranch for one year. Samantha has no option but to accept. Her brother’s employers, Shayne and Jackson Montgomery, are not what she expected. Jackson, the younger brother, is too handsome and charming to resist, especially when he sets his sights on her. He wants her to share her life with not only him, but his older brother, Shayne.
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Dakota Heat: Her Dakota Men, Dakota Ranch Crude
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Tied Up, Tied down
- Lorelei James
Skylar Ellison is firmly in control of her life. So getting tangled up with a sexy Wyoming cowboy – and conceiving a baby in the parking lot of a honky-tonk- wasn’t in her plan. Since it appears the daddy has taken off for greener pastures, the only thing to do is pull up her bootstraps and carry on alone. Cattle rancher Kade McKay returns home after a year on the range, and is knocked for a loop when he learns he’s the father of a three-month-old baby girl. When Skylar refuses to marry him, Kade grits his teeth, moves in and plays house by her rules to prove he’s a man in for the long haul. Despite Skylar’s insistence they are to remain strictly parenting partners, their old passions flare hot as a brush fire, spurring Kade to demand absolute sexual surrender from the headstrong woman.
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Tied Up, Tied Down (Rough Riders)
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Christy
- Catherine Marshall
When Christy Huddleston leaves a life of privilege and ease to teach in the impoverished Smokey Mountains, her faith is severely tested by her pupils, the love of two men, and the curious customs of the mountain people in her community. Yet she grows to love these people and the simple, fulfilling lifestyle to be found in the heart of God’s country. First released in 1967, Christy is based on the life of author Catherine Marshall’s mother and was the inspiration for the recent television series of the same name. Beautifully told, this is a charming, timeless tale of love and faith that will appeal to romance readers of all ages. An inspiring and enjoyable read.
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Christy
The DVD of the TV series is also available online. You can get it here:
Christy – The Complete Series
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