The Westerns category has 886 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 404 ratings. The most-rated is A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas.
Rescued by Her Mountain Men
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Delilah Sometimes, the people we love the most, can hurt us the worst. I know that firsthand. And this time, my abusive ex-boyfriend has finally gone too far. So I flee, searching for my own safe haven. I swear once I get to Crooked Creek, Montana things will be different, and I’ll be able to start over. But nothing is ever that easy. Terror strikes again, and I’m not sure I can handle any more — until they show up. Each man wounded in his own right, but strong enough to heal me. They rescue my soul and ignite the passion I long thought dead. The desire raging between the three of us is hotter than a thousand flames, and if it doesn’t consume me, the return of my violent past just might. Rhett/Maverick We each have our own demons. One of us tries to burn the darkness away, while the other chooses to escape the world in solitude. We’ve accepted our pain. Learned to live with it. But that all changes when she shows up. Meeting her was never in our plans, but fate doesn’t care about what you want. Only what you need. And we need her. Her sweet lips. Her luscious body. Her...everything. She tries to push us away, claiming that she’s got a bad past. But hell, who doesn’t? Now a threat pursues us. And the fire of our attraction overwhelms us. But we won’t let a single thing stand in the way. We want Delilah, and there’s not a damn thing anyone can do to take her from us. Please note that the Crooked Creek Montana books can be listened to in any order. Rescued by Her Mountain Men is the first standalone book in the Crooked Creek, Montana Series. It’s a flaming-hot, tension-filled, MFM Mountain Man Menage Romance. If you like alpha mountain men and sexy firefighters, this book is for you!
©2019 Shae Sullivan (P)2020 Shae Sullivan
Ross
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Ross Campbell had a thing for Callie Jones when they were growing up, but she was one of the “Jones girls”, from the richest family in the county, far above him, untouchable. Now Ross, deputy for a corrupt county sheriff, finds Callie stranded in the pouring rain on the side of the road - on her wedding day.
Ross gallantly gives her a ride, but when the wedding is a disaster, Ross is the rock that keeps Callie standing. Her high school crush has grown up to be a gorgeous, hard-bodied man, as considerate and charming as he is attractive.
Callie has always been warned to stay away from the Campbells, the wild cowboys nice girls like her shouldn't want to want. But can they keep things casual when something far deeper is pulling at them, encouraging both Ross and Callie to surrender?
Book 5 of Riding Hard.
©2018 Jennifer Ashley (P)2018 Jennifer Ashley
Mason's Rescue
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Welcome to Burnt River, a new series of contemporary western romance stories set in the fictional town of Burnt River, Montana. Brought to you by Shirleen Davies, Peggy L. Henderson, Kay P. Dawson, Amelia Adams, and Kate Cambridge. When your life's plans change in a heartbeat, you have a choice. Do you give up? Mason Taggart's one goal in life has always been to become Burnt River's veterinarian. In the blink of an eye, an accident leaves him bound to a wheelchair, shattering his dreams. Since no one can tell him for sure if he will ever walk again, he sinks deeper into despair as time passes. Starting over seems impossible, until he gets an unexpected nudge from the new vet in town. Do you run away? Coming from a long line of surgeons, Lori Emerson made the choice to go against family tradition and strike out on her own in a different direction. Fighting against long-held stereotypes and her own demons, she finds temporary solitude in small town living until her past catches up with her. Leaning on the hometown boy for support might force them both to confront their deepest fears. Do you take a chance and face the unknown with someone you love? Mason is convinced he's unable to continue in his career because of his handicap. Lori's insecurities prevent her from doing her job effectively. As they struggle alone, will they realize they are stronger together, both professionally and as a couple? Mason's Rescue is a standalone, full-length audiobook with a HEA. Rated PG - contains some mild swearing and kissing.
©2017 Peggy L Henderson (P)2017 Peggy L Henderson
Song of Oestend
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On the Oestend prairie, only the strong survive. Artist Aren Montrell has heard tales of the Oestend wraiths - mysterious creatures that come in the night and kill anyone who’s not indoors. Aren’s never believed the stories, but when he takes a job as a bookkeeper on the BarChi, a dusty cattle ranch in the furthest reaches of Oestend, he learns the wraiths are very real. And they’re only one of the many dangers in the wild, treacherous place he now calls home. Aren becomes the one and only confidant of Deacon, the BarChi’s burly foreman. Deacon runs the BarChi with an iron fist and is glad to finally have a friend. But Deacon is a man with many secrets. He’s determined to deny both his Oestend heritage and any claim he may have to the BarChi ranch. If Aren wants to survive the perils of the prairie, he’ll have to convince Deacon to stop running from the past and finally claim everything that’s his.
©2020 Marie Sexton (P)2020 Marie Sexton
Cowboy, Cross My Heart: A Western Romance Novel
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New York Times best-selling author Donna Grant takes you deep inside the Texas rodeo scene in the second book in her Heart of Texas series, Cowboy, Cross My Heart, where danger and desire ride side by side.... Naomi Pierce isn't the type to let a cowboy sweep her off feet. It's not her first rodeo, after all. But when she returns to her Texas hometown, she can't help but be swept up again in the rough-and-tumble world of hard-riding, bronco-busting good-ol'-boys she loved as a girl. She might be here to photograph her Rodeo Queen best friend. But it's one fine-looking cowboy who really captures her eye.... Brice Harper is all man, all muscle, and all heart. From the moment he rides into the stadium, he can't help but notice the beautiful stranger with a camera watching him from the stands. It doesn't take a zoom lens to see the sparks of instant attraction. But things really heat up when he meets Naomi up-close-and he discovers that someone is stalking her friend. Brice wouldn't be any kind of cowboy if he didn't offer to help the ladies out. But can the rough rider keep this spirited shutterbug out of danger-without risking his heart? Contains mature themes.
©2018 Donna Grant (P)2018 Tantor
Beautiful Sinner
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Locked in with the town bad boy.... Most women would be scared, but Gabriella’s only worried about resisting Cruz Walsh, who’s even hotter than he was back in high school. Cruz was wrongly accused of the high-profile crime for which he was imprisoned; Gabriella’s desperate for the scoop that will get her career off the ground and get her out of Sweet Hill, where everyone still remembers her as “Flabby Gabby”. Being stuck in a supply closet with Cruz is the perfect opportunity to land an interview. What Bri doesn’t count on is Cruz taking “up-close and personal” to a whole new level. If there’s a silver lining to the hell Cruz went through, it’s that losing his freedom put everything in perspective. Maybe starting over someplace new would be easier, but after years locked up, Cruz values his family - and his true friends - more than ever. So he’s back home, facing the gossip, dodging reporters...and face-to-face with Gabriella Rossi. They’ve both changed: Bri wants a story, and Cruz just wants her. Another thing he’s learned? Don’t let a good thing slip away.
©2018 Sharie Kohler (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
The Inheritance
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Daisy knew that someday, somehow, she would pay for wanting what no proper woman wanted.... The ravishing Duchess Daisy vowed to save Severn Manor by marrying Nicholas Calloway, a Texas bounty hunter come to claim his family’s ancestral lands. But the moment they met, the slate-eyed barbarian took Daisy’s breath away. She proposed a marriage of convenience. But she hadn’t reckoned on flash-fire passion with the savage new duke.... Nicholas Calloway came to England to discover the truth about his bastard birth, then sell his inherited estate - with Duchess Daisy’s help. Her price was marriage. He agreed, determined to have her on his own terms - only to find himself hostage to the fiery redhead he couldn’t leave behind. The highly acclaimed best-selling author of Outlaw’s Bride, Joan Johnston brings to life two extraordinary characters - an outrageous duchess and an unlikely duke - in a love story that enchants and enthralls to the very last moment.
©1995 Joan Mertens Johnston Inc. (P)2018 Joan Mertens Johnston Inc.
Emma and the Outlaw
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Despite her unconventional upbringing - she'd been adopted off the orphan train by the local "madam" - Emma Chalmers was the most prim and proper young lady in all of Whitneyville. Why, she wouldn't even permit Fulton Whitney to kiss her, and they were practically engaged! But when Steven Fairfax landed in her home, wounded in an explosion at the town's raunchiest saloon, his lazy smile made Emma's blood race. Slowly, Steven stilled her fears with his gentle, insistent caresses... until at last she gave herself unashamedly to the splendid passion that was their destiny. Yet now Emma faced a new terror - for the drifter she loved so desperately was a wanted man, and his past was about to catch up with him!
©1991 Linda Lael Miller (P)2015 Recorded Books
Stolen by Her Mountain Men
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These lumberjacks know exactly what to do with their wood.... Clarissa I’ve never been the marrying kind. I’m too busy helping my dad run the family ranch, for love or relationships. But when his health suddenly starts to fail - so does our entire livelihood. And it’s just the opportunity the slimy Lloyd Howell has been waiting for. Not only does he hire all our best hand’s away, but he’s backed me into a corner. The only way to save everything I’ve ever loved is to marry this snake of a man. It looks like Lloyd is gonna get exactly what he wants from me - until they show up. Harlan and Duke McKenzie. These brawny, rugged brothers steal me away from my own wedding and from any chance I had of saving my family. I’m half furious...half relieved...and mostly confused as hell. Trapped at their mountain compound for days - just the three of us - I’m starting to feel things I shouldn’t. Now, all that anger is morphing into panty-melting desire. Hot, twisted desire for not just one brother - but two. Harlan/Duke Honorable men. That’s what we usually are...but not today. Why? Because today, we’re stealing a bride away from her own wedding. Not that this feisty beauty should be marrying this fool of a man, anyway. But as they say, "desperate times call for desperate measures." And things have never been more desperate. Lloyd "Piece of Sh*t" Howell has weaseled his way into marrying the one woman who could upend our lives. Not only would their union devastate our beloved McKenzie Mountain and turn it into a rival logging operation, but it would force the one woman we want into the bed of another man. Like hell we’re gonna let that happen. So, we’re whisking her away in the hopes of stopping this mess. We had it all planned out. At least, we thought we did. But we're starting to realize...you can’t plan for a woman like Clarissa Banks. Stolen by Her Mountain Men is a stand-alone, heart-pounding, sizzling-hot, action-packed MFM mountain men ménage romance. If you like dominant, tough males who know where to bury their axes, this book is for you!
©2020 Shae Sullivan (P)2020 Shae Sullivan
Sourdough Creek
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Cassie Angel is used to taking care of herself. With a spirit of adventure, and a need to stay out of harm's way, she departs a dying Nevada town for the golden opportunities that await in California - along with a new life. When charming Sam Ridgeway shows up, claiming to know her uncle, and offers her protection in her travels, she has no idea there is an ulterior motive involved.
©2016 Caroline Fyffe (P)2016 Caroline Fyffe
Wild Texas Wind
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All Raz Colt wants is land, a quiet, peaceable existence, and to put his life as a hired gun in the past. When the chance to earn a sizable fortune by rescuing a kidnapped heiress comes his way, he seizes the opportunity. Trouble is, the heiress doesn't want to be rescued.
Offsetting Arden O'Hara's beauty is a rattlesnake personality and shrewish temper. Despite her claim that she faked the kidnapping so her fiancé would ride to her rescue, Raz knows someone is out to kill her. And if anyone gets the pleasure of wringing her lovely neck, it's going to be him.
Arden O'Hara is desperate to go home. Her fiancé was supposed to ride to her rescue, proving it's her - and not her father's money - he loves. Instead, an arrogant stranger with weapons strapped gunfighter low and a decided lack of sympathy for her situation shows up spouting a ridiculous tale about someone trying to kill her.
It's infuriating when Raz Colt's claims prove true after not one but several attempts are made on her life. She has no idea who this fast gun with the deadly aim is or why he makes her feel as wild and untamed as the Texas wind. But like it or not, if anyone is capable of getting her home alive, it's Raz Colt.
©2010 Nicole McCaffrey (P)2018 Nicole McCaffrey
A Chaotic Range
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Most of the time ranch hand David rescues stray cattle, but this time he and his fellow cowboys Wally and Haven save a stranded motorist. David is surprised to find his former high school classmate nearly frozen in his car. After learning that Brian Applewright's boss fired him from his ranch for being gay, they invite him back to theirs to take a job. David and Brian moved in different social circles at school, but working together brings them closer. However, David has a rocky history on the ranch. The foreman is his ex, and he only recently returned after a heartbreakingly unsuccessful attempt to find greener pastures. He can't risk his heart getting close to anyone. But on a ranch, nature has a way of forcing an issue. When a snowstorm threatens, David and Brian head out to mend a fence and round up some stray cattle. David gets injured, and they must survive in the snow, cold, and wind. It might be the start of a relationship - or the end of their lives.
©2014 Andrew Grey (P)2015 Dreamspinner Press
The Cowboy's Secret Bride
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Never step into the middle of a family feud. Millionaire Carl Whitfield has set his sights on small-town Chef Camila Torres, but she won't have him until he can prove he means to settle in Chance Creek for good. He's spent the last three years searching for the perfect ranch. She's spent the last three years keeping him at arms' length. Now, Carl will do anything to secure a spread - including siding with the Coopers in their ages-old feud with the Turners, a move that could make his dreams come true - or destroy them for good.
©2017 Cora Seton (P)2019 Tantor
An Unexpected Widow
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Hannah Hoffman Clark is the spirited young wife of Denver City's only preacher, Frank Clark. After arriving by wagon to the howling wilderness of the unexplored west, they settled on land, built a home, and began what they thought would be a long and prosperous life together. After an accident leaves Frank without feeling in his legs, the dream of self-sufficiency suddenly slips away, but even more tragedy is on the horizon for Hannah. Once widowed, she struggles to cope with her loss, relying on those her husband had hired, especially Nathan Weaver, a no good gambler and drunkard. While the tenuous hold she has on her sanity crumbles, her connection with Nathan becomes something far greater than she could have ever imagined, but her family would be scandalized if she married such a man. One should never judge a book by its cover, and Nathan, although rough around the edges and crude, has his heart in the right place, and it belongs to Hannah...if only she could see it.
©2013, 2015 Carré White (P)2016 Carré White
Tough Talking Cowboy
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Return to Montana as a tough-talking cowboy meets his match in Jennifer Ryan’s newest Wild Rose Ranch novel. Ex-Army Ranger Drake McGrath has come home to Montana, locked in a battle with himself, lashing out at those who love him most - driving away his ex-fiancée and alienating his family. But Adria Holloway sees beyond Drake’s tough talk to the raw pain beneath. Raised with her twin sister, Juliana, by a neglectful mother at the Wild Rose Ranch, Adria also struggles to put the trauma from her past behind her. To help them both, she makes Drake a shocking deal - a no-strings relationship that’ll help them both face down their demons. Maybe it’s a way for her and Drake to heal each other, one sizzling night at a time.... The heat between them is instant and incredible. But the biggest challenges are yet to come. With Juliana battling her addiction and Drake working on his issues, Adria realizes she can’t save everyone. But Drake and Adria discover love can survive tragedy and loss - and they can have the life they never thought possible if they just hold on.
©2020 Jennifer Ryan (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Knight on the Texas Plains
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He'll do whatever it takes to keep them safe. Duel McClain has lost everything he's ever loved: his wife, his son, his sense of self. But when a strange twist of fate - and a poker game he'll never forget - leaves an innocent little girl in his care, Duel vows to defend his new family to his very last breath. If only he knew a single thing about taking care of babies... Just as Duel swears his life can't get any more complicated, a beautiful woman stumbles into the light of his campfire, desperate for help. Jessie Foltry is hungry, tired, and running for her life. She agrees to help Duel care for the child in exchange for his protection, even as she fights to guard her broken heart. But Duel will do whatever it takes to make Jessie see that the Texas plains have more than one kind of knight, and perhaps their salvation is closer than either of them could have dreamed....
©2017 Linda Broday (P)2019 Tantor
Bundle of Love
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The love he needs might be the last thing he expects.... Adam Whitaker has loved and lost more times than he can count. His father died before he was born, and then, a tragic accident stole his high school sweetheart from him. But as the town’s vet and the director of an equine therapy camp, life is going great nowadays. All right, fine - it’s plenty stressful, and at the end of the day, it’s also turning out to be plenty lonesome. And then, in strolls Kylie VanLueven, his very new and very pretty receptionist. The first time he met Kylie, she was just a kid. Now, she’s all grown up, with curves in all the right places. She’s doing a good job at the clinic, but he won’t ever let it be more than that, despite the longing she stirs in him. Besides, he’s sure that she’s hiding a secret.... The secret she carries won’t stay secret for long.... Kylie has come home to Sawyer on the heels of a bad breakup. She kicked the abusive loser to the curb to protect herself and, more importantly, her unborn child. The job she takes at the vet clinic is just supposed to be a way to pay her bills. She never expects Adam Whitaker to be so handsome, so kind, and so exasperating, too. The way he looks at her with his whiskey-colored eyes? It makes her heart race, while his touch and gentle teasing make her yearn for more. But she never imagined the danger from her past would come looking for her and her unborn baby.... Bundle of Love is the seventh novel in the Long Valley series, although all books in the Long Valley world can be listened to as stand-alones. It has some strong language, and oh my, sexy times. Enjoy!
©2018 Wright's Romance Reads (P)2020 AuthorLoyalty LLC
Big Sky River
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"First Lady of the West" and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America, Linda Lael Miller regularly sees her books perched atop the New York Times best-seller list. Having sworn off romance, Sheriff Boone Taylor is content with his quiet, orderly life. But then a city woman buys land butting up to his, and Boone begins to rethink matters of the heart.
©2012 Linda Lael Miller (P)2012 Recorded Books
Moon Over Montana: McCutcheon Family Series, Book 5
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Y Knot, Montana Territory, 1886 The long-awaited wedding date has finally been set, but when a young Cheyenne woman shows up in the loft of her family's barn, life as Charity McCutcheon knew it is thrust into chaos. Secrets her parents and brother Luke have held now explode, with the power to shake her foundations. When Brandon Crawford, Charity's intended and sheriff of Y Knot, is drawn away by the haunting memory from a tragic even that happened more than fifteen years ago, the couple faces the first test of their love. Will fate rip them apart? Can Charity and Brandon set their conflicts aside and build a marriage worth waiting for? Heartfelt, charming, and a journey of true love, Moon Over Montana, book five of the McCutcheon Family series continues the sweeping family saga set in the 1800s Wild West.
©2014 Caroline Fyffe (P)2014 Caroline Fyffe
The Trouble with Cowboy Weddings
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In Colorado's glorious big-sky country, everything is done with cowboy flair - even boot-stomping, hat-tipping cowboy weddings.... As the middle Tyler brother, Gavin doesn't always have much say in ranch decisions, but when it comes to his heart, he's the only authority. He's loved Louisa "Lou" Fairchild for longer than he can remember, even though they've never been more than friends. But with Lou stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place, Gavin is going to help the way any true friend would - with a proposal of a strictly business-like, in-name-only marriage...at least to start. Lou can't believe her beloved grandmother has backed her up against the wall. The choice between finding a man to marry and letting her no-good father back into the family to run the ranch isn't a choice at all! But when her sister counters with an even less savory idea, Lou knows what she must do - say yes to the only man she's ever trusted. But somehow pretending to be in love with good-natured Gavin suddenly begins to feel alarmingly real - and she downright likes it. Can a sham marriage become the truest kind of love? Contains mature themes.
©2019 Nicole Helm (P)2019 Tantor