Westerns

Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, but there are also a number of works about Western-type characters in contemporary settings.

Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape.

Darling Daffodils Farm (Hope Harbor, #1)
Love Grows Wild
Unraveled (Redford Ranch, #3)
Wilde Ride (Love is a Cowboy #2)
The Harvey Girl
The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier
Fight for Us (Pinecrest, Montana #1)
Need You Close (Second Chance Ranch, #3)
Without a Clue
Safe Haven (Triple Creek Ranch, #1)
Take My Kiss (Willow Branch Mountain #3)
Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West
This Ain't Our First Rodeo
Taming Lady Temperance (The Secret Society of Spinsters, #1)
The Cowboy's Game (Pride and Pranks, #3)
Ryder (Lucky River Ranch #5)
Chasing the Fire (Silver Pines Ranch, #5)
In the Great Quiet
Sawyer (Lucky River Ranch, #3)
Training the Heart (Silver Pines Ranch, #2)
High Water (The Quiet Horsemen #4)
Darling Daffodils Farm (Hope Harbor, #1)
Riding the High (Silver Pines Ranch, #3)
Love Grows Wild
Between the Pines (Black Springs Ranch, #1)
In a Heartbeat (Rosewood River, #5)
Burning Skies (Wild at Heart #3)
At Whit's End (Wells Ranch, #4)
Prospector's Peak (Saddles & Spurs #3)
Stealing Hearts (Wild at Heart #1)
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'ConnellAnnie's Song by Catherine AndersonComanche Moon by Catherine AndersonDancing on Coals by Ellen O'ConnellTexas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
Favorite Historical Western Romance Novels
704 books — 1,309 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Westerns
1,406 books — 1,552 voters

Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'ConnellDancing on Coals by Ellen O'ConnellTexas Destiny by Lorraine HeathMacKenzie Fire by Elle CaseyTexas Straight Up by Jodi Vaughn
Favorite Western/Cowboy Romance Novels
774 books — 873 voters
Cowgirl Up and Ride by Lorelei JamesLong Hard Ride by Lorelei JamesRough, Raw, and Ready by Lorelei JamesTied Up, Tied Down by Lorelei JamesAll Jacked Up by Lorelei James
SAVE A HORSE RIDE A COWBOY
939 books — 930 voters

Devil in Winter by Lisa KleypasNine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLeanRomancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia QuinnThe Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia QuinnThe Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Best Humorous Historical Romances
812 books — 1,276 voters
The Tin Star by J.L. LangleyBareback by Chris OwenThe Broken H by J.L. LangleyTiming by Mary CalmesNowhere Ranch by Heidi Cullinan
Best Gay Cowboys
435 books — 642 voters

Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
True Grit
The Sisters Brothers
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2)
No Country for Old Men
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)
Hondo
Reckless (Chestnut Springs, #4)
News of the World

Phil Truman
Zlata Dromenko was a stout Cossack about my height with a thick single eyebrow giving her a serious, severe look. I found out she’d been a mail-order bride who came over from Ukraine to marry a local farmer, a Russian immigrant. He died, though, and now Mrs. Dromenko worked in the hospital bullying patients like me. I called her “Hun,” because she made me think of Attila. I was curious as to how Mr. Dromenko died but was afraid to ask.
Phil Truman, Dire Wolf of the Quapaw: a Jubal Smoak Mystery

Cricket Rohman
Hannah knelt to get a closer look at the trail of holes. “Last night’s vandal wore stilettos.” The two men stared at her, confused. “English, please. You’re talking to country boys.
Cricket Rohman, Colorado Takedown

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