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Western Romance - Christchurch City Libraries

Western romance is any romance novel set in the American West. So then what’ll it be stranger? Historical or contemporary? Picture the handsome farmhand smiling at the ranch owner’s daughter, he is resplendent in tight blue Levi jeans, collar tips, and a Stetson hat, leaning on the fence with one leg propped up. That endearing, working class, southern gentleman smile as he tips his hat back to get a better look at her. The secret romance that blossoms between them, the sunset walks, and then the customary roll in the hay. Just because it’s formulaic doesn’t mean it’s not fun. Yee-haw!

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  • A warm western romance about rediscovering the one who got away. In Painted Pony Creek, Montana, rugged horse trainer Cord Hollister is happy and content with his ranch lifestyle. But when a blast from the past shows up bearing a shocking…
    BookToronto, Ontario : HQN, [2020] — ROMANCE
  • Cole Hawkins left his family farm nine years ago, without telling anyone why – not even the love of his life, Tamsin. Hating himself for doing it, he nevertheless had to leave without telling anyone the truth; just as he promised his…
    BookMills & Boon, 2018.
  • With realistic characters and romantic tension, Wyoming True follows the burgeoning love story between hard-working and successful rancher Jake McGuire, and twice-divorced Ida Merridan. Ida's past precedes her, rather unfairly, owing to…
    BookToronto, Ontario : Harlequin, [2020] — ROMANCE
  • A rom-com set in the sun, this story is about learning to trust again, hope, and taking chances even after you swore you never would again. Grace’s ex-husband Jake is a lying, cheating, wife-abandoning bastard... but what she isn’t aware…
    BookNorth Sydney : Bantam, 2018. — ROMANCE
  • Set against a backdrop of blazing deserts, booming gold towns and everything in between, this epic tale of outlaw love is the first in a series of four novels and one short story. Miranda Hayes is having a bad day. Her family is killed by…
    eBookNaperville : Sourcebooks, 2015. — XX(901913.1)
  • Short and sweet, this is more of a novella than a full-blown novel. Read it if you like your male leads damaged, your female leads strong, and your romance poignant. Chance Wilder never wanted to be a hero. A notorious gun for hire, he…
    eBookNew York, NY : Avon Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2014. — XX(988411.1)
  • A western romance for those who enjoy strong female heroines, dynamic characters, and a hard-hitting, action-filled plot. Quill McKenna is a former army cavalryman-turned-bodyguard, and general bad-ass. Quill is good at his job, but as the…
    eBookNew York : Penguin Publishing Group, 2015. — XX(967699.1)
  • Widely credited as Proulx’s best novel, Brokeback Mountain gained popularity with the 2005 film adaptation, as a modern cowboy love story. The novel follows two ranch hands, Ennis and Jack, who grapple with their feelings and a deep…
    BookLondon : Fourth Estate, 1998. — FICTION
  • A Promise to Cherish is a story about falling in love, and finding the courage to go out on your own and chase down your dreams. Leaving her old life behind Lee Walker, a part Native-American woman, moves to a new city and starts a new job…
    eBookNew York: Penguin Group USA, Inc, 2004 — XX(725546.1)
  • The combinaton of a surly English nobleman and a headstrong but alluring barmaid from the west, Harrison Bainbridge is the second son of an English Earl, a ‘spare-heir’ type who wants to escape the stuffy and uptight world he is a part…
    eBookNew York : HarperCollins, 2009. — XX(950113.1)
  • The titular charmer in this Cinderella-story is Luca Prince, a womanizing hell-raiser with a heart of gold. Luca has inherited some land from his father, and has plans to return it to its former glory. The only thing that stands in his…
    Large PrintThorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2019. — LP ROMANCE