Recommendations based on "I Love This Bar"

Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that started it all… Shelby McIntyre has big plans—plans that include finding Mr. Right. Her dream man will have a clean-shaven jaw, creases in his pants and hopefully an advanced degree. What she gets is rugged Luke Riordan. At twenty-five, after five years as her mother's caregiver, it's time for Shelby to experience freedom and adventure. Time for travel, college and romance. But when she visits Virgin River, she runs into Luke Riordan, decidedly not whom she has in mind. A handsome Blackhawk pilot, Luke exited the army after twenty years, four wars and having been shot out of the sky three times. At thirty-eight he's tough and jaded. His major was in one-night stands, with a minor in commitment avoidance. Technically, these two are all wrong for one another. But sometimes what you want and what you need are two different things…two very good things.

LONELY MEN IN HARD LUCK, ALASKA, LOOKING FOR WOMEN. OUR TOWN MIGHT BE COLD, BUT OUR HEARTS ARE WARM! Location: north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 150 (mostly men!). But the three O'Halloran brothers, who run a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, are heading a campaign to bring women to town. Daddy's Little Helper Mitch Harris is a friend of the O'Hallorans, and he's responsible for law and order in Hard Luck. He's also the widowed father of a little girl--although he never talks about his marriage. But it's not long before seven-year-old Chrissie decides that her new teacher, Bethany Ross, is the perfect candidate for wife and mom! Because of the Baby Matt Caldwell, Charles O'Halloran's brother-in-law, is an easygoing charmer, and still in love with his ex-wife. Karen's still in love with him, too. Her reaction to him the night of his sister's wedding certainly proved that. It also left her pregnant... Now Matt wants her to marry him again--and not just because of the baby!

Second-chance cowboy…or first-time love story? Buckhorn, Montana, tavern owner Dave Tanner never expected to see the girl of his dreams ever again—until she walks into his bar one night. Over the moon at seeing her, he’s convinced this is a second chance to win her affection. But Melissa Herbert, Dave’s best friend and best employee, suspects his high school sweetheart might have ulterior motives for the accidental run-in. But if Melissa’s right, exposing the truth to Dave might just destroy their friendship…and break her heart…

Molly Rose Simms arrives in Colorado to meet her brother, but instead finds herself searching for the mythical Bluebird mining claim with a man known as The Jackal.“The Wings of the West series is a fresh take on women in the Old West and the men they love. I’m addicted to Kristy McCaffrey’s sexy westerns and adventurous heroines!”—Ann Charles, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Award-winning Deadwood Mystery SeriesEager for adventure, Molly Rose Simms departs the Arizona Territory and travels to Colorado to visit her brother, Robert, who left two years ago to make his fortune in the booming silver town of Creede. She hopes to convince him to accompany her to San Francisco, New York City, or even Europe, but Robert is nowhere to be found. Now, Molly Rose must join forces with a mysterious man known as The Jackal.Jake McKenna has traveled the bustling streets of Istanbul, exotic ports in China, and the deserts of Morocco. His restless desire to explore has been the only constant in his life. When his search for the elusive and mythical Bluebird mining claim lands him a new partner—Molly Rose Simms—he must decide how far he’ll go to protect the stunning young woman who’s clearly in over her head. A home and hearth have never been on The Jackal’s agenda, but Molly Rose is about to change his world in every conceivable way.A sensuous historical western romance set in 1892 Colorado.Finalist for National Excellence in Romance Fiction, the Aspen Gold Readers’ Choice, and the Golden Quill, as well as an InD’tale Magazine RONE nominee.“The reader will find themselves often sitting on the edge of their seats…a quick and exciting read!” ~ Belinda Wilson, InD’tale Magazine“...a fast paced read with a depth to the characters and the story that kept my interest from the first page to the last...” ~ Jo, Romance Junkies“...packed with adventure and action that left me breathless...quite unable to put it down!” ~ Maia, The Silver Dagger ScriptoriumWhile the series has interconnecting characters, each novel can be read as a standaloneBook One: The WrenBook Two: The DoveBook Three: The SparrowBook Four: The BlackbirdBook Five: The BluebirdBook Six: The Songbird (Novella)Book Seven: Echo of the Plains (Short Story)Book Eight: The StarlingBook Nine: The CanaryBook Ten: The NighthawkBook Eleven: The Swan (Coming Soon)

They share a passion to heal what is broken, but it's their own hearts that need to be made whole. Brody McQuaid is a broken man, and he knows it. While his body survived the war, his soul did not. Besides loving his little niece, his only sense of purpose comes from saving the wild horses that roam South Park. Ranchers in the area have taken to killing the horses, which are competing with their cattle to feed on the open grass. Savannah Marshall is a veterinarian on her family's Colorado ranch. She longs to keep her father happy following the tragic death of her older brother, including marrying a man of his choosing. But days before her wedding, she gets cold feet and disappears to South Park. As she learns more about the destruction of the horses, she joins Brody in an attempt to save the wild creatures. But when Savannah's family and the resentments of the area cattlemen catch up with them both, Brody and Savannah will have to tame their fears if they've any hope to let love run free.

SADDLE UP FOR THE LOVE OF A LIFETIME After losing her heart--and her baby--to a disastrous romance, Lilly Lockett has her mind on only one thing: her job. She's come to the Silver Horn Ranch in Nevada to look after the Calhoun family patriarch, nothing more. But when she encounters rakish ranch foreman Rafe Calhoun, it's fireworks at first sight! Playboy Rafe knows his grandfather's new nurse is all wrong for him. He decided long ago that relationships just aren't in the cards. A few dates, then move on--that's been his motto. But an attempt at a casual affair with Lilly soon becomes all too serious...for both of them. And soon Rafe has to make a choice: to keep flying solo, or risk everything for a future with the woman he's come to love.

SHOULD'VE BEEN A COWBOY Tyler O'Connelli is a busy career girl, and Alex Keller is a cowboy. They may be worlds apart, but their hot chemistry more than makes up for their differences. They both know this thing between them isn't long-term. Problem is, Alex is one wrangler Tyler might want to tie down—and tie up—indefinitely! COWBOY UP Rancher Clay Whitaker is the resident stud expert at the Last Chance Ranch and isn't so keen on "spoiled" city slickers…until Emily Sterling arrives. Now he's showing Emily just what a ranch—and a cowboy—has to offer. And luckily for him, it's an offer Emily can't refuse….

Real cowboys aren't born. They're made... Logan Carswell has just kissed his professional baseball career goodbye. Goodbye dreams, career and future. For now, though, he's working at the Last Chance Ranch and the town saloon, where sexy bartender Caro Davis is definitely taking his mind off his troubles... Caro's days have been so hectic, she's forgotten all about the finer aspects of life. Like men. And sex. And really smokin'-hot sex with men like Logan. But when their two worlds collide--and boy, do they ever collide--they both realize that once the gear is off, a cowboy is still a cowboy!

~"Thomas knocks it out of the park again" --Publishers Weekly (starred review) New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas returns to the town of Harmony, Texas, where life has a way of making better plans than anyone ever imagined... Sisters Abby and Dusti Delaney have spent their entire lives on Rainbow Lane, but they dream of something bigger. So when a poker tournament comes to town, Dusti is determined to win enough money to leave. Enlisting expert Kieron O'Brian to teach her the game, sparks begin to fly as they play their hands. But Kieron refuses to stand in the way of her dream, even if it means losing her forever... After a year of traveling, Ronny Logan is settling into a home on Rainbow Lane, but that's all the settling she'll be doing. Ronny refuses to fall for anyone, regardless of the chemistry she has with her neighbor Austin Hawk. Yet something undeniable begins to grow between the two loners--if only they can let their barriers fall and open their hearts...

IT WAS FATE... Destiny Saunders is tough, but being left at the altar makes even the toughest gals do some strange things. When she stumbles upon a stranded cowboy--Buck Owens Cash, the best thing to arrive in Lizard Gulch, Arizona, in a long time--she arranges things so they can have a little fun before he rides off into the sunset. The sexy, shapely auto mechanic is just one surprise after another, so Buck plays along to see what will happen. What happens is love...the kind that makes a man want to prove himself. Then Buck discovers Destiny's secret--one that will tie her to another man for the rest of her life. Betrayed, he returns to the rodeo circuit determined to forget Destiny...but fate has other plans!