Best Western Historical Romances

I first discovered Western romances by reading those written by my favorite authors who also wrote in other subgenres (when I was gobbling up their backlists). Since then, I have become a true fan of the subgenre and find myself every now and then reaching for a good romance from the Old West. Love those Indian and gun-slinging heroes. So, it seemed a “best” list was in order to share some of these wonderful stories with you.

Here are the best of those I’ve read…all rated 4, 4 and ½ or 5 stars by me. Some have won Golden Heart, RITA and other awards. I think you’ll like these!

·                A Fire in the Blood by Shirl Henke

·                A Heart So Wild by Johanna Lindsey

·                Beautiful Bad Man by Ellen O’Connell

·                Beauty and the Bounty Hunter by Lori Austin

·                Behind His Blue Eyes by Kaki Warner

·                Branded Hearts by Heather Graham (Pozzessere)

·                Brave the Wild Wind, Savage Thunder and Angel, Wyoming trilogy by Johanna

Lindsey

·                Brighter Than Gold by Cynthia Wright

·                Broken Vows by Shirl Henke

·                Captive Melody by Nadine Crenshaw

·                Capture the Sun, The Endless Sky and Sundancer, trilogy by Shirl Henke

·                Colorado Promise by Charlene Whitman

·                Comanche Moon, Comanche Heart and Indigo Blue (from the Comanche series)

by Catherine Anderson

·                Dancing on Coals by Ellen O’Connell

·                Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O’Connell

·                Fair is the Rose by Meagan McKinney

·                Fire Hawk’s Bride by Judith E. French

·                Fireblossom and Wildblossom, the Matthews duology by Cynthia Wright

·                Forever Mine by Charlene Raddon

·                Golden Fancy by Jennifer Blake

·                Golden Lady by Shirl Henke

·                Heart of the West by Penelope Williamson

·                Heartbreak Creek, Colorado Dawn and Bride of the High Country, trilogy by    Kaki Warner

·                Her Bodyguard by E. E. Burke

·                Her Wicked Captor by Sandra Jones

·                Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer

·                Innocent Fire, Firestorm, Violet Fire and The Fires of Paradise (from The Bragg

Saga) by Brenda Joyce

·                Into the Light by Ellen O’Connell

·                Lawless by Nora Roberts

·                Love a Dark Rider by Shirlee Busbee

·                Love Cherish Me by Rebecca Brandewyne

·                Love Unwilling By Shirl Henke

·                McCrory’s Lady by Shirl Henke

·                Mountain Mistress by Nadine Crenshaw

·                Night Wind’s Woman, White Apache’s Woman and Deep as the Rivers, trilogy by

Shirl Henke

·                No Other Man, No Other Woman and No Other Love, trilogy by Shannon Drake

·                Pieces of Sky, Open Country and Chasing the Sun, the Blood Rose trilogy by Kaki

 Warner

·                Reckless Angel by Elizabeth Awbrey (aka Elizabeth Stuart)

·             Savage Ecstasy and Defiant Ecstasy by Janelle Taylor

·                Silken Savage by Catherine Hart

·                Sing My Name by Ellen O’Connell

·                Star of the West by Cordia Byers

·                Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers

·                Tears of Gold by Laurie McBain

·                Tender Touch by Charlene Raddon

·                The Ballad of Emma O’Toole by Elizabeth Lane

·                The Bequest by Candice Proctor

·                The Darkest Heart by Brenda Joyce

·                The Outsider by Penelope Williamson

·                The River Nymph by Shirl Henke

·                The Tiger’s Woman by Celeste De Blasis

·                Under the Desert Moon by Marsha Canham

·                When the Splendor Falls by Laurie McBain

·                Where the Horses Run by Kaki Warner

·                Where the Wild Wind Blows by Nancy Morse

·               While Passion Sleeps by Shirlee Busbee