Books like Big Sky River by Linda Lael Miller

Nick Hornby's second bestselling novel about sex, manliness, and fatherhood, about Will, a 36-year-old man child-free, discovering a way to meet women through single-parent groups, and Marcus, a 12-year-old boy dealing with a mother who makes him listen to Joni Mitchell rather than Nirvana.

A rugged Montana rancher falls for a photographer, only to uncover a buried secret that threatens the Calder legacy.

Sheriff Slade Barlow inherits half a ranch and faces opposition from his half-brother Hutch, who is drawn to Hutch’s former flame Josyln Kirk, a woman struggling to atone for her stepfather’s dishonesty.

Harriet Allistair moves to a Montana farm hoping to prove herself, but a long‑standing feud with the neighboring Hazard ranch—and a fiery romance with Nathan Hazard—threatens to unravel her plans and ignite a fresh beginning.

When a single Montana rancher must heal his son’s injured puppy, he discovers a kindhearted woman who may also mend his wounded heart.

The illegitimate son of a wealthy rancher, Sheriff Slade Barlow grew up in a trailer hitched to the Curly-Burly hair salon his mother runs. He was never acknowledged by his father-until now. Suddenly, Slade has inherited half of Whisper Creek Ranch, one of the most prosperous in Parable, Montana. That doesn't sit well with his half brother, Hutch, who grew up with all the rights of a Carmody. Including the affections of Joslyn Kirk, homecoming queen, rodeo queen, beauty queen-whom Slade has never forgotten but Joslyn is barely holding her head up these days as she works to pay back everyone her crooked stepfather cheated. With a town to protect-plus a rebellious teenage stepdaughter-Slade has his hands full. But someone has to convince Joslyn that she's responsible only for her own actions. Such as her effect on this lawman's guarded heart.

Libby Kincaid returns home to heal from a broken marriage and a stepson’s death, only to find her former adversary Jess Barlowe again. Facing old wounds, she confronts hidden feelings as they consider a second chance at love.

In Indian Rock, corporate executive Keegan McKettrick, who has long mistrusted women, is drawn into a forbidden romance with the enigmatic Molly Shields, a woman whose mysterious past threatens to upend his guarded life.

A rancher and his rancher wife decide to take on a teenage couple in Montana, but their plans unravel with unexpected consequences.