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  • Reckless by S.C. Stephens

    Reckless by S.C. Stephens

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Can love survive when life gets Reckless?When the band hits it big, Kiera and Kellan must ask themselves: Can their love for each other survive the constant pressures of superstardom? The friendships they've formed, the new family they've found, and the history they've forged will all play a part in helping them navigate the turbulent waters of the band's exploding popularity...
  • My Kinda Forever by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Forever by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alone. Everything changed for Meghan Summer that fateful February night. All she had, all she saw in her future, was stripped away in the blink of an eye. Even though she finds herself surrounded by her growing family, at the end of the day, there’s nothing but a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Or so she thinks… Her. Nick Adams shouldn’t want her...
  • Maestro by Auden Dar

    Maestro by Auden Dar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    About MAESTROFor some, first love is a fleeting spark heralding the greater loves to come. For others, first love is the greatest love. The only love.When a music audition at the world-renowned LaGuardia Arts high school brings together two thirteen-year-olds, unassuming Aurelia Ramirez Preston and confident Chadwick David, the serendipitous encounter becomes an unbreakable friendship...
  • Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After two brothers shatter her world, Reese Brady escapes to her old life. She occupies herself with work and friends in an attempt to find comfort after her catastrophic summer. When Reese receives a desperate call from someone she thought she’d never hear from again, she’s forced to confront the love she could’ve had...
  • The Enlightened by Cassandra Robbins

    The Enlightened by Cassandra Robbins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My secret’s out. Reed knows the truth. The destruction’s done. There’s no taking it back. Reed took all my firsts like a shiny present. He made promises with silky words I greedily kept as truths. But the moment I faltered, he took everything away. Now we’re both guilty of sins. As we come together for Grandfather Ian’s funeral, it’s time to face what I’ve done—what we’ve done...
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    angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  epic  family  female-mc  steamy
  • Tethered by L.D. Davis

    Tethered by L.D. Davis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “You were born to be mine and I was born to be yours.” Donya Stewart’s chest filled with the soft beating wings of butterflies when she first met Emmet Grayne’s green eyes at the ripe age of five...
  • The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur

    The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "You never got over her. You just left." From author Suanne Laqueur comes an astonishing debut novel: a young man's emotional journey to salvage relationships destroyed in the wake of a school shooting. As a college freshman, Erik Fiskare is drawn to the world of theater but prefers backstage to center stage...
  • My Skylar by Penelope Ward

    My Skylar by Penelope Ward

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A USA TODAY BESTSELLER:From New York Times Bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a friends-to-lovers story of longing, passion, betrayal and redemption...with a twist that will rip your heart out.Skylar was my best friend, but I secretly pined for her. One thing after another kept us apart, and I've spent the last decade in fear of losing her forever.Because of me, she left town...
  • One More Chance by Abbi Glines

    One More Chance by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Grant Carter did everything in his power to convince Harlow Manning that he was a good guy. More than a smooth-talker and someone she could trust. He had to overcome his reputation as a playboy, and his history with Harlow's half-sister, Nan, a woman with a reputation of her own.Harlow had taken the chance, falling hard and fast for the guy who thrilled her with his all-consuming desire...
  • My Kinda Song by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Song by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abby Summer has been in love with one man most of her life, but he doesn’t know she exists. For years, Abby has watched him go home with woman after woman, not even noticing the one who stands loyally beside him. That’s why a dating site is the perfect solution to Abby’s problems: get over Levi and move on to someone else...
  • Bring Me Home by Cassia Leo

    Bring Me Home by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The breath-taking conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series. "Sometimes, letting someone go is the ultimate act of love."Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. She was saved once by her first love, and rock star, Chris Knight...
  • Sombra by Leslie McAdam

    Sombra by Leslie McAdam

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything in moderation. Including virtue. I step off the plane in Madrid and meet his warm eyes. His crooked smile. His devastating charm. Worse, he’s courteous. Honorable. Sensuous. Impossibly attractive. Tavo awakens my desires—my body—without even touching it. I don’t want to be attracted to him. I’ve made my promises. My future has already been determined. I'm wearing a ring...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  multi-pov  steamy  university  adult  book
  • Finding Perfect by Colleen Hoover

    Finding Perfect by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling Hopeless series continues with this heartwarming conclusion that illustrates the power of following a difficult journey to discover what happens next. Friends Daniel, Six, Holder, Sky, and Breckin are planning to celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with a Friendsgiving dinner at Sky’s parents’ house...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  female-mc  friendship  male-mc  sad  university
  • Desperately Seeking Epic by B.N. Toler

    Desperately Seeking Epic by B.N. Toler

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Paul James loved Clara Bateman. Hating her would have been easier. She was the past, and he was hell-bent on keeping her there. Or so he thought... Craigslist Ad: DESPERATELY SEEKING EPIC You’re my father. I don’t know much about you. I know your name is Paul James, you’re a thrill seeker, and once upon a time you did stunts and people called you ‘Epic.’ I’ve been told you don’t know about me...
  • Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time stamps. Our life is marked by them. Significant milestones to the seemingly mundane. All of them have a place. A purpose. Moments and chapters stacking on each other, building scars and memories. Creating stories that are only ours to tell. But those stamps are finite, pre-determined. And eventually our allotment runs out. This is our story. Our collection of time stamps...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  epic  family  female-mc  multi-pov  sad  adult
  • Melody by Helen Hardt

    Melody by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the melody in her mind… Beautiful Brianna Steel has her life planned out. Graduate college early. Check. Work with her father in the Steel family orchard. Check. Marry Jesse Pike. No check there. Jesse has never given her a look. Finagling her way onto a rock and roll tour with Jesse and his band, Dragonlock, should help move her final goal along. At least Brianna hopes it will...
  • Finding Me by Mariah Dietz

    Finding Me by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I came here to escape. Leave the debris and avoid the inevitable truths. Things are better. Worse. Different. I’m finding me, but in the process I fear I’m forgetting those I have left, and the ones who have left me. Maybe I’m losing who I was...
  • Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson

    Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every family has its issues. For Maddy, life is all about routine. It has to be, to keep her autistic sister happy and healthy. With just Maddy and her mother as Bee’s full time carers, there’s no time in Maddy’s life for complications like friends, let alone a boyfriend...
  • Claiming What Is Mine by Abby Brooks, Will Wright

    Claiming What Is Mine by Abby Brooks, Will Wright

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meredith Still was the love of my life. My dream girl.Gabe Wilde was my protector. My knight in shining armor.We had our future planned out-together-down to the names of our unborn children. Everything was going according to plan, until it wasn't.Sometimes life happens that way.When I left for college, I never thought I'd be back home for anything longer than a visit...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  male-mc  sad  second-chances  adult  book
  • Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino

    Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    To the Green-eyed Lovebird:We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House.You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more...
  • Away by B.A. Wolfe

    Away by B.A. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What good is running AWAY when you only end up lost? Cassandra Pierce had her whole "perfect" life planned out by her parents. One night of pure weakness and lust has her running away from it all and seeking refuge in Alamosa with her best friend. But it seems life has other plans for her when she finds herself lost in the small town of Keaton. Jason Bradley is a charming country guy...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  realistic  sad  steamy  university  book
  • Priceless by Linda Kage

    Priceless by Linda Kage

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Three things in my life were fact. I needed Sarah to survive. I needed sex to remain sane. And I could never mix sex with Sarah. I just knew—deep in my marrow—that if I did, I’d somehow lose her. All my deepest darkest secrets would crack open, bleed out, and ruin everything between us. I wouldn’t unleash the shit inside me on my worst enemy, let alone her...
  • Jake Understood by Penelope Ward

    Jake Understood by Penelope Ward

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE. From the New York Times bestselling author of Jake Undone, comes a full-length standalone companion novel and sequel. A different side to the story: Jake's side."We're getting a new roommate," they said.I thought nothing of it...until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis.Nina..
  • Torn Hearts by Claire Contreras, Madison Seidler

    Torn Hearts by Claire Contreras, Madison Seidler

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **This novella is part of the Kaleidoscope Hearts Series, and is meant to be read in between Kaleidoscope Hearts and Paper Hearts (which releases September 10, 2015).** I met a boy once. He made my heart go into a frenzy every time he looked at me, and my knees go weak whenever he touched me. The beginning of our love was beautiful that even its demise was bittersweet. I met a girl once...
  • Reality of Life by Shandi Boyes

    Reality of Life by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 in the 'Perception' Series.The reality of life is sometimes bad things happen to good people, especially when they least expect it. How will Noah overcome his latest tragic event?Continue to follow Noah on his next journey and see which path his life chooses to take.You will laugh and you will cry, but the story of Noah Taylor will stay with you forever...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  female-mc  multi-pov  sad  university  adult  book
  • Beneath, You're Beautiful by Tori Madison

    Beneath, You're Beautiful by Tori Madison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four words continue to haunt me . . . You. Have. Breast. Cancer. I associate them with the upheaval of my life to this point. The last few months have been a test of my strength . . . mentally, emotionally, and physically. Cancer is a monster. It preys on your mind and it consumes you, consistently reminding you of how your life used to be. Life before cancer...
  • Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields

    Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the readers of the Love series, Wrapped series, the Burning Souls series and Love you Anyways. A continuation of Lucas and Tessa's story, in Lucas Links POV. In Love Notes, Lucas and Tessa's rekindled love has never been stronger. Although she has never wanted to revisit the past it weighs on Lucas's heart. Lucas wants Tessa to know everything, yet burdening her further is not an option...
  • Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer

    Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She said one night. He said more. She should’ve known better than to argue with a lawyer. Ava Callaghan was never going to be just one night. She was going to be more, much more. She just didn’t know it yet. Hotshot lawyer Elijah Ward can’t be interested in his friends’ and colleagues’ little sister...
  • Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I dazzle the world when I play the guitar,               But I never let anyone dazzle my heart…                                Until I spent one night with her. Darren Ash is living the dream. As lead guitarist for iconic rock band Licks of Leather, he seemingly has it all. But secretly he’s struggling to forget the woman he shared a scorching encounter with over two years ago...
  • The Other Daughter by Janet Nissenson

    The Other Daughter by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twenty-one year-old Scarlett Strohman has had to walk a difficult path thus far in her young life. Raised by a neglectful mother and an alcoholic grandmother before entering the foster care system, she's never met the father who abandoned her before birth. Scarlett is tough, embittered, and has a chip on her shoulder that's nearly as big as her goal to make something meaningful out of her life...
  • Catching Kate by D. Kelly

    Catching Kate by D. Kelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After almost four years, Michael Matthews has come face to face with the love of his life. To say it didn’t go quite as he envisioned is an understatement. Never in a million years would he have imagined that his best friend, Daniel, is the new man in Kate’s life...
    Categorized as:
    angst  epic  male-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • Nash by Jay Crownover

    Nash by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today BestsellerFrom New York Times bestselling author Jay Crownover comes the fourth book in the Marked Men series.Saint Ford has worked hard to achieve her childhood dream of becoming of nurse. Focused on her work and devoted to her patients, there’s no room for love...
  • Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I've always followed my dreams with ruthless determination. My life was going well. Success was at my fingertips. Until it wasn't. All it took was three seconds to send my world crashing down around me, ripping my dreams to shreds. Then I meet her, with her large hazel eyes that slay me at first glance. And everything starts to make sense again. I try to keep my distance...
  • Where the Night Ends by Melissa Toppen, Silla Webb

    Where the Night Ends by Melissa Toppen, Silla Webb

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It only takes one night—one moment, one small snippet of time—to change everything. At sixteen-years-old, Sebastian Baxter taught me that. He taught me a lot of things. He never had to work for my heart. In some unexplainable way I think it had always belonged to him anyway...
  • Friends with Benefits: A Steamy College Romance by Hazel Kelly

    Friends with Benefits: A Steamy College Romance by Hazel Kelly

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We were only supposed to be friends with benefits. We even made rules. So things wouldn't get complicated. So no one would get hurt. But somewhere along the way, feelings got involved. Looking back, I guess I should've seen it coming. Should've seen him coming. But I didn't...
  • Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl

    Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We were two hearts, two souls, devastated by the same loss. I met Beau Ryland where the red clay danced along the water’s edge, and bursts of light rained down on us. A night when the heat couldn’t be escaped. As he whispered against sun-kissed summer-sweet skin, “Baby, look up and get lost on that everlasting light,” it was easy to believe it would last forever. But things changed...
  • Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23

    Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Now published as InnocentsShe loves him. He loves her crazy. She's a hopeless romantic. He's just hopeless. She's afraid to let go. He won't let her. A story about a silly girl in love with a foolish boy. Here, forever is a lie...
  • Because of Ellison by M.S. Willis

    Because of Ellison by M.S. Willis

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When I was nineteen years old, I lived for sex, drugs and a good party. I had it all - good looks, a fast car and a hot girlfriend. Nothing in life was more important. That was, until I met Ellison James…. Since the moment I first saw her she was a raging bull; tackling me in the mud and throwing out insults as fast as her tongue could form the sound...
  • Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Branson Wellington? The name, my name, is usually followed by f*cking prick or self-serving bastard, and I can't say I haven't earned those titles. It's true. I'm not the good guy. I'm not the boy next door. I'm definitely not your Prince f*cking Charming. Not even close. And I never wanted to be. Until her. The day I pulled her from the wreckage was the day that my life changed...
  • Muscle Memory by Stylo Fantome

    Muscle Memory by Stylo Fantome

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Her lips, the way she feels, how she moves against me. Her voice when she laughs, her eyes when she cries. Her soul connected to mine, for better or for worse, for all eternity. I don't remember. A blank face. Unrecognizable. The darkness and impenetrable fog, day after day after day. Who am I? And for that matter, who is she? I can't remember...
  • Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Sometimes there is a single moment that changes your life forever.” Hadie Swinton is giving up on boys. After a disastrous relationship, she is convinced that all males are the same—arrogant, self-assured, and complete jerks. Lincoln Bracks is giving up on his old life. After moving to a new town to escape the problems plaguing him, he is set against ever getting close to anyone again...
  • Ambrosia by Erin Noelle

    Ambrosia by Erin Noelle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After coming to terms with the tragedy that rocked her world, Scarlett MacGregor has returned to try to pick up the pieces of the broken relationships that she left behind. Ash and Mason were left devastated and heartbroken following Scarlett’s sudden, unannounced departure. They are both ready and willing to forgive her and welcome her back into their lives with open arms...
  • The Stars Don't Lie by Boo Walker

    The Stars Don't Lie by Boo Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A man who thought he put his shattered past behind him embarks on a reflective journey home in a heartfelt novel by the bestselling author of The Singing Trees and A Spanish Sunrise.Haunted by a tragic decision he made twenty years ago, veterinarian Dr. Carver Livingston has not once returned to his Vermont hometown...
  • Before Now by Cheryl McIntyre

    Before Now by Cheryl McIntyre

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Park Reed is a bastard in every sense of the word. He hasn't always been this way. But after his heart was broken by the only girl he ever loved, being heartless gets him through the day and allows him to fill his nights with the nameless girls he has no intentions of seeing again. He now lives his life following his ever-growing list of “life lessons.”Lucy Braden is everything Park is not...
  • Stealing Harper by Molly McAdams

    Stealing Harper by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Chase Grayson has never been interested in having a relationship that lasts longer than it takes for him and his date to get dressed again. But then he stumbles into a gray-eyed girl whose innocence pours off her, and everything changes. From the minute Harper opens her mouth to let him know just how much he disgusts her, he's hooked...
  • Out of the Box Regifted by Jennifer Theriot

    Out of the Box Regifted by Jennifer Theriot

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00JJBPSZS.Betrayal, Lies, Loss, Hurt, Secrets....With a new beginning on the horizon for Olivia Petersen and Ash Harper, what could possibly stop them from finding their happy ever after? In the midst of joy, this blended family finds they have to trust in love and family bonds to get them through what is coming next...or self-destruct...
  • Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor

    Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Full Kin Series including an exclusive Novella, Renew Me. Following this family of cousins while they struggle through life and each find love...
  • Forgiven by Leigh Lennon

    Forgiven by Leigh Lennon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ClaraMy ex-husband kept a secret from me, when we were married. It was the worst betrayal. Now, after three years, of picking up my life, I've found a new man, one who had claimed my heart. He held the same secret, but in his honesty, I can move on with him, the only problem, I've never stopped loving my ex-husband.BodhiI lied to my wife for years, never being true to myself...
  • Undeniable: Dom & Gigi by Callie Harper

    Undeniable: Dom & Gigi by Callie Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Undeniable (Dom & Gigi) Dom’s the one she couldn’t have. Gigi’s the one he couldn’t forget. They haven’t seen each other for four years. He’s been serving in the Special Forces. She’s finished college. They’ve had time to move on. Neither one has. Now there’s a death threat. Her family’s business has pissed off a drug cartel. Her life’s in danger. They’re thrown together, on the run...
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