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  • Only One Forever by Natasha Madison

    Only One Forever by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From The Something So Series and the This Is series comes Only One Forever.DylanMy dreams came true when I was adopted at ten.I was the best on the ice. Living the life of what every kid dreams of.We’ve been best friends since then. Even when she was the annoying little sister following us around.I would do anything for her.It is another family vacation; except this time it feels different...
  • F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade

    F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What’s a woman supposed to do after watching her cheating ex's wedding implode?Apparently, the answer is get fired.And evicted.And move to another state to start over as an independent woman who would rather stick her tit in a beehive than get into another relationship.It’s fine. Really.The only thing messing with my new, badass single girl life is an encounter with my childhood crush...
  • Grip Trilogy Box Set by Kennedy Ryan

    Grip Trilogy Box Set by Kennedy Ryan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Grip Trilogy charts the course of rising star Marlon "Grip" James and his manager Bristol Gray. From the beginning, attraction ignites between the struggling musician and his best friend's ambitious sister. It starts with a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel when they're young, combusts into a tumultuous love affair, and matures into an epic love that defies each odd and defeats every obstacle...
  • Pause by CJustMe, C.J. Adler

    Pause by CJustMe, C.J. Adler

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aqueela, a dreamer and comedian at heart, has just one joyous vision - to transform lives through the mere power of friendship, friendships so solid that they last a lifetime. However, Jay, pessimistic by nature, is convinced that friends are overrated, and that Aqueela is nothing short of a whackjob with an idealistic perspective on the world. It would seem that he wants nothing to do with her...
  • Wildcard by Emilia Finn

    Wildcard by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Ben Conner. I’m a pro fighter, the son of a murderous wifebeater, overprotective big brother, and Evelyn Kincaid’s best friend. I’ve known Evie since we were kids. I loathed her on first sight, and picked on her as often as she picked on me, but somewhere around my fifteenth birthday, my dislike was replaced with something else. It was foreign and new, potent and exciting...
  • Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bayside Heat is a USA Today BestsellerFall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone steamy romance novels featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, deeply emotional, always passionate, and easy to relate to. In BAYSIDE HEAT..
  • The Plus One by Mazey Eddings

    The Plus One by Mazey Eddings

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some facts are indisputable. The sun rises in the east, sets in the west. Gravity exits. Indira doesn’t like Jude. Jude doesn’t like Indira. But what happens when these childhood enemies find the only thing they can rely on is each other?On paper, Indira has everything together. An amazing job, a boyfriend, and a car...
  • Cluelessly Yours by Max Monroe

    Cluelessly Yours by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The bad news? Getting hit by a cab can officially get crossed off my bucket list.The worse news? While I’ve woken up from my coma, the man I’m in love with hasn’t stirred from his. And the most terrible news of all? A pregnant woman is at his bedside, holding his hand, and saying that he’s the father of her baby. Sammy Baker is a divorced, single mom trying to find her way again...
  • That Day by Karen Deen

    That Day by Karen Deen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A day, like no other.They happen once in a lifetime, they say.So why am I 'lucky' enough to have more than one? Here I am living life, minding my own business.Until the man I'd been fantasizing over for a year.Ends up in my bed. The sensual words he whispers late at night.His touch on my skin, ignites my inner vixen.Making me want things I've only ever written in words...
  • The Plus Ones by Kayley Loring

    The Plus Ones by Kayley Loring

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love changes people. I’m the first to admit that I, Keaton Bridges, used to be an immature, entitled ass. Okay, maybe I’m the second to admit it—after Roxy Carter. That loudmouth. But I’ve seen what true love has done for my friends, and I want it for myself. Somehow, I’m the only single guy left. Somehow, she’s the only single girl...
  • MANFAX by Jacob Chance

    MANFAX by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Manfax: A detailed report containing information about a potential boyfriend/girlfriend’s romantic history.What is it about this bad boy that has women clamoring to date him?Adam Winters is like an ice-cold drink of water on a scorching day—he goes down like a champ.Tall, built, and handy, he’s irresistible and he knows it...
  • Incorrigible by S.M. Shade

    Incorrigible by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What have I done?Everything was going so well. I have a job that I adore and I just earned my degree in library science.I also have the best friends a girl could want, who weren't about to let my graduation pass without a celebration.It's not their fault. They couldn't have guessed how it would turn out...
  • Mess With Me by Kylie Gilmore

    Mess With Me by Kylie Gilmore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ally Bloom attends her college reunion on a mission—a second chance with her first love. Turns out he’s single and…not interested. Their love is doomed! But when Ethan Case, the sexy cop friend of a friend, finds her crying in her spiked punch, he invites her for coffee with his date...
  • Riptide by Kathryn Nolan

    Riptide by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Dacosta never expected to find a protester in front of her office.Especially not now, when she’s this close to achieving a professional milestone years in the making: building a luxury hotel on Playa Vieja, San Diego’s untouched beach paradise.Finn Travis, local surfer and all-around nice guy, never expected to find himself the leader of Playa Vieja’s resistance...
  • Show Stopper: A First Responder Romantic Comedy by B.J. Harvey

    Show Stopper: A First Responder Romantic Comedy by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The first time they meet it’s by chance.The second is surely a coincidence.The third...it’s either destiny or he’s a stalker.Renee Hamilton has a thing against men in uniform. In her experience, they play hard, lie harder. Marco Rossi has a thing for feisty brunette women with a backbone and a smart mouth, especially one in particular who's playing hard to get...
  • Shopping for a Highlander by Julia Kent

    Shopping for a Highlander by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a professional chickenblocker.Except “chicken” is a euphemism.I get paid to follow a womanizing troglodyte who thinks rules are for other people and that my pants are the next pair he’s getting into.Dream on.Bet your first professional job didn’t involve babysitting an extremely hot, muscle-bound Scottish Highlander with an ego the size of a kilt and a libido bigger than his…well…Chicken...
  • Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella

    Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was the bad boy no one trustedBailey’s burned out and not sure what leads her back to Ryker Falls, but has a feeling it’s got something to do with closure. Bad boy Joe Trainer was once her soulmate, but she isn’t sure she has a soul anymore. Finding he’s made something of his life is a shock, as he’d been on a one-way trip to hell when she left...
  • Dating-ish by Penny Reid

    Dating-ish by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There are three things you need to know about Marie Harris:1) She’s fed up with online dating, 2) She’s so fed up, she’s willing to forego the annoyance and consider more creative alternatives, and 3) She knows how to knit. After the most bizarre first date in the history of dating, Marie is looking for an alternative to men...
  • Unrequited by Julia Wolf

    Unrequited by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My proper southern belle mama might disagree, but I say I was born to be a rebel. From the second I got my hands on a pair of drumsticks, my future was sealed. I never fit in anyway, not with my rocker soul and curves that never take a day off.But what’s a drummer without a band? Oh, that’s right. A cocktail waitress...
  • Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A sexy, standalone best-friends-to-lovers romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely! It's so easy being best friends with a gorgeous, talented, charming guy. Said no woman ever. Except me. My friendship with Miller is a sure thing — he’s my plus one, my emergency contact, and my shoulder to lean on...
  • Falling for my Brother's Best Friend by Piper Rayne

    Falling for my Brother's Best Friend by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Let’s say you’re an independent, self-sufficient woman who runs the family company and you find yourself falling for your little brother’s best friend. Now, more than ever, you need to count all the reasons why you need to abandon falling.Abandon Falling #1 – He’s a womanizer. Hasn’t had a serious relationship a day in his life and changes women more often than he changes his sheets...
  • Off Camera by Chelsea Curto

    Off Camera by Chelsea Curto

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Avery Sinclair is good at her job as the social media manager for the Baltimore Thunderhawks. She’s one of the best in the NFL, in fact. The only thing stopping her from being the account of the year? The DC Titans, run by the mystery man she’s been feuding with for years.Reid Duncan isn’t the world’s biggest sports fan, but he loves his job...
  • Hold Me Today by Maria Luis

    Hold Me Today by Maria Luis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Rock bottom has never felt so good. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I bargain with the enemy and score a renovation for my hair salon. The enemy? Nick Stamos, my best friend’s older brother. He’s got a body and face the Greek gods would envy but his personality needs a major overhaul. He’s surly. A rule-follower...
  • Captivated by Scarlett Avery

    Captivated by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Sexy Alpha Billionaire Casanova. A sassy bombshell Southern Belle. A proposal that’s way too hot to handle. ***The Hero is the lead in this sizzling romance, but you get the POV from both characters.*** It’s funny how history has a way of repeating itself...
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    epic  female-mc  steamy  urban  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Seduced by Scarlett Avery

    Seduced by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Sexy Alpha Billionaire Casanova. A sassy bombshell Southern Belle. A proposal that’s way too hot to handle. ***The Hero is the lead in this sizzling romance, but you get the POV from both characters.*** Just when Hunter and Miranda are finally starting to explore the many layers of their sizzling hot romance, Hunter’s past comes between them...
    Categorized as:
    epic  female-mc  steamy  urban  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Twisted Love: A Fake Relationship Romance by Piper Lawson

    Twisted Love: A Fake Relationship Romance by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When your rich, handsome best friend asks you to be his fake girlfriend… Say no. One of the wealthiest self-made men in New York needs a woman to help secure his spot at the helm of his venture firm. Problem is, Ben doesn’t want any girlfriend... He wants me. It will never work. First, we’d have to lie to our families and our friends. Second, I have my own problems in the boardroom...
  • Boys, Toys - Oh My! Volume 1 by A.M. Willard

    Boys, Toys - Oh My! Volume 1 by A.M. Willard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Warning this could cause strange looks for the laugh out loud moments... It could cause you to pee your pants... Most of all... It could cause you to escape from a long day.* Charlie Evans is the kind of woman who turns crimson red when she hears the word penis, so just imagine what happens when she has to say it to a crowd of strangers...
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    epic  female-mc  friendship  humor  steamy  adult  anthologies  comedy
  • Formal Arrangement by Kylie Gilmore

    Formal Arrangement by Kylie Gilmore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lauren Bishop has her whole summer planned out—working as a nanny for a desperate single dad and finding the elusive Mr. Right. She even signed up for the local matchmaking guru’s Make Love Bloom (TM) service, end of summer guarantee! But somehow her plans got derailed because now she finds herself longing for her emotionally unavailable employer...
  • Take Me Down by Avery Kingston

    Take Me Down by Avery Kingston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kennedy Hello, my name is Kennedy, and I’m an addict. Pills, booze—you name it, I tried it. I wasn’t exactly particular about it. Now, I’m two years sober, in a new country, and looking for a fresh start.But my noisy, upstairs neighbor is testing the limits of my sobriety. He’s either watching an adult film marathon, harboring a hooker, or performing an exorcism in his flat...
  • The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne

    The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    As Lauren Layne’s salacious Sex, Love & Stiletto series returns, a jaded columnist discovers a steamy way to get over an old flame: falling for him all over again.   As Stiletto magazine’s authority on all things breakup-and-heartache, Emma Sinclair writes from personal experience. Five years ago, Emma was Charlotte, North Carolina’s darling debutante and a blushing bride-to-be...
  • Good to Be Bad by Lili Valente, Lauren Blakely

    Good to Be Bad by Lili Valente, Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was only supposed to be one time.But that red-hot one night stand from the party?The sexy man in the suit who gave me more Os in a few hours than I've had in a year?Turns out my charming British stranger is keeping a little secret.He's as much of a whiz in the kitchen as he is in the bedroom and soon we'll be going head-to-head in NYC's biggest bake off.My one-time lover is now my enemy...
  • Entwined by Lacey Black

    Entwined by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sidney 10 years. 3,650 days. 87,600 hours. That’s how long it has been since I saw my best friend. But who’s counting? Walking away from Luke Thomas was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but the choice was out of my hands. I left Las Vegas a seventeen-year-old girl, afraid and alone, and returned about the same. I was forced into a situation I didn’t want to be in. Until that day...
  • The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight

    The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I’m in love with you.” How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? “I’m in love with you.” How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her off… without losing her. I couldn’t lose her...
  • Every Time I Fall by Lexi Ryan

    Every Time I Fall by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan brings you Every Time I Fall, a sexy standalone romance about a woman learning to love herself and the guy who’s loved her all along.He’s my brother’s best friend.The hot guy with the heart of gold I’ve never let myself want.Guys like Dean don’t go for girls like me.Curvy. Thick. A big girl...
  • Dirty Words by Tara Crescent

    Dirty Words by Tara Crescent

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you’re going to write dirty stories about your neighbors, don’t give them tiny c*cks. A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers. Love thy neighbors? No way. Never going to happen. Ethan Burke and Lars Johansen are chiseled male perfection, with their cocky smiles, bulging biceps and washboard abs. They're also rich, arrogant jerks. Ugh...
  • Through the Lens by K.K. Allen

    Through the Lens by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "He thought I was his muse. Turned out, he was mine too."Maggie Stevens is done feeling objectified.After spending her entire life in the spotlight and climbing the high fashion ranks as a model in LA, she’s willing to leave it all behind for a fresh start. Moving to Seattle seems like the perfect solution.A clean slate.New adventures.Endless opportunities.All is going according to plan...
  • My Best Friend's Brother by Alexis Winter

    My Best Friend's Brother by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's no secret I’ve always had a crush on Damon Strickland. My best friend’s older brother and the center of every single one of my fantasies. He’s a walking, talking temptation. That cocky grin and those broad, athletic shoulders. You know what they say about a man with big hands right? Growing up, we always tormented one another. I was the nagging, annoying little girl he hated...
  • Sex and Other Shiny Objects by Lauren Blakely

    Sex and Other Shiny Objects by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The second the test-the-sexy-scenes offer landed in my lap, I said yes. After all, I've been damn curious about a few things I've read in romance novels...
  • Simply Irresistible by Deborah Cooke

    Simply Irresistible by Deborah Cooke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tyler has had enough... Going to his fourth sister's wedding without a date will only encourage his female relations to "help" him find romance. Ty's ready to wait for Ms. Right, and doesn't want anyone meddling in his love life. When he learns that the quiet cute woman who works in his building has the same predicament, he's sure they can each provide a solution for the other...
  • For Better or Worse by Lauren Layne

    For Better or Worse by Lauren Layne

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Will a budding wedding planner and her bad boy neighbor stop banging heads and start hearing wedding bells in the sexy second novel in USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren Layne’s irresistible new series that marries Sex and the City with The Wedding Planner ? When small-town girl Heather Fowler finally gets promoted from assistant to actual wedding planner, she’s determined to make it...
  • Revelation by Rebecca Lynn

    Revelation by Rebecca Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Revelation, the third book in the Iris series by Rebecca Lynn, is a standalone novel filled with humor, friendship, romance and steamy erotica. Release introduced you to Ryann and Jeremy and Redemption continued the adventure of this circle of friends with Ayanna and Jonathan...
  • Riff by Julie Kriss

    Riff by Julie Kriss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I confess: I hooked up with the Road Kings’ bassist after a show thirteen years ago. It was supposed to be just one night - then I’d never see Neal Watts again.But life likes to throw curveballs, and we ended up with a daughter. We could do this, right? We could stay friends for our daughter’s sake, even though we weren’t a couple.Thirteen years of friendship...
  • Big Love in Small Places by Theresa Paolo

    Big Love in Small Places by Theresa Paolo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Get cozy in your favorite spot and visit each of Theresa Paolo's small towns where love, laughter and happily ever afters are guaranteed...
  • Neighbors With Benefits by Isabel Jordan

    Neighbors With Benefits by Isabel Jordan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The enemy of the HOA is her friend…and maybe much, much more…Ridley Lennox is not having a good day.Her high school nemesis becoming president of the Homeowner’s Association and trying to ruin her life is bad enough. But when Satan himself moves in next door, everything really starts circling the drain.Finn Doyle is a menace...
  • Long Way Home by Melissa Grace

    Long Way Home by Melissa Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jo Kingsley is having a really bad day, and nothing is going according to plan. After her life goes up in flames—literally—she returns home to Nashville to figure out her next move. Soon after she arrives, Jo finds herself alone in a bar licking her wounds when a knight in a shining leather jacket unexpectedly comes to her rescue...
  • Sausage King: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy by Tara Crescent

    Sausage King: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy by Tara Crescent

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seriously, who calls themselves the Sausage King? Julian King is a jerk. I had one smokin’ hot night with him. I don’t care how good his hot dog feels in my bun - I’m done. If I had it my way, I’d never see him again. Unfortunately, that’s not an option. See, the town of Madison has come up with a ridiculous idea to decide on who’s going to win a five-year catering contract...
  • The Contract by Alexia Chase

    The Contract by Alexia Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a football player win on and off the field?JennaMy brother's best friend. He was my first love.... and my first heartbreak.After my high school graduation, his pickup was our Hilton. Everything was perfect…. or so I thought. Until the prick told his friends that I was a lousy lay.He can go screw himself.TonyI’m the guy who had it all…. for one night. And then I lost her with no explanation...
  • Workin' On You by Claire Hastings

    Workin' On You by Claire Hastings

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Small Town, Friends to Lovers RomanceEveryone has secrets.Mine? I’ve loved Sylvie Forde since we were eight years old. Not that she has any idea.Being stuck in the friend zone with her is better than nothing at all. Love from afar is all I’ve ever been able to muster up the courage for, even though I want so much more. I finally get my chance when Sylvie asks for my help...
  • Rogue Prince by Kylie Gilmore

    Rogue Prince by Kylie Gilmore

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dylan I’m the crown prince of Villroy, but instead of taking the king’s throne like I should have, my father got us all exiled. I’d complain, but he had good reason. Now our once royal family lives in Brooklyn, and I’m about to inherit a new kingdom: my uncle’s construction business. It’s an opportunity to build my real estate empire and make something of myself...
  • Look With Your Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Look With Your Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When small town enemies are forced to face each other in shared quarters, they just might find there is more than meets the eye between them.Ethan Scott lost his job. As top chef to an elite resort, he heated the kitchen with more than just the stove ... and got caught. A blow to his ego in more ways than one, he’s forced to move back to his hometown when a position for a personal chef opens...
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