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Forever Hidden by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSome things weren't meant to stay hidden... Sydney Davies is used to being in the spotlight. But the former model turned fashion designer isn't used to family secrets. Sydney is sent to dig up the past. What she finds instead is Deacon and a case of a missing girl with a link back to her life in the fashion industry. Deacon McKnight is hardly ever surprised due to his work as an investigator... -
Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers. On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediately attracted... -
The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRecalling the brutal landscape of The Road and the wartime storytelling of A Farewell to Arms, The Orphanage is a searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine...Categorized as:
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Sexy/Dangerous by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWearing her shades, a black Stetson, and snakeskin cowboy boots, security agent Maxine "Max" Blake is the baddest thing walking. Ex-marine, ex-cop, and a whole lotta 'tude, Max doesn't have time for anything but her job. Her latest assignment: to protect Dr. Adam Gary. Her problem: he doesn't want her there. Adam wants to focus on his work, not to be distracted by this tall, sexy woman... -
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The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi, سعود السنعوسي
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsDaring and bold, The Bamboo Stalk takes an unflinching look at the universal struggles of identity, race, and class as they intersect between two disparate societies: Kuwait and the Philippines. Josephine comes to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid, where she meets Rashid, a spoiled but kind-hearted only son...Categorized as:
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The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPublished in Indonesia in 2005, "The Rainbow Troops," Andrea Hirata's closely autobiographical debut novel, sold more than five million copies, shattering records. Now it promises to captivate audiences around the globe.Ikal is a student at the poorest village school on the Indonesian island of Belitong, where graduating from sixth grade is considered a remarkable achievement...Categorized as:
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Surviving November: Stone Knights MC Book 7 by Megan Fall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJude has spent time in jail, he's labeled an outlaw and he hates it. The Stone Knight's desperately want him to prospect, but he feels his past mistakes will hurt the club. His life is boring and going nowhere until a pretty little klutz moves in next door.May is on the run. She witnessed a crime and is now hiding and trying to stay alive... -
Royal Games by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery girl dreams of falling in love with a prince.When I met Jeremy, I thought he was my prince.Caring. Compassionate. Sensitive.And, unfortunately for me... Not attracted to women.So here I am, thirty years old and divorced when most of my friends are just getting married. In desperate need of a restart, I set off on a road trip to learn how to love myself again... -
Defending Zoe: Stone Knights MC Book 9 by Megan Fall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDagger is known as the comedian of the Stone Knight's MC. When things get too tense, he steps in and lightens the mood. It's what he's good at. He plays the field, he lives life to the fullest, and he has a blast.Zoe has had a difficult life. Her parents died when she was young, and her sister has been lovingly raising her... -
Scarlet Lies: Book One in the Scarlet Series by Lani Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLies are beautiful – when the truth hurts. Sixteen years ago, Scarlet’s family sent her away in disgrace. She’s been back once – with disastrous consequences. Now, her little sister is getting married and Scarlet's headed home once more... -
Tougher in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Look out, world! There's a new cowboy in town."—Carolyn Brown, New York Times Bestselling Author for Tangled in Texas He's got five rulesAnd she's aiming to break them all Rodeo producer Cole Jacobs has his hands full running Jacobs Livestock... -
A Thousand Miles by Bridget Morrissey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a decade of silence, Dee and Ben reunite for a road trip they once promised to take. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Dee Matthews is the cohost of the smash-hit podcast Did I Forget To Tell You?, where she interviews family, friends, and past lovers. Nothing is off limits, except for one man (known on the show only as Name Redacted) who happens to be her high school best friend Ben... -
The Havoc of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings2007, KenyaLong held captive by her father’s shadow of corruption, Kavata has spent her life suffocated by political machinations. When her husband decides to run in the next election, these shadows threaten to consume her home. Unable to bear this darkness,Kavata plots to escape. As her family falls apart, so too does her country...Categorized as:
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That One Summer by C.J. Duggan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLoving Chris Henderson would be wrong. Diabolically disastrous. I mean, what is there about him to love? He’s moody, bossy, brooding, a control freak, and that’s on a good day … but there was one achingly obvious fact that haunted my every thought, every minute of every day … He sure could kiss... -
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A Perfect Cornish Summer by Phillipa Ashley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first in a gorgeous new series from the author of Summer at the Cornish Cafe. Summer is on the horizon, and the people of Porthmellow are eagerly awaiting the annual food festival. At least, most of them are… For Sam Lovell, organising the summer festival in her hometown is one of the highlights of her year... -
East of the West by Miroslav Penkov
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA brilliant debut from a rising talent praised by Salman Rushdie, among others.A grandson tries to buy the corpse of Lenin on eBay for his Communist grandfather. A failed wunderkind steals a golden cross from an orthodox church. A boy meets his cousin (the love of his life) once every five years in the waters of the river that divides their village into East and West...Categorized as:
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Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFour gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan’s centennialIntroducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story...Categorized as:
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Dream Maker by Stacey Lynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHooking up with my best friend’s little sister is one thing, getting drunk and marrying her in Vegas is another…My team just won the Stanley Cup. I should be out on the town celebrating. Instead, I’m nursing a broken heart, courtesy of my ex-wife.Next thing I know, I’m waking up with my teammate’s sister in my bed wearing a rock the size of the Grand Canyon on her finger... -
Mai Tai Marriage by Chris Keniston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMai Tai Marriage (book three in the contemporary romance Aloha series) What happens when just pretend becomes all too real? Lexie Hale is happily single and loving her life in Hawaii as a dive instructor and manager of the Big Island Dive shop. Lt. Commander James Borden thinks he's found the perfect navy wife for a man like him. That is, until his prospective bride goes AWOL... -
Buckeye and the Babe by Olivia Gaines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCabrina Roberts flew to Las Vegas to have a face to face conversation and get a possible lead on her friend, Aisha Miller’s disappearance. What she finds instead is Gabriel Neary, codename Buckeye, a CIA Agent that is too handsome for his own good. Add in two free tickets to a hypnotist show, a bottle of cheap champagne and the pair wakes up the next morning to find themselves married... -
Get in the Car, Jupiter by Fisher Amelie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWANTED FOR ARSON. CATFISHED AT SANTA'S. ROBBED AT THE FALLS. SHAKESPEARE OR DIE. DRIVER PICKS TUNES. I'm weird. This isn't news to me or anything. I have lived in a UFO my entire life. This wasn't a coincidence. My parents believe in extraterrestrial life. You know, phone home and all that crap, and they dragged my sister Mercury and I into their mess when they named us what they named us... -
Finally, Forever by Katie Kacvinsky, Katie Ray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAuthor's Note: Can be read as book three of the First Comes Love series, or as a standalone .College baseball player, Gray Thomas, had to go far out into left field to find a girl like Dylan, the ex-love-of-his-life. More than a year later, literally at a crossroads, they find each other together on a journey that is a pause between a painful past and an uncertain future... -
Two Like Me and You by Chad Alan Gibbs
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEdwin Green's ex-girlfriend is famous. We're talking cover-of-every-tabloid-in-the-grocery-store-line famous. She dumped Edwin one year ago on what he refers to as Black Saturday, and in hopes of winning her back, he's spent the last twelve months trying to become famous himself. It hasn't gone well...Categorized as:
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My Lemon Grove Summer by Jo Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'Rich, warm and sunny. A story that stays with you long after the last page is turned' Milly Johnson Could the lemon groves of Sicily be the perfect place to start over? The irresistible new novel from Jo Thomas, the author of Sunset Over the Cherry Orchard, will transport you to the island of mountains and sparkling blue seas. When life hands you lemons ..Categorized as:
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From Italy With Love by Jules Wake
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘To my niece I leave the Ferrari GT250… On the proviso that she takes it across Europe to Maranello within the next three weeks. Only on successful completion of the journey to a prescribed route, will the car be hers…’ Home-loving Laurie thinks she’s happy – she has a safe, reliable boyfriend and working in her local library is what she thought she always wanted... -
The Future's Not Ours To See by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCarmel is stuck. The future could be bright, but something is stopping her. Despite the promise of a bright future away from Ireland, Carmel Sheehan is drawn back to the miserable marriage she feels duty-bound to honour. But when she returns to her monosyllabic husband and his malicious sister, she begins to realize that she cannot endure them any longer...Categorized as:
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Momcom Vacation by Jenni Bara, Brittanee Nicole
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt was supposed to be the annual mom’s getaway to relax, recharge, and have fun.The women deserved it, obviously, but with my wife pregnant, I can’t help but meddle–just a little. It’s a good thing too because apparently every one of the moms needs me... -
Jenny Kissed Me! by Thomas Allen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Jenny finds an old letter in a shoebox, her mind is flooded with memories of a long forgotten love. She and Jonathan had secretly loved one another in high school, but never shared those feelings except for that one time in the library their senior year. Jenny had impetuously kissed Jonathan—a moment neither forgot. Four decades have passed...Categorized as:
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Open for Business (The Once in a Blue Moon Guesthouse) by Cressida McLaughlin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA warm welcome awaits…the charming new arrival from the No.1 bestselling author of The Canal Boat Cafe. Robin Brennan has come home to Campion Bay. Now her parents have retired, she’s set to become the new landlady of The Campion Bay Guesthouse.Bookings have been as thin as the hand towels, and it doesn’t take long for Robin to realise that the place needs a serious makeover... -
The Friendly Air by Elizabeth Cadell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung, beautiful Emma Challis should have been happy about her engagement to Gerald Delmont. After all, wasn't he a brilliant and sophisticated young man and wasn't his legal career one of the most promising in all of London? Everyone seemed to agree that Gerald was the perfect husband for Emma -- everyone but Lady Grantly... -
Everything's Better with Kimberly by Lucy Eden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKimberly Simmons is gorgeous, brilliant, and way out of my league. She’s definitely not the type to fall for a guy who walked away from his family's fortune to become an architect. Good thing, too, because she works for Wolfe Industries, making her completely off-limits... -
Because You Came Along by Ian Finn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Baytown Boys Single Dad Male/Male RomanceMy life goal is simple, and nearly complete: Get the f*ck out of Baytown.Then Colin's hot self has to come along and complicate everything.On my last day of work as a nurse at Baytown ER, a stranger runs in screaming at me, demanding that I treat his daughter for an allergic reaction... -
Test Drive by Samantha Chase
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWillow Andrew’s life is a hot mess.Coming from a family of successful professionals, the fact that at twenty-seven she still doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up doesn’t sit well. Desperate not to disappoint her grandmother, she invents a fake boyfriend so Gammy won’t worry so much. It seemed a victimless lie.. -
Sunshine & Whiskey by R.L. Griffin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes the best things in life come from the unexpected. So if you lower your expectations, then you’ll never be disappointed. Sound cheesy? It is, but it's also true. Clichés come from a grain of truth…like a man with a Porsche is compensating for something, or once a cheater always a cheater—you get the idea. Sorry, I digress. I'm supposed to be telling you what this book is about... -
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An Irish Heart by Jackie Zack
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Emerald Land - An Unknown Double Successful advertising manager, GRETA CONNER travels to Ireland to fulfill a last wish from her mother. After arriving in Ireland, she is drawn to a colorful village named Angel’s Hollow. When a dark-haired stranger approaches and calls her by another name, Greta is intrigued to discover she’s the image of AEDAN O’RIAIN’s ex-girlfriend... -
Professional Development by Kate Canterbary
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTara Treloff and Drew Larsen hate each other.They really hate each other.This would be fine except for the issue of them sharing a job title...and an office...and now a five-hour-long drive to a conference their boss has made mandatory to resolve their issues.And they would've been able to muddle through all of those matters but a major snowstorm is heading their way..Categorized as:
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An Unlasting Home: A Novel by Mai Al-Nakib
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"So fresh and unsettling that it will enchant you from the first page and linger for days after reading...Its epic family saga style echoes that of Hala Alyan’s Salt Houses and The Arsonists’ City , Ayad Akhtar’s Homeland Elegies , and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko...Categorized as:
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Crazy for You: Christmas in Starlight Hill by Heatherly Bell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe needs a break. She needs a date. What do a washed-up L.A. cop and a celebrity hair stylist have in common? Christmas magic. Fallon McQueen needs a date to a wedding.The pickings at the speed dating events she's attended are slim indeed, and it doesn't help that she has someone specific in mind... Then she meets...Santa Claus. Jack Cooper is tired of the big city...Categorized as:
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: A Christmas Short-Story Collection by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the always eventful worlds of Jodi Taylor, it's never Christmas without illegal expeditions, riotous misbehaviour and stories you just can't put down . . .This festive collection takes readers from Frogmorton Farm to Time Police HQ via the Institute of Historical Research at St Mary's in five (and a bit) short stories. A Bumper Bundle of Christmas tales all in print for the very first time...Categorized as:
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The Fear of Falling by Dana LeCheminant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens in Italy…follows you home.Avery was supposed to be married by now—not stuck working alongside her ex-fiancé, pretending their failed relationship never happened. So when a solo trip to Italy introduces her to a charming stranger with a devastating smile, a no-strings-attached fling feels like the perfect way to remember there’s more to life than work and heartbreak... -
Spud: Learning to Fly by John van de Ruit
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. In this third instalment, Spud, now 16 and growing up, takes on one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'...Categorized as:
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Driving Home for Christmas: steamy billionaire romance by Lexy Timms, Book Cover by Design
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author, Lexy Timms, shares a holiday romance that’ll warm the heart and having you wishing on love—or beating it with a stick! "Love brings up emotions that run the gamut from agony to ecstasy. Love can inspire us to accomplish some of the craziest and most amazing feats." Colin Murphy Is the CEO of Murphy Inc and is a workaholic... -
The Car Share by Zoe Brisby
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings***** 'I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Amazon reviewer***** 'Outrageously funny!' Amazon reviewer***** 'Extremely touching' Amazon reviewer***** 'An absolute delight' Netgalley reviewerThe PERFECT Christmas gift!A ninety-year-old woman with Alzheimer's and a heartbroken young man share a ride to Brussels that ends up changing their lives forever... -
The Beachside Sweet Shop: A Feel Good Romantic Comedy by Karen Clarke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChocolate fudge, butterscotch and raspberry bonbons… treat yourself to some sugary treats, a big slice of friendship and a sprinkling of romance at The Beachside Sweet Shop. When Marnie Appleton inherited a sweet shop from her grandfather she was determined to do his legacy proud... -
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Apricot Kisses by Claudia Winter, Maria Poglitsch Bauer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHanna has a foodie’s dream job: as a culinary journalist, she gets to travel across Europe to write up the Continent’s finest restaurants. But after penning a scathing review of a restaurant nestled in a Tuscan apricot grove, her boss informs her of a big problem: when the restaurant’s owner read the article, she keeled over dead from a heart attack... -
Not Fade Away by Jim Dodge
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeorge Gastin is a Bay Area tow-truck operator who wrecks cars as part of an insurance scam. One of the cars he is hired to demolish is a snow-white Cadillac that was supposed to be a present for the Big Bopper, who died in the Iowa plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. Gastin has a change of heart and takes off in the car, heading for Texas where the Bopper is buried...Categorized as:
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Wrong Turn by Samantha Chase
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChelsea Cooper thinks her best friend’s fiancé is the world’s biggest jerk.She’s never really been one to make waves, but when it comes to that guy, Chelsea’s willing to make an exception. There’s just no way she can let her best friend make the biggest mistake of her life by marrying him... -
Ewe Complete Me by Susannah Nix
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove defies logic when two polar opposites attract. Chloe and Brandon have nothing in common. She’s a spontaneous, people-loving fiber artist; he’s an uptight, introverted law student. The only thing they agree on during their blind date is that they hope to never see each other again.Except they do have something in common—Brandon’s mother Dawn, who happens to be Chloe’s boss and dear friend...Categorized as:
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Italy Can Bite Me by MéLisa Ryun
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNote To Don’t Fall For Your Tour Guide's "Rock Solid" Tower of Pisa.There are two types of planners and chaos-makers. I, Katie Crawford, am the former—color-coded, laminated, and ready for anything. So when my fiancé dumps me for being too Type A, I do the logical fly to Italy with my cougar aunt’s senior-swingers’-bus-tour to prove I can be spontaneous.The Loosen up. Be fun. Win my fiancé back...Categorized as:
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The Means That Make Us Strangers by Christine Kindberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHome is where your people are. But who are your people?Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia, where she and her family are the only white people she knows. Then her family moves to South Carolina, in 1964.Adelaide promises she'll return to Ethiopia and become part of the village for good...Categorized as:
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