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  • The Letters: A Carnage Novella by Lesley Jones

    The Letters: A Carnage Novella by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This really was the perfect way to end this amazing series. The writing was beautiful and the letters... wow, each and every one left me speechless. The Hopeless Romantic Book Blog. It's raw, confronting and at times absolutely heart-shattering. On the flip side it's beautiful, heart-warming and downright sinfully delicious. It was everything we expected and more.......
  • Could Have Been Us by Corinne Michaels

    Could Have Been Us by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels returns to the Willow Creek Valley Series in this stunning friends-to-lovers romance STANDALONE. Stella Parkerson has hidden her feelings for Jack since she was sixteen. He’s older, broken, and unwilling to see her as anything but his best friend’s little sister...
  • Dismount by Lucia Franco

    Dismount by Lucia Franco

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Adrianna and Kova let caution fly for love despite the odds. Each lesson learned formed a new scar for them to bear. And now that her father knows their secret, the damage left behind is irreparable. They both must pay for their actions.Torn apart, Adrianna is forced to face the last challenge of her gymnastics career alone...
  • Only Ever You by Lisa Suzanne

    Only Ever You by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Torn between two brothers, Reese Brady must choose whether to live out her fantasies or opt for stability. She bears the load of her guilt to the point of exhaustion, excusing unsavory behavior as a form of self-punishment. Despite the temptation of one man, she commits to the other. When a family crisis strikes, Reese is forced into the arms of the wrong man...
  • Always by Nina Lane

    Always by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Without darkness, there can be no light. Dean has always been Liv's white knight. Not once has he retreated from battle. Not once has he failed to keep his wife safe. Not once has he broken his promise to slay monsters for her. Then Dean encounters a monster he can’t destroy. A monster he can’t even face...
  • Sensational by Janet Nissenson

    Sensational by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    THEY SAY YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST LOVE… Lauren McKinnon has always prided herself on never backing down from a challenge, living life to its fullest, and refusing to be ruled by her emotions. She is the quintessential wild child who became a bold, fearless woman, she doesn’t believe in regrets or second chances, and thinks that true love only happens in fairy tales...
  • The Story of Me by Lesley Jones

    The Story of Me by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When your world, your life and all of your hopes and dreams for the future are ripped out from under you, how do you go on? Death without dying is not only the most painful kind of death, it's also the most painful kind of life and I don't know if I'm strong enough to live it. I spend my lonely days and nights trying to make sense of what my life has become...
  • Shattered by Janet Nissenson

    Shattered by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The GhostAngela Del Carlo has been living half a life, ever since he walked out on her, shattering her entire existence and leaving her to cope with picking up the fragments. Nothing seems to matter much anymore, and her life is a drab existence of work, run, repeat. She’s forgotten how to laugh, how to love, and even how to live. Most days she’s little more than a ghost...
  • 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...
  • Found Underneath by K.L. Kreig

    Found Underneath by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It began as a ruse. Take a girlfriend. Divert the press from the fucked up mess that’s my family until my father is re-elected. Stage a public breakup. Move on. Only that brilliant plan went straight south the moment I set eyes on Willow Blackwell. I found her. My center. My future. A soul mate with the will of a mule and the mouth of a harpy...
  • Pulse by Gail McHugh

    Pulse by Gail McHugh

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    How do you keep existing when your heart is so splintered, so completely torn to shreds, your pulse is fading?You’re… broken. How do you move forward when every breath is nothing more than a constant ache? Living becomes an insidious reminder that you threw away the single largest part of yourself. Your… soul. No amount of distraction can pull you from the torture of losing your… life...
  • Missing Hart by Ella Fox

    Missing Hart by Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My life has been built on a mountain of secrets, lies and half truths. For a long time I wasn't able to let anyone get close to me. But then I met my Prince Charming. The man who saved me from myself, who showed me what true love was. If only I'd been honest. If only I'd been stronger. If only I could forget...
  • Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brie’s submissive journey has been marked with self-discovery, humor, and sexual exploration. To her delight, Brie is about to enjoy the best scene ever with Master, carrying her to heights never imagined. Friendships deepen, a challenge is accepted, and her film career is launched. But life is a balance..
  • Anchor by M. Mabie

    Anchor by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I believe in love at first sight. Now I know soulmates exist. Nothing has ever been easy for us. Every fight, every struggle, has been worth it. I’m stubborn, but what woman isn’t? She’s hard work and I love the overtime. He’s frustrating and unpredictable. I hope he never changes. I love driving her crazy. That’s half the fun. Lou’s sexy curls. Honeybee’s pink nose...
  • Destination Connelly by K.L. Kreig

    Destination Connelly by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Treachery. Destiny. Forgiveness. She’s the one woman he could never shake or forget. Nora Cantres was buried so fucking far inside Connelly he didn’t have breath left for anyone else. She’d managed to avoid him for more than a decade, but now the running stops. He’s made damn sure of it...
  • Ocean by Jo Raven

    Ocean by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet OCEAN, the newest of the Damage Control Boys, set in the world of the bestselling series Inked Brotherhood. *** Grab it at the low release promo price - price goes up next week!! *** This is New Adult Contemporary Romance. I thought I was a normal kid once. Do normal kids have to beg door to door for food? Not sure. It wasn’t always that bad, I guess—and then it was. Really fucking bad...
  • No Feelings Involved by Siobhan Davis

    No Feelings Involved by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can this skeptical player let down his guard long enough to let love into his life, or is this forbidden romance a train wreck in the making? Ryan James doesn’t believe in love. It’s a truth he learned early in life. A truth he carried with him into adulthood...
  • The Secret by Giana Darling

    The Secret by Giana Darling

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Is it possible to keep a life-changing secret from your family and friends when it is burning you alive from the inside out? One week. It didn’t seem possible that a person could change in one week yet after only seven days spent with the mysterious Frenchman in Los Cabos, Mexico, Giselle was moving to New York City a changed woman...
  • Allure by Nina Lane

    Allure by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After lies and betrayal almost destroyed us, Dean and I fought our way back to each other. But now another battle threatens our fragile reconciliation.Though Dean's protectiveness of me is more powerful than ever, he can't escape his seething jealousy over what I did with another man...
  • Bonus Kisses by Freya Barker

    Bonus Kisses by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Free-spirited black sheep, Taz Boran, has worked tirelessly as a nurse bringing efficient medical care to Africa for the past eight years. But when her sister Nicky is told she doesn't have long to live, she immediately flies home to small-town Eminence, Missouri. Unfortunately, taking care of Nicky means being around her husband, Rafe; the one man Taz could never forget...
  • Come Together by Jessica Hawkins

    Come Together by Jessica Hawkins

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Come Together is the third and final installment of The Cityscape Series. With a single decision, Olivia Germaine’s fantasy has become a reality. Now she is faced with two commitments: one she must make and one she must break...
  • Lake + Manning by Jessica Hawkins

    Lake + Manning by Jessica Hawkins

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The final book in the Something in the Way series, a love saga.Manning and I have what happily-ever-after is made of . . .A home he built us on the unshakeable foundation we fought for.A life of laughter carved out of heartache and betrayal.A love story to stand the test of time...
  • Awaken by Nina Lane

    Awaken by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He's gone. Thousands of miles away from each other, Dean and I fight to heal, reconcile, and reignite our hot, tender passion.Just as we're finding our intimacy and strength again, deceitful student Maggie Hamilton and her powerful father intensify their attack on Dean. And my own struggle to stand tall and be independent takes an unexpected hit...
  • Move the Stars by Jessica Hawkins

    Move the Stars by Jessica Hawkins

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The highly anticipated conclusion to the Something in the Way series, a forbidden love saga. Lake It was a hot summer day when I met him on the construction site next to my parents' house. If I’d known then what I do now, would I have kept on walking? Manning was older, darker, experienced—and I’d trusted him when he said the story would only ever be about us...
  • 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...
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    angst  drama  family  female-mc  multi-pov  sad  adult  book
  • ARRIVE by Nina Lane

    ARRIVE by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "You, me, and now three, beauty." This is a SHORT SPIRAL OF BLISS NOVELLA written in response to readers who asked for a story about the birth of Liv and Dean's son. While awaiting the arrival of their first child, Liv and Dean West tackle all the issues of a first-time pregnancy...
  • Adore by Nina Lane

    Adore by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ★ New edition!"Dean West is what my book husband dreams are made of." -Relentless RomanceLiv and Dean have always fallen together, but this time they might fall apart.❤️Liv and Dean have everything...almost. With a rambunctious toddler, crazy work schedules, and too many responsibilities, they've lost sight of their passionate, intense marriage. And Professor West is none too happy about that...
  • Satisfaction by K.M. Golland

    Satisfaction by K.M. Golland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    You can't start a fire without a spark ...My billionaire boss, Bryce Clark, wanted one week -- just the two of us -- to prove to me that our feelings for each other are real, to convince me that I love him just as much as he loves me...
  • Wicked Wish by Sawyer Bennett

    Wicked Wish by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jorinda Pearce thought she did everything right – graduated from college, married her long-time sweetheart, established a career. But what does she have to show for it now? A degree she doesn’t use, a job she hates, and an ex-husband that broke her heart. Looking for a long overdue adventure, Jorie takes a walk on the wild side and attends a masquerade event at The Wicked Horse Vegas...
  • 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...
  • For the Record by K.A. Linde

    For the Record by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With Congressman Brady Maxwell up for reelection and journalist Liz Dougherty about to graduate into a promising career, the ambitious couple’s future is brighter than ever. They share a passion for their work…and for each other. But when Brady holds a press conference to officially introduce Liz as his girlfriend, reporters hungry for a scandal bombard her...
  • 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...
  • Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Garrett “Hawk” Hawkins may be a bad boy in the rink but he doesn’t know what to do when he’s wrongly accused of on-ice misconduct. Given a five-game suspension by the NHL, he heads down to Mimosa Key to lay on the beach for a few days and get his head on straight—until he runs into a troubled beauty who happens to be the sister of his ex-teammate...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  secrets  angst  multi-pov  drama  alpha-mc  romance  sports
  • Rock Bottom by Kat Mizera

    Rock Bottom by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My family calls me Zeke. But the music industry refers to me as Big Z… and women everywhere know why.Being lead guitarist for the hottest band in the world should be enough. But it’s not. Nothing ever is. And I don’t know why.Money. Fame. Girls. I’m drowning in all three. But it’s the sweet, spunky college girl offering up her virginity in exchange for an interview that I can’t get out of my head...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Question by Zena Wynn

    The Question by Zena Wynn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you do for a friend? What sacrifice would you willingly make? This is the issue facing Gail Henderson when her best friend, Crystal Al Jabbar, asks her to be a surrogate for her and her husband Rashid, using Gail's own egg. Complicating the decision is Gail's recent loss of her husband and toddler son in a fatal car accident, two years earlier...
  • Consume by Jessica Prince

    Consume by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Killian Everett is condescending, egotistical, and a complete jerk. When I started as the new assistant for the famous rock band Civil Corruption, I thought I’d hit the career jackpot... but I was wrong. With his attitude, bad behavior, and stupid good looks, Killian has made my life a living hell since my very first day. We may fight constantly, but that doesn’t make me want him any less...
  • 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...
  • Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's living her dream... Kylie Ryans is the biggest thing to come out of Nashville since, well, since Trace Corbin. With a hit album and a powerful label behind her, she appears to be the girl who has it all. But appearances can be deceiving. Fresh out of rehab, Trace Corbin is ready to take on the world. Just not the girl he walked away from...
  • Untainted by Shanora Williams

    Untainted by Shanora Williams

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shanora Williams brings you the highly anticipated conclusion to the #1 bestselling taboo novel that had readers CRAVING for more. Dear Chloe Knight, I know you still think of me. You must because I am constantly thinking about you. I can't deny what I feel any longer-that you are, without a doubt, the love of my life...
  • Trashy Foreplay by Gemma James

    Trashy Foreplay by Gemma James

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Never flirt with temptation. Never lust after what I can’t have. And never, under any circumstances, screw a married man again. By the time this story is told, I’ll have failed at all three… With my heart and reputation in ruins, I can’t afford to make another mistake...
  • Chasing Us: A Second Chance Love Triangle by Kat T. Masen

    Chasing Us: A Second Chance Love Triangle by Kat T. Masen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I was never supposed to fall in love with a married man. My best friend’s brother. I’d made too many mistakes in my past. Like last night—when I married Lex Edwards impulsively. In a bid to finally find their happily ever after, Lex and Charlie find themselves on a journey of learning how to love again. They began a new future to move forward from a broken past, finally together at last...
  • Only Him by Melanie Harlow

    Only Him by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sometimes your first love deserves a second chance. He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first everything. But I’m not a lovesick teenager anymore, and I’d never let that cocky troublemaker break my heart again. So when he shows up out of the blue asking me to have dinner with him “for old time’s sake,” I say I will...
  • Arsen: A Broken Love Story by Mia Asher

    Arsen: A Broken Love Story by Mia Asher

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One glance was all it took…I'm a cheater.I'm a liar.My whole life is a mess.I love a man.No, I love two men…I think.One makes love to me. The other sets me on fire.One is my rock. The other is my kryptonite.I'm broken, lost, and disgusted with myself.But I can't stop. This is my story.My broken love story...
  • On the Record by K.A. Linde

    On the Record by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For political reporter Liz Dougherty, election day—a day of looking toward the future and saying goodbye to the past—seems like a fitting time to start a new relationship. But feelings for her former flame still linger...The sexy second book in bestselling author K.A. Linde’s Record series decides whether it’s better to pick up the pieces and move on...or to pick up right where you left off...
  • Pulled by A.F. Crowell

    Pulled by A.F. Crowell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ER nurse Leila Matthews can imagine no love more soul-searing than that she found with her friend, Jaxon Henderson—until the passionate return of Brody Davis, the father of her soon-to-be-born child. Sexy, emotional and intense, Pulled, can be read as a stand alone novel or as book two in the Torn series. NEW BEGINNINGS E.R...
  • You're Mine Tonight by Lucia Franco

    You're Mine Tonight by Lucia Franco

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a lover and a player, a Hollywood socialite with a reputation I strive to live up to. But when I meet Brody, my soul ignites with an ombré of colors. The tortured artist is a dangerous addiction, and the perfect companion to my party girl ways.Then I meet River at an audition to play his co-star. He’s a slow burn that soothes my reckless heart...
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