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Reckless by S.C. Stephens
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCan 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...Categorized as:
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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 ratingsThis 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....... -
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Effortless by S.C. Stephens
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsAfter being caught in the middle of a love triangle that led to a devastating betrayal, Kiera pledged to learn from the mistakes she made. She was determined to never again inflict that kind of pain on anyone, especially the soulful, talented man who held her heart...Categorized as:
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Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter 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... -
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![Pulse by Gail McHugh]()
Pulse by Gail McHugh
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsHow 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...Categorized as:
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Havoc by Jamie Shaw
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Hailey Harper left her family farm to enroll in veterinary school, she had a plan: keep her head down, ace her classes, and most importantly… don’t upset the uncle paying her tuition. Translation? Don’t piss off his dramatic, self-absorbed daughter, Danica, even if she’s a nightmare to live with. Falling in love with her cousin’s rock star ex-boyfriend was definitely not part of the plan... -
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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... -
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A Little Like Destiny by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReserved and responsible Reese Brady refuses to miss her chance with bad boy rock star Mark Ashton. After one steamy night, she's convinced the emotional connection they shared was just a figment of her imagination. After all, he’s a womanizer whose affairs are highly publicized. Reese strives to leave that night behind her after a handsome business mogul asks her to dinner... -
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Breaking Free by L.L. Collins
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlexis Carson-Nichols has had what anyone would describe as an idyllic childhood. She has great parents, little brothers and sister that mean the world to her, and friends that are always there for her. As she graduates from high school and gets ready to go to college, she feels like she has the world at her fingertips. She can’t wait to experience life as a young adult... -
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Collide by Gail McHugh
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsHer mind tried to fight a bloody battle against what her body already knew. She wanted him, and she wanted him bad.On the heels of college graduation and the unexpected death of her mother, Emily Cooper moves to New York City to join her boyfriend for a fresh start...Categorized as:
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Lake + Manning by Jessica Hawkins
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe 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... -
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Move the Stars by Jessica Hawkins
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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Reeve by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA companion novel to Say I'm the One and Let Me Love You by USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis.Vivien Grace Mills has been the center of my universe since the second she entered this world.Every memory I hold precious includes her.She’s my biggest champion and the one person keeping me sane during some of the most testing times of my life...Categorized as:
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![Palm South University: Season 2 Box Set ) by Kandi Steiner]()
Palm South University: Season 2 Box Set ) by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDrama. Lies. Sex. Welcome to Palm South University. The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in South Florida. At a school where fraternities and sororities don’t exactly play by the rules, relationships are bound to be tested...Categorized as:
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![The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott]()
The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFate has a way of stepping in and righting itself when we least expect it. Maddison Powers has been regretting the biggest mistake of her life when she walked away from the only man who has ever sparked something deep inside her. After comparing every guy she dates to Cale Blackwood, she finally gives up all hope of ever finding him. One dare by Maddison throws Cale back into her life.. -
![Scorned by Pamela Ann]()
Scorned by Pamela Ann
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBrody was determined to win her heart again. Dimitris was hell-bent on getting her back. Will she choose one or none? Fiesty, vindictive and sharp-tongued, Lindsey Mason was always in love with her brother’s best friend, Brody. For years, she watched as he went through the women around her—but never her. When Lindsey started dating another guy, Brody suddenly started to notice her...Categorized as:
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![Long After by Cheryl McIntyre]()
Long After by Cheryl McIntyre
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor Annie Phillips, there is a right way to do things and everything has a place. College and her flawless GPA are top priority, as is planning her perfect future. Anything less than perfection is unacceptable. So when she meets Loden Guiles, she believes she has finally found her perfect happily-ever-after. Chase Malloy is funny, loyal, and an all around nice guy...Categorized as:
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![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...Categorized as:
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Evolve Series Box Set by S.E. Hall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFall in love with The Evolve Series by NYTimes & USA Today Bestselling author S.E... -
![Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer]()
Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe 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...Categorized as:
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![The Other Daughter by Janet Nissenson]()
The Other Daughter by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty-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... -
![Metamorphosis by Erin Noelle]()
Metamorphosis by Erin Noelle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsScarlett MacGregor has lived a very sheltered life courtesy of her over-the-top controlling parents. Having never been to a co-ed party, much less on a date, Scarlett has relied on her books, her music, and living vicariously through her best friend Evie to keep her sanity as she's patiently awaited her freedom from their rule... -
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Choosing Forever by Mia Kayla
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife is made up of choices. Single choices like bricks laid out in a path. A path that leads to your future. At twenty four years old, I would have never guessed I would be stuck between two men—two men from opposite spectrums of the universe. Their lives, their worlds, their demeanor is as different as the darkest of nights and the lightest of days. I love them both, but I have to choose...Categorized as:
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![The Question by Zena Wynn]()
The Question by Zena Wynn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat 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...Categorized as:
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![The Price of Mason by Linda Kage]()
The Price of Mason by Linda Kage
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI might’ve ruined any chance I ever had at a meaningful relationship when I decided to become a male prostitute at eighteen, but that was okay. I paid off my mom’s debt, the rent, my sister’s hospital bills. I put food on the table and kept eviction notices at bay. It was worth it... -
![Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23]()
Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNow 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... -
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Trashy Foreplay by Gemma James
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNever 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... -
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Ambrosia by Erin Noelle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter 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...Categorized as:
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![Before Now by Cheryl McIntyre]()
Before Now by Cheryl McIntyre
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPark 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... -
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Stealing Harper by Molly McAdams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsChase 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... -
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Fate by Sydney Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm used to getting what I want. I've always taken what I wanted. No apologies. No excuses. I know what it feels like to be betrayed, when someone else is calling all the shots. I've been down that road, and I'm not going there again. I've got my family, my friends, and the brotherhood. That's all I need. I believe in Fate. Everything happens for a reason...Categorized as:
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Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Full Kin Series including an exclusive Novella, Renew Me. Following this family of cousins while they struggle through life and each find love... -
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Lithium Tides: A Lithium Springs Novel by Carmel Rhodes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhose bed is this? That was Kensie’s first thought as she peeled her eyes open to find herself in an unfamiliar room. She noted the crumpled red dress, tiny black thong, and Louboutin heels in the corner. Whose arms are these? That was her second thought as the tattooed arms engulfing her tightened their grip. Her phone buzzed on the nightstand... -
![His Best Friend (A MFM Ménage) by Vivian Ward]()
His Best Friend (A MFM Ménage) by Vivian Ward
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFalling for him could ruin everything. We had everything, the kind of love that only exists in fairy tales. Our love was stronger than the homes my husband builds until the walls of our marriage began crumbling around us. Slowly, everything began slipping away. When the weight of everything came crashing down on me, Harley was there...Categorized as:
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![Ten Reasons to Stay ( (The Risky Hearts Duet) Book 1) by Candace Knoebel]()
Ten Reasons to Stay ( (The Risky Hearts Duet) Book 1) by Candace Knoebel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne day a week—Thursdays—my husband and I could do whatever or whomever we pleased. Protection was non-negotiable. And no matter what, we had to be home by midnight. Jack was the one who wanted an open marriage, but we were supposed to keep things simple. No strings. No commitments. It seemed so easy… until it wasn’t... -
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Ditching the Dream by Isabelle Peterson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeeling dead in her marriage, Elizabeth Fairchild ditches the dream of her seemingly perfect life with her husband in search of who she really is. She went from her parents' house to her husband's home and never really learned to stand on her own two feet. She decides to leave her comfortable life in Napa Valley in search of her inner fire in New York City... -
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Undescribable Box Set by Shantel Tessier
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings**ON SALE FOR .99 CENTS UNTIL JAN 19TH. REGULAR PRICE WILL BE 5.99** The Undescribable Box Set is three books in one. Undescribable, Unbearable and Uncontrollable. Burned by her past, Samantha begins to build a new life for herself. Focusing on her new friends and rebuilding her broken life, Samantha is content...Categorized as:
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![Ruined: A She Who Dares Standalone Novel by L.P. Lovell, Ellen Widom]()
Ruined: A She Who Dares Standalone Novel by L.P. Lovell, Ellen Widom
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRuined is book four in the She Who Dares series, but can be read as a standalone. Hugo I like to fuck. A lot. Anywhere, anyway, as long as I’m shooting my load in or on some pretty young thing I’m good. In fact, scrap that, they don’t even have to be pretty. What can I say? I’m an equal opportunities kind of guy... -
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Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings**SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE** Having my heart broken once was enough to make me give up on the idea of love all together. Instead of searching for The One I decided to embrace variety and turn by back on monogamy. I made a living convincing women they didn’t need a man to feel complete. And I totally rocked at it... -
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Twisted by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s always saved her. Now she’s going to return the favor... Gray Duffy never thought he’d end up as the co-lead guitarist of Oblivion, one of the hottest rock bands in the country. Even better? He's sharing the experience with his best friend, Jazz. Since the day she’d showed up as his family’s new foster kid, Gray has protected her. Loved her. And not just platonically either...Categorized as:
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Troublemaker by Deborah Bladon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTroublemaker, a new sexy friends to lovers standalone novel, from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Deborah Bladon. Adley York is everything I want in a best friend. She’s honest, kind and speaks her mind. The fact that she doesn’t care that I’m hot as hell and rich as sin makes her the perfect person to hang out with...Categorized as:
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Aria by Jennifer Hartmann
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen the lead singer of my rock band sets his sights on a pretty waitress, I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure she doesn’t get in the way of our dreams.Only, my plan unravels when she accidentally spills her darkest secrets to me one night, triggering a profound connection neither of us saw coming...Categorized as:
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Replace Me by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReplace Me is book 2 in the ongoing KIN series. To get the best enjoyment, and be able to follow the storyline and characters, please read book 1, Repair Me, prior to reading this book. Lacey Travis has wanted Shayne Hutchinson since she was 15, when they first met at the beach and she was just a blip on his radar. As adults, they finally begin dating... -
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Craving Lily by Nicole Jacquelyn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI grew up hearing about my parents’ love story. How he’d fought for her when she’d refused to fight for herself. The way she’d fought for him when she’d feared that all was lost. I wanted that. But for some reason, I’d always imagined that my love story would be different. That it would be easy. It wasn’t. No, our story was intense, and convoluted, and frustrating. But it was ours... -
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![Who We Are by S.Q. Williams, Christian Fox]()
Who We Are by S.Q. Williams, Christian Fox
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEight months.That’s how long it’s been since Eliza last saw Gage and they both feel as if they don’t deserve one another’s forgiveness. He screwed up. She walked away without looking back. They’ll try and make up all the time they’ve lost with one another, that is until they’re facing the choices of either going their separate ways, or hanging on and fighting for dear life...Categorized as:
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Riot by Jamie Shaw
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Dee Dawson meets sexy mohawked guitarist Joel Gibbon, she knows it won't be long before she has him wrapped around her finger. No guy has ever been able to resist her … but Dee's met her match in a player like Joel.Dee's not the relationship type—not after seeing the pain "love" has caused her friends and family—yet she's desperate to make Joel want her more than anyone else...Categorized as:
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Avoiding Responsibility by K.A. Linde
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLexi has finally given up her once destructive relationships and moved onto bigger and better things with a sexy new man in town. Just when she is starting to figure it out with him, her world is tilted once again with a phone call from none other than Ramsey Bridges... -
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Sweet Alibi by Adriane Leigh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Adriane Leigh comes a passionate contemporary romance about giving in to desire so sharp and sweet it threatens to consume... Georgia Montgomery is desperate for an escape from the life she’s been leading. The perfect job, the perfect apartment, the perfect boyfriend—all are on the cusp of driving her over the edge... -
![Bound by Stephie Walls]()
Bound by Stephie Walls
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI want to prove my worth, show them what I have. I may be flawed; we all are. But I'm smart, driven, and ready to take on the world. No one needs to know the rest. I wasn't counting on him, couldn't imagine someone like him coming into my life. The blue eyes, the chiseled body, the man I can't resist. Truthfully, I have no plans of ever resisting him... -
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Breathing You In by S. Moose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTragedy brings them together. Life may tear them apart. Two years after losing my wife and unborn child, I’m at rock bottom. I blanket my life with addictions to ease the pain. Until life takes me on a detour, guiding me for a path I never expected...
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