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  • Taming a Maverick by C.M. Owens

    Taming a Maverick by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    SALEM Just some fun. Just one night of reckless, harmless, wild fun. That's what I told myself the night I hooked up with quite possibly the sexiest guy I've ever known. Only, I didn't want to KNOW him. Life is a series of temporary situations, or so it's always been for me...
  • 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...
  • Perfectly Toxic by C.M. Owens

    Perfectly Toxic by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    BELLA New life. New job. New home. New goals... I vowed to make drastic changes and to never fall back into old habits. But then Ethan Noles showed up and blew all my good intentions to hell. I should have stayed away. I shouldn't have played his game. But I did. Now I just hope I don't regret it. ETHAN Bella is the type of girl you can't help but chase, because she doesn't want to be caught...
  • Taming My Whiskey by Melissa Foster

    Taming My Whiskey by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Buckle up for a wild ride as Dixie Whiskey finds forever love in TAMING MY WHISKEY, a funny, sexy, and emotionally riveting standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster...
  • Identical Disaster by C.M. Owens

    Identical Disaster by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    JAX My life was simple... until Bo Brendon crashed into my lap. Shy girls aren't my thing, yet somehow, she's under my skin and in my head. It's a f*cking nightmare. Yet it's a nightmare I don't want to give up. BOLIVIA (BO) Jax Marshall was an accident. A really sexy, smart, incredibly smooth, hot... accident...
  • Logan by Jay McLean

    Logan by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    As a kid, Logan Preston was a brat. Through his teens, he became the bad boy. Now, at nineteen, no one knows what the hell to expect.High school dropout, Logan Preston is a good-for-nothing stoner. A black sheep. A disappointment. The worst Preston Punk of the lot.At least that’s how everyone in his small town makes him feel. But Logan Preston has secrets...
  • Until the End by Abbi Glines

    Until the End by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The backstory that fans have been clamoring for—how Rock and Trisha fell in love—is the final installment in the Sea Breeze series from New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines. And don’t miss the sizzling Epilogue, where Abbi wraps up all the Sea Breeze couples’ stories!Trisha Corbin always knew how to hide a bruise...
  • Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This ain’t no love triangle. This is people not knowing when to let fate do its thing. Brody Tannen has been the boss for way too long, putting everyone’s needs above his own. It’s the way his family farm stood while fate took shot after shot against them. But now he’s got a chance to figure things out for himself...
  • Always Someone's Monster by Lani Lynn Vale

    Always Someone's Monster by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A few years ago, when his sister went missing, Haggard Crow turned into something he never wanted to be. A killer.Even after his sister is rescued a year after she was kidnapped and sold, Haggard ‘Thief’ Crow doesn’t have any plans on changing. He sort of likes the zero fucks given guy that he is now...
  • That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Jillian Dodd

    That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Devaney Diamond’s summer break was shaping up to be the best one ever. Her longtime crush was finally interested in her, and by the time school rolled around in the fall, she knew he’d be her boyfriend...
  • What the Heart Learns by Jessica Gadziala

    What the Heart Learns by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Liam has always preferred spending his life inside books, only looking up to occasionally growl at customers in his shop. Until the day someone new comes to town. A woman who could keep up with him, someone who sees beyond his guards, who makes him want something decidedly non -fiction for a change. The only problem is, Riley has a secret. One that just might tear them apart...
  • Small Town Swoon by Melanie Harlow

    Small Town Swoon by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only in the movies does the Hollywood heartthrob fall for the small town diner waitress.So when Dashiel Buckley returns to Cherry Tree Harbor for a wedding, I’m determined not to let my massive crush on my best friend’s older brother hijack my good sense.(It happened once before. Do not recommend.)But when my hand is injured, it’s Dash who steps in at the diner...
  • Win Some, Lose Some by Shay Savage

    Win Some, Lose Some by Shay Savage

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For Matthew Rohan, every day is a struggle. Each task others complete without thinking is a challenge for him. Recently orphaned, he has to finish the last few months of high school and take care of his disabled sister on his own. When Mayra comes into his life, his comfortable routines implode...
  • Stay for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Stay for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes the final poignant love story in the Arrowood Brothers Series.Hollywood taught me everything I know about relationships—except how to be in one. As an actor, I became an expert at faking it. Faking that I wasn't affected by my childhood. Faking that I was okay. Faking that I knew how to save the day, the girl, the whole damn world...
  • Bad for You by Abbi Glines

    Bad for You by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Innocence was never meant for the addictive… Addiction was something Krit Corbin accepted as part of his nature a long time ago. He decided to embrace it and flip his finger at the rules. Women had always been the number one thing on his list of addictions. He couldn’t get enough. Being the lead singer in a rock band had only made access to his favorite addiction that much easier...
  • One More Chance by Abbi Glines

    One More Chance by Abbi Glines

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

    The Sterling Boys by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A love that never came to be, a letter that ruined it all, and secrets that shred and heal... Rain Noles left Sterling Shore to break free from the painful life she had, but she left behind the man she loved, expecting him to come after her. When he didn't, resentments festered, and Rain lost faith in the love she felt couldn't have been stronger...
  • Kade's Game by C.M. Owens

    Kade's Game by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    We never go after what we want without circling around it at least a hundred times. Instead, we play games, try to work just the right angle, even when it's not necessary. You've heard Raya's version, and now it's Kade's turn. He had everything mapped out. His life was a series of strategy and games, all of which he was mastering...
  • The Moth and the Flame by B.B. Reid

    The Moth and the Flame by B.B. Reid

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They're the best of friends or the worst of friends. Neither one is letting go.THE FLAMEHere lies Louchana Valentine. She was a homeless, orphaned virgin.I never cared what my gravestone would say until I landed in deep with a powerful gangster. Lucky for me, my best friend happens to be ruthless too. I should feel guilty that he's forced to turn on the man who's been a father to him...
  • Boomerangers by Heather M. Orgeron

    Boomerangers by Heather M. Orgeron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Boomerangers [boo-muh-rang-ers] noun, informal: an adult that moves back home to live with a parent after a period of independence. Spencer I love sex. I love the power, the intimacy, the euphoria it brings. Too bad I’m not having any . . . You’d think as New Orleans’ most renowned sex therapist that I’d be swimming in single men. In a way, I am . .
  • Cruise by Laramie Briscoe

    Cruise by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The kid is now a man, and he’s got something to prove….. Caleb “Cruise” Harrison “A Dad is a son’s first hero……” All my life I’ve looked up to my Dad, there’s nothing I ever wanted to do more than be a member of the Moonshine Task Force right next to him. I said no to playing football professionally to stay in Laurel Springs and fulfill my dream...
  • Kyland by Mia Sheridan

    Kyland by Mia Sheridan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dirt poor. Hillbilly. Backwoods hick. Mountain folk. Tenleigh Falyn struggles each day to survive in a small, poverty-stricken, coal mining town where she lives with her sister and mentally ill mother. Her dream of winning the college scholarship given to one student by the local coal company and escaping the harshness of her life, keeps her going...
  • When I'm with You by Harper Sloan, Shirl Rae

    When I'm with You by Harper Sloan, Shirl Rae

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Listening length: 8 hours, 39 minutes.Nate: It's nearly impossible to be surrounded by love but not understand it. My parents, my sister, and just about everyone around us has no trouble accepting that love. To give your trust to someone else and believe they would die before hurting you. I've witnessed it-I've seen the power of it-but I've also seen the pain...
  • Forbidden Miles by Claire Kingsley

    Forbidden Miles by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    “Either I was seeing things, or Cooper was stalking down the aisle toward us. In his underwear. Nope, I wasn’t seeing things. It was my nightmare come true.” Moving back to my family’s winery seemed like a good idea. I can save money, be closer to my family… But I forgot that when you’re the baby of the family—and your three older brothers are basically insane—life can get complicated...
  • While It Lasts by Abbi Glines

    While It Lasts by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Cage brings his playboy prowess to the countryside as the Sea Breeze hookups continue, from self-published phenomenon Abbi Glines.Low broke Cage’s heart by getting with Marcus in Because of Low. Cage went into a tailspin that ended in a DUI. In order to salvage his baseball scholarship—the one thing he truly valued besides Low—Cage must take a summer job. At a farm. Away from Sea Breeze...
  • My Kinda Song by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Song by Lacey Black

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

    Just for Now by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The day Preston Drake figured out that wealthy women paid well for a set of tight abs and a pretty face his life turned around.The run down rat-infested trailer he had shared with his alcoholic mother and three younger siblings was now only a place he visited to pay the bills and stock the pantry with food. He no longer worried about his family starving or living without electricity...
  • Sexy Beast: A Single Dad's Club Romance by Piper Rayne

    Sexy Beast: A Single Dad's Club Romance by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From a secret duo of USA Today Bestselling Authors, comes another COMPLETE STANDALONE in the Single Dads Club set of books. It’s time. Time to get a life. Time to start over. Time to move beyond the past. The guys in the Single Dads Club would tell you it was time years ago, but until recently, the risk of hurting my little girl outweighed the benefit of getting a piece of ass...
  • The Apple Tree by Jewel E. Ann

    The Apple Tree by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's a single dad starting over in a new town. She's a relentless flirt with a penchant for trouble, ten years younger than him, and the babysitter. What could go wrong?Eve has just graduated from high school, but she doesn’t know what’s next aside from working at the local motel, spying on Kyle, her neighbor, and stealing apples from his orchard...
  • Hold on Tight by Abbi Glines

    Hold on Tight by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Six years ago, Dewayne Falco's life changed. He lost someone he never expected to lose. Resigned to punish himself for something he felt he could have prevented, he goes through life without getting too close to anyone.What he didn't expect was for the girl across the street to move back home and remind him of what they both lost: Dewayne's younger brother Dustin...
  • When I Fall by J. Daniels

    When I Fall by J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author, J. Daniels, comes a sexy new STANDALONE novel. For the past nine years, I’ve kept my heart as far away from my dick as possible. Those two can’t be anywhere near each other. They don’t play nice, and one of them undoubtedly winds up getting hurt. Not my dick. My dick is good. The women I take home know exactly what they’re getting from me—sex...
  • Kiro's Emily by Abbi Glines

    Kiro's Emily by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The year is 1992, and no one on the rock music scene is hotter than Kiro Manning, the lead singer of Slacker Demon. With a multi-platinum record, total ownership of the Billboard charts, sold-out concerts, and sinful amounts of money, Kiro can have anything—and anyone—he wants...
  • Don't You Wanna Stay by Kait Nolan

    Don't You Wanna Stay by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Money Pit meets Fixer Upper in the next installment of the Men of the Misfit Inn series. After a lifetime spent trying to prove he's not a screw-up, contractor Wyatt Sullivan is ready to take his YouTube channel, DIWyatt, to the big time. But he needs more than the one-man flips that built his reputation...
  • Never Too Far by Abbi Glines

    Never Too Far by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling novel that continues the passionate story of Rush and Blaire from Fallen Too Far.Our relationship had been short. Intense and brief. I wondered what it would have felt like to curl up in Rush’s arms anytime I wanted. To know I was safe and that he loved me. We’d never had that chance...
  • Worth the Risk by K. Bromberg

    Worth the Risk by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg comes a new, sexy standalone about taking chances and finding love when it’s least expected. Or wanted.This whole contest was supposed to be easy. I know, I know. Famous last words.It’s a long story, but I messed up at work. Big time. To earn back the trust of my boss, I promised to save one of our magazines. Yep...
  • Just One Wish: A Kingston Family Novella by Carly Phillips

    Just One Wish: A Kingston Family Novella by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carly Phillips returns to her sexy Kingston-Dare world of rich billionaire heroes in her new Kingston Family series.**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do...
  • Torn by Carian Cole, קריאן קול

    Torn by Carian Cole, קריאן קול

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace I was going to marry him when I grew up. When I turned eighteen, I made it clear I still felt the same. The problem? He's fifteen years older than me, and he's my father's best friend.Toren Grace. My pseudo-uncle. He's always been my rock--the one I should never, ever want. But I do want him, and I love him. I always have.Tor's one of the good guys...
  • Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    To Whom it May Concern, It was easy to call us forbidden and harder to call us soulmates. Yet I believed we were both. Forbidden soulmates. When I arrived to Edgewood, Wisconsin I didn’t plan to find him. I didn't plan to stumble into Joe's bar and have Daniel's music stir up my emotions. I had no clue that his voice would make my hurts forget their own sorrow...
  • Silent Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Silent Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BraxtonOur senior year, I promised my girl forever. Forever, as it turned out, wasn't enough. She told me so in her actions. When she took a match to my life, burning it to ash. I headed to LA with my band—Raging Chaos—like we always planned, while Kaylee went to college, taking my damaged heart with her. This was where our story was supposed to end. Only six years later, our lives collide again...
  • Tangled by Laura Pavlov

    Tangled by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Forbidden bad boy. Best friend's little sister. An undeniable attraction. He's determined to push her away. She's determined to stay."Romantic and heartwarming! Tangled is five big stars! A top read for 2021!" Adriana Locke, USA Today Bestselling AuthorI’ve known Gray Baldwin my entire life.He’s an arrogant frat boy with a red Solo cup permanently attached to his hand...
  • Beneath His Stars by Amie Knight

    Beneath His Stars by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I met Adam Nova under the twinkling lights of a nighttime sky. He was hiding, but that gorgeous boy didn’t belong in the dark. Nevertheless it was where he lived; a different world than mine. I was Livingston Montgomery, Southern debutante. With the world at my fingertips, I was well on my way to being another spoiled socialite.   But I didn’t want money.   I didn’t want social status...
  • Take Me Home: A Small Town Rock Star Love Story by Carrie Elks

    Take Me Home: A Small Town Rock Star Love Story by Carrie Elks

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A grammy-winning rock star falls for a small-town girl in this all-new standalone romance from author Carrie Elks.Gray Hartson is coming home. After years of playing to sold-out stadiums around the world, the tattooed singer is determined to build bridges with his sick father and reconnect with the family he left behind.But then he meets her . .
  • Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

    Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Falling in love is easy. Falling out of love is the hardest thing in the world. And Elin and Ty Whitt are terrible at it. The first time the local basketball star smiled at Elin, she was a goner. It was just so damn easy to fall for the dark-haired hometown hero with his charming smile and strong, athletic build...
  • Release by Aly Martinez

    Release by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Aly Martinez comes an all new standalone. Growing up, Ramsey Stewart branded my soul in ways time could never heal. At twelve, he asked me to be his girlfriend. At thirteen, he gave me my first kiss. By sixteen, we’d fallen in love, planned a future together, and had our eyes set on the horizon. Love never fails, right? But for Ramsey, it did...
  • Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Landon Montgomery has suddenly found himself the lone bachelor in his group of friends. With a new career handed to him and a string of unsuccessful blind dates behind him, Landon is ready to search for love. A chance meeting and immediate attraction have him wondering if things are about to turn around or if he’s stuck in the single life forever...
  • Wright Kind of Love by K.A. Linde

    Wright Kind of Love by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The conclusion to the Wright duet age gap romance from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde.Chase Sinclair should be my enemy.Wrights and Sinclairs don’t mix. Not with years of history and turmoil between our families. A rivalry that only seems to fester and corrode with time.Except I’m done denying what I want.We both are.Just when we think we have it figured out, it all blows up in our faces...
  • Switch by Adriana Locke

    Switch by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Mallory Sims is late for her first day of work. After spilling her tea, she discovers she has no gas in her car. Add that her arm keeps sticking to her dress from syrup left on the console of her car, flustered feels like an understatement. Then she sees her new boss...
  • Matchmaking a Roommate by Angela Casella, Denise Grover Swank

    Matchmaking a Roommate by Angela Casella, Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s her next makeover project. She’s his next mistake.IvyI’m Ivy Anders, popular romance novelist and small-town success story. Or so they say. I tell myself I’m only back in my hometown because my father had a heart attack, but that’s not the full story.I can’t go home. And the longer I stay, the less I want to...
  • Bound by Bronx by Nichole Rose

    Bound by Bronx by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the sun sets in Silver Spoon Falls, things heat up at The Sterling Rope. The best girls can find everything their hearts desire within, including some of the town's filthiest billionaires. There are no rules. Only submission.Welcome to Silver Spoon After Dark. Your patronage will be our dirty little secret...
  • Lucas by Jay McLean

    Lucas by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In a sprint, every millisecond counts.  When you’re waiting for love, those milliseconds can feel like eons.  High school senior Lucas Preston has it all: star of the track team, a scholarship waiting for him, an apartment to himself and a revolving door of girlfriends...
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