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  • Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rytsar Durov should be dead.But in the BDSM world, loyalties run as deep as kinky passions. Sir Thane Davis is determined to save his Russian brother, but must call on his friends at the Center to execute the plan.Clinging to hope, Brie trusts she will see Rytsar again...
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    epic  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Just an Illusion - EP: EP by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Just an Illusion - EP: EP by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just an Illusion - EP is the third book in The Illusion Series. You will need to read the previous books Just an Illusion - Side A and Just an Illusion - The B Side in order to follow along. Lives are turned upside down … Everything was perfect before life came to a screeching halt. When devastating loss flips Amelia’s world on its axis, she loses her spirit...
  • The Last Piece of His Heart by Emma Scott

    The Last Piece of His Heart by Emma Scott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    At Santa Cruz Central High School, they called them the misfits, the outcasts, the weirdos. But most of us knew them as the Lost Boys... Ronan Wentz has been to hell and back, and he carries the scars to prove it. Worse, the blood of a monster runs through his veins. After ten years in foster care, eighteen-year-old Ronan is finally reunited with family...
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    angst  drama  epic  family  male-mc  religion  sad  second-chances
  • Sanibel Dreams by Hope Holloway

    Sanibel Dreams by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When 53-year-old Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she’s uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. Then her estranged father’s widow contacts her and asks her to come to Sanibel Island to help settle his affairs...
  • In Sir's Arms by Red Phoenix

    In Sir's Arms by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man in love is unstoppable. Sir Thane Davis is a fighter and has survived countless tragedies. Now he must deal head-on with Lilly to protect the woman he loves and the baby she carries. He is relentless, wanting to end this threat once and for all. But unseen forces are at play which will challenge the Master...
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    epic  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Christmas on the Island by Maggie Miller

    Christmas on the Island by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five former sorority sisters, all in their 50's, undertake the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious invite reunites them at an exclusive resort set on a private island...
  • Under His Protection by Red Phoenix

    Under His Protection by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Misunderstood Hero Faelan is a passionate Master with a hidden past that holds him hostage. Having his heart recently broken, he accepts the challenge of keeping Brie safe and vows to protect her by Any. Means. Necessary. But when a curvy little sub catches his eye at the Haven, he is forced to choose loyalty over love...
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    epic  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann

    For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jewel E. Ann comes a novel so heartfelt and real it redefines the meaning of love. I’m the wrong guy in the right place the night I steal Tatum Bradshaw from another man. When she mistakes me for her blind date, I decide she deserves a man who shows up on time … like me. Emmett Riley, Mr. Punctual...
  • Bittersweet Melody by Kate Stewart

    Bittersweet Melody by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The vows are just the beginning…For Natalie, being the wife to the most sought-after rock star on the planet has its privileges, but in the last year, she’s been put through the wringer as far as the pitfalls...
  • Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together...
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    angst  epic  family  second-chances  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Gift At Sugar Sand Inn by Leigh Duncan

    The Gift At Sugar Sand Inn by Leigh Duncan

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with Michelle Robinson and her best friends for a second chance at all life has to offer.At forty-five, Michelle has a great life. A husband who loves her. Two children on the fast track to success. A beautiful home in the rolling hills of Virginia. And three of the best friends a girl could ever want...
  • Curl It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Curl It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A failed marriage and single parenthood are enough to bring the strongest woman down, but Jolie Donovan refuses to let the choices she made when she was younger define her life...
  • A Forever Family by Sandi Lynn

    A Forever Family by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the New York Times, USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Series, the Black family has returned. It all started one night when a selfless woman helped a drunken stranger get home safely from a club. Little did they both know that after that one night, their lives would change forever...
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    drama  epic  family  religion  spirituality  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Gulf Coast Wedding by Maggie Miller

    Gulf Coast Wedding by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Escape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness.There’s a wedding on the horizon and Georgia Carpenter couldn’t be happier. But that doesn’t mean she’s lost sight of everything that still needs to be done to get the Sea Glass Inn ready for opening...
  • Just an Illusion - The B Side: The B Side by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Just an Illusion - The B Side: The B Side by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just an Illusion - The B Side, is the second book in The Illusion Series. Just an Illusion - Side A, should be read first to follow the storyline. Three life-altering months … That’s how long it’s been since Amelia Greyson joined the Just an Illusion Tour with Bastards and Dangerous. She’s made new friends, embraced her past, and even found love...
  • Sunset by Karen Kingsbury

    Sunset by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    2009 Retailer's Choice Award winner!As John Baxter makes plans to marry Elaine, one of the Baxters enters into the most trying season of all. During a time of renewed love and hope for the future, the Baxters try to come together to establish the sacred ground of marriage and to chart a course for the future...
  • Gulf Coast Moonlight by Maggie Miller

    Gulf Coast Moonlight by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Escape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness. With the storm behind her, Georgia Carpenter looks forward to reaching her goal of reopening the inn left to her by her great aunt. It seems very attainable, too, thanks to all the help she’s been getting from family and friends...
  • Summer by Karen Kingsbury

    Summer by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A NEW BEGINNING: Hollywood actor Dayne Matthews and Katy Hart are married and living in Bloomington, Ind., where Dayne has found a solution to his on-camera love scenes—he wants Katy to star in his next film. Katy wins the part and is cast opposite her super-star husband...
  • Cherry Beats by Vicki James

    Cherry Beats by Vicki James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bon Jovi. Bryan Adams. Presley West. My favourite men of music. Only one of them within reach. The night before Presley West was due to leave our small town of Hollings Hill, all of my high school fantasies came to life. He finally wanted me...
  • Firefly Nights by Katie Winters

    Firefly Nights by Katie Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Christine's...
  • A Nest of Sparrows by Deborah Raney

    A Nest of Sparrows by Deborah Raney

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Nest of...
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    drama  family  religion  spirituality  adult  book  children  christian
  • The Perception by Adriana Locke

    The Perception by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can be read as a STANDALONE NOVEL. There is no greater burden than a secret, and Kari Stanley has been carrying one alone for a long time. But fate intervenes in the form of a broken down car and the kind offer of assistance from a handsome stranger with a sweet, southern drawl. In exchange, all she has to do is go to dinner with him. Temptation was never so sweet...
  • Gulf Coast Christmas by Maggie Miller

    Gulf Coast Christmas by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Escape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness.The Christmas party at the Sea Glass Inn is a long-held tradition, one the townspeople of Blackbird Beach consider the kick-off of the Christmas season. Until, of course, the Inn closed, and the party stopped happening...
  • The Blessing by Wanda E. Brunstetter

    The Blessing by Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Return to the Troyer farm where, despite stressful changes occurring in their lives, Joel and Heidi once again open their Ohio home up to those seeking to learn about Amish cooking...
  • With This Woman by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    With This Woman by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Their whirlwind romance was intense, passionate, and fiery, but Jesse knew the woman he was falling for didn’t know who he really was. He tried to protect her from his past, protect himself from her leaving, but his fears were realized when Ava discovered his Manor—the heartbeat of hedonism and pleasure, the place where Jesse has lost himself for years in women and alcohol...
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    steamy  drama  family  male-mc  angst  romance  contemporary  age-gap
  • Mending Fences by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Mending Fences by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him.Amos and Fern Lapp allow Luke to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions...
  • She's the One by Kelly Elliott

    She's the One by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The day I first laid eyes on Abby Boyer, I knew she was the one. The girl I would marry and spend the rest of my life with, and I vowed to do everything I could to make her happy.There was just one problem, I couldn’t make her happy during one of the darkest moments of our marriage. No matter how hard I tried, my love for her wasn’t enough to make her stay...
  • Brie Visits Master's Italy by Red Phoenix

    Brie Visits Master's Italy by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brie’s After Graduation Series #7Brie has many exciting lessons yet to learn. There’s a session on belts, an introduction to Master’s new skill and the unwelcomed challenge of jealousy. Master shares his father’s Italian hometown with his little sub. While exploring the island they discover something that has remained hidden for years, waiting for Master’s return...
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    steamy  sad  family  epic  romance  contemporary  alpha-mc  fiction
  • Nineteen Letters by Jodi Perry, J.L. Perry

    Nineteen Letters by Jodi Perry, J.L. Perry

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WINNER OF THE ROMANCE WRITERS AUSTRALIA RUBY AWARD FOR 2018 ROMANCE BOOK OF THE YEAR. Braxton Nineteen. There’s something about that number; it not only brought us together, bonding us forever, it also played a hand in tearing us apart. The nineteenth of January 1996. I’ll never forget it. It was the day we met. I was seven and she was six...
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    angst  drama  family  sad  second-chances  adult  amnesia  book
  • Fences: Smith Mountain Lake Series - Book Three by Inglath Cooper

    Fences: Smith Mountain Lake Series - Book Three by Inglath Cooper

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can true love ever overcome betrayal? At eighteen, Tate Callahan left Smith Mountain Lake with no intention of ever coming back. The one thing he'd believed in after a lifetime of growing up in foster homes was his love for Jillie Andrews and her love for him...
  • Breathe With Me by Red Phoenix

    Breathe With Me by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When life gets too rough, breathe with me… Tono Nosaka, the Kinbaku rope master, has known heartache and loss—never defeat. He is determined to claim his soulmate. Miss Autumn is courageous and talented, but she hides a personal secret that binds her heart. Just when the walls start to come down, Tono has a dream about Brie so shocking he would make any sacrifice to ensure it never comes true...
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    epic  family  sad  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Preacher's Son by Patricia Johns

    The Preacher's Son by Patricia Johns

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this poignant new series, Patricia Johns introduces an Amish family striving to reclaim the promise of love, marriage, and community . . . The Amish residents of Bountiful, Pennsylvania, are stunned when preacher Abe Yoder is imprisoned for fraud. For Abe’s son, Isaiah, the news cuts doubly deep. His daet’s misdeeds have cost Isaiah his family’s land and their good name...
  • The Desert Flowers - Lily by Judith Keim

    The Desert Flowers - Lily by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three talented women are brought together by a man they all love, becoming his Desert Flowers, who work together to save his hotel from being ruined by the company buying it…When Lily Weaver is asked to help Alec Thurston, the one man she’s ever truly loved, and to come to Palm Desert, California, she doesn’t hesitate...
  • Reckless Beat Boxed Set by Eden Summers

    Reckless Beat Boxed Set by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This boxed set contains novel 1, 2 & novella 2.5 in the Reckless Beat series. Blind Attraction He can seduce with a single glance. Peering down at a sea of fans, rock star, Mitchell Davies can’t deny the innocent beauty of a woman in the front row. He’ll stop at nothing to get to know her...
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    steamy  sad  drama  romance  humor  anthologies  contemporary  fiction
  • Hook by Chelle Bliss

    Hook by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Falling in love is supposed to be the easy part.But nothing prepared me for losing my wife. I promised her that I’d love again. Find someone to mend my broken heart. And that seems impossible, until the day that I walk into Tilly Carter’s cupcake shop.I’ve never met a woman like her—sassy, dirty-mouthed, and smells like vanilla and sin. Someone that makes me want to sweep her off her feet...
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    angst  epic  family  religion  sad  spirituality  steamy  adult
  • Gulf Coast Sunsets by Maggie Miller

    Gulf Coast Sunsets by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Escape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness. With a hurricane barreling toward Blackbird Beach, Georgia Carpenter is faced with new problems and the need to work faster than ever. The last thing she needs is more damage to the inn, but she can’t control nature...
  • Gulf Coast Reunion by Maggie Miller

    Gulf Coast Reunion by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Escape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness. Georgia Carpenter is hard at work on rehabbing her inherited inn with the goal of reopening as soon as possible. A goal that seems very attainable with the help of handsome handyman Travis Taylor and her family.But she wasn’t counting on her estranged sister, Lilly, showing up...
  • A Kingsbury Collection: Where Yesterday Lives / When Joy Came to Stay / On Every Side by Karen Kingsbury

    A Kingsbury Collection: Where Yesterday Lives / When Joy Came to Stay / On Every Side by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three Page-Turning Novels in One Volume! Where Yesterday Lives Ellen Barrett is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist with an uncertain marriage, a forgotten faith, and haunting memories of her picturesque hometown and the love she left behind. The eldest of five siblings, she longs for the time, long ago, when they were a happy family...
  • The Mind by Edee M Fallon, Kate Stewart

    The Mind by Edee M Fallon, Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We fell in love in a lightning strike, a sudden anomaly in a sea of lost people. He knew right away, yet I was hesitant. I could have never prepared myself for a love like ours. No one could. As a child, I had conjured an amazing story in my mind. It was a story I could retell about a man that would move me like no other; a story about the way we met and how he had swept me off my feet...
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    angst  religion  sad  spirituality  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • The Beloved Hope Chest by Amy Clipston

    The Beloved Hope Chest by Amy Clipston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the final installment of the Amish Heirloom series, the Fisher sisters learn the mystery behind their parents’ marriage—and about the sibling who has never been spoken of. Mattie Fisher has a secret she’s kept from her three daughters. After they discover clues in her hope chest, Mattie realizes it’s time to tell them the truth about why she married their father—and about her life before then...
  • Where Forever Ends by K. Street

    Where Forever Ends by K. Street

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔—𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘. Then: I was a wife. Married to a man who was my world and the father of my child. Then, one day, half of my heart was ripped out of my chest. Now: I’m a widow. A single mom who has spent the last nine months trying like hell not to drown in an ocean of grief...
  • Sunrise by Karen Kingsbury

    Sunrise by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In preparation for their long-awaited wedding day, Dayne and Katy are determined to keep the ceremony a secret from the paparazzi. Their relationship grows closer and stronger as they plan together, but in the end it takes the help of the Baxter family and many of the CKT kids so that they'll even have a chance at a private wedding...
  • Endless Love Letter by Callie Anderson, Jennifer Roberts-Hall

    Endless Love Letter by Callie Anderson, Jennifer Roberts-Hall

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Our love had to live in the past… The first time we met I knew. She was perfection. I needed to know everything about her—what made her smile, what her lips tasted like, what her body felt like under my skin… But our love was fatal. The purest venom that seeped through my veins and embedded deep into my soul. Emilia was My love. My muse. The woman who owned my soul...
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    angst  male-mc  religion  sad  spirituality  steamy  adult  book
  • Remember Me by Jennifer Foor

    Remember Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shayne Hutchinson has finally come to grips with what love is. He's devoted himself to raising his brother's unborn twin children as his own. He's also committed himself to a relationship with the mother, Ashley. As much as she tries to make amends for the past, Ashley is still not completely accepted by Shayne's family...
  • The Color of Joy by Julianne MacLean

    The Color of Joy by Julianne MacLean

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Color of Joy is USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean’s eighth instalment in her popular Color of Heaven series, which has delivered many happy sighs to thousands of readers worldwide and left them clamoring for more...
  • Saltwater Falls by Amelia Addler

    Saltwater Falls by Amelia Addler

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lights, camera…romance!Now that Connor is home on San Juan Island, he knows it’s time to give up his carefree lifestyle and put down some roots. But then he meets a Hollywood-bound beauty and starts to question everything…Teresa has only one goal. She will succeed as a location scout for her first big-time film. Falling for the distractingly handsome Connor was not on her agenda...
  • Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe

    Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book # 1.5 of The Keaton Series The much anticipated companion novel to Away -- the heart gripping romance about first loves and unforgettable moments. Now experience it all from Jason's point of view in Letting Go. Jason Bradley is a simple, country guy thrust into a life most wouldn't consider normal...
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    angst  religion  sad  spirituality  steamy  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Hope We Share by Juliette Duncan

    The Hope We Share by Juliette Duncan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can the Master Potter work in Rachel and Andrew’s hearts and give them a second chance at love? Rachel Jennings’ unwillingness to forgive God for her twin sister’s death when they were twelve has made her bitter and rebellious. Now, approaching thirty, Rachel flees an unhealthy relationship and heads north with her son, Joshua...
  • A Wedding to Cherish by Evangeline Kelly

    A Wedding to Cherish by Evangeline Kelly

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s about to marry the wrong woman until he meets the wedding planner, and now he has a decision to make.Always the wedding planner and never the bride. That’s what Daisy Ray is afraid her future holds. Things never seem to go well for her in the love department, but her mom says God must be saving her for that special man...
  • The Other Brother by Dyan Layne

    The Other Brother by Dyan Layne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things happen as they’re meant to.There’s no avoiding your destiny…Dillon Byrne always believed in fate.He would meet someone. Fall in love. Be a family.All in that order.Sometimes fate has other plans…Life changes in an instant. Love is lost.But how do you let go of the life you once had?To appreciate the magic of a brand new beginning, you have to make peace with the ending first...
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