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Hot Mess: A Players Rockstar Romance by Jaine Diamond
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFate. Destiny. Karma… She’s mine. It all started with a broken heart.And a breakup party.Rock stars. Circus freaks. And a bachelorette party.Too. Much. Booze.An embarrassing tattoo.And a twist of fate. Her name was Danny. I thought she was The One.But then I lost her.And I never thought I’d see her again.Now… I’m a mess.I’ve had my heart broken—more than once.And my band's broken up... -
Jah: A Novella by Alexandria House
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNeither of them was looking for the other. Neither of them intended to fall in love. And now, neither of them wants to let go... -
Shattered by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe 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
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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The Facilitator by Tracie Podger
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'I'm going to be brutally honest and say that I love this book, its as if the author has stepped into my fantasies!' - Amazon Reviewer 'Wow! Completely wow. If you haven't read The Facilitator yet, what are you waiting for?' - Amazon Reviewer It started as a game. Two adults, both lonely; one an expert, the other learning on the quick... -
Teach Me Something by Aubrey Bondurant
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing February 9th, 2017 Catherine Davenport is successful in her career, but doesn't have the same skill when it comes to her love life. After a painful divorce, she's finding the new world of dating both intimidating and frustrating... -
Heatstrokes: A Summer Fling Novella by Kema B.
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll her life, make-up artist Simone Bailey, used laughter as a defense mechanism to keep from crying. She lives her life loudly, unapologetically, and free until a devastating betrayal rocks her world. Deciding she is off men for the foreseeable future, she puts her focus on her career and building her brand instead... -
The Girl of His Dreams (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was convinced he’d be a bachelor for life. And then he met the girl of his dreams.Jordan Reeves has fully embraced the carefree, uncomplicated bachelor life, figuring that the poor example he’d been provided by his parents of so-called marital bliss was reason enough to remain single... -
A Home For Christmas: A Home For Christmas Novella by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI have nothing to offer her. He saved my life. I'll do anything to help him. This wasn't supposed to be the way my life turned out. One bad choice has left me homeless. Now, I'm on the street watching a woman about to get carjacked. Here I go again saving others and losing everything. I just hope she's worth my life. He just took a bullet for me. I have to save his life... -
Pieces of Eight by Whitney Barbetti
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSix was always there, even when I didn’t want him. But he couldn’t hold me together, and I couldn’t be his penance. Loss is a phantom limb. No one can see it, but the ache torments you in the night, distracts you during the day, and leaves you fragmented. I’m half a heart, half a soul, and nothing could cure the pieces he’d left behind. Losing him was safer than loving him... -
Serenity by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatthew Bennett has suffered the worst sort of betrayal a man can ever know, and he’s trying to put his life back together after years of unhappiness and emotional neglect... -
Stronger by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCara has an admitted problem with hot men, falling so deeply and so quickly under their spell that she loses a little bit of herself with each toxic relationship that always seems to end badly. Every man in her young life thus far has let her down – her high school sweetheart, a college fling, and most of all her self-centered playboy father... -
Plus One by Mae Wood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you can stand the heat, there's a lickable single dad in the kitchen. 1 part tatted-up single dad restaurateur 1 part effervescent younger wine rep Spice generously with sexual tension Combine at a foodie conference Serve steaming hot At not-quite forty and with his son in his last year of high school, Bert's going to be dining alone... -
After You by Sam Mariano
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is not a standalone, this is book two of a same-couple duet. Because of You should be read first so you can follow the story... -
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Loving a Lush by Selena Laurence
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLibrarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00KKT5TMU Six months ago, Walsh Clark was the drummer of America’s hottest rock sensation, Lush. Now he’s living at the Double A Ranch in north Texas, home to cows, cowboys, and lushes—like him. He’s survived alcoholism, rehab, and the breakup of his band... -
My Night with a Rockstar by Michelle Mankin, Jane Anthony
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn exclusive collection of short stories and story previews based on the writing prompt my night with a rockstar. Included in this anthology are:Hate F*ck by Jane AnthonyRipple Effect by J. BengtssonConverted by Dawn L... -
Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the readers of the Love series, Wrapped series, the Burning Souls series and Love you Anyways. A continuation of Lucas and Tessa's story, in Lucas Links POV. In Love Notes, Lucas and Tessa's rekindled love has never been stronger. Although she has never wanted to revisit the past it weighs on Lucas's heart. Lucas wants Tessa to know everything, yet burdening her further is not an option... -
The Collar of Freedom: The Collar Duet, Book 1 by Alexandra Iff
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KDJNAIW. Amelia Jones knows the truth; she lives and breathes it every day. The endless monotony of a loveless marriage, and years of domestic slavery stretch before her in minutes and hours that are destined to end in a mental breakdown. Then Alexander Reeves walks through the door... -
Commitment by K.M. Golland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOTE: Commitment can be read as a stand-alone novel or after Attraction if reading in series order. It is for mature audiences 18+. Sizzling power couple, Bryce and Alexis -- from the Temptation novels -- help bring sexy back to their friend's lacklustre thirteen-year marriage. Natasha Jones loves her life, her husband and their two young sons... -
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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Wrapped in Armor by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy Dearest Brody, I have had a difficult day. I hurt thinking of what may have happened to you. I hurt knowing that wherever you are you are unable to get back to us. I hurt knowing that I have failed in finding you. I hurt so much missing you. I hurt knowing that I am either crazy believing that you are out there somewhere and I hurt thinking you are not.. -
Seducing his Wife by Elizabeth Lennox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove at first sight…a whirlwind romance…a Las Vegas wedding followed by days and nights spent in bed. Then regret. Gabriella couldn’t believe what she’d done and ran from the powerful feelings that Teague Steele generated in her. She couldn’t…wouldn’t…stay with a man like Teague! She’d been poor all her life and she wanted more for her children than the humiliation of poverty... -
My Redemption by S.K. Lessly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m in love with my neighbor. Typical, I know. God, it was stupid of me to let my guard down, but I did. If you knew him, though, you wouldn’t blame me. The man is everything you never thought you needed and everything you’ve always wanted. He’s smart, sexy as hell, funny... Did I say sexy? He’s a great listener, he loves football, which is a plus, and he saves lives for a living... -
JoJo by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI just want a place to call my own, friends I fit in with, and the job I love to remain mine. The only problem with getting what I want happens to be that I wasn’t born equipped with a penis. Men don’t want me working on their cars or bikes simply because I have breasts instead. Never mind that I’m the best damn mechanic in a 200-mile radius... -
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The Longing by Piper Davenport
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations... She wants only him...For as long as she can remember, Poppy has loved only one man. Devon Wallace has been her knight in shining leather ever since he rescued her from a date gone wrong. She can't envision a future without him, but she's convinced he still thinks of her as the pesky twelve-year-old who used to follow him around.He can have anyone but her. -
In His Kiss by Christina Tetreault
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Ella Bridge fell for Alfred Striker, she thought she’d found the one. But then, days before she left for France as part of a professor exchange program, Striker walked away. Now she’s back home in North Salem, determined to ignore him no matter how tempting she still finds him. Before Ella, Striker lived a carefree life, responsible for no one’s happiness but his own...Categorized as:
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Second Chances by Delaney Diamond
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRenaldo da Silva’s near-perfect life in Brazil comes to a halt when he finds out about his wife’s betrayal. Now he doesn’t want to have anything to do with her. But because he needs her help finalizing the biggest deal of his career, he’s forced to make her a multi-million dollar offer and delay their divorce. Sabrina da Silva can’t forgive herself after a reckless night destroys her marriage... -
Falling Star by Terri Osburn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA country star looking for a comeback has one last shot at fame—and he might just have one last shot at love. Naomi Mallard is a fixer by nature. And as PR manager for Nashville’s Shooting Stars record label, she’s facing her biggest fix: redeeming country music bad boy Chance Colburn. But in Naomi’s eyes, a police record and a stint in rehab are the least of Chance’s sins... -
Restored Dreams by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMore romance for the over forty. Brut Paige needs a life break. As caretaker to his brother, his business, and his son, he's used to being the man to get things done. Yet, along the way, he's forgotten how to have fun. Lily Warren deserves a vacation. She's worked hard to establish her bakery, a lifelong dream. She's proud of her accomplishments. But, she knows there's something missing... -
Midlife Woes by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen she learns that her husband of more than twenty-years has been cheating on her, Jolene Masterson, fueled by the vigors of perimenopause comes out swinging. Instead of fighting for her marriage as most women in her position would, Jolene decides that a new start is just what she needs... -
Ready for You by J.L. Berg
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA second chance at first love. Eight years ago, Garrett Finnegan’s world shattered the day Mia vanished from his life. He’s been struggling to pick up the pieces ever since. Haunted by memories and ghosts of the past, he chooses a solitary existence rather than risk his heart again... -
Underestimated Box Set by Jettie Woodruff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnderestimated Morgan starts her life in a bad situation, she doesn't really know what she wants out of life. She's never had anyone to look up to or help guide her in the right direction. She had it rough and never dreamed that it could get worse. However, she finds that it can and it does...Categorized as:
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Dating a Cougar II by Donna McDonald
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirefighter and eco entrepreneur Walter Graham II is tired of dating beautiful, but unsettled women who don’t know what they want from life. He wants to date a woman who’s as smart as she is attractive—someone who can talk about interesting things—someone confident about her work... -
Forgiveness Found in Honey Grove by Anne-Marie Meyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian's Note: An alternate cover and title for this ASIN can be found here.It's time for a Braxton wedding and Jackson is back in Honey Grove trying to avoid the one thing he left long ago, Isabel... -
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In the Ring: A Dario Caivano Novel by Perri Forrest
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“In the Ring” introduces Dario “DC” Caivano, heavyweight champion, who is also a man with a heavy heart. It isn’t without reason, however. As a teenager, Dario witnessed the murder of someone that he loved like a brother, and it took a lot out of him. It hardened him and left little to trust... -
Sinful Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeather McCallister wants one thing: A rich husband. When she catches her trust fund wielding boyfriend with his pants around his ankles she finds herself fighting over a taxi with a stranger she meets on the streets of Chicago. Ryan Pierson is handsome, fun and doesn’t have a penny to his name... -
Auctioned to the Billionaire by Cassi Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFelicia I’ve had a crush on my best friend’s dad for as long as I can remember; saving myself for him. But now, faced with a desperate situation, I need to come up with money—quickly. Left with only one option, I’m forced to do the unthinkable. Auction my V-card to the highest bidder. Brock Having it all doesn’t mean much without someone to share your life with... -
Created In Fire by Donna McDonald
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDespite a dating past littered with the broken hearts of women they both knew and worked with, all 34 yr old Michael Larson sincerely wants is to marry Carrie Larson, the mother of his future child, and love them both forever. Even though he truly wants the baby they created in the fire between them, Michael really doesn’t care how or why Carrie is now in his life and his bed... -
Forever Lost: Becoming Elena - Book Two by Melody Anne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMary is gone … or so it seems. But nothing is ever that easy. There is something about Dalton that calls to Elena, but she also knows he’s not who he appears to be. She resists him at the same time that she hungers for what only he can give her... -
Spanish Passions by Elizabeth Lennox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFour years ago, Natalie had fallen head over heals in love with Javier. She didn’t care that he was wealthy, that he lived in a castle or that he was a member of the Spanish aristocracy. She just loved HIM! But forces intervened and Natalie was banished. She tried to contact Javier, to let him know that she’d conceived a child, but no word was forthcoming... -
The Fall of Cinderella by K. Street
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne perfect life.Two uniformed officers.Three acts of betrayal.Four beats of a heart.Five words that will destroy her.Once upon a time, Tessa Salinger had it all.Until…She discovered that fairy tales were nothing more than extravagant lies dressed up in lavish clothes.In reality...Cinderella falls... -
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... -
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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Until Cece by K.D. Robichaux
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Never lose yourself while trying to hold on to someone who doesn’t care about losing you.”Advice I heard over the years while acquaintances had gone through breakups and divorce, but I never thought I’d one day be applying it to myself... -
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To Awaken a Monster by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is not easy. It’s hard, painful, and this is how ours started, but it’s certainly not how it’s going to end. For Preacher, taking care of his club is all he’s known. He fought for his position, and he’ll keep it at all costs. He may be a shit father to his son, Bishop, but he doesn’t need to be a father to run the club. Robin is the daughter of the VP... -
Lone Wolf by Mia Madison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“That a**, those t**s, you throwin’ me attitude. That I do like. All of it.” Reid “Wolf” Calhoun is the president of Firestorm MC. I’ve spent years avoiding him and the heartache he’s sure to bring. But now I’m back home, and the fire that burns between us is too strong to deny. I just hope I can survive the flames... -
Enflame by S. Layne, Stacey Lynn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Three in the Affair Series. A standalone with new characters in this steamy erotic romance series. Talia Merchant dropped the idea of a forever kind of love after the first guy she loved stole not only her heart, but also took her virginity….and then he took off... -
Fix You by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJessica Walker had the perfect husband, the perfect son, the perfect life…until she realized it was all a lie. In the wake of her husband’s shocking infidelity, she knows only one thing: she has to start over. With her sister’s help, she buys a dilapidated lakeside mansion with the crazy idea of turning it into an inn... -
The Billionaire’s Sham Girlfriend by Leslie North
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGregor Beaumont is in a world of hurt that all the charm in his gorgeous, well-toned body can’t fix. His late grandfather, God rest his soul, wanted to make sure Gregor and his two playboy brothers settle down. He had the brilliant idea of buying up a huge share of the brothers’ engine company and using that as incentive for each brother to find Mrs. Right... -
Berserk by K.S. Adkins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Jules Allen. I’m a street kid who let the military turn me into a killer. When a professional favor brings me home, I find myself forced to deal with a city that spit me out, a man that couldn’t be bothered to keep his promises, and friends who’ve gone through changes I never saw coming...
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