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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...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult
  • The Beard Made Me Do It by Lani Lynn Vale

    The Beard Made Me Do It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s only a friend. Those words had haunted him from the moment Jessie James had heard them muttered from the one girl, above all others, that he thought had his back. Sixteen years later, he still feels those words like a brand on his soul...
  • 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...
  • Meant for Love by Marie Force

    Meant for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It's been twelve years since Jenny Wilks lost her fiancé in the 9/11 attacks in New York City. Since then she's been floundering, trying to find her way. Taking the job as lighthouse keeper on Gansett Island was the best thing she could've done for herself. On the island she's found amazing friends and a wonderful new life. There's only one thing missing and that's romance...
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    alpha-mc  drama  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  adult  audiobook
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  angst  celebrity  drama  family  friendship  humor  male-mc
  • Talk Nerdy to Me by C.M. Owens

    Talk Nerdy to Me by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Despite the fact it seemed like Base Masters was all over Sterling Shore, I'd never really known much about him, aside from random factoids. Things like... he's a semi-estranged cousin of one of my brother's friends, plays guitar in a local band, and he doesn't get mentioned much unless he's on stage. Until..
  • My Unexpected Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    My Unexpected Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I expected a life of music. I expected to raise my son. It took one look to make everything change. I never expected happiness. I never expected to find her. I never expected to feel desire. I never expected I’d be a family man. I never expected to be loved. I never expected to fall in love...
  • Dirty Little Midlife Mistake by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife Mistake by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Holy heat! Dirty Little Midlife Mistake is packed full of the best kind of bad decisions.Candice Viceroy—widow, mother, business owner—isn’t supposed to kiss anyone.Especially not Hollywood heartthrob and hunky silver fox, Blake Harding.Not in front of half a dozen cameras and a whole movie set’s worth of lights...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Room for More by Beth Ehemann

    Room for More by Beth Ehemann

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Four years ago, my dreams were shattered in an instant. Three months ago, I found something I haven’t had in years. Hope. That hope came in the form of a sexy, carefree hockey player named Brody Murphy. He swooped in and won me over with his big heart and the way he cared for me…and my girls. When they look at him, they see the father they’ve never had...
  • The Lilac Bouquet by Carolyn Brown

    The Lilac Bouquet by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Come hell or high water, Emmy Jo Massey will have a wedding. After three generations of Massey women with children out of wedlock, she wants the whole town of Hickory, Texas, to witness the legitimacy of her union with Logan Grady. But dream weddings aren’t cheap...
  • Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines

    Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    My future was about to be completely thrown off track because Della Sloane was under my skin, and I had to have her. I couldn’t ignore it anymore. . . . I’d gotten close enough to her to see deeper.Della Sloane is not your average girl...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  friendship  humor  male-mc  multi-pov
  • Futures and Frosting by Tara Sivec

    Futures and Frosting by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 1478314605 Carter, Claire and Gavin have formed the perfect little family. Their friends are getting married and everyone is growing up, maturing and ready to face the future...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  family  friendship  humor  male-mc  steamy  university
  • 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...
  • Our Last Road by London Casey, Jaxson Kidman

    Our Last Road by London Casey, Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He comes back for her… but now she has a son.
 SAWYER: My name's on the neon sign above the tattoo shop, but her name's forever tattooed on my heart. I grew up with the nickname ‘Saint’ and opened St. Skin with the dream of marrying Kate and living a good life. But that dream died years ago...didn't it? Now I'm heading back to Hundred Falls Valley to stake my claim to the shop..
  • Home Sweet Love by Ava Miles

    Home Sweet Love by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares a powerful tale about the sweetness of home and falling in love for the first time. Chase Parker doesn’t believe in all that gushy home sweet love stuff. Moira Hale sure as heck does...
  • Between Now and Forever by Dylan Allen

    Between Now and Forever by Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s on the edge of stardom.I’m on the edge of disaster.One night will change our lives forever...I'm standing in the middle of a storm when Carter Bosh asks me to dance.He's a complete stranger, but his outstretched hand and glittering green eyes are too tempting to resist.I'm looking for forever.And the brooding piano prodigy isn't offering it...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  female-mc  steamy  university  abuse  book
  • A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was never meant to fall for her best friend’s brother...Seren has had a soft spot for her best friend’s brother for as long as she can remember. But when she starts to see Kit as more than just a friend, she knows she’s on dangerous ground.Avoiding him is probably her best course of action, but that’s easier said than done when you live on a tiny island...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  friendship  humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    All her life, Grace Ryan was the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time...
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    alpha-mc  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • Forever Too Far by Abbi Glines

    Forever Too Far by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling novel that concludes the story of Rush and Blaire from Fallen Too Far and Never Too Far.When you find your reason for living, hold onto it. Never let it go. Even if it means burning other bridges along the way.Things haven’t been easy for Blaire and Rush...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  celebrity  drama  family  female-mc  humor  male-mc
  • 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...
  • Impact by Danielle Norman

    Impact by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They always say that two wrongs don’t make a right... Well, she was wrong for breaking into a house that didn’t belong to her; even if she and her daughter had nowhere else to go. And, I was wrong for watching her on the surveillance camera as she moved through the house and climbed into bed. So I offered her a job and a home. Her smile... Her curves... Wrong has never felt so right...
  • Simple Perfection by Abbi Glines

    Simple Perfection by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Woods had his perfect life mapped out for him. Rise up the ranks of the family business. Marry the rich girl of his parents’ dreams. Pretend that wealth and privilege was all he’d ever wanted. Then a girl named Della breezed into town, a beautifully imperfect stranger who captured his heart and opened his eyes to a new kind of future...
  • 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...
  • Bounty by Kristen Ashley

    Bounty by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty. Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more. And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  celebrity  drama  family  female-mc  friendship  humor
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  celebrity  drama  family  humor  male-mc  multi-pov
  • Finding My Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Finding My Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Everywhere I look, my friends are settling down - marriage, children, white picket fences; but not me. Marriage isn't in the cards for me. I’m a ladies man. A rock star. I was born and raised in the industry. I love everything about my life, especially the attention from the women that my status brings me. Women find me. I don’t chase. I know what they want and they know I’ll deliver...
  • 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...
  • Sometimes It Lasts by Abbi Glines, Tamara Arteaga

    Sometimes It Lasts by Abbi Glines, Tamara Arteaga

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Cage York has to choose between a love of the game and a love of the girl in this sultry Sea Breeze novel from New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines.After waiting for his big break, bad boy Cage York is finally called up to prove his worth in the college baseball arena...
  • You Were Mine by Abbi Glines

    You Were Mine by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Abbi Glines comes a brand-new Rosemary Beach novel about Tripp Newark and his hidden romantic past with Bethy Lowry. In the eyes of the wealthy playboys who frequent Kerrington Country Club in Rosemary Beach, Tripp Newark is a hero...
  • 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...
  • Drunk on You by Harper Sloan

    Drunk on You by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It was supposed to be fun. A mutual use of each other's bodies. To be a ruse to the world around us. I wanted to be free from my ex, and he wanted to escape his. One drunken night turned a joke into a life-changing moment. He warned me not to fall for him, and I should've listened. He intoxicated me. He made me crave him. He ruined me. In the end, I'll never be the same...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy
  • Reputation by Adriana Locke

    Reputation by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Coy Mason is a jerk.If there is one truth that Bellamy Davenport knows, it’s that. Hands-down. (Well, that and the fact that she didn’t mean to hurt him. Physically. Coy can’t be hurt emotionally because he doesn’t have a heart.)Coy is not just the small-town, literal boy-next-door...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Redwood Bend by Robyn Carr

    Redwood Bend by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In Virgin River, you never know what you might find around the bend in the road... Former actor Dylan Childress left the L.A. scene behind years ago for a quiet life running an aviation company in Montana. But with business slowing down, Dylan is starting to wonder whether he should take one of the offers Hollywood keeps sending his way...
  • When I'm Gone by Abbi Glines

    When I'm Gone by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines comes the next new adult novel in the Rosemary Beach series, in which we meet Mase, a Texas heartthrob first introduced in Take a Chance who comes to Rosemary Beach to stir things up...
  • My Kind of Forever by Tracy Brogan

    My Kind of Forever by Tracy Brogan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As the youngest mayor Trillium Bay has ever elected, Brooke Callaghan wants to prove she’s up to the challenge. She’s stepping out of her practical teacher flats and into her sister’s treacherously high heels…with disastrous results. But if she’s going to (literally) stumble her first day on the job, why not fall into the arms of a handsome stranger?Leo Walker is a rarity on Wenniway Island...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  humor  season-summer  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe by Milly Johnson

    Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe by Milly Johnson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Love and friendship bloom at the Sunflower Café…When Connie discovers that Jimmy Diamond, her husband of more than twenty years, is planning to leave her for his office junior, her world is turned upside down.Determined to salvage her pride, she resolves to get her own back...
  • Swing by Adriana Locke

    Swing by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Screw him and his perfect stats.Sinful smirk.Delicious body.Lincoln Landry probably even has game-winning stamina.I’d like to screw her and her perfect ass.Dangerous curves. Sweet smile.Danielle Ashley probably even has a game-changing personality.There’s no denying the chemistry between them. It’s so fiery, it’s undeniable. They partake in it. Enjoy it. They really enjoy it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  celebrity  drama  family  female-mc  humor  male-mc
  • 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...
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