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  • Healed: Stone and Pepper by Tess Thompson

    Healed: Stone and Pepper by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's Cliffside Bay and beyond in this heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romantic adventure from USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson. Stone Hickman is the last of a dying breed. The former Marine believes in integrity, service to his country, a hard day's work, and taking care of his loved ones...
  • Seducing Kaden by Siobhan Davis

    Seducing Kaden by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A student-teacher forbidden romance from USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. Standalone with an HEA and no cliffhanger. Kaden The woman I love will never be mine because she already belongs to another. I’ve tried everything to forget her, but it’s impossible when she occupies a starring role in my dreams...
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    coming-of-age  epic  family  female-mc  abuse  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc
  • Departed: David and Sara by Tess Thompson

    Departed: David and Sara by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Recently widowed Sara Ness moves to Cliffside Bay to hide from her painful past and the scandal that cost her far too much. With a baby daughter to raise alone, the peaceful privacy of small town life, and the comfort of the local grief support group, are just what the heiress needs...
  • Marred: Kyle and Violet by Tess Thompson

    Marred: Kyle and Violet by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyle Hicks started with nothing. Now he's a self-made man. And as luck would have it, his latest project as a real estate developer lands him in Cliffside Bay with his very best friends, The Dogs. At the end of his grueling work days, Kyle's got just enough time left for his buddies and not much else...
  • Tainted: Lance and Mary by Tess Thompson

    Tainted: Lance and Mary by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One career-ending mistake sends Lance Mullen home to Cliffside Bay in search of a fresh start. And in no time at all, home begins to feel like the place he was always meant to be. With his beautiful new beach house, his friends and family close by, and a profitable business to grow, life really is good. That is until his heart tries to wreck everything... again...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Seabreeze Wedding by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Wedding by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The high summer season. A long-awaited wedding. Surprises at a historic beach inn.**From a USA Today bestselling author**At the historic Seabreeze Inn, sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay are busier than ever with wedding plans of their own, although challenges threaten to derail the special events. New guests are also throwing a wedding at the inn, bringing a host of trials and chaos...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  friendship
  • Blue Ink by Tess Thompson

    Blue Ink by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charlotte Wilde gives her heart to the wrong men. The last one left with her life savings and their nubile neighbor. Her first published cozy mystery is a flop. Her literary agent’s about to dump her. She has a serious case of writer’s block. And she’s dead broke. Which is how she finds herself in rural Idaho looking after her former boss's elderly mother-in-law. While Mrs...
  • Jilted: Nico and Sophie by Tess Thompson

    Jilted: Nico and Sophie by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite being young and romantically inexperienced, Sophie Woods is an old soul who believes in true love, working hard at her bar, and always trusting her instincts. And from the moment she meets Nico, she knows without a doubt that he is her one-and-only...
  • Seabreeze Christmas by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Christmas by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A season of joy. The spirit of family. **From a USA Today Bestselling author**When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover crates of vintage Christmas decorations at the Seabreeze Inn, they decide to open their historic beach house to the village of Summer Beach...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Story of Our Secrets by Shari Low

    The Story of Our Secrets by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Colm O’Flynn was loved by his close circle of family and friends, however his death came too soon for everyone to make peace with their past.Shauna, his second wife, adored him. But one night she broke their marriage vows, and didn’t get time to ask Colm’s forgiveness.Jess was the first Mrs O’Flynn...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  epic  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  breakup
  • Deleted: Jackson and Maggie by Tess Thompson

    Deleted: Jackson and Maggie by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jackson Waller has loved Maggie Keene since they were six years old, but their dueling dreams ultimately tore them apart. First love—true love—wasn’t enough to overcome their individual desires to pursue dreams on opposite coasts. When Jackson learns of Maggie’s tragic death on her way to college on the east coast, his heartbreak, compounded by grief, renews his focus on his own future...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  christian
  • Saving Brad by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde Media

    Saving Brad by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde Media

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brad: I’m in love with my best friend’s girl. She knows it. He knows it. Everyone knows it. Faye will never be mine, but try telling that to my stupid heart. An endless rotation of girls streams in and out of my bedroom in a desperate attempt to forget her, but nothing eases the horrid ache in my chest. Rejection isn’t anything new for me, but it hasn’t gotten any easier...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  drama  epic  family  female-mc  abuse  angst  audiobook
  • The Correspondent by Tess Thompson

    The Correspondent by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She can’t stand him. He loathes her. Fate has other plans.When a snowstorm strands these enemies in an abandoned cabin, will they begin to see each other in a whole new way?After fighting her way out of poverty, Stormi Collins is finally going places...
  • Montana Promises by Kim Law

    Montana Promises by Kim Law

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s falling for his brother’s ex—as if he needs another reason to go. Nate Wilde is ready to leave Birch Bay. He’s been home too long as it is and extending his visit means risking fantasies of staying for good. Wants and desires never work out for him, though. With good comes bad, and he’s had enough bad to last a lifetime. Unfortunately, his siblings need him...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  friendship
  • Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson

    Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zane Shaw isn't the type to cower in a corner, until he meets Honor Sullivan. She's the most phenomenal woman he's ever met, but he's been burned before and so he's doomed to fall for her from a distance. If only his past hadn't left him so weary, perhaps he could be the man he was raised to be. Honor Sullivan has too much at stake to get distracted by a man. But Zane Shaw isn't just any man...
  • Missed: Rafael and Lisa by Tess Thompson

    Missed: Rafael and Lisa by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Return to the beloved beach town of Cliffside Bay, where USA Today bestseller Tess Thompson spins another emotional, intriguing tale about overcoming adversity and finding strength in love in this standalone story about Lisa and Rafael. After years of struggling as a starving actor, Lisa Perry's dreams are finally coming true...
  • 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...
  • The Woman at 72 Derry Lane by Carmel Harrington

    The Woman at 72 Derry Lane by Carmel Harrington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Take the warmth and wit of Maeve Binchy and the secrets and twists of a Liane Moriarty and you get the utterly original and compelling voice of Carmel Harrington, a voice that has captured the hearts of readers around the world. Set on a beautiful leafy street in Dublin, the novel explores the unlikely friendship between two neighbours...
  • The Pet Doctor by Tess Thompson

    The Pet Doctor by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s a small-town veterinarian with a love for animals and naps. Haunted by a childhood trauma, she’s terrified of men. Can the truth about her past bring them closer together or tear them apart forever?Breck Stokes is back where he belongs. After years at university, he’s returned to Emerson Pass and taken over his mother’s veterinarian practice...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  friendship
  • Scarred: Trey and Autumn by Tess Thompson

    Scarred: Trey and Autumn by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Autumn Hickman, online dating has been an exercise in nothing more than coffee and failure. There simply isn’t a man on the planet who can compare to her best friend, Trey Wattson. And while Trey is everything Autumn has ever wanted in a partner, she knows the man who loves life’s most beautiful things could never cherish anything as scarred and mangled as her...
  • The Season of Silver Linings by Christine Nolfi

    The Season of Silver Linings by Christine Nolfi

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She can’t change what’s come before. But letting go could bring healing—and the rare love that comes once in a lifetime.When Ohio pastry chef Jada Brooks and her two best friends restored the glorious Wayfair Inn, it was a boon to Sweet Lake—and to their own lives. Now Linnie and Cat are focused on private matters: one engaged, the other swept up in newlywed bliss...
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    drama  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • The Food of Love by Amanda Prowse

    The Food of Love by Amanda Prowse

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A loving mother. A perfect family. A shock wave that could shatter everything. Freya Braithwaite knows she is lucky. Nineteen years of marriage to a man who still warms her soul and two beautiful teenage daughters to show for it: confident Charlotte and thoughtful Lexi. Her home is filled with love and laughter...
  • The Innkeeper by Tess Thompson

    The Innkeeper by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was supposed to be a night to forget. After a night of sizzling passion, they agreed to never contact each other again. Fate disagreed.Jamie Wattson has no use for men who leave and as far as she’s concerned, they all do. She’s focused on running her inn and spending time with girlfriends. Life is simple and she wants it that way...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  friendship
  • Nelumbo Nucifera by Cristina Slough

    Nelumbo Nucifera by Cristina Slough

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the surface, Gaby Parker has it all; however, behind closed doors, is a woman who lives in constant fear of the man who was supposed to love her: her husband, Kyle. Beaten, desperate, and broken, Gaby realizes the only way to escape from her violent husband is to kill herself — on paper...
  • Life Goes On by Kelly Moore

    Life Goes On by Kelly Moore

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Happy go lucky Olivia McDill adores her fairy-tale life, married to the man of her dreams. It’s a love that should’ve lasted a lifetime…then in the blink of an eye, everything changed. She learns too quickly that life can be unfair, and she’s left trying to pick up the pieces and make sense of things on her own...
  • Saltwater Studios by Amelia Addler

    Saltwater Studios by Amelia Addler

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The truth can set you free… or completely destroy you… Morgan Allen has neither the time nor the patience for shenanigans. Running her wedding photography business by day and searching for new evidence in the cold-case death of her mother by night leaves no room in her life for much else...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya

    Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    “Hai, Satya! Hai, Cakra!” Sang Bapak melambaikan tangan. “Ini Bapak. Iya, benar kok, ini Bapak. Bapak cuma pindah ke tempat lain. Gak sakit. Alhamdulillah, berkat doa Satya dan Cakra. … Mungkin Bapak tidak dapat duduk dan bermain di samping kalian. Tapi, Bapak tetap ingin kalian tumbuh dengan Bapak di samping kalian. Ingin tetap dapat bercerita kepada kalian...
  • Before I Break by Portia Moore

    Before I Break by Portia Moore

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Out of the past six years of my life, I only remember about half of it. After a dozen doctors and thousands in medical bills, I was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder--one that causes me to lose track of time. Sometimes it’s hours, days or even weeks with no recollection of anything. The good thing is it's been almost two years since I had my last ‘black out’...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  drama  epic  family  female-mc  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • Gulf Coast Cottage by Maggie Miller

    Gulf Coast Cottage by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Escape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness. In the middle of an awful divorce, fifty-three-year-old Georgia Carpenter finds herself out of luck, time, and money. Then her phone rings with the news that her great aunt has died and left her a cottage in the Gulf Coast town of Blackbird Beach...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • What the Heart Remembers by Bette Lee Crosby

    What the Heart Remembers by Bette Lee Crosby

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Overview TWO LOVERS. ONE CHANCE AT HAPPINESS....When Max Martinelli returns to Paris in search of her lost love, what she finds will change her life forever. For three years the memory of Julien Marceau has haunted Max. Her life is stuck on hold simply because she can't stop wondering what would have happened if she had gone back...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  christian  contemporary
  • The Desert Flowers - Rose by Judith Keim

    The Desert Flowers - Rose by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three talented women brought together by a man’s love…When Rose Macklin is asked to help Alec Thurston, the one man she’s ever truly loved, by coming to Palm Desert, California, she doesn’t hesitate. He’s dying of cancer and needs her help overseeing the sale of his hotel, the Desert Sage Inn, to another hotel group...
  • A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll

    A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman with a secret. A man who will never forgive her. Cece Stuart hadn’t planned on ever finding love and she’s made her peace with that. Really, she has… Zach is over women and their secrets. Really, he is… But fate laughed at them, as it often does, and threw them together finishing up a new wedding venue at Sweet River Lodge...
  • Three Complete Novels: Heaven/Dawn/Ruby by V.C. Andrews

    Three Complete Novels: Heaven/Dawn/Ruby by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This volume features the first novels in three thrilling V.C. Andrews' series: "Heaven, Dawn, " and "Ruby"--an unprecedented hardcover collection--complete and unabridged--at an inviting price! Available...
  • The Patron by Tess Thompson

    The Patron by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s afraid to take risks. He’s an incurable daredevil. When tragedy throws them together, will it spark a lasting devotion?Crystal Whalen isn’t sure why she should go on. Two years after her husband’s death on a ski trip, she’s devastated when a fire destroys her quiet Colorado mountain home...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  epic  fiction  mystery  psychological  sad
  • Shattered Pieces by Portia Moore

    Shattered Pieces by Portia Moore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book 4 in the IF I Break Series. It is strongly suggested to start at book 1 which is currently free. When you're heartbroken, it lies beneath everything that you do. It's in all of who you are. Foreshadows who you'll be. It hides underneath your smile, rests between your laugh, revels in your tears and taunts your every thought. You wish it away but are too terrified to let it go...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  drama  epic  family  female-mc  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • Finding Me by Judith Keim

    Finding Me by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sheena Sullivan Morelli and her sisters, Darcy and Regan, receive the unexpected news that their Uncle Gavin Sullivan, the black sheep of the family, has left them a hotel on the Gulf coast of Florida. The gift comes with a twist. They must live together for one year at the hotel and prepare the hotel to receive guests within a year...
  • Identity by Nora Roberts

    Identity by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life.Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • In Her Father's Shadow by Quinn Avery

    In Her Father's Shadow by Quinn Avery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sienna Rivers’s aspirations for a normal childhood came crashing down the night they discovered her father was a serial killer. Once her mother’s illusion of a perfect family is destroyed, Sienna is sent to live with the only other “family” she knows...
  • The Broken Sister by Leanne Davis

    The Broken Sister by Leanne Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Something happened to Kylie McKinley during her freshman year in college. Something no one knows about...
  • Riversnow by Tess Thompson

    Riversnow by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A famous actress goes head-to-head with a powerful politician when she dares to name her abuser publicly in this small-town romance ripped from the headlines by USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson. Genevieve Banks is one of Hollywood's most successful actresses. While on set in the small Oregon town of River Valley, she forms a deep friendship with her handsome male co-star...
  • The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse

    The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When her loving, free-spirited grandmother Primrose passes away, Victoria is bereft, yet resilient—she has survived tragedy before. But even her strength is tested when a mysterious woman attends Prim’s funeral and claims to be the mother Victoria thought was dead...
  • Between Now and Forever by Barbara Freethy

    Between Now and Forever by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes a romantic and suspenseful new novel in the popular family series, The Callaways. Nicole met Ryan when he was a handsome, cocky teenager with a desire to fly high above the clouds...
  • Paper Hearts & Summer Kisses by Carole Matthews

    Paper Hearts & Summer Kisses by Carole Matthews

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    'I'm a Carole Matthews addict!' Mary BerryA heart-warming and poignant novel of romance, family and second chances, Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses is Sunday Times bestselling Carole Matthews at her outstanding best. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Milly Johnson...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Christmas at the Restaurant by Pamela M. Kelley

    Christmas at the Restaurant by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nantucket's famous Christmas Stroll is always the first week of December and this year sisters Mandy and Emma and Paul, the executive chef want to do something extra special for Mimi's Place, the restaurant that they co-own. It will be Emma and Paul's first Christmas together as a couple and Mandy's first holiday as a newly single and divorced mother of two...
  • Winter Magic on Railway Lane by Alison Sherlock

    Winter Magic on Railway Lane by Alison Sherlock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Join the residents of Railway Lane for one last magical adventure… Globetrotting Libby Jacobs has lost her job but is looking forward to spending more time in her home village of Cranfield.She dreams of turning her chocolate making hobby into something more permanent. There’s only one problem - Ethan Connolly...
  • When Never Comes by Barbara Davis

    When Never Comes by Barbara Davis

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Author Barbara Davis deftly explores an emotionally charged landscape of pain, loss, and despair—and the risk one woman will take in the hope of loving again.As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  family  female-mc  abuse  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Girl in the Comfortable Quiet by Susan Ward, Andrea McKay

    The Girl in the Comfortable Quiet by Susan Ward, Andrea McKay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Some secrets are meant to be kept forever. What no one ever tells you is that secrets hurt you and never the ones you lie to. They are your solitary hurt and shame. The people you withhold them from go on with their lives. They live. They fuck. They love. They are unharmed by your silence and the words you haven’t yet shared.” ~Chrissie Parker “We have a perfect life together...
  • The Truth She Knew by Andrew Brown

    The Truth She Knew by Andrew Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mama didn’t want me. In fact, she would’ve traded my soul back for someone different if God would’ve let her, but he didn’t, so she was stuck with me. For eighteen-year-old Lacey, life at home is a rollercoaster. She doesn’t think she’ll ever be good enough to truly deserve Mama’s love. But when Lacey enters college and meets Walker, everything starts to change...
  • His Uptown Girl by Liz Talley

    His Uptown Girl by Liz Talley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life doesn't follow rules... Jazz pianist Dez Batiste knows this all too well. It's taken him years to return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina swept away what mattered most. His musician's soul is still lost in the wreckage, but he's after a brand-new future by opening an Uptown jazz club. Too bad the distractingly sexy Eleanor Theriot is getting in his way...
  • Prove Me Right by Anna Brooks

    Prove Me Right by Anna Brooks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One weakness can change everything. Meara and Liam were friends before they could talk, in love since they could drive, and planning their future before they graduated high school. In order to start the life they’ve always dreamed of, Liam just has to finish his tour with the band. He doesn't want anyone else. Liam's only ever had eyes for Meara, and he can't wait to finally get home to her...
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