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  • More Than Forever by Jay McLean

    More Than Forever by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Narrated by Nelson Hobbs, Shirl Rae13 hrs and 21 minsUnabridged Audiobook-LUCY-There is a love so fierce it cannot be measured. A heart so strong it will never slow. There is a promise so sure it can never lie.He promised me that love forever.Even when it wasn't enough. -CAMERON-Forever. Everlasting. Eternal.There is no measure of time. No sounds of the ticking of a clock...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  drama  family  friendship  grief  humor
  • Jerk It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Jerk It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mavis always assumed that she would be in a hospital with the good drugs when her time came. Not in the middle of the road, with no one around but the damn town mechanic that hated her.But there she was, having a rock star’s baby, with no one to rely on but the one that let it be known around every turn that she was a horrible person...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  humor  multi-pov  sad  second-chances  sports
  • 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...
  • Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

    Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 56 ratings
    When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  forbidden-love  grief  male-mc
  • A Perfect Ten by Linda Kage

    A Perfect Ten by Linda Kage

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Let your hair down, Caroline, they said. It'll be fun, they said. I know I've closed myself off in a major way over the past year, ever since "the incident" where I messed up my life completely. It's past time I try to live again or just give up altogether. But this is quite possibly the craziest thing I've ever done...
  • Allure by Nina Lane

    Allure by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After lies and betrayal almost destroyed us, Dean and I fought our way back to each other. But now another battle threatens our fragile reconciliation.Though Dean's protectiveness of me is more powerful than ever, he can't escape his seething jealousy over what I did with another man...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  humor  multi-pov  realistic
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  humor  male-mc  multi-pov  realistic
  • Bring Me Home by Cassia Leo

    Bring Me Home by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The breath-taking conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series. "Sometimes, letting someone go is the ultimate act of love."Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. She was saved once by her first love, and rock star, Chris Knight...
  • Forgetting Me by Crystal Spears

    Forgetting Me by Crystal Spears

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She doesn't even see me anymore. I've been discarded and thrown in the trash, right next to the dirty diapers. We have a little downtime, and I can't even get her to go down.I deal with it though, until my oldest daughter sees my hurt. I've vowed always to protect my children; now Storm better watch out, because I'm coming for her...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  friendship  steamy  adult
  • More Than Her by Jay McLean

    More Than Her by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    "For every action there is an equal or opposite reaction." For every choice you make there are rewards, or there are consequences. It was my choice to walk away the first time. And my choice to chase her the second. But sometimes you don't get a choice, and all you get are the consequences...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  humor  male-mc  multi-pov
  • Falling by E.K. Blair

    Falling by E.K. Blair

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes it takes someone else to show us what we are truly capable of becoming. Suffering from years of violent abuse, Ryan Campbell has learned how to keep people from getting too close. But when you shut yourself off, people get hurt along the way. Never caring much about others, Ryan creates a world in which he doesn’t have to feel...
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    angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  male-mc  sad  steamy  university
  • Until You by Penelope Douglas, Пенелопа Дуглас

    Until You by Penelope Douglas, Пенелопа Дуглас

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    ***This novel contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. It is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+. Have you ever been so angry that hitting things felt good? Or so numb that you actually felt high? The past few years have been like that for me. Traveling between fury and indifference with no stops in between.Some people hate me for it, while others are scared of me...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  family  humor  male-mc
  • Trust in Me by J. Lynn

    Trust in Me by J. Lynn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    From the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of WAIT FOR YOU, this is the story of Cam and Avery’s sizzling romance as you’ve never seen it before, told exclusively from Cam’s perspective…Cameron Hamilton is used to getting what he wants, especially when it comes to women...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  family  friendship  humor
  • The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski

    The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  family  friendship  humor
  • Falling Away by Penelope Douglas

    Falling Away by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Jaxon is the guy she’s supposed to avoid.K.C. is the girl he won’t let get away....K.C. Carter has always followed the rules—until this year, when a mistake leaves her the talk of her college campus and her carefully arranged life comes crashing to a halt...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  friendship  humor  multi-pov
  • The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen

    The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    For Kayden, suffering in silence was the only way to survive. If he was lucky, he could keep his head down, do as he was told, and make it through the day. But one night it seemed like his luck-and his life-might finally end... until an angel named Callie appeared just in time to rescue him.Callie has never believed in luck. Not since her twelfth birthday when everything was taken from her...
  • 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...
  • The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Truth In Lies Series. READ This Much Is True, book 1 first, although it's been written as a standalone. Readers say, don't do that. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway ~ A Farewell To Arms They share an epic love but one moment changes everything. A life together that seemed certain is shattered...
  • Change My Game by Kelsey Clayton

    Change My Game by Kelsey Clayton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Jace London,And I may have screwed up.I’ve always been the guy who had it all.Privilege, entitlement, and a life of luxury.But after one college night gone tragically wrong,Nothing has ever been the same.Everyone thinks I should be happy.With a trust fund like mine, who could be sad?But no one knows what’s going on with me,Or the nightmares that keep me awake at night...
  • Pieces of You by Cassia Leo

    Pieces of You by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The stunning continuation of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series."Sometimes, the lies we tell ourselves are more destructive than the truth we hide from others."In Relentless, college student Claire Nixon and surfer Adam Parker each had a painful past too heavy to carry alone...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  drama  family  grief  humor  multi-pov
  • Beautiful Broken Mess by Kimberly Lauren

    Beautiful Broken Mess by Kimberly Lauren

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When life's always been a mess, can you still turn it into something beautiful? Jace Riley’s close connection with his identical twin brother, Jaxon, is put to the test when he tries to choose between keeping his promises and following his heart...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  forbidden-love  friendship  humor
  • Second Chance Vow by M. Robinson

    Second Chance Vow by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author M. Robinson comes a second chance romance.From the moment I laid eyes on her, Kinley was mine. At fifteen years old I was determined to make it happen, but we were on and off for years until I got it right between us and finally made her my wife.We were supposed to be forever. So in love. So devoted.So consumed with each other...
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    angst  drama  family  humor  multi-pov  second-chances  steamy  abuse
  • The Champion by Shey Stahl

    The Champion by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A powerful love story of tragedy, love, and commitment. The fourth book in the Racing on the Edge series submerges you in the lifestyle of a champion of a sport that dominates America. Through smoke and methanol, you learn the good, the bad, and the secrets no one wants you to know...
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    alpha-mc  drama  family  humor  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult
  • The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis

    The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An optional short novel in the highly-addictive Kennedy Boys series by USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. The Kennedy Boys go wild on vacation in Ireland! It’s the summer before they start college, and Faye and Ky are visiting her home turf together—it’s Ky’s first time in Ireland, and her first trip home since her parent’s tragic death...
  • Aflame by Penelope Douglas, Abby Craden

    Aflame by Penelope Douglas, Abby Craden

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Everyone wants to be me. Maybe it's the sway of my skirt or the way I flip my hair, but I don't care. Even though their attention is the last thing I crave, I just can't stop. I dominate the track, the speed rattles my bones, and the wind and the crowd screams my name. I'm her. The girl driver. The queen of the race. And I'm surviving-something he thought I'd never do. They all talk about him...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  family  friendship  humor
  • Abandon by Cassia Leo

    Abandon by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alternate cover edition for ASIN B00HLSUYPKThis gritty spinoff of the New York Times bestselling Shattered Hearts Series follows mysterious and sexy Tristan as he attempts to abandon his demons in the name of love.A steady stream of meaningless sex is all Tristan has left when he discovers the grandmother who raised him is dying and his best friend is getting married...
  • Going Long by Ginger Scott

    Going Long by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They fell in love in high school and found their way back to one another despite the odds. But can first loves really be forever? For Reed Johnson, the dream was always football. But then Nolan Lennox took over his heart...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  friendship  male-mc  multi-pov  sad
  • Away by B.A. Wolfe

    Away by B.A. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What good is running AWAY when you only end up lost? Cassandra Pierce had her whole "perfect" life planned out by her parents. One night of pure weakness and lust has her running away from it all and seeking refuge in Alamosa with her best friend. But it seems life has other plans for her when she finds herself lost in the small town of Keaton. Jason Bradley is a charming country guy...
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    angst  drama  family  realistic  sad  steamy  university  book
  • Ruin by Rachel Van Dyken

    Ruin by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    I'm not your typical girl. I've been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness...until Wes Michels offered to be my light.I didn't know that time wasn't my ally -- that every second that ticked past was one step closer to the end of something that was beginning to mean the end of myself. He tried to warn me...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  friendship  humor  male-mc
  • Good Girl Gone by Tammy Falkner

    Good Girl Gone by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She's perfect. He's not. She's the lead singer in a popular rock band. He's a tattoo artist. She's all perfect creases and fancy clothes. He's covered in prison ink. She's wealthy. He doesn't have a pot to piss in. She's good. He's bad...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  drama  family  humor  multi-pov  sad
  • Priceless by Linda Kage

    Priceless by Linda Kage

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Three things in my life were fact. I needed Sarah to survive. I needed sex to remain sane. And I could never mix sex with Sarah. I just knew—deep in my marrow—that if I did, I’d somehow lose her. All my deepest darkest secrets would crack open, bleed out, and ruin everything between us. I wouldn’t unleash the shit inside me on my worst enemy, let alone her...
  • Jake Understood by Penelope Ward

    Jake Understood by Penelope Ward

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE. From the New York Times bestselling author of Jake Undone, comes a full-length standalone companion novel and sequel. A different side to the story: Jake's side."We're getting a new roommate," they said.I thought nothing of it...until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis.Nina..
  • Torn Hearts by Claire Contreras, Madison Seidler

    Torn Hearts by Claire Contreras, Madison Seidler

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **This novella is part of the Kaleidoscope Hearts Series, and is meant to be read in between Kaleidoscope Hearts and Paper Hearts (which releases September 10, 2015).** I met a boy once. He made my heart go into a frenzy every time he looked at me, and my knees go weak whenever he touched me. The beginning of our love was beautiful that even its demise was bittersweet. I met a girl once...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  friendship  multi-pov  realistic  sad
  • 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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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  friendship  male-mc  multi-pov  sad
  • Strings of the Heart by Katie Ashley

    Strings of the Heart by Katie Ashley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Twenty year old, Allison Slater has been in love with her brother’s bandmate, Rhys McGowan, since she was fifteen years old. But to him, she’ll always be Jake’s little sister and off limits. Now a college sophomore and licking her wounds from a bad breakup, she sets her sights on making Rhys see her as someone he could date…maybe even love...
  • The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley

    The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Phil “Kenna stood strong, taking my grief into herself. In that moment, if the world had truly threatened to fall, I had no doubt my Baby Girl would hold it up.” A pillar of strength, Kenna only grows stronger as time passes. I’ve known from the beginning that I was the weak link between us. Always, she’s risen above and beyond the darkness of the unknown that threatens to suck me down...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  male-mc  multi-pov  sad
  • Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I dazzle the world when I play the guitar,               But I never let anyone dazzle my heart…                                Until I spent one night with her. Darren Ash is living the dream. As lead guitarist for iconic rock band Licks of Leather, he seemingly has it all. But secretly he’s struggling to forget the woman he shared a scorching encounter with over two years ago...
  • Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Garrett “Hawk” Hawkins may be a bad boy in the rink but he doesn’t know what to do when he’s wrongly accused of on-ice misconduct. Given a five-game suspension by the NHL, he heads down to Mimosa Key to lay on the beach for a few days and get his head on straight—until he runs into a troubled beauty who happens to be the sister of his ex-teammate...
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    sports  steamy  angst  multi-pov  drama  alpha-mc  romance  secrets
  • Calm & Storm by Susan Fanetti

    Calm & Storm by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE NIGHT HORDE SOCAL SERIES CONCLUDES.Ronin Drago has always been a fighter, a warrior, a soldier. Not one to take the lead or the limelight, he stands stalwart with his brothers, but he keeps his own counsel.The Night Horde SoCal has been taking too many hits lately, and he fears that they are cracking under the strain...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  family  multi-pov  sad  steamy  adult
  • Asa by Jay Crownover

    Asa by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Jay Crownover’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling Marked Men series continues with the much anticipated story of southern charmer and certified criminal Asa Cross.Starting over in Denver with a whole new circle of friends and family, Asa Cross struggles with being the man he knows everyone wants him to be and the man he knows he really is...
  • Nash by Jay Crownover

    Nash by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today BestsellerFrom New York Times bestselling author Jay Crownover comes the fourth book in the Marked Men series.Saint Ford has worked hard to achieve her childhood dream of becoming of nurse. Focused on her work and devoted to her patients, there’s no room for love...
  • Misbehaving by Abbi Glines

    Misbehaving by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    An unexpected affair leads to mind-blowing harmony in this Sea Breeze novel from New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines. Jason is sick of living in his rock star brother’s shadow. So when he ships off to Sea Breeze, Alabama, he’s looking for a much deserved escape and a chance to blow off some envious steam. Falling for the local bad girl was definitely not the plan...
  • Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I've always followed my dreams with ruthless determination. My life was going well. Success was at my fingertips. Until it wasn't. All it took was three seconds to send my world crashing down around me, ripping my dreams to shreds. Then I meet her, with her large hazel eyes that slay me at first glance. And everything starts to make sense again. I try to keep my distance...
  • The Price of Mason by Linda Kage

    The Price of Mason by Linda Kage

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I might’ve ruined any chance I ever had at a meaningful relationship when I decided to become a male prostitute at eighteen, but that was okay. I paid off my mom’s debt, the rent, my sister’s hospital bills. I put food on the table and kept eviction notices at bay. It was worth it...
  • Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23

    Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Now published as InnocentsShe loves him. He loves her crazy. She's a hopeless romantic. He's just hopeless. She's afraid to let go. He won't let her. A story about a silly girl in love with a foolish boy. Here, forever is a lie...
  • SLATE by Kelly Gendron

    SLATE by Kelly Gendron

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Some boys will keep it, some will break it, and some boys, they just won't want it. You gotta be careful who you give your heart to..." Slate Declan First loves, we all got them. Mine is Slate Declan. He was kind, gentle, and caring. Still, he managed to break my heart. So I put miles between us, and eventually, my heart healed...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  multi-pov  sad  second-chances
  • Twist of Fate by Ella Fox

    Twist of Fate by Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night changed everything. Leah Cooper was an absolute mess caught in a downward spiral until Gavin Wilde made a brief appearance in her life at a critical moment. Gavin forced her to re-evaluate what she was doing and make necessary changes. Years later a Twist of Fate brings them back together again when Leah has no choice but to go on tour with The Renegade Saints...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  drama  family  forbidden-love  humor  multi-pov  steamy
  • Be with Me by J. Lynn

    Be with Me by J. Lynn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The stunning follow up to the #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling WAIT FOR YOU...
  • Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Sometimes there is a single moment that changes your life forever.” Hadie Swinton is giving up on boys. After a disastrous relationship, she is convinced that all males are the same—arrogant, self-assured, and complete jerks. Lincoln Bracks is giving up on his old life. After moving to a new town to escape the problems plaguing him, he is set against ever getting close to anyone again...
  • Ambrosia by Erin Noelle

    Ambrosia by Erin Noelle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After coming to terms with the tragedy that rocked her world, Scarlett MacGregor has returned to try to pick up the pieces of the broken relationships that she left behind. Ash and Mason were left devastated and heartbroken following Scarlett’s sudden, unannounced departure. They are both ready and willing to forgive her and welcome her back into their lives with open arms...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  friendship  multi-pov  realistic  sad
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