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  • One Foot in the Grave by Denise Grover Swank

    One Foot in the Grave by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third book in the Carly Moore series by Denise Grover Swank.The dead can’t speakAfter months of living in the Smoky Mountains town of Drum, Tennessee, Carly knows firsthand the financial hardship the citizens face. Still, she can’t muster the same excitement as everyone else when town patriarch Bart Drummond breaks ground on his new resort that promises more jobs and money...
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    drama  family  female-mc  realistic  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Heart Bones: Despre agonia unor inimi frânte by Colleen Hoover

    Heart Bones: Despre agonia unor inimi frânte by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself...
  • Making It Right by Catherine Bybee

    Making It Right by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller. In the final book in Amazon Charts bestselling author Catherine Bybee’s Most Likely To trilogy, River Bend’s rebel follows in her father’s footsteps to become sheriff. But it might be time to forge her own path… Some kids inherit a family business; Jo Ward inherited a badge...
  • Buried in Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Buried in Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book four of the USA Today bestselling Carly Moore series.Be careful where you dig…Life in Drum, Tennessee has been quiet since corruption was uncovered in the sheriff’s department three months ago—too quiet. Still, Carly is shocked when she discovers one of her sweetest lunch customers at the tavern has committed murder in cold blood...
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    drama  female-mc  realistic  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  cozy
  • Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    >b>In the second book of the USA Today bestselling series, Carly looks into a young woman’s disappearance while trying to hide her own dark secrets. Carly Moore is finally feeling settled in Drum, Tennessee. She likes her job waitressing at Max’s Tavern AND her boyfriend… she should have known both were too good to be true...
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    drama  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Truth in Tiramisu by Rachael Bloome

    The Truth in Tiramisu by Rachael Bloome

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Eliza Carter can't keep a secret.Except the one she's been hiding for over eight years. And it's not the recipe for her world-famous tiramisu. With her bakery undergoing a remodel, her son struggling in school, and planning her best friend's wedding, Eliza's secret is the last thing on her mind. Until her high school sweetheart reappears, stirring up old feelings faster than her electric mixer...
  • New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland, Emma Swan

    New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland, Emma Swan

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    BRAND NEW FROM THE TOP 10 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF 'NEW BEGINNINGS AT SEASIDE BLOOMS' AND 'FINDING LOVE AT HEDGEHOG HOLLOW.'With new arrivals comes new responsibilities. . . .The sun is shining, wild flowers are blooming and Hedgehog Hollow is officially open for business.For Samantha, the proud owner of this beautiful rescue centre, life has never been busier...
  • Staying For Good by Catherine Bybee

    Staying For Good by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Zoe Brown may have been voted Most Likely to Never Leave River Bend, but the paper-thin walls and suffocating air of her family’s double-wide trailer were not what she wanted for her life. Other than BFFs Melanie and Jo, the only thing that kept Zoe sane during high school was her boyfriend, Luke...
  • The Library by Bella Osborne

    The Library by Bella Osborne

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Two different generations. Two unusual people. Thrown together to save their local library.Tom is a teenager and blends into the background of life. After a row with his dad, and facing an unhappy future at the dog food factory, he escapes to the library. Tom unwittingly ends up with a bagful of romance novels and comes under the suspicion of Maggie...
  • 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...
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    drama  family  female-mc  friendship  realistic  adult  audiobook  book
  • Redeeming Ryker by Kelly Collins

    Redeeming Ryker by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Imagine finding out that everything about your life is a lie. Imagine falling for the man who thinks he killed you. Imagine having to remain dead so you can keep him. Twenty-four-year-old Ana Barrett knows who she is. She’s a struggling artist, a loyal friend, an orphan raised by loving grandparents...
  • Meadow Falls by Carolyn Brown

    Meadow Falls by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An emotional novel about a small-town Texas family, forgiveness, and coming to terms with the past by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Angela Marie has spent all of her thirty-five years on Meadow Falls, the farm that’s been in her Texas family for generations. It wasn’t her plan. It was an obligation...
  • The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

    The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Sweet tea, corn bread, and soup beans—everyday fare for eight-year-old Alix French, the precocious darling of a respected southern family. But nothing was ordinary about the day she met ten-year-old Nick Anderson, a boy from the wrong side of town...
  • The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr

    The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An emotional and triumphant novel about new beginnings and the fierce power of a mother's love... When Hannah Russell suddenly becomes guardian to a five-year-old, she's terrified she's not up to the challenge. She and Noah need to get to know each other, so she rents a country house on a lake in rural Colorado...
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    drama  family  female-mc  realistic  adult  animals  audiobook  book
  • Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Ryan Michele brings the action packed, suspenseful, spicy next generation of Ravage MC filled with angst, loyalty and family.Raid bled the blood of the club. Undeniably loyal. Focused on family. Determined. His thought processes would make any other man cringe. Calculating. Meticulous. Always thinking...
  • Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

    Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating love story filled with suspense and mystery.When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past...
  • Secrets of Willow House by Susanne O'Leary

    Secrets of Willow House by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Maeve McKenna is on the verge of a breakdown. Having worked herself into the ground as a sought-after interior designer in London, she’s in desperate need of a vacation. Philomena Duffy is a little lonely. After losing her husband, their crumbling mansion, Willow House, feels awfully empty...
  • The Inn on Mirror Lake by Debbie Mason

    The Inn on Mirror Lake by Debbie Mason

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They swear they’re not right for each other but the matchmakers of Highland Falls are out to prove them wrong.Elliana MacLeod has come home to whip the Mirror Lake Inn into tip-top shape, the only way to prevent her mother from selling the beloved family business...
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    family  female-mc  realistic  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • Happy Truth About Love by Karice Bolton

    Happy Truth About Love by Karice Bolton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After receiving a rather odd inheritance from an uncle she barely knew, Autumn Tucker decides to do something she’s never done before. Instead of overthinking what’s right in front of her, she embraces the freedom of the unknown and the thrill of leaving everything behind and moves to the small mountain town of Silver Ridge...
  • Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.BEING CONNECTED TO DAEMON BLACK SUCKS… Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems...
  • Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry

    Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    One moment of recklessness will change their worlds.Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line. Until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyber-bully's line of fire—and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor" Turner into her life...
  • Sea Swept by Nora Roberts

    Sea Swept by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts' stunning Chesapeake Bay Saga, where the Quinn brothers must return to their family home on the Maryland shore, to honor their father's last request...A champion boat racer, Cameron Quinn traveled the world spending his winnings on champagne and women...
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    drama  family  female-mc  realistic  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • The Last One You Loved by L.J. Evans

    The Last One You Loved by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    MaddoxBetween my badge, my daughter, and my hometown, I’ve got a busy life. It’s a mostly happy one. But late at night, when the house is quiet, I still see her face. McKenna may have left me and this town behind a decade ago, but a century wouldn’t be long enough to get over her.There’s only one thing worse than never seeing her again...
  • Stay with Me by Becky Wade

    Stay with Me by Becky Wade

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A mysterious letter alluding to a secret in her parents' past brings Genevieve Woodward back to her Blue Ridge Mountains hometown, but she's also in need of a break from a high-profile career that has left her dangerously burned out and concealing a powerful secret of her own...
  • Miracle Road by Emily March

    Miracle Road by Emily March

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Robyn Carr and Debbie Macomber, New York Times bestselling author Emily March’s seventh book in the Eternity Springs series is a heartwarming story that celebrates the miracle and joy of love during the holidays.   After tragedy strikes his team, college basketball coach Lucca Romano arrives in the haven of Eternity Springs to reassess his life...
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    drama  family  female-mc  friendship  realistic  adult  audiobook  book
  • Picnic in Someday Valley by Jodi Thomas

    Picnic in Someday Valley by Jodi Thomas

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The charming and uplifting new novel from the legendary author of dozens of unforgettable romances! Travel to the small town of Honey Creek where ties run deep and happiness is just around the next river bend… Marcie Latimer longs to run away from Someday Valley—especially since her ex-boyfriend spun a web of lies that almost led to tragedy in neighboring Honey Creek...
  • Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

    Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning.Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper...
  • una dolce scoperta by Nora Roberts

    una dolce scoperta by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces you to the Montgomery brothers - Beckett, Ryder, and Owen - as they bring an intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown.Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out - with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath...
  • The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak

    The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Exciting, emotional, intense. The thrilling follow-up to New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak's highly acclaimed The Secret Sister. The things that happen in families are always surprising and sometimes shocking! The rich and powerful Josephine Lazarow, matriarch of Fairham Island, is dead. The police say it's suicide, but Keith, her estranged son, doesn't believe it...
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    drama  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Cottages on Silver Beach by RaeAnne Thayne

    The Cottages on Silver Beach by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Years after betraying her, he’s back in Haven Point…and determined to uncover the truth For the sake of her brother’s children, innkeeper Megan Hamilton has put her entire life on hold to become their guardian. The last person she wants to ever see again is Elliott Bailey, who she feels is responsible for her brother’s current predicament...
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    drama  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Right Where We Belong by Brenda Novak

    Right Where We Belong by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak returns to Silver Springs with a moving story about rebuilding your life when you've got nothing left to lose  Savanna Gray needs a do-over. Her "perfect" life unraveled when, to her absolute shock, her husband was arrested for attacking three women...
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    drama  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  breakup  contemporary
  • The Party Line by Carolyn Brown

    The Party Line by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A niece’s inheritance comes with family secrets, new romance, and sweet Texas strawberries in a refreshing and warmhearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Returning home to Ditto, Texas, is bittersweet for Lila Matthews. Her dear and feisty aunt Gracie has passed away, leaving Lila her estate...
  • קוראת את חיי by Renee Carlino

    קוראת את חיי by Renee Carlino

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer...
  • Memories in the Drift by Melissa Payne

    Memories in the Drift by Melissa Payne

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Secrets of Lost Stones , returns with another haunting and hopeful novel about redemption, the power of memory, and a woman’s will to reclaim her life. My name is Claire. I’m thirty-six years old. It’s September. I know what I’m doing and why I am here…for now...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  friendship  abuse  adult  amnesia  audiobook
  • Inheritance of Secrets by Robin Patchen

    Inheritance of Secrets by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From a USA Today bestselling author comes the latest in an edge-of-your-seat Christian romantic suspense series that will keep you reading all night long."I didn't do right by your mother. Find her and do what I never had the courage to do.”Her father’s deathbed confession changed everything for Aspen Kincaid. The mystery of her mother’s disappearance was unsolvable, or so she’d believed...
  • Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J. Rolfe

    Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J. Rolfe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A snow-covered log cabin surrounded by Christmas trees brings plenty of surprises for Holly … do you believe in Christmas miracles? Holly is looking for a change and even though not everyone agrees with her career choices, she’s determined there’s more to this life than the long hours she works as an editor in New York City...
  • Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There's a new shop on Seattle's Blossom Street - a flower shop called Susannah's Garden. The owner, Susannah Nelson, has just hired a young widow named Colette Blake. Susannah and Colette both join Lydia Goetz's new knitting class. Lydia's previous classes have forged lasting friendships and this one is no exception...
  • The Lighthouse Keeper by Cynthia Ellingsen

    The Lighthouse Keeper by Cynthia Ellingsen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Dawn Conners’s parents are famous for finding historic treasures, but she has a knack for losing things—her job, her boyfriend, and now, her reputation. Thanks to a mud-slinging exposé, Dawn’s late great-grandfather is assumed guilty of stealing silver from a century-old shipwreck...
  • Legacy by Nora Roberts, January LaVoy

    Legacy by Nora Roberts, January LaVoy

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents Legacy, a new novel of a mother and a daughter, of ambition and romance, and of a traumatic past reawakened by a terrifying threat…Adrian Rizzo was seven when she met her father for the first time. That was the day he nearly killed her—before her mother, Lina, stepped in...
  • Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Seth Quinn is finally home. It's been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, Seth had been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love...
  • Rising Tides by Nora Roberts

    Rising Tides by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Ethan Quinn shares his late father's passion for the ocean, and he's determined to make the family boat-building business a success. But as well as looking out for his young brother Seth, the strong but guarded Quinn is also battling some difficult home truths.Grace Monroe, the woman Ethan has always loves but never believed he could have, is learning that appearances can be deceptive...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  realistic  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • The Goodbye Café by Mariah Stewart

    The Goodbye Café by Mariah Stewart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    California girl Allie Hudson Monroe can't wait for the day when the renovations on the Sugarhouse Theater are complete so she can finally collect the inheritance from her father and leave Pennsylvania. After all, her life and her fourteen-year-old daughter are in Los Angeles...
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    drama  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy
  • On Shadow Beach by Barbara Freethy

    On Shadow Beach by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The California town of Angel’s Bay has had its share of troubles: from the long-unsolved murder of a teenage girl to the young police officer recently left in a coma after being shot. But miracles also have a way of happening . . . as if angels really do keep a watchful eye there...
  • Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts

    Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Third in the sweeping Chesapeake quartet, about three brothers who come together in a time of need. They honored their father's wish to raise young Seth as their own. And with all of the brothers home again, the Quinn family has never been so strong. But in the months to come, their strength is tested--once again.Phillip Quinn has done everything to make his life seem perfect...
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    drama  family  female-mc  realistic  abuse  adult  audiobook  book
  • Just Down the Road by Jodi Thomas

    Just Down the Road by Jodi Thomas

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Chance of a Lifetime and The Comforts of Home ... Harmony, Texas, is a place where dreams are born. As the townspeople face unexpected endings and new beginnings, they also come face to face with themselves—and what’s most important in life...  When Tinch Turner lost his wife, he gave up on living...
  • Nightingale Way by Emily March

    Nightingale Way by Emily March

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Eternity Springs is a magical place where hearts come to heal--with a little help. As Emily March's beloved series continues, a broken marriage finds new wings to fly. Dark, brooding Jack Davenport hides his secrets well, never telling his wife about the dangers of his job, never sharing his thoughts or worries . . . never sharing himself. After tragedy strikes, their marriage shatters...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Somewhere Along The Way by Jodi Thomas

    Somewhere Along The Way by Jodi Thomas

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HIDING OUT IN HARMONY In the two years since she claimed Harmony, Texas, as her home, eighteen-year-old Reagan Truman has found herself drawn to others who have made their way there, too. Gabe Leary, for instance, whose plan to hide out in Harmony is dashed when he becomes the town hero...
  • The Christmas Wishing Tree by Emily March

    The Christmas Wishing Tree by Emily March

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes life’s most magical journeys bring you back to where it all began… A man who loves adventure and the open sea, Devin Murphy returns for a short Christmas trip to his small hometown of Eternity Springs. Immersed in the joy and magic of the holiday season all around him, he doesn’t hesitate to play along when a young boy phones Santa to ask for a very special wish...
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    drama  family  realistic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Worth the Wait by Lori Foster

    Worth the Wait by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ready or not…love will find a way Single dad Hogan Guthrie is getting his life back on track, and working as the "barbecue master" at a local diner is just a temporary detour. He and restaurant owner Violet Shaw constantly butt heads…until one night they end up mingling other parts instead. Hogan thought he had the recipe for happiness all figured out...
  • Beneath the Moon and the Stars by Amelia Thorne

    Beneath the Moon and the Stars by Amelia Thorne

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Home, sweet home… Joy Cartier has been to some of the most beautiful places in the world – but none of them have ever felt like home. So moving into a tiny cottage in the idyllic village of Bramble Hill, walking distance from her childhood home, seems like the perfect plan. That is, until she gets there. The surly inhabitants of Britain’s Friendliest Village are anything but welcoming...
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