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  • Sail Away by Ashley Farley

    Sail Away by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Three women form a village to help a friend in need. Becca has embarked on the most important mission of her life. She trusts no one, and she’s running out of time. On a whim, she rents a beach cottage on Palmetto Island for the summer. She’s searching for a solution to her problem. Help comes in an unexpected friendship with the young woman next door...
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    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Saturdays at Sweeney's by Ashley Farley

    Saturdays at Sweeney's by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Members of the Sweeney family, young and old, chart their courses for the future in this final installment of the bestselling Sweeney Sisters Series. When the seafood business Lovie Sweeney established sixty years ago is destroyed by fire, she finds herself at the center of an arson investigation...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The English Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    The English Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Imagine meeting the richest, most gorgeous guy in London… And he's obsessed with YOU...On my thirtieth birthday, I decide it’s time to make some changes.Okay, it’s really only one change.No more men.Gone is the boyfriend who cheated on me with my best friend.Gone are all the disastrous relationships that have left me dispirited and jaded...
  • Waiting For Love by Marie Force

    Waiting For Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sometimes the best offense is a good rebound... Adam McCarthy has had a really bad week. In addition to nearly losing his three brothers in a tragic boating accident, his now ex-girlfriend has double-crossed him right out of the successful computer company he founded in New York City...
  • Nantucket Threads by Pamela M. Kelley

    Nantucket Threads by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Izzy's life is about to change soon in the biggest way possible. She is excited and nervous and torn about whether or not to give her ex, Rick Savage another chance. Rick has tried to be a better man. He's gone through anger management classes and really seems to be making an effort...
  • Montana Homecoming by Kim Law

    Montana Homecoming by Kim Law

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With four Wilde babies already due in the coming weeks, the last thing Cord expects when he returns home is to discover one more is on the way . . . his.His hometown of Birch Bay isn’t the respite Cord Wilde envisions when forced to take a mandatory vacation...
  • The Stark Trilogy 3-Book Bundle by J. Kenner

    The Stark Trilogy 3-Book Bundle by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the style of Fifty Shades of Grey and Bared to You comes J. Kenner’s erotic, riveting, and emotionally charged Stark Trilogy, which has quickly become a sensation among fans of steamy romance with a dangerous edge...
  • Midnight Shores on Whisling Island by Julia Clemens

    Midnight Shores on Whisling Island by Julia Clemens

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Whisling Island is a beautifully enchanting place, one of healing and growth.Allen is coming home. And sweet Lily is beside herself in joyful, anxious anticipation. After preparing for his homecoming, ensuring that their reunion will be perfect, Lily is thrown a curveball. One she isn't sure how to recover from...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  breakup  contemporary
  • A Pinch of Passion by Kelly Collins

    A Pinch of Passion by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She leads a privileged life. He has a chip on his shoulder. Can the very thing that divides them be what draws them together? Allie Parks lives life in the fast lane—literally. As a partner in Luxe Resorts, she’s learned that if her money won’t open a door, her looks will...
  • Easton Island: Easton Family Dynasty by Hope Callaghan

    Easton Island: Easton Family Dynasty by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Easton Island - Easton Family Dynasty is the continuing saga of one woman’s journey from incredible loss to finding a past she knew nothing about, including a family who both embraces and fears her and a charming island that draws her in.This inspirational women's fiction series is for lovers of family sagas, friendship, mysteries, and a touch of romance...
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    family  female-mc  epic  romance  fiction  cozy  contemporary  book
  • Tangle of Strings by Ashley Farley

    Tangle of Strings by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A nearly tragic accident leads to a discovery that rocks the Sweeney family’s world. Some families never resolve conflicts. Not so with the Sweeneys. Their sense of family, their love for one another, and their willingness to forgive have always triumphed and brought them back together. Until now...
  • I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson

    I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dear Edie, I wanted you to know so many things. I wanted to tell you them in person, as you grew. But it wasn’t to be.Jess never imagined she’d be navigating single motherhood, let alone while facing breast cancer. A life that should be just beginning is interrupted by worried looks, heavy conversations, and the possibility of leaving her daughter to grow up without her...
  • A tablespoon of Temptation by Kelly Collins

    A tablespoon of Temptation by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a woman who values honesty. He’s a man telling a lie. Will the truth bring them together or tear them apart?Danielle Morgan doesn’t need a recipe for love, she needs one for life. Hounded by her best friend to find a man or a hobby, she chooses the latter. After all, a hobby won’t break her heart...
  • My Wicked Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    My Wicked Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Never fall in love when it’s supposed to be just for fun… It’s the day before my brother’s wedding in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. It’s also the last day of my studies before I qualify as a veterinarian. At last, I can put aside my ditzy image and be the sophisticated career woman I’ve always wanted to be. Except I don’t notice my watch has stopped, and I miss my flight...
  • 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...
  • Forbidden Love by Ashley Farley

    Forbidden Love by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A father’s lie tears his family apart in the thrilling continuation of the bestselling Virginia Vineyard series. Daniel Love has alienated his loved ones. And he’ll stop at nothing to have his daughter and long-time mistress back in his life. He resorts to drastic measures, devising a wicked scheme intended to elicit sympathy from his family. All hell breaks loose when his plan backfires...
  • No Place Like Home: A Novel by Barbara O'Neal

    No Place Like Home: A Novel by Barbara O'Neal

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An enriching and deeply moving novel about love and loss, the bonds of family and friends, and coming home by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids.Life didn’t turn out the way Jewel Sabatino planned. However long she’s been gone, home is waiting.At seventeen, Jewel fled Colorado for New York City and didn’t look back...
  • A Better Man: A Small Town Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Carrie Elks

    A Better Man: A Small Town Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Carrie Elks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s his addiction. He’s her escape.Logan Hartson is gorgeous, successful, and has a smile that’ll knock a woman off her feet. And from the moment Courtney Roberts meets him on a dirt road, the chemistry sizzles between them.Everything about them is wrong. He’s city, she’s country.He owns expensive restaurants. She runs a small farm...
  • Inked Obsession by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Obsession by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a second chance romance sure to tug at your heartstrings.When men in uniform showed up on Eliza Wilder-Strong’s doorstep, she knew her life would be irrevocably altered. She not only lost her husband, but the future she’d carefully planned...
  • Outback Secrets by Rachael Johns

    Outback Secrets by Rachael Johns

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Keeping secrets comes naturally to him ... but will it ruin his chance at love?Liam Castle knows the secrets of everyone in Bunyip Bay. As the owner of the pub, he's heard it all - from marriage proposals and farming disasters to family rifts and everything in between. The locals love to confide in him, but no one knows he's hiding a tragic past.And he wants to keep it that way...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  breakup  contemporary
  • Becoming Us by Robin Jones Gunn

    Becoming Us by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the author of the best-selling Christy Miller and SisterChicks series comes a new book of community, friendship, and tackling the hard things of life with God and loved ones around a table.Five young moms, including beloved Gunn character Christy Miller, gather to share meals and soon become unlikely best friends...
  • Small Town Charm by Carolyn Brown

    Small Town Charm by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Small Town Rumors comes a sweet Southern story of family, forgiveness, and true love. Growing up, Cricket Lawson was never one of the popular girls. And that was just fine with her. If the Belles couldn’t deal with her curves or tell-it-like-is attitude, she didn’t want to be friends with them anyway...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Alaskan Dawn by Edie Claire

    Alaskan Dawn by Edie Claire

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A brand new novel of romantic women’s fiction from the author of the award-winning Long Time Coming and Meant to Be! Haley knew that carrying her twin sister’s baby would be a sacrifice.She just didn’t know how great. Overachieving attorney Haley Olson has always done the responsible thing. So when her twin sister Micah needs a surrogate mother, Haley willingly volunteers...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Minute I Saw You by Paige Toon

    The Minute I Saw You by Paige Toon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Some people believe that it’s possible to fall in love simply by gazing into another person’s eyes, but Hannah, who spends her working life staring into the eyes of strangers, has never felt anything out of the ordinary for any of her clients. Then she meets Sonny, and a spark ignites between them that’s hard to ignore and impossible to forget...
  • Blessing in Disguise by Danielle Steel

    Blessing in Disguise by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In Danielle Steel’s remarkable new novel, one of her most memorable characters comes to terms with unfinished business and long-buried truths as the mother of three very different daughters with three singular fathers.   As a young intern at an art gallery in Paris, Isabelle McAvoy meets Putnam Armstrong, wealthy, gentle, older, and secluded from the world...
  • Defend Me by Kelly Collins

    Defend Me by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s an extrovert. He’s an introvert. Can polar opposites find happiness together? As a teenager, Rose Rogers couldn’t wait to get out of Frazier Falls. She took the first chance she got and left for New York, where she made a name for herself at Flair Magazine. Until now, she’s never looked back...
  • Tangled Love on Pelican Point by Karice Bolton

    Tangled Love on Pelican Point by Karice Bolton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Can be read as a standalone* Sophie Bristol works two jobs--sometimes three--and is surrounded by people falling in love and that's great. Really, it's great. It's not like she ever thought she'd find that perfect someone. After all, she learned he probably only exists in some far away land with talking wildlife and glass slippers, and that works perfectly for her busy schedule...
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    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Meet Me At Sunrise by Michele Brouder

    Meet Me At Sunrise by Michele Brouder

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Read the generational saga about three sisters and their grandmother and her friends in the beachside town of Hideaway Bay.After reuniting with her sisters at her grandmother’s funeral, Alice Monroe determines that Hideaway Bay may be the place for her. Nursing a broken heart, Alice throws herself into transforming her grandmother’s house into an inn...
  • Blind Love by Ashley Farley

    Blind Love by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ada’s world is torn apart when she discovers the man who raised her isn’t her biological father. To make matters worse, Daniel’s illegitimate daughter, Casey, has taken Ada’s place in his life. Faced with losing everything, Ada searches her dead mother’s belongings for answers. What she discovers will change her life forever. Casey finally has a chance at romance with her long-time crush...
  • To Know Her Is to Love Her by Marie Force

    To Know Her Is to Love Her by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Online at Ms Force's website. This is a Green Mountain novella about Will and Cameron and follows BK #1 in the Green Mountain series...
  • Outback Sisters by Rachael Johns

    Outback Sisters by Rachael Johns

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Bunyip Bay novelFrankie and Simone are sisters and best friends. Could a new man in town drive a wedge between them for the first time ever?Cafe owner Frankie has been unlucky in love all her life. It's hard in a small town like Bunyip Bay to meet prospective partners...
  • Four Wishes by Christine Nolfi

    Four Wishes by Christine Nolfi

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meade Williams has a successful company, an ailing father—and a secret desire to find love at last. Dr. Mary Chance isn’t sure the time is right to expand her family. Birdie Kaminsky has married the man of her dreams, but yearns to grow closer to her powerful sister. And young Glade Wilson must confront the daunting truth that she’ll become a mother before finishing high school...
  • As Long As I Have You by Bella Andre

    As Long As I Have You by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All Mari Everett’s life, she’s had two secret dreams: To own a bookstore, and to reunite with her long lost father. But when he passes away unexpectedly and she inherits his home and business, the only way she can learn about his life—especially why he abandoned her when she was three and never came back—is by leaving California to take over his bookstore in London...
  • Upside Down by Danielle Steel

    Upside Down by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome of glamour and a highly respected artist. But her success has come at a she has a strained relationship with her daughter, Morgan, who at thirty-eight still blames Ardith for putting her career before being a mother...
  • The Heart of the Garden by Victoria Connelly

    The Heart of the Garden by Victoria Connelly

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Morton Hall, with its beautiful, ruined grounds and its reclusive mistress, Emilia Morton, is full of mysteries. For freelance editor Anne Marie, the wild garden has become a serene and secret refuge from her loveless marriage. The only other regular visitor is Cape, the hall’s part-time gardener, who is forbidden to tend to anything except the magnificent maze or to meet his enigmatic employer...
  • The Secret Ingredient by Sue Heath

    The Secret Ingredient by Sue Heath

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ‘A delicious story that wraps itself around your heart’ Evie Woods, bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop.It’s been three years, two weeks and one day since Kate Shaw’s life changed forever. Three years, two weeks and one day that Kate has been angry – with herself and life.But today is different. Different because Kate has finally taken the step she’s been avoiding…back into the kitchen...
  • 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...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  realistic  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Hotel by Pamela M. Kelley

    The Hotel by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Secrets and lies....at Nantucket's most exclusive and glamorous, family-owned hotel.A new, dramatic family saga series from the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller author of The Nantucket Inn and The Restaurant.The Whitley was Nantucket's most exclusive hotel...
  • My Favorite Mistake by Marian Keyes

    My Favorite Mistake by Marian Keyes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Available to pre-order now! The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes.Anna has just lost her taste for the big apple . . .Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in beauty PR. Who wouldn't want all that? Anna—it turns out...
  • Out of the Box Regifted by Jennifer Theriot

    Out of the Box Regifted by Jennifer Theriot

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00JJBPSZS.Betrayal, Lies, Loss, Hurt, Secrets....With a new beginning on the horizon for Olivia Petersen and Ash Harper, what could possibly stop them from finding their happy ever after? In the midst of joy, this blended family finds they have to trust in love and family bonds to get them through what is coming next...or self-destruct...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  breakup  contemporary
  • Sweet Love at Bayside by Addison Cole

    Sweet Love at Bayside by Addison Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal heroes and sassy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, and easy to relate to...
  • Tangled Vines by Megan Mayfair

    Tangled Vines by Megan Mayfair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amelia O'Sullivan is a photographer who has always viewed herself through the wrong lens. When her marriage publicly crashes around her, she flees to the safety of her aunt's country property to pick up the pieces...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • My Funny Valentine (Debbie Macomber Classics) by Debbie Macomber

    My Funny Valentine (Debbie Macomber Classics) by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A single mother makes an unexpected match with a total stranger in this uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Dianne Williams needs a man . . . but only for a night. The night of the Port Blossom Community Center’s Valentine’s dinner, to be precise...
  • Love Child by Ashley Farley

    Love Child by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Small-town romantic suspense from USA Today bestselling author, Ashley Farley Casey Hobbs has never met her father. She doesn’t know his identity or where he lives or whether he has children. She’s spent the past three years at her mother’s sickbed, watching cancer eat away her organs and their bank account...
  • Big Love in Small Places by Theresa Paolo

    Big Love in Small Places by Theresa Paolo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Get cozy in your favorite spot and visit each of Theresa Paolo's small towns where love, laughter and happily ever afters are guaranteed...
  • Guarded Hart by Kelly Collins

    Guarded Hart by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve been friend-zoned by the girl I like.Now she’s flirting with my brother.It drives me crazy—not that I’d say a word. My brother says it’s a ruse. She’s into me but has no idea how to get my attention. Luckily for her, her plan is working. She’s hiding something, and I don’t appreciate secrets. I especially hate lies. I’m not letting her close until she tells me the truth...
  • The Hotel at Beach and Forgotten by Nellie Brooks

    The Hotel at Beach and Forgotten by Nellie Brooks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After many happy years in Nantucket and Maine, Jenny suddenly finds herself widowed, penniless, and going on fifty...Jenny escapes to beautiful Mendocino Cove, the small town at the West Coast where she grew up. Here, her grandmother’s beloved seaside hotel still sits, empty and abandoned, on the corner of Beach Street and Forgotten Lane...
  • Liars Like Us by Mary Campisi

    Liars Like Us by Mary Campisi

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unlock the secrets in Reunion Gap What happens when destiny ignores the rules? Tate Alexander has the good luck to be born with looks and charm, and the bad luck to belong to a family where money and power mean more than honor and integrity. When he returns to Reunion Gap to take over his father’s company, he’s determined to uncover and right the wrongs his father committed...
  • The Promise by Mia Kent

    The Promise by Mia Kent

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dashing pilot. A young nurse. And a wartime love story left unwritten.It’s the winter of 1943, and nineteen-year-old Helen Moore spends her days at the bedsides of the broken boys who are fighting gallantly to protect the land and people they love...
  • Chances Are by Kellie Coates Gilbert

    Chances Are by Kellie Coates Gilbert

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chances are, you never know what story might be in the very next chapter...When recently divorced Allie Barrett receives a letter notifying her that she’s inherited her deceased uncle’s home and fishing charter business in Oregon, she quickly decides the coastal town of Pacific Bay might be the perfect place to start over and raise her eleven-year-old son...
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    epic  family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
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