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Readers who enjoyed A Safe Surrender by Alannah Carbonneau also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Unwanted by Marley Valentine
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by the foster system. Dealing with the aftermath of neglect and abandonment, we grew up side by side and found solace in one another.We wanted.We needed.We loved.Desperately.But somewhere along the way, Arlo wanted and needed and loved drugs more. So, I did the only thing I could and broke my own heart to save his... -
Adore Me by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMorgan Barrett is off limits. Why? She’s my best friend’s sister and insists that she isn’t interested in a relationship. That didn’t stop us from sharing one incredibly passionate night together. However, one night was not enough for either of us. I want more. She needs more. When we give in to the temptation, something amazing happens... -
Every Tear You Cry by J.E. Parker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo broken families. One second chance. -Clara- Marriage almost killed me. All I ever wanted was my Prince Charming. Instead, life gave me a monster. That nightmare is over, but my sons and I will never be the same. I'll do anything to make them happy. Anything except fall in love again. But when Brantley and his daughter come into our lives, my resolve fades... -
She's the One by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe day I first laid eyes on Abby Boyer, I knew she was the one. The girl I would marry and spend the rest of my life with, and I vowed to do everything I could to make her happy.There was just one problem, I couldn’t make her happy during one of the darkest moments of our marriage. No matter how hard I tried, my love for her wasn’t enough to make her stay... -
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Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFamily came first—that’s what the Brothers by Blood MC believed in. They fell in love, they battled the odds, and they fought through the danger that threatened to tear them apart, but it wasn’t over yet. Their stories were just the beginning, and now they were determined to continue to build their families and the next generation of the MC... -
Perfect Pitch by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lead singer, a professor, and another lead singer walk into a bedroom... Molly McIntire loves her career as the lead singer of the band Warning Sign. Who she does not love? The cocky, seductive lead singer of The Grunge, rockstar Luc Moreau, who through a series of misfortunate events ends up singing with her. In her band. On her stage. Together... -
Suloisimmat hetket by Virginie Grimaldi
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHurmaava tarina äidinrakkaudesta ja naisista elämän taitekohdissa.Kun kuopus muuttaa pois kotoa, Élise tuntee itsensä merkityksettömäksi. Lapset vastaavat viesteihin viiveellä, ja seurana on vain masentunut koira. Uutta sisältöä elämään löytyy tanssikurssilta ja vapaaehtoistyöstä vauvaperheiden parissa... -
Luke's Absolution by K.L. Kreig
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDemons. Regrets. Absolution. Luke has lived on the wrong side of the law since he was seventeen. His hands are stained and his soul is black, but the worst sin he's committed is falling in love with his brother’s girl. Then he met her. Addy Monroe is pure, innocent and stubborn as an ox. Even though he doesn’t deserve her, Luke will stop at nothing to have her... -
Coming Together (Welcome to Carson, Book Two) by Renee Harless
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA broken heart and shattered dreams... Austin Connelly had it all: loving family, a growing and profitable business, the perfect woman warming his bed at night... When she completely disappears from his life, well kept secrets begin to emerge. He finds out his best friend’s girlfriend is also his half-sister, and he believes someone is sabotaging his company... -
A Wedding to Cherish by Evangeline Kelly
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s about to marry the wrong woman until he meets the wedding planner, and now he has a decision to make.Always the wedding planner and never the bride. That’s what Daisy Ray is afraid her future holds. Things never seem to go well for her in the love department, but her mom says God must be saving her for that special man... -
To Trust by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDee Hooper and Jack Brewer grew up next door to each other in sleepy Buckhorn Corner, Oklahoma. From the time they were less than a year old they'd been best friends, but then Dee eloped with a man from Pennsylvania... -
Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime stamps. Our life is marked by them. Significant milestones to the seemingly mundane. All of them have a place. A purpose. Moments and chapters stacking on each other, building scars and memories. Creating stories that are only ours to tell. But those stamps are finite, pre-determined. And eventually our allotment runs out. This is our story. Our collection of time stamps... -
Beauford Bend: The Complete Series by Alice Hunter Pace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet the four sexy brothers of Beauford Bend in this enchanting new Southern series by USA Today best-selling author Alicia Hunter Pace! Nearly thirty miles from Nashville sits the boutique town of Beauford, known for its artisan craft shops and colorful personalities - especially the renowned Beauford brothers... -
My Cowboy Best Man Bachelor by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsViolet Kirschner never would have thought that she’d have to pick between her family and her ultimate childhood crush, Holden.Cowboy Billionaire Holden Hayes seems to be nothing but trouble. As the owner of a wildly successful ranch in Little Valley, Texas, he has the reputation of being a heartbreaker. But there’s more to him than what meets the eye... -
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Sweet Love by Rachel Hanna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThings aren't always what they seem... sometimes, they're better. Laura Bennett is bored. Divorced and grieving after the death of her mother, she takes the advice of her adventurous best friend and does the craziest thing she's ever done in her life. Sawyer Griffin is a country music superstar who has burned out and gone home to January Cove for a break... -
Virgin For The Fourth Time: Barrington Billionaire's Series: Book Four by Jeannette Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBennett Stone has dedicated his life to protecting and saving lives when others failed. The word impossible is not part of his vocabulary. Zoey Henderson has spent most of her life defending herself against her tarnished reputation, as a consequence of her father’s actions. Her five over-protective brothers believe no man will ever be good enough for her... -
After Six: Barrington Billionaire's Series: Book Six by Jeannette Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLogan Henderson, a world-renowned neurosurgeon, had spent his life trying to separate himself from the family name. There was no amount of lives that he could save which could ever make up for his father’s actions.Cordelia Sparks searched for the truth about her grandfather’s death. To get it, she’d need to take on a family that for decades was known for being ruthless and very powerful... -
Braxten by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFate made us brothers, loyalty made us family. We were only kids when my brothers and I were forced to the streets and into the shadows, harboring a dark secret we had every intention of taking to our graves.That’s when a pact was made, a brotherhood formed. We fought, we bled, but in the end we survived. All because one man took in three homeless boys and loved what no one else wanted... -
Hot Wings by Eli Easton, Tara Lain
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe alpha meets his match.Most macho of all the super-alpha Canali brothers and proud of it, Donny’s famous for his gorgeous face, his firefighter prowess, and for going through girls his family doesn’t approve of as fast as he changes jeans.Donny’s biggest hero is his fire captain dad, until his life gets saved from the skies by fire pilot Dell Murphy.Dell’s certain about most things... -
The Englisch Daughter by Cindy Woodsmall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA marriage is tested in this Old Order Amish novel of longing for renewed love and a path for forgiveness from the best-selling author of Gathering the Threads . Old Order Amish wife and mother Jemima has put her marriage and family ahead of herself for years. She's set herself aside... -
Daughters of Lancaster County by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe riveting story of a kidnapped Amish child is told through three bestselling novels set in Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Amish country. From the beginning, Naomi Fisher blames herself for the family's tragedy and journeys away from home to find a purpose for living... -
Logan by Samantha Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet the Blackthorne men, each one as hot, fast, and smooth as the whisky that built the family fortune, and the yachts and race cars that bear their name. From proud Scottish stock, Blackthornes never lose. But, one by one, the seven sexy men in this family are about to risk everything when they fall for strong and beautiful women who test their mettle in life…and love... -
Wild Heart by Beth Ehemann
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor Lawrence “Viper” Finkle, hockey isn’t just a sport, it’s a way of life. Since the first time he stepped onto the ice at just eight years old, he knew what he was meant to do, and he does it well. When his career takes an unexpected hit, and his relationship is pushed to the breaking point, he’s left sidelined and wondering what his future holds... -
My Kind of Forever by Heidi McLaughlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLiam Page knows music and a life of solitude, but that all changed when he returned to Beaumont. The once notorious bad boy lead singer of 4225 West is now living the domesticated life with his wife and high school sweetheart, Josie, and their son, Noah. Life is good for the Westbury family, until Liam is called back to Los Angeles and the place where it all started for him... -
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Dear Jon by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA summer with his family in Utah is all Jon Scott needs to pull himself together. It's time to focus on his mom's sobriety and the continuing education of his two younger brothers, Will and Max. For once, things seem to be on track with that part of his life. For the first time, he sees real hope for his family... -
Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSilas: I'm a hard man; I've had to be thanks to my father. I protect those I love and care for with everything I have and nothing gets to me. Until the day I carried a slip of a woman, Destiny, out of the hell she had been held in, I took what I wanted with no regrets... -
Maxum & Lily by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrowing up in the shadows of everyone in the Rebel Guardians, Lily finds that it’s hard to break free of the ‘little girl’ mentality that her parents, as well as her aunts and uncles, have, at least where she’s concerned. Maybe it’s because of the issues she’s had since she was a teenager, but living under the proverbial thumb has gotten on her last nerve... -
THAT MAN 6: (The Anniversary Story) by Nelle L'Amour
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScorchin' hot Blake Burns and his tiger Jennifer are back in this page-turner sequel to Nelle L'Amour's USA Today bestselling THAT MAN series! And things are hotter than ever when they fly to the Maldives to celebrate their tenth anniversary. What can go wrong, does go wrong. Beginning with a near-crash emergency landing... -
Rock Bottom by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy family calls me Zeke. But the music industry refers to me as Big Z… and women everywhere know why.Being lead guitarist for the hottest band in the world should be enough. But it’s not. Nothing ever is. And I don’t know why.Money. Fame. Girls. I’m drowning in all three. But it’s the sweet, spunky college girl offering up her virginity in exchange for an interview that I can’t get out of my head... -
Broken Bridges by Tania Joyce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's lost his band, his lover and his grandfather - the friends and family who'd accepted his lifestyle choices.She's lost her career, the love of her life and after a freak accident has to accept she'll never be the same.A chance audition for The Flintlocks could change his life.A move across the country could be the fresh start he needs.She needs to find her way in the world again... -
Table For Two by Jeannette Winters
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDean Henderson never backs down from a challenge. No matter the cost or the opponent, when it comes to business, if he wants it he gets it. No exceptions. Tessa Brooks left her small town to get out of the spotlight of being the preacher’s daughter. Boston is the perfect place to blend in and finally be herself... -
All I Need by Rachel Hanna
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings* January Cove is a series about the Parker family living in a coastal Georgia town. This is book 5 of the series. If you love small town romance with a little comedy thrown in, you'll love this series! * Brad Parker is the funny one in his family, but there's nothing funny about his current situation... -
Some Like it Hotter by Andrea Simonne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes with men… After two failed marriages, sculptor Lindsay West swears she’ll never marry again. What’s the point? Marriage is like agreeing to eat the same flavor of ice cream for the rest of your life. No, thanks. While she’s in Berlin as part of an artist-in-residence program, her studio is robbed and she suddenly finds herself in a desperate situation... -
A Little Christmas Faith (Choc Lit) by Kathryn Freeman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs it time to love Christmas again? Faith Watkins loves Christmas, which is why she’s thrilled that her new hotel in the Lake District will be open in time for the festive season. And Faith has gone all out; huge Christmas tree, fairy lights, an entire family of decorative reindeer... -
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Holding On by Jill Sanders
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrey McGowan is no stranger to the inside of a jail cell, but this time it really wasn’t his fault. Well… maybe a little. What’s worse is the gorgeous hottie he was defending didn’t even notice. But make no mistake, the jerk she was with, really had it coming... -
Love and Other Things by Juliana Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeck Jacobs makes a living restoring and fixing homes. The only thing he can’t fix, is himself. A part of him died the night his fiancé was taken, and he’s accepted the fact he’ll live his life alone. What he doesn’t count on is Sidney Barrett, a woman more broken than he is... -
Lost & Found by Bernadette Marie
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDarcy McCary came to Nashville with some big expectations--to find her birth parents. She had no plans of making a life in Tennessee. But when her sources lead her to Eduardo Keller, her heart took over, and plans changed. Eduardo Keller is a man who goes after what he wants and he doesn't have time for playing games... -
Hurricane by Laramie Briscoe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe finally get our happily ever after..... Remington "Remy" Sawyer For most of my life I've been the person who lived with the hand he was dealt. Not much in my life have I had a say in. Birthed by parents I don't talk to, I was raised by the only person who ever cared for me - my brother, Cash. Under his guidance, I've become the person I am today... -
Scorpio by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs my bestie likes to say, the way to get over a man is to get under another. But getting under a man like Scott Danger might be more than I can handle. He’s the heir to Danger Enterprises. Possessive, ambitious, and passionate, he'll totally eat me alive. He’s a predator caged in gilded threads, and I want to run just so he’ll chase me . . . catch me . . . take me. Shit... -
Wicked Lies by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe third book in the bestselling Wicked Bay series from L A Cotton To the outside world, seventeen-year-old Kyle Stone has it all. A future playing the sport he loves, money and status, and his forever girl by his side. But Kyle’s good at pretending; hiding what he doesn’t want others to see. Because Kyle has secrets, the kind that can change everything... -
New Year's with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA lot can happen in twenty-four hours ...Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other's backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again.This is Emmetts story ...Single dad of Seattle, Dr. Emmett Strong doesn't believe in soulmates... -
Tanner by Katy Regnery
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Katy Regnery is back with an addictive six-book series featuring the Stewarts of Skagway!When Tanner Stewart learns his crazy ex is returning for a summer in Skagway, he places a personal ad, looking for someone to pose as his fiancée for the summer. Enter McKenna Cabot, a commitment-phobic college professor from Seattle caring for her aging grandmother...Categorized as:
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Whizz by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGonzalez is gone but the damage has already been done. Whizz has been to hell and back. He doesn’t live life anymore. The demons of the past are never too far behind until she enters his life. Lacey makes him feel again. She makes him want to live, to breathe, to be part of life. But, she’s the enemy and he’s just helped to wipe out the whole of the club she was part of... -
Unforgettable by Delaney Diamond
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe offered everything he never knew he needed… Ivy Johnson is stunned when Lucas Baylor makes an appearance at her family’s event in Seattle. She hasn’t seen him in nine years and never expected to again. Avoiding him is a must. She can’t let him uncover her secret, but Lucas won’t be denied... -
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A Real Cowboy for Christmas by Stephanie Rowe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when a single mom falls for the best friend of the brother who doesn't know she exists? An unexpectedly delightful cowboy holiday romance. When Sheriff Dane Wilson rescues a sassy, single mom and her daughter on a runaway Christmas hayride, he falls hard for the irreverent duo... -
Truth is a Whisper by Mandi Blake
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey both want the truth, but are they willing to pay the price?Ava Summers is more than ready to say goodbye to the breakneck pace of the city, and an invitation to her grandfather’s ranch is exactly what she needs. Finding out her former flame is running the ranch, on the other hand, was entirely unexpected... -
Surviving Love by M.S. Brannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“She is my heart and the other half of my life, and now, that life no longer exists." ~Drake Evans, Surviving LoveFor Drake Evans, life was once happy. He was living the kind of existence that any man would envy. By his side was the woman he loved and a daughter he cherished... -
That's a Lie by Victoria Klahr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeth is back. When he walked back into my life, it almost felt like the pieces of my broken heart could be fixed. I thought we could go back to being best friends, but then I started to feel what I had been blocking out for years. I tried... -
Legally Bound 5.0: Sam Illegal Matters by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLegally Bound 5.0 Sam Illegal Matters Book 5.0 in the Series Legally Bound 5.0 I'm the second oldest of four. Two brothers, and a sister. My name is Sam, Sam Mairettie, but you are about to learn that I go by another name. To know where I am going you will have to know where I have been. So here is the beginning of my story. You need to know the beginning to understand the end... -
Strollers and Swings by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLesbian romance writer, Laurel Lake (Kinsley Harper-Scott), knows there is no such thing as a happily ever after in real life. She expected there would always be ups and downs, but what she didn't expect was for marriage to be THIS hard...
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