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Um milhão de finais felizes by Vitor Martins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJonas não sabe muito bem o que fazer da vida. Entre suas leituras e ideias para livros anotadas em um caderninho de bolso, ele precisa dar conta de seus turnos no Rocket Café e ainda lidar com o conservadorismo de seus pais. Sua mãe alimenta a esperança de que ele volte a frequentar a igreja, e seu pai não faz muito por ele além de trazer problemas... -
![Heart by Audrey Faye]()
Heart by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain! Lissa chose to stay, to stand with the tattered remnants of her pack as they try to make themselves whole again. She somehow didn’t expect it to try her patience quite so much. Which means it might be time for a meek bookkeeper to take matters into her own hands... -
![Raven by Audrey Faye]()
Raven by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe pack is coming out of the shadows—but some of its shifters don’t know how to live anywhere else. Fallon grew up on the street. She’s a survivor, and her skills kept her pack alive in the darkest of times. Now the sun is coming out, and she has no idea how to be a bird who lives in the light. She’ll do anything to help her baby pack get there, though... -
![Don't Cry Over Spilled MILF by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov]()
Don't Cry Over Spilled MILF by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings𝐀 𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐩, 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧. 𝐆𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐍𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝.SusannahI make my living writing romance.I prefer my heroes to remain fictional... -
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![Turn Me Out by BriAnn Danae]()
Turn Me Out by BriAnn Danae
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPhysical touch. I didn’t know how or when that became my love language, but it was. Especially when warm kisses and hugs that felt like home turned into core-quivering orgasms. I craved his caress like a feen and wasn’t ashamed to admit it.Thanks to Phallon and his generosity in helping me expand my sexual experiences, I was now turned out in the best way possible... -
![Cuando reescribamos la historia by Belén Martínez Sánchez]()
Cuando reescribamos la historia by Belén Martínez Sánchez
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHACE VARIOS AÑOS... Julen e Ibai eran inseparables. Amigos que compartían clase, juegos en un jardín y paseos por la playa en las noches de verano. EN LA ACTUALIDAD... Julen solo es un joven que quiere pasar desapercibido. Ibai se ha convertido en un total extraño para él. Pero todo cambia con un sueño, una luna roja como la sangre, un diario y una muerte... -
![Ryker by Emily Jane Trent]()
Ryker by Emily Jane Trent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings> FALLING IN LOVE CAN BE FATAL! Mia Scott filed for divorce, but her abusive ex-husband won’t leave her alone. She is a self-made woman, raised in foster care. Her tech company finally gains investor support to distribute her learning tool. Her goal is to give kids a chance in a tough world, which is more than she had.Her ex-husband stalks her, and his threats escalate... -
![Wanted: Doting Daddy by Sammi Cee]()
Wanted: Doting Daddy by Sammi Cee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a small-town Midwestern boy find the freedom to be himself in the Big Apple? Nigel has spent years dreaming of spending time with a Daddy, but the small town he lives in barely tolerates him as it is. Now that he’s won a themed holiday in NYC, his chance is finally here to explore his love of fashion and his desire to be someone's boy... -
![Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart]()
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrowing up in a housing estate in Glasgow, Mungo and James are born under different stars--Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic--and they should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all. Yet against all odds, they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the pigeon dovecote that James has built for his prize racing birds... -
![Choices by Skyy]()
Choices by Skyy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet on the campus of Freedom University, a historically black college in Memphis, Tennessee, the lives and choices of four women are intertwined. Sexy and smart, Lena Jamerson has her whole life planned out for her... -
![All That Matters by Felice Stevens]()
All That Matters by Felice Stevens
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNico Andretti knows one thing is Love is for fools.Being a tour bus guide in Times Square isn’t his dream job and he yearns for more than living in his mother’s basement apartment, but life is tough in the big city.At least the men on the bus are eye-candy galore, and they’re one and done... -
![Even Better Than the Real Thing by Melanie Summers]()
Even Better Than the Real Thing by Melanie Summers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA swoon-worthy, buttery, uber-fun romance about a fake marriage between two people who couldn't be more wrong for each other... You know what’s great about applying for an art history PhD program at one of the world’s most prestigious universities? I get to study what I love and land my dream job at the end of it... -
![Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street by Craig Revel Horwood]()
Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street by Craig Revel Horwood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn offbeat, funny and heartwarming romantic novel from the fabulous King of Strictly, Craig Revel Horwood.Set against the colourful boho backdrop of London's Camden in the 1990s, Craig Revel Horwood's first novel, Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street, tells the story of an unlikely family of friends who each rent a room in a ramshackle six-bedroom, four-storey townhouse... -
![Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard, Charlie Sanderson]()
Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard, Charlie Sanderson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFierce Fragile Hearts is the stunning companion novel to Sara Barnard's YA bestseller Beautiful Broken Things. It is about leaving the past behind, the friends who form your future, and learning to find love, in all its forms.Two years after a downward spiral took her as low as you can possibly go, Suzanne is starting again. Again... -
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![Shouting Match by Pandora Pine]()
Shouting Match by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the death of his father, Capone Lombardi was tasked not only with keeping his father’s legacy alive, but also to look after his mother and three younger brothers. Putting his own love life on the back-burner, he’s spent the last five years ensuring the family restaurant, Lombardi’s, thrives... -
![You're the One for Me by Zelda French]()
You're the One for Me by Zelda French
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of them had a plan. The other was clueless. Together they will discover what love really is about.Guarded and studious, sixteen-year-old aspiring actor Zak favours being alone above all else… Except perhaps Alberto, the Italian god from Drama Club, with whom he’s secretly in love... -
![All the Stars by Duckie Mack]()
All the Stars by Duckie Mack
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRider doesn’t have a lot of rules when it comes to guys, but there is one- he doesn’t date, not ever. He’s content with random hookups because dating means too much. That’s reserved for the one person he knows he can never have, his best friend, Cameron.After watching his own family fall apart, Cam longs for someone who will stick it out through thick and thin... -
![Preston's Christmas Escape by Brigham Vaughn]()
Preston's Christmas Escape by Brigham Vaughn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsActor Preston Graves' Kinky Secret Exposed! Preston Graves is a household name among the TV-watching masses. Handsome, accessible, relatable. But when his not-so-vanilla personal life goes public, he high-tails it back to his home state of Michigan for the holidays—to the man (and Dom) he once loved. Blake Aldrich tried love, twice. When it didn’t work, he retreated to focus on his pottery... -
![Novelista Girl by Meredith Schorr]()
Novelista Girl by Meredith Schorr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A great chick lit book: a strong and confident heroine, a sexy boyfriend you can crush on, supportive friends, and plenty of conflict leading to comical results, culminating in a very satisfying ending... -
![Chasing Fate by Mia Monroe]()
Chasing Fate by Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHooking up with your friend is a totally acceptable way to pass the time until your soulmate shows up. Right?I’m on a mission - happily ever after or bust. I just know my handsome, successful, bearded prince is out there waiting for me to find him. I’ve had my cards read a million times. This is my destiny... -
![Where You Are by Felice Stevens]()
Where You Are by Felice Stevens
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFormer model and B-list actor (B meaning really bad) Isaac Seidel is now a NYC firefighter on special assignment in the one-horse town of Serenity, Pa. But all work and no play makes Isaac a dull boy, and when he hooks up with the most explosive one-night stand he’s ever had, it looks like country life might not be so boring after all... -
![The Heart Asks Pleasure First by Karuna Ezara Parikh]()
The Heart Asks Pleasure First by Karuna Ezara Parikh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn extraordinary tale of love in a world being torn asunder.It is 2001 and Daya and Aaftab have just met in a park in Cardiff. She is studying ballet and he is practising in a law firm. She falls madly in love. He does, but he also cannot, because he is Muslim and there are certain rules...Categorized as:
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![The Six Pack by Erica Lee]()
The Six Pack by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSix friends. Ten Years. Twelve stories.When sisters Maggie and Kiera McBride bring their friends together for a night of fun, they have no idea what it will lead to. Neither of them expected this crazy group to become like family.Throughout the next year, follow this group of friends as they navigate ten years of life and love together... -
![A Miracle on Hope Street: The most heartwarming Christmas romance of 2018! by Emma Heatherington]()
A Miracle on Hope Street: The most heartwarming Christmas romance of 2018! by Emma Heatherington
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRemember the true meaning of Christmas with this heartfelt and beautiful novel from bestselling author Emma Heatherington. Can a single act of kindness change a life forever? To many people Ruth Ryans has everything: the perfect job, a home to die for and a loving family. But it’s all lies. As Christmas approaches, Ruth feels lonelier than ever. Then Ruth meets Michael... -
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![La ladrona de la luna by Claudia Ramírez Lomelí]()
La ladrona de la luna by Claudia Ramírez Lomelí
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHa pasado un año desde que Emil fue coronado como el rey de la nación del sol. A pesar de que no ha logrado olvidar los terribles sucesos ocurridos en la Isla de las Sombras, ha intentado ser el líder que Alariel necesita en tiempos oscuros... -
![Forever Man by A.J. DeWall]()
Forever Man by A.J. DeWall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA bond forged in Catholic school, an unspoken attraction that outlasts years of separation and other relationships. Ren and Cole never acted on that thing that always bubbled beneath the surface of their friendship, not until a chance encounter in a Santa Fe bar and a song that would tip the scales forced them to confront their feelings... -
![The Geek Next Door by R. Cayden]()
The Geek Next Door by R. Cayden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's always been there, whether I realized it or not.KaiGrowing up, Izzy was the cute, geeky guy next door.He and my twin brother were inseparable, and Izzy followed River around with hearts in his eyes.Fifteen years after I last saw him, he moves in across the street and ends up as my last-minute date to River's wedding... -
![Unexpected Roommate by Suzanne Hart]()
Unexpected Roommate by Suzanne Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou never forget your first. Even if he’s supposed to be a one-night stand. So how come he shows up at my doorstep out of the blue? He’s the same dark, sexy man who swept me off my feet that one wild night in Hawaii. There’s one small problem… He’s my brother’s best friend and I’m his dirty little secret. One look from him and I’m a complete mess... -
![Bryce by L.A. Witt]()
Bryce by L.A. Witt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlecI don’t do love. I don’t do relationships. What I do is tour with my band and enjoy the life we worked so hard to earn. When I’m home, my favorite escort is always happy to join me in bed.Except he’s not an escort anymore. He has, however, hand-picked someone to replace him. I’m dubious because I hate change, but I’ll give this new guy a chance.And I will not fall in love with him... -
![Afterglow by Phil Stamper]()
Afterglow by Phil Stamper
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a summer of life-changing, these four friends are finally ready for senior year.Gabriel is thrilled to create his school's first LGBTQ+ advocacy group, but his long-distance relationship is fading from summer love to something else... Heath feels secure for the first time in years, but with his future riding on a baseball scholarship, each pitch triggers his anxiety.. -
![Heartmates by Marcus Herzig]()
Heartmates by Marcus Herzig
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs childhood friends, Lars and Connor were inseparable. Now, in the social gauntlet of high school, neither boy can even muster a single word to the other. When Connor enters a romantic relationship with Jaden-Dominic Choi, the hottest social influencer in school, a barely healed wound is torn wide open again... -
![Oliver Ever After by Spencer Spears]()
Oliver Ever After by Spencer Spears
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMe, my high school ex, and a five-star hotel room on reunion night. He can’t break my heart twice, right? Oliver: It took me 7 years to forget my high school boyfriend, Luke, and just one night to--You know what? Scratch that... -
![Every Version by Bryce Oakley]()
Every Version by Bryce Oakley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLizzie Goldstein needs a prom date.Queer Prom-A-Rama is Denver Pride's biggest event and as one of the head organizers, Lizzie can’t stand the thought of going alone—especially not when she finds out her ex is bringing a literal local celebrity... -
![Hawke by Emily Jane Trent]()
Hawke by Emily Jane Trent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSAVING A LIFE CAN BE DEADLY! Emilia Draper commits to saving a dying girl, but an enemy vows to stop her. Emilia’s younger sister died of a rare disease, a loss she feels deeply. She’s devoted her biotech career to finding the cure. Yet on the verge of delivering a new drug to save a girl’s life, a vicious enemy will kill to block her from achieving her goal... -
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![When You Were Mine by Lisa Swift]()
When You Were Mine by Lisa Swift
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife is a love song when you find the right notesMaggie and Ibby make up a happy – if unconventional – family. After meeting at university, they now live in the village of Applecroft on the beautiful West Country coast... -
![For Love or Money by Clodagh Murphy]()
For Love or Money by Clodagh Murphy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Clodagh Murphy is the queen of romantic comedy and her latest is witty and warmhearted, with fantastic characters, laugh out loud dialogue and plenty of intrigue. This was my favourite kind of read - one where you fall in love with the characters to the point that they feel like your friends... -
![B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy]()
B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHardy's debut novel about the lives of black gay men in New York City is unabashedly and unapologetically written for the African-American male. Rough, sexy, humorous, and authentic, B-Boy Blues is a first-rate love story... -
![Belinda Blinked 1 by Rocky Flintstone]()
Belinda Blinked 1 by Rocky Flintstone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is an alternate-cover edition for B00UO7WOAS.Belinda Blumenthal gets exciting, sollicited sex regularly, so regularly in fact she makes big bonuses from it. Based in London UK, Belinda works for Steeles Pots and Pans as their world wide Sales Director. Sexually supported by Giselle and Bella her head office colleagues, Belinda always gets the order when it comes down to the bare facts... -
![Midnights Like This by Max Walker]()
Midnights Like This by Max Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEric Ruiz-I never thought I’d see him again.We ended things on a horrible note, and it was all my fault. So when I bump into Colton at a local coffee shop, I’m convinced it’s some kind of prank.But it wasn’t. Colton was back in town, and he needed help. His mom was killed in a burglary gone wrong, and he’s convinced there’s more to the story.He’s also convinced I’m the only one who could help him... -
![Fin & Rye & Fireflies by Harry Cook]()
Fin & Rye & Fireflies by Harry Cook
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“It started with a kiss…as love stories often do. Jesse Andrews had the arms of a Greek god and he was on the track team. The night of our kiss fell on a Friday.”Then, only a few days later, Fin’s world is turned upside down - and not in a good head-over-heels-in-love way - when Jesse cruelly outs him. An event which ultimately leads to his family leaving town... -
![Forbidden Friend by R. Cayden]()
Forbidden Friend by R. Cayden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt work, at home—my best friend’s twin brother is everywhere I look, tempting me.LeoKeep your filthy hands off my brother.It’s Kai’s one rule before his brother moves into our condo. I tell him no problem; I can handle that.He and River look identical, after all, and it’s not like I’m crushing on Kai.Or anyone, for that matter. I’m a one-night-only type of guy... -
![Wedding Series Trilogy Boxed Set by Patricia McLinn]()
Wedding Series Trilogy Boxed Set by Patricia McLinn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou are cordially invited ... to join the celebration as college friends embark on the greatest education of all -- falling in love. The Wedding Series Book 1 - Prelude to a Wedding Book 2 - Wedding Party Book 3 - Grady's Wedding The free spirit: Paul Monroe Book 1 - Prelude to a Wedding Charming Paul Monroe has the Peter Pan thing down pat... -
![Social Queue by Kay Kerr]()
Social Queue by Kay Kerr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.'Zoe Kelly is starting a new phase of her life. High school was a mess of bullying and autistic masking that left her burnt out and shut down. Now, with an internship at an online media company—the first step on the road to her dream writing career—she is ready to reinvent herself... -
![The Boyfriend Sessions by Belinda Williams]()
The Boyfriend Sessions by Belinda Williams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlease take your seats. The journey to happiness may involve some turbulence. Christa Morrison has commitment issues, a fact that quickly becomes apparent after she flees a romantic proposal in Paris, the thunder of impending wedding bells ringing in her ears. Back in Sydney, she turns to her closest friends for reassurance... -
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![Corsets and Quartets by Mercy DeSimone]()
Corsets and Quartets by Mercy DeSimone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen real life challenges you to write your own story...Josie always dreamed of following in Jane Austen’s footsteps. Instead, she’s surrounded by snarky queens, sullen teens, and a retail job that’s sucking her dry. With her writing and professional career at a standstill, her best friend suggests that what she needs is new inspiration.. -
![Unbreakable by Blayne Cooper]()
Unbreakable by Blayne Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom their earliest years, five very different girls were as close as sisters—sharing everything, even secrets and lies—until their friendship and their lives were ripped apart by a devastating act of betrayal from one of their own. Twenty years have gone by, and one woman has more cause to regret her estrangement from the group than the rest... -
![Fire and Mistletoe by Draven St. James]()
Fire and Mistletoe by Draven St. James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Greyson Hayes envisions the perfect first Christmas with Mica Cruz he sees twisted sheets, a bottle of wine and a roaring fire. What he doesn't see is a holiday spent with the uproarious Cruz family. Grey hasn't taken part in a family Christmas since the death of his parents. Despite his misgivings, he can't seem to form the word no when it comes to Mica... -
![The Summer House by R.J. Scott]()
The Summer House by R.J. Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshby Sterling-Haynes, the youngest son of a titled family, has had a lot of hook ups, but he's never found the one. When he meets Connor he realises this could be the man he's been waiting for. Veterinarian, Connor Lawson is much happier working with animals than with people. Ashby is all kinds of dangerous. He's too hot, too rich, too titled, and way too sexy for his own good... -
![Everything to Lose by E.M. Denning]()
Everything to Lose by E.M. Denning
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZane’s in trouble.His younger brother is off to college in California and he makes Zane promise to look out for the best friend he leaves behind. It shouldn’t be a problem but being around Dante makes Zane question everything he thought he knew about himself. The more time he spends around Dante, the more alluring he becomes. But… Zane is straight. Right?Dante is alone in a strange city... -
![Stuck-Up Big Shot: A Hero Club Novel by Sierra Hill]()
Stuck-Up Big Shot: A Hero Club Novel by Sierra Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last thing I expected on the first day of my dog sitting job was a middle-of-the-night fire alarm. Things go from chaotic to scorching hot when I run into my old crush, Miles Thatcher, on my way out of the building.Talk about disastrous timing. I haven’t seen him in years – five to be exact.Since the day we buried his sister – my best friend.That was both the best and worst day of my life...
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