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  • Meant for Love by Marie Force

    Meant for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It's been twelve years since Jenny Wilks lost her fiancé in the 9/11 attacks in New York City. Since then she's been floundering, trying to find her way. Taking the job as lighthouse keeper on Gansett Island was the best thing she could've done for herself. On the island she's found amazing friends and a wonderful new life. There's only one thing missing and that's romance...
  • Looking for Alaska / An Abundance of Katherines / Paper Towns / The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

    Looking for Alaska / An Abundance of Katherines / Paper Towns / The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Four critically acclaimed, award-winning modern classics from #1 New York Times-bestselling author John GreenThis John Green deluxe box set includes Printz Award–winning Looking for Alaska, Printz Honor book An Abundance of Katherines, Edgar Award–winning Paper Towns, and #1 New York Times–bestselling The Fault in Our Stars...
  • Who We Were by Kelly Elliott

    Who We Were by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My Papai always said wine made everything better. Countless times he uttered those familiar words to me— “The Merlot will melt your problems away, meu amor. With a good bottle of wine in your hand, you hold the magical key to anything you want.” I believed my father wholeheartedly, until my world came crashing down on me at twenty-four years old...
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    drama  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy  university  adult
  • Clipped by Love by Toni Aleo

    Clipped by Love by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Things are heating up for the Sinclair boys! With one already in the NHL, Jayden Sinclair is hoping to be next! This has been the toughest year of my life. I watched my brother go into the draft without me, my mom got divorced, and the weight of my family’s issues is heavy on my shoulders...
  • Fireworks over the Loch by Hannah Ellis

    Fireworks over the Loch by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sleepy Scottish village is about to be woken up … With her boyfriend moving to her hometown of Lannick, Leana Mackenzie is floating on cloud nine. All she needs now is for them to find a home of their own. Alasdair’s lack of interest in house-hunting soon has her worried.For Isla and Logan, moving in together is the logical next step in their relationship...
  • The Remingtons by Melissa Foster

    The Remingtons by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak This contemporary romance boxed set includes 3 full length LOVE IN BLOOM: THE REMINGTONS novels: GAME OF LOVE, Bk 1 STROKE OF LOVE, Bk 2 FLAMES OF LOVE, Bk 3 Sneak Peek, SLOPE OF LOVE *** GAME OF LOVE..
  • Finding My Way by Judith Keim

    Finding My Way by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Darcy Sullivan and her two sisters continue to work hard at the Salty Key Inn, the small, Florida hotel they unexpectedly inherited. In order to inherit the rest of Uncle Gavin’s sizeable estate, they must meet his challenge to open the neglected hotel by the end of the year...
  • The Bookshop of Hopes and Dreams: A charming tale of heartbreak and healing by Hannah Ellis

    The Bookshop of Hopes and Dreams: A charming tale of heartbreak and healing by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Tara Fitzpatrick tells a string of lies during the world’s most informal job interview she has no idea of the path she’s set herself on. Renovating the rundown bookshop with her new boss, James, turns out to be more fulfilling than she could ever have imagined. Soon, she finds herself falling in love with the quaint little shop. And with James...
  • Don't You Wanna Stay by Kait Nolan

    Don't You Wanna Stay by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Money Pit meets Fixer Upper in the next installment of the Men of the Misfit Inn series. After a lifetime spent trying to prove he's not a screw-up, contractor Wyatt Sullivan is ready to take his YouTube channel, DIWyatt, to the big time. But he needs more than the one-man flips that built his reputation...
  • Ready For Flynn, Part 2 by K.L. Shandwick

    Ready For Flynn, Part 2 by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life for Flynn and Valerie hadn't always been easy. A series of tragedies finally brought them together, and twists of fate made them what they are...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Undeniable Temptation by Eden Summers

    Undeniable Temptation by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Haunted by a kiss. With his destructive marriage behind him, Ryan Bennett can no longer deny his insatiable attraction to the one woman in control of his future. He needs her. Craves her. She’s the only glimpse of happiness through the building drama in his life and yet one drunken kiss has pushed her further away. Tormented by what’s at stake...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  forbidden-love  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book
  • Selfish by Shantel Tessier

    Selfish by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ASHLYN It was supposed to be a vacation. Five whole days on the beach with my best friend before we made the move from Seattle to New York. I never expected to meet a man who would make me change the way I saw love and sex. I’ve always believed you can have one without the other...
  • Sex by Jillian Dodd

    Sex by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the eleventh book in the addictive Keatyn Chronicles series. Discover a breathless fairy-tale romance with swoon-worthy characters set in a glittering celebrity world. Fans of reality TV will devour this pulse-pounding, sexy Hollywood drama...
  • The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis

    The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis

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

    Holding Her Hand by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl falls in love with boy… SCREECH! No. It can’t be that easy. (You knew that, right?) Boy meets girl. Boy can’t fall in love with girl, because girl comes from a different culture. She also has secrets. Lots of secrets he’s determined to uncover. He’ll try to uncover all her secrets...
  • Five Years From Now by Paige Toon

    Five Years From Now by Paige Toon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What if you met the right person at the wrong time? Nell and Van meet as children when their parents fall in love, but soon they are forced worlds apart. Five years later, they find each other. Their bond is rekindled and new feelings take hold, but once again they must separate...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  drama  family  female-mc  humor  adult  audiobook  book
  • Strings of the Heart by Katie Ashley

    Strings of the Heart by Katie Ashley

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

    Stumbling Into Forever by Molly O'Hare

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Continue Holly and Ben’s story in Stumbling Into Forever Life would be boring without some chaos thrown in, right? Surprisingly enough, that was Holly and Lord Waffles' specialty...
  • Lucky Harbor Collection 2: Lucky in Love, At Last, Forever and a Day by Jill Shalvis

    Lucky Harbor Collection 2: Lucky in Love, At Last, Forever and a Day by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Spend the Summer in Lucky Harbor! Lucky in Love Mallory Quinn has had enough of playing it safe. As the local good girl, she's expected to date Mr. Right. But for once, she'd like to take a risk on Mr. Wrong. And who could be more wrong than Ty Garrison? The mysterious new guy in town has made it clear that he's only passing through, which suits Mallory just fine...
  • JAMIE by M. S. Parker

    JAMIE by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jamie: I screwed up. I can’t seem to get it right when it comes to women. It’s the curse of the Hartwell family ancestry. Something is hidden in our DNA that precludes us to romantic disasters. I trusted my heart to someone once, but never again. Olivia: My mother told me a mistake in her past had ruined her life, her career...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  billionaire  book
  • Coveting Sophia by Tara Crescent

    Coveting Sophia by Tara Crescent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once upon a time, I had a crush on Damien Cardenas.I stalked him into a private club.And then I had a ménage with him and his best friend, Julian.It was unexpectedly great.I thought we had something, the three of us.Chemistry. Passion. The kind of connection that doesn’t come along every day.Then, the morning after, Damien got me fired.A decade later, I run into them at a fundraiser...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  alpha-mc
  • Double Exposition by Jerica MacMillan

    Double Exposition by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A former boyband star gets a little musical education from a sexy violinist. Will they stay in different keys or find a way to play in tune? The first time I saw her I knew I wanted her. And when she talked music with me? I didn’t stand a chance. When she found out my secret past—that I used to be a famous pop star—I expected her to fangirl all over me...
  • All I Want Is You by Iris Morland

    All I Want Is You by Iris Morland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You met them in DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME. Now prepare to fall in love with THE YOUNGERS, a brand-new series from Iris Morland, full of sexy men, passionate women, and the love stories you can't get enough of. A brilliant, aloof lawyer, Phin Younger has focused solely on his career and on helping people less fortunate. Living his life without romance? He’s just fine with that...
  • Smart, Sexy and Secretive by Tammy Falkner

    Smart, Sexy and Secretive by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    EmilyI'm back in New York, ready to start my brand new life with Logan. Things are still up in the air between us, and it has been three months since I've even talked to him. But there's one thing I'm certain of -- I can't live without him.LoganI need her like I need air. But now she's back, and her dad and her ex-boyfriend are conspiring to keep us apart. We can do this, though...
  • Love and Lists by Tara Sivec

    Love and Lists by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Love and Lists is the first book in the Chocolate Lovers spinoff - Chocoholics: The foul-mouthed offspring tell their stories. Twenty-five-year-old Gavin Ellis has always had the love and support of his family ever since he was a little boy and couldn't stop talking about his penis. He's also always had their unsolicited advice and uncanny knack of embarrassing him at all costs...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  humor  male-mc  multi-pov  steamy  university  audiobook
  • Not So Goode by Jasinda Wilder

    Not So Goode by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve done everything right, my whole life. I never snuck out, never partied, never drank, never even had a high school boyfriend. Got all the best grades, got into all the best schools. I received not one, but TWO Ivy League University degrees. Had the paper-perfect fiancé, the paper-perfect life. And then it all fell apart. My fiancé cheated on me with my boss...
  • A Time for Hope by T. Gephart

    A Time for Hope by T. Gephart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lexi Reed was unstoppable, or so she thought. As the PR manager of international rock band, Power Station and living in New York, she was a long way from her old life in Melbourne, Australia. Having captured the heart and married one of the sexiest men alive (Power Station’s guitarist, Alex Stone) Lexi was living beyond any fantasy she could have ever imagined...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Delight by Lexi Buchanan

    Delight by Lexi Buchanan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kenza nightclub owner, Ruben McKenzie can have any woman he wants, but the only woman he wants is Rosie—his sweet innocent employee, who happens to be eleven years his junior. Watching her parade her hot little body around his club, serving drinks completely unaware of the attention she attracts is driving him to distraction. But when he sees a regular getting close to her, all bets are off...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • The Price of Mason by Linda Kage

    The Price of Mason by Linda Kage

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

    Always Remember by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How long does it take for a long-distance relationship to break down? Sixteen months. When Jen and Carl put their relationship to rest after Christmas, Jen’s biggest problem is going back to London ten days earlier than planned – and her ever-present attraction to Samuel ‘Bing’ Edwards. Bing has no idea why Jen left Devon so fast...
  • Beautiful Bride by Tammy Falkner

    Beautiful Bride by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Visit with:  Logan, Emily, and Kit Pete and Reagan Matt, Sky, Seth, Joey, Mellie, Hoppy and Matty Paul, Friday, Hayley, and PJ and  Sam The whole family is hanging out at the beach for a special event, and would love for you to come and join them...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  drama  family  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  alpha-mc
  • Needing Her by Molly McAdams

    Needing Her by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s the Girl Next Door. Maci Price isn’t really into relationships. Having four very protective older brothers has always made having a boyfriend very difficult, anyway. But her friend is set on finding her the perfect guy – and thinks the mysterious Connor Green is the perfect pick. He’s Her Brother’s Best Friend. Connor Green is trying to find himself again...
  • Here Without You by Tammara Webber

    Here Without You by Tammara Webber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Everyone has secrets. Some are buried so deep, their existence is forgotten. But a secret never told can turn into a lie. And in love, a lie is one thing: Poison. Reid's in love with Dori, though she hasn't told her parents that she's fallen hard for the guy they'd forbidden her to see...
  • You Then, Me Now by Nick Alexander

    You Then, Me Now by Nick Alexander

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She’s given her daughter everything. Now it’s time to give her the truth. Becky’s father is not just absent: he’s a mystery, a gaping hole in her past. He died before she was born and for her mother, Laura, the subject is strictly off-limits. But when Laura books an unexpected trip to Greece, Becky decides to join her, determined to get closer to her mother—and to the truth...
  • Pretty Things by Donna Alam

    Pretty Things by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have been dying to read this book and I was not disappointed. I was so excited. This is one thing I look for in a book. I want to be spellbound. I want to sink my teeth into the characters & take myself into their world. To feel this kind of emotion is phenomenal & not something I can feel with every book I read. The author did that with the 3 books in this trilogy...
  • Dark Rules by Summer Cooper

    Dark Rules by Summer Cooper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for... My birthday wish came true!I found a real man who knows what he's doing.I should be grateful. I should be celebrating. Right?Then I discovered his real name.And I knew there was only one option -- run for the hills!He's dangerous.He's a killer.He's the reckless, cavalier businessman coming to steal from my family...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  dark
  • Fearless Hart by Kelly Collins

    Fearless Hart by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kelly Collins welcomes you back to Cross Creek where love conquers all—including the secrets that haunt you...Miranda Thomas got under my skin, in a good way. The pretty little sheriff was one-part mystery and the rest perfection. I wanted her, and I intended to make her mine. Our future was as plain as day: husband and wife with two children and a house with a white picket fence...
  • Trick Play: A rival's little sister college sports romance by Jerica MacMillan

    Trick Play: A rival's little sister college sports romance by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This was supposed to be my year.Until a transfer student took my starting quarterback spot, slashing my chances of going pro.I've spent all season trying to prove myself to the new coach, win my way back into the spot that's rightfully mine.When that doesn't work, I'm forced to come up with a new tactic, searching for a weakness to exploit...
  • Smarty Pants by Marika Ray

    Smarty Pants by Marika Ray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first time I met her, she was running away from her own wedding.The second time I met her, she tried to get me fired from my job.The third time? I had to haul her drunk self off the bar before she completed her amateur—and hot as hell—striptease.She’s messy, chaos in human form, and not at all who she claims to be...
  • Changing Lanes by Leaona Luxx

    Changing Lanes by Leaona Luxx

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CHANGE... It's change and how well you handle it which defines a person. Three times in my life, I have been faced with such changes. Once when I was fourteen. Again, at eighteen. And now again at twenty-eight. Twice, she was there. Ten years ago, I gave up everything, including her. At the time, it was the right thing to do, for both our sakes...
  • Falling for the Bachelor by Amy Alves

    Falling for the Bachelor by Amy Alves

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm cursed. Unlucky in love. So pretending to fall in love with my best friend's sister couldn't possibly make it worse.My avoidance of relationships has two neighboring towns joining forces to find me a girlfriend—one I don’t want...
  • Police Officer's Princess by Flora Ferrari

    Police Officer's Princess by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a single father to a rambunctious little girl, and a police officer in one of the toughest cities in America. Whether I’m trying to figure out where my popcorn disappeared to on movie night with my daughter or where the suspect in the case I’m working on is hiding the evidence, I can always tell who’s telling the truth and who’s not...
  • The Hazards of Sex on the Beach by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    The Hazards of Sex on the Beach by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One broken heart, one drink too many, one steamy night in the sand... No one warns you about the dangers of drinking with a broken heart. At least no one warned me. I never imagined I'd fall for a musician, especially not one like Chase, but then again I never expected to have my heart broken into a million pieces by the frat guy I thought was the love of my life...
    Categorized as:
    drama  humor  realistic  steamy  university  adult  book  contemporary
  • One Way Ticket by Kate O'Keeffe, Melissa Baldwin

    One Way Ticket by Kate O'Keeffe, Melissa Baldwin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Would you switch lives with someone you just met? Sabrina Monroe is poised and ready for her future as Mrs. Todd Edward Blakely. Everything seems perfect, but on the big day, suddenly she’s not so sure. Her nicely mapped out life ahead of her, she finds herself in her own movie scene as the runaway bride, climbing out of the bathroom window. All she can think is escape...
  • Rock Me by Cherrie Lynn

    Rock Me by Cherrie Lynn

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Loving him couldn’t be worse than losing him. Could it?Candace Andrews has had enough of pleasing others. In an act of birthday rebellion, she sets out to please herself—by walking into the tattoo parlor owned by her cousin’s ex-boyfriend. All she wants is a little ink, and Brian’s just the guy to give it to her...
  • Break the Sky by Nina Lane

    Break the Sky by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He's off-limits. Forbidden. And so unbearably tempting.No one can throw me off my game. I'm a scientist -- serious, cool, and...yeah, a little bitchy. Then irresistible bad boy Archer West arrives unexpectedly in Mirror Lake and has the audacity to suggest we have a hot, wild fling while he's in town.Hot and wild are no longer my thing...
  • The Hookup Equation by Roxie Noir

    The Hookup Equation by Roxie Noir

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Teach me everything. My whole life, I’ve been a good girl. I follow rules like nobody’s business. I obey guidelines like I was born to it. Show me a line, and I’ll toe it. I’m even a twenty-two-year-old virgin. Good is my middle name. And then, I break one tiny little rule. Miniscule. Inconsequential. Next thing I know, I’m trapped with an incredibly handsome stranger...
  • Theo by Amanda Prowse

    Theo by Amanda Prowse

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There are two sides to every love story... Anna Cole grew up in care, and wants to start a family of her own. Theo Montgomery had a loveless childhood, and wants to find his soulmate. Then, one day, Theo meets Anna, and Anna meets Theo. Each shows the other how to love. And each shows the other what heartbreak feels like... This is Theo's story...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  drama  family  female-mc  humor  adult  audiobook  book
  • All Broke Down by Cora Carmack

    All Broke Down by Cora Carmack

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In this second book in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack s New Adult, Texas-set Rusk University series, which began with All Lined Up, a young woman discovers that you can't only fight for what you believe in... sometimes you have to fight for what you love.Dylan fights for lost causes. Probably because she used to be one...
  • That Perfect Fit by Lizzie Stanley

    That Perfect Fit by Lizzie Stanley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It's a dating minefield out there, isn't it? Definitely not one size fits all. And I'm feeling certain it's going to be harder for me to find my happily ever after, given my little problem......until the quiet new IT guy at my work starts giving me butterflies.Damon's a sexy sweetheart, with eyes that could tempt anyone into delicious sin...sin I'm not sure I can handle anymore...
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