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  • Scandalized by Ivy Owens

    Scandalized by Ivy Owens

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A one-night stand between two old childhood friends turns into something more, but when a scandal threatens to tear them apart, they must decide how hard to fight for love—a steamy romance debut perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey and Kennedy Ryan​...
  • Strictly Professional by Kathryn Nolan

    Strictly Professional by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What have you accomplished with your business school mentor so far? 1. Developed a strategic marketing plan 2. Pined for him. 3. Denied my feelings for him. 4. Dragged him into an alley and had my way with him. Roxy Quinn thought she’d never see Edward Cavendish III again. The wealthy, English hotelier had wandered into her tattoo parlor, slightly drunk and broken-hearted...
  • Grip Trilogy Box Set by Kennedy Ryan

    Grip Trilogy Box Set by Kennedy Ryan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Grip Trilogy charts the course of rising star Marlon "Grip" James and his manager Bristol Gray. From the beginning, attraction ignites between the struggling musician and his best friend's ambitious sister. It starts with a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel when they're young, combusts into a tumultuous love affair, and matures into an epic love that defies each odd and defeats every obstacle...
  • Jingle Bell Hell by Denise Grover Swank, A.R. Casella

    Jingle Bell Hell by Denise Grover Swank, A.R. Casella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a sexually repressed control freak. He’s a muscular ex-con with heavier baggage than Santa’s toy bag. They’re everything each other never wanted.MaryI’m usually the first person on my block to decorate for Christmas. This year? Humbug.My six-year-old son, Aidan, just had a meltdown after learning some hard truths from a drunk Santa impersonator, and I can no longer deny we both need help...
  • Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bayside Heat is a USA Today BestsellerFall 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 steamy romance novels featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, deeply emotional, always passionate, and easy to relate to. In BAYSIDE HEAT..
  • A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was never meant to fall for her best friend’s brother...Seren has had a soft spot for her best friend’s brother for as long as she can remember. But when she starts to see Kit as more than just a friend, she knows she’s on dangerous ground.Avoiding him is probably her best course of action, but that’s easier said than done when you live on a tiny island...
  • Craving HIM by M. S. Parker, Cassie Wild

    Craving HIM by M. S. Parker, Cassie Wild

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***Introducing Craving HIM, the highly anticipated STAND-ALONE follow-up to Serving HIM. NO CLIFFHANGERS! To celebrate the new release, the Serving HIM Complete Box Set is on SALE this week, and free in Kindle Unlimited.*** When I first met Dominic Snow, he literally saved me from falling. I never dreamed I'd end up working for him. And I certainly didn't plan on falling in love with him...
  • Body Check by Maria Luis

    Body Check by Maria Luis

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They call me the Bad*ss of Hockey. The Beast of the Northeast. And I’m not just referring to my stick play on the ice. As Captain for the Boston Blades, I’ve spent years working toward bringing home the Stanley Cup. But when the owners sell us out to Hollywood, suddenly we’re not just playing for thousands of fans, we’re cracking open our lives on a new reality show, Getting Pucked...
  • Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wickedly, funny romcom that'll have you laughing and swooning one minute, and hot and sweaty the next. Follow along as Paxton and Hartford try to navigate a world they know nothing about--B D S M! I’ve always lived by one major rule, don’t fall for your best friend, and this is one rule I can’t break. I’m supposed to write an article about a topic so scandalous, I can’t even say it...
  • Untamed Devil by Melissa Ivers

    Untamed Devil by Melissa Ivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm not ready to be a single dad...I had my life all figured out.Hockey. A revolving door of women. No strings. No worries.Until my sister runs off with a man she's just met and leaves my nine-year-old niece in my living room with nothing but a backpack, a stuffed snake named Leo, and a broken heart.I need help...
  • Zane's Rebel by Loni Nichole

    Zane's Rebel by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For once in his life, this strait-laced attorney is ready to throw caution to the wind. Too bad his sassy, rebellious soulmate refuses to take the risk.ZaneI take on the sassy-mouthed heiress’s case because she needs a good defense. She’s being sued by her father’s former business partner, who wants to destroy her. The odds in this small-town are stacked against her...
  • More: Ryder Brothers by JD Hawkins

    More: Ryder Brothers by JD Hawkins

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It starts with a bang. As in me and Hadley, the maid of honor, during my brother’s wedding reception. Sure, it was amazing, but I’m a one-and-done kind of guy. After spending years of my life getting screwed over by managers and agents with the Ryder Brothers, I no longer like to commit. I don’t even play music anymore. The secret that I haven’t told anyone- is that I can’t...
  • The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jasper Westbrook. Code name: Swoon Machine.My best friend's older brother.Melter of ovaries. Destroyer of panties.And suddenly...a single dad.Guys like Jasper—I bet you know the type? The chiseled arms. The wavy hair. The melt-your-brain-cells smile.Good thing I'm a smart girl—Honey Hill's former child prodigy, to be precise—I should know better than to fall for this playboy's charm...
  • Mr. Fixit by Lauren Landish

    Mr. Fixit by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's good with more than just his hands.   I’ve known Caleb Strong for over a year. We have a special kind of friendship—we make crude comments, double entendres, and tease each other mercilessly. But we’ve never crossed that line. We’re  just friends . Until we start working together to renovate my childhood home...
  • 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...
  • My Favorite Mistake by R.L. Kenderson

    My Favorite Mistake by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My First Mistake:Breaking up with my boyfriend right before I turn thirty.Second Mistake:Requesting my expert in the sack best friend, Griffin, give me a leg-shaking orgasm as a birthday gift.My Third Mistake:Lying to myself that I wouldn’t fall for my best friend just because we slept together.My Fourth Mistake:Accidentally telling Griffin I love him.And losing our friendship forever...
  • Wheeler by Colleen Charles

    Wheeler by Colleen Charles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Throughout my time as an elite hockey player, I’ve had a few hookups.But there's only one I can’t get out of my mind.Stella left me high and dry in Costa Rica with a bruised ego and a broken heart after a single perfect day.I wish I’d ignored all the rules with her. I wish I’d made her mine in every way that mattered...
    Categorized as:
    humor  kind-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  sports
  • Sexy Bad Daddy by Misti Murphy, Tami Lund

    Sexy Bad Daddy by Misti Murphy, Tami Lund

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time Garrett Frost, bad boy of professional golf, found out he had a two year old daughter. Okay, okay, it wasn’t that long ago. His escapades are still in the media, and his sponsors are all in a tail spin, but his daughter sure is cute. That’s where I come in. I’m his nanny. The kid’s nanny. Of course, I’m not his. He’s older, my employer, totally off limits...
  • Formal Arrangement by Kylie Gilmore

    Formal Arrangement by Kylie Gilmore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lauren Bishop has her whole summer planned out—working as a nanny for a desperate single dad and finding the elusive Mr. Right. She even signed up for the local matchmaking guru’s Make Love Bloom (TM) service, end of summer guarantee! But somehow her plans got derailed because now she finds herself longing for her emotionally unavailable employer...
  • Love Required by Melanie Codina

    Love Required by Melanie Codina

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jason Michaels knows second chances are very much a part of “happy ever after.” He’s seen it firsthand, more than once. So when will it be his turn? He has a great group of friends and family to share his life with, but he knows there is one thing still missing...
  • Chasing Me by Cat Mason

    Chasing Me by Cat Mason

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being the flashy frontman for the band Shaft definitely has its perks. Hunter Chesterfield, is infamous for exploiting them all shamelessly. When he isn't busy commanding the stage and wooing every groupie in sight, he's living for the three Bs; Bitches, Booze, and Bacon. He has it all, or so he thought. Women have always been disposable to Hunter. Frisbees to toss away once's he had his fun...
    Categorized as:
    humor  kind-mc  realistic  steamy  adult  book  comedy  contemporary
  • You Ruined Me by Isabel Jordan

    You Ruined Me by Isabel Jordan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's possible to escape the friendzone and graduate from fake boyfriend to real one, right? Asking for a friend.Michael Montgomery had a plan. He intended to get so drunk he forgot his ex-fiancé was marrying his cousin, and that he had to attend the wedding. Alone...
  • Good With His Hands by Lauren Blakely, Lili Valente

    Good With His Hands by Lauren Blakely, Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sexy best friend's brother romance from bestselling authors Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente! I'm the wrong guy for her.She's sunshine, and cherry pie. I'm whiskey and fast cars. I'm also keeping one hell of a secret from the woman I've wanted for years...
  • Dangerous Games by T.K. Leigh

    Dangerous Games by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's the hottest new rockstar on the scene.I was once engaged to his brother.Can he convince me he's worth the risk? Asher York.Talented musician.The voice of an angel.The body of an Adonis.And the man I happened to have a one-night stand with in Vegas.No big deal, right? What happens in Vegas… Well, you know how the saying goes...
  • His Mimosa (The Cocktail Girls) by Jamie Schlosser

    His Mimosa (The Cocktail Girls) by Jamie Schlosser

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Carter doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happily ever after. When he goes to Vegas for his brother’s bachelor party, the last thing he expects is Brynne, the beautiful cocktail waitress who nurses his hangover with a drink just as bubbly and sweet as she is. Brynne’s optimism and unfailing faith in love is a breath of fresh air, and it makes him think maybe he’s had it wrong all along...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  kind-mc  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Dirty Talk by Tara Crescent

    Dirty Talk by Tara Crescent

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secret confession – I love Dirty Talk. A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers. James Fowler and Lucas Bennett are the sexiest guys in New Summit. Vloggers, celebrities and hosts of the hottest, steamiest show on the internet. Dirty Talk. I might be a teeny bit attracted to them. Oh, who am I kidding? I can’t get enough of them...
  • Dirty Games by Tara Crescent

    Dirty Games by Tara Crescent

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Five Nights. No rules. No limits. It’s time for Dirty Games. A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers. Some things are meant to stay in the past. Some things aren’t meant to be repeated. Once upon a time, I’d been in love with Scott Leyland and Zane Marshall. Our threesome had been sexy, steamy and passionate. I thought we would last forever. I was wrong...
  • Play Boy by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Play Boy by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's my best friend. He's a player...And now, he wants me in his bed. Charlie Hartley is the thing that addictions are made of. At least that's what I've heard from the parade of desperate women who've gone through his bedroom's revolving door. Brash and unapologetic, tattooed and insanely handsome...
  • Bad Penny by Staci Hart

    Bad Penny by Staci Hart

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nothing good comes after the third date. Date three is the crucial point when things get real, which is exactly why I bounce out the door, twiddling my fingers at whatever poor boy I’ve left behind. Because if I stick around, one of three things will happen: he’ll profess his undying love, he’ll get weird and stalky, or I’ll go crazy. Like, Sid and Nancy crazy...
  • Last Call by Alice Clayton

    Last Call by Alice Clayton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton, known for her “deliciously addictive” (The Book Vixen) novels, this Cocktail series novella reunites readers with Caroline and Simon from the wildly successful Wallbanger.Simon and Caroline are back for another round of baking, banging, and big life changes...
  • All The Right Moves by Becca Taylor

    All The Right Moves by Becca Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A must read Romantic Comedy. Being called the worst boyfriend can do a number on a man’s ego. But I handled it the way any full-grown adult male would—by eating copious amounts of carbs and wallowing over whether I was good enough...
  • Trouble by Kira Blakely

    Trouble by Kira Blakely

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This time, I screwed up. Walking into a charity event in your birthday suit doesn’t make a good first impression. The boys flapping in the wind doesn’t encourage investors. But it happened, and now my future is on the line. I need to clean up my act. Margot’s business is the perfect cover. My new business partner wants me out. Too bad I’m infatuated with her...
  • Booty Camp by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Booty Camp by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Booty Camp [boo-tee-kamp] noun: Two people isolating themselves to get better at the deed.The issue: She's a virgin and crushing on a player.Her hang-up: Wants experience before she makes a move.The solution: Teach her everything I know.My idiotic move: Falling for the girl who wants the other guy.Mila Crawford thinks she needs lessons to be ready for the douchebag she's eyeing...
  • Blue Parrot Resort by Ivy Smoak

    Blue Parrot Resort by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lydia and Scott's relationship had been on the fritz for months. When Lydia's friend, Julia, tells her that there's a sexy, secretive resort, that completely reinvented her and her husband's sex life, Lydia is skeptical. She's even more skeptical when Julia advises her that she should go with Scott and give him a free pass for the duration of the vacation...
    Categorized as:
    humor  revenge  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Getting Off by Katherine Stevens

    Getting Off by Katherine Stevens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A recipe for a perfect Thanksgiving disaster: Add 1 cup of contagious disease2 cups of secretsStir in too much family togethernessSprinkle on some awkward porn viewingHeat at 350 degreesA year after Going Down, Cole and Cici are still crazy about each other. Despite their relationship no longer being a secret, they can’t seem to catch a break...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Just For Him by Abbie Zanders

    Just For Him by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vincent Cerasino gives his all to the Cecilton PD, so much so there’s not much time or energy left for him to pursue any kind of meaningful relationship. Besides, he has yet to meet a woman he thinks would be willing to put up with the long hours, the inherent risks of the job, and the occasional lack of attention - just to be with him. Haven McAlister might just be the exception...
  • No Plans for Love by Claire Wilder

    No Plans for Love by Claire Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What's the harm in a quick fling?Do the interior design on this high-end lake house, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. What they didn’t say? I’d be in sudden forced proximity to Graydon Mitchell, the house’s way-too-sexy builder.

My perfect life plan doesn’t include relationships—I won’t build my life around a man the way my mom did...
  • Riff by Julie Kriss

    Riff by Julie Kriss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I confess: I hooked up with the Road Kings’ bassist after a show thirteen years ago. It was supposed to be just one night - then I’d never see Neal Watts again.But life likes to throw curveballs, and we ended up with a daughter. We could do this, right? We could stay friends for our daughter’s sake, even though we weren’t a couple.Thirteen years of friendship...
  • Rockin' Her Curves by Lola West

    Rockin' Her Curves by Lola West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This catfish is a keeper.Patricia “Trish” Chobert likes one-night stands and bye felicias. If her father taught her anything, it’s that lying, cheating men keep women from succeeding. And nothing is going to keep her from climbing her way to the top of the management side of the music industry...
  • Hey Jude by Hannah Brixton

    Hey Jude by Hannah Brixton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Sinkhole, take me now.”Olena MacMillan is a hot mess. Feeling like she has a permanent seat on the struggle bus, she can’t seem to get her act together—or stop embarrassing herself.Desperate for a fresh start in her hometown, Olena needs to focus. On getting her life on track. On resuscitating her landscape design business. Definitely not on the gorgeous landscaper she’s stuck working with...
  • One Night Only by M. S. Parker

    One Night Only by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My heart is racing as I knock on his door. Jace Randall is the artist who inspired me to become an art critic, but he’s also an incredibly handsome billionaire who’s agreed to let me interview him. Then his door opens and I realize the photos of him don’t do him justice...
  • Bootyogomy by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Bootyogomy by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bootyogomy [boo-tee-ag-uh-mee] noun: exclusive booty call with only one person at a time The place: Hot Wheels Roller Rink The girl: Kendall a.k.a my lifelong crush The soundtrack: 80's music The problem: She's my best friend's sister The solution: BOOTYOGOMY This summer Kendall and I throw out the cliched no-strings-attached deal and made our own pact. We call it Bootyogomy...
  • The C Agreement by R.L. Kenderson

    The C Agreement by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All she wanted was to improve her skills when it came to the C.I was the girl next door…with a few extra pounds. My job was demanding and kept me on my toes, but when I was deep in a case, it left me little time for relationships. And because of that, I had some complaints in the bedroom.What I wanted was for someone to teach me to be a better lover...
  • Calamity by Lilian Monroe

    Calamity by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Death by embarrassment. That’s what happens to Scarlett when she stands up to make a speech at her best friend’s wedding with the help of a slideshow of pictures she set up on her phone. Unfortunately, the phone connects to the speakers as well as the screen, and certain spicy parts of her current audiobook begin to play. At full volume. Moaning and all...
  • Wrong Place, Wright Time by Megan Wade

    Wrong Place, Wright Time by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Staying in is my favorite thing to do. So, if you relate, you’ll understand my reticence about leaving the quiet comfort of my home for a night out at a noisy drag club.But it’s for a good cause. My big brother is in town, and this is a chance to get to know his new girlfriend. I can’t really say no without looking snotty like the rest of the Wright family comes across...
  • All the Way by M. Mabie

    All the Way by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hot contemporary romance from the author of the Wake Series. I’m a man’s man. A bro. A pal. A dude. And I love women. Am I a saint? Far from it. Do I go out with a lot of women? You’re damn right. I date them all. Shy. Loud. Too busy. Lonely. High maintenance. No confidence. No filter. Bad habits. Naive. Beautiful ones...
    Categorized as:
    humor  kind-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov
  • Sweet Little Lies by Carrie Elks

    Sweet Little Lies by Carrie Elks

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was the boy from the wrong side of the tracks. She was everybody’s princess. Ten years later, he’s back in town and this time he has something to prove. Aiden Black never thought he’d return to the small beach town he grew up in. But as the new director of a luxury resort, he’s determined to make it a success. What he doesn’t expect is to run into an old flame, the girl that got away...
  • Friday I'm in Love by Mari Carr

    Friday I'm in Love by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wild Irish, Book Five Friday’s child is loving and giving… Ewan Collins has had the hots for Natalie for years but she continually rebuffs him, supposedly because of their age difference. When Natalie comes to stay with the Collins family for a week, Ewan decides it’s time to make his move in a serious way. Natalie’s been in a funk since celebrating another birthday alone...
  • Honeymoon from Hell III by R.L. Mathewson

    Honeymoon from Hell III by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For years, Connor has gone out of his way to make Rory miserable, but now that he finally had her, in his arms where she belonged, he was determined to keep her there...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  realistic  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  comedy
  • Ella, yo y la gran idea de ser valientes by Cherry Chic

    Ella, yo y la gran idea de ser valientes by Cherry Chic

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tomar la decisión de ser valientes nunca puso tanto en juego.Ella es impulsiva, alocada y rebelde por naturaleza.Él es responsable, intenso y comedido.Ella sueña con reencontrarse y, al mismo tiempo, está loca por salir corriendo sin rumbo.Él solo quiere dedicarse al trabajo que tanto le llena y entender algo.Entenderla a ella...
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