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  • Breaking the Speed Limit by Melanie Moreland

    Breaking the Speed Limit by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Single, but unsettled, Stefano Borelli, spends his days creating masterpieces loved by his clients. Surrounded by family and friends, his loneliness still plagues him.Until she bursts into his life. A stubborn woman with too much baggage, too much to say, and a child in tow.Far too much trouble.Except, he likes her spark. The way she refuses to listen. How beautiful she is with her son...
  • Taming a Maverick by C.M. Owens

    Taming a Maverick by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    SALEM Just some fun. Just one night of reckless, harmless, wild fun. That's what I told myself the night I hooked up with quite possibly the sexiest guy I've ever known. Only, I didn't want to KNOW him. Life is a series of temporary situations, or so it's always been for me...
  • The Wicked Truth by Melissa Foster

    The Wicked Truth by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scorching heat, laugh-out-loud humor, and swoon-worthy moments abound in this sexy new standalone romance by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melissa Foster. What happens when you’re not looking for love, but it walks in the door? Madigan Wicked’s heart is not up for grabs. She’s been there, done that, and she’s not going back for seconds...
  • Whisper of Love by Melissa Foster

    Whisper of Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Bradens are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series. Tempest Braden adores her family and her small hometown, but sometimes too much of a good thing can be confining...
  • Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant

    Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The lies will come back to bite you every time...Never borrow pants from your brother. Especially if he’s a size smaller than you are, because all that pressure in the junk will short-circuit your brain.And you’ll lie to a woman in a club about your real name.Leave her unsatisfied after making out in a bathroom.Then find out that she’s the one thing standing in the way of your dreams...
  • Mace by Cee Bowerman

    Mace by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mace is the opposite of his brother Angus in most ways. He’s easygoing, quick to laugh, and a man who isn’t afraid to voice his opinion. A favor for his sister-in-law puts him in just the right place to meet a woman who looks like everything he’s dreamed of. A long afternoon chat in a bookstore leaves him wishing for just a little more of her time.Reba is a single mom who can do it all...
  • Fall into Temptation by Lucy Score

    Fall into Temptation by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "If we do this again, it won’t stop at kissing.” It was a dark promise... Beckett Pierce is the most eligible bachelor in the nosiest small town in upstate New York. But after his last girlfriend handcuffed herself to his porch and set his welcome mat on fire, he's not looking for any more romance. Even if it lands right in his backyard. And has miles of red hair...
  • One Little Secret by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Secret by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ashton WestbrookPlaying house with a secret-keeping heiress was not how I envisioned helping when my brothers called me. My expertise is the dirty work, not glorified babysitting. Now Nova Blaine is here in this tiny town. Invading my home, my thoughts, and turning my carefully controlled existence upside down.I’m tasked with finding her assailant, an assignment that requires me to stay close...
  • Talk Nerdy to Me by C.M. Owens

    Talk Nerdy to Me by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Despite the fact it seemed like Base Masters was all over Sterling Shore, I'd never really known much about him, aside from random factoids. Things like... he's a semi-estranged cousin of one of my brother's friends, plays guitar in a local band, and he doesn't get mentioned much unless he's on stage. Until..
  • Gimme S'more by Erin Nicholas

    Gimme S'more by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A friends-to-lovers romance that will make you melt. Oliver’s a dreamer who is always ready for the next big adventure.Piper’s the steady one who keeps his feet on the ground. He’s wildly successful, thanks to her always being there to catch him when he leaps before he looks. But she wants more. While he’s as clueless as ever. So she just gave her two weeks notice...
  • A Redo by C.M. Owens

    A Redo by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Allie Thrash Wren Prize is the asshole who got me pregnant seven years ago. And gave me a false name. And walked out of the hotel without a backward glance. Sure, I know I wanted to have sex just as much as he did, but I didn't want to be tossed aside like garbage the second it was done. I also wasn't planning to get pregnant...
  • Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron

    Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s hard up.He’s just hard…After an ill-fated one-night stand, Wyatt Landry was the last person I ever expected to see again.By design, mind you, as I spent the last two years avoiding him.He was only ever meant to be a good time—a really good time—and now, thanks to one teensy little mistake, he’s back in my life and wielding an entirely different set of tools...
  • Finding Ronan's Heart by Melanie Moreland

    Finding Ronan's Heart by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “The boys.” “The Callaghan Triplets.”“Three of a kind.”All his life, Ronan Callaghan has been part of a group. Always looking out for his brothers. Never seen as an individual or judged on his own merits.When his brothers veer onto their own path, he finds himself alone. Restless. Then he meets her. Beth. A waitress who sees him just for himself. None of the trappings of his wealth or family...
  • Ronan by Cee Bowerman

    Ronan by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When payback goes wrong, Ronan Conner finds himself on the auction block and there’s no way to get out of it. Try as he might, he can’t force the woman who put him there to help him out, but he might just be able to convince her to let him take her to dinner.An event planner who is damn good at her job, Thea enjoys order. She has her life planned out down to the very last detail...
    Categorized as:
    humor  insta-love  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq
  • Dirty Little Midlife Mistake by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife Mistake by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Holy heat! Dirty Little Midlife Mistake is packed full of the best kind of bad decisions.Candice Viceroy—widow, mother, business owner—isn’t supposed to kiss anyone.Especially not Hollywood heartthrob and hunky silver fox, Blake Harding.Not in front of half a dozen cameras and a whole movie set’s worth of lights...
  • One Little Kiss by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Kiss by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    My name is Colton Westbrook, and life just threw me into a dumpster fire. I like to have fun. I like to go out, but when one wrong decision puts me in the spotlight with a less than favorable glare, my family puts me on lockdown.Vermont has become a second home to me, but every time I’m here, I find myself searching for that girl around every corner...
  • Unbreakable by Melanie Harlow

    Unbreakable by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    In hindsight, I should not have had that fifth mimosa at Breakfast with Santa.  Or the sixth, seventh, and eighth...
  • America's Geekheart by Pippa Grant

    America's Geekheart by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Remember that time you accidentally sexted your in-laws?Yeah. I just did that. Except worse. Now my million social media followers are reading and sharing the rude, smartass message I meant to send privately to my little sister...and I’m officially public enemy number one.I’m Beck Ryder. Former boy bander. Underwear model. Fashion mogul...
  • Filthy Little Midlife Fling by Lilian Monroe

    Filthy Little Midlife Fling by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's about to discover exactly what this hunky, small-town mechanic is hiding under the hood...I’m having a bad week.First, I get a call from my scumbag ex-husband asking for a favor. He wants to hire me to organize his new house.The house he’s sharing with his new wife.The one he cheated on me with.But the worst part? I’m so broke I might have to take the job...
  • One Hundred Goodbyes by Kelly Collins

    One Hundred Goodbyes by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Aspen Cove, the town where a stranger is simply a friend you haven’t met… Eden Webster has always been generous to a fault. The word no isn’t in her vocabulary. That’s how at twenty-eight she finds herself homeless, alone, and pregnant in Aspen Cove...
  • Unscripted With Mila by Melanie Moreland

    Unscripted With Mila by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From NYT bestselling author Melanie Moreland comes a story of finding love, acceptance and happiness when you least expect it. Mila Morrison prefers the silent company of her keyboard to that of people. She lives vicariously through the characters she creates.Nicholas Scott only feels comfortable when he’s playing the role of someone else. He would rather be anyone but himself...
  • Stay for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Stay for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes the final poignant love story in the Arrowood Brothers Series.Hollywood taught me everything I know about relationships—except how to be in one. As an actor, I became an expert at faking it. Faking that I wasn't affected by my childhood. Faking that I was okay. Faking that I knew how to save the day, the girl, the whole damn world...
  • Tangle by Adriana Locke

    Tangle by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sparks fly between a die-hard romantic and a sexy cynic in this fresh, funny romance from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke. That cream-filled, caramel-topped doughnut should have been hers. Still, Haley Raynor can’t deny that the pastry thief with the dreamy blue eyes looks even more delicious...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  multi-pov  slow-burn  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Running From A Rock Star by Jami Albright

    Running From A Rock Star by Jami Albright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s a good-girl control freak. He’s a bad boy in need of a clean image. Will these opposites attract or self-destruct? Scarlett Kelly is the poster child for responsible living. Growing up as the daughter of the town floozy she’s made it her mission to be the exact opposite. So when she wakes up naked and hungover in bed with a bad-boy rockstar, Scarlett bolts immediately...
  • 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...
  • Real Dirty by Meghan March

    Real Dirty by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Country music's bad boy, Boone Thrasher, takes center stage in USA Today bestselling author Meghan March's brand new stand alone Real Dirty Duet! I have everything a guy could want—a new single burning up the charts, more money than a simple country boy could spend, and a woman I’m planning to marry. Until she doesn’t show up for my proposal. The life I thought was so perfect, isn’t...
  • Impact by Danielle Norman

    Impact by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They always say that two wrongs don’t make a right... Well, she was wrong for breaking into a house that didn’t belong to her; even if she and her daughter had nowhere else to go. And, I was wrong for watching her on the surveillance camera as she moved through the house and climbed into bed. So I offered her a job and a home. Her smile... Her curves... Wrong has never felt so right...
  • How to Kiss a Movie Star by Jenny Proctor

    How to Kiss a Movie Star by Jenny Proctor

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s Hollywood’s biggest star. She wouldn’t know him from the pizza delivery guy.I’m a wildlife biologist in a tiny mountain town, not some kind of law-breaking celebrity stalker. At least not on purpose.It was an accident when I wandered onto the property of one of Hollywood’s hottest movie stars. Five minutes ago, I'd never even heard of Flint Hawthorne...
  • Kiss Me Tonight by Maria Luis

    Kiss Me Tonight by Maria Luis

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I had it all. The Super Bowl rings. The hot shot TV gig. Then I got fired. Now I’m living in middle-of-nowhere Maine, playing assistant coach to the woman of my nightmares. Did I mention that she and her son are my new neighbors? If you talk to the locals, they’ll tell you Aspen Levi is the queen of high school football...
  • Pit Stop: Baby! by Taryn Quinn

    Pit Stop: Baby! by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    We had the hottest hookup ever. And now, she’s having my baby. I’m a carefree single guy. A successful race car driver who enjoys hitting the track—hard. I don’t do commitments. Hell, I rarely even do repeats. Until I spent the night with a gorgeous, funny woman who rocked my world. No names. No identifying details. Just lots and lots of pleasure...
  • Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray

    Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First rule in the sister’s handbook: don’t date your sister’s ex-boyfriend.Oops.If there was one man on the planet I shouldn’t be looking at twice, it’s Daire Beneventi. Sure, he’s my sister’s ex, but he’s also the leather jacket to my quilt tote bag...
  • Wild Love by Melissa Schroeder

    Wild Love by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm not the kind of girl who expects happily ever after. In fact, I prefer my partners don't get too clingy. Don't get me wrong. I like a good night of loving, but beyond that, I’m happy to see them leave inthe morning, without my number.Then I met him. Quinn is a big bear of a man, with massive hands and amazing...staying power. Like all night long and the next morning kind of staying power...
  • Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "The obnoxious drummer neighbor I reported for noise pollution? Turns out he’s the biggest rock star in the country! Oops."I write romance because true love doesn’t happen in real life. My parents’ marriage and a string of failed relationships have taught me that.Then Killian Axelrod moves in next door. He’s a rock star, and hot as hell. Wicked blue eyes. A body made for sin. Cocky attitude...
  • The Sweet Spot by Adriana Locke

    The Sweet Spot by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She wants forever. He plays it day by day. They’re both wishing for the best in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s charming and sexy hopefully-ever-after romance.Single mom Palmer Clark will not be sidelined by the new man in town. Sure, the honey-tongued baseball legend is gorgeous, loves puppies, and has charmed his way into the community’s heart, but Palmer craves stability...
  • Grace by Megan O'Brien

    Grace by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the only daughter of the Knights MC President, Grace Jackson was raised in the life. Her pop would keep her in a protective bubble if he had his way, and her job is less than a dream, but she loves her life and the small town of Hawthorne where she was raised. The moment Ruston King, president of the Royal Bloods, sets eyes on Grace, he’s determined to make the club princess his queen...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  insta-love  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  biker  book
  • Matchmaking a Single Dad by Angela Denise, Angela R. Casella

    Matchmaking a Single Dad by Angela Denise, Angela R. Casella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’re all wrong for each other…but sometimes two wrongs do make a right.ColeThe only woman I need in my life is my eight-year-old daughter, Jane. As a widowed brewery owner, I don’t have the time or inclination for anything more serious than a one night stand...
    Categorized as:
    children  female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • The One I Need by Chelle Sloan

    The One I Need by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You’re cordially invited to the wedding of Oliver Price and Izzy McCall…That’s how my wedding invitations should have started. I should know, I’ve had my wedding planned since I was ten. I should’ve been wearing a designer tuxedo, not a tuxedo t-shirt. The wedding should’ve been in a church with family and friends, not in a 1960’s style chapel with Elvis as the officiant...
  • Riptide by Kathryn Nolan

    Riptide by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Dacosta never expected to find a protester in front of her office.Especially not now, when she’s this close to achieving a professional milestone years in the making: building a luxury hotel on Playa Vieja, San Diego’s untouched beach paradise.Finn Travis, local surfer and all-around nice guy, never expected to find himself the leader of Playa Vieja’s resistance...
  • Can't Fight This Feeling by Miranda Liasson

    Can't Fight This Feeling by Miranda Liasson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SHE WANTS TO MOVE ON…WITH SOMEONE BLAND AND BORING… Widowed psychologist Maggie McShae is ready to find someone who won’t make her heart beat fast, her knees grow weak, or make her feel hot and cold at the same time. No one she can really love, because love brings too much pain. Drew Poulos, son of a billionaire, is hiding out in Mirror Lake, working at his brothers’ brandy company...
  • One Hundred Wishes by Kelly Collins

    One Hundred Wishes by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bestselling author Kelly Collins welcomes you back to Aspen Cove, the tiny Colorado town where anything can happen if you just open your heart and mind. Pop Star Samantha White walks off the stage and disappears into the crowd of cheering fans. After ten years as music sensation Indigo, she needs to figure out who she really is...
  • That First Flight by Jenn McMahon

    That First Flight by Jenn McMahon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Something tells me, nothing I do can stop myself from feeling things for my roommate.I’ve always wanted to be a chef.But the same day two pink lines showed up on the test, was the day I gave up chasing my own dreams to put my daughter first.I didn’t expect that to lead to a life of being scrutinized by my parents for every single move I made.After years of it, I was done...
  • Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole

    Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When it comes to love, this football coach is done playing by the rules.Garrett MarshAs the high school football coach, I'm supposed to play by the rules. Except the rules are standing in the way of the one thing I want…Ciara Sharp. She dropped everything to provide for her brother when their parents died. Now, she's untouchable, or so says the school board. But I'm done listening to reason...
  • In for a Penny by Melissa Foster

    In for a Penny by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Friendships and family abound during a week of love, laughter, and happily ever afters. Catch up with your favorite characters and enjoy Bones and Sarah’s wedding while falling in love with the newest Whiskey-world couple, Penny Wilson and Scott Beckley in this Whiskey series novella...
  • My Kinda Night by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Night by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Payton Summer doesn’t have time for love. Between running her own business in her hometown of Jupiter Bay and her monthly night out with her sisters, Payton has no room for men, dating, or the drama that it entails. Her life is fine just the way it is. Yet, her attraction to the one man she shouldn’t want can’t be ignored. Dean McIntire has one rule: don’t date clients...
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Dare Me Once by Shelly Alexander

    Dare Me Once by Shelly Alexander

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love is a risk worth taking in this sizzling romance about secrets and second chances… Scarlett Devereaux’s life on the Gulf Coast went from riches to rags so scandalously fast that she barely had time to kiss her Jimmy Choos goodbye...
  • No Ordinary Hate by Whitney Dineen, Melanie Summers

    No Ordinary Hate by Whitney Dineen, Melanie Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Life in Hollywood is easy to hate... According to Hollywood insiders, Harper and Brett Kennedy have the perfect family life—an image that has been carefully cultivated by an army of PR experts at Galaxy Studios. The truth is, their relationship has been on the rocks since Brett cheated when Harper was pregnant with their youngest child...
  • Easy Charm by Kristen Proby

    Easy Charm by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Gabrielle Boudreaux, the youngest of the Boudreaux clan, is a single mother of her young son, Sam. Running a Bed and Breakfast at the family plantation house at the edge of the Mississippi River, Gabby loves her inn, her boy and her family. She meets new people every day, and takes pride in the house and land that has been in her family for more than five generations...
  • Devoted by Hope Ford

    Devoted by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a beautiful model.And she’s from the city.Two big reasons why I shouldn’t want her.I enjoy my life in Whiskey Run.I’m a small-town, blue-collar mechanic.And I know where I stand.Half the women in this town can’t get past the grease under my nails.So I know better than to get mixed up with her.I think I can forget about her.Then I get to know her.Then I start to like her...
  • Baby Daddy Wanted by Taryn Quinn

    Baby Daddy Wanted by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My life changed when I posted an ad on Crescent Cove’s Facebook Wanted page. I wasn’t looking for a used car, but what I was looking for counted as a need too, right? BABY DADDY WANTED Single, personable woman seeking a man for the purposes of procreation. I wouldn’t mind if he looked like Chris Pratt, but that’s not required...
  • One Crazy Week by Claire Kingsley

    One Crazy Week by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s not supposed to mean anything… until it does The hot guy in a suit, sitting next to me at the bar? I don’t know who he is, but when he tries to pick me up, he seems surprised when I sass him and turn him down. Truth? He’s practically irresistible, and I almost say yes. Turns out, he’s Jackson Bennett, a cocky billionaire with a playboy reputation...
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