Books like 'First Comes Love'

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  • Grunt by Cee Bowerman

    Grunt by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After losing his family years ago, Grunt was content with his memories and the brotherhood he found in his club. After a near death experience, he realizes that it's time to move on with his life and let the past go. Just days after that decision, his life changed for the better - drastically...
  • Down and Out by Lila Rose, Wander Aguiar

    Down and Out by Lila Rose, Wander Aguiar

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stricken by grief, Kalen “Dive” Brooks drifts away from his MC brethren, only having room in his life for his child. Worried for his son, he’ll do anything necessary to protect him, even if it’s admitting he needs help. Alone and vulnerable, Philomena “Mena” McAdams has lost it all: her parents, her husband, her job and her home. Living out of her car, she’s learned life isn’t worth regrets...
  • Shattered by Janet Nissenson

    Shattered by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The GhostAngela Del Carlo has been living half a life, ever since he walked out on her, shattering her entire existence and leaving her to cope with picking up the fragments. Nothing seems to matter much anymore, and her life is a drab existence of work, run, repeat. She’s forgotten how to laugh, how to love, and even how to live. Most days she’s little more than a ghost...
  • Jerk It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Jerk It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mavis always assumed that she would be in a hospital with the good drugs when her time came. Not in the middle of the road, with no one around but the damn town mechanic that hated her.But there she was, having a rock star’s baby, with no one to rely on but the one that let it be known around every turn that she was a horrible person...
  • Noah & Tallie: Rojo, Tx Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Noah & Tallie: Rojo, Tx Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Noah Evans worked hard all of his life. He raised his children after his wife’s death, and now, he’s enjoying watching his kids have children of their own. Early retirement suits him well, but there’s something missing. When he runs into Tallie, he realizes that she’s the last piece of his puzzle. Tallie worked hard to give her son a good life...
  • Ghost by Nicole James

    Ghost by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ghost has been living his life under one rule…never fall in love, never get too close, never get tied down to just one woman. Focusing solely on his club, he is able to remain unattached and free…. until a girl from his past is dropped in his lap. She was a line he swore he’d never cross. And now, in order to obtain an alliance his club needs, he’s forced to use her in ways he’d never imagined...
  • Your Fierce Love (The Bennett Family) by Layla Hagen

    Your Fierce Love (The Bennett Family) by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    *A sizzling romance from a USA TODAY BESTSELLING Author* *This book is a standalone* The strong and sexy Blake Bennett is downright irresistible. And Clara Abernathy is doing everything she can to resist his charm. After spending her life in group homes, Clara yearns for the love and warmth of a true family. With the Bennetts treating her like their own, she can't possibly fall for Blake...
  • Dirty Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf

    Dirty Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s obsessed with her.She wants nothing to do with him.Rick Lawrence doesn’t get attached to women. He beds them and sends them on their way.Then, he sees her.Mary Patrick is the ultimate good girl—religious, moral, responsible. She spends all her time at church or with her nose in a book.The second he lays eyes on her he must have her.She makes him want to be better...
  • The Samaritan by Amelia Shea

    The Samaritan by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Ghosttown Riders Motorcycle Club Book - A heartbreaking past may stand in the way of a beautiful future.Born into a motorcycle club dynasty, biker Caden Reilly chose a different path. A single dad struggling to keep his business afloat while caring for a hostile, arrogant, and ill biker father, his life is anything but normal...
  • Anchor by M. Mabie

    Anchor by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I believe in love at first sight. Now I know soulmates exist. Nothing has ever been easy for us. Every fight, every struggle, has been worth it. I’m stubborn, but what woman isn’t? She’s hard work and I love the overtime. He’s frustrating and unpredictable. I hope he never changes. I love driving her crazy. That’s half the fun. Lou’s sexy curls. Honeybee’s pink nose...
  • Destination Connelly by K.L. Kreig

    Destination Connelly by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Treachery. Destiny. Forgiveness. She’s the one woman he could never shake or forget. Nora Cantres was buried so fucking far inside Connelly he didn’t have breath left for anyone else. She’d managed to avoid him for more than a decade, but now the running stops. He’s made damn sure of it...
  • My Kinda Song by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Song by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abby Summer has been in love with one man most of her life, but he doesn’t know she exists. For years, Abby has watched him go home with woman after woman, not even noticing the one who stands loyally beside him. That’s why a dating site is the perfect solution to Abby’s problems: get over Levi and move on to someone else...
  • No Feelings Involved by Siobhan Davis

    No Feelings Involved by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can this skeptical player let down his guard long enough to let love into his life, or is this forbidden romance a train wreck in the making? Ryan James doesn’t believe in love. It’s a truth he learned early in life. A truth he carried with him into adulthood...
  • Texas by Lila Rose

    Texas by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Growing up around the Hawks Motorcycle Club, Maya and Texas have been in each other’s lives seemingly forever. Maya’s crush on her brother’s best friend has lasted almost as long.Older and somewhat wiser, she knows the man who’s always had her heart will never see her as anything other than his friend’s sister. But try as she might, she can’t escape him...
  • Redemption Weather by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    Redemption Weather by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When I married Walker Smithson, I thought it was the happiest day of my life.My family was there, we had a bright future ahead of us, and the world was ours for the taking.Then the storms started coming.First, there was the one that took my family.Then, there was the one that took my husband...
  • Misadventures with a Manny by Toni Aleo

    Misadventures with a Manny by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***MISADVENTURES ARE STANDALONE ROMANCES THAT CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER*** Vera Woods is at her wit’s end. Her husband has run off with the nanny, leaving Vera with a broken heart, three very angry sons, and even less time to juggle the demands of family and her career. After her boys scare away a sixth replacement nanny, Vera is out of time off from work and desperately out of options...
  • Second Chance Vow by M. Robinson

    Second Chance Vow by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author M. Robinson comes a second chance romance.From the moment I laid eyes on her, Kinley was mine. At fifteen years old I was determined to make it happen, but we were on and off for years until I got it right between us and finally made her my wife.We were supposed to be forever. So in love. So devoted.So consumed with each other...
  • Tempt the Hookup by Natasha Madison

    Tempt the Hookup by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Eliahn Getting pregnant after a booze cruise hookup was not what any parent wanted to hear, so I picked up my entire life and moved to Paris to start over. Six years later, I was ready to go home. I was a single mom and the only thing I knew about my son’s dad was his name—Luca. I didn’t need to know anything else...
  • Jake Understood by Penelope Ward

    Jake Understood by Penelope Ward

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE. From the New York Times bestselling author of Jake Undone, comes a full-length standalone companion novel and sequel. A different side to the story: Jake's side."We're getting a new roommate," they said.I thought nothing of it...until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis.Nina..
  • Undeniably You by Jewel E. Ann

    Undeniably You by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Sydney Montgomery doesn't plan to make a career out of house-sitting.It's just the means to an end. In a month, she’s off to visit the galleries of Europe and finish up the degree she needs to make her career as a museum curator. The life she's been working for is finally within reach...
  • Can't Text This by Teagan Hunter

    Can't Text This by Teagan Hunter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A NEW SINGLE DAD ROMCOM FROM THE AUTHOR OF LET'S GET TEXTUAL... "Hi Monty. Wanna see my python?" That's how I ended up in the bathroom of some dive bar with a stranger. Me, Monty Andrews, the quintessential virgin girl next door. I was so out of my element, but there was no denying our explosive attraction, even via text...
  • Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm going to make her beg. Emma asked me to take her all the way. She wants to experience every delicious thing a woman can feel. She wants to be brought to the very edge of ecstasy, and then she wants to leap right off the cliff. I'm a complete playboy, an expert in the ways a man can make a woman beg, so naturally I accept. I love a good challenge...
  • Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson

    Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hate… Anger… Distrust… it fed the animal. Status… Money… Power it’s all women want. Never yield… Never give them a piece of who you are. These were the ideals that Seth Montgomery had lived with since he was a child. After his mother abandoned their family for another man, the same man who took everything from Seth’s father, Seth’s life turned dark. He’d never give a woman all that control...
  • The Restart and the Remedy by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    The Restart and the Remedy by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MyraI was born lucky.I was born into a family of bikers that were closer than most normal families. My parents’ best friends had a boy two years before I was born. He became my best friend, my lover, and what I thought was my soul mate.Then I found out I wasn’t lucky.My entire family had been in on his lies.They backed him.They broke me...
  • Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields

    Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the readers of the Love series, Wrapped series, the Burning Souls series and Love you Anyways. A continuation of Lucas and Tessa's story, in Lucas Links POV. In Love Notes, Lucas and Tessa's rekindled love has never been stronger. Although she has never wanted to revisit the past it weighs on Lucas's heart. Lucas wants Tessa to know everything, yet burdening her further is not an option...
  • Heartthrob by Ahren Sanders

    Heartthrob by Ahren Sanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Find out what happens when Miami's hottest doctor takes on the challenge of his life.  To most people I've always been known as the smart one.The level headed, easy-going, laid back Bennett brother. Steady as a rock ...unshakable.My future was carved out. All I had to do was stay focused.That all changed the night I met Claire Dixon.Beautiful, crazy, wild--opposite of me in every way...
  • Falling For You: A Brother's Best Friend Romance by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Falling For You: A Brother's Best Friend Romance by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rex, Fake it ‘til you make it has been the motto I live by since my mother died. I’m also doing a really bad job at the making it part. The night we met, I was at my lowest. But you gave me a reason to feel happy again. For the first time in over a year, I was optimistic. Too bad it all got washed away As hard as I try, I can’t deny that I’m Falling For You...
  • Light by Susan Fanetti

    Light by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, Christmas 2001. Roland “Fitz” Fitzgerald is having the worst holiday season of his life. His blood family is falling apart, and his chosen family is badly hurt and struggling to get back on its feet. He became a member of the Brazen Bulls MC to find brotherhood and a purpose for his life, but everywhere he turns, all he sees are dark shadows...
    Categorized as:
    biker  children  family  multi-pov  second-chances  steamy  adult  book
  • Forgotten Sweethearts: A Romance Novel by Melissa Bender

    Forgotten Sweethearts: A Romance Novel by Melissa Bender

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Find out what happens after "Happily Ever After" in this amazing novel at $0.99 til November 8! “Things change and I finally realised that trying to fix us was nothing but a mistake.” He was never there for her, and she doubted him. And it is already taking its toll on their marriage. When the only solution is to divorce, they decided to try one last time again...
  • Play Fair by L.P. Maxa

    Play Fair by L.P. Maxa

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Guitarist of the world-famous rock band The Devil’s Share, no one would expect Jackson Cole to have a best friend who’s a girl, but his relationship with Bryan Lawson is too special to endanger with sex…until a different girl—the waifish nine-year-old who claims he’s her father—makes Jacks realize all that truly matters. WILD. RECKLESS. IRRESPONSIBLE...
  • Closer by Mary Elizabeth

    Closer by Mary Elizabeth

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gabriella Mason is damaged. Teller Reddy is wrecked. Misery loves company, and that’s exactly what Ella gets the afternoon her path crosses with Teller’s: the misunderstood premed student who instantly becomes her lifeline when she moves to Los Angeles, an attempt at escaping her heartbreaking past. In the beginning, Lonely and Defensive complete each other...
  • Friends with Benefits: A Steamy College Romance by Hazel Kelly

    Friends with Benefits: A Steamy College Romance by Hazel Kelly

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We were only supposed to be friends with benefits. We even made rules. So things wouldn't get complicated. So no one would get hurt. But somewhere along the way, feelings got involved. Looking back, I guess I should've seen it coming. Should've seen him coming. But I didn't...
  • Love Complicated by Shey Stahl

    Love Complicated by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Shey Stahl, comes a sexy and hilarious romance in her new Ex's and Oh's series of standalones. Love is not simple. I'm friendless. It happens when you discover your best friend has been sleeping with your husband...
  • Enticing Daphne by Jessica Prince

    Enticing Daphne by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s easy to stop believing in happily ever afters when the man you thought you’d spend the rest of your life with abandons you right before your wedding day. After that disastrous event, I decided that commitment was for suckers. I was young, successful, and in the prime of my life. I didn’t need a man to make me happy...
  • Trading Paint by Shey Stahl

    Trading Paint by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A must have companion to Happy Hour that give you an inside look into the characters of the Racing on the Edge series. Step into the magic where the clay met rubber and desire defined greatness. Trading Paint takes you inside the hasty driver’s mind to what led him to a decision that changed the path of two souls...
  • Guilty Pleasure by Jessica Prince

    Guilty Pleasure by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The only thing worse than living in a town where everyone hates you is having to work for the man who broke your heart.Redemption, Tennessee held nothing but painful memories that Lark Ashton had no desire to rehash. After the only man she's ever loved crush her soul and spirit, and all her friends turned their backs on her, she swore to herself she'd never go back...
  • Expect Me by Lacey Black

    Expect Me by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Travis Stevens struggles to move on and forget about the one amazing night he spent tangled up in the sheets with a beautiful woman who disappeared just before dawn. Now she’s just a memory that he can’t ignore...
  • Consume by Jessica Prince

    Consume by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Killian Everett is condescending, egotistical, and a complete jerk. When I started as the new assistant for the famous rock band Civil Corruption, I thought I’d hit the career jackpot... but I was wrong. With his attitude, bad behavior, and stupid good looks, Killian has made my life a living hell since my very first day. We may fight constantly, but that doesn’t make me want him any less...
  • Deal Takers by Laura Lee

    Deal Takers by Laura Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who knew a little blue pill would lead to a meet-cute you'll never forget? From USA Today bestselling author, Laura Lee, comes a hot and hilarious frenemies-to-lovers romance. MY DICK CAN BE A REAL BASTARD SOMETIMES. When he takes charge, I've been known to do a lot of stupid shit, despite the fact that I have a genius IQ. Case in point: How I met the woman of my dreams...
  • Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Branson Wellington? The name, my name, is usually followed by f*cking prick or self-serving bastard, and I can't say I haven't earned those titles. It's true. I'm not the good guy. I'm not the boy next door. I'm definitely not your Prince f*cking Charming. Not even close. And I never wanted to be. Until her. The day I pulled her from the wreckage was the day that my life changed...
  • Heaven Sent by Hilary Storm

    Heaven Sent by Hilary Storm

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Rebel Walking Series continues with Taron and Ivy's story, Heaven Sent. The explosive chemistry that these two share ignites a relationship of epic proportions.He has been dubbed 'the panty stealer', but Taron Walker has his eyes set on the beautiful, full of life, Ivy Adams. Ivy doesn't usually put up with the player type, yet there is something about Taron that has her intrigued...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  family  humor  steamy  university  adult  anthologies
  • Untainted by Shanora Williams

    Untainted by Shanora Williams

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shanora Williams brings you the highly anticipated conclusion to the #1 bestselling taboo novel that had readers CRAVING for more. Dear Chloe Knight, I know you still think of me. You must because I am constantly thinking about you. I can't deny what I feel any longer-that you are, without a doubt, the love of my life...
  • Cyanide by Ella Fields

    Cyanide by Ella Fields

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Heartless. Conceited. Shallow. Three simple words to describe me. I had everything a girl could ask for, yet nothing I truly needed. I'd made peace with who I was and the expectations set upon me long ago. Only to have that peace shattered when a nameless hero rode into my world. I wasn't allowed to have him. Too bad I never cared much for the word no...
    Categorized as:
    angst  biker  cheating  domestic-drama  humor  steamy  adult  book
  • Need to Love You by Megan Smith

    Need to Love You by Megan Smith

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Chloe Cahill’s dreams changed after becoming pregnant in high school. She married her high school sweetheart just after graduation and together, they welcomed a handsome son into the world. Now that Alex was in preschool, she set her eyes on finding the perfect job. Just when she thought she had it all, one night turned her life upside down once more...
  • Manacle by Bella Jewel

    Manacle by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’ve loved Danny since I was five. He’s loved me longer. It seemed destined that we would be together, it seemed like the stars had aligned. Then we grew up and life got in the way. He’s stepping up to be president of the Motorcycle club we grew up in. And I want no part in it. I want to be free, to travel the world and experience life without violence...
  • The First Taste by Jessica Hawkins

    The First Taste by Jessica Hawkins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Andrew Beckwith has already devoted his life to one girl--and as far as he's concerned, she's all he needs. The rough-around-the-edges bad boy left his reckless ways behind six years ago when his daughter Bell was born. To the female population's dismay, he's unapologetically single...
  • The Pairing by Katie Ashley

    The Pairing by Katie Ashley

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A Companion Novel to The Proposition and The Proposal. After her former boyfriend left her pregnant and alone, Megan McKenzie swore off men. She spent the last eighteen months focused solely on her son, Mason, along with finishing nursing school at the top of her class...
  • Before Now by Cheryl McIntyre

    Before Now by Cheryl McIntyre

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Park Reed is a bastard in every sense of the word. He hasn't always been this way. But after his heart was broken by the only girl he ever loved, being heartless gets him through the day and allows him to fill his nights with the nameless girls he has no intentions of seeing again. He now lives his life following his ever-growing list of “life lessons.”Lucy Braden is everything Park is not...
  • Lucky Strike by M. Andrews

    Lucky Strike by M. Andrews

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At the age of five, Ryder Callahan knew without a shadow of doubt that Lucky Flanagan was his Lucky Strike. But for twenty-five years, Lucky kept Ryder at arm’s length, not wanting to destroy the one stable relationship in her otherwise turbulent life. In a moment of weakness, the two acted on their feelings for one another...
  • Rules of Friendship: Friends-to-Lovers Standalone Romance Novel by C.A. Harms

    Rules of Friendship: Friends-to-Lovers Standalone Romance Novel by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Friends-to-Lovers Standalone Romance Novel As a guy, the number one rule to being best friends with a girl should be simple… Never, and I do mean never, fall in love with her. Oh and you should never fantasize about her either. Believe me, that situation can get messy really fast and leave you with nothing but one hell of an awkward mess on your hands—literally...
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