Books like 'Better Off Without Him'
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The Bluff by Emma St. Clair
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's hard to be professional when you hate and are attracted to your boss in equal measure... -
![To Hope by Carolyn Brown]()
To Hope by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA previous winner of the Professional Bull Riders' gold belt buckle, Jodie Cahill plans to ride again. But fate intervenes in the form of a broken wrist, and keeps her from winning another buckle. When the CEO of the PBR offers her a three-month tour on the circuit working as a judge and traveling with a combination newspaper/magazine reporter/novelist, she takes the job... -
![Star by B.B. Easton]()
Star by B.B. Easton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJoin the heart of the 90’s punk scene where one woman finds her tattoo-covered, bass-playing prince charming in a whirlwind rock star romance--the third spinoff novel after 44 CHAPTERS ABOUT 4 MEN, the book that inspired the hit Netflix original series SEX/LIFE. In 1999, BB Easton met her Prince Charming... -
![The Old Ducks' Club by Maddie Please]()
The Old Ducks' Club by Maddie Please
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSophia Gregory is fading away…Recently split from her married lover and about to turn sixty, Sophia doesn’t recognise the old woman staring back at her in the mirror. Where has her life gone so wrong? How has it come to this? A quiet holiday in beautiful Rhodes is the perfect chance for her to find herself again... -
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![The Best For Last by Maria Geraci]()
The Best For Last by Maria Geraci
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome back to a world where smart heroines and hot heroes collide in the picturesque beach town of Whispering Bay! Kitty Burke’s biological clock isn’t just ticking, it’s gonging. But who wants to be tied down by marriage and a minivan when you have an amazingly sexy boyfriend who worships the ground you walk on? Sure, Steve has never said those three magic words... -
![Writing Mr. Right by T.K. Leigh]()
Writing Mr. Right by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRecommended for mature readers due to strong language and explicit sexual situations. My name is Molly Brinks, but most people know me as Vivienne Foxx, bestselling author of chance meetings, stolen glances, and the much-needed happily ever after. My addictions include coffee, home improvement television, and the occasional pint of ice cream... -
![Midlife Crisis: another romance for the over 40: (Silver Fox Former Rock Star) by L.B. Dunbar]()
Midlife Crisis: another romance for the over 40: (Silver Fox Former Rock Star) by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAnother romance for the over 40. Midge Everette. I'm forty-one today. It's my birthday, and I'm crying over burnt toast. That's not some euphemism. Literally, I'm sobbing over crusty bread, so I call a crisis center. I just need someone to talk to about life. Only I recognize the smoky voice of the man on the line. Sweet cheese, don't let it be... Hank Paige... -
![Now You Wanna Come Back 2 by Anna Black]()
Now You Wanna Come Back 2 by Anna Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRayshon and Leila are expecting again, but things are short from being perfect. After struggling for two years to keep the doors of Leila s Books open, she had to let it go and the stress was too much for her to handle. Rayshon, her normal comfort became consumed with work and Devon was free to come to Leila s rescue... -
![Chocoholics Bundle by Tara Sivec]()
Chocoholics Bundle by Tara Sivec
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe entire Chocoholics series is now available in one, special edition book! *This series is a spinoff from the Chocolate Lovers books and should be read after that series.* Book 1 – Love and Lists: 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... -
![Undertow by Willow Summers]()
Undertow by Willow Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaugh-out-loud romantic comedy by USA Today Bestseller Willow Summers! CODE NAME: UNDERTOW The ladies see this wave coming at them, and they don’t know whether to swim away, or toward it. It won’t matter. They call me Undertow for a reason. Nights with me are sweet agony. I’m a wild spirit. No one has tied me down, and no one has come back from the pull of the undertow... -
![Stand-In Saturday: (A standalone romcom. Book 2 in the Love For Days series) by Kirsty Moseley]()
Stand-In Saturday: (A standalone romcom. Book 2 in the Love For Days series) by Kirsty Moseley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo broken hearts. One fake dating agreement. What could go wrong? Lucie thought she had it all—a loving fiancé, a nice apartment, and a job she was great at. But that all changed the day she walked in on her perfect fiancé screwing his personal trainer on her newly purchased dream sofa... -
![Temp Girl, part 1: a daily serial by Stephanie Bond]()
Temp Girl, part 1: a daily serial by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen an entitled diva loses her lucrative job and is forced to take temp work, she also takes a tumble into reality... -
![Single Girl Rules #BananaParty by Ivy Smoak]()
Single Girl Rules #BananaParty by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSingle Girl Rule #2: Girls’ night is every Friday. No exceptions.It’s finally here.Friday.Girls’ night!And to celebrate, I got tickets to the hottest party in the city... -
![Dirty Stranger by Cassie-Ann L. Miller]()
Dirty Stranger by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIslaI'm paying alimony to my idiot ex-husband, my business hardly makes enough to keep the lights on and I'm literally holding my car together with duct tape. Scratch that, I'm holding my life together with duct tape. So I won't go on a date with the mysterious, new-in-town barista who makes my morning soy hazelnut lattee just the way I like it.. -
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![Restored Dreams by L.B. Dunbar]()
Restored Dreams by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMore romance for the over forty. Brut Paige needs a life break. As caretaker to his brother, his business, and his son, he's used to being the man to get things done. Yet, along the way, he's forgotten how to have fun. Lily Warren deserves a vacation. She's worked hard to establish her bakery, a lifelong dream. She's proud of her accomplishments. But, she knows there's something missing... -
![My Kind of Perfect by Hannah Ellis]()
My Kind of Perfect by Hannah Ellis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01G79NXGKPeople-pleaser Marie has a lot to contend with: • Her fiancé Brian is a workaholic who mysteriously snubs his family • Her best friend Grace is being demanding and unreasonable • Her wedding plans are non-existent • She’s accidentally acquired a personal trainer Despite all this, Marie manages to stay upbeat... -
![Vegas Sunrise by Fern Michaels]()
Vegas Sunrise by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Powerful Legacy That Can Unite--Or Divide. . . Fanny Thornton Reed, proud matriarch of the Thornton dynasty, chooses her first husband's illegitimate son Jeff to run Babylon, her family's successful Las Vegas casino. For Jeff, this is a chance of a lifetime. For Fanny, it is a decision she will come to regret as it turns her children against each other... -
![No Ex Before Marriage by Portia MacIntosh]()
No Ex Before Marriage by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's not over until someone says 'I do'...While her friends join the "Wife Club" one by one, Poppy feels like that part of her life is done and dusted. Already married and divorced she's not desperate to go through all that again.But what if her divorce never actually went through.. -
![Life's A Beach by Portia MacIntosh]()
Life's A Beach by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSun, sea and inescapable exes...Peach is excited to hear that her sister, Di, is getting married. Of course, she would have preferred her little sister to be engaged to someone she's known longer than a week - and the fact that his name is Charles doesn't bode well - but who is she to judge?! After all, her own love life is non-existent, and who doesn't love a destination wedding.. -
![The Carrot by Virginia Gray]()
The Carrot by Virginia Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the perfect job was dangled right in front of you? The only catch: Fix an unfixable problem—oh, and it’s in the middle of nowhere. Would you leave your friends, your lover, your world? Would you sacrifice your reputation and your pride? Would you sell your very soul? Susan Wade has designed a fabulous future for herself... -
![Love You by Stacy Finz]()
Love You by Stacy Finz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSexy, smart, and exciting, the Garner brothers have made Glory Junction, California, the country’s top extreme sports town—but there’s no shortage of thrills wherever they go . . . Darcy Wallace may be an employee at Garner Adventure, but the kind of excitement she’s looking for is more of the indoor variety... -
![Lotto Trouble: A Reverse Harem Romantic Comedy by Ann Denton]()
Lotto Trouble: A Reverse Harem Romantic Comedy by Ann Denton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a helicopter full of men with guns land on our private island, me and my guys do the only logical thing you can do.Hide.Naked and Afraid gets a whole new meaning for me. And it’s not a funny, laugh at the idiots on TV kinda deal. It’s a shivering WTF is happening awful feeling. The bad guys head straight for Heather and her harem at the pool. Time to panic... -
![Facing Me by Cat Mason]()
Facing Me by Cat Mason
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Everyone has a story my pages are just a lot darker than most.” Aiden Chesterfield needs control like he needs to breathe. It pushes back the dark past he tries to pretend doesn’t exist. Just as badly as he needs the structure that domination provides, he needs Camaron to be the one to submit to him. Though, when Aiden realizes how unworthy she feels of his love; he sends her away... -
![Living On A Dare by Mary B. Moore]()
Living On A Dare by Mary B. Moore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoseEvery little girl dreams of a big white wedding with their knight in shining armor. They’d have 2.5 kids, a beautiful house, birds flying around with crowns made of flowers, and live happily ever after... -
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![The Fifty-Two Week Chronicles by Joslyn Westbrook]()
The Fifty-Two Week Chronicles by Joslyn Westbrook
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWHAT HAS THE POWER TO CONQUER HATE: LOVE OR FOOD? OR PERHAPS A LOVE FOR FOOD? When Penelope Monroe loses her dream job as a food critic, she launches a weekly Food Blog - The Fifty Two Week Chronicles - promising to post restaurant reviews to keep fans entertained... -
![The Bliss List by Piper James]()
The Bliss List by Piper James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings#1 Go on vacation by myself.#2 Eat alone in a nice restaurant.#3…you get the point.It’s my Bliss List, and I intend to check every item off before the ink dries on my divorce papers. I’m Charlie Heywood—no, Emerson—Charlie Emerson, and after a dismal ten-year marriage, I need a change... -
![Calamity Jena by Janet Elizabeth Henderson]()
Calamity Jena by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJena Morgan, Atlantic City’s favorite go-go dancer, may have overreacted when she found her boyfriend balls deep in a stripper called Candy. Instead of washing her eyeballs with bleach, she drank a bottle of tequila and bought a house off the internet. A house far away from her cheating, criminal of an ex-boyfriend. A house in Scotland... -
![What Are Friends For? by Patricia McLinn]()
What Are Friends For? by Patricia McLinn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe night after their high school graduation Darcie Barrett and Anton "Zeke" Zeekowsky made love for the first time. And when Zeke left town the next day, Darcie didn't look back, even though he'd taken her seventeen-year-old heart with him. And now Darcie has convinced Zeke to come back - at least temporarily - because the town needs his help. And it's not the help Zeke is inclined to give..Categorized as:
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![Desperate Measures by Elle Casey]()
Desperate Measures by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers the romantic chick lit novel, DESPERATE MEASURES. [Formerly titled Desperate Measures Trilogy: Book 1, Full Measure, published under Elle Casey’s alter ego, Kat Lee... -
![The New Normal by Tracy Brogan, Amy McFadden]()
The New Normal by Tracy Brogan, Amy McFadden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom neighbors to friends to lovers? All the makings of a risky second-chance romance by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Brogan.Since Carli Lancaster’s divorce, she’s worked hard to keep life as normal as possible for her daughters. When she lands a job as cohost of a local morning show, it looks like a fresh start... -
![The Schemer by Avery Flynn]()
The Schemer by Avery Flynn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDon't miss the hot new romantic comedy follow-up to the smash hit The Charmer... Tyler Jacobson has a plan for everything—except how to handle his completely annoying, utterly frustrating, and totally sexy upstairs neighbor... -
![The Wedding of the Year by Jill Mansell]()
The Wedding of the Year by Jill Mansell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLove, friendship and secrets revealed as the sun beats down on dazzling blue Cornish seas . . . It's set to be the perfect wedding - till the chauffeur is asked to keep driving the bride round the church. This wedding is not going as planned. Lottie is a guest at the wedding when she sees Max for the first time in fifteen years. No kiss since has matched their last kiss together... -
![The Empty Nesters by Carolyn Brown]()
The Empty Nesters by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe worst of times calls for the best of friends in this sassy novel about starting over, from New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Dear friends and army wives Diana, Carmen, and Joanie have been through war, rumors of war, marital problems, motherhood, fears, joy, and heartache. But none of the women are prepared when their daughters decide to enlist in the army together... -
![Penelope in Retrograde by Brooke Abrams]()
Penelope in Retrograde by Brooke Abrams
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this witty and heartfelt debut from author Brooke Abrams, a romance writer with a passion for astrology reluctantly travels home for Thanksgiving to make amends with her estranged family… and possibly manifest her own happily ever after. Romance writer Penelope Banks can write the perfect love story, but when it comes to family, all she’s got is a rough draft... -
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![Two Crazy, One Wild by Shaye Marlow]()
Two Crazy, One Wild by Shaye Marlow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Zack Adderack, and I’m a screw-up, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. But first, I need to shoot a bear. We—my brother, Rory, and I—have declared war on the trebuchet-loving freaks holed up across the river. The other neighbors, for some reason, despise us—but their feelings pale in comparison to what a crazy old hunting guide up in the mountains feels for us ‘lowlanders’... -
![The Random Series Boxed Set by Julia Kent]()
The Random Series Boxed Set by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started with a naked hitchhiker wearing a guitar -- and only a guitar. And turned into a New York Times bestseller. A random meeting between a rural Ohio chick and a rich Boston musician kickstarted all sorts of random acts of love and lust -- and got even more complicated when his bandmate entered the picture. And never left... -
![Better Get To Livin' by Sally Kilpatrick]()
Better Get To Livin' by Sally Kilpatrick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Don't miss this quirky, fun love story. I couldn't put it down... -
![Haute Couture by Joslyn Westbrook]()
Haute Couture by Joslyn Westbrook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBreaking News: Mr. Right Is Always Mr. Wrong... Lauren Blake, fashionista extraordinaire, has what almost every woman wants: Glamour. Fortune. Prestige. Plus a new driver who she finds terribly annoying, despite his good looks. As the creator of the popular clothing line she's worked years to build, Lauren's got no time for love... -
![Good Luck Daddy by Allysa Hart, Rayanna Jamison]()
Good Luck Daddy by Allysa Hart, Rayanna Jamison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeely Whittle is off limits. Keely Whittle is off limits. Keely Whittle is off limits. I've known her for her whole life. She's my deceased best friend's little sister, now my best friend by default, and the closest thing I have left to anything resembling family. Watching out for her should be easy. Second Nature. Something I've always done...Categorized as:
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![Coming Home to Wishington Bay by Maxine Morrey]()
Coming Home to Wishington Bay by Maxine Morrey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHome is where the heart is… Holly doesn’t have time for a holiday this year. But when her job threatens to send her over the brink, her boss insists she take a sabbatical. So she packs her bags and escapes to her beloved grandmother Gigi’s house on Wishington Bay, which has sat empty since Gigi passed away. But Holly’s dreams of a coastal escape take an unexpected turn... -
![The Wedding Season by Kayley Loring]()
The Wedding Season by Kayley Loring
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt may be a creative marriage made in heaven, but Erin Duffy is cordially inviting Scott Braddock to go to hell… ERIN: There are millions of guys in L.A. so I why do I keep bumping into my nemesis Scott Braddock? He’s hot. He’s rich. He’s cocky. I’ve been competitive with him as a writer since college, and my former dormmate lost her mind after he had hot sex with her...Categorized as:
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![It's Getting Hot in Here by Jane Costello]()
It's Getting Hot in Here by Jane Costello
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHER HOT FLUSHES MUST BE THE PERI-MENOPAUSE. THEY SURELY COULDN'T BE ... LOVE?Lisa Darling - high-flying TV-exec and twice-divorced mother-of-two - has enough on her plate without having to deal with the handsome New Yorker parachuted in to her best friend's job at work... -
![Caught by You by Jennifer Bernard]()
Caught by You by Jennifer Bernard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove comes out of left field in the second novel in USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Bernard's sexy baseball-themed series Months of alternately flirting and bickering with Kilby Catfish catcher Mike Solo just turned into the hottest kiss of Donna MacIntyre's life—and that's a major league complication. Any hint of scandal could keep her from getting her son back from her well-connected ex... -
![Avoiding Amy Jackson by N.A. Alcorn]()
Avoiding Amy Jackson by N.A. Alcorn
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeet Amy Jackson. An outspoken, raunchy, in-your-face, loudly inappropriate ER Nurse who makes a career out of indulging. One-night stands have always been her thing. Commitment and relationships are two words that are not in her vocabulary. Amy doesn't have dreams of soul mates and white picket fences... -
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![Castaway Cove by JoAnn Ross]()
Castaway Cove by JoAnn Ross
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey’ve never met. But they’re destined for each other… Single dad Mac Culhane has traveled to some of the world’s most dangerous war zones, but now he and his young daughter have settled in Shelter Bay, where he’s become the late-night DJ for the local radio station. The last thing he expects is to connect over the airwaves with a caller. . -
![Three Weeks with a Bull Rider by Cat Johnson]()
Three Weeks with a Bull Rider by Cat Johnson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Cat Johnson knows cowboys and the Oklahoma Nights series is a must read for fans of western romance.” NY Times Best Selling author Lorelei James One Broken Man… Cowboy Jace Mills has suffered fewer injuries from bucking bulls than he has from his ex-girlfriend. Following his best friend Tucker’s advice, Jace is convinced it’s time to move on... -
![The Bachelor Contract by Rachel Van Dyken]()
The Bachelor Contract by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA second-chance romance from the #1 NYT bestseller of The Bet, Matchmaker and Elite series! She's everywhere. Ex-wife. Love of his life. The last person in the world he wanted to see...ever. And now that he's working beside her every day, he can't escape her... -
![Before We Kiss by Susan Mallery]()
Before We Kiss by Susan Mallery
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling sensation Susan Mallery returns to Fool's Gold, California, where it's true that sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs… Former pro-football kicker Sam Ridge has notoriously bad luck with women—from cheaters to fame chasers... -
![A Lesbian's Guide to Women by Erica Lee]()
A Lesbian's Guide to Women by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAnnalise Finch is content - she has a job she enjoys, lives close to her family and friends, and spends most Wednesday nights drinking wine with her grandma. According to her grandma, though, she has lost her sparkle, and the only solution is to join a site to hook up with other women. The only problem (aside from a meddling grandma with a dirty mind) is Annalise doesn’t like women... -
![Smooches by Susan Renee]()
Smooches by Susan Renee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI made one of those dream board things while hanging out with my best friends. You know, the kind that are made with pictures ripped from magazines with special notes about your life goals or biggest wishes. (Mine of course, is covered in glitter!) As a single mom, it’s hard to put my dreams and goals first, but I made my list. 1. Finally finish my degree 2. Learn how to cook new recipes. 3...
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