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Consider Me by Becka Mack
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCarter Beckett is the NHL's resident badboy, top player both on the ice & in the bedroom, and quite possibly the sexiest man to ever grace my field of vision. But worst of all? He knows it.He’s arrogant, self-centered, and the man doesn’t seem to know what a filter is, let alone how to use one...Categorized as:
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Better Than the Prom by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsProm night has arrived, and Wes Bennett couldn’t be less excited.Not only is he not going with Liz, the girl he’s loved his entire life, but Liz is going with Michael, the guy she’s loved her entire life. Talk about a nightmare.They manage to avoid each other at the event, but every glance he steals of her in that gown, smiling up at her date, feels like a punch to his solar plexus...Categorized as:
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Pause by CJustMe, C.J. Adler
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAqueela, a dreamer and comedian at heart, has just one joyous vision - to transform lives through the mere power of friendship, friendships so solid that they last a lifetime. However, Jay, pessimistic by nature, is convinced that friends are overrated, and that Aqueela is nothing short of a whackjob with an idealistic perspective on the world. It would seem that he wants nothing to do with her...Categorized as:
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Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom New York Time’s Bestselling Author R.L. Mathewson comes the YA series inspired by the Neighbor from Hell Series… The Neighbor from Hell YA Series. For readers who enjoy stories that leave them smiling… Do you ever feel like life isn’t going the way that you thought it would? That’s what Sebastian Bradford is realizing as he tries to figure out how everything went wrong so quickly...Categorized as:
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Adrenaline: A Fall Away Series Bonus Content Collection by Penelope Douglas
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings**You ask. You receive!*** Have you read Bully and the rest of the Fall Away series? Would you enjoy having all the bonus content in one place? Adrenaline is approximately 36, 000 words of bonus scenes, deleted scenes, character conversations, and Q&As shared over the past few years and is mostly material not found in the actual books. Here, you'll find..Categorized as:
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I Sold Myself To The Devil For Vinyls... Pitiful I Know by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLexi Grayson is just a normal teenager, as normal as she can be with her unobserving skills and her overthinking mind. But she'll need the overthinking if she wants to unravel the smirking mystery that is Blake Eaton...Categorized as:
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Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBayside 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.. -
Dirty Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’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...Categorized as:
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Late Nights & Love Lines by Avery Maxwell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe job was simple. Answer the phone, solve the single dad’s dilemma, and move on.I’m the temporary solution.The fill-in.The short-term Single Dad Hotline Helper until a more suitable one can be found.I don’t get attached, I don’t stick around, and I certainly don’t fall for the single dad.Until the job said, “Hold my beer,” and tipped my world upside down...Categorized as:
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The Plus One by Mazey Eddings
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSome facts are indisputable. The sun rises in the east, sets in the west. Gravity exits. Indira doesn’t like Jude. Jude doesn’t like Indira. But what happens when these childhood enemies find the only thing they can rely on is each other?On paper, Indira has everything together. An amazing job, a boyfriend, and a car...Categorized as:
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A Vintage Summer: The perfect story full of secrets and surprises to take on holiday this summer by Cathy Bramley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sparkling summer story full of secrets and surprises! The city has not been kind to Lottie Allbright, it's time to cut and run. But when she packs up to move back home, she finds her family in disarray. In desperate need of a new place to stay, Lottie takes a live-in job managing a local vineyard... -
Styx & Stones by Carmen Jenner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe thought we had forever. We were wrong. Alaska Stone is everything I've ever dreamed of. For years, I’ve watched her in the halls, wanted her, but she never knew I existed. Not until she walked into my chemo session. For me, it was love at first sight. For her? It might take a little longer. But hey, it’s not like we’re on a deadline or anything... -
Do You Do Extras? by Nikki Ashton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrantley James is Hollywood’s newest action hero. He’s got the looks, the body and can barely crack a smile, mainly because he has the mother from hell. Phoebe Drinkwater is an Extra on Grantley’s new film. She’s happy and fun loving but will never be as beautiful as her parents’ imaginary youngest daughter, Melania...Categorized as:
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MANFAX by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsManfax: A detailed report containing information about a potential boyfriend/girlfriend’s romantic history.What is it about this bad boy that has women clamoring to date him?Adam Winters is like an ice-cold drink of water on a scorching day—he goes down like a champ.Tall, built, and handy, he’s irresistible and he knows it... -
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Incorrigible by S.M. Shade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat have I done?Everything was going so well. I have a job that I adore and I just earned my degree in library science.I also have the best friends a girl could want, who weren't about to let my graduation pass without a celebration.It's not their fault. They couldn't have guessed how it would turn out...Categorized as:
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Truth Game by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHis silence wounded her pride, but his truth will crush her world... Daryl King was the person I was meant to be with. My best friend since childhood. The peanut butter to my jelly... until I lost him. Now our school's star quarterback is back in my life and our worlds are colliding once more... -
Fluke by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSEEKING AN EX-HUSBAND I need a fake ex-husband. Let me explain … I may have let it slip to my new co-workers that I have an ex-husband. Now they’re fascinated with the details, specifically with him. Why wouldn’t they be? He’s gorgeous, has exceptional skills in the bedroom, and is determined to win me back. But there’s a problem. He doesn’t exist... -
Wild Card by Maggie Rawdon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe infamous playboy and star wide receiver for the Seattle Phantom is the last person on earth I would ever expect to come to my rescue. Tobias Westfield and I can’t see eye-to-eye on anything. But when my date goes to hell and I end up stranded in the pouring rain on my birthday, he’s there—holding my hand and playing the adoring boyfriend. I might have had him all wrong...Categorized as:
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Prima regola: non innamorarsi by Felicia Kingsley
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSilvye ha ventisette anni, una madre asfissiante e sogna solo una vita normale, con un lavoro normale. Ma la verità è che la sua vita è tutto meno che normale perché… è una truffatrice. Sì, una truffatrice, figlia di una truffatrice che l’ha istruita alla perfezione nell’arte del furto e dell’inganno. Ci sono solo due cose che Silvye non deve fare: mangiare carboidrati e innamorarsi...Categorized as:
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Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWes has a dream about Liz coming to him in her prom dress, telling him he is the one she wants. But then he wakes up... -
Game Ender by B.J. Harvey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author BJ Harvey comes the fourth and final book in the Game series and this time, it's the last two single friends left standing; the reformed playboy and the single mom. *** "You have chlamydia." Three words no man wants to hear... -
Wild Night by Mari Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrenemies RomanceConfirmed bachelor Colm is living the good life with a thriving law practice and all the freedom the playboy has come to enjoy. Until a city-wide blackout and the greatest sex he’s ever had has him reconsidering his single status. Unfortunately, he doesn’t realize the woman of his dreams is actually his lifelong frenemy, Kelli... -
Between Cases by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was the plot twist she hadn't planned for... Workaholic? Check. Poor choice in men? Check. Debatably losing the plot? Check. Payton Callaghan has had enough. She needs time away from her stressful job, time away from her disaster of a love life and what she really doesn’t need is a hot bookshop owner trying to verbally outwit her in the middle of his store... -
Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDual POV, dual pinning, college summer break. Wes Bennet is the mastermind. Sometimes life goes off the rails and is nothing like the movies... -
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The Trouble with Love and Ink by Harriet Ashford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmily Lane is supposed to be on vacation. Instead, she’s in a meeting where a new hire steals the promotion she’s been slotted for. To make matters worse, the promotion thief is a bit of a jerk both inside and outside cubicle walls.Needing an escape, Emily takes on her sister’s dare to work for her calligraphy company. After all, Emily has been perfecting her pointed pen skills for over a decade... -
Between a Rock and a Hot Mess by Phyllis Bourne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRiley Sinclair has man problems. Trouble is, everyone has one but her. After years on the sidelines at weddings, the head of Sinclair Construction now sits home alone on what used to be girl’s night. Her only companions are television, a bottle of wine and a crush on a stranger she doesn’t have the guts to approach. Too bad she isn’t more like the daring heroine of her favorite show Hot Mess... -
Fragile by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the lead singer of a wildly popular industrial rock band, Cash Morris has never had to work too hard when it comes to women. They’re all falling at his feet before he even opens his mouth. So when he walks into a small-town New Hampshire hotel and spots the manager, he expects her to do the same. Only, she doesn’t, and that leaves him intrigued... -
Gay Club! by Simon James Green
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA landmark comedic novel about a group of queer teens at their worst - and ultimately their best - from one of the UK's leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction. Barney's a shoo-in for his school's LGBTQ+ Society President at the club's next election. But when the vote is opened up to the entire student body, the whole school starts paying attention...Categorized as:
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The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I’m in love with you.” How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? “I’m in love with you.” How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her off… without losing her. I couldn’t lose her... -
Jackson by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElle - He’s the guy with the world against him and I’m the girl they all love to hate. Our reputations suck for two very different reasons and where he’s working to do something about it, I’m working to keep my head down and not draw attention to myself. Falling for Jackson would be a mistake. Falling for him would put me right back in the public eye, somewhere I swore I’d never be again...Categorized as:
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Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI got what I wanted. I became buddy-buddy with my boss in an instant. But the cost will be hefty . . . finding a husband by tomorrow. Scottie Price just started a new job, and it's a real sausage fest. She's the only woman on a team filled with Brads and Chads. Expecting a bachelor pad atmosphere, she is quickly corrected when she finds out everyone is happily married... -
Going for Four by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s stayed away from her for almost two years—technically. Even though he talks to her every day and sees her every weekend. But there’s no kissing, touching, or telling her how he really feels.She wants what her three sisters have—true love. She could almost believe she’s found it with him, if it weren’t for the fact that he’s her older brother’s best friend and her brother won’t have it... -
A Girl Like Lilac by Victoria L. James
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first time Toby Hunter got arrested for defending Lilac Clarke’s honour, he was only fifteen years old, but he’d loved her from behind his black-rimmed glasses for as long as he could remember...Categorized as:
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Summer by McKayla Box
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to the bestselling series is here. I made it through senior year. Barely. I thought that would be enough. Get to the end and move on. That's what you do, right? Fight through it and move on. That should be enough. But it's not. Because I want more. And the one thing I want the most? It may be the one thing I lose...Categorized as:
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A Love Song for Liars by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI fell for Tyler Adams when he had nothing but a guitar.He was my rebel prince, my handsome muse, my twisted friend.We were worlds apart in every way that mattered:He was poor, I was rich.He was beautiful, I was plain.He honed his talent in private, while I ached for the spotlight.When Tyler moved in with us, Oakwood Prep fell on its knees to worship at his altar...Categorized as:
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JOCK by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the dean of students asked me for a favor, I had no idea it would mean tutoring Owen Dawson. Me, forced to spend time with Boston University’s notorious quarterback? With his dark hair, chiseled body, and a promising future playing in the NFL, every guy on campus wants to be him. Every girl wants to be under him. Every girl, except me...Categorized as:
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Better Than Before by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies collides with Betting on You when, after meeting the annoyingly cute Bailey on his flight, Charlie gets picked at the airport up by his cousin, Wes, who introduces him to his annoyingly cute neighbor, Liz...Categorized as:
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For Better or Worse by Lauren Layne
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWill a budding wedding planner and her bad boy neighbor stop banging heads and start hearing wedding bells in the sexy second novel in USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren Layne’s irresistible new series that marries Sex and the City with The Wedding Planner ? When small-town girl Heather Fowler finally gets promoted from assistant to actual wedding planner, she’s determined to make it...Categorized as:
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Tripped by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEight hundred and eighty days. That’s how long it’s been since my no good ex broke my heart. And I was doing just fine without him. But now, with both of us playing hockey for Boston University and running in the same circles, I can’t seem to avoid him—no matter how hard I try. And boy do I try.It seems my former boyfriend is cockier than ever—if that’s even possible... -
Seven Month Drought: New Year Bae-Solutions by Sherelle Green
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI lost the bet. I thought my divorce would be the toughest thing I’d experience in years, but going without sex for seven months is hard. Literally. And now, my best friend is helping me find the perfect woman to end my drought. Problem is, none of the women are doing it for me. None of the women are her...Categorized as:
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One More Drink: New Year Bae-Solutions by Elle Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverything about my life is different than before. My deadbeat father died, but I found the family of my wildest dreams. I have more money than I ever thought I’d have, yet all I want is one kiss, one shot with him. The only problem? He’s the hot bartender I always fantasize about, the confidante who never lectures, and the gentleman who never quite gets the hint...Categorized as:
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Ruthless by Ivy Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy heart has always been his. Since before I could even spell the name Grayson, I only had eyes for one boy—my perfect, larger than life best friend, who always managed to bring his bright light into my very dark existence with just one of his boyish smiles.With Chad, I could forget the dismal life I had of being the flawless privileged daughter of a cruel, evil man.He was my escape.My solace...Categorized as:
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An Ocean Between Us by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill Danny tell Hermione the truth and do what he’s told himself he would never do: fall in love? Treats to Tempt You Book 7 An “opposites attract” fun and sexy romance. When Lady Hermione Spencer’s parents ask her to housesit their summer home in New Zealand while they have some landscaping work carried out, Hermione’s happy to agree... -
Workin' On You by Claire Hastings
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Small Town, Friends to Lovers RomanceEveryone has secrets.Mine? I’ve loved Sylvie Forde since we were eight years old. Not that she has any idea.Being stuck in the friend zone with her is better than nothing at all. Love from afar is all I’ve ever been able to muster up the courage for, even though I want so much more. I finally get my chance when Sylvie asks for my help... -
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Savage Love by Penelope Bloom
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was practically a god to them, and I was nothing.They saw me as the scarred, broken girl who had run from tragedy.And he thinks he can break me. Torment me. Claim me.He says he'll steal my heart, whether I like it or not.But my heart can only be given. And he'll have to earn every piece of it.Fire is a funny thing. It can destroy, but those few things that survive it come out stronger...Categorized as:
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The C Agreement by R.L. Kenderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll 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... -
Maxen by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrooke - He broke me. Maxen Ryder tore my heart out, crushed it, and had me questioning my self-worth, and nobody but me gets that pleasure. All I want is to move on and forget about the boy who opened me up to a world of hurt, but why is it that every move I make always has me going back? He's not that boy I used to know. He's become a man overnight and I'm not sure I'm strong enough to resist...Categorized as:
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How to Love a Rockstar by D.E. Haggerty
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m a librarian. Dylan’s a rockstar. We can’t possibly be a match despite what the meddlesome matchmakers of the small town of Winter Falls think.No one is more surprised than me when Dylan walks into a wall the first time he catches sight of me. Even more surprising? He immediately asks me out.Um, I don’t think so...Categorized as:
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After Tonight by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSex. God. Those are the words used to describe Derek Wright around Sapphire Falls. But now that Derek wants to date nice-girl Lucy Geller, those words are coming back to bite him in the ass. His best friend’s little sister, Riley, isn’t about to let Derek turn his attention on her sweet friend Lucy. Derek isn’t good enough for Lucy, and Riley has no trouble telling him that... -
Back Stage by T. Gephart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRock Star? Angie Morelli was not one. Growing up next to Power Station’s drummer didn’t guarantee a taste of the limelight, unless you count catcalls at low paying gigs in seedy bars and second-rate venues. She was okay with that; working her ass off at her dad’s mechanic shop during the day meant she could live her dream at night...
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