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  • Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan

    Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers.   On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediately attracted...
  • A Lantern in the Dark by Stacey Reynolds

    A Lantern in the Dark by Stacey Reynolds

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a sleepy beach town in Coastal Carolina, two lost souls learn the destructive nature of secrets and the healing power of love. Captain Aidan O’Brien is a decorated officer of the Royal Irish Regiment. While on a personal mission with his brother to retrieve Michael’s would-be mate, Aidan visits an old friend on the local Marine Corps base...
  • She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino

    She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and life-affirming novel about family, secrets, and broken hearts by the author of For the Love of Friends.Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks for a divorce...
  • The Old Ducks' Club by Maddie Please

    The Old Ducks' Club by Maddie Please

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sophia 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...
  • Knight Rider by Danielle Norman

    Knight Rider by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book previously published under the title: Piper, Unlikely OutlawAt one time, Liam Kane was the sweet guy in love with Piper, the girl next door.Then his life fell apart, and he fell with it.Now he’s a member of the Heretics MC, a club dedicated to chaos and death.When the cops roll up at a break-in, he can’t take his eyes off the gorgeous deputy...
  • Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love returns to Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou in a new small-town contemporary romance sure to charm hearts, from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.Sylvie Martine was prepared to take Washington D.C. by storm, but she put that dream on hold when her beloved hometown of Papillon, Louisiana, needed her most. Now Sylvie's the mayor of the tiny town on the bayou that holds her heart...
  • Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A heartwarming contemporary romance set in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.   Seraphina Guidry loves Butterfly Bayou. A young, single mom, she’s trying to find a place for herself in the town she cherishes, but past mistakes have made her wary. She adores her son but has sworn off men...
  • Running From the Law by Jami Albright, Jennifer Grace

    Running From the Law by Jami Albright, Jennifer Grace

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night of passion. Two second chances. Three little texts . . .Former child star Charlie Klein is in a world of trouble. She’s broke, jobless, and no longer famous—except with the IRS. She’s ready to run, so an emergency call from Texas is all the excuse she needs to get out of Hollywood. But she doesn’t expect to crash into the sheriff of her hometown, the boy she loved and lost...
  • Life Changer by B.J. Harvey

    Life Changer by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a firefighter and the chef he's been crushing on cross paths, sparks fly. ***Divorced single mom Dee has never much believed in fate until now, but something about the charming and adorably awkward flirt, Rhodes, has her intrigued and wanting to know more...
  • Fearless by Marlie May

    Fearless by Marlie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their second chance at love turns lethal when a man from Ginny’s past is determined to see her dead. Navy Chief Cooper Talon is on leave only long enough to clean out his dad’s house and shut the door on the abuse he suffered there. He takes a break to go camping with a high school buddy, never expecting to run into his friend’s younger sister, Ginny—the girl he secretly adored twelve years ago...
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  • Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr

    Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    VIRGIN RIVER IS ABUZZ WITH THE NEWS THAT A STRANGER BOUGHT THE TOWN'S ABANDONED CHURCH ON EBAY. THE BUYER, A YOUNG WIDOWED REVEREND, IS A LITTLE LIKE THE BUILDING ITSELF: IN NEED OF SOME TENDER LOVING CARE.Noah Kincaid arrives ready to roll up his sleeves and revitalize his new purchase, but he's going to need some help. An ad in the local paper brings and improbably candidate his way...
  • Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green

    Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Faking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks...At the start of summer, Jack and Nate find themselves dumped as their respective exes, Dylan and Tariq, start up a new relationship together. Not only that, their exes start posting pics on social media, showing the whole world how fabulous their new life together is!Jack and Nate are reeling...
  • Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fans of Beautiful Disaster will devour Diana Peterfreund's Ivy League novels--Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country's most notorious secret society. But in this power-hungry world where new blood is at the mercy of old money, hooking up with the wrong people could be fatal...
  • Vegas Sunrise by Fern Michaels

    Vegas Sunrise by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A 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...
  • Picture Perfect by Holly Smale

    Picture Perfect by Holly Smale

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "My name is Harriet Manners, and I'll always be a geek." It's the hilarious third book in the No.1 bestselling, award winning GEEK GIRL series! Harriet Manners knows more facts that most. She knows that New York is the most populous city in the United States. She knows that its official motto is "Ever Upward". She knows that 28% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon...
  • The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan

    The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan.Desperate to escape from London, single mother Lottie wants to build a new life for herself and her son Raffie...
  • Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

    Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list.On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.Dance until dawn? Sure...
  • Love You by Stacy Finz

    Love You by Stacy Finz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sexy, 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...
  • Headlights, Dipsticks, & My Ex's Brother: Now With More Awkward First Kisses! by Heather Novak

    Headlights, Dipsticks, & My Ex's Brother: Now With More Awkward First Kisses! by Heather Novak

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A full-length standalone sex-positive romantic comedy! Running an auto shop is hard; running an auto shop as a woman is harder; running an auto shop with your ex--who is about to become your STEP-FATHER--and his hot brother is just insane. (And then there's the rooster.) Edie Becker is living her childhood dream of running her grandfather’s auto shop...
  • Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B by Portia MacIntosh

    Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B by Portia MacIntosh

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Thirty-one-year-old matchmaker Lola James had it all – until she broke her leg at a wedding and discovered that her so-called ‘best friend’ was suddenly too busy to call, her flat had far too many steps, and her boyfriend replaced her quicker than you can say ‘crutches’...
  • Calamity Jena by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Calamity Jena by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jena 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...
  • All of Me by Leeanna Morgan

    All of Me by Leeanna Morgan

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Four friends. Twenty-two bridesmaids dresses. One random act of kindness that will change their lives forever. Tess has given up looking for Mr. Right, but that doesn't mean she's given up on love. When she reads a newspaper story about a young couple who've had everything stolen from their home, including four bridesmaids dresses, she knows she has to help...
  • Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton

    Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    If you want to score, you have to get in the game... The last thing Jenna Riley needs is more sports in her life. While her brothers are off being athletic superstars, she's stuck running the family's sports bar, whether she likes it or not. Then in walks pro hockey stud Tyler Anderson...
  • Edensor by Andrea Hirata

    Edensor by Andrea Hirata

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I wanted to climb to the summit of challenges, attack my way through hardships as solid as granite, tempt all sorts of peril, and break through mysteries with science. I longed to inhale all sorts of experience and then explore the labyrinthine ins and outs of life that in the end cannot be guessed...
  • Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata

    Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Twenty-six-year-old Gaby Barreto might be a lot of things (loyal, sarcastic, one of the guys and a pain in the butt depending on which family member you ask), but dumb isn’t one of them. When her twin brother invites her to go on tour as his band’s merch girl, she isn’t exactly screaming at the top of her lungs with joy...
  • Good Luck Daddy by Allysa Hart, Rayanna Jamison

    Good Luck Daddy by Allysa Hart, Rayanna Jamison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keely 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...
  • Boomer's Bucket List by Sue Pethick

    Boomer's Bucket List by Sue Pethick

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Author Sue Pethick presents a warm and fuzzy love story about a passionate pet owner, a smitten news man, and an unforgettable dog who steals everybody’s hearts . . . When her cuddly canine companion Boomer is diagnosed with a rare heart condition, Jennifer Westbrook decides to take a leave of absence from her busy PR job—and take Boomer on the greatest road trip of his life...
  • Castaway Cove by JoAnn Ross

    Castaway Cove by JoAnn Ross

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They’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...
  • Soldier Boy by Donna Alam

    Soldier Boy by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Captain Ben Monroe has an a$$ made for touching, And a panty-dropping smile. He's also my best friend's younger brother. And the worst mistake of my life. Or maybe the best. It's hard to tell. He was a blight on my childhood. A thorn in my side. I haven’t seen him in years, And now he needs a place to stay...
  • Road-Tripped by Nicole Archer

    Road-Tripped by Nicole Archer

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What’s worse than driving a phallic-shaped RV across the country with a coworker you hate? Falling in love with them. Copywriter Callie Murphy has a bad attitude, a vicious tongue, and a serious aversion to Shimura Advertising’s resident manwhore, Walker Rhodes. Know where he can stick his good looks and Southern charm? She can think of a few creative places...
  • Frayed by Kim Karr, Christian Fox

    Frayed by Kim Karr, Christian Fox

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Connections series continues with this spin-off novel.He didn’t think, he didn’t question—he just acted.What she wanted, she took—without regard.It was only one night, but it changed everything.After losing his fiancée, Ben Covington is unsure he’ll ever love again. But when he sees Bell Wilde, he’s so deeply drawn to her, that he’s thrown for a loop...
  • Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels

    Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels thrills us, once again, with the story of an unforgettable young woman who was stolen as a toddler from a poor but loving family, and who must journey through a maze of heartbreak before she can reclaim her true identity. Raised in a magnificent Charleston house, Jessie Roland wants for nothing...
  • Fighting For You by Sydney Landon

    Fighting For You by Sydney Landon

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ella Webber has spent years uncomfortable around the opposite sex... But as soon as she meets handsome Declan Stone, she is smitten. Quickly they become friends, finding frequent reasons to see each other around the office, and Ella longs for even more. So-with a little help from her friends-Ella resorts to performing a little seduction. One that Declan will never be able to resist...
  • How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles

    How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Amy Nelson-Barak, 17, is back in this third installment about a Jewish-American teen learning how to live and love in peace. She signs up for 10 days of training with the Israel Defense Force as soon as she finds out that her long-distance boyfriend, Avi, will be on base as well. But things turn out to be different from what she'd hoped for...
  • One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton

    One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Gray Preston was born into money, but he’s built his racing empire on hard work and muscle. And now that Gray has millions of fans, his senator father sends one of his aides, Evelyn Hill, to elicit Gray’s help in garnering votes for the upcoming national election. Gray wants nothing to do with his estranged father’s campaign, but Evelyn can be pretty persuasive...
  • Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum) by Janet Evanovich

    Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum) by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    This isn't just another case. This is family.How far will Stephanie Plum go to protect the one person who means the most to her? The stakes have never been higher in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Janet Evanovich.Grandma Mazur has decided to get married again - this time to a local gangster named Jimmy Rosolli...
  • The Switch by Beth O'Leary

    The Switch by Beth O'Leary

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Eileen, newly single and about to turn eighty, would like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen. Then in bustling London, Eileen's twentysomething, overachieving granddaughter Leena is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work...
  • All Wound Up by Jaci Burton

    All Wound Up by Jaci Burton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the latest Play-by-Play novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Quarterback Draw, a sexy baseball player is done striking out... Tucker Cassidy is going through a slump—but not on the field. It’s his dating life that’s suffering...
  • Sweet by Erin McCarthy

    Sweet by Erin McCarthy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jessica Sweet thought going away to college would finally make her free of her parents’ constant judgments and insistence she play chastity club role model for their church events, but if anything, the freedom has made her realize she can’t go home and be a hypocrite anymore...
  • The Stand-in by Lauren Campbell

    The Stand-in by Lauren Campbell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "...I laughed so hard, I think I hurt myself." - Goodreads Reviewer Ten months ago, my kiss saved him from jail. Now, it's his turn to save me. But when it's time to go our separate ways, he makes me an offer I can't refuse–an interview with my dream company and ten grand in cash. All I have to do is pretend to be his girlfriend for the week. Easy peasy...
  • Bound, Branded, & Brazen by Jaci Burton

    Bound, Branded, & Brazen by Jaci Burton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Three sisters reveal their most intimate secrets in an erotic romance from "an undoubted master". In the wilds of Oklahoma, three sisters have a date with destiny... Bound : When Valerie left for the big city, she kissed her foreman husband goodbye-along with the best sex she ever had. Now, seeing him brings back sizzling memories...
  • A Match for the Marine by Jess Mastorakos

    A Match for the Marine by Jess Mastorakos

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Matchmaker Rule #1: Never fall in love with the client.After working my way to the top, I’m in the running to become the CEO of Southern California’s premier matchmaking service. All I have to do is outmatch my conniving co-worker.Maintaining my perfect track record should be no problem, especially since my client is a hot Marine with bulging biceps and a killer smile...
  • Pink Jinx by Sandra Hill

    Pink Jinx by Sandra Hill

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Red-Hot Cajun comes this new spicy and sexy romance about a woman, her former husband, a search for pink diamonds, and an elderly Cajun matchmaker...
  • Pearl Jinx by Sandra Hill

    Pearl Jinx by Sandra Hill

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Jinx Inc. treasure-hunting company has a new mission - to find the 'cave pearls' rumoured to exist in the bottom-most cavity of an ancient cave. But first, mission leader Caleb Peach has to find an expert consultant. An ex-Navy SEAL, Caleb is used to getting his man but Dr Claire Cassidy, archaeologist extraordinaire, is proving hard to pin down...
  • Gimme Some Sugar by Kimberly Kincaid

    Gimme Some Sugar by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Out of the frying pan. . .and into the fire!Desperate to escape the spotlight of her failed marriage to a fellow celebrity-chef, Carly di Matisse left New York City for a tiny town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The restaurant she's running these days may not be chic, but in Pine Mountain she can pretend to be the tough cookie everybody knows and loves...
  • The French Escape by Suzie Tullett

    The French Escape by Suzie Tullett

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "A fabulously fun and uplifting read. Loved it." --Sarah Hardy, By The Letter Book Reviews"Charming and thoroughly enjoyable . . ." --Rachel Gilbey, reviewerIt's fair to say that Flick has had a terrible year. Her beloved father died, she had the wedding of her dreams and only hours after the ceremony her husband ran out on her...
  • The Winner Takes It All by Jennifer Dawson

    The Winner Takes It All by Jennifer Dawson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For two stubborn people… Corporate mogul Shane Donovan sees the ultra-cool, collected Cecilia Riley as an ice queen—even if he can't deny that, on the surface, she's a work of perfection his body can't ignore. Forced to spend two weeks in the same house for his sister's upcoming wedding, Shane senses that deep down Cecilia mirrors his need...
  • The Mercury Travel Club by Helen Bridgett

    The Mercury Travel Club by Helen Bridgett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s never too late for your first adventure . . .Meet Angela. Over fifty. Divorced. Ready to start again.Angela’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary plans go up in smoke when her feckless now-ex-husband runs off with the caterer of their daughter’s graduation party...
  • One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

    One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before YouSuppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can’t afford to pay for...
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