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  • The Light in the Hallway by Amanda Prowse

    The Light in the Hallway by Amanda Prowse

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the bestselling author of The Girl in the Corner comes the moving story of a man whose life is changed in an instant. How do you start again when you lose the only love you’ve ever known? When Nick’s wife Kerry falls ill and dies, he realises for the first time how fragile his happiness has always been, and how much he’s been taking his good life and wonderful family for granted...
  • The Summer of New Beginnings by Bette Lee Crosby

    The Summer of New Beginnings by Bette Lee Crosby

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One family learns that love is the greatest miracle of all. Aspiring journalist Meghan Briggs has always been the responsible one in the family. So when her father passes away unexpectedly, leaving behind his at-risk business, she steps up to save his legacy—even if that means putting her own dreams on hold. Tracy couldn’t be more different from her sister...
  • The English Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    The English Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Imagine meeting the richest, most gorgeous guy in London… And he's obsessed with YOU...On my thirtieth birthday, I decide it’s time to make some changes.Okay, it’s really only one change.No more men.Gone is the boyfriend who cheated on me with my best friend.Gone are all the disastrous relationships that have left me dispirited and jaded...
  • Pequena coreografia do adeus by Aline Bei

    Pequena coreografia do adeus by Aline Bei

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Julia é filha de pais separados: sua mãe não suporta a ideia de ter sido abandonada pelo marido, enquanto seu pai não suporta a ideia de ter sido casado. Sufocada por uma atmosfera de brigas constantes e falta de afeto, a jovem escritora tenta reconhecer sua individualidade e dar sentido à sua história, tentando se desvencilhar dos traumas familiares...
  • Nineteen Letters by Jodi Perry, J.L. Perry

    Nineteen Letters by Jodi Perry, J.L. Perry

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WINNER OF THE ROMANCE WRITERS AUSTRALIA RUBY AWARD FOR 2018 ROMANCE BOOK OF THE YEAR. Braxton Nineteen. There’s something about that number; it not only brought us together, bonding us forever, it also played a hand in tearing us apart. The nineteenth of January 1996. I’ll never forget it. It was the day we met. I was seven and she was six...
  • Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson

    Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zane Shaw isn't the type to cower in a corner, until he meets Honor Sullivan. She's the most phenomenal woman he's ever met, but he's been burned before and so he's doomed to fall for her from a distance. If only his past hadn't left him so weary, perhaps he could be the man he was raised to be. Honor Sullivan has too much at stake to get distracted by a man. But Zane Shaw isn't just any man...
  • Ayah by Andrea Hirata

    Ayah by Andrea Hirata

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Betapa Sabari menyayangi Zorro. Ingin dia memeluknya sepanjang waktu. Dia terpesona melihat makhluk kecil yang sangat indah dan seluruh kebaikan yang terpancardarinya. Diciuminya anak itu dari kepala sampai ke jari-jemari kakinya yang mungil. Kalau malam Sabari susah susah tidur lantaran membayangkan bermacam rencanayang akan dia lalui dengan anaknya jika besar nanti...
  • Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bayside 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..
  • Second Chances by D. A. Young

    Second Chances by D. A. Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you do if you were given a second chance at love? Do you throw caution to the wind and follow your heart, or do you build an unbreakable fortress around your heart that only a special kind of man can penetrate? Meet Ella Kemp and Wyatt Easton. Heartbroken over a devastating loss, Ella is fairly certain that personal happiness just isn’t in her future...
  • Todos los lugares que mantuvimos en secreto by Inma Rubiales

    Todos los lugares que mantuvimos en secreto by Inma Rubiales

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Nunca pospongas las cosas importantes de la vida«Me aprendí el nombre completo de Maeve, su canción favorita y todas las cosas que la hacían reír mucho antes de aprender a contar hasta diez.»Maeve no sabe mucho sobre sí misma...
  • The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The last thing international photojournalist Lucy O’Brien expected when she returned to her hometown was for her mother to ask her to shoot photos for a ‘Calendar Girls’-like calendar…Of course, it’s all for a good cause—raising money for breast cancer. Lucy agrees to help—ribald photos and all...
  • Love Blooms at the Cotswolds Candy Store by Hannah M. Lynn

    Love Blooms at the Cotswolds Candy Store by Hannah M. Lynn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    While Holly Berry may have finally purchased Just One More and landed a date with one of Bourton-on-the-Water’s most eligible bachelors, it is far from plain sailing.A face from the past threatens to torpedo Holly’s fledgling relationship before it even gets going...
  • Whispers of the Heart by Rae Knight

    Whispers of the Heart by Rae Knight

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When loss happens and grief holds you hostage, is there ever an escape? Can one person really be the answer to all your prayers and the balm to all the open wounds on your heart?Elizabeth Wallace has always been a punk rock kind of gal, yet in high school she nabbed the golden boy and jock, Lyle Foster...
  • My One True North by Milly Johnson

    My One True North by Milly Johnson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A gorgeous read full of hope, warmth and heartfelt emotion from the Sunday Times bestselling author ?‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS’ Debbie JohnsonLaurie and Pete should never have met. But fate has pushed them together for a reason.   Six months ago, on the same night, Laurie and Pete both lost their partners...
  • I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson

    I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dear Edie, I wanted you to know so many things. I wanted to tell you them in person, as you grew. But it wasn’t to be.Jess never imagined she’d be navigating single motherhood, let alone while facing breast cancer. A life that should be just beginning is interrupted by worried looks, heavy conversations, and the possibility of leaving her daughter to grow up without her...
  • Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time stamps. Our life is marked by them. Significant milestones to the seemingly mundane. All of them have a place. A purpose. Moments and chapters stacking on each other, building scars and memories. Creating stories that are only ours to tell. But those stamps are finite, pre-determined. And eventually our allotment runs out. This is our story. Our collection of time stamps...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  epic
  • My Wicked Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    My Wicked Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Never fall in love when it’s supposed to be just for fun… It’s the day before my brother’s wedding in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. It’s also the last day of my studies before I qualify as a veterinarian. At last, I can put aside my ditzy image and be the sophisticated career woman I’ve always wanted to be. Except I don’t notice my watch has stopped, and I miss my flight...
  • Melody by Helen Hardt

    Melody by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the melody in her mind… Beautiful Brianna Steel has her life planned out. Graduate college early. Check. Work with her father in the Steel family orchard. Check. Marry Jesse Pike. No check there. Jesse has never given her a look. Finagling her way onto a rock and roll tour with Jesse and his band, Dragonlock, should help move her final goal along. At least Brianna hopes it will...
  • Just a Little Promise by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Just a Little Promise by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the one she’s never forgotten.She’s the one he regrets letting go.Now they have a second chance to get it right.When Skye Tremont runs into her sexy former flame, Tripp Daniels, she’s reminded of the baby pact they’d made years ago… If she was single and childless by the age of thirty, he’d step in and be her baby daddy and fulfill her dream of having a child...
  • No Place Like Home: A Novel by Barbara O'Neal

    No Place Like Home: A Novel by Barbara O'Neal

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An enriching and deeply moving novel about love and loss, the bonds of family and friends, and coming home by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids.Life didn’t turn out the way Jewel Sabatino planned. However long she’s been gone, home is waiting.At seventeen, Jewel fled Colorado for New York City and didn’t look back...
  • Up By Five: Counting On Love, book five by Erin Nicholas

    Up By Five: Counting On Love, book five by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s got the last thing he ever wanted…and it’s the best thing that ever happened. Counting on Love, Book 5 Ace paramedic Conner Dixon has sworn to never live with another woman after raising his four younger sisters. Now that they’re all in love, Conner’s ready to retire—from worrying, fixing problems, and cleaning up messes...
  • Logan by Samantha Chase

    Logan by Samantha Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meet the Blackthorne men, each one as hot, fast, and smooth as the whisky that built the family fortune, and the yachts and race cars that bear their name. From proud Scottish stock, Blackthornes never lose. But, one by one, the seven sexy men in this family are about to risk everything when they fall for strong and beautiful women who test their mettle in life…and love...
  • Silent Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Silent Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BraxtonOur senior year, I promised my girl forever. Forever, as it turned out, wasn't enough. She told me so in her actions. When she took a match to my life, burning it to ash. I headed to LA with my band—Raging Chaos—like we always planned, while Kaylee went to college, taking my damaged heart with her. This was where our story was supposed to end. Only six years later, our lives collide again...
  • Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lily Connor has focused all her energy into becoming a successful wedding planner, and after five years, she’s on the precipice of taking on more responsibility at Southerland Wedding Company. When the chance finally presents itself, it comes with a complication she couldn’t have dreamt up in her worst nightmares...
  • 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...
  • LIMITLESS: A Less Than Zero Rockstar Romance: Book 2: Jace & Alex by Kaylene Winter

    LIMITLESS: A Less Than Zero Rockstar Romance: Book 2: Jace & Alex by Kaylene Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "She snuck up on me and stole my heart..."Sexy Viking drummer Jace Deveraux used his genius marketing skills to help propel Less than Zero (LTZ) to the top.Friends-with-benefits was the only thing he was capable of.Until free-spirited social media influencer Alexandria LeRoux made him an offer he couldn't refuse.Their secret, spontaneous global hookups were decadent, erotic, extraordinary...
  • The Lost Sheenan's Bride by Jane Porter

    The Lost Sheenan's Bride by Jane Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trying to get over a broken heart, twenty-four year old teacher Jet Diekerhof takes a gap year to travel and have an adventure. Her practical farming family is horrified until Jet's older sister Harley gets her a long term sub position at a one room school house in Montana’s Paradise Valley. Jet's grateful it’s 775 miles from her overly involved family—and the guy who broke her heart...
  • Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I dazzle the world when I play the guitar,               But I never let anyone dazzle my heart…                                Until I spent one night with her. Darren Ash is living the dream. As lead guitarist for iconic rock band Licks of Leather, he seemingly has it all. But secretly he’s struggling to forget the woman he shared a scorching encounter with over two years ago...
  • Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson

    Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLER! 10 NEW HOLIDAY ROMANCES From NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Authors To Warm Your Heart And Curl Your Toes! Each Sweet and/or Steamy Story takes place at a unique magical Mistletoe Lodge. Curl up in your favorite chair and treat yourself to a Christmassy-Happily-Ever-After Experience full of jingle bells, mistletoe and JOY, celebrating the spirit of the season...
  • Charming CEO by Lila Monroe

    Charming CEO by Lila Monroe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "He's the bane of my existence... and my brother's best friend!" Fall for a new trope-tactic off-limits rom-com from USA Today bestselling author, Lila Monroe! Flynn McCord is ruggedly charming, impossibly annoying, and… my brother’s best friend. He’s been driving me crazy as long as I can remember - and not even in a sexy, fun ‘oh my god, don’t stop’ kind of way...
  • Montana Hero by Debra Salonen

    Montana Hero by Debra Salonen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    During Flynn Bensen‘s last wildfire rescue, a woman died despite Flynn’s best efforts to save her. He can’t escape his sense of failure or recurring nightmares, but he can escape to Marietta, Montana, to a new job as the head of Crawford County Search and Rescue...
  • Finding Peace by Bridget E. Baker, B.E. Baker

    Finding Peace by Bridget E. Baker, B.E. Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Keeping score is the quickest way to lose. Anica Maggard was born under a lucky star. Her big sister became her very best friend. Her debut novel was an instant bestseller. She lived in the apartment of her dreams at the age of twenty-five. But luck changes. . . and sometimes it runs out entirely.Cancer steals her sister, and that loss robs Anica of her words...
  • Embraced in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Embraced in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga continues with an unforgettable romance where two best friends make a bet that could change their lives forever.Bristol Montgomery and Marcus Stearn have been best friends for so long, they sometimes forget when they weren't as close as they are now...
  • Days like This by Laurie Breton

    Days like This by Laurie Breton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A relationship in transition. A husband with old insecurities. A wife with new uncertainties. A teenage daughter who crashes into their lives with no warning. The love story that began in COMING HOME continues! For two decades, their friendship survived the roller coaster ride to fame and the tumult of her first marriage to his best friend...
  • Bittersweet by Deborah Bladon

    Bittersweet by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My world exploded on my wedding day.A dark-haired, gorgeous stranger objected as I stood at the altar in my long, white gown.He told all of my friends, my family, and my fiancé that he was the man for me.I had no idea who he was, but he offered me an escape I was craving, so I left the church with him.He might have been a little drunk and horribly confused...
  • Sara's Promise by Deanna Lynn Sletten

    Sara's Promise by Deanna Lynn Sletten

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Do you believe in soul mates? William Grafton had the perfect life with his lovely wife, Sara, and two wonderful children. But one day his perfect forever was shattered when Sara died suddenly, leaving him alone to raise his children and wonder how he would ever get through life without his soul mate...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • My Lonely Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    My Lonely Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never fall in love with your knight in shining armor… Even though he can’t step foot out of his house, Noah King’s sole purpose in life is to help people. He created the Ark as a sanctuary for animals and people alike, and it’s not surprising that when I’m at my lowest ebb, he’s the one who rides in on his white horse and rescues me. But now I’m in a terrible dilemma...
  • Always You and Me by Dani Atkins

    Always You and Me by Dani Atkins

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Fractured comes a moving, heart-mending and uplifting novel of love, hope and second chances.Then…On the eve of her wedding to Adam, Lily’s best friend Josh unexpectedly walked out of her life, and she hasn’t seen him since.Lily and Adam are blissfully happy, until he falls ill...
  • Four Wishes by Christine Nolfi

    Four Wishes by Christine Nolfi

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meade Williams has a successful company, an ailing father—and a secret desire to find love at last. Dr. Mary Chance isn’t sure the time is right to expand her family. Birdie Kaminsky has married the man of her dreams, but yearns to grow closer to her powerful sister. And young Glade Wilson must confront the daunting truth that she’ll become a mother before finishing high school...
  • Meant to Be by Nan Reinhardt

    Meant to Be by Nan Reinhardt

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can a near-tragedy help two best friends realize they’re meant to be so much more? Best friends since grade school, high-powered Chicago attorney, Sean Flaherty, and small-town mayor Megan Mackenzie have always shared a special bond. When Sean is shot by a client’s angry ex, Megan rushes to his side, terrified she’s about to lose her long-time confidant...
  • A Broken Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert

    A Broken Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fashion is a fickle industry, a frightening fact for twenty-four-year-old model Ivy Clark. Ten years in and she's learned a sacred truth -- appearance is everything. Nobody cares about her broken past as long as she looks beautiful for the camera. This is the only life Ivy knows -- so when it starts to unravel, she'll do anything to hold on...
  • Upside Down by Danielle Steel

    Upside Down by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome of glamour and a highly respected artist. But her success has come at a she has a strained relationship with her daughter, Morgan, who at thirty-eight still blames Ardith for putting her career before being a mother...
  • Only Him by Melanie Harlow

    Only Him by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sometimes your first love deserves a second chance. He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first everything. But I’m not a lovesick teenager anymore, and I’d never let that cocky troublemaker break my heart again. So when he shows up out of the blue asking me to have dinner with him “for old time’s sake,” I say I will...
  • Second Chance Girl by Susan Mallery

    Second Chance Girl by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A touching modern fairy tale that won't let go of your heart, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool's Gold romances! Mathias Mitchell's easy smile hides a world of hurt. After the worst kind of family betrayal, he moves to Happily Inc., California—the wedding destination town supplies a steady stream of bridesmaids, perfect for his "no promises, no pain" lifestyle...
  • The Stars Don't Lie by Boo Walker

    The Stars Don't Lie by Boo Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A man who thought he put his shattered past behind him embarks on a reflective journey home in a heartfelt novel by the bestselling author of The Singing Trees and A Spanish Sunrise.Haunted by a tragic decision he made twenty years ago, veterinarian Dr. Carver Livingston has not once returned to his Vermont hometown...
  • Kau, Aku, dan Sepucuk Angpau Merah by Tere Liye

    Kau, Aku, dan Sepucuk Angpau Merah by Tere Liye

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ada tujuh miliar penduduk bumi saat ini. Jika separuh saja dari mereka pernah jatuh cinta, maka setidaknya akan ada satu miliar lebih cerita cinta. Akan ada setidaknya 5 kali dalam setiap detik, 300 kali dalam semenit, 18.000 kali dalam setiap jam, dan nyaris setengah juta sehari-semalam, seseorang entah di belahan dunia mana, berbinar, harap-harap cemas, gemetar, malu-malu menyatakan perasaanya...
  • The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.The sizzling adventure continues in this alpha billionaire romance series. The scintillating, steamy and passionate romance between Ciara and Nikolaj picks up where the last book ended. The only difference is that Ciara discovers Nikolaj’s true penchant for domination and to her surprise, she relishes submitting herself to him...
  • Tangled Vines by Megan Mayfair

    Tangled Vines by Megan Mayfair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amelia O'Sullivan is a photographer who has always viewed herself through the wrong lens. When her marriage publicly crashes around her, she flees to the safety of her aunt's country property to pick up the pieces...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • Beautifully Scarred by H.P. Davenport

    Beautifully Scarred by H.P. Davenport

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With her past firmly behind her where it belongs, Juliette has made a career out of turning her scars into art. She uses her skills to help others cover the evidence of their pain, too. But some scars are too deep, too painful for anyone to hide completely...
  • Screwball by Eva Haining

    Screwball by Eva Haining

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the pitcher becomes the catch, all bets are off...Major League Baseball pitcher for the Yankees, Anders Verbeck, is blindsided when he meets the star batter for the USA women’s baseball team. He's at the top of his game, with a host of willing fangirls, but the moment Brooke comes hurling into his life, he only has eyes for her...
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