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  • Spark by Helen Hardt

    Spark by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’ll do anything for his family… Donovan “Donny” Steel is on a partnership track with a major Denver law firm. He loves his city career and his luxurious downtown loft, and life is going just how he planned it…until his mother, the city attorney for his hometown of Snow Creek, Colorado, asks him to move back and work for her when her assistant retires. Mom asks? Donny goes...
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    multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Canary Cowards by Jescie Hall

    The Canary Cowards by Jescie Hall

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From Author Jescie Hall comes a compelling and angst-filled love story that will pull at your heartstrings and never let go."Occasionally, we all lack the courage to embrace the torture that is love."DylanAs a proud physiotherapist fresh out of school, I never imagined falling for a client. Especially not fallen football star, Lake Decker...
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    angst  forbidden-love  steamy  multi-pov  athlete  sad  romance  sports
  • Shattered by Janet Nissenson

    Shattered by Janet Nissenson

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

    Destiny by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is love enough?Ava Steel is haunted by a ghost that has come back from the grave. She questions who she is and whether she's capable of being in a relationship with Brendan Murphy, the man she loves. As she shuts down her bakery—something she never does—to deal with these newly discovered secrets, she shuts down her relationship with Brendan as well...
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    multi-pov  steamy  romance  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • His Game by Blue Saffire

    His Game by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ballers : His Game Book 1 in the Ballers Series For Him she was the one from the moment he saw her. He just didn’t know it would be so hard for her to see him, but when she does he takes his chance. He would never regret it, but what he would regret is walking away. Then she appears in his life again and he is floored by all he truly walked away from. It will never happen again, no matter what...
  • Remember Me by Jennifer Foor

    Remember Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shayne Hutchinson has finally come to grips with what love is. He's devoted himself to raising his brother's unborn twin children as his own. He's also committed himself to a relationship with the mother, Ashley. As much as she tries to make amends for the past, Ashley is still not completely accepted by Shayne's family...
  • Captive Films: Season 2 by Jillian Dodd

    Captive Films: Season 2 by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • The Other Brother by Dyan Layne

    The Other Brother by Dyan Layne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things happen as they’re meant to.There’s no avoiding your destiny…Dillon Byrne always believed in fate.He would meet someone. Fall in love. Be a family.All in that order.Sometimes fate has other plans…Life changes in an instant. Love is lost.But how do you let go of the life you once had?To appreciate the magic of a brand new beginning, you have to make peace with the ending first...
  • Hard to Handle by K. Bromberg

    Hard to Handle by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An all new series of standalone books by New York Times Bestselling author, K, Bromberg. Four sisters set out to try to save their family business. In Book 1, Hard to Handle, by-the-book, Dekker Kincade, sets out to win back the reining bad boy of hockey, Rhett Maddox...
  • Brie's Montana Dreams by Red Phoenix

    Brie's Montana Dreams by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Submissive in Love #4 (The Brie series continues!)Hot scenes call to Brie Bennett as she sets out to film The Sanctuary, a secret BDSM commune nestled in the mountains of Montana. All kinds of kinky fun awaits, including the provocative Initiation Ceremony...
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    steamy  sad  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Brie's Christmas Pearls by Red Phoenix

    Brie's Christmas Pearls by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brie’s Christmas Pearls (Submissive in Love, #3) Christmas magic with a little kink… Brie’s Master has kept something from her that threatens to tear them apart. When confronted, dark emotions are awakened but the couple is part of a tight community that won’t let them fail. Brie believes in the magic of Christmas and plans the perfect gift...
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    steamy  sad  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars

    Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MalloryThe day Christopher Johnson decided to kill me, I already knew what it was like to die. I had already experienced it once. Having the life leeched from my body, blood stolen from my veins, oxygen pulled from my lungs.When he decided to walk back into my life, I was in the middle of my third resurrection, healing from the loss of my brother when I was still raw from losing him...
  • The Difference Between Someday and Forever by Aly Martinez

    The Difference Between Someday and Forever by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The world took everything from us. As survivors of not only a plane crash, but two other impossible tragedies, we’d more than earned a life of peace. But time and time again, we were shown that fate had no intention of giving that to us. Remi and I were soulmates. Plain and simple. Our love should have died in the depths of our darkness, but the sun still exists even when it’s not shining...
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    angst  multi-pov  steamy  adult  amnesia  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Heart by Kate Stewart

    The Heart by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack For the last ten years, I've roamed the globe, captivated by the world around me. I've seen the seven wonders and admired sunsets from every continent. I'd lived and loved and that was enough for me. It would have to be. I was content, satisfied with my collection of experiences . . . until a phone call led me down a road less traveled...
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    angst  multi-pov  sad  second-chances  steamy  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc
  • Revive Me: Part Three by J.L. Seegars

    Revive Me: Part Three by J.L. Seegars

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mallory Hope is a dangerous thing. It holds you close like a lover, whispering promises it never intends to keep, and just as soon as you relax into its arms, it lets you go. Sending you spinning into an abyss of nothingness. When I sent him away four years ago, he promised he would come back to me, and even as I asked him not to, I hoped that he would. Hope...
  • Levi's Blue by Michelle Leighton

    Levi's Blue by Michelle Leighton

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Four beautiful days. Three steamy nights. One breathtaking love. Levi Michaelson. He wanted four dates. Four opportunities to prove I could trust him. Four chances to change my mind about him. I agreed. Probably not my smartest decision. He was everything I knew to avoid—gorgeous, charming, sexy as hell—but I couldn’t help myself. When he touched me the whole world disappeared...
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    angst  multi-pov  sad  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  disability
  • Going Deep by Nikki Ash

    Going Deep by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *Standalone enemies-to-lover's football romance* Going deep: In football it means running down the field for a long pass. You’re serious. Committed. Unstoppable. As a wide receiver, it’s a term I’m all too familiar with. It’s who I am, at least when it comes to my career. For the past decade, football has been the only thing I’ve allowed myself to commit to...
  • Captive by Brenda Rothert

    Captive by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Two years ago, Jason and Kate Ryker were brought together by grief and bound to one another by love. Now married, they’re confronting their fears together. But heartbreak finds them again, and the ties that bind Kate and Ryke are tested as she struggles against fear and sadness. As a grief counselor, Kate understands all too well the pain of her clients...
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    angst  athlete  multi-pov  sad  second-chances  steamy  adult  alpha-mc
  • Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson

    Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson

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

    Off Limits by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Professional football has an actual rulebook, but it’s the unwritten rules that come with the harshest consequences.The biggest one of all: don’t date your teammate’s sister. And if you do, don’t you dare fall in love with her.I never meant to fall, but when it comes to Brenna Donald, I never stood a chance. She’s everything I’m not--a light-hearted wild child who shines brighter than the sun...
  • Breach of Contract by Laramie Briscoe

    Breach of Contract by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Our voices and love will never be silenced...Everett James ThompsonKnown for my charismatic stage presence and being the oldest son of music royalty, I’ve always been able to do exactly what I want.Front my own band? Become one of the powerhouses in the metal genre? Make a name for myself without using that of my parents? I’ve done all of it...
  • It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is quickly becoming my least favorite four-letter word.I let a girl into my heart once, and she nearly destroyed me.The last time I saw her she was in the back seat of her father’s car, leaving me forever.No goodbye.No mercy.That was ten years ago.Now the sexy vixen from my past is back in town looking to hire a consultant.This is my way back in.But not for redemption or a second chance...
  • Rectify by Marley Valentine

    Rectify by Marley Valentine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We weren’t just young, we were stupid and reckless. He was the beginning of every bad decision I made, the enemy of everyone I’d ever loved. I was a pawn in his game. A prize to be claimed, and a trophy to be flaunted. Now we’re two adults with crooked pasts, trying to straighten out our future. His heart belongs to his daughter, while mine is too tattered to give away...
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    angst  steamy  sad  multi-pov  christian  contemporary  mlm  family
  • Against The Darkest Shadow by Ashley Jade

    Against The Darkest Shadow by Ashley Jade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Just when you think it can't possibly get any darker... Matt: I'm a manipulator, I'm a sociopath, I'm a rapist. Problem is? I don't remember any of it. Everyone in town looks at me like I'm the most disgusting man in the world, except for her. Lucky for me...she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life. Lizzie's keeping something from me though, and I need to find out what it is...
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    steamy  multi-pov  sad  athlete  angst  second-chances  romance  dark
  • Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate

    Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The day Tucker Benoit left his father's farm in French Settlement to pursue his love of music was the best day of his life. Or so he thought... After years of booze, girls, drugs, and gigs, Tucker finds himself back where he started. Only this time, he finds solace on the farm that once isolated him from the world...
  • Brie's City of Angels by Red Phoenix

    Brie's City of Angels by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Submissive in Love #6 (The Brie series continues!)Angels come in all shapes and sizes…Brie returns to LA with a friend spiraling out of control - a transformation is coming. In the midst of turmoil and change, love grows deeper. Brie will discover the truth about Rytsar’s past, and her Master will face a new challenge...
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    steamy  sad  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Calm & Storm by Susan Fanetti

    Calm & Storm by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE NIGHT HORDE SOCAL SERIES CONCLUDES.Ronin Drago has always been a fighter, a warrior, a soldier. Not one to take the lead or the limelight, he stands stalwart with his brothers, but he keeps his own counsel.The Night Horde SoCal has been taking too many hits lately, and he fears that they are cracking under the strain...
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    angst  multi-pov  sad  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  biker  book
  • Table 10: Part 2 by Jiffy Kate

    Table 10: Part 2 by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A waitress fielding life’s curveballs.A CEO with a penchant for pie.She’s independent and tenacious.He’s chivalrous and demanding.They’re an unexpected match.Somehow, through a series of events, their lives are thrust together...
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    angst  multi-pov  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I've always followed my dreams with ruthless determination. My life was going well. Success was at my fingertips. Until it wasn't. All it took was three seconds to send my world crashing down around me, ripping my dreams to shreds. Then I meet her, with her large hazel eyes that slay me at first glance. And everything starts to make sense again. I try to keep my distance...
  • Unrestricted by Kimberly Bracco

    Unrestricted by Kimberly Bracco

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The emotional conclusion of Inhibitions.... Earning forgiveness isn’t easy. Especially when you can’t forgive yourself...
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    angst  athlete  sad  second-chances  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's living her dream... Kylie Ryans is the biggest thing to come out of Nashville since, well, since Trace Corbin. With a hit album and a powerful label behind her, she appears to be the girl who has it all. But appearances can be deceiving. Fresh out of rehab, Trace Corbin is ready to take on the world. Just not the girl he walked away from...
  • Rafe by Sawyer Bennett

    Rafe by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I was living my dream until one phone call changed everything. As the second line center for the Arizona Vengeance, my mind has been on one thing—helping my team bring home a championship. But that all changed when I found out my dad had cancer and only months to live. In that moment, nothing mattered more than getting home to North Carolina to be by his side...
  • Untainted by Shanora Williams

    Untainted by Shanora Williams

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

    Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Happily ever after. That was what we were supposed to have. Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her. I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand...
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    angst  multi-pov  sad  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Holding Onto Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Holding Onto Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The road for Noah Westbury has been carved out for him, long before he knew who his father was. Making sure he worked hard to deserve the opportunities provided to him, Noah is where he's dreamed of being - starting QB for Portland Pioneers. Together, with his model girlfriend by his side, life can't get much better...
  • Running Away with You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Running Away with You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Running Away With You continues the journey of Juliette and Evan that began in “Running Back to You” and "Running Home to You". Juliette Fletcher’s life has been full of surprises ever since she began dating NFL superstar Evan “Big Mac” McGuire. He’s everything she could ever have wished for – strong and tender, and wrapped up in an exquisite package...
    Categorized as:
    angst  athlete  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Trade Off by Cheryl Douglas

    Trade Off by Cheryl Douglas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Professional hockey player, Aiden Cooper, should be happy. He’s been traded to Nashville. But going home also means he has to face the truth. The love of his life is married to his former best friend and new teammate there’s not a damn thing he can do about it. When Sela Clarke finds out her former boyfriend, Aiden Cooper, is finally coming home, she panics...
  • The Game - Kirsten Backhard by Shawnte Borris

    The Game - Kirsten Backhard by Shawnte Borris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00FHN5988 Kirsten Backhard is a highly respected senior negotiating executive based in Toronto. She plays with some of the most powerful men in her field. Kirsten is confident, sexy, and hell on heels. She fights with a straight face, doesn’t back down easily, and believes in using her ASSets to get the deal done her way...
    Categorized as:
    multi-pov  sad  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Don't Let Go by Willow Winters

    Don't Let Go by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Willow Winters, comes an exclusive collection of novellas available no where else! Seductive. Addictive. Captivating. The irresistible heroes in these stories have those three features in common. Some stories are second chance; others are fated love. But every single one of them, you’ll crave to the last page...
  • Imperfections Come To Light by Shaniel Watson

    Imperfections Come To Light by Shaniel Watson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After years of wanting her and fighting against myself, I finally had her. For one brief weekend I was whole, looking into the eyes of the woman I've always loved. The one person I'd do anything for. Catherine Reed is the love of my life, but I blew it when she discovered her sister and I were engaged. But things have changed. I know she doesn't want anything to do with me, she needs time...
    Categorized as:
    angst  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  legal
  • Ineligible Receiver: A Friends-to-Lovers MM Sports Romance by Rheland Richmond, Emerson Beckett

    Ineligible Receiver: A Friends-to-Lovers MM Sports Romance by Rheland Richmond, Emerson Beckett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sexy and emotional story about two best friends that secretly fall in love, but struggle to keep a heartbreaking secret from tearing them apart.When I met Greg Foster, the straight tight end for the Portland Pirates, the rookie needed a friend to bring him out of his shell. There was more to the shy twenty-two-year-old bookworm than met the eye, and I was the perfect person for the task...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  multi-pov  athlete  romance  mlm  sports  lgbtq
  • Reckless Abandon by Jeannine Colette

    Reckless Abandon by Jeannine Colette

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A heart-wrenching breakup, an accident… a loss. Stretching out my right hand, I am reminded of the worst year of my life and all the dreams that faded in one awful weekend. For six months I was numb. And then I met a man. An intense, complex, emotion extracting, sinful man. If there's one thing I notice it’s the piercing gaze he is giving me. So piercing because of Golden Eyes...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  second-chances  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Line Drive by Sloan Johnson

    Line Drive by Sloan Johnson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PJ Nolan just has to get through this year. He’d been hoping for a trade to Milwaukee, where he wouldn’t have to hide the fact that he was gay, but that didn’t pan out. He’s close enough to achieving his goal that he can’t walk away, no matter how hostile the Miami clubhouse had become...
    Categorized as:
    angst  athlete  multi-pov  steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary
  • CLOSER by Carmen Jenner

    CLOSER by Carmen Jenner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Levi Quinn has it all—money, groupies, a panty-melting smile, and a really big d*ck. At least, he had it all. Until an angry redhead joined the Taint world tour and turned his life upside-down. Levi fell in love with her. His bandmate did too. It did not end well...
    Categorized as:
    angst  multi-pov  sad  steamy  adult  asian-mc  book  contemporary
  • Wilder Mind by Taryn Quinn

    Wilder Mind by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Forever is the lyric he has on repeat.   Rockstar Myles Vaughn quit his band to escape the pressures of fame. He’s ready to leave LA and the glamorous music scene behind, but only if he has his best friend, Felicity Hudson, by his side.   And in his bed, clad in nothing but her tattoos...
  • Table 10: Part 3 by Jiffy Kate

    Table 10: Part 3 by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A waitress fielding life’s curveballs.A CEO with a penchant for pie.She’s independent and tenacious.He’s chivalrous and demanding.They’re an unexpected match...
  • Provocative by Alex Lucian

    Provocative by Alex Lucian

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Coming home to a quiet, dark house. Meals by myself, because she was already done. Excuses and apologies, they were never enough. But even with that, when I touched her-when she arched under me and pulled me deeper- we couldn't get back to where we needed to be. Where we used to be. It was all frustration. Loneliness. Loss...
    Categorized as:
    angst  forbidden-love  multi-pov  sad  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • A Wild Card Kiss by Lauren Blakely

    A Wild Card Kiss by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sexy standalone romance between a single dad athlete and the woman who got away!Things that suck on my wedding day -- walking in on my groom kissing another woman twenty minutes before the ceremony.Things that suck worse? The woman he’s kissing is my mom.I head straight for the bowling alley bar down the street and ask for a double...
  • Drawn Deeper by Brenda Rothert

    Drawn Deeper by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve come undone. For years I thought the world looked at my family and saw perfection. I was a busy surgeon and my wife was devoted to our two boys. But her devotion crumbled as her alcoholism took over. The outside world saw all too well what I wanted to deny. Ten months ago she filed for divorce, packed up and moved away. To where – I don’t know. Nor do I care. But my boys do...
  • KEPT: A Second Chance Fairy Tale by A.C. Bextor

    KEPT: A Second Chance Fairy Tale by A.C. Bextor

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    KEPT is a 368-page stand-alone contemporary romance novel written for those who still believe in fairy tales. A complete love story. No cliffhanger. Please note: Due to content, this book should not be read by those under the age of 18. Michael   She’s a pain in my ass. She’s everything I know I don’t want or need. She’s the reason I’ve fought the darkness for so long...
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