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Always Ever After by Claire Kingsley
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBraxton and Kylie have been married for over a year, and Kylie is busy helping Selene get ready for her upcoming wedding. Kylie and Selene go out of town for a bachelorette party weekend, and Kylie gets a little—or maybe it’s a big—surprise. But springing the news on Braxton is harder than Kylie thought... -
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Ashes falling for The Sky 2 by Nine Gorman, Mathieu Guibé
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSuite et fin d'Ashes falling for the sky.Après un cliffhanger insoutenable, on retrouve Sky et Ash aux prises avec leurs démons. La réunion de ces deux destins brisés ne se fera pas sans de nouvelles blessures, et révélations sur leurs passés. Nine Gorman et Mathieu Guibé livrent une suite touchante, riche en thématiques fortes, et dont le final ne laissera personne indifférent... -
![Don't You Dare: A Wedding Bells Alpha Novel by Weston Parker]()
Don't You Dare: A Wedding Bells Alpha Novel by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a playboy like no other…The crown prince of New York City’s real estate industry. A pompous jerk who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and a camera in his face.All of which makes him absolutely perfect.Not for me, obviously, but for something much more important—to save the online fashion magazine I’m the editor of.It’s too bad I can’t get within a mile of the guy.Until I can... -
![A Kiss In The Rain by J.C. Quin]()
A Kiss In The Rain by J.C. Quin
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe rain was pouring when he saw her standing in the middle of the busy street, looking kinda lost.People were passing by her, but she just stood there. He walked towards her, took off his jacket and wrapped it around her shivering body. "Miss are you lost? Do you need help?" he asked her. She looked at him, and for the first time he saw her face. She looked so beautiful, yet looked so fragile... -
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![Steamy Stocking Stuffers: A Stronghold Doms Holiday Collection by Golden Angel]()
Steamy Stocking Stuffers: A Stronghold Doms Holiday Collection by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDare to be naughty this holiday season and step into the hottest BDSM club around, where the stockings aren't the only things that are hung... or stuffed. This steamy collection of holiday short stories featuring the Stronghold Doms includes: All I Want for Christmas - Master Will and Gina have been scening together for months, but a relationship is on Gina's wishlist this year... -
![Wonderful by S.C. Stephens]()
Wonderful by S.C. Stephens
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKellan Kyle finally has everything he’s always wanted—a woman who loves him more than he ever thought possible, family who genuinely cares about him, and the best friends a person could ask for. His band has found success, and they are well on their way to making their dreams come true. But as Kellan quickly learns, sometimes dreams come with a price... -
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Brazen Girl by Ali Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt only takes a second for her world to come crashing down.Jordan’s crash is a wake-up call for everyone. Recovering from a head injury brings new challenges no one is expecting or prepared to handle. Jordan begins to doubt that she has what it takes to make it as a pro skateboarder... -
![Brazen Tricks by Ali Dean]()
Brazen Tricks by Ali Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer new path is all about split second decisions. One of them will change her life forever.Jordan’s ready to embrace her identity as a pro skateboarder but wants to do it on her own terms.With her boyfriend the most popular skateboarder in the world, it’s not easy being seen and treated as just the girlfriend... -
![Breaking the Chain by Golden Angel]()
Breaking the Chain by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJared and Leigh both know what it's like to be trapped in a seven year relationship where they give more than they get, the question is whether or not they can move on from them. Two steps forward, one step back. That's how Jared's life feels when it comes to his ex Marissa... -
![Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau]()
Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a tragic accident that plays on an endless loop in her mind, wild child Kate Jolie died inside. She now functions only through her rigid, ironclad routine, which keeps her mind and soul in check – balancing her in a dangerously precarious position between life and death Rocker and Master's student Sam North knows no limits and seeks out every challenge to conquer and defy... -
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68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings~Sequel to The Bad Boy And The Tomboy~Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill are together in Manchester, England living the new university life. Their relationship is striving as they meet new people and experience different things and strengthen their beautiful relationship. But then again there's soccer, the Cahill family and girls because where there's Sam Cahill there will also be many girls... -
![Ashes falling for the Sky by Nine Gorman, Mathieu Guibé]()
Ashes falling for the Sky by Nine Gorman, Mathieu Guibé
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIl n'est qu'une pluie de cendres. Elle s'est noyée dans un ciel trop vaste. Lors de la soirée de pré-rentrée à l'université, Sky décidée à laisser ses démons derrière elle, jette son dévolu sur Ash. Prête à assumer cette aventure d'un soir, elle ignore les avertissements de sa colocataire et se lance dans le jeu de la séduction, mais perd lamentablement la partie... -
![Just Playin': Romantic Sports Comedy by Shandi Boyes]()
Just Playin': Romantic Sports Comedy by Shandi Boyes
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPresley “Elvis” Carlton was at the top of his game. Number one draft pick, engaged to an up-and-coming model, and voted best player of the decade his first year on the field. Things were golden. . . until an accident saw everything important torn from his grasp... -
![The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis]()
The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn optional short novel in the highly-addictive Kennedy Boys series by USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. The Kennedy Boys go wild on vacation in Ireland! It’s the summer before they start college, and Faye and Ky are visiting her home turf together—it’s Ky’s first time in Ireland, and her first trip home since her parent’s tragic death... -
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![The Proposal by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Proposal by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTwitter fiction story of Cam and Avery... -
![Inked Brotherhood Bundle by Jo Raven]()
Inked Brotherhood Bundle by Jo Raven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLIMITED TIME OFFER! THE FIRST THREE NOVELS of the New York Times bestselling Inked Brotherhood series for the price of one! *** $4.99 FOR ONE WEEK ONLY *** before the price goes up. ASHER – TYLER – ZANE INKED BROTHERHOOD SERIES Five boys brought together by fate. Five young men trying to overcome their troubled pasts. Five tattoos marking them as a brotherhood built on tragedy... -
![Dark Child: (Standalone New Adult Contemporary Romance - Merc's Story) by Jo Raven]()
Dark Child: (Standalone New Adult Contemporary Romance - Merc's Story) by Jo Raven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOT EVERY SCAR IS VISIBLE… What do you do when the girl you want can’t even remember your name? This pretty, long-legged, fiery girl who makes me weak in the knees. Of all the chicks who flirt with me, hang around me, I could have my pick, but no… I want psycho girl . One day she ignores my existence, and the next she smiles and talks to me as if she knows me, as if she wants me... -
![Bourbon Bold by Jessica Mills, Ali Parker]()
Bourbon Bold by Jessica Mills, Ali Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s got a bucket list, and I’m hoping I’m on it.Relationships should be short and sweet, or so I thought, until I meet a woman who shows me what an idiot I’ve been.An enchanting mix of innocence and sensuality, she’s part surgeon, part daredevil.She wants my help with her bucket list, a list filled with adventure and a hint of danger... -
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Master Chef by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExecutive Chef Nick Davis has the hots for his Sous Chef, Avery Kzmarscki, but she's been playing hard to get for weeks. It's time to see if Nick can be the boss both in and out of the kitchen and become Avery's Master Chef... -
![Pieces of Stronghold by Golden Angel]()
Pieces of Stronghold by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Stronghold Doms and their submissives are anxiously watching as Jared and Leigh, both on the rebound from seven year, emotionally turmoiled, relationships take the first tentative steps towards something more than friendship. Leigh isn't sure she's a submissive, but she's intrigued and spending more and more time in the club... -
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Ruin Series Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor a limited time get the first two books+the bonus epilogue in the NYT bestselling stand alone Ruin series. Special price only until the third book in the series releases October 6RUINI'm not your typical girl. I've been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness... until Wes Michels offered to be my light... -
![Ever for You by Genna Rulon]()
Ever for You by Genna Rulon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEver wonder what Hunterreallythought of Everleigh during their first few encounters?Now you can crawl inside Hunter's head with a short story from Hunter's point of view, available free... -
![Tempting the Domme by Golden Angel]()
Tempting the Domme by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCome and meet the Domme of Stronghold... It takes a strong man to win the heart of an even stronger woman. Luke Evans is a confident, commanding man who happens to really like a bossy woman in the bedroom, so it's no surprise when he's immediately drawn to Stronghold's bossiest Domme, Olivia Williams... -
![Up For Grabs by Heather Young-Nichols]()
Up For Grabs by Heather Young-Nichols
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Flannery Tate left home for a college halfway across the country in Michigan, she'd only planned on getting an education. But when Cain Dorsey walked into her life, she had no choice but to fall for him. However, what’s a girl to do when her scholarship well runs dry? Return home? Get a job? Flannery gets creative... -
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![Saving Tatum by Micalea Smeltzer]()
Saving Tatum by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven tough girls need saving. Jude Brooks is bad news. He’s the kind of guy that leaves behind a string of broken hearts and Tatum O’ Connor is not about to be one of those girls, despite all of Jude’s advances. They have a past, and Tatum’s determined to make sure they don’t have a future. Unfortunately for her, “no” isn’t a word in Jude’s vocabulary... -
![Indelible Love - Jake's Story by D.W. Cee]()
Indelible Love - Jake's Story by D.W. Cee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter 30 years of playing the field, Dr. Jake Reid meets the perfect woman in the cereal aisle of a grocery store at midnight. Emily Logan is stunning, thought provoking and utterly frustrating with her reserved demeanor and guarded heart. Regardless, Jake believes Emily is it even before their first date and works overtime to win her heart... -
![Chasing Olivia by Micalea Smeltzer]()
Chasing Olivia by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 2 in the Trace and Olivia Series How far would you go to reignite the spark you once had?Two years later, Trace and Olivia are as much in love as they’ve always been. But the spark they once had for life is waning and Trace is determined that they find it again. His solution? A road trip. But he doesn’t tell Olivia the real reason they’re heading north... -
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Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe sequel to the wildly popular romantic comedy SINGLE DAD ON TOP has arrived.My bride-to-be Arianna wants to meet my parents.But...they live in a trailer. Dad thinks Playboy T-shirts are classy because the naked women are silhouettes. Mom has a tattoo of a dog humping a palm tree. I don't think either one has said a sentence without an f-bomb since 1985.I changed my name a long time ago... -
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Iced by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOliver Ice, one of Boston University’s notorious hockey players, has been on my radar since I slammed into his rock-hard body during my first week of college, three years ago. He helped me to my feet, muttered an apology, and ran off after his girlfriend, dashing my hopes of a happily ever after. Now, he’s the bartender where I work, and this time, very much single...Categorized as:
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![Feeling Close to You by Bianca Iosivoni]()
Feeling Close to You by Bianca Iosivoni
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDas Warten hat ein Ende: Endlich kommt Parkers Geschichte!Teagan hat nur einen Wunsch: endlich raus aus ihrer Heimatstadt und ans College zu gehen. Um das Geld dafür zu sparen, streamt sie nachts online Videospiele. Sie ist so gut, dass sie sogar Parker, den beliebten YouTube-Gamer, besiegt. Der will unbedingt herausfinden, wer die unbekannte Spielerin ist... -
![Lucky Numbers by Kelly Gendron]()
Lucky Numbers by Kelly Gendron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne locked safe, a troublemaking tattoo, and two determined people… add up to unlocked secrets and a love that just won’t stop. Luke “Lucky” O’Conner is a committed bachelor. His motto…“Nobody’s getting this Lucky.” So when Kaley Harlow walks into his tattoo shop and somehow leaves with the only record of the numbers to his new safe tattooed on her sexy little hip, Lucky’s motto is threatened... -
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Fate by Sydney Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm used to getting what I want. I've always taken what I wanted. No apologies. No excuses. I know what it feels like to be betrayed, when someone else is calling all the shots. I've been down that road, and I'm not going there again. I've got my family, my friends, and the brotherhood. That's all I need. I believe in Fate. Everything happens for a reason... -
![Sincerely, Yours by Whitney G.]()
Sincerely, Yours by Whitney G.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I loved you then, I love you now, and I always will..." In this set of bestselling of new adult romances from New York Times bestselling author, Whitney G, get ready to experience a 'friends to lovers' & 'enemies to lovers' that will make you fall in love. Sincerely, Carter, a USA Today bestselling romance: Just friends. We're just friends. No, really...Categorized as:
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![Too Like the Lightning by Travis Beaudoin]()
Too Like the Lightning by Travis Beaudoin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAndrew Madigan had everything he ever wanted.He’d worked hard to build this perfect little life. A stable relationship with a successful man. A beautiful home in a quiet suburb. And best of all, a job where he spent his days talking about literature.Then his tenure was denied and, too quickly for him to stop it, everything crumbled... -
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![Coming Back To You by Donya Lynne]()
Coming Back To You by Donya Lynne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKarma Mason is a woman with a broken heart. Mark Strong was everything she ever wanted in a man…until he drove out of her life last summer. Now she must learn to live without him, or to at least compartmentalize her feelings so she can move on. Eventually, she takes another chance on the dating scene and meets Brad, a handsome divorcé... -
![Marrying Mr. Right by Sabrina Sims McAfee]()
Marrying Mr. Right by Sabrina Sims McAfee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFall in love with the Brides of Hilton Head Island, Sabrina Sims McAfee’s, International Bestselling contemporary romance series. MARRYING MR. RIGHT is an emotional, sexy love story with light suspense. When the alpha men in this series falls in love it’s always and forever. And their dashing brides couldn’t be happier. Book Description: Taylor Spelling is in big trouble... -
![Goddess Rising by Alexi Lawless]()
Goddess Rising by Alexi Lawless
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's a bad-ass. He's a bad-boy. One photograph changes everything... Samantha’s been living in the shadow of her father all her life. But now she’s got plans of her own— and they don’t involve the university’s hottest walking one-night stand, no matter how incredibly distracting and utterly relentless he may be... -
![Full Service by Falon Stone, Nix Stone]()
Full Service by Falon Stone, Nix Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCole Crocker never gets involved in other people’s business. But when there’s a woman in need of rescue, he can’t stop himself from stepping in. He never expects the rescue to turn into a new, hot houseguest, but when Bella has nowhere else to go, he opens his home as well as his bed... -
![A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle Hazen]()
A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle Hazen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you can’t get to the Big O, can you get to the happily ever after? Jera McKnight loves music, swoons for hot guys, but sucks at sex. Jacob Tate is her perfect storm: a pun-loving nude model with a heart as big as his record collection... -
![Hook, Line, Infinity: Part Three by Shayla Hart]()
Hook, Line, Infinity: Part Three by Shayla Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRein ValdezSomeone once said, the greater the love, the harder the fall.I rolled my eyes so hard I was sure I saw my brain when I read that in one of the catalogue of cheesy magazines my aunt left lying around the house.Unlike the women in my family, I didn’t believe in love. Shit, I had trouble loving myself, let alone another man... -
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Spring Break by Andrea Johnston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Go on Spring Break!” They said. “It’ll be fun!” They said. What they failed to say was Madsen Secksin – who, like his name is pure sex and sin - would be laying in the bed next to me. I’m determined to have fun. I will not get my groove on with Madsen even if there are four years of pent up sexual tension between us. I will not allow myself to fall for his charming ways...Categorized as:
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![Exorcising the Exes by Jill Wexler]()
Exorcising the Exes by Jill Wexler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThanks to their exes, Tanner Kennedy and Dan Markwell each believes himself to be a social mess, an embarrassment to be with, and not worth any man’s interest. When the two men begin talking about their exes, it’s as if they’d dated the same man... -
![Patricia by Grace Livingston Hill]()
Patricia by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPatricia Prentiss had nowhere to turn. John Worth had always been her friend and protected her from the advances of rich, spoiled Thornton Bellingham. But John has disappeared and she's being forced into a marriage with a man she can hardly stand. Then Thornton arranges a gala party, setting the stage for forcing Patricia to agree to the wedding and announce their engagement... -
![Di carne e di carta by Mirya, Francesca Baraldi]()
Di carne e di carta by Mirya, Francesca Baraldi
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChiara vive in un mondo di carta: insegna Lettere in un liceo di Ferrara, studia all’università per conseguire un dottorato e legge di tutto. Sui libri e coi libri è cresciuta, i libri sono stati la sua famiglia e i suoi migliori amici e dai libri ha imparato ad amare, sia le pagine sia gli uomini dentro le pagine, che sono tanto più affascinanti e tanto più semplici da gestire di quelli veri... -
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![Finding our Forever by Lan LLP]()
Finding our Forever by Lan LLP
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinding our Forever (Book 2 of 3) For readers 18 and up. When tragedy strikes it doesn't always signal the end. Sometimes it can mean a new beginning.. -
![Provocative by Alex Lucian]()
Provocative by Alex Lucian
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsComing 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... -
![Sawyer Beckett's Baby Mama Drama Guide For Dummies by S.E. Hall]()
Sawyer Beckett's Baby Mama Drama Guide For Dummies by S.E. Hall
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter going through pregnancy at her side, listening to all the mumbo-jumbo jargon strangers in white coats spewed at me, just to have my woman do the exact opposite the minute we left their office- I decided to help my fellow man.In a language we actually speak.If you've got a Baby Mama, pick up this short, simple guide and thank me later... -
![My Butterfly by Laura Miller]()
My Butterfly by Laura Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you got a second chance to be with your first love, would you take it? "This is pure romance at its best." ~Romantic Reading Escapes "One of the most beautiful love stories I have ever read." ~Jelena's Book Blog From the author who brought you the national bestselling novel Butterfly Weeds comes the heartwarming story of small-town firefighter Will Stephens... -
![Defending the Rush by Jamie Bennett]()
Defending the Rush by Jamie Bennett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJory Morin is a little…weird.And Meredith Roberts is not. She likes her life and everything in it to be clean, neat, and orderly. And it was, until her father took the position as head coach of the Woodsmen football team, uprooted their small family, and moved them to Michigan. Now she's living in a place where she has no job, no college, and no friends. Awesome... -
![Toxic: Logan's Story by K.A. Robinson]()
Toxic: Logan's Story by K.A. Robinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTrue love is forever. After years of chasing his best friend, Chloe, Logan finally managed to win her heart—or so he thought. His world crashes down around him when she confesses to cheating on him with a local rock star, Drake. Unable to let her go completely from his life, Logan reassumes his role of best friend while he watches Chloe find her happily ever after with another man...
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