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  • Royal by Cee Bowerman

    Royal by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A favor for his twin brother put Royal Conner under the spotlight. The highest bidder won and she’s nothing like he thought she’d be. One look and he’s smitten, one conversation and he’s intrigued, one kiss and he’s lost.Paula has too much on her plate to deal with a man...
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    family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  small-town
  • Could Have Been Us by Corinne Michaels

    Could Have Been Us by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels returns to the Willow Creek Valley Series in this stunning friends-to-lovers romance STANDALONE. Stella Parkerson has hidden her feelings for Jack since she was sixteen. He’s older, broken, and unwilling to see her as anything but his best friend’s little sister...
  • Curl It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Curl It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A failed marriage and single parenthood are enough to bring the strongest woman down, but Jolie Donovan refuses to let the choices she made when she was younger define her life...
  • Chess: Conner Brothers Construction, Book 7  (CBC) by Cee Bowerman

    Chess: Conner Brothers Construction, Book 7 (CBC) by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After Chess’s family was decimated by loss, it was slowly healed by his brothers finding love and creating families of their own. At one point, Chess thought he’d found that same kind of love, too, but that relationship just wasn’t meant to be. Brokenhearted, Chess focused on his work and family until a chance meeting introduced him to the woman who would change his life forever...
  • Nick & Cindy by Cee Bowerman

    Nick & Cindy by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nick and Cindy are living the fairy tale, or at least, that’s what someone who doesn’t know them well might think. A handsome police officer who marries a caring nurse before they ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after is exactly what fairy tales are made of, right?But in almost every fairy tale, there is a villain that the handsome prince slays for his princess...
  • Kari & Levi by Cee Bowerman

    Kari & Levi by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***This novel is standalone, happily ever after romance for some of the characters that you’ve come to know in the other series by the same author. It may have a storyline that follows along with one or more of the characters in the Texas Knights, Texas Kings, or Conner Brothers Construction series. Please look on www .ceebowermanbooks...
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    family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  small-town  romance
  • Tavin by Cee Bowerman

    Tavin by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tavin and London have been together for a while now, but life and responsibilities are tearing them apart.With London traveling all over the world for her career, and Tavin stuck in Rojo, Texas for his, the two of them have to make do with precious few stolen moments leaving both of them wanting more...
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    family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  small-town
  • Pretty It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Pretty It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    DescriptionSometimes love just isn’t enough, or is it?Lana Gold, one of the Donovan triplets, found her one true love in college but lost him when the life he’d dreamed of became reality. Being an outsider looking in and so far away from her family and hometown took its toll on Lana and her marriage until she’d finally had enough and left it all behind...
  • Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They call him The Great Oz, but for Ozzy, sometimes life isn’t so great... Over twenty years ago, at seventeen, the Blood Fury’s colors were inked onto Ozzy’s back.But when the club imploded, he was one of the few who survived.Throughout his life, the Original has made mistakes.Too many to count.Most didn’t matter.Until the last one.The one he regrets.The one that left a mark...
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    age-gap  angst  steamy  action-adventure  adult  betrayal  biker  book
  • Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland

    Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ava Callaghan A woman working in a male-dominated field. Organized, strong, and tenacious. That’s how she has to be to succeed. Hunter Owens A loner. He needs no one, has no ties, and his future is an unanswered question mark.It’s all he knows. Until the day their lives intersect. He sees the woman she hides from the world.She nurtures the part of him he lost long ago...
  • Southern Sinner: A Fake Relationship Romance by Jessica Peterson

    Southern Sinner: A Fake Relationship Romance by Jessica Peterson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Until I brought my fake girlfriend home.When I took a seat next to the gorgeous brunette at the blackjack table, I had no idea it would be the start of the hottest weekend of my life. By day, Stevie and I dominate the casinos of Sin City.By night, I dominate her in my penthouse suite...
  • My Kinda Player by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    My Kinda Player by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AJ Summer witnessed four of her sisters fall in love and settle down. But not her. She’s stuck in a rut, destined to spend the rest of her life watching from the dugout, kissing frogs. Then one night, she meets a mysterious stranger, who makes her feel alive and realize she’s not as broken as she thought–until she wakes up alone...
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    family  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  small-town
  • A Redo by C.M. Owens

    A Redo by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Allie Thrash Wren Prize is the asshole who got me pregnant seven years ago. And gave me a false name. And walked out of the hotel without a backward glance. Sure, I know I wanted to have sex just as much as he did, but I didn't want to be tossed aside like garbage the second it was done. I also wasn't planning to get pregnant...
  • Bad to the Bone by Roxanne St. Claire

    Bad to the Bone by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trace Bancroft has been in prison for fourteen years, paying for a mistake that cost a man his life. Now released, Trace heads back to Bitter Bark with his mutt, Meatball, and runs into Daniel Kilcannon, who offers to provide some medical care for the dog. Trace knows that would mean seeing Molly Kilcannon, a girl who shared one crazy night with him before his life took a turn for the worst...
  • She's the One by Kelly Elliott

    She's the One by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The day I first laid eyes on Abby Boyer, I knew she was the one. The girl I would marry and spend the rest of my life with, and I vowed to do everything I could to make her happy.There was just one problem, I couldn’t make her happy during one of the darkest moments of our marriage. No matter how hard I tried, my love for her wasn’t enough to make her stay...
  • Good Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Good Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series shows how family and true love can heal a broken past.After her mother died in a car accident when she was only five, and her father was determined not to show any emotions toward his only daughter, Timberlynn longs for a normal family...
  • Touchdown by Lisa Suzanne

    Touchdown by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As much as I’ve coached the pro football quarterback to believe he always has a choice, this time I’m the one backed into a corner.My biggest fears have come true. I’m an adult living with my parents as I contemplate my future. I’ve given up everything to make the ultimate sacrifice, but at some point I need to put what happened behind me...
  • Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The fourth, and final novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series fires up the passion in a story about forgiveness and finding your soul mate.Dirk Littlewood had the world at his feet and a life he claimed to love. He was a world-champion bull rider with plenty of women to keep his nights busy and make his inner loneliness nothing but a delusion...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  sports  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  athlete  book
  • Noah & Tallie: Rojo, Tx Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Noah & Tallie: Rojo, Tx Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Noah Evans worked hard all of his life. He raised his children after his wife’s death, and now, he’s enjoying watching his kids have children of their own. Early retirement suits him well, but there’s something missing. When he runs into Tallie, he realizes that she’s the last piece of his puzzle. Tallie worked hard to give her son a good life...
  • Kade by Tijan

    Kade by Tijan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have fought. I have bled. I have wreaked havoc for my family. Anyone who threatened us, tried to break us, I broke them instead. Then, there was peace. Marriage. Children. Life was good. Life was great.Until my phone rang one night. Retired, I was no longer in the NFL. We'd recently moved back to Fallen Crest.So I should’ve known. I should’ve remembered. There is no peace in Fallen Crest...
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    sports  family  angst  romance  contemporary  drama  fiction  suspense
  • Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Always Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The second novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series turns up the emotion with a story about finding true love and healing broken hearts.Grieving the loss of her fiancé two years ago, Kaylee longs for a fresh start...
    Categorized as:
    family  sports  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels

    Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I am about to lose everything.My home. My name. My future.My husband was involved in something that could cost us our lives, and on his deathbed, he demands my daughter and I flee Britain. I had no idea he found her biological father, Holden James, in Rose Canyon, and that’s where we’d start over.The moment we see each other, feelings I’d long forgotten rush over me...
  • Suppression by Laramie Briscoe

    Suppression by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling author, the second book in the Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team Series If you don't love, you can't get hurt... Nick Kepler One thing my childhood taught me was never show my emotions. Don’t make memories. Don’t count on other people. Don’t hope for the best. All that changed when I was adopted by Ryan and Whitney Kepler...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  second-chances  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  cheating
  • Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve always heard, don’t fall in love with a cowboy. I just didn't listen. I've sworn off men. They’ve never given me much in life, except a bun in the oven and grief. My kids are my life and all that truly matter. Until him. Jansen Reed is a living fantasy straight from the old west. Sexy drawl, tight jeans and that glint in his eyes that make my knees weak...
    Categorized as:
    family  sports  steamy  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • My Twist of Fortune (The Greene Family) by Piper Rayne

    My Twist of Fortune (The Greene Family) by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two aching hearts. A meddling small town. A second chance.It’s not a new story. Wife finds out husband’s been cheating on her and she packs up her four kids and heads back to her hometown, Sunrise Bay, Alaska.Yeah, not a fresh start, but thousands of miles away from my ex will do just fine. I’m prepared for the cold weather, the early snowfalls, and dark days and nights...
  • Happy Trail by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Happy Trail by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes you have to talk to work things out. Luckily that works best without clothes. Petal I’ve loved Luka Fields my entire life.  He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first time, and my first heartbreak.  Love isn’t like in the movies, or the books you read.  It’s hard. Sometimes you give up… And regret it your entire life...
  • Just One Wish: A Kingston Family Novella by Carly Phillips

    Just One Wish: A Kingston Family Novella by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carly Phillips returns to her sexy Kingston-Dare world of rich billionaire heroes in her new Kingston Family series.**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do...
  • Leave Me Breathless: A small town brother's best friend romance by Carrie Elks

    Leave Me Breathless: A small town brother's best friend romance by Carrie Elks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s his best friend’s little sister. Completely off-limits. And now she’s moving in with him…When Gabe Winter’s best friend calls with an unusual request – give his broken-hearted little sister a roof over her head for a few months – he readily accepts.But he doesn’t expect Nicole to be quite so enticing. Or for her to bring out all the feelings in him...
  • Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emme James lives in darkness. 



Ever since her abusive relationship ended in heartbreaking tragedy, she's kept herself secluded to protect herself and those she loves. Unfortunately, Emme's plans to remain unattached fall apart the moment Zane Cunningham sets his sights on her. 
A professional snowboarder at the top of his game, Zane does not need a distraction...
    Categorized as:
    sports  angst  steamy  romance  contemporary  fiction  abuse  drama
  • All In by Eliza Lentzski

    All In by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • No Vacancy by Stephanie Rose

    No Vacancy by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a summer fling become the love of a lifetime? Perpetual good girl Caterina Longo is dependable to a fault. At 33, she’s never called in sick. Never had a one-night stand. Never taken a chance in her entire life...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  family  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Pinot & Pineapple Lumps by Jay Hogan

    Pinot & Pineapple Lumps by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Penn from Adelaide. That’s all I knew. We shared a single kiss over a year ago, and I can still remember every toe-curling second of it. He thought I was too young for him. I thought he was running scared. But that kiss was the first time I’d felt alive in a long time, and I’ve been chasing the feeling ever since—doing my research, a lot of research, a lot of men...
  • Love and Landscape by Lacey Black

    Love and Landscape by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jensen Grayson has truly loved one woman. Even after a short-lived marriage, the ghost of the girl he once knew has plagued his adulthood. Now, a single father, Jensen’s world revolves around his son, Max, and his landscape business. Until one day, he’s contracted for a job at the house he’s always avoided.Rockland Falls was the only place that felt like home...
  • 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...
  • The Shipwreck by Rosalind Abel

    The Shipwreck by Rosalind Abel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lamont Price’s romance novels have been a hit for the past few years. With his gorgeous looks, kind heart, and tender disposition, Lamont is the darling of Lavender Shores. He’s the guy everyone wants to be their best friend, the guy everyone wants to protect. But even with his success and the love of his family, Lamont feels hidden from those around him...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  family  steamy  adult  audiobook  bisexuality  book
  • Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jenna Ward is vivacious, spontaneous, and confident—except when she’s around the man who stole her heart years earlier, strikingly handsome, quiet, and reliable Pete Lacroux. After years of trying to get his attention and overwhelmed from dealing with her mother’s new cougar lifestyle, Jenna’s giving up on Peter—and is ready to explore other men...
  • Turnover by Lisa Suzanne

    Turnover by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m in love with a man who is marrying somebody else. At least that’s what was supposed to happen when I was kicked out of the wedding last night by the bride’s father. I find myself without a job, without a home, and without the pro football quarterback I’ve fallen for...
  • Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

    Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a split-second, a car crash killed almost everything between them. Ten years later, can one accidental ride fix tattered spirits, uncertain futures, and broken hearts? Lily Grantham has always done what she’s been told. The daughter of a senator, she grew up as the good girl of Fawn Hill, and carried that torch right on through to adulthood. Her only wild streak? Bowen Nash...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

    Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Falling in love is easy. Falling out of love is the hardest thing in the world. And Elin and Ty Whitt are terrible at it. The first time the local basketball star smiled at Elin, she was a goner. It was just so damn easy to fall for the dark-haired hometown hero with his charming smile and strong, athletic build...
  • Bountiful by Sarina Bowen

    Bountiful by Sarina Bowen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    No last names. No life stories. Those were the rules. Once upon a time a cocky, copper-haired tourist sauntered into Zara’s bar. And even though she knew better, Zara indulged in a cure for the small-town blues. It was supposed to be an uncomplicated fling—a few sizzling weeks before he went back to his life, and she moved on. Until an accidental pregnancy changed her life...
  • Full Coverage by Erin Nicholas

    Full Coverage by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You can take the boy out of Quinn, Texas, but you can’t take the love for sexy cowgirls out of the boy. Evidently. Nolan Winters left his hometown after high school, wanting bigger things than Quinn could offer...
    Categorized as:
    family  sports  steamy  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Landon Montgomery has suddenly found himself the lone bachelor in his group of friends. With a new career handed to him and a string of unsuccessful blind dates behind him, Landon is ready to search for love. A chance meeting and immediate attraction have him wondering if things are about to turn around or if he’s stuck in the single life forever...
  • Calling Cassie by Kat Mizera

    Calling Cassie by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Twenty-three-year-old hockey stud Logan Pelletier is having the time of his life as the ultimate bachelor. It’s all about hockey and living it up with his friends. He has no time for love, let alone a relationship. Until a spunky, hockey-playing stripper dances into his life... and his bed.Miss independent Cassidy Reynolds is already 0-2 in the marriage department...
  • Old-Fashioned by Tiffany Casper

    Old-Fashioned by Tiffany Casper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Birdie Vergano was little, she dreamed of being a princess. Of hearing stories from her little classmates.She dreamed of experiencing things they also did.However, none of them had a mother like she did.And none of them lived next to a woman who turned out to be her guardian angel.Years later, that guardian angel did something, and she forever cemented herself firmly inside Birdie’s heart...
  • Wright that Got Away by K.A. Linde

    Wright that Got Away by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy second chance rockstar romance set in the world of the Wrights about Campbell & Blaire from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…Campbell Abbey is the lead singer of the biggest band in the universe right now.He’s also the boy I fell in love with in high school when no one knew my name...
  • Love and Other Things by Juliana Stone

    Love and Other Things by Juliana Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beck Jacobs makes a living restoring and fixing homes. The only thing he can’t fix, is himself. A part of him died the night his fiancé was taken, and he’s accepted the fact he’ll live his life alone. What he doesn’t count on is Sidney Barrett, a woman more broken than he is...
  • Six Secret Babies by Layla Valentine

    Six Secret Babies by Layla Valentine

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He tried to keep their fling under wraps,But six adorable babies aren’t going to stay hidden for long…HERThe Wenstown Wolves were in need of a new physical therapist, and apparently I was the only one they were interested in,Now I’m halfway across the country, making twice what I made in Seattle, and the team’s new management is an even more welcome surprise…Jason Munro is the buff, big-headed...
  • Off Balance: Painted Bay #1 by Jay Hogan

    Off Balance: Painted Bay #1 by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When JUDAH MADDEN flees his tiny suffocating home-town in New Zealand, for the dream of international ballet stardom, he never intends coming back. Not to Painted Bay. Not to his family’s struggling mussel farm. Not to his jerk of a brother. Not with his entire life plan in shreds...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  family  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Courage by Kristen Proby

    Courage by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes an all new novel in her Big Sky series, Courage. This is the first story in the Heroes of Big Sky, all about men in uniform in Cunningham Falls!Natasha Mills feels like she’s loved firefighter Sam Waters her entire life. Since she first met him during middle school, she’s harbored a secret crush on her best friend’s big brother...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  family  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The One I Left Behind by Piper Rayne

    The One I Left Behind by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s the classic story—boy goes off into the world to fulfill his dreams and leaves the girl behind.Not every boy returns home, and I wish Ben Noughton wouldn’t have come back to our small ranching town at all after he retired from playing professional football.I figure it’s a quick layover for him. He always wanted out of this town and off his family’s ranch...
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