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Starting Over at Acorn Cottage by Kate Forster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA heartwarming, uplifting village romance for fans of Holly Martin, Tilly Tennant and Cathy Bramley. Buying a thatched cottage in the country may not be the usual cure for a broken heart. But after Clara Maxwell finds out her boyfriend and best friend have been sneaking around behind her back, packing her bags and leaving everything in London behind feels like it's the only way forward... -
Leo - A Preston Brothers Novel : A More Than Series Spin-off by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne single summer changed them forever, and one moment of devastating silence destroyed it all.Growing up with six siblings, Leo Preston has always struggled to find his voice.While his brothers are loud, greedy, and somewhat obnoxious, Leo is forever the quiet one.The thinker.The listener.He watches his life pass by as an outsider in his own world, absent and alone.Lost. Until he finds her... -
Landon & Shay: Part One by Brittainy C. Cherry
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsShay Gable hated my guts, and I hated hers, too. We went out of our way to avoid one another at all times. When she came my direction, I went the other. When we locked eyes, she’d turn and walk away. All of that changed the day I was presented with a challenge. It started out as a stupid bet: make Shay fall in love with me before I fell in love with her first... -
Frayed: A Small Town Sports Romance by Laura Pavlov
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBad boy football star. Innocent girl next door. Two different worlds. One small town. A million reasons why they should have stayed away from one another.My life was mapped out for me before I even entered the world.Who I'd date, where I’d attend college, what I'd be when I grew up.But there was a time in everyone's life when they'd face a fork in the road...Categorized as:
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The Thing About Trouble by Juliana Stone
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCam Booker learned the hard way that commitment and love aren’t for him. Fresh out of a relationship that nearly saw him go to jail, he’s focused on building a life and building his business. But when he suddenly finds himself responsible for a motherless five-year-old, his world is turned upside down... -
Burn to Ash by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBethanyRise. Shine. Sleep. Repeat. To the world.Break. Darken. Cry. Lost. Behind closed doors.Nothing is as it seems in the Asheville home or this hell hole town.Then he shows up. Pushing my buttons and demanding I take more from life, be more, be…me. But I have no idea who that is... -
That Promise by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens to childhood promises when you grow up?Growing up, Devaney Diamond and Chase Mackenzie promised to go to college together. But it’s been two years since the summer that changed everything between them, and their friendship hasn’t recovered...Categorized as:
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That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDevaney Diamond’s summer break was shaping up to be the best one ever. Her longtime crush was finally interested in her, and by the time school rolled around in the fall, she knew he’d be her boyfriend... -
Must Be Home by Claire Kingsley
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJetty Beach is such a hotbed of memories, I avoid it as much as possible. Whenever I go home, no matter where I look, I see him. I see Hunter. He left me ten years ago, when we were barely eighteen, disappearing to join the Marines without a word. And I never heard from him again... -
Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"Kissing you feels like catching the sun…" At seven years old, Ella Sunbury and Max Manning were inseparable—until life scattered them in different directions, forcing Ella to abruptly leave town. A decade later, she returns for their senior year of high school, moving in across the street from her childhood best friend. But she's not the same girl Max once knew...Categorized as:
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Win Some, Lose Some by Shay Savage
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor Matthew Rohan, every day is a struggle. Each task others complete without thinking is a challenge for him. Recently orphaned, he has to finish the last few months of high school and take care of his disabled sister on his own. When Mayra comes into his life, his comfortable routines implode... -
Unmissable by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBabies. Babies. Babies.Who would have known?I could have sworn Noah and I had another few years before we went down this path. The second that pregnancy test came back positive—momentary freak-out aside—I knew it was right.36 weeks and counting... -
Unstoppable by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTully - If he thinks he can just show up on my doorstep after four long years of radio silence, then he’s got another thing coming. Tully Cage does not bow down for anyone; especially ghosts from the past who insist on crashing back into my life and causing all sorts of havoc. My heart can’t take it. That boy put me through hell and back, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever fully recovered...Categorized as:
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Olivia's Ride by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKeeton Pearce hadn’t lived a life full of supportive, loving family… In fact, it was just the opposite. He had been on his own for so long he had no idea what it felt like to belong. He didn’t want to rehash the life he left behind, or even think about it. But the hate from his father followed him, slowly eating away at the life he had begun to build for himself...Categorized as:
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Levi by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife and death … they have a way of tainting fairy tales in the ugliest way. You know the sugary-sweet romances where the new girl moves to a small town, falls in love with the most popular guy in school, and they live happily ever after? I wish my story were that simple. Levi Hollingsworth is the most popular guy in school. He’s stoic, mysterious, and aloof. A man among boys... -
Ruthless Rejection by P.H. Nix
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEdgewood threatens to chew me up and spit me out.Since moving to town, my life has been turned on its axis. Everything I thought I knew is a lie, and even as secrets are revealed, more questions arise.I’ve been forced into a ruthless game—one with deadly consequences in order to take care of my siblings in my parents’ absence... -
Romeo Falling by Jesse H. Reign
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when he’s your Romeo…but you’re no Juliet? Romeo and I were friends long before we were lovers. Best friends. Ride or die. What started as an innocent kiss slowly unraveled and shattered, giving way to years of tears and total obsession.Now I’m back in the small town I call home, staring straight into the face of the only man I’ve ever loved…or hated... -
Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEverything changes. Even the things we didn’t ask for. Jake, Archie, Coop, and Ian were my best friends and three of them still are and they’re also now my lovers, my boyfriends, and pretty much the anchors keeping me from getting washed away.I’ve had great moments and I’ve had horrible ones. One thing is for sure, I’ll never forget my senior year.It’s the year everything changed...Categorized as:
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Ruining You by Nicole Reed
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor a girl who dared to tempt death, living is the only promise that matters now. Jay’s life almost came to a forced end when her darkest secrets were revealed and the one who she chose to give her future to was ripped away. Now, everything she kept hidden is the topic of everyone’s conversation, and not all are sympathetic... -
My Life As A Country Album by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCelebrate the 5th Anniversary of the award-winning novel with this beautifully designed book that includes the original story, This Life with Cam novella, and Cam’s scrapbook images! See why fans say this emotional, small-town, first-love romance is one they will never forget and think about often.Feisty, dive queen Cam Swayne refuses to give up on her destiny... -
Wicked Needs by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton continues... It’s a fine line between love and hate. Bitch ... Ice Queen ... Frigid. Macey Prince is no stranger to a nickname or two. The words once hurt, now they’re her armor. Being a Prince might be a life sentence she can never escape but Macey isn’t willing for her heart to be collateral again...Categorized as:
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Can't Fight This Feeling by Miranda Liasson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSHE WANTS TO MOVE ON…WITH SOMEONE BLAND AND BORING… Widowed psychologist Maggie McShae is ready to find someone who won’t make her heart beat fast, her knees grow weak, or make her feel hot and cold at the same time. No one she can really love, because love brings too much pain. Drew Poulos, son of a billionaire, is hiding out in Mirror Lake, working at his brothers’ brandy company... -
Fragile Things by Samantha Lovelock
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPoe Halliday was an accident. A chance meeting that changed my life forever.My mother didn't have secrets; her secrets had her. After she disappeared, I had nothing.Or so I thought.When the invitation arrived, the opportunity to learn about my mother's past was too great to pass up. Heading west to meet an aunt I had never heard of, I knew I was taking a risk, but I craved answers... -
Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSchool’s out, but the fun never arrived.The enemy is no longer on our doorstep. They’re inside, wreaking havoc in the form of both perceived friends and known foes.Making what was supposed to be a summer of celebration into an endless string of heartache that led us to one Brutal Revelation.Brutal Revelation is a novella in the Edgewood Academy Elite Series... -
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Defining Us by Karen Deen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's my brother's best friend.No one can know he visits my dreams each night.In the naughtiest of ways. But they are just fantasies.They'll never be anything else. Until that accidental kiss, changes everything.His eyes now roam my body.I can't ignore the heat he arouses in me.I'm just longing for his touch. But he's about to leave, and I need to stay...Categorized as:
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Tangled by Laura Pavlov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsForbidden bad boy. Best friend's little sister. An undeniable attraction. He's determined to push her away. She's determined to stay."Romantic and heartwarming! Tangled is five big stars! A top read for 2021!" Adriana Locke, USA Today Bestselling AuthorI’ve known Gray Baldwin my entire life.He’s an arrogant frat boy with a red Solo cup permanently attached to his hand... -
1001 Dark Nights: The Dandelion Diary by Devney Perry
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal bestselling author Devney Perry comes a new story in her Maysen Jar series…Dear Diary,My dad needs a girlfriend, and I’ve already picked her out.Miss Adler would be perfect for him, right? She’s super pretty. She has the best smile and she gives the best hugs. And she’s, like, the most amazing teacher in the world.Dad is my hero, but I can tell he’s lonely...Categorized as:
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The Hard Count by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNico Medina’s world is eleven miles away from mine. During the day, it’s a place where doors are open—where homes are lived in, and neighbors love. But when the sun sets, it becomes a place where young boys are afraid, where eyes watch from idling cars that hide in the shadows and wicked smoke flows from pipes. West End is the kind of place that people survive... -
Heartache and Hope by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAva Diaz needs saving.She just doesn’t know it yet.Just like she doesn’t know a thing about the boy she sits next to on the first day of senior year.He thinks she’s a brat.She thinks he’s entitled.Maybe first impressions don’t always last… Because Connor Ledger’s about to save her.He just doesn’t know why... -
What I Carry by Jennifer Longo, Reba Buhr
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMuiriel is close to aging out of foster care, where she has kept her freedom intact nearly all her life by carrying with her only the things she needs through twenty placements, and always moving, never staying still long enough to be caught in the trap of adoption...Categorized as:
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Dear Jon by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA summer with his family in Utah is all Jon Scott needs to pull himself together. It's time to focus on his mom's sobriety and the continuing education of his two younger brothers, Will and Max. For once, things seem to be on track with that part of his life. For the first time, he sees real hope for his family... -
Restless Things by Samantha Lovelock
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow do you keep the truth from the one who holds your heart?Payne Emerson is my best friend. The boy I grew up with and the keeper of all my secrets. Well, all except the biggest one.The fact that I’m in love with him.My mother’s sin cost me the only family member who ever loved me. When I lost him, I lost part of myself, and Payne was my lodestone, my light home...Categorized as:
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The Dirt Road Home by LM Terry
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dirt Road Home 2nd edition ~ previously published as Death and DaffodilsI thought my life was perfect. It was nothing but an illusion.Life was supposed to go as *Graduate high school*Move to the big city*Graduate college*Marry high school sweetheart*Get dream job*Have a baby…and that is where everything went wrong. Terribly wrong.So, I hung my head in defeat and took the dirt road back home... -
In Too Deep by Jill Sanders
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoman has been searching for his long lost adopted sister, Marissa. When she disappeared shortly after her seventeenth birthday, he was the only one who had a clue why. Now that he's finally found out where she's been hiding all these years, he would do anything to get the only woman he's ever loved back...Categorized as:
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Kiss Me First: A Coming Of Age Sports Romance by Anna B. Doe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBefore Blairwood, there was Bluebonnet.Katherine Adams never thought she’d end up in a small town in Texas, but when things start to go south, it’s the perfect place to escape to.Emmett Santiago, Bluebonnet’s golden boy, never imagined he’d fall so quickly, but one glance at Kate and he’s a goner...Categorized as:
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You're My Home by Katie Moore
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA love story you can live in…ZachBrady is my overprotective best friend, and I love him like this. He’s so much bigger than me and makes me feel safe. We are opposites in so many ways, but when I’m cuddled up against him and he reads to me, all those differences fade away... -
Tragic Lies by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders comes a new spin-off next generation series. More angst...More drama...More Raiders... -
Wicked in Winter by Jennifer Bernard
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone needs a fresh start sometime. For Gretel Morrison, that time is now, and the place is tiny, snowbound Lost Harbor, Alaska. It’s about time she learned how to rely on herself instead of her wealthy, controlling family. If she can survive the winter here, she can survive anything—although maybe not the lethally sexy and attractive next-door neighbor, Zander Ross... -
A Down-Home Country Christmas by Nancy Herkness
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter escaping an abusive marriage, Holly builds a haven of security for herself and her two young daughters. She’s helped along by police captain Robbie McGraw, who stood by her through the worst. Now he shows a different kind of interest, one that thrills Holly, even as she questions the wisdom of trusting another man so soon... -
When Our Worlds Stand Still by Lindsey Iler, Pink Ink Design
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTime is said to heal all wounds. Kennedy Conrad embraces survival. Group therapy, friends, and dance are helping her find the person she was. Overcoming the darkest period of her past is getting easier every day. Still, the ache in her chest tells her something is missing. Him. The more precious something is, the harder you fight for it. Graham Black embraces change...Categorized as:
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And Baby Makes Five by Debra Clopton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTWO STUBBORN HUMANS, HIS DOG, HER DONKEY...AND A BRAND-NEW BABYA donkey with a penchant for breaking and entering...in search of alfalfa? Cort Wells had never heard of such a thing, until he and his dog moved into Mule Hollow. And the donkey's eight-months-pregnant owner was Lilly Tipps, raised by her man-hating grandmas... -
A Girl Like Lilac by Victoria L. James
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first time Toby Hunter got arrested for defending Lilac Clarke’s honour, he was only fifteen years old, but he’d loved her from behind his black-rimmed glasses for as long as he could remember...Categorized as:
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See Through Heart by Amie Knight
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAinsley came into my life in a flurry of vibrant colors, lighting my world up when all seemed lost. It wasn’t our quiet nights by the creek or stolen kisses surrounded by a sea of cotton that saved me. It was her. She was my comfort when life threw one ugly tragedy after another at me. Until she dealt me the greatest blow... -
Outcast by Jamie Schlosser
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKAYLA My infatuation with Ezra Johnson started how all obsessions begin—with a simple crush. Over the years I silently soaked up every shy smile and random act of kindness, wrestling them away to a secret place in my heart meant for unrequited love. Because if it wasn’t for the fact that I tutor him once a week, I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t even know I exist. Then I find his sketchbook... -
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Off-Limits by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders comes a new spin-off next generation series.Lily Ford has always been a wallflower.But it’s senior year, and she wants nothing more than to try and push her boundaries and embrace the last year of high school.Kaiden Thatcher has always been the star on the football field... -
The Easy Way Out by C.W. Farnsworth
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLoss is nothing new to Lennon Matthews.With each hit her heart has taken, she’s guarded it more closely. Except Caleb Winters smashed through her defenses in high school. Three years later, their relationship is stronger than ever. But aside from letting a boy in, little in Lennon’s life has changed...Categorized as:
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The Seduction of Pretty Lies by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDevoted. Loyal. Shameless. The Boys of Clermont Bay had been my protectors for as long as I could remember.And Olly Warner took the job to heart.He was intense and all-consuming, and I had been in love with him for years.Alarmingly handsome and recklessly charming, he attempted to deny there was ever anything between us...Categorized as:
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Burn it Down by Julia Wolf
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI’m the smart girl with my nose constantly in a book. The one with the level head who never breaks the rules…until I do.And wouldn’t you know, the one person who knows about my case of temporary rebellion is the last one I’d ever want to find out.Gabe Fuller might be Savage River High’s class clown, but as far as I’m concerned, he’s a villain in disguise... -
The Fall of a God by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInnocent. Blameless. Pure. Heartbroken. Josie Vos belonged to the one family I hated more than anything. And I had forced her to despise me just as much. It didn't matter that I had lost track of my plan and fallen for my enemy. Irrevocably hurt and enraged by my deceit, she had no intentions of doing anything but watching me lose my throne. The secrets of our families can never be forgotten... -
The Touch of a Villain: An Enemies to Lovers High School Romance by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYoung. Wealthy. Elite. Ruthless. The boys of Clermont Bay ruled over this town as if it was their kingdom. And Beck Clermont controlled them all. He was arrogant and conceited, and from the moment I met him, he had made up his mind about me. Dangerously handsome and wickedly cruel, he had no intention of letting me spend my senior year under the radar...
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