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Hank: Texas Kings MC, Book 11 by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHank has worked hard to become the man he is today. He's a loyal friend and brother to the men in his club, a tough but caring employer, and a helpful neighbor to the older woman next door. He had one night of passion with a woman that ghosted him and she’s left a hole in his life that he just can't fill... -
Secret North by G.J. Walker-Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRyan Décarie could literally charm the pants off anyone. It was his biggest talent and his biggest downfall. When he crosses paths with Bente Denison five long years after breaking her heart, sparks fly. Trying to convince her that he’s finally ready for something more serious isn’t easy – and the reason why is simple. He’s never had anything serious...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Love by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDangerous Love is the latest romantic suspense thriller from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Riley Edwards. New series, new steamy, hot heroes. Welcome to Takeback.One night. No names. Two hearts forever changed.There wasn’t a lot that surprised me. My years in the Navy taught me a lot, my years hunting human traffickers taught me the rest... -
Unexpected Odds by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey say the mistakes of our past shape our future. That we’re molded from experience, from heartache, and from pain. What happens when your past is riddled with regrets? How do you see through the fog, to navigate the path to your future? One breath.One second.One minute.One hour.One day at a time, you learn to live with your unexpected odds... -
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Hold on to My Heart by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAshley Sullivan’s whole world changed when she got pregnant at seventeen. After the father of her child ditched her and their son, she bypassed college, shelved her plans to see the world, and went straight to managing the family café in Bar Harbor, Maine. For the next eleven years, she poured her entire heart into raising her amazing son, Kevin... -
Chef: Time Served MC, Book 3 (Tenillo Guardians TSMC) by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***The Time Served MC series is written in tandem with the Ares Infidel MC series by Ciara St. James. You can read this series alone, but you’ll get more time with the characters of both MCs if you read both series in the order they are written. This is the third book of TSMC which will follow Executioner, Ciara’s second book of her AIMC series... -
Unexpected Bond by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJust when you think you’ve got it all figured out, the universe decides to tilt your world on its axis. I had a plan, and I was moving forward until the day my world was flipped upside down. It’s a challenge I wasn’t prepared for, but one I had to face. How do you combine the life you thought you had to the one you’re living? One breath. One second. One minute. One hour... -
She's the One by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe 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... -
Perfect Embrace by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe day he walks into my bookstore with his adorable twin daughters, I know my life is going to change forever. The chemistry is tangible, the tragedy his truth, and my schoolgirl crush, even after all of these years, is still alive... -
Two of a Kind by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRule number one: Do not pursue my daughter’s new nanny.I had my reservations about hiring Alex Clark.With her long brown hair and deep brown eyes, she was a beautiful woman.I knew if I hired her and moved her into my home, the temptation to keep my hands to myself would be torturous.But I was desperate, she needed a job, and my daughter liked her... -
Break Me by Logan Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver been lost or alone? Where you feel like the world will break you where you stand? Pollux Clark strives to make each day count. On a mission, he finds himself entangled with the wrong woman. Katy Dale Vanderlin. She’s destined to become partner at her firm, so she offers him a deal. Pose as my fake fiance, and I’ll do anything...Categorized as:
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Confetti Hearts by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJoe Bagshaw doesn’t believe in love or marriage anymore, which is rather a hindrance for a wedding planner.His own marriage was a whirlwind affair that ended before the ink could dry on the wedding certificate. Nevertheless, even with his divorce pending, he’s getting by... -
His Game by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBallers : 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... -
Collateral Damage: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the second book in The Cortell Brothers series. It is recommended they are read in order... -
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Champagne & Forever by Andrea Johnston
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou are cordially invited to the wedding of Bentley Sullivan and Piper Lawrence. Sometimes the princess really does marry her prince. Twenty years ago, I fell in love with my best friend’s brother. It doesn’t matter that I was only five years old, he was it for me. Ben says a single kiss changed it all and I suppose he’s right... -
Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMalloryThe 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... -
Hell's Fury by K.J. Dahlen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought I’d found my forever. She decided to tear it apart. Deke My MC is my world. She is my centre. My children are everything I live for. Walking a street of contentment I hadn’t known before, I thought the bad was finally over. I should have known better… I didn’t see her coming - a vengeful figure from my past with a score to settle... -
LIMITLESS: A Less Than Zero Rockstar Romance: Book 2: Jace & Alex by Kaylene Winter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"She snuck up on me and stole my heart..."Sexy Viking drummer Jace Deveraux used his genius marketing skills to help propel Less than Zero (LTZ) to the top.Friends-with-benefits was the only thing he was capable of.Until free-spirited social media influencer Alexandria LeRoux made him an offer he couldn't refuse.Their secret, spontaneous global hookups were decadent, erotic, extraordinary... -
I Never Planned on You by Stefanie Jenkins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDani had her entire life planned out by the time she was thirteen. She was going to marry the boy who stole her heart – her brother’s best friend – have a great life, and live happily ever after. Then tragedy struck and Dani had to bury those childhood dreams in a pine box along with the love of her young life... -
Leaning Into Forever by Lane Hayes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeordie De La Rosa is a legend among wine lovers in Napa Valley. His ultra-fabulous style paired with a penchant for leading impromptu sing-a-longs has made him a star attraction at Conrad Winery. Co-owning a well-respected winery was never Geordie’s aspiration but he likes the niche he’s made for himself... -
Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe were two hearts, two souls, devastated by the same loss. I met Beau Ryland where the red clay danced along the water’s edge, and bursts of light rained down on us. A night when the heat couldn’t be escaped. As he whispered against sun-kissed summer-sweet skin, “Baby, look up and get lost on that everlasting light,” it was easy to believe it would last forever. But things changed... -
Night Sky by Colbie Kay, Jennifer Siegel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJaxon 'Writer' Slade had everything he ever wanted. He had a family within his club brothers and he had the girl he loved. Everyone including him thought they were the perfect couple until everything came crashing down around him. The day Ever told Writer she was leaving for New York changed him and not for the better. One year later Ever Porter is back from New York... -
KADE: A Second Chance Rockstar Romance by Jane Anthony
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings~Kade~ Ainsley Daniels. She is a typhoon. A tidal wave. A goddamned wrecking ball. She burst into my world unannounced and left nothing but destruction in her wake. The worst part about it: I can’t get her out of my head. In a bizarre twist of fate, the drummer of my band is marrying Ainsley’s best friend. In a few months, I’ll be face to face with the woman who took my heart and ran... -
New Year's with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA lot can happen in twenty-four hours ...Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other's backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again.This is Emmetts story ...Single dad of Seattle, Dr. Emmett Strong doesn't believe in soulmates... -
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Controlled Chaos by Nikki Ash
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Single Mom, Rock Star Romance Camden I’ve been in love with my best friend since high school.My biggest regret? Walking away without telling her.I planned to. But then catastrophe struck, making us part ways without a word.She left for Boston with her fiancé, while I left for L.A. with my band–Raging Chaos... -
G.O.A.T.: Greatest Of All Time by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe night we met we lost our virginity under the stars. Too fast? No way. Years later, it was was still the best sex of my life. But she disappeared from my life as quickly as she came. Pun intended. Now she's back and I'm not letting her go. Possessive much? Hell yeah. Tessa was the girl who got away but I won't repeat history... -
Flameover by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLittle white lies never hurt anyone, right? A spur of the moment decision and a little white lie leaves Kain Lawson clueless and wanting more after a one-night stand. Four years later, Kain finds his lie coming back to haunt him.After her father’s death, Leontine is left to deal with the company he left behind and to cope with her stress, she decides to move to Sunnyville... -
Sawyer by JJ Harper, Jay Aheer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTake one bartender. Add an unwelcome engagement party With a dash of hot, sexy stranger For a spicy and sweet new beginning. Sawyer can’t believe his cheating ex has chosen Bar 28 to hold his engagement party. The grin on his smug face proves he has done it on purpose... -
Ariana: Love always finds a way home by Emma Nichols
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the back of an unhappy marriage and bitter divorce, stressed out Ariana Carter-Cruz, returns to the remote Greek island of Sakros, to claim the estate of her late grandmother, Sophia. A straightforward affair - go there, sell the house, get out - and start a new life with her daughter... -
Tequila by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom bestselling author, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, comes a new and sexy rescue romance standalone novel.... A pilot, a park ranger, and a bottle of tequila sit down at a bar. One shot. One kiss. One night together on top of the Rockies changed everything… until morning rolled around. Six years later, Shay Covington returns to Colorado. Famous. The best fighter pilot in the Air Force. Infamous... -
The Biker's Second Chance by Sadie King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDoes everyone really deserve a second chance?Of all the people to walk into the clubhouse it had to be Sean O’Leary.He left seven years ago and broke my heart so bad I swore I’d never let a man get close to me again.But here he is, in the flesh. With his cheeky smile and Irish lilt. My body’s reacting to him before my mind can shut it down... -
Reckless Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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... -
Bring The Heat by K.B. Winters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteamy, Sexy Bad Boys Of Summer! Can It Get Any Hotter? I never claimed to be the greatest pitcher in the world—then again, maybe I did—but I was probably drunk off my ass trying to seduce some chick. I had no intention of ever becoming Cody Wright, the best—or the greatest. That was more my old man’s dream. The REAL Mr. Wright... -
Finding Grey by Rebecca Raine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen being seduced by a rock star, only a fool falls in love. Sean The night Dante Sinclair lured me into his dressing room and gave me my first kiss, I was oblivious to one important fact: all rock stars are spoiled narcissists. I learned my lesson when our failed attempt at a reunion left me humiliated and heartbroken. Now, Dante is booked into the music retreat I run... -
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Ice Queen by Lilian Monroe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m a queen. Nothing more.Not a woman, not a widow, and definitely not a mother.All my broken memories are buried in a box at the bottom of the Arctic sea.The newspapers call me stoic, but I just call it survival......until Asher shows up, and a hairline crack appears on the surface of the ice that’s kept me safe for so long.My childhood friend is all grown up...Categorized as:
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Table 10: Part 3 by Jiffy Kate
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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... -
Cape Cod Promises by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrent Rockwell has it all—a thriving legal practice, coownership of the Rockwell Resort, and a big, loving family. And yet his failed marriage to Reese Nicholson has haunted him for ten long years. Now that he has moved back to Cape Cod Bay to help run his family’s resort, he is surrounded by memories of Reese…and he can’t stop longing for the woman he’d always believed was his one true love... -
Her Savage Mountain Daddy by Madison Faye
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s my job to protect her, my pleasure to possess her. This little brat needs saving. What she’ll get is a firm hand and a thick dose of discipline. What she’ll get is a daddy. There are three simple rules to the job: protect, keep safe, keep professional. The Marines and then life as a street cop trained me for the first two. …She’s going to make me break the third... -
Until Mic by Evan Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsComing Oct 2021 Michael “Mic” Griffin is feeling restless. He’s watched all of his brothers succumb to the BOOM, but it’s not for him, or is it? When the wives and girlfriends of his brothers decide to take him to Teasers for his birthday, that one night will change his life forever... -
Perfect Risk by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerfect Risk (Book #1 in a 12 Book Series)Mason Creek, Montana is my home. It always has been and truth is, there is no place like it.I can hide away in a big city, pretend as if I’m not drowning. I can ignore the sadness inside my heart that is begging for a change. But if I’m being honest, my sense of belonging has disappeared... -
Montana Cowboy Promise by Jane Porter
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree and a half years ago, Tommy Wyatt was in Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo. He had only one thing on his mind—winning another national championship—until he met a beautiful young med student who changed his life.Blake Eden is in the last few months of her general practice residency, interviewing for jobs and eager to move forward... -
Blind Devotion by S. Nelson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI dream of one day taking over the family law firm, the largest on the East Coast. But in order for that plan to become a reality, I must do everything my father asks, including marrying a man I barely know. Enter Maxton Colter, a walking contradiction and not the man my father chose for me. He’s infuriatingly arrogant… yet charming. He’s inappropriate… yet intriguing... -
Change Rein by Anne Jolin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon Daniels is returning home to Willow Bay, Alberta, on the heels of a televised loss. She blew her shot at the Summer Olympics and cost Canada the gold medal in dressage. During her years of training abroad, her family's stable has fallen on hard times, and thus, they’ve accepted an offer to board the racehorses of Branson Tucker, the infamous tycoon, for the winter... -
Trouble in Paradise by Emme Rollins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I met Tyler Cook, it was the end of a past I didn’t want to look back on and the beginning of a future I couldn’t wait to start. One lick of Tyler, and that’s all it took. I was addicted... -
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Break My Fall: Love Trap Collaboration by Megan Wade
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe wanted to come home. She wished he’d never left. TylerGoing back is never easy. Especially when the night you left is also the night the girl of your dreams said she loved you.I wasn't enough for her back then. I wasn't enough for me either.Avery and I were just kids, and I had dreams that were bigger than Oakwood falls could provide.Not to mention, she was my best friend’s kid sister... -
No Strings Attached by Jiffy Kate
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Jude Harris and I’m an adrenaline junkie. If it makes my heart pound and my blood rush, I’m all in. That’s how I ended up at the sex club. It was supposed to be one night of fun. No names. No professions. No small talk. Perfect anonymity. One hundred percent no strings attached. I thought I could handle the rules, but that was before I saw her... -
Magic In Vienna (The Best of Betty Neels) by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetty Neels is a sales opportunity that simply cannot be missed. She is a consistent #1 seller whose books are eagerly anticipated and sought after by her readers. A retired nurse herself, Betty is particularly well-known for her tender romances set in Holland, featuring Dutch doctors... -
Always by Randa Lynn, Stephanie Gibson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLOVE ISN'T ALWAYS EASY.... I set out for a small town in order to find myself. What I never expected was to find the one thing I always needed- Wes Taylor. He obliterated every wall surrounding my battered heart. The only problem? The darkness I had left behind followed me, once again taking hold of my life. --------- For four years I’ve raised my daughter, Ellison, on my own... -
Royal Cocktail by J. Kenner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSparks fly between a playboy prince and an idealistic lawyer, but when the demands of the throne call, can they get a fairy tale ending?Prince Leopold of Avelle-am-see is destined to rule his small European country. But he doesn’t want to. His entire life, Leopold has rebelled against the inevitable, gaining a reputation in Europe as a bad boy royal with a chip on his shoulder... -
Mondays with You by K.J. Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHigh-school teacher West Connors struggled to put the pieces of his heart back together after the sudden departure of his best friend, Blake Thomas, from his life ten years ago. While loves have come and gone, West has never quite filled the hole in his heart Blake left behind. Blake Thomas gets things done...
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