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  • Sweet Home Louisiana by Erin Nicholas

    Sweet Home Louisiana by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A sexy, small town, second chance rom com! Thanks to a drawn-up-while-drinking-moonshine partnership agreement, Madison Allain has to spend thirty days back on the bayou before she can sell her part of the family business...
  • For the Love of Whiskey by Melissa Foster

    For the Love of Whiskey by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes The Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, a small-town, big-family series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal, insanely sexy bikers who give horses—and people—a second chance. Buckle up for a wild ride in Hope Valley, Colorado, as these big-hearted badasses and their sassy sisters wrangle in their forever loves...
  • Letting Go at 40 by L.B. Dunbar, Stella Hunter

    Letting Go at 40 by L.B. Dunbar, Stella Hunter

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A bereaved widow finds herself with a chance at love after loss with the most unlikely of people: her late husband’s best friend.Anna Kulis has lost her husband. Their love was a perfect kind of love; a once in a lifetime experience. She never intended to find love again. Never expected to have this attraction stirring inside her...
  • Wrecked Palace by Catherine Cowles

    Wrecked Palace by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One night was all it took for everything to change.From college student to guardian in a single breath.My siblings became my world.No time for date nights or romantic dreams.I traded quiet weekends for sleepless nights.Giving my all to make sure they were cared for.But Griffin had a brokenness that called to me—one that mirrored my own.Gruff and just a little bit reckless...
  • Return to Us by Corinne Michaels

    Return to Us by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes a new second chance standalone love story.At eighteen, I walked away from Willow Creek Valley for good.I was young, scared, and stupid, and it cost me the love of my life—Grayson Parkerson.Fourteen years later, a crash sends me back home to recover.Back to where we met, fell in love, and planned a future...
  • Broken Love Story by Natasha Madison

    Broken Love Story by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When one man’s death exposes a complex web of lies, three couples discover the true meaning of love, loss and redemption.Samantha I had the perfect life; a husband who loved me, and two kids who were my world. Until someone else answered his phone and my perfect life shattered. When he died, I was left with answers he couldn't give me and a box full of lies. He left me broken...
  • Jilted: Nico and Sophie by Tess Thompson

    Jilted: Nico and Sophie by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite being young and romantically inexperienced, Sophie Woods is an old soul who believes in true love, working hard at her bar, and always trusting her instincts. And from the moment she meets Nico, she knows without a doubt that he is her one-and-only...
  • Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker

    Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ten years ago Boone Pace made a mistake out of selfishness and immaturity.He’s regretted it ever since.Competing as a professional rodeo cowboy was everything he wanted. All that mattered. An opportunity he wouldn’t pass by.But it meant leaving his high-school sweetheart behind.Mae Wells was sweet, and innocent, and quiet...
  • The Devil's Angels MC: Book 7 - Chubs by Lola Wright

    The Devil's Angels MC: Book 7 - Chubs by Lola Wright

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ChubsTo survive this harsh world, I’ve lived a life of lies and secrets. From a young age, I was taught the dangers of trusting others. When my world imploded, I knew those lessons were warranted. I was forced to flee the only place I’d ever known and the only people I loved.In a desperate situation, with no one to turn to, I met a large biker who insisted on taking in a scared teenage boy...
  • Untaken Twin by Samantha Christy

    Untaken Twin by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A forbidden romance.There’s only one thing worse than your fiancé dying . . .It's having to look into his face every single day.Or should I say - the face of his twin.So I left.I never knew promises were made. Then broken.And I surely never expected those promises to be about me.When I return to my hometown and see his face, the heartache I’ve been running from is front and center...
  • The Butterfly Effect (Boggy Creek Valley) by Kelly Elliott

    The Butterfly Effect (Boggy Creek Valley) by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The butterfly effect — one small change, one moment in time that impacts the future.At twenty-six years old I never dreamed I’d walk in on my husband in bed with my best friend. At twenty-seven years old I found myself divorced, and the mother of a one-year-old son. Never mind I was learning to take the reins of my family’s apple orchard business...
  • Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann

    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...
  • The Worst Wedding Date by Pippa Grant

    The Worst Wedding Date by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He’s a tattooed shirtless bad boy. My best friend’s brother. And the jerk on the other side of my bed.I didn’t know bridesmaid was code for babysitter for the bride’s brother , but if that’s what my best friend needs of me for her dream wedding to go off without a hitch, that’s what I’ll do.Even if Theo Monroe has been a pain in my rear since third grade...
  • 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...
  • Say You Want Me by Corinne Michaels

    Say You Want Me by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There’s no way I’ll fall for Wyatt Hennington. He can keep his Southern drawl, irresistible smile, and those pick-up lines all to himself. I made the mistake of sleeping with him not once, but twice. I’m not stupid enough to give him round three, especially after he left me in the middle of the night so I could see myself out. I vow to return to Philadelphia and forget him...
  • The One for Me (The Arrowood Brothers) by Corinne Michaels

    The One for Me (The Arrowood Brothers) by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels brings a new endearing friends-to-lovers story to life in the third STANDALONE in the Arrowood Brothers series.⁣⁣Devney Maxwell has been my best friend since we were six years old, but she has no idea I’m in love with her.⁣⁣Even when I’m on the road playing professional baseball, she’s my home—the only one I’ve ever known...
  • Daisies & Devin by Kelsey Kingsley

    Daisies & Devin by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every story has a hero. Devin O'Leary was mine. Everybody has a dream, And mine could take me far. Just me, and my voice, A stage, and this guitar. With patience and some luck, I could see me, standing there. But, that was before I met her- The girl with the purple hair. Enchanted by her beauty, By her soul, and then, her eyes...
  • My Kinda Wedding by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Wedding by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You are cordially invited to celebrate the marriage of Meghan Summer to Nicholas Adams, D.D.S., at four o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the sixth of May, at the beachside home of Alison Jane and Sawyer Randall. Reception to follow. The Summer family comes together once more as the final sister prepares to tie the knot...
  • Never Too Soon by Chelle Bliss

    Never Too Soon by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grace Bianchi has always been drawn to men who are allergic to relationships. But when a mysterious man walks into her shop, saving her from a disaster, she finds herself wondering… is he different than the others?Ryder Cooper is fumbling his way through life. He’s been lost since his wife passed away, leaving him to raise two young children alone...
  • Todos los lugares que mantuvimos en secreto by Inma Rubiales

    Todos los lugares que mantuvimos en secreto by Inma Rubiales

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Nunca pospongas las cosas importantes de la vida«Me aprendí el nombre completo de Maeve, su canción favorita y todas las cosas que la hacían reír mucho antes de aprender a contar hasta diez.»Maeve no sabe mucho sobre sí misma...
  • Southern Secrets by Natasha Madison

    Southern Secrets by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    AmeliaNever make the same mistake twice is my motto.After being left in the dust of an old pickup truck, I promised that I would take care of myselfand never trust another man with a sexy smirk and cowboy boots.Then he showed up, and he's everywhere I turn, making me want something I shouldn't.AsherI grew up in foster care, and on my eighteenth birthday, I was set free...
  • The Next Best Day by Sharon Sala

    The Next Best Day by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beloved and bestselling author Sharon Sala brings you a brand-new contemporary romance filled with second chances, new beginnings, and a Southern small town you won't want to leave...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Playing with Words by Kelly Elliott

    Playing with Words by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hudson Higgins had fond memories of Boggy Creek from his childhood. So what better place to escape New York City for a few weeks to finish up a book that was nearing deadline than the small town in New Hampshire his parents visited nearly every summer.What he couldn’t have known was how his life would be turned upside down when he walked into Greer Larson’s bookstore his first day in town...
  • My Kinda Song by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Song by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abby Summer has been in love with one man most of her life, but he doesn’t know she exists. For years, Abby has watched him go home with woman after woman, not even noticing the one who stands loyally beside him. That’s why a dating site is the perfect solution to Abby’s problems: get over Levi and move on to someone else...
  • The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan

    The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When life drowns you in lemons, to hell with making lemonade. I wanted to burn the whole world. But eighteen months from the day my life was torn apart, I’m tired of the anger. Tired of the nightmares. Tired of putting one foot in front of the other just trying to survive. Three months on a high country sheep station in the middle of nowhere is exactly the reboot I need. A chance to break free...
  • Perfect Wreckage (The Wrecked Series) by Catherine Cowles

    Perfect Wreckage (The Wrecked Series) by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My past taught me to play it safe.To stay far away from handsome men who promised it all.My life was good without them. Stable, secure, predictable. But one kiss showed me that I’d been playing it safe for far too long.One night, and all I wanted was more of his wildfire.One challenge and my carefully constructed walls tumbled down...
  • Warrior Blue by Kelsey Kingsley

    Warrior Blue by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blake Carson can't afford to have a life. Between working full-time as a tattoo artist and caring for his disabled twin brother Jacob, his plate is more than full - and he prefers it that way. But his meticulous planning is turned on its head when he meets the upbeat and beautiful Audrey Wright and her butterfly tattoo...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  friends-to-lovers  sad  slow-burn  adult  age-gap  angst
  • The Fire by May Archer

    The Fire by May Archer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    JAMIE Parker Hoffstraeder is gorgeous, cocky, and totally irrational. He also broke my heart when he left town eleven years, four months, and twenty-eight days ago. Not that I’m counting. I don’t mind admitting it: I was young. I got burned. I learned my lesson...
  • Promise Me This by Karla Sorensen

    Promise Me This by Karla Sorensen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Imagine this: an author with a raging case of writer’s block finds an unexpected source of inspiration in her grumpy, gorgeous new roommate. Sounds amazing, right? Except that new roommate is my childhood best friend. And Ian Wilder has been off-limits since I was five...
  • June First by Jennifer Hartmann

    June First by Jennifer Hartmann

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Want to know what happens to a man who barely claws his way out of a tragedy, only to fall right into the arms of the one girl in the world he can never have?Another tragedy, that’s what.When I was six years old, my father made a choice that altered the course of my entire life. Because of what he did, the only girl I ever loved became the only girl I couldn’t have...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  friends-to-lovers  sad  slow-burn  age-gap  angst  book
  • The Desert Flowers - Willow by Judith Keim

    The Desert Flowers - Willow by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The power of love and the strength of women working together are proved once again.When Willow Sanchez is asked to help Alec Thurston, the man for whom her parents work and who’s always treated her as the daughter he once lost, she doesn’t hesitate to leave Boston and come back home to Palm Desert, California...
  • Don't Go Away Mad by Lacey Black

    Don't Go Away Mad by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    JasperThe kitchen: it’s my domain, where I create the best burgers in the Midwest. I’m the man behind the grill at Burgers and Brew, the restaurant and bar I co-own with my best friends. Every night, we’re packed, the demand has never been this high. It’s the only way I want it, thriving and pushing myself to be the very best.Then she started her new business across the street from mine...
  • 32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley

    32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Get married.Buy a house.Have a baby.That's every girl's dream, isn't it? Well, maybe not every girl, but for Christy Bush, it was.So, when her boyfriend realized he didn't want any of those things, the obvious answer was to set him free and find a man who did...
  • Maintenance Required: A small town romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Maintenance Required: A small town romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    EricI live my life by a certain standard. There are right and wrong ways to do things, and I always make sure that I'm on the right side. My brothers call me a wet blanket. They say I'm buttoned-up, boring, and that I don't know how to let loose. There's a reason I'm that way, and she just walked through my door. With one wild night, I've thrown all my moral guidelines out the window...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  grief
  • Stay Together by Kaylee Ryan

    Stay Together by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RushtonFrom the moment I see her, I’m hooked. There’s just something about Crosby that has me eager to know her. One thing’s for sure, I can’t stay away from the new kindergarten teacher with the kind smile and secrets in her brown eyes.There’s no hiding in a small town, and she’s suddenly everywhere...
  • Torn by Carian Cole, קריאן קול

    Torn by Carian Cole, קריאן קול

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace I was going to marry him when I grew up. When I turned eighteen, I made it clear I still felt the same. The problem? He's fifteen years older than me, and he's my father's best friend.Toren Grace. My pseudo-uncle. He's always been my rock--the one I should never, ever want. But I do want him, and I love him. I always have.Tor's one of the good guys...
  • Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Seaside ChroniclesJanuary 3, 2023On the HookSeasiders,News on the beach is Braxton Bradley has caught the eye of Seaside’s very own darling, Harlee Tilson. Now, this might come as a shock to many of you, since the eldest Bradley sibling has been rumored to have made a vow to never marry. After all, his fishing charter has always been his number one love...
  • I've Got You by Becca Seymour

    I've Got You by Becca Seymour

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a single dad and a newly outed veterinarian meet by chance, it takes red-cheeked conversations, a tentative friendship, and the willingness to put their hearts on the line to show these men they’re made for each other.  Single dad Davis Jackson is busy balancing his coffee shop and being the best dad he can be. That doesn’t mean he’s not lonely...
  • Part of Me by Kelly Elliott

    Part of Me by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Fishing for the TruthSeasiders,News on the docks is Sutton Bradley may be adding new stock to her little boutique store, Coastal Chic, on the square. Now, I can neither confirm nor deny that it is sexy lingerie, but seeing as Ms. Bradley has been seen on more than one occasion in the company of Brody Wilson, who, let me remind you, was voted as the catch of the season...
  • The Last One You Loved by L.J. Evans

    The Last One You Loved by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    MaddoxBetween my badge, my daughter, and my hometown, I’ve got a busy life. It’s a mostly happy one. But late at night, when the house is quiet, I still see her face. McKenna may have left me and this town behind a decade ago, but a century wouldn’t be long enough to get over her.There’s only one thing worse than never seeing her again...
  • Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr

    Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tom Cavanaugh may think he wants a traditional woman, but in Virgin River, the greatest tradition is falling in love unexpectedly....Former Marine Tom Cavanaugh’s come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family’s apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marrying kind.Nothing like Nora Crane...
  • Perfect Rhythm by Jae

    Perfect Rhythm by Jae

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pop star Leontyne Blake might sing about love, but she stopped believing in it a long time ago. What women want is her image, not the real her. When her father has a stroke, she flees the spotlight and returns to her tiny Missouri hometown.In her childhood home, she meets small-town nurse Holly Drummond, who isn’t impressed by Leo’s fame at all...
  • Until You by K. Bromberg

    Until You by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A single dad, forced proximity, standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg.Crew Madden needs to find a place to recover.For his twin girls.For himself.From the woman who left them without a backward glance.Recovering from a traumatic event, a summer in the small town of Redemption Falls was the perfect solution for him. For his family...
  • Your Love Is Mine by Bella Andre

    Your Love Is Mine by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "It never ceases to amaze me how Bella Andre's books can make you feel so good." 5 stars from Jacky Flynn Stewart, an award-winning screenwriter, seems to have the perfect Hollywood life. Until his dark past comes crashing back when he learns his long-lost sister has passed away--and he has a six-month-old niece named Ruby...
  • Beneath His Stars by Amie Knight

    Beneath His Stars by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I met Adam Nova under the twinkling lights of a nighttime sky. He was hiding, but that gorgeous boy didn’t belong in the dark. Nevertheless it was where he lived; a different world than mine. I was Livingston Montgomery, Southern debutante. With the world at my fingertips, I was well on my way to being another spoiled socialite.   But I didn’t want money.   I didn’t want social status...
  • Until Willow by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Until Willow by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Are you ready for another BOOM?Willow Mayson isn’t ready to just dive head first into love, or at least not with any of the men she’s dated.Then she shares a single unexpected kiss with a complete stranger.Clay Raven doesn’t want the strings of a woman tied to him in any way. His priorities are his family, his job, and finding the people responsible for helping to kill his sister...
  • Home by Cara Dee

    Home by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For as long as I can remember, I've only had one goal: survival. It's what I know. There is no future beyond making it through another night and getting my hands on as much money as possible, by any means necessary. Pride and dignity are things I can't afford. It's been the worst year yet—and not because I live on the streets. That's nothing compared to being separated from my little girl...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  friends-to-lovers  sad  slow-burn  abuse  adult  age-gap
  • All My Life by Prescott Lane

    All My Life by Prescott Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Prescott Lane breathes new life into single-dad romances with the young and devastatingly sexy Garrett." - USA Today The beginning of any love story starts with the meet. I’ve known Garrett Hollis since before I can remember, and I’ve loved him just as long. I loved him while he loved someone else. I loved him when he had a baby with her. I loved him when she left him...
  • Fight for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Fight for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes a new emotional and riveting standalone second chance love story.I fell in love with Sydney Hastings when I was ten years old.At sixteen, we whispered promises of forever. When I was twenty-two I broke them all. I left her and promised never to return.After my father's death, I’m forced to go home to Sugarloaf for six months...
  • The Reunion by Meghan Quinn

    The Reunion by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Game comes a new romantic comedy about the antics that ensue when three siblings come together for their parents’ fiftieth-anniversary party.Martin and Peggy Chance believe love should last a lifetime. With their fiftieth wedding anniversary on the horizon, they’ve modeled a beautiful relationship for their three grown children...
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