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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  humor  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  small-town  steamy
  • 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  humor  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  small-town  sports
  • The Goodmans by Clare Ashton

    The Goodmans by Clare Ashton

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The lovely doctor Abby Hart lives in her dream cottage in the quintessential English border town of Ludbury, home to the Goodmans. Maggie Goodman, all fire and passion, is like another mother to her, amiable Richard a rock and 60s-child Celia is the grandmother she never had. But Abby has a secret. Best friend Jude Goodman is the love of her life, and very, very straight...
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    family  humor  lgbtq  medical  wlw  adult  angst  bisexuality
  • Coming Home by Leeanna Morgan

    Coming Home by Leeanna Morgan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mia Costas is a successful artist, not an event planner. Agreeing to help stage a charity gala is the last thing she needs, but it’s for a good cause and she doesn’t want to let her friends down. When she realizes how important the event is, she knows she’s not the best person for the job—and so will the director of the hospital if he discovers who she is...
  • One Hundred Goodbyes by Kelly Collins

    One Hundred Goodbyes by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Aspen Cove, the town where a stranger is simply a friend you haven’t met… Eden Webster has always been generous to a fault. The word no isn’t in her vocabulary. That’s how at twenty-eight she finds herself homeless, alone, and pregnant in Aspen Cove...
  • A Greene Family Christmas by Piper Rayne

    A Greene Family Christmas by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Preparing a Christmas to remember is no small feat with a family the size of the Greenes. Especially, when the woman who has always been the planner down to every minute detail falls ill, only five days before the holiday.The family has no choice but to scramble to ensure that nothing is amiss. Cookies need to be decorated, gingerbread houses assembled and decorations to be hung...
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    children  family  humor  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The New Doctor at Peony Practice by Christie Barlow

    The New Doctor at Peony Practice by Christie Barlow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Preorder the next book in the heartwarming and bestselling Love Heart Lane seriesLove Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter whatAll’s fair in love and…medicine?Dr Katie O’Neil has only been in Heartcross a few hours when she finds herself already ruffling feathers – not least with medical school nemesis and new colleague Ben Sanders...
  • Stone Cold Kiwi by Rosalind James

    Stone Cold Kiwi by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Let's inventory, shall we? State of my professional life: Brilliant, if counted in terms of sales of eight Poppy Cantwell children's books starring my often-confused blue hippo, Hazel; the very substantial proceeds from selling my Kiwi Adventures New Zealand glamping business; and any number of glossy magazine articles about my charmed existence...
  • Down Home Comfort by Melanie Shawn

    Down Home Comfort by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jimmy ComfortIn one moment, life can turn inside out....As the youngest Comfort man kickin' around Firefly Island, I'd been born into a legacy and a curse. Literally. Us Comfort men were cursed and, dependin' on who ya asked, we were also legends, known for fighting, flirting, and another f-word. One that ended with k, and you'd need to buy a vowel and a consonant to fill in the middle...
  • Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A spicy age gap romance where one night of passion could lead to a lifetime of love...
  • The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The last thing international photojournalist Lucy O’Brien expected when she returned to her hometown was for her mother to ask her to shoot photos for a ‘Calendar Girls’-like calendar…Of course, it’s all for a good cause—raising money for breast cancer. Lucy agrees to help—ribald photos and all...
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    children  family  humor  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Operation Bailey Babies by Piper Rayne

    Operation Bailey Babies by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BUZZ WHEEL PRESS RELEASE: Don’t drink the Lake Starlight water! Bailey babies are busy growing in their mommies tummies and the Baileys are having a triple baby shower to celebrate. If you want in on the pool on who pops first and when contact me...
  • Ain't She Sweet by Marie Force

    Ain't She Sweet by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The latest Green Mountain Romance from the The New York Times bestselling author of It’s Only Love.Charlotte “Charley” Abbott has gone out with every guy under thirty-five in Butler, Vermont—except for one. Tyler Westcott’s attempts to date her may be determined, and frequent, but Charley can’t stand how he acts like he knows her better than she knows herself...
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    family  humor  medical  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  epic
  • It Started With Joy by Cindy Kirk

    It Started With Joy by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ready to take a chance on love again? Rachel Milligan fell head over heels…once. Then her happy world crashed in around her, leaving her reeling and wondering if she’d survive. That was three years ago. The pretty nurse has pulled herself up from the ashes and built a solid life for herself. As a nurse. As a volunteer. As a temporary foster mom...
  • Can't Fight This Feeling by Miranda Liasson

    Can't Fight This Feeling by Miranda Liasson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SHE 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...
  • Know Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez

    Know Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He is the one she couldn’t remember. She is the one he couldn’t forget… After being unexpectedly kicked off a movie set, her part given to a younger actress, Savannah Payne flees to her holiday house in Bounty Bay. There, in her little hideaway managed for her by her older cousin, she’ll be able to lick her wounds privately, and prepare for an audition of a lifetime in L.A...
  • 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...
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    children  family  humor  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
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    lgbtq  family  humor  children  mlm  contemporary  audiobook  drama
  • Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fallon Foster is Whiskey Springs' self-proclaimed token lesbian. She isn't a token any longer. After her year-long affair with best friend, Andi Maguire ends, Fallon hopes to earn the trust and win the heart of the town's newest resident, Riley Main. Ghosts from the past still haunt Fallon and Riley. Informed by loss and betrayal, the pair endeavors to find their way to each other...
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    wlw  lgbtq  children  family  romance  fiction  audiobook  contemporary
  • Second Wind by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Second Wind by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Second wind: a new strength or energy to continue something that is an effort. After an amicable divorce, Lincoln Huxley is ready to embrace the sexuality he repressed for more than two decades. Rush Holden is no longer willing to settle for closeted men or those who don’t share his dreams of marriage and fatherhood. A chance encounter on a lakeside pier is the second wind they both need...
  • Worth the Wait by Jessica Prince

    Worth the Wait by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cloverleaf was Mackenzie Webster's escape. It was the place where she'd dreamed of starting over, of creating a new life for her and her children. She had a carefully thought out plan for what this new life would look like, and nowhere in it was there room for a new relationship. But the one thing Kenzie never counted on was meeting Brett Halstead. Brett's life was all about fun and friends...
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    children  family  humor  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  small-town
  • Prescription for Love by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Prescription for Love by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What should’ve been an ordinary emergency call turned out to be something extraordinary. Wanting to distance himself from his toxic parents, Trent Love moved to the quaint town of Blissville to begin a new life. What he finds is blazing chemistry with a hunky fireman who breathes new life into him...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  lgbtq  medical  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • My Kinda Night by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Night by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Payton Summer doesn’t have time for love. Between running her own business in her hometown of Jupiter Bay and her monthly night out with her sisters, Payton has no room for men, dating, or the drama that it entails. Her life is fine just the way it is. Yet, her attraction to the one man she shouldn’t want can’t be ignored. Dean McIntire has one rule: don’t date clients...
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    children  family  humor  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov
  • Forever Wilde in Aster Valley by Lucy Lennox

    Forever Wilde in Aster Valley by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Miller Hobbs finds himself on a winter vacation in Colorado with the giant, exceedingly loud, Marian and Wilde families, he doesn’t quite know what to do with himself. He’s not really a Marian or a Wilde despite having DNA ties to both...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  lgbtq  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Summer in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Summer in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A widow at twenty-six, Primrose Bloom returns to idyllic Good Hope, Wisconsin, with her two rambunctious young boys, seeking the beauty of the lakeside landscape and the comfort of home. After the loss of her husband and her job, all she’s looking for is peace...
  • Starlight on Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

    Starlight on Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs sweeps readers away to a sun-drenched summer on the shores of Willow Lake in a stunning tale of the delicate ties that bind a family together… and the secrets that tear them apart… When caregiver Faith McCallum arrives at the enchanted, lakeside estate of Avalon's renowned Bellamy family, she's intent on rebuilding her shattered life and...
  • Short Stack 2 by Lily Morton

    Short Stack 2 by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens after the happy ending?Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about some of the much-loved men from her books. Follow them through wet and windy marriage proposals, surprise workplace visits, and a very entertaining ghost tour...
  • The School of Starting Over by Lisa Swift

    The School of Starting Over by Lisa Swift

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nell’s going back to school… but now she’s learning lessons of the heartReception class teacher Nell Shackleton has a plan. At least, she had until she arrived at her new home of Humblebee Farm, a dilapidated farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors...
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    family  humor  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • Tinsel and Tatas: A Holiday Romantic Comedy Anthology by Kilby Blades, Serena Bell

    Tinsel and Tatas: A Holiday Romantic Comedy Anthology by Kilby Blades, Serena Bell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Get a head start on the holiday spirit by reading for a great cause! Nearly twenty of today’s most entertaining rom-com authors have teamed up to sell #Books4Boobs. This collection of holiday shorts ranges from sweet to steamy and promises to entertain...
  • Ready for It by M.L. Nystrom

    Ready for It by M.L. Nystrom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman who seems to have it all, a shy construction worker who prefers to keep in the shadows, and news that will blow their worlds wide open. Join bestselling author ML Nystrom in the Dragon Runners MC spin-off following the much-loved McAteer brothers.Party girl Melanie Miser has it all: looks, brains, and money...
  • Covenant by Ann McMan

    Covenant by Ann McMan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Present Day: Jericho, Virginia.Covenant continues the beloved saga of the residents of Jericho, a sleepy town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where life and love have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road.Six weeks have passed since the fateful unfolding of events at the town’s Fourth of July celebration...
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    lgbtq  family  wlw  humor  romance  audiobook  mystery  small-town
  • Don't Fall for Your Brother's Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Don't Fall for Your Brother's Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens when you fall for your older brother's best friend? They say there are lines you shouldn't cross, but where's the fun in that? Especially when it comes to falling for your brother's best friend... Picture this: I've got five brothers, and I'm the only girl. Standing out isn't easy, especially with my big bro breathing down my neck...
  • Loving My Omega by C.W. Gray

    Loving My Omega by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sam and Teague have been best friends for years. Now that they are both single, can friendship become more?Hurting from a break-up, Sam moves home to Hobson Hills to take care of his great-aunt. After a year passes, he realizes the only thing he misses from his life in Seattle is the one man that has always been there for Sam, his best friend, Teague...
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    children  family  humor  lgbtq  adult  animals  book  contemporary
  • Bennett's Dream by C.W. Gray

    Bennett's Dream by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Hobson Hills Short Hobson Hills Omegas: Book 3.5 Bennett Wilson should be perfectly happy. He has a loving husband, three wonderful children, and a house full of pets. His family and friends think he is crazy when he purposely gets pregnant with a fourth child...
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    children  family  humor  lgbtq  action-adventure  adult  animals  book
  • Navigating Noah by Jaclyn Quinn

    Navigating Noah by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Noah HathawayThe saying 'livin' the dream' is usually said with sarcasm, but I truly am living my dream in Coral Pointe Inlet with my four best friends. Still, as I watch three of them fall in love, my heart aches a little with longing. It doesn't help when Hunter, a man I spent an incredible weekend with, comes back to Coral Pointe--not alone, I might add...
  • Keep Tahoe Blue by Nicole Pyland

    Keep Tahoe Blue by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book #1 in the Tahoe Series. It follows the events in the San Francisco Series Book #1: "Checking the Right Box." Kellan Cobb had to get out of San Francisco. She’d just watched her ex-girlfriend meet the woman of her dreams. Her broken heart needed a break from it all, and Lake Tahoe was calling her name.Reese Lee has a secret...
  • Cowboy Up by Stacy Finz

    Cowboy Up by Stacy Finz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Stacy Finz delivers a fantastic tale of cowboys, cattle rustling and the power of love and family in the California gold country.” —Kate Pearce, New York Times bestselling authorCash, Jace, and Sawyer: Three cousins sharing an inheritance of five hundred acres of prime California ranch land—and a whole lot of surprises . . . Cash Dalton is no rancher...
  • Healing the Doctor's Heart by Cindy Kirk

    Healing the Doctor's Heart by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A doctor who placed her child for adoption years before gets a second chance to be a mother… I chose adoption for my baby girl because I knew it was best for her. For eight years I lived for the yearly letters I received from her parents. When the letters stopped, I feared something bad had happened...
  • Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont

    Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Parker?”Parker loved that voice and she adored hearing it say her name. But in this moment, it scared the shit out of her.In the sleepy coastal town of Doveport, the pot isn’t just stirred—that bitch is boiling over.Maggie and Parker are new... like, brand-spanking-new. But for all of their flirting and butterflies and romantic intention, the universe has devised one giant beaver-dam...
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    lgbtq  wlw  humor  romance  fiction  age-gap  lesbian-mc  contemporary
  • The Perfect View by Nicole Pyland

    The Perfect View by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book #3 in the Tahoe Series. Adler Williams had been surprised with a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, by her boyfriend; but not in a good way. That was the last place Adler ever wanted to be. She was not a woman who enjoyed camping or the outdoors in any way...
  • Convincing the Alpha by C.W. Gray

    Convincing the Alpha by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Story takes place in the Omegaverse. Hobson Hills Omegas: Book EightInjured in the army over three years ago, Noah Wilson walked away with his life, but lost his hearing. It's taken him years and the support of his family and friends to adapt to a new normal...
  • Wicked in Winter by Jennifer Bernard

    Wicked in Winter by Jennifer Bernard

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everyone 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...
  • Texas Rose Always by Katie Graykowski

    Texas Rose Always by Katie Graykowski

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Justus Jacobi loves three things: her seven-­year-­old son, landscape design, and the man she sees only once a year. For the past ten years, they’ve spent a surreal week together, but Justus has never considered their relationship anything but a dream—especially since they’ve never exchanged their real names...
  • Unraveling the Omega by C.W. Gray

    Unraveling the Omega by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Story takes place in the Omegaverse. Hobson Hills Omegas: Book Six Ernie Lawson meets the alpha of his dreams while on a Big Foot excursion with his best friends. No, Big Foot is not the man of his dreams. His man is big, handsome, and the shyest person Ernie has ever met. So shy, in fact, that Ernie is afraid introducing the alpha to his family will send him running...
    Categorized as:
    children  family  humor  lgbtq  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • The Alpha's Christmas Wish by C.W. Gray

    The Alpha's Christmas Wish by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Story takes place in the Omegaverse. Hobson Hills Omegas: Book Seven Juan Vega lives in a town full of loving families and happy couples. As he watches his best friends fall in love, he can't help but wish for his own omega. He's been in love with Jackson since he met him, but it doesn't look like there will ever be a future for them...
    Categorized as:
    children  family  humor  lgbtq  adult  alpha-mc  animals  book
  • A Pint for the Omega by C.W. Gray

    A Pint for the Omega by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Story takes place in the Omegaverse. Hobson Hills Omegas: Book Five Abel Lawson is haunted by the memory of an alpha that was just supposed to be a one-night stand. He can't seem to get Mateo out of his head even with a busy and full life to distract him. When he discovers he is pregnant, Abel realizes he wants the whole package. He wants the baby, the husband, and the white picket fence...
  • Two of a Kind by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Two of a Kind by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Could something you can’t remember be the best decision of your life?Maisie Sullivan is a hard-working marketing assistant from Milwaukee who wants nothing more than to earn a promotion and finally finish her college degree. But when she’s swept off her feet by a charming cowgirl while on a business trip to Las Vegas, she decides there’s no harm in having a little fun...
  • One Golden Summer by Clare Lydon, T.B. Markinson

    One Golden Summer by Clare Lydon, T.B. Markinson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Saffron Oliver is the golden girl. Golden hair. Golden skin. Golden movie career.Only one problem: she hates it.She flees to her sister’s seaside town – where she meets the confident & charming Kirsty McBride.Kirsty is everything Saffron wants to be. Perhaps also, everything she wants.But Saffron can’t have it all...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book  celebrity
  • Sweet Victory by Melanie Shawn

    Sweet Victory by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Samantha Holt has spent her entire life focused on her career as an Olympic snowboarder - to the point that she's never even had a boyfriend. Now the auburn-haired beauty has taken an early retirement to focus on her personal life, which is about to get a lot more interesting when a sexy man from her past comes to town...
  • Drawn to You by Jaclyn Quinn

    Drawn to You by Jaclyn Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Leaving his enormous family behind, native New Yorker, Elijah, decides to move to Brighton Pier for a fresh start. Being part of a large LGBTQ community and landing his dream job at Inkubus, a local tattoo shop, is too big of a draw for him to turn down...
    Categorized as:
    children  family  lgbtq  adult  angst  audiobook  book  contemporary
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