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  • The Wicked Truth by Melissa Foster

    The Wicked Truth by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scorching heat, laugh-out-loud humor, and swoon-worthy moments abound in this sexy new standalone romance by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melissa Foster. What happens when you’re not looking for love, but it walks in the door? Madigan Wicked’s heart is not up for grabs. She’s been there, done that, and she’s not going back for seconds...
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s on the rebound, and he’s on the prowl. Aurora “Rory” Pike gave up her dream of becoming an opera superstar long ago. Now she’s content to teach music to the children of Snow Creek while helping her family recover from the wildfire that devastated them...
  • My Kinda Forever by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Forever by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alone. Everything changed for Meghan Summer that fateful February night. All she had, all she saw in her future, was stripped away in the blink of an eye. Even though she finds herself surrounded by her growing family, at the end of the day, there’s nothing but a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Or so she thinks… Her. Nick Adams shouldn’t want her...
  • Wicked Hot Love Affair by Ali Parker

    Wicked Hot Love Affair by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m usually the good guy, but with a hot nurse in the house, all bets are off.Being the youngest of the Bancroft Billionaire Boys, you’d think I’d be the wildest.But I got the responsible gene somehow.And our mother is sick and needs help.I’m up for the job. She’s my world.The best thing I can do for her is to bring in an expert to help her get well fast.Enter the hot nurse...
  • Sex. Love. Marriage. by Shey Stahl

    Sex. Love. Marriage. by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Relationships are broken down into categories. I’ll start with the first one. 1. Sex. For Kelly and me, that part was easy. Shhh. Don’t tell her dad. He’s always hated me. No need to give him further evidence. 2. Love. I knew the moment Kelly punched me in the ear for stealing her car that I loved her. Which also leads back to her dad hating me, but whatever...
  • Surrender by Brenda Jackson

    Surrender by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After a childhood spent moving from army base to army base, Nettie Brooms is determined to secure a stable life -- and never become involved with a military man. Then she meets handsome, charming Ashton Sinclair, a dedicated Colonel in the U.S. Marines, who's intent on capturing her heart. Now, Nettie's wondering how a man she swore she would avoid could so easily test her resolve..
  • The Edge of Chaos by J. Saman, Blake Lockheart

    The Edge of Chaos by J. Saman, Blake Lockheart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You know that awful moment when you realize you accidentally slept with your best friend's older brother?I met him on my last New Year's Eve in New York. Sparks flew. Madness ensued. And after the hottest night of my life, I ran out on him.Three years later, he and I come face-to-face again.Now, do I not only learn his name, but realize the heat between us hasn't dissipated for a second...
  • Fighting for Love by Kelly Elliott

    Fighting for Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A larger-than-life firefighter inspires a career-driven woman to live in the moment—and trust in the power of love—in this flirty, emotional novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Harmony.   Finn Ward has two passions: being a firefighter and being single. Although his parents are constantly nagging him to settle down, Finn just wants to enjoy himself while he’s young...
  • Destination Connelly by K.L. Kreig

    Destination Connelly by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Treachery. Destiny. Forgiveness. She’s the one woman he could never shake or forget. Nora Cantres was buried so fucking far inside Connelly he didn’t have breath left for anyone else. She’d managed to avoid him for more than a decade, but now the running stops. He’s made damn sure of it...
  • Insistent by Kaylee Ryan

    Insistent by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She came into my life without warning. It wasn’t love at first sight, but the more time I spent with her, I knew she was the one. Our relationship was complicated, and I knew I had my work cut out for me. I have to prove to her that she’s all I see. That no matter how the past reads, we can re-write the future. He’s the sexiest one of the group, in my personal opinion...
  • 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...
  • Big, Bossy Problem: An Accidental Baby Romance by Lilian Monroe

    Big, Bossy Problem: An Accidental Baby Romance by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Being a dog walker isn’t as glamorous as you might imagine.Unless, of course, you’re walking a tech billionaire’s German shepherd mix...
  • Kickstart My Heart by Lacey Black

    Kickstart My Heart by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WalkerThere’s nothing better than a packed house on a Saturday night, and co-owning the hottest restaurant and bar in town with my best friends, isn’t so bad either. We put everything into Burgers and Brew. My job is to keep the alcohol moving and the patrons coming back for more. I won’t let anyone break my focus.That was until I saw her.As much as I try, I can’t fight it...
  • Fast Time by Shey Stahl

    Fast Time by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How can you move on when your heart is taken away from you? Axel and Lily Riley live the life most dream of. Seven years after saying, “I do,” they have three great kids and a life full of speed and adrenaline that most men can’t handle. Being a professional racecar driver, Axel’s dream is winning that prestigious World of Outlaws Championship...
    Categorized as:
    family  multi-pov  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction  sports
  • The Truth of Tristan Lyons by L.B. Dunbar

    The Truth of Tristan Lyons by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heartbreaker. I understand why I have the nickname. Hey, what can I say? I like women. All women. It doesn’t matter what shape, size, or color. I’m even into sharing. I’ve done it all, seen it all, but I’m at an all-time low. Who wouldn’t be? My best friend is missing. My uncle’s an asshole. I don’t know who I am without The Nights...
  • There Must Be An Angel by Sharon Booth

    There Must Be An Angel by Sharon Booth

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "This lovely book tugged at every heart-string. A treat from start to finish. I loved it!" Valerie-Anne Baglietto. When Eliza Jarvis discovers her property show presenter husband, Harry, has been expanding his portfolio with tabloid darling Melody Bird, her perfect life crumbles around her ears...
  • Believe: A Wanted Christmas by Kelly Elliott

    Believe: A Wanted Christmas by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Brad and Amanda are finally living the life they dreamed for themselves. However, Brad still carries the guilt from missing out on Amanda’s first pregnancy with their daughter, Maegan, and has been unable to forgive himself. The ultimate blessing to right the memories of his past is given to him when they learn they are pregnant again...
  • Ready For Flynn, Part 2 by K.L. Shandwick

    Ready For Flynn, Part 2 by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life for Flynn and Valerie hadn't always been easy. A series of tragedies finally brought them together, and twists of fate made them what they are...
    Categorized as:
    family  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  humor
  • Serenity by Janet Nissenson

    Serenity by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Matthew Bennett has suffered the worst sort of betrayal a man can ever know, and he’s trying to put his life back together after years of unhappiness and emotional neglect...
  • Stronger by Janet Nissenson

    Stronger by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cara has an admitted problem with hot men, falling so deeply and so quickly under their spell that she loses a little bit of herself with each toxic relationship that always seems to end badly. Every man in her young life thus far has let her down – her high school sweetheart, a college fling, and most of all her self-centered playboy father...
  • Taming Casanova by M.J. Carnal

    Taming Casanova by M.J. Carnal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the Casanova of the Moretti Men, Kevin Merck spent his life capturing the eye of multiple women. His conquests were legendary. But life isn’t always what it seems. After saving his best friend, Ryan West, with a bone marrow transplant, he became a permanent fixture in the Moretti family. While everyone was getting their lives back, something went terribly wrong. Turning to Dr...
    Categorized as:
    family  multi-pov  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • Loving Irish by Katy Regnery

    Loving Irish by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Blueberry Lane series comes a new trio of romances featuring the Haven triplets! Ian Haven and Halcyon Gilbert haven't seen each other since Hallie's 17th birthday... ...the same day Hallie pledged she would never, ever speak to Ian again as long as she lived. Hallie Gilbert has had an especially awful year...
  • Beautiful Hearts by Jax Calder

    Beautiful Hearts by Jax Calder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tim:I lost my husband three years ago. Since then I’ve survived by focusing on raising my daughter. Until I meet Jamie. He’s wrong for me for so many reasons. Too young. Too charming. Too beautiful. But he works at the school I teach at, and I can’t escape him even if I wanted to. As much as I try to resist, our connection is undeniable...
  • Work Violation by B.J. Harvey

    Work Violation by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **Book 2 in the Cook County Rom com series** Ronnie Nelson likes to be chased. Jaxon Cook loves a challenge. Ronnie wants a man who pulls out all the stops. Jax doesn't stop until he gets what he wants. Seems like a match made in heaven...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    family  multi-pov  adult  book  children  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • The Color of Love by Sharon Sala

    The Color of Love by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Sharon Sala's Blessings, Georgia series is filled with unforgettable charm and delight!" —ROBYN CARR, #1 New York Times bestselling author He might be winning her heart before she even knows who he is... Welcome to Blessings, Georgia, the small town with a big heart! Anyone from a small town can tell you that gossip never stays quiet for long...
  • The Truth about Us by B. Celeste

    The Truth about Us by B. Celeste

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Our story is far from perfect, but there's not one risk I regret taking to get the girl.Not the judgment. Not the whispers. Not the stares. Because age is just a number, and we survived. Ollie and Charlie against the world. Except now ... there's Milo...
  • The One I Want by S.L. Scott

    The One I Want by S.L. Scott

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She was everything he never knew he needed.He was everything she avoided.♥It’s not the first time I’ve been called a stalker.I can’t blame Andrew Christiansen for thinking that since we keep crossing paths, especially when I pop up in the most unexpected of places—his office.We’re opposites in every way. Not the kind that attract.I’ve been called a ray of sunshine...
  • A Kind Wedding: Jackson & Georgia by Sandi Lynn

    A Kind Wedding: Jackson & Georgia by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Kind family is back, and this time wedding bells are ringing!Join Jackson and Georgia as they juggle their family life, careers, and the headaches of planning the perfect wedding.Enjoy bonfires, brotherly talks, weekly surf time, music, and more in this next installment of the Kind Brothers Series...
    Categorized as:
    family  workplace  romance  steamy  contemporary  fiction  epic  book
  • All In With Him by Lauren Blakely

    All In With Him by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once upon a time all I needed was baseball, friends and extracurricular activities. Then everything changed when Declan Steele stormed into my life and upended all my priorities with his heart, his love, his passion.So my next five-year plan will include this new ground rule—Love big...
    Categorized as:
    family  multi-pov  workplace  adult  age-gap  athlete  audiobook  book
  • Chasing My Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Chasing My Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Music is his passion. It’s in his blood. Yet, Quinn James isn’t sure if stardom is right for him. His family wants him to join a band, and follow in his father’s footsteps but fear holds him back. He can’t explain it, and when he tries, no one understands what he’s afraid of or why he’s content playing coffee shop gigs where no one knows him...
  • Claiming Cari by Megyn Ward

    Claiming Cari by Megyn Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m the good Gilroy. Not the serious one—the control freak who doesn’t know how to smile and had his entire life planned before he was old enough to drink and certainly not the one who runs around sticking his d**k into anything with a pulse. I’m Patrick Gilroy. Thoughtful. Considerate. Dependable. Mr. Nice Guy. That’s how Cari used to see me. But that was before...
  • Open Wheel by Shey Stahl

    Open Wheel by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How do you choose? How do you keep from hurting the ones you love when you know your heart belongs with both of them? Seven years ago Arie Riley married Easton Levi, current heart-throb of the NASCAR Cup series. She made a commitment to him. She gave her heart and soul to another. Her love is heavy. Consuming. And it’s inherently tied to two people. Arie thought she had made her mind up...
  • The Cowboy's Stolen Bride by Cora Seton

    The Cowboy's Stolen Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coopers: 2, Turners: 1 With the Coopers taking the lead again in the battle for Chance Creek’s Founder’s Prize, Liam Turner is determined to put his family back on top. And if that means kidnapping his secret childhood crush, Tory Cooper, well—a cowboy’s got to do what a cowboy’s got to do...
  • Charmed by Her Curves: A Curvy Woman Holiday Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Charmed by Her Curves: A Curvy Woman Holiday Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charmed by Her Curves is a short, sweet, and steamy romance book featuring a curvy heroine and a sexy alpha hero. It is the third in the Holly Street Holidays series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!Tiegan‘Tis the season to be jolly.Unless, like me, you're homeless and jobless just in time for the holidays...
  • Corey's Catch by Jill Sanders

    Corey's Catch by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Corey has dug himself into a hole so deep, he can’t see a way out. His only goal now is to see this rough patch through. But then Bella Stevenson waltzes into his life and knocks him on his ass—figuratively and literally. Now, there’s nothing he wouldn’t do to prove to her that his wild days are a thing of the past...
  • Pelvic Flaws by Nikki Ashton

    Pelvic Flaws by Nikki Ashton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lesley Jones best-selling author of the highly acclaimed Carnage and CowSex – A realistic and hilarious take on starting over when you’re in your 40’s. Toss in a sexy silver fox and you’ve got yourself a great read. Chloe Walsh International best-selling author – Humorous, heartfelt and grippingly original, Pelvic Flaws is up there with Nikki’s best work to date...
  • Tending Tara by Kat Mizera

    Tending Tara by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can this fake marriage survive real life?It was now or never for hockey star Donovan Legori. He’d been keeping his head down and his skates on the ice since his painful divorce. Getting traded was the only thing that mattered. Tired of playing back-up— he was ready for a team that would make him a starting goalie. What he wasn’t ready for was falling for his teammate’s spunky sister...
  • Fortunate by Nikki Blaire

    Fortunate by Nikki Blaire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What does it mean to be fortunate? Is it wealth and power… Ayda Forde is the youngest child, and only daughter, of the wealthy Forde family. She is convinced that she has it all - money, a blossoming career in marketing, and a last name that opens every door in Washington, D.C. Is it good looks and charm..
  • Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andy Simpson never expected to be raising his teenage twin sons alone. Then again, he also never expected to walk into his house and see his wife with another man. In their bed. Or that it wasn’t her first time. Bitterness threatened to wrap around his heart, darkening every part of his life. But a brightness he wasn’t even looking for entered their lives and wouldn’t let it take hold...
  • Coming for Coby by Nichole Rose

    Coming for Coby by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the sun sets in Silver Spoon Falls, things heat up at The Sterling Rope. The best girls can find everything their hearts desire within, including some of the town's filthiest billionaires. There are no rules. Only submission.Welcome to Silver Spoon After Dark. Your patronage will be our dirty little secret...
  • Crave by Evelyn Sola

    Crave by Evelyn Sola

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sandra Before THAT night, the over the top party and the cake incident, I spent Saturday nights with girlfriends, lamenting my life over margaritas. I wasn’t ready for Jacob Clark. He was sin and dark edges, wrapped in regret. He was my Kryptonite. His words oozed over me like warm honey. His dark eyes pricked my soul, and his touch….those fingers set my skin on fire...
    Categorized as:
    family  multi-pov  workplace  adult  alpha-mc  animals  audiobook  book
  • Wild Irish Christmas by Mari Carr

    Wild Irish Christmas by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s Christmas Eve, and the Collins siblings have given their father a precious gift. All seven have gathered together to spend the night in his apartment above the family pub, the warm, loving home where Patrick and Sunday raised their large brood. You’ve witnessed each child find their happy-ever-after...
  • A Time for Hope by T. Gephart

    A Time for Hope by T. Gephart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lexi Reed was unstoppable, or so she thought. As the PR manager of international rock band, Power Station and living in New York, she was a long way from her old life in Melbourne, Australia. Having captured the heart and married one of the sexiest men alive (Power Station’s guitarist, Alex Stone) Lexi was living beyond any fantasy she could have ever imagined...
    Categorized as:
    family  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  steamy
  • KEITH by M. S. Parker

    KEITH by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When my older brother tells me that his plan to save our family charity involves marrying the daughter of a potential billionaire investor, I assure him it will be a disaster. Nikolette Ives is a rich, spoiled socialite who only wants the prestige that comes with the Hartwell name. My brother says his mind is made up, but I won’t let him make the biggest mistake of his life...
  • Boss's Surprise Baby by Josie Hart

    Boss's Surprise Baby by Josie Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Note to If you accept a job offer from your brother’s best friend,Don’t sleep with him.And definitely DON'T get pregnant.Eli Whiss is the big bad boss ready to huff, puff, and blow my little panties down.I’m the little sister that comes equipped with a “DO NOT TOUCH” sign from big bro.Our relationship starts with me spilling coffee on his junk and trying to rub it clean...
  • Sweet Spot by Amy Knupp

    Sweet Spot by Amy Knupp

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alternate cover edition of ASIN B01KE64YWOFormer marketing whiz Kennedy Lowell knows bartending isn’t her destiny. After derailing her life to epic proportions in one fell swoop, though, she’s content with the easy refuge of pouring drinks and keeping to herself. But the arrival of her sexy new boss and two wannabe friends who won’t take no for an answer throws Kennedy into a tailspin...
  • Yesterday Is Gone by Hj Bellus

    Yesterday Is Gone by Hj Bellus

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They say going home is easy, and in all reality, it should be. Just not for me. The small, one-horse town that gave me my roots, that made my soul thrive, is also the place I never wanted to set foot in again. I left everything behind and never looked back. Until now. With the death of the man who raised me, I’m forced to return to Boone...
  • My Boss, the Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    My Boss, the Billionaire by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Never fall in love with your boss… I’ve worked for Leon for two years now. Which means I’ve been in love with Leon for about, oh, 730 days, give or take. He’s tall, gorgeous, hardworking, and strict. Most of the staff at Noah’s Ark are scared of him. But I can handle the Lion King, as I like to call him. I’m his PA...
  • My Boss's Sister by Alexis Winter

    My Boss's Sister by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ASIN B07YR5NL5F moved to this edition.Never get your employee pregnant,Especially when it’s your best friend’s little sister.That’s the kind of f*ck up you don’t come back from.Look, you don’t need to tell me I’m making the mistake of a lifetime, breaking bro-code and setting myself up to be castrated,But it wasn’t my fault...
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