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  • Forever Guarded by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Guarded by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A guarded heart is a lonely heart . . . Piper Davies is a leading researcher in the fields of viruses and nanotechnology. All she ever wanted was to help save lives. But her newest creation has the potential to be manipulated to kill a single person, as well as launch a global pandemic if it ever landed in the wrong hands...
  • Broken Shadows: Shadows Landing #5 by Kathleen Brooks

    Broken Shadows: Shadows Landing #5 by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trent Faulkner was happy working with his hands to build custom furniture. He had made a name for himself and his design company. Love wasn’t even on his radar. Then one client broke down his barriers, only to make him leave in the morning. Trent made a resolution to forget about her, but that was hard to do when she was everywhere he looked, including in his heart...
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    humor  insta-love  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  family  fiction
  • The Billionaire's Forbidden Little Sister by Max Monroe

    The Billionaire's Forbidden Little Sister by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Theo Cruz, a New York man known for his family’s billion-dollar empire, Cruz Enterprises, has been indicted this afternoon in the Court of Public Opinion on charges of Bro-Code Conspiracy. Chief counsel for the prosecution, Caplin Hawkins, spoke candidly about the accusation. “Once thought of as a best friend to many—including myself—Theo Cruz has officially turned his back on human decency...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  humor  insta-love  adult  angst  audiobook  billionaire  book
  • Ninja At First Sight by Penny Reid

    Ninja At First Sight by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    He wants to be all her firsts . . . What do a cynical former Marine and a sheltered former Olympic contender have in common? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. He has a girlfriend and she’s never been kissed. He’s sullenly sarcastic and she’s earnestly empathetic. He can’t stop thinking about her. She knows she should keep her distance...
  • Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter

    Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An offbeat lesbian romantic comedy starring penguins, plotting, and payback.Muffin maker Olivia Roberts has had it with her awful exes taking advantage of her good nature. The theft of her nana’s beloved stuffed penguin is the absolute last straw.She puts up an ad at her local crime bookstore for a henchperson to help her enact a little mild revenge...
  • Indecent Ventures by A.K. Landow

    Indecent Ventures by A.K. Landow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    JADE:I didn’t have the easiest childhood. An absent father and eccentric mother caused me to have to grow up fast and left me damaged in relationships. Control is important to me. I maintain control in my relationships with men, never letting them get too close.Four years ago, I met a much older man that gave me the best night of my life...
  • Tide Together by Melanie Summers

    Tide Together by Melanie Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a stressed-out bridesmaid and a laidback pilot are stranded alone together on a sun-kissed Caribbean island?Paige Chadwick is having the worst day of her life. Her tyrant boss has made her three days late for her sister’s destination wedding trip, and now she’s stuck on the wrong Caribbean island with the wedding just hours away...
  • Runaway Bride's Guide to Love by Chelle Sloan

    Runaway Bride's Guide to Love by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A swoony, age gap, brother’s best friend, runaway bride romance from bestselling author, Chelle Sloan...
  • The Wild Card by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    The Wild Card by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was supposed to be harmless. One fake date with an off-limits football player I'd never date for real.Plot twist—Harry Westbrook is the exact opposite of harmless.My first mistake? Underestimating that boyish smile, those playful eyes, the charming words on those perfect lips. He claims to have a crush on me...
  • Pisces Hooks Taurus by Anyta Sunday

    Pisces Hooks Taurus by Anyta Sunday

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s a time for searching, and a time for finding, Pisces: keep casting your line and you will hook what you’re looking for.Zane has it all planned out: land the perfect Meet Cute, fall in love, and live happily ever after. Should be simple enough if he put his mind to it. A little creativity and some thinking outside of the box, and voila, he’d be married to the woman of his dreams...
  • Beneath the Stain - Part Four by Amy Lane

    Beneath the Stain - Part Four by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mackey's fragile recovery from his bout with self-destruction is complicated even further by his feelings for Trav—and Trav's feelings back. Trav is older, and he should know better, but now that Mackey is drug-free and conquering his demons, all he can see is the stunning, brilliant man who existed under the stain of pain and excess...
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    age-gap  coming-of-age  humor  abuse  angst  book  celebrity  comedy
  • The Royally Series Collection by Emma Chase

    The Royally Series Collection by Emma Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Prepare to be swept off your feet by The Royally Series Collection– three sexy, swoony, modern royal romances that will capture your heart, and satisfy your desire for a breathtaking happily ever after.Royally Screwed– By order of the Queen, Crown Prince Nicholas Pembrook has five months to choose a suitable bride...
  • Undertow by Willow Summers

    Undertow by Willow Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Laugh-out-loud romantic comedy by USA Today Bestseller Willow Summers! CODE NAME: UNDERTOW ​ The ladies see this wave coming at them, and they don’t know whether to swim away, or toward it. ​ It won’t matter. They call me Undertow for a reason. Nights with me are sweet agony. I’m a wild spirit. No one has tied me down, and no one has come back from the pull of the undertow...
  • Never Fall for the Bride's Father by Julia Kent

    Never Fall for the Bride's Father by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Power outages. Runaway brides. Collapsed wedding cakes. Tainted caviar. Handsy grooms. And the always jealous MILs who wear white.No wedding catastrophe can faze Katie Gallagher, because when you plan for the worst, you deliver the best.The best wedding ever.Her company, Wedding Protectors, Inc., promises happily ever afters. Guaranteed. Whatever it takes...
  • Random on Tour: Los Angeles by Julia Kent

    Random on Tour: Los Angeles by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    BOOK SEVEN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING RANDOM SERIES: I guzzled another flute of Champagne and froze, the liquid in my throat, waiting to be swallowed. Tyler was here. We’d met a few times before, in passing. He was the substitute bass player for the band; I was the lead guitar player’s girlfriend’s best friend...
  • Heathers the Musical by Laurence O'Keefe, Kevin Murphy

    Heathers the Musical by Laurence O'Keefe, Kevin Murphy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Heathers The Musical is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J.D...
  • Hit or Miss: A Sexy Doctor Rom Com by Everly Ashton

    Hit or Miss: A Sexy Doctor Rom Com by Everly Ashton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What's one way to make a lasting impression on a man? Shoot him.When I accidentally send a bullet flying through a handsome stranger I'm mortified. When I find out he's a doctor who treats children with life-threatening heart problems? I'm determined to make it up to him.Playing nursemaid to Dr. Oliver Kinkaid is easier said than done. At least while having to pretend I'm not attracted to him...
  • Восхитительная ведьма by Анна Джейн

    Восхитительная ведьма by Анна Джейн

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Совсем незнакомый пареньАбсолютно ненормальный поцелуйСовершенно непередаваемые ощущения«Пожелайте мне удачи. Я покоряю человека с железным сердцем, каменными плечами и ужасным характером. Я не знаю, чего мне хочется больше —придушить или обнять его.Он зануда, который старается все делать правильно, но совершает такие безбашенные поступки, на которые я никогда не решилась бы...
  • Drilled by Jasinda Wilder

    Drilled by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    IMOGEN: Jesse says you better know what you’re doing with Franco. ME: Dude, I’m scared. IMOGEN: !! What? Tell me! ME: He makes me FEEL THINGS. It’s icky and I don’t like it. IMOGEN: You’ve known him what, a few hours? ME: I’m telling you, he scares the sh*t out of me. But he’s so good I can’t stop myself. IMOGEN: Audra, seriously. Chill. It’s been a couple hours. It’s just insta-lust...
  • The Dare by Rachel Van Dyken

    The Dare by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From #1 NYT Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken, comes the third and final book in the bestselling Bet Series... Boring Beth Lynn has always lived up to her nickname… until she wakes up in a hotel bed next to a sexy as sin state senator she re-connected with at a wedding the previous night...
  • Starfish by J.B. Heller

    Starfish by J.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. He lives in the penthouse of the most luxurious complex in the city. She shares an apartment with a lobster... Hannah spends her days swimming with sharks, chilling with her pet lobster Levi and avoiding commitment like the plague...
  • Scarlet Toys by S.M. Shade

    Scarlet Toys by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Living on Violet Circle, a place that’s less of a neighborhood and more of an insane asylum poured into the street, I thought I was prepared for anything. After you’ve seen a woman strip down at the laundry room to wash the clothes she’s wearing, then saunter across the street naked, you’ve seen it all, right? How naïve I was...
  • No Strings by Lucy Bexley

    No Strings by Lucy Bexley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No Strings is a sapphic age-gap romance.Fun is the one thing Elsie Webb takes seriously. Though she’d be having a lot more of it if Haelstrom Media paid her enough to actually get out of debt. She’s determined to hold out on contract negotiations for her kids’ television show Fangley Heights until she gets what she deserves...
  • Return of the Bad Boy by Erin Nicholas

    Return of the Bad Boy by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She might be the teacher in the classroom. But she wants this bad boy to teach her everything he knows in the bedroom.The biggest bad boy of all is back in town and he’s got some unfinished business with the class goody-two-shoes...
  • Romancing the Silver Fox (Galentine's Getaway) by Khloe Summers

    Romancing the Silver Fox (Galentine's Getaway) by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grumpy Silver Fox meets Sweet Curvy Girl, Age Gap RomanceCloverIt’s a small tavern, they only sell IPA, and there’s a view of the mountains that I can’t get enough of. It was supposed to be the perfect spot to unwind. And I think it would’ve been, if the big, bearded man on the opposite side of the bar would stop staring at me. God, he’s twice my age...
  • Being Delightful by Shayne McClendon

    Being Delightful by Shayne McClendon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Snark and sass that will have you laughing out loud! Praise for "Being Delightful"... "Being Delightful certainly lives up to its title...
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    humor  insta-love  adult  alpha-mc  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Her Secret Santa by Kelli Callahan

    Her Secret Santa by Kelli Callahan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Bestselling author Kelli Callahan comes a Holiday Romantic Comedy centered around a woman who is fed up with Christmas, has no intention of ever falling in love, and totally plans to ignore the hottest guy she’s ever laid eyes on. I don’t care if all of the people I work with call me Elly-nezer Scrooge behind my back...
    Categorized as:
    humor  insta-love  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  holidays
  • The Unmasking of Kelly James by Belle Chapin

    The Unmasking of Kelly James by Belle Chapin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After college, I was on my way to my own happily ever after. But three years later, I’m back in town–jobless, homeless, and heartbroken. My life needs a restart–and my chance comes in the form of a grumpy widower with three charismatic daughters and a desperate need for a live-in nanny.Jonah Thatcher is moody, sullen, and expects his house to be ruled with an iron fist...
  • Dating Your Blind Date Mistake by Lana Dash

    Dating Your Blind Date Mistake by Lana Dash

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    : a curvy girl romantic comedy (curvy girls' guide book...
  • Cuéntame más by Sophie Saint Rose

    Cuéntame más by Sophie Saint Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Francesca está a punto de perder a su mejor amiga y se deja convencer para relacionarse con otras personas. Una web de amigos por correspondencia es la solución perfecta para ella y así romper el hielo. Aunque cuando conoce a Kirk Chapman lo único que se le pasa por la cabeza, es que todo lo que le está ocurriendo es una locura...
  • Demándame, si puedes by Sophie Saint Rose

    Demándame, si puedes by Sophie Saint Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jocelyn está teniendo un día horrible. Por la mañana la despiden del trabajo de cajera de supermercado y por la tarde decide ir a una entrevista, donde el hombre más guapo que ha visto nunca... ¡amenaza con demandarla! Sophie Saint Rose es una prolífica escritora que tiene entre sus éxitos "Elizabeth Bilford" o "Brujas (Valerie)"...
  • Fumble by Eva Haining

    Fumble by Eva Haining

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faith Fairchild has a plan. Now, all she needs is the man. Hunter Vaughn was voted sexiest man alive four years running. He is mouthwatering in every way imaginable. A football legend – he’s about to be entered into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. My job is to keep him happy no matter what...
  • Texting Mr. Hollywood by Flora Ferrari

    Texting Mr. Hollywood by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He is an A-list actor. I’m a shy, curvy intern. What do we have in common? Nothing. Except I may have accidentally text him and he may have text me back. Working for one of the top-rated PR companies in LA is a dream job. Which means I can’t ruin it. But when I see Weston Wyatt’s phone number by accident on my boss’s phone, I memorize it, telling myself I’ll never text him...
  • Disobeying My Boss by Summer Brooks

    Disobeying My Boss by Summer Brooks

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My boss hired me while I was drunk out of my mind at a party.Wobbling around, whining about being unemployed.But… it was no charity.I’m qualified over-qualified for this job.Seriously, I’m really, really good.So good that that I got drunk (again) and fell into Simon’s bed.Mr. Simon Cox.Uptight. Freakishly organized. Too proud. And way too rich.All the things I’m not...
  • Nut Grabber by Megan Wade

    Nut Grabber by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A rambunctious dog and a set of family jewels swung on like a bungee cord is just the start of this outlandish romantic comedy by USA Today bestselling author, Megan Wade… As the only daughter of a sheep farmer, I’m used to getting down and dirty with all sorts—animals, I mean. Farm work is filthy (get your mind out of the gutter...
  • Ruthless by Deborah Bladon

    Ruthless by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ruthless, a new standalone from New York Times and USA Today Bestseller, Deborah Bladon. When I agreed to go on a blind date my best friend set up, I had no idea how the night would end. As soon as I got to the restaurant, I spotted the dark-haired, gorgeous man I thought I was there to have dinner with. I sat down at his table and proceeded to flirt awkwardly with him...
  • Falling for Your Boss by Emma St. Clair

    Falling for Your Boss by Emma St. Clair

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I am not that woman. The one who falls for her much older, extremely handsome, and totally unavailable boss.That’s what I keep telling myself, anyway.I’ve watched the other women in the office fawn over Gavin, who just so happens to be one of Texas’ richest and most desirable bachelors.But I’m interested in business. Totally professional...
  • Magnificent Bastard by Lili Valente

    Magnificent Bastard by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    F*ck Prince Charming. Sometimes, you need a Magnificent Bastard. Face it, ladies: love sucks and then you cry…while your ex rides off into the sunset banging your best friend. But why let a break-up end in tears when it can end with sweet revenge? Enter Magnificent Bastard Consulting and me, chief executive bastard...
  • Fling by Jana Aston

    Fling by Jana Aston

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I have a crush on my boss’ best friend. At least it’s not my brother’s best friend. Or my best friend’s brother. Or… never mind. It’s all pretty cliche. And worse? My boss’ best friend is his business partner. Which sort of makes him my boss too. Okay - it’s not sort of. It’s definite. Gabe Laurent is off limits. Totally off limits. Which is fine. I make do with my imagination...
  • The Virgin Club by Kayley Wood

    The Virgin Club by Kayley Wood

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that will make you swoon Challenge: Lose my virginity before my 24th birthday. Time Left: 23 days. Appletinis, a semi-meltdown, and a ‘Lose My Virginity Challenge’ post. That's all it took for my little blog to go viral. The realization that I'm the lone virgin left from my club's original pact ignited my not-so-genius idea...
  • Glory Hole by Christy Anderson

    Glory Hole by Christy Anderson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Typically, I’m not the kind of girl to spy on someone. Really. I’m not...
  • Confessions of a High School Guidance Counselor by Kelsie Hoss

    Confessions of a High School Guidance Counselor by Kelsie Hoss

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “My life is falling apart, and the guy I meet at the bar might be the one to help me put it back together,” said No One Ever.Getting dumped by my fiancé and going to the bar was not a good look. Neither was stealing condoms from the student supply and going home with a complete stranger.But here I was.And I quickly find out this man isn’t a stranger after all...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  humor  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Vacation Nanny for the Billionaire Next Door by Jessa Joy

    Vacation Nanny for the Billionaire Next Door by Jessa Joy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NatalieI'm having a really bad day.I lose my job and need to find a way to pay my rent.So being a vacation nanny for the guy next door seems like the solution.But this hot billionaire is no pushover and neither are his kids.There's a spark between us that I can't ignore.But am I willing to risk everything for the man who has it all?LucasMaking lots of money is what I do...
  • The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller

    The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This book had me laughing my ass off. Moxie has a mouth on her and it's absolutely fantastic!! -For the Love of Books Blog This story is an outrageously crazy, romantic comedy, with some pretty heated sexual innuendos, drunken rants, good times with great friends, lots of talk of ‘hairy balls’, and good old fashioned love thrown in to make a book that you don’t want to miss...
  • Icy Pretty Love by L.A Rose

    Icy Pretty Love by L.A Rose

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Glass-doll beauty. A shy, proper smile. Georgette Montgomery is the perfect billionaire’s fiancé. Or she would be, if she existed. A dark past. A smile that hides everything. At nineteen, Rae Grove escapes her disaster life by pretending to be other people—specifically, whoever the man paying her that night wants her to be...
  • Rock Stars Don't Like Big Knickers by Nikki Ashton

    Rock Stars Don't Like Big Knickers by Nikki Ashton

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Martha Bright is a feisty, stubborn, single mother who has just landed herself a job. While becoming housekeeper for the new owner of the ‘Big House’ in the Cheshire village where she lives, isn’t her dream job, it will do for now. However, there is one major problem with it. Her boss isn’t the woman who interviewed her, but Luke Mahoney, lead singer of the band Dirty Riches...
  • Billionaire's Bombshell by Sienna Valentine

    Billionaire's Bombshell by Sienna Valentine

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is the one thing I can't afford. Before I met Elizabeth, I was living by two simple rules. 1. Drink, f*ck and be merry. 2. Don’t get attached. Having more money than I could ever spend meant I could go on like that forever. Which is why I knew I should have tossed her out the moment she reappeared at my door, eager to get to work on upending my whole damn life...
  • Knocking up his Nanny by Olivia Noble

    Knocking up his Nanny by Olivia Noble

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone teasingly calls me a nun. But being a good girl has gotten me nowhere. It’s time to be bold and take risks. Live my life, and kiss a handsome stranger…I’ve spent years as a dirt-broke, starving artist. When my mom's hospital bills start piling up, I take every odd job I can find in Silver Mountain. Eventually that leads to a nanny position at the biggest mansion in town...
  • Eight Days a Week by Amber L. Johnson

    Eight Days a Week by Amber L. Johnson

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gwen Stone has secrets she’s not ready to reveal. After a recent promotion at work, she needs a caretaker for her children. She’s frenzied and in a lurch and pretty much ready to hire the first person who comes along. So she does.Andrew Lyons needs to get out of his sister’s apartment, and a Craigslist posting may be the answer to his prayers...
  • Luca & Marcel by Lucy Lennox

    Luca & Marcel by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Will his temporary PA turn into something permanent when they land in Vegas?When billionaire hotelier Luca Bernardi discovers his trusty assistant can't come with him on an important business trip, he panics. Thankfully, she calls in a backup. Only... she was a little under the influence of heavy narcotics when she made the call..
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