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  • Only Ever You by Lisa Suzanne

    Only Ever You by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Torn between two brothers, Reese Brady must choose whether to live out her fantasies or opt for stability. She bears the load of her guilt to the point of exhaustion, excusing unsavory behavior as a form of self-punishment. Despite the temptation of one man, she commits to the other. When a family crisis strikes, Reese is forced into the arms of the wrong man...
  • Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After two brothers shatter her world, Reese Brady escapes to her old life. She occupies herself with work and friends in an attempt to find comfort after her catastrophic summer. When Reese receives a desperate call from someone she thought she’d never hear from again, she’s forced to confront the love she could’ve had...
  • Blasphemous by Pamela Ann

    Blasphemous by Pamela Ann

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Will they survive the tsunami of trials heading their way? + Bass Cole + Emma Anderson + Carter Mason + expLosive. scOrching. graVitating. intEnse. Emma was beyond glad to escape back to Aspasia and be with Bass again...
  • For Hire: A Damn Good Kisser by Ariesa Jane Domingo, Beeyotch

    For Hire: A Damn Good Kisser by Ariesa Jane Domingo, Beeyotch

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After being dumped by her boyfriend because she's too much of a prude, straight-A student Dana Ferrer enlists the kissing tutorial services of the Good Kissers, Inc. made of three campus heartthrobs. She chooses notorious Campus King, Andy Guzman, to tutor her, thinking she can ace their lessons and have her ex back crawling back to her in no time...
  • Just an Illusion - Side A by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Just an Illusion - Side A by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One night changed her life… Bestselling author Amelia Greyson has grown up in the music industry and isn’t the slightest bit fazed by fame or celebrities. However, when she attends a Bastards and Dangerous concert with her best friend Belle, her world shifts on its axis. Double trouble… Sawyer and Noah Weston are the front men of BAD. They’re fraternal twins and sexy as sin...
  • A Little Like Destiny by Lisa Suzanne

    A Little Like Destiny by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Reserved and responsible Reese Brady refuses to miss her chance with bad boy rock star Mark Ashton. After one steamy night, she's convinced the emotional connection they shared was just a figment of her imagination. After all, he’s a womanizer whose affairs are highly publicized. Reese strives to leave that night behind her after a handsome business mogul asks her to dinner...
  • Rise: The Interlude by L.A. Cotton

    Rise: The Interlude by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eva and Rafe's story continues in this emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Rixon Raiders series Eighteen-year-old Eva Walker knew going on tour with Black Hearts Still Beat would be complicated.She didn’t expect to find herself torn between two brothers.One wants her but he walked away before.The other needs her but she doesn’t understand why...
  • Play Hard by L.P. Maxa

    Play Hard by L.P. Maxa

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After years of pining for his best friend, a woman he could never have, Devil's Share drummer Luke Matthews finally meets his true match in the savvy Harlow Davis. SWEETER THAN HONEY From the time he first met her, Luke Matthews knew Lexi Grant was the girl for him. He joined a band to impress her. He became a famous drummer to win her heart…only to have his bandmate win it instead...
  • Loving Jackson by Melanie Shawn

    Loving Jackson by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stand-alone Wishing Well, Texas romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way!Jackson BriggsI was known for two things: my career, and being a bachelor. The former had a lot do with the latter. As a cinematographer, I'd spent my life traveling the world, consumed by my work, leaving no time for anything else--including love...
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    celebrity  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  romance
  • Jace by Scarlett Avery

    Jace by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jace Halsey…It seems I’m the only sane woman in LA who’s immune to that self-important man.Even my big sister swoons all over him. It makes me sick. Truth be told, I want nothing more than to annihilate him because he’s always in the way. Never mind he has no clue of my existence, he’s still the thorn in my side...
  • Commitment by Nia Forrester

    Commitment by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was obvious to everyone but them they were all wrong for each other. Riley is a free-spirited boho writer and Shawn is a magnetic and charismatic rapper, riding the highest crest of his career. She doesn't understand his world and he sure as hell doesn't understand hers. And what's worse, while he's never committed to any woman before, she's committed to someone else...
  • Tangled Up In You: A Rogue Series Novel by Lara Ward Cosio

    Tangled Up In You: A Rogue Series Novel by Lara Ward Cosio

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *First in the Rogue Series or read as a prequel* *Read Playing At Love next!* Gavin McManus is exact right person to be the lead singer of a band like Rogue. He’s got the requisite disheveled good looks, confidence, and undeniable magnetism, but what sets him apart is the way he funnels the childhood pain of his mother abandoning him into wounded-rock-star mystique...
  • A Very Xander Christmas 2 by Anne Mercier

    A Very Xander Christmas 2 by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The second Rockstar Christmas - Told Xander style...
  • Surviving by Ahren Sanders

    Surviving by Ahren Sanders

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ***This is Book 2 in the Surrender Series. It is recommended you read book 1, Surrendering, before reading Surviving.*** Raven Hayes experienced a love she thought would last forever. Declan Collins consumed her from the moment she fell into his arms. Their love was what fairytales are made of...
  • Invisible Love Letter by Callie Anderson, Jennifer Roberts-Hall

    Invisible Love Letter by Callie Anderson, Jennifer Roberts-Hall

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love is fatal; a snake that slithers into your life, poisons you with its venom, and leaves you there to die. I swore I wouldn’t be my parents. I swore I would stay away from the limelight. Falling in love with a musician was definitely out of the question. Weston Carter was all kinds of wrong for a girl like me. He was musician, a womanizer, and a first class heartbreaker...
  • Popularity Isn't Easy by Jillian Dodd

    Popularity Isn't Easy by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aubrey Lane Arrington was given a choice and one week to decide - does she want to stay at Eastbrooke Academy or go to school in London?So much has happened since then that could affect her decision. Her former best friend, Branson, started a fight with her boyfriend, Prince Augie. And when the event is live streamed and goes viral, it has the makings of an international scandal...
  • Reviving the Rhythm by Amy Kaybach

    Reviving the Rhythm by Amy Kaybach

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The third book in the Blind Rebels rock star romance series plunges drummer, Sammy, into an abyss of uncertainty after an accident threatens not just his life but the only safe place he has left. Despite the sudden dark storm that assumes control of his existence, a ray of sun peeks into his life from his past that might pull him out of the depths...
  • Ruin Series Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken

    Ruin Series Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For a limited time get the first two books+the bonus epilogue in the NYT bestselling stand alone Ruin series. Special price only until the third book in the series releases October 6RUINI'm not your typical girl. I've been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness... until Wes Michels offered to be my light...
  • Rule: The Finale by L.A. Cotton

    Rule: The Finale by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eva and Rafe’s story concludes in this emotional, angsty, rock star romance from the bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders seriesRafe Hunter thought he was destined for two things in life: playing guitar, and keeping his brother on the straight and narrow.Until Eva.She makes him want to be better. Makes him dream of life after the band. But Black Hearts Still Beat is all he’s ever known...
  • Derailed by Kacey Shea

    Derailed by Kacey Shea

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sean Willis knows the difference between right and wrong. Sure, the bass player of Three Ugly Guys has made his share of mistakes, but when push comes to shove, Sean always chooses the high road. Now, even when things are unraveling with the band, he's the voice of reason.Until Jess.She's the only thing he's ever wanted and couldn't have...
  • Pleasure in the Rain by Inglath Cooper

    Pleasure in the Rain by Inglath Cooper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00HDDLONY.A New Adult Contemporary Romance set in the heart of country music. . .Nashville.Just as Barefoot Outlook begins to hit the big time, tragedy strikes when a rage-filled Nashville musician who hasn’t found the success he’s hoped for crashes an after-concert party and begins shooting...
  • Bang on Loosely by Lili Valente

    Bang on Loosely by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pop Quiz: You just hate-banged a rock star you vowed to loathe until the end of time. What do you do next? Hint: You don’t agree to be his fake girlfriend. You don’t sleep with him again. And you certainly don’t fall in love… Oops…Cutter and Theodora’s laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers romance is coming your way February 2020...
  • Undesired Lust by Eden Summers

    Undesired Lust by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They used to be the perfect team. Two years ago, songstress Sidney Higgins ruined her life by sleeping with not one, but two of the famous Reckless Beat men, Mason Lynch and Sean Taiden...
  • Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's living her dream... Kylie Ryans is the biggest thing to come out of Nashville since, well, since Trace Corbin. With a hit album and a powerful label behind her, she appears to be the girl who has it all. But appearances can be deceiving. Fresh out of rehab, Trace Corbin is ready to take on the world. Just not the girl he walked away from...
  • Dirty Like Dylan by Jaine Diamond

    Dirty Like Dylan by Jaine Diamond

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    One woman. Two rock stars. A threesome that will change everything… Photographer Amber Malone sucks at love. She’s been dumped, duped and dated more a-holes than any girl should ever have to. Then she meets rock star Dylan Cope, drummer for the mega-successful rock band Dirty; gorgeous, charming and all-around nice guy. For once, the stars seem to be aligning in Amber’s favor...
  • Shatter by Rachel Van Dyken

    Shatter by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sometimes the only way to heal... is to shatter. Rock star Alec Daniels has it all. Love, fame, money... But being in the limelight isn't all it's cracked up to be, and after one bad choice comes back to haunt him he is left picking up the pieces of his carefully constructed life...
  • Baby Be Mine by Paige Toon

    Baby Be Mine by Paige Toon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    'He's not mine, is he?' That's the question I fear the most. You see, I have a secret. My son is not fathered by my boyfriend, but by one of the most famous rock stars that ever lived. And he doesn't even know it..
  • Torrid - Book Two by Jayne Blue

    Torrid - Book Two by Jayne Blue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Torrid - Book Two -- The second, searing hot installment in the erotic Torrid Trilogy How far would you go to save someone you love? Tora - I play a dangerous game. I know this. I have to play the part of Seth’s dutiful wife in order to bring him down. At the same time, I can’t stay out of his brother’s bed. Being with Jack is the only thing in my life that feels real..
  • Forever Bound by Deanna Roy

    Forever Bound by Deanna Roy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new full-length standalone romance from the USA Today bestselling romance series Jenny is a girlfriend-for-hire, the platonic kind. While under contract with her movie director boyfriend, glamour has ruled. Designer gowns. Red-carpet premieres. And, of course, seeing her face in the tabloids. She loves tabloids. But her reign has come to an end...
  • Coming Back To You by Donya Lynne

    Coming Back To You by Donya Lynne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Karma Mason is a woman with a broken heart. Mark Strong was everything she ever wanted in a man…until he drove out of her life last summer. Now she must learn to live without him, or to at least compartmentalize her feelings so she can move on. Eventually, she takes another chance on the dating scene and meets Brad, a handsome divorcé...
  • The Lumberjack's Yuletide Bride: Country Brides & Cowboy Boots by Kimberly Krey

    The Lumberjack's Yuletide Bride: Country Brides & Cowboy Boots by Kimberly Krey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maddie Collins, first grade teacher at Cobble Creek Elementary, is not a man-hater. Sure, her absent father gave men a bad name, and her mother always warned her that high hopes were dangerous things, but Maddie still hopes to find a man who’ll return the love she has to offer. When lumberjack, Bear Schaefer takes an interest in her, Maddie allows her hopes to soar above the tree tops...
  • Max by Stacy Gail

    Max by Stacy Gail

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    House of Payne: Max TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains flashbacks of violence and drug abuse, and the impact of these factors on family members. If you have issues with these elements, this book is not for you.Chicago’s premiere tattoo studio, House Of Payne, is across the street from the Mad Cow diner, but it might as well be on another planet as far as waitress Paradise Simone is concerned...
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    celebrity  romance  contemporary  alpha-mc  angst  fiction  book  adult
  • Steam by H.J. Welch

    Steam by H.J. Welch

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bad boy movie star Trent Charles is more famous for his outrageous behavior than he is for his acting these days. After one scandal too many, his manager sends him home to the snowy ski slopes of Wyoming to get his life together. No parties, no fast cars, and certainly no women. Ashby Wilcott is done with bad boys. His heart is broken from his last relationship disaster...
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    celebrity  romance  mlm  contemporary  lgbtq  fiction  book  adult
  • Sweet Susie Sweet by Katie Graykowski

    Sweet Susie Sweet by Katie Graykowski

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From International Bestselling author Katie Graykowski comes a hilarious tale of love, laughter, and a high velocity potato cannon. Susie Sweet is out for her early run, she comes across a stranded motorist. When she knocks on the driver’s side door to see if she can help, the driver rolls down the window and she staring into Hollywood’s favorite romcom leading man, Dane Bennett...
    Categorized as:
    celebrity  romance  sports  humor  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • How to Seduce a Rockstar by Arabella Quinn

    How to Seduce a Rockstar by Arabella Quinn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Get ready to toss your panties on stage — it’s gonna get wild!My life was getting boring. Predictable. I needed to shake things up a bit, so my roommate helped me come up with a plan — we called it O.L.D. Operation Limp… Well, never mind about the ‘D’. Yeah, the limp part sounds yucky, right? Don’t judge — that’s just because of logistics. It’ll work out.O.L.D. is a big success...
  • The Royals: Alexander and Clara: Volume One (The Royals Saga) by Geneva Lee

    The Royals: Alexander and Clara: Volume One (The Royals Saga) by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This special edition features the first three books in the series.Command MeA man with the world at his feet, and he stole a kiss from her.It should have ended there, since Clara has no idea who he is. Except that kiss was caught by someone's camera, and now the picture is splashed on tabloids all over the world. She should have recognized him: Prince Alexander of Cambridge.Royal bad boy...
  • Brooklyn & Beale by Olivia Evans, Lisa Hollett

    Brooklyn & Beale by Olivia Evans, Lisa Hollett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The life of a session musician is rarely easy. After consecutive tour cancellations and a stack of unpaid bills, Chloe Bennett fears her dream has come to an end. Then everything changes. Indie rocker Reid Ryder needs a replacement violinist for his tour. For Chloe, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. For Reid, it’s a checkmark off his list...
  • The Choice by Alice Ward

    The Choice by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grant Sommerfield. Dark. Intense. Lonely. With a past he's built an empire to protect himself from. Nash Levington. Spelled F-U-N. Easygoing. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth. And then there's me. Journey Walker. A good girl with too many responsibilities and too little fun. Not that I’m complaining. As a physical therapy assistant, I love working with the elderly and disabled...
  • No Strings Attached by Lara Ward Cosio

    No Strings Attached by Lara Ward Cosio

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Steamy Stand-Alone RomanceI don’t normally stare at men’s butts. Especially not random guys in my local coffee shop. I mean, I’m a single working mom, completely devoted to my four-year-old daughter. This so isn’t me. It’s just that his backside is … phenomenal.Turns out his name is Tanner and he’s been watching me right back...
  • Tyler & Stella by Heidi Joy Tretheway

    Tyler & Stella by Heidi Joy Tretheway

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stella Ramsey always says bad boys can’t break your heart. They don’t call, don’t cuddle and don’t send flowers—but what do you expect? No strings means no regrets. When the biggest story of her fledgling music journalism career nearly ruins her relationship with her best friend, Stella has one chance to redeem herself...
  • Irreversible Damage by K.J. Bell

    Irreversible Damage by K.J. Bell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With their past behind them and a baby on the way, life for Brady and Tori is finally on track. That is, until tragedy divides them. Unable to cope, Tori moves to Minnesota to be with her parents. Heartbroken and alone, Brady throws himself into his music. His career takes off and Tori assumes Brady left her behind. After a chance run in with Brady’s brother, Tug, Tori makes a decision...
  • True for You by Marquita Valentine

    True for You by Marquita Valentine

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jackson For me, failure has never been an option, not with Everett Morgan controlling my entire career. But when my efforts to win back the girl who got away end up with me helping my rival, I concede defeat—and sneak away to a private island off the coast of South Carolina to lick my wounds. Only I wasn’t counting on the seamstress for the band driving the getaway car...
  • The Unexpected by L. Knight

    The Unexpected by L. Knight

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BeckI’m a gifted surgeon, a playboy who can have anyone I want with a click of my fingers. I get to play out whatever fantasy I want with whomever I want at the club I own with my best friends.My life is perfect, so why do I feel like there’s something missing?Then she walks back into my life, and I realize how hollow it all is...
  • The Monday Girl by Julie Johnson

    The Monday Girl by Julie Johnson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ** DON'T MISS THE REDUCED $2.99 INTRO PRICE! ** Katharine Firestone is a bit of a mess. Between an acting career that’s never quite made lift-off to stardom, a pathetic love life of online-dating-app losers, and a maxed-out balance on every one of her credit cards, things can’t get much worse...
  • Hate to Love Him by J. Saman

    Hate to Love Him by J. Saman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A gorgeous, brooding rock god. An unstoppable chemistry we fight to ignore. Desperate passion I want indelibly inked on my soul...Jobless and financially destitute, I have no choice but to see this tour through. Even with my boss hating my guts.A fact he goes out of his way to prove every chance he gets.Lucky for me, the best part of Jasper Diamond is his daughter...
  • The Perfect Emotion by Melissa Rolka

    The Perfect Emotion by Melissa Rolka

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The story of Kate, Kyle and Reed continues in this second novel of The Perfect Series. Kate (Katherine) Monroe is finally coming to heads with the decisions she’s made in the past to keep herself distracted at any cost. Learning to move on and forward with the conflicts in her life is harder than she expects though...
  • Rocked: Joe and Liss by Clara Bayard

    Rocked: Joe and Liss by Clara Bayard

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's dreaming of a life of excitement and romance. He's searching for something real. When rock sensation Joe Hawk wanders into the diner where Liss works her dark night is brightened by his incredibly blue eyes and sexy smile. The attraction is immediate and every moment is charged with erotic heat. The first impression is easy. Taking the next step is much harder...
  • The Destined Series: The Complete Collection by Ashley Suzanne

    The Destined Series: The Complete Collection by Ashley Suzanne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A complete collection of the best selling Destined Series. Over 275,000 words, 4 complete novels and a novella...
  • A Little Bit of Truth by A.E. Murphy

    A Little Bit of Truth by A.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is a standalone novel. Marie... I made the mistake of sleeping with my best friend. Now he wants more, but he knows I have a three night rule. His persistence is irritating, I might just give in to keep him happy. I'm sure having a few more nights of fun with him won't ruin our relationship. Neither of us like commitment so it's perfect. Just great sex with no strings...
  • A Song for Us by Karolyn James

    A Song for Us by Karolyn James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The party for guitarist Gray Reish comes to a quick end when he receives news that his brother is in the hospital after an overdose. This isn’t shocking news to Gray, but it’s the final straw and the rock star is determined to save his brother. In order to do that, he must find out who has been supplying him, even if it costs Gray his life...
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    celebrity  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
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