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  • Busted by Emilia Finn

    Busted by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Daughter of an over protective world-champion fighter, and shielded by dozens of alpha men, Emma Kincaid was locked in an ivory tower many years ago.Too bad she shimmied down water pipes the moment she was old enough to do so. Coercing with the devil twins is as natural as breathing to her, and getting into trouble with them is as easy as falling in love...
  • Styx by Cee Bowerman

    Styx by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Katrine Larson hasn’t had it easy. A horrible childhood that evolved into a horrible marriage has changed her. Now, all she wants to do is raise her family in a better world than the one she was born into...
  • Luck and Last Resorts by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

    Luck and Last Resorts by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They have a second chance at love, but there are some rough seas ahead in the new contemporary romance from the acclaimed author of Love, Lists, and Fancy ShipsCommitment-phobe Nina Lejeune lives by two rules: 1. Always have fun. 2. Don’t rely on anyone but yourself.The first rule is easy; the second, she’s only broken once...
  • Be Your Everything by Catherine Bybee

    Be Your Everything by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes a romance about childhood friends who marry in Vegas and embark on a wild ride to find their happily ever after.With two protective older brothers and a traditional Catholic Italian mother, it’s surprising that Chloe D’Angelo can manage a date without someone in the family naysaying her romantic choice...
  • Wrath by Cee Bowerman

    Wrath by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wrath Tempest has always been the caretaker in his family. As the eldest, he helped care for all of the younger children. When tragedy struck their family, he held them all together until they could each stand on their own.In business with his brothers and sisters, Wrath seems content with his life...
  • Stolen Kisses by Ruth Cardello

    Stolen Kisses by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dax Marshall isn’t the type of man a woman takes home to meet her parents. He’s a business shark who has never let anything as insignificant as caring stop him from taking over a company. Some call him heartless, but he doesn’t see the value of caring about anyone or anything until he meets Kenzi. Her happiness becomes his obsession...
  • Far from Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Far from Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shattered by the pastMichael Novak was a US Marshal with his whole life figured out. Right up until the woman he called partner betrayed him. He’s been hiding in Bliss, CO, trying to pull himself out of the darkness. The only bright light is Lucy Carson. Something about Trio’s favorite waitress calls to him, but he can’t trust his instincts anymore...
  • The Whole Time by Catherine Bybee

    The Whole Time by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes a tale of a strong-willed dancer exercising her independence and the rich biker she can’t let go.Salena Barone has broken free of her family and moved into an apartment above the D’Angelos' restaurant, where she works as a manager—without a husband, thank you very much...
  • Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For the first time ever, the Hope Town books are being bundled! Join us for the first three books in the series! Complete with all new bonus content! You fell in love with them as children in the Corps Security Series, but now, watch them fall in love with a spin-off series of their own, the Hope Town Series...
  • Pull It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Pull It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Coming from a family as large as the Donovan clan, Lake hasn’t had many secrets in her life. She works with her family, lives in the same building as all of her siblings, and has two sisters who are identical to her in almost every way. But now, she’s got a secret, and the longer she keeps it, the bigger it’s going to get.Mark came from the kind of family that most people can’t even comprehend...
  • Runaway Heir by Ruth Cardello

    Runaway Heir by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a woman runs from family, fortune, and secrets, love follows in New York Times bestselling author Ruth Cardello’s dazzling romance. The Boston Westerlys are reuniting for a wedding—a longtime wish for its matriarch. If only Nicolette, the youngest of the clan’s siblings, could find love. With her true parentage suddenly in question, she feels like more of an outsider than ever...
  • Slope of Love by Melissa Foster

    Slope of Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Olympic gold medalist skiers Jayla Stone and Rush Remington have been best friends for years. They've seen each other at their best and worst and have kept each other's secrets without fail. Only there's one secret Rush has kept close to his chest. After months of introspection, Rush realizes he's been filling his bed but not tending to his heart...
  • California Sunsets by Bella Andre, Nicky Arden

    California Sunsets by Bella Andre, Nicky Arden

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meet the Davenport family! Six brothers and sisters who call picturesque Carmel-by-the-Sea home. Successful, brilliant, and passionate, the only thing they all still need is the perfect partner in love and life. Erin Davenport always imagined she’d end up with a quiet man. Someone like her. Then she met Jay Malone. He’s the loudest, pushiest, most sales-oriented man she’s ever met...
  • Hold Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Hold Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As the hockey league’s star goalie, I live by three simple principles:1. Keep a pristine image.2. Work hard on the ice.3. Don’t piss off the bosses…too much.I was killing it until a mishap tarnished my image. Now, management has me cleaning up my reputation and coaching a bunch of kids. And damn, those little punks are growing on me, and so is the program coordinator, Kendra...
  • When You're Mine by Layla Hagen

    When You're Mine by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Take New York by storm and steer clear of serious relationships. That's the plan. That's the goal. It's easy too; now that my software company is taking off. Nothing is getting in the way of that--not even my personal trainer. I don't care how sexy and intriguing she is.Mel Dawson keeps talking me into doing things, like watching the sunset and slowing down to enjoy life...
  • Where Forever Ends by K. Street

    Where Forever Ends by K. Street

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔—𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘. Then: I was a wife. Married to a man who was my world and the father of my child. Then, one day, half of my heart was ripped out of my chest. Now: I’m a widow. A single mom who has spent the last nine months trying like hell not to drown in an ocean of grief...
  • Should I Tell You? by Jill Mansell

    Should I Tell You? by Jill Mansell

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Amber, Lachlan and Raffaele met as teenagers in the Cornish seaside home of kind-hearted foster parents. Years on, the bond between them is unbreakableBut Amber has a secret. She's in love with Lachlan. She can't tell him, because that would never work - he's definitely not the settling-down type...
  • Ink Exposed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Ink Exposed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink series continues with the brother that deserves a second chance, and the woman who has always loved him. Alex Montgomery lost his first love and then proceeded to leave himself in the bottle. Only he and his ex-wife truly know why he fell so hard and so fast down a path he never thought he’d take...
  • Cougar by M.A. Foster

    Cougar by M.A. Foster

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At eighteen, I met a man.A man who turned my world upside down and made me the center of his.He claimed us meeting was fate. I agreed.I was the damsel in distress, and he was my white knight.I became his princess, and he was my prince charming.He gave me the fairy tale.The dream.Until fate circled around and turned my dream into a living nightmare...
  • Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wickedly, funny romcom that'll have you laughing and swooning one minute, and hot and sweaty the next. Follow along as Paxton and Hartford try to navigate a world they know nothing about--B D S M! I’ve always lived by one major rule, don’t fall for your best friend, and this is one rule I can’t break. I’m supposed to write an article about a topic so scandalous, I can’t even say it...
  • Whispers of the Heart by Rae Knight

    Whispers of the Heart by Rae Knight

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When loss happens and grief holds you hostage, is there ever an escape? Can one person really be the answer to all your prayers and the balm to all the open wounds on your heart?Elizabeth Wallace has always been a punk rock kind of gal, yet in high school she nabbed the golden boy and jock, Lyle Foster...
  • Captivated by Nicole Edwards

    Captivated by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lucie Werner’s life has never followed the path she envisioned for herself and five years ago, it veered off course yet again. This time after one erotic night of passion with the man she’d been captivated by since the first day she met him...
  • Seduced in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Seduced in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink: Boulder series concludes with a fake relationship where the heat and emotional connection are anything but false.The moment Madison McClard’s parents tell her that her ex is getting married, there’s no getting out of their latest scheme. One moment she’s trying to get out of their clutches. The next, they’re telling her exactly who she’ll marry to save the family name...
  • Tempting Perfection (Timeless Love Novel) by Kristin Mayer

    Tempting Perfection (Timeless Love Novel) by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Together we were explosive. Apart we were miserable. I know he wants more, but he denies himself. His gaze burns with desire when he looks at me. But the wall he has built keeps me out. I sense he’s hiding something. But, then, so am I. To guard our hearts, we’ve kept our secrets locked away...
  • Take a Chance on Me by Alexa Land

    Take a Chance on Me by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Free-spirited ballet dancer Quinn is sure he made a terrible mistake by agreeing to be Duke’s roommate. The big cop is the most uptight person Quinn’s ever met, and both men begin driving each other crazy from day one. Before long though, an undeniable spark of attraction ignites between them...
  • Branded Steel by M.J. Fields

    Branded Steel by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He can sing, dance, and owns whatever stage he’s "performing" on.His looks make him a triple threat. And he’s gone viral.He is the Country Music Artist of the Year.Which means that face, those eyes, that hair, that body, and his voice are every-freaking-where.He’s America’s newest country sensation, and he can do no wrong.Except, he did.He totally did.And he did it to me...
  • Whiskey Undone by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Whiskey Undone by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two best friends follow a dangerous and seductive path in the final standalone novel of the bestselling Whiskey and Lies series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan. Ainsley Harris has always kept a secret from her best friend. She’s stood by his side, helped him raise his daughter, and tried to keep her distance even though she’s been in love with him for years...
  • Ashes to Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Ashes to Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a new story in her Montgomery Ink series… Back in Denver, Abby lost everything she ever loved, except for her daughter, the one memory she has left of the man she loved and lost. Now, she’s moved next to the Montgomerys in Colorado Springs, leaving her past behind to start her new life. One step at a time...
  • Ray of Heart by E.L. Todd

    Ray of Heart by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryker finally told me what happened all those months ago. He explained his distance, his coldness. Now everything makes sense. I've been with Zeke for a long time now, and everything is exactly how I want it to be. I adore him. No, I love him. But there's a warning deep in my gut. Zeke is acting differently, and Ryker isn't the same either. It's the calm before the storm...
  • Logan by Samantha Chase

    Logan by Samantha Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meet the Blackthorne men, each one as hot, fast, and smooth as the whisky that built the family fortune, and the yachts and race cars that bear their name. From proud Scottish stock, Blackthornes never lose. But, one by one, the seven sexy men in this family are about to risk everything when they fall for strong and beautiful women who test their mettle in life…and love...
  • Suddenly Together by J a Low

    Suddenly Together by J a Low

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SHE WAS EVERYTHING I ALWAYS WANTED I’m Christian Taylor, world famous guitarist of Dirty Texas. I’m a certified rock god, I have a reputation, tattoos and a body made for sin. One look from me and I’ll melt your panties. There isn’t a woman out there who has ever said no to me, except Vanessa Roberts, the one woman I want above all and can’t have...
  • 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...
  • Restless Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Restless Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink series continues with the so-called sensible sister and the one man she never should have fallen for.For Thea Montgomery, baking isn’t only therapeutic, it’s also her dream job. She’s worked countless hours keeping her bakery afloat, and now that it’s where she wants it to be, she’s ready to expand and take the next step...
  • Falling in Love All Over Again by Bella Andre

    Falling in Love All Over Again by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Sullivans Babymoon Novella Catch up with the whole Sullivan clan in this funny, sizzling hot, heartwarming novella! Lori "Naughty" Sullivan has always been a force of nature--and marriage to Grayson Tyler, her sexy cowboy, hasn't mellowed her out one bit. She's still dancing in stilettos, laughing too loud, and lovingly plotting new ways to drive her husband crazy...
  • Inked Expressions by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Expressions by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink Series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with the brother who keeps his secret and the one woman he shouldn’t want. Everly Law married the love of her life and on the eve of giving birth to their twins, lost him in a tragic accident. Now she’s a single mother working overtime at her bookstore trying to make sure her boys have the life they deserve...
  • The Road Leads Back by Marci Bolden

    The Road Leads Back by Marci Bolden

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kara Martinson and Harry Canton weren’t exactly high school sweethearts, but they did share one night neither will ever forget. Twenty-seven years later, Harry surprises Kara at an art gallery opening and discovers he left her with more than just memories when he went away to college...
  • Hollywood Heir by Ruth Cardello

    Hollywood Heir by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A billionaire silver-screen hero finds a real-life heroine in this sizzling romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Ruth Cardello. Sage Revere follows her instincts, which have led to an oddball career as a plant psychologist. As a side project, she also helps strangers find happiness...
  • 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...
  • Chasing Charli by Kat Mizera

    Chasing Charli by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Resisting her may be his toughest test of all... Finnish hockey star Miikka Laasonen may seem to live a charmed life, but the reality is that he's lonely. His struggle with learning the English language makes it hard for him to fit in and to make matters worse, his Finnish girlfriend tires of their long-distance relationship and dumps him...
  • Wild Chance by Mari Carr

    Wild Chance by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can he make this moment last a lifetime?It’s been three years since Padraig lost his wife and since then, he’s been sleepwalking his way through each day, focusing only on work and family, while hanging out with his best friend, Emmy...
  • Caldwell Brothers: The Complete Series Bundle by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Caldwell Brothers: The Complete Series Bundle by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nico is it for me...too bad he’s my brother’s best friend. Friends and brothers are off limits. That’s always been the rule in our house. In a big family it’s the only way to keep the peace. That doesn’t stop my heart from belonging to Nico, my older brother’s best friend...
  • The Lost Sheenan's Bride by Jane Porter

    The Lost Sheenan's Bride by Jane Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trying to get over a broken heart, twenty-four year old teacher Jet Diekerhof takes a gap year to travel and have an adventure. Her practical farming family is horrified until Jet's older sister Harley gets her a long term sub position at a one room school house in Montana’s Paradise Valley. Jet's grateful it’s 775 miles from her overly involved family—and the guy who broke her heart...
  • Redlight by Winter Travers

    Redlight by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jay Perez has it all.A great job.Amazing friends.An endless stream of girls that come running at the crook of a finger.Long days at work and late nights partying don’t leave Jay much time to think about anything but where he and his race team are off to next.And then Delaney obliterates everything with a few simple words.“You’re the father of my baby...
  • Staying For You (All For You) by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Staying For You (All For You) by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I arrived at your resort, I was broken. Emotionally and professionally, I had nothing left. The last three books I published bombed and the ink was barely dry on my divorce papers. The divorce I never saw coming. All I needed was peace and quiet, and you gave it to me. That and so much more Hope. Courage. Friendship. Passion. The last thing I want to do is leave...
  • Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson

    Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLER! 10 NEW HOLIDAY ROMANCES From NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Authors To Warm Your Heart And Curl Your Toes! Each Sweet and/or Steamy Story takes place at a unique magical Mistletoe Lodge. Curl up in your favorite chair and treat yourself to a Christmassy-Happily-Ever-After Experience full of jingle bells, mistletoe and JOY, celebrating the spirit of the season...
  • 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...
  • Calling Cassie by Kat Mizera

    Calling Cassie by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Twenty-three-year-old hockey stud Logan Pelletier is having the time of his life as the ultimate bachelor. It’s all about hockey and living it up with his friends. He has no time for love, let alone a relationship. Until a spunky, hockey-playing stripper dances into his life... and his bed.Miss independent Cassidy Reynolds is already 0-2 in the marriage department...
  • Playing with Fire by Lili Valente

    Playing with Fire by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thou shalt not bang your best friend. That commandment would be a lot easier if Maddie wasn’t the sexiest siren ever to wade into a tide pool. Or if I was good at resisting temptation.I’m the troublemaker, the firefighter who enjoys getting a little too close to the flames. And the trouble is double, since Maddie’s sister is about to marry my brother. That makes a tryst even riskier...
  • Whirlwind by Cat Porter

    Whirlwind by Cat Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Book 1 in a highly addictive and scorching hot Friends-to-Lovers Rockstar Romance duet set in the world of the acclaimed Lock & Key MC Romance series!*BeckOn the final night of my band's sold-out world tour, my high life comes crashing down on me.Girlfriend. Band. Best friend. All of it. Blindsided, humiliated, pissed off, I take off and slam right into Violet...
  • Dangerous Secrets by Rhonda Brewer

    Dangerous Secrets by Rhonda Brewer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ian O’Connor has everything going for him. He’s got the O’Connor drop dead good looks, an incredible body and to top it off he’s a doctor. Why wouldn’t anyone want the man but none of that was the reason Sandy Churchill was head over heels in love with the man. After he had stood her up for their first official date, she was weary of taking another chance...
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