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  • When It Falls Apart by Catherine Bybee

    When It Falls Apart by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes a bittersweet romance about the power of love in the face of heartbreak and loss.Brooke Turner has always had a complicated relationship with her father. But when his health takes a turn for the worse, she drops everything to care for him. He’s her dad, after all, and he needs her...
  • To Dream by Carolyn Brown

    To Dream by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Greta Fields had planned to stay one night in Murray County, Oklahoma, to attend her brother's wedding, even though she thought he was making the biggest mistake of his life for the second time. But on her way out of town, she caused a three car pileup when she dropped her cell phone and tried to retrieve it while traveling ninety miles an hour...
  • Wild Ride by Lorelei James, Moira Keith

    Wild Ride by Lorelei James, Moira Keith

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BUCKLING DOWN by Moira Keith Levi McKenna heads to Las Vegas with one simple goal: win the rodeo and cement his place in rodeo history. Then Lady Luck throws a wild card into the deck—Sydney Hart. Time and distance haven’t dulled the sharp edge of their attraction, but thanks to a long-ago promise, she will always be the forbidden fruit dangling just out of reach...
  • Malibu by Moonlight by Brooke St. James

    Malibu by Moonlight by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Liam Kennedy was on a flight to Los Angeles, bound for his cousin's wedding. He was fresh out of a relationship that he had been trying to end for months and was looking forward to having a great trip with his family while relaxing in his reclaimed status as a bachelor...
  • Invisible by Ginny L. Yttrup

    Invisible by Ginny L. Yttrup

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ellyn DeMoss -- chef, café owner, and lover of butter -- is hiding behind her extra weight. But what is she hiding? While Ellyn sees the good in others, she has only condemnation for herself. So when a handsome widower claims he’s attracted to Ellyn, she’s certain there’s something wrong with him...
  • So This is Love by Brooke St. James

    So This is Love by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abigail Spencer loved her job. She was a marine biologist who maintained some of Miami's most spectacular ponds and aquariums. She had the opportunity to travel around the city, meeting new people and working in beautiful locations. So, even though it was just another day at the office when she suddenly met the man of her dreams, she wasn't in an office at all...
  • Surrender to a Donovan by A.C. Arthur

    Surrender to a Donovan by A.C. Arthur

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sean Donovan is a man on a mission—to discover who is behind the popular relationship column that has transformed his family-owned magazine into Miami's hippest glossy. But Tate Dennison isn't the sassy columnist the hardworking bachelor expected. Nor is he prepared for the flash fire of passion the stunning single mother arouses...
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    north-america  urban  usa  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Desire a Donovan by A.C. Arthur

    Desire a Donovan by A.C. Arthur

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The sexy, fast-living heir to a multimillion-dollar news-and-entertainment dynasty, Dion Donovan is the man every woman wants. Despite his playboy rep, Dion's heart belongs to Lyra Anderson. He's never forgotten the kiss they shared…right before she left Miami for a new life in L.A. Now she's back, a successful photographer�and more desirable than ever...
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    north-america  urban  usa  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • See You in Seattle by Brooke St. James

    See You in Seattle by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mac Klein had made a series of disciplined life choices. He was now thirty years old and a successful professional athlete. He lived in a beautiful mansion in Seattle with plenty of room to surround himself with family and friends. He devoted all his time and energy to his career, and he had no interest in starting a serious relationship with a woman...
  • Forever at Sunrise by Ann Lister

    Forever at Sunrise by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having survived the hell that ended their last tour, Wheland realizes just how short life can be and how close he came to losing his own in the flames of the Berlin fire. Officially off the road until everyone has had a chance to fully heal from their physical and emotional wounds, Wheland and his band brothers limp back home to make sense of what happened and where they will go from here...
  • Home Ice by Catherine Gayle

    Home Ice by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Catherine Gayle presents another novella in the Portland Storm hockey romance series. There’s only one person in the world that Mattias Bergstrom allows to see his soft side: his younger sister, who was born with Down syndrome...
  • Waiting For Wren by Cate Beauman

    Waiting For Wren by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wren Cooke has everything she’s ever wanted—a thriving career as one of LA’s top interior designers and a home she loves. Business trips, mockups, and her demanding clientele keep her busy, almost too busy to notice Ethan Cooke Security’s gorgeous Close Protection Agent, Tucker Campbell...
  • Falling For Sarah by Cate Beauman

    Falling For Sarah by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Widow Sarah Johnson struggled to pick up the pieces after her life was ripped apart. After two years of grieving, she’s found contentment in her thriving business as photographer to Hollywood’s A-list and in raising her angel-faced daughter, Kylee... until bodyguard and long-time friend Ethan Cooke changes everything with a searing moonlight kiss...
  • Sweet Dreams by Rochelle Alers

    Sweet Dreams by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chandra Eaton can't believe she left her journals--containing very private, very erotic dreams she's been having for the past two years--in a Philly taxicab. Her embarrassment turns to intrigue when Preston Tucker finds and returns them. The soulful playwright fires up Chandra's body and her mind...
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    north-america  urban  usa  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Avarice by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Avarice by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seventeen years ago, Ainsley Tidwell’s young life was shattered upon her discovery of the body of her murdered cousin, Carly. Now Carly’s sister Sabrina is missing, and Ainsley returns to Dahlonega, Georgia for the first time since the homicide that tore her family apart...
  • All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers

    All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Disenchanted with the politics of working in an upscale Washington, D.C. restaurant, twenty-seven-year-old chef Lydia Lord resigns from her job and resolves to make it on her own...
  • His Distraction by Thia Finn

    His Distraction by Thia Finn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being on tour is great for the hot new alternative rock band, Assured Distraction, but not for relationships. Guitar player Ryan and girlfriend Krissy quickly realize they have two different visions for their future. She wants the house and two point five kids. He wants the band to be on top. The band is ready to leave leave on their epic tour with Ryder Steel...
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    north-america  urban  usa  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Something of a Storm by Brooke St. James

    Something of a Storm by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes you need to make a change in life, and Laney Spencer was about to do just that. She was a talented artist and had been encouraged to move to San Francisco to pursue her dreams. Days after her little sister graduated high school the two packed their truck and headed south to California. Laney was ready for a new start and assumed everything would go perfectly...
  • Home Fire Inferno [Burn, Baby, Burn!] by Suzanne Brockmann

    Home Fire Inferno [Burn, Baby, Burn!] by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Please note: A dollar of the author’s royalties from each copy sold of this edition of Home Fire Inferno will go to organizations supporting veterans. (Thank you so much!) Also note: Home Fire Inferno is a Troubleshooters short story. It’s around fifty pages long, and was originally published in the charity anthology Way of the Warrior, which is no longer available in most e-formats...
  • Taming the Texas Cowboy by Charlene Sands

    Taming the Texas Cowboy by Charlene Sands

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a disaster destroyed nearly everything Maddie Brooks owned, Trey Walker offered the petite redhead shelter at 2 Hope Ranch. A veterinarian, Maddie was smart, sexy, and good with animals… Impossible to resist, yet Trey is convinced he is cursed when it comes to women. The temporary arrangement Maddie made with Trey was supposed to be strictly business...
  • Hiding in Park City by RaeAnne Thayne

    Hiding in Park City by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A single mom on the run and an injured FBI agent find their greatest danger is with each other in this story of secret identity, originally titled Nowhere to Hide and published in 2003! As an on-the-run single mother out to protect her little girls, Lisa Connors needs two things: money, and to keep her identity secret...
  • Coming Back by John Inman

    Coming Back by John Inman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Barney Teegarden knows what it’s like to be alone. He knows what it’s like to have a romantic heart, yet no love in his life to unleash the romance on. With the help of a friend, he acquires a lease in a seedy apartment building perched high on a hill in downtown San Diego...
  • Silver Linings by Kaylee Baldwin

    Silver Linings by Kaylee Baldwin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Drew Westfall wants nothing more than to forget what he had to do in the name of "smart" business. Cutting off all ties with his parents—including handing over the entire contents of his trust fund to a charity—he takes off for Bridger, Colorado where his best friend has an extra room for him...
  • Proud Heart: A Chance & Bradley Story by Kade Boehme

    Proud Heart: A Chance & Bradley Story by Kade Boehme

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After three years together and a fair share of family drama, Bradley and Chance are feeling the strain of trying to keep their business afloat, their families happy, and planning their wedding. Chance is headed to an LGBT Charity horse show in L.A. just in time for Pride, but Bradley can't pull himself away from overworking and his insecurities...
  • Fire Flow by Max Walker

    Fire Flow by Max Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sexy firefighter, Colton Drake, has everything going for him. From a prize-winning smile to a washboard set of abs, all mixed together with a playful sense of humor. He wasn’t the type to have one-night stands, but he knew he wouldn’t have trouble finding them. So why was he having such a terrible time finding someone to spend his life with? Well, until he meets the man that changes everything...
  • Triggered: A Cowboy Bodyguard Romance by Elle James

    Triggered: A Cowboy Bodyguard Romance by Elle James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Read the first book New York Times bestselling author Elle James’s beloved Covert Cowboys, Inc. series! After taking justice into his own hands, Austin police officer Ben Harding faces an unknown future. But a new job referral as a bodyguard carries the possibility of salvation...
  • Perfection: The MacGregor Grooms / A Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts

    Perfection: The MacGregor Grooms / A Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The MacGregor Grooms(1998)Daniel MacGregor sets his matchmaking skills against three of his grandsons - D.C., Duncan, and Ian.A Perfect Neighbor(1999)Daniel MacGregor is matchmaking again when he encourages playwright Preston McQuinn to move in across the hall from his granddaughter Cybill Campbell...
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    north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Lost in Cottonwood Canyon (The Searchers) / How to Train a Cowboy by RaeAnne Thayne, Caro Carson

    Lost in Cottonwood Canyon (The Searchers) / How to Train a Cowboy by RaeAnne Thayne, Caro Carson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Originally published in 2004 and called Nothing to Lose, New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne brings readers a thrilling story of a sister desperate to save her brother’s life and the true crime writer who may be the only man who can help!Crime expert Wyatt McKinnon has built his career by turning high-profile cases into bestsellers...
  • Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

    Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (and the girl she's always wanted) or LA with her estranged mom (and the guy she never saw coming).In Dahlia Adler’s Going Bicoastal, there’s more than one path to happily ever after...
  • His Brown-Eyed Girl by Liz Talley

    His Brown-Eyed Girl by Liz Talley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's saving him from…the kids? Lucas Finlay is used to calling the shots. But looking after his two nephews and niece in New Orleans, he's entirely out of his league. Luckily help is next door. With almost no effort Addy Toussant manages to make order from the kid chaos. Lucas is beyond grateful…he's also very attracted to her. Images of an adults-only playdate are soon dancing in his head...
  • Chill by Stephanie Rowe

    Chill by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HE DISAPPEARED. Alaskan bush pilot Luke Webber did not exist until eight years ago. His brutal history still haunts him, but no one will ever know who he used to be. It needs to stay that way, or more people will die. SHE FOUND HIM. Isabella Kopas is on the run, a bullet in her shoulder and a murderer on her tail...
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    north-america  urban  usa  adult  alaska  book  contemporary  drama
  • All That Matters by Erin Nicholas

    All That Matters by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens in the Big Easy doesn’t always stay in the Big Easy. Thank goodness.The Billionaire Bargains, Book 3When billionaire Emily Steele breaks off her eight-year relationship with the only boyshe’s ever dated, she quickly realizes she has a lot to learn. About the world. About herself.And men. Definitely men...
  • Leaning Into Always by Lane Hayes

    Leaning Into Always by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life is good for Eric Schuster. He owns a highly successful tech company, has a great group of buddies, and he’s about to marry the man of his dreams. Eric is pleasantly surprised to find the transition from friends to lovers has been easier than he thought...
  • Extremely Famous by Heather C. Leigh

    Extremely Famous by Heather C. Leigh

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***WARNING*** This book contains scenes and language appropriate for ages 18+*** Sydney Tannen has been living in denial for the last 12 years. Now that she's making a life with Drew Forrester, hiding from her past is no longer an option. An emotional reunion with her father brings Sydney a peaceful feeling that she hasn't experienced in a long time...
    Categorized as:
    california  north-america  urban  usa  adult  belize  book  celebrity
  • Departure from the Script by Jae

    Departure from the Script by Jae

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Aspiring actress Amanda Clark and photographer Michelle Osinski are two women burned by love and not looking to test the fire again. And even if they were, it certainly wouldn’t be with each other. Amanda has never been attracted to a butch woman before, and Michelle personifies the term butch...
  • I Heart Vegas by Lindsey Kelk

    I Heart Vegas by Lindsey Kelk

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After her first standalone novel, The Single Girl's To-Do List, Lindsey returns with a sparkling and romantic new novel in the I Heart series. Angela Clark loves her life in New York. She a Brit who's conquered the Big Apple. Unfortunately, she's also a Brit who's lost her job...
  • The Best Worst Thing by Lauren Okie

    The Best Worst Thing by Lauren Okie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From a stunning new voice in romance, Lauren Okie’s The Best Worst Thing is an intimate story about starting over, second chances, and two people who cannot help falling into each other’s orbit once again.All things considered, Nicole Speyer has a pretty amazing life. At least that’s what she tells herself...
  • Rocked by Taryn Elliott, Cari Quinn

    Rocked by Taryn Elliott, Cari Quinn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Love definitely wasn't on the setlist. Opening for their idols on their first tour, Oblivion is living the dream. Mostly. Frustrated at being shoved out of his mediator role by their new manager, Deacon McCoy loses himself in brutal workouts...
  • Hell by Jet Mykles

    Hell by Jet Mykles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Heaven Sent gets a hell of new keyboardist with a name to match. Heller Witting is an amazing musician and proves to be the answer to a sound that the band was missing. With lavender hair and big violet eyes, he captivates Brent Rose from the start, and not just with his music. Brent knows better than to get involved with a member of the band...
  • Dare You To by Riley Hart

    Dare You To by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Previously released in the anthology, IT WAS ALWAYS YOU. A Wild Side Series prequel novella. Austin Thompson spends most of his spare time reading or logging in extra hours at the LGBTQ youth center where he works. His only standing “night out,” if you can call it that, is his weekly movie night with his best friend, Dare Nichols...
  • Genesis by Jet Mykles

    Genesis by Jet Mykles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The week before Heaven Sent's New Year's performance, Brent fractures his hand, which puts him out of commission for the show. Fortunately, it's not permanent, but it leaves he and Hell dealing with the "what if," not to mention Brent's jealousy of the guitarist taking his place...
  • Everlasting Desire by Amanda Ashley

    Everlasting Desire by Amanda Ashley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Desire Burns ForeverThe clientele at Shore's clothing store includes some of L.A.'s sexiest bachelors. But none of them affects Megan DeLacey as deeply as the dark-eyed stranger who strides into her boutique one evening - and keeps returning, night after night. Megan is drawn to Rhys Costain even as she fears him...
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    california  north-america  urban  usa  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book
  • Greater Than Rubies by Hallee Bridgeman

    Greater Than Rubies by Hallee Bridgeman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Robin Bartlett said, "Yes!" Will she say, "I do," when the big day arrives? From his cultured handsome looks to his vast fortune, Antonio "Tony" Viscolli is every red-blooded American girl's dream match. It doesn't hurt that he completely loves and adores Robin with all his heart and soul from practically the moment they first meet...
  • The Secret Dreams of Sarah-Jane Quinn by Sharon Gerlach

    The Secret Dreams of Sarah-Jane Quinn by Sharon Gerlach

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sarah-Jane Quinn has many secret dreams: to own the bed-and-breakfast inn where she stayed as a child; to finally capture the elusive Coleridge “Collie” Tate, on whom she has an enormous crush; and most importantly, to be someone’s top priority for once in her life...
  • Love Out Loud by Marilyn Lee

    Love Out Loud by Marilyn Lee

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 2 in the Long Line of Love seriesAs her thirty-first birthday approaches, plain but passionate accountant Benai Peters' romantic prospects improve when she attracts the attention of her best friend's brother-in-law at the wedding rehearsal dinner. The only problem is the handsome Randall Grayhawk mistakenly thinks she belongs to his older brother, the equally handsome but brooding Bancroft...
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    north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  poc-mc  steamy
  • Marriage Wanted by Debbie Macomber

    Marriage Wanted by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MARRIAGE WANTEDGROOM: Divorce attorney Dash Davenport had seen enough bad endings to know that marriage was a mistake. When he had asked Savannah Charles to marry him, it was out of mutual necessity--not love.BRIDE: Weddings were Savannah's business and she was an expert on marital bliss. Yet she'd given little thought to her own day of joy...
  • More than a Bargain by Jet Mykles

    More than a Bargain by Jet Mykles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead. Unfortunately, Meg killed him. With magic. A definite no-no where the Witches' Council is concerned. If the Council can prove it, she'll be put to death. To make matters worse, she also absorbed a hell of a lot of the wicked witch's power and memories and she's barely able to contain them. What's a good witch to do? Rely on her shifters, of course...
  • And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child, Maureen Childs

    And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child, Maureen Childs

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nine years ago, Samantha Marconi was swept away in a whirlwind wedding...even though she'd only known her new husband for a month. When Jeff left her just weeks after the wedding-she found out she was pregnant and had nowhere to turn. So Sam did the only thing she thought she could do. She placed her daughter up for adoption and tried to forget the past-until her past came knocking on her door..
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    north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Leather and Lace by Lily Graison

    Leather and Lace by Lily Graison

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Roxy Carlisle is on a mission. She's been in lust with Luke Harris, lead guitarist for the band Wicked, for two years. When her best friend, Holly, hooks up with the bands lead singer, and asks her to tag along to New York with her to meet the band, Roxy couldn't pack her bags fast enough. The chance to meet Luke in person was a dream come true...
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    north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Most Wanted by Diana Palmer

    Most Wanted by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Include three previously released novels. THE CASE OF THE MESMERIZING BOSS--Name: Dane Lassiter. Description: A private eyeful at home... and on the range. Secret Sorrow: A family is forever denied to him. Current Focus: Tess Meriwether, gentle, vulnerable -- and targeted for danger. He had been a Texas Ranger, a lawman extraordinaire...
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