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  • Forever Bold by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Bold by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ariana Ali Rahman is a princess who is always up for fun, but then one night changed everything for her. That one night showed her what good she could do and set her on a dangerous path speaking up for those who had no voice. Determined to bring justice to the unheard, Ariana heads to New York City only to become a target for her charitable work...
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    grief  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros

    The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Two years after the man she loved was killed in Afghanistan, Morgan Bartley is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. The reno on her dilapidated beach house in the Outer Banks might be just the distraction she needs to keep her debilitating anxiety attacks at bay and begin to heal her heart...if she can ignore the ridiculously handsome guy next door...
  • Moonshine Kiss by Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley

    Moonshine Kiss by Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    All those years of adolescent fantasies and this was how Bowie Bodine first touched my boobs. And he apologized. Real life was stupid and unfair. Small town deputy Cassidy Tucker’s dating life is a train wreck on repeat. All she ever wanted was a solid partner. A man to share pajamas with. The handsome, big-hearted Bowie Bodine. Wait. Scratch that. Mr...
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    kind-mc  multi-pov  slow-burn  suspense  adult  angst  audiobook  book
  • Bourbon Bliss by Claire Kingsley, Lucy Score

    Bourbon Bliss by Claire Kingsley, Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    “I didn’t reply. I couldn’t. Seeing this man’s naked private parts had not rendered me speechless but watching him lick ice cream off his finger had.” – June Tucker June Tucker doesn’t understand people. Numbers, data, and statistics? Those make sense. People? Not so much. In a town of Friday night fighters and moonshine-swilling line dancers, she’s the odd duck. And that suits her just fine...
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

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

    Beauty and the Bayou by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A sexy small town, opposites attract rom com! Sawyer Landry knows he's been beastly to be around for the past few months. But he can't seem to remember how to be fun-loving and friendly. Until he sees Juliet Dawson on his boat dock... and realizes that hip waders are, apparently, one of his turn-ons...
  • Leo by Maryann Jordan

    Leo by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He had no complaints… Great job, great boss, great co-workers. And a best friend he’d known for years.Okay, almost no complaints… The women he dated paled in comparison to his best friend.She had a lot of complaints… A job she hated, a tyrant for a boss, working with people that got on her last nerve. And no time for love. Plus, the guys she dated couldn’t come close to her best friend...
  • Wilder by C.M. Owens

    Wilder by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Wild Ones Tip #349 If you don’t understand what’s going on, it’s because you haven’t been in Tomahawk long enough. My sister and I decided to go to Tomahawk to learn more about our estranged grandmother and spend some time together doing something other than networking. What we expected was some quiet town, a peaceful escape, and a little downtime. What we got? Two sexy mountain men...
  • Broken Harbor by Catherine Cowles

    Broken Harbor by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Since the moment our lives fell apart, the only thing that mattered was making a good life for my son. A life where he was happy and safe. I just never expected to find that safety with a hockey player known for his brutal dominance on the ice and his recklessness off it.But Cope Colson is so much more.The gentle way he makes sure we’re okay. The playful care he shows my son...
  • The Prospect by Amelia Shea

    The Prospect by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sydney Harlow is a twenty-three-year-old starry-eyed romantic who believes every love story should end in a happily ever after. But past experience has shown her that’s not always the case. Sydney may appear to be the shy new girl in town, but she’s a woman on a mission to seek out the truth behind a love story so beautiful and tragic it could only be real...
  • Surrender to Me by Kelly Elliott

    Surrender to Me by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Arabella Adams was the one woman I would have laid my life down for, no matter the circumstance, because that’s what you would do for your soulmate. But when she broke up with me our senior year of college—for no reason or explanation at all—my world as I knew it fell completely apart...
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    multi-pov  slow-burn  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  dark
  • Saving Ferris by A.R. Kennedy

    Saving Ferris by A.R. Kennedy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Is your pet family or property? When Cecilia’s husband dies, she’s forced to become his dog's caregiver, something she does not immediately warm to. But when Ferris’s life is threatened by an intruder, she shoots the intruder to save the golden retriever. Police Chief Holden Owens thinks Cecilia acted lawfully, in self defense, but few agree...
  • Head Over Heels by Karla Sorensen

    Head Over Heels by Karla Sorensen

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There’s only one course of action when your dad wants you to marry a clammy-handed wimp to make one of his board members happy—you get yourself stuck in an elevator with a hot stranger and have the steamiest make-out session of your life...
  • Delicate Escape by Catherine Cowles

    Delicate Escape by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Trust doesn’t come easily when you’ve been running for as long as I have, which is why moving in with a man I barely know is such a bad idea.Shepard Colson is all golden-boy charm and devastating good looks. But I know what it’s like to be taken in by easy smiles and the promise of forever—I have the scars to prove it...
  • Trouble in Hell by Alex Grayson

    Trouble in Hell by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Four men, irrevocably bound together by their horrifying past…Trouble and his brothers escaped from Malus, Texas as kids. In the dead of night, they left behind a Hell so ominous, it made National news.When they returned as adults, it was to seek revenge and justice. Malus is theirs now. They own it, they rule it, and they protect it. By any means necessary. Trouble carries demons inside him...
  • Cowboy Seeking A Wedding Date by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Cowboy Seeking A Wedding Date by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nora Levitt is at a crossroads.After a messy breakup that left her with no home and no friends, the prospect of taking some time far away to regroup seemed appealing.That was until she saw exactly what awaited her in Moss Creek, Montana.Nothing. Nothing awaited her.The place is just fields and pastures.And cowboys. Lots and lots of cowboys.Which would be great if she was looking for a cowboy...
  • Stay Anyway by Kaylee Ryan

    Stay Anyway by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Stella Getting pregnant in college wasn’t part of the plan, but I’ll never regret giving birth to the best part of me. Even if my parents did disown me for it. A fresh start in a small town seems like a good idea, until a handsome stranger shows me a little kindness and has me feeling things, I thought I’d never feel again… things I have no business feeling about a man I just met...
  • Cheesy on the Eyes: Fake Dating Romcom by Teagan Hunter

    Cheesy on the Eyes: Fake Dating Romcom by Teagan Hunter

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Dating is hard. Dating in a small town? Impossible.Leave it to my little brother to come back home announcing he knocked up his fiancée and the wedding has been moved…to next month.When he tries to set me up with one of his football buddies, I tell him I’ll be bringing my own plus-one.Only problem? I’m hopelessly single.Enter Sullivan Scott, AKA my hero...
  • Advice From A Jilted Bride by Piper Rayne

    Advice From A Jilted Bride by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Brooklyn used to trust everyone. That was until she was left at the altar and had to fend for herself. The list was long. Finding a new place to live was top priority. But things could be worse as she mends her broken heart. Not every jilted bride gets a hottie next-door neighbor who is more than willing to lend her a hand--in forgetting her ex that is...
  • Broken Wings by Chelle Bliss

    Broken Wings by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Logan “Crow” Taylor had every intention of not getting involved in trouble after gaining his freedom and rejoining his motorcycle club. But when the rough and rowdy biker crosses paths with a single mother in need of help and his protection, he can’t turn his back and walk away...
  • Clues of the Heart by Maryann Jordan

    Clues of the Heart by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home. Katelyn MacFarlane had loved…and lost, when her young fiancé was killed in action...
  • When We Fall by J.H. Croix

    When We Fall by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A steamy, full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA from Amazon Bestselling author J.H. Croix! If you like smoking hot romance with alpha men and strong women, you’ll love this series! Sometimes when you stumble and fall, you discover who’s there to catch you. Lacey Adams runs at life full bore...
  • If There's a Way by Jessie Walker

    If There's a Way by Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He was all I ever needed. Desperate. Shattered. Lost.I was a shell of who I once was.Until him...I was a fool to come back to Shiloh.An even bigger fool to stay.But when it comes to Waylon McAllister, I never stood a chance.He's damaged. Reckless. Toxic.A walking, talking grenade to my heart.But no matter how hard I try, I can't shake him...
    Categorized as:
    grief  male-mc  multi-pov  slow-burn  abuse  adult  angst  book
  • Tempting Promises by Corinne Michaels

    Tempting Promises by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What’s the worst thing you could do when you’re stranded in the woods with your rival? Sleep with him. That’s what.Not only is Rowan Whitlock my sister’s ex, but we’re both vying for the contract that would save my family farm...
  • Claim Me Forever by A.L. Jackson

    Claim Me Forever by A.L. Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A single dad sheriff doing his best to protect his town. A gorgeous stranger caught trespassing. A love never expected…So, it turns out the town sheriff is a total cinnamon roll. A big, burly, grumpy, hot as sin, cinnamon roll. He found me hiding out on private property. Trespassing. I lied and told him I was only there because I was out of cash and had to sleep in my car...
  • Perfect Wreckage (The Wrecked Series) by Catherine Cowles

    Perfect Wreckage (The Wrecked Series) by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My past taught me to play it safe.To stay far away from handsome men who promised it all.My life was good without them. Stable, secure, predictable. But one kiss showed me that I’d been playing it safe for far too long.One night, and all I wanted was more of his wildfire.One challenge and my carefully constructed walls tumbled down...
  • Stay Tonight by Kaylee Ryan

    Stay Tonight by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sterling It’s always been her, and I just never realized. Now that I’m looking at her that way, I can’t unsee it… and I don’t want to. Alyssa has been my best friend since kindergarten, and these intense new feelings could cost me our friendship. She’s the one I share everything with, good or bad. It makes sense to share my life with her...
  • Bounty by Kristen Ashley

    Bounty by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty. Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more. And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay...
  • Heroes with Heat and Heart, Volume 3 by Tamrin Banks, Finley Brown

    Heroes with Heat and Heart, Volume 3 by Tamrin Banks, Finley Brown

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    These colors don't run, and neither do our hot heroes!Join us for the upcoming steamy protector romance anthology - Heroes with Heat and Heart 3. All proceeds go to support our veterans through the Wounded Warrior charity.Wishing our brave military members all of the best.Carina AlyceEmKay ConnorLC TaylorCB SametHarper CrossHeather ScarlettCassie MaeDenise WellsHK JacobsC. J. CorbinD...
  • Down & Dirty: Zak by Jeanne St. James

    Down & Dirty: Zak by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Shadow Valley where the Dirty Angels MC rule. Get ready to get Down & Dirty because this is Zak’s story… After spending the last ten years in prison, Zak, former DAMC president, has a few priorities: to reconnect with his “brothers,” to get drunk, and to get laid. Not necessarily in that order...
  • Shattered Dreams by Natasha Madison

    Shattered Dreams by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Montgavin Township will never be the same when one night changes the lives of six people. The course of their lives and the trajectory of the town sets them on a collision course for disaster.CharlieIt was supposed to be a regular day out.Three couples celebrating the last days of summer.When tragedy struck.I thought I was going to marry her.Instead, I was burying her...
  • Beguiled by Rebecca Sharp

    Beguiled by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dex Covington knows one calculated risk can ruin everything. His brilliance behind the screen earned him the highest security clearance in the military—but not without lasting consequences. Now, he takes comfort in logic and numbers—solving Covington Security’s cyber crimes with the hopes it will ease the weight of his past...
  • Forsaken Oath by Penelope Black

    Forsaken Oath by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beau Carter: kingpin, blue-eyed playboy from across town, and the only man I’ve ever shared my secrets with.And now, my fiercest competition.I never planned on racing in the Gauntlet, but with my sisters depending on me, winning this tournament is the only way to keep our heads above water. I work for a crew that trades in secrets, and Beau runs the underground races that keep this town alive...
  • Magic Man by Jamie Schlosser

    Magic Man by Jamie Schlosser

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    CASEYI’ve been putting my son first for so long that I’ve forgotten how to be me. Each monotonous day bleeds into the next, and I feel like I’m struggling to keep my head above water. But a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel with a man I barely know changes that.Jay reminds me that I used to be bold. Vivacious. Funny.Strong...
    Categorized as:
    grief  kind-mc  multi-pov  adult  book  children  contemporary  fiction
  • Jaxon by Olivia T. Turner

    Jaxon by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    StellaThe Ride or Die Bar isn't much, but it's the place I made my home.And the Heartlands Motorcycle Club is my family.It's just another night at work until my home gets broken into.My family gets destroyed.It's The Outlaws.They hit us hard. They take everything.But family bonds are strong and the Heartlands aren't about to let this attack by a rival MC club go unpunished...
  • Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes in life you are forced to do things you may not agree with. Family meant everything to Jude Calvert. He would do whatever it took to keep them safe and provide for them no matter what it took to make that happen. Even if that meant putting his own safety at risk, he had no other choice. Callie Raine has always felt a heavy attraction toward Jude. He was fascinating...
  • A Change Of View by Freya Barker

    A Change Of View by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if one morning you look in the mirror and no longer recognize the person looking back? When Leelo can no longer identify herself by the roles that once defined her, it's both terrifying and liberating. Oh, she feels the loss, the grief, and then the anger, but when she inherits property up north, she jumps at the promise of freedom and independence...
  • Sterling Heat by L.B. Dunbar

    Sterling Heat by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love wasn’t the daily special when a grumpy small-town baker delivers a baby in his bakery. Now, all he can think about is that sweet bundle and her tempting single mother.Having a baby in a bakery gives new meaning to taking the bun out of the oven. I’d been in Curmudgeon Bakery for one of those lemon baby-Bundt cakes I’d been craving since I found out I was pregnant...
  • Jacob by V.H. Nicolson

    Jacob by V.H. Nicolson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time… You know the story… prince meets princess. Evil thwarts their love, and the prince must fight for her heart. Good always wins and there is a stunning wedding at the castle on the hill. I used to dream of having a fairy tale love story of my own, but I don’t think the author of mine got the memo because right now, I’m shackled to a bed, scared for my life...
  • Saving His Sunshine: A Firefighter Romance by Nichole Rose

    Saving His Sunshine: A Firefighter Romance by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can an adorable menace of a dog, a bakery under fire, and one irresistible firefighter change this curvy girl's life forever?Alessandro BangerI’m used to my dog causing trouble. It’s what he does.But breaking into my sassy neighbor’s house might be a new low even for him.Or else he’s a genius, because Jesus. I did not know we moved in next to an angel...
  • Black Swan Affair by K.L. Kreig

    Black Swan Affair by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    I’ve loved him as long as I can remember. The gangly boy with big brown eyes and unruly hair who grew up into an intoxicating man. He wears scruff like he invented it and ambles with a swagger that makes panties drop. Killian Shepard. Shep. We grew up together. We played Ghost in the Graveyard. Had our own rock band. It didn’t matter that he was five years older than me...
  • Pelican Point by Irene Hannon

    Pelican Point by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A crumbling lighthouse is not part of the inheritance Army doctor Ben Garrison expects to claim when he journeys to Hope Harbor. Fresh out of the service, he wants only to unload the tower of bricks, decompress from years of treating battlefield trauma, and prepare to launch his civilian career.Hope Harbor Herald editor Marci Weber has other ideas...
  • Until You by K. Bromberg

    Until You by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A single dad, forced proximity, standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg.Crew Madden needs to find a place to recover.For his twin girls.For himself.From the woman who left them without a backward glance.Recovering from a traumatic event, a summer in the small town of Redemption Falls was the perfect solution for him. For his family...
  • Bad Alibi by Jessica Prince

    Bad Alibi by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Having grown up trapped in a gilded cage, the events of one tragic night changed everything. Farah Highland was raised with more money than most people could ever dream of, but with that wealth and privilege came cold indifference and cruelty...
  • Swing and a Mishap by Tara Sivec

    Swing and a Mishap by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Hawks fans still in shock after centerfielder, Shepherd Oliver, sustained season-ending injury last night in the 5th inning of the playoffs against Chicago.”Two years ago, I was a pretty big deal. I thought I had it all, until a blast from my past popped up on my social media feed, keeping my ego in check and reminding me how basic I am. Except sassy Wren Bennett isn’t just a blast from my past...
  • Beneath His Stars by Amie Knight

    Beneath His Stars by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I met Adam Nova under the twinkling lights of a nighttime sky. He was hiding, but that gorgeous boy didn’t belong in the dark. Nevertheless it was where he lived; a different world than mine. I was Livingston Montgomery, Southern debutante. With the world at my fingertips, I was well on my way to being another spoiled socialite.   But I didn’t want money.   I didn’t want social status...
  • Hissy Fit by Lani Lynn Vale

    Hissy Fit by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He is the one that never looks her way.He is handsome and strong.He is rough around the edges and mean.He is everything she’s ever wanted.He doesn’t even know she exists.Her life is a joke.***She doesn’t step on cracks in the sidewalk.She laughs at inappropriate times.She talks when she shouldn’t.She is clumsy and trips on air.She is finally on his radar.God help her now...
  • Unloved by Katy Regnery

    Unloved by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My name is Cassidy Porter... My father, Paul Isaac Porter, was executed twenty years ago for the brutal murder of twelve innocent girls. Though I was only eight-years-old at the time, I am aware - every day of my life - that I am his child, his only son. To protect the world from the poison in my veins, I live a quiet life, off the grid, away from humanity...
    Categorized as:
    grief  kind-mc  multi-pov  slow-burn  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap
  • The Secret Hook-Up by Pippa Grant

    The Secret Hook-Up by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Watching too many women settle for mediocre men has made me lose my taste for relationships, but when I see Duncan Lavoie again after all this time, suddenly I’m starving...
  • Wicked Promises by L.A. Cotton

    Wicked Promises by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L A Cotton continues...Forever is a long time.Summer Stone-Prince has her whole life mapped out. Attend college with her childhood sweetheart. Graduate. Get married and live happily-ever-after. But all it takes are two little words and everything changes.Everything...
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