Books like 'Ryder's Redemption'
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Ashes & Embers Series Collection by Carian Cole
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeet the sweet, sexy, and sometimes alpha Valentine men who make up this awesome rock band! This collection includes the first four complete novels of the Ashes & Embers rock star contemporary romance series - Storm, Vandal, Lukas, and Talon. It also contains a short excerpt from Asher's upcoming book... -
Starting Over at Acorn Cottage by Kate Forster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA heartwarming, uplifting village romance for fans of Holly Martin, Tilly Tennant and Cathy Bramley. Buying a thatched cottage in the country may not be the usual cure for a broken heart. But after Clara Maxwell finds out her boyfriend and best friend have been sneaking around behind her back, packing her bags and leaving everything in London behind feels like it's the only way forward... -
Looking for Alaska / An Abundance of Katherines / Paper Towns / The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFour critically acclaimed, award-winning modern classics from #1 New York Times-bestselling author John GreenThis John Green deluxe box set includes Printz Award–winning Looking for Alaska, Printz Honor book An Abundance of Katherines, Edgar Award–winning Paper Towns, and #1 New York Times–bestselling The Fault in Our Stars... -
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Cross by Shantel Tessier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCROSSHave you ever stood next to a fire and felt the heat of it on your skin? Stared into the flames and thought how amazing it would be to be that free? It changes direction with the wind, destroying everything in its wake.That's what she felt like.Alexa was a wildfire that torched everything she touched, and I couldn't wait to be consumed by her.She was off-limits... -
Claiming 10 by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook four in the Boys of Tommen series.Release date subject to change.Blurb coming soon.Based in Ireland, the Boys of Tommen series is bound to captivate and lure you into the world of rugby, love, and teenage heartbreak.* Warning *Some scenes in this book may be extremely upsetting for some readers... -
Owned by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 5 of the rockstar series, Lost in Oblivion. Music kept them going. Now it's torn them apart… Guitarist Nick Crandall lost the most important thing in his life—his band—just as he was falling in love. A year has passed, and Oblivion is returning from hiatus... -
Pleasured By You by Steph Nuss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne night of pleasure turns into a summer full of lust. Fletcher Haney owns several businesses all over New York City, gaining him access to tons of beautiful women. He has no intentions of stopping his womanizing ways, until he sees her again. She’s the ultimate heartbreaker he can't forget... -
Fused by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey’re shattered…and he’s the only one who can fuse them back together. From the pinnacle of success to the depths of despair, the band Oblivion has been through it all... -
You Are the Apple of My Eye by Giddens Ko
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKau sangat kekanak-kanakan – Shen Jiayi Sedikit pun kau tidak berubah, nenek yang keras kepala – Ke Jingteng Semua berawal saat Ke Jingteng, seorang siswa pembuat onar, dipindahkan untuk duduk di depan Shen Jiayi, supaya gadis murid teladan itu bisa mengawasinya. Ke Jingteng merasa Shen Jiayi sangat membosankan seperti ibu-ibu, juga menyebalkan... -
Liam's Journey by Heidi McLaughlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe journey for Liam begins at eighteen. Having, what many would consider the brightest future, he gives it all up for the unknown. The bright lights beckon, but hearts break. Liam’s successful, smart and lonely. When a loss hits too close, he puts everything behind him to return home. To go back means to remember. To remember means to hurt again... -
The Dirt Road Home by LM Terry
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dirt Road Home 2nd edition ~ previously published as Death and DaffodilsI thought my life was perfect. It was nothing but an illusion.Life was supposed to go as *Graduate high school*Move to the big city*Graduate college*Marry high school sweetheart*Get dream job*Have a baby…and that is where everything went wrong. Terribly wrong.So, I hung my head in defeat and took the dirt road back home... -
Committed by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA LOST IN OBLIVION Outtake - Simon & Margo With the crash and burn of Simon Kagan's singing career, things have been a little off between him and Margo Reece. The passion is there--it's always there--but he wants to make sure she knows just how invested and committed he is to making her happy. Even if that means breaking out a ring and convincing her to wear one... -
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Inferno by Deborah Bladon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsINFERNO is the final part of HEAT, a four-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Cadence Sutton knows that love is fleeting. She never felt it until she met Chef Tyler Monroe. He set her heart on fire the moment she saw him in Nova's kitchen. She was scared to let herself feel anything for him, but it was futile to fight the attraction... -
Blaze by Deborah Bladon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBLAZE is the third part of HEAT, a four-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Cadence Sutton is determined to make her career dreams come true. She's young, ambitious and falling hard for her boss, Chef Tyler Monroe. He's everything she wants. He's a force of nature in the kitchen and just as intense when they're alone... -
Spark by Deborah Bladon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSPARK is the second part of HEAT, a four-part novella series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon Cadence Sutton was living the life she always wanted. She was working at Nova beside Manhattan's sexiest chef and at night, she was the woman sharing his bed... -
Saving Tatum by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven tough girls need saving. Jude Brooks is bad news. He’s the kind of guy that leaves behind a string of broken hearts and Tatum O’ Connor is not about to be one of those girls, despite all of Jude’s advances. They have a past, and Tatum’s determined to make sure they don’t have a future. Unfortunately for her, “no” isn’t a word in Jude’s vocabulary... -
Star of Bethlehem by Sarah Daltry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack isn't a rock star. He's not the leader of a MC. He isn't a billionaire. Lily's not the daughter of a mob boss, or a stripper, or a virgin with a BDSM fascination. They're just regular college kids, who somehow found each other in the middle of all the crap and chaos of growing up. "With you, Jack, it was the first time I ever felt real... -
Love Me Always by Michelle Lynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a novella in the The Invisibles Series and should not be read without reading the prior books. Sadie Miller and Brady Carson began their journey together two years ago. Now, after most of their friends have married, it’s finally their turn to say I do. Sadie and her bridezilla nature have made the Miller/Carson wedding the event of the year... -
Driven By Destiny by Eve Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve been burned! Again! I should know better than to let down my guard when it comes to matters of the heart, especially with regards to Lauren Mitchell. A night in jail left Aedyn Cumberland feeling dejected, bitter and used by Lauren Mitchell. The only way forward is to return to Chicago and the impossible task of tearing Lauren out of his heart, for the second time in his life... -
Gemma's Bluff by Karly Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGemma's life has always been a foregone conclusion: school, uni, then into the family business. Her best friend, Jasmine, is a whole other story. She thrives on spontaneity, her room is always a mess and she rarely sits down and plans anything in her life... -
TENSE - The Complete Two-Part Novel Duet (The TENSE Series) by Deborah Bladon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom New York Times, USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Deborah Bladon, TENSE - The Complete Two-Part Novel Duet. Volume One He's as beautiful as he is brilliant. Nicholas Wolf's mind is a dangerously dark place. He dreams up tales of murder, intrigue, and passion so intense that his detective novels have enthralled readers worldwide... -
Second Chance Baby (Anderson Brothers) by Natasha L. Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn walks my past, hotter than ever.I never could tell her no.If Ava thinks she can walk back into my lifeThinks I’ll help her out when she’s desperate for a job,If she thinks I’m going to lay awake wanting her back…She’s right.My first love, my first heartbreak, and now she needs me.I’m not the kind of man who would walk away from her... -
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Shadow Lily by G.J. Walker-Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 6.5 in the #1 bestselling Wishes Series 'If you spend too long in a small town, you’ll eventually fade away. And on the eve of my twenty-fifth birthday, I realised that I was practically invisible.' After spending a lifetime following her domineering sister’s glitzy ways, Lily Tate is finally ready to step out on her own...Categorized as:
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Legacy by L.P. Maxa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChildren of famous rock band, The Devil's Share, Beau Cole and Halen Connor have known and loved each other all their lives. There was no one Beau wanted to be with more than Halen, no one who would ever have his heart. Four years older than his girl, Beau had vowed to keep their status as best friends until Halen was eighteen... -
A Story Between The Lines by Santhosh Sivaraj
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdi, a soft rebel with a strong mind, challenged the world with his smile. Nila, an innocent girl with a beautiful heart, loved the world with all she had. Love sparkled in the mountains, when Adi's adrenaline lost to Nila’s serenity. Life struck them hard when Adi woke up to a rude shock. His Nila had disappeared and his memories were lost in an accident that Adi cannot recollect... -
Cowboy, Mine by Kathleen Ball, Krista Ames
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCowboy, Mine... He'll Leave You Breathless... By: The best-selling and award-winning authors…. Kathleen Ball, Krista Ames, Cheryl Gorman, Melissa Keir, Lyssa Layne, and D’Ann Lindun Texas Haven Kathleen Ball Can love shine through the clouds of treachery and misunderstanding? Advertising for a wife seems like the answer to all of Burke Dawson's problems... -
Burn by Deborah Bladon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBURN is the first part of HEAT, a four-part novella series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Landing a job at Manhattan's trendiest restaurant is everything Cadence Sutton wants. After leaving her ex-boyfriend behind, she's ready to focus on her career and Nova is the place to do that. Tyler Monroe is the chef of the moment... -
True for You by Marquita Valentine
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJackson 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... -
This Time by Marie Hall
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA phone call that changed our lives... I've lived my life in a daze, trying to save someone hell bent on destruction. But when my phone rings and I'm told that Angel, my on again off again boyfriend has OD'd for the second time in two years, I'm so numb. So tired. So when Tor Boler, the sexy Norwegian and drummer of Fok asks me to stay with him, I stay. We were friends and I needed to be held... -
Reminding Avery by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMost of the guys in my town had me marked as off limits. My dating history was slim to none, until Dylan. He didn’t let labels deter him from sweeping me off my feet. The day Avery Stanton took a chance on me is that day my life changed. Nothing else mattered but her. All I ever wanted was for her to be happy. I just wanted to love her, no matter how much distance was between us... -
Maggie's Way by Linda Bradley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMiddle-aged, Maggie Abernathy just wants to recuperate from cancer during the solitude of summer vacation after a tiresome year of teaching second grade. Maggie’s plans are foiled when precocious seven-year-old Chloe McIntyre moves in next door with her dad, John. Maggie’s life changes in a way she could never imagine when the pesky new neighbors steal her heart... -
Say Forever by Tara West
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristina I love Andrés so much, more than anyone I’ve ever loved before, yet there are days when I don’t know if I want to scream, swear, or fall to pieces. We’re trying to plan a future together, but our families won’t leave us alone. What’s worse is I can see Andrés is not happy... -
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Lone Star Nights: Cowboy Trouble Bonus by Delores Fossen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo strings attached is pretty much Lucky McCord's calling card in Spring Hill, Texas, but when family is on the line, this cowboy's honor and heart are about to get lassoed, tied and branded Every family needs its black sheep, and Austin "Lucky" McCord is happy to oblige. The bad-boy bull rider lives fast and loose, until his business partner leaves him an unexpected bequest... -
Hold Me Now by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDecember 1985 - Senior year is really shaping up to be something. In an effort to turn my humdrum life around, I decide to take a walk on the wild side. By the time graduation hits, everyone will know who I am. Only, things don’t exactly go as planned. They go horribly, terribly wrong right out of the streaking gate... -
Full Throttle by Chelsea Camaron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHigh school sweethearts manage to make it through college into the working world still together and going strong. From the start of their relationship Jake has made very clear his apprehension to marriage. Kenna understood going into this nine years ago that with Jake there would never be a ring or white dress... -
Crazy Love by Amir Abrams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf everyone wants to say I'm trippin', well, that's their problem. . . If you saw my boo Sincere, you'd totally understand why I've dropped everything--even my besties--to be with him 24/7... -
Love Brewing by Liz Crowe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Family Saga with humor, heat and heart--not to mention beer, bourbon and basketball! Every family has one—the black sheep, the problem child, the prodigal. But Dominic Sean Love could teach all of those guys a lesson or two. Stuck in the middle of a boisterous group of siblings, he’s given “acting out” a new meaning from day one... -
Burnout by Shauna Allen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI live a perfect life. A perfectly, imperfect, suffocating life. Or I did, until I met Blake Travers—the tortured bad boy with the painful past I can only glimpse. But there’s just something about him that makes me yearn to break free and embrace the hurricane that is him. I need to know him, I can’t stay away. He makes me feel, he makes me want, me just . . . makes me... -
First Came You by Faith Andrews
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of MAN OF MY DREAMS and FEEL AGAIN First comes a nickel, Then comes a shove, Then comes loss only conquered by his love. This is the story of my first true love. The story of how the boy next door protected me, became my best friend, stole my heart, and rescued me from my darkest despair. FIRST CAME YOU is a new adult contemporary romance... -
A Flirtationship by love-o-holic12babe, Shreya Pandey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“God, I like him. I like my best friend. Oh, and he has a girlfriend.” Scarlett has been best friends with Aiden for a very long time. She's almost like a sister to him. Problem is, Scarlett does not see him as a brother at all; far from it, in fact. Her traitor of a heart loves him--yes, as more than a friend. They are polar opposites... -
Three Steps to Heaven by Pam Howes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's the 1960's and Eddie Mellor is unhappy in his shotgun marriage; hates his boring factory job and is not unduly bothered when he is sacked. His young son Jonny, and his dreams of becoming a famous rock drummer with The Raiders, a career he was forced to shelve when he married Angie, are the two things that keep him going. But Eddie's luck is about to change for the better.. -
Wishing on a Star by Terri Osburn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWall Street Journal bestselling author Terri Osburn brings you the third installment in the Shooting Stars Series, featuring the dreamers and hopefuls who pass through the doors of the hottest new label in town, Shooting Stars Records.Jesse Gold is teetering on the edge. Her duet partner defected to go solo... -
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Dear Kerri by Danielle Keil
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone at Ryder High knows what it means to have a teal envelope taped to their locker on the first day of the month.But for Kerri Thomas, it’s not quite the moment she was waiting for.Busy with school, friends, and volleyball, she doesn’t know if she has time to play along and figure out who her Secret Admirer is...Categorized as:
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Dear Marley by Danielle Keil
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone at Ryder High knows what it means to have a teal envelope taped to their locker on the first day of the month.For Marley “Sunny” Sorenshine, a Secret Admirer might be just what she needs to put her recent, very public, break up behind her.Her optimism is dimmed when she reads the first note—her admirer was tricked into participating. He didn’t choose Marley, a dart did...Categorized as:
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Phoenix Rising: Issue #3 by S.R. Watson, Ryan Stacks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce upon a time, Phoenix was Harlow’s light — her navigator from the brink of unsalvageable. That man is now unrecognizable, but she refuses to believe their connection has been severed. The question is, can she endure the heartache to ensure that they both come out on the other side?The Phoenix Rising tour has spiraled into a journey of secrets, consequences, deceit, and betrayal... -
Our Happily Ever After by Lindsay Paige
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the fifth installment of the Bold of Love series, a lot is happening to propel this couple forward. It’s been three years since Jake and Emily moved to Chicago. Emily is planning their wedding, Jake is building their house, and Drake is turning fourteen. However, one person seems to be at the root of the disruption of this exciting time. Jake... -
Early from the Dance by David Payne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCary and Adam are best friends from opposite sides of the Killdeer, N.C., tracks. Then Jane McCrae comes into their lives like a hurricane. When Cary falls in love with her, the boy's twosome becomes a tightly knit group of three, and they make plans for their summer after high school graduation... -
Deviant Deception by Selena .
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’d do anything for her.When she was sixteen, I stole her innocence.When she was seventeen, I convinced my cousin to break up with her so I could dry her tears and promise I’d never leave her.When she was eighteen, a terrible accident scarred my face. I couldn’t sentence her to a life with a hideous monster, so when she left town to chase her dreams, I watched her go...
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