Books like 'Inconvenient Relations'
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Tout le bleu du ciel by Mélissa Da Costa, Bruno Meyere
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPetiteannonce.fr : Émile, 26 ans, condamné à une espérance de vie de deux ans par un Alzheimer précoce, souhaite prendre le large pour un ultime voyage. Recherche compagnon(ne) pour partager avec moi ce dernier périple. Émile a décidé de fuir l’hôpital, la compassion de sa famille et de ses amis. À son propre étonnement, il reçoit une réponse à cette annonce... -
![Wes & Liz’s College Road Trip by Lynn Painter]()
Wes & Liz’s College Road Trip by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSucesso no TikTok, Melhor do que nos filmes ganha capítulos extras inéditos com muito romance e Taylor Swift Depois de viver uma história de amor digna das comédias românticas em Melhor do que nos filmes , Elizabeth Buxbaum e Wesley Bennett estão a caminho da Universidade da Califórnia...Categorized as:
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![Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan]()
Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers. On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediately attracted... -
![Road to Love by Nicole Falls]()
Road to Love by Nicole Falls
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmerson Parker is a walking ball of stress. Still reeling from the untimely demise of a relationship that she thought would last forever, work strain, & longstanding family drama, she is in dire need of respite. A freak occurrence coupled with a little bit of desperation to get away from it all leads her on an adventure—a cross-country road trip back to her hometown of Ragston, MI... -
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![Our Twisted Love Affair by Ali Parker]()
Our Twisted Love Affair by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m in love with the wrong girl. Our fathers were arch enemies in business. Hate was the center of their wicked relationship. Not only that, but she’s my best friend’s little sister. The cards couldn’t be more stacked against us. One I’m counting on to hold steady. If I wasn’t married at thirty-five, then this beautiful girl would become my bride. But her career is more important...Categorized as:
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![Maybe One Day: A Novel by Debbie Johnson]()
Maybe One Day: A Novel by Debbie Johnson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the spirit of Ruth Hogan and Adriana Trigiani, bestselling British author Debbie Johnson brings us the ultimate in “happy tears”: a heartfelt story about a woman seizing the chance to reconnect with her lost love.The truth changes everything.For years Jess believed that Joe—the father of her child and the only man she ever loved—had abandoned her during her greatest time of need... -
![Royal Games by T.K. Leigh]()
Royal Games by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery girl dreams of falling in love with a prince.When I met Jeremy, I thought he was my prince.Caring. Compassionate. Sensitive.And, unfortunately for me... Not attracted to women.So here I am, thirty years old and divorced when most of my friends are just getting married. In desperate need of a restart, I set off on a road trip to learn how to love myself again... -
![Curvy Girls Can't Date Rock Stars by Kelsie Stelting]()
Curvy Girls Can't Date Rock Stars by Kelsie Stelting
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeeting pop sensation Jude Santiago might be the best thing for my singing career. And the worst thing for my heart.Singing is my life, but no agency will sign me because of my size. They want me to lose weight. Dress differently. Be someone other than my size twenty self.They want me to be like Jude Santiago with his perfectly fitted jeans and tight t-shirts and completely sell out... -
![Chander & Sudha by Dharamvir Bharati]()
Chander & Sudha by Dharamvir Bharati
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the idyllic university town, young women daydreamed as they lay on the grass and gazed up at the clouds. Young men took morning walks at Alfred Park. Hot summer afternoons were for drinking sherbet and eating watermelons, and evenings for reading poetry. It was also a time of stifling social mores, and love was an unattainableideal seldom realized... -
![Chasing the Stars by Virginie Grimaldi]()
Chasing the Stars by Virginie Grimaldi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis journey could change everything...Maybe if she hadn't lost her job, Anna would never have dreamed of being so impulsive. Or perhaps if Chloe wasn't always having her heart broken, or if Lily was happy at school. But when Anna realises that her family is falling apart, only a grand, spontaneous gesture will do... -
![Getting Wound Up: Part One by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas]()
Getting Wound Up: Part One by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fun, flirty crossover novel from bestselling authors Jennifer Bernard (the Love Between the Bases series) and Erin Nicholas (the Sapphire Falls series) Caitlyn Murray has never let on that she's had fantasies about her brother's friend Eli Anderson for years...Categorized as:
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![Scarlet Lies: Book One in the Scarlet Series by Lani Young]()
Scarlet Lies: Book One in the Scarlet Series by Lani Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLies are beautiful – when the truth hurts. Sixteen years ago, Scarlet’s family sent her away in disgrace. She’s been back once – with disastrous consequences. Now, her little sister is getting married and Scarlet's headed home once more... -
![Waiting for Redemption by Sarah Pirtle]()
Waiting for Redemption by Sarah Pirtle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWorking at a bar was the last thing Tank Landry ever saw himself doing after leaving the Marines. But, after meeting Ruby Ranes, the single mom who was assigned to train him, his feelings started to change.All I needed was a temporary job, something to fill the void leaving the military left behind. Little did I know, walking into that bar would end in me finding my reason for...everything... -
![Don't Hold Back by Missy Johnson]()
Don't Hold Back by Missy Johnson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree countries. Two months. All expenses paid. Just you and me. About you: You’re fun loving, adventurous and you have a wicked sense of humor. You’re spontaneous, open minded and creative. You live for today because you never know what tomorrow holds. I'm Erin and this isn't your usual Craigslist Ad. I’m twenty-four, and full disclosure, I’m dying. But I don’t want your pity... -
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![The Canal Boat Café Christmas: Port Out by Cressida McLaughlin]()
The Canal Boat Café Christmas: Port Out by Cressida McLaughlin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christmas special continuing the charming and heart-warming story of The Canal Boat Café, the runaway bestseller . Summer and Mason take their upbeat and feelgood Canal Boat Café to London for Christmas, with unexpected results... -
![Undone by Elisabeth Naughton]()
Undone by Elisabeth Naughton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBehind the doors of the House of Sin, no one is ever safe... I love him. It’s the only truth that matters now. I’ve cast my old life aside and given myself fully to his wants and desires, to the fire he alone ignites inside me. And together, we’ve found strength and salvation in each other... -
![A Soldier's Promise by Angelica Kate, Jill Plosczynski]()
A Soldier's Promise by Angelica Kate, Jill Plosczynski
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyker was raised in foster care group home, and never gained the softer skills a family would have given him. Upon graduation he joined the military, providing him structure, meaning and a great career of which he could be proud. After twelve years he has a life he is comfortable within, a team that he would die to protect and little else in his solitary existence...Categorized as:
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![Brides and Bouquets At Cedarwood Lodge by Rebecca Raisin]()
Brides and Bouquets At Cedarwood Lodge by Rebecca Raisin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas has come to Cedarwood Lodge in the second part of the feel-good romance serial from best selling author, Rebecca Raisin! Dreaming of a happily ever after at Cedarwood Lodge is Clio Winters’ current focus, especially with a winter wonderland wedding expo planned... -
![Tougher in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell]()
Tougher in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Look out, world! There's a new cowboy in town."—Carolyn Brown, New York Times Bestselling Author for Tangled in Texas He's got five rulesAnd she's aiming to break them all Rodeo producer Cole Jacobs has his hands full running Jacobs Livestock... -
![A Thousand Miles by Bridget Morrissey]()
A Thousand Miles by Bridget Morrissey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a decade of silence, Dee and Ben reunite for a road trip they once promised to take. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Dee Matthews is the cohost of the smash-hit podcast Did I Forget To Tell You?, where she interviews family, friends, and past lovers. Nothing is off limits, except for one man (known on the show only as Name Redacted) who happens to be her high school best friend Ben...Categorized as:
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![Smug Bastard: A Hero Club Novel by Stacey Marie Brown]()
Smug Bastard: A Hero Club Novel by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was my time, a cross country drive heading home for my brother’s wedding to figure out my life after college. Me, my dog named Goat, and the open road. That’s all I wanted.He wasn’t supposed to be part of it. My older brother’s high school friend and my sister’s ex. The cocky boy my eleven-year-old-self hated. The infamous Smith Blackburn.AKA Smug Bastard... -
![That One Summer by C.J. Duggan]()
That One Summer by C.J. Duggan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLoving Chris Henderson would be wrong. Diabolically disastrous. I mean, what is there about him to love? He’s moody, bossy, brooding, a control freak, and that’s on a good day … but there was one achingly obvious fact that haunted my every thought, every minute of every day … He sure could kiss... -
![The Christmas Catch by Clare Lydon]()
The Christmas Catch by Clare Lydon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo stranded travellers. One secret crush. Can they make it home without falling in love? Thrown together when their plane conks out and a blizzard rolls in, Morgan Scott and her childhood friend Ali Bradford are on a mission to make it from Glasgow to Devon in time for Christmas... -
![A Perfect Cornish Summer by Phillipa Ashley]()
A Perfect Cornish Summer by Phillipa Ashley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first in a gorgeous new series from the author of Summer at the Cornish Cafe. Summer is on the horizon, and the people of Porthmellow are eagerly awaiting the annual food festival. At least, most of them are… For Sam Lovell, organising the summer festival in her hometown is one of the highlights of her year... -
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![Quizá sí quiero by Violeta Reed]()
Quizá sí quiero by Violeta Reed
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsÉL NO CREE EN LOS FINALES FELICESLo primero que hay que saber sobre Zac Anderson es que, para él, el amor es la peor enfermedad que existe. Lo segundo es que es un ligón empedernido que nunca se enamora y a cuya sonrisa encantadora solo se ha resistido una mujer. Y lo tercero, que es médico y está a punto de mudarse a Manhattan...Categorized as:
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![Scotland by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff]()
Scotland by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book two of an eighty part series. Morgan Holland is a beautiful, young, waitress who has struggled to find her way in life. Unlucky in love and unsure about her future, she has a chance meeting with someone who offers to change her life. In book two, enjoy Morgan and Finlay as the newly employed girl finds herself in Scotland. Excerpt:She smiled in return... -
![Australia by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff]()
Australia by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book three of an eighty part series. Morgan Holland is a beautiful, young, waitress who has struggled to find her way in life. Unlucky in love and unsure about her future, she has a chance meeting with someone who offers to change her life. Follow Morgan in this story as she explores the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia with the gorgeous Aussie, Tanner Collins... -
![Ireland by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff]()
Ireland by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book five of an eighty part series. Morgan Holland is a beautiful, young, waitress who has struggled to find her way in life. Unlucky in love and unsure about her future, she has a chance meeting with someone who offers to change her life. Morgan meets Sean Burke, a gorgeous carefree man that teaches her what the finer things in life really are. He also happens to be the best friend of.. -
![Dream Maker by Stacey Lynn]()
Dream Maker by Stacey Lynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHooking up with my best friend’s little sister is one thing, getting drunk and marrying her in Vegas is another…My team just won the Stanley Cup. I should be out on the town celebrating. Instead, I’m nursing a broken heart, courtesy of my ex-wife.Next thing I know, I’m waking up with my teammate’s sister in my bed wearing a rock the size of the Grand Canyon on her finger... -
![Bona Fide Fake by Rebecca Raine]()
Bona Fide Fake by Rebecca Raine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy new fake boyfriend may not like me, but he needs me. There are worse foundations for a relationship.NedToni Fairweather is a liar and a fake. I suspected it the day we met, but when he lies to his friends about being my boyfriend, I know for sure. I’ll play along with his deception, but Toni will owe me – big time.I have my own reasons for needing a boyfriend. Someone who can handle me... -
![From Afar by Frank Scozzari]()
From Afar by Frank Scozzari
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor centuries, poets have argued that unrequited love is love in its strongest form. From Afar is a timeless tale of Morgan Stanfield’s search for love in the far northern city of Saint Petersburg, Russia...Categorized as:
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![Crossing the Pond by Sienna Waters]()
Crossing the Pond by Sienna Waters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow clumsy do you need to be to fall in love?Fired, divorced, and broke, Piper Garland is all out of hope. Until she inherits a house in a village she's never heard of. A house that's all the way across the Atlantic.Building contractor Camilla Fabbri spends her life pleasing others: her friends, her clients, not to mention her enormous Italian immigrant family... -
![Buckeye and the Babe by Olivia Gaines]()
Buckeye and the Babe by Olivia Gaines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCabrina Roberts flew to Las Vegas to have a face to face conversation and get a possible lead on her friend, Aisha Miller’s disappearance. What she finds instead is Gabriel Neary, codename Buckeye, a CIA Agent that is too handsome for his own good. Add in two free tickets to a hypnotist show, a bottle of cheap champagne and the pair wakes up the next morning to find themselves married... -
![His to Break by Sassa Daniels]()
His to Break by Sassa Daniels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I vowed to obey him, he didn't promise to be gentle. With one look at Leonardo Volante, I knew he'll be the kind of husband who takes off his belt when his bride is sassy. But I wasn't expecting to be ordered to strip the moment we were wed. Or to be quite so shamefully wet when he bared me. . -
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![Beyond Reason: Claiming His Best Friend's Sister by Hope Ford]()
Beyond Reason: Claiming His Best Friend's Sister by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book was previously published as Claiming Jane. The title and cover have been changed but the manuscript is the same.I’m claiming my best friend’s sister. I married her because she had no one.She was my best friend’s sister and when he died I owed it to him to take care of her.For seven years, I kept my distance.I went on every deployment I could andI gave her space...Categorized as:
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![Heartbreaker by Weston Parker]()
Heartbreaker by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe girl that ripped out my heart is my wedding planner. How these things happen, I have no clue. As a billionaire, I’m supposed to live up to the limelight. A supermodel trophy wife. A lavish wedding. People pawing at me from all angles. As an ex-military man, this kind of crap doesn’t fit me in the slightest. And yet, here I am, getting married to a woman I don’t love... -
![Get in the Car, Jupiter by Fisher Amelie]()
Get in the Car, Jupiter by Fisher Amelie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWANTED FOR ARSON. CATFISHED AT SANTA'S. ROBBED AT THE FALLS. SHAKESPEARE OR DIE. DRIVER PICKS TUNES. I'm weird. This isn't news to me or anything. I have lived in a UFO my entire life. This wasn't a coincidence. My parents believe in extraterrestrial life. You know, phone home and all that crap, and they dragged my sister Mercury and I into their mess when they named us what they named us... -
![Finally, Forever by Katie Kacvinsky, Katie Ray]()
Finally, Forever by Katie Kacvinsky, Katie Ray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAuthor's Note: Can be read as book three of the First Comes Love series, or as a standalone .College baseball player, Gray Thomas, had to go far out into left field to find a girl like Dylan, the ex-love-of-his-life. More than a year later, literally at a crossroads, they find each other together on a journey that is a pause between a painful past and an uncertain future... -
![Jacob's Ladder: Eli by Katie Ashley]()
Jacob's Ladder: Eli by Katie Ashley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne wouldn’t expect a sexy-as-sin rocker like Eli Renard to spend time with a woman just as a friend, but that’s exactly what Emersyn Wallace is to him. Just a friend. Even though she’s matured into a beauty, Eli still doesn’t remotely see his childhood pal as a sex-object... -
![From Italy With Love by Jules Wake]()
From Italy With Love by Jules Wake
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘To my niece I leave the Ferrari GT250… On the proviso that she takes it across Europe to Maranello within the next three weeks. Only on successful completion of the journey to a prescribed route, will the car be hers…’ Home-loving Laurie thinks she’s happy – she has a safe, reliable boyfriend and working in her local library is what she thought she always wanted... -
![Momcom Vacation by Jenni Bara, Brittanee Nicole]()
Momcom Vacation by Jenni Bara, Brittanee Nicole
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt was supposed to be the annual mom’s getaway to relax, recharge, and have fun.The women deserved it, obviously, but with my wife pregnant, I can’t help but meddle–just a little. It’s a good thing too because apparently every one of the moms needs me... -
![Italy by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff]()
Italy by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book four of an eighty part series. Morgan Holland is a beautiful, young, waitress who has struggled to find her way in life. Unlucky in love and unsure about her future, she has a chance meeting with someone who offers to change her life. Morgan meets Dante, the sexy Italian Stallion. Her new hunk for the week is shy and needs Morgan's help to break out of his shell... -
![Anywhere by Jinsey Reese, Jen Meyers]()
Anywhere by Jinsey Reese, Jen Meyers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkye Whitcomb is running from her troubles, and where better to run than Europe? Fresh out of college, she makes quick plans with her best friend Paige and hops on a plane. Of course, nothing ever goes as planned—at least not for her. First, Paige has to bail, and Skye’s left to travel alone...Categorized as:
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![The Friendly Air by Elizabeth Cadell]()
The Friendly Air by Elizabeth Cadell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung, beautiful Emma Challis should have been happy about her engagement to Gerald Delmont. After all, wasn't he a brilliant and sophisticated young man and wasn't his legal career one of the most promising in all of London? Everyone seemed to agree that Gerald was the perfect husband for Emma -- everyone but Lady Grantly...Categorized as:
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![Everything's Better with Kimberly by Lucy Eden]()
Everything's Better with Kimberly by Lucy Eden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKimberly Simmons is gorgeous, brilliant, and way out of my league. She’s definitely not the type to fall for a guy who walked away from his family's fortune to become an architect. Good thing, too, because she works for Wolfe Industries, making her completely off-limits... -
![جو بچے ہیں سنگ سمیٹ لو [Jo Bachay Hain Sang Samait lo] by Farhat Ishtiaq]()
جو بچے ہیں سنگ سمیٹ لو [Jo Bachay Hain Sang Samait lo] by Farhat Ishtiaq
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![His for the Keeping by R.J. Gray]()
His for the Keeping by R.J. Gray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLetting me live was a mistake - one they won’t live long enough to regret.The last thing I expected when I flew home for my brother’s wedding was a massacre. Or to suddenly find myself as the head of a powerful, dangerous criminal organization.I sure as hell wasn’t expecting to walk down the aisle myself. Especially to a bride who isn’t too thrilled with the arrangement, either...Categorized as:
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![Closer than Ever by Lisa Elliot]()
Closer than Ever by Lisa Elliot
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLong-lost friends from university explore their unresolved history on a road trip around Scotland in this second chance sapphic romance.Anna lives in the Scottish Highlands and works at Glenbuinidh whisky distillery. Loyal to her small town and her beloved distillery, all she wants is to find her future wife, settle down and start a family... -
![Because You Came Along by Ian Finn]()
Because You Came Along by Ian Finn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Baytown Boys Single Dad Male/Male RomanceMy life goal is simple, and nearly complete: Get the f*ck out of Baytown.Then Colin's hot self has to come along and complicate everything.On my last day of work as a nurse at Baytown ER, a stranger runs in screaming at me, demanding that I treat his daughter for an allergic reaction... -
![Breeze of Life by Kirsty Dallas]()
Breeze of Life by Kirsty Dallas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBree ‘Breeze’ Delany never imagined her life could sink so deep. That such intense pain could take up residence in her heart and shred her soul to pieces. And all it had taken was one little word to drag Bree to the depths of this despair, cancer. It took just one person to pull Bree from the darkness, her best friend Harper Somerville...
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