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Simply Crazy by Jenn Hype
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsForget apps, websites and singles events - clearly the best way to meet a guy is to move in next door, accidentally assault him and then demand a job at his company. If that kind of charm doesn’t totally knock him off his feet, the next step is to build an army. If possible, try to recruit those closest to the target, such as his mom, sisters and closest friends... -
Poison and Prejudice by Chelsea Field
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Izzy agreed to become an undercover poison taster, she didn’t anticipate that it might involve driving around the streets of Los Angeles with a corpse in the trunk. Because the police asked her to. She also didn’t think finding a body together could be considered a bonding experience until she met Connor’s family... -
Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsStephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe... -
Taming Hollywood's Baddest Boy by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDo people say they hate someone’s guts so that they can still fall stupidly, head-over-heels in love with the other parts? Asking for a friend. Okay, fine. I’m not asking for a friend. I’m asking for me—and I’m begging you to tell me that the practice of falling in love with your should-be-enemy is common...Categorized as:
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The Old Ducks' Club by Maddie Please
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSophia Gregory is fading away…Recently split from her married lover and about to turn sixty, Sophia doesn’t recognise the old woman staring back at her in the mirror. Where has her life gone so wrong? How has it come to this? A quiet holiday in beautiful Rhodes is the perfect chance for her to find herself again... -
Random Acts of Love by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last ever-loving thing I ever thought I'd become is a hypocrite. A big, fat one. Joe doesn't even want me to meet his parents. Trevor's fine with it, but only if they keep thinking I'm his girlfriend. And only his girlfriend. He doesn't want that pesky little thing called truth to get in the way. Both of them are my boyfriends. Both... -
Royal Bastard by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLucas… Don’t get in trouble, they said. Don’t cause an incident. Oops. I might be a newfound prince, but that doesn’t mean I’m ready to say goodbye to my days of freedom. So when my brother, the king, asks me to babysit a diplomat’s daughter, my first thought is to say no… that is until I see her climbing out of a window with her dress tucked into her thong...Categorized as:
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Bastard Prince by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author, Nana Malone, comes a deliciously royal, roommates to lovers romance. Lucas... I'll never stop fighting for her...no matter the stakes. A year ago I found out I was a long lost prince. But with one lie, that’s all been undone. But prince or pauper, I’m not going to stop fighting for Bryna. She may be the only thing I can count on right now... -
No More Secrets by Lucy Score
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“I can’t wait anymore.” His mouth claimed hers in a storm of heat and power. Carter Pierce is a man who believes in signs. He just doesn't know what to do with this one. In the small town of Blue Moon Bend, where everybody is a matchmaker, Carter wants to be left alone to tend the family farm. After returning from Afghanistan with scars, his only goal is recovery...Categorized as:
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Cowgirl Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince she was a little girl, Ellie-Mae Lincoln has known two things: that she was born to be a cowgirl and she’d live out her days at Eagle Mountain Ranch. She ain’t got no time for men or datin. She’s a homebody who loves looking after her rancher brothers and working with the animals she loves dearly... -
The End of Summer by Makeandoffer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSummer Jacobs knew full well about her town’s tradition. Every year at the end of the summer, a party would be held on school grounds without the knowledge of the parents or the teachers. It had been happening since before Summer was born and never once was anyone the wiser. This year however, everyone was going to find out...Categorized as:
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Knight Rider by Danielle Norman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book previously published under the title: Piper, Unlikely OutlawAt one time, Liam Kane was the sweet guy in love with Piper, the girl next door.Then his life fell apart, and he fell with it.Now he’s a member of the Heretics MC, a club dedicated to chaos and death.When the cops roll up at a break-in, he can’t take his eyes off the gorgeous deputy... -
Taming Teddy by Lucy Lennox
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsalternate cover edition of ASIN B01N2T0IRWTeddy: If there’s one thing I don’t do, it’s commitment. You don’t become an award-winning photographer by staying in one place. I’m always on the road, looking for the next shot, the next award, the next hot body. Which is how I end up on Dr. James Marian’s front porch in the middle-of-nowhere Alaska...Categorized as:
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Crazy for Loving You (Bluewater Billionaires) by Pippa Grant
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIs there anything hotter than a growly, overprotective Marine cradling a baby? My melted ovaries don’t think so.When you work hard and have the bank account to prove it, you’re entitled to play hard. I’ve seen some crazy things. I’ve caused some crazy scenes. And there’s no shame in my game.But I’m still knocked off my stilettos when an insane chain of events leads to me inheriting a baby...Categorized as:
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Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove returns to Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou in a new small-town contemporary romance sure to charm hearts, from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.Sylvie Martine was prepared to take Washington D.C. by storm, but she put that dream on hold when her beloved hometown of Papillon, Louisiana, needed her most. Now Sylvie's the mayor of the tiny town on the bayou that holds her heart... -
Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt all started with a game of Truth or Dare... It's bad enough I got arrested for prostitution on Christmas Eve. Alleged prostitution, mind you. I didn't do it. Of course I didn't. The cops say I offered up a certain sex act for a $5 gasoline gift card, but honey? My sex acts are worth way, way more... -
Cowboy Seeks a Horse Whisperer by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKendra Archer has big dreams in life. Ever since she spent her summers volunteering with neglected animals as a teenager, she’s wanted to run her own horse rescue center... -
A Body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff by Anna Celeste Burke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiriam Webster’s a woman with a few secrets—can she keep them after she and her spirited Dalmatian, Domino, find a body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff? When Miriam Webster moves into the Seaview Cottages active adult community, the last thing she expects is to find a body on the bluffs nearby... -
Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA heartwarming contemporary romance set in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake. Seraphina Guidry loves Butterfly Bayou. A young, single mom, she’s trying to find a place for herself in the town she cherishes, but past mistakes have made her wary. She adores her son but has sworn off men... -
Sweet Right Here: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwice jilted, I’ve sworn off love forever.But Miller James might be the one man to change my mind.Newly un-engaged, I’ve returned to Sugar Creek to the welcoming arms of my family to make a fresh start. While I have a reputation for being unlucky in love, I’ve just scored the career coup of a lifetime—to work at Hope Farms, a therapy ranch for military veterans... -
Stilettos & Sniper Rifles by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy for four years. Most folks don’t have a clue about what a cop deals with every day. Like a pack of attack chihuahuas, a monkey with a bad case of diarrhea, a hungry python, a Brahma bull named Bodacious and a six-foot iguana. And that is just the critters. Now let me tell you about the two-legged varmints...Categorized as:
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Random on Tour: Los Angeles by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK SEVEN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING RANDOM SERIES: I guzzled another flute of Champagne and froze, the liquid in my throat, waiting to be swallowed. Tyler was here. We’d met a few times before, in passing. He was the substitute bass player for the band; I was the lead guitar player’s girlfriend’s best friend... -
Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsVIRGIN RIVER IS ABUZZ WITH THE NEWS THAT A STRANGER BOUGHT THE TOWN'S ABANDONED CHURCH ON EBAY. THE BUYER, A YOUNG WIDOWED REVEREND, IS A LITTLE LIKE THE BUILDING ITSELF: IN NEED OF SOME TENDER LOVING CARE.Noah Kincaid arrives ready to roll up his sleeves and revitalize his new purchase, but he's going to need some help. An ad in the local paper brings and improbably candidate his way... -
Flirting with the Frenemy by Pippa Grant
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsMission: Survive my best friend's wedding, where I must play nice with my ex and his perfect new girlfriend.Strategy: Bring the hottest fake boyfriend on the planet.Target: Grady Rock. Master Baker. Dimples. Muscles. The unicorn of fake boyfriends.Complication: Wyatt Morgan. My brother's best friend. My sworn enemy. Military man. Sexy as hell single dad...Categorized as:
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Fearless by Robin Alexander, Lori Prince
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFalon Whyte books a cruise for her girlfriend of two years. What she hopes will be a fun vacation quickly turns out to be a nightmare. Falon is normally a woman who can roll with the punches, but life delivers a series of blows that knock her on her butt and leave her stranded in Honduras with the company of an uptight woman she doesn’t like. Haley Hollis isn’t having a good time, either... -
Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsWhat do you do when you’ve got a hillbilly tiger by the tail? Or maybe the question should be: what wouldn’t you do…Nikolai Vorislav likes his single life just as it is. Simple, relaxing and quiet. What he doesn’t need is some foul-mouthed Texan hellcat living in his house, eating his food, flirting with his idiot brothers and shooting holes in his home with his granddaddy’s gun...Categorized as:
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The Mother Road by Meghan Quinn, Greyson Ash
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNever in a million years would I have pictured myself as an axe-wielding, dragon lady, chopping up multi-colored flannel shirts into my very own plaid mulch. But here I am, chopping away my frustrations.It all started when my brother, Paul, convinced me to go on one last family road trip across the Mother Road with him and my dad. Just like old times, right? Wrong...Categorized as:
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Instant Temptation by Jill Shalvis
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsT.J. Wilder is the perfect package of breathtaking adventure and raw sex appeal. Even better, he's about to reconnect with the one woman he's never been able to forget... Get Your Pulse Racing To Harley, the landscape around Wishful, California, is exhilarating, untamed, and more than a little dangerous. The same could be said for T.J...Categorized as:
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Shenanigans by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKandi Cain inherited her Dr. Doolittle abilities from her grandmother and became a psychic pet detective. To her dismay, she just acquired the power to communicate with the spirit world, but dead people give her the willies. Just when Kandi thought her life couldn’t get more complicated, the neighbor from hell moved in next door. The nasty guy’s name is Dutch Callaghan... -
Dopey Women by Laura Barnard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSadie had a bumpy upbringing but she’s still managed to drag herself out and carve a career for herself. That all comes crashing down when she, along with the women she manages; Mags, Lexi & Steph, get made redundant. She’s screwed. In hindsight she shouldn’t have attacked her colleague in a moment of rage. There goes the reference... -
Billionaire's Game by Summer Cooper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I fell asleep against his chest feeling many emotions, but amidst them all, one emotion stood out and that was love." Lesli is used to one thing: Being the youngest and smartest person in the room. But now college is over and she’s not sure who she is or what she wants from life. On a whim, she decides to move to Florida to work for her cousin’s nonprofit organization, Ophelia’s Angels... -
Love You by Stacy Finz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSexy, smart, and exciting, the Garner brothers have made Glory Junction, California, the country’s top extreme sports town—but there’s no shortage of thrills wherever they go . . . Darcy Wallace may be an employee at Garner Adventure, but the kind of excitement she’s looking for is more of the indoor variety... -
Lotto Men by Ann Denton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen my best friend wins the lottery, I think it will change her life forever. I don’t expect it to change mine. But Heather’s always been a quirky gal. And once she’s got a hundred fifty mil in hand, she’s determined to make her dream come true. A harem. My best friend wants a frickin’ harem. In real life. And she wants me to help her get it. I’ve always dreamed of being a party planner...Categorized as:
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Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThirty-one-year-old matchmaker Lola James had it all – until she broke her leg at a wedding and discovered that her so-called ‘best friend’ was suddenly too busy to call, her flat had far too many steps, and her boyfriend replaced her quicker than you can say ‘crutches’... -
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Funny Business by Kayley Loring
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA single dad, a model, and a comedian walk into a bar… They’re all Owen Brodie. It’s only funny if you aren’t the hilarious struggling comedian who has been hired to be his son’s nanny for the stand-up tour.Dear Ms. Hogan,I’m emailing to offer you the job as my son’s nanny because Sam had a temper tantrum when I told him I can’t hire you to come on my stand-up tour with us...Categorized as:
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All of Me by Leeanna Morgan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFour friends. Twenty-two bridesmaids dresses. One random act of kindness that will change their lives forever. Tess has given up looking for Mr. Right, but that doesn't mean she's given up on love. When she reads a newspaper story about a young couple who've had everything stolen from their home, including four bridesmaids dresses, she knows she has to help... -
Shortcake by Lucy Watson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThings Emelia Anderson would rather do than share a house with Benjamin Crawford:1) Get strapped to a chair in a restaurant full of loud-chewers.2) Parachute into the Australian Outback armed with only a blowdart.3) Live her best life as an ice road trucker in the Alaskan Tundra...Categorized as:
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Edensor by Andrea Hirata
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI wanted to climb to the summit of challenges, attack my way through hardships as solid as granite, tempt all sorts of peril, and break through mysteries with science. I longed to inhale all sorts of experience and then explore the labyrinthine ins and outs of life that in the end cannot be guessed... -
The Empty Nesters by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe worst of times calls for the best of friends in this sassy novel about starting over, from New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Dear friends and army wives Diana, Carmen, and Joanie have been through war, rumors of war, marital problems, motherhood, fears, joy, and heartache. But none of the women are prepared when their daughters decide to enlist in the army together... -
One Bossy Proposal by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAn Enemies to Lovers RomanceWall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hilarious office romance where two archenemies who drive each other crazy pretend they're madly in love.Strange men do funny things when you score the last cinnamon roll.Sometimes he rages about the high crime of jacking his precious pastry.Sometimes he offers you ludicrous bribes to buy it back...Categorized as:
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Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTwenty-six-year-old Gaby Barreto might be a lot of things (loyal, sarcastic, one of the guys and a pain in the butt depending on which family member you ask), but dumb isn’t one of them. When her twin brother invites her to go on tour as his band’s merch girl, she isn’t exactly screaming at the top of her lungs with joy...Categorized as:
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Two Crazy, One Wild by Shaye Marlow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Zack Adderack, and I’m a screw-up, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. But first, I need to shoot a bear. We—my brother, Rory, and I—have declared war on the trebuchet-loving freaks holed up across the river. The other neighbors, for some reason, despise us—but their feelings pale in comparison to what a crazy old hunting guide up in the mountains feels for us ‘lowlanders’... -
Mandy's Story by D'Elen McClain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMandy’s Story is a standalone, humorous and little bit kinky side story to the Fang Chronicles series. Every beastkind knows you don’t mess with a Kodiak bear—everyone that is except Mandy, the wolf-pack Alpha’s sister. When Mandy hears whispers that the bad attitude bear, Honey, has chosen a mate, she takes matters into her own hands because her wolf decided months before that Honey was hers... -
The Random Series Boxed Set by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started with a naked hitchhiker wearing a guitar -- and only a guitar. And turned into a New York Times bestseller. A random meeting between a rural Ohio chick and a rich Boston musician kickstarted all sorts of random acts of love and lust -- and got even more complicated when his bandmate entered the picture. And never left... -
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Good Luck Daddy by Allysa Hart, Rayanna Jamison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeely Whittle is off limits. Keely Whittle is off limits. Keely Whittle is off limits. I've known her for her whole life. She's my deceased best friend's little sister, now my best friend by default, and the closest thing I have left to anything resembling family. Watching out for her should be easy. Second Nature. Something I've always done...Categorized as:
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My Pen is Huge by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes MY PEN IS HUGE, a Standalone Romantic Comedy.Dear Mr. Merrick,I quit. And since you’re obsessed with your stupid pen collection, I thought it appropriate to take the big one you love so much and write my resignation letter... -
Death, Taxes, and Extra-Hold Hairspray by Diane Kelly
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen you’re an agent for the IRS, it’s always tax time. And this season, Tara Holloway is up to her neck in work with two very knotty cases. One involves a charismatic minister who’s using his mega-church as a tax shelter. The other is a crazy militant who’s trying to turn Texas into a separate country... -
The Wedding Photographer by Sakshama Puri Dhariwal
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn a seventeen-hour-long flight, a chance upgrade to business class lands journalist Risha Kohli next to handsome real estate hotshot Arjun Khanna...Categorized as:
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Boomer's Bucket List by Sue Pethick
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAuthor Sue Pethick presents a warm and fuzzy love story about a passionate pet owner, a smitten news man, and an unforgettable dog who steals everybody’s hearts . . . When her cuddly canine companion Boomer is diagnosed with a rare heart condition, Jennifer Westbrook decides to take a leave of absence from her busy PR job—and take Boomer on the greatest road trip of his life... -
All I Want for Christmas Eve by Olivia Noble
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSanta's Sleigh has crashed in Eve's backyard.To be clear, it's a plane named Santa's Sleigh.She saves Adam from the wreckage, and although he's injured, he's not too injured to make endless jokes about how they belong together. Adam and Eve jokes. Ugh.It would be so lame if he weren't so sexy. And if Eve didn't live in The Middle of Nowhere, Alaska, where the only men around are polar bears...Categorized as:
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