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  • Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

    Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Can these opposites turn up the heat… without burning down the house?House-flipping sensation and YouTube star Maggie Nichols can’t wait to dig into her next challenge. Arriving in tiny Kinship, Idaho, with only a cot and a coffeemaker, Maggie is prepared to restore a crumbling Victorian mansion in four months or less. She has her to-do lists, her blueprints, and her team...
  • Forever Thrown by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Thrown by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everything Porter Davies has worked for is about to be ripped away from him with one throw from a rodeo horse. The hits don’t stop there, either. He’d known they’d come for him one day. His father had been the best spy back in his day and they’d been keeping tabs on Porter since he was eighteen...
  • 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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    humor  politics  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  grief
  • Forever Freed by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Freed by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jackson Parker has seen evil first hand as a Tier 1 government asset with the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. After months of black ops work overseas, he’s finally coming home for a break. But with Keeneston’s wedding of the century, a stowaway on the run, and a plot that could kill thousands of civilians, Jackson gets anything but rest and relaxation...
  • Fading Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Fading Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Edie Wecker returned to her hometown of Shadows Landing a couple of years ago after her husband was killed in action. She had been trying to put the pieces of her life back together. Agreeing to take a trip to Europe was the first step in reclaiming her life. What Edie didn’t count on was meeting someone who made her heart beat again...
  • Endless Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Endless Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ryker Faulkner has built his empire by being ruthless. No one knows the full extent Ryker has gone to in order to build himself up from nothing to one of the most powerful men in the country. So when someone comes after him, everyone knows the last thing Ryker will do is sit back and watch it burn.Kenzie Carys was used to being in the shadows. She was a nurse on night shift...
  • Framed Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Framed Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tinsley Faulkner loves art more than anything in the world. She’s a painter and owns an art gallery in the small town of Shadows Landing. But suddenly her life is changed when a man walks into the gallery looking to sell some art—art she knows is stolen. What she thinks is just a one-time thing quickly escalates into something so dangerous people have died for decades to protect it...
  • Forever Concealed by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Concealed by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can love find a way when truth is concealed? Gabe Ali Rahman is the standby heir to the crown and he’s okay with that. So what that he’s gotten the reputation of being a playboy prince? He’s had a lot of fun along the way. But now he wants more in life than casual flings...
  • Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant

    Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The lies will come back to bite you every time...Never borrow pants from your brother. Especially if he’s a size smaller than you are, because all that pressure in the junk will short-circuit your brain.And you’ll lie to a woman in a club about your real name.Leave her unsatisfied after making out in a bathroom.Then find out that she’s the one thing standing in the way of your dreams...
  • Damaged Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Damaged Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the sheriff of the small town of Shadows Landing, South Carolina, Granger usually dealt with ornery alligators, fights over the best BBQ style, and the occasional shoot-out when his friends brought trouble home. Granger watched those friends get married one at a time, but he knew that wasn’t his fate. An auto accident had left Granger with scaring that he hid under his uniform...
  • Broken Shadows: Shadows Landing #5 by Kathleen Brooks

    Broken Shadows: Shadows Landing #5 by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trent Faulkner was happy working with his hands to build custom furniture. He had made a name for himself and his design company. Love wasn’t even on his radar. Then one client broke down his barriers, only to make him leave in the morning. Trent made a resolution to forget about her, but that was hard to do when she was everywhere he looked, including in his heart...
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    humor  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  family  fiction  insta-love
  • Fierce Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Fierce Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dare Reigns is Charleston’s newest undercover ATF agent. Dare and his bosses believe a nearby resort is responsible for several deaths from tainted alcohol. As a favor to his friend, Marcy Davies, Dare agrees to a blind date with her grand-niece who lives in the area. What he didn’t tell her was having a date night at the resort would be the perfect cover for him to begin his investigation...
  • 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...
  • Forever Surprised by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Surprised by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This book is an update of the ongoing Bluegrass, Bluegrass Brothers, and Forever Bluegrass series. If you haven’t read the books in those series, then it is recommended that you start with Bluegrass State of Mind...
  • Finn Rhodes Forever by Stephanie Archer

    Finn Rhodes Forever by Stephanie Archer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The guy who broke my heart is now an arrogant, too-hot firefighter… who’s hell-bent on getting me back. This summer, I have one goal: field work. I need it to finish my PhD. I never expected Finn Rhodes to offer help. He broke my heart twelve years ago, and now that he’s back in town, I want nothing to do with him. Finn wants one thing—me. We were inseparable as kids until everything changed...
  • Grumpy Cowboy by Max Monroe

    Grumpy Cowboy by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ATTENTION: If you have been a victim of false advertising, you may be entitled to compensation...
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    children  humor  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  cheerful-mc  comedy
  • Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron

    Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s hard up.He’s just hard…After an ill-fated one-night stand, Wyatt Landry was the last person I ever expected to see again.By design, mind you, as I spent the last two years avoiding him.He was only ever meant to be a good time—a really good time—and now, thanks to one teensy little mistake, he’s back in my life and wielding an entirely different set of tools...
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • The Perfect Gift by Kathleen Brooks

    The Perfect Gift by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nabi dedicated his life to learning the security trade from one of the best, Ahmed Mueez. After seventeen years, Nabi has established an amazing career as an elite soldier and investigator in the small town of Keeneston, Kentucky. However, his pursuit of the perfect career left him with little time to find love...
  • Say It Like You Mane It by Erin Nicholas

    Say It Like You Mane It by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens when a hellraiser turned hot cop is stuck with a headstrong heiress he’s determined to protect...and resist?A run-away bride, wearing a freakin’ tiara, and carrying a stolen lion cub, of all things. This was not how rowdy, bad-boy-turned-small-town-cop, Zander Landry expected his day to go.He really didn’t expect his night to end with her sleeping in his bed after her near-kidnapping...
    Categorized as:
    humor  adult  animals  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Cocked and Loaded by Jordan Marie

    Cocked and Loaded by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When I slap the handcuffs on her
 I’ll be taking her to bed, not jail. 

Getting involved with the wrong woman can destroy your life. 
I had to move back home and lose my position as Detective to get away from one. 
The last thing I need is to repeat my mistake. 
I finally have what I want. 
 Deputy in my home town, surrounded by family and friends— 
Life is good...
  • Futures and Frosting by Tara Sivec

    Futures and Frosting by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 1478314605 Carter, Claire and Gavin have formed the perfect little family. Their friends are getting married and everyone is growing up, maturing and ready to face the future...
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Just My Type by Tara Sivec

    Just My Type by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Live in the best small town in the world? Check. Have the greatest job ever working on my family's pumpkin farm? Check. Marry the town pharmacist and have a nice, quiet life with our son? Check-check. "Oh, I'm sorry...
  • Boomerangers by Heather M. Orgeron

    Boomerangers by Heather M. Orgeron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Boomerangers [boo-muh-rang-ers] noun, informal: an adult that moves back home to live with a parent after a period of independence. Spencer I love sex. I love the power, the intimacy, the euphoria it brings. Too bad I’m not having any . . . You’d think as New Orleans’ most renowned sex therapist that I’d be swimming in single men. In a way, I am . .
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary  drama
  • Kiwi Rules by Rosalind James

    Kiwi Rules by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Need an escape? Coming soon: The brand-new, snarky, steamy, Kiwi-centric series by the bestselling author of Escape to New Zealand.  Afghanistan hadn't quite killed me. Karen Sinclair just might.You don't find many too-pretty rich boys in the New Zealand Defense Force. Turns out there's a reason for that. Fortunately, you can find your true self in the oddest places...
  • Spare Me by Tara Sivec

    Spare Me by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryan Hutton has spent his entire life being the shy, nerdy, rule-following nice guy on Summersweet Island. He’s the high school bowling coach and algebra teacher, who’s always predictable, and he’s always been fine with that. At least until a sexy nutjob gives him the best kiss of his life in his favorite pizza place. Suddenly, he doesn’t like being the quiet, obedient nice guy anymore...
  • High Heels and Haystacks by Erin Nicholas

    High Heels and Haystacks by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A boss-employee romance...with a twist Only three things stand between Ava Carmichael and her twelve billion dollar inheritance: 1. A year of living in Bliss, Kansas. 2. A relationship that lasts six consecutive months. 3. A pie...
  • Bartender with Benefits by Mickey Miller

    Bartender with Benefits by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A steamy standalone Romantic comedy from Top 100 Author Mickey Miller  What happens when a good girl and a bad boy fake an engagement? My best friend's sister and I have a history that we'd rather keep secret. So when we make up a lie to get a loan, I should have seen the writing on the wall.  Now, she's my fake fiancée, which means we'll be spending more time together...
  • Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve always heard, don’t fall in love with a cowboy. I just didn't listen. I've sworn off men. They’ve never given me much in life, except a bun in the oven and grief. My kids are my life and all that truly matter. Until him. Jansen Reed is a living fantasy straight from the old west. Sexy drawl, tight jeans and that glint in his eyes that make my knees weak...
  • All Hung Up by Kathleen Brooks

    All Hung Up by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This novella originally appeared in the Three Southern Beaches collection released July of 2014. Taylor Jefferies fled the Hollywood spotlight and found herself helping the citizens of the small town of Keeneston. As luck would have it, the sexy man who caught her eye and found a place in her heart joined her at college that fall...
    Categorized as:
    humor  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Sugared by Jamie Farrell

    Sugared by Jamie Farrell

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I literally laughed out loud while reading. Kimmie is just hilarious, even when she's not trying to be.” - Books, Beauty, and Beyond When Chicago’s Hottest Snack Cake Heir… Josh Kincaid went from rags to riches when he was adopted by the family who owns the Sweet Dreams Snack Cakes empire...
  • Playing Pretend by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Playing Pretend by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Firing my sassy, smart-mouthed assistant should have solved all my problems. Right?Wrong. Turns out we'll need a fake marriage for that. Oh boy!I should have fired Eliza Jenkins the night she overstepped her qualifications in a high-profile client meeting.Or the time she called me stuffy, uptight and grumpy to my face...
  • Kiss Me Tonight by Maria Luis

    Kiss Me Tonight by Maria Luis

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I had it all. The Super Bowl rings. The hot shot TV gig. Then I got fired. Now I’m living in middle-of-nowhere Maine, playing assistant coach to the woman of my nightmares. Did I mention that she and her son are my new neighbors? If you talk to the locals, they’ll tell you Aspen Levi is the queen of high school football...
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  adult  alpha-mc  athlete  book  celebrity  comedy
  • Happy Trail by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Happy Trail by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes you have to talk to work things out. Luckily that works best without clothes. Petal I’ve loved Luka Fields my entire life.  He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first time, and my first heartbreak.  Love isn’t like in the movies, or the books you read.  It’s hard. Sometimes you give up… And regret it your entire life...
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  betrayal  blackmail
  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
  • Doppelbanger by Heather M. Orgeron

    Doppelbanger by Heather M. Orgeron

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Doppelbanger; A person who bangs someone solely because they look similar to another person they want to bang. At thirty-five, Gina Bourque is still playing the field. If he's single, in his early twenties with dark hair and brooding eyes, there's a damn good chance you'll find him in her little black book...
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Liars by Lucy Lennox, May Archer

    Liars by Lucy Lennox, May Archer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Parrish Partridge’s True Facts:There’s nothing hotter than a tall, gruff, bewildered, tattooed mountain of a man cuddling a sweet, orphaned baby, so you can tell yourself that you’ll resist him...But that’s a lie...
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  adult  angst  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Grace by Chris Keniston

    Grace by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Grace Book 7 in Farraday Country, a modern twist on the favorite 7 Brides for 7 Brothers theme set in cattle-ranching west Texas, with all the friends, family and fun that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Chris Keniston...
    Categorized as:
    humor  adult  animals  book  comedy  contemporary  epic  family
  • Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

    Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Harvest Grove News:Another Halloween season is upon us! As usual, please be mindful of the movie fans traveling from Vine Street to Cinnamon Way. Favorite bar owner, Ford Prescott, is back in town for his yearly stay, making this his sixth October in Harvest Grove! Be sure to welcome him warmly when you see him at the Wicked Pub and Grub...
  • Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love 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...
  • Christmas at Yuletide Farm: A Small-Town Christmas Romance Novel by Megan Squires

    Christmas at Yuletide Farm: A Small-Town Christmas Romance Novel by Megan Squires

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's looking for seasonal help. She's looking for a news story. One thing is certain, neither is looking to fall in love by Christmas...Local television personality Kate Carmichael has two weeks to learn how to run a Christmas tree farm for her latest assignment with On the Job...
    Categorized as:
    humor  adult  book  christian  comedy  contemporary  fiction  holidays
  • Mister Baller by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Mister Baller by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My college rival. My ex-husband's best friend.My new roommate? Oh, boy.The last thing I want is to rent my spare bedroom to my ex-husband's best friend.His six-foot-three, dimple-faced, alphahole best friend.His injured-professional-football-player best friend.But desperate times, desperate measures, y'know?I can't afford to hold grudges. These heaping bills of mine won't pay themselves...
  • Getting to the Church On Time by Erin Nicholas

    Getting to the Church On Time by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WARNING: If you’re new to the series, this is *not* the story to start with :) Everyone in the series is mentioned and interact and, well, it’s crazy fun for fans of the series but will be pretty confusing to newcomers...
    Categorized as:
    humor  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  holidays  small-town
  • Doctorshipped by Savannah Scott

    Doctorshipped by Savannah Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m the absolute last remaining single woman in the entire town of Bordeaux.Okay, maybe not the very last.Just the last one with all her teeth, natural hair color, and the ability to remember where I set my keys.I decided years ago that I’m going to remain single until my dying day.I’ll infuse a new, hip meaning into the term “old cat lady.”I don’t need a man...
  • The Fourth Guy by Misti Murphy

    The Fourth Guy by Misti Murphy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s something so simple about dating the guy you know will hurt you, don’t you think? There’s no risking your feelings. No wondering whether your past will affect your future.Hello, my name is Sadie, and I am addicted to dating the wrong guy. Self-absorbed, cheaters, dangerous—you name it, I’ve dated it.Until I meet him. Makai Fleetwood. Six foot plus change. Brown eyes. Killer smile...
    Categorized as:
    humor  adult  alpha-mc  billionaire  book  comedy  contemporary  death
  • Third Time's The Charm by Liz Talley

    Third Time's The Charm by Liz Talley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you find someone who has no hope left, give the bracelet to her… Sunshine “Sunny” Voorhees David would rather be dead than back in Morning Glory, Mississippi. But after losing both her husband and a pregnancy, she comes home temporarily to the place she swore she’d never return...
    Categorized as:
    children  humor  adult  animals  audiobook  book  cheating  comedy
  • Stud Unleashed: Will by Kylie Gilmore

    Stud Unleashed: Will by Kylie Gilmore

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Each book in the Clover Park STUDS Series can be read as a stand-alone novel, or for more fun read them in order. Characters you’ve loved from past books frequently pop up in other books...
  • Heated by Kathleen Brooks

    Heated by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wilder Townsend was just a small-town guy when he left home for college in New York City. He got a weekend job as a bouncer at the hottest nightclub in the city. The rest is history. He now owned a chain of the hottest, most luxurious, and exclusive nightclubs all over the world...
  • The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jasper Westbrook. Code name: Swoon Machine.My best friend's older brother.Melter of ovaries. Destroyer of panties.And suddenly...a single dad.Guys like Jasper—I bet you know the type? The chiseled arms. The wavy hair. The melt-your-brain-cells smile.Good thing I'm a smart girl—Honey Hill's former child prodigy, to be precise—I should know better than to fall for this playboy's charm...
    Categorized as:
    humor  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  book  comedy  contemporary  female-mc
  • Must Love Alligators by Erin Nicholas

    Must Love Alligators by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chase Dawson can't get Bailey Wilcox out of his head. In spite of the clumsiest almost-kiss of his life. A brainy, awkward conservationist is really not his type, but for some reason, this rich playboy can't wait to catch this one under the mistletoe...
  • The Wild Card by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    The Wild Card by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was supposed to be harmless. One fake date with an off-limits football player I'd never date for real.Plot twist—Harry Westbrook is the exact opposite of harmless.My first mistake? Underestimating that boyish smile, those playful eyes, the charming words on those perfect lips. He claims to have a crush on me...
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