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Under Your Skin by Lee Winter
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat do a stolen food-delivery robot, a woman from the past, and a bizarre scheme to microchip military veterans have in common? The infamous Caustic Queen, Washington DC bureau chief Catherine Ayers, would love to find out but she has a lot on her plate right now. She and her fiancée, reporter and Iowa girl Lauren King, are busy wedding planning in Lauren’s home town... -
![Letting Go at 40 by L.B. Dunbar, Stella Hunter]()
Letting Go at 40 by L.B. Dunbar, Stella Hunter
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA bereaved widow finds herself with a chance at love after loss with the most unlikely of people: her late husband’s best friend.Anna Kulis has lost her husband. Their love was a perfect kind of love; a once in a lifetime experience. She never intended to find love again. Never expected to have this attraction stirring inside her... -
![No Coming Back: Cross Creek Ranch by Janice Whiteaker]()
No Coming Back: Cross Creek Ranch by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon’t have a one-night stand in a small town.Not unless you’re real comfortable facing down your bad decisions in the daylight.It’s a lesson Amelie Gable learned the hard way.Which was turning out to be a recurring theme in her life since it was a string of hard lessons that led to her falling into bed with the first blue-eyed cowboy that said, yes ma’am to her... -
![Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers]()
Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLara Bennett is world-famous in Ribbonwood, population 907. She’s the woman you don't trust your husband with: a real-life femme fatale. If there’s a scandal in town, she’s at the center of it, ruining businesses, marriages, and egos everywhere she goes, with her sharp tongue and that body that makes you look twice... -
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![Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong]()
Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s autumn in Whiskey Springs, Vermont, and more than the leaves have changed color. Life has never been better for Fallon Foster. Her relationship with the town’s newest citizen, Riley Main is progressing as Fallon had hoped. Fallon finally believes she may get the family she’s dreamed of. Her business is thriving, and her friendship with her former lover, Andi Maguire is back on track... -
![Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod]()
Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA spicy age gap romance where one night of passion could lead to a lifetime of love... -
![The Headmistress by Milena McKay]()
The Headmistress by Milena McKay
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA chance encounter. An unforgettable night. And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it’s with a roar and not a whimper.Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to re-evaluate everything... -
![The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan]()
The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen life drowns you in lemons, to hell with making lemonade. I wanted to burn the whole world. But eighteen months from the day my life was torn apart, I’m tired of the anger. Tired of the nightmares. Tired of putting one foot in front of the other just trying to survive. Three months on a high country sheep station in the middle of nowhere is exactly the reboot I need. A chance to break free... -
![The Best Gift by Eli Easton]()
The Best Gift by Eli Easton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith help from a Christmas miracle, two bruised hearts find joy again.Greg Cabot is the third generation to run Cabot’s Christmas Wonderland and tree farm in rural Vermont. But this year will be his last. Since the death of his son, Sam, in Afghanistan, Greg no longer has the heart to run a business based on holiday cheer... -
![Galaxies and Oceans by N.R. Walker]()
Galaxies and Oceans by N.R. Walker
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSeizing his one chance to escape, Ethan Hosking leaves his violent ex-boyfriend, leaves his entire life, and walks into the path of a raging bushfire. Desperate to start over, a new man named Aubrey Hobbs walks out of the fire-ravaged forest, alive and alone. With no ID and no money, nothing but his grandfather’s telescope, he goes where the Southern Cross leads him... -
![Forcing You Away by Kennedy Fox]()
Forcing You Away by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs I search for a fresh start, a friend convinces me to move to his small town. Considering I don’t have a place to live, his little sister offers me her spare room.She’s every man’s dream—witty, down to earth, and gorgeous as hell—too bad she’s off-limits. Unspoken words and stolen glances have me eager to please her in all the forbidden ways... -
![Hunter by Eliza Lentzski]()
Hunter by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Winter Jacket prequel It all started with a navy blue dress... In her junior year of college, Hunter Dyson has some big decisions to make about her future. She wants to be a nurse, that much she knows, but everyone from her parents to her academic advisor is nagging her about what kind of nursing she wants to pursue... -
![The Steady by Kelly Fox]()
The Steady by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHot for teacher? No.Hot for teacher's widower? Maybe a little more than I should be.I merely meant to comfort Ren, to help him find steady ground in the middle of an ocean of pain. It was supposed to be a one-time thing.Only… our chemistry, set ablaze by our extreme size and age differences, was something neither of us had experienced before... -
![All In by Eliza Lentzski]()
All In by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat... -
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![Pinot & Pineapple Lumps by Jay Hogan]()
Pinot & Pineapple Lumps by Jay Hogan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPenn from Adelaide. That’s all I knew. We shared a single kiss over a year ago, and I can still remember every toe-curling second of it. He thought I was too young for him. I thought he was running scared. But that kiss was the first time I’d felt alive in a long time, and I’ve been chasing the feeling ever since—doing my research, a lot of research, a lot of men... -
![Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong]()
Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFallon Foster is Whiskey Springs' self-proclaimed token lesbian. She isn't a token any longer. After her year-long affair with best friend, Andi Maguire ends, Fallon hopes to earn the trust and win the heart of the town's newest resident, Riley Main. Ghosts from the past still haunt Fallon and Riley. Informed by loss and betrayal, the pair endeavors to find their way to each other... -
![Tide Over by Eve Holmes]()
Tide Over by Eve Holmes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe storm will always pass…Desperate to escape his pain, Liam Fraser returns to his home province of Nova Scotia—but not to the place he once called home. Instead, he finds himself in Torrin Cove, a tiny, remote fishing village that seems like the perfect place to hide from the painful memories he can’t outrun... -
![The Beautiful Mess by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
The Beautiful Mess by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA heroic, sworn bachelor risks his neck to save lives, but his heart needs a daring rescue.Kerry likes his beer cold, his coffee hot, and sex without strings. Running an emergency response crew takes up most of his time, and he reserves the rest for his family. Besides, he’s experienced enough heartache for two lifetimes and isn’t looking for more misery... -
![Perfect Rhythm by Jae]()
Perfect Rhythm by Jae
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPop star Leontyne Blake might sing about love, but she stopped believing in it a long time ago. What women want is her image, not the real her. When her father has a stroke, she flees the spotlight and returns to her tiny Missouri hometown.In her childhood home, she meets small-town nurse Holly Drummond, who isn’t impressed by Leo’s fame at all... -
![Redemption by E. Davies]()
Redemption by E. Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I’ll make up my own mind about you.” Months after he was mugged in Houston, legal secretary Jasper Barnes is still hiding out in Hidden Creek. Self-defense classes would boost his confidence. Problem is, the guy offering them is Chad Allaback, and he has a reputation, to say the least... -
![Off Limits by Emma Creed]()
Off Limits by Emma Creed
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRanching isn’t easy, especially not in Fork River. The days are long, the competition is ruthless, and there’s always someone out there waiting to take what’s yours.For my family to survive things have to go back to the way they were.The Carsons used to run the town, we were feared, but my father changed that legacy by thinking he could run things legitimately... -
![Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron]()
Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe only thing I had to look forward to was getting as far away from my hometown of Arrowbridge, Maine, as possible. That is, until I bump into a single mom and her bug-loving daughter. Ingrid Davidson and I have absolutely nothing in common. She’s older, she has a child, and she’s settled in Arrowbridge for good.Still, I can’t stop finding reasons to spend time with her, and her adorable toddler... -
![To Be With You by T.J. O'Shea]()
To Be With You by T.J. O'Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeah Vasquez and Victoria Lockwood should not fall in love.They’re smart enough to know a star-crossed lovers’ situation never works out. Leah’s a loner from the poor side of town, working two jobs, and aching to leave their sleepy hometown in her rear view forever... -
![Covenant by Ann McMan]()
Covenant by Ann McMan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPresent Day: Jericho, Virginia.Covenant continues the beloved saga of the residents of Jericho, a sleepy town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where life and love have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road.Six weeks have passed since the fateful unfolding of events at the town’s Fourth of July celebration... -
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![Side by Side by Nicole Pyland]()
Side by Side by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSports Series Book #6. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.As teenagers, Belle Elrod and Chandler Wolfe had been chosen to be part of Team USA figure skating’s elite training program. But when something happened, and Belle left the program, they were both left wondering what might have been... -
![Oyster by Fearne Hill]()
Oyster by Fearne Hill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLow tides threw up all kinds of unexpected and random treasures. Wedding bands, hauls of driftwood, old bones worn smooth. Jaded oyster fisherman, Nico La Forge, had seen them all. Or so he believed. Until cold, bedraggled, beautiful Éti Salvador washed up on the shore. Nico had never been in love. Wasn’t even looking for love... -
![Escape & Freedom by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
Escape & Freedom by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo women escaping their own demons. One stuck in the past, the other a very real present. Lucy Owens’ life was irrevocably changed in a matter of seconds. Life as she knew it was over in the blink of an eye. Moving away from all that she knew, Lucy now lives a solitary life in her cabin on the shores of Lake Tahoe... -
![Frat Bro by Raleigh Ruebins]()
Frat Bro by Raleigh Ruebins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis fall, I have one simple rule: don't fall in love with my fake boyfriend.I’m awful at following the rules.One minute I was a nobody in a small Colorado town, getting by on contract work, home renovations, and a dumpster fire of a dating life—and then suddenly, my life was on TV...Categorized as:
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![Someday, Maybe by Addison Clarke]()
Someday, Maybe by Addison Clarke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWalker Forsyth is two years sober and back in her hometown of Moonflower Cove after two years away. She’s made her amends with her sisters and friends and is ready to start a new chapter in her life. More than anything though, she’s hoping to have a second chance with the love of her life.Maddie Carlson has spent two years wondering what it would be like when Walker came back to the Cove... -
![Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont]()
Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Parker?”Parker loved that voice and she adored hearing it say her name. But in this moment, it scared the shit out of her.In the sleepy coastal town of Doveport, the pot isn’t just stirred—that bitch is boiling over.Maggie and Parker are new... like, brand-spanking-new. But for all of their flirting and butterflies and romantic intention, the universe has devised one giant beaver-dam... -
![Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester]()
Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA spicy, small-town, opposites attract lesbian romance about learning to let go, no matter the cost.Workaholic Eleanor Cromwell blows into rural Canada, laser focused on her real estate development project. Given the locals already hate her father’s company, she plans to hide away in a cabin and conceal her identity to get the job done... -
![Hot Zone by Jacki James]()
Hot Zone by Jacki James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf there is one thing Mars Allen knows, it’s that his best friend’s father, Samuel Sheridan, is totally off limits. Too bad the sexy fire chief would be the perfect Daddy. The release date on this book may change... -
![In the Long Run by Haley Cass]()
In the Long Run by Haley Cass
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFree-spirited and easygoing Taylor Vandenberg left her hometown of Faircombe, Tennessee as soon as she could, and in the twenty-five years since, she has rarely looked back. She wouldn’t change anything about how her life has turned out – having traveled to nearly every country, never staying anywhere long enough to feel stifled... -
![Finding Home by Eliza Lentzski]()
Finding Home by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Three in the Winter Jacket series There are signs everywhere if you know what you're looking for-signs that tell you you're doing something wrong. Go back. Detour. Choose again. Do not collect two hundred dollars when you pass Go. But I hadn't paid attention to the warnings, too blinded by ambition and the desire to experience something new... -
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![The Secret Pond by Gerri Hill]()
The Secret Pond by Gerri Hill
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrieving over the loss of her family and feeling like her life is unraveling, Lindsey McDermott quits her job, gets a puppy and retreats to her grandparents’ home in the Texas Hill Country. She spends her solitary days walking childhood trails and reminiscing, trying to reconcile the conflict within her as she struggles with survivor’s guilt... -
![Silver Daddy by Liam Kingsley]()
Silver Daddy by Liam Kingsley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s got the hots for his best friend’s dad ... Kiefer has been crushing on Greer since he was a teenager, never imagining anything could happen between them. Then one night changes everything. Now the older alpha is all he can think about and things between them are heating up... -
![When the Stars Sang by Caren J. Werlinger]()
When the Stars Sang by Caren J. Werlinger
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsASIN B07B7CT41D moved to the most recent editionNearly twenty-five years ago, Kathleen Halloran’s brother drowned during the last summer they ever spent with their grandmother on a remote island off Maine’s coast. Like a siren’s call she can’t resist, Kathleen is pulled back to Little Sister Island... -
![Chasing Stars by Katia Rose]()
Chasing Stars by Katia Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNestled in a towering fir forest on British Columbia’s famous Vancouver Island, Three Rivers Campground is calling you to come relax, explore, and maybe even fall in love...Clover Rivers is completely, totally over her ex.Sure, her first ever relationship with a girl might have ended in a catastrophic breakup people still whisper about, but Clover is done with it... -
![Pure Country by Kelly Fox]()
Pure Country by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’d sooner cage a wild bird than try to pin that cowboy down. But God, I want to make him mine.Our sizzling banter and filthy texts are the stuff of legends, but Rowdy is the king of one-night stands, and one night with him will never be enough.I crave a future with him, which is exactly why I’ve kept him at arm’s length... -
![Perfect Day by Sally Malcolm]()
Perfect Day by Sally Malcolm
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFirst love conquers all in Perfect Day, a captivating contemporary male/male retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Love doesn’t burn out just because the timing’s wrong. It grows. It never leaves. When Joshua Newton, prodigal son of one of New Milton’s elite, fell in love with ambitious young actor Finn Callaghan, his world finally made sense... -
![Not the Marrying Kind by Jae]()
Not the Marrying Kind by Jae
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSmall-town florist Ashley Gaines loves her little flower shop and putting together the perfect bouquets for weddings and other happy occasions. Her own love life, however, is far from blossoming. Ash has decided that staying in the closet is safer than risking her heart again.Local bakery owner Sasha Peterson hasn’t had much luck mixing it up with romance either... -
![Off Balance: Painted Bay #1 by Jay Hogan]()
Off Balance: Painted Bay #1 by Jay Hogan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen JUDAH MADDEN flees his tiny suffocating home-town in New Zealand, for the dream of international ballet stardom, he never intends coming back. Not to Painted Bay. Not to his family’s struggling mussel farm. Not to his jerk of a brother. Not with his entire life plan in shreds... -
![One Golden Summer by Clare Lydon, T.B. Markinson]()
One Golden Summer by Clare Lydon, T.B. Markinson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSaffron Oliver is the golden girl. Golden hair. Golden skin. Golden movie career.Only one problem: she hates it.She flees to her sister’s seaside town – where she meets the confident & charming Kirsty McBride.Kirsty is everything Saffron wants to be. Perhaps also, everything she wants.But Saffron can’t have it all... -
![Navarro by Kelly Fox]()
Navarro by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy late wife made a bet with me: if I marry her brother, I have to take his last name. “That's the rule. You marry two Navarros, you become one of us.” Renée always did have a sense of humor—even as she was dying—but I’ll never love anyone the way I loved her. Falling for my brother-in-law? Psh. Desi’s almost twenty years younger than me and far too pretty. Besides, my son would never forgive me... -
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![Back to the Start by Monica McCallan]()
Back to the Start by Monica McCallan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Remy’s grandmother dies, it means leaving her life in San Francisco and returning to a town she swore she'd never revisit, forced to confront a world she'd worked hard to put behind her over the last twelve years... -
![Meet Me in the Blue by A.M. Johnson]()
Meet Me in the Blue by A.M. Johnson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeet me… in the place where the sun kisses the horizon and sinks into blue shades of you and me.Meet me there… where everything was always perfect. You and me and the damp grass at dawn and the gray dirt in the late evening rain.Meet me where we were ourselves and not these two people who can’t even say I love you... -
![Atramentum by M.J. Duncan]()
Atramentum by M.J. Duncan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoss Perrault left Sky, Colorado after high school with no intention of ever returning, but all that changes when she inherits Atramentum... -
![Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong]()
Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFallon Foster serves up more than the most potent drinks at Murphy’s Law, the local pub in Whiskey Springs, Vermont. Fallon is the keeper of the town’s secrets. She’s heard tales of broken hearts, torrid affairs, closet cases, and the dreams of hopeful romantics. With a sensitive ear and a warm bed, Fallon is a legend in her small town. One thing still eludes her—love... -
![Griff's Place by Riley Hart]()
Griff's Place by Riley Hart
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGRIFFINI always felt I wasn’t wired like my peers, but when my brother, Kellan, gave me three terms—ace, aromantic, and demi—I had possible names for it. Those three words have been on my mind ever since, as has my brother’s best friend, Josh Westbrook. It’s been cool getting to know him and spending time together, just us. He makes me feel something I never thought I’d be able to feel... -
![At Seventeen by Gerri Hill]()
At Seventeen by Gerri Hill
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMadison Lansford and Shannon Fletcher met when they were ten years old. Madison—daughter of wealthy parents and Shannon, daughter of their live-in maid and cook—became fast friends, yet both knew their place in life.There was never a doubt that they would become lovers . . . there was also never a doubt that Madison would marry and maintain her social standing in the community...
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