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Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAva Callaghan A woman working in a male-dominated field. Organized, strong, and tenacious. That’s how she has to be to succeed. Hunter Owens A loner. He needs no one, has no ties, and his future is an unanswered question mark.It’s all he knows. Until the day their lives intersect. He sees the woman she hides from the world.She nurtures the part of him he lost long ago... -
![The English Billionaire by Serenity Woods]()
The English Billionaire by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine meeting the richest, most gorgeous guy in London… And he's obsessed with YOU...On my thirtieth birthday, I decide it’s time to make some changes.Okay, it’s really only one change.No more men.Gone is the boyfriend who cheated on me with my best friend.Gone are all the disastrous relationships that have left me dispirited and jaded... -
![Press Rewind: An Equilibrium Short by Christina C. Jones]()
Press Rewind: An Equilibrium Short by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes an argument turns into more than it should - people take it further than it has to go. But that doesn't always mean the end.(Press Rewind is a short story - very short, very sweet. Enjoy... -
![All Good Things by Weston Parker]()
All Good Things by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFake romantic interest to get a good review on my business? You know it.It’s finally my chance to take on my father by starting a luxury resort that’s in direct competition with his. And now my big chance is getting blown. By a vlogger with a great set of legs and a terrible first impression of the place. But as always, I’m here to save the day. Seduction is my specialty...Categorized as:
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![No Ordinary Love by Melody Grace]()
No Ordinary Love by Melody Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor journalist Eliza Bennett, summers in Sweetbriar Cove were her happiest childhood memories. Now that she’s been unceremoniously fired, evicted, and dumped (all in the same week), she hopes the small town will work its magic again and help get her life back on track...Categorized as:
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The After Series Slipcase Set by Anna Todd
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPlease Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively: The Complete After Series Collection 5 Books Box Set by Anna Todd: After Ever Happy: After Ever Happy...Life will never be the same... -
![Wedding on the Beach by Kay Correll]()
Wedding on the Beach by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCindy Pearson is getting her wish — the perfect wedding on Belle Island. As she dodges a steady stream of obstacles that threaten to thwart her plans, she can’t quite avoid her nagging doubts about her fiancé. Jamie McFarlane has one wish — to make a success of the coastal inn he and his mother inherited... -
![Twice Knightley in my Bed: A friends-to-lovers romance by Serenity Woods]()
Twice Knightley in my Bed: A friends-to-lovers romance by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s been zero days since I realized I’m in love with Leander Knight.Lee, or Knightley as everyone calls him, is my brother’s best mate, and he’s always treated me like his kid sister. Okay, so he might not put cockroaches in my lunchbox and lizards down my neck anymore, but even though we work together every day at Hartfield Wildlife Hospital, he’s never seemed interested in me in that way...Categorized as:
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![I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson]()
I Wanted You To Know by Laura Pearson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDear Edie, I wanted you to know so many things. I wanted to tell you them in person, as you grew. But it wasn’t to be.Jess never imagined she’d be navigating single motherhood, let alone while facing breast cancer. A life that should be just beginning is interrupted by worried looks, heavy conversations, and the possibility of leaving her daughter to grow up without her... -
![I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang]()
I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSnarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters.Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class...Categorized as:
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![My First Love Affair: A Bancroft Billionaire Brothers Novel by Ali Parker]()
My First Love Affair: A Bancroft Billionaire Brothers Novel by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove isn’t for the black sheep of the family. Believe me. I’m him. Roses. Chocolates. Love notes. Bullshit. Until it isn’t. Never in a million years did I expect to fall in love. Let alone with her. My favorite childhood enemy. This girl used to make my blood boil just by walking in the room. Now she does other things to me with nothing more than a look...Categorized as:
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![Desperate For You by Weston Parker]()
Desperate For You by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou just can’t make these things up…Life has been a rollercoaster through a forest filled with dream-eating squirrels who are hot on my tail.Okay, it’s not that bad, but it feels like it is at times.I’m a single mom to my sister’s little girl, and I found out a year ago that Hollywood is making a movie from one of my books...Categorized as:
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![The Valentine Billionaire by Serenity Woods]()
The Valentine Billionaire by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s my brother’s best mate, and he’s totally out of bounds…It’s been a tough year.I’m an athlete, and although I won a silver medal at the Olympics, I really wanted to win a gold for my mom. I’m determined to do it next time, but right now I’m ready for a much-needed break. The last thing I want to do is go to my brother’s wedding...Categorized as:
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![My Wicked Billionaire by Serenity Woods]()
My Wicked Billionaire by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNever fall in love when it’s supposed to be just for fun… It’s the day before my brother’s wedding in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. It’s also the last day of my studies before I qualify as a veterinarian. At last, I can put aside my ditzy image and be the sophisticated career woman I’ve always wanted to be. Except I don’t notice my watch has stopped, and I miss my flight... -
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![No Place Like Home: A Novel by Barbara O'Neal]()
No Place Like Home: A Novel by Barbara O'Neal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn enriching and deeply moving novel about love and loss, the bonds of family and friends, and coming home by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids.Life didn’t turn out the way Jewel Sabatino planned. However long she’s been gone, home is waiting.At seventeen, Jewel fled Colorado for New York City and didn’t look back... -
![The Courtship Basket by Amy Clipston]()
The Courtship Basket by Amy Clipston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYears ago, a picnic basket brought two hearts together. For Rachel and Mike, history may be about to repeat itself. Rachel Fisher is devastated when the young man she’s loved for years leaves her to date her best friend. Her heart is broken, and she has all but given up on love... -
![Good Luck Charm by Weston Parker]()
Good Luck Charm by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I need is for this woman to bend to my will. But she ain’t having it. My big chance is here, and I can see more zeroes at the end of my paycheck than ever before. I’m after a contract for storefront property in Texas, and there is one single mom shop owner that won’t sell. So they send in the big guns. Me. And yet, my silver tongue isn’t working. My luck has officially dried up...Categorized as:
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Rocked by Julia Wolf
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJulia Wolf’s Rocked, is an emotional and sexy rock star romance written in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes World.What happens when a star begins to fade?My life’s a mess. Record sales are plummeting and my inspiration has flown the coop. I’d do anything to climb back to the top of the rock music charts, even temporarily relocating to a small town to clear my head... -
![Caught by Janet Elizabeth Henderson]()
Caught by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe wants forever. She just wants his body. Neither of them want to give in. Mitch Harris has it all. As a successful music manager, who isn’t hard to look at, he has women falling at his feet. And that’s just the way he likes it. For years he’s laughed as, one by one, his buddies have found their women and settled down. He vowed it would never happen to him...Categorized as:
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![Meet me at the Wedding by Georgia Toffolo]()
Meet me at the Wedding by Georgia Toffolo
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLily loves living in Hawke’s Cove, and planning her best friend’s wedding at the Hawkesbury estate is the icing on the cake. But when the estate’s owner dies, and his son cancels the wedding, Lily must face Henry Hawkesbury – a man she hasn’t seen since that fateful night ten years ago…Henry wants nothing more than to return to Hawke’s Cove, sell his estranged late father’s estate and leave... -
![Entrapped by Tracie Delaney]()
Entrapped by Tracie Delaney
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf I wrote my autobiography about my life right now, I'd call it “Blackmailed by the Billionaire”.Ruthless, callous, and self-serving are the nicest words to describe the powerful CEO who wants what's mine.He'll use any method at his disposal to emerge victorious, including coercion.Okay, fine, I'll concede defeat, but as his interest pivots I spot the opportunity for payback... -
![Four Wishes by Christine Nolfi]()
Four Wishes by Christine Nolfi
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeade Williams has a successful company, an ailing father—and a secret desire to find love at last. Dr. Mary Chance isn’t sure the time is right to expand her family. Birdie Kaminsky has married the man of her dreams, but yearns to grow closer to her powerful sister. And young Glade Wilson must confront the daunting truth that she’ll become a mother before finishing high school... -
![Upside Down by Danielle Steel]()
Upside Down by Danielle Steel
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome of glamour and a highly respected artist. But her success has come at a she has a strained relationship with her daughter, Morgan, who at thirty-eight still blames Ardith for putting her career before being a mother... -
![Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison]()
Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI have finally trapped a Sex God. He is mine, miney, mine, mine. There is a song in my heart and do you know what it is? It is that well-known chart topper "Robbie, oh Robbie, I . . . er . . . Lobbie You!!! I Do I Do!!!" Georgia Nicolson is now the girlfriend of the Sex God (aka Robbie), and everything should be perfect... -
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![Tangled Vines by Megan Mayfair]()
Tangled Vines by Megan Mayfair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmelia O'Sullivan is a photographer who has always viewed herself through the wrong lens. When her marriage publicly crashes around her, she flees to the safety of her aunt's country property to pick up the pieces... -
![Love Child by Ashley Farley]()
Love Child by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSmall-town romantic suspense from USA Today bestselling author, Ashley Farley Casey Hobbs has never met her father. She doesn’t know his identity or where he lives or whether he has children. She’s spent the past three years at her mother’s sickbed, watching cancer eat away her organs and their bank account... -
![An Ocean Between Us by Serenity Woods]()
An Ocean Between Us by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill Danny tell Hermione the truth and do what he’s told himself he would never do: fall in love? Treats to Tempt You Book 7 An “opposites attract” fun and sexy romance. When Lady Hermione Spencer’s parents ask her to housesit their summer home in New Zealand while they have some landscaping work carried out, Hermione’s happy to agree... -
![Had to Be You: an Oyster Bay novel by Olivia Miles]()
Had to Be You: an Oyster Bay novel by Olivia Miles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the USA Today bestselling author of Feels Like Home and Christmas at the Cottage, comes the next installment in the Oyster Bay series. Wedding planner Chloe Larson is perfectly content helping other women find their happy endings. Love is the last thing on her mind, especially when she has a business to grow... -
![Between You, Me, and the Bedpost by Serenity Woods]()
Between You, Me, and the Bedpost by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA second chance to win back the love of his life… Ever since Beck’s wife, Josie, moved out of their family home with their son, he’s been trying to win her back, but Josie refuses to reconcile. As much as he loves her, he knows if he doesn’t do something drastic, he’s still going to be working in his bar, waiting for her, in twenty years’ time... -
![Blue Ridge Breakdown by Rachel Hanna]()
Blue Ridge Breakdown by Rachel Hanna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a snowstorm in Jubilee change Ava Monroe's life forever?When Ava Monroe's escape to the Blue Ridge Mountains takes a treacherous turn, she finds herself stranded in a snowstorm, her world upended on a desolate mountain road... -
![A Second Chance in Bent Creek by Catie Cahill]()
A Second Chance in Bent Creek by Catie Cahill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe broke her heart. Now he's back in town. Bent Creek will never be the same . . . Larkin: Nick Harker left me without a word eleven years ago when his family fell apart. And now he's back. He says he's here to help his brother buy back the ranch their family lost when his dad went to prison. But I know what he really wants. He wants the one thing he can never have--a second chance with me... -
![Come Ride With Me: Platinum Ryders MC by A.C. Arthur]()
Come Ride With Me: Platinum Ryders MC by A.C. Arthur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Michel “Mica” Monroe, finding out she’s the heir to a motorcycle shop comes as a bittersweet reminder of the father she barely knew. Now, Mica has to leave the sheltered life she’s built for herself to start anew in a town where nobody knows her, to run a business she knows nothing about... -
![Pop Goes the Biker by Bella Jewel]()
Pop Goes the Biker by Bella Jewel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m trouble with a capital PI know what I want in life, and I go for it.Nobody stands in my way, not even the big group of bikers who caught me red-handed stealing from them.I’ll do as they ask.I’ll be their good little slave.I’ll make their money and pay off my debt.I’ll also make them think twice.Think twice about holding me.Think twice about isolating me... -
![Want You to Want Me by Lorelei James]()
Want You to Want Me by Lorelei James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe new sexy contemporary romance in New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James's Want You series, set in Minneapolis-St. Paul.Hockey player Gabriella "Gabi" Welk spent her life in pursuit of championships, but she has little to show for it besides dusty trophies and second-place medals. Now her career consists of several part-time jobs to make ends meet... -
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![Finishing Touches by Patricia Scanlan]()
Finishing Touches by Patricia Scanlan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCassie, Laura, and Aileen were schoolmates and best friends, sharing the passions, problems, and aspirations of young women coming into their own. Cassie put her life on hold to attend to her family's needs while Laura and Aileen soared in their careers. Now they were together again as Cassie dared to start her own business and make her impossible dream come true... -
![Our Little Secret by Weston Parker]()
Our Little Secret by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDating university staff is against the rules. Dating being the key word. We met at a staff mixer, and it was all I could do to keep my hands off of her. She’s everything I want in my life and my bed, but I’m on track to achieve my career goals. A beautiful smile and great hips aren’t messing up that plan. Until I figure out that she’s carrying a secret around campus. Our little secret...Categorized as:
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![The Promise by Mia Kent]()
The Promise by Mia Kent
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA dashing pilot. A young nurse. And a wartime love story left unwritten.It’s the winter of 1943, and nineteen-year-old Helen Moore spends her days at the bedsides of the broken boys who are fighting gallantly to protect the land and people they love... -
![Hardheaded by Kim Law]()
Hardheaded by Kim Law
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConstruction tip #1: Never anger a hot-tempered woman who knows how to wield a sledgehammer. And right now, Jill Sadler is spitting mad. Her company is competing on the wildly popular show Texas Dream Home, and she intends to give it her all. The opposition: We Nail It Contractors, helmed by the man who once married her…and walked out twenty-four hours later... -
![It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan]()
It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV punchline who has left her awkwardness in the rearview mirror thanks to a fake-it-till-you-make-it mantra that has her on the cusp of success, until she tells a lie that sets her on a crash-course with her past, spending a week in Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in...Categorized as:
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![The Green Valley Vineyard by Lucy Coleman]()
The Green Valley Vineyard by Lucy Coleman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA beautiful vineyard. A new beginning. A summer that will change their lives forever...Linzi arrived at Green Valley Vineyard nine years ago, in need of a fresh start. In the lush emerald countryside and ripening grapes, she finally has a place to call home.But Linzi's world is rocked when the owner announces he is retiring, and his grandson is taking over... -
![Mean Crush by K.L. Bryce]()
Mean Crush by K.L. Bryce
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNEW RELEASEReed freaking Walker.My best friend’s gorgeous older brother.My former mean crush.A man I swore to loathe for all of eternity is back.And now I’m stuck with him at a secluded cabin...alone!It's fine. I can handle this.He will not ruin my plans to win back my ex.Mark is safe, predictable, and reliable… everything Reed isn't...Categorized as:
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![Redlined by Cala Riley]()
Redlined by Cala Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoxanneRacing and Ross are the only two things I thought I could ever count on. That is, until one of them sends me far away, making me lose the other.Now, stuck with a cousin I’m not sure even wants me here trying to pick up the scattered pieces of my life, all I want to do is find my own way...Categorized as:
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![Kiss And Make Up by Serenity Woods]()
Kiss And Make Up by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBy the bestselling author of the Three Wise Men Box Set (USA Today bestsellers list November 2016) – a series of individual sexy contemporary romances. Read in any order and enjoy! Book 1: Kiss & Make Up Previous published by Entangled Publishing. Lights, camera… Action! It's been a year since makeup artist Tabby Rogers's life was turned upside-down. Now she's back on track... -
![No Way to Treat a Lady by Serenity Woods]()
No Way to Treat a Lady by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHayley’s not brave enough to expose her stretch marks to a complete stranger. Then she meets Jed Williams... This sexy short novella is meant to be a “taster” for the Treats to Tempt You series of contemporary romances set in the sub-tropical Northland of New Zealand. Adults only... -
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![Sweet Magnolia by Debbie White]()
Sweet Magnolia by Debbie White
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExhausted after the grand wedding, Jack and Annie set off to California for their honeymoon only to be called back early because of fire to the bakery. The fire is extensive and they aren’t sure if Sweet Indulgence can be saved. But the Powell’s don’t give up. As Jack and Annie rebuild Sweet Indulgence together, life throws them another much more pleasant surprise. One due in nine months... -
![Then She Danced by Janice Godin]()
Then She Danced by Janice Godin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone in Kathleen's life thinks she's crazy when she decides to spend her well-earned summer working in a tiny, dusty attic sorting through old church papers, but the peace and quiet of working alone is exactly what she wants. She's back home again and happy, or as happy as anyone who's left behind a troubled past can be... -
![The Opponent by Brenda Rothert]()
The Opponent by Brenda Rothert
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFordAs the new captain of the Colorado Coyotes, there’s a heavy weight on my shoulders. The Coyotes lost five players last season to a tragic arena explosion, and as the new team leader, I want to be a rock for my teammates. That includes battling my new neighbor Eleanor Lawrence, the Denver newspaper columnist who’s on a mission to end the city’s pro hockey team for good... -
![Wanting Happily Ever After by Elena Aitken]()
Wanting Happily Ever After by Elena Aitken
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s her best friend. She’s holding on to an old hurt. Will guarding her heart keep her from the one thing that can heal her for good?Sarah Lewis, a fiercely independent single mom who has sworn off love since the death of her husband... -
![Battery Operated by Stephanie Brother]()
Battery Operated by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn enemies-to-lovers reverse harem romance (roommates book...Categorized as:
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![It Takes Two by Emily Harvale]()
It Takes Two by Emily Harvale
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA fabulously feel-good romance Alison Warner knows love doesn’t always last. Wedded bliss is hit and miss and she’s not taking any chances. She’s the daughter of divorce lawyers, so Ali knows the statistics by heart. Now her parents are adding to the numbers and Ali’s more certain than ever: marriage is not for her. Others do not share her views...
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