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Poet Of The Wrong Generation by Lonnie Ostrow
Rated: 4.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“It’s not that I don’t love you, and my tears are yet to dry. But you can’t go back and forth forever and we’ve already said goodbye.” Through these words, a young poet unearths his musical soul while severing ties with the woman he loves after her stunning betrayal... -
O Peso do Pássaro Morto by Aline Bei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA vida de uma mulher, dos 8 aos 52, desde as singelezas cotidianas até as tragédias que persistem, uma geração após a outra. Um livro denso e leve, violento e poético. É assim O Peso do Pássaro Morto, romance de estreia de Aline Bei, onde acompanhamos uma mulher que, com todas as forças, tenta não coincidir apenas com a dor de que é feita... -
La misión de Rox by Laura Gallego García
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRox ha partido a la región del oeste, devastada por los monstruos, en busca de una aldea perdida habitada por Guardianes. Mientras una riada de supervivientes acude a la Ciudadela en busca de un refugio seguro, tras sus muros florece un nuevo movimiento filosófico, la Senda del Manantial, cuyo líder predica el fin del mundo conocido… para bien o para mal...Categorized as:
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Beyond Measures by Kimberly Brown
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAriyanna "Ari" Ramirez has had enough of no love. After a two-year relationship filled with more heartbreak than happiness, she is starting over. When she meets handsome, suave, single father, Simeon "Sime" Cartwright, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. Their romance is one for the ages, but nothing worth having comes easy and Ari is paying the ultimate price... -
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Tudo é rio by Carla Madeira
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPor este livro passa um rio. Em sua correnteza, a obsessão de três personagens que não sabem desistir. Com uma narrativa profundamente sensível, Carla Madeira nos convida para uma aventura corajosa pela natureza humana, em toda a sua complexidade... -
The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLife under Brazil’s brutal “cordial racism” comes painfully alive in this novel of fathers and sons. How do you become the protagonist of your own life? For Pedro, it means searching for his murdered father in the objects he left behind―an archeology of affections... -
Write My Name Across the Sky by Barbara O'Neal
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids returns with a tale of two generations of women reconciling family secrets and past regrets.Life’s beautiful for seventysomething influencer Gloria Rose, in her Upper West Side loft with rooftop garden and scores of Instagram followers—until she gets word that her old flame has been arrested for art theft and forgery... -
Black: Triple Crown Publications Presents by Tracy Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho said the streets don't love nobody? Black is the novel that shatters the myth. Kaia didn't choose the streets. The streets chose her. Tossed from a broken home, Kaia is forced to learn the hard way just how grimy street life can be. Shedding her innocence, Kaia, overnight it seems, goes from being an often overlooked, stepped upon and crushed little girl, to a woman... -
The Canal Boat Café Christmas: Starboard Home by Cressida McLaughlin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christmas special continuing the charming and heart-warming story of The Canal Boat Café, the runaway bestseller Summer and Mason take their upbeat and feelgood Canal Boat Café to London for Christmas, with unexpected results. Starboard Home – Summer and Mason find themselves unexpectedly spending the entire Christmas holiday in Little Venice when the canal freezes over... -
Someone To Love Me by Anne Schraff
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWelcome to Bluford High. This widely acclaimed teen series set in an urban high school features engaging, accessible writing and appealing, contemporary storylines.At first, Bobby Wallace was everything Cindy Gibson hoped for. He was friendly, seemingly mature, and hansome--the perfect escape from her problems in school and even bigger troubles at home... -
Le Fils de Mille Hommes by Valter Hugo Mãe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCrisóstomo, un pêcheur solitaire, décide à quarante ans de prendre son destin en main. Il se construit une famille, puisque l’amour est avant tout la volonté d’aimer. Il choisit un fils en apprivoisant le petit orphelin abandonné par le village, puis une femme au passé tourmenté les rejoint, et autour de ce noyau se forme une famille peu commune de laissés-pour-compte et d’éclopés... -
Never Look Back by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJack Holland finally has everything a man could want. After a lengthy courtship that has required persistence and self-restraint, Emi Hennigan– the woman Jack has been fantasizing about since college– has fallen in love with him. Together, the couple sets out to create their own happily-ever-after...Categorized as:
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She Ain't the One by Carl Weber, Mary B. Morrison
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Carl Weber and Mary B. Morrison team up to bring you the ultimate tale of obsession . . . After a rocky marriage, irresistibly seductive Jay Crawford is ready for a new woman--and a new challenge. It doesn't take him long to discover both in one fine package: Ashlee Anderson. She's just what he's looking for--hard-to-get, feisty, and freaky... -
A Breathless Place by Harper Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe date is set. Six months from now, former music icon Isabel ‘Izzy’ Adler will die.Since she lost her voice ten years ago, Izzy’s been to hell—and hasn’t found her way back. She would rather die than live without the instrument that used to define her.When journalist Leila Zadeh is brought in to finish her biography, Izzy’s desire to end her life is profoundly challenged... -
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Sweet Reward by Christy Reece
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWHEN RISK IS THE REWARD—LET THE DANGER BEGIN Adrenaline junkie Jared Livingston has found the perfect blend of exhilaration and danger in his new job at Last Chance Rescue. Raised to depend only on himself, Jared tried marriage, but the end of the relationship renewed his belief that he was meant to be a loner... -
Örökké by Laura Leiner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings„Okos kis könyv ez, elindult a saját útjára. Én pedig most magára hagyom, elengedem, hiszen én azt hiszem, mindent megtettem, amit lehetett, mindent úgy írtam, ahogy szerettem volna, most pedig elégedett vagyok az eredménnyel, mert tudom, én a kezdetek kezdetén valami ilyesmit akartam a végére. Nem egy finálét, elcsépelt ömlengést vagy túlcsavart szálakat... -
Zane's The Heat Seekers by Zane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHot, hungry, and hunting... They're sisters of the soul, two girlfriends hitting the clubs in search of that oh-so-rare commodity: straight, single guys. Tempest sports a modest suit, while Janessa runs wild in a skintight minidress -- but they both want the same thing: the heat, the passion, the spark to ignite the sensual fires inside. It takes time and patience to find such a special lover... -
Scarlett by Tiece
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScarlett Harper is a down to earth, country girl who possesses many beautiful qualities, but her insecurities hold her back from showing them. Her existence consists of being mentally and physically abused by her unfit mother and unknowingly spending most days with a no good, trifling best friend... -
This Can't Be Life by Shakara Cannon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“This can?t be life?at least not a life worth living, I thought, as I moved my aching limbs. I’d been in bed for days in immeasurable pain from a broken heart. I was literally past my breaking point and done with this life... -
Demon Child by Kylie Chan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAustralian bestseller Kylie Chan returns with a new, fast-paced adventure of magic, martial arts, and romanceThis trilogy follows the story of John Chen and Emma Donohoe. They have just found out that Emma has Demon blood and they have suffered the miscarriage of their first child... -
Quedará el amor by Alice Kellen
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEl sol baña los acantilados y las aguas turquesas del mar de Cornualles cuando Jane Bellamy y Cedric Stone se conocen en el verano de 1939. No están destinados a ser una ecuación perfecta, pero son jóvenes y el amor lo arrolla todo a su paso. Así que esta historia comienza como otras muchas: él y ella se enamoran. Hay primeras palabras, primeras miradas y primeros besos. Y luego nada... -
Véspera by Carla Madeira
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNovo romance da autora do fenômeno Tudo é rio, Véspera retoma a escrita brilhante e contagiante de Carla Madeira, que desperta todo tipo de emoção no leitor. Carla Madeira cria personagens que parecem estar vivos diante de nós. As emoções que sentem são palpáveis e suas reações, autênticas. Temos a sensação de conhecê-los de perto, inclusive as contradições e os pontos cegos... -
Chasing Her: A Stalker Romance by Kat T. Masen
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI hear his words echo in my head. The voice telling me to leave her alone. The threat to end my life should I dare go near her. Julian Baker had it all. Stunning good looks, wealth, intelligence, and the girl. To everyone around him, he was Mr. Perfect. Fate was never on his side, and much like a domino effect, his life starts to spiral out of control... -
Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas by Inma Rubiales
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratings«No tengo ni idea de lo que es el amor. Creo que nunca antes lo había sentido. Lo único que tengo claro es que, cada vez que pienso en eso, eres tú quien se me viene a la cabeza» Maia. Liam. La historia de cómo dos astros colisionan Liam ha perdido su pasión por YouTube...Categorized as:
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A Natureza da Mordida by Carla Madeira
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Natureza da Mordida, segundo livro de Carla Madeira, autora de “Tudo é rio”, é um livro sobre a amizade. É sobretudo um livro marcado pelo amor à literatura. Olívia e Biá, as duas protagonistas da história, se encontram pela primeira vez num pequeno sebo improvisado... -
Who Do I Run To? by Anna Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJaniece Hawkins never thought she'd find herself facing a love triangle. More than that; a love triangle with a married man. KP, the man of her dreams swept her completely off her feet before telling her he was married with two kids. Too deep in love to let go, she became accustom to being KP's other woman and didn't have a problem with her role as KP's mistress until she met Isaiah... -
A Love Story by David Weaver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A ground-breaking literary masterpiece!" -{Sentinel Daily} Independent writing phenom David Weaver has a dazzling gift for creating emotional, tear-inducing scenes even for the most stone faced reader. Quick witted, poetic, and written with a razor sharp prose that will have you reciting entire paragraphs to your friends. A masterful blend of erotica and emotions... -
Love & War by Jackie Chanel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn and raised in Miami, Florida, Caprice was on the fast track to becoming a young CEO. Raised by her former supermodel mother, Caprice was supposed to follow the path that her mother’s stilettos left. Until a letter from her father, mafia don; Domani Bonatelli, changed the course of her life... -
You're the One for Me by Zelda French
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of them had a plan. The other was clueless. Together they will discover what love really is about.Guarded and studious, sixteen-year-old aspiring actor Zak favours being alone above all else… Except perhaps Alberto, the Italian god from Drama Club, with whom he’s secretly in love...Categorized as:
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Perfect for Him by Suzanne Jenkins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a young wife and mother hears she hasn’t got long to live, she discovers a unique way of making sure her family will be okay after she’s gone. Implementing her plan keeps her busy until the end, when everything falls into place perfectly. Perfect for Him is a tale of two lovers whose lifetime romance sustains them, as an unwanted ending looms in the near future... -
Anything Goes by A.C. Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the moment Alauni saw Law Montgomery, she knew that she wanted him. But he was the one thing that she didn’t mess around with…he was a cop. Law doesn’t care about Alauni’s attempts to stay away from him. He knows what he wants, and given the way that her body responds to him, he’s pretty sure that he can get it. But his need for her goes beyond the physical... -
Under the Surface by Diana Urban
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope… even when all seems lost.Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart... -
Rough Around The Edges: A LESBIAN ROMANCE NOVEL by Crystal Chard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Fresh, fab and funny. The characters leap off the page and swear at you until you love them while the sweet romance quietly captures your heart." CLARE ASHTON.Roxanne Mackenzie is not exactly living her best life. After moving to London to follow her dream of becoming a writer, she thought things would be different – better. Instead, they’re a whole lot worse... -
The Preacher and the Prostitute by Brenda Barrett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaribel struggled to forget her past, when she used to dabble in prostitution, made porn videos and was a nude poster girl. She became a Christian and turned her life around and made a decision to use her singing talent to give glory to God. However, she quickly realized that a young, single, attractive, talented girl was never going to remain unnoticed at church... -
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Full Figured (Big Girls) by Brenda Hampton, La Jill Hunt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAge is just a number, and whoever said that full-figured women don’t know how to bring fire to a relationship was sadly mistaken.Carl Weber brings together two popular Urban Books divas to give readers what they’ve been asking for: passionate, empowering stories about the lives and loves of big, beautiful women... -
Poppy’s Place in the Sun by Lorraine Wilson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes you need to lose yourself to find your way home… With only her trusty dogs Peanut, Treacle and Pickwick by her side, Poppy Kirkbride could be forgiven for having doubts about her move to a quiet village in rural France. But as the sun shines down on her ramshackle new home, Poppy knows she’s made the right decision...Categorized as:
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Love, Lies and Lavender by D.E. Malone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOld Scars Are No Match For a Second Chance at LoveWidow Hilary Larkin must fulfill her late husband's dream of opening a bed-and-breakfast adjacent to an old orchard. The small farms conference in the Minnesota Northwoods is supposed to be the boost to make it possible...Categorized as:
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The Marriage Rival by Kat T. Masen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Office Rivals are back and have finally said ‘I Do.’ Presley Malone was the co-worker every guy wanted to get their hands on.Sexy, intelligent—and entirely off-limits.So, I knocked her up during a heated one-night stand.We fell in love, had a son, and I put a ring on her finger.Now, she’s mine.Marriage is supposed to be all bliss, right?For better, for worse... -
Together by Christmas by Karen Swan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInternational bestseller Karen Swan returns with another moving, surprising and heartwarming novel for the holiday season.When Lee first came to Amsterdam, it was with a newborn baby and a secret... -
Autumn in Paris by Ilana Tan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTara Dupont menyukai Paris dan musim gugur. Ia mengira sudah memiliki segalanya dalam hidup… sampai ia bertemu Tatsuya Fujisawa yang susah ditebak dan selalu membangkitkan rasa penasarannya sejak awal. Tatsuya Fujisawa benci Paris dan musim gugur. Ia datang ke Paris untuk mencari orang yang menghancurkan hidupnya... -
O rio que me corta por dentro by Raul Damasceno
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Me leva pra casa..." Em Carrasco, um lugarejo perdido nas entranhas do sertão cearense, corre um rio onde dois meninos gastam suas infâncias em mergulhos. Cícero e Luzimar, amigos inseparáveis, companheiros de aventuras por estas matas acinzentadas... -
Clover's Child by Amanda Prowse
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the million-copy bestseller Amanda Prowse, the queen of heartbreak fiction. Amanda Prowse is the author of The Coordinates Of Loss and the no.1 bestsellers Perfect Daughter, My Husband's Wife and What Have I Done? When eighteen-year-old Dot meets Sol, she feels that love has arrived at last... -
My Brother's Best Friend by Annie J. Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy best friend’s brother has always been a pain.He’s bossy, full of himself, and demanding.I’d rather be anywhere but in a room with him.But for Doug, I’ll do just about anything,Even if that means interviewing the new mayor,And helping him with the annual Fourth of July celebration... -
Glen & Tyler's Paris Double-cross by J.B. Sanders
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGlen and Tyler are young, in love, and the wealthiest human beings on the planet. But when Glen's brother calls from a jail in Paris, they're off to France to tangle with spies, neo-Nazis, evil world-spanning conspiracies and French gangsters. Plus they have a romantic dinner, and find long-lost treasure. Really, it’s a fun-filled non-stop romp... -
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Love Me by K.E. Osborn
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLoving him sometimes isn’t enough…Aiden O’Connell—a convicted felon, loyal brother, hard worker, and fiancé.I tried to resist him. I failed. Even through his embezzlement trial, I stuck by his side—but at what cost?Our trust now earned.Love comes harder.His father’s insults increasing, a terrifying fire and a vicious attack, all make it harder to stay... -
A Thousand Paper Birds by Tor Udall
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn intimate portrait of five inextricably linked lives, spanning one calendar year at Kew Gardens in London. Nothing is set in stone. A bird can be refolded into a boat, a fish, a kimono, or any other extravagant vision. At other times it aches to return to its original folds. The paper begins to fray. It tires, rebels... -
Losing You by Susan Lewis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo lives. Two families. One tragedy.Lauren Scott is bright, talented and beautiful. At eighteen, she is the most precious gift in the world to her mother, and has a dazzling career ahead of her.Oliver Lomax is a young man full of promise, despite the shadow his own, deeply troubled, mother casts over him.Then one fateful night, Oliver makes a decision that tears their worlds apart... -
Two Tears in a Bucket by Traci Bee
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetrayed by her cold, callous mother and abused by her alcoholic stepfather, eighteen-year-old Simone Woodard is kicked out of the house like a bag of trash and left to survive on her own. While struggling to create a life for herself, her beauty and innocence captivate Kevin Kennard, a handsome, hazel-eyed felon with an addiction to all things illegal... -
Dead Run by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe boys are back in town -- and Paris is burning!For Special Agents of the Department of Diplomatic Security, Taylor MacAllister and Will Brandt, the strain of a long distance relationship is beginning to tell after eleven months of separation... -
A Family Affair: Spring by Mary Campisi
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Family Affair: Spring is a story of betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption, all wrapped up in the lives of the people we love to love, and even a few we love to hate. Harry Blacksworth is rich, handsome, the ultimate playboy with a killer smile and a clever wit. He’s fought it, denied it, ignored it, but the damn truth won’t go away: He’s fallen in love...
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