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  • At the End of It All by Rae Lyse

    At the End of It All by Rae Lyse

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Endings.Everyone and everything has one. They’re inevitable, right?At twenty-one, Ason 'Ace' Williams Jr. knows all about inevitable endings. He’s formerly famous, a popular rapper’s muse, the son of a three-time NBA champ, and a little... complicated . After a disturbing scandal and loss rocks his world, he’s left to deal with both in a city that doesn’t quite feel like home...
  • More Of Us by Laura Pavlov

    More Of Us by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bereft, betrayed, and broken the healing begins in the last installment of Laura Pavolv’s star-crossed lovers trilogy. Cruz Winslow broke me… Everything was so good, we were so right, but life managed to tear us apart—and Cruz shattered my heart in a million little pieces in the process. I know now that I need to figure out life on my own, find out who I am without him...
  • Beyond the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Beyond the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ParkerOf all the hot guys in the club, of course I find myself tangled up with a baseball player. Our chemistry is out of the park, igniting as his athletic body moves next to mine.I know exactly who he is, but the infamous Holden Bailey has no idea who I am, or my connection to the team. I prefer it that way. I give in to one dance with Holden and send him home alone...
  • Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After two brothers shatter her world, Reese Brady escapes to her old life. She occupies herself with work and friends in an attempt to find comfort after her catastrophic summer. When Reese receives a desperate call from someone she thought she’d never hear from again, she’s forced to confront the love she could’ve had...
  • Never Lasting by Julia Wolf

    Never Lasting by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tali DiPietro is a good girl with a streak of punk rock rebel. Before I left for college, my mom told me not to settle down with the first guy who crosses my path. Sage advice, sure, but that’s hard to do after I share an elevator with a guy who is nothing like the boys back home...
  • Blasphemous by Pamela Ann

    Blasphemous by Pamela Ann

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Will they survive the tsunami of trials heading their way? + Bass Cole + Emma Anderson + Carter Mason + expLosive. scOrching. graVitating. intEnse. Emma was beyond glad to escape back to Aspasia and be with Bass again...
  • Suddenly Trouble by J.A. Low

    Suddenly Trouble by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was everything he wasn’t allowed have. Isla Eriksen was the girl next door, my best friend’s little sister, the girl he warned me never to touch. Sometimes rules are hard to stick to. Over the years I tried to stay away, but when she needed me the most I was there for her and all the rules I stuck by went out the window...
  • A Little Like Destiny by Lisa Suzanne

    A Little Like Destiny by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Reserved and responsible Reese Brady refuses to miss her chance with bad boy rock star Mark Ashton. After one steamy night, she's convinced the emotional connection they shared was just a figment of her imagination. After all, he’s a womanizer whose affairs are highly publicized. Reese strives to leave that night behind her after a handsome business mogul asks her to dinner...
  • Infinity. by Layne Harper

    Infinity. by Layne Harper

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Colin McKinney has wanted three things since he met Caroline “Charlie” Collins when he was a junior at Texas A&M University: to make her his wife, play professional football, and have a family. In the first three books of the Infinity Series, Colin and Charlie met, fell in love, broke apart, reunited eight years later, and got married...
  • Misadventures on the Night Shift by Lauren Rowe

    Misadventures on the Night Shift by Lauren Rowe

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hotel clerk Abby Medford has always enjoyed the quiet solitude of the night shift. The long, boring hours allow her time to study her law books. But when bad-boy-rocker Lucas Ford checks into the penthouse suite one night and demands Abby personally deliver his room service request, her formerly quiet nights are quickly filled with Lucas’s erotic games...
  • The Lion Heart by Carrie Aarons

    The Lion Heart by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s supposed to be the ruler of this kingdom. The prince poised to take his rightful place on the pitch. Instead, he plays the jester, shunning his legacy. Only I am privy to his lion heart. Kingston Phillips is the heir to England’s football dynasty. The offspring of two of the world’s greatest players, the expectations set on his shoulders could crush the universe...
  • Brazen Tricks by Ali Dean

    Brazen Tricks by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her new path is all about split second decisions. One of them will change her life forever.Jordan’s ready to embrace her identity as a pro skateboarder but wants to do it on her own terms.With her boyfriend the most popular skateboarder in the world, it’s not easy being seen and treated as just the girlfriend...
  • Beast Brothers 4 by Stephanie Brother

    Beast Brothers 4 by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When I imagined my first time, I never thought it would be with four men.I’m focused on school, not relationships. Men are trouble, and I have no problem resisting them — until I meet Ben and Lucas at a party. They’re dark, gorgeous, and radiating the kind of magnetism that draws me like a crackling fire on a cold night...
  • Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

    Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Beckett Steele knows what he wants and he’s finally going after it. But there’s one thing that might complicate his mission. It was easy to sign the legally-binding contract prohibiting a public relationship when he had no intention of falling in love...
  • New Love by M.J. Fields

    New Love by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In book two of the "Love" series, Tessa and Lucas have decided it best to be friends.But is it possible when they share a love as deep as theirs?Follow Luke as he tries to be the man he realized he wanted to become when he fell in love with Tessa.Follow Tessa as tries to stay strong for herself and Lucas through loss, life, and new love...
  • The Seaside Series: Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken

    The Seaside Series: Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken... Book 1 Tear: Life as a teenager is never easy. But for Natalee Murray, things have just gotten way more difficult. Bored with life, she can't wait to graduate high school and get out of town, especially considering the famous band members from AD2 suddenly start attending her school, making her once boring life, absolutely insane...
  • Let Me Love by Michelle Lynn

    Let Me Love by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A chance encounter. An undeniable connection. An unimaginable twist of fate. Kailey’s life is crumbling. Her best friend and sister, Jen, is dying, leaving her young family devastated. With little hope of saving her, Kailey is forced to face a reality she never expected. Trey’s life is fun and carefree. He loves the girls, his drums, and his friends...
  • Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Trista Stevens Things went quickly sour with the already married Harry when she found out their affair had a bigger repercussion. Heartbroken, she had to do what was best for everyone. Just as planned, she and Lindsey went to visit Emma in Greece. Trista thought this vacation was going to be a way for her to heal and come to terms with of the gargantuan mistakes she’s made in the past...
  • Ruin Series Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken

    Ruin Series Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For a limited time get the first two books+the bonus epilogue in the NYT bestselling stand alone Ruin series. Special price only until the third book in the series releases October 6RUINI'm not your typical girl. I've been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness... until Wes Michels offered to be my light...
  • More of You by Laura Pavlov

    More of You by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life is sweet until it’s not… I followed my dreams when I wanted to follow my heart. I spent the summer touring with the band. Cruz Winslow is the love of my life and being with him 24/7 was amazing, until it came to an end. I needed to go back to school while he finished up his commitment to Exiled.But, that one decision threatened to tear us apart...
  • No Commitment: A Secret Baby Second Chance Romance by Lisa Suzanne

    No Commitment: A Secret Baby Second Chance Romance by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No commitment. That was my deal with Tyler from the start, at least until his tour was over and we could be together. But thirty days filming a reality show here, two years overseas with his band there... Is it really any wonder why I didn’t tell him about the baby?He comes looking for me once he’s back in the country, but he runs into the man I married instead...
  • Derailed by Kacey Shea

    Derailed by Kacey Shea

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sean Willis knows the difference between right and wrong. Sure, the bass player of Three Ugly Guys has made his share of mistakes, but when push comes to shove, Sean always chooses the high road. Now, even when things are unraveling with the band, he's the voice of reason.Until Jess.She's the only thing he's ever wanted and couldn't have...
  • Matchmaking a Billionaire by Angela Casella, Angela Denise

    Matchmaking a Billionaire by Angela Casella, Angela Denise

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s everyone’s dream man but hers.BrynI used to believe in what we do at Mayberry Matchmakers, but now? Love is just another four-letter word.Too bad my grandmother hasn’t gotten the memo. When tech billionaire Rory Byrne approaches us, wanting to develop the matchmaking app my sister and I dreamed up (and Nana shot down), she jumps at the chance. My grandmother is nothing if not opportunistic...
  • Smittened by Jamie Farrell

    Smittened by Jamie Farrell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dahlia Mallard is determined save her ice cream shop by getting country music superstar Billy Brenton to attend her risqué flavor-tasting event. But the closest she can get to Billy is his drummer, the womanizing Mikey Diamond. The more she gets to know Mikey, the more she wants to save him from his bad boy ways...
  • Sing for Me by Crystal Kaswell

    Sing for Me by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We’ve never met and he doesn’t know that I exist. But he's the only person who can comfort me. He’s the only person who understands how this hurts. His lyrics keep me from falling apart. And they pull me closer. I’m falling for the man who’s plucking every one of my heartstrings. I’m falling for Miles Webb. And I’m content to keep lusting after a stranger. Until we meet. And he wants me...
  • Forever Your Touch - Anniversary Edition by Apryl Baker

    Forever Your Touch - Anniversary Edition by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ** 2ND ANNIVERSARY ** Mason Kincaid is a player.He learned from the best—his brothers. He knows he’s a good-looking bastard and isn’t afraid to use his baby face on the ladies. Life is sweet until he receives a call from his best friend begging Mason to look out for his baby sister, Josephine...
  • Cole and Jillian by Jennifer Peel

    Cole and Jillian by Jennifer Peel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a few hours really change your life?Jillian Jones knows a thing or two about the country music scene, and she wants no part of it after divorcing her country singer ex-husband. But as fate would have it, she’s seated next to country legend Cole Pendleton on a red-eye flight home to Nashville from Las Vegas...
  • Just Like the Movies by Natasha Preston

    Just Like the Movies by Natasha Preston

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was mine for ten years, and now he belongs to Hollywood. Spencer Lowe, Hollywood’s newest golden boy, has hit the big time. Coming from a small town in England, he never imagined starring in a movie or becoming a household name. Offers from producers come as fast as offers from women...
  • The Lumberjack's Yuletide Bride: Country Brides & Cowboy Boots by Kimberly Krey

    The Lumberjack's Yuletide Bride: Country Brides & Cowboy Boots by Kimberly Krey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maddie Collins, first grade teacher at Cobble Creek Elementary, is not a man-hater. Sure, her absent father gave men a bad name, and her mother always warned her that high hopes were dangerous things, but Maddie still hopes to find a man who’ll return the love she has to offer. When lumberjack, Bear Schaefer takes an interest in her, Maddie allows her hopes to soar above the tree tops...
  • MindF*ck by Danyell A. Wallace

    MindF*ck by Danyell A. Wallace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Clayton had it all: good looks, star soccer player, and the unlikeliest girl of his dreams. Life wasn't good. It was great. Until a family tragedy strikes and shatters Clayton's world as he knows it, along with his memory. As Clayton struggles to put the pieces of his life back together, his beautiful, brown-skinned guardian angel with the wavy hair and soulful eyes is with him the entire way...
  • Among The Stars: A Novella by Terri Osburn

    Among The Stars: A Novella by Terri Osburn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and Amazon #1 Bestselling author Terri Osburn comes a new installment in the Shooting Stars series. Veronica Shepherd thought she was fine. She thought she was over her ex-husband. But now said ex-husband is marrying his high school sweetheart–the only woman he’s ever really loved–and Veronica is not taking the news well...
  • Hooking Her Up by Cassi Hart

    Hooking Her Up by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kayla All of my life, I’ve worked hard to be perfect. From my appearance to my academics, I was expected to do my best, and I went above and beyond. If I’m being honest, it’s exhausting. I dream of having the chance to let it all go, to live my life without the fear of being or doing exactly what’s expected of me. But they’re called dreams for a reason...
  • Wheels of Steel: Book 2 by Pepper Pace

    Wheels of Steel: Book 2 by Pepper Pace

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In book 1 you were introduced to Robin and Jason; a talented young man with cerebral palsy and his introverted caregiver. Their dawning love transcended their racial and social difference. Now in book 2 Jason and Robin along with the other member of Wheels of Steel find themselves spiraling away from each other...
  • Making the Rules by Ali Parker

    Making the Rules by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Never Again... After having his hand slapped and career almost ruined several years back for falling for a student, Dr. Kendal Tarrington is done with love. Especially with the idea of it being a younger woman. Dara Young is an accounting student at the top of her accounting class and is looking for additional mentorship from someone with a solid record. Dr...
  • Maxen by Sheridan Anne

    Maxen by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brooke - He broke me. Maxen Ryder tore my heart out, crushed it, and had me questioning my self-worth, and nobody but me gets that pleasure. All I want is to move on and forget about the boy who opened me up to a world of hurt, but why is it that every move I make always has me going back? He's not that boy I used to know. He's become a man overnight and I'm not sure I'm strong enough to resist...
  • Broken by Love by C.A. Harms

    Broken by Love by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kate thought she and Carson had finally reached level ground. They had moved in together and were preparing for the arrival of their baby. She never thought they would only be driven further apart by his withdrawn and distant behavior. Carson had always had his freedom, and for a moment, he thought he could still live that life. Only Kate needs more...
  • Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn

    Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dex is many things, a college senior, the bassist for The Invisibles, a son, a friend, everything but a boyfriend. Everybody knows him as the shallow guy who’s up for a good time anytime. People rarely take the time to see the loyal guy lying just beneath the happy-go-lucky façade. There are parts of Dex’s life he keeps hidden. Ones he believes no one would understand...
  • Reject Me by Jennifer Foor

    Reject Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Peyton Hutchinson and Jamey Billings were an unlikely couple from the start. They'd been together for a while, half of it in secret, but she's ready to get serious and take things to the next level.  She moves in with Jamey, forcing him to label what they are to each other, and he's not pleased about it...
  • Tamed by K.A. Robinson

    Tamed by K.A. Robinson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***Book five of the Torn Series, but this novel can be read as a standalone*** Mistakes—my life has been full of them. Time and time again, I’ve tried to change, tried to make the right choices, but it doesn’t matter. I always screw up. I hoped that Adam would be different, that he wouldn’t be a mistake. Our relationship was supposed to be about sex and nothing more...
  • Betting on Hope by Debra Clopton

    Betting on Hope by Debra Clopton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A bet gone wrong. A small town's meddling. And a cowboy intent on saving his ranch. Maggie Hope is an advice columnist whose background leaves her with little advice to give . . . and it's beginning to show. When Maggie fills in at an interview with champion horse trainer Tru Monahan, the on-camera chemistry between them is undeniable...
  • Prince of my Panties by Lili Valente

    Prince of my Panties by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prince Jeffrey is a bossy, smug, overprotective grouch and the last man I want anywhere near my V-Card. Would I like to know what all the sexy times fuss is about? Heck yes.Do I want to lose my virginity to a prince out to ruin my plans? Or risk breaking the heart of a man I'll have to leave behind? Hell. No. I'm already living on borrowed time...
  • Chess Not Checkers by Annah Conwell

    Chess Not Checkers by Annah Conwell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She thinks he’s an arrogant jerk. All Jasmine Chamberlain wants is to make her family proud. She owes them everything and intends to pay them back by being the best student, cheerleader, and chess player the university has ever seen.Unfortunately for her, on her first day of chess club, she gets paired with an arrogant, flirty, hotshot quarterback with an affinity for pushing her buttons...
  • Kozart by J. Nathan

    Kozart by J. Nathan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kozart Savage is the world's biggest rock star. At twenty-five, he's got it all. Money. Fame. And the adoration of fans everywhere. He thought that was enough to make him forget his past. Enough to transform his distrusting heart. Turns out that's not how it works...Then he meets a bridesmaid hiding out in a hotel bar. Probably the only girl on the planet who doesn't know who he is...
  • She Laughs in Pink by Jessica Calla

    She Laughs in Pink by Jessica Calla

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four years after her twin is murdered, Juliet Anderson still struggles with guilt, her parents, and her relationships. Two things keep her from falling into a deep, dark place--dancing and her best friend, Ben. So when Ben decides to play football for New Jersey University, Juliet doesn't hesitate. She follows. Finally away from her past, there is nothing to stand in the way...
  • Variables of Love by M.K. Schiller

    Variables of Love by M.K. Schiller

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Meena Kapoor knows what life has in store for her. She’s in her senior year at Stanford where she’ll graduate summa cum laude, and then she'll begin her interviews…her marriage interviews. Meena is Indian, and she’s never questioned that she’ll have an arranged marriage like all the generations before her. Not until she meets gorgeous math major Ethan Callahan...
  • A Song for Us by Karolyn James

    A Song for Us by Karolyn James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The party for guitarist Gray Reish comes to a quick end when he receives news that his brother is in the hospital after an overdose. This isn’t shocking news to Gray, but it’s the final straw and the rock star is determined to save his brother. In order to do that, he must find out who has been supplying him, even if it costs Gray his life...
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  • Manaconda: The Second Coming by Taryn Elliott, Cari Quinn

    Manaconda: The Second Coming by Taryn Elliott, Cari Quinn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know that awful sound your stereo makes when you drag your needle over a record? For those of you that have never listened to a record…shame on you. Dude, go Google that sh!t right now. Better yet, buy a record player and get your learn on. Anyway, that sound that makes you wince and leap for the volume? Yeah. That's the soundtrack of my life right now. I got the girl and I lost her...
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    celebrity  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • A Different Kind of Love by Nicola Haken

    A Different Kind of Love by Nicola Haken

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is simple. People are not. Despite growing up without it, William Walker knows all about love. He loves his wife. He loves his children. He loves the cat. He has the perfect family, and all he had to do to get it was push aside one pesky little feeling.Unfortunately, love doesn’t pay the bills...
  • Hearts and Heroes Boxed Set by Patricia Thayer, Mindy Neff

    Hearts and Heroes Boxed Set by Patricia Thayer, Mindy Neff

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE COLTON CREEK COWBOY by Patricia Thayer On the run… and right into a cowboy’s arms. Stalked by an ex-boyfriend, Tori Slater escapes to the family’s homestead cabin in Wyoming where she meets the property’s caretaker. An ex-cop, Logan McNeely wants a solitary life so he can forget his past, but finds he’s now protecting this intriguing woman...
  • Bound by Stephie Walls

    Bound by Stephie Walls

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I want to prove my worth, show them what I have.   I may be flawed; we all are. But I'm smart, driven, and ready to take on the world.   No one needs to know the rest. I wasn't counting on him, couldn't imagine someone like him coming into my life. The blue eyes, the chiseled body, the man I can't resist. Truthfully, I have no plans of ever resisting him...
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