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The Effing List by Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLet’s liven up our marriage. It’ll be fun. Then her husband brought two slaves into the house. That was the end of that. Divorce achieved, Valerie is working on her goals. Friends: has a new one. Fitness: little muscles! Finances: in the black. Friskiness? Total. Effing. Fail. So she attends the notorious Shadowlands club’s open house... -
![To Dream by Carolyn Brown]()
To Dream by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGreta Fields had planned to stay one night in Murray County, Oklahoma, to attend her brother's wedding, even though she thought he was making the biggest mistake of his life for the second time. But on her way out of town, she caused a three car pileup when she dropped her cell phone and tried to retrieve it while traveling ninety miles an hour... -
![One Simple Wish: Return to Lighthouse Point by Kay Correll]()
One Simple Wish: Return to Lighthouse Point by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes not everything is exactly as it seems... When her aunt is injured, Sara hurries back to Belle Island to help out at Charming Inn. She’s sure she can run the inn and work remotely for her job back in Boston... -
![So This is Love by Brooke St. James]()
So This is Love by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAbigail Spencer loved her job. She was a marine biologist who maintained some of Miami's most spectacular ponds and aquariums. She had the opportunity to travel around the city, meeting new people and working in beautiful locations. So, even though it was just another day at the office when she suddenly met the man of her dreams, she wasn't in an office at all... -
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![Wait for Me by Susan May Warren]()
Wait for Me by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen two women go missing in the Montana wilderness, Pete Brooks must trust his skills, teammatesand the woman who broke his heartif he hopes to bring them all home alive... -
![The House on the Beach by Linda Barrett]()
The House on the Beach by Linda Barrett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSea View House in Pilgrim Cove offers its residents the sea, the sun, the sound of the surf and the call of the gulls. But sometimes serenity is only an illusion....Laura McCloud has come back to Pilgrim Cove—the source of her fondest childhood memories—to pick up the pieces of her life. The solitude of Sea View House is just what she needs... -
![Surrender to a Donovan by A.C. Arthur]()
Surrender to a Donovan by A.C. Arthur
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSean Donovan is a man on a mission—to discover who is behind the popular relationship column that has transformed his family-owned magazine into Miami's hippest glossy. But Tate Dennison isn't the sassy columnist the hardworking bachelor expected. Nor is he prepared for the flash fire of passion the stunning single mother arouses... -
![Secret Vows by Rochelle Alers]()
Secret Vows by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Hideaway Wedding WagerTwins Ana and Jason and their cousin Nicholas are successful thirty somethings who are single�and loving it. They have no idea that their relatives are betting on which one of them will get married first... -
![Desire a Donovan by A.C. Arthur]()
Desire a Donovan by A.C. Arthur
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sexy, fast-living heir to a multimillion-dollar news-and-entertainment dynasty, Dion Donovan is the man every woman wants. Despite his playboy rep, Dion's heart belongs to Lyra Anderson. He's never forgotten the kiss they shared right before she left Miami for a new life in L.A. Now she's back, a successful photographer�and more desirable than ever... -
![His Christmas Bride by Lara Van Hulzen]()
His Christmas Bride by Lara Van Hulzen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLucas lives in New York, but he's always loved Marietta. When he gets engaged, he decides Montana is exactly the place to get married. Tanner Ranch brings back happy memories of horseback riding and summer nights under the stars making it the perfect place to hold his wedding... -
![The Promise of Us by Jamie Beck]()
The Promise of Us by Jamie Beck
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey couldn’t be more different…or more completely perfect for each other. Claire McKenna knows about loss. The bullet wound that ended her promising professional tennis career drove her to make a quiet life for herself working with fabric samples, chatting with her book group, and spending time with her parents in her sleepy coastal Connecticut hometown... -
![Texas Twist by Cynthia D'Alba]()
Texas Twist by Cynthia D'Alba
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReal bad boys can grow up to be real good men. Paige Ryan has lost everything important in her life. Her parents, her lover, her horse, her life on the rodeo tour. Lost about her future, she moves to Whispering Springs, Texas to be near her step-brother... -
![Secret Agenda by Rochelle Alers]()
Secret Agenda by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn paper, Vivienne Neal had a lifestyle most people would envy. Only she knows what a sham her marriage really was. So when her politician husband is killed in a hit-and-run accident, she moves to Florida and takes a job as a personal assistant to Diego Cole-Thomas, a powerful CEO with an intimidating reputation... -
![The Betting Billionaire: A Sweet Football Second Chance Romance by Carly Morgan, Ann Hardy]()
The Betting Billionaire: A Sweet Football Second Chance Romance by Carly Morgan, Ann Hardy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe let her go once. After Dalton and his friends wind up in jail, they make a bet to see who can find their first loves and fall in love. It's winner takes all in this sweet second chance romance and Dalton refuses to lose. *** Previously released title: The Risky Groom. *** It's been reedited and updated and is sure to melt your sweet heart... -
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![All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers]()
All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisenchanted with the politics of working in an upscale Washington, D.C. restaurant, twenty-seven-year-old chef Lydia Lord resigns from her job and resolves to make it on her own... -
![A Simple Singing by Leslie Gould]()
A Simple Singing by Leslie Gould
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years Marie Bachmann thought of herself as the "good" daughter. She was the most loving to their mother, the most dedicated to their Amish way of life. But when a Mennonite farmhand, Gordon Martin, shows interest in her she can't help but be flattered--until her mother sends her off to Florida. While there, Marie begins spending time with bad-boy Eli Jacob, the bishop's son from back home... -
![Keeping You by Daphne Elliot]()
Keeping You by Daphne Elliot
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was my first kiss. My first love. And my first heartbreak . Twenty years later, our reunion is not the meet-cute I imagined. Instead, it's a meet-puke when I find Callum Quinn throwing up on my front lawn. We’ve both come a long way since high school. I’m a free spirit single mom, back in town with twin boys and a family farm to save... -
![The Cajun Doctor by Sandra Hill]()
The Cajun Doctor by Sandra Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times Bestselling Author Sandra Hill delivers another Tante Lulu Adventure as twin brothers leave Alaska to discover their Cajun rootsDr. Daniel LeDeux and pilot Aaron LeDeux travel to the swampy bayous of Louisiana, where they discover a long-lost family... -
![Still the Best Woman for the Job by Sharon C. Cooper]()
Still the Best Woman for the Job by Sharon C. Cooper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 1 of the Jenkins Family Series Joint heir to the largest construction company in the state of Ohio, master plumber, Toni (TJ) Jenkins has been groomed to behave in a way that is befitting of the respected Jenkins’ family name... -
![Ray of Light: The Days of Redemption Series, Book Two by Shelley Shepard Gray]()
Ray of Light: The Days of Redemption Series, Book Two by Shelley Shepard Gray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray brings inspirational romance to life in this sweet tale of love in the Amish community, Ray of Light, the second installment of her Days of Redemption series. Roman Keim just wants a break from the family drama at his snowy Ohio home when he heads to an Amish snowbird community in Florida... -
![Taming the Texas Cowboy by Charlene Sands]()
Taming the Texas Cowboy by Charlene Sands
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a disaster destroyed nearly everything Maddie Brooks owned, Trey Walker offered the petite redhead shelter at 2 Hope Ranch. A veterinarian, Maddie was smart, sexy, and good with animals… Impossible to resist, yet Trey is convinced he is cursed when it comes to women. The temporary arrangement Maddie made with Trey was supposed to be strictly business... -
![Chances Are by Kellie Coates Gilbert]()
Chances Are by Kellie Coates Gilbert
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChances are, you never know what story might be in the very next chapter...When recently divorced Allie Barrett receives a letter notifying her that she’s inherited her deceased uncle’s home and fishing charter business in Oregon, she quickly decides the coastal town of Pacific Bay might be the perfect place to start over and raise her eleven-year-old son... -
![Hiding in Park City by RaeAnne Thayne]()
Hiding in Park City by RaeAnne Thayne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA single mom on the run and an injured FBI agent find their greatest danger is with each other in this story of secret identity, originally titled Nowhere to Hide and published in 2003! As an on-the-run single mother out to protect her little girls, Lisa Connors needs two things: money, and to keep her identity secret... -
![Take a Chance on Me by Becky Wade]()
Take a Chance on Me by Becky Wade
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen baker Penelope Quinn steps in to help her brother’s family through a medical crisis, she’s forced into close proximity with charming Air Force fighter pilot Eli Price. Penelope has one iron-clad dating rule—she does not date airmen. Months ago, she relaxed her rule with Eli and immediately lived to regret it... -
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![Shameless by Lora Leigh]()
Shameless by Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"She's a temptation he can't afford." Ian Sinclair, the man with no heart, the ultimate Trojan, the untouchable, the unreachable, may just have met his match. As wild as the untamed winds, as innocent as love itself, Courtney's vivacious spirit shines as brilliantly as the brightest star. And he wants nothing more in life than to see the sweet innocence that is so much a part of her survive... -
![Strictly Confidential Attraction by Brenda Jackson]()
Strictly Confidential Attraction by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I need you, Alli." -- Mark Hartman, desperate new dad Did Mark mean what Alison Lind hoped? Was her boss declaring his passion for her? Did he really feel the same way she secretly felt for him? Apparently not. Turned out that what Alison wanted and what Mark needed were two different things. Instead of asking her to be his lover, he was asking her to be temporary nanny to his baby niece... -
![Perfection: The MacGregor Grooms / A Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts]()
Perfection: The MacGregor Grooms / A Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe MacGregor Grooms(1998)Daniel MacGregor sets his matchmaking skills against three of his grandsons - D.C., Duncan, and Ian.A Perfect Neighbor(1999)Daniel MacGregor is matchmaking again when he encourages playwright Preston McQuinn to move in across the hall from his granddaughter Cybill Campbell... -
![Lost in Cottonwood Canyon (The Searchers) / How to Train a Cowboy by RaeAnne Thayne, Caro Carson]()
Lost in Cottonwood Canyon (The Searchers) / How to Train a Cowboy by RaeAnne Thayne, Caro Carson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOriginally published in 2004 and called Nothing to Lose, New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne brings readers a thrilling story of a sister desperate to save her brother’s life and the true crime writer who may be the only man who can help!Crime expert Wyatt McKinnon has built his career by turning high-profile cases into bestsellers... -
![The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson]()
The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whole life waiting for that magical moment, hoping that when she meets the right guy, everything will fall into place perfectly.But right now, her life is anything but perfect. Heading home from a music festival, engine trouble means she’s stranded at a Nevada bus station until morning... -
![Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones]()
Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to take pride in his own abilities.Patrice dreams of a first-class education, but right now she's just got to survive the walk to school.Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother...then her mother lured her to Chicago and ended up in jail... -
![Lone Star Christmas by Diana Palmer, Joan Johnston]()
Lone Star Christmas by Diana Palmer, Joan Johnston
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTop Silhouette authors Diana Palmer and Joan Johnston have saddled up to bring their loyal readers another original novel each in their respective series, Long, Tall Texans and Hawk's Way! Two romantic Christmas love stories bound in one incredibly priced, mass market sized, hardcover collector's edition... -
![Kiss The Bride by Rachael Johns]()
Kiss The Bride by Rachael Johns
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt seems that wedding fever has hit the little town of Marietta... And that suits single mom, Magdalena Davis, just fine. It means the local gossips will stop hounding her about returning to town and the secret she’s kept for fifteen years. Home to make peace with her sick mother, the last thing Mags wants is to get involved in Marietta’s big celebrity wedding... -
![Embraced by Lora Leigh]()
Embraced by Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMarey has run from herself and from Sax for over three years. Lost years, hiding in the home her parents left her, living on the fantasy, too wary to reach out and make real the dreams of the life and man that torment her. Sax Brogan is the embodiment of sinful and sexy-tall, dark, handsome and every inch of him the fantasy of Marey's dreams come to hot, throbbing life... -
![The Apology Project by Jeanette Escudero]()
The Apology Project by Jeanette Escudero
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDear (almost) everyone: Can we be friends again?Life is about to get complicated for Amelia Montgomery, a prominent litigator in Chicago. She’s been fired for not compromising her principles in a high-profile case and then punching her partner in the nose for the misogynistic comment he made in retort (not her finest moment)... -
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![The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev]()
The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLiving on their own terms means being there for one another.When sixty-five-year-old Bindu Desai inherits a million dollars, she’s astounded—and horrified. The windfall threatens to expose a shameful mistake from her youth. On an impulse, Bindu quickly spends it on something unexpected: a condo in a posh retirement community in Florida... -
![Promise Me Forever by Debbie Macomber]()
Promise Me Forever by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDebbie Macomber’s beautiful story of hope, healing, and the magic of the human heart is available for the first time as an eBook. Physical therapist Joy Neilsen doesn’t take no for an answer when it comes to her patients. She’s tough yet compassionate, doing whatever it takes to get them back on their feet . . . and she’s met her match in Sloan Whittaker... -
![A Gentle Rain by Deborah Smith]()
A Gentle Rain by Deborah Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Connecticut heiress learns she was adopted and travels to a northern Florida ranch to find her birth parents. There she also finds a wealth of big-hearted ranch hands, many with cognitive impairments. By the end of the summer, she's given her heart to all of them, including an unfriendly "cracker horse" and the handsome ranch owner... -
![Fortunate Harbor by Emilie Richards]()
Fortunate Harbor by Emilie Richards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoin five women connected only by their growing friendship and the road that runs like a lifeline between their cottages in a rundown Florida development called Happiness Key. Tracy Deloche finally gets a chance to swap business for a romantic evening with Marsh Egan, but dinner goes cold when she spots her ex-husband prowling outside her cottage... -
![Wedding Girl by Stacey Ballis]()
Wedding Girl by Stacey Ballis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou’ve Got Mail meets Julie & Julia in the new foodie fiction from the author of Recipe for Disaster... -
![Three's Company by Lorelei James, Jess Dee]()
Three's Company by Lorelei James, Jess Dee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Question of Trust by Jess Dee Gabriel fulfills every one of Madelines sexual fantasies. Until he introduces her to his best friend Connor. Suddenly Maddies horizons are expending in a whole new direction that breaks all the rules... -
![The Best Is Yet To Come by Diana Palmer]()
The Best Is Yet To Come by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE SECOND TIME AROUND... As a young secretary, Ivy McKenzie fell hopelessly in love with tycoon Ryder Calaway. But the searing passion that sizzled between them--and Ryder's cool rejection--sent innocent Ivy running. Now, five years later, Ivy discovered that Ryder's magnetic virility was still as daunting--and harder than ever to evade... -
![Dream a Little Dream of Me by Iris Morland]()
Dream a Little Dream of Me by Iris Morland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt seventeen, Lizzie Thornton left her hometown of Fair Haven to pursue her musical dreams — and to run from Trent Younger, the boy who broke her heart. Now a successful singer, Lizzie returns to Fair Haven nine years later. When she runs into Trent at her brother’s wedding, she discovers he’s no longer the shy boy she left behind... -
![Resisting the Doctor by Patricia W. Fischer]()
Resisting the Doctor by Patricia W. Fischer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter being hired as the temporary director of Marietta Medical ER, Dr. Lucy Davidson meticulously plots the course she wants the quickly growing facility to take. She’s laser-focused, determined to prove herself worthy to become the permanent director. No distraction will sway her…not even the brilliant and disturbingly handsome new Emergency Room physician, Thomas McAvoy... -
![60 Percent Proof by Taylor V. Donovan]()
60 Percent Proof by Taylor V. Donovan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNote from the Author: This is a free interlude to celebrate Mac's birthday, and will be available for download on May 15, 2013. Sam Shaughnessy knows what he wants from Mac O’Bannon: monthly, uncomplicated casual encounters. Mac is on the same page. For two months they have been enjoying each other’s company, never forgetting that their agreement leaves zero room for long-term commitment... -
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![Love Out Loud by Marilyn Lee]()
Love Out Loud by Marilyn Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 2 in the Long Line of Love seriesAs her thirty-first birthday approaches, plain but passionate accountant Benai Peters' romantic prospects improve when she attracts the attention of her best friend's brother-in-law at the wedding rehearsal dinner. The only problem is the handsome Randall Grayhawk mistakenly thinks she belongs to his older brother, the equally handsome but brooding Bancroft... -
![Taste by Tracy Ewens]()
Taste by Tracy Ewens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf only life were as simple as following a recipe.In her twenties, Kara Malendar found herself at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, thousands of miles away from the harsh media coverage of her political family. But Paris ended abruptly when she was summoned home to Los Angeles and expected to stand in again as the senator’s perfect daughter... -
![Marriage Wanted by Debbie Macomber]()
Marriage Wanted by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMARRIAGE WANTEDGROOM: Divorce attorney Dash Davenport had seen enough bad endings to know that marriage was a mistake. When he had asked Savannah Charles to marry him, it was out of mutual necessity--not love.BRIDE: Weddings were Savannah's business and she was an expert on marital bliss. Yet she'd given little thought to her own day of joy...Categorized as:
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![Somebody That I Used to Know by Dana L. Davis]()
Somebody That I Used to Know by Dana L. Davis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this fresh, addictive novel from the author of Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now , an aspiring musician is forced to reunite with her ex–best friend―who just happens to be the world’s biggest teen star. Dylan Woods hasn’t seen her best friend, Langston, in years. After he moved to Los Angeles, he ghosted her. Then he became Legendary, the biggest teen R&B artist on the planet... -
![And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child, Maureen Childs]()
And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child, Maureen Childs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNine years ago, Samantha Marconi was swept away in a whirlwind wedding...even though she'd only known her new husband for a month. When Jeff left her just weeks after the wedding-she found out she was pregnant and had nowhere to turn. So Sam did the only thing she thought she could do. She placed her daughter up for adoption and tried to forget the past-until her past came knocking on her door.. -
![Leather and Lace by Lily Graison]()
Leather and Lace by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoxy Carlisle is on a mission. She's been in lust with Luke Harris, lead guitarist for the band Wicked, for two years. When her best friend, Holly, hooks up with the bands lead singer, and asks her to tag along to New York with her to meet the band, Roxy couldn't pack her bags fast enough. The chance to meet Luke in person was a dream come true...
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