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  • Forever Ventured by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Ventured by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wyatt Davies is faced with a hard choice: give up being a veterinarian or give up the family horse racing farm he inherited. He has one chance to save the farm and that chance lies with horse trainer Camila Callahan. Camila was raised by the United Kingdom's greatest horse trainer, and he taught her everything he knew...
  • Finding Hope by Emilia Finn

    Finding Hope by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a man hits rock bottom, he only has two choices. Professional fighter and undisputed champion of the world, twenty-five-year-old Jack Reilly is back for the final instalment of the Rollin On series. Like many love stories, boy meets girl. Girl grudgingly agrees to a date. Boy sits through cringeworthy sex talk. Boy and girl live happily ever after...
  • The Keeneston Roses by Kathleen Brooks

    The Keeneston Roses by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Bluegrass book everyone has been asking for is finally here. The Rose sisters have survived the lows and enjoyed the highs throughout their lives. See what events shaped Keeneston's most beloved siblings. Lily Rae Rose has been headstrong since she was a child. She was the oldest, after all. Maybe that’s why she fell for the bad boy next door...
  • Kissing Books by Cat Johnson

    Kissing Books by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Piss off the hot farmer ✔️ Find out I'll be living in a funeral home ✔️ Meet my new pig Petunia ✔️ Day one in town proved one thing... I'm screwed...
  • Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan

    Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers.   On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediately attracted...
  • REGRET by Emilia Finn

    REGRET by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Preston Danes was born and raised on the streets.Unloved. Unwanted. And quickly discarded.Now he’s a man on the verge of a new career when the infamous Checkmate Security offers him a job.They want to shut down a mafia family, and they need the assistance of a skilled hacker to get the job done.Preston knows code like others know their left hands. He’s perfect for the job...
  • Simply Crazy by Jenn Hype

    Simply Crazy by Jenn Hype

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Forget apps, websites and singles events - clearly the best way to meet a guy is to move in next door, accidentally assault him and then demand a job at his company. If that kind of charm doesn’t totally knock him off his feet, the next step is to build an army. If possible, try to recruit those closest to the target, such as his mom, sisters and closest friends...
  • Reluctantly Rescued by Ruth Cardello

    Reluctantly Rescued by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bradford has spent his life saving innocents, but there are some days he doesn't see much difference between himself and the criminals he takes out. His goal is to die doing something important.Until he meets Joanna and she turns his life upside down.Children's book author. Mini-horse rescue owner...
  • Heal Me Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Heal Me Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can two brothers work together to heal the pain of a woman who swore she’d never love again?Headed to an isolated cabin to try to work on their fractured relationship, Doc and his brother run into a spot of trouble. Their savior is an unlikely one, a Little with a shield so thick it will take both of them working together to penetrate it.Caley isn’t interested in the real world...
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    humor  steamy  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  book  comedy
  • Random Acts of Love by Julia Kent

    Random Acts of Love by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The last ever-loving thing I ever thought I'd become is a hypocrite. A big, fat one. Joe doesn't even want me to meet his parents. Trevor's fine with it, but only if they keep thinking I'm his girlfriend. And only his girlfriend. He doesn't want that pesky little thing called truth to get in the way. Both of them are my boyfriends. Both...
  • Blow Me Away by Christina Hovland

    Blow Me Away by Christina Hovland

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's all fun and games until somebody falls in love... Jase Dvornakov has always loved women, 80's hair band music, and things that go boom. He used to disarm bombs in the Navy, but he's back in Denver after a mission overseas went sideways and destroyed his future, including his marriage. Now he arranges flowers in his family's floral business because flowers don't explode...
  • The Chateau of Happily-Ever-Afters by Jaimie Admans

    The Chateau of Happily-Ever-Afters by Jaimie Admans

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Escape to beautiful France this summer with this uplifting romantic comedy. Where dreams come true…? Wendy Clayton stopped believing in fairy tales a long time ago. Instead, she has a ‘nice’ life. Nice job. Nice flat. Absolutely no men...
  • HOT MEN: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price

    HOT MEN: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Collection of 4 Amazon Best Sellers + 1 Exclusive! This guilty pleasure is for readers who love their bad boys, alpha males and billionaires hot, dark and ready to take the women they want..
  • Merry Measure by Lily Morton

    Merry Measure by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Arlo Wright’s introduction to his sexuality came when he saw his older brother’s best friend, Jack Cooper, in his sweaty football kit. Unfortunately, he didn’t have long to enjoy the revelation because he promptly knocked himself out on a table. Relations between them have never really moved on from that auspicious beginning...
  • Finding Home: Book 1 of the Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn

    Finding Home: Book 1 of the Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From Emilia Finn, a real-life full-contact fighter, comes Finding Home - A powerful tale of family, heroism, and propulsive suspense. Sometimes, the only way to save the girl is to teach her how to fight. Bobby Kincaid is a twenty-six year old MMA fighter whose life has always revolved around his family and gym...
  • Koda: A Bear Shifter Romance by Kira Graham

    Koda: A Bear Shifter Romance by Kira Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bad boys are great. Good boys are overrated. Wild boys… they’re just another species entirely. Join the Koda Clan where the men are wild, the women are naughty, and the hot romance is as sweet as it is spicy. Sexy, steamy, and crazy-funny. You’ve been warned. ;)LOVE METrace Koda is a man I hate.I’m terrified of what I feel for Trace. I’m angry...
  • Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love returns to Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou in a new small-town contemporary romance sure to charm hearts, from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.Sylvie Martine was prepared to take Washington D.C. by storm, but she put that dream on hold when her beloved hometown of Papillon, Louisiana, needed her most. Now Sylvie's the mayor of the tiny town on the bayou that holds her heart...
  • Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all started with a game of Truth or Dare... It's bad enough I got arrested for prostitution on Christmas Eve. Alleged prostitution, mind you. I didn't do it. Of course I didn't. The cops say I offered up a certain sex act for a $5 gasoline gift card, but honey? My sex acts are worth way, way more...
  • Poison Hearts by Jennifer Cody

    Poison Hearts by Jennifer Cody

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Orlando:No one intentionally starts out life trying to become a hired unaliver. Weeellllll, most people don’t. I come from a legacy of unalivers, though I think I might be the first one to make a career out of it. Accidentally...
  • Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

    Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he’s been hired to do so, but because it’s the right thing to do...
  • Forever Wicked by Piper Lawson

    Forever Wicked by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I wanted to fall for a boy. Instead, I fell for a legend... Jax Jamieson was the biggest rock star on the planet. And he loved me.We've been through ups and downs I thought would tear us—and me—apart. But we made it back to each other.Now, I don't want the big ceremony, the dress, or the paparazzi.I only want Jax. His heart, his soul, his hoodie. Forever...
  • Studmuffin Santa by Tawna Fenske

    Studmuffin Santa by Tawna Fenske

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brandon Brown is the unlikeliest Santa ever to don a red velvet suit. His abs are more cheese grater than bowl full of jelly, and deploying to Syria is the closest he’s come to the North Pole. But family drama sends the jaded Marine home for the holidays, and lands him an unexpected gig as a part-time Santa...
  • Come to Me Recklessly by A.L. Jackson

    Come to Me Recklessly by A.L. Jackson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    His heart was turned off…Until she turned him on…Christopher Moore gave up on the idea of love years ago. Now, his life is an endless string of parties and an even longer string of girls. Enjoying the physical perks with none of the emotional mess, he's convinced everyone that he's satisfied—everyone but himself. Samantha Schultz has moved on with her life...
  • A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

    A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Rowe delivers a brand new series set in Rogue Valley, Wyoming, home to the Stockton brothers, a clan of fiercely loyal and honorable men, and the women who touch the hearts of these rugged, loner cowboys. The only reason rancher Chase Stockton and his brothers survived their brutal childhood was because they protected each other...
  • Raging Heart On: Friends to Lovers Romance by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Raging Heart On: Friends to Lovers Romance by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Her biological clock is a ticking time bomb. He’s got the tool it takes to get the job done…And then some. Kayla: Life has never been great. If not for White Lucas and his family, I might have been on the streets. They showed me what family was—what I always wanted. Now I'm nearing thirty, I want my own family. The problem is there’s no man in the picture...
  • The Hero and the Hacktivist by Pippa Grant

    The Hero and the Hacktivist by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For anyone who’s ever been on the receiving end of an unsolicited dick pic… He has the muscles of Adonis, an ego bigger than the sun, and a very clear desire to get back in my pants. Which would be fantastic if he weren’t a SEAL and I wasn’t a criminal. Although, I prefer the term avenger...
  • Life Changer by B.J. Harvey

    Life Changer by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a firefighter and the chef he's been crushing on cross paths, sparks fly. ***Divorced single mom Dee has never much believed in fate until now, but something about the charming and adorably awkward flirt, Rhodes, has her intrigued and wanting to know more...
  • Vampire Man by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Vampire Man by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, comes a standalone Paranormal Romcom about second chances. CAN THIS EVIL VAMPIRE CHANGE HIS WAYS? Just a few short years ago, a medical miracle turned this ancient evil vampire into a human baby. Just a small setback in Mr. Nice’s plans for world domination, right?Wrong...
  • Tougher in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell

    Tougher in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Look out, world! There's a new cowboy in town."—Carolyn Brown, New York Times Bestselling Author for Tangled in Texas He's got five rulesAnd she's aiming to break them all Rodeo producer Cole Jacobs has his hands full running Jacobs Livestock...
  • Not For Me by Aria Bliss

    Not For Me by Aria Bliss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Fake Dating Romantic ComedyIt’s a fake arrangement.Two weeks with me. A free vacation and one very convincing date with her. What could possibly go wrong?♥ ♥ ♥To avoid going on blind dates arranged by my mother, I agree to pretend-date my sister’s best friend. Imagine my surprise when she turns out to be the beautiful, dirty-talking woman who caught my attention while running in Central Park...
  • Cop a Feel by Robyn Peterman

    Cop a Feel by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you get time off for bad behavior, romance is the last thing on your mind--but good old-fashioned lust is a whole different story...Life undercover isn't exactly one big party--not when you're a DEA agent--but it sure beats a desk job. Except when you screw up big and someone has to go in and clean up after you...
  • Dealing Double by Tamra Baumann

    Dealing Double by Tamra Baumann

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling in love can leave anyone feeling a little exposed… Archaeologist Gabby Knight has been living under an assumed identity to steer clear of her mobster father’s enemies. But when she suspects her father of plotting to steal a priceless statue buried in New Mexico, she risks everything and sets out for the desert to beat him to it—and to save him from making a grave mistake...
  • Tangled in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell

    Tangled in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Look out, world! There's a new cowboy in town."—Carolyn Brown, New York Times Bestselling Author It took 32 seconds to end his career.But it only took 1 to change his life. Thirty-two seconds. That's how long it took for Delon Sanchez's life to end. One minute he was the best bronc rider in the Panhandle and the next he was nothing...
  • Cocky Bastard by Penelope Ward

    Cocky Bastard by Penelope Ward

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    He was someone who belonged in my wildest fantasies instead of a rest stop in the middle of Nebraska.A sexy, cocky, Australian named Chance was the last person I expected to run into on my cross-country drive. When my car broke down, we made a deal. Next thing I knew, we were traveling together, spending sexually-tense nights in hotels and taking unplanned detours...
  • Two Captains, One Chair by Shaye Marlow

    Two Captains, One Chair by Shaye Marlow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rocking sparkly purple toenails under a pair of steel-toe boots, Suzy is a river barge captain in the Alaskan Bush. She’s a tiny gossip with big problems: her able-bodied barge boy just left her high and dry, she can’t sleep, her best friend Helly is getting all the action… and now, someone’s stolen her gold nugget. Ed is a nice guy...
  • Size Matters by Robyn Peterman

    Size Matters by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A few hard truths...Don’t bet on Hasselhoff, Bigfoot might actually exist, and searching for the impossible may lead you to your heart’s desire...It’s a big fat hairy deal when I lose yet another bet to my best friend, Rena...
  • The Bunny is Coming by Tara Sivec

    The Bunny is Coming by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sam and Noel have had more than their share of mishaps since they met, and are starting to wonder if they might be jinxed around the holidays. But what could possibly go wrong during a beautiful celebration like Easter, when spring is in the air, eggs need to be colored, baskets have to be filled, and cute little bunny decorations need a home? With this family - EVERYTHING...
  • VIP by Lila Monroe

    VIP by Lila Monroe

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Welcome to Billionaire Bachelors Inc, where the sexiest men in the city are about to meet their match.. Hot bachelor Max Carlisle is heir to a media empire, tabloid catnip, and… wants to hire me to be his fake fiancee. I know what it takes to keep a billionaire in line, but signing up for seven days in close quarters with this Very Irresistible Playboy? It’s just asking for trouble...
  • Ball Peen Hammer by Lauren Rowe

    Ball Peen Hammer by Lauren Rowe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the USA Today and Internationally bestselling author of The Club Series, Hero, and Captain, Lauren Rowe, comes a sexy standalone romantic comedy about Keane Morgan: Ball Peen Hammer.Keane Morgan wouldn’t return any of my calls or texts, and I was pissed as hell about it. I didn’t want to drive from Seattle to L.A...
  • The Mother Road by Meghan Quinn, Greyson Ash

    The Mother Road by Meghan Quinn, Greyson Ash

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Never in a million years would I have pictured myself as an axe-wielding, dragon lady, chopping up multi-colored flannel shirts into my very own plaid mulch. But here I am, chopping away my frustrations.It all started when my brother, Paul, convinced me to go on one last family road trip across the Mother Road with him and my dad. Just like old times, right? Wrong...
  • Hard To Handle by Lori Foster

    Hard To Handle by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sometimes Fate delivers a left hook. After Fate deals Supreme Battle Challenge (SBC) fighter Harley Handleman a sucker punch, his uncle secretly hires a pretty lifecoach to get Harley back in the ring of life. Anastasia Kelley has actually known Harley for years, but never as well as she's going to now...
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    humor  sports  steamy  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  athlete  book
  • Instant Temptation by Jill Shalvis

    Instant Temptation by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    T.J. Wilder is the perfect package of breathtaking adventure and raw sex appeal. Even better, he's about to reconnect with the one woman he's never been able to forget... Get Your Pulse Racing To Harley, the landscape around Wishful, California, is exhilarating, untamed, and more than a little dangerous. The same could be said for T.J...
  • Playboy Pilot by Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward

    Playboy Pilot by Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Money or love? Which would you choose? You probably just answered the question in your head, thinking it's an easy decision. For me, it's not. Did I mention it's a lot of money? A hell of a lot. I needed to go far away to think it through. As I embarked on an impulsive trip, I hit a detour when I met sexy Carter in the airport lounge. We struck up a heated conversation. Then, he left...
  • Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Chicago Stars quarterback Dean Robillard is the luckiest man in the world: a bona-fide sports superstar and the pride of the NFL with a profitable side career as a buff billboard model for End Zone underwear. But life in the glory lane has started to pale, and Dean has set off on a cross-country trip to figure out what's gone wrong...
  • Bootyversary by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Bootyversary by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bootyversary [boo-tee-ver--sa-ry] noun: when someone has had the same booty call for a year.The issue: Peyton's sworn off military men.The compromise: A booty call when I'm on leave.The reason tonight changes everything: It's our one-year BOOTYVERSARY.It's supposed to be magic - me telling her she's the one.But Peyton has other ideas.And she sure as hell isn't prepared to wear a ring.Yet...
  • Billionaire's Game by Summer Cooper

    Billionaire's Game by Summer Cooper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I fell asleep against his chest feeling many emotions, but amidst them all, one emotion stood out and that was love." Lesli is used to one thing: Being the youngest and smartest person in the room. But now college is over and she’s not sure who she is or what she wants from life. On a whim, she decides to move to Florida to work for her cousin’s nonprofit organization, Ophelia’s Angels...
  • Love You by Stacy Finz

    Love You by Stacy Finz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sexy, smart, and exciting, the Garner brothers have made Glory Junction, California, the country’s top extreme sports town—but there’s no shortage of thrills wherever they go . . .   Darcy Wallace may be an employee at Garner Adventure, but the kind of excitement she’s looking for is more of the indoor variety...
  • Let Me Stay by Aria Bliss

    Let Me Stay by Aria Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve always loved her, but I made a promise that I’d never touch her. That promise was the worst mistake I ever made. Because I just broke it. ♥ ♥ ♥She’s always been off-limits. Her brother, and my best friend, made that very clear years ago. My mind may have gotten the message, but my heart didn’t listen. But Emily doesn’t have just one brother...
  • Do Me a Favor by Christina Hovland

    Do Me a Favor by Christina Hovland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some days things just click. Today is not that day.Love is a battlefield, and divorce attorney Sadie Howard is entrenched on the frontlines. She thought she might have met the right man once, but he was a career military guy who got shipped overseas and left her heart on the tarmac. These days, the only commitment Sadie wants is the one she's made to her Denver law practice...
  • Two Brutes, One Barista by Shaye Marlow

    Two Brutes, One Barista by Shaye Marlow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    manover MAN-oh-ver | noun 1: a makeover of one’s masculinity Example: “J.D. is such a metrosexual that, at this point, our only option is a manover.” –Zack & Rory Adderack J.D.’s got a problem. He’s an MMA fighter who’s lost his belt, his honor, the mobility in his shoulder, and the sexist pigs he’s been mooching off of have just gone insane… but, that’s not the problem...
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