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Tall, Dark and Irresistible by Erika Wilde
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA complete stand-alone story, TALL, DARK & IRRESISTIBLE is a fun, flirty swoon-worthy romance! When it comes to love and happily ever after, Leo Stone is a disbeliever. Having been left at the altar by the one woman he thought he'd spend the rest of his life with, he's vowed to keep his heart to himself and enjoy the one thing he knows won't affect his emotions . . . hot, dirty sex...Categorized as:
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![The Casanova by T.L. Swan]()
The Casanova by T.L. Swan
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn T L Swan’s steamy third installment of the Miles High Club, Kate’s hot new pen pal is a welcome distraction from her horrible boss. But nobody is as distracting as Elliot Miles…and he knows it.My favorite hobby is infuriating Elliot Miles. Just the sight of my boss’s handsome face triggers my sarcasm... -
![Banking the Billionaire by Max Monroe]()
Banking the Billionaire by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsUninhibited. Sarcastic. Confident. Beautiful. With a thriving photography career that allows her to travel all over the world and capture the hottest of men behind her camera lens, Cassie Phillips is the woman who can’t be tamed. Adrenaline-junkie. Jokester. Billionaire. Hot-as-sin...Categorized as:
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![New Year, New Boo?: a holiday short by Alexandria House]()
New Year, New Boo?: a holiday short by Alexandria House
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCould a dreaded company New Year's party be just the place for Langston O'Neal to bag a new boo?This is a very, very, VERY short story which contains profanity and sexual content. If you are opposed to any of these elements, this is not the read for you... -
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![Man Fast by Krista Sandor]()
Man Fast by Krista Sandor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDenver's biggest playboy is about to get schooled. Brennen Rich, powerful, and a former pro skier—nothing and no woman is off-limits to Brennen Bergen. Part of the billion-dollar Bergen mountain sports family, he’s reigned supreme over the Denver social scene with his playboy antics. But that’s about to change when he meets Abby Quinn and gets schooled on the MAN FAST... -
![Bartender with Benefits by Mickey Miller]()
Bartender with Benefits by Mickey Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA steamy standalone Romantic comedy from Top 100 Author Mickey Miller What happens when a good girl and a bad boy fake an engagement? My best friend's sister and I have a history that we'd rather keep secret. So when we make up a lie to get a loan, I should have seen the writing on the wall. Now, she's my fake fiancée, which means we'll be spending more time together... -
![The Price Of Scandal by Lucy Score]()
The Price Of Scandal by Lucy Score
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratings“I’m the fixer your board hired to clean up your mess.” “So you show up here, break into my house, and take a bath?” Emily Stanton’s perfect life just became a disaster. She has a trust fund brother looking for a handout, a father who is more board member than dad, and a mother who thinks she should give up on this whole billionaire CEO thing and meet a man with a pre-nup and a yacht...Categorized as:
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![Indecent Ventures by A.K. Landow]()
Indecent Ventures by A.K. Landow
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJADE:I didn’t have the easiest childhood. An absent father and eccentric mother caused me to have to grow up fast and left me damaged in relationships. Control is important to me. I maintain control in my relationships with men, never letting them get too close.Four years ago, I met a much older man that gave me the best night of my life... -
![Fake and Don't Tell by Rebel Bloom]()
Fake and Don't Tell by Rebel Bloom
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy ex-boyfriend is meeting my cousin at the altar. My solution?Persuading one of my three BFFs to be my fake date...My name is Poppy Jo Summers, and I’ve broken the golden Never sleep with any of your best friends, let alone all three of them.My proposition seemed innocent enough.One of them would be my fake date for my evil cousin's wedding.In return, I’d do a favor for all three of them...Categorized as:
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![Stud in the Stacks by Pippa Grant]()
Stud in the Stacks by Pippa Grant
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen it comes to women, I know what they want. And all day long, I give it to them. Dark, broody, and sexy? You got it. Need to laugh? I’m your guy. Desperate for something to put you in the mood? You’ve come to the right place, kitten.Every morning when my library opens, there’s a line around the block, the ladies flocking to me in need of their next book boyfriend. I’m that dude... -
![MANFAX by Jacob Chance]()
MANFAX by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsManfax: A detailed report containing information about a potential boyfriend/girlfriend’s romantic history.What is it about this bad boy that has women clamoring to date him?Adam Winters is like an ice-cold drink of water on a scorching day—he goes down like a champ.Tall, built, and handy, he’s irresistible and he knows it... -
![Untamed Devil by Melissa Ivers]()
Untamed Devil by Melissa Ivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm not ready to be a single dad...I had my life all figured out.Hockey. A revolving door of women. No strings. No worries.Until my sister runs off with a man she's just met and leaves my nine-year-old niece in my living room with nothing but a backpack, a stuffed snake named Leo, and a broken heart.I need help... -
![Diary of a Bad Boy by Meghan Quinn]()
Diary of a Bad Boy by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a forbidden romance about an Irish rebel who falls in love with the wrong girl.Dear Diary, I might have gotten myself into a wee bit of trouble—and I'm not talking about the "court mandated community service," or “therapy sessions from bashing a bloke in the head" kind of trouble. I wish it were that simple. Nope... -
![Deal Maker by Lily Morton]()
Deal Maker by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSometimes your mouth makes deals that your heart can’t honour.Jude is a highly successful model, but a very reluctant one. His life is full of casual hook-ups with pretty men in glamorous locations, but it’s still empty. However, circumstances decreed a long time ago that this was his path, so he’s resolutely stayed on it and accepted his fate with good grace... -
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![By a Thread by Lucy Score]()
By a Thread by Lucy Score
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsDominic was staring at me like he couldn’t decide whether to chop me into pieces or pull my hair and French kiss me. DominicI got her fired. Okay, so I’d had a bad day and took it out on a bystander in a pizza shop. But there’s nothing innocent about Ally Morales. She proves that her first day of her new job… in my office… after being hired by my mother... -
![More Fun With Dick And Shane by Gillibran Brown]()
More Fun With Dick And Shane by Gillibran Brown
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe houseboy is back... Gillibran Brown returns with more day to day tales about life and love. Being a houseboy to two demanding men is no easy task. There’s more to it than first meets the eye. Gilli has to be all things from chief cook and bottle washer to cleaner and gardener. When he’s good he’s very very good and when he’s bad…he gets his comeuppance... -
![The Unexpected Manny by J.B. Heller]()
The Unexpected Manny by J.B. Heller
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSebastian Bailey is hot AF, but the dude's a total A-hole.I have no idea what I'm in for when I sign up to interview hot upcoming romance author S. Bailey. For starters, she turns out to be a he—and he's super hot. Unfortunately, he’s also a massive D-bag with a weird thing about punctuality.Our first meeting is less than stellar, but thankfully the second one goes somewhat better... -
![Runaway Bride's Guide to Love by Chelle Sloan]()
Runaway Bride's Guide to Love by Chelle Sloan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA swoony, age gap, brother’s best friend, runaway bride romance from bestselling author, Chelle Sloan... -
![Matching Mr. Right by Tamra Baumann]()
Matching Mr. Right by Tamra Baumann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShelby Marx helps clients find on-line love by day, but at night she writes children’s books featuring a naughty monkey named Chester. The monkey constantly seeks forgiveness, just as Shelby struggles to forgive herself for a tragic childhood accident that stole everyone she loved. Now she yearns to create a new family... -
![The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller]()
The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJasper Westbrook. Code name: Swoon Machine.My best friend's older brother.Melter of ovaries. Destroyer of panties.And suddenly...a single dad.Guys like Jasper—I bet you know the type? The chiseled arms. The wavy hair. The melt-your-brain-cells smile.Good thing I'm a smart girl—Honey Hill's former child prodigy, to be precise—I should know better than to fall for this playboy's charm... -
![Deal Makers by Laura Lee]()
Deal Makers by Laura Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’VE OFFICIALLY SCREWED THE POOCH. I mean, not literally, because that would be disgusting. But I did break one of the cardinal rules of Bro Code, which is equally appalling. You see, I fell in love with my best friend’s sister after he explicitly forbid me to go near her. As if that weren’t bad enough, I went ahead and married her while sh*tfaced in Vegas... -
![The Wild Card by Cassie-Ann L. Miller]()
The Wild Card by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was supposed to be harmless. One fake date with an off-limits football player I'd never date for real.Plot twist—Harry Westbrook is the exact opposite of harmless.My first mistake? Underestimating that boyish smile, those playful eyes, the charming words on those perfect lips. He claims to have a crush on me... -
![So This Is War by Meghan Quinn]()
So This Is War by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDid I think I was going to fall for my coach's daughter? The answer would be no. I'm still unclear on how I got into this predicament in the first place. A year ago, I was a man with one thought on his mind, the redhead I met at a hotel bar. Twelve months later, I found her. Unfortunately for me, she not only happens to be my very off-limits coach's daughter, but also . . -
![Desserts for Stressed People by Letizia Lorini]()
Desserts for Stressed People by Letizia Lorini
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNothing brings stressed people together like desserts.Revenge is a dish best served scorching hot. That’s why professionally stressed and dessert loving Heaven Wilson creates a fake profile on the app her cheating boyfriend is using to find hookups... -
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![Beg, Borrow or Steal by Susie Tate]()
Beg, Borrow or Steal by Susie Tate
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJamie is proud of everything he’s achieved. A consultant anaesthetist and the Medical Education Director – he’s a pretty big deal. So when one of his medical students falls asleep, right in the middle of a tutorial, he is furious. He’s a bloody good teacher, damn it! Maybe he could have been a little more understanding. Maybe he didn’t have to try and humiliate her... -
![Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren]()
Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLibrarian's Note: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.From the New York Times best-selling author of Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player, Book Two of the brand-new Wild Seasons series that started with Sweet Filthy Boy - a story of friends, love, and lust.Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don't even like each other.. -
![A Very Bossy Christmas by Kayley Loring]()
A Very Bossy Christmas by Kayley Loring
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat’s the actual last thing you’d ever want your executive assistant to see you doing the morning after you had hot, drunk, angry sex with her in a terrible hotel room? Dancing around your terrible hotel room to “Come and Get Your Love” like Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy—naked? Yeah. Me too.And yet, here we are...Categorized as:
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![Undertow by Willow Summers]()
Undertow by Willow Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaugh-out-loud romantic comedy by USA Today Bestseller Willow Summers! CODE NAME: UNDERTOW The ladies see this wave coming at them, and they don’t know whether to swim away, or toward it. It won’t matter. They call me Undertow for a reason. Nights with me are sweet agony. I’m a wild spirit. No one has tied me down, and no one has come back from the pull of the undertow... -
![Sterling by Willow Summers]()
Sterling by Willow Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCODE NAME: STERLING What are you looking for? To be treated like a princess? Or a queen? They call me Sterling because I make women feel like royalty. I give ladies a taste of the good life. But all that has to be put on hold when I go visit family for the holidays. My dad would pitch a fit if he knew what I did for a living. Especially considering what I gave up... -
![Conflicting Ventures by A.K. Landow]()
Conflicting Ventures by A.K. Landow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkylar Lawrence is the quiet sister. The one that doesn’t need to be the center of attention. The one who wants happiness above all else. She’s been content to stay in the background and support her sisters as their stars shine bright.She internalizes her struggles. The lingering pain of losing her father, followed by the ending of her relationship with the man she thought was her forever...Categorized as:
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Deja Brew All Over Again by Sylvie Stewart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrouble has always had a way of finding me, but I never expected to be carjacked by a hot girl in a wedding dress.As the official family screw-up, not many people count on me for anything but a good time. But Maisy Romero and her little brother need a knight in shining armor, and they need him yesterday... -
![Hate Notes by Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward]()
Hate Notes by Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling authors Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward comes an unexpected love story of secondhand hearts and second chances…It all started with a mysterious blue note sewn into a wedding dress. Something blue. I’d gone to sell my own unworn bridal gown at a vintage clothing store. That’s when I found another bride’s “something old... -
![Sun, Sea, the Billionaire and Me by Harmony Knight]()
Sun, Sea, the Billionaire and Me by Harmony Knight
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStranded on a desert island with a billionaire playboy? This nerdy accountant is used to things getting fiscal... not physical.I travel to my best friend’s private island to celebrate her first wedding anniversary. Incredible, right? Sure—until a tropical storm strands me and the former best man together alone. And of course the storm washes his fancy seaplane out onto the open ocean... -
![Take It Off the Menu: A hilarious, accidentally married rom com! by Christina Hovland]()
Take It Off the Menu: A hilarious, accidentally married rom com! by Christina Hovland
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSaying “I Do” has never been such a mess.Marlee Medford just got dumped. Yes, things have become ho-hum in her longtime relationship, but she was two days away from walking down the aisle with the man she thought was her forever when he called it off. Convincing herself that they’d be able to reignite their spark once the wedding craziness settled? That was easy... -
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![Stand-In Saturday: (A standalone romcom. Book 2 in the Love For Days series) by Kirsty Moseley]()
Stand-In Saturday: (A standalone romcom. Book 2 in the Love For Days series) by Kirsty Moseley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo broken hearts. One fake dating agreement. What could go wrong? Lucie thought she had it all—a loving fiancé, a nice apartment, and a job she was great at. But that all changed the day she walked in on her perfect fiancé screwing his personal trainer on her newly purchased dream sofa...Categorized as:
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![Single Girl Rules #BananaParty by Ivy Smoak]()
Single Girl Rules #BananaParty by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSingle Girl Rule #2: Girls’ night is every Friday. No exceptions.It’s finally here.Friday.Girls’ night!And to celebrate, I got tickets to the hottest party in the city... -
![Play Boy by Cassie-Ann L. Miller]()
Play Boy by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's my best friend. He's a player...And now, he wants me in his bed. Charlie Hartley is the thing that addictions are made of. At least that's what I've heard from the parade of desperate women who've gone through his bedroom's revolving door. Brash and unapologetic, tattooed and insanely handsome... -
![Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer]()
Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsComing out is easier when you’ve got someone by your side. At least that’s how the hyper-private Quinn Kincaid sees it. When her publicist suggests a good old-fashioned sham of a Hollywood relationship, Quinn reluctantly agrees... -
![My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne]()
My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI never felt truly desired by a man—until him.The second he stepped foot into my small town Alaskan inn, his gaze swept over my curvy figure with desire, igniting a flame I thought was dead. He flirted with me, and I might’ve left two chocolates on his pillow at turndown, but that’s where it stayed. Over the years, he’s floated in and out of town while a friendship developed between us... -
![Chance Encounters by Jessica Prince]()
Chance Encounters by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere are three kinds of nerdy women in the world. - The Sexy Nerd - The Confident Nerd; and - The So-Socially-Awkward-it’s-Painful-to-Watch Nerd. You can probably guess which one I am. After witnessing me making a fool of myself, Chance Hoffman decided to take pity on me. He’s smart, sexy, charming, and totally out of my league… and for some unexplainable reason, he wants to help me... -
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Nailed by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA scorching ‘enemies to lovers’ office romance proves hazardous in this new stand-alone from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Cora Brent. The good news: Audrey Gordon has just received a dream assignment managing one of the city’s largest construction projects. The bad news: She’ll be teamed up with cocky office rival and former lover Jason Roma... -
![Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson]()
Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThere’s nothing worse than living next door to your childhood nemesis, except maybe being forced to share your dream project with him, being blackmailed into going along with something that was just wrong on so many levels, and having your hot cocoa stolen by the person that drove you to drink it in the first place... -
![Big Pickle by J.J. Knight]()
Big Pickle by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe’s kind of a big dill.An enemies-to-lovers, secret boss, gut-splittingly hilarious rom com from USA Today bestselling author J.J. Knight.They call me Big Pickle.It’s not what you think.(Although that’s true too.)I happen to be the oldest Pickle in the family deli business. And we have the best salami.Take that one however you like... -
![Love Unexpected by Jenny Proctor]()
Love Unexpected by Jenny Proctor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA famous boss. A secret identity. And a hilarious road trip to love. Yes. Yes, Rosie does have a crush on Isaac, her YouTube-famous boss.Does she ever talk to him?Absolutely not. Crippling social anxiety can do that.But Rosie is nothing if not tenacious... -
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![Instant Gratification by Lauren Blakely]()
Instant Gratification by Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSnagging a date? Not a problem. But one that meets my special requirements? As the premier best-man-for hire in all of Manhattan, I promise discretion, so when I need a plus one for a couple of “I dos,” she needs to be A-Plus in reliability. Fortunately, I have a brilliant solution in asking my best friend’s sister to go on my arm. Truly is my good friend, too, and I trust her completely... -
![Southern Charmer by Jessica Peterson]()
Southern Charmer by Jessica Peterson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe's sexy. He's southern. And he won't stop showing up at my door half naked. Meet Elijah Jackson, my hot new neighbor... From the outside looking in? I’ve got it all. Prestigious job. Pretty house. And a perfect boyfriend who just proposed with the perfect ring. I should feel ecstatic—but instead, I feel suffocated. So I put the brakes on the proposal, hop in my car, and head south... -
![Beautiful by Christina Lauren]()
Beautiful by Christina Lauren
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter walking in on her boyfriend shagging another girl in their place, Pippa Bay Cox ditches London for the States to go on a drunken road trip with Ruby Miller and some of her Beautiful friends.Scaling the career ladder is the default way to deal with heartbreak—and to just deal—for Jensen Bergstrom. Absolutely buried by his drive and workload, he rarely takes time for himself...Categorized as:
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![Screwball by Eva Haining]()
Screwball by Eva Haining
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the pitcher becomes the catch, all bets are off...Major League Baseball pitcher for the Yankees, Anders Verbeck, is blindsided when he meets the star batter for the USA women’s baseball team. He's at the top of his game, with a host of willing fangirls, but the moment Brooke comes hurling into his life, he only has eyes for her... -
![Interception: A sports romantic comedy (Hall of Fame) by Eva Haining]()
Interception: A sports romantic comedy (Hall of Fame) by Eva Haining
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBecoming a baby daddy wasn’t part of the plan…Cooper ‘Coop’ Danford is an NFL Titan and hot commodity to his female fans. Not one to settle down, Coop enjoys the spoils of fame and fortune. It's not until sassy, sexy, Zoey ‘Zee’ Porter literally shows up on his doorstep that he contemplates something more.Zee is a woman who knows what she wants, and she's not afraid to take it... -
![Let Me Stay by Aria Bliss]()
Let Me Stay by Aria Bliss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’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...
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