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Just an Illusion - EP: EP by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJust an Illusion - EP is the third book in The Illusion Series. You will need to read the previous books Just an Illusion - Side A and Just an Illusion - The B Side in order to follow along. Lives are turned upside down … Everything was perfect before life came to a screeching halt. When devastating loss flips Amelia’s world on its axis, she loses her spirit...Categorized as:
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![Here to Stay by Suanne Laqueur]()
Here to Stay by Suanne Laqueur
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“You can’t sort of do this, Fish. Draw a line and get on one side or the other...”Love is never so sweet as when it receives a second chance. In the sequel to her award-winning novel The Man I Love, Suanne Laqueur continues the story of Erik Fiskare’s romance with Daisy Bianco. Though separated for twelve years, the extraordinary bond forged in their youth has endured... -
![Just an Illusion - The B Side: The B Side by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba]()
Just an Illusion - The B Side: The B Side by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJust an Illusion - The B Side, is the second book in The Illusion Series. Just an Illusion - Side A, should be read first to follow the storyline. Three life-altering months … That’s how long it’s been since Amelia Greyson joined the Just an Illusion Tour with Bastards and Dangerous. She’s made new friends, embraced her past, and even found love... -
![Singe by Chelle Bliss]()
Singe by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHOW DOES A FAKE RELATIONSHIP TURNS INTO SOMETHING REAL?While everyone around Carmello Caldo found love, he was busy losing himself in pleasure and pain. But when his cousin Lily wants to help him find true love, he doesn’t hesitate to accept her offer.Arlo King is not Carmello’s usual type. She’s a bookworm who doesn’t give herself away easy... -
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![Cherry Beats by Vicki James]()
Cherry Beats by Vicki James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBon Jovi. Bryan Adams. Presley West. My favourite men of music. Only one of them within reach. The night before Presley West was due to leave our small town of Hollings Hill, all of my high school fantasies came to life. He finally wanted me... -
![Firefly Nights by Katie Winters]()
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![Exiled by Jessie Walker]()
Exiled by Jessie Walker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Black Diamond Resort and Spa… …paradise for the banished, and my newest prison.Growing up, I was the problem child teachers didn’t know what to do with.The troubled teen whose parents wished was never born.The system’s made of cracks, and I fell through each and every one, all in a futile effort to protect the family legacy.They tried to fix me... -
![Stay by B.A. Wolfe]()
Stay by B.A. Wolfe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFate took Cassandra down a path she never expected. Then a small town in Colorado gave her exactly what she needed—until tragedy left her heartbroken and devastated. Alone with only her child and her memories, Cassie struggled to put her life back together, one day at a time, piece by piece. Finding love again was something she never thought possible... -
![Mending Fences by Suzanne Woods Fisher]()
Mending Fences by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEvery saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him.Amos and Fern Lapp allow Luke to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions... -
![Fences: Smith Mountain Lake Series - Book Three by Inglath Cooper]()
Fences: Smith Mountain Lake Series - Book Three by Inglath Cooper
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan true love ever overcome betrayal? At eighteen, Tate Callahan left Smith Mountain Lake with no intention of ever coming back. The one thing he'd believed in after a lifetime of growing up in foster homes was his love for Jillie Andrews and her love for him... -
![James—Uncontrollable by Felice Stevens]()
James—Uncontrollable by Felice Stevens
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's time to travel with James and Malcolm through their twenty year history as they battle each other and struggle to hold on to a lifetime of secrets. James Never good enough. Not the real son. I will prove him wrong—prove everyone wrong. I am someone. I will succeed. I don’t need my brother to help me. I don't need anyone. My enemy holds my secret. He teases me. Taunts me... -
![Where We Went Wrong by Kelsey Kingsley]()
Where We Went Wrong by Kelsey Kingsley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVinnie Marino has lived a hard life. Between suffering from abandonment, drug addiction, and tragedy, he can't imagine how things could get any worse. Until his father is diagnosed with a terminal disease, giving him only a few months to live. Vinnie's world is turned completely upside down, and it's becoming harder to keep it together and stay sober... -
![Hook by Chelle Bliss]()
Hook by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFalling in love is supposed to be the easy part.But nothing prepared me for losing my wife. I promised her that I’d love again. Find someone to mend my broken heart. And that seems impossible, until the day that I walk into Tilly Carter’s cupcake shop.I’ve never met a woman like her—sassy, dirty-mouthed, and smells like vanilla and sin. Someone that makes me want to sweep her off her feet... -
![The Mind by Edee M Fallon, Kate Stewart]()
The Mind by Edee M Fallon, Kate Stewart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe fell in love in a lightning strike, a sudden anomaly in a sea of lost people. He knew right away, yet I was hesitant. I could have never prepared myself for a love like ours. No one could. As a child, I had conjured an amazing story in my mind. It was a story I could retell about a man that would move me like no other; a story about the way we met and how he had swept me off my feet... -
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![Tell Me Goodnight by Kelsey Kingsley]()
Tell Me Goodnight by Kelsey Kingsley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the story of how I fell in love with a broken man and his three little princesses. It is tragic, but it is true. And with truth, there is almost always tragedy. Tessa Lang has dreams of becoming the world's next great author of horror novels. So, when she's given the opportunity to write full-time, she sets out to do just that. There's just one little problem. She's not scary... -
![Where Forever Ends by K. Street]()
Where Forever Ends by K. Street
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔—𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘. Then: I was a wife. Married to a man who was my world and the father of my child. Then, one day, half of my heart was ripped out of my chest. Now: I’m a widow. A single mom who has spent the last nine months trying like hell not to drown in an ocean of grief... -
![Daisies & Devin by Kelsey Kingsley]()
Daisies & Devin by Kelsey Kingsley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery story has a hero. Devin O'Leary was mine. Everybody has a dream, And mine could take me far. Just me, and my voice, A stage, and this guitar. With patience and some luck, I could see me, standing there. But, that was before I met her- The girl with the purple hair. Enchanted by her beauty, By her soul, and then, her eyes... -
![Heart Strings by Melanie Moreland]()
Heart Strings by Melanie Moreland
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA woman drowning in sorrow. Invisible.The man that sees it all. Sees her.The only thing that gets Charlotte Prescott through the day is the haunting eyes and magnetic voice that uplifts her in the subway station every evening.All Montgomery Logan wants to do is ease the pain of the woman he feels a strange, protective draw to. He serenades her from afar, knowing their worlds will never intersect... -
![Just an Illusion - Side A by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba]()
Just an Illusion - Side A by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne night changed her life… Bestselling author Amelia Greyson has grown up in the music industry and isn’t the slightest bit fazed by fame or celebrities. However, when she attends a Bastards and Dangerous concert with her best friend Belle, her world shifts on its axis. Double trouble… Sawyer and Noah Weston are the front men of BAD. They’re fraternal twins and sexy as sin... -
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Wicked by Nicole James
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Nicole James, comes a second chance, friends to lovers romance.A woman lost in grief and pain.A bossy biker determined to bring her back to life.A wickedly wild ride.Paige knows the meaning of pain and loss.Two years ago she left town to nurse her grief over the death of her husband in a tragic bike wreck... -
![The Silver Cage by Anonymous]()
The Silver Cage by Anonymous
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA bitter, mysterious author. A young and naive journalist. A tragic past, a dark secret, and an unforgettable tale of passion and love. WARNING: The Silver Cage is intended for mature readers; it contains graphic sensuality and strong themes including suicide, sexual identity, and self-harm. --- Anonymous is a pseudonymous international bestseller... -
![Vespertine by Leta Blake, Indra Vaughn]()
Vespertine by Leta Blake, Indra Vaughn
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B0153YLK5Q.Can a priest and a rock star obey love's call? Seventeen years ago, Jasper Hendricks and Nicholas Blumfeld's childhood friendship turned into a secret, blissful love affair. They spent several idyllic months together until Jasper's calling to the Catholic priesthood became impossible to ignore... -
![Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe]()
Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook # 1.5 of The Keaton Series The much anticipated companion novel to Away -- the heart gripping romance about first loves and unforgettable moments. Now experience it all from Jason's point of view in Letting Go. Jason Bradley is a simple, country guy thrust into a life most wouldn't consider normal... -
![A Wedding to Cherish by Evangeline Kelly]()
A Wedding to Cherish by Evangeline Kelly
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s about to marry the wrong woman until he meets the wedding planner, and now he has a decision to make.Always the wedding planner and never the bride. That’s what Daisy Ray is afraid her future holds. Things never seem to go well for her in the love department, but her mom says God must be saving her for that special man... -
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![Once We Were Starlight by Mia Sheridan]()
Once We Were Starlight by Mia Sheridan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA bed posed on a stage under a dazzling spotlight. An audience of hungry eyes. And him, the other half of my soul, our supple bodies moving as one...Sundara: the lush and forbidden oasis in the desert where men travel to watch acts of sexual deviancy, and the only existence seventeen-year-old Karys has ever known...Categorized as:
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![Hard to Handle by K. Bromberg]()
Hard to Handle by K. Bromberg
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn all new series of standalone books by New York Times Bestselling author, K, Bromberg. Four sisters set out to try to save their family business. In Book 1, Hard to Handle, by-the-book, Dekker Kincade, sets out to win back the reining bad boy of hockey, Rhett Maddox... -
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32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGet married.Buy a house.Have a baby.That's every girl's dream, isn't it? Well, maybe not every girl, but for Christy Bush, it was.So, when her boyfriend realized he didn't want any of those things, the obvious answer was to set him free and find a man who did... -
![MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop]()
MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMAXWELL, Part 3 A tender romance begins to blossom between Savannah and Maddy as darker issues arise when Cole, Gabe and Dane are clued in to Brock Coulson’s intentions to drag Caleb through a vicious court battle. Clint and Cochise return to lend a “helping” hand and Clint finds himself unexpectedly drawn to a least likely candidate for romance... -
![Finally Matched by Cathryn Brown]()
Finally Matched by Cathryn Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe never forgot her first love. The one she pushed away. Now he's back in Alaska . . . and there's a matchmaker.Maddie's home contractor abandoned her and left Alaska with her money. She's saved for years to build her dream house and can see her dream vanishing. When a friend says she knows an available contractor, Maddie isn't expecting it to be Mark... -
![A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll]()
A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA woman with a secret. A man who will never forgive her. Cece Stuart hadn’t planned on ever finding love and she’s made her peace with that. Really, she has… Zach is over women and their secrets. Really, he is… But fate laughed at them, as it often does, and threw them together finishing up a new wedding venue at Sweet River Lodge... -
![White Locks by Rose B. Mashal]()
White Locks by Rose B. Mashal
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen love knocked on Marie's door, she had a hard time denying her heart what it wanted. Especially after she'd found her black keys. Now Marie finally realizes that home is not where she was born, or where she'd lived all of her life. Home is where her Love is. It's time for her to follow her heart... -
![Rhett by Kelsie Rae]()
Rhett by Kelsie Rae
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***Can be read as a stand alone*** Rhett has one rule. No falling for an unavailable woman. A rocky childhood will do that to a guy. But when his new neighbor knocks him off his feet, he struggles to keep his balance. Indie's been in a dying relationship for as long as she can remember...Categorized as:
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![How The Heart Breaks by Stacey Marie Brown]()
How The Heart Breaks by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was her secret, her sin, the heart she couldn’t love.Emery Robert’s life is everything she wanted. Married to the love of her life, with a good job, and plans for a family in the future. But when Emery’s husband dies tragically, she is the one who stops living.Three years later, at the age of 30, she’s still struggling to move on... -
![Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars]()
Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMalloryThe day Christopher Johnson decided to kill me, I already knew what it was like to die. I had already experienced it once. Having the life leeched from my body, blood stolen from my veins, oxygen pulled from my lungs.When he decided to walk back into my life, I was in the middle of my third resurrection, healing from the loss of my brother when I was still raw from losing him... -
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![The Heart by Kate Stewart]()
The Heart by Kate Stewart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJack For the last ten years, I've roamed the globe, captivated by the world around me. I've seen the seven wonders and admired sunsets from every continent. I'd lived and loved and that was enough for me. It would have to be. I was content, satisfied with my collection of experiences . . . until a phone call led me down a road less traveled... -
![My Favorite Sin by Skyla Summers]()
My Favorite Sin by Skyla Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlly Hastings is my obsession, the one girl I never should have fallen in love with.She ran away from me for a year, filled with shame, insisting our feelings for each other are wrong and we can’t give into temptation. No more sneaking around. No more stolen kisses.Now Ally is back in town, ignoring our past, trying to date other guys and move on from me... -
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Adore by Ella James
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe heartrending conclusion to the On My Knees Duet, a forbidden MM romance by USA Today Bestseller Ella James.. -
![Stone Hearts by Amber Kelly]()
Stone Hearts by Amber Kelly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new friends-to-lovers small-town romance from Amber Kelly…When I returned to Poplar Falls six years ago, I’d given up on love.I’d made the mistake of marrying the sexy rebel right out of high school. He’d ended up in jail. I’d ended up pregnant. With a baby on the way, I decided to give up my wild, impulsive ways. All I wanted was a family and to watch my sweet son grow up, happy, and healthy... -
![The Fall Before Flight by L.M. Halloran]()
The Fall Before Flight by L.M. Halloran
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI didn’t try to kill myself. It was an accident. No, more than that — a natural disaster. Fate’s fickle lightning strike. No one believes me. I can't blame them, really. There’s something wrong with me. I'm incapable of emotions that come naturally to others. Fear, compassion, love... I might be a sociopath. Everyone thinks I’m beyond help. Everyone but Dr. Leo Chastain... -
![All My Life by Prescott Lane]()
All My Life by Prescott Lane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Prescott Lane breathes new life into single-dad romances with the young and devastatingly sexy Garrett." - USA Today The beginning of any love story starts with the meet. I’ve known Garrett Hollis since before I can remember, and I’ve loved him just as long. I loved him while he loved someone else. I loved him when he had a baby with her. I loved him when she left him... -
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Wait by A.L. Jackson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom NYT & USA Today bestselling author comes a new Bleeding Stars stand-alone novel… She is his strength and he is her weakness. And this time he won’t let her go. Edie Evans is gorgeous. Sexy. Kind. She’s also the definition of off-limits. But that didn't stop me from sneaking into her room to comfort her at night... -
![It Must Be Your Love by Bella Andre]()
It Must Be Your Love by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSuccessful Seattle Realtor Mia Sullivan is nobody’s fool…apart from that one week five years ago when she gave away her heart to a sexy musician who gave her nothing in return but a few sinfully perfect days—and nights—in his bed. Though she swears she never wants to see him again, he’s the one man she’s never been able to forget... -
![Crave by Adriana Locke]()
Crave by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHadley Jacobs is over Machlan Gibson. Sure, she’ll always be a little weak to the dimple in his right cheek and the way his five o’clock shadow makes him ruggedly handsome. But that’s not enough to cover every other thing about him because they all drive her nuts. Like how he won’t admit he’s wrong even when he knows it and how he drives his stupid car a million miles an hour on wet asphalt... -
![Without You by Marley Valentine]()
Without You by Marley Valentine
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTragedy brought us together, but something stronger made me want to stay. Julian was the boy next door. My brother’s best friend, he fit with my family in ways I never could. While he and Rhett went on to play house, I left the only life I knew, desperate for a fresh start. Until everything changed. Heartache came along, and the aftermath of my brother’s death was here to stay... -
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![MAXWELL 2: Trial By Fire by C.J. Bishop]()
MAXWELL 2: Trial By Fire by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMAXWELL, Part 2 As the trial becomes an emotional battle ground – within the courtroom and without – Max struggles to maintain his resolve to resist his heart. But as it becomes more and more evident that Horatio’s heartbreak over losing Max isn’t healing, but in fact growing worse, Max begins to question the choices he made so long ago... -
![Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson]()
Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHate… Anger… Distrust… it fed the animal. Status… Money… Power it’s all women want. Never yield… Never give them a piece of who you are. These were the ideals that Seth Montgomery had lived with since he was a child. After his mother abandoned their family for another man, the same man who took everything from Seth’s father, Seth’s life turned dark. He’d never give a woman all that control... -
![Branded by a Song by L.J. Evans]()
Branded by a Song by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom award-winning author LJ Evans comes an achingly tender, standalone romance between a country-rock legend searching for more and a solemn, single-mom determined to honor her lost husband… “We would be art. We would be paint and chords blended together.” Brady O’Neil tells the world he’s returning to upstate New York to help his sister... -
![Crush by Kelsie Rae]()
Crush by Kelsie Rae
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKelsie Rae’s Crush is an emotionally charged, friends-to-lovers contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes Worlds project.I signed up to be a surrogate because the dating pool is that shallow. Besides, my uterus might as well get used before it starts to grow cobwebs, right? Go figure that fate would screw with me as soon as I check in at my first doctor's appointment... -
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Rectify by Marley Valentine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe weren’t just young, we were stupid and reckless. He was the beginning of every bad decision I made, the enemy of everyone I’d ever loved. I was a pawn in his game. A prize to be claimed, and a trophy to be flaunted. Now we’re two adults with crooked pasts, trying to straighten out our future. His heart belongs to his daughter, while mine is too tattered to give away... -
![Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson]()
Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLER! 10 NEW HOLIDAY ROMANCES From NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Authors To Warm Your Heart And Curl Your Toes! Each Sweet and/or Steamy Story takes place at a unique magical Mistletoe Lodge. Curl up in your favorite chair and treat yourself to a Christmassy-Happily-Ever-After Experience full of jingle bells, mistletoe and JOY, celebrating the spirit of the season...Categorized as:
family second-chances friends-to-lovers romantic-love anthologies contemporary romance
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