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  • Doing It Right: A Second Chance, Single Parent Romance by Harloe Rae

    Doing It Right: A Second Chance, Single Parent Romance by Harloe Rae

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “This doesn’t have to be the end for us.”Except it was.What did we know about happily ever after at the age of eighteen?Mason Braxter was a football legend—destined for glory far bigger than the confines of our small town. Meanwhile, I had dreams of my own—a simpler life that included staying put and growing roots.And all those plans of mine were going splendidly...
  • Can't Catch Me by Alexandra Warren

    Can't Catch Me by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Returning to her hometown was not in the plans, and neither was falling for her former best friend…Briyana Hayes can’t seem to catch a break.The job offer she expected after taking an unpaid internship at a major shoe company didn’t come through. The friend who’d offered her a place to stay suddenly gave her forty-eight hours to vacate after a misunderstanding...
  • Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jamie Kincaid is a middleweight fighter, born to fighting royalty, and a shoo-in to be the next champion in the world-class Stacked Deck tournament.He’s a flirt. A romantic. A little too loose with his female companions, so when his cousins casually mention he needs to let one go before he hooks another— they’re not kidding...
  • Crashing into Love by Melissa Foster

    Crashing into Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Voted BEST BOOK SERIES by Supportive Business Moms, UK . "Full of fiery passion and tender promise, all aimed at achieving an incredible happily ever after." 4.5 Stars /Hot, RT Book Reviews . "...love, loss, lies, grief, finding happiness in the face of adversity, romance, humor, bravery, hot hot hot sex scenes, marriages, births and totally awesome characters...
  • The Wedding Flight by S.J. McCoy

    The Wedding Flight by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Laura Benson is about to marry Cole (Smoke) Hamilton and you are cordially invited to attend the wedding in Summer Lake, California.Yes, they wanted to travel a little further afield for their nuptials, but sometimes life intervenes. These two lead such busy lives. They're tired of putting off their wedding until they can find the perfect time...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction  small-town
  • Shots Not Taken by Nicole Falls

    Shots Not Taken by Nicole Falls

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “If there isn’t a risk, is it worth wanting at all?” Starting Forward for the Tennessee Trojans Nikolas Verette hasn’t always lived the golden life. After personal setbacks placed barriers in his path to professional basketball superstardom, he took to approaching life with the motto “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”...
  • The Wedding Dance by S.J. McCoy

    The Wedding Dance by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Missy Malone is about to marry Dan Benson. You are cordially invited to attend the wedding, in Las Vegas. As you might expect, these two will encounter a few bumps on the way to their big day. But this is Missy and Dan—you know they’ll overcome any obstacle in their path. Their friends will all be with them on their journey toward wedded bliss...
  • Wildest Dreams by Melody Grace

    Wildest Dreams by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Paige Bennett is ready for an adventure. She’s spent her life being the good girl, but after another underwhelming break-up, she decides it’s time to shake things up. No more diets, Spanx, and searching for Mr. Right. She wants passion and excitement… And she knows just the man for the job. Bad boy chef, Declan James, lives by three simple rules: 1) Life’s too short for cheap whiskey...
  • Reunited in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Reunited in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He remembers the heat. She remembers the heartbreak. Twenty years later do they still have a shot at love? When an injury puts NFL star Krew Slattery’s future in question, he returns to his hometown of Good Hope. He plans to lay low, until he runs into Cassie Lohmeier. Krew has never forgotten the one amazing night they shared, and unfortunately for him, Cassie hasn’t either..
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  sports  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction  holidays
  • You'll Be Mine by Marie Force

    You'll Be Mine by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Green Mountain short story You'll Be Mine. Will Abbott and Cameron Murphy are finally ready to tie the knot—as long as family, friends and a love-struck moose don’t get in the way...
  • The Sugar Queen by Tess Thompson

    The Sugar Queen by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    True love requires commitment, and many times unending sacrifice. . .At the tender age of eighteen, Brandi Vargas watched the love of her life drive out of Emerson Pass, presumably for good. Though she and Trapper Barnes dreamed of attending college and starting their lives together, she was sure she would only get in the way of Trapper's future as a hockey star...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  sports  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary  epic
  • A Little Rain Must Fall by S.J. McCoy

    A Little Rain Must Fall by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You may have heard the line ‘Into each life some rain must fall.’ It’s true for every one of us. We’ve all lived through some hard times, but they don’t have to destroy us. It’s what we do after the rain that determines whether we allow ourselves to find happiness again.Ted and Audrey have both known the rain. In fact, they’ve each weathered their fair share of storms...
  • Sam by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Sam by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone tells Sheriff Sam Garrett to find a good woman and settle down. When he sets his sights on Clifton’s veterinarian, he fears she despises him yet he’s desired her from the first moment they met. She is quite possibly the only woman in town who isn’t attracted to him which might be why he wants her even more...
  • Her Found Hero by Melody Anne

    Her Found Hero by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Michael Whitman is hot for teacher . . . he has money, but he wants more. Can he have it all? From New York Times bestselling author Melody Anne, the final book in the spinoff series from her beloved Andersons is now available.Michael Whitman was left a newborn baby on his front porch with a note telling him they were sorry, the baby’s mother died in childbirth. She’s yours. Good luck...
  • Secretly Hers by Jamie Beck

    Secretly Hers by Jamie Beck

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    On her thirty-first birthday, hopeless romantic Kelsey Callihan has all but given up on happily ever afters, which is why she agrees to a risqué proposition from Sterling Canyon’s notorious playboy, backcountry skier Trip Lexington. After all, every girl needs a little fun, and with Trip, there are no mixed signals or risks of a broken heart...
  • Devil in Disguise by Rosalind James

    Devil in Disguise by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The devil doesn’t come with pointy horns and a tail. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for. When discipline is your life, structure’s a good thing, and Owen Johnson’s got plenty of both. An All-Pro NFL center who’s also a cattle rancher? Yeah, that’s structure. His marriage didn’t work out, but then, he picked the wrong woman. A Wyoming ranch doesn’t look nearly as romantic up close...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  sports  adult  age-gap  athlete  book  contemporary  drama
  • On Thin Ice (Bedroom Games) by Piper Rayne

    On Thin Ice (Bedroom Games) by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Winter Games have begun… I’m the life of the party. A little loud and some buzz kills might say obnoxious, but if you’re around me I guarantee you’ll have a good time. Unless your name is Demi Harrison. If that’s the case, you’d act like I’m the devil incarnate and go out of your way to avoid me. Which makes zero sense because at the last Olympic Games I rocked her world...
  • Always Be Mine by Melody Grace

    Always Be Mine by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Watch love bloom in the new Sweetbriar Cove romance from New York Times bestselling author, Melody Grace! Actress Lila Moore is starting over. Escaping Hollywood scandal, she’s hiding out in Sweetbriar Cove to plan the next chapter in her life. The last thing she wants is an annoyingly handsome man snooping in her business, even if It turns out that he’s not the paparazzi… but her new gardener...
  • Out of Alignment by A.K. Evans

    Out of Alignment by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Parker Banks is a creature of habit. Unfortunately, her schedule isn’t going according to plan. After experiencing one of the worst weeks of her life, the last thing she needs is some guy thinking he can fix her problems. Nash Stevens is all about precision. An industry-leading chassis tuner, he’s partly responsible for the record-setting cars coming out of LT Motorsports...
  • Love, Exes, and Ohs by Violet Duke

    Love, Exes, and Ohs by Violet Duke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He may very well be the perfect ex. Isaac McKnight has had enough loss in his life to know never to take anything for granted. So when the perfectly-imperfect-woman-for-him puts an end to their relationship out of the blue, it's Isaac that makes sure they remain friends...
  • I Wish... by Amanda Prowse

    I Wish... by Amanda Prowse

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wishes in branches tied with string. Someone’s hopes. Another’s dreams.When heartache disrupts her world, Verity’s life in London's affluent Chelsea is blown apart.Hiding from the press and the pain of rejection, she and her teenage daughter Sophie pack their bags and head to Linden Falls, a small town in Vermont...
  • I'm Yours by Melody Grace

    I'm Yours by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Artist Mackenzie Lane is almost thirty and still single, which, according to her neighbors, pretty much makes her the Spinster of Sweetbriar Cove. She’s sworn off terrible fix-ups, and is looking forward to her solo future of woolly mumus and cats. (Lots of cats)...
  • Along Comes Trouble by Abby Brooks

    Along Comes Trouble by Abby Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the moment we met, Tessa Morgan pegged me as trouble. Why? Your guess is as good as mine. I’m funny. Easy-going. My years as a high school football star worked wonders on my body as well as my reputation. I’m Colton Carmichael. Everyone likes me. Everyone except Tessa. And believe me, the feeling is mutual...
  • This Kiss by Melody Grace

    This Kiss by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Sweetbriar Cove: the small town where true love is guaranteed! Book #8 - Coming November 2018...
  • Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jenna Ward is vivacious, spontaneous, and confident—except when she’s around the man who stole her heart years earlier, strikingly handsome, quiet, and reliable Pete Lacroux. After years of trying to get his attention and overwhelmed from dealing with her mother’s new cougar lifestyle, Jenna’s giving up on Peter—and is ready to explore other men...
  • The Bridge to a Better Life by Ava Miles

    The Bridge to a Better Life by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Ava Miles of the #1 National Bestseller NORA ROBERTS LAND comes a humorous and emotional romance about the power of love and second chances—perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Mallery. "Ava's story is witty and charming...
  • What a Bachelor Needs by Kelly Hunter

    What a Bachelor Needs by Kelly Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Your date with ski champ Jett Casey is an either/or deal. He’ll take you off-piste for the ultimate Montana ski adventure or he’ll put his handyman skills at your disposal for a week. Which one would you choose? Single mom Mardie Griffin has a run-down old house in need of fixing and a memory of Jett Casey as her savior in a time of great need...
  • Work Me Up by Julie Kriss

    Work Me Up by Julie Kriss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Baseball player. Single dad. Hot mess. No woman has ever tamed him… until now. Everyone knows Ryan Riggs—everyone who follows minor league baseball, that is. He's the player with the hair-trigger temper, the bad shoulder, and the smoking hot looks. He's also a single dad in need of a nanny—which makes him my new boss. Simple. Except for one thing: We had a one-night stand five years ago...
  • One Last Thing Before I Go by Michele Brouder

    One Last Thing Before I Go by Michele Brouder

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The retired librarian from Hideaway Bay, Carol Rimmer, has been handed a terminal diagnosis. As she looks over the course of her life, she decides she must do one more thing before she goes. But she’s going to need help and who better to ask than Thelma Schumacher. Despite their history, she puts aside any dislike she has for the woman and asks for help in her last task...
  • The Truth Between Us by Tammy L. Gray

    The Truth Between Us by Tammy L. Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nine years to win her. Three years to love her. And one decision that destroyed it all. April Duncan was raised with three clear truths: the family name is absolute, ambition and success rule over every emotion, and love always comes with strings attached. Image was everything in her carefully crafted world... until the mirror cracked...
  • The Miles Between Us by Laurie Breton

    The Miles Between Us by Laurie Breton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rock musician Rob MacKenzie is in New York, producing the latest record album for a spoiled teenage pop star, when a loss rocks his family. Afraid to leave his wife, Casey Fiore MacKenzie, alone, Rob brings her and their two daughters back with him to New York while he finishes the album. But Casey isn’t the same woman she was before...
  • Loving the Coach by Cami Checketts

    Loving the Coach by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a football superstar convince a broken scuba instructor to trust and love him?Annie Holman escaped her hometown after her father’s murder to protect herself and her family from a mafia lord’s threats...
  • Sunshine Over Snow by S.J. McCoy

    Sunshine Over Snow by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Logan knows how to have fun. It’s what he does best. As a construction manager he knows all about hard work and responsibility, too. He can’t always make life fun for the guys on his crew, but he sure as hell makes up for it when it’s time to clock out. Women are his favorite kind of fun to have. So, he has a bit of a reputation? So, what? He doesn’t have a problem with that...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  contemporary  small-town  fiction  book  adult
  • Boots on the Ground by April Canavan

    Boots on the Ground by April Canavan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    KennedyI stayed away.Even though it crushed me.Because that’s what he wanted.I distanced myself from the man I love.I moved on, or so I told the world.Went through the motions, and smiled when I wanted to cry.Then chaos flashes into my life, destroying everything in its path.It’s time to face facts.Lincoln Hayes is the only one I trust.The only one who keeps the nightmares at bay.LincI love her...
  • The Defenseman's Second Chance by A.J. Wynter

    The Defenseman's Second Chance by A.J. Wynter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How many times do I have to repeat it?Second Chances Don't Work.Twenty years is a long time.Yet, she looks exactly the same.They say you never get over your first love.And, I'd have to agree with that statement.But,I've also never gotten over my first heartbreak.And, I don't believe that people change.The best thing for me - and my heart, is to stay far, far, away from the new girl in town...
  • Bound to Fall by Pamela Clare

    Bound to Fall by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Featuring characters from Pamela Clare’s acclaimed I-Team series.She barely survived.Sasha Dillon, a five-time world champion climber, moved to Scarlet Springs to join the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. She loves the tiny mountain town and its quirky residents and finds happiness using her climbing skills to save lives...
  • Mend Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez

    Mend Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An idiot’s guide to falling for your best friend’s widow… Former rugby star Isaac Ngata was New Zealand’s golden boy until five years ago when a tragic accident took the life of his friend and team mate. Now he’s a pariah with a screwed up knee and a burden of guilt toward his friend’s wife and daughter. Best thing for him to do is sink into the anonymous safety of his hometown...
  • Caitlyn's Christmas Wish by Sandra Owens

    Caitlyn's Christmas Wish by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A surprise daughter, an unlikely attraction, and a Christmas wish…Dax Stockton is finally content with his life, especially since his new position as manager of an animal rescue is so blessedly free of human drama…. until pretty southern belle Taren Blanton brings drama of a totally different sort to his orderly world. Taren is from a wealthy and powerful political family...
  • A.D.I.D.A.S.: All Day I Dream About S*x by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    A.D.I.D.A.S.: All Day I Dream About S*x by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’ve loved her since we were ten years old, when she almost died in my arms. Dramatic? Not at all. I almost lost Joanne once, it’s not happening again. Thing is, she’s a scared little butterfly, living in a cocoon of her own making. It’s time for her to spread her wings. And her legs. Scandalous? Hell no. She wants it as bad as I do. I’m not the only one dreaming about it all day...
  • Happy Ever After in Christmas by Debbie Mason

    Happy Ever After in Christmas by Debbie Mason

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's beginning to look a lot like love . . . As her thirtieth birthday approaches, deputy Jill Flaherty decides it's time to live a little. When she walks into Sawyer Anderson's bar in her sexiest dress, she's not thinking that he's her brother's best friend or about the many women he dated during his years as a pro hockey player...
  • Christmas at the Cottage by Olivia Miles

    Christmas at the Cottage by Olivia Miles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Californian Kelly Myers has been dreaming of a postcard perfect holiday in Oyster Bay with her newfound family, but no one ever prepared her for a blizzard, or warned her that the cottage she is renting doesn’t exactly have a reliable furnace...
  • Peony Red by J. Lynn Bailey

    Peony Red by J. Lynn Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three years ago, Alex Fisher lost her husband and since then, she hasn’t been able to find her stride. She’s out of a job, out of time, and running on fumes. When she receives a personal invitation to visit the picturesque town of Granite Harbor, Maine, she jumps at the chance to start fresh. For game warden Eli Young, life is simpler when he’s exploring the back roads of Maine...
  • Stencil: Sugar and Spice, Ink by Evan Grace

    Stencil: Sugar and Spice, Ink by Evan Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our arrangement was simple—just physical and definitely no falling in love. That seemed easy enough until a positive pregnancy test changed everything. He’s loud, crude, sexy, and can cook and he’s bound and determined to make me his, but I’ve been burned before and if I let him in, and things don’t work out for us, well, it’s more than just my heart on the line...
    Categorized as:
    sports  contemporary  small-town  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • On the Ropes by Kathryn Nolan

    On the Ropes by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer in the city heats up when the girl who got away moves in next door.Dean “The Machine” is a South Philly legend. Much to the dismay of fans who still hound him, the broody former fighter walked away from his boxing career right before clinching another championship belt...
  • Dance like Nobody's Watching by S.J. McCoy

    Dance like Nobody's Watching by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Missy Malone has had a great summer, watching her friends meet wonderful guys and fall in love. She even has a wonderful guy in her own life. Trouble is, he's only in her life to mentor her son, Scot. She just has to stop daydreaming that he could be as good for her as he is for Scot...
  • The Gate to Everything by Ava Miles

    The Gate to Everything by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava’s bestselling Dare series…come join the family. USA Today Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents a heartwarming and romantic second-chance story about love and family. Quarterback Jordan Dean thought he had everything until his long-time girlfriend broke up with him. His football rock star life had become too burdensome to her...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  sports  adult  book  contemporary  epic  family  fiction
  • Bluestone & Vine by Donna Kauffman

    Bluestone & Vine by Donna Kauffman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pippa MacMillan is a legend on the Irish folk music scene. But when her voice requires a time-out, she’s left wondering how—and where—to find happiness in the silence . . .   Seeking answers, Pippa leaves Ireland in favor of a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia...
  • Till Next Time by Cora Brent

    Till Next Time by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Release Date: December 15NEW! Second chance romance stand alone from NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Brent. I met Colt Malene when I was fourteen years old. And it seems I’ve never recovered.He became the headstrong star quarterback in a town that idolized high school football titles. Meanwhile, I was the coach’s dutiful perfectionist daughter, never daring to step out of line...
  • Chasing Hannah by Melissa Ellen

    Chasing Hannah by Melissa Ellen

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    COMING SOON! Release date June 21, 2018!! I gave them everything. After years of hard work and dedication, they gave me the boot instead of the promotion I deserved. To hell with them. I’d land on my feet. I was sure of it. The last place I ever expected to land, though, was in the small town of Billingsley, Texas...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  sports  audiobook  book  contemporary  epic  fiction  humor
  • Always You by Denise Grover Swank

    Always You by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Matt Osborne had always planned to get married and have a family. But at thirty-four, he's no closer to his goal, so he's decided to embrace his role as the remaining member of the Bachelor Brotherhood. He's only loved one woman-his college sweetheart-but she never shared his dream of a family, preferring to focus on her career and maybe get married someday...
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