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  • Tainted: Lance and Mary by Tess Thompson

    Tainted: Lance and Mary by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One career-ending mistake sends Lance Mullen home to Cliffside Bay in search of a fresh start. And in no time at all, home begins to feel like the place he was always meant to be. With his beautiful new beach house, his friends and family close by, and a profitable business to grow, life really is good. That is until his heart tries to wreck everything... again...
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    family  female-mc  friendship  humor  adult  book  contemporary  drama
  • Seabreeze Wedding by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Wedding by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The high summer season. A long-awaited wedding. Surprises at a historic beach inn.**From a USA Today bestselling author**At the historic Seabreeze Inn, sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay are busier than ever with wedding plans of their own, although challenges threaten to derail the special events. New guests are also throwing a wedding at the inn, bringing a host of trials and chaos...
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    family  female-mc  friendship  humor  adult  book  contemporary  epic
  • Mending a Malone by Laylah Roberts

    Mending a Malone by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jaret Malone has a problem . . .A five-foot-two curvy, crazy problem. One who doesn’t seem to take no for an answer.After his last relationship ended disastrously, he has had no interest in getting involved with someone else.Especially not some insane woman who seems to think that her grandmother left him to her in her will.Nobody tells a Malone what to do . .
  • Dreaming of Tuscany: The unputdownable feel-good read of the year by T.A. Williams

    Dreaming of Tuscany: The unputdownable feel-good read of the year by T.A. Williams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The glamour of Hollywood. The magic of the Tuscan countryside. One big decision... Beatrice Kingdom (Bee to her friends) wakes up in hospital in Tuscany. After an accident on a film set leaves her burned and scarred, she feels her whole life has been turned upside down...
  • Blue Ink by Tess Thompson

    Blue Ink by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charlotte Wilde gives her heart to the wrong men. The last one left with her life savings and their nubile neighbor. Her first published cozy mystery is a flop. Her literary agent’s about to dump her. She has a serious case of writer’s block. And she’s dead broke. Which is how she finds herself in rural Idaho looking after her former boss's elderly mother-in-law. While Mrs...
  • Seabreeze Christmas by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Christmas by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A season of joy. The spirit of family. **From a USA Today Bestselling author**When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover crates of vintage Christmas decorations at the Seabreeze Inn, they decide to open their historic beach house to the village of Summer Beach...
  • New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland, Emma Swan

    New Arrivals at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland, Emma Swan

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    BRAND NEW FROM THE TOP 10 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF 'NEW BEGINNINGS AT SEASIDE BLOOMS' AND 'FINDING LOVE AT HEDGEHOG HOLLOW.'With new arrivals comes new responsibilities. . . .The sun is shining, wild flowers are blooming and Hedgehog Hollow is officially open for business.For Samantha, the proud owner of this beautiful rescue centre, life has never been busier...
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    family  female-mc  friendship  humor  adult  animals  audiobook  book
  • The Story of Our Secrets by Shari Low

    The Story of Our Secrets by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Colm O’Flynn was loved by his close circle of family and friends, however his death came too soon for everyone to make peace with their past.Shauna, his second wife, adored him. But one night she broke their marriage vows, and didn’t get time to ask Colm’s forgiveness.Jess was the first Mrs O’Flynn...
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    family  female-mc  friendship  humor  adult  audiobook  book  breakup
  • Missing Pieces by Ivy Smoak

    Missing Pieces by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Hailey - He's still in love with his ex. And I refuse to be a consolation prize. So why did I just agree to a spur of the moment road trip with him? I just have to keep reminding myself that I'm doing this for me. It has nothing to do with the gorgeous man staring at me like I'm a crazy person.Tyler - Why is she climbing into my car uninvited? I don't care how sweet her smile is...
  • Third Chances by Ivy Smoak

    Third Chances by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Daphne - I've always regretted not being confident enough to talk to my college crush. When he shows up during my friend's bachelorette party, I refuse to let my second chance slip through my fingers.Rob - It was impossible to forget the beautiful brunette from campus. But I've always known she wasn't one night stand material. So I kept my distance...
  • Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An upscale hotel like The Beach House Hotel sometimes attracts surprise guests….Ann and Rhonda continue overseeing their Beach House Hotel along the Gulf Coast of Florida and providing guests with a lovely experience of good eating, relaxation, and the privacy many of them require...
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    family  female-mc  friendship  humor  adult  book  contemporary  cozy
  • The Correspondent by Tess Thompson

    The Correspondent by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She can’t stand him. He loathes her. Fate has other plans.When a snowstorm strands these enemies in an abandoned cabin, will they begin to see each other in a whole new way?After fighting her way out of poverty, Stormi Collins is finally going places...
  • Montana Promises by Kim Law

    Montana Promises by Kim Law

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s falling for his brother’s ex—as if he needs another reason to go. Nate Wilde is ready to leave Birch Bay. He’s been home too long as it is and extending his visit means risking fantasies of staying for good. Wants and desires never work out for him, though. With good comes bad, and he’s had enough bad to last a lifetime. Unfortunately, his siblings need him...
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    family  female-mc  friendship  humor  adult  book  contemporary  epic
  • Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson

    Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zane Shaw isn't the type to cower in a corner, until he meets Honor Sullivan. She's the most phenomenal woman he's ever met, but he's been burned before and so he's doomed to fall for her from a distance. If only his past hadn't left him so weary, perhaps he could be the man he was raised to be. Honor Sullivan has too much at stake to get distracted by a man. But Zane Shaw isn't just any man...
  • The Desert Flowers - Lily by Judith Keim

    The Desert Flowers - Lily by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three talented women are brought together by a man they all love, becoming his Desert Flowers, who work together to save his hotel from being ruined by the company buying it…When Lily Weaver is asked to help Alec Thurston, the one man she’s ever truly loved, and to come to Palm Desert, California, she doesn’t hesitate...
  • No Place too Far by Kay Bratt

    No Place too Far by Kay Bratt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Maggie Dalton was forced to uproot her entire life to protect herself and her son. Just when she thinks she’s outrun her past, she’ll have to face her fears in this emotional and suspenseful novel by the bestselling author of Wish Me Home.After a year on the move, single mom Maggie Dalton has found a safe haven with her son in Maui...
  • Seabreeze Book Club by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Book Club by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A new bookshop on the beach. A sizzling summer ahead. Join a new book club at the Seabreeze Inn.**From a USA Today bestselling author.**When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay form a book club to help support a local bookshop on the beach, friends and guests of the inn are eager to join. Yet nothing is quite as it seems in the book club.Meanwhile, a discovery in the historic beach house inn causes a stir...
  • A Million Dreams by Dani Atkins

    A Million Dreams by Dani Atkins

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beth Brandon always dreamed of owning a florist, but today the bouquets of peonies and bright spring flowers are failing to calm her nerves. Because today, Beth has a life-changing decision to share with her husband.Izzy Vaughan thought she and her husband would stay together forever, but sometime last year, their love began to fade...
  • Nantucket Neighbors by Pamela M. Kelley

    Nantucket Neighbors by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    **An instant USA Today Bestseller! #11 on top 150 list, week of September 5, 2019 Book your visit to the Beach Plum Cove Inn today.....meet widow Lisa Hodges and her four adult children, friends, and visitors to the newly opened waterfront bed and breakfast...
  • The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Moment of Truth…Laney Cochrane loves her life.With her friends Millie and Tash, she runs a proposal agency, organising the perfect setting for their clients to pop the question. Finding that forever love is something Laney knows all about. Her marriage to Cameron is blissfully content and she has never doubted they’ll live happily ever after.Then Cara Deacon walks into their office...
  • Keep by Cora Brent

    Keep by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Gentry boys were never supposed to be a success story. In their bleak prison hometown their very name was a curse and everyone expected the boys would follow the same path as the vicious generations that came before them. But everyone was proven wrong. And on this wedding day of dreams they will all gather to watch one of their beloved daughters marry her prince...
  • Sunshine Avenue by Jan Moran

    Sunshine Avenue by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Junie Raines is ready for a second chance at life on a sunny island off the coast of Southern California. She’s managing the gift shop at the Majestic Hotel, a Victorian-era beach resort, but her sister Maileah is driving her bonkers. And now she wants to live with her...
  • Test by Cora Brent

    Test by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **TEST is the latest stand alone in the Gentry Boys universe from NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Brent** PAIGE People say Derek Gentry is arrogant, perpetually drunk and good for only one thing. Even from a distance he's like a neon sign that reads: ‘I AM THE WORST IDEA YOU EVER HAD.’ And I’m not tempted, no matter how hot he is. I’ve heard the rumors. I know his story...
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    family  female-mc  steamy  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • SNOW: A Gentry Boys Christmas Story by Cora Brent

    SNOW: A Gentry Boys Christmas Story by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *Catch up with those lovable alphas THE GENTRY BOYS just in time for Christmas in this sweet, sexy holiday novella!* With December 25th fast approaching, brothers Stone and Conway Gentry have a lot more than holiday festivities to keep them busy...
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    family  female-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • The Season of Silver Linings by Christine Nolfi

    The Season of Silver Linings by Christine Nolfi

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She can’t change what’s come before. But letting go could bring healing—and the rare love that comes once in a lifetime.When Ohio pastry chef Jada Brooks and her two best friends restored the glorious Wayfair Inn, it was a boon to Sweet Lake—and to their own lives. Now Linnie and Cat are focused on private matters: one engaged, the other swept up in newlywed bliss...
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    family  female-mc  friendship  humor  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • The Beachside Inn by Fiona Baker

    The Beachside Inn by Fiona Baker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Escape to Marigold Island, a charming New England town with a cast of characters who will come to feel like old friends!Lydia Walker and Angela Collins both need a fresh start.A year ago, Lydia became a widow at thirty-eight when she lost her beloved husband to cancer, and despite the support of her friends and her teenage daughter, Holly, she’s had a hard time moving on from the loss...
  • Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann

    Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The summer before fourth grade, Colten Mosley moved into the house across the street from mine, and we became inseparable.He played the piano and baseball.I had a penchant for dead things while at the same time imagining what it would be like to kiss Colten.We were filled with curiosity and overly active imaginations.We were also forbidden to be more than friends.But that didn’t stop us...
  • The Innkeeper by Tess Thompson

    The Innkeeper by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was supposed to be a night to forget. After a night of sizzling passion, they agreed to never contact each other again. Fate disagreed.Jamie Wattson has no use for men who leave and as far as she’s concerned, they all do. She’s focused on running her inn and spending time with girlfriends. Life is simple and she wants it that way...
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    family  female-mc  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene

    Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Over two years after the trauma of her kidnapping, and the auction that brought them together, Thalia and James are finally getting their happily ever after! Celebrating their love is a piece of wedding cake, but with the help of their wild and crazy friends from Purgatory, it’s destined to be a wedding day no one will forget...
  • Life Goes On by Kelly Moore

    Life Goes On by Kelly Moore

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Happy go lucky Olivia McDill adores her fairy-tale life, married to the man of her dreams. It’s a love that should’ve lasted a lifetime…then in the blink of an eye, everything changed. She learns too quickly that life can be unfair, and she’s left trying to pick up the pieces and make sense of things on her own...
  • Nantucket News by Pamela M. Kelley

    Nantucket News by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Charleston native, Taylor Abbott, has just relocated to Nantucket for her dream job as a junior news reporter at the local paper. Ten years ago she was Abby Hodges college roommate and is looking forward to living near her best friend again.Until her rental cottage is available, she's going to stay at the Beach Plum Cove Inn, Abby's mother's bed and breakfast...
  • Gulf Coast Cottage by Maggie Miller

    Gulf Coast Cottage by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Escape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness. In the middle of an awful divorce, fifty-three-year-old Georgia Carpenter finds herself out of luck, time, and money. Then her phone rings with the news that her great aunt has died and left her a cottage in the Gulf Coast town of Blackbird Beach...
  • The Desert Flowers - Rose by Judith Keim

    The Desert Flowers - Rose by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three talented women brought together by a man’s love…When Rose Macklin is asked to help Alec Thurston, the one man she’s ever truly loved, by coming to Palm Desert, California, she doesn’t hesitate. He’s dying of cancer and needs her help overseeing the sale of his hotel, the Desert Sage Inn, to another hotel group...
  • Dreaming of Verona by T.A. Williams

    Dreaming of Verona by T.A. Williams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Verona is the City of Love. But will Suzie find romance there or, like Romeo and Juliet, will it all end in tears? When Suzie is hired to accompany spoiled, abrasive Lady Alexandra Tedburn on an all-expenses paid holiday to Italy, she fears the trip will be a disaster...
  • Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    While Marina and Jack contemplate their future, her sister Kai and her new fiance Axe are planning their wedding. When disagreements threaten to derail the wedding, the sisters' grandmother, the indomitable Ginger Delavie, doles out unusual advice. Soon, an unforgettable event unfolds...
  • A Girl's Best Friend: A feel-good countryside escape to warm your heart by Jules Wake

    A Girl's Best Friend: A feel-good countryside escape to warm your heart by Jules Wake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to your new cottage in the country - complete with grumpy vet, village gossip and a giant, lolloping, and very muddy dog... City girl Ella wants to take refuge in the country, lick her wounds and work out what she's going to do with the rest of her life. She certainly doesn't want a four-legged house guest or have anything to do with village life...
  • Pretty Sinner by B.B. Hamel

    Pretty Sinner by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He stalked me. He stole me.He made me fall in love with a devil.Kaspar Baskin oozes power and charm. He’s a handsome monster in designer clothes.Ten years ago, he murdered my best friend. Now he wants to force me to marry him.The man’s a psychopath if he thinks I’ll give him what he wants.He has dark plans and I’m one of his pawns. He wants to murder an Oligarch and prove himself to me...
  • The Key to the Last House Before the Sea by Liz Eeles

    The Key to the Last House Before the Sea by Liz Eeles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tears trickling down her cheeks, she recognises her grandmother’s writing scrawled across the manila envelope. Inside is an engraved key that sits heavy in her hand. Will the tumbledown cottage be the start of a new life – or will it tear her life apart?With her back to the sparkling sea, single mum Nessa stands in the doorway of the stone cottage her grandmother left behind...
  • Ruining Him by Kylie Kent

    Ruining Him by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    JoshEmily came crashing back into my life, bringing with her everything I was missing.But she’s not the same girl I knew years ago. Gone is the girl who was always happy and eager to please everyone. The one who didn’t let life get her down.She’s conquered her demons but they still haunt her whenever she closes her eyes. Her screams tear through the darkness night after night...
  • One Too Many by Melody Anne, John Henley

    One Too Many by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jasmine Anderson, the firstborn grandchild of Billionaire Joseph Anderson, is determined to make it on her own...
  • Shattered by Control by B.B. Hamel

    Shattered by Control by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You're my wife, you will sleep in my bed. When a brutal shooting forces me onto the sidelines of a raging mafia war, I need a discreet physical therapist to help get me back in the game.That’s how gorgeous Mirella Falconet stumbles into my life.I offer her the world: money, power, whatever she wants, so long as she keeps her mouth shut and does her job...
  • Claron by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Claron by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tossing her belongings into a suitcase and escaping heartbreak seemed like the best idea for Rhea Conners. She’d simply travel across the ocean to visit her grandfather in Ireland and heal. Then she’d come back. Simple. But what she doesn’t expect is to find solace and healing in the form of the O’Rifcan family. One member in Claron...
  • All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson

    All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Tell Me Your Secret and The Brighton Mermaid comes the breath-taking sequel to the iconic Sunday Times bestseller The Ice Cream Girls.Verity is telling lies...And that's why she's about to be arrested for attempted murder.Serena has been lying for years. . .And that may have driven her daughter, Verity, to do something unthinkable..
  • Identity by Nora Roberts

    Identity by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life.Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender...
  • Riversnow by Tess Thompson

    Riversnow by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A famous actress goes head-to-head with a powerful politician when she dares to name her abuser publicly in this small-town romance ripped from the headlines by USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson. Genevieve Banks is one of Hollywood's most successful actresses. While on set in the small Oregon town of River Valley, she forms a deep friendship with her handsome male co-star...
  • Sunrise over Strawberry Hill Farm by Alison Sherlock

    Sunrise over Strawberry Hill Farm by Alison Sherlock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pre-order the BRAND NEW romance from Alison Sherlock She drives a tractor. He arrives in a red Ferrari. What could possibly go wrong? Flora Barton is desperate to save her family home Strawberry Hill Farm. She only needs one thing - a great business idea to keep the farm afloat!So, when Nico Rossi arrives from Italy with a crazy plan to save the farm, Flora should be overjoyed...
  • Say You Love Me by Sarah J. Brooks

    Say You Love Me by Sarah J. Brooks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Jeremy Wyatt is the biggest playboy you’ll ever meet. He’s a great attorney and a decent friend, but he’s an ass to women. He’s all about the conquest, and then he loses interest. You’re too good for a guy like him. And I don’t want to have to break his arms for messing with you. You’re young, Lena. And a little naive. A man like Jeremy would eat you up and spit you out...
  • Hateful Promise by B.B. Hamel

    Hateful Promise by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He prefers women in handcuffs, not cocktail dresses.And I’m his new obsession.When my father steals money from three powerful casino bosses, I’m taken captive by the worst of them Erick Costa, notorious gangster and vicious criminal with violent tastes and sickening delights.But it turns out, he’s a big fan of my art, and he wants more than his money back.He cuts me a deal...
  • A Place to Call Home by Carole Matthews

    A Place to Call Home by Carole Matthews

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ayesha knows that she must escape from her marriage for the sake of her daughter, Sabina. Slipping away in the dead of the night, they head for London to start a new life. Hayden, a reclusive pop star, hides himself away in the mansion which he shares with two more damaged souls - Crystal, a professional dancer with a kind heart and Joy, an ill-tempered retiree...
  • Thorn by Daphne Loveling

    Thorn by Daphne Loveling

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Knight in shining armor? More like alpha-hole of the century. ISABEL He's dark, rude, brooding and mean - and he's my new bodyguard. My father Oz is the president of the Death Devils MC. He wants me safe, and out of the way. And unfortunately, Thorn is the man he's chosen for the job. I don't need a babysitter. I've been taking care of myself for a damn long time now...
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