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  • Wes & Liz’s College Road Trip by Lynn Painter

    Wes & Liz’s College Road Trip by Lynn Painter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sucesso no TikTok, Melhor do que nos filmes ganha capítulos extras inéditos com muito romance e Taylor Swift Depois de viver uma história de amor digna das comédias românticas em Melhor do que nos filmes , Elizabeth Buxbaum e Wesley Bennett estão a caminho da Universidade da Califórnia...
  • Better With You by Gianna Gabriela

    Better With You by Gianna Gabriela

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mia Collins has an amazing life. She was popular in high school, and college is off to a great start. Everything seems perfect until she goes home for the break and everything changes... One night sets everything in motion and Mia’s world begins to fall apart. She’s stunned that the life she thought she knew was all a lie. After she loses her family, she’s forced to start over...
  • Taming Tesla by Megyn Ward

    Taming Tesla by Megyn Ward

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tess thinks I’m an assh*le. A liar. That I can’t be trusted. She’s right. I’m all of those things and more. Worse. I can’t be trusted. I am a liar. I am an assh*le. What she doesn’t get is that it’s her. She’s the reason. She brings out the best and the worst in me. Makes me who I am. I don’t deserve Tess. I know that. But I want her. Love her...
  • What if we Stay by Sarah Sprinz, Leonie Landa

    What if we Stay by Sarah Sprinz, Leonie Landa

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Er steht für alles, was sie verabscheut. Ihrem Herzen lässt er dennoch keine WahlAmber hat den Bogen überspannt. Nachdem sie von der Uni geflogen ist, sind die Beziehungen ihres Vaters zur UBC die letzte Chance, ihr Studium zu retten. Im Gegenzug soll sie sich zurück in Vancouver im Architekturbüro ihrer Eltern beweisen. Aussichtslos – bis Emmett ihr seine Hilfe anbietet...
  • Every Kiss You Steal by J.E. Parker

    Every Kiss You Steal by J.E. Parker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her past is plagued with darkness...He's determined to make her future brighter.-Ashley-My life was once a nightmare.Because of my past, the walls I've constructed are mighty.But those walls begin to waver the day I meet him...Chase Jacobs, star quarterback, and the cutest boy I've ever seen.With his easy smile and sweet words, he's perfect.Problem is, I'm not...
  • Watch Me Rise by K.C. Kean

    Watch Me Rise by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emerson Grove is supposed to be my fresh start, a chance at a new beginning and a better future, yet my past is a force I never saw coming. Now my head and my heart are at odds, my future is unknown, and everything I thought I knew is in disarray.Jameson, Ezra, Leo, and Jagger are ghosts from a different time, a different me. One night changed everything and I’m not the girl they once knew...
  • Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a tragic accident that plays on an endless loop in her mind, wild child Kate Jolie died inside. She now functions only through her rigid, ironclad routine, which keeps her mind and soul in check – balancing her in a dangerously precarious position between life and death Rocker and Master's student Sam North knows no limits and seeks out every challenge to conquer and defy...
  • Boss Me by Lacey Black

    Boss Me by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Last man standing. That’s the way it feels when Will Stevens looks at the happiness and fulfillment his siblings have found. Will isn’t necessarily looking for “happily ever after” but...what if? The one thing that helps him get through the loneliness of bachelorhood is his job. As a paramedic with Rivers Edge Health Center, Will is dedicated to saving lives...
  • Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke

    Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I sold my soul to the devil only to turn around and slit his throat… Thomas Kincaid took everything from me. My mother. My hopes. My innocence.Now, it’s my turn.He thought he was safe.They all did.They were wrong.Men always think they can take without ever having to deal with the consequences. Well, now I’m back, and I'm the last consequence they’ll ever see...
  • The Bonds We Break by Becca Steele

    The Bonds We Break by Becca Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fear. Desire. Redemption. When I was taken...it changed me.Once, I was the life of the party. Not anymore.I told myself that I was okay. I almost believed it, until the day I was forced to face my past and my nightmare came to life.Now the Four are the only ones I can turn to, and Cassius Drummond has made it his personal mission to help me out...
  • Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Morgan Kennedy: Campus Legend. Ruggedly handsome superstar athlete turned hedge fund manager. My one night stand mistake.And now my boss at my internship. Every staff meeting, I’m taken back to the night I was filled with a need I never knew was possible. Sparks fly between us in the office...
  • Royal Scoundrel by Saxon James

    Royal Scoundrel by Saxon James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Royal Scoundrel is the prequel novella between Charles's dads. Even though it takes place twenty years before the Frat Wars books, it's best enjoyed last. DASHArchibald Levine the third is a pain in my ass. Rich, cocky and the closest thing to a prince that our school has. I hate everything about his entitled attitude and the stupid Kappa crown he wears...
  • Just One Kiss by C.A. Harms

    Just One Kiss by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do you get when you mix Tequila with a house full of rowdy Fraternity brothers who have no boundaries? A cucumber, a pink thong, and a bottle of lube. Oh yeah, and super glue. There is always super glue… Parties, drinking, and plenty of mornings where you can’t remember what you did the night before...that was my life. Yet, there was one memory that lingered in my mind...
  • Twisted Selection by P.H. Nix

    Twisted Selection by P.H. Nix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Edgewood Elite rule this town, but that doesn’t mean they can rule me.After my dad goes missing, my family falls apart. News of an inheritance from a long-lost relative gives us the restart we need. At least, that’s what I think until we get there.Edgewood Academy is ruled by the town’s four heirs.Wes, broody and stuck up, wants me run out of town...
  • Stolen Nights by Renee Harless

    Stolen Nights by Renee Harless

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elle’s life seems like one struggle after the next. She’s facing life after a divorce, learns that her ex-best friend is pregnant with her ex-husband's baby, and the house she’s willed after her estranged father’s death comes with a catch. When she thinks her life can’t get any more difficult, her neighbor seems determined to rile her up on a daily basis...
  • Between a Rock and a Hot Mess by Phyllis Bourne

    Between a Rock and a Hot Mess by Phyllis Bourne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riley Sinclair has man problems. Trouble is, everyone has one but her. After years on the sidelines at weddings, the head of Sinclair Construction now sits home alone on what used to be girl’s night. Her only companions are television, a bottle of wine and a crush on a stranger she doesn’t have the guts to approach. Too bad she isn’t more like the daring heroine of her favorite show Hot Mess...
  • Fragile by A.K. Evans

    Fragile by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the lead singer of a wildly popular industrial rock band, Cash Morris has never had to work too hard when it comes to women. They’re all falling at his feet before he even opens his mouth. So when he walks into a small-town New Hampshire hotel and spots the manager, he expects her to do the same. Only, she doesn’t, and that leaves him intrigued...
  • Touched By The Devil by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue

    Touched By The Devil by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fights, sex, and fast cars. Those are what Sebastian Wilcox is all about.On the outside he’s easy smiles and a quick temper, but on the inside, a war rages on. He told the Devils his biggest secret; during a vicious fight, he accidentally hurt someone who didn't deserve it. For months now, he's been cursed by the memory of her screams. But that’s not his only hidden truth...
  • Unstoppable by Melody Grace, Camille S.

    Unstoppable by Melody Grace, Camille S.

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A secret scar…Tegan Callahan has sworn off bad boys for good. Growing up on tour with her rock star brother, she knows first-hand the damage they can do. She’s looking for a nice, safe, stable guy – until a chance encounter with a devastatingly sexy stranger makes her question everything she thought she wanted.A troubled soul…Ryland James arrives in Beachwood Bay on the run from his mistakes...
  • Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight

    Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sequel to the wildly popular romantic comedy SINGLE DAD ON TOP has arrived.My bride-to-be Arianna wants to meet my parents.But...they live in a trailer. Dad thinks Playboy T-shirts are classy because the naked women are silhouettes. Mom has a tattoo of a dog humping a palm tree. I don't think either one has said a sentence without an f-bomb since 1985.I changed my name a long time ago...
  • JOCK by Jacob Chance

    JOCK by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When the dean of students asked me for a favor, I had no idea it would mean tutoring Owen Dawson. Me, forced to spend time with Boston University’s notorious quarterback? With his dark hair, chiseled body, and a promising future playing in the NFL, every guy on campus wants to be him. Every girl wants to be under him. Every girl, except me...
  • The Easy Way Out by C.W. Farnsworth

    The Easy Way Out by C.W. Farnsworth

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Loss is nothing new to Lennon Matthews.With each hit her heart has taken, she’s guarded it more closely. Except Caleb Winters smashed through her defenses in high school. Three years later, their relationship is stronger than ever. But aside from letting a boy in, little in Lennon’s life has changed...
  • Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon

    Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “I’m her dirty little secret, the one she loves to hate.”She knows just what to say to cut deep, and I know how to press every single button she has.We hate each other, until one night after I lose the biggest football game of the year. When she offers the kind of mercy I need. It changes everything… until the next morning.Now I’m her dirty little secret, and she’s avoiding me like the plague...
  • Tripped by Jacob Chance

    Tripped by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eight hundred and eighty days. That’s how long it’s been since my no good ex broke my heart. And I was doing just fine without him. But now, with both of us playing hockey for Boston University and running in the same circles, I can’t seem to avoid him—no matter how hard I try. And boy do I try.It seems my former boyfriend is cockier than ever—if that’s even possible...
  • Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured...
  • Fractured Futures by Kris Butler

    Fractured Futures by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “It was time to take a stand and show the Council we weren't going away. They could try, but they had already taken too many people in pursuit of their own agenda, fracturing futures as they went. It was time the Council felt some of that pain.”The Council had gone too far...
  • NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First they choose you. Then they use you. Next they lose you... My name is Belle. But I'm not beautiful. I'm the b*tch. I'm the beast. And nothing gets to me. Except "Them" ... That's what they are. "Them." They're not that other place with the fancy and cool bad boy name. Here, it's "Them." I may have met my match with "Them." But so have they...
  • Sincerely, Yours by Whitney G.

    Sincerely, Yours by Whitney G.

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I loved you then, I love you now, and I always will..." In this set of bestselling of new adult romances from New York Times bestselling author, Whitney G, get ready to experience a 'friends to lovers' & 'enemies to lovers' that will make you fall in love. Sincerely, Carter, a USA Today bestselling romance: Just friends. We're just friends. No, really...
  • Red Rose by Rebel Hart

    Red Rose by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sons of Anarchy meets Grease A blossoming romance. A darkness that threatens to squash them. These are just a few of the things that plague Max and Dani as they navigate the twists and turns of their relationship. Max struggles with his own selfish wants. Dani falls head over heels into the ebbing ocean that is Maxwell Ryddle...
  • Red Queen by Rebel Hart

    Red Queen by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The breathtaking final book in Max and Danika's love story.The Ryddle world has been thrown off its axis as Max races to save Dani from a watery fate.But his father's gun points straight to his chest. Men are mounting full-scale attacks against the Red Thorns. And as Dani's bubbles cease to exist on the surface of the water, Max knows what he has to do...
  • On His Knees by Tabatha Kiss

    On His Knees by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    5 Rules for my Best Friend’s Brother while he crashes at our place1. He will not speak to me.2. I will not pick up after him.3. We will not, under any circumstances, hook up.4. See Rule #3.5. Seriously. We’re not hooking up. Ever.Seth Newbury is a jerk.He wasn’t always. Once upon a time, he was a sweet boy who went around kissing ouchies on the playground...
  • Severance by N.N. Britt

    Severance by N.N. Britt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say first love doesn’t last. Alana’s ends on the night her boyfriend Dakota dies in a deadly shooting at a Portland club. In an attempt to look for ways to deal with her grief, Alana reaches out to Dakota’s older brother Mikah, who’s struggling with moving on himself. Both damaged beyond repair, neither Alana or Mikah know how to cope with their loss...
  • It Must Have Been the Mistletoe by M.L. Broome

    It Must Have Been the Mistletoe by M.L. Broome

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part of the 12 Days of Kissmas Series!It Must Have Been the Mistletoe is a second-chance, forced proximity romance.Wine? Check Cookies? Check Enough supplies to last me until this holiday is over? Check, check, check. I love Christmas, but I’m not in the mood for merriment and mistletoe this year...
  • Forbidden Love by Evan Grace

    Forbidden Love by Evan Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Violet Carmichael knew her second year of college would be tough, but nothing could have prepared her for what was about to happen…Violet’s goal is clear—to finish college and work alongside her father and uncle at their family business—but she has one major problem...
  • Ezra by Kate Tilney

    Ezra by Kate Tilney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A curvy heroine. A brave mountain man. Two enemies become lovers in this short, steamy romance.WrenI head to Alaska to help friends set up "Camp Mountain Man," a place where women can live out their fantasies of falling for a mountain man. The only problem? My friends forgot to tell the mountain men who own the lodge that I'm coming. When the lodge's owner finds out, he's MAD...
  • Win a Date with a Billionaire by Kate Tilney

    Win a Date with a Billionaire by Kate Tilney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A curvy woman wins a dream date with a billionaire at a bachelor auction only to find out he’s her nemesis. Can these enemies become lovers?I've always wanted to go on a true fantasy date. You know the kind. Helicopter rides over the city. Champagne and strawberries. Richard Gere trapping my hand in a jewelry box. Now I'm getting my chance...
  • Tag by Stacy Gail

    Tag by Stacy Gail

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mysterious. Anonymous. Genius.No one knows the identity of the famous urban artist known only as Tag, and that’s just the way Tag likes it. He got his start in one of the most gang-ridden neighborhoods in Chicago by anonymously tagging his world with beautiful graffiti, and that anonymity kept him alive...
  • The Comeback Pact by E.M. Moore

    The Comeback Pact by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s everything she hates… So, why can’t she say no to him? Introducing Book 1 in the Warner University Bulldog series...KennaWest Brooks stands for everything I despise. He’s a meathead jock whose silence says it all: He only cares about himself and his football season.So, why can’t I say no when he offers me his help?I should run the other way...
  • Take 'Em Out by Alisha Williams, Amber Nicole

    Take 'Em Out by Alisha Williams, Amber Nicole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me. Isn't that how the saying goes?At this point, I don't even care.I'm done trying to understand what went wrong and why those amazing guys from the summer became such nightmares.It's time to put the pom poms down figuratively speaking and get into the ring.They’ve messed with Rylee Moore for the last time...
  • Ava by Leslie Luckie

    Ava by Leslie Luckie

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ava The minute we walked through the gates of Blackheath Academy I knew we weren’t welcome. It was us against them. The Club Brats against the Elite. Bastian de Trafford was their ringleader, but I wasn’t about to go down without a fight. Only - that fight would be so much easier if he didn’t look like a god of old...
  • A Cavendish Christmas by Becca Steele

    A Cavendish Christmas by Becca Steele

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Catch up with the Four in this festive short story, which takes place after the events of The Havoc We Wreak. A weekend away in the French Alps at the Alstone Holdings cabin sounds like the perfect snowy escape. And together with Cassius, I've planned a special Christmas surprise for Caiden, Weston, and Zayde...Available for free from Becca Steele's website...
  • I Just Need You by J. Nathan

    I Just Need You by J. Nathan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KresleyStudying abroad was my chance to gain independence away from my privileged life in California. But, when there’s a kidnapping attempt on my life, I’m forced to return home to finish college. I just never expected to get stuck with a pompous, know-it-all bodyguard who watches my every move with nothing but disdain...
  • Forever Us by Rebel Hart

    Forever Us by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The HEA that Rae and Clinton really deserve.College wasn't kind to Clinton and Rae, but they somehow made it out to the other side. With jobs they adore and an apartment that's growing much too small, they find themselves on the brink of a massive life achievement. Excitement is mounting. Surprises are around every corner.But one particular surprise catches both of them off-guard...
  • Unbroken Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Unbroken Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lies, passion, betrayal. Discover the last book of the teen sensation that captured 30,000,000 hearts across the globe today! Haze and Winter’s relationship has been a fight from day one. From crazy exes, to psycho families, to heart-wrenching betrayal, the couple has been through hell and back and lived to tell the tale...
  • Cruel Devil by Daniela Romero

    Cruel Devil by Daniela Romero

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dominique Price hates me.He wants me.He can never have me.At least that’s what I tell him.Good looking, arrogant, football God, everything comes so easy for him. I won’t be just another game to win.It doesn’t matter that I want him.It doesn’t matter that with just one look, he takes my breath away.He’s my brother's best friend and officially off limits...
  • Bully Me: Class of 2020 by Shantel Tessier, Siobhan Davis

    Bully Me: Class of 2020 by Shantel Tessier, Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Loving your tormentor isn’t easy, especially when they collect broken hearts and parade them around like trophies. They’re the bad boys, the alpha a**holes, and the thorns in our sides. They push us past our limits, turn us on, and break us. They’re our bullies. They’re the class of 2020. Eight bestselling authors are teaming up to bring you eight unique stories about the guys we love to hate...
  • Back Stage by T. Gephart

    Back Stage by T. Gephart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rock Star? Angie Morelli was not one. Growing up next to Power Station’s drummer didn’t guarantee a taste of the limelight, unless you count catcalls at low paying gigs in seedy bars and second-rate venues. She was okay with that; working her ass off at her dad’s mechanic shop during the day meant she could live her dream at night...
  • Ruling Class: A Dark Bully Romance by J.A. Huss

    Ruling Class: A Dark Bully Romance by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You want the diamonds?You want the mansion?You want the lake, and boats, and the cars?You want the security?And the man?Then you do what you’re told.★♥★I live in his castle.I sit at his feet.I wear his collar.I am his offering.★♥★The Chosen Ones… the Ruling Class.They are a breed apart.And yes, that pedigree matters.Not just anyone can rise above and become their equal.It takes sacrifice...
  • Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn

    Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Rob Winters, aka, Jackass. Even to my closest friends. I wasn’t always so arrogant and condescending. It only took one night to change me—one point twenty-seven seconds, to be exact. When tragedy struck, I promised myself, no matter what, unbreakable chains would lock my heart. If one veers too close or digs too deep, the cruel and mean bastard many hate is unleashed...
  • Our Little Secret by Weston Parker

    Our Little Secret by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dating university staff is against the rules. Dating being the key word. We met at a staff mixer, and it was all I could do to keep my hands off of her. She’s everything I want in my life and my bed, but I’m on track to achieve my career goals. A beautiful smile and great hips aren’t messing up that plan. Until I figure out that she’s carrying a secret around campus. Our little secret...
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