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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...
  • Toxic Creek by K.C. Kean

    Toxic Creek by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “It’s so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It’s like the trash took itself out.”I had everything I ever wanted, until my life was flipped upside down. Now, I’m suddenly being forced to live in my parent’s hometown, with complete strangers. Like my heart isn’t broken enough. Could I fall any further?Yes. Yes, I could.Why might that be?The Allstars...
  • Gallows Bridge by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Gallows Bridge by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Every story comes to an end eventually. Maybe ours was never meant to have a happy ending.I was back in my hometown at last, surrounded by the boys I’ve loved for my entire life, and I’d finally had everything I’d ever wanted. But fate never was kind to this dead girl and we aren’t done fighting to claim our happily ever after...
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s on the rebound, and he’s on the prowl. Aurora “Rory” Pike gave up her dream of becoming an opera superstar long ago. Now she’s content to teach music to the children of Snow Creek while helping her family recover from the wildfire that devastated them...
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    multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean

    Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I have nothing left to give this twisted town, not a single ounce. I’ve let them beat me down, almost break me, but it’s time I fixed my ‘Grady’ jersey, and show them I will do anything to protect what is mine.Trying to survive Knight’s Creek without Xavier, Hunter, and Tobias is harder than I care to admit. I have to give it my all and try again; I have to run...
  • Singe by Chelle Bliss

    Singe by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HOW 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...
  • Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Jesse Marx doesn’t know which is worse—waking up in a horse stable with no memories of the past several days or waking up to discover he’s wearing a wedding band. Not only has he been injured, but he’s also gotten hitched—something he vowed never to do.Sienna Fleming refuses to feel a connection to any man, much less be tied down to one...
  • The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley

    The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "You have too many rules.""And you don't have enough." Sebastian Moore thought he had it all. A drumming gig with one of the world’s biggest up-and-coming stars. The looks and charm to get him any woman he laid his eyes on. All the friends he could ever ask for. But something was always missing...
  • Wilder Love by Emery Rose

    Wilder Love by Emery Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I was his weakness. He was my strength. Until I destroyed him. I was infatuated with Shane Wilder since the first time I saw him surfing. But we couldn’t be together. Not yet, anyway. I was too young and screwed up. He was too focused on chasing his dream. So we became friends. We met on the rooftop for late-night confessions under the stars...
  • Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Creator of the bestselling "Welcome to Wishing Bridge" and "At Home in Wishing Bridge" award-winning author Ruth Logan Herne invites readers back to the little town with the big heart with "Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge". Being a supermodel isn't just hard...
  • Reckless At Raleigh High by Callie Hart

    Reckless At Raleigh High by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “When will we have given enough? When will we have lost enough? If there’s no one out there keeping track of how much pain we’re dealt, how much we’re asked to bear, then that’s the most terrifying thing, Silver. ’Cause if there’s no one keeping track...then there’s no one out there to make it stop.”Pain is a currency the residents of Raleigh are rich in...
  • Three Second Chances for Christmas by Rebel Bloom

    Three Second Chances for Christmas by Rebel Bloom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought I had left my failures behind me, until I needed a fake boyfriend for Christmas.Now my past is catching up to me, in the form of three sexy ex-boyfriends who ALL want me back…As a struggling entrepreneur with nothing to show for it but a failing candle business and a trio of ex-boyfriends, I've always been the black sheep of the family...
  • Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The boy next door is back, and so am I.He’s spending his NFL off-season in our small Midwestern town after seven long years away, and I’m in town for different reasons.Memories shift to reality as we find ourselves in the place where we first fell in love. We’re different people now, but I’m falling fast and hard for the man he is now.But he’s married...
  • Daisies & Devin by Kelsey Kingsley

    Daisies & Devin by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every 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...
  • Beneath the Wreckage by Catherine Cowles

    Beneath the Wreckage by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was supposed to be a summer we’d never forget.Instead, everything was stolen from me.The best friend who was more like a sister. The innocent way I looked at life.Leaving me with only unanswered questions. Returning to the island is the second chance I didn’t know I needed.And Hunter is the surprise that knocks me sideways. There’s a hurt in him that calls to my own...
  • Weather the Storm by L.K. Farlow

    Weather the Storm by L.K. Farlow

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Magnolia Ellington is all too aware that dangerous things can come in shiny packages. Her husband made sure to teach her that. Desperate to escape his wrath—and his fists—she flees in the dark of night. Seeking safety and shelter with the only family she has left, Magnolia finds herself in the sleepy, Southern town of Dogwood—and in the arms of Simon McAllister...
  • Make Me Beg by Julie Kriss

    Make Me Beg by Julie Kriss

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You wouldn't believe Dex Riggs and I are from the same town. He's the ultimate bad boy; I'm the one who goes by the book. He's a sexy former cop with a shady past; I'm the girl who married her high school sweetheart. But now my marriage is over, I'm burned out on my business, and worst of all, I never got the baby I wanted. And now I never will. Unless Dex is willing to make a deal...
  • How to Kiss a Movie Star by Jenny Proctor

    How to Kiss a Movie Star by Jenny Proctor

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s Hollywood’s biggest star. She wouldn’t know him from the pizza delivery guy.I’m a wildlife biologist in a tiny mountain town, not some kind of law-breaking celebrity stalker. At least not on purpose.It was an accident when I wandered onto the property of one of Hollywood’s hottest movie stars. Five minutes ago, I'd never even heard of Flint Hawthorne...
  • Ruthless Rejection by P.H. Nix

    Ruthless Rejection by P.H. Nix

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Edgewood threatens to chew me up and spit me out.Since moving to town, my life has been turned on its axis. Everything I thought I knew is a lie, and even as secrets are revealed, more questions arise.I’ve been forced into a ruthless game—one with deadly consequences in order to take care of my siblings in my parents’ absence...
  • The Christmas Toy - A Holiday Reverse Harem Romance by Krista Wolf

    The Christmas Toy - A Holiday Reverse Harem Romance by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What do you give the three chiseled alphas who invite you to share their snowy mountain cabin for the holidays? Anything they want... They're the three hottest guys in the office. Gorgeous, hard-bodied loners who always spend the holidays together, traveling to exotic places for excitement and fun. Only this year -- they invited me...
  • Steel & Hammer's Hellcat by Ciara St. James

    Steel & Hammer's Hellcat by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Archangel’s Warriors MC: Brothers by choice, not blood. Born to ride until they die. All they want is to ride free until lightning strikes them without warning. Consumed by desire, surrounded by danger, they find the “one” who will consume, enchant, frustrate, and ultimately love them. They only see each other...
  • The Christmas Letters by Jenny Proctor

    The Christmas Letters by Jenny Proctor

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can an old letter spark a new flame?When Tess Ravenel gets herself stuck inside a bathroom stall in one of Charleston’s most historic buildings, she isn’t exactly thinking about her dating life. But then the paramedic who comes to her rescue has a voice that sounds like butter and enough charm to make her forget she’s seconds from having a panic attack.If only he were interested...
  • Fighter by S. Massery

    Fighter by S. Massery

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They branded me as a thief – but with everything at stake, they’ll soon find out I’m a fighter.Sterling Falls is a dark, gothic reverse harem romance series with enemies to lovers, romantic suspense, and new adult themes. Fighter is book 2 in the Sterling Falls Series and a continuation of Thief - it is not a standalone...
  • The Contract by Jess Mastorakos

    The Contract by Jess Mastorakos

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's got a bad roommate situation in the barracks and I have to clear my father's debts before it's too late.So we strike up a deal and prepare to give Oscar-worthy performances to everyone we know. We'll get married, solve both of our issues thanks to the benefits we'll get as a dual military couple, and then when it's over we'll go our separate ways.There's just one problem...
  • The Proposal by Jess Mastorakos

    The Proposal by Jess Mastorakos

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My best friend Shelby convinced me to hire her flash mob company to propose to my girlfriend. Then I was rejected in front of the whole town.To be fair, I probably should have seen that coming. No one thought we'd last.And in a place where everybody knows everybody's business, maybe they know something else I don't ... like that my best friend has been the right one for me all along...
  • Loving the Entertainer by Cami Checketts

    Loving the Entertainer by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A famous hotshot and the woman who broke his heart.Being famous isn’t enough for Sawyer, he has to make everyone around him famous. When the woman who told him he’d never be enough comes back into town it’s time to show her all she’s missing out on...
  • Steady by Anna Brooks

    Steady by Anna Brooks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Erik Anderson is paying for his mistakes and enduring every bit of pain that comes his way. After all, if it weren’t for him, the girl who gave him more than he deserved would still be alive. Even if he were to be put out of his misery, he’d never see her again. Considering angels go to heaven and sinners go to hell, Erik’s going to burn. Polly Madison has never had it easy...
  • The Beginning of Home: Langley Park Series by Krista Sandor

    The Beginning of Home: Langley Park Series by Krista Sandor

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New name. New town. New life. Lindsey Hanlon is so close to a new beginning. After fleeing an abusive relationship and living on the run, she’s starting over in the quaint town of Langley Park. Even though she’s escaped, she’s not in the clear. Lindsey’s carrying a secret that could get her killed. As long as she flies under the radar, she’s safe...
  • Lead Me Home by A.L. Jackson

    Lead Me Home by A.L. Jackson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A friends-to-lovers second-chance romance...Fourteen years ago, my life changed forever.My sister disappeared. That day I was selfish. That day I chose myself over her. And that day, I lost everything.Including Nikki Walters.She's the girl I've loved my whole life. She's gorgeous. Caring. Every single thing I've ever wanted but denied myself...
  • On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner

    On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Weightless, A Love Letter to Whiskey, and Revelry What makes you happy? That was the question Emery Reed asked me the day we met, and I couldn’t give him a single answer. I could have said my dog, or my books, or yoga — but I just stared. And then, I got in his car...
  • Tangled Up In You by Barbara Freethy

    Tangled Up In You by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Detective Adam Cole has been a loner for as long as he can remember. He's very good at protecting people. He's great at being a friend, but relationships that go beyond that—not so much. A darkness in his past prevents him from making himself open and vulnerable...
  • Key to Hell by Alex Grayson

    Key to Hell by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated conclusion of the Hell Night Series. Emo's story.Death. Destruction. Pain. A soulless void. It's his life. It's his reality. Emo doesn't feel. Anything. His soul is dark and filled with hatred. People in the small town of Malus watch him with fear, with reverence. Exactly the way he prefers it. Guilt surrounds him, caging him in an ominous past he refuses to let go...
  • Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emme James lives in darkness. 



Ever since her abusive relationship ended in heartbreaking tragedy, she's kept herself secluded to protect herself and those she loves. Unfortunately, Emme's plans to remain unattached fall apart the moment Zane Cunningham sets his sights on her. 
A professional snowboarder at the top of his game, Zane does not need a distraction...
  • Befallen by Rebecca Sharp

    Befallen by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From bestselling author, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, comes an emotional, second-chance standalone romance in the Carmel Cove series.It took only a matter of moments to turn Cambria Mariano into a survivor.Moving back home, a ghost of her former self, Cammie hoped family and a familiar routine would help her find a new normal.But months and miles couldn’t erase the trauma that had befallen her...
  • Protect Me by Lacey Black

    Protect Me by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nate Stevens loves three things: Work, Family, Women. In that order. Having absolutely no desire to follow in three of his siblings’ footsteps by settling down, Nate lives for his work as a firefighter. That’s why his chance meeting with Lia leaves him unsettled like never before. There’s just something about the beautifully shy and reserved woman that he can’t walk away from. Run. Hide...
  • Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes in life you are forced to do things you may not agree with. Family meant everything to Jude Calvert. He would do whatever it took to keep them safe and provide for them no matter what it took to make that happen. Even if that meant putting his own safety at risk, he had no other choice. Callie Raine has always felt a heavy attraction toward Jude. He was fascinating...
  • No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All I want is my happy ending with the boy next door.Every time we get close, something threatens to break us. Half-sisters, town gossips, and jealous exes throw punch after punch, but we hold on tight to each other as we attempt to navigate the chaos.With his life in the spotlight as a professional football player, I start to feel like it might always be like this...
  • Maple Sundaes and Cider Donuts by Olivia Gaines

    Maple Sundaes and Cider Donuts by Olivia Gaines

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Evan Eaton spent three years waiting for the right Mail Order Bride to bite the hook. Time was not on his side and the note was coming due. He had to marry and produce an heir. Believing he’d finally found the perfect bride in Claudia, but as the months turned to days and the days turned into hours, he soon realized his bride to be was not going to show...
  • Holding On by Pamela Clare

    Holding On by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hero barely holding on… Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help...
  • Fix Me Not by Carey Heywood

    Fix Me Not by Carey Heywood

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Continue your love affair with the Thompson family in this hot and hilarious new romantic comedy from New York Times Bestselling author Carey Heywood! Paige Sullivan's life is a train wreck. In a matter of months she lost her business, her swanky apartment, and her big city life. Now she's stuck in Nowhere, New Hampshire, sleeping on her mom's couch...
  • Collide by Kitty Cox

    Collide by Kitty Cox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Destiny is what happens when dreams collide with reality.I've made a name for myself as a world famous lingerie model. I'm rich and powerful now. Not too bad for a girl from small town Texas. All I really wanted was to become so beautiful that Luke, my teenage crush, would fall at my feet. But thirteen years is a long time...
  • Four Good by Stephanie Brother

    Four Good by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My night with three strangers is amazing, until the next morning when their best friend shows up — and he turns out to be my ex.As a bartender in a tourist town, I get hit on a lot. I’ve heard all the lines, and it’s very rare that I take the bait...
  • Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella

    Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was the bad boy no one trustedBailey’s burned out and not sure what leads her back to Ryker Falls, but has a feeling it’s got something to do with closure. Bad boy Joe Trainer was once her soulmate, but she isn’t sure she has a soul anymore. Finding he’s made something of his life is a shock, as he’d been on a one-way trip to hell when she left...
  • Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix

    Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    School’s out, but the fun never arrived.The enemy is no longer on our doorstep. They’re inside, wreaking havoc in the form of both perceived friends and known foes.Making what was supposed to be a summer of celebration into an endless string of heartache that led us to one Brutal Revelation.Brutal Revelation is a novella in the Edgewood Academy Elite Series...
  • One Family by R.A. Smyth

    One Family by R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We’re so screwed. My father is ramping up the danger and trying to win a game we can’t afford to lose. The Feral Beasts have taken over Charles Donahue’s business and put a bounty out on two of my guys. I never dreamed making it to graduation and getting out of this corrupted town would seem this impossible. But I have my four guys by my side, finally, and we’re going to put up a fight...
  • Beard in Hiding by Penny Reid

    Beard in Hiding by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Propositioning the Iron Wraiths’ money man seemed like a good idea at the time… Diane Donner—recently divorced pillar of polite society—is craving danger. She’s tired of playing it safe and she knows just the sexy criminal motorcycle man to proposition for a good time. Problem is, she doesn’t actually know his name. Jason “Repo” Doe never takes risks...
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    dark  multi-pov  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult  audiobook  biker
  • Wrong Side of the Tracks by Jessica Prince

    Wrong Side of the Tracks by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gypsy Bradbury was never destined for great things. Or at least that’s what she’d convinced herself of. Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks, she had learned that hoping for more was a waste of time. Then Marco forced his way into her life and gave her a glimpse of a future brighter than any she could have imagined...
  • Stone Hearts by Amber Kelly

    Stone Hearts by Amber Kelly

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A 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...
  • Triple Play for the Single Mom by Rebel Bloom

    Triple Play for the Single Mom by Rebel Bloom

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My plan was transfer to the college where my ex, the star quarterback, could finally be a dad.But life threw a curveball when I accidentally collided with three of his hunky teammates!Being a young single mom hasn’t been easy.My ex shirks fatherhood, and I’m a magnet for judgmental stares.But it’s all been worth it for how much I love my little boy...
  • My Brother's Best Friends by Rebel Bloom

    My Brother's Best Friends by Rebel Bloom

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They claim I’m the one thing they can’t have, and the only thing they’ve ever wanted.They’re also the ones that took my v-card and ran me out of town.Coming back to Lunar, New Mexico was a nightmare.I had no choice after my life had gone up in flames.Between finding out that my boyfriend had a wife and getting fired from my job, I had little desire to think about hot men...
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