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Under Your Skin by Lee Winter
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat do a stolen food-delivery robot, a woman from the past, and a bizarre scheme to microchip military veterans have in common? The infamous Caustic Queen, Washington DC bureau chief Catherine Ayers, would love to find out but she has a lot on her plate right now. She and her fiancée, reporter and Iowa girl Lauren King, are busy wedding planning in Lauren’s home town... -
![Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers]()
Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLara Bennett is world-famous in Ribbonwood, population 907. She’s the woman you don't trust your husband with: a real-life femme fatale. If there’s a scandal in town, she’s at the center of it, ruining businesses, marriages, and egos everywhere she goes, with her sharp tongue and that body that makes you look twice... -
![Racing Hearts by Lauren Landish]()
Racing Hearts by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA tomboy tames the cocky cowboy next door in Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestselling author Lauren Landish’s forbidden romance. Luke is damn near invisible, or at least that’s how he usually feels. He takes care of things around the ranch before his boss-brother even knows there’s a problem, and no one even notices when he's done... -
![Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland]()
Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAva Callaghan A woman working in a male-dominated field. Organized, strong, and tenacious. That’s how she has to be to succeed. Hunter Owens A loner. He needs no one, has no ties, and his future is an unanswered question mark.It’s all he knows. Until the day their lives intersect. He sees the woman she hides from the world.She nurtures the part of him he lost long ago... -
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![Chocolate Cake for Breakfast by Rosie Green]()
Chocolate Cake for Breakfast by Rosie Green
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a shocking accident, Martha Munro has given up on her childhood dreams. With her confidence shattered, even leaving the house is scary, and a promising romance with gorgeous Logan is over before it even had a chance to begin. But cheered on by her dad and her great friend, Madison, she makes a decision that could change everything... -
![The Goodmans by Clare Ashton]()
The Goodmans by Clare Ashton
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe lovely doctor Abby Hart lives in her dream cottage in the quintessential English border town of Ludbury, home to the Goodmans. Maggie Goodman, all fire and passion, is like another mother to her, amiable Richard a rock and 60s-child Celia is the grandmother she never had. But Abby has a secret. Best friend Jude Goodman is the love of her life, and very, very straight... -
![Dirty Little Midlife Secret by Lilian Monroe]()
Dirty Little Midlife Secret by Lilian Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLily Viceroy arrived in Heart’s Cove with a suitcase by her side and two eensy weensy secrets tucked into the corners of her heart.Well, that’s if “eensy” and “weensy” are code for “terrifying” and “dire.”Clearly, the only thing for Lily to do is to engage in a good ol’ bout of denial... -
![The New Doctor at Peony Practice by Christie Barlow]()
The New Doctor at Peony Practice by Christie Barlow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPreorder the next book in the heartwarming and bestselling Love Heart Lane seriesLove Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter whatAll’s fair in love and…medicine?Dr Katie O’Neil has only been in Heartcross a few hours when she finds herself already ruffling feathers – not least with medical school nemesis and new colleague Ben Sanders... -
![Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong]()
Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s autumn in Whiskey Springs, Vermont, and more than the leaves have changed color. Life has never been better for Fallon Foster. Her relationship with the town’s newest citizen, Riley Main is progressing as Fallon had hoped. Fallon finally believes she may get the family she’s dreamed of. Her business is thriving, and her friendship with her former lover, Andi Maguire is back on track... -
![Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod]()
Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA spicy age gap romance where one night of passion could lead to a lifetime of love... -
![Hunter by Eliza Lentzski]()
Hunter by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Winter Jacket prequel It all started with a navy blue dress... In her junior year of college, Hunter Dyson has some big decisions to make about her future. She wants to be a nurse, that much she knows, but everyone from her parents to her academic advisor is nagging her about what kind of nursing she wants to pursue... -
![The Steady by Kelly Fox]()
The Steady by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHot for teacher? No.Hot for teacher's widower? Maybe a little more than I should be.I merely meant to comfort Ren, to help him find steady ground in the middle of an ocean of pain. It was supposed to be a one-time thing.Only… our chemistry, set ablaze by our extreme size and age differences, was something neither of us had experienced before... -
![All In by Eliza Lentzski]()
All In by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat... -
![Reckless at Heart by Zoe York]()
Reckless at Heart by Zoe York
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Daddy, I'm pregnant." The last three words Owen Kincaid ever wanted to hear from his teenage daughter. The firefighter knows how hard it is to have a kid when you're still a kid yourself. He did it, and now eighteen years later, history is repeating itself. To say he's beating himself up is an understatement. The last thing he needs is to fall head-over-heels in lust with his daughter's midwife... -
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![Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong]()
Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFallon Foster is Whiskey Springs' self-proclaimed token lesbian. She isn't a token any longer. After her year-long affair with best friend, Andi Maguire ends, Fallon hopes to earn the trust and win the heart of the town's newest resident, Riley Main. Ghosts from the past still haunt Fallon and Riley. Informed by loss and betrayal, the pair endeavors to find their way to each other... -
![Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak]()
Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Iris Abbott, alongside her best friend and roommate Zac Nowak, returns to his hometown, the sleepy familiarity of Indiana holds more than just nostalgia. Little does Iris know that her own journey of self-discovery is about to take an unexpected turn.Enter Heidi, a breathtaking woman who captivates Iris from the moment their eyes meet... -
![Prescription for Love by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
Prescription for Love by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat should’ve been an ordinary emergency call turned out to be something extraordinary. Wanting to distance himself from his toxic parents, Trent Love moved to the quaint town of Blissville to begin a new life. What he finds is blazing chemistry with a hunky fireman who breathes new life into him... -
![Sunsets and Shades by Erica Lee]()
Sunsets and Shades by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKinsley Scott is a lesbian romance author who doesn’t actually believe in love. While her alter ego, Laurel Lake, loves happy endings and epic love stories, Kinsley has a more cynical view of the world. Grace Harper is a hopeless romantic hanging on every word of the lesbian romance novels she reads... -
![Perfect Rhythm by Jae]()
Perfect Rhythm by Jae
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPop star Leontyne Blake might sing about love, but she stopped believing in it a long time ago. What women want is her image, not the real her. When her father has a stroke, she flees the spotlight and returns to her tiny Missouri hometown.In her childhood home, she meets small-town nurse Holly Drummond, who isn’t impressed by Leo’s fame at all... -
![That Last Secret: A Brothers Best Friend Romance by Jenn McMahon]()
That Last Secret: A Brothers Best Friend Romance by Jenn McMahon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll secrets kept in the dark eventually come to light. Being the youngest Ford sibling and the only girl out of the four of us, I feel like the bar is set high for me.My brothers have built very successful lives for themselves and the pressure to live up to them is often too much for me to handle.But I don't tell them that.I keep my struggles to myself.I can handle everything on my own...Categorized as:
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![The School of Starting Over by Lisa Swift]()
The School of Starting Over by Lisa Swift
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNell’s going back to school… but now she’s learning lessons of the heartReception class teacher Nell Shackleton has a plan. At least, she had until she arrived at her new home of Humblebee Farm, a dilapidated farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors... -
![How to Forgive by Susan Hawke]()
How to Forgive by Susan Hawke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTake one fabulous unicorn of a person…Grayson Davis came back to their hometown after college to help a new generation of kids who might be reliving their own past as a bullied young teen and LGBT teens who are struggling to find their identities in small-town USA... -
![Shaun's Salvation by K.C. Wells]()
Shaun's Salvation by K.C. Wells
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRomance is the last thing Shaun wants, but what if it’s exactly what he needs – and deserves?A selfless son barely holding onShaun doesn’t have much of a life. When he’s not working in the restaurant in Portland, Maine, he’s home looking after his dad, who has dementia... -
![Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron]()
Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe only thing I had to look forward to was getting as far away from my hometown of Arrowbridge, Maine, as possible. That is, until I bump into a single mom and her bug-loving daughter. Ingrid Davidson and I have absolutely nothing in common. She’s older, she has a child, and she’s settled in Arrowbridge for good.Still, I can’t stop finding reasons to spend time with her, and her adorable toddler... -
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![To Be With You by T.J. O'Shea]()
To Be With You by T.J. O'Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeah Vasquez and Victoria Lockwood should not fall in love.They’re smart enough to know a star-crossed lovers’ situation never works out. Leah’s a loner from the poor side of town, working two jobs, and aching to leave their sleepy hometown in her rear view forever... -
![Covenant by Ann McMan]()
Covenant by Ann McMan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPresent Day: Jericho, Virginia.Covenant continues the beloved saga of the residents of Jericho, a sleepy town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where life and love have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road.Six weeks have passed since the fateful unfolding of events at the town’s Fourth of July celebration... -
![Side by Side by Nicole Pyland]()
Side by Side by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSports Series Book #6. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.As teenagers, Belle Elrod and Chandler Wolfe had been chosen to be part of Team USA figure skating’s elite training program. But when something happened, and Belle left the program, they were both left wondering what might have been... -
![Nobody Does it Better by Samantha Chase]()
Nobody Does it Better by Samantha Chase
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA billionaire hell bent on transforming a sleepy coastal town.The hometown girl determined to do whatever it takes to stop him.Peyton Bishop has big plans and big dreams when it comes to leaving her mark on Magnolia Sound. Her great-grandfather founded the coastal town and every generation before her has left their stamp. Now it’s her turn... -
![Escape & Freedom by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
Escape & Freedom by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo women escaping their own demons. One stuck in the past, the other a very real present. Lucy Owens’ life was irrevocably changed in a matter of seconds. Life as she knew it was over in the blink of an eye. Moving away from all that she knew, Lucy now lives a solitary life in her cabin on the shores of Lake Tahoe... -
![Keep Tahoe Blue by Nicole Pyland]()
Keep Tahoe Blue by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is book #1 in the Tahoe Series. It follows the events in the San Francisco Series Book #1: "Checking the Right Box." Kellan Cobb had to get out of San Francisco. She’d just watched her ex-girlfriend meet the woman of her dreams. Her broken heart needed a break from it all, and Lake Tahoe was calling her name.Reese Lee has a secret... -
![Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont]()
Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Parker?”Parker loved that voice and she adored hearing it say her name. But in this moment, it scared the shit out of her.In the sleepy coastal town of Doveport, the pot isn’t just stirred—that bitch is boiling over.Maggie and Parker are new... like, brand-spanking-new. But for all of their flirting and butterflies and romantic intention, the universe has devised one giant beaver-dam... -
![Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester]()
Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA spicy, small-town, opposites attract lesbian romance about learning to let go, no matter the cost.Workaholic Eleanor Cromwell blows into rural Canada, laser focused on her real estate development project. Given the locals already hate her father’s company, she plans to hide away in a cabin and conceal her identity to get the job done... -
![In the Long Run by Haley Cass]()
In the Long Run by Haley Cass
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFree-spirited and easygoing Taylor Vandenberg left her hometown of Faircombe, Tennessee as soon as she could, and in the twenty-five years since, she has rarely looked back. She wouldn’t change anything about how her life has turned out – having traveled to nearly every country, never staying anywhere long enough to feel stifled... -
![When the Stars Sang by Caren J. Werlinger]()
When the Stars Sang by Caren J. Werlinger
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsASIN B07B7CT41D moved to the most recent editionNearly twenty-five years ago, Kathleen Halloran’s brother drowned during the last summer they ever spent with their grandmother on a remote island off Maine’s coast. Like a siren’s call she can’t resist, Kathleen is pulled back to Little Sister Island... -
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![Two of a Kind by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod]()
Two of a Kind by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCould something you can’t remember be the best decision of your life?Maisie Sullivan is a hard-working marketing assistant from Milwaukee who wants nothing more than to earn a promotion and finally finish her college degree. But when she’s swept off her feet by a charming cowgirl while on a business trip to Las Vegas, she decides there’s no harm in having a little fun... -
![Temptress by Jessica Prince]()
Temptress by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho knew the grumpy single dad next door would turn out to be The One?As Sloane Chambers stood at her window and creeped on the new guy moving in next door, she was immediately drawn to the tattoos, muscles, and the way his jeans hugged his perfect . . . frame. But when she caught him hacking up her rose bushes with a chain saw, the battle was on...Categorized as:
enemies-to-lovers age-gap family romance contemporary small-town grumpy-sunshine cheerful-mc -
![Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake]()
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love—with all its complications—by debut author Ashley Herring Blake.Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls—nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily... -
![Not the Marrying Kind by Jae]()
Not the Marrying Kind by Jae
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSmall-town florist Ashley Gaines loves her little flower shop and putting together the perfect bouquets for weddings and other happy occasions. Her own love life, however, is far from blossoming. Ash has decided that staying in the closet is safer than risking her heart again.Local bakery owner Sasha Peterson hasn’t had much luck mixing it up with romance either... -
![One Golden Summer by Clare Lydon, T.B. Markinson]()
One Golden Summer by Clare Lydon, T.B. Markinson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSaffron Oliver is the golden girl. Golden hair. Golden skin. Golden movie career.Only one problem: she hates it.She flees to her sister’s seaside town – where she meets the confident & charming Kirsty McBride.Kirsty is everything Saffron wants to be. Perhaps also, everything she wants.But Saffron can’t have it all... -
![Back to the Start by Monica McCallan]()
Back to the Start by Monica McCallan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Remy’s grandmother dies, it means leaving her life in San Francisco and returning to a town she swore she'd never revisit, forced to confront a world she'd worked hard to put behind her over the last twelve years... -
![Atramentum by M.J. Duncan]()
Atramentum by M.J. Duncan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoss Perrault left Sky, Colorado after high school with no intention of ever returning, but all that changes when she inherits Atramentum... -
![Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong]()
Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFallon Foster serves up more than the most potent drinks at Murphy’s Law, the local pub in Whiskey Springs, Vermont. Fallon is the keeper of the town’s secrets. She’s heard tales of broken hearts, torrid affairs, closet cases, and the dreams of hopeful romantics. With a sensitive ear and a warm bed, Fallon is a legend in her small town. One thing still eludes her—love... -
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Off Plan by May Archer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI came to Whispering Key for a job. That was all. To show the world Mason Bloom could be more than a small-town doctor living a medium-sized life. Private doctor on a swanky island with a posh resort? Check.But from the moment I set foot on this island, nothing went according to plan.I didn’t expect to find the resort falling apart... -
![BTW: By the Way by Lucy Lennox, Molly Maddox]()
BTW: By the Way by Lucy Lennox, Molly Maddox
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJames:My assignment is simple: go to the Cape and seal the real estate deal for my most important client. No problem. I’m good at my job, I know how to close a sale, and this time won’t be any different.Until I meet Sawyer, the sexy young bartender I accidentally kiss in the broom closet. Turns out, he’s one of the owners I’m here to negotiate with.Okay, so that complicates things... -
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![Stroker by K.M. Neuhold]()
Stroker by K.M. Neuhold
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs there an easy way to tell your lifelong best friend that you secretly married his brother eight years ago? Asking for a friend…When Gates shows up needing a place to crash, I offer him my spare room. Whatever happened between us nearly two decades ago is water under the bridge. I don’t lie awake at night wondering what could have been. Nope, definitely not... -
![How Sweet It Is by Melissa Brayden]()
How Sweet It Is by Melissa Brayden
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome things are better than chocolate... Molly O’Brien is a sweetheart. Her friends and neighbors all think so. While she enjoys her quiet life running the town bakeshop in Applewood, Illinois, she wonders if there could be more. After losing the love of her life four years prior in a plane crash, Molly thinks she’s ready to navigate the dicey dating waters once again... -
![The Flaw in Our Design by Monica McCallan]()
The Flaw in Our Design by Monica McCallan
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOlivia Carver’s life in Lake Cabot, New York is simple. That’s how she likes it, even if she can’t stop the town she loves from being overrun by wealthy tourists each summer. When she’s not working at her family’s paddleboard shop or spending time with her lovable but infuriating brothers, she puts her energy into writing professionally, a dream that has yet to materialize... -
![Set the Night on Fire by Laura Trentham]()
Set the Night on Fire by Laura Trentham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCottonbloom is the perfect place for starting over, finding your way back home--and falling head over heels. . .Ella Boudreaux has a lot to prove to her family, friends, and foes--and to herself. So when her marriage ends she decides to invest her energy and money into a place that brings back some of Ella's happiest memories: the Abbott brothers' garage... -
![Accepting My Desire: Sulfur Springs Book 8 by Taylor Rylan, Jay Aheer]()
Accepting My Desire: Sulfur Springs Book 8 by Taylor Rylan, Jay Aheer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJase Keller took life one day at a time. As a deputy sheriff, his schedule fluctuated weekly and he never knew when he’d be home. But when his grandmother needed his help, he didn’t hesitate in stepping up. After all, she had done that very thing when his own mother had abandoned him as an infant... -
![Dally by J.D. Light]()
Dally by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA May-December, Alpha/Alpha Romance Dallas was a naive, not to mention underage, kid when he met the omega he would eventually marry. He liked that Luke was older than him, since he seemed to know a lot more about life than Dallas. He tried hard to make his traditional marriage work, but there were some things he discovered about himself during that time...
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