Books like 'The Winter Bride'

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  • Rebel Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rebel Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NASH Parker Sawyer fell into my life like a bomb. The first sight of her hit me like an explosion, changing everything. My mind, my heart, my life. The goals I thought I had and the dreams I thought I wanted. Nothing was the same after Parker. The night I fell in love with her, I let her get away. This time, there's no escape. Parker can run but she won't get far. This time I have a plan...
  • Travis by LeAnn Ashers

    Travis by LeAnn Ashers

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bailey Being the single mom of a beautiful five-year-old was hard. I’d struggled since the day I gave birth to my daughter when I was eighteen. So when we got the opportunity of a lifetime—to start over somewhere new—it was a no-brainer. We had to go. What I never expected was to find him. With one look, our whole world changed. Travis became everything to us...
  • Mail-Order Brides for Christmas by Fiona Davenport, Frankie Love

    Mail-Order Brides for Christmas by Fiona Davenport, Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Mistletoe Brothers are ready to save Snow Valley … even if it means marrying complete strangers.The six women who arrive in this mountainside town all have very different reasons for agreeing to an arranged marriage. And none of them quite know what to make of the six ruggedly handsome brothers who greet them.But they do know this: there’s no turning back...
  • Savage in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Savage in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a bookworm. He runs a notorious dance club. Will a case of mistaken identity lead to love?KingAll my brothers have fallen.But I’m still single.And I plan on staying that way…Until a deliciously naïve woman walks into my club.She doesn’t belong here.When she mistakes me for her blind date, I want to use every trick in the book...
  • The Billionaire's Big Bold Woman by Nichole Rose

    The Billionaire's Big Bold Woman by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two years ago, my ex-wife tried to frame me for embezzlement. My life crumbled, leaving me the single father of two little girls. I swore I'd never trust a woman again… Until Jenna Kirby waltzes into my life and turns it upside down. She's like no one I've ever met. Her bright eyes and big personality hide a heart of gold. I've never felt like this about anyone. Neither have my girls...
  • Dash by Fiona Davenport

    Dash by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brynn Thomas desperately needed a job and jumped at the chance to work for the cleaning company owned by Dallas "Dash" Smith. But she never expected to find her boss cleaning up a crime scene. Or to be swept off her feet by him.The men of the Silver Saints MC moved fast when they found the women meant to be theirs. Dash was no exception. They’d also do anything to keep their women safe...
  • Eyes On You by Laura Kaye

    Eyes On You by Laura Kaye

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She wants to explore her true desires, and he wants to watch… When a sexy stranger asks Wolf Henrikson to rescue her from a bad date, he never expected to want the woman for himself. But their playful conversation turns into a scorching one-night stand that reveals the shy beauty gets off on the idea of being seen, even if she’s a little scared of it, too. And Wolf loves to watch...
  • Behind the Velvet Rope by Jane Fox

    Behind the Velvet Rope by Jane Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luke: As the bouncer for the hottest club in town, I see my share of beautiful women. So why am I so taken with the shy girl in line who’s dressed like a small-town librarian? Parker: My sister’s bachelorette party is definitely not going the way I expected it to. I’m dragged to a noisy club—with a gorgeous bouncer. I’m pretty sure his type isn’t quiet girls in floral dresses, though...
  • Hailey by ChaShiree M., M.K. Moore

    Hailey by ChaShiree M., M.K. Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hailey I thought I knew. I thought I knew what life had in store for me. Until the day I met HIM. Until the moment he said hello. Until the second he touched me. Until the times he made love to me over and over claiming me EVERY. TIME. Then our time was up, and I left my heart with him. Fate brought us back together. But, does he still want me, as much as I want him? Plans be damned...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  insta-love  kind-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book
  • Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw

    Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AddysonLife just threw me a curveball. I have to find a new place to live, but it must be in-district, because my son has his heart set on riding the bus to his first day of kindergarten.When my brother’s sexy best friend suggests we move in with him, I have to remind myself the offer was for his spare bedrooms… not his bed...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  insta-love  kind-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book
  • Summer Kisses by K.L. Fast, M.K. Moore

    Summer Kisses by K.L. Fast, M.K. Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Donnie Evers, Kissing Junction’s very own fire chief finally gets his story told. It’s hotter than all the rest, so far. As a single father of a precocious seven-year-old, he needed some help. Who knew placing an ad in the newspaper would change his life? Verity King was trying to find a career, instead, she found herself and the love of her life...
  • Babygirl for Christmas by Rory Reynolds

    Babygirl for Christmas by Rory Reynolds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All I want for Christmas is one stern daddy.Heartbroken and alone is not the way I want to spend the holidays.Little did I know Santa has other ideas...
  • Winter's Daddy by Rory Reynolds

    Winter's Daddy by Rory Reynolds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love wasn’t on my Christmas List this year, but Santa had other plans.Meeting Winter was like a punch to the gut. She took my breath away and I knew I had to have her.She’s sweet and innocent and everything I’ve ever wanted in a babygirl.My new mission in life is to make her mine.I’ll be her lover, her husband, her Daddy...
  • Drawn to the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Drawn to the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Getting lost on a hiking trail has never been this much fun.It was supposed to be a simple walk.My coworkers were getting on my last nerve, and I needed to get away from everything. I walk at the park every day back home. It can’t be all that different here.But I don’t have cell phone service, and I somehow lose track of how to get back to the campground...
  • Summer Love by Fiona Davenport

    Summer Love by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Billionaire Aiden Bryant didn’t get to stay at his beach house as often as he liked. He was happy to loan it to his friend so his daughter could use it for her graduation trip. But he never expected to meet the woman who was meant to be his when he went to check on the girls.Aiden searched high and low for his mystery beauty, never realizing she was Bianca Kendall...
  • Hard As Wood by Frankie Love

    Hard As Wood by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm an axe-wielding alpha with absolute resolve:I will not fall in love with Honey. She's my ex-stepdaughter -- and off limits.But it's a hell of a lot easier said than done.Her mom's long gone, and she's still here, in my secluded cabin.She's sweeter than sugar, with a body that makes me think of one thing alone:But I see her eyes linger... and the way she licks her lips.I may be a hard ass..
  • Keep You: An Older Billionaire/Younger BBW Romance (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Keep You: An Older Billionaire/Younger BBW Romance (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This billionaire won't know what hit him when he meets his sassy BBW.IanHolly Simpson is my dream woman.She's loud, bright, fierce…adorable. A complete mess.I came here for her help.I'm determined to leave with her heart.But how do you catch a fairy and claim it as your own?I don't know.I won't let that stop me.This little warrior is mine and I'm keeping her...
  • Claiming Caroline: An Older Man/Younger Curvy Girl Romance (Claimed) by Nichole Rose

    Claiming Caroline: An Older Man/Younger Curvy Girl Romance (Claimed) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Even Prince Charming has a wicked side…Jared I didn't believe in love until I met a princess at a ball.And then she vanished.Imagine my surprise when she shows up in my office a day later.She's beautiful, fierce, and has the courage of a lion.She's also a student at my college…and her sister is my star student.Claiming Caroline Thorne may destroy everything I've worked for...
  • Dangerous Curves Ahead by C.L. Cruz

    Dangerous Curves Ahead by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a free-spirited college student. He’s a trucker who loves those curvy backroads. He can give her a ride home, but can he also give her a happily ever after?JennaAfter my Spring Break plans fall through, I decide to go home to visit for a couple of weeks.That means finding my way across the country with no car and no money...
  • Vows of Love by Fiona Davenport

    Vows of Love by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Billionaire Lennox Madison thought his nephew’s destination wedding would just be a fun time in the sun. Then he met Brielle Kendall and instantly knew he’d found the woman who was meant to be his.It didn’t matter that she was much younger than him and the maid of honor. Lennox was determined to give Brielle his own vows of love...
  • Her Alpha Daddy Next Door: An Older Alpha Male, Younger BBW Romance by Nichole Rose

    Her Alpha Daddy Next Door: An Older Alpha Male, Younger BBW Romance by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. He's not the boss of her…but he wants to be. CarterLuna Goodson is a mess.She's too trusting, too innocent, and too hot to resist. The first time I saw her, she insulted my parents. The second time, she warned me that steroids cause shrinkage.Lucky for her, I'm not into steroids. But I am into her.She calls me Officer Grumpy...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  dark  insta-love  multi-pov  stalking  steamy  adult
  • Hold You: An Older Man/Younger Curvy Girl Romantic Comedy (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Hold You: An Older Man/Younger Curvy Girl Romantic Comedy (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This giant Russian will fall like a ton of bricks when he meets his curvy angel.KnoxLauren York is the cutest little angel I've ever met.Her sweetness is like nothing I've ever known.And her innocence drives me crazy.I know nothing of caring for such a girl.I probably shouldn't have kissed her five minutes after I met her.I definitely should not be chasing her all over the office...
  • Adore You (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Adore You (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A chance meeting and a mechanical bull will unravel a former detective in the blink of an eye.JasonMiranda Dawes is the sweetest little thing I've ever seen.I was obsessed with her the minute I met her…and then she disappeared without a trace.Imagine my surprise when I found her at work the next morning.And my horror when I realized something I said in the heat of the moment chased her away...
  • Heat by C.M. Steele

    Heat by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a mad dash to get through her hectic sweaty morning and make it to work on time, Violet finds herself struck by...a limo.Dazed but mostly unharmed, she's surprised when the passenger in the limo swoops her up and is shirtless.What kind of limo did she collide with?Pain and agony strike Micah when he sees his little Violet in the middle of the street...
  • Her Date with an Alpha by Nichole Rose

    Her Date with an Alpha by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She may not be from his world, but she belongs to him anyway.ColtonCadence Grayson was meant to be mine. I knew it the minute I saw her.She's smart, sassy, and keeps me on my toes.But she thinks I'm someone I'm not and wants nothing to do with my world.Now I have to convince her to give me a shot.Lucky for me, I don't give up easily.Cadence Marie Grayson, you're going down...
  • Guarding Her Body by Ella Goode

    Guarding Her Body by Ella Goode

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Child actress Sadie Monroe grew up under the hot lights of Hollywood. Her good girl image takes a hit when it's revealed her mom-ager has been stealing from Sadie for years. The scandal sites are ablaze again when semi-nude photos of her are released. Her new manager wants her to take advantage of this and pivot to a daring new role, but Sadie longs for a normal life with a husband and kids...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  dark  insta-love  stalking  steamy  adult  bodyguard
  • Curvy Ride by Hope Ford

    Curvy Ride by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s cold as ice, except when it comes to the curvy school teacher…I know better than to get involved with James “Ice” Cole.Men like him don’t go for women like me unless they want one thing…To get in my pants and then get gone.Not only is he older…he’s also a member of the Valor MC.And everyone knows what they’re about.But the man doesn’t seem to want to take no for an answer...
  • Marking Him #2 by Elena M. Reyes

    Marking Him #2 by Elena M. Reyes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The day Maya Owens walked into his tattoo shop, everything Talan knew changed. After officially starting a relationship, he is now having trouble managing Maya—a woman who consumes every part of his being and owns his heart. His need to control her and everything around her drives Maya insane, but he has good reason...
  • Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart

    Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emma Fawn has fallen on hard times. Her mom, unable to support them both, had kicked her out when she turned eighteen and she’s been bouncing from town to town and job to job for a few years until she finally lands in Thorp, Washington. She’s trying to stay positive but she’s run out of money, has nowhere to live, and no real options...
  • Snowy Kisses by Elisa Leigh

    Snowy Kisses by Elisa Leigh

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Justice Wright and his brother Jonah own and run a small resort in the small mountain town of Jolly, Vermont. They're extremely busy this time of year with all of the holiday festivities they have planned. When one of his employees falls ill, it's up to Justice to take over running the sleigh rides and he isn't happy about it. He's more the behind the scenes kind of guy...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  insta-love  kind-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book
  • Selling Her Virtue by Dani Wyatt

    Selling Her Virtue by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every one of my friends says their first time sucked.If a girl's virtue is such a treasure, why not get something for it besides a sad story? Enter one high-end auction, my stubborn need to win a bet and my virtue is for sale.But, when I see the giant of a man in a tuxedo with the hard-set jaw and the scar through his eyebrow, there's only one cherry picker on my buyers list...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  insta-love  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • A Groom By Christmas by K.L. Fast, M.K. Moore

    A Groom By Christmas by K.L. Fast, M.K. Moore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Delilah Armstrong I had been so focused on others finding their happily ever after that I neglected myself. Until he walks into my office. Suddenly, it's all I can think about. Kyle Rothschild I never gave the future much thought, never gave women much thought either until I walked into her office. Now, I can see the future and it stars her...
  • One More Night by Sarah O'Rourke

    One More Night by Sarah O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Crenshaw Jacobson met the woman of his dreams...and he was determined to spend every night possible with her. But Waverlee Armstrong was leery of commitment, having been abandoned by her family at an early age...
  • Anthony by K.L. Fast

    Anthony by K.L. Fast

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We met Anthony and Charlee in Chocolate Kisses. This is their long-awaited story. Anthony Gallucci has had one person on his mind for two years. He has searched high and low for the one that got away. Charlee Galvington was just looking for a good time in Italy. Oh, she got one all right, then fled. Fast forward two years...
  • Hungry For Dash by Shaw Hart

    Hungry For Dash by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gracelyn Moore just started a new company. After rumors started swirling at her old job that she was sleeping with a client that she would never touch in a million years, she decided that it was time to move on. She just wants to focus on her future, on getting her new party planning company with her best friend off the ground. Then she gets hired by Dash...
  • Moving Fast by Loni Ree

    Moving Fast by Loni Ree

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The small town of Spring, Florida, has a severe shortage of available ladies.This doesn’t really affect me, though. As mayor of the sweet little town, I don’t have time for romance or dating.That all changes when my life becomes a sit-com.My good deed is coming back to bite me in the rear. When I offered to dog-sit my sister’s Rottweiler, I had no idea Bruno could jump my fence...
  • Her Mountain Man Stalker by Gia Bailey

    Her Mountain Man Stalker by Gia Bailey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BlakeI’m not a stalker.Watching her and making sure she’s safe is all in the line of duty.I’m not a stalker, I’m the Sherriff.She’s too young for me, too innocent and naïve. Too trusting by far.She’s my buddy’s younger sister.My job is to protect her, and if that means watching her, so be it.Seeing her struggle goes against all my instincts, and I can’t allow it...
  • The Cowboy’s Soulmate by Mia Brody

    The Cowboy’s Soulmate by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a jaded playboy find forever with his curvy mail order bride and her baby? Or will her past ruin their future? LoganThe town calls me Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em Logan.Growing up as a foster kid, I figured out quick that if I’m the first to say goodbye then it doesn’t hurt. After all, nothing lasts forever. That’s why I’m not looking forward to my upcoming wedding...
  • Sterling ♥️ Kennedy by ChaShiree M., M.K. Moore

    Sterling ♥️ Kennedy by ChaShiree M., M.K. Moore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kennedy Sherwood has never expected anything extraordinary out of life. With a mom that sleeps around, a name that elicits snickers, and a poor existence of a life in Road-to-Nowhere, Illinois, she has always known she would never have that happily ever after. A road trip to see her ailing Grandpa might be just what she needs...
  • Jake by C.M. Steele

    Jake by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jake had my heart since I was a little girl. The day he left, my heart broke, but I had hope that he’d come back until it was too late. Now, it was time to erase Jake Richards from my soul.I’ve loved Lea for so long and soon she’ll be mine. No one, not even her father, will keep me away from her. We were meant to be together...
  • Burning Love by Fiona Davenport

    Burning Love by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All it took was one glance for billionaire Rush Baldwyne to experience a burning love unlike anything he’d thought possible. The hunky fireman had no doubt the pretty bridesmaid was meant to be his, but Rush had to wait eleven long months to claim Faith Carrington.Rush kept close tabs on the young beauty, counting down the days until he could claim her...
  • Kiss Me, Baby by Fiona Davenport

    Kiss Me, Baby by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Amelia Flores was in Vegas for a bachelorette party when the bride dared her to kiss a stranger. The shy food blogger didn’t plan to follow through with her cousin’s challenge until she spotted Zack Parker. They’d never met before, but the attraction she felt toward him was explosive...
  • Standing There by C.M. Steele

    Standing There by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can two people meet in the middle of a crowded park and fall in love? Maybe, or maybe everything isn't as it seems to be. The music fills the park and the band on stage has the crowd dancing and moving to be music. Well, except for one man in particular. Roman stood there in the middle of the masses lost at the sight of a beautiful woman swaying to the music just ten feet away...
  • Stealing Beauty by C.M. Steele

    Stealing Beauty by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mikhail Dobrev came to Miami to drink in the warmth and build an empire with his siblings. It’s easy when you come into money your family had hidden, and you could buy the world twice over. Never to be known for taking the easy route, Mikhail purchases an island resort called Ostrov. While scoping out the competitors like a smart businessman, he finds much more than he hoped...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  dark  insta-love  kind-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult
  • My Prince Charming by C.M. Steele

    My Prince Charming by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evil Stepmother? Check.Wicked Stepsisters? Check.Dead father? Check.Endless Chores? Check.Handsome prince, to rescue me? I hope so!I have become Cinderella. However, instead of dirt, the smell of grease lingers on me as the abuse sends me to the hospital and into the arms, quite literally, of Dr. Edward Prince...
  • Rocky Waters by C.M. Steele

    Rocky Waters by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He needs his solitude to meet his deadline, which looms ever closer as the days fly off the calendar. Bennett heads to his cabin to get the words down. There’s only one little problem; some people have invaded his privacy, and that’s just unacceptable. So they all have to go…save one. Darcy’s doing her first couples photoshoot, and her nerves are on edge...
  • A Very Mountain Man Christmas by Shaw Hart

    A Very Mountain Man Christmas by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when your pretend husband happens to be the man of your dreams?Tilly:It all started ten months ago. I had just gotten to Fallen Peak and met my new boss.Ledger Miles.He’d be the man of her dreams if he wasn’t such a jerk.When the accident happens and I’m called to the hospital, I’m shocked to learn that Ledger doesn’t remember his life...
  • A Very Mountain Man Thanksgiving by Shaw Hart

    A Very Mountain Man Thanksgiving by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the man of her dreams, but she’s not who he thinks she is…Myra:It all started two weeks ago. I needed to leave town, but I had nowhere to go.That’s when I stumbled on my roommate’s dating profile and saw the sweet messages some guy sent her. He invited her to come visit him and left his address.So, I may have stolen her account and messaged him back that I was on my way...
  • Until Mercy: Happily Ever Alpha World by CC Monroe

    Until Mercy: Happily Ever Alpha World by CC Monroe

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say have Mercy on the tortured soul. But what they didn’t say is Mercy was that tortured soul. No one warned me that Mercy couldn’t always be something to save you when you were lost in despair. But it could drown you in its depth, and when I was ready to give up on her, she pulled me in and down on my knees. I peered up in her eyes and whispered. “Mercy, please have mercy on me...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  insta-love  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • All of Me by Hope Ford

    All of Me by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TOMMY I’m a tattoo artist. I have been ready to settle down for a while now. I want a woman and a baby. I want a family. However, it’s hard finding a good woman that wants to settle down. Almost every woman I meet at the shop is still sowing her wild oats, so to speak. I used to be able to hang right with them, but now, they are all the same...
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