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  • Where it all Began: A Small Town Love Story  (Blue Moon) by Lucy Score

    Where it all Began: A Small Town Love Story (Blue Moon) by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “This would be a lot easier if you had a sense of humor.” “This would be a lot easier if you were a man.” Author’s Note: Do NOT read this book until you’ve read at least Blue Moon #3, or even better #4. I’m protecting your reader experience here. I promise...
  • 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...
  • Could Be the Reason by Claire Kingsley

    Could Be the Reason by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “You don’t know what it’s like.” “What?” “Being the one guy who didn’t get the girl.” Maybe this makes me a dick, but life was easier when all the people around me weren’t enjoying their happily ever afters. I’m surrounded by couples—getting married, starting families. I’m the guy left behind. And then Sadie walks into my life. I’m not supposed to want her...
  • I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. Jones

    I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Jaclyn Love is a magnet for trouble - it seems to follow her wherever she goes. Unfortunately for Kadan Davenport, she also seems to be a magnet for him - even after a disastrous first impression that leaves him - literally - black and blue. Jaclyn is busy trying to find some sort of balance, and Kadan is just trying not to get swept up in the chaos...
  • Crazy Rich Cajuns by Erin Nicholas

    Crazy Rich Cajuns by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A sexy, small town, opposites attract rom com! He wears suits and ties. He'll one day inherit a fortune. He has a law degree. He shines his shoes, for God's sake. What is she doing attracted to a guy like him? But she is. She so is. She drives air boats on the bayou, drinks and cusses, and gives city boys in suits a hard time just for fun. Why can't he get her out of his mind? But he can't...
  • 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...
  • Pharaoh: Wolf Warriors MC by K.C. Mills

    Pharaoh: Wolf Warriors MC by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pharaoh Vaughan was the type of man that you don’t want to cross. As Wolf Warriors MC’s, enforcer, if you were on his radar, you had better be prepared to dance with the devil.When it came to women, there was only ever one he considered giving his heart to, but the debt he felt he owed the only family that ever showed up for him forced Pharaoh to choose loyalty over love...
  • Her Daddies Saving Grace by Laylah Roberts

    Her Daddies Saving Grace by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can she find happiness with not one Daddy but two?A childhood tragedy made Juliet withdraw into herself. Only the love of her overprotective, insane brother helped pull her out... sort of.He’s loved her for years, but Xavier knows Juliet is too fragile for his darker needs. So he watches from afar, never claiming her as his.Then grouchy, bossy Brick barrels his way into her life...
  • Whisper Waves by Blake Black

    Whisper Waves by Blake Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Your deceased loved ones are only a whisper away.They are still here, still with you, even though you cannot see them.Unlike me, I can see them just fine.People call me weird, crazy even, but I only want to help the souls who are trapped in between and the loved ones they leave behind.Until my good intentions get me locked away and leave me broken and traumatized...
  • Cocked and Loaded by Jordan Marie

    Cocked and Loaded by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When I slap the handcuffs on her
 I’ll be taking her to bed, not jail. 

Getting involved with the wrong woman can destroy your life. 
I had to move back home and lose my position as Detective to get away from one. 
The last thing I need is to repeat my mistake. 
I finally have what I want. 
 Deputy in my home town, surrounded by family and friends— 
Life is good...
  • Rebel Heart by Elle Thorpe

    Rebel Heart by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The epic conclusion to Rebel, Fang, Kian, and Vaughn's story. Blurb coming soon...
  • Rise by Nikita Parmenter

    Rise by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As if taking over the Ravens wasn’t going to be complicated enough, Jynx has already taken a job for the leader of the Romanos, and of course, it can’t be straightforward.People from their pasts are popping up from all directions, all posing very different threats and entwining them in ways they could have never imagined...
  • Tainted Creek by K.C. Kean

    Tainted Creek by K.C. Kean

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I thought I’d already seen the worst of Knight’s Creek, but I was wrong. This toxic town just became much more tainted.There is nothing worse than having a joyous bombshell dropped in my lap with the goal of knocking me down. And I hate to admit the truth, but it might be working...
  • Unstoppable by Sheridan Anne

    Unstoppable by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tully - If he thinks he can just show up on my doorstep after four long years of radio silence, then he’s got another thing coming. Tully Cage does not bow down for anyone; especially ghosts from the past who insist on crashing back into my life and causing all sorts of havoc. My heart can’t take it. That boy put me through hell and back, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever fully recovered...
  • The Player by Amelia Shea

    The Player by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fresh start is exactly what Ivy Collins has in mind when she packs up her truck and makes her move to Ghosttown. The ambitious twenty-five-year-old artist can’t wait to launch her new life, enhance her successful career, rekindle her relationship with her estranged grandfather, and settle into small-town life...
  • The Return by Amelia Shea

    The Return by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Born and raised a Ghosttown girl, Trista Anderson has nothing but love for her hometown. After her recent graduation from college, she is eager to return and start the next chapter of her life. However, things don’t go according to plan when her homecoming is derailed by a biker club, an altercation, and a sexy new neighbor who grates on her last nerve...
  • Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A spicy age gap romance where one night of passion could lead to a lifetime of love...
  • The Headmistress by Milena McKay

    The Headmistress by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A chance encounter. An unforgettable night. And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it’s with a roar and not a whimper.Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to re-evaluate everything...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  steamy  suspense  wlw  workplace  adult  audiobook
  • 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...
  • Wolf.e by Paisley Hope

    Wolf.e by Paisley Hope

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Always ride faster than your angel can fly.-Gabriel Wolfe As president of the Hounds of Hell motorcycle club, my life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day I was born. Chaos is my birthright. I crave it to feel stable. Secure. Whole.The only people I care about are the ones who don my cut. Women are just a tool. Never to covet, only to use, each face blending into the next...
  • 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...
  • Carwrecked by Francesca Penn

    Carwrecked by Francesca Penn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Celeste FontanneComplicated is too simple a word and doesn’t quite describe my life. I’m trapped in between prison and truly being free. Figuratively, I may have escaped from my cell, but I’m still very much in the building. I’d gotten a glimmer of freedom, which lasted mere minutes until it came to a screeching halt. Now, I must climb out of the dregs of my former life and begin anew...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  dark  humor  poc-mc  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Old Fashioned by Kandi Steiner

    Old Fashioned by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The epic finale of the Becker Brothers series. Each book can be read as a stand-alone.It’s a man’s world.When I declared sports medicine as my major and every man narrowed their eyes, that saying proved true. It was true when my ex-husband decided I’d give up my career when our daughter was born...
  • Caden's Situationship by Sherelle Green

    Caden's Situationship by Sherelle Green

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caden Madden is the epitome of a southern gentleman. Polite. Respectable. With an undeniable sexiness and country bred abs that could only be the result of a hard-working rancher. The only thing you can’t rely on this cowboy for is relationship advice. No woman has ever come close to making him want to settle down… until her. Cordelia Sugar Rose is as sweet as her name...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  humor  poc-mc  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Crash & Carnage by Emma Slate

    Crash & Carnage by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Adderly “Boxer” Ford is nothing like the men of my past.He’s an outlaw.A criminal.My opposite in every way.I save lives.He takes them.I’m makeup and mink.He’s leather and ink.I’m a fan of monogamy.I’m not sure Boxer knows the definition of the word.It’s a bad idea to get mixed up with him and his motorcycle club...
  • Wrath of Rage by R.E. Bond

    Wrath of Rage by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being Archer Hendricks’ little sister has always had its problems.My dates ending up dead, kids at school shunning me, and every aspect of my life controlled.I’ve always been kept on the outside of the crew life, always watching, and never participating.I craved to be a part of my brother’s world, no matter the danger.Looks like my wish has been granted because Rage Evans knows I exist...
  • Merging Wright by L.B. Dunbar

    Merging Wright by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It takes a village, or in the case of this jaded silver fox, he needs a wife to save one.“I need you to marry me.”Jane FoxMy boss cannot be serious. The ridiculously handsome man I hate-to-crush on has just proposed I pretend to be his wife for a funeral. A funeral! Only, when he dangles a much-coveted position in exchange for my time, I can’t refuse...
    Categorized as:
    angst  humor  steamy  workplace  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • A Stolen Suit: An Enemies to Lovers, Revenge Romantic Comedy by Angela Casella

    A Stolen Suit: An Enemies to Lovers, Revenge Romantic Comedy by Angela Casella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I hate him...but I also want to touch his abs. Is that normal?GraceMy boss, the famous romance novelist, always said she’d open doors for me when I finished writing my first book. Only I have...and she hasn’t. Worse, I just met her new brand manager, and I know him.Enoch “the Suit” Laskin made my life miserable in business school, right up until he seduced me...
  • Hunter by Eliza Lentzski

    Hunter by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  wlw  workplace  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Angel Unseen by J. Bree

    Angel Unseen by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    TomiLovestruck or c*ntstruck?Neither, I’m never letting a woman that close to me. I’ve seen what the Callaghan Curse has done to my uncles and I know for sure that my mom was one in a million. I’ll stick to going on runs and fucking biker bitches. Now there’s rats in my club and a web of lies being woven around me, I can’t afford to lose my head over a piece of ass...
  • Borrowing Bentley by Melanie Shawn

    Borrowing Bentley by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑-𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝐸𝐴--𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦!𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲Maisy Turner and I had been butting heads since we were five years old. That girl knew every one of my buttons and loved to push 'em...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  humor  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Vic Vaughn is Vicious by J.A. Huss

    Vic Vaughn is Vicious by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Vicious. God-given name, I cross my heart.And it fits.I’m a hot-as-f, inked-up tattoo artist at the trendiest shop in the Rocky Mountains.I have the looks, I have the bike, I have the reputation.That means I get the ladies.Sure. There are lots of women out there who hate tattoos. Wouldn’t be caught dead with guys like me. And that’s fine. I’m not looking for girls like that...
  • Nailed by You: The Ross Brothers Trilogy: Book One by Nikki Mays

    Nailed by You: The Ross Brothers Trilogy: Book One by Nikki Mays

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kellie has had it with men! Especially good for nothing sperm donors who never see their daughter! The only men who don’t get on her nerves are her father, brother and Mason Ross. The first two for obvious reasons and the last one, well...he’s just Mason. Sweet, silly and more handsome than any man should ever be. Too bad a man like him can have any woman that he wants...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • All In by Eliza Lentzski

    All In by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  steamy  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Four Fun by Stephanie Brother

    Four Fun by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After I whistle at four brawny construction workers, they show me just how good they are with their tools.Life has taught me that trust is precious, so I rarely grant it. Men are great for one-night stands. Maybe a three-day weekend, if they’re particularly irresistible. Any longer, and things get messy — or worse...
  • Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan

    Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    CharlotteI’m not just kissing the rival… I’m falling for him.Spencer Pennington has always been a shameless flirt, but when it came to being the best in our MBA program, all bets were off, and the competition was on.Fast-forward a few years, and all it takes is a bar at a failed wedding and my silly kiss-rating system to lock lips with the enemy...
  • The Problem with Players by Brittainy C. Cherry

    The Problem with Players by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As a female coach, I’ve always lived by a simple mantra: throw hard, swing for the fences, and never, ever look back--especially when it comes to past flames.So when my ex-boyfriend somehow manages to land the job as my new assistant coach, my life is flipped upside down. The game I thought I'd mastered is now being played with a whole new set of rules.My ex is baseball's all-star Nathan Pierce...
  • Once Upon A Bet: A Grumpy Single Dad Romance by Penelope Bloom

    Once Upon A Bet: A Grumpy Single Dad Romance by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All I ever wanted was the perfect happily ever after.All he ever wanted was to ruin my freaking life.Okay, that’s a smidge dramatic, but hear me out.My new neighbor might as well plant an “unavailable” sign in his front yard.He’s got biceps made for pulling swooning maidens out of danger, eyes built for melting glaciers (and panties), and a smile that makes my knees want to buckle...
  • Jackson by Nyssa Kathryn

    Jackson by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes it’s the oldest wounds that cut deepest.River Harp fell in love with her brother’s best friend, a boy who was practically part of the family…a boy who broke her heart before leaving town. Sixteen years later, he’s back for her brother’s funeral. And River wants nothing to do with the man. At least, that’s what she keeps telling herself...
  • Pedal to the Metal by Eden Connor

    Pedal to the Metal by Eden Connor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My love life? It’s complicated. I walked away from my stepbrothers again, this time to make my mother happy. To make my best friend Caroline happy. And what did those bad boys do? They put Caroline in the car and came after me...
  • Turn & Burn by Eden Connor

    Turn & Burn by Eden Connor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When asked to be the keynote speaker to honor my stepfather’s twenty-fifth year with Ridenhour Racing, I was determined to get even with my stepbrothers. When I took an instant dislike to the team's young superstar, Dale knocked my plans awry by betting his prized '71 Barracuda Hemi against Kolby’s new Audi RS7 that I could beat the rising NASCAR superstar in a drag race...
  • Mountain Men Triplets by Rebel Bloom

    Mountain Men Triplets by Rebel Bloom

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
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  • 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...
  • This Is Love by Melissa Foster

    This Is Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She has everything money can buy, but her bodyguard is all she wants—and together they’re exactly what each other needs in this heart-racing romance by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Call Her Mine.Actress Remi Divine is sick of bodyguards, sick of stalkers, and sick of feeling like she is always under a microscope. But this movie star isn’t helpless by any means...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  humor  suspense  workplace  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • 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...
  • Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Landon Montgomery has suddenly found himself the lone bachelor in his group of friends. With a new career handed to him and a string of unsuccessful blind dates behind him, Landon is ready to search for love. A chance meeting and immediate attraction have him wondering if things are about to turn around or if he’s stuck in the single life forever...
    Categorized as:
    angst  humor  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Ale's Fair in Love and War by Sylvie Stewart

    Ale's Fair in Love and War by Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Enemies-to-Lovers RomanceHollis Hayes is the worst neighbor in the entire history of neighbors.She’s also the hottest.F.M.L.I don’t have time to fight with the dog groomer next door. There’s a brewery to run, siblings to rein in, and a mom to look after. So if Hollis thinks I’ll roll over and let her drive me out of business, she’s not nearly as smart as she thinks she is...
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