Books like 'Pistol in the Petals'
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Bohemian by Kathryn Nolan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTwo souls, drawn together beneath a fierce sky… Calvin Ellis’s neat and orderly life is shattered when his grandfather dies, leaving him ownership of a quirky bookstore in Big Sur, California. The Mad Ones: once a place famous for poetry readings and bohemian rebellion, it now teeters on the brink of financial ruin... -
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Impromptu Date: A Billionaire Baby Romance by Kay Shanee
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKamille Boatwright appears to have it all. As the owner of a successful business, her funds are unlimited. However, her professional life is the only thing that seems to be working in her favor. Aside from Ari, her best friend and business partner, Kamille’s social life is nonexistent, and her relationship with a few members of her family leave a lot to be desired... -
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Fair Catch by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a moment of panic, I turn to Victoria first.It’s what Harper would want, but it’s becoming what I need.As our connection deepens, I'm working hard to prove my past no longer defines me. My priorities have changed now that I have a child and I'm falling in love for the first time.And then I discover Victoria told her family she's bringing me as her date to her sister’s destination wedding...Categorized as:
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Before the Sunset by Laura Pavlov
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe’s an actor in need of an image makeover. She’s determined to show her ex-fiancé that she’s moved on. A fake relationship between two best friends is the perfect solution. Or is it?Reese Murphy has been my best friend since before we took our first steps.She’s the yin to my yang.The peanut butter to my jelly...Categorized as:
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Roomie, Lover, Friend: A New Hope Novel by Shon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBLAIR BELLAMY’s luck for the past year has been tenuous, at best. Nothing is going right. She lost her job, her relationship and now, her housing.She needs something—just one thing—to go right. And when she downloads the Roomie app, she thinks she’s headed in the right direction. That’s until…ELIJAH CUNNINGHAM’s life is simple...Categorized as:
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Love Notes : The Moran Brothers Series by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBishop I’m Bishop… Bishop Love. I haven’t written a new song in four years. My label has me by the balls to come up with my next project by the end of this tour. If I don’t produce, I’m going to be in deep shit. Fuck it! Maybe it’s my time… or maybe not.When she walks into the greasy diner in her red bottoms, looking completely out of place, the music comes rushing back... -
Recklessly, Wildly Yours by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe thinks I’m a runaway bride.What he doesn’t know is that I’m also a runaway celebrity.Two hours before I'm supposed to say "I do," I run.Right into the arms of Ethan Black.He finds me in a cloud of white lace and sheer panic, stranded in the middle of a Manhattan traffic jam.My savior in a suit.He doesn't care about my last name, my fame, or the scandal brewing in my wake.All he sees is me... -
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The Player Gets Coached (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Manwhore Versus The ManeaterFinn McManus thrives on his reputation as a player’s player – a term that has nothing to do with his years as a professional athlete. A notorious flirt and ladies man, the handsome, charming retired football player rarely dates a woman more than a few times, and shies away from relationships like they were a contagious disease... -
Playing by His Rules by Erika Wilde
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPLAYING BY HIS RULES is the next sexy standalone story in The Players Club series, featuring Rick Dunne.All he wants is one week of her complete surrender . . .If someone would have asked Madison Corbin what she wanted to be when she grew up, her answer wouldn’t have been an escort...Categorized as:
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B is for Brett by Natasha L. Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBabies make four? No way.Just because Brett helped me when my car broke down,Doesn’t mean I can trust him,I can’t let him in, even if I want to.Caught in the rain, we shelter at his cabin.One thing leads to another,And we’re carried away in the storm.My past shows up, bringing danger with it.Brett protects me, keeps me close.Now, despite everything, I never want to leave... -
Discreet by Nicole French
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFitz Baker was the world’s biggest sex symbol. Until he disappeared. Fed up with the trappings of fame, he traded his world of Hollywood for a quiet life on Newman Lake. He was perfectly happy living as an island. Until he met her. Returning home with nothing but a failed music career, all Maggie Sharp wants is to rebuild her life... -
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A Very Xander Christmas 2 by Anne Mercier
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second Rockstar Christmas - Told Xander style... -
Taking Control by J.A. Low
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStella Price has always had a crush on her boss, even with his reputation of being the ‘Playboy Chef of New York.’ But she gets to see another side to him outside of his celebrity persona. Stella’s also a realist and knows nothing can ever happen between the two of them.Except everything changes that fateful day in Vegas when she nearly lost her life... -
Sugar Rush: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSugar Rush is a short, sweet, steamy romance book featuring a strong, independent heroine and the man who wins her heart after it's already been broken before. Sugar Rush is the 2nd in the Just Desserts series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!FelicityFor the last few years, I’ve been looking for the perfect place to expand my gourmet candy business... -
Now's the Time by Harlow James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Let me experience all of you tonight, Penelope…since this is all that we get.”That was the agreement between me and Maddox Taylor, the NFL’s most notorious playboy and mega-talented quarterback who happened to be out in California for one night—one night in which I broke all of my rules and gave in to the undeniable attraction I felt for the man... -
Bad Taste In Men by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You’ve been moping around long enough. Let me show you how these guys should be treating you.” Bailey Davis does not have bad taste in men. She’s just had some relationships that haven’t worked out. That’s totally normal. And she now has one broken engagement. Big deal. And an ex-fiancé who cheated on her. Okay maybe she has bad taste in men. At least the ones she plans to marry...Categorized as:
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Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMickyI’m new to this city, but things are looking up. My bestie’s husband hooked me up with a great apartment above the hockey bar where I currently work, and I’ve got a great side gig bringing in plenty of cash to help fund my dream of opening my own cocktail lounge, Sugar & Ice. Life is sweet. My new neighbor, on the other hand, is not.When he reveals his true self, I hate what I discover...Categorized as:
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Control by Lasairiona Lewis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThor:Protocol. Routine. Control.Not anymore.My life turned on a dime in the blink of an eye. From making pancakes for the curvy redhead I met at the club, to being the single dad of an autistic, eleven-year-old boy.I need help.She needs a job.I’m usually a one-and-done kind of guy, but she draws me in, holding me hostage with her green eyes and sass.I’m playing with fire... -
Happily Ever Maybe by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan’s Montgomery Ink Legacy continues with a workplace romance that started with a fling and ends with something more. It was only supposed to be one job. I know the rules.Get in. Get out.Protect the girl, then move on.Only it never works out the way it should.Now Jennifer and I work with each other and there’s no going back to normal... -
Reviving the Rhythm by Amy Kaybach
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe third book in the Blind Rebels rock star romance series plunges drummer, Sammy, into an abyss of uncertainty after an accident threatens not just his life but the only safe place he has left. Despite the sudden dark storm that assumes control of his existence, a ray of sun peeks into his life from his past that might pull him out of the depths... -
Awe-Struck by Twyla Turner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMadison "Sunny" Stone's life was turned upside down when she unexpectedly fell in love with the world's "Sexiest Man Alive" and superstar actor Gabriel Wolf. But being thrown into the spotlight, getting ripped apart by the media and a devastating accident has Sunny questioning whether loving the man behind the stardom is enough... -
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His Ranch, His Rules by Shanna Handel
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeorgia Hamilton has done her best to keep her life together since her boyfriend of four years left her broken-hearted, but if she were being honest, she'd have to admit she isn't doing great. She's getting tipsy--if not drunk--more and more often, and now she's lost both her job and her apartment... -
Dirty Promises by Aubrey Bondurant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Oakley Winters travels to her best friend’s wedding, the last thing she expects is to be stranded on the side of the highway by her date. Luckily, a handsome stranger stops to rescue her. But it turns out her hero isn’t a stranger after all. Max Brooks dreads a return to his small town, but it’s impossible to say no to his sister’s request to attend her wedding... -
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A Very Snowed In New Year by Kayley Loring
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s the actual last thing you’d ever want your celebrity crush to see you doing when you finally come face-to-excruciatingly-handsome-face with him? Singing and dancing around by yourself to “Dreams” by The Cranberries while drinking straight from a bottle of champagne? While you’re wearing some wedding gown you just found in a closet? Yeah. Me too.And yet, here we are...Categorized as:
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Change With Me by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby comes an all new novella set in her beloved With Me In Seattle series!Zane Cooper. Hollywood royalty. Fourth generation superstar. He knows what it is to be one of the biggest celebrities in the world. And how lonely that title truly is...Categorized as:
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Taming the Tease by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCome into the hottest BDSM club around and meet the Stronghold Doms...Rick Winter is tired of playing empty scenes with submissives, only to return home alone. He wants what he sees his friends getting - a real relationship with submissives who love them...Categorized as:
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Matchmaking a Billionaire by Angela Casella, Angela Denise
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s everyone’s dream man but hers.BrynI used to believe in what we do at Mayberry Matchmakers, but now? Love is just another four-letter word.Too bad my grandmother hasn’t gotten the memo. When tech billionaire Rory Byrne approaches us, wanting to develop the matchmaking app my sister and I dreamed up (and Nana shot down), she jumps at the chance. My grandmother is nothing if not opportunistic...Categorized as:
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Rhys by Scarlett Avery
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s my overprotective older brother’s lifelong best friend…That alone should prevent me from throwing myself at him, but it doesn’t.My world starts and ends with sexy one-hit wonder turned billionaire mogul, Rhys Hartford.Not that it matters. Rhys’s fierce loyalty to my brother trumps everything. When it comes to me, he has blinders on... -
Make You Mine by Ann Lister
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCooper Rand is the high-energy drummer for his band Ivory Tower. Everyone is drawn to Cooper; which makes him the go-to party guy for those lucky enough to call him friend. He loves the lifestyle that comes along with being a rock star and feels perfectly suited for the role... -
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Crash Test by C.S. Quill
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLorsque Lewis se retrouve avec trois meilleurs amis en couple et une stagiaire à former pour la relève des Campus Drivers, son dernier semestre à la fac prend une allure de cauchemar. Sans compter que la stagiaire en question n'a rien de l'élève parfaite !En débarquant dans une nouvelle université, Amy a promis à sa soeur de se tenir aussi loin que possible des ennuis...Categorized as:
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The Race Is On by Lily Velden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Two: How the Light Gets In Hollywood heartthrob Jaxon Moncrieff and Liam Lassiter are finally on the same page: committed and in it for the long haul. Now they just have to prepare for the inevitable fallout when they reveal their relationship... -
His Whiskey Sour: A Stand Alone Rock Star Romance (The Cocktail Girls) by Kim Loraine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s time to get drunk on love!🥂 The Cocktail Girls is a shared world between 14 of your favorite romance authors! Each novella is a stand-alone story set in the city of sin. HIS WHISKEY SOUR Easton Harrison always gets what he wants. All this rock star has to do is crook his finger and women come running... -
Spare Tire: A Curvy Girl Romance by C.L. Cruz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpare Tire is the second story in the Curvy Girl series. It is a short, steamy, standalone story with a curvy heroine, a sexy hero, and an HEA. Emmy I have the perfect life--at least according to my Instagram feed and my two hundred thousand followers. But when my best friend announces she's getting married, I can't help but feel like something is missing. Or someone... -
Power Play by C.J. Cartwright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the one who got away… comes back? They say you never forget your first love. But does time truly heal all wounds?Levi Fawkes knows hockey, and not much else. As the captain of the Astoria Bay Thunder, his eyes are always locked on the goal... -
Pretty Remarkable: A Pine Village Prequel Short Story by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlair Returning home for the holidays after fifteen years is difficult enough without getting stuck in the snow. When my best friend calls her brother to help, things take a turn from very frustrating to very complicated. I haven’t seen Gabe Rhodes since I was younger. He’s a little grumpier than I remember, and way hotter too. He offers me shelter from the storm—the only problem…one bed... -
A Baby, Quick! by Layla Valentine, Holly Rayner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe never thought he’d be a fatherBut now he needs a baby, quick!JUSTIN:I’m a busy man,I don’t have time for a relationship,So when I learned that the hot-as-hell woman I’d just gotten with had a baby…Well, I got out of there quick... -
Forever Mine by Laney Powell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet lucky in Ireland! The authors of #FlirtClub are back and this time we've crossed the pond to party in Dublin, Ireland - just in time for St. Patrick's Day! Fall into a dozen romantic stories so hot it will melt the gold at the end of your rainbow... -
K is for... by L. DuBois
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsK is for kidnapping. Oliver Sanz is intrigued by the opportunity his BDSM club’s new checklist game presents. Assigned to the letter K, he gets to kidnap the lovely submissive Kumiko. One weekend together with a list of items and then they’ll part ways. Kumiko Ito is annoyed that she’d doesn’t know who her Dom is, but she knows she doesn’t want to play a game... -
Second Time Around by Laura Conway
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter 20 years in the music business, Tracy McCoy was wondering if it was time to call it quits.Since her divorce from country music superstar, Logan Shields, five years ago, the words had stopped flowing, which meant no new album, no reason to go on tour.Tracy's star was fading and if she didn't get over the rut she was in, Tracy knew she would have to call time on her career... -
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Neighbors With Benefits by Isabel Jordan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe enemy of the HOA is her friend…and maybe much, much more…Ridley Lennox is not having a good day.Her high school nemesis becoming president of the Homeowner’s Association and trying to ruin her life is bad enough. But when Satan himself moves in next door, everything really starts circling the drain.Finn Doyle is a menace...Categorized as:
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Perfect Attraction by Terri E. Laine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTerri E. Laine's next installment in the Mason Creek series.Mitch Bowmen didn’t have plans to be an instant father. But fate decided for him. Hiring Sunshine to help him navigate his new family situation was the right move. Acting on his deep attraction for Sunshine isn’t. Especially since her life is more complicated than his... -
Forced Perspective by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, you just need someone to help you see things in a different light.A shift in the angle.Forced Perspective is a New Heights Novella...Categorized as:
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G is for... by L. DuBois
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGiven away to another Dom. Of all the things Sejal expected from the letter G, having her Master give her away was never one of them. As a member of LA’s most exclusive BDSM club, Sejal has to play the club overseer’s new game. A game where everyone is assigned a letter and with their partners has to explore every item that begins with that letter on the BDSM checklist... -
Heart Break Her by Eva Simmons
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI know better than to get involved with celebrities. Especially a Rock God like Sebastian Kane. A man who knows how to make the ladies scream, as evidenced by the leak of his recent sex tape.Which leads to my problem... I'm the girl in the video with him.Grief will make you do crazy things. After all, I'm the smart girl, the good girl, not the rebel...Categorized as:
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Man Hunt by Misty Evans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnemies turn lovers in this hot, new romantic suspense SEALs of Shadow Force spy novel from USA Today Bestselling Author Misty Evans. Ryker Baptiste is one dangerous man. He’s also dead… To protect a young boy, former SEAL Ryker Baptiste faked his own death...Categorized as:
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