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The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPraise for Nicola May’s books ‘This book will twang your funny bone & your heartstrings’ – Milly Johnson ‘A fun and flighty read’ the Sun ‘A funny and fast-paced romp – thoroughly enjoyable!’ WOMAN Magazine Rosa Larkin is down on her luck in London, so when she inherits a near-derelict corner shop in a quaint Devon village, her first thought is to sell it for cash and sort out her life... -
My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAn all-new, spicy murder mystery from Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer...It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod—just me and my beloved brother—but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule... -
Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCarmen Pyre had it all until her husband was murdered by a madman who threatened everyone she loved. Now that her husband has been avenged, it's time to move on... she just doesn't know how. Two men who fill her husband’s former roles offer to help her move forward with her life...Categorized as:
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Lowcountry on My Mind by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChildhood friends reunite in an explosive tale of family dysfunction and romance gone wrong.Amelia has been plotting to escape her abusive husband for years. When her mama’s untimely death provides an unexpected opportunity, she hops on the next bus to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Her husband will eventually come for her. But she’s prepared... -
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Hotel Queens by Lee Winter
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIce meets fire in this opposites-attract lesbian romance, as layered, sassy, and smart as its characters. Over one long night at a bar in Las Vegas, two powerful hotel executives meet, flirt, and challenge each other—having no clue they’re rivals after the same dream deal.Brilliant ice queen Amelia Duxton is a hotel vice president who thrives on control, truth, and efficiency... -
Wealthy Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn all-new sexy standalone enemies-to-lovers office romance.He's everything she hates.Arrogant. Cocky. Wealthy.Wells Covington is the Tony Stark of Wall Street.He's never met a deal he couldn't conquer, and never met a human who could out maneuver him.Until her... and she's the only thing on his mind.Meadow Carlson.She tanks his mega real estate deal the first time they meet...Categorized as:
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Fallen Jester by Devney Perry
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Devney Perry comes a small town, surprise pregnancy romance. Leo Winter loves his life. He works when he needs money. He rides when he craves freedom. He frequents the local bar when he wants a good time. The Tin Gypsies might be a memory, but the bachelor life he lived with his motorcycle club still suits him fine... -
Purple Orchids by Samantha Christy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne day . . . one moment . . . one letter. One lie. That’s all it took to change the course of our lives. Gavin McBride She blindsided me. Broke me. Shredded me. And now she’s back, thinking I did the very same thing to her. When I reach out to her, I get more than I bargained for. Much more. There’s nothing to forgive. But I need her to forgive me. There’s no way to go back...Categorized as:
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Change of Tides by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecond Chances and New RomancesBirdie Fuller doesn’t like change. And a lot of change is happening at once. Her daughter and three-year-old grandson are moving out of her apartment to a nearby city. Will Birdie be able to survive the loneliness without Hannah and Gus? She joins a dating website to find companionship and meets the seemingly perfect man... -
Redeeming Ryker by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine finding out that everything about your life is a lie. Imagine falling for the man who thinks he killed you. Imagine having to remain dead so you can keep him. Twenty-four-year-old Ana Barrett knows who she is. She’s a struggling artist, a loyal friend, an orphan raised by loving grandparents... -
Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s summer in Knoxville, and if the outlaw crew at Dartmoor Inc. thought they were getting a respite from the drama…they were kidding themselves. Almost a year ago, Mercy’s dying mother claimed he had a half-brother, sired by the beloved father he’d always thought infallible, raised by another man as his own... -
Blood & Rust by Cat Porter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe bad boy. The fuck up. The thief. That was me. Once a king, Now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away, over and over again. I was reckless. Still am. I'd been exiled. Twice. I did my time. I've cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her. A bolt of lightning Startling Unsettling Breathtaking Out of reach... -
Thirst Trap by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsToxic: very harmful or unpleasant in an invasive or sinister way.One word. Two consonants. Five letters. Two people.Quinn James Carter met Solei Shayne Rodriguez his senior year of high school.At first, he tried to stay away from her. But the heart wants what the heart wants, and if there were two people in this world who were meant to be together, it was Shayne and him...Categorized as:
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Reckless Fall by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s back in town. He needs a nanny. It should be simple. But in the small town of Misty Peak, simple is never easy.Sadie Sandler wouldn’t consider herself a quitter. But then, she did walk out on her own wedding twenty-three minutes before she was supposed to walk down the aisle...Categorized as:
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Dreams of Willow House by Susanne O'Leary
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA gorgeous, compelling page-turner about one woman’s journey to the heart of Ireland and the family secret she’s destined to discover… Cordelia Mirafiore has never truly felt at home in South Florida, so when she’s unexpectedly called to the reading of a long-lost relative’s will in Ireland, she’s hopeful that escaping to Willow House to meet her family might help her to figure out who she... -
Dodge, Bounty Hunters Book Three: Diamonds aren't the only things women want - sometimes they want revenge. by PJ Fiala
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDodge Sager is on a mission to retrieve the enormous pink diamond stolen from his client. His company depends on it. Just when he’s close, a dark haired meddling, gorgeous woman gets in his way. Jax Masters is out to avenge her brother’s death and no one will stop her from doing so. Just as she gets close to the man responsible, a big giant of a man gets in her way...Categorized as:
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Tattered Stars by Catherine Cowles
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBe brave. Just for sixty seconds. Twenty breaths.One night changed them both forever. Their lives shattered, beyond repair, with jagged edges and pieces askew. Now, Everly has a chance to make things right. To bring healing to the place where everything fell apart. But it means facing the family her father almost destroyed, and the boy with the dark eyes—now grown—who still haunts her dreams...Categorized as:
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Isolate by K.E. Osborn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was the girl next door.Then she broke my heart.When she fell for my best friend instead of me.Unwilling to come between them, I left LA. Found sanctuary in New Orleans with a brotherhood who calmed my storm.She should have been safe.She was his to protect.The problem is—she should have been mine.And now his mistakes have come back on her... -
The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA captivating story about long-lost family secrets that will whisk you away to the village of Sandy Cove on the gorgeous Irish coast.Edwina is looking for a fresh start. So when a friend suggests she renovates a series of coastguard cottages in the tiny village of Sandy Cove, she wonders if the beautiful Irish seaside town might be her chance for a new beginning... -
Summer at the Little French Cafe: The perfect laugh out loud romance for summer by Karen Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the beautiful village of Chamillon lies the Café Belle Vie, where you’ll always find croissants and friends when you need them the most – and where Elle is hoping to uncover the truth about her past… Thirty-year-old Elle Matheson has decided it’s finally time to find the mother who gave her up as a baby... -
Perfect Night by Terri E. Laine
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmma Hawkins is sure her life is set. She’s finally leaving Mason Creek behind, the small town she’s lived in her entire life. That is until her former high school crush, Aiden Faulkner, strides back into town. The hot new Deputy Sheriff still gives her butterflies and is in a perfect position to help as she deals with the mystery surrounding tragedy that has struck her life...Categorized as:
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Fix It Up: Torus Intercession Book Three by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHow will a man who doesn’t believe in fairy tales ever hope to recognize when he’s found the love of a lifetime? Locryn Barnes knows what it means to be a fixer for Torus Intercession... -
The Bonds We Break by Becca Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFear. Desire. Redemption. When I was taken...it changed me.Once, I was the life of the party. Not anymore.I told myself that I was okay. I almost believed it, until the day I was forced to face my past and my nightmare came to life.Now the Four are the only ones I can turn to, and Cassius Drummond has made it his personal mission to help me out...Categorized as:
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The Lost Promise of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA completely gorgeous story about lost loves and small-town secrets that will sweep you away to the Irish coast. Maggie remembers her summers in the village of Sandy Cove in Ireland like they were yesterday. She and her family would swim in the crystal-clear waters, collect beautiful seashells and relax on the sand...Categorized as:
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Whispering Pines by Kimberly Diede
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA shocking job loss will force Renee to remember the beauty of new beginnings.Summers at Whispering Pines defined Renee's childhood. Days meant swimming and sun, nights meant ghost stories and campfires. Best of all, Whispering Pines meant time with Celia, her favorite aunt...Categorized as:
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The Wishing Tide by Barbara Davis
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Secrets She Carried comes a novel about the pull of the past and the power of love. As offseason begins on the Outer Banks, a storm makes landfall, and three unlikely strangers are drawn together... Five years ago, Lane Kramer moved to Starry Point, certain the quaint island village was the place to start anew...Categorized as:
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Always on My Mind by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a failed dig in Honduras, aspiring archaeologist Casper Christiansen heads home to Minnesota to face his unresolved feelings for Raina Beaumont, the woman of his dreams. But when he arrives unannounced on her doorstep, he receives the shock of a lifetime: Raina is pregnant with someone else’s baby... -
Need You Tonight by Roni Loren
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s making a wish list, and he wants to be on top. From foster kid to trophy wife, Tessa McAllen is about to reinvent herself all over again—and defy every insult her cheating ex-husband ever used against her: Selfish? She’s championing a charity. Stupid? She’s getting her degree. Boring in bed? Kade Vandergriff can help her with that one...Categorized as:
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Twisted Paths by L.L. Collins, Marisa-rose Shor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife is a series of choices, and every one we make sends us down a different path… It is easy to look back at your life and see the mistakes you’ve made and wonder how it all could’ve been different... -
Set Up: Second Chance Series Book 4: Second Chance Series by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s a thief whose victim was her own self. He’s a man who plays it safe. After spending the past three years in prison for grand larceny, Natalie Diamond is finally free. But living at the Second Chance Ranch won’t be easy. There’s no spa, no housekeeper, no help. Natalie isn’t paddocks—she’s Prada. She isn’t manure—she’s Marchesa... -
Last Chance: A Second Chances Novel by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA steamy, second chances novel by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, L.P. Dover. Can be read as a STANDALONE. One Taste, the prequel to Last Chance, has been added at the beginning with all new scenes. One last chance. That's all Luke Collins, local bad boy and motocross champion, has to not only find his redemption, but win back the girl he lost...Categorized as:
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Secret by Nia Forrester
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShayla has a secret. She’s very different than the person she used to be three short years ago; that woman she finally feels like she’s left behind and never wants to be again. And she’s been doing fine so far with her plan to reinvent herself. Trey Denison wasn’t going to put even a dent in those plans...Categorized as:
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The Pink House by Cindy Kirk
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeep in the forest, on a sun-drenched patch of lush green grass, surrounded by lily-of-the-valley, sits a pink house. With turrets towering like neighboring trees, and a wide welcoming front porch, the old Victorian is impossible to miss. Except that everyone in town has—everyone but Hannah Danbury... -
Julian by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA couple of drinks.A random stranger.It was only supposed to be one night.Turns out, the stranger is Julian Reyes.Formidable businessman. And my brother-in-law's new business partner.Chairman of Trinity Academy. Where I've just enrolled as a student.Coldhearted jerk. Who also happens to be ridiculously hot.Whenever we meet, it doesn't help I'm reminded of how amazing his hands felt on my body... -
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Secrets of Santorini by Patricia Wilson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe'll uncover the shocking secrets of her past in paradise . . . Sent away to convent school at the age of six, Irini McGuire has never really known her celebrated archaeologist mother, Bridget, who lives on the paradise island of Santorini. So, when Irini receives news that Bridget has been injured at a dig and is in coma she knows it is time to return to the island of her birth...Categorized as:
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Just One Chance by Carly Phillips
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe thought she was the one…until she walked away. Now she’s back and he wants her more than ever.As a former Marine, Xander Kingston’s writing keeps him sane. Bonus? His thrillers made him one of Hollywood’s most desired screenwriters—and also introduced him to a fledgling starlet who broke his heart. With his close-knit family in New York, Xander returned home and found peace...Categorized as:
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Recipes for Melissa: The heartbreaking story of a mother's goodbye to her daughter by Teresa Driscoll
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs it ever too late for the gift of goodbye? As I write now, you are eight years old – asleep in the bed next door in princess pyjamas, with a fairy costume discarded on the floor.Twenty-Five. The age I had you. The age our story began. And the age, I hope, that will see you truly ready for the things that I need to say to you… Melissa Dance was eight years old when her mother died... -
End of Day by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEarth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life. Four caskets. Two bodies.Jessica and Jude Day witness their funeral and that of their parents a few yards away from mourning family and friends. Stripped of the only life they’ve ever known, the Days say goodbye to San Francisco forever...Categorized as:
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Lost in Between by K.L. Kreig
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe all have one. A price. That magic number that will get us to agree to do anything, be anything. Don’t sit on your gold-plated high horse and say you don’t because you do. Everyone does. Each of us has something we covet enough that we’d sell ourselves to have it. What’s my tipping point, you ask? Apparently a cool quarter mil will do the trick... -
The Heart of the Garden by Victoria Connelly
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMorton Hall, with its beautiful, ruined grounds and its reclusive mistress, Emilia Morton, is full of mysteries. For freelance editor Anne Marie, the wild garden has become a serene and secret refuge from her loveless marriage. The only other regular visitor is Cape, the hall’s part-time gardener, who is forbidden to tend to anything except the magnificent maze or to meet his enigmatic employer... -
Talulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSometimes the past we leave behind leads us right where we belong.Talulah Barclay doesn’t like complications. Unfortunately, they seem to love her. Fourteen years after leaving her fiancé at the altar, Talulah returns to her hometown of Coyote Canyon, Montana, to settle her great-aunt’s estate...Categorized as:
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Off the Clock by Roni Loren
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LOVING ON THE EDGE NOVELS, THE FIRST IN A SENSUAL NEW SERIES Overtime has never felt so good… Marin Rush loves studying sex. Doing it? That’s another story...Categorized as:
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One Minute Later: A Novel by Susan Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsInternational bestselling author Susan Lewis’ riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman whose life changes in an instant and the handsome young man with whom she shares a secret history—perfect for readers of Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain, and Susan Wiggs. How well do you know the people you love? For one young woman returning to the past, the answer could be heart-shattering.. -
The Road to Zoe by Nick Alexander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe ran away from the truth, but she can’t run forever. Seven years after his sister vanished without a trace, Jude is on the road, determined not to return home until he has found her. He wants to reunite his broken family, but more than this he wants to know why Zoe left—what happened when they were kids, on that terrible day when everything fell apart... -
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Shattered Sea by Catherine Cowles
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsI’ve known every kind of pain. Of the heart. Of the body. Of the soul. All I want now is the freedom that comes from making my art.The last thing I expected was Hollywood royalty to waltz into my gallery in a small town in the middle of nowhere and see me. A man like Boden Cavanaugh shouldn’t understand me. Shouldn’t be able to soothe my most ragged edges...Categorized as:
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Set Aside by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cowboy, a nurse, a disaster, a chance at love. When Holly McGrath walked into prison, she had a mother, a fiancé, and a career. When she walked out she had nothing. Solely focused on the one thing she thought she could recover, she set her sights on getting her nursing license back... -
Stirred by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnemies. Foes. Until one night changed them forever. The small town of Severton doesn’t have many secrets. One of the few is exactly why Scott Maynard, bar owner and search and rescue hero, refuses to speak, acknowledge or even breathe the same air as Keren Leigh... -
When We Were Sisters by Cynthia Ellingsen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo sisters who haven’t spoken for twenty years. One summer to bring a family back together.Jayne Winters hasn’t seen her sister Charlotte since that last childhood holiday at their grandmother’s North Carolina beach house. Separated after that summer by their parents in a bitter divorce, Charlotte has never forgiven Jayne for not fighting to stay together...Categorized as:
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Ashes of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI watch the blood as it seeps from him, pooling like crimson flame around his neck, trickling in rivulets of liquid fire onto the dense body below.The body I've touched. I've held. I've kissed. I've felt wrapped around me for so long, holding me possessively, protecting me from those who wanted me lost...Categorized as:
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Lost at Sea by A.E. Radley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnnie Peck finds herself in a terrible situation and is literally running for her life. A chance encounter with a surprising lookalike leads her towards a risky solution. Captain Caroline West knows she is lucky to be one of the few women cruise ship captains in the world...
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