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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... -
![One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince by Kate Stewart]()
One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince by Kate Stewart
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the international best-selling author of The Ravenhood Trilogy comes the first book in Ravenhood Legacy!Now an Amazon charts, USA Today, and International best-seller!“My rainy days are yours, Dominic. If you want them.”Once upon a time…There lived a man with a vengeance-filled heart that held too many secrets.And a woman, pure of soul, intent on uncovering them... -
![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... -
![Garrett by Riley Edwards]()
Garrett by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGarrett’s redemption won’t come easy; Melissa Rivers is not the same girl he broke.Former GRS Operator and Navy SEAL Garrett Davis is the walking, talking definition of regret. His guilt weighs heavy. The pain and misery he carries cripples him. When a tragic accident takes him back to his hometown, he’s not prepared to face the woman he left behind... -
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![Beauty by Jordan Marie]()
Beauty by Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis isn't your everyday Beauty and the Beast story. Our love story was tragic, until it wasn't.... Once upon a time I fell in love with a beast. I fell fast. I fell hard. I loved him intensely and I trusted him completely - until he ripped my heart to shreds. Love isn't a fairy tale. It's messy. It's dirty. It's painful, and it's ugly. Until it's not... -
![Cabin 12 by Freya Barker]()
Cabin 12 by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEven at thirty seven, with a challenging but rewarding career as a paramedic, Bella Gomez is treated as the baby of the family. It’s made her allergic to anyone meddling, so she chooses to keep mostly to herself. Unfortunately that doesn’t stop her family from inserting themselves in her life. Nor does it deter the one man she knows she shouldn’t get close to from showing up on her doorstep... -
![Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean]()
Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI 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... -
![Bribed by Rebecca Sharp]()
Bribed by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLennon Love Clarke needs to put on a show.With her reputation sinking, the famous actress has no choice but to grin and bear it because the tabloids were better than the truth. If only Lenni could remember what that was—and who is stalking her. Now, she’s in hiding—or would be if her new bodyguard hadn’t found her first.Dante Lozano is Covington Security’s very own Casanova... -
![HWY 550 by Freya Barker]()
HWY 550 by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSpecial Agent Luna Roosberg lives and breathes her job. Who needs a personal life when work is so rewarding? When a new case sends her to investigate a local motorcycle club, covering as the president’s new flavor of the week, the lines between professional and personal quickly start to blur... -
![Whiskey by Molly McAdams]()
Whiskey by Molly McAdams
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m the Dixon who left.Through the good, bad, and worst imaginable, I stayed gone.When I return home after a decade, I’m not surprised by the cold reception from my family... or my brother’s best friend.Emberly Olsen.I spent my childhood tormenting her.Now these days with her feel like the cruelest sort of unintended revenge.We’ve changed.She’s changed... -
![Logan by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Logan by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer scars are invisible, to everyone but him. Grace Castle lived through hell, and she's never fully recovered. Nor may she ever. But she's better than she was, and now devotes her time and energy to helping other women...until someone connects her old life to her new one. Suddenly, she's forced to do something that goes against her conscience, her moral compass...her heart...Categorized as:
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![Taming Tesla by Megyn Ward]()
Taming Tesla by Megyn Ward
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTess thinks I’m an assh*le. A liar. That I can’t be trusted. She’s right. I’m all of those things and more. Worse. I can’t be trusted. I am a liar. I am an assh*le. What she doesn’t get is that it’s her. She’s the reason. She brings out the best and the worst in me. Makes me who I am. I don’t deserve Tess. I know that. But I want her. Love her... -
![Southern Bombshell by Jessica Peterson]()
Southern Bombshell by Jessica Peterson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Wedding Planner’s Rulebook:Keep the bride happy.Keep the wedding party out of trouble.Never let anyone know you’ve been in love with the groom for years. I lived by these rules. Until Nate Kingsley. The Capulets and Montagues have nothing on the Beauregards and Kingsleys...Categorized as:
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![Snowed Inn for Christmas Anthology by Elle Christensen, Brynne Asher]()
Snowed Inn for Christmas Anthology by Elle Christensen, Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA record-breaking blizzard is on the way to Winter Falls . . . and close quarters sometimes make for strange bedfellows!Led by their mayor, the citizens of Winter Falls rally together to keep everyone safe during the storm. Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan, but cuddling next to the fire and kissing under the mistletoe leads to a whole lot of romance for these nine couples... -
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![Loathing a Landon by Ruth Cardello]()
Loathing a Landon by Ruth Cardello
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCooper Landon knows what it’s like to be left behind, lied to, and betrayed. At sixteen, angry and broke, he tried to rob a small-town hardware store. Instead of money, what he got was a good beating and a second chance. Pete Glenford took him in, taught him he wasn’t worthless, welcomed him into his family, and gave him a purpose... -
![The Hope in Hot Chocolate by Rachael Bloome]()
The Hope in Hot Chocolate by Rachael Bloome
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings...Categorized as:
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![No Ordinary Love by Melody Grace]()
No Ordinary Love by Melody Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor journalist Eliza Bennett, summers in Sweetbriar Cove were her happiest childhood memories. Now that she’s been unceremoniously fired, evicted, and dumped (all in the same week), she hopes the small town will work its magic again and help get her life back on track...Categorized as:
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![The Player by Amelia Shea]()
The Player by Amelia Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA 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 ratingsBorn 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... -
![Mistake by Emilia Finn]()
Mistake by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCole Miller is a good-for-nothing nobody who skulks around dark alleyways and makes money by boosting cars from those more fortunate than he. He’s the unwanted child of a couple of deadbeats, so he never truly understood what family meant until he stumbled onto a treasure far more valuable than the GT he’s supposed to steal from the heavyweight world champion... -
![Riot Act by Callie Hart]()
Riot Act by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThis is not an act of kindness. Not an act of love. Not an act of forgiveness. You'll find no redemption here. This is the final riot. ACT ACCORDINGLY... -
![Where We Belong by Ashley Munoz]()
Where We Belong by Ashley Munoz
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey call him the Wolf.His club, his brothers, and even my best friend Callie.I didn’t really care what they called him, not when the only name I had ever called him was, coward.Because three months ago he snuck under my resilient heart, like the thief he is, and stole it.Then he broke it.Going home wasn’t an option, not when I promised Callie I’d stay...Categorized as:
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![New Beginnings by Lilly Lucas]()
New Beginnings by Lilly Lucas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAls Au-pair in den USA – und verliebt in einen amerikanischen Bad Boy! Mitreißend, leidenschaftlich und mit viel Herzklopfen erzählt Lilly Lucas die Geschichte von Lena und Ryan im Liebesroman „New Beginnings“, dem Auftakt zur romantischen Green-Valley-Love-Reihe. Ihr Jahr als Au-pair in den USA hatte sich Lena aus Berlin definitiv anders vorgestellt... -
![Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSome pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part... -
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![Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray]()
Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirst rule in the sister’s handbook: don’t date your sister’s ex-boyfriend.Oops.If there was one man on the planet I shouldn’t be looking at twice, it’s Daire Beneventi. Sure, he’s my sister’s ex, but he’s also the leather jacket to my quilt tote bag... -
![Lilah by Ashlyn Montgomery]()
Lilah by Ashlyn Montgomery
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHe'd never met someone with such a bubbly personality. Not to mention the wildness and odd phrases she'd say every five minutes. He hates it. He hates how he can't stay away from it. He hates what she does to him; it's not like him to chase after some girl. She gets under his skin like no other.She'd never met someone with such a bad attitude. He's ill-mannered and menacing... -
![Charlotte by Nicole James]()
Charlotte by Nicole James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDoes the MC President want her bar badly enough to scare her into selling out?Or is he the only one who can save her from a madman?Rocker Charlotte Justice longs to escape her hectic life. Her estranged twin sister, Scarlett, owns Badlands, a biker bar outside Vegas, and has always wanted a chance at the limelight she feels was stolen from her... -
![Crash & Carnage by Emma Slate]()
Crash & Carnage by Emma Slate
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAdderly “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... -
![A Stolen Suit: An Enemies to Lovers, Revenge Romantic Comedy by Angela R. Casella]()
A Stolen Suit: An Enemies to Lovers, Revenge Romantic Comedy by Angela R. Casella
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI 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... -
![Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker]()
Jerrik by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpirit is fine.Living a life she didn't chose, keeping secrets she never wanted, on a mountain covered in darkness.But everything's fine.She can handle it all.Including the deputy making her life harder than it has to be.In more ways than one.****Jerrik used to be good at his job.That was before he had to fight something he couldn't see.Chase someone who was always two steps ahead of him... -
![Vandal: An MM Bully Romance by Rachel Leigh]()
Vandal: An MM Bully Romance by Rachel Leigh
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have a secret. A deep and painful secret that has been feasting on my insides. Clawing at my heart and lacerating it in a slow and painful agony. If Wyatt thinks that he can just walk into my life and rattle things up,he’s got another thing coming.He’s nothing to me.Scum.Dirt.As good as dead.You see, I have a secret, but so does he... -
![Fragile Things by Samantha Lovelock]()
Fragile Things by Samantha Lovelock
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPoe Halliday was an accident. A chance meeting that changed my life forever.My mother didn't have secrets; her secrets had her. After she disappeared, I had nothing.Or so I thought.When the invitation arrived, the opportunity to learn about my mother's past was too great to pass up. Heading west to meet an aunt I had never heard of, I knew I was taking a risk, but I craved answers... -
![Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella]()
Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was the bad boy no one trustedBailey’s burned out and not sure what leads her back to Ryker Falls, but has a feeling it’s got something to do with closure. Bad boy Joe Trainer was once her soulmate, but she isn’t sure she has a soul anymore. Finding he’s made something of his life is a shock, as he’d been on a one-way trip to hell when she left...Categorized as:
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![Bloom Town: Genesis by Ally North]()
Bloom Town: Genesis by Ally North
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJune, 1852.A preacher’s daughter with a secret. An outlaw running from the gallows. A love story spanning oceans and deserts and years. When Abby Proctor is kidnapped from a train in the middle of the desert halfway to her new life in California, she makes a promise to herself—she will escape... -
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![Love to Hate You by Jessica Prince]()
Love to Hate You by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter her husband left her for her best friend, Hayden Young moved to Hope Valley looking for a fresh start for her and her daughter. The last thing she expected was to run into the man who had rocked her world in the middle of the wine section of the local grocery store... -
![Holiday Ever After by Amy Andrews, Kate Canterbary]()
Holiday Ever After by Amy Andrews, Kate Canterbary
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEleven sweet and sexy holiday stories from New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors! Grab a cup of cocoa and curl up with this collection that will warm your heart and curl your toes. Each story is a new standalone contemporary romance set within popular series, with no spoilers, no cliffhangers, never-before-featured couples, and hot happy endings...Categorized as:
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![Jackson by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Jackson by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes 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...Categorized as:
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![Brute & Bossy by Mia Mara]()
Brute & Bossy by Mia Mara
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHaving a baby with my new personal assistant? That wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I promoted her to be my fake girlfriend.As the owner of a ski resort, I've got ski bunnies lined up 'til next Christmas.But I need a different type of woman to help clean up my reputation for the investors.Enter Raylene Harleson...Categorized as:
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![Glass Skulls by L.M. Terry]()
Glass Skulls by L.M. Terry
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen I was a little girl, I was rescued by the president of the Rebel Skull’s daughter.I’ll never forget the day she brought me to the warehouse. To me, it looked like a castle. I remember thinking how fortunate she was to live in such a magical place, and to have a family … a dad. I got lucky that day, because her father decided to take me in... -
![Unexpected Love Story by Natasha Madison]()
Unexpected Love Story by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen one man’s death exposes a complex web of lies, three couples discover the true meaning of love, loss and redemption.CrystalI was the strong one, they said, until two words brought me to my knees. It was a secret I didn't share with anyone. A secret that made me promise I’d never fall in love. I no longer wanted that white picket fence of every woman’s dreams. Until the unthinkable happened... -
![Bourbon & Secrets by Victoria Wilder]()
Bourbon & Secrets by Victoria Wilder
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Fiasco, Kentucky, there is one rule: never fall for a Foxx brother.Any woman who did, ended up dead. It wasn’t just a rumor. It was my reality. I buried my wife along with too many secrets surrounding the night she died.Now, I’m a single dad with two priorities above everything else: raising my two girls and making great bourbon... -
![Take Me by R.L. Kenderson]()
Take Me by R.L. Kenderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirst, he took my heart. It started in high school. I was his girlfriend…he was the love of my life. We had plans for after graduation. We were going to escape—he from his family’s reputation and me from my father’s control. But all that changed the summer before college. Charged with a crime he hadn’t committed, he was whisked away from life, never to be heard from again...Categorized as:
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![In Too Deep by Rebecca Sharp]()
In Too Deep by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom bestselling author, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, comes a heart-wrenching and sexy standalone in the Winter Games series...Life has thrown Tammy Lucas one curveball after another, disrupting her perfectly-ordered plans...Categorized as:
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![Revival of a King by G.N. Wright]()
Revival of a King by G.N. Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBLUE BLOOD STILL RUNS RED.ElleThree years ago everything changed in an instant. I was taken from my home, my family, my friends. I came back to Black Hallows for one reason and one reason only, Revenge.I just have to remember that everytime I lock eyes with Marcus Riviera. My name is Elle King and it's time the Elite of this town paid for their crimes and make no mistake they will pay in blood... -
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![One Night Bride by Marika Ray]()
One Night Bride by Marika Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was only supposed to be a one night stand...You could say I was a successful twenty-four year old, if you looked at my house sitting on the edge of a cliff with killer views of the Pacific Ocean. Or my bank account with seven figures from my coaching business... -
![Bad Influence by Erin Nicholas]()
Bad Influence by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat do you do when your hero turns out to be the guy who hates your guts?Sabrina Cassidy is turning her life around. Sure, it’s about six weeks too late. Sure, she should have said no to those umbrella drinks on the beach. And to the hot guy who flirted her skirt right off. Okay, she probably should have said no to the whole girls weekend in the first place...Categorized as:
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![Caught in the Chase by Kacey Shea]()
Caught in the Chase by Kacey Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis summer I'm leaving my hometown for a fresh start. It's a necessary choice in my pursuit of a full and sober life. Besides, escaping to the Outer Banks isn't a hardship. This seaside town holds everything I need and more. That is, until I run into Chase Matthews. He's an arrogant, cocky, self-absorbed jerk who has already come between me and my best friend once...Categorized as:
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![Enforcing the Rules by Nicole James]()
Enforcing the Rules by Nicole James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, steamy biker romance.Utah—I’m the Enforcer for the RBMC’s Durango Chapter, hunting down the two-bit scumbag who stole from my club.He’s a dead man walking.The problem is a sexy little hellcat named Kate keeps getting in my way.She’s a bounty hunter and after the same trash as me...Categorized as:
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![January's Ride with Six by Eve London]()
January's Ride with Six by Eve London
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA rebel's heart and a biker's duty collide in a forbidden love that threatens everything.GingerLiving under the control of the Savage Bones is like existing in a cage where freedom remains just out of reach. The night I run, desperation fueling my steps, I crash into Six. He’s at the core of everything I’ve been told to fear...Categorized as:
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![Brutal Reign by C.J. Primer]()
Brutal Reign by C.J. Primer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBoth of us loved River Jacobsen, and both of us were bound to lose everything if we acted on it. So, we made a pact. We pushed her away to preserve our friendship, and in doing so, secured the future of our pack with a strong Alpha and Beta team at the helm.The night of the full moon changes everything when the fated mate bond snaps in between River and both of us...Categorized as:
enemies-to-lovers dark romance fantasy shapeshifters paranormal fated-mates friends-to-lovers
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