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Life, Upended by S.W. Hubbard
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow can one word upend a life?A series of setbacks has left adjunct college professor Roz Schmidt one blown tire away from total financial collapse.Then she lands her dream job as a full-time professor at a local college. Good-bye to robbing Peter to pay Paul. Hello to a sunny new apartment and honest-to-goodness health insurance... -
![The Summer Escape by Hannah Ellis]()
The Summer Escape by Hannah Ellis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCould it be more than just a holiday romance?Single-mother Beth desperately needs a break.Grieving the loss of her mother, she sets off to the Isles of Scilly with her five-year-old daughter, Ellie.Their holiday cottage is utterly charming, but it’s meeting Trystan – the owner of the cottage – that makes Beth’s stay so perfect... -
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Finding Love by Judith Keim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs Regan Sullivan continues to work with her sisters, Sheena and Darcy, to meet their Uncle Gavin’s challenge to make the Salty Key Inn a success, she wonders why she can never find the man of her dreams. Her sisters are happily settled with men they love... -
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Finding Family by Judith Keim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSheena Sullivan Morelli and her sisters, Darcy and Regan, work to complete their Uncle Gavin’s challenge of turning his rundown hotel into a profitable operation within one year. Winning means earning a share in their uncle’s sizable estate. More than that, it determines how they’ll spend the rest of their lives. Sheena wants to stay on at the hotel, overseeing the hotel operation... -
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![All for Victory by Beverley Watts]()
All for Victory by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you’re looking for the perfect holiday read, with lots of romance and laugh out loudcomedy, then curl up with the latest entry in the Dartmouth Diaries...It’s not often that a fledgling career in Event Management kicks off with the wedding of a Hollywood superstar... -
![Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan]()
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou're six years old. Mum's in hospital. Dad says she's 'done something stupid'. She finds it hard to be happy.So you start to make a list of everything that's brilliant about the world. Everything that's worth living for.1. Ice Cream2. Kung Fu Movies3. Burning Things4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose5. Construction cranes6. MeYou leave it on her pillow... -
![Burning Up: A Firefighter Contemporary Romance Series Box Set by K.C. Crowne]()
Burning Up: A Firefighter Contemporary Romance Series Box Set by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven HOT fearless firefighters. One hard to resist collection!Surprise babies. Second chances. Single daddies.Brother’s best friends. Reverse harem flings.And heroes that'll do anything for their special ladies.Hold on tight -it’s going to be a VERY bumpy ride!K.C. Crowne is an International Bestselling Author...Categorized as:
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Regal by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis eyes would always follow her signature strut with her tall heels and fitted dresses. He always had something witty to say with her because he just HAD to say something. But the small talk was no longer cutting it. He wanted to know the real Felicity James. Regal St. Claire isn’t single because someone broke his heart. He never desired marriage because he didn’t think it fit him... -
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![Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins]()
Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWinner of the 1999 Paterson Poetry Prize Over the past decade, Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. Annie Proulx admits, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours... -
![The Lost House of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary]()
The Lost House of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn enchanting story about forgotten family secrets that will transport you to the charming village of Sandy Cove on the beautiful Irish coast.Allegra Casey is searching for a new beginning. So when she discovers an engagement ring buried in the sand near her home in Cape Cod, the last place she expects it to lead her is to the west coast of Ireland... -
![Official Girl by Charmanie Saquea]()
Official Girl by Charmanie Saquea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReneice “Neicey” Peake is a hardworking 18 year old that goes to school and works a 9 to 5. Losing her mother at a young age and never knowing who her father was forced her to be raised by her older brother, Ramone. Ramone did the best he could to keep his sister on the straight and narrow but, when he gets locked up, he leaves his sister to fend for herself... -
![The Collected Stories by Amy Hempel]()
The Collected Stories by Amy Hempel
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Collected Stories of Amy Hempel gathers together the complete work of a writer whose voice is as singular and astonishing as any in American fiction. Hempel, fiercely admired by writers and reviewers, has a sterling reputation that is based on four very short collections of stories, roughly fifteen thousand stunning sentences, written over a period of nearly three decades...Categorized as:
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![Love, Lies and Obsessions by Demettrea]()
Love, Lies and Obsessions by Demettrea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMia is a gorgeous 24 year old Puerto Rican bomb shell with a crucial problem. She is in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend Raymone. Tired of being forced to deal with his baby mama drama and sidechicks, Mia finally decides that enough is enough! She decides to move on and turns to Harlem, who has always been there for her. However, Raymone won’t make it easy... -
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![Easter on Lovelace Lane by Alice Ross]()
Easter on Lovelace Lane by Alice Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Dillon Delaney’s life might be far from perfect, but it’s one he’s grown accustomed to. Which is why, when his mother announces her ‘most fabulous idea’ of dispatching him to Lovelace Lane to stay with a grandad he barely knows, he has more than a few reservations... -
![The Permanence of Pain by Desiree Lafawn]()
The Permanence of Pain by Desiree Lafawn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo broken people don’t make a whole. But together, they might have a chance at redemption. Regina O’Shea is used to being tested. As a talented salesperson and strong-willed woman in a male-dominated industry, she has to be prepared for whatever they throw at her. But losing her lover to her good friend and client is the one thing she never expected—and her walls start coming down... -
![Stolen by You by Lindsey Hart]()
Stolen by You by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInfiltrating Mr. Hotshot's house in the middle of the night?Yes, that was the plan.Getting my hands on his family jewels?Definitely what I was going for.And I mean actual jewelry, not the other round ball kind of things, alright.Now, catching the guy practically naked in his house?Oh God, definitely not what was supposed to happen... -
![P. G. Wodehouse: Five Complete Novels by P.G. Wodehouse]()
P. G. Wodehouse: Five Complete Novels by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive hilarious novels about the British upper crust -- wonderfully funny tales full of English butlers and Hollywood starlets in the Jazz Age. Two feature the supremely popular Bertie Wooster and his butler, Jeeves. Includes The Return of Jeeves, Bertle Wooster Sees It Through, Spring Fever, The Butler Did It, and The Old Reliable... -
![Bossy Alpha Protector by Ava Nichols]()
Bossy Alpha Protector by Ava Nichols
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy plan was to marry the kind of man I write about in my sweet romance novels, not lose my v-card to the ultimate bad boy… my brother’s best friend …Women always line up to be with Travis Ray—a handsome, arrogant, alpha, playboy, rodeo star, and billionaire cattle rancher.I can’t stand Travis, but my brother convinces me to work as his assistant while I get my writing career off the ground...Categorized as:
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![Even Better Than the Real Thing by Melanie Summers]()
Even Better Than the Real Thing by Melanie Summers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA swoon-worthy, buttery, uber-fun romance about a fake marriage between two people who couldn't be more wrong for each other... You know what’s great about applying for an art history PhD program at one of the world’s most prestigious universities? I get to study what I love and land my dream job at the end of it... -
![Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack by Lynley Dodd]()
Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack by Lynley Dodd
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHairy Maclary and Zachary Quack is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd.A board book editon of this bestelling Hairy Maclary story. Hairy Maclary is looking for some peace and quiet for his afternoon doze. But everywhere he goes he's followed by an irrepressible yellow duckling, Zachary Quack, who wants to footle and frolic and play... -
![Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed]()
Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCoconut trees. Carnival. Rum and coke. To many outsiders, these idyllic images represent the supposed easy life in Caribbean nations such as Trinidad and Tobago. However, the reality is far different for those who live there—a society where poverty and patriarchy savagely rule, and where love and revenge often go hand in hand... -
![The Dishwasher by Stéphane Larue]()
The Dishwasher by Stéphane Larue
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt’s winter in Montreal, 2002, when a graphic design student’s gambling addiction starts to drag him under... -
![Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way by Charles Bukowski]()
Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way by Charles Bukowski
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsfrom neither Shakespeare nor Mickey Spillane young young young, only wanting the Word, going mad in the streets and in the bars, brutal fights, broken glass, crazy women screaming in your cheap room, you a familiar guest at the drunk tank, North Avenue 21, Lincoln Heights sifting through the madness for the Word, the line the way, hoping for a check from somewhere, dreaming of a letter... -
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![This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey by Steve Almond]()
This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey by Steve Almond
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis innovative, self-published book comprises 30 short short stories, and 30 brief essays on the psychology and practice of writing... -
![Hotshot Boss (Alphalicious Billionaires) by Lindsey Hart]()
Hotshot Boss (Alphalicious Billionaires) by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEver met the deliciously hot boss from Hell? No?Well, meet Curtis James, jerk of the century born with a silver spoon in his mouth and a golden stick straight up his a$$.And three words I would never have expected him to say, “I need your help.”I am not going to lie, I nearly died of shock... -
![Luck of the Draw by Anna Black]()
Luck of the Draw by Anna Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFriends come and go, but the good ones are hard to let go. Kennedy and her best friend Cherae were like "two peas in a pod," Kennedy's daddy would say because they were tighter than a large man in a medium suit jacket. Although they were totally different in size, personality and back ground, they had been friends and loved each other since the seecond grade... -
![Wild Goose Chase: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Sophie Lynbrook]()
Wild Goose Chase: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Sophie Lynbrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMr. Darcy and Elizabeth are off to Gretna Green. A dastardly scheme enacted by Miss Bingley sends them on a wild ride through England’s northern counties in pursuit of Lydia and Mr. Wickham. Accompanied by her relatives and pursued by his, they join a succession of carriages streaming along the busy road to the border. New friends are made along the way, as well as some unexpected choices. Mr... -
![Unexpected Gift by R.S. Elliot]()
Unexpected Gift by R.S. Elliot
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is Sawyer and Amelia's story and is an Enemies to Lovers Fake Marriage... -
![Australian Obsession by Flora Ferrari]()
Australian Obsession by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy brother’s best friend is an inked bad boy from Australia…and I’m completely obsessed.I decide to escape the cold of the Northern Hemisphere’s brutal winter to get closer to the older man of my dreams... -
![Bossy Grump Next Door by Ava Nichols]()
Bossy Grump Next Door by Ava Nichols
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI slept with the HOT grump next door… then learned he’s my new boss. Simon Chaucer is a handsome, arrogant, Billionaire CEO playboy, who’s also my cousin’s grumpy neighbor.While I’m house sitting for my cousin, Simon’s noisy home renovation disturbs my sleep.So, I show up at his house and give him a piece of my mind... -
![Palinuro of Mexico by Fernando del Paso]()
Palinuro of Mexico by Fernando del Paso
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLike those writers to whom he has been compared--Fuentes, Garcia Marquez, James Joyce, and Rabelais--del Paso draws upon myth, science, and world literature to expand his particular story to universal proportions... -
![Ex for You by Lindsey Hart]()
Ex for You by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe are the Cromwell Heirs, and we made a pact to never fall in love.We don't even believe in that BS.But I was nearly tempted to break our sacred pact for her.Instead, I broke her heart and sent her away.I never expected to see her again,Nor lay eyes on my mini-me.I know she hates me.But what we created together four years ago is too precious for me to stay away... -
![The Collected Plays, Vol. 1 by Neil Simon]()
The Collected Plays, Vol. 1 by Neil Simon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis first volume of The Collected Plays of Neil Simon contains the triumphs that put his unique brand of comic genius on the American stage, and made him the most successful playwright of his generation... -
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![Dom Wars: Round Five by Lucian Bane]()
Dom Wars: Round Five by Lucian Bane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDom Wars has reached Round 5, and Lucian, Tara, and Steve are prisoners of war owned by the current top Dom, known as the Preacher Dom. All they have to do is find the perfect pitch to sell Gladiator's dildos and ball clenchers to random vanilla businesses. Between Tara, Lucian and Steve, it's looking like an orgasmic circus of humiliation, bonding, and more self-discovery. But there's a catch... -
![Dom Wars: Round Six by Lucian Bane]()
Dom Wars: Round Six by Lucian Bane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Gladiator Inc, an adult toy company expands their market to familiarize the ‘vanilla’ world with the elements of BDSM, the result is a pay-per-view reality show with video feeds streamed live to subscribers. The show, Dom Wars, is a competition to determine the Top Dom that will become the spokesperson for the company... -
![Rhoda: A Life in Stories by Ellen Gilchrist]()
Rhoda: A Life in Stories by Ellen Gilchrist
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOver the past ten years, Gilchrist fans have enjoyed glimpses of headstrong, redheaded Rhoda in five previous collections. Here, for the first time, are the collected Rhoda stories - including two new ones - offering a full-blown portrait of a woman worth waiting for: one of contemporary literature's most enchanting characters, in all her wicked glory... -
![One Hundred Christmas Proposals by Holly Martin]()
One Hundred Christmas Proposals by Holly Martin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe eagerly anticipated follow-up to One Hundred Proposals. If you thought Harry & Suzie’s life couldn't get anymore sweepingly romantic than Harry asking her to marry him at the end of One Hundred Proposals – think again It’s Christmas in a snow-kissed London, and the.PerfectProposal.com have vowed to carry out one hundred proposals in December... -
![The Panty Whisperer: The Complete Series by Sloane Howell]()
The Panty Whisperer: The Complete Series by Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI love women. I’m not ashamed to admit that making a beautiful woman come is my main goal in life—one that I accomplish night after night. Women are as drawn to me as I am to them. I don’t get turned down. It’s not a brag, just a fact. At least it was a fact. Until I met Quinn—the one woman who didn’t fall for my easy charm. Now, I have to have her... -
![Mermaid Hair and I Don't Care: A romantic comedy about shoes, surf and second chances by CJ Morrow]()
Mermaid Hair and I Don't Care: A romantic comedy about shoes, surf and second chances by CJ Morrow
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy the author of bestselling Blame it on the Onesie. There are two certainties in Lily Ward’s life: • A job she loves with an imminent promotion • A gorgeous boyfriend who’s about to make a commitment But a last minute holiday and office politics are about to cast doubt on those certainties and turn her world upside down... -
![Vinyl Cafe Diaries by Stuart McLean]()
Vinyl Cafe Diaries by Stuart McLean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhy is Morley skulking around with a man named Frank on the eve of her 40th birthday? What grisly secret is Stephanie hiding in her father’s picnic cooler? And exactly what is Dave doing by himself in a Halifax hotel room with a duck? In the pages of the Vinyl Cafe Diaries, humorist Stuart McLean answers these questions and reveals more strange, shocking, and above all, entertaining truths about... -
![Life, Death and Vanilla Slices by Jenny Eclair]()
Life, Death and Vanilla Slices by Jenny Eclair
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJean Collins is in a coma. She stepped out into the middle of the road without looking and was run over by a motorbike. But what had distracted her? And why was she carrying a box of vanilla slices? For Jean's daughter Anne, these questions are the least of her concern... -
![In-House Weddings by Bohumil Hrabal]()
In-House Weddings by Bohumil Hrabal
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by “Mrs. Tolstoy and Mrs. Dostoevsky, whose biographies about their husbands have now been published in Prague,” Bohumil Hrabal decided to produce his own autobiographical work, ostensibly fiction, from his wife’s point of view... -
![A Christmas Proposal by Lindsey Hart]()
A Christmas Proposal by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was single again! Finally! Lana was not about to miss this opportunity. She’ll had a crush on the guy for oh so many years. And as her brother’s best friend, he was going to be spending Christmas with the family. It was all perfect. Seduce the guy and get to know what all the hype of her teenage years was about. There was only one problem. He is a jerk... -
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![Protecting the Babysitter: A Billionaire Alpha Male Romance by Nikki Bloom]()
Protecting the Babysitter: A Billionaire Alpha Male Romance by Nikki Bloom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFingers laced in my hair, he pulled my head down to command my mouth. The kiss was so dominating and searing, I melted against him. The babysitter and the billionaire... Sounds like an unlikely pair, doesn’t it? It sounds more like a fairy tale than anything else―a fairytale I was tempted to go along with. Look, I was only hired to babysit; nothing more. But Mr... -
![Claiming Her V-Card by Lindsey Hart]()
Claiming Her V-Card by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhy the hell did I ask my boss to pop my cherry!? Somebody do me a favor, kill me right here, right now, because it seems like my nerdy brain with an IQ of 140 must have short-circuited briefly while I was all alone with him in his office. And truth be told, everyone knew just how “skilled” he was … in and outside the bedroom (if you know what I mean). His other name is Mr... -
![Steamy Proposal by Lindsey Hart]()
Steamy Proposal by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI absolutely HATE him. Don’t ask me why but I asked my brother’s best friend to take my v-card. Annnnd he refused. Totally, squarely and completely shot me down for even asking him such a thing. Now, ask me again why I hate him. Ok, so I probably have no right but still, you would totally do the same thing if the arrogant jerk outright laughed and rejected you right in your face... -
![Worth a Shot by Gail Haris]()
Worth a Shot by Gail Haris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne simple run-in got me more than I bargained for...and now I can’t go back. It might be dangerous, but it might just be worth a shot. Victoria Angel… It was just a cup of coffee…that’s all I was after. Some much-needed caffeine to get me through wedding dress shopping. That’s it. But I guess the universe had other plans... -
![Abbott Awaits: A Novel by Chris Bachelder]()
Abbott Awaits: A Novel by Chris Bachelder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA quiet tour de force, Abbott Awaits transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, startlingly depicting the intense and poignant challenges of a vulnerable, imaginative father as he lives his everyday American existence... -
![Rontel by Sam Pink]()
Rontel by Sam Pink
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of 'person' and 'the ice cream man and other stories.' Follow our narrator as he attempts to make it to the end of a journey most magical...
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