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  • Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A past that defined a future... Shade has a secret.One he’s hidden most of his life.Secrets created in his past.Of a broken family. A little boy lost.Of broken dreams. With only nightmares left in their wake.As a prospect, his MC nicknamed him Shady because he’s quiet and keeps to himself.As a patched member of the Blood Fury, he changed it to Shade, because that’s what he prefers..
  • The Hero I Need by Nicole Snow

    The Hero I Need by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hilariously intense small-town love story where two star-crossed hearts and one snarly tiger ignite a romance up-roar.He knew I was trouble the instant I showed up with a stolen Bengal tiger.But Grady McKnight didn't flinch like a sane person—he took us in.Bruce the tiger found shelter. I met a hero grump. And Grady got a hot mess...
  • Taming My Whiskey by Melissa Foster

    Taming My Whiskey by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Buckle up for a wild ride as Dixie Whiskey finds forever love in TAMING MY WHISKEY, a funny, sexy, and emotionally riveting standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster...
  • Bring It On Home by Kait Nolan

    Bring It On Home by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "That girl who got knocked up in high school.” Maggie Reynolds went all the way to Los Angeles to escape that label, but she hears the whispers every time she comes home to Eden's Ridge, Tennessee. She's been burning the candle at both ends for the last twelve years, trying to make something of her herself, trying to give people something else to say about her...
  • Jilted: Nico and Sophie by Tess Thompson

    Jilted: Nico and Sophie by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite being young and romantically inexperienced, Sophie Woods is an old soul who believes in true love, working hard at her bar, and always trusting her instincts. And from the moment she meets Nico, she knows without a doubt that he is her one-and-only...
  • Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland

    Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ava Callaghan A woman working in a male-dominated field. Organized, strong, and tenacious. That’s how she has to be to succeed. Hunter Owens A loner. He needs no one, has no ties, and his future is an unanswered question mark.It’s all he knows. Until the day their lives intersect. He sees the woman she hides from the world.She nurtures the part of him he lost long ago...
  • Chasing Tomorrow by S.J. McCoy

    Chasing Tomorrow by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ben Walton grew up in Summer Lake, he's always known that he belongs there. His goal in life has always been to grow the resort that his family has owned for generations. Charlotte DeWinter spent her childhood summers at the lake, staying with her grandparents. From the age of ten, she believed she would marry Ben someday. Ben believed it too...
  • Let It Be Me by Kait Nolan, Susan Bischoff

    Let It Be Me by Kait Nolan, Susan Bischoff

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four years ago, firefighter Caleb Romero saved a child and met the woman of his dreams. But trauma killed the timing, so he’s contented himself with being the friend she needed as she navigated sudden parenthood.Four years ago, Emerson Aldridge became a mom in the worst possible way. Without qualm, she abandoned her own dreams to shepherd her teenage daughter through their shared grief...
  • 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...
  • Stay With You by Melanie Shawn

    Stay With You by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just when Chrissy Caldwell thought things couldn’t get any worse, life showed up and said, “Hold my beer.”The past year had been a living nightmare, one she couldn’t seem to wake up from...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  romance  contemporary  small-town  fiction  humor  book  adult
  • Heather by Chris Keniston

    Heather by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shenanigans and romance abound in the new Hart Land series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Chris Keniston. Fall in love with the lakeside small town of Lawford, retired Marine Corps General Harold Hart, his artistic wife Fiona, matchmaking housekeeper Lucy, and his nine single granddaughters...
  • Dirty Little Midlife Secret by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife Secret by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lily Viceroy arrived in Heart’s Cove with a suitcase by her side and two eensy weensy secrets tucked into the corners of her heart.Well, that’s if “eensy” and “weensy” are code for “terrifying” and “dire.”Clearly, the only thing for Lily to do is to engage in a good ol’ bout of denial...
  • Smile Like You Mean It by S.J. McCoy

    Smile Like You Mean It by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Renée Nichols returned to Summer Lake because she had nowhere left to turn. Her marriage, the charity she spent her life building, her entire life—they were all shattered when her husband was arrested. She’s getting by, even if barely standing on her own two feet. She has a job, even if it’s not the greatest. She has her childhood home to live in, even if it’s barely livable...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction  legal  small-town
  • The Wedding Dance by S.J. McCoy

    The Wedding Dance by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Missy Malone is about to marry Dan Benson. You are cordially invited to attend the wedding, in Las Vegas. As you might expect, these two will encounter a few bumps on the way to their big day. But this is Missy and Dan—you know they’ll overcome any obstacle in their path. Their friends will all be with them on their journey toward wedded bliss...
  • Mountain Man's Gift by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Man's Gift by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dear Boone Callaghan,You're BIG in every way.Your body.Your presence.Your big woody .... axe. I wanted to proclaim my love.But my ego got in the way.Except for that one night, when I drank my wits away...And offered my V-card to my best friend's older brother.That was the single worst night of my life.Life brings me back - and butterflies fill my belly.Boone has aged like fine wine...
  • No Ordinary Love by Melody Grace

    No Ordinary Love by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For 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...
  • Wildest Dreams by Melody Grace

    Wildest Dreams by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Paige Bennett is ready for an adventure. She’s spent her life being the good girl, but after another underwhelming break-up, she decides it’s time to shake things up. No more diets, Spanx, and searching for Mr. Right. She wants passion and excitement… And she knows just the man for the job. Bad boy chef, Declan James, lives by three simple rules: 1) Life’s too short for cheap whiskey...
  • Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong

    Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s autumn in Whiskey Springs, Vermont, and more than the leaves have changed color. Life has never been better for Fallon Foster. Her relationship with the town’s newest citizen, Riley Main is progressing as Fallon had hoped. Fallon finally believes she may get the family she’s dreamed of. Her business is thriving, and her friendship with her former lover, Andi Maguire is back on track...
  • From Replied To Wifey by Jahquel J.

    From Replied To Wifey by Jahquel J.

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sade Benjworth has always had her life planned out.Graduate college, work for a few years and then try to find her husband.She has accomplished mostly all her goals, except finding a husband.Sade is the last of her siblings to get married or have a serious relationship.It doesn’t help that her mom has put a lot of pressure on her to find the perfect man...
  • Wicked Whiskey Love by Melissa Foster

    Wicked Whiskey Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WICKED WICKED LOVE is a USA Today BestsellerAfter escaping abusive parents and, later, an abusive relationship, Sarah Beckley has spent a lifetime watching snakes shed their skin. With two small children to care for and another on the way, she's finally found a home in Peaceful Harbor with the brother she hasn't seen in more than a decade. She's still searching for her sister, but life is good...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  female-mc  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  biker  book
  • The Calamity by Jennifer Millikin

    The Calamity by Jennifer Millikin

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve made a mess of things again. Not that anybody is surprised. After I’m politely asked to withdraw from college for my antics, I return home to my family’s cattle ranch. The sweeping views, the towering pine trees, and the whisper of the wind remind me I belong on this land. My heart is in the alpine air, my soul mixed into the soil...
  • No Damaged Goods by Nicole Snow

    No Damaged Goods by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fearless firefighter. Silver tongue. Single dad.My grouchy hero pushes all my freaking buttons...The red hot stranger who just saved my bacon might be the end of me.Blake Silverton could sweet talk an angel into sin.Fierce small-town fire chief. Rough velvet voice. Drop dead gorgeous.Don't even get me started on the tortured single dad thing...
  • Devil in Disguise by Rosalind James

    Devil in Disguise by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The devil doesn’t come with pointy horns and a tail. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for. When discipline is your life, structure’s a good thing, and Owen Johnson’s got plenty of both. An All-Pro NFL center who’s also a cattle rancher? Yeah, that’s structure. His marriage didn’t work out, but then, he picked the wrong woman. A Wyoming ranch doesn’t look nearly as romantic up close...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  female-mc  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  drama  family
  • Always Be Mine by Melody Grace

    Always Be Mine by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Watch love bloom in the new Sweetbriar Cove romance from New York Times bestselling author, Melody Grace! Actress Lila Moore is starting over. Escaping Hollywood scandal, she’s hiding out in Sweetbriar Cove to plan the next chapter in her life. The last thing she wants is an annoyingly handsome man snooping in her business, even if It turns out that he’s not the paparazzi… but her new gardener...
  • 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...
  • I'm Yours by Melody Grace

    I'm Yours by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Artist Mackenzie Lane is almost thirty and still single, which, according to her neighbors, pretty much makes her the Spinster of Sweetbriar Cove. She’s sworn off terrible fix-ups, and is looking forward to her solo future of woolly mumus and cats. (Lots of cats)...
  • The Only One by Melody Grace

    The Only One by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brooke Delancey is looking for a fresh start. She’s packed up her heartbreak and traded her old life for a new beginning, managing the prettiest hotel on Cape Cod. She swears this time will be different: no drama, no distractions, and definitely no heart-stopping kisses with a handsome stranger. Which is exactly what she finds the night she meets Riley Ford...
  • This Kiss by Melody Grace

    This Kiss by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Sweetbriar Cove: the small town where true love is guaranteed! Book #8 - Coming November 2018...
  • Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fallon Foster is Whiskey Springs' self-proclaimed token lesbian. She isn't a token any longer. After her year-long affair with best friend, Andi Maguire ends, Fallon hopes to earn the trust and win the heart of the town's newest resident, Riley Main. Ghosts from the past still haunt Fallon and Riley. Informed by loss and betrayal, the pair endeavors to find their way to each other...
  • Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak

    Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Iris Abbott, alongside her best friend and roommate Zac Nowak, returns to his hometown, the sleepy familiarity of Indiana holds more than just nostalgia. Little does Iris know that her own journey of self-discovery is about to take an unexpected turn.Enter Heidi, a breathtaking woman who captivates Iris from the moment their eyes meet...
  • Strange & Unusual by Lani Lynn Vale

    Strange & Unusual by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The moment he divorced his ex-wife, Jeremiah decided two things.One, he would never, ever get into that kind of situation again—i.e., marriage.Two, he would spend more time doing what he loved—baking, riding motorcycles, spending time with the Battle Crows MC, and getting some quiet time for just himself. Pretty much doing the things he enjoyed, that his ex-wife could no longer ruin...
  • The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jasper Westbrook. Code name: Swoon Machine.My best friend's older brother.Melter of ovaries. Destroyer of panties.And suddenly...a single dad.Guys like Jasper—I bet you know the type? The chiseled arms. The wavy hair. The melt-your-brain-cells smile.Good thing I'm a smart girl—Honey Hill's former child prodigy, to be precise—I should know better than to fall for this playboy's charm...
  • Mister Billions by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Mister Billions by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bossy. Infuriating. Sexy as sin... I can't stand the man.And he's waiting for me at the altar.I'm up to my eyeballs in unpaid rent. So is half this town.Cannon Kingston is the devilish, arrogant billionaire with the power to save us all. But he wants something in return...My hand in marriage.The terms of our twisted contract are simple...
  • Grit by Elizabeth Hunter

    Grit by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s been patient; she’s been busy. Patience is running out. Melissa Oxford is a widow with a ranch, an orange grove, a goat-obsessed ten-year-old, and not enough time. She doesn’t have time to make friends. She doesn’t have time to stop and chat, and she definitely does not have time for a boyfriend. Which is fine, because Cary Nakamura is far from being a boy...
  • Forever Mine by Hope Ford

    Forever Mine by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A billionaire married man that guards his heart.A wife with one foot out the door.Together, in a second chance romance.I’m completely in love with my husband. And he takes care of my needs...as long as they’re financial or physical. Anything more is too much to ask.I know that while I might have his name, I don’t have his heart.It’s almost like he keeps me in a very specific WIFE...
  • Always Yours by Hope Ford

    Always Yours by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A billionaire in love with his best friend.A woman pregnant with another man’s baby.Together, in a friends to lovers romance.I’ve been in love with my best friend for what seems like forever. But she wanted the one thing I couldn’t give her.Now, she’s pregnant with another man’s baby. The “donor” wants nothing to do with her... or the child, so I do the one thing I’ve always wanted to do...
  • The Miles Between Us by Laurie Breton

    The Miles Between Us by Laurie Breton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rock musician Rob MacKenzie is in New York, producing the latest record album for a spoiled teenage pop star, when a loss rocks his family. Afraid to leave his wife, Casey Fiore MacKenzie, alone, Rob brings her and their two daughters back with him to New York while he finishes the album. But Casey isn’t the same woman she was before...
  • Hung Up on the Hacker by Kait Nolan

    Hung Up on the Hacker by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a white hat hacker and a wild child tattoo artist turn their oops into forever?Former Army Intelligence officer Cash Grantham is a whiz with computers and data. An expert in cyber security, he prides himself on being prepared for anything. That doesn't include his best friend's little sister. The one who's all grown up.Tattoo artist Hadley Steele always had a thing for Cash when she was young...
  • Hot for the Handyman by Whitley Cox

    Hot for the Handyman by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's got just the right tool to fix her broken heart ...Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Moms of Seattle. Three sexy single ladies who drink a ton of wine every Saturday night, bitch about life, have each other's backs, are the ultimate mama bears, and hope to one day, just maybe find love again.This is Bianca’s story ...Bianca’s life is insane...
  • Perfect Hate by Fabiola Francisco

    Perfect Hate by Fabiola Francisco

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When she's forced to face the man she hates, will Joy put her differences aside for the sake of her career?

My world comes tumbling down when I walk into my bakery one morning to find every inch of the floor covered in water. Water I didn’t put there. Thank you, burst pipe. Taking over my grandmother’s bakery has always been my dream, and I can’t allow this disaster to let it all fall apart...
  • Chance at Love on Mystic Bay by Karice Bolton

    Chance at Love on Mystic Bay by Karice Bolton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maddie has never been boy crazy. She’s never cared about relationships. She’s never dreamed of a knight in shining armor coming to her rescue. She’d much rather build her own empire and spend nights in with a cup of tea and a good book, and she’s found the perfect place to do both, Fireweed Island...
  • Caitlyn's Christmas Wish by Sandra Owens

    Caitlyn's Christmas Wish by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A surprise daughter, an unlikely attraction, and a Christmas wish…Dax Stockton is finally content with his life, especially since his new position as manager of an animal rescue is so blessedly free of human drama…. until pretty southern belle Taren Blanton brings drama of a totally different sort to his orderly world. Taren is from a wealthy and powerful political family...
  • Snowy Montana Nights by Cynthia D'Alba

    Snowy Montana Nights by Cynthia D'Alba

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sexy new book in the Dallas Debutantes/McCool Family trilogy. All books in the trilogy can be read as standalones. Book ONE in the Grizzly Bitterroot Ranch TrilogyA cowboy who isn’t what he appears must play private host to a spoiled Dallas Debutante who isn’t what she seems...
  • Tiny Precious Secrets by Samantha Christy

    Tiny Precious Secrets by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Allie and Asher have been in a fun, easy, carefree, long-distance... something, for quite some time. Asher isn't sure his tenacious teenage daughter is prepared for anything more. But when life throws a curveball, both Allie and Asher must make hard decisions that could affect all three—soon to be four—of them. A small town, single dad, accidental pregnancy romance...
  • Dance like Nobody's Watching by S.J. McCoy

    Dance like Nobody's Watching by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Missy Malone has had a great summer, watching her friends meet wonderful guys and fall in love. She even has a wonderful guy in her own life. Trouble is, he's only in her life to mentor her son, Scot. She just has to stop daydreaming that he could be as good for her as he is for Scot...
  • Jedson: An Enemies-to-Lovers Small Town Romance by Cora Brent

    Jedson: An Enemies-to-Lovers Small Town Romance by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "This was all nuts. The way I wanted him. The ways we knew each other. And the ways we didn't..." LEAH When I was too young to know any better Ryan Jedson fascinated me. After he went on the run I thought I'd never see him again. I was wrong. Now that he's back in town I realize it's a bad idea to catch his eye. And yet I can't help it. Sometimes you want the one you shouldn't want...
  • Coming Full Circle (the Pembrooke series) by Jessica Prince

    Coming Full Circle (the Pembrooke series) by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She knew what it was like to feel unwanted. At an early age Eliza Anderson learned a very hard lesson. Sometimes the people who are supposed to love you the most are the ones that cause you the most pain. She learned to guard herself, hesitating to let anyone close for fear of feeling that rejection all over again...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  female-mc  adult  alpha-mc  angst  athlete  book  contemporary
  • Rigid by Hope Ford

    Rigid by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Women don’t stay... no matter how much you love them.And I can’t chance it with her... because when she leaves me... I wouldn’t survive it.I’m not a nice guy. I don’t even try to be.I take what I want and then I move on.I never thought about having a wife and kids...Until I met Emily.She makes me want things I know I shouldn’t.So I’m mean to her. I’m not proud of it, but it is what it is...
  • Baby For Daddy's Best Friend by Callie Stevens

    Baby For Daddy's Best Friend by Callie Stevens

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He is everything I’m not supposed to want, but now he is going to be my baby's daddy…Ash is a walking red flag.Seventeen years older and my father's best friend.He is domineering and always in a bad mood.Tragically widowed, yet still in love with his long dead wife.His heart doesn’t have the capacity to love anyone else.But I’ve wanted him since I was sixteen...
  • Forbidden Single Dad by Crystal Monroe

    Forbidden Single Dad by Crystal Monroe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being a single dad is hard enough.Keeping my hands off the nanny is about to kill me.I messed up.I fell for my daughter's nanny.But there was NO WAY I could resist.Ruby's innocent, perky, and hot AF.Especially when she dances in my kitchen with her assets bouncing under a thin cotton dress.But she's also my best friend’s little sister.I can’t betray him...
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