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Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter two brothers shatter her world, Reese Brady escapes to her old life. She occupies herself with work and friends in an attempt to find comfort after her catastrophic summer. When Reese receives a desperate call from someone she thought she’d never hear from again, she’s forced to confront the love she could’ve had... -
Suddenly Trouble by J.A. Low
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe was everything he wasn’t allowed have. Isla Eriksen was the girl next door, my best friend’s little sister, the girl he warned me never to touch. Sometimes rules are hard to stick to. Over the years I tried to stay away, but when she needed me the most I was there for her and all the rules I stuck by went out the window... -
A Little Like Destiny by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReserved and responsible Reese Brady refuses to miss her chance with bad boy rock star Mark Ashton. After one steamy night, she's convinced the emotional connection they shared was just a figment of her imagination. After all, he’s a womanizer whose affairs are highly publicized. Reese strives to leave that night behind her after a handsome business mogul asks her to dinner... -
Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs ignoring the heat a recipe for disaster? Grant Twombley has it all—a successful career, a contacts list full of gorgeous and willing bedmates, and the ear of Los Angeles’s most prominent captain of industry.But being Sebastian Shark’s right-hand man isn’t without its challenges. Messy ones... -
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Exposed by Raven St. Pierre
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KOIW1T6. Walking away seemed like her only option. Letting go was the one thing he couldn’t do. Sam and AJ have spent the last five years trying to get over their painful breakup. Both have moved on, but neither has fully healed from the wounds of the past... -
Perfectly Mixed by Ancelli
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do if you find out that the baby you’re pregnant with might not be yours? Kanielle Richardson is the perfect wife in everyone’s eyes, except her husband Robert’s. His desire to please his family comes before her. After years of refusing his wife a child, Robert is ready to have a baby to satisfy his family...Categorized as:
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The Complete Knight Trilogy by Kitty French
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere's only one thing in life Lucien Knight really hates, and that's husbands who cheat on their wives.There's only one problem in Sophie Black's life. Her cheating husband...From the moment Lucien & Sophie meet, the seal is set. CEO of Knight Inc. Lucien Knight is catch-your-breath gorgeous and damaged by his troubled past in Norway... -
Ask Me Something by Aubrey Bondurant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do you ask the question, when you know the answer may change everything?Sasha Brooks has been focused on one thing her entire life: her career. Newly promoted as the vice president in a New York advertising company, she has beauty, brains, and one hell of a fierce reputation. But she also has a secret that she keeps carefully guarded... -
You Know I Love You by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago... -
Palm South University: Season 2 Box Set ) by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDrama. Lies. Sex. Welcome to Palm South University. The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in South Florida. At a school where fraternities and sororities don’t exactly play by the rules, relationships are bound to be tested...Categorized as:
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Sail by M. Mabie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis isn’t just a two-year long one-night stand. It’s my life. This is my life. Our life. It isn’t just some careless affair. I’ve made the worst decisions a woman could, but I’ll earn my second chance. She can try keeping all the guilt for herself, but I’m just as much to blame. Loving Casey wasn’t my biggest mistake. Fighting it for so long was. I’ll show her how fearless our love makes me... -
Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm going to make her beg. Emma asked me to take her all the way. She wants to experience every delicious thing a woman can feel. She wants to be brought to the very edge of ecstasy, and then she wants to leap right off the cliff. I'm a complete playboy, an expert in the ways a man can make a woman beg, so naturally I accept. I love a good challenge...Categorized as:
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The Collar of Freedom: The Collar Duet, Book 1 by Alexandra Iff
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KDJNAIW. Amelia Jones knows the truth; she lives and breathes it every day. The endless monotony of a loveless marriage, and years of domestic slavery stretch before her in minutes and hours that are destined to end in a mental breakdown. Then Alexander Reeves walks through the door... -
Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe said one night. He said more. She should’ve known better than to argue with a lawyer. Ava Callaghan was never going to be just one night. She was going to be more, much more. She just didn’t know it yet. Hotshot lawyer Elijah Ward can’t be interested in his friends’ and colleagues’ little sister...Categorized as:
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Say It's Forever by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was suffocating under an avalanche of guilt and grief until he entered my life.The hot, slightly older guy who looked like a cross between a tatted biker and a billionaire businessman. Beck understood me, and our situation, in a way no one else could.As a friend, he held me together and helped to piece back the shredded fragments of my heart... -
Forgotten Sweethearts: A Romance Novel by Melissa Bender
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFind out what happens after "Happily Ever After" in this amazing novel at $0.99 til November 8! “Things change and I finally realised that trying to fix us was nothing but a mistake.” He was never there for her, and she doubted him. And it is already taking its toll on their marriage. When the only solution is to divorce, they decided to try one last time again... -
Seducing his Wife by Elizabeth Lennox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove at first sight…a whirlwind romance…a Las Vegas wedding followed by days and nights spent in bed. Then regret. Gabriella couldn’t believe what she’d done and ran from the powerful feelings that Teague Steele generated in her. She couldn’t…wouldn’t…stay with a man like Teague! She’d been poor all her life and she wanted more for her children than the humiliation of poverty... -
You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago... -
Choosing Forever by Mia Kayla
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife is made up of choices. Single choices like bricks laid out in a path. A path that leads to your future. At twenty four years old, I would have never guessed I would be stuck between two men—two men from opposite spectrums of the universe. Their lives, their worlds, their demeanor is as different as the darkest of nights and the lightest of days. I love them both, but I have to choose...Categorized as:
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The Complete Hearts Series by Claire Contreras
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKaleidoscope Hearts.Estelle falls in love with her forbidden brother's best friend for a second time.Torn/Paper Hearts.In this second chance love story, college sweethearts torn apart are forced to work together and find that sometimes time really does make the heart grow fonder.Elastic Hearts... -
The Question by Zena Wynn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do for a friend? What sacrifice would you willingly make? This is the issue facing Gail Henderson when her best friend, Crystal Al Jabbar, asks her to be a surrogate for her and her husband Rashid, using Gail's own egg. Complicating the decision is Gail's recent loss of her husband and toddler son in a fatal car accident, two years earlier... -
Consume by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKillian Everett is condescending, egotistical, and a complete jerk. When I started as the new assistant for the famous rock band Civil Corruption, I thought I’d hit the career jackpot... but I was wrong. With his attitude, bad behavior, and stupid good looks, Killian has made my life a living hell since my very first day. We may fight constantly, but that doesn’t make me want him any less... -
Trashy Foreplay by Gemma James
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNever flirt with temptation. Never lust after what I can’t have. And never, under any circumstances, screw a married man again. By the time this story is told, I’ll have failed at all three… With my heart and reputation in ruins, I can’t afford to make another mistake... -
Crash & Burn by Jaci J.
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's a constant battle between us now. I give, and he just takes, and we can't go on like this. Saying that we've been through a lot is an understatement of a lifetime. After everything that we had overcome, we were here, together and alive... -
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Underestimated Box Set by Jettie Woodruff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnderestimated Morgan starts her life in a bad situation, she doesn't really know what she wants out of life. She's never had anyone to look up to or help guide her in the right direction. She had it rough and never dreamed that it could get worse. However, she finds that it can and it does...Categorized as:
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You're Mine Tonight by Lucia Franco
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m a lover and a player, a Hollywood socialite with a reputation I strive to live up to. But when I meet Brody, my soul ignites with an ombré of colors. The tortured artist is a dangerous addiction, and the perfect companion to my party girl ways.Then I meet River at an audition to play his co-star. He’s a slow burn that soothes my reckless heart... -
Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Full Kin Series including an exclusive Novella, Renew Me. Following this family of cousins while they struggle through life and each find love... -
Sweet Billionaire Stepbrother ~ Harlow Grace: Part 2 (Sweet Stepbrother) by Harlow Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE SWEETEST TABOO One night changes the course of Grayson and Layla's lives forever. What they have is sweet. What they have is taboo. Can it last? Obstacles test their bond and threaten to crush them. Destroy what they have found. When a billion dollar empire is at stake a scandal could ruin more than just their lives. Their family will crumble... -
Keep Happy by A.C. Bextor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThose who think they know me would tell you I’m a caring mother, a loyal friend, and a dutiful wife. They’d say the golden path which led me here is the road every little girl dreams of taking. However, the guise of my happy existence has come to be just that—an illusion. A mask of contentment intended for the world to believe...Categorized as:
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Lithium Tides: A Lithium Springs Novel by Carmel Rhodes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhose bed is this? That was Kensie’s first thought as she peeled her eyes open to find herself in an unfamiliar room. She noted the crumpled red dress, tiny black thong, and Louboutin heels in the corner. Whose arms are these? That was her second thought as the tattooed arms engulfing her tightened their grip. Her phone buzzed on the nightstand... -
Sever by Mary Elizabeth
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMisery overstayed its welcome. But fate will not be so easily swayed. Gabriella Mason and Teller Reddy have walked a thin line between affection and hostility for years. The intensity that once set them on fire has ended their engagement and separated them by more than just miles... -
Ten Reasons to Stay ( (The Risky Hearts Duet) Book 1) by Candace Knoebel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne day a week—Thursdays—my husband and I could do whatever or whomever we pleased. Protection was non-negotiable. And no matter what, we had to be home by midnight. Jack was the one who wanted an open marriage, but we were supposed to keep things simple. No strings. No commitments. It seemed so easy… until it wasn’t... -
Tiller by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call him Wild Cat. I knew him before he was the sinfully gorgeous FMX rider with infinite hate in his blood. I knew him back when he was a shy little boy hoping a girl would love him back. That guy, he’s nowhere to be found inside the devil known as Tiller Sawyer. Truth is, I didn't know who he really was.. -
Secret Love by Isabella White, Regina Wamba
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGuarding a secret and playing with fire has never been a good combination. Four years ago, Holly Scallenger embarked on the most difficult journey of her life. As if being a single parent isn't already stressful enough, Holly also attended med-school, in hopes of heping other pregnant women in a way she wasn't helped... -
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Ditching the Dream by Isabelle Peterson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeeling dead in her marriage, Elizabeth Fairchild ditches the dream of her seemingly perfect life with her husband in search of who she really is. She went from her parents' house to her husband's home and never really learned to stand on her own two feet. She decides to leave her comfortable life in Napa Valley in search of her inner fire in New York City... -
Lost in France by Jani Kay
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLost in France is an erotic contemporary romance novel set in Paris, the city of Love and Romance. Warning: 18+++ Lost. The one thing I’ve wanted above everything else was taken from me in one night. My dreams were shattered forever because of one irreversible mistake. There was nothing I could do about it. I’d lost everything. So I did what I always do. I ran. To another continent... -
Torn Between Two: The Torn Duet by Mia Kayla
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI believe in fairy tales — the kind where a knight in shining armor sweeps me off my feet. Coming from a broken home, fairy tales housed the hope I clung to. Never in my life did I imagine two knights coming into my life— two knights that wore very different armor. A rockstar versus a lawyer. Fast and furious versus deliberate and calculated...Categorized as:
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Ruined: A She Who Dares Standalone Novel by L.P. Lovell, Ellen Widom
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRuined is book four in the She Who Dares series, but can be read as a standalone. Hugo I like to fuck. A lot. Anywhere, anyway, as long as I’m shooting my load in or on some pretty young thing I’m good. In fact, scrap that, they don’t even have to be pretty. What can I say? I’m an equal opportunities kind of guy... -
Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings**SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE** Having my heart broken once was enough to make me give up on the idea of love all together. Instead of searching for The One I decided to embrace variety and turn by back on monogamy. I made a living convincing women they didn’t need a man to feel complete. And I totally rocked at it... -
Entangled by Ginger Voight
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe saga continues for Rachel Dennehy, the tenacious small-town teacher caught in between two compelling, powerful brothers. ****This is Book 2 in the series. Blurb may contain spoilers for Book 1.**** In Book 2 of the Fullerton Family Saga, teacher Rachel Dennehy heads back to California to save her favorite little boy from his rapid downward spiral... -
The Beats in Rift by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI was invisible, until they saw me. When circumstance forced me and the Jacob twins to spend two weeks of the summer together, the bond we formed would impact us all, altering our lives. Fate, entwining us forever. They became my best friends, my family, my first love... -
Contracted by Marni Mann
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s as ruthless in business as he is in the bedroom... Years ago, I was burned by a woman. I forgave, but I haven’t forgotten, and it’s a road I’ll never go down again. My career has become my life instead. I’m Max Graham, the biggest music agent in the business. Women love me, but I don’t do love anymore. I’ve found another way to meet my needs... -
Replace Me by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReplace Me is book 2 in the ongoing KIN series. To get the best enjoyment, and be able to follow the storyline and characters, please read book 1, Repair Me, prior to reading this book. Lacey Travis has wanted Shayne Hutchinson since she was 15, when they first met at the beach and she was just a blip on his radar. As adults, they finally begin dating...Categorized as:
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Craving Lily by Nicole Jacquelyn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI grew up hearing about my parents’ love story. How he’d fought for her when she’d refused to fight for herself. The way she’d fought for him when she’d feared that all was lost. I wanted that. But for some reason, I’d always imagined that my love story would be different. That it would be easy. It wasn’t. No, our story was intense, and convoluted, and frustrating. But it was ours... -
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Suddenly Dirty by J.A. Low
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe was everything she wasn’t looking for … Finding a naked rock star in my bed was not how I saw my new life starting. Especially when that rock star is Evan Wyld, guitarist of the hottest band on the planet, Dirty Texas. He looks dirty as sin with colorful tattoos, muscles and piercings in all the right places. Summer is about to heat up as I join Dirty Texas on their European tour... -
A Gentleman for Christmas by Prescott Lane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A holiday romance that is perfect for the season." - USA Today A breakup before Christmas is the worst. Especially when I was thinking THIS was going to be the year I get a ring. What’s a girl to do? Get to your best girlfriend, drink wine, eat ice cream, and do some good old-fashioned man bashing for starters... -
Weight of Regret by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnderson Bexley was the love of my life… or so I thought.For years, I convinced myself that one day he would see me as more than the bubbly activities director at his family’s campground. Sure, he was ten years older.Deeply tortured.And far too devoted to the family business to make time for his own happiness.But none of that mattered... -
Tame by Colet Abedi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbby Walters fell in love with me when she was a child. In many ways, she still is one. That sweet, sheltered good girl may look like a walking orgasm, but I know she’s innocent. Too innocent for me, the renowned British playboy. It’s ironic, isn’t it, that I’m the one spending my career in philanthropy while she toils away as a barista... -
Kyler by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was off-limits. Forbidden. I wasn’t supposed to fall in love with him... Kyler was my boyfriend’s best friend. I never looked at him as anything more than a friend too, but that all changed when Beau deceived me. One unexpected night, one moment of truth, and that imaginary line between friendship and lovers was crossed. Secrets were shared. Desires fulfilled... -
Chasing Beautiful: The Prelude by Pamela Ann
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSienna Richards was excited to start anew and follow her dreams to study in England--leaving her boyfriend behind, Kyle. She thought since they had gone through so much together, nothing can ever come in between them. Once in London, she got sucked into a different world building friendships and seeing life through different eyes...
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