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  • Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

    Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Can these opposites turn up the heat… without burning down the house?House-flipping sensation and YouTube star Maggie Nichols can’t wait to dig into her next challenge. Arriving in tiny Kinship, Idaho, with only a cot and a coffeemaker, Maggie is prepared to restore a crumbling Victorian mansion in four months or less. She has her to-do lists, her blueprints, and her team...
  • Endless Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Endless Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ryker Faulkner has built his empire by being ruthless. No one knows the full extent Ryker has gone to in order to build himself up from nothing to one of the most powerful men in the country. So when someone comes after him, everyone knows the last thing Ryker will do is sit back and watch it burn.Kenzie Carys was used to being in the shadows. She was a nurse on night shift...
  • Framed Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Framed Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tinsley Faulkner loves art more than anything in the world. She’s a painter and owns an art gallery in the small town of Shadows Landing. But suddenly her life is changed when a man walks into the gallery looking to sell some art—art she knows is stolen. What she thinks is just a one-time thing quickly escalates into something so dangerous people have died for decades to protect it...
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    humor  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Forever Notorious by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Notorious by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abigail Mueez knows all about being something you’re not. Everyone knows she works security in Washington D.C., but that wasn’t exactly the truth. There are many layers of deception in Abby’s life from her job to the man she’s with—a man she doesn’t have time to fall in love with when her life and so much more was on the line. Too bad she didn’t tell her heart that...
  • Breaking Even by C.M. Owens

    Breaking Even by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What happens when one neighbor pisses off the other? They end up in a brutal prank war, of course. But neither of them expects what happens when they can’t break even. Rye Clanton I told myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t—couldn’t—fall in love. I’ve seen what happens, the things they don’t tell you in fairytales. But I never saw Brin Waters coming until she had thoroughly invaded my life...
  • Forever Hunted by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Hunted by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The hunt is on... Carter Ashton had always been close to the entire Davies family. Until he decided he wanted to bring his relationship with Reagan Davies out of the shadows. As tempers flare, Carter must stand his ground or lose the love of his life. But when an old family friend asks for help, Carter unknowingly brings danger to the doorstep of the woman he loves...
  • Beard Science by Penny Reid

    Beard Science by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Make a deal with the devil and you might get what you want, but will it be what you need? Jennifer Sylvester wants one thing, and that one thing is NOT to be Tennessee’s reigning Banana Cake Queen. Ever the perpetual good girl and obedient daughter, Jennifer is buckling under the weight of her social media celebrity, her mother’s ambitions, and her father’s puritanical mandates...
  • How to Be a Movie Star by T.J. Klune

    How to Be a Movie Star by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sequel to How to Be a Normal PersonA How to Be Novel Josiah Erickson wants to be a movie star. The problem with that is so does half of Los Angeles. But he’s on his way, what with memorable roles as a TV show background cadaver and a guy in a commercial for herpes medication. All he needs is his big break...
  • Forever Protected by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Protected by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Parker Davies, former rodeo star turned U.S. Marshal, wants something he can’t have—Tilly Bradford. He had met the equestrian, fell for her, and then saw her name on a case that came across his desk. Suddenly he had to step back from the one woman he had wanted...
  • My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding by Erin Nicholas

    My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A sexy, small town, fake relationship romantic comedy. Josh Landry is one of the hottest bartenders in New Orleans. He's shown many a female tourist that things are definitely big and easy down here. And he's now been celibate for a year. Because he finally met her. Yes, her. The One...
  • Beauty and the Bayou by Erin Nicholas

    Beauty and the Bayou by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A sexy small town, opposites attract rom com! Sawyer Landry knows he's been beastly to be around for the past few months. But he can't seem to remember how to be fun-loving and friendly. Until he sees Juliet Dawson on his boat dock... and realizes that hip waders are, apparently, one of his turn-ons...
  • Wilder by C.M. Owens

    Wilder by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Wild Ones Tip #349 If you don’t understand what’s going on, it’s because you haven’t been in Tomahawk long enough. My sister and I decided to go to Tomahawk to learn more about our estranged grandmother and spend some time together doing something other than networking. What we expected was some quiet town, a peaceful escape, and a little downtime. What we got? Two sexy mountain men...
  • That Swoony Feeling by Meghan Quinn

    That Swoony Feeling by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    I'm single...so single it's painful.Yup, ladies, Brig Knightly--that's me--is still a lonely bachelor, stumbling through the streets of Port Snow, looking for the girl he's supposed to end up with.That is, I was until my brother, Rogan, presented me with the opportunity of a lifetime. The Summer of Love, a secret pen-pal program in Port Snow is looking for applicants, and I'm the perfect fit...
  • Finn Rhodes Forever by Stephanie Archer

    Finn Rhodes Forever by Stephanie Archer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The guy who broke my heart is now an arrogant, too-hot firefighter… who’s hell-bent on getting me back. This summer, I have one goal: field work. I need it to finish my PhD. I never expected Finn Rhodes to offer help. He broke my heart twelve years ago, and now that he’s back in town, I want nothing to do with him. Finn wants one thing—me. We were inseparable as kids until everything changed...
  • Grumpy Cowboy by Max Monroe

    Grumpy Cowboy by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ATTENTION: If you have been a victim of false advertising, you may be entitled to compensation...
  • Sunshine and Sammy by Melanie Moreland

    Sunshine and Sammy by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Luke Adler lives for his ranch. It’s the only reason he agreed to get on board with his sister’s grand plan for guests staying on the property.Nothing prepares him for the force of nature that is Samantha Morrison. When she arrives on his ranch to help construct this new part of his business, what he expects and what he gets are two entirely different things.He expects a no-nonsense businessman...
  • Puck Performance by Alley Ciz

    Puck Performance by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All's fair in love and potatoes. Melody Brightly Broadway Star. Pink hair. A smile that hits me harder than a slap shot. Terrible taste in hockey teams. Full of secrets. The one woman I fail to defend my heart against. Jase Donnelly Defenseman.Charming. Sexy as puck. Makes my hormones give a standing ovation. The one guy I can never be with, but can't stay away from...
  • Whiskey Chaser by Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley

    Whiskey Chaser by Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "I'm afraid my vagina might turn itself inside out if you try to give it another orgasm so soon." — Scarlett BodineRaised by her three overbearing brothers, Scarlett is a hell-raising tomboy with a tool belt. A tornado stirring up trouble everywhere she goes. Her favorite pastimes? Drinking any man under the table and two-stepping. But she has zero interest in love...
  • Sidecar Crush by Claire Kingsley, Lucy Score

    Sidecar Crush by Claire Kingsley, Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    “I tried to think of something—anything—to calm my raging hard-on. One wrong move and Leah Mae would rub up against it and that was liable to kill me dead on the spot.” -- Jameson Bodine Model turned disgraced reality TV starlet, Leah Mae Larkin, crash lands in her hometown of Bootleg Springs to lay low while a scandal threatens her career...
  • Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron

    Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s hard up.He’s just hard…After an ill-fated one-night stand, Wyatt Landry was the last person I ever expected to see again.By design, mind you, as I spent the last two years avoiding him.He was only ever meant to be a good time—a really good time—and now, thanks to one teensy little mistake, he’s back in my life and wielding an entirely different set of tools...
  • The Perfect Gift by Kathleen Brooks

    The Perfect Gift by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nabi dedicated his life to learning the security trade from one of the best, Ahmed Mueez. After seventeen years, Nabi has established an amazing career as an elite soldier and investigator in the small town of Keeneston, Kentucky. However, his pursuit of the perfect career left him with little time to find love...
    Categorized as:
    humor  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Say It Like You Mane It by Erin Nicholas

    Say It Like You Mane It by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens when a hellraiser turned hot cop is stuck with a headstrong heiress he’s determined to protect...and resist?A run-away bride, wearing a freakin’ tiara, and carrying a stolen lion cub, of all things. This was not how rowdy, bad-boy-turned-small-town-cop, Zander Landry expected his day to go.He really didn’t expect his night to end with her sleeping in his bed after her near-kidnapping...
    Categorized as:
    humor  steamy  adult  animals  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • The Grumpy Player Next Door by Pippa Grant

    The Grumpy Player Next Door by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    An enemies-to-lovers / sports / grumpy-sunshine / neighbor romanceI, Tillie Jean Rock, am not in love with my brother’s teammate...
  • Becoming a Vincent by C.M. Owens

    Becoming a Vincent by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Alternative Cover Edition of ASIN B072YXCNK1When you live in a place where “turbo speed” internet is a slight step above dial-up, men carry on nine-year beard-growing challenges out of stubborn pride, and your brothers do things like nail all your panties to the outside of your cabin just for funsies, you tend to be a little crazy. You can call it a "locational" hazard, if you will...
  • America's Geekheart by Pippa Grant

    America's Geekheart by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Remember that time you accidentally sexted your in-laws?Yeah. I just did that. Except worse. Now my million social media followers are reading and sharing the rude, smartass message I meant to send privately to my little sister...and I’m officially public enemy number one.I’m Beck Ryder. Former boy bander. Underwear model. Fashion mogul...
  • Cocked and Loaded by Jordan Marie

    Cocked and Loaded by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When I slap the handcuffs on her
 I’ll be taking her to bed, not jail. 

Getting involved with the wrong woman can destroy your life. 
I had to move back home and lose my position as Detective to get away from one. 
The last thing I need is to repeat my mistake. 
I finally have what I want. 
 Deputy in my home town, surrounded by family and friends— 
Life is good...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  humor  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Kiwi Sin by Rosalind James

    Kiwi Sin by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If it’s better to marry than to burn, I was in trouble. When you walk out of a cult with a driving license and the clothes on your back, you can face some challenges...
  • Taming Hollywood's Baddest Boy by Max Monroe

    Taming Hollywood's Baddest Boy by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Do people say they hate someone’s guts so that they can still fall stupidly, head-over-heels in love with the other parts? Asking for a friend. Okay, fine. I’m not asking for a friend. I’m asking for me—and I’m begging you to tell me that the practice of falling in love with your should-be-enemy is common...
  • Master Baker by Pippa Grant

    Master Baker by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They call me the sugar whisperer. Anything your tongue desires, I can bake it. Scones? Child’s play. Cupcakes? I’ll frost them so good you won’t know what hit you. Donuts? Please. You’re talking to a master baker. But there’s one egg I’ve never been able to crack. My best friend. Correction: My former best friend. She’s the apple in my pie. The whip in my cream...
  • Next In Line: A Brother's Best Friend Standalone by Amy Daws

    Next In Line: A Brother's Best Friend Standalone by Amy Daws

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What happens when the cute mountain man you made out with in an ice fishing shack turns out to be your brother’s best friend? A whole lot of awkward, that’s what. Maggie’s mind is reeling when she discovers the guy she became tangled up with at Marv’s Bait & Tackle isn’t a stranger like she thought...
  • Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel

    Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One little white lie.That's all it took. Now I'm suddenly having to fake-date my work nemesis to get me through a week at a Vermont Christmas lodge with my family.The problem? I can't stand Miles Taylor. Not only that, but I don't date people I work with. But I can handle it. I've had practice faking my emotions for years. So it shouldn't matter that Miles never lets me get away with anything...
  • Spare Me by Tara Sivec

    Spare Me by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryan Hutton has spent his entire life being the shy, nerdy, rule-following nice guy on Summersweet Island. He’s the high school bowling coach and algebra teacher, who’s always predictable, and he’s always been fine with that. At least until a sexy nutjob gives him the best kiss of his life in his favorite pizza place. Suddenly, he doesn’t like being the quiet, obedient nice guy anymore...
  • First and Tension by Tara Sivec

    First and Tension by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all started with a dare.Emily Flanagan has been living her dreams the last four years as a professional cheerleader for the Los Angeles Vipers, thousands of miles away from her tiny hometown of Summersweet Island, Virginia. She’s got the world at the tips of her pom-poms... until she tells her boss to shove those pom-poms where the sun doesn’t shine...
  • Bartender with Benefits by Mickey Miller

    Bartender with Benefits by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A steamy standalone Romantic comedy from Top 100 Author Mickey Miller  What happens when a good girl and a bad boy fake an engagement? My best friend's sister and I have a history that we'd rather keep secret. So when we make up a lie to get a loan, I should have seen the writing on the wall.  Now, she's my fake fiancée, which means we'll be spending more time together...
  • Real Fake Love by Pippa Grant

    Real Fake Love by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    If people have polar opposites, Luca Rossi is mine.His butt is in the baseball hall of fame. Mine’s comfortably seated in the hall of lame.When he’s not snagging fly balls out in center field, he’s modeling in shampoo commercials. I once jammed my own finger while stirring cookie dough, and sometimes I forget shampoo is a thing.He’s a total cynic when it comes to love...
  • Jock Blocked by Pippa Grant

    Jock Blocked by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    COMING MAY 19, 2020She can't let him score… Call it superstition, but when a guy bats as hot as Brooks Elliott, you don't mess with what's working. And what's working is him keeping his pants zipped and doing all of his scoring on the field...
  • My Brother's Forbidden Friend by Piper Rayne

    My Brother's Forbidden Friend by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve gone from crushing on my brother’s best friend to wanting to crush him. Cameron Baker and I have a few things in common. The first being that we were both born and raised in our small Alaskan town. Second, is that we hide our feelings and keep our hearts closed off from anyone who could break them.But hiding my feelings is harder to do with Cam than most...
  • The Price Of Scandal by Lucy Score

    The Price Of Scandal by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    “I’m the fixer your board hired to clean up your mess.” “So you show up here, break into my house, and take a bath?” Emily Stanton’s perfect life just became a disaster. She has a trust fund brother looking for a handout, a father who is more board member than dad, and a mother who thinks she should give up on this whole billionaire CEO thing and meet a man with a pre-nup and a yacht...
  • Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton

    Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two old friends, one hot summer, a whole load of confusion. Poppy Jenkins makes everyone smile. She’s the heart of Wells, a beautiful village in mid-Wales, leaving light and laughter in her wake. She has a doting family, an errant dog and a little sister with a nose for mischief...
  • The Worst Wedding Date by Pippa Grant

    The Worst Wedding Date by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I didn’t know bridesmaid was code for babysitter for the bride’s brother, but if that’s what my best friend needs of me for her dream wedding to go off without a hitch, that’s what I’ll do.Even if Theo Monroe has been a pain in my rear since third grade.Even if he should be responsible enough to not wreak havoc at his sister’s destination wedding...
  • Doppelbanger by Heather M. Orgeron

    Doppelbanger by Heather M. Orgeron

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Doppelbanger; A person who bangs someone solely because they look similar to another person they want to bang. At thirty-five, Gina Bourque is still playing the field. If he's single, in his early twenties with dark hair and brooding eyes, there's a damn good chance you'll find him in her little black book...
  • How to Be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune

    How to Be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Gustavo Tiberius is not normal. He knows this. Everyone in his small town of Abby, Oregon, knows this. He reads encyclopedias every night before bed. He has a pet ferret called Harry S. Truman. He owns a video rental store that no one goes to. His closest friends are a lady named Lottie with drag queen hair and a trio of elderly Vespa riders known as the We Three Queens. Gus is not normal...
  • Borrowing Blue by Lucy Lennox

    Borrowing Blue by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Blue: When my ex walks into the resort bar with his new husband on his arm, I want nothing more than to prove to him that I’ve moved on. Thankfully, the sexy stranger sitting next to me is more than willing to share a few kisses in the name of revenge. It gets even better when those scorching kisses turn into a night of fiery passion...
  • Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words by Tara Sivec, Andi Arndt

    Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words by Tara Sivec, Andi Arndt

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Cowritten by USA Today best-selling author Tara Sivec and award-winning narrator Andi Arndt, a hysterically funny, heartfelt romance about starting over and taking chances. Nothing good ever comes from drinking a box of wine alone...
  • Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

    Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Harvest Grove News:Another Halloween season is upon us! As usual, please be mindful of the movie fans traveling from Vine Street to Cinnamon Way. Favorite bar owner, Ford Prescott, is back in town for his yearly stay, making this his sixth October in Harvest Grove! Be sure to welcome him warmly when you see him at the Wicked Pub and Grub...
  • Mister Baby Daddy by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Mister Baby Daddy by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All my life, I've been in love with my best friend. All my life I've waited for him to notice.I'm done waiting. I'm moving on with my life...I'm having a baby.I really need to get over Walker Kingston.My lifelong infatuation with my best friend is sort of embarrassing. The tall, broody hunk of farmer has always been my fierce protector, my constant hero, my knight in flanneled armor...
  • Doctorshipped by Savannah Scott

    Doctorshipped by Savannah Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m the absolute last remaining single woman in the entire town of Bordeaux.Okay, maybe not the very last.Just the last one with all her teeth, natural hair color, and the ability to remember where I set my keys.I decided years ago that I’m going to remain single until my dying day.I’ll infuse a new, hip meaning into the term “old cat lady.”I don’t need a man...
  • The Fourth Guy by Misti Murphy

    The Fourth Guy by Misti Murphy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s something so simple about dating the guy you know will hurt you, don’t you think? There’s no risking your feelings. No wondering whether your past will affect your future.Hello, my name is Sadie, and I am addicted to dating the wrong guy. Self-absorbed, cheaters, dangerous—you name it, I’ve dated it.Until I meet him. Makai Fleetwood. Six foot plus change. Brown eyes. Killer smile...
  • 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...
  • Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

    Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    In Act Your Age, Eve Brown the flightiest Brown sister crashes into the life of an uptight B&B owner and has him falling hard—literally.Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong—so she’s given up trying...
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