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  • To Dream by Carolyn Brown

    To Dream by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Greta Fields had planned to stay one night in Murray County, Oklahoma, to attend her brother's wedding, even though she thought he was making the biggest mistake of his life for the second time. But on her way out of town, she caused a three car pileup when she dropped her cell phone and tried to retrieve it while traveling ninety miles an hour...
  • The Day After Forever by Erin Skiffington

    The Day After Forever by Erin Skiffington

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Day After Forever is an emotional story centering around four teenagers who discover and demostrate the true meaning of friendship. It illustrates the agony surroundingf horrific events and how friendship will always stand strong against the circumstances. Jeff has leukemia...
  • See You in Seattle by Brooke St. James

    See You in Seattle by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mac Klein had made a series of disciplined life choices. He was now thirty years old and a successful professional athlete. He lived in a beautiful mansion in Seattle with plenty of room to surround himself with family and friends. He devoted all his time and energy to his career, and he had no interest in starting a serious relationship with a woman...
  • Forever at Sunrise by Ann Lister

    Forever at Sunrise by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having survived the hell that ended their last tour, Wheland realizes just how short life can be and how close he came to losing his own in the flames of the Berlin fire. Officially off the road until everyone has had a chance to fully heal from their physical and emotional wounds, Wheland and his band brothers limp back home to make sense of what happened and where they will go from here...
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    california  humor  north-america  urban  usa  adult  book  contemporary
  • Gettin' Hooked by Nyomi Scott

    Gettin' Hooked by Nyomi Scott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Click for your dream dateCould she go to the senior dance with just any guy? No way. Imani Lane has her heart set on Maurice, the hottest guy in town. But he isn't exactly asking. So she comes up with an idea to help herself--and everyone else, too...
  • All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers

    All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Disenchanted with the politics of working in an upscale Washington, D.C. restaurant, twenty-seven-year-old chef Lydia Lord resigns from her job and resolves to make it on her own...
  • Anxious in Atlanta by Kirsten Osbourne

    Anxious in Atlanta by Kirsten Osbourne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jean Winters is a hard-working twenty-first century stock broker, spending all her time building wealth for others. She’s worked sixty hour weeks since graduating from college, and she’s realizing that life is passing her by...
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    humor  north-america  urban  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Artist and The Dancer by Nikki20038

    The Artist and The Dancer by Nikki20038

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hamilton Academy of the Arts. The school Sydney Acosta moved to all the way from Toronto, Ontario at some barely known town that should actually be considered a city. After the divorce between her mother and father, she's stuck by her mother's side as a best friend, following her to another city in Canada. Her emotions are expressed through the one thing she loves doing. Dancing...
  • Keeping You by Daphne Elliot

    Keeping You by Daphne Elliot

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was my first kiss. My first love. And my first heartbreak . Twenty years later, our reunion is not the meet-cute I imagined. Instead, it's a meet-puke when I find Callum Quinn throwing up on my front lawn. We’ve both come a long way since high school. I’m a free spirit single mom, back in town with twin boys and a family farm to save...
  • Chances Are by Kellie Coates Gilbert

    Chances Are by Kellie Coates Gilbert

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chances are, you never know what story might be in the very next chapter...When recently divorced Allie Barrett receives a letter notifying her that she’s inherited her deceased uncle’s home and fishing charter business in Oregon, she quickly decides the coastal town of Pacific Bay might be the perfect place to start over and raise her eleven-year-old son...
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    friendship  humor  north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  epic
  • Making Waves by Randi Reisfeld, H.B. Gilmour

    Making Waves by Randi Reisfeld, H.B. Gilmour

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Candy Apple is a fresh, fun take on fiction for girls: a new line of single titles with pep and pizzazz targeted at the solid middle-grade reader. This summer super special includes a sparkly add-on!Emily, Jenna, and LJ have been a trio forever...
  • Party Girl by Rachel Hollis

    Party Girl by Rachel Hollis

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Landon Brinkley is making her dreams come true. After years of poring over glossy photos of celebrity parties in People and US Weekly, she’s landed her Holy Grail: an internship with the fabulous Selah Smith, event planner to the Hollywood elite...
  • Coming Back by John Inman

    Coming Back by John Inman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Barney Teegarden knows what it’s like to be alone. He knows what it’s like to have a romantic heart, yet no love in his life to unleash the romance on. With the help of a friend, he acquires a lease in a seedy apartment building perched high on a hill in downtown San Diego...
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    california  humor  north-america  urban  usa  adult  audiobook  book
  • Fire Flow by Max Walker

    Fire Flow by Max Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sexy firefighter, Colton Drake, has everything going for him. From a prize-winning smile to a washboard set of abs, all mixed together with a playful sense of humor. He wasn’t the type to have one-night stands, but he knew he wouldn’t have trouble finding them. So why was he having such a terrible time finding someone to spend his life with? Well, until he meets the man that changes everything...
  • Perfection: The MacGregor Grooms / A Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts

    Perfection: The MacGregor Grooms / A Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The MacGregor Grooms(1998)Daniel MacGregor sets his matchmaking skills against three of his grandsons - D.C., Duncan, and Ian.A Perfect Neighbor(1999)Daniel MacGregor is matchmaking again when he encourages playwright Preston McQuinn to move in across the hall from his granddaughter Cybill Campbell...
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    north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

    Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (and the girl she's always wanted) or LA with her estranged mom (and the guy she never saw coming).In Dahlia Adler’s Going Bicoastal, there’s more than one path to happily ever after...
  • The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson

    The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whole life waiting for that magical moment, hoping that when she meets the right guy, everything will fall into place perfectly.But right now, her life is anything but perfect. Heading home from a music festival, engine trouble means she’s stranded at a Nevada bus station until morning...
  • Bingsu for Two by Sujin Witherspoon

    Bingsu for Two by Sujin Witherspoon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This outrageously charming and infuriatingly adorable enemies-to-lovers coffee shop romance is perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Better Than the Movies.Meet River Langston-Lee. In the past 24 hours, he’s dumped his girlfriend, walked out of his SATs, and quit his job at his parents’ cafe in spectacularly disastrous fashion—even for him...
  • Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones

    Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to take pride in his own abilities.Patrice dreams of a first-class education, but right now she's just got to survive the walk to school.Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother...then her mother lured her to Chicago and ended up in jail...
  • The Setup and The Substitute by Jiffy Kate

    The Setup and The Substitute by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s a single dad trying to make it in the Major Leagues and she’s a substitute teacher looking for her next adventure. Owen Thatcher has been ghosted by his ex, leaving him to pick up the pieces of their family in the midst of being traded to a new team. After striking out with nanny after nanny, he’s desperate to create a stable life for his two kids...
  • The Apology Project by Jeanette Escudero

    The Apology Project by Jeanette Escudero

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Dear (almost) everyone: Can we be friends again?Life is about to get complicated for Amelia Montgomery, a prominent litigator in Chicago. She’s been fired for not compromising her principles in a high-profile case and then punching her partner in the nose for the misogynistic comment he made in retort (not her finest moment)...
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    friendship  humor  north-america  urban  usa  adult  audiobook  book
  • I Heart Vegas by Lindsey Kelk

    I Heart Vegas by Lindsey Kelk

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After her first standalone novel, The Single Girl's To-Do List, Lindsey returns with a sparkling and romantic new novel in the I Heart series. Angela Clark loves her life in New York. She a Brit who's conquered the Big Apple. Unfortunately, she's also a Brit who's lost her job...
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    humor  north-america  urban  usa  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • The Best Worst Thing by Lauren Okie

    The Best Worst Thing by Lauren Okie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From a stunning new voice in romance, Lauren Okie’s The Best Worst Thing is an intimate story about starting over, second chances, and two people who cannot help falling into each other’s orbit once again.All things considered, Nicole Speyer has a pretty amazing life. At least that’s what she tells herself...
  • Rocked by Taryn Elliott, Cari Quinn

    Rocked by Taryn Elliott, Cari Quinn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Love definitely wasn't on the setlist. Opening for their idols on their first tour, Oblivion is living the dream. Mostly. Frustrated at being shoved out of his mediator role by their new manager, Deacon McCoy loses himself in brutal workouts...
  • Dare You To by Riley Hart

    Dare You To by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Previously released in the anthology, IT WAS ALWAYS YOU. A Wild Side Series prequel novella. Austin Thompson spends most of his spare time reading or logging in extra hours at the LGBTQ youth center where he works. His only standing “night out,” if you can call it that, is his weekly movie night with his best friend, Dare Nichols...
  • Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins

    Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In Marlowe Banks, Redesigned, Jacqueline Firkins wonderfully captures the messiness of failure, forgiveness, and embracing a second chance on life and love.Marlowe Banks’s life has come apart at the seams. Her engagement ended abruptly. Her latest costume design was shredded by critics. Her student loans are overdue. Her parents have never been more disappointed...
  • Operation Meet Cute by K.M. Neuhold

    Operation Meet Cute by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Harlow is on a single-minded mission: meet the man of his dreams by any meet-cute necessary.All my life, I’ve dreamed of one thing: the perfect movie moment. I want a man and his boombox outside my window; I want kissing in the rain; I want a romantic hero who will take my breath away.Switching mail with my cute neighbor didn’t work...
  • Wedding Girl by Stacey Ballis

    Wedding Girl by Stacey Ballis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You’ve Got Mail meets Julie & Julia in the new foodie fiction from the author of Recipe for Disaster...
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    friendship  humor  north-america  urban  usa  adult  book  contemporary
  • Hot Ride by Lucy Lennox

    Hot Ride by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *Please be aware Hot Ride originally appeared in the Heart2Heart Charity Anthology, Vol 1, under a different title.* When phone-sex operator Azrael gets into Travis's Uber, the driver profile claims Travis is deaf...
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    north-america  usa  urban  humor  illinois  romance  mlm  contemporary
  • Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better by Lauren Barnholdt

    Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better by Lauren Barnholdt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Devon Delaney cannot believe she's lying again. But the thing is, she couldn't help it. Her new boyfriend, Luke, is talking to his (gorgeous) ex-girlfriend, Bailey Barelli, every single day in mock trial. Devon couldn't just stand by and let him find out that she'd never dated anyone else before. Could she? Oopsie. Too late now...
  • The Secret Dreams of Sarah-Jane Quinn by Sharon Gerlach

    The Secret Dreams of Sarah-Jane Quinn by Sharon Gerlach

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sarah-Jane Quinn has many secret dreams: to own the bed-and-breakfast inn where she stayed as a child; to finally capture the elusive Coleridge “Collie” Tate, on whom she has an enormous crush; and most importantly, to be someone’s top priority for once in her life...
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    california  humor  north-america  urban  usa  adult  book  contemporary
  • Taste by Tracy Ewens

    Taste by Tracy Ewens

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If only life were as simple as following a recipe.In her twenties, Kara Malendar found herself at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, thousands of miles away from the harsh media coverage of her political family. But Paris ended abruptly when she was summoned home to Los Angeles and expected to stand in again as the senator’s perfect daughter...
  • Wedding Series Trilogy Boxed Set by Patricia McLinn

    Wedding Series Trilogy Boxed Set by Patricia McLinn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You are cordially invited ... to join the celebration as college friends embark on the greatest education of all -- falling in love. The Wedding Series Book 1 - Prelude to a Wedding Book 2 - Wedding Party Book 3 - Grady's Wedding The free spirit: Paul Monroe Book 1 - Prelude to a Wedding Charming Paul Monroe has the Peter Pan thing down pat...
  • Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas

    Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two Black, queer best friends face their last day together with an epic journey through Baltimore in this magnetic YA debut by celebrated cultural critic and bestselling Here For It author R. Eric Thomas. With junior year starting in the fall, Harrison feels like he's on the precipice of, well, everything...
  • Starstruck by Alexandra Lee

    Starstruck by Alexandra Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a tragic car accident leaves Lennon Thorne's world flipped on its axis, she no longer recognizes the life she’s living. She’s staying out too late, waking up in a different bed every day, and worst of all, she can’t write music—the one thing that has always given her reprieve from all of life’s chaos...
  • And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child, Maureen Childs

    And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child, Maureen Childs

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nine years ago, Samantha Marconi was swept away in a whirlwind wedding...even though she'd only known her new husband for a month. When Jeff left her just weeks after the wedding-she found out she was pregnant and had nowhere to turn. So Sam did the only thing she thought she could do. She placed her daughter up for adoption and tried to forget the past-until her past came knocking on her door..
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    north-america  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • I Just Play One on TV by A.L. Turner

    I Just Play One on TV by A.L. Turner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After an intense and emotional audition, Vincent Cantivespri impulsively falls into bed with Alex Gallegos… who refuses to even kiss him, and who immediately flees out of Vince’s apartment and back into the closet afterward. Vince barely realized men like Alex actually existed, and he writes the encounter off as a one-time mistake. Then he and Alex end up costars...
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    california  humor  north-america  usa  adult  aliens  angst  book
  • Most Wanted by Diana Palmer

    Most Wanted by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Include three previously released novels. THE CASE OF THE MESMERIZING BOSS--Name: Dane Lassiter. Description: A private eyeful at home... and on the range. Secret Sorrow: A family is forever denied to him. Current Focus: Tess Meriwether, gentle, vulnerable -- and targeted for danger. He had been a Texas Ranger, a lawman extraordinaire...
  • Dumped by Popular Demand by P.G. Kain

    Dumped by Popular Demand by P.G. Kain

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dorie Dilts is about to move from California to New Jersey, and instead of seeing this as the worst thing to happen to her in her 13 years, Dorie sees this as a great opportunity--an opportunity to reinvent herself as one of the popular crowd, that is. When she arrives at her new school, she immediately sets out to determine who is the most popular and how they got that way...
  • Loving You by Maureen Child

    Loving You by Maureen Child

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    #1 bestselling author Maureen Child first introduced you to the big, boisterous Candellano family in her novels Finding You and Knowing You. Now, welcome back to tiny Chandler, California, where there's always an extra place at the table and Mama Candellano is ready to offer lots of unsolicited advice, especially in matters of the heart..
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    humor  north-america  usa  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • I Heart Hollywood by Lindsey Kelk

    I Heart Hollywood by Lindsey Kelk

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I Heart series book 2. Celebs, sunshine and beautiful boys…enough to lead a girl astray? Angela Clark can’t believe her luck… she’s an English girl living in New York with a dream job at hip magazine The Look and a sexy boyfriend.Her latest assignment takes her to Hollywood to interview hot actor and fellow Brit James Jacobs...
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    california  humor  north-america  urban  usa  audiobook  book  comedy
  • My Double Life by Janette Rallison

    My Double Life by Janette Rallison

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Her whole life, Alexia Garcia has been told that she looks just like pop star Kari Kingsley, and one day when Alexia's photo filters through the Internet, she's offered a job to be Kari's double. This would seem like the opportunity of a lifetime, but Alexia's mother has always warned her against celebrities. Rebelliously, Alexia flies off to L.A. and gets immersed in a celebrity life...
  • If It Can't Be Us by Erin Cornia

    If It Can't Be Us by Erin Cornia

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a devastating loss, Vivian Walker moves to Chicago, determined to rebuild her life and maybe even find love again. She’s witty, strong, and ready to embrace the future. There’s just one problem––Leo Weston, the charming, undeniably attractive British psychologist next door, who’s never been one for relationships or commitment.Leo is wealthy, sexy, and has a penchant for one-night stands...
  • Seduced by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Seduced by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Warning: get ready for a testosterone overload. The guys are in the driver's seat in Seduced - and the ride's gonna rock. Twenty-three year old Nick Crandall has one focus in his life: Oblivion, the band he formed with his best friend Simon Kagan. With gigs coming up and the band members lacking focus after losing their drummer to rehab, they're out of ideas...
  • Love In Touch by Lucy May Lennox

    Love In Touch by Lucy May Lennox

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kassie has felt adrift ever since her dad died when she was in college. Now 24 and living in Seattle, she gets interested in learning sign language through her roommate, a sign language interpreter. One day at a Deaf community event, she sees a young man sitting off by himself. Kassie feels compelled to try signing to him–the fact that he’s strikingly handsome doesn’t hurt...
  • Triple Shot Bettys in Love by Jody Gehrman

    Triple Shot Bettys in Love by Jody Gehrman

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Geena is freaking out. She's been going out with Ben for five months, their relationship is comfortable and perfect, and then Bam! he's suddenly putting the pressure on to be way more physical. She's not sure she's ready. Enter Mr...
  • Irreplaceable by Kate Hawthorne, E.M. Denning

    Irreplaceable by Kate Hawthorne, E.M. Denning

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyle Stafford has a crush. He’s his own boss and answers to no one…except his sister, who he’s hired to help out with his highly successful food truck business. But he’s drowning in paperwork he doesn’t understand, and while he should be focusing on that, all he can think about is the attractive man who just moved into his building...
  • Right on Cue by Falon Ballard

    Right on Cue by Falon Ballard

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From the beloved author of Just My Type and Lease on Love comes a new romantic comedy in which a former actress-turned-screenwriter finds herself back in the spotlight, only for her romantic lead to be the one man she can’t stand.Hollywood darling Emmy Harper is considered the queen of writing romantic comedies...
  • Thank You For Riding by Cara McKenna

    Thank You For Riding by Cara McKenna

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last train of the night might just be the start of something good. Stung ego or not, Caitlin’s relieved her fizzling relationship is over, even if she’s just been unceremoniously dumped between the copier and a dead ficus tree. At least she has an excuse to ditch the lousy office Christmas party in time to catch the last subway home…to her cat, and early-onset spinsterhood...
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    humor  north-america  urban  usa  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Under My Thumb by Abby Reynolds

    Under My Thumb by Abby Reynolds

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Prudence sets out with her band to Los Angeles to make it big. Leaving behind London is difficult for her, but not because she fears she’ll be homesick. She’s never coming back. And her brother has no idea. After she arrives, she performs one of her first shows. But little does she know, an admirer sits in the audience. She hypnotizes him and draws him in, making him immediately smitten...
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    california  north-america  urban  usa  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book
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