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  • Hot Under the Collar by Roxanne St. Claire

    Hot Under the Collar by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Firefighter Braden Mahoney is devastated when his beloved Weimaraner, Jelly Bean, fails the canine arson investigator test. Faced with the challenge of raising the money for advanced training, it’s Braden’s sweet grandmother and her best friend who suggest he use the services of the new event planner in town. Not that he needs a push in Cassie Santorini’s direction...
  • Long Lost by Lexi Blake

    Long Lost by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A stolen past The only thing Tucker remembers of his past is pain. Used in a doctor’s evil experiments, his memories and identity were erased, and his freedom taken. He believed his nightmare was over when he was liberated by the men and women of McKay-Taggart, until he heard the name Steven Reasor...
  • Peppermint Bark by Roxanne St. Claire

    Peppermint Bark by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Getting stood up for her high school prom turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to Colleen Kilcannon. That's when Joe Mahoney offered to fill in as her date, and magic happened. By the end of that night, Colleen was ready to give up her dreams of flying the friendly skies and seeing the world…because nothing in that world could compete with her firefighter...
  • Fio: An O'Brien Novella by Stacey Reynolds

    Fio: An O'Brien Novella by Stacey Reynolds

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *This novella is not a stand alone, but the first in a series of spin-off stories from The O’Brien Tales. This storyline should be read after the third book, Shadow Guardian: An O’Brien Tale, to avoid spoilers. Timothy Daniels is an American hero. After surviving a catastrophic injury during a tour with the Marines in Iraq, he has spent the following years carving out a new life for himself...
  • Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s her best friend.A reformed bad boy turned hot teacher.And after one spur-of-the-moment Vegas wedding... her husband. Jordan Benoit and Fletcher Landry have been best friends since they were six. He’s always been The Guy. When she needed picked up, cheered up, or lifted up — like literally, to see the stage at a concert — Fletcher was the guy...
  • Man's Best Friend (The Dogmothers) by Roxanne St. Claire

    Man's Best Friend (The Dogmothers) by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Declan Mahoney and Evie Hewitt are childhood best friends who become young lovers on one summer night in the Carolina mountains. But the next morning, they learn Declan’s firefighter father has been killed while saving Evie’s family and home. Consumed by grief, and determined to take up his responsibility as the oldest Mahoney sibling, Declan turns from Evie...
  • Hush, Puppy by Roxanne St. Claire

    Hush, Puppy by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    John Santorini has his hands full this summer and not just with Maverick, the wild and willful puppy he recently adopted. He’s trying to franchise his business, he’s got serious staffing issues, and his biggest investor still hasn’t committed to financing...
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    animals  second-chances  adult  book  contemporary  dog  dogs  fiction
  • Bad to the Bone by Roxanne St. Claire

    Bad to the Bone by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trace Bancroft has been in prison for fourteen years, paying for a mistake that cost a man his life. Now released, Trace heads back to Bitter Bark with his mutt, Meatball, and runs into Daniel Kilcannon, who offers to provide some medical care for the dog. Trace knows that would mean seeing Molly Kilcannon, a girl who shared one crazy night with him before his life took a turn for the worst...
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    animals  second-chances  adult  book  contemporary  dogs  epic  family
  • Hot Mess by J.H. Croix

    Hot Mess by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ward Susannah is the only woman who’s ever tested my control. Fighting fires is my life, but I can’t put out the fire between us. I tell myself I can keep my distance, tell myself it’s nothing more than a little fun. She fills every corner of my thoughts and kicks my control to the curb. Still, I have this. I can handle her. Then I find out she’s pregnant—with our baby...
  • Chasing Tail by Roxanne St. Claire

    Chasing Tail by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Firefighter Connor Mahoney has a well-deserved reputation as a flirtatious charmer, but underneath his playful exterior is a man who hates to lose. When he decides to run for mayor, he's confident of victory because of his brilliant idea to put Frank, a local canine hero who saved a drowning child, as the name on the ticket...
  • Courted by a Cowboy by Mindy Neff

    Courted by a Cowboy by Mindy Neff

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Texas Sweethearts series--Book One As young girls, they vowed to be best friends forever-a promise they kept through happiness and heartbreak! Now these four Texas Sweethearts are all turning thirty...
  • Bayou Dreaming by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Dreaming by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake’s heartfelt contemporary romance set in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou. Roxanne King left the big city looking for a simpler life, but after years of proving herself on a SWAT team in New York City, being deputy in a sleepy Louisiana parish is something of an adjustment...
  • Second Chance Love Affair: A Bancroft Billionaire Brothers Novel by Ali Parker

    Second Chance Love Affair: A Bancroft Billionaire Brothers Novel by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Now isn’t the time for a beautiful single mom to steal my heart. Especially not one that I’ve loved before. I’m not that boy anymore, though. Life has been less than kind. My father abandoning us and leaving me to be the man of the house at a young age started the chip growing on my shoulder. He moved on to another life and I helped my family mend as best I could...
  • Forever Starts Tonight by Barbara Freethy

    Forever Starts Tonight by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seven best friends start out as bridesmaids and end up as brides! It's Jessica's turn to fall in love in the popular Bachelors & Bridesmaids Series by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy...
  • Fire and Romance by Melanie Shawn

    Fire and Romance by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stand-alone Hope Falls romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way! What if the one that got away was the one you never had? Marco Reyes had no plans to attend his ten-year high school reunion, but when the sinfully sexy and perpetually single firefighter unexpectedly finds himself in his hometown one fateful weekend, that’s exactly where he ends up—and it’s where he...
  • Enemy Chase by Alex Lidell

    Enemy Chase by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aiden McDane. Brave. Loyal. More sexy than any one man has a right to be.Former Special Forces operative Aiden McDane has every reason to hate bombs expert Tara Northpoint. Problem is he can’t remember a single one - and not just because of the way she looks up at him with those big eyes and lush lips.Years ago Aiden was captured and interrogated by the enemy—an enemy Tara worked for...
  • Enigma by Laramie Briscoe

    Enigma by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s not how we make mistakes, but how we correct them that defines us… Karsyn Fallaway Tucker didn’t stop my car as it drove away from his house that summer night, and the sting of rejection hasn't gone away. Over a year has gone by, and I find myself looking for him in all the places he’d been before. It doesn’t help, he’s still an enigma I have yet to figure out...
  • After You by Stephanie Rose

    After You by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After You is the final interconnected STANDALONE novel in the Second Chances Series. I had the happily ever after . . . until it was gone. Three became two. And I was alone. Our time—my time—was over. Alone was the right way to be. The only way. Life was me, my son, and my memories. Until the day I met someone who turned my lonely existence upside down...
  • Fire and Foreplay by Melanie Shawn

    Fire and Foreplay by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stand-alone Hope Falls romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way! One look… That was all it took for Gabe Maguire to realize something was missing in his life. After beating cancer and returning to the cage to claim victory in the octagon, Gabe was ready to settle into his life in Hope Falls as a firefighter...
    Categorized as:
    animals  in-uniform  adult  betrayal  book  contemporary  dog  fiction
  • Fearless by Nicole Edwards

    Fearless by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s the one who walked away... Dare Davis, one of the four owners of Pier 70 Marina, has been living the past fifteen years of his life not taking risks. He considers himself fearless because he refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt him. He’s had his heart broken before, he’s not looking for it to happen again. He’s the one who let love slip through his fingers..
  • To Love A Stallion by Deborah Fletcher Mello

    To Love A Stallion by Deborah Fletcher Mello

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pleasure before business... John Stallion may be a ruthless CEO who thinks he can buy her family's Texas ranch, but Dallas businesswoman Marah Briscoe intends to put her considerable charm and savvy into breaking his iron grip on the proposed deal...
    Categorized as:
    animals  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  romance
  • Naughty All Night by Jennifer Bernard

    Naughty All Night by Jennifer Bernard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A standalone novel in the sizzling Lost Harbor, Alaska series Kate Robinson has had a talent for trouble since she was a young teen in Lost Harbor, Alaska, during summertime visits to her grandmother’s peony farm. It’s the only true home she’s ever known, so it’s where she retreats when REAL trouble chases her out of California, her legal career in ruins...
  • Wild Beauty (A Soul Sister Novel) by Audrey Carlan

    Wild Beauty (A Soul Sister Novel) by Audrey Carlan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The newest sizzling romance from Audrey Carlan, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Calendar Girl series.My life has never been easy. Not from the day I took my first breath until now. Only days old, I was placed in a laundry basket and left in front of a firehouse. I never knew who my parents were before being shuffled around from one bad foster home to another...
  • Only Ever Us by J.H. Croix

    Only Ever Us by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A smokin’ hot second chance holiday romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!That guy. You know the one? He just walked back into my world. It all started when I set the curtains on fire at a funeral. Actually, it all started seven years ago in college. Rowan Cole was that guy—the one I couldn’t forget. We’d once been best friends. Maybe more. We almost had it all...
  • Burning Up by Tara Wyatt

    Burning Up by Tara Wyatt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We have to burn to rise from the ashes.Nearly two years after her divorce, Felicity Hawthorne is ready to date again. At least, she thinks she would be, if the idea of dating wasn’t so freaking terrifying. But then she wins a date with sexy, swoony firefighter Noah Prescott at a charity bachelor auction, and everything changes. FDNY captain Noah isn’t looking for a relationship...
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    in-uniform  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is quickly becoming my least favorite four-letter word.I let a girl into my heart once, and she nearly destroyed me.The last time I saw her she was in the back seat of her father’s car, leaving me forever.No goodbye.No mercy.That was ten years ago.Now the sexy vixen from my past is back in town looking to hire a consultant.This is my way back in.But not for redemption or a second chance...
  • Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson

    Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLER! 10 NEW HOLIDAY ROMANCES From NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Authors To Warm Your Heart And Curl Your Toes! Each Sweet and/or Steamy Story takes place at a unique magical Mistletoe Lodge. Curl up in your favorite chair and treat yourself to a Christmassy-Happily-Ever-After Experience full of jingle bells, mistletoe and JOY, celebrating the spirit of the season...
  • All In by J.L. Drake

    All In by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Physical and emotional wounds that stem from a ten-year marriage are hard to get over. It takes something out of a movie to snap Arizona back to reality. It’s time to start over. With the help of a Christmas tree, a cast, and some dark sarcasm, she comes butt to face with an amused neighbor—a very attractive neighbor...
  • Forever Faithful by Ginny Sterling

    Forever Faithful by Ginny Sterling

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dreamer, aviator, and certainly not the man she expected…Harley Petersen knew falling for a man in uniform was a mistake. A relationship with a pilot would end in heartbreak, especially when it is her twin brother’s wingman. Stolen moments long ago only deepened the connection between them that she kept hidden away deep inside… until Jackson came crashing into her world once again...
  • The Cowgirl's Secret Love by Vivian Arend

    The Cowgirl's Secret Love by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Heart Falls — a place for family, friends, and a second chance to fall in love. A stand alone novel in a new trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend. Karen Coleman has four months to spend in Heart Falls with her sisters before heading off to school. She has no idea the man who stole her heart five years ago during their secret fling wants to try again...
  • Deep Check by Kimberly Kincaid

    Deep Check by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This story was previously published in the HOT ON ICE anthology. Hotshot hockey center Finn Donnelly wants nothing more than to take The Cup to his best friend's grave after the Rage's big win. The problem is, that also means returning to his hometown and seeing January Sinclair, a.k.a., the woman he left behind. She might be as beautiful and fiery as ever, but Finn's ghosts belong in the past...
  • Love is Coming to Town by Alexa Rivers, Claire Wilder

    Love is Coming to Town by Alexa Rivers, Claire Wilder

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What’s a small town Christmas without a little romance?Fake relationships, second chances, friends to lovers, and sexy brother’s best friends.Mix in some small town gossip, meddling matchmakers, and Christmas magic and you have a perfect holiday escape. Finding His Cheer by Claire WilderHe loved and lost. She’s just lost...
  • Baby, Light My Fire by Erin Wright, Kait Nolan

    Baby, Light My Fire by Erin Wright, Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Baby, Light My Fire is a bundle of six full-length contemporary romance novels full of firefighters hotter than the flames they put out… Flames of Love (From USA Today Bestselling Author Erin Wright) - Jaxson’s not interested in love; his priority is caring for his two small boys, and being fire chief of Sawyer. Everything changes the day he catches sight of Sugar...
  • Fire And Ice by Aiden Bates

    Fire And Ice by Aiden Bates

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m straight. How can I be in love with a guy?Richie is my best friend and fellow firefighter. He’s the best guy in the world, so why do I feel so weird when I see him on a date with a man? I’ve never cared before. I’ve also never seen him dating guys before, even though I know he swings both ways.It doesn’t take long for me to realize it’s jealousy.Damn it.We’ve always been friends...
  • Tangled in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell

    Tangled in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Look out, world! There's a new cowboy in town."—Carolyn Brown, New York Times Bestselling Author It took 32 seconds to end his career.But it only took 1 to change his life. Thirty-two seconds. That's how long it took for Delon Sanchez's life to end. One minute he was the best bronc rider in the Panhandle and the next he was nothing...
  • Air Force Hero: A Military Secret Baby Novel by Weston Parker

    Air Force Hero: A Military Secret Baby Novel by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’s only been one woman for me, and she’s never truly been mine. But I don’t have much time for anyone anyway, with my focus on my career. I’m a military man through and through, from generation to generation. This one girl, though. She stole my heart when we were kids, but it’s taboo, forbidden. She’s my best friend’s little sister, and he’d kill us both...
  • Set the Night on Fire by Jennifer Bernard

    Set the Night on Fire by Jennifer Bernard

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Bernard is back with a brand new series about the wild and sexy firefighters of Jupiter Point. The town bad boy is back to clear his name Firefighter Sean Marcus left Jupiter Point in disgrace, but now he’s coming home to clear his name...
  • Just in Time for Christmas by Carolyn Brown

    Just in Time for Christmas by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's Southern twang and inimitable sass shine through in this romantic second-chance story.Footloose Liz Hanson has finally come home to Ringgold, Texas with a hankering to settle down. All she wants for Christmas is a house of her own-and the man of her dreams. The house was easy...
  • Rocky Mountain Romance by Vivian Arend

    Rocky Mountain Romance by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Second chances are the sweetest—and the hottest. It took a spectacularly embarrassing break-up to knock Steve Moonshine Coleman off his lazy butt. In the ten months since that night, he’s changed his ways, and now that Melody’s back in town, it’s time for this sweet-talking cowboy to convince her to get back in the saddle with him...
  • Fire by Abby Brooks

    Fire by Abby Brooks

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He was my first and I thought he’d be my last. Now he’s asking for a second chance.Micah Hutton is charming. Sweet. Confident. And his page in the shirtless fireman calendar for charity? Trust me, November has never been hotter. But like Grandma says: it’s never the angels who look like sin.Micah promised he’d love me forever...
  • Heartless by Cheryl Douglas

    Heartless by Cheryl Douglas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Derek McCall was devastated when his college girlfriend married his best friend, Josh Cooper. He respected the boundaries of friendship for years, but one night they gave in to temptation. Feeling guilty for betraying his best friend, Derek left town determined to put the past and Ashley behind him. Ashley Cooper has loved two men in her life, her ex-husband, Josh, and her ex-boyfriend, Derek...
  • Dating a Cougar II by Donna McDonald

    Dating a Cougar II by Donna McDonald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Firefighter and eco entrepreneur Walter Graham II is tired of dating beautiful, but unsettled women who don’t know what they want from life. He wants to date a woman who’s as smart as she is attractive—someone who can talk about interesting things—someone confident about her work...
  • Not Leaving by Leigh Ann Lunsford

    Not Leaving by Leigh Ann Lunsford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Addison Parker has loved one boy all her life, Tyler James. She met him the first day of school after moving to Tennessee to live with her grandparents. Through death, raising her younger siblings, betrayal, and heartbreak, he has been there. She has forgiven him for many things, but this time when he leaves, she decides he is not her future anymore. Tyler James loves Addison Parker...
  • Christmas Pets and Kisses: 16 Sweet Christmas Romances by Helen Scott Taylor, Mona Risk

    Christmas Pets and Kisses: 16 Sweet Christmas Romances by Helen Scott Taylor, Mona Risk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    .SIXTEEN ALL-NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED SWEET (PG-rated) CHRISTMAS ROMANCES Ring in the Christmas cheer with sixteen all-new sweet and heart-warming romances from New York Times, USA Today bestselling, and award-winning authors...
  • Lucky Strike by M. Andrews

    Lucky Strike by M. Andrews

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At the age of five, Ryder Callahan knew without a shadow of doubt that Lucky Flanagan was his Lucky Strike. But for twenty-five years, Lucky kept Ryder at arm’s length, not wanting to destroy the one stable relationship in her otherwise turbulent life. In a moment of weakness, the two acted on their feelings for one another...
  • Flameover by Esther E. Schmidt

    Flameover by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Little white lies never hurt anyone, right? A spur of the moment decision and a little white lie leaves Kain Lawson clueless and wanting more after a one-night stand. Four years later, Kain finds his lie coming back to haunt him.After her father’s death, Leontine is left to deal with the company he left behind and to cope with her stress, she decides to move to Sunnyville...
  • A Crystal Lake Novel Boxed Set 1-3 by Juliana Stone

    A Crystal Lake Novel Boxed Set 1-3 by Juliana Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This boxed set includes the first three titles in the Crystal Lake series. The Thing About TroubleCam Booker learned the hard way that commitment and love aren’t for him. Fresh out of a relationship that nearly saw him go to jail, he’s focused on building a life and his business. But when he suddenly finds himself responsible for a motherless five-year-old, his world is turned upside down...
  • Hooked on Trouble by Kelly Siskind

    Hooked on Trouble by Kelly Siskind

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reality bites. Hard. The last time Raven did “real” was sixteen months ago, when she spent one unforgettable night with the tattooed, impossibly sexy Nico, and then he disappeared the next day. Since then, she’s kept her guard up and her feelings to herself. She doesn’t have time for relationship drama when she’s busy searching for her long lost sister...
  • Her Smokin' Firefighter by Tracy Lorraine

    Her Smokin' Firefighter by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was meant to be for one-night-only. A way to forget about life for an hour or two. She distracted me, but now I can’t forget her. Leaving her hotel room while she was still sleeping wasn’t my best move, but my need for this woman is enough to have me running as fast as I can. That is until I find her making herself comfortable in my dad’s house. The fiery redhead wasn’t just a one-nighter...
  • Reveal by H.J. Welch

    Reveal by H.J. Welch

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I wish this were real with you.” Geeky Jason Miller has never really been with a man, and his bullying colleagues at NASA know it. But when an innocent white lie gets out of hand, Jason never would have guessed his gorgeous-but-straight childhood friend would leap to his rescue...
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