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Happiness for Beginners by Carole Matthews
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMolly Baker is living her best life. Thirty-eight years old, she lives on the twenty-five-acre Hope Farm in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by (mostly) four-legged friends and rolling hills. There's Anthony the anti-social sheep, Tina Turner the alpaca with attitude, and the definitely-not-miniature pig, Teacup... -
![Finding Love at Mermaid Terrace by Kate Forster]()
Finding Love at Mermaid Terrace by Kate Forster
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLove comes when you least expect it...Tressa Buckland likes her quiet life in Port Lowdy, with its cobbled streets and colourful terraced houses overlooking the sea. Her job at the local paper allows her to pursue her art in her free time, with no one but her tabby cat Ginger Pickles to mind her in Mermaid Terrace...Categorized as:
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![Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson]()
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and Costa First Novel Award winning author Caleb Azumah NelsonOne of the most acclaimed and internationally bestselling “unforgettable” (New York Times) debuts of the 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson’s London-set love story Open Water took the US by storm and introduced... -
![A Summer of New Beginnings by Lisa Hobman]()
A Summer of New Beginnings by Lisa Hobman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet Zara Bailey, a travel writer paid to cover some of the globe's most luxurious locations. Jetting from wooden huts on stilts in turquoise seas to boutique hotels with roaring fires to 7* penthouse suites with panoramic views of the world's most glamorous cities..Categorized as:
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![The Billionaire's Secret: Enemies to Lovers Fake Marriage Romance by L. Steele]()
The Billionaire's Secret: Enemies to Lovers Fake Marriage Romance by L. Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"You are MINE..." Saint Jordan Killian CaldwellA gazillionaire with a panty melting smirk; and a soul as broken as my own.I wanted a child.He wanted a willing wife.I wanted someone to break me and build me up again...He wanted no emotions, no connection.A simple transaction, that's what he said it would be.I needed something in me to shatter, so I could finally live...Categorized as:
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![Örökké by Laura Leiner]()
Örökké by Laura Leiner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings„Okos kis könyv ez, elindult a saját útjára. Én pedig most magára hagyom, elengedem, hiszen én azt hiszem, mindent megtettem, amit lehetett, mindent úgy írtam, ahogy szerettem volna, most pedig elégedett vagyok az eredménnyel, mert tudom, én a kezdetek kezdetén valami ilyesmit akartam a végére. Nem egy finálét, elcsépelt ömlengést vagy túlcsavart szálakat... -
![A Summer Wedding for the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett]()
A Summer Wedding for the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt’s wedding day in Port Agnes!The venue is booked, the dress is picked, and Senior Midwife Anna Jones only has to say ‘I Do!’ to the man she loves! Theirs might have been a whirlwind romance, but Brae Penrose is everything Anna dreamed her husband would be and she can’t wait to start a new life with him...and if they are lucky, maybe even a family of their own...Categorized as:
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![You're the One for Me by Zelda French]()
You're the One for Me by Zelda French
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of them had a plan. The other was clueless. Together they will discover what love really is about.Guarded and studious, sixteen-year-old aspiring actor Zak favours being alone above all else… Except perhaps Alberto, the Italian god from Drama Club, with whom he’s secretly in love... -
![Kick Off: The District Line #1 by C F White, Rebecca Baker Fairfax]()
Kick Off: The District Line #1 by C F White, Rebecca Baker Fairfax
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when opposite sides of the track collide? East Londoner Jay Ruttman has only ever wanted one thing― to be a professional footballer. But after a disastrous brawl on the pitch gets him released from his pro-Academy, he has to follow plan B and enrolls as university Sports Scholar. Head down, train hard and get scouted is his motto... -
![Rough Around The Edges: A LESBIAN ROMANCE NOVEL by Crystal Chard]()
Rough Around The Edges: A LESBIAN ROMANCE NOVEL by Crystal Chard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Fresh, fab and funny. The characters leap off the page and swear at you until you love them while the sweet romance quietly captures your heart." CLARE ASHTON.Roxanne Mackenzie is not exactly living her best life. After moving to London to follow her dream of becoming a writer, she thought things would be different – better. Instead, they’re a whole lot worse... -
![Desperately Entwined by Emily Jane Trent]()
Desperately Entwined by Emily Jane Trent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDesperately Entwined, Book 8, is the dramatic conclusion of Touched By You: Natalie loves Tanner too much, and her heart might burst. If only he felt the same…. Her life has become inexorably entwined with his, and she’s desperate to have a future with him. Can Tanner make the commitment she longs for, or will the romance end? “She loved him so much she thought her heart might burst... -
![Kissing Father Christmas: A Novel by Robin Jones Gunn]()
Kissing Father Christmas: A Novel by Robin Jones Gunn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling and award-winning author Robin Jones Gunn returns to the cozy English village of Carlton Heath, with a winter romance to melt your heart. A year-and-a-half ago, Anna flew from Minnesota to Carlton Heath to attend the wedding of her cousin, Ian, to an American woman named Miranda. The beautiful event ended with Anna receiving an unexpected, unforgettable kiss from groomsman Peter... -
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Charles by Con Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOpposites attract in this low-angst romance filled with British snark and humour.Life should be a breeze for a playboy like Charles Heppel. As the third son of an earl, he lives for the moment, partying and playing. Settling down isn’t for him. Not when London is full of beautiful men who he hasn’t one-and-done yet... -
![Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald]()
Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This coming-of-age story is an incisive look at young masculinity and the way even the most fraught childhood is not without hope.Neither Finlay or Banjo can remember the last time they had a hug.Against all odds, 18-year-old Finlay has begun his nursing degree at Glasgow University... -
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![Starting from Scratch by Jay Northcote]()
Starting from Scratch by Jay Northcote
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStarting over isn't easy, but Ben is ready to live his life as the man he was always meant to be. Ben is transgender and back at university after hormone treatment and chest surgery. His new housemates have no idea about his history and Ben would prefer to keep it that way. He's starting from scratch and his life is finally on track, except in the romance department... -
![I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman]()
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFor Angel Rahimi, life is only about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are currently taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark’s fandom has given her everything – her friendships, her dreams, her place in the world.Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark too. He’s their frontman – and playing in a band is all he’s ever dreamed of doing... -
![Clover's Child by Amanda Prowse]()
Clover's Child by Amanda Prowse
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the million-copy bestseller Amanda Prowse, the queen of heartbreak fiction. Amanda Prowse is the author of The Coordinates Of Loss and the no.1 bestsellers Perfect Daughter, My Husband's Wife and What Have I Done? When eighteen-year-old Dot meets Sol, she feels that love has arrived at last... -
![Star Crossed by J.S. Taylor]()
Star Crossed by J.S. Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final instalment in the bestselling Starlight Trilogy... A young singer and a dangerous mentor 'X Factor meets Fifty Shades - I can't get enough of this series!' Total Book Blog The last book in the Starlight Trilogy sees Summer and Adam explore the dangerous depths of their relationship. But when Adam opens his heart, a deadly threat could tear them both apart... -
![Like a Christmas Dream by Lindsay Harrel]()
Like a Christmas Dream by Lindsay Harrel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Follow your dreams” is not her family’s motto.But this Christmas, Sarah’s doing the unthinkable—defying her wealthy parents.Instead of fulfilling expected holiday obligations, she visits a quaint English village to help her estranged sister open her dream bakery. And yes, Sarah fully expects things to be awkward between them.What she doesn’t expect?Michael Hammett...Categorized as:
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![The Certainty of Chance by Jacquelyn Middleton]()
The Certainty of Chance by Jacquelyn Middleton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT DECEMBER…Madeleine Joy is feeling more meh than merry. When an Icelandic volcano erupts six days before Christmas, hazardous ash congests European airspace, canceling flights indefinitely—including the thirtysomething's connection to Paris... -
![Glen & Tyler's Paris Double-cross by J.B. Sanders]()
Glen & Tyler's Paris Double-cross by J.B. Sanders
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGlen and Tyler are young, in love, and the wealthiest human beings on the planet. But when Glen's brother calls from a jail in Paris, they're off to France to tangle with spies, neo-Nazis, evil world-spanning conspiracies and French gangsters. Plus they have a romantic dinner, and find long-lost treasure. Really, it’s a fun-filled non-stop romp... -
![What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon]()
What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne Day meets a contemporary Bridgerton in this high-drama, escapist wonder of a love story, Paige Toon’s best yet.Three days to fall in love. Six years to try to forget.Ellie didn’t expect to fall in love while interrailing through Europe. But she also didn’t expect to meet a man like Ash... -
![A Kiss Before Christmas by A.E. Ryecart]()
A Kiss Before Christmas by A.E. Ryecart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas is looming and Jack De Lacy needs a solution to one hell of a fix. Dumped by his boyfriend in favour of his best friend, Jack's been busy bragging about a hot new man in his life. A hot new man who doesn't exist... -
![London, Can You Wait? by Jacquelyn Middleton]()
London, Can You Wait? by Jacquelyn Middleton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlex loves Mark. Mark loves Alex. But is love enough? Since moving to London from the US, twenty-four-year-old Alex Sinclair seems to have it all: a coveted job writing for the theatre, supportive friends, and the man of her dreams—gorgeous Irish actor, Mark Keegan. But in the year since the acclaimed debut of her play, Alex and Mark’s lives have been turned upside down... -
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![Summer Secrets at the Apple Blossom Deli by Portia MacIntosh]()
Summer Secrets at the Apple Blossom Deli by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLily Holmes is ready for a fresh start. And there’s no better place to begin again than the idyllic seaside town of Marram Bay.All Lily wants to do is focus on making her new deli a success and ensuring her son’s happiness. Not the postcard creeping out of her handbag, and definitely not finding a new man in her life!But this isn’t going to be as easy as she first thought... -
![The Stopping Place by Lily Morton]()
The Stopping Place by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSimeon Frith is recovering from a car accident at his house in Cornwall. He’s a successful man and usually very self-sufficient, but after attempting to open a can of baked beans with a brick, he realises that he needs help. However, he never imagined that putting an advert in the paper for an assistant would result in the gorgeous Ziggy Tuesday sauntering into his life... -
![One Dirty Scot by Donna Alam, Kellie Dennis]()
One Dirty Scot by Donna Alam, Kellie Dennis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s dirty, hot, and Scottish. Hear him speak and you’ll understand . . . So. Damn. Sexy. He wears a suit like a hooker wears lingerie. For the business of temptation. I’m not giving in. Even if his hands were in my panties the night we met . . . It won’t happen again. We’re too different—I’m a doctor. Professional. Sensible. While he seems to have stepped from my Tumblr feed... -
![Christmas by Candlelight by Karen Swan]()
Christmas by Candlelight by Karen Swan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSnowed in for the holidays…It’s three days before Christmas and just starting to snow… Against her better judgement, Libby Pugh has been persuaded by her best friend to stop in on their university reunion on her way back from a wedding in North Yorkshire with her boyfriend, Max... -
![Christmas in the Snow by Karen Swan]()
Christmas in the Snow by Karen Swan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNo secret stays buried forever...In London, the snow is falling and Christmas is just around the corner - but Allegra Fisher barely has time to notice. She's pitching for the biggest deal of her career and can't afford to fail. And when she meets attractive stranger, Sam Kemp, on the plane to the meeting, she can't afford to lose her focus either... -
![The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan]()
The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsUSA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan returns with a heartfelt story of friendship, finding yourself, and the surprising ties that bring us together.To the outside world, Imogen is a marketing dynamo. Her colleagues don’t know that while her high-achieving professional image is real, the happy childhood stories she spins are as fake as her pretend enthusiasm for Christmas... -
![The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall]()
The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMatrimony meets mayhem in a modern British romcom about a young woman charged with pulling off the biggest aristocratic wedding of the year––and the misadventures that ensue.Sophie Breeze is a brilliant bridesmaid. So brilliant, in fact, that she’s made it her full-time job... -
![Swan Song by John Galsworthy]()
Swan Song by John Galsworthy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1928. English novelist, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. To readers of Galsworthy there is a special significance in this novel for it marks the passing of Soames Forsyte and brings the annals of the Forsyte family to an end... -
![The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone]()
The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this delightfully charming and heartfelt debut love story, two lonely and wildly different strangers embark on a short-term friendship over one London summer—only to discover they may be something more by the time the season ends.No one would ever call Ava Monroe a people person, which isn’t ideal for a barista in a busy London coffee shop...Categorized as:
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![Blue Murder by Emma Jameson]()
Blue Murder by Emma Jameson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTwo Dead Men In London’s fashionable Chelsea, a Halloween bash goes terribly wrong. Emmeline Wardle, daughter of a frozen foods baron, throws a party which results in the demise of two university schoolmates. Handsome golden boy Trevor Parsons is dead. So is pasty computer nerd Clive French... -
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![The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae by Stephanie Butland]()
The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae by Stephanie Butland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the author of The Lost for Words Bookshop, The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae will warm you from the inside out. Ailsa Rae is learning how to live. She's only a few months past the heart transplant that—just in time—saved her life. Life should be a joyful adventure. But . . . Her relationship with her mother is at breaking point and she wants to find her father... -
![Capture & Surrender by L.A. Witt, Aleksandr Voinov]()
Capture & Surrender by L.A. Witt, Aleksandr Voinov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLambda Literary Award Finalist Ever since his partner died, Frank has resigned himself to staying single. He wards off the loneliness by spending time with friends on the paintball field and running his high-end brothel, the Market Garden. After one of his most lucrative rentboys quits, Frank is thrilled when a gorgeous replacement walks through the door... -
![Str8 B8 by K.C. Wells]()
Str8 B8 by K.C. Wells
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWork has been a little hard to come by recently for builder Tom Ryder. When a friend tells him about the wad of cash he got for starring in an adult video, Tom seizes the opportunity. Besides, his friend said his co-star was really hot, so Tom is definitely not seeing a downside.Until he arrives for the shoot and finds out his friend glossed over one important detail—Tom’s co-star is a guy... -
![Coming Home to Winter Island by Jo Thomas]()
Coming Home to Winter Island by Jo Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWrap up warm and explore the breath-taking beauty of a remote Scottish island and an old house waiting to unlock enchanting family secrets.Do you need to find out where you've come from before you can know what the future holds?Ruby's singing career is on the verge of hitting the big time, when her voice breaks. Fearing her career is over, she signs up for a retreat in Tenerife to recover...Categorized as:
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![Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak]()
Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlants are easier than people—that’s Leo’s rule of thumb. After all, nobody really wants a man who looks like he belongs in a biker gang but would rather spend his time buried in books and flowers. It’s just easier to be single. Until he meets the owner of the new book shop.Jacob Morris knows two things: he’s really attracted to the man who runs the local flower shop, and he doesn’t date... -
![Fever Dream by Annabel Joseph]()
Fever Dream by Annabel Joseph
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPetra Hewitt’s the top ballerina in the world, and The Great Rubio her obvious counterpart, so why does she want to strangle him whenever he’s around? He’s haughty, abrupt, demanding—and alarmingly sexy. Petra knows Rubio is dangerous to her heart, to her peace of mind, and worst of all, to her career, but his rough flirtation compels her... -
![Craving by Cara McKenna]()
Craving by Cara McKenna
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the second title in the Curio Vignettes series, follow-up stories to the novel Curio. What a difference a season makes. In the spring, Caroly arrived on Didier Pedra’s doorstep in Paris as so many women have—ready to buy an evening’s pleasure with a gorgeous man skilled in the craft of seduction. She was a trembling virgin then, but so much has changed... -
![House of Secrets by Lynda Stacey]()
House of Secrets by Lynda Stacey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA woman on the run, a broken man and a house with a shocking secret … Madeleine Frost has to get away. Her partner Liam has become increasingly controlling to the point that Maddie fears for her safety, and that of her young daughter Poppy. . Desperation leads Maddie to the hotel owned by her estranged father – the extraordinarily beautiful Wrea Head Hall in Yorkshire... -
![The Highland Crush by Amy McGavin]()
The Highland Crush by Amy McGavin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIona Stewart, the girl I grew up with, is back in Bannock, and it's like an old wound has been ripped open.Memories of our time together—our childhood mischief, the twilight talks by the loch, the nights we spent wrapped in each other's arms—come crashing back.Things between us couldn't be more different now. She avoids me at all costs...Categorized as:
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![Reversal by Cara McKenna]()
Reversal by Cara McKenna
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the third title in the Curio Vignettes series, follow-up stories to the novel Curio. Didier Pedra can read a woman’s body like a book, sense her deepest needs and satisfy her every craving. It’s his job, after all. But drop him in the center of Paris, the only city he’s ever known, and he’s lost, reduced to a trembling wreck by agoraphobia... -
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![The Heart's Domination by Emily Jane Trent]()
The Heart's Domination by Emily Jane Trent
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatalie gave her body, but he took her heart. Does she have his? Will her love be enough for both of them? The sex gets hotter, and Tanner just might get burned. “A white rose lay on the table beside Natalie. Swept up in the moment, Tanner had purchased the single rose from a street vendor, and presented it to her with a gallant bow... -
![Bound By Love by Emily Jane Trent]()
Bound By Love by Emily Jane Trent
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatalie’s submission has Tanner’s desire spiraling out of control. She’s in touch with sexual pleasures she never dreamed of, and can’t imagine life without him. Tanner admits to his obsession with Natalie, but is that all it is? “I never met a woman I crave, like I crave you. It’s not so much what we do, as how we do it. There are no words. It’s different with you... -
![Playing It Close by Kat Latham]()
Playing It Close by Kat Latham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhere do you go to escape everything when you're one of the most famous rugby players in the world? For Liam Callaghan, that place is a remote lodge on Venezuela's Caribbean coast. Perfect, except he doesn't exactly want to be alone with his thoughts. Enter Tess Chambers, the ultimate distraction... -
![A Highland Home by Cali MacKay]()
A Highland Home by Cali MacKay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRowan Campbell is desperate for answers. She’s lived her life without knowing a thing about her father, her mother refusing to speak of him, even on her deathbed. With her cheating fiancé gone and no one else in her life, Rowan moves to her mother’s hometown in Scotland, determined to find the father she’s never known... -
![Spun! by J.L. Merrow]()
Spun! by J.L. Merrow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Shamwell Tales stories can be enjoyed in any order — jump in wherever you'd like! An ill-advised encounter at the office party leaves David Greenlake jobless and homeless in one heady weekend. But he quickly begs work from his ex-boss and takes a room in Shamwell with easygoing postman Rory Deamer... -
![The Wanderer by Dahlia Donovan]()
The Wanderer by Dahlia Donovan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen life kicks a wanderer in the bollocks, all he can do is fight for his life.Bad boy BC Brooks screwed up his lifelong dream of being captain of the English national rugby team. Lost and confused, he hides from his failures until an unexpected inheritance forces him to make a change.Graham Hodson lives for travel, adventure, and one-night stands. Wanderlust rules his life...
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