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  • Forever Freed by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Freed by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jackson Parker has seen evil first hand as a Tier 1 government asset with the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. After months of black ops work overseas, he’s finally coming home for a break. But with Keeneston’s wedding of the century, a stowaway on the run, and a plot that could kill thousands of civilians, Jackson gets anything but rest and relaxation...
  • Lark by Cee Bowerman

    Lark by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lark Forrester may have been born into the country club set, but she didn’t stay there. From infancy, she was raised around bikers, so it was inevitable that she’d become one herself. Her dream of joining an MC has now come to fruition, and she proudly serves as the Texas Queens MC president with her cousin Rain...
  • Loving Romeo by Laura Pavlov

    Loving Romeo by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Demi Crawford was Magnolia Falls royalty.I was the boxer from the wrong side of the tracks.She was the epitome of everything good, while I was broody and rebellious.We couldn’t be more different.Her family was enemy number one which made her guilty by association.I despised her before I even knew her.It was easier that way.But now she’d moved in next door to me, and she was everywhere I turned...
  • Red Dirt Heart 3 by N.R. Walker

    Red Dirt Heart 3 by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Life for Charlie Sutton has never been better, or busier. With Travis now a permanent fixture of Sutton Station, a permanent fixture at Charlie’s side, Charlie’s convinced he couldn’t do anything on his ever-growing to-do list without him...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  suspense  adult  animals  audiobook  book
  • Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    >b>In the second book of the USA Today bestselling series, Carly looks into a young woman’s disappearance while trying to hide her own dark secrets. Carly Moore is finally feeling settled in Drum, Tennessee. She likes her job waitressing at Max’s Tavern AND her boyfriend… she should have known both were too good to be true...
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s on the rebound, and he’s on the prowl. Aurora “Rory” Pike gave up her dream of becoming an opera superstar long ago. Now she’s content to teach music to the children of Snow Creek while helping her family recover from the wildfire that devastated them...
  • Wrecked Palace by Catherine Cowles

    Wrecked Palace by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One night was all it took for everything to change.From college student to guardian in a single breath.My siblings became my world.No time for date nights or romantic dreams.I traded quiet weekends for sleepless nights.Giving my all to make sure they were cared for.But Griffin had a brokenness that called to me—one that mirrored my own.Gruff and just a little bit reckless...
  • The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares an emotional tale about a woman’s quest to reunite her family and make a patchwork quilt of happiness out of her own happily ever after. Riley Thomson believes every woman can be her own superhero...
  • Edge of Tomorrow by Freya Barker

    Edge of Tomorrow by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Solitude and motor oil meets soul food and warinessI’m a grease-stained enigma.A watcher, a protector, an ex-con, and a mechanic.My name is Brick.I’m old enough to know good things come to those who wait, and hungry enough to go after what I want.I am a proud independent.A nurturer, a cook, a casualty, and a grandparent.My name is Lisa...
  • My Kinda Player by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    My Kinda Player by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AJ Summer witnessed four of her sisters fall in love and settle down. But not her. She’s stuck in a rut, destined to spend the rest of her life watching from the dugout, kissing frogs. Then one night, she meets a mysterious stranger, who makes her feel alive and realize she’s not as broken as she thought–until she wakes up alone...
    Categorized as:
    family  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  small-town
  • That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Jillian Dodd

    That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Devaney Diamond’s summer break was shaping up to be the best one ever. Her longtime crush was finally interested in her, and by the time school rolled around in the fall, she knew he’d be her boyfriend...
  • Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The fourth, and final novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series fires up the passion in a story about forgiveness and finding your soul mate.Dirk Littlewood had the world at his feet and a life he claimed to love. He was a world-champion bull rider with plenty of women to keep his nights busy and make his inner loneliness nothing but a delusion...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  sports  adult  alpha-mc  athlete  book
  • Sanibel Sunsets by Hope Holloway

    Sanibel Sunsets by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Eliza’s son arrives in Shellseeker Beach, he’s struggling. Dane deeply disapproves of his mother’s relationship with a new man, causing friction in Eliza’s happy life. In addition, he must navigate a whole new life and find a way to channel his emotions in to music. Support comes from the most unexpected corner, surprising everyone…including Dane...
  • The Dangerous One by Lori Foster

    The Dangerous One by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alone is good. Alone with her is…better. Hunter Osborn left his family, his friends and his job as a park ranger after uncovering a disturbing crime scene. Haunted by nightmares and dark thoughts, Hunter relocated to a small cabin outside of Ridge Trail, Colorado, where he lives off the land (and mostly off the grid)...
  • Changed by you by Kristin Mayer

    Changed by you by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm in over my head, and Teale Delaney is the reason why. She's beautiful, sassy, and I can't stop thinking about her. If I let myself, I could fall in love. But I can’t. I won’t. It’s to protect her, not me. Someone out there wants vengeance. If I allow them to see my true feelings for Teale, they’ll stop at nothing to take her away...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels

    Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I am about to lose everything.My home. My name. My future.My husband was involved in something that could cost us our lives, and on his deathbed, he demands my daughter and I flee Britain. I had no idea he found her biological father, Holden James, in Rose Canyon, and that’s where we’d start over.The moment we see each other, feelings I’d long forgotten rush over me...
  • This Much Is True by Adriana Locke

    This Much Is True by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When celebrity Laina Kelley bolted from her small hometown church on her wedding day, she ran to the first place that came to mind—the home of the local farrier, a gorgeous playboy who just so happens to be her first love … and biggest frenemy...
  • The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the crossroads of small town mystery and dark suspense comes a romance that explores the bonds of family, the power of love, and the potentially explosive collateral damage of the secrets we keep... Sometimes a contract to forget can be as powerful as a promise to remember..
  • Favorite Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Favorite Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The boy next door isn’t next door anymore.He’s in Vegas, preparing for the upcoming NFL season, and I’m still stuck in the small Midwestern town where we grew up.We should be together, but people wanted us apart. They won. Secrets are uncovered and lives are forever torn apart.Maybe it was a mistake to try to recapture what we once had after everything we’d been through...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  sports  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  athlete  betrayal
  • Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The boy next door is back, and so am I.He’s spending his NFL off-season in our small Midwestern town after seven long years away, and I’m in town for different reasons.Memories shift to reality as we find ourselves in the place where we first fell in love. We’re different people now, but I’m falling fast and hard for the man he is now.But he’s married...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  sports  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  celebrity
  • Letting You Go by Jordan Marie, Sarah Hansen

    Letting You Go by Jordan Marie, Sarah Hansen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I met Luna Marshall when I was seventeen. She was a force of nature that I wasn’t ready for. She was gravity and I was caught in her pull— Powerless while she held me in a world I was desperate to escape. They say you never forget your first love. I believe they’re right. I’ll always remember the sound of her laughter...
  • Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe

    Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, the most dangerous animals are the ones you let inside.When a man hires Emery Hazard to track down a teenager who, he claims, robbed him, Hazard isn’t convinced. The story has holes in it, and the client seems eager—too eager—to keep the authorities from getting involved. But Hazard is willing to play along; he suspects something much darker is going on, and he wants to know what it is...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  angst  family  drama  romance  mlm  mystery  contemporary
  • Killing Booth by Lani Lynn Vale

    Killing Booth by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every single thing you want is going to require you to be uncomfortable.Those words had been shared with her by the one man she didn’t think she could take a chance on. She just didn’t know that he was right, or that he was going to be the one making her uncomfortable.Nash Wilder Christopherson was the world’s golden boy.For fifteen years, she watched Nash race from the safety of her phone...
  • Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alexis is backed into a corner as she looks between two doors. Behind door number one is the man her father is pushing her to marry, the man who’s good for her brand and her future. Behind door number two is me: the bad boy of baseball who happens to be the man she has fallen in love with.I wish we could just run away together. I promised I’d wait for her no matter how long it took...
  • Deserted by Cara Dee

    Deserted by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Deserted is the third book in the Auctioned Series, following book 1, Auctioned, and book 2, Stranded. Gray Nolan had survived a kidnapping where he was supposed to have been auctioned off to the highest bidder. He had also survived being stranded on an island, under siege from a different set of foes, and throughout the hell they’d all endured, their motto had been “Leave no man behind...
  • The Next Best Day by Sharon Sala

    The Next Best Day by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beloved and bestselling author Sharon Sala brings you a brand-new contemporary romance filled with second chances, new beginnings, and a Southern small town you won't want to leave...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan

    The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When life drowns you in lemons, to hell with making lemonade. I wanted to burn the whole world. But eighteen months from the day my life was torn apart, I’m tired of the anger. Tired of the nightmares. Tired of putting one foot in front of the other just trying to survive. Three months on a high country sheep station in the middle of nowhere is exactly the reboot I need. A chance to break free...
    Categorized as:
    family  found-family  angst  drama  romance  mlm  contemporary  lgbtq
  • Once in a Lifetime by Leeanna Morgan

    Once in a Lifetime by Leeanna Morgan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Samantha Jones works at Fletcher Security. She develops state-of-the-art surveillance drones, hacks computer networks, and makes life difficult for anyone on the wrong side of the law. When she's asked to help Caleb Andrews complete a top-secret project, her IT skills aren't the only thing that will be tested to the limit...
  • Perfect Wreckage (The Wrecked Series) by Catherine Cowles

    Perfect Wreckage (The Wrecked Series) by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My past taught me to play it safe.To stay far away from handsome men who promised it all.My life was good without them. Stable, secure, predictable. But one kiss showed me that I’d been playing it safe for far too long.One night, and all I wanted was more of his wildfire.One challenge and my carefully constructed walls tumbled down...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • You'll Be Mine by Marie Force

    You'll Be Mine by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Green Mountain short story You'll Be Mine. Will Abbott and Cameron Murphy are finally ready to tie the knot—as long as family, friends and a love-struck moose don’t get in the way...
  • The Sugar Queen by Tess Thompson

    The Sugar Queen by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    True love requires commitment, and many times unending sacrifice. . .At the tender age of eighteen, Brandi Vargas watched the love of her life drive out of Emerson Pass, presumably for good. Though she and Trapper Barnes dreamed of attending college and starting their lives together, she was sure she would only get in the way of Trapper's future as a hockey star...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  sports  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  epic
  • Alone with You by Aly Martinez

    Alone with You by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pain trapped me in this house. Can love set me free?Death had been chasing me my entire life. I survived the horrors of war, but it was the aftermath that truly destroyed me.People called me a recluse, but the only time I didn’t feel like I was suffocating was inside that house.For my daughter, I kept some semblance of normalcy by implementing a rigid routine...
  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
  • Saving Skye: The Pilot Firefighter's Surprise Baby  (Eden Mountain Firefighters) by Jenna Gunn

    Saving Skye: The Pilot Firefighter's Surprise Baby (Eden Mountain Firefighters) by Jenna Gunn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gorgeous. Smart. Armed with a secret weapon. The young ATF agent was supposed to be a one night thing. But then she woke up the alpha protector in me. Little did I know that her mission would strike me square in my cold, dead heart. And for the first time in ten years I wanted something more. But the complications are as big as the firefighting helicopter that I fly...
  • Jasper Vale by Devney Perry

    Jasper Vale by Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Devney Perry comes a small town, fake relationship romance.Eloise Eden’s pride and joy is her family’s hotel in Quincy, Montana. Her lifelong dream is to own The Eloise Inn. All she has to do is prove to her parents that she’s the epitome of responsible. That her days of being duped and making reckless decisions are history...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  found-family  sports  suspense  adult  age-gap
  • Old Fashioned by Kandi Steiner

    Old Fashioned by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The epic finale of the Becker Brothers series. Each book can be read as a stand-alone.It’s a man’s world.When I declared sports medicine as my major and every man narrowed their eyes, that saying proved true. It was true when my ex-husband decided I’d give up my career when our daughter was born...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  sports  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • That Ring: by Jillian Dodd

    That Ring: by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Quarterback Danny Diamond loves to score. Touchdowns. Get those dirty thoughts out of your minds, ladies. Just because he has two Super Bowl rings, model good looks, and a well-defined athletic body doesn’t mean he’s a player off the field...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  sports  audiobook  book  celebrity  children
  • Devil in Disguise by Rosalind James

    Devil in Disguise by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The devil doesn’t come with pointy horns and a tail. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for. When discipline is your life, structure’s a good thing, and Owen Johnson’s got plenty of both. An All-Pro NFL center who’s also a cattle rancher? Yeah, that’s structure. His marriage didn’t work out, but then, he picked the wrong woman. A Wyoming ranch doesn’t look nearly as romantic up close...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  sports  adult  age-gap  athlete  book  contemporary
  • Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emme James lives in darkness. 



Ever since her abusive relationship ended in heartbreaking tragedy, she's kept herself secluded to protect herself and those she loves. Unfortunately, Emme's plans to remain unattached fall apart the moment Zane Cunningham sets his sights on her. 
A professional snowboarder at the top of his game, Zane does not need a distraction...
    Categorized as:
    sports  angst  drama  romance  contemporary  fiction  abuse  steamy
  • No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All I want is my happy ending with the boy next door.Every time we get close, something threatens to break us. Half-sisters, town gossips, and jealous exes throw punch after punch, but we hold on tight to each other as we attempt to navigate the chaos.With his life in the spotlight as a professional football player, I start to feel like it might always be like this...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  sports  suspense  adult  athlete  betrayal  book
  • Eleven Eleven by Micalea Smeltzer

    Eleven Eleven by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After my divorce, I decide to move across the country away from family and friends for a new start.What I don’t expect is him.He’s only supposed to be a one-night stand, but fate has other plans.The next time I see him it’s because I’m on a date with his dad...
  • California Dreaming by Bella Andre, Nicky Arden

    California Dreaming by Bella Andre, Nicky Arden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meet the Davenport family! Six brothers and sisters who call picturesque Carmel-by-the-Sea home. Successful, brilliant, and passionate, the only thing they all still need is the perfect partner in love and life. 

 Hotshot movie star Archer Davenport has never met a stunt he couldn’t ace, a challenge he couldn’t overcome, or a woman he couldn’t have...
  • Once in a Blue Moon by Sharon Sala

    Once in a Blue Moon by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cathy Terry is tired of running. Full of fear and hope, she backpacked across the country to Blessings, Georgia, not knowing if or when her abusive ex-husband would catch up to her. In Blessings she glimpses a safe haven and the closest feeling to home she's had in a long time—even more so when she meets Duke Talbot. The sweet, strong, and handsome rancher provides a shoulder to lean on...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  breakup  contemporary
  • Reunion Pass by Emily March

    Reunion Pass by Emily March

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART. Six years ago, Chase Timberlake bought an engagement ring for his high school sweetheart Lori Reese. Then ... life happened. Chase's adventure photography career took off, Lori's dream of getting into veterinary school came true, and their happily ever after never came to pass...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

    Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a split-second, a car crash killed almost everything between them. Ten years later, can one accidental ride fix tattered spirits, uncertain futures, and broken hearts? Lily Grantham has always done what she’s been told. The daughter of a senator, she grew up as the good girl of Fawn Hill, and carried that torch right on through to adulthood. Her only wild streak? Bowen Nash...
  • Cole by Nyssa Kathryn

    Cole by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a single mom with a secret. He’s a former Delta who doesn’t let people too close.Aria Callas understands struggle and sacrifice. Getting pregnant at sixteen, she’s spent more than a decade and a half ensuring her and her son’s safety the only way she knows how—by staying on the move...
  • The Last One You Loved by L.J. Evans

    The Last One You Loved by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    MaddoxBetween my badge, my daughter, and my hometown, I’ve got a busy life. It’s a mostly happy one. But late at night, when the house is quiet, I still see her face. McKenna may have left me and this town behind a decade ago, but a century wouldn’t be long enough to get over her.There’s only one thing worse than never seeing her again...
  • Tied Up, Tied Down by Lorelei James

    Tied Up, Tied Down by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The strongest bonds are the ones unseen… Businesswoman Skylar Ellison never intended to get tangled up with a sexy Wyoming cowboy—let alone conceive a baby with him in the parking lot of a honky-tonk. When it appears her baby daddy has taken off for greener pastures, Skylar pulls up her bootstraps and carries on alone...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  children
  • The Billionaire's Touch by J.S. Scott

    The Billionaire's Touch by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After a troubling childhood, wealthy Evan Sinclair likes his life orderly and controlled. He rarely gives in to spontaneous urges—until he begins a chance correspondence with a mystery woman who sounds like his complete opposite...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Butterfly Bayou by Lexi Blake

    Butterfly Bayou by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake is back with an all-new heartwarming, small-town contemporary romance series set against the spicy southern backdrop of Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou. Life in Dallas took a tragic turn for nurse practitioner Lila Daley. In need of a fresh start, she retreats to Papillon, Louisiana, a tiny town on the bayou...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary
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