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  • On the Surface by Nikki Ash

    On the Surface by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    People see what they want to see. They only view what’s on the surface, and they’re easy to fool. I let them see on the outside that I’m a successful businesswoman. My clothes are designer, my makeup flawless, and I live in a high-rise condo in Lennox Hills. They see perfection, not what lies beneath the surface...
  • Times Like These (Blue is the Color) by Julia Wolf

    Times Like These (Blue is the Color) by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nick Fletcher has the voice of a god and a tongue as sharp as a knife. His words can cut, and this time, his quick temper has earned him an intruder in his life and on his tour. Dalia Brenner looks like a grown-up Annie gone bad, but he wants nothing to do with her pin-up worthy curves and smart mouth...
  • Maybe We Won't by Melissa Foster

    Maybe We Won't by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A sexy and soul-stirring novel about love, family, and rediscovering what matters most by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe We Will.When workaholic Boston attorney Deirdra de Messiéres is passed over for a well-deserved promotion, she takes a two-month hiatus to show her boss just how much he needs her and heads home to Silver Island...
  • Hauling Ashe by L.B. Dunbar

    Hauling Ashe by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life might be a highway but the last thing this grumpy silver fox expected was a cross-country road trip with a ray of sunshine."My sister is driving to California. She could give you a ride.""What?" Tucker Ashe and I say in unison.Mae FoxSurely, my older sister has lost her mind. There is no way I'm driving her insufferable – albeit sexy silver fox – boss two thousand miles...
  • My Brother's Teammates by Rebel Bloom

    My Brother's Teammates by Rebel Bloom

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My ex kicked me out on the night we were supposed to move in together.So now I'm crashing with my big bro and his trio of football titans.I've been Jason's nerdy little sister since forever.He's the quarterback heartthrob, and I'm the resident book hermit.But hold tight, 'cause life just threw a Hail Mary—I'm the new roomie...
  • Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t date football players.I’m not interested in the ones who are a decade older than me. I want nothing to do with the ones who play on the same team as my brothers, and I certainly avoid the ones who spend more time in strip clubs than kids’ clubs...
  • Up the Ladder by Ana D'Arcy

    Up the Ladder by Ana D'Arcy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Genevieve sets out to conquer her bedroom insecurities, a captivating and tattooed devil challenges her rule of not getting attached.Genevieve has it all-great job, stunning apartment, perfect boyfriend... When the latter dumps her for being terrible in bed, she sets out to prove him wrong...
  • Don't Let Me Break by Kelsie Rae

    Don't Let Me Break by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Macklin and I are just friends.And even that's a stretch.He saw me at my most vulnerable, and now the guy's popping up left and right.Pretty sure it's because my friend is trying to set me up with him, but what do I know?It's not like I have much experience with guys.And he's...well, Macklin's older, much more experienced, and bluntly put?Way out of my league...
  • Burnout by Rebecca Jenshak

    Burnout by Rebecca Jenshak

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s the hot, tattooed bad boy that I traded insults with...and now he wants my help? Knox Holland is in a jam. After an incredible first year on the pro motocross circuit, he should be on top of the world. Instead, his bad reputation has landed him without a team. He’s untouchable and desperate to turn it around. Which is how he ends up at my gym asking me to train him...
  • Now's the Time by Harlow James

    Now's the Time by Harlow James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Let me experience all of you tonight, Penelope…since this is all that we get.”That was the agreement between me and Maddox Taylor, the NFL’s most notorious playboy and mega-talented quarterback who happened to be out in California for one night—one night in which I broke all of my rules and gave in to the undeniable attraction I felt for the man...
  • Take Me Down by Avery Kingston

    Take Me Down by Avery Kingston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kennedy Hello, my name is Kennedy, and I’m an addict. Pills, booze—you name it, I tried it. I wasn’t exactly particular about it. Now, I’m two years sober, in a new country, and looking for a fresh start.But my noisy, upstairs neighbor is testing the limits of my sobriety. He’s either watching an adult film marathon, harboring a hooker, or performing an exorcism in his flat...
  • Houston, We Have a Problem by Dana LeCheminant

    Houston, We Have a Problem by Dana LeCheminant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Houston Briggs is at a crossroads, facing the possible end of his career after a devastating injury. With an uncertain future ahead of him and his siblings finding their own happy endings, he’s desperately seeking peace and purpose.Enter Darcy Paxton, his refreshing new neighbor who is nothing like the women of his past relationships...
  • Second Down Scrooge by Lisa Suzanne

    Second Down Scrooge by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A steamy pro football, second chance, single mom, single dad holiday romance from Amazon Top Ten Bestselling author Lisa Suzanne. I never planned to give Austin Graham, the tight end for the Vegas Aces and the father of my little girl, a second chance this holiday season. After all, he messed up. Big time...
  • Perfect Praise by Grace Pearce

    Perfect Praise by Grace Pearce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maren and Locke both exist in the same world of professional golf—he's the number one player in the world while she just takes his picture.Never mind that Locke unintentionally leads the press to believe that he and Maren are dating, because when she confronts him, he couldn't care less...
  • The Brazen One by Daisy Jane

    The Brazen One by Daisy Jane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Fake it For Fortune by Weston Parker

    Fake it For Fortune by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Whoever said money can’t buy happiness is a liar.Take it from me. It buys loads of thrills.That is until my father sabotages me with a contingency.To have all my riches?I need a wife.Talk about old school.When I catch wind of a dating agency that helps billionaire bachelors like me, I see an opportunity.Appease my dad.Pretend to have a bride for six months.Give her the money...
  • The Has-Been and the Hot Mess by Isabel Jordan

    The Has-Been and the Hot Mess by Isabel Jordan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her job is to resurrect his image. Falling for him is not part of the plan...Kendall Quinn is a PR goddess. Meanwhile, her love life is a complete mess. So, when her latest romantic disaster leaves her jobless and homeless, it's time to take drastic measures. And that means dragging a grumpy, has-been rock star kicking and screaming back into the limelight. The job will be easy...
  • Ice Prince by Nichole Rose

    Ice Prince by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When life spins wildly out of control, a bossy hockey star and a curvy maid will find forever…or be forever ruined. Theo Kline I know everything there is to know about hockey.Right now, I'd give everything just to understand her.Charlotte Mabry is a curvy little goddess with the sweetest smile.She's also my mother's boyfriend's favorite niece...
  • Slow Dancing by Noelle N., hepburnettes

    Slow Dancing by Noelle N., hepburnettes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    #1.3│Isla Moore is the fake girlfriend of billionaire Kaden Bretton. But Kaden is suffering from temporary blindness and still thinks he's dating his real girlfriend, Evangeline, who's actually buried six-feet underground...
  • The Love Interest by Kayley Loring

    The Love Interest by Kayley Loring

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dear Fiona,I hope this letter finds you well—and by well, I mean significantly less infuriated than you were yesterday. I’ve wanted to continue our conversation from the night we met, but there are so many things I can’t say or do, now that I’m your professor.As an anonymous letter writer, I can give you some idea of what I have planned for us, once the year is over...
  • The Enforcer by Olivia T. Turner

    The Enforcer by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He's mean.And grumpy.When he's on the ice, he's the most violent player out there.But there's something about him I just can't shake.There's a sweetness hiding under that gruff, brute exterior.A little boy peeking out who wants to come out and play.I never thought I'd be with someone like Tucker McKinstry.But once I get past that rough hard shell, I can't imagine being with anyone else...
  • The Shake Off by Lulu Moore

    The Shake Off by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Ace Watson, and I’m having an existential crisis.I finished last season as one of the league's best pitchers. Baseball’s smooth-talking boy wonder. The future of The New York Lions.I'm starting this season as the worst.And I don't want to sound dramatic, but the fault lies entirely with Payton Lopez...
  • Brogan by Samantha Whiskey

    Brogan by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They call me Demon for a reason—I’m the most ruthless Reaper on the ice.I’m not the person who finds a baby on their doorstep.Except, after a morning run, I am.And the note accompanying the little bundle says she’s mine.Looks like I'm the newest single dad in the NHL.I was nothing but a burden on my aunt and uncle after my parents died, and I’d decided I’d never have children...
  • Never Kiss the Bad Boy by Lauren Landish

    Never Kiss the Bad Boy by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A full plate? More like an overflowing platter.The last thing I have time for is the bad boy next door.Even if he’s hot, sweaty, muscled, pierced, and makes sexy promises that keep me on edge.Survival Mode is how I live. My ghost kitchen is the place to be for every work crew in the city, and I bust my butt from sunup to sun down, while rubbing every nickel and dime together to scrape by...
  • Latte Darling by S.J. Tilly

    Latte Darling by S.J. Tilly

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I have a nice life - living in my hometown, owning the coffee shop I’ve worked at since I was 16.It’s comfortable.On paper.But I’m tired of doing everything by myself. Tired of being in charge of every decision in my life.I want someone to lean on. Someone to spend time with. Sit with. Hug.And I really don’t want to go to my best friend’s wedding alone...
  • Glove Save by Teagan Hunter

    Glove Save by Teagan Hunter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I’ve been told I’m the grumpiest goalie in the league, and that may be the case, but who cares when I’m also killing it this season? The Carolina Comets are currently on a record-breaking run, and I intend to keep it that way.This means the last thing I need is distractions, but my mother didn’t get that memo...
  • Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn

    Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gage Bryant has the best hands and the quickest feet of any wide receiver in football. He also has a secret—one he’ll do anything to protect. He’s a member of The Velvet Club. With airtight non disclosure agreements, playing at Velvet gives him the freedom to assert his dominance and control in a way that not only serves him on the football field, but the way he craves in the bedroom...
  • Legend by Isla Olsen, Willow Thomas

    Legend by Isla Olsen, Willow Thomas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TomLegend of the Game. That’s me, apparently. I suppose it’s meant to be a compliment, but to me it just sounds like one of those labels people slap on you when you’re on your way out. Legend. Stalwart. Dinosaur. It all sounds the same to me.I’ve been in the Premier League for over twenty years and I’m not ready to leave...
  • UnConVentional Kiss by Katherine McIntyre, K.C. Carmine

    UnConVentional Kiss by Katherine McIntyre, K.C. Carmine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One Comic-Con. One chance encounter. One kiss that changes everything.BeckI never claimed to be easy to love. My steady stream of ex-girlfriends is proof positive, and my anxiety pretty much confirms I’ll be alone for the rest of my life. No matter who I date, I can’t ever feel completely myself.At least until I met Cay, who’s bright, charming, and captures my attention from the start...
  • Hard Facts by Penny Clarke

    Hard Facts by Penny Clarke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Summer knows secrets.Everyone has a secret. Everyone, that is, except Grayson Rowe. With my new tutor, apparently what you see is what you get. Though what I see is fine, I know he’s hiding something behind those dorky glasses and annoyingly endless collection of facts. And it’s not just a superhero set of biceps.I don’t date nerds...
  • Falling For the Grouch by Carolina Jax

    Falling For the Grouch by Carolina Jax

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    DashWhen my son had to leave our small hometown of Christmas, Texas, I couldn’t wait to leave with him, only to fall into a new fresh hell.Christmas 2.0 a/k/a Candy Cane Key.Everyone is in love down here. They love their town. They love their school.Let me tell you, True Love doesn’t exist. Romantic love is made up.There’s no one who can tell me differently.No matter how gorgeous she is...
  • Bad Nanny by Maya Nicole

    Bad Nanny by Maya Nicole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a grumpy single dad. I’m his new nanny. And my life is an absolute toaster fire. My day started with my breakfast going up in flames and ended with me using a sock puppet during a job interview with the CEO of a billion-dollar company.He’s in desperate need of a nanny, and I need the job to keep my dad off my back...
  • Boss Abroad by Rachel Kellar

    Boss Abroad by Rachel Kellar

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Imagine having the best date ever, only to find out he thought you were someone else.Blind dates are challenging enough, but when my best friend hijacks my Tinder account and sets me up? On my first night in a foreign city? That’s just asking for trouble.Especially when the man I find waiting for me leaves me speechless and feeling all kinds of things...
  • Rocked by the Roadie by Eve London

    Rocked by the Roadie by Eve London

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two hearts, one bed, no looking back.DaisyWhen the hottest boy band on the planet gets back together for an epic reunion tour, there’s no decision to make. I’m going. It’s been ten years since I’ve had the chance to hang out with my groupie besties. They don’t know it yet, but my parents are forcing me to settle into a life they’ve pre-planned, right down to the man they want me to marry...
  • Charmed by the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Charmed by the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He needs someone to help with his infant. She gives him more than he bargained for.I’m not a tough boss. I don’t ask for much.But when my nanny walks out on me, I question everything.Then my neighbor’s girlfriend recommends her best friend. She’s been working catering, but her degree is in early childhood education. This friend has no experience as a nanny, but beggars can’t be choosers...
  • Her Filthy Grump by Alexia Chase

    Her Filthy Grump by Alexia Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens when Ms. Pollyanna meets Mr. Grumpalicious?LaylaI’m looking for Mr. Right, but instead, I find a man who thinks I’m a nuisance and a do-gooder. So, what if I like to help people? It’s my life. Not his.So why do I want to climb him like a tree every time I'm with him? The man is too gorgeous for his own good.KameronI’m not looking for anyone. I’ve had my fill of women who let me down...
  • Famous Last Words by Shann McPherson

    Famous Last Words by Shann McPherson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A laugh out loud haters-to-lovers, fake-dating hockey romance. Not so long ago, Robbie Mason had it all. Three Stanley Cup wins, two Hart trophies, and sponsorship deals worth millions. But then he went and broke his own teammate’s jaw, and the best defenseman in the history of the NHL hit rock bottom, hard...
  • Pure Temptation by Lucy Darling

    Pure Temptation by Lucy Darling

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She thinks I’m a rule follower. Or, maybe more precisely, a rule enforcer. I suppose I do like things by the book. Straight-laced? Sure. Or I had been before I saw the pink-haired beauty tending bar and realized for her I’d break all the rules.She quickly becomes my obsession, and I admit I may take my interest in her a little far. Breaking the same laws I’d enforced on others...
  • Dirty by J.B. Heller

    Dirty by J.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Archer Austin induced sexual frustration may just be the death of me...Everything in my life was just peachy, until my roommates ditch me and my brother Bates, gets the bright idea to move in and bring his best friend Archer with him. The more the merrier, he says.The problem is, Archer and I had a one night stand last year and now he’s convinced we’re meant to be...
  • Unwrapping His Package by Cameron Hart

    Unwrapping His Package by Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Indie: I trust my gut, the universe, and the healing power of sugar. I’ll admit I had my doubts in all three of those things when my sister wanted to move all the way here to Christmas, Michigan in the dead of winter. I’ve been scrambling to be the supportive sister after her messy divorce, but I’m exhausted. Just when I think I’m at my breaking point, I sense something...
  • Dirty Christmas by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Dirty Christmas by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Roast the chestnuts. Spike the eggnog. Break out the ugly Christmas sweaters...Shoot me now. I'll be home for Christmas. Whether I like it or not. Reyfield, Illinois is the last place I want to be for the Holidays. Yet, here I am, headed that way in a car with my brother-in-law's drop-dead gorgeous, certifiably insane secretary...
  • At Recess by Loni Ree

    At Recess by Loni Ree

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Letty My darn lead foot is going to land me in jail. Since moving to the small Texas town, I’ve gotten four speeding tickets and the sheriff is tired of giving me tickets—tired of dealing with me. To keep my license, I have to go in front of a grouchy old judge and convince him I’ve finally learned my lesson. Oof...
  • Ignited by Becca Steele

    Ignited by Becca Steele

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My life was perfect. A dream degree course, amazing friends, a different guy every weekend.Until him. One night.No names.We thought we’d never see each other again.But the man that blew my mind turns out to be Dr. Wilder, a lecturer at my university with a reputation of being cold and unapproachable.Completely wrong for me. He’s a teacher. I’m a student...
  • Single Shot by Pippa Green, Eden Dunn

    Single Shot by Pippa Green, Eden Dunn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Minnesota Raider’s PR Guru calls me into her office. No big deal, right? I’m Dominik James. I’m the goalie with the most and the most charming player we’ve got...and now I’m supposed to use my charm to win over the journalist who’s gonna be tailing me for two weeks.Two weeks.I start out with nothing against Fiadora Brown or what she does for a living...
  • Kiss My Tinsel by Melissa Schroeder

    Kiss My Tinsel by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have a confession to make: I have hated all things tinsel-related for years.Yeah, I know, most people have a right to hate things, but I don't. I'm Nick Kristoff, CEO of the biggest department store chain that specializes in the holidays. Hating a holiday I plan to promote all year long is kind of like living in hell.But that all changed the moment a bundle of sparkly energy hits me...
  • The X-list by Evie Mitchell

    The X-list by Evie Mitchell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    RuneWhat kind of crazy person doesn’t read? Apparently my new neighbour. She’s loud, sassy, flirty and infuriatingly, annoyingly cheerful.And a non-reader. The worst kind of human.So why is that when I dare her to enter the charity read-a-thon, I suddenly find myself carefully curating her list?And those books… they’re definitely not your momma’s romance.GabbyI’m used to people underestimating me...
  • Daddy's Naughty Darling by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Naughty Darling by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was all the damn bunny’s fault. . . Okay, so it wasn’t actually the bunny’s fault that she’d wandered off the path, gotten lost, and had to be rescued by Rambo. But it was better than blaming herself. Or imagining exactly what was going to happen once Daddy returned home. She needed more of his time. . . Clint was a busy man, running Sanctuary and looking after the people who lived there...
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  • Grumpy the Bear by Marika Ray

    Grumpy the Bear by Marika Ray

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s a tattooed, blue-eyed jerk who has no business being a single dad. He’s also my next-door neighbor, and after negotiations, my grumpy employer for the summer.I don’t put up with cocky males normally and I certainly won’t put up with that man making noise at all hours of the day and night while he builds his glamp-ground...
  • Coming Down Her Chimney by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Coming Down Her Chimney by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She had the best intentions.Avery Sinclair lives to spread Christmas cheer. Growing up in an orphanage, Christmas was the only time that she got presents, but her love of the holiday is more than that. It’s the only time when people treated her with kindness.That’s why she’s on her neighbor’s roof, trying to untangle the string of Christmas lights that she’s putting up for him...
  • Bide by E.J. Blaise

    Bide by E.J. Blaise

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Oscar Jackson is a good man in a storm.Luna Evans is the storm.A notorious flirt.A serial anti-monogamist, Wild, carefree, and very, very loud.Luna has one rule in life; don't get attached.Until she meets Jackson. The nice guy on campus.People-pleaser to his core. Reluctant thrower of kick-ass parties. Quiet and unassuming and content to live his life firmly out of the spotlight...
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