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  • Family Secrets at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland

    Family Secrets at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Every family has its secrets, and at Hedgehog Hollow there is no exception...It was always Samantha's dream to run her beautiful rescue centre, Hedgehog Hollow, full-time. But just as her wish comes true, she becomes a victim of her own kindness when she finds herself with a house full of guests - all with their own problems and secrets - looking to her for support...
  • Tainted: Lance and Mary by Tess Thompson

    Tainted: Lance and Mary by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One career-ending mistake sends Lance Mullen home to Cliffside Bay in search of a fresh start. And in no time at all, home begins to feel like the place he was always meant to be. With his beautiful new beach house, his friends and family close by, and a profitable business to grow, life really is good. That is until his heart tries to wreck everything... again...
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    female-mc  humor  adult  book  contemporary  drama  epic  family
  • Seabreeze Wedding by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Wedding by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The high summer season. A long-awaited wedding. Surprises at a historic beach inn.**From a USA Today bestselling author**At the historic Seabreeze Inn, sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay are busier than ever with wedding plans of their own, although challenges threaten to derail the special events. New guests are also throwing a wedding at the inn, bringing a host of trials and chaos...
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    female-mc  humor  spirituality  adult  book  contemporary  epic  family
  • Reddest Black: A Billionaire SEAL Story, Book 7 by P.T. Michelle

    Reddest Black: A Billionaire SEAL Story, Book 7 by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Passion, betrayal, and heartache collide in an emotionally charged and dangerous chain of events that could unravel everything Sebastian and Talia have worked to overcome...
  • Dreaming of Tuscany: The unputdownable feel-good read of the year by T.A. Williams

    Dreaming of Tuscany: The unputdownable feel-good read of the year by T.A. Williams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The glamour of Hollywood. The magic of the Tuscan countryside. One big decision... Beatrice Kingdom (Bee to her friends) wakes up in hospital in Tuscany. After an accident on a film set leaves her burned and scarred, she feels her whole life has been turned upside down...
  • Missing Pieces by Ivy Smoak

    Missing Pieces by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Hailey - He's still in love with his ex. And I refuse to be a consolation prize. So why did I just agree to a spur of the moment road trip with him? I just have to keep reminding myself that I'm doing this for me. It has nothing to do with the gorgeous man staring at me like I'm a crazy person.Tyler - Why is she climbing into my car uninvited? I don't care how sweet her smile is...
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    female-mc  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • Dirty Like Seth by Jaine Diamond

    Dirty Like Seth by Jaine Diamond

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They all thought they knew him… but she knew his heart. Seth Brothers had it all: the hottest album in the world, more money than he’d ever dreamed of, and Dirty—the band he loved like family. But as Dirty hit the big time, Seth hit bottom. Now all Seth’s got is the guitar on his back, a heart full of regrets, and one last chance to get it all back… including the one thing he never expected...
  • Andrew by Jennifer Beckstrand

    Andrew by Jennifer Beckstrand

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrew, Abraham, and Austin Petersheim’s family business has earned them the nickname The Peanut Butter Brothers. But if their matchmaking younger siblings have their way, all three may soon bear another title: husband . . .   Handsome, hardworking, and godly, Andrew Petersheim has always been sure of his place in his Wisconsin Amish community...
  • Gentry Boys by Cora Brent

    Gentry Boys by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “All my life I’d always known what the Gentry boys were. A set of fraternal triplets born to a depraved family, they were rough, sexy and wild as wolves..." DRAW They called us ‘those white trash Gentry boys’ until we believed that’s what we were. Our people squatted at the edge of a hellhole prison town for generations. The childhood we endured was the stuff of nightmares...
  • City of Sin by Ivy Smoak

    City of Sin by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nothing seems to be going Bee's way. She has been knocked down by her ex, her job, and the city in general. Could a blind date really be the start of the much needed change she's been hoping for? When Bee is already running late, a sexy stranger steals her cab. And once she finally arrives to the restaurant and finds out that he's her date, the night takes an unexpected turn...
  • Concealed Affliction by Harlow Stone

    Concealed Affliction by Harlow Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder has done his best to break my armor. It’s been a slow process but he’s reminded me what it’s like to feel again. I could never thank him enough for the toe curling and life altering experiences. He’s been my light in a hurricane-but even I know the sun can’t shine all the time. I have a big decision to make and it’s not as simple as just going left or right, forward or backward...
  • A Road Trip to Remember by Judith Keim

    A Road Trip to Remember by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After agreeing to enter the New Life Assisted-Living Community outside of Boston, Agatha “Aggie” Robard talks her devoted, serious granddaughter, Blythe, into driving her to Florida, stopping to see old college friends along the way. She particularly needs to speak to Donovan Bailey, the man she’d thought she would marry right after graduating from college...
  • Make Me, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Make Me, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Reagan is smart. She’s successful. She’s also in big trouble. The cops think she’s crazy. But she knows someone is breaking into her apartment and messing with her mind. Luckily for her, the Doms of Club Decadence look after their own. They hire Black-Gray Investigations to look into her stalker. They send in Tiny. Sexy, confident, all male. He confuses her, arouses her and irritates her...
  • Keep by Cora Brent

    Keep by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Gentry boys were never supposed to be a success story. In their bleak prison hometown their very name was a curse and everyone expected the boys would follow the same path as the vicious generations that came before them. But everyone was proven wrong. And on this wedding day of dreams they will all gather to watch one of their beloved daughters marry her prince...
  • Dinner at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Dinner at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Beach House Hotel, the seaside mansion Ann Rutherford and Rhonda DelMonte converted to an upscale boutique hotel, continues to be a success. Not only is it the spot for breakfast and lunch, it’s become the “IN place” for dinner. However, they still face many challenges...
  • James the Christmas Grouch by Ivy Smoak

    James the Christmas Grouch by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The stockings are hung, the lights are aglow, and the mistletoe is ready for kisses to be stolen beneath it. There’s just one problem…none of those decorations are in James and my apartment. We just started our happily ever after – we’re newly engaged, in a new city, with new friends...
  • Test by Cora Brent

    Test by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **TEST is the latest stand alone in the Gentry Boys universe from NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Brent** PAIGE People say Derek Gentry is arrogant, perpetually drunk and good for only one thing. Even from a distance he's like a neon sign that reads: ‘I AM THE WORST IDEA YOU EVER HAD.’ And I’m not tempted, no matter how hot he is. I’ve heard the rumors. I know his story...
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    female-mc  steamy  adult  angst  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • SNOW: A Gentry Boys Christmas Story by Cora Brent

    SNOW: A Gentry Boys Christmas Story by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *Catch up with those lovable alphas THE GENTRY BOYS just in time for Christmas in this sweet, sexy holiday novella!* With December 25th fast approaching, brothers Stone and Conway Gentry have a lot more than holiday festivities to keep them busy...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  crime  family  fiction
  • The Letter by Kay Correll

    The Letter by Kay Correll

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes life offers second chances … Madeline Stuart, a St. Louis-based accountant, has sworn off relationships. Reeling from a breakup with her long-term boyfriend and her mother’s recent death, she’s determined to avoid personal entanglements of any kind...
  • Mountain Man's Valentine: A Small Town Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Man's Valentine: A Small Town Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Clay Callaghan.Stoic. Rugged. Mountain Man.Seeing him again gives me ALL the feels.But does Cupid have a scheme to make our second chance actually stick?Clay is six-foot-four of pure muscled alpha.It's a good thing he isn't lacking in the confidence department...Because only a real man can handle a female Sheriff by his side...
  • Provocation by T.K. Leigh

    Provocation by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away once our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.But that was before I finally decided to take a risk and jump.And that’s precisely what being involved with Lachlan Hale is… A risk...
  • Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene

    Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Over two years after the trauma of her kidnapping, and the auction that brought them together, Thalia and James are finally getting their happily ever after! Celebrating their love is a piece of wedding cake, but with the help of their wild and crazy friends from Purgatory, it’s destined to be a wedding day no one will forget...
  • Life Goes On by Kelly Moore

    Life Goes On by Kelly Moore

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Happy go lucky Olivia McDill adores her fairy-tale life, married to the man of her dreams. It’s a love that should’ve lasted a lifetime…then in the blink of an eye, everything changed. She learns too quickly that life can be unfair, and she’s left trying to pick up the pieces and make sense of things on her own...
  • Fearless by Maren Smith

    Fearless by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was the last thing she thought she needed, but she was everything he wanted. Abused and alone, Kitty had no idea how far she’d have to flee after she finally got the courage to run. She never would have guessed she’d end up halfway around the world, or in the home — much less the arms — of dominant Australian whip-master, Noah Carver...
  • Secret Sundays by Judith Keim

    Secret Sundays by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The women in the Fat Fridays group continue to come together for their Friday lunches—no calories counted—and to help each other deal with life’s complications. With her unexpected pregnancy and the support of the women in the group, Carol Ann breaks free from her dismal life with her parents...
  • A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll

    A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman with a secret. A man who will never forgive her. Cece Stuart hadn’t planned on ever finding love and she’s made her peace with that. Really, she has… Zach is over women and their secrets. Really, he is… But fate laughed at them, as it often does, and threw them together finishing up a new wedding venue at Sweet River Lodge...
  • Dreaming of Verona by T.A. Williams

    Dreaming of Verona by T.A. Williams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Verona is the City of Love. But will Suzie find romance there or, like Romeo and Juliet, will it all end in tears? When Suzie is hired to accompany spoiled, abrasive Lady Alexandra Tedburn on an all-expenses paid holiday to Italy, she fears the trip will be a disaster...
  • Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    While Marina and Jack contemplate their future, her sister Kai and her new fiance Axe are planning their wedding. When disagreements threaten to derail the wedding, the sisters' grandmother, the indomitable Ginger Delavie, doles out unusual advice. Soon, an unforgettable event unfolds...
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    female-mc  humor  adult  book  children  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Marry Me in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Marry Me in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Of all the things Hadley Newhouse expected to find in Good Hope, love wasn’t on the list. The baker extraordinaire has spent the last three years hiding her past and holding her breath. It isn’t that she likes being evasive. She just doesn’t want to open old wounds...
  • The Key to the Last House Before the Sea by Liz Eeles

    The Key to the Last House Before the Sea by Liz Eeles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tears trickling down her cheeks, she recognises her grandmother’s writing scrawled across the manila envelope. Inside is an engraved key that sits heavy in her hand. Will the tumbledown cottage be the start of a new life – or will it tear her life apart?With her back to the sparkling sea, single mum Nessa stands in the doorway of the stone cottage her grandmother left behind...
  • The Magnolia Cafe by Kay Correll

    The Magnolia Cafe by Kay Correll

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, the past isn’t quite what it seems…Reluctant restauranteur, Keely Granger, wants nothing more than to escape the small town she’s lived in her whole life, but her guilt and family responsibilities keep her firmly entrenched in Comfort Crossing, Mississippi...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  spirituality  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  epic  fiction
  • Sinfully Yours, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Sinfully Yours, Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was her every fantasy brought to life—protective, dominant, sweet and sexy. And he wanted her. Life was looking pretty good… Until Tilly gets a phone call that flips her world upside down. Now there’s a gang breathing down her neck; she’s relying on a mob boss for help and she’s in a whole world of trouble...
    Categorized as:
    humor  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Third Time's The Charm by Liz Talley

    Third Time's The Charm by Liz Talley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you find someone who has no hope left, give the bracelet to her… Sunshine “Sunny” Voorhees David would rather be dead than back in Morning Glory, Mississippi. But after losing both her husband and a pregnancy, she comes home temporarily to the place she swore she’d never return...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  animals  audiobook  book  cheating
  • Dreaming of St-Tropez by T.A. Williams

    Dreaming of St-Tropez by T.A. Williams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The perfect summer escape on the French Riviera. Sun, sea and secrets… After a disagreement with a billionaire, architect Jess Milton is ‘let go’ from her job. However fortune intervenes – an elderly client asks Jess to dog-sit overweight, but loveable dog Brutus in St. Tropez...
  • Claron by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Claron by Katharine E. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tossing her belongings into a suitcase and escaping heartbreak seemed like the best idea for Rhea Conners. She’d simply travel across the ocean to visit her grandfather in Ireland and heal. Then she’d come back. Simple. But what she doesn’t expect is to find solace and healing in the form of the O’Rifcan family. One member in Claron...
  • Lunch at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Lunch at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ann Rutherford’s and Rhonda DelMonte Grayson’s lives continue to be full of surprises as they run The Beach House Hotel, their small upscale hotel on the Gulf Coast in Southwest Florida. Things heat up when Tina Marks (Valentina Marquis, a famous young movie star) is sent to the hotel in secret to lose twenty-five pounds in eight weeks for her next starring role...
  • Fly for Me by Kay Elle Parker

    Fly for Me by Kay Elle Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The boy who was bullied became a Master. William Carradine spent his childhood as the main target of brutal beatings and homophobic slurs - not all of them from his classmates. He knows what it is to be different, to be so far apart from society's definition of normal that it scares people to be around him, and yet his only sin is being bisexual...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  bdsm  book  contemporary  crime
  • Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood

    Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jafari’s little rabbit might try to run, but he’s going to catch her. No matter what.Kacy's past is dark and twisted, and it's coming back to haunt her. But she's not alone this time.Dominant and possessive, Jafari isn't going to let his favorite masochist run away again. He'll keep her tied up and begging for him while he slays her dragons, even if she insists she's no damsel in distress...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  crime  dark  fiction
  • Blue Velvet by Linnea May

    Blue Velvet by Linnea May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m filthy rich and dripping with power – but the army left me broken beyond repair. My jagged edges make me a nightmare. She wants to join my dark solitude. But where she seeks solace, I seek sanity. The Velvet Rooms provide our sanctuary. A place of safety, bliss and unbridled play, untainted by the clamor of reality. Here, there is no sight. There is no sound...
  • Beast in my Bedroom by B.B. Hamel

    Beast in my Bedroom by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s everything I don ’t want . . . but my new bossy Greek mafia husband is going to make a real wife out of me.My rock bottom is a dirty martini in a high-class bar, ten canceled credit cards, and nothing but the clothes on my back.I managed to escape my abusive husband, but a snooty hipster bartender is about to get me arrested for being unable to pay for a drink...
  • Love Lost Her Way: A tragic story about a girl who lost all hope by Julie Anne Addicott

    Love Lost Her Way: A tragic story about a girl who lost all hope by Julie Anne Addicott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the outside, my life was picture perfect. On the inside, something sinister lurked. I thought he was sick. I thought I could fix him. All I wanted was for him to love me. I was used and abused. Sold to the highest bidder. Unloved. Unseen. Unheard. Until Declan. He was my saviour. He helped me believe in the power of unconditional love. Then, he was gone...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  female-mc  romance  dark  fiction  slow-burn  small-town  abuse
  • High Tea at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    High Tea at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Guests can be surprising…Ann and Rhonda continue their work at The Beach House Hotel, always striving to make their upscale property the best on the Gulf Coast of Florida. As they’ve learned, not all guests are easy...
  • True to You in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    True to You in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She can handle anything…except her sister marrying her exIn Good Hope, Piper sees herself as a woman totally in control. That control frays when her sister becomes engaged to her ex. Not only is she asked to be the maid of honor, her sister wants Piper to make her wedding dress!Piper thought she was doing the right thing, keeping the real reason for that long-ago split a secret from her family...
  • To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts

    To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What would you do to save the person you loved? Would you die for them? Would you kill for them? She just wanted to make the world a better place... All Jenna wanted was to help people. That’s why she went to medical school. Why she joined Doctors Without Borders. She knew she could make a difference ...until the day her world is ripped apart...
    Categorized as:
    humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  psychological
  • Tilly's Tuscan Teashop: A gorgeously uplifting summer read by Daisy James

    Tilly's Tuscan Teashop: A gorgeously uplifting summer read by Daisy James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Tilly's Tuscan Teashop, the first book in a brand new series from the author of the Hummingbird Hotel and the Cornish Confetti Agency series.When photographer Natalie Nicholson’s beach hut studio – and everything she’s spent the last two years working on – is destroyed in a fire, she doesn’t think things can get any worse...
  • Finding Spring by Bridget E. Baker

    Finding Spring by Bridget E. Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life gave her lemons, so Trudy chucked them back.Trudy’s life is a wreck. No job, a sick son, and a thick stack of unpaid medical bills. Her family and friends keep trying to set her up. (As if a man will solve all her problems!) Trudy shuts them all down, because she’s got a foolproof plan this time around...
  • All That Charm: by Liz Talley

    All That Charm: by Liz Talley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A dying friend’s gift delivers a chance to start over… With Morning Glory in her rearview mirror, Eden Voorhees heads to New Orleans to pursue the dream she put on hold while caring for her disabled mother. But in the Big Easy, she finds a roach-infested apartment, a non-existent job and a dwindling bank account...
    Categorized as:
    humor  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  children  comedy  contemporary
  • Say You Love Me by Sarah J. Brooks

    Say You Love Me by Sarah J. Brooks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Jeremy Wyatt is the biggest playboy you’ll ever meet. He’s a great attorney and a decent friend, but he’s an ass to women. He’s all about the conquest, and then he loses interest. You’re too good for a guy like him. And I don’t want to have to break his arms for messing with you. You’re young, Lena. And a little naive. A man like Jeremy would eat you up and spit you out...
  • Hunter by Stasia Black

    Hunter by Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Snow White’s on the run and sexier than ever… ISOBEL:I’m on the run from my evil stepmother but no one can know.Least of all my new boss and major pain in the ass, Hunter Dawkins.We might have had one amazing night together but the next morning he went colder than a Wallstreet banker’s heart during a charity ball.I have zero tolerance for assholes in my life. No thank you...
  • A Place to Call Home by Carole Matthews

    A Place to Call Home by Carole Matthews

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ayesha knows that she must escape from her marriage for the sake of her daughter, Sabina. Slipping away in the dead of the night, they head for London to start a new life. Hayden, a reclusive pop star, hides himself away in the mansion which he shares with two more damaged souls - Crystal, a professional dancer with a kind heart and Joy, an ill-tempered retiree...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family  fiction
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