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  • Curl It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Curl It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A failed marriage and single parenthood are enough to bring the strongest woman down, but Jolie Donovan refuses to let the choices she made when she was younger define her life...
  • Chess: Conner Brothers Construction, Book 7  (CBC) by Cee Bowerman

    Chess: Conner Brothers Construction, Book 7 (CBC) by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After Chess’s family was decimated by loss, it was slowly healed by his brothers finding love and creating families of their own. At one point, Chess thought he’d found that same kind of love, too, but that relationship just wasn’t meant to be. Brokenhearted, Chess focused on his work and family until a chance meeting introduced him to the woman who would change his life forever...
  • Bring It On Home by Kait Nolan

    Bring It On Home by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "That girl who got knocked up in high school.” Maggie Reynolds went all the way to Los Angeles to escape that label, but she hears the whispers every time she comes home to Eden's Ridge, Tennessee. She's been burning the candle at both ends for the last twelve years, trying to make something of her herself, trying to give people something else to say about her...
  • Texas Orchids by Samantha Christy

    Texas Orchids by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I'm a city boy, not a cowboy.I'm way out of my league on a horse ranch in Texas.Falling for the sexy horse vet was never my intention.Especially when I find out she could be dating a killer.Sneaking around with her?Not my brightest idea, but someone's got to protect her.It's just one summer. One casual fling.Until it becomes everything but...
  • Chasing Tomorrow by S.J. McCoy

    Chasing Tomorrow by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ben Walton grew up in Summer Lake, he's always known that he belongs there. His goal in life has always been to grow the resort that his family has owned for generations. Charlotte DeWinter spent her childhood summers at the lake, staying with her grandparents. From the age of ten, she believed she would marry Ben someday. Ben believed it too...
  • Triple Dare by C.M. Owens

    Triple Dare by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    RUBY KROSS Who is Corbin Sterling to me? That's what people always want to know. He was my first friend. He was the love of my life. And he was my only heartbreak. The problem is that I love the big jerk, and I've refused to give up our friendship, even if it does mean it'll eventually ruin me. So, to answer the question... Corbin Fucking Sterling is the Bane of my existence; that's what he is...
  • Claimed by Laura Pavlov

    Claimed by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    π‘΅π’‚π’”π’‰π’—π’Šπ’π’π’†β€™π’” 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’„π’π’–π’π’•π’“π’š π’Žπ’–π’”π’Šπ’„ 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓. π‘Ύπ’†π’…π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 π’†π’™π’•π’“π’‚π’π’“π’…π’Šπ’π’‚π’Šπ’“π’†. π‘―π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰ 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 π’”π’˜π’†π’†π’•π’‰π’†π’‚π’“π’•π’” 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’…π’‚π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’π’†π’•π’† π’”π’•π’“π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’“π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕. 𝑯𝒆’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’π’π’š π’ƒπ’π’š 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’ π‘°β€™π’Ž π’…π’†π’•π’†π’“π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 π’‡π’π’“π’ˆπ’†π’•...
  • Hold on to My Heart by Bella Andre

    Hold on to My Heart by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ashley Sullivan’s whole world changed when she got pregnant at seventeen. After the father of her child ditched her and their son, she bypassed college, shelved her plans to see the world, and went straight to managing the family cafΓ© in Bar Harbor, Maine. For the next eleven years, she poured her entire heart into raising her amazing son, Kevin...
  • Bad to the Bone by Roxanne St. Claire

    Bad to the Bone by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trace Bancroft has been in prison for fourteen years, paying for a mistake that cost a man his life. Now released, Trace heads back to Bitter Bark with his mutt, Meatball, and runs into Daniel Kilcannon, who offers to provide some medical care for the dog. Trace knows that would mean seeing Molly Kilcannon, a girl who shared one crazy night with him before his life took a turn for the worst...
  • Leader of the Pack by Roxanne St. Claire

    Leader of the Pack by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Dogfather is a brand new contemporary romance series from New York Times bestselling author Roxanne St. Claire celebrating what she loves most: hot guys, great dogs, big families...and true love...
  • We're Made of Moments by Molly McLain

    We're Made of Moments by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We were made of moments. A handful of nights.Two weeks of passion.Four years of denial. Jesse She was never mine to keep, but I took every second that girl was willing to give me.I always knew she’d go back to him.But I never expected she’d take a piece of me with her. -- Hayden He changed my life forever, and it happened long before our two weeks together.I didn’t mean to fall for him...
  • Heather by Chris Keniston

    Heather by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shenanigans and romance abound in the new Hart Land series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Chris Keniston. Fall in love with the lakeside small town of Lawford, retired Marine Corps General Harold Hart, his artistic wife Fiona, matchmaking housekeeper Lucy, and his nine single granddaughters...
  • Why Not Tonight by Susan Mallery

    Why Not Tonight by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Susan Mallery welcomes you to Happily Inc, where true love isn’t just for fairy tales… Natalie Kaleta will do anything for the artists at her gallery, including risk life, limb and the effect of humidity on her naturally curly hair...
  • My Forever by Tiffany Patterson

    My Forever by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SavannahI was only eighteen years old when I thought I had found my happily ever after.After the tragic death of my mother, I married the love of my life, Ace Townsend.Yes, we were young and idealistic, but we had it all figured out. He was going to be a fighter pilot in the Air Force. I would go to medical school to become a doctor for people who couldn’t afford healthcare. People like my mother...
  • Smile Like You Mean It by S.J. McCoy

    Smile Like You Mean It by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    RenΓ©e Nichols returned to Summer Lake because she had nowhere left to turn. Her marriage, the charity she spent her life building, her entire lifeβ€”they were all shattered when her husband was arrested. She’s getting by, even if barely standing on her own two feet. She has a job, even if it’s not the greatest. She has her childhood home to live in, even if it’s barely livable...
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  • The Wedding Dance by S.J. McCoy

    The Wedding Dance by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Missy Malone is about to marry Dan Benson. You are cordially invited to attend the wedding, in Las Vegas. As you might expect, these two will encounter a few bumps on the way to their big day. But this is Missy and Danβ€”you know they’ll overcome any obstacle in their path. Their friends will all be with them on their journey toward wedded bliss...
  • No Ordinary Love by Melody Grace

    No Ordinary Love by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For journalist Eliza Bennett, summers in Sweetbriar Cove were her happiest childhood memories. Now that she’s been unceremoniously fired, evicted, and dumped (all in the same week), she hopes the small town will work its magic again and help get her life back on track...
  • Wildest Dreams by Melody Grace

    Wildest Dreams by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Paige Bennett is ready for an adventure. She’s spent her life being the good girl, but after another underwhelming break-up, she decides it’s time to shake things up. No more diets, Spanx, and searching for Mr. Right. She wants passion and excitement… And she knows just the man for the job. Bad boy chef, Declan James, lives by three simple rules: 1) Life’s too short for cheap whiskey...
  • Reunited in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Reunited in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He remembers the heat. She remembers the heartbreak. Twenty years later do they still have a shot at love? When an injury puts NFL star Krew Slattery’s future in question, he returns to his hometown of Good Hope. He plans to lay low, until he runs into Cassie Lohmeier. Krew has never forgotten the one amazing night they shared, and unfortunately for him, Cassie hasn’t either..
  • Bayou Dreaming by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Dreaming by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake’s heartfelt contemporary romance set in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou. Roxanne King left the big city looking for a simpler life, but after years of proving herself on a SWAT team in New York City, being deputy in a sleepy Louisiana parish is something of an adjustment...
  • Mixed Up with a Marine by Kait Nolan

    Mixed Up with a Marine by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can a Marine turned baker and a jaded contractor find their way to a second chance?Braxton Whitmore needs a change. After leaving the Marines, he’s free to build a new life. But is he gonna be a baker? Really? When his buddy inherits a decrepit bar and proposes they partner up to turn it into a bakery, Brax figures why not? Until his ex comes walking in...
  • There Goes My Heart by Bella Andre

    There Goes My Heart by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rory Sullivan, a renowned artisan woodworker, has no plans to fall in love anytime soon. Especially not with Zara Mirren, who shares a converted warehouse space with him in Bar Harbor, Maine. While she is a brilliant makerβ€”the eyeglass frames she designs are practically works of artβ€”everything else about her drives him bonkers. The way she’s always whistling cheesy pop songs off-key...
  • Chance for Love by Marie Force

    Chance for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Billionaire Jared James has everything a man could ever want except for the one thing money can’t buy… After forty days holed up in his house on Gansett Island nursing a broken heart, Jared James decides enough is enough...
  • Trouble by Adriana Locke

    Trouble by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She wants something real. He wants something now. Together they’re trouble in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s sexy and funny twice-in-a-lifetime love story. With his shameless grin and let’s-play swagger, carpenter Penn Etling leaves women wanting in Dogwood Lane. What do they get? Avery Perry knows: a one-night stand. She’s been there...
  • Unfinished Ex by Samantha Christy

    Unfinished Ex by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A second chance, surprise pregnancy romance.He was my high school sweetheart.My dream guy. My soul mate.And as of yesterday... my ex-husband.He wanted everything I couldn't give him. A doting wife, a perfect family, a white picket fence, and game nights.It's not that I didn't want to be his wife anymore. I just wanted something moreβ€”a career...
  • Worth the Risk by Jamie Beck

    Worth the Risk by Jamie Beck

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Jackson St. James decided that six weeks in Vermont’s Green Mountains would help him get his life together, he didn’t anticipate replacing his craving for whiskey with a craving for his alluring new landlord, Gabby...
  • Riverbend Reunion by Carolyn Brown

    Riverbend Reunion by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Back home is the best place to start over in a heart-stirring Texas romance about friendship, second chances, and small-town scandals by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Riverbend, Texas, doesn’t look like the crossroads of anywhere. But for four high school besties reuniting after twenty years, it’s a place to unpack a lot of baggage...
  • Tie the Knot in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Tie the Knot in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love always finds a way… Lindsay Lohmeier’s life is no bed of roses. After struggling at a job she loved, but ultimately lost, she opened her own florist shop in Good Hope. Her budding business won’t be her only new addition. Lindsay is pregnant. While she’s happy to open her heart to her baby, opening up to the father is another story...
  • Cowboy Up by Jordan Marie

    Cowboy Up by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say old wounds will heal with timeβ€”but that's a damn lie. Blue Lucas knew the moment Meadow moved back to Mason she was going to rip him apart.Seeing her every single day is hell on earth, but he survives it--probably because losing her destroyed the most important parts of him years ago.Meadow has spent her life running away from Blue because who she is will never be enough for what he is...
  • Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor

    Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In my expert opinion, every woman who’s been left at the altar should follow up that singularly humiliating experience by spending a week in paradise with a totally inappropriateβ€”and totally sexyβ€”stranger.Even better if you meet him at the bar of the resort hotel where your destination wedding and honeymoon were supposed to take place...
  • On Thin Ice (Bedroom Games) by Piper Rayne

    On Thin Ice (Bedroom Games) by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Winter Games have begun… I’m the life of the party. A little loud and some buzz kills might say obnoxious, but if you’re around me I guarantee you’ll have a good time. Unless your name is Demi Harrison. If that’s the case, you’d act like I’m the devil incarnate and go out of your way to avoid me. Which makes zero sense because at the last Olympic Games I rocked her world...
  • Always Be Mine by Melody Grace

    Always Be Mine by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Watch love bloom in the new Sweetbriar Cove romance from New York Times bestselling author, Melody Grace! Actress Lila Moore is starting over. Escaping Hollywood scandal, she’s hiding out in Sweetbriar Cove to plan the next chapter in her life. The last thing she wants is an annoyingly handsome man snooping in her business, even if It turns out that he’s not the paparazzi… but her new gardener...
  • I'm Yours by Melody Grace

    I'm Yours by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Artist Mackenzie Lane is almost thirty and still single, which, according to her neighbors, pretty much makes her the Spinster of Sweetbriar Cove. She’s sworn off terrible fix-ups, and is looking forward to her solo future of woolly mumus and cats. (Lots of cats)...
  • Our Kind of Love by Kait Nolan

    Our Kind of Love by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One of Nashville’s fastest rising stars, Kyle Keenan has it allβ€”fame, fans, and a chance at fortune. But the dream he’s busted his tail for means nothing without the woman who holds his heart. With her sassy smile and pull-no-punches attitude, Abbey is his greatest loveβ€”and his greatest regret...
  • This Kiss by Melody Grace

    This Kiss by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Sweetbriar Cove: the small town where true love is guaranteed! Book #8 - Coming November 2018...
  • Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jenna Ward is vivacious, spontaneous, and confidentβ€”except when she’s around the man who stole her heart years earlier, strikingly handsome, quiet, and reliable Pete Lacroux. After years of trying to get his attention and overwhelmed from dealing with her mother’s new cougar lifestyle, Jenna’s giving up on Peterβ€”and is ready to explore other men...
  • Just One Kiss by Barbara Freethy

    Just One Kiss by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hannah Stark takes care of everyone else, from the patients she nurses back to health, to her family, who can never seem to get it together. She'd love to find someone she can trust, someone she can lean on, someone she can love, but that someone will not be Jake McKenna. The ruggedly attractive owner of Adventure Sports might still make her palms sweat, but Jake broke her teenage heart years ago...
  • The Way Back to You by Sharon Sala

    The Way Back to You by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Sharon Sala's Blessings, Georgia series is filled with unforgettable charm and delight!"β€”ROBYN CARR, #1 New York Times bestselling author What do you do when your whole life is turned upside down? Sully Raines sets out to find his birth mother, and ends up in Blessings, Georgia...
  • The Lost Promise of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

    The Lost Promise of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A completely gorgeous story about lost loves and small-town secrets that will sweep you away to the Irish coast. Maggie remembers her summers in the village of Sandy Cove in Ireland like they were yesterday. She and her family would swim in the crystal-clear waters, collect beautiful seashells and relax on the sand...
  • Hearts on Fire by Julia Gabriel

    Hearts on Fire by Julia Gabriel

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Julia Gabriel does an amazing job with this devastatingly, heartbreaking love story." β€” RT Book Reviews, 4.5 stars, Top PickReturn to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Julia Gabriel’s new series about love, family, and second chances ... The 300-year-old town of St. Caroline, Maryland, is part fishing village and part summer playground for the wealthy and powerful...
  • Montana Mornings by Kim Law

    Montana Mornings by Kim Law

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gabe Wilde has never been more ready for a change. Thirty-three and in the midst of a divorce, he’s packed up his second-grade daughter and come home to Birch Bay, Montana. New house, new career, new life. Only, with changes come stress. His daughter is struggling with the transition to their new normβ€”and Gabe is out of ideas as to how to help. Erica Bird is mired in her own worries...
  • Forget Me Not by Brenda Jackson

    Forget Me Not by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brenda Jackson welcomes you back to Catalina Cove, where love is waiting to be reclaimed…Ashley Ryan never doubted that her husband, Devon, was the love of her life. Even now, three years after Devon died in a car wreck while on a business trip, Ashley can’t bring herself to move on...
  • The Miles Between Us by Laurie Breton

    The Miles Between Us by Laurie Breton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rock musician Rob MacKenzie is in New York, producing the latest record album for a spoiled teenage pop star, when a loss rocks his family. Afraid to leave his wife, Casey Fiore MacKenzie, alone, Rob brings her and their two daughters back with him to New York while he finishes the album. But Casey isn’t the same woman she was before...
  • Cowboy Tough by Stacy Finz

    Cowboy Tough by Stacy Finz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five hundred acres of gorgeous California land is a life-changer for cousins Cash, Jace, and Sawyerβ€”and a surprising chance for each of them to find a game-changing love . . . Β  Sheriff Jace Dalton’s plate is piled high even before he discovers a stranded motorist just a few miles from his home...
  • The Corner of Heartbreak and Forever: A Sweet with Heat Standalone Romance by Addison Cole

    The Corner of Heartbreak and Forever: A Sweet with Heat Standalone Romance by Addison Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fall in love with Addison Cole's rich and romantic storytelling, and discover the magic of the Montgomerys. In The Corner of Heartbreak and Forever… Leaving New York City and returning to her hometown to teach a screenplay writing class seems like just the break Grace Montgomery needs...
  • Xtreme Pressure by Em Petrova

    Xtreme Pressure by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s too dangerous to be kidnapped. Guess she proved him wrong.After a major leg wound, Special Operative Chris Paxton is about to finally leave the facility where he’s been recovering. So when he wakes up with no clue where he’s at or who’s holding him at gunpoint, things are about to get lethal.Jersey has no choice but to find herself a bodyguard...
  • My Favorite Moosetake by Jacqueline Winters

    My Favorite Moosetake by Jacqueline Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sous chef with her life in limbo, the Army veteran who broke her heart, and their second chance at forever.Sous chef Tessa Whitmore has always had it all figured out, and she’s never been afraid to go after what she wants. When she’s selected to be a contestant on the reality cooking competition show Order Up: Las Vegas, it never occurs to her that she won’t take first place...
  • It's Not Home Without You by C. Lymari

    It's Not Home Without You by C. Lymari

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Max Time is supposed to heal all wounds. I thought it had healed mine when I found myself ready to say "I Do". It all came crashing down the moment I saw Freya Pratt again. After all these years she still affected me like no other. I couldn’t deny that she made me feel something I haven’t felt since the day she left. She made me feel alive...
  • A Rancher's Love by Vivian Arend

    A Rancher's Love by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Return to Silver Stone, where the legacy of love is ready to bloom again.Ginny Stone wants to be a vital part of her family’s ranching success, but nothing is the same as it was three years ago, and now she’s not sure where she fits in. To add to her troubles, her big brother’s best friend has shown upβ€”the sexy lover Ginny’s been keeping secret for years...
  • Home for the Holly Days by Cindy Kirk

    Home for the Holly Days by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A model who lost the limelight. A hockey star benched from the game. Will a small-town Christmas celebration reveal a most unexpected gift?Going β€œHolly” Wood isn’t what America’s sweetheart, Krista Ankrom, had in mind when she made her annual Christmas trip to Holly Pointe, Vermont...
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