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  • Tempted by Love: Jack "Jock" Steele by Melissa Foster

    Tempted by Love: Jack "Jock" Steele by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Jack "Jock" SteeleEnjoy heart-meltingly beautiful and toe-curlingly sexy romance in Tempted by Love, an emotionally riveting story about a man who has lost it all and carries a torturous secret, a divorced single mother who has everything to lose, and the little girl who helps them heal...
  • Sail Away by Ashley Farley

    Sail Away by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Three women form a village to help a friend in need. Becca has embarked on the most important mission of her life. She trusts no one, and she’s running out of time. On a whim, she rents a beach cottage on Palmetto Island for the summer. She’s searching for a solution to her problem. Help comes in an unexpected friendship with the young woman next door...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Crushing on Love by Melissa Foster

    Crushing on Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Bradens are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series. . In CRUSHING ON LOVE... Steve Johnson is living his life's passion watching over the Colorado Mountains as a ranger and wildlife consultant...
  • Be Your Everything by Catherine Bybee

    Be Your Everything by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes a romance about childhood friends who marry in Vegas and embark on a wild ride to find their happily ever after.With two protective older brothers and a traditional Catholic Italian mother, it’s surprising that Chloe D’Angelo can manage a date without someone in the family naysaying her romantic choice...
  • Love After Dark by Marie Force

    Love After Dark by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Paul Martinez has been run ragged by the demands of managing the family’s landscaping business and his mother’s battle with dementia. It’s been so long since he had sex, he can’t remember the last time...
  • Bayside Fantasies by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Fantasies by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone steamy romance novels featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They’re fun, flirty, flawed, and easy to relate to. In USA Today bestseller BAYSIDE FANTASIES..
  • Sanibel Moonlight by Hope Holloway

    Sanibel Moonlight by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nearly a year has passed since Eliza arrived for a “few days” on Shellseeker Beach. She has overcome grief, forged lifelong relationships, and finally found a place where her heart can sing.Most of all, she’s found a second chance at romance…but must face one last and unexpected challenge or this new love will slip through her fingers like moonlight on the water...
  • Bayside Passions by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Passions by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod.Bayside Passions is a USA Today BestsellerBAYSIDE SUMMERS is a series of standalone steamy romance novels featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, deeply emotional, always passionate, and easy to relate to...
  • Bad Boys After Dark: Carson by Melissa Foster

    Bad Boys After Dark: Carson by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bad Billionaires After Dark are a series of stand-alone romances. "​With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!" -NYT Bestseller Julie Kenner​ "Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" -NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely​ Indulge your inner vixen with these sexy billionaires! Meet the Bad Boys..
  • Tonight and Forever by Brenda Jackson

    Tonight and Forever by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Yesterday After her marriage ends in bitter divorce, all Lorren Jacobs wants is to leave California behind. Returning to her roots in Texas seems to be just what the doctor ordered...until she meets real-life physician Justin Madaris. Lorren has vowed never to give her heart to another man, but she can't stop herself from responding to the handsome widower's sensuous whispers of love... Today..
  • Dangerous Fling: A Rock Star Romance by Crystal Kaswell

    Dangerous Fling: A Rock Star Romance by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's her rock star crush, her go-to fantasy, and he's offering to make all her dreams come true... Rock star Malcolm Strong is used to being in control. Of the band. Of his feelings. Of the woman he has tied to his bed. He never gets close enough to get hurt. He never wants to. Until Lacey. The sassy brunette is working on the band's latest music video...
  • Demise of a Self-Centered Playboy by Piper Rayne

    Demise of a Self-Centered Playboy by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You might be wondering how you’ll know when your playboy ways are coming to an end. For some it might be an unexpected pregnancy (ahem… you know who), for others it might be finally landing the one woman you’ve always wanted (cough… I won’t mention any names). For me, it was the death of my mentor and the subsequent reading of their will. The signs were there, they always are...
  • 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...
  • Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson

    Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zane Shaw isn't the type to cower in a corner, until he meets Honor Sullivan. She's the most phenomenal woman he's ever met, but he's been burned before and so he's doomed to fall for her from a distance. If only his past hadn't left him so weary, perhaps he could be the man he was raised to be. Honor Sullivan has too much at stake to get distracted by a man. But Zane Shaw isn't just any man...
  • California Sunsets by Bella Andre, Nicky Arden

    California Sunsets by Bella Andre, Nicky Arden

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 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. Erin Davenport always imagined she’d end up with a quiet man. Someone like her. Then she met Jay Malone. He’s the loudest, pushiest, most sales-oriented man she’s ever met...
  • Friendship on Fire by Melissa Foster

    Friendship on Fire by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    FRIENDSHIP ON FIRE is a steamy contemporary romance with alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable for readers who enjoy adult romance, contemporary romance, and women's fiction. Small-town overachiever Riley Banks has finally scored her big break—working in Manhattan as a fashion design assistant for her childhood crush, Josh Braden...
  • This Is Wild by Natasha Madison

    This Is Wild by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the best selling series, Something So comes the spin-off Series This is... Zoe When you grow up surrounded by hockey players you know one thing for sure, I was never going to settle down with one. Heck, I didn’t even know what icing was. I was too busy climbing the corporate ladder, becoming one of the most successful realtors in New York City...
  • Where Forever Ends by K. Street

    Where Forever Ends by K. Street

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔—𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘. Then: I was a wife. Married to a man who was my world and the father of my child. Then, one day, half of my heart was ripped out of my chest. Now: I’m a widow. A single mom who has spent the last nine months trying like hell not to drown in an ocean of grief...
  • Lost to You by Kelly Elliott

    Lost to You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Seaside ChronicleNovember 1, 2022Keepin’ it ReelSeasiders,We all know the youngest Bradley sibling must be the most carefree of the bunch. Last this writer heard, Palmer was employed with at least five different jobs. Pet walker, house sitter, vet receptionist, nanny, and the least of my favorite, pooper scooper. To each her own, I guess...
  • Never Too Close by Chelle Bliss

    Never Too Close by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vito Bianchi had given up on love years ago after his wife walked out the door. He immersed himself in his work, letting one day pass into the next so he didn’t dwell on what was missing in his life. But when he’s called out to a fire at the home of Star Falls newest resident, he couldn’t stop himself from being sucked in to her world...
  • Never Too Soon by Chelle Bliss

    Never Too Soon by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grace Bianchi has always been drawn to men who are allergic to relationships. But when a mysterious man walks into her shop, saving her from a disaster, she finds herself wondering… is he different than the others?Ryder Cooper is fumbling his way through life. He’s been lost since his wife passed away, leaving him to raise two young children alone...
  • Courting Justice by Brenda Jackson

    Courting Justice by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winning a high-profile case has given a huge boost to New York attorney DeAngelo Di Meglio's career—and his love life. Too bad fame hasn't helped him win the woman he's been infatuated with for years. Tired of waiting and wondering, Angelo books a trip to the singles-only Bahamas resort where Peyton Mahoney is celebrating her thirtieth birthday...
  • Southern Heat by Natasha Madison

    Southern Heat by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WillowAfter being left for dead, I was given a fresh start by my knight in shining armor.My protector.I never had a family before they took me in.But I don’t know how to stay or trust.I always had a bag packed and ready just in case I needed to escape again.Like they say, old habits die hard.Being in the shadows is lonely, but lonely is safe...
  • Playing with Words by Kelly Elliott

    Playing with Words by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hudson Higgins had fond memories of Boggy Creek from his childhood. So what better place to escape New York City for a few weeks to finish up a book that was nearing deadline than the small town in New Hampshire his parents visited nearly every summer.What he couldn’t have known was how his life would be turned upside down when he walked into Greer Larson’s bookstore his first day in town...
  • Can't Fight the Moonlight by Barbara Freethy

    Can't Fight the Moonlight by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Justin Blackwood can't remember a time when he believed in the magic of anything, least of all love. A cynical businessman, who grew up in a broken home, he guards his heart with every breath he takes. His job has taken him all over the world and roots are the last thing he wants...until he meets a beautiful innkeeper in Whisper Lake...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Embraced at Seaside by Addison Cole

    Embraced at Seaside by Addison Cole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers features a group of fun, flirty, and emotional friends who gather each summer at their Cape Cod cottages. They're sassy, flawed, and so easy to relate to, you'll be begging to enter their circle of friends! In EMBRACED AT SEASIDE...After working hard all day creating his beautiful metal sculptures, Hunter Lacroux likes to unwind with a hot babe–or two...
  • Drawing Me In by Tracey Alvarez, Book Cover by Design

    Drawing Me In by Tracey Alvarez, Book Cover by Design

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Passion won’t hold them together when past fears threaten to tear them apart… She’s drawn by his wild spirit… Bree Findlow’s ordered world slides into chaos when the man who broke her heart arrives back in their small New Zealand home-town. But with years of avoidance tactics under her belt, she figures ignoring the sexy-as-sin artist whose touch colors her red hot, is a practical solution...
  • A Pinch of Passion by Kelly Collins

    A Pinch of Passion by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She leads a privileged life. He has a chip on his shoulder. Can the very thing that divides them be what draws them together? Allie Parks lives life in the fast lane—literally. As a partner in Luxe Resorts, she’s learned that if her money won’t open a door, her looks will...
  • Cougar by M.A. Foster

    Cougar by M.A. Foster

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At eighteen, I met a man.A man who turned my world upside down and made me the center of his.He claimed us meeting was fate. I agreed.I was the damsel in distress, and he was my white knight.I became his princess, and he was my prince charming.He gave me the fairy tale.The dream.Until fate circled around and turned my dream into a living nightmare...
  • One Last Risk by Nancy Stopper

    One Last Risk by Nancy Stopper

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A guilt-driven firefighter, a widowed mother, neither is ready for love, but love has other plans. Firefighter Lucas Bennett had the carefree life he’d always wanted until a deadly blaze took the life of his company mate and best friend. Blaming himself was easy but pulling himself from the tailspin of guilt proved to be much harder...
  • Easton Island: Easton Family Dynasty by Hope Callaghan

    Easton Island: Easton Family Dynasty by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Easton Island - Easton Family Dynasty is the continuing saga of one woman’s journey from incredible loss to finding a past she knew nothing about, including a family who both embraces and fears her and a charming island that draws her in.This inspirational women's fiction series is for lovers of family sagas, friendship, mysteries, and a touch of romance...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  epic  romance  fiction  cozy  contemporary  book
  • Tangle of Strings by Ashley Farley

    Tangle of Strings by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A nearly tragic accident leads to a discovery that rocks the Sweeney family’s world. Some families never resolve conflicts. Not so with the Sweeneys. Their sense of family, their love for one another, and their willingness to forgive have always triumphed and brought them back together. Until now...
  • Lowcountry Stranger by Ashley Farley

    Lowcountry Stranger by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Family Drama, Southern Style. There's a stranger in town. And it’s no coincidence when she shows up uninvited at a Sweeney family wedding. All eyes are drawn to this urchin who seems to have washed in with the tide. Before the night is over, the doe-eyed waif charms young and old with her street smarts and spunky personality. For better or worse, Annie Dawn is here to stay...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Inked Craving: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Craving: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a friends to lovers romance that breaks all of their own rules.Instead of walking away with a marriage proposal, Paige Montgomery ended up broken hearted and pregnant.Now she has to figure out how to begin her life again alone...
  • A tablespoon of Temptation by Kelly Collins

    A tablespoon of Temptation by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a woman who values honesty. He’s a man telling a lie. Will the truth bring them together or tear them apart?Danielle Morgan doesn’t need a recipe for love, she needs one for life. Hounded by her best friend to find a man or a hobby, she chooses the latter. After all, a hobby won’t break her heart...
  • One Hundred Glances by Kelly Collins

    One Hundred Glances by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Aspen Cove, where seeing is believing …Artist Sosie Grant has always loved what Aspen Cove had to offer. It was a place to let her muse run wild. But when a bout with Lyme disease leaves her unable to paint, she comes back to Aspen Cove to say goodbye to the only life she’s ever known...
  • Inked Devotion: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Devotion: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a road trip romance between two friends running from their past.Brenna Garrett watched her best friend fall in love with another woman all the while keeping his darkest secrets from her. Now she’ll have to figure out who she is without him while not letting the rest of the Montgomerys see her break...
  • Too Dangerous by Bethany Lopez

    Too Dangerous by Bethany Lopez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jasmine's worked hard to get where she is, a tough, savvy woman in a male dominated business. Shane's just trying to get by. Trying to build a life for himself away from the pitfalls of his past. She's always kept him at arms length, afraid to ignite the passion that sparks whenever he's near. He does everything in his power to remind her of what she's missing...
  • Mess With Me by Kylie Gilmore

    Mess With Me by Kylie Gilmore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ally Bloom attends her college reunion on a mission—a second chance with her first love. Turns out he’s single and…not interested. Their love is doomed! But when Ethan Case, the sexy cop friend of a friend, finds her crying in her spiked punch, he invites her for coffee with his date...
  • The Inn by the Cove: A Sweet, Small Town Romance by Ellen Joy

    The Inn by the Cove: A Sweet, Small Town Romance by Ellen Joy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The handsome investor wants to sell her family’s seacoast inn. So, why can’t she just hate him?Previously published as "Inn with You."Zoe has dedicated her life to working at the family inn, where she lives with her son, but the business has fallen on hard times. She has ideas about how to turn things around; but, her father owns the place and he’s stuck in his ways...
  • The Stanislaski Series Collection Volume 1 by Nora Roberts

    The Stanislaski Series Collection Volume 1 by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    TAMING NATASHAComposer Spencer Kimball and his young daughter are new to town. It’s a small community, and in such close quarters beauty is hard to miss—and when he sets eyes on Natasha Stanislaski, he’s thunderstruck by the intensity of his attraction. The former ballet dancer turned toy shop owner has a fiery temperament, and it draws Spencer like a moth to a flame...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Give Me the Weekend by Weston Parker

    Give Me the Weekend by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What do I look like, a baby machine?I swear all my family wants from me is kids. Or at least my mother does.But I'm the black sheep of the family. The one that left for bigger and better things.No farm for me. I'm a self-made billionaire bad boy now.Real Estate is the game and making money is my thing...
  • A Place for Us by Olivia Miles

    A Place for Us by Olivia Miles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the vein of the USA Today bestselling Oyster Bay series comes a new feel-good series about sisters navigating family life while finding love in a quaint, lakeside town. When Britt Conway was eighteen, she left Blue Harbor without a glance back, telling herself that she was closing the door to her painful past for good...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  small-town
  • One Night to Fall by Kelsey Kingsley

    One Night to Fall by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Do we choose love? Or is it something decided by fate? To Kinsey McKenna, Patrick Kinney was a persistent glob of sticky peanut butter. He had been stuck to the roof of her mouth, since they were both three years old, when fate seemed to send his family next door to hers. All the way from the coast of Ireland to River Canyon, Connecticut...
  • A Rancher's Bride by Vivian Arend

    A Rancher's Bride by Vivian Arend

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Heart Falls, where there's more at stake than the future of the Silver Stone ranch. A standalone novel by New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend. With the ranch teetering on the brink of disaster, accepting an invitation to the gala of the year is a top business priority for Luke Stone. Having a significant other on his arm isn’t merely a good idea, it’s a necessity...
  • Inked Obsession by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Obsession by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a second chance romance sure to tug at your heartstrings.When men in uniform showed up on Eliza Wilder-Strong’s doorstep, she knew her life would be irrevocably altered. She not only lost her husband, but the future she’d carefully planned...
  • Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Seaside ChroniclesJanuary 3, 2023On the HookSeasiders,News on the beach is Braxton Bradley has caught the eye of Seaside’s very own darling, Harlee Tilson. Now, this might come as a shock to many of you, since the eldest Bradley sibling has been rumored to have made a vow to never marry. After all, his fishing charter has always been his number one love...
  • One Hundred Lifetimes by Kelly Collins

    One Hundred Lifetimes by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kelly Collins invites you back to Aspen Cove, the charming mountain town where dreams never die and love lives on forever... Poppy Dawson has spent her entire life wanting what she can’t have—namely Mark Bancroft, Aspen Cove’s deputy sheriff. Growing up the daughter of a cattle rancher, there was no time for silly things such as love...
  • A Kind Wedding: Nathan & Sofia by Sandi Lynn

    A Kind Wedding: Nathan & Sofia by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wedding bells are ringing for Nathan & Sofia!Join Nathan and Sofia as they try to juggle their family life and careers all while trying to plan the perfect wedding.Enjoy bonfires, brotherly talks, weekly surf time, music, laughter, and more in this next installment of the Kind Brothers Series...
    Categorized as:
    family  epic  romance  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • Beyond Now by Abby Brooks

    Beyond Now by Abby Brooks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was six the first time I proposed. Twenty years later, will she say I do? In Kindergarten, I fell in love with Maisie Brown. In seventh grade, she moved out of state. Now, she’s back… …but only for a week. When fate brings Maisie back to me, it’s clear life has been good to her...
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