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  • My Kinda Forever by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Forever by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alone. Everything changed for Meghan Summer that fateful February night. All she had, all she saw in her future, was stripped away in the blink of an eye. Even though she finds herself surrounded by her growing family, at the end of the day, there’s nothing but a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Or so she thinks… Her. Nick Adams shouldn’t want her...
  • Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After two brothers shatter her world, Reese Brady escapes to her old life. She occupies herself with work and friends in an attempt to find comfort after her catastrophic summer. When Reese receives a desperate call from someone she thought she’d never hear from again, she’s forced to confront the love she could’ve had...
  • The Enlightened by Cassandra Robbins

    The Enlightened by Cassandra Robbins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My secret’s out. Reed knows the truth. The destruction’s done. There’s no taking it back. Reed took all my firsts like a shiny present. He made promises with silky words I greedily kept as truths. But the moment I faltered, he took everything away. Now we’re both guilty of sins. As we come together for Grandfather Ian’s funeral, it’s time to face what I’ve done—what we’ve done...
  • Anchor by M. Mabie

    Anchor by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I believe in love at first sight. Now I know soulmates exist. Nothing has ever been easy for us. Every fight, every struggle, has been worth it. I’m stubborn, but what woman isn’t? She’s hard work and I love the overtime. He’s frustrating and unpredictable. I hope he never changes. I love driving her crazy. That’s half the fun. Lou’s sexy curls. Honeybee’s pink nose...
  • Destination Connelly by K.L. Kreig

    Destination Connelly by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Treachery. Destiny. Forgiveness. She’s the one woman he could never shake or forget. Nora Cantres was buried so fucking far inside Connelly he didn’t have breath left for anyone else. She’d managed to avoid him for more than a decade, but now the running stops. He’s made damn sure of it...
  • 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 more—a career...
  • Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time stamps. Our life is marked by them. Significant milestones to the seemingly mundane. All of them have a place. A purpose. Moments and chapters stacking on each other, building scars and memories. Creating stories that are only ours to tell. But those stamps are finite, pre-determined. And eventually our allotment runs out. This is our story. Our collection of time stamps...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  female-mc  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary
  • Finding Me by Mariah Dietz

    Finding Me by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I came here to escape. Leave the debris and avoid the inevitable truths. Things are better. Worse. Different. I’m finding me, but in the process I fear I’m forgetting those I have left, and the ones who have left me. Maybe I’m losing who I was...
  • The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fate has a way of stepping in and righting itself when we least expect it. Maddison Powers has been regretting the biggest mistake of her life when she walked away from the only man who has ever sparked something deep inside her. After comparing every guy she dates to Cale Blackwood, she finally gives up all hope of ever finding him. One dare by Maddison throws Cale back into her life..
  • Liv by Kelsie Rae

    Liv by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Liv had her life all figured out until it was shattered by the loss of her husband. He left her a piece of him she hadn’t planned on. How can she pick up the pieces when she doesn’t know how? Liv: I never imagined my life would end up this way. I thought I had everything figured out until I got the call my husband was killed in a car accident and that my period was late...
  • All We Knew by Jamie Beck

    All We Knew by Jamie Beck

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For Hunter and Sara, getting married was easy. It’s staying together that’s the true test of love… Hunter Cabot deeply loves two things: the international tea company he’s helped his father build, and his wife, Sara. From the moment he first saw her wide smile on their college campus years ago, Hunter fell hard...
  • Open Wheel by Shey Stahl

    Open Wheel by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How do you choose? How do you keep from hurting the ones you love when you know your heart belongs with both of them? Seven years ago Arie Riley married Easton Levi, current heart-throb of the NASCAR Cup series. She made a commitment to him. She gave her heart and soul to another. Her love is heavy. Consuming. And it’s inherently tied to two people. Arie thought she had made her mind up...
  • Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields

    Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the readers of the Love series, Wrapped series, the Burning Souls series and Love you Anyways. A continuation of Lucas and Tessa's story, in Lucas Links POV. In Love Notes, Lucas and Tessa's rekindled love has never been stronger. Although she has never wanted to revisit the past it weighs on Lucas's heart. Lucas wants Tessa to know everything, yet burdening her further is not an option...
  • Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer

    Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She said one night. He said more. She should’ve known better than to argue with a lawyer. Ava Callaghan was never going to be just one night. She was going to be more, much more. She just didn’t know it yet. Hotshot lawyer Elijah Ward can’t be interested in his friends’ and colleagues’ little sister...
  • Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andy Simpson never expected to be raising his teenage twin sons alone. Then again, he also never expected to walk into his house and see his wife with another man. In their bed. Or that it wasn’t her first time. Bitterness threatened to wrap around his heart, darkening every part of his life. But a brightness he wasn’t even looking for entered their lives and wouldn’t let it take hold...
  • You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • It Ended with the Truth by Lisa Suzanne

    It Ended with the Truth by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Brian Fox finally tells the truth, it costs him everything. His company. His friends. The girl he loves. He’s forced to start over, and it’s his brother who once again steps in. Working for a record label isn’t how he imagined his life when he owned a successful company, and life on the road only makes him long for everything the truth cost him...
  • Now You Wanna Come Back by Anna Black

    Now You Wanna Come Back by Anna Black

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Letting go is not always easy and in some cases it can be close to impossible, like it was for Leila. She was stuck on her husband Devon and never thought she would ever stop loving him; even through the constant pain and suffering, she still had hopes that he’d come back to her...
  • Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl

    Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We were two hearts, two souls, devastated by the same loss. I met Beau Ryland where the red clay danced along the water’s edge, and bursts of light rained down on us. A night when the heat couldn’t be escaped. As he whispered against sun-kissed summer-sweet skin, “Baby, look up and get lost on that everlasting light,” it was easy to believe it would last forever. But things changed...
  • Sara's Promise by Deanna Lynn Sletten

    Sara's Promise by Deanna Lynn Sletten

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Do you believe in soul mates? William Grafton had the perfect life with his lovely wife, Sara, and two wonderful children. But one day his perfect forever was shattered when Sara died suddenly, leaving him alone to raise his children and wonder how he would ever get through life without his soul mate...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • KEITH by M. S. Parker

    KEITH by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When my older brother tells me that his plan to save our family charity involves marrying the daughter of a potential billionaire investor, I assure him it will be a disaster. Nikolette Ives is a rich, spoiled socialite who only wants the prestige that comes with the Hartwell name. My brother says his mind is made up, but I won’t let him make the biggest mistake of his life...
  • Something Worth Saving by Mayra Statham

    Something Worth Saving by Mayra Statham

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They had it all. Or so they thought. A fairytale kind of romance that started with a girl and a boy falling head over heels in love. This isn’t that part of the story. This is what happens after the happily ever after. After careers blossom, babies, stretch marks, and carpools. Nadia is lost. As much as she loves her life, she hardly recognizes the reflection in the mirror...
  • Restored Dreams by L.B. Dunbar

    Restored Dreams by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    More romance for the over forty. Brut Paige needs a life break. As caretaker to his brother, his business, and his son, he's used to being the man to get things done. Yet, along the way, he's forgotten how to have fun. Lily Warren deserves a vacation. She's worked hard to establish her bakery, a lifelong dream. She's proud of her accomplishments. But, she knows there's something missing...
  • Guilty Pleasure by Jessica Prince

    Guilty Pleasure by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The only thing worse than living in a town where everyone hates you is having to work for the man who broke your heart.Redemption, Tennessee held nothing but painful memories that Lark Ashton had no desire to rehash. After the only man she's ever loved crush her soul and spirit, and all her friends turned their backs on her, she swore to herself she'd never go back...
  • My Boss's Sister by Alexis Winter

    My Boss's Sister by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ASIN B07YR5NL5F moved to this edition.Never get your employee pregnant,Especially when it’s your best friend’s little sister.That’s the kind of f*ck up you don’t come back from.Look, you don’t need to tell me I’m making the mistake of a lifetime, breaking bro-code and setting myself up to be castrated,But it wasn’t my fault...
  • Truth of the Matter by Jamie Beck

    Truth of the Matter by Jamie Beck

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Starting over means looking back for a mother and daughter on the road to reinventing themselves in a moving novel about family secrets and second chances by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jamie Beck.Seventeen years ago, two pink stripes on a pregnancy test changed Anne Sullivan’s life...
  • Only Him by Melanie Harlow

    Only Him by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sometimes your first love deserves a second chance. He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first everything. But I’m not a lovesick teenager anymore, and I’d never let that cocky troublemaker break my heart again. So when he shows up out of the blue asking me to have dinner with him “for old time’s sake,” I say I will...
  • Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor

    Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Full Kin Series including an exclusive Novella, Renew Me. Following this family of cousins while they struggle through life and each find love...
  • CRASH (Daring the Kane Brothers) by Kelly Gendron

    CRASH (Daring the Kane Brothers) by Kelly Gendron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I DARE YOU TO MARRY ME ...Three years ago, I "married" my best friend's sister on a dare and the next day, my best friend died. Maggie Mae is back in town and she wants a divorce. The thing is, we're not really marriedAt least, I didn't think we were..
  • Undeniable: Dom & Gigi by Callie Harper

    Undeniable: Dom & Gigi by Callie Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Undeniable (Dom & Gigi) Dom’s the one she couldn’t have. Gigi’s the one he couldn’t forget. They haven’t seen each other for four years. He’s been serving in the Special Forces. She’s finished college. They’ve had time to move on. Neither one has. Now there’s a death threat. Her family’s business has pissed off a drug cartel. Her life’s in danger. They’re thrown together, on the run...
  • Yesterday Is Ours by H.J. Bellus

    Yesterday Is Ours by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love struck me at a young age. Bertie Cooper owned my heart from the second grade right up until the moment I ruined everything. I didn't deserve her, not after what I did, so I lied and pushed her away. I took the coward's way out and I broke her heart. Little did I know, I sentenced the rest of my days to an internal prison of hell...
  • The Broken Road to Forever by Rhonda R. Dennis, LK Owen

    The Broken Road to Forever by Rhonda R. Dennis, LK Owen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are broken roads worth traveling? As the daughter of a hard working single mother, Mallory James is very familiar with struggle. Loneliness becomes a common theme in her life, especially because she suffers with issues such as low self-esteem, poor body image, and a lack of confidence...
  • If We Fly by Nina Lane

    If We Fly by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The past won't let her go.When Josie Mays returned to her hometown of Castille, Maine, she wanted to say goodbye to the past and start a new future. Then the "past" loomed up in the form of Cole Danforth, Josie's former love who has now turned into a ruthless CEO out for revenge on the town that failed him...
  • Tiller by Shey Stahl

    Tiller by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call him Wild Cat. I knew him before he was the sinfully gorgeous FMX rider with infinite hate in his blood. I knew him back when he was a shy little boy hoping a girl would love him back. That guy, he’s nowhere to be found inside the devil known as Tiller Sawyer. Truth is, I didn't know who he really was..
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  family  multi-pov  adult  book
  • Table 10: Part 3 by Jiffy Kate

    Table 10: Part 3 by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A waitress fielding life’s curveballs.A CEO with a penchant for pie.She’s independent and tenacious.He’s chivalrous and demanding.They’re an unexpected match...
  • Rewrite by Stephanie Rose

    Rewrite by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time, a girl loved a boy and he loved her back. They lived happily ever after. But our story was never that simple. I loved Josh with all I had, right until the day he left. Now, all these years later, he was back—and wanting me the way I’d always longed for him. Except now, I belonged to someone else. Someone who never left me the way Josh had. I figured that was the end of our story...
  • KEPT: A Second Chance Fairy Tale by A.C. Bextor

    KEPT: A Second Chance Fairy Tale by A.C. Bextor

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    KEPT is a 368-page stand-alone contemporary romance novel written for those who still believe in fairy tales. A complete love story. No cliffhanger. Please note: Due to content, this book should not be read by those under the age of 18. Michael   She’s a pain in my ass. She’s everything I know I don’t want or need. She’s the reason I’ve fought the darkness for so long...
  • Score by Emma Louise

    Score by Emma Louise

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once college sweethearts, Poppy and Keir were the all American couple. Until the big time came calling. Misunderstandings and miscommunications lead to broken hearts and broken trust. But fate throws them a second chance when their paths cross again. Now they have to decide if they are ready to take another try at forever, or if the past is better left behind them...
  • If We Fall by Nina Lane

    If We Fall by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We fell in love. Then our world fell apart. I wished so hard for Cole Danforth. And one day, he came true. He was my first boyfriend, my first lover, my first and only love. He should also have been my last. But in a split-second, we were ripped apart, our lives broken, my heart shattered. After ten years, I've returned to my hometown, the place of my greatest joy and darkest pain...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  female-mc  multi-pov  second-chances  adult  book
  • Mirror Mirror by Patricia Scanlan

    Mirror Mirror by Patricia Scanlan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Chris Wallace looks in the mirror, he sees a deep and complex man. He is, in fact, selfish, shallow and very, very devious - a master of deceit. Suzy Wallace, a woman scorned, wreaks havoc and revenge on her husband's mistress, once her best friend, now her sworn enemy. She will never forgive and never forget...
  • Claiming Her by R.R. Banks

    Claiming Her by R.R. Banks

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    F*ck with my family, and I'll destroy you. Wealth. Power. Submission. That's all I craved. Then I saw Olivia. Pure. Innocent. Everything I’m not. I knew she was mine. To touch. To command. To possess. I claimed her innocence and marked her as my own. Before I could taste her sweet curves again, she disappeared. Two years later, she’s back. But this time she has a big secret, my son...
  • It's Not Over by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    It's Not Over by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gwen Lately, life definitely isn't how I envisioned it. I had it all. The house, the job, the husband. Until one day, I didn't. I don't know when exactly things started to change between us, only that it did, and in a big way. So much so, I found myself standing before a judge and signing off on the end of my marriage. To the only man I've ever loved...
  • In the Cards by Jamie Beck

    In the Cards by Jamie Beck

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Lindsey Hilliard flees her charmed life in New York, searching for answers after her fiancé’s betrayal fills her with self-doubt. Unfortunately, her rented Malibu home is next door to Levi Hardy, the sexy but insufferable man who humiliated her years ago.Hardened by a grim past he keeps concealed, Levi prefers maintaining a comfortable distance from folks, especially a nosy princess like Lindsey...
  • Before It Stains by R.E. Bradshaw

    Before It Stains by R.E. Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Falling in love is easy. Staying in love is work.Stephanie Austin has it all – a loving wife of 17 years, a handsome teenage son, a comfortable home in the suburbs, professional success, and a bright future. At forty, Stephanie’s life is all she’d ever dreamed of, but like the old blues song says, “What a difference a day makes...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  family  female-mc  adult  book
  • Sexiest Man Alive by M. Clarke, Regina Wamba

    Sexiest Man Alive by M. Clarke, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *** Book 2, Sexiest Couple Alive, release on May 23, 2016*** Nathan Cross is a struggling actor waiting tables at a local restaurant to make ends meet while he attends endless auditions. Though his hopeful career moves at a slow pace, Olivia is the strength and sunshine in his life… until she leaves him...
  • Tiny White Lies by Fiona Palmer

    Tiny White Lies by Fiona Palmer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two families escape the rat race to holiday at a remote coastal retreat, but what lies are they telling themselves and each other? The new family drama by beloved Australian storyteller Fiona PalmerAshley has recently lost her husband. Daughter Emily is being bullied online.Best friend Nikki is holding a huge secret...
  • I'll Take A Chance by Annalisa Nicole

    I'll Take A Chance by Annalisa Nicole

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amelia Wellington is a quiet, young, successful business woman. Her past relationships have left her with scars so deep she has sworn off men all together. Until that one fateful day she quite literally runs into Doctor Kyle Peters, that is...
  • Enflame by S. Layne, Stacey Lynn

    Enflame by S. Layne, Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Three in the Affair Series. A standalone with new characters in this steamy erotic romance series. Talia Merchant dropped the idea of a forever kind of love after the first guy she loved stole not only her heart, but also took her virginity….and then he took off...
  • Breathing You In by S. Moose

    Breathing You In by S. Moose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tragedy brings them together. Life may tear them apart. Two years after losing my wife and unborn child, I’m at rock bottom. I blanket my life with addictions to ease the pain. Until life takes me on a detour, guiding me for a path I never expected...
  • Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone

    Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Augusta "Blue" Riley's parents are killed by a tornado in her last month of high school, Blue is thrown into a world where nothing is what she expected. She moves from her farm in Alabama to North Carolina to be near her aunt and attend college. Interesting classes and the love of sorority girl Grace Lancaster help Blue let go of her grief...
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