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The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEscape to the Lake District with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland, for an uplifting story of family, friendship and love.Emma is having a fresh start.After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms... -
![Liam by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Liam by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsShe’s looking for a fresh start…she finds him.Nylah Walker knows what it’s like to be protected. You don’t grow up with five brothers without having someone close by, watching your back at all times. She craves independence, and Cradle Mountain is her fresh start. Her new beginning... -
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![Dark Horizon the Witching Hour by I.T. Lucas]()
Dark Horizon the Witching Hour by I.T. Lucas
Amidst the backdrop of a luxurious cruise, Margo and Negal's budding romance is tested as they confront the secrets of their past and the challenges of their present. With danger lurking in the shadows and powerful forces conspiring against them, they must rely on the strength of their bond and the support of their allies to overcome the odds... -
![Lance by Janice M. Whiteaker]()
Lance by Janice M. Whiteaker
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKari is the shoulder everyone in town loves to cry on and Lance was no exception.The last time Mister tall blonde and handsome was in town the single dad got sloppy drunk and confessed all his sins concerning the opposite sex.Then he puked on her floor.Now he’s back in town and back in her bar, but this time Lance isn’t spilling his secrets…He’s trying to uncover hers...Categorized as:
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![Catalyst by Shelly Crane]()
Catalyst by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn the third installment of the Collide series, we start off with Sherry, taken prisoner in the enforcement facility. The little bunker family must now decide whether it's worth the risk to try to save her or if it would bring doom to them all. Lily has started showing signs of her gift progressing, which may not be a desirable thing... -
![Wild Scottish Love by Tricia O'Malley]()
Wild Scottish Love by Tricia O'Malley
Wicked banter, kitchen witches, and hot men in kilts make this friends-to-lovers modern day Scottish fairytale a romping good time. I draw the line at serving people grasshoppers for dinner. As luck would have it, on the same day I quit my job as head chef at Suzette’s, a fine-dining restaurant in Boston, I was offered an opportunity to open a restaurant at a castle in Scotland... -
![The Body in the Backyard by Lucy Score]()
The Body in the Backyard by Lucy Score
From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Left Behind Her spray-tanned, self-absorbed news anchor ex-husband careening back into her life was not on this psychic detective's bingo card. But not only does Griffin Gentry show up unexpectedly at Riley Thorn's door―the real shock is that he's begging for her help... -
![The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain]()
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel. When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is... -
![Wild Scottish Knight by Tricia O'Malley]()
Wild Scottish Knight by Tricia O'Malley
Opposites attract in this modern-day fairytale when American, Sophie MacKnight, inherits a Scottish castle along with a hot grumpy Scotsman who is tasked with training her to be a magickal knight before the Kelpies wreak havoc on the people of Loren Brae. The knight was supposed to be a man.Not me, Sophie MacKnight, a marketing associate from California... -
![Mountain Yearning by Janice Whiteaker]()
Mountain Yearning by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou can’t hide from the past forever. Sometimes it comes back to bite you. Twenty-five years ago Christine tried to spare Magni the pain she saw in his future, even though it meant he would never be hers. He didn’t listen. Now she carries a burden no one else can see and that he refused to hear. The truth of what happened to his wife. **** Magni is a bitter man. And it’s his own damn fault...Categorized as:
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![A Frenemy in Need by Catrina Bell]()
A Frenemy in Need by Catrina Bell
Turns out there’s a very fine line between fighting and foreplay…Birdie’s life is in perfect order. She has a Christmas tree farm to run, animals to rescue, and an idyllic small-town wedding on the books. Everything is going her way. Until her fiancé jilts her at the altar... -
![A Court-Ordered Romance by Lark Green]()
A Court-Ordered Romance by Lark Green
She made a devil's bargain to save her job, but now there's a demon sharing her bed...Vale, Hollywood’s newest demon heartthrob, promised never to return home to Winter Bliss. Until his movie’s press tour forces him back. One drunken night with friends leads to the destruction of a historic statue, landing him a 90-day probation... -
![Something about Tomorrow by Nora Roberts]()
Something about Tomorrow by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFor the MacKade brothers, new beginnings are nothing without a happily-ever-after.The Heart of Devin MacKadeSheriff Devin MacKade has always known his destiny was to serve and protect the small town of Antietam, Maryland. And for a long while he thought that future would include Cassie Connor—the woman he’s known, and loved, forever... -
![The Wish Collector by Mia Sheridan]()
The Wish Collector by Mia Sheridan
New Orleans, a city of mystery and magic, of secrets and dreams, and a history drenched in both love and the deepest of heartache. When ballet dancer Clara Campbell arrives in New Orleans, lonely and homesick, she is immediately captivated by the story of Windisle Plantation and the tragic tale that is said to have transpired beyond its gate... -
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![Uprising by Shelly Crane]()
Uprising by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSherry and Merrick's story continues in this sequel to Collide. In this installment, we come face to face with old acquaintances and new friends and new enemies. Things will change for all of them especially when a little girl is found and everyone's loyalties are tested. A revelation may upset the delicate balance they've all tried so hard to set... -
![Sweet Summer Secrets by Jarica James, Chloe Gunter]()
Sweet Summer Secrets by Jarica James, Chloe Gunter
They say that first loves never last, but in Holiday Hollow there’s always time for a second chance.The mark on my neck signifies that I’m a bonded omega, but I haven’t seen my mate or his new pack in years. All of that changes when the secret I’ve been keeping is desperate to come to light and sends me back home to where it all started...Categorized as:
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![Talon/Xavier by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright]()
Talon/Xavier by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNew Year. New Species. Welcome to the Wildlands. TALON After the tragic death of his parents when Talon was young, he’s dedicated his life to protecting the Pantera. To the strikingly gorgeous man, loyalty and honor mean everything. So it’s no surprise that he’s determined to treat Isi Rousseau as the enemy... -
![Dad Bod: Wolf Shifter by Bella Blair]()
Dad Bod: Wolf Shifter by Bella Blair
Will she still want me once she finds out who I truly am?PEPPER: A handsome new neighbor moves in next door, together with his adorable twin sons, arousing my curiosity and other… feelings in me. Strangely though he seems to hate me, even before we actually meet.Which is too bad, because my daughter Tiff is just as taken with his sons as me... -
![Single Dad in a Kilt by Kait Nolan]()
Single Dad in a Kilt by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say timing is everything, and for single dad Hamish Colquhoun, the timing couldn't be worse. With a new law practice to establish, a centuries-old farmhouse to restore, and the challenges of raising a tween daughter, romance is the last thing on his mind...Categorized as:
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![Intersect by Elizabeth O'Roark]()
Intersect by Elizabeth O'Roark
The stunning conclusion to Parallel. Someone has torn them apart in the past, and she plans to do it again… As Nick and Quinn piece together the truth about the life they once shared, they discover it was much deeper and darker than they ever imagined... -
![Beauty's Twisted Tyrant by Nichole Rose]()
Beauty's Twisted Tyrant by Nichole Rose
Cursed to sleep, awoken with a kiss…and destined to be his. But no one warned her how much she'd love her prince's twisted games.ThaliaCursed to sleep. Awoken by a kiss. You know the drill.But why didn't anyone warn me that Prince Charming is a tyrant?And why didn't anyone tell me how much I'd love his filthy games?Because the more time I spend with this wicked man, the harder I fall... -
![Lionheart by Bianca D'Arc]()
Lionheart by Bianca D'Arc
An ex-military lion shifter meets the girl next door amid danger, deception and a battle pitting the forces of good against evil. All the while, attraction sparks between them that just might lead to a love to last for all time...Meg lives alone in a neighborhood with a very special secret... -
![Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts]()
Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
Seth Quinn is finally home. It's been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, he'd been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love... -
![Lighthouse Way - Special Edition: A Huckleberry Bay Novel by Kristen Proby]()
Lighthouse Way - Special Edition: A Huckleberry Bay Novel by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLuna Winchester’s life is firmly entrenched in the coastal town of Huckleberry Bay, Oregon. A fourth-generation lightkeeper, Luna is carrying on the Winchester tradition by tending to the lighthouse. Plus, she’s decided to renovate a long-abandoned building on the property and make it a B&B, Luna’s Light. Surrounded by family and her two childhood best friends, her life is full... -
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![The Next Always by Nora Roberts, MacLeod Andrews]()
The Next Always by Nora Roberts, MacLeod Andrews
The historic hotel in Boonsboro has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it’s getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. Beckett is the architect of the family, and his social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer... -
![Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts]()
Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts
With over one hundred and twelve million books in print and forty-two New York Times bestsellers to date, Nora Roberts is indisputably the most celebrated and loved women's fiction writer today. Tears of the Moon is her second book in the enchanting Irish trilogy featuring the Gallagher siblings of Ardmore, Ireland... -
![Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion]()
Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor years, Jackson Murphy and Jonas Brooks have been dancing around each other in a waltz of uncertainty and longing. One unexpected kiss meant to comfort rattles the two alphas, but neither is willing to make the first move. Now, their meddling packs are conniving to force the two alphas to see what they truly share — a bond of love...Categorized as:
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![Axel by Tasha Black]()
Axel by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDelilah might think she’s conning bear-shifter Axel, but he and baby Noah are stealing her heart… Axel adores baby Noah. Becoming a dad is the best thing that has ever happened to the burly bear-shifter mechanic, even if raising a child alone is hard. When help arrives in the form of a live-in nanny, Axel is ecstatic... -
![Kit & Basie by Tess Carletta]()
Kit & Basie by Tess Carletta
Immortality is a dangerous affair when it isn’t done right. Basie Yeats knows he’s doing immortality all wrong, spending endless days in the same place, but he doesn’t see a reason to leave the home he loves in Long Lily, Pennsylvania... -
![Elder Wolf by Scarlett Grove]()
Elder Wolf by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRancher Austin Wilde is the eldest wolf of the family pack. As Alpha, his brothers count on him to be the first to find his mate and start a family. But Austin is haunted by the memory of his childhood sweetheart who died long ago. He’s held a candle for her all these years, but for the sake of his family, he decides its time to let her go...Categorized as:
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![When You Were Mine by Erika Kelly]()
When You Were Mine by Erika Kelly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlanning a wedding for the ex-husband who left her in Vegas was not on her To-Do list. Jessica Elsworth isn’t the small town girl she used to be. She built her resort empire from pieces of a broken heart. Now, she’s on her way to snowy Iceland to take on a last-minute consulting job where she’ll renovate a hotel for a wedding.Four days and two hundred thousand dollars. It should be easy...Categorized as:
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![Once Upon a Krampus by KD Fraser]()
Once Upon a Krampus by KD Fraser
I was alone in the world, and alone in my house in the woods. My husband had passed, leaving me to tend to our dream home by myself.Then one day he showed up. The tales were real. Krampus was real. And he was in my home, sharing my meals, and my bed... -
![Orchid by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz]()
Orchid by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz
New York Times bestselling author JAYNE CASTLEThe wildly popular alter ego of bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz creates "delectably entertaining paranormal romantic suspense" (Booklist) in the "unique, synergistic world of St. Helens (Library Journal), the not-so-distant space colony where hearts and minds are gloriously in sync! A top psychic for exclusive Psynergy Inc... -
![One More Wish by Lindsey Lanza]()
One More Wish by Lindsey Lanza
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAlways be careful what you wish for. Maya Bloom has a secret.For as long as she can remember, all her wishes have come true. One quick plea to the universe, and whatever she wants is hers. The they always backfire.Which is why Maya is done wishing. Well, until her wedding day when she’s in desperate need of the truth...Categorized as:
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![Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts]()
Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts
The breathtaking conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Jewels of the Sun and Tears of the Moon... Darcy Gallagher has always believed in the pull of fate, the magic of legend... and the importance of money. She longs to find a rich man who will sweep her away - into a world filled with glamour and adventure, and the exotic life that is her destiny.. -
![Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts]()
Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts
Margo, Kate and Laura were brought up like sisters amidst the peerless grandeur of Templeton House. But it was Margo whose dreams first took her far away . . . Margo Sullivan had everything a young woman could ask for. But while growing up along the rocky cliffs of Monterey, she couldn't help but dream of bigger things...Categorized as:
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![Don't Flirt With Demons by Grace McGinty]()
Don't Flirt With Demons by Grace McGinty
We've all been through that one shitty break-up. The one that breaks your heart, turning you into a sobbing, soggy mess. Where you drink so much you accidentally summon a demon. No? Just Elsie?When Elsie decides to get over a bad break-up with a small fire pit and a large bottle of vodka, the last thing she expects is to summon the sexy as hell demon, Ukobach. He of the Impressive D... -
![Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz]()
Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz
Unconventional Molly Abberwick, trustee of her late father's scientific foundation and owner of Seattle's Abberwick Tea & Spice Company, was mad enough to fire her new consultant, Dr. Harry Stratton Trevelyan. She'd hired him when the foundation had needed the advice of the best expert in America on new inventions... -
![Guardian's Joy by Jacqueline Rhoades]()
Guardian's Joy by Jacqueline Rhoades
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRunning from an unknown past... JJ Justice has spent her adulthood lost and alone and vulnerable to the haunting of a past she can't remember... -
![Diesel by Terra Wolf]()
Diesel by Terra Wolf
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSadie wants a fling, but Diesel wants forever. Freedom. When Sadie plans a trip to visit her sister Reagan in Alaska, nothing seems to be going right. Her car breaks down and her view of freedom is clouded by the Grizzly Bear barreling at her. She's lost, confused, and possibly in love? Wild. Bear shifter Diesel has always embraced his bear side more than the human...Categorized as:
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![Jake Plus Conner by Ann-Katrin Byrde]()
Jake Plus Conner by Ann-Katrin Byrde
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsConner Jake was my best friend. My first crush. The love of my life. Until he screwed up. We both did, really. Now I tell everyone that I’m over him. I tell them that it doesn’t matter, because I’m an independent omega, out to change the world. The truth is that I miss him. The bigger truth is that I want to lose myself in him, but I’m afraid to lose myself in the process...Categorized as:
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![Alpha & Omega by K. Webster]()
Alpha & Omega by K. Webster
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOne smile. One damn beautiful smile infected my heart and soul with such a force that I nearly exploded. All hopes of afterlife and the eagerness to leave this one vanished with that one handsome smile. Thump. My heart gave one painful thud and began beating for the first time in its life. And then he spoke. The beautiful smile had an even more beautiful voice... -
![Collision Course by Julie Trettel]()
Collision Course by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThere's little worse than your best friend finding out you're crushing on his baby sister.That was eight years ago. Baine lost everything, the girl, his clan, and his best friend. Smiles and jokes are his defense to cover the pain he still harbors. He hasn't been home since, but a mission to save his clan from a Raglan threat has him on a collision course to face his past...Categorized as:
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![The Well by Marie Sexton]()
The Well by Marie Sexton
Twenty years after prom queen Cassie Kennedy is brutally murdered, six teenagers break into the house where she was killed to hold a séance. Haven knows his cousin Elise only wants to scare the crap out of him and his friends, but he’s willing to put up with one of her pranks if it means a chance to spend a few hours with the new kid in town, Pierce Hunter...Categorized as:
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![Chosen By The Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes]()
Chosen By The Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsI used to top "most eligible bachelor lists". Now I’m holed up in my wilderness cabin, far away from civilization.It’s safer for the rest of the world this way.All I want is to be left alone. Just me and my half-feral beast, trying to stay sane.But when I see her, my universe flips on its head.Sweet, curvy, untouched; she’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever laid eyes on...Categorized as:
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![Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts]()
Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis...Categorized as:
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![Hidden Talents by Jayne Ann Krentz]()
Hidden Talents by Jayne Ann Krentz
Serenity makepeace knows a lot about whole--grain bread but she doesn't know beans about business. Her new catalog company featuring local handicrafts will benefit her offbeat artist community in Writt's end Washington, but she needs a crack financial adviser to make it work. So she charms her way into the office of Caleb Ventress, only to find a handsome wolf in conservative clothing...Categorized as:
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![Full Moon Over Freedom by Angelina M. Lopez]()
Full Moon Over Freedom by Angelina M. Lopez
Gillian Armstead-Bancroft—Pride of the East Side and once-perfect bruja, wife, and mother—is going to spend her summer getting good at being bad. The first time she left Freedom, Kansas, behind, she did it by doing everything right. This time, she’ll hide from the large Mexican American family welcoming her home and work in secret to break the curse that’s erased her magical life... -
![Snake in the Grass by Staci Hart]()
Snake in the Grass by Staci Hart
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe truth changes everything. It’s round two of high stakes Love Connection on Olympus, and this time, everything has changed. Ares is on deck, and as much as Aphrodite loves to love him, she doesn’t trust him as far as she could throw him, which isn’t very far. But she never could resist him, even knowing he was a liar... -
![A Guide to Ghosting: A Spicy Monster Romance by Emily Antoinette]()
A Guide to Ghosting: A Spicy Monster Romance by Emily Antoinette
A man haunted by his past…When I moved back to Moonvale, I thought I’d finally be able to relax. Maybe rediscover who the hell I am after spending the past few years going from one crisis to the next.But all that stress has taken its toll, because ever since I moved in, I keep hearing and feeling things that aren’t there. Breath on my neck. Invisible eyes watching my every move...Categorized as:
m-f curvy heroine dual-pov second chances paranormal monsters fantasy from hate to love
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