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  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*t. This is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way. ..
  • Time for Love by Marie Force

    Time for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dr. David Lawrence has spent the last two years atoning for his sins and recovering from the devastating breakup with Gansett Island golden girl Janey McCarthy. As the island's only doctor, he's had ample opportunity to show his fellow island residents that there's more to him than the guy who disappointed Janey so profoundly...
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  • Maximum Risk by Ruth Cardello

    Maximum Risk by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Max Andrade:. Rich, bold, unapologetic. He is a man who doesn’t hear the word no—until he meets Tara. In his obsession to have her, he’ll offer her anything—except his heart. Tara Holmes:. Outspoken, hardworking, levelheaded. She makes her living by exposing unfaithful spouses. She doesn’t believe in love, especially not with a man who sees her as nothing more than a challenge...
  • Season for Love by Marie Force

    Season for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    His idea of permanence is the VW van that takes him from one gig to the next. . . Owen Lawry has made a living as a traveling musician and enjoys his footloose and fancy free lifestyle...
  • Vanished by April Wilson

    Vanished by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fans of the McIntyre Security Bodyguard series will love this follow-up story about Dominic and Sophie. Sophie is due to give birth to their baby any day. When she goes missing, Dominic goes on a rampage as he searches for his wife. Lots of McIntyre family members and friends make an appearance in this book, including a few unexpected surprise guests...
    Categorized as:
    pregnancy  m-f  contemporary  suspense  military
  • Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    All her life, Grace Ryan was the “fat girl. ” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time...
  • Knocked Up by the New Zealand Doctor by K.C. Crowne

    Knocked Up by the New Zealand Doctor by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My ovaries NEVER stood a chance. He's the world's most eligible cardiologist. Eight years older. And my brother’s arrogant best friend. We were forced to walked down the aisle together at a wedding. Then we got stuck sharing one house for ten entire nights. But something TOTALLY unexpected happened. I saw Hayden's affection for my little nieces. He was gentle. Kind. Loving...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  pregnancy  contemporary
  • Touch Me by J. Kenner

    Touch Me by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark International series…. Former wild child Jamie Archer can’t believe how amazing her life has become...
  • Lie to Me by Angela Verdenius

    Lie to Me by Angela Verdenius

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ryder Montague and Dee Miller have been striking sparks off each other for years. They’ve blown hot and cold, argued, laughed, and clashed. Half the townsfolk wonder if they’ll kill each other, the other half if it will turn to romance...
  • Only the Beginning by Laramie Briscoe

    Only the Beginning by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Princess of Country Music. America’s sweetheart. Survivor of the scrutiny that comes with it all. Hannah 'Harmony' Stewart has lived most of her adult life in the spotlight. It hasn’t always been easy. One heartbreak almost ruined her. Some days it’s hard to keep a smile on her face and stay positive, but there are a lot of people counting on her to keep it together...
  • Recovery by L.B. Simmons

    Recovery by L.B. Simmons

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I have the perfect life. I’ve finally found my happy ending. I fought through the loss of one husband, lucky enough to be given a second chance at a lifetime of happiness. Settling into our new lives, however, may not be as easy as it seems...
  • Taylor Lynne by Jennifer Peel

    Taylor Lynne by Jennifer Peel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Determined not to repeat the same mistakes as her mother, Taylor Cole left her husband with their toddler in tow fourteen years ago and vowed never to return to Merryton. Now she is finally ready to face her demons and put the past and her ex-husband behind her, but to do that she and her daughter must return to the place that haunts her memories...
    Categorized as:
    grovel  m-f  christian  contemporary  clean  length-medium
  • How to Seduce a Rockstar by Arabella Quinn

    How to Seduce a Rockstar by Arabella Quinn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Get ready to toss your panties on stage — it’s gonna get wild! My life was getting boring. Predictable. I needed to shake things up a bit, so my roommate helped me come up with a plan — we called it O. L. D. Operation Limp… Well, never mind about the ‘D’. Yeah, the limp part sounds yucky, right? Don’t judge — that’s just because of logistics. It’ll work out. O. L. D. is a big success...
  • First Comes Love by Z.B. Heller

    First Comes Love by Z.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “So I met this guy. Miles Dane is the trifecta of awesomeness: he’s hot, built, and amazing in bed. The best part of it all is that he loves me. Did I mention I puked all over him when we first met? No? Well, that’s a different story. Things have finally settled down for us. We are disgustingly in love and, let’s face it, the cutest couple on earth...
  • Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York

    Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    A standalone military romance in the gripping Pine Harbour series of small town romances from ten-time USAT bestselling author Zoe York. Captain Sean Foster came back from war broken from the inside out. And he doesn't care about being fixed. Not even by a woman who followed him halfway around the world due to some misguided loyalty. Jenna Kowalczyk had two weeks with a man who stole her heart...
  • Tethered by Emma Louise

    Tethered by Emma Louise

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It was supposed to be one night. One night to let my hair down and forget all the heartbreak, all the disappointments. One night to forget that the guy I thought I loved is marrying someone else. One night, just for me. He was supposed to be a stranger. An escape. No strings attached. Instead, he made me believe we could be more...
  • The Billionaire's Pregnant One-Night Stand by Leslie North

    The Billionaire's Pregnant One-Night Stand by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It was just one night of passion. But it led to something more…. When a barroom brawl leads to an ultimatum from his grandfather, handsome billionaire Bastien Durand finds himself neck deep in shampoo and hair color. To prove he’s not the total screw-up his family thinks he is, Bastien agrees to mentor a salon owner whose business is struggling...
  • His Last Chance by Ellie R. Hunter

    His Last Chance by Ellie R. Hunter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Zachery witnessed his sister’s murder and there wasn’t anything he could do to save her. His parents are barely surviving their grief and his old lady sprung she’s pregnant on him on the morning of his sister’s funeral. The club is all he’s known and it’s his brothers he leans on when his personal life becomes too much. Nina fell hard for Zachery and he’s been her world since they got together...
  • Mending by J.B. McGee

    Mending by J.B. McGee

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Gabby has finally started to break down the walls she has worked so hard to build up from all of the heartache she has felt through the years, just as ghosts from Bradley's past begin to show themselves. Will Gabby find healthy ways to cope with the new heartache she experiences or will she go back to running from the people who pose a risk of hurting her?
  • The Bright Spot by Jill Shalvis

    The Bright Spot by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Luna Wright is a lot of things, but sweet and trusting isn’t on the list. However, she’s a sucker for the underdog and a hard-luck story. Adopted at birth, with scant knowledge of her biological family, she’s created her own inner circle, a motley crew which includes her bestie Willow, to help her run the struggling but charming Apple Ridge Farm...
  • The Sassy One by Susan Mallery

    The Sassy One by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    For the Marcelli sisters of California wine country, the season is ripe for romance! Francesca Marcelli married at eighteen -- right on schedule, according to her warm, colorful family, who have always said a beauty like Francesca need never worry about finding love...
  • The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress / To Tame Her Tycoon Lover by Maya Banks, Ann Major

    The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress / To Tame Her Tycoon Lover by Maya Banks, Ann Major

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Tycoon’s Pregnant Mistress by Maya Banks. When Greek hotel magnate Chrysander Anetakis found out his former mistress was pregnant and had amnesia, he didn’t waste time. Marley Jameson didn’t remember betraying him or that he’d thrown her out of his life. So he told her they were engaged and swept her away to his Greek island to await the birth of his baby and enjoy her devotion…...
    Categorized as:
    pregnancy  m-f  grovel  contemporary  length-medium
  • Rock Stars Do It by Jasinda Wilder

    Rock Stars Do It by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***Enjoy all three of the Rock Stars Do It stories in one volume! ***. Rock Stars Do It Harder. Chase Delany is a rock star. Rock stars are expected to rock hard onstage and party even harder offstage. Chase is living up to those expectations, and then some. He leaves everything he's got onstage, and drowns the ache in his soul at the bottom of a tequila bottle. And then there are the girls. .
  • Hard Hats Collection by Tarin Lex

    Hard Hats Collection by Tarin Lex

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Meet the blue-collar bad boys of Furneaux City! Get dirty with Kit. Heat up with Blaze. Take a risk with Jet. Bathe with Ford. This collection includes the first four complete short stories of the Hard Hats contemporary romance series - Kit, Blaze, Jet, and Ford...
  • One Man's Art by Nora Roberts

    One Man's Art by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    “When it comes to true romance, no one does it better than Nora [Roberts],” (Booklist). And in The MacGregors’ novel One Man’s Art, the #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers a story of how one woman’s love gives a man the strength to let go of his haunted past...
  • Payback by Sofia Daniel

    Payback by Sofia Daniel

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve been beaten, bullied, and isolated. And now I’m ready to right all wrongs. The truth is out and secrets uncovered. I’m mad and hell-bent on getting payback. I’ll make them hurt. Make them bleed. Make them wish they’d never messed with me or my boys. But first, I have to let go of past hurts. Heal my broken heart and reunite my harem...
    Categorized as:
    cruel hero  m-f  contemporary  poly  length-short
  • For Nick by Taylor Dean

    For Nick by Taylor Dean

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Zachary Drake had love in his life--and tragically lost it. He knows it won't come his way again. Andie Parker would do anything for the love of her life. Even marry a total stranger. In spite of the unorthodox manner in which Zach and Andie come together, there is no denying that things are unexpectedly good between them, taking them both by surprise...
  • In Harmony by Helena Newbury

    In Harmony by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's shy, sheltered and inexperienced. .. now an Irish bad boy's about to rock her world. From New York Times bestselling author Helena Newbury, the second in the Fenbrook Academy New Adult trilogy. Karen is one of the top musicians at Fenbrook Academy, but a life spent playing the cello has left no time for anything else. At 21, she's still completely inexperienced in love. .. and sex...
  • The Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts

    The Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    In New York, people were supposed to ignore their neighbours. But that was a rule that Cybil Campbell had never learned. When the sunny brunette knocks on her new neighbour's door, she expected that they would make a connection - after all, she knew everyone else in the apartment block. Preston McQuinn wasn't interested in small talk...
  • Big Girls Do It Pregnant by Jasinda Wilder

    Big Girls Do It Pregnant by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    First comes love, then comes marriage, then come baby in a baby carriage. .. So my best friend married my rock star ex, and she's having his baby. I married Jeff, and I'm having his baby. We're both pregnant, and we're both a hot mess, but it's only a matter of time before we become mommies. The only problem is, no one ever tells you how hard pregnancy is, never mind giving birth. ..
  • Weddings in White: Unlikely Lover/The Princess Bride/Callaghan's Bride by Diana Palmer

    Weddings in White: Unlikely Lover/The Princess Bride/Callaghan's Bride by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unlikely Lover Mari Raymond's matchmaking aunt had pulled a fast one. She'd tricked oilman Ward Jessup into inviting her young niece to his ranch--and persuaded Mari to accept the invitation and help the elderly rancher write his memoirs. But Mari quickly discovered that Ward was anything but old. .. and Ward found out that Mari was hardly a helpless young girl...
    Categorized as:
    cruel hero  m-f  contemporary  length-long
  • Dangerous Curves Ahead: Steamy Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Mia Madison

    Dangerous Curves Ahead: Steamy Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Averie. What do you do when the man of your dreams pulls up to your front door, and becomes your number one client? DeVante is everything I've ever fantasized about. Tall, athletic, sexy, and Dominican, he's a recipe for wet dreams. It also doesn't help that he's extremely charming, gracious, and protective. As the agency's top client, he's entirely off limits...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  m-f  humor  contemporary  betrayal
  • The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller

    The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Moxie Summers is a curvy, twenty-six year-old teacher who has not had the best track record with relationships. In a drunken stupor at a bar, she meets Miles who turns out to be her sparing equal, until she vomits all over his shoes. Just when she thinks things couldn’t get worse, her dream man turns out to be the single father of the newest student in her class...
  • Truth or Dare by Lori Foster

    Truth or Dare by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Three best friends find this is one game you might never outgrow . . . Truth Or Dare. Satisfy Me. Asia Michaels and her friends find themselves tantalized by a quiet new arrival in their small town--and by its possibilities. One thing leads to another as truth leads to dare, and Asia's in the arms of a man who gives her answers to all of the questions she could never ask . . . Indulge Me...
  • His Call by Emma Hart

    His Call by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    22,000 words. Ten scenes. Seven you thought you knew. Three you never did. In this CALL series novella, get inside Aaron Stone's head for the very first time. Experience some of your favourite scenes from LATE CALL and FINAL CALL from his point of view and enjoy three brand new scenes you always wondered about. ..
  • Breakfast in Bed by Robin Kaye

    Breakfast in Bed by Robin Kaye

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    "DELIGHTFULLY FUN, WITTY ROMANCE. .. A WRITER TO WATCH. " -- Booklist. From Romance Writers of America GOLDEN HEART AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Robin Kaye, the third funny, sexy, contemporary romance from a fresh new voice in romance fiction. He'd be Mr. Perfect if he wasn't a perfect mess. .
  • Borrowed & Blue by Emily Giffin

    Borrowed & Blue by Emily Giffin

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A beautifully repackaged bind-up of two of Emily Giffin's beloved bestselling novels. Something Borrowed: A novel for every woman who has ever had a complicated love-hate friendship...
  • The Lawson Boys: Marty by Angela Verdenius

    The Lawson Boys: Marty by Angela Verdenius

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Crashing her cheating boyfriend’s wedding in a fit of rage was not voluptuous Belle Broune’s best plan. Now she’s been branded by the gossips as ‘The Other Woman’. Oh, the shame of it! Wedding guest Marty Lawson finds it all very funny, but when family connections result in him trying to comfort her in his usual jovial way, the sparks start to fly between them...
  • Best Man for Hire by Tawna Fenske

    Best Man for Hire by Tawna Fenske

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A satisfying category romance from Entangled's Lovestruck imprint…. So perfect he's almost too good to be true…. Anna Keebler makes a living being unconventional. A wedding planner who specializes in more… unusual ceremonies, Anna's client list includes everything from nudists to paintballers to Little Red Riding Hood enthusiasts...
  • Rocked in the Dark by Clara Bayard

    Rocked in the Dark by Clara Bayard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With everything to lose…. Julia has fought and struggled to get exactly where she wants to be. On a huge nationwide tour, singing her songs, living life on her own terms. After a lifetime of ups and downs, the curvy beauty knows all too well that fame and success are fleeting and nothing is certain. Passion blooms…...
  • The Surprise Of His Life by Karen Keast

    The Surprise Of His Life by Karen Keast

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lindsey Ellison had a problem. She was in love . . . hopelessly in love . . . with Walker Carr. It would all be so lovely, so idyllic--if only he wasn't her father's business partner and best friend . . . and her godfather! And, of course, Lindsey couldn't ignore the fact that he'd be totally shocked to discover her feelings. She had to forget him...
  • After the Billionaire's Wedding Vows... by Lucy Monroe

    After the Billionaire's Wedding Vows... by Lucy Monroe

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    First came passion, then came vows…. What comes after “I do”? Greek tycoon Andros Kristalakis knew that his white-hot whirlwind romance with Polly could end only one way—with her wearing his ring! He offered her his world of unbelievable luxury while he ruled his family’s business empire. But that was all he could give...
  • Judith by Betty Neels

    Judith by Betty Neels

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the hurly-burly of the big London hospital where she had been working, Judith found it a very pleasant change to be offered a private job looking after a charming patient, Lady Cresswell, in the Lake District. Her patient gave her no trouble at all--which was more than could be said for her son, the disagreeable Professor Charles Cresswell...
  • Claimed by the Desert Sheikh by Susan Mallery, Olivia Gates

    Claimed by the Desert Sheikh by Susan Mallery, Olivia Gates

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This title presents a collection of stories featuring hot-blooded, hard-hearted kings of the desert who have chosen their queens!
  • The Pregnancy Test by Susan Gable

    The Pregnancy Test by Susan Gable

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Fifteen-year-old Brook Thompson is scared to death. The test confirmed it. She's pregnant. Those two little lines have changed her life. But what really has her freaked out is how to tell her dad. Jenna Quinn doesn't do kids. She prefers a life free of responsibility and only dates men who are very single. Unfortunately, she can't resist her new neighbor - a man with two kids...
    Categorized as:
    pregnancy  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Convincing Alex by Nora Roberts

    Convincing Alex by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Return to the Stanislaskis family in this fan-favorite book from #1. New York Times. bestselling author Nora Roberts. Daringly bold soap-opera writer Bess McNee figured the only way to understand a character was to stand in her shoes—even if they were a streetwalker’s stiletto heels. But when Alex Stanislaski arrests her for soliciting, she has a change of heart...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  grovel  contemporary  mystery  open-door  audiobook
  • The Desert King by Olivia Gates

    The Desert King by Olivia Gates

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Their farce of a marriage will save his kingdom. And in return for an heir, Kamal Aal Masood will give his new wife Aliyah anything--except the trust and intimacy she desperately wants. When Kamal abruptly ended their blistering affair years ago, he vowed Aliyah would never ensnare him again. Only a fool allowed his actions to be ruled by his heart...
  • Never Really Mine by Alice Daniels, Saylor Ann

    Never Really Mine by Alice Daniels, Saylor Ann

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    What happens when you have a drunken one-night stand with your childhood best friend? I’ll give you a little hint. Two pink lines. I’ve been in love with my best friend Beau Cunningham, since… well, forever. Only, risking losing him isn’t an option. He’s the person I can call when I’m at my lowest; the one who pulls me out of the darkness...
  • With This Fling by Kelly Hunter

    With This Fling by Kelly Hunter

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    With this fling, I thee… what? Mourning the death of her beloved godmother is a perfectly acceptable pastime for archaeologist Charlotte Greenstone. Mourning the demise of her fictional fiancé - created purely for her dying godmother's benefit - isn't...
    Categorized as:
    pregnancy  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Complicating by Noelle Adams, Samantha Chase

    Complicating by Noelle Adams, Samantha Chase

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Forget all those other accidental pregnancy romances you might have read. Daisy and Carter don't have a one-night stand. .. because it's thirty minutes in a back room at a wedding reception. And Carter isn't a bad boy baby-daddy. .. except for the motorcycle, tattoos, and attitude. Daisy doesn't have the typical issues with her pregnancy. .
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