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Loving You by Allie Everhart
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSince meeting Garret on her first night at college, Jade’s had to overcome many obstacles to be with him, including interference from Garret’s father. Now, months later, it seems that Mr. Kensington has finally accepted Jade dating his son, but the reason for that is unclear. After what Jade witnessed at the Kensington mansion, she’s not sure what his acceptance of her means... -
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Shattered by H.M. Ward
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAfter Mari's attempt to help Trystan goes horribly wrong they are both forced to deal with the consequences. -
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![Timeless by Erin Noelle]()
Timeless by Erin Noelle
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRe-releasing on Jan 19, 2020 with new covers and edits. Six years. Two People. One love. After the long awaited wedding of her dreams, Scarlett Templeton, along with her rockstar husband and their five year old twins, are finally putting down roots and settling into their first suburban home...Categorized as:
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![Finding Infinity by Layne Harper]()
Finding Infinity by Layne Harper
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"Finding Infinity" as described by Colin. .. "Fine Charlie. ” Colin says dropping his hands in defeat. “Here's what I want. I want everybody to back off and let me play football. I want you to go back to practicing medicine because I’m ready for you to be happy again - not this forced shit that you keep trying to sell me... -
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![Green by Nicole James]()
Green by Nicole James
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCan a face from my past change my future? When an invitation shows up out of the blue, I’m reminded of a promise I made to a girl twenty years ago and suddenly my heart is pounding. Do I dare keep it? She’s the one girl that ever meant a damn to me, and the one girl that got away. She walked out of my life once and it devastated me... -
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Conflicted by Sophie Monroe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen you think about your life are there things you would reverse? Derek Scott is the twenty-six year old drummer of Battlescars. With a past marred by tragedy, he has a hard time letting people in. He's also made his share of mistakes. Now, he's trying to come to terms with the choices he has made recently and what they mean for him...Categorized as:
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![Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley]()
Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt’s summer in Knoxville, and if the outlaw crew at Dartmoor Inc. thought they were getting a respite from the drama…they were kidding themselves. Almost a year ago, Mercy’s dying mother claimed he had a half-brother, sired by the beloved father he’d always thought infallible, raised by another man as his own... -
![Trading Paint by Shey Stahl]()
Trading Paint by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA must have companion to Happy Hour that give you an inside look into the characters of the Racing on the Edge series. Step into the magic where the clay met rubber and desire defined greatness. Trading Paint takes you inside the hasty driver’s mind to what led him to a decision that changed the path of two souls... -
![Entangled by S.E. Hall]()
Entangled by S.E. Hall
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThings heat up, and not just the Georgia summertime, when Dane and Laney go head to head over plans for her new duplex. But Laney's got his number, and knows just how to coerce her bossy, domineering man. Spend the summer with the gang and find out. .. just how many is a crowd? The members of the Evolve Crew are getting older; so is the content. Mature audiences recommended. -
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Bonita Brynne by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrack. My Soulmate. Everything about us is wrong but oh so right. I've fallen in love with a man who deceived me. He's not just my irresistibly gorgeous stepbrother, he's the father of my unborn child. Our forbidden love is crazy, but our lives are crazier still. "Uncle" Dorian will stop at nothing to make me his, taking our brother for a hostage bargain...Categorized as:
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![A Rose By Any Other Name... by Helen Bell]()
A Rose By Any Other Name... by Helen Bell
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen insecure sophomore Emma gets a part-time job, she’s thrilled. The job is a six-week long project where she’ll be coding a website for a martial arts studio. For Emma, a computer science major, it’s perfect—a great way to gain some real world experience. But her excitement quickly evaporates when she finds out that her boss is Ryan Damon, the mean, arrogant guy she has slammed into, twice... -
![Butterfly by Cambria Hebert]()
Butterfly by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDrunken brawls. One-night stands. No-show interviews. Toilet-papering my hoity-toity neighbor’s house. Insulting my fans. Trashing hotel rooms. What’s it take to become public enemy number one? I just told you. I’ve done all that and more. My poor conduct got me on the Celebs Behaving Badly list. and ultimately ruined my career. From the world’s number-one popstar to world’s most hated. That’s me...Categorized as:
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![Breaking the Wrong by Calia Read]()
Breaking the Wrong by Calia Read
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsEmilia Wentworth would do anything for her sister. For three years, Emilia has lived in the past, feeling her sister's pain and hating those who are to blame, including one of the Sloan brothers. Finally, she has had enough. The only way to be free is to create a Burn List with all the people who have ever hurt her sister... -
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Awakening by Ashley Suzanne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMira’s broken and battered. She’s fighting to put herself back together while her heart is trying to forget. Can she continue moving forward with one man while in love with another? Skylar’s wrestling demons he never imagined in his wildest dreams. The girl he’s been in love with for years finally has feelings for him. There’s only one problem: her heart might lie somewhere else...Categorized as:
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![Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne]()
Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEpiphany, the final installment of The Destined Series, continues the stories of four best friends from college who are making decisions that will set the course for the rest of their lives. Mira and Skylar have had their share of painful pasts, troubled presents and an unknown future... -
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Some like It Wild by M. Leighton
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFirst was The Wild Ones. Now, the next book in M. Leighton's Wild Ones series. .. How far will a good girl go for the bad boy she loves? Laney Holt is a preacher’s daughter. A good girl. Her only goal was to get married, have babies, and live happily ever after, just like her parents. Only that didn’t happen. The two people closest to her betrayed her, and Laney’s dreams came crashing down...Categorized as:
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![Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera]()
Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsafter Nikolai II. Free read from website - http://www. roxieriverawriter. com/news. .. -
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Light Me Up by Cherrie Lynn
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsCandace Andrews is dreaming of a little sparkle in her Christmas stocking this year, and now that she and Brian Ross have been living together for over a year, her overbearing family is getting impatient for him to pop the question. She isn’t worried so much about pleasing them anymore, but pleasing Brian is another matter entirely…...Categorized as:
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Cautious by E.L. Montes
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsTHIS IS THE SEQUEL to 'Disastrous'. Marcus and Mia share a LOVE stronger than others, but their relationship was built on LIES and deceit. Cautiously, they continue to struggle for what they desire more than anything, each other. Though, that comes with a price … one that involves more HEARTBREAK and deception... -
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Learning to Forgive by R.D. Cole
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis isn't your Typical Everyday fairytale. This story isn't sweet or sugary. Instead. .. It's Raw and Dark. It's Rough and Dangerous. And It's Definitely not for kids under 17 years of age. So turn back now if you're not ready for Lyric and Blaire's story. Because shit just got Real... -
![Forbidden Lyrics by Kelsie Rae]()
Forbidden Lyrics by Kelsie Rae
I didn't know who Dove's sister was when we first met. I didn't know that I'd been fooling around with her for a few months before Dove walked into my life. I didn't know that––if I've done the math correctly––I could be the father to her sister's child. But I do know this. Dove has the voice of an angel, and the heart of one too. I might not deserve her, but I refuse to let her go...Categorized as:
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![All the Pieces by Angela Richardson]()
All the Pieces by Angela Richardson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen so much love has been built from lies and manipulation, how much of that love is real? In ALL THE PIECES, the third and final installment in the Pieces of Lies series, we find Norah in a dangerous and heart pounding situation in London with the Lappell. It will be the collision of two worlds that have done nothing but tear Norah down the middle, and love that has torn her apart...Categorized as:
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![Damaged and the Cobra by Bijou Hunter]()
Damaged and the Cobra by Bijou Hunter
New Adult Romance. Aaron Barnes has found his muse in Lark Foster. However, his inspiration is saddled with a domineering step-family and the lingering guilt from a childhood loss. Once Aaron claims his muse, Lark embraces the fighter inside her gentle heart. When fate stands in the way of love, the only choices are giving up or taking what your heart demands... -
![Finding My Way by Heidi McLaughlin]()
Finding My Way by Heidi McLaughlin
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLiam Westbury has the world at his feet. He’s the quintessential golden boy. He’s the superstar quarterback for Beaumont High. His girl, Josie, is head cheerleader. He has his choice of colleges just waiting for him. Except he’s suffocating from all the pressure he’s under and no one understands. Liam Page is the heartthrob he never wanted to be... -
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![Down 'N' Derby by Lila Felix]()
Down 'N' Derby by Lila Felix
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMaddox is running. By accident, he discovered long ago that he was adopted as a baby and his need to find his biological father has consumed him ever since. Now, on a road trip, determined to find his father and his sanity, and armed with locations and his cousin, Nixon, to help him, maybe he can find the answers he’s been searching for...Categorized as:
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![Hard to Hold On by Shanora Williams]()
Hard to Hold On by Shanora Williams
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor the past four months, Natalie Carmichael and Nolan Young have been complete. Everything still feels right in their passion-filled world. It still feels natural - that is until Nolan's mother passes away. Things begin to turn for the worst for Nolan and his brother Mills. After losing their father from previous years before, it's a tragedy on top of a tragedy... -
![Ivy's Twisted Vine by Latrivia S. Nelson]()
Ivy's Twisted Vine by Latrivia S. Nelson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIvy Winters is a college queen on the rise to becoming the next big thing to hit the Memphis marketing industry. All she has to do is finish her last year of college with top honors and plan the biggest wedding event of the year, before she's off to being Mrs. Grey Henderson and V. P. of a major firm. Her five-year plan is working out smoothly until her fiance dumps her...Categorized as:
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![Awakening the Mobster by Amy Rachiele]()
Awakening the Mobster by Amy Rachiele
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA breathtakingly beautiful man is standing right next to me-holding me, reassuring me, protecting me. Antonio is my savior. Having him with me makes the ickiness that’s stuck in my stomach tolerable. Megan, Awakening the Mobster. Loving Megan and caring for Erin like the sister I never had is dangerous. These feelings cause you to think...Categorized as:
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Love Unmatched by Anne Leigh
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLove Unmatched. Fate brought them together. Love kept them together. Life could tear them apart. 23 year-old Zander Zobowski, football wonderkid and only son of a tech giant and a well-known philanthropist, fell hard for one woman and never got back up... -
![Effortless With You by Lizzy Charles]()
Effortless With You by Lizzy Charles
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSchool is out and Lucy is ready for the perfect summer: lazy days at the pool, invitations to the most exclusive parties, and romantic dates with her hot new boyfriend. That is, until she lands in trouble one too many times and her parents issue the ultimate punishment: a summer job. Suddenly, the summer can't end fast enough...Categorized as:
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![When I Look to the Sky by Barbara S. Stewart]()
When I Look to the Sky by Barbara S. Stewart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRalph Waldo Emerson said: “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. ” That quote was profound to Carlee. She’d experienced great loss, but love surrounded her. Andy worked hard to fill any void she experienced. He made sure that what was missing was full... -
![Falling into Forever by Lauren Abrams]()
Falling into Forever by Lauren Abrams
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"Out of habit, of madness, or the need to shatter even the last piece of myself, I raise my arms slightly. I need…I need so much to touch him, to feel his arms around me, to throw myself headfirst into what I told myself I would never do again. I need the weight of his skin on my own. I need to forget. I need to remember. "...Categorized as:
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![Trials by Sarah Biermann]()
Trials by Sarah Biermann
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"They think Jeremy murdered her. ". Drugs pushed them away. .. will murder bring them together? Since losing the rock star love of her life, Harvard Law student Dylan Ackhart is doing the best she can to move on. Now in her third and final year, she's doing well in school and just landed her dream internship in Boston's District Attorney's office... -
![Time Will Tell by Chantal Fernando]()
Time Will Tell by Chantal Fernando
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBe spontaneous, they say. That's how I ended up on the back of a stranger's bike. A sexy, tall, tattooed stranger, but a stranger nonetheless. How was I to know that a chance meeting with this man, Xander Kane, was going to change my life? Series order:. Maybe This Time. This Time Around. Time and Time Again (Tag novella). Time Will Tell. Thief (Dash). -
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![Romero by Elizabeth Reyes]()
Romero by Elizabeth Reyes
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B005ZGLNZK. New Adult / Contemporary romance. Prim and proper middle school teacher Isabel Montenegro always runs the opposite direction from men like Ramon Romero. A foul-mouthed, uneducated, loose cannon has no place in her careful plans. But instead of running away, Isabel is completely captivated...Categorized as:
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![Twice Tempted by Marquita Valentine]()
Twice Tempted by Marquita Valentine
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBorn into wealth and power, Christian Romanov is Hollywood’s favorite bad boy with a golden touch…until the day his agent receives pictures of the movie star celebrating his birthday in a not-so-legal way. Now he’s been ordered to find a small-town girl to be seen with in order to improve his partying image...Categorized as:
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![Love by Lacey Weatherford]()
Love by Lacey Weatherford
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLiving happily ever after has always been part of the plan for Cami and Dylan, but when strange things begin happening around the Wilcock household, Cami simply believes she’s becoming forgetful. However, when the incidents begin to escalate, both are left feeling vulnerable. Unable to figure out what’s going on, Dylan delves deeper into the mysterious happenings...Categorized as:
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![When We Met by A.L. Jackson, Molly McAdams]()
When We Met by A.L. Jackson, Molly McAdams
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsToday’s premiere New Adult authors combine their talents to tell four original stories from inside one house. When four girls decide to live off campus together as juniors at a college in Michigan, they expect it to be their best year yet. Little do they know, it’s a year that will change the rest of their lives. BEHIND HER EYES by A. L. Jackson...Categorized as:
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![Still Human by Kerry Heavens]()
Still Human by Kerry Heavens
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDanny and Liv are back. .. Danny loves Liv. He knows he loves her more than she loves him because she ran without a word when she saw their future mapped out before her. He knows he will never love anyone like he loved her and this time he doesn’t think he can move on. Liv loves Danny... -
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Devious by Suzannah Daniels
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStone Hamilton had never been known for being the good guy. Just ask anyone who knows him. But things have changed since he started dating the sultry goody-two-shoes that he met over the summer... -
![Flawed Body Rock by Nora Flite]()
Flawed Body Rock by Nora Flite
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe wanted to be a rockstar. I finally have everything. Fame, presence, the world knows who I am. Now my life is even harder. What do you do when every eye watching you is full of jealous hate? I'm strong enough to not let strangers hurt me. .. But when it's my own brother, the stakes change entirely. He just wanted her to himself. My claws are in her, but I'm trapped, too...Categorized as:
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![Slow Twitch by Liz Reinhardt]()
Slow Twitch by Liz Reinhardt
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSummer scatters three friends, ties them back together, and makes them question who they have been and who they want to be in the future. Brenna expected to soak up the knowledge of great Irish writers at her summer workshop in Dublin... -
![Waiting for You by Shey Stahl]()
Waiting for You by Shey Stahl
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsBailey Gray is tired of her perfectly planned life. Everything about her life has been organized and lived out to the expectations set of her parents. She is the class valedictorian, has perfect grades, the perfect friends, a perfect boyfriend, basically perfect life. .. or so everyone thought. That's when she realizes the path planned isn't always the path chosen...Categorized as:
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![Forever Baby by Ellie Wade]()
Forever Baby by Ellie Wade
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTypical college student, Olivia Marshall embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Spain with her best friend, Nolan, a handsome all-American. After three years, they share a special bond, but there’s a fine line between friendship and…more. Spain turns out to be more of an experience than Olivia imagined. She meets Andres Cruz, a mysterious, sexy man... -
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![Shark Bait by Jenn Cooksey]()
Shark Bait by Jenn Cooksey
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPreviously homeschooled Camie Ramsey is being shoved into the shark-infested waters of public high school, where even helium filled, penguin bespeckled arm floaties likely won’t help keep her inexperienced, fifteen-year old head above water in that rip current of hormones and emotions. Camie’s worldly wisdom might be severely lacking (i. e...Categorized as:
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![All for You by Marquita Valentine]()
All for You by Marquita Valentine
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Marquita Valentine, comes the next book in her bestselling new adult series, Boys of the South! Bully. Tormentor. Lover. West Diaz has been all of these things to me. After being gone for two years, he's back, begging for my forgiveness. And not just my forgiveness. .. He wants more. He wants. .. Me. -
![Steel My Love by Vivian Lux]()
Steel My Love by Vivian Lux
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChildhood sweethearts Lexi and Casey lived on the same block, five doors away but worlds apart. A secret, too terrible to keep, tears them away from each other; sending Casey's family into chaos and Lexi spiraling into guilt. It was an act of betrayal neither one could forgive... -
![Hear Me Now by Melyssa Winchester]()
Hear Me Now by Melyssa Winchester
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 11 ratings**This is the second book in the Count On Me series of novels but can be read as a standalone as it features different main characters**. There are people that believe because you may not appear the way they do, you’re somehow weaker or less worthy than they are. I’m living proof they’re wrong. For as long as I can remember I've been treated differently because I'm deaf... -
![Reservation by Rachael Wade]()
Reservation by Rachael Wade
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA sequel to the Amazon bestselling romance, Preservation, told from Ryan’s point of view. Old Habits Die Hard. Ryan Campbell is not only leaving his title of Professor behind to move on to bigger and better things at Simon and Warden Publishing, he’s also become Seattle’s rising literary star... -
![Lovely by Beth Michele]()
Lovely by Beth Michele
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA moment can change everything…. Ashton Taylor. Six foot one, Dark hair, chiseled jaw, riveting hazel eyes, and a body cut in all the right places. He’s a natural. Things just come easy to him. He’s used to getting everything he wants, excelling at everything he does. The grades, the recognition, the beautiful women. His path was set...
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