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  • Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together...
  • Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    When Kinley Taylor witnesses what was possibly the last few minutes of a young girl’s life while in Paris, she realizes exactly how alone she is in the world. The only person she has to turn to for help is the one man who she feels is completely out of her league. Gage “Lefty” Haskins liked the personal assistant the first time he met her...
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  • Beyond Reason by Autumn Jones Lake

    Beyond Reason by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WHEN THE MOST TOXIC PEOPLE COME DISGUISED AS FAMILY, WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Betrayal by blood cuts the deepest. Teller’s found his ride or die girl. The light Charlotte brings to his life has touched the darkest parts of his soul. But a devastating secret from her past resurfaces to threaten their future. Every truth can be erased with one lie...
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    poor heroine  m-f  contemporary  length-long
  • Time for Love by Marie Force

    Time for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 26 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...
  • Maximum Risk by Ruth Cardello

    Maximum Risk by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 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...
    Categorized as:
    cruel hero  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-short
  • I'll See You in My Dreams by Sable Hunter

    I'll See You in My Dreams by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Zane Saucier is handsome, brilliant, powerful, a practicing cowboy and a successful attorney, but he cannot see. Presley Love is smart, intrepid, and attractive, but she wants not to be seen. Through legal battles, family affairs, and a fight to make it in the world, these two unlikely partners discover a true love greater than any obstacle...
  • Love and Lists by Tara Sivec

    Love and Lists by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Love and Lists is the first book in the Chocolate Lovers spinoff - Chocoholics: The foul-mouthed offspring tell their stories. Twenty-five-year-old Gavin Ellis has always had the love and support of his family ever since he was a little boy and couldn't stop talking about his penis. He's also always had their unsolicited advice and uncanny knack of embarrassing him at all costs...
  • Home to Me by Ruth Cardello

    Home to Me by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Nick Andrade: Sexy, charming, bad boy. He’s never been a one woman man, but he’s willing to give it a try every Saturday with Rena. Rena Sander: Confident, caring, a woman who plays by the rules. She’s never been in love, and thinks keeping sex with Nick contained to one day a week will protect her heart. He’s the hot fantasy she’s always craved...
  • The VIP Doubles Down by Nancy Herkness

    The VIP Doubles Down by Nancy Herkness

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    In the witty, sizzling finale to award-winning author Nancy Herkness’s Wager of Hearts series, a haunted writer conquers his demons with the help of a feisty muse and a passion that doesn’t play by the book. Gavin Miller, the billionaire author of a bestselling thriller series, struggles with a grim secret: he hasn’t written a word in more than a year...
  • Priceless Treasure by Melody Anne

    Priceless Treasure by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ashton Storm had always possessed a sense of humor, but he tended to be more thoughtless and self-absorbed than his other siblings. He skated along through life, enjoying the finer things. That was until one day his father had enough and gave him an ultimatum. He either did his father’s bidding, or his ride on easy street came to an instant stop...
  • The Dying Game by Beverly Barton

    The Dying Game by Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Play To Win... It's the ultimate game--the adrenaline surge of the hunt, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. For in this game, the rules are simple: To win, you only have to kill. To lose, you will have to die... Play To Scream... The victims are former beauty queens found with a single rose beside their bodies...
  • Listed: Volume VI by Noelle Adams

    Listed: Volume VI by Noelle Adams

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This is Volume VI of a six-volume serial novel. A marriage of convenience has never been like this. Just before her eighteenth birthday, the doctors tell Emily she has three months to live. Not much time to complete the bucket list she's had since she was twelve. The first item is the hardest--"Get married"--so she turns to the only man she knows who can help...
  • Her Hometown Hero by Melody Anne

    Her Hometown Hero by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Dr. Spence is searching for the perfect woman…but how will he know when he’s found her? From New York Times bestselling author Melody Anne, the second steamy romance in a new breakout series based on her beloved and bestselling Billionaire novels...
  • Back for More by Kayley Loring

    Back for More by Kayley Loring

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WES When I was a kid, my dad was the gardener for the richest man in town. His daughter, Lily Barnes, told me she could never like a guy like me. Then she kissed me and told me it would never happen again. When it happened again, she told me she could never love me because she was going to leave this place, and I would never leave my dad...
  • How to Fall in Love by Cecelia Ahern

    How to Fall in Love by Cecelia Ahern

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    She has just two weeks. Two weeks to teach him how to fall in love – with his own life. Adam Basil and Christine Rose are thrown together late one night, when Christine is crossing the Halfpenny Bridge in Dublin. Adam is there, poised, threatening to jump. Adam is desperate – but Christine makes a crazy deal with him...
  • The Once And Future Prince by Olivia Gates

    The Once And Future Prince by Olivia Gates

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At Her Royal Ex-Lover's Command He would have been king of Castaldini...until scandal sent Prince Leandro D'Agostino into exile. Now Phoebe Alexander, his secret lover who'd refused to leave with him, had come to convince him to accept his rightful crown. But the pain of betrayal still coursed through Leandro's veins. He would rule only if Phoebe bowed to his wishes...
  • Statham by Flora Ferrari

    Statham by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Broke, unemployed, and alone is no way to start off the new year, but that’s exactly what happens after my company closes shop after the holidays. We’re in the middle of one of the worst winters on record, and like always I can’t find one of my gloves. When I go looking for it, I find something else entirely. Him...
  • Tiller by Shey Stahl

    Tiller by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 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..
  • Odin by Jisa Dean

    Odin by Jisa Dean

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When Worlds Collide…Chaos Reigns!Lori“You’re in my world now, little girl!”That’s the last thing I hear right before I pass out. I’ve gone from one bad situation to another, but I can’t seem to think my way out of this one. I thought my old childhood neighbor was supposed to save me…not be just as evil as the thing I’m running from...
  • The Chase by Erin McCarthy

    The Chase by Erin McCarthy

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Kendall Holbrook is determined to make it to the top, even with the challenge of being a woman on the male-dominated racing circuit. She doesn't have time for romance-especially not with racing rival Evan Monroe, the man who nearly crushed her dream years ago...
  • Hailey's Truth by Cate Beauman

    Hailey's Truth by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hailey Roberts has never had it easy. Despite the scars of a tragic childhood, she’s made a life for herself. As a part-time student and loving nanny, she yearns for a family of her own and reluctant Austin Casey, Ethan Cooke Security’s best close protection agent. Hailey’s past comes back to haunt her when her long lost brother tracks her down, bringing his dangerous secrets with him...
  • The Sassy One by Susan Mallery

    The Sassy One by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 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...
  • 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...
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    cruel hero  m-f  contemporary  poly  length-short
  • His Best Friend's Little Sister by Vivian Wood

    His Best Friend's Little Sister by Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller Vivian Wood His best friend’s little sister is about to get something… BIG. Henry Wyatt is big all over, ripped as sin, and fresh out of the Navy SEALs. When he decides to go to his best friend’s cabin for some downtime, the last thing he expects is to run into her, naked and tempting him in ways he never could have imagined...
  • For Now, Forever by Nora Roberts

    For Now, Forever by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Anna -- Daniel's wife of forty years -- relives her remarkable courtship, when meddlesome matchmaking patriarch and self-made millionaire Daniel MacGregor faced his biggest challenge: to convince the love of his life to marry him! Here at last is the story of how Daniel wooed and won the fiercely independent Anna Whitfield and launched his formidable dynasty...
  • 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...
  • Annihilate Me Vol. 2 by Christina Ross

    Annihilate Me Vol. 2 by Christina Ross

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Jennifer's life is reeling out of control. Now, there is no denying her feelings for Alex--or his for her. After spending one night together, he took her to heights she never thought was possible. The passion they shared in that one moment is something she can't shake, and it consumes her, throwing her off her game. But this is no game. What they have is real...
  • Completely Smitten by Susan Mallery

    Completely Smitten by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Sheltered preacher's daughter Haley Foster ran away from her small town to do all the "bad" things she'd never done. She soon found herself in a hotel room with U.S. Marshal Kevin Harmon. But her knight in shining armor showed no interest in teaching a disappointed Haley Lovemaking 101.... Kevin had every interest in teaching the bold, beautiful virgin in front of him a few lessons in love...
  • The Rogue by Jessica Bird, J.R. Ward

    The Rogue by Jessica Bird, J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A powerful man finds the one woman who completes him in this reader favorite, the second book in the Moorehouse Legacy series, from New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward writing as Jessica Bird, first published as His Comfort and Joy! Ruthless might as well be Gray Bennett’s middle name. When the renowned Washington, D.C., insider talks, powerful people listen...
  • Virgin to Conquer (Taken By A Trillionaire) by Melody Anne

    Virgin to Conquer (Taken By A Trillionaire) by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’re at it again! Ruth Cardello, JS Scott, and Melody Anne come together for another royal novella trilogy. This is the third novella of a three book set. Escape with three new princes as only these NYT’s bestselling authors could write them. 
 Virgin for the Trillionaire: Ruth Cardello (April 25, 2017) Virgin for the Prince: J.S...
  • Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson

    Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    To her fellow passengers on the luxury cruise, Wendy Brown appeared to have everything going for her. She was young, beautiful, wealthy and fun-loving. They'd have been shocked if they'd known Wendy's secret. But she had vowed to tell no one what had changed her life...
  • 1012 Curvy Way by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    1012 Curvy Way by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ken Coleman is the town doctor in Cherry Falls. He’s a workaholic and that hasn’t gotten better since his last nurse retired. Now he’s desperate to find someone to fill that position.Gracie owns the local flower shop. She lives to create the perfect bouquet that can brighten someone’s day. When she bumps into Dr. Coleman and sees how stressed out he is, she does what she does best...
  • Cassandra by Chance by Betty Neels

    Cassandra by Chance by Betty Neels

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He needed her as a nurse, not a womanBenedict van Manfeld was one of the surliest, most unfriendly men Cassandra had ever met. But when she learned he was a brilliant Dutch surgeon who had severely damaged his sight in an accident, her attitude changed. Benedict asked Cassandra to go to Holland with him as his nurse. She agreed…and soon began to feel something deeper than sympathy for him...
  • 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
  • Dating Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Dating Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This fairytale doesn’t end at midnight. With one kiss Spencer Beckett swept Charlotte Hayes off her feet. But dating Princeton Charming comes with a cost. And Charlie can barely afford her life, let alone the drama that comes with being Spencer’s girlfriend. His family won’t accept her. His friends think she’s trouble. And she’s doubting her place in his exclusive world...
  • 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..
  • 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 [?] · 37 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...
  • 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..
  • Dylan by Karla Sorensen

    Dylan by Karla Sorensen

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dylan Steadman has never seen his stubbornness as a bad thing. It's always been easy for him to make up his mind and stick with it. It's why he works a lot, why he doesn't need to make time for a girlfriend, and why he recently decided to move across the country for a new job. His brothers and sister and happily settled, and now that all eyes have turned on him, he needs a change...
  • 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...
  • Crimson Footprints by Shewanda Pugh

    Crimson Footprints by Shewanda Pugh

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When an insecure, bi-racial woman begins a cloak-and-dagger love affair with a Japanese American man, she is intent on keeping her bigoted family in the dark—albeit with devastating consequences. On the night of her brother’s murder, Deena Hammond stumbles upon Takumi Tanaka, lost and on the wrong end of a .32...
  • Silent Night Man by Diana Palmer

    Silent Night Man by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This Christmas, New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer revisits a tale of danger and true love under the mistletoe…What does Millie Evans want in her stocking for Christmas? Just one thing…to feel safe. Even though her stalker is dead, he arranged for a hit man to kill her. Now the special government agent Millie has loved from afar for years has vowed to protect her...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    cruel hero  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Confession by Cara McKenna

    Confession by Cara McKenna

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    This is the fourth title in the Curio Vignettes series, follow-up stories to the novel Curio. Caroly has waited forever to fall in love. An American now living in Paris, she’s finally found what she craved all those lonely years—a passionate, sensitive man, more gorgeous than she’d ever dreamed, and just as beautiful on the inside...
  • Now And Forever by Diana Palmer

    Now And Forever by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Charismatic Phoenix mayor Bryan Moreland had already won the devotion of his constituents and was well on his way to getting reporter Carla Maxwell's vote . . . until she found out that the hunky leader wasn't all he claimed to be...
  • A Convenient Arrangement: The Italian's Wife\The Spanish Groom by Lynne Graham

    A Convenient Arrangement: The Italian's Wife\The Spanish Groom by Lynne Graham

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Two women in desperate circumstances find love where they least expect it in these two classic stories by USA TODAY bestselling author Lynne Graham! The Italian's Wife Holly Sansom has hit rock bottom. Homeless, broke and without friends, she has no way to care for herself, let alone her precious eight-month-old son...
  • Stormy Vows by Iris Johansen

    Stormy Vows by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fiercely proud of her independence, Brenna Sloan felt her assurance crumble under Michael Donovan's forceful approach. They were both fighters--but Brenna wasn't strong enough to reach out for the love she needed, and Michael knew only how to take--until he met Brenna. With tantalizing persuasion, he overcame her objections, urged her into a sudden marriage, and carried her away...
  • Hop Stuff by Shaw Hart

    Hop Stuff by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When we were twelve years old, Clover Pendleton and I made a pact. If we were both single by the time we turned twenty-five, then we would marry each other. When she first brought up the pact, I had agreed right away. I was already hopelessly in love with her, and I was sure that she was the only girl for me...
  • Bound by the Millionaire's Ring by Dani Collins

    Bound by the Millionaire's Ring by Dani Collins

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The playboy's temporary fiancee Millionaire racing driver Ramon Sauveterre is no stranger to fame, but he'll do just about anything to keep the spotlight off his family...
  • One Night with the Enemy by Abby Green

    One Night with the Enemy by Abby Green

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Argentina’s breathtaking vineyards … Nicolás de Rojas and Madalena Vasquez had a stolen affair amongst the Mendozan vineyards – until Maddie discovered a devastating secret about Nic, and left without another word. He will have her once again! Now Maddie is back, having inherited her family’s struggling vineyard, and she’s at Nic’s mercy – right where he wants her...
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