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  • Small Town Mountain Daddy by K.C. Crowne

    Small Town Mountain Daddy by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Three babies? ? This has got to be a serious mistake. ". How did this happen? Ezra is the last guy I should be creating a human with. Never mind THREE. Sure he's sinfully hot. .. But he's also a cocky Neanderthal. And the man who bullied me since I can remember. One major lapse in judgement leads to three heartbeats in my sonogram visit...
  • Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

    Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 87 ratings
    Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body...
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  • Take Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Take Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She was the path to redemption I never saw coming. .. I’m Christian Giordano. Raised to rule and be ruthless. I take what I want, claim what I want. And, she’s my new obsession. Lilly was the angel in my kingdom of sin. A dancer up for auction to the highest bidder. That was the plan…. Until, I decided I wanted her for myself. So I closed the auction and made her an offer she couldn’t refuse...
  • Doctor's Duties by K.C. Crowne

    Doctor's Duties by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'll forget all about my feelings for my professor. Medical school is enough stress as it is. But then mother nature's monthly gift decides to ghost me. Now I'm totally screwed! ! The way we met was out of a movie. Then he showed up as my professor the very next day. He's the man with two titles. Dr. Frost. And Professor Mc. Hottie. All that and a panty-dropping New Zealand accent. .
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    suspense  m-f  pregnancy  humor  urban  contemporary  military  fantasy
  • No More Yesterdays by Catherine Bybee

    No More Yesterdays by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    New York Times. and. USA Today. bestselling author Catherine Bybee lights the fuse, and the Stone siblings must rely on their wits and hearts to uncover a dangerous enemy…and an explosive secret. Taking over her late father’s company was never part of Alex Stone’s life plan. But now, sitting in the CEO chair at Stone Enterprises, she’s resigned to living her life alone...
  • Incomplete by L.A. Fiore, Anthony Dwayne

    Incomplete by L.A. Fiore, Anthony Dwayne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You go through your day on autopilot. Day after day, the same routine. The days meld together, years bleed into the next, molding the life you live. A life you once dreamt would be epic, but instead you fall into the rut we call life. There are days you sit and wonder is the grass really greener on the other side? Does the sun shine brighter? Do the flowers smell sweeter? Until one day. .
  • Bratva Beast by Misty Winters

    Bratva Beast by Misty Winters

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have a secret. .. I’m the daughter of one of the most deplorable Bratva Bosses in the underworld. Only I didn’t know that growing up. I was shielded and under his watchful eye until his past caught up with him and tragedy struck. I fled to Moscow to find answers, and the only thing I found was my father’s past chasing after me. I had nowhere to go until I came upon the perfect hideout...
  • Captured: Gowns & Crowns by Jennifer Chance

    Captured: Gowns & Crowns by Jennifer Chance

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For beautiful, pampered Lauren Grant, the idea of love without strings is a fairy tale and a trap. Though she’s skillfully maintained her image as the carefree celebutante, for years she’s been systematically stalked by the richest—and most ruthless—golden boy of the Jet Set. To stay one step ahead, she’s used every resource at her disposal...
  • Wails of the Bound: Beta, Volume 2 by Keri Kusabi

    Wails of the Bound: Beta, Volume 2 by Keri Kusabi

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    愛は罪と遠ざけるβ×恋を屠ったΩ――俊傑・楔ケリが描く凄艶のオメガバース 待望の続刊! 烏丸の代替として会社の上層部から枕営業を強要され、雀部は徐々に体も心も壊れてゆく。. 抑制剤が効かない肉体に変化していく絶望。. 「信じている」と告げた鵜藤を裏切っている失望。. 鵜藤を想いながらも"Ωの苦しみから逃れたい"と苛まれる中、彼を案じる取引先の社長であり恩人・白取と偶然再会し…。. 一方、かつて烏丸を守れなかった後悔から"βにΩは救えない"と雀部に踏み込めない鵜藤。. その優しさは罪深いものだと、知っていたのなら――。.
  • Sweet Revenge by Nora Roberts

    Sweet Revenge by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    At twenty-five, Princess Adrianne lives a life most people would envy.   Beautiful and elegant, she spends her days dabbling in charities and her nights floating from one glamorous gala to the next.   But her pampered-rich-girl pose is a ruse, a carefully calculated effort to hide a dangerous truth. For ten years Adrianne has lived for revenge...
  • Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man, and Create the Holiday Love Story of a Lifetime by Riane Konc

    Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man, and Create the Holiday Love Story of a Lifetime by Riane Konc

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Create the Christmas Romance of Your Dreams Scene by Scene, Twist by Charmingly Predictable Twist. Slip on your favorite Christmas sweater, cozy up to a crackling fire, sip some spiced eggnog, and prepare to experience the ultimate holiday love story. But instead of watching it on some cheesy cable channel, open this book and put yourself in the director’s chair...
  • Made of Steel by Ivy Smoak

    Made of Steel by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Once upon a time, my name was Summer Brooks. I fell in love with a prince and my dreams went as far as the stars. I had my whole life figured out. I had my whole life in front of me. But my life wasn’t meant to be a fairy tale. Everything I knew was taken away in a flash. Broken. Lost. Abandoned. Beaten. Ten years of pain. Ten years of torture. I’m finally free...
  • Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer

    Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The Seven Year Slip meets Hallmark with a dash of sass and a sprinkle of sexiness in this sparkling Christmas rom com. .. with a speculative twist! Some people are Christmas people, but Jill Jacobs is most certainly not. She hasn’t been ever since her hometown love broke her heart on Christmas Eve three years ago. After that, Jill moved to L. A. to pursue her dream of becoming a screenwriter...
  • Royal Baby by Mia Carson

    Royal Baby by Mia Carson

    Rated: 3.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was supposed to be a one-night stand until he turned out to be a Prince! When Hope sets out to celebrate her last night in France with her best friend, Adriana, she doesn’t count on a one-night stand with Eric, the stranger in the swanky bar. She didn’t plan on him being a prince either, or on falling so hard for him...
  • Carolina Isle by Jude Deveraux

    Carolina Isle by Jude Deveraux

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux uncovers the passions and scandals that take a small town by storm when two cousins switch lives. Ariel and Sara never imagined their high-spirited attempt to step into each other's shoes would cause such upheaval...
  • Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

    Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now known and coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 25 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 25 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!
  • Emerged by Marissa Honeycutt

    Emerged by Marissa Honeycutt

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 36 ratings
    Anna has escaped from Devin. Now she must learn what it is to live without a master. Yet Devin will not let her go so easily, his power depends on what he takes from her. Will Anna's freedom last? Can she even learn to live as a free woman? Is Devin’s power too great for her to escape? There is a subculture within our own world that you’ve only heard whispers of...
  • Bound Together by Christine Feehan

    Bound Together by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 36 ratings
    The Sea Haven series comes to a climactic end as the mysterious man from Blythe Daniels’ past re-enters her life. Don’t miss the final Sea Haven novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling “queen of paranormal romance” (J. R. Ward). For five years, Viktor Prakenskii has put his life on hold in order to take down the world’s most feared motorcycle club from the inside...
  • Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother’s murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance...
  • Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Some pasts are harder to escape than others. When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past. Keeping her job should be the hardest part...
  • The Darkest Sampler by Gena Showalter

    The Darkest Sampler by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER FEATURING EXTENDED EXCERPTS FROM BESTSELLING SENSATION GENA SHOWALTER'S ENTHRALLING LORDS OF THE UNDERWORLD SERIES. Welcome to a dark and sensual world, where the line between good and evil blurs and true love is put to the ultimate test...
  • The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

    The Silver Siren by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Every journey has an end. Unable to find the answers she sought in Skyfell, Thalia, Joss, and Kael travel to Haven with a prisoner in tow. An attack on the road waylays their plans, and Thalia finds herself traveling alone with Kael to the hidden sanctuary of the SwordBrothers. But war is on the horizon and the Raven is amassing his army...
  • Threaded Lies by K. Bromberg

    Threaded Lies by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    The heated follow-up to Twisted Knight and the second book in New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg's Tangled Hearts series. A dark and sexy romance of revenge, betrayal… and falling in love with the enemy. Holden. I let my guard down. And got screwed over by a woman without even knowing why. But it won’t happen again. Because the only thing I care about is burning this whole place down...
  • Kitchen Princess, Vol. 03 by Miyuki Kobayashi

    Kitchen Princess, Vol. 03 by Miyuki Kobayashi

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    HOME COOKING. Thanks to a magical talent for cooking, Najika is attending Seika Academy, a top private school. Najika believes that the boy who once saved her life, her "prince," must be one of her fellow students. When Najika isn't trying to find her mystery boy, she's working at the nearby Fujita Diner...
  • Mark of Betrayal by A.M. Hudson

    Mark of Betrayal by A.M. Hudson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Book three in the best selling vampire series, Dark Secrets. A love so strong fire and torture could not break it. A heart so pure neither death nor hate could taint it. But, left alone in a world of lies and secrets, Ara will find herself down the road of treachery, walking very dangerous ground, while those closest to her fight to keep her safe from dangers unseen...
  • Forget Me Never by Sable Hunter

    Forget Me Never by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Series Continues with Forget Me Never (Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Book 7 - Cajun Style). Some truly lucky people experience a love so great that nothing can separate them. Distance, misunderstandings or even death are not powerful enough to stop the longing and the hunger and the desire to be together. Patrick loves Savannah...
  • Daytime Shooting Star, Vol. 7 by Mika Yamamori

    Daytime Shooting Star, Vol. 7 by Mika Yamamori

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Suzume has moved to Tokyo and is living with her uncle. Suzume and Mr. Shishio take a trip together for the first time. But something weighs heavily on Mr. Shishio’s mind. Meanwhile, Suzume’s worried about being caught on a romantic outing with her teacher.
  • The Heart's Ashes by A.M. Hudson

    The Heart's Ashes by A.M. Hudson

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Death never leaves us. Once it's touched our souls, it hungers for our return--waiting for us to fall. And if it finds Ara again, she will have no way to escape. Moving on from David was hard, forgetting the abduction and torture was almost impossible, but nothing as devastating as the thought that now, because of her, David might face the horrific punishments of the Set...
  • Skip・Beat!, Vol. 41 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip・Beat!, Vol. 41 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Kyoko has trained hard to be the perfect ninja, and now the day of the Momiji audition has dawned. But the producer in charge of the acting test kicks Kyoko out for having hair unbecoming of a ninja, without even letting her perform! Kyoko’s temporary manager Yashiro isn’t worried, though. He knows a little adversity isn’t enough to stand in the way of Kyoko’s ninja dreams...
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