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Burning Bond by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBURNING BOND is book six of the HOLLY WOODS FILES series. While it can technically be read as a standalone, it's advised to read the first five books prior to this for full enjoyment. -- Two men, both determined to protect me. I think I love one. I’m almost sure I’m in love with the other. Ride or die just got a whole lot realer... -
Swimming to Lundy by Amanda Prowse
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA poignant and inspiring story from million-copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse about how it’s never too late to follow your dreams and find your way back to happiness.Tawrie Gunn feels stuck. She’s spent her whole life in the same seaside town with her beloved Nana and grief-stricken mum, all of them still reeling in different ways from the tragic loss of Tawrie’s dad at sea...Categorized as:
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Craving Lucy by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author Terri Anne Browning’s New Adult series. One kiss can change everything… I wished I’d known that before I’d kissed my best friend. Things are different now. We can’t go back. I’m not even sure I want to go back. I guess the question is…... -
Enraptured by Ginger Voight
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the third and final book of the Fullerton Family Saga, long-simmering secrets explode with disastrous consequences. The fractured Fullertons face their biggest challenges yet, and every single one must rise to their own personal challenges and beat their demons once and for all - no matter what it takes... -
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Jake by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFormer best friends Jake Rollins and Lucas Bennett used to love competing against each other as kids. Unfortunately, for the past four years they’ve hated each other, all because they fell for the same girl who they both lost...Categorized as:
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Irresistible Revenge by Amanda Bentley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou’re going to think I’m a shitty person, and I can’t say I’d even blame you. But before you make a snap judgment, let me help you understand.You see, I slept with my coworker.Now, I know what you’re thinking. Okay…and?Well, I slept with my coworker, but I still had a boyfriend.“How could you?”“That is WRONG.”“(insert choice expletives here)!”I know.You’re right.It is... -
Pull by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsJaded rock star, Demetri Daniels, is in Hell — also known as Seaside, Oregon. Sent to rehab after nearly getting himself killed last year, his record company wants nothing more than for him to lay low, away from the limelight... -
Fall to You by Lexi Ryan
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTorn between two men… When I woke up after the accident, I couldn’t remember anything from the last year—including my relationship with Max Hallowell or anything about Nate Crane. Now my memories are returning, but instead of answering my questions, they’re leaving me with more. The man who broke my heart and wants to be my future… Max is all I ever wanted, and now he wants to marry me...Categorized as:
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Interception by Lisa Suzanne
All I wanted was a second chance. Chase was still my every fantasy ten years after we broke up. He stepped back into my life the same night Gavin, once my closest friend, confessed his deep-rooted feelings and kissed me like I’d never been kissed...Categorized as:
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Royal by Amy Davies
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBeing the son of the Rugged Skulls MC president, I was always held to a high standard in life, in the club. But when me and my brothers set out to start our own club business, things got a whole lot better.I’m the type of guy who gets what he wants, when he wants it. I’m a club brat, and a fully patched member, but what I live for is the hunt.Women usually throw themselves at me...Categorized as:
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Hotshot by Ahren Sanders
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI don’t remember a time I didn’t love Crenshaw Bennett. I tried to deny it, but my feelings grew deeper. I thought he could never love me the way I love him. I was wrong—outrageously, deliriously, and beautifully wrong. One innocent kiss changes my life forever. Suddenly, Shaw is mine. Loyal, devoted, and the most loving man on this Earth... -
Entangled by Ginger Voight
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe saga continues for Rachel Dennehy, the tenacious small-town teacher caught in between two compelling, powerful brothers. ****This is Book 2 in the series. Blurb may contain spoilers for Book 1.**** In Book 2 of the Fullerton Family Saga, teacher Rachel Dennehy heads back to California to save her favorite little boy from his rapid downward spiral... -
The Devil's Playground by Eliza Freed
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFormer U.S. Attorney, Meredith Walsh, took some time off to raise her children. But the time took away everything she once trusted about herself. She’s lost within the mundane confines of her children's schedules of lacrosse, soccer, Cub Scouts, and math facts... -
The Cleaner by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGunner James is good at death. An expert.His job is to clean up the messes no one else can.But behind that tough exterior, Gunner has a few secrets of his own.Eight years ago, Gunner left his hometown and vowed to never look back. When his past collides with his present in the form of a familiar face, Gunner must return home to take care of one final mess...the woman he left behind...Categorized as:
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Wild Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen you fall in-love it’s forever. But sometimes forever comes with a price. I never meant to meet Nathaniel Teller. It was by accident, on a Tuesday, that I walked into his bar. He was solemn, intense and hiding a secret behind those stoic green eyes. I never intended to fall in-love with him. We were supposed to be just friends. But I fell for him hard, deep. There’s no turning back...Categorized as:
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Intermission by Lisa Suzanne
I’m in love with two men. I’m torn and need to choose which man from my past I want as a permanent part of my future. My heart leads me one way as my brain pushes me toward the other. I want them both, but each of them holds a secret that will change everything... -
Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHaving my heart broken once was enough to make me give up on the idea of love all together. Instead of searching for The One I decided to embrace variety and turn by back on monogamy. I made a living convincing women they didn’t need a man to feel complete. And I totally rocked at it... -
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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Feverish by Jade C. Jamison
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsClayton “Jet” Smith has enjoyed acting the part of rock star god bad boy since his breakup with rock goddess Valerie Quinn. He’s racking up quite a score playing the field, and he has no plans to settle down anytime soon. His biggest problem these days is meeting his obligations, because he’s so busy having fun, he forgets the important things...Categorized as:
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Coming Home by Laurie Breton
One man became her husband. He had the face of an angel, and a voice that could tear your heart to shreds and leave it bleeding. The year is 1974, and songwriter Casey Bradley is just eighteen years old when handsome, charismatic singer Danny Fiore crashes into her life and her heart... -
A Love so Tragic by Stevie J. Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPromises. We all make them. Sometimes we break them. But what happens when the promise you break haunts your dreams, when that moment of betrayal echoes within every last beat of your heart? Love. Love is passionate, painful, and all consuming in the most brutal yet beautiful way... -
Repair Me by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSky's whole world is turned upside down when she catches her long-time boyfriend cheating. Depressed over the breakup, she decides to drive to the beach to spend time with her friends and drown her sorrows in hot guys and fruity drinks. The only problem with her plan is her piece-of-junk car...Categorized as:
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Envy by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf envy is a sin, then let me be damned.Graham was born to be a star. Once upon a time, that star shone only for me. Now, I have to share him with the rest of the world. For a while, I thought I could do it. Because, beneath the hypnotic smile, gorgeous body and God-given charm that made him famous, I still caught glimpses of my best friend.Of the boy who called me sunshine and loved me... -
Rewrite by Stephanie Rose
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOnce upon a time, a girl loved a boy and he loved her back. They lived happily ever after. But our story was never that simple. I loved Josh with all I had, right until the day he left. Now, all these years later, he was back—and wanting me the way I’d always longed for him. Except now, I belonged to someone else. Someone who never left me the way Josh had. I figured that was the end of our story... -
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What's Left of Me by Hannah Bird
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the actions of one man have marked who you became, how do you get back to who you were?It’s a question Zoey Allen has been avoiding for the better part of a decade.The world sees her as a vivacious, take-no-shit businesswoman, and she’s nearly managed to convince herself it’s enough...Categorized as:
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My Darling Signed In by New Lung
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAssociated NamesDoubles JeuxMeu Amor Onlinenae jaginim-i logeu-in hasyeossseubnida.내 자기님이 로그인 하셨습니다... -
The Wanderer by Nia Forrester
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsReturning home after a long sojourn abroad, Blu contemplates whether the time has finally come for her to put down some roots. Bryan, meanwhile, has been firmly rooted in one place and in one life for what now seems like far too long... -
Weight of Regret by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAnderson Bexley was the love of my life… or so I thought.For years, I convinced myself that one day he would see me as more than the bubbly activities director at his family’s campground. Sure, he was ten years older.Deeply tortured.And far too devoted to the family business to make time for his own happiness.But none of that mattered... -
The Baby Mission by Vivian Wood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller Vivian Wood comes a story that is about lust, longing, and the beginnings of love...He wants into my pants. And I want a baby...I want a baby, and I want it bad. But there’s no Mr. Right in sight and I’m tired of waiting around for someone to rock my boat. So I decide that I’m going to have a baby on my own.Then I meet Jett at a party... -
Pure Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKathryn Grayson has it all—a beautiful husband, new baby, and a life most women would dream of. But after putting her career on hold for her family, Kathryn sets out to reclaim the woman she once was...Categorized as:
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Where the Little Birds Go by B. Celeste
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHigh school heartbreak turned Hollywood affair. Read the exclusive here: When bestselling author Kinley Thomas gets the deal of a lifetime to see her book turned into a movie, the last person she expects to be cast as the leading role is Corbin Callum. After years of living the dreams that tore them apart, Hollywood will soon force them back together...Categorized as:
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Broken Fairytales by Monica Alexander
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEmily Cole thought her life was just about as close to a fairytale as it could get. She was on track to graduate from college with honors, had a job lined up in her field, and was about to get engaged to the perfect guy. Then one day she woke up and something just felt . . . off... -
Love Me Back by Michelle Lynn
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsGrowing up in small-town Belcrest, Maddy Jennings always thought she was destined to be with her childhood sweetheart, Trent Basso. Throughout the complicated road she has traveled with Trent, someone else has had a strong presence in Maddy's life... -
Lost and Found by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsEmi Lost & Found series - Winner of the Best Happily Ever After of 2013 - HEA Bookshelf "There was true depth to the story and the characters that moved me and emotionally gutted me. I was so taken by Nate and Emi's love for each other. It's the kind of love that few have and many desire but never get to experience... -
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About Tomorrow... by Abbi Glines
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAbout Tomorrow...I close my eyes as I hear him speak. I take one very long and deep breath hoping to calm the immediate butterflies that take flight in my stomach and hope to slow down the racing of my heart. The voice was slightly deeper but the timbre was one that was achingly familiar... -
Falling into You by Lauren Abrams
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen Hallie Caldwell, normal girl extraordinaire, perpetual wingwoman, and queen of the friend zone, accepts her college roommate's invitation to spend winter break in New York, she figures it’s a chance to live out her childhood fantasies of a life in the big city. Instead, thrust into a world of glittering parties and oversized bank accounts, she immediately feels like an outsider... -
Hate: A Love Story by Laurel Ulen Curtis
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRoses are red, Violets are blue. Life can be messy, And love can be too. Most people say that it’s not important where you’re going, but instead, how you get there. Unfortunately for me, the journey to love was absolutely agonizing. Love and Hate wrestled with my life day after day, year after year, and the only way to stop it was to let one of them win... -
Cupids Anonymous by Lila Monroe, Joe Arden
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPeople around the world are raving over USA Today bestselling author Lila Monroe's hilarious romantic comedies. Now fall in love with her brand new sizzling standalone - perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Christina Lauren!Rule number one: Don't get hit by your own arrow....I'm a professional Cyrano - minus the honking great nose...Categorized as:
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Rock Star by Ginger Voight
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Rock Star" is the highly anticipated sequel to Ginger Voight's Rock and Roll Rubenesque saga, which began with the sizzling debut of "Groupie." For those who have been anxious to see what has become of Andy, Vanni and Graham... buckle your seat belts. You're in for a thrilling new ride right through the dark underbelly of fame... -
Conflicted by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Be a good little assistant and go get me some coffee.” Comments like this are why I hate my boss. Since taking over as CEO of Benson Industries, Cole Benson has been demeaning, arrogant, and infuriating. For as much as I hate him, I can’t stop thinking about him. A captivating attraction passes between us each time his dark eyes meet mine... -
Flames and Flowers by Jaine Diamond
Flames and FlowersFlames and Flowers is a friend-to-lovers/ forbidden love/ MMF romance novella, featuring Matt Brohmer, Ash Player and Daniela Vola.It is meant to be read at the end of the player series, after Lovely Madness (Players #4)... -
Me After You by Mindy Hayes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWidowed at twenty-five, Sawyer Hartwell has no choice but to return to her hometown. Broke and alone, the intention was to heal and find herself again, but how can she heal in a place filled with so much sorrow and memories she yearns to forget? Dean Preston has regretted leaving Willowhaven since the day he rode off on his motorcycle six years ago, destroying the only love he had ever known... -
Last First Kiss by Jane Anthony
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJesse Dylan was my best friend, my first kiss . . . and my first heartbreak. Watching him walk out of my life almost ruined me. But years have passed, and the pain of losing him has long since faded. Or so I thought. One glimpse in his cobalt eyes and those old wounds reopened. Jesse wants a second chance at what might have been, but it’s too late. I’m with someone new. Someone safe... -
Stone Broke Heiress by Danielle Owen-Jones
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSix months ago, I was the heiress to a soup empire worth millions. Now, I’m standing in a giant dumpster.Bella Whittington’s caviar-and-Cristal life comes crashing down when she walks in on her fiancé and best friend tangled up in page 34 of the Kama Sutra, limbs everywhere. But her plan to dull the pain with Daddy’s credit card is totalled by the news that they’ve lost the family business... -
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Falling for the Good Guy by Violet Duke
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHer best friend since college. The polar opposite of his brother Connor. The 'good guy' everyone's hell-bent on believing is her perfect match. Anything beyond friendship for them had just never been a possibility. But it is now. For over a decade, through his high school sweetheart's illness and eventual passing, Abby had been his pal, his rock. All but a second mother to his young daughter... -
MY BROTHER, MY RIVAL by Eve Rabi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDescription: Years ago, Cody Garrett’s heart was ripped to shreds when Bridie ditched him and married his brother, Scott. With great difficulty, he moved on and rebuilt his life without her, severing all ties with his brother because of their betrayal. Now, Scott, his brother, is ill and a threat to his wife and children. Cody is forced to step in and move them into his house...Categorized as:
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Separation Anxiety by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeparation. We all get one true love in our lives, and it’s up to us to find it. Fate will act and try to push us together, but ultimately it’s up to us to recognize who that one person is when he’s standing in front of us. It turns out that I recognized who my one person was when I was separated from my husband. Anxiety... -
Hourglass by K.S. Smith, Megan C. Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBest friends since birth, Brooke Reid and Savannah Prescott, spend their days working together at top fashion magazine Hourglass, while enjoying all that the Denver nightlife has to offer – but sharing a man – no way. One of Denver’s most eligible bachelors, Luke Wellington, can have any woman he wants and he knows it... -
Got the Life by Jade C. Jamison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNicki Sosebee wants her first headline, but she doesn’t want it to read “Reporter found dead.” Nicki Sosebee has been working low-paying jobs ever since she finished school, but now that she’s older, she wants more. She’s a novice reporter trying to learn the ropes. Just as she’s getting her career goals on track, though, her love life gets worse and worse... -
Belong: A Seven Year Itch Book by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen years ago I fell in love with a married woman. I walked away so she could be happy, moving across the country to make sure I put space between us. We severed ties, and I promised myself I wouldn't look back. Since then I committed to someone else, and we have a child and a life many would wish for. Except, it's never been enough for me...
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