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  • Beyond Reason by Autumn Jones Lake

    Beyond Reason by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 15 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...
  • Shelter for Blythe by Susan Stoker

    Shelter for Blythe by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Blythe Coopman never imagined she’d be homeless, but a series of events has landed her on San Antonio’s streets…hungry, tired, and scared. She clings to her most precious possession, a phone accidentally swiped from a local firefighter, who, instead of canceling the number, starts texting her...
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  • Losing Him by Jennifer Foor

    Losing Him by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Do you think you know me? Do you think I'm some terrible person, who ruins people's lives for my own satisfaction? You couldn't be more wrong. Haven't you ever loved someone, so much that you'd do anything to be with them? That's how it all started, because of my love for someone that never returned the feelings...
  • Calico Road by Anna Jacobs

    Calico Road by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. In 1827 its folk are an independent breed - and a thorn in the side of the vicious mill owner in the valley below...
  • An Improbable Scheme by Laura Beers

    An Improbable Scheme by Laura Beers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some secrets are worth stealing. Some hearts are harder to escape. Lady Elsbeth Caldwell has long suspected that her stepfather is hiding something far more sinister behind his polished façade. Determined to uncover the truth, she embarks on an investigation that leads her to take desperate measures, including robbing a passing coach under the cover of night...
  • Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’ve never known what it’s like to have a dream that’s really mine. To live a life without fear. Being the niece of the most ruthless mob boss in Las Vegas has made any sort of freedom impossible. Francesca Rossi has spent much of her life balancing the weight of running the family bakery with avoiding her uncle’s life of violence and corruption...
  • An Accidental Meeting by Melanie Rachel

    An Accidental Meeting by Melanie Rachel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An accident at Pemberley leads to the revelation of a family secret--and might give Darcy a second chance to win Elizabeth's heart.Fitzwilliam Darcy has been working to improve himself since Elizabeth Bennet’s scorching rejection of his proposal four months ago...
  • Watch Me Unravel by Julia Wolf

    Watch Me Unravel by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A sexy and emotional second chance romance... David Wiesel lives for making music, partying, and women. He has a wicked sense of humor and a body made for sinning. He's the kind of guy every mama warns her daughter about. Sylvia Price lives for her daughter, theater, and teaching. She's living the responsible life and left her wild ways in the past...
  • Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jewelry designer Sophie Burke has fled Maine for the anonymity of the big city. She’s starting over with a job she tolerates and a grungy motel room she calls home on the wrong side of town, but anything is better than the nightmare she left behind...
  • Bangshift by Winter Travers

    Bangshift by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    *Skid Row Kings Series, Book 3 Kurt Jensen has had enough. Tired of being under his brother's thumb and having the one person he wanted push him away, Kurt knew it was time to leave. California was supposed to be the new start he craved and needed, but one wrong turn brought everything crashing down around him, literally...
  • Where the Waters Agree by Susan Adriani

    Where the Waters Agree by Susan Adriani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He ached from just looking at her. From wanting her. And from wanting to tell her—again and again—that she was the very best thing that had ever happened to him.EVERMORE ON SEA IS NOT BRIGHTON...
  • Protect Me by Lacey Black

    Protect Me by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nate Stevens loves three things: Work, Family, Women. In that order. Having absolutely no desire to follow in three of his siblings’ footsteps by settling down, Nate lives for his work as a firefighter. That’s why his chance meeting with Lia leaves him unsettled like never before. There’s just something about the beautifully shy and reserved woman that he can’t walk away from. Run. Hide...
  • Snow White by Paul Heins, Trina Schart Hyman

    Snow White by Paul Heins, Trina Schart Hyman

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Spared by her would-be executioner, Snow White finds a home with seven kindly dwarfs, but the hateful queen who wants her dead will stop at nothing to be the most beautiful woman in the land. A poisoned apple seems to send Snow White to her death, but true love brings her back, and good once again prevails...
  • Resisting Diesel by Megan Fall

    Resisting Diesel by Megan Fall

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trinity's father Grizz was savagely executed by his own motorcycle club and she was witness to it all. Now on the run, she hides from the new President, Detroit, who craves her for his own. Diesel is the President of the Devil’s Soldiers, a motorcycle club comprising ex-military men. When a timid, scared young girl shows up in his town, he can't overlook the attraction he feels for her...
  • Stray Hearts by Jill Shalvis

    Stray Hearts by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling "master storyteller"* Jill Shalvis comes a collection of two stories of love on the wild side....Animal Magnetism-When Lilah Young rear-ends the truck of pilot-for-hire Brady Miller, the kennel co-owner finds it hard to ignore the sexy, gorgeous stranger...
  • Mr. Darcy Steals a Kiss (and Some Other Stuff) by Alix James

    Mr. Darcy Steals a Kiss (and Some Other Stuff) by Alix James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My family is about to be ruined, and the only person who can help me is a burglar whose kisses make me forget my own name. Elizabeth BennetMy father is a fraud. There, I’ve confessed it. Jane and I are the only ones who know that he fakes “ancient Greek vases” and sells them to unsuspecting buyers for exorbitant sums to keep our mother in pin money...
  • The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jessie Lewis

    The Cad, the Couch, and the Cut Direct: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jessie Lewis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A year after his hopes of securing Elizabeth Bennet’s heart are dashed, Fitzwilliam Darcy brings his sister Georgiana to London for her first Season. Believing he could never make Elizabeth love him—for so she emphatically told his aunt—he is mortified to come upon her while visiting an art exhibition with his sister. He makes a hasty escape before he can be seen. Or so he thinks...
  • Tripp by S. Nelson

    Tripp by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When Tripp Cavanaugh finally recovers after being left for dead at the gates of his club, his intention is to leave and resume his nomadic lifestyle. But when his president asks him to stick around and oversee the club’s newest business adventure, he readily agrees. He has no idea the simple request will turn his world inside out, encountering the one woman who will irrevocably change him...
  • Magic Man by Jamie Schlosser

    Magic Man by Jamie Schlosser

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    CASEY I’ve been putting my son first for so long that I’ve forgotten how to be me. Each monotonous day bleeds into the next, and I feel like I’m struggling to keep my head above water. But a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel with a man I barely know changes that. Jay reminds me that I used to be bold. Vivacious. Funny. Strong...
  • Jailbait by Kristin Coley

    Jailbait by Kristin Coley

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "I'm no one's idea of a savior, Jailbait." Creed Hayes wasn't looking for redemption or a happily ever after, and he sure as hell wasn't looking to save a girl that tempted him beyond all reason. Sloan Spencer was trouble with a capital T. Too young, too innocent, and too damn beautiful...
  • The Moon in the Water by Pamela Belle

    The Moon in the Water by Pamela Belle

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A new life awaits… The year is 1635 When her close family are carried off by the smallpox, the small, ferociously independent Thomazine Heron finds herself an orphan at the age of ten. Not only an orphan, but a considerable heiress. Thomazine is sent to live with her Heron family cousins in the beautiful rose-coloured sprawling home of Goldhayes in Suffolk...
  • Loving Misty by Megan Fall

    Loving Misty by Megan Fall

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Trike loves being in The Stone Knight's, but it still feels like he's missing something. That's when Ali calls him to go pick up a friend, and he meets the pretty little blind girl. His heart beats faster, his hands start to sweat, and he realizes she's the one. Misty is still getting over the accident that killed her parents and left her blind...
  • East of the Sun by Barbara Bickmore

    East of the Sun by Barbara Bickmore

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    EAST OF THE SUN - A return to the grand tradition of storytelling. BARBARA BICKMORE has created a tale in EAST OF THE SUN, so richly imagined, so lush in its description of Africa's primitive beauty, and so compelling in its depiction of the struggle for good, that you will live it as you read it. "A grand historical romance . . . Filled with passions, heartbreak and death." Chicago Sun-Times...
  • Consume by Jessica Prince

    Consume by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Killian Everett is condescending, egotistical, and a complete jerk. When I started as the new assistant for the famous rock band Civil Corruption, I thought I’d hit the career jackpot... but I was wrong. With his attitude, bad behavior, and stupid good looks, Killian has made my life a living hell since my very first day. We may fight constantly, but that doesn’t make me want him any less...
  • An Accidental Proposal: A Pride and Prejudice Novella by Melanie Rachel

    An Accidental Proposal: A Pride and Prejudice Novella by Melanie Rachel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Miss Elizabeth Bennet isn't the only one with an embarrassing family . . .Elizabeth is poised to decline the second proposal of marriage she has entertained in the past five months. That is, until she is interrupted by Mr. Darcy's cousins. The resulting accident ends with a second proposal--but it's not Mr. Darcy's.Darcy knows he's had a near escape...
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  • A More Agreeable Man: A Variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Jan Ashton

    A More Agreeable Man: A Variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Jan Ashton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    None of us like Mr Darcy, but I must determine the truth about him if we are to know the real character of Mr Wickham.WHEN JANE BENNET RETURNS from a holiday at Ramsgate engaged to a handsome and charming young man, Elizabeth Bennet is astonished to find herself the only person at Longbourn questioning their attachment...
  • Eleven Pipers Piping by Emily E.K. Murdoch

    Eleven Pipers Piping by Emily E.K. Murdoch

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It’s 1813, with eleven pipers piping—but only one has caught Harmony's eye… Harmony Fitzroy never expected to fall into the spotlight. Her musical talents finally recognized, despite her shyness she's offered an invitation: to participate in the Christmas Eve Concert at the Assembly Rooms in Bath. If only a fellow musician hadn't caught her eye, she'd be able to focus on the music...
  • Legacy of Longdale Manor by Carrie Turansky

    Legacy of Longdale Manor by Carrie Turansky

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Art historian Gwen Morris is evaluating paintings at a British estate when she uncovers a connection to the father she never knew through a 100-year-old journal. In 1912, Charlotte Harper struggles with a painful family secret that she can only confess in her journal, which shatters her faith and leaves her wondering if she can ever trust in love again...
  • Master of Puppets: A Pride and Prejudice variation by Elin Eriksen

    Master of Puppets: A Pride and Prejudice variation by Elin Eriksen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if Elizabeth stumbled upon a mystery? A secret of murder and betrayal, ripping a family asunder. Who is friend? Who is foe? And who is the Highlander hiding in Pemberley’s hunting tower?Seven gentlemen and twelve ladies were rumoured to be accompanying Mr Bingley to Netherfield. Mrs Bennet was relieved when the number of females proved to be grossly exaggerated, and for the most part—married...
  • Passion: A Novel of the Romantic Poets by Jude Morgan

    Passion: A Novel of the Romantic Poets by Jude Morgan

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Theirs was a world of obsession, genius, and above all…  In the turbulent years of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, three poets—Byron, Shelley, and Keats—come to prominence, famous and infamous, for their vivid personalities, and their glamorous, shocking, and sometimes tragic lives...
  • The Rogue by Celeste Bradley

    The Rogue by Celeste Bradley

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    A gambler and a liar? Ethan Damont’s legendary gambling skills have earned him a place at the gaming tables of London’s most exclusive homes. He has used his dubious place in Society to aid the Liar’s Club. But his latest favor to the group has not only put his life in danger—it has thrown him together with the woman who tempts him to forgo his rakish ways...
  • 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 Violinist of Venice: A Story of Vivaldi by Alyssa Palombo

    The Violinist of Venice: A Story of Vivaldi by Alyssa Palombo

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Like most 18th century Venetians, Adriana d'Amato adores music—except her strict merchant father has forbidden her to cultivate her gift for the violin. But she refuses to let that stop her from living her dreams and begins sneaking out of her family's palazzo under the cover of night to take violin lessons from virtuoso violinist and composer Antonio Vivaldi...
  • Drake by Harper Bentley

    Drake by Harper Bentley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Drake Powers had to be the most infuriating piece of work I’d met in my entire life. Never mind his gorgeous face, body, and tattoos. That was beside the point. The things that came out of the cocky bastard’s mouth—directed toward me, of course—had my own mouth falling open in shock. His controlling, bad-boy demeanor should’ve had me running in the other direction...
  • Love Starts with Elle by Rachel Hauck

    Love Starts with Elle by Rachel Hauck

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Elle's living the dream--but is it her dream or his? Elle loves life in Beaufort, South Carolina--lazy summer days on the sand bar, coastal bonfires, and dinners with friends sharing a lifetime of memories. And she's found her niche as the owner of a successful art gallery too. Life is good. Then the dynamic pastor of her small town church sweeps her off her feet...
  • Blue Willow by Deborah Smith

    Blue Willow by Deborah Smith

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A powerful novel of a man and a woman from different worlds whose passion binds them together even as it tears them apart—from the bestselling author of When Venus Fell and A Place to Call Home There had always been MacKenzies and Colebrooks at Blue Willow, their histories entangled like the graceful branches of the rare willow trees that thrived there...
  • The Bachelor's Wedding by Betty Neels

    The Bachelor's Wedding by Betty Neels

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO A practical marriage? Araminta Smith had first met Professor Jason Lister when she was hired to look after his niece and nephew. Knowing that her plain but honest looks weren't about to catch her a husband, she was intrigued by the distinguished surgeon's interest in her. Since he was also a confirmed bachelor, the professor's proposal came as an even greater surprise...
  • Circle Of Pearls by Rosalind Laker

    Circle Of Pearls by Rosalind Laker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A family saga set in Sussex and spanning the turbulent period of history from the Civil War to the Restoration and the Great Fire of London. The author's previous books include "This Shining Land", "The Silver Touch" and "To Dance with Kings"...
  • A Personal Matter by Karyn Langhorne, Karyn Langhorne Wynn

    A Personal Matter by Karyn Langhorne, Karyn Langhorne Wynn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Crossing the line ... Alayna Jackson's dream is to be a lawyer -- and not even being the only African-American paralegal in a high-power, lily-white law firm will hold her down...
  • More than Scars by Sarah Brocious

    More than Scars by Sarah Brocious

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They say that the best way to heal is to find someone who suffers more and invest in their healing. Nerissa Meadows decides to make a change in career and experiences the strangest of interviews. She had been through so much but nothing like her soon to be employer, Liam Byrne. His scars have stolen from him...from his two little girls...
  • The Green-Eyed Doll by Jerrie Alexander

    The Green-Eyed Doll by Jerrie Alexander

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Catherine McCoy is running from her past. She's been on the move for a year, hiding the secret and guilt in her heart. When she lands in small-town Texas and meets Sheriff Matt Ballard, he ignites a flame she thought lost forever. Matt has scars of his own. He left the big city after an undercover operation went bad and his partner was killed...
  • Regency by Megan Derr

    Regency by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Four short stories and one novella with a regency flavor. A lazy prince and his stiff secretary have long despised each other, but the annual Masque changes everything. Gideon has always led a quiet life, free of scandal, until a carriage accident on his way home one night. Pierce has everything a young man could want - except the secret admirer he knows only through ardent letters...
  • Beauty for Ashes by Dorothy Clark

    Beauty for Ashes by Dorothy Clark

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the prim-and-proper Philadelphia of 1820, a shocking marriage . . . It was the perfect contract for a marriage of convenience to a woman he didn't even know. Didn't want to know. Justin Randolph, a wealthy Philadelphia widower responsible for two small children, is convinced that love is a myth. The only reason for marriage is to find a mother for the children under his care...
  • A Searing Acquaintance: A Modern Pride & Prejudice Variation by Jan Ashton

    A Searing Acquaintance: A Modern Pride & Prejudice Variation by Jan Ashton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I don’t know why I ever thought we made sense.”Smart, educated people are fools in love, especially when they’re mired in denial and misunderstanding. In this modern spin on Jane Austen’s classic tale, Elizabeth Bennet, a grad student with literary aspirations, has found her big career break—and broken up with yet another forgettable boyfriend...
  • Close to Heaven by Pamela Clare

    Close to Heaven by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She has nothing… Rain Minear has fantasized about finding herself in Joe Moffat’s arms for years. It’s just her luck that the night it finally happens, he’s carrying her into the emergency room. It’s Joe who steps up to help her when a tragedy brings her life crashing down...
  • Claim by Megan O'Brien

    Claim by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emerly Greer has been living a low-key life, content with her multiple jobs and her books. People are complicated; animals and kids are much easier to understand. As owner of Talon Security, Travis McAllister has seen success beyond what he ever expected—causing the boundaries he's set around himself to grow ever thicker...
  • The Beauty of Grace by Nicole Richard

    The Beauty of Grace by Nicole Richard

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    At age eighteen, Grace Bowman's life crumbled right in front of her. The man who held her heart—her forever—was gone, and her family ties were in tatters. As a result, she forged a steel wall round her heart and vowed never to let anyone get close again. Now, six years later, she has been given a chance to start fresh in Savannah, Georgia...
  • Cold As Puck by Violet Paige

    Cold As Puck by Violet Paige

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was all in. Down on one-knee. Love you forever. ALL in. But I destroyed it. Because that’s what I do. The worst part… I’d never see her look at me the same way. In awe of the hockey god. The stud who made her breathless in bed. The winner. I was a champion . I lost Game Seven and the team put me on a tight leash. Now I’m back in my home town during the off-season...
  • For a Governess' Fiery Kiss by Henrietta Harding

    For a Governess' Fiery Kiss by Henrietta Harding

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even though the alluring raven-haired Emilia came as a governess in Edwin's estate with a strong recommendation, she is on the run from a horrendous past. She's newly orphaned and ruined, wanting only the peace and quiet that a governess position for Edwin's stoic daughter allows. She never expected though her new employer to be so handsome that she can barely resist the temptation...
  • Games of Love and Cruelty: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Laura Moretti

    Games of Love and Cruelty: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Laura Moretti

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fitzwilliam Darcy falls madly in love with the vivacious and clever Elizabeth Bennet. After a few shots of tequila, he declares his affections for her. It is a disaster. Elizabeth resoundingly rejects him. But…it’s late, they're alone and slightly intoxicated. They sleep together.Now Darcy has everything…and nothing...
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