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  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 6 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 6 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    THE TRUE END, OR JUST THE BEGINNING? Narumi slips up in front of her work friends, and the anxiety of outing herself as an otaku forces her to retreat inward. While Hirotaka is quick to console her, a difference in opinion devolves into an argument...
  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date...
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  • Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

    Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In her twenties, Rachel Walsh was a mess. Since her spell in rehab, though, she's come a long way on the road to recovery - and now, she's ready to go back to where it all began. But this time, the student has become the teacher. She used to hate the staff in charge of treating her addiction. Now, she's one of them.Rachel's finally got herself on track - but life never stops being messay...
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    second chances  humor  contemporary  m-f
  • Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A sexy, standalone best-friends-to-lovers romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely! It's so easy being best friends with a gorgeous, talented, charming guy. Said no woman ever. Except me. My friendship with Miller is a sure thing — he’s my plus one, my emergency contact, and my shoulder to lean on...
  • Maybe We Should by Melissa Foster

    Maybe We Should by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An emotional and sexy novel about guarded hearts, finding love, and families lost and found by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe We Will.After spending years wondering who she was, tattoo artist Cait Weatherby finally found her answers on the sandy shores of Silver Island...
  • Time by Penny Reid

    Time by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 58 ratings
    From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny Reid A (brokenhearted) physicist. Now an infamous (who is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!! UGH!) musician. The worst has already happened. Mona has learned that she has nothing figured out and plans are meaningless. After leaving her in Aspen, Abram is now breaking sales-records, rising to rock star fame almost overnight. Mona can’t seem to escape him...
  • Burning Bond by Emma Hart

    Burning Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    BURNING 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...
  • Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A wickedly, funny romcom that'll have you laughing and swooning one minute, and hot and sweaty the next. Follow along as Paxton and Hartford try to navigate a world they know nothing about--B D S M! I’ve always lived by one major rule, don’t fall for your best friend, and this is one rule I can’t break. I’m supposed to write an article about a topic so scandalous, I can’t even say it...
  • Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor

    Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In my expert opinion, every woman who’s been left at the altar should follow up that singularly humiliating experience by spending a week in paradise with a totally inappropriate—and totally sexy—stranger.Even better if you meet him at the bar of the resort hotel where your destination wedding and honeymoon were supposed to take place...
  • The Wisteria Tree Cottage by Holly Martin

    The Wisteria Tree Cottage by Holly Martin

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 15 ratings
    Get swept away to the sparkling Welsh coast this summer, where the sea glitters in the sunshine and love is in the air. From the bestselling author of The Blossom Tree of Dreams, this is the perfect romantic treat to escape with this summerMeadow has only ever loved one man – the very gorgeous Bear Brookfield...
  • Riverbend Reunion by Carolyn Brown

    Riverbend Reunion by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Back home is the best place to start over in a heart-stirring Texas romance about friendship, second chances, and small-town scandals by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Riverbend, Texas, doesn’t look like the crossroads of anywhere. But for four high school besties reuniting after twenty years, it’s a place to unpack a lot of baggage...
  • Die Romanze beginnt by Hannah M. Lynn

    Die Romanze beginnt by Hannah M. Lynn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Noch nie hat Romantik so süß geschmeckt ...Obwohl es Holly Berry endlich geschafft hat, »Just One More« zu kaufen und mit einem der begehrtesten Junggesellen in Bourton-on-the-Water auszugehen, ist ihr Leben alles andere als ein Zuckerschlecken.Ein bekanntes Gesicht aus ihrer Vergangenheit droht, Hollys frisch erblühende Beziehung zu zerstören, noch ehe sie richtig beginnen kann...
  • Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s her best friend.A reformed bad boy turned hot teacher.And after one spur-of-the-moment Vegas wedding... her husband. Jordan Benoit and Fletcher Landry have been best friends since they were six. He’s always been The Guy. When she needed picked up, cheered up, or lifted up — like literally, to see the stage at a concert — Fletcher was the guy...
  • Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Choose the best phrase to describe Sibby Goldstein's 1) Sucky. 2) Really sucky. 3) Major suck-fest. D) All of the above. I started my day with a boyfriend and a job. I ended my day with a bottle of tequila. I'll let you connect the dots. Somehow, I wound up working as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. I have no idea what I'm doing. And I'm not just talkin' about life...
  • The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

    The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A captivating story about long-lost family secrets that will whisk you away to the village of Sandy Cove on the gorgeous Irish coast.Edwina is looking for a fresh start. So when a friend suggests she renovates a series of coastguard cottages in the tiny village of Sandy Cove, she wonders if the beautiful Irish seaside town might be her chance for a new beginning...
  • The Lost Letters of Ireland: A heart-warming and unforgettable Irish romance by Susanne O'Leary

    The Lost Letters of Ireland: A heart-warming and unforgettable Irish romance by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A totally captivating story about long-lost family secrets and new beginnings, that will whisk you away to the village of Sandy Cove on the gorgeous Irish coast.Heartbroken and feeling lost after the end of her last relationship, Edwina is looking for a fresh start. And when she hears that a coastguard cottage in the tiny village of Sandy Cove is for sale, she knows it could be her chance...
  • Cashmere and Camo by Erin Nicholas

    Cashmere and Camo by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A friends to lovers romance… and then some.Run a pie shop with her sisters for a year. Date for the first time at age twenty-nine. Don’t be terrified.Well, she’s got the first thing under control at least. Mostly.But this is exactly what a best friend is for...
  • The Fire by May Archer

    The Fire by May Archer

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    JAMIE Parker Hoffstraeder is gorgeous, cocky, and totally irrational. He also broke my heart when he left town eleven years, four months, and twenty-eight days ago. Not that I’m counting. I don’t mind admitting it: I was young. I got burned. I learned my lesson...
  • The Consequence of Rejection by Rachel Van Dyken

    The Consequence of Rejection by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A standalone second chance romance by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken. You know the universe is trying to tell you something when you get struck by lightning, but only after getting hit on by the elderly, almost getting run over by a semi, and running into the one who got away...
  • Love You Again by Julia Kent

    Love You Again by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An unexpected rescue rekindles an old romance between a single dad widower and a woman caught in a small town scandal that made her flee the one place where she belongs. Can a second chance at first love end in a happily ever after?Luke Luview has given up on love...
  • Charming Fiona by Jessica Prince

    Charming Fiona by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As I child, I believed in true love and fairytales. I convinced myself that there was one special man out there, made just for me. All I had to do was wait, and one day he would appear. Then I grew up and discovered the ugly truth. Disney movies were full of crap. Relationships took work. People made mistakes...
  • Without You by Lacey Black

    Without You by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    TuckerI spend my days brewing beer for the popular Brew Crüe Beer Company and my nights devoted to being a dad. Raising a young child with special needs can be tough and stressful, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. He’s everything to me, and the reason I keep going. It’s him and me against the world, and I have no intention of changing that.Then, Kinsley McGregor walks back into my life...
  • Love Letters on Hazel Lane by Jennifer Page

    Love Letters on Hazel Lane by Jennifer Page

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scrabble fan Jo always seems to pick the wrong guys. Now she's moved to the Yorkshire village of Hebbleswick, and decided to give dating one last chance. This time, there's a she will only date men whose names would score highly in her beloved word game.After Tarquin (16 points) proves just as disappointing as the rest, she meets low-scoring local doctor Ras (3 points)...
  • This is Dangerous by Kennedy Fox

    This is Dangerous by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Logan Knight is a real life knight in shining armor. 
A detective godsend in a sleek black suit has me thinking less than secretive thoughts. Brooding and mysterious, he’s the kind of guy every girl instantly notices. Between his seductive smirk and charming good looks, it’s no wonder I can’t help the way he makes me feel whenever I’m near him. 
Too bad he’s unavailable—or so he says...
  • Presently Perfect by Alison G. Bailey

    Presently Perfect by Alison G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Perfection is an illusion fueled by the perception of others. Tweet was my heart, my soul, and my purpose. She was my everything. Neither of us were perfect. We both made mistakes. Looking back, that was okay, because every choice brought us to where we needed to be at the time we needed to be there. The one constant, our love and friendship...
  • You're So Basic by Angela R. Casella

    You're So Basic by Angela R. Casella

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s harder to run from love when you’re living with it.DannyI don’t want a new roommate.I especially don’t want a new roommate who’s loud, mouthy, and so painfully hot I can’t keep my eyes off her.Not that I’m interested in Mira Evans. She’s made it very clear that she agrees with the ex who famously broke up with me for being “too basic...
  • Crave by Adriana Locke

    Crave by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Hadley Jacobs is over Machlan Gibson. Sure, she’ll always be a little weak to the dimple in his right cheek and the way his five o’clock shadow makes him ruggedly handsome. But that’s not enough to cover every other thing about him because they all drive her nuts. Like how he won’t admit he’s wrong even when he knows it and how he drives his stupid car a million miles an hour on wet asphalt...
  • A White Christmas on Winter Street by Sue Moorcroft

    A White Christmas on Winter Street by Sue Moorcroft

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When Sky Terran returns to the village of Middledip after losing the job she loves, she anticipates a quiet Christmas getting used to her new life. However, the annual street decoration competition is coming up and this year, the residents of Winter Street are determined to win.As she is pulled into the preparations, Sky quickly grows to love the quirky, tight-knit community she is now part of...
  • Betting on the Boy Next Door by Melanie Jacobson

    Betting on the Boy Next Door by Melanie Jacobson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    I’m a nurse who wants to be a rock star—a secret I don’t even tell my best friends and roommates. So when one of them—Ruby—gets it into her head to find me a man, I can’t explain why I don’t have time for her matchmaking. Ruby turns it into a bet to make sure I go along with it. I say yes, but won’t matter. My ex taught me the most important thing about men: you can’t count on them...
  • How to Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely, Joe Arden

    How to Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely, Joe Arden

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A sexy standalone romance written by #1 NYT Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely and Award-Winning Romance Narrator Joe Arden! Every man knows there are lines you don't cross. Like this one -- don't bang your boss's little sister.Too bad I didn't know sexy, clever, irresistible London is related to the guy who signs my paychecks...
  • Stay With Me by Kelly Elliott

    Stay With Me by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Life moves on. Only people who have never lost anyone they loved with all their heart can blindly believe those words. What if I didn’t want to move on? What if I wanted to wake up every morning with that familiar ache in my chest, knowing I’d never see her again? But, life can change in a moment...
  • Can't Hardly Breathe by Gena Showalter

    Can't Hardly Breathe by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with an irresistible Original Heartbreakers story about a woman who's never felt desired and the man who wants her more than air to breathe… Bullied in high school, Dorothea Mathis's past is full of memories she'd rather forget. But there's one she can't seem to shake—her long-standing crush on former army ranger Daniel Porter...
  • 50 Ways to Win Back Your Lover by Kelly Siskind

    50 Ways to Win Back Your Lover by Kelly Siskind

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From Kelly Siskind comes a slow-burn romantic comedy about one man’s creative attempt to win back his high school sweetheart after a change in fortune gives them a second chance at love.Growing up, I had it all—my art, close friends, a gorgeous girlfriend who owned my heart—but then my life exploded.Turns out my father was laundering money, and my whole family got shoved into witness protection...
  • Inflame by Tessa Teevan

    Inflame by Tessa Teevan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Easy going soldier Kale Montgomery, a self-proclaimed ladies man, has no plans of settling down, especially not with his best friend- the sexy, sassy schoolteacher Lucy Dawson. Their relationship, though unconventional, is mutually beneficial, and they wouldn't have it any other way...
  • Game Ender by B.J. Harvey

    Game Ender by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author BJ Harvey comes the fourth and final book in the Game series and this time, it's the last two single friends left standing; the reformed playboy and the single mom. *** "You have chlamydia." Three words no man wants to hear...
  • Often by Danielle Norman

    Often by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations… He wore suits and I wore biker boots. He went to University and I went to Trade school. He lived in a big home and I lived in a tiny apartment. When my world was turned upside down, he took me in his arms and promised to help me find a new direction...
  • Wild Kisses by Mari Carr

    Wild Kisses by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kiss me once, shame on you. Kiss me twice, shame on me...The first kiss with Landon, Sunnie blames on tequila. The second on adrenaline. He did save her and her Louis Vuitton from a mugger after all.But then the kiss goes viral and sexy cop Landon is flooded with female attention. Now it’s Sunnie’s turn to save Landon—by pretending to be his girlfriend...
  • MANFAX by Jacob Chance

    MANFAX by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Manfax: A detailed report containing information about a potential boyfriend/girlfriend’s romantic history.What is it about this bad boy that has women clamoring to date him?Adam Winters is like an ice-cold drink of water on a scorching day—he goes down like a champ.Tall, built, and handy, he’s irresistible and he knows it...
  • Indescribable: A Friends to Lovers Romance by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Indescribable: A Friends to Lovers Romance by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I walked down the aisle and said “I do” to the wrong man.Unfortunately, it took me eight years to figure it out.It took me even longer to realize who was in front of me the entire time.You’d think that being a romance author would have helped me to see the signs that I chose wrong the first time and I would have been able to write my own happily-ever-after so easily...
  • A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She was never meant to fall for her best friend’s brother...Seren has had a soft spot for her best friend’s brother for as long as she can remember. But when she starts to see Kit as more than just a friend, she knows she’s on dangerous ground.Avoiding him is probably her best course of action, but that’s easier said than done when you live on a tiny island...
  • One Week Wingman by Lila Monroe

    One Week Wingman by Lila Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fake date. Real trouble. Fall for a new trope-tactic, fake dating rom-com read from USA Today bestselling author, Lila Monroe! Sebastian Wainwright is handsome, British, and charming… and the last man you can rely on. Bartending at Mavericks, I’ve seen his love-em-and-leave-em routine up close, and I know better than to become another notch on his king-sized bedpost...
  • Snow Place Like Holly Pointe by Cindy Kirk

    Snow Place Like Holly Pointe by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will love be on their Christmas Lists?Holly Pointe, Vermont might be the Capitol of Christmas Kindness, but when residents learn their beloved Mistletoe Ball has been canceled, goodwill is in short supply. Lucy Cummings feels like a grinch for canceling, but the ball is a financial lump of coal for the Barns at Grace Hollow...
  • Her Delta Force Protector by Sandra Owens

    Her Delta Force Protector by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Everyone thinks Harper Jansen is dead.She is not, and she wants her life back.When Harper—very much alive but terrified—calls Kade Church, he does what is programmed in his DNA: he protects. Delta Force operator Kade and Duke, his military K-9 school flunker, have the skills to keep Harper safe...
  • Holly's Hawaiian Holiday by Daisy James

    Holly's Hawaiian Holiday by Daisy James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Holly's Hawaiian Holiday, the third book in a brand new series from the author of the Hummingbird Hotel series and the Cornish Confetti Agency series...
  • Just for Show by Tawna Fenske

    Just for Show by Tawna Fenske

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only in my world does the family screwup have a rap sheet and three Oscars. And only a screwup like me would be nuts enough to fall for a cop.Not just any cop. Amy’s our police chief in this tiny town that doubles as my family’s social experiment and reality show...
  • Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw

    Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NateAll I wanted to do was be me, for one night. I didn’t want to be the number one quarterback in the league. I just wanted to be Nate. I couldn’t tell you exactly what made me stop at that dive bar on the outskirts of town, but it changed my life.Our connection was instant and undeniable. Our night together was explosive, which led to another, and then another. No strings...
  • Deja Brew All Over Again by Sylvie Stewart

    Deja Brew All Over Again by Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trouble has always had a way of finding me, but I never expected to be carjacked by a hot girl in a wedding dress.As the official family screw-up, not many people count on me for anything but a good time. But Maisy Romero and her little brother need a knight in shining armor, and they need him yesterday...
  • Starting Over in Starshine Cove by Debbie Johnson

    Starting Over in Starshine Cove by Debbie Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The perfect feel-good read that will have you laughing, crying and everything in between.Connie Llewelyn is the beating heart of the magical seaside village of Starshine Cove. She runs the local cafe, and is everybody's friend – always on hand with a kind smile, a listening ear and a freshly-baked scone...
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