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  • Heart the Lover by Lily King

    Heart the Lover by Lily King

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 45 ratings
    “Lily King has written another masterpiece. This book overflows with her brilliance and her heart. We are so lucky. ” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow. From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love...
  • Midnight in Park City by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    Midnight in Park City by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The final installment of a cozy, romantic holiday series filled with Christmas charm, second chances, and the magic of the mountains. As the clock ticks toward midnight on New Year’s Eve, hearts are on the line—and everything can change in a moment. Gracie McBride is letting hope take root with Marshall Hampton, who is steady, thoughtful, and offering a future she never dreamed possible...
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    m-f  audiobook  contemporary  christmas
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  • The Asheville Christmas Wedding by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    The Asheville Christmas Wedding by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The conclusion of a charming, heartwarming holiday trilogy that will whisk you away to a dreamy winter in the mountains...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  christmas  audiobook
  • Thugs and the Women Who Love Them by Wahida Clark

    Thugs and the Women Who Love Them by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Essence® bestselling author Wahida Clark is all too familiar with the terrifying truths of ghetto life. The first novel in her gritty, gripping series takes you on into a world where a wrong choice could be the last choice a person ever makes. In a 'hood boiling over with sex, brutality, and crime, three friends are at a turning point...
  • Nine of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Nine of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Christian. I grew up in the suburbs of Seattle, raised by two people who wanted nothing but the best for me. They’d given me everything. A beautiful home, an excellent education, and so much love and respect. They were the two people I trusted most in the world—until I found out the truth...
  • The Inn on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    The Inn on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The uplifting and unforgettable conclusion to the Seven Sisters series! After coming together following their father’s stroke, the Wingate women have found second-chance romance, faced trials and tribulations, and built wonderful lives on Amelia Island. Their father is fully recovered and healthy, their businesses are flourishing, and the whole family is bursting with love and laughter...
  • The Dressmaker on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    The Dressmaker on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A sisterhood saga with threads of drama, dreams, and danger. Life for the Wingate women of Amelia Island is never dull! While Raina balances the challenge of nurturing newborn twins and a budding romance, trouble arrives on her doorstep to threaten her sweet new life...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  mature couple  audiobook
  • State of Suspense by Marie Force

    State of Suspense by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A high-profile murder has Sam and her team chasing an elusive killer…. Just back from their anniversary trip to Dewey Beach, there’s no slow roll back to work for the first couple as Sam is immediately thrust into a baffling new case that has everyone on edge. The FBI wants in on this one, and she’s determined to figure out what happened before they can take over her investigation...
  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . . Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President. When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Limited time bundle that includes Book 1, 1. 5, 2, and 3 of the Sterling Shore series. No cliffhangers. Book 1 - Hooked on the Game. Kade Colton and Raya Capperton come from two different worlds, but one thing they have in common is that they have both judged each other wrong. Opposites don't just attract; they collide and shift the world off its axis. Raya's POV. Descriptive Sex...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  humor  contemporary  new adult  length-epic
  • Eight of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Eight of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    It was incredible how one single action could change the balance of a person’s life within seconds. Nathan. I was an artist and one of the best plastic surgeons in Los Angeles. My business was thriving, and helping people was my specialty. Growing up, I’d endured a lot of pain where my mother was concerned. After she passed away, I still carried that pain and resentment into adulthood...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  super rich hero  audiobook
  • Forbidden Heart by Ivy Layne

    Forbidden Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In a house haunted by lies, love might be the most dangerous threat of all. After serving a year in prison for a crime he swears he didn’t commit, Ford Sawyer returns to the shadowed halls of Heartstone Manor only to find freedom offers no escape. His father’s true killer is still out there, and suspicion clings to Ford like smoke...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  suspense
  • State of Denial by Marie Force

    State of Denial by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Denial: refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant…. His mother has been arrested, his government is under new threat, the relentless media is driving him mad, and denial becomes the word of the day for President Nick Cappuano. Meanwhile, his wife, DC Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland Cappuano has caught a big new case with suspects everywhere she looks...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  suspense  mystery  death  audiobook
  • 1005 Alamo Way by Cee Bowerman

    1005 Alamo Way by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Motherhood has been a journey for Brighten Duke, one she wasn’t expecting, but has enjoyed with her entire heart and soul. But there’s one thing hanging over her head that she’s not quite ready to face. A lie she told along with her best friend six years ago is about to be revealed, and she’s going to have to deal with the consequences of her actions right along with him...
  • Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL sniper Matthew Kessler thought his life was charmed. He was wrong. He thought his father had amassed the family’s wealth through hard work. He was wrong again. He thought the battlefield had taught him everything he needed to know about strength and courage. He was absolutely wrong. In the blink of an eye, everything he thought he knew about his family became a lie...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  suspense  military  audiobook
  • Nora Roberts' Chesapeake Bay Saga 1-4 by Nora Roberts

    Nora Roberts' Chesapeake Bay Saga 1-4 by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a collection including all four novels in her captivating saga about the lives and loves of four brothers on the windswept shores of the Chesapeake Bay. SEA SWEPT. Cameron Quinn is coming home to say goodbye to the only father he ever loved...
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    m-f  contemporary  mystery  length-epic  open-door
  • State of Shock by Marie Force

    State of Shock by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    They never saw this coming…. Hold on to your hat for the next First Family book, coming December 20, 2022.
    Categorized as:
    m-f  suspense  contemporary  death  mystery  audiobook
  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  sports  suspense  humor  audiobook
  • Steinbeck by Susan May Warren

    Steinbeck by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    There's Trouble in the North. .. The last person she can trust is the man she left for dead…but he’s the only one who knows she’s alive, so…. Emberly "Phoenix" Hart has spent years proving herself as one of the Black Swans' most capable operatives...
  • State of the Union by Marie Force

    State of the Union by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It’s the biggest night of President Nick Cappuano’s life. Will his first lady make it to the Capitol in time for his speech? President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president...
  • Montana Whispers by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Whispers by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Categorized as:
    m-f  suspense  military  contemporary
  • The Long and Winding Road by Marie Force

    The Long and Winding Road by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Series Finale. .. this is the one you’ve been waiting for! Max Abbott takes center stage in the Butler, Vermont Series finale when the timeline jumps forward five years and finds Max staring down his 10-year high school reunion, with no desire whatsoever to attend...
  • Ti Amo by Sienna Mynx

    Ti Amo by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 ratings
    Let there be war. .. Don Giovanni Battaglia will have his revenge. A bloody Mafia war has ravaged the southern region of Italy. Every man, woman, and child born under the name Calderone must be made to atone. That is the law. After two years of blood and bullets, the men sworn to follow without question find themselves wanting peace...
  • A Little Dare by Brenda Jackson

    A Little Dare by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    When Shelly Brockman walked into his office, Sheriff Dare Westmoreland could almost taste the sweet, steamy passion they'd once shared. Then Shelly informed him he was the father of her son, the unruly preteen he'd arrested that day, and his fantasies turned to fury! Shelly had returned to her hometown in Georgia to save her son from the mean streets of Los Angeles...
  • Overtime by Toni Aleo

    Overtime by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Down and out with an injury keeping him away from the game, Assassins’ defenseman Jordie Thomas lives for the blades of his skates on the ice and the feeling of oblivion off it. With no choice but to heal, he’s forced away from the sport that runs through his veins. With everything at stake and darkness setting in, he quickly finds himself spiraling even further out of control...
  • Whispered Promises by Brenda Jackson

    Whispered Promises by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Even a once-in-a-lifetime love…. When Halston Parker calls his daughter Caitlin to his deathbed, she's shocked to discover that her ex-husband, Dex Madaris, has been summoned as well. It's been four years since Caitlin felt the heat of Dex's touch, the urgency of his kisses and the promise of an everlasting love that never was...
  • The Millionaire Boys Club: Koda by Natisha Raynor

    The Millionaire Boys Club: Koda by Natisha Raynor

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Koda Perry is a self-made millionaire that can't seem to form his own identity as anything other than a spoiled rich kid. Determined to build his own legacy, he branched out on his own, built a company from the ground up, and became a millionaire before the age of thirty but for his billionaire father, that's not good enough...
  • Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the third installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter the road we travel, we're always heading for our Home Base. After fourteen years in the army, Dylan Grant is more than ready to come home, settle down, and seriously consider starting a family of his own. Thanks to one stolen, forbidden moment long ago, he might already have...
    Categorized as:
    secret child  m-f  suspense  military  contemporary
  • Hard by Donna Alam

    Hard by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man walks into a coffee shop and gets offered a job in p0rn. Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Or every man’s fantasy. Until I remember I’m trying to be a good man. A single father. One who doesn’t do casual relationships,. Let alone get paid for sex. But for those curves and that mouth? Any man might change his mind. ~*~. It was an honest mistake . .
  • The King Takes a Bride by Danielle Bourdon

    The King Takes a Bride by Danielle Bourdon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Chey's ability to handle diplomatic situations is put to the test by an unexpected visitor to the shores of Latvala. When the visitor makes a startling revelation, it throws the Ahtissari family into a tailspin...
  • Tycoon Takedown by Ruth Cardello

    Tycoon Takedown by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Melanie Hanna has finally worked up the courage to travel to New York and tell an old flame that he’s the father of her young son. She’s done hiding and apologizing for her one impulsive night. When her best friend asks her brother to watch over Melanie, her emotional trip takes an unexpected and sizzling detour...
  • 204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber

    204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 39 ratings
    Grace Sherman. 204 Rosewood Lane. Cedar Cove, Washington. Dear Listener,. If you've been to Cedar Cove before we've probably met. You can usually find me either at home or at the public library, where I work. I've lived in this town all my life and raised two daughters here. But my husband and I - well, about six months ago, he disappeared. Just…disappeared...
  • Taken by a Trillionaire by Melody Anne, Ruth Cardello

    Taken by a Trillionaire by Melody Anne, Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Three New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. One wild project. Taken by a Trillionaire is an escapism fantasy that was born at a party at RWA. Over cocktails, J. S. Scott, Melody Anne, and Ruth Cardello laughed as they plotted this book with the help of two industry friends, Chris and Brian...
  • Daddy's Naughty List Anthology by Pepper North, Stella Moore

    Daddy's Naughty List Anthology by Pepper North, Stella Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Good girls and boys get Daddy’s kisses. Naughty girls and boys get Daddy’s switches. When Santa makes his list, the worst thing a naughty little one has to worry about is some coal in their stocking. But those who end up on Daddy’s naughty list have far more delicious punishments coming their way...
  • Sold to the Single Daddies: A Military Reverse Harem Romance by Summer Haze

    Sold to the Single Daddies: A Military Reverse Harem Romance by Summer Haze

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    One night. Three cowboys. No names, no promises… and now? A baby with their steel-blue eyes—and they have no idea. It was supposed to be a mistake. A wild, reckless, never-talk-about-it-again night at Club Devil. I was the auction prize nobody expected… until three possessive cowboy brothers outbid the entire club to claim me...
  • Secret Babies for My Ex's Dad: An Age Gap, Bratva Romance by Liz Archer

    Secret Babies for My Ex's Dad: An Age Gap, Bratva Romance by Liz Archer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I walked into my ex’s dad’s club to get revenge…. And I walked out pregnant with his babies. After my ex scars me for life,. Roman Ekimov was supposed to be my first taste of sweet revenge…. But there’s one thing I didn’t plan for…. His secret twins in my belly. Fast forward one year later…. And now the big, bad Bratva boss is back on my doorstep. And when he sees what I’ve been hiding from him,...
  • The Beat of My Heart by Avery Maxwell

    The Beat of My Heart by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    One week. No strings. Sexy stranger. What could go wrong? My name is Julia McDowell. I’m not the pretty girl next door, I’m the boss at work who solves all your problems. I’m an awkward genius with the worst taste in boyfriends; the last one left me with a 6-figure debt to prove it...
  • The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley

    The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "You have too many rules. ". "And you don't have enough. ". Sebastian Moore thought he had it all. A drumming gig with one of the world’s biggest up-and-coming stars. The looks and charm to get him any woman he laid his eyes on. All the friends he could ever ask for. But something was always missing. That is, until he receives a letter, telling him that he’s a father to a fifteen-year-old boy...
  • Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can two strangers make that lovin' feelin' last? Three months after a first date that ended in a night of explosive passion, Caress Coleman and Julius Jones find themselves somewhere between roommates with benefits and true love. She's smart, beautiful, and one paycheck away from broke. He's smart, handsome, and very successful. But that's just the beginning of their differences. . .
  • Scoring Grey by L.A. Ferro

    Scoring Grey by L.A. Ferro

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eloise Grey wasn't looking for me… but I was looking for her. To be fair, I didn't know she was the girl I'd been obsessed with until it was too late. I was on the fast track to making my NHL dreams a reality with my girl by my side. She was my whole world. My kryptonite. .. till she got it wrong. I never chose another over her...
  • Bossed by Three Billionaire Brothers by K.C. Crowne

    Bossed by Three Billionaire Brothers by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ME:  "I don’t want drama in my life. ". ALSO ME:  "A four-person polygamy with my best friend’s dad and his twin bros? Why yes! !! ". It started when my best friend proposed a Summer nanny gig with the Bradshaw trio. Three silver fox billionaire brothers living in the luxurious French Riviera. I've learned to equate men to heartache and pain...
  • Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg

    Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Happily ever after. That was what we were supposed to have. Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her. I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand...
  • Her Unexpected Hero by Melody Anne

    Her Unexpected Hero by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Would you recognize true love if it sat down next to you? In this unforgettable new spinoff of the Billionaire books from New York Times bestselling indie author Melody Anne, two strangers must look past their painful memories to make way for everlasting love. Alyssa's modeling career came to an abrupt end when her manager boyfriend emptied her bank account and ruined her professional reputation...
  • The Boss Lady by Lolah Lace

    The Boss Lady by Lolah Lace

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Boss Lady is an interracial BWWM erotic romance. This novel is approximately 45,000 plus words long. Paralyzed with grief over a sudden tragic loss, Lukas Hamilton wonders if life is worth living. A chance meeting with a single mother distracts him from his pain. Nicole Nevels is the devil but underneath her harsh demeanor is exactly what Lukas never imagined he needed...
  • Fake Ex-Wife to Mr. Grumpy by Kathilee Riley

    Fake Ex-Wife to Mr. Grumpy by Kathilee Riley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ACCIDENTALLY PREGNANT FOR THE GRUMP. I’m a struggling single mom and I'm slowly losing my clients. He’s the grumpy billionaire who keeps stealing them away from me. Adrian Thorpe. My sworn enemy. Yet my stupid body can’t deny how panty-droppingly hot he is,. How those piercing eyes make me forget how much I hate him. Now, the playboy’s seeking my help to get a crazy stalker off his back...
  • Second Chance Sugar by Ali Parker

    Second Chance Sugar by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Falling in love once was enough for me. I work hard for what I want and I don’t make costly decisions. Like getting married or settling down. I’ve seen it happen to all my friends and they seem happier for it, but me? I’m good. I’m rich. And I’m free. All I need is a new executive assistant to keep my life in order. But I get so much more than that. I get her. The only girl I’ve ever loved...
  • Entangled by J.S. Scott

    Entangled by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    There’s nothing richer than a second chance in the steamy second book of New York Times bestselling author J. S. Scott’s Accidental Billionaires series. Aiden Sinclair was a commercial fisherman before he suddenly came into his billionaire inheritance—not that he’s complaining. Being a Sinclair does have its perks. But things were simpler before the money...
  • Tattooed Love by Simone Elise

    Tattooed Love by Simone Elise

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When your heart rules your mind, you don’t get to choose who you love. But what if that love could lead to your own destruction? Amber is a rebellious high school senior and the only girl in a family of outlaw bikers...
  • Doctor's Surprise Delivery by K.C. Crowne

    Doctor's Surprise Delivery by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Doctor Gavin was the reason I stopped trusting men. Now, he's the winning prize at the bachelor auction my firm is running. I have no words to describe my shock. I do, however, have a ton of HIGHLY obscene gestures. So why the H*LL did I place the highest bid? !? ! Only to allow history to repeat itself. Nine months later. .. I've got a bun in the oven...
  • Silver Player (The Silver Foxes of Blue Ridge) by L.B. Dunbar

    Silver Player (The Silver Foxes of Blue Ridge) by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Billy Harrington is the biggest player in Blue Ridge, only his wild card is about to be tabled by a feisty silver vixen. Billy Harrington. A young girl walks into a bar…. I’d like to say this is the start of a bad joke, but it isn’t really. It’s my life. Can you be called a baby-daddy if the secret baby shows up as a teenager? I don’t know anything about raising a teen...
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