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  • Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    "Kyle Carter knew every inch of my body. Every fraction of my soul. He was the first man I'd ever been with intimately. The first to break my heart. The first to put it back together again. He was my first, my last and my everything that came in between." In the aftermath of Rachel's vicious attack, Lee and Kyle must once again pick up the pieces of their broken world and move forward...
  • The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Fate has a way of stepping in and righting itself when we least expect it. Cale Blackwood is devastated when the love of his life ends up leaving him. All alone and abandoned, Cale must seek help from the last person he ever imagined as he takes on one of the biggest challenges he's ever faced...
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  • Hey, Whiskey by Kaylee Ryan

    Hey, Whiskey by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    New standalone from NYT Bestselling Author Kaylee Ryan I’m over this year, and I’m over relationships. I’ve learned that the only person you can count on in life is yourself. Moving forward, I’m living for me. Working toward standing on my own two feet, that’s my goal. Funny how meeting him changed my path...
  • Assured by Kaylee Ryan

    Assured by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    I’ve always been the guy who plays the field.  I like variety and my career ensures that I can have my pick of women. Until her… I’ve always been the girl who wants more.  I want the white picket fence, the two point five kids and the dog.  That’s what all little girls grow up dreaming about...
  • Hollywood Playboy by Natasha Madison

    Hollywood Playboy by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Behind the "lights, camera, action" of Hollywood lies a world of deception, love, and seduction.  Are you ready for Hollywood Royalty? Jessica An entertainment journalist was the last thing I thought I would be doing. I thought once I got my degree, I would be reporting on stories that made a difference, but now all I do is report on who broke up with who and who is dating who...
  • Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every story deserves a soundtrack. And ours is epic. She started from perfect. A star who shone brighter than the rest. But then fate took it all away. Now she's broken. A beautiful song with a fractured beat.  But I'm still on the rise. Chasing a dream that she's already left behind. If I'm lucky, I can find my redemption in the spotlight. Destiny brought us together. Put her in my path...
  • Refrain by Kennedy Ryan

    Refrain by Kennedy Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    People dream of a love that runs deep. So deep it feels like it's always been with you, just waiting for the person who'll own your heart and soul forever. So few ever find it, but for Rhyson Gray and Kai Pearson, happily ever after was only the beginning... One of the biggest rock stars in the world and one of the brightest rising stars make a life together...
  • Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury

    Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author JB Salsbury brings her Fighting series to Harper Sloan’s Hope Town in Fighting for Honor. UFL fighter Caleb hasn’t been to Hope Town since he was eighteen. His next big fight takes place in Atlanta and the serene lakefront home from his childhood is the perfect place to train without distractions...
  • Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They call me the rocker’s princess, some even call me the dance prodigy, but none of them knows the real Mia Armstrong. Now that dancing is no longer my future, I don’t know either. All I want is the opportunity to find out, to have some time to try being just a little normal. To discover who this new girl is. I fought for the chance to go to college on my own...
  • Sweet by Elizabeth Hunter

    Sweet by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    He survived by always being in control.She’s about to make him melt.It’s 2004, and Daisy Rivera knows two things: she’s going to end up disappointing her parents’ fondest hopes and dreams in roughly six months, and somehow she’s going to figure out how to kiss the mysterious tattoo artist two shops down from her grandmother’s cafe that everyone calls Spider...
  • Pretty Pink Ribbons by K.L. Grayson

    Pretty Pink Ribbons by K.L. Grayson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dying . . . Dead . . . Deceased . . . It doesn’t matter how many times I say it or how many different names I give it, it still means the same thing. One of these days I’ll be nothing but a passing memory, a familiar face in a forgotten photo. But there's three things I need before this life of mine ends . . . I need to tell him I love him more than life itself...
  • Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Esme of Belmont finally freed herself from the chains shackling her to royal life and has been living in Paris for the past several years. It’s what she wanted. What she fought for.But there’s still something missing.She refuses to admit what that something is, though, doing everything she can to put the past behind her.Until she receives a phone call that forces her to return home...
  • Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Esme of Belmont finally freed herself from the chains shackling her to royal life and has been living in Paris for the past several years. It’s what she wanted. What she fought for.But there’s still something missing.She refuses to admit what that something is, though, doing everything she can to put the past behind her.Until she receives a phone call that forces her to return home...
  • Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every time someone mentions planning their wedding, Violet finds a reason why they should wait.Luca is her soulmate and Love Bug’s favorite person.They are already a family, but they need to make it official.Luca is getting tired of calling her his fiancée and not his wife.But Vi is torn.Saying “I do” to Luca will mean releasing the last hold Remington had on her heart...
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    new adult  alpha male  angst  contemporary  sports
  • Until I'm Yours by Kennedy Ryan

    Until I'm Yours by Kennedy Ryan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    USA Today  bestselling author Kennedy Ryan delivers a scorching romance where one man must earn the trust of a woman with diamond-hard defenses in order to win her heart.The world knows her face . . .Mean girl. Goddess. Bitch. Supermodel Sofie Baston has earned those labels . . . yet they don't scratch the surface of who she really is...
  • Our Unscripted Story by L.A. Fiore

    Our Unscripted Story by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Greyson Ratcliffe. I met him at sixteen, the hot new guy sitting on my jetty, an aspiring artist just passing through. He was my first kiss and my first love. I wanted forever with him. I didn’t even get a year. Five years later, I’m a budding writer who scripts stories of love and struggle, the good and the bad and the ups and the downs...
  • Out of The Blue by Carina Adams

    Out of The Blue by Carina Adams

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Putting others needs before his own was all Mike Carson had ever done. First, it was the friends he loved more than family. Then it was his country. By nineteen, he was a father, a husband and fighting in a war not many people believed in...
  • Salvation by Ahren Sanders

    Salvation by Ahren Sanders

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her innocence is masked with vulnerability. Until her walls crumble… Undeniable Desire His world is full of despair. Until he finds her light… Unyielding Chemistry Falling in love seemed to heal them both. Until their haunting pasts threatens to destroy… Unrelenting protection Robbie Hayes’s life changed the day a horrific accident shook his foundation...
  • Pretty Pink Ribbons by K.L. Grayson

    Pretty Pink Ribbons by K.L. Grayson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Can be read as a standalone novel **Contains sensitive subject matters** Dying . . . Dead . . . Deceased . . . It doesn’t matter how many times I say it or how many different names I give it, it still means the same thing. One of these days I’ll be nothing but a passing memory, a familiar face in a forgotten photo. But there are three things I need before this life of mine ends . .
  • Dear Agony by Georgia Cates

    Dear Agony by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Dear Agony, You've been my shadow, following me through childhood—filling my days and nights with terror and uncertainty. You cleverly disguised yourself as some form of pain or suffering as I grew into a young woman. We were unwavering companions … until I severed our ties. I traded homelessness on the streets of New Orleans for a luxurious bed covered by the finest linens...
  • Wild Iris Ridge by RaeAnne Thayne

    Wild Iris Ridge by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Lucy Drake and Brendan Caine have only one thing in common… And it's likely to tear them apart. Because it was Brendan's late wife, Jessie—and Lucy's best friend—who'd brought them together in the first place. And since Jessie's passing, Brendan's been distracted by his two little ones…and the memory of an explosive kiss with Lucy years before his marriage. Still, he'll steer clear of her...
  • Now Open Your Eyes by Nicole Fiorina, Oliver Masters

    Now Open Your Eyes by Nicole Fiorina, Oliver Masters

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    MIA. It was so close, I'd tasted it–the freedom. But the only thing I could taste now was the end. Over the last two years, I’d let all outside forces dictate my life, my feelings, my head. I’d allowed everyone to control what my punishment should be for all my wrong-doings. I’d been tested and learned my lesson. I’d paid my dues and suffered long enough...
  • Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club owns my sleepy coastal hometown. Their inked-up a**hole president owns my heart. But I’m the mayor’s daughter, his righthand in the office. My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted is to succeed in politics...
  • The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey

    The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Do you know what you’ve got in your hands? A little piece of fucking treasure, that’s what. I’ve taken initiative here and have turned my trusty Man Bible into an actual survival guide, because the loot between these pages will lead to each of you having happy, stress free lives with your women. Pick this gem up, put your big boy pants on, and start reading. Trust me, you won't regret it...
  • Wonderful by S.C. Stephens

    Wonderful by S.C. Stephens

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Kellan Kyle finally has everything he’s always wanted—a woman who loves him more than he ever thought possible, family who genuinely cares about him, and the best friends a person could ask for. His band has found success, and they are well on their way to making their dreams come true. But as Kellan quickly learns, sometimes dreams come with a price...
  • Triumph by Cecilia London

    Triumph by Cecilia London

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “All of your ideals, your hopes and dreams…they cease to matter if you abandon them in your darkest hour. We have to see this through to the end.”Jack McIntyre and Caroline Gerard have never shied away from a challenge. As dual commanders of the American rebel forces, they now face the greatest adversity of their lives. Every decision has permanent consequences...
  • Tapped by the Rockstar by Christina Hovland

    Tapped by the Rockstar by Christina Hovland

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Internet fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.As a teenager Samantha Johnson wrote a song that went viral in all the wrong ways. A pop song about her love of mozzarella sticks. She hoped for adoration but instead became a joke for an entire generation. She absolutely does not want to be in the limelight ever again. Or even near it. Since then, she's kept mostly to herself...
  • Wild In The Windy City: The Anthology Volume 3 by Rachel Brookes, Audrey Carlan

    Wild In The Windy City: The Anthology Volume 3 by Rachel Brookes, Audrey Carlan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New Year's Eve on Navy Pier.A sexy, breathless night.Eighteen authors bring magic, steam, and romance to the Resolution Gala on Navy Pier this New Year’s Eve. Don’t miss the fireworks.All proceeds from this anthology benefit Bernie's Book Bank (https://www.berniesbookbank.org/)RELEASE DATE December 10, 2019Look for a pre-order link later this Fall!ANTHOLOGY AUTHORS:Rachel BrookesAudrey CarlanL.M...
  • Bad Boy Brody by Tijan

    Bad Boy Brody by Tijan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    One punch took him from Hollywood’s Golden Boy to Bad Boy Brody. The media didn’t care he was grieving his brother’s death. They descended on him, but to change his reputation, his manager got him a deal. Act in an indie film, one that already had Oscar buzz, and he’d get the movie roles he needed to secure his future. He took the deal...
  • No Quarter by Kelli Jean, Jovana Shirley

    No Quarter by Kelli Jean, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kenna “All of his pain, I was always the cause of it. Even if indirectly. All roads led to Kenna, I supposed.” My Madman brings me to life—but it comes at a price. I’m the one who faces his demons when they decide to crawl out of the hell inside his head. One thing is certain: it’s not my forgiveness that is needed. Phil must forgive himself before there’s chance for us...
  • Max by Stacy Gail

    Max by Stacy Gail

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    House of Payne: Max TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains flashbacks of violence and drug abuse, and the impact of these factors on family members. If you have issues with these elements, this book is not for you.Chicago’s premiere tattoo studio, House Of Payne, is across the street from the Mad Cow diner, but it might as well be on another planet as far as waitress Paradise Simone is concerned...
  • Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Sexy thoughts about Cole fill Anna's dreams. Every detail burns brightly in her mind; the way his hands feel on her bare skin, the soft brush of his lips against hers, and the way their bodies fit perfectly together. Anna awakes breathless, tingling as if it really happened. What caused her to think about Cole like that? It was completely forbidden...
  • 10 Dates by Emily James

    10 Dates by Emily James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Joanie Fox can't wait to settle down and marry the man of her dreams. However, when her engagement starts to look more stalemate than soulmate, her best friend stages an intervention sure to make even the most hardened, serial daters wince: 10 Dates in 10 Days...
  • Love Survives by Jennifer Foor

    Love Survives by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This book follows Love's Suicide. It can be read by itself as a stand alone. Imagine being in love with the same girl since you were ten years old, only to have her fall for your twin instead. This story is rocky. It will rip you apart and possibly put you back together again. I know this because it's my story...
  • The Road to You by Melissa Toppen

    The Road to You by Melissa Toppen

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Life is full of choices- of chances- of moments. Chances we regret not taking. Choices we wish we could change. And then there are the moments that define us. Kam was my choice… The one who stole my heart instantly. Kane was my chance… The one who set me ablaze with just one look. They were my moment… Two brothers that both owned a part of me...
  • When We Were by Diana Elliot Graham

    When We Were by Diana Elliot Graham

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The debut novel from Diana Elliot Graham, When We Were, is a beautiful, clever, and complex dual timeline love story about a woman who discovers fourteen years later that the break up that nearly broke her, was nothing more than a miscommunication.In 2007, Arden Bancroft was ready to experience everything her first year of college had to offer...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air...
  • Pretty Scars by C.D. Reiss

    Pretty Scars by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In Carrie Drazen’s diamond-studded world, beauty is everything: a blessing, a commodity, and a curse. Her beauty got her past the velvet ropes and into high society, but it ripped her away from the man she loved and chained her to an unbearable life...
  • What's Left of Us by Amanda Maxlyn

    What's Left of Us by Amanda Maxlyn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The heartwarming conclusion to What's Left of Me. Love found me three years ago. I’m cancer free, happily married to the love of my life, and working toward my dream career. Our life is complete. Perfect, really. Or is it? I’ve always wanted a family of my own, but never dreamed I could have one. Now Parker’s ready to make my dream our reality...
  • Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Her secrets are tearing us apart, but I can’t give up on us yet. When I’m with her, the beast inside me is tamed. My every craving sated by her gentle touch.I won’t let her go without a fight.No matter what the cost, I will protect her. She belongs to me now...
  • Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Why doesn’t anyone pray for Satan? He needs it. But so do I, because Kristina Joy Kennedy is killing me. It’s been a year since I first saw her, wearing a white dress, blonde hair braided back with a cute pink bow at the bottom, walking into the church across the street from the Ride or Die bar. A year since my heart came alive. A year since she first told me to get lost.We are worlds apart...
  • Ruthless by Michelle Heard

    Ruthless by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From International Bestseller Michelle Horst, comes a new, sexy novel in the Enemies To Lovers series. MARCUS I'm good at deceiving people. Too good. I let people think I'm a bastard. Then Willow walks into my life, and no matter how hard I try to scare her off, she keeps coming back. But, everyone has their limit, and I'm afraid Willow has reached hers...
  • Drawn Deeper by Brenda Rothert

    Drawn Deeper by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    I’ve come undone. For years I thought the world looked at my family and saw perfection. I was a busy surgeon and my wife was devoted to our two boys. But her devotion crumbled as her alcoholism took over. The outside world saw all too well what I wanted to deny. Ten months ago she filed for divorce, packed up and moved away. To where – I don’t know. Nor do I care. But my boys do...
  • All That I Am by Rachel Brookes

    All That I Am by Rachel Brookes

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A kickass home décor boutique – tick A sassy mouth and absolutely no filter – tick A wall so strong no man could ever tear it down - tick, tick, tick! Or so I thought. Until I meet Detective Ben Hunt, the owner of exquisite blue eyes, a god-like physique and a seductive smirk that makes me weak at the knees. He charges into my life like a force of nature...
  • Brothers South of the Mason Dixon by Abbi Glines

    Brothers South of the Mason Dixon by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The only thing hotter than the weather South of the Mason Dixon line are the boys. Worn, faded blue jeans, slow Southern drawls, and those naughty moments in the back of pickup trucks a girl never forgets. Welcome to the world of the Sutton boys. Five brothers who fight, party, drink a little too much, but more importantly, they love their momma. Nothing can tear them apart… except women...
  • Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "You gave me a taste of your fire. Hell no, I'm not walking away."Carlo Adamo is the most perfect man I have ever seen -- and the only one whose touch drives me mad.But some of us aren't meant for happy endings. If he knew the truth, he'd forget about me.I just need to stop trembling in his arms long enough to make him believe it...
  • Don't Hold Back by Missy Johnson

    Don't Hold Back by Missy Johnson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three countries. Two months. All expenses paid. Just you and me. About you: You’re fun loving, adventurous and you have a wicked sense of humor. You’re spontaneous, open minded and creative. You live for today because you never know what tomorrow holds. I'm Erin and this isn't your usual Craigslist Ad. I’m twenty-four, and full disclosure, I’m dying. But I don’t want your pity...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  angst  contemporary  length-short
  • False Perceptions by Michelle Heard

    False Perceptions by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From International Bestseller Michelle Heard, comes a stand-alone, dark and gritty Military Romance. Conspiracies and lies lead to a secret that was never supposed to be uncovered. Six months ago we rescued Emilie Swanson, the daughter of retired Navy Admiral George Swanson - now a senator running for the presidency...
  • Sofia: Sacrificed  (Angels Halo MC Next Gen) by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Sofia: Sacrificed (Angels Halo MC Next Gen) by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes, beauty covers a whole lot of ugly.That was one of the many valuable lessons I learned the summer I lived in Creswell Springs with the Angel’s Halo MC.They taught me about responsibility and respect—not just for others, but, more importantly, for myself.I liked to think I came home a better person. Someone who wasn’t just pretty on the outside anymore.And then I met Zak.Golden eyes...
  • Cali: Sacrificed  (Angels Halo MC Next Gen) by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Cali: Sacrificed (Angels Halo MC Next Gen) by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some go through their entire lives without an arch-nemesis.I had two.The first one was my stepbrother, Manuel Ramirez. My own version of a real-life boogeyman. His goal was to beat me into submission, until I was nothing more than a cowering little wraith, for his own enjoyment.Luckily, I had a guardian angel who saved me.The second was none other than my angel’s brother, Garret Hannigan...
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