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  • We Said Forever by Marie James, T E Black

    We Said Forever by Marie James, T E Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rock bottom. They say the only way to go from there is up, but what is “up” when you’re born into someone else’s rock bottom? At ten, football became my first love. It’s what got me out of the house away from my self-destructive family...
  • Be My Temptation by Rachel Brookes

    Be My Temptation by Rachel Brookes

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    You met Josh Crawford and Ashlyn Hart in Be My December, now its time to hear their story. One night connected them.One decision separated them. One craving tempted them. Ashlyn Hart was done with men, or at least those outside of her books. After stupidly falling for the charms of her cheating ex and having her heart broken yet again, she decided to create a new life...
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  • Third Chances by Ivy Smoak

    Third Chances by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When your first chance passes you by, sometimes you regret it your whole life. But what if you're given a second chance? Daphne lives a life of structure and routine. It's the only way to keep her demons at bay. But when she has to let lose at her friend's bachelorette party, her demons prove to be a little closer to the surface than she realizes...
  • Remember When Trilogy by T. Torrest

    Remember When Trilogy by T. Torrest

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    All three best-selling books of the Remember Trilogy in one bundle! REMEMBER WHEN, REMEMBER WHEN 2: The Sequel, and REMEMBER WHEN 3: The Finale. Remember When is the first story in an NA romance trilogy...
  • Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Fans of Cora Carmack (Losing It) and Tammara Weber (Easy) will devour the original New Adult novels: Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country's most notorious secret society...
  • 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...
  • Redeem Me by Jennifer Foor

    Redeem Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Road to Redemption is a Long Journey Parker Hutchinson has done a good job messing up his reputation as the golden child. He’s made bad choices, pushed everyone away, and almost ruined his brother’s life. Though he’s tried his best to make amends, he can’t seem to find a way to convince his family that he’s changed. Cameron Hynson is in college with hopes to become a lawyer...
  • The Roommate Route by Mariah Dietz

    The Roommate Route by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Author Mariah Dietz Delivers a delicious and page-turning, forced-proximity, found family, standalone sports romance you don't want to miss!Nolan Payne, wide receiver for the Camden Knights is equal parts impulsive and reckless, and utterly addictive.He’s also my new roommate.My orderly existence implodes when Nolan proposes…. a situation...
  • In Pieces by Danielle Pearl

    In Pieces by Danielle Pearl

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Three years ago she was left in pieces . . . Most college freshmen love the newfound freedom of living on campus, but none of them craves it like Beth Caplan. One ill-fated night when she was fifteen left her locked in a posh prison of private tutors. It's for the best , everyone said, and maybe it was...
  • The Way Back To me by Anne Mercier

    The Way Back To me by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She was perky, fun, and full of life—everything I hated about girls and their bullshit exterior. People called her bubbly; I called her “fake-as-hell.” The edgy, dark, lonely girl in front of me was not the Olivia Brennan I knew from high school—far from it, actually. I knew the story—the whole town knew the story, we witnessed it all...
  • A Mess of a Man by A.M. Hargrove

    A Mess of a Man by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From USA TODAY BESTSELLING authors of Cruel and Beautiful, A.M. Hargrove and Terri E. Laine bring a new full-length standalone New Adult Contemporary Romance. This novel includes mature content, not suitable for younger readers. (Rated R) Womanizer, Man Whore, Player, Heartbreaker are all familiar names Ben Rhoades has been called...
  • Zane & Lucky's First Christmas by J.S. Cooper

    Zane & Lucky's First Christmas by J.S. Cooper

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The final book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Forever Love series is here! Handsome, Zane Beaumont fell for Lucky Morgan hook, line and sinker. He became the happiest man on earth when she told him she was pregnant and agreed to marry him...
  • Fate by Sydney Lane

    Fate by Sydney Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm used to getting what I want. I've always taken what I wanted. No apologies. No excuses. I know what it feels like to be betrayed, when someone else is calling all the shots. I've been down that road, and I'm not going there again. I've got my family, my friends, and the brotherhood. That's all I need. I believe in Fate. Everything happens for a reason...
  • Relent by Rachel Schurig

    Relent by Rachel Schurig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Levi has always been on the outside looking in. When your best friends make up one of the most famous rock bands in the country, living at the edge of the spotlight comes with the territory. Levi was pretty happy with the way things were; after all, helping the Ransome boys achieve their dreams was his dream too. But all of that changed when Levi fell for lead singer Daltrey Ransome’s girl...
  • Blanket of Stars by K.K. Allen

    Blanket of Stars by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ll Cayson Bexley ever wanted was to fly…⁣Until a near-fatal crash clipped his wings, sending the injured military pilot back to his hometown and living right next door to me.⁣⁣From the moment our eyes meet, the attraction is undeniable...
  • Twisted by Release by B.B. Hamel

    Twisted by Release by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dark mafia...
  • What We Feel by Inglath Cooper

    What We Feel by Inglath Cooper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    From the author of Truths and Roses – Reached #11 on the Amazon Kindle Bestseller List. . . . Hunky musicians Holden Ashford and Thomas Franklin rescue Nashville bound CeCe MacKenzie and her Walker Hound Hank Junior from the side of the road when her car catches on fire. A less determined girl might have let her dreams go up in smoke as well, but not CeCe...
  • For Crosby by J. Nathan

    For Crosby by J. Nathan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Crosby Parks had the life most guys only dreamed of. A wealthy family, girls vying for his attention, and pro scouts after his hockey skills. But when the life he knows comes crumbling down, he’s sent to Alabama to escape the media storm and to rebuild his life. If Crosby has any shot of playing professional hockey, he must keep a low profile and graduate from college...
  • Hook, Line Professor -- A Student/Professor Forbidden Romance. #2: Part II by Shayla Hart

    Hook, Line Professor -- A Student/Professor Forbidden Romance. #2: Part II by Shayla Hart

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Part II of the first book, Hook, Line, Professor...
  • The Singing River by R.K. Ryals

    The Singing River by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NEW ADULT ROMANCE by Amazon bestselling author R.K. Ryals In Mississippi, there's a legend about a Singing River, a tragic love story that ended with an entire Indian tribe singing a death chant as they marched stoically into the Pascagoula River to die ... At eighteen, Haven Ambrose isn't just a high school graduate...
  • The Truest of Words by Georgina Guthrie

    The Truest of Words by Georgina Guthrie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the end of term finally behind them, Aubrey and Daniel look forward to building a life together. A painful realization that they can’t truly embrace the future until they’ve come to terms with the past leads them to discover the healing potential of forgiveness and the power of unconditional love...
  • Taming Mr. Flirt by A.M. Madden, Joanne Schwehm

    Taming Mr. Flirt by A.M. Madden, Joanne Schwehm

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Here’s a tip: never say never. It all started in a barn, rolling around in the hay with a hot brunette. When I hooked up at my best friend’s wedding with the bride’s best friend, I had hay in places it should never be. And how my bowtie ended up around my dick was an entirely different story. I’ll give you a minute to consider the possibilities...
  • The Boy Upstairs by Amanda Shelley

    The Boy Upstairs by Amanda Shelley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The All-American Boy Series descriptionWelcome to Bear Creek, Colorado, an idyllic all-American mountain resort town and home of the USA Music Festival. Filled with summer love, country music and unexpected pleasures, this brand-new series of short contemporary stories will bring together a mix of summer fun and music with the backdrop of the Colorado Rocky Mountains...
  • The Love Playbook by Jerica MacMillan

    The Love Playbook by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Steamy love tutor romance with an inexperienced football player and the free spirit who rocks his world.Jackson Lancaster is a mystery. At least to me.He's not your typical jock at all—shy, studious, and apparently not looking to get all the action he can.I know, I know, stereotypes are bad. But if the shoe fits ...Except in this case, it doesn't. At all...
  • Never Kiss a Rockstar by Sarah Darlington

    Never Kiss a Rockstar by Sarah Darlington

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    ONE NIGHT WITH THE DRUMMER OF SUNSET REVIVAL? Yes, I'm game. Dani Mills, drummer of the world-famous band, Sunset Revival , doesn’t have time for romance. Touring with her bandmates across the country, she’s content with meaningless sex: one-night-stands, no kissing, no personal details. These are her rules…and there are never exceptions...
  • Just Friends: A Fake Marriage Secret Pregnancy Romance (Fake and Forbidden) by Sofia T Summers

    Just Friends: A Fake Marriage Secret Pregnancy Romance (Fake and Forbidden) by Sofia T Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Fake marry my best friend. Throw in some “benefits.” What could go wrong? How about ten little fingers and ten little toes…Oz’s plan seems so simple.Convince his grandma to let us live in her rent-controlled apartment by telling her we’re married.It shouldn’t be hard.After all, we’ve been best friends for years and are already roomies.We know each other almost better than we know ourselves...
  • A Billion Dollar Romance by Britt Bentley

    A Billion Dollar Romance by Britt Bentley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The billionaire professor of my college fantasies is now my fake fiancé. The problem? I forgot our story was fiction, and now I’m in love with a man twelve years my senior.Celebrity author James Martin was strictly off-limits when I was a college student, and he was the guest professor of my creative writing class...
  • Rocking Her Gingerbread by Alexia Chase

    Rocking Her Gingerbread by Alexia Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Are you ready to meet your next Man of the Month?Gingerbread cookies, fireworks, year-round Christmas decorations, crystal-clear waters, and smoldering nights under the stars. What more could you ask for?When Luna’s sister gets bit by the love bug and moves to Florida, she has no choice but to follow behind. Besides, it’s not like she has time to do anything else but study...
  • What Do You Want? by K. Dosal McLendon, K. Dosal

    What Do You Want? by K. Dosal McLendon, K. Dosal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    LiamFamily, soccer, and friends, it’s what I’m best at.And after Lucy left seven months ago, it’s all I’ve focused on.The last year of college is here, and aside from soccer, I don’t know what I want.Especially after screwing my best friend, the girl with ripped jeans, Doc Martens, and a spicy attitude. Since then, Vanessa’s attitude isn’t the only thing spicing up between us either...
  • Facade by Ashley Suzanne

    Facade by Ashley Suzanne

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    *This book can be read as a STAND ALONE* I would suggest reading the prior 2 novels and novella BUT Facade follows the story of a secondary character in the previous books. Kylee Anderson has all the qualities any man would want; sexy, fun, witty, intelligent and most importantly, she never wants a commitment...
  • Where Bad Girls Go to Fall by Holly Renee

    Where Bad Girls Go to Fall by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    From the author of Where Good Girls Go to Die, comes the second book of the Good Girls Series that readers are calling "everything you could possibly want and need in a romance novel that sucks you in cover to cover." -Enamored Reads Nothing good came from listening to my heart. It was careless and irrational and became way too invested when I read a romance novel...
  • The Complete Memories Series by Emma Hart

    The Complete Memories Series by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    NEVER FORGET: A city girl. A small town boy. A summer they'll never forget. Spending the summer at her Grammy's in Lilac Bay, Devon, is city girl Alexis 'Lexy' Edwards' idea of hell. That is, until she reconnects with her childhood friend, Jen, and meets Alec Johnson. Alec is the kind of guy Lexy knows she needs to stay away from...
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    new adult  college  contemporary  length-long
  • Reckless Together by Gina Robinson

    Reckless Together by Gina Robinson

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Book Three of the Reckless Series A Contemporary New Adult College Romance The stunning conclusion of Ellie and Logan's love story that began on a hot August night in Reckless Longing and continued through the depths of winter in Reckless Secrets... Ellie My mother is a liar, a seductress, a keeper of family secrets, and a master manipulator. She took Austin from me...
  • In Harmony by Helena Newbury

    In Harmony by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's shy, sheltered and inexperienced...now an Irish bad boy's about to rock her world.From New York Times bestselling author Helena Newbury, the second in the Fenbrook Academy New Adult trilogy.Karen is one of the top musicians at Fenbrook Academy, but a life spent playing the cello has left no time for anything else. At 21, she's still completely inexperienced in love...and sex...
  • Burn for You by Marquita Valentine

    Burn for You by Marquita Valentine

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Beau Montgomery is *not* the typical single dad for three reasons: 1. He's rich and famous. 2. He needs a nanny, like yesterday. 3. He has no idea if eight month old, Mia, is actually his daughter. Only, number three doesn't matter to him, because he's determined to give up everything to be a standup dad, including racing, partying, and his favorite vice-women...
  • A Hope and a Chance by Jennifer Foor

    A Hope and a Chance by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You can't help who you fall in love with. Hope's whole world is turned upside down when she's forced to live with her estranged father, who she hasn't seen in years. To make matters worse, she's warned to stay away from the handsome young man living out back in the pool house. Chance is running from his past; a past that would cause any father to be concerned...
    Categorized as:
    college  new adult  contemporary  length-long
  • Following You by Kelly Harper

    Following You by Kelly Harper

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sarah's story is continued in "Finding You". How far would you go? Sarah didn't know what life was like without Huck by her side. Best friends since childhood, they grew to love each other in more ways than one. So when she found out he was leaving their small town of Green Falls after college, she knew there was only one thing she could do--follow him...
  • Bittersweet Hate by J.L. Beck

    Bittersweet Hate by J.L. Beck

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Warning from Author: This isn't your typical romance story. This book contains strong sex scenes, lots of bad language and things that might not be suitable for all readers. Reading this novella may cause uncontrollable heartache, loss of voice, and damage to ones reading device. Proceed with caution, for you have been warned...
  • Mistaken 5 by Renna Peak

    Mistaken 5 by Renna Peak

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The fifth installment of The MISTAKEN Series a New Adult Romantic Suspense novella - about 100 pages Brandon seems to turn up whenever Jenna needs him. He says it's fate, but it looks like his secret life has finally caught up with him. More secrets. More lies. And a deception so grand, Jenna could have never seen it coming. Recommended for adults only...
  • Addiction by Angela McPherson

    Addiction by Angela McPherson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite denying their love for years, in the end no distraction could keep best friends Tristan and Elle apart. Passion and heat explode as the two finally discover what they’ve been missing, needing, wanting for so long. When Tristan and Elle return home for Christmas break, the two are gifted with a few unexpected surprises...
  • The Chesterboro Wedding: A Happily-Ever-After Hockey Novella by Josie Blake

    The Chesterboro Wedding: A Happily-Ever-After Hockey Novella by Josie Blake

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One of their own is getting married, and you're invited to the party! Come back to Chesterboro for Hannah and Cord's Christmas wedding, and a peek into what the team has been up to.THE CHESTERBORO WEDDING is a collection of epilogues for the five Chesterboo University novels. It's not full-length, but it's full of happily-ever-after content...
  • Patience by Sydney Lane

    Patience by Sydney Lane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jenna Ryan is the kind of girl everyone wants for a friend. Her spunky and carefree outlook on life often leads to trouble of the best kind. She's not afraid to speak her mind, and when it comes to her friends, she's fiercely loyal and protective. When she met Eric, she knew immediately he was her forever, but why was he holding back? Eric James is the epitome of a Greek God...
  • Aced by Jennifer Lane

    Aced by Jennifer Lane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Volleyball wonder Lucia Ramirez found her love match in Blocked despite the glaring political spotlight aimed on her family. In Aced , the second book in Jennifer Lane’s Blocked series, it could be her brother Alejandro’s turn to get lucky in love...
  • Fighting Temptation by S.M. Donaldson

    Fighting Temptation by S.M. Donaldson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Daria Jones has been trying for almost seven years to get over her past. After starting college, finding an awesome group of friends and falling in love she thinks she has accomplished just that. When she's drug back to face her past and the dangers that it entails, she comes to the realization that she can never have the normal life that others do...
  • Scars of my Past by D.C. Renee

    Scars of my Past by D.C. Renee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My life was one of those teen angst rom-coms where the ugly high school student transforms herself into the beauty queen. Except there was no cute guy helping me along, no series of makeover shots with fun background music, no scene where I walked into the room and all heads turned to look at me while wind blew through my hair...
  • One More Chance by T. Renee Fike

    One More Chance by T. Renee Fike

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After disaster strikes between Haley and Liam, her life is tattered. She's back at school and hating life, while Liam is moving on with his. Chemistry, history, and desire surface when they are unexpectedly reunited. While pushing past her feelings, she tries to move on, discovering something she never imagined...
  • Of Boys And Men by Renee Harless

    Of Boys And Men by Renee Harless

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I had a past. It was dark. It was ugly. It was my dirty secret.No one knew the weight of the burdens that nearly consumed me. I lived with a singular focus—seeking revenge on my father.Then the new girl, Jolee Ward, moved into the apartment above me and shattered my carefully constructed world. We were like oil and water. . . until we weren’t...
  • Spring Semester by Q.B. Tyler

    Spring Semester by Q.B. Tyler

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    I was nine years old when I met Everett Cartwright and claimed him as my best friend. I was sixteen years old when I gave him my virginity. Now, at twenty, the lines of our friendship have blurred as our relationship shifts into something different. Something deeper. It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. I wasn’t supposed to fall for my best friend. He wasn’t supposed to fall for me...
  • Catching Fireflies by Terri E. Laine

    Catching Fireflies by Terri E. Laine

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One night … one kiss … one touch … will change everything. Chance Abbot is cocky. Sexy. Gorgeous. A player in every sense of the word. He broke my heart once, and I swore he’d never get a second chance. But when he smiles at me, flashing those irresistible dimples or looks at me like I’m the best thing he’s ever seen, I forget I shouldn’t fall for his charms again...
  • Slow Agony by V.J. Chambers

    Slow Agony by V.J. Chambers

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What drove them apart? And will danger bring them back together? Griffin left after New Year's Eve. There was a misunderstanding. He thought he saw something Leigh swears he didn't see. He came back a month later. But by then, she'd already done something that Griffin thought was horrible. He couldn't be with her anymore. So, he left for good...
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