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  • Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Loving Echo Kent was painful. Not the falling in love part, that was easy. One look at the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed narcotics detective and I knew I wanted him. A few months later I knew I couldn’t live without him. But my Echo, he had demons and secrets and a mountain of guilt. His love was selfish and one-sided—he could love but he refused to allow others to love him...
  • The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-epic
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  • Entice by Rachel Van Dyken

    Entice by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the third book in the bestselling Eagle Elite Series... “As burns this saint, so burns my soul. I enter alive, and I will have to get out dead.” Chase Winter let the love of his life slip through his fingers and into the hands of his best friend and mafia boss of the Abandanato family...
  • Stone Rules by Samantha Christy

    Stone Rules by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Charlie Tate doesn’t live by the rules. Ethan Stone is bound by them. When Charlie returns home after five years away, she has only one thing on her mind – revenge. When she enlists the help of Ethan, a private investigator, she has him challenging many of his rules. And Charlie begins to look at him as she has never been able to look at any other man...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  abuse  length-medium
  • Reckless Invitation by Samantha Christy

    Reckless Invitation by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I play guitar.I create music.It's all I ever wanted to do.But I'm in a serious rut.I've lived under the shadow of my ugly past for so long, I can't see a future.Then she falls into my life.And suddenly, all I can hear are riffs, melodies, and beats.She's my muse--my inspiration.She's exactly what I need to get me back into the groove...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*tThis is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way...
  • Enamored by J.S. Scott

    Enamored by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    All it takes is a little friction to turn up the heat in the third Accidental Billionaires novel by New York Times bestselling author J.S. Scott.Like his brothers and sisters, Seth Sinclair went from blue-collar to billionaire overnight, and he’s decided to invest in what he knows best: construction...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  super rich hero  contemporary
  • Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    When Kinley Taylor witnesses what was possibly the last few minutes of a young girl’s life while in Paris, she realizes exactly how alone she is in the world. The only person she has to turn to for help is the one man who she feels is completely out of her league. Gage “Lefty” Haskins liked the personal assistant the first time he met her...
  • Chasing You by Kelly Elliott

    Chasing You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I chased, you pushedI chased, you friend zonedI chased, you fellNow I chase to protect you.You chased, I resistedYou chased, I acceptedYou chased, I fell Now I pray you’re not too late.After finally winning the heart of the woman I loved, there was no way in hell he was taking her from me...
  • Ember by Chelle Bliss

    Ember by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    INKED PROTECTOR REUNITES WITH A SINGLE MOTHER.Rocco Caldo is tall, dark, and handsome, but not interested in love. Loyal to a fault, he can’t turn away an old friend in need or a beautiful woman on the run…especially when they have unfinished business.Rebel Bishop is a single mom, looking for shelter, not a handout...
  • A Little Tempting by Kelsie Rae

    A Little Tempting by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    My friend's little sister moved in next door. Dylan Thorne. The one and only. She's cute, in a nerdy wallflower kind of way. She's also off-limits. Or at least that's what my other friend says. Everett's been friends with Dylan's older brother for as long as she's lived. Call it a hunch, but I think he has a thing for Dylan, too, which is why he's warned me to keep my distance...
  • Ignite by Chelle Bliss

    Ignite by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Mammoth Saint always had the brotherhood and the wind.Then he found Tamara Gallo and nothing else mattered.And when he decides to leave the MC, trouble follows.But when you love a Gallo, you never fight alone.Ignite is the fifth book in the new steamy romance Men of Inked: Heatwave series by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss...
  • WALK by Cora Brent

    WALK by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    “I saw him for who he was; not just some tortured ex-con trying to beat back his demons and figure out his place in the world. Stone Gentry was sexy, complex, damaged, mysterious. He was a man I could fall for …if he let me.” 1513 …The number of single lines you carefully scratched on a piece of notebook paper at each sunrise...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • No Fair Lady by Nicole Snow

    No Fair Lady by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Unbreakable. Lethal. Rip-your-heart-out fine.Now let me tell you about him...Oliver Major was the only lunk brave enough to tame me.Strict. Rich. Deliciously handsome. The right kind of scary.And the scary kind of right.He was my rugged oasis in high-stakes corporate hell.The day he disappeared without a trace sheared my soul.Years later, I'm on a date with destiny...
  • Saving You by Kelly Elliott

    Saving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    What happens when your head and heart contradict each other regarding the one person you’ve always wanted? Growing up, Luke Johnson and Libby Hayes thought they would be best friends forever. One kiss changed everything. Fearing his love for Libby could cost him their friendship, Luke chooses to listen to his head—instead of his heart...
  • Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Carter: I was grateful for my second chance at life and discovering a family I never knew existed. Relocating my company and myself from South Carolina to Los Angeles brought me closer to them. They were all happily married, except my brother Gabriel, who was engaged to the love of his life. I didn’t trust women, and for good reason...
  • Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Bishop men are nothing but a plague on this planet, a disease that needs eradication before it spreads. They’re murderers. Liars. Thieves. The day I met Colum Bishop, I thought my life was finally turning around. I was led to believe he would be our saviour. He was supposed to be our hero, a long awaited reprieve from the hardships life insisted on throwing at my mom and me...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  sports  military  suspense  contemporary
  • Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Brianna Heart has a six-year old daughter and a twelve-year plan to keep her life as simple as possible until Layla turns eighteen. That means swearing off relationships and the drama that goes along with them, working two jobs, and being the best damn mother she can be...
  • Enchanted by J.S. Scott

    Enchanted by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    Opposites resist—and attract—under the Cancún sun in this emotional Accidental Billionaires novel by New York Times bestselling author J.S. Scott.Years ago, Noah Sinclair promised his dying mother that he’d stay strong and work hard for his younger brothers and sisters. Even with the Sinclairs’ newfound wealth, Noah has never steered from that blue-collar drive...
  • Southern Desire by Kaylee Ryan

    Southern Desire by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I always thought love was black and white. You meet the girl and within the first meeting you’d know if she’s the one. You live happily ever after. My concept was a little off, but it worked for me. I don’t waste my time with women I don’t see a future with. The day I met Whitney, I didn’t get hit with the love bug, nothing spectacular happened, at least not how I expected it to...
  • His Wicked Ways by Melissa Foster

    His Wicked Ways by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blaine Wicked is used to women doing as he says in and out of the bedroom. Find out happens when he meets the one woman who won't submit to his wicked ways in the newest insanely sexy, deeply emotional, and laugh-out-loud funny standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster.Blaine Wicked can spot trouble a mile away...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  humor  bdsm  length-long
  • Jake Understood by Penelope Ward

    Jake Understood by Penelope Ward

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Jake Undone, comes a full-length companion novel and sequel. A different side to the story: Jake’s side. “We’re getting a new roommate,” they said. I thought nothing of it...until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis. Nina..
    Categorized as:
    college  m-f  contemporary  sassy heroine  dual-pov
  • All We Want by J. Daniels

    All We Want by J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Luke and Tessa Evans are solid. They’re crazy in love and in this forever, and now, they’re anxiously awaiting the next step. Children. But when month after month ticks by with nothing but disappointing news, and the stress gets too much to take, their relationship will be tested in ways it’s never been tested before...
  • Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    This ain’t no love triangle. This is people not knowing when to let fate do its thing. Brody Tannen has been the boss for way too long, putting everyone’s needs above his own. It’s the way his family farm stood while fate took shot after shot against them. But now he’s got a chance to figure things out for himself...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  cowboys  open-door
  • Holding You by Kelly Elliott

    Holding You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Lauren Reynolds wanted only two things in life—to run her father’s horse breeding business and Colt Mathews. Fearing Colt would take her position within the family business, she tried to push him far away from her heart. When life could no longer keep Lauren and Colt apart, their two worlds became one. Every second of every moment, they spent together...
  • A Little Jaded by Kelsie Rae

    A Little Jaded by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Moving in with the infamous Everett Taylor was not on my bingo card.But, after my ex hit me then left me on the side of the road, I had no one else to call.Everett is bossy and moody and controlling.He’s also my ex’s hockey rival, my new very fake boyfriend.The plan is to keep me safe until my ex gets bored and leaves me alone...
  • Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Since meeting Garret on her first night at college, Jade’s had to overcome many obstacles to be with him, including interference from Garret’s father. Now, months later, it seems that Mr. Kensington has finally accepted Jade dating his son, but the reason for that is unclear. After what Jade witnessed at the Kensington mansion, she’s not sure what his acceptance of her means...
  • Path To Resolution by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Resolution by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Wolfe Emerson is notorious for two things: being an absolute beast in a boxing ring and being a voluntary mute. His story remains unspoken and he prefers to live his life in silence. That is, until, his world is turned upside down when he meets someone who is louder than life...
  • Reckless Reunion (The Reckless Rockstar Series) by Samantha Christy

    Reckless Reunion (The Reckless Rockstar Series) by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Go on tour with the woman who betrayed me? Not on your life.Six years ago, she was just some stranger I woke up next to. By nightfall, I knew she was the one.Or so I thought.Six months later, she destroyed me.And now, we're being forced into a reunion neither of us wants.We may have to play nice, but when the lights are off ... so are our masks.Reckless Reunion can be read as a standalone romance...
  • Seven Summers by Paige Toon

    Seven Summers by Paige Toon

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 32 ratings
    Six summers to fall in love. One summer to change everything. Liv and Finn meet six summers ago working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn’s life is in LA with his band, and Liv’s is in Cornwall with her family—so they make a promise...
  • Unexpected Bond by Kaylee Ryan

    Unexpected Bond by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, the universe decides to tilt your world on its axis. I had a plan, and I was moving forward until the day my world was flipped upside down. It’s a challenge I wasn’t prepared for, but one I had to face. How do you combine the life you thought you had to the one you’re living? One breath. One second. One minute. One hour...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After finishing a hard-won medical residency, Owen Sinclair now lives his dream as a family physician. The windfall that brought him newfound wealth has also made handsome Dr. Sinclair the town’s most eligible bachelor...
  • Knowing You by Allie Everhart

    Knowing You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Now that Garret’s decided he’s no longer following the rules of his wealthy family, he can finally develop a closer relationship with Jade. Things are going well, but Jade still worries that being with Garret is only temporary. And because of that, she’s not sure how much of herself and her past she’s willing to let him see...
  • Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Trista Stevens Things went quickly sour with the already married Harry when she found out their affair had a bigger repercussion. Heartbroken, she had to do what was best for everyone. Just as planned, she and Lindsey went to visit Emma in Greece. Trista thought this vacation was going to be a way for her to heal and come to terms with of the gargantuan mistakes she’s made in the past...
  • Breaker by Fiona Davenport

    Breaker by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    All it took was one look for Sebastian “Breaker” Ross to know that Ireland Foster was meant to be his. So when he saw another guy giving the cute rocker chick a hard time, Breaker stepped in…by pretending to be her boyfriend.Ireland thought he was just playing the fake boyfriend to help her out since they’d never met before. But Breaker had every intention of turning the role into a permanent one...
  • Rider by Fiona Davenport

    Rider by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Aiden “Rider” Brand knew the Silver Saints MC rule about sisters being off-limits. But he had no clue that his VP was Wendy West’s big brother when he met her. And after their night together, nobody was going to keep him away from the woman he’d claimed as his own...
  • End Game by Toni Aleo

    End Game by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This is going to be Ryan Justice’s year. It’s his last year of college and his last year as a hockey player for the Bellevue Bullies. He’s making all the plays in preparation for achieving his dream of being drafted into the NHL. This is Sofia Castilleja’s beginning. She is starting her college career as a star member of Bellevue’s brand-new gymnastics team...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  college  m-f  sports  contemporary  hockey
  • Loyal Heir by Michelle Heard

    Loyal Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A fake romance.Nothing but an imaginary relationship.But after a while of pretending, it starts to feel real. It’s too easy convincing the students at Trinity Academy Aria Chargill is mine. It’s too easy playing the role of my best friend’s boyfriend. And the lines blur until I no longer know where the fake romance ends and the real one begins...
  • Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I made the mistake of falling for one of my brother’s friends. As if that wasn’t stupid enough, I then declared my love to him.Yeah, I know. Big mistake. Huge mistake.But here I am with my rejected feelings, and Noah won’t even look at me. Whenever he has to talk to me, his words are blunt. Yet they cut deeper than any knife...
  • Change My Game by Kelsey Clayton

    Change My Game by Kelsey Clayton

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My name is Jace London,And I may have screwed up.I’ve always been the guy who had it all.Privilege, entitlement, and a life of luxury.But after one college night gone tragically wrong,Nothing has ever been the same.Everyone thinks I should be happy.With a trust fund like mine, who could be sad?But no one knows what’s going on with me,Or the nightmares that keep me awake at night...
  • Spiked by Love by Toni Aleo

    Spiked by Love by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Allison Titov and Asher Brooks have been best friends their whole lives. Brought up together as part of the Assassins family, they might as well be related. But... Ally has never felt anything sisterly toward Asher.In love with Asher since she was a teen, Ally has gone pro at keeping her feelings a secret. It’s been easy..
  • Hack by Fiona Davenport

    Hack by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Barrett “Hack” Moore has been obsessed with Paisley Wessex for six long months. All it took was one glance at her picture for the tough MC enforcer to fall for the sweet college student. Staying away from Paisley was the last thing Hack wanted, but that’s what he did because it was what she needed.Paisley didn’t know that the hot biker had been keeping a close eye on her all this time...
  • Here Without You by Tammara Webber

    Here Without You by Tammara Webber

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Everyone has secrets. Some are buried so deep, their existence is forgotten. But a secret never told can turn into a lie. And in love, a lie is one thing: Poison. Reid's in love with Dori, though she hasn't told her parents that she's fallen hard for the guy they'd forbidden her to see...
  • A Rose By Any Other Name... by Helen Bell

    A Rose By Any Other Name... by Helen Bell

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When insecure sophomore Emma gets a part-time job, she’s thrilled. The job is a six-week long project where she’ll be coding a website for a martial arts studio. For Emma, a computer science major, it’s perfect—a great way to gain some real world experience. But her excitement quickly evaporates when she finds out that her boss is Ryan Damon, the mean, arrogant guy she has slammed into, twice...
  • Blade by C.M. Steele

    Blade by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Anthony “Blade” Santini wants a slice of Jules Walker the second he sees the beauty at Penny’s Bakery. Still, with the world of trouble following the Steele Riders, he knows it’s not safe for her. As much as he’d love to be selfish and seal her fate as his, he refuses to put her in danger...
  • The Bratva's Stolen Bride by Jagger Cole

    The Bratva's Stolen Bride by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    Here comes the bride. My bride.She just doesn’t know it yet…I've carved my name into this world by taking what I want. Born into the streets and raised on brutality and violence, it was the Bratva that took me and made me a man.I decided years ago that there was no room for beauty or goodness in my life...
  • Hard by Donna Alam

    Hard by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 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 . .
  • Her Cherry by Penelope Bloom

    Her Cherry by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    How’d I meet her? Well, a gentleman never brags. Thankfully, I’m no gentleman. First, I paid for her cherry (pie, but that’s not the point), Next, I deflowered her. After that? I left my business card and walked out like I owned the place. Yeah, you could say we hit it off...
  • Wish I May by Lexi Ryan

    Wish I May by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    New adult romance from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Unbreak Me . Due to sexual content and heavy subject matter, this book is intended for mature readers. ~ ~ ~ Nothing about her says cute. Everything about her says sex. And mine. I never thought I'd see her again. Didn't think I wanted to...
  • Avoiding Temptation (A Bro Code Standalone) by Rachel Van Dyken

    Avoiding Temptation (A Bro Code Standalone) by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I hit on her first. Realized she was my best friend Finn's little sister second. And got a bloody nose third — compliments of Finn after he watched me nearly score with the new underclassman. After all I did have a reputation on campus, word on the street was that a girl could orgasm within one minute just watching me eat Lucky Charms...
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