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  • Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together...
  • Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Blinding Trust is told by Savanna and Colt. The book starts where book 6 left off. The family is at Conner and Amy’s oldest daughter’s fifth birthday party. Once the family arrives home, Colt is visited by someone from his past, (KRISTA’S BROTHER)who has changed his name to Zeke. He is a recovering addict and the lead singer of a popular rock band. Zeke is only visiting for one reason...
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  • Saving Us by Jennifer Foor

    Saving Us by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Book six in the Mitchell Family Series starts off right where #5 left off. As Conner and Amy hope for a future together, they are faced with troubles standing in their way. With a baby in their near future, Conner takes charge and will stop at nothing until he can claim Amy as his, forever. There is only one thing stopping them... Amy's ex...
  • Loving Her by Jennifer Foor

    Loving Her by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tyler Mitchell has been called many things, but his favorite title will always be "Dad".  Isabella (Izzy) was the reason he changed his ways and learned to be the man that he's become. For eleven years he and Miranda have lived with a lie; the kind that could destroy the bond between him and the child that he's always claimed to be his own...
  • Unstable by S.E. Hall

    Unstable by S.E. Hall

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    After eight years, Henley Calvert is headed home. Back to the family farm and small town she left behind, never to be thought of again. Too much regret and shame to bear. But she’s the only one left to see to her family’s legacy, so she must return to Ashfall and face all the ghosts that haunt her...
  • Bottom Line by Abbie Zanders

    Bottom Line by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Control. Aidan Harrison likes it. Needs it. As CEO of the hugely successful Celtic Goddess franchise, he wields it as skillfully in the boardroom as he does the bedroom. It’s made him millions and put him at the top of his game. He wants for nothing. Except a woman who is more interested in him than his bottom line...
  • Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tyler “Ty” Scott finally gets his book! When Cassie Dixon gets threatening letters, there’s only one person who can help - her best friend’s sexy cousin...
  • Jester by Lilly Atlas

    Jester by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Thrust into a world of danger and fear, first grade teacher, Emily, is forced to comply with a terrifying MC president’s demands in order to save her only brother’s life. Her only port in the storm is Jester, a member of a rival MC she’s supposed to use and betray. Jester proves to be the opposite of everything Emily expects, and before long she’s in his bed and he’s in her heart...
  • Redeeming Justice by Suzanne Halliday

    Redeeming Justice by Suzanne Halliday

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Sometimes …Happily Ever After comes with a price Alex Marquez wears many hats. Sometimes he’s the slightly patrician Don of a family with deep Spanish roots. Other times he’s a brilliant tech-God and CEO of an exclusive security agency. He’s also a boss, a musician, and a fierce friend...
  • Smokey by L. Wilder

    Smokey by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder comes book five in the Satan's Fury Series, a standalone MC romance. Smokey You can't fight fate, especially when it brings you a girl like MJ Thompson. She wasn't just beautiful. No, she was so much more than that. She was smart with a smile full of magic and curves that drove me to distraction...
  • Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It isn't just a few flames; it's an especially large and destructive fire that causes devastation. Branson Wellington? The name, my name, is usually followed by fucking prick or self-serving bastard , and I can't say I haven't earned those titles. It's true. I'm not the good guy. I'm not the boy next door. I'm definitely not your Prince fucking Charming. Not even close...
  • Burning Love by Sable Hunter

    Burning Love by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Hell Yeah! Series continues with Burning Love (Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Book 6 – Cajun Style) Beau’s passion burns hot for Harley Montoya. When he discovers that the woman who has enflamed his libido is the girl he fell in love with so long ago in a runaway shelter, he is overcome with joy. But Harley - or Nada as he knew her - has been burned by tragedy...
  • The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Billionaire Max Hamilton thought he was finally starting to find contentment, more than two years after losing his wife Mia in a tragic drowning accident. He'd been reunited with a sister he hadn’t realized existed. Finally he had family again, a reprieve from the pain and loneliness that had haunted him since his devastating loss...
  • Confessions of a Litigation God by Sawyer Bennett

    Confessions of a Litigation God by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    WARNING, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK from Matt Connover, Litigation God: Please do not attempt to read my story in public, as my sexual proclivities have been known to cause squirming in your seat, squeezing of your legs together and unintentional moaning, sometimes with spontaneous bursts of laughter at random moments...
  • Atlas by Jules Ford

    Atlas by Jules Ford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to Hambleton, Wyoming, home of the Speed Demons MC, where dark secrets threaten the town, and nobody is who they seem.AtlasThe Speed Demons are preparing for war.As Sergeant at Arms, it’s my job to protect the club and keep everyone safe. Then along comes Sophie Green, doctor, warrior, the perfect ol’ lady...
  • Final Call by Emma Hart

    Final Call by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In the highly anticipated sequel to LATE CALL, Dayton and Aaron learn once more than not everything is as straightforward as it seems, and if they have any chance of getting their long-awaited happily-ever-after, they'll have to work for it... We crashed and burned like a falling plane. Hard and fast with an inevitable explosion. Another few weeks together changed my life the way the first did...
  • Fight Me by Lacey Black

    Fight Me by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jake Stevens has it made. A local police officer with an open invitation to any number of beds around town, Jake has no desire to settle down with any of the ladies he entertains by night. After watching his best friend fall in love with his little sister, Jake is certain that love and marriage just aren’t in his cards. Heck, he’s not even playing with the same deck...
  • Brothers Best Friend Cowboy: Waylon Family Ranch by Khloe Summers

    Brothers Best Friend Cowboy: Waylon Family Ranch by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can this older cowboy wrangle the heart of his best friend’s little sister?EmeryI've watched Maggie for years.Thought about her,Dreamt about her,Imagined what it would be like to touch her and hold her in my arms.Now, I have a chance to make all those fantasies come true.One night, one dare, one choice.The answer is simple.She's going to be mine.MaggieEmery is the man of my dreams...
  • Country Liquor by Madison Faye

    Country Liquor by Madison Faye

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    He’s a country devil with a heavenly tongue. They call him the Liquor King. Wild, untamed, dangerous, and undeniably dominant. This is wrong. This is filthy. ...But this just might be love at first lick. Winona: First he made me scream, then he made me gasp for more. I made a deal with the devil. I’ll be his fake wife for a cut of the huge inheritance he’s about to land...
  • Falling for Owen by Jennifer Ryan

    Falling for Owen by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The McBrides of Fallbrook return with reformed bad boy Owen. He'll do whatever he must to protect the woman who's captured his heart. Attorney by day, rancher by night Owen McBride conquered his dark past and made it his mission to help the innocent-even at the expense of a personal life...
  • Some like It Wild by M. Leighton

    Some like It Wild by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    First was The Wild Ones. Now, the next book in M. Leighton's Wild Ones series... How far will a good girl go for the bad boy she loves? Laney Holt is a preacher’s daughter. A good girl. Her only goal was to get married, have babies, and live happily ever after, just like her parents. Only that didn’t happen. The two people closest to her betrayed her, and Laney’s dreams came crashing down...
  • Rocky by Nikita Slater, Jem Monday Publishing

    Rocky by Nikita Slater, Jem Monday Publishing

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Hell’s Jury MC romance novel by USA Today Bestselling Author Nikita Slater.Jess… I have no place to call home until him.With a father in prison and my brother dead, I’m on my way to Reno to give Dutch’s cut back to his MC. Unfortunately, an unplanned act of kindness sends my life spinning out of control.Now I’m caught between the Hell’s Jury MC and their rivals, and I don’t know who to trust...
  • The Cowboy's Spring Romance by Shanna Hatfield

    The Cowboy's Spring Romance by Shanna Hatfield

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trent Thompson has carried a torch for the new schoolteacher since she moved to Grass Valley more than three years ago. Instead of asking her out, he's dated every single female in a 30-mile radius, giving her the impression he's not interested in her. Lindsay Pierce moved to Grass Valley to teach and quickly fell in love with the small community as well as the delightful people who live there...
  • First Touch by Loni Ree

    First Touch by Loni Ree

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Zander BurtonNever trust a woman and make sure you’re never stupid enough to give your heart to one. I’ve always lived by these words, then Rachel Marsh crashed into my life. It only took one night, one touch for the gorgeous blonde to make me ignore the rule I’d followed my whole life...
  • Late Call by Emma Hart

    Late Call by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    She’s a high class call girl. He’s taking over his father’s business. Seven years ago, they fell in love in Paris. They walked away at the end of the summer, never imagining they’d meet again.Now he’s her client. We fell in love the way you jump from a cliff. Hard and fast with a reckless sense of abandon. The six weeks we spent together changed my life, but at seventeen, I was naive...
  • Crave by Megan O'Brien

    Crave by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I didn’t realize I was falling, not until my heart was lost in love with him. After years of close friendship with former Marine and security specialist, Sid Masters, Samantha McAllister finds herself grappling with feelings far beyond friendship. After a line is crossed, Sam’s heart is broken in the process...
  • Sawyer by Lori Foster

    Sawyer by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    This Buckhorn brother will fight for the woman of his dreams in this beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster… As the only doctor in Buckhorn County, Kentucky, Sawyer Hudson knows a thing or two about saving lives...
  • Tangled by Elizabeth Reyes

    Tangled by Elizabeth Reyes

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Just when Romero thought he'd conquered his anger issues... Now that Izzy has earned her credentials to teach at a college level, Romero is doing his best to be supportive. Even after she informs him she won't be teaching. She'll be assisting a professor—a recently divorced professor whom she'll work with side by side...
  • Romero by Elizabeth Reyes

    Romero by Elizabeth Reyes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B005ZGLNZK. New Adult / Contemporary romance. Prim and proper middle school teacher Isabel Montenegro always runs the opposite direction from men like Ramon Romero. A foul-mouthed, uneducated, loose cannon has no place in her careful plans. But instead of running away, Isabel is completely captivated...
  • Long, Tall and Tempted: Redbird\Paper Husband\Christmas Cowboy by Diana Palmer

    Long, Tall and Tempted: Redbird\Paper Husband\Christmas Cowboy by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Three untamed Texas men are about to meet their matches--ready or not!"REDBIRD: After years of heartache and drama, musician Hank Shoeman has come to the conclusion that love is nothing more than a nuisance! But a few days stuck in a mountain retreat with a beautiful woman could change the mind of any man.... PAPER HUSBAND: Hank Grant is not interested in marriage--been there, done that...
  • Claim by Megan O'Brien

    Claim by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emerly Greer has been living a low-key life, content with her multiple jobs and her books. People are complicated; animals and kids are much easier to understand. As owner of Talon Security, Travis McAllister has seen success beyond what he ever expected—causing the boundaries he's set around himself to grow ever thicker...
  • One Night with a Cowboy by Elizabeth Otto

    One Night with a Cowboy by Elizabeth Otto

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One night is never enough... Jobless, broke, and struggling to support herself and her invalid mother, paramedic Sophie Miller doesn’t have time or energy for a relationship. Especially with her mother’s clock ticking down. So when the sexy cowboy she meets at a carnival proposes a no-strings, one-night stand, she’s all over it...
  • The Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts

    The Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    In New York, people were supposed to ignore their neighbours. But that was a rule that Cybil Campbell had never learned. When the sunny brunette knocks on her new neighbour's door, she expected that they would make a connection - after all, she knew everyone else in the apartment block. Preston McQuinn wasn't interested in small talk...
  • Identity Crisis by Rochelle Paige

    Identity Crisis by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A reclusive author... Delia Sinclair is desperate to hit a looming deadline. With only two weeks to go before her manuscript is due, she heads to a remote cabin in the Smoky Mountains with no internet or cell service. An ex-military security specialist... Blaine West is halfway around the world when he gets a frantic message from his childhood sweetheart...
  • Afraid to Fall by W. Ferraro

    Afraid to Fall by W. Ferraro

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jaded and hardened by the ultimate of betrayals, Clearwater Falls Sheriff Gage Dennison is content with his simple, detached life. With only his loyal dog at his side, Gage has successfully maintained the walls he's built around his life and heart for eight years...
  • King's Ransom by Sharon Sala

    King's Ransom by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Someone was trying to kill her... And there was only one place left for Jesse to go -- the Double M ranch, the only safe haven she had left. But it had been a long time since she'd returned to the rugged terrain where she'd been raised -- the place where she had first fallen in love with King McCandless.... King offered her the shelter of his home, gave her the promise of his protection...
  • In Deep by Kella McKinnon

    In Deep by Kella McKinnon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brielle What would you do if you met a man that made you burn like wildfire from the inside out? Burn so hot that with one touch you forgot to breathe? And if you knew that he had dangerous secrets? Would you be able to walk away? I couldn’t. As strong as I know I am, I kept going back for more of him...
  • Taming the Beast by Lucy King

    Taming the Beast by Lucy King

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time, Mercedes ‘Mercy’ Hernandez had the most enormous crush on her best friend’s older brother, Seb Madison. Now, though, she can’t stand the beast. Forget that he’s as spine-tinglingly gorgeous as ever...
  • Irresistible by Shara Azod

    Irresistible by Shara Azod

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Inescapable The attraction was instant, immediate, too inescapable for either to resist. Inexplicable Delilah was a stripper, trying to make a better life for herself. Edward was a professor from old money trying to save his nephew from a femme fatale. They had nothing in common, no reason to come together, no reason to love one another...
  • Now And Forever by Diana Palmer

    Now And Forever by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Charismatic Phoenix mayor Bryan Moreland had already won the devotion of his constituents and was well on his way to getting reporter Carla Maxwell's vote . . . until she found out that the hunky leader wasn't all he claimed to be...
  • A Lost Love by Carole Mortimer

    A Lost Love by Carole Mortimer

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She didn't have to guess how Rafe felt about his wife... Brooke Adamson knew the whole bitter story. Because she was Rafe Charlwood's wife, or rather she had been, before the terrible car accident Rafe believed had claimed her life...
  • Stormy Vows by Iris Johansen

    Stormy Vows by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fiercely proud of her independence, Brenna Sloan felt her assurance crumble under Michael Donovan's forceful approach. They were both fighters--but Brenna wasn't strong enough to reach out for the love she needed, and Michael knew only how to take--until he met Brenna. With tantalizing persuasion, he overcame her objections, urged her into a sudden marriage, and carried her away...
  • In Enemy Territory by M.E. Clayton

    In Enemy Territory by M.E. Clayton

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What do you do when the devil isn't done playing with you?Fiona Eldstead endured years and years of torment at the hands of Damien Graystone, but created a life of happiness and success in spite of all of Damien's bullying. She put herself through college and became the proud owner of Fiona's First Cup, a small café, but a big accomplishment. Life was great..
  • Allure Magnified by N. Isabelle Blanco

    Allure Magnified by N. Isabelle Blanco

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00ATJSJYQ. It’s been four months since Demitra Davis ended up entangled in the most complicated –albeit gratifying- situation she’d ever thought to find herself in. A situation she isn’t keen to get herself out of. Her now ex-boss, Dorian Sorrenson, is too delicious for her to want to pull herself away from...
  • Must Be Love by Tory Baker

    Must Be Love by Tory Baker

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Cade Martin took one look across a crowded bar and knew the auburn-haired beauty staring back at him was his forever. Aubrey Williams didn’t realize how a little alcohol on an empty stomach could hit her. She’s not much of a drinker in the first place. It was pure luck that Cade Martin stepped up and protected her, when she couldn’t protect herself...
  • Fight for Love by Delaney Diamond

    Fight for Love by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00EMK8F56. NOTE: This is a previously published work with a new cover. Science teacher Rebekah Jamison lives a quiet life in the suburbs of Atlanta. Devastated by a tabloid scandal nine years ago, she ended her marriage to the man her parents never approved of...
  • Stormspell by Anne Mather

    Stormspell by Anne Mather

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ruth was young, she was beautiful, she was ripe for love...but she was innocent,until Dominic invaded her island home,and her heart... Dominic was rich and powerful, bored and world-weary,fighting a temptation he had never before had to face..
  • Woman Hater by Diana Palmer

    Woman Hater by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MOUNTAIN MAN Everyone in the office described the boss's mysterious older brother as a real woman hater -- an absolute bear of a man. So, when Nicole White had to travel with her ailing employer to his brother's home in Montana, she was prepared for the worst. What she found was a man more roughly masculine than any she'd ever met...
  • In Enemy Territory by M.E. Clayton

    In Enemy Territory by M.E. Clayton

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What do you do when the devil isn't done playing with you?Fiona Eldstead endured years and years of torment at the hands of Damien Graystone, but created a life of happiness and success in spite of all of Damien's bullying. She put herself through college and became the proud owner of Fiona's First Cup, a small café, but a big accomplishment. Life was great..
  • Gypsy by Carole Mortimer

    Gypsy by Carole Mortimer

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    THEY'D COME FULL CIRCLE Shay was the raven-haired beauty the Falconer brothers called Gypsy. The four men each found her irresistible. But it was Lyon Falconer who claimed her - when he didn't have the right - and sealed her fate. And it was Ricky, the youngest Falconer, who picked up the fragments of Shay's shattered life and married her out of love...
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