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  • I'll See You in My Dreams by Sable Hunter

    I'll See You in My Dreams by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Zane Saucier is handsome, brilliant, powerful, a practicing cowboy and a successful attorney, but he cannot see. Presley Love is smart, intrepid, and attractive, but she wants not to be seen. Through legal battles, family affairs, and a fight to make it in the world, these two unlikely partners discover a true love greater than any obstacle...
  • Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    All her life, Grace Ryan was the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time...
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  • The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts

    The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    "Did you say I won almost two million dollars?" Running away from her former life and her controlling fiance, Darcy Wallace was down to her last ten dollars. And in the bright lights of a Las Vegas casino, Darcy gambled and won! Suddenly the small-town girl was big news - and in need of protection...
  • Angelique by Sergeanne Golon

    Angelique by Sergeanne Golon

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The story begins in 1648 during a time of insurrection, terror and revolt in a divided France. Angélique de Sance de Monteloup, a vibrant twelve-year-old tomboy, is the daughter of a simple nobleman impoverished by taxes and other burdens...
  • Her Hometown Hero by Melody Anne

    Her Hometown Hero by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dr. Spence is searching for the perfect woman…but how will he know when he’s found her? From New York Times bestselling author Melody Anne, the second steamy romance in a new breakout series based on her beloved and bestselling Billionaire novels...
  • Listed: Volume VI by Noelle Adams

    Listed: Volume VI by Noelle Adams

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This is Volume VI of a six-volume serial novel. A marriage of convenience has never been like this. Just before her eighteenth birthday, the doctors tell Emily she has three months to live. Not much time to complete the bucket list she's had since she was twelve. The first item is the hardest--"Get married"--so she turns to the only man she knows who can help...
  • The Hawk and the Dove by Virginia Henley

    The Hawk and the Dove by Virginia Henley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    The Dove... She'd been bought for a strip of land, then abandoned: a bartered bride, married by proxy, determined to wreak revenge.  As innocent Sara Bishop she'd paid dearly for freedom from her cruel, mocking family.  As flame-haired, jade-eyed Sabre Wilde, she would scandalize Queen Elizabeth's court as she set out to seduce her unknown husband, become his mistress--and make him her slave...
  • Holding Her in Madness by Kimber S. Dawn

    Holding Her in Madness by Kimber S. Dawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leo's Story of loving A Woman Gone Mad Fuck first love. Fuck fate. And Fuck You. I'm Leo and this is my side of the story. This is where I came from, where I've been, and where I'm at...this is the story of a man that loved A Woman Gone Mad...
  • Finding Home by Ann Vaughn

    Finding Home by Ann Vaughn

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Colt Harris wasn't on the hunt for love when he looked up from his lunch when he spotted Sarah. As cliched as it was, time stood still - all he could see was her. Hearing her laugh sealed his fate; he knew his life was about to change. Sarah Sauter was used to being alone. She lost her parents when he was eighteen and after a really bad love affair, had given up in ever finding love...
  • The Storm by Jean Johnson

    The Storm by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sixth book in the must-read series from a national bestselling ?fresh new voice in fantasy romance.?( Robin D. Owens) Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day?they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. Though no longer trapped in exile, their growing family faces new problems...
  • Mick by C.M. Steele

    Mick by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I’d die for you…” As the “Princess” of the Steele Riders, Morgan Steele is untouchable. A mere tattoo artist isn’t worthy of her, but Mick’s going to do whatever he can to win her love. Morgan wants her man and is going to do whatever she can to get Ewan “Mick” McMann to claim her body and soul...
  • Virgin to Conquer (Taken By A Trillionaire) by Melody Anne

    Virgin to Conquer (Taken By A Trillionaire) by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They’re at it again! Ruth Cardello, JS Scott, and Melody Anne come together for another royal novella trilogy. This is the third novella of a three book set. Escape with three new princes as only these NYT’s bestselling authors could write them. 
 Virgin for the Trillionaire: Ruth Cardello (April 25, 2017) Virgin for the Prince: J.S...
  • The Once And Future Prince by Olivia Gates

    The Once And Future Prince by Olivia Gates

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At Her Royal Ex-Lover's Command He would have been king of Castaldini...until scandal sent Prince Leandro D'Agostino into exile. Now Phoebe Alexander, his secret lover who'd refused to leave with him, had come to convince him to accept his rightful crown. But the pain of betrayal still coursed through Leandro's veins. He would rule only if Phoebe bowed to his wishes...
  • Tiller by Shey Stahl

    Tiller by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They call him Wild Cat. I knew him before he was the sinfully gorgeous FMX rider with infinite hate in his blood. I knew him back when he was a shy little boy hoping a girl would love him back. That guy, he’s nowhere to be found inside the devil known as Tiller Sawyer. Truth is, I didn't know who he really was..
  • Odin by Jisa Dean

    Odin by Jisa Dean

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When Worlds Collide…Chaos Reigns!Lori“You’re in my world now, little girl!”That’s the last thing I hear right before I pass out. I’ve gone from one bad situation to another, but I can’t seem to think my way out of this one. I thought my old childhood neighbor was supposed to save me…not be just as evil as the thing I’m running from...
  • The Hitman by Jordan Silver

    The Hitman by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Drake Cisco is a hit-man with an agenda. Ten years ago, his dad offed himself when he was accused wrongfully of stealing from the town's leading citizen. The fact that the black Drake was dating the man's white debutante daughter at the time had a lot to do with the way things went down, and once Drake figures this out, he's out for blood...
  • Annihilate Me Vol. 2 by Christina Ross

    Annihilate Me Vol. 2 by Christina Ross

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Jennifer's life is reeling out of control. Now, there is no denying her feelings for Alex--or his for her. After spending one night together, he took her to heights she never thought was possible. The passion they shared in that one moment is something she can't shake, and it consumes her, throwing her off her game. But this is no game. What they have is real...
  • Completely Smitten by Susan Mallery

    Completely Smitten by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Sheltered preacher's daughter Haley Foster ran away from her small town to do all the "bad" things she'd never done. She soon found herself in a hotel room with U.S. Marshal Kevin Harmon. But her knight in shining armor showed no interest in teaching a disappointed Haley Lovemaking 101.... Kevin had every interest in teaching the bold, beautiful virgin in front of him a few lessons in love...
  • The Rogue by Jessica Bird, J.R. Ward

    The Rogue by Jessica Bird, J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A powerful man finds the one woman who completes him in this reader favorite, the second book in the Moorehouse Legacy series, from New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward writing as Jessica Bird, first published as His Comfort and Joy! Ruthless might as well be Gray Bennett’s middle name. When the renowned Washington, D.C., insider talks, powerful people listen...
  • The Billionaire's Terms: Prison Or Passion by Elizabeth Lennox

    The Billionaire's Terms: Prison Or Passion by Elizabeth Lennox

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After one night of incredible passion, Alicia Miller is accused of embezzlement, by the same man who'd brought her to heaven with his touch. Corporate tycoon and billionaire, Adam Meyers, is no longer the gente passionate lover who took Alicia to the heights of ecstacy, but in his place is a cold, hard, monster demanding repayment in full - with her body if necessary...
  • The Billionaire's Masquerade by Elizabeth Lennox

    The Billionaire's Masquerade by Elizabeth Lennox

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Growing up in poverty made a lasting impression on Rachel. As a result, she is determined to never again go through the pain and humiliation of being poor. The first step in her strategy for wealth and success is an internship with the reclusive Emerson Watson, investment broker extraordinaire...
  • Statham by Flora Ferrari

    Statham by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Broke, unemployed, and alone is no way to start off the new year, but that’s exactly what happens after my company closes shop after the holidays. We’re in the middle of one of the worst winters on record, and like always I can’t find one of my gloves. When I go looking for it, I find something else entirely. Him...
  • Lawyer by Lena Little

    Lawyer by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Silas I’m a damn good attorney. But my firm is doing nothing to show me they appreciate or value my work, so I was already thinking that big changes were in order when I met her. I worked cases pro bono to help enhance my resume and profile but wasn’t expecting to meet a woman who would change the entire course of my life...
  • Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson

    Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    To her fellow passengers on the luxury cruise, Wendy Brown appeared to have everything going for her. She was young, beautiful, wealthy and fun-loving. They'd have been shocked if they'd known Wendy's secret. But she had vowed to tell no one what had changed her life...
  • 1012 Curvy Way by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    1012 Curvy Way by Shaw Hart, Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ken Coleman is the town doctor in Cherry Falls. He’s a workaholic and that hasn’t gotten better since his last nurse retired. Now he’s desperate to find someone to fill that position.Gracie owns the local flower shop. She lives to create the perfect bouquet that can brighten someone’s day. When she bumps into Dr. Coleman and sees how stressed out he is, she does what she does best...
  • Cassandra by Chance by Betty Neels

    Cassandra by Chance by Betty Neels

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He needed her as a nurse, not a womanBenedict van Manfeld was one of the surliest, most unfriendly men Cassandra had ever met. But when she learned he was a brilliant Dutch surgeon who had severely damaged his sight in an accident, her attitude changed. Benedict asked Cassandra to go to Holland with him as his nurse. She agreed…and soon began to feel something deeper than sympathy for him...
  • Anticipation by Sarah Mayberry

    Anticipation by Sarah Mayberry

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Blue Sullivan knows a player when she sees one. And Eddie Oliveira—charm and sex personified—was born to play. She never wanted him to say goodbye, so for the last ten years she’s ignored the sizzling attraction between them and focused on being the best sidekick a guy could have. Smart girl, right? Then Blue has a serious accident, and overnight Eddie changes...
  • The Biker's Virgin by Sam Crescent

    The Biker's Virgin by Sam Crescent

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Colonel isn’t expecting to fall for any woman, but with one pitstop in a small town, that’s exactly what he does. She’s being attacked by a man, so he takes matters into his own hands and he protects her.Piper Dawes is used to men thinking she’s easy prey and she doesn’t expect the angry-looking biker to make her feel safe. He’s not staying for long, and she has no intention of falling for him...
  • Buying The Virgin  (The Virgin Auctions, Book One) by Paige North

    Buying The Virgin (The Virgin Auctions, Book One) by Paige North

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A standalone alpha billionaire romance with a guaranteed HEA… Used. That’s what I’ll be, my virginity bought by notorious billionaire Travis Star. I’ve only seen pictures of him on gossip sites and in business magazines, but in the flesh he’s tall and broad-shouldered, with a penetrating stare. Hard muscles under his impeccable jacket, shirt, tie, and trousers...
  • Confession by Cara McKenna

    Confession by Cara McKenna

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    This is the fourth title in the Curio Vignettes series, follow-up stories to the novel Curio. Caroly has waited forever to fall in love. An American now living in Paris, she’s finally found what she craved all those lonely years—a passionate, sensitive man, more gorgeous than she’d ever dreamed, and just as beautiful on the inside...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Worth Dying For by Beverly Barton

    Worth Dying For by Beverly Barton

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes love is stronger than death... Security agent Dante Moran can't afford the luxury of love - in his line of work, emotions can get you killed. Besides, he's never recovered from the pain of losing his high school sweetheart to a serial rapist and killer. As far as Dante is concerned, his heart died the day her body was discovered...
  • 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...
  • Hunter, Hunted by Angela Jordan

    Hunter, Hunted by Angela Jordan

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A sizzling romance with sex so hot, it leaves a body count... Karen's a free spirit, and she's not about to let anyone boss her around -- that is, until she meets Angelo DeSilva. But Angelo's got a secret..
  • Knight's Possession by Carole Mortimer

    Knight's Possession by Carole Mortimer

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After years of watching her mother's gullible heart drive her from one man to the next, Laurel had decided to marry, for sensible reasons. She didn't believe in fairy tales, knights in shining armor and happy endings. Still, she discovered a champion the night her fiance broke their engagement...
  • Conflict by Tessa Teevan

    Conflict by Tessa Teevan

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Wellington Way. My mother's favorite motto wasn't something I bought into, even after watching each of my cousins fall hard and fast for their women. That all changed the night Alyssa Covington came into my life like a whirlwind, showing me exactly what I'd been missing. It took just one night for her to knock me on my ass, twist me inside out, and fall head over cock...
  • 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..
  • Vittorio's Woman by Kimberley Reeves

    Vittorio's Woman by Kimberley Reeves

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Simon Vittorio was determined to make Lilly his woman from the moment he first laid eyes on her. But when a car accident leaves him paralyzed, he falls into a dark depression and loses all hope of sharing a life together. When Lilly is hired as his physical therapist, he is ashamed to have her see him so weak and helpless, and employs every trick in the book to drive her away...
  • The Baby Deal by Jenika Snow, Sam Crescent

    The Baby Deal by Jenika Snow, Sam Crescent

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The deal was simple. Alexis wanted a baby and so did Deacon. No dotted line to sign on, no lawyers involved. Just an agreement between two neighbors to get her knocked up and have the one thing they both desperately desired. A baby.  And as easy as that sounded, how uncomplicated it should have all been, it was anything but. Alexis was in love with Deacon...
  • Dance of Dreams by Nora Roberts

    Dance of Dreams by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, two ballet artists whose performances grace the world’s most famous stages discover a more passionate connection when they engage in a Dance of Dreams.Five years have passed since prima ballerina Ruth Bannion joined the company founded by Russian choreographer Nikolai Davidov...
  • She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal

    She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Zoella didn’t know whether she was devastatingly happy or happily devastated. Zoella has been in love with Fardeen Malik, her best friend’s gorgeous older brother, since she was ten, but he’s always seen her as a ‘good girl’—not his type—and he can barely remember her name...
  • The Billionaire's Runaway Bride by Marie Kelly

    The Billionaire's Runaway Bride by Marie Kelly

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Six years ago it had been Grace Leotta’s dream to be a marine biologist. However, her bullying overbearing father had other ideas. She was to be married to the billionaire Alexos Manetas a man most women would have been over the moon to call their husband...
  • Stormy Vows by Iris Johansen

    Stormy Vows by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
  • Going Home by Nora Roberts

    Going Home by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Three women must rediscover the love of family before they can give their hearts to others. . . .Unfinished BusinessShe wanted answers from her estranged mother and went home to find them. But Vanessa Sexton also found Brady Tucker, the man who'd once broken her heart ... and still left her breathless...
  • 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...
  • Blinding Love 2 by Liv Bennett

    Blinding Love 2 by Liv Bennett

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can love be torn away from the heart completely? After Matt and I went our separate ways, I try my best to forget him and move on with my life. I start a white-hot, passionate affair with another gorgeous man...
  • Claim by Serena Grey

    Claim by Serena Grey

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I forget everything but her warmth, her sweetness, and how easy it would be to let everything go, and allow myself to sink into her, body and soul, completely, forever. Who is David Preston? The mysterious and sexy businessman claimed Sophie Bennett's heart and then broke it...
  • Behind Closed Doors by Sherri Hayes

    Behind Closed Doors by Sherri Hayes

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Elizabeth Marshall spent the last nine years doing all the things she was supposed to do. She went to a good college. Married a man with a promising future. Elizabeth even had a nice house in a respectable part of town. There was even the promise of 2.4 kids in her future. From the outside everything looked picture perfect. Then one night, the world she lived in came crashing down...
  • Lightning That Lingers by Sharon Curtis, Tom Curtis

    Lightning That Lingers by Sharon Curtis, Tom Curtis

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From Sharon and Tom Curtis, one of the most celebrated writing duos in romance, comes a sizzling story of unexpected attraction—as sparks fly between a shy librarian and a sexy dancer.   Philip Brooks is a man with a passion for biology, wildlife, and restoring his old family home—all of which add up to a pile of bills that require attention...
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