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  • Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • 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...
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  • Time for Love by Marie Force

    Time for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dr. David Lawrence has spent the last two years atoning for his sins and recovering from the devastating breakup with Gansett Island golden girl Janey McCarthy. As the island's only doctor, he's had ample opportunity to show his fellow island residents that there's more to him than the guy who disappointed Janey so profoundly...
  • Second Hearts by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Second Hearts by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Second Hearts, book 2 of The Wishes Series. Charli Blake's high tolerance for risk doesn't always work in her favour. After a year of living out her dream of travelling the world, the sunny West African village of Kaimte would be her last stop. She's bound for New York, in search of the boy she'd let go of long ago. For Charli, nothing has changed...
  • Maximum Risk by Ruth Cardello

    Maximum Risk by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Max Andrade:. Rich, bold, unapologetic. He is a man who doesn’t hear the word no—until he meets Tara. In his obsession to have her, he’ll offer her anything—except his heart. Tara Holmes:. Outspoken, hardworking, levelheaded. She makes her living by exposing unfaithful spouses. She doesn’t believe in love, especially not with a man who sees her as nothing more than a challenge...
  • The Golden Hustla by Wahida Clark

    The Golden Hustla by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She's the star sales associate of a profitable Atlanta "advertising" firm, WMM. She lives for top-of-the-line everything . . . and making enough money to finally reunite with her children. But Nina Coles is an ex-hood-rat in hiding. And no amount of paper can keep her safe from a ruthless FBI agent who's determined to take down the shady company she works for...
  • A Proscriptive Relationship by Jordan Lynde

    A Proscriptive Relationship by Jordan Lynde

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Holly's new, young teacher has a dark past, and a dangerous future. She soon finds herself charmed by his ways, and gets thrown into the chaos. Who knew having an ex-gangster for a teacher could be so troublesome? As Holly and Mr. Heywood grow closer, more questions about his past come upon Holly, as does danger. What is Mr...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  length-long
  • A Surreptitious Relationship by Jordan Lynde

    A Surreptitious Relationship by Jordan Lynde

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Chris and Holly's relationship is finally perfect. With no gangs to harass them, the only thing they have to worry about it keeping their relationship a secret from the student body and faculity at school. Simple enough. However with the appearance of two new students, new troubles arise...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  length-medium
  • Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 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...
  • Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    *** iBooks Best Of 2013 AU/NZ Breakout Book Of The Year***. For Charli Blake, being seventeen is a tough gig. She's been branded a troublemaker, her reputation is in tatters and she's stuck in Pipers Cove, a speck of a town on the coast of Tasmania. Thankfully, it's temporary. Her lifelong dream of travelling the world is just months away from becoming reality...
  • The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Every part of me yearns for Ryland and there hasn’t been a day that’s gone by that I don’t question if I made the right decision. Adjusting is something I should be used to by now but how can I do that when life has other plans? When darkness consumes you, only true light can free you...
  • Discovering Harmony by Melanie Shawn

    Discovering Harmony by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Harmony Briggs always knew what she wanted—until she realized she wanted more. The gorgeous Southern beauty knew that only one man would be able to fulfill her wildest dreams and fantasies, but unfortunately, he was just out of reach…. Hudson Reed was used to playing by the rules and sticking to reality. And for the rippling cop, reality meant loving her from afar…...
  • 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...
  • Light in Morning by Adriane Leigh

    Light in Morning by Adriane Leigh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    They say that madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. .. but what happens when the very person that brought your heart back to life has the ability to shatter it with one confession? After an explosive affair left their hearts battered and scarred, Georgia and Tristan are trying for a fresh start...
  • Stay With Me by Rebel Hart

    Stay With Me by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    The last book in Rae and Clinton's love story. ..
  • Double Threats Forever by Julie Prestsater

    Double Threats Forever by Julie Prestsater

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover for ISBN-10: 1481016881, ISBN-13: 978-1481016889. High school eventually comes to its end. After three years of broken hearts, parties, exams and fights, Megan Miller and her crew, have finally made it to their senior year...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  length-medium
  • Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 22 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...
  • Learning to Heal by R.D. Cole

    Learning to Heal by R.D. Cole

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "If Fools rush in, then most people in love are idiots. And I'm the biggest one of all. ". -Jazz. Meet Jasmine Coleman. She's the girl that's outgoing, beautiful, and full of self-assurance- a confidence that’s forced to cover the scars she hides. When rushing into love becomes a heartbreaking mistake the last piece of it disappears...
  • Heaven Sent by Hilary Storm

    Heaven Sent by Hilary Storm

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The Rebel Walking Series continues with Taron and Ivy's story, Heaven Sent. The explosive chemistry that these two share ignites a relationship of epic proportions. He has been dubbed 'the panty stealer', but Taron Walker has his eyes set on the beautiful, full of life, Ivy Adams. Ivy doesn't usually put up with the player type, yet there is something about Taron that has her intrigued...
  • Let Love Shine by Melissa Collins

    Let Love Shine by Melissa Collins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    What comes after "they lived happily ever after? " Maddy and Reid have seen their fair share of trials and tribulations, of love and loss. Facing down the biggest challenges of their young lives, they managed to survive and endure. With the future stretching out before them, they must learn to navigate new and unfamiliar paths...
  • 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...
  • Ever for You by Genna Rulon

    Ever for You by Genna Rulon

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ever wonder what Hunterreallythought of Everleigh during their first few encounters? Now you can crawl inside Hunter's head with a short story from Hunter's point of view, available free.
  • Double Time by Julie Prestsater

    Double Time by Julie Prestsater

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Megan Miller has done the crush thing, had her heart broken and flirted with a close friend to the point of an almost relationship. She is over the drama of her Freshman and Sophomore years and is ready to be single and to mingle. With Keesha and Steph by her side the girls are ready to rock the single hood in their Junior year...
  • Shattered Hart by Ella Fox

    Shattered Hart by Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Damien Hart will never allow himself to fall into a committed relationship. He's seen the worst of the worst, and he knows that there isn't a woman on earth that will ever change his mind. All of that changes the moment he meets Brooke Tyler. Damien's entire view of women and relationships is rocked by her, and though he tries, he can't make himself stay away...
  • Double Threat My Bleep by Julie Prestsater

    Double Threat My Bleep by Julie Prestsater

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Meggie begins her sophomore year with one less best friend, and a boyfriend who is over four hundred miles away. Things couldn't be worse, right? Wrong! Crappy grades, a teacher who is out to get her, and being grounded more times than she can count, double threat her bleep. With Alex being gone, Meggie relies on her girls to keep her busy with parties, movie nights, and trips to Denny's...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  length-medium
  • Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    CRUEL INTENTIONS meets AFTER. Find out what happens in Rae and Clinton's love story. ..
  • The Other Fish in the Sea by Jenn Cooksey

    The Other Fish in the Sea by Jenn Cooksey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    In Shark Bait, readers everywhere met and fell in love with the new girl, Camie Ramsey, and swooned over her sure to be future husband, Tristan Daniels...
  • A Unique Kind of Love by Jasmine Rose

    A Unique Kind of Love by Jasmine Rose

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lena Rose Winter is a typical seventeen year old girl, or so everyone thought. She has a secret, something she hates talking about. She knew what love is, and she dreads it especially after losing someone close to her heart. Liam Christopher Black is far from your typical bad boy. He's a good guy, the one who sits at the back of the class, not making any sound...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  length-medium
  • Today Only by D. Love

    Today Only by D. Love

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In life, there are times you are granted a miracle. It may not be the one you wanted exactly, but it will be the one you need. It will prepare you for the next step in your journey and help you learn to accept the life you are given, even if that life can be heartbreaking.
  • Shark Out of Water by Jenn Cooksey

    Shark Out of Water by Jenn Cooksey

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    With the Amazon Bestseller Shark Bait, the first novel in the Grab Your Pole series, debut author Jenn Cooksey delivered a fun, snarky, and realistic beginning to a larger story that has found its way into the hearts of readers everywhere...
  • Stolen Wishes by Lexi Ryan

    Stolen Wishes by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Cally…. A sexy smile. Intense blue eyes. A goodness that makes him want to save me from these rumors when no one else would care. I didn't ask for a hero. William Bailey was never supposed to be anything more than a wish, a dream, an unrequited crush. Not for a girl like me--a girl whose fractured family has stolen her chance at a decent life. William…...
  • 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...
  • Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne

    Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Epiphany, the final installment of The Destined Series, continues the stories of four best friends from college who are making decisions that will set the course for the rest of their lives. Mira and Skylar have had their share of painful pasts, troubled presents and an unknown future...
  • Heartache Falls by Emily March

    Heartache Falls by Emily March

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The healing magic of Eternity Springs continues in this new novel in Emily March’s vibrant series about a very special town and the people who need it most. Married for more than twenty years, and with her children out of the nest, Ali Timberlake has come to Eternity Springs alone...
  • Phoenix by Lilliana Anderson

    Phoenix by Lilliana Anderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After being unceremoniously kicked out of home at a young age, Paige is forced to fend for herself. In a bid to survive, she does things that most people would never dream of, and stops caring about herself as a result. When the fastest way to get food and shelter is to use her body, and the fastest way to forget is to self medicate, Paige embarks on a steady downward spiral...
  • 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...
  • You're Still the One by Darcy Burke

    You're Still the One by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA Today bestseller Darcy Burke concludes her Archer family saga with a second chance at first love…. Everyone thought college sweethearts Bex Holmgren and Hayden Archer were headed for the altar… until a tragic accident sent young Bex running from a future she wasn’t ready to claim...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  length-long  audiobook
  • 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...
  • 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 romance.
  • The Wicked Series: Books 1-2 by Piper Lawson

    The Wicked Series: Books 1-2 by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A million women scream his name. He whispers mine. Grab the first two books in the enthralling rockstar romance series Wicked in this LIMITED-TIME SET! GOOD GIRL (Book 1) When Haley took an internship on rock god Jax Jamieson’s tour, she never thought he’d look twice at her. Too bad she rubbed him the wrong way on day one and since, he’s taken divine pleasure in making her life hell...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  office  age difference
  • Brightly Burning Bridges by Ivy Wild

    Brightly Burning Bridges by Ivy Wild

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From the author of Infamous and The Estate comes a bully romance unlike anything you've ever read. Silas. He wasn’t my friend until he became my enemy. His center is freezing cold,. and his edges burn me when I get too close. He is everything I want and nothing I am. They say not to burn bridges,. but he burned ours to the ground. Skyler. She is the girl who wants to be seen,...
  • Intimation by Vee Hoffman

    Intimation by Vee Hoffman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 3 in the Acclamation series, Intimation chronicles the months following the end of Lent and Easter holiday and the increasing and intensifying intimacy between Michael and Dominic. Moments stolen away from public sight, even when foreshadowed by Dominic’s approaching graduation and Michael’s intentions for the future, only serve to strengthen their feelings for each other...
    Categorized as:
    college  contemporary  m-m  queer  length-medium
  • Final Call by Emma Hart

    Final Call by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
  • Breeze of Life by Kirsty Dallas

    Breeze of Life by Kirsty Dallas

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Bree ‘Breeze’ Delany never imagined her life could sink so deep. That such intense pain could take up residence in her heart and shred her soul to pieces. And all it had taken was one little word to drag Bree to the depths of this despair, cancer. It took just one person to pull Bree from the darkness, her best friend Harper Somerville...
  • 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...
  • The Sassy One by Susan Mallery

    The Sassy One by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    For the Marcelli sisters of California wine country, the season is ripe for romance! Francesca Marcelli married at eighteen -- right on schedule, according to her warm, colorful family, who have always said a beauty like Francesca need never worry about finding love...
  • Trick or Treat by L.A. Cotton

    Trick or Treat by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Calliope James would rather live life through a lens than in the spotlight. So when she reluctantly agrees to go with her best friend to a party, she doesn’t expect to find herself on the other side of the camera. Zachary Messiah left Bay View High School without so much as a word. Now he’s back. He’s not the boy she remembers, but she’s exactly the girl he’s tried so hard to forget...
  • When You're Mine by K. Langston

    When You're Mine by K. Langston

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For Barrett Shaw, there wasn’t much more to life than his career. Still climbing his way to the top, he could do without the distractions and complications of love. But the road to success is a lonely one, and Barrett was starting to think he would never meet a woman who could capture and keep his attention like a courtroom...
  • Concealed by a Kiss by Selena Laurence

    Concealed by a Kiss by Selena Laurence

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An action-packed military romance by award-winning author Selena Laurence! She Followed the Rules. When Alexis Garcia left Gabe Thompson in Afghanistan two years ago, she had every intention of waiting for him to come home...
  • 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. Blurb coming soon!
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