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Amethyst by Cee Bowerman
Amethyst Hamilton had a rough start at birth, but when she was adopted by her aunt and uncle, her life changed for the better. Surrounded by aunts and uncles who would do anything for her and more cousins than she can count, she's had a safe and comfortable life... -
NAVY by Cee Bowerman
“When something better comes along, you shouldn’t let it pass you by, but in this case, when something you’ve been dreaming about appears in front of you, take her by the hand and invite her to move into your life.”Sand, sea, and sunshine are important in Navy’s life. After years in prison, far from his precious beach, he goes home as soon as he can... -
Arrogant Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere’s a hot new hire. Too bad she’s Donavan’s ex. Oh, and there’s one other problem—they hate each other. The last thing he expected to see when he walked into the office was Paisley Williams. She was the only person to graduate ahead of him at Columbia. The one woman who could give it back better than he could dish it out. She was also the biggest regret of his life... -
A Black Christmas : Brothers Black Series Bonus by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents A Black Christmas Brothers Black Series Bonus 8 Brothers Black 8 JoeAlmost thirty-five years ago, I met the love of my life. I wasn't excepting what my father sent me to Ireland for, but I haven’t regretted it either. Not for a single moment... -
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The Fall of East by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE SIZZLING CONCLUSION TO THE HEAR NO EVIL TRILOGYNyla Kincade has stolen my ruthless heart.Now that she owns it I’m not taking it back.I’ve vowed to protect her and all that we love with everything that I have.I will die before I break that oath.Considering the danger we face, that might be a careless promise.But I’ve fought this hard for vengeance, I must see it through... -
Lobsters, Bisques, and Berries by Olivia Gaines
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLakota Simjak is nothing like he looks. A laid-back kind of fella that takes life as it comes, while enjoying the simple beauty of the day to days. However, the lonely nights and eternal mornings tells him it’s time for a change. He wants a wife.Melody Willis’ trophy case displays thirty years of being in the music business and performances all over the world. Yet, she goes to bed alone... -
Love Without Influence by Jade Dollston
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInfluence (noun): A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events.MontyBoy meets Girl.Boy experiences severe intestinal distress and runs away.Boy returns and falls in love with Girl despite his… difficulties.Then Boy’s entire world explodes, shattered by outside influences that would have broken a weaker man.But not me. I took all the pain… the hurt… the betrayal… and became stronger... -
Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratings★10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At Love. ★ I’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short... -
THE WATCHERS: 6 Military Romance Bundle by Kristina Weaver
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA KINDLE UNLIMITED FREE BUNDLE Enjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. You've been warned :) Titles in this series: Seducing the Storm I’m a soldier. I’m a hard man. I don’t do love and I don’t do cute but the moment I meet Lenny Coleman that is exactly what I get... -
Read With Your Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen a small town teacher meets her new neighbor, she’s failing at remaining professional.Tricia Carter loves teaching, but as a high school teacher, her newest student puzzles her. When she calls home to discuss her concerns, she learns the child lives with a much older brother. She also discovers he’s her next door neighbor and dangerous... -
Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi. Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family... -
Savor by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLately, Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar's life has been a series of miscommunications with catastrophic consequences. However, this time around, the consequences threaten to not only damage his current relationships but erase a future he only ever dreamed of... -
Trey by A.M. Madden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say time heals all wounds. And maybe they’re right. But what about wounds no one sees? The kind that open again and again? The kind that have you feeling like you swallowed glass?Those are the wounds I carry. Years of heartbreak have created layer after layer of scar tissue over my whimpering heart... -
Bad Boy by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Bad Boy trying to be good, a Good Girl driven to be bad and a five year old who wants to rule the world… Being good is so freaking hard. And boring. Flynn Boyle has only been doing it for a couple of hours and already he’s had enough... -
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Ray of Hope by E.L. Todd
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRyker and I aren’t exactly perfect. But I was falling for him—and falling hard. Every kiss. Every touch. Every embrace. Just made me realize this wasn’t a fling. It wasn’t even a relationship. It was so much more. I just hoped Rex was wrong about Ryker. Because I didn’t have the heart to listen to him say those terrible three words. Told you so... -
Jane: Knights Wrath MC, Book 1 by Renee Alan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane thinks her simple life of work, books, baking, her bestie, and her dog are enough to make her happy. After too many disappointments, she’s decided that her book boyfriends are all the romance she needs. That plan seemed just fine until fate took the opportunity to change her mind and brought the Westons into her life... -
Say Yes by Tara West
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAndrés, why can’t it be enough that I love you? That I want to spend forever with you. Why must you expect so much more? I’m not ready for marriage and a family. I don’t know if I ever will be. Christina, I need to know that what I’m putting into this relationship isn’t all for nothing. To me, you mean everything. But I won’t be your stepping stone... -
Her Hotshot Handymen by Tara Crescent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThey’re hot. They’re handy. They’re my new… roommates?The day I get fired from my job, the most amazing thing happens to me. I inherit a rundown bed-and-breakfast in rural Oregon from a long-lost great aunt.It’s like a dream come true.Unfortunately, I also inherit her tenants, two impossibly hot handymen who were helping my great-aunt renovate her house.Miguel and Josh.One’s cocky... -
Kierstie: Knights Wrath MC, Book 2 by Renee Alan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer family sees her as the one with the temper. She sees herself as average. Middle of the road. Average height, weight, job. Hell, she's even the middle child.One night she makes a decision to be anything but average. It leads to the hottest night of her life. One she planned to keep all to herself till those 2 pink lines showed up... -
Spiralling Skywards: Book One Falling by Lesley Jones
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt only takes one defining moment. One look. One dance. One conversation. Sarah knows from the second she meets Liam that their connection is more than just instant attraction. It’s deep, it’s consuming, and has the potential to be the real thing. But true love comes at a price... -
Just One Thing by M. Malone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom NYT Bestselling author M. MALONE, comes a sexy new romantic comedy of errors. Bennett Alexander is a bona fide genius. He runs his family’s farming cooperative, speaks four languages and is about to apply for his tenth patent. But the one thing he never mastered is how to be cool. His childhood friend Olivia is the only one who “gets” him. Katie Mason is in over her head... -
Pearl & Belle Pearl Boxed Set by Arianne Richmonde
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPearl and Belle Pearl follow Arianne Richmonde's Pearl Trilogy: the tumultuous and heart-rending love story between forty-year-old documentary producer, Pearl Robinson, and French Internet billionaire, Alexandre Chevalier, fifteen years her junior... -
His Desire: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Contemporary Romance Box Set5 full-length novels for readers who love their stories filled with surprise marriages, billionaire bad boys, hot daddies and steamy fairy tale romances. Escape into the world of these protective alpha males and let them entertain you all night long. Book 1 - His Rock “Lena Hunt, you’ll be my wife for a week... -
Honey Books 5-8: Sweet & Dirty BBW Romances by Cathryn Cade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFour MORE sexy, action-packed MC romances in a 2nd set. The alpha males of the Devil's Flyers MC are falling like dominoes...to the power of love. Will these brothers follow? Book 5, Honey in the Rock - Her real world could be wilder than her fantasies… if she dares.He’s a hot, dangerous biker who goes through women like whiskey. She’s a shy, BBW gamer who crushes on him from afar... -
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Eat Slay Love by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOne night of indulgence.As a sought-after film intimacy coordinator, Rae has spent years choreographing passion on screen while her own love life has faded into the background. This year, she’s planning to change things... -
Fire and Love by Melanie Shawn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStand-alone Hope Falls romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way! Their future was set. He was going to be a firefighter, and she was going to be a filmmaker. They were going to get married and live happily-ever-after with two kids and a dog…She supposed one out five ain’t bad... -
For Today by B. Cranford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventeen Years Ago . The first time Aaron Andrews saw Simon Foster smile, he knew he was in trouble. He'd never seen anything--or anyone--like the man who'd stolen his favorite seat in his favorite coffee shop. Six Weeks Ago . The late-night phone call that changed their lives forever was short... -
Knock Knock by SaRai Savage
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix years – well five years, three months, and eight days since my life was irrevocably changed, and there’s nothing I can do about it. As much as I want to move on…how do I do that? How do I allow myself to feel those butterflies of love again when I know what the consequences could be? Life can change in the blink of the eye... -
My Last First Kiss by Weston Parker, Ali Parker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsValdez, the bleak town in Alaska that I put in my rear-view mirror a decade ago, is calling me back. My mother is dying, and I’m the only one left who can take care of her. Returning to my home town after building the life I wanted for myself and my daughter in Florida won’t be a walk in the park... -
Forever an Eaton: Bittersweet Love / Sweet Deception by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTwo classic Eaton family novels from national bestselling author Rochelle AlersBittersweet LoveBelinda Eaton is dedicated to her job as a history teacher in one of Philadelphia's most challenging high schools. Committing to a man? Not exactly on her agenda. But then a tragedy brings her closer to gorgeous attorney Griffin Rice and they have to share custody of their twin goddaughters... -
In Your Dreams by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis prequel takes Laura, Mike and Dylan from the New York Times bestselling series Her Billionaires and offers a glimpse into their yearning for what was meant to be...The book you are about to read, In Your Dreams, is a newly-revised and expanded prequel to the New York Times bestselling series, Her Billionaires... -
Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi.Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family... -
The Shake-Up by Evie Mitchell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnikaMy milkshakes may bring all the boys to my bar, but that doesn't mean they wanna hang around for dessert.Despite being the perfect woman - attractive, confident and a world class chef - I'm not marriage material. I've resigned myself to that fact. But that doesn't mean I don't want a man in my bed.And Mac? Or should I say, Mac-Daddy? Well, he's just the man I'm looking for.Temporary... -
Surprise Package by Donna Alam
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTechnically, I might be breaking and entering, I didn't come down the chimney. And I'm no Ho (Ho Ho) But I did get my hands on his . . . Surprise Package. When I arrive at my remote holiday cottage, I don't expect to find a hot Scotsman in my bed. I also don't plan on being snowed in with him. He says I have the wrong address—that the cottage is his, But I think there's another story... -
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Single You Out by Faleena Hopkins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI'm Christina Tuck, one of those girls who delivers food right to your door. Then I knock on his. Bennett Powers. Single dad. Stock trader. New York City. A ginger who wears a suit like money is his church. I'm drenched from the rain, sticking my foot in my mouth. I'd like to stick something else in there. But like the heat in my building...That pulses up from a dark boiler room.. -
Her Baby Daddy: A Secret Baby Romance by Emily Bishop
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWalking in on Riley pole dancing in her private studio made me want to take her on the spot. Owning things is second nature for me. But Riley isn’t so easy to own. Her confidence is enough to make me go ape sh#t. One sway of her hips had her owning me . Now her studio is on the chopping block - and I’m the butcher. She needs to place to live and my house is perfect... -
Sassy in Stilettos by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmart mouthed and in charge, magazine editor, Micha Bennett, has learned the hard way to choose her career over love. When she’s up for the job of a lifetime, the competition becomes deadly fierce. To protect their best asset, her company hires the one person who’s ever put Micha on edge and threatens her sense of control... -
Pretty Liar by Donna Alam
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPretty Liar is book two of the Pretty Trilogy, the series that began with, and is, Pretty Hot. He was supposed to be her rebound: getting under a new man to prove she was over the old. But things don’t always work out to plan, especially with a man like Kai in control. Kai is a man who has it all: wealth, good-looks and charm enough to coax the knickers from a nun... -
Playing With Piper by Tara Crescent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey fixed her restaurant. Can she fix their hearts? Piper Jackson wants to make a play for her two hot partners... Piper’s restaurant isn’t failing anymore, but her conservative Southern family still won’t stop interfering in her life. And if they find out she’s contemplating a threesome with the two men who saved her restaurant, all hell will break loose.. -
The Billionaire's Mistress 3: A Billionaire Romance by M. S. Parker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy whole life, I never fit anywhere, with anyone, and then when I finally find someone who makes me feel special, he's engaged to my half-sister. I knew I should be able to get over him, move past it all, but somehow, I don't think it'll be that easy. When Allie Dodd receives an invitation to a charity event, the last thing she wants to do is risk seeing Jal Lindstrom again... -
Reckless by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe new London office of Benson Security hasn’t even opened its doors yet and already it’s neck deep in its first case… If the mission doesn’t kill him, his sexy partner just might. Dimitri Raast and Megan Donaldson have a common enemy—the head of an organisation that specializes in human trafficking and sexual slavery... -
Billionaire Baby Blues by Mia Caldwell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Release Special Price — Complete Novel with HEA. Shattered dreams might become Neesa’s greatest gift. All Neesa ever wanted was a family of her own. After learning she can’t have children, grief-stricken Neesa sells her farm, packs up, and leaves to travel the world. She hopes to find a way to heal, and discover a different destiny than what she’d once planned for herself... -
The Man You Need by Kay Harris
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I want a rock star. But my brother (who is a rock star) is like a giant (and I do mean giant) roadblock to hooking up with any of the hotties he plays with. And now he’s enlisted the help of his stuffy (yet insanely good-looking) tour manager to keep me celibate… Someone get me off this bus!” Meet Stacey Rush. Stacey isn’t an easy person to love... -
Royally Ruined by Nora Flite
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSinful passion and delicious danger await in the second installment of USA Today bestselling author Nora Flite’s Bad Boy Royals series. Scotch never runs from difficult situations. That is, until she rescues her bestie from a violent Mafia member. Now Scotch is running for her life... -
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Arrogant Officer by Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt all started when I got an email. Let me rephrase. A sextortion email from someone claiming they tapped into my computer and recorded me while watching an adult graphic video. If I don’t send them money, they’ll show everyone in my contact list. As a chemistry teacher at a private school, I panicked. Not only do I love my job, I need it... -
Arrogant Officer: A RomCom Standalone by Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt all started when I got an email.Let me rephrase. A sextortion email from someone claiming they tapped into my computer and recorded me while watching an adult graphic video. If I don’t send them money, they’ll show everyone in my contact list.As a chemistry teacher at a private school, I panicked. Not only do I love my job, I need it... -
Roughneck by Sosie Frost
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTidus Payne is as smooth as whiskey, as dangerous as a lit match, and sexier than a midnight mistake. He’s the sort of man who’d drink the devil under the table and then stick around Hell for more fun. He’s rough. He’s rude. He’s un-redeemable. And Tidus is the only mechanic within twenty miles... -
Dirty Words by Tara Crescent
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIf you’re going to write dirty stories about your neighbors, don’t give them tiny c*cks. A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers. Love thy neighbors? No way. Never going to happen. Ethan Burke and Lars Johansen are chiseled male perfection, with their cocky smiles, bulging biceps and washboard abs. They're also rich, arrogant jerks. Ugh... -
by M. S. Parker, Shiloh Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer Navy SEAL Adam "Reaper" Dedman is cruising toward the bottom of the pit of despair. The Navy has washed their hands of him and now he's got nothing else to do but waste the rest of his life. Or so he thinks. Down on his luck and running out of choices, Reaper agrees to meet the man who walked away from his mother... -
10-99 (Line of Duty) by Xyla Turner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Sometimes, the perfect person for you is that whom you least expected it to be.” ~Unknown Life events have a way of forming your beliefs even when you didn’t notice...
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