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  • Quade's Babies by Brenda Jackson

    Quade's Babies by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Quade Westmoreland's one-night love affair with Cheyenne had branded him body and soul, but he'd never even learned her last name. Almost a year later, driven by memories and one incriminating photo, the sexy operative had finally tracked her down--and discovered three little babies bearing his features...
  • Phoenix by Scarlett Avery

    Phoenix by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    365 days in exchange for $200 million dollars. That’s all it takes to save my family’s legacy. I just have to say two words, ‘I do.’I’m across the country when I find out my father hired a big-time publicist to announce my upcoming wedding to one of the most powerful billionaire moguls in the country. A king in the hotel industry. The problem is, it’s news to me. I’ve never even met this man...
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  • Can't Help Falling In Love by Erika Kelly

    Can't Help Falling In Love by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas…The moment Beckett O’Neill retires from professional sports, he swears off schedules and commitments. His new gig has him hopping from one exotic location to the next. No strings, no responsibilities. Nothing that will tie him down.Until he runs into her, the woman who stole his heart for a night in Vegas..
  • Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury

    Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A riveting story of secret sin and the healing power of forgiveness. Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living what looks like a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean. One of the casualties is Kiahna Siefert, a flight attendant Connor knew well. Too well...
  • Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the third installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter the road we travel, we're always heading for our Home Base.After fourteen years in the army, Dylan Grant is more than ready to come home, settle down, and seriously consider starting a family of his own.Thanks to one stolen, forbidden moment long ago, he might already have...
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    secret child  suspense  military  contemporary  m-f
  • Saving Gavin: A Second Chance Military Romance by Kaci Rose

    Saving Gavin: A Second Chance Military Romance by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I let her go before I enlisted. I left my heart with her. Now I’m home for good – my world has changed, my sight gone. Not only do I have to be with her every day as I learn to navigate the world around me, but I have to come face to face with my regrets.She deserves more than me.I need her.I want her...
  • Whispers of Truth by Valerie M. Bodden

    Whispers of Truth by Valerie M. Bodden

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Summer broke his heart once. But when she needs his help, how can Benjamin refuse? The youngest Calvano brother may be goofy, but he's also tender and big-hearted, and there's nothing he wouldn't do for the woman he loves—even when his love is the last thing she wants...
  • Making Whoopie by Erin Nicholas

    Making Whoopie by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This marriage of convenience is about to get sticky. Getting hitched for the health insurance is not Jocelyn Asher’s idea of romance.But the hospital quote has really frosted her cookies, and suddenly, “I’m rich. We should just get married,” sounds a whole lot more swoony.Especially when the man proposing is this gorgeous. And takes her to parties featuring champagne and petit fours...
  • Owned by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Owned by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 5 of the rockstar series, Lost in Oblivion.   Music kept them going. Now it's torn them apart…   Guitarist Nick Crandall lost the most important thing in his life—his band—just as he was falling in love. A year has passed, and Oblivion is returning from hiatus...
  • Skies Over Caledonia by Samantha Young

    Skies Over Caledonia by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    He’s a down-to-earth highland farmer. She’s the rebellious daughter of Hollywood royalty. They might seem like they’re from different worlds, but that won’t stop them from engaging in a marriage of convenience…It’s been five years since Jared McCulloch’s grandfather Collum passed away and he inherited his farm in the Scottish Highlands...
  • Aces MC Series Complete Box Set by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Aces MC Series Complete Box Set by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Over 400,000 words. Four complete novels. Four never before seen bonus scenes. Four protective men. Four strong women. Four stories that will break your heart and then piece it back together again...
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    secret child  contemporary  bikers  bad boys  abuse
  • Forever Yours by Debbie Johnson

    Forever Yours by Debbie Johnson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gemma knows perfectly well how one moment can change your life forever. That's why, for two decades, she's lived life by the rulebook.But this year, everything is different. The beloved daughter she gave up for adoption all those years ago is about to turn eighteen - and that means, there's a chance of being found.For the first time in her life, Gemma can no longer run from her secrets...
    Categorized as:
    secret child  contemporary
  • 204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber

    204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Grace Sherman 204 Rosewood Lane Cedar Cove, Washington Dear Listener, If you've been to Cedar Cove before we've probably met. You can usually find me either at home or at the public library, where I work. I've lived in this town all my life and raised two daughters here. But my husband and I - well, about six months ago, he disappeared. Just…disappeared...
  • Beneath the Desert Sun by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Beneath the Desert Sun by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    FaithGraduating from college is bittersweet. I’ve accomplished my dreams, obtained my teaching degree, and am ready to find my dream job. However, I never realized how difficult or stressful it would be to find a position.That’s why I jump at the chance to visit Chad, one of my best friends, on base in California...
  • The Beat of My Heart by Avery Maxwell

    The Beat of My Heart by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One week. No strings. Sexy stranger. What could go wrong?My name is Julia McDowell. I’m not the pretty girl next door, I’m the boss at work who solves all your problems. I’m an awkward genius with the worst taste in boyfriends; the last one left me with a 6-figure debt to prove it...
  • The Sins That Bind Us by Geneva Lee

    The Sins That Bind Us by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I wasn’t given a choice. Not when I did my first line of cocaine. Not when I became a single mother. But I changed, and every decision I’ve made was to protect myself and my son from my weaknesses—and my past. Until Jude came along and made me question everything, even my own secrets. The sins I carry with me can never be discovered...
  • After All by Heidi McLaughlin

    After All by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin comes a heartfelt story about overcoming great loss and forgiving past sins to find happiness again. Brooklyn Hewett hasn’t set foot in Cape Harbor for fifteen years—not since an accident claimed the love of her life, Austin Woods. Desperate to move forward, Brooklyn has focused on raising her daughter for the past fourteen years...
  • Going Hard by Kelsey Browning

    Going Hard by Kelsey Browning

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “Kelsey Browning spins a deeply emotional tale of intrigue and romance in a page-turning romantic suspense fans will gobble up.” - New York Times Bestseller Dianna LoveIn this first installment of the sexy and suspenseful Steele Ridge series, second chance love can be murder when a slick sports agent returns to his hometown and finds the secret baby he left behind...
  • Unforgettable You by Brenda Novak

    Unforgettable You by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak returns to Silver Springs, where no past mistake is so big the heart can't find a way to fix it. Jada Brooks couldn't have known how her life would change when she fell for bad boy Maddox Richardson back in high school. She couldn't have known his troubled brother would leave hers forever crippled...
  • Taken by a Trillionaire by Melody Anne, Ruth Cardello

    Taken by a Trillionaire by Melody Anne, Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Three New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. One wild project. Taken by a Trillionaire is an escapism fantasy that was born at a party at RWA. Over cocktails, J.S. Scott, Melody Anne, and Ruth Cardello laughed as they plotted this book with the help of two industry friends, Chris and Brian...
  • Snared by L.L. Collins

    Snared by L.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BEAU has never known a good life, only the torment that lives inside his head every day. The only way to block out the darkness that shrouds him is through the rhythmic beat of his drums. Knowing what happens when he opens up to anyone, Beau buries his pain deep inside, keeping it all to himself. APRIL has lived a life of wealth and privilege, full of love and support...
  • A Christmas Wish: Dane by Liliana Hart

    A Christmas Wish: Dane by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    **A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR** Dear Readers, A CHRISTMAS WISH is a continuation of Dane MacKenzie's story, DANE, which can be found for free at all retailers. It is highly recommended that you start with DANE since A CHRISTMAS WISH takes up where that novella ends...
  • Tycoon Takedown by Ruth Cardello

    Tycoon Takedown by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Melanie Hanna has finally worked up the courage to travel to New York and tell an old flame that he’s the father of her young son. She’s done hiding and apologizing for her one impulsive night. When her best friend asks her brother to watch over Melanie, her emotional trip takes an unexpected and sizzling detour...
  • The Hate Vow by Nicole French

    The Hate Vow by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Eric der Vries. Looks like millions. Worth billions. A body like the David with a mind to match. Unfortunately for this wayward heir, to keep his money, he needs a wife. And of all the women in the world, he chooses me. Too bad I’ve hated him for five years, since he took all my tears and tossed me away...
  • My Unexpected Vow: California Billionaires Book 2 by Harlow James

    My Unexpected Vow: California Billionaires Book 2 by Harlow James

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Have you ever thought there was a spider crawling on you only to discover it was a piece of hair?But it’s not your hair—it’s your wife’s—a woman who just happens to be your best friend’s little sister that hates your guts as well...
  • Broken Bridge by Nana Malone

    Broken Bridge by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One miscalculation.One misstep had cost me everything. I lost my sister and my wife.I will burn down the world to get them back. Even if I have to become someone they fear.Forget vows, forget brotherhood. All I have left is rage. I have made promises I intend to keep.I will right the wrongs of The Elite, ensure vengeance for Emma, even if it cost me my soul...
  • One Hundred Chances: An Aspen Cove Romance Book 21 by Kelly Collins

    One Hundred Chances: An Aspen Cove Romance Book 21 by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome back to Aspen Cove, where there is always a second chance for a first love…Veterinarian Sara Arden made a mistake when she was a sixteen-year-old girl. The mistake wasn’t in falling in love with rancher Lloyd Dawson. It wasn’t even in getting pregnant. Sure, that part could have waited, but the mistake was in never telling him she had his daughter...
  • Britta & the Beach Boy: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Brittany Larsen

    Britta & the Beach Boy: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Brittany Larsen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No flirting. No kissing. And absolutely, positively, NO falling in love.Those are Britta’s top three conditions (there are a few dozen more) when she agrees to marry Liam “Dex” Dexter, aka the top surfer in the world.He needs American citizenship to achieve his goal of surfing in the Olympics...
  • The Fake Script by Marion De Ré

    The Fake Script by Marion De Ré

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a plot twist turn the scars of the past into a second chance at love?My high-school crush is shooting a movie in our bookstore and I am not ready to stir up the past.Not even a little bit. Auston Buckley is the only guy I’ve ever kissed. He ditched me on the worst possible day of my life to live his dream and now he's starring in the adaptation of my favorite romance novel...
  • My Mountain Man Returns by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Returns by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A secret baby and a second chance...Suzie gets a shock when her ex turns up all the way from England. But it's nothing compared to the shock he gets when he finds out what she's been keeping from him.My Mountain Man Returns is a secret baby, second chance romance featuring an ex-military hero and the curvy girl he tracks halfway across the world...
  • Told You Twice by Kristen Heitzmann

    Told You Twice by Kristen Heitzmann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alexis Murphy is done messing with the wrong kinds of men. She could not be happier planning a personalized Grace Evangeline wedding with her fiancé, Jeffrey, who is so…right for her. Or is he? Stage star and spokesmodel, Bo Corrigan, could be the ultimate disruption. Alexis—Exi—is caught by his talent and sexual magnetism...
  • Mad Duke March by Sadie Bosque, The Rake Review

    Mad Duke March by Sadie Bosque, The Rake Review

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Whisky. Plenty of it. Keep it coming… That’s all that Alexander Blackwood, the notorious “Mad Duke” of London, desires. Determined to waste his life away, he manages to offend even his closest friends. But when he carelessly ruins Miss Emily Fitzwilliam while in a drunken stupor, he finds himself chained to the only woman in England who refuses to fear or fawn over him...
  • Bram Baxter Marries the Wrong Sister by Latisha Sexton

    Bram Baxter Marries the Wrong Sister by Latisha Sexton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First comes a lifelong crush, then comes . . . a marriage of convenience to her sister?Marrying Lois Jones was the only future Bram Baxter ever planned for. Until she returns home from Europe with another man’s ring on her finger. Devastated, Bram struggles to envision a different future for himself...
  • Five Babies For The Boss by Layla Valentine

    Five Babies For The Boss by Layla Valentine

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I had the deal of the century sitting in my lap.But to close it, I needed a new image.So, I signed up to ‘borrow’ a mom and her baby...
  • Lover's Leap by Emily March

    Lover's Leap by Emily March

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Readers have fallen in love with Eternity Springs, the magical town in Emily March’s beloved series where something wonderful happens to hearts in need of healing.   Twenty years ago the town bad boy, Cam Murphy, left Eternity Springs in handcuffs, riding in the back of a sheriff’s van . . . and breaking young Sarah Reese’s heart. The defiant teenager vowed never to return...
  • Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They had a single night of passion before he deployed on a risky mission. 18 hours on a mission gone very wrong was all it took to shatter all their hopes and dreams. The hero: He survived 6 months of captivity and torture, kept alive by dreams of her. The heroine: She thought he was dead and moved on only to have her world fall apart once again...
  • Happy Marriage?!, Vol. 1 by Maki Enjoji

    Happy Marriage?!, Vol. 1 by Maki Enjoji

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In order to help her father, Chiwa Takanashi agrees to an arranged marriage with the company president, Hokuto Mamiya—a man she doesn’t know—at the request of Hokuto’s grandfather. Maki Chiwa believes the arrangement isn’t binding, but her new partner seems to think otherwise...
  • 아기가 생겼어요 2 by Jung Lee

    아기가 생겼어요 2 by Jung Lee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    2권 11~20화 『아기가 생겼어요』는 12개월 연속 월요연재 1위를 차지한 레전드 웹툰으로, 결혼하자며 성큼성큼 다가오는 강두준과 사랑이 먼저인 장희원의 아슬아슬 밀당 로맨스를 그리고 있다. 윤리적, 교육적으로 완벽한 선생님을 꿈꾸며 혼전순결을 지켜오는 중인 장희원은 오래된 첫사랑이 절친과 커플이 되는 걸 보고 큰 결심을 하며 회원제 고급 바로 향한다. 그곳에서 이뤄진 만남은 황홀한 원나잇으로 이어지고, 이후 산부인과에서 다시 마주친 그 ‘강두준’! 두준은 희원이 임신한 걸 알아채고 책임을 지겠다며 급작스레 청혼을 한다. 첫사랑에게 좋아한다는 말 한마디도 조심스러운 희원은 두준의 어이없는 청혼에 의문을 던지느라 몸과 마음 모두 바쁜 나날이 시작되는데…...
  • Attached At Heart by Amelie Rhys

    Attached At Heart by Amelie Rhys

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When best friends Delaney and Blake get married in order to satisfy a clause in Delaney’s inheritance, their long-ignored chemistry is suddenly so much harder to deny, especially when they travel abroad for a steamy fake honeymoon. Blake London, after finishing his cardiology fellowship, moves to Boston with a single hope: fix as many hearts as he possibly can…including his own...
  • 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 . .
  • In Name Only by Jennifer Peel

    In Name Only by Jennifer Peel

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He gave his name to protect her. All she wanted was his heart. Dani Kramer used to think growing up in foster homes was the most difficult thing she would ever have to do until all her dreams come true. Married to the love of her life, Dr. Brock Holland, and running a foundation that specializes in finding jobs for kids out of foster care, Dani seems to have it all...
  • 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...
  • Listed: Volume III by Noelle Adams

    Listed: Volume III by Noelle Adams

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    This is Volume III 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...
  • Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard

    Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Betrayal. Retribution. Redemption? Six years ago, tough-as-nails military contractor Bobby Taggart met the woman of his dreams in war-torn Kabul—a sexy, whip-smart war correspondent who approached him at a local bar, took him to bed, made him fall in love…and then mysteriously disappeared...
  • Simple Ride by Chelsea Camaron

    Simple Ride by Chelsea Camaron

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After surviving the heat, the torture, and making it out of the sandbox one mission at a time, I have spent years on the ride, going mile after mile to escape the past. I thought I had left hell behind. Only, it is hard to run from the demons inside you. It all changed when I found the Hellions brotherhood. My nightmares were chased away with the daylight of my new purpose in the club...
  • Bad Habits by Sienna Mynx

    Bad Habits by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Simone Livingston wants desperately to start again. She and her husband Keith have both agreed that their marriage is worth saving. Despite the deep betrayal and lies she's suffered thanks to his infidelity. Their arrival in a small town run by the wealthy conniving Hollingsworths tests her faith in her husband and the sacred vows of her marriage...
  • Grip: A Driven World Novel (The Driven World) by Lacey Black

    Grip: A Driven World Novel (The Driven World) by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lacey Black’s Grip is a second-chance, surprise-baby contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven World project.MackI live to race. It’s in my blood—the smell of dirt and gasoline, the fast cars, the screaming fans. I was the king of a small track in Missouri with the world at my fingertips. I even had the girl, until a call came from the infamous Colton Donavan...
  • It Takes a Woman by Piper Sheldon

    It Takes a Woman by Piper Sheldon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just because she’s getting married doesn’t mean she’ll fall in love.Unapologetic bombshell Gretchen LaRoe is happy to play matchmaker to everyone else content in knowing she once had true love. When the best friends of the Scorned Women’s Society take it upon themselves to interfere in Gretchen’s love life, they shouldn't be shocked to learn Gretchen already has a plan of her own...
  • It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love is quickly becoming my least favorite four-letter word.I let a girl into my heart once, and she nearly destroyed me.The last time I saw her she was in the back seat of her father’s car, leaving me forever.No goodbye.No mercy.That was ten years ago.Now the sexy vixen from my past is back in town looking to hire a consultant.This is my way back in.But not for redemption or a second chance...
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