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  • Meet Me At Sunrise by Michele Brouder

    Meet Me At Sunrise by Michele Brouder

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Read the generational saga about three sisters and their grandmother and her friends in the beachside town of Hideaway Bay. After reuniting with her sisters at her grandmother’s funeral, Alice Monroe determines that Hideaway Bay may be the place for her. Nursing a broken heart, Alice throws herself into transforming her grandmother’s house into an inn...
  • 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...
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  • Chestnut Springs 4-book Collection by Elsie Silver

    Chestnut Springs 4-book Collection by Elsie Silver

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Title in This. 1. Flawless. 2. Heartless. 3. Powerless. 4. Reckless. Flawless. The rules were simple . . . Keep my hands off his daughter and stay out of trouble. But now I'm stuck with her. There's only one bed. And, well, rules are made to be broken. I'm the golden boy of professional bull riding. Or at least I was until it all blew up in my face...
  • Descent by Helen Hardt

    Descent by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The end to his story has already been written…. Brad Steel made a promise to his wife and children—to create a legacy born from his love for them and his desire to protect them from harm. It was a worthy ambition…. But along the way, something went terribly wrong. Daphne Steel loves her husband beyond measure and will stand by him no matter what, even when it’s more than she can deal with...
  • 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...
  • Spark by Helen Hardt

    Spark by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’ll do anything for his family…. Donovan “Donny” Steel is on a partnership track with a major Denver law firm. He loves his city career and his luxurious downtown loft, and life is going just how he planned it…until his mother, the city attorney for his hometown of Snow Creek, Colorado, asks him to move back and work for her when her assistant retires. Mom asks? Donny goes...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  audiobook
  • Kneel by Nikita Parmenter

    Kneel by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Jynx isn’t going to let those who murdered her mother get away with it. She’s going to get to the bottom of why her grandmother was involved with the Ravens, and she’s going to make those who harmed her mother kneel and beg for mercy before she ends them...
  • The Letters by Lesley Jones

    The Letters by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This really was the perfect way to end this amazing series. The writing was beautiful and the letters. .. wow, each and every one left me speechless. The Hopeless Romantic Book Blog. It's raw, confronting and at times absolutely heart-shattering. On the flip side it's beautiful, heart-warming and downright sinfully delicious. It was everything we expected and more. .. .. ..
  • Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes your biggest enemy isn’t across the line. Dutch Mackey has made his fair share of enemies over the years. None of them are like Harlow Mowry. As the hacker for Team Rogue, she’s got her hands in everything. Occasionally that includes his pants. The woman is as vicious as she is irresistible, and can run hotter than hot and colder than cold...
  • Bound by R Phillips

    Bound by R Phillips

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "To know the truth of our story. ". Everything in life has a price. Nothing is ever freely gifted. The universe always comes, whether in the brightest, cheek-aching second of the day or the darkest, most plaintive hour of the night, to collect its payment. To rattle and shake your world. To slither into the illusion of Eden painted by strokes of lies and deceit...
  • Flame by Helen Hardt

    Flame by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Her past is coming back to haunt her. His present is haunting him. Callie Pike always considered herself the plain sister—stuck in the middle between beautiful Rory and vivacious Maddie—so she still can’t believe gorgeous perennial bachelor Donny Steel has fallen in love with her...
  • 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...
  • Sugarplum Dreams (Mistletoe Meadows Christmas romance) book 3 by Jessie Gussman

    Sugarplum Dreams (Mistletoe Meadows Christmas romance) book 3 by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wilson McBride has been working with Judd Landis to make the lives of the residents of Mistletoe Meadows better through their Secret Saint escapades. But there is one woman who needs more than a few little presents and a Christmas tree. She needs a husband...
  • Red Dirt Heart Imago by N.R. Walker

    Red Dirt Heart Imago by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When Charlie Sutton’s neighbour Greg is notified by the Queensland government that they intend to run a pipeline through his property, Charlie vows to help him fight it. Then Travis remembers seeing butterflies at the creek near their joining fence line - the same butterflies they couldn’t find in any Australian butterfly book...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  m-m  contemporary  queer  length-novella
  • The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “His touch is like magic…”. Brie is in the middle of a fight for her life. A force far more powerful than Brie is determined to destroy her. About to give birth to her second child, Brie is vulnerable to the unprecedented attack—but she is not afraid. When you are part of the Submissive Training Center, you are never alone...
  • Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Alexis is backed into a corner as she looks between two doors. Behind door number one is the man her father is pushing her to marry, the man who’s good for her brand and her future. Behind door number two is me: the bad boy of baseball who happens to be the man she has fallen in love with. I wish we could just run away together. I promised I’d wait for her no matter how long it took...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  sports  m-f  audiobook
  • Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s death for hire…. Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less...
  • I'll Remember You by Sable Hunter

    I'll Remember You by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Aron and Libby McCoy became husband and wife. No woman could desire a more perfect love. But tragedy struck. .. while diving on their honeymoon, Aron does not come up from beneath the blue waters off the Cayman Islands. A massive rescue mission is launched, but the only clues found were his wedding ring and later a shredded wet suit covered in blood. The McCoy family is devastated...
  • My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents. My Best Friend’s Wish. Work Husband Series. Dario. When I was younger, I believe I heard something I shouldn’t have. After what I overheard, I don’t believe our mother just up and left us. I was a kid. I didn’t have money, power, or respect to get the answers I needed back then. Not until now...
  • Caught Looking by Lisa Suzanne

    Caught Looking by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When her father orchestrates an engagement for business purposes, Alexis is forced to say yes publicly. Now I’m the other man in this equation, and despite my reputation as the bad boy of baseball, I learned long ago to stay away from married women. But not everything is as it appears, and she isn’t married yet, which forces me to confront my own morals and fears when it comes to relationships...
  • Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve always heard, don’t fall in love with a cowboy. I just didn't listen. I've sworn off men. They’ve never given me much in life, except a bun in the oven and grief. My kids are my life and all that truly matter. Until him. Jansen Reed is a living fantasy straight from the old west. Sexy drawl, tight jeans and that glint in his eyes that make my knees weak. He promises me the ride of my life...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  humor  contemporary  single-mother  m-f
  • The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Her greatest fear came true. Now what? 53-year-old Valerie Schuster was a great mother and wife for over 30 years…until she wasn’t. When her husband decides to leave her days before their anniversary, and their kids move across the country, her sister suggests it’s time for a change. So, Valerie decides to hide away in her parent’s old run-down cabin...
  • I Never Asked You to Save Me by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt

    I Never Asked You to Save Me by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ellie Mae Griggs-Heart is trying to escape, trying to find a place where she can finally be 'home'. She can't seem to shake her physically and emotionally abusive, soon to be ex-husband, Jake Heart. Refusing to take hand outs from her cousin Rhea Payne and her husband, former Navy SEAL Chad, Ellie has to moonlight at a job most would consider taboo to make ends meet...
  • Shark's Pride by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Shark's Pride by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dreams come at a price…. Hidden enemies are tormenting Sebastian Shark. They’re determined to see his reputation in shreds and his plans for building the Edge in ruins. To make matters worse, Abbigail Gibson has written him off for good, choosing to believe their night of blistering passion was just another one of his playboy conquests...
  • Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Haley. “For the last seven months, my life practically revolved around 'my' guys—they kept me safe, made me laugh, and embraced me as one of their own. And, now, the unimaginable was happening. I was turning my back on the life I created with them...
  • Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel by Judith S. Keim

    Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel by Judith S. Keim

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An upscale hotel like The Beach House Hotel sometimes attracts surprise guests…. Ann and Rhonda continue overseeing their Beach House Hotel along the Gulf Coast of Florida and providing guests with a lovely experience of good eating, relaxation, and the privacy many of them require...
  • Bride for the Rancher : Small Town Heroes Book 8 by Cassi Hart

    Bride for the Rancher : Small Town Heroes Book 8 by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Cherry. Reeling with the sudden knowledge that not only was my adoption twenty years ago illegal, but I’m not even a legal US citizen, I’m desperate for help after an ICE agent threatens me with deportation if I don’t tell her where my suddenly MIA parents are. But they’ve disappeared, leaving me to face the consequences of their actions...
  • Xander by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Xander by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    We met at the age of eight. That day on the playground was a turning point in my life. She stole my heart with just a glance as she sang off key. But nothing’s perfect. I figured out pretty quickly she was too good for me, so I let her go. 
I thought I was doing the right thing--until I realized I wasn’t. 
She was my everything and without her I was nothing...
  • A SEAL's Vow by Cora Seton

    A SEAL's Vow by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Navy SEAL Clay Pickett needs a wife, fast, or he’ll lose the model sustainable community he and his friends came home to Chance Creek to build. He’s got just the woman for the job in mind: sexy, sensitive Nora Ridgeway. Too bad she’s not interested in rushing to the altar...
  • The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega

    The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    One of the most anticipated romance books of 2019. She's the seduction expert. Women contact her to take over their love lives. She steps in when they're lost, she's supposed to succeed where they failed. She handles their single status, their relationship, their breakup, and very often their partner's affairs...
  • On Deck by Lisa Suzanne

    On Deck by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a family emergency reminds us all how short life can be, Alexis’s father moves up the wedding date. She’s forced to wrestle with her father’s emotional manipulation as we fall harder and harder for one another and her wedding day moves closer. We’re keeping a huge secret from her father and her rabid fan base, and we both feel the walls closing in on us...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  sports  m-f  audiobook
  • Savage Burn by Lisa Renee Jones

    Savage Burn by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    My name is Rick Savage but they call me Savage for a reason. But savage that I am, there is only one woman who can tame the beast in me, one woman who sees the real man. I loved Candace. I lost Candace. Now my enemies have targeted her. For this, they will not survive. I’m back home to save her and win her back, no matter what the cost.
  • Every Little Promise by Lexi Ryan

    Every Little Promise by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night in Vegas. One shot at a second chance. When I fell in love with Brinley Knox, she was the spoiled daughter of the wealthiest family in Orchid Valley. I was the troublemaker orphan, brought to town to find the straight and narrow. She was the homecoming princess. I was the hired help. She was the perfect daughter. I was the cautionary tale...
  • Wrong Number Right Cowboy by Kali Hart

    Wrong Number Right Cowboy by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Second chance Mix one grumpy cowboy, one runaway heroine, and one drunk dial together. Serve hot 🔥. For best results, strand them together. Sawyer. I’ve avoided my hometown since Boone Montgomery proposed. Spoiler I said no. Was it a mistake? Probably. Will I ever admit that? Not likely. But when my younger sister begs me to come back for her milestone birthday, I cave...
    Categorized as:
    cowboys  contemporary  humor  length-novella
  • Unexpected Returns by Nikita Parmenter

    Unexpected Returns by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    She was here, my mother, and now she’s lying on the floor, blood pooling around her dead form. Surprisingly, that’s not our top concern right now. Our main priority is the bomb strapped to her that’s still flashing and armed. I know I said I liked explosives, but it doesn’t mean I want to go out that way...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is ignoring the heat a recipe for disaster? Grant Twombley has it all—a successful career, a contacts list full of gorgeous and willing bedmates, and the ear of Los Angeles’s most prominent captain of industry. But being Sebastian Shark’s right-hand man isn’t without its challenges. Messy ones...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  audiobook
  • Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    **Reports of uncentered text have been noted, a corrected edition will available December 15, 2018. **. Moms a junkie, Dad’s not dead. After lying to me for the past twenty-one years, Mom got in too deep with her debt and had to call not-dead dad to bail her out. But wait, there’s more; not-dead dad is a biker who thinks he knows what’s best for the daughter he's never met...
  • Trace - Part Two by Deborah Bladon

    Trace - Part Two by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The second part of TRACE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Vanessa Meyer had finally taken on the task of learning more about her birth mother. The twisted path that brought her to her family's townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, also brought her face-to-face with the man who she's been spending most of her nights with...
  • The Secret by Kate Benson

    The Secret by Kate Benson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just as her life finally seems to be on the road to happiness, an unimaginable twist of fate rocks Sophie Ryan's world yet again. Torn between two paths that promise her unconditional love and unbearable heartbreak, Sophie faces the hardest choice of her life. New truths will be revealed, old demons will resurface, but when future and past collide, who will she trust to keep her secrets?
  • Blue Genes #1 (Story of Us Trilogy) by Sydney Jamesson

    Blue Genes #1 (Story of Us Trilogy) by Sydney Jamesson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Take the plunge with Beth Parker and be ready to fall headfirst Into the blue …. “I promise. Wherever you are, Beth, I will always be with you," ~ Ayden. Blue Genes is the continuation of the bestselling trilogy, The Story of Us...
  • Dirty Rich Secrets: Part Two by Lisa Renee Jones

    Dirty Rich Secrets: Part Two by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Ashley and Aaron's journey continues right where the prior book left off in this edgy and intense story. More secrets and lies, and more passion and danger. Ashley and Aaron could never be prepared for what's about to happen. Questions will be answered. Answers will lead to more mysteries. And the chemistry between these two will leave you breathless.
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never cared if I lived or died. For eight years I lived as a mess of broken pieces that never could fit back together quite right. Eight years of training. Of building an empire. Of fighting. Of just surviving. Of letting my heart beat for revenge. Only revenge. Eight years of not really living at all. While I was living half a life, I didn’t realize all that was being built up around me...
  • Faithful Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Faithful Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about a romance author that doesn’t believe in love until she meets a wounded warrior that teaches her that real all-consuming love can withstand anything. Hailey. I’m a romance novelist who no longer believes in love. My agent keeps calling it writer’s block, but I think what I have is more permanent...
  • One Steamy Night by Brenda Jackson

    One Steamy Night by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His plan for seduction went perfectly…until he asked her to marry him! Two can play the game of seduction. But after one night together, the rules are about to change…. Westmoreland family friend Jaxon Ravnell is in Wyoming for one reason to consummate his fiery attraction to Nadia Novak. But unbeknownst to him, Nadia has her own plan for seduction. Giving in to their mutual desire is a win-win…...
  • Wooing the Widower by Elle E. Kay

    Wooing the Widower by Elle E. Kay

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Horses, Heartstrings, and A Later-in-Life RomanceMargie, a successful Colorado realtor, finds herself looking for a change of scenery and a dash of adventure after her only daughter embarks on a missionary journey, so she heads to Redemption Ranch to fulfill a long-held learning to ride horses...
  • Operation: Integrity by Kari Trumbo

    Operation: Integrity by Kari Trumbo

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sam Elsner is the quiet type, especially when someone hurts him. He caught the love of his life with another man. He isn't the type to face her. If he did, he might get angry which isn't his way. So he let her go, but he's never forgotten her. Now she's at Wayside but it's not for second-chances. She's there as a patient...
  • Out of the Box Regifted by Jennifer Theriot

    Out of the Box Regifted by Jennifer Theriot

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Betrayal, Lies, Loss, Truth, Secrets…. With a new beginning for Olivia and Ash on the horizon, what could possibly stop them from finding happily ever after? In order to move on, Olivia must face the haunting demons from her past life with Alan, her ex husband...
  • The Lover by E.L. Todd

    The Lover by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Against all odds, Finn and I have managed to be together. Colton continues to warn me, says that Finn will never change. But he already has. I don't know what the future holds. .. but I think Finn fits in somewhere.
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