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Blackwings MC: The Complete Series by Teagan Brooks
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBook Dash - When eighteen-year-old Ember turns to the Blackwings for help, the club’s treasurer falls hard as forty years of secrets and lies begin to unravel.Book Duke - A ruined prom night, followed by a series of miscommunications, leads to Reese abruptly leaving Croftridge. But when she goes missing, Duke gets a surprise he never saw coming... -
![Twisted Empire by Eva Chance, Harlow King]()
Twisted Empire by Eva Chance, Harlow King
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe past has come back to haunt us... way too literally.Our investigation into my dad's murder has taken an even stranger turn than I could have imagined. One that's shattered everything my stepbrother and long-time love believed about himself and his family. One that's thrown all of our plans for a loop.But the four guys standing by my side won't back down, and neither will I...Categorized as:
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![Olivia And Jai by Rebecca Ryman]()
Olivia And Jai by Rebecca Ryman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSet in 1840s India, this tale of star-crossed lovers packs a powerful punch. When Olivia, a forthright young American, comes to live with her very proper British relatives, she falls headlong into love with angry, half-caste Jai...Categorized as:
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![Irreplaceable by Jenna Hartley]()
Irreplaceable by Jenna Hartley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne impulsive, passionate week changed my life.And I can’t stop thinking about it…or him.The hot Italian with the full lips and inked skin.The passionate man who made me feel incredible until I realized it was all a sham.Because he lied.About his name.About everything.Now, I’m not only pregnant with his child but thrust into the spotlight...Categorized as:
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![If Forever Comes by A.L. Jackson]()
If Forever Comes by A.L. Jackson
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIf Forever Comes, the final chapter in the New York Times Bestselling The Regret Series Christian Davison’s life is complete. With a ring on Elizabeth’s finger and his daughter at his side, he’s ready to run headlong into their future. Elizabeth Ayers never believed she would again find this kind of joy—the joy of a family and the wholeness found in the touch of the man she’s always loved...Categorized as:
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![Deceive Not My Heart by Shirlee Busbee]()
Deceive Not My Heart by Shirlee Busbee
HER FURY PROMISED VENGEANCE Leonie's only interest in the despicable cad she had been forced to marry was the return of her dowry. She had not seen her husband in five years, and now Morgan Slade angrily denied there had ever been a marriage...Categorized as:
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![Mogul by Ginger Voight]()
Mogul by Ginger Voight
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn the final book of Ginger Voight's Groupie Trilogy , Andy and Vanni have returned to Los Angeles to prepare for the birth of their child. A reformed Ladies' Man, Giovanni Carnevale now embarks on a life of monogamy with the woman he loves, but the ghosts of his past still continue to haunt their newfound happiness...Categorized as:
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![Mile High Baby: An Age Gap, Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Ajme Williams]()
Mile High Baby: An Age Gap, Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Have you joined the Mile High club yet?”“No…”“Do you want to?”I shouldn’t have said yes… but I did.A panicked phone call from my father has me boarding a plane and flying cross-continent. I never expect to meet a brazen, distinguished silver fox on the plane...Categorized as:
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![First Touch by Loni Ree]()
First Touch by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsZander BurtonNever trust a woman and make sure you’re never stupid enough to give your heart to one. I’ve always lived by these words, then Rachel Marsh crashed into my life. It only took one night, one touch for the gorgeous blonde to make me ignore the rule I’d followed my whole life... -
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Unexpected Love by Casey Clipper
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom International Best-Selling Contemporary Romance Author Casey Clipper, The Love Series delves into Ryan's story. Ryan Millen. Notorious playboy. Forever a bachelor. Never one to settle. Loves his one-night-stands. Ryan has loved his single status without any desire to settle down into a permanent relationship. Why would he? To be in a relationship requires work and sacrifice... -
![The Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts]()
The Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts
In New York, people were supposed to ignore their neighbours. But that was a rule that Cybil Campbell had never learned. When the sunny brunette knocks on her new neighbour's door, she expected that they would make a connection - after all, she knew everyone else in the apartment block. Preston McQuinn wasn't interested in small talk... -
![Loving Him Off the Field by Jeanette Murray]()
Loving Him Off the Field by Jeanette Murray
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSometimes the best defense is a good offense… Aileen is a sports reporter trying to make a name for herself without relying on her looks, And what better way to do that than to break a scandal about one of the fastest rising stars on the Santa Fe Bobcats? Killian seems too good to be true, so she knows he must be hiding something… It’s hard enough breaking into the NFL—even more so when... -
![Saving Forever by Jasinda Wilder]()
Saving Forever by Jasinda Wilder
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEver and Cade, Sorry I vanished like I did. I’m not sure I can even explain things. I don’t know when I’ll be back. IF I’ll be back. I’m not sure of anything, except that I love you, Ever. You’re my twin, my best friend, and leaving you was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I know you don’t understand. Maybe you never will. I hope you don’t, honestly. It would be easier that way...Categorized as:
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![Afraid to Fall by W. Ferraro]()
Afraid to Fall by W. Ferraro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJaded and hardened by the ultimate of betrayals, Clearwater Falls Sheriff Gage Dennison is content with his simple, detached life. With only his loyal dog at his side, Gage has successfully maintained the walls he's built around his life and heart for eight years... -
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![Sweet Trouble by Susan Mallery]()
Sweet Trouble by Susan Mallery
Jesse Keyes has done some serious growing up. With a steady job and a vibrant four-year-old son, Gabe, she's in a far better place than when she left Seattle five years ago... pregnant and misunderstood by almost everyone in her life. Now it's time to go home and face her demons. But her sisters, Claire and Nicole, aren't exactly impressed with the new and improved Jesse...Categorized as:
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![In Deep by Kella McKinnon]()
In Deep by Kella McKinnon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrielle What would you do if you met a man that made you burn like wildfire from the inside out? Burn so hot that with one touch you forgot to breathe? And if you knew that he had dangerous secrets? Would you be able to walk away? I couldn’t. As strong as I know I am, I kept going back for more of him...Categorized as:
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![Anything But Mine by Linda Winfree]()
Anything But Mine by Linda Winfree
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill her need to do the right thing cost them everything? Book Four of the Hearts of the South series. Public Defender Autry Holton, honor-bound to defend an accused serial killer, is in a “shunned if she does, disbarred if she doesn’t” position. To complicate matters, she’s pregnant and hasn’t yet told her ex-lover he’s the father. The reason? She’s pretty sure he won’t want the baby...Categorized as:
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![Reason to Believe by Kathleen Eagle]()
Reason to Believe by Kathleen Eagle
Young lovers from starkly different lives and worlds, Clara and Ben Pipestone came together in passion and in tenderness. But their marriage could not endure deception - or the betrayals of a tormented, searching soul...Categorized as:
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![Checkmate With Bishop by J. A. Hornbuckle]()
Checkmate With Bishop by J. A. Hornbuckle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was convinced he was dying, slowly wasting from the same disease that took both his father and grandfather’s lives. So Bishop began to take the necessary steps to wrap up his life, trying to gain closure in every area. Especially in regard to his ex-wife, Dory. A woman who left him when he’d just been a lowly recruit in the Hellion Motorcycle Club... -
![The Procedure by Tabatha Vargo, Melissa Andrea]()
The Procedure by Tabatha Vargo, Melissa Andrea
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSAMANTHA ALDRIDGE I went to his office expecting to change myself. I wanted to be someone else—look like the girls my husband was spending his nights with, but I got a different kind of procedure… one that left me wanting things I shouldn’t and seeing myself in a new light. Now everything I thought I wanted doesn’t matter anymore, and Dr. Roman is all I can think about...Categorized as:
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![Wings of a Dove by Elaine Barbieri]()
Wings of a Dove by Elaine Barbieri
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsORPHAN TRAIN On the harrowing train ride from the slums and tenements of New York City to the wide-open farmland of Michigan, Allie Pierce and Delaney Marsh formed a bond that no one could break. Traveling to find a new life of opportunity and adventure in the heartland, the two orphans uncovered their hearts' only desire... -
![King of Nothing by Jacie Lennon]()
King of Nothing by Jacie Lennon
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s the one thing he wants nothing—and everything—to do with.CorbinI’m one of the kings at Almadale Prep.I act the part, put on the mask, do my duty.But lies and betrayal aren’t a game to me, no matter how well my fellow kings play.So, when Landry arrives, invading my life and my thoughts, I try to forget her...Categorized as:
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![A Lost Love by Carole Mortimer]()
A Lost Love by Carole Mortimer
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe 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... -
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Brutal King by Nikita.
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBLURBWINTERMason King...Brutal, cold and so filled with hate.Hate for what? The simple answer is ME.Our families have hated each other for years, or at least that’s what I used to think.But us? We didn’t care because we were in love.That is until he saw what they wanted him to see.We went from soulmates to enemies in a matter of minutes.Once upon a time, I loved Mason with every fibre of my being...Categorized as:
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![After The Music by Diana Palmer]()
After The Music by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt all started as a joke. Sabina was only pretending to be engaged to her best friend, millionaire Al Thordon. Al had talked her into this scheme as a way to trick his older brother, Thorn. Al had no choice but to lie. And to make Sabina his accomplice.Sabina thought that it would be for just one night. When Thorn accused her of being a gold digger, Sabina just laughed it off...Categorized as:
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![Champagne Girl by Diana Palmer]()
Champagne Girl by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCatherine makes plans and Matt always bursts her bubbles. That's the way it has been ever since her father died and Matt inherited the family's sprawling Texas ranch. He controls her money and tries to control her life. But the time has come to make her break from the ranch and from Matt. The perfect job awaits Catherine in New York and she's going to take it...Categorized as:
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![Broke, a Secret Baby Romance by Alexandria Hunt]()
Broke, a Secret Baby Romance by Alexandria Hunt
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 13 ratings99 cent release price, it will go up within the week...get it now, folks! The first full length standalone HEA sexy story from the Queen of Short and Dirty, Olivia Hawthorne. Join me on my new journey as Alexandria Hunt! Tennyson: He threw mud in my hair in third grade, and from that moment on, Chase Evans and I were inseparable... -
![Loving Glory by Joleen James]()
Loving Glory by Joleen James
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe citizens of Fortune, WA are shocked when former town bad boy Jace Stone buys the small town. Everyone wonders how Jace can come back, especially after getting Fortune’s golden girl Glory Moon pregnant, then leaving her alone to raise their autistic son. No one is more shocked than Jace when he discovers that Glory kept the baby she’d promised to give up for adoption ten years ago... -
![The King's Hidden Heir by Sharon Kendrick]()
The King's Hidden Heir by Sharon Kendrick
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe’s claimed his throne. Now he will claim his son! A new royal romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Sharon Kendrick.What’s a king…Without an heir?Emerald Baker was a checkroom attendant when she spent one mind-blowing night with a prince...Categorized as:
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![The Girl in Seat 24B by Jennifer Peel]()
The Girl in Seat 24B by Jennifer Peel
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne red eye flight and ten years of marriage later, Carly Bishop had what she considered a practically perfect life. Her journalist husband and her two adorable children were everything to her. But soon she would find out that her dream life didn't fall in line with her husband's expectations...Categorized as:
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![Forbidden by Danielle Jamie, Kayla Robichaux]()
Forbidden by Danielle Jamie, Kayla Robichaux
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew York Times & USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author Danielle Jamie brings you a hot new Stepbrother series that has readers falling in love with Linc & Raven around the world! *Warning* This book contains content only suitable for readers 18+ due to a dirty talking, sexier than sin stepbrother also known as Forbidden... -
![Nickolas by Kathi S. Barton]()
Nickolas by Kathi S. Barton
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNickolas Grant doesn't know what to do when he finally realizes that he needs Morgan Becky for more than just his secretary. He doesn't trust her... not with his love not even his friendship. Morgan has not had an easy life and finds it difficult to trust others. She needs to get her life in order, not fall for her handsome boss with a stiff spine and foul temper... -
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Gypsy by Carole Mortimer
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTHEY'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... -
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His Best Man's Baby by Tressie Lockwood
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOctavia "Tae" Croft called it quits with Daniel Elliott three years ago after he asked her to marry him. She didn't believe they were right for each other. Daniel wanted to start a family, and Tae wanted to focus on her career. In fact, Tae wasn't sure if she ever wanted to have children... -
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![Angel's Rest by Emily March]()
Angel's Rest by Emily March
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWelcome to Eternity Springs, a little piece of heaven in the Colorado Rockies. Gabriel Callahan has lost everything that mattered. All he wants is solitude on an isolated mountain estate. Instead, he gets a neighbor. Vibrant, no-nonsense Nic Sullivan is Eternity Springs' veterinarian, and she has an uncanny plan to lure this talented architect back to the world of the living...Categorized as:
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![Some Enchanted Season by Marilyn Pappano]()
Some Enchanted Season by Marilyn Pappano
Sometimes miracles do happen. When Maggie left her husband Ross that fateful Christmas Eve, their marriage was over. But a near fatal accident on an ice-slick road changed everything. Now another Christmas approaches. While Maggie hasn't regained all her memory, she's ready to test her strength at home--with Ross as her only companion...Categorized as:
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![The Taming by Cary West]()
The Taming by Cary West
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was a one night stand kind of guy… She was a forever kind of girl. Kate Harris was starting over. After a failed marriage, she was leaving Santa Cruz and moving to Virginia City to work on the fifty acre horse ranch before taking a teaching position in the fall. She needed to find herself again, but that was before she met the wild stallion, Black Thunder, and the overbearing Jack McBride...Categorized as:
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![Falling for King's Fortune by Maureen Child]()
Falling for King's Fortune by Maureen Child
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAccording to airline tycoon Jackson King, business always triumphed over romance, and babies were best appreciated from afar. That was, until the beautiful stranger with whom he'd shared a mind-blowing tryst revealed he had fathered her baby daughter. If Casey Davis thought she could drop a bombshell like that and just disappear, she didn't know Jackson... -
![The Change in Di Navarra's Plan by Lynn Raye Harris]()
The Change in Di Navarra's Plan by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe scent of success It’s been a long time since aspiring perfumer Holly Craig naively gave in to the practised charms and false promises of playboy Drago Di Navarra. Now, as the face of his next cosmetics campaign, Holly will prove she’s a more than worthy adversary for the intoxicating CEO… On the surface Drago is the epitome of precision and power... -
![His Billion Dollar Baby by Lea Nolan]()
His Billion Dollar Baby by Lea Nolan
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBurned by love and grieving over his brother’s death, sexy billionaire CEO Carter Anderson wants nothing more than to protect his family...Categorized as:
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![The Savakis Mistress by Annie West]()
The Savakis Mistress by Annie West
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom society queen... Only hours ago she was a tempting stranger. Now Damon Savakis knows who she really is - Callie Manolis, society ice-queen and duplicitous niece of his arch enemy… ...to his unwilling mistress! Yet when Callie's avaricious uncle loses the Manolis money, she is at Damon's mercy and is forced to become the Savakis mistress... -
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Homestands by Sally Bradley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA broken marriage. A fatherless boy. A past that won't let go. When baseball star Mike Connor stumbles across his ex-wife six years after their divorce, he’s stunned to find that she's the mother of a kindergartner who wears his jersey. And shares his last name. The last thing Meg Connor wants is to be around Mike. After all, he was the one who hurt and abandoned her... -
![The Man She Loves To Hate by Kelly Hunter]()
The Man She Loves To Hate by Kelly Hunter
Three reasons to keep away from Cole Rees...1. My mom had a scorching affair with his dad--just think how awkward that "meet the family" would be... 2. His arrogance drives me mad--he might be a gorgeous billionaire, but I hate how he knows it! 3. Every time he touches me I go up in flames...and it's utterly terrifying... -
![The Fourth Child by C.J. Carmichael]()
The Fourth Child by C.J. Carmichael
From the outside Claire Ridgeway looks like she has it all—a handsome, successful husband, three young, healthy daughters, a beautiful home in Toronto and a cottage in Lake Country. But Claire knows there are fissures in her marriage that could threaten everything. Even so, she’s shocked when Kirk announces he’s in love with another woman...Categorized as:
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![Enamored by Diana Palmer]()
Enamored by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDiego Laremos had never forgotten the last night he'd spent with Melissa Sterling five years before. She'd fled their home after a bitter dispute, hoping to escape their unhappy marriage. He hadn't forgiven her for leaving, though he'd hated himself even more for driving her away...Categorized as:
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![An Arabian Courtship by Lynne Graham]()
An Arabian Courtship by Lynne Graham
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPolly didn't expect to be happy Family loyalty and the knowledge that her love for Chris would never be returned led Polly to accept marriage to Prince Raschid, heir to a desert kingdom. The problems she thought she'd face were practical ones--such as how she'd adjust to life in a very different culture... -
![Expectant Bride by Lynne Graham]()
Expectant Bride by Lynne Graham
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA wedding, a baby... but what about love? Ellie Morgan hoped to buy the bookshop where she worked, so evenings she moonlighted as a cleaner at Alexiakis International... Until she overheard Dio Alexiakis discussing a top-secret deal, and he insisted that Ellie was an industrial spy! Ellie was unnerved by her confrontation with Dio Alexiakis. However, Dio knew just how he would deal with her...Categorized as:
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![The Way Home by Linda Howard]()
The Way Home by Linda Howard
Three classic, heartwarming stories about belly bumps, babies and baby daddies!The Way Home by Linda HowardAnna Sharp risked her heart on a man who told her upfront he would never be more than her lover. But when Saxon Malone learned she was pregnant with his child, he found himself suddenly a father…and wanting more of Anna than he had ever imagined possible... -
![Christakis's Rebellious Wife by Lynne Graham]()
Christakis's Rebellious Wife by Lynne Graham
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNine months to save their marriage! Nik Christakis had once been her Prince Charming, the indecently rich and devilishly handsome tycoon who took Betsy away from her life as a waitress and did the unimaginable—made her his wife! But married life wasn't the fantasy she'd envisioned... -
![Prisoner of Passion by Lynne Graham]()
Prisoner of Passion by Lynne Graham
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsP for predator,P for passionate,P for prey! These words came to mind when Bella thought of Rico da Silva. The international financier was definitely a predator-hadn't he pounced when her defenses were down? Passionate? Their lovemaking had certainly been that-when Bella was inadvertantly caught up in Rico's kidnapping. And now she was Rico's prey; he was determined to seduce her once more...Categorized as:
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