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  • 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...
  • Mountain Daddy's Fate: A Mountain Man's Baby, Second Chance Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Daddy's Fate: A Mountain Man's Baby, Second Chance Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "A secret this BIG is what broke us in the first place. ". Three things I know about Eli:. 1. I broke his heart over a decade ago. 2. The reason I left him was. unspeakable. . A secret I've kept hidden all these years. 3. Even though I'm engaged to another man I'm still madly in love with. him. . How is this my life! ?! Eli's about to receive the biggest shock of his life...
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  • Bourbon Wishes  by Nichole Rose

    Bourbon Wishes by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He prefers his bourbon neat and his social media manager on her knees. Bastian. If you aren't helping catapult my family's vineyard to success, you're in my way. I don't have the time or patience for problems. .. and the gorgeous little social media manager my cousins just hired is a big problem. Constance Maverick pushes every button I have, and she does it with a smile on her face...
  • 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...
  • 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. .
  • Cruel Romeo by Naomi West

    Cruel Romeo by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My husband would kill me if he knew who I really was. Thank God he doesn’t. … Right? I've spent years hiding from my mafia past. Then I accidentally walk into the wrong room at the wrong time. And lock eyes with Petyr Gubarev—the man who's about to become the pakhan of my family's biggest rival. I run. Duh. But Petyr needs a wife—immediately—to claim his throne...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    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...
  • The Sin Trilogy Bundle by Georgia Cates

    The Sin Trilogy Bundle by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    The Sin Trilogy is now available in a single volume. A NECESSARY SIN:. I’ve watched him from afar for years. And he has no idea. I take joy in that. Through my observations, I’ve learned what makes this charming villain tick. Whisky. Power. Beautiful women. And Sex. Lots of it. Sometimes you must get into bed with the enemy for the greater good...
  • The Rage of Reading by Elizabeth N. Harris

    The Rage of Reading by Elizabeth N. Harris

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was everything people avoided. Shy, socially awkward, terrified of her own shadow and far too happy in her own company. He was a prospect, not a full brother but he was interested, and in more than one night. Then another brother tells him to lay claim or he will. If a brother lays claim to her it's done and dusted, finished. He was only a prospect...
  • Paradise/Tender Triumph by Judith McNaught

    Paradise/Tender Triumph by Judith McNaught

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Two of her most emotionally powerful novels. .. .
  • The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

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

    Gunner by Rebecca Joyce

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sarah~. I am the only daughter of Beth and Mike Brewer (the town of Rosewood’s only coffee shop owners) and I have been in love with Cord ‘Gunner’ Montclair since my parents moved to Rosewood, Virginia. The problem? The beautiful man is eighteen years older than me and refuses to give me the time of day. To make matters worse, my father has openly threatened to kill Gunner if he even looks at me...
  • Nashville Lights by Julie Capulet

    Nashville Lights by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Roxie. Nate Boone. My brother’s best friend and the country boy I had a serious crush on all those years ago when we were both just kids. A lot has happened since then but a part of me never really moved on. Who am I kidding, all of me never moved on...
  • 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  audiobook
  • Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 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...
  • The Proposal by Brenda Jackson

    The Proposal by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
  • 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...
  • Dash by Fiona Davenport

    Dash by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Brynn Thomas desperately needed a job and jumped at the chance to work for the cleaning company owned by Dallas "Dash" Smith. But she never expected to find her boss cleaning up a crime scene. Or to be swept off her feet by him. The men of the Silver Saints MC moved fast when they found the women meant to be theirs. Dash was no exception. They’d also do anything to keep their women safe...
  • Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels

    Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Search and Rescue Coordinator, Max Cooper, has heard the mountain’s call. Now he’s returned to his birthplace to see whether the Moose Mountain legend is true for him, just like it has been for his brothers and cousins. He doesn’t expect it to literally hit him in the back of the head though...
  • Taken by a Trillionaire by Melody Anne, Ruth Cardello

    Taken by a Trillionaire by Melody Anne, Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 22 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...
  • His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I was always the good girl, until I met Quinn…. What do a law student and a smuggler have in common? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So I should leave the straight-laced, curvy Coraline alone. But I can’t. I’m no good for her. Every minute she spends with me, she’s risking her career, her future. I should let her go. But I can’t. My need to have her, to possess her, drives me to complete selfishness...
  • Resisting Romeo by Melanie Shawn

    Resisting Romeo by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stand-alone Steamy Weekends romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way! Juliette Pierce. As a type-A planner, I lived my life by lists. I thrived off of completing projects. Yet, one task had eluded me. I was still a virgin. With a milestone birthday right around the corner, my status was looming over me like a dark cloud...
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • His Hush-Hush Baby - A Billionaire's Secret Baby Romance by Holly Rayner

    His Hush-Hush Baby - A Billionaire's Secret Baby Romance by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ”Billionaire, charmer, hottie. .. crook? By the time I found out, I was already pregnant. Now I’ve got to keep my feelings a secret, along with my baby! ”. Diane Johansen has enough on her plate without worrying about finding a guy. As a professional artist whose work leaves her with little time for anything else, all thoughts of pursuing a love besides art seem far away...
  • Savage Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Savage Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about forbidden love and the lengths a cowboy will go to for the woman he loves. Amanda. I might be young and naïve, but I’m not stupid enough to fall in love with my family’s enemy. You know that old story about the Hatfields and McCoys? Well, in our case, we’re the McCoys and they’re the Bryants...
  • 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. But now I’m getting five more! HER:. My boss isn’t quite as unavailable as he claims,. He’s not actually a family man at all,. And he needs to hire a family of his own if he’s going to close the biggest deal of his life;...
  • Virgin for the Prince (Taken By A Trillionaire) by J. S. Scott

    Virgin for the Prince (Taken By A Trillionaire) by J. S. Scott

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They’re at it again! J. S. Scott, Ruth Cardello, and Melody Anne come together for another royal novella trilogy. This is the second novella of a three novella set. Check the dates below for release dates on the first and third novella. Escape with three new princes as only these NYT’s bestselling authors could write them. Virgin for the Trillionaire: Ruth Cardello (April 25, 2017)...
    Categorized as:
    virgin heroine  contemporary  royalty
  • Mason (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Hope Ford

    Mason (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s a scarred, gruff, military man that wants to be left alone. But he’s also a man that will step up when he needs to. When his mother tells him and his brothers they have to marry to save Snow Valley, he figures he’ll do it. He’ll get married, save the town and then get divorced. But then he met his wife...
  • Perfect by Delaney Diamond

    Perfect by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Does the end justify the means? Cyrus Johnson is rich, powerful, and used to getting his way. When his estranged wife shows up at his office demanding a divorce once and for all, he not only refuses, he makes a demand of his own...
  • Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can. .. I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse...
  • 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...
  • Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aurora Dawson loved helping happy couples have their perfect wedding and happily ever after. Even if she never found one for herself. When a divorce office opened shop right next to her, she was livid that someone would help tear apart the couples she brought together...
  • Hot Man's Secret Baby Romance Series Box Set by Tiffany Foss, Mia Brown

    Hot Man's Secret Baby Romance Series Box Set by Tiffany Foss, Mia Brown

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For 2 days only get the entire Hot Man's Secret Baby Romance Series on KU. Hot Man's Single Mom’s Secret Baby. Hot Bodyguard’s Secret Baby. Hot Rockstar’s Secret Baby. Hot Priest’s Secret Baby. All have an HEA and were previously released as separate books.
    Categorized as:
    secret child  contemporary  humor  sports
  • Her Hometown Hero by Melody Anne

    Her Hometown Hero by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dr. Spence is searching for the perfect woman…but how will he know when he’s found her? From New York Times bestselling author Melody Anne, the second steamy romance in a new breakout series based on her beloved and bestselling Billionaire novels. In the bestselling books Billionaire Wins the Game , Hidden Treasure , and The Billionaire’s Marriage Proposal , among others, we met the Andersons...
  • 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...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air...
  • 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...
  • Love in Provence by Jo Thomas

    Love in Provence by Jo Thomas

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Escape to the beautiful lavender fields of Provence this summer. Del moved to the south of France three years ago and hasn’t looked back. She’s found new friends, new purpose, and new love with gorgeous Fabien. But just as harvest on her little lavender farm is due to begin, Del gets some shocking news...
  • Swan by Lila Rose, Becky Johnson

    Swan by Lila Rose, Becky Johnson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Brought up in the world of motorcycle clubs, Swan Daniels is the shy, quiet princess of Hawks who loves her simple life of reading and working at the library. She’s content. Happy even. She doesn’t want anything to change. Until it does. Tragedy strikes. And Swan’s world darkens in a way she’s never experienced before...
  • 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...
  • The Proposition by Amelia Wilde

    The Proposition by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Retribution (verb): inflict hurt on someone for an injury or wrong. Vengeance. It runs through Mason Hill's veins. Except the person who walks through his office door isn't his enemy. It's the man's daughter. Charlotte Van Kempt tempts the worst part of him. He wants to use her. He forms a new plan for revenge. .. He'll take out every past hurt and dark memory on her sweet body...
  • 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...
  • Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can two strangers make that lovin' feelin' last? Three months after a first date that ended in a night of explosive passion, Caress Coleman and Julius Jones find themselves somewhere between roommates with benefits and true love. She's smart, beautiful, and one paycheck away from broke. He's smart, handsome, and very successful. But that's just the beginning of their differences. . .
  • Holding Her in Madness by Kimber S. Dawn

    Holding Her in Madness by Kimber S. Dawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leo's Story of loving A Woman Gone Mad. Fuck first love. Fuck fate. And Fuck You. I'm Leo and this is my side of the story. This is where I came from, where I've been, and where I'm at. .. this is the story of a man that loved A Woman Gone Mad...
  • Reaching For Normal by Jemi Fraser

    Reaching For Normal by Jemi Fraser

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a childhood spent in hospitals and foster homes, Myla’s freelance adventure writing suits her perfectly. A couple of weeks trying out new things then move on. Now, if she can only get her guide to all things winter interested in helping her lose her V-card. Sawyer’s lost his parents, his SEAL team, and his legendary Spidey senses...
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