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  • Finding Ashlyn by Susan Stoker

    Finding Ashlyn by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Friends with benefits. That’s all Ashlyn wanted with Slate. They were certainly combustible in the bedroom, and that was sufficient…wasn’t it? Yes, definitely. He was too bossy. Too protective. She didn’t want someone hovering, wanting to know her every move and telling her she was too reckless. But then again, knowing someone cared enough to worry about her felt kind of nice...
  • I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    While everyone in the family is finding love and starting families, Chad Berotte feels like his life is at a standstill. His job is stressful as ever because of an issue that reaches back over ten years, and his past situations regarding love have affected him negatively, losing his mother being the main one...
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  • These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

    These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Some lines should never be crossed...In the heart of Paris, Chiara Conti is a Queen trapped in an Ivory Tower of haute couture, fortune and lovelessness. Lonely and dejected, she’s longing for inspiration, for direction, for understanding.When Vi Courtenay falls at her feet, losing her shoe like a veritable Cinderella, events are set in motion that will unravel their carefully fashioned lives...
  • Wild Side by Lacey Black

    Wild Side by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    JamesonLast man standing. I’ve watched all three of my friends fall in love with no desire to ever follow in their footsteps. Collectively, we own the hottest restaurant, bar, and brewery in town. They are a few of the places I find peace, a refuge against this cruel world. When I’m on the stage playing music, everything just seems to fade away.Until I saw her...
  • Tangle by Adriana Locke

    Tangle by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Sparks fly between a die-hard romantic and a sexy cynic in this fresh, funny romance from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke. That cream-filled, caramel-topped doughnut should have been hers. Still, Haley Raynor can’t deny that the pastry thief with the dreamy blue eyes looks even more delicious...
  • Bayside Fantasies by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Fantasies by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone steamy romance novels featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They’re fun, flirty, flawed, and easy to relate to. In USA Today bestseller BAYSIDE FANTASIES..
  • A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

    A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Mia Winchell has synesthesia, the mingling of perceptions whereby a person can see sounds, smell colors, or taste shapes. Forced to reveal her condition, she must look to herself to develop an understanding and appreciation of her gift in this coming-of-age novel...
  • Four Weddings and a Swamp Boat Tour by Erin Nicholas

    Four Weddings and a Swamp Boat Tour by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s been proposed to five times. Five. She even said yes to one of them. And then broke his heart when she called it off. Not to mention her mother’s heart. And her grandmother’s. And his mother’s. And…you get the picture. Paige Asher has now officially sworn off all dating. Diamonds give her hives.All she wants is to be a yoga-doing, cat-collecting, vegetarian in peace...
  • Secretly Hers by Jamie Beck

    Secretly Hers by Jamie Beck

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    On her thirty-first birthday, hopeless romantic Kelsey Callihan has all but given up on happily ever afters, which is why she agrees to a risqué proposition from Sterling Canyon’s notorious playboy, backcountry skier Trip Lexington. After all, every girl needs a little fun, and with Trip, there are no mixed signals or risks of a broken heart...
  • Clarity by Nicole Dykes

    Clarity by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rhys I’m an addict. I’ve been abused, and I’ve been the abuser. My entire life has been a blur, filled with misery and anguish. I’m trying my best to stay clean and lucid even when my world feels dark. Now, I have to stay away from the woman who makes everything murky and complicated.BlairI’ve always been a toy for others to use...
  • Defying Our Forever by Claudia Y. Burgoa

    Defying Our Forever by Claudia Y. Burgoa

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    USA TODAY Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa delivers a funny, heartfelt, sometimes angsty romantic comedy where love begins anew. Fresh out of Vet school, I married Pierce Aldridge. Gorgeous, sexy, and smart. He’s a philanthropist with a heart of gold, or so I thought.After a while he became distant, self-centered, and callous. The man I married disappeared before my eyes...
  • Dangerous Fling by Crystal Kaswell

    Dangerous Fling by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He's her rock star crush, her go-to fantasy, and he's offering to make all her dreams come true... Rock star Malcolm Strong is used to being in control. Of the band. Of his feelings. Of the woman he has tied to his bed. He never gets close enough to get hurt. He never wants to. Until Lacey. The sassy brunette is working on the band's latest music video...
  • Bourbon and Bluebells by S.J. McCoy

    Bourbon and Bluebells by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bentley Dupont has been the hardworking, conscientious, and dependable COO of DuPont Wineries for his whole adult life. Now, his mom’s stepped down as CEO, and Bentley’s stepped up. He’s having more fun at work - and it’s about time he had some fun outside of work.Alyssa Lloyd’s life is in a state of flux. She has some big decisions to make...
  • Saving the Game: A Fake Relationship Sports Romance by Susan Renee

    Saving the Game: A Fake Relationship Sports Romance by Susan Renee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Has this ever happened to you?You’re minding your own business after the game, buying drinks at the bar for your teammates when you overhear a woman talking on the phone. You don’t know her, but she’s telling her mother she’s in a serious relationship with you. You decide to play along and ask her when you get to meet the parents...
  • Doctor of the Heart by Grace Maxwell

    Doctor of the Heart by Grace Maxwell

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s a billionaire doctor with a supportive family. I’m an artist who can’t keep a day-job while taking care of my little sister. We’re opposites in every way.My BFF and I are going out to meet men. Lots of men!I’ve been focused on other more important things, but when my best friend insists we do something fun, I give in. It’s been a long time...
  • From Ice To Flames by A.M. Hargrove

    From Ice To Flames by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One Rule: No More Men. Two years ago I walked away from a marriage I thought would last forever and all I got from it was Dick … And I don’t mean the one between my stupid ex’s legs. I’m talking about the one hundred fifty pound furry dog said ex dropped off at my doorstep. But I’d take Dick over any man, any day...
  • The Scramble by Kristen Proby

    The Scramble by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    There are two things you need to know about me. 1: I’m never late. And 2: I hate Christmas. Yes, I’m a girl who hates the holidays.My entire, enormous family is already enjoying their holiday vacation in Iceland, but thanks to my busy job and having to meet them there, I’m late...
  • How to Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely, Joe Arden

    How to Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely, Joe Arden

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A sexy standalone romance written by #1 NYT Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely and Award-Winning Romance Narrator Joe Arden! Every man knows there are lines you don't cross. Like this one -- don't bang your boss's little sister.Too bad I didn't know sexy, clever, irresistible London is related to the guy who signs my paychecks...
  • Where We Found Our Heart by Natasha Bishop

    Where We Found Our Heart by Natasha Bishop

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    IsaiahI had my chance at a family and it was stolen from me. I was told I was a joke, so that’s just what I’ll be. But then she gives me news that turns my whole life upside down. Nina Williams is my second chance at a family and she might just be the missing key to my heart. I just need to prove to her I’m not the joke I pretend to be...
  • Meet Dare by D.E. Haggerty

    Meet Dare by D.E. Haggerty

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All it takes to change everything is an enraged woman and a dare…Love is not for me. Nope. I don’t deserve it, so I keep far, far away from relationships.Archer – a drifter who won’t stick around – is perfect for me. I can touch those sexy broad shoulders and stare into those smoldering hazel eyes to my heart’s content.Except, it turns out Archer isn’t Archer at all. He’s Cedar...
  • Sure Shot by Kat Mizera

    Sure Shot by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Fort Lauderdale... where the days are hot and the Knights are hotter!I gave up everything for hockey… even my chance at love. But relocating to Florida to be the starting goalie for the Lauderdale Knights is still the best decision I’d ever made. I have everything… except someone to share it with...
  • Van by Kat Mizera

    Van by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Temptation could destroy everything he’d spent his career building…Professional hockey player Jean-Michel Vander is living the dream…. And the Las Vegas strip is a long way from the small town in Quebec where he grew up. He works hard but he plays harder, especially in the off-season. The sexy redhead he spots doing a striptease in a Paris nightclub is all kinds of fun...
  • When We Dare by J.H. Croix

    When We Dare by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A brand new, swoony small town firefighter series from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!What could go wrong when my brother’s best friend becomes my roommate? I’m about to find out.When I met Hudson Fox, I drove over his crutches. Way to go, girl. My hormones think this hotshot firefighter is all that and then some.My hormones have a terrible track record...
  • Sprinkled in the Stars by Violet Morley

    Sprinkled in the Stars by Violet Morley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    AJ Beckett is just trying to get Parker, her seven-year-old autistic daughter, through life in one piece. As a paramedic, AJ puts others’ needs above her own; in her personal life, she keeps everyone an arm’s length away. That distance disappears when a chance run-in with actor Melanie Cooper leaves her sticky, angry, and fed up.Melanie Cooper has just signed her last movie...
  • Playing With Her by Tory Baker

    Playing With Her by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I always get what I want and what I want is Amelie. One month after leaving, my only thoughts were of the woman I left to protect. Thoughts of her consumed me night and day, pushing me to work harder and faster in order to have her back in my arms. The need to protect her from my own blood, a father who would ruin me and anyone that means anything to me in order to further his political career...
  • Love and Pancakes by Lacey Black

    Love and Pancakes by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marissa Grayson’s dream went up in smoke. A devastating fire has ripped apart her family’s bed and breakfast, leaving her off-kilter and scrambling to repair the damage. What she doesn’t need, or have time for, is Rhenn Burleski. Sexy, confident, and dangerous to her heart. A man who clearly knows his way around the female body and will leave the moment the sheets start to cool...
  • Love on Display by Dana LeCheminant

    Love on Display by Dana LeCheminant

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They’re sworn enemies. They also happen to be incredibly attracted to one another.After bonding at a half-marathon, rival gym owners Cam and Kailani discover the person they thought could be their soulmate turns out to be the reason their respective businesses are failing...
  • Friends with Benefactors by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov

    Friends with Benefactors by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    PenelopeHaving grown up the baby sister to four brothers and with a dude for a best friend, I know how to read men like the back of my hand.But when I have a sexy make-out session with Beckham, my best friend, all my intuition about men goes out the window...
  • Inked Persuasion by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Persuasion by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a steamy new series. Years ago, Annabelle Montgomery married not for love but for a promise of hope. When she lost him weeks later, she told herself she never needed those sentiments again...
  • The Roommate Route by Mariah Dietz

    The Roommate Route by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Author Mariah Dietz Delivers a delicious and page-turning, forced-proximity, found family, standalone sports romance you don't want to miss!Nolan Payne, wide receiver for the Camden Knights is equal parts impulsive and reckless, and utterly addictive.He’s also my new roommate.My orderly existence implodes when Nolan proposes…. a situation...
  • Off Track: A surprise baby, football romance by Chelle Sloan

    Off Track: A surprise baby, football romance by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby carriage. I have wished for that saying to come true every day of my life. But that’s not my reality.Here is my version: First comes the blind date with an incredibly sexy football coach. Then comes the friends with benefits that you know is so wrong but you don’t care because it feels so right. Then comes the unexpected baby carriage...
  • Mr. Fixit by Lauren Landish

    Mr. Fixit by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    He's good with more than just his hands.   I’ve known Caleb Strong for over a year. We have a special kind of friendship—we make crude comments, double entendres, and tease each other mercilessly. But we’ve never crossed that line. We’re  just friends . Until we start working together to renovate my childhood home...
  • To Whom It May Concern by A.M. Johnson

    To Whom It May Concern by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    To whom it may concern, I can't be sure what you're into, that being said, if you like sexy and sweet romance with a whole lot of quirk, keep reading...Ever since Clay Saxon's parents passed away a year ago, he's been stuck in a rut, running their business, and suffering from the worst writer's block ever...
  • No Strings by Gerri Hill

    No Strings by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 24 ratings
    One mistake leads to a year of exile... Used to the busy playground of Winter Park, police chief Reese Daniels is shipped off to sleepy Lake City, Colorado. She takes the job of sheriff seriously, but is clear to one and all: this year is just a blip in her life. When it's done, she's gone. Forest Ranger M. Z. Morgan has lived in Lake City long enough to be considered a local...
  • Forever in Cape May by Jennifer Probst

    Forever in Cape May by Jennifer Probst

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What happens when friends become lovers? Not what a wedding planner plans in a novel of unexpected romance by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.Taylor Sunshine and Pierce Powers vowed to keep things platonic. They already have the best of each other: loyalty, friendship, and trust...
  • Where Bad Girls Go to Fall by Holly Renee

    Where Bad Girls Go to Fall by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    From the author of Where Good Girls Go to Die, comes the second book of the Good Girls Series that readers are calling "everything you could possibly want and need in a romance novel that sucks you in cover to cover." -Enamored Reads Nothing good came from listening to my heart. It was careless and irrational and became way too invested when I read a romance novel...
  • Awkward Love by Riley Hart

    Awkward Love by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    JamesonBeing a twenty-two-year-old virgin was not on my list of life goals. I don't know how it happened. Well...I never date, dedicate all my time to college, and I'm awkward with a capital A around hot guys--okay, so I know exactly how it happened. When my best friends come up with a plan to make the most of this summer before grad school, I'm all for it...
  • British Banger by Jennifer Woodhull

    British Banger by Jennifer Woodhull

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    British accents should come with a warning label. When they’re attached to deep, baritone voices that belong to sexy, cocky men, you should have to sign a waiver.Most people wouldn’t touch short-term rental properties, but since my business partner took off with my client list, I need every deal I can get. Enter, one insanely sexy and completely exasperating Camden Reid...
  • Under Pressure by Allie Winters

    Under Pressure by Allie Winters

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Mia knows stress. She’s dealt with it her whole life. So when she gets an opportunity to run a psychology study to help her get into grad school, it should be no problem dealing with the prickly guy she suddenly finds herself paired with.The one she had a secret crush on last year. The one who refuses to let anyone close...
  • A Mess of a Man by A.M. Hargrove

    A Mess of a Man by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From USA TODAY BESTSELLING authors of Cruel and Beautiful, A.M. Hargrove and Terri E. Laine bring a new full-length standalone New Adult Contemporary Romance. This novel includes mature content, not suitable for younger readers. (Rated R) Womanizer, Man Whore, Player, Heartbreaker are all familiar names Ben Rhoades has been called...
  • Tempt Me With Forever by Maria Luís

    Tempt Me With Forever by Maria Luís

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Never trust a bad boy. That's what Beauty Influencer Lizzie Danvers tells her YouTube subscribers after getting dumped on Instagram. Lizzie may have the devil's luck in choosing men, but she's determined to prove that the age-old "once a playboy, always a playboy" theory is bulletproof. All she needs is thirty days and one sexy commitment-phobe to do it..
  • The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley

    The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "You have too many rules.""And you don't have enough." Sebastian Moore thought he had it all. A drumming gig with one of the world’s biggest up-and-coming stars. The looks and charm to get him any woman he laid his eyes on. All the friends he could ever ask for. But something was always missing...
  • Playing with Fire by Tory Baker

    Playing with Fire by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A wife. Happily ever after. That was never in the cards for me, not with a past like mine. Everything changed when Millie entered my life. The no labels I demanded on our heated encounters became meaningless when she threatened to walk away. There’s only one thing a man can do when he realizes the woman he loves is going to leave forever.I have to fix not only myself, but our relationship...
  • Love Like No Other by Jenna Hartley

    Love Like No Other by Jenna Hartley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m secretly falling for Penny, but she has no idea who I really am. She came to my small town to get married and to be closer to her idol—her fellow romance author, Meghan Hart.But when Penny’s fiancé left her at the altar, she needed an escape. One I was more than willing to provide.It was supposed to be for one night, but it turned into something more. The problem?I’m Meghan Hart...
  • If It's Meant to Be by Lily Seabrooke

    If It's Meant to Be by Lily Seabrooke

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Some love stories just aren’t meant to be. And some people don’t care. While she’s lost in her biggest contract yet, freelance producer Emberlynn’s comfy small-town life gets turned upside-down by the arrival of her best friend Paisley’s older sister. Sleek, chic, impossibly cool and way more attractive than her friend’s sister has any right being, Aria is distracting—and off-limits...
  • Switch and Score by Dulcie Dameron

    Switch and Score by Dulcie Dameron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    When a sibling switch goes awry, blackmail is the only way out.Professional figure skater, Jude Forshtay, would do anything for his twin brother, Joel.But when Joel hurts himself, incurring an injury that could affect his future career plans, he asks the impossible of his twin: replace him on the Denver Dragons until Joel is able to play again...
  • Gravity by Mia Monroe

    Gravity by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was only meant to be a hookup. Until he became my coworker.Only I could ruin the hottest potential hookup ever. One look at the gorgeous ginger, and I was done for. I summoned every bit of courage I had, then panicked. As is my way. I managed to put it behind me until he became my new coworker. Now, every day is a reminder of my insecurities and what might have been...
  • Relentless by Adriana Locke

    Relentless by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I had to sneeze.”I should’ve taken her insurance information and driven off like any reasonable CEO with places to be would.She crashed into my car, for heaven’s sake. Because she had to sneeze.What did I do? I didn’t get in my car and drive away, if that’s what you’re thinking.Nope. I stuck around. I could suggest I stayed because she needed help, but the truth? She was really, really hot...
  • Blanket of Stars by K.K. Allen

    Blanket of Stars by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ll Cayson Bexley ever wanted was to fly…⁣Until a near-fatal crash clipped his wings, sending the injured military pilot back to his hometown and living right next door to me.⁣⁣From the moment our eyes meet, the attraction is undeniable...
  • Forever Inn Love by Erin Branscom

    Forever Inn Love by Erin Branscom

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SJ Reid isn’t the same bad-boy high school football player who abruptly left for the Army after graduation. He’s back, and he’s the hot new high school coach. I’m back in Freedom Valley after twelve years, ready to start my new career. As the new doctor in town, it’s my job to fix people, and fixing is what I do best, for other people that is. I have one simple rule: protect my heart at all costs...
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