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Inseparable by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsLiving with his best friend is about to kindle a fire… Don’t miss this reader favorite from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson. Living under Reese Madaris’s roof makes LaKenna James the envy of every woman in town. But Reese’s offer of a place to stay is strictly platonic—just until Kenna’s new condo is completed... -
![Let Me Free You by Alexandria House]()
Let Me Free You by Alexandria House
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNeil McClain is the screw-up, the one everyone hopes will win but expects to lose. He wants to live a better life, one that his late mother would be proud of, but his belief in himself is weak. Sage Moniba is in need of a major miracle or she’ll be forced to give up the only life she’s known. Neil is searching for freedom from the demons of his past. Sage is in desperate need of help... -
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![Tove: No Ordinary Love by Neyrey]()
Tove: No Ordinary Love by Neyrey
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes a father breaks your heart before a man ever has a chance to. This is the case for Tove. After she’s given to a dealer as a form of payment by the man who was supposed to protect her, Tove finds herself imprisoned and a servant to a man infatuated with her being... -
![Frozen Heart Face-Off by Siena Trap]()
Frozen Heart Face-Off by Siena Trap
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMy heart only beats for her.Four years ago, half of my heart walked out the door. The piece left behind has sat frozen in time—a time when our love was alive and thriving.I was luckier than most guys in the league. I met the girl of my dreams before I hit it big, and she stood by my side as my hockey career took off.She was my cheerleader, my best friend, my soulmate... -
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![Infinite by Corinne Michaels]()
Infinite by Corinne Michaels
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsBook 2 of 2 in Indefinite DuetI was right. I never should've fallen back in love with Quinn. I always knew we wouldn't make it. And to make matters worse, not only did I lose my soulmate--I lost myself as well. Everything was stripped away, leaving me bare and unable to breathe. No one told me it could hurt this much. I was unprepared for this level of agony from the horrible weight of grief...Categorized as:
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![Zane's Rebel by Loni Nichole]()
Zane's Rebel by Loni Nichole
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor once in his life, this strait-laced attorney is ready to throw caution to the wind. Too bad his sassy, rebellious soulmate refuses to take the risk.ZaneI take on the sassy-mouthed heiress’s case because she needs a good defense. She’s being sued by her father’s former business partner, who wants to destroy her. The odds in this small-town are stacked against her...Categorized as:
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![The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts]()
The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts
"Did you say I won almost two million dollars?" Running away from her former life and her controlling fiance, Darcy Wallace was down to her last ten dollars. And in the bright lights of a Las Vegas casino, Darcy gambled and won! Suddenly the small-town girl was big news - and in need of protection...Categorized as:
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![Trouble with the Guy Next Door by Holly Renee]()
Trouble with the Guy Next Door by Holly Renee
From the moment I met him, I knew he was trouble. He was reckless, cocky, and everything I shouldn't want. I had a life all figured out, and Tucker Moore was not a part of the plan. But somehow I slipped. One moment I had it all under control. The next I was spiraling around him, begging him for whatever he would give me. But as quickly as I fell for him, it all crumbled around us... -
![Ryker's Reward by Loni Nichole]()
Ryker's Reward by Loni Nichole
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKeeping his curvy spitfire in line will be this grumpy CIA agent's hardest mission yet.RykerWhen I requested a secure room at the Silver Spoon Falls Inn, I didn't realize it came with sassy commentary from the desk clerk. Nor did I think I'd enjoy the thought of spanking that attitude right out of her. But here we are anyway. Sight unseen, I'm already hooked on Francesca...Categorized as:
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![His Son's Ex by K.C. Crowne]()
His Son's Ex by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCrashing my ex’s wedding was for closure…Until his plastic bride called me fat in front of everyone.Three hundred witnesses. Dead silence.That's when the Mafia king put her in her place.Dante Bellacino.Devil in an Armani suit.My ex’s father.He shuts her up with a single look."Apologize," he growls.Then turns to me like I’m the last sin he’ll ever commit."You’re staying."I should run... -
![Snowed in with the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart]()
Snowed in with the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart
A stranded motorist might be the key to melting his icy heart.Since when does it snow on Thanksgiving?I've been away from my hometown in the mountains since college, but today, I'm traveling home to spend Thanksgiving with my grandmother. My little hatchback does a decent job climbing the mountain...until the halfway mark...Categorized as:
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![Her Giant Lumberjack by Clara King]()
Her Giant Lumberjack by Clara King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a seven-foot giant who feels like a beast.She’s a curvy beauty looking for her happily ever after.DukeLife isn’t easy when you look like a monster.With my scarred face and hulking frame, people see a freak, not a man.So I keep to myself, rarely leaving the safety of my workshop.Then Ariana walks into my life.She wants me to build her a bookcase. Sounds easy enough...Categorized as:
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![Sugar and Spice by Kat Baxter]()
Sugar and Spice by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll she wants is a weekend rendezvous…I love the small town I’m from. I love having so much extended family close by and I love my mail order chocolate company. But what what I don’t love is being everyone’s favorite aunt. It’s like being cock-blocked by the entire town...Categorized as:
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![If You Were Mine by Bella Andre]()
If You Were Mine by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsCan two people who have both sworn off love find forever in each other's arms? Find out in IF YOU WERE MINE, the fifth book in Bella Andre’s bestselling Sullivan family contemporary romance series. The last thing Zach Sullivan wants is to take care of his brother's new puppy for two weeks. Until he meets the dog trainer, that is...Categorized as:
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![Never Too Hot by Bella Andre]()
Never Too Hot by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA TOUCH IGNITES. A FIRE BURNS. AND THE HEAT HAS JUST BEGUN. Deep in the cool green mountains of the Adirondacks, wounded firefighter Connor MacKenzie has come to rebuild the 100-year-old MacKenzie family cabin - and to be alone...Categorized as:
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![A Lush Reunion by Selena Laurence]()
A Lush Reunion by Selena Laurence
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen years ago Lush bassist Colin Douglas met the love of his life. Then she broke his heart. Now, in a small Texas town, in the midst of the breakup of his band, Colin has found Marsha, and he has no idea what to do with her. Marsha O’Neill hasn’t had it easy. Since losing Colin nothing's gone right for this east Texas waitress—except for Sean, her six-year-old son... -
![Thawed by the Hot Hermit Mountain Man: A Steamy Curvy Girl Instalove Age Gap Romance by Raven Moon]()
Thawed by the Hot Hermit Mountain Man: A Steamy Curvy Girl Instalove Age Gap Romance by Raven Moon
She’s a city girl in a snowstorm. He’s a handsome hermit who can’t help but keep her warm.I rented this cabin for a week of relaxation, but a blizzard broke a window on my first night and nearly buried me. I might have died if the cabin’s hot owner didn’t get his rough hands on me before I froze…Wyatt is gruff, quiet, and downright the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen... -
![A New Year's Proposition: A billionaire age gap instalove romance by Olivia Sinclair]()
A New Year's Proposition: A billionaire age gap instalove romance by Olivia Sinclair
She's looking for a fresh start - he's offering forever...CoraSterling Grace is a billionaire with influence and connections (in addition to being panty-melting gorgeous and a decent guy). So of course I ask him for help after serving at his New Year's Eve bash. It's time for a fresh start - to put my local reputation behind me and make something of my life... -
![Her Forever Hero by Melody Anne]()
Her Forever Hero by Melody Anne
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGrowing up in a big adoptive family, gorgeous small-town attorney Cam has always had a life rich with love. But the one thing he’s missing is the perfect woman to grow old and raise a family with—and send sparks flying on those cold Montana nights! Still, Cam knows if it wasn’t for his caring parents and brothers, he wouldn’t be where he is today, so he tries to pay it forward whenever he can...Categorized as:
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![Rock Stars Do It by Jasinda Wilder]()
Rock Stars Do It by Jasinda Wilder
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***Enjoy all three of the Rock Stars Do It stories in one volume!*** Rock Stars Do It Harder Chase Delany is a rock star. Rock stars are expected to rock hard onstage and party even harder offstage. Chase is living up to those expectations, and then some. He leaves everything he's got onstage, and drowns the ache in his soul at the bottom of a tequila bottle. And then there are the girls.. -
![The Storm by Jean Johnson]()
The Storm by Jean Johnson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSixth book in the must-read series from a national bestselling ?fresh new voice in fantasy romance.?( Robin D. Owens) Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day?they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. Though no longer trapped in exile, their growing family faces new problems... -
![Over the Limit by K. Bromberg]()
Over the Limit by K. Bromberg
A forbidden, Formula 1 romance from New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg. You don’t mess around with a teammate’s ex. Ever. But that’s easier said than done when it comes to Blair Carmichael. She’s sexy, intelligent, gorgeous, and one hundred percent off-limits. And I’ve never fallen harder. But I can’t touch (when I most definitely want to)...Categorized as:
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![Your Love Is King by Adrienne Thompson]()
Your Love Is King by Adrienne Thompson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPlus sized divorced nurse and single mom, Marli Meadows, is tired of the monotonous rhythm of an unfulfilled life. She is seemingly stuck in a perpetual cycle of low self-esteem and bad decisions... -
![Stumbling Into Him by Molly O'Hare]()
Stumbling Into Him by Molly O'Hare
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA story that will have you laughing through every page... Holly has spent her whole life as a walking disaster, from running into walls, tripping over invisible objects, and always being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When a seemingly normal outing taking her overly opinionated Corgi for a walk resulted in an object to the face, she didn’t think her day could get any worse...Categorized as:
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![Rival Hearts by Hallie Bennett]()
Rival Hearts by Hallie Bennett
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe's her archnemesis. She's his secret obsession. The small town of Suitor's Crossing knows Caleb Vickers and Sierra Kipley hate each other. Her bakery and his coffee shop are sworn enemies, and that's how they'll stay.Until a big corporation comes to town and threatens their businesses...***Return to Suitor's Crossing and their legend of heart sparks, in the Hearts Collide series...Categorized as:
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![Curvy Girl for the Boss: A Halloween Romance by Emma Bray]()
Curvy Girl for the Boss: A Halloween Romance by Emma Bray
A Halloween night of mystery, a Monday morning surprise…Chrissy Harper has finally landed her dream job as an executive assistant at a prestigious company. To celebrate, she and her best friend go to a costume party for Halloween where she’s irresistibly drawn to masked man.What Chrissy doesn’t know is that the seductive man behind the mask is Zander Shaw—her new boss...Categorized as:
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![Love at First Write by Kat Baxter]()
Love at First Write by Kat Baxter
I had a crush on my best friend’s older brother even before he joined the SEALs and became a hometown hero. I didn’t fall in love with him until I started sending him care packages and exchanging letters. The bond we’ve built over the past two years made me believe he was my soulmate.But then the man I thought I was writing just returned from overseas with no recollection of our letters... -
![Times Like These (Blue is the Color) by Julia Wolf]()
Times Like These (Blue is the Color) by Julia Wolf
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNick Fletcher has the voice of a god and a tongue as sharp as a knife. His words can cut, and this time, his quick temper has earned him an intruder in his life and on his tour. Dalia Brenner looks like a grown-up Annie gone bad, but he wants nothing to do with her pin-up worthy curves and smart mouth...Categorized as:
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![The Hitman by Katrina Jackson]()
The Hitman by Katrina Jackson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsZahraWhat would you do if you found out that your fiancé cheated on you the night before your wedding with a reality tv exotic dancer? What if you found out that they'd had a threesome with your best friend, who was also your maid of honor? What if you discovered all of this on the morning of your wedding with a camera for your own reality tv show pointing at your face? Let me tell you what I do... -
![My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne]()
My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne
I never felt truly desired by a man—until him.The second he stepped foot into my small town Alaskan inn, his gaze swept over my curvy figure with desire, igniting a flame I thought was dead. He flirted with me, and I might’ve left two chocolates on his pillow at turndown, but that’s where it stayed. Over the years, he’s floated in and out of town while a friendship developed between us...Categorized as:
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![His Curvy Temptation by Jenna Cook]()
His Curvy Temptation by Jenna Cook
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe's off limits.But for her, I'm ready to break all the rules.Reckless. Rough. Ruled by my impulses.That's the man I used to be.I've spent the last ten years rebuilding myself.Becoming a man who follows the law.Obeys the rules. Respects the limits.But then she walks into my office.Soaking wet, wide-eyed, and afraid.Temptation on a silver platter.Putty in my hands... -
![Over the Hood by Violet Bloom]()
Over the Hood by Violet Bloom
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Bonnie Cassidy catches her fiancé cheating on her, she leaves the same day. No second chances, no questions asked. She knows who she is and what she’s worth. And it’s more than that. She ends up back home, living with her dad above the mechanic’s garage she grew up in. What she doesn’t expect to find is Alejandro Castela—a grumpy mechanic working for her father... -
![Big Girls Do It Pregnant by Jasinda Wilder]()
Big Girls Do It Pregnant by Jasinda Wilder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFirst comes love, then comes marriage, then come baby in a baby carriage... So my best friend married my rock star ex, and she's having his baby. I married Jeff, and I'm having his baby. We're both pregnant, and we're both a hot mess, but it's only a matter of time before we become mommies. The only problem is, no one ever tells you how hard pregnancy is, never mind giving birth.. -
![Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson]()
Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTo her fellow passengers on the luxury cruise, Wendy Brown appeared to have everything going for her. She was young, beautiful, wealthy and fun-loving. They'd have been shocked if they'd known Wendy's secret. But she had vowed to tell no one what had changed her life... -
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![Making It Last by Ruthie Knox]()
Making It Last by Ruthie Knox
RITA finalist Ruthie Knox returns with a brand-new eBook original novella, the finale of her delightfully sexy Camelot series! A hotel bar. A sexy stranger. A night of passion. There’s a part of Amber Mazzara that wants those things, wants to have a moment — just one — where life isn’t a complicated tangle of house and husband and kids and careers... -
![Dangerous Curves Ahead: Steamy Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Mia Madison]()
Dangerous Curves Ahead: Steamy Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Mia Madison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAverie What do you do when the man of your dreams pulls up to your front door, and becomes your number one client? DeVante is everything I've ever fantasized about. Tall, athletic, sexy, and Dominican, he's a recipe for wet dreams. It also doesn't help that he's extremely charming, gracious, and protective. As the agency's top client, he's entirely off limits... -
![His Curvy Wish: An Alpha Man and Curvy Younger Woman Holiday Romance by Erin Havoc]()
His Curvy Wish: An Alpha Man and Curvy Younger Woman Holiday Romance by Erin Havoc
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis Curvy Wish (Curvy Holiday Series) An Alpha Man and Curvy Younger Woman Holiday Romance Kenneth This is the first Thanksgiving after my brother’s death. My parents only cared for money. I have a niece I have never met. The plan is to gobble the dinner up and leave. That is — until I meet her. Megan I have big dreams with hips to match. Get out of this city...Categorized as:
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![Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl]()
Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
It was meant to be a one-night stand. One night of passion. Scorching hot. Then Beth Cantrell and Eric Donovan were supposed to go their separate ways. That’s the only reason he lied about his name, telling her he was really his wild younger brother. Hiding his own identity as the conservative Donovan. The “good” one... -
![The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller]()
The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMoxie Summers is a curvy, twenty-six year-old teacher who has not had the best track record with relationships. In a drunken stupor at a bar, she meets Miles who turns out to be her sparing equal, until she vomits all over his shoes. Just when she thinks things couldn’t get worse, her dream man turns out to be the single father of the newest student in her class... -
![Promises in the Dark by Stephanie Tyler]()
Promises in the Dark by Stephanie Tyler
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOn the run, in each other's arms, with one last chance to survive A rugged Navy SEAL, Zane Scott was part of a failed mission to rescue Dr. Olivia Strohm from abduction by the terrorist group Dead Man's Hand--and her anguished screams have haunted him ever since...Categorized as:
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![The Way You Look Tonight by Bella Andre]()
The Way You Look Tonight by Bella Andre
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsNew York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Bella Andre brings you a new set of Sullivans to fall in love with… As a very successful private investigator who has caught many a cheater, Rafe Sullivan believes true, lasting love only happens once in a blue moon...Categorized as:
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![Mine Until Dawn by E.B. Walters, Ednah Walters]()
Mine Until Dawn by E.B. Walters, Ednah Walters
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA man searching for salvation. A woman who can deliver it. Will he recognize the priceless gift she gives him? Vince is like a category five hurricane. He takes no prisoners. Now he is focusing all his energy on one woman. Sexy and arrogant investigative reporter Vince Knight lives dangerously. In fact, he craves danger and trouble always finds him... -
![Anticipation by Sarah Mayberry]()
Anticipation by Sarah Mayberry
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBlue Sullivan knows a player when she sees one. And Eddie Oliveira—charm and sex personified—was born to play. She never wanted him to say goodbye, so for the last ten years she’s ignored the sizzling attraction between them and focused on being the best sidekick a guy could have. Smart girl, right? Then Blue has a serious accident, and overnight Eddie changes... -
![Rhythm by Marie Lipscomb]()
Rhythm by Marie Lipscomb
She came to the mountains for silence. He came to make noise.When Beth rents a mountainside cabin to focus on her art, the last person on earth she wants sharing her retreat is a drummer from a metal band. Finn is big, bearded, and tattooed, irritating and irresistible in equal measure... -
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![Sugar Baby Sweetie Pie by Sara Hazel]()
Sugar Baby Sweetie Pie by Sara Hazel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYour life can change in a flash. All it takes is one touch or one smile, and suddenly you find yourself falling in love.Juliann “Sweetie Pie” Addison has grown up hating her nickname. But when her new mentor – famous Pastry Chef Zack Elliott – calls her “sweetie pie” it has a whole new ring to it. But Zack has a reputation for breaking HEARTS, and it seems Juliann is next on his list...Categorized as:
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![The School for Heiresses by Sabrina Jeffries, Liz Carlyle]()
The School for Heiresses by Sabrina Jeffries, Liz Carlyle
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsInspired by New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries' School for Heiresses series, this delightful anthology features four young women who learn that there's nothing textbook about love. . . .At the School for Heiresses, the lessons go far beyond etiquette and needlepoint... -
![Desperately Seeking Landlord by Micalea Smeltzer]()
Desperately Seeking Landlord by Micalea Smeltzer
It was just supposed to be a fling. It would end and we’d go our separate ways. I should know by now nothing in my life is ever that simple. When Jamie Miller knocks on my door ten months after we ended our … whatever it was, I promptly punch him in his smug face, for no other reason than I feel like it and he deserves it... -
![Sweet Punk by Leila James]()
Sweet Punk by Leila James
The sweet punk across the hall has my undivided attention.He’s inked perfection.Totally unattainable.He’s hiding something behind his quiet demeanor.But I’ve got trouble of my own. The dangerous kind.He wants all of me, but he doesn’t know my whole story.And I will walk through fire to keep him... -
![Call on Me by Angela Verdenius]()
Call on Me by Angela Verdenius
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAli Mackay wants a nice man, it’s a shame she’s dated some real losers in her search for a man who will love her for herself, plus-size and all. Ty ‘Ghost’ Sinclair regularly rides to her rescue, he always has done ever since school... -
![Tangled Up In You by Rachel Gibson]()
Tangled Up In You by Rachel Gibson
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsMaddie is determined to uncover the untold story about the town's sordid past—her past. As a child, Maddie lost everything, and now she's back at the scene of the scandal—a local establishment that's always belonged to the Hennessys—determined to uncover the truth, and nothing is going to stand in her way. Especially not a black-haired, blue-eyed Hennessy...
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