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Protecting Summer by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAt age fifteen, Sam "Mozart" Reed's life changed the day his little sister was found abused and murdered. Since her death, he's spent his life hunting for the serial killer who took his sister from him and ruined his family. Using his connections, and SEAL training, Mozart believes he's finally tracked the killer to the town of Big Bear, California...Categorized as:
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![Night Moves : Dream Man/After the Night by Linda Howard]()
Night Moves : Dream Man/After the Night by Linda Howard
"Dream Man" Marlie Keen was trying to lead a quiet, ordinary life. She thought the clairvoyance that allowed her to witness crimes as they happened had been destroyed in the nightmare of her past. Then one night it returned with a vengeance, and she desperately needed to find someone to make it stop. Detective Dane Hollister of the Orlando police department had never met anyone like Marlie...Categorized as:
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![Thunder by Lilly Atlas]()
Thunder by Lilly Atlas
Makenna has a past she’d rather bury deep in her mind. Unfortunately, as the sole guardian for her five siblings, forgetting where they came from isn’t possible. All she can hope for is to provide her loved ones the kind of untroubled childhood she’d always dreamed of and keep them far away from where she grew up... -
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Neighbor from Hell: Collection Part I by R.L. Mathewson
The New York Times Best Selling Series.... The collection of the first four Neighbor from Hell Novels: Playing for Keeps, Perfection, Checkmate and Truce Playing for Keeps: Done with being the world's biggest pushover, Haley decides that things are going to start changing... -
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![Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster]()
Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBrianna Heart has a six-year old daughter and a twelve-year plan to keep her life as simple as possible until Layla turns eighteen. That means swearing off relationships and the drama that goes along with them, working two jobs, and being the best damn mother she can be... -
![Losing Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook]()
Losing Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll is fair in love and war ... but is this love? Spencer Beckett may have fallen hard for Charlotte Hayes, but one lie has their relationship crashing to the ground. Their glass castle is about to shatter. Breaking Spencer's heart in the process. When tragedy strikes, Charlie needs a man who won't let let her down. Even Princes need second chances .. -
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Jordan by Lori Foster
Jordan Sommerville was a healer of helpless animals, rescuer of strays, a man who could seduce a woman with his voice alone. Yet he didn't use that power often. His brothers kidded that he was holding out for a paragon of virtue and not many in Buckhorn qualified. But then he met Georgia, and broke all his own rules. Georgia Barnes supported herself and her kids as a dancer--an exotic dancer...Categorized as:
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![Love Hate Relationship by Jessica Prince, Becky Johnson]()
Love Hate Relationship by Jessica Prince, Becky Johnson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 29 ratings**Love Hate Relationship is a STANDALONE Romantic Comedy that follows characters introduced in Shrinking Violet. It is not necessary to read Shrinking Violet first** People say that sometimes the line between love and hate is thin. What they don’t tell you is that sometimes it’s invisible...Categorized as:
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![Claimed by the Mafia by Ava Gray]()
Claimed by the Mafia by Ava Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m being forced to pay my father’s debt after his death… And my only hope is the nephew of the man who kidnapped me. I threw my life away to take care of my father. All I was left with were debts I could never repay...Categorized as:
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![Popping Her Hood by Ember Davis]()
Popping Her Hood by Ember Davis
SARAHHaving everything in order and sticking to my routine is the way I cope with my past. It keeps the nightmares contained. I can’t let them out. I’m already scared enough of the shadows as it is. When I remember, they overtake my world.Which is why I call my family for help when I’m stranded on the side of the road and fear is stretching toward me and about to swallow me... -
![Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones Lake]()
Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones Lake
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA steamy standalone romance featuring a swoon-worthy single dad and the one woman he absolutely shouldn’t fall in love with. Sullivan It’s a hot summer morning and I’m already running late. I’m no one’s white knight, but when I see a damsel in distress, I have to rescue her. I didn’t know it would be Aubrey Dorado, the girl I swore was off-limits...Categorized as:
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![Taming Crow by Paula Marinaro]()
Taming Crow by Paula Marinaro
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe moment that Melissa Raymoor saw the small, rundown cottage sitting at the edge of the woods looking so neglected and forlorn, she was all in. Melissa knew that the little house needed a family as much as her little family needed it. The young widow longed for the tranquility that she was sure renting the home would provide for herself and her small son...Categorized as:
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![With Kol by K.L. Donn]()
With Kol by K.L. Donn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKol Daniels has spent years raising his sister after their parents passed away. Finally gaining the freedom to live his own life, he meets a girl… Who runs away. Thea Andrews only wants to be normal. She wants to drop the scars of her past and move forward. After finding a friendship with a woman who didn’t demand to know all her secrets, Thea feels comfort in her surroundings...Categorized as:
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![Maneuver by Chelle Bliss]()
Maneuver by Chelle Bliss
He’s always been the player…but he’s about to get played. LUCIO GALLO Growing up on the rough Southside of Chicago, I learned how to play the field. Between my rugged good-looks, rock-hard body, and panty-melting smile, I was used to getting my way. …But then she walked into my club...Categorized as:
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![Mending by J.B. McGee]()
Mending by J.B. McGee
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGabby has finally started to break down the walls she has worked so hard to build up from all of the heartache she has felt through the years, just as ghosts from Bradley's past begin to show themselves... -
![Sawyer by Lori Foster]()
Sawyer by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSawyerThe only doctor in Buckhorn County, Kentucky, Sawyer Hudson knows a thing or two about saving lives. But when he rescues the beautiful Honey Malone from a car wreck and nurses her to health at his home, he finds himself dreading the day she's well enough to leave. Because now that he's met the woman of his dreams, he's not about to let her go…...Categorized as:
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![Embody by S.E. Hall]()
Embody by S.E. Hall
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI'm not "damaged." No horrible childhood or demons in my past I'm trying to outrun. In fact, my family is ideal — funny, supportive and filled with couples that all follow "our" golden rule: Find her. Protect her. Love only her, with everything you are, every day, for the rest of your life...Categorized as:
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![Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray]()
Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFirst rule in the sister’s handbook: don’t date your sister’s ex-boyfriend.Oops.If there was one man on the planet I shouldn’t be looking at twice, it’s Daire Beneventi. Sure, he’s my sister’s ex, but he’s also the leather jacket to my quilt tote bag... -
![Tiger Lily: Part Two by Amélie S. Duncan]()
Tiger Lily: Part Two by Amélie S. Duncan
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLily Salomé knows one thing: Jonas Crane is the lover she always dreamt of. Smart, powerful and sexy, both in and out of the bedroom. For the first time in a long time, things are looking up for Lily. With the city’s most eligible bachelor on her arm, life with Jonas might just live up to all it’s beautiful promise... -
![Evermore by B.B. Reid]()
Evermore by B.B. Reid
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGrab your dancing shoes and put on your prettiest dress. It's prom season in Blackwood Keep and forever can't wait any longer! Four Archer was the toughest girl around. Just ask anyone. She’s the street racing daredevil who brought the King of Brynwood Academy to his knees... -
![Closer by Aria Hawthorne]()
Closer by Aria Hawthorne
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsContemporary Erotic Romance - Suitable for mature readers; 18+ years only - Full-length, stand-alone novel with HEA. Famous Dutch architect, Sven van der Meer, has just completed the greatest achievement of his professional life--the design and construction of The Spire, Chicago's tallest, most controversial skyscraper...Categorized as:
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Drake by Harper Bentley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDrake Powers had to be the most infuriating piece of work I’d met in my entire life. Never mind his gorgeous face, body, and tattoos. That was beside the point. The things that came out of the cocky bastard’s mouth—directed toward me, of course—had my own mouth falling open in shock. His controlling, bad-boy demeanor should’ve had me running in the other direction... -
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Atlas by Shaw Hart
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWelcome to Eye Candy Ink... Meet Atlas Warner. He’s the newest and youngest member at the shop and a talented tattoo artist. Neglected by his parents his whole life, he’s finally found the family that he’s always wanted at Eye Candy Ink. He’s happy with his life. He’s got a great job and even better friends. He thinks he’s got everything that he needs...until Darcy walks into the shop...Categorized as:
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![Biker Faith by Ellie R. Hunter]()
Biker Faith by Ellie R. Hunter
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsJason 'Sparky' Carter is the new Vice President of the Lost Souls MC. All he wants is to enjoy life his own way, with no drama. Just as his club is settling down and putting the betrayal by their former president behind them Bonnie Hamilton stumbles into the club and into his life. She declared the war wasn't over with the Raging Riders and it becomes a personal war of his own... -
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![The Boss Vol. 6: a Hot Billionaire Romance by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott]()
The Boss Vol. 6: a Hot Billionaire Romance by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B01CXUZ8RO This is the FINAL book in the six part serial. This book is from BOTH Grace and Blake's points-of-view and will be more than twice the size of the other serial installments. She doesn’t know how bad I’m willing to be… For years, Grace Copeland was the one woman I couldn’t have. Now she’s mine. Mine to possess...Categorized as:
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![Claim by Megan O'Brien]()
Claim by Megan O'Brien
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmerly Greer has been living a low-key life, content with her multiple jobs and her books. People are complicated; animals and kids are much easier to understand. As owner of Talon Security, Travis McAllister has seen success beyond what he ever expected—causing the boundaries he's set around himself to grow ever thicker... -
![Lean on Me by Angela Verdenius]()
Lean on Me by Angela Verdenius
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSweet, shy, rubenesque Lori Mackay, she's lived all her life in the small country town. No one knows her secret desires. Still waters run deep, and local paramedic Matt Winters suspects the sexy, curvaceous beauty has hidden depths he just aches to explore... -
![The Merciless Travis Wilde by Sandra Marton]()
The Merciless Travis Wilde by Sandra Marton
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe wild before the storm Travis Wilde doesn't do love or commitment—but he'd never turn down a willing woman and a king-size bed... -
![The Lawson Boys: Marty by Angela Verdenius]()
The Lawson Boys: Marty by Angela Verdenius
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCrashing her cheating boyfriend’s wedding in a fit of rage was not voluptuous Belle Broune’s best plan. Now she’s been branded by the gossips as ‘The Other Woman’. Oh, the shame of it! Wedding guest Marty Lawson finds it all very funny, but when family connections result in him trying to comfort her in his usual jovial way, the sparks start to fly between them... -
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Silent Night Man by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis Christmas, New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer revisits a tale of danger and true love under the mistletoe…What does Millie Evans want in her stocking for Christmas? Just one thing…to feel safe. Even though her stalker is dead, he arranged for a hit man to kill her. Now the special government agent Millie has loved from afar for years has vowed to protect her... -
![Redemption River by Lindsay Cross]()
Redemption River by Lindsay Cross
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHunter James didn’t want or need redemption. Until one mission turns his world upside down. He left Mercy to fight for his country and escape a broken heart. Years later, he is hard. Cold. A man without mercy. Part of an elite Task Force, he tracks a brutal terrorist to his home town. And runs into the woman who betrayed him… Evangeline Videl was destroyed when Hunter left... -
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Ash to Steele by Karen-Anne Stewart
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEmma Who I am and all I believe is marred with just one glance into angry, steel blue eyes. He seems to control my air, my ability to breathe. He makes me crave everything I know is a sin. Pure becomes tainted and lines are blurred. It's my fault; I'm the one who isn't strong enough. I've been damaged...broken. Breck's words haunt me...'There's a consequence for every choice you make...Categorized as:
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![Heavy Crown by W. Million]()
Heavy Crown by W. Million
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlexander Summerset, future King of Bellerive, doesn't believe in love. When a coronation clause has him seeking a wife, an arranged marriage suits him. His criteria is simple. She must be tolerable to him, and she must be good for the country. Aurora Wilson followed her boyfriend to Bellerive after college and joined his family's business...Categorized as:
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![About Last Night by Ruthie Knox]()
About Last Night by Ruthie Knox
Sure, opposites attract, but in this sexy, smart, eBook original romance from RITA finalist and bestselling author Ruthie Knox, they positively combust! When a buttoned-up banker falls for a bad girl, “about last night” is just the beginning. Cath Talarico knows a mistake when she makes it, and God knows she’s made her share...Categorized as:
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![Gabe by Lori Foster]()
Gabe by Lori Foster
Gabe Kasper, heartthrob of Buckhorn County, could have had any woman he wanted - if he'd had a mind to settle down. Which he didn't. The freedom of being a jack-of-all-trades with no one to answer to suited him just fine. And then a prickly, uptight, red-haired college woman showed up..Categorized as:
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![The Chocolate Heart by Laura Florand]()
The Chocolate Heart by Laura Florand
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNo one hates Paris--except Summer Corey. The moody winters. The artists and their ennui. The inescapable shadow of the Tour Eiffel. But things go from bad to worse when Summer stumbles into brooding, gorgeous chef pâtissier Luc Leroi and indecently propositions the hero of French cuisine.. -
![Midnight Kisses by Jisa Dean]()
Midnight Kisses by Jisa Dean
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis New Year let Cyn in!Cynerick Ford isn’t looking for a new love to help him usher in the new year. He’s a rough ex-soldier turned scientist who would rather be in a lab than anywhere else. That all changes when a smart, sexy woman comes into his boardroom days before New Year’s...Categorized as:
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![Playing Pretend by Tamsyn Bester, Emma Mack]()
Playing Pretend by Tamsyn Bester, Emma Mack
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKadence Kavanagh has spent the last two years trying to rebuild her life. When a job opportunity presents itself, she can’t say no, even if it’s with the man who’s life was ruined by her father’s indiscretion. It’s been years since she last saw Caleb Callahan, and she’s not even sure he remembers her, but she’s determined to give herself a clean slate no matter who she has to work for...Categorized as:
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![No Strings Attached by Nicolette Day]()
No Strings Attached by Nicolette Day
She wants one night. He wants her forever. Hayden Summers just landed the job of a lifetime taking pictures for Time magazine, but she’s determined to leave with no regrets. The first thing on her list? Erase the memory of her cheating ex with a wild night of anonymous sex... -
![Taking It All by Alexa Kaye]()
Taking It All by Alexa Kaye
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe first time I saw her I knew she was mine. I have everything I want. That's the life of a billionaire. I see. I want. I get. So, of course, when the woman of my dreams--the fiery redhead with the face of an angel and balls of steel--comes stomping into my world, I take action. I know how to get things done. She may hate me for stealing her away. But a man has to do what a man has to do... -
![Babygirl and the Mean Boss by Pepper Pace]()
Babygirl and the Mean Boss by Pepper Pace
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNicole wasn’t sure why she had gotten the nick name Baby Girl when she was not-by far-the youngest employee of The Down Home Calabash. Her much younger co-worker complained, gossiped or talked about how attractive their boss was. But Nicole didn’t have the luxury of a fantasy existence. She was on a mission to make money and to get her degree and her plans most definitely did not include Marty... -
![Breathless In Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully]()
Breathless In Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully
Meet the Maverick Billionaires―sexy, self-made men from the wrong side of town who survived hell together and now have everything they ever wanted. But when each Maverick falls head-over-heels for an incredible woman he never saw coming, he will soon find that true love is the only thing he ever really needed..Categorized as:
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![The Tycoon's Misunderstood Bride by Elizabeth Lennox]()
The Tycoon's Misunderstood Bride by Elizabeth Lennox
Emotionally abused all her life by a domineering father, Emma thought she might have a shot at happiness after his death. But then she heard the terms of his will! She must marry Jason Montenegro and give birth to a son... -
![All Dogs Bite by Alexx Andria]()
All Dogs Bite by Alexx Andria
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Alexx Andria crafts another MC romance that will leave her readers breathless... -
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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... -
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DUKE by Jax Hart
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's his obsession. He's her downfall. Raised in a remote town by men who would die for her, Shanna can't wait to escape years of being babysat by the archaic mentality of the men her father's MC. They live by a code. A code she's done being part of. But even in isolated places... there are people dying to take you down... -
![The Pastor by Matilda Martel]()
The Pastor by Matilda Martel
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPastor Troy Donovan is only visiting for the summer. He’s leaving Texas for New Hampshire in six weeks and didn’t think he was in the market for a wife, especially one as young as 18-year-old Sadie Quinn. But ever since he first laid eyes on the pretty brunette, he hasn’t been able to think of anything else...Categorized as:
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![My Christmas Gift by C.M. Steele, Lindee Robinson]()
My Christmas Gift by C.M. Steele, Lindee Robinson
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou’ve met Titan in Dirty Lessons. Now spend the holidays with him and his itty-bitty elf. With Christmas around the corner, Paige needed money. Her brother screwed her so royally that she was forced to take a last-minute gig as a store elf...Categorized as:
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![Over It by Loni Ree]()
Over It by Loni Ree
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo more weeks. Surely, I can survive fourteen days.OliviaWorking for my temporary boss sucks. I used to think he was drop dead gorgeous. Now, I wish he’d just drop dead. He might have all the other women in the office fooled, but I’ve gotten to know the real man. And he’s the devil in disguise. I swear his eyes even glow red.One second he’s sweet and kind, the next he’s a jerk...Categorized as:
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![Dare to Run by Jen McLaughlin]()
Dare to Run by Jen McLaughlin
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe New York times bestselling author of the Out of Line Novels takes readers to Boston where one gang of criminals knows how being bad can be so good... She knows what he’s like on Boston’s mean streets. Now she’s going to find out if he’s got some heart...
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