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  • Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Since meeting Garret on her first night at college, Jade’s had to overcome many obstacles to be with him, including interference from Garret’s father. Now, months later, it seems that Mr. Kensington has finally accepted Jade dating his son, but the reason for that is unclear. After what Jade witnessed at the Kensington mansion, she’s not sure what his acceptance of her means...
  • Timeless by Erin Noelle

    Timeless by Erin Noelle

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Re-releasing on Jan 19, 2020 with new covers and edits. Six years. Two People. One love. After the long awaited wedding of her dreams, Scarlett Templeton, along with her rockstar husband and their five year old twins, are finally putting down roots and settling into their first suburban home...
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  • Restorations by Nicole Dykes

    Restorations by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Sterlings have been through hell. They’ve each made mistake after mistake while trying to climb out of their grief and guilt and recover from an unimaginable tragedy that had a ripple effect of consequences reaching far further than their own lives. It seems the youngest Sterling may never find peace after everything that’s happened...
  • Illicit – A Sizzling Boxed Set by Calinda B., Sylvie Stewart

    Illicit – A Sizzling Boxed Set by Calinda B., Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Over 20 illicit romances with the sexy heroes and strong heroines you crave! Lose yourself in the world of hot hookups, where the stories run from sexy to downright scandalous and the characters will leave you breathless. In these pages, you’ll find tantalizing romance, rekindled flames, and forbidden trysts...
  • Remember When Trilogy by T. Torrest

    Remember When Trilogy by T. Torrest

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    All three best-selling books of the Remember Trilogy in one bundle! REMEMBER WHEN, REMEMBER WHEN 2: The Sequel, and REMEMBER WHEN 3: The Finale. Remember When is the first story in an NA romance trilogy...
  • Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Fans of Cora Carmack (Losing It) and Tammara Weber (Easy) will devour the original New Adult novels: Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country's most notorious secret society...
  • Begging for Bad Boys by Willow Winters, Lauren Landish

    Begging for Bad Boys by Willow Winters, Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Are you ready for our heart-wrenching, panty-melting bad boys? USA Today and Top Best Selling Romance authors have come together to give you this tempting bundle of 13 sinful bad boys that'll have you on your knees and begging for more! Each book is a standalone romance with a guaranteed sweet-as-can-be happily ever after with NO CLIFFHANGERS...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  bad boys  military  contemporary
  • Finan by Amy Davies

    Finan by Amy Davies

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When you grow up in the Rugged Skulls MC, you get everything dropped at your feet, women included. You are also expected to act a certain way, but for me, that persona was always something that didn't sit right with me. I'm just not like other bikers. People watching is my thing. I like deciphering what makes people tick...
  • Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Sexy thoughts about Cole fill Anna's dreams. Every detail burns brightly in her mind; the way his hands feel on her bare skin, the soft brush of his lips against hers, and the way their bodies fit perfectly together. Anna awakes breathless, tingling as if it really happened. What caused her to think about Cole like that? It was completely forbidden...
  • Poughkeepsie Begins by Debra Anastasia

    Poughkeepsie Begins by Debra Anastasia

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It ends with the beginning. This legendary, indie, cult-favorite series ends its tale with the story of the Poughkeepsie brotherhood before the tattoo. Before the train station, before the church, before a criminal empire there was a foster home and three teen boys who chose each other as family, because the ones they were born into didn’t exist...
  • Falling for Colton by Jasinda Wilder

    Falling for Colton by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I wasn’t always in love with Nell Hawthorne; I was in love with a girl named India before I ever met Nell. India? She was my first love, the girl who made me want to be better than my past, better than the blood and violence. Live by the sword, die by the sword, that’s what they say, right? It should have been me, that day. But it was’t. It was her. And that changed me...
  • Worth Fighting For by Kirsty Moseley

    Worth Fighting For by Kirsty Moseley

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Kirsty Moseley brings us the sequel to Fighting to be Free. Sometimes in life you have to walk away . . . Leaving Jamie Cole was the hardest thing Ellie Pearce ever had to do. Somehow, she moved on. She made a new life in a new city with a new man. So when a family tragedy calls Ellie back home, she believes all her old feelings for Jamie-the hunger, the heat, the heartbreak-are safely behind her...
  • Bare by Tory Baker

    Bare by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was only supposed to get her safely out of town until the threat was gone. But then, I fell in love. I might be the muscle of the Diamondback MC, but I’m mostly known as the jokester. There’s nothing funny in the protective feelings I have for Sadie and her daughter Henley, however. Sadie’s been hurt and she’s built walls around her heart for protection. I won’t let that stop me...
  • Home Torn by Tijan

    Home Torn by Tijan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    She left five years ago because her sister took away someone she loved. It had always been like that. Her sisters were adored while she was ignored. Now she's back, but she's different. She had changed and now sought healing in a cold and torn home. HOME TORN was the original version of HOME TEARS before it was edited...
  • Zane & Lucky's First Christmas by J.S. Cooper

    Zane & Lucky's First Christmas by J.S. Cooper

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The final book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Forever Love series is here! Handsome, Zane Beaumont fell for Lucky Morgan hook, line and sinker. He became the happiest man on earth when she told him she was pregnant and agreed to marry him...
  • Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne

    Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Epiphany, the final installment of The Destined Series, continues the stories of four best friends from college who are making decisions that will set the course for the rest of their lives. Mira and Skylar have had their share of painful pasts, troubled presents and an unknown future...
  • Fate by Sydney Lane

    Fate by Sydney Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm used to getting what I want. I've always taken what I wanted. No apologies. No excuses. I know what it feels like to be betrayed, when someone else is calling all the shots. I've been down that road, and I'm not going there again. I've got my family, my friends, and the brotherhood. That's all I need. I believe in Fate. Everything happens for a reason...
  • Relent by Rachel Schurig

    Relent by Rachel Schurig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Levi has always been on the outside looking in. When your best friends make up one of the most famous rock bands in the country, living at the edge of the spotlight comes with the territory. Levi was pretty happy with the way things were; after all, helping the Ransome boys achieve their dreams was his dream too. But all of that changed when Levi fell for lead singer Daltrey Ransome’s girl...
  • Twisted by Release by B.B. Hamel

    Twisted by Release by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dark mafia romance.
  • What We Feel by Inglath Cooper

    What We Feel by Inglath Cooper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    From the author of Truths and Roses – Reached #11 on the Amazon Kindle Bestseller List. . . . Hunky musicians Holden Ashford and Thomas Franklin rescue Nashville bound CeCe MacKenzie and her Walker Hound Hank Junior from the side of the road when her car catches on fire. A less determined girl might have let her dreams go up in smoke as well, but not CeCe...
  • Bones by the Wood by Catherine Johnson

    Bones by the Wood by Catherine Johnson

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Steve ‘Dizzy’ Disraeli has been the Sergeant at Arms of the Priests MC, Louisiana for fifteen years; he’s been a member for more than twenty. Now his president has a big task for him, Samuel Carter has asked him to travel to move back to his native Texas to head up a new charter of the Priests MC...
  • Love Resolution by Michelle Mankin

    Love Resolution by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    To forgive or not to forgive…. There’s a storm brewing at Black Cat Records and lead singer Marcus Anthony and guitarist Avery Jones are at the center of it. Brutal Strength is leaving Vancouver and heading out on a big stadium tour with the reprobate rockers from Tempest as their opening act...
  • Wicked Ways: A Begging for Bad Boys Collection by Lauren Landish, Willow Winters

    Wicked Ways: A Begging for Bad Boys Collection by Lauren Landish, Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Twelve Amazon bestselling authors will have you begging for bad boys. .
  • Hook, Line Professor -- A Student/Professor Forbidden Romance. #2: Part II by Shayla Hart

    Hook, Line Professor -- A Student/Professor Forbidden Romance. #2: Part II by Shayla Hart

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Part II of the first book, Hook, Line, Professor. Blurb coming soon!
  • The Singing River by R.K. Ryals

    The Singing River by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NEW ADULT ROMANCE by Amazon bestselling author R. K. Ryals. In Mississippi, there's a legend about a Singing River, a tragic love story that ended with an entire Indian tribe singing a death chant as they marched stoically into the Pascagoula River to die . .. At eighteen, Haven Ambrose isn't just a high school graduate...
  • The Truest of Words by Georgina Guthrie

    The Truest of Words by Georgina Guthrie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the end of term finally behind them, Aubrey and Daniel look forward to building a life together. A painful realization that they can’t truly embrace the future until they’ve come to terms with the past leads them to discover the healing potential of forgiveness and the power of unconditional love...
  • Love So True by Marquita Valentine

    Love So True by Marquita Valentine

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finally, Lucas Lawson is a free man. After serving five years in prison for embezzlement, he’s come home to Jessamine to right the wrongs he committed against his friends and family. But, it won’t be easy. For starters, the brother he’s looked up to his entire life wants nothing to do with him, and no one in town trusts Lucas enough to give him a chance to make amends...
  • Facade by Ashley Suzanne

    Facade by Ashley Suzanne

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    *This book can be read as a STAND ALONE* I would suggest reading the prior 2 novels and novella BUT Facade follows the story of a secondary character in the previous books. Kylee Anderson has all the qualities any man would want; sexy, fun, witty, intelligent and most importantly, she never wants a commitment...
  • The Complete Memories Series by Emma Hart

    The Complete Memories Series by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    NEVER FORGET: A city girl. A small town boy. A summer they'll never forget. Spending the summer at her Grammy's in Lilac Bay, Devon, is city girl Alexis 'Lexy' Edwards' idea of hell. That is, until she reconnects with her childhood friend, Jen, and meets Alec Johnson. Alec is the kind of guy Lexy knows she needs to stay away from...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  college  contemporary  length-long
  • Forbidden Lyrics by Kelsie Rae

    Forbidden Lyrics by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    I didn't know who Dove's sister was when we first met. I didn't know that I'd been fooling around with her for a few months before Dove walked into my life. I didn't know that––if I've done the math correctly––I could be the father to her sister's child. But I do know this. Dove has the voice of an angel, and the heart of one too. I might not deserve her, but I refuse to let her go...
  • Hard to Hold On by Shanora Williams

    Hard to Hold On by Shanora Williams

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For the past four months, Natalie Carmichael and Nolan Young have been complete. Everything still feels right in their passion-filled world. It still feels natural - that is until Nolan's mother passes away. Things begin to turn for the worst for Nolan and his brother Mills. After losing their father from previous years before, it's a tragedy on top of a tragedy...
  • Reckless Together by Gina Robinson

    Reckless Together by Gina Robinson

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Book Three of the Reckless Series. A Contemporary New Adult College Romance. The stunning conclusion of Ellie and Logan's love story that began on a hot August night in Reckless Longing and continued through the depths of winter in Reckless Secrets. .. Ellie. My mother is a liar, a seductress, a keeper of family secrets, and a master manipulator. She took Austin from me...
  • In Harmony by Helena Newbury

    In Harmony by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's shy, sheltered and inexperienced. .. now an Irish bad boy's about to rock her world. From New York Times bestselling author Helena Newbury, the second in the Fenbrook Academy New Adult trilogy. Karen is one of the top musicians at Fenbrook Academy, but a life spent playing the cello has left no time for anything else. At 21, she's still completely inexperienced in love. .. and sex...
  • A Hope and a Chance by Jennifer Foor

    A Hope and a Chance by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You can't help who you fall in love with. Hope's. whole world is turned upside down when she's forced to live with her estranged father, who she hasn't seen in years. To make matters worse, she's warned to stay away from the handsome young man living out back in the pool house. Chance. is running from his past; a past that would cause any father to be concerned...
  • Made for Me by Weston Parker, Ali Parker

    Made for Me by Weston Parker, Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From Amazon Best Selling Author, Weston Parker comes a great single mom love story. I’m a self-made man, rich because I willed it so. Up from the slums in Boston to the top of the tallest high-rise downtown. I don’t ask for what I want. I take it. And right now, I want a woman by my side. Funny how when you want something so badly, and you start looking with eyes wide open, you find it...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  single-mother  humor  contemporary
  • Torch: A BBW Instalove Romance by Kate Hunt

    Torch: A BBW Instalove Romance by Kate Hunt

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A BBW Instalove Romance. Madeline. When I run into my old high school crush, Alex, I can’t believe my eyes. The former bad boy is now a noble firefighter—and buff as sin. The mutual desire we never acted on back in the day is quickly rekindled. It also rapidly becomes clear that this is way more than just some five-alarm fling...
  • When I Look to the Sky by Barbara S. Stewart

    When I Look to the Sky by Barbara S. Stewart

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. ” That quote was profound to Carlee. She’d experienced great loss, but love surrounded her. Andy worked hard to fill any void she experienced. He made sure that what was missing was full...
  • Following You by Kelly Harper

    Following You by Kelly Harper

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sarah's story is continued in "Finding You". How far would you go? Sarah didn't know what life was like without Huck by her side. Best friends since childhood, they grew to love each other in more ways than one. So when she found out he was leaving their small town of Green Falls after college, she knew there was only one thing she could do--follow him...
  • Bittersweet Hate by J.L. Beck

    Bittersweet Hate by J.L. Beck

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Warning from Author: This isn't your typical romance story. This book contains strong sex scenes, lots of bad language and things that might not be suitable for all readers. Reading this novella may cause uncontrollable heartache, loss of voice, and damage to ones reading device. Proceed with caution, for you have been warned...
  • Mistaken 5 by Renna Peak

    Mistaken 5 by Renna Peak

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The fifth installment of The MISTAKEN Series. a New Adult Romantic Suspense novella - about 100 pages. Brandon seems to turn up whenever Jenna needs him. He says it's fate, but it looks like his secret life has finally caught up with him. More secrets. More lies. And a deception so grand, Jenna could have never seen it coming. Recommended for adults only...
  • Addiction by Angela McPherson

    Addiction by Angela McPherson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite denying their love for years, in the end no distraction could keep best friends Tristan and Elle apart. Passion and heat explode as the two finally discover what they’ve been missing, needing, wanting for so long. When Tristan and Elle return home for Christmas break, the two are gifted with a few unexpected surprises...
  • Mountain Man's Girl by Chloe Morgan

    Mountain Man's Girl by Chloe Morgan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was a new start at life. And one me and my little girl needed badly. My ex-husband took everything from us, his greed knowing no bounds. So we left and hid in a little mountain town in Canada. Our future promising to be new and untainted. But I’m done with men for a long while. Love is too hard, and it demands too much. And yet, it refuses to let me slide by untouched in my new life...
  • A Love That Lasts by Tory Baker

    A Love That Lasts by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jamie Rodriquez, a high-powered attorney, lived for his career. He scarcely recognized that there was an entire world going on around him. So much so, that he barely saw Callie Stuart, his Administrative Assistant. When she walks out, something inside of him wakes up, and now that he’s seen the error of his ways, he’s determined to rectify it...
  • His Roommate's Baby Secret  (Southern Beaus) by Layla Valentine

    His Roommate's Baby Secret (Southern Beaus) by Layla Valentine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They told me I was getting a new roommate. Of all the students on campus, it had to be him…. And there’s still one thing he doesn’t yet know…. HER. I was just about holding everything together, then he arrived,. Corey Nash, the college playboy, and scorching hot captain of the university football team,. Delivered straight from hell to make me lose my mind. I’m a big girl...
  • The Chesterboro Wedding: A Happily-Ever-After Hockey Novella by Josie Blake

    The Chesterboro Wedding: A Happily-Ever-After Hockey Novella by Josie Blake

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One of their own is getting married, and you're invited to the party! Come back to Chesterboro for Hannah and Cord's Christmas wedding, and a peek into what the team has been up to. THE CHESTERBORO WEDDING is a collection of epilogues for the five Chesterboo University novels. It's not full-length, but it's full of happily-ever-after content...
  • The Doctor's Twin Secrets: A Single Mom, Military Romance by Sofia T Summers

    The Doctor's Twin Secrets: A Single Mom, Military Romance by Sofia T Summers

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I gave him my heart, but I couldn’t give him the truth. Curt got me pregnant years ago, and I never thought I’d see him again. Until he walked right into my hospital. My legs shook when I saw that gorgeous face again. I remembered those eyes all too well. But the guilt in my heart forced me to look away. A second chance with this hot doctor would destroy me all over again...
  • The Piece That Breaks by N.J. Gray

    The Piece That Breaks by N.J. Gray

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Logan Ellis is desperately trying to escape the mistakes of her past while starting a new life with her three-year-old daughter, Violet. After going through rehab, maintaining sobriety, and proving to her parents that she’s a different person than she once was, she’s finally standing on her own two feet, and she’s not going to let anything get in the way of that...
  • Red, White, & Mine by Elisa Leigh

    Red, White, & Mine by Elisa Leigh

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Jefferson is a grumpy COO working for his father's company. He has no time for drama. So when his Personal Assistant quits on him without his knowledge while he's away on business, he's in for quite a shock to find the curvy temptress in his office ready to assist him. Belle wants to support her child and give him a good life...
  • Patience by Sydney Lane

    Patience by Sydney Lane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jenna Ryan is the kind of girl everyone wants for a friend. Her spunky and carefree outlook on life often leads to trouble of the best kind. She's not afraid to speak her mind, and when it comes to her friends, she's fiercely loyal and protective. When she met Eric, she knew immediately he was her forever, but why was he holding back? Eric James is the epitome of a Greek God...
  • Aced by Jennifer Lane

    Aced by Jennifer Lane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Volleyball wonder Lucia Ramirez found her love match in Blocked despite the glaring political spotlight aimed on her family. In Aced , the second book in Jennifer Lane’s Blocked series, it could be her brother Alejandro’s turn to get lucky in love...
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