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Dillon by Siobhan Davis
A companion novel to Say I'm the One, Let Me Love You, and Hold Me Close. Growing up in Ireland, I always felt like something was missing. I had an idyllic childhood, yet I was never happy. After Mum explained about the adoption, I constantly questioned my existence. Despite being surrounded by love, I struggle to accept it or reciprocate... -
Un-Shattering Lucy by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe conclusion to USA Today Terri Anne Browning’s The Lucy & Harris Novella Series. Shattered. That was how Lucy Thornton felt in the aftermath of her breakup with Harris Cutter. Her family thought the best thing for her to do was to put the length of the country between her and Harris. Reluctantly, she went... -
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Hard by Donna Alam
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA man walks into a coffee shop and gets offered a job in p0rn. Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Or every man’s fantasy. Until I remember I’m trying to be a good man. A single father. One who doesn’t do casual relationships,. Let alone get paid for sex. But for those curves and that mouth? Any man might change his mind. ~*~. It was an honest mistake . .Categorized as:
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Stay With Me by Rebel Hart
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Rocking Kin by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Terri Anne Browning. With one promise her life was changed…. Saying goodbye to my mother also meant saying goodbye to my life in Virginia. After reluctantly making a promise to my mom, I was California bound with the father who I haven’t seen since I was four years old... -
Snared by L.L. Collins
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBEAU has never known a good life, only the torment that lives inside his head every day. The only way to block out the darkness that shrouds him is through the rhythmic beat of his drums. Knowing what happens when he opens up to anyone, Beau buries his pain deep inside, keeping it all to himself. APRIL has lived a life of wealth and privilege, full of love and support... -
Here Without You by Tammara Webber
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsEveryone has secrets. Some are buried so deep, their existence is forgotten. But a secret never told can turn into a lie. And in love, a lie is one thing:. Poison. Reid's in love with Dori, though she hasn't told her parents that she's fallen hard for the guy they'd forbidden her to see...Categorized as:
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Sweet Agony by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVengeance was something I’d been waiting all my life to deliver. It would be sweet and worth every risk I’d taken to get to this point. I was moments away from pulling the trigger, taking the life of the man who’d cost my father his…. And then she was dragged into the room, struggling and fighting for freedom. The moment I set eyes on Tavia, everything changed... -
Promise Me by Rebel Hart
CRUEL INTENTIONS meets AFTER. Find out what happens in Rae and Clinton's love story. .. -
How the Light Gets In by L.H. Cosway
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsHe came back to me 16 minutes and 59 seconds into Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7. We parted amid tragedy, so it seemed poetic. Dylan O’Dea, my childhood sweetheart, had once meant everything to me. Now we were strangers, and honestly, after eleven years I never thought I’d see him again. I lived in the world of the average, of getting paid by the hour and budgeting to make ends meet...Categorized as:
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Silver Fox's Secret Baby by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy boss stabbed my heart when he shipped me across country to fix a mistake we made. He slept with me, knowing that I was his daughter’s best friend. That jerk has no idea I’ve kept a secret from him for years. He doesn’t know there’s a little boy whose eyes look just like his. If only my disappearance was permanent, he would remain a secret. But I’m back in New York... -
Resisting Diesel by Megan Fall
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrinity's father Grizz was savagely executed by his own motorcycle club and she was witness to it all. Now on the run, she hides from the new President, Detroit, who craves her for his own. Diesel is the President of the Devil’s Soldiers, a motorcycle club comprising ex-military men. When a timid, scared young girl shows up in his town, he can't overlook the attraction he feels for her...Categorized as:
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Cruel Hearts by Sofia Daniel
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s dog eat dog at Templar Academy. I’m about to get eaten alive… And I think I’ll like it. I thought I had skeletons in my closet. Turns out I have a whole cemetery. But that’s nothing compared to these bullies. Maxwell, Kendrick, and Orlando are wealthy, wicked, and devilishly delicious. They crossed me last term, and now I will uncover their secrets. I’ll have them groveling at my feet... -
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A Friendly Wager by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy next-door neighbor is wifey material . Calm down. .. I’m not proposing to her. A fake engagement will do for now. My mother won’t get off my back. As a star hockey player love isn’t on the cards for me. Not now, not ever. I had a one-night stand with Ruby a decade ago. But that shouldn’t come in the way of our ruse. I doubt she misses the way I made her shake when I took her v-card...Categorized as:
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Make Me Whole: An Age Gap, Secret Pregnancy Romance by Sofia T Summers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy best friend’s daughter turns me into a fierce protector. Just one smile makes me want to risk everything. Skylar is 19 years younger than me, and the pain in her light brown eyes draws me to her. I’d never let her ex-boyfriend harm her or her daughter again. But being close to her as a protector means having to keep my distance. Skylar is off-limits...Categorized as:
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Tommy's Baby (SEAL Daddies) by Annie J. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTommy O’Shea. The love of my life. The one that got away. Correction, the one I let get away. Now, a decade later, it’s still the biggest mistake I’ve ever made. Even bigger than the one that’s got me on the run for my life. I need to get out of town, change my name, start over. But where? Then a picture in a magazine draws me in. It’s him. My Tommy. He’s living and thriving in paradise... -
Nanny for the Doctor: A Brother's Best Friend, Secret Baby Romance by Annie J. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBe the nanny for my bestie’s niece? Perfect. The widowed single dad? Temptation in the flesh. The job would be great. If I could stop fantasizing about Jack. Piercing green eyes, stern jaw, always serious. How hot would it be if he ever lost control? One night of passion leaves me brokenhearted. He vowed never to risk his heart again after his wife died. I never expected to fall for my boss,... -
Fearless In Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMeet 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. . -
Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHappily ever after. That was what we were supposed to have. Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her. I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand... -
The Boss's Unexpected Surprise by Ava Gray
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy new boss had no idea that I was the same girl that grew up in his house as the hired help’s daughter…. Well, surprise surprise. Our mothers hated each other. But that didn’t stop me from accepting the new job offer and working for his family. The big paycheck justified the same bad decision that my mother had made years ago. Aaron, with his piercing blue eyes, would never recognize me...Categorized as:
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Trick or Treat by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCalliope James would rather live life through a lens than in the spotlight. So when she reluctantly agrees to go with her best friend to a party, she doesn’t expect to find herself on the other side of the camera. Zachary Messiah left Bay View High School without so much as a word. Now he’s back. He’s not the boy she remembers, but she’s exactly the girl he’s tried so hard to forget... -
When You're Mine by K. Langston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor Barrett Shaw, there wasn’t much more to life than his career. Still climbing his way to the top, he could do without the distractions and complications of love. But the road to success is a lonely one, and Barrett was starting to think he would never meet a woman who could capture and keep his attention like a courtroom... -
4 SEAL Daddies by Sofia T Summers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOne night in Vegas, and four tough Navy SEALs led to a secret that no one can find out about. Seven years have passed since the night that changed everything. I was their princess -- The girl they pleasured until the wee hours of the morning. Today, their princess has her own princess to protect. My daughter. Enter my ex-Navy SEALs once again... -
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Reckless Heat by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe’s my best friend. He’s everything I ever wanted. And he doesn’t know how I feel. I have three weeks left to tell him before he leaves this place forever…. There’s only one way I know how to do that. I have to give him what I’ve never given anyone. I’m going to ask him to be my first…. Matt Girard is the guy every girl wants. Rich, handsome, and popular, his future is brighter than the sun...Categorized as:
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A Measure of Love by Sophie Jackson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom award-winning fanfic phenomenon Sophie Jackson, the third novel in the sexy and emotionally intense blockbuster A Pound of Flesh series. Life in New York for ex-con Riley Moore is pretty damn good, until a call from his mother shatters the calm: his father has suffered his second heart attack in two years and is in a critical condition...Categorized as:
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Tempting by Sophie Brooks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPenny’s new boss is her baby’s daddy, but neither of them knows that. .. Blake. Wealth, charm, and a good time. That’s all I can offer a woman, and that’s how I like it. Until her . The pale beauty from the masquerade ball captured my attention in a way no other woman has. Her charm, wit, grace… for once in my life, I want to offer someone more, but I can’t... -
Every Other Memory by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCadence. I wanted one night to be spontaneous. A night to let off some steam and celebrate. I was about to give up hope until the handsome stranger with gorgeous hazel eyes changed the course of my evening. Two separate lives, one unforgettable night, and an unexpected surprise that I never saw coming. It’s too bad I didn’t get his name, but that’s okay...Categorized as:
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Mile High Baby by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Have you joined the Mile High club yet? ”. “No…”. “Do you want to? ”. I shouldn’t have said yes… but I did. A panicked phone call from my father has me boarding a plane and flying cross-continent. I never expect to meet a brazen, distinguished silver fox on the plane. Much less the older gentleman initiating me into the Mile High club right then and there…...Categorized as:
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Entangled by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThere’s nothing richer than a second chance in the steamy second book of New York Times bestselling author J. S. Scott’s Accidental Billionaires series. Aiden Sinclair was a commercial fisherman before he suddenly came into his billionaire inheritance—not that he’s complaining. Being a Sinclair does have its perks. But things were simpler before the money... -
Every Time We Fall In Love by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHarry Sullivan has always put his family first, even when it meant losing Molly—his one true love. He’s never been able to forget her, even after fifteen years. Now that his siblings are all blissfully happy, Harry hopes it’s not too late for his own happily-ever-after. But then his doorbell rings…and one look at the teenage girl standing on his doorstep changes absolutely everything... -
Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Fallen. Beautiful. Broken. Loyal as hell. Five guys with the power of ten. All determined to uncover secrets and expose lies. All laser focused with their eyes on the prize. They’ll go to great lengths to stop me in my tracks. They’ll cross lines that mean we can never go back. Our story is one of betrayal and deceit. Our connection is destined, our bond runs deep... -
Reject Me by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPeyton Hutchinson and Jamey Billings were an unlikely couple from the start. They'd been together for a while, half of it in secret, but she's ready to get serious and take things to the next level. She moves in with Jamey, forcing him to label what they are to each other, and he's not pleased about it... -
Hailey's Truth by Cate Beauman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHailey Roberts has never had it easy. Despite the scars of a tragic childhood, she’s made a life for herself. As a part-time student and loving nanny, she yearns for a family of her own and reluctant Austin Casey, Ethan Cooke Security’s best close protection agent. Hailey’s past comes back to haunt her when her long lost brother tracks her down, bringing his dangerous secrets with him... -
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Boss Daddy by Crystal Monroe
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne wild night with Grant changed my life forever. Never thought I’d see him again…. Until I meet my new neighbor. Seven years ago, I sat next to a gorgeous man in first class. The flight was a bumpy ride…. But that was NOTHING compared to what I gave him later. No regrets. Except for one. I didn’t get his contact info. Now he’s my chiseled next-door neighbor... -
The Surprise by Alice Ward
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOne night. One moment in time can change everything. One night is all we have together before I leave the country for a year to serve as a physician with Doctors Beyond Borders-mostly to avoid real life obligations. Meeting her, being with her is like nothing I've ever experienced before. .. and probably never will again... -
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... -
SEAL'd Heart by Alice Ward
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFate is twisted, and karma's a bitch. Maybe destiny will give us a second chance. I've been best friends with Skye since we were ten years old. She was my life. We did nearly everything together. Until graduation night. The night I f'cked it all up. Escaping to the Navy, I found a new home with the SEALs. Then tragedy struck, and I lost it all, again... -
Fight Me by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJake Stevens has it made. A local police officer with an open invitation to any number of beds around town, Jake has no desire to settle down with any of the ladies he entertains by night. After watching his best friend fall in love with his little sister, Jake is certain that love and marriage just aren’t in his cards. Heck, he’s not even playing with the same deck...Categorized as:
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In Harmony by Helena Newbury
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe'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... -
Bad Boy by Lilian Monroe
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHow could this happen? This was supposed to be a quiet town, with quiet people, and a quiet hotel that needed a new owner. It was supposed to be my fresh start. Instead, in walks the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen. Before she even flicks those eyes in my direction I already know I’m in trouble. . .. and I've never wanted trouble as much as I do now. How could this happen. .Categorized as:
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Knocked Up By Mr. Big Shot by Elizabeth Grey
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy billionaire rockstar one-night stand doesn’t know that he’s the father of our secret child. I wasn’t looking for a relationship the night I slept with Travis Storm. He was a world-famous rockstar, never staying in one place. I was an aspiring entrepreneur, too busy for love. A month later, I was upset at myself for being so careless...Categorized as:
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Unexpected Love by Casey Clipper
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom International Best-Selling Contemporary Romance Author Casey Clipper, The Love Series delves into Ryan's story. Ryan Millen. Notorious playboy. Forever a bachelor. Never one to settle. Loves his one-night-stands. Ryan has loved his single status without any desire to settle down into a permanent relationship. Why would he? To be in a relationship requires work and sacrifice... -
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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Eight Long Years: A Second Chance Secret Baby Romance by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsApril and I have been torn apart for eight years. I didn’t think she’d leave me after I joined the military. But her letter shredded me into pieces. She’d clearly told me that we weren’t meant to be. That everything we felt for each other was meaningless. I didn’t believe her. And I shouldn’t have. There was something else at play... -
The Doctor's Twin Secrets: A Single Mom, Military Romance by Sofia T Summers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI 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 Doctor's Twin Secrets: A Single Mom, Military Romance by Sofia T Summers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI 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 Beauty of Grace by Nicole Richard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAt age eighteen, Grace Bowman's life crumbled right in front of her. The man who held her heart—her forever—was gone, and her family ties were in tatters. As a result, she forged a steel wall round her heart and vowed never to let anyone get close again. Now, six years later, she has been given a chance to start fresh in Savannah, Georgia... -
Deceitful Choices by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDeceitful Choices. .. Some lies you just can’t come back from. The damage is too deep. The effects are too strong, and the path they lead you on can be devastating. One lie only led to another as Lindsay tried to be someone she wasn’t. She wanted just one moment to pretend she didn’t live the life she had been cursed with. She wanted to live without regret. Live for the moment... -
Acting Brave by Helena Newbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s spent her whole life acting. But can she make him believe she doesn’t love him? The final book in the Fenbrook Academy trilogy. Three years ago, a terrified girl named Emma fled a world of crime and abuse in Chicago and bought a one-way ticket to New York. She reinvented herself as an actress, enrolled at the prestigious Fenbrook Academy and buried her pain beneath a vivacious new persona...
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