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  • Wild Open Hearts by Kathryn Nolan

    Wild Open Hearts by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    “I’ve heard that boys with motorcycles have less-than-noble intentions.” “Not a boy,” Beck said. “And you heard right.” Luna da Rosa is America’s Vegan Best Friend. The self-made billionaire is a flower-crowned hippie whose Instagram feed is as popular as Wild Heart - her vegan makeup company. When she’s not changing the cosmetics industry, she’s dazzling her online fans with kombucha recipes...
  • Resolution by Adriana Locke

    Resolution by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling author Adriana Locke comes a workplace romance between a grumpy, alpha architect and his new client—who just so happens to have the blueprint to bring him to his knees. Romance is not in Wade Mason’s portfolio. This is tragic...
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  • Damaged Grump by Nicole Snow

    Damaged Grump by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hysterical office romance where the grumpiest boss claims the good girl and loses his scorched heart.Our meet cute was one big sip of ugly.He pushed my hell-no buttons, wearing an indestructible smirk.I offended his warped morals in front of his starry-eyed minions.Then I got my sweet reward for doing the right thing...
  • Your Tempting Love by Layla Hagen

    Your Tempting Love by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Christopher Bennett is a persuasive man. With his magnetic charm and undeniable wit, he plays a key role in the international success of his family’s company. Christopher adores his family, even if they can be too meddling sometimes… like when attempt to set him up with Victoria, by recommending him to employ her decorating services...
  • Scenes from the City by Penny Reid

    Scenes from the City by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 36 ratings
    No longer for sale. aka... the Festivus Surprise 100% of proceeds go to Toys for Tots. This book cannot be read as a standalone. It is a collection of short scenes following the ladies from the 'Knitting in the City' series and will only be available in eBook format from December 1 - December 15, 2014...
  • One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish

    One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    I’m Poppy Woodstock.Romance author and wholehearted believer in Happily Ever Afters.A terminal case of writer’s block should be my biggest worry. Then I crash into him—literally—and fall into the most gorgeous pair of blue eyes I’ve ever seen. Connor Bradley.Thief, rebel… and my new neighbor.One slip with the bad boy next door, and my life becomes stranger than any fiction I could ever write...
  • Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant

    Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    The lies will come back to bite you every time...Never borrow pants from your brother. Especially if he’s a size smaller than you are, because all that pressure in the junk will short-circuit your brain.And you’ll lie to a woman in a club about your real name.Leave her unsatisfied after making out in a bathroom.Then find out that she’s the one thing standing in the way of your dreams...
  • Your Captivating Love by Layla Hagen

    Your Captivating Love by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Logan Bennett knows his priorities. He is loyal to his family and his company. He has no time for love, and no desire for it. Not after a disastrous engagement that left him broken-hearted. When Nadine enters his life, she turns everything upside down. She’s sexy, funny, and utterly captivating. She’s also more stubborn than anyone he’s met. . .including himself...
  • Jameson Fox by Nina Levine

    Jameson Fox by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Rule number one if you’re going to fake marry a billionaire: only marry him if you like him and he likes you. Everything is too hard if you hate each other.Jameson Fox is the most infuriating, arrogant, frustrating, presumptuous, self-important alphahole I have ever met.He stole my company from me five years ago. Now, he’s made me an offer I can’t refuse: fake marry him, and he’ll give it back...
  • Flirting With Love by Melissa Foster

    Flirting With Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Voted BEST BOOK SERIES of 2013 by Supportive Business Moms, UK "...love, loss, lies, grief, finding happiness in the face of adversity, romance, humor, bravery, hot hot hot sex scenes, marriages, births and totally awesome characters." --Supportive Business Moms, UK "Like Nora Roberts, Melissa Foster has captivated me with her fantastic, sexy, romantic stories...
  • Trouble by Adriana Locke

    Trouble by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    She wants something real. He wants something now. Together they’re trouble in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s sexy and funny twice-in-a-lifetime love story. With his shameless grin and let’s-play swagger, carpenter Penn Etling leaves women wanting in Dogwood Lane. What do they get? Avery Perry knows: a one-night stand. She’s been there...
  • Tempt Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Tempt Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Two enemies. One bed. What could possibly go wrong? Our new general manager is the most difficult man on the planet. The night before Drake begins working at my family's hotel, he finds me in the bar, trying to get rid of a boring date. But the guy won’t take even a not-so-subtle hint. Then Drake surprises me and comes to our table, but only to reprimand ME about dating in our workplace...
  • The Billionaire's Promise by Ivy Layne

    The Billionaire's Promise by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    For two years I held Vance Winters off… Right up until the day my fiancé dumped me for his mistress and Vance kissed me senseless. Vance Winters was six feet of dangerously beautiful mayhem. Wicked blue eyes, tousled blond hair, and golden skin covered in tattoos. Trouble. I should have taken one look and run in the other direction...
  • Holy Frigging Matrimony by Emma Chase

    Holy Frigging Matrimony by Emma Chase

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 64 ratings
    What does Drew Evans have to say next? Find out in this forty page short story, filled with his sexy charm, unique advice and hilarious one-liners. Marriage: the final frontier. Steven went first. He was kind of our test subject. Like those monkeys that NASA sent off into space in the fifties, all the while knowing they’d never make it back. And now another poor rocket is ready to launch...
  • Without A Hitch by Avery Maxwell

    Without A Hitch by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    “A wedding is the beginning of the end.” —Lochlan BlaineLook, I’ve seen firsthand what marriage does to a man. I’m not interested. You want to take the leap? Fine. But have the decency to elope. Leave me out of it.And then I see her. The happily-ever-after-loving bridesmaid at the wedding I couldn’t get out of.This flower-wielding bombshell is all wrong for me...
  • Serving the Couturier by M.S. Parker

    Serving the Couturier by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Enter the chaotic life of Leah Martin, a shy fashion prodigy with an unassuming charm, always used to playing second fiddle to her vivacious identical twin, Sophie. But when a gnarly ski accident in Aspen sidelines her sister, suddenly, Leah's stepping into Sophie's killer heels, working for the drop-dead gorgeous fashion big shot, Damien Laurent...
  • Brett by Melissa Foster

    Brett by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bad Boys After Dark: Brett is a USA Today Bestseller Indulge your inner vixen with these sexy billionaires! Meet the Bad Boys... Four fiercely loyal, sinfully sexy, uber alpha brothers, about to fall head over heels for their leading ladies. Everything's naughtier after dark..
  • After His Banana by Penelope Bloom

    After His Banana by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What comes after His Banana? Technically, that would be me. Before you assume I’m a potassium sucking harlot, Let me explain… I didn’t have time for relationships, especially not with someone like Miles Chamberson. But considering my circumstances, I didn’t really have a choice. Yes, he was the kind of offspring only generations of exceptionally attractive people could create...
  • Dangerous Fling by Crystal Kaswell

    Dangerous Fling by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    He's her rock star crush, her go-to fantasy, and he's offering to make all her dreams come true... Rock star Malcolm Strong is used to being in control. Of the band. Of his feelings. Of the woman he has tied to his bed. He never gets close enough to get hurt. He never wants to. Until Lacey. The sassy brunette is working on the band's latest music video...
  • Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken’s scorching series, revenge is a justified pleasure… Isla made one teeny little mistake. Now she and her PI company, Dirty Exes, are being targeted by one seriously angry and furiously sexy ex-quarterback. Jessie freakin’ Beckett. But there’s no way some NFL superhunk is going to take her business away...
  • Owen North by Nina Levine

    Owen North by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    A steamy forbidden office romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nina Levine.My one-night stand is my new boss.I met him at the society wedding of the year.The man every woman in New York wants.He's rich.Devastatingly good looking.Charming.Mr. I-Could-Blow-Your-Mind.And yes, he did blow my mind.It was just supposed to be one night.I told him I don't date...
  • Show Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Show Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I moved to Chicago six months ago, determined to finally open my own bakery. My landlady was this sweet woman who treated me like her granddaughter. Then she sold the house. Now the devil himself is my landlord and neighbor since I live in the guesthouse on his property. Declan Maxwell is moody, unreasonable, and takes himself far too seriously. Unfortunately for me, he’s also damn sexy...
  • Shopping for a Billionaire's Wife by Julia Kent

    Shopping for a Billionaire's Wife by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Who needs a SWAT team to escape from their own wedding? Me. My Momzilla turned us into hostages at our own ceremony, so Declan and I are getting married the good old-fashioned way, just like everybody else. By calling in his private security team, stealing away before the ceremony by helicopter, connecting to his corporate jet and heading for Las Vegas...
  • Good Girl Gone Badd by Jasinda Wilder

    Good Girl Gone Badd by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Evangeline du Maurier is the definition of a good girl. Attending Yale, raised with the best tutors and etiquette instructors, she's expected to toe the family line and be a trophy wife for a future senator. But when this good girl takes a quick getaway to clear her head, she finds a whole lot more than she'd bargained for. She finds herself in the arms of a bad boy.  Baxter Badd...
  • Tasty Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Tasty Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Surely nobody has ever met their great love while using duct tape to pull cactus needles out of their girl parts on a mountain trail.Except I just did.Let me tell you about Axel Pickle.He’s a bronzed god.Totally outdoorsy.Worth half a billion after selling his nature app.And he hikes naked...
  • The Benefactor by Nana Malone

    The Benefactor by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I am many things. billionaire, rogue, rebel. But I never figured myself for a thief.My money can buy power, control, access. Even oaths of loyalty.The one thing it can't buy is her...or her safety.I vowed to protect her...I failed...I can't, under any circumstances, fail again. In order to save her, I'll have to give up the one thing that I value most--control.The Canary Jewel is the key...
  • For Her Benefit by Nana Malone

    For Her Benefit by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tonight, I risk it all. My fortune.My freedom.My love.My so-called brothers in oath have betrayed me. Perhaps they forgot how many of their secrets I’ve been keeping.Tonight, vengeance is mine.But when it comes to heisting a priceless diamond there is no simple plan. There will be blood. After all, there is no such thing as a bloodless coup.I’m not the only one risking it all...
  • Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

    Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I’ll admit it. I messed up. Mistake #1: Asking Peter Barnidge for a job. Mistake #2: Accepting his offer instead of throwing it in his face like I planned. Mistake #3: In the interest of stopping before #99, I’ll pretend the only other mistake was withholding one, tiny little nugget of truth during my interview...
  • Shawn by M.S. Parker

    Shawn by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Shawn: I’m good with my hands and I’m a quick study. At least that’s what the women say. No trouble in that department, if you know what I mean. Still, it’s best to keep them at arm’s length. I’ve seen how women go after my brothers for money and the family name. I guess you can say I have always been guarded. But then I met Talia, a woman unlike any other...
  • Dirty Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Dirty Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My body’s made of iron. My muscles are sculpted by God himself.And my green eyes have been described as ‘lady magnets’ by the Vegas Tribune. The Trifecta sensation is only the dirtiest male revue show Vegas has ever seen. We’ve been blazing the stage for a while and have gained quite the fan base. Women travel from across the country just to catch a glimpse of us...
  • Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    These three women are the toughest juries they’ll ever have to plead their case to.THIS BOX SET INCLUDES…Clean Slate (Charity Case #0.5)Moving two thousand miles away wasn’t my plan, but when family needs you, you come. Before I can head back to my hometown of Chicago though, I have two men to say good-bye to. Neither one of them will be happy to hear the news...
  • Her Bush  (Objects of Attraction) by Penelope Bloom

    Her Bush (Objects of Attraction) by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Everything went wrong when I trimmed his bush. And no, it’s not what you’re thinking. I’m a professional. The client hired me to trim a bush in his garden for a party. I accidentally turned it into something that rhymes with “a big rock and walls”. Imagine my surprise when the art world decides it’s a masterpiece...
  • Falling Out of Hate with You by Lauren Rowe

    Falling Out of Hate with You by Lauren Rowe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    I’ve tried to like Adrian Savage, the mercurial frontman for Fugitive Summer, while serving as his band’s opening act on tour. We’re stuck together for three months, after all. And I’m well aware I’m lucky to be here. But it’s proved impossible. He’s far too rude and dismissive a guy to get along with. And way too good at getting under my skin...
  • His Package by Penelope Bloom

    His Package by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    His package ended up inside my box. Calm down, perv. My mailbox. As soon as I saw what was inside, I knew two things: It belonged to my hot neighbor, and he had a dirty secret. Normally, I was more of a cat person. As in, if I had to choose who lives, I’m going to take the cat nine times out of ten. It’s not that I particularly like cats, I just don’t particularly like most people...
  • Nailed by Cora Brent

    Nailed by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A scorching ‘enemies to lovers’ office romance proves hazardous in this new stand-alone from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Cora Brent. The good news: Audrey Gordon has just received a dream assignment managing one of the city’s largest construction projects. The bad news: She’ll be teamed up with cocky office rival and former lover Jason Roma...
  • The Roomie Rulebook by Crystal Kaswell

    The Roomie Rulebook by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Oliver is my best friend's older brother. He's brooding, bossy, and painfully off limits. But all rules are off when I move in as his new roommate. When I need a place to crash, I go straight to the guy I know best. My best friend's older brother, Oliver. Who's right in the middle of enjoying his alone time. No big deal, right? It's not like I'm going to die of embarrassment...
  • The Worst Dates Bring Chocolate Cake by Alina Jacobs

    The Worst Dates Bring Chocolate Cake by Alina Jacobs

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    My butt pads are sliding under my shape wear, I had to starve to fit in this dress, and the last place on earth I want to be is on a date with Walker Svensson.Entitled playboy. More money than sense. Abs you could grate cheese on.Damn, I would stab someone for some brie.This is truly the date from hell...
  • In Hate With My Boss by Lexi Calder

    In Hate With My Boss by Lexi Calder

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    There are three things I know about Owen Bennett: He’s worth billions. He’s smoking hot. He’s a total asshole.Oh, and he’s my new boss. Which, I guess is technically four things. But who’s counting? Not Owen. Because all he can do is stare at my chest and make rude comments. He’s unprofessional, lazy, and the single most infuriatingly sexy man I’ve ever met in my life...
  • Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    "The obnoxious drummer neighbor I reported for noise pollution? Turns out he’s the biggest rock star in the country! Oops."I write romance because true love doesn’t happen in real life. My parents’ marriage and a string of failed relationships have taught me that.Then Killian Axelrod moves in next door. He’s a rock star, and hot as hell. Wicked blue eyes. A body made for sin. Cocky attitude...
  • The Baby Clause by Melanie Moreland

    The Baby Clause by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    This is a chapter for charity - all profits to go the Keith Milano Memorial Fund. A glimpse into Richard and Katy's future. Reading the book The Contract first is highly recommended. Contains spoilers...
  • 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...
  • Always Mine by Ruth Cardello

    Always Mine by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    All new couples, still set in the world of Dominic Corisi. Move over Andrades—it’s time to hear from your cousins. This project is especially meaningful to me because I'm plotting it along with my sister, Jeannette Winters. The books in her series (Barrington Billionaire World) will release between mine. Our characters will make cameo appearances in both series...
  • Making Sense by Lila Rose

    Making Sense by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Adalyn Sage. I'm thirty-seven, a mother, a divorcee, and I’m ready to date again. I need a man willing to love me for who I am, despite what size I am. Only finding such a guy is harder than it’s cracked up to be. Afterall, I'm a little clumsy and just a tad outspoken… that is unless I’m in front of a man so good-looking my panties melt. Then I become an absolute weirdo...
  • His Punishments by Ajme Williams

    His Punishments by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Repeat after me… No one can find out. No one. Especially not the press. My boss broke her heart… and now it’s become my job to protect her. Protect her body, not her heart. Although, I’m up for the other task as well. But first, I’ll punish her if she gets herself into trouble. Punish her in a way that she’ll love. In a way that she’ll never forget. Her curves beg for me to teach her a lesson...
  • Rival Desires by M. S. Parker

    Rival Desires by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Rival Desires, where the rivalry is fiery, but the romance? It's downright scorching.Meet Cory charming, socially awkward, and co-owner of the established Palo Alto finance firm Gracen & McCrae. Enter Rylee Palmer, the brilliant, enigmatic head of the new game-changer in town, Palmer Money Management...
  • Bedding the Billionaire by Ruth Cardello

    Bedding the Billionaire by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Lil Dartley's life is upside down. Her previously steadfast and predictable sister is marrying an influential billionaire and needs help planning the wedding of the century in less than a month. Years of middle class rebellion have not prepared Lil for handling diplomats or paparazzi. Jake Walton knows a train wreck when he sees one...
  • Playboy's Heart by Nana Malone

    Playboy's Heart by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Playboy Prince has lost his princess…The hell I have.It took me this long to find her, so I’m not letting her go without a fight.Everyone will know just how far I’m willing to go for love.Just how far I’m willing to go for…her.As it turns out, love is a stronger motivator than vengeance...
  • Tripp by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Tripp by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tripp Patton is not the guy you take home to meet your mom.He is the number one sports agent in the world, and he didn’t get there by playing nice.On the verge of signing the biggest player of his career, someone gets in his way.Lennon Edwards, a younger agent trying to make a name for herself. She’s hungry for success, relentless, and drop-dead gorgeous...
  • A Fish Out of Water by Savannah Scott

    A Fish Out of Water by Savannah Scott

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I knew trying to make a fresh start on Marbella Island would mean reinventing myself.I'm only here while I work my way up to my dream role in a major motion picture in Hollywood.Which explains why I took a role playing a mermaid in the island production of In So Deep . What I didn't count on?Ben. The charmer who just took a job as a water sports instructor.Everyone loves Ben.Everyone but me...
  • Jasper by Lulu Moore

    Jasper by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    As Captain of an NHL team, I'm rich, successful and have women falling at my feet.I thought my life was perfect until a pint sized blonde checked into me one day, knocking my life off course.Wolfie Williams is sass personified. Beautiful, fiery, funny and oh so sexy. With every eye roll she gives me I become more and more wrapped around her finger, making me realise she is my missing piece...
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