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Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with a tale of corruption and betrayal, revenge and reversal - where friends become foes, and heroes become criminals in the ultimate abuse of power. When newswoman Britt Shelley wakes up to find herself in bed with Jay Burgess, a rising star detective in the Charleston PD, she remembers nothing of how she got there. .Categorized as:
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![Finding Lord Landry by Lucy Lennox]()
Finding Lord Landry by Lucy Lennox
When a secret enemies-with-benefits situation turns into the world’s most public fake marriage…. The world knows me as Landry Davis, supermodel. A beautiful face and killer abs that have spawned a hundred fantasies. To my friends, I’m simply Landry, the snarkiest (read: most fun) member of our billionaire brotherhood... -
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![Collateral Damage by Kaylea Cross]()
Collateral Damage by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPride tore them apart…. Warrant Officer Honor Girard made the worst mistake of her life in walking away from the man she promised to marry—and she knows it. An attack on base unexpectedly pushes them together and in the aftermath she realizes she can’t let him go a second time. Only he’s not willing to let her back in...Categorized as:
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![Savage Vicious Heir: Part Two by Caitlyn Dare]()
Savage Vicious Heir: Part Two by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBestselling author Caitlyn Dare brings you a new dark high school romance story in the Heirs of All Hallows' series. Savage Vicious Heir is a dark high school bully romance. If possessive, rugby playing alphaholes aren't your thing, you probably won't like this book!Categorized as:
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![Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones]()
Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones
When 26 year old Reese accepts a position as a grad assistant, she has no idea an unpleasant encounter with a student will lead to the discovery of what she calls “the trifecta”: fine, intellectual, and a little bit rude – three qualities she finds irresistible in a man. She has no intention of doing anything with that discovery – nothing long term, at least...Categorized as:
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![A Risk on Forever by N.S. Perkins]()
A Risk on Forever by N.S. Perkins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen Matthias Phillips imagined the new caretaker for his mother with ALS, the last thing he had in mind was a gorgeous twenty-something who didn’t look like she had a day of experience in the field. However, his mother has always been stubborn, and despite his objections, she’s insistent: it’s Adelaide Samson she wants him to hire... -
![The Start of Something Good by Jennifer Probst]()
The Start of Something Good by Jennifer Probst
An enriching story of family ties, broken hearts, and second chances from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst. When Ethan Bishop returns to the Hudson Valley, his body and spirit are a little worse for wear. As a former Special Forces paratrooper, he saw his fair share of conflict, and he came home with wounds, inside and out... -
![Brightly Burning Bridges by Ivy Wild]()
Brightly Burning Bridges by Ivy Wild
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom the author of Infamous and The Estate comes a bully romance unlike anything you've ever read. Silas. He wasn’t my friend until he became my enemy. His center is freezing cold,. and his edges burn me when I get too close. He is everything I want and nothing I am. They say not to burn bridges,. but he burned ours to the ground. Skyler. She is the girl who wants to be seen,... -
![Trick or Treat by L.A. Cotton]()
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... -
![Lick of Fire by Clara Elroy]()
Lick of Fire by Clara Elroy
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsYou can’t escape fate, no matter how fast you run. That was a lesson hard learned for me. I spent years trying to bury my past, but my future held skeletons bleaker than the ones I'd left behind. Darkness follows me everywhere I go, hanging over my shoulders like a scythe. A byproduct of my bad karma. For so long, I refused to even look at my hometown on a postcard...Categorized as:
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![The Lying Game: A sweet grumpy/sunshine, small town romcom by Sara Jane Woodley]()
The Lying Game: A sweet grumpy/sunshine, small town romcom by Sara Jane Woodley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGetting trapped in a rundown motel with a grumpy stranger wasn’t how this night was supposed to end, but at least I’ll never have to see him again. Until he becomes my new roommate…When a dating disaster leaves me heartbroken, muddy, and stranded on the side of the road in the pouring rain, the last thing I expect is for an impossibly hot (and impossibly grouchy) man to offer me a ride home... -
![Her Reluctant Husband by Erica Marselas]()
Her Reluctant Husband by Erica Marselas
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI would do anything for my family, including marrying a man who hates me. Not like I had a choice when the person who helped raise me tells me who I must marry in order to save my home. When I came face to face with Alex Wilks again, the man who despises me and wishes I never stepped foot back into Kinder Falls after the day I left, I didn’t know what I was in for...Categorized as:
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![Pembroke Prep by Becker Gray]()
Pembroke Prep by Becker Gray
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe rich boy with a powerful family…. The new girl with her head down…. A scorching hot bully romance! PEMBROKE PREP contains 3 full-length novels. Walk the halls of the most exclusive prep school alongside the band of friends called the Hellfire Club.Categorized as:
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![First Touch by Loni Ree]()
First Touch by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsZander Burton. Never trust a woman and make sure you’re never stupid enough to give your heart to one. I’ve always lived by these words, then Rachel Marsh crashed into my life. It only took one night, one touch for the gorgeous blonde to make me ignore the rule I’d followed my whole life... -
![Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis]()
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... -
![Beauty & the Quarterback by Ava Woods]()
Beauty & the Quarterback by Ava Woods
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt’d take a Hail Mary for love to score between these two …. Prescott Reeves. Just his name throws me back to my less fortunate years of high school where “Doughy Zoe” was the only name I was known by. Fast forward fifteen years and people now know me as Zoe Peters, Sports Caster, the take-no-shit on-camera dynamite – a name I’m beyond proud of...Categorized as:
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![Spurs and Sparks by Jody Hedlund]()
Spurs and Sparks by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs the powerful McQuaid legacy of love only a thing of the past? Or can such a love still happen today? Tyler McQuaid has been too busy managing his family’s luxury ranch resort to think about love. But when his dad gets sick and may not have long to live, Tyler begins to question what is truly important...Categorized as:
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![The Assistant by C. Hallman]()
The Assistant by C. Hallman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is 18, his new stepsister, and so very off limits. Dawson. I spent the last year of my life in Europe overseeing and growing my company into a billion-dollar empire. I come home expecting a celebration, but instead my father tells me I have a new stepsister, and she is going to be my new assistant. Harper isn’t just unqualified, she is a curvy distraction I can’t afford... -
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Sinners by Cassie James
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA lost heiress finds her way home. She’s about to wish she hadn’t. The town of Patience is home to the privileged, the elite, and the ruthless. Everything Juliet is not. After spending the first sixteen years of her life in a dead-end town, she’s thrust into the spotlight of a legacy she never knew she had. With it comes a decades long mystery about a hidden family fortune...Categorized as:
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Love You Now by M Robinson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author M. Robinson. I should have told her everything. How much I loved her. How much I’ve always loved her. But I didn’t. I couldn’t. I just wasn’t made that way. Instead. .. I claimed her. Teased her. Taunted her. Worshipped her. Until. .. I broke her. My best friend. My savior. My girl...Categorized as:
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![Cold and Broken by Nichole Greene]()
Cold and Broken by Nichole Greene
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“No one touches the new girl. No one befriends her. Otherwise they risk the wrath of the Titans. ”. Moving her senior year of high school was not Lilith’s idea of a great plan. She would have much rather stayed with her best friend Zion for their final year of school. Her dad had different plans though; this new job was too good to pass up, and she knew she needed to go with him... -
![Fight Me by Lacey Black]()
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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![The Blind Date by Lauren Landish]()
The Blind Date by Lauren Landish
A Blind Date? It could be a match made in heaven. Or a total disaster. I’m Riley Watson, bringing a dash of sunshine here and a drop of positivity there. That’s how I live my life, focusing on the good that’s all around us if we look for it. There’s just one thing missing—Mr. Right. So I agree to try a new dating app and find my perfect match. The catch? No pictures. Fun times. .Categorized as:
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![Miss Martha Mary Crawford by Catherine Marchant, Catherine Cookson]()
Miss Martha Mary Crawford by Catherine Marchant, Catherine Cookson
At the Habitation, a large and decaying riverside house in wild country twenty miles from Newcastle, the Crawford family eked out an existence. Miss Martha Mary Crawford, the eldest daughter, acted as unpaid servant to her sisters, snobbish Mildred and giddy Nancy, her schoolboy brother and her charming, unreliable father... -
![Mistress to a Monster by Sam Crescent]()
Mistress to a Monster by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor decades, war has raged between the Russo and De Luca families. When Damon De Luca finally brings the head of Russos to his knees, he demands to have Milah Russo at his beck and call. Not as his wife, but as his mistress. Milah will never go to Damon willingly. Caged up in his home, she fights him, but her days are numbered... -
![Hidden Secrets by Carmen Rosales]()
Hidden Secrets by Carmen Rosales
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHidden Secrets (Hillside Kings Book 3) Colton and Linda's Story. The death of her boyfriend almost destroyed her, but Linda Ramirez is now determined to move on with her life. Attending the exclusive Hillside University is her first step at taking back her life. Hanging up her dreary khakis and humdrum lifestyle, Linda's ready for something new... -
![Flirting with the Scrooge by Gia Stevens]()
Flirting with the Scrooge by Gia Stevens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA spicy holiday grumpy sunshine standalone novel by romantic comedy author Gia Stevens…. ‘Twas a month before Christmas, and all through the town,. Everyone was ready to celebrate, except my hot and grumpy new neighbor. Christmas is my favorite time of year with the festive parties and holiday cheer...Categorized as:
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![Spiteful Lies by Nora Cobb]()
Spiteful Lies by Nora Cobb
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI CAME FROM NOTHING. NOW I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE. The stakes have never been higher. And backing down now means paying an unthinkable price. I thought I could never be broken. I thought I could handle whatever came my way. The Kings of Stonehaven taught me how wrong I was. They used me. They humiliated me. They broke me. But there was something they couldn’t do... -
![Taming Tesla by Megyn Ward]()
Taming Tesla by Megyn Ward
Tess thinks I’m an assh*le. A liar. That I can’t be trusted. She’s right. I’m all of those things and more. Worse. I can’t be trusted. I am a liar. I am an assh*le. What she doesn’t get is that it’s her. She’s the reason. She brings out the best and the worst in me. Makes me who I am. I don’t deserve Tess. I know that. But I want her. Love her...Categorized as:
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![Buy a Boyfriend by Everly Ashton]()
Buy a Boyfriend by Everly Ashton
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt wasn’t my expectation to fall into bed with the woman who won me at the bachelor auction. I was only doing my grandma a favor, not looking for more than a shared dinner with the winner. Then again, I wasn’t expecting someone as hot as Isla to be my date. She makes it clear that she’s down for a night in the sheets but bolts, leaving me holding my junk—literally... -
![The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson]()
The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFool me once? Shame on you. Fool me twice? Not going to happen…. Step one: Go back to school with a thick skin and an impenetrable heart. Step two: Make the queen bees pay. Step three: Bring down the Rogues of Everly Prep. Bullied, befriended, and betrayed, my life has been an emotional roller coaster since moving into the Kincaid Mansion and enrolling at Everly Prep... -
![Semper Mine by Lizzy Ford]()
Semper Mine by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“A freak accident landed both of the Khavalov twins under my command, just before a routine mission turned into a nightmare. I brought home one twin in a coffin and the other in a coma missing his leg. I did everything right – and still people died. I can’t forget that night or how many lives it changed, including mine. It’s natural for their sister, Katya, to blame me... -
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![Insincerely Yours by Lila Evers]()
Insincerely Yours by Lila Evers
When they say to keep your enemies close, I don’t think they mean ten feet down the hall. After experiencing the bliss of being away at college, I’d rather hide in the dorm room air ducts than go back to my hometown for the summer. Sadly, that isn’t an option (Seriously, I tried. The vents aren’t wide enough). I have no other choice...Categorized as:
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![The Proposal Playbook by Samantha Chase]()
The Proposal Playbook by Samantha Chase
He’s a former Navy SEAL from the school of hard knocks. She’s a cheery wedding planner writing a guide to happily ever afters. Who knew cupid’s arrow could come in the form of a five-pound bag of flour? When Daisy Sinclair gleefully offers to help her brother come up with the perfect proposal, she has no idea how time-consuming the project will become... -
![Ruthless Queen by Eva Chance, Harlow King]()
Ruthless Queen by Eva Chance, Harlow King
Heavy lies the crown…. I thought getting my revenge would give me some kind of peace. Instead it seems to have brought an even worse villain to my doorstep. Or rather, to the Nobles’ doorstep, which the big boss of Paradise Bend’s most powerful gang is not at all happy about. I may have won over Wylder Noble and his men, but his father is another story entirely. A brutally murderous story...Categorized as:
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![Brazen Bossman (Cocky Hero Club) by Emma Nichole]()
Brazen Bossman (Cocky Hero Club) by Emma Nichole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDear Ida,. My boss is an egotistical, arrogant, cuff link wearing jerk. I wanted nothing more than to throw my badge at his face and walk out the door. But the heat of the moment took over. .. We went too far. .. and I liked it. Maybe I should just leave the city and change my name to spare myself the embarrassment. Stop me now before I do it. Please. Royally Screwed in the City,. Piper.Categorized as:
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![Entry Level by Bella Michaels]()
Entry Level by Bella Michaels
My hot new neighbor hates me. A year ago, Owen Smith and I spent one epic weekend together, and it was almost enough to make me upend my life and move to the Fingerlakes to be with him. Instead, I got scared and put an end to our long-distance chance at love. But when a twist of fate sends me back to small town Kitchi Falls for good, I’m hopeful we can pick up where left off. Not. Even. Close... -
![Taste by Sophia Soames]()
Taste by Sophia Soames
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFinn Christensen doesn’t do feelings. He doesn’t do relationships. When he has an itch to scratch, there are always clubs and hook-ups. Quick, dirty encounters in dark places that feed the need that brews in the pit in his stomach. He works every hour of the day as the front office manager for the Clouds Westminster Hotel in central London. He’s a good boss, and he knows his shit...Categorized as:
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![The Inn on Sweetbriar Lane by Jeannie Chin]()
The Inn on Sweetbriar Lane by Jeannie Chin
From a "must-read voice in romance" (Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author) comes a charming opposites-attract romance about two lonely hearts discovering that love doesn't always go according to plan. June Wu always has it all together—only now, she’s in over her head...Categorized as:
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![Kissing a Gentleman by Maria Luis]()
Kissing a Gentleman by Maria Luis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNovella in Holiday Ever After.Categorized as:
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![King of Nothing by Jacie Lennon]()
King of Nothing by Jacie Lennon
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s the one thing he wants nothing—and everything—to do with. Corbin. I’m one of the kings at Almadale Prep. I act the part, put on the mask, do my duty. But lies and betrayal aren’t a game to me, no matter how well my fellow kings play. So, when Landry arrives, invading my life and my thoughts, I try to forget her... -
![A Lost Love by Carole Mortimer]()
A Lost Love by Carole Mortimer
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe didn't have to guess how Rafe felt about his wife. .. Brooke Adamson knew the whole bitter story. Because she was Rafe Charlwood's wife, or rather she had been, before the terrible car accident Rafe believed had claimed her life... -
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![To Have and Hate by Donna Alam]()
To Have and Hate by Donna Alam
‘Everyone has their price, Olivia. ’. ‘There isn’t enough money in the world to persuade me to marry you. ’. Beckett. Let me count the ways I loathe him. 1. He’s the bane of my existence. 2. A thorn in my side. 3. I’m pretty sure he’s the devil in disguise. Or he at least has him on speed-dial... -
![After The Music by Diana Palmer]()
After The Music by Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt all started as a joke. Sabina was only pretending to be engaged to her best friend, millionaire Al Thordon. Al had talked her into this scheme as a way to trick his older brother, Thorn. Al had no choice but to lie. And to make Sabina his accomplice. Sabina thought that it would be for just one night. When Thorn accused her of being a gold digger, Sabina just laughed it off...Categorized as:
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![All for You by Marquita Valentine]()
All for You by Marquita Valentine
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Marquita Valentine, comes the next book in her bestselling new adult series, Boys of the South! Bully. Tormentor. Lover. West Diaz has been all of these things to me. After being gone for two years, he's back, begging for my forgiveness. And not just my forgiveness. .. He wants more. He wants. .. Me. -
![A Loser's Revenge by Tammi Lynn]()
A Loser's Revenge by Tammi Lynn
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI watch from the shadows of trees against the cars lining the street. Invisible to the three I keep under my anger filled glare. Dressed in black, I have the hood of my zip-up hoodie pulled over my head and drawn closed as I fade into the afternoon shadows to observe and plan my revenge. They probably wouldn’t recognize me if they did see me standing here... -
![Stray by Ash Penn]()
Stray by Ash Penn
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBar worker and serial slut Terry Seymour is hardly charm personified when it comes to romance. In fact, he doesn't believe in love at all despite his latent desire for his best friend of fourteen years, builder Marc Pierce. Dan Hutchinson is a young homeless man living in a derelict house Marc's halfway to renovating...Categorized as:
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![Ask Me Why by Harloe Rae]()
Ask Me Why by Harloe Rae
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsOne deep breath. Two slow blinks. Three hollow beats. I’m still here. After three years, that reminder isn’t as necessary. But everyone has their bad days. This is definitely one of them. Until an adorable little boy dashes into my store. His zest for life makes me smile in a way that’s been long lost. Then I meet his father. Well, confront is more like it. Brance Stone is volatile...Categorized as:
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