Books like 'The Lies We Tell for Love'

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  • Surrogate To An Unhinged Mafia Boss 4 by Brickhouse

    Surrogate To An Unhinged Mafia Boss 4 by Brickhouse

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Surrogate to an Unhinged Mafia Boss (Book 4)Lena made her last mistake.Now Dante comes for her—no warnings, no negotiations. Just the terrifying focus of a man who collects debts in blood. As she spirals deeper into danger, her only ally becomes the one man she shouldn't Savant Torres, whose crumbling marriage strains under his wife's dangerous fascination with YN Braze...
  • 1005 Lonestar Terrace by Cee Bowerman

    1005 Lonestar Terrace by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Motherhood has been a journey for Brighten Duke, one she wasn’t expecting, but has enjoyed with her entire heart and soul. But there’s one thing hanging over her head that she’s not quite ready to face. A lie she told along with her best friend six years ago is about to be revealed, and she’s going to have to deal with the consequences of her actions right along with him...
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  • A Virgin Surrogate & A Underboss by Taniece

    A Virgin Surrogate & A Underboss by Taniece

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From national bestselling author of "Tall Red Dude With Tattoos," Taniece presents "A Virgin Surrogate & A Underboss"—a scorching tale of possession, protection, and the unhinged men who'll cross every line for the women who own their souls.After a lifetime of heartbreak, Pre has one no men. Period...
  • Torn by Keisha Ervin

    Torn by Keisha Ervin

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Her female intuition told her he was a dog but yet and still she lent him her soul, gave him her heart and allowed herself to fall in love...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Dangerous Mind by Riley Edwards

    Dangerous Mind by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a young, naïve girl who fell madly in love with her brother’s Navy SEAL friend. It was one glorious, unforgettable summer. A magical, whirlwind of new and exciting emotions. But this girl knew she wasn’t ready for Cole Keniston not at twenty-three. So, she did the only thing she could do and left him...
  • Honor Thy Thug by Wahida Clark

    Honor Thy Thug by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark, comes the highly anticipated next installment in the Queen’s Thug series. Fans will rush to this latest installment while new fans will be eager to discover Wahida Clark’s unmatched melodrama...
  • Dirty Red by Vickie M. Stringer

    Dirty Red by Vickie M. Stringer

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with a provocative femininity. She employs her dirty ways - even faking a pregnancy with her boyfriend - to win a closet full of Gucci bags, a deluxe condominium full of baby accessories, a new car, and a book deal...
  • The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher

    The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "Break out the tissues. I loved The Forgiving Hour and so will you." — Francine Rivers, International Bestselling Author***Twelve years ago, Claire Porter thought her entire life was over when she learned that her husband, Dave, was having an affair with a young college student. Following their divorce, Claire started over, including changing back to her maiden name of Conway...
  • So You Call Yourself A Man by Carl Weber

    So You Call Yourself A Man by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The acclaimed national bestselling author of such smart, sexy novels as The Preacher's Son and Player Haters returns with a tale of three best friends who've grown from boys to men together. But now that they're each either married or about to be, they're coming up against some of the real tests of manhood- James Robinson and his wife, Cathy, have had their rough patches...
  • A Gangster's BBW Obsession 2 by Mz. Lady P

    A Gangster's BBW Obsession 2 by Mz. Lady P

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Gangster’s and the BBW’s they’re obsessed with are back with more drama than ever.In part 1, there were secrets and revelations that changed the dynamic of The Prince Family. With his back against the wall. Draylon had no choice but to take out the family members that betrayed him. Getting rid of the problems only added more problems. The price just went up and somebody got to pay for it...
  • Don't Forget to Remember Me by Kahlen Aymes

    Don't Forget to Remember Me by Kahlen Aymes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Ryan Matthews has everything he ever wanted. Close to graduation from Harvard Medical School and on the verge of marrying his gorgeous and accomplished girlfriend, Julia Abbott, his dreams are about to come true. Julia is on the fast track as a fashion editor for a big New York magazine...
  • Kadence by Anne Mercier

    Kadence by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Sometimes you find family where you least expect it...When bass guitarist Jace Warner receives an urgent message from his high school sweetheart to come home, the rocker drops what he's doing to get there. Finding out that his first love, the girl that stole his heart, is dying isn't the biggest shock he receives. The bad boy rocker has a child, and now, he's about to be her only living parent...
  • Back To Me by Kami Holt

    Back To Me by Kami Holt

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nayeli & Rule were High school sweethearts, who thought they would be together forever, but outside forces were working to tear them apart.Tens years have passed as Rule makes his return to his hometown. He has made it in the big leagues of R&B now but something is missing in his life.Unexpected discoveries are made and secrets are exposed that turn Rule’s life upside down...
  • The Wanted Series: Complete Box Set by Kelly Elliott

    The Wanted Series: Complete Box Set by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Contains adult language and content. Included in box set is five full novels, one novella and three short stories from WANTED, SAVED, AND FAITHFUL. As well as the first three chapters of WITHOUT YOU. Synopsis of each book: BOOK ONE WANTED - Verbally abused by her mother for years, 18-year-old Ellie Johnson always believed she would never be loved or wanted by anyone...
  • Betrayal by Naomi Chase

    Betrayal by Naomi Chase

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Some people know better and do worse… Ever since she was acquitted of murder, Tamia Luke has been on a mission to prove she’s a changed woman—especially to the love of her life, Brandon Chambers. She thinks she’s succeeded—until Brandon reveals that his ex-girlfriend is pregnant, and it’s his duty to marry her...
  • Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard… It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together.At least not in 1884.Or in the small town where she’s settled.Or anywhere else.It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has...
  • Don't Come Looking For Love by Natavia

    Don't Come Looking For Love by Natavia

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It's tough being young and growing up in the hood especially when you are raised by a crack-head. Britain Washington falls head over heels for O'Shea, the son of a ruthless king pin. When the two young teenagers discover love for the first time, Yager stops at anything to keep them apart. Yager plans eventually work forcing Britain to move away...
    Categorized as:
    secret child  mafia  length-medium
  • Charlotte by Lisa Helen Gray

    Charlotte by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of a life doing a job I love, and owning my own home, where I would live with my husband and we would build a family together. I managed to make two of those things happen. I worked every day, doing something I loved. I owned my own house, and I made it a home. Every day I held onto hope that I’d one day have the rest...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  humor  length-long
  • Keepin' it Cool: A Standalone Novel by Ni'ssan

    Keepin' it Cool: A Standalone Novel by Ni'ssan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cortez Miller Aka Cool has lived his entire life being calm, cool and collected. Never taking life too seriously. The last two years of his life was spent with Megan. A relationship of convenience.Megan a woman who believes she can have everything she desires makes a mistake that causes her to lose Cool’s attention...
  • Afterburn by Nia Forrester

    Afterburn by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The sequel, and conclusion to 'Afterwards'.Chris Scaife is not the man Robyn Crandall thought he was.Now that she’s shown him the possibility of a new life, she knows that Chris wants it. And he’s used to getting what he wants. But Robyn is seeing some possibilities of her own, as a highly-valued member of the legal team at Chris’ multimillion dollar corporation...
  • Can't Help Falling In Love by Erika Kelly

    Can't Help Falling In Love by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas…The moment Beckett O’Neill retires from professional sports, he swears off schedules and commitments. His new gig has him hopping from one exotic location to the next. No strings, no responsibilities. Nothing that will tie him down.Until he runs into her, the woman who stole his heart for a night in Vegas..
  • Arrogant Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Arrogant Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There’s a hot new hire. Too bad she’s Donavan’s ex. Oh, and there’s one other problem—they hate each other. The last thing he expected to see when he walked into the office was Paisley Williams. She was the only person to graduate ahead of him at Columbia. The one woman who could give it back better than he could dish it out. She was also the biggest regret of his life...
  • Vic Vaughn is Vicious by J.A. Huss

    Vic Vaughn is Vicious by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My name is Vicious. God-given name, I cross my heart.And it fits.I’m a hot-as-f, inked-up tattoo artist at the trendiest shop in the Rocky Mountains.I have the looks, I have the bike, I have the reputation.That means I get the ladies.Sure. There are lots of women out there who hate tattoos. Wouldn’t be caught dead with guys like me. And that’s fine. I’m not looking for girls like that...
    Categorized as:
    secret child  humor  m-f  length-short  audiobook
  • The Viscount and the Hellion by Alyssa Clarke

    The Viscount and the Hellion by Alyssa Clarke

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Anything can happen in a battle for love …even a kidnapping.Miss Fanny Fairbanks lost her love in the war, and currently goes through life carefully, lest the ton discovers their love child. The last thing she expected was to encounter a gentleman that looked exactly like her lost love, Simon Gracely, at a ball! She is certain that it is he. Worse this gentleman acts as if he does not know her...
  • Patchwhore by Kim Jones

    Patchwhore by Kim Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I’M THAT GIRL… The girl who thought she was living her happily ever after. The one who fell for the lies. A victim of infidelity. After months of heartache and loss, anger ensued. Rage replaced sadness. Fury took over heartache. Revenge became irresistible. Now he’ll feel what I felt. One by one, his brothers will take his place in my bed...
  • Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Cian O’Sheeran was the second oldest O’Sheeran child. His family was the largest Irish mob family in the US. Well, technically, to the world, they were former mobsters gone straight. The world might speculate and say they still were mobsters, but no one outside the family and their closest people knew the truth. Afterall, it was hard to remove all traces of a hunter from their bloodline...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  mafia  mystery  length-medium  m-f
  • Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They call him The Great Oz, but for Ozzy, sometimes life isn’t so great... Over twenty years ago, at seventeen, the Blood Fury’s colors were inked onto Ozzy’s back.But when the club imploded, he was one of the few who survived.Throughout his life, the Original has made mistakes.Too many to count.Most didn’t matter.Until the last one.The one he regrets.The one that left a mark...
  • Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson

    Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One kiss from those cherry lips and I knew she was meant to be mine.I’m claiming her and I won’t be letting her go.Luke “Grunt” Stafford had one job.He didn’t like it, but when your President gives you an order you usually follow it.He didn’t plan on the feisty redhead that showed up and rocked his world.Jasmine Blake knows how her family and friends see her...
  • Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury

    Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A riveting story of secret sin and the healing power of forgiveness. Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living what looks like a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean. One of the casualties is Kiahna Siefert, a flight attendant Connor knew well. Too well...
  • Bear's Beloved by Ciara St James

    Bear's Beloved by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Bear has lived more than half his life for his club. He’ll gladly do it again. He has never regretted starting this club with Bull and a few others years ago. However, seeing his brothers finding love and settling down to have families when he knows he’ll never have that is taking its toll on him. He takes off to get his head straight...
  • Love. Allure. by Jai Bree'nae

    Love. Allure. by Jai Bree'nae

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Adrian, Drake, Dru, and Drennen Pierce have been on their own for the past fifteen years of their lives ever since their mother died. Adrian has done a great job at providing for his brothers and steering them in the right direction. There's just one thing that he regrets, showing Drake and Dru how to make it in the streets...
    Categorized as:
    secret child  length-long
  • Secrets Between Her Thighs 2: The End  (Secrets Between Her Thighs) by Ivy Symone

    Secrets Between Her Thighs 2: The End (Secrets Between Her Thighs) by Ivy Symone

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jaci Williams learned early on about using what you got to get what you want. For many years, all she ever thought she had was the power she possessed between her legs. Being an erotic dancer and providing ‘special services’ in the past afforded her a decent living, but it did nothing for her dignity...
    Categorized as:
    secret child  length-short
  • Night Watch by Susan Sleeman

    Night Watch by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything points to suicide…Research scientist, Kennedy Walker is shocked when her mother dies and the police rule her death a suicide. Her scientist-mother was on the verge of a scientific breakthrough, and Kennedy knows her mother would never end her life, but the detective won’t listen...
  • Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the third installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter the road we travel, we're always heading for our Home Base.After fourteen years in the army, Dylan Grant is more than ready to come home, settle down, and seriously consider starting a family of his own.Thanks to one stolen, forbidden moment long ago, he might already have...
    Categorized as:
    secret child  suspense  military  contemporary  m-f
  • Saving Gavin: A Second Chance Military Romance by Kaci Rose

    Saving Gavin: A Second Chance Military Romance by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I let her go before I enlisted. I left my heart with her. Now I’m home for good – my world has changed, my sight gone. Not only do I have to be with her every day as I learn to navigate the world around me, but I have to come face to face with my regrets.She deserves more than me.I need her.I want her...
  • His Grace and Mercy by Mel Dau

    His Grace and Mercy by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When life happens, it happens fast and often without warning. Continue the journey of the unknown with Maverick and Rizelle as they both navigate different battles that affect them both equally. Will they choose to fight these battles together or stand in their stubbornness to stay on the road they know? Sometimes the road you know is the road that hurts you the most...
  • Landon by Lisa Helen Gray

    Landon by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There are five stages of grief, and I clung to my anger like it was a lifeline. I used it as a tether to the world, defying all odds just so I could feel something. They wanted me dead. Now, I’m gunning for them. The rage inside me won’t be quenched until everyone from that night has paid. Someone should have warned them; if you fuck with a Carter, they’ll fuck you over ten times harder...
  • The Law of Attraction by AshleyNicole

    The Law of Attraction by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Taryn’s been missing out on the best part of life. With a controlling father and a boyfriend trying to be her father, she feels it’ll never happen. Then, a chance encounter one evening changes everything. Qais is having one of the worst days of his life, until he finds himself alone with a mystery woman with a secret need that only he can satisfy...
  • A Love That Melted A Capo's Cold Heart by Miss Jenesequa

    A Love That Melted A Capo's Cold Heart by Miss Jenesequa

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After fleeing her hometown for ten months due to her broken heart, Danaë Westbrook is summoned home and forced to get her act together. No longer fond of her free-spirited nature, Danaë’s father wants the apple of his eye to put her brains to use and makes her his newest employee...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  urban  mafia  length-long  audiobook
  • Same Ol' Situation by Lacey Black

    Same Ol' Situation by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    IsaacI’m about as straight-laced and by the book as they come. They call me Numbers, the man in the office of Burgers and Brew, the restaurant and bar I co-own with my friends. Routine and spreadsheets, that’s how I spend my day. I’m a creature of habit, from the designer clothes to the same girlfriend, I crave the pattern I’ve become dependent on...
  • The Last Thing She Said by Lauren Carr

    The Last Thing She Said by Lauren Carr

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “I’m working on the greatest mystery ever,” was the last thing noted mystery novelist Mercedes Livingston said to seven-year-old Chris Matheson before walking out of Hill House Hotel never to be seen again.For decades, the writer’s fate remained a puzzling mystery until an autographed novel and a letter put a grown-up Chris Matheson on the trail of a cunning killer...
  • The Secretive Wife by Jennifer Peel

    The Secretive Wife by Jennifer Peel

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "This is a story I will definitely read again and again. It is one of the most touching, yet entertaining stories I have read this year." Charissa from Joy in the Moments ★★★★★ I have a famous secret, but it's not the biggest one I keep. From an outside view, my life would be the definition of boring...
  • Xander by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Xander by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    We met at the age of eight. That day on the playground was a turning point in my life. She stole my heart with just a glance as she sang off key. But nothing’s perfect. I figured out pretty quickly she was too good for me, so I let her go. 
I thought I was doing the right thing--until I realized I wasn’t. 
She was my everything and without her I was nothing...
  • Naughty by Brenda Hampton

    Naughty by Brenda Hampton

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jaylin Jerome Rogers, an investment broker worth millions, lives a high-class life with plenty of women to share it with. Nestled in his lavishing home in Chesterfield, Missouri, he captures women with his wealth, charm, nine-plus inches of goodness and amazingly good looks. Although his bed is never empty, his heart is...
  • Endurance by Ashley N. Rostek

    Endurance by Ashley N. Rostek

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jamie & LouieGrief and fear are a destructive combination.Together they can make even the perfect man act irrationally.Jamie I failed to protect my family.I won’t fail again.I know she’ll end up hating me. But it’s the price I’m willing to pay.I can’t lose another person I love.Especially not her.LouieMaura has become a shell of the woman I love...
  • Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They call me the rocker’s princess, some even call me the dance prodigy, but none of them knows the real Mia Armstrong. Now that dancing is no longer my future, I don’t know either. All I want is the opportunity to find out, to have some time to try being just a little normal. To discover who this new girl is. I fought for the chance to go to college on my own...
  • Owned by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Owned by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 5 of the rockstar series, Lost in Oblivion.   Music kept them going. Now it's torn them apart…   Guitarist Nick Crandall lost the most important thing in his life—his band—just as he was falling in love. A year has passed, and Oblivion is returning from hiatus...
  • Slateview High - The Complete Series by Eva Ashwood

    Slateview High - The Complete Series by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "You're in our world now, Princess. You're ours."My whole life, I’ve been groomed as American royalty, raised to be the perfect daughter of the wealthy elite.On my sixteenth birthday, my father bought me an Aston Martin.And on my seventeenth birthday, the Feds took everything away...
  • Hard by Donna Alam

    Hard by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 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 . .
  • All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 2 in the Townsends of Texas Series.Lena I have one goal in mind: Write another album. The completion of my next album would grant me freedom from my record label. A label owned by my scheming, lying, and manipulative ex-fiancé. Too bad writer’s block has had a death hold over me for months...
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