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The Grip Trilogy by Kennedy Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Grip Trilogy charts the course of rising star Marlon "Grip" James and his manager Bristol Gray. From the beginning, attraction ignites between the struggling musician and his best friend's ambitious sister. It starts with a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel when they're young, combusts into a tumultuous love affair, and matures into an epic love that defies each odd and defeats every obstacle...Categorized as:
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Be Your Everything by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes a romance about childhood friends who marry in Vegas and embark on a wild ride to find their happily ever after.With two protective older brothers and a traditional Catholic Italian mother, it’s surprising that Chloe D’Angelo can manage a date without someone in the family naysaying her romantic choice...Categorized as:
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The Wanted Series: Complete Box Set by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsContains 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... -
Dangerous Crush by Crystal Kaswell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratings**Special new release price. Price goes up 1/9** Rock star Kit Lockhart can have any woman he wants... any woman except her. Kit Piper. My band mate's baby sister. The one woman I can't have. The one woman who won't get out of my head. Those big blue eyes, those sweet pink lips, the cheeks that flush at the slightest provocation..Categorized as:
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Edge by Teagan Brooks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEvieAfter starting over once again, I thought my life was on the right track, but everything changed in the blink of an eye when my roommate’s secrets caught up with him—and me.I didn’t have a choice. I had to hide while I figured out what to do.I drove until I was almost out of gas and stopped in the next town I came to, which happened to be Cedar Valley...Categorized as:
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Inked Craving by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a friends to lovers romance that breaks all of their own rules.Instead of walking away with a marriage proposal, Paige Montgomery ended up broken hearted and pregnant.Now she has to figure out how to begin her life again alone...Categorized as:
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Mr. Park Lane by Louise Bay
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI haven’t seen him in over a decade, but Joshua Luca can still get to me. And I hate it.At twenty-nine, I’m a doctor and I’ve travelled the world, but just the thought of him has me sliding my sweaty palms down my jeans and wishing I could steady my racing heartbeat.Joshua was an almost obsession until, at seventeen, he cost me my future. In one night, I grew up and let go of my silly crush... -
Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI never expected to see my first love again after he left me twelve years ago. Though I’ve moved on, working with Tyler is no easy task—especially when he focuses his bedroom eyes on me. Flirting with the past is like playing with fire, and considering I’m engaged, I’m bound to get burned... -
Same Ol' Situation by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIsaacI’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... -
Pretty Incredible by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlair Hooking up with my best friend’s brother was a mistake…an unforgettable one. It’s always in the back of mind and having returned to town has brought all those feelings rushing to the surface. This time, I’m only here to cover my dad’s patients and help run the clinic—all work and no play. I haven’t even seen Gabe Rhodes since the steamy night we shared after he rescued me from a snowstorm... -
Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Seaside ChroniclesJanuary 3, 2023On the HookSeasiders,News on the beach is Braxton Bradley has caught the eye of Seaside’s very own darling, Harlee Tilson. Now, this might come as a shock to many of you, since the eldest Bradley sibling has been rumored to have made a vow to never marry. After all, his fishing charter has always been his number one love... -
Haunted by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer name might be on the building, but Liv Harper hasn’t ever stepped foot inside the Harper Security Ops headquarters. Until now. When some bad choices land Liv in an unfortunate position, she knows there’s only one man she can trust to teach her how to keep herself safe. Brixton Steele isn’t sure he’s the right man for the job... -
Forcing You Away by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs I search for a fresh start, a friend convinces me to move to his small town. Considering I don’t have a place to live, his little sister offers me her spare room.She’s every man’s dream—witty, down to earth, and gorgeous as hell—too bad she’s off-limits. Unspoken words and stolen glances have me eager to please her in all the forbidden ways...Categorized as:
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Loved by You by N.L. Amore
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThey say the hardest boy to get over is the one you never had, and sadly I know that to be true. Ria I had the picture perfect life, the husband the kids and the white picket fence and then it all came crashing down. In the wake of trying to navigate my new life as a single mom I never expected him, my brothers best friend, the boy I never had to pick up all our broken pieces...Categorized as:
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Wheels Down by Beth Bolden
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShaw isn’t his friend—until Ross discovers he’s so much more. Ross Stanton is having a bad week—a bad month—really, a bad year . But the last thing he wants, after the betrayal of his friend and business partner, is for anyone else to know just how much he’s fighting for survival...Categorized as:
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Inked Obsession by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a second chance romance sure to tug at your heartstrings.When men in uniform showed up on Eliza Wilder-Strong’s doorstep, she knew her life would be irrevocably altered. She not only lost her husband, but the future she’d carefully planned...Categorized as:
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Inked Devotion by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a road trip romance between two friends running from their past.Brenna Garrett watched her best friend fall in love with another woman all the while keeping his darkest secrets from her. Now she’ll have to figure out who she is without him while not letting the rest of the Montgomerys see her break...Categorized as:
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Always Destined by Scarlett Avery
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSo I lied about my best friend’s older brother being my boyfriend. I never expected him to find out in this humiliating way…Loki Berkshire… There are some unwritten BFF codes… abiding rules, you might call them.No one has to speak them.You just know.Like coveting my best friend’s older brother. Bad idea.Wanting to kiss him more than I want to take my next breath. Really bad idea...Categorized as:
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The Hardest Route by A.S. Teague
My friends used to tell me ‘What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.’ Clearly, they lied because a few months later, I found out my one-night stand was pregnant. I couldn’t handle a baby. I was Griffin Rockwell, the best wide receiver the league had ever seen. But what choice did I have? My baby girl was coming whether I was ready for her or not... -
Rhythm of Us by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsXavier Cruz has come home after touring with his band for eight years, a life his family and friends would never envy if they knew the truth. Haunted by past decisions, he’s lost himself and his music. Every day is a struggle to recapture them both and forgive the mistakes he’s made. Can Xavier push past his nightmares and hear the melodies all around him again?Ben St... -
Holding On by Pamela Clare
A hero barely holding on… Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help... -
If It's Only Love by Lexi Ryan
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFrom New York Times bestseller Lexi Ryan comes a sexy new standalone romance in the bestselling Boys of Jackson Harbor series. Meet single dad Easton Connor as he leaves the NFL and returns to Jackson Harbor to fight for another chance with the love of his life. *** I don’t regret much. Not my decision to enter the NFL draft before finishing college...Categorized as:
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Blabbermouth by C.L. Cruz
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBlabbermouth is a short, sweet, steamy story. It is the second in the Juniper Creek series but can be read as a standalone. It features a strong, curvy heroine and the man who wins her heart.VedaI’ve been friends with Nacho Perez since grade school—over twenty years.And I’ve had a crush on his brother, Jack, for just as long... -
The Bones of Love by Megan Montgomery
Decca and Gus fight their way to love, but first they have to survive their marriage.Forensic anthropologist, Dr. Decca Crowley, is no stranger to death.Between traveling across the state of Tennessee to investigate skeletal remains, responding to mass casualty events with her team, and sitting in bedside vigils as a death doula in her "time off," she's exhausted... -
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Bad Behavior by Vivian Wood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller Vivian Wood Cynic. F*ck up. Outsider. That’s Jameson in a nutshell - not to mention drool-worthy, dreamy, and perfect fantasy object. He’s also my older brother’s best friend and business partner. I’ve had a thing for Jameson ever since I was old enough to have dirty dreams...Categorized as:
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Where Forever Ends by K. Street
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔—𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘. Then: I was a wife. Married to a man who was my world and the father of my child. Then, one day, half of my heart was ripped out of my chest. Now: I’m a widow. A single mom who has spent the last nine months trying like hell not to drown in an ocean of grief... -
Holding You Close by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter serving a decade long prison sentence for an accident that resulted in my husband’s death, Noah Reid returns. Even if he was my childhood best friend and the first man I secretly loved, I refuse to make it easy for him. But the heart never forgets and those old repressed feelings quickly bubble to the surface.Loving him is a dangerous game but one I’m willing to play... -
Off Limits by Chelle Sloan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProfessional football has an actual rulebook, but it’s the unwritten rules that come with the harshest consequences.The biggest one of all: don’t date your teammate’s sister. And if you do, don’t you dare fall in love with her.I never meant to fall, but when it comes to Brenna Donald, I never stood a chance. She’s everything I’m not--a light-hearted wild child who shines brighter than the sun...Categorized as:
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On the Slopes of Tahoe by J.A. Forde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWanting each other is easy…It’s everything else that’s hard.Breck Kylie’s perfect life unravels in a squall of betrayal, leaving him and his seven-year-old daughter reeling. Choosing to retreat from the sunny shores of Sydney, Australia, they embark on an extended vacation to Lake Tahoe in hopes they’ll find a new ‘normal’ on the snowy slopes... -
Burn by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings**Burn is the third and final book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott. This second-chance romance completes this angsty, steamy, new adult trilogy.Dustin Bridge’s world is about speed. About the edge. His life has been carved by cutting corners and making moves, following impulsive decisions while weighing the facts at hand... -
Almost Us by S.M. Shade
"Strip everything away from us and love is what’s left. It’s what we get to keep."We thought things couldn't get worse but the passing days proved us wrong.I could handle the public backlash and the cops at my door. I could handle the doubt and disbelief of our friends. As long as we were together, I thought I could handle anything.As the threats loomed closer, our days together dwindled away...Categorized as:
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The Law of Miracles by K.C. Wells
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sequel to A Christmas Promise… Joshua Trant is doing his best to support his son Micah and Micah’s partner Greg as they approach the trial of Greg’s attackers. This was never going to be easy, especially as Greg wants them prosecuted for a hate crime, but County Attorney Alexander Rycliffe assures them he’ll do his utmost to make sure the perpetrators are held accountable for their actions... -
Take A Chance With Me by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA friends to lovers, soulmates story from Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby, set in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series!Cameron Cox has mastered the art of keeping secrets. His talent for computer hacking means he’s been recruited for highly classified jobs since leaving the military. He travels the world, risking his life... -
When The Walls Come Down by Harper Robson
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDylan"Quirky." Ugh, I hate that word. The PC term these days is 'neuro-divergent', but I prefer to be called autistic. It's often a huge advantage to have a brain that works differently, but I sometimes wish it was easier to connect with other people...Categorized as:
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A Flowering of Ink by K.L. Noone
One misdirected card ... and a chance at love.Professor Burne Cameron loves his job and his environmental research. Unfortunately, three months of field work on a tiny island can get pretty lonely, especially when even his brother forgets his birthday. That is, until an unexpected letter arrives ... and Burne finds himself fascinated by the mysterious sender... -
Doors by Clover Down
Levi He is a professional cuddler. He’s always been good with people and after a rough youth, he understands loneliness and pain. Or he thought he did until he knocked on Noelle Shaw’s door. He could never have prepared for meeting her—not for the storm in her eyes or the way she constantly surprises him.Levi thought he was there to help her, but maybe he had it backward... -
The Guy at The Wedding by Katherine Center
It's the story of the night Jake and Helen (the main characters in Happiness for Beginners) first met.The first time Jake ever sees Helen, he's crashing her wedding with her little brother, Duncan—and Jake glimpses her for the first time as the boys burst into her dressing room without knocking just as Helen is adjusting the garter under her wedding dress... -
Fallout by Lila Rose
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPoppy Torian has been in love with Jerimiah since she moved to Caroline Springs. Only he didn’t know she existed until her dad joined his father’s MC club, the Venom’s. Friends. It’s what’s she been assigned to, but Poppy wants more. Biding her time, a few years to be exact, she goes to make her move. But when she overhears Jerimiah saying things that crack her heart, she runs...Categorized as:
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Just Between Us by J.H. Trumble
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Luke Chesser is trying to forget his spectacular failure of a love life. He practices marching band moves for hours in the hot Texas sun, deals with his disapproving father, and slyly checks out the new band field tech, Curtis Cameron. Before long, Luke is falling harder than he knew he could. And this time, he intends to play it right...Categorized as:
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Courage: A Big Sky Novel by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes an all new novel in her Big Sky series, Courage. This is the first story in the Heroes of Big Sky, all about men in uniform in Cunningham Falls!Natasha Mills feels like she’s loved firefighter Sam Waters her entire life. Since she first met him during middle school, she’s harbored a secret crush on her best friend’s big brother...Categorized as:
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Wreck My World by Victoria Ashley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“The feeling I have in this very moment, after not seeing her for so long, will haunt me forever, reminding me why I left to begin with.” For as long as I can remember, Easton Crews has been off-limits. As much as it kills me, that’s never going to change. After his little disappearing act three years ago, then suddenly showing up out of nowhere, I shouldn't want anything to do with him... -
Ravage by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMason Keller is broken, destructive, and the only man I’ve ever loved. I met him when I was just a child, but I knew there would never be anyone else. He lit my world with each smile and warmed my heart just by looking at me. But he was my brother’s best friend... Which meant I was off limits. So he let me go and took my heart with him... -
Checking It Twice by Claire Hastings
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's made a list of her own, and he's just the man to help...Haven Taylor is tired of being called a Goody Two-shoes, and her brother's best friend might be the key to fixing that.DB Elliot is seriously sexy and without a doubt someone she can trust for a no-strings-attached secret fling. After all, she's known him her entire life...Categorized as:
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Game Changer: A Wynn Hockey Novel by Kelly Jamieson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJackson Wynn I don’t want anything to do with my crazy family’s drama, which I’ve been watching unfold from a distance over the last year, but now my grandfather has Alzheimer’s and I feel I need to at least make a quick visit to see him. My hockey season’s over, all I have to do is get through my teammate Steve’s wedding, and then I’m on a plane to Los Angeles to do my family duty...Categorized as:
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Indescribable: A Friends to Lovers Romance by Jennifer Van Wyk
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI walked down the aisle and said “I do” to the wrong man.Unfortunately, it took me eight years to figure it out.It took me even longer to realize who was in front of me the entire time.You’d think that being a romance author would have helped me to see the signs that I chose wrong the first time and I would have been able to write my own happily-ever-after so easily... -
Off Limits by C.C. Piper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWanting her is wrong. It always has been.After all, Alaina is my best friend’s little sister.She’s wild, yet innocent.I’d been craving her when the club accidentally set us up.The beautiful accident might lead to something ugly.Her overprotective brother can’t find out about us.But I’m ready to fight him till the end.I’d do anything to have Alaina in my life...Categorized as:
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Getting Wound Up by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fun and flirty crossover novel from bestselling authors, Jennifer Bernard (Love Between the Bases) and Erin Nicholas (Sapphire Falls)! Caitlyn Murray has never let on that she’s had fantasies about her brother's friend Eli Anderson for years. She'd do anything for the sexy baseball player who walked away from stardom to stay in Sapphire Falls and take care of his family... -
Two for Roughing by Lasairiona E. McMaster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s a simple rule: don’t bang your teammates’ siblings.Finn O’Brien didn’t just break the rule, he annihilated it. Falling in love with his best friend’s younger sister when they were teens was an accident. He fought it for years, hiding behind a list of one-night stands a mile long, anything to convince himself Molly Morrison wasn’t the woman for him...Categorized as:
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Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAddysonLife just threw me a curveball. I have to find a new place to live, but it must be in-district, because my son has his heart set on riding the bus to his first day of kindergarten.When my brother’s sexy best friend suggests we move in with him, I have to remind myself the offer was for his spare bedrooms… not his bed... -
ChrisMyths by Amy Lane
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter courtship, cohabitation, and learning about love and each other, Andy and Eli face the ultimate test: being separated at Christmas.Eli’s seen the propaganda—the country boy goes home from the city and realizes his heart is back among the snow, trees, and chickens. A big happy family is something Eli, with his demanding job running a shelter for LGBTQ youth, can’t provide...
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