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  • Amethyst by Cee Bowerman

    Amethyst by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Amethyst Hamilton had a rough start at birth, but when she was adopted by her aunt and uncle, her life changed for the better. Surrounded by aunts and uncles who would do anything for her and more cousins than she can count, she's had a safe and comfortable life...
  • Meet Me at Pebble Beach: The hilarious and feel-good romance fiction read of summer 2020 by Bella Osborne

    Meet Me at Pebble Beach: The hilarious and feel-good romance fiction read of summer 2020 by Bella Osborne

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Regan is holding a winning lottery ticket.Goodbye to the boyfriend who never had her back, and so long to the job she can’t stand!Except it’s all a bit too good to be true… When Regan gets pranked, she finds herself jobless, homeless and boyfriendless in one fell swoop...
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  • A Black Christmas : Brothers Black Series Bonus by Blue Saffire

    A Black Christmas : Brothers Black Series Bonus by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents A Black Christmas Brothers Black Series Bonus 8 Brothers Black 8 JoeAlmost thirty-five years ago, I met the love of my life. I wasn't excepting what my father sent me to Ireland for, but I haven’t regretted it either. Not for a single moment...
  • Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

    Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    From the author of Ayesha at Last comes a sparkling new rom-com for fans of "You've Got Mail," set in two competing halal restaurants. Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighborhood. Hana waitresses there part time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio...
  • The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SIZZLING CONCLUSION TO THE HEAR NO EVIL TRILOGYNyla Kincade has stolen my ruthless heart.Now that she owns it I’m not taking it back.I’ve vowed to protect her and all that we love with everything that I have.I will die before I break that oath.Considering the danger we face, that might be a careless promise.But I’ve fought this hard for vengeance, I must see it through...
  • Lobsters, Bisques, and Berries by Olivia Gaines

    Lobsters, Bisques, and Berries by Olivia Gaines

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lakota Simjak is nothing like he looks. A laid-back kind of fella that takes life as it comes, while enjoying the simple beauty of the day to days. However, the lonely nights and eternal mornings tells him it’s time for a change. He wants a wife.Melody Willis’ trophy case displays thirty years of being in the music business and performances all over the world. Yet, she goes to bed alone...
  • Love Without Influence by Jade Dollston

    Love Without Influence by Jade Dollston

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Influence (noun): A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events.MontyBoy meets Girl.Boy experiences severe intestinal distress and runs away.Boy returns and falls in love with Girl despite his… difficulties.Then Boy’s entire world explodes, shattered by outside influences that would have broken a weaker man.But not me. I took all the pain… the hurt… the betrayal… and became stronger...
  • Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ★10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At Love. ★ I’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short...
  • THE WATCHERS: 6 Military Romance Bundle by Kristina Weaver

    THE WATCHERS: 6 Military Romance Bundle by Kristina Weaver

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A KINDLE UNLIMITED FREE BUNDLE Enjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. You've been warned :) Titles in this series: Seducing the Storm I’m a soldier. I’m a hard man. I don’t do love and I don’t do cute but the moment I meet Lenny Coleman that is exactly what I get...
  • Read With Your Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Read With Your Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When a small town teacher meets her new neighbor, she’s failing at remaining professional.Tricia Carter loves teaching, but as a high school teacher, her newest student puzzles her. When she calls home to discuss her concerns, she learns the child lives with a much older brother. She also discovers he’s her next door neighbor and dangerous...
  • STRIPTEASED by Stephanie Brother

    STRIPTEASED by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    After being dumped at a strip club during my bachelorette party, I never expected to be rescued by four hot-as-sin men who work there.One moment, I’m staring at the gorgeous twin strippers up on stage. The next, I’m reading a devastating text from my fiancé. I moved across the country for that jerk, and now I have nowhere to go.Then four men step in to dry my tears...
  • Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi. Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family...
  • Savor by Xavier Neal

    Savor by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lately, Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar's life has been a series of miscommunications with catastrophic consequences. However, this time around, the consequences threaten to not only damage his current relationships but erase a future he only ever dreamed of...
  • Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi.Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family...
  • Downfall by Evelyn Sola

    Downfall by Evelyn Sola

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    He thought he had his life figured out, but he had no idea.Summer Madison is the opposite of everything Maxwell Sutton finds attractive in a woman. And yet, here he is, fighting powerful feelings for the new personal assistant his brother hired while he was out of town.Everything about her is wrong, yet his thoughts are consumed with nothing but her...
  • Trey by A.M. Madden

    Trey by A.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say time heals all wounds. And maybe they’re right. But what about wounds no one sees? The kind that open again and again? The kind that have you feeling like you swallowed glass?Those are the wounds I carry. Years of heartbreak have created layer after layer of scar tissue over my whimpering heart...
  • Bad Boy by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Bad Boy by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Bad Boy trying to be good, a Good Girl driven to be bad and a five year old who wants to rule the world… Being good is so freaking hard. And boring. Flynn Boyle has only been doing it for a couple of hours and already he’s had enough...
  • This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed

    This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you’re getting married (and gay) than on your family WhatsApp group?Amar can’t wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he’s found The One, and he’s getting married...
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    muslim  contemporary  m-m  humor  queer  length-medium
  • Jane: Knights Wrath MC, Book 1 by Renee Alan

    Jane: Knights Wrath MC, Book 1 by Renee Alan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jane thinks her simple life of work, books, baking, her bestie, and her dog are enough to make her happy. After too many disappointments, she’s decided that her book boyfriends are all the romance she needs. That plan seemed just fine until fate took the opportunity to change her mind and brought the Westons into her life...
  • Say Yes by Tara West

    Say Yes by Tara West

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Andrés, why can’t it be enough that I love you? That I want to spend forever with you. Why must you expect so much more? I’m not ready for marriage and a family. I don’t know if I ever will be. Christina, I need to know that what I’m putting into this relationship isn’t all for nothing. To me, you mean everything. But I won’t be your stepping stone...
  • Just Say (Hell) No by Rosalind James

    Just Say (Hell) No by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Need an Escape to New Zealand?Valentine's Day. Even a hard man needs a soft side. Marko Sendoa isn’t a beach man. He’s not an Auckland man. He’s a hard man. Born Basque tough, raised in the heart of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, and bred on hard work, discipline, and getting the job done...
  • Cherish by Evelyn Sola

    Cherish by Evelyn Sola

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    AlexandraI thought I finally had my life figured out. Fate? Destiny? I know mine. But one afternoon questioned everything I thought I knew.Then it happened. Dr. Jason Dupree crashed into my life.His eyes linger on me longer than they should in polite company. You see, there is nothing polite about him. He’s arrogant and overconfident. His touch? It’s my undoing...
  • The Billionaire's Christmas Bride by L. Steele

    The Billionaire's Christmas Bride by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Never play bedroom games with Santa...!Weston bloody KincaidThe rick prick who wore £7000 suits like he was doing them a favor.When he wasn't filling out his doctor's scrubs like they were tailormade for him.Exactly the kind of a'hole who needed to be taken down a notch.Definitely not the kind you want to spend an extended period of time with...
  • Lunchtime Chronicles: Spice Cake by Keta Kendric

    Lunchtime Chronicles: Spice Cake by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Renata: My sweet personality is one of my best attributes. At least, that’s what I thought until my friends staged an intervention on my behalf and demanded I attend racial sensitivity training. What? The suggestion filled me with special, individually wrapped curse words for each of them…until I met Rook. Rook: My caring and unselfish ways were often complimented...
  • Kierstie: Knights Wrath MC, Book 2 by Renee Alan

    Kierstie: Knights Wrath MC, Book 2 by Renee Alan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her family sees her as the one with the temper. She sees herself as average. Middle of the road. Average height, weight, job. Hell, she's even the middle child.One night she makes a decision to be anything but average. It leads to the hottest night of her life. One she planned to keep all to herself till those 2 pink lines showed up...
  • Just One Thing by M. Malone

    Just One Thing by M. Malone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From NYT Bestselling author M. MALONE, comes a sexy new romantic comedy of errors. Bennett Alexander is a bona fide genius. He runs his family’s farming cooperative, speaks four languages and is about to apply for his tenth patent. But the one thing he never mastered is how to be cool. His childhood friend Olivia is the only one who “gets” him. Katie Mason is in over her head...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  humor  new adult  contemporary
  • Pearl & Belle Pearl Boxed Set by Arianne Richmonde

    Pearl & Belle Pearl Boxed Set by Arianne Richmonde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pearl and Belle Pearl follow Arianne Richmonde's Pearl Trilogy: the tumultuous and heart-rending love story between forty-year-old documentary producer, Pearl Robinson, and French Internet billionaire, Alexandre Chevalier, fifteen years her junior...
  • His Desire: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price

    His Desire: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Contemporary Romance Box Set5 full-length novels for readers who love their stories filled with surprise marriages, billionaire bad boys, hot daddies and steamy fairy tale romances. Escape into the world of these protective alpha males and let them entertain you all night long. Book 1 - His Rock “Lena Hunt, you’ll be my wife for a week...
  • Honey Books 5-8: Sweet & Dirty BBW Romances by Cathryn Cade

    Honey Books 5-8: Sweet & Dirty BBW Romances by Cathryn Cade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Four MORE sexy, action-packed MC romances in a 2nd set. The alpha males of the Devil's Flyers MC are falling like dominoes...to the power of love. Will these brothers follow? Book 5, Honey in the Rock - Her real world could be wilder than her fantasies… if she dares.He’s a hot, dangerous biker who goes through women like whiskey. She’s a shy, BBW gamer who crushes on him from afar...
  • For Today by B. Cranford

    For Today by B. Cranford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seventeen Years Ago . The first time Aaron Andrews saw Simon Foster smile, he knew he was in trouble. He'd never seen anything--or anyone--like the man who'd stolen his favorite seat in his favorite coffee shop. Six Weeks Ago . The late-night phone call that changed their lives forever was short...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  m-m  humor  new adult  contemporary  queer
  • Knock Knock by SaRai Savage

    Knock Knock by SaRai Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Six years – well five years, three months, and eight days since my life was irrevocably changed, and there’s nothing I can do about it. As much as I want to move on…how do I do that? How do I allow myself to feel those butterflies of love again when I know what the consequences could be? Life can change in the blink of the eye...
  • His Forbidden Princess by Vivian Wood

    His Forbidden Princess by Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forbidden fruit is always the sweetest.I was born a scoundrel. Destined to a life of poverty, until the royal family saved me. I owe them my life, and I’ll do anything to uphold my duty.Even when my duty is babysitting Annika, the king’s little sister.Except it turns out that Nika isn’t the wayward wild child I thought she was. She’s whimsical, stubborn, funny, gorgeous… and completely off limits...
  • Forever an Eaton: Bittersweet Love / Sweet Deception by Rochelle Alers

    Forever an Eaton: Bittersweet Love / Sweet Deception by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Two classic Eaton family novels from national bestselling author Rochelle AlersBittersweet LoveBelinda Eaton is dedicated to her job as a history teacher in one of Philadelphia's most challenging high schools. Committing to a man? Not exactly on her agenda. But then a tragedy brings her closer to gorgeous attorney Griffin Rice and they have to share custody of their twin goddaughters...
  • Kiss My Tinsel: A Filthy Dirty Christmas by Melissa Schroeder

    Kiss My Tinsel: A Filthy Dirty Christmas by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have a confession to make: I have hated all things tinsel-related for years.Yeah, I know, most people have a right to hate things, but I don't. I'm Nick Kristoff, CEO of the biggest department store chain that specializes in the holidays. Hating a holiday I plan to promote all year long is kind of like living in hell.But that all changed the moment a bundle of sparkly energy hits me...
  • Game of Hearts by Cathy Yardley

    Game of Hearts by Cathy Yardley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyla Summers has been offered the opportunity of a lifetime to get her cosplay business off the ground, and only one thing stands in her way. She needs someone to take over the auto shop, and there’s only one person she can think of to call… Jericho Salomon hasn’t been back in his home town since he joined a biker gang and rode off nine years ago...
  • Surprise Package by Donna Alam

    Surprise Package by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Technically, I might be breaking and entering, I didn't come down the chimney. And I'm no Ho (Ho Ho) But I did get my hands on his . . . Surprise Package. When I arrive at my remote holiday cottage, I don't expect to find a hot Scotsman in my bed. I also don't plan on being snowed in with him. He says I have the wrong address—that the cottage is his, But I think there's another story...
  • Single You Out by Faleena Hopkins

    Single You Out by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I'm Christina Tuck, one of those girls who delivers food right to your door. Then I knock on his. Bennett Powers. Single dad. Stock trader. New York City. A ginger who wears a suit like money is his church. I'm drenched from the rain, sticking my foot in my mouth. I'd like to stick something else in there. But like the heat in my building...That pulses up from a dark boiler room..
  • Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron

    Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Kamila Hussain’s life might not be perfect, but, whew, it’s close. She lives a life of comfort, filled with her elaborate Bollywood movie parties, a dog with more Instagram followers than most reality stars, a job she loves, and an endless array of friends who clearly need her help finding love. In fact, Kamila is so busy with her friends’ love lives, she’s hardly given any thought to her own .
  • The Shake-Up by Evie Mitchell

    The Shake-Up by Evie Mitchell

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    AnikaMy milkshakes may bring all the boys to my bar, but that doesn't mean they wanna hang around for dessert.Despite being the perfect woman - attractive, confident and a world class chef - I'm not marriage material. I've resigned myself to that fact. But that doesn't mean I don't want a man in my bed.And Mac? Or should I say, Mac-Daddy? Well, he's just the man I'm looking for.Temporary...
  • Sassy in Stilettos by Nana Malone

    Sassy in Stilettos by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Smart mouthed and in charge, magazine editor, Micha Bennett, has learned the hard way to choose her career over love. When she’s up for the job of a lifetime, the competition becomes deadly fierce. To protect their best asset, her company hires the one person who’s ever put Micha on edge and threatens her sense of control...
  • Pretty Liar by Donna Alam

    Pretty Liar by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pretty Liar is book two of the Pretty Trilogy, the series that began with, and is, Pretty Hot. He was supposed to be her rebound: getting under a new man to prove she was over the old. But things don’t always work out to plan, especially with a man like Kai in control. Kai is a man who has it all: wealth, good-looks and charm enough to coax the knickers from a nun...
  • When the Smoke Clears  (Interracial Firefighter Romance) by Kenya Wright, Christine Rice

    When the Smoke Clears (Interracial Firefighter Romance) by Kenya Wright, Christine Rice

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A FULL LENGTH, STANDALONE novel with a HEA. He was a fire starter. I didn’t care that he wore a firefighter uniform. He was a fire starter. And as soon as our gazes met, he set a blaze through my body. BLURB: Just released from the mental hospital for harming her ex-husband, Kassie is in no mood to date men...
  • Reckless by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Reckless by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The new London office of Benson Security hasn’t even opened its doors yet and already it’s neck deep in its first case… If the mission doesn’t kill him, his sexy partner just might. Dimitri Raast and Megan Donaldson have a common enemy—the head of an organisation that specializes in human trafficking and sexual slavery...
  • Billionaire Baby Blues by Mia Caldwell

    Billionaire Baby Blues by Mia Caldwell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New Release Special Price — Complete Novel with HEA. Shattered dreams might become Neesa’s greatest gift. All Neesa ever wanted was a family of her own. After learning she can’t have children, grief-stricken Neesa sells her farm, packs up, and leaves to travel the world. She hopes to find a way to heal, and discover a different destiny than what she’d once planned for herself...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  humor  contemporary  bwwm  black-mc
  • The Man You Need by Kay Harris

    The Man You Need by Kay Harris

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I want a rock star. But my brother (who is a rock star) is like a giant (and I do mean giant) roadblock to hooking up with any of the hotties he plays with. And now he’s enlisted the help of his stuffy (yet insanely good-looking) tour manager to keep me celibate… Someone get me off this bus!” Meet Stacey Rush. Stacey isn’t an easy person to love...
  • Arrogant Officer by Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette

    Arrogant Officer by Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It all started when I got an email. Let me rephrase. A sextortion email from someone claiming they tapped into my computer and recorded me while watching an adult graphic video. If I don’t send them money, they’ll show everyone in my contact list. As a chemistry teacher at a private school, I panicked. Not only do I love my job, I need it...
  • Arrogant Officer: A RomCom Standalone by Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette

    Arrogant Officer: A RomCom Standalone by Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It all started when I got an email.Let me rephrase. A sextortion email from someone claiming they tapped into my computer and recorded me while watching an adult graphic video. If I don’t send them money, they’ll show everyone in my contact list.As a chemistry teacher at a private school, I panicked. Not only do I love my job, I need it...
  • Roughneck by Sosie Frost

    Roughneck by Sosie Frost

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tidus Payne is as smooth as whiskey, as dangerous as a lit match, and sexier than a midnight mistake. He’s the sort of man who’d drink the devil under the table and then stick around Hell for more fun. He’s rough. He’s rude. He’s un-redeemable. And Tidus is the only mechanic within twenty miles...
  • 10-99  (Line of Duty) by Xyla Turner

    10-99 (Line of Duty) by Xyla Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Sometimes, the perfect person for you is that whom you least expected it to be.” ~Unknown Life events have a way of forming your beliefs even when you didn’t notice...
  • Love At All Costs by Xyla Turner

    Love At All Costs by Xyla Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love At All Costs was written by USA Today Bestselling & Multi-Award Winning Author Xyla Turner. It is highly recommended that you read books 1 & 2 in the Stetson Series. Updated... Nadine: I came to Iowa to finish my degree. Not fall for the local farmer or his brooding ways. One more semester and back to Maryland, I go...
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