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Sylvia Day Crossfire Novels 1-4 by Sylvia Day
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThere's nothing more romantic than Valentine's Day...except Sylvia Day. Now in one deluxe set, the first four novels in the Crossfire series. The #1 New York Times bestselling author. The #1 worldwide phenomenon. Bared to You He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life... -
![Levi's Blue by M. Leighton]()
Levi's Blue by M. Leighton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFour beautiful days. Three steamy nights. One breathtaking love. Levi Michaelson. He wanted four dates. Four opportunities to prove I could trust him. Four chances to change my mind about him. I agreed. Probably not my smartest decision. He was everything I knew to avoid—gorgeous, charming, sexy as hell—but I couldn’t help myself. When he touched me the whole world disappeared... -
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![Bottom Line by Abbie Zanders]()
Bottom Line by Abbie Zanders
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsControl. Aidan Harrison likes it. Needs it. As CEO of the hugely successful Celtic Goddess franchise, he wields it as skillfully in the boardroom as he does the bedroom. It’s made him millions and put him at the top of his game. He wants for nothing. Except a woman who is more interested in him than his bottom line... -
![Her Eternal Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary]()
Her Eternal Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe Needed a Hero Tied up, tossed in a truck, and locked in a muddy shack, Jenny Rivers is sure she is going to die, because if her captors don’t kill her, her injuries probably will. Navy SEAL Braxton Walker’s job is brutal, but he thrives on it. Parachuting into Bangladesh to rescue a woman is all in a day’s work...Categorized as:
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![Life & Limb by Freya Barker]()
Life & Limb by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGrowing up a military brat and spending eight years overseas with the Army Medical Corps, clinical social worker, Willa Smith, has had enough of rules and regulations. Still able to work with veterans as she did at the VA Hospital, she is much happier at the new and far more relaxed South Avenue Shelter, until one of its residents is implicated in a murder... -
![Smokey by L. Wilder]()
Smokey by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder comes book five in the Satan's Fury Series, a standalone MC romance. Smokey You can't fight fate, especially when it brings you a girl like MJ Thompson. She wasn't just beautiful. No, she was so much more than that. She was smart with a smile full of magic and curves that drove me to distraction... -
![Forever Princess by Meg Cabot]()
Forever Princess by Meg Cabot
What's a Princess to do? It's Mia's senior year, and things seem great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her birthday gala coming up . . . not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovia's first-ever elections. What's not to love about her life? Well . . .Her senior project? It's a romance novel she secretly wrote, and no one wants to publish it... -
![Virtue and Vice by Ninya Tippett]()
Virtue and Vice by Ninya Tippett
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratings"If I'm going down, I might as well pick my poison. I pick you." *** A Cobalt Bay Billionaires story. *** She couldn’t be sure whether he was her predator or protector... but she was doomed to love him either way. *** It was a summer they will never forget... -
![Tuesday by E.L. Todd]()
Tuesday by E.L. Todd
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGetting over Hawke is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I couldn’t breathe, sleep, or eat. Every day was more agonizing than the one that followed. But somehow, after two years of suffering, I finally got back on my feet. And I moved on. Now I’m living in the city and running my own bakery. Life is good again... -
![Tapping out by Nikki Ash]()
Tapping out by Nikki Ash
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing a fighter is in my blood. My grandfather was a fighter, my father was a fighter, and I'm a fighter. I live for the rush of adrenaline and sensation of victory. When I fight, I give it my all. I step into the octagon and I fight until there's nothing left to fight for. He's been my best friend for most of my life... -
![Where Hope Begins by Catherine West]()
Where Hope Begins by Catherine West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the aftermath of her husband’s act of adultery and abandonment, Savannah must finally face the ghosts that haunt her and discover for herself whether authentic faith, grace, and ultimate healing really do exist. When her husband of twenty-one years leaves her, Savannah Barrington believes she’s lost almost everything she’s ever loved... -
![Redemption by Georgia Cates]()
Redemption by Georgia Cates
I was on my way to having everything that I wanted… until I opened that door. That’s when my entire world shattered. In a single second, my happy life was gone. She broke my heart. There, I admit it. But a Fellowship man doesn’t mourn the loss of a woman. He moves on to the next one. And the next. But what I quickly discover is that it doesn’t matter how many women I’m with... -
![Outplayed by Lila Rose]()
Outplayed by Lila Rose
Violet Marcus’s life is settled. She has it all: a place of her own, a business where her temper has its uses, and great people who work for her. But something is missing. The problem is, her stubbornness refuses to admit how lonely she actually is...Categorized as:
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![Need You for Mine by Marina Adair]()
Need You for Mine by Marina Adair
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEvery red-blooded male in St. Helena wants Harper Owens…as a friend. Despite her efforts at seduction, Harper seems to be destined to end up alone. The only guy with a knack for unleashing her inner vixen is firefighter and resident rule-breaker Adam Baudouin. Agreeing to a faux-mance could help him secure a promotion—and save her family’s lingerie shop, the Boulder Holder... -
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![Perfect by Delaney Diamond]()
Perfect by Delaney Diamond
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDoes the end justify the means? Cyrus Johnson is rich, powerful, and used to getting his way. When his estranged wife shows up at his office demanding a divorce once and for all, he not only refuses, he makes a demand of his own... -
![A Kiss Stolen by Georgia Le Carre]()
A Kiss Stolen by Georgia Le Carre
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLiliana, I always wished I'd never told my father about the kiss. The kiss the son of the man who came to do odd jobs around the house gave me. But I was only eleven years old then. I didn't understand the ways of the world. How fathers think. My father ran out of the house and fired the boy's father. His father struck him right in front of me... -
![The Guy at The Wedding by Katherine Center]()
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... -
![Taylor Lynne by Jennifer Peel]()
Taylor Lynne by Jennifer Peel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDetermined not to repeat the same mistakes as her mother, Taylor Cole left her husband with their toddler in tow fourteen years ago and vowed never to return to Merryton. Now she is finally ready to face her demons and put the past and her ex-husband behind her, but to do that she and her daughter must return to the place that haunts her memories... -
![Fate by Abby Brooks]()
Fate by Abby Brooks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe shouldn’t have kissed me. But I shouldn’t have liked it.Garrett Cooper is grumpy. Bossy. Rude. We’re supposed to work together to save my family’s hotel, but sparks fly every time we’re in the same room. And not the good kind.Things get off to a rough start between us, and that’s on me…partially...Categorized as:
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![How to Seduce a Rockstar by Arabella Quinn]()
How to Seduce a Rockstar by Arabella Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGet ready to toss your panties on stage — it’s gonna get wild!My life was getting boring. Predictable. I needed to shake things up a bit, so my roommate helped me come up with a plan — we called it O.L.D. Operation Limp… Well, never mind about the ‘D’. Yeah, the limp part sounds yucky, right? Don’t judge — that’s just because of logistics. It’ll work out.O.L.D. is a big success... -
![Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk]()
Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndy Simpson never expected to be raising his teenage twin sons alone. Then again, he also never expected to walk into his house and see his wife with another man. In their bed. Or that it wasn’t her first time. Bitterness threatened to wrap around his heart, darkening every part of his life. But a brightness he wasn’t even looking for entered their lives and wouldn’t let it take hold... -
![Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York]()
Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York
A standalone military romance in the gripping Pine Harbour series of small town romances from ten-time USAT bestselling author Zoe York. Captain Sean Foster came back from war broken from the inside out. And he doesn't care about being fixed. Not even by a woman who followed him halfway around the world due to some misguided loyalty... -
![Primal Need by Piper Davenport]()
Primal Need by Piper Davenport
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations... Sundance I’m the president of the Primal Howlers out of Monument, Colorado. My wife was taken from me ten years ago, leaving me to raise our three children alone. I’ve been diagnosed with a disease that I’m not sure I’ll beat, and to make matters worse, I’m now in the crosshairs of a rival club... -
![Tethered by Emma Louise]()
Tethered by Emma Louise
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt was supposed to be one night.One night to let my hair down and forget all the heartbreak, all the disappointments.One night to forget that the guy I thought I loved is marrying someone else.One night, just for me.He was supposed to be a stranger.An escape.No strings attached.Instead, he made me believe we could be more... -
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![The Broken Beginning - Part One by Christine Michelle]()
The Broken Beginning - Part One by Christine Michelle
For the readers who asked, and then asked again, and again!You guys are gluttons for punishment, and this is the book you wanted, so you got it! Welcome to Merc and Tiger Lily’s story. It starts where all stories should, in the beginning. This is the very broken beginning that won’t feel much at all like a romance, because it isn’t... -
![Untainted Love by Ivy Laika]()
Untainted Love by Ivy Laika
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLove – whether good or bad, everyone wants to experience it. Everyone except for Ladi. She’s tried her hand at love and the cards that she’d been dealt never stacked up. After getting her master’s degree and moving back to Miami, Ladi’s only focus is securing her dream job. Something that Ace Baptiste has never been is, unsure. Everything that he wants he goes for and gets it...Categorized as:
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![The Broken Beginning - Part Two by Christine Michelle]()
The Broken Beginning - Part Two by Christine Michelle
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsYOU MUST READ: THE BROKEN BEGINNING - PART ONE PRIOR TO THIS BOOK!Tiger LilyWhen I was a little girl, I always dreamed of my wedding. I dreamed of my husband, my children, my future. When I developed a crush on the gorgeous boy who was my neighbor, he became the man in those dreams... -
![His Last Chance by Ellie R. Hunter]()
His Last Chance by Ellie R. Hunter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsZachery witnessed his sister’s murder and there wasn’t anything he could do to save her. His parents are barely surviving their grief and his old lady sprung she’s pregnant on him on the morning of his sister’s funeral. The club is all he’s known and it’s his brothers he leans on when his personal life becomes too much.Nina fell hard for Zachery and he’s been her world since they got together... -
![On the Line by Victoria Denault]()
On the Line by Victoria Denault
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe had total control of his game--until she changed all the rules . . . As one of the best players in the NHL and the "golden boy" of the league, Avery Westwood knows he has to keep his cool--on and off the ice. His whole life is a carefully constructed image of perfection for the media and his brand sponsors. Of course, that means he can never let his true feelings show... -
![Into the Night by Cynthia Eden]()
Into the Night by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo FBI agents are caught in a merciless vigilante’s crosshairs in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s electric Killer Instinct series Lives will be ravaged as two FBI agents confront a mastermind serial murderer in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s new Killer Instinct novel Sheltered in the shadows of the Smoky Mountains is the suspect who’s summoned FBI agent...Categorized as:
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![Out of Time by Monica McCarty]()
Out of Time by Monica McCarty
A hunt for dangerous secrets leads to explosive chemistry in this exhilarating romantic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Off the Grid. A team of Navy SEALs goes on a mission and disappears without a trace--they are the Lost Platoon... -
![Complete Fixed: The Complete Fixed Series: #1-5 by Laurelin Paige]()
Complete Fixed: The Complete Fixed Series: #1-5 by Laurelin Paige
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn emotional, searing love story that swept the world, all in one bundle. Includes Fixed on You, Found in You, Forever with You, Hudson, and Fixed Forever.Stalking and restraining orders are a thing of Alayna Wither's past. With her MBA newly in hand, she has her future figured out--move up at the nightclub she works at and stay away from any guy who might trigger her obsessive love disorder... -
![The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress / To Tame Her Tycoon Lover by Maya Banks, Ann Major]()
The Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress / To Tame Her Tycoon Lover by Maya Banks, Ann Major
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Tycoon’s Pregnant Mistress by Maya Banks When Greek hotel magnate Chrysander Anetakis found out his former mistress was pregnant and had amnesia, he didn’t waste time. Marley Jameson didn’t remember betraying him or that he’d thrown her out of his life... -
![Proposing to Preston by Katy Regnery]()
Proposing to Preston by Katy Regnery
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsProposing to Preston is the second of four books about the Philadelphia-based, wildly-handsome Winslow brothers who are all on the look-out for love. (Except Brooks... he's probably sailing around the world with Skye by now. And Christopher, who's only on the look-out for a congressional seat and absolutely. nothing. else... -
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![The Senator's Son by Anna Albo]()
The Senator's Son by Anna Albo
College is just like her old life . . . bleak. Surviving it won't be easy, especially when the girlfriend of the guy she's loved her entire life would rather see her dead. So much for that clean slate. Instead she's constantly looking over her shoulder, watching, waiting and worrying. Lucky for Emma she met The Senator's Son. Zach Walker is the typical rich kid . . -
![Hopeless Vows by Rachael Duncan]()
Hopeless Vows by Rachael Duncan
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt was a social experiment that was supposed to lead to my happily ever after. The rules were simple: 1. Marry a complete stranger chosen for you by a panel of experts. 2. Live together as man and wife for eight weeks. 3. Make a decision to stay together or get a divorce. Call me crazy, but I had complete faith in the process, until I saw who was waiting for me at the end of the aisle... -
![Forever Kisses by Loni Ree]()
Forever Kisses by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Kane Triplets try their hand at matchmaking…. Harris Kane When my nephews ask me to help out a friend who needs a job, I make them promise that this girl won’t turn out like the firm’s last three secretaries—husband-hunting, gold-diggers. Just to be sure, I cover all my bases and create a new office policy, no fraternization, no exceptions... -
![The Truth About Lennon by K.L. Grayson]()
The Truth About Lennon by K.L. Grayson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLennon Barrick-St. James is making headlines as New York City’s hottest new socialite. Only she isn’t new at all. One well-intentioned night gone horribly wrong has landed the daughter of vice presidential candidate Christopher St. James on the front page of every newspaper and magazine in the country... -
![The Confession Duet by K.D. Robichaux]()
The Confession Duet by K.D. Robichaux
It was love at first sight. Not just for Vivian, but for Corbin as well. Their eyes locked across the room, and that was all she wrote. But they didn’t rush things. They wanted to do it right. After all, they would spend the rest of their lives together. The love of each other’s life. Soul mates. He was the intense and fiercely protective soldier, and she was his doting and faithful lover... -
![Hesitate by Anna Brooks]()
Hesitate by Anna Brooks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I opened the file and saw her face, I knew I was in trouble. The first time she put her hand in mine, I should have simply taken her home and continued to keep her safe from a distance. But her pull was too strong, her beauty too irresistible, and before I knew it was happening, she’d brought me to my knees. I wasn’t the only one who was falling, though... -
![UnExpected by T.C. Matson]()
UnExpected by T.C. Matson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaige Turns out he was everything I ever wanted—charming, loving, and super sexy. But I knew being with Levi, the gorgeous MMA fighter every woman wanted, was going to be difficult. Especially since he’s so far away training a beautiful up-and-coming female fighter, teaching the very thing he thrives on. I just didn’t realize how damaging and strenuous this would be to our relationship... -
![Because I Said So by Sable Hunter]()
Because I Said So by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book will break your heart…then mend it back together again. BECAUSE I SAID SO crosses the world of the TEXAS HEROES with the beloved characters of Hell Yeah! to teach the eternal lesson that everyone deserves a second chance at love. As far as Brodie Walton is concerned, his life was over the day his beloved fiancé was killed in a senseless mass shooting. He doesn’t deserve happiness... -
![Bright Lights Billionaire by Ali Parker]()
Bright Lights Billionaire by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt’s all a bunch of bullshit. Nothing I say or do is real anymore. And I get paid for it. My whole life has been lived behind the bright lights of Hollywood. And I’m living proof that money can’t buy love. My situation is complicated enough, but then a sweet girl from the local college scores a part as my co-actor in a new blockbuster film. These people are going to eat her alive... -
![Melinda's Manster by Ember Davis]()
Melinda's Manster by Ember Davis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMELINDAGetting away from my boutique and seeing some old friends was exactly what I needed. I’ve been all about working and making my shop a success for so long, I forgot that it’s okay to let loose a little and have some fun. My weekend was full of fun, laughter, and witchy things which can’t possibly come true, but I wasn’t going to wreck anyone’s fun and say it out loud...Categorized as:
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![August is for Ace: Grumpy Sunshine, Scarred Hero Romance by Kaci Rose]()
August is for Ace: Grumpy Sunshine, Scarred Hero Romance by Kaci Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA scarred ex-military man, a curvy veterinarian, and a broken promise...AceI came to Mustang Mountain carrying my scars and the address to a bar my estranged left me. For the first time in my life, I felt like I’d found a home. Until one night with a curvy blond turned my world upside down. But when she saw my Mustang Mountain Rider patch, she ran... -
![Anarchist: Book 5 by Jordan Silver]()
Anarchist: Book 5 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn this final book in the first season Law is having a hard time resisting his pretend bride who seems hellbent on changing his mind. He's not in the market for a wife for all that she's already wearing his ring. She's too soft and sweet for a man like him and he knows it, but he won't stop pushing... -
![For Nick by Taylor Dean]()
For Nick by Taylor Dean
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsZachary Drake had love in his life--and tragically lost it. He knows it won't come his way again. Andie Parker would do anything for the love of her life. Even marry a total stranger. In spite of the unorthodox manner in which Zach and Andie come together, there is no denying that things are unexpectedly good between them, taking them both by surprise... -
![Paige's Turn by Jennifer Peel, Misty Choate]()
Paige's Turn by Jennifer Peel, Misty Choate
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith the encouragement of her beloved Aunt Mitzi, plain and overlooked Paige James left her hometown of Bella Port ten years ago and never looked back. But free-spirited Aunt Mitzi had plans for Paige to stop being pushed into the background. Those plans included leaving Paige as sole heir to her fortune and owner of her bookstore, Paige’s Turn... -
![Fire & Ice by Jessica Prince]()
Fire & Ice by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsPepper O’Malley isn’t one to be toyed with. Fool her once, shame on you. Fool her twice, and they’ll have trouble finding your body. She used to dream of white picket fences and happily-ever-afters, but now she lives in the real world. As the saying goes, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” especially when that woman is a redheaded spitfire... -
![A Stolen Suit by Angela R. Casella]()
A Stolen Suit by Angela R. Casella
I hate him...but I also want to touch his abs. Is that normal?GraceMy boss, the famous romance novelist, always said she’d open doors for me when I finished writing my first book. Only I have...and she hasn’t. Worse, I just met her new brand manager, and I know him.Enoch “the Suit” Laskin made my life miserable in business school, right up until he seduced me...
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