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  • Love By Design by Samantha Christy

    Love By Design by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A sexy Christmas novella that’s a cross between The Devil Wears Prada and Holidate.Holland McQuaid works for the toughest designer in New York City. It’s a dream job. It’s heaven and hell at the same time. But when she gets her lucky break, and the job turns into something she never expected, it comes with strings...
  • The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Fate has a way of stepping in and righting itself when we least expect it. Cale Blackwood is devastated when the love of his life ends up leaving him. All alone and abandoned, Cale must seek help from the last person he ever imagined as he takes on one of the biggest challenges he's ever faced...
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  • Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every story deserves a soundtrack. And ours is epic. She started from perfect. A star who shone brighter than the rest. But then fate took it all away. Now she's broken. A beautiful song with a fractured beat.  But I'm still on the rise. Chasing a dream that she's already left behind. If I'm lucky, I can find my redemption in the spotlight. Destiny brought us together. Put her in my path...
  • Holding on to Chaos by Lucy Score

    Holding on to Chaos by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    “I want to be upfront with you. No surprises, no secrets. I want you, Eva. And I think you might be it for me.” Eva is a hot mess running from her past and doesn’t mind telling a fib or two to protect her secrets. It’s too bad that she moved to the nosiest small town in the world with Sheriff Sexy—the tall, built human lie detector...
  • Choose Me by R.C. Boldt

    Choose Me by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    In Choose Me, RC Boldt brings us an unforgettable, heart-wrenching coming-of-age romance... Wearing the nicest suit I own, I stand in the very back with a flask full of whiskey in my inner pocket. I put on a brave face as I watch her walk down the aisle. Because it’s too late. I refuse to be the bastard who makes her cry on her wedding day, but I’m dying to tell her what I’ve always known...
  • We Said Forever by Marie James, T E Black

    We Said Forever by Marie James, T E Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rock bottom. They say the only way to go from there is up, but what is “up” when you’re born into someone else’s rock bottom? At ten, football became my first love. It’s what got me out of the house away from my self-destructive family...
  • Be My Temptation by Rachel Brookes

    Be My Temptation by Rachel Brookes

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    You met Josh Crawford and Ashlyn Hart in Be My December, now its time to hear their story. One night connected them.One decision separated them. One craving tempted them. Ashlyn Hart was done with men, or at least those outside of her books. After stupidly falling for the charms of her cheating ex and having her heart broken yet again, she decided to create a new life...
  • The Little Beach Café by Sarah Hope

    The Little Beach Café by Sarah Hope

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love, friendship and new beginnings… It’s all waiting for Pippa Jenkins at The Little Beach Café…When Pippa’s aunt leaves her a cafe by the beach, it doesn’t take her long to jump at the chance of a new start. Waving goodbye to mounting debt, threatening bailiffs and never-ending shifts at a job she hates, she and her young son, Joshua, prepare for their new life...
  • Flames of Love by Melissa Foster

    Flames of Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    As one of New York's Finest, firefighter Cash Ryder is always prepared. When a woman's car skids off the side of a mountain during a snowstorm, he's there to rescue her. Cash is totally focused on the woman's well-being, but within minutes of getting her to safety, he realizes that he's nowhere near prepared for the heat that rolls off of sensual, smart-mouthed, and stubborn Siena Remington...
  • Finding Storm by Samantha Towle

    Finding Storm by Samantha Towle

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The son of an icon. He was a legend. Rock royalty.A man I never met.But I’m measured against him in every aspect of my life.The only time I feel like me … the real me … is when I’m onstage with my band. But the more we grow in popularity, the more people compare me to him.I’m not him. And I never will be. If only everyone could figure that out for themselves.I need a break from it all...
  • Pretty Pink Ribbons by K.L. Grayson

    Pretty Pink Ribbons by K.L. Grayson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dying . . . Dead . . . Deceased . . . It doesn’t matter how many times I say it or how many different names I give it, it still means the same thing. One of these days I’ll be nothing but a passing memory, a familiar face in a forgotten photo. But there's three things I need before this life of mine ends . . . I need to tell him I love him more than life itself...
  • The Lyon's Cub Caitlin : Lyon The Next Generation by Jordan Silver

    The Lyon's Cub Caitlin : Lyon The Next Generation by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Caitlin Lyon is the favored first daughter of Colton Lyon. Anyone who wants to date her will have to go through this tough as nails biker dad who thinks no one is good enough for his kid, not even the little snot nosed kid who’s been hanging around her for the past four years...
  • Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Esme of Belmont finally freed herself from the chains shackling her to royal life and has been living in Paris for the past several years. It’s what she wanted. What she fought for.But there’s still something missing.She refuses to admit what that something is, though, doing everything she can to put the past behind her.Until she receives a phone call that forces her to return home...
  • Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Esme of Belmont finally freed herself from the chains shackling her to royal life and has been living in Paris for the past several years. It’s what she wanted. What she fought for.But there’s still something missing.She refuses to admit what that something is, though, doing everything she can to put the past behind her.Until she receives a phone call that forces her to return home...
  • Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every time someone mentions planning their wedding, Violet finds a reason why they should wait.Luca is her soulmate and Love Bug’s favorite person.They are already a family, but they need to make it official.Luca is getting tired of calling her his fiancée and not his wife.But Vi is torn.Saying “I do” to Luca will mean releasing the last hold Remington had on her heart...
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  • Collide by Dylan Allen

    Collide by Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s searching for the truth.I’m living a lie. And as much as we want to, We can’t stay away from each other. Falling for Carter nearly cost me everything. To save myself I made a deal with the devil. Now, I’ve got a second chance and more to lose than ever. So when he makes it clear he wants me back, I vow not to make the same mistake twice. Carter has learned his lesson, too...
  • Remember When Trilogy by T. Torrest

    Remember When Trilogy by T. Torrest

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    All three best-selling books of the Remember Trilogy in one bundle! REMEMBER WHEN, REMEMBER WHEN 2: The Sequel, and REMEMBER WHEN 3: The Finale. Remember When is the first story in an NA romance trilogy...
  • Our Unscripted Story by L.A. Fiore

    Our Unscripted Story by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Greyson Ratcliffe. I met him at sixteen, the hot new guy sitting on my jetty, an aspiring artist just passing through. He was my first kiss and my first love. I wanted forever with him. I didn’t even get a year. Five years later, I’m a budding writer who scripts stories of love and struggle, the good and the bad and the ups and the downs...
  • Poppy's Recipe for Life by Heidi Swain

    Poppy's Recipe for Life by Heidi Swain

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Things haven’t always been straightforward in Poppy’s life but her dreams are finally within her reach. She's moving into a cottage in beautiful Nightingale Square, close to the local community garden, where she can indulge her passion for making preserves and pickles...
  • The Forever House by Veronica Henry

    The Forever House by Veronica Henry

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Hunter's Moon is the ultimate 'forever' house. Nestled by a river in the Peasebrook valley, it has been the Willoughbys' home for over fifty years, and now estate agent Belinda Baxter is determined to find the perfect family to live there. But the sale of the house unlocks decades of family secrets - and brings Belinda face to face with her own troubled past. .
  • Pretty Pink Ribbons by K.L. Grayson

    Pretty Pink Ribbons by K.L. Grayson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Can be read as a standalone novel **Contains sensitive subject matters** Dying . . . Dead . . . Deceased . . . It doesn’t matter how many times I say it or how many different names I give it, it still means the same thing. One of these days I’ll be nothing but a passing memory, a familiar face in a forgotten photo. But there are three things I need before this life of mine ends . .
  • Dear Agony by Georgia Cates

    Dear Agony by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Dear Agony, You've been my shadow, following me through childhood—filling my days and nights with terror and uncertainty. You cleverly disguised yourself as some form of pain or suffering as I grew into a young woman. We were unwavering companions … until I severed our ties. I traded homelessness on the streets of New Orleans for a luxurious bed covered by the finest linens...
  • Wild Iris Ridge by RaeAnne Thayne

    Wild Iris Ridge by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Lucy Drake and Brendan Caine have only one thing in common… And it's likely to tear them apart. Because it was Brendan's late wife, Jessie—and Lucy's best friend—who'd brought them together in the first place. And since Jessie's passing, Brendan's been distracted by his two little ones…and the memory of an explosive kiss with Lucy years before his marriage. Still, he'll steer clear of her...
  • A Not So Fictional Fall by Savannah Scott

    A Not So Fictional Fall by Savannah Scott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I live for happily ever afters.And I'm finally meeting my favorite romance author in person! Only, all this time, I thought author, Amelie De Pierre, was a woman. It turns out, Pierre Toussaint is the man behind the books that make me weak in the knees.He could be the consummate book boyfriend with his dreamy hazel eyes, strong jawline, and those black-rimmed glasses. Not to mention that accent...
  • Knowing You by Allie Everhart

    Knowing You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Now that Garret’s decided he’s no longer following the rules of his wealthy family, he can finally develop a closer relationship with Jade. Things are going well, but Jade still worries that being with Garret is only temporary. And because of that, she’s not sure how much of herself and her past she’s willing to let him see...
  • Wonderful by S.C. Stephens

    Wonderful by S.C. Stephens

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Kellan Kyle finally has everything he’s always wanted—a woman who loves him more than he ever thought possible, family who genuinely cares about him, and the best friends a person could ask for. His band has found success, and they are well on their way to making their dreams come true. But as Kellan quickly learns, sometimes dreams come with a price...
  • Third Chances by Ivy Smoak

    Third Chances by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When your first chance passes you by, sometimes you regret it your whole life. But what if you're given a second chance? Daphne lives a life of structure and routine. It's the only way to keep her demons at bay. But when she has to let lose at her friend's bachelorette party, her demons prove to be a little closer to the surface than she realizes...
  • Mountain Seeking Princess: A Full Length Moose Mountain Novel by Marley Michaels

    Mountain Seeking Princess: A Full Length Moose Mountain Novel by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Moose Mountain has been calling her protectors back to the mountain for a reason—she’s under threat and needs to be saved. It’s time to call in a champion and crown a new queen.Martie Cooper has lived her life constantly searching for something to fill an untouchable void in her heart...
  • One Night with the Player (Club Curve) by Eve London

    One Night with the Player (Club Curve) by Eve London

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brother's best friend. A sister's forbidden desire. OliviaThe man who ruined me for any other is coming home. He thinks he won't have to deal with me, but I’m waiting for him. I need answers only he can provide, and I won’t rest until I get them. The only problem is… once I see Leo Steele, the feelings I’ve kept locked up inside break free...
  • Rookie by Eddie Cleveland

    Rookie by Eddie Cleveland

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    * Although part of a series, you will enjoy it as a standalone as well!Rookie is everything you love in an MM first time gay romance. A journey of self-discovery, the undeniable sparks with the man who makes him question everything, the moment of realization, the secret relationship, and coming out...
  • The Mind by Edee M Fallon, Kate Stewart

    The Mind by Edee M Fallon, Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We fell in love in a lightning strike, a sudden anomaly in a sea of lost people. He knew right away, yet I was hesitant. I could have never prepared myself for a love like ours. No one could. As a child, I had conjured an amazing story in my mind. It was a story I could retell about a man that would move me like no other; a story about the way we met and how he had swept me off my feet...
  • The Third Wish: A Sweet and Sassy Southern Fiction Novella by Carolyn Brown

    The Third Wish: A Sweet and Sassy Southern Fiction Novella by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The things you wish for sometimes need a little push. When she was eight years old, Jessica Graham made three wishes: that she wouldn't always be the tallest kid in the class, that she would find a big conch shell on the beach, and that she would finally meet her father someday...
  • Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Sexy thoughts about Cole fill Anna's dreams. Every detail burns brightly in her mind; the way his hands feel on her bare skin, the soft brush of his lips against hers, and the way their bodies fit perfectly together. Anna awakes breathless, tingling as if it really happened. What caused her to think about Cole like that? It was completely forbidden...
  • The Fall of Us by Kennedy Fox

    The Fall of Us by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    What happens when you travel across the country for your dream job and end up sharing a bed with an older man who volunteers you to be his fake girlfriend? You hope you don’t fall in love when it’s time to say goodbye. The Fall of us is an age gap, fake dating, close proximity romance...
  • Redeem Me by Jennifer Foor

    Redeem Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Road to Redemption is a Long Journey Parker Hutchinson has done a good job messing up his reputation as the golden child. He’s made bad choices, pushed everyone away, and almost ruined his brother’s life. Though he’s tried his best to make amends, he can’t seem to find a way to convince his family that he’s changed. Cameron Hynson is in college with hopes to become a lawyer...
  • Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Fans of Cora Carmack (Losing It) and Tammara Weber (Easy) will devour the original New Adult novels: Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country's most notorious secret society...
  • Heart Starter by Michelle Hercules

    Heart Starter by Michelle Hercules

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My plans were simple. Graduate from college, get a job, and not worry anymore if I can make next month's rent. It turns out I might have a shot at getting drafted to play in the NFL, and nothing will distract me from that goal.I didn't count on Sadie Clarkson wrecking my plans. Our first meeting was explosive, to say the least. Now I can't stop thinking about her sassy attitude or sexy mouth...
  • 10 Dates by Emily James

    10 Dates by Emily James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Joanie Fox can't wait to settle down and marry the man of her dreams. However, when her engagement starts to look more stalemate than soulmate, her best friend stages an intervention sure to make even the most hardened, serial daters wince: 10 Dates in 10 Days...
  • Now Open Your Eyes by Nicole Fiorina, Oliver Masters

    Now Open Your Eyes by Nicole Fiorina, Oliver Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    MIA. It was so close, I'd tasted it–the freedom. But the only thing I could taste now was the end. Over the last two years, I’d let all outside forces dictate my life, my feelings, my head. I’d allowed everyone to control what my punishment should be for all my wrong-doings. I’d been tested and learned my lesson. I’d paid my dues and suffered long enough...
  • Let You Leave by Caisey Quinn

    Let You Leave by Caisey Quinn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Novella included in special edition of Keep Me Still New Adult Romance contains MA 17+ content Layla Flaherty had the perfect life, or close to it. Until a stranger gunned her parents down right in front of her, leaving her with seizure inducing PTSD. After years of trying to pass as normal and failing miserably, she resigns herself to being invisible...
  • In Pieces by Danielle Pearl

    In Pieces by Danielle Pearl

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Three years ago she was left in pieces . . . Most college freshmen love the newfound freedom of living on campus, but none of them craves it like Beth Caplan. One ill-fated night when she was fifteen left her locked in a posh prison of private tutors. It's for the best , everyone said, and maybe it was...
  • Finding Me by Stephanie Rose

    Finding Me by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I've always been lost . . . Abandoned by a father who didn't want me. Cherished by a stepfather, though I wasn’t his. Shattered by a boy who swore he loved me. But I belonged nowhere, to no one. Then I met Owen, the sweet-talking hockey player who made me love him. He gave me the courage to trust in someone besides myself. He showed me a love I longed for...
  • Going All In by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Going All In by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being the nice guy leaves me open to being a rebound romance.Which I’m not interested in. I’ve got better things to do.Like taking my spot on the NBA draft picks. It’s all that matters to me.Love has never been on the radar. I’m too focused for all that fluff.Then life slows me down. Way down.An injury at the end of the spring semester has me working my way back to full health all summer long...
  • Rookie’s Regret by Gina Azzi

    Rookie’s Regret by Gina Azzi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lioness. That’s the first word that comes to mind when I see the brilliant redhead selling cupcakes at the hockey arena.With the soul of an artist and the spirit of a nomad, Bea Turner is gorgeous, quirky, and refreshing. She’s also my teammate’s little sister.As the Tennessee Thunderbolts' Rookie, I should steer clear...
  • Six Hockey Players' Rival by Nicole Casey

    Six Hockey Players' Rival by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Six hockey players, one fearless captain, and a sizzling tale of love, rivalry, and secrets. When I join Yale's ice hockey team, my goal is to prove that women deserve their place in the game. Tensions simmer between the men's and women's teams, but fate has a different plan in store...
  • Rushing In by Lexi Ryan

    Rushing In by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The favor seemed simple: Keep my new stepsister out of trouble for one summer. I’ve never met Grace Lee, but Mom tells me she’s a quiet and artsy college student with a troubled past. When I agreed to let her stay with me, I thought it was no big deal. I expected to share my apartment with a sullen girl who’d spend hours locked in her room...
  • Fortuity by Rochelle Paige

    Fortuity by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The only kinds of luck I knew were bad and worse...until my life hung in the balance. I finally caught a break in the form of a second chance. I vowed not to let it go to waste. To make a difference. But I didn’t start really living until I met him. Dillon Montgomery. My complete opposite—except for our matching tortured souls. I couldn’t resist him for long...
  • One Night with the Rebel by Kendall Ryan

    One Night with the Rebel by Kendall Ryan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She barged into my life and turned everything upside down. We spent one scorching-hot night together, and then she disappeared into the sunset with the golden jock everyone adored. Which makes sense, right? A girl as beautiful and brilliant as Eden Wynn doesn’t end up with a rebel like me.I expected them to live happily ever after, except that's not what happened...
  • Permanently Etched by Jamie Jammer

    Permanently Etched by Jamie Jammer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Rydell is trying to get by. Suffering from panic attacks takes a tole on her life, but she's getting through it as best she can. She's a computer science major at Daxton U, and is about to be the co-creator of a video game to help kids with behavioral disabilities. She is busy, determined, and there's no time for distraction.Scott is loved by everyone, except maybe his parents...
  • Cutter by Stacy Borel

    Cutter by Stacy Borel

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Did somebody say baby? Macie Rosewood was a firecracker, in and out of the bedroom. She lived her life according to her own rules and high standards. When she caught the attention from one of the most eligible Brooks brothers two years ago, Macie had found real love. Dodger Brooks was the sensible brother that played hard and loved even harder...
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