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  • Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Loving Echo Kent was painful. Not the falling in love part, that was easy. One look at the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed narcotics detective and I knew I wanted him. A few months later I knew I couldn’t live without him. But my Echo, he had demons and secrets and a mountain of guilt. His love was selfish and one-sided—he could love but he refused to allow others to love him...
  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Dylan Walsh left his small town behind and vowed to never return. But when his brother needs help, Dylan steps back into the memories he tried so hard to forget. He thought there was nothing there for him anymore until a woman he knew as a little girl catches more than Dylan’s eye. Rosie Gallo is known for her kind spirit, good-girl vibes, and her loyalty to the ones she loves...
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  • Beyond Reason by Autumn Jones Lake

    Beyond Reason by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    WHEN THE MOST TOXIC PEOPLE COME DISGUISED AS FAMILY, WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Betrayal by blood cuts the deepest. Teller’s found his ride or die girl. The light Charlotte brings to his life has touched the darkest parts of his soul. But a devastating secret from her past resurfaces to threaten their future. Every truth can be erased with one lie...
  • Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Brianna Heart has a six-year old daughter and a twelve-year plan to keep her life as simple as possible until Layla turns eighteen. That means swearing off relationships and the drama that goes along with them, working two jobs, and being the best damn mother she can be...
  • Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A past that defined a future. .. Shade has a secret. One he’s hidden most of his life. Secrets created in his past. Of a broken family. A little boy lost. Of broken dreams. With only nightmares left in their wake. As a prospect, his MC nicknamed him Shady because he’s quiet and keeps to himself. As a patched member of the Blood Fury, he changed it to Shade, because that’s what he prefers. .
  • Deserving Henley by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Henley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Years of adversity have molded Henley McClure into the attentive, conscientious psychologist she is today. She lives for her daughter, Jasna, and her work at The Refuge, an exclusive retreat for victims of PTSD. Her life is fulfilling…if a little lonely. But the only man who’s captured her interest, the most standoffish of the mountain retreat’s seven owners, lives in self-imposed isolation...
  • The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience...
  • Path To Restoration by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Restoration by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nate Hunter; aspiring boxer, brother to five younger sisters, and. .. stripper. Yeah, you read that right. After his twin sister went through an abusive relationship, Nate fought to restore her honor by starting a chain of nightclubs that hire and help victimized women get back on their feet...
    Categorized as:
    single-mother  m-f  sports  contemporary
  • 10-Code by Freya Barker

    10-Code by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    As a forty-one-year-old mother of three boys, working two jobs, Marya Berger doesn’t have the time or energy to consider a relationship. Especially after a lifetime of poor choices in the romance department. But when the disappearance of a young boy strikes a little too close to home, and a younger man she’s tried to ignore offers his help, she doesn’t stand in the way...
  • Down & Dirty: Dawg by Jeanne St. James

    Down & Dirty: Dawg by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Shadow Valley where the Dirty Angels MC rules. Get ready to get Down & Dirty because this is Dawg's story…. She has a secret. But little does she know, so does he...
  • Edge Of Reality by Freya Barker

    Edge Of Reality by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Horsepower and green thumbs meets justice and flip-flops. I’m a late bloomer. A geek, an introvert, an enigma, and a watchdog. My name is Paco. I’m determined enough to bide my time, yet too clever to pass up on opportunity. I’m a steadfast rebel. An outcast, a defender, a hothead, and an eccentric. My name is Mel. I’m resolute enough to carve my own way, but not too blind to see a better path...
  • Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Knocking Boots by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve always heard, don’t fall in love with a cowboy. I just didn't listen. I've sworn off men. They’ve never given me much in life, except a bun in the oven and grief. My kids are my life and all that truly matter. Until him. Jansen Reed is a living fantasy straight from the old west. Sexy drawl, tight jeans and that glint in his eyes that make my knees weak. He promises me the ride of my life...
    Categorized as:
    single-mother  m-f  humor  contemporary  cowboys
  • Rescuing Wendy by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Wendy by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Aspen “Blade” Carlisle is the last of his Delta Force team to find love…and he’s pretty bummed about that fact. Which might explain why he finds himself chatting up a telemarketer as if she’s a long-lost friend. But Wendy is surprisingly easy to talk to, so when they go from occasional calls during her work, to nightly conversations on their cells, it somehow feels right...
  • Bear's Beloved by Ciara St James

    Bear's Beloved by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Bear has lived more than half his life for his club. He’ll gladly do it again. He has never regretted starting this club with Bull and a few others years ago. However, seeing his brothers finding love and settling down to have families when he knows he’ll never have that is taking its toll on him. He takes off to get his head straight...
  • Bride for the Rancher : Small Town Heroes Book 8 by Cassi Hart

    Bride for the Rancher : Small Town Heroes Book 8 by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Cherry. Reeling with the sudden knowledge that not only was my adoption twenty years ago illegal, but I’m not even a legal US citizen, I’m desperate for help after an ICE agent threatens me with deportation if I don’t tell her where my suddenly MIA parents are. But they’ve disappeared, leaving me to face the consequences of their actions...
  • Engulfing Emma by Samantha Christy

    Engulfing Emma by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Single dad. Firefighter. Hero. On the heels of divorce, Lt. Brett Cash never expected to meet the woman of his dreams. Especially not during a robbery gone bad. But just because she's the woman of his dreams does not mean he's the man of hers . Emma is a child of a 9/11 hero taken far too soon. And she's not about to let her own daughter go through the same hell she did. Not even for...
  • Static by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Static by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    He'll break every law known to man to keep her safe…. Static. As a lawyer and prospect in a motorcycle club, I walk the line between two worlds. But when I met Gwen, a single mother with a heart of gold and a past full of pain, everything started to change. I no longer care what side of the law I’m on, I’ll do whatever it takes...
  • Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell

    Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    The Bratva Boss wants me dead. Too bad I’m pregnant with his baby. I’ve run far and wide to escape the Devil’s rage. But it wasn’t long before he caught me. Now I’m standing in front of him bound and naked. About to face the consequences of my betrayal. With every inch of my skin exposed to his will,. And my life flashing before my watery eyes,. He draws my traitorous body under his spell...
  • Dirty Little Midlife Secret by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife Secret by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lily Viceroy arrived in Heart’s Cove with a suitcase by her side and two eensy weensy secrets tucked into the corners of her heart. Well, that’s if “eensy” and “weensy” are code for “terrifying” and “dire. ”. Clearly, the only thing for Lily to do is to engage in a good ol’ bout of denial...
  • Seducing the Doctor  by J.A. Low

    Seducing the Doctor by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He wasn't supposed to be forever. One night of passion with Miles Hartford was all it took to turn my world upside down and change it forever. He was supposed to be nothing more than a good time and a great memory. Except now, those two pink lines say otherwise. She wasn't who I thought she was. That night she lied to me. She pretended to be someone else...
  • Inked Expressions by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Expressions by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink Series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with the brother who keeps his secret and the one woman he shouldn’t want. Everly Law married the love of her life and on the eve of giving birth to their twins, lost him in a tragic accident. Now she’s a single mother working overtime at her bookstore trying to make sure her boys have the life they deserve...
  • The Maverick of the Mountain by Tessa Klein

    The Maverick of the Mountain by Tessa Klein

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He’s big. He’s bearded. AND HE HAS A CHAINSAW! ? You Only Live Once. .. My temporary tattoo feels more like a prescient warning than a gentle reminder after I nearly careen off an old mountain road during the worst storm I’ve ever encountered. I should’ve stayed in town. I should’ve thrown out the hand-drawn map the local gave me...
  • Bodyguard by Night by Taryn Quinn

    Bodyguard by Night by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Protecting my best friend's new sister-in-law Willow from a fan who wants to get a little too close is a no-brainer. Just requires me to do some checking around, to act as her shadow for a while, maybe even give her a place to stay so I can keep an eye on her—all so my best friend's small-town wedding to Willow's sister goes off without a hitch...
  • A Family Affair in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    A Family Affair in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mr. Right-Next-Door Single mom Chelsea Workman has learned to embrace the unexpected. When her beloved Aunt Barbara suddenly passes, leaving Chelsea her beautiful bungalow, Chelsea feels it’s a sign. Barbara had always known what Chelsea needed, and a fresh start in Good Hope, WI could be the answer to her prayers. It’s been several years now since child psychologist Dr...
  • Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Isaac Perry has spent the majority of his life wearing the Devil Hounds MC patches. As president, he’s used to making tough decisions, even the occasionally vicious ones. He doesn’t have to take orders from anyone anymore. He never bends, never breaks, until she literally stumbles into his life. Holly Garrison is young. Too young and innocent for an outlaw like Isaac to lay a hand on her...
  • Measure of a Man by Molly McLain

    Measure of a Man by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We found ourselves by finding each other…. Rachel. Left blindsided and hurt by my ex, I'm slowly making my way back to me, discovering what I want and how to be more than "just a mom". When Jinx comes into my life, I’m sure he's exactly the reckless distraction I need. Only, he insists on being just friends…. Friends with a few benefits. Jinx. Reputations are hard to change...
  • Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    These three women are the toughest juries they’ll ever have to plead their case to. THIS BOX SET INCLUDES…. Clean Slate (Charity Case #0. 5). Moving two thousand miles away wasn’t my plan, but when family needs you, you come. Before I can head back to my hometown of Chicago though, I have two men to say good-bye to. Neither one of them will be happy to hear the news...
  • Essence of Desire by Brenda Jackson

    Essence of Desire by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    THE MAKEOVER. Before becoming a strait-laced wealthy businessman, Robert Noble was considered a bad boy and sexy rogue inside out, while breaking hearts, right and left. No one knows it better than Roxanne Miller since Robert was her brother's best friend in high school...
  • Merry Me Darling by Lilian T. James

    Merry Me Darling by Lilian T. James

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    This is not a standalone within the series. This is a short, holiday epilogue that picks up right where Meet Me Halfway left off. Madison woke up thinking it would be a piece of cake to meet Garrett's mother. She made him like her, after all. But the closer they get to Garrett’s childhood home, the more doubt starts to creep in...
  • Takedown by Nikki Ash

    Takedown by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Mila. Pregnant and married at the young age of eighteen, I settled into my life not knowing there could ever be more. Until Mason, with his sexy smirk and magnetic baby blue eyes. With a single look and a few words, he made me feel sexy and alive. But as quickly as he came into my life, he was gone, leaving me wanting more...
  • Daimon by Jessica Ames

    Daimon by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Daimon. As Treasurer of the Untamed Sons MC, I don't have time to deal with a bratty kid. Briella is nineteen. I'm thirty-one. I'm too old for her tantrums, but I'm sure there's something more to her acting out than a late teenage rebellion. When I look in her eyes, I see her demons glaring back at me, and I want to know who put them there...
  • Sweet Tooth by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Sweet Tooth by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker! Mix one handsome farmer with a handful of a rebellious chef to create a sizzling hot combination for one lucky Daddy. Elizabeth Annalise Milford's family doesn't understand her dedication to organic foods or her desire to provide the community with healthy, delicious meals...
  • Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She may be promised to a stranger. .. But we know the truth. Rosa Rossi is mine. Mine to have and to hold,. No matter the cost. If we're discovered,. My life is forfeit,. And she'll be exiled forever. But I know. .. I see through every glance sent my way. I feel every pulse of her heart. And my heart beats with hers. Now she's under my protection. No matter the cost,...
  • The VIP Doubles Down by Nancy Herkness

    The VIP Doubles Down by Nancy Herkness

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    In the witty, sizzling finale to award-winning author Nancy Herkness’s Wager of Hearts series, a haunted writer conquers his demons with the help of a feisty muse and a passion that doesn’t play by the book. Gavin Miller, the billionaire author of a bestselling thriller series, struggles with a grim secret: he hasn’t written a word in more than a year...
  • Forever Us by Scarlett Avery

    Forever Us by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    She likes her relationships uncomplicated. So does he. An illicit weekend between them makes things… well, complicated. Love is for pussies…. Ciara learned that the hard way. She likes her relationships uncomplicated. She isn’t girlfriend material…. And she couldn’t care less. She has specific set of rules when it comes to men—love ’em and leave ’em. Nikolaj is a force of nature...
  • The Parkers' Fall In Love Box Set by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    The Parkers' Fall In Love Box Set by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five Parker-Family Books for your reading pleasure! Need You Now. The most beautiful girl in the world, and she’s fiery mad at me. It’s not really my fault. I’m a reporter. Digging up stories is my job. Never in a million years did I expect my latest piece to create an enemy out of the one woman I’d give anything to date...
  • Joker  by Harley Wylde

    Joker by Harley Wylde

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cleo -- My family put me through hell, and I escaped the only way possible… by marrying a biker locked up in prison. Joker gave me his name and a way to hide from my family. Until the day they find me… Now it’s time I return to the husband who doesn’t want me and hope he doesn’t find out all my secrets -- because if he does, I have a feeling he’s going to make me leave...
  • Shattered Vows by Kaylea Cross

    Shattered Vows by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She belonged to his best friend. Molly Boyd’s entire world unraveled when tragedy turned the man she loved into her greatest threat, and now her confusing feelings for his best friend aren’t helping matters. For years Jase has been a solid, steady source of comfort and friendship. Now she can’t stop seeing him as something more...
  • Dark Devotion by Cora Kent

    Dark Devotion by Cora Kent

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Resistance is futile; I will have Christine. With every breath she takes, she's one step closer to being mine . When she finally gives in, I'll leave her yearning for more. Dark Devotion takes place the night before the start of Dark Obsession. When Christine's mother dies, it leaves Niccolo with his eyes on the only prize her daughter...
  • Two Wrongs Made Right by Ali Parker

    Two Wrongs Made Right by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just because my brother found love doesn’t mean I have to. I’d rather focus on other things. Like money. It never gives you sleepless nights that drive you insane. But the single mom I hooked up with at my brother’s wedding? She’s got me sweating. I can’t get her out of my head. Those curves. That smart mouth. She’s the right kind of trouble. But I’m the wrong kind of guy. Or not...
  • Her Giant Lumberjack by Clara King

    Her Giant Lumberjack by Clara King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a seven-foot giant who feels like a beast. She’s a curvy beauty looking for her happily ever after. Duke. Life isn’t easy when you look like a monster. With my scarred face and hulking frame, people see a freak, not a man. So I keep to myself, rarely leaving the safety of my workshop. Then Ariana walks into my life. She wants me to build her a bookcase. Sounds easy enough...
  • Finan by Amy Davies

    Finan by Amy Davies

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When you grow up in the Rugged Skulls MC, you get everything dropped at your feet, women included. You are also expected to act a certain way, but for me, that persona was always something that didn't sit right with me. I'm just not like other bikers. People watching is my thing. I like deciphering what makes people tick...
  • Bare by Tory Baker

    Bare by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was only supposed to get her safely out of town until the threat was gone. But then, I fell in love. I might be the muscle of the Diamondback MC, but I’m mostly known as the jokester. There’s nothing funny in the protective feelings I have for Sadie and her daughter Henley, however. Sadie’s been hurt and she’s built walls around her heart for protection. I won’t let that stop me...
  • Just This Once by Sophie Andrews

    Just This Once by Sophie Andrews

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a single mom trying to keep my head above water. He’s the one night stand I was never supposed to see again. As a divorced parent of two teenagers and the manager of a bed and breakfast about to undergo a major renovation, I don’t have time for a relationship. But when a charming, younger guy approaches me during a night out, I give in to the desire to relieve some stress and invite him home...
  • Paging Dr. Summers by Jennifer Peel

    Paging Dr. Summers by Jennifer Peel

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Summer fling or the real thing? My mom’s last gift came with two an unexpected inheritance from the father I never knew, and one unforgettable summer in Aspen Lake. Her only request? Complete the bucket list she left for me. Simple enough—until I saw that item written in HAVE A SUMMER FLING...
  • Marked By Ink by Flora Ferrari

    Marked By Ink by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    ’ve wanted to be a tattoo artist for as long as I can remember. That’s what brings me to the party. When I see him, Felix Fletcher, I struggle to form words. He’s tall, with intense eyes, silver hair, and a muscular body that has my mind going to all kinds of steamy places. We talk, and I wonder if he feels it too. But I’m a full-figured girl, not the kind most guys fall all over...
  • Wanderlust by Daisy Prescott

    Wanderlust by Daisy Prescott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New Title and Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00KVLMPFQ. #1 Top Rated Book in Humorous Women's Fiction. Top 20 Humorous Women's Fiction Best Seller. Romantic Comedy Best Seller. Wanderlust was previously published as Missionary Position. It might take sparks flying on three continents, but this professor is about to get an education of her own...
  • Misconception by Julia Wolf

    Misconception by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I know rock stars. I grew up in the business, and now I make a living managing their tours. I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Lots and lots of ugly. All that ugly is why I’ve sworn off dating rockers, but sleeping with them, well. .. I’ve been known to make the occasional exception. One sultry night in Vegas, Mo Aronson, lead singer of Unrequited, becomes one of those exceptions...
  • All About The Treats by Weston Parker

    All About The Treats by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m known for my treats. A billionaire bachelor with a world-wide candy company. And I’m good being single. Life is too short to fall in love. Until her. A curvy, brilliant, out-of-the-box single mom who’s changing the world one Halloween at a time. Her Halloweenfest event is stealing the world stage each October. And I’m impressed with far more than her business skills...
  • Rocked by the Roadie by Eve London

    Rocked by the Roadie by Eve London

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Two hearts, one bed, no looking back. Daisy:. When the hottest boy band on the planet gets back together for an epic reunion tour, there’s no decision to make. I’m going. It’s been ten years since I’ve had the chance to hang out with my groupie besties. They don’t know it yet, but my parents are forcing me to settle into a life they’ve pre-planned, right down to the man they want me to marry...
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