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  • The Long Way Home by Harper Sloan

    The Long Way Home by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    There’s a price to pay for a life with a greater purpose. The healing of time is a damn liar when you’re living a life as a dead man with no true home, and the silence couldn’t be more deafening. Counting the days, good and bad, I exist as the world keeps spinning. I can never look back. All I can do is hope I took enough out of that life to carry me forward on those dead legs...
  • Finally by R.L. Mathewson

    Finally by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 43 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author R. L. Mathewson comes the next installment in the Neighbor from Hell series…. For readers who enjoy touching stories that make them smile, laugh, and fall in love. Sometimes life doesn’t go the way that we expected. That’s what happened to Devin Bradford when he received the news that turned his life upside down seven years ago...
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  • Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She doesn’t need a hero—but she’ll take a protector who believes in her strength. Sadie Jennings was used to being protected. As the niece of Sean Taggart, and the receptionist at McKay-Taggart Group, she was constantly surrounded by Alpha men more than capable, and willing, to lay down their life for her...
  • Someone to Love by Marie Force

    Someone to Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s his nanny and his close friend. He shouldn’t be thinking about her that way… Adrian In the year since I lost my wife in childbirth, I’ve been all about survival as I adapt to life as a single dad to our son. That’s especially true after my mother-in-law also died suddenly...
  • Meddling Under the Mistletoe by Melissa Grace

    Meddling Under the Mistletoe by Melissa Grace

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Five years ago, Dr. Lindsey Haggerty inherited her late father’s veterinary clinic, and with it, a constant reminder of how quickly she could lose those she loves most. So when a handsome new client asks her out, she's quick to shut it down...
  • Hustle Him by Jennifer Foor

    Hustle Him by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After losing his family in a tragic accident, Ramsey Towers has given up on his old life. He moved to a small town in West Virginia, where nobody will bother him about his painful past that he, himself, can't stop reliving. Still needing to make money, he took a job as the town sheriff...
  • The Billionaire's Baby Revelation by Holly Rayner

    The Billionaire's Baby Revelation by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This billionaire thought he didn’t want kids of his own,. Then he found out he already had one…. Liam Bradshaw’s billion-dollar business is the only thing he cares about. One spring day, his world is turned upside down by the news that he has a two-year-old child – and he will now be their legal guardian...
  • Sizzling In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Sizzling In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    My book boyfriends are always the daring adventurous type. The kind of guy who takes the world by his strong hands and molds it to his indomitable will. But that's just fantasy, right? I'm a children's librarian. The most daring I get is trying a new flavor of chamomile tea. I don't want any of that strong dangerous men stuff in real life. At least, I thought I didn't. .
  • His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I was always the good girl, until I met Quinn…. What do a law student and a smuggler have in common? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So I should leave the straight-laced, curvy Coraline alone. But I can’t. I’m no good for her. Every minute she spends with me, she’s risking her career, her future. I should let her go. But I can’t. My need to have her, to possess her, drives me to complete selfishness...
  • Triumph by Cecilia London

    Triumph by Cecilia London

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “All of your ideals, your hopes and dreams…they cease to matter if you abandon them in your darkest hour. We have to see this through to the end. ”. Jack McIntyre and Caroline Gerard have never shied away from a challenge. As dual commanders of the American rebel forces, they now face the greatest adversity of their lives. Every decision has permanent consequences...
  • The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels

    The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Meet the girl of my dreams? Check. Have the best night of my life? Check. Get called away for weeks with no contact? Check. Unfortunately. I never expected life post-active duty to be more adventurous than when I was still with my SEAL team, but here we are. A simple freelance contract for the government, and I come home to find my organized life is in chaos. Thankfully, my girl is waiting for me...
  • Two Become One by Weston Parker

    Two Become One by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m all about the chase. Everything that comes after getting the girl? I’d rather swallow glass. That’s why taken women are my type. Don’t like it? You don’t have to. However, my newest challenge is full of surprises. She’s temptation poured into a silhouette of dangerous curves. And she’s onto me. So is HR at the office. Both quickly become my nightmare as they dare me to change. Me...
  • The One He Craves by A. Marie Johnson

    The One He Craves by A. Marie Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SHE’S BAD FOR HIM, he’s bad for her, yet being together seems so right it shouldn’t be wrong. .. but it is. The very thing that should pull Nim and Andretti apart pushes them together and they find themselves unable to escape each other after one night of forbidden desire. In another man’s arms is the one place Nim should’ve never been and also the only place she felt she was ever meant to be...
  • Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones Lake

    Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A steamy standalone romance featuring a swoon-worthy single dad and the one woman he absolutely shouldn’t fall in love with. Sullivan. It’s a hot summer morning and I’m already running late. I’m no one’s white knight, but when I see a damsel in distress, I have to rescue her. I didn’t know it would be Aubrey Dorado, the girl I swore was off-limits...
  • Big Grumpy Fireman by Cassi Hart

    Big Grumpy Fireman by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Camilla:. All I wanted was a traditional Thanksgiving celebration with my family. What I got was a near-death experience. But I can’t say I regret what happened, not when it reunited me with the only man I ever loved . . . and lost. After Damian disappeared without a word seven years ago, my naïve heart never stopped hoping I’d someday find him again...
  • Until Brandon (Kindle Worlds: Happily Ever Alpha) by Natasha Madison

    Until Brandon (Kindle Worlds: Happily Ever Alpha) by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brandon. Anytime I heard someone speak of the boom, I laughed. Surely only crazy people believe they can fall in love as soon as they lay eyes on someone. I thought it was all in their heads until the moment she walked into my office asking for a job. The instant my gaze locked with hers, I knew she was mine, and I would do anything in my power to protect her. Aroura...
  • Freak Show by Lani Lynn Vale

    Freak Show by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Welcome to the Circus is a brand-new series that centers around a family that owns a circus, 6 sisters and one brother. This is book 1 featuring Val & Felix.
  • His Runaway Bride by Kate Hunt

    His Runaway Bride by Kate Hunt

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a runaway bride bursts into his butcher shop, gentle giant Seth is overcome with desire. The bride’s beauty and curves are enough to make him forget his own name. But he holds himself back—it isn’t the time or place to pursue her. Besides, he’s never been smooth with women, and she’s too young for a guy in his forties like him...
  • Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aurora Dawson loved helping happy couples have their perfect wedding and happily ever after. Even if she never found one for herself. When a divorce office opened shop right next to her, she was livid that someone would help tear apart the couples she brought together...
  • Noble by Jordan Silver

    Noble by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I left the hustle and bustle of the city to visit the small town where my late father was born, to offload the ancestral home that had been sitting empty ever since my grandfather died. I had no intentions of staying in the little backwater town any longer than was necessary. .. but then I saw her...
  • Conley by Frankie Love

    Conley by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When Calico shows up at the Garage with a busted car, I know she's in trouble. Her four-wheel piece-of-shit is filled to the brim with her and her son's belongings. She's running from something. From someone. She's been through hell, and she's not interested in getting involved with a biker like me. But she isn't going anywhere. One look at her curves and I know she's mine...
  • Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Why doesn’t anyone pray for Satan? He needs it. But so do I, because Kristina Joy Kennedy is killing me. It’s been a year since I first saw her, wearing a white dress, blonde hair braided back with a cute pink bow at the bottom, walking into the church across the street from the Ride or Die bar. A year since my heart came alive. A year since she first told me to get lost. We are worlds apart...
  • Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "You gave me a taste of your fire. Hell no, I'm not walking away. ". Carlo Adamo is the most perfect man I have ever seen -- and the only one whose touch drives me mad. But some of us aren't meant for happy endings. If he knew the truth, he'd forget about me. I just need to stop trembling in his arms long enough to make him believe it.
  • Fox by Tarin Lex

    Fox by Tarin Lex

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emelia:. I married a man with the best heart and soul on Earth. Or so I thought. Eighteen months later, we were divorced. Or so we thought. Now he’s asking me to finish what I assumed was already signed and sealed. In my mind, it was already done. So why is it so hard to do it again? Fox:. I’ll never stop loving Emelia. I loved her so much I let her go...
  • Double Crossing Daddy by Autum Remington

    Double Crossing Daddy by Autum Remington

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Clara. Teaching second grade is my passion. My students are my life. I would never admit to having a favorite student, never. I couldn't even if I wanted to because I have two of them. My favorite twin boys. One with a mischievous smile and one with a heart of gold. Unfortunately, these two boys have a plan up their sleeves and I don't find out until it’s too late...
  • The Billionaire's Big Bold Woman by Nichole Rose

    The Billionaire's Big Bold Woman by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three may be a crowd, but it takes four to make a family for this single dad and his twin girls. Mac Sterling. Two years ago, my ex-wife tried to frame me for embezzlement. My life crumbled, leaving me the single father of two little girls. I swore I'd never trust a woman again…. Until Jenna Kirby waltzes into my life and turns it upside down. She's like no one I've ever met...
  • Chains (Northern Grizzlies MC) by M. Merin

    Chains (Northern Grizzlies MC) by M. Merin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Iron Savages rule Boise. Or they did. Their numbers decimated, the President on his deathbed, the club becomes unrecognizable. When his cousin and her son are threatened and secrets are exposed, Chains must make a choice. Protect his family or stand with his sworn Brothers. The words that are burned in his mind are 'Blood in, Blood out'...
  • Fury Girl by Jill M. Beene

    Fury Girl by Jill M. Beene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The adventure continues in Elayna Miller, book two! Elayna Miller kills people for a living, but only when they really deserve it. .. Once one of the CIA’s most talented agents, Elayna Miller struck off on her own for moral reasons. Now surrounded by a like-minded team, she selects her cases carefully and only kills those who really have it coming...
  • Ask for Moore by Rochelle Paige

    Ask for Moore by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle Paige comes a rivals-to-lovers, opposites-attract, small-town romance about finding love in the most unexpected of places. Waverly Duncan had one goal: beat Ryland Moore on his home turf. She was the big-city attorney waltzing into small-town Mooreville to protect her client's interests...
  • Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe

    Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grim:. Losing loved ones is nothing new to me. Life is short and seems even shorter for the people I love the most. I refuse to lose anyone else. I have dedicated my life to saving people in need. My brothers will always come first, though. Until I see her bruised and beaten on the side of the road. I vow right then and there to heal her and protect her...
  • River by C.E. Johnson

    River by C.E. Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first time I met Kalina Lawson, she nearly passed out. Being a firefighter, I couldn’t just walk back to my cabin. I stayed with her until I knew she was all right. But her warm and friendly company is refreshing, and I quickly become enamored with the stunning cabin manager...
  • BIG BURLY GUARD by Erin Havoc

    BIG BURLY GUARD by Erin Havoc

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    After those threats, I thought I would never feel safe again. There’s only one place I can be myself:. In the arms of my big, burly, very off-limits bodyguard. Sebastian Cook is huge, just like my dreams. As unreachable as those too. He’s much older, grumpy. Professional to a fault. I should not be crushing on him, but one touch sends my head spinning. He’ll never make a move...
  • Finding Her Curves by Joann Baker, Patricia Mason

    Finding Her Curves by Joann Baker, Patricia Mason

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Logan Montgomery was a horn dog at best, man-whore at worst. He was an old-fashioned playboy for sure. That was his way of life—until her. For almost a year, he’d ignored the pull he felt for the curvy doctor. As a search and rescue officer, he knew life could change instantly, but he still hesitated to act on his feelings for Penny...
  • Rebel Boss by Lana Love

    Rebel Boss by Lana Love

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    One blue-collar boss and confirmed bachelor + One curvy babe with an unexpected inheritance + One vintage Mustang = A searing romance about the power of family and forgiveness! The day a woman brings a vintage Mustang in for restoration, I'm a goner. The car is beautiful, but the woman bringing the car in makes my heart rev like it never has. Thing is, I'm a bachelor...
  • Striking by Khloe Summers

    Striking by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can secrets of the past keep this older man away, or will the future shine bright? Julie. I've never been the kind to need a rescue. I've always been strong, determined, and independent. But a recent heartbreak has my life spinning out of control,. A dark, inked, older man offers me a little more than just a hand. Maverick. Julie is everything I've ever wanted...
  • Her Alpha Boss Undercover by Nichole Rose

    Her Alpha Boss Undercover by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He's terrible at lying…but she's real good at making him squirm. Nathan. Someone is out to ruin the family business and I promised my brothers I'd look into it. Going undercover is a lot harder than I expected. I'm a computer nerd. I have no clue what I'm doing. And I can't seem to stop watching Brooke Waters long enough to accomplish anything. She's so beautiful, but she doesn't like me much...
  • Country Liquor by Madison Faye

    Country Liquor by Madison Faye

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    He’s a country devil with a heavenly tongue. They call him the Liquor King. Wild, untamed, dangerous, and undeniably dominant. This is wrong. This is filthy. . .. But this just might be love at first lick. Winona:. First he made me scream, then he made me gasp for more. I made a deal with the devil. I’ll be his fake wife for a cut of the huge inheritance he’s about to land...
  • 126 Secret Ln by Ella Goode

    126 Secret Ln by Ella Goode

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Falls. My parents named me Glory but I’m having a hard time living up to that name. As a reporter, I long for a meaty, fascinating story to splash across the front page of the Cherry Hills Gazette. Sadly, I’ve been reduced to writing dating tips and recipes. I know there are stories here but I haven’t discovered them yet. .. unless. .
  • Indulge by Angela Graham

    Indulge by Angela Graham

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A Prequel Novella. Logan West’s life is anything but ideal. Mindless sex, tedious business ventures, and the occasional poker game keep him occupied, but he only lives for one thing: fatherhood. Oliver, Logan’s three-year-old son, is his entire world. Raising him alone, Logan finds his only joy in spending time giving Oliver the childhood he deserves...
  • Carol's Image by Maryann Jordan

    Carol's Image by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Detective Tom Rivers first meets beautiful Carol Fletcher, he thinks he has been visited by an angel. The gentle ER nurse attending him after an accident, captivates him and when she slips away, he searches diligently to find her. A man used to getting what he wants, Tom works to earn Carol’s trust, knowing that she is the woman for him...
  • Fighting for Honor by Dani Wyatt

    Fighting for Honor by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    BOOK FIVE IN THE WORTH THE FIGHT SERIES OF STANDALONES! . Five minutes was all it took. Five minutes with the beast off its leash and three guys were sprawled and bloody on the floor of my parents’ bar. Next thing I know, I’m a viral sensation with a professional fighting contract. But even as I landed each punch, all I could see was her face. All I could think about was her kiss...
  • Bet Me, Baby by Fiona Davenport

    Bet Me, Baby by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    As a professional poker player, Lia Carrington is used to taking risks. .. except when it comes to men. From the moment Becket Parker spotted the gorgeous gambler at his table, he knew she was meant to be his. Now he's just got to convince her that he's a bet worth taking.
  • Dearest Eulalia by Betty Neels

    Dearest Eulalia by Betty Neels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Convenient bride…loving wife? Eulalia cannot bear the thought of losing her home, especially at Christmas! But with money running out she knows there’s no hope…until handsome surgeon Aderik van der Leurs show up on her doorstep – with a very convenient proposal! Though Aderik appears to want her simply as his convenient bride, he’s yearned for beautiful Eulalia from afar...
  • Possessive Puppy by Lena Little

    Possessive Puppy by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m not used to seeing women, instead spending months alone with my trusty sidekick Molly in the Rocky Mountains, but I do come down and check-in from time to time. I see women then, and they never have an effect on me. All I do is come down to let my ‘bosses’ know I’m alive, collect my paycheck, and let them know how many smugglers and poachers I’ve removed...
  • Attending to Her Curves by Flora Ferrari

    Attending to Her Curves by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter. Hunter by name and hunter by nature, I’ve made a fortune in business and I know a good deal when I see one. When I board a routine flight I see the next big deal with my name on it. And she’s anything but routine. She’s got eyes that make my body ache for hers, and hips that I know can carry the twins I suddenly feel the urge to put inside her...
  • Cage by Jessica Ames

    Cage by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The cage is where I feel most at home. There’s something about the thrill of the fight, of chasing an opponent around the ring that calms those demons inside me. At least until I found the club. I’m a patched brother now, no longer a prospect and with that comes responsibilities, loyalty too. For the first time in a long time I have a place in the world, one that doesn’t come with conditions...
  • Lawyer's Obsession by Flora Ferrari

    Lawyer's Obsession by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s my job to protect innocent people from the bad guys. .. but when I laid eyes on Ruby, it became about so much more than that. I’ve never seen a woman so beautiful, so enticing, so incredible in every way. .. I knew I had to make her mine. But things got kind of complicated the second I decided to represent her in her stalking case…...
  • Burning For Him by Flora Ferrari

    Burning For Him by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bridget. Monday morning. Another day, another dollar. But today’s a little different at the office, and my boss hasn’t let me forget it either. Fire drill. Like most other things, the boss should organize herself it’s left to me to arrange and be responsible for everything while she takes the credit as usual. My job? Give everyone the heads up, including the fire department...
  • Missing Maverick by Anna Brooks

    Missing Maverick by Anna Brooks

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I was going to love her until my last breath, and she promised to do the same… but she lied. Cricket McBride packed up without warning, ditching our small town and the life we were going to build together. She left me with tears in her eyes, a kiss on my cheek, and an empty heart that had done nothing but hardened over the years...
  • Heat by C.M. Steele

    Heat by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In a mad dash to get through her hectic sweaty morning and make it to work on time, Violet finds herself struck by. .. a limo. Dazed but mostly unharmed, she's surprised when the passenger in the limo swoops her up and is shirtless. What kind of limo did she collide with? Pain and agony strikes Micah when he sees his little Violet in the middle of the street...
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