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  • A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books. .. come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles’ feel-good series, The Merriams, is back with a humorous and heartwarming story about a playboy without a cause and a woman whose dreams were diverted by family responsibility—and, of course, everyone’s favorite matchmakers to guide the way...
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  • The Fountain of Infinite Wishes by Ava Miles

    The Fountain of Infinite Wishes by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava’s bestselling books…come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents a gripping and emotional tale about believing in wishes coming true and searching for love—no matter where it leads. Shelby McGuiness hadn’t stopped believing in wishes. Vander Montgomery had...
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  • The Billionaire’s Bride by L. Steele

    The Billionaire’s Bride by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You are mine. That's what they tell me. Edward. My first love, who turned his back on me. The hot ex-priest turned bad boy with the dangerous smile and the now unleashed passionate temper that thrills me to my core. I thought I'd lost him, but he's back and his dark molten gaze follows me possessively wherever I go. Baron. My savior. My second chance...
  • All That It Takes by Nicole Deese

    All That It Takes by Nicole Deese

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    When the ever-cautious Val Locklier finally agrees to a cross-country move with her nine-year-old son to take a job with her best friend, Molly, everything she had planned for the future unravels within the first week. After pushing aside her anxieties about renting an apartment from Molly's twin brother, whom she barely knows, she accepts an invitation for an elite filmmaker's mentorship...
  • 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

    6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    6 RAINER DRIVE. CEDAR COVE, WASHINGTON. DEAR READER,. As you may have heard, we've recently had quite a shock. My husband, Seth, and I lost our business, The Lighthouse restaurant --- to arson. The investigation continues. The prime suspect is a young ex-employee named Anson Butler, who disappeared right after the fire. So Seth and I are trying to sort out our lives...
  • Ready For Flynn: Part 3 by K.L. Shandwick

    Ready For Flynn: Part 3 by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life had never been easy for Rock God, Flynn Docherty. At a tender age, he'd locked down past personal tragedy, hurt, and pain to make his life bearable when most would have crumbled from what he witnessed. When Valerie Darsin entered into his life their instant attraction later grew into the kind of love that most of us can only dream about, after she'd survived her own traumatic event...
  • Sweet Passions at Bayside by Addison Cole

    Sweet Passions at Bayside by Addison Cole

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal heroes and sassy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, and easy to relate to...
  • Billionaire’s Sins by L. Steele

    Billionaire’s Sins by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On your knees. .. Father Edward Chase. Brooding. Growly. And. .. unavailable. He's the hot priest. I am a belly dancer. He's haunted by his past. I am trying to carve out a future for my studio. He’s at war with himself, and I am the casualty. There is nothing he will put before his calling. No stone he will leave unturned for his flock. He’ll never give in to the attraction between us,...
  • Mercy's Fight by T.L. Gray

    Mercy's Fight by T.L. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He feared no one…but himself. Recovering from a past shaped by violence, Matt Holloway has sworn to live a different life than his parents did. Matt has found a purpose that keeps his lingering pain and fear at bay: helping others to heal. Yet the nightmares continue to haunt him. Grace has lived a life of luxury, sheltered by her family’s money and connections...
  • Home Sweet Love by Ava Miles

    Home Sweet Love by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books. .. come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares a powerful tale about the sweetness of home and falling in love for the first time. Chase Parker doesn’t believe in all that gushy home sweet love stuff. Moira Hale sure as heck does...
  • Mercy's Fight  (Set Apart) by T.L. Gray

    Mercy's Fight (Set Apart) by T.L. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He feared no one…but himself. Recovering from a past shaped by violence, Matt Holloway has sworn to live a different life than his parents did. Matt has found a purpose that keeps his lingering pain and fear at bay: helping others to heal. Yet the nightmares continue to haunt him. Grace has lived a life of luxury, sheltered by her family’s money and connections...
  • The Baxters by Karen Kingsbury

    The Baxters by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A terrible storm builds in the early morning sky over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari’s wedding to Tim Jacobs. It’s supposed to be the happiest of days, but Elizabeth can’t shake a growing sense of dread. Is the storm a sign? Something bad is about to happen. Elizabeth knows it...
  • The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books. .. come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares an emotional tale about a woman’s quest to reunite her family and make a patchwork quilt of happiness out of her own happily ever after. Riley Thomson believes every woman can be her own superhero. When he meets Sadie McGuiness, he’s even more sure of it...
  • Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    There's a new shop on Seattle's Blossom Street--a flower store called Susannah's Garden, right next door to A Good Yarn. Susannah Nelson, the owner, has just hired a young widow named Colette Blake. A couple of months earlier, Colette had abruptly quit her previous job--after a brief affair with her boss...
  • Just an Illusion - Unplugged by D. Kelly

    Just an Illusion - Unplugged by D. Kelly

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming Feb 14th, 2018. Sawyer Weston is cocky and arrogant. With his sinful smile and sexy dimples, he’s gotten his way most of his life. Infamous for his one-night stands and moves between the sheets, the lead singer for Bastards and Dangerous has never considered relationships—until he meets her...
  • Billionaire’s Promise by L. Steele

    Billionaire’s Promise by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You're in my way. .. With those words. .. Baron Masters had crashed into my life. Gorgeous devil. Hate-worthy. Instant enemy who was sent to protect me. He's an ex-soldier. I am the woman his friend turned his back on. He's trying to escape his demons. I am trying to get over being abandoned. The connection between us is intense. Forbidden. .. and all wrong. My heart belongs to someone else...
  • Love Letter Duet: The Encore Edition by Callie Anderson

    Love Letter Duet: The Encore Edition by Callie Anderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our love was fatal. Weston Carter was all kinds of wrong for a girl like me. He was musician, a womanizer, and a first class heartbreaker. But our love was epic, the kind people wrote stories about. We fell into it hard, unable to control our feelings. The first time we met I knew. Emilia was my love. My muse. The woman who owned my soul. Emilia was perfection. Two shattered hearts...
  • Filthy Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Filthy Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m a male stripper. Yeah, I said it. And let me tell you, it’s an end to a means, my friend. My brothers and I are the kings of Las Vegas. Owning our own male revue club has been a fantasy of mine for a long time. And now that dream is finally a reality. My nerves are shot. The stress is real. And I need just one night to let loose...
  • Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

    Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christi Reece is desperate. The one-time golden girl's life has tarnished, and a cascade of setbacks has left her reeling. She needs help, and she's certain Jack Colby is in a position to provide it. When she shows up in Hope Harbor, however, Jack wants nothing to do with the woman who betrayed him...
  • Whatever Will Be  (Coming Home Series) by Cora Brent

    Whatever Will Be (Coming Home Series) by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Releasing January 14th! * Brother’s best friend. * Damaged Hero. * ’Hate to want you’ vibes. * Stand alone. WHATEVER WILL BE. I was known for being the girl who fell apart. Trent Cassini was infamous as the boy with no future. I only saw him as my brother’s dangerously rebellious best friend. That didn’t matter because Trent didn’t see me at all...
  • My Hope Next Door by Tammy L. Gray

    My Hope Next Door by Tammy L. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former bad girl Katie Stone can feel the weight of her reputation settle over her as she drives home for the first time in years. Feeling deeply guilty about her past mistakes, Katie wants to do the right thing for once. But the small town where she grew up is not nearly as forgiving as she’d hoped...
  • The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Over one million readers have fallen in love with Ava’s bestselling Dare Valley and Dare River series…come join the family. USA Today Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents a sweet and emotional friends-to-lovers story about the power of new beginnings...
  • How Sweet It Is by Kate Perry, Kathia Zolfaghari

    How Sweet It Is by Kate Perry, Kathia Zolfaghari

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "Perry is a storyteller, weaving magic wherever she goes, much to the delight of her millions of fans. " – The Literary Shed. Viola Summerhill loves her sisters… Except when they suggest a rebound fling is just the thing to wash away the bad taste left from her recently crumbled marriage. Viola knows she can't find happiness in sex or another person. She needs to find happiness within...
  • Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can. .. I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse...
  • Unwritten Rules by Pamela O'Rourke

    Unwritten Rules by Pamela O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tall, dark and handsome as sin. With a smile that speaks to my soul. Nathaniel Hawthorne is the epitome of the perfect man. But 12 years older and worlds wiser, my brother’s best friend doesn’t long for me the way I crave him. He made that crystal clear when I kissed him last year, spurring him to leave London. To leave me...
  • Roadtrips and Romance by Kimberly Loth

    Roadtrips and Romance by Kimberly Loth

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    Forbidden Romance. Old Flame. One epic road trip. My mom died when I was twelve and she made me promise her three things. Never leave the house without lipstick. Go on a road trip up highway 1 on the California coast. Never kiss a guy until I got engaged. I’m now twenty-seven, still kiss free and I’m off on the epic road trip solo...
  • Finding You by Kelsie Rae

    Finding You by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hi. I'm Sway and I'm broken. There. I said it. But the truth is simple. If you don't let anyone get close, they can't hurt you. And I'm tired of hurting. Then I meet him. I never expected him to slip past my defenses. We were just fooling around. But now that I've fallen, I'm terrified to tell him the truth. And no matter how much he fights me, it won't change reality...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air...
  • Christmas at Holiday House by RaeAnne Thayne

    Christmas at Holiday House by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the. New York Times. bestselling author of. Season of Wonder. comes an uplifting, brand-new story told with RaeAnne Thayne’s trademark charm and heart—the perfect read for fans of Robyn Carr’s and Debbie Macomber’s holiday romances. A widowed young mother’s search for the perfect Christmas for her little boy leads her to Silver Bells, Colorado...
  • Stay the Night by Kate Perry

    Stay the Night by Kate Perry

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One bad decision…. Photographer Titania Summerhill knew better than to let her mentor talk her into being his “friend with benefits. ” Now that she refuses to date him, he has her blacklisted from selling her pictures to any magazine bigger than Cat Fancy...
  • Sweet on You by Kate Perry

    Sweet on You by Kate Perry

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Pastry-chef-to-the-stars Daniela Rossi wants one thing: the abandoned building South of Market. Turning it into a soup kitchen for the homeless is the only thing that's excited her in months. And Daniella needs to feel again. Until she finds herself feeling too much - for the man who's competition for the property...
  • Summer at Lake Haven by RaeAnne Thayne

    Summer at Lake Haven by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    They both thought they knew what the future held—until the summer they crossed paths in Haven Point…. Samantha Fremont has been struggling with the weight of her mother’s expectations for years. But now that her mother has passed away, it’s time for Sam to be bold and finally establish the fashion design business she’s always dreamed of. And the perfect opportunity has fallen into her lap...
  • Jake by C.M. Steele

    Jake by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jake had my heart since I was a little girl. The day he left, my heart broke, but I had hope that he’d come back until it was too late. Now, it was time to erase Jake Richards from my soul. I’ve loved Lea for so long and soon she’ll be mine. No one, not even her father, will keep me away from her. We were meant to be together...
  • Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say love is all around. Yeah, for everyone but me. It sounds crazy, I know. Breaking News: badass bodyguard for the nation’s top security firm doesn’t know how to talk to women. That’s it, folks.  I have no game. Luckily my newfound family at Blake Security accepts me exactly as I am. But there are things in my past, secrets , that I’d do anything to protect them from...
  • Smitten in Lake Mistletoe by Amber Kelly

    Smitten in Lake Mistletoe by Amber Kelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After my fiancée left me at the altar, humiliated and heartbroken, I threw myself into my career. Ironically, the girl who no longer believes in Happily Ever After is now the go-to wedding planner in Las Vegas, but I made it my mission to help the fairytale come to life for the poor unsuspecting brides before reality slaps them in the face. One perfect day...
  • Tomorrow's Lullaby by Lindzee Armstrong

    Tomorrow's Lullaby by Lindzee Armstrong

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Sienna McBride placed her baby for adoption at eighteen, she never dreamed that two years later she’d find herself falling for someone who resents his birth mother for not keeping him. A relationship that screams “baggage” is the last thing she has time for, especially with her last-chance Juilliard audition approaching...
  • The Promise by Patricia Davids

    The Promise by Patricia Davids

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes love is where you least expect it…. Sarah Yoder has always dreamed of having a family of her own. But with no eligible prospects, she’s beginning to worry—until the Rabor brothers return to Cedar Grove. Sarah and Isaac Rabor walked out together the summer they were sixteen, so perhaps he’s the answer to her prayers. The only trouble is that she can’t seem to catch his eye...
  • It's Better This Way by Debbie Macomber

    It's Better This Way by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    After divorce shatters her family, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning--but is the past truly behind her? #1. New York Times. bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful intersections of love and family in this poignant novel. It's been nearly six years since Julia Jones had her heart broken...
  • A Love So Sweet by Addison Cole

    A Love So Sweet by Addison Cole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Discover the magic of the Bradens, and fall in love with Addison Cole's rich and romantic storytelling. A Love So Sweet is a Sweet with Heat novel and conveys all of the passion you'd expect to find between two people in love without any graphic scenes or harsh language...
  • Until Levi by K.L. Shandwick

    Until Levi by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Childhood trauma and a selfish, uncaring father left Levi vulnerable to forming relationships which eventually caused him shame. His fans had no idea, all they saw was the rock star they idolized, living a life of excess. When a narrow escape makes him realize he could only be one thoughtless mistake away from losing it all, Levi heads to rehab...
  • A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber

    A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Six years after he had walked out on his wife and kids, Grant was freshly single again and looking to reconcile with Bethanne Hamlin. To forgive the betrayal was one thing, she did that for herself. To forget was something that she didn’t think she could ever do and she wasn’t sure if she could ever trust him again either...
  • Love Doctor by Logan Chance

    Love Doctor by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I just published my first novel: Love Doctor. There’s one small problem—besides the fact it isn’t selling—my boss from Hell, Dr. Declan Sincock, Sex Therapist, was my muse. Let’s just say, I took some creative liberties with him…. I never thought he’d know about it. And never in a million years did I think he’d read it. But he has, and he’s not happy...
  • Until the Lightning Strikes: Happily Ever Alpha World by Elle Christensen

    Until the Lightning Strikes: Happily Ever Alpha World by Elle Christensen

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rachel Hill is struggling to get out of the life she was raised in. With only two more semesters to go, she’ll have her college degree and her ticket out of town. But, it seems as though bad luck is raining down on her and when the company she works for goes out of business, her income goes from meager to nothing. She’s desperate to find a way to pay for school...
  • Lost in Love by Kate Perry

    Lost in Love by Kate Perry

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Portia Summerhill feels like a loser. Thirty-something, jobless, and living at home. .. How could she not? Next to her accomplished sisters, Portia's achievements--or lack thereof--are that much more noticeable...
  • Porter by Georgia Cates

    Porter by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Beauty Series comes the Men of Lovibond––a series of standalone novels. Craft beer and the sexy men who brew it. My employee’s daughter. The tomboy. The kid who once did odd jobs around the brewery. That’s all she was… until three years passed and she walked into my office for an interview...
  • Winter Kisses at Roseford Hall by Fay Keenan

    Winter Kisses at Roseford Hall by Fay Keenan

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hollywood comes to Roseford, as Christmas wishes really do come true. .. The sleepy Somerset village of Roseford is the temporary home for the cast and crew of the latest Christmas movie, and there's an excitement in the air that can't be ignored. When Lucy Cameron, the owner of Roseford Cafe, is asked to fulfil a last-minute catering order on set, she can't believe her luck...
  • This is the Wonder (The Clean Cut) by Tracey Ward

    This is the Wonder (The Clean Cut) by Tracey Ward

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I went to Europe to study. To have fun, to hide, to run away from the endless sea of choices that would mold and shape the rest of my life. I wasn't ready for any of that. I wasn't ready to have all the answers. I definitely wasn't ready for Jax. Handsome, sweet, and sporting the biggest blue eyes I'd ever seen, he swooped into my world and changed everything...
  • Someone Like You by Victoria Bylin

    Someone Like You by Victoria Bylin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Realistic Characters Shine in Bylin's Latest Romance. Julia Dare is trying to run her own business, raise her young son, Max, and help her widowed mother. Her biggest worry, though, is keeping Max's father from being a bad influence while still allowing the boy to spend time with his dad...
  • Beautifully Broken by Laura Lee

    Beautifully Broken by Laura Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I knew he would ruin me from the moment we met. Everything about the man screamed confidence. Sensuality. Intelligence. Worldliness. But it was how he saved me that ruined me most. Through him, I learned to end my path of self-destruction. I no longer needed to numb the pain with mindless one-night-stands and drunken blackouts. He made me feel worthy. Treasured. Optimistic about my future...
  • One More Night: A Bad Boy Romance by Ali Parker

    One More Night: A Bad Boy Romance by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My life is my job. It’s all I need. Or so I thought. Everyone around me assumes I’m arrogant and cold-hearted, but it’s a persona. One that keeps me safe in LA. I might be at the top, but looking around, it’s lonely as hell. Not that I’d ever utter those words out loud. Not a chance. And women come and go like the wind. None of them are looking for real love. Until her...
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