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  • There’s Still Beauty in This Street Love 2: Her Fallen Angel by Elle Kayson

    There’s Still Beauty in This Street Love 2: Her Fallen Angel by Elle Kayson

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    On his own since he was fifteen, Ángel Cruz has never had to explain how or when he moves to anyone. As someone who works from the shadows, he goes where and when work calls. His relationship with Tamar Kinsey means he has to learn to open himself to her or risk losing the hot-tempered beauty.As if feeling abandoned by Ángel is not enough, Tamar suddenly has to deal with another betrayal...
  • Un printemps pour te succomber by Morgane Moncomble

    Un printemps pour te succomber by Morgane Moncomble

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    Fleuriste fauchée, Nolia se tourne vers son ultime espoir pour s’en sortir : sa famille. Elle ne pensait cependant pas que le prix à payer pour son aide serait de se marier. Avec son ex. Face à l’adversité, incapable de retourner vers son passé toxique, elle décide de s’allier à un inconnu dans le plus grand mensonge de sa vie.L’heureux élu, c’est lui : Camille Levesque...
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  • Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What happens when a woman who’s done the unthinkable needs protection—can a man who’s lost his belief in humanity keep her safe? Max Brown doesn’t trust anyone but his team. The former SEAL learned early in life that people let you down—they lie, they steal, and they lie some more. Love is a word that is used to manipulate. Family is meaningless. Max is an island and he prefers it that way...
  • Hold Us Together by T'Lyn

    Hold Us Together by T'Lyn

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    KaSyre Masters has always been a ladies' man, but the main focus is his music career and creating an identity independent of his brothers.Dior Bradley is a strong and independent woman who's determined to make sure her daughter is protected and loved. Her main focus is creating a comfortable life for the two of them...
  • A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque

    A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Executioner Knights are back! Alexander de Sherrington seeks to marry a daughter of the great Christopher de Lohr (Rise of the Defender). But not if King John has anything to say about it! Alexander de Sherrington, the man affectionately referred to as ‘Sherry’ by his friends, is off on the greatest adventure of his life… and his target is Lady Christin de Lohr...
  • Last Stop from Innocence by Takerra Allen

    Last Stop from Innocence by Takerra Allen

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A nostalgic tale of first love, first loss, and the budding womanhood of a Black girl in the '90s. Tragedy flips Amore Brown’s world on its axis right before she heads off to college. Having to sit tight for the summer, she chooses Jersey City, New Jersey - the home of her estranged father - to pass the time...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Miyagi finally gets over his obsession with his late high school teacher by confessing his love for Shinobu in front of her grave. When it comes time for Shinobu to choose which college to go to, his feelings seem to be swaying his decisions too strongly - even for Miyagi's liking...
  • She Ain't Never Met Another N*gga Like Me by Jahquel J.

    She Ain't Never Met Another N*gga Like Me by Jahquel J.

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Italy has always had dreams of going away to college. Those dreams seemed like a far reality when she finds out that she’s pregnant. While she thought her life was over, her saving grace, by the name of Chase, comes and saves her. In her first year of college in Atlanta, she has to come back home to care for her younger sister once her mother dies in a car accident...
  • Badge by K.L. Savage, Wander Aguiar

    Badge by K.L. Savage, Wander Aguiar

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Everyone has dreams when they are young.And mine came to an abrupt halt. I changed as a man, as a person, my soul was damaged beyond repair.So I turned into someone everyone would hate.Because I hate everyone and everything.I’m furious at the world.I don’t see that changing anytime soon.But then it does change.And if there is one thing I am not good at, it’s adapting...
  • Where Love Blooms by Kimberly Brown

    Where Love Blooms by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “The tragedy of life is not death… but what we let die inside of us while we live.” –Norman CousinsJamison Jareau has suffered a terrible loss. His wife of eighteen years passed away the day she gave birth to their son. Consumed with grief and guilt over her death, Jamison has thrown himself into work and raising his four children without her...
  • Over the Verdant Hills by Jessie Gussman

    Over the Verdant Hills by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Once, Claire had the life others dreamed about—but now she’s drowning in debt, loss, and loneliness. At thirty-five, Claire never imagined herself divorced, a single mom, unemployed, and moving back to her grandmother’s ramshackle farmhouse in the quiet countryside of Raspberry Ridge...
  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • Nixon's Promise by Riley Edwards

    Nixon's Promise by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Nixon Swagger is home. After twelve years of service and twice as many deployments, all Nix wanted was quiet. He’d sought the solace of the land he’d grown up on and found the peace he needed to silence the noise and figure out his next move. Nixon’s stay was supposed to be temporary...
  • Brixx: A Hood Love Story by Lakia

    Brixx: A Hood Love Story by Lakia

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Reagan is a dedicated nurse who’s seen it all, but nothing prepared her for a suffocating co-parenting relationship with a man who symbolizes everything she despises. She finds herself haunted by the consequences of her choices and burdened by the struggles of maintaining a facade of happiness while concealing her inner turmoil...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Misaki is struggling to pass his college entrance exams and has taken up a tutor--the cool and sexy Akihiko Usami. Misaki realizes he may be developing feelings for the older man. And so begins the bumpy relationship of this odd couple...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  m-m  humor  queer  length-short  open-door
  • Snow Fairy by Tomo Serizawa, 芹澤知

    Snow Fairy by Tomo Serizawa, 芹澤知

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    When Hokkaido-born Haruki meets animal photographer Akihito and finds out his accommodations have fallen through, he offers his home as a shelter for the winter. A city slicker, Akihito is smart, charming, and a smooth conversationalist; the polar opposite of country boy Haruki. Despite their differences, Akihito wants to close the gap between the two of them, before the snow thaws in the spring...
  • 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...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's the day of the award ceremony for Usami, but Usami's older brother, Haruhiko, can't keep his hands off Misaki. First an endless shipment of strawberries, then a "kidnapping" as Haruhiko drags Misaki off to his rich estate and locks him up! Meanwhile, a dramatic misunderstanding spooks Shinobu into leaving for Australia...
  • Dirty Little Midlife (fake) Date by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife (fake) Date by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Brooding, grumpy Des has a problem. He needs a date to his family's Thanksgiving reunion for reasons he'd...rather not say.Single mother and all-around hot mess Mia has an even bigger issue: She can't afford her rent, and her new landlord Des is a major you-know-what.So, they make a deal. One simple weekend away in exchange for a serious rent reduction...
  • Guts & Glory: Hunter by Jeanne St. James

    Guts & Glory: Hunter by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    When what should be a simple assignment becomes a whole lot more... For Hunter, what should be an easy job of finding another veteran’s long-lost brother has turned up nothing but dead ends. Even worse, it uncovered problems his team thought had long since been buried...
  • HotBox by AshleyNicole

    HotBox by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Wanna do things you never thought to your body…Kleio Wilkins has just finished a fourteen-year bid– At least that's how it feels. After years in an unhappy, unsatisfying marriage, she's looking forward to the cool, fresh breath of freedom.Before she can inhale, however, in walks Ariel Ellis. He's everything her ex wasn't and more, breaking down insecurities she thought she'd long overcome...
  • Because It's Forever by T'Lyn

    Because It's Forever by T'Lyn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Prynceton Masters has an envious life. Money, power and an endless supply of women is his exception .Stacking money and charming ladies are the only consistency Prynce welcomes in his life, until a woman unlike any other catches his eye...
  • Pink Pussycat Enterprises by Cion Lee

    Pink Pussycat Enterprises by Cion Lee

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bacarri Aguilard takes "having his way" to another level. His multimillion dollar nude magazine empire is the reason for that. He can have anything he wants, and that includes women. He's satisfied with his polygamous relationship with his three girlfriends until he meets a woman by the name of Divine Jones who changes that. Divine wasn't looking for any entanglements...
  • Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He was out of the game.He should've stayed that way.When a former FBI colleague asks Callum Webb to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American bigwig in eastern Europe, Callum’s just got one word for him...No.Okay, actually two words: hell, no.Callum is out of the international law enforcement game and has been for a long time...
  • What You Know 'Bout Love by Tacarra

    What You Know 'Bout Love by Tacarra

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Sienna Bridges is your ordinary woman. She’s strong, determined, and a great mother to her seven-year-old daughter, Seveyah. The only thing missing from those qualifications is the independence her daughter’s father, Tycen, refuses to give her. Tycen is the perfect example of a fuck boy. He uses his money as leverage to control Sienna, and so far, it’s been working...
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Are you missing the Steel Brothers? Are you yearning for more? Welcome to the next generation! Join the grown children of Jonah, Talon, Ryan, and Marjorie for new adventures, mysteries, and heart-pounding passion...
  • Deserving Henley by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Henley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
  • Pink Pussycat Enterprises II by Cion Lee

    Pink Pussycat Enterprises II by Cion Lee

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bacarri Aguilard always thought he could have it all. The money, the success, and the women. He was breezing through life without a worry until Divine Jones took his world by storm. She's the first person to show him that he can't always have his way. Find out what happens in Part 2 of Pink Pussycat Enterprises...
  • Daddy, Sir: Dirty Daddies 2024 Anthologies by Stella Moore, Kate Oliver

    Daddy, Sir: Dirty Daddies 2024 Anthologies by Stella Moore, Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Yes, Sir, Daddy, Sir! Whether at home or halfway around the world, a good Daddy knows exactly what his little girl Plenty of rules, discipline, and the kind of pleasure only her Daddy knows how to give.Trained for combat in the most grueling of circumstances, these Daddies are ready to fight the most important battle of all—the battle for their babygirls’ hearts...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  bdsm  military  m-f  office  length-epic
  • Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 17 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..
  • Pretty Wild by Lacey Black

    Pretty Wild by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    RyanSome might say I’m running away. I prefer to look at it as an extended vacation, from social media, the paparazzi, and my very public life back in Los Angeles.That’s why I rented a small cabin in the woods in Nowhere, Wisconsin. I needed an escape and time to lick my wounds from a breakup...
  • Sterling Touch by L.B. Dunbar

    Sterling Touch by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I wasn’t supposed to love him. I wasn’t even supposed to acknowledge him. But my entire life, I’ve had heart-eyes for my oldest brother’s former best friend, Cortland Haven.I can’t help it that boys can be stupid, and a feud broke apart a long-time friendship and divided once-close families.Try as I might to ignore Cort, I didn’t miss his eyes on me from across a crowded bar, twelve years ago...
  • Sleepless Nights and Hockey Fights by Marika Ray, Sylvie Stewart

    Sleepless Nights and Hockey Fights by Marika Ray, Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a hot-headed pro hockey player with a reputation for two things: reckless fights on the ice and a taste for older women off of it. But this time I might just be in over my head with an older single mom.With the team’s new head coach on my case, I can’t afford any more screw-ups. He thinks I need to grow up, and I’m out to prove I can get my act together once and for all...
  • Quitting the Quarterback by Lisa Suzanne

    Quitting the Quarterback by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A steamy Pro Football, Single Mom, Forbidden Doctor/Patient Romance from Amazon Top Ten Bestselling author Lisa Suzanne.I went to Vegas to celebrate my divorce, and the pro football star was there celebrating his new contract. I heard someone call his name, and I wasn't about to miss my chance to get with the man my ex had idolized...
  • Next Time I Fall by Barbara Freethy

    Next Time I Fall by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    What happens when Mr. Wrong turns into Mr. Right?After three years of being a single mom, café owner Chloe Morgan is finally ready to take another chance on love. She's found the perfect man in Joel Bradshaw. He checks all her boxes when it comes to stability, commitment, and accountability...
  • It Had to Be You by Beth Moran

    It Had to Be You by Beth Moran

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Preorder the BRAND NEW novel from Number 1 Bestselling author Beth Moran! ‘Another gorgeous tale from the queen of comfort reads’ Growing up, sisters Libby and Nicky never knew who they’d find at breakfast.Their parents fostered children of all ages, and although the girls loved playing their part in providing a safe haven, it meant that life was rarely peaceful...
  • Searching for Elsie by Susan Stoker

    Searching for Elsie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Once upon a time, Elsie Ireland thought she’d found the man of her dreams, only to learn her fairytale romance was just another cautionary tale. Beyond a perfect family image, her husband had little interest in Elsie, and even less in their son. Years later, she and nine-year-old Tony have landed in Fallport, Virginia...
  • Western Shores by Lise Gold

    Western Shores by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Madison Wilson, a marine biologist, has recently graduated and is ready to start her adult life with her first job as a research technician in Santa Cruz. After moving to Capitola, a sweet and colorful beach town in Northern California, she is immediately enchanted by her new house, as well as her beautiful landlady, Ally...
  • The Come Up by Nia Forrester

    The Come Up by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ACE: B00UPR0I46 Jamal Turner is near the top of his game. Widely-known as the trusted right-hand man to music mogul Chris Scaife, he’s poised to become chief operating officer of his friend and mentor’s international recording conglomerate...
  • Hold on to My Heart by Bella Andre

    Hold on to My Heart by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ashley Sullivan’s whole world changed when she got pregnant at seventeen. After the father of her child ditched her and their son, she bypassed college, shelved her plans to see the world, and went straight to managing the family café in Bar Harbor, Maine. For the next eleven years, she poured her entire heart into raising her amazing son, Kevin...
  • Taming A Miami Boss by Melanie B.

    Taming A Miami Boss by Melanie B.

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If being for the streets was a person, it would be Miz. He’s the quintessential player… if he were to keep notches on his bedpost, Miz would have run out of space long ago. He didn’t plan on changing his ways either; the ladies loved him, and in turn, he gave them what they wanted. But there was a catch… he told them not to get attached or fall in love because that wasn’t his style...
  • Ariah & Lucian: A Pikemoore Falls Novel by Tay Mo'Nae

    Ariah & Lucian: A Pikemoore Falls Novel by Tay Mo'Nae

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She's a hothead, outspoken, and feisty. Ariah finally decided to leave her dead-end relationship with her child's father and focus on her money and son. After dealing with countless females, fighting, and drama for two years she's ready to start fresh and enjoy the single life.Being a Lacross can be challenging. Being a part of the St. Angels Motorcycle Club isn't always a walk in the park...
  • Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a STEAMY, WOKE UP MARRIED IN VEGAS, AGE GAP, MC ROMANCE! The SECOND GENERATION has arrived! Harley Jean—The pounding in my head wakes me— that and the fact that I have to pee. Must have been one hell of a bachelorette party last night...
  • Santa by Cee Bowerman

    Santa by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Santa and Frankie couldn’t be more different. She comes from a notorious New York family and was raised with money to burn. He’s from Texas, has family members who are notorious for completely different reasons, and grew up with parents who thought it was okay to make him ‘earn’ his meals.Opposites attract, and when they finally get together, their flame burns bright...
  • 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  sports  contemporary  m-f
  • 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...
  • Tempted By A Billionaire Bad Boy by Black Lavish

    Tempted By A Billionaire Bad Boy by Black Lavish

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Always be optimistic they say, but how about when your life gets worse on the day it’s supposed to turn around?Sage Kennedy had a natural beauty that couldn’t be ignored, but she possessed the ugliest luck a girl could have. Struck with tragedy and dealing with loss, she is left wondering if anything good would ever come to her life...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  urban  length-short
  • Ready for War by Mel Dau

    Ready for War by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Warrior “War” Davis is ready for anything life has to throw at him, or at least he thinks he is. He’s not a man that should be played with on any level, but love doesn’t care about your position. When love enters the battlefield will it be a fair fight? Life has a funny way of humbling you...
  • Your One by Monica Walters, Latisha Burns

    Your One by Monica Walters, Latisha Burns

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Professional basketball player, Nate Guillory, has a good life. He enjoyed his childhood as the only child in a single-parent home. There is only one thing he feels he missed out knowing his father. Although he had a great upbringing, he feels that it is his right to know the identity of his father and why they weren’t afforded the opportunity to have a relationship...
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