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  • 1005 Lonestar Terrace by Cee Bowerman

    1005 Lonestar Terrace by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Motherhood has been a journey for Brighten Duke, one she wasn’t expecting, but has enjoyed with her entire heart and soul. But there’s one thing hanging over her head that she’s not quite ready to face. A lie she told along with her best friend six years ago is about to be revealed, and she’s going to have to deal with the consequences of her actions right along with him...
  • Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together...
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  • Torn by Keisha Ervin

    Torn by Keisha Ervin

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Her female intuition told her he was a dog but yet and still she lent him her soul, gave him her heart and allowed herself to fall in love...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Honor Thy Thug by Wahida Clark

    Honor Thy Thug by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark, comes the highly anticipated next installment in the Queen’s Thug series. Fans will rush to this latest installment while new fans will be eager to discover Wahida Clark’s unmatched melodrama...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Dirty Red by Vickie M. Stringer

    Dirty Red by Vickie M. Stringer

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with a provocative femininity. She employs her dirty ways - even faking a pregnancy with her boyfriend - to win a closet full of Gucci bags, a deluxe condominium full of baby accessories, a new car, and a book deal...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    While everyone in the family is finding love and starting families, Chad Berotte feels like his life is at a standstill. His job is stressful as ever because of an issue that reaches back over ten years, and his past situations regarding love have affected him negatively, losing his mother being the main one...
  • The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher

    The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "Break out the tissues. I loved The Forgiving Hour and so will you." — Francine Rivers, International Bestselling Author***Twelve years ago, Claire Porter thought her entire life was over when she learned that her husband, Dave, was having an affair with a young college student. Following their divorce, Claire started over, including changing back to her maiden name of Conway...
  • Enchanted by J.S. Scott

    Enchanted by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    Opposites resist—and attract—under the Cancún sun in this emotional Accidental Billionaires novel by New York Times bestselling author J.S. Scott.Years ago, Noah Sinclair promised his dying mother that he’d stay strong and work hard for his younger brothers and sisters. Even with the Sinclairs’ newfound wealth, Noah has never steered from that blue-collar drive...
  • So You Call Yourself A Man by Carl Weber

    So You Call Yourself A Man by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The acclaimed national bestselling author of such smart, sexy novels as The Preacher's Son and Player Haters returns with a tale of three best friends who've grown from boys to men together. But now that they're each either married or about to be, they're coming up against some of the real tests of manhood- James Robinson and his wife, Cathy, have had their rough patches...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Stay Wild by Kaylee Ryan

    Stay Wild by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    What happens when your wandering heart is captured by your friend with benefits?ScarlettArcher Kincaid is supposed to be all the fun and none of the strings, but the longer I stay in Willow River, the more I feel roots pulling me to settle down.I plan to complete a one-year photography contract with Captured Moments, then move on to travel the world...
  • Craft by Adriana Locke

    Craft by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    They’re not quite enemies. Not really friends. More like frustrated balls of sexual tension and neither will give in. Lance Gibson drives Mariah Malarkey absolutely crazy. He uses her office like a phone booth, takes cupcakes from the corner of her desk like she baked them just for him. She didn’t...
  • Don't Forget to Remember Me by Kahlen Aymes

    Don't Forget to Remember Me by Kahlen Aymes

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Ryan Matthews has everything he ever wanted. Close to graduation from Harvard Medical School and on the verge of marrying his gorgeous and accomplished girlfriend, Julia Abbott, his dreams are about to come true. Julia is on the fast track as a fashion editor for a big New York magazine...
  • Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the Nicaraguan jungle, I'll battle dangerous wildlife, treacherous terrain, and my growing attraction to Rosalie as we outrun a madman and survive.When a hostage rescue mission intended to save innocent lives takes a devastating turn, Hayes, a Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialist, leaps into action and plunges headlong into danger to save Rosalie...
    Categorized as:
    angst  military  suspense  contemporary  m-f
  • His Secret Daughter: A totally heartbreaking and gripping page-turner by Melissa Wiesner

    His Secret Daughter: A totally heartbreaking and gripping page-turner by Melissa Wiesner

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Not Noah. Not my husband. But there he is, unconscious in the hospital bed. Our daughter sobs into my shoulder. We love him so much. What if he never wakes up? And who is the little girl beside him, gazing up at us with big, tear-filled brown eyes? Eyes that look just like my husband’s…Our family of three is perfect. Just me, Noah and our teenage daughter Maya...
  • Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Time stamps. Our life is marked by them. Significant milestones to the seemingly mundane. All of them have a place. A purpose. Moments and chapters stacking on each other, building scars and memories. Creating stories that are only ours to tell. But those stamps are finite, pre-determined. And eventually our allotment runs out. This is our story. Our collection of time stamps...
    Categorized as:
    angst  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The Moment of Truth…Laney Cochrane loves her life.With her friends Millie and Tash, she runs a proposal agency, organising the perfect setting for their clients to pop the question. Finding that forever love is something Laney knows all about. Her marriage to Cameron is blissfully content and she has never doubted they’ll live happily ever after.Then Cara Deacon walks into their office...
  • One Day In Summer by Shari Low

    One Day In Summer by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    One day in summer, three lives are about to change forever.After two decades of looking after others, this is the day that Agnetha McMaster is reclaiming her life. It’s her turn, her time but will she have the courage to start again?Ten years ago, Mitchell McMaster divorced Agnetha and married her best friend, Celeste. Now he suspects his second wife is having an affair...
  • ALLURE by Nina Lane

    ALLURE by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    "We both want this so badly. I can feel it resonating between us like the hot pull of our first attraction, tangible and intense."
 After lies and betrayal almost destroy their marriage, Dean and Olivia West reignite their blissful passion. The medieval history professor and his cherished wife are determined to fix their mistakes and fall in love all over again...
  • The Wanted Series: Complete Box Set by Kelly Elliott

    The Wanted Series: Complete Box Set by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Contains adult language and content. Included in box set is five full novels, one novella and three short stories from WANTED, SAVED, AND FAITHFUL. As well as the first three chapters of WITHOUT YOU. Synopsis of each book: BOOK ONE WANTED - Verbally abused by her mother for years, 18-year-old Ellie Johnson always believed she would never be loved or wanted by anyone...
  • The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Fate has a way of stepping in and righting itself when we least expect it. Cale Blackwood is devastated when the love of his life ends up leaving him. All alone and abandoned, Cale must seek help from the last person he ever imagined as he takes on one of the biggest challenges he's ever faced...
    Categorized as:
    angst  contemporary  new adult  length-medium
  • Wild Side by Lacey Black

    Wild Side by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    JamesonLast man standing. I’ve watched all three of my friends fall in love with no desire to ever follow in their footsteps. Collectively, we own the hottest restaurant, bar, and brewery in town. They are a few of the places I find peace, a refuge against this cruel world. When I’m on the stage playing music, everything just seems to fade away.Until I saw her...
  • Betrayal by Naomi Chase

    Betrayal by Naomi Chase

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Some people know better and do worse… Ever since she was acquitted of murder, Tamia Luke has been on a mission to prove she’s a changed woman—especially to the love of her life, Brandon Chambers. She thinks she’s succeeded—until Brandon reveals that his ex-girlfriend is pregnant, and it’s his duty to marry her...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Setup by Kristen Proby

    The Setup by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I’m a sucker for pretty things. Give me a roaring engine in a souped-up vintage muscle car with cherry red paint and brand-new leather interior, and that’s about as pretty as anything I could ask for. I’m a simple man, who doesn’t need or want the kind of wild celebrity that my father has. I restore one-of-a-kind vehicles and sell them to the highest bidder...
  • The Don by Stella Andrews

    The Don by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Most fairy tales include a dark figure.The wicked stepmother dressed all in black wearing her anger for all to see.In my story she is dressed in innocence and fragility.Soft, gentle, sweet and loving, hiding her black heart beneath perfection.She came into the family and seduced three brothers.Then she married their father who sent them away...
  • The One I Want by Siobhan Davis

    The One I Want by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis comes an emotional, angsty, new adult, stand-alone romance about a woman torn between two great loves. We thought we were forever, but fate had other plans… I never intended to fall in love. This girl had goals and guys were an unwelcome distraction...
  • Neat by Kandi Steiner

    Neat by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My life is over. I swore I would never work at the whiskey distillery with my last name on it, that I would never be a part of my father’s legacy. But when I graduated with my art degree and realized there were no jobs, the devil appeared, and I sold my soul, agreeing to work in the family business if he’d give me the art studio I’d always dreamed of. It can’t be that bad, I thought...
  • Hard to Score by K. Bromberg

    Hard to Score by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    I’ve signed numerous players to my family’s agency—I assumed winning over my next client would be just as easy. The last thing I expected was to run into the boy who took my first kiss and broke my heart: only now Drew Bowman is all grown up. Sexy. Scandal-tainted. Second-string. The crush I never got over. I tell myself work is the reason I can’t get him out of my head...
  • Clarity by Nicole Dykes

    Clarity by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rhys I’m an addict. I’ve been abused, and I’ve been the abuser. My entire life has been a blur, filled with misery and anguish. I’m trying my best to stay clean and lucid even when my world feels dark. Now, I have to stay away from the woman who makes everything murky and complicated.BlairI’ve always been a toy for others to use...
  • Commitment by Nia Forrester

    Commitment by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was obvious to everyone but them they were all wrong for each other. Riley is a free-spirited boho writer and Shawn is a magnetic and charismatic rapper, riding the highest crest of his career. She doesn't understand his world and he sure as hell doesn't understand hers. And what's worse, while he's never committed to any woman before, she's committed to someone else...
  • Forbidden Heir by Michelle Heard

    Forbidden Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I had my life all planned out. At twenty-eight, I’d meet my prince.At thirty, we’d get married.At thirty-two, we’d have a child. How does that saying go about best-laid plans? Here I am at thirty-one. Miserable, alone, and running out of time. Then my prince arrives. I didn’t expect he would be Ryker West. But it turns out just like death, love comes when you least expect it...
  • The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey

    The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Eric Jerome Dickey strides boldly over the minefield that is modern marriage. The central couple's biggest challenge is timing: He works days; she works nights. Instead of growing together, they're rapidly drifting apart, coexisting on stolen phone calls from work, punctuated by occasional bedroom encounters that leave them both feeling even emptier and more alone...
  • Three to Get Ready by Skye Warren

    Three to Get Ready by Skye Warren

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    There’s a ticking time bomb in Finn Hughes's head.That means he has to prepare everyone. Eva. The baby. The company, which is in an uproar after the announcement. He needs to get them ready. Because when the curse hits, it will be too late to say goodbye.Welcome to the Midnight Dynasty..
  • Zulu by Sybil Bartel

    Zulu by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Navy SEAL.Sniper.Mercenary.The Navy trained me to be the best, but the Teams turned me into a deadly weapon. Every mission honing my tactical skills, I never missed a shot. Living for my brothers and the Trident I'd earned, I didn't look past my next deployment...
  • Bad Situation by Brynne Asher

    Bad Situation by Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    A group of women walk into a bar… Sounds like the start of a crude joke, right? Yeah, well, the joke's on me because I'm investigating the gorgeous one in the heels with the great body. Jensen Montgomery. Now I'm treading that area between right and wrong, good and bad, where sin and honor meld to become gray. Not that I haven't been here before. Hell, I’ve made my career in the gray...
  • Restrictions by Nicole Dykes

    Restrictions by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Loss. Guilt. Grief.Do you ever truly recover from it?How can you be happy when the person you once looked up to is gone?Sheltered. Ruled. Shamed.Do you ever grow after that?How can you break free from a lifetime of repression?Vivienne and Asher have been through a lot in their young lives...
  • Defile by Jessica Prince

    Defile by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Declan Forrester is arrogant, selfish, and insanely sexy. He was the very first boy I ever loved. Then fame and fortune turned him into a man I no longer recognized. I tried to give him everything he needed, and in return... he broke my heart. Now he’s back, and he wants to make things right. What started as love turned to hate...
  • Southern Comfort (Southern Series ) by Natasha Madison

    Southern Comfort (Southern Series ) by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Buried secrets never stay hidden in the South. Olivia When you find out that your fiancé is arrested for swindling over ten million dollars from his clients, you do what any sane woman would do. You escape reality and go undercover, trading in your city-girl Louboutins for country-pumpkin cowboy boots. It wasn’t a forever change—it was temporary...
  • Almost Us by S.M. Shade

    Almost Us by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    "Strip everything away from us and love is what’s left. It’s what we get to keep."We thought things couldn't get worse but the passing days proved us wrong.I could handle the public backlash and the cops at my door. I could handle the doubt and disbelief of our friends. As long as we were together, I thought I could handle anything.As the threats loomed closer, our days together dwindled away...
  • In Pieces by Danielle Pearl

    In Pieces by Danielle Pearl

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

    The Jezebel by Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    His love is a secret my heart can’t keep. After years of playing the trophy, puppet, perfectionist, I’ve forgotten who I am. Until the boy from my past walks back into my life. Handsome as sin, charming beyond belief—Stone Rivers is temptation personified. Our combustible chemistry shatters my resolve. His blistering kisses remind me of everything I used to want...
  • Dirty Liar by Janice Whiteaker

    Dirty Liar by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    𝐃𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.His impossibly improbable act set off a chain of events I couldn’t make up if I tried, each one stealing a little more from me.My relationship. My business.𝑀𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.But even bad times have to come to an end. I thought that was the case when Valerie slid onto the bar stool next to mine and asked me to buy her a drink...
  • Secret Offer by Stella Gray

    Secret Offer by Stella Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    We’ll marry her off to the highest bidder…but I’ll pay the price.The Agency is an open secret among men of a certain tax bracket.You need a wife who understands your lifestyle? We’ll hand-select options from the eligible daughters of men who’d love to cement a business alliance with you. Sometimes, the daughters don’t even know they’re being set up...
  • absolution (Grace Trilogy, Book Three) by Autumn Grey

    absolution (Grace Trilogy, Book Three) by Autumn Grey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We made mistakes and betrayed our hearts, and in the end, everything went up in flames. Walking away from the devastation is not an option. I am at the center of it all. There are three hearts on the line and only one choice to make.One heart to keep and one to let go.Love is like poison, and sometimes it’s the only thing that can save us...
  • Redemption by Nicole Dykes

    Redemption by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Logan Four years ago, my life changed forever. Some see it as a vast improvement. Me? I’m not so sure. The guilt from my betrayal has haunted me from day one. I knew my past would catch up to me. So when it comes crashing back into my life, I know the time has come to finally make it right. My path to redemption won’t be easy. But I've always been up for a challenge...
  • Fight Dirty by Emily Goodwin

    Fight Dirty by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Owen Dawson is one of Eastwood’s most eligible bachelors. He could have any woman he wants, but when it comes to settling down, he only has eyes for Charlie Williams, and he blew his chance with her years ago. While Owen is busy trying to convince everyone—and himself—that the playboy life is for him, Charlie is trying to put her life back together...
  • The Sebastian Guarantee by Krista Sandor

    The Sebastian Guarantee by Krista Sandor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Phoebe Gale is a genius behind the keyboard, but her love life is a catastrophe. She’s sick of guys trampling on her heart.Spoiler Alert: that’s about to end.She’s been invited to a conference where she’ll get the chance to flaunt her tech talents and show these creeps exactly what they’re missing.Hell hath no fury like a computer nerd scorned...
  • Broken Bridges by Tania Joyce

    Broken Bridges by Tania Joyce

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He's lost his band, his lover and his grandfather - the friends and family who'd accepted his lifestyle choices.She's lost her career, the love of her life and after a freak accident has to accept she'll never be the same.A chance audition for The Flintlocks could change his life.A move across the country could be the fresh start he needs.She needs to find her way in the world again...
  • Black Keys by Rose B. Mashal

    Black Keys by Rose B. Mashal

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    To save a stranger’s life, she put her own in the hands of a man who represented everything she loathed.Young CEO Marie Archer was shocked when her brother, Joseph, returned from the Middle East with a contract for a new office in the Kingdom of Alfaidya, a royal fiancée, and a wedding four days away.Despite her concern over his rush to get married, there was nothing Marie wouldn’t do for Joseph...
  • The Wrong Man by Delaney Diamond

    The Wrong Man by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They have nothing in common. So why can’t they stay away from each other? Construction foreman Tomas Molina has no desire to settle down. He enjoys the single life too much, with all the choices of women available to him. But when ad executive Talia Jackson becomes single again, they start an affair that has him questioning his beliefs about relationships...
  • Pretty Remedy by S.E. Hall

    Pretty Remedy by S.E. Hall

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Envy is a silent, cold-blooded killer, extinguishing a little more life from me every day. Hitting sharp, fast, and seemingly out of nowhere; struck by lightning without a storm cloud in sight...in she rolls. Reece Kelly, a force to be reckoned with, head of the class-- which means one thing-- she's out of mine. "You're wasting your time, Rhett Foster...
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