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Once Upon a Wild Fling by Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThere are a million reasons why Miles Hart isn't the man I should date but allow me to enumerate the top three. He's friends with my brother, he's a single dad, and he's a sexy, in-demand rock star. He might as well wear an off-limits, totally unavailable, and don’t-even-attempt-to-ride-this-ride sign. And there’s one more, little itty-bitty thing -- he's never asked me on a date...Categorized as:
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My Phony Valentine by Courtney Walsh
A chance meeting. A hunky hockey player. A fake romance.Hardly an ordinary day in the life of Poppy Hart.My days usually consist of agonizing over my failing restaurant, worrying about my mountain of debt and nursing my broken heart.Everything changes when I bump into a man in the coffee shop and claim him as my new boyfriend... -
A Borrowed Boyfriend by Angela R. Casella
On a scale of one to ten, how bad is it that I want to see my fake boyfriend naked? Marnie What’s worse than being left at the altar? Becoming a meme because one of your nearest and dearest took a video of you running—and falling—down the aisle and made it internet famous. Yup, I’m that Marnie Jones. My sister is for-real famous, which only makes people more interested in my predicament... -
Hitched by Pippa Grant, Lili Valente
She’s the last woman on earth I’d marry….again. Yet here I am. Saying my vows. Again. To save an alpaca. At least, that’s my story. But the truth might be a little more complicated. I didn’t want to let her go the first time. But now I have a second chance to win over my wife. We’re older. Wiser. And hornier. This time, I won’t fail... -
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Beach Please by Melanie Summers
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA hilarious and heartwarming story that’ll have you snort-laughing, swooning, and sighing with happiness… Lola Gordon's dreams of a thriving surf shop were shattered when her ex vanished with all the money in their business account, leaving her on the brink of losing everything... -
Hearts and Llamas by Tara Sivec
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA Valentine's Day short story from the Chocolate Lover's gang... -
Mr. Mayfair by Louise Bay
It should be the most shocking news I’d ever gotten—My boyfriend is getting married.Okay, technically he’s my ex-boyfriend. Two months ago he decided he wanted a break. I still thought he was my happily ever after.On any other day, knowing he was gone for good would be the worst thing that could possibly happen. But not today... -
Start With Me by J. Saman
ClaireNo relationships. No falling in love. Those are my rules. Simple. Easy. Uncomplicated. Then Kyle Grant walks into my life and tries to mess all that up with his GQ looks and irresistible charm. He’s everything I want. But can never have. Kyle The first moment I laid eyes on Claire Sullivan, I knew she was different. Then reality hit me. She’s my brother’s assistant... -
For Pleasure Or Worse by Karissa Kinword
Karissa Kinword is back with the second raunchy romcom in her Amazon bestselling Dirty Delta series, following a sex-working cam couple as they attempt to plan a wedding while keeping their racy alter-egos a secret from two over-involved families.On the surface, Mateo Duran and Natalia Russo are the perfect All-American pair. He’s a handsome business owning Army veteran from the Bronx... -
Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unexpected rewards that come from life’s detours.Lark Smith has always had a plan for her life: find a fantastic guy, create a marriage as blissful as her parents’, pop out a couple of kids and build a rewarding career as an oncologist.Things aren’t going so well.For one, the guy didn’t work out... -
Morning Wood by Megan Wade
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGet ready to fall in love with the mountain men of Clearwater Construction! These blue collar men are about to meet the women of their dreams!In Morning Wood by Megan Wade, chef Piper and carpenter Levi have a misunderstanding over lumber and cold showers that leads to a punny union to last the ages.. -
Dr. Fake Fiance by Louise Bay
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhat’s a heartbroken American to do when she’s in London trying to get over her ex? Find herself a fake fiancé. Obviously. I’m walking past Big Ben, trying to get over the world’s worst break up, when I slam into a hot hunk of British man. And pour scorching hot coffee all over him... -
Jinx, You're It by Cynthia Eden
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden brings a red-hot tale of second chance romance between two unlikely lovers.Life is too short not to have one hell of a good time.Jinx lives for his good times. With a ready smile and quick joke, his charm carries him through most rough situations... -
How to Love a Rockstar by D.E. Haggerty
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m a librarian. Dylan’s a rockstar. We can’t possibly be a match despite what the meddlesome matchmakers of the small town of Winter Falls think.No one is more surprised than me when Dylan walks into a wall the first time he catches sight of me. Even more surprising? He immediately asks me out.Um, I don’t think so... -
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Two Brutes, One Barista by Shaye Marlow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsmanover MAN-oh-ver | noun 1: a makeover of one’s masculinity Example: “J.D. is such a metrosexual that, at this point, our only option is a manover.” –Zack & Rory Adderack J.D.’s got a problem. He’s an MMA fighter who’s lost his belt, his honor, the mobility in his shoulder, and the sexist pigs he’s been mooching off of have just gone insane… but, that’s not the problem... -
The Wrong Guy by Lauren Landish
Best of friends with benefits―and more in common than they ever expected―in a funny and sexy romance by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Lauren Landish. Wren Ford is the city attorney for Cold Springs―a job she takes seriously... -
Meet Dare by D.E. Haggerty
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll it takes to change everything is an enraged woman and a dare…Love is not for me. Nope. I don’t deserve it, so I keep far, far away from relationships.Archer – a drifter who won’t stick around – is perfect for me. I can touch those sexy broad shoulders and stare into those smoldering hazel eyes to my heart’s content.Except, it turns out Archer isn’t Archer at all. He’s Cedar... -
The Worst Dates Bring Chocolate Cake by Alina Jacobs
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy butt pads are sliding under my shape wear, I had to starve to fit in this dress, and the last place on earth I want to be is on a date with Walker Svensson.Entitled playboy. More money than sense. Abs you could grate cheese on.Damn, I would stab someone for some brie.This is truly the date from hell... -
Sit...Stay...Beg by Roxanne St. Claire
Garrett Kilcannon, a former dot com super-success who now devotes his life to rescuing dogs and finding them homes, prefers to keep his secrets buried as deep as a dog hides his bone. So when he learns his father has invited a journalist to Waterford Farm to write and produce an in-depth profile on him, he doesn’t care that she’s a childhood friend or drop dead gorgeous... -
Holiday Ever After by Amy Andrews, Kate Canterbary
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEleven sweet and sexy holiday stories from New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors! Grab a cup of cocoa and curl up with this collection that will warm your heart and curl your toes. Each story is a new standalone contemporary romance set within popular series, with no spoilers, no cliffhangers, never-before-featured couples, and hot happy endings...Categorized as:
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Maybe in Fifty by Irene Bahrd
"Night isn’t over until one of us has to leave."After my latest book release didn’t do as well as I’d hoped, I need a distraction. Flirting with a hot Scot in a hotel bar is the perfect solution.It certainly beats drowning my sorrows with whiskey sours.For one night, I’ll forget about my book and allow myself to be charmed by a stranger… one who could ruin me if I dare to ask for more... -
Just My Luck by Rebecca Rennick
Emma Johnson has the worst luck. No really, she does. Murphy’s Law never applied to anyone better. If something can go wrong, it usually does. Thankfully she’s figured out a way to deal with her bad luck curse, by becoming a risk assessment analyst. Until she gets blindsided by her boss who decides AI is cheaper than her... -
His Southern Comfort by Melanie Shawn
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBilly "Panty Dropper" Comfort... That's what people call me... Growing up with the last name Comfort meant that I'd inherited a legacy. In our small town, the older generation of Comfort men were known for three things: hard work, boozing, and tragedy. Some believed the latter was due to a curse that doomed every male in our bloodline to lose his true love tragically... -
Million Dollar Marriage by Katy Evans
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Katy Evans comes a hot romance about two strangers and their race to fall in love. If someone had bet Nell a million dollars that she would be saying “I do” to a complete stranger on national television, she’d have called them crazy, but with her crushing student loan payments sending her deep into the red, she’s out of options... -
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Getting Worked Up by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsPhoebe Sherwood is in love with the perfect man. Well, except for the fact that he’s in love with someone else. But Phoebe isn’t the type to let a little detail like that keep her from getting what she wants. And as she’s plotting how to get him back, she meets the perfect solution—Joe Spencer... -
Down And Flirty by Staci Hart
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNothing good comes after the third date.Date three is the crucial point when things get real, which is exactly why I bounce out the door, twiddling my fingers at whatever poor boy I’ve left behind. Because if I stick around, one of three things will happen: he’ll profess his undying love, he’ll get weird and stalky, or I’ll go crazy. Like, Sid and Nancy crazy...Categorized as:
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PLAY by Piper Lawson, Natasha Snow
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings~ SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICING! GET PLAY @ $0.99 FOR A LIMITED TIME! ~ I'm Payton Blake. A successful, balanced twenty-something living the dream. OK. So it's a big, shiny-ass lie. I could be all of those things. If I had friends outside of work. And if I didn't mainline watermelon slushies like they were a food group. It wouldn't hurt if I'd had sex in the last year, either... -
One Week Wingman by Lila Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFake date. Real trouble. Fall for a new trope-tactic, fake dating rom-com read from USA Today bestselling author, Lila Monroe! Sebastian Wainwright is handsome, British, and charming… and the last man you can rely on. Bartending at Mavericks, I’ve seen his love-em-and-leave-em routine up close, and I know better than to become another notch on his king-sized bedpost... -
Pixels and Paint by Kristi Ann Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFor Emma Trinket, life is a delicate balancing act between loving her family and pursuing interests they don’t understand. When the opportunity arises to finally impress them with her job as a computer programmer, she jumps at it even if it means immersing herself in a world she’s despised since childhood... -
Down for the Word Count by Piper Sheldon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith a single phone call, I swapped my life of movie scripts and paparazzi for bedtime stories and skinned knees.I always dreamed of having a family. As my two childhood friends settled down with partners of their own, I worried it was too late for me.Until her. The beautiful woman who chased me down and stole my heart.And to think she accused me of stealing... -
Friends Don't by Leah Dobrinska
A heartfelt and hilarious romantic comedy, loosely inspired by While You Were Sleeping.As the oldest of three sisters, Poppy Kasper doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t the glue holding her siblings—and their lives—together. So moving across the country to Cashmere Cove, the hometown of her new boyfriend, is completely out of character... -
After This by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA trip home for a friend's wedding turns out to be nothing she expected... and everything she's ever wanted.Heather would do anything for a friend, so when her college bestie and roommate needs a last-minute date for a wedding, she doesn’t hesitate. She hops a plane to Baltimore — current bestie in tow. But they’ve barely arrived before those plans have changed... -
Make Her Mine by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's my best friend's older brother and the bane of my existence. He's also my fake boyfriend for the next week... I know that I should just tell my ex to F-off when he announces to our entire hometown that he intends to get me back.But then I’m given the option to make him miserable instead…Yeah, I definitely go with door number two.Even though it means fake dating my arch-nemesis... -
Just a Client by Michelle Donn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“No one can ever know I met my new client when I was buck-naked holding a dead rat. Elmer, Texas is too small a town. I’d never survive the gossip.” Cameron Morgan has been single mom extraordinaire for the past sixteen years, with the town of Elmer as her trusty sidekick (it takes a village, after all). But now, with her daughter off to college, Cameron's got a fresh chapter in sight... -
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The Boy Friend by Mika Jolie
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAccording to the law of attraction, women and men can’t be friends. Contrary to this myth, my friendship with Coriander Phillips does not rest on unrequited love or un-actualized lust. We’ve been inseparable since the day I pulled one of her pigtails and she punched me in the gut. She’s hilarious, fun to hang out with... -
The Notecard by Jon Rance
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsImagine meeting the right person at completely the wrong time.Meg is trying to navigate a broken heart, her parent's separation, and her Bridezilla sister's upcoming wedding. She just wants to get away and go travelling. Nick's a junior doctor coming to terms with his father's death, and his mother's attempts to move on with the mysterious man who lives upstairs... -
All the Way by M. Mabie
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI’m a man’s man. A bro. A pal. A dude. And I love women.Am I a saint? Far from it.Do I go out with a lot of women? You’re damn right.I date them all. Shy. Loud. Too busy. Lonely. High maintenance. No confidence. No filter. Bad habits. Naive. Beautiful ones. Pretty ones—and believe me there is a difference, but that’s another soap box. Point is, I don’t discriminate... -
Working with the Enemy by Lilian Monroe, Mandy Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe’s rich, arrogant, and my mortal enemy. My new downstairs neighbor. And I just crashed through my rotten floor and landed in his bed.The bad news is, I’m wearing nothing but a few suds from my bubble bath.And he’s not wearing anything at all.That’s why I can see the perfect smattering of hair on his chest and the way his muscles shift when he turns to look at me in all my sudsy, startled glory... -
Best Laid Plans by Lauren Blakely
That time I had the brilliant idea to ask my good friend for lessons in sex-ploration… Awkward? Maybe. But how else is a good girl going to find out if she likes being naughty? I might be sweet as cherry pie, but I'm also bold and damn curious. And Gabe is charming, trustworthy, aces at seduction (or so I hear) and—bonus!— willing to give me lessons...Categorized as:
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Handsome Devil by Jaine Diamond
A scorching-hot enemies-to-lovers romance, featuring a strong, feisty heroine and the billionaire boss she’d love to hate, an unforgettable kiss, a whole lot of lies, an irresistible battle of will… and a twisted deal that just might save them both from losing it all.Dane Davenport was the most gorgeous, popular, and hatable guy I went to high school with... -
Birth of a Baby Daddy by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIf you're having fun living your bachelor life in your Alaskan hometown and out of nowhere a woman shows up holding a baby she insists is yours, you need a plan-a birth plan. BP Step #1 - Lift your jaw off the floor. BP Step #2 - Figure out the baby's age-do the math. BP Step #3 - Try to remember the woman and with any luck, her name... -
Dirty Flirty Enemy by Piper Rayne
He’s the arrogant Manhattan realtor with billboards advertising his six-pack more than his expertise in negotiations. I’m the competing broker who stupidly moved across the hall from his office. From day one, I’ve been his sworn enemy. Okay, so I might have accidentally stolen one of his clients... -
The Feel Good Factor by Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThat inked bad boy who’s been striking sparks with me since he rode into town? Turns out he’s my new housemate, which adds up to a super-complicated living situation and chemistry so hot it should be illegal. I have a fantastic family, great best friends, a job I love…and now I’m up for a promotion to police sergeant...Categorized as:
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Dashing for Love: A Small Town Sister's Best Friend Romantic Comedy by Valerie Pepper
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA dating app that hides your identity is great—until you realize who’s on the other side.In the margarita-fueled wake of his thirtieth birthday party, small town veterinarian Matty Brodigan takes the plunge into Blinding Love, an app where pictures aren’t allowed and users are paired based on personality tests... -
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Just the Thought of You by Tinnean
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsQuinton Mann and Mark Vincent - still as dangerous, intelligent, and perceptive as they were when they started playing mind games with each other, and still in love. With Quinn having inherited the Mann family estate in a state of serious disrepair, he and Mark with the help of their family and friends decided to fix it up and then live there, together... -
Her Patriotic Prince by Ayla Asher, Kai Kennicott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLaura Cunningham is gorgeous, witty and tough as nails…and still single in her late thirties. After dating every man in Manhattan, she’s resigned herself to the fact that true love just might not exist for her. Certainly a bummer for the woman who observed her two best friends fall in love with sexy, strong men who are their soulmates... -
A Mutually Beneficial Proposal by Harper Reed
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsI’m engaged to a stranger.Okay, maybe not officially, but when Owen Porter spots me floundering for words in front of my ex-fiancé and his new wife, I decide to go along with his little farce. The catch? He wants me to return the favor by being his date to a company mixer.I’m supposed to be on vacation—forgetting about men... -
Shelve that Billionaire by Mia Sands, Danika Bloom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe created the robot that stole her job... can she stop him from stealing her heart?***I've finally got my life on track, working at a cute little, small-town library in Maple Valley. I even put a down payment on a house, and then promptly got fired. Why, you ask? Because the new hire doesn't need breaks and will work for free... -
Like Cabins on Fire by Ashley Funk
My life is falling apart before my eyes. I lost my boyfriend and my job, leaving my summer plans looking like they were shot with a shotgun. And to add a little more gasoline to the fire, my ex-boyfriend sent me an invitation to his wedding...Categorized as:
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Pity Pact by Whitney Dineen
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWho in the world would go on a dating show to find love?Turns out, I’m that person. Paige Holland, lifetime resident of Elk Lake, Wisconsin, and dedicated seventh-grade math teacher.I love my charming town, but there’s seriously no single action here. Unless of course I want to date the painfully boring mailman or the kid at the Quick Mart. Hard pass to both...
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