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  • Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After finishing a hard-won medical residency, Owen Sinclair now lives his dream as a family physician. The windfall that brought him newfound wealth has also made handsome Dr. Sinclair the town’s most eligible bachelor...
  • Weekend Fling by Claire Kingsley

    Weekend Fling by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    It’s just a fling. Or is it? Juliet Blake shows up at my bar, dejected after her surprise girls’ weekend goes bad. So I do the usual—mix her a drink and listen to her troubles. I’m a spontaneous guy, so I offer to help—spend the rest of the weekend with her so she’s not alone on her birthday. I don’t expect her to end up in my bed, but when she does, it’s mind-blowing...
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  • The Consolation Duet Books 1-2 by Corinne Michaels

    The Consolation Duet Books 1-2 by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Liam wasn't supposed to be my happily ever after. He wasn't even on my radar. He was my husband's best friend-forbidden. But my husband died and I fell in love with Liam only to be left shattered into a million pieces. Again. I want him. I need him. I yearn for him, but he's gone. Now I have to decide if it's him I love or if he was just the consolation prize all along.
  • Landon & Shay - Part Two by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Landon & Shay - Part Two by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Once upon a time, I fell in love with a boy. A beautiful, broken boy who had his own world of struggles. People warned me against our love, but I didn't listen. We looked weak. Young, foolish. Dangerously in love. We didn't care. In order to keep our hearts protected from the opinions of others, we became each other’s secret. We shared stolen moments. Tender touches. Secretive embraces...
  • Finding Love at the Magical Curiosity Shop by Jaimie Admans

    Finding Love at the Magical Curiosity Shop by Jaimie Admans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don't miss the gorgeously romantic and BRAND NEW story from Jaimie Admans, guaranteed to warm your heart and bring a smile to your face! In a shop full of stories, some magic is real. Mickey Teasdale loves her quaint curiosity shop, where every item feels magical to her...
  • Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I never expected to see my first love again after he left me twelve years ago. Though I’ve moved on, working with Tyler is no easy task—especially when he focuses his bedroom eyes on me. Flirting with the past is like playing with fire, and considering I’m engaged, I’m bound to get burned...
  • Southern Attraction by Kaylee Ryan

    Southern Attraction by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I had everything I ever wanted, living the dream, at least that's what I always thought. The night we met, we had an instant attraction, but she was with someone else. When we reunited a few months later, that pull was still there, stronger than ever. So strong, that even though she was hundreds of miles away, I pursued her. I told myself that I just wanted to get to know her...
  • Cheap Trick by Emily Goodwin

    Cheap Trick by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Danielle Cross has spent her whole life running from breakups and troubles. She’s never stayed in the same place for long…until now. The moment she walks through the doors of Logan Dawson’s bar, there’s an attraction between them neither can deny. And when Danielle needs a date to her sister’s wedding, Logan is the man for the job...
  • Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Jenna Ward is vivacious, spontaneous, and confident—except when she’s around the man who stole her heart years earlier, strikingly handsome, quiet, and reliable Pete Lacroux. After years of trying to get his attention and overwhelmed from dealing with her mother’s new cougar lifestyle, Jenna’s giving up on Peter—and is ready to explore other men...
  • Be My Temptation by Rachel Brookes

    Be My Temptation by Rachel Brookes

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    You met Josh Crawford and Ashlyn Hart in Be My December, now its time to hear their story. One night connected them. One decision separated them. One craving tempted them. Ashlyn Hart was done with men, or at least those outside of her books. After stupidly falling for the charms of her cheating ex and having her heart broken yet again, she decided to create a new life...
  • Prodigal Son by Jay Crownover

    Prodigal Son by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When she was a little girl, Remy Archer fell in love with Hyde Fuller at first sight. In fact, he was the only thing she could see for a very long time. For Remy, it never mattered to her that Hyde was always too serious and always seemed so sad. To her, he was the very best, and the center of her entire world. She never dreamed he would let her down when she needed him the most...
  • Give Me Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Give Me Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl: The Motion Picture, Heidi McLaughlin delivers an emotional second chance romance about life, love, and what it means to truly be happy! Elle James has it all: a loving fiancé in Ben, a promising career as a music manager, and a supportive family. She couldn’t be happier with her life...
  • Always Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Always Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rehearsals, leotards, and textbooks—that was my life. Dancing is all I’ve ever known, but when Liam’s problems turn everything upside down, I’m thrust into a world I know nothing about. Secrets and betrayal changed the man I’ve fallen for and he isn’t who I thought he was. Regardless, Liam is all I’ve ever wanted and though I’m struggling with my emotions, deep down I’d do anything for him...
  • A White Christmas on Winter Street by Sue Moorcroft

    A White Christmas on Winter Street by Sue Moorcroft

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When Sky Terran returns to the village of Middledip after losing the job she loves, she anticipates a quiet Christmas getting used to her new life. However, the annual street decoration competition is coming up and this year, the residents of Winter Street are determined to win. As she is pulled into the preparations, Sky quickly grows to love the quirky, tight-knit community she is now part of...
  • Illicit – A Sizzling Boxed Set by Calinda B., Sylvie Stewart

    Illicit – A Sizzling Boxed Set by Calinda B., Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Over 20 illicit romances with the sexy heroes and strong heroines you crave! Lose yourself in the world of hot hookups, where the stories run from sexy to downright scandalous and the characters will leave you breathless. In these pages, you’ll find tantalizing romance, rekindled flames, and forbidden trysts...
  • Beneath the Desert Sun by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Beneath the Desert Sun by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Faith. Graduating from college is bittersweet. I’ve accomplished my dreams, obtained my teaching degree, and am ready to find my dream job. However, I never realized how difficult or stressful it would be to find a position. That’s why I jump at the chance to visit Chad, one of my best friends, on base in California...
  • The Gambler by Denise Grover Swank

    The Gambler by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Book three in the USA Today bestselling The Wedding Pact series by Denise Grover Swank. Libby St. Clair believes in fate—so much so, she’s willing to pin everything on a curse a fortune teller placed on her and her two best friends when they were kids...
  • TURN by Cora Brent

    TURN by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    TURN is coming. .. . January 12th, 2018. TURN (Gentry Generations). By Cora Brent. I’m determined to leave my mistakes in the past and turn things around. These days I’m back in school, I’m surrounded by my wonderful, crazy family and I’m working for my dad. Then Curtis Mulligan happens...
  • Natexus by Victoria L. James

    Natexus by Victoria L. James

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    We started as two strangers. We ended with only one of us in love. Alex Law wasn’t meant to be there on the darkest night of my life. Seven breaths left in my sister’s chest, yet I looked back at him—the new boy who continued to make a habit of showing up when I least expected him, determined to turn my tender grief into some kind of twisted happiness I was too weak to resist...
  • Wonderful by S.C. Stephens

    Wonderful by S.C. Stephens

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Kellan Kyle finally has everything he’s always wanted—a woman who loves him more than he ever thought possible, family who genuinely cares about him, and the best friends a person could ask for. His band has found success, and they are well on their way to making their dreams come true. But as Kellan quickly learns, sometimes dreams come with a price...
  • Pining by Stephanie Rose

    Pining by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A slow-burn, friends-to-lovers standalone holiday romance. The bad guy never gets the girl. In the eyes of the law, I’ve paid for my youthful mistakes but I know I can never undo the damage I’ve caused. When I stepped out of my cell, I vowed to live a good life, make the right choices, and avoid temptation at all costs. Until her. She’s not a choice, she’s a compulsion. A craving...
  • Deja Brew All Over Again by Sylvie Stewart

    Deja Brew All Over Again by Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trouble has always had a way of finding me, but I never expected to be carjacked by a hot girl in a wedding dress. As the official family screw-up, not many people count on me for anything but a good time. But Maisy Romero and her little brother need a knight in shining armor, and they need him yesterday...
  • The Candidate by Alice Ward

    The Candidate by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lust drove us together. Our differences are driving us apart. As the Republican Party’s front-runner for the White House in 2024, I’m the man the media praises for having a silver tongue. By day, I’m a very conservative, buttoned-up professional. By night, my wild side comes out to prowl, searching for something. I end up in The Black Room. .. and find her...
  • Burn by Ginger Scott

    Burn by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    **Burn is the third and final book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott. This second-chance romance completes this angsty, steamy, new adult trilogy. Dustin Bridge’s world is about speed. About the edge. His life has been carved by cutting corners and making moves, following impulsive decisions while weighing the facts at hand...
  • Pants On Fire by Lacey Black

    Pants On Fire by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Cricket. Success is what you make of it. That’s my motto and the premise of my speech; the one I’m heading back to Southern Illinois University to give at my college alumni reunion. As the morning co-host of Good Morning, San Francisco, I was asked to be one of the keynote speakers, and while I’m honored to do so, there’s only one problem. The other speaker is Danny Ohara, my former boyfriend...
  • Bed of Roses: A Novel by Caylee Hammack

    Bed of Roses: A Novel by Caylee Hammack

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The must-read companion to country singer-songwriter Caylee Hammack’s new album, coauthored by Hammack and New York Times–bestselling author Carolyn Brown. On the run after her heart’s broken, Sam starts to wonder if she should have listened to her daddy’s don’t get a vintage car until you know how to fix one...
  • Prodigal Son by Jay Crownover

    Prodigal Son by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When she was a little girl, Remy Archer fell in love with Hyde Fuller at first sight. He was the only thing she could see for a very long time. For Remy, it never mattered that Hyde was always too serious and always seemed so sad. To her, he was the very best, and the center of her entire world. She never dreamed he would let her down when she needed him the most...
  • 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...
  • Hope After Loss by Amber Kelly

    Hope After Loss by Amber Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is Weston Tuttle's story.
  • Fight by Molly McLain, Sara Eirew

    Fight by Molly McLain, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    **This is not a standalone. Check out FLY (Velocity, #1) first.  amzn. to/2dPfsgW :) **. The story continues. .. I trusted Colton with every bit of myself. I believed him when he promised he'd never hurt me. But he broke me. .. and now I watch him give another woman everything I thought would be mine. I never saw this coming...
  • Tainted Butterfly by Terri Anne Browning

    Tainted Butterfly by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We have a history. His childhood was full of darkness and all I have ever wanted was to give him the light. Now he puts that darkness into his music, and protecting the girl who has always worshiped him. But time changes people. It has changed me. I'm no longer the little caterpillar he has always called me. I know he needs me—I need him too. Now I have to make a choice…...
  • Wild Kisses by Mari Carr

    Wild Kisses by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kiss me once, shame on you. Kiss me twice, shame on me. .. The first kiss with Landon, Sunnie blames on tequila. The second on adrenaline. He did save her and her Louis Vuitton from a mugger after all. But then the kiss goes viral and sexy cop Landon is flooded with female attention. Now it’s Sunnie’s turn to save Landon—by pretending to be his girlfriend...
  • 獨領風騷 18 by Nicky Lee

    獨領風騷 18 by Nicky Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    (完結篇)面對好友與情人,樂樂要如何做出屬於自己的最佳「抉擇」?簡訊誤會逐漸解開,樂樂站上國際時尚伸展臺散發個人光芒,時尚華麗冒險即將告一段落,令人期待的最終結局千萬別錯過!.
  • Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andy Simpson never expected to be raising his teenage twin sons alone. Then again, he also never expected to walk into his house and see his wife with another man. In their bed. Or that it wasn’t her first time. Bitterness threatened to wrap around his heart, darkening every part of his life. But a brightness he wasn’t even looking for entered their lives and wouldn’t let it take hold...
  • 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...
  • Abel: A Small Town, Friends to Lovers Romance by Laramie Briscoe

    Abel: A Small Town, Friends to Lovers Romance by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A year worth of flirting comes down to this kiss. .. Abel. I've eaten more tacos the past year than I have my entire life. It's not because I love those little handfuls of goodness (although I do). It's because of the woman who runs the local food truck Let's Taco Bout It. Seeing her makes my day, and while I can't admit my feelings, I can at least see her smile. Until Halloween...
  • Our First and Last by Becca Seymour

    Our First and Last by Becca Seymour

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a cute nurse needs to be saved during his shift in the Pride kissing booth, he’s rescued by a man he least expects. Now he just needs to figure out how to achieve the future he wants, one that will lead to a happily ever after and a place he can call home. Ian Haughton is a loveable, hardworking nurse...
  • All The Way by Victoria L. James

    All The Way by Victoria L. James

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Our eternity started with a kiss. He wasn't meant to be there with me for my next adventure, but the other half of my soul—the man I'd been away from for far too long—had slammed back into my life all over again. 

Happiness became a dangerous addiction—one Alex Law was able to wrap me in with an ease no one else had ever done before...
  • Dating Roulette by D. Kelly

    Dating Roulette by D. Kelly

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bexley. Seven Dates. Seven chances to win my heart. It’s not hard –. Don’t put ketchup on your eggs. Don’t wear tassely loafers. For the love of all that’s Holy, don’t ogle the waitress. See? Simple…. Yet no one can get it right. Tristan. Dating Roulette. It’s Bexley’s game. Correction - it’s her life. A constant rotation of dates. You might get one; you might get seven...
  • Fight by Nicole Dykes

    Fight by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s always been Shaw and Carter against the world. Life has never been easy, but they’ve found solace in each other. Together they are strong and combat the hell they were born into. School is ending, and choices must be made. But with change comes pain. And both seek a better life...
  • The Oscar Escape by Krista Sandor

    The Oscar Escape by Krista Sandor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’ll stop at nothing to give her the escape she desperately needs—even if it means losing her forever. Pop Princess Goes Berserk. isn’t the headline Aria Paige-Grant ever wanted to read about herself. Unfortunately, it fits the daughter of rock star royalty to a T. When the paparazzi catch her in an epic public meltdown, her only saving grace is her best friend, Oscar Elliott...
  • Fabulous Filthy Friend by Gwyn McNamee

    Fabulous Filthy Friend by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Only one word can describe the man who performs online as HRD4U. .. . FILTHY. He really knows how to work that massive asset on camera. Couple that with the dirty talk he uses to describe his fantasies while he does it. .. . It’s enough to drive me mad while I watch. Because just like my screenname says, INEEDSOMED. Too bad men like HRD4U don’t exist in real life...
  • 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...
  • Bad Boy Best Friend by Hope Ford

    Bad Boy Best Friend by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He's Breaking All The Rules. He's her BFF - Best Friend Forever. And he's off limits. But now that she's single,. He wants to change the rules. So why can't they be best friends with benefits? Oh yea, because he doesn't like those rules either. Dear Readers,. Austin and Laney are too hot together to be just friends...
  • Untwisted by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Untwisted by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book 2. 5 in the NEW ADULT rock star series, Lost in Oblivion. Falling in love was easy…figuring out the rhythm of being a couple, not so much. Now that they’ve pressed play, life is going way too fast for Gray Duffy and Jazz Edwards. A super hot video has boosted their band Oblivion’s popularity even higher, and suddenly Gray and Jazz are the reigning prince and princess of rock...
  • Falling For Ryan: Part Two by Tracy Lorraine

    Falling For Ryan: Part Two by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Giving your heart to your best friend comes with a big risk. Losing them forever. I’ve fallen in love with my best friend, and she feels the same. It should be easy now, right? As our new relationship begins to blossom it’s not long before people start to threaten the bond between us...
  • Stay Always by Kaylee Ryan

    Stay Always by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Orrin. From the moment she stepped back into town, I wanted her. No matter where I am, if she’s around, she has all of my attention. The only problem is that she doesn’t know it. She doesn’t know that I can feel her when she walks into a room or that I can see her auburn hair when I close my eyes at night. I think it’s time to do something about that. Jade...
  • 愛情理論Theory of Love by JittiRain

    愛情理論Theory of Love by JittiRain

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    |收錄4篇特別短篇.   |《2gether 只因我們天生一對》作者JittiRain不可錯過的爆萌心動傑作!.   我對「好朋友」這個詞厭惡至極,.   要是哪一天這個詞能從世界上消失就好了。.   因為……我正暗戀著我的好朋友。.   在什麼情況下,會讓你想罵髒話?.   是走在路上,卻被路邊的車濺了一身?.   還是期待許久的電影,最後卻發現劇情和想像完全不一樣?.   對Third而言,是不小心愛上好友。.   全心全意為他付出,Khai卻從來沒回頭看過Third。.   每天早上醒來就能看到他的臉,一整天都能跟他待在一起,.   晚上卻得看他帶女孩回房間。.   無論咒罵或哭泣多少次,.   明天太陽升起時,祕密還是祕密…….
  • This Is Love by Caroline Nolan

    This Is Love by Caroline Nolan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A debut novel by Caroline Nolan that will have you falling in love not just once, but twice. Rachel Miller had love, life and happiness. .. until she didn't. Uncertain of how to cope and move on without him, Rachel's life comes to halt as she mourns the loss of her fiance Ben. Then one night she discovers it doesn't have to...
  • The F It List by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil

    The F It List by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It started when my hot-as-hell coworker offered to give me my first O. Let me back-up. It actually started when I got dumped at the altar. If I have to see one more sympathetic head tilt from someone asking me how I’m holding up…I might lose it. After some serious self-reflection (and momentarily swearing off men forever) I decided the only way to figure out what I want in life is to make a list...
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