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Men of Honor, Books 1-4 by K.C. Lynn, Callie Dalton
This military romance boxed set series includes all four Men of Honor stories: Fighting Temptation, Sweet Temptation, Resisting Temptation, and The Final Temptation. Best if in order, but all can be listened to as standalones! You will not break me for I am unbreakable. I will live with integrity, fight with honor and die for what's right... -
![Ember by Chelle Bliss]()
Ember by Chelle Bliss
INKED PROTECTOR REUNITES WITH A SINGLE MOTHER.Rocco Caldo is tall, dark, and handsome, but not interested in love. Loyal to a fault, he can’t turn away an old friend in need or a beautiful woman on the run…especially when they have unfinished business.Rebel Bishop is a single mom, looking for shelter, not a handout... -
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![The Start of Something Wonderful by Jessica Redland]()
The Start of Something Wonderful by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAutumn Laine has lost her creative sparkle. After losing her grandad and her job as an illustrator in quick succession, she is at a crossroads in life and needs a break. Spending time with her parents in Paris, even in the artistic community of Montmartre, doesn't appear to be the answer... -
![Hammer by Cee Bowerman]()
Hammer by Cee Bowerman
After a rough childhood, Hammer settled down to live the good life. He had a wife he adored, children he doted on, and even the house in the suburbs with the white picket fence. But most of all, he finally had the stability he longed for growing up.When he made a decision to help a woman in need, that bliss was short-lived. What he thought was a horrible accident changed his life forever... -
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![Scenes from the City by Penny Reid]()
Scenes from the City by Penny Reid
No longer for sale. aka... the Festivus Surprise 100% of proceeds go to Toys for Tots. This book cannot be read as a standalone. It is a collection of short scenes following the ladies from the 'Knitting in the City' series and will only be available in eBook format from December 1 - December 15, 2014... -
![Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster]()
Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBrianna Heart has a six-year old daughter and a twelve-year plan to keep her life as simple as possible until Layla turns eighteen. That means swearing off relationships and the drama that goes along with them, working two jobs, and being the best damn mother she can be... -
![Overtime by Toni Aleo]()
Overtime by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsDown and out with an injury keeping him away from the game, Assassins’ defenseman Jordie Thomas lives for the blades of his skates on the ice and the feeling of oblivion off it. With no choice but to heal, he’s forced away from the sport that runs through his veins. With everything at stake and darkness setting in, he quickly finds himself spiraling even further out of control... -
![Riverbend Reunion by Carolyn Brown]()
Riverbend Reunion by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBack home is the best place to start over in a heart-stirring Texas romance about friendship, second chances, and small-town scandals by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Riverbend, Texas, doesn’t look like the crossroads of anywhere. But for four high school besties reuniting after twenty years, it’s a place to unpack a lot of baggage... -
![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 ratingsLiam 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... -
![Down To You by Jayne Frost]()
Down To You by Jayne Frost
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery story deserves a soundtrack. And ours is epic. She started from perfect. A star who shone brighter than the rest. But then fate took it all away. Now she's broken. A beautiful song with a fractured beat. But I'm still on the rise. Chasing a dream that she's already left behind. If I'm lucky, I can find my redemption in the spotlight. Destiny brought us together. Put her in my path... -
![Being Mrs. Cane by Shanora Williams]()
Being Mrs. Cane by Shanora Williams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThey say there is happiness at the end of every love story, but they never truly mention the hardships it takes to get there. With Cane, I’d been through hell and back, and now, I was going to be walking up the alter, promising my life to a man that I’d gambled everything for. Some would call me dumb. Some would deem me insane. Others would say I was a fool in love...Categorized as:
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![Igniting Ivy by Samantha Christy]()
Igniting Ivy by Samantha Christy
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThey call me a hero.I save people. It's what I do.It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do. Then I meet her - the girl with the sad eyes. She's lost everything. Twice. And I know she's using me to forget her past. Just when things seem perfect, that past threatens with the unimaginable. They may call me a hero. But she's the one person I can't save... -
![Jump by Emilia Finn]()
Jump by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI was a smokejumper for the majority of my career.Flinging out of planes at 15,000 feet and hoping to land with my bones in tact and a plan to slay wildfire quickly, safely, and with my crew all in one piece.Ainsley was a regular firefighter.You know, the kind who lives in town, rides in a truck, and wields a hose to save houses and hotels.We were a match made in adrenaline junky heaven... -
![Landon & Shay - Part Two by Brittainy C. Cherry]()
Landon & Shay - Part Two by Brittainy C. Cherry
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOnce 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... -
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![Hushed Torment by Bella Jewel]()
Hushed Torment by Bella Jewel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom USA Today, and international bestseller, comes the second book in the Iron Fury MC! One accident changed my life. One single second changed everything for me. In one terrifying moment, everything I knew was gone. Music is the only thing that keeps me holding on. When the opportunity arises for me to tour with country music star, Scarlett Belle, I take it. An escape. A chance... -
![Stone Vows by Samantha Christy]()
Stone Vows by Samantha Christy
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe's alone, scared, and I think she's in trouble. From the moment I see her, I know she's different ... special somehow. My whole life has been about one thing - becoming a doctor. I've spent years living and breathing hospital life. Then she comes into my ER, and I've never wanted to help anyone more. My need to protect her is all consuming... -
![Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning]()
Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery time someone mentions planning their wedding, Violet finds a reason why they should wait.Luca is her soulmate and Love Bug’s favorite person.They are already a family, but they need to make it official.Luca is getting tired of calling her his fiancée and not his wife.But Vi is torn.Saying “I do” to Luca will mean releasing the last hold Remington had on her heart... -
![Stay Present by Kaylee Ryan]()
Stay Present by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRyder Two years of silence and no goodbye—she slipped away and through my fingers, leaving me with nothing but questions… and a heavy heart from missing her. I know what we had was real, that our love was once in a lifetime. Now she’s back from her Parisian fashion internship, and I'm ready for answers, desperate to understand why she couldn't just stay...Categorized as:
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![Hard by Donna Alam]()
Hard by Donna Alam
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA man walks into a coffee shop and gets offered a job in p0rn. Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Or every man’s fantasy. Until I remember I’m trying to be a good man. A single father. One who doesn’t do casual relationships, Let alone get paid for sex. But for those curves and that mouth? Any man might change his mind. ~*~ It was an honest mistake . . -
![Wild Iris Ridge by RaeAnne Thayne]()
Wild Iris Ridge by RaeAnne Thayne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLucy Drake and Brendan Caine have only one thing in common… And it's likely to tear them apart. Because it was Brendan's late wife, Jessie—and Lucy's best friend—who'd brought them together in the first place. And since Jessie's passing, Brendan's been distracted by his two little ones…and the memory of an explosive kiss with Lucy years before his marriage. Still, he'll steer clear of her... -
![The Score by Bethany-Kris]()
The Score by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratings*Please Note: The Score is not a standalone title. The first books in the Russian Guns series (The Arrangement, followed by The Life) should be read first* In the mess of love and life, nothing and no one is left untouched... -
![Tripped by Love: A Friends-to-lovers, Military Romance by LJ Evans]()
Tripped by Love: A Friends-to-lovers, Military Romance by LJ Evans
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s a broody bodyguard with secrets he can’t share.She’s a busy single mom with a restaurant to run.They’re just friends until a little white lie changes everything.Marco Hernandez is the somber trainer here only to bend my body into shape, but when the perfectly sculpted man holds my son in his arms and smiles, I’m a goner. Weak legs. Pounding veins... -
![Tapped by the Rockstar by Christina Hovland]()
Tapped by the Rockstar by Christina Hovland
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsInternet fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.As a teenager Samantha Johnson wrote a song that went viral in all the wrong ways. A pop song about her love of mozzarella sticks. She hoped for adoration but instead became a joke for an entire generation. She absolutely does not want to be in the limelight ever again. Or even near it. Since then, she's kept mostly to herself... -
![All To Pieces by Susan Henshaw]()
All To Pieces by Susan Henshaw
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA closed-door, high school sweethearts, second chance, football romance from Amazon bestselling author Susan Henshaw. Millions watch him play. Except the one who matters most.BlueI made the worst mistake of my life when I let my dad move me across the country after my sophomore year of high school.Had my football career taken off? Yes... -
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![Falter by Carrie Aarons]()
Falter by Carrie Aarons
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyan Shea has sworn off men. After her last relationship imploded in front of her eyes, she decides to take a break from swimming in the dating pool … possibly forever. The brilliant computer whiz loses her brain when it comes to love, and jumping feet first burns her every time... -
![Wild In The Windy City: The Anthology Volume 3 by Rachel Brookes, Audrey Carlan]()
Wild In The Windy City: The Anthology Volume 3 by Rachel Brookes, Audrey Carlan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Year's Eve on Navy Pier.A sexy, breathless night.Eighteen authors bring magic, steam, and romance to the Resolution Gala on Navy Pier this New Year’s Eve. Don’t miss the fireworks.All proceeds from this anthology benefit Bernie's Book Bank (https://www.berniesbookbank.org/)RELEASE DATE December 10, 2019Look for a pre-order link later this Fall!ANTHOLOGY AUTHORS:Rachel BrookesAudrey CarlanL.M... -
![My One Desire by Claudia Y. Burgoa]()
My One Desire by Claudia Y. Burgoa
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce, they shared one soul. Can hope heal years of despair and broken dreams? Music is all I know. It saved me as a kid. It brings me fame and fortune now. But what am I, the famous Gage Rodin, doing at night when I’m on the road and can’t sleep Googling her. Tess Hades, the girl who still haunts my dreams and my lyrics. She arrived like a quiet storm, a wild thing with eyes guarded to the world...Categorized as:
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![A Beautiful Sight by Sandi Lynn]()
A Beautiful Sight by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAt the age of eight years old, I lost two things: my parents and something that most people take for granted. It was at that moment I began to experience the world differently from everyone else. I accepted my fate, living my life to the fullest and the best way I know how. Giving up on love was something I had to do because men couldn’t cope with my condition... -
![Stars Over Castle Hill by Samantha Young]()
Stars Over Castle Hill by Samantha Young
Joss and Braden Carmichael are blissfully married living in their townhouse on Dublin Street with their three beautiful children. It's a life Joss never expected to have, and one she's grateful for every day. But.. -
![Since I Fell For You by Bella Andre]()
Since I Fell For You by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMillions of readers have fallen in love with the San Francisco and Seattle Sullivans. Now get ready to fall in love with the New York Sullivans! BOOK DESCRIPTION: Suzanne Sullivan doesn't need a bodyguard. After all, she's one of the most successful digital security specialists in the world―so she can most certainly take care of herself despite the problems she's been running into lately... -
![What's Left of Us by Amanda Maxlyn]()
What's Left of Us by Amanda Maxlyn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe heartwarming conclusion to What's Left of Me. Love found me three years ago. I’m cancer free, happily married to the love of my life, and working toward my dream career. Our life is complete. Perfect, really. Or is it? I’ve always wanted a family of my own, but never dreamed I could have one. Now Parker’s ready to make my dream our reality... -
![Total Submission by Roxy Sloane]()
Total Submission by Roxy Sloane
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHer secrets are tearing us apart, but I can’t give up on us yet. When I’m with her, the beast inside me is tamed. My every craving sated by her gentle touch.I won’t let her go without a fight.No matter what the cost, I will protect her. She belongs to me now... -
![The Hate of Loving You by Maya Hughes]()
The Hate of Loving You by Maya Hughes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSix years ago, in the dead of night, I woke up to a cold bed and an even colder future without her. I would’ve followed her anywhere and she left. I thought I’d moved on and left all she meant to me behind. But a first love is never easy to forget. Even harder when I once felt our love is inevitable--inescapable. And I’ve been proven right once again...Categorized as:
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![Drawn Deeper by Brenda Rothert]()
Drawn Deeper by Brenda Rothert
I’ve come undone. For years I thought the world looked at my family and saw perfection. I was a busy surgeon and my wife was devoted to our two boys. But her devotion crumbled as her alcoholism took over. The outside world saw all too well what I wanted to deny. Ten months ago she filed for divorce, packed up and moved away. To where – I don’t know. Nor do I care. But my boys do... -
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![A Friendly Wager: A Secret Baby, Fake Engagement Romance by Ajme Williams]()
A Friendly Wager: A Secret Baby, Fake Engagement Romance by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy next-door neighbor is wifey material .Calm down... I’m not proposing to her.A fake engagement will do for now.My mother won’t get off my back.As a star hockey player love isn’t on the cards for me.Not now, not ever.I had a one-night stand with Ruby a decade ago.But that shouldn’t come in the way of our ruse.I doubt she misses the way I made her shake when I took her v-card...Categorized as:
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![Wreck My World by Victoria Ashley]()
Wreck My World by Victoria Ashley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“The feeling I have in this very moment, after not seeing her for so long, will haunt me forever, reminding me why I left to begin with.” For as long as I can remember, Easton Crews has been off-limits. As much as it kills me, that’s never going to change. After his little disappearing act three years ago, then suddenly showing up out of nowhere, I shouldn't want anything to do with him... -
![Archer by Laramie Briscoe]()
Archer by Laramie Briscoe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Nurse and The Hot CopArcher GrayBeing the new officer on the Laurel Springs Police Department has been a blessing. They've treated me like family since the moment I started my first shift. It's what I've wanted since I left home at eighteen. Life is going amazing, especially when I meet Alisa, a nurse at Laurel Springs Medical... -
![It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker]()
It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove is quickly becoming my least favorite four-letter word.I let a girl into my heart once, and she nearly destroyed me.The last time I saw her she was in the back seat of her father’s car, leaving me forever.No goodbye.No mercy.That was ten years ago.Now the sexy vixen from my past is back in town looking to hire a consultant.This is my way back in.But not for redemption or a second chance... -
![Wrecked By You: A Tortured Hero Billionaire Romance by Tracie Delaney, CT Cover Designs]()
Wrecked By You: A Tortured Hero Billionaire Romance by Tracie Delaney, CT Cover Designs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill my broody, tormented billionaire boss wreck me—or save me?Six months ago, I escaped from a monster in the dead of night, our five-year-old daughter asleep in my arms. Desperate and rapidly running out of cash, my luck finally turns when I land a bartending job at a swanky Los Angeles nightclub... -
![The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery]()
The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00U1Y8PLG The sizzling adventure continues in this alpha billionaire romance series. The scintillating, steamy and passionate romance between Ciara and Nikolaj picks up where the last book ended. The only difference is that Ciara discovers Nikolaj’s true penchant for domination and to her surprise, she relishes submitting herself to him... -
![Perfectly Imperfect by Tiffany Casper]()
Perfectly Imperfect by Tiffany Casper
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDaemonWhen you learn at the young age of nine that words have the same impact as a fist, it shapes you into the man you grow up to be.It makes you hard.Unshakable.And sometimes… Cold.That was until he saw her in a classroom being the kind of mom that he wished he had. Being the kind of mom that all women should aspire to be... -
![Reveling in Sin by Meghan March]()
Reveling in Sin by Meghan March
Reveling in Sin is the third book in New York Times bestselling author Meghan March's epically romantic and addictive Sin Trilogy.Whitney Gable is the kind of woman you fight to the death to protect. To keep. To cherish. I’ve finally learned my lesson, and it’s time to prove I’m the man who’s worthy of her.I don’t care what it takes, because failure is not an option...Categorized as:
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![Fourth Wheel by Abby Millsaps]()
Fourth Wheel by Abby Millsaps
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMADDIEI’ll admit it: I knew exactly who he was when I walked into The Oak that night.I probably should have just left him alone. But I was bored. And he’s gorgeous, just like his brother. How was I supposed to resist?The kiss we shared was scorching hot. But it was nothing compared to the intensity of his anger when he realized who I was, and who I’m related to.His hostility fuels me...Categorized as:
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![Faultless Love by K.G. Fletcher]()
Faultless Love by K.G. Fletcher
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe’s a convicted felon out on parole for a crime he didn’t commit. She’s the girl who put her life on hold while he was away. Can the two pick up right where they left off?He never should’ve gone on that beer run. If he’d stayed at the party, kissing Robyn by the bonfire, his life would’ve turned out totally different... -
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![Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg]()
Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHappily ever after. That was what we were supposed to have. Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her. I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand... -
![Michael: The Hawthornes by Nicole Jacquelyn]()
Michael: The Hawthornes by Nicole Jacquelyn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMichael Hawthorne has known what he wanted from life since he was fourteen years old.A Harley, to join the Aces Motorcycle Club, and to marry Emilia Robertson.When he turned eighteen, those three things seemed within his grasp… until Emilia and her parents disappeared without a word...Categorized as:
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![Dockside by Susan Wiggs]()
Dockside by Susan Wiggs
LONG, LAZY DAYS ... HOT SUMMER NIGHTS With her daughter grown and flown, Nina Romano is ready to embark on a new adventure. She's waited a long time for dating, travel and chasing dreams. But just as she's beginning to enjoy being on her own, she finds herself falling for Greg Bellamy, owner of the charming Inn at Willow Lake and a single father with two kids of his own... -
![The Way Back Home by Carmen Jenner]()
The Way Back Home by Carmen Jenner
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAugust Cotton shouldn’t be here. When a tragic accident calls him home to Magnolia Springs, this returned Veteran adds his parents to the list of things he’s lost in recent years, right along with his IED detection dog and his left leg. As the sole guardian of his four-year-old sister, August must rely on his Marine training in raising a tiny hellion who’s as stubborn as he is... -
![Texting My Dad's Best Man by Flora Ferrari]()
Texting My Dad's Best Man by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI almost kissed my dad’s best friend at my eighteenth birthday party.Banner Barret is thirty-nine years old and six feet two inches of pure muscle, with intense eyes and the sort of confidence most men could only dream of.It was a mistake, and I get that. He only did it – almost did it – because he was drunk.But now it’s a year later, and dad’s getting married in a tropical island paradise...Categorized as:
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![Still The One by Carrie Elks]()
Still The One by Carrie Elks
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsComing Soon from Carrie Elks - a small town second chance romance to tug your heartstrings...Nobody expects to meet the love of their life on their first day at school, but from the moment Tanner Hartson set his eyes on Savannah Butler, she stole his breath away.She was beautiful, wild and free. And though her life was hard, she made everything feel easy.As they grew up, they were best friends...
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