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  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 6 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 6 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    THE TRUE END, OR JUST THE BEGINNING? Narumi slips up in front of her work friends, and the anxiety of outing herself as an otaku forces her to retreat inward. While Hirotaka is quick to console her, a difference in opinion devolves into an argument...
  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date...
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  • Love Notes & Lifelines by Avery Maxwell

    Love Notes & Lifelines by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The job was simple. Always answer the phone—no exceptions—then solve the caller’s catastrophe as efficiently as possible.The rules were simpler. They contact you, not the other way around. Never give them your real name, number, or any personal information not required to help a newly single dad keep his head above water.And never, ever get involved with a caller...
  • Bayou With Benefits by Erin Nicholas

    Bayou With Benefits by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    They are friends. Without benefits. Unfortunately.Michael LeClaire is small-town Louisiana. A firefighter. A single dad.And Amelia Landry is New York City. A social media influencer. A model.Sure, she’s his son’s favorite person on the planet...
  • Finally by R.L. Mathewson

    Finally by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Mathewson comes the next installment in the Neighbor from Hell series… For readers who enjoy touching stories that make them smile, laugh, and fall in love. Sometimes life doesn’t go the way that we expected. That’s what happened to Devin Bradford when he received the news that turned his life upside down seven years ago...
  • Your Forever Love by Layla Hagen

    Your Forever Love by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    (unedited blurb. subject to change) Eric Callahan is a powerful man, and his sharp business sense has earned him the nickname Shark. Yet under the strict façade is a man who loves his daughter and would do anything for her. When he and his daughter move to San Francisco for three months, he has one thing in mind: expanding his business on the West Coast...
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  • Fortuity by Jewel E. Ann

    Fortuity by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jewel E. Ann comes a beautiful, passionate, and powerful story about unexpected love, sacrifice, and daring to dream again.Forty-something Gracelyn Glock is living the dream. No husband.No retirement plan.And since her self-imposed man-ban—no need to shave above her knees.After a tragic accident, Gracelyn inherits her ten-year-old nephew...
  • Maybe We Should by Melissa Foster

    Maybe We Should by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An emotional and sexy novel about guarded hearts, finding love, and families lost and found by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe We Will.After spending years wondering who she was, tattoo artist Cait Weatherby finally found her answers on the sandy shores of Silver Island...
  • Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A sexy, standalone best-friends-to-lovers romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely! It's so easy being best friends with a gorgeous, talented, charming guy. Said no woman ever. Except me. My friendship with Miller is a sure thing — he’s my plus one, my emergency contact, and my shoulder to lean on...
  • Burning Bond by Emma Hart

    Burning Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    BURNING BOND is book six of the HOLLY WOODS FILES series. While it can technically be read as a standalone, it's advised to read the first five books prior to this for full enjoyment. -- Two men, both determined to protect me. I think I love one. I’m almost sure I’m in love with the other. Ride or die just got a whole lot realer...
  • Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A wickedly, funny romcom that'll have you laughing and swooning one minute, and hot and sweaty the next. Follow along as Paxton and Hartford try to navigate a world they know nothing about--B D S M! I’ve always lived by one major rule, don’t fall for your best friend, and this is one rule I can’t break. I’m supposed to write an article about a topic so scandalous, I can’t even say it...
  • Love for Beginners by Jill Shalvis

    Love for Beginners by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    What would you change if you had to start your life—and love life—over again?When Emma Harris wakes up from a coma she learns that her fiancé and her BFF have fallen in love, she’s lost her job, and the life she knew is gone. Overwhelmed but grateful to be alive she starts over from scratch. Not as easy as it sounds, of course...
  • Late Nights & Love Lines by Avery Maxwell

    Late Nights & Love Lines by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The job was simple. Answer the phone, solve the single dad's dilemma, and move on.I'm the temporary solution.The fill-in.The short-term Single Dad Hotline Helper until a more suitable one can be found.I don't get attached, I don't stick around, and I certainly don't fall for the single dad.Until the job said, "Hold my beer," and tipped my world upside down...
  • The Wisteria Tree Cottage by Holly Martin

    The Wisteria Tree Cottage by Holly Martin

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 15 ratings
    Get swept away to the sparkling Welsh coast this summer, where the sea glitters in the sunshine and love is in the air. From the bestselling author of The Blossom Tree of Dreams, this is the perfect romantic treat to escape with this summerMeadow has only ever loved one man – the very gorgeous Bear Brookfield...
  • Die Romanze beginnt by Hannah M. Lynn

    Die Romanze beginnt by Hannah M. Lynn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Noch nie hat Romantik so süß geschmeckt ...Obwohl es Holly Berry endlich geschafft hat, »Just One More« zu kaufen und mit einem der begehrtesten Junggesellen in Bourton-on-the-Water auszugehen, ist ihr Leben alles andere als ein Zuckerschlecken.Ein bekanntes Gesicht aus ihrer Vergangenheit droht, Hollys frisch erblühende Beziehung zu zerstören, noch ehe sie richtig beginnen kann...
  • Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s her best friend.A reformed bad boy turned hot teacher.And after one spur-of-the-moment Vegas wedding... her husband. Jordan Benoit and Fletcher Landry have been best friends since they were six. He’s always been The Guy. When she needed picked up, cheered up, or lifted up — like literally, to see the stage at a concert — Fletcher was the guy...
  • Once Upon a Wild Fling by Lauren Blakely

    Once Upon a Wild Fling by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    There 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...
  • Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Choose the best phrase to describe Sibby Goldstein's 1) Sucky. 2) Really sucky. 3) Major suck-fest. D) All of the above. I started my day with a boyfriend and a job. I ended my day with a bottle of tequila. I'll let you connect the dots. Somehow, I wound up working as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. I have no idea what I'm doing. And I'm not just talkin' about life...
  • The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

    The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A captivating story about long-lost family secrets that will whisk you away to the village of Sandy Cove on the gorgeous Irish coast.Edwina is looking for a fresh start. So when a friend suggests she renovates a series of coastguard cottages in the tiny village of Sandy Cove, she wonders if the beautiful Irish seaside town might be her chance for a new beginning...
  • The Lost Letters of Ireland: A heart-warming and unforgettable Irish romance by Susanne O'Leary

    The Lost Letters of Ireland: A heart-warming and unforgettable Irish romance by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A totally captivating story about long-lost family secrets and new beginnings, that will whisk you away to the village of Sandy Cove on the gorgeous Irish coast.Heartbroken and feeling lost after the end of her last relationship, Edwina is looking for a fresh start. And when she hears that a coastguard cottage in the tiny village of Sandy Cove is for sale, she knows it could be her chance...
  • Cashmere and Camo by Erin Nicholas

    Cashmere and Camo by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A friends to lovers romance… and then some.Run a pie shop with her sisters for a year. Date for the first time at age twenty-nine. Don’t be terrified.Well, she’s got the first thing under control at least. Mostly.But this is exactly what a best friend is for...
  • Falling For The CEO by Layla Hagen

    Falling For The CEO by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A single dad romance from USA Today Bestselling author Layla Hagen.I’m Spencer Whitley, the CEO of a billion-dollar company.But behind closed doors, I’m a clueless, single dad…Between reading parenting books and trying to get the little dude to sleep during the night, I can barely think about anything else.But when I meet my neighbor, my mind begins to wander...
  • Love You Again by Julia Kent

    Love You Again by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An unexpected rescue rekindles an old romance between a single dad widower and a woman caught in a small town scandal that made her flee the one place where she belongs. Can a second chance at first love end in a happily ever after?Luke Luview has given up on love...
  • Charming Fiona by Jessica Prince

    Charming Fiona by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As I child, I believed in true love and fairytales. I convinced myself that there was one special man out there, made just for me. All I had to do was wait, and one day he would appear. Then I grew up and discovered the ugly truth. Disney movies were full of crap. Relationships took work. People made mistakes...
  • Without You by Lacey Black

    Without You by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    TuckerI spend my days brewing beer for the popular Brew Crüe Beer Company and my nights devoted to being a dad. Raising a young child with special needs can be tough and stressful, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. He’s everything to me, and the reason I keep going. It’s him and me against the world, and I have no intention of changing that.Then, Kinsley McGregor walks back into my life...
  • The Plus Ones by Kayley Loring

    The Plus Ones by Kayley Loring

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One Caribbean couples-only resort. Six friends who want to escape Brooklyn in the dead of winter. Two married couples. Two single fakers who hate each other’s freaking guts even though they accidentally made out once a million years ago, and now they have to share a freaking bed. Love changes people. I’ve seen what true love has done for my friends, and I want it for myself...
  • Love Letters on Hazel Lane by Jennifer Page

    Love Letters on Hazel Lane by Jennifer Page

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scrabble fan Jo always seems to pick the wrong guys. Now she's moved to the Yorkshire village of Hebbleswick, and decided to give dating one last chance. This time, there's a she will only date men whose names would score highly in her beloved word game.After Tarquin (16 points) proves just as disappointing as the rest, she meets low-scoring local doctor Ras (3 points)...
  • This is Dangerous by Kennedy Fox

    This is Dangerous by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Logan Knight is a real life knight in shining armor. 
A detective godsend in a sleek black suit has me thinking less than secretive thoughts. Brooding and mysterious, he’s the kind of guy every girl instantly notices. Between his seductive smirk and charming good looks, it’s no wonder I can’t help the way he makes me feel whenever I’m near him. 
Too bad he’s unavailable—or so he says...
  • Presently Perfect by Alison G. Bailey

    Presently Perfect by Alison G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Perfection is an illusion fueled by the perception of others. Tweet was my heart, my soul, and my purpose. She was my everything. Neither of us were perfect. We both made mistakes. Looking back, that was okay, because every choice brought us to where we needed to be at the time we needed to be there. The one constant, our love and friendship...
  • You're So Basic by Angela R. Casella

    You're So Basic by Angela R. Casella

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s harder to run from love when you’re living with it.DannyI don’t want a new roommate.I especially don’t want a new roommate who’s loud, mouthy, and so painfully hot I can’t keep my eyes off her.Not that I’m interested in Mira Evans. She’s made it very clear that she agrees with the ex who famously broke up with me for being “too basic...
  • Fairytale Love - Becca & Brian by Melanie Shawn

    Fairytale Love - Becca & Brian by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    We’re just friends… Fair and beautiful Becca Sloan was used to saying this to people…and it was true. The youngest of Harper’s Crossing’s Quad Squad, she knew she could always rely on her best friend, Brian. Ever since their first encounter on the slide in pre-K, they’d had each other’s backs and were inseparable, through good times and bad...
  • 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...
  • Betting on the Boy Next Door by Melanie Jacobson

    Betting on the Boy Next Door by Melanie Jacobson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    I’m a nurse who wants to be a rock star—a secret I don’t even tell my best friends and roommates. So when one of them—Ruby—gets it into her head to find me a man, I can’t explain why I don’t have time for her matchmaking. Ruby turns it into a bet to make sure I go along with it. I say yes, but won’t matter. My ex taught me the most important thing about men: you can’t count on them...
  • How to Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely, Joe Arden

    How to Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely, Joe Arden

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A sexy standalone romance written by #1 NYT Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely and Award-Winning Romance Narrator Joe Arden! Every man knows there are lines you don't cross. Like this one -- don't bang your boss's little sister.Too bad I didn't know sexy, clever, irresistible London is related to the guy who signs my paychecks...
  • This is Beautiful: Logan & Kayla, #2 by Kennedy Fox

    This is Beautiful: Logan & Kayla, #2 by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kayla Sinclair is a saint and real life Angel. She wears her heart on her sleeve and inspires me to be a better person. Rescuing dogs, feeding the homeless, volunteering at the local food pantry are just a few of the ways she gives back to others, although no one has ever been there for her. Falling for her was inevitable, losing her will destroy me...
  • Can't Hardly Breathe by Gena Showalter

    Can't Hardly Breathe by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with an irresistible Original Heartbreakers story about a woman who's never felt desired and the man who wants her more than air to breathe… Bullied in high school, Dorothea Mathis's past is full of memories she'd rather forget. But there's one she can't seem to shake—her long-standing crush on former army ranger Daniel Porter...
  • Changing Roles by Melanie Moreland

    Changing Roles by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lights! Camera! Clueless! Liam Wright is Hollywood’s golden boy and at the top of the A-list. But what he doesn’t know about life… Well, it could fill his very large Hollywood mansion. Thankfully, he’s got Shelby Carter in his world to keep him—and his house—camera-ready. Part confidante, part master chef, Shelby is his best friend and the only one who knows the real Liam...
  • Finding Faith by Bridget E. Baker, B.E. Baker

    Finding Faith by Bridget E. Baker, B.E. Baker

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    ★ Like mother, like daughter? Mary sure hopes not. ★Two decades ago, Mary's mom walked out. A few days later, her dad started drinking. He never stopped. Mary swore off alcohol. She also decided she'd never have kids, just in case she took after her parents.A year ago, Mary's boyfriend dumped her because she didn't want to have any children...
  • Dancing with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Dancing with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other’s backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again. This is Adam's story … Single Dad of Seattle, Adam Eastwood, knows that dance school is just the thing for his precocious daughter, Mira...
  • Knocked Down by Nikki Ash

    Knocked Down by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    GriffinAfter years of struggling as a single father to make ends meet, I’m finally content.Until my son and I are barreled over by a puppy and its gorgeous owner.The dog knocks my son down-literally-while the woman knocks me down-figuratively. With her adorable accent and her taco-loving t-shirt, she has me reevaluating my life and wondering how content I really am.AvaNo-strings.Simple fun...
  • Game Ender by B.J. Harvey

    Game Ender by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author BJ Harvey comes the fourth and final book in the Game series and this time, it's the last two single friends left standing; the reformed playboy and the single mom. *** "You have chlamydia." Three words no man wants to hear...
  • Often by Danielle Norman

    Often by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations… He wore suits and I wore biker boots. He went to University and I went to Trade school. He lived in a big home and I lived in a tiny apartment. When my world was turned upside down, he took me in his arms and promised to help me find a new direction...
  • Dare Me Once by Shelly Alexander

    Dare Me Once by Shelly Alexander

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love is a risk worth taking in this sizzling romance about secrets and second chances… Scarlett Devereaux’s life on the Gulf Coast went from riches to rags so scandalously fast that she barely had time to kiss her Jimmy Choos goodbye...
  • Flutter by Carrie Aarons

    Flutter by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He can’t stand her, and best believe, the feeling is mutual. Her life is the complete opposite of what he desires. So, why can’t they keep their hands off each other? Forrest Nash is a smug know-it-all...
  • 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...
  • MANFAX by Jacob Chance

    MANFAX by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Manfax: A detailed report containing information about a potential boyfriend/girlfriend’s romantic history.What is it about this bad boy that has women clamoring to date him?Adam Winters is like an ice-cold drink of water on a scorching day—he goes down like a champ.Tall, built, and handy, he’s irresistible and he knows it...
  • Love You Right by Julia Kent

    Love You Right by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A missed opportunity five years ago makes for an unexpected encounter now between two people meant for each other – but who square off in a very public battle of wills in the small town of Love You, Maine, where every day is Valentine's Day. Can love conquer all in a town steeped in it?Kell Luview refuses to be a sucker at love again. Five years ago, he left D.C...
  • A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She was never meant to fall for her best friend’s brother...Seren has had a soft spot for her best friend’s brother for as long as she can remember. But when she starts to see Kit as more than just a friend, she knows she’s on dangerous ground.Avoiding him is probably her best course of action, but that’s easier said than done when you live on a tiny island...
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