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  • Benching Brady by Samantha Christy

    Benching Brady by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    FAST BALLS. FAST CARS. FAST WOMEN. They are how I've learned to cope. But then life throws me a curveball. And I may never play the game I love again. Then I meet her. She represents everything I've lost. In the best and worst of ways. She may be the only one who can get me back into the game. And I'm not just talking about baseball...
  • Michael Without Apology by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Michael Without Apology by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A film student struggling with self-acceptance finally stops looking away from his traumatic past in a powerful novel by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. Michael Woodbine was seven years old when a near-fatal fireworks accident scarred him and led to his placement in foster care...
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  • Un printemps pour te succomber by Morgane Moncomble

    Un printemps pour te succomber by Morgane Moncomble

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Fleuriste fauchée, Nolia se tourne vers son ultime espoir pour s’en sortir : sa famille. Elle ne pensait cependant pas que le prix à payer pour son aide serait de se marier. Avec son ex. Face à l’adversité, incapable de retourner vers son passé toxique, elle décide de s’allier à un inconnu dans le plus grand mensonge de sa vie. L’heureux élu, c’est lui : Camille Levesque...
  • The Next Flame by Penelope Douglas

    The Next Flame by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    New York Times bestseller Penelope Douglas introduces the next generation in her Fall Away series in Next to Never, together for the first time with her bestselling novella, Aflame. .. . Next to Never...
  • Ember by Chelle Bliss

    Ember by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    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...
  • Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada

    Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 39 ratings
    The office romance between the quiet and sweet accountant Asako, who's spent her life ashamed of how much she sweats, and rising star of the bath and toiletry world Kotaro got off to a fast and steamy start! Kotaro's status at the company has made her wary of revealing their relationship to their colleagues at Liliadrop, and she's stumbled into the discovery that Kotaro has been mentoring an...
  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*t. This is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way. ..
  • Enamored by J.S. Scott

    Enamored by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    All it takes is a little friction to turn up the heat in the third Accidental Billionaires novel by New York Times bestselling author J. S. Scott. Like his brothers and sisters, Seth Sinclair went from blue-collar to billionaire overnight, and he’s decided to invest in what he knows best: construction...
  • A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When life throws you a grenade, you take cover, wait for detonation, and evaluate the ensuant damage. In this life, the one we live, those grenades never stop coming. But no matter the destruction in our midst, there is one thing that will never crack or shatter. And that’s our loyalty, love, and faith. To each other. To the family...
  • WALK by Cora Brent

    WALK by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    “I saw him for who he was; not just some tortured ex-con trying to beat back his demons and figure out his place in the world. Stone Gentry was sexy, complex, damaged, mysterious. He was a man I could fall for …if he let me. ”. 1513 …The number of single lines you carefully scratched on a piece of notebook paper at each sunrise...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  length-medium  m-f
  • Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Carter:. I was grateful for my second chance at life and discovering a family I never knew existed. Relocating my company and myself from South Carolina to Los Angeles brought me closer to them. They were all happily married, except my brother Gabriel, who was engaged to the love of his life. I didn’t trust women, and for good reason...
  • Songs and Sweethearts by Heather Long

    Songs and Sweethearts by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Everything begins. Everything ends. Sometimes, it has to end before it begins. In the course of a year, I have had my heart broken, reforged, only to be shattered again. The tears won’t come. Not anymore. No more looking back. No more asking what if. Coop wants me to let myself feel it. Jake wants to distract me. Archie wants to put the world at my feet...
  • Edge by Fiona Davenport

    Edge by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tatum “Edge” Beckett wasn’t just the Redline Kings VP—he was their secret weapon. A lethal arms specialist with a smile like sin and eyes that promised pain. But the moment Callie Winslow landed in his path, Edge found the one thing he couldn’t afford to lose. She never meant to draw his attention, but a stumble into his bike sealed her fate...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary
  • Wrecker by Fiona Davenport

    Wrecker by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Reid “Wrecker” Owens was used to pulling people from the rubble, but Peyton Carr shook him to his core. Saving her once wasn’t enough…not when she was still in danger. Peyton got caught in a building collapse after discovering corruption. Now the biker who rescued her wouldn’t let her out of his sight...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary
  • Unexpected Bond by Kaylee Ryan

    Unexpected Bond by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, the universe decides to tilt your world on its axis. I had a plan, and I was moving forward until the day my world was flipped upside down. It’s a challenge I wasn’t prepared for, but one I had to face. How do you combine the life you thought you had to the one you’re living? One breath. One second. One minute. One hour...
  • Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Brianna 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...
  • The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella – Sally’s only child – fled to Australia twenty-two years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back...
  • The Wanted Short Stories by Kelly Elliott

    The Wanted Short Stories by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The story that was never told…. Three short stories based off the best selling novels, Wanted, Saved, and Faithful by Kelly Elliott. Step into the future to get a glimpse of some of your favorite characters from the Wanted Series. Take a journey with Gunner and Ellie, Jeff and Ari, and Josh and Heather as they learn to love continues to make them feel wanted, saved, and forever faithful.
  • Here to Stay by Suanne Laqueur

    Here to Stay by Suanne Laqueur

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "You can't sort of do this, Fish. Draw a line and get on one side or the other. .. ". Love is never so sweet as when it receives a second chance. In the sequel to her award-winning novel The Man I Love, Suanne Laqueur continues the story of Erik Fiskare's romance with Daisy Bianco. Though separated for twelve years, the extraordinary bond forged in their youth has endured...
  • Follow the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Follow the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Follow the Play is a single dad, nanny, friends-to-lovers, forced proximity sports romance. Baker. Being a single dad was never part of the playbook, but one look at my son and everything changed...
  • The Carideo Legacy by M. S. Parker

    The Carideo Legacy by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Falling for someone new seventy-six days after your husband dies? That's not in the grief rulebook. Theresa Carideo thought she knew what survival looked like—raising four heartbroken children alone while fighting a corporate shark determined to destroy everything she and her late husband built together. Romance wasn't just off the table. It wasn't even in the building...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Promises We Break by Berlin Wick

    The Promises We Break by Berlin Wick

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Ember. It was supposed to be one night with one incredibly handsome stranger. A night of giving into temptation and forgetting all my inhibitions. Instead, it ends with wedding vows and promises of “I do”. But it turns out, this is exactly what we need for the sake of both our blooming careers. Especially after my new boss tasks me with the opening of a hot new lifestyle club...
  • Anchor by M. Mabie

    Anchor by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I believe in love at first sight. Now I know soulmates exist. Nothing has ever been easy for us. Every fight, every struggle, has been worth it. I’m stubborn, but what woman isn’t? She’s hard work and I love the overtime. He’s frustrating and unpredictable. I hope he never changes. I love driving her crazy. That’s half the fun. Lou’s sexy curls. Honeybee’s pink nose...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Lucky Baller by Kaylee Ryan

    Lucky Baller by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tessa. When my best friend Autumn asked me to tag along to an event with her, I never could have imagined that it would be the day that my life changed forever. He's arrogant and demanding and doesn't take a hint. Landon Barker, the quarterback for the Los Angeles Cougars, is a player on and off the field. He's got his sights set on me as his next play, but I see right through him...
  • Legacy of Gods Series Boxed Set, Books 1-3: God of Malice, God of Pain, and God of Wrath by Rina Kent

    Legacy of Gods Series Boxed Set, Books 1-3: God of Malice, God of Pain, and God of Wrath by Rina Kent

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Journey into the Legacy of Gods from New York Times bestselling author Rina Kent―where danger is addictive, and love is a weapon. Brutal men. Bold women. Twisted desires. In a world ruled by obsession and power, you don't run from the darkness―you fall for it. God of Malice. Killian Carson is charming, brilliant―and a predator beneath the polish...
  • Bring It Home by Toni Aleo

    Bring It Home by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Boon Hoenes only has three goals in life. To make Posey Adler his wife, to win the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row, and for Shea Adler to like him. The first, he’s got on lock. The second, he’s well on his way. And the third…. Well, two out of three ain’t bad.
  • Just a Little Crush by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Just a Little Crush by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s just a little crush. What could possibly go wrong? I’ve had more than enough relationship drama to last a lifetime, so romance with Stevie Palmer, the gorgeous server I had a hot one-night stand with, isn’t in the cards. However, she would make the perfect fake girlfriend to help me win my custody battle. When I offer her an obscene amount of money to play along, she agrees...
  • 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...
  • Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A past that defined a future. .. Shade has a secret. One he’s hidden most of his life. Secrets created in his past. Of a broken family. A little boy lost. Of broken dreams. With only nightmares left in their wake. As a prospect, his MC nicknamed him Shady because he’s quiet and keeps to himself. As a patched member of the Blood Fury, he changed it to Shade, because that’s what he prefers. .
  • McIntyre Security Bodyguard Series - Box Set 1 by April Wilson

    McIntyre Security Bodyguard Series - Box Set 1 by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The McIntyre Security Bodyguard Series - Box Set 1. Fall in love with the characters of the McIntyre Security Bodyguard series! Find out why so many readers are addicted to this series. Book 1: Vulnerable. Beth Jamison had a rough start in life. She survived a childhood abduction, but her emotionally traumatic past still haunts her, and she suffers from anxiety and issues with intimacy...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  length-epic
  • Bound by R Phillips

    Bound by R Phillips

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "To know the truth of our story. ". Everything in life has a price. Nothing is ever freely gifted. The universe always comes, whether in the brightest, cheek-aching second of the day or the darkest, most plaintive hour of the night, to collect its payment. To rattle and shake your world. To slither into the illusion of Eden painted by strokes of lies and deceit...
  • Colleen Hoover It Ends with Us Boxed Set: It Ends with Us, It Starts with Us - Box Set by Colleen Hoover

    Colleen Hoover It Ends with Us Boxed Set: It Ends with Us, It Starts with Us - Box Set by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover’s “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) phenomenon It Ends with Us and its long-anticipated sequel It Starts with Us collected in a boxed set that is perfect for new and longtime fans of the evocative story of Lily, Ryle, and Atlas.
  • Dr. Stanton Box Set by T.L. Swan

    Dr. Stanton Box Set by T.L. Swan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 37 ratings
    NOW AN AMAZON BESTSELLER IN FOUR COUNTRIES. If happiness is a gift. Then Cameron Stanton is my Santa Claus. I can't tell you the exact moment I fell in love with him. Only that I did. With every glance, every touch, every minute. .. . he stole a little more of me. They say that all men are created equal. Well that's a blatant lie! I know because I met Gods gift to women in Vegas,...
  • The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unexpected Baby by Jennifer Beckstrand

    The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unexpected Baby by Jennifer Beckstrand

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Filled with her trademark humor and relatable characters comes the first in an engaging new series from award winning author Jennier Beckstrand, when an Amish quiltmaker moves from Pennsylvania to a new settlement in Colorado, where adventure, challenges, and love are waiting...
  • Mountain Man's Lucky Charm by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Man's Lucky Charm by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "You're the only family these babies have. ". Life is gravy until a call turns it all around. 1. My idiot brother's behind bars. 2. He's the father of two little girls. 3. And some fool in charge assigns ME as their legal guardian. I'm ready to give the judge a piece of my mind. But the minute I see my nieces for the very first time. .. I'm speechless...
  • Igniting Ivy by Samantha Christy

    Igniting Ivy by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They 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...
  • 32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley

    32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Get married. Buy a house. Have a baby. That's every girl's dream, isn't it? Well, maybe not every girl, but for Christy Bush, it was. So, when her boyfriend realized he didn't want any of those things, the obvious answer was to set him free and find a man who did...
  • Baby Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Baby Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The worst day of my life happened when Brandon died. We had our entire future mapped out. Careers, marriage, kids—in that order. Then the universe threw a curveball and ended it all. As I come to terms with everything, I learn I’m carrying his baby. Now I’m living with his roommate, the guy who’s made my life a living hell the past two years...
  • One More Song by C.M. Seabrook

    One More Song by C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Amazon Bestselling Author C. M. Seabrook brings you a sexy new full-length standalone romance. My band, Absinthe, is sent to the middle of nowhere to get our shit together. It's time to keep my cock in my pants, my head on straight, and to stay out of trouble. Hard to do when the landlord is Ember Skye. Long brown hair, eyes flecked with gold. One look and she has me, heart and soul...
  • The Trouble With Her by Kat T. Masen

    The Trouble With Her by Kat T. Masen

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It was supposed to be a holiday, a trip of a lifetime to discover myself. But the truth is, I was running from life back home. And away from my best friend. Andrew ‘Andy’ Baker is also family. At least—that’s how we were raised. Then, I fell in love with life in London. And I met Prince Charming. It all just fell into place until it didn’t. But I took a vow...
  • Merry Me Darling by Lilian T. James

    Merry Me Darling by Lilian T. James

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    This is not a standalone within the series. This is a short, holiday epilogue that picks up right where Meet Me Halfway left off. Madison woke up thinking it would be a piece of cake to meet Garrett's mother. She made him like her, after all. But the closer they get to Garrett’s childhood home, the more doubt starts to creep in...
  • 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...
  • Beyond the Bases - Special Edition by Kaylee Ryan

    Beyond the Bases - Special Edition by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    What happens when you want more in life than just running the bases? You hang out at home plate and stop playing the field. Larissa. He's sexy and irresistible. I've done my best to ignore the magnetism that flows between us. I don't need complications in my life. I can't get wrapped up in his world. The last thing I need is to get attached to a professional athlete...
  • Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

    Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I’ll admit it. I messed up. Mistake #1: Asking Peter Barnidge for a job. Mistake #2: Accepting his offer instead of throwing it in his face like I planned. Mistake #3: In the interest of stopping before #99, I’ll pretend the only other mistake was withholding one, tiny little nugget of truth during my interview...
  • 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 ratings
    He’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...
  • The Burns We Carry by Marae Good

    The Burns We Carry by Marae Good

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once burnt, twice shy. .. Shay Davis is desperate for a fresh start — not just for her, but for the new life growing. inside of her. But when she arrives in the quiet mountain town of Wallowpine, Arizona, the. cold, unforgiving forest ranger who pulls her over seems intent on running strangers out of. town...
  • Saving Soul by Ann Penny

    Saving Soul by Ann Penny

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cassidy Ryan is a strong, devoted single mother determined to give her son the fresh start they need. When the job as an end-of-life doula for an elderly billionaire presents itself, she seizes it. This is her chance to get them back on their feet and everything seems to be going to plan until she comes face-to-face with his overprotective grandson...
  • Silver Fox's Secret Baby by Ajme Williams

    Silver Fox's Secret Baby by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My boss stabbed my heart when he shipped me across country to fix a mistake we made. He slept with me, knowing that I was his daughter’s best friend. That jerk has no idea I’ve kept a secret from him for years. He doesn’t know there’s a little boy whose eyes look just like his. If only my disappearance was permanent, he would remain a secret. But I’m back in New York...
  • Bare by Tory Baker

    Bare by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was only supposed to get her safely out of town until the threat was gone. But then, I fell in love. I might be the muscle of the Diamondback MC, but I’m mostly known as the jokester. There’s nothing funny in the protective feelings I have for Sadie and her daughter Henley, however. Sadie’s been hurt and she’s built walls around her heart for protection. I won’t let that stop me...
  • Marrying Daisy Bellamy by Susan Wiggs

    Marrying Daisy Bellamy by Susan Wiggs

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    THERE ARE DAYS ON WILLOW LAKE . .. Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men --- one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her. WHEN THE WIND IS SO STILL AND THE WATER SO CALM . .. Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son...
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