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  • The Edge of Midnight by Beverly Jenkins

    The Edge of Midnight by Beverly Jenkins

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Sarita Grayson is desperate. That's the only explanation for her late night rendezvous with a bag of stolen diamonds. But then a handsome stranger stands between her and a clean getaway. In the struggle for freedom, she accidentally shoots him. Mykal Chandler, head of a covert government agency NIA, can't believe he's been shot...
  • Mail Order Groom II by A.N. Boyden

    Mail Order Groom II by A.N. Boyden

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Life for Zane and Nina is going better than expected. The couple symbolically ties the knot on Zane's former eviction date and discovers a few months later that they are expecting Zane Jr. The nursery is outfitted, the maternity photos are framed, the baby shower invitations are in the mail, and the couple is looking forward to the future. However, life rarely goes as planned. Zane Jr...
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  • Sealed With A Kiss by Erin Nicholas

    Sealed With A Kiss by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What’s a girl to do when her celebrity crush needs her to be his fake girlfriend? Keep her damned feelings to herself, of course. Child TV star turned adult wallflower Naomi LeClaire has vowed never to return to the spotlight. But when she’s stuck in a storm with Donovan Foster, the hot, charming, wild-life rescuing internet sensation, and she finally gives in and kisses him. .
  • A Black Christmas : Brothers Black Series Bonus by Blue Saffire

    A Black Christmas : Brothers Black Series Bonus by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents. A Black Christmas Brothers Black Series Bonus 8. Brothers Black 8. Joe. Almost thirty-five years ago, I met the love of my life. I wasn't excepting what my father sent me to Ireland for, but I haven’t regretted it either. Not for a single moment...
  • Slow Burn by Blue Saffire

    Slow Burn by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hush 2: Slow Burn Book 2 in Series. Shannon’s whole world changed seven months ago. She has never felt more lost. All the insecurities she has grown up with and tried to hide are roaring to the forefront as she feels like her identity has been rubbed from her. Luca knows he is making a mistake. He is running from his future because of his past...
  • The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SIZZLING CONCLUSION TO THE HEAR NO EVIL TRILOGY. Nyla Kincade has stolen my ruthless heart. Now that she owns it I’m not taking it back. I’ve vowed to protect her and all that we love with everything that I have. I will die before I break that oath. Considering the danger we face, that might be a careless promise. But I’ve fought this hard for vengeance, I must see it through...
  • Love Without Influence by Jade Dollston

    Love Without Influence by Jade Dollston

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Influence (noun): A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events. Monty. Boy meets Girl. Boy experiences severe intestinal distress and runs away. Boy returns and falls in love with Girl despite his… difficulties. Then Boy’s entire world explodes, shattered by outside influences that would have broken a weaker man. But not me...
  • Love, Delivered by A.N. Boyden

    Love, Delivered by A.N. Boyden

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two years ago, Noah Porter would have been described by his closest family and friends as charismatic, outgoing, the life of the party, and a social butterfly. That all changed when Noah became the victim of a mass shooting at a popular nightclub. Noah escaped with his life, but his two best friends weren't so lucky. Noah now suffers from PTSD, agoraphobia, anxiety, and depression...
  • Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ★10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At Love. ★. I’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short...
  • THE WATCHERS: 6 Military Romance Bundle by Kristina Weaver

    THE WATCHERS: 6 Military Romance Bundle by Kristina Weaver

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A KINDLE UNLIMITED FREE BUNDLE. Enjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. You've been warned :). Titles in this series:. Seducing the Storm. I’m a soldier. I’m a hard man. I don’t do love and I don’t do cute but the moment I meet Lenny Coleman that is exactly what I get...
  • Bargaining with the Librarian: BWWM Enemies to Lovers by A.R. Williams

    Bargaining with the Librarian: BWWM Enemies to Lovers by A.R. Williams

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jasper Stockton did the unimaginable and slept with his daughter-in-law’s mother, Gayle Turner, whom he dubbed “the red dragon. ” From the moment he met her, she drove his blood pressure through the roof, aggravated him repeatedly, and made him want to gag her holier-than-thou mouth on several occasions...
  • The False Flat by Melissa Collings

    The False Flat by Melissa Collings

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In this uplifting story about friendship, love, and growth, one woman must untangle herself from a past that’s holding her back in order to move forward into the life that will set her free. Penelope Auberge is at her breaking point...
  • Read With Your Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Read With Your Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When a small town teacher meets her new neighbor, she’s failing at remaining professional. Tricia Carter loves teaching, but as a high school teacher, her newest student puzzles her. When she calls home to discuss her concerns, she learns the child lives with a much older brother. She also discovers he’s her next door neighbor and dangerous...
  • Stranded in Arizona by Olivia Gaines

    Stranded in Arizona by Olivia Gaines

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kevia Caplan spent her entire life as a caregiver, first to her parents and then to her spoiled baby sister. Working as a database administrator for the FBI, she came across files of the worst in human behavior. When her sister tells her she’s going to become a mail-order bride, Kevia tags along to ensure her sister’s safety...
  • Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi. Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family...
  • Savor by Xavier Neal

    Savor by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lately, Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar's life has been a series of miscommunications with catastrophic consequences. However, this time around, the consequences threaten to not only damage his current relationships but erase a future he only ever dreamed of...
  • The Gutshot: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    The Gutshot: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Gutshot is the final book in the series A Good Run Of Bad Luck and should be read in order. It was just another day in the life of being a small town cop. I’m a protector at heart, and always have been. Which is why I stepped up immediately after finding out I had a kid. Well…to be honest, I didn’t believe it at first...
  • Quarantine and Chill by Kenya Wright, Lacy Laurel

    Quarantine and Chill by Kenya Wright, Lacy Laurel

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Bestselling author Kenya Wright returns with a standalone multicultural forced proximity romance that’s a beautiful escape with a huge happy ending. News of the coronavirus hit New York City, and LA-native Jade is stuck dog sitting in her best friend’s Brooklyn apartment. Her bestie Zora is on her honeymoon in the Maldives, but may now be stuck there too. The island has canceled all flights...
  • The Agent by Kimberly Kincaid

    The Agent by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing rattles stone-cold FBI Agent Kai Roman. Not chasing down ruthless criminals. Not the grief of losing his wife years ago. Not even inadvertently being caught in the middle of a bank robbery. Except Camila Garza is right beside him when danger strikes, and suddenly he’s the only person who can protect the off-limits beauty. No matter how much her older brother hates him...
  • Bad Boy by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Bad Boy by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Bad Boy trying to be good, a Good Girl driven to be bad and a five year old who wants to rule the world…. Being good is so freaking hard. And boring. Flynn Boyle has only been doing it for a couple of hours and already he’s had enough...
  • T.Y.P.O.: Take Your Pants Off by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    T.Y.P.O.: Take Your Pants Off by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A typo in a text brought us together. Auto-correct gone wrong? It's never been so right! Aylee is scared of a couple things: Being in the water for one and being with a man for another. Good thing I'm the guy who got the message because I can kill two birds with one stone. Alpha-hole much? Let's call it confident. I know what Aylee needs because I have my own demons to conquer...
  • Lunchtime Chronicles: Spice Cake by Keta Kendric

    Lunchtime Chronicles: Spice Cake by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Renata: My sweet personality is one of my best attributes. At least, that’s what I thought until my friends staged an intervention on my behalf and demanded I attend racial sensitivity training. What? The suggestion filled me with special, individually wrapped curse words for each of them…until I met Rook. Rook: My caring and unselfish ways were often complimented...
  • Tease by Camilla Stevens

    Tease by Camilla Stevens

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “Hello, neighbor. Going down? ”. Miss Pink. That’s what I call her. Her “real” name is too ridiculous to repeat. Besides, my nickname for her is more than apt. Everything about her is pink, from the pink champagne she gets delivered by the caseload, to the tiny pink feathers I find randomly breezing down the hallway of our apartment building in her wake. It’s ridiculous…in the most addictive way...
  • My Funny Valentine: A Valentine Novella by Blue Saffire

    My Funny Valentine: A Valentine Novella by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Award winning Author Blue Saffire presents. My Funny Valentine. Love doesn’t always come in a beautifully wrapped, elegant, gilded box. Ever heard of the chipped plate or the ugly duckling? I’ve been referenced to as both. It’s fine with me. I still have no problem going after what I want. I’ve built a multi-million-dollar company, soon to be worth billions...
  • Jane: Knights Wrath MC, Book 1 by Renee Alan

    Jane: Knights Wrath MC, Book 1 by Renee Alan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jane thinks her simple life of work, books, baking, her bestie, and her dog are enough to make her happy. After too many disappointments, she’s decided that her book boyfriends are all the romance she needs. That plan seemed just fine until fate took the opportunity to change her mind and brought the Westons into her life...
  • Say Yes by Tara West

    Say Yes by Tara West

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Andrés, why can’t it be enough that I love you? That I want to spend forever with you. Why must you expect so much more? I’m not ready for marriage and a family. I don’t know if I ever will be. Christina, I need to know that what I’m putting into this relationship isn’t all for nothing. To me, you mean everything. But I won’t be your stepping stone...
  • Whiskey Kisses by Lena Hampton

    Whiskey Kisses by Lena Hampton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Country music’s bad boy falls for a straight laced plus sized accountant. Wilder Mann is accustomed to sneaking out on groupies before they wake up, not chasing them down the hotel hall barefoot in his boxers to keep them from leaving with a part of his heart. Then again, Serenity is no groupie. She’s not even a fan...
  • Kierstie: Knights Wrath MC, Book 2 by Renee Alan

    Kierstie: Knights Wrath MC, Book 2 by Renee Alan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her family sees her as the one with the temper. She sees herself as average. Middle of the road. Average height, weight, job. Hell, she's even the middle child. One night she makes a decision to be anything but average. It leads to the hottest night of her life. One she planned to keep all to herself till those 2 pink lines showed up...
  • Just One Thing by M. Malone

    Just One Thing by M. Malone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    From NYT Bestselling author M. MALONE, comes a sexy new romantic comedy of errors. Bennett Alexander is a bona fide genius. He runs his family’s farming cooperative, speaks four languages and is about to apply for his tenth patent. But the one thing he never mastered is how to be cool. His childhood friend Olivia is the only one who “gets” him. Katie Mason is in over her head...
  • Pearl & Belle Pearl Boxed Set by Arianne Richmonde

    Pearl & Belle Pearl Boxed Set by Arianne Richmonde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pearl. and. Belle Pearl. follow Arianne Richmonde's Pearl Trilogy: the tumultuous and heart-rending love story between forty-year-old documentary producer, Pearl Robinson, and French Internet billionaire, Alexandre Chevalier, fifteen years her junior...
  • His Desire: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price

    His Desire: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Contemporary Romance Box Set. 5 full-length novels for readers who love their stories filled with surprise marriages, billionaire bad boys, hot daddies and steamy fairy tale romances. Escape into the world of these protective alpha males and let them entertain you all night long. Book 1 - His Rock. “Lena Hunt, you’ll be my wife for a week. ”...
  • Honey Books 5-8: Sweet & Dirty BBW Romances by Cathryn Cade

    Honey Books 5-8: Sweet & Dirty BBW Romances by Cathryn Cade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Four MORE sexy, action-packed MC romances in a 2nd set. The alpha males of the Devil's Flyers MC are falling like dominoes. .. to the power of love. Will these brothers follow? Book 5, Honey in the Rock - Her real world could be wilder than her fantasies… if she dares. He’s a hot, dangerous biker who goes through women like whiskey. She’s a shy, BBW gamer who crushes on him from afar...
  • Big Nick Energy by Danielle Allen

    Big Nick Energy by Danielle Allen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hamilton University’s Homecoming is always a good time. Typically, it’s just a weekend of football, fun, and reconnecting. But this year is different. My wildly popular and incredibly sexy college crush is finally single! Nick Williams had no idea who I was. He was completely out of my league in undergrad. But we’re grown now...
  • Eat Slay Love by Kenya Wright

    Eat Slay Love by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One night of indulgence. As a sought-after film intimacy coordinator, Rae has spent years choreographing passion on screen while her own love life has faded into the background. This year, she’s planning to change things...
  • For Today by B. Cranford

    For Today by B. Cranford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seventeen Years Ago . The first time Aaron Andrews saw Simon Foster smile, he knew he was in trouble. He'd never seen anything--or anyone--like the man who'd stolen his favorite seat in his favorite coffee shop. Six Weeks Ago . The late-night phone call that changed their lives forever was short...
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    multicultural  m-m  humor  new adult  contemporary  queer
  • Knock Knock by SaRai Savage

    Knock Knock by SaRai Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Six years – well five years, three months, and eight days since my life was irrevocably changed, and there’s nothing I can do about it. As much as I want to move on…how do I do that? How do I allow myself to feel those butterflies of love again when I know what the consequences could be? Life can change in the blink of the eye...
  • Winter Wonder by Tina Martin

    Winter Wonder by Tina Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A winter launch party. A shy entrepreneur. A jealous best friend. .? One smokin’ hot Lennox! Drake Lennox, maintenance manager for Lennox Enterprises’ network of hotels and resorts, spends most of his time working – and by working, that entails managing his team. He doesn’t take maintenance calls but does so as a favor for his cousin Joelle Lennox at Smoky Mountain Lodge...
  • Forever an Eaton: Bittersweet Love / Sweet Deception by Rochelle Alers

    Forever an Eaton: Bittersweet Love / Sweet Deception by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Two classic Eaton family novels from national bestselling author Rochelle Alers. Bittersweet Love. Belinda Eaton is dedicated to her job as a history teacher in one of Philadelphia's most challenging high schools. Committing to a man? Not exactly on her agenda. But then a tragedy brings her closer to gorgeous attorney Griffin Rice and they have to share custody of their twin goddaughters...
  • The Rebound by Jennifer Bernard

    The Rebound by Jennifer Bernard

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This summer at Lake Bittersweet is going to be a scorcher…. Firefighter Jason Mosedale doesn’t take anything seriously except fires—not even himself. With his lighthearted approach to everything from dating to raising his teenage sister, he loves his life just how it is...
  • Courtshipped by Savannah Scott

    Courtshipped by Savannah Scott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Who would have guessed all my totally bland life needed was a healthy dash of Italian seasoning? My friend Maya says I attract three types of drifters, dreamers, and dependents. I don’t need another flake. I'm actually not looking for a man at all, especially after my boyfriend of nearly two years broke up with me on a whim to take off for Tibet with a complete stranger named Rainbow Chakra...
  • Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi. Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family...
  • Surprise Package by Donna Alam

    Surprise Package by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Technically, I might be breaking and entering,. I didn't come down the chimney. And I'm no Ho (Ho Ho). But I did get my hands on his . . . Surprise Package. When I arrive at my remote holiday cottage,. I don't expect to find a hot Scotsman in my bed. I also don't plan on being snowed in with him. He says I have the wrong address—that the cottage is his,. But I think there's another story...
  • Unexpected Love by Donnia Marie

    Unexpected Love by Donnia Marie

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sebastien Bennett is a man that is focused on two things. His career and his family. He isn’t configured to add any stumbling blocks into his already perfectly crafted routine. That is… until love comes unexpectedly. Imani Barasa doesn’t care about the fanfare surrounding her work life...
  • Royal Engagement by Chance Carter

    Royal Engagement by Chance Carter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Prince with one rule. Never marry a princess. I follow my heart. It's the code I live by. And that's saying a lot, since they've been trying to put me in a royal match since the day I was born. I'm not cut out to be a prince. I've always been more of the playboy type. The crown sits a lot more comfortably on my older brother's head...
  • Poetry Man by Melanie Schuster

    Poetry Man by Melanie Schuster

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After trying everything from blind dates to online matchmaking to speed dating, Alexis Sharp has given up finding Mr. Right. Or even Mr. Almost Right. Until the stormy night when the South Carolina spa owner gets a flat…and a hunky stranger comes to her rescue. Sexy, sensitive, supersuccessful Chicago chef Jared Van Buren is everything Alexis could want in a man...
  • Sassy in Stilettos by Nana Malone

    Sassy in Stilettos by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Smart mouthed and in charge, magazine editor, Micha Bennett, has learned the hard way to choose her career over love. When she’s up for the job of a lifetime, the competition becomes deadly fierce. To protect their best asset, her company hires the one person who’s ever put Micha on edge and threatens her sense of control...
  • Pretty Liar by Donna Alam

    Pretty Liar by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pretty Liar is book two of the Pretty Trilogy, the series that began with, and is, Pretty Hot. He was supposed to be her rebound: getting under a new man to prove she was over the old. But things don’t always work out to plan, especially with a man like Kai in control. Kai is a man who has it all: wealth, good-looks and charm enough to coax the knickers from a nun...
  • Billionaire Baby Blues by Mia Caldwell

    Billionaire Baby Blues by Mia Caldwell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New Release Special Price — Complete Novel with HEA. Shattered dreams might become Neesa’s greatest gift. All Neesa ever wanted was a family of her own. After learning she can’t have children, grief-stricken Neesa sells her farm, packs up, and leaves to travel the world. She hopes to find a way to heal, and discover a different destiny than what she’d once planned for herself...
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    multicultural  black-mc  humor  contemporary  bwwm
  • The Man You Need by Kay Harris

    The Man You Need by Kay Harris

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I want a rock star. But my brother (who is a rock star) is like a giant (and I do mean giant) roadblock to hooking up with any of the hotties he plays with. And now he’s enlisted the help of his stuffy (yet insanely good-looking) tour manager to keep me celibate… Someone get me off this bus! ”. Meet Stacey Rush. Stacey isn’t an easy person to love...
  • Arrogant Officer: A RomCom Standalone by Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette

    Arrogant Officer: A RomCom Standalone by Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It all started when I got an email. Let me rephrase. A sextortion email from someone claiming they tapped into my computer and recorded me while watching an adult graphic video. If I don’t send them money, they’ll show everyone in my contact list. As a chemistry teacher at a private school, I panicked. Not only do I love my job, I need it...
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