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The Wolf Hotel by Nina West
All four books in the Wolf Hotel series are included in this bundle: Tempt Me: When life turns to hell, most people talk about running away. Abbi Mitchell actually does it. Determined to escape her humiliating heartbreak and her overbearing mother, Abbi takes a summer job at a resort in Alaska...Categorized as:
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Until My Last Breath by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsYou’ve met my sons. But that’s only half of the story that began over four decades ago. I knew before any of them were conceived who they were, and the men they’d grow up to be. More importantly, from the first moment I touched her, I knew Deborah Tate would be the woman I shared my life with, who would bear my children, and stand by my side as we raised them...Categorized as:
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![A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee]()
A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHave you ever been in a situation where the best thing for you to do, is the hardest thing? That’s the same dilemma Shanice Davis finds herself in after finding out her husband does not love her the same way she loves him. Throwing caution to the wind, Shanice decides to live her best life while on a girl’s trip to Mexico. Gia, Shanice’s best friend only concern is her daughter... -
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Moore to Lose by Julie A. Richman
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsContinuing the fight for their happily ever after that began in Searching for Moore, Schooner Moore and Mia Silver struggle to overcome the ghosts and baggage they accumulated during their time apart...Categorized as:
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![The Moment of Truth by Shari Low]()
The Moment of Truth by Shari Low
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Moment of Truth…Laney Cochrane loves her life.With her friends Millie and Tash, she runs a proposal agency, organising the perfect setting for their clients to pop the question. Finding that forever love is something Laney knows all about. Her marriage to Cameron is blissfully content and she has never doubted they’ll live happily ever after.Then Cara Deacon walks into their office... -
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Craving Lucy by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author Terri Anne Browning’s New Adult series. One kiss can change everything… I wished I’d known that before I’d kissed my best friend. Things are different now. We can’t go back. I’m not even sure I want to go back. I guess the question is…... -
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Enraptured by Ginger Voight
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the third and final book of the Fullerton Family Saga, long-simmering secrets explode with disastrous consequences. The fractured Fullertons face their biggest challenges yet, and every single one must rise to their own personal challenges and beat their demons once and for all - no matter what it takes...Categorized as:
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Dark Edges by Kane Caldwell
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’m not your good ole boy or boy-next-door type of guy. If that’s what you’re looking for, I suggest you move on. I curse a lot, work too fucking much, and keep to myself. My edges are hard, rough, and even dark at times. I never thought I would wind up in the business I’m in. I may not always play by the rules, but I go where the money is, keep my nose clean, and my affairs organized... -
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See You Again by Heidi McLaughlin
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA powerful love story of second chances for two people who are both running from the past, by the New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl. It’s been fifteen years since Brooklyn Hewett has stepped foot in Southport. After the accident that took Austin—the love of her life—away from her, Brooklyn fled, hoping to leave the pain behind her for good... -
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The Grand Pact by J.C. Hawke
We all have a dream.But I think I preferred holding mine at arm’s length...It’s not that I don’t want to go to New York.It’s that it’s all I’ve ever wanted.So when a dream internship lands in my lap, the last thing I should be doing is hesitating.Elliot thinks I should take it — he’s always believed in me.Smirking, smouldering Elliot Montgomery.Playboy-about-town.Notorious womaniser.And..Categorized as:
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His Wounded Light by Christine Brae
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe perfect life. The perfect marriage. The jilted lover. Their worlds collide. Fate intervenes twelve years later and their paths intersect once again. All three will question whether the heart is truly capable of dividing and being divided; each will decide whether it matters who you loved first or who you love last... -
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Dare You by K.L. Shandwick
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis book and series have been rebranded to Chasing Love Billie in the Wild Romance Saga by Kelly Shandwick on Goodreads for clarity of reading order. Chasing Love Billie is book one in the series... -
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Her Billionaire Bargain by Taryn Quinn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHiring an interior designer to redo my McMansion led to me…falling in love with a total stranger? And trying to figure out how to make her fall in love with me. Shelby Wilde is a driven single mom who started an up-and-coming design firm, Designing Women, with three friends. She is not looking for love. Or lust. Or my particular brand of chaos with a side of many happy moments while naked...Categorized as:
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![Dear Stranger by Winter Renshaw]()
Dear Stranger by Winter Renshaw
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnline lovers … offline rivals. Ambitious and career-driven, I have zero time for dating until Blind Love—an app designed for those seeking genuine romantic connections without the hassle of awkward first dates—hooks me in. The only catch? Ninety days of anonymous messaging are required before identities are revealed...Categorized as:
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![The Devil's Playground by Eliza Freed]()
The Devil's Playground by Eliza Freed
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFormer U.S. Attorney, Meredith Walsh, took some time off to raise her children. But the time took away everything she once trusted about herself. She’s lost within the mundane confines of her children's schedules of lacrosse, soccer, Cub Scouts, and math facts... -
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Whenever You Call by Vicki James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn all my time as a Los Angeles paramedic, I’d never taken a loss personally.Not until America’s most beloved rockstar died in my hands...Categorized as:
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![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... -
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Embers of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood
His eyes blaze in a way that is new to me.When they roam to my lips, it's all I can do not to tremble.He studies me as if tormented, as if the need to own my soul is all that exists.When he speaks, I feel myself succumbing to his deviant, seductive words. To his incomparable aura. To his power...Categorized as:
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Bryce by Alex Wolf
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsPompous, self-righteous, arrogant, cocky…Bryce Sears is the best IP lawyer in the country—and he knows it.Expanding his firm is the only goal on the horizon.Until he’s blindsided by Brenna Smith, a genius hellbent on changing the world with her medical technology.She’s superior in intellect and intolerant of his BS.She’s also the most beautiful woman he’s ever laid eyes on... -
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Entangled by Ginger Voight
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe saga continues for Rachel Dennehy, the tenacious small-town teacher caught in between two compelling, powerful brothers. ****This is Book 2 in the series. Blurb may contain spoilers for Book 1.**** In Book 2 of the Fullerton Family Saga, teacher Rachel Dennehy heads back to California to save her favorite little boy from his rapid downward spiral... -
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Mr. Cold Casanova by Jacob Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWomen.Nothing but trouble and pain there.I should know.They’ve done me dirty before, chasing my fortune and looks.So now?I’m not interested in what I can offer.I’m playing for what I can get.And my sexy new receptionist?She’s everything a man could want in a pair of heels.I need her.She’s a single mother with a heart of gold.Perfect for corrupting.But she’s not so easily swayed... -
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Mr. Cold Casanova by Jacob Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWomen.Nothing but trouble and pain there.I should know.They’ve done me dirty before, chasing my fortune and looks.So now?I’m not interested in what I can offer.I’m playing for what I can get.And my sexy new receptionist?She’s everything a man could want in a pair of heels.I need her.She’s a single mother with a heart of gold.Perfect for corrupting.But she’s not so easily swayed... -
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Final Call by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the highly anticipated sequel to LATE CALL, Dayton and Aaron learn once more than not everything is as straightforward as it seems, and if they have any chance of getting their long-awaited happily-ever-after, they'll have to work for it... We crashed and burned like a falling plane. Hard and fast with an inevitable explosion. Another few weeks together changed my life the way the first did... -
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Muscle Memory by Stylo Fantome
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer lips, the way she feels, how she moves against me. Her voice when she laughs, her eyes when she cries. Her soul connected to mine, for better or for worse, for all eternity. I don't remember. A blank face. Unrecognizable. The darkness and impenetrable fog, day after day after day. Who am I? And for that matter, who is she? I can't remember...Categorized as:
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Envy by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIf envy is a sin, then let me be damned.Graham was born to be a star. Once upon a time, that star shone only for me. Now, I have to share him with the rest of the world. For a while, I thought I could do it. Because, beneath the hypnotic smile, gorgeous body and God-given charm that made him famous, I still caught glimpses of my best friend.Of the boy who called me sunshine and loved me... -
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If by Randi Cooley Wilson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIf you knew love would hurt you, would you fall? If you knew love would leave you, would you let it go? If you knew love could never be, would you try? From bestselling author Randi Cooley Wilson comes a gut-wrenching love story about heartbreak, second chances, and letting go. The ifs that linger between the pages of this novel will break your heart and stay with you long after the final chapter... -
![The CEO's Revenge by Georgia Le Carre]()
The CEO's Revenge by Georgia Le Carre
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSavannah.I hate him. I really, really hate him.But once, in what feels like another lifetime, I was so in love with him I couldn't imagine life without him.He was like oxygen to me. I needed him.Hell, I actually thought I'd curl up and die without him.Why wouldn't I?He told me he would love me forever. He told me his love was like the stones the pyramid builders used...Categorized as:
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Red by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThey defied the odds and found red hot fame.Becky Lynn Lee was a nobody. Everybody told her so--the ladies who snubbed her at Opal's Cut 'n Curl, the boys who hurt her and used her, the family who didn't want her. But Becky Lynn had dreams. And when it came time to dream for real--or die a slow death in Bend, Mississippi--Becky fled to a world where dreams do come true...Categorized as:
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Late Call by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsShe’s a high class call girl. He’s taking over his father’s business. Seven years ago, they fell in love in Paris. They walked away at the end of the summer, never imagining they’d meet again.Now he’s her client. We fell in love the way you jump from a cliff. Hard and fast with a reckless sense of abandon. The six weeks we spent together changed my life, but at seventeen, I was naive... -
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Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHaving my heart broken once was enough to make me give up on the idea of love all together. Instead of searching for The One I decided to embrace variety and turn by back on monogamy. I made a living convincing women they didn’t need a man to feel complete. And I totally rocked at it... -
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Ruined by L.P. Lovell
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRuined is book four in the She Who Dares series, but can be read as a standalone. HugoI like to fuck. A lot. Anywhere, anyway, as long as I’m shooting my load in or on some pretty young thing I’m good. In fact, scrap that, they don’t even have to be pretty. What can I say? I’m an equal opportunities kind of guy...Categorized as:
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A Love so Tragic by Stevie J. Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPromises. We all make them. Sometimes we break them. But what happens when the promise you break haunts your dreams, when that moment of betrayal echoes within every last beat of your heart? Love. Love is passionate, painful, and all consuming in the most brutal yet beautiful way... -
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Wild Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen you fall in-love it’s forever. But sometimes forever comes with a price. I never meant to meet Nathaniel Teller. It was by accident, on a Tuesday, that I walked into his bar. He was solemn, intense and hiding a secret behind those stoic green eyes. I never intended to fall in-love with him. We were supposed to be just friends. But I fell for him hard, deep. There’s no turning back...Categorized as:
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The Christmas Boyfriend by Taylor Hart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCollege student, Lacey Hamilton can’t wait to go back to Snow Valley for Christmas. Until she finds out her ex and his new fiancé will be coming for Christmas dinner. Her ex broke her heart a year ago … and truthfully, she’s never gotten over him... -
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Repair My Life by Hayley Faiman, Pink Ink Design
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single mother of four. A man who never imagined he’d ever have a family. She’s running again. He’s there to catch her. Together they will either float or drown. The future is set in stone for Rebecca Albright. Married young, she’s had four children back-to-back, but she’s living in misery with a van on its last leg as her only mode of transportation...Categorized as:
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![Not Planning on You by Sydney Landon]()
Not Planning on You by Sydney Landon
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Weekends Required A Danvers Novel Suzy Denton thought she had it all: a great job as an event planner for Danvers International and a committed relationship to her high school sweetheart... But now her life has gone to hell in a hand-basket...Categorized as:
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![Happy Hour by Piper Rayne]()
Happy Hour by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe perfect man for me is the one I hate most. #gofigureDating is hard.Dating in your thirties is even harder.Dating in Chicago is harder still.I haven't given up on finding my happily-ever-after, but in the age of swiping right and Netflix and chill, I'm wondering if everything is as temporary as my marriage turned out to be.Truth is, there is one guy I can't get my mind off of... -
![Loving You Always by Kennedy Ryan]()
Loving You Always by Kennedy Ryan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKerris Moreton should be the happiest woman in the world: She has a successful business and is about to start the family she's always wanted. But the man of her dreams-the one whose green eyes see straight into her soul and whose gentle hands make her body hum with pleasure-is not hers. Each secret moment with Walsh Bennett serves to remind Kerris of what she's missing...Categorized as:
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Francesca's Party by Patricia Scanlan
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen everyone expects you to fall apart, do the unexpected: Get a life.After years of being the perfect wife and mother, Francesca Kirwan realizes one dreary fall day that her life is a sad cliche when she catches her husband, Mark, with another woman. With her safe, predictable life turned upside down and an uncertain future ahead of her, Francesca has only two choices: sink or swim... -
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Always Yours, Bee by Mia Hayes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"There's a guy. He was hit by a truck."On a rainy November day, Mia Hayes' husband left for work on his Vespa. Normally, she would have driven him, but Mia was waiting on a phone call with an editor and didn't have time.She never saw that caring, loving version of her husband again...Categorized as:
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Promise Her by Andrea Johnston
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA friends to lovers small town romanceNo one knows the secret I've buried inside.When the unimaginable happens, the past doesn't matter. Only the future. Only this baby.The grief and guilt are overwhelming, especially when I find comfort in my late husband's best friend. Taylor Cain isn't known for letting others in, but he's here for me in a way no one else is...Categorized as:
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![Pure Abandon by Jeannine Colette]()
Pure Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKathryn Grayson has it all—a beautiful husband, new baby, and a life most women would dream of. But after putting her career on hold for her family, Kathryn sets out to reclaim the woman she once was...Categorized as:
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![His Ever After by Jessica Ingro]()
His Ever After by Jessica Ingro
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll is fair in love and war. Jacob Matthews learned that lesson the hard way when he discovered just how far some people will go to win someone’s heart. When fate brought Samantha Monroe back into Jacob’s life, he finally started to believe that his world was going to be complete. He loves Sam with the kind of intensity that burns deep and scalds your very soul...Categorized as:
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MY BROTHER, MY RIVAL by Eve Rabi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDescription: Years ago, Cody Garrett’s heart was ripped to shreds when Bridie ditched him and married his brother, Scott. With great difficulty, he moved on and rebuilt his life without her, severing all ties with his brother because of their betrayal. Now, Scott, his brother, is ill and a threat to his wife and children. Cody is forced to step in and move them into his house...Categorized as:
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![Until Tucker (Happily Ever Alpha World) by E.M. Shue, Boom Factory Publishing]()
Until Tucker (Happily Ever Alpha World) by E.M. Shue, Boom Factory Publishing
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Award-Winning Author E.M. Shue writing in the Happily Ever Alpha World of NY Times Bestselling author Aurora Rose Reynolds comes a gripping, heart-wrenching, explosive romance that puts a voice to the impact of poaching and ivory trading.Boom! That’s what my brothers called it, when they met the women meant to be theirs...Categorized as:
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Kissed by Reality by Carrie Aarons
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFalling in love is hard. Falling in love on national television is impossible. Right?Leighton Aldridge did not sign up to meet her soulmate; she signed up for the lights, camera and action. So when the Hollywood-native ends up with the wounded war veteran and a ring on her finger, it's a surprise to everyone... -
![The Escort by Sandi Lynn]()
The Escort by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Forever Series comes a new standalone novel. Brielle Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned. Mine certainly didn’t. One moment I was going off to NYU on a fully paid scholarship, and the next, I had become something I never thought I would be. I learned quickly and the money I made allowed me to pay for my mother’s chemo treatments... -
![My Dear Husband by Danielle Lori]()
My Dear Husband by Danielle Lori
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy Dear Husband…is a beautiful liarRelease date to be announced after the holiday - marriage in crisis- cheating- revenge cheating - angst that’ll make you puke - and, of course, an HEA with a cherry on the... -
![Succeeding Love by C Hazlewood]()
Succeeding Love by C Hazlewood
Divorce is only the beginning of Feighlynn’s journey to love. When Feighlynn's husband leaves her for another woman, she doesn't fight it. Even in the face of betrayal, all she wants is what’s best for her children. So she puts on a brave face and carries on for them.Life goes on…A year passes, and the dust is finally settled...Categorized as:
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![Enticed by Ginger Voight]()
Enticed by Ginger Voight
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRachel Dennehy had a crazy thought. If she could just start over somewhere else, she could forget about her sad and tragic past and all the ghosts that chased her. When an email landed in her inbox, to tutor a difficult student whose father just happened to be the CEO of one of the biggest companies in the nation, the apple was a bit too enticing for Rachel to refuse...
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