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  • Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Loving Echo Kent was painful. Not the falling in love part, that was easy. One look at the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed narcotics detective and I knew I wanted him. A few months later I knew I couldn’t live without him. But my Echo, he had demons and secrets and a mountain of guilt. His love was selfish and one-sided—he could love but he refused to allow others to love him...
  • Billionaire Unreachable ~ Wyatt by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Unreachable ~ Wyatt by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What happens when the man you think you despise turns out to be a completely different guy beneath the surface? I didn't like Wyatt Durand. He might be my friend's older brother, but he was unpleasant, sarcastic, and the grumpiest guy on the planet. It didn't matter to me that he was a breathtakingly gorgeous, ultra-wealthy billionaire with the very prestigious Durand last name...
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  • No Fair Lady by Nicole Snow

    No Fair Lady by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Unbreakable. Lethal. Rip-your-heart-out fine.Now let me tell you about him...Oliver Major was the only lunk brave enough to tame me.Strict. Rich. Deliciously handsome. The right kind of scary.And the scary kind of right.He was my rugged oasis in high-stakes corporate hell.The day he disappeared without a trace sheared my soul.Years later, I'm on a date with destiny...
  • Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Bishop men are nothing but a plague on this planet, a disease that needs eradication before it spreads. They’re murderers. Liars. Thieves. The day I met Colum Bishop, I thought my life was finally turning around. I was led to believe he would be our saviour. He was supposed to be our hero, a long awaited reprieve from the hardships life insisted on throwing at my mom and me...
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    military  new adult  sports  suspense  contemporary  m-f
  • Deserving Ryleigh by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Ryleigh by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Leaving wasn’t an option. She had to stay to protect everything, and everyone, she’d grown to love. Especially him. Ryleigh Lodge has secrets. Her new friends, the men and women at The Refuge, already know that for months she lied about her name, her hacking skills, and how she got the job in the first place. But there’s one last secret...
  • One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish

    One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    I’m Poppy Woodstock.Romance author and wholehearted believer in Happily Ever Afters.A terminal case of writer’s block should be my biggest worry. Then I crash into him—literally—and fall into the most gorgeous pair of blue eyes I’ve ever seen. Connor Bradley.Thief, rebel… and my new neighbor.One slip with the bad boy next door, and my life becomes stranger than any fiction I could ever write...
  • Marked for Obsession by Anna Blakely

    Marked for Obsession by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s a former Navy SEAL with an attitude. She’s a sweet, sexy woman with a target on her back. Together they have an unknown enemy with only one thing on their agenda…to kill them both.Jax Monroe makes no apologies about who he is or what he wants. A self-made man, there isn’t anything he needs...
  • The Forbidden Promise by Lorna Cook

    The Forbidden Promise by Lorna Cook

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The stunning new story of love and secrets from the Number One bestselling author of The Forgotten VillageScotland, 1940:War rages across Europe, but Invermoray House is at peace. Until the night of Constance’s twenty-first birthday, when she’s the only person to see a Spitfire crash into the loch...
  • The Worst Best Friend by Nicole Snow

    The Worst Best Friend by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hilariously uplifting standalone romance where two jaded friends next door bring their lost hearts home.It's all sunshine and butterflies until your brother's best friend dropkicks your heart.I knew I had it coming with Weston McKnight.The Adonis next door. The fever crush. The always protector...
  • Inked: A Driven World Novel (The Driven World) by Tracy Lorraine

    Inked: A Driven World Novel (The Driven World) by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tracy Lorraine’s Inked is a heart-wrenching, emotionally charged, steamy, contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven Worlds project...
  • Home Sweet Home by Lacey Black

    Home Sweet Home by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    LeoEveryone has a past they’re trying to outrun, myself included. My time in the military left me with scars, both physically and emotionally, which is why I keep to myself. Since returning home to Stewart Grove, I work a lot so I have little time to think. To remember. I’m just content to make it through the day.Then I meet Kallie Carpenter...
  • Bad Boy Bachelor Christmas by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Bad Boy Bachelor Christmas by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Grinch ain’t got nothing on me.The only good and green thing about Christmas is the money it rakes in.I’m not interested in carols, candies, or dealing with extra-Christmassy type people.Until I hire one. A hot college student joins my design team.She makes up for her annoying jovial spirit with her sexy curves.And her willingness to give herself to me.If only that was enough...
  • The Billionaire's Angel by Ivy Layne

    The Billionaire's Angel by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He thought the fight was over until his heart was on the line. I thought coming home would solve all my problems. I’ve never been more wrong. After a decade in the military, I’m more at home in the desert than the mansion where I grew up. I want to pretend that six months as a captive didn’t change me, but ever since I escaped, I haven’t slept. Nightmares. Flashbacks...
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    military  new adult  humor  suspense  contemporary  m-f
  • The Difference Between Somebody and Someone by Aly Martinez

    The Difference Between Somebody and Someone by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The world owes you nothing. It took losing the woman I loved and facing the paralyzing task of moving on without her for me to truly understand that. Consumed by regret and razor-sharp memories, I’d resigned myself to a life of loneliness until a survivor from the same plane crash that took my fiancée stormed into my life.Remi Grey was chaos and sunshine, fire and freedom...
  • Angel Fire: Boxed Set Books 4-7 by Ellie Masters

    Angel Fire: Boxed Set Books 4-7 by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dive into USA Today Bestselling Author, Ellie Masters' Angel Fire Rock Romance Series second Boxed Get Hearts Divided, Hearts Entwined, Forest's Fall, and the Last Beat.Hearts DividedTrue love only comes once in a lifetime...but what if they're wrong?Bash fell hard for his childhood sweetheart. She was the one, his forever, until she taught him the truth about love.Love fails. Love lies...
  • Playing For Keeps by Emilia Finn

    Playing For Keeps by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Life is all about choices, right? Everything we do, from brushing our teeth in the morning, until we climb into bed at night, is a series of choices. Sometimes we make bad choices, sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re made under duress, and sometimes they’re the lesser of two evils kind...
  • Prodigal Son by Jay Crownover

    Prodigal Son by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When she was a little girl, Remy Archer fell in love with Hyde Fuller at first sight. In fact, he was the only thing she could see for a very long time. For Remy, it never mattered to her that Hyde was always too serious and always seemed so sad. To her, he was the very best, and the center of her entire world. She never dreamed he would let her down when she needed him the most...
  • Fearless by Chelle Bliss, Salvation Society

    Fearless by Chelle Bliss, Salvation Society

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve always been a wild child and my own worst enemy. Ditched by my best friend at a biker bar. A broken Jeep in a new town with no one to call. What else could possibly go wrong? I’m Makenna Dixon, not a damsel in distress. My parents taught me how to survive on my own. But a handsome stranger thinks he’ll be my saving grace. A challenge leads to a lip lock I can’t quite forget...
  • Rowe by Jessica Gadziala

    Rowe by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She was just going to stay away from him.That was the only way to deal with the outcomeof a particularly devastating conversation with the guyshe’d been crushing on for years.She’d been doing okay, even.Well, not okay. But coping.But when a bad situation hit the club, and a cousincalled in a favor, Billie found herself face-to-face withsomeone she thought she never wanted to see again...
  • STONE SECURITY: The Complete 5 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    STONE SECURITY: The Complete 5 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Kindle Unlimited Bundle... Enjoy the complete Stone Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 5 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) JACK Running from her past, Raelyn ends up at the doorstep of security firm owner, Jack. Needing help and shelter, Jack offers her both. Under attack, they can’t help the connection that builds between them...
  • Dangerous Fling by Crystal Kaswell

    Dangerous Fling by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He's her rock star crush, her go-to fantasy, and he's offering to make all her dreams come true... Rock star Malcolm Strong is used to being in control. Of the band. Of his feelings. Of the woman he has tied to his bed. He never gets close enough to get hurt. He never wants to. Until Lacey. The sassy brunette is working on the band's latest music video...
  • Owned by the Officer: A Line of Duty/Black Ops Crossover by Fiona Davenport

    Owned by the Officer: A Line of Duty/Black Ops Crossover by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kade Truett was happy the friend he helped rescue overseas was getting help in the form of a service dog. Since Kade broke his leg during that mission, he had the time to help him through the process. And his kindness paid off in a big way when he met the beautiful dog trainer, Annalise Ragsdale.Annalise never mixed business and pleasure, but she couldn’t help but fall for the sexy Navy SEAL...
  • The Promise of Rainbows by Ava Miles

    The Promise of Rainbows by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents an inspiring and emotional tale about a hero willing to go to any lengths to recapture his belief in the sweetness of love. Jake Lassiter was a bona fide hero in the military before a tragedy in war changed his life forever...
  • Still Not Love by Nicole Snow

    Still Not Love by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Not the heck again. I've had my alpha-jerkface fix.Now he's my sworn protector... I'm about to go nuclear. Yet I have to smile and pretend I won't slap him into the next century. James Nobel and I have history. Raging hearts. Dueling kisses. Firestorm nights. A man like him breaks laws with that suit and that smirk...
  • Bodyguard Beast by Georgia Le Carre

    Bodyguard Beast by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    AngeloTwo things should have told me staying in this job was a mistake.How she looked.How she talked.But the inner voice that had always kept me safe and one step ahead was drowned out by the fire in my veins. But getting Involved. Not an option.Even though thinking of her curves kept me awake at night.I'd never guarded a woman before, let alone the Boss's daughter...
  • Billionaire’s Sins by L. Steele

    Billionaire’s Sins by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    On your knees...Father Edward Chase.Brooding. Growly. And... unavailable.He's the hot priest.I am a belly dancer.He's haunted by his past.I am trying to carve out a future for my studio.He’s at war with himself, and I am the casualty.There is nothing he will put before his calling.No stone he will leave unturned for his flock...
  • The Billionaire’s Bride by L. Steele

    The Billionaire’s Bride by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    You are mineThat's what they tell me.EdwardMy first love, who turned his back on me.The hot ex-priest turned bad boy with the dangerous smile and the now unleashed passionate temper that thrills me to my core. I thought I'd lost him, but he's back and his dark molten gaze follows me possessively wherever I go.BaronMy savior. My second chance...
  • Then There Was You: A Single Parent Collection by Gianna Gabriela, Anna Brooks

    Then There Was You: A Single Parent Collection by Gianna Gabriela, Anna Brooks

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME: With stories from 14 unbelievably talented authors. Read on for a taste of the stories you'll find within! Back to Life by Dani René Both having been heartbroken in very different ways, Kayla and Caleb find themselves in a very unlikely situation where they can't deny the electricity coursing between them...
  • Illicit – A Sizzling Boxed Set by Calinda B., Sylvie Stewart

    Illicit – A Sizzling Boxed Set by Calinda B., Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Over 20 illicit romances with the sexy heroes and strong heroines you crave!Lose yourself in the world of hot hookups, where the stories run from sexy to downright scandalous and the characters will leave you breathless. In these pages, you’ll find tantalizing romance, rekindled flames, and forbidden trysts...
  • Valetti Crime Family: The Complete Collection of Bad Boy Mafia Romances by Willow Winters

    Valetti Crime Family: The Complete Collection of Bad Boy Mafia Romances by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    AMAZON TOP 100 series available in one collection for a LIMITED time! Includes the following full-length, stand-alone romances featuring five filthy-mouthed, possessive bad boys, HEAs and no cliffhangers: Dirty Dom Dominic Valetti is only interested in two things: getting paid and getting laid. He’s a bookie for the Valetti crime family, and he knows his sh*t...
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    military  new adult  contemporary  mafia
  • The Trouble With Us by Kat T. Masen

    The Trouble With Us by Kat T. Masen

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The trouble with love is timing is everything…AmeliaI was never supposed to fall in love with an older man. Let alone a man who is practically family.We were too much, too soon.  Our families were caught in the crossfire of our forbidden affair. So, we said our goodbyes.Four years have passed, and my ex is back from London.He’s just as devastatingly handsome as I remember...
  • Meant to Be: An Age Gap Forbidden Romance by Ajme Williams

    Meant to Be: An Age Gap Forbidden Romance by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I needed a bodyguard to protect me from my violent ex – the one that got me pregnant.Dax seemed like the perfect man for the job... at first.It’s obvious that I have a “type” in men.Alpha, dominant, and... hot as hell? Dax’s strong arms cover and protect me everywhere I go.He’s ex-military and quite intense.The way he looks at me when I’m in danger tells me all I need to know about him...
  • Let Freedom Ring by Weston Parker

    Let Freedom Ring by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m falling for the one guy my father absolutely hates.A Navy SEAL with thick shoulders, dimples, and a wicked grin. Too bad he’s a complete alpha-hole. I shouldn’t be spending my time daydreaming about all the ways he could make me blush, but I can’t help myself.Besides, it’s finally summer. My pre-med classes are done, and the beach in Cali is calling my name...
  • Girl of Rage by Charles Sheehan-Miles

    Girl of Rage by Charles Sheehan-Miles

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Four days ago, Andrea Thompson agreed to fly to the United States to help her sister Carrie. Four days ago, everything changed. Now Andrea is lost and on the run. Dylan Paris is missing. Julia and Crank Wilson are under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. The Thompson family is scattered and in danger, and Andrea’s very identity may hold the key to unlock decades of buried secrets...
  • Beneath the Desert Sun by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Beneath the Desert Sun by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    FaithGraduating from college is bittersweet. I’ve accomplished my dreams, obtained my teaching degree, and am ready to find my dream job. However, I never realized how difficult or stressful it would be to find a position.That’s why I jump at the chance to visit Chad, one of my best friends, on base in California...
  • Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They call me the rocker’s princess, some even call me the dance prodigy, but none of them knows the real Mia Armstrong. Now that dancing is no longer my future, I don’t know either. All I want is the opportunity to find out, to have some time to try being just a little normal. To discover who this new girl is. I fought for the chance to go to college on my own...
  • Chosen by the Mountain Man by Sadie King

    Chosen by the Mountain Man by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s the nanny, half my age and off-limits. But my heart has chosen her, even if it breaks me…My military career ended when I became a widower.My daughter needed me, so I came back to Wild Heart Mountain determined to be a good father.Except I’m not. I’m too grumpy, too bitter, too broken.Until Caitlin walks through the door...
  • Out of The Blue by Carina Adams

    Out of The Blue by Carina Adams

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Putting others needs before his own was all Mike Carson had ever done. First, it was the friends he loved more than family. Then it was his country. By nineteen, he was a father, a husband and fighting in a war not many people believed in...
  • 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...
  • Enigma by Laramie Briscoe

    Enigma by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s not how we make mistakes, but how we correct them that defines us… Karsyn Fallaway Tucker didn’t stop my car as it drove away from his house that summer night, and the sting of rejection hasn't gone away. Over a year has gone by, and I still look for him in all the places he’d been before. My friends are the only thing holding me together...
  • Strangers in Love by M.S. Parker

    Strangers in Love by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In her bestselling series, The Scottish Billionaires, M. S. Parker presents Eoin’s story. Filled with action, heat and drama, this handsome Scottish billionaire is guaranteed to bring out everything in Strangers in Love.Eoin: I’m watching her on video. She’s a complete stranger, yet something in her eyes hits me like no other woman. But to meet her, I’ll have to rescue her from a foreign country...
  • Fearless at Heart by Zoe York

    Fearless at Heart by Zoe York

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For twenty years, Seth Kincaid has kept his visits to his home town brief. He’s not avoiding January Hill, exactly—he’s giving his high school girlfriend space. But that distance evaporates when she takes over her family’s marina for the summer...
  • Can't Fight It by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Can't Fight It by Kaylee Ryan, Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    ColtonFrom the moment she showed up on my doorstep, I knew our lives would never be the same. I felt it deep in my soul that she was going to change us forever. I didn’t know how, but I knew she was important. I tried to maintain the distance between us, but it was too strong to fight.With each passing day, I saw a future I never planned flash before my eyes—one with a fairytale ending...
  • Salvation by Ahren Sanders

    Salvation by Ahren Sanders

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her innocence is masked with vulnerability. Until her walls crumble… Undeniable Desire His world is full of despair. Until he finds her light… Unyielding Chemistry Falling in love seemed to heal them both. Until their haunting pasts threatens to destroy… Unrelenting protection Robbie Hayes’s life changed the day a horrific accident shook his foundation...
  • The Best Is Yet to Come by Debbie Macomber

    The Best Is Yet to Come by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    When a woman alone in the world bravely chooses to open her heart, two lost souls have a new chance at belonging, in this intimate novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.A new beginning in charming Oceanside, Washington, is exactly what Hope Godwin needs after the death of her twin brother...
  • Tuesday by E.L. Todd

    Tuesday by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Getting over Hawke is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I couldn’t breathe, sleep, or eat. Every day was more agonizing than the one that followed. But somehow, after two years of suffering, I finally got back on my feet. And I moved on. Now I’m living in the city and running my own bakery. Life is good again...
  • His Rules by Scott Hildreth

    His Rules by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My endeavors to find the right man had afforded me countless hookups, infidelity, and a handful of one-night-stands. Then, Marc Watson stepped into my life. He was handsome, and not the kind that could be satisfied by simply taking a second look. Hell, men like him graced the covers of magazines and were the subject of every woman's dreams. He was also intellectual and kind. The. Complete...
  • When Angels Fall by Sherryl D. Hancock

    When Angels Fall by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Skyler Boché survived the war, as well as a horrific crash that should have killed her and her entire crew. Now, every day she has to deal with the aftermath and the crippling PTSD that’s tearing her apart.Devin James is a wild child. Headstrong and beautiful, she’s a force to be reckoned with...
  • The Rules We Break by Ava Gray

    The Rules We Break by Ava Gray

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    3 rules for protecting your best friends’ little And we broke them all…Sierra Beckett is so off-limits I’ve never even looked at her twice. I’m best friends with her four brothers, and I do not have a death wish.Unfortunately, Sierra and I are stuck in a safe house with one bed and a set of rules we can’t help but break…I know I should resist the temptation but I don’t want to...
  • Needing Nevaeh by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Needing Nevaeh by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She doesn’t realize I will give up everything to be with her. When I lost my leg, I’d thought I lost everything. Then I met Nevaeh. She gave me a reason to wake up in the morning, turned into my best friend, became the voice of sanity when the world was nothing but chaos...
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