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  • Gray Wolf Security by Glenna Sinclair

    Gray Wolf Security by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This best selling series is now bundled together for the first time! Enjoy all 5 Gray Wolf Security books. No cliffhangers...
  • Endless Love Letter by Callie Anderson

    Endless Love Letter by Callie Anderson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Our love had to live in the past… The first time we met I knew. She was perfection. I needed to know everything about her—what made her smile, what her lips tasted like, what her body felt like under my skin… But our love was fatal. The purest venom that seeped through my veins and embedded deep into my soul. Emilia was My love. My muse. The woman who owned my soul...
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  • A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family.International Bestselling Author Ava Miles’ feel-good series, The Merriams, is back with a humorous and heartwarming story about a playboy without a cause and a woman whose dreams were diverted by family responsibility—and, of course, everyone’s favorite matchmakers to guide the way...
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    christian  new adult  humor  contemporary  m-f  audiobook
  • The Fountain of Infinite Wishes by Ava Miles

    The Fountain of Infinite Wishes by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava’s bestselling books…come join the family.International Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents a gripping and emotional tale about believing in wishes coming true and searching for love—no matter where it leads.Shelby McGuiness hadn’t stopped believing in wishes.Vander Montgomery had...
  • Murder at the Wedding Chapel by Catherine Coles

    Murder at the Wedding Chapel by Catherine Coles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tommy & Evelyn Christie have reluctantly agreed to host the wedding of Tommy's mother to Andrew Parsons, the Marquess of York, at their home Hessleham Hall.None of the happy couple's adult children support the marriage but when Andrew is found dead outside the wedding chapel on the morning of his wedding it seems one of them has taken their anger a step too far...
  • Just an Illusion - EP: EP by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Just an Illusion - EP: EP by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just an Illusion - EP is the third book in The Illusion Series. You will need to read the previous books Just an Illusion - Side A and Just an Illusion - The B Side in order to follow along. Lives are turned upside down … Everything was perfect before life came to a screeching halt. When devastating loss flips Amelia’s world on its axis, she loses her spirit...
  • All That It Takes by Nicole Deese

    All That It Takes by Nicole Deese

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the ever-cautious Val Locklier finally agrees to a cross-country move with her nine-year-old son to take a job with her best friend, Molly, everything she had planned for the future unravels within the first week. After pushing aside her anxieties about renting an apartment from Molly's twin brother, whom she barely knows, she accepts an invitation for an elite filmmaker's mentorship...
  • We Said Forever by Marie James, T E Black

    We Said Forever by Marie James, T E Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rock bottom. They say the only way to go from there is up, but what is “up” when you’re born into someone else’s rock bottom? At ten, football became my first love. It’s what got me out of the house away from my self-destructive family...
  • Damien Prescott by Sandi Lynn

    Damien Prescott by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Damien Prescott, and I had the kind of life most men only dream of. I ran a successful company, had millions of dollars to my name, and had the company of beautiful women at my disposal any time I snapped my fingers. My work and money were the only things that mattered to me. I was a shark in the advertising world and people often told me I was impatient, rude, and arrogant...
  • Saving Barrette by Shey Stahl

    Saving Barrette by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    They say those who smile the brightest hide behind the darkest pasts. From USA Today Bestselling Author Shey Stahl comes a story about finding yourself through an emotionally packed coming-of-age novel of lies and betrayal. Barrette Blake has virtually no memory of the night her world changed forever...
  • 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

    6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    6 RAINER DRIVECEDAR COVE, WASHINGTONDEAR READER,As you may have heard, we've recently had quite a shock. My husband, Seth, and I lost our business, The Lighthouse restaurant --- to arson. The investigation continues. The prime suspect is a young ex-employee named Anson Butler, who disappeared right after the fire.So Seth and I are trying to sort out our lives...
  • Sweet Passions at Bayside by Addison Cole

    Sweet Passions at Bayside by Addison Cole

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal heroes and sassy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, and easy to relate to...
  • Frosty Blues: A Westbrook Blues Novella by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Frosty Blues: A Westbrook Blues Novella by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Silent night. Truth night.All is blue.All is simmering, waiting to blow up.Be still and sleep in peace? Not here. Not with them. They don’t forget. They don’t forgive. And they don’t give a damn.Ready the cannons and missiles, the troops are in formation because these boys… they’re frosty but the girls? Well, let’s just say it’s the most wonderful time of the year to let go of old wounds...
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    new adult  christian  sports  length-short
  • 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...
  • Drunk In Love: Twenty Sweet and Steamy Romantic Wedding Stories by Kristen Luciani, A.D. Justice

    Drunk In Love: Twenty Sweet and Steamy Romantic Wedding Stories by Kristen Luciani, A.D. Justice

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***100% of Digital Profits will benefit St...
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    christian  new adult  humor  m-f
  • The Family Business 6 by Carl Weber, La Jill Hunt

    The Family Business 6 by Carl Weber, La Jill Hunt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and Essence(R) bestseller La Jill Hunt return with a story of love, money, power, and respect in the next edition of the popular Family Business series.Five years ago, Orlando Duncan created the perfect drug in HEAT. It made the Duncans more than two hundred and fifty million dollars and was on its way to making them billionaires...
  • The Good Samaritan by R.C. Boldt

    The Good Samaritan by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The biggest story of her life is the one he wants to hide. I’m homeless by choice. I have no intention of returning to my former life after what I’ve done. This—living among the filth and discarded remnants of others—is what I deserve. As atonement for my sins, I give back; I help those who cannot help themselves. But it’s always under the guise of anonymity...
  • Mercy's Fight by T.L. Gray

    Mercy's Fight by T.L. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He feared no one…but himself. Recovering from a past shaped by violence, Matt Holloway has sworn to live a different life than his parents did. Matt has found a purpose that keeps his lingering pain and fear at bay: helping others to heal. Yet the nightmares continue to haunt him. Grace has lived a life of luxury, sheltered by her family’s money and connections...
  • Home Sweet Love by Ava Miles

    Home Sweet Love by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares a powerful tale about the sweetness of home and falling in love for the first time. Chase Parker doesn’t believe in all that gushy home sweet love stuff. Moira Hale sure as heck does...
  • Storms Over Secrets by J.A. DeRouen

    Storms Over Secrets by J.A. DeRouen

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Promises are lies dressed up for the party. Secrets poison the fairest of fairy tales. Lies stain the purest of loves. I've paid the ultimate price for my choices. The tendrils of those sins bind me to my past. The remnants of my love hold me captive. Then he walks into my life and makes me believe in second chances. He awakens feelings in my I know I shouldn't have...
  • Mercy's Fight  (Set Apart) by T.L. Gray

    Mercy's Fight (Set Apart) by T.L. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He feared no one…but himself. Recovering from a past shaped by violence, Matt Holloway has sworn to live a different life than his parents did. Matt has found a purpose that keeps his lingering pain and fear at bay: helping others to heal. Yet the nightmares continue to haunt him. Grace has lived a life of luxury, sheltered by her family’s money and connections...
  • The Baxters by Karen Kingsbury

    The Baxters by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A terrible storm builds in the early morning sky over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari’s wedding to Tim Jacobs. It’s supposed to be the happiest of days, but Elizabeth can’t shake a growing sense of dread. Is the storm a sign? Something bad is about to happen. Elizabeth knows it...
  • The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares an emotional tale about a woman’s quest to reunite her family and make a patchwork quilt of happiness out of her own happily ever after. Riley Thomson believes every woman can be her own superhero...
  • Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    There's a new shop on Seattle's Blossom Street--a flower store called Susannah's Garden, right next door to A Good Yarn. Susannah Nelson, the owner, has just hired a young widow named Colette Blake. A couple of months earlier, Colette had abruptly quit her previous job--after a brief affair with her boss...
  • Ever Over After by J.A. DeRouen

    Ever Over After by J.A. DeRouen

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Over Duet is a story first loves, second chances, and hard truths. Marlo … wild-eyed, untamed, and every single thing I’ve ever wanted from this life. I wasn’t ready for her back then. I was a stupid boy with adult feelings and no idea what to do with them. I squandered away every chance she gave me. Yes, a love like ours either burns white hot or crumbles under the pressure...
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    christian  new adult  angst  m-f  length-short  audiobook
  • Billionaire’s Promise by L. Steele

    Billionaire’s Promise by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    You're in my way...With those words... Baron Masters had crashed into my life.Gorgeous devil. Hate-worthy. Instant enemy who was sent to protect me.He's an ex-soldier.I am the woman his friend turned his back on.He's trying to escape his demons.I am trying to get over being abandoned.The connection between us is intense.Forbidden... and all wrong.My heart belongs to someone else...
  • Just an Illusion - Unplugged by D. Kelly

    Just an Illusion - Unplugged by D. Kelly

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming Feb 14th, 2018. Sawyer Weston is cocky and arrogant. With his sinful smile and sexy dimples, he’s gotten his way most of his life. Infamous for his one-night stands and moves between the sheets, the lead singer for Bastards and Dangerous has never considered relationships—until he meets her...
  • Love Letter Duet: The Encore Edition by Callie Anderson

    Love Letter Duet: The Encore Edition by Callie Anderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our love was fatal. Weston Carter was all kinds of wrong for a girl like me. He was musician, a womanizer, and a first class heartbreaker. But our love was epic, the kind people wrote stories about. We fell into it hard, unable to control our feelings. The first time we met I knew. Emilia was my love. My muse. The woman who owned my soul. Emilia was perfection...
  • Filthy Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Filthy Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m a male stripper. Yeah, I said it. And let me tell you, it’s an end to a means, my friend.My brothers and I are the kings of Las Vegas. Owning our own male revue club has been a fantasy of mine for a long time. And now that dream is finally a reality. My nerves are shot. The stress is real. And I need just one night to let loose...
  • The Dressmaker’s Secret by Lorna Cook

    The Dressmaker’s Secret by Lorna Cook

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Paris, 1941: As Coco Chanel’s assistant, Adèle lives side by side with German officers in the splendor of The Ritz hotel. But Adèle has a secret. She is working for the resistance, right under the German’s noses...
  • Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

    Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christi Reece is desperate. The one-time golden girl's life has tarnished, and a cascade of setbacks has left her reeling. She needs help, and she's certain Jack Colby is in a position to provide it.When she shows up in Hope Harbor, however, Jack wants nothing to do with the woman who betrayed him...
  • A Stormy Season by Melanie Dickerson

    A Stormy Season by Melanie Dickerson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing but the deepest love will induce Jane Gilchrist to marry, even when asked by the young and handsome widower with whom every other girl is in love.Luke Watley lost his wife to a tragic accident. But when he discovers it was no accident at all, he must solve the mystery behind her murder, or he—and anyone close to him—is in danger of becoming their next victim...
  • Electric Blue Love by Rebecca Jenshak

    Electric Blue Love by Rebecca Jenshak

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Court Here’s a thing I learned a long time ago… guys and girls don’t think about relationships the same way. Especially in college. So, when I caught the girl sitting next to me on the plane reading a magazine article on how to get out of the friend zone, I did something I never do – I got involved. One look into her electric blue eyes and the darkness inside of me faded...
  • A Girl Like Lilac by Vicki James

    A Girl Like Lilac by Vicki James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The first time Toby Hunter got arrested for defending Lilac Clarke’s honour, he was only fifteen years old, but he’d loved her from behind his black-rimmed glasses for as long as he could remember...
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    christian  new adult  friends to lovers  m-f
  • Whatever Will Be  (Coming Home Series) by Cora Brent

    Whatever Will Be (Coming Home Series) by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Releasing January 14th!* Brother’s best friend* Damaged Hero* ’Hate to want you’ vibes* Stand aloneWHATEVER WILL BEI was known for being the girl who fell apart. Trent Cassini was infamous as the boy with no future. I only saw him as my brother’s dangerously rebellious best friend. That didn’t matter because Trent didn’t see me at all. Now I’ve come home following an unthinkable family tragedy...
  • My Hope Next Door by Tammy L. Gray

    My Hope Next Door by Tammy L. Gray

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Former bad girl Katie Stone can feel the weight of her reputation settle over her as she drives home for the first time in years. Feeling deeply guilty about her past mistakes, Katie wants to do the right thing for once. But the small town where she grew up is not nearly as forgiving as she’d hoped...
  • The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Over one million readers have fallen in love with Ava’s bestselling Dare Valley and Dare River series…come join the family. USA Today Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents a sweet and emotional friends-to-lovers story about the power of new beginnings...
  • Blur by N.A. Alcorn

    Blur by N.A. Alcorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Dylan’s band is offered a deal they can’t refuse, within a month they’re in LA, signing with Wallace & Wright Records. Then Brooke walks in and changes everything. Not only does she work for the record label, but she’s also producing their debut album. Like someone else pressed play on Brooke's future, she knew there was no rewinding, no take two...
  • How Sweet It Is by Kate Perry, Kathia Zolfaghari

    How Sweet It Is by Kate Perry, Kathia Zolfaghari

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "Perry is a storyteller, weaving magic wherever she goes, much to the delight of her millions of fans." – The Literary Shed Viola Summerhill loves her sisters… Except when they suggest a rebound fling is just the thing to wash away the bad taste left from her recently crumbled marriage. Viola knows she can't find happiness in sex or another person. She needs to find happiness within...
  • Finding You by Kelsie Rae

    Finding You by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hi. I'm Sway and I'm broken.There. I said it. But the truth is simple. If you don't let anyone get close, they can't hurt you.And I'm tired of hurting.Then I meet him.I never expected him to slip past my defenses. We were just fooling around. But now that I've fallen, I'm terrified to tell him the truth.And no matter how much he fights me, it won't change reality...
  • Only You by Stephanie Rose

    Only You by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Only You is a STANDALONE novel in the Second Chances Series. I spent my life searching for love, but Evan was right there all along. As gorgeous on the inside as he was on the outside, I never had to wonder if he loved me. He showed me with every glance, every sweet touch, every scorching kiss. I wanted nothing more than to give him my forever—until I found out I may not have one...
  • Christmas at Holiday House by RaeAnne Thayne

    Christmas at Holiday House by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Season of Wonder comes an uplifting, brand-new story told with RaeAnne Thayne’s trademark charm and heart—the perfect read for fans of Robyn Carr’s and Debbie Macomber’s holiday romances. A widowed young mother’s search for the perfect Christmas for her little boy leads her to Silver Bells, Colorado...
  • It's Better This Way by Debbie Macomber

    It's Better This Way by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    After divorce shatters her family, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning--but is the past truly behind her? #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful intersections of love and family in this poignant novel. It's been nearly six years since Julia Jones had her heart broken...
  • Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh

    Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sometimes what you think you want and what you actually want turn out to be different things . . .Rosie Waterman has one to become a working actor. But lately, that hasn't been working out. When she loses her apartment and her job on the same day, she does what she always does--puts herself out there, ready to find the next big thing...
  • Off Limits by Kelsie Rae

    Off Limits by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A girl stuck in her routine. A flirty new neighbor who pushes her out of it. And a potential future they’d be fools to give up.I've always been a routine kind of girl.I bake. I run. I pretend I'm in a happy relationship. Then I bake some more.Just. Like. Clockwork.Until my new neighbor ruins everything...
  • Stay the Night by Kate Perry

    Stay the Night by Kate Perry

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One bad decision… Photographer Titania Summerhill knew better than to let her mentor talk her into being his “friend with benefits.” Now that she refuses to date him, he has her blacklisted from selling her pictures to any magazine bigger than Cat Fancy...
  • Sweet on You by Kate Perry

    Sweet on You by Kate Perry

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Pastry-chef-to-the-stars Daniela Rossi wants one thing: the abandoned building South of Market. Turning it into a soup kitchen for the homeless is the only thing that's excited her in months. And Daniella needs to feel again. Until she finds herself feeling too much - for the man who's competition for the property...
  • Summer at Lake Haven by RaeAnne Thayne

    Summer at Lake Haven by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    They both thought they knew what the future held—until the summer they crossed paths in Haven Point…Samantha Fremont has been struggling with the weight of her mother’s expectations for years. But now that her mother has passed away, it’s time for Sam to be bold and finally establish the fashion design business she’s always dreamed of. And the perfect opportunity has fallen into her lap...
  • The Rules Of Attraction by Khardine Gray

    The Rules Of Attraction by Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don’t fight Attraction... Those were the words Alex spoke to capture me at hello. I’d never met a man like this before. Sexy as hell, hot like sin. A man who came with his own rules. He looked at me like he wanted to devour me, made my heart pound, and my soul shiver with need. Attraction. That’s what he called the insane chemistry that sparked between us...
    Categorized as:
    christian  new adult  humor  length-medium
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