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  • Marley by Lesley Jones

    Marley by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    ‘So, they want me to write a book? They want to know about my band, my life, my loves and my losses. But they have no idea what they’re asking for. If I give them what they want, they’ll get so much more than the sex and drugs and the rock and roll they’re expecting. They’ll get the secrets that I’ve kept for so long, they’ll get an insight into the person I really am, or at least was...
  • Your Forever Love by Layla Hagen

    Your Forever Love by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    (unedited blurb. subject to change) Eric Callahan is a powerful man, and his sharp business sense has earned him the nickname Shark. Yet under the strict façade is a man who loves his daughter and would do anything for her. When he and his daughter move to San Francisco for three months, he has one thing in mind: expanding his business on the West Coast...
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    single-father  contemporary  humor  audiobook
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  • The Runaway Wives by Karen King

    The Runaway Wives by Karen King

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    ‘We’re leaving. And there’s nothing either of you can do about it!’ When the surprise holiday Dee thinks her husband has booked for her sixtieth birthday weekend turns out to be yet another solo golfing break – it’s the last straw.Meanwhile her best friend Babs’s other half has decided to move to Spain and is acting like he doesn’t need to consult anyone...
  • Cluelessly Yours by Max Monroe

    Cluelessly Yours by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    The bad news? Getting hit by a cab can officially get crossed off my bucket list.The worse news? While I’ve woken up from my coma, the man I’m in love with hasn’t stirred from his. And the most terrible news of all? A pregnant woman is at his bedside, holding his hand, and saying that he’s the father of her baby. Sammy Baker is a divorced, single mom trying to find her way again...
  • The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The 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...
  • Without You by Lacey Black

    Without You by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    TuckerI spend my days brewing beer for the popular Brew Crüe Beer Company and my nights devoted to being a dad. Raising a young child with special needs can be tough and stressful, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. He’s everything to me, and the reason I keep going. It’s him and me against the world, and I have no intention of changing that.Then, Kinsley McGregor walks back into my life...
  • One Day In Summer by Shari Low

    One Day In Summer by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    One day in summer, three lives are about to change forever.After two decades of looking after others, this is the day that Agnetha McMaster is reclaiming her life. It’s her turn, her time but will she have the courage to start again?Ten years ago, Mitchell McMaster divorced Agnetha and married her best friend, Celeste. Now he suspects his second wife is having an affair...
  • Silver Biker by L.B. Dunbar

    Silver Biker by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    James Harrington.That’s my name, my birthright, and my curse. I didn’t always hate being a Harrington. At one time, I took it as a privilege. I used it to my advantage. But a name doesn’t stop you from losing everything, and after six haunting years, that everything is back forcing me to face the past or give up a future.Evie Harrington...
  • Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett

    Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There are worse fates than growing up knowing that you will one day inherit a vast and magnificent Cotswolds country estate, but for Rhys Travers it has always felt like a huge responsibility.Juniper Meadows is home to much of his extended family, not to mention the many local businesses that operate on the estate, so there’s no time to sit back and enjoy the view...
  • Sinner by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sinner by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sinner is the first book in the Reed Security Series. It is preceded by the series For The Love Of A Good Woman and it is recommended that the series be read in order, as characters from the first appear in the second. Cara I've been broken for six years...
  • Illicit Ink by Carmen Bishop

    Illicit Ink by Carmen Bishop

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Zander Dorsey is the perfect one nighter.Tall, muscled, and tattooed, he's the exact opposite of the man I thought I was going to marry.A man who lied, cheated on, and ultimately destroyed every shred of confidence I had.Now, after years of being the 'good girl' I'm looking to make a mistake.Which is perfect, because my best friend's soon to be brother-in-law, doesn’t do relationships...
  • Sail by M. Mabie

    Sail by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This isn’t just a two-year long one-night stand. It’s my life. This is my life. Our life. It isn’t just some careless affair. I’ve made the worst decisions a woman could, but I’ll earn my second chance. She can try keeping all the guilt for herself, but I’m just as much to blame. Loving Casey wasn’t my biggest mistake. Fighting it for so long was...
  • Almost a Bride by Jo Watson

    Almost a Bride by Jo Watson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    That awkward moment you catch your boyfriend in bed with another woman and then mistakenly get arrested #chargesdroppedAnnie knows life isn't always fair. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you get mistaken for a crazed intruder when you come home early and find your boyfriend wearing nipple clamps with a coworker on the night you thought he was going to propose to you...
  • Without You by Lacey Black

    Without You by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    TuckerI spend my days brewing beer for the popular Brew Crüe Beer Company and my nights devoted to being a dad. Raising a young child with special needs can be tough and stressful, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. He’s everything to me, and the reason I keep going. It’s him and me against the world, and I have no intention of changing that.Then, Kinsley McGregor walks back into my life...
  • Sexting My Bosses: An Age Gap, Billionaire Reverse Harem Romance by Liz Archer

    Sexting My Bosses: An Age Gap, Billionaire Reverse Harem Romance by Liz Archer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Sexting my silver fox boss wasn’t in the job description…Let alone three.They’re three billionaire brothers.I’m their innocent little assistant.And on my 21st birthday,I drunk sexted all three of them…Now they no longer think I’m off-limits.Daniel, the widowed single dad, looks at me like I’m the window to his soul.Jayce is everything wet dreams are made of...
  • Flirting with Fate by Melanie Shawn

    Flirting with Fate by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don't miss the final installment in the Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings series featuring reader-favorite (and Jessica Rabbit look-alike) Vivien Wells who is the only Wells sister still standing from the Hope Falls Effect. Author's Note: Flirting with Fate is a single dad, next-door neighbor, road trip, small-town romance...
    Categorized as:
    single-father  humor  contemporary
  • Open Wheel by Shey Stahl

    Open Wheel by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    How do you choose? How do you keep from hurting the ones you love when you know your heart belongs with both of them? Seven years ago Arie Riley married Easton Levi, current heart-throb of the NASCAR Cup series. She made a commitment to him. She gave her heart and soul to another. Her love is heavy. Consuming. And it’s inherently tied to two people. Arie thought she had made her mind up...
  • Insta Family by Jen Atkinson

    Insta Family by Jen Atkinson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Meeting your birth family is nerve-racking. So, it’s helpful when tall, dark, and lovable shows up to hold your hand.Coco had never planned to find her birth parents. But when Jude finds her—confessing that he knows her birth mother and he wants to set up a meeting, it’s suddenly all she can think about. Okay… maybe not all she’s thinking about. The messenger, Mr...
  • Deal Takers by Laura Lee

    Deal Takers by Laura Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    MY DICK CAN BE A REAL BASTARD SOMETIMES. When he takes charge, I’ve been known to do a lot of stupid shit, despite the fact that I have a genius IQ. Case in point: How I met the woman of my dreams. Now, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I don’t regret that moment of idiocy one bit...
  • Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery by Cathy Bramley

    Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery by Cathy Bramley

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Hettys Farmhouse Bakery [Paperback] Bramley,...
  • The Unexpected List by Chrissy Anderson

    The Unexpected List by Chrissy Anderson

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When she was just sixteen, Chrissy Anderson made a life list… …It’s been abandoned. Now she’s got an ex-husband, a satisfied lover and a thriving new business. She’s rebuilding. Then out of nowhere…a baby. You think you know who the father is? Think again. Follow Chrissy as she deepens her understanding of how to be truthful to herself and those that she loves...
  • Burning Bond by Emma Hart

    Burning Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    BURNING BOND is book six of the HOLLY WOODS FILES series. While it can technically be read as a standalone, it's advised to read the first five books prior to this for full enjoyment. -- Two men, both determined to protect me. I think I love one. I’m almost sure I’m in love with the other. Ride or die just got a whole lot realer...
  • 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...
  • Desert Dreams by Suzanne Halliday

    Desert Dreams by Suzanne Halliday

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Halliday comes a small town, single dad, friends-to-lovers romance about finding love when you least expect it.Mabel had a good life in New York, but she often dreamt of returning to her Arizona roots. Deciding to follow her desert dreams, she took a leap of faith and returned home...
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    single-father  humor  contemporary
  • If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins

    If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 48 ratings
    Sisterhood in all its drama, hilarity and tears is at the heart of New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins's thoroughly captivating new novel, featuring the wit and romance that readers have come to expect from the much-loved creator of the Blue Heron series..
  • 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...
  • Dare Me Once by Shelly Alexander

    Dare Me Once by Shelly Alexander

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love is a risk worth taking in this sizzling romance about secrets and second chances… Scarlett Devereaux’s life on the Gulf Coast went from riches to rags so scandalously fast that she barely had time to kiss her Jimmy Choos goodbye...
  • Love Blooms at Mermaids Point by Sarah Bennett

    Love Blooms at Mermaids Point by Sarah Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bestselling author Alex Nelson is slowly coming apart at the seams after a failed marriage and an abrupt change in career leave him at a crossroads in life. When an unexpected opportunity arises to escape to the idyllic village of Mermaids Point, he’s hot on the heels of his brother, Tom, who has recently moved there...
  • Just Wanted You to Know by Kait Nolan

    Just Wanted You to Know by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Livia Applewhite needs a change. Her awful boss has made the job she used to love a serious drag. On top of that, it seems everyone around her is paired off in romantic bliss. It's enough to give a girl a complex. Hoping a change of scenery will give her new perspective, she sets off for a two-week trip to Tennessee to visit her favorite cousin...
  • On the Slopes of Tahoe by J.A. Forde

    On the Slopes of Tahoe by J.A. Forde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wanting each other is easy…It’s everything else that’s hard.Breck Kylie’s perfect life unravels in a squall of betrayal, leaving him and his seven-year-old daughter reeling. Choosing to retreat from the sunny shores of Sydney, Australia, they embark on an extended vacation to Lake Tahoe in hopes they’ll find a new ‘normal’ on the snowy slopes...
  • Rebel Desire by L.K. Farlow

    Rebel Desire by L.K. Farlow

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    As a wedding photographer, it’s no surprise that Ashley Murphy, despite her perpetual singleness, is a little in love with love.When she catches a hunky best man checking her out while on the job, her heart all but shouts, “He’s the one." Until he opens his mouth. Colton Banks is a cocky lawyer with a mean streak a country mile wide. Colton prefers order to chaos...
  • Tempting Love - Haley & Eddie by Melanie Shawn

    Tempting Love - Haley & Eddie by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Independent, talented, and beautiful–inside and out–Haley Sloan knew exactly what she wanted out of life. With her designer lingerie business booming, her career was moving forward, but her heart stayed in the same place it had for four years…hopelessly in love with the single father across the street...
  • Sampler: If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins

    Sampler: If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The drama, hilarity and tears of sisterhood are at the heart of the thoroughly captivating new novel by New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins—a funny, frank and bittersweet look at marriage, forgiveness and moving onLetting go of her ex-husband is harder than wedding-dress designer Jenny Tate expected…especially since his new wife wants to be Jenny's new best friend...
  • A Better Place by Jennifer Van Wyk

    A Better Place by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After James Cole's wife walked out on him, he put his dreams aside to raise his daughter. But now she's grown and he's ready for more. When the opportunity arises to own a restaurant, his life-long dream, he can't deny that it's meant to be. And for more reasons than one. He’s kept his heart closed off since the day his wife walked away...
  • The Heart Remembers: a friends to lovers romance by L.B. Dunbar

    The Heart Remembers: a friends to lovers romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Our history had been defined by kisses.The one he stole from me at 17.The one I gave to him at 20.The one we shared when I was 27 changed the course of everything.I’d had a crush on Levi Walker my entire life, but he always saw me as a child. A little girl running around the yard, dancing under sprinklers, and dreaming of princes...
  • Our Options Have Changed by Julia Kent, Elisa Reed

    Our Options Have Changed by Julia Kent, Elisa Reed

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Having it all is a fantasy, right? Chloe Browne knows all about fantasy. Fantasy is her job. And she’s very, very good at what she does. As director of design for the O Spa chain, a sophisticated women’s club that is trending its way into being the Next Big Thing, Chloe’s ready to take on the world. One baby at a time...
  • Mine To Hold by Natasha Madison

    Mine To Hold by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Are you ready for The Southern Wedding Series?Things are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day.Aren't they?Shelby I got a love letter the night before I was supposed to marry the love of my life.Except the letter wasn't for me.My future husband had written it to someone else. Weston (Ace)Standing at the altar to watch my best friend get married was an honor...
  • Sharkbait by Erin Mallon

    Sharkbait by Erin Mallon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Louise and I’m a serial-monogamist marine biologist.Try saying that five times fast.Fresh out of an awful relationship and tired of always doing the right thing, this girl is finally saying “screw it” and having herself a meaningless fling.Here’s the thing about flings though: they only work if you keep feelings out of the equation...
  • Daddy's Unexpected Gift by Ava Gray

    Daddy's Unexpected Gift by Ava Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a billionaire becomes a child’s legal guardian overnight, I’m plugged into the messy situation. Only to make it messier. Sterling Alexander was supposed to be a project.You know, a new parent who didn’t know anything about parenting?As a social worker in family services, I wasn’t permitted to stare at his gorgeous abs like I wanted to sleep with him.And yet, I stared...
  • Dancing with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Dancing with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other’s backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again. This is Adam's story … Single Dad of Seattle, Adam Eastwood, knows that dance school is just the thing for his precocious daughter, Mira...
  • Saved by the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Saved by the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Loving yourself is the first step on the road to healing Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other's backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again.This is Mitch's story ..
  • Maximum Dare by Vanessa Fewings

    Maximum Dare by Vanessa Fewings

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    You're probably wondering what I’m doing hanging off the edge of London's tallest building, The Shard.I can explain. Kind of. Because I’m not even sure who the invitation came from to join the Dare Club.But I’ve narrowed it down to two men:Max Marquis, a tall, gorgeous Brazilian lawyer with an accent to die for and Nick Banham, a dashing English athlete who may have just broken my heart...
  • Life Changer by B.J. Harvey

    Life Changer by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a firefighter and the chef he's been crushing on cross paths, sparks fly. ***Divorced single mom Dee has never much believed in fate until now, but something about the charming and adorably awkward flirt, Rhodes, has her intrigued and wanting to know more...
  • Silver Fox Daddy: An Age Gap Single Dad Romance by Misty Ellis

    Silver Fox Daddy: An Age Gap Single Dad Romance by Misty Ellis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Becoming the nanny for a silver fox single No biggie.Having his unexpected baby? Huge problem.Lucan Forbes. Domineering club owner. Hot single dad. My new boss.Definitely not the type of man I should be attracted to.His busy schedule requires me to be a live-in nanny, putting me in a tight position.Especially when we end up in the same bed once the lights are out...
  • Undertaking Irene by Pamela Burford

    Undertaking Irene by Pamela Burford

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Jane Delaney does things her paying customers can’t do, don’t want to do, don’t want to be seen doing, can’t bring themselves to do, and/or don’t want it to be known they’d paid someone to do. To dead people.Life gets complicated for Jane and her Death Diva business when she’s hired to liberate a gaudy mermaid brooch from the corpse during a wake—on behalf of the rightful owner, supposedly...
  • A Done Deal by Jenna Bennett

    A Done Deal by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Silver bells, silver bells... It's Christmas time in Nashville, and all Savannah wants to unwrap on Christmas morning is Rafe Collier. Unfortunately, things don't look so good. He's back in town, but not alone: on his arm is a stunning brunette, just the kind of woman Savannah always suspected was his type...
  • My Kinda Night by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Night by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Payton Summer doesn’t have time for love. Between running her own business in her hometown of Jupiter Bay and her monthly night out with her sisters, Payton has no room for men, dating, or the drama that it entails. Her life is fine just the way it is. Yet, her attraction to the one man she shouldn’t want can’t be ignored. Dean McIntire has one rule: don’t date clients...
  • Best of Three by Erin Nicholas

    Best of Three by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes it takes a couple of tries before you get love right. Counting on Love, Book 3 Emma Dixon is known for getting in over her head—and having a great time doing it. She’s aware her shenanigans rub Nate Sullivan the wrong way, but getting a rise out of the cocky surgeon is one of her favorite pastimes. Truth be told, exasperated looks aren’t the only things she wants from the guy...
  • About a Girl by Lindsey Kelk

    About a Girl by Lindsey Kelk

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The summer bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk Tess Brookes has always been a Girl with a Plan. But when the Plan goes belly up, she’s forced to reconsider. After accidently answering her flatmate Vanessa’s phone, she decides that since being Tess isn’t going so well, she might try being Vanessa...
  • The Last Charm: The most page-turning and emotional summer romance fiction of 2020! by Ella Allbright, Nikki Moore

    The Last Charm: The most page-turning and emotional summer romance fiction of 2020! by Ella Allbright, Nikki Moore

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A moving and heartwarming love story perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day in December…Leila’s charm bracelet tells a story of love, a story of loss, a story of hope. This is the story of her … and the story of Jake.When Leila Jones loses her precious charm bracelet and a stranger finds it, she has to tell the story of how she got the charms to prove she’s the owner...
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