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  • Lovely Madness by Jaine Diamond

    Lovely Madness by Jaine Diamond

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    A heart-wrenching, tortured hero romance, featuring a broken man in need of redemption and the lively heroine who sees through the madness to the man worth saving.He was lost when I found him…Everyone says that Cary Clarke, former rock star and reclusive music producer, is crazy.That he fell apart after the death of his best friend.That he shut everyone out and locked himself away...
  • If You Don't Love Me We Both Die by C.M. Stunich

    If You Don't Love Me We Both Die by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 68 ratings
    Megastar Tam Eyre has no idea what to do with the crumpled note thrown at his head: If you don’t love me, we both die.Bubble-tea-obsessed college girl, Lakelynn Frost, has 365 days to make the world’s most famous pop star fall in love with her.If she can’t do it, an old family curse will kill them both.Might be a problem since she can’t get tickets to any of his sold-out concerts...
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  • Ripple Effect by J. Bengtsson

    Ripple Effect by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The boys are back—the AnyDayNow boys, that is! RJ, Bodhi's best friend from Like the Wind, finds himself at a crossroads a year after the band officially broke up. After his solo career fails to take off, RJ retreats to a no-frills apartment where he can hide out from the world and wallow in self-pity...
  • Rock Me To The Top  (Gracefall: Vicious Love Tour Book One) by Victoria Zak

    Rock Me To The Top (Gracefall: Vicious Love Tour Book One) by Victoria Zak

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Gracefall, the Vicious Love tour, coming to a digital bookstore near you.Gracefall hit the rock scene and never looked back. Now one of the hottest metal bands on the charts, things are looking up, until a tragic accident threatens to rip the band apart. Can the guys recapture the beat that rocketed them to the top, or will they crash and burn?He believed the lie...
  • Lucky Charm by K.C. Crowne

    Lucky Charm by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    We shared one WILD night in Ireland.Then the goddess I'd die for skipped town.Today she has the nerve to return...And her kid has MY eyes. Both my desire for Aisling...And her beauty are unmatched. But she kept a BIG secret from me.A cute little girl who resembles me a little too much for coincidence.I've missed years of being her dad - and now I'm mad as h*ll...
  • Small Town Mountain Daddy by K.C. Crowne

    Small Town Mountain Daddy by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Three babies?? This has got to be a serious mistake." How did this happen?Ezra is the last guy I should be creating a human with.Never mind THREE.Sure he's sinfully hot...But he's also a cocky Neanderthal.And the man who bullied me since I can remember.One major lapse in judgement leads to three heartbeats in my sonogram visit...
  • The Bold and the Bullheaded by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov

    The Bold and the Bullheaded by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bestselling authors Willow Aster and Laura Pavlov return with this laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers, standalone romance.A bullheaded alpha. The bane of my existence. I can’t escape him no matter how hard I try. Emma…I don’t do feelings.Especially not with an arrogant, broody Taylor brother.But one moment of weakness on an elevator wrecks me.I curse his name.I curse said elevator...
  • Billion Dollar Mistake by K.C. Crowne

    Billion Dollar Mistake by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I should have listened to reason. Now, I’m married to an infuriatingly cocky billionaire.It started with an innocent crush. The popular boy from the wealthy side of town.And a dorky girl he teased mercilessly.Fast forward and the boy I wanted is now a man.Nothing like the star of my teenage fantasies.He's ruggedly handsome and charming.Charismatic. Confident. Sexy...
  • Doctor's Duties by K.C. Crowne

    Doctor's Duties by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I'll forget all about my feelings for my professor.Medical school is enough stress as it is.But then mother nature's monthly gift decides to ghost me.Now I'm totally screwed!! The way we met was out of a movie.Then he showed up as my professor the very next day.He's the man with two titles.Dr. Frost. And Professor Mc. Hottie.All that and a panty-dropping New Zealand accent..
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  humor  urban  contemporary  military  fantasy  pregnancy
  • Blitz by Sabrina Stark, Connor Brown

    Blitz by Sabrina Stark, Connor Brown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New from a USA Today Bestseller! One obnoxious billionaire. One small-town girl with heart. And the promo blitz that will either bring them together or keep them worlds apart.Mina Lipinski. She's a girl with a problem, and the only person who can solve it is Chase Blastoviak, the most obnoxious guy she's ever met – slick, cocky, and way too jaded for his own good.Chase Blastoviak...
    Categorized as:
    bad boys  humor  fantasy  contemporary  alpha male
  • Royally In Trouble by Meghan Quinn

    Royally In Trouble by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 45 ratings
    From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes the much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling royal romance, ROYALLY NOT READY. This modern take on The Princess Diaries is full of sweltering heat, laugh out loud moments, and a perfect happily ever after...
  • Secretly, Secretly; But Unable to Hide It by Yi Zhu

    Secretly, Secretly; But Unable to Hide It by Yi Zhu

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The time she is thirteen years old, Sang Zhi secretly has a crush on a man.
 That man looks cold and sluggish, he can be described as someone that is careless and casual. He frequently comes to her house.One afternoon, he stays at her Ge Ge’s (Older brother, 桑延) room to play a game...
  • One Bossy Date by Jolie Day

    One Bossy Date by Jolie Day

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From fake date to fake fiancée to fake pregnancy. All in one night.Who’s the guy? My grumpy boss.It all started with a crazy idea: Ask a billionaire to be my fake date to my granny’s 77th birthday dinner.The good news? I know a billionaire. A gorgeous one.My new boss.The bad news?He’s moody, impatient, and grumpy.Never did I think he’d agree to the ruse...
  • Hero's Baby by Aubrey Wright

    Hero's Baby by Aubrey Wright

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She never told me we had a kid...And for good reason.When I returned from war, I was a fu@king savage.It all started with a note from a kid I'd never met.He claims to be my son, from the only woman I'd ever loved.The woman who gave me her virginity and her heart.But war has a way of turning hearts to stone. And this woman deserves better than the likes of me. Want me to hunt down a bad guy? Roger...
  • Just The Way I Am by Jo Watson

    Just The Way I Am by Jo Watson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Has Fate given her a second chance?'Zoe' is having a very bad day. As if getting trapped in a faulty elevator wasn't bad enough, losing her memory has made it much worse. If there's one piece of luck, it's that the paramedic on the scene, Noah, is both kind and a handsome distraction..
  • The Vegas Accident by Sofia T Summers

    The Vegas Accident by Sofia T Summers

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s hard to keep an accidental marriage a secret when you end up pregnant.Yes, we were stupid in Vegas.But the stupidity didn’t just end there.It continued after the trip was over and Luke became my temporary roommate.Luke… as in my brother’s best friend.As in my new husband.My accidental husband.Did I say baby daddy yet?Luke is way older than me.Basically, he’s everything he shouldn’t be...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  fantasy  humor  length-medium
  • Angels Fall by Nora Roberts

    Angels Fall by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 78 ratings
    #1 New York Times -bestselling author Nora Roberts explores the wilds of the Grand Tetons-and the mysteries of love, murder, and madness-in her engrossing and passionate new novel. Reece Gilmore has come a long way to see the stunning view below her. As the sole survivor of a brutal crime back East, she has been on the run, desperately fighting the nightmares and panic attacks that haunt her...
  • Grumpy Doctor by B.B. Hamel

    Grumpy Doctor by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He’s got magic hands, a perfect body, and a horrible attitude.I never wanted to get anywhere near Dr. Piers Hood. He’s a total jerk, and he thinks he’s the greatest surgeon in the country.Which he is, and that makes it all so much worse. Sometimes I wish I could cut off my own ears so I don’t have to listen to him anymore...
  • Daddy's Law by K.C. Crowne

    Daddy's Law by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    20 years age gap.HOT single daddy.And my very bossy bodyguard.It's wrong. It's taboo. It's scandalous. But forbidden fantasies are the best fantasies... right?I've always been a good girl.Played by all the rules.But now my inner bad girl wants out.Theo is dark. Enigmatic. Incurably broken...And incurably fine.He's also one h*ll of a devoted father...
  • Gargoyles in the Round by Viola Grace

    Gargoyles in the Round by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Guest hosting a Magical Summit is tricky enough, but when someone is out to kill the participants, it turns into deadly fun. Finally at ease with her newly discovered talent, Abby is ready to face her public. The magical public that is. A Summit has been arranged and everyone who is anyone or anything will be there...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  fantasy  humor  length-short
  • Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 6 by Yuki Yoshihara

    Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 6 by Yuki Yoshihara

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Choko Kuze is in a relationship with Masayuki Domoto, her current boss and former servant. Now that her family's house has been rebuilt, Masayuki asks Choko to give him back the key to his apartment, signaling the end of their living together. Not wanting to leave, she decides to give him a different key and sneaks back into his place..
  • Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 5 by Yuki Yoshihara

    Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 5 by Yuki Yoshihara

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Choko Kuze is in a relationship with Masayuki Domoto, her current boss and former servant. Masayuki asked Choko to move in with him, but now he can't bear taking his precious Milady away from her parents...
  • The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

    The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by British writer Elizabeth von Arnim. Inspired by a month-long holiday to the Italian Riviera, the work was a US and UK bestseller soon after its initial release, and is perhaps the most widely read and most ebullient of her novels.Von Arnim wrote, and set, the book in the Castello Brown, a medieval castle in Portofino...
  • Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 4 by Yuki Yoshihara

    Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 4 by Yuki Yoshihara

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Choko Kuze is in a relationship with Masayuki Domoto, her current boss and former servant. But his eccentric behavior is nothing compared to that of company president Yanagi. Yanagi issues a challenge for Masayuki to protect Choko's nether regions from him for three days while she stays in the president of Benten Estate's home...
  • Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 3 by Yuki Yoshihara

    Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 3 by Yuki Yoshihara

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Choko Kuze is in love with her ex-servant-now-tyrannical-boss Masayuki Domoto. She's had a hard time getting him to see her as a woman, but between bouts of treating her like a genteel lady and an entry-level office grunt, he's slowly starting to come around. Now that they're dating, Choko and Masayuki go on their first overnight trip together...
  • Hard Love by Sara Ney

    Hard Love by Sara Ney

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    “HARD TO LOVE.”Hard head. Bad attitude. Terrible boyfriend. That’s what my exes have said about me—but I wasn’t serious about any of them, so what do I care what rumors they spread? What I need is to be left alone; by the press, by the paparazzi, and by women.Too bad I’m about to be surrounded by them for the weekend...
  • The Spy in 3B by Nana Malone

    The Spy in 3B by Nana Malone

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Sometimes, romance is (also) hiding in plain sight.It’s hard to fill out a dating profile when everything you write is a lie. But in her line of work, Lyra can’t exactly tell the truth. And she’s determined to get over the man who broke her heart by moving on, so here she is, lying on a dating app. Then again, so is he.Lyra is no marketing consultant, but a plucky undercover operator...
  • Living Backwards by Tracy Sweeney

    Living Backwards by Tracy Sweeney

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twenty-nine-year-old Jillian Cross refuses to believe that a pair of skinny jeans has led to her untimely demise. Life just isn't that cruel. But when an overly-enthusiastic attempt at squeezing herself into them leads her to fall and lose consciousness, she is faced with just that possibility...
  • Going Down On One Knee by Christina Hovland

    Going Down On One Knee by Christina Hovland

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Number-crunching Velma Johnson’s perfectly planned life is right on course. That’s a lie. Sure, she’s got the lucrative job. She’s got the posh apartment. But her sister nabbed Velma’s Mr. Right. There has to be a man out there for Velma. Hopefully one who’s hunky, wears pressed suits, and has a diversified financial portfolio. He’ll be exactly like, well… her sister’s new fiancé...
  • Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer

    Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The Seven Year Slip meets Hallmark with a dash of sass and a sprinkle of sexiness in this sparkling Christmas rom com...with a speculative twist!Some people are Christmas people, but Jill Jacobs is most certainly not. She hasn’t been ever since her hometown love broke her heart on Christmas Eve three years ago. After that, Jill moved to L.A. to pursue her dream of becoming a screenwriter...
  • The Hot-Blooded Groom by Emma Darcy

    The Hot-Blooded Groom by Emma Darcy

    Rated: 3.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bryce Templar's father had given him an ultimatum: Bryce had one year to marry and produce an heir....When Bryce met Sunny, the attraction between them was like a bolt of electricity. Business was forgotten—passion took over..
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