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Seven Summers by Paige Toon
Six summers to fall in love. One summer to change everything. Liv and Finn meet six summers ago working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn’s life is in LA with his band, and Liv’s is in Cornwall with her family—so they make a promise... -
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Burning Bond by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBURNING 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... -
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![Open Wheel by Shey Stahl]()
Open Wheel by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHow 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... -
![Britches Get Stitches by Elicia Hyder]()
Britches Get Stitches by Elicia Hyder
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBe brave. Be strong. Be badass. After a two-year struggle to conceive ends with her husband getting another woman pregnant, Grace “Britches Get Stitches” Evans is taking out her frustrations on the roller derby track. Full-contact violence and absolutely no cheating men? Best divorce-support group ever... -
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![His Wounded Light by Christine Brae]()
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... -
![Interception by Lisa Suzanne]()
Interception by Lisa Suzanne
All I wanted was a second chance. Chase was still my every fantasy ten years after we broke up. He stepped back into my life the same night Gavin, once my closest friend, confessed his deep-rooted feelings and kissed me like I’d never been kissed...Categorized as:
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![Broken Ties by L.A. Cotton]()
Broken Ties by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders comes a new spin-off next generation series. More angst...More drama...More Raiders...Categorized as:
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![Fearless by Chris O'Guinn]()
Fearless by Chris O'Guinn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt fifteen, Justin is already a cynic. He’s experienced too many betrayals, too many disappointments. He doesn’t want to be involved in anything. He doesn’t want to be popular. He doesn’t even want friends anymore, since they only ever let you down. He just wants to get through high school and the best way he can come up with to accomplish that goal is to simply be invisible... -
![Intermission by Lisa Suzanne]()
Intermission by Lisa Suzanne
I’m in love with two men. I’m torn and need to choose which man from my past I want as a permanent part of my future. My heart leads me one way as my brain pushes me toward the other. I want them both, but each of them holds a secret that will change everything... -
![Until Forever Falls by Micah Riley]()
Until Forever Falls by Micah Riley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe thing about the past? You can’t outrun it. No matter how far you go, it always finds a way to catch you.Ten years ago, I never thought I’d end up in Rockport—another move, another school, another fresh start I didn’t ask for. Then I met him. Brooks Holland. The boy who saw past my defenses and made me dream of a life beyond what I’d known. But one mistake was enough to tear it all apart... -
![Broken Ties: A Friends-to-Lovers Sports Romance by L A Cotton]()
Broken Ties: A Friends-to-Lovers Sports Romance by L A Cotton
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton, comes a slow burn, friends-to-lovers romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year?Poppy Ford has been in love with her best friend forever.But she’s firmly in the friend zone and fears she may never get out.Aaron Bennet has been dreaming of a football scholarship forever...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... -
![Wild Abandon by Jeannine Colette]()
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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![Christmas at the Board Game Cafe by Jennifer Page]()
Christmas at the Board Game Cafe by Jennifer Page
COMING SOON the next festive instalment of The Little Board Game Cafe series!Kate seems to have it all – wonderful friends, a successful career and an idyllic life in the quirky Yorkshire town of Essendale. But under the surface Kate's lonely, and she longs to feel part of a family – especially during Christmas...Categorized as:
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![Undefeated by Stuart Reardon, Jane Harvey-Berrick]()
Undefeated by Stuart Reardon, Jane Harvey-Berrick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Rugby RomanceWhen your world crashes downWhen they all say you’re outWhen your body is brokenI will rise.I will return.And I will be undefeated. Nick Renshaw is the golden boy of British rugby. When a serious injury threatens his career, he starts to spiral downwards, a broken man.Feeling abandoned and betrayed by those closest to him, he fights to restart his life... -
![Perfect for Me by Claudia Burgoa]()
Perfect for Me by Claudia Burgoa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m three thousand miles from New York City.Three thousand miles from the pain, betrayal and heartache of a string of failed relationships. Including the relationship with my parents.Back in the Bay area, I can start fresh. Become one with the sea again. Rise or fall on the tide of my own choices...Categorized as:
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![My Darling Signed In by New Lung]()
My Darling Signed In by New Lung
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAssociated NamesDoubles JeuxMeu Amor Onlinenae jaginim-i logeu-in hasyeossseubnida.내 자기님이 로그인 하셨습니다... -
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Envy by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 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... -
![Guided Love by Tracie Redmond]()
Guided Love by Tracie Redmond
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSam Jacobs has been best friends with Camaron Willis since the second grade. Ever since the day they met her heart belonged to him. Now graduating from college Sam moves across the country to start their life together. They have been planning this for years, she will help him with his tattoo business while writing her first novel. Together, they will make their dreams come true... -
![Goodbye Never by Prescott Lane]()
Goodbye Never by Prescott Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA slow burn, friends to lovers, military romance from USA Today bestselling author Prescott LaneAll the best love stories are tragic. Ours is no different.Lennon is the woman who should have always been mine. The one that I let slip through my fingers time and time again. I was young, stupid, and arrogant enough to think love would wait.Being in the Marines has taught me patience... -
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Royal Rebel by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Second Chance Romantic Comedy You’ve never made a mistake like mine. It’s bad enough being a bloomin’ princess. It’s not all cake and tiaras. There’s rules. Expectations. Your internet is censored. Your cell phones are tapped. And your father is literally king. Mine made a law that no man between the age of seven and thirty is allowed to work inside the palace...Categorized as:
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Rewrite by Stephanie Rose
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOnce upon a time, a girl loved a boy and he loved her back. They lived happily ever after. But our story was never that simple. I loved Josh with all I had, right until the day he left. Now, all these years later, he was back—and wanting me the way I’d always longed for him. Except now, I belonged to someone else. Someone who never left me the way Josh had. I figured that was the end of our story... -
![Lost and Found by Lori L. Otto]()
Lost and Found by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsEmi Lost & Found series - Winner of the Best Happily Ever After of 2013 - HEA Bookshelf "There was true depth to the story and the characters that moved me and emotionally gutted me. I was so taken by Nate and Emi's love for each other. It's the kind of love that few have and many desire but never get to experience... -
![Love Me Back by Michelle Lynn]()
Love Me Back by Michelle Lynn
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsGrowing up in small-town Belcrest, Maddy Jennings always thought she was destined to be with her childhood sweetheart, Trent Basso. Throughout the complicated road she has traveled with Trent, someone else has had a strong presence in Maddy's life... -
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![Cupids Anonymous by Lila Monroe, Joe Arden]()
Cupids Anonymous by Lila Monroe, Joe Arden
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPeople around the world are raving over USA Today bestselling author Lila Monroe's hilarious romantic comedies. Now fall in love with her brand new sizzling standalone - perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Christina Lauren!Rule number one: Don't get hit by your own arrow....I'm a professional Cyrano - minus the honking great nose...Categorized as:
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![Weight of Regret by K.K. Allen]()
Weight of Regret by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAnderson Bexley was the love of my life… or so I thought.For years, I convinced myself that one day he would see me as more than the bubbly activities director at his family’s campground. Sure, he was ten years older.Deeply tortured.And far too devoted to the family business to make time for his own happiness.But none of that mattered... -
![Where the Little Birds Go by B. Celeste]()
Where the Little Birds Go by B. Celeste
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHigh school heartbreak turned Hollywood affair. Read the exclusive here: When bestselling author Kinley Thomas gets the deal of a lifetime to see her book turned into a movie, the last person she expects to be cast as the leading role is Corbin Callum. After years of living the dreams that tore them apart, Hollywood will soon force them back together...Categorized as:
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![Mr. Second Best by L.M. Fox]()
Mr. Second Best by L.M. Fox
I'm in love with my best friend’s widow.The only person I’ve cared more for is gone.There’s no doubt he knew, and never let on.It was just the kind of man Jake was.I’ve worn my guilt like a second skin since we were teens, worshipping her from afar.Yet time has done me no favors.Under the surface, resentment grows. A rage no one else sees.Because I’m trapped. I can’t move on, but I can’t have her...Categorized as:
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![The Man I Fell In Love With by Kate Field]()
The Man I Fell In Love With by Kate Field
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes we find happiness where we least expect it…After twenty years of contented marriage, no one is more surprised than Mary Black when her husband announces he’s leaving her… for another man.For the sake of the children, Mary has no choice but to pick herself up and start again. She hosts family meals that include Leo and his new partner...Categorized as:
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![What's Left of Me by Hannah Bird]()
What's Left of Me by Hannah Bird
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the actions of one man have marked who you became, how do you get back to who you were?It’s a question Zoey Allen has been avoiding for the better part of a decade.The world sees her as a vivacious, take-no-shit businesswoman, and she’s nearly managed to convince herself it’s enough...Categorized as:
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![See My Words by Melanie Hansen]()
See My Words by Melanie Hansen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSuccessful underwear model Scott Ashworth is lucky—his attack at the hands of an unknown assailant will leave no visible scars. His professional goals are still within reach, and best of all, his stepbrother Rylan Mahoney is back in his life, their teenage infatuation at last getting the chance to deepen into something more... -
![Hate: A Love Story by Laurel Ulen Curtis]()
Hate: A Love Story by Laurel Ulen Curtis
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRoses are red, Violets are blue. Life can be messy, And love can be too. Most people say that it’s not important where you’re going, but instead, how you get there. Unfortunately for me, the journey to love was absolutely agonizing. Love and Hate wrestled with my life day after day, year after year, and the only way to stop it was to let one of them win... -
![Curveball by Mariah Dietz]()
Curveball by Mariah Dietz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsShakespeare believed there was always humor in tragedy and tragedy in humor. My life proved his theory as fact. At eighteen I was a single parent moving to this small town to be with the man I loved. The one who was supposed to love and cherish me in return. Finding out he had a wife was tragic. Remaining in love with him in spite of her was more tragic... -
![A Beautiful Kind of Love by Ellie Wade]()
A Beautiful Kind of Love by Ellie Wade
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEvery choice has a consequence. I believe in soul mates. Why? Because I have one and his name is Jax Porter. I have known Jax my whole life and I have loved him with every breath I’ve ever taken. The fact that we were born a mere month apart to mothers that are best friends has made us inseparable since birth...Categorized as:
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![Falling for the Good Guy by Violet Duke]()
Falling for the Good Guy by Violet Duke
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHer best friend since college. The polar opposite of his brother Connor. The 'good guy' everyone's hell-bent on believing is her perfect match. Anything beyond friendship for them had just never been a possibility. But it is now. For over a decade, through his high school sweetheart's illness and eventual passing, Abby had been his pal, his rock. All but a second mother to his young daughter... -
![The Downside of Love by Meghan Quinn]()
The Downside of Love by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThis isn’t a story about a love triangle. There is no triangle involved. This isn’t a story about an accidental pregnancy. Although having a baby with her . . . I would. This isn’t a story about lies and deception, even though at times I’ve lied to myself. No, this is my story. A story about sacrifice. A story about a man who fell in love with the wrong girl...Categorized as:
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![The Edge of Us by Veronica Larsen]()
The Edge of Us by Veronica Larsen
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 11 ratings" Veronica Larsen ripped my heart out! This book is so well written with absolutely emotional, raw, and beautiful characters." ~ Alta Hensley, USA Today Bestselling Author Eight years ago, Cole Van Buren left me at the altar without a single explanation. My heart's been at a standstill ever since, the anger keeping me from moving on... -
![Flames and Flowers by Jaine Diamond]()
Flames and Flowers by Jaine Diamond
Flames and FlowersFlames and Flowers is a friend-to-lovers/ forbidden love/ MMF romance novella, featuring Matt Brohmer, Ash Player and Daniela Vola.It is meant to be read at the end of the player series, after Lovely Madness (Players #4)... -
![Last First Kiss by Jane Anthony]()
Last First Kiss by Jane Anthony
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJesse Dylan was my best friend, my first kiss . . . and my first heartbreak. Watching him walk out of my life almost ruined me. But years have passed, and the pain of losing him has long since faded. Or so I thought. One glimpse in his cobalt eyes and those old wounds reopened. Jesse wants a second chance at what might have been, but it’s too late. I’m with someone new. Someone safe... -
![Separation Anxiety by Lisa Suzanne]()
Separation Anxiety by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeparation. We all get one true love in our lives, and it’s up to us to find it. Fate will act and try to push us together, but ultimately it’s up to us to recognize who that one person is when he’s standing in front of us. It turns out that I recognized who my one person was when I was separated from my husband. Anxiety... -
![Thick & Thin by Eden Butler]()
Thick & Thin by Eden Butler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy love was thick. Her faith was thin. Somewhere in the middle is where life found us. I claimed her when I was a boy. I held her until I was a man. She was my first thought every morning, my last smile at night, and a million memories in between. Then one night, with her warmth still lingering on the sheets, Aly King walked away from me, from us, from our life...Categorized as:
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![Forever Love by Melissa Johns]()
Forever Love by Melissa Johns
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEmily and Eric tried to tolerate everything that was thrown at them but they couldn’t survive it. They both made mistakes that lead their paths to take different directions. Emily found comfort in the arms of her friend, Alex. He was what she needed and he was trying to help her achieve her dreams of being an artist...Categorized as:
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![The Absence of Olivia by Anie Michaels]()
The Absence of Olivia by Anie Michaels
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy name is Evelyn. I met Devon and instantly fell for him. Weeks later he fell for my best friend. Never one to make waves, I watched as they started a life together. I stood by as their family grew, was the maid of honor at their wedding and the godmother to their children. All the while, I was longing for him, watching as he became the perfect husband and father. I was never jealous... -
![Homebound by Kata Čuić]()
Homebound by Kata Čuić
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA second-chance romance set in the heart of Appalachia that will make you root for first love, forgiveness, and family.Lenore Wheeler knows what a hard life, heartbreak, and failure tastes like. Heading home to the backwoods Appalachian town she swore she’d never return to with her young daughter in tow, she can’t imagine her future getting much bleaker...Categorized as:
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![Wanting Reed by Antoinette Candela]()
Wanting Reed by Antoinette Candela
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Love is giving someone the power to destroy you, but trusting them not to.” How do you live with yourself when you are the reason you lost the one thing that meant the most to you. Timing is everything and for Reed, he can never seem to catch a break. When Reed returns to Boston to redeem himself he finds that Elle has already moved on, building a new life, a new beginning... -
![The Library of Borrowed Hearts by Lucy Gilmore]()
The Library of Borrowed Hearts by Lucy Gilmore
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA.J. Fikry meets The Bookish Life of Nina Hill in this charming, hilarious, and moving novel about the way books bring lonely souls together.Two young lovers. Sixty long years. One bookish mystery worth solving.Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet...Categorized as:
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![Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan]()
Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
Amid the ruins of her latest relationship, Polly Waterford moves far away to the sleepy seaside resort of Polbearne, where she lives in a small, lonely flat above an abandoned shop. To distract her from her troubles, Polly throws herself into her favorite hobby: making bread. But her relaxing weekend diversion quickly develops into a passion... -
![Forever Baby by Ellie Wade]()
Forever Baby by Ellie Wade
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTypical college student, Olivia Marshall embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Spain with her best friend, Nolan, a handsome all-American. After three years, they share a special bond, but there’s a fine line between friendship and…more. Spain turns out to be more of an experience than Olivia imagined. She meets Andres Cruz, a mysterious, sexy man... -
![If Not For Love by Rebecca Jenshak]()
If Not For Love by Rebecca Jenshak
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrecken Blackstone has everything he ever wanted - success, women, and money. He thinks he has it all... until she walks into his life. January Lyle needs a job like yesterday. She's turned her back on her family's money and is determined to make it on her own... until he makes an offer that's too good to turn down. If not for one drink... he might not have met her...Categorized as:
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![Always by Lizzie Morton]()
Always by Lizzie Morton
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy life’s about to change and I can’t decide if it’s for better or worse.The one person I want, the one I need, doesn’t want me back. I’m left wondering if the path I’m about to take, will be one I’ll walk alone.Then the person I least expect gives me exactly what I need. A break from reality. But there’s only so long I can hide and when the truth comes out, it’s explosive...Categorized as:
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