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Ever After by Amanda Prowse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Girl in the Corner and Swimming to Lundy, comes a hopeful and inspiring story about the possibilities that await when you dare to start again. If you’re given another chance at love, shouldn’t you take it? Enya’s life has become small... -
The Adventurous Bookworm by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom bookworm to main character. Paige Turner’s time to fulfill her New Year’s Eve resolution is almost up. She and her book club friends resolved to use the heroines from their favorite romance novels as inspiration for the year... -
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Hate to Love Him by J. Saman
A gorgeous, brooding rock god. An unstoppable chemistry we fight to ignore. Desperate passion I want indelibly inked on my soul. .. Jobless and financially destitute, I have no choice but to see this tour through. Even with my boss hating my guts. A fact he goes out of his way to prove every chance he gets. Lucky for me, the best part of Jasper Diamond is his daughter... -
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...Categorized as:
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Burning Bond by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 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. -
Until Forever Falls by Micah Riley
Rated: 4.33 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... -
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...Categorized as:
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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... -
Second Chance Pass: A Virgin River Novel by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 38 ratings“For great storytelling and beautifully drawn characters, enter the world of Robyn Carr. ”. —Susan Elizabeth Phillips, #1 New York Times bestselling author. Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that inspired the hit Netflix series…. The community of Virgin River saw Vanessa Rutledge through her darkest days—now she’s looking to a bright future...Categorized as:
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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. Together they will learn that in the end, there can always only be one. -
The Someday Girl by Julie Johnson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SOMEDAY GIRL is the 95,000 word follow up to THE MONDAY GIRL. It concludes the angsty, addictive storyline of THE GIRL duet. I fell in love with a man who could not love me back. A man I will never deserve fell in love with me. Katherine Firestone has finally made it in Hollywood. New house. New car. New closet full of designer clothes. She's got it all. And yet. .. without him . .Categorized as:
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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. Will you survive senior year at Rixon High?Categorized as:
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Awakening by Ashley Suzanne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMira’s broken and battered. She’s fighting to put herself back together while her heart is trying to forget. Can she continue moving forward with one man while in love with another? Skylar’s wrestling demons he never imagined in his wildest dreams. The girl he’s been in love with for years finally has feelings for him. There’s only one problem: her heart might lie somewhere else...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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. Can I overcome the betrayal with a simple intermission, or am I better off alone? -
When I Come Back by Alise Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThirteen years ago, Carrington Grant and Thea Ashford left Indigo Hill, South Carolina with a shared dream of a larger life that only Seattle could offer. Cary hoped to be the next big chef with his childhood sweetheart at his side, leaving his estranged family behind without a second glance. Eight years ago, Thea moved back home to care for her sick mother, leaving Carrington alone in Seattle... -
The Pope by Jade Marshall
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDo second chances exist? Storm has been in love with Colin “Pope” O’Brien since she was thirteen but it wasn’t meant to be. Years later, the opportunity to be together presents itself—but it's stolen away in the blink of an eye. After a near-death experience, Pope decides to bear his heart to Storm and finally claim the woman he loves. But it just doesn’t seem in to be in the cards for them...Categorized as:
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Envy by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 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...Categorized as:
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The Housekeepers Daughter: A steamy romantic suspense novel by Dee Palmer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Housekeepers Daughter. “True love may lay claim on your heart, but a first love brands your soul. ”. I loved Atticus with my body and soul. Until he broke my heart and shattered my trust. He betrayed me. But worst of all,. Six years later he’s made me love him all over again. Blinded by my desire for revenge,. I didn’t even notice it happen,. Until it was too late... -
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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Promise Me 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...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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DEADLY PURSUIT: Tri Star Security by Nicole James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEx-Navy SEAL Chris Draper is CEO and founder of the Texas based company, Tri Star Security, an ex-military rescue and protection service. Clients turn to Tri Star when no one else can help them. When Tri Star's office manager, Lani Cantrell goes missing, a Mexican Cartel is the prime suspect... -
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My Darling Signed In by New Lung
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAssociated Names. Doubles Jeux. Meu Amor Online. nae jaginim-i logeu-in hasyeossseubnida. 내 자기님이 로그인 하셨습니다. ネカノがログインしました. 我亲爱的上线了. 我的達令上線了. 105 chapters (Completed). Season 1: Chapters 1-62. Season 2: Chapters 63-105 + 1 extra. -
Pick Me by Victoria Schade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA delightfully sexy romantic comedy about a romance writer determined to learn how to play pickleball to impress her crush, only to fall for her coach. As a cowboy romance ghostwriter, Brooke Murphy knows a thing or two about happily ever afters. But following her last breakup, Brooke is feeling fresh out of hot and steamy vibes...Categorized as:
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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
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA slow burn, friends to lovers, military romance from USA Today bestselling author Prescott Lane. All 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... -
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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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. " - Megan, Reading Books Like a Boss... -
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... -
The Edge of Us by Veronica Larsen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 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... -
His Ever After by Jessica Ingro
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll is fair in love and war. Jacob Matthews learned that lesson the hard way when he discovered just how far some people will go to win someone’s heart. When fate brought Samantha Monroe back into Jacob’s life, he finally started to believe that his world was going to be complete. He loves Sam with the kind of intensity that burns deep and scalds your very soul...Categorized as:
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In Me an Invincible Summer by Ryan Loveless
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo an outsider's view, world-famous action star Joe Nestra lives the Hollywood dream—parties, women, and a high-profile divorce. In reality, Joe's agent directs his public life. Those women he's supposedly intimate with? Prearranged dates ending at the red carpet... -
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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
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
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
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...Categorized as:
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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
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. What we have is so rare, one would think our story would be written, our fate sealed...Categorized as:
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Falling for the Good Guy by Violet Duke
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 27 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...Categorized as:
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Flames and Flowers by Jaine Diamond
Flames and Flowers. Flames 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). -
The Meet Cute Method by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe brand new laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from the bestselling author of Life's A Beach and Stuck On You. Do movie romances ever happen in real life. .. ? Frankie doesn't believe in true love. As relationships expert at popular magazine Stylife, she has learnt that dating disasters are far more common than happy ever afters...Categorized as:
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Separation Anxiety by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 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... -
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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... -
It's Only Temporary by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt all started because of a bachelor auction. My girlfriend was supposed to win me, but she issued an ultimatum that resulted in the end of our relationship seconds before I took the stage. Instead, the singer of the band I’m temporarily playing with won. I’ve been fighting my attraction since the day I met her, and now I’m forced to take her on a romantic date...Categorized as:
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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
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. Eric had been drafted into the pros and was moving to Denver without his family...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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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