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Undeniably Yours by Pamela Ann
“You’re passionate nature matches mine. Your promise reflects my own. If something was to happen, it’s comforting to know that your dead heart will be intertwined with my lifeless own.” I vowed with ferocity. “My heart for yours, Emma.” ~Blasphemous Falling. Losing. Risking. Everything. ALL for one woman...Categorized as:
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The Best Is Yet to Come by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhen a woman alone in the world bravely chooses to open her heart, two lost souls have a new chance at belonging, in this intimate novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.A new beginning in charming Oceanside, Washington, is exactly what Hope Godwin needs after the death of her twin brother... -
Contessa by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook one of the YA/New Adult Choisie series by the author of Emi Lost & Found! When she was four, a generous couple welcomed orphan Olivia Sophia into their lives. As she grew up, her parents made good decisions for her, raising “Livvy” to be an intelligent and creative young girl... -
Autumn Night Whiskey by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne man loved me when I didn’t even like myself. The town whispered that we were star crossed lovers… among other things. He was my first love, but so out of reach with where fate had taken me. With a little girl to look after and a past I wished I didn’t have, things were never going to be easy when it came to my life in this small town. Let alone my love life...Categorized as:
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Cruel Dynasty by Geneva Lee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI made a deal. One year of my life pretending to be a rich aristocrat in exchange for ten million pounds. Enough money to start over somewhere new. Enough money to disappear forever. It sounded simple, but being Kerrigan Belmond is more dangerous than I expected. Her world isn’t as perfect behind closed doors as it is on paper... -
Sylvie by K. Langston
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBroken. Shattered. DestroyedWill she ever find a way to overcome the guilt? The anger. The pain. Healing seems impossible. Moving on... Unbearable. Until him. He's the only one who can save her. But it comes with a heavy price... -
Fixated on You by Pamela Ann
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEmma Anderson’s career was thriving. Her personal life too—but she knew—it was all a ticking time bomb until everything blows up. What happens then? Even if he’s relationship with Emma was going great, Bass Cole still had a long way to go to make amends after the grief he’d caused Emma last year. No matter what the future held for them, he knew one thing—Emma owned his heart... -
Bray by Effy Vaughn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Sutton Boys - those three words bring a smile to the faces of females of all ages in the small town of Malroy, Alabama. Five brothers who help their momma run their farm during the work week, while seeing how many women they can sweet talk out of their panties on the weekends... -
Play to Win by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsPLAY FAIR . . . OR PLAY TO WIN? Falling in love with polar-opposite men was an intoxicating ride that nearly ended Sage Reese's life. Now it's time for Sage to decide: Parker, the clean-cut, filthy-rich business magnate . . . or Ryker, the tough-as-nails undercover detective. Her choice? Neither...Categorized as:
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My Brother's Girl by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere’s only one woman I’d give up my bachelor’s lifestyle for… my brother’s girl. But she was mine first. High school. Youth. Innocence. I can still taste her on my lips if I close my eyes. And here she is, back in my life, dating my brother. A brother that doesn’t know my past because I’m a private sort of guy... -
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... -
Spies Like Us by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen the party that was supposed to shed light on the underground world of Summerville went pear shaped and revealed the death of a team member they ended up with more questions than answers... -
Perfectly Broken by Maegan Abel
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsZane Tishler moved in with his brother after his nightmare divorce to find that his brother had taken in a “stray”, a punk chick with a bad attitude. Liliosa Cortez found a place to start over in a city built for hiding. But when her roommate’s brother moved in she pegged him for a pretty boy with enough baggage to fill a semi and major hostility toward women... -
What's Left of Me by Hannah Bird
Rated: 4.25 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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Past the Broken Bridges by B. Celeste
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the fan-favorite author of Underneath the Sycamore Tree comes another raw, real, and unforgettable story of love and loss."When you find things that you love, it's not always easy letting them go, because they become a part of you... -
My #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI was hidden so we could be safe.I survived so I could reclaim my life.Now, everything has been destroyed by the same evil always lurking in the shadows.Time is running out and my world keeps unraveling.All I can do is put my trust in the boy with the messy blond hair, icicle eyes and lips that tell lies. Can the Midwest Boys protect me?The body count around town would suggest otherwise... -
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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Marks on the Moon by T.D. Colbert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTess If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today? Take a trip? Throw a party? Spend time with loved ones? Say the words you never said? Asking for a friend. The man who was made just for me is dying, and he wants to see me. How do I know? His wife called. Cade I thought I was at peace with Tess and I living our own lives. Loving her from afar... -
Sing Your Secrets by Kay Cove
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe thought her first love was in the past. Her famous ex thinks differently. But her new man has no plans of letting her go. For Reese, music is a passion of the past. All her precious memories of singing are twisted up with the painful aftermath of her first heartbreak. The only way to move on is to leave it all behind... -
His Daring Girl by Landry Hill
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOne dare can change everything. For the good. And… for the bad.Ruby was the loser. The recluse. The girl in the big baggy clothes and huge glasses, praying to go unnoticed. Praying to go one day without being picked on. She’s counting down the hours until graduation. Counting down the seconds until she’s free.But when she suddenly gets invited to Chase Warren’s party, everything changes... -
Into the Tomorrows by Whitney Barbetti
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI was born in sadness, which was just the beginning of a solemn and desolate life. I'm no stranger to pain—none of us are. The night I held my best friend's hand as she died, I understood true agony. And I never thought I'd feel happiness again. But that was so long ago.. -
What Happens in the Alps... by T.A. Williams
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUP IN THE MAGICAL, SNOW-KISSED MOUNTAINS…Two years ago, Annie Brewer’s life was turned upside down when her adrenaline-junkie husband died in a tragic climbing accident... -
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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In This Life by Christine Brae
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLovers don’t finally meet somewhere, They’re in each other all along. RUMI It starts out so simply. Anna runs away to Thailand, drags her best friend Dante with her and spends a few weeks away, taking on other people’s problems while getting away from her own... -
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Royal Command by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone thought I was living the fairytale—marrying a prince and living happily ever after.That only happens in movies.I was actually living a nightmare. A gilded cage crushing my soul.After a terrorist attack almost took my life and my bodyguard, Lennox, trapping us together, we were forced to face things we tried to deny. Feelings we could no longer ignore...Categorized as:
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Speak Now: or Forever Hold Your Peace by Becky Monson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“Ms. Monson creates a quintessential work of Chick Lit that left me wondering about all my "what-if's." - Author Cecilia Kennedy ★★★★★“What an adorable story this is - full of likeable characters, interesting plot twists, and written with such a refreshingly funny sense of humor.” - Author Beth Labonte ★★★★★Speak Now is the latest hit from the author of the hit Spinster Series, Becky Monson... -
My Second Chance by Natasha L. Black
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSecrets always have a way of coming back to bite you,And I’m about to get bit big time…Graham was the star pitcher of our high school team,I was the theater nerd I never thought he’d notice.Until one day he did, and it changed my life forever.Fast forward five years and he sees me in the stands,He gives me one hot night and a heck of a secret to keep... -
The Woman Who Knew Everything by Debbie Viggiano
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree friends. Three wishes. And a dollop of magic… Shy Chrissie, well-meaning Dee and no-nonsense Amber have worked together at law firm Hood, Mann & Derek ever since leaving their respective colleges. Now in their late twenties, the women have a close-knit friendship with much more in common than just typing up letters and legal documents for their solicitor bosses... -
Torn Between Two by Mia Kayla
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI believe in fairy tales — the kind where a knight in shining armor sweeps me off my feet. Coming from a broken home, fairy tales housed the hope I clung to. Never in my life did I imagine two knights coming into my life— two knights that wore very different armor. A rockstar versus a lawyer. Fast and furious versus deliberate and calculated... -
Summer Seduction by Rachel Van Dyken
Marlo and Ray's story continues… I wanted revenge. And I got it in the best way possible. Ray has always driven me insane, now that we're older, all I want is to make her feel the pain she put me through for four years. And then suddenly, everything shifts and I realize I just want her, It's bad enough that I'm the camp director — her boss... -
I Wish I Would’ve Warned You by Whitney G.
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTruth or dare?"I dare you to stop pretending that you still want to be a virgin when you're around me…"As much as I wanted to say those words to Emily O'Hara after the night we first met, I never did.Instead, I dared myself to leave her alone.But I lost that game.I gave up trying to win.She was the first girl who didn't run when she found out how damaged I was... -
Best I Never Had by Jeannie Choe
Senior year of high school seems like an entire lifetime ago when you’re an adult adjusting to real-life responsibilities and real-life heartbreak. When Hayden Marshall and Natalia Marquez run into each other on the busy streets of New York City, hundreds of miles away from their hometown and years after their high school graduation, it seems kismet is more common than either one of them thought...Categorized as:
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Falling for Sakura: A Secret Proposal Part 1 by Alexia Praks
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFalling for Sakura is a new adult contemporary romance featuring a beautiful, compassionate young woman searching for herself and falling in love with two hot brothers. They are flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable for readers who enjoy contemporary romance with strong family value and character growth... -
Sparrow by Sara Mack
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Kyle Dayton was seventeen, he lost his heart to Addison Parks. It was easy to do. After spending countless summers of boredom with his grandmother at Buhl Lake, Kyle’s world turned upside down the minute Addison appeared. She was unlike any girl he had ever met; she was confident, out-going, and honest... -
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Spend the Night II by Elizabeth Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the second episode of the Spend the Night serial. Someone’s playing a deadly game… Two men vying for your attention—seems like every girl's dream come true. For Hannah Wellesley, the dream has become a nightmare...Categorized as:
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Below Unforgiven by Kimberly Adams Stedronsky
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMATURE 18+, UNFINISHED TRILOGY, CLIFFHANGER Vivian Hale doesn’t cope. She runs. Spending the summer in small town Pennsylvania, working for minimum wage in the old trailer-turned-video-store, Vivian longs to move on after her world came crashing down around her... -
Tell Me How This Ends by Victoria De La O
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrothers Jude and Ryan McAllister are inseparable. When Jude stepped in to raise Ryan after the death of their mother, it became the two of them against the world. But the scars it left were bone-deep. Then Lizzie Price comes along. Lizzie hopes Ryan’s kindness can help heal her wounds from a toxic relationship. But when she meets Jude, their powerful attraction makes him difficult to resist... -
The Perfect Distraction by Melissa Rolka
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Katherine “Kate” leaves for her freshmen year at college, a grounded and stable piece of her is missing. She pushes away the ghosts of her past, determined to start her college life single, carefree and distracted. Throughout high school Kate was reserved and shy, with little experience. Now, on her own, with little holding her back, Kate is ready to branch out...Categorized as:
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Pretty White Lies by C.A. Mariah
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLove was the sensation that set me free.It was in those stolen moments and forbidden touches I found who I belonged to.Held in your arms, I finally saw what forever could look like, and when I sank into your kiss, heaven revealed itself to me.Your love was my elixir, my muse. It gave me life, and I offered it to you freely, and you took it without remorse... -
Falling for Sakura: A Secret Kiss by Alexia Praks
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFalling for Sakura is a new adult contemporary romance featuring a beautiful, compassionate young woman searching for herself and falling in love with two hot brothers. They are flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable for readers who enjoy contemporary romance with strong family value and character growth...Categorized as:
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Love Unspoken by Lisa De Jong, Chelsea Kuhel
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI lent my heart to the bad boy, and he did exactly what I expected he would. He broke it. And the guy I should have been with—he’s still here. He tries to take my mind off everything I’ve lost while showing me what I could have. I’m ready for a new start, to fall in love again … to do what I should have done in the first place. Everything seems perfect... -
One Chance by T. Renee Fike
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHaley has always lived in the shadows of her identical twin Kenzie. Moving on to different colleges, Haley decides to show people who she is and who she wants to be. Setting her sites on Liam, the boy she's always wanted, she takes a chance that can cost her everything. Liam Masters, the football jock known by many, is cocky, stubborn, and gorgeous... -
Wrecked by Alla Kar
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratings*New Adult Contemporary Romance. Intended for mature readers!* One wrecked plane … Two wrecked souls … ANNABELLE JACOBS is comfortable with her boyfriend of a year JORDAN FINCH. But Jordan’s best-friend BEAU RICHARDS doesn’t make Annabelle feel comfortable—he makes her feel alive... -
Best I Never Had by Jeannie Choe
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSenior year of high school seems like an entire lifetime ago when you’re an adult adjusting to real-life responsibilities and real-life heartbreak. When Hayden Marshall and Natalia Marquez run into each other on the busy streets of New York City, hundreds of miles away from their hometown and years after their high school graduation, it seems kismet is more common than either one of them thought... -
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You Were Never Honest by B.C. Morgan
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe end of my school year is going to bring nothing but pain, misery and the realisation that not everyone is who they seem to be. I never wanted to rely on them or even have them in my life, but they wormed their way in, and he betrayed me... -
Falling for Sakura: A Secret Kiss Part 2 by Alexia Praks
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFalling for Sakura is a new adult contemporary romance featuring a beautiful, compassionate young woman searching for herself and falling in love with two hot brothers. They are flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable for readers who enjoy contemporary romance with strong family value and character growth. Part 2 of A Secret Kiss, the story of Sakura and the Princeton brothers continues...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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Sweet Alibi by Adriane Leigh
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Adriane Leigh comes a passionate contemporary romance about giving in to desire so sharp and sweet it threatens to consume... Georgia Montgomery is desperate for an escape from the life she’s been leading. The perfect job, the perfect apartment, the perfect boyfriend—all are on the cusp of driving her over the edge... -
Stealing Conleigh by Glenna Maynard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHolden James is a thorn in my side. He’s rude, conceited, and he’s also my boyfriend’s best friend. When Ezra suggested we move into together, I didn’t know he meant the three of us. Two’s company and three is a crowd, at least that is what I thought…until one night changes everything. Conleigh Meyers is the last person I should want. She’s my best friend’s girl, therefore untouchable...
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