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  • A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott

    A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Do you believe in fate? Livvie Weatherill does…This time last year, if anyone had told Livvie Weatherill she’d have fallen in love and would be making plans for her Christmas wedding to Zander Gillespie, she would have laughed in their face...
  • Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich

    Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The adventures continue for Stephanie Plum, Trenton's best-known bounty hunter, in these three Complete Plum Novels from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich!Four to Score: Stephanie Plum is forced to enlist the help of Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker and wannabe bounty hunter Lula, and transvestite rock musician Sally Sweet in an attempt to capture revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki...
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  • Saltwater Cowboy by Christy Barritt

    Saltwater Cowboy by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When a mysterious woman washes up in Cape Corral, a wild horse sanctuary off North Carolina's coast, law enforcement officer Levi Sutherland is determined to figure out if she's connected with the crimes recently plaguing the island. The problem is, she can't remember anything . .
  • Break My Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Break My Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 12 ratings
    Dr. Meredith Quinn always planned to return to Gossamer Falls to practice dentistry. Now that she's back home, she's made it a point to offer clinics to children and adults in nearby underserved areas. Unfortunately, those same areas are known to harbor drug traffickers, and Police Chief Grayson Ward suspects that local law enforcement is looking the other way...
  • BOURBON GIRL: part 1 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    BOURBON GIRL: part 1 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!In the romantic mystery BOURBON GIRL, a young woman takes a job as a tour guide on the trail of bourbon distilleries in Kentucky to search for her biological father, and finds so much more along the way...
  • Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the Siren of the Seas nears its next port of call, a group of disgruntled crewmembers circulate a petition to have the ship’s purser fired.Millie is shocked to learn that not only is her close friend’s name at the top of the list, but other loyal crewmembers’ names are listed as well...
  • The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    “Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again.”When MacThomas Pockets finished his last tour as part of the Scottish Special Forces, he was hired to consult for a film director to finesse some scenes that weren’t working. In a twist he never saw coming, he ended up moving to L.A. to work as the bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue...
  • Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lilian doesn’t remember anything about her life before the day Maggie Muir found her on her front porch—a toddler, abandoned and alone. And maybe that’s okay. She has a beautiful life at Muir Farm, including an adopted family she adores and a successful career as a lawyer. But she also has a secret . . . one that raises just as many questions about her future as it does her unknown past...
  • No Escape by Julie Moffett

    No Escape by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Geek girl Lexi Carmichael thought meeting the in-laws would be easy as long as they met on neutral ground and she was fully prepared with a spreadsheet full of etiquette dos and don’ts. But unfortunately for Lexi, things don’t always turn out as she planned.Meeting the in-laws is a daunting task even for those who are outgoing and socially capable...
  • GRAY WOLF SECURITY, Texas: The Complete 6-Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    GRAY WOLF SECURITY, Texas: The Complete 6-Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Free with Kindle Unlimited... Enjoy the complete Volume 2 of the Gray Wolf Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 6 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) Book 1: Defending Tierney I never wanted to be anything other than a defense attorney...
  • A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family.International Bestselling Author Ava Miles’ feel-good series, The Merriams, is back with a humorous and heartwarming story about a playboy without a cause and a woman whose dreams were diverted by family responsibility—and, of course, everyone’s favorite matchmakers to guide the way...
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    christian  new adult  humor  contemporary  m-f  audiobook
  • The Fountain of Infinite Wishes by Ava Miles

    The Fountain of Infinite Wishes by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava’s bestselling books…come join the family.International Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents a gripping and emotional tale about believing in wishes coming true and searching for love—no matter where it leads.Shelby McGuiness hadn’t stopped believing in wishes.Vander Montgomery had...
  • DRAGON SECURITY: Volume 2: The Complete 6 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    DRAGON SECURITY: Volume 2: The Complete 6 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    FREE with KINDLE UNLIMITED Enjoy 6 PRIVATE SECURITY ROMANCE books. No cliffhangers. Book 1: Peter I was dead for two years. My death faked, I was held captive by a rogue CIA agent who was crazy enough to use an international terrorist cell to steal from everyone. He was literally getting rich on terror. Rescued, my life is no longer my own. My brother is married to my girl, raising my son...
  • GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!In the romantic mystery GRAVEYARD GIRL, a city girl hiding out from a scandal agrees to house-sit an old home in a rural area where she thinks no one will know her to finish a project she hopes will repair her reputation...
  • Twirled Bond by Emma Hart

    Twirled Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    If I thought Holly Woods was crazy before, I was wrong. Devin is finally married. Nonna's on the wedding warpath. Drake might be getting ideas. His mom just dropped a bombshell, and Bek is caught between a hot as hell FBI agent and my super-sweet little brother. And I still don't have the shoe closet Drake promised me when he moved in six months ago...
  • Tangled Up In You by Barbara Freethy

    Tangled Up In You by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Detective Adam Cole has been a loner for as long as he can remember. He's very good at protecting people. He's great at being a friend, but relationships that go beyond that—not so much. A darkness in his past prevents him from making himself open and vulnerable...
  • Special Agent Murphy by Mimi Barbour

    Special Agent Murphy by Mimi Barbour

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It's Christmas in Washington, but not for one heartsick family. Agent Shane Murphy has a hard time believing his life could get so crazy. Because of a choice – one he’d make again – he loses his superiority in the FBI. Now he’s forced to work surveillance with a rookie female yapper. And… gets caught up in the kidnapping of a sixteen-year-old that pulls at the heartstrings he keeps hidden...
  • The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

    The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it.One slip on the rug...
  • Sweet Passions at Bayside by Addison Cole

    Sweet Passions at Bayside by Addison Cole

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal heroes and sassy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, and easy to relate to...
  • No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

    No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Geek's Worst Nightmare: Going Back to High School Returning to high school is not something I ever wanted to do over—it was awful the first time around. So why do I have to go back as part of a new undercover assignment? Because the universe loves playing jokes on me, obviously...
  • All this Time by Melissa Tagg

    All this Time by Melissa Tagg

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bear McKinley’s past refuses to let go. Ten years ago, Bear gave up everything—his freedom and his reputation—for his mess of a family. But after years of distance and too many attempts at starting over, he finally has a new life doing noble work in Brazil . . . until his past catches up to him once again...
  • Edge of Forever by Jacob Chance

    Edge of Forever by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After suffering an unexpected and devastating loss, I return to my job with the FBI and focus on finding the answers I need.Now, forced to live without the person I've come to love the most, I feel more alone than ever.And if missing Belfast and trying to navigate my life without him isn't difficult enough, every direction I turn danger lurks--waiting for me...
  • Do Tease the Charming Billionaire by Cami Checketts

    Do Tease the Charming Billionaire by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sassy but scarred woman. A tough but damaged man. Will a beautiful, secluded island bring them love or will the demons from his past rip them apart?A woman scarred and shutting herself off from the world; a billionaire who won't give up on her...
  • Revenge in the Roses by Dale Mayer

    Revenge in the Roses by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riches to rags. ... Bullets start flying. ... Rage is rising, ... especially for some!When the journey to Rosemoor for a celebratory evening turns deadly, Doreen’s life is flipped on her head. She can only watch in horror as Mack is shot right in front of her. Horrified, she vows to solve this case and fast, before the shooter realizes he failed and comes back for a second attempt...
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    mystery  suspense  humor  contemporary  audiobook
  • Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello

    Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Driverton’s bad boy is falling in love with his best friend’s cousin and it just might cost him everything.Levi has always had a sweet spot for Katie, but she’s not his type. He likes his women wild, willing, and from out of town so they’re easy to move on from when his interest wanes.Katie is opinionated and off-limits...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  humor  length-short  m-f
  • Tied Bond by Emma Hart

    Tied Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Holly Woods is going to hell in a handbasket—but this time, Satanists aren’t to blame. Halloween is. Nonna doesn’t understand why there are skeletons and demons everywhere. Mom is threatening to stitch a devil into Nonna’s pillowcase if she doesn’t shut up. Bek is bumbling over a date with Jason, the handsome FBI agent who conveniently got himself relocated to Austin, and I… Well...
  • Home Sweet Love by Ava Miles

    Home Sweet Love by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares a powerful tale about the sweetness of home and falling in love for the first time. Chase Parker doesn’t believe in all that gushy home sweet love stuff. Moira Hale sure as heck does...
  • SEAL INVESTIGATIONS: A 5-Books SEAL Romance Series by Lola Silverman

    SEAL INVESTIGATIONS: A 5-Books SEAL Romance Series by Lola Silverman

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    THE COMPLETE SERIES, now FREE with Kindle Unlimited. 5 books and NO cliffies! Book 1: JASE I did not work my ass off to become a Navy SEAL because I had a desire to add the title of “nursemaid” to my resume. So when my commanding officer requested that I go check up on his baby sister, I was understandably less than thrilled...
  • Storms Over Secrets by J.A. DeRouen

    Storms Over Secrets by J.A. DeRouen

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Promises are lies dressed up for the party. Secrets poison the fairest of fairy tales. Lies stain the purest of loves. I've paid the ultimate price for my choices. The tendrils of those sins bind me to my past. The remnants of my love hold me captive. Then he walks into my life and makes me believe in second chances. He awakens feelings in my I know I shouldn't have...
  • The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares an emotional tale about a woman’s quest to reunite her family and make a patchwork quilt of happiness out of her own happily ever after. Riley Thomson believes every woman can be her own superhero...
  • ESCORT GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    ESCORT GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!In this romantic mystery, a young woman who works for a PR firm is chaperone, babysitter, and therapist to VIPS who come to Atlanta to promote their movies, music, books, TV shows, politics, and products..
  • Butterfly in Amber by Camilla Monk

    Butterfly in Amber by Camilla Monk

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    He's waiting for you... Under a blanket of snow, surrounded by dark woods and a frozen sea, lies an ogre's castle. There lives a little princess, trapped in the maze of her own mind. On a battlefield where the past meets the present stand a fairy godmother and a pirate, an old ice cream man and a knight in shining clean armor..
  • No Strings Attached by Julie Moffett

    No Strings Attached by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Oops, I did it again… Leave it to me, Lexi Carmichael, to become a target for an elite organization of cyber criminals simply by being in the wrong place at the right time. As if I weren't already freaking out about planning my best friend's bachelorette party, I now have to keep my eyes peeled for people trying to kill me...
  • Adios Pantalones by J. Sterling

    Adios Pantalones by J. Sterling

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ryan Fisher is a hopeless romantic. He wants to fall in love and doesn't care who knows it. But he's selective and refuses to fall for just anyone... he's looking for the "right" woman. When he runs into single mom Sofia one morning, his life is turned upside down. She doesn't think he's the right kind of guy for her. He's determined to show her how wrong she is...
  • Chance by Taylor Hart

    Chance by Taylor Hart

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Kindle all-star and USA Today author, Taylor Hart--A CROSS OVER event between Cross Creek and South Port! A small town sheriff trying to put this gold hunt to rest once and for all. A woman from his past, running from her ex. Will they keep each other's secrets and open their hearts once again?Chance Cross only knew one thing; whoever was going after his family--would pay...
  • Don't Abandon the Superstar by Cami Checketts

    Don't Abandon the Superstar by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A hockey superstar who’s charmed his way through life; a woman who’s never had anything go right, desperate to free her wrongly accused mother. When their mixed luck crosses paths, life will never be the same. Is love at first sight possible? Austin Strong didn’t believe it, until Kate Joy met his gaze, and he crashed into a glass door...
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    christian  suspense  contemporary  sports  humor
  • Do Claim the Tempting Athlete by Cami Checketts

    Do Claim the Tempting Athlete by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A single mom with a horrific secret, a charming hockey player with a marriage deadline he refuses to meet, and the ghost from her past who won't stay hidden.Eve Jewel is busy and happy raising her daughter and running her fitness center. She doesn't need or trust anyone but her family...
    Categorized as:
    christian  suspense  humor  sports  contemporary
  • Filthy Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Filthy Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m a male stripper. Yeah, I said it. And let me tell you, it’s an end to a means, my friend.My brothers and I are the kings of Las Vegas. Owning our own male revue club has been a fantasy of mine for a long time. And now that dream is finally a reality. My nerves are shot. The stress is real. And I need just one night to let loose...
  • Rescued for Christmas: A Sweet Holiday Billionaire Romance by Tamie Dearen

    Rescued for Christmas: A Sweet Holiday Billionaire Romance by Tamie Dearen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes, the only way to find the road home is to get lost!Bestselling author Amy Pinkerton is trying to escape her sudden fame and find a writing retreat for the holidays. But everything goes wrong when she gets lost on the back roads of Montana in a snowstorm. Just her luck, her rental car hits a patch of ice and skids off the road...
  • Whispers of Skye Cottage by Sage Parker

    Whispers of Skye Cottage by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lily hoped a fresh start would change her life. And it did…just not the way she wanted.On the run from her manipulative fiancé, Lily leaves home for the beautiful Scottish Highlands - where her beloved grandfather left his charming cottage to her.Nestled on a black sand beach, staring at endless rolling hills of green, she couldn’t imagine a better place to start over...
  • ESCORT GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    ESCORT GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!In this romantic mystery, a young woman who works for a PR firm is chaperone, babysitter, and therapist to VIPS who come to Atlanta to promote their movies, music, books, TV shows, politics, and products..
  • Secrets of Clearwater Castle by Emma Davies

    Secrets of Clearwater Castle by Emma Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Heartbroken Lowri Morgan, a young Welsh widow, is finally packing up her beloved husband’s belongings, her young daughter Wren asleep at her side. Then, hidden amongst the very last pile of papers, Lowri finds an official-looking letter – and her whole world shifts…Her husband had a secret inheritance, one he’d never mentioned or done anything about...
  • Cornered by Lynette Eason, Lynn H. Blackburn

    Cornered by Lynette Eason, Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Prepare for three times the thrills with these nail-biting page-turners from your favorite romantic suspense authors!In In the Dark by Lynette Eason, accountant Steph Cross is cleaning out a coworker's desk after her untimely death when she finds cryptic notes that lead her to believe her friend's car accident was no accident at all...
  • Temp Girl, part 1 by Stephanie Bond

    Temp Girl, part 1 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When an entitled diva loses her lucrative job and is forced to take temp work, she also takes a tumble into reality...
  • The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    The Calendar of New Beginnings by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Over one million readers have fallen in love with Ava’s bestselling Dare Valley and Dare River series…come join the family. USA Today Bestselling Author Ava Miles presents a sweet and emotional friends-to-lovers story about the power of new beginnings...
  • April Fools by Jess Lourey

    April Fools by Jess Lourey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN B07MLT8PV9 can be found here.Librarian and aspiring PI Mira James has discovered one corpse a month for each of the eleven months she's lived in Battle Lake, Minnesota. She'd give her left foot to break that streak this April.But when she stumbles across a disturbing note, and a Battle Lake girl vanishes, she has no choice except to get involved...
  • How Sweet It Is by Kate Perry, Kathia Zolfaghari

    How Sweet It Is by Kate Perry, Kathia Zolfaghari

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "Perry is a storyteller, weaving magic wherever she goes, much to the delight of her millions of fans." – The Literary Shed Viola Summerhill loves her sisters… Except when they suggest a rebound fling is just the thing to wash away the bad taste left from her recently crumbled marriage. Viola knows she can't find happiness in sex or another person. She needs to find happiness within...
  • No Biz Like Showbiz by Julie Moffett

    No Biz Like Showbiz by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Lexi Carmichael: helping geeks everywhere get some. Okay, so it's not exactly as it seems, but that's what's happening on the dating reality show called Geeks Get Some that I, geek extraordinaire Lexi Carmichael, have been called to work on. Not that I'm a fan of reality shows (I can barely deal with my own reality)...
  • Bobbie Faye's   Family Jewels by Toni McGee Causey

    Bobbie Faye's Family Jewels by Toni McGee Causey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It had been a whole freaking month since Bobbie Faye Sumrall had blown up anything or been shot at, and that was almost a new record. Then her diva cousin Francesca waltzed up to where she manned the gun counter in Ce Ce's Cajun Outfitter and Feng Shui Emporium and everything just went to hell. Fast...
  • Stay the Night by Kate Perry

    Stay the Night by Kate Perry

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One bad decision… Photographer Titania Summerhill knew better than to let her mentor talk her into being his “friend with benefits.” Now that she refuses to date him, he has her blacklisted from selling her pictures to any magazine bigger than Cat Fancy...
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