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Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSearch and Rescue Coordinator, Max Cooper, has heard the mountain’s call. Now he’s returned to his birthplace to see whether the Moose Mountain legend is true for him, just like it has been for his brothers and cousins. He doesn’t expect it to literally hit him in the back of the head though... -
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His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI was always the good girl, until I met Quinn…. What do a law student and a smuggler have in common? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So I should leave the straight-laced, curvy Coraline alone. But I can’t. I’m no good for her. Every minute she spends with me, she’s risking her career, her future. I should let her go. But I can’t. My need to have her, to possess her, drives me to complete selfishness... -
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![Arranged Husband by Ali Parker]()
Arranged Husband by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI don’t believe in fate. I believe in land. Legacy. And protecting what’s mine. I’m a billionaire rancher with dirt on my boots, a sharp tongue, and no patience for men who think power gives them ownership. She’s brilliant. Unyielding. All polished control—until you look close enough to see what she’s been carrying on her own... -
![Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport]()
Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAurora Dawson loved helping happy couples have their perfect wedding and happily ever after. Even if she never found one for herself. When a divorce office opened shop right next to her, she was livid that someone would help tear apart the couples she brought together... -
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![Listed: Volume VI by Noelle Adams]()
Listed: Volume VI by Noelle Adams
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is Volume VI of a six-volume serial novel. A marriage of convenience has never been like this. Just before her eighteenth birthday, the doctors tell Emily she has three months to live. Not much time to complete the bucket list she's had since she was twelve. The first item is the hardest--"Get married"--so she turns to the only man she knows who can help... -
![Until the Lightning Strikes: Happily Ever Alpha World by Elle Christensen]()
Until the Lightning Strikes: Happily Ever Alpha World by Elle Christensen
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRachel Hill is struggling to get out of the life she was raised in. With only two more semesters to go, she’ll have her college degree and her ticket out of town. But, it seems as though bad luck is raining down on her and when the company she works for goes out of business, her income goes from meager to nothing. She’s desperate to find a way to pay for school... -
![Farmer Finds a Bride by Cassi Hart]()
Farmer Finds a Bride by Cassi Hart
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMelissa My dad hasn’t been the same since my mom left us several years ago. He’s obsessed with gaining political power, going so far as to promise my hand in marriage to one of his important campaign donors. My groom is a scumbag, but I can’t get my dad to see my side at all. He won’t even let me apply to college so I can follow my dreams... -
![Grumpy Suits: An Office Romance Collection by Cassie Mint]()
Grumpy Suits: An Office Romance Collection by Cassie Mint
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’re stern and bossy. Rich and powerful. They rule the city…. And these girls will bring them to their knees. This collection brings three steamy office romances, where the grumpy bosses fall HARD. Settle in for…. Silver Fox. He’s older and wiser. A king in a three-piece suit. And there’s a secret side to him that only I see. Sweet Tooth. I’m an ambitious lawyer. She’s a cake pop delivery girl... -
![Year's Happy Ending by Betty Neels]()
Year's Happy Ending by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCould she settle for less than love? Professor Gideon Beaufort tried Deborah's good nature severely. He reviled her future as a trained nanny, destined to settle for a permanent post caring for other people's children. But was his proposal any more enticing, when all he wanted was a substitute for his young daughter and nothing more? "I won't pretend," he told her candidly... -
![Snow Many Promises: A Snowed Inn Romance by Elle Christensen]()
Snow Many Promises: A Snowed Inn Romance by Elle Christensen
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Colin Ferguson agrees to a fake marriage as a favor to his dying friend, he expects to put a ring on her finger before they go their separate ways. Then he meets Cara O'Malley and he decides their marriage would be anything but temporary. Snow Many Promises includes additional chapters and two new epilogues from when it was published in the Snowed Inn anthology. -
![Dearest Eulalia by Betty Neels]()
Dearest Eulalia by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsConvenient bride…loving wife? Eulalia cannot bear the thought of losing her home, especially at Christmas! But with money running out she knows there’s no hope…until handsome surgeon Aderik van der Leurs show up on her doorstep – with a very convenient proposal! Though Aderik appears to want her simply as his convenient bride, he’s yearned for beautiful Eulalia from afar...Categorized as:
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![Mr. Judge by Flora Ferrari]()
Mr. Judge by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsa steamy standalone instalove romance (a man who knows what he wants book 285). -
![Royal Pickle by J.J. Knight]()
Royal Pickle by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a prince who can’t keep his pants on. She writes dirty limericks in a Brooklyn deli. Their spontaneous royal wedding is a match made in mayhem. I have to find a wife. And not just any wife. A love match. My parents gave me ten years to find a princess on my own, and the deadline has arrived...Categorized as:
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![Why Choose the Bodyguards by Sylvie Haas]()
Why Choose the Bodyguards by Sylvie Haas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm single. I'm pregnant. I'm a virgin. For every cautionary statement, there’s a poor soul serving as the example. For instance, you can get knocked up the first time you have sex. I’m sure there are a lot of examples so let’s skip ahead. You can get pregnant without penetration. Seriously! I did. And no, I’m not lying. But I am on a mission... -
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![Heat by C.M. Steele]()
Heat by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a mad dash to get through her hectic sweaty morning and make it to work on time, Violet finds herself struck by. .. a limo. Dazed but mostly unharmed, she's surprised when the passenger in the limo swoops her up and is shirtless. What kind of limo did she collide with? Pain and agony strikes Micah when he sees his little Violet in the middle of the street... -
![Hungry For Owen by Cameron Hart]()
Hungry For Owen by Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmery: I’ve worked at Sweet Perfection since I was in high school. I’m one business loan application away from being the sole owner of the bakery. Buying Sweet Perfection is the most important thing in my life, so when the too-handsome, too-charming, too-good-to-be-true Owen starts coming in and asking me out every morning, I have no choice but to turn him down... -
![Fangirl Seeking Mountain Man by Marley Michaels]()
Fangirl Seeking Mountain Man by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s time for the inaugural Moose Mountain Romance Readers Retreat, and Amy Robinson has been waiting all her life for a reason to visit Alaska and find a mountain man to call her very own. So, when she literally walks straight into the arms of Boone Cooper outside a bookstore on her first day, she thinks she’s died and gone to mountain sheriff heaven... -
![The Modern Fairy Tale Collection by Aria Cole]()
The Modern Fairy Tale Collection by Aria Cole
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFour swoonworthy tales that blend modern romance and syrupy sweet fantasy the way only Aria Cole can. .. Over the top gestures, filthy-sweet dirty talk, and possessive alpha goodness--they may be rough-around-the-edges but these men know exactly how to treat their women... -
![Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart]()
Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEmma Fawn has fallen on hard times. Her mom, unable to support them both, had kicked her out when she turned eighteen and she’s been bouncing from town to town and job to job for a few years until she finally lands in Thorp, Washington. She’s trying to stay positive but she’s run out of money, has nowhere to live, and no real options... -
![The Last Minute First Lady by Tinia Montford]()
The Last Minute First Lady by Tinia Montford
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWHAT’S ONE ITSY, BITSY, LITTLE LIE? Cassian Anders will be the youngest governor in Illinois history. .. If he wins. That’s all everyone seems to talk about these days. Jolie Coldwell isn’t one of them. As a journalist, her priorities comprise digging up dirt on crooked politicians and local cover-ups... -
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Statham by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBroke, unemployed, and alone is no way to start off the new year, but that’s exactly what happens after my company closes shop after the holidays. We’re in the middle of one of the worst winters on record, and like always I can’t find one of my gloves. When I go looking for it, I find something else entirely. Him... -
![Marrying the Widowed Doctor by Iris West]()
Marrying the Widowed Doctor by Iris West
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiam. To keep a promise and make my twins happy, I have no choice other than enter into an arranged marriage. Angel Clark is too young for me but the infertile curvy beauty wants kids more than she wants a husband. Which makes her the perfect bride for a man determined to never open himself up to the pain of loss again... -
![Secret Baby at the Beach by Nixie Taylor]()
Secret Baby at the Beach by Nixie Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI fell for the rich girl at the party the second she spilled her beer on me…and actually apologized. I showed her how to make a jerk pee his pants. She showed me her bedroom. But we only had one night together. Before the sun rose, I was in jail. Framed for a crime I didn’t commit. Not that I had any way of telling her. She never even told me her name. Six years have passed... -
![Jealous Savage by Lena Little]()
Jealous Savage by Lena Little
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe shadows. The darkness. The underworld has always been my home. But I don’t tolerate any male giving any woman any kind of grief which is why I offer my services discreetly. I’m curious, and can’t resist seeing who requests my help, although I have no interest in interacting with some college kid. Until I see her. And everything changes. But then she flips around and does something foolish... -
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![Plated for the Chef by Cassi Hart]()
Plated for the Chef by Cassi Hart
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIris has a plan. When aspiring vlogger, trades places with her look-alike sister to expose their cruel boss’s. behavior, the last thing she expects is to meet world-renowned celebrity chef, Giovanni Canari. Not only does she embarrass herself, but she loses her sister’s job in the process. After such a... -
![Cream by C.M. Steele]()
Cream by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNicholas Williams has two loves in his life, work and his younger sister Brie. Nothing keeps him away from his business except for Brie. So when she needs his help, he willingly agrees, but that’s all forgotten the instant his eyes land on the woman who just entered the coffee shop. Now he’s found a new love... -
![Doctor's Surprise Bride by Cassi Hart]()
Doctor's Surprise Bride by Cassi Hart
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDaisy. I’m honestly okay with living a quiet life working at my hometown’s library, but I’m a bit lonely, if I’m being honest. It’s hard putting myself out there, especially because I want a real connection...Categorized as:
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![Until Sadie: Happily Ever Alpha World by Sarah Curtis]()
Until Sadie: Happily Ever Alpha World by Sarah Curtis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCruising Pacific Coast Highway, Dean Keller had one thing on his mind—the job he needed to nail down. New city. New connections. New life. That was Dean’s focus. Until Sadie. One look at the fiery pixie with emerald eyes and Dean knew he had to make her his. The timing couldn’t be worse. Things were… complicated. Dean should’ve walked away from her. He didn’t. Couldn’t. But he should have... -
![Christopher (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Fiona Davenport]()
Christopher (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChristopher Mistletoe loved the mountainside town where he grew up. The last thing he wanted was for Snow Valley to fall into the hands of a heartless corporation. Although he had no interest in getting married, he agreed to his mom's plan to save his hometown. He'd marry his mail-order bride but in name only... -
![Making Her Mine by Hope Ford]()
Making Her Mine by Hope Ford
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe gave me her v card, I gave her my heart. I’m a professional pitcher. I can have any woman I want. But who I want is Trinity. She thinks I’m a player, but I’m going to prove her otherwise. I have her v card, but now I want it all. I’m going to make her mine. Hey Readers,. I’m bringing you the boys of summer! I know I’m not the only one that loves a hot, hunk of a baseball player... -
![Big Burly Liar by Erin Havoc]()
Big Burly Liar by Erin Havoc
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOlder. Grumpy. Rich. And very much not interested. Vance York is completely out of my league. Handsome, bigger, powerfully arrogant. The way he looks at me makes me weak in the knees…. But Vance makes it clear he doesn’t believe in love. It doesn’t matter to his parents. They want him to find someone. Quick. Vance offers me a deal. A small lie. All I have to do is pretend we’re dating... -
![Die Unberührte Braut Des Milliardärs by Clare Connelly]()
Die Unberührte Braut Des Milliardärs by Clare Connelly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s everything he shouldn’t want, she’s everything he should resist…. Billionaire playboy Benedetto di Fiori is no match for his innocent bride of convenience. He’s hard-edged and cynical where she’s sweet and trusting. He should know better than to seduce her, and yet something about her makes him powerless to resist…... -
![Claimed by Her Mafia Man by Sam Crescent]()
Claimed by Her Mafia Man by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIsabella Drago’s father has trained her to take over and stand in his place as Capo. He made other plans, though, and now she must marry the man he chose or fight for her place in a man’s world. Damon Romano, the Monster as he is called, is intrigued by the woman who’s been trained to take care of herself. This is his chance to finally have a woman at his side, one who isn’t afraid of him... -
![Rules of Their Royal Wedding Night by Michelle Smart]()
Rules of Their Royal Wedding Night by Michelle Smart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsComing soon! Rules of Their Royal Wedding Night by Michelle Smart will be available Dec 27, 2022. -
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![Cyrus by Esther E. Schmidt]()
Cyrus by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt seems like obtaining everything you want in life isn't always what one would expect. After smashing his goal in life a little ahead of schedule, Cyrus is a little disappointed and slightly frustrated. So he heads back to his roots. Back to his family. Back to the swamp. Bertie doesn't need a man... -
![The Innocent Behind the Scandal by Abby Green]()
The Innocent Behind the Scandal by Abby Green
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFrom London to St Petersburg. .. Everyone is talking about this couple! Photographer Zoe Collins is ready to be awakened at the hands of charismatic billionaire Maks Marchetti. She's been hurt one too many times and is determined to protect her heart, but she's done with protecting her virginity! Maks has never met anyone that intrigues him like Zoe... -
![Big Hefty Trucker by Cassi Hart]()
Big Hefty Trucker by Cassi Hart
Kat:. For my entire life, I’ve been expected to take over the family business. That might seem like no big deal, but it’s a lot to handle when that business is a huge chain of gas station convenience stores. Unfortunately for me, I don’t have a choice. Even though I don’t have a head for business, my parents always insist that it’s my duty to take over as CEO once my father retires...Categorized as:
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![Happily Ever Alpha: Until Mallory (Kindle Worlds: Happily Ever Alpha) by Ella Fox]()
Happily Ever Alpha: Until Mallory (Kindle Worlds: Happily Ever Alpha) by Ella Fox
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMallory McDonald might have bitten off more than she could chew when she moved to Nashville. That could be because the temporary rental she's in is a dump, or it might be that the police just kicked in the door of said rental and came in with their weapons drawn... -
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Cole by C.M. Steele
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlways the protective brother, Cole Bennett found himself storming into a bar in Hawaii to warn some woman to stay away from his brother. The second he sees her, he wants her to stay away from Bishop for an entirely different reason. She belongs to him. Aviana has had a lousy couple of years and just wanted her shift to be over at a tiki bar. Then in walks the hottest man she’d ever seen... -
![Graham by C.M. Steele]()
Graham by C.M. Steele
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat’s the worst possible thing for someone who gets seasick? To get stuck on a cruise. What if he willingly put himself there? Crazy, but that’s just what Graham Hamilton did. Why? Because the cruise was a singles’ only vacation, and the woman he’s obsessed with just climbed aboard... -
![The Butcher's Wife by Sam Crescent]()
The Butcher's Wife by Sam Crescent
Valentina has been picked to be The Butcher’s wife—the most deadly man within the Rossi mafia. He's exactly what men fear, and now she is set to be his wife. He could have any woman, but instead, he picked her. Why? She was passed over by Thomas Rossi’s son because she was broken and damaged. Giovanni Romano is a monster... -
![Theo by C.M. Steele]()
Theo by C.M. Steele
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI came to collect on a debt. Money. Nothing else. By the time I left, I had something so much more valuable than money—his beautiful daughter. From one look, I was determined. From one taste, I was obsessed. I ran into the arms of my father’s enemy. He came for me and had no intention of letting me go. From one look, I was mesmerized. From one taste, I was his. -
![A Convenient Arrangement: The Italian's Wife\The Spanish Groom by Lynne Graham]()
A Convenient Arrangement: The Italian's Wife\The Spanish Groom by Lynne Graham
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTwo women in desperate circumstances find love where they least expect it in these two classic stories by USA TODAY bestselling author Lynne Graham! The Italian's Wife. Holly Sansom has hit rock bottom. Homeless, broke and without friends, she has no way to care for herself, let alone her precious eight-month-old son... -
![Mountain Man's First Time by Sadie King]()
Mountain Man's First Time by Sadie King
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt’s only ever been her…. I’ve been in love with Ursula Riley ever since I was twelve years old. I’ve watched her grow from a grief-stricken child to a strong and beautiful woman. When she went away to college, I thought my feelings would cool. But now she’s back, with plenty of sass and curves that make my blood run hot. The problem is her big brother Bear... -
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![Bound by the Millionaire's Ring by Dani Collins]()
Bound by the Millionaire's Ring by Dani Collins
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe playboy's temporary fiancee Millionaire racing driver Ramon Sauveterre is no stranger to fame, but he'll do just about anything to keep the spotlight off his family... -
![Halloween Next Door by Flora Ferrari]()
Halloween Next Door by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHalloween next door gets interesting when my dad’s best friend invites me to his Halloween party. Not only is this possessive professor my next-door neighbor at college, but he’s also my next-door neighbor from the small town where we’re from. But this is the first time my dad’s best friend isn’t next door to my dad…only his best friend’s daughter...Categorized as:
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![One Night with the Enemy by Abby Green]()
One Night with the Enemy by Abby Green
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Argentina’s breathtaking vineyards … Nicolás de Rojas and Madalena Vasquez had a stolen affair amongst the Mendozan vineyards – until Maddie discovered a devastating secret about Nic, and left without another word. He will have her once again! Now Maddie is back, having inherited her family’s struggling vineyard, and she’s at Nic’s mercy – right where he wants her... -
![Married Off to the Mafia by Veda Rose]()
Married Off to the Mafia by Veda Rose
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe rejected me coldly all those years ago. Now I’m forced to marry him. Our mafia families are old allies, and we grew up together. But when I offered him my heart, he stomped all over it. Now the don demands that I marry him to make me a top protection priority. I’m sick of being controlled like a powerless little girl with no choice... -
![Pregnant Innocent Behind the Veil by Michelle Smart]()
Pregnant Innocent Behind the Veil by Michelle Smart
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAn explosive night leads to a baby bombshell, in this scandalous pregnancy romance by Michelle Smart! Undone by temptation…. Bound by the consequences! Super-rich Gabriel Serres values anonymity above everything. Alessia Berutti lives in the world’s spotlight... -
![My Boyfriend's Doctor Daddy by Lena Little]()
My Boyfriend's Doctor Daddy by Lena Little
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the chaos of the emergency room, our eyes lock, my heart slamming in my ribcage at the sight of her. Haley Lyons—a woman who hits me like a lightning strike and who I instantly know is mine. Except, she’s not just any other patient. She's my son's ex-girlfriend. And he’s right there, sitting next to my little girl , watching me look over every inch of her. I should resist her...
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