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  • Nora Roberts Bridal Quartet Boxed Set by Nora Roberts

    Nora Roberts Bridal Quartet Boxed Set by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    This boxed gift set from the New York Times bestselling author of more than 190 novels features four books that follow the love lives of four childhood friends who have teamed up to form one of Connecticut's premiere wedding planning companies. Or.
  • The Stone Brothers #1-3 by Samantha Christy

    The Stone Brothers #1-3 by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Have you gotten STONED yet? Which brother will you choose? The over-protective private investigator, the recovering bad-boy movie star, the alluring new ER doctor? These hot and sexy brothers will have you begging for more. You'll love them. You'll hate them. You'll want to hide them away and marry them. Get the series readers are raving about. Book ONE - Stone Rules:...
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  • The Final Hour by Brittney Sahin

    The Final Hour by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Trained to fight and born to lead, Emilia can handle anything the sexy Irishman throws her way—except love. Sean McGregor, the handsome and protective Irish billionaire, was once the king of one-night-stands, but when a beautiful and courageous Italian comes into his life, everything changes. He only wants her—the one woman he can’t have...
  • Pretty It Up by Cee Bowerman

    Pretty It Up by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Description. Sometimes love just isn’t enough, or is it? Lana Gold, one of the Donovan triplets, found her one true love in college but lost him when the life he’d dreamed of became reality. Being an outsider looking in and so far away from her family and hometown took its toll on Lana and her marriage until she’d finally had enough and left it all behind...
  • Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After finishing a hard-won medical residency, Owen Sinclair now lives his dream as a family physician. The windfall that brought him newfound wealth has also made handsome Dr. Sinclair the town’s most eligible bachelor...
  • My (Mostly) Fake Wedding by Penelope Bloom

    My (Mostly) Fake Wedding by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    The first rule about a casual hookup is to have an exit plan. No strings. No attachments. Get in, get out—euphemism intended. The lesser known second rule? Make sure your casual hookup isn’t about to become your wedding planner. Yeah. Long story. The wedding was going to be a fake. The only catch was nobody could know. Not even my wedding planner...
  • Roman by Samantha Whiskey

    Roman by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    I’m one of the fastest running backs in the NFL,. but I can’t outrun my feelings for my best friend. I’ve wanted Teagan Hall for over a decade, but I’ve never been willing to risk our friendship. Then she shows up at my doorstep, fleeing her abusive ex, and everything changes. Now she’s not just my best friend—she’s my roommate. She's also the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen...
  • Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Asher Pryce hides behind a wall of secrets he's spent most of his life building up. How else is the adopted child whose birth parents run a drug cartel supposed to fit in? He's notorious for his overconfident swagger and total lack of patience for bullshit - a master of masks. The one thing in his life he can't fake? His feelings for his best friend's twin sister...
  • He Said Together by Ruth Cardello

    He Said Together by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From New York Times, bestselling author Ruth Cardello comes another scorching Corisi romance about the lengths people go for those they love and how complicated family can be. Kal has always done whatever was necessary to protect and care for his family—even if that meant dancing for money. He’s not happy with his life or himself, but what matters most are the people he loves...
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force

    I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    For the Abbott siblings, the Green Mountain state has always been an idyllic place to call home. But it isn’t until they open themselves up to love that they’ll truly discover how fulfilling life can be…...
  • Always Love by Scarlett Avery

    Always Love by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lusting after my father’s protégé and friend is plain stupid considering I’m invisible to him…. Jagger Halsey…. He’s sinful, much older and talented beyond words. My father thinks the world of him. So do I. And I’ve tried to tell him in not-so-subtle ways. Even after my numerous, persistent attempts to catch his attention, he ignores me. Exasperated and heartbroken, I give up...
  • Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kamal’s an ex-football player. Jayda’s a single mother uninterested in another relationship until she sees Kamal with her daughter. Every rejection will only make his victory sweeter. He plans to lick, taste, and devour her like the delicacy she is until the world, her ex, and Jayda recognizes his name tatted on every inch of her curvy body...
  • Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Beauty by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love returns to Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou in a new small-town contemporary romance sure to charm hearts, from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake. Sylvie Martine was prepared to take Washington D. C. by storm, but she put that dream on hold when her beloved hometown of Papillon, Louisiana, needed her most. Now Sylvie's the mayor of the tiny town on the bayou that holds her heart...
  • Rulebreaker by Kat Mizera, Elise Faber

    Rulebreaker by Kat Mizera, Elise Faber

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s everything I shouldn’t want. But that’s never stopped me before. I didn’t become a billionaire before the age of thirty by playing it safe. I’m a risk-taker…except when it comes to matters of the heart. Until Lily. The pop phenom is all legs and curves, with a boisterous laugh and a wicked sense of humor—everything that drives me crazy. She drives me crazy...
  • Power Forward by Nicole Falls

    Power Forward by Nicole Falls

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "It’s your world, baby. Whatever you want, whatever you need, I got you. "Starting Center for the Nashville Trojans Zebediah Kennedy has always been known as the guy everyone turns to for a good time. As a free agent going into the next season his future is unknown, but he’s determined to make the best of it, now matter how the cards may fall...
  • Saint & Sinner by Georgia Le Carre

    Saint & Sinner by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Willow. I've always felt incomplete. It could simply be those two years I lost after my fall, but I'm certain it's more than that. I always feel as if I'm missing something important. And the niggling feeling won't go away no matter what I do. In fact, the older I get, the worse it becomes. My friends think I should get over myself. Go to a bar and sleep with a hot stranger. But I can't...
  • My Next Play by Carrie Ann Ryan

    My Next Play by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What happens when you fall for your best friend, but they fall in love with someone else? Nothing is what it seems in this unrequited love, new adult romance. Miles knew Nessa never had eyes for him.  Only when someone new tries to hurt her, he knows he can’t stand back any longer. It’s time she finds out the man he is behind the glasses and beneath the shell he wrapped himself in...
  • Second Time Around: Made for Loving You / When You Got a Good Thing / You Were Meant for Me by Kait Nolan

    Second Time Around: Made for Loving You / When You Got a Good Thing / You Were Meant for Me by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Settle in for a major binge read of this collection of second chance romances! MADE FOR LOVING YOU. When Paisley becomes the target of malicious harassment, the police have no suspects, no leads, no way to make her feel safe. As her stalker escalates, she turns to the one guy she knows can protect her...
  • Ice Ice Maybe by Rich Amooi

    Ice Ice Maybe by Rich Amooi

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “I want you to date my daughter. ”. Those seven words hit Nolan Reid like a puck to the head. Once destined for NHL stardom, a skiing accident left Nolan driving the Zamboni for the San Diego Sea Lions. But his humble life of maintaining the ice is about to get complicated. The billionaire owner’s insane plan? Nolan fake-dates his daughter Zena to ignite her ex’s jealousy...
  • Golden Boy and the Two Bears by Nash Summers

    Golden Boy and the Two Bears by Nash Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Asher Williams is obsessed with love. His column is thriving, fellow students trust him with their relationship woes, and he’s on his A-game when it comes to matchmaking. At least, matchmaking other than his own. After a heartfelt letter written to his column, Asher is set on aiding the two love-struck heroes who desperately need his help...
  • Quake by Giuliana Victoria

    Quake by Giuliana Victoria

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lark Hughes is the kind, sweet, and outgoing veterinarian who owns Toute la Famille, a non-profit veterinary clinic on the outskirts of Philadelphia. It's a typical night for Lark, working a late shift at the clinic, when one of the players from the Divine Flyers soccer team arrives with his golden retriever rescue, Pickles. He clearly takes them both by surprise when he asks her out...
  • Seduced by Stratton by Katy Regnery

    Seduced by Stratton by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    "Seduced by Stratton" is the fourth of six books about the Philadelphia-based, wildly-handsome English brothers who are all on the look-out for love. Stratton English knew what his brothers said about him:. I don’t think he’s ever had a girlfriend. (Barrett). I don’t think he’s ever had sex. (Alex). He always friend-zones himself. (Fitz). He’s just not smooth around women. (Weston)...
  • Her Broken Billionaire Boss by Bree Livingston

    Her Broken Billionaire Boss by Bree Livingston

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Two weeks in a Denver mountain lodge is just what Sara Lynch needs to escape her mother’s soap-opera life. When a routine nursing call lands her gorgeous billionaire and former football star, Liam Thomas, it’s the perfect opportunity to get the break she’s needed...
  • Distance Forever by Luna Mason

    Distance Forever by Luna Mason

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    It’s their wedding anniversary and this year, it’s Keller's turn to surprise Sienna. In true Keller style, expect an extravagant get away, filled with lots of spice and worshipping of his wife. But when Sienna tells him that she doesn’t feel beautiful after having kids, Keller makes it his mission to spend the entire weekend showing her otherwise… and he won’t stop until she believes him...
  • Give Me Forever by Weston Parker

    Give Me Forever by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was lust at first sight. Her curves turned my head, but it wasn’t until she became my assistant that I knew I needed far more than her body. She needs me too. Well, really, she needs my money—bad enough to agree to become my fake fiancée. Her family business is going under, and I’m all-in on being the knight in shining armor...
  • Bangshift by Winter Travers

    Bangshift by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    *Skid Row Kings Series, Book 3. Kurt Jensen has had enough. Tired of being under his brother's thumb and having the one person he wanted push him away, Kurt knew it was time to leave. California was supposed to be the new start he craved and needed, but one wrong turn brought everything crashing down around him, literally...
  • Holding On by Pamela Clare

    Holding On by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A hero barely holding on… Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help...
  • Taking the Leap by Kelsie Rae

    Taking the Leap by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A girl who’s competing in a man’s sport. And a guy who can’t wait to help her shine. My world fell apart when my dad was diagnosed with dementia. Now, I need money and a way to provide stability for my father. When an opportunity falls into my lap that can provide both, I grab hold of it with all my strength. I just need to. .. focus...
  • Burn Bright by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Burn Bright by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    He's a rich jock with a larger-than-life family. She's a punk-rock nerd with a troubled past. Ben Cobalt is number six. Not sixth place—in fact, he’d be considered at least third draft pick for the NHL if he didn’t quit hockey during college. And he’s not sixth-in-line for any throne. Though, most consider his larger-than-life, billionaire family American royalty. He is the sixth-born Cobalt...
  • Sweet Ride by Breezie Bennett

    Sweet Ride by Breezie Bennett

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When the beloved superstar quarterback of the South Florida Riders is benched with an injury, back-up quarterback Matt McKenzie's life changes in every imaginable way. Not only is the team's first real chance at the Super Bowl now riding on his arm, a celebratory hook-up with the new team owner's daughter ends up rocking his world completely. .. with the news that she's expecting his baby...
  • Foul Play by Kat Mizera

    Foul Play by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Phantoms are back with a vengeance… and the City of Angels will never be the same. When the world's top supermodel’s friend zones you, what's a determined hockey player supposed to do? Change her mind. But it’ll take more than a trick play to convince her. Cheyenne is more than a stunning beauty; she's a part of my life, my bed, and now my heart...
  • Van by Kat Mizera

    Van by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Temptation could destroy everything he’d spent his career building…. Professional hockey player Jean-Michel Vander is living the dream…. And the Las Vegas strip is a long way from the small town in Quebec where he grew up. He works hard but he plays harder, especially in the off-season. The sexy redhead he spots doing a striptease in a Paris nightclub is all kinds of fun...
  • Deadly Protector by Katie Reus

    Deadly Protector by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Return to the USA Today bestselling Red Stone Security series with Deadly Protector! He’s a former thief. Dimitri’s world is turned upside down when he meets Zamira. The sweet single mom knows nothing about who he used to be. He should stay away, because he’s the last thing she needs in her life. But when she’s targeted by a threat from her past, he can’t keep his distance any longer...
  • One Night with the Player (Club Curve) by Eve London

    One Night with the Player (Club Curve) by Eve London

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brother's best friend. A sister's forbidden desire. Olivia. The man who ruined me for any other is coming home. He thinks he won't have to deal with me, but I’m waiting for him. I need answers only he can provide, and I won’t rest until I get them. The only problem is… once I see Leo Steele, the feelings I’ve kept locked up inside break free...
  • Pull Me In by Weston Parker

    Pull Me In by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the business of matchmaking and can’t find love? That’s me. It’s always fun to find that special someone for our client, you know, the one they ride off into the sunset with. But me? I just get burned by the sun, stung by bees, and wind up sea sick from the boat ride. Unfortunately my twin sister and I made a pact when we were kids regarding this ‘love’ thing...
  • Pull Me In by Weston Parker

    Pull Me In by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the business of matchmaking and can’t find love? That’s me. It’s always fun to find that special someone for our client, you know, the one they ride off into the sunset with. But me? I just get burned by the sun, stung by bees, and wind up sea sick from the boat ride. Unfortunately my twin sister and I made a pact when we were kids regarding this ‘love’ thing...
  • Surprise Love Affair by Ali Parker

    Surprise Love Affair by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I usually follow the rules, but with this girl in the office, it’s too easy to slip. The first time I see her, all I notice is perfection. Curves poured into a silhouette that threatens to choke me. A smile that could melt my cold heart. I hire her on the spot. After that, I call the shots in the office—and the bedroom. And all this time? I thought we were on the same page...
  • Smokeshow by Raine Miller

    Smokeshow by Raine Miller

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Be "just friends" with a smokeshow like her? That's pretty much a p#cking impossible ask. —Tyler Lockhardt, VEGAS CRUSH. I'm just over here minding my business playing hockey for the Crush when the. SMOKESHOW. of my dreams turns up and seriously rocks my world. For real. Beautiful, smart, and so incredibly sweet I cannot help myself from wanting to get to know her a whole lot better...
  • Burn by Ginger Scott

    Burn by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    **Burn is the third and final book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott. This second-chance romance completes this angsty, steamy, new adult trilogy. Dustin Bridge’s world is about speed. About the edge. His life has been carved by cutting corners and making moves, following impulsive decisions while weighing the facts at hand...
  • Winning Whitney by Kat Mizera

    Winning Whitney by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hot shot hockey player Jake Curruthers has a plan – focus on his game and avoid distractions. He's succeeding at the first. The Alaska Blizzard has been on the upswing lately, but his focus shifts when the heart-stopping blonde from his past shows up in Anchorage. Yeah, his head is definitely not in the game anymore...
  • Dr. Fake Fiance by Louise Bay

    Dr. Fake Fiance by Louise Bay

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    What’s a heartbroken American to do when she’s in London trying to get over her ex? Find herself a fake fiancé. Obviously. I’m walking past Big Ben, trying to get over the world’s worst break up, when I slam into a hot hunk of British man. And pour scorching hot coffee all over him...
  • Fight by Molly McLain, Sara Eirew

    Fight by Molly McLain, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    **This is not a standalone. Check out FLY (Velocity, #1) first.  amzn. to/2dPfsgW :) **. The story continues. .. I trusted Colton with every bit of myself. I believed him when he promised he'd never hurt me. But he broke me. .. and now I watch him give another woman everything I thought would be mine. I never saw this coming...
  • Play With Me by Claire Wilder

    Play With Me by Claire Wilder

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A shy librarian and a charming ex-tennis pro single dad come together in this steamy friends-to-lovers romance from USA Today bestseller Claire Wilder. With banter, steam, and a guaranteed Happily Ever After. I’ve been in love with my best friend Jude Kelly—and his dark-haired mini-me son Cap—since the moment they walked into my library...
  • Waking Up Married by Reese Ryan

    Waking Up Married by Reese Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Will these friends’ temporary Vegas marriage lead to forever? Find out in this Bourbon Brothers novel from Reese Ryan! What’s wrong with a little fake marriage between friends? Their night on the town is a blank, but when Zora Abbott and Dallas Hamilton awaken in a Vegas hotel room, they’re man and wife...
  • Dark Rules by Summer Cooper

    Dark Rules by Summer Cooper

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for. .. My birthday wish came true! I found a real man who knows what he's doing. I should be grateful. I should be celebrating. Right? Then I discovered his real name. And I knew there was only one option -- run for the hills! He's dangerous. He's a killer. He's the reckless, cavalier businessman coming to steal from my family...
  • Ice Queen by A.J. Wynter

    Ice Queen by A.J. Wynter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Ice Queen has a Secret. Every hockey player knows that the coach's daughter is off-limits. But, what about the owner's daughter? Is she off-limits too? Asking for a friend. .. To make things even more complicated, she's the general manager of the team. AKA my BOSS. So, yeah. If I want to see the playoffs, we need to keep this relationship a secret...
  • Billionaire's Daughter and the Quarterback by Lea Vaughn

    Billionaire's Daughter and the Quarterback by Lea Vaughn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My dad gave me an ultimatum: work for his NFL team for two years, prove I can stay out of trouble, or be cut off. I’m less than impressed. But agree to his terms. Things could have gone smoothly, but trouble has a way of finding me. A quarterback with wandering eyes causes my boss to constantly remind me that fraternization between players and staff is strictly prohibited...
  • Baby For The Playboy Prince by Holly Rayner

    Baby For The Playboy Prince by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the playboy prince, who needs a bride in name only,She’s the old friend, the most convenient candidate…The relationship might be fake,But things are about to get very, very real… Lily Campbell is American royalty. Born into a life of expectation, she was willing to honor her parents’ wishes, even if it meant marrying a man she didn’t love...
  • Sean by Sheridan Anne

    Sean by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sean -. I’m a shell of the man I used to be. Three years ago, my world shattered. My wife died the day my daughter was born and she took my soul with her. I’ve never been able to get it back. Not until she came and saved me. Gigi -. He came storming into my ER screaming for help. I never thought that moment would define the rest of my life. He’s broken and tortured, but not for long...
  • One Knight's Stand by Tanvier Peart

    One Knight's Stand by Tanvier Peart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three years ago, I decided to have my first one-night stand. The plan was simple: research how to do it and meet a man at the bar before nerves playing with my guts got the best of me. I wanted to ring in the new year between a stranger’s legs. Someone with good hygiene and exceptional tensile strength to take the edge off of studying mechanical engineering. Then he walked in...
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