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  • A Cosy Countryside Christmas by Eliza J. Scott

    A Cosy Countryside Christmas by Eliza J. Scott

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ella Welford’s done with love. After having her fingers burnt, she’s been resolutely single for the last year and has sworn to stay that way. Joss Campion’s still reeling from a messy divorce and has vowed never to open his heart to love again. Growing up in the picturesque village of Lytell Stangdale, with the North Yorkshire Moors as their playground, Joss and Ella were best friends...
  • Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Angel and Raquel possess two very strong personalities separately. They are alphas to the core. The problem comes when these two fire-filled individuals come together. One needs to be in control while the other refuses to be controlled. Angel Leonetti, the complete Alpha Male. “Let me first address this ‘using you’ shit that you mentioned...
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  • 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...
  • Waiting For Love by Marie Force

    Waiting For Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Sometimes the best offense is a good rebound. .. Adam McCarthy has had a really bad week. In addition to nearly losing his three brothers in a tragic boating accident, his now ex-girlfriend has double-crossed him right out of the successful computer company he founded in New York City...
  • Season for Love by Marie Force

    Season for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    His idea of permanence is the VW van that takes him from one gig to the next. . . Owen Lawry has made a living as a traveling musician and enjoys his footloose and fancy free lifestyle...
  • My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents. My Best Friend’s Wish. Work Husband Series. Dario. When I was younger, I believe I heard something I shouldn’t have. After what I overheard, I don’t believe our mother just up and left us. I was a kid. I didn’t have money, power, or respect to get the answers I needed back then. Not until now...
  • 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...
  • Sealed With A Kiss by Erin Nicholas

    Sealed With A Kiss by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What’s a girl to do when her celebrity crush needs her to be his fake girlfriend? Keep her damned feelings to herself, of course. Child TV star turned adult wallflower Naomi LeClaire has vowed never to return to the spotlight. But when she’s stuck in a storm with Donovan Foster, the hot, charming, wild-life rescuing internet sensation, and she finally gives in and kisses him. .
  • Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s her best friend. A reformed bad boy turned hot teacher. And after one spur-of-the-moment Vegas wedding. .. her husband. Jordan Benoit and Fletcher Landry have been best friends since they were six. He’s always been The Guy. When she needed picked up, cheered up, or lifted up — like literally, to see the stage at a concert — Fletcher was the guy...
  • More than Friends by Kat Singleton

    More than Friends by Kat Singleton

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the #1 bestselling billionaire romance author of Black Ties & White Lies comes the third stand-alone novel set at an exclusive country club in the Hamptons. More Than Friends is a friends-to-lovers, single dad, billionaire romance. Jude Kensington is the playboy of Pembroke Hills Country Club and the last person I expected to be living with this summer. Charming flirt...
  • Jared's Counterfeit Fiancee by Brenda Jackson

    Jared's Counterfeit Fiancee by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Pretending to be Jared Westmoreland's fiancée wasn't high on Dana Rollins's list of priorities. But she owed him a favor, and Jared's persuasive charm and sinful masculinity--not to mention his sizzling kisses--were impossible to refuse...
  • Ritu Weds Chandni by Ameya Narvankar

    Ritu Weds Chandni by Ameya Narvankar

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Kirkus Reviews' Best Picture Book of 2020 I A 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People I A 2021 ALA A Feminist Book Project's Top Ten Book I A 2021 South Asia Book Award Honor Book. Ayesha is excited to attend her cousin Ritu's wedding. She can't wait to dance at the baraat ceremony! But not everyone is happy that Ritu is marrying her girlfriend Chandni...
  • Birthday Cake by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Birthday Cake by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Welcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker! Her birthday wish never changes. Maybe this year, she’ll find her Daddy. Valerie Hopkins loves her dream job. Who wouldn't like being the personal assistant of a world-famous photographer? Working from home is great, but it also has a few disadvantages...
  • The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SIZZLING CONCLUSION TO THE HEAR NO EVIL TRILOGY. Nyla Kincade has stolen my ruthless heart. Now that she owns it I’m not taking it back. I’ve vowed to protect her and all that we love with everything that I have. I will die before I break that oath. Considering the danger we face, that might be a careless promise. But I’ve fought this hard for vengeance, I must see it through...
  • Playboy in a Kilt by Kait Nolan

    Playboy in a Kilt by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A notorious former playboy. As heir to Ardinmuir, Connor MacKean had one job: fulfill the marriage pact that's held his family captive for three-hundred years. Except his sister's the one who took the plunge, and now there's nothing standing in the way of him finding a real and lasting love...
  • Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ★10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At Love. ★. I’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short...
  • Best Laid Plans by Brenda Jackson

    Best Laid Plans by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Love wasn’t supposed to be a part of the deal…. Even a famed matchmaker like Nolan Madaris’s great-grandmother can’t get it right every time. Nolan, the notorious fun-loving ladies’ man, could never connect with someone as straitlaced as tech whiz Ivy Chapman. Yet the scheme Ivy proposes is tempting—they can pretend to be a couple, just long enough to satisfy their families...
  • With Love, This Christmas by Kimberly Brown

    With Love, This Christmas by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Noelle Ackerman loves Christmas and plans to make this Christmas the most special of all. After five years of living in Paris, she has returned home to Grand Hills, the place where love has always dwelled for her. Love for Noelle is not only her family but with the man who stole her heart at the tender age of five. Kane Weston aka Noelle’s tall, dark, and handsome best friend...
  • Love, Honor, and Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Love, Honor, and Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In a bonus Montgomery Ink novella, it seems that falling for your best friend isn’t as easy as fiction says and friends of the Montgomerys might finally find their happy ever after. Wedding planner Arianna King had everything planned out down to the last detail until her father’s ultimatum changed everything. Now she’s alone, trying to open her own business, and seemingly failing at every corner...
  • Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi. Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family...
  • Why the Star Stands Still by Rose Christo

    Why the Star Stands Still by Rose Christo

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "Your dad's Indian. Your mom's black. Why are you white? ". Skylar St. Clair's been getting questions like these all his life. Skylar's home is the Nettlebush Indian Reserve; his family, the hundreds of Plains Shoshone living there. Skylar can't help it if he better resembles his biological mother, a woman whose untimely death left him with more secrets than memories...
  • TURN by Cora Brent

    TURN by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    TURN is coming. .. . January 12th, 2018. TURN (Gentry Generations). By Cora Brent. I’m determined to leave my mistakes in the past and turn things around. These days I’m back in school, I’m surrounded by my wonderful, crazy family and I’m working for my dad. Then Curtis Mulligan happens...
  • Broken Beast by Crystal Kaswell

    Broken Beast by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Danielle Bellamy is broke and out of options. Until I offer her a lifeline: A million dollars to play my wife. Danielle Bellamy is mine. For the next year, the curvy photographer is staying in my secluded mansion, wearing my ring. A ruse, to exact revenge against the man who destroyed me. Only every time I gaze into her dark eyes, I forget we're pretending. Her kiss is intoxicating...
  • Master of Revenge by Sienna Snow

    Master of Revenge by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We are rivals. Sworn enemies. And he is the only man to ignite a fire in my soul. I walk a fine line between control and chaos, defined by my past and driven by my future. Nothing can stop me from protecting those I love. Zack Lykaios is cunning and dangerous. He wants to destroy everything I've built on his ruthless march to the top. All that I am, or ever will be, says I should avoid him...
  • Everlast by Alex Grayson

    Everlast by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author, Alex Grayson, comes an emotionally captivating love story that rivals time. .. . I met him when I was eight and he saved me from the bullies on the school playground. The next day, he called me his girl. When we were thirteen, we began to look at each other differently. At fourteen, we shared our first kiss...
  • Pining by Stephanie Rose

    Pining by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A slow-burn, friends-to-lovers standalone holiday romance. The bad guy never gets the girl. In the eyes of the law, I’ve paid for my youthful mistakes but I know I can never undo the damage I’ve caused. When I stepped out of my cell, I vowed to live a good life, make the right choices, and avoid temptation at all costs. Until her. She’s not a choice, she’s a compulsion. A craving...
  • A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    A Change of Heart by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She was never meant to fall for her best friend’s brother. .. Seren has had a soft spot for her best friend’s brother for as long as she can remember. But when she starts to see Kit as more than just a friend, she knows she’s on dangerous ground. Avoiding him is probably her best course of action, but that’s easier said than done when you live on a tiny island...
  • Branded by a Song by L.J. Evans

    Branded by a Song by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Has this country-rock legend finally met his match? A woman who can fill the aching void for “more” that’s been missing from his life? Brady O’Neil tells the world he’s temporarily returning to upstate New York to help his sister. While it’s the truth, he’s also searching for the soul his music has lost...
  • The Candidate by Alice Ward

    The Candidate by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lust drove us together. Our differences are driving us apart. As the Republican Party’s front-runner for the White House in 2024, I’m the man the media praises for having a silver tongue. By day, I’m a very conservative, buttoned-up professional. By night, my wild side comes out to prowl, searching for something. I end up in The Black Room. .. and find her...
  • 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...
  • Engage by June Gray

    Engage by June Gray

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    PART FIVE OF JUNE GRAY'S DISARM SERIES. The past has a way of catching up. .. A long time has passed since Elsie's heart was broken, since the person who always shielded her from pain broke her heart. Just when she begins to rebuild, Henry returns and upends everything all over again. Don't miss Capture, part six of the Disarm series!
  • Rebellious River by Lindsay Cross

    Rebellious River by Lindsay Cross

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ethan Slade was a loner. No parents. No wife and kids. No liabilities. He had one love in his life - the Special Forces. As a member of the elite Task Force Scorpion, he'd been on more near death missions than most soldiers experienced in a lifetime and he liked it. So when his commander forced him to run protection for a senator's daughter's wedding, something a mall cop could do, he was pissed...
  • Show Me What You Got by Weston Parker

    Show Me What You Got by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s hot, rash, and rude. Oh, and stupidly rich. Just my kind of alpha a-hole. Not! Never in a million years did I expect to find a devious mixture of love and lust overseas. I’m an American girl, living in Australia to help my sick momma. And she’s not getting any better. If nothing else, Mister McHottie is a great distraction...
  • Queen of Thorns by Bella Di Corte

    Queen of Thorns by Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Royal Organized Crime Romance. The moment Scarlett Rose appeared in the window of her parents’ dance studio, twirling like a beautiful figurine in a music box, she became mine. Irrevocably. She knew me better than I knew the lines of my own hands, though I had never confessed to her whose blood ran through my veins, the famiglia that I belonged to...
  • No Honour by Awais Khan

    No Honour by Awais Khan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost…. In sixteen-year-old Abida’s small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by, and her family’s honour to protect...
  • 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...
  • Promise to Keep by Priscilla Poole Rainwater

    Promise to Keep by Priscilla Poole Rainwater

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jenny Riley has always been able to depend on her dearest friend Aisha, but will her friend be able to keep a promise that could change her carefree lifestyle? Connell Riley loves his wife, Jenny, and now that they are facing a life changing event that makes him wonder if he can be strong enough to help them through the painful nightmare they are about to face, he has to deal with the woman he...
  • Faster by Tory Baker

    Faster by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rancher Rhett Spencer loves his life. It’s slow and easy, but when he meets his woman, there’s nothing slow about the way he claims her—unless you count between the sheets. Rhett was traveling for work when he first laid eyes on Selena Perez. She might not live close to him, but he wasn’t about to let distance get in the way. He wanted her and what this cowboy wants, he gets...
  • Thank You for Holding by Julia Kent, Elisa Reed

    Thank You for Holding by Julia Kent, Elisa Reed

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having it all is a fantasy, right? Carrie Shelton thought her boyfriend was too good to be true. Her best friend's brother? A guy who loved antiquing? Who cuddled on the couch while watching foodie YouTube clips and talking about artisanal spices? Who helped her accessorize her outfits? Right. Fantasy...
  • Daybreak by Nicole Fox

    Daybreak by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 2 and the exciting conclusion of the Tsezar Bratva duet. He gave me a chance at happily ever after. And then he snatched it all away. COURTNEY. Did the man of my dreams sell me to the monster of my nightmares? I don’t want to believe it. But no matter how hard I pinch myself, the horrors won’t go away. The facts are this:...
  • Twisted Love by Piper Lawson

    Twisted Love by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When your rich, handsome best friend asks you to be his fake girlfriend… Say no. One of the wealthiest self-made men in New York needs a woman to help secure his spot at the helm of his venture firm. Problem is, Ben doesn’t want any girlfriend. .. He wants me. It will never work. First, we’d have to lie to our families and our friends. Second, I have my own problems in the boardroom...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  m-f  contemporary
  • Before and After You by Hope Ellis

    Before and After You by Hope Ellis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leigh D'Alessandro is a fighter. She fought to escape her dysfunctional family, to end a soul-killing marriage, and to build a new life in a small Tennessee town. When the fate of the community hospital she works for is threatened, she's primed and ready for battle...
  • Chicago Blaze   Books 1 & 2 by Brenda Rothert

    Chicago Blaze Books 1 & 2 by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Because the only thing better than one hot hockey romance is two, the first two books in the Chicago Blaze hockey romance series , Anton and Luca, are bundled together in this collection. Book 1 - Anton. He’s known as Father Anton to his teammates—the brooding, sexy captain of the NHL’s Chicago Blaze has a reputation for…not having a reputation...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  m-f  sports  contemporary
  • Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can two strangers make that lovin' feelin' last? Three months after a first date that ended in a night of explosive passion, Caress Coleman and Julius Jones find themselves somewhere between roommates with benefits and true love. She's smart, beautiful, and one paycheck away from broke. He's smart, handsome, and very successful. But that's just the beginning of their differences. . .
  • The Perfect Bow by Samirah Zaman

    The Perfect Bow by Samirah Zaman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You are cordially invited into the marriage ofSumayyah Rahman & Yousef HasanSumayyah was handed the perfect checklist of what life should education, career, marriage, and children. Having made her father proud by becoming a doctor, she honoured her mother’s wishes by agreeing to an arranged marriage. Yousef was a simple man who had but one to have a family...
  • Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood

    Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Jafari’s little rabbit might try to run, but he’s going to catch her. No matter what. Kacy's past is dark and twisted, and it's coming back to haunt her. But she's not alone this time. Dominant and possessive, Jafari isn't going to let his favorite masochist run away again. He'll keep her tied up and begging for him while he slays her dragons, even if she insists she's no damsel in distress...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  m-f  contemporary  bdsm
  • One and Only Boxed Set by Melanie Harlow

    One and Only Boxed Set by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Escape with three captivating, full-length and feel-good love stories, along with never-before-published bonus epilogues for each book! In Only You, you’ll be swept away by Nate and Emme’s hot and hilarious, friends-to-lovers romance. She’s a wedding planner looking for her own happily ever after. He’s the divorce lawyer--and single dad--across the hall who says there’s no such thing...
  • Mind Games by T.K. Leigh

    Mind Games by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eight years ago, I agreed to marry the man of my dreams. Eight years ago, I realized I’d also given a piece of my heart to his brother. Eight years ago, I made the decision to walk away from both men. What choice did I have? I couldn’t stay with Jessie knowing the flame I carried for Asher burned just as bright. Maybe even brighter. So I did the only thing I could...
  • Wedded to a Wayne: A Finn World Holiday Romance by R.G. Alexander

    Wedded to a Wayne: A Finn World Holiday Romance by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R. G. Alexander, A Finn Factor/Finn’s Pub Holiday Romance! Tanisha Chahal is a successful businesswoman, a lip balm and reality show aficionado, and filthy rich. She doesn’t need a man. So why is she proposing to Emerson Wayne? Emerson is a family man and the father of two wonderful boys he’ll do anything to keep...
  • Devante by Laramie Briscoe

    Devante by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the next book in the Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team. Trust Laramie Briscoe to provide engaging characters in a well-built world I want to revisit again and again. Carly Phillips, NY Times bestselling author. Sometimes home finds us when we aren’t looking…. Devante Soles...
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