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Untrainable by Jamie Schlosser, Sara Eirew
It doesn’t take much to become the laughing stock of reality television. Just ask Theodore “Theo-Dog” Legend. Once you’ve pissed on a fire hydrant in front of the paparazzi, no one ever lets you forget it. Hadley Holiday is on her way to being America’s sweetheart, thanks to her dog training routine on a national talent show... -
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Sweet by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHe survived by always being in control.She’s about to make him melt.It’s 2004, and Daisy Rivera knows two things: she’s going to end up disappointing her parents’ fondest hopes and dreams in roughly six months, and somehow she’s going to figure out how to kiss the mysterious tattoo artist two shops down from her grandmother’s cafe that everyone calls Spider... -
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![Swan by Lila Rose, Becky Johnson]()
Swan by Lila Rose, Becky Johnson
Brought up in the world of motorcycle clubs, Swan Daniels is the shy, quiet princess of Hawks who loves her simple life of reading and working at the library.She’s content. Happy even.She doesn’t want anything to change.Until it does.Tragedy strikes.And Swan’s world darkens in a way she’s never experienced before... -
![The Trouble With Us by Kat T. Masen]()
The Trouble With Us by Kat T. Masen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe trouble with love is timing is everything…AmeliaI was never supposed to fall in love with an older man. Let alone a man who is practically family.We were too much, too soon. Our families were caught in the crossfire of our forbidden affair. So, we said our goodbyes.Four years have passed, and my ex is back from London.He’s just as devastatingly handsome as I remember... -
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![Angelique by Sergeanne Golon]()
Angelique by Sergeanne Golon
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe story begins in 1648 during a time of insurrection, terror and revolt in a divided France. Angélique de Sance de Monteloup, a vibrant twelve-year-old tomboy, is the daughter of a simple nobleman impoverished by taxes and other burdens... -
![One Night Bride by Nicole Snow]()
One Night Bride by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJUST ENGAGED. WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT LOVE? The plan was simple: find the perfect girl, wife her for a few months, and save my parents from a stinging case of heartbreak. That was before I got my first taste of Skye's whip-sharp tongue. Before she woke up wearing my ring and a hundred questions. Before I found out it takes more than a million dollars to put the sun back in her smile... -
![You Do Something to Me by Bella Andre]()
You Do Something to Me by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlec Sullivan has always believed he has it all. A billion-dollar private aviation business. A penthouse apartment in New York City. Beautiful women who know better than to expect him ever to fall in love. And great siblings for whom he’d do anything... -
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Asher by Alex Wolf
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAsher Grayson is a billionaire, a publishing powerhouse.He crushes the competition and absorbs them into his empire.Mara Monroe is a small-town journalist whose company verges on bankruptcy.Destroying the little newspaper should be less than a day’s work. A speck on Asher’s radar. But, there’s something about her.She makes him weak—peels back layers he didn’t know existed... -
![Wrapped in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
Wrapped in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan
The Montgomery Ink saga continues with a new series set in Boulder, where a family secret might just change everything. One mistake at a friend’s wedding rocks Liam Montgomery’s entire world, and everything he thought was true turns out to be a lie. But when an accident lands him in the ER, Liam meets someone that might just be the distraction he needs... -
![Scarred by Drew Elyse]()
Scarred by Drew Elyse
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTRAUMA HAS A WAY OF LEAVING ITS MARK. It took years to do it, but I can finally look in a mirror and see more than just the scars. If only that were true for the rest of the world. The whispers, the stares, the pity, they’re familiar now. Except his eyes don’t linger, his demeanor never changes. Maybe that’s why I trust him and take the leap to move in with a virtual stranger... -
![Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver]()
Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThings are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air... -
![Craving Kara by Nicole Jacquelyn]()
Craving Kara by Nicole Jacquelyn
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKara MacKenzie has known since she was fifteen years old that the only way to protect the people you love is by telling them nothing.She’d gotten good at keeping secrets.The day Draco Harrison got out of prison she knew she was in serious trouble. It was impossible to keep secrets from the person who knew you almost as well as you knew yourself.Her plan was to avoid him at all costs... -
![Mr. Fantasy by Cambria Hebert]()
Mr. Fantasy by Cambria Hebert
Better than your reality…A Caribbean island.A rich CEO.A woman thrown overboard. A delicious one-night stand.Want to know what happens next?Find all the answers and more between the pages of this sizzling standalone romance—Mr. Fantasy.*Mr... -
![Tabitha in the Moonlight by Betty Neels]()
Tabitha in the Moonlight by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer Prince Charming? Sister Tabitha was an efficient nurse, but when it came to matters of the heart she was less sure of herself. So when she fell in love, she had no idea how to deal with her feelings. Was that why the Dutch surgeon Marius van Beek called her Cinderella? If only Marius would ride up on a white horse and ask for her hand in marriage... -
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![Wild in Love by M.V. Kasi]()
Wild in Love by M.V. Kasi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSoniya hates the handsome, arrogant man who had kissed her several years ago and disappeared. He appeared into her life again, only to kidnap her on the night before her wedding.Rohan is an ex-Air Force pilot asked to rescue a politician's daughter held hostage near a forest. It was supposed to be a simple task, until the maddening woman put up a fight...Categorized as:
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![Marriage Bubbles by Madhuri Tamse]()
Marriage Bubbles by Madhuri Tamse
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAdvay Raj BohraWhat a perfect night at a Bar - Meeting a stranger and then making her pretend to be my girlfriend for winning a bet. Least did I know by the next morning she was going to be my legally wedded wife. I never wanted a marriage and the complications that came with it but one look at my accidental wife, Jiya and my emotions spiraled out of control, my life changed drastically... -
![Holding Her in Madness by Kimber S. Dawn]()
Holding Her in Madness by Kimber S. Dawn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeo's Story of loving A Woman Gone Mad Fuck first love. Fuck fate. And Fuck You. I'm Leo and this is my side of the story. This is where I came from, where I've been, and where I'm at...this is the story of a man that loved A Woman Gone Mad... -
![Fortuity by Rochelle Paige]()
Fortuity by Rochelle Paige
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe only kinds of luck I knew were bad and worse...until my life hung in the balance. I finally caught a break in the form of a second chance. I vowed not to let it go to waste. To make a difference. But I didn’t start really living until I met him. Dillon Montgomery. My complete opposite—except for our matching tortured souls. I couldn’t resist him for long... -
![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... -
![Christmas in Snowflake Canyon by RaeAnne Thayne]()
Christmas in Snowflake Canyon by RaeAnne Thayne
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHoliday gifts don't always come in expected packages... especially in the town of Hope's Crossing. No one has ever felt sorry for Genevieve Beaumont. After all, she has everything money can buy... -
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Proposing to Preston by Katy Regnery
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsProposing to Preston is the second of four books about the Philadelphia-based, wildly-handsome Winslow brothers who are all on the look-out for love. (Except Brooks... he's probably sailing around the world with Skye by now. And Christopher, who's only on the look-out for a congressional seat and absolutely. nothing. else... -
![Scorpio by Lauren Landish]()
Scorpio by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs my bestie likes to say, the way to get over a man is to get under another. But getting under a man like Scott Danger might be more than I can handle. He’s the heir to Danger Enterprises. Possessive, ambitious, and passionate, he'll totally eat me alive. He’s a predator caged in gilded threads, and I want to run just so he’ll chase me . . . catch me . . . take me. Shit... -
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Picture Perfect Obsession by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEmmitt: A simple assignment to photograph a fun run, shouldn’t even be a blip on my busy schedule between celebrity and location shoots. Still, one runner catches my eye, and nothing will ever be the same again. I drop everything to find out who she is, and when I can tell her that she’s mine. Because once I have her, there’s no way I’m letting her go... -
![Summer Angel by Suzie O'Connell]()
Summer Angel by Suzie O'Connell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive years ago, Ben Conner killed a man. If that were the worst of it, he could have swallowed the guilt, but the man had a son—an eleven-year-old boy who was now no one’s son... -
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![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... -
![Call of the Heart by Sundari Venkatraman]()
Call of the Heart by Sundari Venkatraman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTarun Sawant, the Managing Director of the Penta Cruise Ship, is a ‘love them and leave them’ type. He simply can’t do permanent, and there’s a valid reason for it.Myra Arora Iyer is a smart career woman who has always led a secure life in the lap of her adoring family. He’s deeply attracted to her, finding her irresistible. What keeps him away is her wall of innocence... -
![The Day He Kissed Her by Juliana Stone]()
The Day He Kissed Her by Juliana Stone
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe can’t wait to leave… Mac Draper finally has everything he’s always wanted: An amazing career. A New York City apartment. He’s this close to being free of his past forever. But a mind-blowing encounter with the sexy yet tough-as-nails Lily St. Clare has him delaying his plans to put Crystal Lake in his rearview mirror for good. She’s finally found a place to stay… For Lily St... -
![Can't Let Go by Gena Showalter]()
Can't Let Go by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter is back with a sizzling Original Heartbreakers tale about an icy war vet and the only woman capable of melting him… With trust issues a mile long, Ryanne Wade has sworn off men. Then Jude Laurent walks into her bar and all bets are off... -
![A Glimpse of the Dream by L.A. Fiore]()
A Glimpse of the Dream by L.A. Fiore
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTeagan Harper is barely ten years old when she finds herself orphaned and sent away to live at Raven’s Peak, a Gothic estate on the seaside cliffs of Maine. Soon, though, her heartache and loneliness are tempered by a blossoming friendship with the only other child living at Raven’s Peak: Kane Doyle, only two years older than Teagan and abandoned by his mother... -
![The Billionaire's Terms: Prison Or Passion by Elizabeth Lennox]()
The Billionaire's Terms: Prison Or Passion by Elizabeth Lennox
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter one night of incredible passion, Alicia Miller is accused of embezzlement, by the same man who'd brought her to heaven with his touch. Corporate tycoon and billionaire, Adam Meyers, is no longer the gente passionate lover who took Alicia to the heights of ecstacy, but in his place is a cold, hard, monster demanding repayment in full - with her body if necessary... -
![Every Time We Touch by J.E. Parker]()
Every Time We Touch by J.E. Parker
She’s fighting to keep her head above water… He’s drowning in guilt. -Kyle- As a kid my life was perfect. I had everything I could ever want. Amazing parents, a loving little sister. Then it all changed. In the blink of an eye, my heart died. My soul fractured, my happiness vanished. For years I felt nothing but pain. Then Carissa walked into my life... -
![Clash Of The Nannies by Bella Jewel]()
Clash Of The Nannies by Bella Jewel
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA nanny is what I am.I'm a good one, too.When I'm hired by a biker and his rich woman, I can't say no.I can't afford to say no.I've never worked for a biker before, and I certainly haven't worked for one who is this damned moody and did I mention oh, so gorgeous?Still, here I am.I need the money.I need to escape my past.I need something, anything, to make the demons go away... -
![His Fairytale Princess by Sierra Hill]()
His Fairytale Princess by Sierra Hill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThings are about to get spooky at Oak Ridge University where the Mi Alpha Alpha sorority sisters are planning a haunted house as a fundraiser for the Oak Ridge Children’s Hospital... -
![You're The One For Me by Hope Ford]()
You're The One For Me by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou’re Mine, Pretty GirlAt first, I wanted to protect her.Then I wanted to make her mine.She likes me, but she doesn’t like everything that comes with dating a baseball player... -
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Treasured by Mink
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMateoI’m here to do a job. Steal the vase and get the hell out. Easy. At least it would’ve been if I hadn’t witnessed a kidnapping and decided to step in and help. That’s when I meet Milly… And also when I realize I’m in a whole world of trouble.MillyI’m used to bad men. In fact, I was raised by one. But when Mateo tells me he’s a bad guy, I can’t believe him...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Already His by Gia Bailey]()
Already His by Gia Bailey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiaI’m the good girl.I work hard, go home for lunch on Sunday, and never, ever forget myself in the back of a town car with a taciturn billionaire lawyer who just happens to be the best man to my maid of honor.Yep, that didn’t happen, and even if it did… it doesn’t matter, because I’ve got an arranged date to focus on and a job on my knees measuring inseams to get back to... -
![The Keeper by Rhonda Nelson]()
The Keeper by Rhonda Nelson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratings*CONFIDENTIAL* Ranger Security Case File #1877Name: Jackson Oak Martin, a man as strong and steady as his name implies. Case: Tracking down a Butter Bandit Agent note: This case is gonna sizzle… On the surface, it seems like an almost ridiculous assignment. A thief has been breaking into pastry chef Mariette Levine's shop. And the only thing taken? Organic butter... -
![Snow and Her Seven White Lies by Cameron Hart]()
Snow and Her Seven White Lies by Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSybil: My dress is too short, my heels are too tall, and the lingerie my cousin made me wear is too tight. The one good thing about my outfit is the mask. It’s actually the only reason I agreed to come out to this Halloween party tonight. Behind this mask, I’m not a painfully shy wallflower. Behind this mask, maybe I’ll find the confidence to talk to a guy...Categorized as:
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![Wooed by Mr Charming by Dee James]()
Wooed by Mr Charming by Dee James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsArmaan Malik was the quintessential, billionaire playboy who could charm any woman with his lazy grin and innate sexuality. Burned by his childhood experiences, if there was one thing he didn't do, it was commitment. And then he met Mia - the sexy, curvy baker who had once made him long for her sweet treats... -
![Winter Warmers: Books 1-6 by Cassie Mint]()
Winter Warmers: Books 1-6 by Cassie Mint
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn ice skating coach and a fabled man in the woods. A gruff clockmaker and a snowed-in duke. This Winter Warmers collection contains six short and steamy instalove stories, hot enough to melt any snowbank. Grab a blanket and a hot chocolate and get cozy with… Winter Ward I let her stay as a favor to an old friend. But her father doesn’t realize...He sent a lamb to the big, bad wolf... -
![Blowing His Horn by Fiona Davenport]()
Blowing His Horn by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen his best friend fell hard and fast for a girl he’d convinced himself he couldn’t have yet, Leland James volunteered to keep an eye on her for him. There was no better way to do that than by dating her best friend. Or at least that was the excuse he gave himself to ask Olivia Hall out.For two years, they had the perfect relationship... -
![Twisted by Amity Hope, Hope Juliot]()
Twisted by Amity Hope, Hope Juliot
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMaya Anderson has faced more than her share of tragedy and heartbreak. For the past six years she’s constantly been on the move with her mom. When another disaster strikes, she finds herself back in her childhood hometown of Beaumont, living with her older sister for her senior year. A chance meeting reacquaints her with Ben McCaffey, a long-forgotten classmate from her past... -
![Carny: A Bad Boy Small Town Romance by Simone Sowood]()
Carny: A Bad Boy Small Town Romance by Simone Sowood
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDifferent town every week means a different woman in my bed. No complaints here. That’s how I f*cking want it. One look of my handsome smile has them weak in the knees. One touch of my rock hard muscles has their panties dropping. One night of pounding with my pierced, tattooed c*ck and they beg me to stay. But when the weekend’s over, I move on to the next town, and next woman... -
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![Game On by Collette West]()
Game On by Collette West
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPitching phenom Bruce "Jilly" Gillette has a hard time talking to women. His hulking presence of tattoos and muscles is what makes him an intimidating closer on the mound, yet off the field, he's painfully shy, uncomfortable in his own skin... -
![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... -
![All That Glitters by Susan Kyle, Diana Palmer]()
All That Glitters by Susan Kyle, Diana Palmer
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer’s fan-favorite tale of unexpected passion, opposites attract when a wealthy mogul falls for his beautiful, secretive employee.When Ivory Keene landed a job at a prestigious fashion house in New York, she could never have anticipated the challenges and excitement her new position would provide... -
![I Wish I Would’ve Warned You by Whitney G.]()
I Wish I Would’ve Warned You by Whitney G.
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTruth or dare?"I dare you to stop pretending that you still want to be a virgin when you're around me…"As much as I wanted to say those words to Emily O'Hara after the night we first met, I never did.Instead, I dared myself to leave her alone.But I lost that game.I gave up trying to win.She was the first girl who didn't run when she found out how damaged I was... -
![The Consequence by Giana Darling]()
The Consequence by Giana Darling
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDoes everyone deserve a happy ending? Giselle Moore has been through a lot in her short life but things are looking up; her premier art showing in New York City is on the horizon, she has been reunited with her family and, most of all, she is deeply in love with the mysterious Frenchman she met on vacation in Mexico... -
![Bear's Forever by Carol Dawn]()
Bear's Forever by Carol Dawn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer Twenty-five years in captivity, never once seeing the world outside the yard of my captors` home. My chance at escape has finally shown its head. Risking my life, I run. I run into an unknown world of tall buildings, fast-moving vehicles, loud noises, and big, scary, biker riding men. I’M FREE…or so I thought. The life I ran from is quickly catching up...
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