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  • Wild Open Hearts by Kathryn Nolan

    Wild Open Hearts by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    “I’ve heard that boys with motorcycles have less-than-noble intentions.” “Not a boy,” Beck said. “And you heard right.” Luna da Rosa is America’s Vegan Best Friend. The self-made billionaire is a flower-crowned hippie whose Instagram feed is as popular as Wild Heart - her vegan makeup company. When she’s not changing the cosmetics industry, she’s dazzling her online fans with kombucha recipes...
  • Kale & Terra by Cee Bowerman

    Kale & Terra by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This is a short story that falls after book 7 in The Texas Kings MC book series. Kale and Terra had a whirlwind love story and now they are preparing for parenthood. Surrounded by family and friends, and having hit a few speed bumps on the way to their happily ever after, the two of them are excited to meet their baby. As with all pregnancies, it's a roller coaster ride until the very end...
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    bikers  contemporary  humor  length-novella
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  • Maybe We Won't by Melissa Foster

    Maybe We Won't by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A sexy and soul-stirring novel about love, family, and rediscovering what matters most by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe We Will.When workaholic Boston attorney Deirdra de Messiéres is passed over for a well-deserved promotion, she takes a two-month hiatus to show her boss just how much he needs her and heads home to Silver Island...
  • Hiding Out by Lila Rose

    Hiding Out by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    What do you do when someone you trust threatens to sell you into slavery? Find the perfect place to hide out. Destitute and apathetic from the loss of her parents, Willow Demora is forced to accept any help thrown her way. Unfortunately, the only person willing to help is her cousin, a cousin who doesn't have a good bone in his body, and would do anything to stay out of the trouble he's in...
  • Cash by Lola Wright

    Cash by Lola Wright

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    LiviBeing a female in a male-dominated career can be daunting, but I refuse to allow others’ attitudes to deter me. I always try to be professional, compassionate and non-judgmental. Through hard work, I have earned respect within my department. Wearing a badge and uniform, I’ve seen the best and worst of humanity...
  • One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish

    One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    I’m Poppy Woodstock.Romance author and wholehearted believer in Happily Ever Afters.A terminal case of writer’s block should be my biggest worry. Then I crash into him—literally—and fall into the most gorgeous pair of blue eyes I’ve ever seen. Connor Bradley.Thief, rebel… and my new neighbor.One slip with the bad boy next door, and my life becomes stranger than any fiction I could ever write...
  • Truly Medley Deeply by Kate Watson

    Truly Medley Deeply by Kate Watson

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Lucy JaneThe first rule of touring? Don’t fall for your crew.Especially not the grumpy, emotionally caged, impossible-to-read sound guy who acts like tolerating pop-country singers is pure torture.Patrick “Patty” O’Shannan clearly doesn’t want to be here. He does his job and barely looks at me unless it’s to scowl...
  • Wishing on a Star by Mandy Baggot

    Wishing on a Star by Mandy Baggot

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A single mum. A superstar athlete. A Christmas like no other.Anna Heath is divorced, a single mum and trying desperately to keep her life in order. Despite her friends' best efforts, Anna has stopped looking for love and is determined to give her daughter, Ruthie, a Christmas to remember.Sam Jackman has just been dealt with life-altering news, and all he could think to do was run...
  • Wrath by L. Wilder

    Wrath by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC series.Stitch was stepping down.And he was preparing me to take his place.He’d seen the darkness in me.He knew I could use my demons the way he’d used his.And he was right.I used them, and I used them well.They’d helped me keep everyone at a distance— including her...
  • Coyote by Lila Rose

    Coyote by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Humiliated years earlier when in high school, Channa Edwards never expects to see her knight in shining armour again. In fact, she really doesn't want to, but of course, life wants to mess with her again. It's just by luck he doesn't recognise her, and for a blissful moment, she thinks she's got away with it.That's until another situation brings her knight back into her life...
  • Fox by J.E. Daelman

    Fox by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Raging Barons MC is not a hardcore read-MC LITEYou can read as a standalone, but it is best to read the series in order.FoxFox is a creative woodworker. You name it, he can carve, make or refinish it. The Raging Barons MC took that talent and opened a new business for the club after Fox had more orders than he could cope with...
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    bikers  contemporary  humor  length-medium
  • Ace by J.E. Daelman

    Ace by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Satan's Guardians MC are not hard-core reads. Each book covers a character of the MC, and although you can read as a standalone, it is best to read in order to know the characters previously mentioned.ACEIvy is Dollar's niece. She's a natural beauty, loves her bike, and a solid mechanic.My specialty is in the security room, managing the cameras and accounts of clients...
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    bikers  contemporary  military  humor  length-short
  • Making Whoopie by Erin Nicholas

    Making Whoopie by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This marriage of convenience is about to get sticky. Getting hitched for the health insurance is not Jocelyn Asher’s idea of romance.But the hospital quote has really frosted her cookies, and suddenly, “I’m rich. We should just get married,” sounds a whole lot more swoony.Especially when the man proposing is this gorgeous. And takes her to parties featuring champagne and petit fours...
  • Rockaway Bride by Pippa Grant

    Rockaway Bride by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 37 ratings
    A Rock Star Kidnaps a Runaway Bride… Kidnapping the bride seemed like a good idea at the time. Her fiancé stole my fortune, so I stole his woman. Tit for tat. Or tat for tit. However you want to look at it. The one thing I didn’t expect? Willow Honeycutt, preschool teacher, boy band super fan, is completely crazy. And somehow she’s turned the tables on me...
  • Anger Banger by S.M. Shade

    Anger Banger by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    The residents of Happy Haven Trailer park have been waiting for this for a long time. The slumlord who abandoned this place and let our homes deteriorate has been court ordered to live here while making repairs. Imagine our surprise when the guy who shows up to move in to the dilapidated trailer across the street isn't the sixty year old man we expected, but his son...
  • Strictly Pretend by Carrie Elks

    Strictly Pretend by Carrie Elks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A knight in shining armor? Hardly. More like my worst enemy wrapped in a swoon-worthy tux… When Brooks Salinger saves me from heartbreak at a wedding, I never expect to see him again—let alone find him back in my life, set to destroy my family’s bookstore.But when he offers me a wild deal—pretend to be his girlfriend at a ritzy wedding in exchange for saving the store—I reluctantly agree...
  • Are We There Yet? by Savannah Scott

    Are We There Yet? by Savannah Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    A vintage VW van. Four friends. A cross-country road trip.It will be the best adventure of my life, if only I can shake the feelings I have for Cameron .Cameron Reeves is as gorgeous as his name makes him sound.He’s about six feet tall, which is the height I always wrote in my ideal man list in my journal. Yes. I have a list of qualities I want in a man...
  • Beach Please by Melanie Summers

    Beach Please by Melanie Summers

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A hilarious and heartwarming story that’ll have you snort-laughing, swooning, and sighing with happiness… Lola Gordon's dreams of a thriving surf shop were shattered when her ex vanished with all the money in their business account, leaving her on the brink of losing everything...
  • Musical Games by Evie Alexander

    Musical Games by Evie Alexander

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's never been kissed, and she's about to rock his world... Bubbly actress Sam is on the brink of the bigtime — all she needs is one lucky break. But when she drops everything for the chance to meet Hollywood’s biggest star, she blows it by blurting out a lie.Now, she’s got ten days to write an album with a man who wants nothing to do with her...
  • Salt Love by Marika Ray

    Salt Love by Marika Ray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do when you find out your husband’s cheating on you, your aunt just passed away in Florida, and your boss gave the promotion to your work nemesis, so you threaten him with bodily harm in the middle of a board meeting?Well, after getting escorted out of the building by security, I fly straight to Sunshine Key to deal with my aunt’s estate...
  • A Wonderland Wish on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans

    A Wonderland Wish on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A picture-perfect town, a place where dreams come true. Welcome to Ever After Street...There's always time for tea... unless you've lost your teapot…Cleo Jordan has only ever wished for one thing – to open her own teashop in memory of her lovely gran...
  • Rosie and the Beast Next Door by Kaylee Baldwin

    Rosie and the Beast Next Door by Kaylee Baldwin

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a hockey player in possession of a bad reputation must be in want of a fake girlfriend.Rosie Forrester is in desperate need of cash after an embarrassing run-in with the law. Enter Dylan Savage, a disgraced hockey player who needs a place to hide out for a few months while he figures out how to get back on his team...
  • She Likes It, Hey Micah by Dana LeCheminant

    She Likes It, Hey Micah by Dana LeCheminant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    Micah Taylor is an eternal optimist, but with every first date that fails, her faith in true love weakens. When offered the chance to help reopen the lodge where her parents were married, Micah is determined to prove her worth and show her boss that she has what it takes to be a great event planner...
  • Rookie by Amy Davies

    Rookie by Amy Davies

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    RookieWhen I came to the US from Ireland, I thought my life was panned out: become a police officer and help people. One incident changed all of that, and I became a Rugged Skull. My path in life changed. Being a member of the club has its perks, mainly women and booze. But we like something sweet from time to time, and one visit to Coffee Cove had me finding that sugary craving...
  • The Scientist by Kristen B. Cole, Margo Lipschultz

    The Scientist by Kristen B. Cole, Margo Lipschultz

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When an outgoing musical maven meets the enigmatic neuroscientist next door, will their worlds clash in a dramatic showdown of art versus science, or will they discover that love is the ultimate experiment worth conducting?When celebrated Broadway composer Hadley Olivier’s best friend receives a life-threatening diagnosis, Hadley says goodbye to her beloved home in NYC and sets off to the West...
  • The Love Interest by Kayley Loring

    The Love Interest by Kayley Loring

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Dear Fiona,I hope this letter finds you well—and by well, I mean significantly less infuriated than you were yesterday. I’ve wanted to continue our conversation from the night we met, but there are so many things I can’t say or do, now that I’m your professor.As an anonymous letter writer, I can give you some idea of what I have planned for us, once the year is over...
  • The Scientist by Kristen B. Cole, Margo Lipschultz

    The Scientist by Kristen B. Cole, Margo Lipschultz

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When an outgoing musical maven meets the enigmatic neuroscientist next door, will their worlds clash in a dramatic showdown of art versus science, or will they discover that love is the ultimate experiment worth conducting?When celebrated Broadway composer Hadley Olivier’s best friend receives a life-threatening diagnosis, Hadley says goodbye to her beloved home in NYC and sets off for the West...
  • Matchmaking a Scrooge by Angela R. Casella, Denise Grover Swank

    Matchmaking a Scrooge by Angela R. Casella, Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He wants to destroy her show. She wants to get on Santa’s naughty list with him. Rowan No man wants to be nicknamed Cupid. My family’s run a matchmaking business for years, though, and my sister’s a romance novelist. You get the picture. To make matters worse, my narcissistic grandmother just sold a reality dating show to network television...
  • Palisades Point by Jennifer Griffith

    Palisades Point by Jennifer Griffith

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dark and stormy night.A pillared marble mansion.A grumpy but gorgeous CEO. Un-photogenic photographer Beatrix Bay is out to snap pics of the historic mansions on the ocean-side cliffs. But, when her car overturns in the snow, she finds much more than a photo op...
  • Close Call by Amelia Wilde

    Close Call by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Sometimes, the greatest danger comes from those who are closest of all...Jameson Hill is no stranger to a prison cell—but this one feels strangely worth it. He might have released Lily Hayes into the arms of her relieved family, but she wasn’t theirs anymore. Not really. And there’s no way she can be his, either. Not now..
  • Heartache & Playdates by Shawna Renae

    Heartache & Playdates by Shawna Renae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Love isn’t like milk. It has no expiration date.” ~ Nonna RussoMaddox CruzSingle dad. Tech billionaire. Genius. That is what people saw when they looked at me. Those adjectives might all be true, but inside I was still a kid who grew up in the system and was raised by the streets. Which was why I had no plans to attend my 20 year high school reunion...
  • Double the Dilemma by Emily Rose

    Double the Dilemma by Emily Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KarissaShe doesn’t need anyone to save her. She is her own savior, so when her former foster sister is threatening to finish what she started, Karissa knows she needs to leave. No one is safe with Sena after her. Except, she didn’t plan on him. Razor, the far too sexy biker has made it clear that he wants her for his Old Lady, and he’s not going to give up...
  • Isabelle and the Beast by Marie Soleil

    Isabelle and the Beast by Marie Soleil

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was supposed to be a quick meeting.I’ve been trying to break into acting for years, and now I’m FINALLY up for a lead role in a romcom movie. It’s a huge step up from barista #3, especially considering who’s supposed to play my love interest—Adam Stone...
  • Kind of a Sexy Jerk by Lili Valente

    Kind of a Sexy Jerk by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    So let me get this straight... For the next few days I’ve got myself a grumpy fake husband who’s also kind of my...bodyguard?I guess that’s a better way to spend the weekend than binge-watching reality television, especially since it’s kind of my fault we’re on the run from the mob and I need a protector.Oops...
  • Tease by Camilla Stevens

    Tease by Camilla Stevens

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “Hello, neighbor. Going down?” Miss PinkThat’s what I call her.Her “real” name is too ridiculous to repeat.Besides, my nickname for her is more than apt. Everything about her is pink, from the pink champagne she gets delivered by the caseload, to the tiny pink feathers I find randomly breezing down the hallway of our apartment building in her wake.It’s ridiculous…in the most addictive way...
  • Hawk by J.E. Daelman

    Hawk by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    TRIPLE KING MC – Three King brothers, all Presidents of their own chapters. This is the story of Hawk, National President Utah.**Trigger Warning** More violent than authors other series. Dark moments of beating and water boardingBETA reader comments:Rose Fong: TKMC – HAWK is the inaugural release of what is, hopefully, a multiple book series...
  • Flirting with the CEO by Layla Hagen

    Flirting with the CEO by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I wanted to hate her. Instead, I desperately need her. I didn't get to be CEO by playing nice. I'm driven and ruthless—and yes, occasionally rude. But it gets the job done, and that's all I care about. My business partners disagree. They insist I need to improve my communication skills. That's how I end up with Zoey Thomas shadowing me...
  • Behind the Pages: A sultry romcom of the unexpected by K. Iwancio

    Behind the Pages: A sultry romcom of the unexpected by K. Iwancio

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two authors, an intertwined plot, and one heck of an alluring ending to their highly-anticipated bestselling books... With her fantasy series, Bridget Paige is the newest member of the New York Times Bestseller list. Except no one knows who she is. To the world, she's Bridget. To those behind the scenes, she's introverted Paige Booker...
  • The Atelier Assignment by Annie Dyer

    The Atelier Assignment by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her assignment is to not fall in love with him…Zeke Brooksbank is in need of a wake-up call. One that shakes him out of the grump he’s permanently in and turns him into a reasonable human being.I’m not staying at his country residence to tame the beast. I’m meant to be cataloguing his art collection, not fangirling over his own paintings, or becoming attached to his little daughter...
  • Thick by Scott Hildreth

    Thick by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BOBBI - Tate Reynolds was muscular, tattooed, and handsome. Seeing beyond his physical attributes allowed me to understand that the man beneath all the muscles was a compassionate, kind, and understanding romantic. I wanted him so bad I could taste it. There was only one real problem. He was an inmate in prison. And, I was a prison guard. TATE - Bobbi Madden was gorgeous...
  • Dating For December by Lyndsey Gallagher

    Dating For December by Lyndsey Gallagher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He's an expert at breakups... but this Christmas, can he master a love that lasts?⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Lyndsey Gallagher is THE QUEEN page turners!"My perpetually single status hardly serves as a shining advertisement for HeartSync, the dating agency I own. Nor is it likely to convince my incredibly successful movie star brother, Nate, to invest in my business...
  • Jane: Knights Wrath MC, Book 1 by Renee Alan

    Jane: Knights Wrath MC, Book 1 by Renee Alan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jane thinks her simple life of work, books, baking, her bestie, and her dog are enough to make her happy. After too many disappointments, she’s decided that her book boyfriends are all the romance she needs. That plan seemed just fine until fate took the opportunity to change her mind and brought the Westons into her life...
  • Wilder With You by Serena Bell

    Wilder With You by Serena Bell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Who knew pretending could be so hot?Clark: It started as a joke. After all, I’d never pretend to date a woman just to get my mom and sister off my back.I would, however, pretend to date her to get her ex-husband off hers.Now the two of us, the wilderness warrior and the wedding planner, are stuck sharing a very small tent...
  • Combat by Lilian Monroe

    Combat by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Lucy Barlow didn’t think she’d need a bodyguard to attend her town’s local Wedding Expo. She sells wedding stationery, after all. Her main occupational hazard is a paper cut.Then the rival stationery store owner declares war, starting with a few stolen packages and ending with all-out sabotage of her wedding invitation stock...
  • Brand by J.E. Daelman

    Brand by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    PIP After her parent's death, has to make a new start. Pip's business venture brings her in contact with the local MC. Someone is trying to kill her but she won't go down without fighting. BRAND President of the Satan's Guardians MC Meets PIP and helps her with the threat she faces. Love conquers all but he has to fight for it Brand is book one in the Satan's Guardian MC story...
  • A Little Bit Wicked by Melissa Foster

    A Little Bit Wicked by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When the Dark Knights at Bayside and the cast of Bayside Summers collide, sparks fly, and trouble—or maybe love—is not far behind. What do a cocky biker and a businesswoman who has sworn off dating bad boys have in common? According to Chloe Mallery, not much. Justin came into the Wicked family after a harsh upbringing by a thieving father...
  • Bayou Tonight by Erin Nicholas

    Bayou Tonight by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A prequel to Gotta Be Bayou, book one in the Badges of the Bayou series She’s so not his type. But he’s been thinking about her for almost a year now.He needs to figure out a way to get over her.Though kissing her at their friends’ wedding probably isn’t it…FBI agent Spencer Landry is looking for a sweet, bubbly sunshine at home to balance out all the darkness he sees in his work...
  • Friends Don't by Leah Dobrinska

    Friends Don't by Leah Dobrinska

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A heartfelt and hilarious romantic comedy, loosely inspired by While You Were Sleeping.As the oldest of three sisters, Poppy Kasper doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t the glue holding her siblings—and their lives—together. So moving across the country to Cashmere Cove, the hometown of her new boyfriend, is completely out of character...
  • Take Down  (Steel Infidels) by Dez Burke, Leo Taylor

    Take Down (Steel Infidels) by Dez Burke, Leo Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She thinks I'm her Guardian Angel. I know I'm her worst nightmare. I thought I had everything under control. Until the day I saved Maggie’s life. Most men would melt if a girl like her looked at them the way she looks at me, as if I was her savior, her protector. She sees the muscles, the tats, the hero the media makes me out to be...
  • Tempt Me With Forever by Maria Luís

    Tempt Me With Forever by Maria Luís

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Never trust a bad boy. That's what Beauty Influencer Lizzie Danvers tells her YouTube subscribers after getting dumped on Instagram. Lizzie may have the devil's luck in choosing men, but she's determined to prove that the age-old "once a playboy, always a playboy" theory is bulletproof. All she needs is thirty days and one sexy commitment-phobe to do it..
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