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Craving Lucy by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author Terri Anne Browning’s New Adult series. One kiss can change everything… I wished I’d known that before I’d kissed my best friend. Things are different now. We can’t go back. I’m not even sure I want to go back. I guess the question is…... -
![Our Unscripted Story by L.A. Fiore]()
Our Unscripted Story by L.A. Fiore
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGreyson Ratcliffe. I met him at sixteen, the hot new guy sitting on my jetty, an aspiring artist just passing through. He was my first kiss and my first love. I wanted forever with him. I didn’t even get a year. Five years later, I’m a budding writer who scripts stories of love and struggle, the good and the bad and the ups and the downs...Categorized as:
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![Hack by Fiona Davenport]()
Hack by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBarrett “Hack” Moore has been obsessed with Paisley Wessex for six long months. All it took was one glance at her picture for the tough MC enforcer to fall for the sweet college student. Staying away from Paisley was the last thing Hack wanted, but that’s what he did because it was what she needed.Paisley didn’t know that the hot biker had been keeping a close eye on her all this time...Categorized as:
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![Eating Her Heart Out by Fiona Davenport]()
Eating Her Heart Out by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSawyer Ward had heard wild stories about Katie Blake from her brother—his best friend and business partner. The last thing he expected was to fall for her the minute they met. She was nothing like her brother described, and Sawyer quickly realized the gorgeous blonde was his perfect match in every way... -
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![His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King]()
His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI was always the good girl, until I met Quinn…What do a law student and a smuggler have in common? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So I should leave the straight-laced, curvy Coraline alone.But I can’t.I’m no good for her. Every minute she spends with me, she’s risking her career, her future. I should let her go.But I can’t.My need to have her, to possess her, drives me to complete selfishness... -
![Royal Creed by T.K. Leigh]()
Royal Creed by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis princess. Her secret. Their forbidden love.All my life, every decision has been made for me. What to say. How to dress. And now, who I'm to marry. When you're second in line to the throne, it's just how things are. I've always gone along with it.Until now.I may not have a say in who I marry, but I refuse to let someone dictate who I give my v-card to... -
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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... -
![Tempted by December by Nichole Rose]()
Tempted by December by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHer Christmas wish? Rosy-red cheeks and the man of her dreams.Alaric ParrishI've been tempted by December Rhett since the moment I set eyes on her.I want her curves wrapped in a bow and nothing else for Christmas.But the shy intern wants nothing to do with me.Until she sees something she shouldn't have.Now she's right where I want her… in my arms.Loving every wicked thing I do to her...Categorized as:
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![Does He Know? by Kaylee Ryan]()
Does He Know? by Kaylee Ryan
NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding five best friends who co-own a tattoo studio. "Does He Know?" is an age gap, brother's best friend, small town romance.EmersonIt’s not like I planned to fall for my older brother’s best friend.It just happened... -
![Vetting His Kitten by Mink]()
Vetting His Kitten by Mink
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI don’t have time for my mother’s games or her menagerie of mammals, reptiles, and god knows what else. At least, I don’t think I have time for them until I meet her trusted veterinarian, Amelia. Suddenly, it seems I’m extremely interested in the wellbeing of my mother’s furry and scaly friends, so much so that I visit the vet’s office on a daily basis... -
![Drew & Courtney duet by Kennedy Fox]()
Drew & Courtney duet by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDrew Fisher is the type of guy every girl wants.Noble police officer by day, charming prince by night.He has no idea the effect he has on women, especially Courtney—his little sister’s best friend. She’s the blonde Southern belle who lives up to the cliché, except she has her own quirks... -
![Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport]()
Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAurora Dawson loved helping happy couples have their perfect wedding and happily ever after. Even if she never found one for herself.When a divorce office opened shop right next to her, she was livid that someone would help tear apart the couples she brought together... -
![Diablo by Haley Travis]()
Diablo by Haley Travis
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan this devil atone for his many sins?I was settling into a quiet life. Work, reading, and endless hours riding and living with my brothers of the Dirty Sinners MC.Until Avery appeared. An innocent angel surrounded by sweetness and light.A filthy rich man with an even filthier reputation had no right to even touch her, much less claim her...Categorized as:
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![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... -
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![Wrath by Dani Wyatt]()
Wrath by Dani Wyatt
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhy doesn’t anyone pray for Satan? He needs it. But so do I, because Kristina Joy Kennedy is killing me. It’s been a year since I first saw her, wearing a white dress, blonde hair braided back with a cute pink bow at the bottom, walking into the church across the street from the Ride or Die bar. A year since my heart came alive. A year since she first told me to get lost.We are worlds apart... -
![Craving Carlo by Mia Madison]()
Craving Carlo by Mia Madison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"You gave me a taste of your fire. Hell no, I'm not walking away."Carlo Adamo is the most perfect man I have ever seen -- and the only one whose touch drives me mad.But some of us aren't meant for happy endings. If he knew the truth, he'd forget about me.I just need to stop trembling in his arms long enough to make him believe it... -
![Jake by C.M. Steele]()
Jake by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJake had my heart since I was a little girl. The day he left, my heart broke, but I had hope that he’d come back until it was too late. Now, it was time to erase Jake Richards from my soul.I’ve loved Lea for so long and soon she’ll be mine. No one, not even her father, will keep me away from her. We were meant to be together...Categorized as:
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![Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw]()
Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAddysonLife just threw me a curveball. I have to find a new place to live, but it must be in-district, because my son has his heart set on riding the bus to his first day of kindergarten.When my brother’s sexy best friend suggests we move in with him, I have to remind myself the offer was for his spare bedrooms… not his bed... -
![My Curvy Bunny by Pippa Lux]()
My Curvy Bunny by Pippa Lux
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGood girls have never looked sweeter. WillowI’m doing all I can to stay afloat, to forget how lonely I am now that my sweet grandparents are gone. Applying for a second job as a waitress at Molly’s Grove, a beautiful, magical restaurant, seems like the perfect solution.But the pain follows me, tainting my excitement. My hope. Until I lay eyes on my new boss, Mason Aldridge...Categorized as:
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![Storm Damage by C.P. Smith]()
Storm Damage by C.P. Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLogan Storm, an ex-Delta Force sniper, with scars on the inside, is drifting through life on his way to nowhere. While trying to make peace with his past, Logan encounters a young bar owner and her brothers, with trouble brewing the size of Montana.Skylar James is worn out...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Loved by the Hitman by Fiona Davenport]()
Loved by the Hitman by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLove didn’t have a place in Merrick Ashford’s life. The former Navy SEAL’s entire focus was on his job with Ruthless Corp. Relationships were the last thing on his mind while working on a hit…until Audrey Cantrell spotted him in the middle of an assignment.Merrick didn’t have any other choice. He had to kidnap the beautiful college student to protect his identity...Categorized as:
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![Picture Perfect Obsession by C.M. Steele]()
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... -
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![Wreck by Ginger Scott]()
Wreck by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratings**Wreck is the second book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott.When Dustin Bridges left Camp Verde to try to make it on his own, he left half his heart behind. A life with Hannah Judge was just too dangerous... -
![Finding His Forever by Shaw Hart]()
Finding His Forever by Shaw Hart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPenelope Woods has just lost her father.It had been only the two of them her whole life and they had been closer than most. Now that's he's gone, she feels more alone than ever before and heads back home to figure out what to do next. It’s there, cleaning out his room, that she finds his yeti research.Her father and her have been fascinated by yetis for years...Categorized as:
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![Introvert Seeking Mountain Man by Marley Michaels]()
Introvert Seeking Mountain Man by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen paths collide, sparks flyWhen Jemma Scott’s boss goes MIA during a writing retreat on an Alaskan mountain, Jemma books a flight to track her down: destination Moose Mountain.What she didn’t expect was to faint at the feet of Cole Cooper, her mountain guide, the moment she meets him... -
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Gray by Shaw Hart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrayson Mackleroy is probably going to regret this.He's regretted a lot of things in his life. Not standing up to his dad, not moving away from Rosewood when he had the chance, but none of them come close to his biggest regret.Not making Nora Mason his the second that he laid eyes on her...Categorized as:
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![Forbidden Match by Cassi Hart]()
Forbidden Match by Cassi Hart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMolly:Navigating my freshman year at Capon Valley High was daunting, especially with my brother’s shadow looming. He was the golden boy and liked by everyone.My bestie moved away and I felt alone. My family suggested I join clubs so I joined the cheer squad in the hopes of making friends. It didn’t turn out the way I had hoped.I was tormented until my hero stepped up to defend me... -
![Heat by C.M. Steele]()
Heat by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a mad dash to get through her hectic sweaty morning and make it to work on time, Violet finds herself struck by...a limo. Dazed but mostly unharmed, she's surprised when the passenger in the limo swoops her up and is shirtless. What kind of limo did she collide with? Pain and agony strikes Micah when he sees his little Violet in the middle of the street... -
![Hungry For Owen by Cameron Hart]()
Hungry For Owen by Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmery: I’ve worked at Sweet Perfection since I was in high school. I’m one business loan application away from being the sole owner of the bakery. Buying Sweet Perfection is the most important thing in my life, so when the too-handsome, too-charming, too-good-to-be-true Owen starts coming in and asking me out every morning, I have no choice but to turn him down... -
![Hungry for Wade by Elisa Leigh]()
Hungry for Wade by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWade Moore is the town's sheriff. He loves his job, he loves his town, and secretly he loves the town's baker. Too bad for him she's not interested in him that way. Instead he's content to be her one of her best friends getting to eat her treats and be as close to her as he can get. Chloe Sweets owns Sweets Treats, the only bakery in her little town. She's happy, sort of... -
![Axel by Kelsie Calloway]()
Axel by Kelsie Calloway
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAxel:There's a new donut shop across the street from the police station run by a curvy girl.When I walk in on Stella talking dirty to her donuts, I think I'm falling in love.Step 1: Get her to go on a date with me.Step 2: Live happily ever after.It can't be that hard, right? I know that I am after what I just witnessed...I'm a cop and I love curves, and Stella's got plenty of sweet treats for me... -
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In Heat by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGabriel: She’s a temptation I shouldn’t want, yet the bad girl has a habit of tormenting me daily. Sure, I don’t need to linger, but I do. I’m supposed to be pet sitting for my mother, but all I want is the gorgeous Cat next door. Catherine: He’s here to watch his mother’s cat, but I want him to pet me...Categorized as:
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![Cocky Fiancé by Melissa Jane, T.L. Smith]()
Cocky Fiancé by Melissa Jane, T.L. Smith
He wasn’t meant to be on my radar, he was definitely the off-limits guy. My brother’s best friend, my friend’s ex, but most of all he was my boss. Hawk Carnage resembled one thing, and one thing only. Sex. He used it, he knew it, he lived it. Hawk owned the largest lingerie company in the world, and I was his leading lady. In business... -
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Mister Landlord by K.L. Fast, M.K. Moore
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFormer baseball player Beau Melançon is turning in his cleats for a wrench. He did not expect his tenant to be the one who captures his heart. Eleanor Gremillon has a million things wrong with the old house she rents. She did not expect her landlord to roll up his sleeves and get dirty. Strap on that tool belt, Mister Landlord is here to fix all that ails you...Categorized as:
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![Mountain Man Fixated by Olivia T. Turner]()
Mountain Man Fixated by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI’m a city girl.I don’t do nature.It sucks.Bugs, bears, poison ivy.You name it, I hate it.So, when my niece asks me to accompany her on a camping trip, I’m horrified.But I’m a good aunt, so I say yes.Well, that was a huge mistake.One of many.Forgetting the bug spray. That was a mistake.So was thinking I could control a canoe.Spoiler alert: I can’t... -
![Liam by LeAnn Ashers]()
Liam by LeAnn Ashers
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPaisley I met Liam when I was sixteen years old. There was something about him that tempted me to break all the rules. I was enthralled by his bad boy ways, but I knew there was so much more to him—a side of Liam that he didn’t allow people to see. Little did I know, he’d save me on what could’ve been the worst day of my life. At that point, there was no going back. He was my everything...Categorized as:
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![Sharp Curves by C.M. Steele]()
Sharp Curves by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 3 in the Clearwater Curves Series Who knew that this summer would change the lives of all four girlfriends. Stella Sharp sure didn't. When her latest client happens to be a sexy foreigner can she keep the lines of passion and business from getting blurred. Not if Domani De Luca has a say... -
![Embody by S.E. Hall]()
Embody by S.E. Hall
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI'm not "damaged." No horrible childhood or demons in my past I'm trying to outrun. In fact, my family is ideal — funny, supportive and filled with couples that all follow "our" golden rule: Find her. Protect her. Love only her, with everything you are, every day, for the rest of your life...Categorized as:
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![Just One Touch by Tory Baker]()
Just One Touch by Tory Baker
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMason Carter knows what he wants, he’ll stop at nothing to get the woman he’s set his sights on. Quinn Harper is Mason’s sister-in-law’s best friend. He’s been warned she’s off limits, but there’s no way he’s letting her slip through his fingers. Quinn’s decided to end her career as a model. The world has chewed her up way too often and she just needs to heal... -
![Rocky Waters by C.M. Steele]()
Rocky Waters by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe needs his solitude to meet his deadline, which looms ever closer as the days fly off the calendar. Bennett heads to his cabin to get the words down. There’s only one little problem; some people have invaded his privacy, and that’s just unacceptable. So they all have to go…save one. Darcy’s doing her first couples photoshoot, and her nerves are on edge...Categorized as:
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![Love, Lilly by Belinda Mary]()
Love, Lilly by Belinda Mary
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s her best friend’s brother and completely out of her league…Twenty-three-year-old Lilly is the quirky girl, the one with the c-c-curly hair. She’s always late, is rarely neat and does not have her life together. She will never be that girl, the one who gets the perfect guy. But hopefully, this is about to change. It is a new year and Lilly has made some resolutions to get her act together... -
![The Modern Fairy Tale Collection by Aria Cole]()
The Modern Fairy Tale Collection by Aria Cole
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFour swoonworthy tales that blend modern romance and syrupy sweet fantasy the way only Aria Cole can... Over the top gestures, filthy-sweet dirty talk, and possessive alpha goodness--they may be rough-around-the-edges but these men know exactly how to treat their women... -
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![Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart]()
Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEmma Fawn has fallen on hard times. Her mom, unable to support them both, had kicked her out when she turned eighteen and she’s been bouncing from town to town and job to job for a few years until she finally lands in Thorp, Washington. She’s trying to stay positive but she’s run out of money, has nowhere to live, and no real options... -
![Just a Batter of Time by Molly O'Hare]()
Just a Batter of Time by Molly O'Hare
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Molly O'Hare comes an older brother's best friend, curvy, teach-me-all-the-things, opposites attract romance.Riley's been crushing on her older brother's best friend, Liam, for years. Sad, right? Oh well, she's living her best life baking her heart out at Pastries & Paws - her bakery that caters to humans and pets... -
![Valentine V Card by Hope Ford]()
Valentine V Card by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsValentine V Card An Alpha Man, Curvy Woman, Brother’s Best Friend, Friends to Lovers, V Card, HEA Romance Michael I used to call her Patty Cakes. She was my best friend’s little sister. And the chubby little girl that followed us everywhere we went. Things changed, though. We all grew up. When she came back from college, she was no longer the little girl I remembered... -
![Strictly Temporary - Volume One by Ella Fox]()
Strictly Temporary - Volume One by Ella Fox
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJust a Small Towne girl… Raised on fairytales and dreams of true love, Arden Winger left for college with a smile on her face and a happy, hopeful heart. Fast-forward seven years and that small town is behind her, but not the baggage she’s been carrying since she left. Just a city boy… It’s not that Exton Alexander had anything against relationships—he just never had the desire to try... -
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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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![A Perfect Wreck by Mila Crawford, Aria Cole]()
A Perfect Wreck by Mila Crawford, Aria Cole
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe’s the all-American upstanding boy-next-door, she’s the fearless loudmouth with looks that could break any boy’s heart. One kiss and Asa stops seeing Callie as his sister’s best-friend. Instead he can’t forget her mouth or stop imagining all the things he’d like to do to her. When Asa enlists and fights overseas, Callie works just as hard at home to accomplish her dreams...
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