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Christmas Pie by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMerry Christmas from Jodi Taylor. It's time for St Mary's traditional Christmas jump - even though it's only September...St Mary's has never lacked for enemies, but danger has never been closer to home. A state of war has broken out between St Mary's and the Women's Institute - the Raffia Mafia... -
The First She by Elaine Waters
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKira distrusts men and is convinced that she can live just fine without any testosterone in her life. When she accidentally gets teleported to a wild planet populated by only alien men, her plans stutter... -
Need a Little Time by Adam Eccles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes, the strangest things can happen, right on your doorstep.When you find out your best friend and business partner is secretly sleeping with your wife, it may be time to move on… From your job and your marriage... Which is precisely what happened to Jamie Newgent... -
CAVE MAN MAKE BABY by Frankie Love
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI never intended on time travelling to the Stone Age during my Special Ops mission – but it’s not the first thing in my life to get effed up.To say I didn’t have a happy childhood is an understatement – that’s why I joined the military first chance I got.And to be honest – living alone on the beach isn’t the worst way to live out my days... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City by Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha and her friends try to save her town from the vast armies of the Wulfenbach Empire... -
The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner
In this unforgettable story full of charm, wit—and just a bit of magic—a woman down on her luck is given a second chance at fixing her life and trying one year all over again. Perfect for readers of Josie Silver and Rebecca Serle. Sadie Thatcher’s life has fallen apart in spectacular fashion... -
Aiden by Diane Darcy, L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBe sure to read THE GATHERING first to avoid confusion. Aiden MacGregor gets a second chance at life and finds himself enchanted with the fairylike girl who believes in magic, moonbeams, and dancing in the rain. Free-spirit cartoonist Zoey Barnes has been waiting for her fate... -
Love's Shadow by Nichole Van
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBranwell D'Angelo . . .Six years ago, I fell in love with Lucy--my brother's girlfriend. Stupid of me, I know, but sometimes the heart doesn't listen to reason.Six years, I've lived on the sidelines. Seeing him love her, be with her, bask in her sunshine . . .I watched her break his heart and then cleaned up the shattered pieces of him she left behind... -
Lightning Struck by Nichole Van
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChiara doesn’t like Jack. Jack doesn’t like Chiara. The story should end there. Except . . . maybe Chiara finds herself daydreaming far too often about Jack. And maybe Jack finds Chiara aggravating in an adorable sorta way. Maybe Jack and Chiara find themselves falling in love. The problem, of course, remains. Jack is a ghost. And Chiara is not... -
Heir Of The Beast: Fairy Gomother Inc. Series. -Book 1 by F.R. Black
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"All you must do is sign on the dotted line, and all your romantic dreams will come true," the Fairy Godmother says with a twinkle in her eye.This is what happens when you do not read the fine print in a very detailed contract. You miss all the things that are immediate deal breakers... -
Without Pride and Prejudice by Jennifer Peel
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan their love conquer pride and prejudice?Ever since I first read Pride and Prejudice at twelve years old, I’ve dreamed of being Elizabeth Bennet. That dream is now about to come true...Categorized as:
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Without Pride and Prejudice by Jennifer Peel
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan their love conquer pride and prejudice?Ever since I first read Pride and Prejudice at twelve years old, I’ve dreamed of being Elizabeth Bennet. That dream is now about to come true...Categorized as:
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Liam by Diane Darcy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRead THE GATHERING first to understand the rest. Liam is # 14... Possessiveness such as he’d never known rose up within him and, without thought, he leaned down and stole a quick kiss. She slapped him. Hard. “Who do you think you are?” Liam MacGregor is a ghost in search of adventure, and it’s finally his turn to have some fun... -
Elevator Girl: part 2 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Amazon exclusive! In this romantic comedy mystery, a young woman discovers that life is like an elevator--just be sure to get off on the right floor.Hello. My name is Virginia, although I live in Georgia… Atlanta, to be precise... -
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The Elven Crown by F. R. Black
Fairy Godmother Inc. is a secretive organization keeping the forces of good and evil in balance with true love’s kiss.After a drunken night and a sloppy signature on a dotted line, Crystal is tasked with taming a bad boy Elven prince. Unfortunately for her, relationships between elves and humans are strictly forbidden... -
The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System [人渣反派自救系统] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCan’t I read stallion novels anymore?! [TN: genre with OP protag & harem]Shen Yuan is reborn into a young man and scum villain destined to die, Shen Qingqiu... -
The Girl I Was by Jeneva Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSometimes you have to go back before you can go forward.Alexis Spencer thinks she has it all figured out. Even when life gets her down, she is never too far away from another inspirational quote to rationalize her failures and ignore all her problems... -
何为贤妻 To Be a Virtuous Wife by Yue Xia Die Ying, 月下蝶影
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA time traveling romance - from the author's description:"As a virtuous wife, does it include tolerating his cousin, enduring his concubines, bearing his mother?If you will not let me live freely, why would I let you live in satisfaction?Did fate let women time-travel so she could learn the three morals and four virtues?Rather than act like a coward and live, it would be better to live in...Categorized as:
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The Bewitched Viking by Sandra Hill
Even fierce Norse warriors have bad days. 'Twas enough to drive a sane Viking mad, the things Tykir Thorksson was forced to do—capturing a red-headed virago, putting up with the flock of sheep that follows her everywhere, chasing off her bumbling brothers... -
Gareth by Diane Darcy, L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say revenge is sweet… Lissa Stuart is thrilled to get a job researching for an upcoming movie in Scotland—supposedly the land of her ancestors. When she brags about possibly being related to Bonnie Prince Charlie, she captures the attention of an angry, embittered warrior. Revenge is all that Gareth thought about for the last 270 years... -
The Scottish Siren: A McClain Story by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeth has spent her entire life alone. Orphaned at a young age, she bounced around the foster care system until she was old enough to be on her own. When a strange woman approaches her in her book club, she goes to lunch with her, never expecting anything more from it than a fun lunch... -
Time of My Life by Mary Frame
Every day is the worst day of Jane Stewart’s life. No really, that’s not a dramatization or overreaction, she’s reliving the same, terrible day over and over (and over and over) again.She’s late to the same meeting. Endures the same soul crushing lectures from her bosses, who ultimately fire her anyway. And—the cherry on top—she gets to experience getting dumped on repeat... -
A Matter of Time by Margaret Locke, Tessa Shapcott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove comes when least expected. Nobody would blame widowed doctoral student Eliza James for giving up on Happily Ever After; at twenty-nine, she’s suffered more loss than most people do in a lifetime. But Eliza’s convinced her own hero is still out there, waiting for her, just like in the beloved romance novels she devours... -
Watch For Me By Moonlight: A gripping and unforgettable historical timeslip romance by Kirsty Ferry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA timeless historical romance for the ages. 1795 . When her coach comes to an abrupt halt, Lady Georgiana Kerridge and her brother come face-to-face with an infamous highwayman.Leading them from the safety of their coach, he promises not to harm Georgiana . . . does that mean her heart will be safe? Now... -
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The Viking Takes a Knight by Sandra Hill
The Viking Is a Princess . . . All Ingrith wants is refuge for herself and a group of orphans from a vicious Saxon commander who would harm the children and destroy her honor. At her age, she no longer expects to find a husband, or even a lover, especially not the arrogant Lord of the Bees! John of Hawk's Lair longs for peace and quiet, not a nagging wife and noisy children... -
和宿敌结婚当天一起重生了 Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our Marriage by 林知落
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLin Qian and Zheng PingQing, two people who have wanted to kill each other for many years, fell in love. After a lot of ups and downs, they finally married.But they didn’t expect to get reborn together on the day of their wedding.Back to the year when their feud was at its most intense.The friends around them also saw each other as enemies... -
Lost in Time II by Abbie Zanders
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes you have to go back before you can move forward … Aislinn Isobeille McKenna is feeling lost and alone. Recently discharged from serving six consecutive 12-month terms with the US Army, she has no home, no family, and no friends, which is nothing new for her, really. She lives a transitory, vigilante-type lifestyle in shadows, kicking ass and taking names... -
The Soft Whisper of Dreams by Christina Courtenay
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIndulge in award-winning author Christina Courtenay’s sweepingly romantic world, with a rich tapestry of mystery just waiting to be unravelled.Every whisper holds a shadow, and every dream leads to a secret.Madeline Browne's world is shattered by a revelation delivered by the family solicitor amidst the grief of her parents' sudden passing... -
Out of Time Series Box Set by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis box set contains three complete novels: Books 1-3 of the Out of Time Series.Out of Time: A Time Travel Mystery (Book #1)Mystery, romance and adventure...Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of vampires and avoiding emotional entanglements... -
冷血公爵の心変わり 1 by Bandalbanji, 에디
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 25 ratings백작가의 사생아였던 에르인.반역자가 되어 도망친 가족을 대신해 희생 되기 직전그녀는 목숨을 거두러 온 ‘사신’을 마주 하게 되는데!‘제발 살려주세요! 저는 이런 거, 저런 거 다 해보고 싶어요!’꽃다운 나이에 예쁜 드레스 한 번 못 입어봤다.구애도 받아보고 사랑 받으며 사는 것이 유일한 소원이었던그녀에게, 기적처럼 그녀를 위한 마법진이 발동되고“레이디, 저의 무례를 용서해 주십시오.”“전하!!”“나와 결혼해 주십시오, 내 영혼의 주군이시여... -
Touch My Little Brother and You're Dead, Season 1 by Morpho, cmjm
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOne day, I woke up as Rosalite, the older sister of Asterion in the novel, “Asterion of the Twilight.” I may not be the main character, but it’s not so bad. Rosalite’s little brother, though, is fated to die in the story at 18 and that just seems really unfair after all the drama he’s been through (did I mention his story is a BL?). Now that I’m Rosalite, I decide to save him... -
Cave Man Need Wife by Frankie Love
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve been here a long ass time. Lonely as hell and wishing for a wife.When a woman arrives, she thinks she’s time-travelled to a prehistoric nightmare.I think she’s finally come home.She’s innocent, curvy, and all kinds of cute.And she thinks I’m nothing but a cave man.Growly. Grumpy. Gruff.She’s not wrong.She also has ideas about marriage... -
Dark Viking: Viking Navy SEALs, Book 7 by Sandra Hill
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRita, a former stunt woman, can’t believe she signed up to be a female Navy SEAL. She needed the signup money to pay her mother’s medical bills. Steven, a fierce Viking warrior, is depressed over the “death” of his brother Thorfinn. Yep, even Vikings get the blues... -
The Secret Kiss of Darkness by Christina Courtenay
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe has waited an eternity for her.When Kayla Sinclair arrives at Sotheby's auction room in Mayfair, she is mesmerised by a life-size eighteenth-century portrait of a tall, dark man with piercing blue eyes.She finds her life irrevocably changed by a powerful obsession with the portrait, and Kayla’s desire to discover the identity of the man leads her to the mysterious Marcombe Hall... -
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Lost in Time I by Abbie Zanders
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow far would you go to find your soul mate? Little did Scottish peasant girl Isobeille Aislinn McKenna know that when she prayed for divine intervention in 1414, her desperate plea would be answered by throwing her six hundred years into the future - right into the path of a bus in the heart of one of the busiest cities on the East Coast... -
The Silent Touch of Shadows by Christina Courtenay
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLose yourself in the spellbinding tale of two women from the same family, separated by 600 years, but their fates no less intertwined.A love that echoes through the ages . . .After genealogist Melissa Grantham’s marriage falls apart, she escapes to her family’s ancestral home in Kent... -
The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen: An Uplifting, Comedic Tale of Time Travel and Friendship by Ada Bright, Cass Grafton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a time travelling Jane Austen gets stuck in modern-day Bath it's up to avid Janeite Rose Wallace to save her… because she's the only one who knows that Jane exists! Rose Wallace’s world revolves around all things Austen, and with the annual festival in Bath – and the arrival of dishy archaeologist, Dr Aiden Trevellyan – just around the corner, all is well with the world… But then a... -
As You Wish by Jude Deveraux
One fateful summer, three very different women find themselves together in Summer Hill, Virginia, where they find they have much more in common than they realized… Sixty-year-old Olivia’s first marriage was long and unhappy, but now she is a newlywed, thrilled to finally be starting her life with the man she’s always truly loved—even if they are getting a late start... -
Doomed to be Cannon Fodder by 潇潇夜雨
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s somehow ended up transmigrating into the book as the supporting female lead, who was beaten to death! Deeply in love with the male lead, she’s fated to be beaten to a bloody pulp before even holding hands with him?!First things first, she needs to survive and latch onto the big thigh of a patron...Categorized as:
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Meant To Be (Time Travel Romance) by Ruth Ann Nordin
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile on a train heading west, Ted Jacob and Megan Crane are thrown back into the past with no idea of how or why they got there. They get off the train at Fargo, North Dakota and learn they are in April 1898...Categorized as:
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The Last Highlander: A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Claire Delacroix, Deborah Cooke
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScotland, 1314 – After the Scots reclaim Edinburgh Castle, Alasdair MacAulay only wants to celebrate. But the revels are interrupted by an old crone who claims the castle’s true owner is the legendary Morgaine le Fee... -
Echoes of the Past: A completely gripping and captivating historical timeslip romance by Kirsty Ferry
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlease note this book was previously published as A Secret Rose by Kirsty FerryA love that never dies . . . 1886. Alys Trelawney arrives at Pencradoc in Cornwall where she meets the alluring Jago Pencradoc.Little does she know that their encounter will have repercussions that will ripple through the generations . . .Present day... -
Love And Honor by M. S. Parker
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNo more cliffhangers. This is the final book in the series and includes a free bonus book: Wicked - The Complete Series. When Honor Daviot ended up two hundred years in the past, she never expected to fall in love...or to become a part of history working for George Washington... -
눌리타스: 절반의 백작 영애 [Nullitas: Jeolban'eui Baegjag Yeong'ae] (Nullitas: The Counterfeit Bride (Novel) #1-3) by Jezz
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratings눌리타스! 백작의 딸로 다시 태어나다왕국의 유서 깊은 로마그놀로 백작 가의 이름도 없는 허드렛일을 하는 소년. 아이의 어머니는 성의 하녀로 일하고 있었는데, 어느 날 아이는 어머니가 백작과 육체적인 관계를 맺는 사이라는 것을 알게 된다. 그리고 얼마 지나지 않아, 아이는 초경을 시작해서 크게 놀란다. 아이의 어머니가 질투심이 유별난 백작 부인이 그들 모녀를 해칠까 봐 아이를 먼 친척뻘인 사내로 길렀고, 머리 또한 백작의 사생아라는 것을 감추기 위해서 염색을 해 왔음을 고백한다. 그러던 어느 날, 백작가의 후계자 17살 아비오가 늘 눈에 거치적거리는 아이를 마구 폭행한다. 아이가 거의 죽을 만큼 부상을 입자, 아이의 어머니는 백작에게 가서 청을 넣는다. 아이가 그의 사생아라고, 제발 살려달라고... -
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Cat's Meow by Dale Mayer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a year of hell, Dani Summerland's life is just getting better when she's tossed unceremoniously a few hundred years into the future with her orange Persian cat, Charmin Marvin, in her arms. With no way to fight it, no way to go back, things are only looking to get worse fast. Breaking protocol is cause for severe consequences in the time and world Levi Blackburn lives... -
Of Sand and Stone by Lauren Smith
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe was destined to save his heart of stone... Bookish museum curator Rebecca Clark has given up on dating. Real life men aren’t nearly as perfect as the men in the paintings and statues she sees every day at her job. But one night she whispers a prayer to the universe to send her the perfect man... -
The Love I Could Have Had by C.J. Connolly
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat if you could do all the things you never did . . .Meet Olivia. Her life is just about perfect. She has a great job, a close-knit family — and she’s going to marry the love of her life this summer.So what’s missing? She’s twenty-eight years old and she’s never left her hometown. And Jake is the only boyfriend she’s ever had. Her friends tell her how lucky she is — and Liv believes them... -
Tempest in Time by Eugenia Riley
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNote: Fabulous New Cover! A #1 Bestselling Time Travel Romance at Amazon and Kindle! TWO BRIDES SWITCH PLACES IN TIME! MISMATCHED BRIDES In modern Memphis, Tennessee, beautiful, headstrong Missy Monroe has found the perfect fiancé, gorgeous and genteel Jeff Dalton, a man she can control in every way… and who bores her to tears... -
Waiting For You by Marie Higgins
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a beautiful woman claiming to be a ghost from 1912 appears in Nick Marshal’s new office and begs for help in solving her murder, he’s intrigued enough to consider her plea. A scandal that rocked Hollywood almost destroyed his law practice, so taking on a client who insists she’s dead seems a good way to refresh his career. The more history he uncovers, the deeper he falls for the ghost... -
The Shoes Come First: A Jennifer Cloud Novel by Janet Leigh
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Sunnyside, Texas, Jennifer Cloud is an assistant purchasing manager for an upscale shoe store. But after her boss is arrested, she's forced to find work elsewhere and ends up in her brother's chiropractic office, where she discovers a hidden passion for helping others...
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