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Wishing on a Star by Mandy Baggot
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... -
Arrogant Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere’s a hot new hire. Too bad she’s Donavan’s ex. Oh, and there’s one other problem—they hate each other. The last thing he expected to see when he walked into the office was Paisley Williams. She was the only person to graduate ahead of him at Columbia. The one woman who could give it back better than he could dish it out. She was also the biggest regret of his life... -
A Smoky Mountain Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne chalet in the Smokies. Four loving families. While all the grandbabies are on Santa’s Nice List, a few of the adults are getting coal in their stockings. But no matter their status with the man in the red suit, Elli Adler will spoil each and every one of her favorite people with love and holiday cheer... -
The Sleight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart
From the author of The Plight Before Christmas and The Ravenhood trilogy comes a heartwarming, spicy, holiday-themed romantic dramedy with ALL OF THE FEELS.My kids are a**holes.Yeah, I said it. I said the thing no father is supposed to say about their children, and I’ll say it again because I miss my wife...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken’s scorching series, revenge is a justified pleasure… Isla made one teeny little mistake. Now she and her PI company, Dirty Exes, are being targeted by one seriously angry and furiously sexy ex-quarterback. Jessie freakin’ Beckett. But there’s no way some NFL superhunk is going to take her business away... -
One More Christmas at the Castle by Trisha Ashley
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDon't miss the brand-new Christmas book from Sunday Times bestselling author, Trisha Ashley!This Christmas will be the most special of them all... Elderly widow Sabine knows this will be her last Christmas in her beloved home, Mitras Castle. Determined to make it just like the ones she remembers from her childhood, she employs Dido Jones of Heavenly Houseparties to help with the big day... -
A Co-Worker's Crush by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt took me a long time to realize I shouldn’t date the women I work with. It cost me three tattoo guns, a job, five motorcycle tires, and I’m not even counting the t-shirts I never got back. It feels different with Frankie but she comes with a little daughter and a crap load of other baggage. I’m not the guy you take home to your parents, let alone your child... -
Bossy Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPolicy: Don't sleep with your brother's secretary.Problem: Deacon Collins is a wealthy playboy and does what he pleases.It started out innocent.He yanked her into the supply closet and lost his briefs. Not the legal kind.Now, he wants more.More of her soft curves and sweet mouth.More than just quickies against a cabinet...Categorized as:
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Love Is In the Air Volume 1 by Susan Stoker, A.M. Kusi
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratings30 of your favorite authors come together to celebrate love and romance in this anthology featuring brand new, original short stories.All proceeds will go to the American Heart Association.Featured authors include:A.M. Kusi, Abbie Zanders, Alley Ciz, Anna Blakely, Anna Brooks, Becca Steele, Cora Kenborn, Darcy Burke, Elizabeth SaFleur, Emery Rose, Greer Bailey, Ivy Layne, J. Kenner, Jeana E... -
One Enchanted Moment by Sarah Morgan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsUSA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan will sweep you away with her Puffin Island series! Life has just thrown Skylar Tempest a serious curveball. So she’s returned home to Puffin Island to regroup among friends. Unfortunately, that means seeing Alec Hunter, who’s become a big-deal TV historian. Sky’s never liked the cynical Alec, and the feeling was mutual. But maybe that was then... -
Strictly The Worst by Carrie Elks
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsEnemies-to-lovers and forced proximity collide in this sizzling romantic comedy set on a lush tropical island. Linc Salinger and I have nothing in common. He’s a smooth PR executive; I’m his disciplined office rival. And he’s just stolen the project I’ve been working on for months. After tough negotiation I manage to bargain my way back on, but there’s a catch... -
The Day the Jerk Started Falling by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMy name is Oliver Arsen, but my mates call me Ollie. I live hard and love harder, and it’s love that usually gets me in the most trouble. According to the greater population, I’m the ultimate jerk. My affection tends to be short-lived—a quality I’ve been assured multiple times by the fairer sex isn’t becoming—and the leaving part of loving and leaving has always come natural... -
Cocky Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"I drowned in this story. In these words, and in this world. A five star read from the very first page." - Amo Jones, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Elite Kings Club Series He's a bastard in Burberry. Decker Collins knows how to do one thing--win. When his billion-dollar law practice moves to merge with a firm out of Dallas, she shows up to oversee the transition...Categorized as:
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Rival Desires by M. S. Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Rival Desires, where the rivalry is fiery, but the romance? It's downright scorching.Meet Cory charming, socially awkward, and co-owner of the established Palo Alto finance firm Gracen & McCrae. Enter Rylee Palmer, the brilliant, enigmatic head of the new game-changer in town, Palmer Money Management... -
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Love on Display by Dana LeCheminant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThey’re sworn enemies. They also happen to be incredibly attracted to one another.After bonding at a half-marathon, rival gym owners Cam and Kailani discover the person they thought could be their soulmate turns out to be the reason their respective businesses are failing...Categorized as:
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Christmas at Rainbow Falls by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Sweet Small Town Romance Christmas at Rainbow Falls is a sweet small town romance written in the style of your favorite holiday movies, so grab a cup of cocoa and snuggle in for some yuletide cheer!When a disastrous mistake at work puts her career in jeopardy, Natalie Dunbar retreats to the small Vermont town of Rainbow Falls to settle the estate of an aunt she hardly knew... -
Things I Wrote About by Kelsey Humphreys
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTheir story started over ten years ago but nothing brings out plot holes and character flaws like being stuck together on a private island for a week…Sadie Canton writes America’s favorite romance novels. She’s created one hit happy ending after another, all while avoiding her own painful cliffhanger.But she can’t avoid him anymore... -
The Tearoom on the Bay by Rachel Burton
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt's time for Ellie to return home and rediscover the past she left behind... After a tough break-up, Ellie returns to the only place she's ever really felt at home – the coastal town of Sanderson Bay. A year later, she's living her dream, brewing delicious artisan teas and selling them at her very own café... -
The Trouble With Gravity (Gravity Series) by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKai's life is a series of choreographed steps, each one shielding her from the tragic memories of her past. Audition, dance, paycheck, repeat. It's a broken record, but it's what keeps her world spinning... -
Traded by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe first time I met pro football’s hottest quarterback, we ended up horizontal just before the most embarrassing moment of my life.The second time, I unleashed all my pent-up anger on him.The third time was when the owner of the Vegas Aces introduced him as the newly traded player I’d be coaching for the next year. No…I’m not a football coach. I’ve been hired as his full-time behavior coach... -
(Not) The Boss of Me by Kenzie Reed
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsConsiderate. Loves dogs. Walks old ladies across the street. Loves me no matter what I look like.We all have a list of our dream man’s ideal qualities – even if it’s just in our head.And okay, mine might be written in swirly script, laminated, and used as a bookmark for my favorite Jane Austen novel.You know what’s NOT on my list? Arrogant. Impatient. Distractingly sexy... -
Turn of the Tides by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Beau Wade left his small hometown of Whitecap, Oregon, he swore to himself he’d never go back. But when his NFL career goes up in smoke, that’s exactly what he finds himself doing. Not much has changed in the ten years he’s been gone... -
Check Swing by Carrie Aarons
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSinclair Callahan is a trust fund baby.Born into one of the richest, most notorious families in the country, the black sheep title was stamped on him from an early age. While the rest of his relatives earn their keep at the top tier baseball team they’ve owned for generations, Sin prefers spending his time and money on booze, babes and bad decisions... -
Grinder by Colleen Charles
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScarlett Stone hates me. Every time she takes the mic during her popular sports podcast, she rips me a new one.Some would call us enemies but I make it a rule not to make a rival of a smart, sexy woman like her. If I make one single error on the ice, she calls it out in a way that both frustrates me and turns me on... -
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Love Inn Books by Erin Branscom
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe doesn’t believe in love.She’s a romantic at heart.He’s her sworn enemy…and her new boss.Preston Steele is a buttoned up, Ivy League lawyer from an affluent prominent Boston family.He ditches the city life and moves to small town Freedom Valley to start over where he finally feels like he belongs.His new friends think he could use some fun and love in his life... -
Wright Kind of Love by K.A. Linde
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe conclusion to the Wright duet age gap romance from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde.Chase Sinclair should be my enemy.Wrights and Sinclairs don’t mix. Not with years of history and turmoil between our families. A rivalry that only seems to fester and corrode with time.Except I’m done denying what I want.We both are.Just when we think we have it figured out, it all blows up in our faces...Categorized as:
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This Is It by Tess Summers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre dads even allowed to be that hot? Paige When I woke up Christmas morning, I didn’t know if I’d been on Santa’s nice list this year—or his naughty one. Thinking back to the prior evening’s events, I decided it was definitely the naughty one. There had to be a mistake—I was always on the nice list... -
Perfect Match by Leslie North
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m not one for holding grudges.But when Vincent Forde, billionaire perfume tycoon, crashes his shiny overpriced car into mine? Yeah, I’m holding that grudge.With his flashy car, tailored suit, and brooding glare—everything about him screams entitled bosshole... -
12 Days of Mistletoe: An Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, Holiday RomCom by Jen Atkinson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow to end up in Christmas kissing lessons with your downstairs enemy… Break apartment rules? Guilty.Send holiday cards to the downstairs neighbor's grandma? Done. Accidentally become said neighbor's fake girlfriend for a family Christmas photo? Wait, what?I, Bonnie Miller, am no troublemaker. I’m just an anxious girl trying to keep my emotional support pup in a no-pets apartment building... -
Famous Last Words by Shann McPherson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA laugh out loud haters-to-lovers, fake-dating hockey romance. Not so long ago, Robbie Mason had it all. Three Stanley Cup wins, two Hart trophies, and sponsorship deals worth millions. But then he went and broke his own teammate’s jaw, and the best defenseman in the history of the NHL hit rock bottom, hard... -
A Very Bad Bet by Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes a wager only makes things more fun...She’s got seniority over the obnoxious grump next door, and she's determined to beat him out for the top job in their charming hometown. But a bold bet spins their rivalry into a flirty attraction that could change everything.Claudia:I was born to be the Cider Cove City Planner... -
Cap by Elise Faber
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s the one he wants.And he’s not going to give her up without a fight.As the newly named captain of the San Francisco Gold, Josh is used to pressure and hard work.What he’s not used to?Women despising him.Jess, however, has taken an instant dislike to him, and no matter what he tries to do, he can’t seem to get beyond her prickly exterior... -
Love You Fiancee by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere once was a man named Kell, Who fell under Rachel Hart’s spell. In public he proposed, Wearing dubious lemur clothes, Never guessing he’d end up in zipper hell. Kell Luview has decided to make Rachel Hart his wife after two perfect years together, and the man has plans. Big plans... -
Luca & Ivy and the Four Calling Birds by Ellie Hall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWould you rather be stranded in a snowstorm with Miss All-things Christmas or the Grinch?IvyIf you ever find yourself on the run, do not, I repeat, do not drive off the road and into an icy pond. Should you have such an accident, do not wander into the woods to a chalet with a blazing fire. But if you lose feeling in your toes and go inside to warm up, do not, I repeat, do not, doze off...Categorized as:
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Kind of a Hot Mess by Lili Valente
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI'm a hot mess single mom with no time for players…or anything else. He's a wounded NHL star stuck in the small town he's fought to escape. So we strike a deal to become roomies--Aaron will babysit my little boy to help me through the busiest catering season of the year. In exchange, I'll give him a place to heal away from his overbearing family... -
Make My Heart Malt by Gia Stevens
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA sizzling hate to lovers, unrequited crush, standalone sports romance by romantic comedy author Gia Stevens… Dessa should have been mine... until my brother kissed her first. Ten years is a long time to be infatuated with your former best friend, especially when she’s dating your brother... -
Want You to Want Me by Lorelei James
The new sexy contemporary romance in New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James's Want You series, set in Minneapolis-St. Paul.Hockey player Gabriella "Gabi" Welk spent her life in pursuit of championships, but she has little to show for it besides dusty trophies and second-place medals. Now her career consists of several part-time jobs to make ends meet... -
The Christmas Clause by Meg Easton
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA hockey star who can’t wait to skip town. A videographer whose career relies on him. The Denver Glaciers’ new right-wing hockey player, Connor Greene, is far from jolly this Christmas... -
Dropkick My Heart by Winter Travers
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKellan Countless hours of practice, and enough determination to succeed no matter the cost is what has brought Kellan to standing at the door to his life coming full circle. Life on the competition circuit was fast-paced, and exciting, but now Kellan is ready to settle down, and stay in his own bed for longer than a week...Categorized as:
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Overtime Obsession by London Casey
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI finally land my dream apartment so I can write my next book. There’s just one problem. A tall, muscular hockey player shows up and says the apartment is actually his. I tell him to leave. He tells me to leave... -
A Manny for Christmas by Sara Madderson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMOLLYSingle parenting is not what Nancy Meyers made it out to be. There isn’t a hydrangea or hot younger doctor in sight. Not even a charming widower with an improbably festive home.Instead, my life is all flaky ex-husband, messy kitchen, grimy (if gorgeous) kids, and an alarm call at the arse-crack of dawn each day. To top it off, I have no childcare. I’m desperate...Categorized as:
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His Fake Wife by Alina Parker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHow NOT to screw yourself1. NEVER go for a fake marriage with your childhood enemy2. DON’T sleep with him.. EVER3. Absolutely do NOT get pregnant with his baby!When my father died, he sold his company and just about everything else to his best friend.I would have been cool with that if he hadn’t made another deal―Marry his best friend’s son, Adam Thorne... -
One Christmas Kiss in Notting Hill by Mandy Baggot
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCurl up by the fire with the ultimate seasonal romance, from the bestselling author Mandy Baggot! ‘I absolutely love Mandy’s books’ Milly Johnson Imagine the perfect Christmas Kiss… His strong arms around her waist, her hands on his face, the snow slowly starts to fall… It’s enough to make Isla Winters cringe! While her sister can’t get enough of this – increasingly common – sight on the... -
#1 Rival by T. Gephart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLauren Harper wanted four things. Respect. Success. Happiness. And to annihilate Roman Pierce. Sure, he was a smooth, smart and sexy attorney who made the senior partners at their law firm cream their pants. But he was also an annoying cocky jerk who she’d been competing with since they had both been hired over a year ago... -
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Jingle Bell Games by Cat Wynn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLara Blunt is a grouch, but she’s a grouch who works at the merriest little Christmas shop in town, The Jingle Bell. Lara can’t wait for her Christmas Eve shift to end so she can sulk at home by herself with a bottle of rum. Her manager (and the owner’s son!) Leo Nicoli, on the other hand, is full of holiday cheer, and he’s had his eyes on Lara since the day she stomped into his store...Categorized as:
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The Art of Falling in Love with Your Brother's Best Friend by Anne Kemp
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll’s fair in love and war…until your brother brings his bad boy, ice hockey playing best friend into your life. I’m pouring all my savings into launching my own catering business, so the last thing I need is distraction. Even if he is six feet five inches tall, plays ice hockey, and is probably one of the most intriguing, and also maddening, people I’ve met. Ever... -
Fumbled Arrangement by S. Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat started out as a night of fun at a Vegas hotspot somehow turned into saying “I Do” by an Elvis impersonator. If you think that’s bad, it gets worse. My new husband lied to me and told me he ran a not-for-profit. That couldn’t be further from the truth.Imagine my surprise when I realized I married one of the best tight ends in the league... -
We Three Kings by Kristen Bailey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaggie Field was looking forward to a solo Christmas in her cosy London flat – before her three workmates decided to liven things up for her.Maggie loves her job as head of IT at a financial firm, and her three geeky but lovable work buddies. And when they invite her to stay with each of them for the holidays, she can’t resist the chance to get to know them better... -
A Second Christmas Wish by Kathryn Freeman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMake a wish . . .Melissa Raven has long given up on fairy-tale Christmases.She’s taken her seven-year-old son William and left her good-for-nothing husband. Now all she wants is to keep her little boy safe and leave their painful memories behind.But it breaks her heart to see how painfully shy William is. So to bring him out of his shell, Melissa arranges for some tennis lessons... -
Hot Shot’s Mistake by Gina Azzi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTangling up with my new physical therapist, Mila Lewis, is a mistake. One I can’t seem to stop making.When I sign with the Tennessee Thunderbolts, I have two goals: prove my injury hasn’t benched my career and get back to New York.But then, I meet Mila, the enigmatic therapist tasked with rehabbing my shoulder...Categorized as:
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