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  • Stellar by Manuela Rouget

    Stellar by Manuela Rouget

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I always thought graduating would be the solution to all my problems. It turns out I was wrong. The professional world is way more cutthroat and ruthless than I imagined, and I have to fight tooth and nail to make a name for myself.During our trip to France, my mom decides to drop bombs on me at my graduation party...
  • Aerial by Manuela Rouget

    Aerial by Manuela Rouget

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My name is Fauve, I’m twenty-two years old, and two months ago, I was a normal French college student. Now? I was just accepted into the prestigious National Institute of Circus Arts of Montréal and moved to the other side of the Atlantic to attend their 10-month Intensive Program...
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  • His Christmas Conundrum by A.W. Scott

    His Christmas Conundrum by A.W. Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I'll take care of everything, Little Bit..."Trevor Cooper is down to the wire and in trouble. He needs a date to take home for the holidays since his family believes he's in a long-term relationship. Problem is, Trevor and his girlfriend broke up months ago. Since then, she's sabotaged every chance he's had to speak to girls on campus...
  • Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley

    Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In 2010, Lucy and her long-term boyfriend John broke up. Three long, lonely years later, John returned to New York, walked into Lucy's apartment, and proposed. This is not that story. It is the story of what came after: The Wedding.DIY maven Lucy Knisley was fascinated by American wedding culture . . . but also sort of horrified by it...
  • Dear Neighbor by Olivia Lucas

    Dear Neighbor by Olivia Lucas

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Journalist by day and voyeur by night, the ever-loveable Bella is seemingly content living in her little bubble. That is, until savvy lawyer and recently single, straight girl Sophie crashes into her world and moves into her apartment complex. The neighbors get off to a rocky start and can’t seem to avoid each other, no matter how hard they try...
  • Alpha's Gift by Julie Ranseth

    Alpha's Gift by Julie Ranseth

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Some gifts are unearned.Kylie Winters once expected to be Luna of her pack. Now all she wants is love. But meeting her fated mate is far from a fairy tale.Marcus Taylor, Alpha of Silver Moon, knows what his family expects from him. It’s not Kylie. He must reject her, but he never thought the mate bond would be so powerful...
  • Cam Boy by Quinn Anderson

    Cam Boy by Quinn Anderson

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Murmur Inc. stories can be enjoyed in any order - jump in wherever you'd like!Their chemistry is undeniable, but he knows better than to mix business with pleasure.After years of making minimum wage, twenty-one-year-old Josh Clemmons may have found his salvation. Murmur Inc., a local adult entertainment company, is hosting auditions for new performers, and Josh has been invited to try out...
  • Happy Crappy Life, Vol. 3 by Harada

    Happy Crappy Life, Vol. 3 by Harada

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kyoutarou thought his life was ruined. He thought he would never be able to go back to Tokyo after how his office treated him the last time he went into town for an assignment...
  • Starstruck by H. L. Logan

    Starstruck by H. L. Logan

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Amelia has poured her heart and soul into her dream of becoming an actress. All her sacrifice is about to pay off when she’s offered her first leading role, but there’s one catch: it’s the lead in the lesbian romance movie Real Love. Amelia’s never so much as looked at another woman, and she can’t help but feel intimidated at the prospect of faking intimacy with a girl...
  • Choices - Volume 1 by MesserMoon

    Choices - Volume 1 by MesserMoon

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    People make mistakes, but they also make choices. It’s important to James, that difference. He does his best not to confuse the two.Choices has been split up into three volumes, the first of which covers 5th year (chapters 1-19)...
  • Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon

    Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Choices has been split up into three volumes, the second of which covers 6th year (chapters 20-41)...
  • Finding Closure by Erin R. Flynn

    Finding Closure by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    The final book of the series..
  • Vibing Unity by Erin R. Flynn

    Vibing Unity by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m about to get married.Wow, I never thought I’d ever really say that. Seriously.And apparently, I’m not allowed to elope, so there will be a wedding that keeps growing in size no matter how many times I yell or threaten people. I swear, if something goes wrong, this will be the only one I have, and there will be some men who will angrily lay the smack down...
  • Wicche Hunt by Seana Kelly

    Wicche Hunt by Seana Kelly

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m Arwyn Cassandra Corey, the Sea Wicche of Monterey. Want a psychic reading? Sure. I can do that. In the market for art? I have all your painting, photography, glass blowing, and ceramic needs covered in my newly remodeled art gallery by the sea. Need help solving a grisly cold case? Unfortunately, I can probably help with that too...
  • Obeying Beliefs by Erin R. Flynn

    Obeying Beliefs by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale, and I’m the future queen of Faerie. That’s right, I finally said it. No more being the heir or reminding people I didn’t agree to the job.Now I have and mostly because I think I’ll actually be a good queen. I have the right qualities, and I don’t let the wrong things distract me from what is important...
  • Knowing Trust by Erin R. Flynn

    Knowing Trust by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale, I’m the future queen of Faerie… And people need to get on board with my vision for Faerie. They wanted me to declare I would take the job—demanded and bullied me into saying it, so now they have to deal with the kind of boss I am.The Underground is no more because of the fight I started...
  • Restoring Harmony by Erin R. Flynn

    Restoring Harmony by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m about to smack people around until they get in line… No, really this time because it almost cost Neldor his life. I refuse to let the lies, biases, and stupidity of the past ruin the future Faerie and her people could have.Not while I’m the damn boss.I knew I might not survive from the moment I swore to find out what happened to my people and stepped into Faerie...
  • Bellicose by Jan Stryvant

    Bellicose by Jan Stryvant

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mihalis finds himself in a new situation, one which all of the training he's received growing up isn't helping him to cope as much as he'd hoped. He's angry. He's never truly been angry before in his life and the anger he's dealing with isn't even coming from him! It's coming from the djevels...
  • Troyland by Jan Stryvant

    Troyland by Jan Stryvant

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With family friend Steve Bryson having been sworn in as the new President, Troy can finally go home and have that great big party... Err, Wedding! Still, Troy's happy; he's got four of the most wonderful women in the world and knows better than to question the circumstances that got him here...
  • Chosen Destiny by Jen L. Grey

    Chosen Destiny by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fate has once again torn my world apart, leaving me shattered. For years, I've lived with a cold void, clueless about my life before joining my childhood pack. Just as the secrets of my past were about to be unveiled, tragedy struck. The one person who held the key to unlocking my memories was taken from me, and with them, my fated mate, Bodey—leaving me exposed and fractured...
  • The Dragon's Mate Proposal by Riley Storm

    The Dragon's Mate Proposal by Riley Storm

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m done being someone’s second best.And I have the scars from my first-marriage to prove it. Now that I’m stuck with a dragon shifter, it’s going to take more than muscles as hard as a good D to convince me that they’re serious.Of course, if it wasn’t for my big mouth I wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with.I was there when the ceasefire terms were presented by the dragons...
  • Purrfectly Trapped: A Maverick Pride Tale by C.D. Gorri

    Purrfectly Trapped: A Maverick Pride Tale by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gretchen has searched for love her entire life, but what happens when the only man she wants thinks he’s a Tiger?Gretchen has finally done it! Cut It Out, her new salon, has officially opened for business. Of course, her first client is six-feet of gorgeousness in need of a serious trim and shave. As the only employee at the moment, she takes care of Mr. Sexy herself...
  • The Girl Who Cried Captive by Heather Hildenbrand, Bam Shepherd

    The Girl Who Cried Captive by Heather Hildenbrand, Bam Shepherd

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Romy thought that being kidnapped by a pack of douchebag werewolves was the worst thing that could happen to her. Turns out she's the worst thing that could've happened to them.Romy isn't going to let a little something like getting kidnapped get her down. She's determined to turn the tables on her captors...
  • Damien's Mate by Anastasia Wilde

    Damien's Mate by Anastasia Wilde

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Damien Fernandez never claimed to be one of the good guys. The last time he tried—saving a shifter woman from being murdered by his ex-boss—he ended up with his employer in jail, no severance pay, and an effed-up knee from where an exploding building fell on it...
  • The Seer's Sacrifice by Brittany Fichter

    The Seer's Sacrifice by Brittany Fichter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The days to fix the Time Stones are running thin.The Seer has fallen to Sun Sickness.The Blood Fire Throne still has no heir.After escaping the devastating battle between Mhaedin and Rangvald's forces, Eirin, Drystan, and their friends set out for Iilaedin, the Dragons' Fire Blood Throne, to fix the Time Stones.The journey, however, is difficult in more ways than one...
  • Unbound by Lucy Auburn

    Unbound by Lucy Auburn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New teacher, new class, and a brand new challenge. My four demons may have changed my life, but now it’s time to say goodbye. They’re killing me, it turns out—or so my new Grim teacher Leo Meyer tells me. If they don’t return to Purgatory soon, my powers will be drained forever. Too bad I can’t figure out how to send them home... even worse? I don’t want to...
  • Phoenixburn by K.T. Strange

    Phoenixburn by K.T. Strange

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book 3 in the Rogue Witch Series follows Darcy Llewellyn, fourth year university student, music intern, secret witch, and the werewolves that make up the band Phoenixcry: Finn Gunner, Elias Gunner, Charlie Gage, Wesley “Ace” Rivers, and Cash Legend...
  • Freaking Purrfect by Celia Kyle

    Freaking Purrfect by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Maya has always wanted a hedgehog shifter in the Ridgeville pride. She almost stole one once, but she sorta went into labor before Operation Quill Catcher took off. Now, she wonders if having a werehedgie is all it’s cracked up to be...
  • Autumn Knights Dream by Ariadne Breylard

    Autumn Knights Dream by Ariadne Breylard

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱.Lyra’s surprising reveal to her Winter Mate leaves her feeling ambivalent. But his unwavering support and dominant reassurance bring out a new confidence within her...
  • Uncorked by Delta James

    Uncorked by Delta James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Hunters strike at the wrong prey, Damian Steele will stop at nothing to claim the ultimate prize… his fated mate.On the backroads of Italy, a fatal accident takes the lives of three of the four people in the car. The only survivor is an unconscious Kinzie Edwards, who is mistakenly identified as her twin sister. In a targeted act of violence, Kinzie loses her sister, Kayla, and her humanity...
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