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  • Rewriting You by Emilia Finn

    Rewriting You by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I’m a mom to teenagers… I’m also my late husband’s executioner.He was an abusive man on the fast track to devastation. He hung me from a fancy chandelier to die. Had my saviours driven the long way home, I wouldn’t be here today to tell my story. It’s been a long road since then, but my children and I have finally moved back to town. It’s time to lay some ghosts to bed...
  • The Long Way Home by Harper Sloan

    The Long Way Home by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    There’s a price to pay for a life with a greater purpose. The healing of time is a damn liar when you’re living a life as a dead man with no true home, and the silence couldn’t be more deafening. Counting the days, good and bad, I exist as the world keeps spinning. I can never look back. All I can do is hope I took enough out of that life to carry me forward on those dead legs...
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  • The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience...
  • My Mountain Man Boss by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Boss by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's his daughter's best friend, half his age and off-limits. But that won't stop this alpha hero claiming what's his.AmyI’m never falling in love. I’ve seen what love can do, and it’s not for me.But that doesn’t mean a girl can’t have a little fun.Only the man I want to have fun with is twice my age, my boss, and my best friend’s dad.He should be off limits. But I can’t resist Landon...
  • Over the Sea to Skye by Sue Moorcroft

    Over the Sea to Skye by Sue Moorcroft

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One summer on a beautiful island could change everything…LOSE YOURSELF FOR THE HOLIDAYS IN THIS ESCAPIST, ROMANTIC READ ABOUT FOUND FAMILY FROM THE MILLION-COPY AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR...
  • Igniting Ivy by Samantha Christy

    Igniting Ivy by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    They call me a hero.I save people. It's what I do.It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do. Then I meet her - the girl with the sad eyes. She's lost everything. Twice. And I know she's using me to forget her past. Just when things seem perfect, that past threatens with the unimaginable. They may call me a hero. But she's the one person I can't save...
  • Craving Francesca: The Aces' Sons by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Craving Francesca: The Aces' Sons by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Francesca Marino knew it was a terrible idea to get involved with Grayson White. He’s her best friend’s cousin. He’s older than her. They hung out in the same group, and it would be impossible to avoid him if things went sour…but it was hard to remember if any of those things really mattered when she could practically taste the chemistry between them...
  • Stone Vows by Samantha Christy

    Stone Vows by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    She's alone, scared, and I think she's in trouble. From the moment I see her, I know she's different ... special somehow. My whole life has been about one thing - becoming a doctor. I've spent years living and breathing hospital life. Then she comes into my ER, and I've never wanted to help anyone more. My need to protect her is all consuming...
  • Knight by Fiona Davenport

    Knight by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shane “Knight” Ballard knew the blonde beauty he saw on the courthouse steps was meant to be his. But with danger looming, the time wasn’t right to claim her. Not when it could put her safety at risk.What Knight didn’t know was that Kiara Timkins was already smack-dab in the middle of it all...
  • Flames of Love by Melissa Foster

    Flames of Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    As one of New York's Finest, firefighter Cash Ryder is always prepared. When a woman's car skids off the side of a mountain during a snowstorm, he's there to rescue her. Cash is totally focused on the woman's well-being, but within minutes of getting her to safety, he realizes that he's nowhere near prepared for the heat that rolls off of sensual, smart-mouthed, and stubborn Siena Remington...
  • Finding Storm by Samantha Towle

    Finding Storm by Samantha Towle

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The son of an icon. He was a legend. Rock royalty.A man I never met.But I’m measured against him in every aspect of my life.The only time I feel like me … the real me … is when I’m onstage with my band. But the more we grow in popularity, the more people compare me to him.I’m not him. And I never will be. If only everyone could figure that out for themselves.I need a break from it all...
  • Always Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Always Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rehearsals, leotards, and textbooks—that was my life. Dancing is all I’ve ever known, but when Liam’s problems turn everything upside down, I’m thrust into a world I know nothing about. Secrets and betrayal changed the man I’ve fallen for and he isn’t who I thought he was. Regardless, Liam is all I’ve ever wanted and though I’m struggling with my emotions, deep down I’d do anything for him...
  • Seducing the Doctor  by J.A. Low

    Seducing the Doctor by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He wasn't supposed to be forever.One night of passion with Miles Hartford was all it took to turn my world upside down and change it forever. He was supposed to be nothing more than a good time and a great memory. Except now, those two pink lines say otherwise. She wasn't who I thought she was. That night she lied to me. She pretended to be someone else...
  • With This Fling by Tara Sivec

    With This Fling by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Laura Bennett has spent her life taking care of other people and running the Dip and Twist. Happily spending her time being single and carefree, she has no intention of settling down or falling in love. With an ever-growing family, she’s a mother to them all, and she loves every minute of it. But her baby is getting married, and her oldest has her own life changes she’s dealing with...
  • Marry Your Best Friend by Hope Ford

    Marry Your Best Friend by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I love all the foster boys I was raised with. But there’s always been something special about Gabriel Gray.For years I’ve tried to hide my attraction to him, because I know it’s one-sided.Gabe is fiercely protective of me, but that’s as far as his affections go.He’s older than me–something he reminds me of often - and he takes his role of caring for me seriously...
  • The Lyon's Cub Caitlin : Lyon The Next Generation by Jordan Silver

    The Lyon's Cub Caitlin : Lyon The Next Generation by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Caitlin Lyon is the favored first daughter of Colton Lyon. Anyone who wants to date her will have to go through this tough as nails biker dad who thinks no one is good enough for his kid, not even the little snot nosed kid who’s been hanging around her for the past four years...
  • Love Me Not: A Sapphic CEO x Nanny Billionaire Auction Romance by Eden Emory

    Love Me Not: A Sapphic CEO x Nanny Billionaire Auction Romance by Eden Emory

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 is a sapphic billionaire age gap ceo x nanny romance set in the Club Pétale romance filled with angsty and of course... spice.I’ve been broke before, but never like this.After our parents' accident, I vowed to pay for my brother's college, but with my mounting debt, I couldn't even afford my own life, let alone his.I needed cash. Fast.An auction. One night. No feelings...
  • Searching for Harmony by Kelly Elliott

    Searching for Harmony by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott comes the gut-wrenching story of a love that transcends all odds—and transforms the deepest pain into the brightest hope.   Firefighter and first responder Preston Ward thought he had grown immune to the job’s emotional burns. But when he goes out on a particularly tragic call, he realizes that some scenes are too devastating to forget...
  • Restorations by Nicole Dykes

    Restorations by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Sterlings have been through hell. They’ve each made mistake after mistake while trying to climb out of their grief and guilt and recover from an unimaginable tragedy that had a ripple effect of consequences reaching far further than their own lives.It seems the youngest Sterling may never find peace after everything that’s happened...
  • Starting Over With You by Darlene Tallman

    Starting Over With You by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Manuel “Manny” Alvarez I will never regret my actions that led to me spending five years in prison...
  • Bear by Harley Wylde

    Bear by Harley Wylde

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faith – I fell for Spade when I was only sixteen. He got me pregnant, and moved me into a house with him. Then I saw his true colors. He beat me. Made me lose my baby. It’s been eighteen years and I’m still trapped, until I find the courage to take my girls and run. I didn’t count on finding another biker. This one seems different. He’s kinder. Gentler. And I think he may be just what we need...
  • Dear Huxley: Heart of a Wounded Hero by Layne Daniels

    Dear Huxley: Heart of a Wounded Hero by Layne Daniels

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    This summer, my older brother and I both came home. Me, toting a college degree and a job with the city attorney. Him, with a decade of service to our country and a brotherhood of guys who followed him home.Eavesdropping like the nosy little sister I’ll always be, I overheard them talking about the only one in their team who reenlisted. I’m intrigued...
  • Merry Me Darling by Lilian T. James

    Merry Me Darling by Lilian T. James

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    This is not a standalone within the series. This is a short, holiday epilogue that picks up right where Meet Me Halfway left off.Madison woke up thinking it would be a piece of cake to meet Garrett's mother. She made him like her, after all. But the closer they get to Garrett’s childhood home, the more doubt starts to creep in...
  • Forever Us by Scarlett Avery

    Forever Us by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    She likes her relationships uncomplicated.So does he.An illicit weekend between them makes things… well, complicated.Love is for pussies…Ciara learned that the hard way.She likes her relationships uncomplicated.She isn’t girlfriend material…And she couldn’t care less.She has specific set of rules when it comes to men—love ’em and leave ’em.Nikolaj is a force of nature...
  • Chaos MC: The Complete Series by Cameron Hart

    Chaos MC: The Complete Series by Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This bundle includes edited and updated versions of all four Chaos MC books, with all new epilogues, as well as a bonus novella - Chasing Stacy. If you like alpha males, strong, sassy heroines, sexy times, and sweet moments, then this is the series for you!Saving Claire is escaping a bad situation, and runs into Jax. Literally. He’ll do so much more than just protect her...
  • The Mountain Man's Fake Girlfriend by Clara King

    The Mountain Man's Fake Girlfriend by Clara King

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Belle Haywood is off-limits.She's a sunshine-sweet florist: pretty as a rose with a sassy smart mouth and curves for days.I'm just the local handyman, big and grumpy, living in an isolated cabin on Frozen Peak.I'm way too old for her, but the worst part? I'm her brother's best friend.Our love might be forbidden, but a fake relationship sounds like the answer I've been waiting for...
  • The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels

    The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Meet the girl of my dreams? Check.Have the best night of my life? Check.Get called away for weeks with no contact? Check. Unfortunately.I never expected life post-active duty to be more adventurous than when I was still with my SEAL team, but here we are. A simple freelance contract for the government, and I come home to find my organized life is in chaos.Thankfully, my girl is waiting for me...
  • Ruthless King by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Ruthless King by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The truth hurts, but lies can kill…I offered to do anything to save my father’s life when he was captured by the devil he owed a debt to.A three-million-dollar debt. So, I became the devil’s spy as I entered the lair of the Cartel King to take a job as a live-in nanny for his niece.My orders were simple.All I needed to do was this: Get close to the Cartel King...
  • Guarded Dreams by L.J. Evans

    Guarded Dreams by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Just like the moon called the tides, she had called me home. To her."Serious, by-the-book Eli Wyatt has life all figured out. He’s got a five-year plan, his future in the Coast Guard, and friends who always have his back.And then Ava Abrams breezes into his life, tempting him in ways he can’t shakeA free spirit, Ava’s on the run, heading in the direction of her dreams...
  • Two Wrongs Made Right by Ali Parker

    Two Wrongs Made Right by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just because my brother found love doesn’t mean I have to.I’d rather focus on other things.Like money.It never gives you sleepless nights that drive you insane.But the single mom I hooked up with at my brother’s wedding?She’s got me sweating.I can’t get her out of my head.Those curves.That smart mouth.She’s the right kind of trouble.But I’m the wrong kind of guy.Or not.She’s been wronged before...
  • When DC Loved Iowa by Lee Winter

    When DC Loved Iowa by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens after the morning after? Polar opposites fall in love in this low-angst, ice queen lesbian romance about a DC finance journalist and a cheeky butch flight mechanic.Cynthia Redwell can’t believe she bedded some ex-softballer/mechanic at her best friend’s Iowa wedding. Worse, the woman has a smart mouth, a cute grin, and a baffling immunity to her fabulously biting barbs...
  • A Very Naughty Christmas by Sofia T Summers

    A Very Naughty Christmas by Sofia T Summers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ‘Tis the season for naughty, forbidden secrets, seductions, and happily ever afters. Fall in love this holiday season.Three brand new sizzling hot age gap romances, specially written to keep you warm this holiday season...
  • Three Nights Before Christmas: A Holiday Romance Collection by Kati Wilde

    Three Nights Before Christmas: A Holiday Romance Collection by Kati Wilde

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A collection of three hot holiday romances to warm up your winter nights… Secret Santa After years of struggling to make ends meet, Emma Williams finally lands a job that suits her perfectly—she enjoys her work, likes her new boss, and especially loves knowing her first paycheck is coming just after Christmas. That is, if she lasts that long...
  • Exiled Guardians: Books 1-4 by Hope Ford

    Exiled Guardians: Books 1-4 by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Now Available from USA Today Bestselling Author Hope FordExiled Guardians Books 1-4Includes:SniperShe’s on the run from her abusive husband. He’s going to save her…. And then claim her.BrickShe saved HIM in a bar fight… but they both come out victorious.RancherHe’s a wounded rancher and biker… she’s the only one that can help him.SmokyHe’s a player and she wants forever...
  • Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He kidnapped me to save me, but now we must fight our desires, or risk losing everything. As a mafia princess, I have no choice when my father arranges my marriage to a terrifying stranger. But there's someone even more Dante Bianchi, the devastatingly handsome, ripped, and intensely brooding mafia enforcer working security the night my husband-to-be goes too far...
  • Finan by Amy Davies

    Finan by Amy Davies

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When you grow up in the Rugged Skulls MC, you get everything dropped at your feet, women included. You are also expected to act a certain way, but for me, that persona was always something that didn't sit right with me. I'm just not like other bikers.People watching is my thing. I like deciphering what makes people tick...
  • Big Grumpy Fireman by Cassi Hart

    Big Grumpy Fireman by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Camilla: All I wanted was a traditional Thanksgiving celebration with my family. What I got was a near-death experience. But I can’t say I regret what happened, not when it reunited me with the only man I ever loved . . . and lost. After Damian disappeared without a word seven years ago, my naïve heart never stopped hoping I’d someday find him again...
  • The Bad Boy Bias by Hallie Bennett

    The Bad Boy Bias by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Bad Boy, Curvy Girl RomanceShy Abigail Tilman has a problem. With her 30th birthday coming soon, she's determined to have her first kiss before the clock strikes midnight. There's just one problem: her aversion to being touched.Can a gruff, tattoo artist change her mind?Finn Walker knew from the moment the curvy goddess entered his tattoo parlor that she belonged to him...
  • Silver Fox's Secret Baby by Ajme Williams

    Silver Fox's Secret Baby by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My boss stabbed my heart when he shipped me across country to fix a mistake we made.He slept with me, knowing that I was his daughter’s best friend.That jerk has no idea I’ve kept a secret from him for years.He doesn’t know there’s a little boy whose eyes look just like his.If only my disappearance was permanent, he would remain a secret.But I’m back in New York...
  • Sexting the Silverfox by K.C. Crowne

    Sexting the Silverfox by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A drunk text from a stranger left a large stiffness in my trousers. What’s REALLY wrong with this picture? I’m a single dad.She’s half my age.And her defiance makes my blood boil.One thing's crystal I won't rest until I claim Aubrey. Taste her full lips.And devour every inch of her heavenly curves.But I’m not the only one who wants her.The Bratva thinks they own her.They have no clue...
  • Inked By My Sister's Ex by Flora Ferrari

    Inked By My Sister's Ex by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My sister is all I’ve got.Kelly basically raised me after we lost our parents in a plane crash. When a douche made a joke about it, when life went bad, and when I needed her…She was there. Always.But I can’t stop crushing on her ex-boyfriend.Jamie Jensen is six and a half feet of pure muscle, his arms tattooed and strong, his hair silver…his aura brooding. Aura sounds so cheesy, but he has one...
  • Bare by Tory Baker

    Bare by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was only supposed to get her safely out of town until the threat was gone. But then, I fell in love.I might be the muscle of the Diamondback MC, but I’m mostly known as the jokester. There’s nothing funny in the protective feelings I have for Sadie and her daughter Henley, however.Sadie’s been hurt and she’s built walls around her heart for protection. I won’t let that stop me...
  • His Runaway Bride by Kate Hunt

    His Runaway Bride by Kate Hunt

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a runaway bride bursts into his butcher shop, gentle giant Seth is overcome with desire.The bride’s beauty and curves are enough to make him forget his own name.But he holds himself back—it isn’t the time or place to pursue her.Besides, he’s never been smooth with women, and she’s too young for a guy in his forties like him...
  • Just This Once by Sophie Andrews

    Just This Once by Sophie Andrews

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a single mom trying to keep my head above water. He’s the one night stand I was never supposed to see again.As a divorced parent of two teenagers and the manager of a bed and breakfast about to undergo a major renovation, I don’t have time for a relationship.But when a charming, younger guy approaches me during a night out, I give in to the desire to relieve some stress and invite him home...
  • Diablo by Haley Travis

    Diablo by Haley Travis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can 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...
  • Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York

    Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never say never. Especially not to a determined bad boy. Zander Minelli is exactly the wrong kind of man. He’s dark, dangerous, and knows far too much about sawed-off shotguns. Faith Davidson finds him irresistible. The widowed single mother knows she should dip her toe back in the dating pool with someone solid and dependable. Definitely no tattoos...
  • Dare You Forever by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Dare You Forever by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alpha-male, dirty-talking, MMA Light-Heavyweight Champion Josh North has only three days until the wedding to prove to single mother and greatest-love-of-his-life Sophie Garner that he is the only man she'll ever need! As the wedding day approaches and Sophie begins to get cold feet, Josh comes up with a romantic scheme to prove his love and devotion--and employs all his brothers as Cupid’s...
  • If I Return (The 12 NA's of Christmas) by Sawyer Bennett

    If I Return (The 12 NA's of Christmas) by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If I Return is proud to be a part of The 12 NA's of Christmas 12 New Adult Novellas. 12 Best Selling Authors. November 2013. Would you wait? College student, Hope Camden, is relentlessly serious, awkwardly shy and in complete need of taking a walk on the wilder side...
  • Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Why 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...
  • Wet by Tory Baker

    Wet by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was untouchable. That didn't stop me from having her and once I did--Nothing could stop me from making her mine. Monroe was like a fever in my blood. It didn't matter that Doc was her father. I couldn't stop myself from having her. When she was kidnapped I knew just having her body wasn't enough. I needed to make her my ol' lady. Claim her completely...
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