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  • STILL by Kennedy Ryan

    STILL by Kennedy Ryan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 ratings
    I'll be there. Through thick and thin. Ride or die. You can count on me. The promises people make. The vows we take. Assumptions of the heart. Emotion tells us how we feel, but life...life has a way of plunging us in boiling water, burning away our illusions, testing our faith, trying our convictions. Love floating is a butterfly, but love tested is an anchor...
  • Ransom by Jenna Myles

    Ransom by Jenna Myles

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    My sole focus for the last twenty-five years has been taking care of my brothers, and building a strong, unbreakable family. Now they’ve all found the women they want to spend their life with. I should be thrilled. It’s exactly what I wanted. Except it’s exposed the big gaping hole in my life. The same hole I put there twenty-five years ago when I destroyed the love of my life...
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  • The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Limited time bundle that includes Book 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 of the Sterling Shore series. No cliffhangers. Book 1 - Hooked on the Game Kade Colton and Raya Capperton come from two different worlds, but one thing they have in common is that they have both judged each other wrong. Opposites don't just attract; they collide and shift the world off its axis...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-epic
  • Wild Island Love by Melissa Foster

    Wild Island Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Sparks fly between a PR rep and an A-list actor who want nothing to do with each other.Leni Steele might be looking for love, but she’s definitely not looking to be someone’s fake date. Especially not one of the most infuriatingly handsome and annoyingly cocky actors on the planet, Duncan Raz...
  • Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

    Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In her twenties, Rachel Walsh was a mess. Since her spell in rehab, though, she's come a long way on the road to recovery - and now, she's ready to go back to where it all began. But this time, the student has become the teacher. She used to hate the staff in charge of treating her addiction. Now, she's one of them.Rachel's finally got herself on track - but life never stops being messay...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  second chances  humor  contemporary  audiobook
  • Damaged Grump by Nicole Snow

    Damaged Grump by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hysterical office romance where the grumpiest boss claims the good girl and loses his scorched heart.Our meet cute was one big sip of ugly.He pushed my hell-no buttons, wearing an indestructible smirk.I offended his warped morals in front of his starry-eyed minions.Then I got my sweet reward for doing the right thing...
  • Scenes from the Hallway by Penny Reid

    Scenes from the Hallway by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    You know who I am. I swear too much, I crack too many jokes, and I got a thing for Kat Tanner; a messy thing, a distracting thing, a getting-in-the-way-of-everything thing; a thing that makes being in the same room with the woman torture. Sometimes it's the good kind. Mostly, it's not. What you don't know is how it all started...
  • Time by Penny Reid

    Time by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 61 ratings
    From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny Reid A (brokenhearted) physicist. Now an infamous (who is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!! UGH!) musician. The worst has already happened. Mona has learned that she has nothing figured out and plans are meaningless. After leaving her in Aspen, Abram is now breaking sales-records, rising to rock star fame almost overnight. Mona can’t seem to escape him...
  • Fiercely Emma by J. Bengtsson

    Fiercely Emma by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Emma, older sister of renowned rock star Jake McKallister, has crafted a quiet existence for herself. Fiercely independent, scorned at work, and indifferent to relationships, she’s spent the past decade trying to move on from the crime that shook her family to the core...
  • Cherish Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Cherish Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Reese Maxwell meets her happy-ever-after in Layla Hagen's latest. What starts as a pretend romance soon turns into so much more...Newly divorced Dominic Waldorf is the most coveted bachelor in Chicago. At least, that’s what he thinks. I’d describe him as more of a Neanderthal with a really nice backside.When I accidentally spill champagne on him at a charity event, he accuses me of hitting on him...
  • Tempted by Love by Melissa Foster

    Tempted by Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Jack "Jock" SteeleEnjoy heart-meltingly beautiful and toe-curlingly sexy romance in Tempted by Love, an emotionally riveting story about a man who has lost it all and carries a torturous secret, a divorced single mother who has everything to lose, and the little girl who helps them heal...
  • Dirty Little Midlife Drama by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife Drama by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Georgia wants a fresh start, and that doesn't include the handsome cowboy from her past.But Sebastian is in town now, and he has no intention of leaving until he gets what he wants...My high school sweetheart kissed me so naturally, I slapped him.Listen, I’m forty-three years old. I’m divorced. I’m in a new town. I don’t need ghosts from the past haunting me anymore...
  • Flirting With Love by Melissa Foster

    Flirting With Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Voted BEST BOOK SERIES of 2013 by Supportive Business Moms, UK "...love, loss, lies, grief, finding happiness in the face of adversity, romance, humor, bravery, hot hot hot sex scenes, marriages, births and totally awesome characters." --Supportive Business Moms, UK "Like Nora Roberts, Melissa Foster has captivated me with her fantastic, sexy, romantic stories...
  • Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Choose the best phrase to describe Sibby Goldstein's 1) Sucky. 2) Really sucky. 3) Major suck-fest. D) All of the above. I started my day with a boyfriend and a job. I ended my day with a bottle of tequila. I'll let you connect the dots. Somehow, I wound up working as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. I have no idea what I'm doing. And I'm not just talkin' about life...
  • Tempt Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Tempt Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Two enemies. One bed. What could possibly go wrong? Our new general manager is the most difficult man on the planet. The night before Drake begins working at my family's hotel, he finds me in the bar, trying to get rid of a boring date. But the guy won’t take even a not-so-subtle hint. Then Drake surprises me and comes to our table, but only to reprimand ME about dating in our workplace...
  • The Theory Of Second Best by J. Bengtsson

    The Theory Of Second Best by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Twenty-two-year-old Kyle McKallister has lived his life in the shadows. Younger brother to one of the world’s most elusive and embattled celebrities, Kyle has carved out a comfortable existence touring with his famous brother and living in the lap of luxury with no commitments or plans of his own, only a deep, haunting loyalty to his brother...
  • Making You Mine by Melissa Foster

    Making You Mine by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the fiercely loyal and sassily sexy characters in the Love in Bloom big-family romance collection...
  • Serving the Couturier by M.S. Parker

    Serving the Couturier by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Enter the chaotic life of Leah Martin, a shy fashion prodigy with an unassuming charm, always used to playing second fiddle to her vivacious identical twin, Sophie. But when a gnarly ski accident in Aspen sidelines her sister, suddenly, Leah's stepping into Sophie's killer heels, working for the drop-dead gorgeous fashion big shot, Damien Laurent...
  • Rescued by Love by Melissa Foster

    Rescued by Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Addison Dahl is excited to return to Elpitha Island for her best friend Gabriella’s wedding. A weekend of sun and fun is just what she needs before setting out on her newest adventure—roughing it in the wilderness. Addison is tough, she’s independent, and she doesn’t “do” feelings toward men...
  • Owen North by Nina Levine

    Owen North by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    A steamy forbidden office romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nina Levine.My one-night stand is my new boss.I met him at the society wedding of the year.The man every woman in New York wants.He's rich.Devastatingly good looking.Charming.Mr. I-Could-Blow-Your-Mind.And yes, he did blow my mind.It was just supposed to be one night.I told him I don't date...
  • Searching for Love by Melissa Foster

    Searching for Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the fiercely loyal and sassily sexy characters in the Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. Love in Bloom novels are written to stand alone or may be enjoyed as part of the larger series, so dive right into this fun, sexy romance. In SEARCHING FOR LOVE..
  • Stolen Kisses by Ruth Cardello

    Stolen Kisses by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Dax Marshall isn’t the type of man a woman takes home to meet her parents. He’s a business shark who has never let anything as insignificant as caring stop him from taking over a company. Some call him heartless, but he doesn’t see the value of caring about anyone or anything until he meets Kenzi. Her happiness becomes his obsession...
  • The Green Valley Vineyard by Lucy Coleman

    The Green Valley Vineyard by Lucy Coleman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A beautiful vineyard. A new beginning. A summer that will change their lives forever...Linzi arrived at Green Valley Vineyard nine years ago, in need of a fresh start. In the lush emerald countryside and ripening grapes, she finally has a place to call home.But Linzi's world is rocked when the owner announces he is retiring, and his grandson is taking over...
  • Mountain Man's Lucky Charm by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Man's Lucky Charm by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "You're the only family these babies have."Life is gravy until a call turns it all around.1. My idiot brother's behind bars.2. He's the father of two little girls.3. And some fool in charge assigns ME as their legal guardian.I'm ready to give the judge a piece of my mind.But the minute I see my nieces for the very first time...I'm speechless...
  • Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor

    Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In my expert opinion, every woman who’s been left at the altar should follow up that singularly humiliating experience by spending a week in paradise with a totally inappropriate—and totally sexy—stranger.Even better if you meet him at the bar of the resort hotel where your destination wedding and honeymoon were supposed to take place...
  • Brett by Melissa Foster

    Brett by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bad Boys After Dark: Brett is a USA Today Bestseller Indulge your inner vixen with these sexy billionaires! Meet the Bad Boys... Four fiercely loyal, sinfully sexy, uber alpha brothers, about to fall head over heels for their leading ladies. Everything's naughtier after dark..
  • Jump by Emilia Finn

    Jump by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was a smokejumper for the majority of my career.Flinging out of planes at 15,000 feet and hoping to land with my bones in tact and a plan to slay wildfire quickly, safely, and with my crew all in one piece.Ainsley was a regular firefighter.You know, the kind who lives in town, rides in a truck, and wields a hose to save houses and hotels.We were a match made in adrenaline junky heaven...
  • The Cafe at the Loch by Hannah Ellis

    The Cafe at the Loch by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A holiday fling threw her life into chaos …Elspeth Mackenzie hasn’t had any contact with the father of her child since they had a fling three years ago. Getting pregnant at sixteen turned her life upside down. But now she has everything back under control. She’s managing a cafe and a toddler and making it look easy.If only dating was as easy...
  • After His Banana by Penelope Bloom

    After His Banana by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What comes after His Banana? Technically, that would be me. Before you assume I’m a potassium sucking harlot, Let me explain… I didn’t have time for relationships, especially not with someone like Miles Chamberson. But considering my circumstances, I didn’t really have a choice. Yes, he was the kind of offspring only generations of exceptionally attractive people could create...
  • Bayside Escape by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Escape by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone steamy romance novels featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, deeply emotional, always passionate, and easy to relate to...
  • A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family.International Bestselling Author Ava Miles’ feel-good series, The Merriams, is back with a humorous and heartwarming story about a playboy without a cause and a woman whose dreams were diverted by family responsibility—and, of course, everyone’s favorite matchmakers to guide the way...
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    new adult  m-f  christian  humor  contemporary  audiobook
  • The Ego (maniac) by Penelope Bloom

    The Ego (maniac) by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Penelope Bloom brings a brand new hilariously uplifting romance where the chemistry explodes between two total opposites.Something is very wrong with my downstairs neighbor.For starters? She appears completely immune to my charms.It’s odd. Downright suspicious, even.But beneath those frowns and pantsuits, I know she feels the connection, too...
  • After Indigo Irish Nights by Ava Miles

    After Indigo Irish Nights by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Boston born and bred, Kathleen O’Connor knows all about toughness. Thanks to her pop, she can bend scrap metal. Thanks to her seven older brothers, she's not scared to fight for what she wants. And thanks to her exes, she's wise to the illusion of happily ever after. Toughness comes easy to Kathleen, and so does bending tough materials into art...
  • Show Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Show Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I moved to Chicago six months ago, determined to finally open my own bakery. My landlady was this sweet woman who treated me like her granddaughter. Then she sold the house. Now the devil himself is my landlord and neighbor since I live in the guesthouse on his property. Declan Maxwell is moody, unreasonable, and takes himself far too seriously. Unfortunately for me, he’s also damn sexy...
  • Shopping for a Billionaire's Wife by Julia Kent

    Shopping for a Billionaire's Wife by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Who needs a SWAT team to escape from their own wedding? Me. My Momzilla turned us into hostages at our own ceremony, so Declan and I are getting married the good old-fashioned way, just like everybody else. By calling in his private security team, stealing away before the ceremony by helicopter, connecting to his corporate jet and heading for Las Vegas...
  • Tanner by Jeannine Colette, Lauren Runow

    Tanner by Jeannine Colette, Lauren Runow

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    We’re two strangers on a train, knowing whatever we decide in the next moment might dictate our fate for the rest of our lives.“A kiss was all I needed.”“Looks like you got what you wished for.”“Yes. About that…”My plan: find a finely dressed businessman, have a one-night stand, and forget about my failed relationship.Like a bad joke, my ex walks into the bar...
  • Tasty Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Tasty Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Surely nobody has ever met their great love while using duct tape to pull cactus needles out of their girl parts on a mountain trail.Except I just did.Let me tell you about Axel Pickle.He’s a bronzed god.Totally outdoorsy.Worth half a billion after selling his nature app.And he hikes naked...
  • Cocky Senator’s Daughter: Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Senator’s Daughter: Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    HANNAH COCKER Every man I've dated in this city has either bored me or hurt me. When Sofia Sol, my crazy cousin, offers a ride on the back of her Harley with no destination in mind besides out-of-Atlanta, what do you think my answer is? I'll give you one guess. TOBIAS KYRKOS Life doesn't ever hand you what you want. You have to take it...
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    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  sports  length-medium
  • The Consequence of Rejection by Rachel Van Dyken

    The Consequence of Rejection by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A standalone second chance romance by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken. You know the universe is trying to tell you something when you get struck by lightning, but only after getting hit on by the elderly, almost getting run over by a semi, and running into the one who got away...
  • For Her Benefit by Nana Malone

    For Her Benefit by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tonight, I risk it all. My fortune.My freedom.My love.My so-called brothers in oath have betrayed me. Perhaps they forgot how many of their secrets I’ve been keeping.Tonight, vengeance is mine.But when it comes to heisting a priceless diamond there is no simple plan. There will be blood. After all, there is no such thing as a bloodless coup.I’m not the only one risking it all...
  • Darker: The Fugitive by M. S. Parker

    Darker: The Fugitive by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m in jail. They think I murdered the governor of Georgia, the father of the only man I’ve loved. No doubt things will get worse. Like, end of my life worse. Why did I come to Savannah?As Nyx Phoenix tries to figure out how she ended up in an interrogation room, being questioned about the death of Clancy Traylor, she has no idea that losing her freedom is the least of her worries...
  • The Right Wrong: A Hot Romantic Comedy by Michelle Mankin

    The Right Wrong: A Hot Romantic Comedy by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ben Kennedy is a rock star.Whoever or whatever he wants, he can easily have with just a snap of his talented fingers. He’s rock royalty, a handsome prince with a court of beauties to command. To the outside world, the legendary life he leads seems charmed, but it’s not. Looks can be deceiving.Sierra Marshall is a single mom...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Hard by Donna Alam

    Hard by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man walks into a coffee shop and gets offered a job in p0rn. Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Or every man’s fantasy. Until I remember I’m trying to be a good man. A single father. One who doesn’t do casual relationships, Let alone get paid for sex. But for those curves and that mouth? Any man might change his mind. ~*~ It was an honest mistake . .
  • Playing Dirty by Mickey Miller

    Playing Dirty by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I'm going to teach Andrea to play dirty...she just doesn't know it yet. Jake Pulling in eight figures a year as star pitcher for the Chicago Jaguars, there's no shortage of parties, booze, and women. I'm a beast on the mound and between the sheets but when my social media presence becomes a major problem, the team’s owner brings in a PR expert to clean up my image...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  sports  humor  contemporary  baseball
  • The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

    The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 44 ratings
    What would it take to get one last chance? Joey Greer is done having her heart broken. Eight years ago, after a horrific car accident, Jackson Pierce—her high school sweetheart—abandoned her. Abandoned his family. Abandoned the town they'd both grown up in, and fled to Hollywood. He never looked back, and she never forgot him. Or forgave him...
  • Steal by Rachel Van Dyken

    Steal by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    **Release day special 99 cent, jumps to $3.99 after 24 hours** Steal, the follow-up standalone rockstar romance to the #1NYT Bestseller Keep… It's easy to lose yourself in someone you love...
  • Triplets for The Millionaire by K.C. Crowne

    Triplets for The Millionaire by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He's a famous artist - reckless and unpredictable.She's a rigid type A doctor who thrives off rules.Except for one teeny tiny rule...No fraternizing with the patient.LolaPatrick walked away from an avalanche lucky to be alive.But his eyesight was left jeopardized.I've trained my entire life for this and I'm the best in the business.But one thing I wasn't prepared for..
  • Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

    Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I’ll admit it. I messed up. Mistake #1: Asking Peter Barnidge for a job. Mistake #2: Accepting his offer instead of throwing it in his face like I planned. Mistake #3: In the interest of stopping before #99, I’ll pretend the only other mistake was withholding one, tiny little nugget of truth during my interview...
  • The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SIZZLING CONCLUSION TO THE HEAR NO EVIL TRILOGYNyla Kincade has stolen my ruthless heart.Now that she owns it I’m not taking it back.I’ve vowed to protect her and all that we love with everything that I have.I will die before I break that oath.Considering the danger we face, that might be a careless promise.But I’ve fought this hard for vengeance, I must see it through...
  • A Billionaire Rebel by M.S. Parker

    A Billionaire Rebel by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Damon: I’m the Holden brother who doesn’t want to be part of the family business. Singing and performing country music is my only passion, but one night of tragedy changes everything and my world is shattered. Jae: My life isn’t candy canes and rainbows. It’s hard work but I have no complaints. I have a steady job and a family who loves me...
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