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  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*t. This is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way. ..
  • Jules by Cleo Browne

    Jules by Cleo Browne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jules Tombs doesn’t do relationships. Or emotions. Or any kind of attachment that lasts longer than a night and involves fewer than three people. Feelings are messy, and he’s got no interest in them—until a baby shows up on his doorstep with his scowl and his DNA, forcing him to face the one thing scarier than fatherhood...
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  • Seth: A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Military Protector Romance by Lynn Raye Harris

    Seth: A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Military Protector Romance by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Dead to their pasts. Ghosts. No family ties. No connections. Six men with a top-secret mission move to a small town where they have to navigate local life, protect their secret, and, above all, stay single. Software engineer Caroline Crowell is a dead woman walking. When the top-secret lab she’s working in goes up in flames and she barely makes it out alive, she knows her time is up...
  • Desperate Measures by Brenda Jackson

    Desperate Measures by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    WHEN DANGER ARRIVES, REAL MEN TAKE ACTION. Dakota (Dak) Navarro, wealthy entrepreneur, international playboy and jet-setter, arrives in Miami for the wedding of his friend, Andrew Logan. He is hoping to see Dr. Amelia Courson, the woman he met two years earlier at another wedding - that of his good friend and her brother, Stonewall Courson. Dr...
  • Accidentally Forever by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Accidentally Forever by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the world of romance, Aria Montgomery knows two things for sure:. She’s not in love with the man everyone thinks she is. And she refuses to let herself love Crew McTavish. Her former best friend is spiraling, and her photography career seems to be standing in her father’s shadow. Aria knows she needs to find her way out of the darkness...
  • Careless by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Careless by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On my 21st birthday, I know there's only one wish I'm making when I blow out my candles. . A chance with him. Only I'm his best friend's little sister, so that means I'm beyond off limits. And did I mention he's older? I'm ready to be seen as my own person and to take the next step. But I know it can't be with him. Yet when I'm backed in a corner, there's only one person I can call for help. Him...
  • King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If you love King, strap in for the ride as he and Lily navigate their HEA. This story has it all:. ✔️ angst. ✔️ scorching heat. ✔️ MC action. ✔️ Stormgirl time. ✔️ old favourites showing up. But mostly this story is about two people fighting for their love. Day in, day out. Life with an MC president like King isn't an easy ride. Watch as these two figure out how to love and be loved...
  • Keeping Amanda by Susan Stoker

    Keeping Amanda by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She thought the most difficult thing she’d ever done was survive the rainforest…she was wrong. Things between Amanda Rush and Nash “Buck” Chaney aren’t starting out very well. He’s one of two Army Night Stalker helicopter pilots sent to rescue her and the twenty-three kids who’ve been kidnapped from a school in Guyana...
  • SEAL's Tempest by Lynne St. James

    SEAL's Tempest by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s His Worst Nightmare. He’s Her Living Hell. Until…. Navy SEAL Josh Hartman’s neighbor has been driving him crazy for weeks, and now he’s fallen into his worst nightmare. She can’t possibly have been assigned to his Red Falcon team for a mission, can she? The Fates wouldn’t be that cruel. Because Josh hates the woman, right? Tempest Miller has been leading a double life for years...
  • Avenging Devil Part 2 by Manda Mellett

    Avenging Devil Part 2 by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Niran. Saffie’s past was darker than I’d ever expected, and now I’m embroiled in the thick of it. I’m fully prepared to forfeit my life if it means I save hers, but I have no idea how I’m going to achieve that objective. I do all that I can, lying to convince them I’m one of their kind despite having the wrong skin colour...
  • No Hard Feelings (Birch Harbor: Coming Home) by Rue Lennox

    No Hard Feelings (Birch Harbor: Coming Home) by Rue Lennox

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He watched her throw away their future, and swore to win her back. My brother died and I threw a grenade into my life, breaking two hearts in the process. The man I left? My dead brother’s best friend, and a member of his military unit. I may be miserable, but at least I’m not going to bury another person I love. There’s only one little problem with my current situation...
  • The Kiss Plot by Nicole French

    The Kiss Plot by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jane and Eric de Vries. Often enemies. Sometimes lovers. Husband and wife. Or are we? I wore the dress. We said the vows. And somehow it became more than just a stunt to collect his billions. A promise bound by love more than hate. Until the bastard left me at the altar. Now my errant husband has disappeared, leaving me to unravel his secrets, one by one...
  • Blackbridge Security Box Set 1 by Marie James

    Blackbridge Security Box Set 1 by Marie James

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Box Set contains Hostile Territory, Shot in the Dark, and Contingency Plan! Hostile Territory. Can you call someone an enemy if you haven’t seen them for the better part of a decade? Deacon Black is perfectly content with the status quo—work, sleep, repeat. Who cares if he’s rigid, structured, and set in his ways? It’s a job requirement that keeps his men safe and his company’s doors open...
  • All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 2 in the Townsends of Texas Series. Lena. I have one goal in mind: Write another album. The completion of my next album would grant me freedom from my record label. A label owned by my scheming, lying, and manipulative ex-fiancé. Too bad writer’s block has had a death hold over me for months...
  • TJ: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    TJ: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLING AUTHOR NICOLE JAMES COMES A ONE-NIGHT STAND, SURPRISE PREGNANCY, MC ROMANCE! TJ—The beautiful tattoo artist told me to leave her alone after what I thought was an amazing night together. Maybe she was just trying to get her bad boy fill...
  • A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    No longer an heir. No longer a daughter. No longer a Crow. Now, I am a wife. An accessory. A toy. Ripped away from the men I love, they want to break me. Strip away everything that made me into who I am, and create something new. I was Caterina Corvo. But now, I am Caterina Asante. For them, I will fight. For her, I will endure...
  • Breaking His Rules by V.H. Nicolson

    Breaking His Rules by V.H. Nicolson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A BRAND NEW hot, spicy forbidden rivals workplace romance from VH Nicolson ‘VH Nicolson’s characters will touch your heart and her storytelling will always leave you wanting more. ’ Sadie Kincaid. 'A fan-yourself billionaire romance you'll think about long after the last page. ' Elle Nicoll. One night. One stranger. One mistake I can't forget…. Max Hart is the last man on earth I’d ever want...
  • Royals of Italy by Bella Di Corte, Annie Rose Welch

    Royals of Italy by Bella Di Corte, Annie Rose Welch

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Royal Organized Crime Romance. There was one secret that I kept from my wife. The Fausti famiglia was one of the most infamous and powerful crime families in the world. Their rule spanned the thickness of history books—and I was one of them...
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins. Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now. Or so she thought. When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • Rogue Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rogue Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    She can’t trust anyone. He can’t trust her. But pitched together in a deadly mission, trust becomes everything. Royal Flying Doctor pilot, Xander Devlin ( Razor) walked away from his military career so broken he never wanted to see his ex-army team again. Especially Aria, the woman who crushed his heart...
  • Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom...
  • Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Creator of the bestselling "Welcome to Wishing Bridge" and "At Home in Wishing Bridge" award-winning author Ruth Logan Herne invites readers back to the little town with the big heart with "Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge". Being a supermodel isn't just hard...
  • Bexley's Biker by Misty Walker

    Bexley's Biker by Misty Walker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bexley:. Your secrets are safe with me. It’s been my number one rule since I opened my law firm in Reno, NV. No one knows the reason is because I have my own dark secrets to hide, and a past I wish I could forget. Strategically, I only accept clients who have more to lose than I do. Like the dangerous and deadly, Royal Bastards MC. Not the best company to keep, but the most lucrative...
  • Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey

    Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold. But it might cost you everything you love. In this heart-racing romantic suspense, a sister desperate for answers and a newly recruited FBI agent desperate to prove himself team up on a high-risk mission. Olivia King. Days missing: 1,345 days...
  • Shadow of Doubt by Susan Sleeman

    Shadow of Doubt by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cyber-stalker and a murder threaten her life…When IT specialist, Brooklyn Hurst’s cyber stalker grows bolder and the police refuse to do anything about it, she has to take drastic measures. Like fleeing the only home she’s known to a place so off the map that the stalker would never think to look...
  • Overlooking the Past by Elizabella Baker

    Overlooking the Past by Elizabella Baker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dani was his high school sweetheart. The only woman to break his heart. And now the person he was forced to bail out of jail. She was also in need of his protection. Gage Roberts kept everyone in his life at arm’s length, and that included his teammates. Going back to his hometown was always a hard no for him. Until a single phone call changed everything. Now he had no choice but to face his past...
  • Two Steps Ahead: A Thrilling Romantic Mystery by Janie Crouch

    Two Steps Ahead: A Thrilling Romantic Mystery by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A determined bodyguard. A fierce heiress. And death is just a shot away…. Silent, stealthy and professional, Weston Patterson is always two steps ahead of trouble—until he’s hired to bodyguard a woman he never expected to see again. Someone won’t stop until Kayleigh Delacruz is dead. But the feisty heiress is challenging Weston to keep her close as well as safe...
  • Enemy Heir by Carrie Ann Ryan, Nana Malone

    Enemy Heir by Carrie Ann Ryan, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A bad boy prince meets his match in this epic Tattered Royals stand-alone romance. I know men like him. Powerful. Arrogant. Trouble. The world is his playground. The playboy prince, the tabloid favorite, and the bane of my existence. And unfortunately, he’s the only one who might be able to help me uncover the truth...
  • Enemy Stand by A.L. Lidell

    Enemy Stand by A.L. Lidell

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A woman hurt by her past. A Delta soldier haunted by his. A fake relationship that becomes all too real…. Casey McKenzie is a jerk. The former Delta JAG turned playboy nightclub owner humiliated me in court with a smug grin. I want nothing to do with him. Too bad as Trident Rescue’s attorney, I can’t escape him either. But when a dangerous motorcycle gang threatens Denton Valley…...
  • Cocky Rebel : Sofia Sol Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Rebel : Sofia Sol Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    BRAND NEW IN THE HIT SERIES WITH OVER 350,000 SOLD. The cousin my readers have been waiting for. .. SOFIA SOL COCKER:. There is a line we're forbidden to cross with each other. It's not like he and I are genetically related. We aren't. But we might as well be. From my earliest memories he's been in my life. Motorcycle clubs are families of a wilder sort that no normie can understand...
  • Say You Love Me by Sarah J. Brooks

    Say You Love Me by Sarah J. Brooks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    “Jeremy Wyatt is the biggest playboy you’ll ever meet. He’s a great attorney and a decent friend, but he’s an ass to women. He’s all about the conquest, and then he loses interest. You’re too good for a guy like him. And I don’t want to have to break his arms for messing with you. You’re young, Lena. And a little naive. A man like Jeremy would eat you up and spit you out. ”...
  • Freeing Ruby: A slow burn, suspenseful, close proximity, multicultural romance by April Wilson

    Freeing Ruby: A slow burn, suspenseful, close proximity, multicultural romance by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ever since witnessing the murder of her mother when she was a young teenager, Ruby Hammond has suffered with severe agoraphobia. When her father became too impatient with her condition, Ruby moved out and got her own apartment. She's lived alone, in complete isolation, for the past two years, never once having set foot outside her safe haven...
  • From That Moment by Carrie Ann Ryan

    From That Moment by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan continues her sexy new contemporary stand-alone series with an enemies-to-lovers office romance. Paris Trissel is in a dating rut. Despite the pact she made with her friends to find someone to share her life with, she’s throwing in the towel after only a few blind dates...
  • Inked Memories by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Memories by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink series by NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues when the final Denver Montgomery sibling refuses to fall for his brother’s former flame—the company’s new plumber. Wes Montgomery watched his entire family fall in love, and now finds himself ready to settle down...
  • Fashion Jungle by Kathy Ireland, Rachel Van Dyken

    Fashion Jungle by Kathy Ireland, Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Four women… Four very different paths. One incredibly cutthroat world. Welcome to the Jungle. As America’s sweetheart, Brittany is perceived as the "good girl. " The sort to bring her Bible to a photoshoot. .. only to garner the attention of a most unlikely suitor. Until one mistake irrevocably changes both of their lives forever...
  • The Gruff Loner's Bargain by Kat Baxter

    The Gruff Loner's Bargain by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Brook:. I might be down on my luck, but I’m determined to open the best all-inclusive wedding venue in the U. S. But first, I have to scope out the competition. The only problem is I need a fake fiance to pull it off. Even worse, the only man available to do the job is the annoying handsome Landry Hendricks. Because of course I need the help of the one man in town who hates me. Landry:...
  • Perfect Match by Leia Stone

    Perfect Match by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Millie Byers. Widowed at twenty-six. When I fell in love with Colin Byers at sixteen, I never expected that I’d lose him the day after we finally got married. The love of my life; my soulmate; stolen from me by a quirk of fate. After this my life spirals out of control, leaving me broke, alone, and losing the only thing I had left: my cupcake shop. Looks like it’s time for an early midlife crisis...
  • SEAL's Fake Girlfriend by Leslie North

    SEAL's Fake Girlfriend by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Danger and desire go hand in hand…. When her little sister Robyn is kidnapped, Rhianne Carlson promises herself she’ll do anything to bring her home safely. Even if it means reluctantly teaming up with private security agent and former Navy SEAL Eric Cruz. Despite his smoldering good looks and undeniable talents, Rhianne has never trusted this sinfully sexy agent...
  • One Big Dare by J.P. Comeau

    One Big Dare by J.P. Comeau

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m a busy executive, waiting to become CEO someday. So, I have zero patience with grumpy gadzillionaires. Until my BFF begs me to join one on a project. And I make an exception. Don’t get me wrong, Ryder is hot as hell. Muscles for days. Perfect smile. Swoon worthy. Jerk. At our first meeting the bickering commenced,. When he accused me of being high maintenance...
  • Wrapped In Us by MJ Fields

    Wrapped In Us by MJ Fields

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Uncovering a human trafficking ring, Brody unknowingly brought danger to the doorstep of the only woman he ever truly loved, and their family, who he desperately wants to protect...
  • Lumberjacks of Blackbear Bluff Complete Collection by Lilah Hart

    Lumberjacks of Blackbear Bluff Complete Collection by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    In Blackbear Bluff, North Carolina, a logging crew faces temptation from a new local bakery. The sweets aren't the only thing tempting them, though. Young, beautiful women come to town to work. .. and end up finding love along the way. It includes the books:. Battling the Mountain Man. Tempting the Mountain Man. Soothing the Mountain Man. Satisfying the Mountain Man. Thrilling the Mountain Man...
  • Master of Revenge by Sienna Snow

    Master of Revenge by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We are rivals. Sworn enemies. And he is the only man to ignite a fire in my soul. I walk a fine line between control and chaos, defined by my past and driven by my future. Nothing can stop me from protecting those I love. Zack Lykaios is cunning and dangerous. He wants to destroy everything I've built on his ruthless march to the top. All that I am, or ever will be, says I should avoid him...
  • Taking Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Taking Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They thought the threat was over. Kiyomi, Marcus and the rest of the Valkyrie crew have just started to settle into their new lives as regular citizens when a suspicious new threat surfaces. The danger should have ended last fall with the death of their creator. But someone is relentlessly trying to track them down, and whoever it is knows too much. They thought wrong...
  • The Gutshot: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    The Gutshot: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Gutshot is the final book in the series A Good Run Of Bad Luck and should be read in order. It was just another day in the life of being a small town cop. I’m a protector at heart, and always have been. Which is why I stepped up immediately after finding out I had a kid. Well…to be honest, I didn’t believe it at first...
  • Joseph  by J. Nell

    Joseph by J. Nell

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Joseph former marine finds himself in two battles like he never before experienced. One for his life and the other for his woman. Will he be victorius or will he lose everything.
  • Her Unflinching Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Unflinching Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will These Enemies To Lovers Survive Long Enough To Realize They’re Perfect for One Another? Navy SEAL Gideon Smith never expected to run into Jada Harlow ever again, and that was fine with him. The woman drove him out of his mind. Unfortunately, fate had other plans...
  • Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    AN UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER? My life is no fairytale. I’m no Prince Charming. She’s no Disney Princess. She’s the femme fatale in the story. Fuck. Marry. Kill. I chose the former. She chose the latter. My family chose the option neither of us wanted. For thirty-eight years, I waited to marry the right woman, and then I was forced to marry the wrong one...
  • Python by Elizabeth Knox, Golden Czermak

    Python by Elizabeth Knox, Golden Czermak

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the second I laid eyes on her, I was determined to make her mine. PythonI always thought I’d be the kind of man who stayed on the road his whole life. It turned out I was wrong. My old friend, Razor, brought me into the Reapers Rejects MC and now I had a place to land, a place to call home, and a brotherhood I never knew I needed...
  • Undeniable by Delaney Diamond

    Undeniable by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They can’t stand each other…or can they? For years, hard work and perseverance have been the tenets by which Santiago Vila lived his life. As such, he’s achieved everything he’s gone after. Except Abena Dubango. She’s the total package of brains, beauty, and a sense of humor. Even though she wears another man’s ring, he’s never forgotten the moments they spent together...
  • Reining Devotion by Haley Jenner

    Reining Devotion by Haley Jenner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Enslaved by the memories of my past, I hide away in plain sight. Happy to be viewed as the disgruntled daughter, the storm to my sister's sunshine. To the outside world, I'm a loner. Inside my little bubble, I'm lonely. I lost myself and I'm afraid to find the girl I used to be. She was weak. A word I refuse to be defined by any longer. Enter Rocco Shay. I hated him. Until I didn't. .
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