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  • Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Loving Echo Kent was painful. Not the falling in love part, that was easy. One look at the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed narcotics detective and I knew I wanted him. A few months later I knew I couldn’t live without him. But my Echo, he had demons and secrets and a mountain of guilt. His love was selfish and one-sided—he could love but he refused to allow others to love him...
  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Dylan Walsh left his small town behind and vowed to never return. But when his brother needs help, Dylan steps back into the memories he tried so hard to forget. He thought there was nothing there for him anymore until a woman he knew as a little girl catches more than Dylan’s eye. Rosie Gallo is known for her kind spirit, good-girl vibes, and her loyalty to the ones she loves...
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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. ..
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Are you missing the Steel Brothers? Are you yearning for more? Welcome to the next generation! Join the grown children of Jonah, Talon, Ryan, and Marjorie for new adventures, mysteries, and heart-pounding passion. The action, drama, and secrecy continue with Smolder, coming June 28, 2022!
  • Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He was out of the game. He should've stayed that way. When a former FBI colleague asks Callum Webb to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American bigwig in eastern Europe, Callum’s just got one word for him. .. No. Okay, actually two words: hell, no. Callum is out of the international law enforcement game and has been for a long time...
  • Legacy of Gods Series Boxed Set, Books 1-3: God of Malice, God of Pain, and God of Wrath by Rina Kent

    Legacy of Gods Series Boxed Set, Books 1-3: God of Malice, God of Pain, and God of Wrath by Rina Kent

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Journey into the Legacy of Gods from New York Times bestselling author Rina Kent―where danger is addictive, and love is a weapon. Brutal men. Bold women. Twisted desires. In a world ruled by obsession and power, you don't run from the darkness―you fall for it. God of Malice. Killian Carson is charming, brilliant―and a predator beneath the polish...
  • The Right Wrong Promise by Nicole Snow

    The Right Wrong Promise by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The gruffest broken single dad finds home with a spitfire heiress in this stormy and spicy romance by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow. I inherited a freaking family. Thanks, Gramps. I expected the lake house, the repairs, and the weird little secrets you left behind. But sharing this place with Kane Saint and his kids? Holy potato. Don't laugh at his name...
  • Just a Little Crush by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Just a Little Crush by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s just a little crush. What could possibly go wrong? I’ve had more than enough relationship drama to last a lifetime, so romance with Stevie Palmer, the gorgeous server I had a hot one-night stand with, isn’t in the cards. However, she would make the perfect fake girlfriend to help me win my custody battle. When I offer her an obscene amount of money to play along, she agrees...
  • Craving Rose by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Craving Rose by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I, Rose Hawthorne, have crap taste in men. But, who could blame me, really? When the stories of how your dad and uncles raised hell before settling down are legendary, it was all too easy to see Prince Charming everywhere, believing that if a man loved me enough, he’d change. What a load of garbage...
  • 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...
  • Marked for Revenge by Anna Blakely

    Marked for Revenge by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A killer is on the loose, and he won’t stop until he makes everyone pay. Two years ago, Allie Andrews did what she thought was right…and it cost her everything. Now the criminal she helped to put behind bars has escaped, and he’s hunting down everyone responsible for his conviction. Alone and afraid, Allie turns to the only man who can keep her safe...
  • 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...
  • Austen by Susan May Warren

    Austen by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    His secrets could get them killed…. Austen Kingston isn’t impressed with Mr. Billionaire, Declan Stone. Sure, he’s handsome, and has a generous heart, but she is happy with her life as a treasure hunter-slash shark diver. Besides, she’s seen what wealth can do to someone…no thank you. And then a routine dive turns treacherous and she finds herself in need of rescue…...
  • Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson

    Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 65 ratings
    Beautifully captures the joys of a new family as it builds to an overwhelmingly moving climax. This is an unforgettable love story, at once heartbreaking and full of hope. James Patterson has written a love story! --a powerfully moving and suspenseful novel about families, loss, new love, and hope. Katie Wilkinson has found her perfect man at last...
  • Wedded Chaos by Tina Saxon

    Wedded Chaos by Tina Saxon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bachelor party in Vegas. What could go wrong? The feisty, green-eyed brunette who stole my coffee thought she was being cute. The last thing this billionaire needs is a thief in his life—especially one with a sharp tongue, a fiery temper, and legs that go on for days. But one wild night in Sin City changes everything. They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...
  • 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...
  • Gunnar by Nina Levine

    Gunnar by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙧 & 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙎𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. Chelsea Novak is the kind of fire I should stay away from. She’s also the only kind of fire I’ve ever craved. Instead of extinguishing her from my life, I’ve thrown gasoline. Now we’re burning hotter and too fucking bright...
  • Strike the Match: A Small Town, Hidden Identity Romance by Madison Myers

    Strike the Match: A Small Town, Hidden Identity Romance by Madison Myers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s running from her past. He might be the first person who doesn’t run from what she’s hiding. Amelia Marsh lives on the road, with her van and true crime podcasts as companions—until she’s stranded outside of Smoky Heights...
  • Lucas by Elle James

    Lucas by Elle James

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Former Delta Force Operator, Lucas LeBlanc, has lost everyone he’s ever loved and is afraid to commit his heart to anyone. He believes he’s the black cloud, the bad luck killing off the people he dares to love as family, friend or lover. After leaving the military, he joins Brotherhood Protectors where he hopes he can put his combat training and skills to work helping others...
  • 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...
  • Jenner by Dale Mayer

    Jenner by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Heading to Ashland, Kentucky, where his ex-wife’s family lives, is not in Jenner’s plans anytime soon. But, given a War Dog is potentially in trouble, well, Jenner will even face his past. Arriving at a small bed-and-breakfast, he meets a woman more interesting than anyone he’d met in a long time...
  • Sealed by Laura Pavlov

    Sealed by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    A sexy-as-sin single dad. A sassy, hotheaded diva. Two players. One game. What could possibly go wrong? Roman Amato is perfect on paper. Sexy and broody and arrogant. He’s a divorced single father, so he’s completely off-limits. I’m not looking for anything other than a hot date to take to my sister’s wedding. I have something he needs, and he has something I need...
  • Strays by Cora Brent

    Strays by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    STRAYS (An Anti-Hero Romance). Before age sixteen I was kicked to the streets, condemned for a crime I didn’t commit. Since then I’ve done nothing to be proud of. Which is why a man like me isn’t cut out to be a dad. And if this kid had another option I wouldn’t try to be one now. But for once I’m going to step up. I’ll right the worst of old wrongs...
  • Hold Me Close by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    Hold Me Close by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Sons pay for the sins of their fathers…. Bodhi and Easton Lancaster O’Donoghue have grown up sheltered from the truth. Until it’s time for their parents to reveal what happened and how it shaped the events that came later. Bodhi is quiet. An intelligent, introspective boy who hides his pain deep inside...
  • Broken Arrow by Chelle Bliss

    Broken Arrow by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Annie Hancock is finally following her dreams, studying for her graduate degree to become a professional artist. But when someone starts to leave threatening notes around her studio and dorm, Annie can’t help but wonder…who’s after her and why? She doesn’t know who to trust or keep herself safe. Arrow has been grinding for years as a bounty hunter and private investigator...
  • Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe

    Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Their anger will either bring them together or destroy what could have been. Pearl Smith is angry at the world. Stolen as a baby and raised under torturous conditions now she uses those same skills to save other innocents, but it doesn't abate her anger. Nothing does, until a random encounter with a DEA Agent...
  • Angel Fire: Boxed Set Books 4-7 by Ellie Masters

    Angel Fire: Boxed Set Books 4-7 by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dive into USA Today Bestselling Author, Ellie Masters' Angel Fire Rock Romance Series second Boxed Get Hearts Divided, Hearts Entwined, Forest's Fall, and the Last Beat. Hearts Divided. True love only comes once in a lifetime. .. but what if they're wrong? Bash fell hard for his childhood sweetheart. She was the one, his forever, until she taught him the truth about love. Love fails. Love lies...
  • One Little Heartbreak by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Heartbreak by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Seth. I never realized getting adopted at thirty-two years old was a thing, then I met the Westbrooks. They’re a family that grows every time a wayward soul crosses their path, and now I’m an honorary member. A former spy, I was married at twenty-two—a father at twenty-six and a widow by thirty. To say my life is in transition would be an understatement...
  • Blade by Sybil Bartel

    Blade by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Battle born. SEAL. Loner. Ringing out of BUD/S was never an option. Third generation Navy SEAL, the Teams were in my blood. I earned my Trident, and a year later my brother earned his. As Tier One operators, the battlefield was our playground. Then I got a cryptic call. Enemy combatants, coordinated attack, no survivors, catastrophic loss—my brother was dead...
  • Cage by Tia Louise

    Cage by Tia Louise

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sometimes fate sends a sign, and sometimes it sends a bloodhound with a hot hockey player holding its leash, dragging it off you. Owen Stone is not your usual hockey player. He’s a six-foot-two single dad with dark hair, ocean eyes, and muscles for days. He’s also a last-minute trade trying to find a home for his seven-year-old daughter, his psychic sister, and his adoring bloodhound...
  • Ice by Fiona Davenport

    Ice by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Ice found his place with the Iron Rogues MC after his professional hockey career ended, but he never expected that being a part of the club would also bring the woman he was meant to claim into his life.
    Categorized as:
    suspense  new adult  contemporary  m-f
  • A Little Crush by Kelsie Rae

    A Little Crush by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Seems the little girl who had a crush on me is all grown up. She ran away from our hometown a solid decade ago. Now she’s back for her brother’s wedding. For my friend’s wedding. Not gonna lie, I had no intention of crossing the line with her. Not back then. And not now. Until I catch her swimming in her parent’s backyard. Nope. Not even then...
  • Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black

    Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    book two coming this winter!
  • Perfect Embrace by Kaylee Ryan

    Perfect Embrace by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The day he walks into my bookstore with his adorable twin daughters, I know my life is going to change forever. The chemistry is tangible, the tragedy his truth, and my schoolgirl crush, even after all of these years, is still alive. Full Blurb coming soon!
  • Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson

    Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    One kiss from those cherry lips and I knew she was meant to be mine. I’m claiming her and I won’t be letting her go. Luke “Grunt” Stafford had one job. He didn’t like it, but when your President gives you an order you usually follow it. He didn’t plan on the feisty redhead that showed up and rocked his world. Jasmine Blake knows how her family and friends see her...
  • Dirty Desires by Nicole James

    Dirty Desires by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A twist of fate threw us together…. Gypsy—. I’m a Devil King; loyal to no one but my club, until she comes along and tests everything I thought I believed in. When I do a favor for my imprisoned ex-president’s ol’ lady, I come face to face with the one-night-stand that’s haunted me for three years. She pulled a disappearing Cinderella act on me, vanishing with the dawn...
  • 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...
  • A Single Touch by W. Winters

    A Single Touch by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A Single Touch is Book 3 and the FINAL book of the Irresistible Attraction series. A Single Glance must be read first.
  • Aiden by LeAnn Ashers

    Aiden by LeAnn Ashers

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the day she came into my life, I knew I couldn’t walk away from this girl. She was beautiful, a light in this dark and messed up world, but I saw it in her eyes. I saw the pain she carried, and in that moment, I made a promise. Her demons would pay. All of them. They didn’t know what I was capable of or what my MC could do. As I now look down at yet another lifeless body, I smile...
  • French Kissing: Season Three by Harper Bliss

    French Kissing: Season Three by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ASIN B079Y3G6HS moved to the more recent edition. Paris. .. City of lights, City of love. .. City of drama! It has been six months since Dominique and Steph came out publicly...
  • Cold Truth by Toni Anderson

    Cold Truth by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Secrets and lies collide in this upcoming explosive Romantic Thriller from New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson. Rowena Smith may be a top-shelf librarian, but solid investigative skills won’t keep her safe after her newest research project—tracking down her biological father—leads her to a brutally murdered body...
  • Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    This book was previously published in Kindle Worlds and even though it has a new cover, has not changed significantly. Cooper Nelson’s SEAL career was cut drastically short when an explosion left him almost completely deaf...
  • JINXED by Emilia Finn

    JINXED by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Drake. They call me a flirt. ‘Detective Sl()ts-A-Lot’ when they’re feeling frisky, because my morals are loose, and my choice in women, according to the haters, is unfussy. But they don’t know I’ve been watching her. Waiting for her. The problem is, she’s half my age, and has no business being with a man like me. ***. Rory. They call me clumsy. Jinxed...
  • Protector of Misty Mountain: An ex-military, age gap, mountain man romance by Eve London

    Protector of Misty Mountain: An ex-military, age gap, mountain man romance by Eve London

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She walked into my world like she belongs here… but I don’t let people stay. Juniper. The mountains were supposed to be my escape—a place to rebuild, to breathe, to prove to myself that I could make it on my own. But from the moment I set foot in Misty Mountain, one mountain man has made it his mission to send me packing. Griffin Calloway...
  • A Convenient Secret by Maxine Henri

    A Convenient Secret by Maxine Henri

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    I went from his off-limits nanny to his secret wife. It started with a voice. Deep. Commanding. Unreasonably attractive. Declan Quinn is gorgeous, impossible, and emotionally unavailable—basically the perfect recipe for heartbreak. I was supposed to find him a nanny—not become one. One mistake later, I ended up pretending to be her. I figured I’d be gone by the end of the day. Instead, I stayed...
  • 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...
  • Looking for You by Kelly Elliott

    Looking for You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The last person I would ever expect to be waiting on the front porch for me in the middle of the night was Everly Higgins. To say I was both surprised and thrilled to see her would be an understatement. I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about her since we met last fall when my sister, Greer, fell in love with Everly’s brother, Hudson...
  • The Maverick of the Mountain by Tessa Klein

    The Maverick of the Mountain by Tessa Klein

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He’s big. He’s bearded. AND HE HAS A CHAINSAW! ? You Only Live Once. .. My temporary tattoo feels more like a prescient warning than a gentle reminder after I nearly careen off an old mountain road during the worst storm I’ve ever encountered. I should’ve stayed in town. I should’ve thrown out the hand-drawn map the local gave me...
  • Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Esme of Belmont finally freed herself from the chains shackling her to royal life and has been living in Paris for the past several years. It’s what she wanted. What she fought for. But there’s still something missing. She refuses to admit what that something is, though, doing everything she can to put the past behind her. Until she receives a phone call that forces her to return home...
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