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I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale
If you knew how your life would turn out, what would you change now? Margot is lost. Her career is in tatters, her dating life is hell, her friendship group broken. Until one day, when Margot—a determinedly rational meteorologist—has a vision. Of her future self. And the visions keep coming. Margot sees how, and when, she’ll find her soulmate... -
![Without Pride and Prejudice by Jennifer Peel]()
Without Pride and Prejudice by Jennifer Peel
Can their love conquer pride and prejudice? Ever since I first read Pride and Prejudice at twelve years old, I’ve dreamed of being Elizabeth Bennet. That dream is now about to come true...Categorized as:
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![Down and Dirty by Sandra Hill]()
Down and Dirty by Sandra Hill
Punished for an indiscretion, Navy SEAL and all-around tough guy Zachary Floyd is forced to head a new SEAL-like program for women. There he meets an alluring Norsewoman, who's escaped a nunnery, her father, and the eleventh century altogether. A NAVY WARRIOR. He's a world-class player -- nicknamed Pretty Boy -- and a tough guy who's not afraid to get down and dirty... -
![Kitty St. Clair's Last Dance by Kate Robb]()
Kitty St. Clair's Last Dance by Kate Robb
When a young woman is bequeathed a shuttered dance hall, she begins to dream of its heyday—and learns to see her present-day entanglements in a new light. Jules is stunned when eccentric and glamorous retiree Kitty St. Clair passes away and leaves her a dilapidated dance hall in their quaint lakeside community... -
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![Cave Man Make Baby by Frankie Love]()
Cave Man Make Baby by Frankie Love
I never intended on time travelling to the Stone Age during my Special Ops mission – but it’s not the first thing in my life to get effed up. To say I didn’t have a happy childhood is an understatement – that’s why I joined the military first chance I got. And to be honest – living alone on the beach isn’t the worst way to live out my days...Categorized as:
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![Wrong Place. Wrong Time. Right Viscount. by K.D. Miller]()
Wrong Place. Wrong Time. Right Viscount. by K.D. Miller
Men are trash. Well, Elle Montgomery’s cheating fiancé is at any rate. When a surprise visit goes horribly wrong and she catches him red-handed, she wants to get as far from him as humanly possible—but two hundred years into the past seems a little excessive. By a twist of fate she can’t explain, Elle is thrust back in time, finding herself in Regency Era, England... -
![Rough and Ready by Sandra Hill]()
Rough and Ready by Sandra Hill
A MISSION OF NO MERCY. It takes nothing short of a miracle to catapult Lt. Torolf Magnusson and his team of Navy SEALs back in time to the eleventh-century Norselands. First on the agenda: destroy the evil villain who terrorized his family and a nation. A SURRENDER SO SWEET... -
![Time of My Life by Mary Frame]()
Time of My Life by Mary Frame
Every day is the worst day of Jane Stewart’s life. No really, that’s not a dramatization or overreaction, she’s reliving the same, terrible day over and over (and over and over) again. She’s late to the same meeting. Endures the same soul crushing lectures from her bosses, who ultimately fire her anyway. And—the cherry on top—she gets to experience getting dumped on repeat... -
![Eternally Rare by January Rayne]()
Eternally Rare by January Rayne
In the dimension where fire meets ice, my mate waits for me. And if I don’t go to him, I’ll die. I know I’m lucky to have a mate at all. Most would rejoice. Most would run to them. Not me. I want to stay with my family. I was trapped in the veil for the majority of my life, fighting to survive...Categorized as:
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![Ghosted by Sarah Ready]()
Ghosted by Sarah Ready
Jillian Nejat is the only dating and relationship expert on the planet who is incapable of speaking to men. If they’re living, if they’re breathing, it’s game over. With her bank account at zero, her career a dumpster fire, and her dating life in a ten-year slump, she moves into a tiny, dirt-cheap NYC apartment. Unfortunately, the apartment is already occupied...Categorized as:
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![Cave Man Need Wife by Frankie Love]()
Cave Man Need Wife by Frankie Love
I’ve been here a long ass time. Lonely as hell and wishing for a wife. When a woman arrives, she thinks she’s time-travelled to a prehistoric nightmare. I think she’s finally come home. She’s innocent, curvy, and all kinds of cute. And she thinks I’m nothing but a cave man. Growly. Grumpy. Gruff. She’s not wrong. She also has ideas about marriage... -
![Ghost Walk by Cassandra Gannon]()
Ghost Walk by Cassandra Gannon
Grace Rivera just wants to be normal. She’s the only member of her spell-casting, fortune-telling family who isn’t hunting unicorns or trying to discover the lost recipe for Troll Powder. Trained as a crime scene investigator, she believes in science and cold, hard facts. And right now, the cold, hard facts are telling Grace that she’s lost her mind...Categorized as:
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![Heir Of The Beast by F.R. Black]()
Heir Of The Beast by F.R. Black
"All you must do is sign on the dotted line, and all your romantic dreams will come true," the Fairy Godmother says with a twinkle in her eye. This is what happens when you do not read the fine print in a very detailed contract. You miss all the things that are immediate deal breakers...Categorized as:
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![Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone, Zoe Chao]()
Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone, Zoe Chao
Finding true love is only a matter of time in this heartfelt and hilarious romantic comedy, starring Zoë Chao (The Afterparty), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), and a full cast! Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future... -
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![Once Upon a Time Travel by Sariah Wilson]()
Once Upon a Time Travel by Sariah Wilson
Once upon a time…. Recent college grad Emma Damon knows the Rose Room in Hartley Hall is off limits, which is exactly why she can’t wait to get inside. Once she enters the forbidden room, Emma learns more about the history of the museum than she ever intended to know. Waking up confused and shocked in 1816, all Emma wants is to return to her cozy home with flushing toilets and disposable razors... -
![Catch Me by Reese Rivers]()
Catch Me by Reese Rivers
How do you survive time travel to 17th century France…while wearing a bathrobe…with nothing but a chap-stick and an iPhone? How do you avoid being burnt at the stake as a witch for possessing that ‘magical’ evil iPhone? Start by being rescued by 4 hot AF men dipped in sexy sauce. Accept that vampires and wolf shifters are real and then make peace with the fact that you can have them all... -
![Time for You by Elizabeth Davis]()
Time for You by Elizabeth Davis
What happens when a twenty-first-century woman falls for a nineteenth-century man? It’s up to destiny in a witty, captivating, and totally unexpected time-travel romance. Daphne Griffin is a first-year Minnesota resident in emergency medicine when she rides her bike into a man who appears out of thin air. Physically, he’s fine. Confused? Very...Categorized as:
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![Of Sand and Stone by Lauren Smith]()
Of Sand and Stone by Lauren Smith
She was destined to save his heart of stone. .. Bookish museum curator Rebecca Clark has given up on dating. Real life men aren’t nearly as perfect as the men in the paintings and statues she sees every day at her job. But one night she whispers a prayer to the universe to send her the perfect man. She had no idea a goddess is listening…... -
![An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating by Cecilia Edward]()
An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating by Cecilia Edward
An ancient witch explores the thrills—and perils—of online dating with hilarity and heart in a charming rom-com perfect for fans of cozy fantasy and witchy romance. Meet Thorn Scarhart, a thirty-nine-year-old witch who’s having trouble finding love in the 17th century. Despite the local matchmaker’s efforts and Thorn’s arsenal of powerful love potions, she has yet to fall in love... -
![The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk]()
The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk
”I’ll read anything she writes” EMILY HENRY. Can a little Christmas magic mend a broken heart? “Absolutely screamingly hilarious, full of Christmas-y sparkle and a lovely boy-next-door romance, but with some serious depth to bring you all the feels. ”—LIZZY DENT, author of The Summer Job...Categorized as:
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![Heart of a Wolf by C.J. Ravenna]()
Heart of a Wolf by C.J. Ravenna
How to get over a breakup:. 1: Go to Iceland. 2: Get sent back in time. 3: Get abducted by a hot, moody Viking werewolf. The tour guides sure didn’t prepare me for this…. Kieran. After my boyfriend cheats, my best friend spirits me away to Reykjavik for a scenic getaway. I think this may be just the escape I need to get over the jerk...Categorized as:
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![The Love of Her Lives by C.J. Connolly]()
The Love of Her Lives by C.J. Connolly
Another life. Another chance. Another love? Millie has a pretty good life. She loves her job and her little studio apartment. She’s single, but she has Bonnie, the most wonderful best friend in the world. Her love life is a total train wreck. She’s always attracted to the wrong men. She’s in love with Stephen — but he’s married to somebody else... -
![Secrets on the Sea by Shona Knight]()
Secrets on the Sea by Shona Knight
What would you do if you were thrown into a world overrun by men? When all you want is the freedom to explore it on your own? Disguise yourself as a cabin boy and hitch a ride on a pirate ship! Ria. All my life, I’ve chased the thrill of new adventures, but nothing scratches that itch for long... -
![The Pirate Bride by Sandra Hill]()
The Pirate Bride by Sandra Hill
A Viking to bed, not to wed! Medana Elsadottir, known as the Sea Scourge, never planned to become a pirate, but there’s no denying her talent. Her female-only tribe has an island hideaway, food aplenty, goods to trade…everything except the means to breed. That’s where the strapping Norsemen tied up in her ship’s hold comes in handy... -
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![The Snow Queen's Captive by Jill Myles]()
The Snow Queen's Captive by Jill Myles
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCharlotte gets more than she bargained for when her fairy godmother, Muffin, sends her into a fairy tale for a second chance at life. But instead of being the heroine. .. Charlotte's accidentally become the evil queen! To make matters worse, there’s a man captive in her basement. A very sexy, very angry man who also thinks Charlotte’s the bad guy...Categorized as:
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![This Spells Love by Kate Robb]()
This Spells Love by Kate Robb
A young woman tries to heal her heartbreak by casting a spell to erase her ex from her past, but she wakes up in an alternate reality where she’s lost more than she wished for in this witty, whimsical friends-to-lovers debut... -
![Forked by Ruth Cardello]()
Forked by Ruth Cardello
Is that an earthquake or is your fork happy to see you? Imagine a WWII super soldier and his unit were trapped in cutlery by the government and the only way they could transform back was by being intimate with a woman . . . Shortly after moving to a new city, Mercedes buys a set of antique silverware from an estate sale and discovers she has a preference for one particular fork... -
![Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major]()
Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major
One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming and emotionally poignant novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from an unfortunate fate. It is an ordinary Monday and harried London literary agent Emma is flying out of the door as usual... -
![Her Time Traveling Duke by Bryn Donovan]()
Her Time Traveling Duke by Bryn Donovan
Magic meets science and sunshine meets grumpy when a love spell whisks a Regency-era duke to modern times. Rose Novak, a free-spirited museum employee who dabbles in magic, has had her share of disappointments. So when she tries a little spell for a romance with an “old-fashioned gentleman,” she doesn’t really expect it to work…especially literally... -
![Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon]()
Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon
What’s worse than editing the stupidest supernatural romance novel ever written? Getting stuck inside of it. Karalynn Donnelly has somehow been transported into Eternal Passion at Sunset, a vampire love story filled with enough clichés, anachronisms, and run-on sentences to drive any hardworking book editor insane...Categorized as:
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![Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane]()
Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane
A magical tree that makes your soul mate appear is surely just a legend, right? That's what Shiloh thought until one night, in a moment of desperation, she begs the Wanting Tree for someone to love. .. and a shirtless rancher from 1949 arrives, still holding onto his cowboy hat, calling her "sugar" and claiming to be her man. For life...Categorized as:
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![In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren]()
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners. It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones...
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