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contemporary  second chances  betrayal

  • Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

    Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 30 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:
    second chances  humor  contemporary  m-f
  • Torn by Keisha Ervin

    Torn by Keisha Ervin

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Her female intuition told her he was a dog but yet and still she lent him her soul, gave him her heart and allowed herself to fall in love...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
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  • Vanished in the Darkness by Robin Patchen

    Vanished in the Darkness by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This title was previously published as Glimmer in the Darkness by Robin Patchen. New name, same great story.From a USA Today bestselling author comes this edge-of-your-seat Christian suspense that will keep you reading all night long.Nothing could get her home…but this.Cassidy Leblanc worked hard to shake off her tragic childhood...
  • Honor Thy Thug by Wahida Clark

    Honor Thy Thug by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark, comes the highly anticipated next installment in the Queen’s Thug series. Fans will rush to this latest installment while new fans will be eager to discover Wahida Clark’s unmatched melodrama...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Dirty Red by Vickie M. Stringer

    Dirty Red by Vickie M. Stringer

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with a provocative femininity. She employs her dirty ways - even faking a pregnancy with her boyfriend - to win a closet full of Gucci bags, a deluxe condominium full of baby accessories, a new car, and a book deal...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Start of Something Wonderful by Jessica Redland

    The Start of Something Wonderful by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Autumn Laine has lost her creative sparkle. After losing her grandad and her job as an illustrator in quick succession, she is at a crossroads in life and needs a break. Spending time with her parents in Paris, even in the artistic community of Montmartre, doesn't appear to be the answer...
  • We Are Family by Beth Moran

    We Are Family by Beth Moran

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From No. 1 bestselling author Beth Moran comes a story about family, friends and facing your fears. Thirty-three-year-old Ruth Henderson and her daughter Maggie have some hard choices to make. Following the tragic death of Maggie's father, they are left with a mountain of debt and broken hearts...
  • The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher

    The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "Break out the tissues. I loved The Forgiving Hour and so will you." — Francine Rivers, International Bestselling Author***Twelve years ago, Claire Porter thought her entire life was over when she learned that her husband, Dave, was having an affair with a young college student. Following their divorce, Claire started over, including changing back to her maiden name of Conway...
  • So You Call Yourself A Man by Carl Weber

    So You Call Yourself A Man by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The acclaimed national bestselling author of such smart, sexy novels as The Preacher's Son and Player Haters returns with a tale of three best friends who've grown from boys to men together. But now that they're each either married or about to be, they're coming up against some of the real tests of manhood- James Robinson and his wife, Cathy, have had their rough patches...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Lily Connor has focused all her energy into becoming a successful wedding planner, and after five years, she’s on the precipice of taking on more responsibility at Southerland Wedding Company. When the chance finally presents itself, it comes with a complication she couldn’t have dreamt up in her worst nightmares...
  • The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The Moment of Truth…Laney Cochrane loves her life.With her friends Millie and Tash, she runs a proposal agency, organising the perfect setting for their clients to pop the question. Finding that forever love is something Laney knows all about. Her marriage to Cameron is blissfully content and she has never doubted they’ll live happily ever after.Then Cara Deacon walks into their office...
  • A Time to Embrace by Karen Kingsbury

    A Time to Embrace by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    "Their whole life was a series of miracles. Can they really hope for one more? And as tragedy pulls their lives apart, can they somehow find that all-important time to embrace?" After twenty-one years, John and Abby Reynolds are back together and feeling like newlyweds...
  • Riverbend Reunion by Carolyn Brown

    Riverbend Reunion by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Back home is the best place to start over in a heart-stirring Texas romance about friendship, second chances, and small-town scandals by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Riverbend, Texas, doesn’t look like the crossroads of anywhere. But for four high school besties reuniting after twenty years, it’s a place to unpack a lot of baggage...
  • One Day In Summer by Shari Low

    One Day In Summer by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    One day in summer, three lives are about to change forever.After two decades of looking after others, this is the day that Agnetha McMaster is reclaiming her life. It’s her turn, her time but will she have the courage to start again?Ten years ago, Mitchell McMaster divorced Agnetha and married her best friend, Celeste. Now he suspects his second wife is having an affair...
  • The Wanted Series: Complete Box Set by Kelly Elliott

    The Wanted Series: Complete Box Set by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Contains adult language and content. Included in box set is five full novels, one novella and three short stories from WANTED, SAVED, AND FAITHFUL. As well as the first three chapters of WITHOUT YOU. Synopsis of each book: BOOK ONE WANTED - Verbally abused by her mother for years, 18-year-old Ellie Johnson always believed she would never be loved or wanted by anyone...
  • Betrayal by Naomi Chase

    Betrayal by Naomi Chase

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Some people know better and do worse… Ever since she was acquitted of murder, Tamia Luke has been on a mission to prove she’s a changed woman—especially to the love of her life, Brandon Chambers. She thinks she’s succeeded—until Brandon reveals that his ex-girlfriend is pregnant, and it’s his duty to marry her...
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    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
  • Maverick's Kitten by Ciara St. James

    Maverick's Kitten by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Maverick thinks he has found what so many of his club brothers have found, a woman he can call his own and the key to having a family and a wonderful life. It takes him some time to get her to go out with him, then after one wonderful, unforgettable night, she vanishes. He’s too proud to ask his club brother to look for her and lets his anger say good riddance. He works to forget about her...
  • A Hero's Chance by Maryann Jordan

    A Hero's Chance by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ryan Coates does it all. Single dad with an ex who needs a reminder to spend time with their kids. Chief of the Baytown Station of the Virginia Marine Police. Sergeant at Arms for the local American Legion. Son. Brother. Coach. Friend.What he’s not doing is looking for a woman to add to his already busy life.Then he met her. Again.She’s the new doctor in town. And she remembers Ryan...
  • Winter Frost by Lauren Carr

    Winter Frost by Lauren Carr

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It all started with a chance encounter in the city with Blair, his late wife. Chris Matheson and the Geezer Squad, working under the guise of a book club, dig into the events surrounding his late wife’s supposed death halfway around the globe. A state department employee shoots himself in the back three times. A CIA operative goes missing...
  • Silver Biker by L.B. Dunbar

    Silver Biker by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    James Harrington.That’s my name, my birthright, and my curse. I didn’t always hate being a Harrington. At one time, I took it as a privilege. I used it to my advantage. But a name doesn’t stop you from losing everything, and after six haunting years, that everything is back forcing me to face the past or give up a future.Evie Harrington...
  • Sins and Scarlet Lace by Liliana Hart

    Sins and Scarlet Lace by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Declan MacKenzie has loved the same woman for as long as he can remember, but after a mission early on in his career turns deadly, he realizes he can never have a wife or family and keep them safe. So he watches her marry another man. Sophia Huxley is involved in a nightmare. Her late husband has been labeled a traitor and he's made her the fall guy...
  • Sunsets & Second Chances by Rachel Hanna

    Sunsets & Second Chances by Rachel Hanna

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    He’s standing in front of her… … after ten long years. No one knows why Dixie’s son is standing there, on Christmas Day, no less. And he doesn’t look happy.Dixie is keeping a big secret that will shake up everyone around her.Julie’s daughter, Colleen, is coming home for a visit, but she’s not alone. Janine makes a new friend, but nobody is thrilled about it...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium  m-f
  • Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s death for hire… Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less...
  • Coming Home by Marie Force

    Coming Home by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The story left unfinished at the end of Marking Time picks up ten years later when Kate Harrington goes after the man she left behind when she set out to chase her dream of music superstardom. Now she has everything she ever wanted, except for the one thing she can't live without. What will Reid say when she shows up unannounced in St...
  • Ruined by April Wilson

    Ruined by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Finally! Sam and Cooper's long-awaited story is here... a second chance gay romance, with a guaranteed HEA. Sam... Coming out of the closet was easy. Falling in love with a man twice my age was not. Cooper grew up old-school, hiding his true self. He may be the love of my life, but I can’t be his dirty little secret any longer. He needs to man up and claim me if he wants to keep me...
  • Afterburn by Nia Forrester

    Afterburn by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The sequel, and conclusion to 'Afterwards'.Chris Scaife is not the man Robyn Crandall thought he was.Now that she’s shown him the possibility of a new life, she knows that Chris wants it. And he’s used to getting what he wants. But Robyn is seeing some possibilities of her own, as a highly-valued member of the legal team at Chris’ multimillion dollar corporation...
  • The Christmas Inn by Pamela M. Kelley

    The Christmas Inn by Pamela M. Kelley

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Explore this delightfully cozy and joyful novel of second chances at the most wonderful time of the year, from USA Today bestselling author Pamela Kelley.A feel-good novel as delightful and comforting as a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter’s night, The Christmas Inn is bestselling author Pamela Kelley’s most heartwarming and magical book yet...
  • Second Chance Love by Hope Ford

    Second Chance Love by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I was his wife… but he left me.He broke my heart once, and if given the chance, he’d probably do it again.Which is why I’ve tried to get over him.I’ve dated, I’ve tried to let loose, but no matter how hard I try, my thoughts always return to Nash.Every guy I meet I compare to him.He was always overprotective and possessive...
  • Arrogant Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Arrogant Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There’s a hot new hire. Too bad she’s Donavan’s ex. Oh, and there’s one other problem—they hate each other. The last thing he expected to see when he walked into the office was Paisley Williams. She was the only person to graduate ahead of him at Columbia. The one woman who could give it back better than he could dish it out. She was also the biggest regret of his life...
  • The Best of Me by Sharon Sala

    The Best of Me by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Take a trip to Blessings, Georgia, where bestselling author Sharon Sala welcomes you with a touching small-town romance:An orphaned little girl who desperately needs a new homeA couple ready to welcome her with open armsFriendly neighbors who are always there for each otherA Southern small town where great things happen to good peopleRuby Butterman and her husband, Peanut, cannot have children,...
  • Cold Spite by Toni Anderson

    Cold Spite by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A disgraced former Navy SEAL is looking for revenge in this romantic thriller from author Toni Anderson.When FBI Agent Delilah Quinn survives an attempt on her life, she pretends to be dead in order to outwit her attacker. There is only one person she can turn to for help—a man she never wanted to see again…a man who abandoned her five years ago and left her heartbroken...
  • Second Time's the Charm by Brenda Jackson

    Second Time's the Charm by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Years ago, family tore them apart. Will sweet revenge lead to a second chance? Find out in the latest from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson! This one chance at revenge may be their second chance at love Part-time rancher and world-renowned musician Dylan Emanuel never forgot his college romance with Charm Outlaw...
  • The One I Want by Siobhan Davis

    The One I Want by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis comes an emotional, angsty, new adult, stand-alone romance about a woman torn between two great loves. We thought we were forever, but fate had other plans… I never intended to fall in love. This girl had goals and guys were an unwelcome distraction...
  • Lo's Wraith by Tiffany Casper

    Lo's Wraith by Tiffany Casper

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    What is the actuality that three simple regrets, all in a days’ time can change not just one life, but two?Skinner should have known better.You didn’t become a member for Wrath MC by being stupid.However, what you did become, was the Icer. The Icer by definition is the man that will do whatever is necessary to protect those he cares about...
  • Ethan’s Obsession (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Anna Blakely, Operation Alpha

    Ethan’s Obsession (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Anna Blakely, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A former SEAL who wants what he can’t have. An artist who’s afraid to follow her heart. Danger lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect time to strike.Ethan “Apollo” McAllister’s world is filled with controlled chaos. As a former Navy SEAL and member of Tac-Ops, he’s used to running headfast into danger. He’s also damn good at keeping secrets...
  • Beard in Waiting by Penny Reid

    Beard in Waiting by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 46 ratings
    A Long scene/short story featuring two unlikely characters from the Winston Brothers series...
  • Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Cian O’Sheeran was the second oldest O’Sheeran child. His family was the largest Irish mob family in the US. Well, technically, to the world, they were former mobsters gone straight. The world might speculate and say they still were mobsters, but no one outside the family and their closest people knew the truth. Afterall, it was hard to remove all traces of a hunter from their bloodline...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  mafia  mystery  length-medium  m-f
  • Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They call him The Great Oz, but for Ozzy, sometimes life isn’t so great... Over twenty years ago, at seventeen, the Blood Fury’s colors were inked onto Ozzy’s back.But when the club imploded, he was one of the few who survived.Throughout his life, the Original has made mistakes.Too many to count.Most didn’t matter.Until the last one.The one he regrets.The one that left a mark...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-long
  • Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson

    Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 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...
  • Bear's Beloved by Ciara St James

    Bear's Beloved by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Bear has lived more than half his life for his club. He’ll gladly do it again. He has never regretted starting this club with Bull and a few others years ago. However, seeing his brothers finding love and settling down to have families when he knows he’ll never have that is taking its toll on him. He takes off to get his head straight...
  • Colorado Cold Case by Elle James

    Colorado Cold Case by Elle James

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sole survivor of a mission gone wrong, Griff left the Navy to recover from his wounds and grief. The one person he’d loved had left San Diego while he'd been on a mission and hadn't returned or reached out. She’d said she was from Colorado...
  • Hard to Score by K. Bromberg

    Hard to Score by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    I’ve signed numerous players to my family’s agency—I assumed winning over my next client would be just as easy. The last thing I expected was to run into the boy who took my first kiss and broke my heart: only now Drew Bowman is all grown up. Sexy. Scandal-tainted. Second-string. The crush I never got over. I tell myself work is the reason I can’t get him out of my head...
  • Landon by Lisa Helen Gray

    Landon by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There are five stages of grief, and I clung to my anger like it was a lifeline. I used it as a tether to the world, defying all odds just so I could feel something. They wanted me dead. Now, I’m gunning for them. The rage inside me won’t be quenched until everyone from that night has paid. Someone should have warned them; if you fuck with a Carter, they’ll fuck you over ten times harder...
  • Same Ol' Situation by Lacey Black

    Same Ol' Situation by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    IsaacI’m about as straight-laced and by the book as they come. They call me Numbers, the man in the office of Burgers and Brew, the restaurant and bar I co-own with my friends. Routine and spreadsheets, that’s how I spend my day. I’m a creature of habit, from the designer clothes to the same girlfriend, I crave the pattern I’ve become dependent on...
  • The Reckoning by Amelia Shea

    The Reckoning by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There are three sides to this story. His. Hers. And the truth.Over two decades ago, Regina Hinkley had a life she loved. While it may not have been idyllic for most people, it was perfect for her. But in a single moment, her plans and her future were all derailed, steering the course of her life in a very different direction. Now, she’s back...
  • The Last Thing She Said by Lauren Carr

    The Last Thing She Said by Lauren Carr

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “I’m working on the greatest mystery ever,” was the last thing noted mystery novelist Mercedes Livingston said to seven-year-old Chris Matheson before walking out of Hill House Hotel never to be seen again.For decades, the writer’s fate remained a puzzling mystery until an autographed novel and a letter put a grown-up Chris Matheson on the trail of a cunning killer...
  • Endurance by Ashley N. Rostek

    Endurance by Ashley N. Rostek

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jamie & LouieGrief and fear are a destructive combination.Together they can make even the perfect man act irrationally.Jamie I failed to protect my family.I won’t fail again.I know she’ll end up hating me. But it’s the price I’m willing to pay.I can’t lose another person I love.Especially not her.LouieMaura has become a shell of the woman I love...
  • Xander by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Xander by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    We met at the age of eight. That day on the playground was a turning point in my life. She stole my heart with just a glance as she sang off key. But nothing’s perfect. I figured out pretty quickly she was too good for me, so I let her go. 
I thought I was doing the right thing--until I realized I wasn’t. 
She was my everything and without her I was nothing...
  • Naughty by Brenda Hampton

    Naughty by Brenda Hampton

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jaylin Jerome Rogers, an investment broker worth millions, lives a high-class life with plenty of women to share it with. Nestled in his lavishing home in Chesterfield, Missouri, he captures women with his wealth, charm, nine-plus inches of goodness and amazingly good looks. Although his bed is never empty, his heart is...
    Categorized as:
    betrayal  contemporary  length-medium
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