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  • The Songbook of Benny Lament by Amy Harmon

    The Songbook of Benny Lament by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together. New York, 1960: For Benny Lament, music is his entire life. With his father’s deep ties to the mob, the Bronx piano man has learned that love and family can get you in trouble...
  • A Motherland's Daughter, A Fatherland's Son by Ellie Midwood

    A Motherland's Daughter, A Fatherland's Son by Ellie Midwood

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Poland, 1939. A country, torn by the occupation of two unlikely allies - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.On the border of this newly divided territory, a young Wehrmacht Unteroffizier, Werner and a Soviet Military Interpreter, Kira meet and fall in love against all odds. Both forced into the military against their will, they wish for one thing only - a peaceful life together...
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  • The Love Spectrum by Mel Dau

    The Love Spectrum by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The only thing that ever matters is Love, and Love is Always on the Spectrum.Kalypso Jenkins Jr. (KJ) has always lived a life of obstacles when it came to dealing with his autism, but with a strong support system and utilized resources, he’s overcome every one of them...
  • Loving Mr. Cane by Shanora Williams

    Loving Mr. Cane by Shanora Williams

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    KANDY When I was a little girl, Mr. Cane was my whole world. He was perfect and handsome and the best thing to have ever happened to my family. As I grew up, those feelings changed. I wanted him in every possible way, and I got what I’d been craving. Then I learned things about him…dangerous things...
  • Maddox by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Maddox by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Who the hell is Deacon Fury? That's the question I asked myself when I was fifteen and saw his name on my birth certificate for the first time. Deacon Fury may be long gone from this world, but at least he left behind a legacy - the Savage Kings MC. Deep down, I knew that I was destined to become a King too. That's what brought me to Emerald Isle four years ago...
  • Jewel of the Ball by Tamara Gill

    Jewel of the Ball by Tamara Gill

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He was meant for the Church. She was never meant to tempt him.Lady Angelica Ravensmere never expected to fall for the wounded gentleman she helped recover—nor that he would be bound for holy orders. Devoted, principled, and determined to turn from the world, Lord Benedict Deverell is everything she should avoid… and everything her heart yearns for...
  • Ready For Flynn: Part 3 by K.L. Shandwick

    Ready For Flynn: Part 3 by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life had never been easy for Rock God, Flynn Docherty. At a tender age, he'd locked down past personal tragedy, hurt, and pain to make his life bearable when most would have crumbled from what he witnessed. When Valerie Darsin entered into his life their instant attraction later grew into the kind of love that most of us can only dream about, after she'd survived her own traumatic event...
  • March's Ride with Priest by Eve London

    March's Ride with Priest by Eve London

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the heat of danger, a solemn vow sparks a forbidden love that rides on the edge of rebellion.Rae:On the cusp of my dream of becoming a teacher, Priest crashes into my life like a storm I never saw coming. He's my father's best friend, the brooding biker sworn to protect me, a guardian whose world of danger and desire is leagues from the life I've planned...
  • I Have Lived and I Have Loved by Willow Winters, Dylan Allen

    I Have Lived and I Have Loved by Willow Winters, Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have lived and I have loved…There’s no better feeling than those little butterflies at the end of a romance story. Top Shelf Romance is proud to present a collection of happily ever afters in collaboration with a cause dedicated to providing stories for those in need.100% of the profits from this anthology will be given to the Live A Thousand Lives charity...
  • Belgian Betrayal by Elle James Author

    Belgian Betrayal by Elle James Author

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On his first solo mission with Brotherhood Protectors International, former British SAS operative, Fearghas Gordon is attacked and left for dead, floating in a canal in Bruges, Belgium. He’s fished out by the Russian spy he's determined to bring back, dead or alive...
  • His Mafioso Princess by Terri Anne Browning

    His Mafioso Princess by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Victoria Vitucci was the only light in my dark world. She’s forbidden, but so am I. I’m not free to be with her, but I want her more than anything. My secrets will shatter her. But I underestimated my little Mafioso Princess. There is a reason she is the daughter of the most feared Cosa Nostra godfather. Maybe I will be the one shattered in the end...
  • Wild Child by Sadie King

    Wild Child by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's the Prez's daughter, off-limits and half my age...Wild Child is a forbidden love, steamy short romance featuring a ex-military biker and the curvy younger woman who's off limits...
  • Mr. Darcy's Bookshop: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Summer Hanford

    Mr. Darcy's Bookshop: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Summer Hanford

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Cut off from his family’s fortune because he refuses to marry the woman his father has selected for him, Fitzwilliam Darcy takes up the only employment he deems tolerable, that of bookseller. Darcy is determined to support himself and to marry for love, but his powerful relations use their clout to keep customers and fashionable young ladies away...
  • Forbiddenly Yours by Anise Storm

    Forbiddenly Yours by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NICOLEI've always been the perfect daughter, sister, and friend.After all, my father and brother are Titans. We’re high society, so I have an image to uphold. Costa Rica was supposed to be just a last summer hurrah before the new semester began.It ended up being the night when the good girl did something bad. A one-time indiscretion...
  • Truly's Biker by Misty Walker

    Truly's Biker by Misty Walker

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Truly:Blond hair, a chiseled body, and ice blue eyes.All the features of a god that trick you into thinking he’s a savior.But he’s not.Roch’s a devil in disguise.A contract killer, in a motorcycle gang,and the man I’ve been in love with since I was eight.Now that I’m legal, I’m not waiting any longer for him to realize it.So I act out, I cause a scene, I try to make him jealous...
  • Wild Ride by Tory Baker

    Wild Ride by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fletcher Wild wants the one woman he shouldn’t go after. She’s my boss’s daughter.She’s off-limits.She’s going to be mine. I wasn’t prepared for Delilah Taylor. Settling down was never on my radar. Almost getting caught with my mouth and hands on her body were definitely not in my plans. Now that I’ve had a taste of her, I’m rethinking every single f*cking thing...
  • Royal Crush by Rich Amooi

    Royal Crush by Rich Amooi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s the worst wedding planner ever.Perfect to sabotage his wedding.GRACEScorned by viral videos of my client’s wedding fiascos, I never expected royalty to appear at my door and throw me a lifeline. Yet the roguishly handsome Prince Oliver insists on hiring me to plan his lavish nuptials, saying he believes in second chances...
  • Kissing You by Aria Bliss

    Kissing You by Aria Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One mistaken kiss with my best friend’s sister, and all I can think about is kissing her again.♥ ♥ ♥A blind kissing booth isn’t exactly something I would normally do. But when my best friend begs me to take his place, I reluctantly agree.Leann shouldn’t have entered my booth. She’s my best friend’s sister, which means she’s off-limits. When I realize who she is, I should stop her.But I don’t...
  • The Very Worst by Julia Wolf

    The Very Worst by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    James O’Malley is hot.Built like a lumberjack with a beard to match, I can’t take my eyes off him.I really should be able to, considering we had the very worst sex of my life six months ago. But he won't stop looking at me with his broody, soulful gaze every time I take a seat at his bar and I’m quickly becoming addicted to it...
    Categorized as:
    virgin hero  humor  contemporary  length-short  m-f
  • Honor 'N' Duty by Tee O'Fallon

    Honor 'N' Duty by Tee O'Fallon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Two years after his brother’s murder in jail, Department of Homeland Security K-9 Officer Kade Sampson is still haunted by guilt. No man should ever have to arrest his own brother, even if he is laundering money for a drug cartel. Fortunately, Laia Velez—his brother’s gorgeous widow—never learned the truth about Kade’s involvement...
  • The Devil of Drury Lane by Tracy Sumner

    The Devil of Drury Lane by Tracy Sumner

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fall in love with the youngest DeWitt brother in the infamous Troublesome Trio! In the opulent ballrooms of Regency-era London, Mercy Ainsworth plays her part flawlessly. By day, she's the poised daughter of an esteemed earl, an embodiment of grace and decorum...
  • Commanding the Curvy Girl by Nichole Rose

    Commanding the Curvy Girl by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    To save a curvy dispatcher and win her heart, this detective will do whatever it takes. Even if it means answering every outrageous call in Silver Spoon Falls.EastonTaking a bullet was supposed to be as bad as things could get.And then I moved to Silver Spoon Falls.There is nothing easy about life in this crazy small town.Especially when a curvy little dispatcher decides she doesn't like me...
  • faire l'amour by Jessica Gadziala

    faire l'amour by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s a woman who has never done anything like this before… Disaster had her world uprooted, her plans for her life going in a direction she could have never seen coming. Shackled with a debt she has no way to pay off, she makes a decision she never could have seen herself making. One contract. Three months. Complete financial freedom...
    Categorized as:
    forbidden love  contemporary  m-f
  • Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can...I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse...
  • Picking Up the Pieces by Annabella Michaels

    Picking Up the Pieces by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Two Shattered Hearts Brody Murphy feels as if he’s lost everything when his best friend and partner, Paul, dies in the line of duty. Partners on the force for years, Paul Donovan was all Brody had. Paul accepted Brody as he was—standoffish from a childhood in the foster system, bisexual in a police force that wasn’t entirely welcoming, Brody is now adrift...
  • The Bohemian and the Businessman by Katy Regnery

    The Bohemian and the Businessman by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Katy Regnery comes a brand new series set on Blueberry Lane! The Bohemian and the Businessman is the first of four books about the Philadelphia-based Story sisters who are all on the look-out for love. Priscilla Story, the self-proclaimed “wild child” of the straight-laced Story clan, has always had a knack for getting herself trouble...
  • The Sun by Stevie J. Cole

    The Sun by Stevie J. Cole

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The cliche in love stories is that the good girl falls for the bad boy who smells of leather and exhaust from his motorcycle, and at the end of the day love conquers all. The stories make it seem so easy. Life, on the other hand, makes it hard. The awful truth is: sometimes love leaves you in ruins...
  • Gruff Touch by R. Cayden

    Gruff Touch by R. Cayden

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes, love shines where you least expect it.There are a million reasons I shouldn’t crush on growly, grumpy Caesar Marin.For starters, the man is probably twice my age.He’s a famous tattoo artist, a biker with a pit bull, and he’s made it clear he doesn’t want anything to do with my geeky butt. He’s also apparently my father’s old friend.Not that I ever met my father...
  • Fox by Tarin Lex

    Fox by Tarin Lex

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emelia:I married a man with the best heart and soul on Earth.Or so I thought.Eighteen months later, we were divorced.Or so we thought.Now he’s asking me to finish what I assumed was already signed and sealed.In my mind, it was already done.So why is it so hard to do it again?Fox:I’ll never stop loving Emelia.I loved her so much I let her go...
  • Daddy's Kilted Friend by Kelli Callahan

    Daddy's Kilted Friend by Kelli Callahan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Who can resist a man in a kilt? I certainly couldn't.I knew what I wanted the moment I laid eyes on him.So did he...Then I heard his sinfully delicious accent,And all bets were off.If I wasn't already tempted,He came to my rescue when a college party got out of control.I slept in his bed.He slept on the couch.But I left him a present before he drove me home..
  • Scandal by Isabella Starling, Piper Hart

    Scandal by Isabella Starling, Piper Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Little secrets always grow up to be a big scandal... ASHER Everyone’s got secrets. Dirty little secrets. But not like this. Chloe Carlyle is totally off-limits. The one girl I can’t touch. Her mother is about to marry my dad, her father is in prison for murdering my mom…and I want her more than anything. Yeah, I never said this wasn’t fucked up...
  • Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say love is all around. Yeah, for everyone but me. It sounds crazy, I know. Breaking News: badass bodyguard for the nation’s top security firm doesn’t know how to talk to women. That’s it, folks.  I have no game. Luckily my newfound family at Blake Security accepts me exactly as I am. But there are things in my past, secrets , that I’d do anything to protect them from...
  • Seven Days by Nichole Greene

    Seven Days by Nichole Greene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Our love affair has three rules:First, a firm expiration of one week.Second, no feelings.Third, and most importantly, no one can ever know.There's something about a man that exudes power and confidence as if he commands every room he steps into. Including the dive bar I was hiding out in. But when Thomas walked in, every inch of six and a half feet tall, I was done for...
  • Crushing On My Dad's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Crushing On My Dad's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MayHow could something that feels so right be so wrong?My Dad’s best friend.I mean. I don’t think it’s wrong, but I don’t know if he feels the same way.I guess I should start at the beginning….Before graduation, I thought the funny feelings I got whenever I thought about my Dad’s bestie were just a crush.Innocent enough and no surprise if you’ve ever seen Brandon.The man’s a god...
  • Christmas in Cumbria by Tammy Andresen, Collette Cameron

    Christmas in Cumbria by Tammy Andresen, Collette Cameron

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Let the Spirit of Christmas sweep you away! Christmas in Cumbria features THIRTEEN STORIES of love and romance from your favorite authors…Let these glorious stories full of Christmas magic and true love—with more than a hint of steam— sweep you away to a time gone by. Indulge yourself free of guilt with this collection from USA Today and Amazon bestselling authors...
  • Secrets of a Duke by Martha Keyes

    Secrets of a Duke by Martha Keyes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    By station, they’re worlds apart, but living under the same roof brings their hearts dangerously close. William Yorke faces a tall order: convince people he is worthy of the Dukedom of Rockwood that has unexpectedly fallen to him. Returning from London to his enormous estate, he breaks his journey at an inn and finds himself witness to a drunkard selling his wife to the highest bidder...
  • The Hunt for Mr. October by Tabetha Waite

    The Hunt for Mr. October by Tabetha Waite

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It had been the moment Elwood Tyburne, the Earl of Belmont, had been dreading for months. Ever since that Brazen Belle and her dastardly, Rake Review had started wreaking havoc upon all of his friends and acquaintances—some of which were wrongly accused—he had been in a state of panic...
  • Hidden Blade by Kaje Harper

    Hidden Blade by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Sometimes willpower isn't enough.Cam Social anxiety's been my constant companion for twenty-three years, sometimes in the background, sometimes silencing me and yanking my guts out in the nearest trash can. No matter how much I love playing music, I'm never going to get up on a stage and perform in front of a crowd...
  • April’s Ride with Stone by Kaci Rose

    April’s Ride with Stone by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I'm going to make good on my promise to protect my best friend’s daughter from everyone… except me.Stone:My years enforcing the law, both within and beyond its limits, have left me with scars—scars that I wear like armor, shielding me from the world.I found peace protecting Mustang Mountain, a place as rugged and unwelcoming as my own heart.Then everything I’ve known is thrown upside down...
  • Her Obsessed Lumberjack by Clara King

    Her Obsessed Lumberjack by Clara King

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He’s a grumpy ex-cop haunted by his past.Now he wants to make this curvy ray of sunshine his future.RomanAfter years of chasing bad guys, my last case nearly cost me everything.I quit the police force and moved to the woods, but the past is catching up with me.Flashbacks and sleepless nights are turning my fresh start into a nightmare...
  • Torn Bond by Abigail Davies

    Torn Bond by Abigail Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’d been unexpected. A path I hadn’t thought I’d take. But once she was on my radar, there was no turning back. Being deceptive was part of my job as a DEA agent, but I’d learned how to deceive people a long time before that. I’d been deep undercover for nine months. Nine months away from the self-made family I’d been accepted into...
  • Tied Bond by Abigail Davies

    Tied Bond by Abigail Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Abigail Davies comes the ultimate forbidden romance duet. They said true love only happened once in a lifetime. The kind that knocked you off your feet and changed you completely. At twenty-one, I was sure I’d already had mine. My heart had been stolen, my soul captured, and my world spun on its head. I’d taken it for granted though—taken him for granted...
    Categorized as:
    parents-bff  new adult  age difference
  • Heated Caress by E.C. Land

    Heated Caress by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve wanted her for longer than I should’ve. She’s off limits and I know it.ChristianBlood coats my hands and I don’t regret them being stained. Not when it comes to the reason behind it. Being who I am, I’m as cold-hearted as they come. I only care for those close to me. But even still I keep them at bay. There’s only one who gets under my skin, and she knows it...
  • Dad’s Best Friend by Ali Parker

    Dad’s Best Friend by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are two rules I live by.Don’t touch what isn’t yours, and don’t lie.Simple enough.Until she walks into my life at her father’s request.He asked me to give her a job, not put my hands all over her.But that’s all I want to do.She has a body made for mine.I want to make her sweat.But she isn’t mine, and I shouldn’t touch...
  • Down Under With Dad's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Down Under With Dad's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was stupid to think I was ready to go on a vacation on my own, my first day in Melbourne, Australia, and I’m already lost.I’m twenty-one years old, and I thought that after college the next thing to do would be to go explore.Just one magical trip, one chance to travel the world before I buckle down and find a job...
  • Always Never by Charlotte Byrd, Ronan Byrd

    Always Never by Charlotte Byrd, Ronan Byrd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s the black sheep. She’s a spoiled princess. Her family thinks he’s a poor sailboat captain. What happens when they find out that he’s really the billionaire son of their worst enemy? I'm the youngest Cargill brother, the black sheep of the family, the only one to turn down my trust fund and live life on my own out at sea as a sailboat captain. But then Maya MacMillan waltzes into my life...
  • Filthy Devil by Hayley Faiman

    Filthy Devil by Hayley Faiman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His Promise. Her Fear. His world. Their vows. Nashville Stanley is the Dark Horse MC. James Bishop doesn’t know who she is. She’s signed on the dotted line with instant regret. She’s made a huge mistake. He’s got more regrets than he can count. She knows the only way out is death. Her life is a mess. He knows he’s too old for her. She knows she’s too young for him.They will never work...
  • Fake Married to My Father’s Best Friend by Ivy Snow

    Fake Married to My Father’s Best Friend by Ivy Snow

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Gabriel Steele is everything I shouldn’t want—my father’s best friend, almost twice my age, and counters my every move.And now he’s going to be my fake husband? No flippin’ way.Mr. Steele is my complete opposite.His outdated design taste never mixes with my colorful vibe.He likes order. And chaos is my jam.Yet, when he enters me, the world fades and there’s only him—raw, fiery, and powerful...
  • Secret Babies for my Dad's Best Friend by K.C. Crowne

    Secret Babies for my Dad's Best Friend by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An exotic destination.A wild forbidden fantasy.Years ago, I had the most passionate night with an untamed war hero.And he’d COMPLETELY flip if he learns I’m his best friend’s daughter...Not to mention I've been hiding a huge secret all this time.We met at Doctors without Borders.Me, a busy doctor with zero experience in men.Him, a much older Navy SEAL Captain.He was strong. Protective...
  • Accidental Dad's Best Friend by Mia Mara

    Accidental Dad's Best Friend by Mia Mara

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I hooked up with my dad's best friend.I was done pretending I didn't have a crush on him.Now I’m carrying his baby… and no one can ever know.He was never supposed to touch me.Twenty years older.All salt-and-pepper, custom suits, and a bossy, dirty mouth.The man who watched me grow up… then bent me over the bathroom sink at a bar and made me see stars.I hated how much I wanted him.So I gave in...
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