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The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsEscape to the Lake District with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland, for an uplifting story of family, friendship and love. Emma is having a fresh start. After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms... -
A Light in the Forest by Melissa Payne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFrom Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings, comes an emotional and suspenseful novel about the weight of secrets and the healing power of friends and family. Vega Jones escapes an abusive relationship with nothing but her two-month-old baby and the van she grew up in. Her destination is a small Ohio town her late vagabond mother left years ago... -
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Heroes & Hitmen by C.J. Primer
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt’s a tale as old as time. Boy meets girl, their families broker a deal for them to be mated, and right before it can all go according to plan, girl meets someone else. Except in this instance, that someone else is a hitman who works for her father, and he becomes a complete stalker who refuses to take no for an answer. Sounds romantic, right? If only that were the case... -
The Wicked and the Wondrous by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTwo romantic tales of dark forces. and Christmas miracles. .. The Twilight Before Christmas. Bestselling novelist Kate Drake, one of seven sisters with amazing powers of witchcraft, wants to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down mill in her California hometown. Decorated former U. S. Army Ranger Matt Granite, now a contractor, doesn't mind helping -- and getting closer to Kate... -
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A Spark of Trouble by Lucy Limón
It’s lust at first sight when Chad, a hat-tipping park ranger meets Iggy, a double-horned, bargain-striking demoness. After a quick passionate encounter, Chad wants more, but when he asks for Iggy’s number, she turns him down flat... -
Heart2Heart: A Paranormal Charity Anthology (Collection), Volume 7 by Macy Blake, Grae Bryan
Once upon a time, a bunch of authors wondered… what would happen if Heart2Heart, the mystical matchmaking app adored across the supernatural world, brought in an absolute legend to help them find true love? This Valentine’s Day, the sunshiny necromancer, the lonely vampire, and the nonbinary dragon will put their trust in H2H and a certain cheeky cherub of romance... -
Dragon Lover by Donna Grant, Antony Ferguson
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns with the next exciting story in the Dragon Kings series. Can she learn to love the man—as well as the dragon within? Sensual. Clever. Daring. There’s only one thing Kendrick yearns for—peace that has eluded the Dragon Kings. Zora may have been made in the image of Earth, but it’s a far cry from home...Categorized as:
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Highlander for the Holidays by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAfter a brutal attack, Jessie Pringle moved to the small mountain town of Pine Creek, Maine, to start over. But she never expected to meet Ian MacKeage, who had seemingly stepped right out of the Scottish Highlands. As drawn to Ian as he is to her, Jessie finds it more and more difficult to deny her own desires. . -
Ghosted by Megan Bowen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe knew she’d been ghosted. She just didn’t think he would be so literal about it. Rae Alderwood has been a medium her whole life, but she’s never been particularly happy about it. If it were up to her, she would blend in with her vintage wallpaper. While she may wish away her Gift, her conscience still demands she help any spirit in need...Categorized as:
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An Unexpected Love: The Man You'll Marry / Bride on the Loose by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe perfect match is just around the corner for these women who consider themselves unlucky in love! The Man You'll Marry... -
A Kilt for Christmas by Tricia O'Malley
Legend has it that wishes made at the standing stones during Christmas come true. As if. Maisie Barron is over it. A small-town girl with big dreams, her frustrations lead her to make a silly wish at the standing stones outside Loren Brae. Little does she know, the magick found there will transform her wish into a catastrophic event that threatens the upcoming Christmas Book Festival...Categorized as:
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Holidays Ablaze by Lucy Limón
When an arrogant demon with a taste for the finer things meets a salty chef with an attraction to fire, sparks fly. Sofia, a talented chef whose culinary dreams have flamed out, is spending her holiday hiding away atop Mount Winter Bliss until she's disrupted by the arrival of Samite, a maddeningly pretentious demon. Sofia is no stranger to facing down big egos in the kitchen...Categorized as:
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Stop Kidding Around by Macy Blake
His so-called mate thinks it’s fate. Toby has other ideas. When Toby Sanders shows up to interview for a teaching job at a mysterious estate, he’s not expecting his world to flip upside down and backward. Shifters are real… and the hottest, most protective wolf of all is claiming him as a mate... -
Prophesy: Book II: The Bringer of Wrath by A.E. Via, Jay Aheer
Shifter and Vampire True Mates story. Alek’s older brother, Justice—the Alpha Zenith—was the first shifter to mate with a vampire in many generations, and it was believed the rare, fated pairing would stop at him. But, it hadn’t. Aleksei ‘Alek’ Volkov was second beta, next in succession to the most powerful shifter in the world. He was proud of his title and he took his duties seriously... -
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Oberon by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSanta Paws is coming to town. When Dr. Miles Lane purchases Paws and Claus, a veterinary clinic in the quirky town of Mistletoe Falls, he doesn’t quite know what he’s in for. The small town offers a fresh start for Miles, his seven year old daughter, Holly, and their rambunctious Saint Bernard... -
The Darkest Hour by Melissa Storm
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSofia is on a noble mission… too bad it requires breaking the law to complete it. Sofia Stepanov believes in right and wrong, but she doesn't necessarily believe in following the rules. When she finds a wolf hybrid being illegally kept and abused by its captors, she vows to come back and free him herself... -
Fated Mates by Kiki Clark, Mia Monroe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFated Mates is a Paranormal Romance Charity Anthology from some of your favorite MM authors! It features new, exclusive stories from Kiki Clark, Mia Monroe, Louisa Masters, Kelly Fox, Sheena Jolie, Jennifer Cody, Nikole Knight, Vinni George, Chloe Archer, Meghan Maslow, Lee Colgin, Kelex, H. L Day, Grae Bryan, AJ Sherwood, Michele Notaro, Lisa Oliver, Ariana Nash, Michelle Frost, and JP Sayle... -
Inferno by Amara Rae
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA witch with the gift of fire. A berserker bred in brutality. An immortal world on the brink. Willow. I’ll do anything to protect my coven… even if it costs my life. We have far too many enemies, including among our own kind, because our fathers weren’t human. Witches aren’t supposed to mate other immortals. As a coven of hybrids, we have to work twice as hard to survive...Categorized as:
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Merciless Is My Crown by L.A. McGinnis
A rebellious princess cursed by the gods. The loyal warriors sworn to protect her. A bond broken only by death. From the day I was born, I was destined to become a sacrifice to my father’s power. Now everything has changed. My father is dead, I’ve claimed the Fae magic and altered the course of a bloody, thousand-year war...Categorized as:
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History and Haunts by Minerva Howe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecret Springs historical society manager Hank Vargas has two history and hauntings. By day he's a mild-mannered historian. By night he hunts ghosts in old buildings and antique hotels...Categorized as:
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Argenis by Pepper North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBewildered by the challenges and dangers that erupt, Ciel tackles the long trek back to Wyvern. When a silver dragon appears, making her panic, she's sure it's her final straw. To her surprise it isn't long before their bond snaps into place, and the attraction between them ignites. By scent alone, Argenis knows that the woman seeking help to bring her daughter home is related to his future mate...Categorized as:
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Never Kiss a Krampus: A Cozy Holiday Monster Romance by Honey Phillips
A desperate shop keeper. A very grumpy Krampus. A Christmas miracle? Noelle Green needs a miracle. The town of Mistletoe Hollow is being devoured by a Grinch-like developer, and her beloved Christmas shop is next to the list. Fueled by peppermint schnapps and desperation, she performs a ritual for Yuletide aid. She gets a miracle, all right—just not the kind she expected...Categorized as:
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Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…. One pissed off Santa…. A whole heap of trouble…. The last thing Phin feels like doing is going to a New Year’s Eve party. After a day dealing with sick animals, all he wants is a glass of red wine, some food and his bed. But as he drives home down a steep, snow-covered hill, he skids and hits a guy dressed as Santa Claus... -
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A Heart On A Sleeve by Kelli Cooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlive Bowman has a penchant for discovering old stories as long as they aren't her own. When a position opens in a place where fall leaves decorate the ground with whimsy and a witchy past lurks around every corner, she can’t say no to the job opportunity or the chance to live close to her best friend...Categorized as:
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Blue Willow by Ki Stephens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsComing home was never part of the plan. Leaving again might be even harder. When Elsie Hart returns to Blue Willow for the first time in eight years, it’s only to settle her grandmother’s estate—not to rekindle old memories or untangle the magic she’s worked hard to forget. But the inn she once loved is more stubborn than it looks. So is the man who’s been keeping it alive...Categorized as:
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Windburn by Milena McKay
Never Forgive and Never Forget. Hunted as witches during the Salem Trials and haunted by their past sins, the Crowhart women carry a deep secret and an inescapable curse. Rhiannon Crowhart, the renegade second sister of the notorious family, returns to Dragons Island and its sleepy town of Crow’s Nest in a flurry of storms and scandal... -
It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratings🎧Listening Length = 8 hours and 58 minutes. From an author whose writing is “pure magic” that makes for “an enchanting escape” (Heidi Swain): In desperate need of a job, Elle — a certified grinch — musters all her fake festive cheer to work as a writer and chronicle a family’s holiday history. Could delving into the past help her navigate her future? Read by an Earphones Award–winning narrator...Categorized as:
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Wallflower Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSerena Black has never liked being the center of attention. She’s always been the girl swaying to the music at the side of the room, happy to watch everyone else. Having put her life on hold and moved back home to look after her father, she’s happy to read her beloved mountain man books and work at their family store. The less peopling involved, the better...Categorized as:
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Etched in Frost by L.R. Friedman
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJolie. I always believed ballet was the love of my life. My fate. Until that tragic day that rocked my world. Now my mom is gone, I’ve lost my spot at the Institute, and I’m left to pick up the pieces and start over on my own... -
The Veiled Heir by S.T. Fernandez
Heir to a Fae throne she didn't know was hers. A daunting task to save humanity. A passionate love nurtured through her grief. Asherah Delmar led a happy and quiet life. Her career as a marine biologist was about to take off, but her mother, Neleah’s, sudden murder stopped her life harshly in its tracks. When she discovers her mother’s true identity, the world as she knew it begins to unravel...Categorized as:
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Duron by J.P. Sayle, Lisa Oliver
Two men from different worlds, brought together. One seeks answers to a century-old problem. The other is running from a destiny he doesn't want. What does Fate have in store for them? Duron has wasted too much time dancing to the shifter council's tune. He has enough on his plate, struggling to let go of a past infatuation... -
Unexpected Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOpposites attract - that’s what they say. I never believed it until the night he found me. They call him the Finder. A ruthless and brutal apex predator, he has spent most of his life alone in the caves, never believing in or needing a fated mate. .. until now. The night he scented her in his woods, he knew she was his, so he took her...Categorized as:
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Shifted Love: Volume 1 by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis collection contains the first three novellas in the Shifted Love series plus three brand new epilogues and a special scene featuring Luke, who will get his HEA in Her Mate! Her Wolf. Allegra Hale had no idea shifters existed when she headed off to college with her two best friends. Let alone that her campus was near a shifter town...Categorized as:
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The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes a heartfelt short story about family, independence, and finding your place in the world. Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine... -
A World Without You by Caitlin Moss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive years ago, Olivia Baker was snowed in and stranded in a small town, unable to make it back to the city for Christmas. Five days later, she broke up with her corporate boyfriend in Seattle and made the rash decision to stay in the small town, promising to save the local paper and fall in love with the rugged country boy who knew how to sling an ax and make her weak in the knees... -
A Midwinter's Tail by Sofie Kelly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsKathleen Paulson is snowed under running her library and caring for her extraordinary felines, Owen and Hercules. But when a fund-raiser turns deadly, she’ll have to add sleuthing to her already full schedule. .. . Winter in Mayville Heights is busy and not just because of the holidays...Categorized as:
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A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae
Nachielus (not Nicholas) may have gotten into a bit of trouble over unsanctioned miracles, ending up on the upstairs’ naughty list. Sure, maybe he’d gotten a little carried away with the whole Christmas thing, but he hadn’t meant to become a part of folklore, and surely that wasn’t a reason to bury him in centuries of paperwork... -
Eldon by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYule be sorry. Eldon doesn’t care what Tatum William Bixby the third thinks, he absolutely will not allow the Snowda Shoppe to become some corporate monstrosity. Mistletoe Falls is Eldon’s home, his life’s work, and some stuck-up, irritating, rich grinch will not ruin their small town spirit—no matter how gorgeous and intriguing Eldon finds the annoying newcomer. Baby it’s cold outside... -
Sylver and Gold by Michelle Larkin
Boston Homicide Detective Reid Sylver closes every case that comes her way. Her secret? She can talk to the dead. Reid’s perfect record has earned her the freedom to work with the only partner she can tolerate: a scarred one-eyed mastiff called Mugshot. Then the new boss saddles her with rookie London Gold...Categorized as:
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The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker by Jenni Keer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMeet Lucy, aged 25, and Brenda, aged 79. Neighbours, and unlikely friends. Lucy Baker is not your usual 25-year-old. She is more at home reading and knitting in her cluttered little flat than going out partying and socialising. 79-year-old Brenda is full of wise and wonderful advice, but when she’s diagnosed with dementia her life begins to change... -
Beauty's Twisted Tyrant by Nichole Rose
Cursed to sleep, awoken with a kiss…and destined to be his. But no one warned her how much she'd love her prince's twisted games. Thalia. Cursed to sleep. Awoken by a kiss. You know the drill. But why didn't anyone warn me that Prince Charming is a tyrant? And why didn't anyone tell me how much I'd love his filthy games? Because the more time I spend with this wicked man, the harder I fall...Categorized as:
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Claiming Charity by Violet Rae
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRyder. What could be worse than Christmas? Working security on a Christmas movie a week before the “big day. ” The only consolation? Charity Pine is also working as props master on this movie. The problem? Charity has haunted my dreams for years, but she's my best friend's little sister and the one woman I can never have. Luke and I enlisted together... -
Off-Limits To The Grizzly by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen I told my BFF that I thought her dad was kinda hot, she totally freaked. Fast forward ten years, and she’s gone from my life, and I’m trying (failing) to make it in the big city. But when I crash and burn, Mr Johnson is right there, ready to catch me. To take me back to his little log cabin, deep in the forest. And keep me safe from the blizzard...Categorized as:
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Pack Scratch Fever by Liliana Carlisle
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho needs a pack when you can have cats? Piper has everything she wants, even if others call her a crazy cat lady. She doesn't need a pack--she has a cat rescue and enough cuddly felines to keep her company. She definitely isn't attracted to the handsome Alpha lawyer that smells like catnip and claims he doesn't like cats...Categorized as:
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Gingerdead House by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChristmas Charity Contest leads to Murder! Amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson agrees to be a celebrity contestant in a charity gingerbread house competition in Bath, England. She can support a good cause while promoting the long running TV reality show in which she’s a contestant—The Great British Baking Contest... -
The Bookstore Keepers by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Gibson sisters weren’t expecting to speak to each other ever again after Isabel ran off to New York and left Sophie alone. But here they are, years later, running the family bookstore together on Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Isabel also thought she’d left Johnny Lenox behind, but whether or not she knew it, Johnny was always going to be there for her... -
Pain in the Ice by Arden Steele
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThade Maddock would literally rather die than spend four weeks aboard a cruise ship with nine hundred strangers in the middle of the Pacific. When it happens to be his best friend’s dying request, however, he can’t exactly refuse the invitation. On the bright side, the ship’s pool does offer some stunning views. Like the human male with fiery red hair and a smile to rival the sun... -
Love at Frost Bite: Rudy (Mated to His Reindeer) by Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Christmas Curse. .. Not only had Rudy drawn the short straw as far as family names went, but he'd lucked out on his shifter genes as well. Male reindeers capable of getting pregnant were as rare as rocking horse poop. .. well, you get the idea...Categorized as:
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Shake Off The Ghosts by Miranda Newfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWANTED:. Housesitter for Cavendish House, an expansive medieval manor in the Highlands of Scotland. Must love country living and have maintenance skills. Decent pay for right applicant. Sounds spectacular, doesn't it? Sadly, what the ad should've said was -. WANTED:. Idiot willing to live in abject misery for two months in the middle of nowhere Scotland...
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