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  • Keeper of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Keeper of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The final book in the Carly Moore series.Carly had every intention of heading to Dallas to bring down her father, but not as Wyatt Drummand’s hostage. After Wyatt kidnaps her at gunpoint and threatens to turn her over to her father--the man she’s spent the past nine months hiding from--she explains that his plan will get them both killed...
  • Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Since meeting Garret on her first night at college, Jade’s had to overcome many obstacles to be with him, including interference from Garret’s father. Now, months later, it seems that Mr. Kensington has finally accepted Jade dating his son, but the reason for that is unclear. After what Jade witnessed at the Kensington mansion, she’s not sure what his acceptance of her means...
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  • The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh

    The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A frantic chase to catch a grave robber reveals a startling discovery in this tenth installment of the Widow’s Island novella series by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.Deputy Tessa Black spots a man disturbing a grave in the local cemetery and gives chase. But when Tessa catches him, she learns that the ghoulish trespasser wasn’t robbing graves; he was burying a box of bones...
  • Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Sometimes danger comes from the most unexpected places.Gwen Proctor has always been willing to do anything it takes to protect her kids. But there are some things even she can’t protect them from. When a violent incident at Connor’s school brings the press to Gwen’s doorstep, she agrees to take a case out of town hoping to keep her family out of the crushing media spotlight...
  • Becoming Us by Allie Everhart

    Becoming Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jade and Garret thought the robbery in their neighborhood had nothing to do with them, but the pieces are finally starting to come together. Someone’s been working behind the scenes, pulling the strings to determine Garret’s fate. The timing couldn’t be worse. Jade and Garret are talking things out, becoming even closer, making plans for their future. Plans that might never happen...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ripples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more...
  • Fields' Guide to Fog by Julie Mulhern

    Fields' Guide to Fog by Julie Mulhern

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It isn’t easy having Hollywood’s biggest, brightest star for a mother—especially when her Russian oligarch boyfriend has been kidnapped. When Poppy Fields flies to London to be with her mother, she finds nothing but fog, danger, and phenomenal shopping.Too bad half the city wants Poppy dead, and she has no idea why...
  • GRAY WOLF SECURITY, Texas: The Complete 6-Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    GRAY WOLF SECURITY, Texas: The Complete 6-Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Free with Kindle Unlimited... Enjoy the complete Volume 2 of the Gray Wolf Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 6 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) Book 1: Defending Tierney I never wanted to be anything other than a defense attorney...
  • Fields' Guide to Pharaohs by Julie Mulhern

    Fields' Guide to Pharaohs by Julie Mulhern

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Poppy Fields, Hollywood IT girl and super-secret spy, travels to Egypt looking for answers. But amidst assassination attempts, money launderers, and missing treasure, answers are hard to come by. Poppy must trust new allies, forgive old wrongs, and find a forgotten pharaoh or the next tomb she enters may be her own...
  • A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan

    A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is back in the new e-Novella, A Deeper Fear, from New York Times bestselling author Allison BrennanFBI Agent Lucy Kincaid’s husband, Sean Rogan, is in a dark place after being held captive. He won’t talk about it with anyone, not even Lucy...
  • Hard by Donna Alam

    Hard by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man walks into a coffee shop and gets offered a job in p0rn. Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Or every man’s fantasy. Until I remember I’m trying to be a good man. A single father. One who doesn’t do casual relationships, Let alone get paid for sex. But for those curves and that mouth? Any man might change his mind. ~*~ It was an honest mistake . .
  • The Rage of Reading by Elizabeth N. Harris

    The Rage of Reading by Elizabeth N. Harris

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was everything people avoided. Shy, socially awkward, terrified of her own shadow and far too happy in her own company. He was a prospect, not a full brother but he was interested, and in more than one night. Then another brother tells him to lay claim or he will. If a brother lays claim to her it's done and dusted, finished. He was only a prospect...
  • 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

    6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    6 RAINER DRIVECEDAR COVE, WASHINGTONDEAR READER,As you may have heard, we've recently had quite a shock. My husband, Seth, and I lost our business, The Lighthouse restaurant --- to arson. The investigation continues. The prime suspect is a young ex-employee named Anson Butler, who disappeared right after the fire.So Seth and I are trying to sort out our lives...
  • Twisty Tortoise Tussles by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Twisty Tortoise Tussles by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When someone is dead and buried, they’re supposed to stay that way ... Aren’t they? Claire Morgan thought so, but now she suspects the dead guy whose treasures she’s been digging up is not only breathing, but spying on her, too. Crap!When someone is divorced from a pain in the ass, they’re supposed to stay that way ... At least that’s what Ronnie Morgan had hoped when she dumped her husband...
  • Rock Chick Redux by Kristen Ashley

    Rock Chick Redux by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 39 ratings
    In Celebration of 20,000 Likes on Facebook!Bonus Rock Chick footage.Oh yes…it’s always nice to get a little bit more.Download Rock Chick ReduxAnd thank you to my Facebook Rock Chicks for rocking my world!Rock On!See the story using the link in Official url...
  • The Bend in Redwood Road by Danielle Stewart

    The Bend in Redwood Road by Danielle Stewart

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Most days it's manageable. No more than a quiet wondering around the edges of her mind.   What has become of the baby she left behind?   Smiling through the pain and suffering in silence, Leslie Laudon marches forward. Embracing the life skillfully designed by her husband Paul. Living right could be penance for an impossible choice made with an uneasy heart...
  • Claim Me by Geneva Lee

    Claim Me by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We met. We kissed. We fought for our happily ever after, but true love stories never end... I promised her protection. I promised to keep her safe. I thought I could until an attack reminds me that our lives will never be simple.But while I try to shield her, Clara refuses to be intimidated by me or anyone else...
  • Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates

    Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Librarian Lucy's wedding is at stake when a murder interrupts her engagement celebrations. To make it down the aisle, she'll have to find the killer to save the date in the 8th book in the Lighthouse Library mysteries.They're getting married! Lucy Richardson and Connor McNeil have announced their engagement...
  • Snared by L.L. Collins

    Snared by L.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BEAU has never known a good life, only the torment that lives inside his head every day. The only way to block out the darkness that shrouds him is through the rhythmic beat of his drums. Knowing what happens when he opens up to anyone, Beau buries his pain deep inside, keeping it all to himself. APRIL has lived a life of wealth and privilege, full of love and support...
  • Triumph by Cecilia London

    Triumph by Cecilia London

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “All of your ideals, your hopes and dreams…they cease to matter if you abandon them in your darkest hour. We have to see this through to the end.”Jack McIntyre and Caroline Gerard have never shied away from a challenge. As dual commanders of the American rebel forces, they now face the greatest adversity of their lives. Every decision has permanent consequences...
  • Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

    Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christi Reece is desperate. The one-time golden girl's life has tarnished, and a cascade of setbacks has left her reeling. She needs help, and she's certain Jack Colby is in a position to provide it.When she shows up in Hope Harbor, however, Jack wants nothing to do with the woman who betrayed him...
  • Matters of the Hart by M.E. Carter

    Matters of the Hart by M.E. Carter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In an instant he became her hero. Then he became her lover and friend. My name is Jaxon Hart. You watched me grow up. You watched me fight for my life. Now, I’m fighting for hers. From the second I laid eyes on Annika, I wanted to help her. Protect her. Vindicate her. But she’s got baggage to get through. Hell, we both do...
  • Blur by N.A. Alcorn

    Blur by N.A. Alcorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Dylan’s band is offered a deal they can’t refuse, within a month they’re in LA, signing with Wallace & Wright Records. Then Brooke walks in and changes everything. Not only does she work for the record label, but she’s also producing their debut album. Like someone else pressed play on Brooke's future, she knew there was no rewinding, no take two...
  • Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Fans of Cora Carmack (Losing It) and Tammara Weber (Easy) will devour the original New Adult novels: Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country's most notorious secret society...
  • Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

    Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Liane Moriarty comes a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepestThe Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . .
  • 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...
  • Bratva Beast by B. B. Hamel

    Bratva Beast by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It was either kiss the beast or get devoured.So I made out with a monster— and I liked it.Mack Orlov doesn’t do half-measures.He leaves me breathless and shaken and scared for my life.But most of all, I crave just one more touch.I must be sick in the head, because that man’s a nightmare wrapped in an Armani suit...
  • Tommy's Baby (SEAL Daddies) by Annie J. Rose

    Tommy's Baby (SEAL Daddies) by Annie J. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tommy O’Shea. The love of my life. The one that got away.Correction, the one I let get away.Now, a decade later, it’s still the biggest mistake I’ve ever made.Even bigger than the one that’s got me on the run for my life.I need to get out of town, change my name, start over. But where?Then a picture in a magazine draws me in.It’s him. My Tommy. He’s living and thriving in paradise...
  • Nanny for the Doctor: A Brother's Best Friend, Secret Baby Romance by Annie J. Rose

    Nanny for the Doctor: A Brother's Best Friend, Secret Baby Romance by Annie J. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Be the nanny for my bestie’s niece? Perfect.The widowed single dad?Temptation in the flesh.The job would be greatIf I could stop fantasizing about Jack.Piercing green eyes, stern jaw, always serious.How hot would it be if he ever lost control?One night of passion leaves me brokenhearted.He vowed never to risk his heart again after his wife died...
  • Knight by Laramie Briscoe

    Knight by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the next book in the Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team. Trust Laramie Briscoe to provide engaging characters in a well-built world I want to revisit again and again. Carly Phillips, NY Times bestselling author. Fan favorite Mason “Menace” Harrison get a chance to show off how he runs the Laurel Springs Police Department...
  • Unspoken Vows by Jordan Marie

    Unspoken Vows by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Steel Vipers MC and Titans of Hell MC Crossover She had secrets. One of them might get them both dead. Lennox has a chip on her shoulder. She won't even try to deny it.She has a score to settle with the president of the Titans of Hell. She has a plan, and they will feel her wrath.She, however, didn't plan on getting distracted by its newest member...
  • Wild Saint by Luna Kayne

    Wild Saint by Luna Kayne

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    SHE BEAT HIM AT HIS OWN GAME ONCE.NOW IT’S ROUND TWO,AND THIS TIME THEY’RE PLAYING DIRTY.DAGEN SAINTFive years ago, Nyla stole two million dollars from me and disappeared.Now she’s resurfaced, and I’m determined to settle her debt…one way or another...
  • Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg

    Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Happily ever after. That was what we were supposed to have. Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her. I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand...
  • Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels

    Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels thrills us, once again, with the story of an unforgettable young woman who was stolen as a toddler from a poor but loving family, and who must journey through a maze of heartbreak before she can reclaim her true identity. Raised in a magnificent Charleston house, Jessie Roland wants for nothing...
  • 4 SEAL Daddies by Sofia T Summers

    4 SEAL Daddies by Sofia T Summers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    One night in Vegas, and four tough Navy SEALs led to a secret that no one can find out about.Seven years have passed since the night that changed everything.I was their princess -- The girl they pleasured until the wee hours of the morning.Today, their princess has her own princess to protect.My daughter.Enter my ex-Navy SEALs once again...
  • Protecting Abigail by R.R. Banks

    Protecting Abigail by R.R. Banks

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "I need you to protect my sister." Not the typical request from a best friend. But when I locked eyes with Abigail, there was no turning back. The loss of my wife left me and my daughter broken. A despair so deep, the billions I had couldn't come close to fixing. Abigail was more than just green eyes and gorgeous curves. She was a precious thing I wanted to save and protect...
  • A Measure of Love by Sophie Jackson

    A Measure of Love by Sophie Jackson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From award-winning fanfic phenomenon Sophie Jackson, the third novel in the sexy and emotionally intense blockbuster A Pound of Flesh series. Life in New York for ex-con Riley Moore is pretty damn good, until a call from his mother shatters the calm: his father has suffered his second heart attack in two years and is in a critical condition...
  • Tempting by Sophie Brooks

    Tempting by Sophie Brooks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Penny’s new boss is her baby’s daddy, but neither of them knows that... Blake Wealth, charm, and a good time. That’s all I can offer a woman, and that’s how I like it. Until her . The pale beauty from the masquerade ball captured my attention in a way no other woman has. Her charm, wit, grace… for once in my life, I want to offer someone more, but I can’t...
  • Wanting by Calle J. Brookes

    Wanting by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She saw herself in the missing little girl, and Special Agent Carrie Sparks would do whatever she had to do to find that child. Even pair up with Unit Chief Sebastian Lorcan. Lorcan always watched her, judging every move she made. And Carrie knew she always came up short with him. Still...there was a little girl out there who needed them both..
  • The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr

    The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Mothers and daughters, sisters and cousins, they lived for summers at the lake house until a tragic accident changed everything. The Summer That Made Us is an unforgettable story about a family learning to accept the past, to forgive and to love each other again.That was then…For the Hempsteads, two sisters who married two brothers and had three daughters each, summers were idyllic...
  • Lessons to Learn by H.N. DeFore

    Lessons to Learn by H.N. DeFore

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Book 2 in the Sins and Secrets Club World.Every day they are notes and flowers, messages from a stalker.But it won't stop Laci from living her life, and it lands her in a sticky situation one evening at the adult club. And things only get more complicated when her best friend sends Emilio, the guy of her dreams, to help out. LAcu has always been a submissive and wants Emilio as her Master...
  • The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews

    The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons Brooke Trappnell to Talisa Island, her 20,000 acre remote barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never met her...
  • Boss Daddy by Crystal Monroe

    Boss Daddy by Crystal Monroe

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One wild night with Grant changed my life forever.Never thought I’d see him again…Until I meet my new neighbor.Seven years ago, I sat next to a gorgeous man in first class.The flight was a bumpy ride…But that was NOTHING compared to what I gave him later.No regrets.Except for one.I didn’t get his contact info.Now he’s my chiseled next-door neighbor.And he just saw me wearing nothing but a towel...
  • The Canal Boat Cafe (The Canal Boat Café) by Cressida McLaughlin

    The Canal Boat Cafe (The Canal Boat Café) by Cressida McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    ‘Warm and wonderful…bursting with characters you’ll adore’ Miranda Dickinson A complete novel, first published as a four-part series.Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to rescue the Canal Boat Café, her late mother’s picturesque narrowboat, which has run into choppy waters...
  • The Surprise by Alice Ward

    The Surprise by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One night. One moment in time can change everything. One night is all we have together before I leave the country for a year to serve as a physician with Doctors Beyond Borders-mostly to avoid real life obligations. Meeting her, being with her is like nothing I've ever experienced before... and probably never will again...
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    new adult  secret child  humor  contemporary  m-f
  • Stranger at Wildings by Madeleine Brent

    Stranger at Wildings by Madeleine Brent

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Here is a tale of charm and adventure-set in Europe around the turn of the century-whose colorful action ranges from a touring circus in Hungary to the fox-hunting society of the English countryside to the elegant circles of wealth and fashion in London...
  • Glass Ceilings by A.M. Madden

    Glass Ceilings by A.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When a perfect new love is shattered, two hearts will do anything to pick up the pieces. In this sizzling novel from the bestselling author of Stone Walls, irresistible heat leads to sensual thrills—and a secret that changes everything.   Two years ago, Nick Farley was undercover as a bartender in Chicago...
  • Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, Vol. 1 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, Vol. 1 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    Yoshino grew up the sheltered yakuza princess of the largest crime family in Osaka, the Somei. Due to her resting bitch face and dangerous family, no man has ever approached her. When her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, he offers her up as a truce bride to the Miyama leader’s grandson! Kirishima Miyama is popular, charming, and seems totally normal...
  • I Found You by Lisa Jewell

    I Found You by Lisa Jewell

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    In the windswept British seaside town of Ridinghouse Bay, single mom Alice Lake finds a man sitting on a beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, and no idea how he got there. Against her better judgment, she invites him inside. Meanwhile, in a suburb of London, newlywed Lily Monrose grows anxious when her husband fails to return home from work one night...
  • SEAL'd Heart by Alice Ward

    SEAL'd Heart by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Fate is twisted, and karma's a bitch. Maybe destiny will give us a second chance. I've been best friends with Skye since we were ten years old. She was my life. We did nearly everything together. Until graduation night. The night I f'cked it all up. Escaping to the Navy, I found a new home with the SEALs. Then tragedy struck, and I lost it all, again...
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