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suspense  insta-love  forced proximity  from hate to love

  • The Wanted One by Brittney Sahin

    The Wanted One by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Jack London and Charlotte Lennox's book.A chance encounter has Jack meeting the woman of his dreams - only to have her slip away the next day . . .But when his next op takes him undercover in an adventure dating game - they'll wind up together again and sharing a lot more than just secrets as things heat up in this romantic action & adventure novel...
  • Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    While the town prepares for the annual local festival.Spenser helps with the festivities while chatting with the residents.Unfortunately the pleasantry is interrupted when Spenser runs into Rafe Johnson,the man beginning his campaign to unseat her as sheriff.The standoff between them is tense with Spenser deciding to walk away...
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  • Austen by Susan May Warren

    Austen by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    His secrets could get them killed…Austen Kingston isn’t impressed with Mr. Billionaire, Declan Stone. Sure, he’s handsome, and has a generous heart, but she is happy with her life as a treasure hunter-slash shark diver. Besides, she’s seen what wealth can do to someone…no thank you...
  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*tThis is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way...
  • In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I was there. I saw what you did.BlaiseI wasn’t supposed to be there that night, but my friend Sienna talked me into going to the party in Land’s End so she could spy on her boyfriend. While hiding out in the woods, we witnessed an unspeakable crime. And we did everything wrong afterward.Connections run deep in our small town...
  • Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the world of NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Aurora Rose Reynolds. See how the Mayson clan began. You've read their sons' stories, now it's James and Susan's turn. Experience the boom all over again in this action-packed novella of insta-love and suspense from Author CP Smith...
  • Protecting You: Schemes and Lies in Shadow Cove by Robin Patchen

    Protecting You: Schemes and Lies in Shadow Cove by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In a high-stakes game of deception, two rivals must work together to bring down a ruthless terrorist network.After Alyssa’s dream of working in US intelligence is thwarted, she leaves her mundane profession to pursue a career as a cyber investigator. Though she aces every case she gets, securing enough customers to pay her rent proves challenging...
  • Nora Roberts Collection 5: Midnight Bayou, Chesapeake Blue, and Birthright by Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr

    Nora Roberts Collection 5: Midnight Bayou, Chesapeake Blue, and Birthright by Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Midnight Bayou (James Daniels with Sandra Burr, Sandra Burr, Jill Sovis): Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  from hate to love
  • Finding Monica by Susan Stoker

    Finding Monica by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Years of abuse at the hands of her father has taught Monica Collins she can’t trust anyone—especially military men. Since escaping her home, she’s built a successful career as a nanny, showing other kids the love she was denied as a child. But when her employer’s ambassadorial home becomes fair game for intruders during a riot, she’s forced to rely on two SEALs to get her to safety...
  • Nick & Cindy by Cee Bowerman

    Nick & Cindy by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    ***This novel is standalone, happily ever after romance for some of the characters that you’ve come to know in the other series by the same author. It may have a storyline that follows along with one or more of the characters in the Texas Knights, Texas Kings, or Conner Brothers Construction series. Please look on www.ceebowermanbooks...
  • I Can't Even by Lani Lynn Vale

    I Can't Even by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Ellodie Cassandra Solaire made a single, solitary New Year’s resolution.That resolution was set in stone, and she wouldn’t be breaking it, no matter what.It was simple: Say yes to every person who asks her out on a date until she finds a boyfriend.Easy, right?Wrong.She breaks that New Year’s resolution three months into the year after a guy gives her serial killer vibes...
  • Deserving Ryleigh by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Ryleigh by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Official Blurb coming soon! But this book features Tiny & Ryleigh!**Deserving Ryleigh is the 7th and final book in the The Refuge Series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings...
  • Unraveled: A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, Romantic Suspense by Nyssa Kathryn

    Unraveled: A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, Romantic Suspense by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s her neighbor…her enemy…so why has she told everyone he’s her boyfriend?Sky Williams has a neighbor from hell. Every day, Becket finds a new way to torture her. Sometimes it involves cutting trees on her property line; other days—most days—it includes using an annoying nickname he knows she hates. It’s safe to say she can’t stand the guy...
  • Line of Resistance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Line of Resistance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Getting stranded in the snow without cell service wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened to Eloise Rivers.Being saved by the man who’d led her on more than once was...
  • The Housewife Killer by A.J. Rivers

    The Housewife Killer by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI agent Ava James has taken down many murderers.This time she might have met her match.While working on the Margot Carter case, Ava decides to follow a hunch.One to help narrow down the Housewife Killer suspect list.It’s been years, no one has been able to capture the elusive predator.A maniac that is killing young women and dressing them up as a 50’s housewife...
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    suspense  from hate to love  mafia  audiobook
  • Jules by Cleo Browne

    Jules by Cleo Browne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jules Tombs doesn’t do relationships. Or emotions. Or any kind of attachment that lasts longer than a night and involves fewer than three people. Feelings are messy, and he’s got no interest in them—until a baby shows up on his doorstep with his scowl and his DNA, forcing him to face the one thing scarier than fatherhood...
  • The Vow by Rebecca Sharp

    The Vow by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Robyn Dubois has a secret she’s desperate to hide. For years, she’s worked in the shadows to bring to vigilante justice those who’ve escaped it while concealing a crime of her own. Now, the most dangerous offender she’s ever hunted is finally within reach, but the only way to catch him is with the help of another criminal—one Robyn swore she’d never see again: her husband...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  from hate to love  audiobook
  • Charlie Team Series Box Set by Elizabella Baker

    Charlie Team Series Box Set by Elizabella Baker

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Get all of Elizabella Baker's Charlie Team Series in one place!Ashlynn's SaviorAshlynn is the billionaire princess who has everything she could ever ask for, but she's not living the life she wants. Trapped between obligation and following her dreams, an unexpected betrayal shows her just how bad being rich really is...
  • This Much Is True by Adriana Locke

    This Much Is True by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    When celebrity Laina Kelley bolted from her small hometown church on her wedding day, she ran to the first place that came to mind—the home of the local farrier, a gorgeous playboy who just so happens to be her first love … and biggest frenemy...
  • Montana Rain by Josie Jade

    Montana Rain by Josie Jade

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Psychiatrist Rayne Westerfield has found purpose in helping patients, especially those with PTSD, heal at the Resting Warrior Ranch. For her, there’s no greater calling than equipping people to fight the worst of their demons.But she’s never allowed anyone to help her fight her own.She’s kept her distance. Kept herself buttoned up tight...
  • Ivory's Fight by Jane Blythe

    Ivory's Fight by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Falling in love has no place in a mission of revenge.Abducted as a baby, Ivory Smith was trained to be one thing; a killer. Rescued before she could fulfil her captor's purposes now she works for Prey Security's Artemis Team taking down human traffickers...
  • Seth: A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Military Protector Romance by Lynn Raye Harris

    Seth: A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Military Protector Romance by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Dead to their pasts. Ghosts. No family ties. No connections.Six men with a top-secret mission move to a small town where they have to navigate local life, protect their secret, and, above all, stay single.Software engineer Caroline Crowell is a dead woman walking. When the top-secret lab she’s working in goes up in flames and she barely makes it out alive, she knows her time is up...
  • A Bachelor's Lessons in Love by Sally Britton

    A Bachelor's Lessons in Love by Sally Britton

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A reluctant guardian. A determined spinster. A battle of wits that might just end in love. Former military officer Edward Halstead never imagined his quiet bachelor existence would be upended by the unexpected guardianship of a spirited young lady...
  • A Bachelor's Lessons in Love by Sally Britton

    A Bachelor's Lessons in Love by Sally Britton

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A reluctant guardian. A determined spinster. A battle of wits that might just end in love. Former military officer Edward Halstead never imagined his quiet bachelor existence would be upended by the unexpected guardianship of a spirited young lady...
  • Marked for Revenge by Anna Blakely

    Marked for Revenge by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A killer is on the loose, and he won’t stop until he makes everyone pay.Two years ago, Allie Andrews did what she thought was right…and it cost her everything. Now the criminal she helped to put behind bars has escaped, and he’s hunting down everyone responsible for his conviction. Alone and afraid, Allie turns to the only man who can keep her safe...
  • Gerard by Elle James

    Gerard by Elle James

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After shrapnel hit his leg during battle, Gerard Guidry is medically discharged from Marine Force Recon and is recruited by Bayou Brotherhood Protectors. After a short assignment, he’s ready for his first major solo assignment. Gerard has sworn off love, afraid his father’s abusive gene was passed on to him...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  forced proximity  military
  • Dolby by Maryann Jordan

    Dolby by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dolby had earned his down time, eager for the solitude. Then he met her.One innocent night with a beautiful woman as they sheltered from the storm, Dolby wanted a chance to know her more. But with the morning light, she was gone.Marcia had spent years dealing with the crippling fear of strangers. Then she met him...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  insta-love  military  m-f  audiobook
  • RAFE: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    RAFE: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a STEAMY, FORBIDDEN MC ROMANCE!The bad boy and the good girl.I just started a new job at a lumber mill outside of town.It’s just a job to me, until I lay eyes on the owner’s daughter.Then everything changes.I need this job, and she’s the definition of off-limits—the boss’s daughter. I should stay away...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  from hate to love
  • When He Hunts by Cynthia Eden

    When He Hunts by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    She’s a dead woman walking.Luna Black knows that she’s being hunted. The price on her head is astronomical. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and she saw some very dangerous people doing some very, very bad things. Now she needs to reach the Feds, stat, and get a new identity and a new life. Because her old life? Definitely over. It’s not personal. She’s just a job...
  • Accidentally Forever by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Accidentally Forever by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the world of romance, Aria Montgomery knows two things for sure:She’s not in love with the man everyone thinks she is.And she refuses to let herself love Crew McTavish.Her former best friend is spiraling, and her photography career seems to be standing in her father’s shadow. Aria knows she needs to find her way out of the darkness...
  • All Along the Watchtower by Harper Jackson, Kait Nolan

    All Along the Watchtower by Harper Jackson, Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For ten years, I've perfected the art of ignoring Ford Donoghue whenever he comes home on leave. You can't completely avoid anyone on Hatterwick Island, but I've made it work. Until his daughter shows up.She's thirteen, scared, and looking for the father she's never met...
  • Secret Betrayals: Dark MC & Mafia Romance | Second Chance | Romantic Suspense by Tonya Anders

    Secret Betrayals: Dark MC & Mafia Romance | Second Chance | Romantic Suspense by Tonya Anders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Secret Betrayals, loyalty is tested, family is redefined, and love is forged in fire. Some sins can’t be forgiven. Some debts can’t be repaid. And some hearts refuse to be broken more than once.Beneath the roar of engines and the glint of chrome, the Sinners ride the line between loyalty and treachery...
  • When He Fights by Cynthia Eden

    When He Fights by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He saved her from a nightmare.Once upon a time, Kane Harte rescued Anastasia Patrick from hell. He took her away from a killer, protected her, and maybe even came perilously close to loving her. But then she was given a new life. A new name. A new home. And there was no room for Kane or the darkness he carried in her new world. So he walked away. Didn’t look back...
  • Forgiving His Past by Anna Blakely

    Forgiving His Past by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He thinks she’s responsible for his teammate’s death and the end of his military career.Donovan “Van” Braddock is no stranger to pain or loss. While he’s learned the hard way that time doesn’t actually heal all wounds, the idea of revenge sure does seem to help...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  from hate to love  military
  • Dice by Teagan Brooks

    Dice by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    DaphneMy life took a drastic turn when my husband of three years told me he was leaving me. He’d been having an affair, and the woman had just given birth to his child. To say I was shocked would have been an understatement, but not for the usual reasons. What surprised me was the overwhelming feeling of relief I felt when he said he was leaving...
  • Ash and Poison by Maya Raine

    Ash and Poison by Maya Raine

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She is as lethal as her poisons...A serial killer on sabbatical should know better than to lust after her patient, especially one as ruthless as Asher Maddox. It’s reckless, unethical, and violates every oath Diya has sworn as a doctor. But she can't stop fantasizing about him, even when he’s trying his hardest to silence her. Permanently.He craves a taste of her..
    Categorized as:
    suspense  from hate to love
  • King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If you love King, strap in for the ride as he and Lily navigate their HEA. This story has it all: ✔️ angst ✔️ scorching heat ✔️ MC action  ✔️ Stormgirl time ✔️ old favourites showing up But mostly this story is about two people fighting for their love. Day in, day out. Life with an MC president like King isn't an easy ride. Watch as these two figure out how to love and be loved...
  • Lucas by Elle James

    Lucas by Elle James

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Former Delta Force Operator, Lucas LeBlanc, has lost everyone he’s ever loved and is afraid to commit his heart to anyone. He believes he’s the black cloud, the bad luck killing off the people he dares to love as family, friend or lover. After leaving the military, he joins Brotherhood Protectors where he hopes he can put his combat training and skills to work helping others...
  • Jenner by Dale Mayer

    Jenner by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Heading to Ashland, Kentucky, where his ex-wife’s family lives, is not in Jenner’s plans anytime soon. But, given a War Dog is potentially in trouble, well, Jenner will even face his past. Arriving at a small bed-and-breakfast, he meets a woman more interesting than anyone he’d met in a long time...
  • Charlotte by Nicole James

    Charlotte by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Does the MC President want her bar badly enough to scare her into selling out?Or is he the only one who can save her from a madman?Rocker Charlotte Justice longs to escape her hectic life. Her estranged twin sister, Scarlett, owns Badlands, a biker bar outside Vegas, and has always wanted a chance at the limelight she feels was stolen from her...
  • Perfect Boy by Hannah Gray

    Perfect Boy by Hannah Gray

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    An entire campus knows my name. Women throw themselves at me, hoping I’ll take them home that night. Whispers from the NHL say I’m the one to watch. And the weight of each game is on my shoulders because if our opposing team scores … that’s on me. All the things that keep me up at night are probably someone else’s dreams...
  • Broken Arrow by Chelle Bliss

    Broken Arrow by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Annie Hancock is finally following her dreams, studying for her graduate degree to become a professional artist. But when someone starts to leave threatening notes around her studio and dorm, Annie can’t help but wonder…who’s after her and why? She doesn’t know who to trust or keep herself safe. Arrow has been grinding for years as a bounty hunter and private investigator...
  • Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe

    Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Their anger will either bring them together or destroy what could have been. Pearl Smith is angry at the world. Stolen as a baby and raised under torturous conditions now she uses those same skills to save other innocents, but it doesn't abate her anger. Nothing does, until a random encounter with a DEA Agent...
  • Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s untouchable. Unbreakable. She plans to destroy him.Former CIA agent Ian Black has done terrible deeds. Sacrificed his honor and reputation for God and country. He’s a fighter and a survivor. His mission is to rid the world of scumbags who prey on innocent people.No price is too high, and no one crosses him. Not for long, anyway...
  • Judge by Elle James

    Judge by Elle James

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former Delta Force Operative Joe “Judge” Smith came to work at the Lucky Lady Lodge to help rebuild the old girl to her former glory. Tired of killing, he wants to shoot a nail gun, not a military-grade rifle...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  forced proximity  military
  • Her Fearless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Fearless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finding Them? Simple.Getting Them Out Alive? Now That Will Take a Minute.Lincoln Hart’s Navy SEAL team is sent to Syria to rescue a team of Americans who have been captured. When he realizes their interpreter, Leila Cloud is one of the people who has been kidnapped, all bets are off. He’s been dreaming about her for months...
  • Her Fearless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Fearless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finding Them? Simple.Getting Them Out Alive? Now That Will Take a Minute.Lincoln Hart’s Navy SEAL team is sent to Syria to rescue a team of Americans who have been captured. When he realizes their interpreter, Leila Cloud is one of the people who has been kidnapped, all bets are off. He’s been dreaming about her for months...
  • Booker's Mission by Kris Norris

    Booker's Mission by Kris Norris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Captain Booker Hayes was born to fly. So, joining the Air Force was an easy decision. Becoming part of the Flight Concepts Division — the pilots tasked with ferrying Special Operation Teams on their missions — a no-brainer. Having to leave it all behind after a mission goes sideways… nothing short of gutting...
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