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  • The Inn on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    The Inn on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The uplifting and unforgettable conclusion to the Seven Sisters series!After coming together following their father’s stroke, the Wingate women have found second-chance romance, faced trials and tribulations, and built wonderful lives on Amelia Island. Their father is fully recovered and healthy, their businesses are flourishing, and the whole family is bursting with love and laughter...
  • The Dressmaker on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    The Dressmaker on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A sisterhood saga with threads of drama, dreams, and danger. Life for the Wingate women of Amelia Island is never dull! While Raina balances the challenge of nurturing newborn twins and a budding romance, trouble arrives on her doorstep to threaten her sweet new life...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  m-f  contemporary  audiobook
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  • The Chocolate Shop on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    The Chocolate Shop on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The saga continues with secrets, surprises, and sweet temptations… Sadie Wingate has been keeping secrets...from her family and from her brand new husband. But once the truth is revealed, her whole world melts like a truffle in the sunshine...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  m-f  contemporary  audiobook
  • New Beginnings on Railway Lane by Alison Sherlock

    New Beginnings on Railway Lane by Alison Sherlock

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When high flying, workaholic Katy Smith is suddenly made redundant, she needs to find a job fast!After mistakenly answering an advert online, she quickly realises that the rundown railway station in sleepy Cranfield isn’t the 5-star London hotels she’s used to working in!But a job’s a job. Right?Chef Ryan Connelly is having a crisis of confidence after his Italian dream turns sour...
  • Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

    Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In her twenties, Rachel Walsh was a mess. Since her spell in rehab, though, she's come a long way on the road to recovery - and now, she's ready to go back to where it all began. But this time, the student has become the teacher. She used to hate the staff in charge of treating her addiction. Now, she's one of them.Rachel's finally got herself on track - but life never stops being messay...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  second chances  humor  contemporary  audiobook
  • Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Angel and Raquel possess two very strong personalities separately. They are alphas to the core. The problem comes when these two fire-filled individuals come together. One needs to be in control while the other refuses to be controlled. Angel Leonetti, the complete Alpha Male “Let me first address this ‘using you’ shit that you mentioned...
  • Cherish Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Cherish Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Reese Maxwell meets her happy-ever-after in Layla Hagen's latest. What starts as a pretend romance soon turns into so much more...Newly divorced Dominic Waldorf is the most coveted bachelor in Chicago. At least, that’s what he thinks. I’d describe him as more of a Neanderthal with a really nice backside.When I accidentally spill champagne on him at a charity event, he accuses me of hitting on him...
  • Beard in Waiting by Penny Reid

    Beard in Waiting by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 48 ratings
    A Long scene/short story featuring two unlikely characters from the Winston Brothers series...
  • The Christmas Inn by Pamela M. Kelley

    The Christmas Inn by Pamela M. Kelley

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

    Sanibel Dreams by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's too young to retire and too old to start over...or is she?When 53-year-old Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she’s uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. Then her estranged father’s widow contacts her and asks her to come to Sanibel Island to help settle his affairs...
  • Pieces of Trevor's Heart : Trevor Monroe Part Two: Lost Hearts Series by Blue Saffire, Take Covers Designs

    Pieces of Trevor's Heart : Trevor Monroe Part Two: Lost Hearts Series by Blue Saffire, Take Covers Designs

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents Wild Hearts: Lost Hearts Series Lynn I’ve been running from my past for as long as I can remember. We ruined the gift that was given to us that summer. Now, after nineteen years, I’m headed home. I don’t know what I’ll find, but I know it won’t be the wild heart I used to have...
  • Jared's Counterfeit Fiancee by Brenda Jackson

    Jared's Counterfeit Fiancee by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Pretending to be Jared Westmoreland's fiancée wasn't high on Dana Rollins's list of priorities. But she owed him a favor, and Jared's persuasive charm and sinful masculinity--not to mention his sizzling kisses--were impossible to refuse...
  • Falling North by Alyson Santos

    Falling North by Alyson Santos

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Turner Artist Management Urgent Action Item: ✔ Save Falling Back North from implosion. When your agency’s newest artist shows signs of collapse, you jump on the problem. When it involves a potential rift between the brothers who form the band’s soul, you throw your Hail Mary. So I did—by hiring a respected marketing goddess to save them...
  • Slow Ride  by Mayra Statham

    Slow Ride by Mayra Statham

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jakob ‘Brick’ Wallace is all about the simple life. He loves working with his hands and as part of the Men of Valor, he isn’t afraid to get dirty. All he needs is his bike, brothers and an ice-cold beer after work.That is until Mackenzie ‘Mack’ Moreno drives into town.One look at Valor’s new resident and Brick finds that this bohemian beauty has shaken up and turned his organized life upside down...
  • The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SIZZLING CONCLUSION TO THE HEAR NO EVIL TRILOGYNyla Kincade has stolen my ruthless heart.Now that she owns it I’m not taking it back.I’ve vowed to protect her and all that we love with everything that I have.I will die before I break that oath.Considering the danger we face, that might be a careless promise.But I’ve fought this hard for vengeance, I must see it through...
  • Rogue Survivor by Patricia D. Eddy

    Rogue Survivor by Patricia D. Eddy

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Connor Davis After a beating that almost killed me, I’m one failed fitness test away from losing my FBI career. I should be focused on grinding out the reps to rebuild my broken body. Not on the pretty brunette at the gym.Sparkling brown eyes, a laugh like birdsong, and curves for days. I never thought a beauty like her would notice a busted-up guy like me. But she does...
  • Forever Entangled by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Entangled by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ryan Parker had always loved Sienna Ashton, but gave up on his fantasy years ago. After working as an undercover FBI Agent in Los Angeles, Ryan gets a phone call telling him to come home to the small town of Keeneston, Kentucky. The woman he thought he was over is now in serious trouble. Sienna Ashton fell in love with Ryan Parker too late...
  • Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom...
  • Out of the Box Regifted by Jennifer Theriot

    Out of the Box Regifted by Jennifer Theriot

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Betrayal, Lies, Loss, Truth, Secrets… With a new beginning for Olivia and Ash on the horizon, what could possibly stop them from finding happily ever after? In order to move on, Olivia must face the haunting demons from her past life with Alan, her ex husband...
  • Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ★10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At Love. ★ I’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short...
  • Best Laid Plans by Brenda Jackson

    Best Laid Plans by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Love wasn’t supposed to be a part of the deal…Even a famed matchmaker like Nolan Madaris’s great-grandmother can’t get it right every time. Nolan, the notorious fun-loving ladies’ man, could never connect with someone as straitlaced as tech whiz Ivy Chapman. Yet the scheme Ivy proposes is tempting—they can pretend to be a couple, just long enough to satisfy their families...
  • Freeing Ruby: A slow burn, suspenseful, close proximity, multicultural romance by April Wilson

    Freeing Ruby: A slow burn, suspenseful, close proximity, multicultural romance by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ever since witnessing the murder of her mother when she was a young teenager, Ruby Hammond has suffered with severe agoraphobia. When her father became too impatient with her condition, Ruby moved out and got her own apartment. She's lived alone, in complete isolation, for the past two years, never once having set foot outside her safe haven...
  • The Genius and the Muse by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Genius and the Muse by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When Kate Mitchell decided to research the mysterious portrait in the student gallery, she had no idea how her life would change. She thought she knew what she wanted in life. She had a great boyfriend, a promising career, and a clear path. How could one simple portrait change all that? A photograph. A sculpture. A painting...
  • Broken Beast by Crystal Kaswell

    Broken Beast by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Danielle Bellamy is broke and out of options. Until I offer her a lifeline: A million dollars to play my wife.Danielle Bellamy is mine.For the next year, the curvy photographer is staying in my secluded mansion, wearing my ring.A ruse, to exact revenge against the man who destroyed me.Only every time I gaze into her dark eyes, I forget we're pretending.Her kiss is intoxicating...
  • Master of Revenge by Sienna Snow

    Master of Revenge by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We are rivals. Sworn enemies. And he is the only man to ignite a fire in my soul. I walk a fine line between control and chaos, defined by my past and driven by my future. Nothing can stop me from protecting those I love. Zack Lykaios is cunning and dangerous. He wants to destroy everything I've built on his ruthless march to the top...
  • Python by Elizabeth Knox, Golden Czermak

    Python by Elizabeth Knox, Golden Czermak

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the second I laid eyes on her, I was determined to make her mine.PythonI always thought I’d be the kind of man who stayed on the road his whole life. It turned out I was wrong.My old friend, Razor, brought me into the Reapers Rejects MC and now I had a place to land, a place to call home, and a brotherhood I never knew I needed...
  • Undeniable by Delaney Diamond

    Undeniable by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They can’t stand each other…or can they? For years, hard work and perseverance have been the tenets by which Santiago Vila lived his life. As such, he’s achieved everything he’s gone after. Except Abena Dubango. She’s the total package of brains, beauty, and a sense of humor. Even though she wears another man’s ring, he’s never forgotten the moments they spent together...
  • Love Above Law by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Love Above Law by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Agent Lex Taylor My assignment—take down human and drug trafficker Miguel Santino and rescue Leyna Martinez, the sister of an outlaw MC member. One look. That's all it took. My center of gravity shifted, and I knew; she was going to be mine. I take down criminals; the rats of society. I eat, sleep and breathe the law, but I'm willing to risk it all—my badge and my life to protect her...
  • Trey by A.M. Madden

    Trey by A.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say time heals all wounds. And maybe they’re right. But what about wounds no one sees? The kind that open again and again? The kind that have you feeling like you swallowed glass?Those are the wounds I carry. Years of heartbreak have created layer after layer of scar tissue over my whimpering heart...
  • Autumn Tides by Meredith Summers

    Autumn Tides by Meredith Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's Winter Prelude in Lobster Bay—the calm before the holiday storm where the streets sparkle and businesses hustle with pre-holiday sales. This year, however, brings more than twinkling lights and festive displays. Jane's inn hosts four old friends who share a history with Lobster Bay. Among them, one is holding onto an unfulfilled Christmas wish...
  • Saving Grace (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Shauna Allen

    Saving Grace (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Shauna Allen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** Lucas “Lucky” Moore has a one-track mind and one thing on his agenda: Track down the Mexican drug lord that has made it his mission to hunt and eliminate Lucky’s Marine Reconnaissance team, their families, and the SEALs working alongside them, and end his reign of terror permanently...
  • Sterling Clay by L.B. Dunbar

    Sterling Clay by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Love doesn’t break us; it makes us whole, my nana used to say. However, one minute, my world is set on fire, literally. The next, I am raising a six-year-old as a single mom without a clear path ahead of us. No place to live. No job. No money...
  • Welcome To Jubilee by Rachel Hanna

    Welcome To Jubilee by Rachel Hanna

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s fifty-five years-old, and now she’s starting over. Madeline Harper has been one of the most popular romance authors in the world for decades, but when her marriage falls apart and her agent says her publisher doesn’t want her newest book, everything in her life suddenly shifts in the opposite direction. Her agent says the only option is to change what she’s writing...
  • Rebellious River by Lindsay Cross

    Rebellious River by Lindsay Cross

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ethan Slade was a loner. No parents. No wife and kids. No liabilities. He had one love in his life - the Special Forces. As a member of the elite Task Force Scorpion, he'd been on more near death missions than most soldiers experienced in a lifetime and he liked it. So when his commander forced him to run protection for a senator's daughter's wedding, something a mall cop could do, he was pissed.
  • Wheels of Steel, Book 1 by Pepper Pace

    Wheels of Steel, Book 1 by Pepper Pace

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Jason, better known as Top, is an up and coming DJ. He’s a white guy that knows more about Hip Hop than most and he also has cerebral palsy. His group Wheels of Steel is comprised of self-proclaimed misfits that are made cool by their talent. But despite his talent and popularity, Jason is plagued by issues of trust and anger...
  • The Midwife By The Sea by Jo Bartlett

    The Midwife By The Sea by Jo Bartlett

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The last thing Ella Mehenick wants is the fifteen minutes of fame she’s found herself landed with. After all, who wants to star in a viral video of the very public ending of their relationship?Newly single, and desperate to get as far away from her former fiancé as possible, Ella heads back to the Cornish seaside town of Port Agnes, where she grew up...
  • Sugar and Spice by Kat Baxter

    Sugar and Spice by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All she wants is a weekend rendezvous…I love the small town I’m from. I love having so much extended family close by and I love my mail order chocolate company. But what what I don’t love is being everyone’s favorite aunt. It’s like being cock-blocked by the entire town...
  • Queen of Thorns by Bella Di Corte

    Queen of Thorns by Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Royal Organized Crime RomanceThe moment Scarlett Rose appeared in the window of her parents’ dance studio, twirling like a beautiful figurine in a music box, she became mine. Irrevocably.She knew me better than I knew the lines of my own hands, though I had never confessed to her whose blood ran through my veins, the famiglia that I belonged to...
  • Recovery by L.B. Simmons

    Recovery by L.B. Simmons

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I have the perfect life. I’ve finally found my happy ending. I fought through the loss of one husband, lucky enough to be given a second chance at a lifetime of happiness. Settling into our new lives, however, may not be as easy as it seems...
  • Promise to Keep by Priscilla Poole Rainwater

    Promise to Keep by Priscilla Poole Rainwater

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jenny Riley has always been able to depend on her dearest friend Aisha, but will her friend be able to keep a promise that could change her carefree lifestyle? Connell Riley loves his wife, Jenny, and now that they are facing a life changing event that makes him wonder if he can be strong enough to help them through the painful nightmare they are about to face, he has to deal with the woman he...
  • Faster by Tory Baker

    Faster by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rancher Rhett Spencer loves his life. It’s slow and easy, but when he meets his woman, there’s nothing slow about the way he claims her—unless you count between the sheets.Rhett was traveling for work when he first laid eyes on Selena Perez. She might not live close to him, but he wasn’t about to let distance get in the way.He wanted her and what this cowboy wants, he gets...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  m-f  contemporary  new adult
  • Daybreak by Nicole Fox

    Daybreak by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 2 and the exciting conclusion of the Tsezar Bratva duet He gave me a chance at happily ever after. And then he snatched it all away. COURTNEY Did the man of my dreams sell me to the monster of my nightmares? I don’t want to believe it. But no matter how hard I pinch myself, the horrors won’t go away...
  • Finley's Claim by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott

    Finley's Claim by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the Cosa Nostra Prince. The first son of the most dangerous Salvatore Mafia family. We run the crime. We take the money. We control the war.So when our ‘launderer’ decides to run with one hundred million dollars of our money, you can bet we’ll hunt them down. Only they’ve run to a place they think they’re safe. A place that’s heavily guarded.An island in the middle of nowhere...
  • Before and After You by Hope Ellis

    Before and After You by Hope Ellis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leigh D'Alessandro is a fighter. She fought to escape her dysfunctional family, to end a soul-killing marriage, and to build a new life in a small Tennessee town. When the fate of the community hospital she works for is threatened, she's primed and ready for battle...
  • Beguiling Betty: Mature Romance Over 50 by Kimberly Smith

    Beguiling Betty: Mature Romance Over 50 by Kimberly Smith

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Betty is outspoken, well educated, and says she would rather be single than marry someone who isn’t black until she meets a man who isn’t intimidated by her preference.Billy is impressed by the feisty opinionated beauty whose tongue cuts into everything he had ever believed about history and politics concerning race.The more time they spend together, the stronger their attraction becomes...
  • Chicago Blaze   Books 1 & 2 by Brenda Rothert

    Chicago Blaze Books 1 & 2 by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Because the only thing better than one hot hockey romance is two, the first two books in the Chicago Blaze hockey romance series , Anton and Luca, are bundled together in this collection. Book 1 - Anton He’s known as Father Anton to his teammates—the brooding, sexy captain of the NHL’s Chicago Blaze has a reputation for…not having a reputation...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  m-f  sports  contemporary
  • Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can two strangers make that lovin' feelin' last?Three months after a first date that ended in a night of explosive passion, Caress Coleman and Julius Jones find themselves somewhere between roommates with benefits and true love. She's smart, beautiful, and one paycheck away from broke. He's smart, handsome, and very successful. But that's just the beginning of their differences. . .
  • Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood

    Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Jafari’s little rabbit might try to run, but he’s going to catch her. No matter what.Kacy's past is dark and twisted, and it's coming back to haunt her. But she's not alone this time.Dominant and possessive, Jafari isn't going to let his favorite masochist run away again. He'll keep her tied up and begging for him while he slays her dragons, even if she insists she's no damsel in distress...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  m-f  contemporary  bdsm
  • Wedded to a Wayne: A Finn World Holiday Romance by R.G. Alexander

    Wedded to a Wayne: A Finn World Holiday Romance by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R.G. Alexander, A Finn Factor/Finn’s Pub Holiday Romance! Tanisha Chahal is a successful businesswoman, a lip balm and reality show aficionado, and filthy rich. She doesn’t need a man. So why is she proposing to Emerson Wayne? Emerson is a family man and the father of two wonderful boys he’ll do anything to keep...
  • Filthy Valentine: A Dungeon Demons MC Prequel by Elizabeth Knox

    Filthy Valentine: A Dungeon Demons MC Prequel by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s been off limits, but now I’ll have her.PrestonScarlett Allen has been in my life for longer than I can remember. You see, she’s my little sister’s best friend. With an eight-year age gap between us, I went off to college and started my career while she was still learning what she wanted to do in life...
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