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Rescued Duty by Lisa Phillips, Laura Conaway
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter growing up in foster care, investigative reporter Naya Michél has learned there’s usually more to a situation than meets the eye. When she’s assigned a story about the current water contamination crisis in town, Naya is ready to show her boss she has what it takes to secure a promotion—especially since the events surrounding the story have personal ties to her childhood...Categorized as:
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The Consolation Duet Books 1-2 by Corinne Michaels
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLiam wasn't supposed to be my happily ever after. He wasn't even on my radar. He was my husband's best friend-forbidden. But my husband died and I fell in love with Liam only to be left shattered into a million pieces. Again. I want him. I need him. I yearn for him, but he's gone. Now I have to decide if it's him I love or if he was just the consolation prize all along... -
Expired Return by Lisa Phillips
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’ll give everything to protect her family.He always knew she was the one.Veterinary tech Pepper Miller lives a quiet life in Last Chance County. She’s watching her niece until her sister shows up…if she ever does. When Victory’s father demands he take over her care, Pepper knows something has gone wrong...Categorized as:
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Jump by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI was a smokejumper for the majority of my career.Flinging out of planes at 15,000 feet and hoping to land with my bones in tact and a plan to slay wildfire quickly, safely, and with my crew all in one piece.Ainsley was a regular firefighter.You know, the kind who lives in town, rides in a truck, and wields a hose to save houses and hotels.We were a match made in adrenaline junky heaven... -
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Landon & Shay - Part Two by Brittainy C. Cherry
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOnce upon a time, I fell in love with a boy.A beautiful, broken boy who had his own world of struggles. People warned me against our love, but I didn't listen.We looked weak. Young, foolish. Dangerously in love. We didn't care.In order to keep our hearts protected from the opinions of others, we became each other’s secret. We shared stolen moments. Tender touches. Secretive embraces... -
The Consequence of Rejection by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA standalone second chance romance by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken. You know the universe is trying to tell you something when you get struck by lightning, but only after getting hit on by the elderly, almost getting run over by a semi, and running into the one who got away... -
Flames of Love by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAs one of New York's Finest, firefighter Cash Ryder is always prepared. When a woman's car skids off the side of a mountain during a snowstorm, he's there to rescue her. Cash is totally focused on the woman's well-being, but within minutes of getting her to safety, he realizes that he's nowhere near prepared for the heat that rolls off of sensual, smart-mouthed, and stubborn Siena Remington... -
Timeless by Erin Noelle
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRe-releasing on Jan 19, 2020 with new covers and edits Six years. Two People. One love. After the long awaited wedding of her dreams, Scarlett Templeton, along with her rockstar husband and their five year old twins, are finally putting down roots and settling into their first suburban home...Categorized as:
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Searching for Harmony by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott comes the gut-wrenching story of a love that transcends all odds—and transforms the deepest pain into the brightest hope. Firefighter and first responder Preston Ward thought he had grown immune to the job’s emotional burns. But when he goes out on a particularly tragic call, he realizes that some scenes are too devastating to forget... -
Reputation by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsCoy Mason is a jerk.If there is one truth that Bellamy Davenport knows, it’s that. Hands-down. (Well, that and the fact that she didn’t mean to hurt him. Physically. Coy can’t be hurt emotionally because he doesn’t have a heart.)Coy is not just the small-town, literal boy-next-door...Categorized as:
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Bad at You by Adriane Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThey say that madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...but what happens when the very person that brought your heart back to life has the ability to shatter it with one confession?After an explosive affair left their hearts battered and scarred, Georgia and Tristan are trying for a fresh start... -
See Through Heart by Amie Knight
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAinsley came into my life in a flurry of vibrant colors, lighting my world up when all seemed lost. It wasn’t our quiet nights by the creek or stolen kisses surrounded by a sea of cotton that saved me. It was her. She was my comfort when life threw one ugly tragedy after another at me. Until she dealt me the greatest blow...Categorized as:
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Vivid by Jessica Wilde
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMerrick Thatcher went through a hell that no one could possibly imagine. He fought to protect his country, his family, and the men standing at his side, but it wasn't just being a soldier overseas that changed him. He watched his friends die in front of him, felt indescribable pain, and lost his sight in the very same moment...Categorized as:
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Loving Colt by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratings**Mature Content Warning** Recommended for ages 17+ due to language and sexual content. Alexis and Colt never planned on crossing paths. Alexis and her three year old daughter were running from their past and Colt was looking for his future. Neither planning to find salvation in one another. One night changed it all… And they had no hope of ever being the same again... -
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Sure Shot by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Fort Lauderdale... where the days are hot and the Knights are hotter!I gave up everything for hockey… even my chance at love. But relocating to Florida to be the starting goalie for the Lauderdale Knights is still the best decision I’d ever made. I have everything… except someone to share it with... -
Dylan by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDylan ~Six years ago, Dylan Jenkins lost his daughter in a tragic car accident, and his wife took her own life because she couldn’t live with the guilt of surviving. The loss of his family turned him into a hard, cold man. He quit his job as an LAPD detective and moved to New York where he took a position with Kincaid Security & Investigations. Viktor Kincaid and his company saved his life... -
All To Pieces by Susan Henshaw
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA closed-door, high school sweethearts, second chance, football romance from Amazon bestselling author Susan Henshaw. Millions watch him play. Except the one who matters most.BlueI made the worst mistake of my life when I let my dad move me across the country after my sophomore year of high school.Had my football career taken off? Yes... -
Guarded Dreams by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Just like the moon called the tides, she had called me home. To her."Serious, by-the-book Eli Wyatt has life all figured out. He’s got a five-year plan, his future in the Coast Guard, and friends who always have his back.And then Ava Abrams breezes into his life, tempting him in ways he can’t shakeA free spirit, Ava’s on the run, heading in the direction of her dreams... -
The SEAL’s Surprise Baby by Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNavy SEAL Anderson Park and agency operative Violet DiPaula didn’t like each other, but that didn’t diminish the spark between them. On a mission together in Russia, they gave in to the red-hot chemistry between them... -
Breaker by Jules Ford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome back to Hambleton, Wyoming, home of the Speed Demons MC.BreakerYears ago, while on leave from the military, I went to the city of sin and unknowingly left two things behind. Twins!Now they’re back in my life, along with their mother, the woman that I’ve never forgotten, and I have big decisions to make...Categorized as:
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Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNateAll I wanted to do was be me, for one night. I didn’t want to be the number one quarterback in the league. I just wanted to be Nate. I couldn’t tell you exactly what made me stop at that dive bar on the outskirts of town, but it changed my life.Our connection was instant and undeniable. Our night together was explosive, which led to another, and then another. No strings...Categorized as:
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Echoes of the Heart by L.A. Casey
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA sizzling second-chance romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author L.A. Casey—Frankie pushed her first love away. A decade later, he walks back into her life, but is she prepared to trust again?When rock star Risk Keller shows up in Frankie’s diner with his heart on his sleeve, it turns her world upside down. Letting him go was the hardest thing she ever had to do... -
Only You by Stephanie Rose
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOnly You is a STANDALONE novel in the Second Chances Series. I spent my life searching for love, but Evan was right there all along. As gorgeous on the inside as he was on the outside, I never had to wonder if he loved me. He showed me with every glance, every sweet touch, every scorching kiss. I wanted nothing more than to give him my forever—until I found out I may not have one... -
If I Return (The 12 NA's of Christmas) by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf I Return is proud to be a part of The 12 NA's of Christmas 12 New Adult Novellas. 12 Best Selling Authors. November 2013. Would you wait? College student, Hope Camden, is relentlessly serious, awkwardly shy and in complete need of taking a walk on the wilder side... -
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Scarred by Ryan Michele, Chelsea Camaron
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhitton ‘Skinny’ Thorne – scarred skin only covers a beautiful soul. Bitter with a capital B. Life has been hell from the beginning when Whitton was burned as an infant, yet as much as he pushes me away I’m always coming back for more... -
Wish I May by Lexi Ryan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNew adult romance from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Unbreak Me . Due to sexual content and heavy subject matter, this book is intended for mature readers. ~ ~ ~ Nothing about her says cute. Everything about her says sex. And mine. I never thought I'd see her again. Didn't think I wanted to... -
How the Light Gets In by L.H. Cosway
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHe came back to me 16 minutes and 59 seconds into Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7. We parted amid tragedy, so it seemed poetic. Dylan O’Dea, my childhood sweetheart, had once meant everything to me. Now we were strangers, and honestly, after eleven years I never thought I’d see him again. I lived in the world of the average, of getting paid by the hour and budgeting to make ends meet...Categorized as:
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A Friendly Wager: A Secret Baby, Fake Engagement Romance by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy next-door neighbor is wifey material .Calm down... I’m not proposing to her.A fake engagement will do for now.My mother won’t get off my back.As a star hockey player love isn’t on the cards for me.Not now, not ever.I had a one-night stand with Ruby a decade ago.But that shouldn’t come in the way of our ruse.I doubt she misses the way I made her shake when I took her v-card...Categorized as:
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The Two of Us by Taylor A. Torres
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSometimes holding on to pain means letting go of love.If there’s no place like home, that’s more than okay for Mara Makinen. In fact, she prefers it that way. Going back to the place where she made the worst mistake of her life? Not ideal... -
Dare to Love by S.B. Alexander
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWomen want him. Guys want to be him. Sexy, confident, college playboy, Kelton Maxwell has his future right in the palm of his hands. He’s got one foot in the door at Harvard Law. All he needs now is one prestigious internship at a highfalutin law firm to seal the deal. Nothing can stand in his way. Until..Categorized as:
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Archer by Laramie Briscoe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Nurse and The Hot CopArcher GrayBeing the new officer on the Laurel Springs Police Department has been a blessing. They've treated me like family since the moment I started my first shift. It's what I've wanted since I left home at eighteen. Life is going amazing, especially when I meet Alisa, a nurse at Laurel Springs Medical... -
Burn Me by Shantel Tessier, Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThirteen authors have joined forces to bring you their sizzling stories-some sweet, some five-alarm hot, but all for a good cause. Burn Me is an anthology to raise money for Hope For Heroes Foundation, which helps military, fire, police, and EMS personnel who've experienced life-altering disabilities while in the line of duty...Categorized as:
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Breathing Her Fire by Shelby Gunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m blaming my hormones. And deliciously spicy man cologne.Because I think I blacked out there for a minute. Did Tucker James, aka hot firefighter, aka man of my dreams, just ask me out in an elevator? Yes… Yes, I think he did. What the hell do I do now?If I were smart, I would listen to my mom and JUMP ON IT. That’s what a good daughter would do, right? Heed her advice... -
So Wrong It's Right by Julie Johnson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShelby Hunt has the perfect life, married to the perfect man. At least, that’s what anyone would think, looking at her... -
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Ghost Note by Vicki James
Six years.Seventy-two months.Over two thousand days.That’s what I’d dedicated to that guitar-playing a*sehole, Danny Silver.Now I, Daisy Piper, was left to pick up the wreckage of his love while he ran off with the band to find fortune and fame...Categorized as:
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50 Ways to Win Back Your Lover by Kelly Siskind
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom Kelly Siskind comes a slow-burn romantic comedy about one man’s creative attempt to win back his high school sweetheart after a change in fortune gives them a second chance at love.Growing up, I had it all—my art, close friends, a gorgeous girlfriend who owned my heart—but then my life exploded.Turns out my father was laundering money, and my whole family got shoved into witness protection... -
Falling into Forever by Lauren Abrams
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 28 ratings"Out of habit, of madness, or the need to shatter even the last piece of myself, I raise my arms slightly. I need…I need so much to touch him, to feel his arms around me, to throw myself headfirst into what I told myself I would never do again. I need the weight of his skin on my own. I need to forget. I need to remember...Categorized as:
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Save Me by Heidi McLaughlin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTucker McCoy thought the hardest mission of his life was over. After being deployed for six years, all he wanted to do was return home to his wife and daughter. But when he arrives home with roses in his hand, the last thing he expects is to be welcomed by a stranger. Being presumed dead for six years doesn’t help his cause as no one is giving him the answers he needs... -
The Dance by Alison G. Bailey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 15 ratings***From Amazon and International bestselling author, Alison G. Bailey, comes a Contemporary Romance story about what happens after the happily ever.*** Bryson Walker stumbled heart first into the steady rhythm of her life, never questioning whether other possibilities existed... -
Accidental Baby Daddy: A Single Dad Runaway Bride Romance by Mia Mara
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRunning from the altar was just the beginning. Now I’m back in my small hometown… running straight into the arms of my ex.After ditching my fiancé in New York, I stumble into our town's bar looking like a runaway bride cliché. The last thing I need is a cute guy offering to buy me a drink... -
Like the Wind by Robin Lee Hatcher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA life in pieces. A hundred-year-old journal. And a chance for love to be reborn.Olivia Ward arrived in Bethlehem Springs alone—with no job, no home, and no money—after her manipulative ex-husband used his power and wealth to destroy everything...Categorized as:
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My Brother's Girl by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere’s only one woman I’d give up my bachelor’s lifestyle for… my brother’s girl. But she was mine first. High school. Youth. Innocence. I can still taste her on my lips if I close my eyes. And here she is, back in my life, dating my brother. A brother that doesn’t know my past because I’m a private sort of guy... -
Hopeless Vows by Rachael Duncan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was a social experiment that was supposed to lead to my happily ever after. The rules were simple: 1. Marry a complete stranger chosen for you by a panel of experts. 2. Live together as man and wife for eight weeks. 3. Make a decision to stay together or get a divorce. Call me crazy, but I had complete faith in the process, until I saw who was waiting for me at the end of the aisle... -
Love & Ink by J.D. Hawkins
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI'm a world famous tattoo artist with a six month waiting list. Everybody's begging me to put my ink on them. I'm the hottest shit in L.A., and can get any girl I want. So the last thing I expect is for Ash Carter to walk into my shop and blow me off. I've spent the last seven years screwing half the women in the northern hemisphere, but nobody could come close to the girl I left behind... -
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Deciding Tomorrow by Renee Ericson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat if a love, once lost, came around for a second chance? After a fated meeting with the one person who captured her heart many years ago, Ruby Miller is taking a leap of faith, right into the arms of her past. Four years have gone by since the tragedy that tore Ruby and Brent apart, setting them on different paths, battered and searching... -
This Time Around by Catherine Mann
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAir Force flight surgeon Grayson Clark and NGO worker Lori Rutledge shared a romantic summer full of promise and ultimately heartbreak. But after his turbulent childhood, Gray’s ill-equipped to offer Lori the security she craves. Separate is better. Or so he thinks until they’re paired on a military rescue operation to an overseas orphanage... -
Uncharted by Claudia Y. Burgoa
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJacobI'm here to warn You will meet a woman who will change your life.She will make you want things you scoffed at.I didn't think it would happen to me, but one minute changed everything.I wish I was prepared. If I were, I wouldn't have lost her.The heartbreak of losing your soulmate is one of the worst pains I've ever felt.I should campaign and warn the young people...Categorized as:
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One Night with the Rebel by Kendall Ryan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe barged into my life and turned everything upside down. We spent one scorching-hot night together, and then she disappeared into the sunset with the golden jock everyone adored. Which makes sense, right? A girl as beautiful and brilliant as Eden Wynn doesn’t end up with a rebel like me.I expected them to live happily ever after, except that's not what happened...Categorized as:
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A Beautiful Purpose by Alicia Rae, Jovana Shirley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Blake Johnson knows is the life of a Marine. After serving his country for eight years, he returns to his family for some rest and rehabilitation. Fighting an internal war, he battles the debate of extending his time in the military to keep serving alongside his brothers and sisters or transitioning back to civilian life and finding a new purpose... -
Chaos by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsClint "Grim" Walker has always been clear about two things in his life, his love of his Marine career and his love for Haven Davenport. His self missions were clear: Be the best Marine possible. Protect Haven at all costs. But when the two objectives collide they leave his once stable existence in chaos...
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