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  • Long Live the Beautiful Hearts by Emma Scott

    Long Live the Beautiful Hearts by Emma Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    Never again would I allow my heart to become the plaything of someone else. Never again would I let a man (or men) come between me and my goals. Never again would I love without feeling the fullness of that love in return. Not until I knew it was real. And if that took me a lifetime to find, so be it...
  • Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The first nine books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in three treasured volumes! Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever...
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  • There I Find Rest by Jessie Gussman

    There I Find Rest by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On the shore of Lake Michigan, just up the road from Blueberry Beach is another small town. Strawberry Sands.A place of comfort.A place of rest and peace.A place where divorcee and single mom, Kim Tinsley, can go to try to make a new life for herself, raising her baby, while praying for her older child who has left the faith of her childhood and is questioning everything she’d ever taught her...
  • Coming Attractions by Robin Jones Gunn

    Coming Attractions by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Are you serious? As graduation approaches, Katie Weldon is pretty sure she s ready for the word engaged to describe her relationship with Rick. But Eli seems to always be right there when she needs support. Rick is everything Katie s ever dreamed of, offering her stability and love. Eli, on the other hand, brings adventure, spontaneity, and a wild love for God...
  • Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    On an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk care. In 1959, no one is interested in a woman doctor. Nor are they welcoming Calvin and Justin Bell, a newly arrived African American father and son...
  • Love Always, Kate by D. Nichole King

    Love Always, Kate by D. Nichole King

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Dear Diary, Leukemia’s been my life since I was eleven. Now, six years later, I want my life back. Only I’m not sure what that is. The test results came back today. 22,000. Which means I’m officially out of remission—again. I have three options: 1. Another round of chemo. 2. A super-new experimental drug. 3. Dump it all— forget the meds and treatments and enjoy the time I have left...
  • Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Government secrets are being sold and the newly-sworn-in President of the United States already feels out of options. Without knowing the full scope of the scandal, the president decides to turn to the one person he knows he can trust--former FBI Agent, Elizabeth James. Her deep distrust of the system is rooted in her unfair discharge from service...
  • Close Your Eyes/Without a Doubt/With This Ring by Robin Jones Gunn

    Close Your Eyes/Without a Doubt/With This Ring by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Happenstance…or God’s Great Plan? She’s the bold, free-spirited type. She’s cute, she’s fun, and she’s following God...
  • So Over My Head by Jenny B. Jones

    So Over My Head by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Newly single, stalked by a killer, and in desperate need of some chic clown shoes--Bella is one skinny mocha frapp away from total meltdown. When the Fritz Family Carnival makes its annual appearance in Truman, Bella's keen reporter instincts tell her the bright lights hide more than they reveal. Her suspicions are confirmed when one of the stars is murdered...
  • I'm So Sure by Jenny B. Jones

    I'm So Sure by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "Think you're having a rough week? Bella's stepdad, a semi-pro wrestler, just signed the entire family up for a reality TV show. Bella's first thought: Kill. Me. Now." Living in Truman, Oklahoma wasn't 100% miserable for Bella. Sure, she misses Manhattan, couture clothes, and her dad. But she was making new friends at Truman High and almost enjoying her work at the school newspaper...
  • Peculiar Treasures by Robin Jones Gunn

    Peculiar Treasures by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A fresh start? Katie Weldon catches more than just the bouquet at the wedding of her best friend, Christy Miller. She also snags a job offer that launches her into an adventure she never imagined. Katie eagerly accepts the job as resident assistant at Rancho Corona University, only to find herself in a community of conflict...
  • The Secret Journal of Brett Colton by Kay Lynn Mangum

    The Secret Journal of Brett Colton by Kay Lynn Mangum

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Kathy Colton can t stand her brother, Brett. Her family talks as if he were perfect! All Kathy knows for sure is that Brett is dead. He died of leukemia when he was sixteen and she was only two. But when Kathy turns sixteen, she discovers her brother s hidden journal - a journal written especially for her - and learns about the brother she never knew...
  • Sky Zone by Creston Mapes

    Sky Zone by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Political Rally. A Terrorist Threat. A Nightmare of Cataclysmic Proportions.Jack and Pamela Crittendon have hit the breaking point. After months out of work as a reporter, Jack is playing Mr. Mom and working part-time at Festival Arena with his survivalist friend Brian Shakespeare...
  • The Complete Blueberry Beach Box Set Books 1-8 by Jessie Gussman

    The Complete Blueberry Beach Box Set Books 1-8 by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Escape to Blueberry Beach in this charming collection of sweet, heartwarming romances!Book 1 - Yesterday's When Lindy leaves her workaholic husband and moves with her teenage daughter to their summer cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan, will she find joy and healing with the help of her new neighbors in the town of Blueberry Beach? And when it comes down to a choice between her bright new...
  • Match Point by Erynn Mangum

    Match Point by Erynn Mangum

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Matchmaker Lauren Holbrook is happy after putting together four successful couples. That is, until the tables are turned and she's on the receiving end of the matchmaking!Lauren and her boyfriend, Ryan, devise a plan to make it look as if they've broken up so people will get off their backs about marriage. No problem, right? That's of course until Lauren realizes she's in love...
  • Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe

    Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    This night not only marked the end to the drought, but also the end to the long-held secret we'd kept hidden under the magnolias. Magnolia, South Carolina, 1980Austin Foster is barely a teenager when her mama dies giving birth to twins, leaving her to pick up the pieces while holding her six siblings together and doing her best to stop her daddy from retreating into his personal darkness...
  • Home of Our Hearts by Robin Jones Gunn

    Home of Our Hearts by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Christy and Todd are looking forward to being part of two important weddings. Christy would never think of missing Katie's big day, even though she's getting married in Kenya. Todd has been waiting his whole life to stand up as the best man for his dad's wedding...
  • Rematch by Erynn Mangum

    Rematch by Erynn Mangum

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Lauren’s dad may be getting remarried—and Lauren is still looking for the love of her life! Join Lauren on her adventure of caffeine, chocolate, girl talk, and spiritual insights as she continues to search for the right match...
  • Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    At just ten years old, Tommy has already been through more horror than most people suffer their entire lives. So when he’s placed in his latest foster home, under the gentle care of Abe and Alabama Powers, he lashes out. He’s scared, confused, angry…and convinced it won’t be long before these new foster parents send him away, too. No one wants a boy his age, especially one who’s broken, dirty...
  • Open Your Heart/Time Will Tell/Now Picture This by Robin Jones Gunn

    Open Your Heart/Time Will Tell/Now Picture This by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Happenstanceâ?¦or Godâ?s Great Plan? Sheâ?s the bold, free-spirited type. Sheâ?s cute, sheâ?s fun, and sheâ?s following God...
  • Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

    Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 52 ratings
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible...
  • The Girl from Snowy River by Jackie French

    The Girl from Snowy River by Jackie French

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particularly for orphaned sixteen-year-old Flinty McAlpine, who lost a brother when the Snowy River men marched away to war...
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  • On a Whim by Robin Jones Gunn

    On a Whim by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What s next? Ever since high school, Katie Weldon has wondered what it would be like to be Rick Doyle s girlfriend. As a college senior she s about to find out...
  • Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe

    Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book # 1.5 of The Keaton Series The much anticipated companion novel to Away -- the heart gripping romance about first loves and unforgettable moments. Now experience it all from Jason's point of view in Letting Go. Jason Bradley is a simple, country guy thrust into a life most wouldn't consider normal...
  • Janessa by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Janessa by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Though she’s seen people she’s close to fall in love, Janessa Halverson has no desire to do the same. Janessa was young when she lost her parents, and though she loves the family she’s a part of now, she has no interest in falling in love with someone, only to lose them. And having kids? Nope...
  • Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Knitting and life. They’re both about beginnings...and endings.That’s why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle’s Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It’s for people who want to quit something—or someone!—and start a new phase of their lives.First to join is Phoebe Rylander, who’s trying to get over a man. Alix Turner and her husband want a baby, so she has to quit smoking...
  • Kodomo no Omocha 03 by Miho Obana, Gualtiero Cannarsi

    Kodomo no Omocha 03 by Miho Obana, Gualtiero Cannarsi

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Take one young actress used to getting her way, add a handful of ruthless bullies, some humorous twists, and a plastic toy hammer, and you've got the recipe for one crazy story Kodocha follows the antics of Sana, a spoiled 11-year-old TV star, and Hayama, a 6th grade Machiavelli who terrorizes both his teachers and his classmates...
  • This Quiet Sky by Joanne Bischof

    This Quiet Sky by Joanne Bischof

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    There is nothing extraordinary about Tucker O’Shay’s dreams. Go to college. Become president. Fall in love. And pretend like he has enough time to get it all done.Sixteen-year-old Sarah Miller doesn’t expect anything out of the ordinary when she begins her first day at the one-room-school house in her new hometown of Rocky Knob...
  • Can't Let You Go by Jenny B. Jones

    Can't Let You Go by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An old love whose kisses make her weak, but whose secrets threaten to destroy all she holds dear... Fresh out of college, Katie Parker had it all—a charming romance, a role in a famous stage production, and an idyllic life in London. Until she found her boyfriend cheating and got herself fired from the play...
  • Kodomo no Omocha 02 by Miho Obana, Barbara Chies

    Kodomo no Omocha 02 by Miho Obana, Barbara Chies

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    12-year old Sana Kurata is used to getting what she wants - even in love. Ever since she hired her manager, a man 10 years her senior who she calls her "gigalo," she thought it was true love. When Rei shows his feelings for a woman his own age, Sana realizes that Rei's feelings for her are anything but romantic...
  • Sundown by Susan May Warren

    Sundown by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    Former Delta Operative Colt Kingston knows when someone is lying. He may not know the truth, but he sure doesn't trust Tae, the woman who is caring for his ailing father at Sky King Ranch. Behind those beautiful blue eyes, he can tell there is a troubled--and smart--woman.A few of her stories prove true--he's found the crashed plane and the dead body inside...
  • Double Take by Lynette Eason

    Double Take by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army Criminal Investigation Division due to wounds sustained when an IED blew up near him. Now with the Lake City Police Department, he's rooming with this good buddy and partner, Cole, while he figures out his family dynamics...
  • One More Wish: Christy & Todd: The Married Years Series by Robin Jones Gunn

    One More Wish: Christy & Todd: The Married Years Series by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As Christy blows out the 26 candles on her birthday cake, she closes her eyes and makes a wish. Could this be the year that she and Todd finally have a baby? They know that everything will change once they have a child. Are they ready for all the adjustments a new little one would bring? Christy isn't sure...
  • Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe, Susan Bennett

    Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe, Susan Bennett

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Magnolia, South Carolina, 1980Austin Foster is barely a teenager when her mama dies giving birth to twins, leaving her to pick up the pieces while holding her six siblings together and doing her best to stop her daddy from retreating into his personal darkness.Scratching out a living on the family’s tobacco farm is as tough as it gets...
  • Lost & Found: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Lost & Found: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jude Tanner came from a humble background. He couldn't believe he was now the owner of a Thoroughbred racehorse. He obviously hoped his colt would be a contender on the road to the Kentucky Derby, but it still surprised him when it actually happened. It was surreal that his dreams were coming true. There were only a few more races before the Derby, and if Mister Everything did well, he had a shot...
  • Summer Promise by Robin Jones Gunn

    Summer Promise by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Teens across the nation have made this series from Robin Jones Gunn a bestseller! Readers can find out for themselves why the series is so popular as they, too, become friends with Christy Miller. She becomes the perfect role model for today's teens by making a commitment to Christ in the first book and then growing in her walk with the Lord in the next eleven books...
  • Come Friday by Brooke St. James

    Come Friday by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wes Bishop had a real sense of adventure. He left Memphis and moved to London as soon as he graduated high school. It had been nearly seven years since then, and even though Wes missed his family, he was doing really well in England. He had a budding career as a musician and had met the girl of his dreams. He really thought he had everything figured out. Then he met Jolene Wright...
  • Sparks & Embers: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Sparks & Embers: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Autumn Rains went to Lexington, Kentucky on a mission.This was no vacation.She had a very specific goal in mind.Autumn had done research and knew who she would encounter on the Tanner Farm.Photographs of the family were accessible on the internet, so she had an idea of what to expect when she arrived.Autumn was already aware that she would be meeting tall, handsome athletes on her trip...
  • Young & Wild: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Young & Wild: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The golden boy meets his match in the Tanner Family series finale.Tanner Wilde was just that. Wild.He had been working hard and playing harder for so long that he paid no mind to the long lineof heartbroken women he left in his wake. His life seemed full, and he was nowhere near readyto settle down.Jillian Young was just the opposite...
  • Let My Daughter Go: A Mind-Blowing Christian Fiction Thriller by Creston Mapes

    Let My Daughter Go: A Mind-Blowing Christian Fiction Thriller by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rogan Sneed is spending life in prison for the mass shooting he committed at Pioneer Square in Portland, Oregon. The copycat shooter who attempted a similar attack on the anniversary of the event is dead. Time has passed. Wounds are healing.But then a blip on the screen.A teenage girl is kidnapped in Portland...
  • Forever Mason (Beaumont) by Heidi McLaughlin

    Forever Mason (Beaumont) by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The long-awaited prequel to Forever My Girl is here!Mason Powell. Best friend. Boyfriend. Husband. Father.He’s the young man you know but have never met.He’s the man who chose love over friendship.He’s the man who would do anything for his family and friends.He’s the man who stepped up when someone wasn’t there.He’s the man who has a story to tell.Be there when Mason tells his life story...
  • Sunburst by Susan May Warren

    Sunburst by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    When former Navy SEAL and lifelong bachelor Ranger Kingston is called upon to take part in a rescue mission to save his brother Colt, who has been kidnapped by terrorists in Nigeria, he is shocked to find among the hostages a woman he knows and could never forget...
  • Just for Tonight by Brooke St. James

    Just for Tonight by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My plans for the summer seemed to be falling apart. Originally, I was going to live outside Chicago, in peace and solitude, while I worked on launching my own business. But then a friend borrowed the money I had set aside for that and suddenly couldn’t pay me back.She came up with an alternate plan, one that involved me spending the summer at a family friend’s cabin in Arkansas...
  • The Rest is History: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    The Rest is History: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was at a wedding purely for work related connections. Originally, my boyfriend was supposedto accompany me, but he broke up with me earlier in the day when I discovered that he hadbeen cheating. So, there I was, alone at a wedding reception on what was not my best day.I was surprised when a handsome stranger sat next to me...
  • The Amish Sign by Mary Lantz

    The Amish Sign by Mary Lantz

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Amish woman seeking her path. A grieving widower unable to forget. A pampered child on the road to ruin. Anna Werngerd is of marriageable age expecting one day to wed Simon Fisher. But when She hears about a position housekeeping and caring for a five year old, Anna agrees to take the job, at least until God gives the guidance she is praying for...
  • Sleighed by the Farmer's Daughter: A Clean Small-Town Holiday Romance by Deanna Lilly

    Sleighed by the Farmer's Daughter: A Clean Small-Town Holiday Romance by Deanna Lilly

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He thought his holidays were ruined until he was rescued by... an elf in Santa’s sleigh. Christmas just got interesting.Seth hasn’t been home for Christmas in over a decade, but now his niece and sister-in-law demand his presence. Last-minute complications at the factory mean driving hours through a snowstorm. One wrong turn, and he finds himself stranded on a farm in the middle of nowhere...
  • Mind the Gap by Erynn Mangum

    Mind the Gap by Erynn Mangum

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The best thing to do when all your dreams get crushed? Pack your bags and head to London.Kate Macon has spent her life preparing to be a teacher and six weeks into her dream come true, everything crashes and burns thanks to budget cuts and a hiring freeze...
  • Till Death Do Us Part by Lurlene McDaniel

    Till Death Do Us Part by Lurlene McDaniel

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    The doctor's diagnosis for April Lancaster is not good. April has a brain tumor which cannot be operated on. She's only 18, and her future is uncertain. But when she meets Mark Gianni, a 21-year-old with a passion for car racing, things change.Mark is handsome and charming--and has cystic fibrosis. Despite herself, April falls completely in love with him...
  • Riverbend Gap by Denise Hunter

    Riverbend Gap by Denise Hunter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 13 ratings
    From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes the first romance in a brand-new series!When Deputy Cooper Robinson happens upon a car balanced on the edge of a cliff, he does everything he can think of to distract the distraught driver from her perilous situation—up to and including sharing things he’s never disclosed to anyone...
  • Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen

    Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I fancy myself a purveyor of truth, a sifter of lies, a cutter of bullshit. It’s not a gift, but rather, all skill, honed to a razor’s edge after one too many trips down the rabbit hole. Some may dismiss my talent as misplaced and misguided cynicism, but they’d be wrong. Cliches about hope and faith in mankind are concocted unicorn farts, an effort to keep the dreamers dreaming...
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