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  • The Summer We Made Promises by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    The Summer We Made Promises by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Seven summers. Two families. One beach house. And a diary that holds all the secrets.As the sun burns bright on the white sands of Destin, Vivien's love life takes an unexpected turn. She finds herself torn between two very different men, both offering something she thought she’d lost—security, excitement, and the chance to finally choose herself...
  • The Summer We Danced by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    The Summer We Danced by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Seven summers. Two families. One beach house. And a diary that holds all the secrets.As the fragile harmony of the Summer House begins to fracture, no one is more surprised than Tessa to find herself at the heart of the healing. In an unexpected twist, she becomes the bridge between two divided families—offering Crista a solution to her biggest problem...
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  • Easton Island: A Wedding to Remember by Hope Callaghan

    Easton Island: A Wedding to Remember by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Easton Island is the continuing saga of one woman’s journey from incredible loss to finding a past she knew nothing about, including a family who both embraces and fears her and a charming island that draws her in...
  • A New Year in the Keys by Hope Holloway

    A New Year in the Keys by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Come back to Coconut Key as the New Year brings surprises, secrets, and second chances…and one shocking new arrival!For Beck and her mother, Lovely, the serene island life they’ve carefully built is about to be upended. Plans for a quiet holiday with no guests at their popular Coquina House Bed & Breakfast are disrupted when they agree to host a trio of last-minute guests...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  contemporary  audiobook
  • There’s Still Beauty in This Street Love 2: Her Fallen Angel by Elle Kayson

    There’s Still Beauty in This Street Love 2: Her Fallen Angel by Elle Kayson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    On his own since he was fifteen, Ángel Cruz has never had to explain how or when he moves to anyone. As someone who works from the shadows, he goes where and when work calls. His relationship with Tamar Kinsey means he has to learn to open himself to her or risk losing the hot-tempered beauty.As if feeling abandoned by Ángel is not enough, Tamar suddenly has to deal with another betrayal...
  • 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  contemporary  m-f  audiobook
  • The Summer We Met by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    The Summer We Met by Hope Holloway, Cecelia Scott

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Seven summers. Two families. One beach house. And a diary that holds all the secrets.Thirty years ago, two families shared seven magical summers together, vacationing in a shared beach house on the white sands of Destin, Florida. For three months every year, they basked in laughter, love, and endless beachside memories..
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  contemporary  audiobook
  • Farrah by Cee Bowerman

    Farrah by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Farrah Seaverson is living proof that while a person may make mistakes, mistakes don’t make the person. After years of incarceration, she has finally learned the hard lessons from the choices she made that riddled her life with pain and loneliness, and she’s ready to start a new life, free from the addictions that controlled her before...
  • 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  contemporary  m-f  audiobook
  • A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque

    A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Executioner Knights are back! Alexander de Sherrington seeks to marry a daughter of the great Christopher de Lohr (Rise of the Defender). But not if King John has anything to say about it! Alexander de Sherrington, the man affectionately referred to as ‘Sherry’ by his friends, is off on the greatest adventure of his life… and his target is Lady Christin de Lohr...
  • Wynn Harbor Inn: Birdie by the Bay by Hope Callaghan

    Wynn Harbor Inn: Birdie by the Bay by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “A moving novel about coming home, uncovering painful truths, and rediscovering the people—and the places—that truly matter...
  • Last Stop from Innocence by Takerra Allen

    Last Stop from Innocence by Takerra Allen

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A nostalgic tale of first love, first loss, and the budding womanhood of a Black girl in the '90s. Tragedy flips Amore Brown’s world on its axis right before she heads off to college. Having to sit tight for the summer, she chooses Jersey City, New Jersey - the home of her estranged father - to pass the time...
  • Captiva Sisters by Annie Cabot

    Captiva Sisters by Annie Cabot

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Captiva Island landscape is changing shape.With new residents influencing local businesses, Chelsea's sister, Gretchen, is finding her way without a road map. To say she's testing Chelsea's patience is an understatement.Sebastian Barlowe's health proves overwhelming for his wife, Isabelle, and so, she seeks guidance from Maggie and Chelsea...
  • Need by Chelle Bliss

    Need by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lulu Gallo didn’t spend time daydreaming about romance, she was too busy becoming a self-made woman. But on the way to meeting a new client, a pothole takes out her tire, sending her on a path she’d never seen coming.Oliver Weston had always been a loner. He preferred spending his days getting his hands dirty and helping strangers in need...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  contemporary  audiobook
  • Seabreeze Library by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Library by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A mysterious guest. A charming bookmobile. A beach house renovation that reveals a long-held secret. As Ivy Bay and her sister Shelly breathe new life into the Seabreeze Inn, an unexpected visitor rolls into town—driving a charming, book-filled bus...
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    mature couple  length-short
  • Christmas at Sugar Sand Inn by Leigh Duncan

    Christmas at Sugar Sand Inn by Leigh Duncan

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with best friends Michelle, Reggie, Nina and Erin for a second chance at all life has to offer.It’s Christmas at the Sugar Sand Inn, and Michelle and her friends have replaced the Welcome sign with one that reads Closed for the Holidays...
  • Badge by K.L. Savage, Wander Aguiar

    Badge by K.L. Savage, Wander Aguiar

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Everyone has dreams when they are young.And mine came to an abrupt halt. I changed as a man, as a person, my soul was damaged beyond repair.So I turned into someone everyone would hate.Because I hate everyone and everything.I’m furious at the world.I don’t see that changing anytime soon.But then it does change.And if there is one thing I am not good at, it’s adapting...
  • Where Love Blooms by Kimberly Brown

    Where Love Blooms by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “The tragedy of life is not death… but what we let die inside of us while we live.” –Norman CousinsJamison Jareau has suffered a terrible loss. His wife of eighteen years passed away the day she gave birth to their son. Consumed with grief and guilt over her death, Jamison has thrown himself into work and raising his four children without her...
  • 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...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 07 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Miyagi finally gets over his obsession with his late high school teacher by confessing his love for Shinobu in front of her grave. When it comes time for Shinobu to choose which college to go to, his feelings seem to be swaying his decisions too strongly - even for Miyagi's liking...
  • Wynn Harbor Inn by Hope Callaghan

    Wynn Harbor Inn by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “A moving novel about coming home, uncovering painful truths, and rediscovering the people—and the place—that truly matter...
  • Wynn Harbor Inn: Wynns of Change by Hope Callaghan

    Wynn Harbor Inn: Wynns of Change by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “A moving novel about coming home, uncovering painful truths, and rediscovering the people—and the place—that truly matter...
  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Dylan Walsh left his small town behind and vowed to never return. But when his brother needs help, Dylan steps back into the memories he tried so hard to forget. He thought there was nothing there for him anymore until a woman he knew as a little girl catches more than Dylan’s eye.Rosie Gallo is known for her kind spirit, good-girl vibes, and her loyalty to the ones she loves...
  • Brixx: A Hood Love Story by Lakia

    Brixx: A Hood Love Story by Lakia

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Reagan is a dedicated nurse who’s seen it all, but nothing prepared her for a suffocating co-parenting relationship with a man who symbolizes everything she despises. She finds herself haunted by the consequences of her choices and burdened by the struggles of maintaining a facade of happiness while concealing her inner turmoil...
  • Snow Fairy by Tomo Serizawa, 芹澤知

    Snow Fairy by Tomo Serizawa, 芹澤知

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When Hokkaido-born Haruki meets animal photographer Akihito and finds out his accommodations have fallen through, he offers his home as a shelter for the winter. A city slicker, Akihito is smart, charming, and a smooth conversationalist; the polar opposite of country boy Haruki. Despite their differences, Akihito wants to close the gap between the two of them, before the snow thaws in the spring...
  • Easton Island: Looking Glass Cottage by Hope Callaghan

    Easton Island: Looking Glass Cottage by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Easton Island - Looking Glass Cottage is the beginning of one woman’s journey from incredible loss to finding a past she knew nothing about, including a family who both embraces and fears her and a charming island that draws her in. This inspirational series is for lovers of family sagas, mystery, and a touch of romance...
  • Captiva Cafe by Annie Cabot

    Captiva Cafe by Annie Cabot

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Loving someone and caring for them doesn't require erasing yourself in the process."On the sun-drenched shores of Florida's Captiva Island, Maggie Moretti's Key Lime Garden Inn has become a sanctuary for those seeking a fresh start...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  contemporary
  • A Kiss for the Ages by Grace Burrowes

    A Kiss for the Ages by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time, tide, and temptation wait for no man--or woman! Lysander, Earl of Montmarche, really ought to re-marry, if for no other reason than that he’s completely flummoxed by his rambunctious, outspoken young daughter. He surely owes the girl and his frazzled nerves the benefit of a step-mama’s steadying presence...
  • Sweet Tea & Wedding Rings by Rachel Hanna

    Sweet Tea & Wedding Rings by Rachel Hanna

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In book 4 of this USA Today bestselling series. Mia and Kate are still working on building their new honey business while Travis and Cooper are keeping a big secret that could wreak havoc in both of their relationships.Meanwhile, a former guest of the B&B shows up in the dead of night, and she needs a place to hide...
  • Return to Captiva by Annie Cabot

    Return to Captiva by Annie Cabot

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Key Lime Garden Inn has a mysterious guest, and everyone wants to know his story.Matteo Benedetti comes to Captiva Island and the Key Lime Garden Inn to confront the demons that have haunted him for many years. In doing so, he changes the lives of many on the island...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 06 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's the day of the award ceremony for Usami, but Usami's older brother, Haruhiko, can't keep his hands off Misaki. First an endless shipment of strawberries, then a "kidnapping" as Haruhiko drags Misaki off to his rich estate and locks him up! Meanwhile, a dramatic misunderstanding spooks Shinobu into leaving for Australia...
  • Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Junjo Romantica, Volume 08 by Shungiku Nakamura

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Misaki is struggling to pass his college entrance exams and has taken up a tutor--the cool and sexy Akihiko Usami. Misaki realizes he may be developing feelings for the older man. And so begins the bumpy relationship of this odd couple...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  m-m  humor  queer  length-short
  • Retrouvailles sur la Côte du Golfe by Maggie Miller

    Retrouvailles sur la Côte du Golfe by Maggie Miller

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Évadez-vous sur la côte du Golfe de Floride avec Georgia Carpenter alors qu'elle obtient une seconde chance pour sa vie, son amour et son bonheur.Georgia Carpenter travaille d'arrache-pied à la rénovation de l'auberge dont elle a hérité, avec l'objectif de rouvrir dès que possible. Un objectif qui semble tout à fait atteignable avec l'aide du séduisant bricoleur Travis Taylor et de sa famille...
  • Seabreeze Library by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Library by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    A mysterious guest. A charming bookmobile. A beach house renovation that reveals a long-held secret.As Ivy Bay and her sister Shelly breathe new life into the Seabreeze Inn, an unexpected visitor rolls into town—driving a charming, book-filled bus...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  glimpses-kisses
  • The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella – Sally’s only child – fled to Australia twenty-two years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back...
  • The Hat Girl's Heartbreak by Lindsey Hutchinson

    The Hat Girl's Heartbreak by Lindsey Hutchinson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Will it be tears or triumph for the Hat Girl from Silver Street?It’s been five years since Ella Bancroft lost the love of her life, Harper Fortescue, and despite her friends’ encouragement, she’s still not been able to move on. The one thing keeping Ella smiling is the success of her hat shop, Ivella...
  • The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella – Sally’s only child – fled to Australia twenty-two years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back...
  • Sunrise With The Silver Surfers by Maddie Please

    Sunrise With The Silver Surfers by Maddie Please

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 23 ratings
    Pre-order the brand new novel from the #1 bestselling author of The Old Ducks' Club!'I've loved all of Maddie Please's books but this is my favourite so far - superb characters and a warm, wonderful story. Bravo!' Judy LeighNewly single at sixty, Elin Anderson decides it’s finally time for an adventure of her own...
  • Ajax: Time Served MC Nomads, Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Ajax: Time Served MC Nomads, Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The life of a nomad sounds much more lonely than it really is, at least for Ajax. However, when a near-death experience brings a sassy stranger into his life, he realizes just how lonely he’d be without her. Sometimes, she makes him crazy, and other times, he’s so turned on he can’t think straight...
  • Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He was out of the game.He should've stayed that way.When a former FBI colleague asks Callum Webb to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American bigwig in eastern Europe, Callum’s just got one word for him...No.Okay, actually two words: hell, no.Callum is out of the international law enforcement game and has been for a long time...
  • The Old Ducks' Hen Do by Maddie Please

    The Old Ducks' Hen Do by Maddie Please

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The brand new novel from the #1 bestselling author, Maddie Please! The Old Ducks are back and they are naughtier than ever“I've loved all of Maddie Please's books but this is my favourite so far - superb characters and a warm, wonderful story. Bravo!” Judy LeighRecently retired, Denny Lambert is finding life just a little bit…well, dull...
  • Slice by Nat Logan

    Slice by Nat Logan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel “Slice” Willardis all about serving others and making the world better. When what he thought would be a lifetime career in the Army, ends in an explosion which causes the partial loss of Slice’s hearing and the loss of most of his team, Slice has to make a change...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  contemporary
  • The Harbor Retreat 5 by Grace Meyers

    The Harbor Retreat 5 by Grace Meyers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She bought the cabin to get away. She never expected to find someone worth staying for.Heartbroken and humiliated after a life of being unlucky in love, Josie Taylor flees to the rugged and stormy shores of Stonington, Maine to nurse her wounds and forget about her cruel destiny as a hopeless romantic...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  length-novella
  • Feels Like Home by Tammy L. Grace

    Feels Like Home by Tammy L. Grace

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the tide of life brings in a chance for a fresh start, embrace it.Sloane Bradford’s pen once dazzled the world, but at sixty-two, her star dims—her editor and agent gone, her words stalled. Trading Manhattan’s buzz for Friday Harbor’s quiet shores, where childhood summers still whisper, she bets on a fresh start...
  • Lobster Bay Series Books 1-8 by Meredith Summers

    Lobster Bay Series Books 1-8 by Meredith Summers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Lobster Bay… where friendship runs deep, second chances shine bright, and every tide brings a new beginning.This heartwarming series from USA Today bestselling author Meredith Summers follows a group of women who find themselves—sometimes for the first time on the beautiful coast of Maine...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  length-epic
  • Home At The Cabin by Hayley Summers

    Home At The Cabin by Hayley Summers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This Cabin Comes With A Lot Of Secrets…Trapped in a miserable dead-end job and fighting traffic every day to get back to her crummy apartment, Jenny is desperate to catch a break. But when she receives a surprise call, she’s shocked to discover that her wealthy uncle is dead—and that he left her a beautiful cabin in the mountains of Virginia.This is her golden ticket to escape...
  • The Sand Dollar Sisters by Amy Rafferty

    The Sand Dollar Sisters by Amy Rafferty

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One inn. One mystery. One chance to begin again. After a devastating divorce and the loss of her family’s historic hotel, almost-sixty Jess Bryant is ready to disappear—until a crumbling seaside inn on Anna Maria Island offers one last shot at starting over.With her twin sister by her side and a brooding handyman who seems tied to the inn’s shadowy past, Jess begins rebuilding what’s broken...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  length-novella
  • Forever and Back by Ashley Manley

    Forever and Back by Ashley Manley

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In motherhood and marriage, is anything ever really simple?June Cannon has spent the last seventeen years of her life as a devoted mom and wife, but when her husband, Camp, doesn’t come home for dinner—again—and her teenage daughter calls her simple, she’s had enough. Inspired by a podcast, her way forward becomes clear: get a divorce, get a job, and show her kids she’s anything but simple...
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Are you missing the Steel Brothers? Are you yearning for more? Welcome to the next generation! Join the grown children of Jonah, Talon, Ryan, and Marjorie for new adventures, mysteries, and heart-pounding passion...
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