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  • Good Spirits by B.K. Borison

    Good Spirits by B.K. Borison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 72 ratings
    The USA Today bestselling author of Business Casual, B.K. Borison is back with a whimsical new holiday romance—this time with a magical twist—that will have everyone falling in love with the Ghost of Christmas Past.He’s the Ghost of Christmas Past. She’s not exactly Scrooge...
  • The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison

    The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    A hilarious and heartfelt novel about how loves and lives are never truly lost, for fans of Rebecca Serle and Taylor Jenkins Reid. With a leading role on a hit TV show and a relationship with Hollywood's latest heartthrob, Meg Bryan appears to have everything she ever wanted. But underneath the layers of makeup and hairspray, her happiness is as fake as her stage name, Lana Lord...
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  • Fated by Sarah Ready

    Fated by Sarah Ready

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    She meets the man of her dreams in her dreams.Fiona Abry excels at keeping busy, running her family’s Swiss watch company, and guarding her heart. She’s so busy she doesn’t have time for a vacation much less a love life.But then she’s given a family heirloom rumored to let you dream your greatest desire...
  • Vampire Charming by Cassandra Gannon

    Vampire Charming by Cassandra Gannon

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Not Another Vampire Book was only the beginning of the story… Slade, King of the Vampires: For a thousand years, Slade lived a rarified existence on an enchanted island. Now, he’s stuck in modern day Chicago and he hates it. His destined mate has divorced him, his people have abandoned him, and no one in the backwards human world makes any sense. He needs a new kingdom to rule...
  • Down and Dirty by Sandra Hill

    Down and Dirty by Sandra Hill

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Punished for an indiscretion, Navy SEAL and all-around tough guy Zachary Floyd is forced to head a new SEAL-like program for women. There he meets an alluring Norsewoman, who's escaped a nunnery, her father, and the eleventh century altogether. A NAVY WARRIOR He's a world-class player -- nicknamed Pretty Boy -- and a tough guy who's not afraid to get down and dirty...
  • Cave Man Make Baby by Frankie Love

    Cave Man Make Baby by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    I never intended on time travelling to the Stone Age during my Special Ops mission – but it’s not the first thing in my life to get effed up.To say I didn’t have a happy childhood is an understatement – that’s why I joined the military first chance I got.And to be honest – living alone on the beach isn’t the worst way to live out my days...
  • Without Pride and Prejudice by Jennifer Peel

    Without Pride and Prejudice by Jennifer Peel

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 12 ratings
    Can their love conquer pride and prejudice?Ever since I first read Pride and Prejudice at twelve years old, I’ve dreamed of being Elizabeth Bennet. That dream is now about to come true...
  • Catch Me by Reese Rivers

    Catch Me by Reese Rivers

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 39 ratings
    How do you survive time travel to 17th century France…while wearing a bathrobe…with nothing but a chap-stick and an iPhone? How do you avoid being burnt at the stake as a witch for possessing that ‘magical’ evil iPhone?Start by being rescued by 4 hot AF men dipped in sexy sauce. Accept that vampires and wolf shifters are real and then make peace with the fact that you can have them all...
  • Rough and Ready by Sandra Hill

    Rough and Ready by Sandra Hill

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    A MISSION OF NO MERCY It takes nothing short of a miracle to catapult Lt. Torolf Magnusson and his team of Navy SEALs back in time to the eleventh-century Norselands. First on the agenda: destroy the evil villain who terrorized his family and a nation...
  • Time of My Life by Mary Frame

    Time of My Life by Mary Frame

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    Every day is the worst day of Jane Stewart’s life. No really, that’s not a dramatization or overreaction, she’s reliving the same, terrible day over and over (and over and over) again.She’s late to the same meeting. Endures the same soul crushing lectures from her bosses, who ultimately fire her anyway. And—the cherry on top—she gets to experience getting dumped on repeat...
  • Eternally Rare by January Rayne

    Eternally Rare by January Rayne

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    In the dimension where fire meets ice, my mate waits for me. And if I don’t go to him, I’ll die. I know I’m lucky to have a mate at all. Most would rejoice. Most would run to them. Not me. I want to stay with my family. I was trapped in the veil for the majority of my life, fighting to survive. And I’m supposed to leave them for a man I don’t know? I’m tired of Fate making the decisions for me...
  • Cave Man Need Wife by Frankie Love

    Cave Man Need Wife by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I’ve been here a long ass time. Lonely as hell and wishing for a wife.When a woman arrives, she thinks she’s time-travelled to a prehistoric nightmare.I think she’s finally come home.She’s innocent, curvy, and all kinds of cute.And she thinks I’m nothing but a cave man.Growly. Grumpy. Gruff.She’s not wrong.She also has ideas about marriage...
  • Once Upon a Time Travel by Sariah Wilson

    Once Upon a Time Travel by Sariah Wilson

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 17 ratings
    Once upon a time… Recent college grad Emma Damon knows the Rose Room in Hartley Hall is off limits, which is exactly why she can’t wait to get inside. Once she enters the forbidden room, Emma learns more about the history of the museum than she ever intended to know...
  • Ghosted by Sarah Ready

    Ghosted by Sarah Ready

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Jillian Nejat is the only dating and relationship expert on the planet who is incapable of speaking to men. If they’re living, if they’re breathing, it’s game over. With her bank account at zero, her career a dumpster fire, and her dating life in a ten-year slump, she moves into a tiny, dirt-cheap NYC apartment. Unfortunately, the apartment is already occupied...
  • Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone, Zoe Chao

    Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone, Zoe Chao

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 49 ratings
    Finding true love is only a matter of time in this heartfelt and hilarious romantic comedy, starring Zoë Chao (The Afterparty), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), and a full cast!Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future...
  • Defended by Love by Keri Lane

    Defended by Love by Keri Lane

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    If it wasn’t for the superhero, the Garnet Defender, I’d be dead.Late one stormy night, I snuck into my work building just before it was set to be fumigated. While I’d always been told that my workaholic tendencies would be the death of me, I assumed that it would be in a stress-induced heart attack sort of way, and not because the building would collapse with me inside...
  • An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating by Cecilia Edward

    An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating by Cecilia Edward

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 12 ratings
    An ancient witch explores the thrills—and perils—of online dating with hilarity and heart in a charming rom-com perfect for fans of cozy fantasy and witchy romance.Meet Thorn Scarhart, a thirty-nine-year-old witch who’s having trouble finding love in the 17th century. Despite the local matchmaker’s efforts and Thorn’s arsenal of powerful love potions, she has yet to fall in love...
  • Secrets on the Sea by Shona Knight

    Secrets on the Sea by Shona Knight

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    What would you do if you were thrown into a world overrun by men? When all you want is the freedom to explore it on your own? Disguise yourself as a cabin boy and hitch a ride on a pirate ship! Ria All my life, I’ve chased the thrill of new adventures, but nothing scratches that itch for long...
  • The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk

    The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 37 ratings
    ”I’ll read anything she writes” EMILY HENRYCan a little Christmas magic mend a broken heart?“Absolutely screamingly hilarious, full of Christmas-y sparkle and a lovely boy-next-door romance, but with some serious depth to bring you all the feels...
  • Heart of a Wolf by C.J. Ravenna

    Heart of a Wolf by C.J. Ravenna

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    How to get over a breakup:1: Go to Iceland2: Get sent back in time3: Get abducted by a hot, moody Viking werewolfThe tour guides sure didn’t prepare me for this…KieranAfter my boyfriend cheats, my best friend spirits me away to Reykjavik for a scenic getaway. I think this may be just the escape I need to get over the jerk...
  • Not You Again by Erin La Rosa

    Not You Again by Erin La Rosa

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    They have nothing but time...to hate each other.In Julian, California, every day is April 23rd—and in a time loop, there are no rules. Eating endless slices of fresh apple pie? Yes. Partner swapping? Why not. Being trapped inside the plot of a sci-fi film would almost be inspiring for LA screenwriter Carly Hart…if she wasn’t waking up at her dad’s funeral every single day. Carly wants out...
  • The Pirate Bride by Sandra Hill

    The Pirate Bride by Sandra Hill

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    A Viking to bed, not to wed! Medana Elsadottir, known as the Sea Scourge, never planned to become a pirate, but there’s no denying her talent. Her female-only tribe has an island hideaway, food aplenty, goods to trade…everything except the means to breed. That’s where the strapping Norsemen tied up in her ship’s hold comes in handy...
  • Juneau by Calliope Stewart

    Juneau by Calliope Stewart

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    Boston, 1915. Juneau Wilde is the youngest child of the illustrious Wilde family. Despite her omega designation, she is an adventurous troublemaker that spends her days driving her widowed mother crazy. Juneau constantly bucks against the constraints of society, wanting to live the kind of life that the heroines in her favorite novels live...
  • This Spells Love by Kate Robb

    This Spells Love by Kate Robb

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 85 ratings
    A young woman tries to heal her heartbreak by casting a spell to erase her ex from her past, but she wakes up in an alternate reality where she’s lost more than she wished for in this witty, whimsical friends-to-lovers debut...
  • Time Loops & Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau

    Time Loops & Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    The “masterful, inspiring, and full of heart” (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author) Jackie Lau returns with a thoroughly unique love story about a woman reliving the same Friday over and over again—and the intriguing man who can’t quite remember her. Noelle Tom really shouldn’t have eaten those dumplings at the night market...
  • Forked by Ruth Cardello

    Forked by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Is that an earthquake or is your fork happy to see you?Imagine a WWII super soldier and his unit were trapped in cutlery by the government and the only way they could transform back was by being intimate with a woman . . .Shortly after moving to a new city, Mercedes buys a set of antique silverware from an estate sale and discovers she has a preference for one particular fork...
  • Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major

    Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming and emotionally poignant novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from an unfortunate fate.It is an ordinary Monday and harried London literary agent Emma is flying out of the door as usual...
  • Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon

    Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 132 ratings
    What’s worse than editing the stupidest supernatural romance novel ever written? Getting stuck inside of it. Karalynn Donnelly has somehow been transported into Eternal Passion at Sunset, a vampire love story filled with enough clichés, anachronisms, and run-on sentences to drive any hardworking book editor insane...
  • Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1 by Julietta Suzuki

    Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1 by Julietta Suzuki

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 70 ratings
    Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity...
  • Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning

    Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 202 ratings
    A laird trapped between centuries... Enchanted by a powerful spell, Highland laird Drustan MacKeltar slumbered for nearly five centuries hidden deep in a cave, until an unlikely savior awakened him. The enticing lass who dressed and spoke like no woman he'd ever known was from his distant future, where crumbled ruins were all that remained of his vanished world...
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