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One Day In Summer by Shari Low
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOne day in summer, three lives are about to change forever. After two decades of looking after others, this is the day that Agnetha McMaster is reclaiming her life. It’s her turn, her time but will she have the courage to start again? Ten years ago, Mitchell McMaster divorced Agnetha and married her best friend, Celeste. Now he suspects his second wife is having an affair... -
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Silver Biker by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJames Harrington. That’s my name, my birthright, and my curse. I didn’t always hate being a Harrington. At one time, I took it as a privilege. I used it to my advantage. But a name doesn’t stop you from losing everything, and after six haunting years, that everything is back forcing me to face the past or give up a future. Evie Harrington...Categorized as:
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![A Different Kind of December by Lesley Jones]()
A Different Kind of December by Lesley Jones
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsDecember 1st. .. A time to reflect and remember for Georgia, and also, she's decided, this year will be a time for change. Starting with high emotion on the anniversary of the day that changed her life and ending on a loud, raucous and raunchy Christmas night, we get a little dip into the lives of some of the Carnage Series favourite characters. This is book 5 in a series. Carnage Book One... -
![Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett]()
Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere are worse fates than growing up knowing that you will one day inherit a vast and magnificent Cotswolds country estate, but for Rhys Travers it has always felt like a huge responsibility. Juniper Meadows is home to much of his extended family, not to mention the many local businesses that operate on the estate, so there’s no time to sit back and enjoy the view... -
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![The Moment of Truth by Shari Low]()
The Moment of Truth by Shari Low
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe Moment of Truth…. Laney Cochrane loves her life. With her friends Millie and Tash, she runs a proposal agency, organising the perfect setting for their clients to pop the question. Finding that forever love is something Laney knows all about. Her marriage to Cameron is blissfully content and she has never doubted they’ll live happily ever after. Then Cara Deacon walks into their office... -
![The Runaway Wives by Karen King]()
The Runaway Wives by Karen King
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratings‘We’re leaving. And there’s nothing either of you can do about it! ’ When the surprise holiday Dee thinks her husband has booked for her sixtieth birthday weekend turns out to be yet another solo golfing break – it’s the last straw. Meanwhile her best friend Babs’s other half has decided to move to Spain and is acting like he doesn’t need to consult anyone...Categorized as:
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![Rekindled by Kaylea Cross]()
Rekindled by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHe left her when she needed him most. .. Four years ago, Dr. Grace Fallon lost everything that mattered in a terrorist attack she barely survived. Now she’s stronger than ever and in Pakistan with a UN-sanctioned team for the most important assignment of her career...Categorized as:
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![Xander: Part 2, The Present by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew]()
Xander: Part 2, The Present by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's eleven years later, and we're still living separate lives. While I know she isn't comfortable with my lifestyle after everything she’s been through, I can't be without her anymore. I need her. She's my wife. She's my heartbeat. She's my every breath. She's my everything. I want to know every detail of her life. I want to be part of it all... -
![Irresistible Revenge by Amanda Bentley]()
Irresistible Revenge by Amanda Bentley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou’re going to think I’m a shitty person, and I can’t say I’d even blame you. But before you make a snap judgment, let me help you understand. You see, I slept with my coworker. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Okay…and? Well, I slept with my coworker, but I still had a boyfriend. “How could you? ”. “That is WRONG. ”“(insert choice expletives here)! ”. I know. You’re right. It is... -
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Salt Love by Marika Ray
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat do you do when you find out your husband’s cheating on you, your aunt just passed away in Florida, and your boss gave the promotion to your work nemesis, so you threaten him with bodily harm in the middle of a board meeting? Well, after getting escorted out of the building by security, I fly straight to Sunshine Key to deal with my aunt’s estate...Categorized as:
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![Vicious Innocence by Naomi West]()
Vicious Innocence by Naomi West
Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars · 0 ratingsSix months ago, the most dangerous man in New York told me to disappear. So I did. New name. New state. New life in a town so small it doesn't even have a Target. I traded penthouse views for scrubs at a dentist's office and a car old enough to vote. I put Ransome Rozanov behind me, along with everything he showed me about himself—and about what I'd let him do to me. I was doing fine...Categorized as:
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![An Unexpected Baby for the Doctor by Nia Wilson]()
An Unexpected Baby for the Doctor by Nia Wilson
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOne night changed everything, but can love conquer fear? Ryan was supposed to be a one-night stand, just another fleeting moment in my carefully controlled life. I never expected to see him again, let alone get his last name. Yet, a few weeks later, I was staring at a positive pregnancy test. Imagine my shock when I ran into Ryan at the doctor’s office... -
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The Fall by Marie Force
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsDr. Ted Duffy has finally met a woman who makes him ache with desire. Too bad she’s dating his best friend of twenty years. This simple premise has momentous consequences for Ted in “The Fall,” a story that explores the bonds of friendship, the expectations of family, and the power of love to unite and divide. Ted is a third-generation pediatric oncologist in Boston... -
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Treading Water by Marie Force
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLove is the last thing on Jack Harrington’s mind when he sets out to meet Andi Walsh’s flight. Recently back to work after spending more than a year tending to his comatose wife, Jack is focused on getting through each day and caring for his three daughters...Categorized as:
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![The Widow by Sanne van Ooijen]()
The Widow by Sanne van Ooijen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoan komt voor de grootste uitdaging van haar leven te staan als haar man plotseling komt te overlijden. Ze wordt weduwe en die rol brengt haar vele nieuwe inzichten...Categorized as:
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Scoring Grey by L.A. Ferro
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEloise Grey wasn't looking for me… but I was looking for her. To be fair, I didn't know she was the girl I'd been obsessed with until it was too late. I was on the fast track to making my NHL dreams a reality with my girl by my side. She was my whole world. My kryptonite. .. till she got it wrong. I never chose another over her... -
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Red by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThey defied the odds and found red hot fame. Becky Lynn Lee was a nobody. Everybody told her so--the ladies who snubbed her at Opal's Cut 'n Curl, the boys who hurt her and used her, the family who didn't want her. But Becky Lynn had dreams. And when it came time to dream for real--or die a slow death in Bend, Mississippi--Becky fled to a world where dreams do come true...Categorized as:
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Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHaving my heart broken once was enough to make me give up on the idea of love all together. Instead of searching for The One I decided to embrace variety and turn by back on monogamy. I made a living convincing women they didn’t need a man to feel complete. And I totally rocked at it... -
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Don't Let Go by Maya Alden
Lovemaking. Heartbreaking. Soul-shaking. Is their marriage worth saving? For twenty years, Jayne Prescott has done everything right. Built a career she loves, raised two kids, and kept her marriage to Rhys, one of Baltimore’s top cardiac surgeons, from flatlining under the weight of his ambition... -
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Ruined by L.P. Lovell
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRuined is book four in the She Who Dares series, but can be read as a standalone. Hugo. I like to fuck. A lot. Anywhere, anyway, as long as I’m shooting my load in or on some pretty young thing I’m good. In fact, scrap that, they don’t even have to be pretty. What can I say? I’m an equal opportunities kind of guy...Categorized as:
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No Commitment by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNo commitment. That was my deal with Tyler from the start, at least until his tour was over and we could be together. But thirty days filming a reality show here, two years overseas with his band there. .. Is it really any wonder why I didn’t tell him about the baby? He comes looking for me once he’s back in the country, but he runs into the man I married instead... -
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Mogul by Ginger Voight
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn the final book of Ginger Voight's Groupie Trilogy , Andy and Vanni have returned to Los Angeles to prepare for the birth of their child. A reformed Ladies' Man, Giovanni Carnevale now embarks on a life of monogamy with the woman he loves, but the ghosts of his past still continue to haunt their newfound happiness...Categorized as:
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Dirty Sweet Duet by Laurelin Paige
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIncludes Sweet Liar and Sweet Fate. British ad exec Dylan Locke isn't looking for love. He isn't looking for fate. He's definitely not looking for Audrey Lind. She's pretty, far too young, and overly romantic--in short, exhausting. But when the girl, young enough to be his daughter, literally lands in his lap and asks for his expertise, he'd be lying if he said he wasn't interested... -
![Keeping Skylar by J.A. Greenwood]()
Keeping Skylar by J.A. Greenwood
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSkylar Grant, a dedicated teacher and devoted wife, thought she had the ideal life—the beautiful house, a close-knit circle of family and friends, and a sexy, loving husband. That is, until one night, she discovers a string of intimate messages on her husband’s hidden phone, unveiling months upon months of lies and deceit...Categorized as:
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![The Biker's Lucky Charm by Glenna Maynard]()
The Biker's Lucky Charm by Glenna Maynard
Link. I messed up. I broke my vows and her heart. The last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt my wife. One moment of liquid regret. One night I can’t take back. A stupid mistake that should have never happened jeopardized all that I have. I’ll do anything to make it right. All I need is a little luck on my side. Pam. He promised me forever. All the vows we made were empty. Lies I told myself...Categorized as:
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Just Once by Lori Handeland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if you could start over––right at the moment where it all went wrong? Twenty-four years ago, Frankie’s marriage ended. Now, her ex-husband—Charley Blackwell, a world-famous photojournalist—has walked through the door as if no time has passed. And for him, it hasn’t. Illness has stolen his long-term memory...Categorized as:
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Tattooed Love by Simone Elise
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen your heart rules your mind, you don’t get to choose who you love. But what if that love could lead to your own destruction? Amber is a rebellious high school senior and the only girl in a family of outlaw bikers...Categorized as:
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![Trashy Conquest by Gemma James]()
Trashy Conquest by Gemma James
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt all started 35,000 feet in the air on a flight bound for Seattle. A chance encounter. An undeniable attraction. A forbidden passion. We tried to do the right thing and resist temptation. We failed. Now Cash's wife is missing, and to make matters worse, my ex showed up on my doorstep with the promise of forever on his mind. Things were supposed to be different. He was going to divorce her... -
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Reject Me by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPeyton Hutchinson and Jamey Billings were an unlikely couple from the start. They'd been together for a while, half of it in secret, but she's ready to get serious and take things to the next level. She moves in with Jamey, forcing him to label what they are to each other, and he's not pleased about it... -
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To Touch a Sheikh by Olivia Gates
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Sheikh's SurrenderNo one gets past Prince Amjad Aal Shalaan's defenses. No one. But when Princess Maram shows up at Amjad's gala in her father's place, destroying Amjad's plans to reclaim what was stolen from his family, Amjad sees red. .. and uses a freak sandstorm to make her his prisoner of passion... -
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Francesca's Party by Patricia Scanlan
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen everyone expects you to fall apart, do the unexpected: Get a life. After years of being the perfect wife and mother, Francesca Kirwan realizes one dreary fall day that her life is a sad cliche when she catches her husband, Mark, with another woman. With her safe, predictable life turned upside down and an uncertain future ahead of her, Francesca has only two choices: sink or swim... -
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Always Yours, Bee by Mia Hayes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"There's a guy. He was hit by a truck. ". On a rainy November day, Mia Hayes' husband left for work on his Vespa. Normally, she would have driven him, but Mia was waiting on a phone call with an editor and didn't have time. She never saw that caring, loving version of her husband again...Categorized as:
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![Maggie's Turn by Deanna Lynn Sletten]()
Maggie's Turn by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMaggie has always put her family’s needs in front of her own, until one day—without forethought—she drives away, leaving behind her indifferent husband and two sulking teenagers. As she begins a quest of self-exploration, she meets new people, enjoys new adventures, and rediscovers long-neglected passions...Categorized as:
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![His Ever After by Jessica Ingro]()
His Ever After by Jessica Ingro
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll is fair in love and war. Jacob Matthews learned that lesson the hard way when he discovered just how far some people will go to win someone’s heart. When fate brought Samantha Monroe back into Jacob’s life, he finally started to believe that his world was going to be complete. He loves Sam with the kind of intensity that burns deep and scalds your very soul...Categorized as:
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![MY BROTHER, MY RIVAL by Eve Rabi]()
MY BROTHER, MY RIVAL by Eve Rabi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDescription:. Years ago, Cody Garrett’s heart was ripped to shreds when Bridie ditched him and married his brother, Scott. With great difficulty, he moved on and rebuilt his life without her, severing all ties with his brother because of their betrayal. Now, Scott, his brother, is ill and a threat to his wife and children. Cody is forced to step in and move them into his house...Categorized as:
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![Rough & Ready by Hayley Faiman]()
Rough & Ready by Hayley Faiman
Cleo Hill is a married woman, in love with a man she's never really known—her husband, whom she hasn't seen in eleven years. Paxton "Torch" Hill is a Notorious Devil, a man who's been wrestling with his personal demons since before he knew the horrors of war. When a threat against his club means danger could be lurking around his estranged wife's door, Paxton is determined to protect her... -
![Bitter Sweet by LaVyrle Spencer]()
Bitter Sweet by LaVyrle Spencer
This engaging, up-to-the-minute romance of high school sweethearts reunited will gratify fans. The untimely death of her husband leaves Maggie Pearson wealthy but emotionally bereft...Categorized as:
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![The Affair by Nicole Strycharz]()
The Affair by Nicole Strycharz
From the Author of The Divorce and The Friend Zone. ~ Includes a Q&A with the author ~. Lydia: That is not lipstick, it’s a ketchup stain or a smudge of jelly from a jelly doughnut. Why do I know this? One, I do not wear lipstick and two, my husband loves jelly doughnuts. Boom. Mystery solved. My gut started to whisper. It was that little voice. Not paranoia... -
![Playing With Fire by Jillian D. Wray]()
Playing With Fire by Jillian D. Wray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShannon. I’ve become my own worst nightmare. A trophy wife completely reliant on her husband. A stay-at-home mother of an infant. A bitter, quiet, resentful woman too tired to speak up for herself. My efforts to save my marriage and make my husband happy have overshadowed my own dreams and desires. Until a man in a brown uniform knocks on my door and delivers more than just the box in his hands...Categorized as:
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![Circle of Hurt by Lauren Campbell]()
Circle of Hurt by Lauren Campbell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFor years, infertility followed me like a cloud. But finally, the sun has risen. Finally, I am pregnant. Except now a new storm rages in the distance - one I have no choice but to pass through. I have no idea if the child I'm carrying belongs to my husband. .. or to the man I've betrayed him with - a man I've come to love but whose name I don't know. What I do know is that I'm a cheat. A liar...Categorized as:
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![The Sheik's Secret Twins by Elizabeth Lennox]()
The Sheik's Secret Twins by Elizabeth Lennox
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the first moment he’d arrived, Sheik Malik bin Saqqaf had thrown her life into chaos. And the longer he stayed, the more she fell in love with him. But could she trust him? He’d betrayed her once, should she risk it again? They’d been lovers four years ago, a relationship that had resulted in her wonderful twin boys. Now he was back and he wanted into her life once again... -
![Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs]()
Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsChicago cartoonist Sarah Moon tackles life's real issues with a healthy dose of sharp wit in her syndicated comic strip Just Breathe. As Sarah's cartoon alter ego, Shirl, undergoes artificial insemination, her situation begins to mirror Sarah's own difficult attempts to conceive... -
![Let You Go by Jaxson Kidman]()
Let You Go by Jaxson Kidman
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter our first kiss, he moved away. After our first time together, he confessed it wasn't his first time. After buying me my first drink, he said he was with someone else. .. but still loved me. Now I'm staring at two pink lines on a pregnancy test. .. and the number he gave me to call? It's been disconnected. Great. This is a full length, stand alone novel...Categorized as:
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![The Summer Swap by Sarah Morgan]()
The Summer Swap by Sarah Morgan
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"The perfect summer novel—sharp, smart and so much fun! " —Viola Shipman, USA TODAY bestselling author, on The Island Villa. Cecilia Lapthorne always vowed she’d never go back to Dune Cottage. So no one is more surprised than Cecilia to find herself escaping her own seventieth birthday party to return to the remote but beautiful cottage on Cape Cod—a place filled with memories... -
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![See Jane Snap by Bethany Crandell]()
See Jane Snap by Bethany Crandell
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHandsome, successful husband. Adorable daughter. Chairwoman of the PTA. Security for her ailing mom. Jane’s got everything life has to offer. Including the lie that could destroy it all. See Jane smile. Thirty-nine-year-old Jane Osborne appears to the world like she has a charmed life. Her daughter attends private school. Jane chairs the PTA... -
![Always the Last to Know by Kristan Higgins]()
Always the Last to Know by Kristan Higgins
Sometimes you have to break a family to fix it. From. New York Times. bestselling author Kristan Higgins, a new novel examining a family at the breaking point in all its messy, difficult, wonderful complexity. The Frosts are a typical American family. Barb and John, married almost fifty years, are testy and bored with each other. . -
![The Wrong Sister by Leanne Davis]()
The Wrong Sister by Leanne Davis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDonny Lindstrom married Vickie Moore only months after meeting her. Now he knows what others were trying to warn him about: his wife was becoming harder to deal with than their young daughter. The only ones who truly realize how messed up his marriage has become are his in-laws: Tracy and Micah McKinley... -
![It's Only Temporary by Lisa Suzanne]()
It's Only Temporary by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt all started because of a bachelor auction. My girlfriend was supposed to win me, but she issued an ultimatum that resulted in the end of our relationship seconds before I took the stage. Instead, the singer of the band I’m temporarily playing with won. I’ve been fighting my attraction since the day I met her, and now I’m forced to take her on a romantic date...Categorized as:
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![Mr. CEO's Secret Baby by Aimee Bronson]()
Mr. CEO's Secret Baby by Aimee Bronson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy boyfriend left for work and never came back. Now I have to write an article about the billionaire prick. I thought it would be easy. But I keep remembering how he used to moan my name. And dammit if he wasn’t even hotter now than he was before. The way his shirt stretches over his shoulders makes my breath catch. It’s a little uncomfortable. But girl, I got this... -
![Happily Ever Never by Andrea Nourse]()
Happily Ever Never by Andrea Nourse
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJanna Hargrove’s life wasn’t a fairy tale, not even close. She’d never imagined her life would have its happily ever after moment. Until she met Ryan. The moment their eyes met, everything changed. She knew he was the one - he was the happily ever after she deserved. Five years into their two-year plan, Ryan finally popped the question. The moment was everything Janna had dreamed of...
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