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  • Momcom Vacation by Jenni Bara, Brittanee Nicole

    Momcom Vacation by Jenni Bara, Brittanee Nicole

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    It was supposed to be the annual mom’s getaway to relax, recharge, and have fun. The women deserved it, obviously, but with my wife pregnant, I can’t help but meddle–just a little. It’s a good thing too because apparently every one of the moms needs me...
  • Passages by Kris Michaels

    Passages by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Passages: Ways through, around, under or over obstacles. Life is a transition from one minute to the next. Moments end, lives change, and the ways and loves of the past fade into memories. Join the members of the King and Marshall family as they find their way forward. Passages is a Kings of Guardian Novella. Please note: THERE IS NO BACKSTORY INCLUDED IN THIS NOVELLA...
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  • All You Need is Love by Janet Nissenson

    All You Need is Love by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Was the wedding of their dreams about to become a living nightmare? For those who fell in love with Julia and Nathan in Serendipity, see how their story continues to unfold in this sweet, funny and sexy novella. After overcoming all of the obstacles in pursuit of their happily ever after, Julia and Nathan are determined to plan their dream wedding in just six months time...
  • 63 Days Later by Adrienne Wilder

    63 Days Later by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    63 Days later takes place after the novel WILD. This can be read as a stand alone story. However, it might be more enjoyable if you read WILD first. Trigger Warning: Christmas music, trees, presents, and all around holiday cheer. It’s been almost two years since Keegan and August escaped the Alaskan wilderness, and they finally get to celebrate their very first Christmas together...
  • The Baby Clause 2.0 by Melanie Moreland

    The Baby Clause 2.0 by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 41 ratings
    Richard VanRyan can add another line to his resume—Daddy. How does he handle the new addition to his life? The Baby Clause is a short continuation of Richard and Katy’s story, containing humorous glimpses into his life as a father, and how his world has changed. A must read for all fans of The Contract! A portion of all sales go to charity.
  • Asking Kate: A Novella by Clare Ashton

    Asking Kate: A Novella by Clare Ashton

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Olivia Sachdeva is in love. Who knew the perfect woman for the frosty lawyer would be down-to-earth Kate Laurence, her screen idol. Olivia lives with her dream woman in their beautiful Park Town home in Oxford. But marriage is the last thing Olivia would raise with Kate...
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    length-novella  open-door  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Operation Bailey Babies by Piper Rayne

    Operation Bailey Babies by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    BUZZ WHEEL PRESS RELEASE: Don’t drink the Lake Starlight water! Bailey babies are busy growing in their mommies tummies and the Baileys are having a triple baby shower to celebrate. If you want in on the pool on who pops first and when contact me. ;).
  • Bride for the Rancher : Small Town Heroes Book 8 by Cassi Hart

    Bride for the Rancher : Small Town Heroes Book 8 by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Cherry. Reeling with the sudden knowledge that not only was my adoption twenty years ago illegal, but I’m not even a legal US citizen, I’m desperate for help after an ICE agent threatens me with deportation if I don’t tell her where my suddenly MIA parents are. But they’ve disappeared, leaving me to face the consequences of their actions...
  • Ace by Fiona Davenport

    Ace by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    As the lawyer for the Hounds of Hellfire MC, Elias “Ash” Prescott III was usually a smooth talker. But his way with words failed him when it came to the sassy EMT who took care of his bullet wound. Nora Stoll was not impressed when Ash asked her out the first time. Or when he stood her up after he finally talked her into a date...
  • The Sin Trilogy Bundle by Georgia Cates

    The Sin Trilogy Bundle by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    The Sin Trilogy is now available in a single volume. A NECESSARY SIN:. I’ve watched him from afar for years. And he has no idea. I take joy in that. Through my observations, I’ve learned what makes this charming villain tick. Whisky. Power. Beautiful women. And Sex. Lots of it. Sometimes you must get into bed with the enemy for the greater good...
  • Paradise/Tender Triumph by Judith McNaught

    Paradise/Tender Triumph by Judith McNaught

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Two of her most emotionally powerful novels. .. .
  • Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    coming in June!
  • Operation Bailey Birthday by Piper Rayne

    Operation Bailey Birthday by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐙𝐙 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐋. 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄: Rumor around town is a certain matriarch of the Bailey family is having a 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘! It’s even spurred a few of the Bailey kids to return home to celebrate with their beloved great-grandmother, Dori...
  • The Proposal by Brenda Jackson

    The Proposal by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
  • Dash by Fiona Davenport

    Dash by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Brynn Thomas desperately needed a job and jumped at the chance to work for the cleaning company owned by Dallas "Dash" Smith. But she never expected to find her boss cleaning up a crime scene. Or to be swept off her feet by him. The men of the Silver Saints MC moved fast when they found the women meant to be theirs. Dash was no exception. They’d also do anything to keep their women safe...
  • Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels

    Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Search and Rescue Coordinator, Max Cooper, has heard the mountain’s call. Now he’s returned to his birthplace to see whether the Moose Mountain legend is true for him, just like it has been for his brothers and cousins. He doesn’t expect it to literally hit him in the back of the head though...
  • Crazy For Your Love by Lexi Ryan

    Crazy For Your Love by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    A family wedding with a fake boyfriend, meddling parents, and an obsessive ex . . . What could go wrong? The only thing worse than being single at my sister’s wedding is finding out that my ex will be there too. Not just any ex—the guy everyone expected me to marry, the man I came to Jackson Harbor to escape. Now I need a date, and fast...
  • Josh by Lucy Lennox

    Josh by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    After moving from Denali, Alaska, to San Francisco in order to get over a failed crush and try his hand at dating new people, Josh Little hosts a big poker night for the Marians and his co-workers at the National Park Service. Little does he know, that his own true love may not be someone new after all...
  • His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I was always the good girl, until I met Quinn…. What do a law student and a smuggler have in common? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So I should leave the straight-laced, curvy Coraline alone. But I can’t. I’m no good for her. Every minute she spends with me, she’s risking her career, her future. I should let her go. But I can’t. My need to have her, to possess her, drives me to complete selfishness...
  • Dedicated Billionaire by Cassi Hart

    Dedicated Billionaire by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Braden. Carly, my best friend's little sister. She's always been so easy to frustrate and tease. I'm practically part of the family, they took me in when I had no one. I'm really looking forward to this vacation with them. When we get caught in a storm and I've got the only flight out for the next few days. I offer Carly a ride, to my surprise she says yes...
  • Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh

    Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    A happily married woman shouldn’t find so much pleasure with a man who is not her husband. Unless her husband is the one who has invited him into her bed…in Part Two of Forbidden Pleasure, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh, now in an exclusive e-serial. Keiley never expected the attention of two men to set her blood on fire the way it does...
  • Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh

    Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Forbidden addictions and dangerous desire abound in the sexy, gripping conclusion to Forbidden Pleasure by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh. Keiley has never known the kind of pleasure Mac and Jethro make her feel when she is with them both...
  • Savage Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Savage Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about forbidden love and the lengths a cowboy will go to for the woman he loves. Amanda. I might be young and naïve, but I’m not stupid enough to fall in love with my family’s enemy. You know that old story about the Hatfields and McCoys? Well, in our case, we’re the McCoys and they’re the Bryants...
  • I Always Will: An I Really Do Extended Epilogue by Emily Hardy

    I Always Will: An I Really Do Extended Epilogue by Emily Hardy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Brooke Kent still can’t believe she’s really dating the woman of her dreams. She absolutely never would have guessed that falling in love wasn’t even going to be the best part. From merging their friend groups, to moving in together, getting engaged, getting married, having kids, and just having a quiet, normal day, it turns out that the story really begins at happily ever after.
  • Stealing His Bride by Mink

    Stealing His Bride by Mink

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    I can take care of myself. I always have. For that matter, I’ve also taken care of my best friends Aurora and Clover. Keeping them safe has landed me with a concussion after our car accident thanks to a wayward lynx. On top of that, I seem to have landed in a handsome man’s bed. Not just any man, Barrow attends to all my needs and never wants to leave my side...
  • Hooking Her Up by Cassi Hart

    Hooking Her Up by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Kayla. All of my life, I’ve worked hard to be perfect. From my appearance to my academics, I was expected to do my best, and I went above and beyond. If I’m being honest, it’s exhausting. I dream of having the chance to let it all go, to live my life without the fear of being or doing exactly what’s expected of me. But they’re called dreams for a reason...
  • Men of Inked Christmas by Chelle Bliss

    Men of Inked Christmas by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    The Men of Inked Christmas novella is approximately 7,500 words and should be read after Honor Me. It features the entire Gallo family, but is told through Mike & Mia's point of view. 
It was originally released in the back of Wicked Impulse, but now is available as a separate eBook.
  • A Cavendish Christmas by Becca Steele

    A Cavendish Christmas by Becca Steele

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Catch up with the Four in this festive short story, which takes place after the events of The Havoc We Wreak. A weekend away in the French Alps at the Alstone Holdings cabin sounds like the perfect snowy escape. And together with Cassius, I've planned a special Christmas surprise for Caiden, Weston, and Zayde. .. Available for free from Becca Steele's website.
  • Echo by Fiona Davenport

    Echo by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Brodie “Echo” Fauks never expected to fall in love with a voice. Then he overheard Violet Kimball narrating a steamy scene in an audiobook while he was running surveillance on a conman who’s run afoul of the Hounds of Hellfire MC. Violet’s creepy neighbor was the road captain’s target...
  • Mason (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Hope Ford

    Mason (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s a scarred, gruff, military man that wants to be left alone. But he’s also a man that will step up when he needs to. When his mother tells him and his brothers they have to marry to save Snow Valley, he figures he’ll do it. He’ll get married, save the town and then get divorced. But then he met his wife...
  • Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can. .. I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse...
  • Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aurora Dawson loved helping happy couples have their perfect wedding and happily ever after. Even if she never found one for herself. When a divorce office opened shop right next to her, she was livid that someone would help tear apart the couples she brought together...
  • Touchdown by Fiona Davenport

    Touchdown by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Saxon Powell was focused on catching passes, not women. But when the grumpy football player met Ivy Fisher, he knew the sunshiny stylist was his end game. Ivy never expected the Nighthawks’ star wide receiver to actually remember her name—let alone show up in her salon. Between long hours and a packed schedule, she doesn’t have time for distractions...
  • Midnight Snack by Kat Baxter

    Midnight Snack by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Damien. Caroline Mathis is sweeter than any confection I could create in the kitchen. She's everything good in the world, but I come from a long line of deadbeat men, so I know I don’t deserve her. But that won't stop me from doing everything I can to win her heart. Caroline. If there's one thing life has taught me, it's that you can't trust sweet words and a charming smile...
  • Redeem by Hope Ford

    Redeem by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Her brother needs her help. And I will do anything to protect her. Even meet with the most wanted drug pin in the country. She’s my sister’s best friend. I’ve known her forever but I kept my distance. She’s too young and I’m not good enough for her. But when her safety is on the line, I can’t keep my guard up anymore. One night is all I need to know I want forever...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air...
  • Night Hawke by Gwyn McNamee

    Night Hawke by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A Second Generation Hawke Family Prequel. Two nights. No names. No expectations. A lifetime of consequences. Graduating from law school means finally stepping into my destined role in the Hawke empire. But before I head home to NOLA to settle into the family's multi-billion-dollar business, I need one night to celebrate. Ideally with the redhead who won’t stop eye-fucking me from across the bar...
  • Feeding the Grump by Jax Calder

    Feeding the Grump by Jax Calder

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    I’m fairly sure that when I’m on my deathbed, I’ll still be cursing Benji Gange’s name. My neighbor paints his gate purple. His experiments with organic farming drift onto my land. He feeds me casseroles while we argue about everything from water rights to rugby selections. For five years, I’ve told myself he’s the worst thing to happen to farming since foot rot...
  • A Greene Family Vacation by Piper Rayne

    A Greene Family Vacation by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Greene Family Vacation Itinerary…. Ticket holders:. 17 adults. 5 children. Departs from Anchorage, Alaska. Arrives in Maui, Hawaii. Reports of arguing with the TSA’s at the airport, three drunk grandmas, siblings fighting, a tooth fairy, two celebrities, one sunburned redhead, a wild blonde running the halls and one unexpected layover in San Francisco. Enjoy your trip!
  • She is Mine by Penny Wylder

    She is Mine by Penny Wylder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I've never had to think about money. It's always been there. To put it plainly, I'm used to getting what I want. That includes women. So when I meet one who thinks she can't be bought, it blows my mind. She's clever, beautiful, and clearly not looking for a white knight. All she wants from me is a single, wild night of passion in Paris. It's incredible...
  • Swan by Lila Rose, Becky Johnson

    Swan by Lila Rose, Becky Johnson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Brought up in the world of motorcycle clubs, Swan Daniels is the shy, quiet princess of Hawks who loves her simple life of reading and working at the library. She’s content. Happy even. She doesn’t want anything to change. Until it does. Tragedy strikes. And Swan’s world darkens in a way she’s never experienced before...
  • Hot as Hell by Monette Michaels

    Hot as Hell by Monette Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Fed up with her incompetent boss, Interpol agent Dawn Wilson accepts a job with Security Specialists International. Her first assignment forces her into close contact with the devastatingly sexy, but far too pushy CIA agent Sam Crocker...
  • Shutter speed by Freya Barker

    Shutter speed by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    She likes picking up her camera because it allows her to see things through a different lens. Like when she lost her job recently and instead of focusing on what she’s forced to leave behind, she zooms in on the new options opening up in front of her...
  • The Proposition by Amelia Wilde

    The Proposition by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Retribution (verb): inflict hurt on someone for an injury or wrong. Vengeance. It runs through Mason Hill's veins. Except the person who walks through his office door isn't his enemy. It's the man's daughter. Charlotte Van Kempt tempts the worst part of him. He wants to use her. He forms a new plan for revenge. .. He'll take out every past hurt and dark memory on her sweet body...
  • The Billionaire's Gamble by Cassi Hart

    The Billionaire's Gamble by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Hannah. I'm always so reserved. Then my friends insist that I take this trip to Vegas with them and let loose a little. I'm reluctant, that's not my thing at all. I join them on the dance floor, and soon find myself having fun. Little did I know, who's attention I caught. None other than a ruthless businessman that owns the casino we're in. He's not one to take no for an answer...
  • Collateral Damage by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Collateral Damage by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    No names. No promises. One night neither of them can forget. Bess was supposed to be letting loose, taking one more step away from a man she’s ready to leave in her past. But being dragged to a bar is about as far from a night of fun as Bess can imagine. She’d rather be outside, enjoying peace and isolation, instead of crouched on the sticky floor while her best friend loses her lunch...
  • Mile High Librarian by Mia Sands

    Mile High Librarian by Mia Sands

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s a smexy heartthrob looking for a fling. I’m a nerdy librarian looking for forever—but I’ve never even been with a man. I’m flying to a tropical paradise for a friend’s wedding when my fear of flying kicks in. Good thing the hot stranger on the plane next to me is willing to hold my hand. Tan is sweet, he’s kind, and he edits romance novels—which pretty much makes him perfect in my books...
  • A Backwater Blessing by Kris Michaels

    A Backwater Blessing by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    When Cole, Mr. FBI, and Logan, local cop and reigning Ice Princess, hook up to solve a case of Mississippi corruption at the highest judicial levels, sparks fly. Their attraction is hotter than the sultry southern sun. She wants to hate him—but she can’t...
  • Taken by the Beefy Mountain Man by Raven Moon

    Taken by the Beefy Mountain Man by Raven Moon

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    He took her for a ride. And she can't help but stay for the long haul. .. I’m finally out of the military and don’t know what to do with myself. That is until I meet a hot, burly food truck owner who takes me for the ride of my life. We spend the night in his truck, he makes me breakfast, and before I know it we’re out on the open road heading into the Rocky Mountains...
  • Unwrapped By The Mountain Man: Log Cabin Christmas by Elle Couper

    Unwrapped By The Mountain Man: Log Cabin Christmas by Elle Couper

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Mountain man? Check. Feisty heroine? Check. Forced proximity? Check. Only one bed? Check. Steamy heat in the middle of a snowstorm? Check check check. .. An Australian fire fighter finds himself on the wrong mountain, in the wrong log cabin on Christmas Eve. The trouble is, the most gorgeous woman he’s ever met is at the door insisting she’s rented the cabin for a week, he’s now got nowhere to go...
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