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  • Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After finishing a hard-won medical residency, Owen Sinclair now lives his dream as a family physician. The windfall that brought him newfound wealth has also made handsome Dr. Sinclair the town’s most eligible bachelor...
  • My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents My Best Friend’s Wish Work Husband Series DarioWhen I was younger, I believe I heard something I shouldn’t have. After what I overheard, I don’t believe our mother just up and left us. I was a kid. I didn’t have money, power, or respect to get the answers I needed back then. Not until now...
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  • Just One Spark by Carly Phillips

    Just One Spark by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    The fourth book in the Kingston Family Series by New York Times Bestseller Carly PhillipsDash Kingston the rock star’s...
  • The Kiss Plot by Nicole French

    The Kiss Plot by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jane and Eric de Vries. Often enemies. Sometimes lovers. Husband and wife. Or are we? I wore the dress. We said the vows. And somehow it became more than just a stunt to collect his billions. A promise bound by love more than hate. Until the bastard left me at the altar. Now my errant husband has disappeared, leaving me to unravel his secrets, one by one...
  • Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kamal’s an ex-football player. Jayda’s a single mother uninterested in another relationship until she sees Kamal with her daughter.Every rejection will only make his victory sweeter. He plans to lick, taste, and devour her like the delicacy she is until the world, her ex, and Jayda recognizes his name tatted on every inch of her curvy body...
  • His Dirty Bargain by Fiona Murphy

    His Dirty Bargain by Fiona Murphy

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Three billionaire brothers: Cesare, Enzo, and Dante Sabatini have everything except the one thing money can't buy. Three big beautiful women Alicia, Bethany, and Chloe will teach them the ABCs of love. Follow these couples as they negotiate the riskiest deal of all, falling in love. ****Only .99 cents for a limited time. Get it before the price goes up to $3...
  • The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    The Fall of East by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SIZZLING CONCLUSION TO THE HEAR NO EVIL TRILOGYNyla Kincade has stolen my ruthless heart.Now that she owns it I’m not taking it back.I’ve vowed to protect her and all that we love with everything that I have.I will die before I break that oath.Considering the danger we face, that might be a careless promise.But I’ve fought this hard for vengeance, I must see it through...
  • Saint & Sinner by Georgia Le Carre

    Saint & Sinner by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    WillowI've always felt incomplete. It could simply be those two years I lost after my fall, but I'm certain it's more than that. I always feel as if I'm missing something important. And the niggling feeling won't go away no matter what I do. In fact, the older I get, the worse it becomes. My friends think I should get over myself. Go to a bar and sleep with a hot stranger.But I can't...
  • Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Each book in the Black Burlesque Series are STANDALONE novels. Book 1: Black Pearl Book 2: Black Dahlia Andre Collins is not looking for love. In fact, love is the last thing on his mind as he continues to run one of the country’s most successful financial services firms alongside his brother. Andre is steadfast in the belief that love and marriage just aren’t for him...
  • Raising Steel: Steel Brothers - A Family Affair by M.J. Fields

    Raising Steel: Steel Brothers - A Family Affair by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Josephina Steel has been alone for years. Her husband and father of her children, Jase, Cyrus, Zandor, and Xavier, died in a horrible accident when the family was already going through rough times. Through hard work, love and loyalty in abundance, her sons are the men she and Jonathan, always knew they could be...
  • Seduced by Stratton by Katy Regnery

    Seduced by Stratton by Katy Regnery

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    "Seduced by Stratton" is the fourth of six books about the Philadelphia-based, wildly-handsome English brothers who are all on the look-out for love. Stratton English knew what his brothers said about him: I don’t think he’s ever had a girlfriend. (Barrett) I don’t think he’s ever had sex. (Alex) He always friend-zones himself. (Fitz) He’s just not smooth around women...
  • Give Me Forever by Weston Parker

    Give Me Forever by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was lust at first sight.Her curves turned my head, but it wasn’t until she became my assistant that I knew I needed far more than her body.She needs me too.Well, really, she needs my money—bad enough to agree to become my fake fiancée.Her family business is going under, and I’m all-in on being the knight in shining armor...
  • Your Alluring Love by Layla Hagen

    Your Alluring Love by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    *A sizzling romance from a USA TODAY BESTSELLING Author* *This book is a standalone* Alice Bennett has been holding a torch for her older brother’s best friend, Nate, for more than a decade. He’s a hotshot TV producer who travels the world, never staying in San Francisco for too long. But now he’s in town and just as tempting as ever. .
  • Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi. Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family...
  • Why the Star Stands Still by Rose Christo

    Why the Star Stands Still by Rose Christo

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "Your dad's Indian. Your mom's black. Why are you white?" Skylar St. Clair's been getting questions like these all his life. Skylar's home is the Nettlebush Indian Reserve; his family, the hundreds of Plains Shoshone living there. Skylar can't help it if he better resembles his biological mother, a woman whose untimely death left him with more secrets than memories...
  • After Dinner Drinks by Ainsley St. Claire

    After Dinner Drinks by Ainsley St. Claire

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He knew she was the one…until they made him walk away. Now she’s in danger and there’s nothing going to hold him back.Morgan:My side hustle for the CIA changed my life and not in a good way.I was only supposed to feed the government information on fringe groups.But when her life was in danger, I broke it off to protect her.Claire is beautiful, sexy, strong, and I miss her every day...
  • Fortress of the King by Mackenzy Fox, Dakotah Fox

    Fortress of the King by Mackenzy Fox, Dakotah Fox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I TRIED TO WARN HER.From the moment I laid eyes on Rayne Michaelson I knew she had to be mine.She’s heaven sent. An Angel. She’s nothing like me.They call me the King of Boston.There is nothing the Medici crime family cannot obtain.Wealth. Property. Fast cars. Women. Anything.Nothing is off limits. Except her.She’s a mystery. A ghost. And she holds secrets of her own...
  • Not Quite a Billionaire Complete Set by Rosalind James

    Not Quite a Billionaire Complete Set by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The steamy new series by the bestselling author of Escape to New Zealand . . . Now complete in one volume! I never asked Hemi Te Mana to rescue me. It was true that I had a lousy job. Not to mention a lousy apartment and too much responsibility, although it was a responsibility I wouldn’t have given up for the world...
  • Bruno by Delaney Diamond

    Bruno by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sparks fly between a matchmaker and her billionaire client, blurring the lines between love and professionalism.Entrepreneur and acclaimed chef Bruno Santana is tired of the dating scene and reluctantly hires matchmaker Marissa Liburd to help him find a wife. As he embarks on a series of dates, none of the women measure up, and he quickly realizes why...
  • The Sheikh’s Convenient Bride by Leslie North

    The Sheikh’s Convenient Bride by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a desperate attempt to get out from her father’s control, Nora Williams agrees to marry a man she doesn’t love. But she’s shocked when her old friend, Sheikh Rashid, whom she hasn’t seen in years, begs her not to go through with it. Even more surprising? Rashid has a proposal. Literally. Nora should marry him instead...
  • The Sheikh's Surprise Twins by Leslie North

    The Sheikh's Surprise Twins by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Holly Remington can’t believe the burning chemistry she feels with Sheikh Malik Abdul-Rahman. It’s like getting knocked in the head with a baseball bat—except far more pleasant. Though she’s supposed to be all business while her company tries to win a lucrative development contract in the oil-rich country of Qadir, Holly simply can’t stop herself from happily succumbing to his charm...
  • Pining by Stephanie Rose

    Pining by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A slow-burn, friends-to-lovers standalone holiday romanceThe bad guy never gets the girl. In the eyes of the law, I’ve paid for my youthful mistakes but I know I can never undo the damage I’ve caused. When I stepped out of my cell, I vowed to live a good life, make the right choices, and avoid temptation at all costs. Until her. She’s not a choice, she’s a compulsion. A craving...
  • One Night with the Player (Club Curve) by Eve London

    One Night with the Player (Club Curve) by Eve London

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brother's best friend. A sister's forbidden desire. OliviaThe man who ruined me for any other is coming home. He thinks he won't have to deal with me, but I’m waiting for him. I need answers only he can provide, and I won’t rest until I get them. The only problem is… once I see Leo Steele, the feelings I’ve kept locked up inside break free...
  • Pull Me In by Weston Parker

    Pull Me In by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the business of matchmaking and can’t find love? That’s me.It’s always fun to find that special someone for our client, you know, the one they ride off into the sunset with.But me? I just get burned by the sun, stung by bees, and wind up sea sick from the boat ride.Unfortunately my twin sister and I made a pact when we were kids regarding this ‘love’ thing...
  • Pull Me In by Weston Parker

    Pull Me In by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the business of matchmaking and can’t find love? That’s me. It’s always fun to find that special someone for our client, you know, the one they ride off into the sunset with. But me? I just get burned by the sun, stung by bees, and wind up sea sick from the boat ride. Unfortunately my twin sister and I made a pact when we were kids regarding this ‘love’ thing...
  • Kissing You by Aria Bliss

    Kissing You by Aria Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One mistaken kiss with my best friend’s sister, and all I can think about is kissing her again.♥ ♥ ♥A blind kissing booth isn’t exactly something I would normally do. But when my best friend begs me to take his place, I reluctantly agree.Leann shouldn’t have entered my booth. She’s my best friend’s sister, which means she’s off-limits. When I realize who she is, I should stop her.But I don’t...
  • Worth Every Moment by Rae Ryder

    Worth Every Moment by Rae Ryder

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    She’s the only one he wants. And the only one he can’t have. Erica LefroyMy mother primed me for success my whole life, relentlessly pushing me into the spotlight at every turn. I should be grateful, because here I am, the world’s most famous model. But it’s a career that’s been built on someone else’s dreams.I’m finally ready to forge my own path...
  • A Billionaire Pregnancy Romance by Shanna Handel

    A Billionaire Pregnancy Romance by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I haven't seen her since she turned me down and... she's..
  • Jacob by V.H. Nicolson

    Jacob by V.H. Nicolson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Once upon a time… You know the story… prince meets princess. Evil thwarts their love, and the prince must fight for her heart. Good always wins and there is a stunning wedding at the castle on the hill. I used to dream of having a fairy tale love story of my own, but I don’t think the author of mine got the memo because right now, I’m shackled to a bed, scared for my life...
  • Dr. Fake Fiance by Louise Bay

    Dr. Fake Fiance by Louise Bay

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    What’s a heartbroken American to do when she’s in London trying to get over her ex? Find herself a fake fiancé. Obviously. I’m walking past Big Ben, trying to get over the world’s worst break up, when I slam into a hot hunk of British man. And pour scorching hot coffee all over him...
  • No Honour by Awais Khan

    No Honour by Awais Khan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost… In sixteen-year-old Abida’s small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by, and her family’s honour to protect...
  • Waking Up Married by Reese Ryan

    Waking Up Married by Reese Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Will these friends’ temporary Vegas marriage lead to forever? Find out in this Bourbon Brothers novel from Reese Ryan!What’s wrong with a little fake marriage between friends?Their night on the town is a blank, but when Zora Abbott and Dallas Hamilton awaken in a Vegas hotel room, they’re man and wife...
  • Duncan by Xyla Turner

    Duncan by Xyla Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Portia: The man started his very first conversation with me, by asking me for my hand in marriage. That was a negative. Forget that he's a Republican, rude and intrusive. He is also different from any man that I have ever met. Yet, there is a side to him that forces me to pay attention. Not the constant counting, the stupid surveys and his defense of building walls...
  • One Week Wingman by Lila Monroe

    One Week Wingman by Lila Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fake date. Real trouble. Fall for a new trope-tactic, fake dating rom-com read from USA Today bestselling author, Lila Monroe! Sebastian Wainwright is handsome, British, and charming… and the last man you can rely on. Bartending at Mavericks, I’ve seen his love-em-and-leave-em routine up close, and I know better than to become another notch on his king-sized bedpost...
  • The Devoted Groom by Cami Checketts

    The Devoted Groom by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A grieving football player hoping his son will speak again; a speech pathologist with a dark secret; and an unexpected love that sparks danger from the past. After Ryder Quinn’s wife died, his four-year old son stopped speaking. Desperate for a solution, Ryder hires Bree Stevens, a spunky speech pathologist to be his son’s nanny and therapist. Bree moves in, breathing new life into their home...
  • The Irish Castle: Keeping Elizabeth by Juliet Gauvin

    The Irish Castle: Keeping Elizabeth by Juliet Gauvin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes losing your way and finding your life is only the beginning. Picking up five years after the events of The Paris Apartment, The Irish Castle is the first book in a new story following Elizabeth Lara and Connor Bannon. It’s time to come back to the land of enchanting green hills and lively music. To friendly dolphins and beautiful people. It’s time to come home to Ireland...
  • The Sheikh's Marriage Bargain by Leslie North

    The Sheikh's Marriage Bargain by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Laila Tindall is only in Raihan to hone her pottery skills and visit her ailing grandfather. Marriage was never in the picture. But when her grandfather is tricked into signing a binding marriage contract to a man she finds repugnant, she has one choice: Run away...
  • The Sheikh’s American Lover by Leslie North

    The Sheikh’s American Lover by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Sheikh Kishon’s small kingdom, it’s tradition that older sons marry before the younger ones. Problem is, his younger brother desperately wants to get married—and marriage is the last thing Kishon desires. Lucky for him, artist Chloe Sanderson is intrigued by his offer of a marriage of convenience...
  • The Sheikh’s Pregnant Nanny by Leslie North

    The Sheikh’s Pregnant Nanny by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To Matek, a fierce and hardened warrior, love is a weakness. Since childhood, he’s been trained to be tough, fearless, and calculating. His life as a security specialist has no room for softness, and his heart certainly has no room for the sexy Nina Frank, his cousin’s nanny...
  • Seven Days by Nichole Greene

    Seven Days by Nichole Greene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Our love affair has three rules:First, a firm expiration of one week.Second, no feelings.Third, and most importantly, no one can ever know.There's something about a man that exudes power and confidence as if he commands every room he steps into. Including the dive bar I was hiding out in. But when Thomas walked in, every inch of six and a half feet tall, I was done for...
  • Baby For The Playboy Prince by Holly Rayner

    Baby For The Playboy Prince by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the playboy prince, who needs a bride in name only,She’s the old friend, the most convenient candidate…The relationship might be fake,But things are about to get very, very real… Lily Campbell is American royalty. Born into a life of expectation, she was willing to honor her parents’ wishes, even if it meant marrying a man she didn’t love...
  • The Perfect Bow by Samirah Zaman

    The Perfect Bow by Samirah Zaman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You are cordially invited into the marriage ofSumayyah Rahman & Yousef HasanSumayyah was handed the perfect checklist of what life should education, career, marriage, and children. Having made her father proud by becoming a doctor, she honoured her mother’s wishes by agreeing to an arranged marriage.Yousef was a simple man who had but one to have a family...
  • The Sheikh's Surprise Heir by Leslie North

    The Sheikh's Surprise Heir by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every time Natalie looks at her beautiful daughter, Iris, she can’t help but think about the passionate night she spent with a prince—and for good reason: Prince Iman Karawi is Iris’s father. Though Natalie longed to tell Iman about their daughter, unknown to her, Iman’s manipulative uncle hid the truth...
  • The Sheikh’s Secret Child by Leslie North

    The Sheikh’s Secret Child by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As an ambitious American journalist, Amy Mathewson will stop at nothing to get her story—including going into dangerous, rebel-infested countries. But when she stumbles across seven-year-old Aisha in an orphanage her heart melts, and Amy vows to keep her safe. Until the rebels start to close in...
  • The Sheikh’s Stubborn Employee by Leslie North

    The Sheikh’s Stubborn Employee by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emily Baker is in a heap of trouble. Her beloved horse farm is struggling financially, and she’s just found out her late father sold her favorite horse to a sheikh from a country she’s never heard of. The buyer, Zaman Abdul-Rahman is sexy as all get-out, the sort of man who makes a fling with a sheikh seem like a good idea...
  • The Greek's Fated Twins - A Billionaire's Babies Romance by Holly Rayner

    The Greek's Fated Twins - A Billionaire's Babies Romance by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One baby is a blessing.Two babies? It must be fate!Cassie Veiland is a professional con artist, jet-setting around the globe and swindling rich men out of their money. The twist? Rather than spend it on herself, she gives it up to charity.Growing up as a foster kid, Cassie never had a real place to call home, or real people to call family...
  • The Sheikh’s Pregnant Wife by Leslie North

    The Sheikh’s Pregnant Wife by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love was definitely not in the air the day Yaseen Hasan, Prince of Raihan, and American Kara Shaw got married. One night of passion led to a pregnancy, and under Raihani law, Yaseen had to marry Kara...
  • The Sheikh’s Rescued Baby by Leslie North

    The Sheikh’s Rescued Baby by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aisha Shadari will do anything to assure her beloved kingdom, Kendah, is well run—even if that means marrying someone she doesn’t love. If she doesn’t marry within a year of her father’s death, the task of ruling the country will fall to her incompetent cousin. With time running out, Aisha needs someone who will let her be in charge, someone she can easily manage...
  • The Sheikh’s Fake Engagement by Leslie North

    The Sheikh’s Fake Engagement by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hamid Al-Qasha has been a stickler for his country’s traditions ever since his father the king died when Hamid was just sixteen. But even he’s thrown when a merchant insists on paying a debt by invoking an ancient law allowing him to use his lovely daughter Talitha as collateral...
  • The Sheikh King's Ward by Leslie North

    The Sheikh King's Ward by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When King Bashar Halabi finds out he’s guardian to a recently orphaned girl, he welcomes her into his palace. But he’s stunned when the “girl” turns out to be a twenty-seven-year-old American beauty, Fiona Nadide. According to a secret stipulation in her father’s will, Fiona will not obtain her inheritance and be free from guardianship unless she marries before her 28th birthday...
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