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Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBlinding Trust is told by Savanna and Colt. The book starts where book 6 left off. The family is at Conner and Amy’s oldest daughter’s fifth birthday party. Once the family arrives home, Colt is visited by someone from his past, (KRISTA’S BROTHER)who has changed his name to Zeke. He is a recovering addict and the lead singer of a popular rock band. Zeke is only visiting for one reason... -
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Loving You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together... -
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![Saving You by Kelly Elliott]()
Saving You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhat happens when your head and heart contradict each other regarding the one person you’ve always wanted? Growing up, Luke Johnson and Libby Hayes thought they would be best friends forever. One kiss changed everything. Fearing his love for Libby could cost him their friendship, Luke chooses to listen to his head—instead of his heart...Categorized as:
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![Time for Love by Marie Force]()
Time for Love by Marie Force
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDr. David Lawrence has spent the last two years atoning for his sins and recovering from the devastating breakup with Gansett Island golden girl Janey McCarthy. As the island's only doctor, he's had ample opportunity to show his fellow island residents that there's more to him than the guy who disappointed Janey so profoundly... -
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![No White Knight by Nicole Snow]()
No White Knight by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHandsome devil. Hate-worthy. Walking scandal. I'm catching one feeling with him and it's got teeth. .. If I were a bird, I know who I'd paint white. Holt Silverton. The cocky dolt who swaggered up thinking he'd buy my ranch out from under me. I know his reputation—those stormy eyes and chiseled looks ruined half this town. Spare me the pick up lines and pretty words... -
![Southern Bombshell by Jessica Peterson]()
Southern Bombshell by Jessica Peterson
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Wedding Planner’s Rulebook:. Keep the bride happy. Keep the wedding party out of trouble. Never let anyone know you’ve been in love with the groom for years. I lived by these rules. Until Nate Kingsley. The Capulets and Montagues have nothing on the Beauregards and Kingsleys...Categorized as:
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![Always a Fake Bridesmaid by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
Always a Fake Bridesmaid by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe moment Ewan McBride entered my life, my world tilted on its axis. When we part, I promise him I owe him anything for saving my daughter’s life. What I didn’t expect? Being his fake date to a wedding—in two days. It was only supposed to be a favor, but we can’t deny the attraction. Only he lives a state away and my life is in Colorado with my daughter and the Montgomerys...Categorized as:
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![Infinity. by Layne Harper]()
Infinity. by Layne Harper
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsColin McKinney has wanted three things since he met Caroline “Charlie” Collins when he was a junior at Texas A&M University: to make her his wife, play professional football, and have a family. In the first three books of the Infinity Series, Colin and Charlie met, fell in love, broke apart, reunited eight years later, and got married... -
![This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore]()
This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsStone Jacobs must…hate me. The tenuous bonds the four of us built could end with one split-second decision. Good versus bad. Old versus new. Loyalties will be tested when the truth spills like blood from a razor’s cut. Caught between high society and the homicidal reach of a well-known gang, finding my family’s treasure is our only hope... -
![Make It Hurt by Elle Mitchell]()
Make It Hurt by Elle Mitchell
"I told you I'd put you back in your f*cking place. When I'm done with you, I promise there won't be an ounce of fight left in your body. I can't wait to see what it looks like. ". I messed up. I should have hit him with my car that night. For two years, my stepbrother and his friends have made my life hell... -
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Sad Love by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove had not been something that has been easy for Tessa Ross and Lucas Links. In book three of MJ Fields Love series we follow Tessa and Luke through their college years. Will they get back together or is enough finally enough? -
![Bossy Alpha Protector by Ava Nichols]()
Bossy Alpha Protector by Ava Nichols
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy plan was to marry the kind of man I write about in my sweet romance novels, not lose my v-card to the ultimate bad boy… my brother’s best friend…Women always line up to be with Travis Ray—a handsome, arrogant, alpha, playboy, rodeo star, and billionaire cattle rancher. I can’t stand Travis, but my brother convinces me to work as his assistant while I get my writing career off the ground... -
![No Paine No Gain by McKinley May]()
No Paine No Gain by McKinley May
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne thing I've learned from three years as an undergrad? College is all about balance. Juggling a science-heavy course load, weekend bar crawls, and my plentiful dating life is an art form. An art form I've got down to a T. .. Until the campus Casanova comes barreling into my biology class and throws my mojo for a major loop... -
![Wicked Ends by Isla Vaughn]()
Wicked Ends by Isla Vaughn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeceived by my heart. Drowning in fractured memories. Taken against my will. Shane Bennett used me, and for nothing more than revenge. I was a victim, and in turn, I made him one. But that was then. I’m different now—is he? Or is this the moment when everything comes crashing down... -
![Resonance of Stars by Anne Malcom]()
Resonance of Stars by Anne Malcom
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was a movie star. I'd let the world convince me I was nothing more than that. Until him. .. Duke is employed to protect me. To make me disappear before I testify. Nothing more. There aren't many places in the world that someone like me can disappear to. Not when billions of people know my name. I'd worked hard to make it that way. To hide underneath layers of fame, beauty and wealth... -
![Maddox's Truce: Special Edition by Heather Slade]()
Maddox's Truce: Special Edition by Heather Slade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Hatfields and McCoys have nothing on the Butler and Avilla families. The feud between the families has been going on for decades and doesn't look like it will end anytime soon. But neither the feud, nor the fence between the wineries can keep two determined young lovers apart...Categorized as:
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![Impossible Love by Gracie Owens]()
Impossible Love by Gracie Owens
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI came to Yosemite Ranch to close a land deal and make partner. Instead, I find temptation. His name is Cal MacLaine. A smoking-hot ex-Navy SEAL and billionaire with breathtaking violet eyes. With a side of overprotective, suspicious, honorable to a fault. He thinks it’s his mission to protect his family’s ranch. And keep me from reaching my objectives... -
![The Way Back To me by Anne Mercier]()
The Way Back To me by Anne Mercier
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShe was perky, fun, and full of life—everything I hated about girls and their bullshit exterior. People called her bubbly; I called her “fake-as-hell. ”. The edgy, dark, lonely girl in front of me was not the Olivia Brennan I knew from high school—far from it, actually. I knew the story—the whole town knew the story, we witnessed it all... -
![Vicious Knight by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray]()
Vicious Knight by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
My villain, my monster, my vicious Knight…. I’m supposed to be a secret. No one can know my true identity. Or that I’m a dead girl walking. But I caught the attention of the one guy my parents warned me to stay away from. Thorne Ivanov reigns supreme at Raventhorn University, home of the Knights, one of the most powerful secret societies in the world...Categorized as:
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![When Rivals Love by J.L. Beck, Cassandra Hallman]()
When Rivals Love by J.L. Beck, Cassandra Hallman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHARLOW. I thought I knew the truth, but I didn’t. Secrets surround me, every aspect of my life was a lie. The Bishop brothers are the only beacon of light in my dark world. They’re the only ones that can protect me, the only ones that truly care... -
![Ritual by Kandi Steiner]()
Ritual by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA new year at Palm South University means new classes, new chances at love, and of course, new fresh-off-the-grill drama. Cassie faces a ghost from her past in her new Genetics class while Adam fights for his brothers’ respect as second-term president...Categorized as:
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![Brightly Burning Bridges by Ivy Wild]()
Brightly Burning Bridges by Ivy Wild
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom the author of Infamous and The Estate comes a bully romance unlike anything you've ever read. Silas. He wasn’t my friend until he became my enemy. His center is freezing cold,. and his edges burn me when I get too close. He is everything I want and nothing I am. They say not to burn bridges,. but he burned ours to the ground. Skyler. She is the girl who wants to be seen,... -
![When Luke Met Juliette by Brookelyn Mosley]()
When Luke Met Juliette by Brookelyn Mosley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if you only got three chances to meet and fall in love with the love of your life but with your first two chances, you simply weren’t ready… and the third chance, your final one, is showing all the signs of being in jeopardy? When Luke Lockett met Juliette Hart for the first time, it was like a moment written in the stars... -
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![Possessive Little Game by Raleigh Ruebins]()
Possessive Little Game by Raleigh Ruebins
My secret? My online camboy obsession just joined my college society. Niko is tattooed, troubled, and hot as fire in videos, but in person his ego is everything I despise. We clash into violent sparks when I confront him about his private account. That’s how I strike a dangerous deal with. You’ll be my fake boyfriend for the holidays, and I’ll keep your wicked little secret...Categorized as:
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![Trick or Treat by L.A. Cotton]()
Trick or Treat by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCalliope James would rather live life through a lens than in the spotlight. So when she reluctantly agrees to go with her best friend to a party, she doesn’t expect to find herself on the other side of the camera. Zachary Messiah left Bay View High School without so much as a word. Now he’s back. He’s not the boy she remembers, but she’s exactly the girl he’s tried so hard to forget... -
![Mother Clucker (Cocky Hero Club) by Cat Johnson]()
Mother Clucker (Cocky Hero Club) by Cat Johnson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe’s a Texas chicken farmer. She’s a California animal rescuer. Opposites attract but in this case they might just combust! -
![For Crosby by J. Nathan]()
For Crosby by J. Nathan
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCrosby Parks had the life most guys only dreamed of. A wealthy family, girls vying for his attention, and pro scouts after his hockey skills. But when the life he knows comes crumbling down, he’s sent to Alabama to escape the media storm and to rebuild his life. If Crosby has any shot of playing professional hockey, he must keep a low profile and graduate from college...Categorized as:
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![Reckless Rival by P.G. Van]()
Reckless Rival by P.G. Van
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe never thought she’d be her rival’s fake girlfriend. .. Namrata Varma joined Simha University as an exchange student, hoping to study there longer than one semester. When distraction came in form of a handsome guy she met at a party, she is shocked to find out later that he is her rival, the guy she is supposed to avoid at all costs, and not kiss. .. Rana Simha is arrogant and reckless...Categorized as:
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![Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis]()
Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Fallen. Beautiful. Broken. Loyal as hell. Five guys with the power of ten. All determined to uncover secrets and expose lies. All laser focused with their eyes on the prize. They’ll go to great lengths to stop me in my tracks. They’ll cross lines that mean we can never go back. Our story is one of betrayal and deceit. Our connection is destined, our bond runs deep... -
![One Fired Up Fourth by Claire Raye]()
One Fired Up Fourth by Claire Raye
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of all seasons, Claire Raye brings you a brand new series set around your favorite holidays featuring laughs, love and of course a little bit of steam. Each book can be read as a standalone and happily ever afters are guaranteed! Aida McNaughton’s life has been nothing but exams and studying for the last year... -
![Cowboy Flirt by Audrey Bell]()
Cowboy Flirt by Audrey Bell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe sweet-faced baker and the womanizing cowboy have been frenemies since childhood. Will they finally admit their mutual pining for each other and find their happily ever after? Rory. I've been lovestruck over the swaggering cowboy Beau Collins since I was a scrawny eleven-year-old girl with pigtails and a missing front tooth. Though I will never admit that, as long as I live... -
![Redeeming the Villain by Pru Schuyler]()
Redeeming the Villain by Pru Schuyler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlora Briarwood is impeccably good at faking a smile. She’s been doing it her entire life as a politician’s daughter. But after taking a year off after high school and gaining the confidence to make her own decisions, she’s finally ready to focus on her music at Happily Ever After University with her service dog, Sunny, at her side... -
![Why We Break by Hollie Luckie]()
Why We Break by Hollie Luckie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeople say that there are no secrets in a small town. At one point in my life, I might have believed them. But now? Now, I know that isn’t true. Seven years ago, I gave away my heart to a man who promised me forever. We spent a perfect summer in secret, falling for each other while working on Falling Oaks Farm–before life got in the way... -
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![The Assistant by C. Hallman]()
The Assistant by C. Hallman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is 18, his new stepsister, and so very off limits. Dawson. I spent the last year of my life in Europe overseeing and growing my company into a billion-dollar empire. I come home expecting a celebration, but instead my father tells me I have a new stepsister, and she is going to be my new assistant. Harper isn’t just unqualified, she is a curvy distraction I can’t afford... -
![Fight Me by Lacey Black]()
Fight Me by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJake Stevens has it made. A local police officer with an open invitation to any number of beds around town, Jake has no desire to settle down with any of the ladies he entertains by night. After watching his best friend fall in love with his little sister, Jake is certain that love and marriage just aren’t in his cards. Heck, he’s not even playing with the same deck...Categorized as:
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![In Harmony by Helena Newbury]()
In Harmony by Helena Newbury
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's shy, sheltered and inexperienced. .. now an Irish bad boy's about to rock her world. From New York Times bestselling author Helena Newbury, the second in the Fenbrook Academy New Adult trilogy. Karen is one of the top musicians at Fenbrook Academy, but a life spent playing the cello has left no time for anything else. At 21, she's still completely inexperienced in love. .. and sex... -
![Mother Clucker (Cocky Hero Club) by Cat Johnson]()
Mother Clucker (Cocky Hero Club) by Cat Johnson
They say opposites attract, but in this case, they might just combust . . . HEATHER. Hermosa Beach seems to be the place for throwing together unlikely opposites. My rooster Rowdy and his new crush, Pixy the goat. Me and the obnoxiously cocky cowboy from Texas . . . But unlike Rowdy and Pixy, there’s no way I’m going to fall for David Strickland. Nope. Not gonna happen... -
![Mistress to a Monster by Sam Crescent]()
Mistress to a Monster by Sam Crescent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor decades, war has raged between the Russo and De Luca families. When Damon De Luca finally brings the head of Russos to his knees, he demands to have Milah Russo at his beck and call. Not as his wife, but as his mistress. Milah will never go to Damon willingly. Caged up in his home, she fights him, but her days are numbered... -
![Spiteful Lies by Nora Cobb]()
Spiteful Lies by Nora Cobb
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI CAME FROM NOTHING. NOW I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE. The stakes have never been higher. And backing down now means paying an unthinkable price. I thought I could never be broken. I thought I could handle whatever came my way. The Kings of Stonehaven taught me how wrong I was. They used me. They humiliated me. They broke me. But there was something they couldn’t do... -
![Stray: A Dark College Romance by Trina M. Lee]()
Stray: A Dark College Romance by Trina M. Lee
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI drew the attention of a Graveyard King, and now he stalks my every move. I'm obsessed with danger. Stray Hurley is obsessed with me. He's one of the Graveyard Kings, a group involved in illicit black market activity. When a guy at a party tampers with my drink, Stray makes him wish he'd never been born. From that moment on, Stray is everywhere I go...Categorized as:
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![On the Sideline by J.B. Salsbury]()
On the Sideline by J.B. Salsbury
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWaking up in Bex’s bed is a nightmare I’ll never forget. Now she seems to pop up everywhere I turn. And the more I get to know her, the more I like her. How had I never noticed her before? She shoves off every attempt I make to get close, and I don’t blame her. When I met her I was after her cousin. I’m stuck on the sideline waiting for my chance to get back in the game with the right girl... -
![Mail Order Cowboy by Victoria James]()
Mail Order Cowboy by Victoria James
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHope Roberts has a strict No Cowboys Allowed policy. Between raising her daughter, running her business, and trying to settle into her new ranch, Hope has no room for romance—especially when it comes to cowboys. What she needs is someone to help fix her ranch. But the only person to respond to her ad is the one man Hope still blames for her husband’s death…. In Wishing River, Dr... -
![The Change Up by Alexis Buxton]()
The Change Up by Alexis Buxton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the midst of college life, where dreams intermingle with uncertainty, Chloe Mariano finds herself thrust into a world far removed from her comfort zone of books and solitude: baseball. A quiet wallflower with a haunted past, Chloe seeks solace in romance novels and hours spent in the kitchen...Categorized as:
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![Bidding War by Charlotte Byrd]()
Bidding War by Charlotte Byrd
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI never expected to meet the love of my life while auctioning myself off the to the highest bidder. Anderson West is the heir to a billion dollar fortune and I had to work my butt off for everything I have. At school, he was my bully. In law school, he was my rival. In the real world, we fell in love. Hard. Our relationship should have been a fairy tale... -
![One Night with a Cowboy by Elizabeth Otto]()
One Night with a Cowboy by Elizabeth Otto
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne night is never enough. .. Jobless, broke, and struggling to support herself and her. invalid mother, paramedic Sophie Miller doesn’t have time or. energy for a relationship. Especially with her mother’s clock. ticking down. So when the sexy cowboy she meets at a carnival. proposes a no-strings, one-night stand, she’s all over it... -
![Cry Havoc by Ashley Gee]()
Cry Havoc by Ashley Gee
Let’s play a game…you be me and I’ll be you. The only thing worse than betrayal is when it comes from the one you love the most. I thought I’d seen the worst that Havoc House has to offer. I thought I understood what it meant to have nothing left. I was wrong. The sister that just blew back into my life isn’t the girl that I remember and she hasn’t brought anything good with her...Categorized as:
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![Ruthless Heart by Eve L. Mitchell]()
Ruthless Heart by Eve L. Mitchell
She is his enemy. He is her nightmare. Three football stars who have it all: looks, money, talent and the world at their feet. No one messes with the Devils. You’re either with them or against them…and you’d have to be stupid to be against them. Ava isn’t stupid, but one night of being in the wrong place at the right time is coming back to haunt her. One of the Santo boys—Jett—is out for blood... -
![Shattered Mind by B.L. Payne]()
Shattered Mind by B.L. Payne
I wasn’t always known as the darker, quieter brother out of the three of us. Watching your best friend die will do that to a person. The day I lost him, my world went dark. Every day I get up, I go to work, I make an appearance to keep the questions at bay, and then I go home, back to the quiet loneliness I’ve found comfort in for the last four years. Rinse and repeat... -
![Of Boys And Men by Renee Harless]()
Of Boys And Men by Renee Harless
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI had a past. It was dark. It was ugly. It was my dirty secret. No one knew the weight of the burdens that nearly consumed me. I lived with a singular focus—seeking revenge on my father. Then the new girl, Jolee Ward, moved into the apartment above me and shattered my carefully constructed world. We were like oil and water. . . until we weren’t...Categorized as:
from hate to love college contemporary new adult urban first-in-series standalone-first
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