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  • Keep You To Myself by BriAnn Danae

    Keep You To Myself by BriAnn Danae

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Chaotic peace was the only way Synovi Black could explain his life to those who had questions. He never understood why they asked because an answer was never given; it was none of their business. For her , he’d break it down, however. Weave through the complexities of his upbringing, urging her to get comfortable and reside in chaos by his side. His world became hers , and she became his...
  • A Ghetto Tale From Ebony: Ladies Night Chronicles by Antoinette Sherell

    A Ghetto Tale From Ebony: Ladies Night Chronicles by Antoinette Sherell

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It’s Ladies' Night! The drinks are flowing, and so is the messiness. From men problems, to friendship drama, and even female rivalries; these ladies have a ghetto tale for it all.Ebony Lassiter has been in a relationship with her boyfriend, Anthony, for five years...
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  • Renewal After Dark by Marie Force

    Renewal After Dark by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The storm has passed, but the hard work is just beginning… Gansett Island has withstood the fury of Hurricane Ethel, and now the cleanup is underway for many islanders, including McKenzie Martin, who barely escaped the storm with her life and that of her son, Jax...
  • Something Like Spring by Jay Bell

    Something Like Spring by Jay Bell

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Nothing in this world is permanent. Friends, lovers, even family, can all disappear in the blink of an eye. Without these anchors, it's all too easy to find oneself drifting. Jason Grant doesn't have much, aside from a beat-up old guitar and knack for getting kicked out of foster homes. His latest placement is set to be just another in a long line of failures...
  • Pieces of My Peace by Mel Dau

    Pieces of My Peace by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For Analise Willow, life has not always been easy or fair. One thing about a diamond in the rough though, it’s always going to have that pressure to shine. Her focus in life is taking care of herself and most importantly her daughter...
  • From A Hood Chick To A Billionaire's Wifey by Sha Jones

    From A Hood Chick To A Billionaire's Wifey by Sha Jones

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say money can’t bring or buy happiness, but for twenty-nine-year-old Poetic, she’d rather shed tears in a Lamborghini than in a roach-infested apartment.At just six years old, she painfully watches her father walk out on her and her mother, Shanice. The pain cut so deep that Shanice sank into depression and later died of a broken heart...
  • The Millionaire Who Captured My Heart by Journee Jordan

    The Millionaire Who Captured My Heart by Journee Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Synopsis24 year old Onyx Krane had enough hardship in her life to last a lifetime. Losing her parents at such a young age had her growing up far too fast. Despite being the legal guardian of her twin sisters, Brooklyn and Bronx and engaged to the man of her dreams, her life is anything but a fairytale, especially when an old classmate, Dubai Isaac reappearing in her life and shakes it to its core...
  • Black & Ugly by T. Styles

    Black & Ugly by T. Styles

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Parade Knight hates her complexion. As a result, she considers herself to be unattractive and condones the misuse of her body. Sky Taylor is beautiful, fly and wanted, and loves reminding Parade of her imperfections especially after suspecting that she may be sleeping with her man, Jay Hernandez. Miss Wayne is hilarious and a self-proclaimed girlfriend who enjoys the attention his friends bring...
  • Terms of Love by Mel Dau

    Terms of Love by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alistair Duston is for the streets of Leakston, Mississippi. That means nothing when he and his family owned them, literally. As heir to the Duston Dynasty, he never had to worry about anything but his horses, cattle, and dogs. How things can change in the bling of a signed contract...
  • The Choir Director by Carl Weber

    The Choir Director by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "A lively mix of church politics and bedroom follies." --Publishers WeeklyNew York Times bestselling author Carl Weber takes readers back to church--where preaching isn't always enough. . .Bishop T.K. Wilson has done all he can to make First Jamaica Ministries a success. But with his last choir director getting caught in a scandal, attendance and cash flow are down...
  • The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher

    The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Break out the tissues. I loved The Forgiving Hour and so will you." — Francine Rivers, International Bestselling Author***Twelve years ago, Claire Porter thought her entire life was over when she learned that her husband, Dave, was having an affair with a young college student. Following their divorce, Claire started over, including changing back to her maiden name of Conway...
  • Night Watch by Susan Sleeman

    Night Watch by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything points to suicide…Research scientist, Kennedy Walker is shocked when her mother dies and the police rule her death a suicide. Her scientist-mother was on the verge of a scientific breakthrough, and Kennedy knows her mother would never end her life, but the detective won’t listen...
  • Wifed Up By A West Coast Millionaire by Porschea Jade

    Wifed Up By A West Coast Millionaire by Porschea Jade

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is supposed to be easy. Or, at least, that’s what Suki thought when she allowed Jinx to sweet talk her down the aisle at the tender age of 21. The hood considered her lucky to be wifed by the infamous hood boss, but to her, her luck ran out when the lying, cheating, and outside drama began to invade their lives...
  • A Billionaire Got Me Pregnant by Tosha Lavette

    A Billionaire Got Me Pregnant by Tosha Lavette

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Although Jasemine "Jas" Edwards was a stripper throughout her life, she always had a good head on her shoulders. With plans to exit the lifestyle she lived, a heated night filled with passion changed her life forever.Jasemine crossed paths with Clinton "CJ" Robinson, someone whose old street ties paved the way for his success, but as they say, more money, more problems...
  • Mine Again 2 by Charae Lewis

    Mine Again 2 by Charae Lewis

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An unexpected release has everyone in shambles. Bronx is home, and nobody is safe. A guilty conscience and betrayal plagues Yamesh while Bronx is riddled with confusion and rage.The life they’ve built has crumbled by one single action. Everyone has been put through a test that they’ve failed miserably. The actions of some have left relationships in ruins...
  • Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard… It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together.At least not in 1884.Or in the small town where she’s settled.Or anywhere else.It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has...
  • Only Fools Get Fouled : The Cambridge Crew by Connie Easton

    Only Fools Get Fouled : The Cambridge Crew by Connie Easton

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lyfe Cambridge is a man that saves the games for the court. When it comes to his marriage, he takes every vow serious. A man that knows what he wants is a man of certainty. However, when the smoke clears from around his marriage, things began to change for all parties involved. Sometimes all one needs is that one person they can’t touch to make things better...
  • Secrets of a Side Bitch by Jessica N. Watkins

    Secrets of a Side Bitch by Jessica N. Watkins

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Meet Omari a gorgeous, hard working, twenty-eight year old man from the Southside of Chicago. No matter how hard he works at his job at UPS, it is never enough to take care of himself and his long-term girlfriend. After continuous pressure from his older cousin, Ching, Omari finally traded in busting his ass for working under Ching hustling three major blocks on the Westside...
  • Temptation by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Temptation by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their sixteen years together as a wonderful blessing from God. Their marriage is passionate, their daughter is a joy, Jefferson's medical career is prospering, and they have loyal friends...
  • The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    The Moment of Truth by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The 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...
  • Oceans Apart  (Kingsbury, Karen) by Karen Kingsbury

    Oceans Apart (Kingsbury, Karen) by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A forgotten secret. A shocking discovery. A sacrifice of love that will bring Connor Evans to his knees. A story of hope and redemption from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury. Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living what looks like a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean...
  • Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett

    Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There 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...
  • If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins

    If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Sisterhood in all its drama, hilarity and tears is at the heart of New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins's thoroughly captivating new novel, featuring the wit and romance that readers have come to expect from the much-loved creator of the Blue Heron series..
  • One Day In Summer by Shari Low

    One Day In Summer by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    One 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...
  • Craving Love by Kat T. Masen

    Craving Love by Kat T. Masen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m done playing by my father’s rules. Lex Edwards may rule the business world, but he no longer controls me. We did, however, come to one agreement—I’m allowed to take a gap year before college to travel through Europe. But, one year to the day, I must return home. On my travels, I met April. She’s like me, escaping her troubled life back home. April offers me a place to stay...
  • One Day With You by Shari Low

    One Day With You by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    One day, five lives, but whose hearts will be broken by nightfall?It started like any other day in the picturesque village of Weirbridge.Tress Walker waved her perfect husband Max off to work, with no idea that she was about to go into labour with their first child. And completely unaware that when she tried to track Max down, he wouldn’t be where he was supposed to be...
  • A Different Kind of December by Lesley Jones

    A Different Kind of December by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    December 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...
  • The Love List by B. Love

    The Love List by B. Love

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As a well-known social media Influencer, Arya Ingram has created a lifestyle for herself outside of her family that she never thought was possible. When her boyfriend, Zion, proposes, Arya believes she has everything she will ever need in life—until a scandal erupts on social media… threatening to taint not just her character but destroy her career as well...
  • Irresistible Revenge by Amanda Bentley

    Irresistible Revenge by Amanda Bentley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You’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...
  • Commitment by Nia Forrester

    Commitment by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was obvious to everyone but them they were all wrong for each other. Riley is a free-spirited boho writer and Shawn is a magnetic and charismatic rapper, riding the highest crest of his career. She doesn't understand his world and he sure as hell doesn't understand hers. And what's worse, while he's never committed to any woman before, she's committed to someone else...
  • Xander: Part 2, The Present by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Xander: Part 2, The Present by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It'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...
  • Write Your Name by Courtney Irving

    Write Your Name by Courtney Irving

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love doesn’t live here, but no lie, Sunny wishes it did. In her eyes, love is the beautiful rise of each day and the seduction of the night. Unfortunately, Sunny has had her heart broken one too many times to believe she’ll find her life-changing, soul-shaking romance. Outgoing, with a sweet disposition, don’t get her misunderstood...
  • One Last Summer by Catrin Collier

    One Last Summer by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
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  • Long Road to Baghdad: Volume 1 by Catrin Collier

    Long Road to Baghdad: Volume 1 by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Mesopotamia, 1914: in the Middle East tension is escalating between the British and the Arabs. Misfit Lieutenant Harry Downe is sent to negotiate a treaty with a renegade Bedouin Sheikh, Ibn Shalan, whose tribe is attacking enemy patrols in Iraq and cutting their oil pipelines. Greedy for arms, Shalan accepts British weapons but, in return, Harry must take his daughter Furja to be his bride...
  • Such Sweet Sorrow by Catrin Collier

    Such Sweet Sorrow by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work for yourself? Since the recent recession figures show that more and more people, both young and old, would rather set up their own business than continue searching for jobs that are scarce, and often end up being poorly-paid...
  • Hearts of Gold: Volume 1 by Catrin Collier

    Hearts of Gold: Volume 1 by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Trainee midwife Bethan Powell lives in the shadow of the workhouse during the Depression. It's difficult to say which is harder for her and fellow nurse Laura Ronconi--their grueling work in the hospital, or the frictions and financial hardships at home...
  • All That Glitters by Catrin Collier

    All That Glitters by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Cornish smuggler Devlin 'Devil' Varcoe braves winter weather and revenue men to fetch the contraband on which Porthinnis depends for survival. Drawn to Jenefer Trevanion, whose father finances the smuggling operation, Devlin is seduced by beautiful wild-child Tamara Gillis. When fire destroys her home, Jenefer is forced to work in the pilchard cellars...
  • Swansea Summer by Catrin Collier

    Swansea Summer by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Newly promoted DI Matt Pryor is disappointed when his first case seems to be a simple death from natural causes - that is, until the post-mortem shows something quite unexpected ... The elderly man who died on a Cardiff train was murdered - poisoned - by one of the other passengers...
  • Their First Fall: Trucker and Keeka's story by M.J. Fields

    Their First Fall: Trucker and Keeka's story by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new adult / college standalone sports romance novel from USA Today bestselling author, MJ Fields . Their First Fall Keeka Alone in the world, after her mother’s death, she tries to find the life she dreamed of as a child. Trucker Alone in the world the family he felt part of began to fall apart, as his dreams of being an NFL quarterback become his reality...
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    cheating  betrayal  sports  new adult  contemporary
  • Broken Rainbows by Catrin Collier

    Broken Rainbows by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The third novel in the Long Road to Baghdad series, a vivid, moving, historically accurate account of a conflict between Eastern and Western Empires. 1916, Mesopotamia. The Turks order prisoners from the siege of Kut to march the hundreds of miles to Baghdad. The men are weak from starvation after the five-month siege, with many suffering from dysentery and diseases...
  • Magda's Daughter by Catrin Collier

    Magda's Daughter by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In contrast to those who joined wagon trains to seek their fortune in the American West, John Hughes and his workers trek east. Shipping the machinery needed for his ironworks across the steppe by bullock train, Hughes heads for the land he's bought from Count Beletsky, who has no time for either foreigners or industry...
  • A Silver Lining by Catrin Collier

    A Silver Lining by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    At sixteen, Rachel O'Brian finds herself alone in the world and accepts a home with an old friend of her father's, but she is unprepared for his wife's malice and cannot guess at the secret which feeds the woman's hatred. The younger Maxwells welcome Rachel to their Ayrshire farm, especially Ross, but he too has earned Gertrude Maxwell's spite...
  • Tiger Ragtime by Catrin Collier

    Tiger Ragtime by Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A tale of love and hardship set in wild and beautiful 19th century Cornwall. Born into a once-respectable family, circumstances have reduced Roz Trevaskis to working at the local inn. In order to pay the fines incurred through her alcoholic mother's drunken behaviour, Roz has put herself in debt to some unpleasant people, and has reluctantly turned to smuggling...
  • You're My Little Secret 2 by Chenell Parker

    You're My Little Secret 2 by Chenell Parker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Brooklyn went from being a naïve eighteen year old virgin to being the pregnant side chick of a soon to be married man. Dominic has always wanted to be a father and he’s excited that Brooklyn is making his dream a reality. Dominic loves Brooklyn but his history with his fiancée Kennedi has made it difficult to choose between the two...
  • First by Kimberly Stedronsky Adams

    First by Kimberly Stedronsky Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was 1990, and we were tying yellow ribbons around old oak trees. And we were waiting. The time I’d spent with Grant Butler was stolen. Each moment between us only fueled our need for each other. He was older, and forbidden by my parents. And then he was gone. Grant wrote to me from Saudi Arabia, and in his very first letter, he asked me to marry him...
  • Where Hope Begins by Catherine West

    Where Hope Begins by Catherine West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the aftermath of her husband’s act of adultery and abandonment, Savannah must finally face the ghosts that haunt her and discover for herself whether authentic faith, grace, and ultimate healing really do exist. When her husband of twenty-one years leaves her, Savannah Barrington believes she’s lost almost everything she’s ever loved...
  • Taking Care of Business by Lutishia Lovely

    Taking Care of Business by Lutishia Lovely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a long run of misfortune, betrayal, and broken hearts, the Livingston family and their soul food empire are thriving. Toussaint is the Food Network darling, Malcolm's BBQ Soul Smoker is the toast of QVC, and Bianca's brainchild, TOSTS--Taste of Soul Tapas Style--is a sensation on L.A.'s Sunset Strip. Only Jefferson hasn't made his mark--and he partly blames Toussaint...
  • Act of Valor by Dana Mentink

    Act of Valor by Dana Mentink

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She saw something she shouldn’t have… A True Blue K-9 Unit story When airline employee Violet Griffin encounters several suspicious passengers, she’s thrust into the crosshairs of a drug smuggling operation. NYPD officer Zach Jameson and his drug detection beagle, Eddie, can tell this is no small-time threat...
  • Loving Jenna by Amy Lillard

    Loving Jenna by Amy Lillard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this new series set in the beloved Oklahoma Amish community of Wells Landing, three generations of women challenge themselves and each other to make a fresh start in faith, family—and love. Jenna Burkhart is tired of being “special” and hearing about what she can't do...
  • Black Oak Burning by Monique Edenwood

    Black Oak Burning by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Cameron’s relentless craving for me never seemed to end, even when it seemed that he may end up claiming his victory over Jack.The irresistible odyssey into his dark dreams of domination thrilled me to my very core, breaking some of the chains holding me to Jack and setting my soul on fire with the fervor of relentless lust and unspeakable threats of ecstasy...
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