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  • The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Limited time bundle that includes Book 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 of the Sterling Shore series. No cliffhangers. Book 1 - Hooked on the Game Kade Colton and Raya Capperton come from two different worlds, but one thing they have in common is that they have both judged each other wrong. Opposites don't just attract; they collide and shift the world off its axis...
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    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-epic
  • Time by Penny Reid

    Time by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 36 ratings
    From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny Reid A (brokenhearted) physicist. Now an infamous (who is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!! UGH!) musician. The worst has already happened. Mona has learned that she has nothing figured out and plans are meaningless. After leaving her in Aspen, Abram is now breaking sales-records, rising to rock star fame almost overnight. Mona can’t seem to escape him...
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  • SUIT by B.B. Easton

    SUIT by B.B. Easton

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Because BB Easton had so much fun writing her bestselling, award-winning memoir, 44 CHAPTERS ABOUT 4 MEN, she decided to give each of her four men his own steamy standalone. SUIT is Ken's book—the hilarious, heartwarming tale of how BB finally got over her bad boy phase and found happily ever after with…gasp…a guy in a tie...
  • Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A sexy, standalone best-friends-to-lovers romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely! It's so easy being best friends with a gorgeous, talented, charming guy. Said no woman ever. Except me. My friendship with Miller is a sure thing — he’s my plus one, my emergency contact, and my shoulder to lean on...
  • Suit by B.B. Easton

    Suit by B.B. Easton

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "Since when are you into guys in ties? You only like guys who look like they rob guys in ties. At gunpoint."It was true. By 2003, my type had been well-established. There might as well have been a giant sign on my heart that said, "Good Guys Need Not Apply."Which is exactly why I had to friend-zone Ken Easton...
  • Scenes from the City by Penny Reid

    Scenes from the City by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    No longer for sale. aka... the Festivus Surprise 100% of proceeds go to Toys for Tots. This book cannot be read as a standalone. It is a collection of short scenes following the ladies from the 'Knitting in the City' series and will only be available in eBook format from December 1 - December 15, 2014...
  • Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor

    Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire by Tru Taylor

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In my expert opinion, every woman who’s been left at the altar should follow up that singularly humiliating experience by spending a week in paradise with a totally inappropriate—and totally sexy—stranger.Even better if you meet him at the bar of the resort hotel where your destination wedding and honeymoon were supposed to take place...
  • Game Changer by Alley Ciz

    Game Changer by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
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  • Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Choose the best phrase to describe Sibby Goldstein's 1) Sucky. 2) Really sucky. 3) Major suck-fest. D) All of the above. I started my day with a boyfriend and a job. I ended my day with a bottle of tequila. I'll let you connect the dots. Somehow, I wound up working as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. I have no idea what I'm doing. And I'm not just talkin' about life...
  • Rogue Wave by J. Bengtsson

    Rogue Wave by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A love story that survives the test of time. Keith McKallister is the king of the stoners. You know the type. Every school has one – the hot, fun, dopey guy beloved by the student body but despised by, well, just about everyone else. He spends his early mornings in the ocean and his days trying to get to class on time...
  • Trouble by Adriana Locke

    Trouble by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She wants something real. He wants something now. Together they’re trouble in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s sexy and funny twice-in-a-lifetime love story. With his shameless grin and let’s-play swagger, carpenter Penn Etling leaves women wanting in Dogwood Lane. What do they get? Avery Perry knows: a one-night stand. She’s been there...
  • The Consequence of Rejection by Rachel Van Dyken

    The Consequence of Rejection by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A standalone second chance romance by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken. You know the universe is trying to tell you something when you get struck by lightning, but only after getting hit on by the elderly, almost getting run over by a semi, and running into the one who got away...
  • Tangle by Adriana Locke

    Tangle by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Sparks fly between a die-hard romantic and a sexy cynic in this fresh, funny romance from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke. That cream-filled, caramel-topped doughnut should have been hers. Still, Haley Raynor can’t deny that the pastry thief with the dreamy blue eyes looks even more delicious...
  • Without You by Lacey Black

    Without You by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TuckerI spend my days brewing beer for the popular Brew Crüe Beer Company and my nights devoted to being a dad. Raising a young child with special needs can be tough and stressful, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. He’s everything to me, and the reason I keep going. It’s him and me against the world, and I have no intention of changing that.Then, Kinsley McGregor walks back into my life...
  • This is Dangerous by Kennedy Fox

    This is Dangerous by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Logan Knight is a real life knight in shining armor. 
A detective godsend in a sleek black suit has me thinking less than secretive thoughts. Brooding and mysterious, he’s the kind of guy every girl instantly notices. Between his seductive smirk and charming good looks, it’s no wonder I can’t help the way he makes me feel whenever I’m near him. 
Too bad he’s unavailable—or so he says...
  • Crave by Adriana Locke

    Crave by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Hadley Jacobs is over Machlan Gibson. Sure, she’ll always be a little weak to the dimple in his right cheek and the way his five o’clock shadow makes him ruggedly handsome. But that’s not enough to cover every other thing about him because they all drive her nuts. Like how he won’t admit he’s wrong even when he knows it and how he drives his stupid car a million miles an hour on wet asphalt...
  • The Roomie Rulebook by Crystal Kaswell

    The Roomie Rulebook by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Oliver is my best friend's older brother. He's brooding, bossy, and painfully off limits. But all rules are off when I move in as his new roommate. When I need a place to crash, I go straight to the guy I know best. My best friend's older brother, Oliver. Who's right in the middle of enjoying his alone time. No big deal, right? It's not like I'm going to die of embarrassment...
  • A White Christmas on Winter Street by Sue Moorcroft

    A White Christmas on Winter Street by Sue Moorcroft

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Sky Terran returns to the village of Middledip after losing the job she loves, she anticipates a quiet Christmas getting used to her new life. However, the annual street decoration competition is coming up and this year, the residents of Winter Street are determined to win.As she is pulled into the preparations, Sky quickly grows to love the quirky, tight-knit community she is now part of...
  • Dirty Talking Rival by Pippa Grant

    Dirty Talking Rival by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Despite growing up in rival towns, Grady Rock and I were high school best friends.But now?Now, he's my biggest enemy. My dirty-talking, master-baking, grudge-holding, hot-as-sin enemy.All I wanted was to help my mom run her bakery after a family emergency left her unable to do it herself.Never mind that I can't bake. Or that I never wanted to move home again...
  • Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It all started with a game of Truth or Dare… It’s bad enough I got arrested for prostitution on Christmas Eve. Alleged prostitution, mind you. I didn’t do it. Of course I didn’t. The cops say I offered up a certain sex act for a $5 gasoline gift card, but honey? My sex acts are worth way, way more...
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    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-short
  • Cowboy Up by Jordan Marie

    Cowboy Up by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say old wounds will heal with time—but that's a damn lie. Blue Lucas knew the moment Meadow moved back to Mason she was going to rip him apart.Seeing her every single day is hell on earth, but he survives it--probably because losing her destroyed the most important parts of him years ago.Meadow has spent her life running away from Blue because who she is will never be enough for what he is...
  • Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw

    Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NateAll I wanted to do was be me, for one night. I didn’t want to be the number one quarterback in the league. I just wanted to be Nate. I couldn’t tell you exactly what made me stop at that dive bar on the outskirts of town, but it changed my life.Our connection was instant and undeniable. Our night together was explosive, which led to another, and then another. No strings...
  • At First Sight by M. S. Parker

    At First Sight by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sixteen years ago, I lost Belle, the love of my life, in a tragic car accident.Devastated, I left Scotland to work in Uncle Ben's brokerage firm in Manhattan. Dedicating my life to the job, I rose to the top of the ladder, next in line to head the billion-dollar company.Belle, however, never left my heart. Every year––on our anniversary––I dine at the restaurant where we first met...
  • The Chameleon Effect by Joe Arden

    The Chameleon Effect by Joe Arden

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lights. Camera. Action…I've got everything it takes to make it in Tinseltown: confidence, charisma, and a killer chin. Now all I need is a chance.But Los Angeles is full of hot, young hunks, and talent might not be enough to separate me from the cookie-cutter crowd.Well, you know what they say: fake it till you make it.So I devise a wild scheme to get noticed...
  • Hard by Donna Alam

    Hard by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A man walks into a coffee shop and gets offered a job in p0rn. Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Or every man’s fantasy. Until I remember I’m trying to be a good man. A single father. One who doesn’t do casual relationships, Let alone get paid for sex. But for those curves and that mouth? Any man might change his mind. ~*~ It was an honest mistake . .
  • Outta My League by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Outta My League by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The way she looks, smells, laughs is killing me.I fell in love with my sister’s best friend. To top it all off, she’s brilliant. And I’m failing Chemistry.Of course, when I get her help, she’s laidback about it. Charming and helpful as always, like she doesn’t know how much I want her. I’ve got to play it cool and let her see a different side of me...
  • Tulsa (The Crow Brothers) by S.L. Scott

    Tulsa (The Crow Brothers) by S.L. Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A hot new rock star romance that will sweep you off your feet and leave you with a smile from New York Times Bestselling Author, S.L. Scott. The rumors are true. At least where I’m concerned. Drummers hit it harder and do it better. Women love me and I love them. But I like to think of myself as a sensitive soul trapped in a lady-killer’s body...
  • Laws of Physics: Time by Penny Reid, Fiona Fischer

    Laws of Physics: Time by Penny Reid, Fiona Fischer

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Listening time 7 hours 44 minutesFrom the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny ReidLaws of Physics is the second trilogy in the Hypothesis series; Laws of Physics parts 1 (MOTION) & 2 (SPACE) end with a cliffhanger.A (brokenhearted) physicist.Now an infamous (who is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!! UGH!) musician.The worst has already happened...
  • Pink Bits by J.B. Heller

    Pink Bits by J.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Did you know the medical term for a butt crack is intergluteal cleft? My name is Reagan, and spouting random facts like this one at inopportune moments is my affliction. I’m chronically awkward, socially inept and completely lack a filter. Believe it or not, men do not find these attractive traits...
  • Second Chance by L.B. Dunbar

    Second Chance by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Another romance for the over 40. Can one sexy silver fox face the woman he once left behind but never let go? Her. A widow at forty-four, her husband left her a letter. Contact Denton. Once upon a time, the three of them had been best friends. Mati Rath isn’t sure she should look back. Her heart isn’t ready, or so she thinks. Him. A pleading phone call forces him to make a decision...
  • Trust Fund: A Survival of the Richest Prologue by Skye Warren

    Trust Fund: A Survival of the Richest Prologue by Skye Warren

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From a NYT bestselling author comes a new story of love and money...My story starts with a plunge into the cold water of Manhattan's harbor. A strong hand hauls me back onto the deck of the luxury yacht.Christopher was supposed to be my enemy.Instead he protects me with fierce determination...until the end...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  rich heroine
  • Mr. Fixit by Lauren Landish

    Mr. Fixit by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He's good with more than just his hands.   I’ve known Caleb Strong for over a year. We have a special kind of friendship—we make crude comments, double entendres, and tease each other mercilessly. But we’ve never crossed that line. We’re  just friends . Until we start working together to renovate my childhood home...
  • the Dance by Alison G. Bailey

    the Dance by Alison G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***From Amazon and International bestselling author, Alison G. Bailey, comes a Contemporary Romance story about what happens after the happily ever.*** Bryson Walker stumbled heart first into the steady rhythm of her life, never questioning whether other possibilities existed...
  • 50 Ways to Win Back Your Lover by Kelly Siskind

    50 Ways to Win Back Your Lover by Kelly Siskind

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From Kelly Siskind comes a slow-burn romantic comedy about one man’s creative attempt to win back his high school sweetheart after a change in fortune gives them a second chance at love.Growing up, I had it all—my art, close friends, a gorgeous girlfriend who owned my heart—but then my life exploded.Turns out my father was laundering money, and my whole family got shoved into witness protection...
  • Reputation by Adriana Locke

    Reputation by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Coy Mason is a jerk.If there is one truth that Bellamy Davenport knows, it’s that. Hands-down. (Well, that and the fact that she didn’t mean to hurt him. Physically. Coy can’t be hurt emotionally because he doesn’t have a heart.)Coy is not just the small-town, literal boy-next-door...
  • Love Me Like This by Bella Andre

    Love Me Like This by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eight years have passed since Justin Morrison first laid eyes on Taylor and fell head over heels in love with her, even though he knew she could never be his. He's tried everything he can to get over her--including moving to another country--but she's still the only woman he'll ever want. Eight years is a heck of a long time to secretly love someone...
  • Thanks For Last Night by Lauren Blakely

    Thanks For Last Night by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A sexy new friends-to-lovers standalone!Let me list the reasons why dating a sexy, charming, pro hockey star is a bad idea:1. He’s one of my closest friends2. All our friends are friends3. The wounds I’ve got from past relationships go deep. And so do his.We’re both devoutly single -- it’s just safer for the heart that way...
  • The Playboy by Alice Ward

    The Playboy by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hot tropical nights. One hot girl next door. What could go wrong? Blowing in like an ocean breeze, she takes my breath away with just a look. Something inside me stirs, not just my legendary member. Thing is... she appears to be immune to my charms. Sloane Anderson is mysterious. Different. And she’s hiding something. I’m not sure what, but I sure as hell intend to find out...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary
  • The Candidate by Alice Ward

    The Candidate by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lust drove us together. Our differences are driving us apart. As the Republican Party’s front-runner for the White House in 2024, I’m the man the media praises for having a silver tongue. By day, I’m a very conservative, buttoned-up professional. By night, my wild side comes out to prowl, searching for something. I end up in The Black Room... and find her...
  • The Scars I Bare by J.L. Berg

    The Scars I Bare by J.L. Berg

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every scar tells a story... Some are etched on the skin, for the whole world to see. Others are buried deep, so deep, only the heart can truly find them. Dean Sutherland was the quintessential guy next door. Strong and dependable, with a heart of gold, he knew exactly where his life was headed. Until one fateful night at sea ripped away everything. Now he’s adrift, a man without a purpose...
  • #1 Love by T. Gephart

    #1 Love by T. Gephart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was easy to fall in love with a Larsson—seriously who could resist any one of those boys? And while each them had taken turns featuring as Maya’s adolescent crush, there was only one of them who had been her best friend. Alex Larsson. She’d loved him the most, convinced they’d be friends forever...
  • Tempted by the Sinner: A Possessive Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Tempted by the Sinner: A Possessive Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s a little saint just begging to get corrupted.And I’m the perfect sinner just waiting to take a taste.Mona Rizzo wants to write the next great profile of a real American gangster, and she wants to use me as her subject.Except I want to use her as my play thing.It’s a match made in sin, and I’m going to suck her into my world before she even has a chance to stop loving it...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  humor  mafia  length-medium
  • My Always One by Aleatha Romig

    My Always One by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When we were young, Samantha Anderson was the girl down the street. For as long as I remember, she’s been my partner in crime, in adventures, and in almost everything. Sami is fun and sexy, my greatest confidant, and my best friend.From early on, we vow that our relationship will never change—through thick and thin, we’ll remain always and forever in the friend zone. We will not cross that line...
  • Playboy Prince by Crystal Kaswell

    Playboy Prince by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My playboy boss wants me to slip into a new position:Fake fiancée.After years mowing through all the eligible women in New York, Liam earned the nickname Playboy Prince. Now, the tech executive needs to clean up his reputation.He can have any women in the city.And he wants me.His purple-haired, smart mouthed assistant.Six months as his fake fiancée in exchange for the cash to fund my start-up...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  humor  length-long
  • Quintessentially by Aleatha Romig

    Quintessentially by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The ABCs have never been sexier... A secret baby, second-chance, contemporary stand-alone romance“Representing the most perfect example of quality or class” ~ QuintessentialA trip back to the small Indiana town of Riverbend to finalize my grandmother’s last will and testament throws my world off its axis...
  • Feels Like Home by Melissa Grace

    Feels Like Home by Melissa Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Katie Kelley has all the ingredients of a happy life: a home she adores, the best friends anyone could ask for, and a job as a pastry chef that she loves. If only she could get one single doctor to take her seriously enough to figure out what the heck is going on with her health...
  • Flip Shot: A Friends to Lovers, Hockey Romance by MJ Fields

    Flip Shot: A Friends to Lovers, Hockey Romance by MJ Fields

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TheoReturning from Texas after summer break, which I spent working, and training, I expected a temperature change. Hell, I welcomed the chill, but I didn’t expect to be completely frozen out by the only chick at Lincoln University who I thought about almost as much as I do hockey.When I saw Riley Park for the first time, the universe shifted...
  • The Fast Lane by Sharon M. Peterson

    The Fast Lane by Sharon M. Peterson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A totally hilarious friends-to-lovers, brother’s best friend romantic comedyHe’s the only person who can give me a ride to my brother’s wedding, and he’s also the one man I absolutely CANNOT have feelings for. My brother’s best friend is strictly off limits… Isn’t he?I should have known my mom would go totally overboard packing for my brother’s big day...
  • Rhodie by Cleo Browne

    Rhodie by Cleo Browne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tuesday Tombs’ greatest assets are her family and her genius mind. She’s a whirlwind of sass with a thirst for justice. Her latest target? To infiltrate Devil’s Rose MC. But things take a turn when she encounters Rhodie, the MC’s imposing Enforcer. His gruff exterior and soft spot for her throw a confusing wrench in her well-laid plans...
  • How the Light Gets In by L.H. Cosway

    How the Light Gets In by L.H. Cosway

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He came back to me 16 minutes and 59 seconds into Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7. We parted amid tragedy, so it seemed poetic. Dylan O’Dea, my childhood sweetheart, had once meant everything to me. Now we were strangers, and honestly, after eleven years I never thought I’d see him again. I lived in the world of the average, of getting paid by the hour and budgeting to make ends meet...
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