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  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Oh Sh*tThis is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way...
  • Always You by Emilia Finn

    Always You by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What does any self respecting socialite do when she finds her husband screwing his secretary on HER dining room table? She gets petty revenge a'la Louisville Slugger, then she runs home and pretends her whole life isn’t in tatters...
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  • Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Every story deserves a soundtrack. And ours is epic. She started from perfect. A star who shone brighter than the rest. But then fate took it all away. Now she's broken. A beautiful song with a fractured beat.  But I'm still on the rise. Chasing a dream that she's already left behind. If I'm lucky, I can find my redemption in the spotlight. Destiny brought us together. Put her in my path...
  • No White Knight by Nicole Snow

    No White Knight by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Handsome 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...
  • Mail-Order Brides For Christmas by Frankie Love, Hope Ford

    Mail-Order Brides For Christmas by Frankie Love, Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Mistletoe Brothers are ready to save Snow Valley … even if it means marrying complete strangers.The six women who arrive in this mountainside town all have very different reasons for agreeing to an arranged marriage. And none of them quite know what to make of the six ruggedly handsome brothers who greet them. But they do know this: there’s no turning back...
  • Strays: An Anti-Hero Romance by Cora Brent

    Strays: An Anti-Hero Romance by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    STRAYS (An Anti-Hero Romance)Before age sixteen I was kicked to the streets, condemned for a crime I didn’t commit.Since then I’ve done nothing to be proud of.Which is why a man like me isn’t cut out to be a dad.And if this kid had another option I wouldn’t try to be one now.But for once I’m going to step up.I’ll right the worst of old wrongs...
  • The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’ll make her pay for her father’s crimes before taking revenge on the brothers who abandoned him.Zayn Becker has struggled to protect his little brother in the aftermath of the car accident which claimed their parents’ lives. They lost everything that night except for each other...
  • I Need You To Love Me by Genicious

    I Need You To Love Me by Genicious

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Together they are nothing more than madness,but they say there’s always some madness in loveSix years elapsed since he shattered her life. Four years since she’s brought him to his knees.Now, Ace is the youngest boxing champion in the world – a force to be reckoned with. He’s dangerous, heartless, and always gets his way.Calla moved to New York to chase her career...
  • Wreck My Plans by Kelsey Clayton

    Wreck My Plans by Kelsey Clayton

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    My name is Carter Trayland,And I really screwed up.I should’ve ended things before they began.Instead, I wound up in a twisted love triangle,One that I never wanted to be a part of.The wrong choice sent my life on a whirlwind.A woman I forced myself to love is dead.My best friend was nearly blamed for her murder.And the one I’ve always wanted, now wants revenge...
  • Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "The obnoxious drummer neighbor I reported for noise pollution? Turns out he’s the biggest rock star in the country! Oops."I write romance because true love doesn’t happen in real life. My parents’ marriage and a string of failed relationships have taught me that.Then Killian Axelrod moves in next door. He’s a rock star, and hot as hell. Wicked blue eyes. A body made for sin. Cocky attitude...
  • Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken’s scorching series, revenge is a justified pleasure… Isla made one teeny little mistake. Now she and her PI company, Dirty Exes, are being targeted by one seriously angry and furiously sexy ex-quarterback. Jessie freakin’ Beckett. But there’s no way some NFL superhunk is going to take her business away...
  • How to Date the Guy You Hate by Julie Kriss

    How to Date the Guy You Hate by Julie Kriss

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I hate Jason Carsleigh. Gorgeous, sexy, perfect Jason Carsleigh. He was the golden boy in high school - the one every girl dreamed about. Except me. I have my reasons. He owes me big, so I’m calling in a favor. I need Jason as my date for my ex’s wedding. Simple - wear a suit, look hot, and pretend he likes me. That’s it. Then I’m done with him forever. I’m not going to tell him my secrets...
  • Limelight by Alyson Santos, Aly Stiles

    Limelight by Alyson Santos, Aly Stiles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m unpredictable.A genius, an underachiever.I’m the song, the voice, the passion, the pain.I am failure.I do music because it’s what I am, but sometimes that’s not enough.A slave to my nature, I wait for it to show mercy and drop a gift in my lap.Because the music chose me.I’m its victim not its gift.She destroyed my career.Ruined my life.Pushed me from the shadows and exposed my lies...
  • Fierce Obsession: Alternate Cover by S Massery

    Fierce Obsession: Alternate Cover by S Massery

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Knox Whiteshaw is my husband.He’s also an egotistical psychopath who refuses to divorce me—even when I ask nicely.It doesn’t matter that I’m trying to move on with the goalie of his NHL team. Knox is dead set on ruining everything.My upcoming wedding, my future, my sanity…The man can hold a grudge like no other, and I am public enemy number one...
  • Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Morgan Kennedy:Campus Legend.Ruggedly handsome superstar athlete turned hedge fund manager.My one night stand mistake.And now my boss at my internship.Every staff meeting, I’m taken back to the night I was filled with a need I never knew was possible.Sparks fly between us in the office...
  • Still Not Love by Nicole Snow

    Still Not Love by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Not the heck again. I've had my alpha-jerkface fix.Now he's my sworn protector... I'm about to go nuclear. Yet I have to smile and pretend I won't slap him into the next century. James Nobel and I have history. Raging hearts. Dueling kisses. Firestorm nights. A man like him breaks laws with that suit and that smirk...
  • Bodyguard Beast by Georgia Le Carre

    Bodyguard Beast by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    AngeloTwo things should have told me staying in this job was a mistake.How she looked.How she talked.But the inner voice that had always kept me safe and one step ahead was drowned out by the fire in my veins. But getting Involved. Not an option.Even though thinking of her curves kept me awake at night.I'd never guarded a woman before, let alone the Boss's daughter...
  • Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Allegra Grey is the daughter of a powerful American Mafia Leader. Trained since birth to take over the family business, she is ruthless, heartless, and one of the best assassins in the industry. She's completed thousands of assassinations in her career, completing every assignment... except for one. Ace De Luca is her one and only failed mission...
  • Landon & Shay - Part Two: by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Landon & Shay - Part Two: by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Once upon a time, I fell in love with a boy.A beautiful, broken boy who had his own world of struggles. People warned me against our love, but I didn't listen.We looked weak. Young, foolish. Dangerously in love. We didn't care.In order to keep our hearts protected from the opinions of others, we became each other’s secret. We shared stolen moments. Tender touches. Secretive embraces...
  • Hating the Best Man by Jenny Fyfe, Natalie Murray

    Hating the Best Man by Jenny Fyfe, Natalie Murray

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    “Packed with swoon, this story reminded me why I love romcoms.” – romance author Tarah DeWittFlynn:My best friend’s about to get married, and I’m in love with his future wife. Believe me, I’d do anything to change it, but Ruby Quinn has been my dream girl since high school, and my stubborn heart refuses to let go.It gets worse. I’m pretty sure Ruby hates me, and I don’t blame her...
  • Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole

    Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Our marriage was supposed to avert a war. But making a husband out of my enemy has turned out to be harder than I thought…Damien Russo is fifteen years older than me, ten times as broody,and stubborn to a fault.He also happens to be the new leader of the Russo Mafia and my reluctant husband-to-be.As far as arranged marriages go, this is not a bad deal...
  • London Bridge by Nana Malone

    London Bridge by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Halfway around the world wasn’t far enough away to keep my best mate’s sister safe from our enemies... or my touch. I will have her. Even though she’s the beauty and I’m the beast. Emma Varma remembers me as the black hearted prince of Eton prep... but the hardened man I’ve become won’t be so easily burned.Her return to London has nothing to do with me and everything to do with retribution...
  • The Burns We Carry by Marae Good

    The Burns We Carry by Marae Good

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once burnt, twice shy...Shay Davis is desperate for a fresh start — not just for her, but for the new life growinginside of her. But when she arrives in the quiet mountain town of Wallowpine, Arizona, thecold, unforgiving forest ranger who pulls her over seems intent on running strangers out oftown...
  • Rock F*ck Club 3 by Michelle Mankin

    Rock F*ck Club 3 by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s Rock F*ck Club. Season Two. The Gods of Rock Tour. 4 summer concert venues. 10 famous rock stars to f*ck.Two at a time. Maybe even three. I know what I like and how to get it.I’m Marsha West. Raven Winter’s best friend. A sidekick no longer -- I’m now in the starring role. I’m going to f*ck whoever I want. However I want. Whenever I want...
  • Satin Empire by B.B. Hamel

    Satin Empire by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A super-steamy arranged marriage mafia standalone romance with a grumpy, broken hero and a sunny-and-strong heroine from bestselling author B. B. Hamel.I accidentally stripped at my arranged fiancee’s club.It lasted ten seconds before he dragged me off stage.But his possessive jealousy woke something in me…I wasn’t born into the mafia and I’m still trying to find my place in the world...
  • Nailed by Cora Brent

    Nailed by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A scorching ‘enemies to lovers’ office romance proves hazardous in this new stand-alone from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Cora Brent. The good news: Audrey Gordon has just received a dream assignment managing one of the city’s largest construction projects. The bad news: She’ll be teamed up with cocky office rival and former lover Jason Roma...
  • Asher by Alex Wolf

    Asher by Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Asher Grayson is a billionaire, a publishing powerhouse.He crushes the competition and absorbs them into his empire.Mara Monroe is a small-town journalist whose company verges on bankruptcy.Destroying the little newspaper should be less than a day’s work. A speck on Asher’s radar. But, there’s something about her.She makes him weak—peels back layers he didn’t know existed...
  • Jedson by Cora Brent

    Jedson by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "This was all nuts. The way I wanted him. The ways we knew each other. And the ways we didn't..." LEAH When I was too young to know any better Ryan Jedson fascinated me. After he went on the run I thought I'd never see him again. I was wrong. Now that he's back in town I realize it's a bad idea to catch his eye. And yet I can't help it. Sometimes you want the one you shouldn't want...
  • The Trouble With Gravity (Gravity Series) by K.K. Allen

    The Trouble With Gravity (Gravity Series) by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kai's life is a series of choreographed steps, each one shielding her from the tragic memories of her past. Audition, dance, paycheck, repeat. It's a broken record, but it's what keeps her world spinning...
  • Like You Hurt: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by Kaydence Snow

    Like You Hurt: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by Kaydence Snow

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    DonnaWhat kind of idiot gets on my bad side on his first day at my school? Hendrix Hawthorn is arrogant, cocky, infuriatingly attractive and clearly doesn’t realise I can make his life hell.Which is exactly what I intend to do… until he shows up in the one place no one knows I go to – the one place that makes me feel alive...
  • Make Me Crazy by Kennedy Fox

    Make Me Crazy by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Never trust a man who gets paid to take off his clothes for a living and then uses it as a pick-up line to get girls in bed with him.Being an author’s assistant comes with its perks but when Maverick Kingston barges into my life and becomes my responsibility, he’s more than I can handle...
  • Banging the Enemy by Lili Valente

    Banging the Enemy by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Pop Quiz: You just banged a rock star you vowed to loathe until the end of time. What’s next? Hint: You don’t agree to be his fake girlfriend. And you certainly don’t fall in love… Once upon a time, Cutter Comstock was the hot older boy who tormented me in high school...
  • 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...
  • The Trouble with Gravity by K.K. Allen

    The Trouble with Gravity by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kai’s life is a series of choreographed steps, each one shielding her from her tragic past. Audition, dance, get paid, repeat. It’s a broken record, but it’s what keeps her world spinning.When a dangerously handsome man with trouble written all over his face rides into her life, his entrance makes a disastrous splash...
  • Through the Lens by K.K. Allen

    Through the Lens by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "He thought I was his muse. Turned out, he was mine too."Maggie Stevens is done feeling objectified.After spending her entire life in the spotlight and climbing the high fashion ranks as a model in LA, she’s willing to leave it all behind for a fresh start. Moving to Seattle seems like the perfect solution.A clean slate.New adventures.Endless opportunities.All is going according to plan...
  • Chasing Romeo by Sarah Ready

    Chasing Romeo by Sarah Ready

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A laugh out loud, soul mate chasing rom com romp, Sarah Ready’s Chasing Romeo is a perfect feel-good novel about finding love where you least expect it.Chloe Daniels is a starry-eyed romantic who believes in true love, soul mates and happily ever afters. So when a psychic predicts the identity of her soul mate Chloe will do anything to find him.But there’s a tiny problem...
  • For Crosby by J. Nathan

    For Crosby by J. Nathan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Crosby 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...
  • Skipped a Beat by J.B. Salsbury

    Skipped a Beat by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ryder Kyle is a spoiled, self-righteous jerk. He doesn’t understand suffering. Entitled guy like him wouldn’t recognize desperation if it smacked him in his perfect face. I don’t need him, but I do need a ride west. I won’t let the guy who reminds me of the mess I left behind interfere with my plan to get to Los Angeles...
  • Treyton by J. Nathan

    Treyton by J. Nathan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    STANDALONE #2 in the Savage Beasts rock star series. Treyton Collins is Savage Beasts’ drummer. He’s the rock band’s resident bad boy with the troubled past, tattoos, and tongue ring to prove it. No woman has yet to be immune to Treyton’s charm. That’s why he’s fascinated by the one who is... She couldn’t be any more different than him. She’s business suits and he’s torn jeans...
  • Severance Package by Carmen Bishop

    Severance Package by Carmen Bishop

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grumpy billionaire Everett Dorsey is the definition of why I swore off relationships.He's arrogant, broody, and too hot for his--or my--own good.He is literally everything I don't want. Not in a boss and certainly not in a boyfriend.Granted, what I want doesn’t matter. He’s made the rules we’re playing by very clear.No mixing business with pleasure.Ever...
  • Resisting the Bosshole: A friends to lovers RomCom by Kristin MacQueen

    Resisting the Bosshole: A friends to lovers RomCom by Kristin MacQueen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What's more embarrassing than asking a man whore for help getting a boyfriend?Falling in love with said whore and knowing your feelings will never be returned.I'm a disaster when it comes to men. I don't know how to flirt and I've never been kissed. All I want is for Prince Charming to come into my life...
  • Silver Fox's Surprise Baby by Josie Hart

    Silver Fox's Surprise Baby by Josie Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knocked up my best friend’s daughter,The one I promised to protect…It’s been over a decade since I’ve last seen Kendall,And the last place I expected her to turn up was the club.She deserves better, so I offer her a job at my lake property.While she keeps it clean and organizes my office,I try to keep it professional and in my pants...
  • The Winning Defense by Jamie Bennett

    The Winning Defense by Jamie Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If she follows her rules, Chloe is guaranteed a win—but now she’s not sure what she’s playing for.Chloe Carpenter has developed a system. After a life that has been anything but easy, she has a plan to get what she wants, and what she wants is justice. She’s on offense to make up for the wrongs done to her and punish those responsible.They’re going down...
  • Revel by R. Phillips

    Revel by R. Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I’m right here.”TIFFMacallan Astor is a self-entitled manwh*re with little to no consideration for the fact he lives with three other people. I've been at the house in LA that's supposed to be my fresh start for two months now and at this point… I'm about one Victoria's Secret model screaming in the pool at night away from chucking him right into the Pacific...
  • Juicy Pickle: A Deserted Island with the Boss Romantic Comedy by J.J. Knight

    Juicy Pickle: A Deserted Island with the Boss Romantic Comedy by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can you imagine getting stuck alone on a deserted island with the person you hate most in the world? And no end in sight?Well, that’s me. Bailey Johansson, former assistant to the absolute worst boss ever to boss in the boss world. Stranded on a tiny island owned by a cruise line in an abandoned party hut.In a tropical storm.This is not a love story.It’s not a tale of redemption or heroism...
  • Wright Kind of Trouble by K.A. Linde

    Wright Kind of Trouble by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An age gap, enemy’s little sister romance set in the Wright world about Harley Wright & Chase Sinclair from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde. He didn’t know I was ten years younger.I didn’t know he was a Sinclair.He didn’t care that I was a Wright.I knew exactly what I wanted.Yet, I know none of this when I fall into his bed...
  • 시맨틱 에러 2 (Semantic Error (Novel) #2) by Soori Jeo, 저수리

    시맨틱 에러 2 (Semantic Error (Novel) #2) by Soori Jeo, 저수리

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *시맨틱 에러(Semantic Error): 전산학상의 논리적 오류조장: 추상우발표자: 추상우part1 자료 조사: 추상우part2 자료 조사: 추상우자료 취합: 추상우발표 자료 제작: 추상우참여한 조원 명단: 추상우교양수업 과제에서 무임승차 조원들의 이름을 모조리 빼버린 컴공과 추상우. 그 때문에 이상한 선배와 엮이게 된다.무임승차3: [덕분에졸업못하게생겼네나좀봐요후배님] 20:23해외 유명 대학원 유학을 앞둔 디자인과 장재영. 디자인 실력, 외모, 집안, 인간관계, 뭐 하나 빠질 데 없는 그가 추상우만은 어렵다.“사람은 감정의 동물이야. 네가 날 그렇게 무시하지만 않았다면 PPT 같은 건 웃어넘기고 말았을 텐데.”“절 아주 호구 새끼로 보시나 본데, 크게 착각하신 거예요...
  • Sweet Poison: A Small Town; Enemies To Lovers; Mafia Romance by Georgia Le Carre

    Sweet Poison: A Small Town; Enemies To Lovers; Mafia Romance by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HazelThere's a new man in town. He rolled in with his little girl a few days ago. A real head turner tall, dark, and impossibly dashing…He sure turned my head one hot night not so long ago... and oh my, what a night it was? I waited for him to call, but he didn't. I get it. It was just a one night stand.Naturally, he's sent all the unmarried ladies in our little town into a baking frenzy...
  • Falling for the Playboy by Kennedy Fox

    Falling for the Playboy by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Never trust a man who gets paid to take off his clothes for a living and then uses it as a pick-up line to get girls in bed with him.  That should’ve been enough for me to call in sick that day...
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