Books like 'Love at First Psych'
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Kiss My Giraffe by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnemies to friends to almost lovers then back to enemies…to lovers.She's got a lot of baggage...literally and figuratively. And an entourage. And a freaking giraffe. For real.For a guy who wants to keep things simple, this is anything but... -
Absolutely Not in Love by Jenny Proctor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy requirements for a man are simple. Must love books. Must NOT love hockey. Which is why I will never be interested in my neighbor, the aloof and mysterious Felix Jamison, no matter how many books I see him hauling into his apartment. Unless he loses his pro hockey skates, I’m out. But then he shows up at my symphony concert. And I catch the sweet strains of Dvorak floating across the hall...Categorized as:
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Love Notes & Lifelines by Avery Maxwell
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe job was simple. Always answer the phone—no exceptions—then solve the caller’s catastrophe as efficiently as possible.The rules were simpler. They contact you, not the other way around. Never give them your real name, number, or any personal information not required to help a newly single dad keep his head above water.And never, ever get involved with a caller... -
Gotta Be Bayou by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHow do you get over a woman you never should have been, ahem, under in the first place?Just when FBI special agent Spencer Landry had decided to forget about investigative journalist Maxine — Max — Keller and their one hot night together, there's a threat made against her and Spencer's protective instincts get all riled up. Again... -
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Here For The Cake by Jennifer Millikin
A spicy, sassy, and swoony fake dating romantic comedy from Amazon Charts bestselling author Jennifer Millikin. A week on an island sounds like the stuff of beach dreams, but for Paisley Royce, it's a nightmare. Her little sister is marrying her ex-college sweetheart, and Paisley is serving as maid of honor. To add insult to injury, nobody will let Paisley forget she’s single...Categorized as:
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Perfectly You by Claudia Y. Burgoa
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsUSA TODAY Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa brings us a light-hearted small-town romantic comedy full of a swoon-worthy billionaire, single dad romance, and big laughs. I need a massive break.So long to my cheating boyfriend and betraying roommate.Goodbye hectic emergency room and long hours... -
The Day I Stopped Falling for Jerks by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI’m Luciana Wright. Everyone calls me Lucky, but when it comes to love, I’m anything but. I have a long history of dating the wrong men. You know the ones I’m talking about. The beautiful, charming guys who are quite literally too good to be true. The ones who are impulsive in love and prefer short flings over long-term relationships. I’m talking about the jerks...Categorized as:
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Play Maker by Nikki Hall
Friends without benefits. For now.MacLast year, I only wanted three things out of a good time, a date with Wonder Woman, and a shot at playing and singing in the same Superbowl. This year, I can’t bring myself to care. Until Blue. The quiet girl with the rainbow hair refuses to let me suffer alone, and I’m starting to think losing everything is worth finding her...Categorized as:
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Some Kind of Blunderful by Livy Hart
If you ask Mia Madden, the road to dating hell is paved with suspiciously hot online profiles. Take tonight’s date, for example. Alex Conroy’s whole “boardroom in the streets, lumberjack in the sheets” thing totally works for her, but his profile did not convey that he represents everything she loathes about corporate hustle culture. He’s not even worth her bottle of purse wine... -
The Wedding Menu by Letizia Lorini
How many weddings does it take to fall in love?One year ago, Amelie had it all.Almost engaged to her high school sweetheart, close to her childhood best friend, and cooking at her dad's restaurant: her life was exactly what she’d ordered.Until Ian, an opinionated wedding-hater, popped up out of nowhere and proved she might like something off menu.***One year later, Amelie has lost it all...Categorized as:
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Knock Out by Jiffy Kate
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the blink of an eye, Willow Bernard goes from stocking shelves at the Piggly Wiggly to kicking butt at Viking MMA.Willow Bernard has taken a lot of hits in her twenty-two years but always manages to come back swinging. Hoping to fly under the radar for a change, she relocates to Green Valley...Categorized as:
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Fake Around and Find Out by S.M. Shade
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn enemies-to-lovers, fake relationship romantic comedy.The Happy Haven Trailer Park is not where I hoped to be at age twenty-five.Circumstances have left me without a job or a car in a small town where work is scarce. When my insufferable neighbor approached me with a very indecent proposal to co-star in his videos on the Lonely Hands app, I had to resist the impulse to punch him in the mouth...Categorized as:
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The Beekeeper at Elderflower Grove by Jaimie Admans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer new start is about to bee-gin!Having moved into her mum’s spare room after a disastrous break-up, Kayleigh Harwood is desperate for a fresh start...Categorized as:
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Just a Little Crush by Holly June Smith
Bec Charlton knows three things for sure.1. You can’t beat a good aged gouda.2. Her Grandpa’s old Ford Cortina is her pride and joy.3. The women of Thatch Cross are obsessed with Alistair Rendall (who is always just ‘Rennie’ to her).Bec can't blame them... -
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Flowers and Financiers by Alina Jacobs
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn my defense, I never claimed to be professional...At least that’s my excuse for why I mistook a billionaire for a waiter, made off-color comments and accidentally dumped a plate of food all over him.Embarrassing myself is a daily occurrence, just like my unpaid bill notices.But being in a wedding instead of planning one is not... -
The Atelier Assignment by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHer assignment is to not fall in love with him…Zeke Brooksbank is in need of a wake-up call. One that shakes him out of the grump he’s permanently in and turns him into a reasonable human being.I’m not staying at his country residence to tame the beast. I’m meant to be cataloguing his art collection, not fangirling over his own paintings, or becoming attached to his little daughter... -
The One I Need by Chelle Sloan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsYou’re cordially invited to the wedding of Oliver Price and Izzy McCall…That’s how my wedding invitations should have started. I should know, I’ve had my wedding planned since I was ten. I should’ve been wearing a designer tuxedo, not a tuxedo t-shirt. The wedding should’ve been in a church with family and friends, not in a 1960’s style chapel with Elvis as the officiant... -
Kind of a Sexy Jerk by Lili Valente
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSo let me get this straight... For the next few days I’ve got myself a grumpy fake husband who’s also kind of my...bodyguard?I guess that’s a better way to spend the weekend than binge-watching reality television, especially since it’s kind of my fault we’re on the run from the mob and I need a protector.Oops... -
You're So Extra by Angela R. Casella
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratings**The first romantic comedy in a new series by USA Today-bestselling author Angela Casella!**Does it count as cruel and unusual punishment if you’re forced to be an extra with your enemy?LucasI figured being a movie extra would be a harmless distraction—a way for me to forget that my life is imploding and I'm the one who pulled the trigger... -
Show Me Forever by Layla Hagen
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI moved to Chicago six months ago, determined to finally open my own bakery. My landlady was this sweet woman who treated me like her granddaughter. Then she sold the house. Now the devil himself is my landlord and neighbor since I live in the guesthouse on his property. Declan Maxwell is moody, unreasonable, and takes himself far too seriously. Unfortunately for me, he’s also damn sexy... -
The Pocket Pair by Emma St. Clair
Chevy has been my impossible crush almost as long as his sister has been my best friend. But I'm done waiting around for him to see me as more.It's time to take the biggest risk of my life ... and maybe lose it all...Categorized as:
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50 Ways to Win Back Your Lover by Kelly Siskind
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom 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
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsCoy 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... -
Big Hose: A Firefighter Romance by Jasinda Wilder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsPutting out fires is more than just a job, it's my passion in life. There’s no time for anything else but the job...until I meet her. And now I’m on fire for her, only there's no hose big enough to extinguish these flames. She’s too hot to handle, and I’m about to get burned. * * *Saving lives is what I do... -
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On Schedule by Summer Dowell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m a huge fan of love and marriage and all that gushy stuff. Just for other people. Not me.Avery:I’m a simple woman. All I want is for my wedding planning business to thrive. That’s it. I don’t want some annoying photographer (Okay, I'll admit it. He's attractive. In a guy-you-want-to-hate kinda way) that tries with moderate success to get under my skin...Categorized as:
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Feels Like Home by Melissa Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKatie 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... -
Love Inn Books by Erin Branscom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe doesn’t believe in love.She’s a romantic at heart.He’s her sworn enemy…and her new boss.Preston Steele is a buttoned up, Ivy League lawyer from an affluent prominent Boston family.He ditches the city life and moves to small town Freedom Valley to start over where he finally feels like he belongs.His new friends think he could use some fun and love in his life... -
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Flip Shot: A Friends to Lovers, Hockey Romance by MJ Fields
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheoReturning 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...Categorized as:
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Juicy Pickle: A Deserted Island with the Boss Romantic Comedy by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan 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... -
The Lying Game: A sweet grumpy/sunshine, small town romcom by Sara Jane Woodley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGetting trapped in a rundown motel with a grumpy stranger wasn’t how this night was supposed to end, but at least I’ll never have to see him again. Until he becomes my new roommate…When a dating disaster leaves me heartbroken, muddy, and stranded on the side of the road in the pouring rain, the last thing I expect is for an impossibly hot (and impossibly grouchy) man to offer me a ride home... -
Tanner by Katy Regnery
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Katy Regnery is back with an addictive six-book series featuring the Stewarts of Skagway!When Tanner Stewart learns his crazy ex is returning for a summer in Skagway, he places a personal ad, looking for someone to pose as his fiancée for the summer. Enter McKenna Cabot, a commitment-phobic college professor from Seattle caring for her aging grandmother... -
The Ones We Hate by Katie Golightly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPiper Hartrick has only ever openly despised one person. For every smile she conjures up, he balances the energy with a frown. With every careful step she makes into ownership of her family’s design business, he makes his own moves by bulldozing his way into a room...Categorized as:
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Not Today Bossman by Lili Valente
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBarrett McGuire is the grumpiest, growliest, most frustrating man on the planet. He’s also my boss, my first crush, and—three months ago—my one and only one-night-stand. I’m pretty sure I’m already addicted to his body, but that doesn’t matter...Categorized as:
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Crave Thy Neighbor by Teagan Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDon’t fall for your roommate…especially when it’s only temporary.Nolan Brooks is off limits.Sure, he’s insanely attractive and funny and I might have almost gone home with him one night to relieve a little stress.Big deal.It was all just a momentary lapse in judgment…just like the kiss we shared.He’s my temporary roommate while I wait for my new apartment to be ready. That’s it...Categorized as:
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That Time I Kissed The Groomsman Grump by Julie Christianson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBRADYYeah, I shouldn’t have kissed Natalie Slater.Not on the porch. Or at the beach. Or in the storage closet. Especially not the storage closet. But to be fair, she kissed me first. Six months later, I’m still thinking about it.Trouble is, I’ve made promises that tie me to our small town, while Natalie can’t wait to escape. I’ve got no business pursuing her or my secret ambitions...Categorized as:
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A Not So Fictional Fall by Savannah Scott
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI live for happily ever afters.And I'm finally meeting my favorite romance author in person! Only, all this time, I thought author, Amelie De Pierre, was a woman. It turns out, Pierre Toussaint is the man behind the books that make me weak in the knees.He could be the consummate book boyfriend with his dreamy hazel eyes, strong jawline, and those black-rimmed glasses. Not to mention that accent... -
Speechless by Lindsey Lanza
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen life’s off-key, go to MalibuBestselling author Lucy Gold may write fairy tales for a living, but her own happily ever after is looking bleak. Seeking a fresh start after a sudden divorce on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, she decides to make a new life for herself and her service dog in Los Angeles... -
Of Octopuses and Men by Misha Bell, Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy grandparents’ grumpy neighbor is as hot as the lethal Florida sun. And like the sun, he’s bad for me. My taste in men is the worst—just ask my ex and his restraining order.What am I doing in Florida with my grandparents, you wonder? Well, my best friend is an octopus, and he needs a bigger tank, so I took a job at an aquarium in the Sunshine State...Categorized as:
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How the Grinch Stole My Heart by Annabelle Costa
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSingle mom Noelle can’t stand her crotchety next-door neighbor. She’s never met the man in person, but Mr. Grieder, a.k.a. Mr. Grinch, leaves her nasty notes whenever her son plays in the hallway. He complained until their doorman got rid of the beautiful Christmas tree in the lobby. He even slammed his door on the Girl Scout Carolers... -
Yours, Unexpectedly by Rachel Lewis
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith witty banter, relatable characters, and eye-opening spice, debut novelist Rachel Lewis takes us to the small college town of Sassafrass, Mass where love is about to be in the spotlight. "Yours, Unexpectedly" strikes all the right chords, blending the thrill of a first crush with the maturity of second chances.Bex Bardot is in the final semester of her senior year at Hawthorne University... -
Tempting the Neighbor by Ashley Munoz
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis entire thing started because of a faulty tree. Becoming a homeowner is not all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you that right now. Especially in the dead of winter, when apparently trees can just fall in the middle of a suburban neighborhood. Did my next-door neighbor help me remove said tree? No, he did not… So, really…he left me no choice. I broke into his house...Categorized as:
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Our Star-Crossed Kiss by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s got two strikes against her.Her name is Erickson and her parents own The Bagel Place.It wasn’t always that way. When we were nine, we were best friends. But then a feud between our dads ripped their successful business apart—and my best friend was ripped away too.Our paths were bound to cross again. Now, both our families are vying for the same spot on a Food Channel’s reality show... -
The Art of Falling in Love with Your Enemy by Anne Kemp
All’s fair in love and war…until the man you love to hate throws you in jail. Etta: Moving to Sweetkiss Creek was supposed to bring me closer to family and offer a fresh start. Instead, it feels like everything is spiraling out of control. First, there's my mischievous dog who has a knack for escaping and ending up at the police station... -
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Play Smart by Aly Stiles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Enemies to Lovers Rockstar Romantic...Categorized as:
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My Grumpy Christmas Campanion : A Fun, Feel-Good Holiday RomCom by Kimberly Krey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was dislike at first sight.Now they’re snowed-in at a campsite.*** Get it before the price changes!***When Pyper shows up to a winter festival half-a-day early to beat the storm, she learns the event has been put on hold. Now she’s stuck alone in a campsite with a blizzard that’s getting worse with each furious flake... -
My Grumpy Christmas Camp-anion : A Fun, Feel-Good Holiday RomCom by Kimberly Krey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was dislike at first sight.Now they’re snowed-in at a campsite.*** Get it before the price changes!***When Pyper shows up to a winter festival half-a-day early to beat the storm, she learns the event has been put on hold. Now she’s stuck alone in a campsite with a blizzard that’s getting worse with each furious flake...Categorized as:
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The Problem with Perfect by Jillian Liota
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBellamy Mitchell is a meticulous planner. When her old flame returns to Cedar Point engaged, blowing apart her vision for the future, she claims to have a serious boyfriend. The problem? The first single guy she can think of is her brother’s much older, closed-off best friend.Rusty Fuller likes to keep people at a distance... -
Past the Rush by Britt Stark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night changed everything.Every hope and dream I had vanished with the touch of a hand.Whoever said love lasts forever obviously has never been in love with their brother’s best friend.Ever since high school, I have been trying to replace the painful memories of my past with new ones. Forgetting every trauma was working until I ran into him… Conrad Stone...
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