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  • Benching Brady by Samantha Christy

    Benching Brady by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    FAST BALLS. FAST CARS. FAST WOMEN. They are how I've learned to cope. But then life throws me a curveball. And I may never play the game I love again. Then I meet her. She represents everything I've lost. In the best and worst of ways. She may be the only one who can get me back into the game. And I'm not just talking about baseball...
  • Bittersweet Melody  by Kate Stewart

    Bittersweet Melody by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The vows are just the beginning…For Natalie, being the wife to the most sought-after rock star on the planet has its privileges, but in the last year, she’s been put through the wringer as far as the pitfalls...
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  • Ember by Chelle Bliss

    Ember by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    INKED PROTECTOR REUNITES WITH A SINGLE MOTHER.Rocco Caldo is tall, dark, and handsome, but not interested in love. Loyal to a fault, he can’t turn away an old friend in need or a beautiful woman on the run…especially when they have unfinished business.Rebel Bishop is a single mom, looking for shelter, not a handout...
  • Beat by Beat by Kaylee Ryan

    Beat by Beat by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wren: Being a single mom is not how I envisioned life would turn out. But after my happily ever after ended way too soon, I’m doing my best and taking each day as it comes. Life is full of surprises, though, both good and bad… like Marshall Riggins coming to my rescue in the pharmacy line...
  • Rewriting You by Emilia Finn

    Rewriting You by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m a mom to teenagers… I’m also my late husband’s executioner.He was an abusive man on the fast track to devastation. He hung me from a fancy chandelier to die, and had my saviors driven the long way home that night, I wouldn’t be here today to tell my story.It’s been a long road since then, but my children and I have finally moved back to town.It’s time to lay some ghosts to bed...
  • Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brianna Heart has a six-year old daughter and a twelve-year plan to keep her life as simple as possible until Layla turns eighteen. That means swearing off relationships and the drama that goes along with them, working two jobs, and being the best damn mother she can be...
  • The Left of Love by Love Belvin

    The Left of Love by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    She's from a lakeside suburb, padded by two parents, an overindulgent godmother, and all the amenities of affluence they can provide her. But that's not enough. Kennedi wants to experience the full benefits of her femininity at the tender age of twenty-one, a task she takes on at college, and one she’s more than determined to fulfill...
  • Forever Rockers by Terri Anne Browning

    Forever Rockers by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My Happily Ever After was turning into a living nightmare… All I wanted was Harper’s happiness and I would move the world to give her anything she ever wanted. We’ve searched for answers, talked about our options, and finally—FINALLY—found hope. Yet, just when things seemed to be perfect, it all came crashing down around us all...
  • Bleeding Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Bleeding Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gage: I lost my first love. This time, I'm going to win the second girl who owns my heart—no matter the stakes. Being the drummer for Raging Chaos is the only thing that’s kept me going for the past six years. Even the music isn’t enough to drown out the guilt that's been suffocating me since what happened to Tori...
  • Stay by A.L. Jackson

    Stay by A.L. Jackson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    I'm Ash Evans. The life of the party. Hot. Rich. Charismatic. A tattooed rock star with the world at my feet. I burn through women faster than the strike of a match. I've embraced my lifestyle and live it to the fullest. Until the day my lifestyle caught up to me. Willow Langston found me at my lowest. Literally. Facedown in a puddle of my own blood...
  • Assured: Soul Serenade 2 by Kaylee Ryan

    Assured: Soul Serenade 2 by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve always been the guy who plays the field. I like variety and my career ensures that I can have my pick of women. Until her… I’ve always been the girl who wants more. I want the white picket fence, the two point five kids and the dog. That’s what all little girls grow up dreaming about...
  • Igniting Ivy by Samantha Christy

    Igniting Ivy by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They call me a hero.I save people. It's what I do.It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do. Then I meet her - the girl with the sad eyes. She's lost everything. Twice. And I know she's using me to forget her past. Just when things seem perfect, that past threatens with the unimaginable. They may call me a hero. But she's the one person I can't save...
  • Baby Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Baby Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The worst day of my life happened when Brandon died. We had our entire future mapped out. Careers, marriage, kids—in that order. Then the universe threw a curveball and ended it all. As I come to terms with everything, I learn I’m carrying his baby. Now I’m living with his roommate, the guy who’s made my life a living hell the past two years...
  • Ready For Flynn, Part 1 by K.L. Shandwick

    Ready For Flynn, Part 1 by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    At fifteen years old, Valerie Darsin, was loved and cherished by her brothers and boyfriend. Her small town world was happy and secure until a sudden betrayal forced her to flee. Returning home, Valerie found support in Flynn Docherty-a guy who left her with unfamiliar feelings when he disappeared from her life...
  • Assured by Kaylee Ryan

    Assured by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’ve always been the guy who plays the field.  I like variety and my career ensures that I can have my pick of women. Until her… I’ve always been the girl who wants more.  I want the white picket fence, the two point five kids and the dog.  That’s what all little girls grow up dreaming about...
  • Merged: The Maddox Hines conclusion by MJ Fields

    Merged: The Maddox Hines conclusion by MJ Fields

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Coming...
  • Make It Rain by Sasha Marshall

    Make It Rain by Sasha Marshall

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kip When you rip the Guitar Goddess's world apart, and your own, how in the f@*k are you supposed to find redemption? She's my world, and I've shattered her. What began as an absence for us to both heal, ends in the dissolution of our relationship, and my breaking heart. I committed the most unforgivable transgression, but maybe not everything is as it seems...
  • River of Deceit by Sasha Marshall

    River of Deceit by Sasha Marshall

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kip Paxton may be the perfect man. He's a sexy, tattooed, foul-mouthed, drummer god for Broken Access, and if that wasn't enough he’s snagged the Guitar Goddess herself. But in life, where one door opens…another closes, and sometimes the other door bursts wide f@$king open...
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  • Restorations by Nicole Dykes

    Restorations by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Sterlings have been through hell. They’ve each made mistake after mistake while trying to climb out of their grief and guilt and recover from an unimaginable tragedy that had a ripple effect of consequences reaching far further than their own lives.It seems the youngest Sterling may never find peace after everything that’s happened...
  • My Kind of Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    My Kind of Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Liam Page knows music and a life of solitude, but that all changed when he returned to Beaumont. The once notorious bad boy lead singer of 4225 West is now living the domesticated life with his wife and high school sweetheart, Josie, and their son, Noah. Life is good for the Westbury family, until Liam is called back to Los Angeles and the place where it all started for him...
  • Needing the Memories by Terri Anne Browning

    Needing the Memories by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Happy Ever After doesn’t end at the Epilogue. The Epilogue is really only the beginning. For us, it’s meant sharing every high, every low, and loving each other even more when we come out the other side still standing. He’s everything I’ve always wanted. My best friend. My lover. My husband… My Demon. And I’m his Angel...
  • River James by M.J. Fields

    River James by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When he fell in love, he fell hard. When he lost her, he lost his will. Drugs, sex, and rock and roll—in that order—became his life. River James, the drummer for Steel Total Destruction, loved the brotherhood he formed with his unlikely best friend and his band mates, and the family he found in his label until one tragic accident takes it all away in the blink of an eye...
  • Ready For Flynn: Part 3 by K.L. Shandwick

    Ready For Flynn: Part 3 by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life had never been easy for Rock God, Flynn Docherty. At a tender age, he'd locked down past personal tragedy, hurt, and pain to make his life bearable when most would have crumbled from what he witnessed. When Valerie Darsin entered into his life their instant attraction later grew into the kind of love that most of us can only dream about, after she'd survived her own traumatic event...
  • Just an Illusion - Side A by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Just an Illusion - Side A by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    One night changed her life… Bestselling author Amelia Greyson has grown up in the music industry and isn’t the slightest bit fazed by fame or celebrities. However, when she attends a Bastards and Dangerous concert with her best friend Belle, her world shifts on its axis. Double trouble… Sawyer and Noah Weston are the front men of BAD. They’re fraternal twins and sexy as sin...
  • One More Song by C.M. Seabrook

    One More Song by C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Amazon Bestselling Author C.M. Seabrook brings you a sexy new full-length standalone romance. My band, Absinthe, is sent to the middle of nowhere to get our shit together. It's time to keep my cock in my pants, my head on straight, and to stay out of trouble. Hard to do when the landlord is Ember Skye. Long brown hair, eyes flecked with gold. One look and she has me, heart and soul...
  • Stone Vows by Samantha Christy

    Stone Vows by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's alone, scared, and I think she's in trouble. From the moment I see her, I know she's different ... special somehow. My whole life has been about one thing - becoming a doctor. I've spent years living and breathing hospital life. Then she comes into my ER, and I've never wanted to help anyone more. My need to protect her is all consuming...
  • Stand by A.L. Jackson

    Stand by A.L. Jackson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "6 Devastatingly Beautiful and Brilliant Bleeding Stars but Worth the Whole Constellation. I felt every burn...every blaze...every beautiful and brilliant word...I FELT IT ALL." - Karen McVino, Bookalicious Babes Blog From NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author A.L...
  • Finding Storm by Samantha Towle

    Finding Storm by Samantha Towle

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The son of an icon. He was a legend. Rock royalty.A man I never met.But I’m measured against him in every aspect of my life.The only time I feel like me … the real me … is when I’m onstage with my band. But the more we grow in popularity, the more people compare me to him.I’m not him. And I never will be. If only everyone could figure that out for themselves.I need a break from it all...
  • The Sins That Bind Us by Geneva Lee

    The Sins That Bind Us by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I wasn’t given a choice. Not when I did my first line of cocaine. Not when I became a single mother. But I changed, and every decision I’ve made was to protect myself and my son from my weaknesses—and my past. Until Jude came along and made me question everything, even my own secrets. The sins I carry with me can never be discovered...
  • Alluring Infatuation by Skye Turner

    Alluring Infatuation by Skye Turner

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *** This book contains explicit sex and graphic language. It is not recommended for anyone under the age of 18.*** Dade Rodrigue is the levelheaded, bass guitarist for Bayou Stix, the hottest rock band in the country. He’s the oldest member which often places him in the role of protector and mentor. Women love a rock star and Dade is no exception...
  • A Very Xander Christmas 2 by Anne Mercier

    A Very Xander Christmas 2 by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Rockstar Christmas -- Told Xander StyleFREE short...
  • Rising West by Alyson Santos, Aly Stiles

    Rising West by Alyson Santos, Aly Stiles

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A single father who lost his dream. A broken rockstar about to lose her career. An epic second chance that will blow up an entire industry. When acclaimed rock band Burn Card loses their lead singer to a solo career, band founder Liberty Blake fears she’s about to lose everything else as well. Forget the fact that he didn’t just betray the band—he also destroyed her heart...
  • Loving a Lush by Selena Laurence

    Loving a Lush by Selena Laurence

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00KKT5TMU Six months ago, Walsh Clark was the drummer of America’s hottest rock sensation, Lush. Now he’s living at the Double A Ranch in north Texas, home to cows, cowboys, and lushes—like him. He’s survived alcoholism, rehab, and the breakup of his band...
  • Merry Me Darling by Lilian T. James

    Merry Me Darling by Lilian T. James

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This is not a standalone within the series. This is a short, holiday epilogue that picks up right where Meet Me Halfway left off.Madison woke up thinking it would be a piece of cake to meet Garrett's mother. She made him like her, after all. But the closer they get to Garrett’s childhood home, the more doubt starts to creep in...
  • There's No Crying in Rock-N-Roll by Sasha Marshall

    There's No Crying in Rock-N-Roll by Sasha Marshall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Henley Hendrix—Queen of Rock-n-Roll—finds her world shattered and her heart betrayed, but is determined to get the band back together to reclaim her title in the world of rock. But when life continues to spin out of control, so does her behavior...
  • Branded by a Song by L.J. Evans

    Branded by a Song by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Has this country-rock legend finally met his match? A woman who can fill the aching void for “more” that’s been missing from his life? Brady O’Neil tells the world he’s temporarily returning to upstate New York to help his sister. While it’s the truth, he’s also searching for the soul his music has lost...
  • Rocking Kin by Terri Anne Browning

    Rocking Kin by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Terri Anne Browning. With one promise her life was changed… Saying goodbye to my mother also meant saying goodbye to my life in Virginia. After reluctantly making a promise to my mom, I was California bound with the father who I haven’t seen since I was four years old...
  • Kendric: King's Descendants MC #4 (King's Descendant's) by Bella Jewel

    Kendric: King's Descendants MC #4 (King's Descendant's) by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m a cop.Sworn to protect, to keep people safe.I’m supposed to abide by the rules, to always do right.That’s what the rule book says, doesn’t it?I take my job seriously, even if sometimes my job doesn’t take me seriously…I fight for what’s right, I fight for justice...
  • Bare by Tory Baker

    Bare by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was only supposed to get her safely out of town until the threat was gone. But then, I fell in love.I might be the muscle of the Diamondback MC, but I’m mostly known as the jokester. There’s nothing funny in the protective feelings I have for Sadie and her daughter Henley, however.Sadie’s been hurt and she’s built walls around her heart for protection. I won’t let that stop 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...
  • Save Me: TAT: A Rocker Romance by Emjay Soren

    Save Me: TAT: A Rocker Romance by Emjay Soren

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The guys of major rock band Thick as Thieves come together in this novella, to say goodbye to a beloved friend. With Cal and Tayla falling apart at the start and Carrie and Chad engulfed in pain, It's Shamus that is the hero and Cassa supporting his darkest hour. Noah will reach an all-time high of anguish, sorrow and pain and none of the group, even Carrie, know if he will survive...
  • JOCK by Jacob Chance

    JOCK by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When the dean of students asked me for a favor, I had no idea it would mean tutoring Owen Dawson. Me, forced to spend time with Boston University’s notorious quarterback? With his dark hair, chiseled body, and a promising future playing in the NFL, every guy on campus wants to be him. Every girl wants to be under him. Every girl, except me...
  • Saving Della Ray by Georgia Le Carre

    Saving Della Ray by Georgia Le Carre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Della Everybody said, stay away from Gage West. He was trouble. Big trouble. One look at his big, black monster of a bike and the wild tattoos that snaked out of his leather jacket onto his hands and neck and I knew they were dead right. The last thing I needed was more trouble. I had enough just paying my bills and taking care of my little niece...
  • Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

    Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’ll admit it. I messed up. Mistake #1: Asking Peter Barnidge for a job. Mistake #2: Accepting his offer instead of throwing it in his face like I planned. Mistake #3: In the interest of stopping before #99, I’ll pretend the only other mistake was withholding one, tiny little nugget of truth during my interview...
  • Bryce by Jeannine Colette, Lauren Runow

    Bryce by Jeannine Colette, Lauren Runow

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I don’t believe in Prince Charming, but when I met a handsome stranger on a rooftop his words intrigued me and his dares left nothing but temptation.Then I learned the truth.His name is Bryce Sexton. Media mogul, workaholic and a heart of stone. He’s broody AF and yet every woman in San Francisco wants him...
  • Going Too Far by Abbi Glines

    Going Too Far by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A life of drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll was a demon that Dean Finlay accepted as his fate. His isn't a love story. It's a ride and things are about to get twisted...Dean Finlay was ready for an easier life. He was tired of the fame and he was done with younger women. The older he got the younger they got. It was a fucking loop he was sick of being stuck in...
  • When we meet Again by Ava Gray

    When we meet Again by Ava Gray

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The man I’ve been in love with for the last six years doesn’t even remember who I am…I’ve hidden some big secrets from Alexander Stone – my fake ex husband.Yes, we got married so he could secure his position as the CEO of his dad’s company.And I desperately needed the money he paid me.The last six years have changed a lot of things, except for one...
  • Play Fair by L.P. Maxa

    Play Fair by L.P. Maxa

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Guitarist of the world-famous rock band The Devil’s Share, no one would expect Jackson Cole to have a best friend who’s a girl, but his relationship with Bryan Lawson is too special to endanger with sex…until a different girl—the waifish nine-year-old who claims he’s her father—makes Jacks realize all that truly matters. WILD. RECKLESS. IRRESPONSIBLE...
  • The Rock Star's Fake Fiancée by Kenzie Reed

    The Rock Star's Fake Fiancée by Kenzie Reed

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    That grin should come with a warning label. 'Addictive. May cause dizziness, heart palpitations, dampened underwear, and a lifetime of regret.'I’ve got plenty of reasons to hate Sebastian Monroe, the sexy lead singer of Heat Lightning. 1.) He doesn’t remember our soul-scorching kiss ten years ago. 2.) He very rudely refused to play at my home town’s 300th anniversary celebration. And 3...
  • CLOSER by Carmen Jenner

    CLOSER by Carmen Jenner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Levi Quinn has it all—money, groupies, a panty-melting smile, and a really big d*ck. At least, he had it all. Until an angry redhead joined the Taint world tour and turned his life upside-down. Levi fell in love with her. His bandmate did too. It did not end well...
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