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Saving His Heart by Avery Maxwell
Never have I ever...The number one rule in medicine is don't fall in love with your patients, but Preston Westbrook makes his own rules. Hand him a life-altering diagnosis, and all bets are off.I'm a doctor without a license. He's a billionaire without a chance.He hired me to care for his failing heart, but when meddling family forces his hand, he introduces me as his girlfriend... -
RUSH: Deluxe Edition by Emma Scott
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTo be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. --John MiltonCharlotte Conroy, Juilliard-trained violinist, was on the cusp of greatness when tragedy swooped down on dark wings, crushing her hopes and breaking her heart. The music that used to sing in her soul has grown quiet, and she feels on the verge of setting down her violin for good...Categorized as:
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Maybe We Won't by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA sexy and soul-stirring novel about love, family, and rediscovering what matters most by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe We Will.When workaholic Boston attorney Deirdra de Messiéres is passed over for a well-deserved promotion, she takes a two-month hiatus to show her boss just how much he needs her and heads home to Silver Island...Categorized as:
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Tight Laced by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne of us will have to give up the future we’ve dreamed of if we’re going to make this work. It’s not going to be me. We can’t both have that same thought if we want to stay together when our contract ends.But the more I see him struggle against the things his mother does to him, the harder I fall. The more his ex tries to get in his way, the more I want to stand up for him...Categorized as:
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All The Forbidden Things by Lesley Jones
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen all that you want, is all that’s forbidden... I’ve known him my entire life. Before marriage. Before fatherhood. Before betrayal. Now, he’s one of rock’s bad-boys trying to be good. Trying to be the best father he can for his daughter. He’s my brother’s best friend. He’s my boss. He has a wife. Max isn’t mine to have, but I want him all the same...Categorized as:
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Tight Hold by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe pro football player I’m faking a relationship with has the perfect solution to my career woes. He’s encouraging me to lean into the pseudo-celebrity life I was born into instead of trying to outrun it, and for the first time in my life, someone sees me for me.I feel like he’s falling for me, too.And then my ex shows up... -
Tight End by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI knew playing with my feelings was a huge gamble with someone like him, but I did it anyway. And now I’ve learned the hard lesson that gambling and life in Vegas just aren’t for me.I have a lot of decisions I need to make on my own, so I take a job that will allow me to relocate, regroup, and make new friends as I try to figure out what comes next for me... -
Take A Chance With Me by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA friends to lovers, soulmates story from Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby, set in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series!Cameron Cox has mastered the art of keeping secrets. His talent for computer hacking means he’s been recruited for highly classified jobs since leaving the military. He travels the world, risking his life...Categorized as:
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No Feelings Involved by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan this skeptical player let down his guard long enough to let love into his life, or is this forbidden romance a train wreck in the making? Ryan James doesn’t believe in love. It’s a truth he learned early in life. A truth he carried with him into adulthood... -
A Greene Family Christmas by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPreparing a Christmas to remember is no small feat with a family the size of the Greenes. Especially, when the woman who has always been the planner down to every minute detail falls ill, only five days before the holiday.The family has no choice but to scramble to ensure that nothing is amiss. Cookies need to be decorated, gingerbread houses assembled and decorations to be hung...Categorized as:
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Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI don’t date football players.I’m not interested in the ones who are a decade older than me. I want nothing to do with the ones who play on the same team as my brothers, and I certainly avoid the ones who spend more time in strip clubs than kids’ clubs... -
His Wounded Heart: Small Town Romance by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s my soulmate. But will I be enough to heal his wounded heart?SimonThe Navy’s been my life. Being a SEAL is all I ever wanted, commanding them a dream come true. But I lost sight of everything else and missed the big things—things going on right in front of me. How could I not see how much my sister needed me? I knew her husband was off and should have checked him out...Categorized as:
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Can't Help Falling by Courtney Walsh
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll it takes to start a fire is one single match. . . Owen Larrabee is not my soulmate. He wasn't when I confessed my love to him on his wedding day, and he isn't now. I should probably say that I wasn't the bride when that happened. I don't have the best timing. He’s got a temper, he's moody, and he has a history of being misunderstood and making big mistakes... -
Protector in a Kilt by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA captive who dreams of her freedomIn public, violinist Elizabeth Duncan is the toast of the entertainment world. A prodigy who's been wowing audiences with her music since she was only twelve years old. But behind closed doors, she's desperate to escape the man who's turned her passion into a prison. When the specter of violence becomes more than a threat, she sacrifices everything to run... -
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It's Always Sonny by Kate Watson
Sunshine always melts ice eventually. And I’m starting to feel the burn.People may call me an “overachieving ice queen,” but I would do anything for the people I love.So when my friends ask me to host an event at their famous farm, I’m more than happy to help…until I discover I’ve been set up.The “event” is actually a reunion for my ex’s family... -
Starting From The Top by Lane Hayes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe guitarist, the dad, and a band on the rise… Johnny A quiet place to live and some time to recharge before my band heads out on the road again sounds amazing. I wouldn’t mind a distraction too, but my new neighbor is off-limits. There are rules about not getting involved with your bandmate’s ex, right? And Sean isn’t my type anyway... -
Tight Fit by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s okay to admit I’m scared.Outside forces are working hard to tear us apart, but we’ve teamed up against them. It’s the internal struggles we’re battling that could spell the ultimate end.When Ben makes a public show to prove how committed we are, I’m left confused as I struggle to figure out whether his feelings for me are real or if they’re part of the act...Categorized as:
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The Playlist by Morgan Elizabeth
When Zoe’s best friend shows her the box of dreams they put together as kids, she would never have foreseen herself dumping Mr. Perfectly Fine and quitting her draining job. But when she looks in that box and realizes her life isn’t even close to where she envisioned she’d be when she was ten, she panics and implodes everything she knows... -
Chosen by the Mountain Man by Sadie King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s the nanny, half my age and off-limits. But my heart has chosen her, even if it breaks me…My military career ended when I became a widower.My daughter needed me, so I came back to Wild Heart Mountain determined to be a good father.Except I’m not. I’m too grumpy, too bitter, too broken.Until Caitlin walks through the door... -
Burning Justice by Tee O'Fallon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter narrowly surviving a childhood fire that killed two of his friends, ATF Special Agent Brett Tanner knows what it’s like to get too close to the flame. The trauma only spurs him and his K-9 partner to track down the arsonists targeting a Colorado town. This latest warehouse blaze looks suspicious as hell…and there’s a body. Now it’s murder...Categorized as:
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The Wild Card by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was supposed to be harmless. One fake date with a football player.Except Harry Westbrook is the exact opposite of harmless. My first mistake? Underestimating that boyish smile, those playful eyes, the charming words on those perfect lips. He claims to have a crush on me. But, as hot as he is, I'd bet he's scheduling booty calls like a dentist booking teeth cleanings... -
Laws of Physics by Penny Reid
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne week.Home alone.Girl genius.Unrepentant slacker.Big lie.What’s the worst that could happen? Mona is a smart girl and figured everything out a long time ago. She had to. She didn’t have a choice... -
Leave Me Breathless by Carrie Elks
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s his best friend’s little sister. Completely off-limits. And now she’s moving in with him…When Gabe Winter’s best friend calls with an unusual request – give his broken-hearted little sister a roof over her head for a few months – he readily accepts.But he doesn’t expect Nicole to be quite so enticing. Or for her to bring out all the feelings in him... -
Puck the Holidays: A Vipers Sin Bin Novel by K.D. Miller
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA holiday hockey romance that will make you laugh, swoon, clutch your pearls, and believe in holiday magic.Hattie McNamara, a southern girl born and bred, has never seen a hockey game in her life, but when the offer to become the Seattle Vipers’ new Assistant Director of Media and Marketing lands in her lap, she can’t possibly say no... -
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Don't Let Me Break by Kelsie Rae
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMacklin and I are just friends.And even that's a stretch.He saw me at my most vulnerable, and now the guy's popping up left and right.Pretty sure it's because my friend is trying to set me up with him, but what do I know?It's not like I have much experience with guys.And he's...well, Macklin's older, much more experienced, and bluntly put?Way out of my league... -
Someone You Love by Kristen Granata
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA touching forced proximity summer romance about healing and taking chances.Charly Johnson created a bucket list when cancer left her mother with less than a year to live. They didn’t make it all the way through the list before she died, but she made Charly promise to finish it and live her life to the fullest.Spending the summer in a coastal mountain city in Maine is next on her list... -
Southern Heart by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSome secrets have a way of coming back and haunting us, no matter how much we try to bury them. ChelseaComing back home was supposed to be normal.Not that my life had ever been normal, but it was getting there.Then I opened the door and found a man—broken, bloodied, and fighting for his life.I don’t know why, but I said I would take care of him. I had to. Needed to...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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Falling into Forever by Avery Maxwell
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat’s a brokenhearted romance novelist to do when an interview accidentally turns her into the villain? I’ll tell you one thing—the plan definitely wasn’t to turn to the man who taught me that happily ever afters exist only on the page...Categorized as:
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Just Ten Seconds by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJust Ten SecondsThat’s all it took for my life to change forever.I left my posh life in Manhattan and escaped to the Hudson Valley in hopes of a fresh start. It wasn’t until I happened upon a bereavement group when I finally found a place I felt understood. I told them my husband was dead when, really, I was the one who had died inside... -
Wreck My World by Victoria Ashley
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 13 ratings“The feeling I have in this very moment, after not seeing her for so long, will haunt me forever, reminding me why I left to begin with.” For as long as I can remember, Easton Crews has been off-limits. As much as it kills me, that’s never going to change. After his little disappearing act three years ago, then suddenly showing up out of nowhere, I shouldn't want anything to do with him... -
Forcing You Away by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs I search for a fresh start, a friend convinces me to move to his small town. Considering I don’t have a place to live, his little sister offers me her spare room.She’s every man’s dream—witty, down to earth, and gorgeous as hell—too bad she’s off-limits. Unspoken words and stolen glances have me eager to please her in all the forbidden ways...Categorized as:
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The One I Want by Chelle Sloan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a professional football player, I had a playbook for everything on the field. Then I retired and found out there’s no playbook for life—especially when the one you thought was perfect gets flipped upside down. There’s no play for suddenly becoming a divorced, single dad. There’s no plan for moving your family back to the town you grew up in...Categorized as:
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Burn by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings**Burn is the third and final book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott. This second-chance romance completes this angsty, steamy, new adult trilogy.Dustin Bridge’s world is about speed. About the edge. His life has been carved by cutting corners and making moves, following impulsive decisions while weighing the facts at hand... -
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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... -
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... -
My Mountain Man Military Hero by Sadie King
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWild Heart Mountain is heating up when an ex-military hero meets his match with a young curvy volunteer firefighter.Since being discharged from the military I’ve lost my purpose in life, until I find Erika…She’s feisty, curvy, and strong... -
Fake Start by Jasmin Miller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou know that awkward moment when your agent tells you to fake date your best friend’s sister so you can get the endorsement deal of your dreams? No? Call me crazy for considering it, but why not? Daisy’s my friend, after all, and I’ve gotten quite close to her and her two awesome boys over the last few years since her douche-nozzle husband divorced her... -
The End of Us by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when a stalker threatens your life and you’re flown to a private beach house with your sexy new bodyguard? You break the rules and hope he falls madly in love with you.The End of Us is an age gap, bodyguard, forced proximity standalone romance...Categorized as:
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Can't Bucking Wait by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ve wanted to be a big city doctor my entire life. I studied hard. Got into Harvard. Then moved across the other side of the country, leaving my family’s small-town ranch and bull riding school behind. I’ve hated every moment since. My older sister’s wedding is the perfect excuse for an extended trip back home... -
Untamed Devil by Melissa Ivers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI'm not ready to be a single dad...I had my life all figured out.Hockey. A revolving door of women. No strings. No worries.Until my sister runs off with a man she's just met and leaves my nine-year-old niece in my living room with nothing but a backpack, a stuffed snake named Leo, and a broken heart.I need help... -
The Sneak Peak by Victoria Wilder
My Best Friend. Young. Tempting . She bid on me at my company’s charity auction and won. Back then, she was too young, with hearts in her eyes and her whole life ahead of her. That’s how we started, and after all this time, she’s become my best friend. Being a single dad of twins and running Colorado's most successful summer sports company requires control and focus... -
Manhandled by Lauren Blakely
A spicy friends-to-lovers standalone sports romance from #1 New York Times Bestselling author Lauren Blakely writing MM romance as L. Blakely...My buddies made me do it. I swear. I didn’t plan to bid big on a date with my baseball player best friend at the auction. But he looked really good in that tailored suit, and I can't resist a dare...Categorized as:
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The Underdog by Briar Prescott
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAnders:There once was a guy who told a little white lie. That didn’t turn out so well. I would know. I’m the guy.Once upon a time, I told my brother and sister that my dream was to do a triathlon. I never expected them to sign me up for one! Now I’m forced to deal with my very cantankerous personal trainer. Wells Montgomery is an angry, rude, judgmental bastard...Categorized as:
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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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Fake Shot by Julia Connors
After fifteen years of tending goal for the Boston Rebels, I’m known for two things: the highest save percentage in the league, and never spending more than one night with the same woman.I’m definitely not the guy you should trust with your best friend’s little sister. Especially not when that sister, Jules, is eight years younger and my new roommate...Categorized as:
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Love at First Write by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI had a crush on my best friend’s older brother even before he joined the SEALs and became a hometown hero. I didn’t fall in love with him until I started sending him care packages and exchanging letters. The bond we’ve built over the past two years made me believe he was my soulmate.But then the man I thought I was writing just returned from overseas with no recollection of our letters... -
Stay Over by Kaylee Ryan
BrooksOverhearing my cousin’s best friend confessing that she’s never been satisfied wasn’t my fault… but offering to help her change that definitely was. Her brother is a friend of mine, and while this has a bad idea written all over it, it doesn’t stop us from becoming friends… with benefits. Palmer is gorgeous, off-limits, and stubborn as hell. For the first time, I’m the one left wanting more... -
Courage: A Big Sky Novel by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby comes an all new novel in her Big Sky series, Courage. This is the first story in the Heroes of Big Sky, all about men in uniform in Cunningham Falls!Natasha Mills feels like she’s loved firefighter Sam Waters her entire life. Since she first met him during middle school, she’s harbored a secret crush on her best friend’s big brother... -
The Troublemaker by Jessica Peterson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrooks Huntley is the last guy on earth I should ask to take my virginity.He's a decade older than me. Lethally hot. And so far out of my league it's not even funny. The biggest downside to my plan, though?Brooks is my older brother's best friend.I see Brooks every day when I deliver muffins to his office...
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