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  • The 2015 R.L. Mathewson Chronicles Collection by R.L. Mathewson

    The 2015 R.L. Mathewson Chronicles Collection by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The 2015 collection of R.L. Mathewson Chronicles. The Chronicles are continuations of the books that you loved, The Neighbor from Hell Collection, Pyte/Sentinel Series, EMS series, Hollywood Heart series, etc. The Chronicles are posted on my website every Sunday for free at www.Rlmathewson...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  contemporary  humor
  • Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman

    Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rason Harper is all about family and tradition. Raised by two loving parents, he’s not willing to sacrifice his future for the wrong woman. After a dating catastrophe makes him decide to give up on love, his mind is changed in an instant when a quick conversation with his favorite bookworm gives him the chance to get to know her better...
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  • Inseparable by Brenda Jackson

    Inseparable by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Living with his best friend is about to kindle a fire… Don’t miss this reader favorite from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson. Living under Reese Madaris’s roof makes LaKenna James the envy of every woman in town. But Reese’s offer of a place to stay is strictly platonic—just until Kenna’s new condo is completed...
  • Calling on Quinn by Blue Saffire

    Calling on Quinn by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He's trouble—of the very best kindQuinn Blackheart is a private investigator, former cop, and no-nonsense, take-charge kind of guy who adores his sprawling Irish family. He likes to check all the boxes, and his niece's gorgeous driving instructor just earned a place at the top of his to-do list...
  • A Rainbow Above Us by Sharon Sala

    A Rainbow Above Us by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    What will it take to bring people together? Hurricane Fanny left no one in Blessings, Georgia unscathed--including Rowan Harper, the only surviving member of her family. Rebuilding her life now seems almost impossible. Bowie James comes back to help repair his grandmother's house, but he doesn't intend to stay long...
  • A Whole Lotta Love by Donna Hill, Francis Ray

    A Whole Lotta Love by Donna Hill, Francis Ray

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hardback W/DJ,four bestselling authors deliver 4 larger than life stories of big bold and beautiful women looking for A Whole Lotta...
  • Protective Instinct by Fiona Quinn

    Protective Instinct by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    She’s running for her life……His mission: protect her.Ex-Delta Force Operator Ridge Hansen has a thing for artist Harper Katz.So does his tactical K9, Zeus……But Harper is on the run.Someone is aiming to kill her.Ridge wants two things…Convince Harper to move their relationship from friends to lovers,And find out who she really is...
  • Guarded by Helena Newbury

    Guarded by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the author of Saving Liberty comes a scorching, standalone romantic suspense packed full of emotion. He’s a grumpy Texan bodyguard who lost everything he cared about. She’s the single mom who melts his frozen heart. She and her son might just be his shot at a second chance...if he can keep them alive.I swore I’d never love again. After my wife and son were torn from me...
  • Second Chance Love by Hope Ford

    Second Chance Love by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I was his wife… but he left me.He broke my heart once, and if given the chance, he’d probably do it again.Which is why I’ve tried to get over him.I’ve dated, I’ve tried to let loose, but no matter how hard I try, my thoughts always return to Nash.Every guy I meet I compare to him.He was always overprotective and possessive...
  • Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan

    Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    He was tall, dark as bittersweet chocolate, and impossibly gorgeous, with a woman-melting smile. She was pretty and independent, petite and not too skinny, just his type. Franklin Swift was a sometimes-employed construction worker, and a not-quite-divorced daddy of two. Zora Banks was a teacher, singer, songwriter. They met in a Brooklyn brownstone, and there could be no walking away..
  • Ford by Hope Ford

    Ford by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ford: Tate Family Holidays An Alpha Man and Curvy Younger Woman Thanksgiving Romance Ford I found out my partner was dirty… and I’m the one that turned him in. My world turns upside down, until a beauty on the running track turns my head. She’s a woman from my past… my little sisters friend. She just lost her Gran and is about to lose her house...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  contemporary
  • Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts

    Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 53 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts cordially invites you to meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac—the founders of Vows, one of Connecticut's premier wedding planning companies. Parker Brown turned the quartet's childhood game of Wedding Day into their dream jobs...
  • Sugar and Spice by Kat Baxter

    Sugar and Spice by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All she wants is a weekend rendezvous…I love the small town I’m from. I love having so much extended family close by and I love my mail order chocolate company. But what what I don’t love is being everyone’s favorite aunt. It’s like being cock-blocked by the entire town...
  • Sinful Chocolate by Adrianne Byrd

    Sinful Chocolate by Adrianne Byrd

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two classic Kappa Psi Kappa novels from Essence bestselling author ADRIANNE BYRD  TWO GROOMS AND A WEDDING Ambitious Washington, D.C., attorney Isabella Kane has big dreams that include marriage to equally ambitious Randall Jarrett. But on the way to the altar, she meets a luscious hunk, and for just one forbidden night she chooses to indulge her deepest passions…...
  • Tiger Lily: Part Three by Amélie S. Duncan

    Tiger Lily: Part Three by Amélie S. Duncan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Healing Two Hearts. Creating One Memory. Lily loves Jonas but implicit trust is another matter. After all they've been through, she still can't believe he'll stay no matter how deep, how dark her secrets. With her ex, Declan, up to his worst, Lily's embarrassed and ashamed...but she's underestimated Jonas. He has brains as well as beauty...
  • Forever Mine by Hope Ford

    Forever Mine by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A billionaire married man that guards his heart.A wife with one foot out the door.Together, in a second chance romance. I’m completely in love with my husband. And he takes care of my needs...as long as they’re financial or physical. Anything more is too much to ask. I know that while I might have his name, I don’t have his heart.It’s almost like he keeps me in a very specific WIFE...
  • Zane's Rebel: A Curvy Girl Instalove Romance by Loni Nichole

    Zane's Rebel: A Curvy Girl Instalove Romance by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For once in his life, this strait-laced attorney is ready to throw caution to the wind. Too bad his sassy, rebellious soulmate refuses to take the risk.ZaneI take on the sassy-mouthed heiress’s case because she needs a good defense. She’s being sued by her father’s former business partner, who wants to destroy her. The odds in this small-town are stacked against her...
  • Caramel Drizzle by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Caramel Drizzle by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker!Can a hardware store crush provide the building blocks to happily-ever-after?Jordi Crouse is thrilled when she lands a new remodeling job. Sure, it's not a luxurious mansion or a fancy restaurant, but funky strip mall beauty shops deserve to be both gorgeous and functional, too...
  • Big Girls Don't Cry by Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson

    Big Girls Don't Cry by Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the acclaimed bestselling authors of Living Large and A Whole Lotta Love come four romantic and sexy stories celebrating big, bold, and beautiful women...
  • Until You by T.J. Klune

    Until You by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Sequel to The Queen & the Homo Jock King Together with their families and friends, Paul Auster and Vincent Taylor request the honor of your company at the celebration of their marriage. Paul Auster and Vince Taylor just want to have a simple wedding. Really, is that too much to ask? As the big day approaches, they struggle to keep everything from spiraling out of control...
  • Love At First Site by Phoebe MacLeod

    Love At First Site by Phoebe MacLeod

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ella's life is about to be hit by a wrecking ball... On the surface, Ella has it all. A great job, a penthouse apartment and the perfect boyfriend, Lee. There's just one their relationship has to be kept secret due to their employer's strict rule about not dating colleagues...
  • Blabbermouth by C.L. Cruz

    Blabbermouth by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Blabbermouth is a short, sweet, steamy story. It is the second in the Juniper Creek series but can be read as a standalone. It features a strong, curvy heroine and the man who wins her heart.VedaI’ve been friends with Nacho Perez since grade school—over twenty years.And I’ve had a crush on his brother, Jack, for just as long...
  • Engaged to the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Engaged to the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Can this innocent princess convince the wild mountain man to claim her curves and his rightful throne?RafeImagine the sexiest voice you’ve ever heard is on the other end of the phone. She’s calling to tell you that you’re a prince of some little country in Europe. She’s clearly lying, but that voice is the stuff fantasies are made of.So, I played along with her little scam...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  contemporary
  • The Perfect Dress by Carolyn Brown

    The Perfect Dress by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    A plus-size Texas gal has designs on an old crush in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s exuberant, bighearted romance. In the small town of Celeste, Texas, Mitzi Taylor has never quite fit inside the lines...
  • Fake It For Fame by Weston Parker

    Fake It For Fame by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I need a fake date to get the Hollywood media off my back.I find her in the least expected place.On my brother’s arm at a Valentine’s event.Lucky for me, he’s willing to give her up.His loss, my gain.She’s thick and curvy in all the right places.A perfect handful.And pressing pause?That’s not happening.The Faux Agency was supposed to be a “no strings attached” deal...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  contemporary
  • Fake it For Fame by Weston Parker

    Fake it For Fame by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I find her in the least expected place. On my brother’s arm at a Valentine’s event. Lucky for me, he’s willing to give her up. His loss, my gain. She’s thick and curvy in all the right places. A perfect handful. And pressing pause? That’s not happening. The Faux Agency was supposed to be a ‘no strings attached’ deal. But I want her more than I should. And what does she want? If only I knew...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  contemporary
  • Ryker's Reward: A Curvy Girl Romance by Loni Nichole

    Ryker's Reward: A Curvy Girl Romance by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Keeping his curvy spitfire in line will be this grumpy CIA agent's hardest mission yet.RykerWhen I requested a secure room at the Silver Spoon Falls Inn, I didn't realize it came with sassy commentary from the desk clerk. Nor did I think I'd enjoy the thought of spanking that attitude right out of her. But here we are anyway. Sight unseen, I'm already hooked on Francesca...
  • Romancing the Quarterback (Galentine's Getaway) by Eve London

    Romancing the Quarterback (Galentine's Getaway) by Eve London

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A curvy gal plus quarterback steamy instalove short.MinaAll I want to do is spend some time with my girlfriends on our valentines getaway, not go toe-to-toe with the burly, cover model worthy guy who's staying in the room next door. And when I find out he's a pro football player, that lands him firmly in the swipe left category...
  • Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    All her life, Grace Ryan was the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time...
  • Trouble with the Guy Next Door by Holly Renee

    Trouble with the Guy Next Door by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From the moment I met him, I knew he was trouble. He was reckless, cocky, and everything I shouldn't want. I had a life all figured out, and Tucker Moore was not a part of the plan. But somehow I slipped. One moment I had it all under control. The next I was spiraling around him, begging him for whatever he would give me. But as quickly as I fell for him, it all crumbled around us...
  • Obliterate by Autumn Grey

    Obliterate by Autumn Grey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I knew the moment I gave in to pursuing Selene that trouble would follow me. It always does. I should have resisted." Remington St. Germain is at a crossroads. He can either go after the one person who makes him feel as if he matters—the only person to ever calm the demons that roam his mind—or forget about her. The latter is not an option, even though there is a chance she might reject him...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  suspense  contemporary
  • Bad Boy Love by Hope Ford

    Bad Boy Love by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s a bad boy that wants me good.His crew showed up in Whiskey Run and has the whole town buzzing.We’ve been warned about the bikers and how they’re probably up to no good.But Jason is so handsome, and he seems sweet to me.At least he has a sweet tooth that has him coming into the bakery every day.He’s always looking out for me.He saved my chocolate pie from burning...
  • Wall St. Rascal by Megan Wade

    Wall St. Rascal by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Nina tries a new way of finding a date and ends up with way more than she bargained for when she hears the familiar voice of her blindfolded fantasies in her place of work...
  • Worthy by Stella Moore

    Worthy by Stella Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Handling bossy, demanding millionaires is just a regular Tuesday for Katherine Callahan, one of the most in-demand financial planners on the east coast. Austin Barrick may be baseball’s biggest star, but she figures there’s not much difference between him and the rest of her clients. That is, until he walks into her office, flashes his million-dollar smile, and asks her to dinner...
  • My Almost Ex by Piper Rayne

    My Almost Ex by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the middle of a crowded bar in our small Alaskan town, my estranged wife snuggles up to me as if we’re still a happy couple.Don’t get me wrong, we were a happy couple—before she walked out on me a year ago. We were the high school sweethearts everyone thought were destined to be together forever. We thought so too, which is why we married shortly after graduation.We had a good marriage...
  • Lie to Me by Angela Verdenius

    Lie to Me by Angela Verdenius

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder Montague and Dee Miller have been striking sparks off each other for years. They’ve blown hot and cold, argued, laughed, and clashed. Half the townsfolk wonder if they’ll kill each other, the other half if it will turn to romance...
  • Tiger Lily: Part Two by Amélie S. Duncan

    Tiger Lily: Part Two by Amélie S. Duncan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lily Salomé knows one thing: Jonas Crane is the lover she always dreamt of. Smart, powerful and sexy, both in and out of the bedroom. For the first time in a long time, things are looking up for Lily. With the city’s most eligible bachelor on her arm, life with Jonas might just live up to all it’s beautiful promise...
  • Work Song by Danielle Allen

    Work Song by Danielle Allen

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When society tries to put you in a box, knock the walls down. –Tati Green “You have a pretty face” is such a back-handed compliment. It’s like telling me that my face is beautiful, but the rest of me is not. Despite what society says, my curves are hot. My love life, on the other hand, is not. My mom says I’ll never find love because of my weight...
  • Built to Last by Kat Baxter

    Built to Last by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Sadie My nerdy co-worker is my perfect guy. Trouble is, he doesn’t “see me that way,” despite my three degrees. It’s a problem I can’t figure out. Until, everyone in my office sees me with my best friend’s brother and assumes we’re together. Turns out a little competition was just what the man of my dreams needed to sit up and take notice...
  • Hummingbird Lake by Emily March

    Hummingbird Lake by Emily March

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Experience the magic of Eternity Springs, where broken hearts find healing, in this uplifting novel in Emily March’s unforgettable new series.   Haunted by painful memories, pediatric surgeon Sage Anderson gives up medicine and moves to Eternity Springs. There she finds a place to call home, but even her newfound success as a gifted artist isn’t enough to keep her nightmares at bay...
  • Reluctant Husband by Hope Ford

    Reluctant Husband by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’m in love with Lucas Blaze, the player grandson of the woman I take care of. I’m nothing like the women he dates, so the chances of him noticing me are slim to none. Until the day he asks me to marry him.Lucas is the youngest Blaze Brother...
  • Burn For Me by J.H. Croix

    Burn For Me by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    One alpha man. One bossy woman. A fire that won't die. I f*cked up. Once upon a time, Amelia was my everything. Until she wasn't. I'm home now, and I want her back. She's never forgiven me for something I didn't even do. I've never forgiven her for believing the worst. One look and the years apart go up in smoke. The minute I lay eyes on Amelia, I'm hard for her. Again...
  • Big Buns More Fun: A Bite-sized BBW Romance by Penn Rivers, P. Jameson

    Big Buns More Fun: A Bite-sized BBW Romance by Penn Rivers, P. Jameson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Big buns mean more fun.I know it’s true because I spent summers with my best friend and his sister as a teen. Kimmi and I shared enough laughs to make me realize, even then, that she was meant for me.But our family got in the way, and over the years I lost hope that I’d ever have a chance with my big booty cutie.Except now, her brother is married and finally minding his own business...
  • Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ALASKAHe's a hardened military veteran who's returning to his mountain MC to deal with family issues.FAITHShe's the innocent preacher's daughter searching to escape her controlling father...
  • Kade: A Brash Brothers Billionaire Romance by Jenna Myles

    Kade: A Brash Brothers Billionaire Romance by Jenna Myles

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Kade:I did CPR on my mom three times before I was nine years old.The last time, I failed.So maybe I have a bit of a hero complex. And more money than god. Those two things combined make me irresistible to every messed up woman in the city. Been there, done that, failed to put humpty back together again.I’m done. No more broken, needy women for me...
  • Stumbling Into Him by Molly O'Hare

    Stumbling Into Him by Molly O'Hare

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A story that will have you laughing through every page... Holly has spent her whole life as a walking disaster, from running into walls, tripping over invisible objects, and always being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When a seemingly normal outing taking her overly opinionated Corgi for a walk resulted in an object to the face, she didn’t think her day could get any worse...
  • Can't Help My Shelf by Frankie Love, Kaylin Evans

    Can't Help My Shelf by Frankie Love, Kaylin Evans

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    There’s one thing in life I’ve always, always wanted.And I’m tired of waiting for my prince charming to sweep me off my feet to help make that happen.On my 26th birthday I make a life altering decision.But before the deed is done, Army officer Nash Nichols walks into the children’s section of the library where I work, changing my trajectory forever...
  • Loved by the Mountain Man by Hallie Bennett

    Loved by the Mountain Man by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Marine veteran, James McCoy's future is unclear. He's ready to settle down and start a family after years serving abroad. Returning home to Suitor's Crossing to work for his family's security company makes sense, but can he leave behind the shy, curvy girl he just met?Quiet Shiloh thought moving to be closer to her family would provide the support system her life's been missing. But she's wrong...
  • Rock Stars Do It by Jasinda Wilder

    Rock Stars Do It by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***Enjoy all three of the Rock Stars Do It stories in one volume!*** Rock Stars Do It Harder Chase Delany is a rock star. Rock stars are expected to rock hard onstage and party even harder offstage. Chase is living up to those expectations, and then some. He leaves everything he's got onstage, and drowns the ache in his soul at the bottom of a tequila bottle. And then there are the girls..
  • Clean Sweep by Evie Mitchell

    Clean Sweep by Evie Mitchell

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Erik: Nappies, poop and so many sleepless nights I was pretty sure in some countries this would be considered torture and my kids could be tried for war crimes. Yep, I was now a dad. A dad who had no clue what he was doing. A dad who somehow ended up with two kids who weren't his but I fuc- er, I mean - gosh-darn I loved them. Only... I needed help. A LOT of help...
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