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Securing Kalee by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter her capture by rebels in the mountains of Timor-Leste, Kalee Solberg doesn’t think she’ll live to see her father, friends, or hometown again. What started as an adventure with the Peace Corp until she figured out what to do with her life has turned into a waking nightmare, every day a struggle to survive. Beaten into submission, Kalee guesses she’s been presumed dead by now...Categorized as:
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Aro by Marie James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt takes a lot to shake me, and even when I’m upset, most people wouldn’t even know it.There was just something about the last job that kept me from keeping my cool.I know how dangerous it is, and knew even better when I had to be carried away that day, becoming literally less of the man that entered that compound... -
Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe final "powerfully intense" (Romantic Times) Black Ops, Inc. novel from New York Times bestseller Cindy Gerard, featuring a covert private security team and electrifying romantic suspense. Black Ops, Inc. operative Joe Green is determined to bring to justice the man responsible for former team member Bryan Tompkins's death... -
Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI know finding and signing a military vet to the agency is a long shot--but it’ll be good press just letting him try out. That’s what I tell my family, rather than admit I can’t get the letter he wrote us five years ago out of my head. But what I tell the bartender in his hometown is a lie. I know veterans protect each other. So I pretend to be a graduate student. Sparks. Flame. Fire... -
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Put Me in Detention by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"You got married on your divorce-cation?" That would unfortunately be correct. I was hanging with the girls, celebrating my divorce when I saw him, my crush, sitting in the corner of the bar all alone. Being single and looking for a wild night, I asked him if he wanted to join me. To my delight, he said yes... -
Coen by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCoen Highsmith was a league star, but he lost more than his team the day the Pittsburgh Titans’ plane crashed... -
Rebel North by J.B. Salsbury
In a city where image is everything, Gabriella turns heads for all the wrong reasons.The marks that slash across her neck and face turn people away. But I see the beauty that lies beneath, feel a kinship to her pain.I regret the way she found me—mugged and left for dead. I should walk away, follow the rules, but I can’t. I want to see her again. There’s only one problem... -
The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"You have too many rules.""And you don't have enough." Sebastian Moore thought he had it all. A drumming gig with one of the world’s biggest up-and-coming stars. The looks and charm to get him any woman he laid his eyes on. All the friends he could ever ask for. But something was always missing... -
Blank Canvas by E.M. Lindsey
When a car accident changed the trajectory of his life at fifteen, Sam Braga set out to find his own way in the world. It never occurred to him he’d find home in Fairfield, Colorado, working with a childhood friend at a tattoo shop, and the legal guardian of a gorgeous little girl who was abandoned by her mother at birth. Sam has his life organized exactly the way he needs it... -
The Rival by Kendall Ryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing stranded in remote Canada with a hottie?Wasn’t part of my summer plans.Dump my cheating ex? Check.Land an amazing job with Boston’s professional hockey franchise? Check.Fall stupidly in love with hockey’s favorite bad boy? Ugh.After wasting years of my life with the wrong person, I told myself all I wanted was a little no-strings fun... -
Capture by June Gray
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe future beckons... Elsie has given Henry three chances to win back her trust, but before he is able to complete the challenge, she finds herself faced with a life-changing decision. Elsie must ask herself an important question: is Henry just a thing of the past or does he have a place in her future? The conclusion to the story of Henry and Elsie... -
Falling Hard by Pamela Clare
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Gold Star wife alone… Ellie Meeks promised her pilot husband that if he was killed in combat, she would live her life to the fullest. Three years later, she is still alone, raising the twins he never met. She has no interest in dating or meeting men—until one snowy night when a stranger helps her get her sick kids safely home...Categorized as:
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A Mess of a Man by A.M. Hargrove
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom USA TODAY BESTSELLING authors of Cruel and Beautiful, A.M. Hargrove and Terri E. Laine bring a new full-length standalone New Adult Contemporary Romance. This novel includes mature content, not suitable for younger readers. (Rated R) Womanizer, Man Whore, Player, Heartbreaker are all familiar names Ben Rhoades has been called... -
Keep Me Warm at Christmas by Brenda Novak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaybe this Christmas can thaw his frozen heart—and heal hers.Hollywood starlet Tia Beckett knows one moment can change your life. Her career had been on the fast track before a near-fatal accident left her with a debilitating facial scar. Certain her A-lister dreams are over, she agrees to house-sit at her producer’s secluded estate in Silver Springs... -
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Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSt. Louis Mavericks star defender Lars Jansson is dead set against relationships. A new love makes him wonder if maybe he can change, but first, he must confront the truth about who he is.LarsOn the ice, I’m unstoppable. If anyone is in my way, it’s simple—I move them. Hockey is my life, and I don’t have the patience for relationships spanning more than one night... -
Killing Time by Cindy Gerard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn exciting new series featuring Mike "Primetime" Brown, a character from her popular "Black Ops, Inc." series. For the seven years after Operation Slam Dunk went south, Mike Brown got drunk on each anniversary. The eighth year was no different--until he was drugged by a woman and woke up to her questions about what had happened eight years ago in Afghanistan...Categorized as:
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Broken: A Second Chance Contemporary Romance by Evelyn Sola
JULIAI never saw Noah Weston coming. He swept into my life like an unexpected storm, but soon, he was everything to me.Until tragedy struck.One day I was planning the rest of my life with my soulmate, and the next I was picking up the pieces of a love so strong, it broke me apart.It took three years to put myself back together.Three years until I was ready to move on.I’ll never forget it...Categorized as:
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A Really Bad Idea by Jeannine Colette
Everyone has a best friend. Mine just happens to be Dr. Christian Gallagher— the gorgeous, green-eyed heart surgeon who wants to have a baby with me. Yes, you read that correctly. When my mother approached me on my thirty-third birthday with a brochure for egg freezing, it was a glaring reminder that my biological clock is ticking toward its expiration date... -
A Cold Creek Christmas Story by RaeAnne Thayne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSparkle In The Snow Leads To So Much More Celeste Nichols has always preferred to keep to herself in her hometown of Pine Gulch, Idaho…until she becomes an instant celebrity! When one of her children's stories becomes a major success, she's suddenly the talk of the town. Celeste should be gloriously happy…but something, someone , special is still missing from her life... -
The Embattled Road by J.M. Madden
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the harrowing prequel to The Lost and Found series, three embattled Marines must deal with their devastating physical and emotional injuries in a world that seems to have turned against them. When the rescue helicopter crashes into his convoy in Iraq, Marine First Sergeant Duncan Wilde struggles with the loss of men, his career and the use of his body. Things can't get much worse...Categorized as:
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Craving Lily by Nicole Jacquelyn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI grew up hearing about my parents’ love story. How he’d fought for her when she’d refused to fight for herself. The way she’d fought for him when she’d feared that all was lost. I wanted that. But for some reason, I’d always imagined that my love story would be different. That it would be easy. It wasn’t. No, our story was intense, and convoluted, and frustrating. But it was ours... -
Retreat by June Gray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReturn to the place where it all began… Elsie surprises Henry in California in the sexiest way possible, and inadvertently reveals the secret of their relationship to their families. But just when she thinks everything is finally falling back into place, a revelation changes everything… ~ RETREAT is a 13,000 word erotic romance novelette. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY PLEASE... -
Jordan Reclaimed by Scarlett Cole
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJordan Steele’s life began when he was ten. When he was taken from his parents and a house that was never a home. When he met his brothers, the other lost and abandoned boys in his group home. When he learned what friendship and family and love looked like. Now he’s made good, touring the world with the band he and his brothers formed in that crowded group home... -
The Henry Sessions by June Gray
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPART FOUR OF JUNE GRAY'S DISARM SERIESIn eighteen days, a life can change... Henry talks about the past during his therapy sessions but one night puts everything into question, including his relationship with the woman he's loved all his life... -
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Three Little Words by Jenny Holiday
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGia Gallo is officially in bridesmaid hell. Stranded in New York with her best friend's wedding dress, Gia has six days to make it to Florida in time for the ceremony. And oh-so-charming best man Bennett Buchanan has taken the last available rental car. Looks like she's in for one long road trip with the sexiest - and most irritating - Southern gentleman she's ever met.. -
Bio-Mechanical by E.M. Lindsey
Having grown up the son of a Southern Baptist preacher, James Gossett was expected to be one thing, and one thing only—a God-fearing, straight, Christian man. It didn’t help that from a young age, James knew he was different... -
Besiege by June Gray
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe continuing story of Elsie and Henry… Elsie has waited six long months for Henry to return from his deployment to Afghanistan... -
Falling in Reverse by Julia Wolf
Ronan Walsh.Delicious Irish accent. Built like a slab of marble. Infuriatingly controlling.My new bodyguard...All I want is to rock hard with my band, The Seasons Change, and finally live my life exactly how I please. No one telling me what to do, no constraints, total freedom.Too bad I’ve managed to piss someone off.Crazed fan or bitter ex, it doesn’t really matter, since the result is the same... -
Can't Let Go by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter is back with a sizzling Original Heartbreakers tale about an icy war vet and the only woman capable of melting him… With trust issues a mile long, Ryanne Wade has sworn off men. Then Jude Laurent walks into her bar and all bets are off... -
Famous in a Small Town by Kylie Scott
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat chance does a small-town girl have with a world-famous rock star?Two years after his wife’s death, rock star Garrett Hayes hasn’t moved on. But he has moved out of L.A. Where better to escape his past than a small town in the Northern California mountains? If only he could get the townsfolk of Wildwood to leave him the hell alone... -
Reed by Sawyer Bennett
Hockey season may be over, but in New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett’s new novel, a Carolina Cold Fury heartbreaker is heating things up off the ice and eager to score with the girl next door. No one skates like Reed Olson. In the off-season, no one plays like him either. After back-to-back championships, Reed craves a different kind of action...Categorized as:
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All Beautiful Things by Nicki Salcedo
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe scars. She'll never forgive her attacker. Seven years ago, a knife-wielding stranger left socialite Ava Camden for dead on the sidewalk of an upscale Atlanta restaurant. She survived, but her face was brutally scarred... -
The Morning Side of Dawn by Justine Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDESTINY CAN BE DANGEROUS A brief, fated moment at a wedding, and Cassie Cameron was hooked. She'd been unable to forget Dar Cordell, though months had passed. Who could explain it? She was surrounded by handsome, glamorous men every day, and yet somehow Dar had touched her soul...in a once-in-a-lifetime way... -
Inseverable by Cecy Robson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow can you imagine forever with someone who's leaving everything behind? Callahan, a former army sniper, wants to make an escape from his past and everything he experienced at war, but most of all, just not feel. Feeling leads to pain and he’s suffered enough. When he inherits a house on South Carolina’s Kiawah Island, he packs his bags, lured by the peace and seclusion he thinks it will bring... -
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The Rules of Dating by Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIt all started when I hosted a little party for a bunch of new friends.Though “friends” might not be the right word since the invitees were all the women I’d found out my boyfriend was talking to behind my back. When the guest of honor walked in—aka my now ex—things took a turn…Unfortunately, a stranger witnessed the whole blowout... -
To Touch a Sheikh by Olivia Gates
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Sheikh's SurrenderNo one gets past Prince Amjad Aal Shalaan's defenses. No one. But when Princess Maram shows up at Amjad's gala in her father's place, destroying Amjad's plans to reclaim what was stolen from his family, Amjad sees red... and uses a freak sandstorm to make her his prisoner of passion... -
Fighting the Pull by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes the new book in her River Rain Series, Fighting the Pull .Hale Wheeler inherited billions from his father. He’s decided to take those resources and change the world for the better. He’s married to his mission, so he doesn’t have time for love.There’s more lurking behind this decision... -
All the Way by Kendall Ryan
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsShe's dangerous. Bad for me. With her tempting curves, shiny ponytail and sweet smiles. I've done things I'm not proud of, and the last thing I deserve is a shot with a good girl like her. But one shy smile, and my armor cracks. One whispered plea, and I'm all in. She needs my help, well buckle up, sweetheart, because I'm in the mood to do all kinds of stupid things...Categorized as:
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Pearl Cove by Elizabeth Lowell
He might help her...if the price is right. Surrounded by potential enemies, Hannah McGarry faces the mystery of her husband's suspicious death, the prospect of bankruptcy...and the disappearance of the fabulous Black Trinity necklace that was to be her financial security. Desperate, she calls Archer Donovan, a silent partner in Pear Cove, her late husband's pearl farm venture. He might help her..Categorized as:
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Stealing the Bad Boy: A Bad Boy Sweet Romance by Emma St. Clair
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBack then, she was just his crush's little sister. His buddy. A brave girl battling cancer. Now? When they reconnect, being just friends is the furthest thing from his mind.Previously published under the title Her Second Chance Dream Groom in the Texas Rebels series...Categorized as:
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Extra Innings by Michelle Lynn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI’m the crazy fun one. Pedal to the floor, balls to the wall, party all weekend guy. The guy everybody calls for laughs and a good time. And I always deliver. So, when Ainsley Winslow and I made a pact for a summer fling, I was all in. What hot-blooded college male doesn’t jump at the chance for a no strings attached relationship? Not this one...Categorized as:
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Mute by M.L. Nystrom
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 17 ratings“HE LOVES LONG, LOVES HARD, BUT HE DOESN’T LOVE EASY.” Katrina Vega is set on one thing: finishing college. She’s determined not to let anything or anyone distract her, especially not hot brooding bikers. On her mission to stay focused, she doesn’t expect to be pulled into the fold of a motorcycle club, let alone into the arms of Alec "Mute" Stillwater... -
Dark Waters by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDanger once again laps at the shores of Barkley Sound, the Graveyard of the Pacific… Since her rocky childhood and its abrupt, brutal ending, schoolteacher Anna Silver hasn’t given her trust easily...Categorized as:
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All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHe won’t stay put for a woman, and she won’t chase after any man… Mitch Kowalski lives out of a suitcase—and he likes it that way. Traveling for work has the added bonus of scaring off women who would otherwise try to tie him down. But when he’s called home to help with the family lodge, he’s intrigued by the new girl in town and her insistence that she doesn’t need a man... -
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Letter Late Than Never by Lauren Connolly
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCan a hot paramedic resuscitate this mail woman’s flatlining spirit of adventure?Gwen Elsmere fell in love with Sebastian Kirkwood when she was sixteen, but a dead frog stole her chance to land the guy of her daydreams. Ten years later, when Gwen makes a desperate 9-1-1 call, Sebastian re-enters her life as the first paramedic on the scene... -
What If You & Me by Roni Loren
The world can be a scary place. At least, that's what Andi Lockley's anxiety wants her to believe. It doesn't help that she narrowly escaped a dangerous man years ago, or that every relationship since has been colored with that lingering fear... -
Standing In The Shadows by Shannon McKenna
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEx-FBI agent Connor McCloud can never forget the day he was set up to die at the hands of trusted friend and fellow agent Ed Riggs. Hard justice and loyalty to his badge have cost Connor what he wants most--Ed's shy, studious daughter Erin. He can never have her now, but her beauty still haunts and torments his every waking hour and his most fevered erotic dreams...Categorized as:
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Just One Night by Charity Ferrell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“What the f*ck have I done?” aren’t the first words you want to hear after a one-night stand. Yet that’s what he gave me. Dallas Barnes is tall, dark, and handsome. He’s also scarred, rough, and broken down by burdens. A single dad. A widower. A lost soul. We found each other in the back of a dark pub. He brought the whiskey. I brought the bad decisions. He called it a mistake... -
The Rules of Friends with Benefits (Rules of Love) by Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA good girl follows the rules. So does a smart woman. That's why I've resisted my brother's best friend for years.Fine, fine. Maybe the sexy, charming confident baseball player hasn't given me a reason to suspect he's thinking the same flirty, dirty thoughts as I am.But then he starts showing up by my side at sporting events. At galas. And his eyes are saying all sorts of flirty, dirty things...Categorized as:
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Whisper Falls by Toni Blake
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelcome to Destiny, Ohio—where coming home means finding your true heart and maybe even your true love. Tessa Sheridan came crawling back home to Destiny after her big city interior design career crumbled. Now not only must she struggle to make ends meet, she has to contend with a biker next door and the roar of Harleys shattering the serenity of her cabin in the woods...Categorized as:
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