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  • Chasing Abby by Cassia Leo

    Chasing Abby by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shattered Hearts series. Five years, six months, eight days… It’s been eighteen years since Abigail was born with a hole in her heart. Five years since she collapsed on the soccer field. Five years, six months, eight days since she found out she was adopted...
  • Grace Note by J. Bengtsson

    Grace Note by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Grace Note Movement at the door caught my attention. I looked over, expecting Elliott to walk back through. But it wasn’t him. My back straightened like a steel rod. Oh my god. It wasn’t him. I bolted to my feet, a breath catching in my throat. I stared in both shock and awe at the man standing on the other side of the doorway. He had always been on the other side, alone and cast out by society...
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  • Gus by Kim Holden

    Gus by Kim Holden

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The journey that began in top-rated, best-selling Bright Side, continues ... This is the story of Gus. Losing himself. Finding himself. And healing along the way. “ … but the honest-to-God truth is I don’t even know how to function anymore. Bright Side wasn’t only my best friend; she was like my other half ..
  • The Vincent Boys Collection: Extended and Uncut by Abbi Glines

    The Vincent Boys Collection: Extended and Uncut by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Some things are too scandalously steamy to print…This ebook-only collection of The Vincent Boys and The Vincent Brothers contains exclusive scenes of scintillating seduction.Sawyer Vincent is the golden boy. The football star. The straight-A student with the perfect girlfriend to match. His cousin Beau Vincent is the opposite. The bad boy. The rebel. Super sexy—and super dangerous...
  • Get Me by Jillian Dodd

    Get Me by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Will Keatyn get her life back? And if she does, which life will she choose? This is the 6th and final book in the series...
  • Forever by Rachel Van Dyken

    Forever by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Men fall hard. Rock stars? Fall the hardest. This is the conclusion to Alec and Nat's story. I breathed in and out for a few seconds as I waited at the end of the aisle. It felt like I was standing overlooking the edge of a cliff, and the minute I saw my future wife, I was going to freefall. The music started. Shit, I was seriously going to pass out...
  • Franco by Kim Holden

    Franco by Kim Holden

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Franco Genovese is the drummer for world renowned American rock band, Rook. He’s got it all. A killer smile. Tattoos. Talent. Razor sharp wit and humor. And a heart as big, and generous, as they come. Life is good. Steady. Uncomplicated. Just the way he likes things. Until one night at an unassuming L.A. bar changes everything. Enter Gemma Hendricks...
  • Take A Chance by Micalea Smeltzer

    Take A Chance by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I had life all figured out. Married with a baby on the way I stupidly believed that things were perfect. But then the good guy I fell in love with turned out to not be as good as I thought. I was left alone to pick up the pieces of my life and provide for my daughter. And then I met him. Hayes. The bad boy that just might not be so bad...
  • Atheists Who Kneel and Pray by Tarryn Fisher

    Atheists Who Kneel and Pray by Tarryn Fisher

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Yara Phillips is a wandering muse. She dates men who need her, but always moves on to something new, never staying in one place for very long. David Lisey is in need of a muse. A talented musician lacking lyrical inspiration. When he first sees her, he knows he's found what he's been looking for...
  • Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Lucy Everyone has ups and downs. I’m no different. I’ve had some really amazing ups, but I’ve also had some crap-tastic downs. When I was four, my biological mother died. I don’t remember crying for her. She’d never been the type to cuddle me, tuck me in, and read bedtime stories. That job was pushed off onto my sister Lana. She did her best to take care of me until Mom died...
  • Fallen Crest Christmas by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Christmas by Tijan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    This is a very very short Fallen Crest High novella consisting of one scene that has three parts, and an additional bonus scene. Happy Holidays from Tijan...
  • Dead Serious by C.M. Stunich

    Dead Serious by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "You ever see one of those old western movies where the sheriff and the outlaw face each other in a dusty street? Revolvers at the ready? Good versus evil and all. Well, this is kind of like that. Only more f***ed." Naomi Knox is on her way to becoming the world's most worshipped Rock Goddess. I'm so in love with this chick that I could be the King to her Queen, the Devil to her Angel...
  • Riptide by H.M. Ward

    Riptide by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A random hook-up isn't enough for Trystan, not anymore. After everything Trystan went through to tell Mari that he loves her, there is no way that he's letting her walk away without knowing how he really feels. Every mask is stripped away making Trystan completely vulnerable. Mari's the one girl he wants, that he knew he'd never have...
  • A Rival's Kiss by Maya Hughes

    A Rival's Kiss by Maya Hughes

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Walking away would be the smartest decision, but no one’s ever accused me of being smart. Cold, determined, brutal, but never smart.Willa’s mine from the moment I rescue her. I protect her from a brawling crowd and she stares up at me like I’m her prince charming. No one’s ever looked at me like that. No one has ever dared to come that close...
  • Make It a Double by Sawyer Bennett

    Make It a Double by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Brody Markham has endured a nightmare, spending the last five years in prison and losing everything that was dear to him. Now he’s back home, trying to survive in a world he doesn’t recognize anymore. While his family and friends desperately try to reach through to him, he shelters himself further and further away from their love...
  • Fully Automatic by Jade C. Jamison

    Fully Automatic by Jade C. Jamison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You might think you know Brad’s story, but think again. There’s so much more to his story than what Valerie knew. See Brad before Valerie came into his life and, when he was playing back burner to Ethan, see what Brad was up to when no one else in the band was looking...
  • Numb by Xavier Neal

    Numb by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Just when Logan Kellar was finally ready to make some changes in his life, his entire world was flipped upside down. Now the pain he is used to burying is fighting back. Refusing to let him slip into his old ways, refusing to let him hide from his mistakes, and refusing to let him become numb...
  • Broken Promises (The Secret Life of Trystan Scott) by H.M. Ward

    Broken Promises (The Secret Life of Trystan Scott) by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New Adult novel by New York Times bestselling author H.M. Ward.A TRYSTAN SCOTT NOVEL - BROKEN PROMISESIt's 3 years later and Trystan's life has changed. The Secret Life serials are how Trystan became a rockstar, the novel is what happens after his rise to fame, and his brush with the Ferro family...
  • Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Sometimes there is a single moment that changes your life forever.” Hadie Swinton is giving up on boys. After a disastrous relationship, she is convinced that all males are the same—arrogant, self-assured, and complete jerks. Lincoln Bracks is giving up on his old life. After moving to a new town to escape the problems plaguing him, he is set against ever getting close to anyone again...
  • Fighter by Tijan

    Fighter by Tijan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    All of Dale's brothers help with their bounty hunting business, all except her. Wanting out of that life, she left for college, but on her first morning back home for the holidays, she’s back to chasing after a bail jumper. When she realizes the jumper is her ex-boyfriend, Jax, Dale gets dragged into helping him evade her brothers so he can win an underground fighting competition...
  • Illegal My Ass by Makeandoffer

    Illegal My Ass by Makeandoffer

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Mia Hastings was never one to follow the rules. Her brother knew it, her best friend knew it. Everyone knew it. She lives for the moment, doing whatever she feels and thinking of the consequences later. Her main goal in life is to live it.Mia’s brother’s best friend Drake O’Connell was never big on rules.The judge who sentences him to 2 years in prison knew it...
  • Ella and Micha: Infinitely and Always by Jessica Sorensen

    Ella and Micha: Infinitely and Always by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A Secret Series Novella After five years of marriage, Ella couldn’t be happier. Her job is great. Her marriage is amazing. But when she receives some surprising news, her world is turned upside down. Micha loves being a musician, but being on the road, and away from Ella, is difficult...
  • A Love Song for Liars by Piper Lawson

    A Love Song for Liars by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I fell for Tyler Adams when he had nothing but a guitar.He was my rebel prince, my handsome muse, my twisted friend.We were worlds apart in every way that mattered:He was poor, I was rich.He was beautiful, I was plain.He honed his talent in private, while I ached for the spotlight.When Tyler moved in with us, Oakwood Prep fell on its knees to worship at his altar...
  • Dirty Rock by Vicki James

    Dirty Rock by Vicki James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The master of the tease.The god of rock.Frontman of the world's most desired band, Youth Gone Wild.I'm Rhett Ryan, and I get what I want.Women? They were lining up.Money? I had enough.Accolades? My shelves were fullLove? I didn't have time for that.Not until I had no choice but to pay attention to the last woman I expected to fall for.My beautiful, sassy publicist, Julia goddamn Speed...
  • Strung by Rachel Van Dyken

    Strung by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Two brothers. Who knew that the sleepy town of Seaside, Oregon would eventually be the location of both our downfall and our redemption? Drugs, sex, lies, shame...it all led us to the Coast. It led us to her. And ever since we met her. Our lives have never been the same. You may think you know what really happened--but you don't. After all, there's two sides to every story...
  • For The Love of Ash by Taylor Lavati

    For The Love of Ash by Taylor Lavati

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Maggie Larken is a reformed party girl. After her parent’s death, she’s left to raise Asher, her nine-year-old brother. Luke Wilson has done everything his parents have ever asked of him. A new teacher, Luke constantly questions where is life is headed. When Luke and Maggie meet, neither is in the market for a relationship. But sometimes life has other plans...
  • Never Too Late by Micalea Smeltzer

    Never Too Late by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I’d never met anyone quite like Mathias Wade. He was brooding and arrogant, but I loved him anyway. Together we were wild and uncontained—a hurricane raging. Then I had to leave and words were exchanged that could never be undone. But I was back, and Mathias better watch out, because this bitch wasn’t finished with him. Game. Set. Match...
  • Zack by M. Malone

    Zack by M. Malone

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Zack Marshall may look like a thug but underneath he’s all about family. His popular older brother, Gabe, has always had his back and he’s never envied anything he has. Except for Josephine Harlow. As the daughter of a congressman, Josie's family is appalled when she ends her engagement to work at a local mechanic’s shop. They all assume she’s still in love with her high school boyfriend...
  • Brave by Natalie Gayle

    Brave by Natalie Gayle

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brave A moment in time, that’s all it took. Beauty, pain and tragedy. Xander “Pretty Boy” Todd was a demon in the ring. A professional MMA fighter with a career that had the world a buzz—but now it’s gone. Or is it? Eden Sommers had her dreams of an international modelling career within her grasp—and lost it. Gone within a few seconds, leaving nothing but pain...
  • Broken Hill Hearts by Sheridan Anne

    Broken Hill Hearts by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I have never been at such a low. School work? Stuff it. Manners? Get screwed.Being a decent human being? Over my dead body.And it’s all because of him. Nate was supposed to be the reason I wake up in the morning until he took that reason away. Now, I’m left feeling like an empty shell of the girl I used to be.He’s the love of my life. Always has been and always will be...
  • Abandon by Cassia Leo

    Abandon by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    This gritty spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Shattered Hearts Series follows mysterious and sexy Tristan as he attempts to abandon his demons in the name of love. A steady stream of meaningless sex is all Tristan has left when he discovers the grandmother who raised him is dying and his best friend is getting married...
  • Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn

    Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Rob Winters, aka, Jackass. Even to my closest friends. I wasn’t always so arrogant and condescending. It only took one night to change me—one point twenty-seven seconds, to be exact. When tragedy struck, I promised myself, no matter what, unbreakable chains would lock my heart. If one veers too close or digs too deep, the cruel and mean bastard many hate is unleashed...
  • Adrenaline: A Fall Away Series Bonus Content Collection by Penelope Douglas

    Adrenaline: A Fall Away Series Bonus Content Collection by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    **You ask. You receive!*** Have you read Bully and the rest of the Fall Away series? Would you enjoy having all the bonus content in one place? Adrenaline is approximately 36, 000 words of bonus scenes, deleted scenes, character conversations, and Q&As shared over the past few years and is mostly material not found in the actual books. Here, you'll find..
  • Broken Hill Hurt by Sheridan Anne

    Broken Hill Hurt by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    We had it all until we didn’t.Nate Ryder has been the center of my world for the past few months. He’s cared for me, cherished me, and shown me a love I never even imagined could be real.He was my rock when my father left and my voice when I didn’t have one. He was once my bully but now holds my heart in the palm of his hands, along with it, the power to destroy me...
  • Emphatic by Kaylee Ryan

    Emphatic by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Librarian note: this is an updated Kindle cover edition for ASIN: B013YPNBEYThere comes a point in your life where you have to say enough is enough. I wasted my college years on a guy who played with my head, played with my heart. I was blinded by the fairytale, the one that didn’t exist. The day I gave up on the idea of happily ever after, my focus became me...
  • Dazed by Kim Karr

    Dazed by Kim Karr

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A Connection Series Novella featuring Aerie Daniels and Jagger Kennedy (River Wilde's cousin) Jagger Kennedy never went looking for fame, he just fell into it. After scoring a major modeling contract, his clean-cut good looks and charm catapulted his career. But when his actress girlfriend breaks his heart, he moves to L.A. to try his hand at acting...
  • Twisted by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Twisted by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s always saved her. Now she’s going to return the favor... Gray Duffy never thought he’d end up as the co-lead guitarist of Oblivion, one of the hottest rock bands in the country. Even better? He's sharing the experience with his best friend, Jazz. Since the day she’d showed up as his family’s new foster kid, Gray has protected her. Loved her. And not just platonically either...
  • Pieces of You by Cassia Leo

    Pieces of You by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love." In Relentless, college student Claire Nixon and surfer Adam Parker each had a painful past too heavy to carry alone. Claire tried to push Adam away, but Adam's relentless pursuit of her heart and her secrets made her walls come crumbling down. But now Claire's attending college a hundred miles away from Adam...
  • Strum Your Heart Out by Crystal Kaswell

    Strum Your Heart Out by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Special new release price of 2.99. Price goes up 11/23 Best friends aren't supposed to fall in love. College senior Kara Kendrick is not about to let lust ruin a good friendship. Yes, her rock star guitarist best friend Drew Denton is stubborn, over-protective, and quick to threaten violence on anyone who hurts her. He's also the only person she's ever trusted. He makes her laugh...
  • Girl on Tour by Caisey Quinn

    Girl on Tour by Caisey Quinn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An up and comer trying to make a name for herself... KYLIE never expected to be stuck on a tour bus with a pampered princess and her boyfriend’s ex. A troubled artist struggling to hold onto his career... TRACE thought he was finally getting to do things his way...
  • Mended by Kim Karr

    Mended by Kim Karr

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO HEAL ALL…BUT NOT ALL BROKEN HEARTS CAN BE MENDED. Always in control, Xander Wilde considered life on the road to be a perfect fit for him. But when disaster strikes on the Wilde Ones’ latest tour, fate intervenes…and a newly single Ivy Taylor, the only girl he has ever loved, steps back into his life...
  • Believed by Brei Betzold

    Believed by Brei Betzold

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time Jules believed in fairytales, prince charming, and happily ever afters. The past year had destroyed those illusions though. Being plunged into a life she never wanted or planned for has a way of removing the rose tinted glasses...
  • More Jade by Laura Pavlov

    More Jade by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    And then I met Cruz Winslow…He’s everything I’m not, and then some —a budding musician, he’s cocky and arrogant. He’s at ease in every situation and treats me like I’m the only person whoexists. Together we’re in sync with everything we do and I’m falling hard and fast forhim...
  • Only for You by Marquita Valentine

    Only for You by Marquita Valentine

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Loose ends left loose for too long tend to strangle. Cole and Violet knew it wouldn’t be easy. They knew their relationship would take work. But when the press finds out about Violet Lynn’s newest boyfriend, they start digging. And when his past come to light, exposing all of his family’s secrets, their relationship begins to fray...
  • Dirty Past by Emma Hart

    Dirty Past by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    On the heels of Dirty Secret, here is a sizzling hot romance featuring another Burke brother and the girl he can’t resist, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Game series. Walking out on my wedding wasn’t my best idea...
  • Collide by H.M. Ward

    Collide by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Mari accidentally overhears that Trystan is in love, she can't believe it. He's pining over some girl that doesn't know he's alive. The confident swagger and endless stream of girls is a facade. It conceals his loneliness and hides how messed up he's really become trying to flee from a life that's battered him to his core...
  • Beautiful Dangerous by Penny Dee

    Beautiful Dangerous by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It seemed like a good idea at the time. Get over my break-up by having a one-night stand with a rock ‘n’ roll hottie and move on with my life. Going on tour as the official photographer to the world’s number one band was not part of the plan...
  • When Our Worlds Collide by Lindsey Iler

    When Our Worlds Collide by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Graham Black has the world at his fingertips. He's an all-star baseball player who manages to slide by with his devilish good looks. It's his uncanny charm that leads him into the beds and hearts of most of the girls at school. One night his poor choices collide him into the world of Kennedy Conrad. She's quiet and reserved. Everything he's not...
  • Rock Candy Kisses by Addison Moore

    Rock Candy Kisses by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Annie Edwards was born deaf, but she’s never let that define her. She’s settling in as a freshman at Whitney Briggs University, loves her dorm, her roommate, her classes, but something feels as though it’s missing—enter Blake Daniels. He’s everything Annie is not—a rocker, a player, a college dropout...
  • Making Trouble by Emme Rollins

    Making Trouble by Emme Rollins

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sabrina, always one of Trouble’s biggest fans, doesn’t quite know how she found herself engaged to uber-sexy rock star Rob Burns--it all happened so fast! Not only does he want her to marry him, he wants her to join the band, too! But the whole world seems to be against them, from Rob’s crazy ex-wife to a band who believes Sabrina is Trouble’s own Yoko Ono...
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