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  • Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never expected to see my first love again after he left me twelve years ago. Though I’ve moved on, working with Tyler is no easy task—especially when he focuses his bedroom eyes on me. Flirting with the past is like playing with fire, and considering I’m engaged, I’m bound to get burned...
  • Be Your Everything by Catherine Bybee

    Be Your Everything by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes a romance about childhood friends who marry in Vegas and embark on a wild ride to find their happily ever after.With two protective older brothers and a traditional Catholic Italian mother, it’s surprising that Chloe D’Angelo can manage a date without someone in the family naysaying her romantic choice...
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  • Tight Laced by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Laced by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One 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...
  • Moonshine Kiss by Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley

    Moonshine Kiss by Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    All those years of adolescent fantasies and this was how Bowie Bodine first touched my boobs. And he apologized. Real life was stupid and unfair. Small town deputy Cassidy Tucker’s dating life is a train wreck on repeat. All she ever wanted was a solid partner. A man to share pajamas with. The handsome, big-hearted Bowie Bodine. Wait. Scratch that. Mr...
  • Holding You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Holding You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After serving a decade long prison sentence for an accident that resulted in my husband’s death, Noah Reid returns. Even if he was my childhood best friend and the first man I secretly loved, I refuse to make it easy for him. But the heart never forgets and those old repressed feelings quickly bubble to the surface.Loving him is a dangerous game but one I’m willing to play...
  • Take A Chance With Me by Kristen Proby

    Take A Chance With Me by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 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...
  • Dangerous Crush: A Rock Star Romance by Crystal Kaswell

    Dangerous Crush: A Rock Star Romance by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **Special new release price. Price goes up 1/9** Rock star Kit Lockhart can have any woman he wants... any woman except her. Kit Piper. My band mate's baby sister. The one woman I can't have. The one woman who won't get out of my head. Those big blue eyes, those sweet pink lips, the cheeks that flush at the slightest provocation..
  • The Playlist by Morgan Elizabeth

    The Playlist by Morgan Elizabeth

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    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...
  • Pretty Incredible by Lacey Black

    Pretty Incredible by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blair Hooking up with my best friend’s brother was a mistake…an unforgettable one. It’s always in the back of mind and having returned to town has brought all those feelings rushing to the surface. This time, I’m only here to cover my dad’s patients and help run the clinic—all work and no play. I haven’t even seen Gabe Rhodes since the steamy night we shared after he rescued me from a snowstorm...
  • Where Forever Ends by K. Street

    Where Forever Ends by K. Street

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔—𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘. Then: I was a wife. Married to a man who was my world and the father of my child. Then, one day, half of my heart was ripped out of my chest. Now: I’m a widow. A single mom who has spent the last nine months trying like hell not to drown in an ocean of grief...
  • Cease Fire by Marie James

    Cease Fire by Marie James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Making something off-limits will always make that thing more appealing.Jules Warren, my sister’s best friend, was no different.She has been the leading lady in every fantasy I’ve had since I was a teenager.There was no way I was turning her down when she invited me to her room.Those fantasies? They had nothing on the real thing.I was given the weekend to make my dreams come true...
  • Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Seaside ChroniclesJanuary 3, 2023On the HookSeasiders,News on the beach is Braxton Bradley has caught the eye of Seaside’s very own darling, Harlee Tilson. Now, this might come as a shock to many of you, since the eldest Bradley sibling has been rumored to have made a vow to never marry. After all, his fishing charter has always been his number one love...
  • Inked Craving: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Craving: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a friends to lovers romance that breaks all of their own rules.Instead of walking away with a marriage proposal, Paige Montgomery ended up broken hearted and pregnant.Now she has to figure out how to begin her life again alone...
  • Writing the Rules: A Fake Dating Standalone by Mariah Dietz

    Writing the Rules: A Fake Dating Standalone by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Poppy Anderson was nailing her sophomore year at Brighton University. She liked her classes, had the greatest best friend, and was finally ready to start dating again. Or she was … until her ex, Mike, transferred to Brighton and started exchanging long stares and inside jokes that Poppy thought he’d forgotten.Paxton Lawson was long ago labeled ‘The Golden Boy...
  • Tex by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Tex by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Jazz: I’m in love with my straight best friend …Prison changed me, mostly for the better, but it could never erase my love for Tex. Growing up together in foster care he was my one constant, and I hate all the ways I’ve let him down. Now that I’m free my biggest wish is to settle back into our friendship and life in our MC. I know I’ll never have anything more...
  • Free Me by Mia Monroe

    Free Me by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Only his ropes can unravel the past. I never thought I’d see him again, but when my former best friend shows up ready to make amends, it becomes clear just how tied to the past I am. He disappeared when I needed him the most, leaving me to navigate my truth alone. Now he’s back.Nixon’s art leaves me vulnerable, defenseless, and I like it...
  • Game Changer: A Wynn Hockey Novel by Kelly Jamieson

    Game Changer: A Wynn Hockey Novel by Kelly Jamieson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jackson Wynn I don’t want anything to do with my crazy family’s drama, which I’ve been watching unfold from a distance over the last year, but now my grandfather has Alzheimer’s and I feel I need to at least make a quick visit to see him. My hockey season’s over, all I have to do is get through my teammate Steve’s wedding, and then I’m on a plane to Los Angeles to do my family duty...
  • Reckless With You by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Reckless With You by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the NYT Bestselling Author of Breathless With Her comes a fake relationship romance that’s all too real.Professing her love to her best friend while wearing only her favorite panty set and coat probably wasn’t the best decision Amelia Carr has ever made. In fact, it’s perhaps the worst...
  • Wreck My World by Victoria Ashley

    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...
  • Inked Obsession by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Obsession by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a second chance romance sure to tug at your heartstrings.When men in uniform showed up on Eliza Wilder-Strong’s doorstep, she knew her life would be irrevocably altered. She not only lost her husband, but the future she’d carefully planned...
  • Inked Devotion by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Devotion by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a road trip romance between two friends running from their past.Brenna Garrett watched her best friend fall in love with another woman all the while keeping his darkest secrets from her. Now she’ll have to figure out who she is without him while not letting the rest of the Montgomerys see her break...
  • Felix by Lulu Moore

    Felix by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I have a secret. Twelve years ago I crushed on my teammate’s little sister, before firmly putting her in the friend zone. Which then became the best friend zone. And my teammate became more of a brother.But now we have two problems.1. I just found out she’s been crushing on me too, and my feelings have come hurtling back like a puck heading for the net2...
  • Burn by Ginger Scott

    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...
  • Fake Start by Jasmin Miller

    Fake Start by Jasmin Miller

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You 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...
  • Walk With Me by Cardeno C.

    Walk With Me by Cardeno C.

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Book in the Home Series When Eli Block steps into his parents' living room and sees his childhood crush sitting on the couch, he starts a shameless campaign to seduce the young rabbi. Unfortunately, Seth Cohen barely remembers Eli and he resolutely shuts down all his advances...
  • Mr. Park Lane by Louise Bay

    Mr. Park Lane by Louise Bay

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I haven’t seen him in over a decade, but Joshua Luca can still get to me. And I hate it.At twenty-nine, I’m a doctor and I’ve travelled the world, but just the thought of him has me sliding my sweaty palms down my jeans and wishing I could steady my racing heartbeat.Joshua was an almost obsession until, at seventeen, he cost me my future. In one night, I grew up and let go of my silly crush...
  • The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom

    The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sherlock FanficSherlock is head over heels for John, but you wouldn't know it by looking at him. First-person present-tense series of short scenes from Sherlock's point of view, borrowing heavily from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories...
  • The Right Way by May Archer

    The Right Way by May Archer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    "The right way is the one where we end up together...And to do that, we need to survive this." A brilliant, obsessive mind is the heart of Sebastian Seaver’s genius. It might also be the thing that costs him everything he’s created and everyone he’s ever loved...
  • War Torn by Andria Large

    War Torn by Andria Large

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My life has been completely turned around with the help of my boyfriend and best friend, Tucker. My depression is under control. I’m not having nightmares or flashbacks anymore. My sister is having a baby. Life with Tucker is great… Or is it? Everything seems to be going so well, almost too well...
  • Chance of a Lifetime by Marissa Clarke

    Chance of a Lifetime by Marissa Clarke

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Sometimes the biggest risk is playing it safe… Gen Richards is tired of living down to her family’s expectation of the helpless blind girl. Resurrecting her high-school bucket list that begins with “kiss a total stranger” seems just the thing until she finds herself in a panty-melting lip lock with her big brother’s best friend...
  • Delicious by Sierra Riley

    Delicious by Sierra Riley

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “You’re exactly what I never knew I needed.” “I don’t have time for love.” Gavin Campbell has poured everything he has into starting up his bakery, Delicious...
  • Courage: A Big Sky Novel by Kristen Proby

    Courage: A Big Sky Novel by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From 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 WRONG Brother by Alexis Winter

    The WRONG Brother by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rock bottom has a basement—and I just found it.I’ve been head over heels, write it in my diary over and over in love with my best friend Preston Young, pretty much my entire life.You’d think after decades of hiding my feelings I’d want to reveal my lifelong secret love to my best friend privately, but NOPE...
  • Battle It Out by Reese Knightley

    Battle It Out by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Master Sergeant Zane Gannon loves nothing more than being a part of his Special Forces unit and kicking ass, but above everything, he values his friendship with Isaac. Sure, they argue and snipe at each other, but it’s all in good fun. Until it isn’t. Now, Isaac is pulling away and something Zane has buried for two decades is resurfacing...
  • Fancy Free by Mia Monroe

    Fancy Free by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last thing I need is a curious straight guy sniffing around me. So why is he so hard to resist?My life is everything I ever wanted - by design. Being one of the nation’s most sought after wedding planners has led to a life of traveling to glamorous locations, bumping elbows with the rich and famous, and sampling every handsome hunk the world has to offer...
  • He’s Off Limits: A Brother’s Best Friend Boxed Set by Brighton Walsh, Carrie Ann Ryan

    He’s Off Limits: A Brother’s Best Friend Boxed Set by Brighton Walsh, Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven spicy books from bestselling authors are included in this limited time boxed set. Dive into these steamy, forbidden, brother's best friend romances featuring your favorite kind of off limits hero.SEVEN BOOKS INCLUDE:Tempting Boundaries by Carrie Ann RyanTessa Ever After by Brighton WalshCatching the Cowboy by Kennedy FoxBurn For You by J.H...
  • The Trope by Stella Stevenson

    The Trope by Stella Stevenson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    The two constants in Maggie’s life have always been books and her anxiety. A close third is that she’s been in love with her best friend’s older brother her whole life, not that she’s ever told him...
  • Take It Off the Menu by Christina Hovland

    Take It Off the Menu by Christina Hovland

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 7 ratings
    Saying “I Do” has never been such a mess. Marlee Medford just got dumped. Yes, things have become ho-hum in her longtime relationship, but she was two days away from walking down the aisle with the man she thought was her forever when he called it off. Convincing herself that they’d be able to reignite their spark once the wedding craziness settled? That was easy...
  • Wreck by Ginger Scott

    Wreck by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    **Wreck is the second book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott.When Dustin Bridges left Camp Verde to try to make it on his own, he left half his heart behind. A life with Hannah Judge was just too dangerous...
  • Definitely Not Meant to Be by A.W. Scott

    Definitely Not Meant to Be by A.W. Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “How long have you been in love with your best friend?” Godric I accepted long ago that I couldn’t have all of the things I wanted in life. Growing up in the way I did, I would be a fool to get my hopes up. But even with that knowledge, I couldn’t resist. I was helpless not to fall into the orbit that was my best friend...
  • Game Changer by Stacey Lynn

    Game Changer by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Falling for your best friend is one thing, accidentally getting knocked up by him is another…Hockey hottie Garrett Dubiak has been my best friend since college and the one constant in my life the past seven years. Through distance, career changes, and other relationships, we’ve always found our way back to each other...
  • Just Be You by M.E. Parker

    Just Be You by M.E. Parker

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Scott Cohen got word that he’d been nominated for a Grammy, he wondered if the universe was playing some cruel trick on him. Of all the songs he’d written, why did it have to be that song? Over ten years had passed since he’d written the song and even more since Scott had become obsessed with Marshall Donavan, his brother’s best friend...
  • The Virgin Replay by Lauren Blakely

    The Virgin Replay by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A virgin, an athlete, a fake romance...and only one bed in the hotel room. Following rules shot me to the top of my game as an all-star baseball player, and the golden rule is this -- don’t hookup with your teammate’s sister. But ask her to be your fake date when you desperately need one for a family wedding? Nothing in the guy code against that...
  • Betting on the Best Friend's Brother: a Sweet Romantic Comedy by Melanie Jacobson

    Betting on the Best Friend's Brother: a Sweet Romantic Comedy by Melanie Jacobson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t want a dating coach. Especially not one I’ve been in love with since junior high.My roommates say I’m a workaholic. But when my boss temporarily suspends my extra lab time, my best friend and bossiest roommate makes fixing my love life her summer project.My love life is non-existent, but makeover schemes and blind dates with her weird library patrons are not the answer...
  • If It's Only Love by Lexi Ryan

    If It's Only Love by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From New York Times bestseller Lexi Ryan comes a sexy new standalone romance in the bestselling Boys of Jackson Harbor series. Meet single dad Easton Connor as he leaves the NFL and returns to Jackson Harbor to fight for another chance with the love of his life. *** I don’t regret much. Not my decision to enter the NFL draft before finishing college...
  • My Best Friend's Brother by K.C. Wells

    My Best Friend's Brother by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My best friend’s younger brother is all grown up. And gorgeous.Casey’s off limits. Forbidden. But that just makes me want him more.RylanI’ve watched Casey grow up. I never imagined how the sweet, scrawny kid would turn into a hot muscular man. A hot guy who just came out.Casey torments my thoughts. And my dreams. I need to stay far, far away from my best friend’s kid brother...
  • Alex by S.M. Shade

    Alex by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ninety- two days. Thirteen weeks. That’s how long it’s been since I lost my love, my best friend. It’s been everything I can do to drag myself out of bed and get back to work, but I know Cooper would want me to move on. I think he’d even be happy if he knew who I want to move on with. The target of my affection, though, may not be so thrilled about my choice. He’s straight. Or he thinks he is...
  • Oceans Apart by Laura Harner

    Oceans Apart by Laura Harner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s been two years since Lord Jamie Mainwaring and Detective Remy Remington worked and loved their way through their one and only case before going their separate ways. Now Jamie is once again mixing agency business with pleasure as he and his partner, Agent Ryan Whiteside, are assigned to a case involving piracy in the Caribbean...
  • Sweet Girl by Sierra Hill

    Sweet Girl by Sierra Hill

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kylah I’ve always lived in the shadows of my athletic older brother and my charismatic twin sister. And that’s okay by me. I don’t mind being known as the shy wallflower. The gawky geek. The sweet, virginal girl. Well, that’s one label I’ve been trying to rid myself of since starting my freshman year in college this year. The thing is, no one’s ever looked twice at me. Until I met Van Gerard...
  • Extended Stay by Mia Monroe

    Extended Stay by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’ve never been interested in a man before. So why do I want to kiss this one?Promising my sick uncle I’d help fix his rundown hotel in San Diego was just the beginning of my problems. I plan to do what I can, convince him to sell, and then take off, returning to my calm and structured existence back east. I double down on that plan when I arrive to find it in worse shape than I expected...
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