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F*ck Marriage by Tarryn Fisher
Two years ago, Billie Tarrow's husband left her for another woman. Shamed and divorced, Billie retreated to her family home in Port Townsend, far from her old life in New York. After a near-death encounter, Billie decides to return to the city that took everything from her. But sometimes in the midst of heartache, hope suffocates the pain... -
When Ashes Fall by Marni Mann
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt’s been said that you can’t love two men at the same time. You can’t split your heart, soul, and body in half. But I’m here to tell you, you can. Dylan Cole is like ice, sharp and unpredictable, the thunder inside a tumultuous storm. Smith Reid is warmth, soft and gentle, perfect like a sunny day. Both are mine. But I can have only one. There are two sides to this tale... -
Something in the Way: A Love Saga by Jessica Hawkins
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratings"A tale of forbidden love in epic proportion...Brilliant"— New York Times Bestselling Author Corinne MichaelsIt was a hot summer day when I met him on the construction site next to my parents' house. Under the sweat and dirt, Manning Sutter was as handsome as the sun was bright. He was older, darker, experienced. I had never even been kissed...Categorized as:
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Frayed by Pamela Ann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTrista Stevens Things went quickly sour with the already married Harry when she found out their affair had a bigger repercussion. Heartbroken, she had to do what was best for everyone. Just as planned, she and Lindsey went to visit Emma in Greece. Trista thought this vacation was going to be a way for her to heal and come to terms with of the gargantuan mistakes she’s made in the past... -
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The Right Side of Forever by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn sickness and in health, to love and to cherish . . .It sounds so simple, to love someone unconditionally. To give them your heart.So why is she slowly eating away at my soul with every unanswered phone call, every unread text, and every door left unopened?She said yes, and yet, in order for her to be with me . . . I need to let her go...Categorized as:
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Commitment by Nia Forrester
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was obvious to everyone but them they were all wrong for each other. Riley is a free-spirited boho writer and Shawn is a magnetic and charismatic rapper, riding the highest crest of his career. She doesn't understand his world and he sure as hell doesn't understand hers. And what's worse, while he's never committed to any woman before, she's committed to someone else...Categorized as:
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The Moment of Truth by Shari Low
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe Moment of Truth…Laney Cochrane loves her life.With her friends Millie and Tash, she runs a proposal agency, organising the perfect setting for their clients to pop the question. Finding that forever love is something Laney knows all about. Her marriage to Cameron is blissfully content and she has never doubted they’ll live happily ever after.Then Cara Deacon walks into their office... -
Spoils of War by Catrin Collier
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe shadow of the workhouse looms large over everyone in Pontypridd in the 1930's... -
Past Remembering by Catrin Collier
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJack-Knifed' is the first novel featuring DCI Martin Phelps and his team, based in the world-famous and vibrant Cardiff Bay. Mark Wilson, a decent, well-liked gay man, lives alone in a beautiful house in Cardiff. One Saturday evening, his closest friends go to his house for an evening of drinks and catching-up. Finding no answer, the concerned friends break in - to a horrific murder scene... -
Swansea Summer by Catrin Collier
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNewly promoted DI Matt Pryor is disappointed when his first case seems to be a simple death from natural causes - that is, until the post-mortem shows something quite unexpected ... The elderly man who died on a Cardiff train was murdered - poisoned - by one of the other passengers... -
His Wounded Light by Christine Brae
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe perfect life. The perfect marriage. The jilted lover. Their worlds collide. Fate intervenes twelve years later and their paths intersect once again. All three will question whether the heart is truly capable of dividing and being divided; each will decide whether it matters who you loved first or who you love last... -
The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTwo years after the man she loved was killed in Afghanistan, Morgan Bartley is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. The reno on her dilapidated beach house in the Outer Banks might be just the distraction she needs to keep her debilitating anxiety attacks at bay and begin to heal her heart...if she can ignore the ridiculously handsome guy next door... -
The Left Side of Perfect by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Perfect Duet is a FRIENDS to LOVERS contemporary romance with one epic twist that will leave you breathless and emotionally SATISFIED! Bestselling author, Meghan Quinn will have you on the edge of your seat, saying OH MY GOD what just happened in this epic, heart-felt and beautifully written romance. For better or for worse,'til death do us part . .Categorized as:
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Free Fall by Abigail Davies
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWe were never meant to meet; our paths shouldn’t have crossed. And yet they did. As an undercover DEA agent, I always thought things through. I didn’t take chances, because I knew one misstep could have disastrous consequences. Until I met her. The little sister of my next target. Lola was a feisty young woman trying to claw her way out of a bad neighborhood...Categorized as:
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Love Survives by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book follows Love's Suicide. It can be read by itself as a stand alone. Imagine being in love with the same girl since you were ten years old, only to have her fall for your twin instead. This story is rocky. It will rip you apart and possibly put you back together again. I know this because it's my story... -
Just an Illusion - Side A by D. Kelly, Regina Wamba
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne night changed her life… Bestselling author Amelia Greyson has grown up in the music industry and isn’t the slightest bit fazed by fame or celebrities. However, when she attends a Bastards and Dangerous concert with her best friend Belle, her world shifts on its axis. Double trouble… Sawyer and Noah Weston are the front men of BAD. They’re fraternal twins and sexy as sin... -
Undeniably Yours by Pamela Ann
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratings“You’re passionate nature matches mine. Your promise reflects my own. If something was to happen, it’s comforting to know that your dead heart will be intertwined with my lifeless own.” I vowed with ferocity. “My heart for yours, Emma.” ~Blasphemous Falling. Losing. Risking. Everything. ALL for one woman... -
Made for You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne decision. Two lives ripped apart. For Holden Warner and Emylie Sanchez, the road back to each other has been long and jagged. Each of them hiding from the truth, but unwilling to move on from the love they share. When life no longer allows them to run from their past, they soon realize they’re two souls who will never fit anywhere except … with each other... -
absolution (Grace Trilogy, Book Three) by Autumn Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe made mistakes and betrayed our hearts, and in the end, everything went up in flames. Walking away from the devastation is not an option. I am at the center of it all. There are three hearts on the line and only one choice to make.One heart to keep and one to let go.Love is like poison, and sometimes it’s the only thing that can save us... -
Release Me: TAT: A Rocker Romance by Emjay Soren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCal has spent his life loving only one thing; TAT. After years of hooking up with Tayla and refusing to acknowledge his love for her, he is faced with losing her. Prepared to fight the panic at loving a woman and committing to only her, fate takes a swing at Cal and uproots everything he thought he knew about life and love... -
Black Oak Burning by Monique Edenwood
Cameron’s relentless craving for me never seemed to end, even when it seemed that he may end up claiming his victory over Jack.The irresistible odyssey into his dark dreams of domination thrilled me to my very core, breaking some of the chains holding me to Jack and setting my soul on fire with the fervor of relentless lust and unspeakable threats of ecstasy... -
No Comment by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last time I saw the only woman I’ve ever loved, we stood in a church as I tried to stop her from walking down the aisle toward the wrong man. I failed.In the four years that have passed, she had his kid while I went on to achieve the sort of success with my band that we never could have dreamed... -
Even If We Fight by Brianna Jean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTWO SOULS TRAPPED IN TRAGEDY. FREEDOM OF CHOICE. THE POWER OF LOVE. THEY’RE GIVEN ONE LAST CHANCE. When I met Judah Colt, I knew his presence in my life would change everything.My gut told me to run before it was too late, and while I did the best I could to keep him at arm’s length, our connection became too powerful to deny. Too real to push away.We fell hard.Then we crashed and burned to ashes...Categorized as:
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Cruel Dynasty by Geneva Lee
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI made a deal. One year of my life pretending to be a rich aristocrat in exchange for ten million pounds. Enough money to start over somewhere new. Enough money to disappear forever. It sounded simple, but being Kerrigan Belmond is more dangerous than I expected. Her world isn’t as perfect behind closed doors as it is on paper... -
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Envy by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf envy is a sin, then let me be damned.Graham was born to be a star. Once upon a time, that star shone only for me. Now, I have to share him with the rest of the world. For a while, I thought I could do it. Because, beneath the hypnotic smile, gorgeous body and God-given charm that made him famous, I still caught glimpses of my best friend.Of the boy who called me sunshine and loved me... -
The Devil's Playground by Eliza Freed
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer U.S. Attorney, Meredith Walsh, took some time off to raise her children. But the time took away everything she once trusted about herself. She’s lost within the mundane confines of her children's schedules of lacrosse, soccer, Cub Scouts, and math facts... -
Sylvie by K. Langston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBroken. Shattered. DestroyedWill she ever find a way to overcome the guilt? The anger. The pain. Healing seems impossible. Moving on... Unbearable. Until him. He's the only one who can save her. But it comes with a heavy price... -
The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEric Jerome Dickey strides boldly over the minefield that is modern marriage. The central couple's biggest challenge is timing: He works days; she works nights. Instead of growing together, they're rapidly drifting apart, coexisting on stolen phone calls from work, punctuated by occasional bedroom encounters that leave them both feeling even emptier and more alone...Categorized as:
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Stealing Her by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFROM THE #1 'NEW YORK TIMES' BESTSELLING AUTHOR COMES AN UNEXPECTED LOVE STORY OF FAMILY, SECRETS, AND THE MOST INTIMATE OF DECEPTIONS. My estranged twin brother, Julian, was always the wonder boy - and soon-to-be CEO of our ruthless father's corporation. My mother and me? Left behind...Categorized as:
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Bray by Effy Vaughn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Sutton Boys - those three words bring a smile to the faces of females of all ages in the small town of Malroy, Alabama. Five brothers who help their momma run their farm during the work week, while seeing how many women they can sweet talk out of their panties on the weekends... -
Give Me Your Answer True by Suanne Laqueur
“What I feel has no name…” Suanne Laqueur’s award-winning debut novel The Man I Love thrilled readers with its memorable characters and depth of emotion. Erik Fiskare’s journey of love, recovery and forgiveness captivated hearts but also left questions unanswered. Now Daisy Bianco has a chance to tell her story...Categorized as:
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The Upside of Falling by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGripping, heart-stopping, and an incredibly epic journey with a twist you'll never see coming. Best selling author, Meghan Quinn, brings you a modern take on an old fashion romance that will leave you breathless and wanting more. Tucked away at the base of the Rocky Mountains lived a little boy with one singular dream: leave this broken and battered home and become someone... -
Muscle Memory by Stylo Fantome
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer lips, the way she feels, how she moves against me. Her voice when she laughs, her eyes when she cries. Her soul connected to mine, for better or for worse, for all eternity. I don't remember. A blank face. Unrecognizable. The darkness and impenetrable fog, day after day after day. Who am I? And for that matter, who is she? I can't remember... -
The Girl in the Painting by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnsel Bray, an artist known around the world for his tragic hiatus from the canvas. Ansel Bray, a broody, handsome man not known by me, at all. Long dark hair, blue eyes, and dimpled cheeks. I’ve never met her, but her image is imprinted in my mind. An angel muse who inspires me to paint again. There is something about him. Something that spurs a need to be as close to him as possible... -
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Marrying Daisy Bellamy by Susan Wiggs
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTHERE ARE DAYS ON WILLOW LAKE ... Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men --- one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her. WHEN THE WIND IS SO STILL AND THE WATER SO CALM ..Categorized as:
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Fixated on You by Pamela Ann
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEmma Anderson’s career was thriving. Her personal life too—but she knew—it was all a ticking time bomb until everything blows up. What happens then? Even if he’s relationship with Emma was going great, Bass Cole still had a long way to go to make amends after the grief he’d caused Emma last year. No matter what the future held for them, he knew one thing—Emma owned his heart... -
Missing From Me by Jayne Frost
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSean Four years ago I made an unforgivable mistake. And Anna was the price. I thought I’d forget her. Thought I’d move on. But who was I kidding? No amount of drumming could drown out my love for her. When I see here again, backstage after one our shows, it's clear: Anna's mine. She’ll always be mine. One mistake. Four years of regret... -
The Monday Girl by Julie Johnson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratings** DON'T MISS THE REDUCED $2.99 INTRO PRICE! ** Katharine Firestone is a bit of a mess. Between an acting career that’s never quite made lift-off to stardom, a pathetic love life of online-dating-app losers, and a maxed-out balance on every one of her credit cards, things can’t get much worse...Categorized as:
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Wild Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen you fall in-love it’s forever. But sometimes forever comes with a price. I never meant to meet Nathaniel Teller. It was by accident, on a Tuesday, that I walked into his bar. He was solemn, intense and hiding a secret behind those stoic green eyes. I never intended to fall in-love with him. We were supposed to be just friends. But I fell for him hard, deep. There’s no turning back... -
Autumn Night Whiskey by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne man loved me when I didn’t even like myself. The town whispered that we were star crossed lovers… among other things. He was my first love, but so out of reach with where fate had taken me. With a little girl to look after and a past I wished I didn’t have, things were never going to be easy when it came to my life in this small town. Let alone my love life... -
A FILTHY Rock Star by Jaxson Kidman
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe offer of a lifetime. Or maybe a nightmare... I’ve always wanted to be a writer and here’s my chance. My job is to spin every story about Nash into something good. If I do my job I’ll get a book deal. It should be easy... Yeah, Nash is nothing but d*ckhead lust with a pulse. Yeah, I may have had a couple dreams of him before I met him... -
Royal Watch by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere are many stories about regular girls meeting a prince, falling in love, and living happily ever after…blah, blah, blah.This is not that story.As a lowly Baron’s daughter, I sit on the outskirts of the noble circle, watching the royal family from afar. Exactly where I’d rather be... -
Hold the Forevers by K.A. Linde
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA new angsty stand alone love triangle romance from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde that will keep you guessing which man is her groom and which one objects…I’m in love with two men.But I can only marry one.And today is my wedding day.The bridesmaids button my wedding dress. They titter excitedly as the music begins. My groom is waiting for me. I walk down the aisle prepared to say I do... -
If by Randi Cooley Wilson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIf you knew love would hurt you, would you fall? If you knew love would leave you, would you let it go? If you knew love could never be, would you try? From bestselling author Randi Cooley Wilson comes a gut-wrenching love story about heartbreak, second chances, and letting go. The ifs that linger between the pages of this novel will break your heart and stay with you long after the final chapter... -
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A Love so Tragic by Stevie J. Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPromises. We all make them. Sometimes we break them. But what happens when the promise you break haunts your dreams, when that moment of betrayal echoes within every last beat of your heart? Love. Love is passionate, painful, and all consuming in the most brutal yet beautiful way... -
27 Truths: Ava's Story by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author, MJ Fields, comes a gripping story of love and it's many truths. Ava Links was raised seeing the different sides of love. The beautiful and the broken. Through it all, she knows the journey she is taking will lead her to the man she is destined to be with. The man she has always loved, Luke Lane...Categorized as:
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The Sinner's Touch - Anniversary Edition by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings~Kade I fucked up. She was the best and worst mistake I ever made. I took the coward’s way out and ran. Now I have a chance to make it right, but she's being stubborn. It used to be cute, but this time it can get her killed... -
A Family Affair by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife’s biggest dilemmas can provide its sweetest rewards.Anna McNichol knows how to take charge. Raised by a single mother, she’s worked to ensure her three children have every advantage she didn’t. And while her marriage has its problems, she values commitment and believes in "till death do us part"... -
Where the Little Birds Go by B. Celeste
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHigh school heartbreak turned Hollywood affair. Read the exclusive here: When bestselling author Kinley Thomas gets the deal of a lifetime to see her book turned into a movie, the last person she expects to be cast as the leading role is Corbin Callum. After years of living the dreams that tore them apart, Hollywood will soon force them back together... -
Wish You Were Mine by Tara Sivec
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFive years. I would’ve stayed away longer if I hadn’t received the letter. Not a day has gone by that I haven’t thought about her, haven’t missed her smile, haven’t wished that things were different. The last time I saw my two best friends, I vowed to not stand in the way of their happiness, even if that meant I couldn’t be a part of their lives...
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