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  • Time by Penny Reid

    Time by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny Reid A (brokenhearted) physicist. Now an infamous (who is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!! UGH!) musician. The worst has already happened. Mona has learned that she has nothing figured out and plans are meaningless. After leaving her in Aspen, Abram is now breaking sales-records, rising to rock star fame almost overnight. Mona can’t seem to escape him...
  • SUIT by B.B. Easton

    SUIT by B.B. Easton

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Because BB Easton had so much fun writing her bestselling, award-winning memoir, 44 CHAPTERS ABOUT 4 MEN, she decided to give each of her four men his own steamy standalone. SUIT is Ken's book—the hilarious, heartwarming tale of how BB finally got over her bad boy phase and found happily ever after with…gasp…a guy in a tie...
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  • Stay Wild by Kaylee Ryan

    Stay Wild by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What happens when your wandering heart is captured by your friend with benefits?ScarlettArcher Kincaid is supposed to be all the fun and none of the strings, but the longer I stay in Willow River, the more I feel roots pulling me to settle down.I plan to complete a one-year photography contract with Captured Moments, then move on to travel the world...
  • Suit by B.B. Easton

    Suit by B.B. Easton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Since when are you into guys in ties? You only like guys who look like they rob guys in ties. At gunpoint."It was true. By 2003, my type had been well-established. There might as well have been a giant sign on my heart that said, "Good Guys Need Not Apply."Which is exactly why I had to friend-zone Ken Easton...
  • Dangerous Fling: A Rock Star Romance by Crystal Kaswell

    Dangerous Fling: A Rock Star Romance by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He's her rock star crush, her go-to fantasy, and he's offering to make all her dreams come true... Rock star Malcolm Strong is used to being in control. Of the band. Of his feelings. Of the woman he has tied to his bed. He never gets close enough to get hurt. He never wants to. Until Lacey. The sassy brunette is working on the band's latest music video...
  • Endurance by Amy Daws

    Endurance by Amy Daws

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    He rejected her. She loathes him. Now they have to fool everyone and pretend they actually like each other. Tanner Harris has been busy shagging his way through the ladies of east London, but getting caught by the paparazzi buck-naked with his trouser snake in his hands means he's sowed his last wild oat. Dr...
  • Outta My League by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Outta My League by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The way she looks, smells, laughs is killing me.I fell in love with my sister’s best friend. To top it all off, she’s brilliant. And I’m failing Chemistry.Of course, when I get her help, she’s laidback about it. Charming and helpful as always, like she doesn’t know how much I want her. I’ve got to play it cool and let her see a different side of me...
  • Rogue Wave by J. Bengtsson

    Rogue Wave by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A love story that survives the test of time. Keith McKallister is the king of the stoners. You know the type. Every school has one – the hot, fun, dopey guy beloved by the student body but despised by, well, just about everyone else. He spends his early mornings in the ocean and his days trying to get to class on time...
  • Trouble by Adriana Locke

    Trouble by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    She wants something real. He wants something now. Together they’re trouble in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s sexy and funny twice-in-a-lifetime love story. With his shameless grin and let’s-play swagger, carpenter Penn Etling leaves women wanting in Dogwood Lane. What do they get? Avery Perry knows: a one-night stand. She’s been there...
  • Crave by Adriana Locke

    Crave by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Hadley Jacobs is over Machlan Gibson. Sure, she’ll always be a little weak to the dimple in his right cheek and the way his five o’clock shadow makes him ruggedly handsome. But that’s not enough to cover every other thing about him because they all drive her nuts. Like how he won’t admit he’s wrong even when he knows it and how he drives his stupid car a million miles an hour on wet asphalt...
  • The Wedding Menu by Letizia Lorini

    The Wedding Menu by Letizia Lorini

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    How many weddings does it take to fall in love?One year ago, Amelie had it all.Almost engaged to her high school sweetheart, close to her childhood best friend, and cooking at her dad's restaurant: her life was exactly what she’d ordered.Until Ian, an opinionated wedding-hater, popped up out of nowhere and proved she might like something off menu.***One year later, Amelie has lost it all...
  • Take A Number: A Fake Dating Romantic Comedy by Amy Daws

    Take A Number: A Fake Dating Romantic Comedy by Amy Daws

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A brand new standalone romantic comedy from Amazon Top 13 bestseller, Amy Daws!Fake dating the cute owner of a bakery Dean is an investor in sounds kind of messy…but messy can be fun.Norah Donahue wants bakeries not babies, but her matchmaking mother won’t stop trying to play Cupid...
  • The Roomie Rulebook by Crystal Kaswell

    The Roomie Rulebook by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Oliver is my best friend's older brother. He's brooding, bossy, and painfully off limits. But all rules are off when I move in as his new roommate. When I need a place to crash, I go straight to the guy I know best. My best friend's older brother, Oliver. Who's right in the middle of enjoying his alone time. No big deal, right? It's not like I'm going to die of embarrassment...
  • Kitty Valentine Dates Santa by Jillian Dodd

    Kitty Valentine Dates Santa by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Spin the wheel. Date the guy. Write the story. Fall in love? Six years ago, Kitty Valentine took the book world by storm when her sweet debut romance hit number one on the Best Sellers List, which was followed by a string of successful releases. Her latest novel, however, totally bombs, causing her editor to suggest she write much sexier books...
  • Tangle by Adriana Locke

    Tangle by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sparks fly between a die-hard romantic and a sexy cynic in this fresh, funny romance from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke. That cream-filled, caramel-topped doughnut should have been hers. Still, Haley Raynor can’t deny that the pastry thief with the dreamy blue eyes looks even more delicious...
  • My Ex's Baby by Taryn Quinn

    My Ex's Baby by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Okay, so he wasn’t actually my ex. August is my best friend’s older brother, and he just went with me to Macy and Gideon’s wedding. You know, friends with no benefits.Then we ended up having sex at said wedding.At the reception, not during the actual ceremony. Hello, I have some manners.We agreed to not do it again. Until I thought I was pregnant. And instead of being upset, I was happy...
  • A White Christmas on Winter Street by Sue Moorcroft

    A White Christmas on Winter Street by Sue Moorcroft

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Sky Terran returns to the village of Middledip after losing the job she loves, she anticipates a quiet Christmas getting used to her new life. However, the annual street decoration competition is coming up and this year, the residents of Winter Street are determined to win.As she is pulled into the preparations, Sky quickly grows to love the quirky, tight-knit community she is now part of...
  • How to Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely, Joe Arden

    How to Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely, Joe Arden

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A sexy standalone romance written by #1 NYT Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely and Award-Winning Romance Narrator Joe Arden! Every man knows there are lines you don't cross. Like this one -- don't bang your boss's little sister.Too bad I didn't know sexy, clever, irresistible London is related to the guy who signs my paychecks...
  • This is Beautiful: Logan & Kayla, #2 by Kennedy Fox

    This is Beautiful: Logan & Kayla, #2 by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kayla Sinclair is a saint and real life Angel. She wears her heart on her sleeve and inspires me to be a better person. Rescuing dogs, feeding the homeless, volunteering at the local food pantry are just a few of the ways she gives back to others, although no one has ever been there for her. Falling for her was inevitable, losing her will destroy me...
  • Musical Mayhem by Alley Ciz

    Musical Mayhem by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Help Wanted: Producer for the latest album from multi-platinum selling band Birds of Prey.Enter Sammy Rhodes.Famed DJ The Spin Doctor.Musical genius.Fits with the band like he's our sixth member.We hired him on the spot.So what's the problem?He's also all broad shoulders and dazzling smile, and has this flop of hair I constantly yearn to brush away from his handsome face...
  • Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw

    Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NateAll I wanted to do was be me, for one night. I didn’t want to be the number one quarterback in the league. I just wanted to be Nate. I couldn’t tell you exactly what made me stop at that dive bar on the outskirts of town, but it changed my life.Our connection was instant and undeniable. Our night together was explosive, which led to another, and then another. No strings...
  • Reputation by Adriana Locke

    Reputation by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Coy Mason is a jerk.If there is one truth that Bellamy Davenport knows, it’s that. Hands-down. (Well, that and the fact that she didn’t mean to hurt him. Physically. Coy can’t be hurt emotionally because he doesn’t have a heart.)Coy is not just the small-town, literal boy-next-door...
  • Hold Me Today by Maria Luis

    Hold Me Today by Maria Luis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rock bottom has never felt so good. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I bargain with the enemy and score a renovation for my hair salon. The enemy? Nick Stamos, my best friend’s older brother. He’s got a body and face the Greek gods would envy but his personality needs a major overhaul. He’s surly. A rule-follower...
  • 獨領風騷 18 by Nicky Lee

    獨領風騷 18 by Nicky Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
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  • Love Me Like This by Bella Andre

    Love Me Like This by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eight years have passed since Justin Morrison first laid eyes on Taylor and fell head over heels in love with her, even though he knew she could never be his. He's tried everything he can to get over her--including moving to another country--but she's still the only woman he'll ever want. Eight years is a heck of a long time to secretly love someone...
  • Forever in Cape May by Jennifer Probst

    Forever in Cape May by Jennifer Probst

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What happens when friends become lovers? Not what a wedding planner plans in a novel of unexpected romance by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.Taylor Sunshine and Pierce Powers vowed to keep things platonic. They already have the best of each other: loyalty, friendship, and trust...
  • Taming Mr. Flirt by A.M. Madden, Joanne Schwehm

    Taming Mr. Flirt by A.M. Madden, Joanne Schwehm

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Here’s a tip: never say never. It all started in a barn, rolling around in the hay with a hot brunette. When I hooked up at my best friend’s wedding with the bride’s best friend, I had hay in places it should never be. And how my bowtie ended up around my dick was an entirely different story. I’ll give you a minute to consider the possibilities...
  • The Candidate by Alice Ward

    The Candidate by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lust drove us together. Our differences are driving us apart. As the Republican Party’s front-runner for the White House in 2024, I’m the man the media praises for having a silver tongue. By day, I’m a very conservative, buttoned-up professional. By night, my wild side comes out to prowl, searching for something. I end up in The Black Room... and find her...
  • The F It List by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil

    The F It List by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It started when my hot-as-hell coworker offered to give me my first O.Let me back-up.It actually started when I got dumped at the altar.If I have to see one more sympathetic head tilt from someone asking me how I’m holding up…I might lose it.After some serious self-reflection (and momentarily swearing off men forever) I decided the only way to figure out what I want in life is to make a list...
  • Temptation by J.D. Hawkins

    Temptation by J.D. Hawkins

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the boy you've wanted your whole life finally wants you back? I'm used to taking what I want, being the best at what I do. During the day, I make big bucks as New York's premiere consultant. At night, I can get any girl I lay my eyes on...
  • Baking With A Rockstar by Jasmin Miller

    Baking With A Rockstar by Jasmin Miller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A fun, sweet, and sexy romance with a swoon-worthy rockstar and a single mom that will make your heart burst with happiness. Rockstar Hudson Mitchell is over the glitz and spotlight of the music industry. Desperate for a break from the fast-paced life of fame, he retreats to the one place that has always been home. Brooksville, California...
  • Playing by Crystal Kaswell

    Playing by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I can't fall for the smoking hot tattoo artist. Not if I want to keep my secrets. Walker Williams is my f*ck buddy. I get his carefree smile. I get his inked arms. I get his massive ahem. It's the perfect arrangement. The cocky playboy makes me c*me. I hold onto my secrets. No getting lost in his dark eyes. No melting into his soft embrace. No falling head over heels. We're playing...
  • Mr. Fixit by Lauren Landish

    Mr. Fixit by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's good with more than just his hands.   I’ve known Caleb Strong for over a year. We have a special kind of friendship—we make crude comments, double entendres, and tease each other mercilessly. But we’ve never crossed that line. We’re  just friends . Until we start working together to renovate my childhood home...
  • My Big Fat Fake Engagement by Lauren Landish

    My Big Fat Fake Engagement by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Boss babe. Ice Queen.That’s what they call me at the office.But there’s one man who has secretly melted me for years.Kaede McWarren.The only problem? He’s my big brother’s best friend.But when he asks me to play his fiancée to seal a business deal?Oh, I’m taking this gift horse and riding it while I can...
  • Them by Carey Heywood

    Them by Carey Heywood

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes… As Will and Sarah Price settle into being Mr. & Mrs., they meet a stumbling block neither of them anticipated. All of their friends are starting families of their own, but not them, and not for lack of trying. For them, their dreams of a happily-ever-after always included a baby...
  • Here with You by Kate Perry

    Here with You by Kate Perry

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Laurel Heights Novel, Book 8 Nicole James knew it was not better to have love and lost. She never expected that love to swagger back into her life. Sure, she pined after Griffin Chase all through childhood, but that was a lifetime ago. Now she sells romantic dreams in a small lingerie shop, and he lives big dreams as a world-famous rockstar...
  • 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...
  • Tulsa (The Crow Brothers) by S.L. Scott

    Tulsa (The Crow Brothers) by S.L. Scott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A hot new rock star romance that will sweep you off your feet and leave you with a smile from New York Times Bestselling Author, S.L. Scott. The rumors are true. At least where I’m concerned. Drummers hit it harder and do it better. Women love me and I love them. But I like to think of myself as a sensitive soul trapped in a lady-killer’s body...
  • Horribly Harry by Lisa Henry, Sarah Honey

    Horribly Harry by Lisa Henry, Sarah Honey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Bad Boyfriend, Inc—when you can’t find a good boyfriend, why not hire a bad one instead?To supplement his income while he’s completing his Early Education degree, Harry Townsend hires himself out as a terrible date—for a set fee, he’ll horrify parents and family members in all sorts of interesting ways. But when it comes to actual relationships—and sex—Harry doesn’t get the appeal...
  • My Always One (Lighter Ones) by Aleatha Romig

    My Always One (Lighter Ones) by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When we were young, Samantha Anderson was the girl down the street. For as long as I remember, she’s been my partner in crime, in adventures, and in almost everything. Sami is fun and sexy, my greatest confidant, and my best friend.From early on, we vow that our relationship will never change—through thick and thin, we’ll remain always and forever in the friend zone. We will not cross that line...
  • This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez

    This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will the Christmas magic help these two friends take a shot at love?Morgan Bergman doesn’t want to go home for Christmas. She loves her family, but since her parents retired and her sister moved back to their hometown of Apfelville to take over the family business, she’s been avoiding them, feeling guilty about choosing her rising career in New York over her family...
  • Feels Like Home by Melissa Grace

    Feels Like Home by Melissa Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Katie Kelley has all the ingredients of a happy life: a home she adores, the best friends anyone could ask for, and a job as a pastry chef that she loves. If only she could get one single doctor to take her seriously enough to figure out what the heck is going on with her health...
  • How the Light Gets In by L.H. Cosway

    How the Light Gets In by L.H. Cosway

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He came back to me 16 minutes and 59 seconds into Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7. We parted amid tragedy, so it seemed poetic. Dylan O’Dea, my childhood sweetheart, had once meant everything to me. Now we were strangers, and honestly, after eleven years I never thought I’d see him again. I lived in the world of the average, of getting paid by the hour and budgeting to make ends meet...
  • Crave Thy Neighbor by Teagan Hunter

    Crave Thy Neighbor by Teagan Hunter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Don’t fall for your roommate…especially when it’s only temporary.Nolan Brooks is off limits.Sure, he’s insanely attractive and funny and I might have almost gone home with him one night to relieve a little stress.Big deal.It was all just a momentary lapse in judgment…just like the kiss we shared.He’s my temporary roommate while I wait for my new apartment to be ready. That’s it...
  • Puck Buddies by Lili Valente

    Puck Buddies by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Bree Marks is my best friend... My secret crush… And—wait for it—cursed with a deadly allergy to erecto-plasm. As in she’ll seriously swell up and die if seminal fluid even touches her. Which means finding the perfect guy to punch her V card is literally a matter of life and death. She wants a no-strings summer fling, but she needs someone she can trust...
  • Rules of Engagement: A Single Dad Romance by Mika Jolie

    Rules of Engagement: A Single Dad Romance by Mika Jolie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rule #1: Don’t fall in love. As a single dad, my life revolves around my daughter. No complaints…until my ex-wife forces my hand over custody. I needed a cover story. In steps Katharine Morello. My best friend’s sister is ready and willing to be my fake fiancée. Overnight we’re engaged. A temporary arrangement. No sex. No strings attached. No complications...
  • Friends with Benefactors by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov

    Friends with Benefactors by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PenelopeHaving grown up the baby sister to four brothers and with a dude for a best friend, I know how to read men like the back of my hand.But when I have a sexy make-out session with Beckham, my best friend, all my intuition about men goes out the window...
  • The Baby Fling by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil

    The Baby Fling by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m the girl who’s always had a plan.College (not marriage).Career (not babies).Conquer the world (not happily ever after).Then I met the perfect guy...Fate really is my least favorite F word.Despite my long list of accomplishments—all my family seems to care about?The lack of a diamond on my ring finger...
  • Our Star-Crossed Kiss by Piper Rayne

    Our Star-Crossed Kiss by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She’s got two strikes against her.Her name is Erickson and her parents own The Bagel Place.It wasn’t always that way. When we were nine, we were best friends. But then a feud between our dads ripped their successful business apart—and my best friend was ripped away too.Our paths were bound to cross again. Now, both our families are vying for the same spot on a Food Channel’s reality show...
  • 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...
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