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  • Tangled Twosome by Meghan Quinn

    Tangled Twosome by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Racer McKay is a broody bastard. From the moment I met him, he’s been rude, irritable, and unbearable. And worse? He's broke. A contractor working to remodel my parents pool house for extra cash, he stomps around in those clunky construction boots with his tool belt wrapped around his narrow waist, and a chip on his shoulder. Racer McKay is also infuriatingly . . . sexy as hell...
  • The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again.”When MacThomas Pockets finished his last tour as part of the Scottish Special Forces, he was hired to consult for a film director to finesse some scenes that weren’t working. In a twist he never saw coming, he ended up moving to L.A. to work as the bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue...
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  • 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...
  • Knockout by Jessica Prince

    Knockout by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It wasn’t fair that the man I hated with a passion was so freaking gorgeous.Things in Layla Fox’s life were going great. She had a fantastic job, amazing friends, and a killer apartment. There was just one tiny glitch in all that perfect. Her upstairs neighbor was the very definition of tall, dark, and handsome . . . and she hated the man with every cell in her body...
  • Delayed Call by Toni Aleo

    Delayed Call by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Vaughn Johansson is the Nashville Assassins' star player. He's brash, cocky, and talented. And he isn't afraid to let anyone know it. He lives his life on his own terms, never forming romantic attachments, and only allowing his very closest to see his true, caring self. Brie Soledad has the weight of the world on her shoulders...
  • Twirled Bond by Emma Hart

    Twirled Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If I thought Holly Woods was crazy before, I was wrong. Devin is finally married. Nonna's on the wedding warpath. Drake might be getting ideas. His mom just dropped a bombshell, and Bek is caught between a hot as hell FBI agent and my super-sweet little brother. And I still don't have the shoe closet Drake promised me when he moved in six months ago...
  • 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...
  • Damaged Grump by Nicole Snow

    Damaged Grump by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hysterical office romance where the grumpiest boss claims the good girl and loses his scorched heart.Our meet cute was one big sip of ugly.He pushed my hell-no buttons, wearing an indestructible smirk.I offended his warped morals in front of his starry-eyed minions.Then I got my sweet reward for doing the right thing...
  • A Light in the Window by Jan Karon

    A Light in the Window by Jan Karon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The second book in Jan Karon’s bestselling Mitford series confirms that a trip to Mitford is good for the soul His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited. As you can see, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, is in need of divine intervention...
  • One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish

    One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I’m Poppy Woodstock.Romance author and wholehearted believer in Happily Ever Afters.A terminal case of writer’s block should be my biggest worry. Then I crash into him—literally—and fall into the most gorgeous pair of blue eyes I’ve ever seen. Connor Bradley.Thief, rebel… and my new neighbor.One slip with the bad boy next door, and my life becomes stranger than any fiction I could ever write...
  • Cocky Roommate by Claire Kingsley

    Cocky Roommate by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    This roommate thing was a terrible idea. Kendra is a messy-haired, pajama-pants-wearing little ball of sass. The first thing she does is try to make friends with my random from the night before—giving her all sorts of bad ideas. I don’t date. I don’t use words like girlfriend, or I’ll text you later. F*ck that. Relationships aren’t for me...
  • I Need You To Hate Me by Genicious

    I Need You To Hate Me by Genicious

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alternative cover edition can be found here. A passionate and enthralling college romance. Two damaged souls on a path to obliteration. When they collide, will they heal each other, or are they damaged beyond repair?What’s worse than losing someone you love? Blaming yourself for their death. Two years after a devastating accident, Calla is still full of guilt...
  • Engagement and Espionage by Penny Reid

    Engagement and Espionage by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Jennifer Sylvester made her deal with the devil . . . and now they’re engaged!But all is not well in Green Valley. A chicken choker is on the loose, 61 dead birds most "fowl" need plucking, and no time remains for Jennifer and her devilish fiancé. Desperate to find a spare moment together, Jenn and Cletus’s attempts to reconnect are thwarted by one seemingly coincidental disaster after another...
  • Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton

    Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two old friends, one hot summer, a whole load of confusion. Poppy Jenkins makes everyone smile. She’s the heart of Wells, a beautiful village in mid-Wales, leaving light and laughter in her wake. She has a doting family, an errant dog and a little sister with a nose for mischief...
  • Tangled Bond by Emma Hart

    Tangled Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    One date with the sexier-than-sin Detective Drake Nash. Simple. Until you take into account that my brother finally proposed to his girlfriend, so Nonna is on a warpath—and the crazy old bat has Cupid by the balls...
  • 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...
  • Nailed by Cora Brent

    Nailed by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A scorching ‘enemies to lovers’ office romance proves hazardous in this new stand-alone from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Cora Brent. The good news: Audrey Gordon has just received a dream assignment managing one of the city’s largest construction projects. The bad news: She’ll be teamed up with cocky office rival and former lover Jason Roma...
  • Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken’s scorching series, revenge is a justified pleasure… Isla made one teeny little mistake. Now she and her PI company, Dirty Exes, are being targeted by one seriously angry and furiously sexy ex-quarterback. Jessie freakin’ Beckett. But there’s no way some NFL superhunk is going to take her business away...
  • The Anti-Heroes Collection: Three Full-Length, Enemies-to-Lovers Romances by Parker S. Huntington, L.J. Shen

    The Anti-Heroes Collection: Three Full-Length, Enemies-to-Lovers Romances by Parker S. Huntington, L.J. Shen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling authors L.J. Shen, Parker S. Huntington, and Ava Harrison comes a collection of three full-length standalone romances, featuring filthy anti-heroes and the sassy women who tame them. Includes never-before-seen bonus epilogues!Shattered Dynasty by Ava HarrisonTrent Aldridge is the devil.Rich. Arrogant. Sinfully handsome.He holds my inheritance in his hands...
  • The Day I Stopped Falling for Jerks by Max Monroe

    The Day I Stopped Falling for Jerks by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’m Luciana Wright. Everyone calls me Lucky, but when it comes to love, I’m anything but. I have a long history of dating the wrong men. You know the ones I’m talking about. The beautiful, charming guys who are quite literally too good to be true. The ones who are impulsive in love and prefer short flings over long-term relationships. I’m talking about the jerks...
  • Otterly Scorched by Tara Sivec

    Otterly Scorched by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s been a lot of years and another lifetime since Dax Trevino was a playboy detective for the Franklin Police Department. He’s been through hell and back, and now he just wants to be left alone, so he can cuddle his otters...
  • Butterfly in Amber by Camilla Monk

    Butterfly in Amber by Camilla Monk

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's waiting for you... Under a blanket of snow, surrounded by dark woods and a frozen sea, lies an ogre's castle. There lives a little princess, trapped in the maze of her own mind. On a battlefield where the past meets the present stand a fairy godmother and a pirate, an old ice cream man and a knight in shining clean armor..
  • Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "The obnoxious drummer neighbor I reported for noise pollution? Turns out he’s the biggest rock star in the country! Oops."I write romance because true love doesn’t happen in real life. My parents’ marriage and a string of failed relationships have taught me that.Then Killian Axelrod moves in next door. He’s a rock star, and hot as hell. Wicked blue eyes. A body made for sin. Cocky attitude...
  • Simply the Best by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    Simply the Best by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    #1 New York Times  bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns with the next book in her Chicago Stars series where a successful sports agent and the sister of his biggest client engage in a take-no-prisoners battle of the sexes...
  • The Trouble With Gravity (Gravity Series) by K.K. Allen

    The Trouble With Gravity (Gravity Series) by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kai's life is a series of choreographed steps, each one shielding her from the tragic memories of her past. Audition, dance, paycheck, repeat. It's a broken record, but it's what keeps her world spinning...
  • Through the Lens by K.K. Allen

    Through the Lens by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "He thought I was his muse. Turned out, he was mine too."Maggie Stevens is done feeling objectified.After spending her entire life in the spotlight and climbing the high fashion ranks as a model in LA, she’s willing to leave it all behind for a fresh start. Moving to Seattle seems like the perfect solution.A clean slate.New adventures.Endless opportunities.All is going according to plan...
  • Perfect Strangers by Carly Phillips

    Perfect Strangers by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night.No strings.Things just got complicated.Between long hours in the ER and failing to please her demanding father, Dr. Alexa Collins barely has time for a life, and the strain is starting to take its toll.On a rare night out, she can’t resist getting a little crazy on the dance floor. Or playfully crooking her finger at the sinfully hot football player watching her every move...
  • 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...
  • Scandal by Isabella Starling, Piper Hart

    Scandal by Isabella Starling, Piper Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Little secrets always grow up to be a big scandal... ASHER Everyone’s got secrets. Dirty little secrets. But not like this. Chloe Carlyle is totally off-limits. The one girl I can’t touch. Her mother is about to marry my dad, her father is in prison for murdering my mom…and I want her more than anything. Yeah, I never said this wasn’t fucked up...
  • Falling for the Playboy by Kennedy Fox

    Falling for the Playboy by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never trust a man who gets paid to take off his clothes for a living and then uses it as a pick-up line to get girls in bed with him.  That should’ve been enough for me to call in sick that day...
  • Just Might Work by Katia Rose

    Just Might Work by Katia Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dane Marner’s aunt is obsessed with soul mates.As a self-proclaimed ‘cosmically guided matchmaker,’ she’s played every card in the deck trying to set Dane up with the perfect match she’s found.The problem? The ‘perfect’ match is Evangeline Hudson. Dane and Evangeline rent rooms in Dane’s eccentric aunt’s house, but that’s where their similarities end...
  • The Family Gathering by Robyn Carr

    The Family Gathering by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Having left the military, Dakota Jones is at a crossroads in his life. With his elder brother and youngest sister happily settled in Sullivan’s Crossing, he shows up hoping to clear his head before moving on to his next adventure. But, like every visitor to the Crossing, he’s immediately drawn to the down-to-earth people and the seemingly simple way of life...
  • Speak From The Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Speak From The Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a small town, single father becomes enemies with the new girl in town, it’s either keep fighting her or give in to what his heart wants most.Emily Post isn’t staying. Back at her grandmother’s summer home, she’s only in Elk Lake City for a visit which can’t end soon enough. Especially when she can’t seem to get away from one grumpy repairman who shows up everywhere...
  • Make Me Crazy by Kennedy Fox

    Make Me Crazy by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Never trust a man who gets paid to take off his clothes for a living and then uses it as a pick-up line to get girls in bed with him.Being an author’s assistant comes with its perks but when Maverick Kingston barges into my life and becomes my responsibility, he’s more than I can handle...
  • This Much is True by Tia Louise

    This Much is True by Tia Louise

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    A smart and sexy romance about a grumpy single dad on a mission of revenge, and the girl he can’t leave behind by USA Today bestselling author Tia Louise. Hope I blame the alcohol.I lost my restaurant business, was forced to sell my dad’s cherished 1967 Chevy Impala, and I got a little drunk...
  • Chasing Romeo by Sarah Ready

    Chasing Romeo by Sarah Ready

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A laugh out loud, soul mate chasing rom com romp, Sarah Ready’s Chasing Romeo is a perfect feel-good novel about finding love where you least expect it.Chloe Daniels is a starry-eyed romantic who believes in true love, soul mates and happily ever afters. So when a psychic predicts the identity of her soul mate Chloe will do anything to find him.But there’s a tiny problem...
  • Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas

    Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dear God, Can I please return her?I know I asked for a hot, amazing woman to shake things up, but this is not what I had in mind. Not even close.Sure, she has mesmerizing eyes that hypnotize me, killer legs, wild hair –Ugh.Anyway, Reagan and I are polar opposites.First of all – she is New York, I am small-town Harmon Valley.She is also bossy, career-obsessed, and oh, a royal pain in my ass...
  • Resisting the Bosshole: A friends to lovers RomCom by Kristin MacQueen

    Resisting the Bosshole: A friends to lovers RomCom by Kristin MacQueen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What's more embarrassing than asking a man whore for help getting a boyfriend?Falling in love with said whore and knowing your feelings will never be returned.I'm a disaster when it comes to men. I don't know how to flirt and I've never been kissed. All I want is for Prince Charming to come into my life...
  • Love Inn Books by Erin Branscom

    Love Inn Books by Erin Branscom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He doesn’t believe in love.She’s a romantic at heart.He’s her sworn enemy…and her new boss.Preston Steele is a buttoned up, Ivy League lawyer from an affluent prominent Boston family.He ditches the city life and moves to small town Freedom Valley to start over where he finally feels like he belongs.His new friends think he could use some fun and love in his life...
  • Juicy Pickle: A Deserted Island with the Boss Romantic Comedy by J.J. Knight

    Juicy Pickle: A Deserted Island with the Boss Romantic Comedy by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can you imagine getting stuck alone on a deserted island with the person you hate most in the world? And no end in sight?Well, that’s me. Bailey Johansson, former assistant to the absolute worst boss ever to boss in the boss world. Stranded on a tiny island owned by a cruise line in an abandoned party hut.In a tropical storm.This is not a love story.It’s not a tale of redemption or heroism...
  • This for That by Bella Jewel

    This for That by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    What would you do, for revenge? Dear Diary, Oh, who am I kidding? Dear Life, You’re cruel. You’re heartless. You’re sick. You’re really damned twisted. Do you know that? Nope… Still doesn’t cut it. Dear Fate…yeah, that’s the one...
  • Meet me at the Wedding by Georgia Toffolo

    Meet me at the Wedding by Georgia Toffolo

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    ‘A swirl of confetti made of joy, romance and just a few tears. Huge fun.’#1 Bestselling author Katie Fforde‘A modern, feisty heroine… Georgia had me rooting for Lily’s happy ever after right from the start...
  • Puppy Love by Misha Bell, Erin Mallon

    Puppy Love by Misha Bell, Erin Mallon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    LillyAn opportunity to tell off the billionaire whose bank took my childhood home? Yes, please! The greedy, arrogant jerk thinks I’m here to interview for the job of his dog trainer (a.k.a. nanny), but he’s got a big storm coming...
  • 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...
  • Of Octopuses and Men by Misha Bell, Anna Zaires

    Of Octopuses and Men by Misha Bell, Anna Zaires

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My grandparents’ grumpy neighbor is as hot as the lethal Florida sun. And like the sun, he’s bad for me. My taste in men is the worst—just ask my ex and his restraining order.What am I doing in Florida with my grandparents, you wonder? Well, my best friend is an octopus, and he needs a bigger tank, so I took a job at an aquarium in the Sunshine State...
  • Big Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Big Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s kind of a big dill.An enemies-to-lovers, secret boss, gut-splittingly hilarious rom com from USA Today bestselling author J.J. Knight.They call me Big Pickle.It’s not what you think.(Although that’s true too.)I happen to be the oldest Pickle in the family deli business. And we have the best salami.Take that one however you like...
  • Spotless by Camilla Monk

    Spotless by Camilla Monk

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Island Chaptal—nerdy IT engineer by day, romance novel junkie by night—just walked into her messy New York apartment to find Mr. Right waiting for her. No, wait… Mr. Clean . A gentleman professional killer with a bad case of OCD and zero tolerance for unsorted laundry, March isn’t there to kill her…yet. He wants the diamond her late mother stole for a sinister criminal organization...
  • The Wicked Prince by Vivian Wood

    The Wicked Prince by Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was born to a crown that I don’t want.My name is His Royal Highness Prince Stellan Augustus Løve. I’m big, brawny, and brainy. More importantly, I know that duty and honor come before what I want... but it’s so hard to be perfect. When I meet pretty, pink haired, punk-rock Margot, I make myself a deal. I can have her… but only for one earth shattering night...
  • His Curvy Enemy: Curvy Girl Dating Agency by Piper Sullivan

    His Curvy Enemy: Curvy Girl Dating Agency by Piper Sullivan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Pilgrim, Texas… home of women with curves and the men who can’t get enough of them! Oliver March was a thorn in my side.The man was determined to take down my Matchmaking Agency with his stupid blog.But I wasn’t going down without a fight. I had a proposition for the enemy.I bet the pompous jerk I could find him his perfect woman.It was supposed to be simple...
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