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Moti on the Water by Leylah Attar
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Greek family. An Indian family. A summer wedding on the Aegean coast… Meet Moti Ferreira—spectacularly jinxed from the day she’s born. Saddled with an eccentric mother, she stumbles upon the one man who holds the key to her freedom—the best man at her cousin’s upcoming wedding... -
Gray Wolf Security: Wyoming by Glenna Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFree with Kindle Unlimited... Enjoy the complete Volume 3 of the Gray Wolf Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 5 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) HANK I’m a cowhand... -
THE WATCHERS: 6 Military Romance Bundle by Kristina Weaver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA KINDLE UNLIMITED FREE BUNDLE Enjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. You've been warned :) Titles in this series: Seducing the Storm I’m a soldier. I’m a hard man. I don’t do love and I don’t do cute but the moment I meet Lenny Coleman that is exactly what I get... -
KING SECURITY: A 5-Books Romantic Suspense Series by Kenna Coulby
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA new military romance series! 5 Books, No Cliffhangers, and Free with Kindle Unlimited. CHRIS Dancing is my life, always has been. Even when a stalker started sending threatening letters, I didn’t think twice—until the threats intensified. I don’t have a choice but to partner with the hunky Chris, ex-Marine and private security agent... -
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Crash and Burn by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAxel Feeney is the youngest firefighter in his crew, and also my boss’ brother. He’s a risk taker who carries no fear. Or so I thought. When one of his squad perish in the line of duty, what was once his mission to keep me safe turns into an obsession that breaks our hearts and whatever chance we had for a happily ever after... -
Damaged Grump by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWall 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... -
I Need You To Hate Me by Genicious
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn 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... -
Tactical Heart by S.K. Rose
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy name is Scarlett Mavis. I have a sweet tooth, no filters, and video games are my life. Let me clarify that last part: They’re not a hobby; they’re not a way to kill the time; They. Are. My. LIFE. Where family, men, and humans, in general, have failed me, video games are always there waiting for me to return to their warm and accepting embrace... -
Mollify by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDean "Mr. O" Kellar has been following closely in the footsteps of his famous adopted father for years, but when Megan Davis pops back into his life suddenly he starts following him in a new light. She was the girl who saved Dean when they were children and the girl he needs to save now... -
Nailed by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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... -
Second Breath: A steamy, opposites attract romance by Danika Bloom
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDylan Rhodes. Up-and-coming lawyer. Media darling.And an unapologetic player who treats women like tea bags—gets them wet, then tosses them out. Everything about this man warns me not to trust him. Tells me to kick his breath-taking body to the curb. Get him out of my study.But I need the data for my college thesis. And he’s the perfect man to prove that the dating mind-tricks I’m testing, work...Categorized as:
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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 ratingsFrom 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... -
Unrequited by Julia Wolf
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMy proper southern belle mama might disagree, but I say I was born to be a rebel. From the second I got my hands on a pair of drumsticks, my future was sealed. I never fit in anyway, not with my rocker soul and curves that never take a day off.But what’s a drummer without a band? Oh, that’s right. A cocktail waitress...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn #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... -
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Strength by Amy Daws
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe thought getting a second chance at life was difficult, but resisting the spark he feels with her will test all of his strength. Vi Harris comes with baggage most men can’t handle. A famous ex footballer for a father and four professional footballing brothers. Brothers she helped raise after their mother died... -
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
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... -
Laws of Physics: Space by Penny Reid, Fiona Fischer
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAll she wants is forgiveness, and all he wants is revenge... From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny ReidOne week.Private cabin.Famous physicist.Still an unrepentant slacker...Categorized as:
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The Billionaire's Christmas Bride: A Holiday Christmas Romance by L. Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever play bedroom games with Santa...!Weston bloody KincaidThe rick prick who wore £7000 suits like he was doing them a favor.When he wasn't filling out his doctor's scrubs like they were tailormade for him.Exactly the kind of a'hole who needed to be taken down a notch.Definitely not the kind you want to spend an extended period of time with... -
The Trouble With Gravity (Gravity Series) by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKai'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... -
Steal by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratings**Release day special 99 cent, jumps to $3.99 after 24 hours** Steal, the follow-up standalone rockstar romance to the #1NYT Bestseller Keep… It's easy to lose yourself in someone you love... -
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... -
Greek by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the Palm South University Series...Sisterhood is forever, but can it survive life’s biggest curveballs?Erin fights for justice while Bear continues to fight his demons in order to be the man he wants to be for the woman he loves. Skyler considers what will come after graduation -- and whether or not Kip will be a part of the plan... -
Love on Display: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Dana LeCheminant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’re sworn enemies. They also happen to be incredibly attracted to one another.After bonding at a half-marathon, rival gym owners Cam and Kailani discover the person they thought could be their soulmate turns out to be the reason their respective businesses are failing... -
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Borrowed by Victoria Ashley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was never supposed to want to keep her.She was meant to be borrowed.Mine for six days and not a day longer.She doesn’t belong to me.She belongs to someone else.My brother…The closest person I have outside of the screaming fans and paparazzi—a constant in my new life— other than the whiskey I drown myself in to numb the pain left by someone else...Categorized as:
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Reputation by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCoy 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... -
10 Dates by Emily James
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJoanie Fox can't wait to settle down and marry the man of her dreams. However, when her engagement starts to look more stalemate than soulmate, her best friend stages an intervention sure to make even the most hardened, serial daters wince: 10 Dates in 10 Days... -
Hold Me Today by Maria Luis
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRock 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...Categorized as:
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Worth the Trouble by Eva Simmons
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo the rest of the world, Rome Moreno is the Riff King. An icon, a Rock God. When I met him, he mistook me for a stripper and asked me to ride his lap. So consider me unimpressed.I didn’t mean for him to take that as a challenge…There’s no place for a tattooed hunk of trouble like him in the regimented life of a world-class dance princess...Categorized as:
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Laws of Physics: Time by Penny Reid, Fiona Fischer
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsListening time 7 hours 44 minutesFrom the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny ReidLaws of Physics is the second trilogy in the Hypothesis series; Laws of Physics parts 1 (MOTION) & 2 (SPACE) end with a cliffhanger.A (brokenhearted) physicist.Now an infamous (who is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!! UGH!) musician.The worst has already happened... -
Johnny Deeper: A Sports Romance by Tabatha Kiss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow deep can he go? All the way. ROSE John Kirby. Just another big, dumb jock with a real big… you know . I swore I’d never get involved with another man like him again. He’s crude and loud. Vulgar and unsophisticated. But he knows exactly what he’s doing when he touches me. I can’t let this happen. I’m a TA at our university and there are rules about this kind of thing... -
Latvis Security Services by Lexie Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Complete 5-Books Series. Free with Kindle Unlimited... Enjoy 5 military romance books in this discounted bundle. Currently FREE with the Kindle Unlimited Program or $0.99. All full length books. No cliffies! ROUGH RIDER Rebecca Jones grew up working in travelling carnivals... -
Just One Thing by M. Malone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom NYT Bestselling author M. MALONE, comes a sexy new romantic comedy of errors. Bennett Alexander is a bona fide genius. He runs his family’s farming cooperative, speaks four languages and is about to apply for his tenth patent. But the one thing he never mastered is how to be cool. His childhood friend Olivia is the only one who “gets” him. Katie Mason is in over her head... -
Falling for the Playboy by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever 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... -
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No Paine No Gain by McKinley May
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOne thing I've learned from three years as an undergrad?College is all about balance.Juggling a science-heavy course load, weekend bar crawls, and my plentiful dating life is an art form. An art form I've got down to a T...Until the campus Casanova comes barreling into my biology class and throws my mojo for a major loop... -
On His Face: A Brother's Best Friend Romantic Comedy by Tabatha Kiss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratings5 Goals for a Perfect Freshman Year1. Learn a new life skill.2. Get a tattoo.3. Pay off my car.4. Enter the Art Fest. Win.5. Fall in love with a stranger.Yes, I know #5 isn’t technically a goal, but I couldn’t think of anything else. Little did I know, I’d cross it off my vision board two weeks into my first semester at Chicago North University.He was the model in my art class... -
Winning Mr. Wrong by C.W. Farnsworth
A reality television dating show was never part of my post-college plan. Nearly broke, unemployed, recently dumped me let my best friend Haley decide it should be.They say don’t make important decisions after five shots of tequila, and I now believe whoever coined that phrase... -
Restored by Kate Canterbary
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom bestselling author Kate Canterbary comes the sexy follow-up to Necessary Restorations. Are you ready to fall in love with some rule-breakers all over again? Can a reformed player ever truly play by someone else's rules? Sam Walsh has finally put an end to decades of self-destruction, turned over a healthy new leaf, and now he's ready to call himself a married man... -
Reckless to Love You: Friends to Lovers Second Chance Romance by J. Saman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJameson I let her slip through my fingers…No, that’s a lie. I was reckless and pushed her away. I was never supposed to fall for her. She was my tutor. My best friend. My fantasy. I tried to stay away. I failed. Then we graduated and everything changed. All I needed was a step back. A moment to breathe… And by the time I came up for air, she was in the arms of another man... -
Ice Cold Player by Nikki Hall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA deal with the devil...GavinAnyone but her. Eva Adams—the entitled, picture-perfect cheer princess. Incapable of empathy, patently manipulative, and absolutely beautiful. I can’t afford her drama—I just want to play my last year of hockey without being kicked out of TU, but there she is on my first day back. Crying. In a weak moment, I make her an offer. An agreement I never thought she’d take...Categorized as:
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Single You Out by Faleena Hopkins
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm Christina Tuck, one of those girls who delivers food right to your door. Then I knock on his. Bennett Powers. Single dad. Stock trader. New York City. A ginger who wears a suit like money is his church. I'm drenched from the rain, sticking my foot in my mouth. I'd like to stick something else in there. But like the heat in my building...That pulses up from a dark boiler room.. -
Speak From The Heart: a small town romance by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen 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... -
STRIPTEASED: A Standalone Roommate Reverse Harem Romance by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter being dumped at a strip club during my bachelorette party, I never expected to be rescued by four hot-as-sin men who work there.One moment, I’m staring at the gorgeous twin strippers up on stage. The next, I’m reading a devastating text from my fiancé. I moved across the country for that jerk, and now I have nowhere to go.Then four men step in to dry my tears... -
Avoiding Temptation (A Bro Code Standalone) by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI hit on her first. Realized she was my best friend Finn's little sister second. And got a bloody nose third — compliments of Finn after he watched me nearly score with the new underclassman. After all I did have a reputation on campus, word on the street was that a girl could orgasm within one minute just watching me eat Lucky Charms... -
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Make Me Crazy by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNever 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... -
Catch Me by Red Phoenix
Love requires a leap of faith The final week at the Submissive Training Center has arrived! Will Brie survive the last week of training--five extraordinary days of challenge and pleasure? Her graduation night includes interviews with potential Doms, but it gets horribly complicated... A surprising turn of events forces her to make an unexpected choice... -
Chasing Romeo by Sarah Ready
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA 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... -
Two for Holding by Lasairiona E. McMaster
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDefenseman. Devoted. Dad.Player on and off the ice, Russell Stewart’s life was upended when his girlfriend got pregnant and left him holding the baby. Two years later, he’s finally moved on, gotten back on track, and is balancing his life as a father, student, and hockey player like a professional juggler.His daughter Jude is his entire world. He has no time for distractions... -
Co-Ed by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFour guys. Constant moaning. And a revolving door across the college suite I somehow ended up in because my first name is Shawn. They don't discriminate. Girls. Guys. Grandmas. Plants (okay maybe not plants) all walks of life stroll in stressed to the brim, and leave so satisfied I'm wondering what sort of talents lie behind that door. My roommate calls them the pleasure ponies...Categorized as:
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A Hard Time by Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSlater Daniels is a player.I’ve been around enough players to recognize one.If you looked the word up in the dictionary you would see his face.I don’t need the hassle. I have things to figure out.He’s persistent, though.He’s also easy on the eyes.A girl can only resist so much...
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