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Fire & Brimstone: A Neighbor from Hell by R.L. Mathewson
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsWhat happens when a Bradford with questionable OCD, a tempter and a reputation for making his employees cry falls for the woman that refuses to accept the fact that he’s fired her and was terrifyingly more of a Bradford than he was? Well, we can’t share that here, because it would be seriously inappropriate, but we’re sure that you can see where this is leading… To the altar or a stint in... -
F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade
What’s a woman supposed to do after watching her cheating ex's wedding implode?Apparently, the answer is get fired.And evicted.And move to another state to start over as an independent woman who would rather stick her tit in a beehive than get into another relationship.It’s fine. Really.The only thing messing with my new, badass single girl life is an encounter with my childhood crush... -
Craft by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThey’re not quite enemies. Not really friends. More like frustrated balls of sexual tension and neither will give in. Lance Gibson drives Mariah Malarkey absolutely crazy. He uses her office like a phone booth, takes cupcakes from the corner of her desk like she baked them just for him. She didn’t...Categorized as:
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Unscripted With Mila by Melanie Moreland
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom NYT bestselling author Melanie Moreland comes a story of finding love, acceptance and happiness when you least expect it. Mila Morrison prefers the silent company of her keyboard to that of people. She lives vicariously through the characters she creates.Nicholas Scott only feels comfortable when he’s playing the role of someone else. He would rather be anyone but himself... -
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Your Tempting Love by Layla Hagen
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChristopher Bennett is a persuasive man. With his magnetic charm and undeniable wit, he plays a key role in the international success of his family’s company. Christopher adores his family, even if they can be too meddling sometimes… like when attempt to set him up with Victoria, by recommending him to employ her decorating services...Categorized as:
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Tangled Twosome by Meghan Quinn
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...Categorized as:
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Drilled by K.M. Neuhold
A month in a remote cabin with the last man I ever expected to see again? I can’t decide if I should punch him or drill him. It might end up being both.After more than a decade, the last person I expected to see walk into the Four Bears Construction offices as a new hire was Ridge.He was my first crush, and my first heartbreak when he started dating my sister...Categorized as:
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Poker Face by Maggie C. Gates
Every girl dreams about meeting her celebrity crush–Running into them on the street and snapping a selfie. Maybe even being saved like a gorgeous damsel and having said celebrity crush sweep her off of her feet. Me personally? Let’s just say that me and the Hemsworth boys have had our fair share of imaginary meet-cutes.I’m not picky. I’d take any of them...Categorized as:
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Not So Sincerely, Yours by A.M. Johnson
Ethan, About last night... I could blame the bourbon. I could say I let things get out of hand, that I should have never called you, but I'm done lying to myself—to you. I know what you're going to say. You're not very good at keeping your opinions to yourself, but this can't happen. It's inappropriate, at best. I'm your boss. Not to mention, you're clearly still hung up on him...Categorized as:
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Handle With Care by Helena Hunting
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsHE WANTS TO LOSE CONTROL. Between his parents’ messed up marriage and his narcissistic younger brother, Lincoln Moorehead has spent the majority of his life avoiding his family. After the death of his father, Lincoln finds himself in the middle of the drama. To top it all off, he’s been named CEO of Moorehead Media, much to his brother’s chagrin... -
A Co-Worker's Crush by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt took me a long time to realize I shouldn’t date the women I work with. It cost me three tattoo guns, a job, five motorcycle tires, and I’m not even counting the t-shirts I never got back. It feels different with Frankie but she comes with a little daughter and a crap load of other baggage. I’m not the guy you take home to your parents, let alone your child... -
Needing Him by Kennedy Fox
Introducing book 2 in the Bishop Brothers series! A steamy new southern romance series by USA Today Bestselling author duo, Kennedy Fox! Evan Bishop is your typical hotshot doctor. Hardass, brooding, and all business. Instead of working on the family ranch, Evan broke the mold and became an ER doctor...Categorized as:
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In Love And War by Kyra Parsi
I didn’t see it coming.But, in all fairness, you could maybe, potentially, most definitely, say that I was just a little bit... distracted.It was the dimple. I think.Or it may have been his eyes.God, those eyes....Alright, fine. It was the whole damn thing, okay? Head to stupid toe.The guy was gorgeous... -
Tempt Me Forever by Layla Hagen
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTwo enemies. One bed. What could possibly go wrong? Our new general manager is the most difficult man on the planet. The night before Drake begins working at my family's hotel, he finds me in the bar, trying to get rid of a boring date. But the guy won’t take even a not-so-subtle hint. Then Drake surprises me and comes to our table, but only to reprimand ME about dating in our workplace...Categorized as:
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This Is Love by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFall in love in Harmony Pointe, where hearts are lost, found, and sometimes misplaced…and everyone get a happy ever after. If a woman can’t find love in the quaint town of Harmony Pointe, it’s sure to find them—whether they’re looking for it or not. Here, the remaining single Dalton siblings are about to discover that they’re next in line to get swept away by love...Categorized as:
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How to Kiss Your Enemy by Jenny Proctor
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow is it possible for the chemistry between two chefs to be hotter than a ghost pepper yet colder than liquid nitrogen?When THE Tatum Elliott shows up to run the catering kitchen at my family’s farm and event center, I don’t trust her anymore than I did back in culinary school.But like it or not, she’s here. On my territory. My turf... -
Never Say Never by Harlow James
“I need you to pretend to be my girlfriend.”When those words left the lips of Damien Shaw, my childhood nemesis, I should have told him to kick rocks right then and there...Categorized as:
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Cocky Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"I drowned in this story. In these words, and in this world. A five star read from the very first page." - Amo Jones, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Elite Kings Club Series He's a bastard in Burberry. Decker Collins knows how to do one thing--win. When his billion-dollar law practice moves to merge with a firm out of Dallas, she shows up to oversee the transition... -
Funny Business by Kayley Loring
A single dad, a model, and a comedian walk into a bar… They’re all Owen Brodie. It’s only funny if you aren’t the hilarious struggling comedian who has been hired to be his son’s nanny for the stand-up tour.Dear Ms. Hogan,I’m emailing to offer you the job as my son’s nanny because Sam had a temper tantrum when I told him I can’t hire you to come on my stand-up tour with us... -
In Hate With My Boss by Lexi Calder
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThere are three things I know about Owen Bennett: He’s worth billions. He’s smoking hot. He’s a total asshole.Oh, and he’s my new boss. Which, I guess is technically four things. But who’s counting? Not Owen. Because all he can do is stare at my chest and make rude comments. He’s unprofessional, lazy, and the single most infuriatingly sexy man I’ve ever met in my life...Categorized as:
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Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe lies will come back to bite you every time...Never borrow pants from your brother. Especially if he’s a size smaller than you are, because all that pressure in the junk will short-circuit your brain.And you’ll lie to a woman in a club about your real name.Leave her unsatisfied after making out in a bathroom.Then find out that she’s the one thing standing in the way of your dreams...Categorized as:
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Professor Feelgood by Leisa Rayven
What's a girl to do when a man who's countless shades of wrong feels oh-so-right? Ambitious book editor Asha Tate is a hopeless romantic. Despite her mediocre track record with men, she believes in swooning, sighing, and the everlasting love of true soul mates. Sure, sex is okay, but she’s not someone who’s ever been driven by her animal urges. Until now...Categorized as:
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Big Bossy Surprise: A surprise pregnancy romance by Lilian Monroe
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBonnie Delmar should be grateful for her new job.And she is! Being a nanny to a billionaire is a good gig. She’s more than grateful for the opportunity to work for Arlo Noble…until she meets him That broad-chested, dark-haired, dark-eyed hunk?Yeah…she slept with him. Awkward...Categorized as:
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That First Date by Jenn McMahon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMy new boss has lost his mind.Marc Ford is everything that I’m not. He wants a long term relationship that leads to marriage and a house full of kids, but I want nothing to do with being tied down to someone. In fact, I have never been in a relationship in my life... -
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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... -
The Billionaire Boss Next Door by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAmazon Top 25 Bestseller My new boss has it all. In spades. Gorgeous green eyes? Check. Hard-and-sexy body? Check. Intelligence? Check. Success? A big fat billionaire... Check. Too bad I haven't started out on the best foot. My big mouth has already turned him against me, and tempting good looks and success aside, Trent Turner is no peach either... -
Doctorshipped: A Small Town, Grumpy-Sunshine, Single Dad Romcom by Savannah Scott
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI’m the absolute last remaining single woman in the entire town of Bordeaux.Okay, maybe not the very last.Just the last one with all her teeth, natural hair color, and the ability to remember where I set my keys.I decided years ago that I’m going to remain single until my dying day.I’ll infuse a new, hip meaning into the term “old cat lady.”I don’t need a man...Categorized as:
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Third and Long by K.T. Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHIRD AND LONG is a scorching sports romance filled with humor, suspense, and football-related excitement...Categorized as:
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Everything Happens at 2:04 AM by Nikki20038
Octavia. That's the name the world knows her by. One word. One name. At seventeen, she was a girl who had her spotlight when she was whisked away to co-star in what would be an award-winning movie. From that moment on, she had never strayed away. Now, at 24, Octavia is a star and has found herself in multiple productions...Categorized as:
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A Peak Performance by Victoria Wilder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeautiful. Infuriating. Enemy. I’m not the hero. I’m the fun one. The easygoing, youngest Riggs brother who makes people laugh. I’m a good time. Men want to be me. Women just want me. Except one.My new boss.My neighbor.My competition.And now, the woman I’ve just publicly claimed to love. Contessa Costa crashed into my small town and took the job at my family’s company...Categorized as:
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Best Frenemies by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsGoing tit for tat with the man you hate is all fun and games until things get literal…and the jerk sees you naked.My beach getaway was only supposed to include three relaxation, wine, and fun in the sun.Mack Houston, on the other hand, should have never— ever— been involved.In no uncertain terms, he’s the bane of my existence.The thorn in my side.The sexy Mr...Categorized as:
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A Brooding Bodyguard by Angela R. Casella
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt’s not easy being famous. Okay, you already hate me...can we start over?SinclairI’m Sinclair Jones, best known for playing a woman ten years younger than me on TV. Or at least I was until I quit my job and moved to Asheville.I came here to find myself. Instead, I tried—and failed—at a bunch of hobbies before landing a gig I don’t suck at: being the fake girlfriend of a reality TV outdoorsman...Categorized as:
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#1 Rival by T. Gephart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLauren Harper wanted four things. Respect. Success. Happiness. And to annihilate Roman Pierce. Sure, he was a smooth, smart and sexy attorney who made the senior partners at their law firm cream their pants. But he was also an annoying cocky jerk who she’d been competing with since they had both been hired over a year ago... -
Big, Bossy Surprise by Lilian Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBonnie Delmar should be grateful for her new job.And she is! Being a nanny to a billionaire is a good gig. She’s more than grateful for the opportunity to work for Arlo Noble…until she meets himThat broad-chested, dark-haired, dark-eyed hunk?Yeah…she slept with him. Awkward.But the worst part?Judging by the blank look on his face, their mind-blowing night didn’t register as a blip on Arlo's radar... -
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The Secret by May Archer
Micah Constantine Ross is a cocky, provoking little... yeah. And I swear, I'd think that even if his family's business wasn't my biggest competition. It's time someone taught the man a lesson or two about life. At least that's what I tell myself when I offer him a job. Call it my good deed for the year... maybe the century. But now he's in my shop. In my space. In my every damn thought... -
Anyone But the Boss by Sara L. Hudson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when a handsome but stuffy, old-money bachelor with no people skills spends a night in Las Vegas with a shy marketing exec in the midst of a quarter-life crisis?A black-eye in the shape of a dildo for starters.Thomas Moore is known for being a grump with a condescending attitude and no sense of humor...Categorized as:
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Pick Me by May Archer
The job at Sunday Orchard was supposed to be temporary.A chance to gain some work experience. To have some fun. To get away from my overprotective brothers. To maybe, possibly encounter some lumberjacks in their natural habitat before moving on to the dream career that awaited me in the city.I had not expected to be welcomed into a family of gorgeous and weirdly efficient lumberjack-types myself...Categorized as:
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The Dating Experiment by Briar Prescott
Jamie:Three years ago, I sold my soul to the devil.Also known as my boss. Same thing.Here’s the deal. Connor Quinn is arrogant, impossible to please, cold as ice, and prone to find flaws in everything.Since that fatal day three years ago, many a murder plan have been made and many a weapon considered...Categorized as:
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You Again by Lauren Layne
“Hard pass on that guy, right?”Mackenzie “Mac” Austin just wants what any modern, commitment-phobic woman in New York City wants: a no-strings-attached hookup steamy enough to brag about over brunch mimosas the next morning. Not on Mac’s list of wants is the bland, preppy, corporate dude currently her dating app is trying to match her with... -
The Bluff by Emma St. Clair
I won't be winning any employee of the year awards. But only because my boss is the grumpy boss to end all grumpy bosses. Did I mention he doesn't trust me to do my job? Challenge accepted. Not only am I going to help James launch a successful brewery, but I'm going to find out what makes him tick ... and what makes him go boom...Categorized as:
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The Price Of Scandal by Lucy Score
“I’m the fixer your board hired to clean up your mess.” “So you show up here, break into my house, and take a bath?” Emily Stanton’s perfect life just became a disaster. She has a trust fund brother looking for a handout, a father who is more board member than dad, and a mother who thinks she should give up on this whole billionaire CEO thing and meet a man with a pre-nup and a yacht... -
Fourth Quarter by K.T. Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s my first day working for the Salt Lake City Stallions marketing team.But instead of running their Twitter account?They give me the worst assignment possible: Being the Personal Assistant to Dominic DeMarco.Dominic is the team’s smoldering bad-boy. Whether flicking off cameras or getting into fist-fights at bars,The tattooed running back refuses to be controlled... -
Keyed Up by Sarah Estep
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Small Town Enemies to Lovers Romantic ComedyHotel manager Eloise Price is getting a crash course in being careful what you wish for. After years of dreaming about owning the historic Crane Hotel, she was thrilled when her former boss left half of the hotel to her in his will. But dreams have a funny way of turning into nightmares and all that original plumbing has sucked her bank account dry...Categorized as:
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Love Inn Books by Erin Branscom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe 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... -
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Boss Me Around: A Bad Dog Novel by Lili Valente
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristian McGuire is the last person I should be asking to boss me around in bed. Sure, he's a bonafide Sex God, but he's also my co-worker AND my shiny new brother-in-law. But after a few too many tequila shots one night, I shoot him a text, asking him to be my smut mentor. As soon as I sober up, I'm MORTIFIED, of course... -
Puffin Bay by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeartbreak led me to Puffin Bay, searching for peace in a small, coastal town. Four years later, my bar is thriving and my next business is just what the town needs. It doesn’t need Roman Tominey. Arrogant, city-boy, suit-wearing grump - he knows how to push every one of my buttons, and after an evening of bad decisions, he knows how to push that one too...Categorized as:
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When the Walls Come Down: A Neighbors to Lovers Standalone by M. Mabie, Aly Martinez
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDid you ever hear the joke about the guy whose wife cheated on him with his best friend? So he quit his job, moved into his parents’ basement, and gained fifty pounds?No? Because that wasn’t a joke. It was my life.Four years later, I'm back with a dream job, a killer apartment, and a set of abs that are better than ever... -
Possessive Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPolicy: Don't sleep with your brother's secretary.Problem: Deacon Collins is a wealthy playboy and does what he pleases. It started out innocent. He yanked her into the supply closet and lost his briefs. Not the legal kind. Now, he wants more. More of her soft curves and sweet mouth. More than just quickies against a cabinet...Categorized as:
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Anyone but the Billionaire by Sara L. Hudson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens when a New York City playboy, a Southern spitfire, and a hairless cat walk into a coffee shop?Self-made mogul Chase Moore is a charming hound dog with a hairless cat and a family business to save.He was fine being the spare to the heir until the family's billion-dollar business threatens to go belly-up... -
My Neighbor's Secret by Lauren Rowe
I hate him and I don’t even know his name. The good news is my nemesis has made it abundantly clear the feeling is mutual. He did call me pretty, though, in the midst of a heated screaming match. Which would have been flattering, if I didn’t loathe him so much. But whatever...
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