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  • Strays: An Anti-Hero Romance by Cora Brent

    Strays: An Anti-Hero Romance by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    STRAYS (An Anti-Hero Romance)Before age sixteen I was kicked to the streets, condemned for a crime I didn’t commit.Since then I’ve done nothing to be proud of.Which is why a man like me isn’t cut out to be a dad.And if this kid had another option I wouldn’t try to be one now.But for once I’m going to step up.I’ll right the worst of old wrongs...
  • Wicked Angel by Jaine Diamond

    Wicked Angel by Jaine Diamond

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A sinfully hot enemies to lovers romance, about a seductive, a-hole (anti)hero on the brink of self-destruction and the quirky, kind-hearted heroine who discovers his darkest secret—and his heart. I knew it was a mistake to kiss my best friend’s brother—especially behind my boyfriend’s back.In my defense, I had a crush on Johnny for years .But that was before I realized how much I hated him...
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  • Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never expected to see my first love again after he left me twelve years ago. Though I’ve moved on, working with Tyler is no easy task—especially when he focuses his bedroom eyes on me. Flirting with the past is like playing with fire, and considering I’m engaged, I’m bound to get burned...
  • Un-Shattering Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Un-Shattering Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The conclusion to USA Today Terri Anne Browning’s The Lucy & Harris Novella Series. Shattered. That was how Lucy Thornton felt in the aftermath of her breakup with Harris Cutter. Her family thought the best thing for her to do was to put the length of the country between her and Harris. Reluctantly, she went...
  • The Son & His Hope by Pepper Winters

    The Son & His Hope by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    A Sweeping, Heart-wrenching Standalone from New York Times Bestseller Pepper Winters. "Things you should know about me from the very beginning:I was born to true love, witnessed the destruction it causes, and vowed never to let such agony happen to me. I am not a story-teller like my father. I am not a writer like my mother. I am just a son--their son.I am happy being alone...
  • Lost Boy by Hannah Gray

    Lost Boy by Hannah Gray

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    I was four when my parents gave me my first pair of skates. By six, I was hooked on hockey and couldn’t get enough. At twelve, I had made a name for myself on the ice. And when I was fifteen, colleges were starting to take notice.Life was great—until it wasn’t. Because when I was seventeen, my best friend died in my arms. And nothing made sense after that. Drinking turned to smoking...
  • Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Morgan Kennedy:Campus Legend.Ruggedly handsome superstar athlete turned hedge fund manager.My one night stand mistake.And now my boss at my internship.Every staff meeting, I’m taken back to the night I was filled with a need I never knew was possible.Sparks fly between us in the office...
  • Mad About the Banker by Piper Rayne

    Mad About the Banker by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Who knew my brother’s friend could be Mr. Right, and not just Mr. Right Now? My brother refused to introduce me, so I blame him. If he’d just caved, and introduced me to Jasper, I wouldn’t be in this mess. I mean, really, what’s the big deal? I’m not interested in the guy’s looks. Oh no, I want his cold hard cash...
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    new adult  siblings-bff  humor  contemporary
  • His First Crush: Logans Story by M.J. Fields

    His First Crush: Logans Story by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR MJ FIELDS COMES A STORY OF LOVES HEALING POWERS IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS One tragedy nearly took her away from him. After Logan saved London from a random club shooting, he thought nothing could ever change the course of his future with the girl he had always loved. One kiss threatened to prove him wrong...
  • Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the rocker’s princess, some even call me the dance prodigy, but none of them knows the real Mia Armstrong. Now that dancing is no longer my future, I don’t know either. All I want is the opportunity to find out, to have some time to try being just a little normal. To discover who this new girl is. I fought for the chance to go to college on my own...
  • Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Every story deserves a soundtrack. And ours is epic. She started from perfect. A star who shone brighter than the rest. But then fate took it all away. Now she's broken. A beautiful song with a fractured beat.  But I'm still on the rise. Chasing a dream that she's already left behind. If I'm lucky, I can find my redemption in the spotlight. Destiny brought us together. Put her in my path...
  • Hollywood Prince by Natasha Madison

    Hollywood Prince by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Behind the "lights, camera, action" of Hollywood lies a world of deception, love, and seduction. Are you ready for Hollywood Royalty? Carter A blonde, a brunette, a redhead…he can have his pick of them all on any given night and he knows it. They wait, hoping he looks up and gives them his signature smirk, choosing them over the others because that’s his game...
  • The Baby Contract: A Best Friend's Brother, Surrogate Pregnancy Romance by Ajme Williams

    The Baby Contract: A Best Friend's Brother, Surrogate Pregnancy Romance by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The contract clearly stated that I was paying her twenty-five million dollars to have my baby. No love. No sleeping together. Those were the rules, but here’s one thing you need to know about me… I’m a rule breaker. My biggest mistake was having her move into my place. Anne was nothing like the other girls I’d been with. I was drawn to her like a moth to a flame...
  • Defy You: A Brother's Best Friend/Age Gap Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Defy You: A Brother's Best Friend/Age Gap Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Are you ready to head back into Rebel Ink? Spike's story is coming soon...Spike is a one-time-only kind of guy. So why is it that he can't get this little pocket rocket out of his head?She breaks every rule, she defies him at every turn but it only makes him want her more, no matter how wrong it is...
  • No White Knight by Nicole Snow

    No White Knight by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Handsome devil. Hate-worthy. Walking scandal.I'm catching one feeling with him and it's got teeth...If I were a bird, I know who I'd paint white.Holt Silverton. The cocky dolt who swaggered up thinking he'd buy my ranch out from under me.I know his reputation—those stormy eyes and chiseled looks ruined half this town.Spare me the pick up lines and pretty words...
  • 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...
  • Enchanted by J.S. Scott

    Enchanted by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    Opposites resist—and attract—under the Cancún sun in this emotional Accidental Billionaires novel by New York Times bestselling author J.S. Scott.Years ago, Noah Sinclair promised his dying mother that he’d stay strong and work hard for his younger brothers and sisters. Even with the Sinclairs’ newfound wealth, Noah has never steered from that blue-collar drive...
  • Irresistible Rogue by Jaine Diamond

    Irresistible Rogue by Jaine Diamond

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One night would never be enough...I ducked into a bar on a stormy night and met a smoldering, enigmatic stranger with the body of an athlete and eyes like a wolf on the prowl.He was gorgeous, he said all the right things, and he gave me the hottest night of my life.And a fake name.The next day, I died of humiliation when I found out who he really was.Shane Madrigal.Underground fighter...
  • 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...
  • Kickin' It by Rachel Van Dyken

    Kickin' It by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Love breaks the offside rule in New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken’s irresistibly sexy Red Card romance. Successful, high-profile sports agent Matt Kingston thinks he can handle anything. Then soccer player Parker Speedman shows up at his door. She is young and gorgeous, has natural talent, and is looking for a team...
  • Dangerous Crush: A Rock Star Romance by Crystal Kaswell

    Dangerous Crush: A Rock Star Romance by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **Special new release price. Price goes up 1/9** Rock star Kit Lockhart can have any woman he wants... any woman except her. Kit Piper. My band mate's baby sister. The one woman I can't have. The one woman who won't get out of my head. Those big blue eyes, those sweet pink lips, the cheeks that flush at the slightest provocation..
  • What You Don't (True Hearts) by Jaxson Kidman

    What You Don't (True Hearts) by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What you don’t know is that you were my first kiss 
What you don’t know is that you were my first heartache 
What you don’t know is that I understand why you left 
What you don’t know is that I was there the night your sister died 
What you don’t know… is that I’m still in love with...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  siblings-bff  contemporary
  • Promise: A Redemption Series Prologue by T.K. Leigh

    Promise: A Redemption Series Prologue by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was supposed to be my first kiss. My first love. My first everything... There are moments in our lives that define us. For Brooklyn Tanner, it's the summer before her junior year of high school. The summer boys finally begin to notice her. The summer he finally begins to notice her. Andrew Brinks. Handsome. Popular. Star hockey player. Her best friend's brother...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  siblings-bff  sports  contemporary
  • Too Good at Goodbyes by R.C. Boldt

    Too Good at Goodbyes by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Too Good at Goodbyes, an all new standalone from RC Boldt takes us inside the life of Simone King, the "Ice Princess of Pop" and her new bodyguard, Kane Windham, who may be the only person to have the power to melt the ice around her heart. First Top 40 hit at age seventeen? My first tabloid breakup scandal quickly followed...
  • Limelight by Alyson Santos, Aly Stiles

    Limelight by Alyson Santos, Aly Stiles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m unpredictable.A genius, an underachiever.I’m the song, the voice, the passion, the pain.I am failure.I do music because it’s what I am, but sometimes that’s not enough.A slave to my nature, I wait for it to show mercy and drop a gift in my lap.Because the music chose me.I’m its victim not its gift.She destroyed my career.Ruined my life.Pushed me from the shadows and exposed my lies...
  • Selfish by Shantel Tessier

    Selfish by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ASHLYN It was supposed to be a vacation. Five whole days on the beach with my best friend before we made the move from Seattle to New York. I never expected to meet a man who would make me change the way I saw love and sex. I’ve always believed you can have one without the other...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  siblings-bff  humor  contemporary
  • Dirty Secret by Chelle Bliss, Brenda Rothert

    Dirty Secret by Chelle Bliss, Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Agent: Kennedy BarnesTarget: Phoenix AshCrimes: Computer Hacker, Money Launderer, HeartbreakerMission: Get close and surviveAfter living her life in the shadows as the daughter of a congressman’s secret affair , Kennedy Barnes joins ‘Project Greenlight’ - a clandestine intelligence organization. She’s out to prove she’s more than her father’s dirty secret.One of her first assignments is simple...
  • Wreck My Plans by Kelsey Clayton

    Wreck My Plans by Kelsey Clayton

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    My name is Carter Trayland,And I really screwed up.I should’ve ended things before they began.Instead, I wound up in a twisted love triangle,One that I never wanted to be a part of.The wrong choice sent my life on a whirlwind.A woman I forced myself to love is dead.My best friend was nearly blamed for her murder.And the one I’ve always wanted, now wants revenge...
  • The Closer by K.C. Crowne

    The Closer by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never saw her coming…She appeared in my world an enigma.A lethal assassin who slips poison into the veins of her targets.And a single mother with a softness beneath her armor. Now, she's trapped within my reach.Stubbornly silent, she guards her secrets fiercely,Her dual life is a puzzle I'm determined to solve...
  • Wanting Shaw by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Wanting Shaw by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just the sight of her is enough to make my mind go blank.Shaw Cage doesn’t know the power she has over me, and I can never let her find out.She’s my best friend’s sister, and her brother and I made a pact—our sisters were off-limits.As much as I wanted her, I could never have her.Until I realized Cannon was unworthy of my loyalty.Realizing my mistake came too late...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  siblings-bff  contemporary
  • Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Allegra Grey is the daughter of a powerful American Mafia Leader. Trained since birth to take over the family business, she is ruthless, heartless, and one of the best assassins in the industry. She's completed thousands of assassinations in her career, completing every assignment... except for one. Ace De Luca is her one and only failed mission...
  • Tempted Heir by Michelle Heard

    Tempted Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Christopher Hayes and I have always been close. He’s my best friend. My person. The one who knows all my secrets. He’s the most sought after bachelor. Me? I want nothing more than to have my own child. The instant Christopher finds out about my date with the sperm bank, my best friend takes it upon himself to choose the donor. Only, no sperm out there is good enough for my eggs...
  • I Need You To Love Me by Genicious

    I Need You To Love Me by Genicious

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Together they are nothing more than madness,but they say there’s always some madness in loveSix years elapsed since he shattered her life. Four years since she’s brought him to his knees.Now, Ace is the youngest boxing champion in the world – a force to be reckoned with. He’s dangerous, heartless, and always gets his way.Calla moved to New York to chase her career...
  • Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Seaside ChroniclesJanuary 3, 2023On the HookSeasiders,News on the beach is Braxton Bradley has caught the eye of Seaside’s very own darling, Harlee Tilson. Now, this might come as a shock to many of you, since the eldest Bradley sibling has been rumored to have made a vow to never marry. After all, his fishing charter has always been his number one love...
  • Trick You: A Brother's Best Friend Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Trick You: A Brother's Best Friend Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I hated to trick her...But I knew she would never go for the real me.She was beautiful, smart and funny—everything I could want.And I was... well. Me.Tattooed, foul mouthed, bad boy.I told one little white lie hoping to meet someone different. And I did.Danniella Abbot...
  • Protecting Her by Allie Everhart

    Protecting Her by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pearce knew he’d be punished for marrying Rachel, but the years keep passing by and nothing has happened. What’s taking so long? Why haven’t they done anything? As he’s left waiting and wondering, Pearce attempts to live a normal life as a loving husband and devoted father...
  • 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...
  • Think Twice by Stephanie Rose

    Think Twice by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One couple risks it all, while the other may lose everything... At eighteen, PJ was full of dreams. She was on her way to becoming a serious artist and moving across the country, away from the unrequited, tortured dream of her much older brother’s irresistible best friend, Dylan. But when she forced herself to let that dream go, she never expected it to bounce back and refuse to let her...
  • Needing Nevaeh by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Needing Nevaeh by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She doesn’t realize I will give up everything to be with her. When I lost my leg, I’d thought I lost everything. Then I met Nevaeh. She gave me a reason to wake up in the morning, turned into my best friend, became the voice of sanity when the world was nothing but chaos...
  • Inked Craving: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Craving: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a friends to lovers romance that breaks all of their own rules.Instead of walking away with a marriage proposal, Paige Montgomery ended up broken hearted and pregnant.Now she has to figure out how to begin her life again alone...
  • Charlotte by Nicole James

    Charlotte by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Does the MC President want her bar badly enough to scare her into selling out?Or is he the only one who can save her from a madman?Rocker Charlotte Justice longs to escape her hectic life. Her estranged twin sister, Scarlett, owns Badlands, a biker bar outside Vegas, and has always wanted a chance at the limelight she feels was stolen from her...
  • 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...
  • 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 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...
  • 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...
  • Fierce Obsession: Alternate Cover by S Massery

    Fierce Obsession: Alternate Cover by S Massery

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Knox Whiteshaw is my husband.He’s also an egotistical psychopath who refuses to divorce me—even when I ask nicely.It doesn’t matter that I’m trying to move on with the goalie of his NHL team. Knox is dead set on ruining everything.My upcoming wedding, my future, my sanity…The man can hold a grudge like no other, and I am public enemy number one...
  • 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...
  • Still Not Love by Nicole Snow

    Still Not Love by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Not the heck again. I've had my alpha-jerkface fix.Now he's my sworn protector... I'm about to go nuclear. Yet I have to smile and pretend I won't slap him into the next century. James Nobel and I have history. Raging hearts. Dueling kisses. Firestorm nights. A man like him breaks laws with that suit and that smirk...
  • Hate You by Tracy Lorraine

    Hate You by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I loved to hate her...She made it so easy. She was everything I wasn’t—everything I didn’t want to be.A reminder that from the moment I was born, I was the outcast. The rebel.I went against everything that was expected of me and created a life on my terms. I built my own empire, carved out my own destiny.Then she shows up at my tattoo studio, representing everything I tried to escape...
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