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  • A Forever Family by Sandi Lynn

    A Forever Family by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the New York Times, USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Series, the Black family has returned. It all started one night when a selfless woman helped a drunken stranger get home safely from a club. Little did they both know that after that one night, their lives would change forever...
  • Trials and Tiaras by Heather Long

    Trials and Tiaras by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    It’s not true.
It can’t be.
Four DNA tests.Only one positive.The man claiming to be my father is quite literally the worst option imaginable. This isn’t happening to me. For the first time in my life, I know who I am and where I want to be and, in the blink of an eye, everything is spinning so utterly out of control.
I thought the fight with Maddy was the worst thing I faced.
It’s not...
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  • Endless Possibility by Emma Scott

    Endless Possibility by Emma Scott

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Noah Lake describes his arduous journey across Europe, learning to cope with his blindness, and his life now with the one woman who never gave up on him...
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    new adult  m-f  young adult  contemporary
  • The Deception You Weave: A Dark College Bully Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    The Deception You Weave: A Dark College Bully Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    I never could hide from him.Kane Legend always finds me.And now he’s found out the truth.The dark secret I’ve been hiding, the one that’s been slowly poisoning me from the inside out.The pain of the words falling from my lips, is nothing compared to the look of devastation in his eyes. Or the rage that follows.The way I thought he hated me back then is nothing compared to the damage he can do now...
  • Enchant by Rachel Van Dyken

    Enchant by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Stand Alone Prequel to the Eagle Elite Series In the mafia...only the strong survive. Joyce loves Luca. Luca loves Joyce. Frank loves his family and will do anything to protect it, even if it means taking away his brothers reason for existing. Falling, only takes one step, one movement of the chess piece, and in Joyce's fall she took more than just one heart with her...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  young adult  contemporary  mafia
  • Brothers by L.A. Casey

    Brothers by L.A. Casey

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Loyalty. Respect. Wit. Aggression. Heart. Each word describes the Slater brothers and how they were moulded into the men they are today … but what did it take to get them where they are? Pain. Disregard. Fear. Anger. Love. Peeling back each layer to find the brothers’ core means looking at their past to see how they got their future...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  young adult
  • Something Beautiful by Jamie McGuire

    Something Beautiful by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    America Mason, a sassy undergrad at Eastern State University, is in love with a Maddox--Shepley Maddox. Unlike his cousins, Shepley is more lover than fighter, but a road trip to her parents' home in Wichita, Kansas could mean the next step, or the end of everything...
  • The Proposal by J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout

    The Proposal by J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Twitter fiction story of Cam and Avery.http://www.iheartbigbooks.com/2014/03...http://www.scribd.com/doc/231133105/T..
  • #Holiday: A Hashtag Series Short Story by Cambria Hebert

    #Holiday: A Hashtag Series Short Story by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Givers gonna give… Twas the night of game day, And all through the town, Lacey glittering snowflakes fluttered around. They clung to the roads, concealing everything with white. It was a beautiful #holiday sight. The paparazzi were out without any care, In hopes to catch Romeo and Rimmel, rumored to be there. When out on the road there arose such a clatter...
  • The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Truth In Lies Series. READ This Much Is True, book 1 first, although it's been written as a standalone. Readers say, don't do that. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway ~ A Farewell To Arms They share an epic love but one moment changes everything. A life together that seemed certain is shattered...
  • Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long

    Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    Everything changes. Even the things we didn’t ask for. Jake, Archie, Coop, and Ian were my best friends and three of them still are and they’re also now my lovers, my boyfriends, and pretty much the anchors keeping me from getting washed away.I’ve had great moments and I’ve had horrible ones. One thing is for sure, I’ll never forget my senior year.It’s the year everything changed...
  • Keys and Kisses by Heather Long

    Keys and Kisses by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    When the year started, I had one goal—make my AP classes count and keep my grades up. Both my focus and my grades started wobbling. Dating my best friends came with perks like hugs, kisses, and invitations to dances, but it also came with cons in the form of vindictive posts, hate mail, and vandalism of my car.I asked if it could get any worse, and I guess I got my answer.My college essays suck...
  • Fallen Crest Christmas by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Christmas by Tijan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    This is a very very short Fallen Crest High novella consisting of one scene that has three parts, and an additional bonus scene. Happy Holidays from Tijan...
  • Saving Memphis by Bre Rose

    Saving Memphis by Bre Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AshlynnI thought by running he wouldn’t find me, and I could protect the ones I loved. How wrong was I. He found me and the threats continued. I thought this time was different, I had the guys, who swore to protect me. What we never suspected was that there was also a threat closer than we knew. Aiding him in his desire to take me...
  • Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen

    Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I fancy myself a purveyor of truth, a sifter of lies, a cutter of bullshit. It’s not a gift, but rather, all skill, honed to a razor’s edge after one too many trips down the rabbit hole. Some may dismiss my talent as misplaced and misguided cynicism, but they’d be wrong. Cliches about hope and faith in mankind are concocted unicorn farts, an effort to keep the dreamers dreaming...
  • Curvy Girls Can't Date Best Friends by Kelsie Stelting

    Curvy Girls Can't Date Best Friends by Kelsie Stelting

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It was all fake dating and games until my heart got involved...I wanted to have the best summer ever. To have my first kiss and finally get my brother’s best friend to notice me.So I talked my best friend Carson into helping.He’d do anything for me, and I’d do the same for him. But somewhere between fake dating and pretending to fall in love with him, I fell for real...
  • Dare to Dream by S.B. Alexander

    Dare to Dream by S.B. Alexander

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He'll do anything to protect his love, even if it means trading his life for hers... Bad boy Kade Maxwell knows the pain of loss. His sister's death tore his family apart. His life seemed destined down a nightmarish path until he met Lacey Robinson, a light that cuts though his darkness. Despite her own tragedy, her beauty, determination, and dedication makes him believe he can dream again...
  • Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ayden Gregory may want to keep running from his nightmares, but he no longer has a choice. His past is catching up with him. And fast. He relies on one person to keep him from crumbling. His best friend Lyric Scott. Lyric feels helpless watching her best friend’s world turn upside down. But she does her best to remain positive and upbeat...
  • That Wedding by Jillian Dodd

    That Wedding by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The gorgeous engagement ring on my finger mimics my happiness. I feel so sparkly, glittery, and full of promise, because I absolutely know he's that boy. The boy I want to marry. My prince. My happily ever after. But then our pastor starts asking lots of questions. His parents say I haven’t dealt with my past.  I have horrible wedding disaster dreams. I can’t find the perfect dress...
  • Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Haley Jones already thought her life was complicated, but after the events of the gala, she is in desperate need of direction—if only there was a compass for locating her missing dad or navigating relationships. Despite her efforts to gain independence and forge her own identity, she still feels adrift in her new life...
  • Saving Brad by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde Media

    Saving Brad by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde Media

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Brad: I’m in love with my best friend’s girl. She knows it. He knows it. Everyone knows it. Faye will never be mine, but try telling that to my stupid heart. An endless rotation of girls streams in and out of my bedroom in a desperate attempt to forget her, but nothing eases the horrid ache in my chest. Rejection isn’t anything new for me, but it hasn’t gotten any easier...
  • Shattered Love by Stacey Marie Brown

    Shattered Love by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Everyone has a story about a broken heart, but Jaymerson’s heart wasn’t just broken. It was completely shattered… Along with her body and mind. Jaymerson Holloway had it all—until one moment. One bad decision. A split second and her life was altered forever. Faced with unimaginable grief and guilt, while learning to simply walk again, Jaymerson realizes she will never be the same...
  • Dare You To Love Me: by Serena Akeroyd

    Dare You To Love Me: by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Jessa loves Sam, as does Drew. And Sam? Well... That's where things get complicated. There's a new boy in town. Troubled teen, Max, has been brought into the elite academy of HawkRidge High School by his father, a General in the Armed Forces. On his first day, he meets Jessa and she brings him into the fold of the captain of the football team, Sam, and the quarterback, Drew...
  • Something About Lorelei by Sandi Lynn

    Something About Lorelei by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My name is Jack Sutton, CEO of Sutton Fashion Magazine and I have the world at my fingertips. A successful career, loads of money and beautiful women who were always at my beckoning call. My problem? I lived under the shadow of my mother who started the company over thirty years ago...
  • At the Buzzer by E.M. Moore

    At the Buzzer by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Senior year. My last chance…The Ballers took everything away from me last year. Riding the bench wasn’t what I’d planned, and I don’t want a repeat of that this season. I can’t have a repeat of that, not if I want to accomplish all those goals I set for myself when I first came to RHS.There’s one problem though. One Baller is determined to keep me on the sidelines. I’m broken because of him...
  • Brave by Natalie Gayle

    Brave by Natalie Gayle

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brave A moment in time, that’s all it took. Beauty, pain and tragedy. Xander “Pretty Boy” Todd was a demon in the ring. A professional MMA fighter with a career that had the world a buzz—but now it’s gone. Or is it? Eden Sommers had her dreams of an international modelling career within her grasp—and lost it. Gone within a few seconds, leaving nothing but pain...
  • Adrenaline: A Fall Away Series Bonus Content Collection by Penelope Douglas

    Adrenaline: A Fall Away Series Bonus Content Collection by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    **You ask. You receive!*** Have you read Bully and the rest of the Fall Away series? Would you enjoy having all the bonus content in one place? Adrenaline is approximately 36, 000 words of bonus scenes, deleted scenes, character conversations, and Q&As shared over the past few years and is mostly material not found in the actual books. Here, you'll find..
  • Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn

    Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dex is many things, a college senior, the bassist for The Invisibles, a son, a friend, everything but a boyfriend. Everybody knows him as the shallow guy who’s up for a good time anytime. People rarely take the time to see the loyal guy lying just beneath the happy-go-lucky façade. There are parts of Dex’s life he keeps hidden. Ones he believes no one would understand...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  young adult  college
  • Broken Hill Hurt by Sheridan Anne

    Broken Hill Hurt by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    We had it all until we didn’t.Nate Ryder has been the center of my world for the past few months. He’s cared for me, cherished me, and shown me a love I never even imagined could be real.He was my rock when my father left and my voice when I didn’t have one. He was once my bully but now holds my heart in the palm of his hands, along with it, the power to destroy me...
  • Wherever You Are by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Wherever You Are by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ​​I WILL RUIN HER. You know that old saying “opposites attract” — well, no one ever tells you what happens after the attraction part. Do opposites stick together forever? Or do they just self-combust? And then there’s the third option: someone or something forces them apart. Look, the third option isn’t happening to us. I will end the bastard who thinks he can keep me from her...
  • More Than Water by Renee Ericson

    More Than Water by Renee Ericson

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t feel wrong. It just...feels. EJ Cunning, an art history major, dates musicians. Foster Blake, a chemical engineering major, can’t sing a tune. They’re not each other’s type. They’re coworkers. Then, one night leads to sex—sex between friends—which leads to an agreement. It all seems so simple—but nothing ever is. Many layers build a person’s facade...
  • Strum Your Heart Out by Crystal Kaswell

    Strum Your Heart Out by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Special new release price of 2.99. Price goes up 11/23 Best friends aren't supposed to fall in love. College senior Kara Kendrick is not about to let lust ruin a good friendship. Yes, her rock star guitarist best friend Drew Denton is stubborn, over-protective, and quick to threaten violence on anyone who hurts her. He's also the only person she's ever trusted. He makes her laugh...
  • Fighter by Tijans Books

    Fighter by Tijans Books

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    All of Dale's brothers help with their bounty hunting business, all except her. Wanting out of that life, she left for college, but on her first morning back home for the holidays, she’s back to chasing after a bail jumper. When she realizes the jumper is her ex-boyfriend, Jax, Dale gets dragged into helping him evade her brothers so he can win an underground fighting competition...
  • The Allure of Julian Lefray by R.S. Grey

    The Allure of Julian Lefray by R.S. Grey

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    From: JosephineKeller@LLDesigns.comTo: LilyNBlack@gmail.comSubject: Justin Timberlake Nudes! Lily, you predictable perv. I knew you’d open this email faster if I tempted you with a glimpse of JT's “PP”. Well, put your pants back on and grab some bubbly because I have much better news to share. I GOT A JOB! As of tomorrow, I’ll be the new executive assistant at Lorena Lefray Designs...
  • Party Girl by Rachel Hollis

    Party Girl by Rachel Hollis

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Wash Your Face comes the story of a small-town girl finding her way in Hollywood one misstep at a time—now paired with the novella Party Girl’s First Date. Landon Brinkley’s dreams are all coming true. She’s landed an internship with a fabulous event planner for the Hollywood elite, taking her from small-town Texas to the bright lights of LA...
  • Crew Princess by Tijan

    Crew Princess by Tijan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Being crew is walking between two worlds. One world is normal: Prom. Parties. College. Those are the concerns they worry about. In our world, we deal with other situations. Cops. Drugs. Brawling. That’s a typical day for us...
  • The Lyon Trilogy by Jordan Silver

    The Lyon Trilogy by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This bundle includes the following novels: Lyon's Crew: Colton Lyon is the tattooed, pierced (with an Apadravya) leader of a bike crew. His wealthy background and bad boy good looks makes him every young girl's fantasy but Lyon has sworn off women...
  • Varsity Tiebreaker by Ginger Scott

    Varsity Tiebreaker by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Abby Cortez is a girl with goals, on the verge of turning eighteen and on the brink of stardom. Falling in love isn't just something she doesn't have time for, it's something she doesn't really believe in. Her rule? Date but never, ever fall.Tory "Salvatore" D'Angelo loves falling in love...just not for real...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  sports  contemporary  young adult
  • Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

    Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 55 ratings
    Lara Jean is having the best senior year. And there’s still so much to look forward to: a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, and her dad’s wedding to Ms. Rothschild. Then she’ll be off to college with Peter, at a school close enough for her to come home and bake chocolate chip cookies on the weekends...
  • Beautiful Dangerous by Penny Dee

    Beautiful Dangerous by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It seemed like a good idea at the time. Get over my break-up by having a one-night stand with a rock ‘n’ roll hottie and move on with my life. Going on tour as the official photographer to the world’s number one band was not part of the plan...
  • The Secret Ex-Boyfriend by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    The Secret Ex-Boyfriend by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Don’t have a best friend that’s a girl" — this was the advice from my older cousin. I didn’t take it. Because he followed with, "friends don’t f*ck friends. And you’ll want to f*ck her." It was terrible advice. My cousin should’ve told me that being best friends with Baylee Wright — since she was twelve — would be the best and worst decision of my life...
  • The Shortstop by A.M. Madden

    The Shortstop by A.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Quint and Annie sitting in a tree…K.I.S.S.I.N.G.” Quint Lawson and Annie Weber heard that childhood song over and over and it never bothered them. Even though Quint was only five, Annie wasn’t just his neighbor. She would become his best friend and the love of his life. Annie wasn’t interested in dolls, or girly things when growing up...
  • Living at the Frat House (College Romance) by Penny Wylder

    Living at the Frat House (College Romance) by Penny Wylder

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My first day at college, and I made the biggest mistake of my life.It started with a silly dare-- join a frat house. Thanks to a loophole in the college rules, girls can do that here. But no one with good sense would willingly live with a bunch of dudes.One night in the frat, then I'd bail the next morning, ready for high-fives from the elite clique who put me up to the dare in the first place...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  humor  young adult  bdsm
  • When Our Worlds Collide by Lindsey Iler

    When Our Worlds Collide by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Graham Black has the world at his fingertips. He's an all-star baseball player who manages to slide by with his devilish good looks. It's his uncanny charm that leads him into the beds and hearts of most of the girls at school. One night his poor choices collide him into the world of Kennedy Conrad. She's quiet and reserved. Everything he's not...
  • The Way We Break by Cassia Leo

    The Way We Break by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The stunning continuation in the bestselling Story of Us series from New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo. Live the truth... The truth about Hallie has torn Houston and Rory apart for a second time. Houston is finally unburdened of the secret his sister confided in him, but now he must deal with the aftermath...
  • Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy

    Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Beck Callahan.Star defensive Lineman.Most popular boy on campus.One of my best friends.He’s always been off limits because I know a relationship with him could never work. Like, ever. He’s too perfect, too sweet, too good looking. Taking what we have a step further has the potential to ruin everything, and his friendship is too important to me...
  • Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

    Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 138 ratings
    A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan.... But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she's really good at it. She and her twin, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving.Reading. Rereading...
  • One Last Kiss by Susan Ward

    One Last Kiss by Susan Ward

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Linda is on a mission to find her father. Her journey to locate the gifted musician who abandoned her before she was born takes her through the steamy and drug fueled world of the LA music scene where she is rapidly climbing the ranks as a prime groupie sought after by the brilliant and talented men of rock music. Jackson Parker is a living music legend from the ‘60s...
  • Not Just Another Romance Novel by Lisa Suzanne

    Not Just Another Romance Novel by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is it really wrong to have more than one boyfriend? I brought a new one into my bed almost every night. From conference rooms to broom closets, I escaped reality with my leading men. Okay, so they were fictional book boyfriends. In reality I should have been concentrating on classes while I looked for a living, breathing man to help me achieve my romantic fantasies...
  • Accelerate by Tracy Wolff

    Accelerate by Tracy Wolff

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy carjacker takes a would-be starlet for the ride of her life as a pulse-pounding new series from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff begins.   Once the brains behind a car-boosting ring, Nic Medina has spent the last three years playing it straight. Now drag racers flock to his L.A. auto shop, Hotwired, for a shot at going head-to-head with the man himself...
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