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  • Rico: The Four Families: Romano by Cee Bowerman

    Rico: The Four Families: Romano by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Federico Romano didn’t just inherit his position as the head of the family, he clawed his way to the top, all while dealing with drama and secrets in his personal life that can never be allowed to see the light of day. The harsh and unforgiving mafia boss persona he presents to the world at large is light-years away from the loving man that his family knows...
  • Hook by Chelle Bliss

    Hook by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Falling in love is supposed to be the easy part. But nothing prepared me for losing my wife. I promised her that I’d love again. Find someone to mend my broken heart. And that seems impossible, until the day that I walk into Tilly Carter’s cupcake shop. I’ve never met a woman like her—sassy, dirty-mouthed, and smells like vanilla and sin. Someone that makes me want to sweep her off her feet...
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  • Tempting Promises by Corinne Michaels

    Tempting Promises by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    What’s the worst thing you could do when you’re stranded in the woods with your rival? Sleep with him. That’s what. Not only is Rowan Whitlock my sister’s ex, but we’re both vying for the contract that would save my family farm...
  • Charmed by Her Curves: A Curvy Woman Holiday Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Charmed by Her Curves: A Curvy Woman Holiday Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charmed by Her Curves is a short, sweet, and steamy romance book featuring a curvy heroine and a sexy alpha hero. It is the third in the Holly Street Holidays series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!Tiegan‘Tis the season to be jolly.Unless, like me, you're homeless and jobless just in time for the holidays...
    Categorized as:
    single-father  m-f  contemporary
  • Aiden by Lisa Helen Gray

    Aiden by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the second book in A Next Generation Carter Brother Novel; a spin-off from The Carter Brothers. I wasn’t looking for love. I was Aiden Carter; I didn’t do the whole fuzzy, lovey, romantic crap. I loved to party. I loved sex. I loved women. If I wanted it, I got it. It was the way my world worked and I made no qualms about it...
    Categorized as:
    single-father  m-f  humor  contemporary  alpha male  abuse
  • Dr. NEURO by Max Monroe

    Dr. NEURO by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    From the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of TAPPING THE BILLIONAIRE comes a new three book series of Romantic Comedy standalones. I’m Dr. Nick Raines. Brain surgeon and notorious over-thinker, I take the analytical approach with everything , until I can determine the best, carefully calculated plan of action...
  • Blood & Bones: Judge by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Judge by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 17 ratings
    Some risks are more dangerous than others... Judd “Judge” Scott lives a simple life running a successful business with his cousin, Deacon. As a bail bondsman and bounty hunter, he’s good at what he does. He never expected Trip to come home and resurrect the Blood Fury MC, reopening old wounds...
  • Securing Zoey by Susan Stoker

    Securing Zoey by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Zoey Knight has lived in Juneau, Alaska her entire life. She loves her friends, but yearns for more excitement. She gets more than she ever bargained for when the plane she’s in goes down in a remote stretch of wilderness. Mark “Bubba” Wright regrets not spending more time with his pop...
  • The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley

    The Life We Wanted by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "You have too many rules.""And you don't have enough." Sebastian Moore thought he had it all. A drumming gig with one of the world’s biggest up-and-coming stars. The looks and charm to get him any woman he laid his eyes on. All the friends he could ever ask for. But something was always missing...
  • Love in the Storm by Mandi Blake

    Love in the Storm by Mandi Blake

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a snowstorm sneaks up, she gets stranded with the handsome man who once arrested her. Will he be able to forgive her when the truth comes out?Lyric Woods has been sober for years now, but nothing about picking herself up from rock bottom has been easy. She’s behind on bills and on the verge of getting evicted, still paying for the mistakes of her past...
  • Craving Rose by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Craving Rose by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I, Rose Hawthorne, have crap taste in men. But, who could blame me, really? When the stories of how your dad and uncles raised hell before settling down are legendary, it was all too easy to see Prince Charming everywhere, believing that if a man loved me enough, he’d change. What a load of garbage...
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    single-father  m-f  new adult  contemporary  bikers
  • Jaxon by Kate Oliver

    Jaxon by Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leah: Who knew buying a run-down house would be so much work? It was hers, though, and while it might not be much, to Leah Day, it was perfect because it meant she was free from her cheating ex-husband. What she wasn’t prepared for was the roof to leak into her bedroom… She also wasn’t expecting her hot neighbor to come marching over to scold her for climbing onto the roof...
  • Tate by Kate Oliver

    Tate by Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Aria Aria thinks her life is over. She's been held captive for nearly a year along with several other women being told they would be sold at auction to the highest bidder. But suddenly, she's no longer in the box. She's in a hospital bed hooked up to too many machines with the most handsome and gentle doctor fussing over her. Surely she's dreaming because no one has ever cared for her like this...
  • Hot Single Dad by Claire Kingsley

    Hot Single Dad by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Reasons I need to stop fantasizing about Linnea: 1. She’s too young for me. 2. She’s my daughter’s nanny. I could stop there, couldn’t I? I’m already a cliché. The single dad who’s hot for the nanny. But it gets worse. 3. She’s my sister-in-law. My wife died when our daughter was a baby, and Linnea was just a quiet teenager. I barely knew her...
  • Falling into Forever by Avery Maxwell

    Falling into Forever by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What’s a brokenhearted romance novelist to do when an interview accidentally turns her into the villain? I’ll tell you one thing—the plan definitely wasn’t to turn to the man who taught me that happily ever afters exist only on the page...
  • The Archer and His Rosebud by Mindy Michele, Mindy Hayes

    The Archer and His Rosebud by Mindy Michele, Mindy Hayes

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    From the authors of Paper Planes and the Seaside Point series comes a new standalone contemporary romance about single parents.At nineteen, Willa Hawthorne had ambitions, a determination in her heart, and plans for the future. All of which vanished the moment she saw two pink lines.College parties and independence are replaced with late-night feedings and howling cries...
  • The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts

    The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    "Did you say I won almost two million dollars?" Running away from her former life and her controlling fiance, Darcy Wallace was down to her last ten dollars. And in the bright lights of a Las Vegas casino, Darcy gambled and won! Suddenly the small-town girl was big news - and in need of protection...
  • The Atelier Assignment by Annie Dyer

    The Atelier Assignment by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Her assignment is to not fall in love with him…Zeke Brooksbank is in need of a wake-up call. One that shakes him out of the grump he’s permanently in and turns him into a reasonable human being.I’m not staying at his country residence to tame the beast. I’m meant to be cataloguing his art collection, not fangirling over his own paintings, or becoming attached to his little daughter...
  • Count to Ten by Karen Rose

    Count to Ten by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    In all his years in the Chicago Fire Department, Lieutenant Reed Solliday ahs never experienced anything like this recent outbreak of house fires - devastating, vicious and in one case, homicidal. He has another problem - his new partner, Detective Mia Mitchell. She's brash, bossy, and taking the case in a direction he never imagined...
  • Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Hoping for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    All her life, Grace Ryan was the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time...
  • 32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley

    32 Rowan Blvd by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Get married.Buy a house.Have a baby.That's every girl's dream, isn't it? Well, maybe not every girl, but for Christy Bush, it was.So, when her boyfriend realized he didn't want any of those things, the obvious answer was to set him free and find a man who did...
  • Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis

    Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Meet cute... Run for the hills—temporarily . That's Colbie Albright's plan when she flees New York for San Francisco. Wrangling her crazy family by day and writing a bestselling YA fantasy series by night has taken its toll. In short, Colbie's so over it that she's under it. She's also under the waters of a historic San Francisco fountain within an hour of arrival...
  • Her Forever Hero by Melody Anne

    Her Forever Hero by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Growing up in a big adoptive family, gorgeous small-town attorney Cam has always had a life rich with love. But the one thing he’s missing is the perfect woman to grow old and raise a family with—and send sparks flying on those cold Montana nights! Still, Cam knows if it wasn’t for his caring parents and brothers, he wouldn’t be where he is today, so he tries to pay it forward whenever he can...
  • If You Were Mine by Bella Andre

    If You Were Mine by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Can two people who have both sworn off love find forever in each other's arms? Find out in IF YOU WERE MINE, the fifth book in Bella Andre’s bestselling Sullivan family contemporary romance series. The last thing Zach Sullivan wants is to take care of his brother's new puppy for two weeks. Until he meets the dog trainer, that is...
  • Inflame by Laramie Briscoe

    Inflame by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From a USA Today Bestseller comes a new series about single parents! Single-Dad Firefighter Since my divorce five years ago, these are the two labels I've identified with. Now, I'm ready for more. Ready to give dating a shot, even with an eight-year-old daughter and twenty-four hour shifts needing my attention...
  • Nanny Tempts the Beast by MINK

    Nanny Tempts the Beast by MINK

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Finding a nanny for my niece and nephew isn’t something I ever thought I’d be doing. But now I’m all the family they have left. I can’t let them down, and I won’t.All I have to do is hire a nanny. I interview plenty, but I know the moment Charlotte walks in the room—she’s the one. Innocent and young, something about her pulls me in until I want to know every last detail about her...
  • Everything I Never Wanted by K. Street

    Everything I Never Wanted by K. Street

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This wasn’t supposed to be my life. One phone call was all it took to bring me back to the small town I had grown up in. Everything had changed, and staying away was no longer an option. Four and a half years later, I was a widowed single father still here, still trying to pick up the pieces. We were doing just fine on our own, my little girl and me...
    Categorized as:
    single-father  m-f  christian  contemporary
  • Hello Doctor by Kelsie Hoss

    Hello Doctor by Kelsie Hoss

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first time I see my high school crush since graduation, I'm a thirty-year-old woman laying on the table for a pap smear.He's the hot, newly single doctor who just moved back to his hometown, hoping to find some stability for his daughter. Meanwhile, I'm a hot mess, just fired from my job and ousted from company housing...
  • Hello Doctor by Kelsie Hoss

    Hello Doctor by Kelsie Hoss

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The first time I see my high school crush since graduation, I’m a thirty-year-old woman laying on the table for a pap smear.He’s the hot, newly single doctor who just moved back to his hometown, hoping to find some stability for his daughter. Meanwhile, I’m a hot mess, just fired from my job and ousted from company housing...
  • My (Mostly) Temporary Nanny: A Grumpy Boss Romantic Comedy by Penelope Bloom

    My (Mostly) Temporary Nanny: A Grumpy Boss Romantic Comedy by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I will not think inappropriate thoughts about the nanny.She’s just temporary. A momentary blip in my life.Although I have to admit she’s quite attractive, as far as blips go.She’s also the first person my son has ever actually liked, which has to count for something.New plan: I will not… let myself get too attached to the nanny.I’ve always been the kind of man to keep my plans flexible...
  • Royal Line by Carrie Ann Ryan, Nana Malone

    Royal Line by Carrie Ann Ryan, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A princess on the run finds her version of a prince in this epic beginning to the Tattered Royals stand-alone series.I never asked for my tiara.My dreams were always bigger than a palace. They're as big as the world.Being fourth in line for the throne should have guaranteed me freedom. I thought I was one step from walking away forever, but a long-forgotten rule forces me to run instead...
  • The Agent's Baby Girl by Amy Cummings

    The Agent's Baby Girl by Amy Cummings

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Edmund Burks, a secret agent in Her Majesty’s Service. He possesses a license to kill—and a Daddy’s heart.Isabel Madding, a scared and desperate young woman in the clutches of an evil maniac. Fireworks ignite in this explosive new adventure from bestselling author Amy Cummings!Isabel is a small-town girl from North Carolina who went to Europe looking for adventure...
  • Three Little Words by Jenny Holiday

    Three Little Words by Jenny Holiday

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gia Gallo is officially in bridesmaid hell. Stranded in New York with her best friend's wedding dress, Gia has six days to make it to Florida in time for the ceremony. And oh-so-charming best man Bennett Buchanan has taken the last available rental car. Looks like she's in for one long road trip with the sexiest - and most irritating - Southern gentleman she's ever met..
  • Charm Me by Samantha Chase

    Charm Me by Samantha Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There isn’t anyone in Laurel Bay he hasn’t been able to charm.But charming a baby is a whole different story.Life has never been better for Jamie Donovan. Always has been. And now that it’s his turn to take charge of the family pub, he truly feels like everything in his life is just the way it’s supposed to be. Or it was until an early morning knock on his door ended with a baby on his doorstep...
  • Charm Me: A Small Town, Single Dad, Enemies to Lovers Standalone Romance by Samantha Chase

    Charm Me: A Small Town, Single Dad, Enemies to Lovers Standalone Romance by Samantha Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There isn’t anyone in Laurel Bay he hasn’t been able to charm.But charming a baby is a whole different story.Life has never been better for Jamie Donovan. Always has been. And now that it’s his turn to take charge of the family pub, he truly feels like everything in his life is just the way it’s supposed to be. Or it was until an early morning knock on his door ended with a baby on his doorstep...
  • Nanny I Want to Mate: A Single Dad Romance by Mia Kayla

    Nanny I Want to Mate: A Single Dad Romance by Mia Kayla

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Single dad.Two words that force me out of bed every morning.Because two little girls depend on me.Because my family’s company depends on me.As CEO, I have to show up, lead, be present.As Dad, there’s no room for error, not when it comes to raising my girls.I’m no longer the same man, just a shell of a person I once was, going through the motions every day. Not seeing, barely breathing...
  • Paper Snowflakes by Sammi Cee

    Paper Snowflakes by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Who knew a white-out could bring two men clarity? Cameron - There’s something about an older man that drives me wild, but when he’s an amazing father too... swoon-worthy...
  • Of Octopuses and Men by Misha Bell, Anna Zaires

    Of Octopuses and Men by Misha Bell, Anna Zaires

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My grandparents’ grumpy neighbor is as hot as the lethal Florida sun. And like the sun, he’s bad for me. My taste in men is the worst—just ask my ex and his restraining order.What am I doing in Florida with my grandparents, you wonder? Well, my best friend is an octopus, and he needs a bigger tank, so I took a job at an aquarium in the Sunshine State...
  • Can't Help Falling in Love by Bella Andre

    Can't Help Falling in Love by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Get ready for another Sullivan bad boy to fall in love in the third book of Bella Andre's bestselling contemporary romance series! Gabe Sullivan risks his life every day as a firefighter in San Francisco. But after learning a brutal lesson about professional boundaries, he knows better than to risk his heart to his fire victims ever again...
  • Sweet Liar by Jude Deveraux

    Sweet Liar by Jude Deveraux

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone.... Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen...
  • Mr. Grump by Leslie North

    Mr. Grump by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have a confession.I hate bachelorette parties.A night of dick straws, awkward dancing and being told “it’ll be you soon, Kaitlyn!”Especially when it’s at a super swanky Miami club—exactly where I don’t belong.Couldn’t get any worse, right?Enter Mr. Tall, Dark and I-didn’t-know-they-made-people-this-gorgeous.Grump supreme. His scowl has a scowl...
  • Never Too Hot by Bella Andre

    Never Too Hot by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A TOUCH IGNITES. A FIRE BURNS. AND THE HEAT HAS JUST BEGUN. Deep in the cool green mountains of the Adirondacks, wounded firefighter Connor MacKenzie has come to rebuild the 100-year-old MacKenzie family cabin - and to be alone...
  • Using the Biker by Sam Crescent

    Using the Biker by Sam Crescent

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After finally getting a divorce from her cheating ex, Jo is not ready to start a relationship, so when her best friend introduces her to the president of the MC club in town, she’s not interested in anything serious. But there’s no denying the attraction she feels toward him. Doc uses women. He has no reason to have them in his life other than to fuck them...
  • Melting into You by Tracey Alvarez

    Melting into You by Tracey Alvarez

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9780473285937. Love small-town romance with an unforgettable cast of characters? The Due South series will transport you to an unspoilt, wild island off the coast of New Zealand. Meet Kezia and Ben... Big, sexy men who don’t relate well to kids need not apply… Kezia Murphy plays her widow card well...
  • Knocked Up by the Sheriff: Knocked Up by Elisa Leigh

    Knocked Up by the Sheriff: Knocked Up by Elisa Leigh

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    HimOne night out with my boys turned into meeting the woman of my dreams.Until I wake up the next morning and she's nowhere to be found.HerIt was supposed to be one night of fun before school started.I should have known better. Nothing is ever that easy.Now I'm knocked up by the town sheriff and I have no idea what I'm going to do.To make matters worse, his daughter is in my class...
    Categorized as:
    single-father  m-f  contemporary  new adult
  • CEO Daddy: a Crescent Cove Standalone by Taryn Quinn

    CEO Daddy: a Crescent Cove Standalone by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m having a millionaire’s baby... New Year’s Eve, a night of new beginnings. Asher and I talked and sipped champagne. Eventually, we went up to my room at the bed and breakfast and... Let’s just say when I left that room, I was no longer a virgin. And that was it.  No last names, no numbers, no pressure. Something we both desperately needed...
  • Road Trip to Forever by Chelsea Curto

    Road Trip to Forever by Chelsea Curto

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two best friends. A road trip that changes everything. Lola Jones has been given the opportunity of a lifetime—the chance to show her designs at the Florida Fashion Show. When she enlists her best friend, Patrick Walker, to go on a road trip down to the Sunshine State with her, she never expects sparks to fly between them...
  • Gracie's Mom (Songs of Sin) by Misty Walker

    Gracie's Mom (Songs of Sin) by Misty Walker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    At thirty-nine years old, I have my life together.I’m a successful photographer, own my own home, and thanks to a teenage pregnancy, I’m already an empty nester.The only thing missing is love. And who has time for that?That’s my thought process the day my daughter, Gracie, calls to tell me she’s bringing her roommate home with her for spring break...
  • Billion Dollar Catch by Olivia Hayle

    Billion Dollar Catch by Olivia Hayle

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    House-sitting a mansion for the summer sounds easy, right? Until my rich, single dad neighbor catches me in a compromising position. Hint: I’d just taken off my bikini top. He’s billionaire Ethan Carter, a living legend in the tech world and father to two adorable little girls. Oh, and he’s the kind of ruggedly handsome that belongs in a calendar with firefighters and puppies...
  • Making It Last by Ruthie Knox

    Making It Last by Ruthie Knox

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    RITA finalist Ruthie Knox returns with a brand-new eBook original novella, the finale of her delightfully sexy Camelot series! A hotel bar. A sexy stranger. A night of passion. There’s a part of Amber Mazzara that wants those things, wants to have a moment — just one — where life isn’t a complicated tangle of house and husband and kids and careers...
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