A's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:48:39 -0700 60 A's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Broken (LOST, #1) 22059324 The first novel in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's sizzling LOST series introduces the Last Option Search Team, an elite unit that must protect the only surviving victim of a serial killer.

Ex-SEAL and LOST founder Gabe Spencer is accustomed to the unusual in his job. But when knockout Eve Gray steps into his office, he's rattled. For the mysterious woman is a dead ringer for the heiress thought to be the latest prey of the serial killer who goes by the name Lady Killer.

When Eve awoke in an Atlanta hospital, her past was a blank slate. Then she recognized her own face in the newspaper and vowed to learn the truth. Determined to confront the nightmares hidden in her mind, she never expects to find a partner in Gabe.

As Gabe and Eve work together, their explosive attraction becomes irresistible. Gabe knows that his desire for Eve is growing too strong, bordering on a dangerous obsession, but nothing pulls him away from her. And when another Eve lookalike disappears, Gabe vows to protect Eve at all costs. While Eve may have forgotten the killer in her past, it's clear he hasn't forgotten her.]]> 348 Cynthia Eden 0062349562 A 5 3.93 2015 Broken (LOST, #1)
author: Cynthia Eden
name: A
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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The whodunnit was great, even though it kind of became obvious before the reveal. I was debating between the actual person and another due to one misdirect but I’m also glad I half guessed it. The amnesia stories always intrigue me, and the mystery in figuring out the past was also done well here, as they themselves bring a suspense with the amnesia. Yet another favourite from Eden! Memorable.
]]> <![CDATA[Face Your Demon (Night Watch Paranormal Romance, #3)]]> 211107664 Can you stand the heat? Because they can�Hybrid demon Zane Wynter plays with fire each day—and night—of his life. As a bounty hunter with Night Watch, it’s his job to hunt down the dangerous predators of the supernatural variety. Usually the job is a piece of cake for someone as powerful as Zane, but then she walks—or, rather, burns—her way into his life.It’s never hot enough for her.Jana Carter looks innocent, delicate, weak…but appearances were made to deceive. She’s spent her whole life playing with fire. After all, Ignitors are born to fan the flames. But she is not the horrible villainess that Zane suspects. In fact, Jana is being set up for a series of crimes. The problem is that she has to find a way to convince the dangerous, determined, and smoking-hot demon that she’s innocent.Zane isn’t the only one hot on her trail.Desire flames between the demon and Ignitor—two hunters who should be enemies but become so much more. Yet the closer Zane gets to Jana, the deeper the danger grows. Zane isn’t the only hunter on her trail, and if the dark group known as Project Perseus gets their hands on Jana, Zane may lose the only woman who could ever truly match his fire.FACE YOUR DEMON was first published by Kensington in December of 2010—and at that time, it was released under the title of ETERNAL FLAME. I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to bring this “classic� paranormal romance back to readers.]]> 396 Cynthia Eden 1960633708 A 0 to-read 4.42 2010 Face Your Demon (Night Watch Paranormal Romance, #3)
author: Cynthia Eden
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average rating: 4.42
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]]> <![CDATA[Slay My Name (Night Watch Paranormal Romance, #2)]]> 211102321 Sometimes danger comes in a deceptive package.

The vamps need to be afraid…because Sandra “Dee� Daniels is on the hunt. Ever since vamps killed her family, Dee has made it her mission to take out the blood suckers who stalk the night. Sure, she might be human and she might look small and delicate, but the best threat is the one that the vamps never see coming. By the time they see her, it’s far too late.

She’s the woman he needs.

Simon Chase has been after Dee for a very long time…not that she knows this secret. Not that she knows any of the secrets he’s keeping. The delectable Dee thinks that she’s in charge because she’s a bounty hunter for Night Watch, the paranormal bounty hunting agency in Baton Rouge. She needs to think again. Dee’s world is about to be turned upside down, and when the dust settles, he’ll be the only friend she has.

Blood. Passion. Nights can sure be hell�

A Born Master is closing in on Dee—and everyone knows that the immensely powerful Borns are the worst of the worst. Her ally in the fight against him? The mysterious Simon. But when Simon shows his own fangs, Dee knows that she’s been tricked. And, suddenly, Dee isn’t just hunting vamps. She’s falling for one.

But what happens when death comes calling for Dee? She’s always feared becoming the thing she hates the most. Yet Simon isn’t just going to stand there and let her slip from his world. One way or another, he will keep her. Provided, of course, that he and Dee can stop the immortal killing machine who is hot on their trail.

A vampire’s love isn’t just for now. It’s forever.

SLAY MY NAME was first published by Kensington in July of 2010—back then, it was released under the title of I’LL BE SLAYING YOU. I am very happy to be bringing this “classic� paranormal romance to readers again.]]> 324 Cynthia Eden 1960633694 A 0 to-read 4.23 2010 Slay My Name (Night Watch Paranormal Romance, #2)
author: Cynthia Eden
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Still Burning (Judgement series, #4)]]> 229031499 “Not looking for closure. I don’t close a good book until the story ends.�

And ours started when I was sixteen. Eighteen years later, we had become different people, living another life than the one we had imagined then. One without each other. Having Rome Bower back in my life had been more than a blast from the past. My soul had felt at home again. Turns out he wasn’t just my first love but he’d been the only one to truly own my heart.

Loving him was easy, surviving him was hard. And I had a secret that was best left alone. There was no need to drag up painful memories that he didn’t need to know. Not even when someone else gets the one thing I’ve wanted more than anything else. I refuse to be the distraction that will one day leave him with a world of regrets.

But then, I may not have that choice to make. When our second chance is being tested, and we are holding on tightly to what we have found, it is snatched away by a man with my dead husband’s face. I know too much, and the Irishman known as The Ghost can’t allow that.]]> 197 Abbi Glines A 0 to-read 4.44 Still Burning (Judgement series, #4)
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]]> The Rebel (Spade Hotel, #2) 198174340 Two stranded strangers.
Three wildly passionate nights.
A thousand secrets between them.

After getting trapped in a blizzard, my private jet grounded, with no hotel room available within miles, I met a woman at the bar.

Rowan.

A knockout blessed with killer curves, gorgeous emerald eyes, and a mouth that should be illegal. She triggered all the primal and possessive emotions I’d never known I had.

Not the typical Cooper Spade that the world had come to know.

What followed was a fiery, unforgettable, wildly explosive weekend of sizzling touches, passionate nights, and intense chemistry.

The rebel had finally fallen �

But when the storm cleared, I returned to LA and learned that the woman I’d just spent seventy-two carnal hours with was the enemy, and I’d loved every minute of it.

A scorching enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, billionaire romance.]]> 386 Marni Mann A 0 to-read 4.21 2024 The Rebel (Spade Hotel, #2)
author: Marni Mann
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> Not Safe for Work 218372272 Rival engineers dabble in personal chemistry while at a tropical company retreat in this smart, zippy romcom.

Engineer Trishara Malik once dreamed of being the first woman of color to smash the glass ceiling at WMC Purcell, but after years of dealing with white male privilege and blatant nepotism, she watches her hard-earned promotion go to her nemesis, Rafe Gallagher—the boss’s son. Teetering on the edge of burnout, Tris is stunned when she’s picked to attend WMC's corporate leadership retreat in Hawaii. It’s a chance to revive her stalled career and compete for a coveted spot in an executive training program—plus, three weeks in paradise! The only downside? Rafe is her co-attendee.

Tris plans to avoid Rafe entirely, but when she arrives in Maui, a booking error has them stuck sharing the honeymoon suite. Sure, it’s not all torture. Rafe is a smoldering ten—okay fine, an eleven—but after years of competition, they can barely stand being in the same time zone. As they vie against each other during aptitude tests and team-building exercises, Tris begins to realize Rafe might not be the villain after all. With her dreams at stake, can she learn to trust the man who might have been standing in her corner all along?]]> 352 Nisha J. Tuli 1538759268 A 0 to-read 4.26 Not Safe for Work
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]]> Book Boyfriend 213870115 Devoted fangirl meets hesitant fanboy in this swoony contemporary love letter to readers who adore fantasy worlds, from the beloved authors of The Breakup Tour.

Jennifer Worth lives to escape into the world of her favorite romantasy series Elytheum Courts, where the romance is sweeping and the men are brave, chivalrous... and winged. Newly single and craving connection, she travels to an immersive fan experience celebrating all things Elytheum, only to see the last face she expected—Scott Daniels, her work nemesis, whose disinterest in Jennifer’s favorite series and standoffishness have made their publishing jobs feel like a feuding fae court.

Except the Scott she encounters there, in his secondhand cosplay outfit, is... different. Swaggering, flirtatious, confident. Unlucky in romance himself and inspired by Jennifer’s love for the swoonworthy men of Elytheum, Scott is determined to remake himself into the perfect book boyfriend.

Jennifer has no interest in helping the man who vexes her every workday and dismisses her fictional fantasies, but as the immersive convention activities force them together, they’re surprised to discover magic like none Jennifer has ever read about. But is enemies-to-lovers romance only for books, or can Jennifer and Scott bring the trope to life?]]> 384 Emily Wibberley 0593638662 A 0 to-read 3.28 2025 Book Boyfriend
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average rating: 3.28
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]]> <![CDATA[Out of the Shadows (Hudson Security #1)]]> 223084285 He’s the founder of Hudson Security.
Intense, smoking hot, and former special forces.
He’s also her boss and long-time friend, but when danger explodes around them, they’re drawn together by a passion neither can deny.

Sabrina “Bean� Ventura is one of the most skilled hackers in the world. She’s the unseen force behind Hudson Security, unraveling secrets from the safety of the shadows. With a lifetime of solitude and a hardened heart, she’s learned to keep her distance—no relationships, no attachments. She has one job and one job find the intel and take down the bad guys. However, when one of their own is threatened, everything changes.

Gavin Frazier is a man with one primary protecting those under his care. As the head of Hudson Security, he’s ruthless in his pursuit of safety for his clients and employees. There’s no time for distractions. But when Bean is injured, his protective instincts flame to life in ways he never expected. She’s more than his employee and trusted friend, she’s everything he can’t seem to resist.

As the danger around them escalates, Gavin’s desire to protect Bean grows—as does the undeniable chemistry between them. While they race against time to stop an unknown enemy, they must trust each other like never before or risk losing everything—including their chance at love.

Author's Please check the author's website for all CWs and tropes.]]> 332 Christina Sol A 5 4.31 Out of the Shadows (Hudson Security #1)
author: Christina Sol
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average rating: 4.31
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Great, cute and sultry romance. Gavin was very sweet.
]]> <![CDATA[You Don't Kiss Your Brother's Best Friends: A Reverse Harem Romance]]> 228677178 My brother Jason’s best friends have always been sinfully hot, and entirely off limits.
Until the one scorching night I could have all of them.

My Greek vacation is utterly miserable; a solo distraction from a disaster back home. But when my brother’s best friends show up out of nowhere? Taking me back to a mysterious island mansion is the last thing I expect.

The breathtaking manor is the perfect playground; remote, empty, and thousands of miles from home. So when a poolside kissing contest ends in a three-way tie, with me as the prize? The only fair thing is to let them all have me� in every way, shape, and form.

What happens at the mansion stays in the mansion� that is, until their employers show up with a deadly plan of their own. Turns out my new lovers have been working for some very dangerous people. But as skilled ex-Marines, with an axe of their own to grind? I end up right smack in the middle of their plan to get even.

Kayden is the roguishly handsome high school crush I’d almost gone all the way with. Bishop is the strapping soldier who made me swoon every time he came home from deployment, and Andre is the ripped, tattooed monster - and gentle giant - as hell-bent on protecting me as he is at getting revenge.

Can the four of us forge a loving future together, even stronger than the bonds of our past? Or will a lethal group of vicious mercenaries figure out what we’re trying to do, and bring it all crashing down?

You Don’t Kiss Your Brother’s Best Friends is a military reverse harem love story filled with heart-pounding suspense, thrilling action, and so much sweltering heat you’ll need to sit on a cooler of ice to read it. HEA guaranteed!]]> 332 Krista Wolf A 2 4.29 You Don't Kiss Your Brother's Best Friends: A Reverse Harem Romance
author: Krista Wolf
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> Screaming O (Cocktales #4) 45356635
Elias has resisted his attraction to Jayne, assuming his dominance in the bedroom would send her running for the hills. Alone in a snowstorm, Elias tests the waters and is blown away by Jayne’s innate submissiveness. Ice play? Bondage? Flogging? Bring it on.
Soon it’s no longer a question of whether or not Elias should pursue Jayne, even if she’s not sure she’s brave enough to submit to him forever. She’s made for him, and this determined alpha male will stop at nothing until he’s claimed her....forever.]]> 129 Mari Carr 1958056804 A 2 4.25 2013 Screaming O (Cocktales #4)
author: Mari Carr
name: A
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2013
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Bachelor's Bait (Cocktales #3)]]> 45356665
Sophia Kennedy is determined to chase her own success, rather than ride her father’s coattails. She doesn’t feel the need to explain herself to anyone, least of all the free-aid lawyer who’s determined to judge her as a society princess. She’d ignore him altogether…if it were up to her mind. But nooooo. Her body just has to have its say—and it’s using words like “gorgeous�, “hot� and “sexy�.

Marc Garrett has no time for a relationship. And he certainly doesn’t want a rich society fixture, though the damning evidence below his belt suggests otherwise. The more he comes to know his hardworking princess, the more he wants her…in his bed, over his lap, against a wall. He’s falling hard, but after holding Sophie’s wealth against her, how will she react when she learns of his own rather prosperous roots?]]> 97 Mari Carr 1958056790 A 4 4.28 2012 Bachelor's Bait (Cocktales #3)
author: Mari Carr
name: A
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)]]> 214331246 When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.]]> 382 Suzanne Collins 1546171460 A 4 4.65 2025 Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
author: Suzanne Collins
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average rating: 4.65
book published: 2025
rating: 4
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Devastating. All the loss Haymitch had to endure just made me tear up and hate Snow even more, when I thought I already hated him to the utmost! Collins has always written well, but it’s even stronger especially when known characters, like Beetee, Wiress, Mags, Plutarch, Maysilee, some favourites like Effie, her reveal was wonderful, a bright point in an otherwise tragic and depressing story because we knew how Haymitch ends up, so the anxious wait for the end was very weird. It was great to get to know Katniss’s father, and the epilogue with Haymitch’s POV of Katniss and Peeta was so adorable and heart-wrenching! It was sad seeing the previous versions of Wiress and Mags, and that they had to endure torture due to Haymitch’s actions to become what they were in the original trilogy. It was always emotional reading Haymitch thinking about his Ma and Sid, as it was known that they wouldn’t survive his rebellion. I have to say, while it was annoying that teenage Haymitch kept moaning about Lenore Dove in his thoughts, much more than his family, it was a nice twist that Haymitch got to know that his girl was related to Snow’s girl, Lucy Gray. That was a good connection that I didn’t expect, plus it seems we even got to see Lucy Gray’s end in the graveyard, so this story tied everything up well. I don’t think I would ever re read this though, it might be my least favourite, even after Snow’s story, just purely for the devastation of this story. There is no happy ending for Haymitch is something we know from the start, as I keep repeating, so I wouldn’t read this again, like I might with Snow’s story, just because his prequel was more interesting as we didn’t know how he became who he was. The little children deaths were heart breaking, and I’m looking forward to seeing this on the big screen.
]]> Screwdriver (Cocktales #2) 45356670
Jordan spends way too much time fantasizing about her landlord, but she’s in Gabriel’s “just friends� column. She’s prepared to pine forever—until she meets Casey. The handyman is sexy, handsome, charming…and Gabriel’s best friend. Suddenly her wicked fantasies are porntastic times two.

Casey has suspected his friend’s interest in Jordan. If he can push them together, he might get Gabriel off the bimbo train he’s been riding. The plan? Jealousy. And it’s working. It’s not long before Gabriel’s deeper feelings for Jordan emerge. Problem is…so do Casey’s. So they do what good friends do…share.

Two gorgeous men exploring every inch of her body? Um, yes please! Jordan doesn’t know if threesomes are considered acceptable, but she’s sure of one thing—being this bad feels far too good.]]> 104 Mari Carr 1958056782 A 3 4.22 2012 Screwdriver (Cocktales #2)
author: Mari Carr
name: A
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> Party Naked (Cocktales #1) 44662137
It's hate at first sight when hot cop Jarod gives cynical bartender Stephanie a ticket. So when Jarod finds himself in her bar that same evening working undercover, things go south quickly. An impromptu kiss--to keep Steph from blowing his cover--turns into a sizzling one-night stand. She’s convinced she has no time for anything deeper than sex�

But Jarod begs to differ. Steph’s more than willing to party naked with the him, but she’s adamant they’re driven by lust, not love. He’s prepared to prove otherwise, even if it means giving up one of the things he and Steph do best…because he’s sure she’s worth the chase. He’ll even pull out the cuffs if necessary.]]> 113 Mari Carr 1958056774 A 2 4.05 2011 Party Naked (Cocktales #1)
author: Mari Carr
name: A
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2011
rating: 2
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]]> Forbidden Games 214897335 Will they run from danger? Or give in to temptation?

Make Me Want

Lucy Baudin is full of insecurity after her break up, but she’s about to make partner at her law firm and it’s time for her to regain control. So she hires Gideon Novak, cut-throat headhunter and her ex’s best friend, to give her confidence lessons in the bedroom. Despite their sizzling chemistry, Gideon has always kept his distance, but now, teaching her about touch, trust and letting go is opening up a world of risks. Is this a mistake for them both? Or will they each find something they never knew they wanted?

Make Me Crave

Of all the private islands in all the world, he kayaked into hers. Allie Landers just enjoyed the best holiday sex with an irresistible stranger � only to find out he’s no stranger. Dealmaker Roman Bassani has been pressuring Allie into taking on investors for her women-focused fitness company. After their accidental one-night stand, they agree to put business aside for one week. Then it’s back to the real world � and their real rivalry. What happens to their opposing interests when they return from paradise?

Perfect for fans

Billionaire & millionaire 💸

Opposites attract ☯️

Workplace romance 💼

No-strings 🧵

Holiday romance 🌴]]> Katee Robert 0008940967 A 0 to-read 3.47 2025 Forbidden Games
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average rating: 3.47
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]]> <![CDATA[Walking Red Flag (Semyonov Bratva, #3)]]> 217912740
If anyone on Earth should know that, it’s Milena Semyonov.

She’s suffered blow after blow, and the hits just keep on coming.

Just when she’s sworn off being happy, that maybe being numb is the better way to navigate life, she meets him.
Cutter Carson Clayborne.

The man that finally shows her how a real man is supposed to treat her.

Just when she didn’t think life could get any worse, the man that abused her as a young, impressionable teen is back, showing her that life can, in fact, get worse.

When she’s ready to quit, Cutter is there, making sure that she knows that he’ll be there, whether she wants him there or not.

He is her husband, after all. And the unlikely pair have an understanding that they’ll stay married for two years, make a baby, and join two crime syndicates in unholy matrimony.

Cutter has other plans, though. He only agrees to the original plan to make her his.

He won’t ever give her up. What’s his stays his. And there’s not a man on the earth that’ll ever touch Milena again. Not with Cutter alive and able to take out anyone that tries.]]> 257 Lani Lynn Vale A 0 to-read 4.52 2025 Walking Red Flag (Semyonov Bratva, #3)
author: Lani Lynn Vale
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average rating: 4.52
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]]> The Agreement 62690576 The Mafia war had spilled out on the streets, claiming many innocent lives. That was not supposed to happen. But two respected families, each strong and powerful in the game; wanted peace, but they refused to trust each other easily. The heads of the families called a cease fire and reached THE AGREEMENT of a lifetime for each family; an alliance between the two, the only cost? Their children’s happiness as they are put into this arranged marriage. Although Giovanni Constantini, son of the great Donatello could not stand the mafia princess known as Valentina De Luca, the only child of Rafael De Luca; and Valentina hated the playboy status of Giovanni, aka Vinny. Can these two come together in THE AGREEMENT to make this alliance work or will it start a whole new era of war?]]> 0 Theresa Lambe A 1 3.72 The Agreement
author: Theresa Lambe
name: A
average rating: 3.72
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]]> <![CDATA[First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)]]> 213243908 A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.

Aiden Valentine has a secret: he's fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore's romance hotline, that's a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight.

Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof—she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending... even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.]]> 448 B.K. Borison 0593641191 A 0 to-read 4.08 2025 First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter (Marooned for a Night, #9)]]> 210263141 Driving across the country in a skoolie, which is an old school bus I converted into my house on wheels.
It's going great until I get deep into the Montana mountains when my bus decides not to bus anymore.
I'm stranded.
With no reception, nowhere to go, and with no one to help.
Days turn into weeks.
I'm living off the land and actually enjoying myself when he comes.
Naked, hot, and claiming I'm his.
He says I'm his mate.
I say he's crazy.
But I can't ignore the way my body reacts to that possessive look he gives me.
I can't pretend I'm not drawn to him in a significant way.
And whenever he calls me his mate, it feels right.
Maybe this crazy grizzly bear shifter is onto something after all...


Three new standalone stories by best-selling steamy romance authors, Hope Ford, Olivia T. Turner, and Michele Mills. Get ready to be Marooned for a Night with some hot possessive men!]]> 88 Olivia T. Turner A 1 4.31 Stranded With An Insatiable Shifter (Marooned for a Night, #9)
author: Olivia T. Turner
name: A
average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)]]> 60234574
The Diamond

Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.
They won't keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I've become,
And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they've only created an angel of death.

The Hunter

I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.

Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You must read Haunting Adeline first.]]> 649 H.D. Carlton 1957635010 A 0 to-read 4.28 2022 Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
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name: A
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2022
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]]> Ho Ho Hitmas 201863884 Reed
After ten years in the military and another five as a hired gun, I crave peace.
But there’s one last job to complete. I follow my target to a snowy mountain town. Winters Peak.
When I reach the idyllic little town, I get more than I bargained for. I get her.
Calliope Winters. The feisty mayor’s daughter.
She’s a gift I didn’t know I needed. One I can’t wait to unwrap.
If only she’d allow me.
She may know nothing about the blood on my hands, but when push comes to shove, she’ll find out just how far I’ll go to have her.


Calliope
Winter’s Peak is the same as it was when I left four years ago. The streets still smell of peppermint and eggnog.
The people still go all out for the holidays and my father is still the jolliest man I’ve ever met.
But I’m not the same girl I was when I left here. Fear has replaced my holiday joy.
I can’t stop looking over my shoulder long enough to admire the Christmas lights.
Until I see him. The new guy in town. Reed Evans. He’s as delicious as a sugarplum.
Six feet of nothing but desire and sex appeal.
Too bad it’s too dangerous for a nice man like him to get wrapped up with a girl like me.]]> 71 Morgan Elliott A 1 3.37 Ho Ho Hitmas
author: Morgan Elliott
name: A
average rating: 3.37
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]]> Texting Dr. Stalker 223409923 From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a green-flag stalker standalone romance

Now a #1 bestseller in Medical Romance!

I have a stalker.
A masked man who watches me from the shadows. A guardian who says he’s there to protect me—to help me heal from almost dying at the hands of another man.
He says he’s willing to do anything to help me move on. That I needn’t be afraid of him.
I agree to keep him my secret and share how much I’m truly struggling.
In return, he guards me. Even if it means guarding me from himself.


I’ve known her my entire life.
She’s the girl next door who I share a childhood betrothal with thanks to our two grandmothers wishing to turn their lifelong friendship into family.
I’m also the doctor who tended to her in the ER after her ex tried to kill her. I want to help her in any way I can, but I also know she’ll never accept my help because I’m the reason he tried to kill her in the first place.
But I can’t stand by and see her suffer, so…I come up with a plan.
A highly illegal plan that ends with me breaking laws, rules, and my own heart...

Doctor/girl next door, childhood friends to lovers, green-flag stalker, hidden identity, lots of texts, masked protector, would do anything to keep her safe, standalone, he has a motorcycle, he does things to her in the dark...]]> 420 Pepper Winters A 5 4.09 Texting Dr. Stalker
author: Pepper Winters
name: A
average rating: 4.09
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rating: 5
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date added: 2025/01/29
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Hooked, what a journey! The love story is terrific, give me a love like this pronto!
]]> <![CDATA[Lethal Dissection (Dr. Zora Smyth Medical Thriller #1)]]> 74953111 A murder suspect for the dead body on her dissection table, spunky surgeon-to-be Zora Smyth races to find the truth. Then more bodies drop�

Zora Smyth is not your average poster child for a first-year medical student with a distant mother, a missing sister, and a deep distrust of the police. All she'd ever dreamed of was to make it through medical school and become a surgeon.

But a dissection gone wrong at the Gross Anatomy lab lands Zora in the middle of a murder investigation and in the crosshairs of a vicious enemy.

When a potential witness points her out as the prime suspect for the murder, Zora faces the frightening risk of losing her dream and her freedom.

Then more bodies drop�

As Zora races to investigate the truth and save herself, will she give in to a killer hell-bent on getting what he wants, or will she fight for her life as she faces her worst nightmare?

LETHAL DISSECTION is the first book in Dobi Cross' gripping suspense-filled series of medical thrillers. If you like page-turning non-gory medical thrillers filled with unexpected rollercoaster twists and intrigue, you’ll love LETHAL DISSECTION.]]> 238 Dobi Cross A 0 to-read 3.46 2018 Lethal Dissection (Dr. Zora Smyth Medical Thriller #1)
author: Dobi Cross
name: A
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Indiscretion 222505124
He's her boss. She's his greatest temptation.

The first time I met Dawson Reed, we wound up in bed.
The problem was, neither of us knew the other were there.
When I woke up in the middle of the night and found a stranger next to me, instinct kicked in and I attacked the intruder.
Only it turned out, the man wasn’t an intruder at all.
Dawson had rented this cabin, too. Apparently, a system glitch allowed a duplicate booking.
We’d soon find out we were in town for the same wedding, and Dawson was the groomsman I’d been warned about. He was as tall, dark and jaw-droppingly gorgeous as my best friend had described. Though she was also right when she’d said you two will hate each other.
When daylight rolled around, Dawson and I attempted to straighten out the mess we found ourselves in. But it proved to be more difficult than we initially thought. Since it was a holiday weekend, there wasn’t a single room available for more than fifty miles.
I suppose things could be worse than sharing a cabin for a weekend with a handsome man you despise.
Like maybe him winding up being your new boss?]]> 339 Vi Keeland 1959827855 A 5 3.97 2025 Indiscretion
author: Vi Keeland
name: A
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/14
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Not much angst as her usual stories, and no third act break up, which were pleasant surprises so 5 stars. Dawson was great! Naomi was good too, the kid Ryder was hilarious.
]]> <![CDATA[Escape Clause (Cosmic Mates, #1)]]> 214372187 The only thing they can’t escape is love�

After a nano-virus devastates Caradonia, leaving the planet in desperate need of women, leader Krogan launches a last-ditch effort to save their civilization—convince men to accept human brides through Cosmic Mates.

Krogan himself has no time or desire for a wife. A driven workaholic, he’s focused on solving his planet’s problems and maintaining peace in the world. But his people look to him to set an example. If he doesn’t take a wife through Cosmic Mates no one else will either. Thankfully, there’s an escape clause, and at the end of the trial period, he intends to use it.
Fleeing a horrid and powerful man, Hope Bennett reluctantly agrees to a marriage of convenience with an alien. The last thing she desires is to be locked into an unwanted union. Been there, almost did that. Fortunately, the escape clause in the contract gives her an out, and when it’s safe, she can go home to Terra Nova.

Hope and Krogan promise each other a marriage in name only and vow to separate when the contract provisions are satisfied. But as they let down their guard, they recognize a kindred spirit in each other. Love and passion blossom, and each begins to long for a deeper, permanent union.

Just as their secret wishes are about to be fulfilled, violent tensions erupt out of the pandemic, forcing Krogan into a dilemma—to save Hope he must invoke the escape clause of their marriage contract.

If he sends her away, will she ever come back?]]> 233 Cara Bristol 1947203762 A 3 4.16 Escape Clause (Cosmic Mates, #1)
author: Cara Bristol
name: A
average rating: 4.16
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]]> In the Lives of Puppets 60784549
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled “HAP,� he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans.

When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.

Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?

Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.]]> 432 T.J. Klune 125021744X A 0 to-read 3.90 2023 In the Lives of Puppets
author: T.J. Klune
name: A
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Striker (Gods of the Game, #1)]]> 204538483 She's the only woman he wants...and the only one he can't have.

Asher Donovan is a living legend—the darling of the Premier League, the (arguably) greatest footballer in the world.

But his reckless antics and recent team transfer have caused much controversy, and when his feud with his rival-turned-teammate costs them a championship, they’re forced to “bond� during off-season cross-training.

Surviving the summer shouldn’t be hard…until Asher meets their new trainer. She’s beautiful, talented, and no matter how hard he tries, he can’t take his mind off her.

The only problem? She’s his rival’s sister—and completely off limits.

***

Scarlett DuBois is a former prima ballerina whose career was cut short by a tragic accident.

Now a teacher at a prestigious dance academy but still haunted by the ghosts of her past, the last thing she wants is to spend the summer cross-training Asher Donovan, of all people .

She swore she would never date a footballer, but when her brother leaves town for an emergency, she finds herself thrown into dangerously close proximity with the gorgeous, charming striker.

Training, she can deal with. But falling in love? That’s out of the question—especially when he’s the only person with the power to break her heart.]]> 595 Ana Huang A 4 3.79 2024 The Striker (Gods of the Game, #1)
author: Ana Huang
name: A
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/25
date added: 2024/10/24
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Asher was great, a very caring, thoughtful and sweet boyfriend. Scarlett is very lucky. Liked the proper growth they both did in the third act, though they could have done it without the 2 week breakup. I loved their initial teasing, banter and trying to suppress their feelings. That was the most enjoyable part of the book, a great buildup to the relationship. The cameos were fun, sibling dynamic was great, rivals turned friends drama was good too. I loved all the gestures Asher did, and every circle was completed. Loved the erotica (normal and dinosaur club too lol), that’s what every girl wants! if Dante and Vivian had made an appearance, this would be 5 stars. I felt the length of the book a lot, but that’s alright cuz it was funny and cute. First half was the best, second half was fine, but predictable. Didn’t care about all the footballers, the Clive and Ivy randomness. Celebrity romances irk me a lot due to the paps, but it was a lot subdued here, for Asher’s stature, increasing my enjoyment of the book. Waiting for Vuk and Ayana, and sure, Vincent and Brooklyn too, for more Asher.
]]> Ex-Husband's Regret 208167405 Evelyn M.M. A 2 3.48 Ex-Husband's Regret
author: Evelyn M.M.
name: A
average rating: 3.48
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]]> <![CDATA[Royal Heirs Academy (Royal Heirs Academy #1)]]> 212924034 American Royalsmeets Elitein this contemporary YA set in a glamorousboardingschoolwhere four teens compete to inherit a European kingdom.

For fifty years, King Leander Eldana has ruled Ashland without naming an heir to the crown. After sending away his grandchildren to be raised out of the public eye, it’s finally time to secure his nation’s future by appointing one definitive heir. The best way to appraise his successor? In the halls of Almus Terra Academy, a boarding school infamous for breeding the world’s next generation of leaders—and liars.

Titus Eldanahas always known he’d inherit Ashland’s future. Nowhe must prove he has what it takes.Alaric Eldanawas not raised with a silver spoon. His secondhand clothes might not be fit for a king, but he knows how to rulewith his fist.Emmeline Eldana only wants to please her neglectful parents. If that means securing the crown, she won’t hesitate to destroy anyone in her way.Sadie Aureliahas no idea why she’s been given a chance to bring new blood to the throne. With nothing left to lose back home, she’s ready to take it.

Filled with competition, secret alliances, enemies-to-lovers romance, and cunning revenge, Royal Heirs Academy is a breathless, entertaining read set in modern-day. Thisgossip-filled school for the global elite is inspired by UWC of the Atlantic, which Vanity Fair has described as "Hippie Hogwarts."]]> 384 Lindsey Duga 031657869X A 0 to-read 3.94 2025 Royal Heirs Academy (Royal Heirs Academy #1)
author: Lindsey Duga
name: A
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> Cruel Beauty 15839984
With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle—a shifting maze of magical rooms—enthralls her.

As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.]]> 346 Rosamund Hodge 0062224735 A 0 to-read 3.65 2014 Cruel Beauty
author: Rosamund Hodge
name: A
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret Billionaire (The Baltimore Boys #4)]]> 196864176 Moving cities to protect my safety was my choice.

Falling for the billionaire who owned half the city was fate.

Baltimore was the fresh start I needed and the minute I arrived everything fell into place. An amazing apartment, a fantastic job, an instant best friend, and a tall, broad, gorgeous man who was very skilled with his hands.

Eddie is the maintenance man at my new apartment building and he promised me the world and showed me how a real man takes care of his woman. As a nurse at Baltimore’s busiest hospital, I was used to taking care of everyone else. Eddie made it his mission to take care of me.

But like everything in my life, good things never last long and when tragedy strikes, I find out Eddie isn’t who he said he is. We are complete opposites. Edward Rothschild is a billionaire with a striking presence and commanding aura, and has everything money could buy. I have pink hair and tattoos and am struggling to even buy food.

Eddie refuses to allow our differences get in the way, but he isn't the only one keeping secrets. And the thing about secrets is they always come out.

And mine has the potential to destroy us.]]> 380 Samantha Skye 064571447X A 3 4.46 The Secret Billionaire (The Baltimore Boys #4)
author: Samantha Skye
name: A
average rating: 4.46
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]]> <![CDATA[Operation: Lost Princess (Super Agent #4)]]> 51149892
Beautiful Anya Radzoya fled Russia with her grandmother when she was only a child, but she can’t escape the royal genes that make her one of the country’s last living princesses.

When blackmailed into returning to Moscow in exchange for her grandmother’s life, Anya discovers a horrible secret that could end the world. She must find a way to stop it, and the only person who can help her is a sexy, cunning spy who suspects she’s a double agent.

Ryan Smith can’t deny the alluring magnetism he feels toward the lost princess, and the long, cold nights undercover provide him with time to explore every inch of her. But trapped inside the Kremlin with a ruthless opponent, the two must hide their romantic entanglement, and risk their lives to save Anya’s grandmother, as well as millions of innocent people.

***
Books in the Super Agent Series:
Operation Sheba � Con and Julia
Operation Paris � Lawson and Zara
Operation Proof of Life � Michael and Brigit
Operation Lost Princess � Ryan and Anya
Operation Ambush � John and Lucie
Operation Sleeping With The Enemy � Josh and Naomi

Books in the SEALs of Shadow Force Series:
Fatal Truth � Trace and Savanna
Fatal Honor � Miles and Charlotte
Fatal Courage � Jax and Ruby
Fatal Love � Cal and Beatrice; Connor and Sabrina
Fatal Vision � Colton and Shelby; Connor and Sabrina
Fatal Thrill � Jon and Jaya
Risk � Noah and Jena

Books in SEALs of Shadow Force, Spy Division:
Man Hunt � Ryker and Mia
Man Killer � Mick and Cassandra
Man Down � Aidan and Bree

Books in the SCVC Taskforce series:
Deadly Pursuit � Cooper and Celina
Deadly Deception � Thomas and Ronni
Deadly Force � Cal and Bianca (aka Beatrice in SEALs of Shadow Force)
Deadly Intent � Nelson and Sophia
Deadly Affair � Cooper and Celina
Deadly Attraction � Mitch and Emma
Deadly Secrets � Roman and Brooke
Deadly Holiday � Cooper and Celina
Deadly Target � Victor and Olivia
Deadly Rescue � Cooper and Celina
Deadly Bounty � Joe and Samantha]]> 359 Misty Evans 1948686236 A 4 4.50 2013 Operation: Lost Princess (Super Agent #4)
author: Misty Evans
name: A
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Till Death Do Us Part (Nancy Drew Files, #24)]]> 1013175 150 Carolyn Keene 0671683780 A 2 4.01 1988 Till Death Do Us Part (Nancy Drew Files, #24)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: A
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1988
rating: 2
read at: 2024/08/20
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]]> <![CDATA[False Moves (Nancy Drew Files, #9)]]> 382084 149 Carolyn Keene 0671704931 A 2 3.76 1987 False Moves (Nancy Drew Files, #9)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: A
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1987
rating: 2
read at: 2024/08/19
date added: 2024/08/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Against the Rules (Nancy Drew: Files, #119)]]> 35851 160 Carolyn Keene 0671568779 A 3 3.53 1997 Against the Rules (Nancy Drew: Files, #119)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: A
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1997
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/14
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Notes (Nancy Drew: Files, #109)]]> 1259445 160 Carolyn Keene 0671882007 A 2 3.64 1995 Love Notes (Nancy Drew: Files, #109)
author: Carolyn Keene
name: A
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1995
rating: 2
read at: 2024/08/10
date added: 2024/08/11
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]]> <![CDATA[King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)]]> 217206738
Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.

Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally.

The billionaire CEO never planned to marry—until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows.

Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal.

There’s only one problem: Now that he has her...he can't bring himself to let her go.

***

Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered.

Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family’s ticket into the highest echelons of high society.

Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family.

While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty.

Craving his touch was never part of the plan.

Neither was the worst thing she could possibly do: fall in love with her future husband.

King of Wrath is a steamy arranged-marriage billionaire romance. It includes explicit content and profanity. Recommended for mature listeners only.]]> 398 Ana Huang A 5
Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.]]> 4.05 2022 King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)
author: Ana Huang
name: A
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/10
date added: 2024/08/09
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It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.

Merged review:

It was very enjoyable. Dante grovelled well, and it was all very heartfelt and well fought for, which I loved. Vivian was a pushover and didn’t have a lot of spine, but I liked her friendship group a lot more, Isabella and Sloane. Can’t wait to immediately start reading Kai and Isabella’s story.
]]> <![CDATA[The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom, #1)]]> 211081101
The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom enriches itself and deprives its rivals, including Lara's homeland. So when she’s sent as a bride under the guise of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses. And the defenses of its king.

Yet as she infiltrates her new home and gains a deeper understanding of the war to possess the bridge, Lara begins to question whether she’s the hero or the villain. And as her feelings for Aren transform from frosty hostility to fierce passion, Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save� and which kingdom she’ll destroy.

Passionate and violent, The Bridge Kingdom is a seductive fantasy perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.]]> 448 Danielle L. Jensen 0593975189 A 0 to-read 4.01 2018 The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom, #1)
author: Danielle L. Jensen
name: A
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Alien Prince Fake Fiancé (Lumerian Knights Book 5)]]> 216229460 She should refuse. She should say no. She should walk away.



When Ashlyn’s sister calls with a life-and-death emergency, she races to her sister’s

side, no questions asked.


Turns out the emergency isn’t really about her sister at all.


The king of Caldor wants Ashlyn, a mere human, to choose between five immortal,

royal alien princes and pretend to be engaged to one of them?!


In what crazy fantasy world did the alien king think that she—and her new fake fiancé—could then fool the most powerful people on the Intergalactic Council into believing they were madly in love, destined to be together, and somehow steal a Council seat right out from under their noses in a dangerous, sadistic political trial designed to end both their lives?



Hundreds of worlds and trillions of lives hang in the balance, including her own, in this epic love story full of passion, dark secrets, and otherworldly beings.



And the only way to make a fake engagement look real with the possessive alpha male warrior she ends up with? One sultry, steamy kiss at a time.



Failure is not an option, and neither is keeping the powerful alien prince who is dangerously close to stealing her

heart.


*This paranormal scifi alien romance can be read as a stand-alone romance or as part of the Lumerian Knights® series.
Themes, tropes and fish out of water, aliens with human mates, shapeshifters, enemies to lovers, destined to be together, suspense, intrigue,]]> 329 Becca Brayden A 3 4.42 Alien Prince Fake Fiancé (Lumerian Knights Book 5)
author: Becca Brayden
name: A
average rating: 4.42
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]]> Love Me or Hate Me 205953490
Living with Gabriel means dealing with his arrogant personality, constant arguments, and a history that dates back to our teenage years. What makes it even more complicated? In the midst of this shared living space, a surprising connection begins to unfold, reigniting memories of a teenage crush that I thought I had left behind.]]> 295 Stephanie Alves A 0 to-read 3.64 Love Me or Hate Me
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]]> <![CDATA[Dear Mr. CEO, I Want You (OTT Enterprises #1)]]> 52654767
***The first standalone book in the OTT Enterprises series featuring alpha male businessmen and the women they want to make theirs.***

WORD COUNT: 6,200]]> 27 Isla Chiu A 0 to-read 3.36 Dear Mr. CEO, I Want You (OTT Enterprises #1)
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]]> Rich Rogue 211896094 How can I surrender to a man who plays dirty?Capri Vitale

Dirty. I’m sick of dirty money. And because of my family, I'm swimming in it. I've tried my best to get away and I'm almost there. This next deal will set me free. Away from my brother's overbearing ways, my family's legacy, and away from his best friend. Now if I could just figure out why I still want him when he's as dirty as they come.

Edward “King� Williams

She thinks my money's dirty? Ha. She needs to look down her nose at her brother, not me. He's my best friend, but he's the one who hasn't broken free of gambling's dark side. And his perfect little sister? She's tormented my dreams for way too long. But she's untouchable...and wants nothing to do with me. If I had my way? I'd show her how dirty I can be.]]> 109 Grace Grahme 1957823593 A 0 to-read 4.00 Rich Rogue
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Unmasked (Good with Numbers, #1)]]> 48594035 What happens when Little Red Riding Hood meets the Big Bad Wolf?Maya meets the man of her dreams at her friend's Halloween masquerade party. But when the masks come off she realizes her dream guy is actually her nightmare boss! How can the guy who terrorizes her at work be the same person who makes her forget everything around her with just the touch of his lips?Anthony wants to pursue her, but Maya refuses to jeopardize her career with an office romance. She has worked too hard to get where she is. But when the two enemies are thrown together on a business trip, their resolve to keep things professional is sorely tested.Will love be their holiday treat? Or is it all a trick?"Love Unmasked" is the first book in the Good with Numbers Workplace Romance series. Each book is a steamy standalone featuring strong women and alpha males finding love in midlife, meddling matchmaker friends, a little bit of humor, and a sweet happily-ever-after. Download the entire series today.]]> 73 Rose Bak A 0 to-read 3.69 2019 Love Unmasked (Good with Numbers, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Forbidden King (Magnolia Falls, #3)]]> 204872610 She’s my best friend’s little sister, and completely off limits.
We have a history, a connection—one that no one else knows about.
One that I’ve tried hard to forget.
I've kept my distance for years, which was easy because she’d been away at school.
But now she’s home, and she’s everywhere I turn.
And the way that I want her is unexplainable.
She’s always on my mind.
She’s sunshine on a cloudy day.
So, I do everything in my power to keep my distance, because her brother is my best friend.
My family.
But the pull is too strong.
Overpowering in every way possible.
I want to claim her and keep her and make her mine.
So, we cross that line in the sand—slowly at first.
Until I’m drowning in this girl and can’t find my way up for air.
Betrayal runs deep, and guilt hangs over me like a dark cloud.
But I can’t seem to walk away, no matter how hard I try.
Because she makes me want things that I never thought possible.
And now that I’ve had a taste of forever, I’m willing to risk everything to keep it.
But can we weather the storm that’s coming for us?
Only time will tell.

**This is book 3 in the Magnolia Falls Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**]]> 337 Laura Pavlov A 0 to-read 4.24 2024 Forbidden King (Magnolia Falls, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[One Touch (The Sullivan Family, #2)]]> 123414555
Beckett Miller may be my brother’s best friend, but he’s also the last person on earth I want to ask for help. He’s stubborn, demanding, and doesn’t care at all what people think of him—everything his little brother wasn’t, and definitely everything I should not want.

Thanks to my own stubbornness and my three infuriating siblings, he is the only one who can help me renovate my beloved aunt’s farmhouse.

Beckett thinks I’m a doormat, and I know he’s an arrogant prick, but toss in one late-night game of tipsy strip poker, and before long, endless summer days turn into scorching nights.

Every stolen touch—every kiss—is wrong in the best ways.

I can fix everything around me: my friends� problems, my brothers� love lives, maybe even the decades-old rivalry that divides our cozy coastal town. So Beckett’s snarl and heavy sighs are no match for me.

The only thing I can’t seem to fix is the way my body reacts when he swings a hammer. I built walls to protect my heart after what his brother did to me, but I’m finding it could all come crumbling down with just one touch.]]> 410 Lena Hendrix A 0 to-read 4.12 2023 One Touch (The Sullivan Family, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Bold Proposition: A Short Read Love Story]]> 215943133
‘Not only does she know what she wants, she knows how to get it!� -ŷ review.

Olivia has it all—career, beauty, but no ring.

Faced with relentless family pressure and a biological clock ticking louder each day, she decides it's time for a bold change, so she hatches a plan sure to shock them all.

Then comes Mr. Right Now, the enigmatic billionaire who holds the key to her plan.

In a world obsessed with finding The One, she challenges the status quo. Why wait for Mr. Right when Mr. Right Now could be the answer?

‘This book will send you on a roller coaster of emotions…� -ŷ review.

The Bold Series (read in order):
(1) Her Bold Proposition
(2) His Bold Acceptance
(3) The Bold Legacy

R18+ for mature sexual content.

This series is a perfect read for lovers of feel-good romance with spicy elements, real-life family drama, and happy endings.]]> 88 Matilda Grei A 0 to-read 2.69 Her Bold Proposition: A Short Read Love Story
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]]> <![CDATA[My Legacy (Men of New York #1)]]> 60671951 Have you ever been in a stalemate with the head of the mob?
Me neither, until Sebastian Romano waltzed into my life.

I probably should have held my tongue that first night, but I’m used to alpha males and Sebastian is nothing I can’t handle.

He runs this city and gets everything he wants, but I would rather die than give him my art gallery.

It’s not just that it’s all I have left of my gran. The gallery is proof of my independence � a corner of this big city that’s all mine.

Problem is, negotiating real estate with a gangster isn’t exactly...fair.

I can ignore the intimidation, the deadlines, the threats. But when Sebastian starts poking into my private life, that’s one line too far.

So how come when my world is imploding—again—Sebastian is all I want to cling to?

And why do I feel safest with the deadliest man in town?]]> 366 Samantha Skye A 0 to-read 4.37 My Legacy (Men of New York #1)
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]]> Trapped Together 204556567
Rachel, on the other hand, had way too much fun bothering Jake, he let it be known that she always rubbed him wrong, and she took great joy in making sure to always let it happen. Even after their drunk, and oh stupid night, she still teased him. But when Jake came to be her personal one-man rescue mission to help her out of a blizzard, she wanted no part of it. It seemed a few minutes too long of arguing and annoying each other meant that they were stuck in her family cabin until help came, if they came.

What could happen if two people who clearly hated each other, are forced to spend an unknown amount of hours together? Could they get over the bickering long enough to figure out how to get help? Could they actually pull together and work through their problems? Better yet, could they finally stop denying the attraction they’ve both buried since high school?]]> 175 Theresa Lambe A 0 to-read 3.54 Trapped Together
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]]> Royal Entanglements 62224550
Bodyguard Ledger Hill starts his new job as the protector of the princess. When he sees her in person, he can't believe how beautiful she is. But, she is totally off-limits. He works for the family, after all.

Leanna has a crush on her bodyguard and hopes he will help her do a few things she has never done before. Karaoke, surfing and kissing. Ledger will do everything except kiss her. Or will he?

While taking her surfing, someone kidnaps Leanna. What can he do to get her back? Especially when he finds out how much he has fallen for her.

A story of lost loves, grief, and how they can pick themselves up again.]]> 239 Sheila Fowler A 0 to-read 4.00 Royal Entanglements
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]]> Do You Remember? 59817247
She can’t recognize her home. Her bedroom is unfamiliar. And she can’t remember the handsome stranger lying next to her in bed. A stranger who claims he’s her husband.

Tess reads a letter in her own handwriting, composed during a rare lucid day, explaining her life as it now exists: She was in a terrible car accident one year ago. Every morning, she wakes up unable to remember most of the last decade. Including her own wedding.

Tess has no choice but to accept her new life and hope her memory will return. After all, why should she doubt the letter she wrote to herself? Or the kind man from the wedding photos on her dresser who seems to genuinely care about her well-being?

And then Tess receives a text message on her phone. One that changes everything:

"Don’t trust the man who calls himself your husband."]]> 333 Freida McFadden A 0 to-read 3.99 2022 Do You Remember?
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]]> <![CDATA[Into the Storm (Evidence: Under Fire, #1)]]> 61868471 As a storm rolls in, a team of elite Navy SEALs arrives at a remote lodge for a wilderness training exercise that becomes terrifyingly real...

Xavier Rivera planned the exercise down to the smallest detail, but he didn't plan the arrival of archaeologist Audrey Kendrick—a woman he shared a passionate night with before betraying her in the worst way.

As the storm is unleashed on the historic lodge it becomes clear the training has been compromised. Trapped by weather, isolated by the remote wilderness, and silenced as communication with the world has been severed, unarmed SEALs face an unexpected and deadly foe.

Audrey and Xavier must set aside their distrust and desire and work together to save a team under fire and survive in a battle against the wild.]]> 386 Rachel Grant 1944571523 A 0 to-read 3.87 2022 Into the Storm (Evidence: Under Fire, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Pulse (The Landry Family Series)]]> 197801697
Troy Castelli acts like it’s my fault that we’re cooped up together in a room with one bed overlooking the ocean. I didn’t ask for a stalker to break into my house and then send me a threatening email detailing my demise. And I sure as heck didn’t request that my boss send Troy and his uber elite bodyguard skills to accompany me out of town—although I’m not mad about it.

A paid tropical vacation with a grumpy, gray-eyed bad boy in a suit isn’t exactly a burden.

But it is a giant test of my willpower.

Troy’s alpha protector tendencies drive me wild. His arrogant smirk gets under my skin. But it’s his not-so-innocent touches, heated looks and touch-her-and-die vibes that are the final strike that ignite our explosive chemistry.

The longer we’re together, the more his broody exterior slips, and I get a glimpse of the real man beneath the sculpted muscles. I’m determined not only to unearth his mysterious past but also to make him realize what we have is more than just a fling in paradise.

That is, unless my stalker gets me first.]]> 234 Adriana Locke A 2 4.21 2024 Pulse (The Landry Family Series)
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]]> <![CDATA[Taming the CEO (The Whitley Brothers #6)]]> 205514961
Maddox Whitley is the most arrogant man I’ve met. He thinks the world revolves around him and everyone else must do his bidding. He’s determined to buy my father’s business, and he’s using dirty tactics to get it.
But the Adventure Park is my family’s life’s work, and I’m defending it no matter what. Even if I have to go toe to toe with Maddox and his infuriatingly sexy swagger. I challenge him every way I know, but then he switches strategies.

Yes, the nerve of the man! He starts flirting with me! I’d like to tell you it didn’t work…but it does.

Then a blizzard traps us in my tiny cottage, and I see a different side to this business mogul. After I stupidly hurt myself, Maddox surprises me by taking care of me. You learn a lot about someone when you’re trapped in a one-bedroom cottage.
The only problem? I only have one teeny, tiny bed and the blizzard showing no signs of stopping…]]> 305 Layla Hagen A 3 4.42 Taming the CEO (The Whitley Brothers #6)
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No third act breakup was a bonus.
]]> <![CDATA[From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)]]> 52831200 A Maiden�

Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers.

A Duty�

The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.

A Kingdom�

Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.]]> 622 Jennifer L. Armentrout 1952457017 A 0 to-read 4.19 2020 From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[My Forbidden Husband ( The Forbidden Husband Duet, #1)]]> 123210401
After losing his parents at the hands of his enemies, Max de Lucca, the top crime boss of New York, is looking for a straight, dry transaction. Hire someone to be his wife and put a message out there for his deadly enemies that life goes on.

More than ever, it's important to rule his territory with an iron hand, and having a woman he loves at his side is not an option.

He can't be vulnerable, so he's looking for someone he vows to protect but never love.

Pulling away from her family and more importantly her stubborn mother who tries to nudge her into marrying their wealthy neighbor, Isabella Carson sets foot in New York having not a penny to her name but a ton of determination. Soon she's looking for a job when a mysterious stranger makes her a proposal.

Author's note:

This is a slow burn romance with tension in book one, and more steam in book two. The focus is on the story between the two protagonists, and less on the mafia business. He is a dominant, possessive villain. Book one ends in a cliffhanger. Book two has more dark elements. HEA at the end of the duet.]]> 283 Shayne Ford A 0 to-read 3.89 My Forbidden Husband ( The Forbidden Husband Duet, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Forked (A Lighthearted Utensil Romance, #1)]]> 212393163 Is that an earthquake or is your fork happy to see you?

Imagine a WWII super soldier and his unit were trapped in cutlery by the government and the only way they could transform back was by being intimate with a woman . . .

Shortly after moving to a new city, Mercedes buys a set of antique silverware from an estate sale and discovers she has a preference for one particular fork. Is the man who appears when the fork disappears real or a salacious fantasy?

If he is real, is he crazy or could he actually be what he claims to be?

Are you open-minded enough to accept him as he is?

And fall in love with a fork?

Find out how far Mercedes is willing to go to save him and his friends in SPOONED and KNIFED.

Cautionary

The spicy scenes in this novella are purely fictional. Please do not attempt to re-enact any of them at home. I don’t want to hear that my readers FAFO (Forked Around and Found Out). Tines hurt. Let’s keep the forks on the table where they belong.]]> 172 Ruth Cardello 1963122186 A 4 3.57 Forked (A Lighthearted Utensil Romance, #1)
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]]> Flowers for the Dead 54815927
Adam is the perfect boyfriend. He pays attention, he buys flowers. He knows everything about Laura and looks after her every need. He cooks, he cleans � he even does the dishes without being asked.

But Laura has never met Adam. Still grieving after a devastating car crash that killed her family, she’s forgetful and struggling to pull her life together. She’d be horrified to know the depth of this unsettling fantasy in which she is the star. But there’s no denying the chill she feels every time she finds another elaborate bouquet on her doorstep, or wakes in the night sensing she is not alone.

Adam has been watching her every move, and now it’s time to act. Except, there’s one little detail he’s missed: Laura has been watching him too.

After everything she’s been through, Laura’s ready to fight back and stop being the victim in her own life story. But in Adam’s world, there are no happy endings…]]> 474 Barbara Copperthwaite 1800190867 A 0 to-read 4.13 2015 Flowers for the Dead
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]]> <![CDATA[Protected by the Alien Warrior (My Monster, My Protector #5)]]> 212685141 A fierce protector. A forbidden attraction. An unstoppable love.

Raxon

I've faced countless dangers as a Leonid warrior, but nothing could have prepared me for the moment I lay eyes on a human female trapped in a cage. The instant I see her, a fierce protectiveness surges through me, followed by an undeniable attraction. I try to deny these feelings, to focus on the mission at hand, but I know deep down that I will stop at nothing to keep her safe in a galaxy that seeks to exploit her.

Sutton

Abducted from Earth and thrown into a world I never knew existed, I'm terrified and alone. That is until a massive, lion-like creature appears, promising to rescue me. He is unlike anyone I've ever met, with his fierce strength and piercing amber eyes. As he frees me from my cage, I feel an instant connection, a sense of safety I can't explain. But can I trust him when everything I've ever known has been turned upside down?

Can Raxon keep Sutton safe from the dangers that lurk in every corner of the galaxy, and will their undeniable attraction grow into something more as they navigate the stars together?

Protected by the Alien Warrior is a standalone instalove novella and part of the My Monster, My Protector series. This steamy sci-fi romance features an intimidating and furry alien warrior, a strong, resilient heroine, and a sizzling HEA.]]> 93 Harper Rosling A 2 4.00 Protected by the Alien Warrior (My Monster, My Protector #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Heartsong Back to the Highlands - Ronan’s Story - (A MacKay Clan Legend) - A Scottish Fantasy Romance]]> 214164356 He’s a fifteenth century Highlander pirate.
She’s a twenty-first century girl who just got jilted at the altar.
What could they possibly have in common?
Tricksy gods and goddesses reweaving the tapestry of time.

Harley Trent loves her job as a caregiver at the nursing home. Those sweet old people help her as much as she helps them. Especially after she caught her fiancé with her best friend in the chapel’s back room right before their wedding. But she’s determined to move past that humiliation. And also determined that there will be no more men for the foreseeable future. She’s got other goals now. Save up and head to the ocean. It may take a while, but she’ll get there. Until then, she enjoys taking care of the residents in the retirement home. Especially the newest one. Mr. MacCallen. A man who loves the sea as much as she does. He’s an odd duck who keeps to himself. But that’s all right. She’s taken care of odd ducks before. Until he shows her that antique locket and everything goes horribly wrong.

Fifteenth century Highlander Ronan MacKay’s magical birthright is dominion over the seas and everything in them. While his clan rules over the northeastern tip of the Highlands, he sails the oceans, reveling in the excitement and wonder of the untamable waters—until the gnawing starts. A persistent wee beastie chewing at his heart, urging him to chart a course for the one who needs him, the one pleading for him to save them. But where are they? Who are they? And what threatens them? With any luck, his mother will know or at least know where to look since she happens to be a talented, twenty-first century witch.

When the gods and goddesses decide they want something, they’ll stop at nothing to get it. And neither centuries nor the ancient edicts of the almighty Fates matter. Especially when Ronan’s magically powerful little sister unwittingly agrees to help. But for every action, there is a boon that must be paid. But the gods don’t care as long as Ronan and Harley are the ones paying—and if everything works out as planned, the two will consider the gift from the gods well worth the price.

This story includes these favorite fish out of water, wounded heroine, fated mates, strangers to lovers, forced proximity, meddling gods, and time travel

The MacKay Clan Legends:

Blessed by a Highland Curse - The Origin Story
A Heartsong Back to the Highlands - Ronan’s Story
Beyond a Highland Whisper - Latharn’s Story
The Highlander’s Fury - Faolan’s Story
A Highlander in Her Past - Trish’s Story]]> 202 Maeve Greyson A 0 to-read 4.41 A Heartsong Back to the Highlands - Ronan’s Story - (A MacKay Clan Legend) - A Scottish Fantasy Romance
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Cold-Hearted Alpha (Alpha #2)]]> 61301151 Kiara Westwood is the 18-year-old daughter of two Alpha parents, but she was born without one of the important basic abilities of a wolf. Wanting to escape from the protection and concern of her family and pack which suffocated her, she moves to the pack of the Lycan King himself.
Alejandro Rossi. Fearless, ruthless, and cold-hearted, Alejandro cares for nothing and no one, and that's the way he likes it. He believes his sole purpose is to contain the danger that threatens their very existence.
At 34, Alejandro has not found his destined mate, nor has he taken one of choice. Fucking women is just a past time, and he doesn't have the heart or the interest for love. That is, until Kiara steps into his life like a breath of fresh air or a storm on a hot summer's night. Under the blood moon, by a cruel twist of fate, they realise they are mates.
Will Kiara be able to make her way into his frozen heart and revive any emotions he is capable of? Or will he destroy her completely in the process?]]> Moonlight Muse A 0 to-read 4.59 Her Cold-Hearted Alpha (Alpha #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)]]> 127305713
Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe � a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution � who she can't help but find herself falling for.

Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?

Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch� is falling in love.]]> 406 Kristen Ciccarelli 1250866901 A 0 to-read 4.16 2024 Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2)]]> 182484354 College exes break all the rules when they reunite years later in this enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance, the highly anticipated companion novel to the viral TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet.

Nora Mackenzie’s entire career lies in the hands of famous NFL tight end Derek Pender, who happens to be her extremely hot college ex-boyfriend. Nora didn’t end things as gracefully as she could have back then, and now it has come back to haunt her. Derek is her first client as an official full-time sports agent, and he’s holding a grudge.

Derek has set his sights on a little friendly revenge. If Nora Mackenzie, the first girl to ever break his heart, wants to be his agent, oh, he’ll let her be his agent. The plan is simple: make Nora’s life absolutely miserable. But if Derek knows anything about the woman he once loved—she won’t quit easily.

Instead of giving in, Nora starts a scheme of her own. But then a wild night in Vegas leads to Nora and Derek in bed the next morning married. With their rule book out the window, could this new relationship save their careers and spark the romance of a lifetime?]]> 356 Sarah Adams 0593723678 A 0 to-read 3.88 2024 The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2)
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]]> The Ministry of Time 199798179 A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all:

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats� from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.

She is tasked with working as a “bridge�: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as �1847� or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as “washing machines,� “Spotify,� and “the collapse of the British Empire.� But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.

Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry’s project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how—and whether she believes—what she does next can change the future.]]> 339 Kaliane Bradley 1668045141 A 0 to-read 3.54 2024 The Ministry of Time
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]]> Annie Bot 156023123
She’s learning, too.

Doug says he loves that Annie’s artificial intelligence makes her seem more like a real woman, but the more human Annie becomes, the less perfectly she behaves. As Annie's relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder whether Doug truly desires what he says he does. In such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?]]> 231 Sierra Greer 0063312697 A 0 to-read 3.81 2024 Annie Bot
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]]> Darling Girls 127280429 SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all.

For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance at a happy family life.

But their childhood wasn’t the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. Miss Fairchild had rules. Miss Fairchild could be unpredictable. And Miss Fairchild was never, ever to be crossed. In a moment of desperation, the three broke away from Miss Fairchild and thought they were free. Even though they never saw her again, she was always somewhere in the shadows of their minds. When a body is discovered under the home they grew up in, the foster sisters find themselves thrust into the spotlight as key witnesses. Or are they prime suspects?

A thrilling page-turner of sisterhood, secrets, love, and murder by New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth.]]> 359 Sally Hepworth 125028452X A 0 to-read 3.98 2024 Darling Girls
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]]> One Perfect Couple 199798953 Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None, this high-tension and ingenious thriller follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them.

Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, The Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the Indian Ocean towards Ever After Island, where the two of them will compete against four other couples—Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana—in order to win a cash prize.

But not long after they arrive on the deserted island, things start to go wrong. After the first challenge leaves everyone rattled and angry, an overnight storm takes matters from bad to worse. Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla finds that this game show is all too real—and the stakes are life or death.

A fast-paced, spellbinding thriller rife with intrigue and characters that feel so true to life, this novel proves yet again that Ruth Ware is the queen of psychological suspense.]]> 385 Ruth Ware 1668025590 A 0 to-read 3.60 2024 One Perfect Couple
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Murder at the End of the World]]> 136276877
Outside the island there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched.

On the island: it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.

Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And then they learn that the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay. If the murder isn't solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island—and everyone on it.

But the security system has also wiped everyone's memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer—and they don't even know it.

And the clock is ticking.

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes an inventive, high-concept murder mystery: an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, and an audacious solution.]]> 368 Stuart Turton A 0 to-read 3.63 2024 The Last Murder at the End of the World
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]]> Listen for the Lie 127279000 What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?

Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all and, if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. But after Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer.

It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life. But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast Listen for the Lie and its too-good looking host, Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one who did it.

The truth is out there, if we just listen.]]> 352 Amy Tintera 1250880319 A 0 to-read 4.07 2024 Listen for the Lie
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]]> <![CDATA[Mounting the Minotaur (Monster Mate Mayhem #3)]]> 203258888 Who thought scaling a mountain would make me fall for a monster?

When I received a contract from a firm in charge of integrating humans onto Monster Island, I couldn't refuse.

I had no clue my rental car would break down in the heart of a mountain range, surrounded by a dense forest that seemed to stretch on forever.

Fortunately, I stumbled upon the perfect mountain man - literally - Monte the Minotaur.

He may be somewhat grumpy, but inside his muscular, furry physique beats a caring heart.
As he tends my wounds, I find myself falling for him...

When the time comes for me to return to the city, I find myself not wanting to go...

Can Monte overlook my lack of survival skills and want me to be his monster bride?


Monster Mate Mayhem is a series of seven standalone monster romances, each featuring a different monster and their journey to find love amidst the chaos of their lives.

Get them
Hot Wolf in the City - Honey Phillips
Fretty Yeti - Ivy Tempest
Gargoyle Gripe - Sabrina Cassidy
Mounting The Minotaur - Jade Waltz
Swamp Thing - Ava Ross
Djinn And Bear It - Darci R. Acula
Trolling For Love - Nessie Sreil]]> 232 Jade Waltz 1952420539 A 2 3.51 Mounting the Minotaur (Monster Mate Mayhem #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Reject Me (Immortal Vices and Virtues, #1)]]> 60586540 “Markus Del Reyes, I reject you.�
He left me no choice.

I refuse to spend the rest of my life with my childhood bully for a mate. I may be a cursed shifter, incapable of shifting—but I wasn’t desperate.

Not till the Alpha Supreme cast me out of the House of Fire and Fluorite for rejecting his son.

Now I’m packless.
Homeless.
No longer under the protection of my House.

Until the dark vampire king of Blood and Beryl turns his sights on me.

In return for protection from my former House, I have to join his.
But nothing ever comes for free.

He wants something from me, and it’s not my allegiance.

It’s the only way I can survive, but at what cost?

I’ve lost everything for doing what I know is right, but the greatest danger I ever faced was never losing my life � it was opening my cursed heart.

**Reject Me is a spicy standalone paranormal romance set in the Immortal Vices and Virtues Universe. Every book is a guaranteed happily ever after with a satisfying ending and no cliffhangers. Perfect for fans of Immortals After Dark, Black Dagger Brotherhood, and the Demonica series.**]]> 400 Kel Carpenter 1957953012 A 4 Elias is great. 3.85 2022 Reject Me (Immortal Vices and Virtues, #1)
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Elias is great.
]]> <![CDATA[Ruthless Savage (Savage Kings, #1)]]> 195888924 Too young. Too innocent. And far too forbidden.

Her father is the head of the Irish Mob.
And I'm just her bodyguard tasked to keep her safe.

She's my job, but she's also a maddening temptation.
One I need to stay away from.

But I underestimate that feisty little spitfire.
She creeps under my skin.
Pushes all of my buttons.
Until I unravel...

I can’t resist the untouched Irish princess.

With every hungered look, with every illicit touch, I want her more.
Downright needing her, until the lines start to blur.

But I can't have her.

She has no idea who I truly am.
My past is as dark as it is dangerous.

And my enemies are coming.

If she’s mine,
they’ll come for her too.

When her life is threatened,
I have no choice but to save her.

Though saving her comes at a price.]]> 377 Lilian Harris A 3 3.81 Ruthless Savage (Savage Kings, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wicked Billionaire (Wicked #1)]]> 202895522 With a hardened heart and a soul filled with darkness, I’m convinced solitude is my only solace. Until I meet her.

Hazel has a gentle soul and unwavering principles. She’s nothing like the women that frequent my bed. She’s a bright light in my shadowed existence. Despite our age difference and the innocence that radiates from her, our mutual chemistry is undeniable. I find myself helplessly drawn to her intoxicating pull.

Yet, I can’t allow myself to embrace these feelings. Hazel deserves a life free from the reality of my grim existence.

However, fate has different plans in store.

An unforeseen event unravels the truth of my growing affection for Hazel and the weight of my desire threatens to consume both our worlds.

Haunted by my past I’m faced with an impossible choice. If I walk away then she’s safe from my darkness. If I stay, I risk everything, including her. One touch from me could forever shatter her innocent soul.

Author This is Jareth and Hazel's a grumpy/sunshine, workplace romance between a jaded, morally gray billionaire who thinks his soul is too dark to find happiness with his sweet plus-size assistant who believes that love can conquer all. If you read Second Chance for Mr. Alden, a loosely based Aladdin retelling, you may recognize Jareth as the villain of that story.]]> 448 Stephanie Harrell 1955219885 A 0 to-read 3.98 Wicked Billionaire (Wicked #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Heart Match (The Match Series, #1)]]> 205792998
Olivia Charlton is a workaholic and successful lingerie designer with a perfectly planned life. This includes not giving her one-night stands any chance of a serious relationship since her last painful breakup. That is until she meets sexy Frenchman Lucas Lamaire, who is temporarily staying in the penthouse of her building.

Olivia finds herself unable to resist Luc’s charm and for the first time in a very long while she begins to open her heart. But Luc has omitted to tell her one important fact about himself... how messy will her life get when she discovers who he really is?

Heart Match is coming on April 24th, 2024!

Trigger warnings: past toxic/abusive relationship, domestic violence and trauma.]]> 250 Allane Milliane 3982304423 A 0 to-read 3.87 Heart Match (The Match Series, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hearts of Fortune (Heirs of Cape Canyon Book 1)]]> 211870672 “If anyone objects to this union, speak now or forever hold your peace.�
I objected. I seriously freaking objected.
But if I dared to say anything and screw up my mother’s marriage to her new richer-than-God husband she’d murder me in a mass of tulle, and bury the body where nobody would ever find me.
I’m stuck in this gated community filled with cheating husbands and doped-up trophy wives, forced to live under the same roof as my three hideous new stepbrothers.
Ա� hideous was a stretch.
It was an undeniable fact that all three of the Aston brothers were hot as sin.
It’s too bad filthy rich playboys aren’t my style. Especially ones I’m forced to call family.
I’ve made a vow to stay the hell away from them.
Except� I’m a brand new toy they really want to share.]]> 312 E. Winn 064575126X A 0 to-read 4.02 Hearts of Fortune (Heirs of Cape Canyon Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Up the Ladder (When in Brooklyn, #1)]]> 210112430
Genevieve has it all-great job, stunning apartment, perfect boyfriend... When the latter dumps her for being terrible in bed, she sets out to prove him wrong. With the help of a silly online quiz and her best friend, she compiles a list of things that'll make her a better lover, determined to go through them one by one. Because she's too focused on climbing the corporate ladder for anything serious, she creates one simple rule: never see the same man twice.

The first item on her list leads her to Jake, a dashing Aussie with surgical steel in unexpected places. As charming as he is sinful, Jake is like nothing she's ever known before, with his perfect body covered in tattoos and penchant for teasing. Before long, the silver-tongued devil comes in the way of her resolve, making it hard to stick to her rule.
Can she resist the temptation, or will she give in to her desires? Or better yet, for how long can she resist him?]]> 474 Ana D'Arcy 2959234405 A 0 to-read 4.23 Up the Ladder (When in Brooklyn, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Cross the Line (Lights Out, #1)]]> 208516646 Her brother’s best friend sends her heart racing in this sparkling Formula 1 romance.

Formula 1 driver Dev Anderson’s career is on the line. After a social media disaster leaves him with an angry team and sponsors threatening to jump ship, he needs someone to help save his image. At a party in Monaco, he bumps into the woman who can fix it all. There’s just one problem: she’s his best friend’s little sister. And, okay, maybe there’s another problem—he kissed her last year and hasn’t been able to stop thinking about it since.

Recent college grad Willow Williams needs a job. She may have a talent for seeing the bright side of any bad situation, but it’s hard to stay positive when she’s struggling to get hired. So when Dev offers her a temporary solution, she can’t help but say yes. Even if it means ignoring the crush she’s had on him since childhood.

Willow and Dev are determined to keep things strictly professional, regardless of old feelings and the blazing chemistry between them. But in the glittering and high-stakes world of Formula 1, some lines are meant to be crossed…]]> 416 Simone Soltani 0593818148 A 0 to-read 3.57 2024 Cross the Line (Lights Out, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[First Base (Chicago Heartbreakers, #1)]]> 208981183 It was just a game... until the rules changed. Baseball photographer Maggie Redford is happy to watch life from the stands. At twenty-five, she's already lost the love of her life and is content to focus on her job snapping shots of Chicago's MLB team instead of her lovelife. But Maggie's thrown a curveball when the team signs Tommy Mikals, a tattooed hotshot whose talent for making plays is matched by a playboy reputation. Tommy knows he was traded because his last team grew tired of his tabloid escapades, but he's looking at this season as a chance at redemption. Vowing to give up his party-boy ways, he can't afford to be distracted by the gorgeous team photographer. Whenn a wild team outing leads to Maggie getting caught on the wrong side of the camera with Tommy, the photo goes viral—making Maggie look like just another of Tommy’s hook-ups. With his reputation and her job at risk, the PR team devises a fake a romance to convince the world that the two are an established couple. But as their pretend relationship plays out in the spotlight, real feelings come into play. Maggie's already loved and lost, Tommy's never learned to Can they even make it past first base?]]> 286 Ally Wiegand 1961795221 A 0 to-read 3.54 First Base (Chicago Heartbreakers, #1)
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]]> The Ex Vows 199926331 Estranged exes must stick close together to save their best friend’s wedding after a string of disasters in this swoony and steamy second-chance romance.

Georgia Woodward lives by her lists, none more so than the one about her ex, Eli Mora. It’s full of the ironclad dos and don’ts they’ve been following since she returned to the Bay Area after their cataclysmic breakup five years ago.

With the wedding of their mutual best friend, Adam, looming, and them about to step into their roles as best woman and man, Georgia’s never needed it more. She refuses to threaten their tight-knit friend group with her messy—and still very present—feelings. The rules on that list will keep her cool, calm, and compartmentalized.

What’s not on her list? Eli arriving from New York with a new rule-breaking attitude or the all-inclusive venue burning to the ground, leaving the bride and groom in dire straits. Nor does she anticipate Adam asking her and Eli to help him make a miracle happen. Together.

As Georgia and Eli rush up to Napa Valley to pull off the perfect wedding, their old chemistry comes back in technicolor. Somewhere between cake tastings gone wrong, disastrous DJ auditions, and Eli’s heated attention, Georgia starts recognizing the man she fell in love with before. And if she lets herself break her rules, she might find what they’re building isn’t the something old that ruined them—it’s a chance at something new.]]> 399 Jessica Joyce 0593548434 A 0 to-read 4.13 2024 The Ex Vows
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]]> A Novel Love Story 199261152 A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction� literally.

Eileen Merriweather loves to get lost in a good happily-ever-after. The fictional kind, anyway. Because at least imaginary men don’t leave you at the altar. She feels safe in a book. At home. Which might be why she’s so set on going to her annual book club retreat this year—she needs good friends, cheap wine, and grand romantic gestures—no matter what.

But when her car unexpectedly breaks down on the way, she finds herself stranded in a quaint town that feels like it’s right out of a novel�

Because it is.

This place can’t be real, and yet� she’s here, in Eloraton, the town of her favorite romance series, where the candy store’s honey taffy is always sweet, the local bar’s burgers are always a little burnt, and rain always comes in the afternoon. It feels like home. It’s perfect—and perfectly frozen, trapped in the late author’s last unfinished story.

Elsy is sure that’s why she must be here: to help bring the town to its storybook ending.

Except there is a character in Eloraton that she can’t place—a grumpy bookstore owner with mint-green eyes, an irritatingly sexy mouth and impeccable taste in novels. And he does not want her finishing this book.

Which is a problem because Elsy is beginning to think the town’s happily-ever-after might just be intertwined with her own.]]> 368 Ashley Poston 0593640977 A 0 to-read 3.62 2024 A Novel Love Story
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]]> The Game Changer 199355848 A hockey player and a baker shoot their shot in this steamy new romance.

When a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase's team, he hopes to focus on his game, but that suddenly seem less likely than a hat trick. With his career and the team’s image in jeopardy, Ian is surprised to find a solution through none other than Delilah Baker, his best friend and teammate's little sister…who isn’t so little anymore.

Delilah Baker is known as “the darling of baking� on her local cable show, and being in the public eye is her bread and butter. But with her numbers dwindling and her producers turning up the heat, Delilah offers up the half-baked idea to collaborate with her brother’s team to entice the hockey fans of Boston to tune in to her show. Delilah thinks it will be a piece of cake—until the team sends Ian Chase, her brother’s best friend and the object of a decade-long crush that she’s never quite gotten over.

Delilah's and Ian’s teams think it’s a true win-win situation—gaining higher numbers for Delilah’s show and casting Ian in a more positive light. And viewers are eating them up like a cupcake, sparking the idea to play up their relationship for the goal of good press. With more than just their careers on thin ice, the line between what’s real and what’s for show begins to blur, but one thing’s for certain: This PR stunt will either be a total game changer—or leave them both totally pucked.]]> 400 Lana Ferguson 0593816838 A 0 to-read 3.59 2024 The Game Changer
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]]> Not in Love (Not in Love, #1) 198716261 A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science.

Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down.

Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through - and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him.

Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business - one that plays for keeps.]]> 384 Ali Hazelwood 1408728915 A 0 to-read 3.59 2024 Not in Love (Not in Love, #1)
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]]> Not Another Love Song 201627074 Two string players fight their attraction for each other as they compete for center stage in this spicy and emotional romance.

Gwen Jackson and Xander Thorne are both musical prodigies, but each has had very different paths to success. Xander was born into classical music royalty, while Gwen had a natural ear for music that was nurtured by a kind shop owner.

After Gwen performs at his friend’s wedding, she’s mortified when she realizes Xander has no clue who she is—despite having worked together for a year at the Pops Orchestra. But she’s more furious that he arrogantly critiques her performance.

When Gwen is offered the role of First Chair of the orchestra, something Xander had secretly coveted for years, their existing hostility goes up a notch. But their respect for each other's music is undeniable, and their onstage chemistry off the scale. As they begin to explore their feelings for one another, suddenly they're box office dynamite and the fragile romance that's growing between them is in danger of being crushed beneath a publicity stunt...]]> 384 Julie Soto 1538740915 A 0 to-read 4.05 2024 Not Another Love Song
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dixon Rule (Campus Diaries, #2)]]> 200338241
Shane just moved into her apartment building and seems dedicated to sleeping his way through her entire cheerleading squad. Sure, he’s a tall, gorgeous hockey player, but he’s messing with her turf. This calls for some ground rules: no parties in her apartment, leave her teammates alone, and—most importantly—leave her alone.

What Diana doesn’t realize is that Shane’s sick of hookups and tired of being on the rebound after his long-term girlfriend called it quits. He wants a relationship. And when his ex comes back into the picture, he pretends he has one to make her jealous…and who better to play the girlfriend role than his sassy new neighbor?

Despite Diana’s reluctance to break her rule, a fake relationship is the perfect solution for her own ex issues, and soon she can’t deny something is sizzling between her and Shane. Something hot and completely unexpected.

And it might just be getting a little too real.]]> 498 Elle Kennedy A 0 to-read 4.16 2024 The Dixon Rule (Campus Diaries, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Just This Once (King Family, #1)]]> 204259783
Cocky, pierced firefighters are perfect for late-night rom-coms, but in real life they’re nothing but trouble. Especially when you find out they work for your dad—after you’ve already slept with them.

Moving to my parents� small town was supposed to be the fresh start I was looking for. When a disastrous Valentine’s Day leads to an unexpected encounter with a sexy stranger, and ends with the hottest night of my life, I didn’t think I would ever see Whip again.

Imagine my surprise when one of my sixth-grade students has a medical emergency and it’s Whip who shows up, looking hot as hell, to save the day. I should be embarrassed at how we left things, but instead I’m furious he doesn’t seem to remember me.

So I scrape my pride off the floor, lift my chin, and pretend there’s nothing between us. But that can last only so long. Stolen glances melt into forbidden touches, and once we give in to temptation, we can’t keep our hands off each other.

Nothing has ever felt so right, but my guarded heart won’t let me believe in happily ever after with a man like him. Opening up to Whip may be the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and every time we agree to one last time, we both know it’s a lie.

How many times can we keep telling ourselves just this once before we realize that, when it comes to love, once is never enough?]]> 329 Lena Hendrix A 0 to-read 4.03 2024 Just This Once (King Family, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wild River (Magnolia Falls #2)]]> 202008515
Ruby Rose declared me the enemy before I had a chance to defend myself.
I may be an attorney, but this girl had appointed herself judge and jury.

And I’d never minded a good verbal sparring.
There was a comfort in going to battle against the evil queen.
Maybe it was just the recognition of one damaged soul to another.
But the more we fought—the more I craved her.
Until our arguing turned into a bit of a wager.
One I was determined to win.
One time. Sixty seconds. A secret only we would share.
I’d work my magic and she’d declare me the winner.
I’d gloat, she’d sulk—that was my plan.
She was determined to prove me wrong.
But from the minute we crossed the line, there was no turning back.
She was so far under my skin I couldn’t think straight.
Feeling things that I’d never felt before was one thing.
But knowing the clock was ticking was another.
Ruby Rose may have given me more than sixty seconds, but she wasn’t offering forever.
And now my world doesn’t work without her in it.
But how do I convince her to stay, when she already has one foot out the door?]]> 353 Laura Pavlov A 0 to-read 4.14 2024 Wild River (Magnolia Falls #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blaze (Bounty Hunters of Karven)]]> 213388151 Fake dating my hot alien roommate? Yes please.When Fodor Throop, the man who murdered my mentor, becomes my new boss, and I discover that I’m going to be stuck with him on a weeklong work trip, I’m goaded into doing something very stupid.

I pretend that my Karven podmate Calder is my boyfriend, and even worse, I tell Throop that he’s is a deadly, dangerous bodyguard.

Dumb. So dumb. Yes, it’s true that the Karven are powerful, lethal warriors, feared all over the galaxy, but not Calder.

Calder is a great guy. He’s nice. Clean. Picks up after himself. Cooks for me.
But lethal? Judging from his wounds, my hapless podmate is the target of every bully on Harte.

Now Calder and I on our trip�
He’s pretending to be my boyfriend�
We’re sharing a room where there’s only one bed�
We’re practicing kissing�
Making everyone believe we’re crazy about each other�

And even though it’s fake, it’s all starting to feel very, very real.

Then I see Calder fight, and realize out that everything I knew about my Karven podmate was a lie.
]]> 143 Lili Zander A 4 4.20 Blaze (Bounty Hunters of Karven)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Billionaire's Ruthless Revenge]]> 31498553
When Annie Smith first meets the self-made tycoon Kyle Anderson she is beyond smitten. Tall, check, handsome, check, rich, check. He's all her dreams come true, and when he intervenes to save her twin brother from a deserved criminal prosecution she falls head over heels in love with him. They marry in haste and Annie certainly repents at leisure, when the man she thought she loved remains closed-off and cold. Apart from in the bedroom that is where the heat of their passion threatens to burn through her soul.

Kyle Anderson doesn't trust easily and he's got no experience with love. When Annie walked out on their marriage shortly after it had begun he swore he'd never be such an idiotic fool again. Until she arrives back on his doorstep, begging for help, and it's too easy to get her right where he wants: back in his bed, and back as his wife.

But possession is certainly not nine tenths of the law when it comes to marriage: Annie might be playing the part of Kyle's wife in exchange for his help but she's learned her lessons the hard way. No way will she fall under his spell again. Does she have what it takes to resist the only man she's ever truly cared for?

From the Amazon bestselling author of THE SHEIKH'S SECRET BABY, THE VELASCO LOVECHILD and more, Clare Connelly writes romance that will set your soul on fire. ]]> 133 Clare Connelly A 2 3.60 The Billionaire's Ruthless Revenge
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average rating: 3.60
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]]> <![CDATA[Playing with Fire (Burn for Me #1)]]> 200474257
Dear future ex-husband, I loathe you.

Malakai Farrow needs a wife, and I would have done anything to save the last piece of my family.
Now I'm here, in his house, seeing firsthand how dangerous this man is.
He's merciless.
Brutal and cold.
And my new husband.

He tossed my life into the air and then watched it fall and shatter.
So now, I'm going to make his life hell.

Playing with fire has never been this much fun. And if I get burned in the process?
Well, I'll be sure to take him down with me.

Malakai

Dear wife, your claws are out early today. I like it.

Olivia Lauder is the ticket to keeping my throne.
In this organization, there are rules every leader must follow and taking a wife is one of them.

It's only supposed to be a business transaction, a signed contract to satisfy old traditions.
That was until she stormed into my house like a little hell cat, and I simply couldn't resist.
Playing with Olivia is just too much fun when the rest of my life is so organized.
But then the games start to feel a little bit too real.

And with every day that passes, she climbs further beneath my skin.
Olivia and I were only ever meant to be on paper, but now that I have her, I'm finding I want her in every way possible.

Even if that means we both go up in flames.]]> 532 Ria Wilde A 5 3.94 Playing with Fire (Burn for Me #1)
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average rating: 3.94
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Was consumed by this book. Yet another Kai, who is everything!
]]> <![CDATA[Dance Till You Die (Nancy Drew: Files, #100)]]> 1451757 160 Carolyn Keene 0671794922 A 2 3.58 1994 Dance Till You Die (Nancy Drew: Files, #100)
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average rating: 3.58
book published: 1994
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Strip Down (Exposed to the Elements, #5)]]> 58013656 Can Amanda discover the secrets behind an alien ruin? And the mysterious alien with the haunted eyes?

Amanda is happy with her life as an elementary school teacher - and making plans to expand her family. Waking up naked and alone on an alien planet is not on her schedule.

Desperate to return to Earth, she reluctantly accepts the help of the massive alien who appears out of the sands. But the more time they spend together, the more complicated her need to return becomes.

Va’rik awakens to find himself alone on the edge of an ancient desert. He is quite sure he has an important task to perform - the only problem is that he can’t quite remember what he needs to accomplish.

When he encounters a strange, beautiful female, assisting her becomes his mission. But as his memories start to return, he realizes that helping her leave is the last thing he truly wants.

Can Va’rik keep his vow to Amanda, even if it means the future of his race - and his own happiness - are in jeopardy?

Each book in the Exposed to the Elements series can be read as a standalone romance; however, this book contains references to previous characters and events in the series and may best be enjoyed in order. This sweet and steamy romance is intended for mature audiences only.]]> 144 Honey Phillips A 3 4.42 2021 The Strip Down (Exposed to the Elements, #5)
author: Honey Phillips
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average rating: 4.42
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Buff Beast (Exposed to the Elements, #4)]]> 57748188 Can Mina survive the icy cold of an alien winter? And melt the heart of the hardened alien warrior who rescues her?

Her home. Her job. In a few short months, Mina has lost everything, including hope. Freezing and alone on a winter night, she isn't sure if she will make it to the next day. Or even if it matters.

She wakes up to find herself naked and freezing, but no longer alone. An angel appears out of the snow to save her. An angel with fangs and claws, and a pain in his eyes which matches her own.

Betrayed by everyone he cares about, Kai-Al retreats into a solitary life of study and discipline. When he finds himself alone on a strange planet, his only real regret is that his books did not accompany him.

Then he finds a fragile, helpless female in the snow. Experience has taught him not to trust, but he cannot resist the appeal in her big, blue eyes. As he thaws her frozen body, she begins to thaw his frozen heart.

But when the hidden forces behind their arrival on the planet make their presence known, will Mina be able to save him in return? Or will they use her to destroy him?

Each book in the Exposed to the Elements series can be read as a standalone romance; however, this book contains references to previous characters and events in the series and may best be enjoyed in order. This sweet and steamy romance is intended for mature audiences only.]]> 129 Honey Phillips A 3 4.23 2021 The Buff Beast (Exposed to the Elements, #4)
author: Honey Phillips
name: A
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Unexpectedly Mine (Unexpectedly in Love, #2)]]> 136637018
Since the man I thought I would be walking down the aisle with broke up with me, I’ve been focused on my business.

As the designer of Emma Belle Bridal Gowns, headlining the Blushing Bride Convention in Las Vegas has been the highlight of my year. And the legendary editor of The Dress magazine wants to feature me in their upcoming issue?
A dream come true.

And it’s my birthday! Nothing can get me down…except maybe my ex’s engagement splashed across social media.

What’s a girl to do other than drink a truck load of champagne and see a male revue show?
When a dancer pulls me up on stage, the chemistry between us is undeniable.

Forget holy matrimony, I’m going to lower my expectations for one night.
One night that just may last forever.


Griffin

One last night�

After twelve years raising my baby sister, Sophie, and dancing for Las Vegas’s top male revue in order to pay bills and ensure she graduates college, I’m ready to hang up my tearaway pants and start a new life.

My intentions were to protect Emma, a captivating and tipsy woman at the show, from doing something she regrets. With chemistry neither of us can deny, the night takes an unexpected turn and we find ourselves waking up married.

It happens. We’ll correct our mistakes and move on.

But with a viral wedding video, our nuptials end up on Page Six, and Emma needs me in New York to play the part of doting new husband for a career-boosting interview.
I’ll play the part, do what she asks, then we’ll part ways.

Emma’s smart, enchanting and beautiful…and completely unexpected.
But right now, I have nothing to offer a woman like her, let alone forever.]]> 366 Erin Hawkins 1735688363 A 0 to-read 4.09 Unexpectedly Mine (Unexpectedly in Love, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Nude Attitude (Exposed to the Elements, #3)]]> 57428972 Can Erica survive the hidden dangers of an alien ocean? And the charms of the alien convict stranded with her?

Erica desperately needs a break from her domineering father - especially his latest scheme to marry her off so she can produce an heir. When she wakes up on a tropical island, it almost seems like the answer to a prayer�

Except she’s naked, alone, and she’s never seen an island quite like this before. She’s certainly never seen anyone like the big blue alien who walks out of the sea with a fierce grin and a massive spear.

A’rien is smooth, charming - and unlucky. When his latest scheme goes awry, he is tried and convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. His fate seems certain, but instead, he wakes up on an unknown planet. He has everything he needs to survive, including a strange, beautiful female. Has his luck finally turned?

But the more time A'rien spends with Erica - teasing her, protecting her, touching her - the more he realizes that she doesn’t belong in this world. Will he give in to his desire to keep her - or will the conscience he never knew he had insist that he let her go?

Each book in the Exposed to the Elements series can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy romance is intended for mature audiences only.]]> 103 Honey Phillips A 3 4.23 2021 A Nude Attitude (Exposed to the Elements, #3)
author: Honey Phillips
name: A
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/16
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bare Essentials (Exposed to the Elements, #2)]]> 57124103 Can Janet survive the heat of an alien desert? And the heat of the alien warrior who finds her?

One minute Janet is sliding into a snow bank. The next she is alone in the middle of a strange pink desert. Alone and naked.

When a huge, golden-scaled male appears out of the shifting sands, she is convinced that he is a mirage. But the fiery pleasure of his touch feels too real to be an illusion.

Sabros is preparing for his final initiation as a priest of Tetlana when he is snatched away from his temple. The desert in which he awakens reminds him of his ancestral sands. But his ancestors would never have accepted the delicate female who arouses all of his protective instincts.

The desert holds many secrets - not the least of which are the secrets of the heart. Which will prove most treacherous as Janet and Sabros make the perilous trek to safety?

Each book in the Exposed to the Elements series can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy romance is intended for mature audiences only.]]> 140 Honey Phillips A 4 4.16 2021 The Bare Essentials (Exposed to the Elements, #2)
author: Honey Phillips
name: A
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Naked Alien (Exposed to the Elements, #1)]]> 56864848 Can Jane survive alone on an alien planet? And is she really alone?

Jane has no interest in the great outdoors. She prefers her comfortable bed, her books, and all the conveniences of modern life. So when she wakes up alone and naked in what appears to be an alien jungle, her only goal is to find her way home.

The question of whether or not she’s alone is answered when a massive stranger comes to her rescue. Her savior is big and growly and he doesn’t speak her language - but the heat in his eyes doesn’t need translation...

Commander Taraxan’s people may have mastered advanced technology, but they have never forgotten their primitive roots. So when he wakes up naked and weaponless on an unknown planet, he is annoyed but not alarmed.

As he searches for a way to return to his civilization, he discovers a strange, pale female blundering around the jungle. Oblivious to the hazards surrounding her, she is clumsy, helpless� and completely adorable. As an honorable warrior, he has no choice but to protect her - but he doesn't expect the task to be so rewarding...

Can two complete opposites survive the jungle - and their sizzling attraction to one another? And what possible future awaits a human woman and an alien commander who are both determined to return to their own worlds?

Each book in the Exposed to the Elements series can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy romance is intended for mature audiences only.]]> 124 Honey Phillips A 4 4.02 2021 The Naked Alien (Exposed to the Elements, #1)
author: Honey Phillips
name: A
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Naked Truth (The Confederacy Treaty, #2)]]> 11374017 Captain Susan Branscombe was the victim of brutal torture at the hands of terrorists. Though rescued, she's now facing an equally brutal treason.


The only way she can prove her innocence is to allow Asler Kiis, a Confederacy Examiner, to delve into the depths of her mind. Asler is Inarri, the alien race that made contact with Earth just months before. His duty is to find the truth, but when he explores Susan's mind he can't resist drawing her into a more intimate experience.


Susan takes comfort in Asler's heated sensuality. Their erotic sensory exploration chases away the darkness and her body aches for more. But as their desire reaches new limits Susan finds it difficult to suppress the memories she is desperate to forget.


Is the passion they share enough to let Susan push aside her fear and trust Asler, not only with her mind and body but with her ever-opening heart?


37,000 words

]]> 108 Lilly Cain 142689175X A 0 to-read 3.27 2011 The Naked Truth (The Confederacy Treaty, #2)
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average rating: 3.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Raider’s Treasure (Alpha Barbarians #1)]]> 55421039 Being an omega, Lyric never had the option of choosing her mate, but has she finally found one that will treasure her for who she is instead of as a status symbol? Can she forgive him for what he's done to her people?

This is book 1 of the Alpha Barbarians series. It contains detailed scenes some readers may not enjoy. It is a slow-burn Omegaverse Romance set in a primitive world.]]> 171 Leann Ryans A 0 to-read 3.82 2019 Raider’s Treasure (Alpha Barbarians #1)
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name: A
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[Anna and the Alien (Alien Abduction, #1)]]> 42076632 Anna Elliott wanted to get away. But an alien spaceship was not on the itinerary.

All Anna needed was a calm, relaxing vacation. Instead, she finds herself enslaved aboard an alien spacecraft and forced to help an injured prisoner � a huge, golden-skinned warrior. Even wounded, he arouses her in ways she’s never known. But if he dies, so does she.

When the spaceship crashes on a strange planet, she must put her trust in him to survive. But the passion he stirs in her may cause her to lose her heart as well.

Jakkar is a Sardoran mercenary searching desperately for a new planet to replace his dying home world. He never expected to be injured, captured, and then shipwrecked. Forbidden to mate outside his species, he can’t help but be tempted by Anna’s curvy body and her caring heart.

Now he’s responsible for the small group of survivors � and the luscious little human he’s determined to claim as his own.

Can a girl and her alien find happiness on a deserted planet at the far end of the galaxy?

Each book in the Alien Abduction series features a different couple and can be enjoyed as a standalone romance.]]> 224 Honey Phillips A 0 to-read 3.95 2018 Anna and the Alien (Alien Abduction, #1)
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> Honey Moon 790142
From a dilapidated South Carolina amusement park to the shimmering glamour of Hollywood, orphaned Honey Jane Moon became the most famous child star in America by challenging the world with her fists swinging. But little girls have to grow up someday, and the passionate woman she becomes loves as fiercely as she lives, changing forever the destinies of two famous men:

Dash Coogan...the last of the movies' cowboy heroes, trapped on a screen too small to contain a legend. Eric Dillon...Hollywood's bad boy, whose dark, seductive appeal and blazing talent hide a painful secret that has scarred his soul.

Even as both these men relentlessly pursue her, all that Honey Jane Moon really wants is true love and a family she can call her own—and both are just one breathtaking ride away.]]> 448 Susan Elizabeth Phillips 0671735934 A 0 to-read 3.84 1993 Honey Moon
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> Ronan (Night Wolves, #2) 39100505 THIS IS A STAND ALONE WITH AN HEA

Bethany intends to save her sister from Kanthus. But first, she needs to save herself�

When Bethany defies her family and heads down the road to Kanthus, she doesn’t expect anything bad to happen. She’s not prepared for anything bad to happen. So when she’s taken by bandits, locked in a cage in their squalid camp, with the realization she’ll be sold off to a slave-empire, it’s up to her to find a way out of her predicament before it’s too late.

There’s another long-term prisoner here, too. A beast with light brown fur and yellow eyes, kept in chains. Beaten to keep his will low. At first, she thinks him to be just a beast. But there’s an intelligence in those eyes. One that is all too human.

And if she can help him too, then why not?

After all, she’s determined to survive. By any means necessary�


WARNING: This ebook contains mature themes and language, intended for 18+ readers only.

]]> 109 Lisa Daniels A 0 to-read 3.84 2018 Ronan (Night Wolves, #2)
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