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The Friendship Pact
by Jill ShalvisSeries: Sunrise Cove #2
Published by Avon on June 14, 2022
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: eBook
Pages: 384
Source: Library - Libby
Audience: 18+/Adult
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New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a powerful, moving story about a young woman on a quest to find the truth about her father who learns the meaning of true love along the way.
Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she's never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with disabilities and wounded warriors.
Her first big fundraiser event falls flat, but what starts out as a terrible, horrible, no-good night turns into something else entirely when Tae finds herself face-to-face with Riggs Copeland. She hasn't seen the former Marine since their brief fling in high school, and while still intensely drawn to him, she likes her past burned and buried, thank you very much. Hence their friendship pact.
But when April oddly refuses to help Tae track down her father, it's Riggs who unexpectedly comes to her aid. On a hunt to unlock the past, the two of them find themselves on a wild ride and learn a shocking truth, while also reluctantly bonding in a way neither had seen coming. Now Tae must decide whether she's going to choose love ... or walk away from her own happiness.
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Tainted Saint
by Gwyn McNameeSeries: Billionaires of New Orleans: The Hawke Family #5
Published by Self-Published on March 14, 2019
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: eBook
Pages: 141
Source: Kobo Plus
Audience: 18+/Adult
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He's searching for absolution. She wants her happily ever after.
Solomon Clarke goes by Saint, though he’s anything but. After lusting for him from afar, the masquerade party affords me the anonymity to pursue that attraction without worrying about the fall-out of hooking-up with the bouncer from the Hawkeye Club. From the second he lays his eyes and hands on me, I’m helpless to resist him. Even burying myself in a dangerous investigation can’t erase the memory of our combustible connection and one night together. The only problem… he has no idea who I am.
Caroline Brooks thinks I don’t see her watching me, the way her eyes rake over me with appreciation. But I’ve noticed, and the party is the perfect opportunity to unleash the desire I’ve kept reined in for so damn long. It also sets off a series of events no one sees coming. Events that leave those I love hurting because of my failures. While the guilt eats away at my soul, Caroline continues to weigh on my heart. That woman may be the death of me, but oh, what a way to go.
Life isn’t always clean, and sometimes, it takes a saint to do the dirty work.
***Tainted Saint is the first novella in The Hawke Family Series, but it is a continuation of the same story in the main series. While it is a complete story, it is NOT meant to be read as a standalone. The story of the Hawke siblings and the secondary characters featured in Tainted Saint starts in Savage Collision and continues in book two, Tortured Skye, book three, Stone Sober, and book four, Building Storm. These stories all build on one another and are intertwined. They need to be read in order to fully enjoy and understand the plots and characters. ***
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Ruthless Empire
by Rina KentSeries: Royal Elite #6
Published by Blackthorn Books on August 20, 2020
SubGenres: New Adult Romance
Format: eBook
Pages: 386
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Audience: 18+/Adult
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She’s off limits. He has none.
There’s a girl.Beautiful. Popular. Fake.And my obsession.My fall.Probably my damnation.Did that stop me? Do I care? No and no.There’s a line between right and wrong. Moral and immoral.And then there’s her.I cross every limit with blood-coated fingers.She says she hates me.I say I hate her too as I trap her, own her.Make her all mine.
Ruthless Empire is part of Royal Elite Series, but could be read on its own. For better understanding of the world, you might want to read the previous books first. This is a mature new adult and contains situations that some readers can find offensive.
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Pretty Little Threats
by Daria QuinnSeries: Princes of NYC #1
Published by Self-Published on February 20, 2025
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance
Format: eArc
Pages: 434
Source: The Author Agency
Audience: 18+/Adult
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A dark secret. A corrupt marriage. And a beast who might just fall for the beauty.
DAREPower. Control. Darkness.I’ve built an empire with those three things, and I’ll destroy anyone who tries to threaten it.When Rose Miller’s father announces her arranged marriage to a man far worse than me, I step in. She needs my protection. But she doesn’t know the price of my help.We share a secret, one that could ruin us both. A crime that ties us together in ways she doesn’t understand.I’ll marry her, keep her safe, but make no mistake, she won’t just be my wife. She’ll be mine, body and soul.
ROSEI’ve spent my life following every rule my father set. But when he tries to give me to a monster, I realize I’ve been trapped in a gilded cage.Dare Richardson might be the only one who can protect me, but he's ruthless. A dangerous beast I’ve always despised.The truth is, we’re both running from something darker than either of us, and when he offers me a way out, I can’t help but accept.The man I once swore to hate is now my husband.And the beast within him? He’s the only one who can set me free.
This is a dark contemporary MF romance. It is the first standalone in the Princes of NYC series.
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First-Time Caller
by B.K. BorisonSeries: Heartstrings #1
Published by Berkley on February 11, 2025
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Source: the publisher
Audience: 18+/Adult
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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.
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A Dawn of Onyx
by Kate GoldenSeries: The Sacred Stones #1
Published by Berkley on December 15, 2022
SubGenres: Fantasy Romance
Format: AudioBook
Narrator: Ruby Cherise, Will Damron
Length: 12 Hours And 27 Minutes
Source: Library - Libby
Audience: 18+/Adult
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Captured by a king of darkness. Forced to find the light within.
Arwen Valondale never expected to be the brave one, offering her life to save her brother’s. Now she’s been taken prisoner by the most dangerous kingdom on the continent, and made to use her rare magical abilities to heal the soldiers of the vicious Onyx King.
Arwen knows better than to face the ancient, wicked woods that surround the castle on her own, which means working with a fellow prisoner might be her only path to freedom. Unfortunately, he’s as infuriating as he is cunning—and seems to take twistedpleasure in playing on Arwen’s deepest fears.
But here in Onyx Kingdom, trust is a luxury she can’t afford.
To make it out of enemy territory, she'll have to navigate back-stabbing royals, dark magic, and dangerous beasts. But untold power lies inside Arwen, dormant and waiting for a spark. If she can harness it, she just might be able to escape with her life—and hopefully, her heart.
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Billionaire Lumberjack's Bargain
by Gwyn McNameeSeries: Lumberjacks in Love #5
Published by Self-Published on February 11, 2025
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: eArc
Pages: 329
Source: the author
Audience: 18+/Adult
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A widowed single mother lost and alone. A young man intent on defending his family’s legacy. An attraction neither of them saw coming on the mountain…
This mountain has always been home.A safe haven from a world that can be so cruel.But it has its own dangers.I just never expected one of them to be Camille Bower.The beautiful widow is desperate.With a young child and another on the way, she’s in no position to survive the coming winter on her homestead.Unless I help her.But I need something from her in return…In order to protect the James family legacy.It’s a simple bargain.My help for hers.At least, it should have been.I didn’t intend to fall for her.Or to care so deeply for the little boy who has her eyes.People always say the road to Hell is paved in good intentions.Mine have brought those flames to the mountain.And we all may burn for it.
Grab this steamy reverse age-gap stand-alone about a reclusive young billionaire, an older, widowed single mother, an agreement meant to be temporary, and what happens when sparks fly on the mountain and ignite an inferno they can’t escape.
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Silver Fox
by Stevie SparksSeries: Out of His League #1
Published by Self-Published on February 9, 2024
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: eBook
Pages: 112
Source: The Author Agency
Audience: 18+/Adult
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When Skye walks in on her boyfriend sleeping with her sister on Valentine’s Day, she does what any woman would do. She breaks up with him, grabs her cat, and high tails it out of his life. Dressed in her sexiest outfit and out on the town, she meets Silas.
When billionaire Silas Silver heads to the bar after a hectic day at work, he never expected to meet someone like her. Captivated from the moment she walks in, he watches from the shadows until he sees a man follow her to the bathroom.
But if her curves catch his attention, her personality holds it. Their chemistry sizzles, and before long the two of them end up back at his penthouse for a very climactic Valentine’s evening. Bad dating experiences made him focus on his career, but maybe his happy ever after isn’t so far away after all…
In Silver Fox, a spicy Valentine’s Day novella, the worst day of Skye’s life turns into anything but as she and Silas find themselves entwined in desire and passion. Their connection soon proves that, on Valentine’s Day, love really can be found where you least expect it.
- Valentine’s Daddy vibes- ‘Good girl’- Age gap- Plus size heroine- Tattooed hero- Dominant hero- Billionaire hero- Pierced hero (in one area...)- Surprise boss- Boss to lover- Idiot cat