en-US Fri, 02 May 2025 14:42:58 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 214037674 Dirty dancing leads to a chance at forever in this sizzling single parent, found family, small town romance by Jessica Peterson.

As a recently divorced single mom, I have zero interest in flirting with guys while on a rare girls�� weekend away with my sisters. I just want to have fun, celebrate my new job, and listen to live music at a honky tonk.

But when I literally stumble into the most gorgeous guy ever on the dance floor, those plans go up in smoke. Growing up on the barrel racing circuit, I’m not immune to the charms of a cowboy. But this particular one is hot as hell: Sawyer’s got a mustache, some sexy tattoos, and a very filthy mouth.

Needless to say, we end up naked in his swanky hotel room. It’s the best sex of my life. And the way Sawyer treats me like a queen? Let’s just say a girl could get addicted to that kind of adoration.

Good thing he’ll always be just a one night stand I can look back on with a smile. I’m rebuilding our life from scratch, and I need to focus on my three-year-old daughter and the dream job I just landed.

Imagine my surprise, then, when I move to Hartsville and run into a tattooed cowboy with an endearing daughter of his own. Now Sawyer wants more than the occasional playdates between our girls. But the closer we become, the more determined this sexy single dad is to keep me forever.

As much as I am falling for Sawyer, I’m terrified. I’ve been down this road before with my ex, and I wonder if I can trust this cowboy. Will he rope the moon for me? Or is my heart destined to be trampled all over again?

SAWYER is a standalone book in the interconnected Lucky River Ranch Series. ]]> 362 Jessica Peterson mirandas.reads 5 4.10 2025
author: Jessica Peterson
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/21
date added: 2025/05/02
shelves: cowboy-romance, single-parent, small-town-feels
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He is implacable, and his means to an end extend beyond the lecture hall into his personal life.

Kruz Kavanaugh is everything Ezra desires, yet she couldn’t think less of him. Unperturbed, Ezra is determined to make her see him in a different light.

As his obsession grows, so do the lengths he’s willing to go to in order to win her over. Stuck together on a secluded island, Kruz finds herself at the mercy of Ezra’s intricate plans for her. Every move is calculated, every interaction designed to draw her closer as she begins to realize the full extent of his longing—and the twisted way she’s beginning to revel in it.]]> Genna Black mirandas.reads 0 currently-reading 3.74 2025
author: Genna Black
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.74
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rating: 0
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Elliot Dubois has no interest in small-town life. He hates nosy people, chatty people, and perky people, and yet his new home of Bluefield is full of all three. A joint business investment with his brother has him stuck there for the summer and he can’t wait for the dust to settle so he can move on. But a bright-eyed woman makes a bold first impression on him and he can’t stay away. When Julia becomes the target of a cyber attack, Elliot is the only one with the skills to protect her. But what starts as a problem to fix soon turns into something much harder to walk away from.

She’s determined to stay. He’s desperate to leave. But when Bluefield’s secrets come to light, Julia and Elliot will have to decide what truly matters, and if love is worth the risk.


Scattered Acres is a grumpy x sunshine, small-town romantic suspense novel set in the fictional town of Bluefield, Canada.

This story can be read as a standalone, but reads best after Inky Water and Staged River, the first two books in the Bluefield Beach series.]]> 257 Heather Grey 1068873752 mirandas.reads 4 4.11
author: Heather Grey
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/29
date added: 2025/04/30
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​​Dallas Shaw is a "no strings" kind of guy. Voted NHL’s sexiest goalie two years in a row, he's the league's biggest playboy—a reputation he maintains with pride.


But when a pretty blonde crashes into his life like an adorable wrecking ball, what was supposed to be a one night stand turns Dallas�� whole world upside down. When he wakes up alone the morning after, he’s left with nothing but her sweet scent on his pillow and a serious case of longing he’s never felt before.


Now, a month later, fate brings Dallas�� dream girl back into his life. And he’s determined to win her over. The only problem? She’s his agent’s new executive assistant, and her employment contract definitely included a pesky non-fraternization clause.


Emily Cole, the beautiful woman with honey eyes and hidden scars, unknowingly has Dallas�� heart in the palm of her hand. He can’t stay away from her, no matter how hard she tries to push him or how many times she reminds him that she’s almost 10 years his senior. For the first time in his life, Dallas Shaw is down bad.


Now, all he has to do is convince Emily that he's worth the risk. That he's no longer the infamous playboy with a roster of women in every city he's ever played. And, most importantly, that he'll never hurt her the way she's been hurt before.


It was supposed to be just one night. One night only. But what if the one night stand is the one?




Trigger Warning:

One Night Only includes a female protagonist who is a breast cancer survivor. This book includes mention of cancer and cancer treatment, the physiological and psychological effects of cancer and cancer treatments, the mention of lasting effects of cancer treatments, and, most importantly, the journey to learning to love oneself after cancer. Reader discretion is advised.]]> 398 Shann McPherson mirandas.reads 5 4.47
author: Shann McPherson
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.47
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/06
date added: 2025/04/30
shelves: age-gap, sporty-spice, they-are-obsessed, my-faves
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WINTER

Sending him to prison was the worst thing I could've done. It didn't matter that he did the crime or that I wished he was dead. Perhaps I thought I'd have time to disappear before he got out or he'd cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was.

But I was wrong. Three years came and went too fast, and now he's anything but calm. Prison only gave him time to plan.

And while I anticipated his vengeance, I didn't expect this.

He doesn't want to make me hurt. He wants to make everything hurt.

DAMON

First thing's first. Get rid of her daddy. He told them I forced her. He told them his little girl was a victim, but I was a kid, too, and she wanted it just as much as I did.

Step two... Give her, her sister, and her mother nowhere to run and no fuel to escape. The Ashby women are alone now and desperate for a knight in shining armor.

But that's not what's coming.

No, it's time I listened to my father and took control of my future. It's time I showed them all--my family, her family, my friends--that I will never change and that I have no other ambition than to be the nightmare of their lives.

Starting with her.

She'll be so scared, she won't even be safe in her own head by the time I'm done with her. And the best part is I won't have to break into her home to do it.

As the new man of the house I have all the keys.

*Kill Switch is a romantic suspense suitable for readers 18+. It is advised to read Corrupt (Devil's Night #1) and Hideaway (Devil's Night #2) prior to reading this book. Both are available on Kindle Unlimited.]]> 668 Penelope Douglas 1952646022 mirandas.reads 0 currently-reading 4.30 2019
author: Penelope Douglas
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at: 2025/04/27
date added: 2025/04/26
shelves: currently-reading
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]]> 29082755 DEVIL'S NIGHT is returning! Hiding places, chases, and all the games are back...

BANKS

Buried in the shadows of the city, there’s a hotel called The Pope. Ailing, empty, and dark—it sits abandoned and surrounded by a forgotten mystery.

But you think it’s true, don’t you, Kai Mori? The story about the hidden twelfth floor. The mystery of the dark guest who never checked in and never checks out. You think I can help you find that secret hideaway and get to him, don’t you?

You and your friends can try to scare me. You can try to push me. Because even though I struggle to hide everything I feel when you look at me—and have ever since I was a girl—I think maybe what you seek is so much closer than you’ll ever realize.

I will never betray him.

So sit tight.

On Devil’s Night, the hunt will be coming to you.

KAI

You have no idea what I seek, Little One. You don’t know what I had to become to survive three years in prison for a crime I would gladly commit again.

No one can know what I’ve turned into.

I want that hotel, I want to find him, and I want this over.

I want my life back.

But the more I’m around you, the more I realize this new me is exactly who I was meant to be.

So come on, kid. Don’t chicken out. My house is on the hill. So many ways in, and good luck finding your way out.

I’ve seen your hideaway. Time to see mine.

*Hideaway is a romantic suspense suitable for ages 18+. While the romance is a stand-alone, the plot is a continuation of events that began in CORRUPT (Devil's Night, #1). It is strongly recommended that you have read Corrupt prior to reading this.]]> 466 Penelope Douglas mirandas.reads 4 3.98 2017
author: Penelope Douglas
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/26
date added: 2025/04/26
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]]> 228922717 He might be the head of The Quiet Horsemen, the man everyone else in this town fears, but I’m not about to cede a single inch of ground to him.
If I have to lie, cheat, and steal to keep him from finding out my bar’s underwater—well, that’s exactly what I’ll do.
At least until he breaks into my apartment and discovers my secret. One that gives him all the leverage he needs to control my fate.
My only reprieve is that The Horsemen are in the middle of a war, one that’s been spilling blood for the better part of a decade, and his enemies are closing in on our small mountain town.
Which is why I’m taken off guard by the demand he makes in exchange for keeping my secret.
Apparently there are benefits to being at the mercy of the devil…]]> 402 Maggie Rawdon 1959523341 mirandas.reads 5 4.11
author: Maggie Rawdon
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/02
date added: 2025/04/26
shelves: age-gap, cowboy-romance, enemies-to-lovers, got-that-money
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]]> 222953484 Hawk

Since I was a teenager, I’ve used baseball as a way to distract myself from everything my life was missing. I grew up too fast, taking care of my two younger brothers. They were all I had, until one day, they were taken away and I was alone. Being drafted by the Daytona Fury brought with it a gift I wasn’t expecting—my best friend, Jackson Blake. I’ve opened up to him about my past and he’s accepted me for who I am, but I’ve never felt fully understood…at least not until I met his stepsister. Arden makes me feel seen, and she’s secretly owned a piece of me for years. The problem? He’s in love with her too.



Jackson

I’ve known Arden Levine since we were kids, but by the time I was ready to shoot my shot with her, it was too late. Our parents�� whirlwind engagement and wedding turned us from friends to step siblings, and any chance at a future with her flew right out the window. I thought I was okay with knowing we could never be, but now that I’m forced to sit back and watch my best friend have everything I’ve always wanted but gave up on long ago, I’m not so sure.



Arden

As a member of Florida’s first professional volleyball team, the pressure to be perfect is constantly there. Some days, it’s great. Others, the darkness finds me and pulls me under. Jackson has always been a source of comfort, but now that I’m living with him and his best friend, Hawk Mason, I find myself seeking solace in both of them—each in very different ways. As confusing as my feelings for these two have been for a long time, I’m starting to wonder what it would be like to really have it all.]]> 428 C.L. Rose mirandas.reads 5 ⚾️ 4.07
author: C.L. Rose
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.07
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/13
date added: 2025/04/26
shelves: forced-proximity, my-faves, sporty-spice, they-are-obsessed, why-choose
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]]> 29541797 First we were friends. Then we were roommates. Now I want more��

What can I say about Chess Copper? The woman is capable of bringing me to my knees. I know this about five minutes after getting naked for her.

No one is more surprised than me. The prickly photographer my team hired to shoot our annual charity calendar isn’t my usual type. She’s defense to my offense, a challenge at every turn. But when I’m with her, all the regrets and darkness goes away. She makes life fun.

I want to know Chess, be close to her. Which is a bad idea.

Chess is looking for a relationship. I’ve never given a woman more than one night. But when fate leaves Chess without a home, I step up and offer her mine. We’re roommates now. Friends without benefits. But it’s getting harder to keep our hands off each other. And the longer we live together the more I realize she’s becoming my everything.

Trick is�� Now that I’ve made her believe I’m a bad bet, how do I convince her to give this player a true shot at forever?]]> 337 Kristen Callihan mirandas.reads 4 sporty-spice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 4.12 2017
author: Kristen Callihan
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/13
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: sporty-spice
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

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Hiding out at her uncle’s ranch in Montana for a peaceful summer is her new plan—a plan that’s totally upended when she meets the farrier for Silo Springs.

He’s a cowboy in a backwards ball cap—tall, dark, handsome, and antagonizingly flirtatious.

But Blythe just got rid of a man, and she doesn’t need another one. The cowboy can flirt and tease all he wants. She won’t fall for a facade like that a second time.

Unless, perhaps, it’s not a facade at all.]]> 257 Mallory Meyers mirandas.reads 4 4.26
author: Mallory Meyers
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/28
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: age-gap, cowboy-romance, small-town-feels
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I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.

His name is Michael Crist.

My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He's handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.

But I noticed him.

I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.

Now, I’ve graduated high school and moved on to college, but I haven’t stopped watching Michael. He’s bad, and the dirt I’ve seen isn’t content to stay in my head anymore.

Because he’s finally noticed me.

Michael

Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika.

My brother’s girlfriend grew up hanging around my house and is always at our dinner table. She looks down when I enter a room and stills when I am close. I can always feel the fear rolling off of her, and while I haven’t had her body, I know that I have her mind. That’s all I really want anyway.

Until my brother leaves for the military, and I find Rika alone at college.

In my city.

Unprotected.

The opportunity is too good to be true, as well as the timing. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they’re out.

We’ve waited. We’ve been patient. And now every last one of her nightmares will come true.

*Corrupt is a STANDALONE dark romance with no cliffhanger. It is suitable for ages 18+.]]> 518 Penelope Douglas 1952646006 mirandas.reads 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 4.08 2015
author: Penelope Douglas
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/04
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: dark-romance, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, got-that-money
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

]]> 210387742
I’m not a cop anymore, but I’ve seen enough danger to know that Laney Young, the beautiful stranger who just showed up in my small town, is running from it. She’s lying about where she came from and what she’s doing here.

I don’t want her near my family or the quiet life I’ve made for myself. But my brothers have other plans. Now she’s everywhere–working at my distillery, living in our guest house, calling me ‘cowboy�� and skinny-dipping in my horse trough.

But it’s the way she dishes out attitude from that pretty mouth of hers that has me wanting things I’ve sworn to myself I’d never want again. I should push her away, forget how her lips taste, and ignore how she makes me want more out of life again.

When her past shows up and mingles too closely with mine, her lies begin to unravel. The rules don’t matter anymore. I mess up, dig too far, and get too close. Only two things have the power to keep her safe now: bourbon and lies.]]> 448 Victoria Wilder mirandas.reads 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5<br /> 4.10 2024
author: Victoria Wilder
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: cowboy-romance, forced-proximity, small-town-feels
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

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As a former competitive skier, Clay Chapman is not looking for any distractions. He thrives on order and being in control. Everything has its place, including where he usually sits at the dive bar by one of his job sites.

These two might be opposites, but their pull to each other is magnetic.

Can they each work through their pasts to move on and find love? Can they keep it together and not FALL APART?]]> Dakota Forest mirandas.reads 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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author: Dakota Forest
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.47
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/19
date added: 2025/04/17
shelves: age-gap, forced-proximity, grumpyxsunshine, small-town-feels, sporty-spice
review:
⛷️☕️fall apart☕️⛷️ by Dakotaforest eARC review timeeeee!! ✨✨

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

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Malakai
I’ve spent years hiding my depraved deviances behind my roles as pastor and headmaster of Saint Helena Academy.
When Julian—my former best friend—returns to my life, the tension between us is impossible to ignore.
He’s married now, and I try to keep my distance.
Until he confesses his secret: he wants me to sleep with his wife, Sophie, while he watches.
It’s their arrangement, their game—and now, I’m the one they’ve chosen.
I should walk away, but I can’t—I’m just as drawn to her as I am to him.
What starts as curiosity spirals into something far deeper–something that could destroy everything I’ve worked to protect.

Julian
He kissed me once. Then he disappeared.
Seventeen years later, Malakai is back, and my unresolved feelings soon evolve into a new obsession: watching him with Sophie.
It consumes me.
Sophie is a hotwife, and watching her with other men has always been my kink.
But with Kai, it’s different—he prefers a darker, more intense experience.
He’s also used to being in control, but now it’s my turn.
But only if my marriage can survive opening up to him–and if I can maintain control without falling for him all over again.

Holy Hearts is a full-length MMF billionaire romance with BDSM themes. It is the fifth and final book in the Ravaged Castle series. All books can be read as standalones.

Warning: This book contains explicit sexual situations and strong language. There is no cheating, and there is a HEA between all three characters.]]> 511 Amanda Richardson mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.19
author: Amanda Richardson
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.19
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]]> 195783946 She was the epitome of forbidden fruit.
And I wanted a taste.

Liam
Being the oldest Ravage brother means I’ve always been the fixer, handling everyone else’s mess.
But the one problem I can’t solve?
Keeping my hands off Zoe, my best friend’s daughter.
Hidden away in my remote cabin, writing is my escape until duty thrusts her into my life.
Over the years, Zoe evolves into a tempting taboo–the one person I crave but can never claim, despite what she tells me about her�� inclinations.
I vowed protection at any cost–even if it’s from myself.

Zoe
Orphaned and thrust into adulthood, I bury myself in school work and keep my eyes trained on the prize.
Now, with law school and an uncertain future looming, I’m used to doing everything myself and pushing back against Liam’s stoic, overprotective resolve.
Until I learn that the vanilla, cinnamon roll of a man I’ve known my whole life isn’t so vanilla after all.
Now, instead of infuriating me, his strict, commanding presence sends shivers down my spine.
I soon realize his resistance was never about denying desire for him–it was about fulfilling a different kind of hunger.

Ward Willing is a full-length, age gap, guardian/ward billionaire romance with BDSM themes. It is book three in the Ravaged Castle series. All books can be read as standalones.

Warning: This book contains an overprotective/possessive hero, explicit sexual situations, and strong language. There is a HEA.]]> 474 Amanda Richardson mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.88
author: Amanda Richardson
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]]> 218713976 “Where pain and pleasure converge �� her submission becomes my darkest playground.��

Orion
As the youngest Ravage brother, I’ve spent too much time partying and drinking away my life.
Now that I’m sober, I’ve learned to channel my need for control. And I share my knowledge online, as a masked persona.
The last person I expect to message me is Layla, the daughter of the man my mom married.
She’s always been my greatest temptation, and when she unknowingly confides in my alias, her deepest fantasies become my new obsession.
Behind the mask, I teach her the art of surrender—and she’s eager to learn every lesson.
And when the mask comes off, her resistance only fuels my desire to break and corrupt her.
Completely.

Layla
As a ballet dancer by day, everyone sees me as the epitome of grace and innocence.
But beneath the good-girl facade, I have dark, hidden desires I’ve never told anyone about.
Connecting with a mysterious masked man online seems like the perfect solution.
He dominates me from behind a screen, making me his willing student.
But Orion’s return to my life only complicates matters—and our forbidden chemistry is impossible to ignore.
I’m caught between the stranger’s sadistic magnetism and Orion’s intoxicating charm.
As it turns out �� they both revel in sculpting my desires with skilled hands and cruel smiles that promise both heaven and hell.

Masked Sins is a full-length, “his mom married her dad�� billionaire romance with intense themes. It is book four in the Ravaged Castle series. All books can be read as standalones.

This book contains a possessive, jealous antihero who’s a sadistic Dominant, explicit sexual situations, and strong language. Despite that, our guy is a bit of a cinnamon roll for Layla. There is no cheating, it is not a love triangle, and there is a HEA.]]> 470 Amanda Richardson mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.12
author: Amanda Richardson
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Miles
The idea of seeking a wife to salvage our family’s reputation starts as a joke�� until it spirals into a desperate reality.
Before I know it, I’m lying my way into a marriage of convenience with a woman who is everything I’m not.
Estelle Deveraux radiates warmth where I’m shrouded in darkness, exudes vibrant colors while I dwell in shades of gray, and irritates me with her maddening cheerfulness.
I find myself entranced, watching�� craving.
Before I know it, she's not just my wife but an all-consuming obsession—one I didn’t anticipate.
And one I can’t let go.

Stella
Being presented with an opportunity to kickstart my clothing line is a dream come true.
The only caveat? I have to stay married to Miles Ravage for a year and sing his praises to anyone who will listen.
Bad-tempered, unsmiling, and cold, Miles is exactly the kind of man I loathe.
However, beneath the ice, I uncover an enticing complexity–a veiled darkness that lures me in, begging me to discover his secrets.
One watchful secret in particular�� with me as his sole obsession.

Marry Lies is a marriage of convenience, opposites attract/frenemies-to-lovers romance with a voyeur hero and Beauty and the Beast themes. It is book two in the Ravaged Castle series. All books can be read as standalones.

Warning: This book contains a grumpy hero who hates everyone but her. It also contains explicit sexual situations and strong language. There is no cheating, and there is a HEA.]]> 440 Amanda Richardson mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.10 2023
author: Amanda Richardson
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.10
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]]> 68756078 He was both��

Chase
As the second youngest Ravage brother, I’ve spent my entire adult life rectifying our tainted family name and keeping my urges behind closed doors.
Until my best friend’s little sister shows up at The Hunt ready to play, and I lose control.
I tell myself it’s just a taste.
Except, with her, I should’ve known a single taste wouldn’t be enough.
And then the good girl I’ve known most of my life drops to her knees.
For me.
From that moment on, I knew she would only ever be one thing.
Mine.

Juliet
Presenting my brother’s best friend with a pros/cons list of why he should take my virginity seemed like a good idea at the time.
I thrive on information, data, and lists, and it made sense on paper.
Until he rejected me and walked out of my life.
Now, eight years later, my life is falling apart despite my careful planning.
Tempted with an invite to Ravage Castle, I show up seeking answers to questions I’m not sure I can handle.
Except, a furious Chase finds me talking to another man.
Under his gilded, arched roof.
I soon learn that despite his controlled exterior, Chase seems to have one weakness.
Me.

Prey Tell is a full-length, brother’s best friend/billionaire romance with primal play themes. It is book one in the Ravaged Castle series. All books can be read as standalones.

Warning: This book contains a possessive, jealous antihero, explicit sexual situations, and strong language. There is no cheating, and there is a HEA.]]> 432 Amanda Richardson mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.99 2023
author: Amanda Richardson
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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Ari
I thought I wanted stability—security—someone safe. For two years, I convinced myself Asher—my polished, predictable, perfect boyfriend—was enough.
Until the letters started. Cryptic. Obsessive. Meant only for me.
Then, I meet Asher’s twin. Maddox Cross. A name no one speaks. A convicted felon.
Asher warns me to stay away, but Maddox peels me open, piece by piece, like he already knows my secrets.
And when the truth comes out, I won’t have to choose between two brothers.
Because one of them will never let me go.

Maddox
Twenty years in a cage does things to a man. Gives him time. Time to think. Time to remember. Time to obsess.
Asher never deserved Ari. I knew it the second I found out about her.
She doesn’t belong in his perfect world. She belongs in mine—where good girls get ruined, and bad men don’t let go.
Now, I’m here. In her dreams. In her room. In the dark—touching, tasting, waiting.
She was never running. Just waiting for me to catch her.
And now that I have?
She’ll say my name in the dark, shattered and breathless—until she knows she was never meant to belong to anyone else.

Play with the Phantom is a full-length, dark standalone romance with an age gap and stalker themes. It has a HEA. Please check the triggers.]]> 306 Amanda Richardson mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.01
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]]> 217041677 She has no idea she’s working for a monster. The Devil incarnate.

Frankie
Dr. Dante Kincaid is a world-renowned psychiatrist—and my boss.
When a hotel mix-up forces us to share a suite on a business trip, everything changes.
He’s shrouded in secrets, always keeping his distance while he bosses me around in those pristine suits.
When he tells me to lock my door at night, I should listen.
But my curiosity about what he’s hiding after dark is too strong to ignore.

Dante
Francesca is my darkest obsession, and my most dangerous vulnerability.
My condition compels me to keep her at a distance, but my emotions are in turmoil, making it impossible to maintain control.
I thought I had her all figured out–that what happens in the dark should stay in the dark.
But the truth is, after one taste�� I’ll never be able to stop.

Dance with the Devil is a full-length, dark standalone romance. It has a HEA. Please check the triggers. No, really. While this book isn’t pitch black, there are a lot of troubling themes.]]> 254 Amanda Richardson mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.82
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]]> 214789086
Three years ago, I drove down a dark country road, ran out of gas, and then tasered a hot farmer.

Now, that farmer is my fake fiancé.

Hunter Harlow is my #1 enemy. We’re as compatible as glitter and mud. He’s frustrating, cocky, grumpy. He also definitely still holds a grudge about that silly little tasering thing��

Unfortunately for both of us, I tell my ex-husband I’m dating him.

Hunter has every reason to back out of this ruse, but he’s determined to protect me. We put strict rules in place, now we just have to follow them. Should be easy, right? Wrong.

As we keep spinning lies, greater threats emerge. Someone wants what’s mine, and they’re determined to do whatever they can to get it. Running from the past never works the way it should, and as all my secrets are uprooted—I wonder if we’ll make it out in one piece.

Hidden Roots Tropes:

Fake Fiance
Loathe to Love
Suspense
Opposites Attract
Hurt/Comfort
BDSM and more]]> 0 Clio Evans mirandas.reads 5 4.18 2025
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]]> 209629739
Call Me Teach is a spicy lessons hockey novella that takes place in SJ Sylvis's upcoming series: Wilder U (coming 2026).
This title was previously in an anthology but it has a couple of added scenes and a glimpse of upcoming characters!]]> 92 S.J. Sylvis mirandas.reads 5 4.17
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]]> 219152909 A VACATION IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH FRIENDS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED...

Visiting my home away from home, my family ski condo in Jackson, Wyoming, for a much needed break from my soul crushing corporate career. Time to clear my mind in the crisp cool mountain air should be just what I need to reevaluate my career, my goals, and my life. Except for one little thing�� well maybe not so little.My brother's best friend, Tanner Chapman, a born and raised local, and mountain of a man himself, is waiting to see us and seems to have different plans for us this time. It's been years since I've seen him and he's not my brother's lanky, goofy sidekick anymore. The adventurous, calm and confident diehard skier has grown into something much, much more.

Despite the cold temperatures, things are heating up with Tanner and I know I'm playing with fire for even entertaining a fling with him, but that might be just what I need…]]> 416 Dakota Forest mirandas.reads 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5<br /> 3.92 2024
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

]]> 217387609 Sparks fly in this summer romp for fans of Casey McQuiston when dancers at a Catskills resort try to pull off the perfect show, and find happiness and a place where they belong on the way.

Archer Read is 27 and desperate to find his place in life. Five months ago, he quit his soul-destroying accounting job in Ohio and moved to Manhattan with dreams of making it on Broadway. And now he has nothing to show for it but a string of rejections. Even for a ray-of-sunshine like Archer, hope can only go so far. A musical revue at Shady Queens, a queer-friendly resort in the Catskills, is his last chance to break into show biz—otherwise, it’s back to Ohio, broke and hopeless. He arrives ready to dance his heart out, only to find he’ll be working with his teenage celebrity crush, the Broadway star Mateo Dixon.

What is Mateo doing working at Shady Queens? Besides barking orders and glaring at everyone…when he’s not absolutely smoldering at Archer on the dancefloor. As Archer tries to forget his teen crush and get to know the real Mateo, he’s caught up in a romance with his hot, temperamental bunkmate, Caleb. Between Mateo’s baggage and the dance crew’s drama—partying, flirting, breaking up, getting back together, then breaking up again—it’s no surprise when the show starts to fall apart. Archer quickly discovers that when it comes to dance, sometimes you can’t leave all your problems backstage.

Filled with colorful side characters, about a million Broadway references, and enough drama for a high school summer camp, Flirty Dancing is a delightful romantic comedy that shows love, like art, is worth a little sacrifice.]]> 336 Jennifer Moffatt 1250379288 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.78 2025
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]]> 217038058
I’ve been running for most of my life, hiding away in a small town and hoping no one discovers who I truly am. The only problem is that I can never let anyone know the real me. Or at least that was true until my brother moved his best friend onto our shared property.

Now, I’m stuck trying to avoid the nosy billionaire’s probing questions and piercing stares. And it doesn’t help that I almost killed him the first time we met.

Oops.

But when all my carefully crafted lies come crashing down around me, it’s Linc stepping in to shield me. And when it looks like the person hunting me for all those years is back, Linc will do anything to keep me safe.

Only it’s not just my safety at risk. It’s my heart. Because when Linc touches me, I lose all sense. And when I truly get to know the broken billionaire, he’s so much more than a ruthless business tycoon. He’s the man showing me that it’s time to really live.

But I’m not the only one with secrets. Linc has them, too. And when the forces from our pasts emerge from the shadows, it’s with only one goal: to end the new life we’re building together. For good.]]> 400 Catherine Cowles 1464241627 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.28 2025
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]]> 57914831 2022 Best Book Awards Finalist: Literary and Women's Fiction.

With the court date set for her divorce and the future she'd planned with a younger man presumably kaput, Kassie O'Callaghan shifts attention to reviving her stalled marketing career. But that goal gets complicated when she unexpectedly rendezvous with her former lover in Paris. After a chance meeting with a colleague and a stroll along Pont Neuf, Kassie receives two compelling proposals. Can she possibly accept them both?

Kassie's decision process screeches to a halt when her soon-to-be ex-husband has a heart attack, forcing her to fly home to Boston. There, she confronts his conniving and deceitful fiancée—a woman who wants not just a ring on her finger but everything that belongs to Kassie. In the ensuing battle to protect what's legally and rightfully hers, Kassie discovers that sometimes it's what's not true that can set you free.]]> 336 Valerie Taylor 1647421578 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.08 2021
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]]> 219838791 Heat rises and sparks fly when a surf-town author and an intimacy coordinator are thrown together to write new, steamy sex scenes for a TV series based on her hit novel in this deliciously fun debut romance.

Tash was thrilled when the dramatic rights to her surprise-hit feminist novel were snapped up by an indie film studio. But no one warned her that a Hollywood shuffle could land her smart, literary epic in the hands of a huge action-movie franchise director more famous for his machismo than his artistry.

And now this big shot director wants “the dirty version�� of her book, demanding Tash transform the strong, complex female warriors she created into eye candy. Despite her best efforts to stall, the studio assigns Tash to its golden-boy intimacy coordinator to help her add spice to the script. Tash resents Caleb from the first word of the first sentence they write together, certain he's the enemy and too handsome to be trusted. But the longer they collaborate on her characters, the more she's attracted to his firm grasp of emotional (and fine, physical) nudity. Soon they're burning up the bedsheets along with their new pages, blurring romantic storylines.

But just when Tash feels it’s all coming together, the whole plot falls apart. Can she find a narrative that saves her show and her own love story, or are both lost forever?]]> 240 Turner Gable Kahn 0063414961 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.70
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]]> 217388127 Lifelong best friends say 'I do' to a marriage of convenience, trading vows for a financial safety net and benefits.

Evie Bloom pays attention to the details. Her very job depends on it—as an aspiring Foley artist, she’s responsible for every crisp footstep, smacking kiss, and distinct sound in film and television. So when she’s selected for a fellowship opportunity that would make all her career dreams come true, she’s quick to spot the catch: there are no health benefits, and for someone with a chronic illness, that’s a non-starter.

Theo Cohen is an elementary school teacher who can't afford to live on his own in LA, and is facing eviction after his roommates couple up and move out of their rent-controlled apartment. But there is one loophole in his lease: each tenant must meet an income threshold, unless the tenants are married.

For Theo, the answer is obvious. Marry Evie, his best friend since forever. It’s not as if they don’t spend all their free time together anyways. Not only will Theo be able to keep his apartment, but Evie can be added to his insurance plan so she can accept her dream fellowship. It’s such a logical, practical solution. Never mind that Evie doesn’t really want to be married—not to Theo, not to anyone—ever. Or the small, complicating fact that Theo has always been a little bit in love with Evie.

But it doesn’t have to be a big deal. Marriage. It will just give them space to breathe, and much-needed relief from the daily financial stress. It won’t change anything.

It’s . . . going to change everything.]]> 384 Marisa Kanter 1250358892 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.59 2025
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]]> 213263150 Him being the man wearing the perfectly tailored suit who oozed an intoxicating mixture of wealth, rebellion, and sex appeal.

One night.
No strings.
No names.
Great sex.

Still riding the high from last night, I walk in to meet my new client, and he’s wearing that same dangerous smirk that reeled me in hours ago.

Yes, I’m consulting for Callahan Sharpe. And yes, he’s that Callahan Sharpe.

Billionaire heir apparent who abides by no rules, bucks convention, and is determined to complete one final project to honor his late father’s legacy before walking away from the family business for good. Luckily and unluckily for me, I’ve been tasked to go to the Virgin Islands to help accomplish his goal. Callahan has no problem breaking his company’s no fraternization rule, but not me. There’s too much at stake.

What could possibly go wrong when you’re forced to work��and live—side by side with a man you can’t resist?

Are you ready to fall for the Sharpe brothers in K. Bromberg's sexy, contemporary, billionaire romance series? These books can all be read as standalones, but can be enjoyed as a series as well . . .

Last Resort (Book #1)
On One Condition (Book #2)
Final Proposal (Book #3)
]]> 352 K. Bromberg 1649377819 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.08 2022
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]]> 219838792 Formula 1 meets Red, White, & Royal Blue in this contemporary romance in which an F1 phenom battling for the championship is sent spinning after his secret love is involved in a massive crash.

Twenty-four-year-old Formula 1 driver Travis Keeping is halfway through an incredible racing season, with the championship well within his sights. But when a massive crash in Formula 2 leaves driver Jacob Nichols in critical condition, Travis’s world is flipped upside down. No one knows, but he and Jacob have been dating for almost a year.

Now the only boy he’s ever loved is clinging to life, his F1 team can’t understand why his performance is faltering, and he’s locked in a cold war with Jacob’s parents, who want him as far away from their son as humanly possible. Travis is sure everything will get better when Jacob wakes up, but he soon realizes he’s underestimated Jacob’s parents�� influence on their son.

As the F1 season barrels on, Travis and Jacob find themselves alone and miserable on opposite sides of the globe. But with some new friends by their sides, both drivers will be pushed outside of their comfort zones and onto a journey of self-discovery—one that just might lead them back to each other in the end.]]> 352 Amy James 0063399059 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.01
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]]> 216052869 An American travel writer who has never found a place to belong and a reclusive Scot with a surprising secret find a shocking connection when she enters a Highlands manor house that has been turned into a three-week long Edwardian experience.

Katie Campbell has traveled her entire life. As the daughter of an army chaplain, changing homes--or even countries--was commonplace, so when her wild childhood storytelling turned into a lucrative career as a travel writer, she thought she'd found her perfect match. But as she's nearly thirty with no real place to settle down, she's starting to wonder where "home" actually is. Her own family hadn't felt like home since her sister's death left them all limping through life.

When a lengthy project in Scotland promises to not only give her travel fodder for months but also a shot at a coveted editing position, she accepts and is sent to spend three weeks in the newly created Craighill House, a Scottish home redesigned to offer guests an Edwardian experience. But her entrance to Craighill introduces her to a quirky group of characters and a surly Scot who is helping refurbish the magnificent woodwork of the estate house.

As Katie attempts to live "Edwardian," she learns that all that glitters does not a comfortable lifestyle make . . . and surly Scots may turn out to be dashing and creative uncles raising their orphaned nephews. When a few escapades from the Downton era lead Katie on hunts for mermaids and dragons or to a fireside chat with a family who has grown stronger through tragedy, Katie begins to wonder if "home" looks a whole lot like rolling green hills, magnificent braighs, and a few extra "ayes" thrown in for good measure. But can her world-traveling lifestyle fit in with a Scot whose heart is double-knotted to home?]]> 384 Pepper Basham 0840716745 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.00 2025
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]]> 226535686 Twenty-six floors. Two professionals. Sometimes love only needs one Elevator Ride��

Vivian Kaye has been tasked with serving a cease-and-desist letter to Rowan Valkyrie—the most hated tenant in Seattle’s Hoskins building. But when the ambitious paralegal ambushes the seasoned security expert in the elevator, she ignites a powder keg of tempers and attraction.

Rowan and Vivian clash like only a twenty-something progressive and a forty-something ex-Marine can, but when one misstep sends Vivian flailing into Rowan’s arms, the pair also find themselves tumbling into a secret office romance. Vivian is soon head-over-heels for the older CEO, but thanks to the efforts of a conniving coworker, she worries that he might not take her seriously. When things come to a head the night of Vivian’s biggest work event, the gaps between them start to feel too large. But before Rowan can fix things, a shocking attack puts Vivian in the cross-hairs of a mysterious assailant.

Heartbroken, Vivian is determined to deny her feelings and put all her energy into catching her attacker. And Rowan is desperate to protect Vivian because unless he can push all the right buttons, this elevator ride might be going straight down.

Elevator Ride—Book 1 of the Valkyrie Brothers Trilogy—is a action-packed, age-gap romance, perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich, Charlaine Harris, or Ali Hazelwood. One-click this hilarious, unputdownable rom-com mystery today!]]> 281 Bethany Maines mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.36
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]]> 228388584 The night in 1982 that changed everything��

There is no way I can resist avenging my sister's broken heart by filling her cheating boyfriend's bitchin' DeLorean with extra buttered movie popcorn, a half-melted Snickers, and the contents of one shaken can of Tab.

There's only one six-foot-six-inch problem. It's not The Creep's car. It's Frank "The Airhead" Hartigan’s. Now he wants me to drive him to Harbor City to make up for trashing his ride.

On the outside, I'm all gag me with a spoon, but on the inside? Yeah, not so much. The truth is I haven't stopped thinking about him since that night at Marino's Bar when he rocked my world to the max—something that can't happen again.

Frank Hartigan isn't a guy you fall for if you want to keep your heart in one piece. Waterbury is littered with the broken hearts of the women who forgot that, and I am not about to join their ranks.

Fine. I'll drive him around town, but that's it.

No kisses.

No getting hot and bothered.

No toe-curling anything.

And no matter what happens tonight, my heart—and my panties—will for sure remain untouched.]]> 163 Avery Flynn 0998532037 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.10
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]]> 205839006
Missed Connection is an intense erotic thriller filled with twists and turns, a raunchy, funny, sexy, satirical, and somewhat diabolical look at life in Manhattan through the eyes of a damaged man who only wants to love, and be loved.

“This taut page-turner has a harrowing premise, breakneck first-person narrative, and one hell of a final twist. Thriller don’t miss MISSED CONNECTION!�� -- New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub��

Sleek as a bullet and just as deadly, Michael Laimo is in top form. MISSED CONNECTION is not to be missed!”—Ronald Malfi, author of Come With Me and Black Mouth]]> 353 Michael Laimo 1637890125 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.25
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]]> 227888928
Ophelia

He breaks into my room, throwing my boyfriend out a window.
He tells me I’m coming with him, and when I fight back��
He punishes me in shameful ways that leave my skin on fire.

I’m a virgin. Lonely. Out of place in my world.

That doesn’t mean I belong in his sexual, dangerous, mafia one.
He wins, taking me to his house, and what he does to me on the drive��
Leaves me with my head a mess and a pool of arousal between my thighs.
He demands I live with him and become his wife or face consequences.

Do I keep fighting or marry the man who insists on corrupting me?


Haze

She’s barely legal, sweet as sugar, and I never should have taken her.
She’s young, beautiful, feisty, strong, and nothing like I’d imagined.
I want to claim her, exploring every inch of her virgin body.

I’m unlovable and unable to love.

Lucky for me, that doesn’t matter when she’s your revenge bride.
She’s my vengeance, a means to an end, a pawn in my games.
It’s only a marriage of convenience, nothing more.

So why am I desperate to make her love me?]]> 308 Shanna Handel mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.22
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]]> 214008118
I was hiding in the bathroom hallway of a restaurant, leaving a message for my best friend to save me from my awful date.

He overheard and told me I was a bitch, then proceeded to offer me some dating advice.

So I told him to mind his own damn business—his own tall, gorgeous, full-of-himself damn business—and went back to my miserable date.

When he walked by my table, he smirked, and I watched his arrogant, sexy ass walk back to his date.

I couldn’t help but sneak hidden glances at the condescending jerk on the other side of the room. Of course, he caught me on more than one occasion, and winked.

When the gorgeous stranger and his equally hot date suddenly appeared at our table, I thought he was going to rat me out.

But instead, he pretended we knew each other and joined us—telling elaborate, embarrassing stories about our fake childhood.

My date suddenly went from boring to bizarrely exciting.

When it was over and we parted ways, I thought about him more than I would ever admit, even though I knew I’d never see him again.

I mean, what were the chances I’d run into him again in a city with eight million people?
Then again��

What were the chances a month later he’d wind up being my new sexy boss?]]> 368 Vi Keeland 1464234639 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.91 2016
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]]> 224097955
Noah Riley was the love of his life, and he's known that from the ripe age of fourteen. Just like he knew Noah was too big for such a small town. She had dreams, aspirations, and she could make something of herself. But Finn? Well, he was never going to be anything more than a ranch hand.

It's been years since they last saw each other, and Finn's come to terms with the hole Noah's absence has left in his life. But when she shows up on his Montana ranch asking to interview him for an article, Finn isn't about to let this opportunity pass him by. They're different people now, with different lives, but as their old flame rekindles, Finn knows he can't let Noah Riley go again.

The only problem is, good or bad, sometimes the past isn't so easily forgotten]]> 171 M. Levinson mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.67
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]]> 225728969 He's a neurotic serial killer. She's his sweet, innocent maid. Or...is she?

Marlowe Spencer-Astor is a killer in crisis. It’s been one hundred seventy-four days since his last murder, and not even therapy—forced upon him by his overbearing mother—can reignite his bloodlust. But then he stumbles upon Minnie. She's filthy, half-starved and homeless.

She's the one. The perfect victim. His missing muse.

There’s just one problem��he can’t seem to kill her.

Instead, Marlowe hires her as his maid, convincing himself that he’s merely biding his time, perfecting his plan. But the longer she stays, the stranger things become.

Time stands still. Technology glitches. Every man who lays eyes on her is instantly bewitched—including Marlowe himself.

He tells himself he hates her, that she triggers every neurosis he has. But the truth is far more disturbing: he wants to protect her, take care of her and kill anyone who dares covet what’s his.

By the time Marlowe realizes that Minnie is far more than she seems, he becomes embroiled in an ancient war between gods and demons. And when the most powerful god in the universe sets his sights on his Minnie, Marlowe is faced with an impossible choice: walk away and survive�� or fight for the woman he was never supposed to want.

Even if it means damning himself for eternity...

of Ice and Villains is a dark fantasy romance featuring a DARK AND OBSESSIVE HERO. Please only read if you're comfortable with this. It's the first book in the House of Cryos trilogy and was previously known as Mayhem and Minnie.]]> 588 Veronica Lancet mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.64
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]]> 218153674 To become the first queen in centuries, a powerfully blessed blacksmith must use her wits and fire magic to overthrow the corrupt powers ruling her kingdom—while also fighting her growing desire for one of her dragon-riding adversaries—in the first book of a sizzling Celtic-inspired fantasy romance duology.

Once a territory built on matriarchal rule and values, Tìr Teine has since grown frail from a long line of fruitless kings. The most recent of which have ruled under the influence of the True Religion, an oppressive group who have steadily poisoned the region with their anti-magic teachings.

Born to rule and blessed by fire, Aemyra has begrudgingly lived in hiding rather than risk her life in court, waiting in anticipation for the current king’s death so she can bond to his dragon, claim her throne, and protect her people. But when the king dies and Aemyra is ready to take what is rightfully hers, her ambitious plan is foiled and she is thrust into a game of vicious politics and plots.

Her biggest adversary is Prince Fiorean, a dragon-rider and one of the most powerful fire wielders in the territory. Cold, arrogant, and blindly supportive of his corrupt family, he is everything Aemyra despises. But as chaos engulfs the court, they find themselves reluctantly entwined, forced to forge an uneasy alliance—one that quickly ignites into something more dangerous than either of them expected.

Behind enemy lines and slowly falling for her so-called adversary, Aemyra uncovers just how far the rot of corruption has spread, and what she may have to sacrifice to claim her throne.]]> 416 Hazel McBride 0593972945 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.87 2025
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]]> 216522630 She’s the one that got away. He’s the one that never let her go.

From the bestselling author of Done and Dusted and Swift and Saddled, the next book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, a small town romance in which past lovers get a second chance to rediscover what they lost.

Camille Ashwood had always loved a plan. Her latest was her best yet. She was going to get married so she could secure her daughter’s future, get her overbearing parents off her back, and finally start building her own life in small town Meadowlark, Wyoming. Easy, right?

But when her groom doesn’t show up to the wedding, Cam’s life is turned upside down—she doesn’t even have a place to live. That is, until she finds out the house she’s loved since high school is available to rent. There’s only one problem: the neighbor.

Dusty Tucker has spent nearly all of his adult life running. Running from what, though? More like who: Cam Ashwood. But ever since he returned home last year, the girl who was his first, well, everything has become a woman seemingly determined to keep him at arm’s length. And he was okay with that—at least, that’s what he kept telling himself. She was getting married, after all. But now she’s single and living next door. Dusty wants to show her that they can be friends, and that he can stay put.

Despite her best attempts to stay far away from Dusty Tucker, Cam realizes that being close to him is like slipping on her favorite jeans. Easy. Comfortable. That is until past wounds start to open and feelings—both old and new—wreak havoc. Nearly ten years after they first met, Dusty and Cam begin to wonder if their first love can also be their last. And this time, will it be forever?]]> 368 Lyla Sage 0593732472 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.15 2025
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]]> 217094802
Now, I’m a defenseman for the New England Bay Sharks, living my dream. At least, that’s what everyone thinks. Inside, I’m haunted by past mistakes, wishing I had a clock to turn back time and right my wrongs.

Just as I lose hope that she’s ever coming back, she shows up in Portland, bruised and battered—claiming she was in a car accident. She isn’t the same strong-willed girl with the bright eyes she was before. No, replacing that girl is a woman in pain. A woman who’s scared. And a woman who really hates my guts.

Right away, I knew there was no car accident. No…those bruises were put on her perfect body by a monster. One that was supposed to care for and love her till the end of time.

Worried for her safety, I craft a plan to keep her safe. One that includes her living in my house while pretending to be my girlfriend. After what I did to her all those years ago, I’ll do anything to earn her forgiveness.

I may have promised her that it’s all for show and that I have no motive for wanting to keep her so close, but the truth is…I never stopped wanting her, and that’s not about to change now.]]> 296 Hannah Gray mirandas.reads 5 4.17
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]]> 23204215 A beard-related dare and one hot-as-hell kiss changes everything.

NFL center Ethan Dexter’s focus has always been on playing football and little else. Except when it comes to one particular woman. The lovely Fiona Mackenzie might not care about his fame, but she’s also never looked at him as anything more than one of her brother-in-law’s best friend. That ends now.

Fi doesn’t know what to make of Dex. The bearded, tattooed, mountain of man-muscle looks more like a biker than a football player. Rumor has it he’s a virgin, but she finds that hard to believe. Because from the moment he decides to turn his quiet intensity on her she’s left weak at the knees and aching to see his famous control fully unleashed.

Dex is looking for a forever girl, but they live vastly different lives in separate cities. Fi ought to guard her heart and walk away. But Dex has upped his game and is using all his considerable charm to convince Fi he's her forever man.

Game On]]> 323 Kristen Callihan mirandas.reads 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 4.03 2015
author: Kristen Callihan
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rating: 4
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

]]> 203854085 ��The Friend Zone is an exquisite, delicious cupcake of a book. You will gobble it down and hunger for more.”—SARINA BOWEN, New York Times bestselling author

They started as strangers texting��
The last thing star tight end Gray Grayson wants to do is drive his agent’s daughter’s hot-pink car. But he needs the wheels and she’s studying abroad.

Unknown: Mr. Grayson, my father tells me he lent you my car. I don’t care if he’s going to sign you or not. As said agent’s daughter, I know football players & their ways. So let me be clear. There will be no shenanigans taking place in it or you’ll answer to me. You want to hook up with someone, do it in a bed and not in my car. Sincerely, Ivy Mackenzie

GrayG: Hey, Miss Mac. You do realize your car is a bubblegum-pink Fiat, right? Even if I could get it up surrounded by all that heinous pink, the car is better suited for Lilliputians. So don’t worry, there will be no shenanigans (Shenanigans? Srsly? What are we, 80?) anywhere near the car. I’m not about to pull a hamstring in the pursuit of pleasure. BTW beds are overrated. Branch out a little.

Soon became best-texting buddies��
Gray Grayson drives Ivy nuts. He’s irreverent, sex on a stick and completely off-limits. Because Ivy has one golden rule: never get involved with one of her father’s clients.

But when they finally meet in person, everything goes haywire. Game on.]]> 352 Kristen Callihan 1335015884 mirandas.reads 5 sporty-spice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 3.78 2015
author: Kristen Callihan
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

]]> 214269328 Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman’s life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again, in this heartwarming, slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not

Lenny’s a bit of a mess at the moment. Her best friend, Lou, recently passed away after a battle with cancer, and her death has left Lenny feeling completely lost. She’s avoiding her concerned parents, the apartment she shared with Lou, and the list of things she’s supposed to do to help her live again. The only thing she can do is temporary babysitting gigs, and luckily, she just landed a great one, helping overworked, single mom Reese and her precocious daughter, Ainsley. It’s not perfect: Ainsley’s uncle, Miles, always seems to be around, and is kind of... a huge jerk. But if Lenny acts like she has it all together, maybe no one will notice she’s falling apart.

Miles sees right through her though. Turns out, he knows a lot about grief and, surprisingly, he offers her a proposition. He’ll help her complete everything on her “live again�� list if she’ll help him connect with Ainsley and overcome his complicated relationship with Reese. Lenny doubts anything can fill the Lou has left behind, but she begins to spend more time with Miles, Lenny is surprised to discover that, sometimes, losing everything is only the first step to finding yourself, and love, again.]]> 416 Cara Bastone 0593595734 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.21 2025
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]]> 214758172 Thirty years after a federal agent and two suspects disappeared in the wilderness, the case is cold, and they’ve never been found. Now their suspected killer is about to go free. But is the truth really what it seems?

In Dry Oaks, California, Chief of Police Hanna Keyes has long believed her father, Joe, is a murderer, justly imprisoned for his crimes. When she’s told he’s dying and is being given compassionate release from prison, she wants nothing to do with him. But taking him in might be Hanna’s one shot at cracking the cold case of his alleged murders, so she reluctantly agrees to oversee his care.

Joe’s arrival in Dry Oaks seems to set off a chain reaction of crimes. Then an infamous true crime podcaster comes sniffing for information, and Hanna’s first love, Jared, shows up just when she needs distractions the least. As Hanna tries to convince Joe to reveal what he knows about the missing persons, evidence in the cold case surfaces at a suspiciously rapid pace . . . suggesting there’s more to the murders than people thought.

With Joe’s strength failing, Hanna and her colleagues look for answers, not only about the past but also about recent criminal dealings in Dry Oaks. As the puzzle pieces start to fit together, it becomes clear that there’s a sinister plot at work, far more wide-reaching than anyone suspected, and that someone is desperate to silence the truth at any cost.]]> 336 Janice Cantore 1496487931 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.06
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]]> 212431577 What would you do if you caught your brother cheating on your best friend?

While Beth is proud of her Malibu beach shop, Surf Sandwiches, she's even prouder of her charismatic brother, Rick, who rose from foster care all the way through surgical residency. She makes subs, he saves lives. Things takes a turn for the happy after she finds out Rick is dating her new best friend, Jana. Then Jana’s handsome brother adds even more sparkle to Beth’s days…and nights.

But when she catches Rick with another woman—like, with with—her visions of an idyllic family future disappear in one awful instant. Either she betrays her brother or she keeps his secret and risks losing the man she loves and her best friend.

Love and loyalty collide with secrets and betrayal in this witty and emotional tale about the lengths we’ll go to for family, from Susan Mallery, bestselling author of The Boardwalk Bookshop.]]> 384 Susan Mallery 1335402535 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.70 2025
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]]> 216524253
From strangers to lovers, from enemies to family, from mafia princess to . . . mafia wife?

Ava Moretti is a mafia princess with a fiery personality and an aversion to doing what she's told. Nick Caponelli is next-in-line to lead the Caponelli mafia—he’s used to getting exactly what he wants. When they meet by chance one night, neither has any idea they are from rival crime families. After a night of passion, they are supposed to part ways and never see each other again. But fate has bigger plans, and soon Ava must make a decision that will change her life forever. What comes first: love or family?

For fans of Ana Huang, Rhenna Morgan, and L.J. Shen Nicole Knight’s steamy, intense, and action-packed mafia romance begins the Caponelli saga, in which Ava Moretti must face both her dreams and her fears as she weds mafia boss Nick Caponelli.]]> 386 Nicole Knight 1998341224 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.56 2021
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]]> 214310631
But then the Silveria Circus finds him.

Motorcycle performer Rose Evans has spent a decade on the road with Silveria, and it suits her just fine, especially when she has the urge to indulge in a little murder and mayhem when she’s not in the spotlight. But when a kill goes awry and she ends up with a broken leg, she finds herself stuck in Nebraska at the home of the adorably nerdy town doctor.

The problem is, not every broken heart can be sewn back together.

. . . And the longer you stay in one place, the more likely your ghosts are to catch up.]]> 390 Brynne Weaver 163893181X mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.19 2025
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]]> 211164792 Two feuding second-grade teachers (and neighbors) find themselves teaming up in this rivals-to-lovers romance.

Emily Walker hates having her carefully crafted world disrupted by anyone, most of all her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett. He's the opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer, which is why Emily was perfectly happy when Jack left Rome, Kentucky, mid-school year, with his fiancée. The last thing Emily saw coming was Jack’s return at the start of the summer after calling off the wedding and ending his relationship, but he’s here to stay—as her colleague and her neighbor.

Jackson Bennett is glad to be back, eager to renovate his house and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. But when he realizes he’s now neighbors with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons, he discovers something he’s even more excited for—thwarting Emily and her petty plans to sabotage his return.

With their chemistry-fueled animosity at an all-time high, Emily accidentally sends an email to their school’s principal that could reveal her secret literary side hustle. She needs to steal back her manuscript, and Jack—she hates to admit—is just the man to help her. Surprisingly, Jack agrees. Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?]]> 384 Sarah Adams 0593723694 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.06 2025
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]]> 195530544
For the first time in her life, Clementine “Emmy�� Ryder has no idea what she’s doing. She’s accomplished everything on her to-do list. She left her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming; went to college; and made a career for herself by doing her favorite thing: riding horses. But after an accident makes it impossible for her to get back into the saddle, she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape.

Luke Brooks is Meadowlark’s most notorious bad boy, bar owner, and bachelor. He’s also the unofficial fifth member of the Ryder family. As Emmy’s older brother’s best friend, Luke spent most of his childhood antagonizing her. It’s been years since he’s seen her, but when she walks into his bar and back into his life, he can’t take his eyes off her. Despite his better judgment, he wants to do a whole lot more than just look at her.

Emmy’s got too much on her mind to think about romance. And Luke knows he should stay away from his best friend’s younger sister. But what if Luke is just what Emmy needs to get her spark back? Or will they both go up in flames?]]> 346 Lyla Sage 0593732421 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.90 2023
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]]> 217245590 In the steamy third novel in the Silver Pines Ranch series, a newly appointed sheriff and a congressman’s daughter must keep their impulsive Vegas nuptials hidden to protect their reputations—but what happens in Vegas rarely remains secret.

Her heart is wild. Only he can capture it.

When Cole Ashby is appointed Laurel Creek’s sheriff, he is determined to prove to the town, his family, and most importantly to himself that he’s the responsible choice for the job. A devoted single dad, his main goal is to lay steady roots for his young daughter.

As the daughter of a Kentucky congressman, elementary school teacher Ginger Danforth's life has always been about neat appearances. But inside she’s dying to break free from the restraints of reputation and embrace the sense of adventure that runs through her veins.

When the Laurel Creek crew heads to Las Vegas for a weekend away, long-time friends Ginger and Cole play a game of truth or dare and, after a few too many drinks, wake up the next morning having exchanged marriage vows in a Vegas chapel.

With no chance of an immediate annulment, the two make a stay married for ninety days in secret, until Ginger's father is re-elected and Cole is out of his probationary period as county sheriff.

But when Ginger agrees to help watch Cole’s daughter for the summer and the pair are forced to spend an increasing amount of time in each other’s company, riding the high of their accidental marriage, the more it begins to feel real. Until they start to forget their marriage was ever meant to be temporary. . .]]> 432 Paisley Hope 0593982452 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.35 2025
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]]> 214512020 During a summer in Italy, two best friends discover whether true love is up to destiny or free will in this winning romantic comedy by the international bestselling author of Woke Up Like This.

For generations, the fortune-telling women in Lo Zhao-Jensen’s family have foreseen The One—the great loves of their lives—before ever meeting them. Except for Lo, who has zero psychic abilities. Just memories of old rom-coms and a lot of poor judgment when it comes to love.

Until now.

When Lo finally has the vision she’s been waiting for, her delighted aunties are convinced she’ll meet The One on her backpacking trip in Italy. Vero amore, here she comes.

Along for the summer is Lo’s best friend and confidant, Teller Owens, her opposite in every way. Upon arrival in Venice, Lo is saved from a runaway trolley by Caleb, a fellow backpacker. It’s a meet-cute so swoony, it has to be fate. But with each destination, Lo’s complicated feelings for Teller are becoming harder to ignore. From the cobblestone streets of Rome to the rocky cliffs of Amalfi, Lo begins to wonder if fate has other plans.]]> 328 Amy Lea 1662517610 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.86 2025
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]]> 33279333
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

Walking down the aisle, yet again, Abbie Carter feels the doom of the curse. With eight hideous dresses filling her attic, Abbie has more bridesmaid dresses than dates. Unlucky in love is an understatement.

However, when she locks eyes with a sexy groomsman, everything changes. Suddenly, Miller Davis only has eyes for her. But proximity is an evil villain. With an ocean separating them, a relationship is out of the question. Abbie can't even bond well with her elderly, fat pooch Mr. Sumo. She can't possibly make it work with a New Yorker so far away �� could she? And Miller persistence makes her want so much more.

Will she find a way to make one last trip down the aisle?

A laugh-out-loud novel from Charlotte Fallowfield, Amazon U.K. #1 bestselling contemporary romance author of Until We Collide.]]> 242 Charlotte Fallowfield 1536905011 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.79 2017
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]]> 217078010 pop up out of nowhere.

I’m not looking for a man, let alone a baseball player. Definitely not a minor leaguer who doesn’t even know how to pick a steamed crab. This is North Bay. Baseball and crabbing are a way of life. This town is in my blood, it’s where I belong. Mike Miller showed up with his big dreams of signing with a better team, and he already has one foot out the door. I don’t want a man who won’t stay. I’ve had enough of those. So, why can’t I get him out of my head?

I need to keep my head in the game and my butt out of trouble, but I can’t seem to do either of those things around her. There’s too much riding on this season, I can’t afford to be held back. But Danielle makes me feel like I am worth something, and North Bay is starting to feel like home. Those are things I haven’t had for a long time. Too bad I’m not the kind of guy who deserves them.

Out of Left Field is Book 1 in the North Bay series. This is a standalone baseball romance with medium heat. ]]> 267 Stephanie Giese mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.21
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]]> 217387641 384 Steven Salvatore 1547615273 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.23 2025
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]]> 220307687 But she needs a job—and refuge from her abusive soon-to-be-ex-husband.

If only her new boss, Austin Wells, would make it clear whether he hates her or wants her. His gaze makes her feel things she hasn’t in years. Though getting over her ex by getting under her grumpy boss isn’t worth the potential fallout.

Austin’s a gruff, no-nonsense rancher who’s seriously regretting letting his head cook hire her own help. As far as he’s concerned, Cecily won’t be sticking around for long. Nobody ever stays. And the wedding ring indent still on her finger makes her more trouble than she’s worth.

When Cecily’s past catches up with her, Austin discovers that she’s already placed a branding iron on his heart. He wants her to stay. First, he needs to keep her safe.

CW/TW: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (ON PAGE), PHYSICAL VIOLENCE (ON PAGE), DEATH OF PARENT AND GRANDPARENT (DISCUSSED), TROUBLED PARENT-ADULT CHILD RELATIONSHIP (DISCUSSED), ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION (ON PAGE), RANCHING ACTIVITIES (BRANDING, CASTRATION, VACCINATION, ROPING - ON PAGE), EXPLICIT SEX SCENES]]> 320 Bailey Hannah 0593983998 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.07
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]]> 220307688 In this spicy romance from the author of Alive and Wells and Change of Hart, a small-town sweetheart finds herself unexpectedly pregnant after a one-night stand binds her to a local cowboy who has had a crush on her for years.


She lives by the rules. He lives to break them.



Cassidy Bowman has strict rules to uphold her good-girl reputation: she doesn’t date the Wells Ranch locals, and she definitely doesn’t sleep with men she isn’t dating. But after a run-in with her ex-boyfriend—and a few too many drinks—she’s ready to buck those rules and allow herself one night of recklessness.

On the other hand, local cowboy Chase “Red�� Thompson has never met a rule he didn’t love breaking. With a long-time crush on Cassidy, he’s more than willing to accept her offer of a one-night stand and her one condition: he must agree to never speak of it again.

That is until two pink lines render Cassidy’s entire rule book null and void. Cassidy isn’t looking for a relationship with the rough-and-tumble cowboy, and Red doesn’t need anyone to tell him he’s not good enough for the sweetheart of Wells Canyon.

So the two make another agreement—they’ll be friends and co-parents, nothing more. But as their carefully constructed boundaries begin to blur, Cassidy might just realize that perhaps some rules are worth breaking.]]> 352 Bailey Hannah 0593984005 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.30 2024
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]]> 219848320 Two divorce lawyers determined to share only beds but not hearts discover that love is something that can’t be overruled in this steamy contemporary romance by Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author of The Game Changer.

Danica Pierce has one great love in her life: work. As one of the top divorce lawyers in Austin, Danica lets her caseload keep her warm at night and has no problem being married to her job, not when love only ends in hurt. When the biggest case of her career gives her a shot at making partner, it seems like nothing could possibly stand in her way...except for her infuriating secret: she's sleeping with the enemy.

Ezra Hart is known for charming his way in and out of a courtroom. In the matter of winning Danica Pierce's heart, however, he's been far less successful. With her verdict to keep things purely physical with no chance of appeal, Ezra struggles to show Danica he's more than the insufferable playboy she's pegged him to be--especially since they find themselves on opposing sides of Danica's most important case to date.

While Dani and Ezra battle it out in the courtroom, the real trial is the one happening between them. When Dani realizes that everything she knows of Ezra might be hearsay--and that she's not the only one with emotional baggage--she must choose between her fear of trusting again and the feelings blossoming between her and the man she thought was her worst enemy.]]> 432 Lana Ferguson 0593549392 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.18 2025
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]]> 218267185 Always each other’s plus-ones, but never each other’s real dates, two childhood best friends have one last summer wedding to fall in love in this dual-narrative debut��a grown-up The Summer I Turned Pretty .

Best friends Joni and Ren have been inseparable since childhood. So when Joni moves across the country for her job, the two devise a creative way to stay in they’ll be each other’s plus-ones every year for wedding season, no matter what else is happening in their lives.

It’s a tradition that works, until a line is crossed and the friendship they once thought was forever is ruined.

Now Joni is back at their families�� shared summer home for her sister’s wedding, and she’s determined to make the week perfect, even if it means faking a friendship with Ren—and avoiding the truth of why they have to fake it in the first place. How hard can it be to pretend to be friends with the person who once knew you best?

But as sunny beach days together turn into starry nights, Joni begins to question what her life is without Ren in it. And when the wedding arrives, bringing past heartaches to the surface, she’ll be forced to decide if loving Ren means letting him go, or if theirs is a love story worth fighting for.]]> 352 Sally Blakely 1335014241 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.20 2025
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]]> 209220944
But Sarah has begun to wonder... Who is she without her other half?

When she decides to take on a project of her own, a fundraising gala in memoriam of her late mother, Sarah wants nothing more than to prove to herself—and to everyone else—that she doesn’t need Caleb’s help to succeed. She’s still her mother’s daughter, after all. Independent and capable.

That is until the event fails and Caleb uninvitedly steps in to save the day.

The rift that follows unearths a decade of grievances between them and doubts begin to grow. Are they truly the same people they were when they got married at nineteen? Are they supposed to be?

In a desperate attempt to fix what they fear is near breaking, Sarah and Caleb make the spontaneous decision to join a grueling hiking trip intended to guide couples through rough patches.

What follows is a life-affirming comedy of errors as two nature-averse people fight their way out of the woods in order to find their way back to their roots.]]> 336 Hannah Bonam-Young 0593871863 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.97 2025
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]]> 222033792 The only way to receive her inheritance? Marry the NHL's grumpiest enforcer, a brutally handsome jerk, and the last man she'd ever fall for, from the viral TikTok author of Behind the Net.

In public, Georgia Greene and Alexei Volkov act as besotted newlyweds, but in private, they’re at each other’s throats. He’s competitive, arrogant, and surly. The guy’s never cracked a smile in his life. He’s jealous of her colleague, glares at her high heels, and insists he’s not attracted to her. He’s only marrying her for citizenship.

Fighting with Alexei is more fun than Georgia expected, though, and beneath his grouchy exterior, Alexei is surprisingly caring, protective, and generous.

He cuddles with her bunnies and worries about her safety. He sends her flowers with secret meanings and spends way too much money on her. He makes her sleep in his bed and calls her his wife.

For a guy who said he’d never love her, Alexei’s doing a great impression of it�� and now Georgia is wondering if this marriage is fake after all.]]> 464 Stephanie Archer mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.62 2025
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]]> 219499383
As if that wasn’t punishment enough, it becomes a million times worse when I’m forced to take on Noah Robinson as a client.

He was supposed to be a one-night stand. One scorching night with no last names or commitment. Now I’m working for him, and every week that goes by it gets harder for us to keep things professional.

Plus, the more I learn about him and the secret, sexy lifestyle he lives, the deeper my craving for him becomes.

But I’m out of chances with my father, I can’t risk blowing my life up again.

Noah and I know we can’t be together . . .

Because I’m his boss’s daughter.]]> 370 Nikki Sloane mirandas.reads 5 3.85 2025
author: Nikki Sloane
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/14
date added: 2025/02/24
shelves: age-gap, forced-proximity, got-that-money, small-town-feels
review:

]]> 203854079 #SpicyTok sensation and New York Times bestselling author Kristen Callihan’s sexy Game On football romance series �� with exclusive bonus content.


The no kissing on the mouth, no staying the night, no telling anyone and above all...no falling in love.

Anna Jones just wants to finish college and figure out her life. Falling for star quarterback Drew Baylor is most definitely not on her to-do list. Confident and charming, he lives in the limelight and is way too gorgeous for his own good. If only she could ignore his heated stares and stop thinking about doing hot and dirty things with him. Easy, right?

Too bad he’s committed to breaking all of the rules...

Football has been good to Drew. It’s given him recognition, two National Championships and the Heisman. But what he really craves is sexy yet prickly Anna Jones. Her cutting humour and blatant disregard for his fame turn him on like nothing else. But there’s one she’s shut him down. Completely.

That is...until a chance encounter leads to the hottest sex of their lives, along with the possibility of something great. Unfortunately, Anna wants it to remain a hook up. Now it’s up to Drew to tempt her with more sex, more satisfaction, more time with him. Until she’s truly hooked. It’s a good thing Drew knows all about winning.

All’s fair in love and football...game on.]]> 400 Kristen Callihan 1335015876 mirandas.reads 5 3.68 2014
author: Kristen Callihan
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/19
date added: 2025/02/19
shelves: second-chance, sporty-spice, they-are-obsessed
review:

]]> 219382072 ��
I’ve been making rational decisions my entire life.��
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If someone is in need, I’m there. My Nana needs help with the bills? I’ll drop out of art school and secure a well-paying job. Someone needs the shirt off my back? They can have mine.��
��
When the league's most desirable bachelor and single dad needs a nanny that can look past his star power and won’t end up in his bed, I’m the perfect choice.��
��
Except, Rhodes Volkova isn’t the easiest to get along with. He’s grumpy, blunt, and cynical from past women and their inability to do their job and nothing else. It doesn’t matter that he has a serious soft spot for his daughter and is irresistibly good-looking.��
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It doesn’t affect my ability to be the best nanny, and it surely won’t lure me into his bed like the rest.��
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Rhodes is skeptical of me, fearful I’ll turn out like the rest with dollar signs in my eyes or just wanting a fling with someone rich and famous. But what he doesn’t know is that I’m distrusting too. I’m done with men and have issues of my own. He doesn’t have to worry about me crossing a line.��
��
𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. ⁣]]> 487 S.J. Sylvis mirandas.reads 5 4.40
author: S.J. Sylvis
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.40
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/03
date added: 2025/02/19
shelves: age-gap, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, got-that-money, grumpyxsunshine, my-faves, single-parent, sporty-spice
review:

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I’ve been hailed as the guy who has it all when it comes to hockey. Powerful people have invested their time and money, determined to turn my potential into their reality.

The most influential of those people? Graham Jenkins—former NHL player and the General Manager of the Dallas Destroyers. The second he set eyes on me in the little leagues, he piled all his resources into my success. And when the Destroyers were awarded the first-round draft pick, he didn’t hesitate to snap me up.

He thought I was the golden boy, the star that would make his team as successful as his playing career. Only I wasn’t. Instead of unleashing my potential in front of the goal, he discovered my real talent—secrets.

And I have many that I will never share. One for every scar disguised beneath the tattoos painting my body, along with the childhood memories either buried deep inside my broken mind or drowned out by empty bottles lining my kitchen counter.

There’s only one secret I wish I didn’t have to keep. She’s also the addiction I know I’ll never kick. A detox my heart could never survive since it only beats for her. And even years after we were torn apart, my fixation hasn’t changed. Although neither have our circumstances—I’m still the broken boy, suffocated with trauma. And she’s still Mia Jenkins, the good girl, and daughter of the man who offered me everything except his blessing to date her.

But one thing about addiction? It never seeks permission.

Genres/Tropes:
Broken Boy x Good Girl
Second Chance
Forbidden Love
GMs Daughter
He Falls First
He can't stay away
Spicy Lessons
Found Family
Virgin FMC
Mental health (PTSD) rep

TW include: Abusive parents, domestic violence, substance abuse, off page child loss (not involving the main characters) mental health rep namely PTSD, off page discussion of self harm.]]> 404 Ruth Stilling mirandas.reads 4 4.12
author: Ruth Stilling
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.12
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/18
date added: 2025/02/17
shelves: age-gap, grumpyxsunshine, second-chance, sporty-spice
review:

]]> 135724628
You should say no.

You shouldn't pretend to date her so she can piss off her parents.

You definitely shouldn't agree to take her virginity and show her all the experiences she's been missing out on.

And you really shouldn't keep it a secret from her brother, the one who's your best friend and business partner.

But I don't always make the best choices. In fact, I can be kind of a dick sometimes.

And I know if I don't do it, someone else will . . . and I can't have that. If anything, it means I get to be the good guy for once.

I just wasn't prepared for how gifted this good girl would be at going bad.]]> 326 Nikki Sloane mirandas.reads 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5<br /> 3.76 2023
author: Nikki Sloane
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/12
date added: 2025/02/16
shelves: fake-dating, second-chance, small-town-feels, they-are-obsessed
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

]]> 57299170 A sexy, swoony falling-for-the-neighbor standalone romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely!

Just my luck - my new next door neighbor is a unicorn.
Yep, the British hottie is clearly a mythical man because - get this - he's a sexy, witty, charming, big-hearted single dad.
Who, wait for it, wants to find Mrs. Right and get hitched.
He’s a once-in-a-blue-moon kind of man, and it’s a darn shame I’m not on the market. If I were, his accent alone would melt me. Add in the fact that he's a veterinarian, and my animal-loving heart would be flip flopping.
But my heart's on the mend. I'm a single parent like him, and raising my teenage daughter is my top priority. Plus, falling for a guy who shares your property line is a line you shouldn’t cross.
Still, I'm an outgoing gal, so I do the neighborly thing and offer to be his dating insider.
Surely, I can help this small town’s most eligible bachelor ever navigate his way through all the fantastic single ladies eager to make his acquaintance.
What could possibly go wrong in helping the dream guy next door find his one true love?
So I set him up on one date, two dates, three dates -- and I’m about to find out exactly how dangerous my offer is.]]> 310 Lauren Blakely mirandas.reads 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5<br /> 3.40 2020
author: Lauren Blakely
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/11
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves:
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

]]> 196029382
But it turns out professional hockey players are a major handful. No one is a bigger pain in my side than party boy defenseman, Lukas Novikov. I don't care how well he plays hockey. Off the ice, he's a PR nightmare. Brash and bossy, he's always finding ways to drag his teammates into trouble. His favorite accomplice is fellow defenseman Colton Morrow.

The players can all call me PR Barbie if they want, but I'm getting the job done, and I'm doing it in 3-inch heels. Because I am Poppy St. James—poised, powerful, and always professional…until the fateful night my phone rings.

One phone call from home leads to one drunken mistake. Now I'm staring down at a little blue plus sign and I have no idea where my carefully balanced life will lead next. All I know is that nothing will ever be the same.

PUCKING SWEET is a spicy MMF workplace hockey romance featuring accidental pregnancy in a "love triangle until it's not" with positive queer representation. This is book three in the Jacksonville Rays series. The series starts with Rachel’s story in the spicy prequel novella THAT ONE NIGHT.]]> 0 Emily Rath mirandas.reads 0 4.36 2024
author: Emily Rath
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at: 2025/02/08
date added: 2025/02/08
shelves:
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Which is fine. This frat boy may be irritatingly hot, all carved muscle with a deceptively wholesome smile, but that’s irrelevant. He’s a Sig.

When I catch his fraternity cheating at the Greek Week tournament, he denies it—causing our rivalry between houses to escalate. Colin and I may have started the mud fight, but it grows into an all-out war, and ends with us expelled from our houses.

Now I’m homeless and it’s all his fault.

So, while answering an ad for a leading role at an adult film company wasn’t part of my career path, the work comes with a lot of perks. Steady salary. Accommodations close to campus. A safe place to explore my fantasies.

Except when I show up for my audition, my partner is none other than my new archenemy—Colin. And our sexual chemistry is explosive.

We hate how attracted we are to each other, and I despise that I want every scene to be with him. Because the longer we live together, the more I see he’s not who I thought he was.

This frat boy was so easy to hate . . . but what if he’s even easier to love?]]> 394 Nikki Sloane mirandas.reads 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 3.90 2022
author: Nikki Sloane
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/07
date added: 2025/02/07
shelves: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

]]> 213760021
Twelve years ago, I married the man of my dreams.

Or so I thought.

Now a single mom of twin boys, I’m doing my best to rebuild after everything fell apart. I juggle work and therapy and try not to burden those around me. My life is too complicated for love, right?

Colton Hayes and Sammy Harlow don’t seem to think so.

Colton was supposed to be the one. Even after all this time, the way he looks at me gives me butterflies. He’s always there for me, hotter than hell, and has been waiting for the day he’d get another chance with me.

Sammy has always been our friend. He’s quiet, mysterious, and full of all sorts of surprises. Did I mention he’s also my brother-in-law’s brother and should be off-limits?

The sparks between us ignite an all-consuming fire. For the first time in my life, I know what real love feels like. But when danger steps foot in our small town, I worry that nothing can keep us from getting burned.

Will the past steal our chance at the future we deserve?

Stolen Chances Tropes:

Second Chance
Friends to Lovers
Suspense
Polyamory in a Small Town
Single Mom
Hurt/Comfort
Stolen Chances is the second interconnected standalone in the Citrus Cove Series. This book is full of spice, suspense, and swoony men willing to do anything for the woman they love.]]> 394 Clio Evans mirandas.reads 4 3.96 2025
author: Clio Evans
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/16
date added: 2025/02/05
shelves: forced-proximity, grumpyxsunshine, second-chance, small-town-feels, why-choose, single-parent
review:

]]> 213222678
There's nothing wrong with playing the game - except when you know you're about to lose.
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As a little girl, I dreamed of becoming many things. A twenty-five-year-old photographer struggling to make ends meet with a mountain of legal fees wasn’t one of them. Making questionable decisions wasn’t either. ��
��
After hanging up my camera, I start a job I loathe that has me questioning my morals on a daily basis.��
��
Until I run into Chicago’s newest bad-boy goalie whose reputation is a trainwreck�� Emory Olson.
��
In a desperate effort to rid my debt, I corner Emory and try to exploit him. When my plan backfires, I not only have a new enemy with steely blue eyes and a talent for the game but a man now on a mission with his own insane plan in mind. ��
��
Marry me.
��
The terms are simple: I marry Emory and act like his doting wife in front of the press to clean up his image, and he’ll pay off my debt when the job is done. But now, instead of my bills keeping me up at night, I find myself fantasizing about my fake husband and his devilish stare. ��
��
He tells me to play the game, but when lines start to blur and his touches linger, I’m not sure what’s real or fake anymore. The sizzling attraction and fiery chemistry between us can’t be contained.��
��
Emory Olson says he never loses, and by the end of our marriage game, I’m pretty sure I’m no exception. ⁣]]> 488 S.J. Sylvis mirandas.reads 5 4.16
author: S.J. Sylvis
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.16
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/02
date added: 2025/02/04
shelves: enemies-to-lovers, got-that-money, marriage-of-convenience, sporty-spice
review:

]]> 13459608 65 Em Brown 1419935607 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.40 2012
author: Em Brown
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/04
shelves: to-read
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]]> 17379301
After agreeing, she discovers that his carnal appetite includes a preference for the taboo. When she expresses her reservations, he offers an even more outrageous proposition—he will owe her a hundred pounds if she fails to spend at his hands. Can she win the wager, or will her body succumb to the wicked attentions of Lord Rockwell?

An Exotika® Regency historical BDSM erotica story from Ellora’s Cave]]> Em Brown mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.48 2013
author: Em Brown
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 33153365 249 Em Brown mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.08
author: Em Brown
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.08
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/04
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 54908303
This handsome stranger is sweet and thoughtful. He’s only meant to be a stand-in, to fulfill my needs under Clay’s watchful direction, yet these two men couldn’t be more different. The one thing they share? Well, I guess that would be me.

One gets off on my pain, the other on my pleasure, and it awakens a desire none of us knew existed. But it can’t last.

Eventually I’ll have to choose.

And it’s going to destroy us all.]]> 396 Nikki Sloane mirandas.reads 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 3.64 2021
author: Nikki Sloane
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/02/03
shelves: age-gap, grumpyxsunshine, small-town-feels, why-choose
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
]]> 214130257 My bakery is my prized possession—the one thing I can say I did pretty much on my own. My family has always helped whenever I’ve let them, albeit not as often as they’d like me to.

But when a situation arises that I can’t handle on my own, it’s hard to turn down a hot NHL player when he offers to help.
Should be simple enough…if only he wasn’t my brother’s best friend, and the only man to make my toes curl from a kiss.

MILES

I moved across the country a week after signing with the New York Cyclones. That was also the week I met her. I wish I could say it was some epic love story…but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. The night I met Stella was the same night I learned just how off limits she was.

As the new guy on the team, I wasn’t about to break the golden rule that first week, especially when my teammates quickly became family. But years later, things have changed, and when Stella finds herself in a sticky situation—refusing help from everyone except me—what kind of man would I be to leave her to fend for herself?

I just didn’t expect I’d fall again so fast.]]> 271 Lexi James mirandas.reads 5 4.03 2025
author: Lexi James
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/25
date added: 2025/02/03
shelves: second-chance, sporty-spice, they-are-obsessed
review:

]]> 219393306
As the rookie catcher of the Daytona Fury, I have a lot to prove. Not only do I need to be perfect on the field, but I’m doing it all while fulfilling a promise to the woman who raised me. Graduating college was never as important to me as it was to my grandma, but I gave her my word that I’d finish, even though my future in the majors was sealed. When I find out I need one more class—one I know nothing about—I decide to hire a tutor to help me through it. But as soon as we get into our lessons, I realize I want her to teach me much more than the curriculum suggests.

LARK

Starting over isn’t easy, especially when your ex-husband and his family are set on making it impossible. When I find myself without a job because they don’t want me switching to a “less respectable career��, I’m stuck paying for my own tuition to make my dreams come true. So when a side gig tutoring the city’s hottest professional baseball player in his Human Sexuality class lands in my lap, I take it, not expecting to feel all sorts of conflicting emotions once I get to know him. Ace Mathers may be ten years younger than me, but he’s determined to show me how to live.]]> 296 C.L. Rose mirandas.reads 5 ⚾️ 4.13
author: C.L. Rose
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.13
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/22
date added: 2025/02/02
shelves: age-gap, forced-proximity, my-faves, small-town-feels, sporty-spice
review:
⚾️
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Just before the sun had a chance to fully set on this dumpster fire of the last twelve hours, fate stepped in. One look was all it took from the handsome stranger in a black Stetson, and I changed my tune in a hurry while he helped me off the ground at the bottom of his mountain driveway.

The attraction between us was instant; that much was obvious. After we’d been trapped together in his cabin with nothing but a cozy fire, a shelf full of old books, and maybe a few drinks, we realized there was more to our chemistry.

Logic tried to remind me that a vivacious world-traveling photographer with chronic cold feet and a quiet cowboy with deep-planted roots had no business taking a shot at true love. But my heart had a mind of its own.

By the time I mustered up the courage to admit I wanted more, it was time to go, and I was staring through watery eyes at Ledger Cole’s blurry figure in the rearview mirror.

Now I’m stuck between choosing to turn my car around, wait for him to chase after me, or find a way to move on from the most passionate weekend of my life altogether.

Whiskey Weather is a snowed-in cowboy romance novella. Izzy and Ledger’s story features themes and tropes such as insta-lust, open-door spice, grumpy/sunshine, and a happily ever after. ]]> 162 Lainey Lawson mirandas.reads 4 4.32
author: Lainey Lawson
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.32
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/02/02
shelves: cowboy-romance, forced-proximity, novellas
review:

]]> 201017011 “I don’t need another kink.��

That thought pops into my head whenever I pull up my favorite social media app, but alas, every time I scroll, I learn something new about myself, and another one is born. And yes, I know I’m responsible for what the algorithm shows me, but I’m trying to ignore that fact.

Lately, my feed has been dominated by masked men. I’ve favorited videos with them dressed in full cosplay, decked out in futuristic military apparel, and wrapped up like ghouls.

But more than anything else, my FYP is filled with shirtless men wearing ghost masks. Bonus points if they’re heavily tattooed, wielding a knife, or covered in fake blood. At night, I dream about being chased by them, of them catching me and doing deliciously dark things to my more than willing body.

I never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become my new reality.

Lights Out is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally grey male lead. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book. ]]> 338 Navessa Allen mirandas.reads 5 4.15 2024
author: Navessa Allen
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/10
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: dark-romance, my-faves, small-town-feels, they-are-obsessed
review:

]]> 210663519 A high heat small town, romantic suspense story from author Clio Evans. You’re Next.

I was in the wrong place at the wrong time—and that moment changed me forever. After walking in on a masked man murdering my neighbor, I went back to the one place I swore I’d never step foot in again. Citrus Cove.

The sleepy town hasn’t changed much, but the people have. Including my old high school bully, Cameron Harlow.

He’s the last person I want to see. He should be the last person I want.

But Cameron Harlow has been dreaming of the day he’d see me again, and wants to set things right. Our history makes me hate him, but he’s sinfully hot, has that sexy southern charm, and calls me sunshine. How can I resist him?

When the danger I’ve been running from shows up in my hometown, Cameron becomes my sole refuge. Someone is watching me. Following me. They want me dead.

From the ashes of our broken beginnings, all we want is our happy ending. But the killer has other ideas and the only way Cam and I have a future together is if we live to see it…]]> 342 Clio Evans mirandas.reads 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5<br /> 3.81 2024
author: Clio Evans
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: cowboy-romance, forced-proximity, grumpyxsunshine, second-chance, small-town-feels
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

]]> 220239075 New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean’s first foray into contemporary fiction, with a sharp, sexy novel about a wealthy New England family's long-overdue reckoning with hidden desires, destructive secrets…and one week that threatens to tear them apart

Alice isn't like the other Storm siblings. While the rest stayed to battle for their parents' approval, attention, and untold billions, she left, building her own life beyond the family’s name and influence. Nothing could induce her to come back, except the shocking death of her larger-than-life father. Now back on the family’s private island off the Rhode Island coast, she plans to keep her head down, pay the last of her respects, and leave the minute the funeral is over.

Unfortunately, her father had other plans. The eccentric, manipulative patriarch left his widow and their grown children a final challenge--an inheritance game designed to humiliate, devastate, and unravel the Storm family in ways both petty and life-altering. The rules of the game are clear: stay on the island for one week, complete the tasks, receive the inheritance.

One week on Storm Island is an impossible task for Alice. Every corner of the sprawling old house is bursting dysfunctional chaos: Her older sister’s secret love affair. Her brother’s incessant mansplaining. Her sister-in-law’s unapologetic greed. Her younger sister’s obsession with "vibes". Her mother’s penchant for stirring up competition between her children. And all under the stern, watchful gaze of Jack Dean, her father’s enigmatic, unfairly good-looking, second-in-command. It will be a miracle if Alice manages to escape the week unscathed.

A story about the transformative power of grief, love, and family, this luscious novel is at once deliciously clever and surprisingly tender, exploring past secrets, present truths, and futures forged in the wake of wild summer storms.]]> 400 Sarah MacLean 0593972252 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.23 2025
author: Sarah MacLean
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: to-read
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Mulan is reimagined as a contemporary romance about family expectations, mistaken identity, and high stakes mergers—of both business and the heart.

As the right hand of her father’s hedge fund company, Fa Mulan knows what it takes to succeed as a woman in a man’s work twice as hard, be twice as smart, and burp twice as loud as any of the other finance bros she works with. So when her father unexpectedly falls ill in the middle of a critical acquisition, she is determined to see it through. There’s just one the family company in question is known for its ultra masculine whiskey brand, and the brood of old-fashioned aunts, uncles, and cousins who run it—lead by the dedicated but overworked Shang—will only trust Mulan’s father, Fa Zhou, with the future of their business.

Rather than fail the deal and her father, Mulan pretends she’s Fa Zhou. Since they’ve only corresponded over email, how hard could it be to keep things moving in his absence?

But the email leads to a face-to-face meeting, which leads to an invitation to a week long retreat at Shang’s family ranch. One meeting she can handle, but a whole week of cattle wrangling, axe-throwing, and learning proper butchering techniques, all while trying to convince Shang’s dubious family that this young woman is the powerful hedge fund CEO they’ve been negotiating with? Not so much—especially as she finds it harder and harder to ignore the undeniable spark between her and Shang.

Can she keep her head in the game and make her father proud, all while trying not to fall into a trough, or in love with Shang?]]> 320 Jesse Q. Sutanto 1368112811 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.81 2025
author: Jesse Q. Sutanto
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2025
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: to-read
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]]> 217388169 In this witty rom-com follow-up to Hate to Fake it to You, Jean’s fling with a resort guest turns into a case of mistaken identities in the rugged wilds of South Dakota.

The last thing reluctant resort employee Jean Harrington expected to find on a middle-of-the-night towel run was a bashful scientist in desperate need of company . . . and clothes. Charmed by his awkwardness and endearing tangents about reptiles, she returns the next day to give the handsome mystery guest she knows only as “Charlie�� lessons in poker.

He’s reserved and she’s chaotic, but together, the two of them just click. Their connection might almost scare the commitment-shy Jean if it was more than fun and games. Or so Jean chooses to believe, until she discovers there’s a lot more to Charlie’s story than shyness and snakes—and she isn’t the only person with a pressing interest in his whereabouts, not to mention his secretly scandalous dating history.

When Charlie has the audacity to abandon her without a word, Jean responds like any self-respecting spurned woman with a score to settle. Assuming a false identity, she pursues him across an ocean to stage a confrontation at the centennial celebration for the famous family business he neglected to mention. With their exes around to raise the stakes, Jean is gambling she can get the upper hand before Charlie calls her bluff.

The real trick will be remembering what they’re playing for, when the biggest risk is putting all their cards on the table.]]> 320 Amanda Sellet 125090627X mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.68
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]]> 222376487 Is it time to renew love or start a new chapter?

Ingrid Dahl, a cheerful twenty-nine-year-old librarian in the cozy mountain town of Ridgetop, North Carolina, has been happily dating her college boyfriend, Cory, for eleven years without ever discussing marriage. But when Ingrid’s sister announces her engagement to a woman she’s only been dating for two years, Ingrid and Cory feel pressured to consider their future. Neither has ever been with anybody else, so they make an unconventional decision. They'll take a one-month break to date other people, then they'll reunite and move toward marriage. Ingrid even has someone in mind: her charmingly grumpy coworker, Macon Nowakowski, on whom she’s secretly crushed for years. But plans go awry, and when the month ends, Ingrid and Cory realize they’re not ready to resume their relationship�� and Ingrid’s harmless crush on Macon has turned into something much more complicated.

Overdue is a beautiful, slow-burn romance full of lust and longing about new beginnings and finding your way.]]> 416 Stephanie Perkins 1250313465 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.74 2025
author: Stephanie Perkins
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average rating: 3.74
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]]> 222028690
To uncover the truth, she’ll need help from Theo Grayson—the brooding professor and former defense attorney who’d probably rather eat glass than revisit the case that ruined his legal career. Theo knows the case inside out—better than anyone—and with the eerie similarities between the two murders, there’s no one better to dig into this with Lila than him.

Lila is brilliant, determined, and unafraid to challenge Theo’s maddeningly skeptical attitude. Theo, on the other hand, would prefer to keep his head down and his past buried. But when the Mayfairs—who have a connection to Lila’s past—invite her to stay at their secluded estate, Lila hatches a plan: pose as a couple to get inside and investigate without raising suspicion.

The Mayfair family might seem eccentric and charming, but their sprawling estate hides darker secrets than Lila anticipated. What she really doesn’t expect is for the fake dating part to feel a little too real. Between late-night brainstorming, stolen glances, and close calls, Lila starts to realize there’s more at stake than just cracking the case.

Perfect for fans of Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building, The Evidence of Us is a twisty, witty romcom full of murder, mystery, and just the right amount of awkward flirting.]]> Genna Black mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.00 2025
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name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.00
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]]> 217100570 For better or for worse.

When I said those words in front of the pastor, I meant them. But that was before everything changed. Before it became clear that my wife would be better off without me. I had no choice but to sabotage us, and that was exactly what I did. Even though I pushed Paige to leave, it still hurt like hell, watching her do it. I’d never love another woman for as long as I lived. She was it for me.

I guess those are the sacrifices we make for the people we love. And if I couldn’t make her dreams come true, I had no right to keep her. Not completely anyway.

Fast-forward to a year and a half later, and not a day has gone by where I don’t miss my wife. But I made my bed, and now, it’s time for me to lie in it. And while the rest of my life might be in ruins, my career on the ice has never been better.

At least, until a direct hit to the chest almost kills me. And just like that, my wife, who is my emergency contact, is back. But she isn’t happy with me—because those divorce papers she sent months ago? Yeah �� they somehow landed in the trash.

Realizing I will lose her again before I truly have her back, I offer her a deal. Ten days to prove we should have never separated. Ten days to redeem myself. And ten days to come clean about everything I’ve been hiding.

Should be easy enough, right?

Yeah, I didn’t think so either.

Shoot Your Shot features mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised. TW include: infertility, substance abuse, mental health, sexual content, and some violence.]]> 309 Hannah Gray mirandas.reads 5 4.08
author: Hannah Gray
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.08
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rating: 5
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date added: 2025/01/19
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]]> 207292648 My whole life I’ve come out on top.

One of the finest players ever to grace the NHL? Check.

Most prolific playboy with an enviable reputation between the sheets? Check.

Award for the cockiest athlete in America? Also check, and well deserved I’d say.

So why does my life feel anything but the perfect image I project?

And why won’t the one woman who came crashing into my life and knocked me on my six-foot four ass take me seriously?

She doesn’t even recognize me, let alone worship the ground I walk on.

I’m in uncharted territory, tearing up my rule book and unearthing buried demons in my pursuit of her affection.

I always get what I want in life but apparently Felicity Thompson didn’t get the memo. I want her in my bed, but all she offers me is her witty British tongue and no-nonsense attitude.

It isn’t supposed to be this way. She’s supposed to unravel for me. Yet the harder I pursue her, the more my own layers peel away.

Felicity Thompson is fast becoming not just what I want but the very woman I need in my life, and I’m terrified to admit that when it truly matters, I might not be coming out on top after all.]]> 312 Ruth Stilling mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.71
author: Ruth Stilling
name: mirandas.reads
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]]> 39083635
In the murky waters of New York’s underworld, Elena’s sister is arranged to marry Nicolas Russo. A Made Man, a boss, a cheat—even measured against mafia standards. His reputation stretches far and wide and is darker than his black suits and ties. After his and Elena’s first encounter ends with an accidental glare on her part, she realizes he’s just as rude as he is handsome. She doesn’t like the man or anything he stands for, though that doesn’t stop her heart from pattering like rain against glass when he’s near, nor the shiver that ghosts down her spine at the sound of his voice. And he’s always near. Telling her what to do. Making her feel hotter than any future brother-in-law should. Elena may be the Sweet Abelli on the outside, but she’s beginning to learn she has a taste for the darkness, for rough hands, cigarettes, and whiskey-colored eyes. Having already escaped one scandal, however, she can hardly afford to be swept up in another. Besides, even if he were hers, everyone knows you don’t fall in love with a Made Man... Right?]]> 384 Danielle Lori 1721284443 mirandas.reads 0 to-read 3.98 2018
author: Danielle Lori
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 40613322 He rules it.

Her dresses are too tight, her heels too tall. She laughs too loudly, eats without decorum, and mixes up most sayings in the book. Little do most know it’s just a sparkly disguise, there to hide one panic attack at a time.

Nobody can crack Gianna’s facade . . . no one anyway, until he comes along.

Most see a paragon of morality; a special agent upholding the law. In the New York underworld, others know him as a hustler, a killer, his nature as cold as the heart of ice in his chest. Christian Allister has always followed the life plan he’d envisioned in his youth, beneath the harsh lights of a frigid, damp cell. With a proclivity for order and the number three, he’s never been tempted to veer off course. But perhaps one should never say never . . .

One winter night and their lives intertwine. She hates him—his stone-cold demeanor, his arrogance and too-perceptive eye—but over the years, even as their games consist of insulting each other’s looks and intelligence, she begins to live to play with him.

Nowhere in Christian’s plans had he ever prepared for Gianna. She’s chaos embodied, not his type, and married, but none of that can stop his eyes from following her wherever she goes.

All along, she doesn’t even know that she’s his—his frustration, his fascination.

His maddest obsession.]]> 333 Danielle Lori mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.22 2019
author: Danielle Lori
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 56250307 410 Danielle Lori mirandas.reads 0 to-read 4.04 2020
author: Danielle Lori
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 123194683 124 Emily Rath mirandas.reads 5 sporty-spice, novellas 3.98
author: Emily Rath
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average rating: 3.98
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rating: 5
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date added: 2025/01/11
shelves: sporty-spice, novellas
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]]> 51583112
His male boss.

Why, hello, midlife crisis. I’m starting over, but this time I’m doing it right. Or at least I’m doing what I want.

Taking the day off from work to hang out poolside? Yup. Do I leave the swimsuit in my house? Sure.

Does my very hot, twenty-something pool boy happen to catch me naked? Oh, yeah, he does. And he likes what he sees�� a lot.

My best friend keeps telling me to have a fling and get back out there. But I’m not so sure she meant for me to do it with her son.]]> 326 Nikki Sloane mirandas.reads 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 3.72 2020
author: Nikki Sloane
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/03
date added: 2025/01/03
shelves: age-gap, small-town-feels, they-are-obsessed
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

]]> 221764632 MARGO
After an ex-boyfriend told me I’d never be able to run a half marathon, I did what any logical woman would I set out to prove him wrong.

We’re going to pretend like I didn’t collapse at the finish line of the race.

It’s a good thing the hot paramedic caught me before I could fall.

It’s an even better thing I ran into him at the bar the next night.

He might be my ex’s dad and sixteen years older than me, but that won’t stop me from wanting to enjoy some holiday cheer with the man I can’t stop thinking about.

FINN
I knew who she was when I caught her, but she didn’t know who I was.

When her initial shock of my identity wore off, she came home with me.

I gave her the best night of her life.

It makes sense that I found her again at the finish line of another race, and now I’m determined to keep her around for longer than a night.

Forget the age gap. Forget her history with my son.

She might be the best Christmas present I’ve ever received, and I’m in no hurry to say goodbye.]]> 204 Chelsea Curto mirandas.reads 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 3.99
author: Chelsea Curto
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.99
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/03
date added: 2025/01/03
shelves: holiday, sporty-spice, age-gap
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

]]> 218354499 Rora Stanley hates Christmas.

But when her best friend needs a Santa photographer for her family’s toy store, Rora is forced to return to her Christmas-obsessed hometown for the holidays.

Henry Whitten loves Christmas.

And a few weeks in Wintermore, Wyoming playing Santa is exactly what he needs as he stands at a career crossroads.

Henry isn’t prepared for the Christmas-hating photographer to consume his thoughts the second he lays eyes on her. And Rora isn’t expecting to be so turned on by her best friend’s uncle in his Santa suit��

When “just this once�� snowballs into something more, Rora and Henry scramble to make every second count before their time runs out. It’ll take more than a Christmas miracle to turn this festive fling into forever.

Naughty or Nice is a spicy age gap Christmas novella with a happily ever after. Full content warnings can be found on the author’s website. ]]> 184 Sophie Snow mirandas.reads 4 3.94 2024
author: Sophie Snow
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/24
date added: 2025/01/03
shelves: holiday, small-town-feels, novellas, age-gap
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]]> 221430098 Totally explicit, erotic, taboo...and funny too.
Clever, confident MILF and Doctor Lexy Davenport didn't expect to get such a proposal from two open, adventurous men.
But this is so forbidden. Doctor's aren't supposed to sleep with the students, and this time, there's two of them making it very clear that they like to share everything. That they want to share her. Be inside her at the same time.
But she's never had two men inside her tight assets before.
A hot female doctor who's a virgin to threesomes, and two scorching hot, young and hung male residents?
How delicious does this get? Mouthwatering!
An explicit, steamy MFM threesome story guaranteed to leave you wet and satisfied in every way!]]> 65 Gia Colt mirandas.reads 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 3.21
author: Gia Colt
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.21
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/27
date added: 2025/01/03
shelves: novellas, single-parent, why-choose, age-gap
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

]]> 209176904 135 Gia Colt mirandas.reads 3 novellas, why-choose, age-gap ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5<br /> 3.25
author: Gia Colt
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.25
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rating: 3
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date added: 2025/01/03
shelves: novellas, why-choose, age-gap
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⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

]]> 208195979 103 Gia Colt mirandas.reads 3 novellas, why-choose, age-gap ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5<br /> 2.90
author: Gia Colt
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 2.90
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2025/01/03
shelves: novellas, why-choose, age-gap
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⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

]]> 40820681 266 Nikki Sloane mirandas.reads 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5<br /> 3.70 2018
author: Nikki Sloane
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/01
date added: 2025/01/01
shelves: age-gap, got-that-money, single-parent, small-town-feels
review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

]]> 204132144 But hold your sleigh bells! This rugged protector of mine isn't just any stern-faced, muscle-bound guardian. He's the same charming guy who accidentally stole my heart in our few previous encounters.
The air is chilly, but the potential for romance? Hotter than a chestnut roasting on an open fire!
But as the nights grow longer and the fire crackles more insistently, I can't help but wonder: can a famous singer and a protective yet irresistibly cheeky bodyguard strike a chord in harmony?

�� Famous Singer + Bodyguard
�� Reverse Grumpy / Sunshine
�� Forced Proximity
�� Super Sweet
�� Very Spicy

STUCK WITH YOU is a holiday romance novella full of heart-warming and laugh-out-loud moments, written in dual point of view with a beautiful Happily Ever After.]]> 86 Kate J. Blake mirandas.reads 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5<br /> 3.64
author: Kate J. Blake
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.64
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rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/28
date added: 2025/01/01
shelves: forced-proximity, holiday, novellas
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

]]> 217369902 If you tickle my fancy, I'll tickle your...

Determined to be the next top interior designer, I - Joseph Hunter - will do anything to achieve my billions and bury the wounds of the past. University is just a stepping stone to find a way out of my torment, and yet, when one of our fellow female student's is attacked, I rescue her as if my own life depends on it... because it does.

Unable to save my mother, I've developed a habit of yearning to protect those who are vulnerable, and when my best friend introduces me to a world where vulnerability and power go hand in hand, I become addicted. Together, my friends and I create a club where we explore our hidden depths and help others along the way.

I'm always searching for the one I can rescue, my angel, and I won't give up until I find her.

Becoming the Dark Billionaire is a short prequel in the Billionaire Secret Society series. 18+
]]> 41 Lyra Wilde mirandas.reads 3 novellas ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5<br /> 3.10
author: Lyra Wilde
name: mirandas.reads
average rating: 3.10
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date added: 2025/01/01
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⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

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