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41 books found
Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #1)
Nora Roberts · Chesapeake Bay Saga #1
276 pagescontemporary romance
(65k)Steamy
A globe-trotting playboy comes home to raise a troubled boy — and falls for the woman trying to take him away.
Born in Ice (Born In Trilogy, #2)
Nora Roberts · Irish Born Trilogy #2
314 pagescontemporary romance
(41k)Steamy
A wandering thriller writer rents a room at a quiet Irish inn — and can't bring himself to leave.
Frederica
Georgette Heyer
351 pagesregency romance
(25k)Mild
A selfish, jaded Marquis is charmed out of his indifference by a refreshingly capable woman and her chaotic siblings.
Heir to Edenbrooke
Julianne Donaldson · Edenbrooke #0.5
46 pagesregency romance
(10k)Mild
A reluctant new heir to an estate meets a captivating woman at a chance inn stop — and nothing goes to plan.
Forever Right Now
Emma Scott
285 pagescontemporary romance
(14k)Warm
A recovering addict dancer and a grumpy single-dad law student find healing in each other — if the past doesn't wreck it
Hope
Beverley Watts · The Shackleford Sisters #4
238 pagesregency romance
(7k)Warm
A presumed-dead viscount turns up at the wrong estate on Christmas Eve — and meets the one woman he can't fool.
To Win Her Heart
Karen Witemeyer
352 pageshistorical romance
(11k)Mild
A reformed convict hiding his past tries to win the heart of a small-town librarian who's sworn off men.
A Virgin River Christmas (Virgin River, #4)
Robyn Carr · Virgin River #4
313 pagescontemporary romance
(33k)Warm
A young widow tracks down the reclusive marine who saved her husband's life — and finds her heart.
Saint
Adrienne Young · The World of the Narrows
336 pagesyoung adult romance
(14k)Mild
A superstitious sailor on the verge of everything he's worked for meets a mysterious dredger who threatens to unravel it
Absolutely Not in Love
Jenny Proctor · Sweater Weather #7
312 pagescontemporary romance
(12k)Mild
She swore off hockey men — then her mysterious, book-loving neighbor turned out to be an NHL star.
A Real Cowboy Never Says No
Stephanie Rowe · Wyoming Rebels #1
250 pagescontemporary romance
(4k)Steamy
A confirmed bachelor cowboy offers a pregnant woman on the run a marriage of convenience — and gets more than he bargain
Sizzle and Burn (Arcane Society, #3)
Jayne Ann Krentz · Arcane Society #3
368 pagesparanormal romance
(11k)Steamy
A lonely psychic and a paranormal investigator must trust each other to survive a killer — and their undeniable connecti
Where the Wind Blows
Caroline Fyffe · Prairie Hearts #1
293 pageswestern romance
(7k)Warm
A drifter poses as a widow's husband for three days — and finds a reason to stay forever.
Bear the Burn
T.S. Joyce · Fire Bears #2
228 pagesparanormal romance
(4k)Scorching
A stoic bear shifter feels nothing — until a tearful, mousy vet tech cracks him wide open.
Highland Promise
Hannah Howell · Murray Family #3
347 pageshistorical romance
(4k)Steamy
A Highland knight pledges to protect a desperate beauty — not knowing her enemies may one day be his kin.
The Corinthian
Georgette Heyer
250 pagesregency romance
(14k)Mild
A runaway heiress in disguise and a bored aristocrat flee London together — for entirely different reasons.
A Tailor-Made Bride
Karen Witemeyer
348 pageshistorical romance
(13k)Mild
A gruff livery owner and the town's new dressmaker clash — until her kindness cracks his armour wide open.
Once Upon a Temptingly Ruinous Kiss
Bree Wolf · The Whickertons in Love #2
334 pagesregency romance
(2k)Mild
A notebook-wielding earl's daughter stumbles into a vigilante marquess's world of shadows and revenge.
A Highlander of Her Own
Melissa Mayhue · Daughters of the Glen #4
336 pagesparanormal romance
(2k)Steamy
A Texas woman's innocent wish for true love sends her straight to 14th-century Scotland — and a reluctant Highland warri
Homespun
Ashley A. Quinn · Pine Ridge #5
294 pagescontemporary romance
(618)Warm
A newly arrived woman becomes a divorced single dad's temporary nanny — and unexpected reason to love again.
To Kiss in the Shadows
Lynn Kurland · de Piaget #8.5
86 pageshistorical romance
(1k)Mild
A scarred noblewoman hiding in shadows meets a knight who sees her true beauty in medieval England.
Mrs. Nash's Ashes
Sarah Adler
352 pagesromantic comedy
(46k)Warm
A hopeless romantic and a cynical writer road-trip to Key West — with a dead woman's ashes riding shotgun.
My Orc Next Door
Veronika Kane · Eastshore Isle #1
190 pagesparanormal romance
(2k)Steamy
Her giant orc neighbor has secretly known she's his fated mate for four years — now she needs his help to save their tow
The Call of the Sea
Sian Ann Bessey
272 pagesviking/highland romance
(1k)Mild
A Viking haunted by her father's death reunites with the Welsh girl he failed to save — and falls for her.