turn on unlimited readers, this one is for you! We just wrapped up the first quarter of 2022, so it seems like the perfect time to look back on the best books I’ve read on Kindle Unlimited so far this year. there’s a great selection of romance books on the show, and some of my favorite books of 2022 (so far!) are included.
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Each of these contemporary romance novels was a 4 or 5 star read for me. I’ve included the blurb, links to my reviews, and links to Amazon for easy addition to your collection. Happy reading!
5 star readings
those three little words of meghan quinn
I got my best friend’s sister pregnant.
I thought I’d get straight to the point because how it happened is just a part of the story I have to tell. the real meat and potatoes is what happened next.
Let’s start with how you decided to inform me and publish the news. . . together. imagine that nightmare. I was going to what I thought was a hockey marketing meeting and then bam! I’m going to be a dad and my best friend/teammate is trying to punch my face with his fist.
It wasn’t pretty.
Threats were made, friendships revoked, and then I was taken to her apartment, suitcases in hand, and forced to live with her so I could attend to her every need. given how much I’ve pined for the girl, you’d think it wouldn’t be a hardship. wrong.
This is my only chance to get my teammate back. pacey is the only family i have, so hooking up with his sister isn’t a mistake i can make twice. . . even though she is pregnant with my child.
But with every mood swing, ill-fitting pair of pants, and late-night scramble to find the perfect donut, it’s getting harder and harder not to fall for my best friend’s little sister.
especially when he kisses me…
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the devil and the deep blue sea by elizabeth o’roark
You don’t really know a guy until you’ve been on vacation with him… when draw wilson’s ex-boyfriend joel “six” bailey asks her to go on his family trip to hawaii with him just as her life is falling apart, she decides it’s the perfect time to give it another chance. The Bailey family includes Six’s rude older brother Joshua, a hot nerdy doctor who has hated Drew from the moment they met and once suggested he would steal the family’s silver. Drew is determined to win over the Baileys and give this thing with six a fair shot… but joshua is making it difficult. Not only because he gets in her way at every turn, but because, as one tropical adventure leads to the next, she begins to wonder if the hateful and obnoxious Joshua might be the brother he truly belongs to.
read the review here
things we never get over by lucy score
Knox, the bearded barber and bad boy, prefers to live his life the way he drinks his coffee: alone. unless you count his basset hound, waylon.knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes to a stranded runaway bride.
naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She rode to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockout, Virginia, a tough town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way… with fists and beer. usually in that order.
too bad naomi, her evil twin, hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself with Naomi’s car and money, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. niece naomi did not know she had. she is now stuck in the city with no car, no job, no plan and no home with an 11 year old boy who is going to be thirty to take care of her.
there’s a reason knox doesn’t deal with complications and demanding women, especially romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life has imploded in front of him, the least she can do is help her out of her predicament. and as soon as she stops getting into new trouble, he can leave her alone and go back to her peaceful and lonely life.
at least, that’s the plan until the problem becomes a real danger.
read the review here
terms and conditions by lauren asher
declanI am destined to become the next CEO of my family’s media empire. what is the only problem? the inheritance clause from my grandfather. fulfilling his dying wish to marry and have an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteered for the job. our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. but the more we love the public, the more insecure I feel about our contract. worrying about iris was never part of the deal. especially when breaking her heart is inevitable.
irismy plan to marry declan was simple in theory. moving in together. throw a wedding to have a baby. we established rules to avoid any type of problem. one that was never meant to be broken, no matter how much it tempts me they say. but what happens when our fake relationship fades into the real one? falling in love was never an option. at least not for me.
Terms and Conditions is the second book in a series of interconnected stand-alone books following three billionaire brothers.
read the review here
teagan hunter blind pass
What happens in Las Vegas doesn’t always stay there.
I would know. I come home with a new ring on my finger.
my wife? ryan bell.we are polar opposites.she is sunshine and happiness.i am moody and scarred,literally.
we could override it and no one would notice. the only problem? we put it online and it’s already making headlines.
I can’t afford to get that kind of attention and ruin my career, and ryan needs my help too.
we make a plan: stay married for a year, play our roles, and get amicably divorced at the end. no harm, no foul.
Besides, there is no way that beauty will fall in love with the beast…
read the review here
say it’s forever from a.l. jackson
from the best-selling author in new york and usa. uu. today a.l. jackson comes a close-knit, single-parent standalone romance about a woman on the run and the man who will do anything to save her…
jud lawson found me stranded in the rain.
broken down on the side of the road in a deserted neighborhood with my shitty car.
I wasn’t looking for a hero, and definitely not one that looks like him.
a mountain of obscenely sexy man screaming danger.
but I have no choice but to get on the back of his bike.
One look at Salem Aguilar and I’m hooked.
The girl is devastation wrapped in a seductive black bow.
a knockout.
a dream.
turns out she needs a job and I need help.
Now I’ve got a vixen strutting around my shop, and I’m the fool who’s itching to reach out and take what she can’t have.
But neither of us can ignore the fiery attraction.
the fire that leads to a kiss.
a kiss that makes us fall on my bed.
the connection that makes me want the one thing I never thought I could have again.
Because monsters like me don’t deserve love.
only salem also has a secret.
He’s been running for years, and his past has just caught up with us…
read the audiobook review here
a ticking time boss by olivia hayle
The golden angel that swooped down to save me from a nightmarish first date turns out to be a billionaire vulture haunting the company I work for.
carter kingsley: my savior and ruthless corporate raider hell-bent on destroying the newspaper I love. oh, and my new boss.
your first order of business? cut out half of the template. I should hate it. easy, right?
wrong.
I met him two weeks ago, when he saved me from the most awkward first date of my life. I was looking for a way out when she showed up in a ten thousand dollar suit with a winning smile and told a white lie that turned the date from hell into heavenly bliss.
I left with her number in my phone and spent the next two weeks staying up late to text her. he is charming funny. sincere.
Completely different than the ruthless villain who comes in and tears us apart.
My first order of business is to interview the new boss. but who is sitting on the other side of the desk? The man who saved me and loved me, or the one who threatens everything I love?
Carter insists we can still be friends, but I know the whole situation is a ticking time bomb.
read the review here
just my type by tara sivec
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live in the best small town in the world? check.have the best job ever working on my family’s pumpkin farm? check. marry the village pharmacist and have a nice, quiet life with our son? check-cheque.
“oh, sorry. did you say you were happy? lololol!” ~ life
Ember Hastings never thought that she would be swept away from the whitewood and everything she loved, pushed into the middle of a big city she hated, or have her husband of nine years say, “I can’t do this anymore,” all in the span of three months, but here it is.
He misses his family, he misses the farm, and he misses having a backbone and caring if the stain on his shirt is chocolate or shit. she works from home doing transcriptions. Does she really need her to take a shower or leave the house?
baker matthews has been bringing everyone down lately with his grumpy attitude. Her job is stressful and sometimes depressing, but I wouldn’t change a thing about it. When a glitch with the transcription company she’s using mistakenly sends her notes she wasn’t supposed to see, Baker laughs out loud for the first time in months.
You’ve never met a woman who says whatever’s on her mind and doesn’t flatter you when she finds out what you do for a living. until Ember Hastings bursts into her life, calling him a shitmouth and asking if he has any balls.
but she wants to maintain this professionalism. she made him swear with the little finger, and one doesn’t mess around with swearing with the little finger. Baker will have to get creative if she wants to prove to Ember that she’s her type.
read the audiobook review here
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kayley loring rig & connor crais
#12 johnny decker. star quarterback for the boston tomcats. two-time super bowl mvp… a decade ago. Nickname: Decker the Pantybreaker.
I am approached by men who are built like rhinos for a living. he could take the wings off a fly with a soccer ball from 30 meters away. (I wouldn’t, but I could). Being a veteran quarterback means I’m a fine-tuned, mentally alert athletic machine who can make split-second decisions.
My job is to anticipate what will happen next and adapt. but could not have anticipated the death of our beloved team owner.
Her estranged daughter, Hannah Strong, is a New York finance geek. she knows less than nothing about soccer. you know what she didn’t anticipate? inherit the boston cats.
She’s stubborn, uptight, infuriating, and absolutely wrong about everything from pizza to how to run my team. And I don’t want to talk about how good she looks in a skirt. or daydream about how good it would look.
I really don’t.
I’m not decker the panty breaker anymore, I’ve changed.
I can’t stop arguing with her.
or thinking about her.
I thought I had a winning move.
but hannah strong changed everything.
read the review here
cruel by deborah bladon
It’s dangerous, addictive and my most recent assignment. The future I desperately long for rests in the palm of your hand.
Stunningly handsome and painfully private, he is the sinner who killed a saint.
that’s what the world sees when it takes a look at kavan bane.
He is the mysterious billionaire hiding in his penthouse high up in Manhattan.
My job is to understand it.
Your goal is to break me.
Only one of our hearts will survive.
Let the cruel games begin.
read the review here
inappropriate by samantha towle
new york times bestselling author samantha towle presents a sexy, romantic and suspenseful standalone novel…
Daisy Smith has spent eighteen months of her life paying for a crime she didn’t commit. Now out of prison, she has only one goal: to regain custody of her younger brother, Jesse, who is deep in the foster care system. Desperate to rebuild her life and show the system that she is responsible enough to take care of Jesse, she takes the only job available to her: working as a maid at Matis Manor.
On the first day of her new job, Daisy meets Kastor Matis, the owners’ only son and her new boss. An enigmatic and handsome Greek god of a man, Kas is closed, cold, and… well, kind of a bastard.
The more time Daisy spends with Kas, the more she begins to realize there might be more to him than his cold, bastard ways. actually he may have a heart beating in that frozen chest of his. but kas also has secrets. secrets that he is determined to keep.
Secrets arouse daisy’s curiosity.
and you know what curiosity can do…
read the audiobook review here
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say yes to the boss by olivia hayle
My billionaire boss is absolutely the last person I would marry. until a deal with the devil forces me to walk down the aisle…ready to say yes to the boss.
I once compared to victor st. clair to satan, but that’s not nice. even the devil treats his demons better than st. clair treats me. I know his schedule by heart. he can’t remember my first name.
so when he calls me into his office, I’m expecting another tirade. instead, she says that she needs to get married to inherit the st. clair fortune. oh, and the trick? he wants to marry me. his assistant
A year of arranged marriage with the boss I hate.
means living with victor’s gloomy looks and silences for a whole year. but it is also an opportunity to quit my job and start my own business. he is an idiot, but he is also a respected businessman. how difficult can it be?
answer: a lot. because there is more to victor than you thought. things beyond learning your lunch orders and sending company memos. And while the man is cold, his kisses are hot enough to consume us both.
I used to go crazy at work. Now she drives me crazy in bed. But the craziest thing of all is… I could get used to being the lady. st. clear
read the audiobook review here
kristy marie’s potter
From bestselling author Kristy Marie comes a witty new standalone story about a grumpy doctor and his hopeful patient who find love in the most unlikely of places…the exam room. a brilliant surgeon.a master sculptor.the media hyped dr. potter as a savior dressed in an impeccable suit. I think he’s a vicious lunatic of idiot-sized proportions. but fate is a wicked mockery. only dr potter can give me what he needs. a new beginning. a new identity. Potter can’t dismiss my case forever. or so I thought until I found it on the ground. broken. annoyed. with a venomous warning… I ignored him.
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very burned by tara sivec
It’s been many years and another lifetime since Dax Trevino was a playboy detective for the Franklin Police Department. he’s been through hell and back, and now he just wants to be left alone, so he can hug his otters.
When two of his babies are kidnapped in the middle of the night, and pet detectives with claws and effects are called to the rescue, quiet and brooding dax never expects to be accosted and handcuffed by the only woman he’s ever regretted. be an idiot to all those years ago.
harley blake has spent her entire life taking care of her accident-prone father with a fondness for dead animals, and her forty-year-old brother who refuses to grow up. the last thing she needs is another complication in her life, and the asshole detective is at the top of the list.
Dax may no longer be a cop and have outgrown his single player status, but that doesn’t mean she’ll burn out a second time and fall for his charms. the infuriating man had already left a mark on his heart years ago, ensuring that he would never forget it. Besides, she has a case to solve for the guy, and this is just business.
but the sarcasm begins to fly, there’s a pack of adorable otters who need to be cuddled, a von trash panda bandit who just wants to play poker, pot brownies and squirrels dressed for a wedding… at a funeral. things are heating up, and not just because of the small tree fire after the grenade went off, and this man is suddenly making his life easier instead of worse.
harley knows this time she won’t get away without getting badly burned.
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4 star readings
like for melanie harlow
The last person in the world I want to be stranded with is Gianni Lupo.
but thanks to the blizzard of the century, I’m stuck in a roadside motel room with that cocky bastard for two days straight.
with a small bed.
Some women can thank mother nature for generating a polar vortex that leaves them with six feet of solid muscle, those deep blue eyes, that sexy smile, but not me. I have known gianni lupo all my life and he has never brought me anything but bad luck and problems.
so when the tension between us exploded with enough heat to melt my icy defenses, I should have known what the disastrous end result would be-
a big fat plus sign.
After the snow melts, I’m left with more than just memories of the night we spent warming each other up. And she might be a rising star on the culinary scene, but she has no idea how to handle this bun in the oven.
He says he wants to do the right thing, but I’m not going to spend the rest of my life feeling like someone settled for me.
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but just when i think i’ve got gianni lupo all figured out, he gives me a glimpse of the man he could be, the family we could become, the way he could love me if i let him.
I’m afraid of falling in love with him.
but a taste may be all it takes.
read the audiobook review here
breaking the speed limit by melanie moreland
Single, but unstable, Stefano Borelli spends his days creating masterpieces loved by his clients. surrounded by family and friends, his loneliness still haunts him. until she bursts into his life. a stubborn woman with a lot of baggage, a lot to say and a child in tow.
too many problems.
except he likes her sparkle. the way he refuses to listen. that she is cute with her son. how good she feels in her arms.
the way she makes him feel complete.
Can you convince her to give love a second chance?
author’s note: do you love it when men whisper sweet words in Italian? prepare to swoon over stefano.
read the review here
the last pippa grant eligible billionaire
emotionally unavailable doesn’t even begin to describe my new fake boyfriend. he is cold. he is distant. he has more defenses than a nuclear missile silo. and he is the last capture of the century. At least, according to his bank statement.
my job is simple: keep hayes rutherford’s matchmaking relatives and all interested ladies away from the grumpy, grumpy, boarded up heir to my favorite movie empire and in return he won’t ruin my life over one tiny little misunderstanding. .
but the more i sneak between the walls and fences of hayes, the more i realize that while we may be from different worlds, we have more in common than any of us expected. the man under all the glitz, glamor and dollar signs could be the true love of my life.
But you know what they say about fake dating a billionaire: it’s all fun and games until the scandals start.
The Last Eligible Billionaire is a dazzling, laugh-out-loud romance featuring a failed wax job, a woman over his head, a man over his heart, and the sweetest stray dog to ever play matchmaker… Or at least make sure these two anti-love birds never have any clothes on when they get out of the shower.
a new independent romantic comedy from pippa grant.
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put me in detention for meghan quinn
“did you get married in your divorce?”
unfortunately that would be correct.
I was with the girls, celebrating my divorce when I saw him, my crush, sitting in the corner of the bar alone. Being single and looking for a wild night out, I asked him if he wanted to join me. to my delight, he said yes.
drinks were consumed, he had fun and then. . . A drunken conversation with a cranky gondolier in Las Vegas led to a super lift through a drive-thru wedding chapel with insanely hot British bad boy, Pike Greyson.
On paper, it looked like I hit the jackpot. and if he wasn’t fresh out of a toxic marriage, he absolutely would have noticed the good things about him.
But I wanted nothing to do with being married, so when I got home from my busy weekend in Vegas, the last thing I expected to see was a doting new husband who had already moved on.
i asked for an annulment, he pulled out a ross geller and said no.
That’s right, he said no! instead, he asked for three months to prove that we could be good together.
The madness clearly hit him over the head and the only way I was able to convince him to give up our sham marriage was to show him how wrong we were for each other. The only problem with that was that he saw through every one of my pranks, every trick, and every longing emotion I tried to mask.
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karla sorensen’s plan
Have you ever had a fake date with your bodyguard? I don’t recommend it
Especially if he’s anything like Erik Wilder: ex-football player, world-class know-it-all, and unapologetically grumpy.
To be clear, I didn’t want a bodyguard (hence the fake dating idea). most days, i can’t understand why he wants the job either. we drive each other crazy, probably because we’re as opposite as two people can be.
He is suspicious, never talks about his past, and has the comforting abilities of a cactus. I am a happily ever after girl who knows exactly what she wants from life.
Erik’s words might say the lines have to stay tight between us, but those dark eyes of his? they tell another story when he looks at me.
He’s just as stubborn as I am, but when our fake dating plan starts to seem a lot more real, it’s only a matter of time before his professional walls come crashing down.
I just hope my heart doesn’t get buried in the rubble.
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the worst kind of kate canterbary
Eight weeks of forced proximity is a long time to hate someone you’re trying not to love.
sebastian stremmel doesn’t need another headache. Enough is enough without Sara Shapiro, the noisy new reconstructive surgeon, stomping around her surgical wing with her gleeful glee.
but sebastian doesn’t usually get what he wants.
no one gets under her skin like sara, so much so that a heated “debate” and an exam room left in ruins later, ends in eight weeks of mandatory conflict resolution counseling at the hospital. now they are forced to fight fair… which quickly leads to playing dirty when no one is looking.
they know it’s a mistake.
promise themselves that it will never happen again.
They swear they got it out of their systems.
they didn’t.
author’s note: a grumpy/recovering sun that people like. introverts attract. enemies of lovers in the workplace. pranks, bickering, and button-pressing foreplay. don’t tell the group of friends, get jealous when the group of friends tries to fix it.
Heat: Rip off your clothes before you open the front door. cw/tw: chronic illness, absent/neglectful parents, history of eating disorders.
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just a favor from stephanie rose
tyler bennett and i hate each other. the annoying jerk my parents made me play with as a kid grew up to be a grumpy sexy baker who still can’t stand me. Sure, maybe I enjoy our bitter jokes, his cocky grin, his chocolate chip cookies. but there’s a reason i can’t play well. You’re wondering why, if I hate the guy so much, I agreed to be his fake date at his cousin’s wedding. he looks. Just because I love being a pain in the man’s shapely butt doesn’t mean I want someone else to torture him. Especially not the ex-fiancée who left him for his best friend. a night of pretending takes an unexpected turn. heated glances, lingering caresses, that arrogant mouth against mine. a night of letting go of an attraction that may not be so one-sided after all. Aside from this tentative new friendship mixed with sexual tension, something else has come out of that night. and tyler and i will have to figure it all out… in about nine months. Author’s Note: Just One Favor is a standalone enemies-to-lovers romance with a hot side of longing, sexually charged banter, a broken hotel bed, and chocolate cream pie.
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scarlett and the big bad billionaire by tru taylor
In my expert opinion, every woman who has been left at the altar should follow up on that singularly humiliating experience by spending a week in paradise with a totally inappropriate and totally sexy stranger. even better if you meet him at the bar of the resort hotel where his destination wedding and honeymoon was supposed to take place. even better if he’s hot and aroused and there’s no name swapping and zero chance of seeing him again later. one week of no-holds-barred sex, sun, rum and fun and your broken heart is on the road to recovery, or at least getting close to the path. Of course, the key to achieving this surefire heartbreak cure is to make sure you don’t fall for him during that time. incredible week during which you lived out all the fantasies you’ve ever had. And whatever you do, don’t run into your non-honeymoon fling three years later at your matchmaker grandma’s house. Scarlett and the Big Bad Billionaire is a popular small-town romantic comedy that takes on the Red Cavalcade and the Big Bad Wolf fairy tale. It’s an indie rom-com of lovers enemies, mistaken identity, jilted girlfriend full of heart, heat, and billion-dollar romantic fun!
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heartless doctor by j. saman
It’s cruel. insufferably attractive. and broken beyond redemption.
After the nightmare I just ran away from, those details should have made it the perfect no-touch storm. except that I didn’t know any of this, apart from the attractive part, when I met him.
Our story began with a lie.
pretended to be someone else and didn’t ask too many questions. nor did I try to stop him when he sneaked out of my hotel room in the early hours of the morning. I was determined to start my new life off with a bang and a wild night out with a hot stranger felt like the ticket.
I just should have known something this good wouldn’t end so easily.
On my first night in my new house, our paths cross again when I discover that he is my new neighbor. he is no longer the charming man I met at the bar, he is grumpy, completely unfriendly and absolutely intolerable. As if this couldn’t get any worse, I quickly realize I’m also his daughter’s new teacher.
a wonderful daughter I can’t help but fall in love with.
something I refuse to do with it. our button-pushing back and forth never fails to get me under my skin. if anything, his sudden banned status makes resisting this single dad demon that much easier.
regardless of the temptation it presents. how scorching her heated look is when I catch him staring at me. or how breathless our stolen moments leave us.
After all, this is the fresh start I desperately need, and I won’t let anything get in my way.
not. I can’t give in to a heartless doctor. No matter how hard you try to change my mind doctor heartless is a deliciously gripping 95k word, moody/lonely, enemies to lovers romance that will hit you right in the feels. is a standalone on the hit boston billionaire singles series featuring boston’s hottest billionaire doctors and the women they fall madly in love with.
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