Contemporary Romance

Contemporary Romance

When you’re looking to download free and discounted contemporary romance ebooks, this is the place to go. Satisfy your inner passion for bestselling romance in this category, and never pay more than what you should. We routinely feature the best authors of contemporary romance ebooks, and they always promote their ebooks to you--for free or for a discount.

 

Definition of "Contemporary Romance": While technically a subgenre of the Romance category, that category is much too large to not be broken down. Contemporary Romance, by definition, is set in the time in which it was written.  The ebooks in this category are largely focused on the relationship and romantic love shared by two people.  Typically, ebooks in this category reward characters that are good people, punish those that are bad, and end with an upbeat, positive conclusion.  But, that "formula" is always being altered by excellent authors--which is why we read their ebooks, right?

 

Some examples of the best Contemporary Romance ebooks past and present include Nicholas Sparks (The Longest Ride), Tracy Brogan (Crazy Little Thing), Jojo Moyes (Me Before You), Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook), Lisa Kleypas (Blue-Eyed Devil).

Melt With You (Into The Fire Series Book 8)

by J.H. Croix


A billionaire & a firefighter meet at a wedding. One night. No strings. Until Christmas.

Max
Harlow May tests every limit I have and makes me want to break every d*mn rule she creates. She's a temptation I can't seem to resist. 
She fits no category. She's strong & sassy and a firefighter to boot.
She fights the fire between us.
Once I have a taste, no one else will do.
I'll fight for her and for us.
I only want one woman. Harlow.

Harlow
A wedding, a one-night stand, and no happily-ever-after.
That's how it all started with Max Channing.
Along comes another cliché - a second chance.
A year later, I'm about to face Christmas alone when tall, dark & s*xy as h*ll Max shows up again.
Our lives are worlds apart. He's a billionaire tech investor. I'm a hotshot firefighter.
Nothing about us makes any sense.
I never thought I'd see him again after the hottest night of my life.
I was wrong, so very wrong.
When our paths cross again, we break every rule.
And set each other on fire.

*This is a full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA.

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Love Beyond Time (A Scottish Time Travel Romance): Book 1 (Morna's Legacy Series)

by Bethany Claire


It began nearly four hundred years ago. The Conall clan and all their people were murdered in a surprise attack, their beloved castle and all evidence of who destroyed them burned to the ground with their bodies. In the centuries following, archaeologists searched through the ruins looking for any evidence of what or who had caused the untimely demise of such a powerful Scottish clan. All efforts were fruitless, until a spell put in place by an ancient Conall ancestor finally began to work its magic...

Texas kindergarten teacher, Brielle Montgomery, finds comfort in the mundane routines of her life, but when her archaeologist mother asks her to accompany her on a dig in Scotland, she decides to step out of her comfort zone. Once in Scotland, they discover a secret spell room below the castle ruins, and Bri finds herself transported back in time and suddenly married to the castle's ill-fated Laird. Now, she must work to change the fate of his people, all while trying to find a way to return to her home and century. But with each passing day, Bri finds herself falling more deeply in love with her new husband. If she can find a spell to bring her home, will she use it? And if she stays, will it ultimately mean her own death as well.

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Baby's First Christmas: A Secret Baby Romance

by Lulu Pratt

All I want for Christmas is what’s mine.

Holly’s my best friend’s little sister.
I’ve known her all my life.
She’s almost my little sister.
Except our parents now hate each other.
Last year I came home from New York for Christmas and we crossed a line.
One night of drunken passion that I haven’t shaken from my head all year.
We haven’t seen or spoken since.
What better way to start my annual Christmas visit this year than to surprise her as her next massage client.
Turns out she has a surprise of her own.
A baby.
One with my eyes…
Enough with all of the secrets in our families.
I will claim Holly and my baby whatever the cost.


***Full length novel with no cliffhangers, no cheating, and guaranteed happily-ever-after.***

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Rock King (Nothing but Trouble Book 1)

by Tara Leigh

 

The most famous rock star in the world has finally found the one, but secrets from his past threaten to ruin both their lives in this "heart-pounding romance" (Fresh Fiction).
 
I'm not who you think I am.
 
Shane Hawthorne has it all. At least, that's what the headlines say about me. I have millions of fans, awards, more money - and women - than I know what to do with. But what you don't see is the wreckage I've caused. The memories and pain I can't escape, even when I pour them into music and spin them into gold.
 
I tried to forget. To lose myself in booze and groupies. It didn't work. It hurt me and - worse - it hurt my band. That's the last thing I want to do, so I'm cleaning up my act... starting with Delaney Fraser.
 
Gorgeous, smart, drama-free, and even nice - Delaney is the perfect "girlfriend." When I'm with her I don't have to pretend. It's like she sees the real me. And I can see a future with her. But that's dangerous. Because the truth is, Shane Hawthorne doesn't actually exist. He's a shield to hide who I really am. Fraud. Runaway. Addict. Murderer.
 
And it's impossible to love a lie, right?
 
The Nothing but Trouble series:
Rock King
Rock Legend
Rock Rebel
 

 

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Dirty Little Secret (Forbidden Desires Book 1)

by Kendall Ryan


"Hands down one of the best books of the year." - Jessica, Booked J Blog

"Could.Not.Put.Down. It must be read!" - The Book Bistro

"Kendall Ryan's BEST BOOK YET!!! -Bookalicious Babes Blog


The start to a sexy new series from New York Times bestselling author, Kendall Ryan.

She’s much too innocent for me, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting the sweet, young librarian. I’m dominating and possessive, and my control streak runs a mile wide.

The way she looks at me—like I’m one of the heroes in the books she loves, like I’m broken, and she wants to be the one to piece me back together—it only complicates things further. I’m nobody’s hero.

But there’s no denying my tragic past reads like one of her favorite literary classics. It’s raw. Visceral. Captivating. And together, we’re a perfect mess.

How can I resist when the sexual sparks zapping between us set me on fire? The need to control, and claim her force my walls to come tumbling down, but when she learns about my dirty little secret, will my world come crashing down with it?

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Run Away with Me

by Taylor Holloway

 

Our small town wasn't enough for Jason, so he left to conquer the music world. Now he’s come back to conquer me.

Jason and I both dreamed of escaping our tiny town, and those dreams brought us together. I was the wholesome cheerleader and Jason was the hot, older bad boy I couldn't resist. 
Everyone but me thought Jason would never leave the junkyard where he'd been born. 
Everyone was wrong.

Now I’m a waitress trying to avoid marrying the guy my conservative parents picked out for me and he’s a real-life rock star. 

There may be no place in Jason’s life for the girl my parents want me to be. But he's always had an exceptional talent for convincing me to break the rules...

Run Away with Me is a standalone second chance, rock star romance featuring a bold alpha hero his sweet and sexy heroine.

 

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A Very Steamy Christmas

by EM Brown et al

 

Twelve holiday short stories to heat up your Christmas...
 

Because you need some "me" time in between holiday shopping and to-do's, something sizzling to melt the snow, or the perfect accompaniment to that cup of peppermint hot cocoa. Make your holiday season a steamy one with this collection of super hot stories!

 

Blackmailed for the Holidays

Georgie wants a night with Master Ashton, and she's willing to resort to blackmail to get her Christmas wish.

 

Cougar Christmas

On Christmas Eve, a thirty-something divorcee runs into a younger man, who makes all her holiday fantasies come true.

 

Auctioned for Christmas

Katrina agrees to participate in a holiday charity auction, but when her ex-lover wins a date with her, she only wants to get the whole thing over with. He, however, has other plans...
 

And many more…

Ranging from a little naughty to very naughty, these stories are the perfect holiday indulgence. From a college co-ed who walks into her first club to a husband who reignites the flame in his marriage with a little domination, you'll find plenty of heat in this collection to warm up your winter.
 

Celebrate the season and grab your copy of A VERY STEAMY CHRISTMAS today!
 

This collection is only available for the 2018 holiday season. Have a very merry (and steamy) Christmas!

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Someone Else's Ocean

by Kate Stewart


Now a #1 Bestseller in Inspirational Romance and Amazon TOP 50 Bestseller!

The first time I met Ian Kemp in the sparkling blue waters of St. Thomas, I was six years old and we shared a summer beneath the stars.

The second time I met Ian Kemp, he was a shell of the boy I once knew. Turbulent and infuriating, he refused my friendship at every turn. Like me, he was a casualty of life’s cruelty, but we were planets apart.

We’d both sought refuge on the island, hoping to find our anchor. Instead, we found each other and managed to reclaim our stars...until we both got swept away.

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The Chase (Briar U Book 1)

by Elle Kennedy


A sexy standalone novel from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle Kennedy

Everyone says opposites attract. And they must be right, because there’s no logical reason why I’m so drawn to Colin Fitzgerald. I don’t usually go for tattoo-covered, video-gaming, hockey-playing nerd-jocks who think I’m flighty and superficial. His narrow view of me is the first strike against him. It doesn’t help that he’s buddy-buddy with my brother.

And that his best friend has a crush on me.

And that I just moved in with them.

Oh, did I not mention we’re roommates?

I suppose it doesn’t matter. Fitzy has made it clear he’s not interested in me, even though the sparks between us are liable to burn our house down. I’m not the kind of girl who chases after a man, though, and I’m not about to start. I’ve got my hands full dealing with a new school, a sleazy professor, and an uncertain future. So if my sexy brooding roomie wises up and realizes what he’s missing?

He knows where to find me.

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Two Weeks Notice

by Whitney G.

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing this letter to formally announce my resignation from Parker International (& the arrogant, condescending CEO) effective two weeks from today.

This was a VERY EASY decision to make, as the past two years have been utterly miserable. I wish his next executive assistant all the luck in the world (she'll need it) and if my boss should need me to do anything over the next two weeks, kindly tell him that he can do it [his] goddamn self...

Sincerely (Not Really),
Tara Lauren



That's the version of my two weeks' notice I should've sent to my boss, because the more professional version--the one where I said I was "grateful for all the opportunities," and "honored by all the rewarding experiences" over the years?

That letter was rejected with his sexy, trademark smirk and an "I highly suggest you read the fine print of your contract..."

So, I did.

And now I've realized that unless I fake my death, poison him, or find a way to renegotiate my impossible contract, I'm stuck working under one of the cockiest and most ruthless bosses in New York.

Then again, I thought that was the case until he called me late last night with an emergency proposition...

**This is a standalone contemporary romance.**

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Dirty Filthy Rich Men (Dirty Duet Book 1)

by Laurelin Paige


When I met Donovan Kincaid, I knew he was rich. I didn't know he was filthy. Truth be told, I was only trying to get his best friend to notice me.

I knew poor scholarship girls like me didn't stand a chance against guys like Weston King and Donovan Kincaid, but I was in love with his world, their world, of parties and sex and power. I knew what I wanted--I knew who I wanted--until one night, their world tried to bite me back and Donovan saved me. He saved me, and then Weston finally noticed me, and I finally learned what it was to be in their world.

And then what it was like to lose it.

Ten years later, I've found my way back. Back to their world. Back to him.

This time, I'm ready. I've been down this road before, and I know all the dirty, filthy ways Donovan will try and wreck me.

But it's hard to resist. Especially when I know how much I'll like it.

From NYT Bestselling author Laurelin Paige, discover a whole new world filled with sex, love, power, romance and dirty, filthy rich men. Book one of the Dirty Duet.

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The Christmas Sisters

by Sarah Morgan


From award-winning USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan comes this heartwarming, emotionally rich new novel, brimming with her trademark Christmas sparkle!

The McBride sisters all have different reasons for finding the holiday season challenging, but their adoptive mother is determined this year will be different. As the countdown to Christmas Day begins, arguments, connections and secrets start bubbling. The McBride family was made, not born—but will they be able to make this the magical family Christmas their mother has always dreamed of?

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Take a Chance on Me

by Weston Parker


Not all alpha males are jerks.

But the guy that messed up Tiffany’s self-image sure as hell was.

This beautiful, curvy woman has held my imagination captive since the day she started working with me.

She has no idea how gorgeous, powerful, and intelligent she is.

But that ruse is up.

I’m going to tell her. Show her. Press that truth upon her until she sees herself like I do.

I haven’t been with a woman since losing my wife around the holidays, but it’s time to give love a second chance. My son and I are ready to have a family again.

Now I just need to convince her to take a chance on me.

It’ll be the best decision of her life.

I’ll make sure of it.

Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~ Weston

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Butterface (A Hot Romantic Comedy) (The Hartigans Book 1)

by Avery Flynn

 

It’s true. I’m not what most people would call “pretty” and, well, high school was rough. Fast forward ten years and life is good…

Until a bunch of jerks think it’s hilarious to put the “butterface” (AKA me) on a wedding Kiss Cam with the hottest guy ever—and that old humiliation hits hard.

I recognize him immediately. The sexiest cop in Waterbury and totally out of my league.

But then he kisses me. And we totally forget the room, the crowd, everything.

Then he tells everyone we’ve been dating for months.

Soon everything starts to feel too real, from adorable fights over “necessary” tools to fix my broken porch to surviving a free-for-all dinner with his six siblings to picking up where our last kiss left off.

But there’s something he’s not telling me about why he’s really hanging around, and I’m pretty sure it has to do with my mob-connected brothers.

Because this is not a make-over story, and Cinderella is only a fairy tale…

 

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Three Times The Fun

by Blythe Reid


Morrigan has been divorced for a year after leaving her cheating husband. She’s done with men. Period. But sex? No damn way. When she goes home for thanksgiving, she checks out a local club the first night she meets a hot young stud, the second night she meets another handsome guy, and another.

She finds out the three guys are friends, and they want her to choose between them, but she can't.

She wants all of them. Separately. Together. All the above.

Life is short and being with someone new is so reviving, so good.

Especially when it’s three times the fun.

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Summer Heat: A Storm Inside Novel (The Wild Pitch Series Book 1)

by Alexis Anne


Can baseball’s bitterest feud become its greatest love story?

A long time ago I fell in love with the wrong man. Wrong because there was no chance we could ever be together. Roman St. James was off limits. Forbidden. The enemy.

Except the Daniels-St. James feud isn’t my feud and it most certainly isn’t Roman’s. He’s nothing like his father. And while the rivalry between our families is one of the most famous in all of baseball, I couldn’t help myself. One smile turned into one date, and one date turned into so much more.

Of course it was a disaster. And now, five years later, I can still barely bring myself to think about what could have been.

Until one night in a locker room changes everything…

*Summer Heat is a stand alone novel in The Storm Inside series.

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Up on the Housetop (Gold Valley Romance Book 7)

by Liz Isaacson

Two next-door neighbors vying for the same job...who will win? And who will lose their heart?

Archer Bailey has already lost one job to Emersyn Enders, so he deliberately doesn't tell her about the cowhand job up at Horseshoe Home Ranch. Emery's temporary job is ending, but her obligations to her physically disabled sister aren't.

Archer is beyond angry when he sees Emery at the ranch, but things go from furious to fun when the owner of the ranch announces a contest to see which cowhand applicant can earn the most stars by Christmas. Whoever does will win the job.

Will Emery and Archer be able to navigate the ranch, their close quarters, and their individual circumstances to find love this holiday season?

Read all the books in the Gold Valley Romance series by USA Today bestselling author Liz Isaacson:
1. Before the Leap
2. After the Fall
3. Through the Mist
4. Between the Reins
5. Over the Moon
6. Under the Bridge
7. Up on the Housetop
8. Around the Bend

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Better Together (Sweet Haven Farm Book 1)

by Jessie Gussman


Love kindles when a fake engagement brings best friends together.

World Champion snowboarder, Wyatt Fernandez, should be hitting the slopes in the Andes and spending his days teaching as the new ski instructor. But an emergency means he’s heading off the family’s tree farm with his best friend, Harper. She’s too busy with her books and earning tenure to notice his hopes for more than friendship.

Homebody and nutritionist, Dr. Harper Bright, must let go of her coveted summer research position so she can help on the tree farm...with Wyatt. He might push past her comfort zone, but he has always “gotten” her. She doesn’t want to scare off her best friend just because he is suddenly far more interesting than the nutritional benefits of broccoli. In order to keep their friendship intact, Harper has to pretend she is not infatuated with her best friend.

When Wyatt names Harper as his fiancé to appease his father and prevent returning to Chile early, he never dreams Harper might actually have to play the part. Wyatt wants more than a reluctant fake fiancé. And he has one last summer to convince Harper that they’re better together.

"An author I can always count upon to engage my mind and warm my heart." - Ramla Zareen Ahmad, Author of Light-Hearted Romance.

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The Attraction Equation (A Love Undercover Romantic Comedy Book 2)

by Kadie Scott


FBI agent Max Carter lives his life by a strict set of rules—rules that don't allow for distraction, deviation...or a relationship. But tell that to his matchmaking mama. To avoid yet another set-up, he announces he has a girlfriend. And now has to produce said girlfriend at Christmas dinner. Maybe Santa has a suitable actress in that red bag of his...

Gina Castillo is about to break her building’s iron-clad “no pets” policy to give her little brother the perfect Christmas gift—a dog. Too bad Max, the most inconveniently sexy tenant in the building, catches her red handed. Gina expects to be evicted, but instead finds herself blackmailed into playing the role of his girlfriend.

Two lies plus one dog should equal a hot mess of a holiday, but attraction and Christmas magic might just defy the rules...

 

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The Destiny Code: The Soldier and the Mystic (Daughters of the Empire Book 1)

by Suzette Hollingsworth


Romantic historical fiction. Fast-paced action, historical immersion, characters who come alive on the page, witty dialogue, and a touch of mystery.

 
A closet Victorian psychic is outcasted from society when overtaken by a vision at her presentation ball. She flees to foreign lands where she encounters the last person she wants to see: the dark lord of her vision.


Miss Alita Stanton's presentation to society at the Queen's Ball in Buckingham Palace ends in ruination. While on the ballroom floor she is involuntarily possessed by a prophetic trance revealing the powerful Black Panther dying on a desultory foreign battlefield. Still dazed from the nightmarish scene, Alita recounts her experience and is outcasted on the most important day of her life, destroying her dreams and confirming her conviction that it is necessary to keep her true nature hidden.

Socially shunned, Alita travels to a fashionable foreign venue while wagging tongues find other prey. Once in Egypt, she meets the last person she wants to see: Valerius Huntington, the fifth earl of Ravensdale, the man of her dreams, and the Black Panther of her vision.

Lord Ravensdale, Captain of the Princess Royals' 7th Dragoon Guards, unknowingly kills an Egyptian friend in the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir, in the process creating two orphans. Captain Ravensdale helps win Egypt and the Suez Canal for Britain while simultaneously placing his life in the balance.

Alita is compelled to warn Lord Ravensdale of danger both physical and metaphysical. It is imperative that Valerius hear her message to procure his future--which will necessarily be the end to hers. The academic earl of Ravensdale and Princess Royals' captain will not marry a quack or a soothsayer.

Alita must choose between her happiness--and his.

Historical fiction with a shade of magical realism

 

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