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Legally Bound 3: His Law by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLegally Bound 3 His Law Book 3 in Series Nathaniel Briggs has met his match in every way. When it comes to the bedroom Pamela Kemble is a pint size version of himself. She is determined to play by her own rules, but Pam is just going to have to learn that when it comes to Nate she is not always going to be on top. He has his own secrets, but she will just have to learn to trust him... -
Touch of Heaven by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarrick Mayne has spent twelve years blaming Raina St. James for ruining his sister's life. Now the self-made millionaire has the perfect opportunity for payback--knocking down Raina's luxury day spa to build an office complex. But his plan has met a hitch, in the delectable form of Raina herself... -
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The Swede by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsScarlett Warner has three passions: singing, drumming, and hockey. She’s already living her dream as frontwoman of an indie rock band. And then she meets NHL superstar Viggo Sandström, her favorite player and secret fantasy. She wanted him from the very first moment she saw him... -
No Coincidence by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsResha He came out of nowhere. One moment I was sitting at a bar alone, sipping on my drink, and the next instant there he was. We shared a powerful night together. Months later, that night continues to invade my dreams. Then, just like in New York, he appears out of the blue. Looking as delectable as he was that night. Yet, I keep my distance. I’ve been burned one too many times... -
Personal Protection by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHis job is to protect others, but can I trust him to look after my heart?When I board the flight to Mexico, I can’t wait to leave my old corporate lifestyle behind. After a much-needed sabbatical, I plan to return home and open the coffee shop I’ve always wanted to.Getting to know the strong, handsome stranger sitting next to me on my flight is an unexpected bonus... -
Black Flag by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the taste you thought you never needed becomes a thirst you cannot quench, then what? Jameson Riley, a NASCAR rookie driver, and Sway Reins, his pregnant girlfriend, are put to the test. They have love; they have lust, and a bond that proves to be vital. But do they have what it takes to make it through his lifestyle. When tested, it’s either fight, or give in... -
This I Promise You by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this steamy sequel to Tempt Me at Midnight, Quentin and Lexi Reddick are enjoying a life of wedded bliss. They have everything they could ever want and their love is stronger than ever, proving why best friends make the best soul mates. But when a stranger from Quentin's past appears unexpectedly, old wounds are reopened, forcing him to confront the family he never knew... -
A Tale of Two Cities: A New Year Novella by Alexandra Warren
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen people think of a holiday for love, they automatically come up with Valentine's Day... -
Finding Infinity by Layne Harper
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Finding Infinity" as described by Colin... "Fine Charlie.” Colin says dropping his hands in defeat. “Here's what I want. I want everybody to back off and let me play football. I want you to go back to practicing medicine because I’m ready for you to be happy again - not this forced shit that you keep trying to sell me... -
A Million to Stay by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*Warning: This title is a re-release of Blue's website exclusive A Million to Stay. It's been totally rewritten with over 150 pages of new content.Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presentsA Million To Stay:A Million to Blow SeriesGregorI knew she was the one from the first time I saw her in that coffee shop. Time, age, life just made it impossible for us to be together... -
Hot Puck by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author who brought you the adrenaline junkie, scorchingly sexy stuntmen of Renegades. Skye Jordan delivers another sizzling series starring her mouthwatering brand of high-octane, insomnia-inducing heroes. Introducing the Rough Riders’ Hockey Series... -
Lucky Bastard by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmma When my best friend Aubrey asked me to tag along to an event with her, I never could have imagined that it would be the day that my life changed forever.He’s arrogant and demanding and doesn’t take a hint. Landon Barker, the quarterback for the Hermosa Beach Trojans, is a player on and off of the field. He’s got his sights set on me as his next play, but I see right through him... -
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For Keeps by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDestiny I was doing fine. Just fine. I’d long since left my cheating, two-timing, slime ball of a husband, and was doing well making my way in the world. I had a career that I loved as a financial advisor, great friends, and family. I didn’t need for anything. Especially not love. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t completely soured on the whole falling in love thing... -
Breakaway by Bianca Sommerland
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAgainst some attacks, the only hope is to come out and meet the play. Last year, Jami Richter had no plans, no goals, no future. But that’s all changed. First step, make up for putting her father through hell by supporting the hockey team he manages and becoming an Ice Girl... -
Reno and Son: Don't Mess with Jim by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsItalian powerhouse Reno Gabrini is happy with his life in Vegas. His beautiful African-American wife is his partner in the bedroom and in the boardroom, and is keeping him in line and all of his female groupies at bay. His newborn girl and young son are healthy and well-adjusted children, and his oldest son, Jimmy Mack, is fast becoming a man. Maybe too fast... -
Tommy Gabrini 3: Grace Under Fire by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBusiness mogul Tommy Gabrini, once voted the sexiest man alive by a Seattle magazine, wants nothing more than to settle down in marital bliss with his beloved wife, and live his life far from the fast lane. But women from his past, who remembered just how sexy he truly was, refuses to cooperate... -
Law and Disorder by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's a wild child. He's assigned to be her Watch Dom. It's youth and mischief vs age and experience.Iris is new to the lifestyle and when her inexperience and troublemaking disrupt everyone's pleasure at Marquis, someone has to lay down the law. Unfortunately for Iris, that someone is Master Law... -
The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a sex-positive siren who takes her pleasure whenever, wherever, and with whomever she pleases meets a former adult film star turned chef. There might be more than just food cooking in this kitchen. But…things aren't always what they seem.After a disastrous and life-altering ending to her first marriage, Mia Ayala has sworn off men for anything other than sex... -
Midnight Renegade by Hayden Locke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night. No attachments. All their forbidden fantasies. They say New Year's Eve is for lovers. Except when your boyfriend accidentally video calls you while sleeping with his secretary, then it’s all aboard the hot mess express... -
Hush by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSenses Series Book 4 Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar finally has everything he's always wanted in life. When a career opportunity, that could jeopardize everything, comes along, he's put back in the position where he's spent most of his life. Torn. Now, Logan has a hard hitting choice to make... -
Savor by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLately, Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar's life has been a series of miscommunications with catastrophic consequences. However, this time around, the consequences threaten to not only damage his current relationships but erase a future he only ever dreamed of... -
Goal Line by Bianca Sommerland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe goal doesn't count until it crosses the line.Captain of the Dartmouth Cobras hockey team, Dominik Mason, believes his team can make a damn good playoff run. He and his men won't stop fighting until they win the ultimate prize. There's no doubt when it comes to The Game.Off the ice, there's nothing but uncertainty. His life has been in a holding pattern and it's time to move on... -
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Wild by Hannah Cole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt didn’t start out as the worst day of my life. But it was certainly in the top three.The promotion I worked so hard for turned out not to be mine at all but handed to Nick Marks, some social media wunderkind. So, I got mad. I got drunk. Then made the epic decision to blow off a little steam with a wild night out, one night stand included... -
Escape To New Zealand Boxed Set by Rosalind James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree sweet and steamy New Zealand rugby romances--Just This Once, Just Good Friends, Just for Now With more than a quarter million ebooks sold since the release of Just This Once in 2012, the Escape to New Zealand series has rapidly become a contemporary romance reader favorite, as strong, sweet, sexy New Zealand rugby players find the women destined to win their hearts... -
Justice's Devotion by Mya
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJustice Barrett has only known the hustle his entire life. Being the provider for his younger siblings was tough for a young teenage boy. Having to get it out the mud, by any means necessary, he fell into a life of dealing. Within a few years, he was dominating the streets to the point several government agencies were looking to catch him slipping... -
Iron Cross by Bianca Sommerland
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsToo many penalties may leave the goal vulnerable without the IRON CROSS. After overcoming a potentially career-ending concussion, Tyler Vanek, Dartmouth Cobras’ first line forward, couldn’t be happier with his life. Until his boyhood hero-worship for Raif Zovko, a newly acquired player, develops into more... -
Takeoff by Evelyn Sola
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVickieI am done with men.I like my life the way it is. Calm, quiet and very private. I may be a brash New Yorker, but I keep a tight circle, and I prefer it that way.Enter Colt Chastain, rising NBA star and magnetic single dad. He’s set his sights on me and he's determined to change my mind. No way that’s going to happen. Nope. Never. Did I mention he’s tenacious? And hot? Very, very hot... -
Freed: An UnInhibited Novella by Kimberly Bracco
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe road to happily ever after hasn't been easy for the Garrisons. Blissfully married with a baby on the way, this should be the happiest time in their lives. Except, Ashley can't fully escape the dark shadows of their past... -
Fighting Dirty by Stacey Lynn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Raleigh Rough Riders are back, and this time Super Bowl Quarterback Beaux Hale finds himself playing the most important game of his life. Every woman knows Beaux Hale is nothing but a player. Yet the first time he walks into Paige Halloway’s restaurant and flashes his sexy grin, she feels a heat between them spark. Too bad he opens his mouth and ruins it... -
Rush: The Season by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKingston Rush Becoming a goaltender in the NHL is the only thing I ever wanted for myself. Goal accomplished. Two years ago, I was the best goalie in the league, for the third time. With our Stanley Cup win, the Austin Arrows were on top of the world. Nothing could possibly bring us down. Wrong. Turns out, even when you’re at the top, you can find yourself back at rock bottom... -
Delayed Penalty by Bianca Sommerland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll choices have consequences, only sometimes they’re . . . delayed. Cortland Nash fled Dartmouth to avoid being arrested for murder, but his best friend, Ford Delgado, is in danger. Cort returns, prepared to keep his head down, and do whatever it takes to keep Ford breathing, but when he finds a beautiful young woman out in the snow, frozen in fear, his plans change... -
Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn amazing opportunity to own all 5 Heller Brothers Hockey romances In One Limited Edition Digital Boxed Set... -
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Defensive Zone by Bianca Sommerland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSilver Delgado has gained control of The Dartmouth Cobras—and lost control of her life. Hockey might be the family business, but it's never interested Silver. Until her father's health decline thrusts responsibility for the team he owns straight into her hands. Now she has to find a way to get the team more fans, and establish herself as the new owner... -
T.Y.P.O.: Take Your Pants Off by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA typo in a text brought us together.Auto-correct gone wrong? It's never been so right!Aylee is scared of a couple things: Being in the water for one and being with a man for another.Good thing I'm the guy who got the message because I can kill two birds with one stone. Alpha-hole much? Let's call it confident.I know what Aylee needs because I have my own demons to conquer... -
Trade Off by Cheryl Douglas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProfessional hockey player, Aiden Cooper, should be happy. He’s been traded to Nashville. But going home also means he has to face the truth. The love of his life is married to his former best friend and new teammate there’s not a damn thing he can do about it. When Sela Clarke finds out her former boyfriend, Aiden Cooper, is finally coming home, she panics... -
Falling Into You by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGood girl gone vice… Straitlaced grad student Rebecca Edmonds never expected to meet the man of her dreams while waitressing at a swanky gentlemen’s club. She’s there to explore the risqué world of strippers, not her own sexuality. But when wickedly sexy Vince Gray orders a drink and a private audience with her one night, Rebecca soon finds herself having the hottest sex of her life... -
Road to Seduction: The Warner Family Book 2 by Ann Christopher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings****NEW COVER!**** The Warner Family Secrets. Lies. Undeniable Passion. Billionaire Eric Warner happily anticipates a reunion vacation with Isabella Stevens, his best friend from college. The plan? A relaxing weekend road trip to their classmates’ beach wedding... -
Spare Tire: A Curvy Girl Romance by C.L. Cruz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpare Tire is the second story in the Curvy Girl series. It is a short, steamy, standalone story with a curvy heroine, a sexy hero, and an HEA. Emmy I have the perfect life--at least according to my Instagram feed and my two hundred thousand followers. But when my best friend announces she's getting married, I can't help but feel like something is missing. Or someone... -
Bobby Does Dallas by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBobby Stewart is a man of many talents. He can ride a bull, catch a football and please a woman - its all in a day's work for one of the most eligible bachelors in the Texas Hill Country. He's wanted by the Dallas Cowboys and half the female population of the Lone Star State. But one stormy night, he meets Cecile Fairchild and she turns his world upside down... -
All In: Playing to Win by Lane Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZack Bradford's ego is so big that it can barely be contained in the stadium where he plays professional football. The quarterback previously named Rookie of the Year and deemed the Sexiest Man Alive is on top of the world. Or at least he was, until he gets hit by a scandal that could end his career... -
Blind Pass by Bianca Sommerland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings100% of Royalties will be donated in Proud Support of the foundations connected to Hockey Fights Cancer. Nothing could stop Tim Rowe, the assistant coach of the Dartmouth Cobras, from falling in love with Madeline, but love alone can’t satisfy every need. Sometimes, to reach the goal, you have to take the chance with a . . . Blind Pass... -
Forever: a standalone, interracial romance by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last we saw from Landon Rogers and Melody James, in Love in Paradise, the couple was newly engaged and looking forward to a lifetime of forever. Unfortunately, forever comes with some bumps in the road. Not everyone is celebrating the couple’s engagement. In fact, one person in particular is dead set on seeing the couple’s happily ever after destroyed... -
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Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGage Bryant has the best hands and the quickest feet of any wide receiver in football. He also has a secret—one he’ll do anything to protect. He’s a member of The Velvet Club. With airtight non disclosure agreements, playing at Velvet gives him the freedom to assert his dominance and control in a way that not only serves him on the football field, but the way he craves in the bedroom... -
His Cactus Flower (The May Flowers Series ) by Rebecca Gallo, Flirt Club
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGardener Not too long ago, I was known as the bad boy of golf -- famous for my exploits on and off the green. But with my career on the line, I've been working hard to repair my reputation ... until I cross paths with Dixie Bell. After one night with Hollywood's "It" girl, she’s got me thinking about more than just sinking my next putt... -
Varsity Humiliation by Jamila Jasper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat Diesel wants with her is dark, depraved, and deliciously hot. He fostered this obsession for weeks… Watching her. Studying her. Hunting her. It was over the moment he smelled African American first-year Mona Moore’s perfume. Diesel had to have her in his bed and make her off-limits. The freshman girl absolutely loathes football players, especially Diesel... -
Cap by Elise Faber
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s the one he wants.And he’s not going to give her up without a fight.As the newly named captain of the San Francisco Gold, Josh is used to pressure and hard work.What he’s not used to?Women despising him.Jess, however, has taken an instant dislike to him, and no matter what he tries to do, he can’t seem to get beyond her prickly exterior... -
Bump and Run by Piper James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClean cut, all-American, hot as sin, and sweet enough to lick all over.That’s how my friend Skye describes Miles Blake. It’s how I’d describe him, too, if I didn’t just find out the one-night stand that rocked my world is my best friend’s fiancé’s best friend…God, what a mouthful... -
Losing My Innocence by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYours: Losing My Innocence Book 1 in the Yours Series Yours Book 1 I have waited a long time for the woman I have always known she would become. My past demons and her insecurities will try to tear us apart, but I am strong enough for both of us. Besides, there is no letting go. She is mine and I will protect that fact against anyone, even her...
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