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  • Long Way Down by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Long Way Down by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    With a seven-year age difference, Ryke & Daisy have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families. Known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple — their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media.Behind the scenes, heartbreaking troubles continue to test Ryke & Daisy’s resilience and shape their future together. They promise:To never slow down...
  • From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata

    From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one. After seventeen years—and countless broken bones and broken promises—she knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close...
  • Dia Que Dejo de Nevar En Alaska, El -V2 by Alice Kellen

    Dia Que Dejo de Nevar En Alaska, El -V2 by Alice Kellen

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Un chico con el corazón de hielo.Una chica que huye de sí misma.Dos destinos que se cruzan.Heather cree que solo hay tres cosas que sabe hacer: atraer problemas, salir huyendo y correr. Así es como termina en Alaska, en un pequeño pueblo perdido, trabajando de camarera mientras intenta llevar una vida nueva y tranquila...
  • Kulti by Mariana Zapata

    Kulti by Mariana Zapata

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    “Trust me, I’ve wanted to punch you in the face a time or five.” When the man you worshipped as a kid becomes your coach, it’s supposed to be the greatest thing in the world. Keywords: supposed to...
  • Sweeper by Amy Daws

    Sweeper by Amy Daws

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The cocky footballer next door has some serious balls…luckily, Daphney Clarke knows how to play. Zander Williams is the hot new American determined to take European football by storm. His head is so big, it barely fits under his backwards hat. And when he’s recruited to one of the biggest up and coming clubs in London, he’s certain to make his name known...
  • Just One Look by Rosalind James

    Just One Look by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Luka Darkovic has some tackling skills. He hadn’t planned on using them to bring down a runaway dog the size of a Shetland pony, though, especially not when his neck is already buggered. At 33, a rugby forward protects his vertebrae.. He’s even less happy when the dog’s incompetent owner turns up in his hospital cubicle the next day with a plan to fix those vertebrae...
  • No Strings by Nikki Ash

    No Strings by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Nikki Ash comes a brand new, contemporary, stand-alone romance about a single dad who thinks he has everything figured out... until he meets her.SavannahA sexy, single dad and his teenage son weren’t a part of my white picket fence fairy tale, but if life has taught me anything, it’s that things don’t always work out according to plan...
  • Until It Was Love by Pippa Grant

    Until It Was Love by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There are a million reasons why I shouldn’t date Fletcher Huxley. He’s a growly-faced, stubborn-streaked, international rugby legend trying to revive his flailing career in the US after being canned by his team overseas...
  • Play with Me by Kristen Proby

    Play with Me by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Will Montgomery is a successful professional football player and seemingly has it all. He’s not used to being told no, and certainly doesn’t take no for an answer. So when he turns his charms on his sister’s sexy rocker-chick friend Meg, he’s not only turned down, but met with open hostility, piquing his curiosity and libido...
  • Wild Side by Lacey Black

    Wild Side by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    JamesonLast man standing. I’ve watched all three of my friends fall in love with no desire to ever follow in their footsteps. Collectively, we own the hottest restaurant, bar, and brewery in town. They are a few of the places I find peace, a refuge against this cruel world. When I’m on the stage playing music, everything just seems to fade away.Until I saw her...
  • Perfect Pitch by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Perfect Pitch by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A lead singer, a professor, and another lead singer walk into a bedroom... Molly McIntire loves her career as the lead singer of the band Warning Sign. Who she does not love? The cocky, seductive lead singer of The Grunge, rockstar Luc Moreau, who through a series of misfortunate events ends up singing with her. In her band. On her stage. Together...
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    angst  celebrity  family  friendship  humor  steamy  adult  book
  • Small Town Swoon by Melanie Harlow

    Small Town Swoon by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only in the movies does the Hollywood heartthrob fall for the small town diner waitress.So when Dashiel Buckley returns to Cherry Tree Harbor for a wedding, I’m determined not to let my massive crush on my best friend’s older brother hijack my good sense.(It happened once before. Do not recommend.)But when my hand is injured, it’s Dash who steps in at the diner...
  • Troublemaker by Kayley Loring

    Troublemaker by Kayley Loring

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    TO: Alex VegaFROM: Emilia StilesSUBJECT: HelloDear Mr. Vega,I felt it necessary to follow up on today’s meeting, since we weren’t able to speak candidly in front of your son.I was shocked to discover that you are Ryder’s dad...
  • Something So Irresistible by Natasha Madison

    Something So Irresistible by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The third installment in the best-selling Something Series Max Horton They call me an outcast like it's a bad thing. An asshole byproduct of a shitty upbringing. I don't care about anything except myself and my little sister. I will always protect what’s mine. With one year left on my hockey contract I'm keeping my head down and my eyes on the goal...
  • This Is Wild by Natasha Madison

    This Is Wild by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the best selling series, Something So comes the spin-off Series This is... Zoe When you grow up surrounded by hockey players you know one thing for sure, I was never going to settle down with one. Heck, I didn’t even know what icing was. I was too busy climbing the corporate ladder, becoming one of the most successful realtors in New York City...
  • Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Heat by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bayside Heat is a USA Today BestsellerFall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone steamy romance novels featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, deeply emotional, always passionate, and easy to relate to. In BAYSIDE HEAT..
  • Coaching the Kicker by Jacob Chance

    Coaching the Kicker by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When I purchased a home in an upscale neighborhood, I never imagined having one of the Charleston Pirates living next door.Knox Irons knows just how to push my buttons. Every part of him rubs me the wrong way—well, not quite every part.So imagine my surprise when Mr. Tall, Dark, and Infuriating comes to me for help with his kicking...
  • Dirty Toe Drag by Toni Aleo

    Dirty Toe Drag by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Stella Brooks is a woman who knows what she wants. From her first glimpse of Paris Fashion Week at the tender age of eleven, she has only ever wanted to be a designer. Hardworking and dedicated, she knows she can make a success of it. Until…she is driven to trade fashion for frosting, a move that makes her soul sing but shakes her confidence in her decision-making to her core...
  • Unforgettable by Melanie Harlow

    Unforgettable by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Back then, I had it all.Wicked fastball. Killer instinct. Cocky grin. Full package. (And believe me, I knew how to score.)My senior year, I was a first round draft pick with a two-million-dollar signing bonus. Before I could even legally buy myself a beer, I made my Major League debut. Point is, I was invincible.Until one day I wasn’t...
  • Made For Me by Natasha Madison

    Made For Me by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone friends to lovers sports romance. A spin-off from the Only One seriesChaseEveryone expected me to play hockey.I was good at it, but I was better at being a doctor.So I hung up the skates and joined Doctors without BordersBut there is no place like home, so now I’m back...
  • My Kind of Perfect by Nikki Ash

    My Kind of Perfect by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From author Nikki Ash comes a roommates to lovers, single dad romance...GeorgiaI’m surrounded by love, yet have no one to call my own.But then Chase, my new roommate, is suddenly there.He could be the perfect guy for me, if he wasn’t nursing a broken heart.The more time I waste looking for love, the more I realize that what I want has been right in front of me all along...
  • The Player Gets Coached (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson

    The Player Gets Coached (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Manwhore Versus The ManeaterFinn McManus thrives on his reputation as a player’s player – a term that has nothing to do with his years as a professional athlete. A notorious flirt and ladies man, the handsome, charming retired football player rarely dates a woman more than a few times, and shies away from relationships like they were a contagious disease...
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    celebrity  drama  humor  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Cougar by M.A. Foster

    Cougar by M.A. Foster

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At eighteen, I met a man.A man who turned my world upside down and made me the center of his.He claimed us meeting was fate. I agreed.I was the damsel in distress, and he was my white knight.I became his princess, and he was my prince charming.He gave me the fairy tale.The dream.Until fate circled around and turned my dream into a living nightmare...
  • The Roommate Mistake by Pippa Grant

    The Roommate Mistake by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An injured rugby star, his pregnant roommate, and one rule they can’t Don’t date the owner’s daughter. It was supposed to be an easy house- and dog-sitting gig while the owner was gone for a month. But when my sportsing landlord comes home unexpectedly, injured and in need of a new arrangement, we end up as accidental roommates instead...
  • Forever Wild by Rebecca Jenshak

    Forever Wild by Rebecca Jenshak

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The annoyingly handsome hockey captain glaring at me needs my help.He won't admit that, of course. But with his teammate's gone for the summer and him fresh off a season-ending injury, someone has to keep him in check and it's not the nurses he keeps running off...
  • Just One Wish: A Kingston Family Novella by Carly Phillips

    Just One Wish: A Kingston Family Novella by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carly Phillips returns to her sexy Kingston-Dare world of rich billionaire heroes in her new Kingston Family series.**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do...
  • Melody by Helen Hardt

    Melody by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the melody in her mind… Beautiful Brianna Steel has her life planned out. Graduate college early. Check. Work with her father in the Steel family orchard. Check. Marry Jesse Pike. No check there. Jesse has never given her a look. Finagling her way onto a rock and roll tour with Jesse and his band, Dragonlock, should help move her final goal along. At least Brianna hopes it will...
  • Just a Little Promise by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Just a Little Promise by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the one she’s never forgotten.She’s the one he regrets letting go.Now they have a second chance to get it right.When Skye Tremont runs into her sexy former flame, Tripp Daniels, she’s reminded of the baby pact they’d made years ago… If she was single and childless by the age of thirty, he’d step in and be her baby daddy and fulfill her dream of having a child...
  • The Assassins Series by Toni Aleo

    The Assassins Series by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Now all four novels and the companion novella are together in one can’t-miss eBook bundle:  TAKING SHOTSTRYING TO SCOREEMPTY NETFALLING FOR THE BACKUPBLUE LINES   The Assassins may be the hottest things on two legs and ice skates, but when the gloves come off, the chiseled men of this Nashville NHL team will do anything for the women they love: A reformed bad boy helps a charming, willful beauty...
  • Undeniable Temptation by Eden Summers

    Undeniable Temptation by Eden Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Haunted by a kiss. With his destructive marriage behind him, Ryan Bennett can no longer deny his insatiable attraction to the one woman in control of his future. He needs her. Craves her. She’s the only glimpse of happiness through the building drama in his life and yet one drunken kiss has pushed her further away. Tormented by what’s at stake...
  • Over My Brother's Dead Body, Chase Andrews by Piper Rayne

    Over My Brother's Dead Body, Chase Andrews by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chase Andrews.The Kingsmen’s top tight end.My brother’s friend and teammate.My new neighbor.The grumpy to my sunshine.But underneath that grumpy exterior, there’s so much more.Chase likes to pretend nothing affects him, but I’ve seen glimpses of his other side in the time we’ve spent together.And the more we get to know each other, the more I’m falling for him...
  • Cold as Ice by Nichole Rose

    Cold as Ice by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Captain of the team? He's not giving up until he's Captain of her heart.KrisWhen you're the Captain, you get what you want.Until the one thing you want refuses to cooperate.I've been chasing Kelsey, our feisty publicist, for years.She won't give me the time of day.I know she wants me too.I see it in her eyes every time she looks at me.But she runs as soon as I get close...
  • Face Off by Teagan Hunter

    Face Off by Teagan Hunter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have two goals this season:1. Stay single.2. Get Rory Sinclair to admit she doesn’t completely hate me.When I find a stray dog roaming the streets of Seattle, the last place I expect to end up is in the office of a grumpy veterinarian—the one woman who can resist my charm. Twin to my teammate’s girlfriend, Rory is full of fire, but I’m not afraid of her flame...
  • Amour Amour by Krista Ritchie

    Amour Amour by Krista Ritchie

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The best aerial technique won't land twenty-one-year-old Thora James her dream role in Amour, a sexy new acrobatic show on the Vegas strip. Thora knows she's out of her element the second she meets Amour's leading performer. Confident, charming, and devilishly captivating, twenty-six-year-old Nikolai Kotova lives up to his nickname as the "God of Russia...
  • The Blame Game by Brigham Vaughn

    The Blame Game by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fiery Rescue: Fisher Cats Player Heating Up the Sheets with Handsome Stranger?Fourth line center, Dominic Olson, was spotted with an unidentified man following a fire at the High Park Towers building in Liberty Village late last night.The fire was contained to the fifth floor where—according to firefighters from Toronto Fire Station 346—it began in one of the condo’s kitchens...
  • All The Forbidden Things by Lesley Jones

    All The Forbidden Things by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When all that you want, is all that’s forbidden... I’ve known him my entire life. Before marriage. Before fatherhood. Before betrayal. Now, he’s one of rock’s bad-boys trying to be good. Trying to be the best father he can for his daughter. He’s my brother’s best friend. He’s my boss. He has a wife. Max isn’t mine to have, but I want him all the same...
  • Don't Let Me Break by Kelsie Rae

    Don't Let Me Break by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Macklin and I are just friends.And even that's a stretch.He saw me at my most vulnerable, and now the guy's popping up left and right.Pretty sure it's because my friend is trying to set me up with him, but what do I know?It's not like I have much experience with guys.And he's...well, Macklin's older, much more experienced, and bluntly put?Way out of my league...
  • Van by Melanie Moreland

    Van by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Vince Morrison, known to most people as Van. Good with his hands, be it crafting a piece of wood, playing his guitar, or pleasing a lover—he excels at them all. Friendly, flirty, and talented, he’s cool under pressure, and hot everywhere else. But he keeps his heart closed, even as his interest and emotions are tested. Olivia Rourke works alongside him at BAM...
  • The Crush by Karla Sorensen

    The Crush by Karla Sorensen

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You know that girl from your past that you can’t quite stop thinking about? The one that you pushed away because you had a goal that seemed so much bigger, so much more important than any crush you might have had?That’s Adaline Wilder for me.Nothing came before football. Not in college, and not in my five years in the pros...
  • Now's the Time by Harlow James

    Now's the Time by Harlow James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Let me experience all of you tonight, Penelope…since this is all that we get.”That was the agreement between me and Maddox Taylor, the NFL’s most notorious playboy and mega-talented quarterback who happened to be out in California for one night—one night in which I broke all of my rules and gave in to the undeniable attraction I felt for the man...
  • Off Limits by Chelle Sloan

    Off Limits by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Professional football has an actual rulebook, but it’s the unwritten rules that come with the harshest consequences.The biggest one of all: don’t date your teammate’s sister. And if you do, don’t you dare fall in love with her.I never meant to fall, but when it comes to Brenna Donald, I never stood a chance. She’s everything I’m not--a light-hearted wild child who shines brighter than the sun...
  • The Last Kiss by Anna Bloom

    The Last Kiss by Anna Bloom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My life began when I found out it was ending.One Frenchman. One night. No questions. No names.The perfect antidote for a stolen future.Fate though has other plans. This doesn’t feel like a one-night stand, it feels like soulmates for a lifetime.One night can’t be enough because I think we’re falling in love...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  kind-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I dazzle the world when I play the guitar,               But I never let anyone dazzle my heart…                                Until I spent one night with her. Darren Ash is living the dream. As lead guitarist for iconic rock band Licks of Leather, he seemingly has it all. But secretly he’s struggling to forget the woman he shared a scorching encounter with over two years ago...
  • Duke: Faking the Play by Kayley Loring, Connor Crais

    Duke: Faking the Play by Kayley Loring, Connor Crais

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    #4 Callum Duquette. Placekicker for the Boston Tomcats. Former underwear model. NICKNAME: Duke. I thought the most annoying thing about being a single dad was that my friends were always trying to find me a date. Until a sassy British ray of sunshine bumps into me at a bookstore...
  • Not As Planned by Harlow James

    Not As Planned by Harlow James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “So you’re single?” “Are you seriously hitting on me right now while I have breastmilk all over my shirt?”When Grant Thomas, the handsome stranger standing in front of me in line at the coffee shop, stripped his uniform shirt off and handed it to me, I could have sworn I was on an episode of Punked...
  • Boone by Laramie Briscoe

    Boone by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m old enough to be her father, and a life-long confirmed bachelor, but after one night together, all that is about to change. Boone Wilson Instead of building my forever with a conventional family, I’ve dedicated my life to being the best father I can to the son I had way too early in life. Now that he’s grown, I’m giving all I can to my job...
  • The Fall Out by Jenni Bara

    The Fall Out by Jenni Bara

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Let me tell the story of how I fell in love with a woman who had no idea that we were even dating. The ridiculousness started when she stole my beer, and trust me, my grumpy self doesn’t normally share. But somehow, Avery Wilson is the exception to every one of my many rules.Unfortunately, I’m not hers...
  • Under Your Spell by Laura Wood

    Under Your Spell by Laura Wood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She only wants three things. He isn't one of them... Dumped by her cheating ex, fired from her dream job, about to lose her flat: Clementine Monroe is not having a good day. So when her sisters get her drunk and suggest reviving a childhood ritual called the breakup spell, she doesn’t see the harm in it...
  • A Collision of Stars by Georgia Stone

    A Collision of Stars by Georgia Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One summer. One bucket list.No one would ever call Ava Monroe a people person, which is unfortunate, as a barista in a busy London coffee shop. Bored, cynical and deathly sarcastic, she’s built up walls for a reason. Despite attempts from her best friend to shake up her routine, Ava refuses to do anything to disrupt her carefully curated life...
  • Perfect Praise by Grace Pearce

    Perfect Praise by Grace Pearce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maren and Locke both exist in the same world of professional golf—he's the number one player in the world while she just takes his picture.Never mind that Locke unintentionally leads the press to believe that he and Maren are dating, because when she confronts him, he couldn't care less...
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