Books like 'Getting Rough'
Readers who enjoyed Getting Rough by C.L. Parker also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
contemporary romance steamy sports humor enemies-to-lovers love-triangle multi-pov workplace celebrity
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Wild Island Love by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSparks fly between a PR rep and an A-list actor who want nothing to do with each other. Leni Steele might be looking for love, but she’s definitely not looking to be someone’s fake date. Especially not one of the most infuriatingly handsome and annoyingly cocky actors on the planet, Duncan Raz... -
F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat’s a woman supposed to do after watching her cheating ex's wedding implode?Apparently, the answer is get fired.And evicted.And move to another state to start over as an independent woman who would rather stick her tit in a beehive than get into another relationship.It’s fine. Really.The only thing messing with my new, badass single girl life is an encounter with my childhood crush... -
Bad Boy Bachelor Claus by Ali Parker, Weston Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey want me to pose as Santa this year.And the media turns it quickly to "Naughty Santa."Say what? You cannot be serious.But it’s what I’m required to do if I want the billion-dollar family business come New Year's.There’s always a catch.The prize is just worth my efforts this time. Our sprawling chain of department stores are a cash cow like the world has never seen.And it’s all mine...Categorized as:
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Strictly Professional by Kathryn Nolan
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat have you accomplished with your business school mentor so far? 1. Developed a strategic marketing plan 2. Pined for him. 3. Denied my feelings for him. 4. Dragged him into an alley and had my way with him. Roxy Quinn thought she’d never see Edward Cavendish III again. The wealthy, English hotelier had wandered into her tattoo parlor, slightly drunk and broken-hearted... -
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Wildcard by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy name is Ben Conner. I’m a pro fighter, the son of a murderous wifebeater, overprotective big brother, and Evelyn Kincaid’s best friend. I’ve known Evie since we were kids. I loathed her on first sight, and picked on her as often as she picked on me, but somewhere around my fifteenth birthday, my dislike was replaced with something else. It was foreign and new, potent and exciting... -
Bad Boys After Dark: Dylan by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Bad Billionaires After Dark are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series. Indulge your inner vixen with these sexy billionaires! Meet the Bad Boys... Four fiercely loyal, sinfully sexy, uber alpha brothers, about to fall head over heels for their leading ladies. Everything's naughtier after dark.. -
Fair Catch by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a moment of panic, I turn to Victoria first.It’s what Harper would want, but it’s becoming what I need.As our connection deepens, I'm working hard to prove my past no longer defines me. My priorities have changed now that I have a child and I'm falling in love for the first time.And then I discover Victoria told her family she's bringing me as her date to her sister’s destination wedding... -
Dickslip by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne wardrobe malfunction. Two lives forever changed. Playing in a star-studded charity basketball game should be fun, and it is, until I literally go balls out to show up my arch nemesis. When I dive for the basketball and my junk slips out of my gym shorts, I know my life and career are over... -
The After Series Slipcase Set by Anna Todd
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPlease Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively: The Complete After Series Collection 5 Books Box Set by Anna Todd: After Ever Happy: After Ever Happy...Life will never be the same... -
The Player Gets Coached (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 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... -
The Deeper I Fall by Erika Kelly
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's a rough and rugged hockey player. She's a posh British princess. To win an enormous inheritance, they’re forced to live together.This is not going to go well.When his former hockey coach passes away, Declan Cadell is shocked to learn the man left him a cattle ranch. Well, not exactly. He’s got one little hurdle to jump first... -
Cocky Romantic by Faleena Hopkins
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Atlanta, Georgia, The Cocker Brothers have certainly earned their nickname, The Cocky Brothers. Their daddy taught them to be real men. Their momma told them, “Hold out for a different kind of woman.” They have one thing in common: arrogance. Everyone calls him a romantic, but Jason’s trouble is he falls for princesses. The selfish kind, not the fairytale... -
Pick Six by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of TAPPING THE BILLIONAIRE comes a cocky and feisty hate-to-lovers standalone romance. Sean Phillips is a sexy as sin enigma.Cocky. Promiscuous. The New York Mavericks star wide receiver.His quick moves and sure hands extend way past the lines of the football field—and into the bedroom... -
Manster: A Rockstar Romantic Comedy by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m a rockstar on the run from the memories of my past. And pussies in palaces. Record scratch. Rewind. My name is Hudson Wyatt, and I raced cars until an injury ended my career. Now I pound the skins in Hammered, a successful rock band. But I still enjoy living recklessly, hooking up and partying all night... -
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Show Stopper: A First Responder Romantic Comedy by B.J. Harvey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first time they meet it’s by chance.The second is surely a coincidence.The third...it’s either destiny or he’s a stalker.Renee Hamilton has a thing against men in uniform. In her experience, they play hard, lie harder. Marco Rossi has a thing for feisty brunette women with a backbone and a smart mouth, especially one in particular who's playing hard to get... -
Shopping for a Highlander by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m a professional chickenblocker.Except “chicken” is a euphemism.I get paid to follow a womanizing troglodyte who thinks rules are for other people and that my pants are the next pair he’s getting into.Dream on.Bet your first professional job didn’t involve babysitting an extremely hot, muscle-bound Scottish Highlander with an ego the size of a kilt and a libido bigger than his…well…Chicken... -
Wild Card by Maggie Rawdon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe infamous playboy and star wide receiver for the Seattle Phantom is the last person on earth I would ever expect to come to my rescue. Tobias Westfield and I can’t see eye-to-eye on anything. But when my date goes to hell and I end up stranded in the pouring rain on my birthday, he’s there—holding my hand and playing the adoring boyfriend. I might have had him all wrong...Categorized as:
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Sexiled by Mickey Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMorgan Kennedy: Campus Legend. Ruggedly handsome superstar athlete turned hedge fund manager. My one night stand mistake.And now my boss at my internship. Every staff meeting, I’m taken back to the night I was filled with a need I never knew was possible. Sparks fly between us in the office... -
My Lucky #13 by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLucky.The one adjective used to describe my entire hockey career. I prefer to call it hard work, at least I did until my game went to complete crap. I haven’t scored in eight games and my team owner is talking about trading me. I’ve never believed in superstitions. Never needed one. I suppose I was “lucky” in that way. But now the best way to refer to me is desperate... -
NSFW by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBeing bad never felt so good... The office is full of rules. Everything is off-limits. Making a charity calendar of the sexy guys on your floor? Not allowed. Shrinking your boss' underwear when he sends it for dry-cleaning? Can't do that either. But those things keep the natural balance. See, Avery Banks, our resident rising star, is a shark... -
Dirty Laundry by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI’m a reporter, and I’ve got the best assignment in the world–get dirt on the hottest country star on the charts, Keith Perkins. The sexy beast who rocks those tight jeans like nobody’s business. I’m supposed to learn all of his Dirty Laundry, his deepest and darkest secrets. Without sleeping with him. Easy enough, right? Wrong... -
Off Camera by Chelsea Curto
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAvery Sinclair is good at her job as the social media manager for the Baltimore Thunderhawks. She’s one of the best in the NFL, in fact. The only thing stopping her from being the account of the year? The DC Titans, run by the mystery man she’s been feuding with for years.Reid Duncan isn’t the world’s biggest sports fan, but he loves his job... -
Hate the Player by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“Roses are red, violets are blue, stay away from Andrew Watson’s *ahem* because no other women ever do.”That’s quite the way to start a conversation at a casual lunch, huh? Grilled chicken, French fries, and pelvic-fatigue, oh my!And that’s not even the worst of it.My friend Raquel didn’t pull any punches when she warned me about my brand-new costar and his notoriously player-esque ways... -
Forever Love on Fireweed Island by Karice Bolton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Can be read as a standalone* "Between a hot fireman and a sweet librarian, I never wanted the story to end. Each page sizzled with a slow burn, and it was a fantastic and heartwarming story." Jewels Jennings--zippy librarian by day and book blogger by night--came back to the one and only place beyond the pages of a book that has given her happiness, Fireweed Island... -
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Sexy Bad Daddy by Misti Murphy, Tami Lund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce upon a time Garrett Frost, bad boy of professional golf, found out he had a two year old daughter. Okay, okay, it wasn’t that long ago. His escapades are still in the media, and his sponsors are all in a tail spin, but his daughter sure is cute. That’s where I come in. I’m his nanny. The kid’s nanny. Of course, I’m not his. He’s older, my employer, totally off limits... -
Irresistible Love at Silver Falls by Karice Bolton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter all the girls for a girls’ weekend jump ship, Brooke Sahler is left alone to spend a makeshift spa weekend in the mountains of Washington. As she’s happily wrapping herself in plastic wrap and smearing mud on her face, a freak spring snowstorm leaves her stranded in the cozy cabin she rented. But not to fear, she’s got plenty of food and cable television to indulge in until the snow melts... -
Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMickyI’m new to this city, but things are looking up. My bestie’s husband hooked me up with a great apartment above the hockey bar where I currently work, and I’ve got a great side gig bringing in plenty of cash to help fund my dream of opening my own cocktail lounge, Sugar & Ice. Life is sweet. My new neighbor, on the other hand, is not.When he reveals his true self, I hate what I discover...Categorized as:
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Reviving the Rhythm by Amy Kaybach
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe third book in the Blind Rebels rock star romance series plunges drummer, Sammy, into an abyss of uncertainty after an accident threatens not just his life but the only safe place he has left. Despite the sudden dark storm that assumes control of his existence, a ray of sun peeks into his life from his past that might pull him out of the depths... -
Playoff Passion by London Casey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m pregnant. By a hockey player.My father is the head coach of the team.There’s literally no way I can tell anyone who got me pregnant… right?* * *Don’t ask me ‘how did this happen?’ because I don’t have time to talk about the birds and bees and what goes on between the sheets.The fact of the matter is this - I’m pregnant by the goalie of the Inci Warriors... -
My Summer in Seoul by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes a standalone new adult romance set in the competitive world of K-pop.It’s not all K-dramas and happily ever afters. Intern with Korea’s number one record label? Yes, please. Find out there’s a huge scandal I need to help “manage”… not so much... -
Good to Be Bad by Lili Valente, Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was only supposed to be one time.But that red-hot one night stand from the party?The sexy man in the suit who gave me more Os in a few hours than I've had in a year?Turns out my charming British stranger is keeping a little secret.He's as much of a whiz in the kitchen as he is in the bedroom and soon we'll be going head-to-head in NYC's biggest bake off.My one-time lover is now my enemy... -
Untamed by M.J. Carnal
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteve Wainwright is broken. After catching his fiancé in bed with his radio co-host, he vows to never let anyone in again. But sometimes fate has other plans. Lily Ann Lee is going through a crisis of her own and turns to Steve for help. Their friendship is instant and something they both treasure... -
Releasing Kate by D. Kelly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is book two in the series. Breaking Kate and Catching Kate should be read prior to reading Releasing Kate. *Mature Content Warning* This book contains situations not intended for persons under the age of 18. Including, but not limited to - explicit sexual encounters, graphic language and alcohol use that some readers may find objectionable... -
Forbidden Devil: A Hockey Romance by Melissa Ivers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLincolnIt’s been six years since Jazyln Benson skated out of my life and now that she’s back, I’m determined to make her mine.But things are different this time around.She’s the new owner of the Nashville Devils which makes her my boss. She has the power to destroy my career and being seen with me would destroy hers. She’s the one woman who’s supposed to be off limits... -
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Saving the Game by Susan Renee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHas this ever happened to you?You’re minding your own business after the game, buying drinks at the bar for your teammates when you overhear a woman talking on the phone. You don’t know her, but she’s telling her mother she’s in a serious relationship with you. You decide to play along and ask her when you get to meet the parents... -
A Leap of Faith by T. Gephart, Emma Wilder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLexi and Alex's passion for each other shows no signs of waning, but the road ahead is by no means easy. While Lexi loves Alex, she struggles to retain her individual identity while being a partner in a high-profile relationship. On her first international tour as Power Station's publicist and Alex's official girlfriend, Lexi is initiated into the crazy lifestyle of a rock star... -
Pierced by J.A. Huss, Johnathan McClain
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMYRTLE I’m a just an erotic woman who likes control. And edgy sex. And hard men. At the same time. So starting an outreach class at the TDH community center to teach other women how to put the dom in dominatrix was inevitable. Even if I was only doing it to use my boss, Pierce, as my submissive example and pay him back for humiliating me in front of the whole world last summer... -
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... -
Big Bad Baby Daddy by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Billion Dollar Baby Daddy.You’ve got to be kidding me. But nope, that’s what the world calls him. He’s the king of baby products and yet, he’s a bachelor who isn’t good with babies at all. The man is scared of children. However, that’s where I come into the picture. Fixing things, people, and situations is what I do for a living. And I’m the best.The problem? The hottie doesn’t want my help... -
Without Apology by Aubrey Bondurant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s neat, always on time, and a professed workaholic. I’m chaotic, always running late, and looking for more from life than just my job. Yet our mutual attraction is undeniable. The last thing I expected after our first date was to have Simon show up at my office. The warm and funny guy I’d met was now gone, replaced by the cold and calculating man in an impeccable suit... -
Dirty Words by Tara Crescent
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you’re going to write dirty stories about your neighbors, don’t give them tiny c*cks. A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers. Love thy neighbors? No way. Never going to happen. Ethan Burke and Lars Johansen are chiseled male perfection, with their cocky smiles, bulging biceps and washboard abs. They're also rich, arrogant jerks. Ugh... -
Unveil by Elodie Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGenI’ve made my fortune from liberation, but I’m far more comfortable with discretion.I’ve built the pre-eminent sex club in London, but I don’t play there.Not publicly, anyway. Not beyond its darkest corners.I talk the talk, but I don’t walk the walk. Not like my male co-founders do.Because I’m the immaculate one... -
My Best Friend's Brother by Alexis Winter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's no secret I’ve always had a crush on Damon Strickland. My best friend’s older brother and the center of every single one of my fantasies. He’s a walking, talking temptation. That cocky grin and those broad, athletic shoulders. You know what they say about a man with big hands right? Growing up, we always tormented one another. I was the nagging, annoying little girl he hated... -
The Play by J.H. Croix, Clarise Tan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA steamy, full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA from Bestselling author J.H. Croix! If you like smoking hot sports romance with alpha men and the women who challenge them, you’ll love this series! Playing ball is easy. Falling in love is complicated. A famous Brit footballer off his game. A young doctor who wants nothing to do with a drool-worthy, cocky player... -
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Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I’m her dirty little secret, the one she loves to hate.”She knows just what to say to cut deep, and I know how to press every single button she has.We hate each other, until one night after I lose the biggest football game of the year. When she offers the kind of mercy I need. It changes everything… until the next morning.Now I’m her dirty little secret, and she’s avoiding me like the plague... -
Dirty Like Dylan by Jaine Diamond
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne woman. Two rock stars. A threesome that will change everything… Photographer Amber Malone sucks at love. She’s been dumped, duped and dated more a-holes than any girl should ever have to. Then she meets rock star Dylan Cope, drummer for the mega-successful rock band Dirty; gorgeous, charming and all-around nice guy. For once, the stars seem to be aligning in Amber’s favor... -
Look But Don't Touch by Olivia Hayle
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGrant Wood. Even his name is sharp and unforgiving. I’ve disliked him since the first time we met, all those years ago. He took one look at me and dismissed me as vapid and ignorant. The spoiled young daughter of his business associate. Sure, I’d done my best to live up to that image lately, but the judgment still stung. We had carefully avoided each other ever since. It was a perfect plan... -
Billion Dollar Beast by Olivia Hayle
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMy brother’s billionaire best friend is my new boss.The same man who’s hated me for years, you ask? Yep, the very one.Nicholas Park has the worst reputation in the city. He isn’t a man you befriend—trust me, I’ve tried.No, he’s made it crystal clear what he thinks of me. Vain. Spoiled. Underserving. I could probably continue, but then I’d have to ask Nick for his list, and he’d say no... -
Billion Dollar Enemy by Olivia Hayle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy one-night stand turns out to be my billion-dollar enemy.Yeah, I’m screwed—and unfortunately not that way.I meet a handsome man at the bar, the kind you only dream about. You know the one? He drinks his whiskey neat and power oozes from his suit-clad form. The night we spend together is perfect—I’ll treasure the memory for as long as I live.Until I discover who he is... -
Come Undone by Penny Dee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJAKE She’s annoying and tenacious.And so damn beautiful it’s distracting.She’s also my new agent. And even though I don’t want a new agent, Mackenzie Eden is pretty determined to be mine.Did I mention she’s annoying?So of course I get snowed in with her at my grandfathers logged cabin. For four days.Four long, secluded, hot days…MACKENZIEI’ve never met anyone so damn stubborn in my life...
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