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  • Bohemian by Kathryn Nolan

    Bohemian by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Two souls, drawn together beneath a fierce sky… Calvin Ellis’s neat and orderly life is shattered when his grandfather dies, leaving him ownership of a quirky bookstore in Big Sur, California. The Mad Ones: once a place famous for poetry readings and bohemian rebellion, it now teeters on the brink of financial ruin...
  • Until the End by Abbi Glines

    Until the End by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The backstory that fans have been clamoring for—how Rock and Trisha fell in love—is the final installment in the Sea Breeze series from New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines. And don’t miss the sizzling Epilogue, where Abbi wraps up all the Sea Breeze couples’ stories!Trisha Corbin always knew how to hide a bruise...
  • Cherry Beats by Vicki James

    Cherry Beats by Vicki James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bon Jovi. Bryan Adams. Presley West. My favourite men of music. Only one of them within reach. The night before Presley West was due to leave our small town of Hollings Hill, all of my high school fantasies came to life. He finally wanted me...
  • The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

    The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What would it take to get one last chance? Joey Greer is done having her heart broken. Eight years ago, after a horrific car accident, Jackson Pierce—her high school sweetheart—abandoned her. Abandoned his family. Abandoned the town they'd both grown up in, and fled to Hollywood. He never looked back, and she never forgot him. Or forgave him...
  • The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart

    The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Clark Griswold was onto something, at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER...
  • One Little Lie by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Lie by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She's the only one I'll ever love, but I had to let her go.Rylan Maroney is the biggest lie I've ever told, and it nearly destroyed everyone in my life. No matter how much it hurts, I can never have her again.He broke my heart and walked away, but he hasn't let me go.Halton Westbrook has haunted my life from four thousand miles away for the last eight years...
  • Good Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Good Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series shows how family and true love can heal a broken past.After her mother died in a car accident when she was only five, and her father was determined not to show any emotions toward his only daughter, Timberlynn longs for a normal family...
  • Touchdown by Lisa Suzanne

    Touchdown by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As much as I’ve coached the pro football quarterback to believe he always has a choice, this time I’m the one backed into a corner.My biggest fears have come true. I’m an adult living with my parents as I contemplate my future. I’ve given up everything to make the ultimate sacrifice, but at some point I need to put what happened behind me...
  • Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Strong Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The fourth, and final novel in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott’s Meet Me in Montana series fires up the passion in a story about forgiveness and finding your soul mate.Dirk Littlewood had the world at his feet and a life he claimed to love. He was a world-champion bull rider with plenty of women to keep his nights busy and make his inner loneliness nothing but a delusion...
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    angst  athlete  drama  sports  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • What the Heart Learns by Jessica Gadziala

    What the Heart Learns by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Liam has always preferred spending his life inside books, only looking up to occasionally growl at customers in his shop. Until the day someone new comes to town. A woman who could keep up with him, someone who sees beyond his guards, who makes him want something decidedly non -fiction for a change. The only problem is, Riley has a secret. One that just might tear them apart...
  • Stay for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Stay for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes the final poignant love story in the Arrowood Brothers Series.Hollywood taught me everything I know about relationships—except how to be in one. As an actor, I became an expert at faking it. Faking that I wasn't affected by my childhood. Faking that I was okay. Faking that I knew how to save the day, the girl, the whole damn world...
  • Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels

    Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I am about to lose everything.My home. My name. My future.My husband was involved in something that could cost us our lives, and on his deathbed, he demands my daughter and I flee Britain. I had no idea he found her biological father, Holden James, in Rose Canyon, and that’s where we’d start over.The moment we see each other, feelings I’d long forgotten rush over me...
  • This Much Is True by Adriana Locke

    This Much Is True by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When celebrity Laina Kelley bolted from her small hometown church on her wedding day, she ran to the first place that came to mind—the home of the local farrier, a gorgeous playboy who just so happens to be her first love … and biggest frenemy...
  • Room for More by Beth Ehemann

    Room for More by Beth Ehemann

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Four years ago, my dreams were shattered in an instant. Three months ago, I found something I haven’t had in years. Hope. That hope came in the form of a sexy, carefree hockey player named Brody Murphy. He swooped in and won me over with his big heart and the way he cared for me…and my girls. When they look at him, they see the father they’ve never had...
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    athlete  celebrity  drama  multi-pov  realistic  sports  steamy  adult
  • The One for Me (The Arrowood Brothers) by Corinne Michaels

    The One for Me (The Arrowood Brothers) by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels brings a new endearing friends-to-lovers story to life in the third STANDALONE in the Arrowood Brothers series.⁣⁣Devney Maxwell has been my best friend since we were six years old, but she has no idea I’m in love with her.⁣⁣Even when I’m on the road playing professional baseball, she’s my home—the only one I’ve ever known...
  • Before the Sunset by Laura Pavlov

    Before the Sunset by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He’s an actor in need of an image makeover. She’s determined to show her ex-fiancé that she’s moved on. A fake relationship between two best friends is the perfect solution. Or is it?Reese Murphy has been my best friend since before we took our first steps.She’s the yin to my yang.The peanut butter to my jelly...
  • Favorite Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Favorite Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The boy next door isn’t next door anymore.He’s in Vegas, preparing for the upcoming NFL season, and I’m still stuck in the small Midwestern town where we grew up.We should be together, but people wanted us apart. They won. Secrets are uncovered and lives are forever torn apart.Maybe it was a mistake to try to recapture what we once had after everything we’d been through...
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    angst  athlete  celebrity  drama  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult
  • Honest Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Honest Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s not the boy next door anymore, and I’m not the girl I used to be, either.His life is in the spotlight as one of the most popular professional football players on the Vegas Aces, while I can’t afford to have my secrets exposed. But as we work together on a project benefitting our small Midwestern town, we easily slip back into the friendship we once shared...
  • Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The boy next door is back, and so am I.He’s spending his NFL off-season in our small Midwestern town after seven long years away, and I’m in town for different reasons.Memories shift to reality as we find ourselves in the place where we first fell in love. We’re different people now, but I’m falling fast and hard for the man he is now.But he’s married...
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    angst  celebrity  drama  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult  alpha-mc
  • First and Tension by Tara Sivec

    First and Tension by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all started with a dare.Emily Flanagan has been living her dreams the last four years as a professional cheerleader for the Los Angeles Vipers, thousands of miles away from her tiny hometown of Summersweet Island, Virginia. She’s got the world at the tips of her pom-poms... until she tells her boss to shove those pom-poms where the sun doesn’t shine...
  • Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alexis is backed into a corner as she looks between two doors. Behind door number one is the man her father is pushing her to marry, the man who’s good for her brand and her future. Behind door number two is me: the bad boy of baseball who happens to be the man she has fallen in love with.I wish we could just run away together. I promised I’d wait for her no matter how long it took...
    Categorized as:
    sports  multi-pov  celebrity  angst  steamy  drama  athlete  romance
  • 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...
  • Finding My Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Finding My Forever by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Everywhere I look, my friends are settling down - marriage, children, white picket fences; but not me. Marriage isn't in the cards for me. I’m a ladies man. A rock star. I was born and raised in the industry. I love everything about my life, especially the attention from the women that my status brings me. Women find me. I don’t chase. I know what they want and they know I’ll deliver...
  • The Deeper I Fall by Erika Kelly

    The Deeper I Fall by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He'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...
  • Don't You Wanna Stay by Kait Nolan

    Don't You Wanna Stay by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Money Pit meets Fixer Upper in the next installment of the Men of the Misfit Inn series. After a lifetime spent trying to prove he's not a screw-up, contractor Wyatt Sullivan is ready to take his YouTube channel, DIWyatt, to the big time. But he needs more than the one-man flips that built his reputation...
  • The Varsity Dad Dilemma by Lex Martin

    The Varsity Dad Dilemma by Lex Martin

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ★ A new sexy, small town sports romance from USA Today bestselling author Lex Martin! ★What’s worse than having Rider Kingston, the star quarterback, give you the big brushoff because he doesn’t want to get serious? You’d probably think living across the street from him where you get a first-hand view of his hookups, right? That’s what I thought...
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    angst  athlete  drama  multi-pov  second-chances  sports  steamy  adult
  • Sometimes It Lasts by Abbi Glines, Tamara Arteaga

    Sometimes It Lasts by Abbi Glines, Tamara Arteaga

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Cage York has to choose between a love of the game and a love of the girl in this sultry Sea Breeze novel from New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines.After waiting for his big break, bad boy Cage York is finally called up to prove his worth in the college baseball arena...
  • Tempting by Bella Matthews

    Tempting by Bella Matthews

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From USA Today and Amazon Top 5 Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a Fake Dating, Teach Me, Spicy Sports Romance.A little white lie never hurt anyone . . . or so I thought.One fake date and we’d go our separate ways, at least that’s how hockey’s hottest golden boy—Nixon Sinclair—convinced me this would work. But it turns out, Nix had other plans...
  • Leave Me Breathless: A small town brother's best friend romance by Carrie Elks

    Leave Me Breathless: A small town brother's best friend romance by Carrie Elks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s his best friend’s little sister. Completely off-limits. And now she’s moving in with him…When Gabe Winter’s best friend calls with an unusual request – give his broken-hearted little sister a roof over her head for a few months – he readily accepts.But he doesn’t expect Nicole to be quite so enticing. Or for her to bring out all the feelings in him...
  • After You: A Sapphire Falls Novel by Erin Nicholas

    After You: A Sapphire Falls Novel by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ~ The next great love story from Sapphire Falls ~ Only one thing has not gone according to Kyle Ames’s grand life plan. Hannah McIntire. She was his first love, the woman he planned to marry, the one that got away—all that romantic crap. Two years ago, Hannah broke his heart. Which has been, well, not exactly fine, but he’s handling it because he doesn’t have to see her every day...
  • Behind the Wheel by A.K. Evans

    Behind the Wheel by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Avery Sullivan is preparing to become the queen of the drag strip. So, when the one-stop motorsports shop in town is hiring, the thrill seeker doesn’t hesitate to apply.Knox Lee thinks his boss has made a huge mistake. A beautiful woman with as much knowledge about cars as Avery has would normally be a turn on. But he won’t be blinded by that. Avery used to work for the competition...
  • Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emme James lives in darkness. 



Ever since her abusive relationship ended in heartbreaking tragedy, she's kept herself secluded to protect herself and those she loves. Unfortunately, Emme's plans to remain unattached fall apart the moment Zane Cunningham sets his sights on her. 
A professional snowboarder at the top of his game, Zane does not need a distraction...
    Categorized as:
    sports  angst  steamy  drama  multi-pov  romance  contemporary  fiction
  • Right as Raine by Lucy Lennox

    Right as Raine by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Tiller:As the first openly gay professional football player, I can’t afford to make any mistakes, on or off the field. And the absolute biggest mistake I could make right now would be to fall for Mikey Vining, my best friend, employee and, more importantly, Coach’s baby boy. I might fantasize about Mikey at night-—every night—but actually touching him would be a serious personal foul...
  • Ever Mine by Laura Pavlov

    Ever Mine by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    He’s hockey’s golden boy, my new client, and the man I’ve avoided for the last nine years. I was hired to fix him—but he’s not the only one who’s broken.Hawk Madden was my first love.I thought he would be my forever.But life wasn’t always fair.And grief could be a cruel beast.Fight or flight?I’d always run.But now he’s back in my life after all these years.With one look.One touch.One kiss...
  • No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All I want is my happy ending with the boy next door.Every time we get close, something threatens to break us. Half-sisters, town gossips, and jealous exes throw punch after punch, but we hold on tight to each other as we attempt to navigate the chaos.With his life in the spotlight as a professional football player, I start to feel like it might always be like this...
    Categorized as:
    angst  athlete  celebrity  drama  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult
  • Silent Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Silent Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BraxtonOur senior year, I promised my girl forever. Forever, as it turned out, wasn't enough. She told me so in her actions. When she took a match to my life, burning it to ash. I headed to LA with my band—Raging Chaos—like we always planned, while Kaylee went to college, taking my damaged heart with her. This was where our story was supposed to end. Only six years later, our lives collide again...
  • Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan

    Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    CharlotteI’m not just kissing the rival… I’m falling for him.Spencer Pennington has always been a shameless flirt, but when it came to being the best in our MBA program, all bets were off, and the competition was on.Fast-forward a few years, and all it takes is a bar at a failed wedding and my silly kiss-rating system to lock lips with the enemy...
  • California Dreaming by Bella Andre, Nicky Arden

    California Dreaming by Bella Andre, Nicky Arden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meet the Davenport family! Six brothers and sisters who call picturesque Carmel-by-the-Sea home. Successful, brilliant, and passionate, the only thing they all still need is the perfect partner in love and life. 

 Hotshot movie star Archer Davenport has never met a stunt he couldn’t ace, a challenge he couldn’t overcome, or a woman he couldn’t have...
  • Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury

    Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author JB Salsbury brings her Fighting series to Harper Sloan’s Hope Town in Fighting for Honor. UFL fighter Caleb hasn’t been to Hope Town since he was eighteen. His next big fight takes place in Atlanta and the serene lakefront home from his childhood is the perfect place to train without distractions...
  • Turnover by Lisa Suzanne

    Turnover by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m in love with a man who is marrying somebody else. At least that’s what was supposed to happen when I was kicked out of the wedding last night by the bride’s father. I find myself without a job, without a home, and without the pro football quarterback I’ve fallen for...
  • Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

    Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a split-second, a car crash killed almost everything between them. Ten years later, can one accidental ride fix tattered spirits, uncertain futures, and broken hearts? Lily Grantham has always done what she’s been told. The daughter of a senator, she grew up as the good girl of Fawn Hill, and carried that torch right on through to adulthood. Her only wild streak? Bowen Nash...
    Categorized as:
    angst  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Not My Match by Ilsa Madden-Mills

    Not My Match by Ilsa Madden-Mills

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills delivers a smart and sexy romance about a professional football hottie and the girl he’s sworn to never touch.Homeless and heartbreakingly innocent, Giselle Riley walks into my penthouse and chaos follows...
  • A Little Too Close (Madigan Mountain) by Rebecca Yarros

    A Little Too Close (Madigan Mountain) by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros comes a small town, single parent romance.Nine years ago, Weston Madigan saved me. I came to Colorado penniless, heartbroken, and pregnant, searching for a fresh start. Weston gave me a job at his family’s resort, then left the next day and never returned, not even to visit...
  • Swing by Adriana Locke

    Swing by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Screw him and his perfect stats.Sinful smirk.Delicious body.Lincoln Landry probably even has game-winning stamina.I’d like to screw her and her perfect ass.Dangerous curves. Sweet smile.Danielle Ashley probably even has a game-changing personality.There’s no denying the chemistry between them. It’s so fiery, it’s undeniable. They partake in it. Enjoy it. They really enjoy it...
    Categorized as:
    angst  athlete  celebrity  drama  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult
  • Bountiful by Sarina Bowen

    Bountiful by Sarina Bowen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    No last names. No life stories. Those were the rules. Once upon a time a cocky, copper-haired tourist sauntered into Zara’s bar. And even though she knew better, Zara indulged in a cure for the small-town blues. It was supposed to be an uncomplicated fling—a few sizzling weeks before he went back to his life, and she moved on. Until an accidental pregnancy changed her life...
  • Cry About It by Maggie C. Gates

    Cry About It by Maggie C. Gates

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    -Joelle-You know what they say about enemies.* Know the enemy* Keep the enemy close* Outsmart the enemy* Make out with the enemyOkay, maybe not that last part. And maybe that’s what got me in trouble with Vaughan Thompson. But in my defense, he started it. That city boy should have known better than to act a fool in these parts.I don't get mad. I get even...
  • Redemption by E. Davies

    Redemption by E. Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I’ll make up my own mind about you.” Months after he was mugged in Houston, legal secretary Jasper Barnes is still hiding out in Hidden Creek. Self-defense classes would boost his confidence. Problem is, the guy offering them is Chad Allaback, and he has a reputation, to say the least...
    Categorized as:
    drama  angst  multi-pov  steamy  mlm  contemporary  lgbtq  audiobook
  • Not Such A Bad Guy by Erin Nicholas

    Not Such A Bad Guy by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fling, a funeral, and a little falling in love... just another weekend in Bad, Louisiana. Physical therapist Christopher Gilmore is back in Bad, Louisiana, for the reading of the will of his friend and mentor, Patrick Faucheaux. Christopher expects a small memento from the man he considered a father figure...
  • Bad Taste In Men by Erin Nicholas

    Bad Taste In Men by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “You’ve been moping around long enough. Let me show you how these guys should be treating you.” Bailey Davis does not have bad taste in men. She’s just had some relationships that haven’t worked out. That’s totally normal. And she now has one broken engagement. Big deal. And an ex-fiancé who cheated on her. Okay maybe she has bad taste in men. At least the ones she plans to marry...
  • Relief Pitcher by Lee Blair

    Relief Pitcher by Lee Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I thought I was helping him get his groove back. Turns out he’s helping me fall in love.TylerI have one rule when it comes to matters of my one and done. Consensually, of course. Fun with no complicated romantic feelings. Not that I’m built to experience those, anyway.After my car breaks down on a remote road, I follow a lumbersnack back to his creepy cabin for the cell service...
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