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  • Finding Forever: Book 3 of the Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn

    Finding Forever: Book 3 of the Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jimmy and Izzy are up! Izzy Hart was his from the beginning of time... despite the fact her brothers would kill him for even looking at her. Best friends since birth, Jim and Iz grew up together and knew where their futures were heading; they just didn't tell anyone else their plans, least of all each other. Now Iz is having a baby with another man...
  • An Act of Obsession by K.C. Lynn

    An Act of Obsession by K.C. Lynn

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    She’s beautiful yet scarred beyond repair. He’s powerful and lethal, in and out of the ring. One act of kindness brought Sophie Parish far more danger than she could have ever imagined. Now she’s on the run, leaving behind her family and the only dream she’s ever had. Retired EFC fighter Kolan Slade’s life has been one endless battle after another...
  • Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg

    Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An all new series of standalone books by New York Times Bestselling author, K, Bromberg. Four sisters set out to try to save their family business. Book 4, Hard to Lose: More info coming soon...
  • Fighting to Forgive by J.B. Salsbury

    Fighting to Forgive by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What do you do when everything you avoid, turns out to be exactly what you need?Easy and predictable, just the way he likes it, Blake Daniels flies through life the way he burns through women: on his terms, no regrets.With his fighting career in full swing, he's on the threshold of title contention. But when his training is compromised by injury, the stakes grow impossibly higher...
  • An Act of Redemption by K.C. Lynn

    An Act of Redemption by K.C. Lynn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    She saw in him what no one else could see. He found in her what he could never find. One moment changed everything but, even with a break in time, their connection could never be severed. In the beginning he may have been her salvation, but in the end she will be his redemption. *** This is Book One in the Acts Of Honor series, the spin-off series to Men Of Honor...
  • Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tyler “Ty” Scott finally gets his book! When Cassie Dixon gets threatening letters, there’s only one person who can help - her best friend’s sexy cousin...
  • Rebel by Rebecca Yarros

    Rebel by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s Penna Carstairs. The Renegade they call Rebel. FMX-treme Magazine’s sexiest female athlete of the year.There’s no rule in extreme sports she hasn’t broken,No gender barrier she hasn’t demolished. She’s the woman I met in a bar in Vegas.The woman I illegally BASE jumped for.The woman I spent one insane, incredible night with.But now I’m screwed.Or rather…not screwed...
  • Indefinite by Corinne Michaels

    Indefinite by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller, Corinne Michaels, comes a second chance love story. The day he said he’d never love me is when I vowed Quinn Miller would never break my heart again. I wanted a family—but he wouldn’t give me that. As one of the top embryologists in the country, I’ve spent years creating babies in the lab for other people as my own dreams of motherhood fade. I’m done waiting...
  • Fighting Solitude by Aly Martinez

    Fighting Solitude by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I was born a fighter. Abandoned by my parents, I spent my life forging my own path—one guided by my fists and paved with pain.Untouchable in the ring, I destroyed everyone who faced me, but that’s where my victories ended. Outside the ropes, I repeatedly failed the few people who loved me. Including my best friend, Liv James—the one person I’d die to protect...
  • Legend by Katy Evans

    Legend by Katy Evans

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Maverick “The Avenger” Cage wants to rise to the top and become a legend in the ring. Though he keeps his identity well guarded, he’s known on the fighting circuit as the new kid with a chip on his shoulder and a tattoo on his back that marks him as trouble. He’s got a personal score to settle with the Underground’s one and only Remington “Riptide” Tate...
  • Remy by Katy Evans

    Remy by Katy Evans

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Underground fighter Remington Tate is a mystery, even to himself. His mind is dark and light, complex and enlightening. At times his actions and moods are carefully measured, and at others, they spin out of control.Through it all, there's been one constant: wanting, needing, loving, and protecting Brooke Dumas...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  athlete  celebrity  dark  drama  fighter  insta-love
  • One Night at Finn's: A Finn's Pub Romance by R.G. Alexander

    One Night at Finn's: A Finn's Pub Romance by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **A standalone romance from the Finn Factor World of New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author R.G. Alexander.** Ever been on a bad date? Hold my beer… My dry spell isn’t voluntary. It just happened. Or didn’t happen. And then... it didn’t happen some more...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  family  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy
  • Mine by Katy Evans

    Mine by Katy Evans

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    He's mine, and I'm his. Our love is all-consuming, powerful,imperfect, and real...In the international bestseller REAL, the unstoppable bad boy of the Underground fighting circuit finally met his match. Hired to keep him in prime condition, Brooke Dumas unleashed a primal desire in Remington "Riptide" Tate as vital as the air he breathes... and now he can't live without her...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  athlete  celebrity  dark  drama  family  fighter
  • Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen

    Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Only love can heal an impossibly broken heart There’d forever been a thread running through Trevor Estes’s life—his son, Riley, strong and constant like a heartbeat. But when Riley is killed in combat, everything in Trevor’s life unravels into a mess he doesn’t know how to mourn.Then Jesse Byrne, Riley’s friend and platoon mate, arrives on Trevor’s doorstep with a box of Riley’s things...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn
  • Jumping Jude by Lucy Lennox

    Jumping Jude by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Jude: Reaching the top of the country music charts brings out the crazy, and there’s no one crazier than my ex. Unfortunately, his threats to out me are escalating. Enter the bodyguard of my dreams. I’d probably chafe under his constant presence if his attention to my body wasn’t so… ah… thorough...
  • The Fight for Forever by Meghan March

    The Fight for Forever by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    NewYork Times bestselling author Meghan March utterly addictive Legend Trilogy concludes in The Fight for Forever. You can only keep what you can protect. That’s all I’ve ever known. It’s the way I’ve lived my life. Now, everything I never knew I needed is at risk, and I’m not letting anyone take it from me. I won’t let anyone take her from me...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  celebrity  dark  drama  family  fighter  insta-love  sports
  • The Fall of Legend by Meghan March

    The Fall of Legend by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Meghan March comes a new deliciously dangerous alpha hero in The Fall of Legend, the first book in the brand new and utterly addictive Legend trilogy. We come from two different worlds. I’m from the streets. She might as well live in an ivory tower. I made my living with my fists. I doubt she could even throw a punch...
  • More Than Enough by Jay McLean

    More Than Enough by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    There’s no emotion greater than fear. No ache greater than grief. No sound greater than silence. I’m grateful he showed up on my doorstep, pissed off and angry at the world. If he hadn’t, I wouldn’t be here. And I don’t just mean here on this journey with him. I mean here, in this world...
  • Snatch: Cerberus MC Book 5 by Marie James, J.A. Essen

    Snatch: Cerberus MC Book 5 by Marie James, J.A. Essen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve been Jaxon Donovan since the day I was born, obviously. My road name, Snatch, came years later due to my ability to literally snatch up any woman I set my sights on. I’ve always been a connoisseur of the opposite sex. Tall, short, thin, thick and juicy, my tastes knew no limitations...
  • Kane by L.A. Casey

    Kane by L.A. Casey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Aideen Collins is a free spirit. She is outspoken and tough as nails, but she has to be after growing up in a house full of men. Family means everything to Aideen. Her family consists of her four brothers, her father, and her group of wild friends. Aideen is protective of her family, there is not a lot she wouldn’t do to keep them safe. Kane Slater is a tortured soul. Literally...
  • Finding Home: Book 1 of the Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn

    Finding Home: Book 1 of the Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From Emilia Finn, a real-life full-contact fighter, comes Finding Home - A powerful tale of family, heroism, and propulsive suspense. Sometimes, the only way to save the girl is to teach her how to fight. Bobby Kincaid is a twenty-six year old MMA fighter whose life has always revolved around his family and gym...
  • Real by Katy Evans

    Real by Katy Evans

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller, the first in a scorching series about a beautiful young sports rehab specialist who can't fight her attraction to a dangerously sexy underground fighter.Remington Tate has a bad-boy rep in and out of the ring, a granite-hard body, and a raw, animal power that sends his female fans into a frenzy...
  • Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes

    Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Deputy US Marshals Miro Jones and Ian Doyle are now partners on and off the job: Miro’s calm professionalism provides an ideal balance to Ian’s passion and quick temper. In a job where one misstep can be the difference between life and death, trust means everything. But every relationship has growing pains, and sometimes Miro stews about where he stands with his fiery lover...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  male-mc
  • A Father's Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    A Father's Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ife changes in the span of a heartbeat. One, tiny heartbeat. Blake and Layla have lived through disappointment and regret, only finally finding relief with the powerful love they have for each other. A love they intend to fight to keep. They’ve had to forgive each other, but can they truly move forward without facing the pain of the past? Layla’s been avoiding the phone calls...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  athlete  dark  drama  family  fighter  sports
  • Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two of Noah’s Army buddies are dead. Someone has taken shots at Noah. And now Noah’s former lover, JB, is a target. Noah, Rowe, and JB team up to track down a killer trying to take out all of Noah’s old Army team in hopes of covering up a dark secret. But this trip to Washington, D.C. threatens to unravel the perfect life that Rowe and Noah have built over the past three years...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  war
  • Uncaged Love #5: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romance by J.J. Knight

    Uncaged Love #5: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romance by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When happily ever after means the fight of your life The dramatic conclusion to the bestselling erotic suspense series featuring MMA fighters Colt and Jo. Colt’s ability to ever fight MMA again is in jeopardy after suffering injuries in a near-deadly street brawl...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  fighter  sports  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Missing in Action by Kate Canterbary

    Missing in Action by Kate Canterbary

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL turned covert agent Wes Halsted spent his days—and weeks and months—being someone else. But with his cover blown and his injuries requiring months of recuperation, he must learn how to be himself again. Only…he'd rather save his issues for another day and get to know a stressed-out, suited-up businessman instead. Tom Esbeck has everything under control...
  • Hidden Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Hidden Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink series continues with the long-awaited romance between the café owner next door and the tattoo artist who's loved her from afar. Hailey Monroe knows the world isn't always fair, but she's picked herself up from the ashes once before and if she needs to, she'll do it again...
  • Torch by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Torch by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nine months ago, Rowan Ward thought he had it all. Now he's fighting to pull his shredded life together, buried in work and battling the kind of grief that destroys a man's soul. When fires spring up around Cincinnati threatening Rowe's friends and clients, he's thrilled to find his old Army buddy, Noah Keegan in town...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  fighter  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq
  • Fast Connection by Megan Erickson, Santino Hassell

    Fast Connection by Megan Erickson, Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After a decade of serving in the Army, everyone still expects me to be Dominic 'Nicky' Costigan--the skirt-chasing player. They don't know I've been spending my days trying to figure out my post-military life. Including how to pick up guys. When I meet Luke on a hookup app, he makes it clear it's for one-night only. That's fine with me, because I'm down to see what this silver fox can do...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  male-mc  mlm
  • Fighting Dirty: An MMA Romance by Lori Foster

    Fighting Dirty: An MMA Romance by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He’s the hottest MMA fighter in the game, and she’s the woman he never thought he deserved in this steamy fan-favorite book in the Ultimate series from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster!With the life he’s led and the muscles he’s gained, Armie Jacobson isn’t afraid of anything. Except maybe Merissa Colter’s effect on him...
  • Fighting for Control by Melynda Price

    Fighting for Control by Melynda Price

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Nikko “the Bull” Del Toro, an ex-marine turned MMA fighter, only two things quiet the demons raging inside him—facing an opponent in the cage…and the memory of his hottest one-night stand. But when his PTSD resurfaces, causing him to lose control at a CFA press party, it’s his career that may be KO’d.Dr...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  dark  fighter  sports  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zac Mulligan is a former Marine now providing personal security for the infamous rock band, Black Ice. Seeing all the guys around him in committed relationships reminds him of his childhood best friend . . . the only person Zac has never managed to get out of his head or his heart. Ben Holland is an artist...
  • The Storm by R.J. Prescott

    The Storm by R.J. Prescott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today best selling author, R.J. Prescott... Marie Kelly is a survivor who doesn’t know when to quit. Against all odds, she’s living a life she never dreamed she could have. It was enough…until a stubborn fighter makes her want more. Irish charmer Kieran Doherty has been a fighter at Driscoll’s Gym for most of his life...
  • Mission: All In by Nicole Edwards

    Mission: All In by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brantley Walker has dedicated his life to fighting for his country. Having given eighteen years to the US Navy, the last ten as a SEAL, the mission was the only thing he knew, the only thing that mattered. He never even considered what life would look like after the mission was over. Until he’s forced to...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  war
  • Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire

    Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    How much is too much to love? Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.Finally, the highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster.Can you love someone too much?Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder...
  • Someone to Call My Own by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Someone to Call My Own by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Psychic Emory Jackson and former black ops specialist Jonathon Silver are men from two completely different worlds with one thing in common: heartbreak. Emory still mourns the loss of his husband five years prior, and Jon is reeling with grief from the recent death of his twin brother. Sparks fly when mutual friends introduce them, but it’s so much more than basic attraction...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  insta-love  lgbtq  mlm
  • Pull You Through by Kaylee Ryan

    Pull You Through by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Life is a series of events, one leading you to another. The hell I lived through with my drug-addicted parents led me to the Marine Corps. Committing my life to my country was easy. My brothers were my family--all I had and all I needed. I wasn’t looking for her, but I should have known life had other plans. It led me to her...
  • Falling Hard by Pamela Clare

    Falling Hard by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Gold Star wife alone… Ellie Meeks promised her pilot husband that if he was killed in combat, she would live her life to the fullest. Three years later, she is still alone, raising the twins he never met. She has no interest in dating or meeting men—until one snowy night when a stranger helps her get her sick kids safely home...
  • Kage Unleashed by Maris Black, J.F. Harding

    Kage Unleashed by Maris Black, J.F. Harding

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In a battle of the heart, who will be the first to submit?My name is Jamie Atwood, and I am an idiot. Against all odds, I got the attention of Michael Kage, the hottest MMA fighter on the planet. To say he rocked my world would be an understatement. He transformed me completely, made me depend on him, and made me love him...
  • Simon Says by Lori Foster

    Simon Says by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With his perfectly chiseled, lava-hot body, Simon Evans, an ex-fighter, also has a perfect life—great job, great girl, and more than enough dough. All that changes, though, when he catches his girlfriend cheating. To shake things up, Simon goes full force back into the ring, ready to take his rage out on his opponents...
  • FALL by Cora Brent

    FALL by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author Cora Brent comes a new epic crossover novel. Jenny... I was a lost girl, a child bride. Now, to most people I appear to be just an average college student. They would never guess my strange history. But secretly I'm still held down by my past. I cannot bring myself to trust men...
  • Danger Zone by Brooke Blaine, Ella Frank

    Danger Zone by Brooke Blaine, Ella Frank

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They train to serve their country. They strive to be the best. But only a select few can be ... The Elite * * * MATTEO MORGAN CALL SIGN: SOLO Reckless, arrogant, and bold, Solo is as known in the U.S. Navy for his bad-boy reputation as he is for his skills as a fighter pilot...
  • Fighting for Flight by J.B. Salsbury

    Fighting for Flight by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    What happens when in order to win, you’re forced to lose?The only daughter of an infamous Las Vegas pimp, Raven Morretti grew up an outsider. Liberated from the neglectful home of her prostitute mother, she finds solace as a mechanic. With few friends, she’s content with the simple life. Flying under the radar is all she knows, and more than she expects...
  • All for Allie by Julie Bailes

    All for Allie by Julie Bailes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Please read Shattered and Shake (book 1) prior to All for Allie (1.5) Mature audience only 18+ Walking away from her was the hardest decision I ever made. Leaving her without an explanation broke us both. Our hearts have been left shattered. I could make excuses. I could lay the blame on others, but still I made the decision. I had to. It was the only way to protect the both of them...
  • My Kind of Christmas by Romeo Alexander

    My Kind of Christmas by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nick: Team Maelstrom is my family as much as the family who raised me. That includes Matt, my partner in crime, and the closest I have to a soulmate. We get each other, and that’s all we’ve ever needed. But there’s a part of me that won’t be silent, the part that wants so much more with Matt. Yeah, I’m in love with my best friend and I had no idea a fun family Christmas would change everything...
  • Surrender by Kelly Fox

    Surrender by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dark cloud, meet seven-foot wall of sunshine.We’ve been friends for almost a year, we both volunteer at my brother-in-law’s gym for combat vets, and the chemistry between us is undeniable. So, getting together should be a no brainer, right?Yeah, not so much...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  dark  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm  slow-burn  steamy  war
  • Again by Sierra Riley

    Again by Sierra Riley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “If you can’t remember it, was it ever real at all?” “How do I fall out of love?” Cash Bennett enlisted in the Marines the day his boyfriend married someone else, but military life failed to numb the pain...
  • Shameless by Kelly Fox

    Shameless by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two things I know for sure:1. Cheerleading absolutely prepared me to become a US Navy SEAL2. Heath Treadway hates my guts Let’s just say that this beautiful bear’s hatred for me involves a high school nickname and possibly a limerick. #badtwinkNow, he's back in my life. And all I wanna do is show him that I’ve changed...
    Categorized as:
    dark  lgbtq  mlm  sports  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Bringing It Home by Reese Knightley

    Bringing It Home by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The heart wants what the heart wants. Diesel Gannon doesn’t mind attending a BDSM party or two, but he draws the line at inflicting pain. That might seem odd because he has a dominant personality, but it’s just not who he is. He’s seen enough war and pain to last a lifetime. Out on medical leave, and as a favor for a friend, Diesel heads to the Triple R to check on Triton...
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