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  • Consider Me by Becka Mack

    Consider Me by Becka Mack

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Carter Beckett is the NHL's resident badboy, top player both on the ice & in the bedroom, and quite possibly the sexiest man to ever grace my field of vision. But worst of all? He knows it.He’s arrogant, self-centered, and the man doesn’t seem to know what a filter is, let alone how to use one...
  • F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade

    F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What’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...
  • Team Player 2: A Sports Anthology by Charleigh Rose, Ella Fox

    Team Player 2: A Sports Anthology by Charleigh Rose, Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Muscular football players. Passionate tennis pros. Sexy soccer stars. All sorts of alpha hotties, on the field and off. Have no fear! The team is back again, and this time...it's thicker. You'll get your sports romance fix with brand-new stories from eleven bestselling authors. Need one last summer fix? Dive into this anthology...
  • Black Flag by Shey Stahl

    Black Flag by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When the taste you thought you never needed becomes a thirst you cannot quench, then what? Jameson Riley, a NASCAR rookie driver, and Sway Reins, his pregnant girlfriend, are put to the test. They have love; they have lust, and a bond that proves to be vital. But do they have what it takes to make it through his lifestyle. When tested, it’s either fight, or give in...
  • The Red Zone by Amie Knight

    The Red Zone by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They say the red zone is the hardest place to score. But for me, those last twenty yards were my sweet spot. They didn't call me Lukas "Last Minute Lucy" Callihan for nothing. I was at the top of my game...until life sacked me harder than any linebacker ever could. Losing my mom was devastating and left me as the sole person responsible for my little sister...
  • Player by Natalie Rios

    Player by Natalie Rios

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Cocky. Player. A**hole. Without a doubt, Theo Montgomery is the university's most promising student athlete – and it’s biggest player. Confident, charming, and handsome as sin, there isn’t a single girl at Carlton University who’s immune to this quarterback. Except Allie. ​ Smart. Driven. Sassy. Make no mistake, Allie Perez can’t stand jocks...
  • His To Hold by Serena Akeroyd

    His To Hold by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ever hear the kid song, Jack and Beau sitting in a tree K I S S I N G?Well, she met me when I was up in a tree, but kissing her has never been an option. She isn’t the kind to fall for a daredevil.And I’m a Formula One race car driver. Adrenaline Junkie is my middle name. Taking risks and tossing my fate to the wind is what I do.Being her friend is no longer enough...
  • Dirty Secret by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Dirty Secret by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In my defense, I didn’t know she was his sister… A sexy hockey standalone from USA TODAY bestselling author Mira Lyn Kelly This team hates me. Something about my chronic case of resting prick face and that thing with the captain when the season started. My fist, his jaw. Yeah, we go back and not in a good way. Coach says no more “confrontational BS” or I don’t play at all...
  • The Strike Out by Meghan Quinn

    The Strike Out by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It started with one night out with the boys.She was the hot diner waitress putting herself through school.I was the rich, arrogant player everyone misjudges.On paper we didn’t match.Yet all it took was one day. One single day to change her mind.She wasn’t planning to spend her day off with me.She wasn’t supposed to fall for my charm...
  • Drew by Lulu Moore

    Drew by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Let me ask you a question.Have you met your soulmate?I did, then promptly lost her. Because what happens in Vegas stays there, right?Wrong.I’d never been the relationship type, but I’ve spent every spare second of the past twelve months wondering what if. What if I hadn’t slept through my alarm? What if I hadn’t lost her number? What if I’d known her name?But I came up blank...
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    athlete  humor  sports  steamy  university  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Making His Play by Mari Carr

    Making His Play by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alex has a big name in hockey, famous for his stick skills—on and off the ice. But he’s also got a freckle-faced female problem. He took his sister’s tomboy best friend, Charley, to a Vegas wedding to cheer her up after a bad breakup.Too much champagne later and he’s waking up with Charley in his bed and his ring on her finger. And the crazy part is…Mrs. Alex Stone has a nice ring to it...
  • Defending Donovan by Jillian Quinn

    Defending Donovan by Jillian Quinn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He'll do anything to earn her v-card... and her heart. Here’s the thing about Drake Donovan. He’s a hotshot hockey player with a secret the size of his stick, a real monster of a problem. And I’m the only one who can help him. But as we grow closer, I realize there’s more to Drake than good looks and a big stick. If he wants to be the one to punch my v-card, he has to work for it...
  • Forgetting the Rules: A Second-Chance-Romance Sports Standalone by Mariah Dietz

    Forgetting the Rules: A Second-Chance-Romance Sports Standalone by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A standalone sports romance. Book 6 in The Dating Playbook Series...
  • Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella

    Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was the bad boy no one trustedBailey’s burned out and not sure what leads her back to Ryker Falls, but has a feeling it’s got something to do with closure. Bad boy Joe Trainer was once her soulmate, but she isn’t sure she has a soul anymore. Finding he’s made something of his life is a shock, as he’d been on a one-way trip to hell when she left...
  • Seth by Carly Marie

    Seth by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Be yourself because everyone else is taken. But what if that risks everything you know? Seth Johnson has worked his entire career to be remembered more for his skill than as an openly gay NHL player. Finding a boyfriend has been pushed to the back burner. As for exposing his softer side, the side that loves lace and lingerie? It’s not happening...
  • Wild Card by Maggie Rawdon

    Wild Card by Maggie Rawdon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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...
  • Hat Trick by Toni Aleo

    Hat Trick by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Good things happen in threes. D’Artagnan Miklas is a lucky dude. He’s the leading scorer of hat tricks for the Carolina IceCats, he’s got a solid group of loyal friends, and he has a cute little sister he adores.But his friends are all coupling up, and Dart is tired of being the odd man out...
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    sports  multi-pov  athlete  humor  romance  contemporary  fiction  book
  • Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Morgan 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...
  • The Champion by Shey Stahl

    The Champion by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A powerful love story of tragedy, love, and commitment. The fourth book in the Racing on the Edge series submerges you in the lifestyle of a champion of a sport that dominates America. Through smoke and methanol, you learn the good, the bad, and the secrets no one wants you to know...
  • Going Deep by Nikki Ash

    Going Deep by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *Standalone enemies-to-lover's football romance* Going deep: In football it means running down the field for a long pass. You’re serious. Committed. Unstoppable. As a wide receiver, it’s a term I’m all too familiar with. It’s who I am, at least when it comes to my career. For the past decade, football has been the only thing I’ve allowed myself to commit to...
  • Off Camera by Chelsea Curto

    Off Camera by Chelsea Curto

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Avery 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...
  • 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...
  • Rapture by Skye Jordan

    Rapture by Skye Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Skye Jordan brings you another steamy Renegades story! As a premier stuntwoman in Hollywood, Zahara Parrish is no stranger to risk. Neglected as a child, she learned early on never to depend on others to keep her safe. Now, she’s as protective over her heart as she is over her hard earned success, which is why she’ll never mix business and pleasure...
  • Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James

    Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MickyI’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...
  • Good to Be Bad by Lili Valente, Lauren Blakely

    Good to Be Bad by Lili Valente, Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It 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...
  • Hating and Dating Your Boss with Style!: A Romantic Comedy by Alina Jacobs

    Hating and Dating Your Boss with Style!: A Romantic Comedy by Alina Jacobs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bad day at work? Try having someone steal your beloved hotel.Oh, and the new boss is absolutely the worst. Work hard and ye shall be rewarded…Wrong. The Maxine Hotel was supposed to be mine. I invested my meager savings into the upkeep.I slept in a freezing-cold attic like Cinderella but with way more overeating. I dealt with entitled guests and feral children on a daily basis...
  • No Paine No Gain by McKinley May

    No Paine No Gain by McKinley May

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One thing I've learned from three years as an undergrad?College is all about balance.Juggling a science-heavy course load, weekend bar crawls, and my plentiful dating life is an art form. An art form I've got down to a T...Until the campus Casanova comes barreling into my biology class and throws my mojo for a major loop...
  • Offside by Avery Keelan

    Offside by Avery Keelan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This listing refers to the Wattpad edition of Offside. For ARC reviews and other reviews of the published version, please see my other listing for Offside, which has the subtitle Rules of the Game #1.*2021 Watty Award winner: Romance category...
  • Jasper by Lulu Moore

    Jasper by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As Captain of an NHL team, I'm rich, successful and have women falling at my feet.I thought my life was perfect until a pint sized blonde checked into me one day, knocking my life off course.Wolfie Williams is sass personified. Beautiful, fiery, funny and oh so sexy. With every eye roll she gives me I become more and more wrapped around her finger, making me realise she is my missing piece...
  • Looking To Score: #UofJ Book 1- An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy Sports Romance (U of J) by Alley Ciz

    Looking To Score: #UofJ Book 1- An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy Sports Romance (U of J) by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Looking To ScoreRelease Date: September 9th, 2020@𝗨𝗼𝗳𝗝𝟰𝟭𝟭: 𝗪𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹?#𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵#𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂.Football God. Ladies Man. Campus Celebrity.Guys want to be me and girls want to bed me.Commitment? What’s that?Then I saw ℎ𝑒𝑟—tiny, gorgeous and oh so…𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗘...
  • Secret Puck by Rebecca Jenshak

    Secret Puck by Rebecca Jenshak

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secretly hooking up with the team captain's sister was a bad idea. In my defense, the first time I saw her I didn't know who she was.Kind, gorgeous, a little naïve. Ginny brightened my world from day one.I knew I was no good for her. She was just out of a relationship and I had a reputation for having a new girl in my bed every weekend. I tried to do the right thing. Honest...
  • Extra Credit by Sarina Bowen

    Extra Credit by Sarina Bowen

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three novellas, including all new Ivy Years fun! BLONDE DATE: A nervous sorority girl, a mean fraternity prank and an adorkable basketball player with a heart of gold. Blonde Date follows Katie and Andy’s first blind date… STUDLY PERIOD: One hunky hockey player with a language barrier. Plus one awkward English tutor with a big crush...
  • Desperately Seeking Roommate by Micalea Smeltzer

    Desperately Seeking Roommate by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WANTED: A ROOMMATE Requirements 1. Don’t be a smoker. That’s gross. 2. Don’t be a jerk. I have no time to deal with your mood swings. 3. Clean up after yourself. Is it really so hard to put dirty clothes where they belong? If you meet these qualifications, call me...
  • Dirty Player by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Dirty Player by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This NHL star isn’t afraid to play dirty to get his girl It started as a joke… A throw away promise between friends. A dare for a single kiss at our reunion and nothing more. But that kiss… That kiss was no joking matter. It was hot and wet. A hands-everywhere, breathless kind of insanity that left us both teetering on the brink...
  • Tripped by Jacob Chance

    Tripped by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eight hundred and eighty days. That’s how long it’s been since my no good ex broke my heart. And I was doing just fine without him. But now, with both of us playing hockey for Boston University and running in the same circles, I can’t seem to avoid him—no matter how hard I try. And boy do I try.It seems my former boyfriend is cockier than ever—if that’s even possible...
  • Always Making Waves by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Always Making Waves by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Water, waves, and women. That’s my focus for my time at Pro-U. As it should be for a guy who looks like me. Unfortunately, I failed English the semester before and now I’m scrambling to keep my spot on the swim team and on the campus. The last place I expected to find help was from a hot goodie-goodie on the girls’ team...
  • Checking It Twice by Claire Hastings

    Checking It Twice by Claire Hastings

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's made a list of her own, and he's just the man to help...Haven Taylor is tired of being called a Goody Two-shoes, and her brother's best friend might be the key to fixing that.DB Elliot is seriously sexy and without a doubt someone she can trust for a no-strings-attached secret fling. After all, she's known him her entire life...
  • Claiming Carter by Jennifer Bonds

    Claiming Carter by Jennifer Bonds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quarterback Austin Reid’s got it all—talent, looks, women. The only thing missing? A national championship. Something he intends to rectify. With his kicker laid up and the university’s home opener in three weeks, he’s not above poaching talent from the women’s soccer team. Or recruiting a sassy, STEM-loving brunette who wants nothing to do with football or him.Kennedy Carter is no jersey chaser...
  • Cap by Elise Faber

    Cap by Elise Faber

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s the one he wants.And he’s not going to give her up without a fight.As the newly named captain of the San Francisco Gold, Josh is used to pressure and hard work.What he’s not used to?Women despising him.Jess, however, has taken an instant dislike to him, and no matter what he tries to do, he can’t seem to get beyond her prickly exterior...
  • Off the Ice by Lindsay Paige, Mary Smith

    Off the Ice by Lindsay Paige, Mary Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the second installment of The Penalty Kill Trilogy, Levi Carr and Presley McCarthy continue to rebuild their relationship as they deal with surprises and other problems. Levi is trying his best not to hover with worry over his father after his heart attack. Presley is still trying to gain the love and respect from her parents and keep her independence as well...
  • Nude Awakening by Penny Clarke

    Nude Awakening by Penny Clarke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rylie swears she’s not a prude.How was I to know the art course my best friend signed me up for meant I’d be sketching a nude model? I should have checked the fine print. Then I never would have―quite literally―bumped into Levi Hart moments before he dropped trou in class...
  • Dirty by J.B. Heller

    Dirty by J.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Archer Austin induced sexual frustration may just be the death of me...Everything in my life was just peachy, until my roommates ditch me and my brother Bates, gets the bright idea to move in and bring his best friend Archer with him. The more the merrier, he says.The problem is, Archer and I had a one night stand last year and now he’s convinced we’re meant to be...
  • Stealing Home by Carrie Aarons

    Stealing Home by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Walker Callahan has loved from afar for as long as he can remember.The golden boy of the Callahan baseball dynasty, he’s the only player to ever secure a top spot on a roster controlled by his own flesh and blood. The pressure, duty and plans laid out for him since birth loom large, causing things like love and a family to fall by the wayside...
  • The C Agreement by R.L. Kenderson

    The C Agreement by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All she wanted was to improve her skills when it came to the C.I was the girl next door…with a few extra pounds. My job was demanding and kept me on my toes, but when I was deep in a case, it left me little time for relationships. And because of that, I had some complaints in the bedroom.What I wanted was for someone to teach me to be a better lover...
  • Falling For You by Gianna Gabriela

    Falling For You by Gianna Gabriela

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zack Hayes was taught that hard work pays off. He lives by that adage, working a part-time job, playing football and taking a full load of courses in the hope that his parents can stop working themselves to the bone. However, when things start to go wrong, Zack begins to believe that when you come from nothing, working hard doesn’t get you anywhere...
  • The Kiss List by Maya Hughes

    The Kiss List by Maya Hughes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If I were on fire, she’d break out the marshmallows.It’s not that we don’t like each other, more like hate with the fury of a thousand suns. But it wasn’t always that way.I still remember how her lips tasted. How they felt pressed against mine. How I wanted more. How I still crave her...
  • Hard Pass: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by K.G. Reuss

    Hard Pass: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by K.G. Reuss

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two childhood rivals. A weekend in Vegas. And a challenge that changes everything.LexyTravis Owens has been a pain since he tugged my ponytail and challenged me to our first dare when we were eight years old. Time hasn’t changed a thing in regards to the hotter-than-fire football hero, except the game we play with one another now has higher stakes...
  • Third Time Lucky by R.G. Alexander

    Third Time Lucky by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From Author New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R.G. Alexander, Book 3 in the Finn's Pub Romance series! Ever had a thing for the man next door? My sexy new neighbor is confusing the hell out of me. Elliot Ransom is a baseball player and a single dad, but he doesn’t know his butter beer from a snozzberry...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  friends-to-lovers  humor  sports  steamy  adult  angst  book
  • Mr. Hat Trick by Ainsley Booth, Sadie Haller

    Mr. Hat Trick by Ainsley Booth, Sadie Haller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sasha:He’s a player. End of story.I’m not interested.Tate:Something about her lights me up inside. Makes me reckless.So what if she doesn’t like me?I like her—a lot.And once I turn on the charm, she doesn’t stand a chance.Sasha:Fine. Maybe we can use each other for sex.And the occasional late night conversation that nobody else will understand...
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