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Sawyer by Samantha Whiskey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI never thought I’d achieve my dream of playing for the NHL— Not while I’m my mom’s sole caretaker. But the Carolina Reapers offer me a deal I can’t refuse: A spot on their roster and top-rated support for my mom’s battle with Parkinson’s... -
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The Star by Rosie Alice
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLogan BriarI tried to keep my head down – I really did – but it goes against everything I’ve grown to be. I’m a fighter, a player, a constant hurricane that can’t be stopped. I walked into Lexington with the goal to go unnoticed – but he saw me. He is arrogant, cocky, frustrating and inappropriate.My stepbrother... -
![The Canary Cowards by Jescie Hall]()
The Canary Cowards by Jescie Hall
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Author Jescie Hall comes a compelling and angst-filled love story that will pull at your heartstrings and never let go."Occasionally, we all lack the courage to embrace the torture that is love."DylanAs a proud physiotherapist fresh out of school, I never imagined falling for a client. Especially not fallen football star, Lake Decker...Categorized as:
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![This Is Wild by Natasha Madison]()
This Is Wild by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the best selling series, Something So comes the spin-off Series This is... Zoe When you grow up surrounded by hockey players you know one thing for sure, I was never going to settle down with one. Heck, I didn’t even know what icing was. I was too busy climbing the corporate ladder, becoming one of the most successful realtors in New York City... -
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![The Devastation You Reap by Tracy Lorraine]()
The Devastation You Reap by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUSA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark bully college romance within her Maddison Kings world. For years I've kept my secrets.Kept the darkest, most twisted parts of myself buried from everyone around me... -
![Trust the Push by Kaylee Ryan]()
Trust the Push by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI'm making strides in the world of dirt late model racing. With back-to-back championships under my belt, I'm determined to win a third and be the youngest driver in history to do so. I'm going to make it happen. My career is my focus. That is until the ultimate distraction in the form of a redheaded bombshell drops into my life... -
![Fast Time by Shey Stahl]()
Fast Time by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow can you move on when your heart is taken away from you? Axel and Lily Riley live the life most dream of. Seven years after saying, “I do,” they have three great kids and a life full of speed and adrenaline that most men can’t handle. Being a professional racecar driver, Axel’s dream is winning that prestigious World of Outlaws Championship... -
![Mr. May: A Forbidden Love Romance by Nicole S. Goodin]()
Mr. May: A Forbidden Love Romance by Nicole S. Goodin
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom international bestselling author Nicole S. Goodin, comes a new standalone, forbidden love romance. Jake Carson. Professional surfer. Cocky as hell. ... And pining after an unattainable woman. Eden Brady. Sassy blonde. Precious little princess. ... And tempted by the enemy... -
![No Regrets Book 1 by Aimee Noalane]()
No Regrets Book 1 by Aimee Noalane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe left you. He's gone. And so are you. If life ever taught me anything, it's that nothing should be taken for granted. One moment... is all it takes to break a promise. Friendship becomes love. One second... is all takes to end a life. Love becomes pain. One distraction... is all it took to change our destiny. Pain becomes hate. One moment, one second, one distraction... -
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Wicked Needs by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton continues... It’s a fine line between love and hate. Bitch ... Ice Queen ... Frigid. Macey Prince is no stranger to a nickname or two. The words once hurt, now they’re her armor. Being a Prince might be a life sentence she can never escape but Macey isn’t willing for her heart to be collateral again...Categorized as:
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![Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans]()
Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScarlet Morgan knows all about happy endings. As a best-selling romance author, it’s her job to be an expert on the subject. It’s just too bad her own story doesn’t write so well. Ryker Holt can build a car from the ground up. While there isn’t much the highly-skilled mechanic can’t fix when it comes to his profession, it’s Ryker’s personal life that’s still in pieces... -
![Truth Game by Chloe Walsh]()
Truth Game by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHis silence wounded her pride, but his truth will crush her world... Daryl King was the person I was meant to be with. My best friend since childhood. The peanut butter to my jelly... until I lost him. Now our school's star quarterback is back in my life and our worlds are colliding once more... -
![Habits by Anna B. Doe]()
Habits by Anna B. Doe
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow can something so wrong feel so good? A brand new standalone in Greyford High series is coming March 27th! Senior year. Three girls. Three guys. Secrets and lies. Demons of past and present. Old insecurities and new fears. One more year left to pretend. One more year to wreck it all. The countdown begins...Categorized as:
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![Hat Trick by Toni Aleo]()
Hat Trick by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGood 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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![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... -
![Connell by Samantha Whiskey]()
Connell by Samantha Whiskey
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’m famous for two things—being one of the best defensemen in the NHL and my classic pranks.My teammates always said one of my jokes would bite me in my Scottish arse one day, and they were right.After a prank goes wrong, I’m sentenced to six weeks community service under none other than the sexy, rule-abiding, smart-mouthed city clerk of Sweet Water—Annabelle Clarke.Lucky for me it’s offseason... -
![Playing It Up: A York Bombers Hockey Romance by Lisa B. Kamps]()
Playing It Up: A York Bombers Hockey Romance by Lisa B. Kamps
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZach Mummert has never met a woman he didn't like—or a woman who didn't like him. Using his position as a winger for the York Bombers and his talent with social media, he always gets what he wants until he meets the one woman who doesn’t instantly succumb to his charms. Haley Addison lives life on her own terms: no rules, no commitments, and no regrets... -
![Enjoy the Ride by Rebecca Sharp]()
Enjoy the Ride by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom International Bestselling author, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, comes the new standalone in the Winter Games series... Chance The Wheel of Fortune (Card 10): Things tend to go in cycles. Good times then bad.Do you know what it's like to lose everything? I do.Eight years ago, Jessa Lynn Madison and the title "Best Snowboarder in the US" were both mine... -
![Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate]()
Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe day Tucker Benoit left his father's farm in French Settlement to pursue his love of music was the best day of his life. Or so he thought... After years of booze, girls, drugs, and gigs, Tucker finds himself back where he started. Only this time, he finds solace on the farm that once isolated him from the world... -
![Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James]()
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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![Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie]()
Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s gone… good riddance to tormenting, cold nightmares that come in the form of sweet but devious kisses.⠀Thing is, without her here, there’s a fiery riot in my heart I can't control.⠀She left a bloody feud brewing in my house.⠀That Little Minx caused chaos and hell to break loose between my brother and me as only she can.⠀She kissed me and imprinted her broken soul to my darkness... -
![Nate by Kat Mizera]()
Nate by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo win, you have to play the game... Rising hockey star Nate Calloway has overcome a lot to get where he is. Playing professional hockey for the Las Vegas Sidewinders, he plans to keep his head down and do the one thing he’s good at: hockey. Everything is going according to plan until a gorgeous, spunky journalist falls into his lap... -
![Ruined Rose by Leila James]()
Ruined Rose by Leila James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDaphne DavisNerdy girl with heart.A completely irresistible challenge.Now she’s ruined.And it’s all my fault.She says I’m nothing to her anymore.But she’s stolen my heart.And it will break me if I’m not her everything.Welcome back to Rosehaven Academy... -
![The Wolfe Brothers Trilogy by Jami Davenport]()
The Wolfe Brothers Trilogy by Jami Davenport
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree sports. Three broken brothers. Torn apart by tragedy and forever bound by traumatic pasts. Thrust together once again when their paths cross in Seattle. MELTING ICE Brimming with attitude and broken beyond repair, Isaac "Ice" Wolfe has a heart as cold as his nickname, and he likes it that way--until he meets his neighbor Avery Maxwell... -
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![Home Game by Ginger Scott]()
Home Game by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFootball has been my life. Not that I ever had a choice in the matter. When your dad is a retired, future Hall-of-Fame quarterback, the gridiron tends to weave its way into your DNA.I always loved the game, but I could do without the spotlight that comes with being Peyton Johnson, the great Reed Johnson’s daughter...Categorized as:
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![Brutal Callous Heir: Part Two by Caitlyn Dare]()
Brutal Callous Heir: Part Two by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling author Caitlyn Dare brings you a new dark high school romance story in the Heirs of All Hallows' series.He’s brutal. He’s callous… and he only wants her.Theo Ashworth didn’t expect to fall for the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. But she wormed her way into his heart and now, he can’t get her out.Obstinate. Shrewd. Beautiful.She sees past his cold, cruel facade... -
![Brutal Callous Heir: Part One by Caitlyn Dare]()
Brutal Callous Heir: Part One by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling author Cailtyn Dare brings you a new dark high school romance in the Heirs of All Hallows' series.Cruel Devious Heir: part two is a dark high school bully romance...Categorized as:
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![The Final Play by Amie Knight]()
The Final Play by Amie Knight
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Final Play isn’t always the end. Sometimes, it’s the beginning of something far more beautiful. As a professional linebacker, I lived and breathed football. The only thing I loved as much as the game was my twin brother, Max, who kept me almost as busy cleaning up his messes. The most recent of which landed him behind bars... -
![Penalty Play by Jami Davenport]()
Penalty Play by Jami Davenport
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSingle dad and star defenseman Matt LaRue lives for his kids and hockey. He's had one failed marriage and doesn't have any interest in going through that hell again. As conservative as they come, he can't comprehend his unexplainable attraction to a free-spirited female who changes hair color more often than his boys create new excuses to avoid doing their homework... -
![Jasper by Lulu Moore]()
Jasper by Lulu Moore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs 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... -
![Wicked Rules (Wicked Bay ) by L.A. Cotton]()
Wicked Rules (Wicked Bay ) by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the author who brought you the Chastity Falls series, comes the second book in the Wicked Bay series... Lo Stone should be used to change by now. It's been her life for the last year, but how much can a girl take before the cracks begin to show? She knew being with Maverick wouldn't be easy, but she didn’t anticipate her life in Wicked Bay becoming a game of deceit and lies... -
![Coen by Sawyer Bennett]()
Coen by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCoen Highsmith was a league star, but he lost more than his team the day the Pittsburgh Titans’ plane crashed... -
![The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee]()
The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSinless. Stunning. Damaged. Tempting. Allie Taylor had been the girl I hated for as long as I could remember. And now she loathed me just as much. It didn’t matter that I betrayed her to save her. Completely devastated and infuriated by my dishonesty, she had no intentions of ever trusting me again. Her trust was shattered, her hate raging on with each second... -
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JOCK by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the dean of students asked me for a favor, I had no idea it would mean tutoring Owen Dawson. Me, forced to spend time with Boston University’s notorious quarterback? With his dark hair, chiseled body, and a promising future playing in the NFL, every guy on campus wants to be him. Every girl wants to be under him. Every girl, except me...Categorized as:
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![The Hate of Loving You by Maya Hughes]()
The Hate of Loving You by Maya Hughes
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSix years ago, in the dead of night, I woke up to a cold bed and an even colder future without her. I would’ve followed her anywhere and she left. I thought I’d moved on and left all she meant to me behind. But a first love is never easy to forget. Even harder when I once felt our love is inevitable--inescapable. And I’ve been proven right once again... -
![Fallen Crest Christmas by Tijan]()
Fallen Crest Christmas by Tijan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is a very very short novella consisting of one scene that has three parts, and an additional bonus scene. This was written to be a FREE gift to any Fallen Crest readers! And with that said, Happy Holidays from Tijan. (If it is not free, please refrain from purchasing. I am working on making it free... -
![Resilient Queen by Amber Vant]()
Resilient Queen by Amber Vant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured... -
![Come Undone by Penny Dee]()
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... -
![Running Away with You by Suzanne Sweeney]()
Running Away with You by Suzanne Sweeney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRunning Away With You continues the journey of Juliette and Evan that began in “Running Back to You” and "Running Home to You". Juliette Fletcher’s life has been full of surprises ever since she began dating NFL superstar Evan “Big Mac” McGuire. He’s everything she could ever have wished for – strong and tender, and wrapped up in an exquisite package... -
![On the DL by Laramie Briscoe]()
On the DL by Laramie Briscoe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA second-chance romance as scorching hot as a baseball diamond in August. Slater "Savage" Harlow Winning the MVP award for the Birmingham Bandits last year was the highlight of my baseball career. It was the culmination of childhood dreams, calculated adult decisions, sacrifice, and a hell of a lot of focus. Tearing my ACL in spring training? Not what I expected at all... -
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Revolution by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Rebecca Sharp’s Revolution is a hot and angsty enemies-to-lovers romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven World.No tits in the pits!You can grab my pole, Kacey! If Kacey Snyder was a lady, she’d be at home!I’d heard it all before—all the ways I didn’t belong—and it never stopped me. Until a well-deserved punch to a fellow driver banned me from NASCAR for the season... -
![Wicked Chemistry by R.L. Kenderson]()
Wicked Chemistry by R.L. Kenderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI didn’t know I’d risk everything to be with him.I thought he was the assistant football coach.I thought I would protect my teaching career from anything.I thought I could stay away from him.I thought wrong.Wicked Chemistry deals with a student-teacher relationship. All individuals are over eighteen and consenting adults... -
![The Game by Anna Bloom]()
The Game by Anna Bloom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Alyssa Rivers accepts the coveted trainer's position with England’s top cricket team, The Red Cats, she knows it's going to be nothing short of hard work. A woman in a man’s world, Lyssa not only has to prove she is the right person for the job, but she must earn the respect of cricket’s most elite players, including the surly team captain, Jase Willis... -
![Ezra by Kate Tilney]()
Ezra by Kate Tilney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA curvy heroine. A brave mountain man. Two enemies become lovers in this short, steamy romance.WrenI head to Alaska to help friends set up "Camp Mountain Man," a place where women can live out their fantasies of falling for a mountain man. The only problem? My friends forgot to tell the mountain men who own the lodge that I'm coming. When the lodge's owner finds out, he's MAD... -
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![Dear Coach's Daughter by Lana Dash]()
Dear Coach's Daughter by Lana Dash
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsa curvy girl romance (sincerely yours book... -
![Darling Dmitri by Rose Croft]()
Darling Dmitri by Rose Croft
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDmitriI had it all.A wealthy family.All the accolades and attention being the star wide receiver.A far cry from the poor little boy who had to fight and survive the streets of Moscow.No one needed to know my humble beginnings.My life was uncomplicated and private and I meant to keep it that way... -
![Ineligible Receiver: A Friends-to-Lovers MM Sports Romance by Rheland Richmond, Emerson Beckett]()
Ineligible Receiver: A Friends-to-Lovers MM Sports Romance by Rheland Richmond, Emerson Beckett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sexy and emotional story about two best friends that secretly fall in love, but struggle to keep a heartbreaking secret from tearing them apart.When I met Greg Foster, the straight tight end for the Portland Pirates, the rookie needed a friend to bring him out of his shell. There was more to the shy twenty-two-year-old bookworm than met the eye, and I was the perfect person for the task... -
![Playing to Win by L.M. Reid]()
Playing to Win by L.M. Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuitters never win.Winners never quit.And I am no quitter.The gorgeous blonde I had a one night stand with three years ago breezes back into my life without warning. I may have made a mess of things back then but there is no way am I letting her go this time.The only problem? She hates me for what I did to her.Lucky for me, she needs me... -
![Kissing Is the Easy Part by rainbowbrook]()
Kissing Is the Easy Part by rainbowbrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFlora is afraid being beautiful is her only talent. Some of the words she hates include economy class, second-hand clothes, and budget. She likes fashion, dating, not being on time and getting what she wants — until she meets Sean, who is like the clock striking midnight; he makes all her magic power wear off... -
![Savage Love by Penelope Bloom]()
Savage Love by Penelope Bloom
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was practically a god to them, and I was nothing.They saw me as the scarred, broken girl who had run from tragedy.And he thinks he can break me. Torment me. Claim me.He says he'll steal my heart, whether I like it or not.But my heart can only be given. And he'll have to earn every piece of it.Fire is a funny thing. It can destroy, but those few things that survive it come out stronger...
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