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Sweet Victory by Alley Ciz
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratings๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด. From her past, her present, her futureโ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐กโ๐๐๐. Baking is her only solace. Cookies, cakes, ingredients coming together, they make sense. A professional fighter walking into her kitchen? Not so much. ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. The next fight. The next win... -
Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn all new series of standalone books by New York Times Bestselling author, K, Bromberg.ย Four sisters set out to try to save their family business. Book 4, Hard to Lose: More info coming soon... -
Takedown by Nikki Ash
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMila Pregnant and married at the young age of eighteen, I settled into my life not knowing there could ever be more. Until Mason, with his sexy smirk and magnetic baby blue eyes. With a single look and a few words, he made me feel sexy and alive. But as quickly as he came into my life, he was gone, leaving me wanting more... -
An Act of Redemption by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsShe 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... -
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Flirt With Me by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes an all new novel in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series!There are two things Maeve OโCallaghan values more than anything else: her family and her career... -
Tame: Carter Kids #3 by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNoah and Teagan are back! Through prison sentences, misunderstandings, death threats and criminal encounters, Teagan and Noah have somehow managed to find their way back to each other. Traveling the country together, partying it up in hotel rooms, and causing drama wherever they go, the fiery couple are completely invested in making their fickle relationship work this time around... -
Blame It on the Pain by Ashley Jade
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPain. It hurts us. It pushes us. It punishes us. Or, for the few poor souls out there like me...it defines us. I'm not a good person. There are no redeeming qualities about me...not anymore. Any that I had, I'd given to the devil on the night that changed everything. The night my baby sister died. The night I murdered her killer. Yes, I've taken a life.. -
Whisper of Love by Melanie Shawn
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStand-alone Whisper Lake romance, complete with HEAโand plenty of heat and heart along the way! There is a thin line between love and hate. For Allison Walsh, that line was a tightrope hanging a hundred feet in the air, with no safety net to catch her if--or when--she fell. Ali was barely treading water after losing her big brother, who was her hero and best friend... -
Miles by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI lost it all... My hope, my happiness, and my will to live. My heart was tattered and torn from the promise of real love. Until him... His profound love for living, fortune cookies and collection of rusty matchbox cars made me smile again. It is a simple love story. I found my rainbow, my pot of gold, my piece of beautiful all in one simple man. Miles. Not every happy ending is perfect.. -
Paxton's Promise by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe hates him, yet she canโt get him out of her mind. Female Bantamweight fighter, Gabriella Reynolds, has a bad habit of falling for forbidden fighters. Enter Paxton Emerson. Heโs tall, tattooed, and the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Everyone wants a piece of him, and he only has eyes for her. Through no choice of her own, sheโs fallen in his debt and heโs now demanding payment... -
27 Lies: Luke's story by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA long time ago... I was young and naive. I thought I could save the world. I thought that protecting those around me from hurt and pain was what I was born to do. She made me feel that way. Ava Links, the little girl who was too fucking stubborn for her own good. The little girl who absorbed the hurt and pain of everyone around her and tried to bring sunshine to them all... -
Fighting With Faith by Nikki Ash
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***Synopsis *** Growing up, my parents were the embodiment of love. The perfect example of soul mates. And with that ideal I couldn't wait to find my true love. The day I met her my entire world shifted on its axis and I knew she was the one... -
Kane by L.A. Casey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAideen 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 wouldnโt do to keep them safe. Kane Slater is a tortured soul. Literally...Categorized as:
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Ruled by Angel Payne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the lines are erased, the passion begins. Lines define Tracy Rhodesโs life, and she has no say in the matter once she is sworn in as second-in-command of the free world. But the lines are crushed beneath the boots of her security teamโs special advisor during a high-profile event in Vegas... -
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Kept from You by Nashoda Rose
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA sexy second-chance romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Nashoda Rose. Can be read as a standalone. A first kiss that changed everything. Killian Kane. โจ He was the most feared guy in high-school.โจ Guarded. Angry. A fighter.โจ But when I caught him watching me with his captivating green eyes I saw something more. Something protective and kind... -
Fighting the Fall by J.B. Salsbury
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe toughest fighters arenโt created in the octagon but are born of necessity. When life delivers blow after punishing blow, you fight back or get destroyed. Eve Dawson has had her fill of bad luck. A string of unhealthy relationships has left her angry, bitter, and frustrated. Sheโs given up on being happy and settles for content... -
Trick by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeโs quiet, a thinker who is always three steps aheadย of the gameโin and out of the ring. Trenton โTrickโ Jameson is a mystery, even to his fellow fighters at Diabloโs Throne. They only know him as the Country Boy Brawler who left home to chase his dreams. His band of brothers have no idea what he's lost or left behind... And thatโs the way Trick wants it... -
Fighting Shadows by Aly Martinez
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsI come from a family of fighters. I always thought Iโd follow in their shadows, becoming unstoppable in the ring. That changed the day I saved the life of a woman I loved, but could never have.My brother hailed me as a hero, and my reward was a wheelchair.Paralyzed, my life became an inescapable nightmare.Until I met her...Categorized as:
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Use Me: Kid's Story by M.J. Fields, Chelsea Camaron
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times best selling author, Tatum Longley, is being forced out of her comfort zone. Her publisher needs her to change from hard hitting nonfiction to romance writing. But first she must find a muse. Angelo has no desire to form relationships with anyone around him... -
Dare to Dance by S.B. Alexander
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis story will grab your heart and never let go! Based on true events. Hoping to sign with one of the biggest boxing promoters in the country, Kross Maxwell has to maintain a near perfect record. He canโt afford to lose any more bouts. But his head isnโt in the ring. Instead, he canโt seem to shake his past thatโs been beating on his mind... -
Unleashed by Scott Hildreth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRIPP - I've never backed down from a fight in my life, and I'm not about to start now. My only concern is that this battle is not in the boxing ring. It's in the courtroom. VEE - Ripp may be undefeated in the ring, but he's not in the ring any longer. He killed a man and is facing life in prison... -
Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today Bestselling author JB Salsbury brings her Fighting series to Harper Sloanโs Hope Town in Fighting for Honor. UFL fighter Caleb hasnโt 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... -
Uncaged Love #4: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romance by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Ultimate Betrayal An MMA fighter rescues a girl with powerful raw talent of her own in UNCAGED LOVE, an erotic, romantic suspense series. **Contains mature content, ages 17+** With Colt and Jo working as a team, they are unstoppable. Coltโs manager puts him back in line for the MMA title fight. Joโs own career takes off as she prepares for her second match... -
Bucking Bear by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes, the biggest fights of your life are the ones outside the ring. Grace They call Max "Bear" for a reason. He's enormous and hairy, and not someone you want to mess with -- in the ring or out of it. But he's wonderful with my daughter and he makes me feel like a queen. Things were great until my baby daddy started causing trouble... -
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Hidden Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Montgomery Ink series continues with the long-awaited romance between the cafรฉ 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... -
Fighting Fate (Fighting Series) by J.B. Salsbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings***BONUS CONTENT: The first two chapters of JB Salsbury's stand alone novel SPLIT included!Axelleโs broken.I live to hold her together.Killian McCreery only has two dreams . . .Fight for the UFL.And Axelle.Heโs watched her give her time and her body to men who donโt deserve to breathe her air... -
Thorn by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIs it possible to love the one who broke you? A fighter with a chip on his shoulder. A woman with a grudge to settle. He is her greatest weakness. She is his ultimate opponent. He is the one person to break through her defenses. She is the one person who can bring him to his knees. Thorn โ when love and hate collide, it ignites a love affair to last a lifetime... -
Hook Me by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBad boy fighter meets good girl doctor.Michael Gallo spends his mornings training for a championship and his nights working as a piercer at Inked, his family-owned tattoo shop. He's on the road to winning a title when he meets woman who alters his world forever.Dr. Mia Greco is dedicated to saving lives and helping the less fortunate. She doesn't have time to meet Mr... -
Mr. July by Nicole S. Goodin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom international bestselling author Nicole S. Goodin, comes a new standalone, MMA sports romance. Hudson Scott. Nicknamed โThe Horrorโ. Champion MMA fighter. โฆ And caught up in an off-limits woman. Ramsey Ashton. Queasy around blood. Pink haired beauty. โฆ And crushing on her brotherโs best friend... -
Caged by Brittany Crowley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSavannah I was perfectly content with my life, or at least I thought I was. Then Zander โThe Hitmanโ Cage walked into my bar with those hypnotizing blue eyes and everything I ever thought I wanted flew out the window. Giving him a chance was the easiest decision I ever made. He ripped apart my safe little existence and took me along for the ride of my life... -
BRAWLER by Scott Hildreth
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJAZ โ My mother died giving birth to me. My father beat me. I spent my childhood in a boxing gym with a man who I looked up to as father. He died when I was 16, and so did my love for boxing. Everyone and everything I tried to love gave up on me. As soon as I turned 18, I packed what little I had into a crappy car and headed for the Gulf Coast... -
Senn by Lane Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe woman is pure evil. Tiny, sexy, manipulative evil. I canโt even blame my stupidity on alcohol. There was only half a beer in my bloodstream when I agreed to get into that cab with her. Why didnโt I just drive us? Because when I asked her, โMy place or yours?โ her answer was, โIn the backseat of the cab.โ Six words and she had me under her spell... -
Rescued by the SEAL by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHuntley Reed was convinced that military relationships were doomed to fail. Heโd seen too many marriages go down in flames to think he could make one work. But he didnโt feel as though he was missing out until he met Cora Davis.Huntley tried to stay away from the gorgeous bank teller, but he could only stay away for so long... -
Numb by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust when Logan Kellar was finally ready to make some changes in his life, his entire world was flipped upside down. Now the pain he is used to burying is fighting back. Refusing to let him slip into his old ways, refusing to let him hide from his mistakes, and refusing to let him become numb... -
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Uncaged Love #3: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romance by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes you have to risk everything for love An MMA fighter rescues a girl with powerful raw talent of her own in UNCAGED LOVE, an erotic, romantic suspense series. **Contains mature content, ages 17+** Colt believes another great love has deserted him during his worst hour. Jo is certain Colt is better off without her... -
Breaking Bennett by Anne Jolin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeth Rhodes has always had a game plan. Go to college. Get the perfect job. Get the perfect guy. Get the happily ever after she's always wanted. It is just her luck that everything falls into its precise place in her life. At least it seems that way until her blueprints go up in smoke. She loses the job she loves and her prince charming is turning out to be the villain of her fairytale instead... -
Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsHow 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... -
Something For The Pain by Victoria Ashley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTempting, inked and highly addictive. Alex is all that and moreโฆ Iโve made a lot of mistakes โ ones Iโm not proud of, and definitely ones that have left their marks both mentally and physically. Things got lonely; I got lost in my own fucked up mind and in the end it left me fucked out of my mind and unable to fight โ or at least win. That lifeโs over for me and Iโve moved on... -
In Finn's Heart by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBorn with a broken heart, Hadley Rivera hasn't stopped fighting since the moment she drew her first breath. Coddled and spoiled by her wealthy parents, she's finally managed to break free and live life on her own terms. With a bestselling series of graphic novels and her very own thriving arts center, Hadley has one more box to check on her to-do list. And his name is Finn Connolly... -
SLATE by Kelly Gendron
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Some boys will keep it, some will break it, and some boys, they just won't want it. You gotta be careful who you give your heart to..." Slate Declan First loves, we all got them. Mine is Slate Declan. He was kind, gentle, and caring. Still, he managed to break my heart. So I put miles between us, and eventually, my heart healed... -
Perfect Addiction by Claudia Tan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Sienna Lane walks in on her boyfriend Jax Deneris in bed with her sister, her world falls apart. In less than five minutes, sheโs homeless, friendless, family-less. Vowing to get back at Jax, Sienna quickly charts a course of revenge that will hit him where it hurts mostโin the MMA ring.Step one: convince Jaxโs rival, Kayden Williams, to train with her... -
Damien by L.A. Casey, Mia Aherne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlannah Ryan had always suffered in silence, until that silence became so deafening she spilled secrets that she never intended to. At one point in her life, she yearned for adventure, a nail biting journey...something other than the mundane life she led. Her pleas were answered in the form of a tall, handsome heartbreaker with a mop of white hair...Categorized as:
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FALL by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom 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... -
Worth Forgiving by Vi Keeland
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThey say men like a lady in the living room and a whore in the bedroom. I never knew the sentiment was reciprocal. Until I met Jax Knight. A gentleman in public, a commanding, dirty talking rogue in the bedroom.Daughter of legendary fighter โThe Saint,โ Lily St. Claire knows firsthand how fighters can be... -
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Risk by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsโIโd seen enough of Creed Gentry to know he might be the worst thing I could do. Yet one lustful glance from him scrambled every piece of sanity I owned.โ Trulyโฆ My life hasnโt been uneventful and a few things should have sunk in by now. Iโm a tired age twenty one with a laundry list of heartbreaks. Most of all I know what carnage comes from carelessly risking the heart... -
Worth the Chance by Vi Keeland
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMeet Liv MichaelsIt may have been seven years, but Iโd know him anywhere. Sure, heโs grown, filled out in all the right places, but his captivating blue eyes and cocky grin are exactly the way I remember. Even though Iโd much rather forget.Liv Michaels is almost there. Sheโs smart, determined and weeks away from landing the job sheโs dreamed about for years... -
In Sly's Eyes by S.M. Donaldson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKara Chambers plays by her own rules, she has since she graduated high school. Knowing from experience that her body wasnโt one that guys wanted to keep around, sheโd drop them before they could drop her. One night, thatโs all she ever gives. One night and sheโd be able to get the sexiness, known as Sly Webb out of her system. No complications, no awkwardness, just one night. Yeah, right... -
All for Allie by Julie Bailes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPlease 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... -
Always with You by R.J. Sable
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter an unexpected and unwelcome turn of events, Jamie-Lea Carter and Jason Reed find their lives altered drastically. They don't know who wants to hurt Jamie, or even why, but Jason and the Carter boys aren't about to let it happen. Jamie and Jason's love is strong. They've overcome too many bad things to let this ruin what they have but Jason is terrified of losing the love of his life... -
Stronger with You by R.J. Sable
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJamie-Lea Carter and Jason Reed have been through the mill. Jason has been there for her in every way he could be. After a tough start to her life at university, Jamie-Lea is only now coming to realise who she really is. She makes a resolution not to let herself get pushed around as much but that's easier said than done as part of the Carter family...
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