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  • Resisting Temptation by K.C. Lynn

    Resisting Temptation by K.C. Lynn

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Faith ~ 
Cade Walker is like no man I’ve ever met before. He’s cynical, brooding, mysterious and, most of all, damaged. He’s a man who declares he’s broken, and one who detests the two very things I live for most: God and love. Yet, I’ve still fallen completely in love with him because I also see the good, something that no one else ever has...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  family  fighter  friends-to-lovers
  • Adoring Delaney by Riley Edwards

    Adoring Delaney by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Carter Lenox has two regrets—hesitating on a mission in Afghanistan with disastrous consequences and pushing away Delaney Walker. When he gets word the love of his life is in trouble and she needs him more than ever, the decision to go home is an easy one.Delaney Walker has loved Carter since they were children...
  • 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...
  • Takedown by Nikki Ash

    Takedown by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mila 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...
    Categorized as:
    family  fighter  friends-to-lovers  sports  steamy  war  adult  book
  • 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...
  • Infinite by Corinne Michaels

    Infinite by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book 2 of 2 in Indefinite DuetI was right. I never should've fallen back in love with Quinn. I always knew we wouldn't make it. And to make matters worse, not only did I lose my soulmate--I lost myself as well. Everything was stripped away, leaving me bare and unable to breathe. No one told me it could hurt this much. I was unprepared for this level of agony from the horrible weight of grief...
  • 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...
  • Master of Games by Sienna Snow

    Master of Games by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was my obsession. Haunting my dreams, reminding me of my past. He was the one whose heart I destroyed. Pierce Lykaios was everything I could want: captivating, cunning, and controlled. He understood my darkest desires and took pleasure in feeding my every craving. And when I walked back into his world, it was my fault for letting the first touch lead to a second. And a third...
  • Torment by Chloe Walsh

    Torment by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    * A heavyweight title up for grabs * * A family to protect * * Enemies closing in * With a baby on the way and a mob family hot on his heels, Noah must once again dust off his gloves and fight. This time, there's more on the line than ever before. With his best friend dead and the career he worked so hard to build crumbling around him, Noah must make some unfavorable decisions...
    Categorized as:
    angst  crime  dark  fighter  sports  steamy  university  war
  • Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros

    Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for...Lt. Grayson Masters is focused on graduating the Apache helicopter course, and the last thing he needs is his gorgeous new roommate Samantha Fitzgerald distracting him. While her smart mouth and free spirit are irresistibly irritating, he can't deny their off-the-charts chemistry, no matter how hard he tries...
  • Tame: Carter Kids #3 by Chloe Walsh

    Tame: Carter Kids #3 by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Noah 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

    Blame It on the Pain by Ashley Jade

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pain. 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

    Whisper of Love by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Stand-alone Whisper Lake romance, complete with HEA—and 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...
  • 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...
  • Playing with Fire by L.J. Shen

    Playing with Fire by L.J. Shen

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A broken boy on the path to destruction.A scarred girl without direction.A love story carved in secrets, inked with pain and sealed with a lie.Grace Shaw and West St. Claire are arctic opposites.She is the strange girl from the food truck.He is the mysterious underground fighter who stormed into her sleepy Texan college town on his motorcycle one day, and has been wreaking havoc since...
  • 27 Lies: Luke's story by M.J. Fields

    27 Lies: Luke's story by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 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

    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...
    Categorized as:
    enemies-to-lovers  family  fighter  multi-pov  sports  war  adult  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  enemies-to-lovers  family  fighter
  • Hallowed Ground by Rebecca Yarros

    Hallowed Ground by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There are some debts you can’t repay.Josh Walker is loyal, reckless, and every girl’s dream. But he only has eyes for December Howard, the girl he's craved since his high school hockey days. Together they have survived grief, the military, distance, and time as they’ve fought for stolen weekends between his post at Ft. Rucker and her college at Vanderbilt...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  grief  multi-pov  sad  sports
  • Hold by Cora Brent

    Hold by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They all said we were trash and would end up dead or in prison. They were wrong. The three of us brothers endured hell together and somehow climbed out battle-scarred but whole. We are no longer the ferocious boys who punched our way through terrible days and went to bed hungry every night. Now we've got love, we've got hope, and we've got each other...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  family  fighter  sports  steamy  war  book
  • Kept from You by Nashoda Rose

    Kept from You by Nashoda Rose

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A 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. 
 He was the most feared guy in high-school.
 Guarded. Angry. A fighter.
 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

    Fighting the Fall by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The toughest fighters aren’t 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. She’s given up on being happy and settles for content...
  • Trick by H.J. Bellus

    Trick by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s quiet, a thinker who is always three steps ahead of the game—in and out of the ring. Trenton “Trick” Jameson is a mystery, even to his fellow fighters at Diablo’s 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 that’s the way Trick wants it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  fighter  multi-pov  sports  university  war  adult
  • Fighting Shadows by Aly Martinez

    Fighting Shadows by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I come from a family of fighters. I always thought I’d 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...
  • Use Me: Kid's Story by M.J. Fields, Chelsea Camaron

    Use Me: Kid's Story by M.J. Fields, Chelsea Camaron

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New 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...
    Categorized as:
    drama  fighter  multi-pov  sports  steamy  war  adult  audiobook
  • Dare to Dance by S.B. Alexander

    Dare to Dance by S.B. Alexander

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This 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 can’t afford to lose any more bouts. But his head isn’t in the ring. Instead, he can’t seem to shake his past that’s been beating on his mind...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  family  fighter  second-chances  sports  war  adult  book
  • Repentance: The Story of Kace Haywood by Meghan Quinn

    Repentance: The Story of Kace Haywood by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every choice you make in life comes with a consequence, which dictates the outcome of your future. I was once on top, I was living the life I dreamt of, I had everything I could possibly hope for. I was happy, satisfied, content…until one night. One off day. One moment in time I wish I could take back. My biggest regret...
  • Unleashed by Scott Hildreth

    Unleashed by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    RIPP - 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  fighter  sports  steamy  war  adult  athlete
  • Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury

    Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author JB Salsbury brings her Fighting series to Harper Sloan’s Hope Town in Fighting for Honor. UFL fighter Caleb hasn’t been to Hope Town since he was eighteen. His next big fight takes place in Atlanta and the serene lakefront home from his childhood is the perfect place to train without distractions...
  • Uncaged Love #4: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romance by J.J. Knight

    Uncaged Love #4: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romance by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The 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. Colt’s manager puts him back in line for the MMA title fight. Jo’s own career takes off as she prepares for her second match...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  fighter  sports  steamy  war  adult  book
  • Dark Destiny by Bec Botefuhr

    Dark Destiny by Bec Botefuhr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You were with Willow and Jagger when they found their happily ever after in Dark Endings. You felt their love. You felt their relief, but what you didn't feel, was the pain they left tucked inside. Jagger killed his own father, he suffered on an island alone being forced to fight to save his life. Now, the memories are catching up on him. The reality is haunting him. He's becoming numb...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  fighter  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  crime  drama  fighter  sports  steamy  war  action-adventure
  • Cain by Lane Hart

    Cain by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyone always asks me why I’m so f*cking angry all the time. Let me count the ways. I threw away my dreams when I was forced to fight and beat men bloody for her, but she doesn’t even know it. Whenever I try to protect her, she pushes me away...
  • Tear Asunder: Bonus Edition by Nashoda Rose

    Tear Asunder: Bonus Edition by Nashoda Rose

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "With You" Sculpt is an illegal fighter. He’s also the lead singer of a local rock band. No one knows his real name. And from the moment I met him, he made me forget mine. In order to convince Sculpt to give me self-defense lessons, I had to follow his one rule—no complaining or he’d walk. I didn’t think it would be a problem. I could handle a few bruises...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  drama  fighter  steamy  war  abuse  adult
  • Fighting Fate  (Fighting Series) by J.B. Salsbury

    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!Axelle’s broken.I live to hold her together.Killian McCreery only has two dreams . . .Fight for the UFL.And Axelle.He’s watched her give her time and her body to men who don’t deserve to breathe her air...
  • 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  crime  dark  drama  family  fighter  friends-to-lovers
  • Rafe by Jo Raven

    Rafe by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    His name is Rafaele Vestri, Rafe to his friends. He’s tall, strong, handsome. Distant. He often comes to the café where I work, but we don’t talk much. He looks at me, though. Stares at me, his gaze heated, and I can’t help but stare back. I want him, I won’t deny it. I’ve never seen anyone that beautiful, anyone that powerful, in my life. But he’s growing more withdrawn by the day...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  fighter  grief  multi-pov  steamy
  • Thorn by Chloe Walsh

    Thorn by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Is 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 – when love and hate collide, it ignites a love affair to last a lifetime...
  • Justice by K.C. Lynn

    Justice by K.C. Lynn

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Fate made us brothers, loyalty made us family.A bond that runs deeper than the Mississippi, my brothers and I might not have the same DNA but what we share is far more powerful. Our loyalty to one another and the man who made us a family is stronger than those bound by blood...
  • Crossing the Line by Kele Moon

    Crossing the Line by Kele Moon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Wyatt Conner is a hard man. A sixth generation sheriff in his hometown of Garnet. A former MMA fighter. His life is about following the rules and making sure everyone else in Garnet follows them too. Before life hurt him, Wyatt was different. Love had once blinded him to his upbringing and made him defiant against anyone who tried to separate him from the girl he loved...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  family  fighter  friends-to-lovers
  • Ryder by L.A. Casey

    Ryder by L.A. Casey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Branna Murphy is broken. For months now she has been a part of a one-sided relationship to a man she loves more than life itself. She prayed for a miracle, and hoped something would change, but found that was wishful thinking. Talking didn’t work. Shouting didn’t work. Crying didn’t work. Nothing bloody worked. Ryder Slater is furious...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  enemies-to-lovers  family  fighter
  • Thunder by Susan Fanetti

    Thunder by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thorin “Thunder” Vaduva is a journeyman MMA fighter—toiling in the shadows, a set of strong shoulders to lift other fighters toward stardom. After years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, he’s trying to get his life on track—be a good father to his teenage son, get his fights in, do his work, keep his head down, keep his demons at bay.Nina Rodriguez is trying to get her life started...
    Categorized as:
    drama  fighter  grief  sad  sports  steamy  war  abuse
  • Mr. July by Nicole S. Goodin

    Mr. July by Nicole S. Goodin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From international bestselling author Nicole S. Goodin, comes a new standalone, MMA sports romance. Hudson Scott. Nicknamed ‘The Horror’. Champion MMA fighter. … And caught up in an off-limits woman. Ramsey Ashton. Queasy around blood. Pink haired beauty. … And crushing on her brother’s best friend...
  • Sacrifice by Adriana Locke

    Sacrifice by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling novelMy life changed forever the night my husband died. I was left with a shattered heart, a heap of bills, and our daughter, EVERLEIGH. I don’t want to rely on anyone, least of all CREW GENTRY. He’s my first love and the man who almost destroyed me, the man who has let me down every time I’ve needed him...
  • Fighting Silence by Aly Martinez

    Fighting Silence by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Sound is an abstract concept for most people. We spend our lives blocking out the static in order to focus on what we believe is important. But what if, when the clarity fades into silence, it's the obscure background noise that you would give anything to hold on to? I've always been a fighter...
  • Come Back to Me by Mila Gray

    Come Back to Me by Mila Gray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Home on leave in sunny California, Marine and local lothario Kit Ryan finds himself dangerously drawn to his best friend's sister, Jessa - the one girl he can't have.But Kit's not about to let a few obstacles stand in his way and soon Jessa's falling for his irresistible charms...
  • Senn by Lane Hart

    Senn by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The woman is pure evil. Tiny, sexy, manipulative evil. I can’t 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 didn’t I just drive us? Because when I asked her, “My place or yours?” her answer was, “In the backseat of the cab.” Six words and she had me under her spell...
  • The Enforcer by Kele Moon

    The Enforcer by Kele Moon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They are the lost boys. Sons of mafia mistresses expected to keep their fathers’ sins in the shadows. The lucky ones are forgotten. Unfortunately for Valentino “Tino” Moretti, his brother Nova was too smart to be forgotten, and too valuable to risk when he resists a life of crime. So they punished Tino instead...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  family  fighter  friends-to-lovers  grief
  • 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...
  • Love Burns by Mandi Beck, Wen Ross

    Love Burns by Mandi Beck, Wen Ross

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love.It’s my name. It’s what I fight for. It’s Frankie.I’m a fighter. Trained to always keep my cover. To anticipate, see the next hit coming. I never expected her past to come at us swinging like it has.I’m about to take on two of the most important fights of my life. My girl and the belt. I know that I can handle it. That I’ll never stop fighting...
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