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  • Zero Regret by Autumn Jones Lake

    Zero Regret by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love happens when you least expect it. So does heartbreak. I thought we were finally done with the lies.Secrets? Sure, Lilly’s still holding on to plenty of those.My perfect woman is secrets buried under beautiful layers of deception. She’s the seductive siren bent on destroying my heart. It doesn’t make me want her any less. Just like before, she’s an addiction I can’t break...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • Curveball by Lisa Suzanne

    Curveball by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She has no idea who I am. I immediately like that about her. The gorgeous woman who sat down at the blackjack table beside me and asked me to teach her to play doesn’t recognize me as the third baseman who played pro baseball for seven years...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Something Nice by Tiffany Reisz

    Something Nice by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's July, a couple months after Nora returns to Søren at the end of THE SIREN, and while in bed, Søren makes a trade with Nora. He'll do something nice for her and she'll do something nice for him. Of course Nora picks something sexual. But Søren surprises her with his "something nice" request. Read the excerpt below to find out what it is.This story if for mailing list subscribers only...
  • Tight End by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight End by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I knew playing with my feelings was a huge gamble with someone like him, but I did it anyway. And now I’ve learned the hard lesson that gambling and life in Vegas just aren’t for me.I have a lot of decisions I need to make on my own, so I take a job that will allow me to relocate, regroup, and make new friends as I try to figure out what comes next for me...
  • Tight Laced by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Laced by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One of us will have to give up the future we’ve dreamed of if we’re going to make this work. It’s not going to be me. We can’t both have that same thought if we want to stay together when our contract ends.But the more I see him struggle against the things his mother does to him, the harder I fall. The more his ex tries to get in his way, the more I want to stand up for him...
  • Shutdown by Winter Travers

    Shutdown by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Racing has been Roc Krinston’s entire life. He’s sacrificed everything to be where he is today. When an accident throws a caution flag in his face, he realizes its time to jumpstart his personal life and think about something other than racing...
  • Maxim by Samantha Whiskey

    Maxim by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The leading scorer on the Reapers has the unspeakable yips…and it’s me.The second my NHL legend of a father appears, I can’t shoot to save my life.And my mistakes might cost my team our playoff spot.No pre-game superstition can fix it—I’m broken.Adding to the pressure, my little sister’s best friend just became my roommate for the next five months.Evangeline Walsh...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Aspen's Defense by Nichole Rose

    Aspen's Defense by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What we professional athletes. What we stick-wielding madmen who look good in blue, play hard, and love harder. It's a good thing this is Silver Spoon Falls because these hunky hockey players fit right in.Welcome the Falcons to the roster! These over-the-top athletes are about to play the most important game of the game of love...
  • The Score by Kristen Proby

    The Score by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I have millions of followers on social media, and it has absolutely nothing to do with my last name. It’s because I’m good at what I do. I work hard, and it has paid off. I’m not a trainer who only talks the talk, either. I walk the walk—or rather, I run the run. It was actually during one of those jogs through the park that I ran into him...
  • Hendrix by Samantha Whiskey

    Hendrix by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As one of the best wide receivers in the NFL, I can catch anything...anyone.Except her—the coach’s daughter.Savannah Goodman is the one woman in the world I’m forbidden to touch,and the only one I can’t stop thinking about.She’s fiery, funny, and sexy as sin.We can’t be in the same room without fighting,but her quick wit only brings me back for more...
  • A Carolina Cold Fury Hockey Series 4-Book Bundle: Alex, Garrett, Zack, Ryker by Sawyer Bennett

    A Carolina Cold Fury Hockey Series 4-Book Bundle: Alex, Garrett, Zack, Ryker by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Discover the series that led Violet Duke to rave, “Sawyer Bennett never fails to deliver heroes I fall hard for and heroines I adore.” Featuring the chiseled bad boys of the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team, these electrifying romances are melting hearts, one reader at a time...
  • 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...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Haven by Lane Hart

    Haven by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Haven Ward only had one job as a personal bodyguard - keep Mackenzie Stiles alive and unharmed.After making a monumental mistake, his billionaire boss is livid and ready to send him packing. Haven begs Mr. Stiles for a second chance to prove himself; and surprisingly enough, he gives him one...with one small catch.Befriending Mr...
  • Midnight Renegade by Hayden Locke

    Midnight Renegade by Hayden Locke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night. No attachments. All their forbidden fantasies. They say New Year's Eve is for lovers. Except when your boyfriend accidentally video calls you while sleeping with his secretary, then it’s all aboard the hot mess express...
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    sports  alpha-mc  romance  contemporary  athlete  steamy  fiction  book
  • Hooked Up Book 3 by Arianne Richmonde

    Hooked Up Book 3 by Arianne Richmonde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A secret is destroying us. A secret I am unable to share with her. It isn't just myself I am protecting, but someone I love. Wherever I turn . . . in whichever direction . . . I face a wall. I'm lost for an answer. Our happiness so close I can touch it, so far it's eating at my soul. If SHE wins, Pearl and I are doomed. *** I don't know who Alexandre is anymore...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  suspense
  • Savage in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Savage in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a bookworm. He runs a notorious dance club. Will a case of mistaken identity lead to love?KingAll my brothers have fallen.But I’m still single.And I plan on staying that way…Until a deliciously naïve woman walks into my club.She doesn’t belong here.When she mistakes me for her blind date, I want to use every trick in the book...
  • Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Rider by Fiona Davenport

    Rider by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aiden “Rider” Brand knew the Silver Saints MC rule about sisters being off-limits. But he had no clue that his VP was Wendy West’s big brother when he met her. And after their night together, nobody was going to keep him away from the woman he’d claimed as his own...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  sports  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Denim Dom by Tymber Dalton

    The Denim Dom by Tymber Dalton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who needs leather when you can have denim? A denim Dom, that is. Shayla Pierce dumped her lying ex and moved to Florida to start a job at a magazine. An assignment to write about BDSM leads her to discover a new world and make a slew of new friends, including the sinfully sexy Tony Daniels. She’s just not sure she can ever trust again...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  adult  book  contemporary  drama  fiction  steamy
  • The Veteran by Olivia T. Turner

    The Veteran by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five years ago, I had the night of my life with Harris Sutton.Out of all the people in the bar, the famous hockey player chose me.He was in town for a game and when he left, he took my virginity with him.And he unknowingly left me with a souvenir.Five years later, my souvenir is my whole world.A five-year-old boy that I never told him about.Lucas.We’re happy and comfortable in our little life...
  • End Game by Lisa Suzanne

    End Game by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When the worst-case scenario becomes reality, all the Lucky Charms in the world can’t solve our problems. Just when Luke started to open up, he closes himself off again.When we first met, he assured me he was no Prince Charming. I’m starting to believe him.And then tragedy strikes.This can go one of two ways. Either he’ll lean on me the way a husband should lean on a wife, or he’ll push me away...
  • The Billionaire Cinderella Test by Elle James, Myla Jackson

    The Billionaire Cinderella Test by Elle James, Myla Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Billionaire Online Dating Service. Let us find your perfect match! Desperate to find a date to his own charity ball, billionaire Gage Tate agrees to give his friend's online dating system a try. Tired of gold-diggers and society debutantes, he wants a woman who isn't after his money, and won't become a bridezilla-wanna-be when exposed to his high-society world and the trappings of wealth...
  • The Fight Within by Tiana Laveen

    The Fight Within by Tiana Laveen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sean Mahoney is unapologetic about the way he sees the world and how he expresses such beliefs with a cutting, rough delivery. In his domain, things are black and white, good or bad, right or wrong, with a healthy dose of good cheer...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  sports  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Second Goal by C.M. Seabrook

    Second Goal by C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve always played by the rules. But I’m about to break them all.Two years ago I found her. Body broken, beaten. And I knew the moment those blue eyes met mine that I would protect her no matter the cost. I just didn’t realize the price would be my heart.She’s my best friend’s little sister.The star of all my fantasies.Forbidden fruit, ripe for the picking...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  dark
  • Come Undone by Nichole Rose

    Come Undone by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Keep Me - Part Three by Michelle Mankin

    Keep Me - Part Three by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Almost forty-one-year-old Annabelle Morris, wife to multi-billionaire record label executive Charles Morris of Zenith Productions, and mother of two is at a crossroads in her life. Separated from her husband after walking in on him having sex in the public restroom of a charity event she was hosting, she has arrived on the island of St...
  • Untamed by Shey Stahl

    Untamed by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The summer Maesyn Calhoun turns eighteen, she assumes the rest of the summer will be spent on her parents’ ranch. That’s until champion bull rider Grayer Easton returns home. She’s warned to keep her distance, but there’s something about Grayer’s harsh dismissal that brings out her most forbidden desires. Giving her a glimpse into the wild and explosive life he lives, Maesyn’s plans change...
  • Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn

    Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gage Bryant has the best hands and the quickest feet of any wide receiver in football. He also has a secret—one he’ll do anything to protect. He’s a member of The Velvet Club. With airtight non disclosure agreements, playing at Velvet gives him the freedom to assert his dominance and control in a way that not only serves him on the football field, but the way he craves in the bedroom...
  • Gamed by Colleen Charles

    Gamed by Colleen Charles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I show up on the doorstep of a posh and girly boutique ready to take my self-induced off-season penance, the owner wants none of it.Or me.Despite her better judgment, she decides to give me a chance, and I work hard for her. Harder than I've ever worked in my life. Even though I have no idea why.As one of the top players in the NHL, women come easy to me. Most just come.But not this girl...
    Categorized as:
    sports  age-gap  audiobook  contemporary  fiction  humor  book  adult
  • Secret Babies for My Brother's Best Friend: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Meg Summers

    Secret Babies for My Brother's Best Friend: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Meg Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m trapped in a hotel room with the grumpy NFL superstar I’ve had a crush on since I was a teenager…And there’s only one freaking bed!Trevor Lightning was my first love.He was the man I gave my innocence to.And he was the one who broke my heart.He’s also my older brother’s best friend and teammate.And the sexiest, most infuriating man I’ve ever laid eyes on...
  • Keenan by Anna Castor

    Keenan by Anna Castor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I remember everything about that night..."For the past years, Keenan Mills stood alone as a heartbroken, single dad to his almost six-year-old son. He's learned the hard way to never let anyone get close to his heart.One night, he meets Ryleigh Walker at an underground fight. After months of dreaming about the stunning fighter, she becomes his son's nanny...
  • Healing the Girl Dad by Fern Fraser

    Healing the Girl Dad by Fern Fraser

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ♥ She’s too good for me but I’ll do anything to win her heart and make her mine.♥BENJI STIGTEROne moment I’m about to score the match winning point, guaranteeing my team a place in the NHL playoffs. The next thing I know, I’m on the ice, flat on my back. Broken. Paralyzed.Surgery is risky, but if I don’t agree, management will drop me from the team...
  • Wild Ride by Kate Meader

    Wild Ride by Kate Meader

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chicago Rebels hockey player Dex O'Malley has been a naughty boy ... again.Only his latest stunt isn’t quite like when he was caught with his pants down at a nightclub or was cited for drag-racing on Lake Shore Drive or even that time he said a few critical things about his teammates on a hockey podcast. Oops...
    Categorized as:
    sports  age-gap  romance  contemporary  fiction  humor  book  adult
  • Playing with Fire by Tory Baker

    Playing with Fire by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wife. Happily ever after. That was never in the cards for me, not with a past like mine.Everything changed when Millie entered my life. The no labels I demanded on our heated encounters became meaningless when she threatened to walk away. There’s only one thing a man can do when he realizes the woman he loves is going to leave forever.I have to fix not only myself, but our relationship...
  • Auctioned to the Billionaire by Cassi Hart

    Auctioned to the Billionaire by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Felicia I’ve had a crush on my best friend’s dad for as long as I can remember; saving myself for him. But now, faced with a desperate situation, I need to come up with money—quickly. Left with only one option, I’m forced to do the unthinkable. Auction my V-card to the highest bidder. Brock Having it all doesn’t mean much without someone to share your life with...
  • The Rogue's Princess by Cassi Hart

    The Rogue's Princess by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MilaLife after my father’s tragic death has been one disappointment after another. Things only get worse when my mother abandons me, leaving me at the mercy of my abusive stepfather. When I overhear him on the phone one night offering my virginity as payment for an outstanding debt, I know I have to get out...
  • Stay With Me by Alisha Williams

    Stay With Me by Alisha Williams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s my best friends dad. But he wants me to call him Daddy.I just spent the last four years studying to become a nurse.Now I’m sitting on a mountain debt.Rather than spend the rest of my life paying it off, I find a second job where the money is too good to turn down.The plan is, become a high end escort, get a few wealthy clients and quit as soon as I make enough to pay off my student loans...
  • Take Me To Bed: Bedtime Quickies Collection by A.C. Williams, A.M. Wilson

    Take Me To Bed: Bedtime Quickies Collection by A.C. Williams, A.M. Wilson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Got time for a Quickie?Grab your kindle and snuggle up with your favorite authors as they come together to bring you a collection like no other. From steamy to sweet, contemporary to paranormal, and everything in between, you won't want to miss hooking up with these exclusive new stories.Participating Authors Include: A.C. Williams A.M. WilsonA.J...
  • Risk by Ann Christopher

    Risk by Ann Christopher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Spark Of Desire... Fine and fearless, Justus Robinson doesn't hesitate to hit on gorgeous law student Angela Dennis at his brother's wedding even though she's the bride's sister. That night the two share an unforgettably sexy dance, but nothing more--until ten years later when a tragedy reunites them... ..
  • A Biker for Christmas: A Royal Bastards MC Holiday Book by Crimson Syn

    A Biker for Christmas: A Royal Bastards MC Holiday Book by Crimson Syn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leo Winters is a dark, troubled soul. The Royal Bastards Enforcer’s life hasn’t been easy. His past has taught him that love no longer exists, At least not until he meets the curvy green-eyed vixen almost half his age. Instant attraction sparks a deep burn and a need he didn’t know existed...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Falling Hard by Nichole Rose

    Falling Hard by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's a mystery she can't wait to solve.StellaOnce upon a time, Adrian Kane was a football legend.He now owns a small newspaper and writes romance novels.He never leaves his little slice of paradise.He's a mystery I'm dying to solve.I'm an annoyance he'd rather forget.Until I show up at his place during a fierce storm and fall right into his arms.Now, my job isn't the only thing on the line...
  • Curve Ball by Kat Baxter

    Curve Ball by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nanny…or soulmate? Maddox I may be a quarterback, not a baseball player, but that didn’t keep life from throwing me a curve ball. I'm contracted to play my final season in the NFL, my career is on a high and I want to go out on top. Complication? Six months ago, I gained custody of my sister’s young kids. They are my priority, but I need help in the form of live-in nanny extraordinaire, Finley...
  • Ice Giant by Nichole Rose

    Ice Giant by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jonas MichaudThere are two places I'm not supposed to be: in trouble and in a gentleman's club.But thanks to my sister, I find myself in both anyway.And just in time to rescue the sports reporter who drives me crazy.Jamie Knight is the curviest little enemy I've ever had.She's been publishing stories about my hockey teammates for years.But I want her attention focused on me...
  • Spread Offense by Fiona Davenport

    Spread Offense by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gage Ledger didn’t know Rory Abernathy beyond her online gamer tag, but he still couldn’t get her off his mind. Although he’d never met her in real life, he had a feeling he’d finally met his match in the quirky and intelligent woman who he’d looked forward to talking with every day over the summer...
  • Vows of Love by Fiona Davenport

    Vows of Love by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Billionaire Lennox Madison thought his nephew’s destination wedding would just be a fun time in the sun. Then he met Brielle Kendall and instantly knew he’d found the woman who was meant to be his.It didn’t matter that she was much younger than him and the maid of honor. Lennox was determined to give Brielle his own vows of love...
  • One Night Love by Hope Ford

    One Night Love by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My one-night stand wants more.I’ve always been a plus size girl, and I’ve finally learned to love myself just the way I am.I was tired of men that only wanted me behind closed doors, so I swore them off and said I was done.But two years without…uh… companionship and well, let’s just say I have an itch that needs scratched.So I’m doing this my way.I found the perfect guy...
  • Soul of the Mountain by Frankie Love

    Soul of the Mountain by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A blue-eyed beauty, lost and alone — two young children in her arms.I’m a mountain man who’s always lived aloneWhen I see a tragic accident on the highway, I have a chance to change things. But not everyone agrees that my cabin should be their home.It’s time to man up and be what they need. Because they are more than my heart. They are my soul. And they belong on this mountain...
  • Mr. Surprise Daddy by Annabelle Love

    Mr. Surprise Daddy by Annabelle Love

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One night of fun.Two pink lines.And only one explanation…I’m pregnant with the best man’s baby.I’ve been rehearsing what to say…Hey Mr. Football Super-Star, you’re gonna be a daddy,But we can’t talk about this until next week.I will not steal the thunder from my sister’s wedding.Especially when I’m the one organizing it...
  • The Naughtier List by Jade West

    The Naughtier List by Jade West

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ella Edwards is loving her dream life in the city of London, doing ‘naughty’ things for a living and adoring every second.Her clients are getting naughtier, her paychecks are getting bigger, and she’s dating another crazy hot ‘entertainer’ who’s driving her wild.Josh, otherwise known as Weston - one of the greatest Agency Hardcorers of them all...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  romance  steamy  mlm  contemporary  fiction  book
  • You and I Alone by Melissa Toppen

    You and I Alone by Melissa Toppen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For fans of Contemporary, New Adult, and Erotic Romance comes the newest series from Readers Choice Award winning and Amazon Best-selling author Melissa Toppen. You and I, Book One Twenty-one year old Anna Blake has lived her life by one simple rule; never get attached...
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