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  • Becoming Selfish by lizrose, Liz Tomforde

    Becoming Selfish by lizrose, Liz Tomforde

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ELIThis is it. my senior year. My last shot to get called up to play in the National Hockey League. This season is about me. Though every season is about me. I'm the captain of my university's hockey team- the top scorer both o and off the ice- and everyone on campus knows my name.I feel the pressure every single day.I can't afford to get distracted...
  • Saved by Love by Toni Aleo

    Saved by Love by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Evan Adler can’t get out of his own head.Worthless.Broken.Failure.Those are just a few of the words he uses to describe himself now. Medically retired from the NHL before he even had a chance to live up to the Adler legacy, Evan has returned to his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, to focus on his mental health...
  • Always Ever After by Claire Kingsley

    Always Ever After by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Braxton and Kylie have been married for over a year, and Kylie is busy helping Selene get ready for her upcoming wedding. Kylie and Selene go out of town for a bachelorette party weekend, and Kylie gets a little—or maybe it’s a big—surprise. But springing the news on Braxton is harder than Kylie thought...
  • Wheeler by Samantha Whiskey

    Wheeler by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m the Seattle Sharks’ power player. Some call me the Wheeler. That’s because I score on and off the ice more than any other Shark. Well, until her. The one girl I’ve wanted for years. And her brother just convinced me to hire her as my personal assistant. Faith Gentry. Sharp. Sexy. Funny as hell. My best friend’s little sister. Now that I’m her boss, she’s twice as off-limits...
  • Without Warning by J.A. Low

    Without Warning by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rhys Davenport is reaching breaking point.He thought getting out of New York would have solved his problems. Unfortunately, they are still there when he arrives back home.Between his acrimonious divorce with his gold-digging ex and his ongoing family drama, his life is utter chaos until a beautiful brunette surprises him.Except she wasn’t who he thought she was.Ariana Blanco just got catfished...
  • A Little Secret by Kelsie Rae

    A Little Secret by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To be fair, when I looked at the pregnancy test results, I didn't think it would literally make me have a seizure.Then, I woke up in the hospital with my brother's best friend by my side and the doctor congratulating us on our baby.Our. Baby.But the worst part?I didn't correct him.Oops.Now, Griffin Thorne is the only man on the planet who knows about my not-so-little secret...
  • 3 Count by Nikki Castle

    3 Count by Nikki Castle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A charming ladies' man that everybody loves.A badass photojournalist that treats every day as a new adventure.A friends with benefits relationship.When Aiden and Dani meet on his college campus, their playful banter and physical chemistry immediately draws them to each other. It's easy for one accidental meet-cute to become a standing date, and for a certain understanding to develop between them...
  • The Season: Kaufman by Nicole Edwards

    The Season: Kaufman by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Spencer Kaufman When I signed on to the NHL, I promised to give 150% to the game. I’ve done that. Little did I know, but they would ask more from me than merely my skill on the ice. The team wanted me to be their captain. It’s an honor, one I’ve done my best to fulfill. Although I can’t take all the credit, I was there to lead when we won the Stanley Cup...
  • Defending Donovan by Jillian Quinn

    Defending Donovan by Jillian Quinn

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

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

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A standalone sports romance. Book 6 in The Dating Playbook Series...
  • Bad Crush by Rebecca Jenshak

    Bad Crush by Rebecca Jenshak

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Reasons not to crush on Adam:He's my best friend's brother.He's my neighbor.He's the captain of the hockey team.He's a serial monogamist who's sworn off dating. Reasons not to fake date Adam:See above.He has no idea I actually like him—like really like him. But do I listen to any of those really great reasons? Of course not...
  • 68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038

    68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ~Sequel to The Bad Boy And The Tomboy~Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill are together in Manchester, England living the new university life. Their relationship is striving as they meet new people and experience different things and strengthen their beautiful relationship. But then again there's soccer, the Cahill family and girls because where there's Sam Cahill there will also be many girls...
  • Lovestruck by Julie Capulet

    Lovestruck by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s completely off-limits.But some rules were made to be broken.Elias O’Shea isn’t just Hawthorne University’s star quarterback—he’s the campus heartthrob. With the looks of a god and an easygoing charm that leaves women swooning, he’s at the top of his game. The NFL is within reach and endorsements are pouring in...
  • Behind the Plate: A New Adult Sports Romance by J. Sterling

    Behind the Plate: A New Adult Sports Romance by J. Sterling

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Chance Carter is the son of local baseball legend, Jack Carter. Now in his junior year at Fullton State, Chance is facing challenges he never saw coming. Failing a class will stop his draft season short, making him ineligible to play and pushing his goal of professional baseball even further away.In steps Danika, a mouthy tutor from New York, who only wants to help him pass his class..
  • Beyond the Game by Kaylee Ryan

    Beyond the Game by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Paisley One minute I’m sitting at the ballpark chatting with a handsome stranger, the next his lips are on mine and sparks are flying, while the whole world watches us reach first base on the kiss cam. As the daughter of a former professional baseball player, I know all too well what it’s like living in front of the lens...
  • The Show by Lulu Moore

    The Show by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As any true sports fan will tell you, once you have an allegiance to a team it's set in stone. It's unwavering. It's finite. You never leave.Yet somehow, I’ve been asked to do just that.To set aside my love for The Yankees and take ownership of The New York Lions - the worst team in Major League Baseball.Oh, yes, and turn them into winners...
  • Without Regret by Aubrey Bondurant

    Without Regret by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rejection and I have an understanding: I don't put myself out there and it doesn't screw with my life any more. I keep my feelings hidden, and my heart locked away. It was working well until he came along and threatened my impenetrable armor, one honeyed word at a time. With his clean cut looks, and southern manners, I'm convinced he's not my type...
  • Happy Hour Hoe by Shae Sanders

    Happy Hour Hoe by Shae Sanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    According to office gossip, Cairo King has bagged every single woman in his department. A couple of married ones, too. The man is so legendary, the employees at Billingsley-Davis have dubbed him the "happy hour hoe." So when Taylor Knowles is unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend, her coworkers take her for drinks after work and point her right in Cairo's direction...
  • My Rebound by Carrie Ann Ryan

    My Rebound by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A rebound isn’t supposed to last. Though, sometimes, fate has other ideas in this opposites attract, friends with benefits romance.It wasn’t supposed to happen this way.Mackenzie Thomas started planning her future at the age of six. She knew the college she wanted, the career she needed, and the boy she would marry.Only he wasn’t supposed to break up with her in such a spectacular fashion...
  • Unloved by Peyton Corinne

    Unloved by Peyton Corinne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated follow-up to Peyton Corinne’s “unputdownable and unforgettable” (Bal Khabra, author of Collide) TikTok sensation Unsteady follows hopeless romantic Ro and player—on and off the ice—Freddy as their feelings for each other grow from strictly friendly to so much more. Matt “Freddy” Fedderic is all smiles—at least on the surface...
  • No Paine No Gain by McKinley May

    No Paine No Gain by McKinley May

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

    Kissing Cousins by Marcia Lynn McClure

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Poppy Amore loved her job waitressing at Good Ol' Days Family Restaurant. No one could ask for a better working environment. After all, her best friend Whitney worked there, and her boss, restaurant owner Mr. Dexter, was a kind, understanding, grandfatherly sort of man. Furthermore, the job allowed Poppy to linger in the company of Mr...
  • Hard Hit by Toni Aleo

    Hard Hit by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kirby Litman has been abandoned by everyone in his life at one time or another since childhood. And when his cheating ex drops their baby girl in his lap and leaves the country, he vows he won’t abandon his daughter, Celeste, like he was. Between parenting, hockey, and mentoring three brand-new young players, he doesn’t have much time for himself...
  • Iced by Jacob Chance

    Iced by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Oliver Ice, one of Boston University’s notorious hockey players, has been on my radar since I slammed into his rock-hard body during my first week of college, three years ago. He helped me to my feet, muttered an apology, and ran off after his girlfriend, dashing my hopes of a happily ever after. Now, he’s the bartender where I work, and this time, very much single...
  • Felix by Lulu Moore

    Felix by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I have a secret. Twelve years ago I crushed on my teammate’s little sister, before firmly putting her in the friend zone. Which then became the best friend zone. And my teammate became more of a brother.But now we have two problems.1. I just found out she’s been crushing on me too, and my feelings have come hurtling back like a puck heading for the net2...
  • Sweet Talk Boxed Set by Brenda Novak, Melody Anne

    Sweet Talk Boxed Set by Brenda Novak, Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In 2014, the boxed set curated by Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research (titled A SWEET LIFE), raised almost $100,000 net to the charity in only one month. This year we’re back for a second helping, and you can indulge, too! This heart-warming, limited edition collection features ten BRAND NEW contemporary romances by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors..
  • Xavier by Lane Hart

    Xavier by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xavier Malone returned to Maryland for his ten-year high school reunion to get away from all the drama in Seattle. He never thought he would spend the week second-guessing every decision he’s ever made or seriously consider trading in his suit and tie for a chance to get in the cage. Most of all, he wasn’t supposed to fall for Cassidy, his childhood best friend...
  • 810 Destiny Dr. by Tracy Lorraine

    810 Destiny Dr. by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s the one all the girls want.The talented musician. The football player. He’s also my best friend. My ride or die. The one who knows all my secrets. Well, all but one. Only, he doesn’t see me the way he does all the other girls at Cherry Falls High. It’s like I’m invisible to him. Just one of the guys. But I want more...
  • Winning the Season by Beth Bolden

    Winning the Season by Beth Bolden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coach Asa Dawson has fallen wildly in love only twice in his life.First with football.Then with Scott Callaway.But Scott isn’t just the one who got away.He’s the one person—the one man—Asa hoped might finally show him how all-consuming passion could be.Instead, fate (and football) intervened and they never got the chance to explore their attraction...
  • Playing the Field by L.M. Reid

    Playing the Field by L.M. Reid

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Work hard. Play harder.I’m a player - both on and off the field.Avery and I have been friends since we were kids.In a moment of weakness, she winds up being the latest addition in my playbook and everything falls apart – our friendship and my life.I’m spiraling out of control, and with my football career on the line, there is only one person who can save me...
  • Dirty Score by Skye Jordan

    Dirty Score by Skye Jordan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rafe “Savage” lives up to his name on the ice and in the bedroom. Forging a legacy as the Rough Riders’ most notorious playboy is easy when the woman he really wants is off limits. Mia’s brother isn’t just Rafe's best friend, he’s also a teammate. With the Cup in site, Rafe won’t screw with anything that threatens the team’s winning streak...
  • Nude Awakening by Penny Clarke

    Nude Awakening by Penny Clarke

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

    Falling For You by Gianna Gabriela

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

    Dear McKinnon by Danielle Keil

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone knows what it means to have a teal envelope taped to their locker on the first day of the month. Everyone except new girl McKinnon Gregory.The envelope is the start of a monthly tradition called the Secret Admirers, and something McKinnon never thought she'd see. To her surprise-- and everyone else's-- the teal envelope is taped to her locker on March first...
  • Limitless by Terri Anne Browning

    Limitless by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the Underground, I make the rules. The Underground is mine . I call the shots. It is who and what I am. I am the Judge , jury, and executioner. Except to her. I’ve always been a man who gets what he wants, but she was too young and too sweet to touch. Now, staying away from her is no longer possible. She has pushed me to the end of my limits...
  • The Kiss List by Maya Hughes

    The Kiss List by Maya Hughes

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

    Jocking Jameson by Jillian Quinn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I never meant to fall for my best friend…After a bad breakup, I’m not looking for another relationship. I’d rather drown my sorrows in beer, hockey, and video games. And that’s how I end up kissing Shannon.After a few drinks, one kiss leads to another…And before I know it, I’m breaking my no-dating rules.But when my past crashes into our future, we need more than chemistry to stay together...
  • The Puck Decoy by G.N. Wright

    The Puck Decoy by G.N. Wright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hockey is my life. It’s all I’ve ever wanted, all I’ve ever needed, and everything was going according to plan. All I had to do was focus on the game, keep my head down, then get drafted into the NHL.With my team by my side I was focused solely on the game. I thought nothing could stop me, but then my father came along and ruined everything...
  • Toxic: Logan's Story by K.A. Robinson

    Toxic: Logan's Story by K.A. Robinson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    True love is forever. After years of chasing his best friend, Chloe, Logan finally managed to win her heart—or so he thought. His world crashes down around him when she confesses to cheating on him with a local rock star, Drake. Unable to let her go completely from his life, Logan reassumes his role of best friend while he watches Chloe find her happily ever after with another man...
  • Pep Talks by Ali Dean

    Pep Talks by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    (This is the fourth book in the Pepper Jones series, which should be read in order. The first three books in the series may be purchased as a box set for a discounted price, under the title “The Pepper Jones Collection.”) Pepper’s freshman year at college is a harder transition than she anticipated...
  • Hard As Steel by McKinley May

    Hard As Steel by McKinley May

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Becoming a sports reporter isn't just my dream job--it's my calling.I've been sketching the blueprint for my future since I was an overly ambitious ten-year-old: Get accepted into Windhaven University's journalism program? Check.  Score the sports section of the campus paper? Easy as pie.  Snag a once-in-a-lifetime internship? Currently in progress...
  • Whole Lotta Love by Erika Kelly

    Whole Lotta Love by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sparks fly when opposites are forced to live together in this steamy, small town romance standalone!Lulu Cavanaugh’s career went up in smoke. The moment Lulu lost her job running the fanciest restaurant on Maui, the chef threw herself into recovery mode. She's pitched a cooking show, hoping the on-screen visibility will pave the path for a future chef de cuisine job...
  • Perfect Game by Collette West

    Perfect Game by Collette West

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For New York Kings' first baseman Scott Harper, scoring women is easy. He's ready to get naked anytime, anywhere. But when a hacker leaks his nude selfies, he's unprepared for the scrutiny his full-frontals receive. Carrie McKenzie has a love-hate relationship with her body. No longer the fat chick guys can ignore, she wins the job as the Kings' clubhouse reporter...
  • Big Man's Second Chance (Big Men Series) by Penny Wylder

    Big Man's Second Chance (Big Men Series) by Penny Wylder

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Football star. Massive body. Big smile. Big... everything.That's the guy I fooled around with in college and never expected to see again.Years later, and there he is, the famous football pro. He strolls back into my life with his deliciously huge body crammed into a suit that looks ready to split apart...
  • Breakaway by Avery Keelan

    Breakaway by Avery Keelan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After nursing student Ryan Winters' apartment lease falls through just before the start of junior year, she's left scrambling for a place to live. And, growing tired of his self-imposed solitude, hockey captain Ethan Russell is looking for a roommate. Ryan moving into Ethan's luxe condo seems like the perfect solution to both of their dilemmas...
  • My Lucky Catch by C.M. Doporto

    My Lucky Catch by C.M. Doporto

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They'll do anything to hide what they want, even though it's each other they want most. Determined to keep their friends-with-benefits status under-wraps, Luke and Delaney spend their junior year of college sneaking around. Once the truth is revealed, their relationship takes off, but not without the challenges from Delaney's carefree attitude or Luke's overbearing parents...
  • The Mighty Anchor by Carrie Aarons

    The Mighty Anchor by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A stoic force to be reckoned with.The steady rock on which England is destined to lean.Everyone’s reliable mate, at the ready to defend when called upon.To the world, Vance Morley is the next great keeper for the Rogue Football Club, biding his time at the academy. The definition of tall, dark and handsome, his quiet confidence and mysterious persona only draw the public in...
  • Two for Boarding by Lasairiona E. McMaster

    Two for Boarding by Lasairiona E. McMaster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Disarming.Dirty. Dominant.Easygoing defenseman Austin Morgan doesn’t want for much. Trust fund kid,skilled fighter, and talented hockey player in the peak of his physical prime,life is pretty much going his way…All except for thesudden breakup of a long-term relationship which has shaken his very identityas a Dom. Until he can trust himself again, relationships are off the cards...
  • Part of Me: Friendship, Texas #3 by Magan Vernon

    Part of Me: Friendship, Texas #3 by Magan Vernon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome back to Friendship, Texas. A town where your best friend may be dating an Olympic swimmer and his best friend may or may not also be an Olympic swimmer you sort of, kind of did the nasty with against Nonna's goat pen. “Is that…?” I asked, staring at Dr. Burly Santa. He smiled and nodded. “That would be your baby’s heartbeat...
  • Dear Kerri by Danielle Keil

    Dear Kerri by Danielle Keil

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone at Ryder High knows what it means to have a teal envelope taped to their locker on the first day of the month.But for Kerri Thomas, it’s not quite the moment she was waiting for.Busy with school, friends, and volleyball, she doesn’t know if she has time to play along and figure out who her Secret Admirer is...
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