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  • Better With You by Gianna Gabriela

    Better With You by Gianna Gabriela

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mia Collins has an amazing life. She was popular in high school, and college is off to a great start. Everything seems perfect until she goes home for the break and everything changes... One night sets everything in motion and Mia’s world begins to fall apart. She’s stunned that the life she thought she knew was all a lie. After she loses her family, she’s forced to start over...
  • Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They say he’s a murderer - so she ran.I say she’s mine - so I must follow.Even knowing the inevitable pain that’s coming straight for me, I’ll continue to search, to wish, and when I eventually find her, continue to kiss her.Because when a Kincaid knows, he knows.*Crazy Eights is the conclusion to Jamie and Cam's story...
  • The Endgame Is You by L.A. Cotton

    The Endgame Is You by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Play hard ... Fight hard ... Love hard.The time has come for Cameron, Jason, and Asher to hang up their Rixon Raider jerseys and head off to college with the girls they love.But will their relationships stand the test of college life, new friendships, and most of all, football?*The Endgame Is You is a Rixon Raiders Epilogue. It must be read after the other books in the series...
  • Pucks & Penalties Pucked Series Outtakes and Deleted Scenes by Helena Hunting

    Pucks & Penalties Pucked Series Outtakes and Deleted Scenes by Helena Hunting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An extensive compilation of outtakes, deleted scenes and a crossover novella from The Pucked Series, which now includes:ENDORSE THIS: An Area 51 invasion outtake in which Alex once again tries to persuade Violet that he should go where no man has gone before. And likely never will...
  • The Langfield Brothers : Box Set by Brittanee Nicole

    The Langfield Brothers : Box Set by Brittanee Nicole

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four billionaires brothers. Four sports romances. Four happily ever afters. And one epic extended epilogue. Enjoy this collection of all four Langfield Brothers.1. Mother Faker (Beckett Langfield)2. Pucking Revenge (Brooks Langfield)3. A Major Puck Up (Gavin Langfield)4...
  • Scarlett and the Kiss Thief by Ivy Smoak

    Scarlett and the Kiss Thief by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve never been kissed.I know…it’s a huge problem.It all started because I fell in love with my best friend, Axel Stevens. I decided to save my first kiss for him. But…he didn’t fall in love with me back.For the first time in years, he’s finally single though. And I have the perfect plan.I reinvented myself over the summer...
  • Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kamal’s an ex-football player. Jayda’s a single mother uninterested in another relationship until she sees Kamal with her daughter.Every rejection will only make his victory sweeter. He plans to lick, taste, and devour her like the delicacy she is until the world, her ex, and Jayda recognizes his name tatted on every inch of her curvy body...
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    alpha-mc  humor  poc-mc  sports  adult  billionaire  black-mc  book
  • Chaos by Catharina Maura

    Chaos by Catharina Maura

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We both claim we're over each other, so why do we keep finding ourselves back in each other's arms?CarterI thought I was over her, right until she walked back into my life. My head knows she and I will end in disaster, yet my heart can't deny her. Maybe I can convince Emilia to make me her dirty little secret...EmiliaCarter is still the only one I want and the only one I desire...
  • Just Say The Word by Tiffany Patterson

    Just Say The Word by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Damon I don’t do shy women. And I don’t do women that need rescuing. Then why am I so drawn to her? Sandra Robinson. Even her name sounds unsullied. She isn’t my type. So, when I found myself thinking about her after the one dance we shared at my best friend’s wedding, I was confused...
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    alpha-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Overachiever by S.M. Shade

    Overachiever by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It started with a summer job and a ridiculous sex dream.If you were to ask my friends to describe me, they’d tell you I’m an ambitious person. Responsible, driven, and focused on my goals. Words like stubborn and uptight would probably get thrown in there too. I’m not sure about that, but I know who I’m not.I’m not the woman who lets a guy derail me from my plans...
  • Wicked Games by Maureen Smith

    Wicked Games by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Maureen Smith comes a sizzling new interracial romance series featuring four hockey hunks who lose their hearts on the road to winning the Stanley Cup….College recruiter Nadia Warner has sworn off jocks for good. So when her sports reporter brother drags her out to a hockey practice, the last thing she’s looking for is romance...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  poc-mc  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • Breaking Free by L.L. Collins

    Breaking Free by L.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexis Carson-Nichols has had what anyone would describe as an idyllic childhood. She has great parents, little brothers and sister that mean the world to her, and friends that are always there for her. As she graduates from high school and gets ready to go to college, she feels like she has the world at her fingertips. She can’t wait to experience life as a young adult...
  • Axel in Heaven by Francesca Penn

    Axel in Heaven by Francesca Penn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HeavenOne year ago I was jilted by my fiance when he ran off with my biggest nemesis. Now, my friends have booked the ultimate getaway to one of the places I’ve most wanted to visit. Hawaii. To my horror, I discover that our travel plans are courtesy of using my ex’s wedding discount...
  • Break the Ice by L.A. Cotton

    Break the Ice by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes a brother's best friend sports romance. Lakeshore U, where hockey is religion, and the players are gods. Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker?When Aurora Hart moves in with her brother and his two teammates, it’s only supposed to be a temporary fix.Enter Noah Holden.Cocky. Heartbreaker...
  • True Story by Ni-Ni Simone

    True Story by Ni-Ni Simone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What's a girl to do when love has her caught up? That's the plight of eighteen-year-old Seven McKnight. Her freshman year at Stiles University turned out to be a tug of war for her heart and her sophomore year promised more of the same...
  • Ritual: A New Adult College Romance by Kandi Steiner

    Ritual: A New Adult College Romance by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Written like your favorite drama television show, the Palm South University series has been called "a mix of Greek meets Gossip Girl with a dash of Friends." Follow seven college students as they maneuver unrequited love, teacher/student romance, the tangles of “no strings” relationships, love triangles and more...
  • Just One Taste by C.A. Harms

    Just One Taste by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m the jokester, the one who pulls the best pranks. I’m the guy the frat brothers avoid for fear of what they’ll wake up to face the next day. But now, the joke’s on me. Literally on me! In BIG. BOLD. BLACK LETTERS! A tattoo…of another guy’s name. I was branded, and no one else can know. The problem is I don't know how it got there...
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    alpha-mc  humor  sports  university  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting

    Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The strongest bodybuilder in Emerson isn’t a match for my focus.Emerson Dance is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the country. And I got kicked off the team right before nationals because my curves don’t “fit.” Not their idea of a perfect dancer's body and definitely not their costume.I’m going to enter the competition on my own and show them that every body is a dancer’s body...
  • Mollify by Xavier Neal

    Mollify by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dean "Mr. O" Kellar has been following closely in the footsteps of his famous adopted father for years, but when Megan Davis pops back into his life suddenly he starts following him in a new light. She was the girl who saved Dean when they were children and the girl he needs to save now...
    Categorized as:
    humor  poc-mc  sports  university  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • Just For The Summer by Danielle Jamie

    Just For The Summer by Danielle Jamie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bestselling Author of the Savannah Series brings you a fun summer romance novella showing the ups and downs of a hot summer romance. It's the perfect beach or pool side read! Ages 18+ due to Adult Content & Language. This novella is a prequel to the Chasing Carolina series out next year but can be read as standalone. **BLURB** Chase Kenzington loves two things: fast cars and women...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  humor  sports  university  adult  angst  audiobook  book
  • Lunchtime Chronicles: Spice Cake by Keta Kendric

    Lunchtime Chronicles: Spice Cake by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Renata: My sweet personality is one of my best attributes. At least, that’s what I thought until my friends staged an intervention on my behalf and demanded I attend racial sensitivity training. What? The suggestion filled me with special, individually wrapped curse words for each of them…until I met Rook. Rook: My caring and unselfish ways were often complimented...
  • Taming of the Crew by Xavier Neal

    Taming of the Crew by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rule 1 for dating.Don't hook up with your coach's, trouble-making niece.Once upon a time, the Vlasta Vipers hockey team was so incredible — on and off the ice — they were almost mythical.All the other college athletes across the country wanted to be them.All the chicks who glided into their gazes were excited to bang them.Their reputation was that of Gods who wore skates instead of sandals...
  • Tropical Hat Trick by Piper Rayne

    Tropical Hat Trick by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s Ford and Lena’s destination wedding and every professional hockey player joining them for the big day are ready to let loose. But between vacation hook-ups, one player falling into bed with the boss and a surprise guest at the resort, there’s more action—and complications—than any of them could have predicted...
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    humor  poc-mc  sports  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • All Yours by Ja'Nese Dixon

    All Yours by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rules are meant to be broken, especially when it comes to this curvy chef and infamous playboy. Miya Montgomery is the head chef and one-fifth of Southern Soul, a family-owned soul food restaurant. On the heels of a nasty breakup, Miya welcomes the shift in ownership and preparation for expansion. That's before her brother, Kamal, calls home, his best friend, Dean...
  • Cooper by Ali Parker

    Cooper by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Cooper is the ultimate bad boy so Piper has her hands full." -- Amazon ReviewerMy journey with the Casanova Club has been full of wonder and magic and, dare I say, heartbreak.More heartbreak than I ever imagined I could endure.But here I am, suitcases packed, chin held high, ready to march into July to meet my next Bachelor.Cooper Diaz.He’s disgustingly handsome. Abs for days...
  • The Bachelors of the Ridge: The Complete Series by Karla Sorensen

    The Bachelors of the Ridge: The Complete Series by Karla Sorensen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    poc-mc  humor  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner

    The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a sex-positive siren who takes her pleasure whenever, wherever, and with whomever she pleases meets a former adult film star turned chef. There might be more than just food cooking in this kitchen. But…things aren't always what they seem.After a disastrous and life-altering ending to her first marriage, Mia Ayala has sworn off men for anything other than sex...
  • Hush by Xavier Neal

    Hush by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Senses Series Book 4 Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar finally has everything he's always wanted in life. When a career opportunity, that could jeopardize everything, comes along, he's put back in the position where he's spent most of his life. Torn. Now, Logan has a hard hitting choice to make...
  • Hot Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Hot Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s only two rules to being a male stripper in Vegas. #1. Always be attainable. #2. Never fall in love. And I’ve been living by these rules for a very long time. I love my life. I’m one-third of the Trifecta, only the naughtiest male revue show Sin City has ever seen. My days consist of working out, saving money, and entertaining women both on and off the stage...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Nordic Lightning: An International Legacies Romance by Camilla Stevens

    The Nordic Lightning: An International Legacies Romance by Camilla Stevens

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hockey is my game.She's my goal.ERIK SØRENSON Fast. Hot. Electrifying. With a grin that could melt ice. My life was going just fine here in Brooklyn where I’ve lived all my life. Then, the player they call the Nordic Lightning came skating into it. What I know about hockey I could fit on the tip of my little finger. I know even less about Erik Sørenson. But I’m a fast learner...
  • Takeoff by Evelyn Sola

    Takeoff by Evelyn Sola

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    VickieI am done with men.I like my life the way it is. Calm, quiet and very private. I may be a brash New Yorker, but I keep a tight circle, and I prefer it that way.Enter Colt Chastain, rising NBA star and magnetic single dad. He’s set his sights on me and he's determined to change my mind. No way that’s going to happen. Nope. Never. Did I mention he’s tenacious? And hot? Very, very hot...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  poc-mc  sports  adult  audiobook  book  celebrity
  • Numb by Xavier Neal

    Numb by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just 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...
  • Legacy by Kandi Steiner

    Legacy by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Written like your favorite drama television show, the Palm South University series has been called "a mix of Greek meets Gossip Girl with a dash of Friends." Follow seven college students as they maneuver unrequited love, teacher/student romance, the tangles of “no strings” relationships, love triangles and more...
    Categorized as:
    humor  poc-mc  sports  university  adult  angst  book  contemporary
  • Leia's Playmaker by Nichole Rose

    Leia's Playmaker by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
  • Always Remember by Emma Hart

    Always Remember by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How long does it take for a long-distance relationship to break down? Sixteen months. When Jen and Carl put their relationship to rest after Christmas, Jen’s biggest problem is going back to London ten days earlier than planned – and her ever-present attraction to Samuel ‘Bing’ Edwards. Bing has no idea why Jen left Devon so fast...
  • Fallen Crest Extras by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Extras by Tijan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    These were written for a promo tour I did for Fallen Crest Home’s book release. I added a few extra surprises in here, and wanted to make them available for everyone. This is done as a thank you to the readers...
  • When I Grow Up by John Goode

    When I Grow Up by John Goode

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Tales from Foster High Story After graduation, Kyle Stilleno and Brad Graymark move to California to pursue their dreams. But high school sweethearts are called that for a reason, and their love rarely stands up to the test of time. As money, school, sex, and jealousy test their relationship to the breaking point, Kyle and Brad fight to hold on to the love that brought them together...
  • T.Y.P.O.: Take Your Pants Off by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    T.Y.P.O.: Take Your Pants Off by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A typo in a text brought us together.Auto-correct gone wrong? It's never been so right!Aylee is scared of a couple things: Being in the water for one and being with a man for another.Good thing I'm the guy who got the message because I can kill two birds with one stone. Alpha-hole much? Let's call it confident.I know what Aylee needs because I have my own demons to conquer...
    Categorized as:
    humor  poc-mc  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  insta-love
  • Every Kiss by Tasha Ivey

    Every Kiss by Tasha Ivey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After witnessing Makenna’s journey to find herself again, Callie is reminded of her own struggles with love. No, Wes wasn’t always the easy going guy that he is today. He was moody and unpredictable in the worst of ways, and she was certain to call him out on it every chance she got. Looking back, she’s amazed at how much their lives have changed since they met...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  poc-mc  sports  adult  age-gap  black-mc  book
  • Duched by Xavier Neal

    Duched by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brie Sanders' entire life is on the brink of change. Her college graduation is just a few months away, she has no idea what to do with her life when the degree is in her hands, and is most likely going to be kicked out of her apartment when her best friend's boyfriend moves in. Enter One Nightstand King, Kellan Kenningston, who also happens to be a real life prince as well as a duke...
  • Already Designed by Xavier Neal

    Already Designed by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who says no to one of the hottest rising stars in Hollywood? Kadence, that's who. When laid-back Hollywood heartthrob, Levi Stone, asks Kadence Allan out for a date he isn't expecting to be rejected. He isn't expecting to have to practically beg for a chance. He isn't expecting to be challenged every time she opens her mouth...
    Categorized as:
    humor  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Unforgettable by Ann Christopher

    Unforgettable by Ann Christopher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five brothers. One small town. Journey’s End. Do you believe in second chances at happiness for lost loves? Prodigal son Daniel Harper doesn’t. His only goals upon returning to Journey’s End after fourteen years? To run his family’s winery and get his college girlfriend, beautiful Zoya Thomas, out of his head forever. Zoya’s only goal? To avoid sexy Daniel like the plague...
    Categorized as:
    poc-mc  humor  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Addicted to Love by Deborah Cooke

    Addicted to Love by Deborah Cooke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kyle wants it all… Kyle Stuyvesant doesn’t believe in love and romance. His parents taught him that there’s no such thing as forever, and he took the lesson to heart. After all, there’s only one woman who ever tempted him to more than a single hot night together. Fortunately for his convictions, she’s married to another guy...
  • Face Off Flirting by London Casey

    Face Off Flirting by London Casey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My best bud asks me if I can let his younger, forever pain-in-the-you-know-what sister crash at my place while she gets settled into a new job. I say yes. Why not? Except I forget it’s been ten years since I’ve seen her dorky, mouth-full-of-braces face… and what shows up at my door is a beautiful WOMAN who is about to ruin my life…* * *My personal life is a disaster...
    Categorized as:
    sports  humor  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Cap by Elise Faber

    Cap by Elise Faber

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s the one he wants.And he’s not going to give her up without a fight.As the newly named captain of the San Francisco Gold, Josh is used to pressure and hard work.What he’s not used to?Women despising him.Jess, however, has taken an instant dislike to him, and no matter what he tries to do, he can’t seem to get beyond her prickly exterior...
  • The Sheik's Bombshell Secret by Erin Snihur

    The Sheik's Bombshell Secret by Erin Snihur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How could Seline Pollet forget a man like Kal? She couldn’t -- especially after giving birth to his daughter . . .Seline never thought in a million years that the man she spent a glorious weekend in bed with -- could be royalty...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • The Sheik's Surprise Donor by Erin Snihur

    The Sheik's Surprise Donor by Erin Snihur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Razeen el-Qazi never dreamed that he would be welcomed back into the royal family with open arms. Let alone his country, Kuwa. Now, with his brother and father deceased -- only one man can rule as Sheik of Kuwa.Razeen.What Razeen doesn’t expect is his past coming back to haunt him. In that of a child . . . His child...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  poc-mc  contemporary  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Playing Fate by Leigh Ann Lunsford

    Playing Fate by Leigh Ann Lunsford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Deacon Douglas has it all. A loving home, good looks, a fast track to the major league. But then he makes a mistake. A mistake that would derail most, but not him. He takes the challenge, turns the mistake into another accomplishment. His life it altered – for the better. Saylor Lewis is just a girl. A girl she doesn’t even know...
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