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  • Twenty-Two by Toni Aleo

    Twenty-Two by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Lucas Brooks was traded to the Nashville Assassins over a decade ago, he was a brash, brawling hothead without an anchor. Well, four kids and a smokin' hot wife will weigh you down real fast, but Lucas wouldn't change a minute of his happily ever after...
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    athlete  multi-pov  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  kind-mc
  • Chosen by Love by Toni Aleo

    Chosen by Love by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cameron White is the most famous student influencer on the Bellevue campus. Not only that, she is one hell of a gymnast, ready to stick every landing her senior year. It’s time to go out with a bang...
  • 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...
  • Fast Time by Shey Stahl

    Fast Time by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How can you move on when your heart is taken away from you? Axel and Lily Riley live the life most dream of. Seven years after saying, “I do,” they have three great kids and a life full of speed and adrenaline that most men can’t handle. Being a professional racecar driver, Axel’s dream is winning that prestigious World of Outlaws Championship...
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    athlete  multi-pov  sports  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Fighting For You by Gianna Gabriela, Lauren Dawes

    Fighting For You by Gianna Gabriela, Lauren Dawes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Once I started this book I couldn’t put it down. Jesse and Zoe’s story is beautifully written, thank you Gianna Gabriela. It’s a must read." Jesse Falcon has dedicated his life to one cause: to fight against that which has taken so much from him. He’s learned the hard way that if you want something to be done, you have to do it yourself. No more waiting for others to make a difference...
  • Making His Play by Mari Carr

    Making His Play by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alex has a big name in hockey, famous for his stick skills—on and off the ice. But he’s also got a freckle-faced female problem. He took his sister’s tomboy best friend, Charley, to a Vegas wedding to cheer her up after a bad breakup.Too much champagne later and he’s waking up with Charley in his bed and his ring on her finger. And the crazy part is…Mrs. Alex Stone has a nice ring to it...
  • Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

    Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Beckett Steele knows what he wants and he’s finally going after it. But there’s one thing that might complicate his mission. It was easy to sign the legally-binding contract prohibiting a public relationship when he had no intention of falling in love...
  • 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...
  • Hat Trick by Toni Aleo

    Hat Trick by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Good things happen in threes. D’Artagnan Miklas is a lucky dude. He’s the leading scorer of hat tricks for the Carolina IceCats, he’s got a solid group of loyal friends, and he has a cute little sister he adores.But his friends are all coupling up, and Dart is tired of being the odd man out...
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    sports  multi-pov  athlete  romance  contemporary  humor  fiction  book
  • Misadventures with a Speed Demon by Chelle Bliss

    Misadventures with a Speed Demon by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***MISADVENTURES ARE STANDALONE ROMANCES THAT CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER*** Brooks Carter is wild, reckless, and the youngest stock car driver on the professional circuit. He’s the one everyone’s gunning for when they’re not hoping for his failure at every turn. But Brooks is too hot to be left in the dust by anyone. Even with masses of female fans, Brooks only has eyes for one woman—Faith Ridley...
  • The Wolfe Brothers Trilogy by Jami Davenport

    The Wolfe Brothers Trilogy by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three sports. Three broken brothers. Torn apart by tragedy and forever bound by traumatic pasts. Thrust together once again when their paths cross in Seattle. MELTING ICE Brimming with attitude and broken beyond repair, Isaac "Ice" Wolfe has a heart as cold as his nickname, and he likes it that way--until he meets his neighbor Avery Maxwell...
  • Hooked by Jacob Chance

    Hooked by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avoiding bad boy hockey player Marshall Winters has been one of my goals since he did me wrong four years ago.However, with both of us attending Boston University and his younger sister being my best friend, it’s damn near impossible.Then he saves me from a dangerous situation, whisking me away to his family’s cabin, changing everything...
  • Penalty Play by Jami Davenport

    Penalty Play by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Single dad and star defenseman Matt LaRue lives for his kids and hockey. He's had one failed marriage and doesn't have any interest in going through that hell again. As conservative as they come, he can't comprehend his unexplainable attraction to a free-spirited female who changes hair color more often than his boys create new excuses to avoid doing their homework...
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    athlete  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Fake Crown by W. Million

    Fake Crown by W. Million

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Previously published as Olympic Crown by W. Million.Posey Jensen is a friend collector, boyfriend avoider, and thrill seeker. When someone posts in a group chat looking for a wedding date to Bermuda, Posey jumps on the chance to prove to a new friend that she’s the reigning queen of adventure...
  • Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight

    Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sequel to the wildly popular romantic comedy SINGLE DAD ON TOP has arrived.My bride-to-be Arianna wants to meet my parents.But...they live in a trailer. Dad thinks Playboy T-shirts are classy because the naked women are silhouettes. Mom has a tattoo of a dog humping a palm tree. I don't think either one has said a sentence without an f-bomb since 1985.I changed my name a long time ago...
  • Blades of Glory by Toni Aleo

    Blades of Glory by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Old vs. YoungExperience vs. AttitudeNo Teeth vs. Also No Teeth…It’s the game some of these players have been waiting a lifetime for. The veterans of the Nashville Assassins versus the new generation of players—their sons.As part of their prewedding festivities, Aiden Brooks and Shelli Adler have invited the retired Assassins to play a friendly game against the Stanley Cup-winning current team...
  • Coen by Sawyer Bennett

    Coen by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Coen Highsmith was a league star, but he lost more than his team the day the Pittsburgh Titans’ plane crashed...
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    athlete  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Playing With Attraction by Melanie Shawn

    Playing With Attraction by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Safe. Loved. Protected.As a single mom, my son was my world.From the moment I gave birth to Anthony when I was just a scared teenager, my fate was sealed. I knew that I would do anything; sacrifice anything, to make him feel the love I'd never had. And most days, I was pretty sure I succeeded. Life hadn't always been easy. In fact, it pretty much never was. But that was fine...
  • Cocky Striker: A Hero Club Novel by Evan Grace

    Cocky Striker: A Hero Club Novel by Evan Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You've met Chance Bateman...Are you ready to meet his son??Some say I’m cocky — I say I’m confident. Things have always come easy for me; sports, academics…girls. And I’ve used all of that to my advantage the past three years of college.I’ve got it all, or at least I thought I did until Laken walks into my life...
  • Field of Pleasure by Farrah Rochon

    Field of Pleasure by Farrah Rochon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Originally Published by Harlequin Kimani Romance – September 2011 Jared Dawson is used to taking big hits on the football field, but nothing could have prepared the New York Sabers star cornerback for the blow he experiences when he catches his long-time girlfriend in bed with an ex-teammate. Seeking a balm to soothe his wounded ego, Jared decides a no-strings-attached fling is the way to go...
  • Pleasure Rush by Farrah Rochon

    Pleasure Rush by Farrah Rochon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Hawaii for her birthday, Manhattan restaurateur Deirdre Smallwood has one mission to accomplish. She's going to shed her humdrum image and do something totally out of character: seduce Thelonius Stokes, the gorgeous ex-linebacker for the New York Sabers. Theo is shocked by the sensual, uninhibited lover warming his bed...
  • Revolution by Rebecca Sharp

    Revolution by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Rebecca Sharp’s Revolution is a hot and angsty enemies-to-lovers romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven World.No tits in the pits!You can grab my pole, Kacey! If Kacey Snyder was a lady, she’d be at home!I’d heard it all before—all the ways I didn’t belong—and it never stopped me. Until a well-deserved punch to a fellow driver banned me from NASCAR for the season...
  • Dear Coach's Daughter by Lana Dash

    Dear Coach's Daughter by Lana Dash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    a curvy girl romance (sincerely yours book...
  • Running Home to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Running Home to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00IFR0XP2 Juliette Fletcher thought she had it all – a strikingly handsome man who adores her, a new business venture with her best friends by her side, and a dream house right on the beach. But appearances can be deceiving and everything comes at a cost...
  • Off the Ice by Lindsay Paige, Mary Smith

    Off the Ice by Lindsay Paige, Mary Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the second installment of The Penalty Kill Trilogy, Levi Carr and Presley McCarthy continue to rebuild their relationship as they deal with surprises and other problems. Levi is trying his best not to hover with worry over his father after his heart attack. Presley is still trying to gain the love and respect from her parents and keep her independence as well...
  • Offensive Rebound: Holding Court by M.J. Fields

    Offensive Rebound: Holding Court by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TRAE It's a call that changes my life--and my little girl's. Years ago, playing for the NBA was the dream, but the Seattle Stallions suck. Worse than that, my old teammate is now the star center--not to mention my number one rival. There has to be a catch, some sort of agenda. Before I was injured, I was the best. Now? There's no way they want me...
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    athlete  multi-pov  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • #HookUp by Cambria Hebert

    #HookUp by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Missing your favorite #family? This is your exclusive invitation back into their world. #HookUp is an explosion of the award-winning #Hashtag series by Cambria Hebert and makes the perfect collector’s item and addition to the series...
  • Bad Boy of Baseball by Hope Ford

    Bad Boy of Baseball by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s going to get his.I drink, disrupt the team, and disrespect everyone in my path.I’m trying to leave my past behind, but it’s there, following me everywhere I go.When I’ve finally hit rock bottom, I’m about to give up, throw in the towel, and be done.Until the one woman that destroyed my walks back into my life...
  • Stealing Home by Carrie Aarons

    Stealing Home by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Walker Callahan has loved from afar for as long as he can remember.The golden boy of the Callahan baseball dynasty, he’s the only player to ever secure a top spot on a roster controlled by his own flesh and blood. The pressure, duty and plans laid out for him since birth loom large, causing things like love and a family to fall by the wayside...
  • Tagging Up by Carrie Aarons

    Tagging Up by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All Anna Callahan wants is her independence.Being the youngest member of her immediate family, and massive network of cousins, she’s always been sheltered. That ends now. After graduating with her masters in nursing, she’s ready to move out of her parents’ house, whether they support that decision or not...
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    athlete  multi-pov  sports  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • Kick by Ali Dean

    Kick by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Buzzing anticipation. Floating weightlessness. Adrenaline rush. All the best feelings wrapped into an emotional high that never gets old. I think I might be addicted to falling in love. When rising rock star Jack Kingston comes to play on our college campus, I think he’ll be just another fix...
  • The Perfect Play by Cookie O'Gorman

    The Perfect Play by Cookie O'Gorman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She’s playing to win.Okay, so I probably shouldn’t have made that bet with Emmy. But come on! She was challenging me. Attract a guy in seven days? No problem.Well…maybe just one.The guy she chooses is her brother, Chase O’Brien aka golden-boy-Virgin and star pitcher for the Wolves. Unlike most guys, Chase seems immune to my charms—but I’ve always loved a challenge.He’s playing for keeps...
  • Down 'N' Derby by Lila Felix

    Down 'N' Derby by Lila Felix

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Maddox is running. By accident, he discovered long ago that he was adopted as a baby and his need to find his biological father has consumed him ever since. Now, on a road trip, determined to find his father and his sanity, and armed with locations and his cousin, Nixon, to help him, maybe he can find the answers he’s been searching for...
  • One Night with the Rebel (Looking to Score) by Kendall Ryan

    One Night with the Rebel (Looking to Score) by Kendall Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She barged into my life and turned everything upside down. We spent one scorching-hot night together, and then she disappeared into the sunset with the golden jock everyone adored. Which makes sense, right? A girl as beautiful and brilliant as Eden Wynn doesn’t end up with a rebel like me.I expected them to live happily ever after, except that's not what happened...
  • Blythe College Series Box Set by Rochelle Paige

    Blythe College Series Box Set by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Looking for an alpha male in your new adult romance read? You just found four! Complete Blythe College Series: Push the Envelope, Hit the Wall, Summer Nights, Outside the Box On sale now for a limited time to celebrate the upcoming release of Sucked Into Love on September 24. "I love alpha males...
  • Olivier by Brenda Rothert

    Olivier by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    DaphneI knew who I was before Olivier Durand came along. Despite growing up among the privileged elite, I never cared about corporate ladders or dream weddings. I proudly wear the label of social justice warrior. Until a car accident changes everything overnight. A video goes viral: Chicago’s Hottest Bachelor, billionaire Olivier Durand pulling me from my burning car...
  • In the Zone by Catherine Gayle

    In the Zone by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN here.One night. Unimaginable passion. Total anonymity.Star defenseman for the Portland Storm, Keith Burns welcomed the single night with a nameless beauty. The undeniable heat was exactly what he needed to let loose...
  • Tackle by Jacob Chance

    Tackle by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Trevor Lincoln is the legendary tight end for Boston University’s football team. As the youngest son of a former NFL player, he lives a life of privilege with an endless stream of girls vying for his attention. He always gets his way. Until I come along. Everything about him irks me. From his crooked smile and sexy, dark hair, to his obscenely large trust fund...
  • Drive by Jacob Chance

    Drive by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kissing a complete stranger shouldn’t be a life altering experience, but with him it was. One look into his mischievous hazel eyes and our lips were colliding without a second thought. Now, months later, not only do I know his name, we’ve also become friends. Good friends. The kind of friends that kiss and cuddle together, all night long...
  • The Senior by Monica Murphy

    The Senior by Monica Murphy

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Eli Bennett.Magnetic. Outspoken. Infuriating.Top ranked college quarterback. Sexy. Funny.Oh, and now my ex-boyfriend.When he makes me choose between him or a once in a lifetime opportunity, I surprise us both -- and don’t choose him. He can’t tell me what to do. Besides, he’ll get over my so-called betrayal and we’ll be back together in no time...
  • Gucci by E. Cleveland

    Gucci by E. Cleveland

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It was supposed to be one night with no rules. One night just her and me. Etta is my best friend's little sister, I know I should stay away, but I can't.Booze has a way of sucking the oxygen out of your fears and feeding it to the parts of your heart you starve. It was the end of summer. The alcohol, fire and a wild look in her eyes was too much to turn away from...
  • The Coach by Cassie Mint

    The Coach by Cassie Mint

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I lost half an arm and all my courage in a shark attack. Now a broody swim coach wants me back out on the water. Everyone else seems glad I’m too chicken to surf anymore–everyone except Coach Kane. He’s determined to get me back on my board. He swears it, a fist pressed to his perfect, toned chest...
  • The Rookie by Shey Stahl

    The Rookie by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The shadows of greatness can be blinding. We have this idea of what we’re supposed to be. What happens when that changes? Arie Levi is living the life her mother live. Same sport, same drama, and even less time for the family she so desperately needs right now...
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    athlete  multi-pov  sports  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Time of Possession by Jami Davenport

    Time of Possession by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brett Gunnel's story (backup quarterback) CRUNCH TIME Supposedly undersized for the NFL, Brett Gunnels went off to do a stint in the US Army right out of high school. Returning damaged yet stronger and more determined than ever to prove himself, he was picked last in the draft. Mr. Irrelevant, they called him...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  multi-pov  sports  adult  animals  book  contemporary  family
  • Game Winner by Lindsay Paige, Mary Smith

    Game Winner by Lindsay Paige, Mary Smith

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the final installment of Levi Carr and Presley McCarthy’s story, he’s playing in the AHL a state away in Pennsylvania while she’s back home trying to finish school. Presley’s only dream has been going to law school. That goal has remained strong, even with falling in love with Levi. He’s off playing hockey, and she’s still trying to focus on that goal...
  • Illegal Motion: Boys of Fall by Erin Nicholas

    Illegal Motion: Boys of Fall by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Boys of Fall novel Carter Shaw isn’t a man anyone would mistake for a good guy. He’s has always been intense, up for anything and fearless —on the football field, when wearing his badge and in the bedroom. But pleasure is never mixed up with love. His unstable upbringing was more than enough to scare him off commitments for good. Until he meets Lacey Andrews...
  • Extra Innings by Michelle Lynn

    Extra Innings by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m the crazy fun one. Pedal to the floor, balls to the wall, party all weekend guy. The guy everybody calls for laughs and a good time. And I always deliver. So, when Ainsley Winslow and I made a pact for a summer fling, I was all in. What hot-blooded college male doesn’t jump at the chance for a no strings attached relationship? Not this one...
  • Rules, Schmules! by Becca Seymour

    Rules, Schmules! by Becca Seymour

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first Zone Defense series spin-off with a rule-following basketball player and an unimpressed twink who thinks rules are made to be obliterated.It’s not my milkshake that brings Kieran Kendall to my yard. Okay, maybe it’s a little bit my milkshake. But I also like to think it’s my dazzling personality and my magical… uhm… you get the idea...
  • Heartfall by J.B. McGee

    Heartfall by J.B. McGee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Claire Ross has never been good enough. Not for the girls in the elite group of dancers in her class and certainly not for the approval of her ballet teacher, Mr. Robins. She definitely doesn’t like what she sees in the mirror. Simply put, she doesn’t love herself, so how could she possibly love someone else? After twelve years of friendship, Sebastian Reyes’ adoring gaze holds more...
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