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  • Play by Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Play by Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    SamanthaJase Andrews is trouble... but the best kind. Too gorgeous for his own good, the former professional athlete is every woman’s dream, including mine. I need to stay away, but he’s relentless.Most girls want Jase because of who he is, but that’s exactly why I don’t want to get involved. A guy like him and a girl like me are bound to fumble.His panty-melting smile is so hard to resist..
  • Black Flag by Shey Stahl

    Black Flag by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When the taste you thought you never needed becomes a thirst you cannot quench, then what? Jameson Riley, a NASCAR rookie driver, and Sway Reins, his pregnant girlfriend, are put to the test. They have love; they have lust, and a bond that proves to be vital. But do they have what it takes to make it through his lifestyle. When tested, it’s either fight, or give in...
  • Made For Me by Natasha Madison

    Made For Me by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone friends to lovers sports romance. A spin-off from the Only One seriesChaseEveryone expected me to play hockey.I was good at it, but I was better at being a doctor.So I hung up the skates and joined Doctors without BordersBut there is no place like home, so now I’m back...
  • 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...
  • Finding Infinity by Layne Harper

    Finding Infinity by Layne Harper

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Finding Infinity" as described by Colin... "Fine Charlie.” Colin says dropping his hands in defeat. “Here's what I want. I want everybody to back off and let me play football. I want you to go back to practicing medicine because I’m ready for you to be happy again - not this forced shit that you keep trying to sell me...
  • 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...
  • The Lion Heart by Carrie Aarons

    The Lion Heart by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s supposed to be the ruler of this kingdom. The prince poised to take his rightful place on the pitch. Instead, he plays the jester, shunning his legacy. Only I am privy to his lion heart. Kingston Phillips is the heir to England’s football dynasty. The offspring of two of the world’s greatest players, the expectations set on his shoulders could crush the universe...
  • Truth Game by Chloe Walsh

    Truth Game by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    His silence wounded her pride, but his truth will crush her world... Daryl King was the person I was meant to be with. My best friend since childhood. The peanut butter to my jelly... until I lost him. Now our school's star quarterback is back in my life and our worlds are colliding once more...
  • The Assassins Series by Toni Aleo

    The Assassins Series by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Now all four novels and the companion novella are together in one can’t-miss eBook bundle:  TAKING SHOTSTRYING TO SCOREEMPTY NETFALLING FOR THE BACKUPBLUE LINES   The Assassins may be the hottest things on two legs and ice skates, but when the gloves come off, the chiseled men of this Nashville NHL team will do anything for the women they love: A reformed bad boy helps a charming, willful beauty...
  • 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...
  • Luca by Brenda Rothert

    Luca by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abby I only have one love now—the home furnishings business I’m building into an empire. Maybe money and success can’t love me back, but they keep what’s left of my heart safe. One-night stands are my way of scratching the occasional itch I get for something more. And no one’s better for that than a sexy as sin hockey player I’ll never see again after one very hot night together...
  • 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...
  • Lucky Bastard by Kaylee Ryan

    Lucky Bastard by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emma When my best friend Aubrey asked me to tag along to an event with her, I never could have imagined that it would be the day that my life changed forever.He’s arrogant and demanding and doesn’t take a hint. Landon Barker, the quarterback for the Hermosa Beach Trojans, is a player on and off of the field. He’s got his sights set on me as his next play, but I see right through him...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    sports  athlete  alpha-mc  romance  contemporary  steamy  fiction  book
  • Interception by Lisa Suzanne

    Interception by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten years after we graduated from high school, I still want Chase Camden. Now a professional football player, he seems unattainable... until I run into him at our reunion.Ten years after we graduated from high school, Gavin Brooks still wants me. Now a superstar of rock music, he finds me unattainable... something I never knew until the night of our reunion...
  • Full Count by Kimberly Readnour

    Full Count by Kimberly Readnour

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dating my bestie? Yeah, I can only wish... Garret Cartel.Cessna University’s starting shortstop.Painstakingly gorgeous.ReservedFriend-zoned since freshman year.I have a knack for falling for unattainable guys.Blame my trust issues.They keep me safe.But this is our final year.My last chance to break the dreaded friend-zone chains before graduation.There’s one slight problem...
  • 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...
  • The Reluctant Boyfriend by Erika Kelly

    The Reluctant Boyfriend by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Princess Gone Wild!When Princess Rosalina discovers her fiancé cheating on her, she’s done being dutiful. Jumping on a plane, she lands five thousand miles away in a world of hot cowboys, jean skirts, and tequila. Grabbing her chance to fly under the radar, she plans on acting out every single fantasy she’s denied herself while trying to meet the expectations of her family and country...
  • A Callahan Wedding by Monica Murphy

    A Callahan Wedding by Monica Murphy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There's a Callahan wedding happening...but who's the happy couple?More info coming soon...
  • 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...
  • Rush: The Season by Nicole Edwards

    Rush: The Season by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kingston Rush Becoming a goaltender in the NHL is the only thing I ever wanted for myself. Goal accomplished. Two years ago, I was the best goalie in the league, for the third time. With our Stanley Cup win, the Austin Arrows were on top of the world. Nothing could possibly bring us down. Wrong. Turns out, even when you’re at the top, you can find yourself back at rock bottom...
  • The Pact by Belle Harper

    The Pact by Belle Harper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When we were ten we made a pact.When we were twelve she moved away.Now she’s sixteen and returned home.Hunter:We made the pact when we were ten.It would be the end of our friendships, we said.We all agreed. Mila was off limits.I broke the pact when I was twelve…I won't break it again.Jace:Mila was my best friend, my neighbor and first crush.But she wasn't just mine...
  • 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...
  • All In: Playing to Win by Lane Hart

    All In: Playing to Win by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zack Bradford's ego is so big that it can barely be contained in the stadium where he plays professional football. The quarterback previously named Rookie of the Year and deemed the Sexiest Man Alive is on top of the world. Or at least he was, until he gets hit by a scandal that could end his career...
  • Blind Pass by Bianca Sommerland

    Blind Pass by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    100% of Royalties will be donated in Proud Support of the foundations connected to Hockey Fights Cancer. Nothing could stop Tim Rowe, the assistant coach of the Dartmouth Cobras, from falling in love with Madeline, but love alone can’t satisfy every need. Sometimes, to reach the goal, you have to take the chance with a . . . Blind Pass...
  • The Careless Boyfriend by Erika Kelly

    The Careless Boyfriend by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gray Bowie broke the bro code: he fell in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. For years, he hid his feelings…until one terrible night, it all came to a head. Since her life blew up in high school, Knox Holliday has spent her time honing her skills as a couture wedding dress designer. But, just weeks before her debut, a freak accident wipes out her collection...
  • Broken by Elise Faber

    Broken by Elise Faber

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was forty years old.He was single.He had his dream job as GM of the Baltimore Breakers hockey franchise, and he was happy.Lie.Because the woman he was in love with was married.To a perfectly nice man who loved her and cared for her and treated her like the queen she was.But then Lexi showed up at his house, tears in her eyes, Caleb out of the picture, and he finally had a shot.A real shot...
  • 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...
  • Bump and Run by Piper James

    Bump and Run by Piper James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Clean cut, all-American, hot as sin, and sweet enough to lick all over.That’s how my friend Skye describes Miles Blake. It’s how I’d describe him, too, if I didn’t just find out the one-night stand that rocked my world is my best friend’s fiancé’s best friend…God, what a mouthful...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Chasing Perfect by Melanie Shawn

    Chasing Perfect by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’d been best friends since elementary school, knew each other’s secrets, and supported each other in times of need…Sandy Cooper and Hunter Blakely were there for each other no matter what…until one epic graduation night changed everything… For Sandy, her sexy best friend knew too much of the life she wanted to get away from...
  • Take A Knee by Xyla Turner

    Take A Knee by Xyla Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Take A Knee by USA Today Bestselling & Award Winning Author Xyla Turner Zora McCoy I'm done with men, done with anything that looks like a man and just want to live my life. I'm a woman's basketball semi-pro coach with a dream to make it to the top. One offer from a team owner has me rethinking everything I thought I wanted for my career...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  athlete  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  politics
  • 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...
  • Pax by Brenda Rothert

    Pax by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In peak physical shape from hitting the gym hard in the offseason? Check. Officially the highest paid defenseman on the Sin City Saints? Check. Faking a relationship with a woman he’s secretly crazy in love with? Yeah, that’s a big check.The son of a legendary pro basketball player, Pax Bishop was poised to follow in his father’s footsteps when life took him in another direction...
  • 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...
  • The Professor's Date by Lane Hayes

    The Professor's Date by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The professor, the hair stylist, and a wedding date…TommyHelp! My sister is getting married and according to her, I need a date. And a makeover. I’m a busy man, though. I don’t have time to meet eligible bachelors, and the tape holding my glasses together works just fine. Until my hair stylist steps on them...
  • 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...
  • Fight by Molly McLain, Sara Eirew

    Fight by Molly McLain, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **This is not a standalone. Check out FLY (Velocity, #1) first. amzn.to/2dPfsgW :) ** The story continues... I trusted Colton with every bit of myself. I believed him when he promised he'd never hurt me. But he broke me...and now I watch him give another woman everything I thought would be mine. I never saw this coming...
  • On the Line by Victoria Denault

    On the Line by Victoria Denault

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He had total control of his game--until she changed all the rules . . . As one of the best players in the NHL and the "golden boy" of the league, Avery Westwood knows he has to keep his cool--on and off the ice. His whole life is a carefully constructed image of perfection for the media and his brand sponsors. Of course, that means he can never let his true feelings show...
  • 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 Final Move by Victoria Denault

    The Final Move by Victoria Denault

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hockey legend Devin Garrison thought he blew his shot. But his relationship with Callie Caplan just went into overtime.Sexy, rich, and one of the biggest stars in the NHL, Devin Garrison has always been the one who had it all. That is until his marriage falls apart and he realizes he has to start over. If he's honest, there has only been one woman who ever really excited him-Callie Caplan...
  • 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...
  • The Fake by Rebecca Jenshak

    The Fake by Rebecca Jenshak

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I've made a lot of dumb mistakes but none dumber than losing her.Senior year. I should be partying and living it up with my friends before graduation, but one more mistake and I'm off the team.Enter Chloe. She comes into my life at a low point, but she becomes the bright spot I reach for every day. She's the kind of girl who makes a guy want to be a better man...
  • 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...
  • Breaking Defenses by JB Salsbury

    Breaking Defenses by JB Salsbury

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I never should’ve loaned him my lucky pencil. Like every female in high school I was captivated when he spoke to me. I had no idea that moment would cause irrevocable damage. Over two years later I’m face to face with Carey Slade again. This time I won’t get caught up in his good looks and oozing charm. I work three jobs and get straight A’s. I can’t afford to get distracted. Not again...
  • Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw

    Watch and Learn by Rebel Shaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NateAll I wanted to do was be me, for one night. I didn’t want to be the number one quarterback in the league. I just wanted to be Nate. I couldn’t tell you exactly what made me stop at that dive bar on the outskirts of town, but it changed my life.Our connection was instant and undeniable. Our night together was explosive, which led to another, and then another. No strings...
  • First Meet Foul: A sunshine/grump, enemies to lovers sports romance by Jaqueline Snowe

    First Meet Foul: A sunshine/grump, enemies to lovers sports romance by Jaqueline Snowe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Lorelei Romano thought junior year would be spent living with her best friend, having the best season of her life on the girls’ soccer team and enjoying time with her boyfriend. Instead, she was suddenly single and stuck living with her brother in the football house across the hall from the grumpiest football player on campus...
  • Grappling for Position by Melynda Price

    Grappling for Position by Melynda Price

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This battle of wills is about to go below the belt…Willow Scott is sweet, innocent, and 100% untouchable. She’s the epitome of everything MMA fighter Regan “Rapscallion” Matthews has always wanted, but will never have. A woman like her deserves more than a scrapper from the wrong side of the tracks—the Scott’s charity case...
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