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  • 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 Mistress Files by Tiffany Reisz

    The Mistress Files by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kingsley Edge, king of kink himself, wants Mistress Nora to write a training manual to instruct his other professional Dominants how to take better care of their clients. But Mistress Nora can't put pen to paper without churning out a sexy short story and Kingsley's training manual quickly turns into true tales of her adventures with her favorite clients. A female submissive who can't orgasm...
  • Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t date football players.I’m not interested in the ones who are a decade older than me. I want nothing to do with the ones who play on the same team as my brothers, and I certainly avoid the ones who spend more time in strip clubs than kids’ clubs...
  • Cocky Romantic by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Romantic by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In Atlanta, Georgia, The Cocker Brothers have certainly earned their nickname, The Cocky Brothers. Their daddy taught them to be real men. Their momma told them, “Hold out for a different kind of woman.” They have one thing in common: arrogance. Everyone calls him a romantic, but Jason’s trouble is he falls for princesses. The selfish kind, not the fairytale...
  • The Ivy Years Collection by Sarina Bowen

    The Ivy Years Collection by Sarina Bowen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life at the elite Harkness College is brought to you in four tales, each one sexier and more heartbreaking than the last. Contains: hockey hotties, snarky T-shirts, a slow-burn love affair, a liar (with reasons,) a virgin (with reasons,) and one adorkable basketball player.   Book 1: The Year We Fell DownThe sport she loves is out of reach. The boy she loves has someone else...
  • Oral Arguments by Loni Nichole

    Oral Arguments by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A rowdy bar fight and a feisty lawyer have this growly hockey player ready to serve his time in Silver Spoon Falls.Reid LawlessI had one job in Silver Spoon Falls: make the hockey team, the Falcons, look good. My plan went off the rails when fists started flying at a local bar, and a Barney Fife lookalike took me to jail...
  • The Unexpected Manny by J.B. Heller

    The Unexpected Manny by J.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sebastian Bailey is hot AF, but the dude's a total A-hole.I have no idea what I'm in for when I sign up to interview hot upcoming romance author S. Bailey. For starters, she turns out to be a he—and he's super hot. Unfortunately, he’s also a massive D-bag with a weird thing about punctuality.Our first meeting is less than stellar, but thankfully the second one goes somewhat better...
  • Justus by S.M. Shade

    Justus by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Justus I’m not conceited.Really, I’m not. It just so happens I have a body a Greek God would be jealous of, and a face that could make an angel weep. Other than that, I’m just your everyday normal guy who happens to take his clothes off for money...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  sports  steamy  university  adult  book  contemporary
  • Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke

    Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I sold my soul to the devil only to turn around and slit his throat… Thomas Kincaid took everything from me. My mother. My hopes. My innocence.Now, it’s my turn.He thought he was safe.They all did.They were wrong.Men always think they can take without ever having to deal with the consequences. Well, now I’m back, and I'm the last consequence they’ll ever see...
    Categorized as:
    dark  university  multi-pov  sports  steamy  romance  contemporary  sad
  • Overcome by A.K. Evans

    Overcome by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It only took a matter of moments for Lexi Townsend to become a statistic. Rape victim. Ninety-eight seconds later, someone else became the next one in six. Her pleas of ‘no’ were overshadowed by the dress she wore and the kisses she enjoyed. Her power was taken. Her trust was lost. Her bubbly personality was smothered by the depressing weight of shame and guilt. She became silenced...
  • Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole

    Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When it comes to love, this football coach is done playing by the rules.Garrett MarshAs the high school football coach, I'm supposed to play by the rules. Except the rules are standing in the way of the one thing I want…Ciara Sharp. She dropped everything to provide for her brother when their parents died. Now, she's untouchable, or so says the school board. But I'm done listening to reason...
  • Wicked Knight by Sawyer Bennett

    Wicked Knight by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He never wanted to be anyone’s hero… Asher Knight is tall, dark, and wickedly handsome. He’s also irrevocably broken. Submerging himself in long hours at work by day and debauchery at The Wicked Horse by night, Asher uses work and play to numb the pain and guilt he feels over the death of his wife. What isn’t satisfied with one will surely be resolved by the other...
  • Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Morgan Kennedy: Campus Legend. Ruggedly handsome superstar athlete turned hedge fund manager. My one night stand mistake.And now my boss at my internship. Every staff meeting, I’m taken back to the night I was filled with a need I never knew was possible. Sparks fly between us in the office...
    Categorized as:
    humor  multi-pov  sports  steamy  university  21st-century  adult  book
  • 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...
  • Just One Touch by C.A. Harms

    Just One Touch by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I should have known this would happen... Nothing about my fraternity was ever simple. Parties, tequila – tons of tequila – and wild souvenirs from our kind of crazy. Never, and I do mean never, did I expect my brother’s girl to target me in a midnight prank. A prank that backfired and left me squealing in pain...
  • You Ruined Me by Isabel Jordan

    You Ruined Me by Isabel Jordan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's possible to escape the friendzone and graduate from fake boyfriend to real one, right? Asking for a friend.Michael Montgomery had a plan. He intended to get so drunk he forgot his ex-fiancé was marrying his cousin, and that he had to attend the wedding. Alone...
  • Ice Prince by Nichole Rose

    Ice Prince by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When life spins wildly out of control, a bossy hockey star and a curvy maid will find forever…or be forever ruined. Theo Kline I know everything there is to know about hockey.Right now, I'd give everything just to understand her.Charlotte Mabry is a curvy little goddess with the sweetest smile.She's also my mother's boyfriend's favorite niece...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  multi-pov  sports  steamy  university  adult  age-gap
  • Hotel O by Clarissa Wild

    Hotel O by Clarissa Wild

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A filthy new romance from New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Clarissa Wild that will push all your buttons... Pleasure is business. That’s our motto here at Hotel O. No strings attached gratification is what we provide. Nothing is off limits. And all of it stays within these walls. My job as the organizer of these events requires a personal sacrifice...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  billionaire
  • Delight by Lexi Buchanan

    Delight by Lexi Buchanan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kenza nightclub owner, Ruben McKenzie can have any woman he wants, but the only woman he wants is Rosie—his sweet innocent employee, who happens to be eleven years his junior. Watching her parade her hot little body around his club, serving drinks completely unaware of the attention she attracts is driving him to distraction. But when he sees a regular getting close to her, all bets are off...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • That Wild Player: A Standalone Bad Boy Billionaire & (Former) Good Girl Romantic Comedy by Nadia Lee

    That Wild Player: A Standalone Bad Boy Billionaire & (Former) Good Girl Romantic Comedy by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm a good girl. I work hard, follow the rules, and only want a future with Mr. Right, complete with a white picket fence, 1.5 children and a dog. What do I have instead? A "Dear Jane" email from my ex, who CCd it to my best friends and their fiancés. My friends realizing that I've never had an orgasm is the cherry on the train-wreck cake of my love life...
  • Simply Irresistible by Deborah Cooke

    Simply Irresistible by Deborah Cooke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tyler has had enough... Going to his fourth sister's wedding without a date will only encourage his female relations to "help" him find romance. Ty's ready to wait for Ms. Right, and doesn't want anyone meddling in his love life. When he learns that the quiet cute woman who works in his building has the same predicament, he's sure they can each provide a solution for the other...
  • 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...
  • Satisfy Me by Ryan Michele

    Satisfy Me by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Valentine’s Day is hot. Bikers make it hotter. Cruz & Princess What happens when your son has to remind you that it's Valentine’s Day? What does a man do for a woman that's not into the roses and chocolate bull they put on television? Cruz may have forgotten, but he still has a few surprises up his tattooed sleeve...
  • Billionaire In Vegas by Summer Cooper

    Billionaire In Vegas by Summer Cooper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s everything she shouldn’t like… the former athlete, playboy billionaire, with a teasing smile and a body fit for a spread in a magazine... “So that’s a yes, then?” He smiled down at me, looking as sexy as sin and just as tempting. I wanted to say no; I truly did. The last thing I needed was to sit around drinking with my employer’s son...
  • Dark Rules by Summer Cooper

    Dark Rules by Summer Cooper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for... My birthday wish came true!I found a real man who knows what he's doing.I should be grateful. I should be celebrating. Right?Then I discovered his real name.And I knew there was only one option -- run for the hills!He's dangerous.He's a killer.He's the reckless, cavalier businessman coming to steal from my family...
    Categorized as:
    dark  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Twisted Perception by T.L Smith

    Twisted Perception by T.L Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This story is not one of rainbows and happily ever after’s, so if you’re looking for that, stop reading. My story is fucked and deluded, just like the person telling it. You see, I’m a trafficker. I traffic gorgeous young men for my clients. The lonely old women whose husbands are more than likely off cheating on them. You’re not going to like me; I’m not going to lie...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  humor  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Out of Bounds by J.H. Croix

    Out of Bounds by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Game on. I’m a player. In more ways than one. I love women and they love me. The second I lay eyes on Zoe, I know I want her. Like mad. She’s nothing but curves, but she hides them behind her oh-so-proper clothes. That only makes me want her more—and I’m used to getting what I want. Problem is…she’s supposed to get me out of a bit of a legal jam. My attorney is a definite no-no...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult  athlete
  • Vice by Dani René

    Vice by Dani René

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My life is perfect, but my story isn’t. My tastes are frowned upon. However, I don’t allow society to dictate my proclivities. I’m cruel. I’m cold. I’m heartless. The list of submissives wanting me to train them is endless. But when two of my newest students walk in, I’m challenged in every way. *This is an MM romance with MMF and MFFM scenes...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hollywood Ball by Annie Dyer

    Hollywood Ball by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He plays to win; only she changed the rules....As Manchester Athletic’s record signing, I should be basking in the adoration of fans and enjoying the perks that come with the job.Only that’s never been my style. I keep a low profile and stay focused on doing my job.A chance one-night stand on my way back from the States is about as anonymous as I can make it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult  book
  • Checking It Twice by Claire Hastings

    Checking It Twice by Claire Hastings

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's made a list of her own, and he's just the man to help...Haven Taylor is tired of being called a Goody Two-shoes, and her brother's best friend might be the key to fixing that.DB Elliot is seriously sexy and without a doubt someone she can trust for a no-strings-attached secret fling. After all, she's known him her entire life...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Forever: a standalone, interracial romance by Tiffany Patterson

    Forever: a standalone, interracial romance by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last we saw from Landon Rogers and Melody James, in Love in Paradise, the couple was newly engaged and looking forward to a lifetime of forever. Unfortunately, forever comes with some bumps in the road. Not everyone is celebrating the couple’s engagement. In fact, one person in particular is dead set on seeing the couple’s happily ever after destroyed...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  multi-pov  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn

    Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn

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

    Hard Facts by Penny Clarke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Summer knows secrets.Everyone has a secret. Everyone, that is, except Grayson Rowe. With my new tutor, apparently what you see is what you get. Though what I see is fine, I know he’s hiding something behind those dorky glasses and annoyingly endless collection of facts. And it’s not just a superhero set of biceps.I don’t date nerds...
  • Iced by Colleen Charles

    Iced by Colleen Charles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve heard it all before. I need to grow up. Take things more seriously. Stop making headlines for anything other than my game.Even though it wasn’t my fault that I recently got into a fight at a bar over a woman…yeah yeah, no one wants anymore excuses. My agent just wants me to overhaul my public image before I lose my contract...
  • 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 Rogue's Princess by Cassi Hart

    The Rogue's Princess by Cassi Hart

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

    Shootout Steam by London Casey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Guess who got drunk, made out with a hockey player, and ended up all over social media? Oh, did I forget to mention that said hockey hottie proposed to me and I said yes?* * *The easiest decision would be to just call the whole thing off. Live up to my mistake - or the vodka’s mistake - and move on with my life...
  • Casual Encounter Vol. 4 by M.S. Parker

    Casual Encounter Vol. 4 by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When my attempt at a date ended disastrously and Cade had to come to my rescue again, I wondered if, maybe there was something more between us than business. Or was it just wishful thinking? Bree Gamble is following the directions from her teacher, Cade Shepard, but things don't exactly go as planned...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Professor by Luke Prescott

    The Professor by Luke Prescott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m Professor Drake Grayson. I’ve been teaching Psychology for the last few years at Fox University. It’s a great university, filled with a wide variety of students. Some eager to learn, some eager to get in my pants. I’ve never crossed that line. I’ve never taken advantage of the power I have. I’ve never wanted to bend a student over my desk like I have with Emma Bower...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  university  adult  age-gap  book
  • The Reckless Series Complete Collection: Books 1-3 by Gina Robinson

    The Reckless Series Complete Collection: Books 1-3 by Gina Robinson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Great value! Save up to 44% compared to buying each book separately! This series is contemporary romance with mature themes, language, and situations. Readers should be over 17! Reckless Longing Book One A Contemporary New Adult College Romance Ellie and Logan's love story begins one hot August night… Ellie My mom betrayed me in the worst way possible...
    Categorized as:
    dark  female-mc  sports  steamy  university  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Dirty by J.B. Heller

    Dirty by J.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Archer Austin induced sexual frustration may just be the death of me...Everything in my life was just peachy, until my roommates ditch me and my brother Bates, gets the bright idea to move in and bring his best friend Archer with him. The more the merrier, he says.The problem is, Archer and I had a one night stand last year and now he’s convinced we’re meant to be...
  • Cocky Player by Stacey Lynn

    Cocky Player by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Like most guys I have a type— she wasn’t mine.Not at all. The angelic beauty on the dance floor has innocence written all over her. But I can’t stay away. And when she runs from me, leaving me wanting more, I can’t get her out of my head.Turns out finding her won’t be too hard. My mystery virgin is the new marketing assistant for the Rough Riders Football team. And the owner’s daughter...
  • Adam's Fugitive by Loni Ree

    Adam's Fugitive by Loni Ree

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My curvy little fugitive will pay for her crimes. In my arms.AdamWho knew a night out celebrating my law school graduation would change my life? One look a the gorgeous girl and I know things will never be the same. She steals my heart then disappears like a thief in the night.Seven years later, fate smiles on me and brings her back into my life...
  • Blindside Sinner by Mariah Wolfe

    Blindside Sinner by Mariah Wolfe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bad boy hockey players don’t fall in love.Especially not with their assistants.And they ESPECIALLY don’t get them pregnant.Beckett Daniels is hockey’s hottest bad boy.He’s also my newest assignment.A chance encounter with his ex-handler gets me a job I need to pay off the dangerous debts I inherited...
  • Pretty In Ink by Scott Hildreth

    Pretty In Ink by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stevie is a tattoo artist and a free spirit. She’s covered in tattoos, cusses like a sailor, and is quite brash. She lives payday to payday, can barely pay her rent, and uses a bicycle as her only mode of transportation. Every man in her sordid past has abused her, and she’s reached the end of her rope...
  • Hard Pass: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by K.G. Reuss

    Hard Pass: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by K.G. Reuss

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two childhood rivals. A weekend in Vegas. And a challenge that changes everything.LexyTravis Owens has been a pain since he tugged my ponytail and challenged me to our first dare when we were eight years old. Time hasn’t changed a thing in regards to the hotter-than-fire football hero, except the game we play with one another now has higher stakes...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  multi-pov  sports  steamy  university  adult  athlete
  • Game Saver by B.J. Harvey

    Game Saver by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the USA Today bestselling author of the Bliss series comes a new spin off series featuring your favorite Bliss series characters who are yet to meet their match. Now it’s Cade and Abi’s turn. How do you know when fake turns real? Abi Cook lives her life by her own rules. She works hard, plays hard, and knows who she is and where she wants to be...
  • Two Can Play by Victoria Ashley, Hilary Storm

    Two Can Play by Victoria Ashley, Hilary Storm

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alphachat.com – That’s all the info you need to get off in the privacy of your own room, office, or hell… even in a public fucking pool. Whatever gets you wet. Lynx brought me into the Alpha House because he knows I can give the women what they want. They want to see me take my pants off, so I give them a big fucking surprise...
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