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  • Sawyer by Samantha Whiskey

    Sawyer by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I never thought I’d achieve my dream of playing for the NHL— Not while I’m my mom’s sole caretaker. But the Carolina Reapers offer me a deal I can’t refuse: A spot on their roster and top-rated support for my mom’s battle with Parkinson’s...
  • This Is Love by Natasha Madison

    This Is Love by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the best selling series, Something So comes the spin-off series This is... Vivienne Never fall in love. That was my motto, and I was sticking to it. Having my heart broken once was enough, and I never wanted to do it again. He was supposed to be a one-night stand, the only thing I do. One rule shouldn’t be so hard to follow, but then I went back for seconds, then thirds...
  • Beyond the Bases by Kaylee Ryan

    Beyond the Bases by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What happens when you want more in life than just running the bases? You hang out at home plate and stop playing the field. He's sexy and irresistible. I've done my best to ignore the magnetism that flows between us. I don't need complications in my life. I can't get wrapped up in his world, the last thing I need is to get attached to a professional athlete. I don’t have time for heartbreak...
  • This Is Wild by Natasha Madison

    This Is Wild by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the best selling series, Something So comes the spin-off Series This is... Zoe When you grow up surrounded by hockey players you know one thing for sure, I was never going to settle down with one. Heck, I didn’t even know what icing was. I was too busy climbing the corporate ladder, becoming one of the most successful realtors in New York City...
  • Logan by Samantha Whiskey

    Logan by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As the best offensive defenseman in the NHL, you’d think my skills would get more notice than my face. Ridiculous, but I’ve been dubbed the “pretty boy” since rookie year. Pair the looks with my multi-million-dollar career, and it’s a recipe to get used. I’ve been burned before, and it’s never happening again. Then I meet Delaney Collins—Charleston’s impossibly sexy librarian...
  • Wheeler by Samantha Whiskey

    Wheeler by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m the Seattle Sharks’ power player. Some call me the Wheeler. That’s because I score on and off the ice more than any other Shark. Well, until her. The one girl I’ve wanted for years. And her brother just convinced me to hire her as my personal assistant. Faith Gentry. Sharp. Sexy. Funny as hell. My best friend’s little sister. Now that I’m her boss, she’s twice as off-limits...
  • Blocker by Samantha Whiskey

    Blocker by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m the Seattle Sharks’ number one goalie. The blocker. The wall. The opposition’s worst nightmare. I’m driven, committed to my team, and have zero time for distractions—on or off the ice. My focus is on my new contract—one that will secure my position and take care of my family. So, naturally, when Coach’s daughter moves back to town, he asks me to watch out for her...
  • 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...
  • Tight End by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight End by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I knew playing with my feelings was a huge gamble with someone like him, but I did it anyway. And now I’ve learned the hard lesson that gambling and life in Vegas just aren’t for me.I have a lot of decisions I need to make on my own, so I take a job that will allow me to relocate, regroup, and make new friends as I try to figure out what comes next for me...
  • Adrenaline by Kelly Elliott

    Adrenaline by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Malcolm Wallace lived for the adrenaline rush. If he wasn’t living life on the edge, he wasn’t living. He had no time for relationships, let alone love. When one event changes Malcolm’s entire future, he must turn to the one person who makes him doubt his entire philosophy on life. Paislie Pruitt. She’s beautiful. She’s strong. She’s the one rush Malcolm never saw coming...
  • In Too Deep by Lexi Ryan

    In Too Deep by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan brings readers a sexy NFL player who's pulled out all the stops for one more chance with the love of his life. I have thirty days to make my wife fall in love with me or let her go forever. I loved Bailey Green long before she watched her loser ex take his last breaths...
  • 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
  • His To Hold by Serena Akeroyd

    His To Hold by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ever hear the kid song, Jack and Beau sitting in a tree K I S S I N G?Well, she met me when I was up in a tree, but kissing her has never been an option. She isn’t the kind to fall for a daredevil.And I’m a Formula One race car driver. Adrenaline Junkie is my middle name. Taking risks and tossing my fate to the wind is what I do.Being her friend is no longer enough...
  • Dirty Secret by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Dirty Secret by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In my defense, I didn’t know she was his sister… A sexy hockey standalone from USA TODAY bestselling author Mira Lyn Kelly This team hates me. Something about my chronic case of resting prick face and that thing with the captain when the season started. My fist, his jaw. Yeah, we go back and not in a good way. Coach says no more “confrontational BS” or I don’t play at all...
  • Rookie by Samantha Whiskey

    Rookie by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As a rookie, keeping up with the Seattle Shark’s starting trio is grueling work. Trying to pretend like the Shark’s new, totally-off-limits physical therapist doesn’t make me ache? Impossible. Because she isn’t just anyone. Once upon a time, Chloe was mine. Until she broke my heart. Now she’s back in my life and Coach has forbidden any of us from pursuing her...
  • The Sweet Spot by Adriana Locke

    The Sweet Spot by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She wants forever. He plays it day by day. They’re both wishing for the best in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s charming and sexy hopefully-ever-after romance.Single mom Palmer Clark will not be sidelined by the new man in town. Sure, the honey-tongued baseball legend is gorgeous, loves puppies, and has charmed his way into the community’s heart, but Palmer craves stability...
  • 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...
  • Brazen Tricks by Ali Dean

    Brazen Tricks by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her new path is all about split second decisions. One of them will change her life forever.Jordan’s ready to embrace her identity as a pro skateboarder but wants to do it on her own terms.With her boyfriend the most popular skateboarder in the world, it’s not easy being seen and treated as just the girlfriend...
  • This Is Forever by Natasha Madison

    This Is Forever by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author comes the fourth book in the This Is Series. Caroline Becoming a teen mom at sixteen was not what I expected, but then again, neither was being a single parent. Still, I wouldn’t change my past because that boy is my world. Hockey is the only thing my son seems to care about, so I work two jobs to make sure he can play...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Seth by Carly Marie

    Seth by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Be yourself because everyone else is taken. But what if that risks everything you know? Seth Johnson has worked his entire career to be remembered more for his skill than as an openly gay NHL player. Finding a boyfriend has been pushed to the back burner. As for exposing his softer side, the side that loves lace and lingerie? It’s not happening...
  • 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
  • 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...
  • When I Need You by Lorelei James

    When I Need You by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rules are tossed aside when a pro football player join forces with a spitfire cheerleading coach in New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James’s brand-new romance… Heir to Lund Enterprises and ladies’ man Jensen “The Rocket” Lund has three conditions when it comes to dating: 1) No single mothers 2) No cheerleaders 3) No medical personnel So it makes no sense that he’s wildly...
  • Going Deep by Nikki Ash

    Going Deep by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *Standalone enemies-to-lover's football romance* Going deep: In football it means running down the field for a long pass. You’re serious. Committed. Unstoppable. As a wide receiver, it’s a term I’m all too familiar with. It’s who I am, at least when it comes to my career. For the past decade, football has been the only thing I’ve allowed myself to commit to...
  • Connell by Samantha Whiskey

    Connell by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I’m famous for two things—being one of the best defensemen in the NHL and my classic pranks.My teammates always said one of my jokes would bite me in my Scottish arse one day, and they were right.After a prank goes wrong, I’m sentenced to six weeks community service under none other than the sexy, rule-abiding, smart-mouthed city clerk of Sweet Water—Annabelle Clarke.Lucky for me it’s offseason...
  • Off Limits by Chelle Sloan

    Off Limits by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Professional football has an actual rulebook, but it’s the unwritten rules that come with the harshest consequences.The biggest one of all: don’t date your teammate’s sister. And if you do, don’t you dare fall in love with her.I never meant to fall, but when it comes to Brenna Donald, I never stood a chance. She’s everything I’m not--a light-hearted wild child who shines brighter than the sun...
  • Ear Candy by M.E. Carter, Andrea Johnston

    Ear Candy by M.E. Carter, Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s the plot twist she didn’t hear coming. Becoming a book narrator was never my goal. But if your deep voice tempts romance listeners to swoon and throw their proverbial panties at you, plans change...
  • Rapture by Skye Jordan

    Rapture by Skye Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Skye Jordan brings you another steamy Renegades story! As a premier stuntwoman in Hollywood, Zahara Parrish is no stranger to risk. Neglected as a child, she learned early on never to depend on others to keep her safe. Now, she’s as protective over her heart as she is over her hard earned success, which is why she’ll never mix business and pleasure...
  • 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...
  • Hat Trick by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Hat Trick by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stan Lyamin has seen many of his dreams come true. He’s found his soulmate, loves Noah like his own, hoisted the Cup, and has his Mama living with him in his new country. But his fantasies of a loud, loving, madcap home overflowing with childish laughter linger...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  children  multi-pov  sports  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Heartthrob by Robin Bielman

    Heartthrob by Robin Bielman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He likes a challenge… Here’s the deal: I’m the best center fielder in the major leagues. I’m also the guy who cost his team the championship game and acted very unsportsmanlike. So, when the team hires a social media manager to repair the damage to my reputation, I don’t argue...
  • 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...
  • Frat Bro by Raleigh Ruebins

    Frat Bro by Raleigh Ruebins

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This fall, I have one simple rule: don't fall in love with my fake boyfriend.I’m awful at following the rules.One minute I was a nobody in a small Colorado town, getting by on contract work, home renovations, and a dumpster fire of a dating life—and then suddenly, my life was on TV...
  • 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...
  • Play Fair by L.P. Maxa

    Play Fair by L.P. Maxa

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Guitarist of the world-famous rock band The Devil’s Share, no one would expect Jackson Cole to have a best friend who’s a girl, but his relationship with Bryan Lawson is too special to endanger with sex…until a different girl—the waifish nine-year-old who claims he’s her father—makes Jacks realize all that truly matters. WILD. RECKLESS. IRRESPONSIBLE...
  • 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...
  • The Virgin Replay by Lauren Blakely

    The Virgin Replay by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A virgin, an athlete, a fake romance...and only one bed in the hotel room. Following rules shot me to the top of my game as an all-star baseball player, and the golden rule is this -- don’t hookup with your teammate’s sister. But ask her to be your fake date when you desperately need one for a family wedding? Nothing in the guy code against that...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • 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...
  • Playing Dirty: A Bad Boy Sports Romance by Mickey Miller

    Playing Dirty: A Bad Boy Sports Romance by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm going to teach Andrea to play dirty...she just doesn't know it yet. Jake Pulling in eight figures a year as star pitcher for the Chicago Jaguars, there's no shortage of parties, booze, and women. I'm a beast on the mound and between the sheets but when my social media presence becomes a major problem, the team’s owner brings in a PR expert to clean up my image...
  • You Could Make a Life by Taylor Fitzpatrick

    You Could Make a Life by Taylor Fitzpatrick

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The first thing Dan says to him is, “we’re in the NHL!”, because that’s how he’s been greeting anyone wearing a jersey, and Marc Lapointe, 'the future of the franchise', is wearing Dan's colours. “I think you’re my new best friend,” Dan says, his excitement beating out common sense, social filters, the need to play it cool. “It is nice to meet you, new best friend," Marc says, his mouth twitching...
  • Scoring Position by Lisa Suzanne

    Scoring Position by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I wasn’t looking to change my “bad boy of baseball” reputation. At least not until my dream girl, Pop Princess Alexis Bodega, stepped foot in my clubhouse to sing for the stadium on opening day. There’s just one problem, and it’s a big one. Her manager is also her boyfriend, and her father is her agent...
  • The Hardest Route by A.S. Teague

    The Hardest Route by A.S. Teague

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My friends used to tell me ‘What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.’ Clearly, they lied because a few months later, I found out my one-night stand was pregnant. I couldn’t handle a baby. I was Griffin Rockwell, the best wide receiver the league had ever seen. But what choice did I have? My baby girl was coming whether I was ready for her or not...
  • Dirty Player by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Dirty Player by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This NHL star isn’t afraid to play dirty to get his girl It started as a joke… A throw away promise between friends. A dare for a single kiss at our reunion and nothing more. But that kiss… That kiss was no joking matter. It was hot and wet. A hands-everywhere, breathless kind of insanity that left us both teetering on the brink...
  • Enforcer by Samantha Whiskey

    Enforcer by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    As the Seattle Sharks number one Enforcer, nothing means more to me than hockey. I live and breathe the game.   But when my short-temper gets me into one too many late night brawls, Coach threatens to bench me if I don’t clean up my act. It’ll take more than me changing my nightlife—the media needs this bad boy to go good...
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