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  • Beyond the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Beyond the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ParkerOf all the hot guys in the club, of course I find myself tangled up with a baseball player. Our chemistry is out of the park, igniting as his athletic body moves next to mine.I know exactly who he is, but the infamous Holden Bailey has no idea who I am, or my connection to the team. I prefer it that way. I give in to one dance with Holden and send him home alone...
  • All the Sauce by Toni Aleo

    All the Sauce by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Owen Adler has spent his whole life being half of a matched set. But when his twin brother Evan leaves hockey—and him—behind on the Carolina IceCats, Owen finds he has to skate a new path on his own.Angie Paxton knows a lot about being on her own. She pushed Nashville, and the trauma she experienced there, to the back of her mind and started over in South Carolina...
  • Drew by Lulu Moore

    Drew by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Let me ask you a question.Have you met your soulmate?I did, then promptly lost her. Because what happens in Vegas stays there, right?Wrong.I’d never been the relationship type, but I’ve spent every spare second of the past twelve months wondering what if. What if I hadn’t slept through my alarm? What if I hadn’t lost her number? What if I’d known her name?But I came up blank...
  • The Season: Kaufman by Nicole Edwards

    The Season: Kaufman by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Spencer Kaufman When I signed on to the NHL, I promised to give 150% to the game. I’ve done that. Little did I know, but they would ask more from me than merely my skill on the ice. The team wanted me to be their captain. It’s an honor, one I’ve done my best to fulfill. Although I can’t take all the credit, I was there to lead when we won the Stanley Cup...
  • Charming Cupid by Melanie Shawn

    Charming Cupid by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stand-alone Steamy Weekends romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way! Cooper Briggs The minute I saw her in that heart-stopping red dress, I knew I’d do whatever it took to make her mine - even if it meant anonymously bidding on myself in the bachelor auction and then pulling strings to make sure that “she” won me...
  • Bain by Sawyer Bennett

    Bain by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bain Hillridge is new to the Titans and he’s building relationships with his new team, both on and off the ice. If only he could keep his hands off his teammate’s little sister.I loved playing for the Arizona Vengeance but I’m stoked to be part of the legacy the Pittsburgh Titans is building. A team that has risen from the ashes, I’m eager to help them achieve their goal of winning a championship...
  • 4th Degree by Nikki Castle

    4th Degree by Nikki Castle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's her coach.She's too young.They're both risking everything.Forced to grow up too soon, Skylar has built her entire life around taking care of her family. But when she catches her first lucky break, she’s finally able to pick up the sport that has always intrigued her. Signing up at the local MMA gym is where she meets Coach Dominic...
  • Cooper by Lulu Moore

    Cooper by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Thirteen years ago I fell for the wrong person and swore I’d never let another woman into my heart. Ever since, I’ve lived on a diet of bunnies and casual sex. That was until Francesca Danvers walked into my life. The sister of my team Captain’s fiancée, her Maid of Honor to my Best Man. She’s my match in every stubborn way. Boiling my blood during the day, lighting me on fire at night...
  • 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...
  • Lovestruck by Julie Capulet

    Lovestruck by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s completely off-limits.But some rules were made to be broken.Elias O’Shea isn’t just Hawthorne University’s star quarterback—he’s the campus heartthrob. With the looks of a god and an easygoing charm that leaves women swooning, he’s at the top of his game. The NFL is within reach and endorsements are pouring in...
  • Curvy Cravings: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Curvy Cravings: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Curvy Cravings is a short, sweet, and steamy romance book featuring a strong, independent heroine and the man who wins her heart after it's already been broken before. Curvy Cravings is the 3rd in the series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!LyricAfter enduring an embarrassing, high-profile divorce, I just want to fade into the background...
  • Sundae Funday: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Sundae Funday: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sundae Funday is a short, sweet, and steamy romance book featuring a strong, independent heroine and the man who wins her heart after it's already been broken before. Sundae Funday is the 4th in the series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!InesSixteen years ago, everyone told me to steer clear of my ex, but I didn’t listen...
  • Merciless in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Merciless in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s winning at life. She’s just off the streets. When they meet again, will they get a second chance?EliasI have everything…Except a woman.That’s because only one girl ever had my heart.But we were just kids.When I run into Maggie again, it feels like my last chance.She’s curvy, stubborn, and knows what she wants...
  • Breaking the Cycle by Megan Lowe, Claire Smith

    Breaking the Cycle by Megan Lowe, Claire Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Ryans have always had exceptionally bad luck in love. Reed Ryan avoided it by never falling in love, but meeting Bria Adams threatens all the boundaries he's put in place. With a rival racing team at his door and his family's 'curse' always in the background, Reed knows he must overcome his fears in order to protect the woman who's found a place in his heart...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Shot on Goal: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey by Jami Davenport

    Shot on Goal: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you're at the top, there's nowhere to go but down. Two talented skaters. Two bright futures. Two shining stars. One ruined by a career-ending scandal and another by a father's ruthless ambition. She was the darling of the winter games, winning a bronze in pairs figure skating one week after losing both parents in a car accident...
  • Nothing Less Than Everything by Maggie C. Gates

    Nothing Less Than Everything by Maggie C. Gates

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Everything you’re feeling—fear of the future. Doubts. Insecurities. Everything in your head that tells you you’re small and insignificant. Every voice that tells you to stay where you are because familiarity is better than failing—let it go.”______________Wren Porter fills her days with paint chips, tile samples, and uppity clients who wouldn’t know a sconce from a scone...
  • Kiss Me First: A Coming Of Age Sports Romance by Anna B. Doe

    Kiss Me First: A Coming Of Age Sports Romance by Anna B. Doe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before Blairwood, there was Bluebonnet.Katherine Adams never thought she’d end up in a small town in Texas, but when things start to go south, it’s the perfect place to escape to.Emmett Santiago, Bluebonnet’s golden boy, never imagined he’d fall so quickly, but one glance at Kate and he’s a goner...
  • 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...
  • Halo by E.M. Lindsey

    Halo by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One mistake: Victor got into the wrong car.One decision: Oliver didn’t kick him out.One lie: neither of them knows who the other person is— at least, not until it’s too late to turn back.There are many words for what Oliver does for a living.Man of the night.Escort.Companion.Not to mention a few others his clients like to sling at him when they want to be cruel...
  • Flirting with Disaster by Hailey Shore

    Flirting with Disaster by Hailey Shore

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There are two things you need to know about First, I am not cool. No, no, don’t let my tuxedo shirt and anklet socks fool you. I’m 26-year-old virgin not cool. I’m carry my cat around in a special backpack not cool.Second, I’m cursed. Every Piedmont woman is. We are doomed to fall in love with men who will break our hearts. So, I’m never going to fall in love.But I wouldn’t mind a little flirting...
  • Secret Puck by Rebecca Jenshak

    Secret Puck by Rebecca Jenshak

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secretly hooking up with the team captain's sister was a bad idea. In my defense, the first time I saw her I didn't know who she was.Kind, gorgeous, a little naïve. Ginny brightened my world from day one.I knew I was no good for her. She was just out of a relationship and I had a reputation for having a new girl in my bed every weekend. I tried to do the right thing. Honest...
  • The Two Week Stand by Samantha Towle

    The Two Week Stand by Samantha Towle

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From NYT bestselling author Samantha Towle comes a sizzling beach romance, that will leave you hot in all the right places…Dillon Dawson loves to write romance despite her latest relationship ending with her traveling to the Maldives alone on what was supposed to be her honeymoon. Now, the only thing she wants is two weeks of uninterrupted peace and quiet with absolutely no men in sight...
  • Intermission by Lisa Suzanne

    Intermission by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m in love with two men. I’m torn and need to choose which man from my past I want as a permanent part of my future. My heart leads me one way as my brain pushes me toward the other. I want them both, but each of them holds a secret that will change everything...
  • 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...
  • Pay For Your Lies by Khai Hara

    Pay For Your Lies by Khai Hara

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RhysThe moment I see her, I want her.And what I want, I always get.It’s the competitive side of me.Learning that she has a boyfriend already enrages me, but does nothing to deter me.I know that eventually she’ll submit to me and be mine.I’m so sure of it that I bet my friends I can crack her in a month.I just hope I don’t come to regret it...
  • Friends with Benefits by Nicole Blanchard

    Friends with Benefits by Nicole Blanchard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tripp Wilder is more than a friend…...but Ember Stevens is determined not to make him a boyfriend. After a terrible break up, she prefers sex without the strings, and who better to teach her about NSA relationships than her love ’em and leave ’em neighbor, Tripp?It’s the best of both worlds...
  • On Ice by Stella Stevenson

    On Ice by Stella Stevenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last thing Quinn Cooper needs is romance. Between her job and her dad’s diagnosis, she doesn’t have any extra time or need any added stress. She doesn’t have time for a hockey game either, but a favor finds her sitting in the stands as The Arctic takes the ice. Of course she’d end up sitting next to a man she can’t ignore, even if he’s cheering for the wrong team...
    Categorized as:
    sports  steamy  slow-burn  romance  contemporary  fiction  humor  book
  • The Fouls We Make by Brooke O'Brien

    The Fouls We Make by Brooke O'Brien

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A close proximity, friends-to-lovers sports romance by Brooke O'Brien about a woman who has sworn off dating football players and an all-star running back determined to win her heart and break her rules.I've sworn off dating football players. After my last relationship ended disastrously, I've given up on love entirely...
  • Gin & Sin by Mia Monroe

    Gin & Sin by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Helping him explore his attraction to men was supposed to be no strings fun, not turn me into a whipped puppy dog, but here we are. The college twink scene is wearing on me. Sure, it works out for a no-commitment guy like myself, but the constant drama and faceless rotation of pretty boys in and out of my bed isn’t as exciting as it once was...
  • Matters of the Hart by M.E. Carter

    Matters of the Hart by M.E. Carter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In an instant he became her hero. Then he became her lover and her friend. My name is Jaxon Hart. You watched me grow up. You watched me fight for my life. Now, I’m fighting for hers. From the second I laid eyes on Annika Leander, I wanted to help her. Protect her. Vindicate her. But she’s got baggage to get through. Hell, we both do...
  • Dirty Score by Skye Jordan

    Dirty Score by Skye Jordan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rafe “Savage” lives up to his name on the ice and in the bedroom. Forging a legacy as the Rough Riders’ most notorious playboy is easy when the woman he really wants is off limits. Mia’s brother isn’t just Rafe's best friend, he’s also a teammate. With the Cup in site, Rafe won’t screw with anything that threatens the team’s winning streak...
  • The Enforcer by Josie Blake

    The Enforcer by Josie Blake

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She wants my help to make her stronger, but this girl can bring me to my knees…Growing up in Chesterboro, good girls were warned away from my brothers and me, and Penny Hampshire is a good girl. We're from opposite sides of town—her side has money and mine barely makes ends meet. But when a trauma leaves her feeling out of control and vulnerable, she asks me to teach her to fight...
  • The Hookup Mix-up by Riley Hart

    The Hookup Mix-up by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    PerryI moved to San Luco to get to know my brother, and so far, it’s been great. Working as a bartender at Shenanigans, a bar close to Franklin University, there are beautiful men and women everywhere. When a hot guy falls into my arms at a party, I’m down for some naughty fun. Until I realize he’s way too drunk for anything to happen. Thankfully, we agree to meet up the next day...
  • Chasing Red by Isabelle Ronin

    Chasing Red by Isabelle Ronin

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    They said she was going to be my ruin... Then let her ruin me. Caleb Lockhart has everything—wealth, adoration, a brilliant future. Until a chance encounter with a siren in a red dress changes everything. Until he meets the woman he dubs Red. Veronica Strafford's past makes it hard for her to trust anyone...
  • Sweet Spot by K.B. Winters

    Sweet Spot by K.B. Winters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm Trey Delgado, professional MLB all-star hitter and i think life wants to break me in two. Luckily for me—I’m unbreakable. They accuse me of being a baby daddy, a bad boy, a drunk and a playboy. Then I get traded from my all-star baseball team in beautiful Southern California, to a startup team in Oklahoma City where I’m expected to be their saving grace...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Hot on Ice by Avery Flynn, Robin Covington

    Hot on Ice by Avery Flynn, Robin Covington

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    18 brand new sexy stories from bestselling authors, every one too steamy for the penalty box...20% of royalties from sales of Hot on Ice will go to Homes for our Troops, a charity that builds specially modified homes for injured veterans.Get ready to fall in love with the smokin' hot hockey players of the New Orleans Cajun Rage...
  • My Lucky Catch by C.M. Doporto

    My Lucky Catch by C.M. Doporto

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They'll do anything to hide what they want, even though it's each other they want most. Determined to keep their friends-with-benefits status under-wraps, Luke and Delaney spend their junior year of college sneaking around. Once the truth is revealed, their relationship takes off, but not without the challenges from Delaney's carefree attitude or Luke's overbearing parents...
  • His Vegas Bomb: A Menage Romance (The Cocktail Girls) by Derek Masters

    His Vegas Bomb: A Menage Romance (The Cocktail Girls) by Derek Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love isn’t on the menu...but this Vegas Bomb is! Delilah Torres is a bombshell former model who is left with nothing after a terrible breakup with her long-term boyfriend. She finds herself working at one of the hottest bars in Vegas, The Little Black Dress inside of the Millennium Hotel. Night after night men hit on her and night after night she turns them down...
  • His Violet (The May Flowers Series) by Fiona Starr, Flirt Club

    His Violet (The May Flowers Series) by Fiona Starr, Flirt Club

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Desire makes everything bloom. Violet Charlie Blaze made my heart flutter that first day at freshman orientation. Two years later, I’m still content to admire him from afar, no matter what I write in my diary. He’s tall and athletic—the consummate jock complete with cocky friends and the requisite cheerleader girlfriend...
  • Blame it on the Eggnog by Jami Davenport

    Blame it on the Eggnog by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jacques:I'm a single father, and I've had all the change I can handle: Retirement from the sport I love, a crazy ex-wife in prison, and five kids who need me more than ever. I don't have time for a relationship, let alone one with the interfering mother of the best player on the hockey team I'm coaching. She’s annoying as hell, but she’s also equally on my mind...
  • Cole by Sheridan Anne

    Cole by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rylee - I have my best friend and my club, that’s all I need in life.Men come and go, they get me, but they never get my heart.That’s mine and mine alone.One night in a supply closet was all it took.He shook me right to the core. I wasn’t expecting him, and when he came, it terrified me.He’s going to tear me down and my heart will never be safe again...
  • Mostly My Girlfriend by S. Doyle

    Mostly My Girlfriend by S. Doyle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A friends to lover boss/secretary story...continued.JuliaHe’s not my boss anymore but nothing has changed. After one hour of therapy we’re more broken than when we started. I kept a secret from him. A big one. Twelve years of lies and half-truths, of telling each other only what we think and never what we feel. I love him, but I don’t know if can do this anymore...
  • Beautifully Damaged by Laura Pavlov

    Beautifully Damaged by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Peyton Kroft was his forever, until the unthinkable happened. Walking away all those years ago had been the right thing to do, but he's ready to put the past behind him. Moving to San Francisco and hiring his first love, the city's top designer, is a good place to start. Yet it stirs up feelings he thought he'd buried. Jackson Vance broke her heart...
  • Laid Bare by Penny Clarke

    Laid Bare by Penny Clarke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Natalie needs to get laid.Bad time management skills. Partying a little too much. Glitter in unmentionable places. When boys meet me, they tend to focus less on the hot and more on the mess. Which means I’ve always just been one of the guys. Making it harder to get, well, you know...
  • All My Firsts by Krista Swanson

    All My Firsts by Krista Swanson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Going away to college should be the best time of your life, but for Lanie Montgomery it's an escape. After an abusive relationship leaves her distrustful, Lanie has no desire to be in one, let alone fall in love.While Lanie tries to avoid people, Xander continues to show up in her life around every corner. From the moment she lays eyes on him, a connection is made...
  • Revenge Body by Des Sweet

    Revenge Body by Des Sweet

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A kinky meet cute gym romance. Montana just broke up with her boyfriend of three years. She’s not looking for anything serious, or any man at all. Until she gets a flat tire, and runs in to a nice guy at the gym...
  • Te odiaré toda la vida by Sophie Saint Rose

    Te odiaré toda la vida by Sophie Saint Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kaileen, acusada de asesinato se encontró de repente totalmente sola, repudiada por su familia y amigos. Pero lo que nunca imaginaría es que Jack Mallory le diera la espalda, provocándole un dolor indescriptible del que sólo brotaría el odio. Sophie Saint Rose es una prolífica escritora que tiene entre sus éxitos "Hasta mi último aliento" o " Insufrible amor"...
  • Hasta mi último aliento by Sophie Saint Rose

    Hasta mi último aliento by Sophie Saint Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vivianne Barms es una joven alegre a la que una enfermedad cardíaca le altera la vida, provocando que prácticamente no se relacione con nadie. Enamorada de Scott y harta de su situación, arriesga su vida en una operación con pocas posibilidades de éxito con un único objetivo. Scott...
  • Catch Her Heart by Julia Jarrett

    Catch Her Heart by Julia Jarrett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m the oldest virgin in major league baseball. And I’m in love with a woman who’s about to marry someone else.Listen. It’s not like I planned to still be a virgin at twenty-eight. Or to fall in love with the team trainer, who apparently would rather date a guy who wears polo shirts instead of baseball pants.But life doesn’t always go according to plan...
  • The Game Changer by Jaqueline Snowe

    The Game Changer by Jaqueline Snowe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FROM POPULAR YOUNG ADULT FICTION AUTHOR, JAQUELINE SNOWE Book two in the Cleat Chasers series Pretending to date your best friend is always a good idea…right? Wrong. Greta Aske has a lot on her mind, and a string of bad dates has her giving up on men, at least for the time being. Her life contains a little too much drama, meaning she needs a break and to save money and get good grades...
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