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  • Defender by Samantha Whiskey

    Defender by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m the Seattle Shark’s Defender. Lightning on the ice with a dedication to my team no one can shake. At least, I thought so. Before her. Harper Thompson. Gorgeous. Awkward. Genius. She’s developing a new helmet that will revolutionize safety standards And I’ve just volunteered to be her personal guinea pig...
  • Shattered Hearts: The Complete Series by Cassia Leo

    Shattered Hearts: The Complete Series by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “This series was just plain addicting!” “Chris Knight can rock my ovaries.” “I started reading and nothing else mattered.” Five novels from the New York Times bestselling Shattered Hearts series available in Kindle Unlimited for a limited time. The Shattered Hearts series is a steamy and tender rock star romance spanning an epic 25 years and 1,589 pages...
  • How to Rebuild by A.K. Evans

    How to Rebuild by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At the height of her professional success, Elise Flynn never imagined a fateful oversight would leave her on the verge of losing everything she’s worked so hard to achieve. Caught up in the drama that has her life unraveling, Elise misses her flight home. With the ensuing fallout, Elise can’t hide her devastation… not even when she spots a handsome stranger sitting at her gate...
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    sports  multi-pov  contemporary  drama  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Pepped Up & Wilder by Ali Dean

    Pepped Up & Wilder by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pepper: The best part of a happy ending... finding out it's actually just the beginning. Having someone promise to be by your side, to chase dreams with, whisper troubles to, it's more than I could have imagined. But after three seasons of Jace playing pro ball in Ohio, three long seasons, with him on the road, and me training all over the world, I’m questioning if we can really have it all...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    multi-pov  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Tangled Games by T.K. Leigh

    Tangled Games by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every girl dreams of becoming a princess.But this is no fairy tale.When I met Anderson North, I fell in love with the man, not the title. With his heart, not the crown.But as I step foot in the Nation of Belmont for the first time as the Crown Prince’s fiancée, I’m reminded of exactly who he is outside of the bubble we built around ourselves...
  • Inn Love by Bailey West

    Inn Love by Bailey West

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The great thing about losing something is, if you retrace your steps, a lot of the time, you can find it… Charlene Kearns spent her teenaged years planning a future with the person she would spend the rest of her life with. She dreamed of the day their plans would become their reality. Then she heard those dreaded words: “It’s not you, it’s me...
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    female-mc  sports  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  poc-mc
  • Brazen Girl by Ali Dean

    Brazen Girl by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It only takes a second for her world to come crashing down.Jordan’s crash is a wake-up call for everyone. Recovering from a head injury brings new challenges no one is expecting or prepared to handle. Jordan begins to doubt that she has what it takes to make it as a pro skateboarder...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Bottom of the Ninth by Kimberly Readnour, Daqri Combs

    Bottom of the Ninth by Kimberly Readnour, Daqri Combs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meet bad boy catcher, A. J. Gonzalez... When I stood Mia up eight years ago, I never dreamed I’d run into her again. But here she is, making me look like a fool in front of thousands of fans. The sweet, innocent girl never knew why I left. But I had my reason. A good one. In no way was I worthy enough for Mia Gunner. Today, grown up and hotter than ever, she’s still too good for me...
  • Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans

    Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Scarlet Morgan knows all about happy endings. As a best-selling romance author, it’s her job to be an expert on the subject. It’s just too bad her own story doesn’t write so well. Ryker Holt can build a car from the ground up. While there isn’t much the highly-skilled mechanic can’t fix when it comes to his profession, it’s Ryker’s personal life that’s still in pieces...
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    sports  multi-pov  contemporary  angst  drama  fiction  book  adult
  • Out of Alignment by A.K. Evans

    Out of Alignment by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Parker Banks is a creature of habit. Unfortunately, her schedule isn’t going according to plan. After experiencing one of the worst weeks of her life, the last thing she needs is some guy thinking he can fix her problems. Nash Stevens is all about precision. An industry-leading chassis tuner, he’s partly responsible for the record-setting cars coming out of LT Motorsports...
  • Ready For Flynn: Part 3 by K.L. Shandwick

    Ready For Flynn: Part 3 by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life had never been easy for Rock God, Flynn Docherty. At a tender age, he'd locked down past personal tragedy, hurt, and pain to make his life bearable when most would have crumbled from what he witnessed. When Valerie Darsin entered into his life their instant attraction later grew into the kind of love that most of us can only dream about, after she'd survived her own traumatic event...
  • Tense - Volume One by Deborah Bladon

    Tense - Volume One by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The first volume of TENSE, a novel duet by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Deborah Bladon. He's as beautiful as he is brilliant. Nicholas Wolf's mind is a dangerously dark place. He dreams up tales of murder, intrigue, and passion so intense that his detective novels have enthralled readers worldwide...
  • The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne

    The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One decision was all it took for Ethan Fuller’s life to be flipped upside down and for Maci Dane’s twenty-year plan to fall off the rails. Ethan tells Maci about the invisible thread that links two people destined to be together. The road isn’t always smooth, but eventually the two people holding the thread will find their way to each other...
  • Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera

    Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    St. Louis Mavericks star defender Lars Jansson is dead set against relationships. A new love makes him wonder if maybe he can change, but first, he must confront the truth about who he is.LarsOn the ice, I’m unstoppable. If anyone is in my way, it’s simple—I move them. Hockey is my life, and I don’t have the patience for relationships spanning more than one night...
  • 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  romance  contemporary  athlete  humor  fiction  book
  • The Trouble with #9 by Piper Rayne

    The Trouble with #9 by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trouble.One word that comes to mind when someone talks about me. I like to think of it as protection, watching out for the ones I love. But now I’m spending more time in the penalty box than on the ice and the team owner isn’t happy.Finding myself across the room from the hot therapist I kissed on New Year’s Eve only makes me push my problems down further...
  • A Carolina Cold Fury Hockey Series 4-Book Bundle: Alex, Garrett, Zack, Ryker by Sawyer Bennett

    A Carolina Cold Fury Hockey Series 4-Book Bundle: Alex, Garrett, Zack, Ryker by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Discover the series that led Violet Duke to rave, “Sawyer Bennett never fails to deliver heroes I fall hard for and heroines I adore.” Featuring the chiseled bad boys of the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team, these electrifying romances are melting hearts, one reader at a time...
  • Thrill Ride by Breezie Bennett

    Thrill Ride by Breezie Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Flirty, dirty, and downright irresistible! Breezie Bennett's books sizzle like a steamy Florida night." - Kresley Cole, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Thrill Ride: South Florida Riders Book 4 NFL kicker Dylan Rivera and quirky yoga teacher Melody Hayes have absolutely nothing in common, except they both believe in "one true love...
  • Tending Tara by Kat Mizera

    Tending Tara by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can this fake marriage survive real life?It was now or never for hockey star Donovan Legori. He’d been keeping his head down and his skates on the ice since his painful divorce. Getting traded was the only thing that mattered. Tired of playing back-up— he was ready for a team that would make him a starting goalie. What he wasn’t ready for was falling for his teammate’s spunky sister...
  • Like a Girl by Holly S. Roberts

    Like a Girl by Holly S. Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aiden Patrickson’s dreams of a championship ring means nothing when playing for the worst team in pro football. A strong arm and deadly accuracy make no difference unless your front line stops the opposing team from trampling the quarterback. It’s a new season and the suits upstairs are bringing additional players on board to turn the team around. Aiden has no clue what they’re thinking...
  • Peony Red by J. Lynn Bailey

    Peony Red by J. Lynn Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three years ago, Alex Fisher lost her husband and since then, she hasn’t been able to find her stride. She’s out of a job, out of time, and running on fumes. When she receives a personal invitation to visit the picturesque town of Granite Harbor, Maine, she jumps at the chance to start fresh. For game warden Eli Young, life is simpler when he’s exploring the back roads of Maine...
  • 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...
  • Saving the Game by Susan Renee

    Saving the Game by Susan Renee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Has this ever happened to you?You’re minding your own business after the game, buying drinks at the bar for your teammates when you overhear a woman talking on the phone. You don’t know her, but she’s telling her mother she’s in a serious relationship with you. You decide to play along and ask her when you get to meet the parents...
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    sports  multi-pov  romance  contemporary  humor  fiction  book  adult
  • Taking It Slow by Jordan Marie

    Taking It Slow by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A bottle of tequila 10 lime wedges 1 sexy blonde Add in a crazy Vegas weekendLick and Swallow.What do you get? A recipe for disaster. Titan Last night I got married. I think. I'm not exactly sure. I was drunk off my ass, so it's not exactly crystal clear. But, I woke up with a ring on my finger, a marriage certificate, and a sneaking suspicion I had a wild wedding night...
  • 216 Rancher Way by Olivia T. Turner

    216 Rancher Way by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The town of Cherry Falls is a lot of things, but exciting is not one of them.Which makes my job as a reporter for the town paper really freaking hard.The front page of the last issue featured a story about a raccoon who looked like Samuel L. Jackson.Not exactly thrilling.But when I'm forced to cover the new albino calf on the Cherry Blossom Ranch...I find out the meaning of thrilling...
  • 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...
  • 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 Play by J.H. Croix, Clarise Tan

    The Play by J.H. Croix, Clarise Tan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A steamy, full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA from Bestselling author J.H. Croix! If you like smoking hot sports romance with alpha men and the women who challenge them, you’ll love this series! Playing ball is easy. Falling in love is complicated. A famous Brit footballer off his game. A young doctor who wants nothing to do with a drool-worthy, cocky player...
  • Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon

    Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “I’m her dirty little secret, the one she loves to hate.”She knows just what to say to cut deep, and I know how to press every single button she has.We hate each other, until one night after I lose the biggest football game of the year. When she offers the kind of mercy I need. It changes everything… until the next morning.Now I’m her dirty little secret, and she’s avoiding me like the plague...
  • Come Undone by Penny Dee

    Come Undone by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    JAKE She’s annoying and tenacious.And so damn beautiful it’s distracting.She’s also my new agent. And even though I don’t want a new agent, Mackenzie Eden is pretty determined to be mine.Did I mention she’s annoying?So of course I get snowed in with her at my grandfathers logged cabin. For four days.Four long, secluded, hot days…MACKENZIEI’ve never met anyone so damn stubborn in my life...
  • Day One by Lauren Runow

    Day One by Lauren Runow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I read the entire story grinning ear to ear and even finished it with happy tears. In fact, I started trying to slow down at the end because I didn’t want it to be over. Day One by Lauren Runow totally broke my reading slump and I look forward to reading more of her books." - Ana's Attic Book BlogI reactivated my Tinder account out of pure boredom...
  • Logan by Golden Angel

    Logan by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four men... One challenge. The Dad Bod Doms are ready to put the spark back in their relationships and prove their mettle. Gone are the days when Logan Hunt was a sleekly muscled, highly coveted Dom. Now he's got a dad bod, a busy life, and a cold bed. It's been months since he and his wife have had time for each other, never mind time to play at a club...
  • Rock Bottom by K. Webster

    Rock Bottom by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Three in The Vegas Aces Series. This book can be read as a standalone but is best if you know all of the characters from the previous two books. Donnie Jennings has a lifestyle most men only dream of—a life full of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. In his eyes, there’s not much more he could ever want than banging drums and banging groupies...
  • Unraveled by A.S. Teague

    Unraveled by A.S. Teague

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Each book in this series can be read as a complete standalone.** I had it all––until I didn’t. When my job, my livelihood, and my passion are suddenly snatched away from me, I’m left scrambling to keep my head above water. Desperate, I’m forced to walk into the last place I ever thought I’d go...
  • Hawk by Heidi McLaughlin

    Hawk by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s another season of Renegade baseball and, as they say, the boys are back in town. All except for all-star pitcher, Hawk Sinclair, who has returned to his hometown and back to the ranch he grew up on to rehab after shoulder surgery. Real estate agent, Bellamy Patrick, feels like she’s failing at being a single mom...
  • The Billionaire Prince’s Daughter by Leslie North

    The Billionaire Prince’s Daughter by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was only supposed to be a one-night stand. A bit of glitz, glamour, and champagne with one of the world’s most eligible bachelors. What single woman—and Amy Branch was certainly single—could possibly resist Artur, Prince of Stolvenia, who made a living out of being charming? He sure charmed her, all right...
  • Again by Miranda P. Charles

    Again by Miranda P. Charles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After being dumped for glamorous women by past boyfriends, Amanda Payne is convinced she just doesn't have 'it'. So when she stumbles upon a hunky Connor Reid at a party she is forced to crash, she is more surprised than anyone when he ends up in her hotel room that night. But that fantastic experience turns into a hurtful situation the very next day...
  • Oceanside by Michelle Mankin

    Oceanside by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oscar night. Rock star legend, Ashland Keys should be on top of the world, but the blond blue-eyed SoCal surfer is disillusioned with fame, done with drugs, bored with the groupies and sick of all the fake f*ckery...
  • Throttle: A Savage Disciples MC Novella by Drew Elyse

    Throttle: A Savage Disciples MC Novella by Drew Elyse

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once a Disciple, forever a Disciple. Candy didn’t build a life for herself by being stupid, regardless what people might think of her being a stripper. And no matter what her body wants, what her heart wants, she knows that falling for a fighter is as stupid as it gets. A Disciple will fight like a savage, but that isn’t always the way...
    Categorized as:
    multi-pov  sports  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • Revolution by Rebecca Sharp

    Revolution by Rebecca Sharp

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

    Trick Play: A rival's little sister college sports romance by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This was supposed to be my year.Until a transfer student took my starting quarterback spot, slashing my chances of going pro.I've spent all season trying to prove myself to the new coach, win my way back into the spot that's rightfully mine.When that doesn't work, I'm forced to come up with a new tactic, searching for a weakness to exploit...
  • Dear Coach's Daughter by Lana Dash

    Dear Coach's Daughter by Lana Dash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    a curvy girl romance (sincerely yours book...
  • Your Rhythm by Katia Rose

    Your Rhythm by Katia Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know what they say: save a snare, bang a drummer. Kay Fischer is well aware of what they say, and she intends to ignore it completely. After her first step into the world of music journalism ended with a screw-up so royal it deserved a crown, Kay’s been struggling to re-stack the building blocks of her career...
  • Secrets and Promises by Jane Anthony

    Secrets and Promises by Jane Anthony

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jillian Morello There are three things in this world that I love: vintage cars, classic metal tunes, and my older brother, AJ. For as long as I can remember, it’s been AJ and me against the world. Now, in the wake of our father’s passing, everything has changed. Chained to the family business, my young life is all work and no play…until he walked in...
  • The Unknown Billionaire by Miranda P Charles

    The Unknown Billionaire by Miranda P Charles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will his billion-dollar fortune cause him to lose the woman he loves? Jarryd Westbourne is shocked to have inherited a billion-dollar fortune from the mother who'd given him up for adoption. Unfortunately, business complications force him to keep it a secret from everyone for a period of time, even from Marilyn Grant, the woman he's crazy about...
  • Puck Happens: A Hockey Romance by Hailey Shore

    Puck Happens: A Hockey Romance by Hailey Shore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hockey players and ice skaters do not mix.Tell that to the new bane of my existence, Olivia Tyler-Branch, figure skater turned NHL skating coach. She knows her stuff, but I can't let her past my defenses.I fell hard for her once before...Now I need to be focused on the game not on Olivia’s soft honey blonde hair, her feisty competitive streak, or the heartbreak behind her eyes...
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