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  • Black Flag by Shey Stahl

    Black Flag by Shey Stahl

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

    Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not all fights are one on one. In a team, no man should stand alone. ‘You can’t keep me.’ Shawn ‘Easy’ Pischlar has given his speech so often, it should be written on the white board in the Dartmouth Cobra’s locker room. Too many of his own teammates have heard the words. And the games he’s played are finally catching up to him...
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    athlete  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Jag by H.J. Bellus

    Jag by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No matter how fast he runs, there's one thing Jag can't escape.His past.It has the power to destroy the man he's worked so hard to become.Jag is slated to be the next MMA champion. It's been years in the making. The hype surrounding his prized fight is ignited by his charismatic personality and smoldering good looks.But it's all a shield protecting the storm brewing inside of him..
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    fighter  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Hot Puck by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Hot Puck by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author who brought you the adrenaline junkie, scorchingly sexy stuntmen of Renegades. Skye Jordan delivers another sizzling series starring her mouthwatering brand of high-octane, insomnia-inducing heroes. Introducing the Rough Riders’ Hockey Series...
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    athlete  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Offside by Bianca Sommerland

    Offside by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A pace ahead of the play can send you back to the start. And put everything you’ve worked for at risk. Single mother and submissive Rebecca Bower abandoned her career as a sports reporter to become a media consultant with her brother’s hockey team. A failed marriage to a selfish man makes her wary of getting involved with another...
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    athlete  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Midnight Renegade by Hayden Locke

    Midnight Renegade by Hayden Locke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night. No attachments. All their forbidden fantasies. They say New Year's Eve is for lovers. Except when your boyfriend accidentally video calls you while sleeping with his secretary, then it’s all aboard the hot mess express...
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    sports  athlete  steamy  romance  contemporary  alpha-mc  fiction  book
  • Savor by Xavier Neal

    Savor by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lately, Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar's life has been a series of miscommunications with catastrophic consequences. However, this time around, the consequences threaten to not only damage his current relationships but erase a future he only ever dreamed of...
  • 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...
  • Iron Cross by Bianca Sommerland

    Iron Cross by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Too many penalties may leave the goal vulnerable without the IRON CROSS. After overcoming a potentially career-ending concussion, Tyler Vanek, Dartmouth Cobras’ first line forward, couldn’t be happier with his life. Until his boyhood hero-worship for Raif Zovko, a newly acquired player, develops into more...
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    athlete  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  bdsm  book
  • Delayed Penalty by Bianca Sommerland

    Delayed Penalty by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All choices have consequences, only sometimes they’re . . . delayed. Cortland Nash fled Dartmouth to avoid being arrested for murder, but his best friend, Ford Delgado, is in danger. Cort returns, prepared to keep his head down, and do whatever it takes to keep Ford breathing, but when he finds a beautiful young woman out in the snow, frozen in fear, his plans change...
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    athlete  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson

    Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An amazing opportunity to own all 5 Heller Brothers Hockey romances In One Limited Edition Digital Boxed Set...
  • Extra Credit by Sarina Bowen

    Extra Credit by Sarina Bowen

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three novellas, including all new Ivy Years fun! BLONDE DATE: A nervous sorority girl, a mean fraternity prank and an adorkable basketball player with a heart of gold. Blonde Date follows Katie and Andy’s first blind date… STUDLY PERIOD: One hunky hockey player with a language barrier. Plus one awkward English tutor with a big crush...
  • Unexpected Dreams by Isabelle Peterson

    Unexpected Dreams by Isabelle Peterson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Divorce is a big change... But there are bigger ones. A few months after his divorce and may failed blind dates, Greg Fairchild met Tanner Williams. What started out as a good friendship unexpectedly turned into something that Greg didn't know what do with...attraction. Why would he be attracted to a man? He had been a ladies man back in the day...
  • Trade Off by Cheryl Douglas

    Trade Off by Cheryl Douglas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Professional hockey player, Aiden Cooper, should be happy. He’s been traded to Nashville. But going home also means he has to face the truth. The love of his life is married to his former best friend and new teammate there’s not a damn thing he can do about it. When Sela Clarke finds out her former boyfriend, Aiden Cooper, is finally coming home, she panics...
  • 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...
  • Xavier by Lane Hart

    Xavier by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xavier Malone returned to Maryland for his ten-year high school reunion to get away from all the drama in Seattle. He never thought he would spend the week second-guessing every decision he’s ever made or seriously consider trading in his suit and tie for a chance to get in the cage. Most of all, he wasn’t supposed to fall for Cassidy, his childhood best friend...
  • 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...
  • Hunter by L.A. Witt

    Hunter by L.A. Witt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scott I’ve done a lot of soul-searching this season. I’ve been in denial about myself and a jerk to everyone else. I don’t even know where to start to fix it all. I don’t know what to feel about anything. How am I supposed to handle falling in love? Hunter I’m good at faking it most of the time. No, not that. I mean faking like I’m okay...
  • Hockey Ever After: A Sports Romance Anthology by Piper Rayne, Natasha Madison

    Hockey Ever After: A Sports Romance Anthology by Piper Rayne, Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Calling all hockey romance lovers! If you’re a fan of hot hockey players and steamy nights this anthology is for you!This collection of contemporary hockey romance stories from bestselling authors is packed full of everything you love in a sports romance including tropes like single dad, workplace romance, fling-to-love, coach’s daughter, mistaken identity, and friends-to-lovers...
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    sports  mlm  steamy  romance  anthologies  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Trade Deadline by Jodi Oliver

    Trade Deadline by Jodi Oliver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BLAINEWhen my name is involved in yet another scandal, I’m told to keep my head down and my stats up. The trade deadline is looming, and I don’t want to leave Chicago.But that night, I meet Alex. The guy with the bluest eyes and the kindest smile.My reputation precedes me, and he’s determined to resist me, but the more time we spend together, the harder it is to deny the chemistry between us...
  • Finding Their Balance by M.Q. Barber

    Finding Their Balance by M.Q. Barber

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three’s the naughtiest kind of crowd. Getting to the one-year mark is hard enough in a relationship between two lovers. For three, just getting through the day can be half the battle. Between Alice’s headstrong insistence on pushing her sexual limits and Jay’s need to confront an abusive former lover, Henry has his hands full keeping both his partners safe and happy...
  • Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chandler Bell When my boyfriend breaks up with me because I'm overweight, I go to the one place I feel the most comfortable. Oddly enough, it's the gym I was basically raised in. Things have changed over the years, but the people inside are my family. Some of them literally. Baker reluctantly agrees to help me get in shape, and so begins the torture...
  • 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 Dartmouth Cobras Box Set by Bianca Sommerland

    The Dartmouth Cobras Box Set by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Learn to play the game... Knights of ice and Masters in the bedroom, The Dartmouth Cobras struggle to save their franchise while losing their hearts to the only women who can handle how hard and fast they live. Between corrupt owners, pressure from fans and the media, and desires beyond the norm, they have to fight to make their mark as a hockey team. All the men share a common goal...
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    athlete  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Vidar by Michelle Frost

    Vidar by Michelle Frost

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All his life, Vidar Rourke has stood tall against every challenge he’s faced—from his father’s fists to the demanding world inside an MMA cage. Providing for and protecting his family has been the north star on the path he set for himself years ago, and he’s never faltered. Never get attached. Two men have come into his life like a whirlwind hellbent on throwing him off course...
  • Away Games by Misha Horne

    Away Games by Misha Horne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One step forward… and then what?When you live your whole life just wishing for things to be good enough, suddenly having everything you ever dreamed about is pretty unsettling. Safety, security, love… not the senior year I expected.Coach T calling me into his office, talking about untapped potential, didn’t see that coming either...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  sports  athlete  steamy  romance  new-adult  lgbtq  high-school
  • Concussion Protocol: A Short & Spicy MM Romance by Rebecca Rathe

    Concussion Protocol: A Short & Spicy MM Romance by Rebecca Rathe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sweet and spicy short story by Rebecca RatheHe's a ten, but he's my ex-boyfriend's straight teammate and my patient...
  • Seduced by the Game by Lisa Hollett, Toni Aleo

    Seduced by the Game by Lisa Hollett, Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s time to drop the gloves and fight! Support the Fight against cancer that is. This anthology of 8 novellas is hot enough to melt the ice these players skate on. Featuring spell-binding novels from popular New York Times & USA Today, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble bestselling authors, including Toni Aleo, Cassandra Carr with Cindy Carr, Jami Davenport, Catherine Gayle, Jaymee Jacobs, V.L...
  • The Professor's Date by Lane Hayes

    The Professor's Date by Lane Hayes

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

    Third Time Lucky by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From Author New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R.G. Alexander, Book 3 in the Finn's Pub Romance series! Ever had a thing for the man next door? My sexy new neighbor is confusing the hell out of me. Elliot Ransom is a baseball player and a single dad, but he doesn’t know his butter beer from a snozzberry...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  friends-to-lovers  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  angst  book
  • Surprise Play by Carly Marie

    Surprise Play by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An innocent gift has the power to change everythingMalcolm Ward is a retired wide-receiver, NFL offensive line coach, and husband to one of the best wide-receivers in the NFL. His life is hectic and the last thing he expects is to walk into the bedroom one afternoon to find his husband sleeping with the pacifier Malcolm had jokingly given him a decade before...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq
  • Wingman Score by Crea Reitan

    Wingman Score by Crea Reitan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s time to score.ZakWhen you fight for so long, sometimes it’s just easier to give in. I want to give in to the god before me. Sent to me from the heavens, Owen is the very definition of divine perfection. But he doesn’t know my truth. If he did, he’d know that I don’t belong in his world.The shame of seeing the disgust on his face when he figures it out keeps me running from him...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  sports  athlete  steamy  romance  contemporary  lgbtq  fiction
  • The Waiting Game by Brigham Vaughn

    The Waiting Game by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fans Have Mixed Reactions to Engagement of Fisher Cats’ Hale and BrewerOn the eve of their first playoff game this post-season, the Toronto Fisher Cats organization sent out a press release announcing the engagement of their top d-pair.The release insinuates the childhood friends may have been involved as far back as college and makes it clear the front office supports the relationship...
  • Una maldita confusión by América Rodas

    Una maldita confusión by América Rodas

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jean intenta confesar su atracción hacia Olivia en una fiesta, pero por culpa del alcohol termina declarándose a su mejor amigo, Oliver. ***Cuando invitaron a Jean a la fiesta de una desconocida sabía que debía decir que sí, sobre todo porque necesitaba liberar el estrés de la escuela, de su casa, de su equipo de básquetbol y de él mismo...
  • Enforce by Charity Parkerson

    Enforce by Charity Parkerson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They were supposed to be a one-night stand, and then a weekend fling… a just-for-this-season affair… soulmates. When Chip met Jai during All-Stars weekend, their hookup should’ve ended there. At the time, it was no big deal. As the assistant coach for the Phoenix Ice Rays, Chip can’t be in a relationship with a player from his team. Lucky for him, Jai plays for the Red Zones...
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    athlete  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Going Deep by Roz Lee

    Going Deep by Roz Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keeping Carrie blindfolded and in the dark as to his identity suits Major League catcher Jason Holder just fine while he figures out if being a Dom really is his thing. With the media circling like vultures as he works to get his career back on track, the last thing he needs is a sex scandal if things don’t work out...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  sports  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Illegal Motion: Boys of Fall by Erin Nicholas

    Illegal Motion: Boys of Fall by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Boys of Fall novel Carter Shaw isn’t a man anyone would mistake for a good guy. He’s has always been intense, up for anything and fearless —on the football field, when wearing his badge and in the bedroom. But pleasure is never mixed up with love. His unstable upbringing was more than enough to scare him off commitments for good. Until he meets Lacey Andrews...
  • Dreaming Up a Dare by Catherine Gayle

    Dreaming Up a Dare by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hockey star Jackson Maddox and gymnast Pepper Wilson have been best friends since childhood… Just friends. When Jackson needs a date to a prestigious party, he calls upon his petite and dazzling BFF to be his arm candy for the night. Nothing could be better than walking into a room with Pepper on his arm. Jackson won’t ever admit how he really feels about her, because they’re… Just friends...
  • 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...
  • Grappling for Position by Melynda Price

    Grappling for Position by Melynda Price

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

    Changing the Rules by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rule #1: Don’t fall in love with the coach.Gabriel Theriault’s been skating on thin ice for the past two seasons with Toronto but his arrest following an off-ice fight is the final straw.His only shot at redemption is to start over in Evanston and prove that he still has what it takes to be a pro player.No more fights. No more drinking. No more random hookups. Rule #2: The team always comes first...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  mlm  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq
  • Bang by Charity Parkerson

    Bang by Charity Parkerson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maksim doesn’t do strings. Marshall doesn’t date men. They’re both about to be proven wrong. Marshall is the golden child. He wins every game he plays—on and off the field. He’s living the dream and knows it. That’s why he refuses to let a thing like preferring men in his bed get in his way. Right now, he’s all about his career. Everything else can wait, or so he thinks, until he meets Maksim...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  mlm  sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Andre by L.A. Witt

    Andre by L.A. Witt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MattThere’s nothing quite like a night with one of the Gentlemen of the Emerald City. No strings. No complications. I’ve been burned by love, and I’m not going there again.Unlike my teammates who fell for their Gentlemen, I know how to keep emotions from coming into play.At least… I used to.AndreI used to love this job. The money doesn’t matter—just the thrill. But that thrill is gone now...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  sports  steamy  romance  lgbtq  contemporary  fiction  book
  • Pacies and Photographs by Della Cain

    Pacies and Photographs by Della Cain

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stepping out from behind the camera isn’t as easy as it seems. Dax needs cash, and he needs it now since his roommate has moved away without notice. Dax has a week to either make up the difference or break his lease. Both options are out of his price range...
  • King of the Mountain by Aiden Ainslie

    King of the Mountain by Aiden Ainslie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    American cycling sensation and heartthrob Clifford Du Frey is riding the wave of success. Brand Du Frey is a multi-million-dollar business, and during the Tour de France, Clifford is mobbed by fans wherever he goes. The superstar must focus on winning the Tour de France and maintaining the image of the athletic hetero alpha male at all costs.But Clifford has a secret...
  • The Viking and the Drag Queen by V.L. Locey

    The Viking and the Drag Queen by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who will emerge the victor on the battlefield of love?Tyr Hemmingsen had his life mapped out at a young age. The only son of the late Danish hockey great, Elias Hemmingsen, Tyr has always done his best to follow the plans his father had laid out for him...
    Categorized as:
    sports  mlm  steamy  romance  contemporary  lgbtq  fiction  book
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