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  • Love's Ineligible Receiver by Love Belvin

    Love's Ineligible Receiver by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The league didn’t believe in me. I was the last pick of the first round.The Kings didn’t believe in me. They low-balled my contract and mandated therapy to begin immediately.My coach didn’t believe in me. But I get it; she’s a female.The General don’t halfway believe. He keeps threatening violence if I blow this opportunity...
  • Love You The Most by Julie Capulet

    Love You The Most by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final epilogue to the I Love You SeriesThis is a bonus conclusion to Rafe and Lexi's epic love story, including babies and an OTT steamy and romantic HEA :)*This book is a 50-page finale to the I Love You Series and is currently available with the I Love You Series box set.It's also FREE! Visit juliecapulet(dot)com for your free copy...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • End Zone Love by Love Belvin

    End Zone Love by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After losing an improbable opportunity at the Super Bowl, Trent Bailey still has something to prove. He’s come out, not only as America’s favorite redemption story, but also a married man; a marriage not yet known to the public. He’s trusting more, finding his home more comfortable and befitting a Connecticut King. Jade’s a new woman now. Her insecurities are under control at Trent’s side...
  • John Green: The Complete Collection Box Set by John Green

    John Green: The Complete Collection Box Set by John Green

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Brand new, this iconic box set includes all of John Green's bestselling novels--including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down!Perfect for both new fans and longtime collectors, this deluxe set includes paperback editions of five critically acclaimed, award-winning modern classics by #1 bestselling author John Green: - Looking for Alaska - An Abundance of...
  • Off Track: A surprise baby, football romance by Chelle Sloan

    Off Track: A surprise baby, football romance by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby carriage. I have wished for that saying to come true every day of my life. But that’s not my reality.Here is my version: First comes the blind date with an incredibly sexy football coach. Then comes the friends with benefits that you know is so wrong but you don’t care because it feels so right. Then comes the unexpected baby carriage...
  • Ian by Kat Mizera

    Ian by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caught on thin ice between desire and legacy... Scottish-born hockey player Ian Campbell is so much more than a professional athlete and he has the birthright to prove it. But all he cares about is the next championship. Not his law degree and not the weight of the family legacy waiting for him back home; but time is running out on the deal he made with his grandfather...
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    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • How We Fell in Love by Toni Aleo

    How We Fell in Love by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Option One: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am. Option Two: Till Death Do Us Part. Grace has only ever believed in Option One. But James makes her question that belief from the moment she meets him. James has only ever believed in Option Two. But Grace goes out of her way to shake his belief from the moment he meets her...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  anthologies  fiction  adult
  • Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey

    Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two high school sweethearts get a second chance at their perfect ending in this charming new romance by Kerry Winfrey, author of Very Sincerely Yours.Once upon a time, Sandy Macintosh thought she would have her happily ever after with her high school sweetheart, Hank Tillman...
  • The Bridge to a Better Life by Ava Miles

    The Bridge to a Better Life by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Ava Miles of the #1 National Bestseller NORA ROBERTS LAND comes a humorous and emotional romance about the power of love and second chances—perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Mallery. "Ava's story is witty and charming...
  • Hopeless by Cheryl Douglas

    Hopeless by Cheryl Douglas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Jay Cooper has to hire a new black belt instructor for his karate studio, he doesn’t expect the most promising applicant to come with a huge chip on her shoulder. He knows there must be a story behind those tortured brown eyes, if only she would let him get close enough to find out why she seems so determined to keep her past a secret. Victoria Pierce grew up in the foster care system...
  • Saving Sara by Kat Mizera

    Saving Sara by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Best friends to lovers is a risky game... Pro hockey player Aaron Ferrar has shit luck with women. With one divorce, one psycho, and far too many one-night stands under his belt, he can’t seem to break his bad dating habits. He knows he’s not good enough for his sweet, sexy best friend, so he would never go there, but it’s getting harder and harder to resist her...
  • Tore by Kat Mizera

    Tore by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Swedish-born hockey player Tore Brekken thought he’d be a bachelor for life. The parties, the women, the lavish vacations— and the Ferrari. He had everything he could ever want, but his extreme lifestyle has been taking a toll. As much as he hates to admit it, he needs to settle down. He just doesn’t expect to go from seriously single to daddy material overnight...
  • The Changeup by Nicole Falls

    The Changeup by Nicole Falls

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the entirety of her life Geffri Robinson has known that being a girl who plays baseball was a novelty. At some point, however, the novelty wore off and she stepped away from playing the sport until a chance exhibition places her at the center of attention once again...
  • The Four Seasons Box Set: The Four Seasons Books 1-4 by Serenity Woods

    The Four Seasons Box Set: The Four Seasons Books 1-4 by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bodyguard Gene is used to putting himself in the line of fire, but this time the target is the one who's aiming at his heart...Rowan escapes into the mountains with her gorgeous best friend, Hitch, only to discover there's only one cabin and one bed...Rhett fell in love with Neve a long time ago and was foolish enough to lose her. He's not going to make the same mistake again..
  • The Legacy series: The Love series, the Wrapped series, and the Burning Souls series. by M.J. Fields

    The Legacy series: The Love series, the Wrapped series, and the Burning Souls series. by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ten full length novels, three complete series, over 4500 real pages, for a limited time only. The Love series is a coming of age, new adult, contemporary series with a HEA, that is not typical. This series is raw and real. It will remind you of yours or someone you knows, first love. The Wrapped series is a single mothers love story with a younger man...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Lock 'em Down by Gina Azzi

    Lock 'em Down by Gina Azzi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a carpe diem, live-in-the-moment, kind of woman. But waking up in Vegas with a rock on my finger and a gorgeous man in my bed? Well, now I’m redefining what it means to roll the dice… Especially because my new husband is Tennessee Thunderbolts center, Leif Bang. Yes, he has electric blue eyes that pierce me to my core. For sure, I’ve never seen forearms quite like his...
  • Appaloosa Summer by Tudor Robins

    Appaloosa Summer by Tudor Robins

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Meg Traherne has never known loss. Until the beautiful, talented horse she trained herself, drops dead underneath her in the show ring. Jared Strickland has been living with loss ever since his father died in a tragic farming accident. Meg escapes from her grief by changing everything about her life; moving away from home to spend her summer living on an island in the St...
  • Waiting Game by Chloe Walsh

    Waiting Game by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Daryl King I lived my life by the three-never rules. 1. Never back down. 2. Never break down. 3. Never look back. The past was behind us for a reason. As for my past? Well, most of it felt like a dream – more like a horrible nightmare – and for years, I allowed myself to believe just that. Denial was my friend because my memories couldn't be trusted...
  • Not Until You Part I: Not Until You Dare by Roni Loren

    Not Until You Part I: Not Until You Dare by Roni Loren

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the author of the Loving on the Edge novels comes a story of a good girl who discovers that once you dare to cross some lines, it’s hard to turn back… On the night of her graduation, innocent veterinary student Cela decides to play a game of Never Have I Ever with the two hot neighbors she’s been quietly crushing on for the last year...
  • Hockey Holidays by Toni Aleo, Shannon Stacey

    Hockey Holidays by Toni Aleo, Shannon Stacey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **100% of the proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to charity.** This holiday season unwrap a brand-new collection of hockey romances that includes humor, drama, love, and - of course - hockey! Each book is EXCLUSIVE to the anthology and NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED by USA Today, New York Times, and all your favorite bestselling hockey romance authors...
  • Relentless by Cheryl Douglas

    Relentless by Cheryl Douglas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nikki Spencer is all grown up, but the world still sees her as the little girl she used to be. She's ready to prove to her adoring public, and a certain rough riding rodeo champion, that sweet little Nikki isn't as innocent as everyone seems to think. J.T. McCall has a reputation as a rough rider, both on the bull-riding circuit, and in the bedroom...
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    sports  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Always You by Jerica MacMillan

    Always You by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's given up on a second chance Even if she still hasn't managed to get Matt out of her head. Years after their magical summer together, she knows the chances of seeing him again are slim. Until she walks into the first day of her internship. Matt can't believe his eyes when Hannah walks into his intern orientation. The girl he ghosted years ago after promising they'd keep in touch...
  • 810 Destiny Dr. by Tracy Lorraine

    810 Destiny Dr. by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s the one all the girls want.The talented musician. The football player. He’s also my best friend. My ride or die. The one who knows all my secrets. Well, all but one. Only, he doesn’t see me the way he does all the other girls at Cherry Falls High. It’s like I’m invisible to him. Just one of the guys. But I want more...
  • Wednesday Riders by Tudor Robins

    Wednesday Riders by Tudor Robins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The island. Meg can’t wait to get back. She’s excited to see her new mare kick up her heels in Salem’s old paddock. She’s impatient to run on country roads between breeze-blown hayfields.Mostly, Meg longs to be back with Jared again.It’s going to be the perfect summer...
  • Stepbrother With Benefits 18 by Mia Clark

    Stepbrother With Benefits 18 by Mia Clark

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things escalated. That's what I'm going to say happened with our stepbrother with benefits relationship. It escalated. Rule #18 – We have to be open with one another. We have to tell each other how we really feel. I'm not sure you can fully grasp the gravity of the situation I'm in right now. I think I've unleashed a monster inside myself. I also think I kind of love it...
  • Hot Shot’s Mistake by Gina Azzi

    Hot Shot’s Mistake by Gina Azzi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tangling up with my new physical therapist, Mila Lewis, is a mistake. One I can’t seem to stop making.When I sign with the Tennessee Thunderbolts, I have two goals: prove my injury hasn’t benched my career and get back to New York.But then, I meet Mila, the enigmatic therapist tasked with rehabbing my shoulder...
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    sports  contemporary  romantic-love  romance
  • The Careless Boyfriend by Erika Kelly

    The Careless Boyfriend by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gray Bowie broke the bro code: he fell in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. For years, he hid his feelings…until one terrible night, it all came to a head. Since her life blew up in high school, Knox Holliday has spent her time honing her skills as a couture wedding dress designer. But, just weeks before her debut, a freak accident wipes out her collection...
  • 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...
  • Best Match by Pippa Green

    Best Match by Pippa Green

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • And Then by Taylor Fitzpatrick

    And Then by Taylor Fitzpatrick

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    David Chapman has achieved almost everything he's ever wanted. He may not have been anyone's first pick, and he may not have the respect he knows he deserves, but he also knows he has no shortage of chances to prove himself. And he has Jake. So it doesn't make sense for him to feel so dissatisfied. And it really doesn't make sense for him to feel so afraid...
  • Toli & Tessa by Kat Mizera

    Toli & Tessa by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas...After a whirlwind romance, Las Vegas Sidewinders forward Anatoli Petrov is about to make Tessa Barber his wife…or so he thinks. When someone with a score to settle shows up and wreaks havoc on their special day, a past is revealed that he thought was buried a world away...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Rage With Benefits by Apparentlyelle

    Rage With Benefits by Apparentlyelle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Unstrung by Laura Spinella

    Unstrung by Laura Spinella

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Even as a violin prodigy, Olivia Klein courted trouble. But when her marriage to high-stakes investor Rob Van Doren takes another wrong turn, Olivia acts out once too often. A night of bad behavior results in community service hours. Time is to be served with Theo McAdams, an inner-city teacher whose passion for music eclipses Olivia’s...
  • Getting Wound Up by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas

    Getting Wound Up by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A fun and flirty crossover novel from bestselling authors, Jennifer Bernard (Love Between the Bases) and Erin Nicholas (Sapphire Falls)!Caitlyn Murray has never let on that she’s had fantasies about her brother's friend Eli Anderson for years. She'd do anything for the sexy baseball player who walked away from stardom to stay in Sapphire Falls and take care of his family...
  • The Boy Who Steals Hearts by Emily Lowry

    The Boy Who Steals Hearts by Emily Lowry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every girl at Hallisburg Prep has a crush on Arie Jensen.But no one has a bigger crush than me.I’ve been hopelessly head-over-heels for the star basketball player since freshman year.Too bad he barely even notices I exist.Until a midnight run-in reveals his biggest secret… and I’m the only one who knows.Suddenly, the school’s biggest flirt is showing up at my window after curfew...
  • The Worth Series: Books 1-3 by Mara Jacobs

    The Worth Series: Books 1-3 by Mara Jacobs

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Books 1-3 in the New York Times bestselling Worth Series 3 best friends - 3 new loves Book 1: Worth The Weight A New Body...A New Life...An Old Flame? Lizzie Hampton is literally a shadow of her former self. Having lost half her body weight, she's headed to her small hometown to test out her new body on an old flame...
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    sports  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Warning Track by Carrie Aarons

    Warning Track by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Colleen Callahan is exactly where she’s always dreamt of being.From a young age, she’s been groomed to take over as general manager of the Packton Pistons, her family’s professional baseball dynasty. Except she never expected her father would have to go to prison for the role to become hers.The public, and even her own family, are counting on the first female to wear the title to fail...
  • Ambition by Natalie Keller Reinert

    Ambition by Natalie Keller Reinert

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The first book in Natalie Keller Reinert’s beloved Eventing Series, set in the high-stakes world of three-day eventing, now reimagined and repackaged!Jules Thornton didn’t come to Florida horse country to make friends. With her beloved horse Dynamo and her ruthless ambition, she is intent on becoming a world-class rider and trainer...
  • Not Until You by Roni Loren

    Not Until You by Roni Loren

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cela knows how to be good. She’s had a lifetime of practice. But on the night of her college graduation, she decides she’s earned one wild night before she has to move back home to her overprotective family. So when the hot neighbor she’s been quietly fantasizing about for a year suggests a game of Never Have I Ever, she’s ready. But what starts out as a simple game takes an unexpected turn...
  • Reach for Tomorrow by Lurlene McDaniel

    Reach for Tomorrow by Lurlene McDaniel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Katie O'Roark is thrilled to learn that Jenny House is being rebuilt. After the fire last year, Katie thought she could never return to the camp, where she spent the summers with teens like her who faced medical odds stacked against them. But thanks to Richard Holloway's efforts, Katie and her longtime friends Lacey and Chelsea will work as counselors once again...
  • If for Any Reason by Courtney Walsh

    If for Any Reason by Courtney Walsh

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Emily Ackerman has traveled the world, her constant compass and companion a book of letters her mother left for her when she died. With no father in the picture, her mom’s advice has been her only true north. But when professional failure leads Emily back to Nantucket to renovate and sell the family cottage she inherited, she wonders if her mom left advice to cover this . .
  • Willowleaf Lane by RaeAnne Thayne

    Willowleaf Lane by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes going back is the best way to start over  Candy shop owner Charlotte Caine knows temptation.To reboot her life, shed weight and gain perspective, she's passing up sweet enticements left and right. But willpower doesn't come so easily when hell-raiser Spencer Gregory comes back to Hope's Crossing, bringing with him memories of broken promises and teen angst...
  • #Fam: A Ten Years Later Novella by Cambria Hebert

    #Fam: A Ten Years Later Novella by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s been a decade since a jock fell in love with a #nerd, and even after all this time, their epic love story continues. The Hashtag crew is back with all their antics and good times, giving an inside look at what life is like with each other after ten years of football, kids, and family...
  • Keeping The Promises by Dhruv Gajjar

    Keeping The Promises by Dhruv Gajjar

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WORDS are mightier than anything else in this world. Sometimes they serve as liaisons between two distinct hearts, and sometimes they shatter two people irreparably apart. But when they are woven into promises and hopes, they give rise to something that lasts forever. They change lives. I had almost lost myself, when she brought me back to life - with her promises...
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    friendship  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Ruck Me by Rebecca Norinne

    Ruck Me by Rebecca Norinne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She flies by the seat of her pants, and he’s a no nonsense kind of guy. When these two opposites attract ... oh baby, it’s game on! I’d called Aoife O’Shaughnessy a number of things, but dumb was never one of them. Through all the trouble she’d gotten into over the years, I never once thought she was actually stupid. Until now...
  • Spiced Kisses by Charlie Novak

    Spiced Kisses by Charlie Novak

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One broken collarbone, two stubborn men, three interfering chefs, four weeks to go, five chewed garlands, and The Pear Tree covered in snow…Ben’s Christmas Plans:1. Finish the staff schedules, get the orders done, and make sure the next month runs smoothly because December is hell.2. Break collarbone at rugby.3. Scrap all plans. Drag Ianto in to help.4...
  • Double Play by E.M. Lindsey

    Double Play by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If self-destruction is an artform, then Hervé is a master artist.After all, he’s perfected self-sabotage since he was young and full of promise.He’s spent his life running from his past and pushing away anyone who might break down his walls, but it wasn’t until his body betrayed him that he realized just how lonely his present had become...
  • Calling the Plays by Julia Clarke

    Calling the Plays by Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Football taught me to always keep my eye on the ball. But three players have captured my focus—and now, my heart. Before them, the idea that I could care about anything more than football was inconceivable. And I never would’ve allowed one man to threaten my dreams, let alone three. Then again, I’d never met anyone like Xavier, Colt, and Tristan...
    Categorized as:
    friendship  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction  poc-mc
  • Catch My Fall by Rebekka Weiler

    Catch My Fall by Rebekka Weiler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Funken auf dem Eis** Toni staunt nicht schlecht, als der Coach ihrer Eishockeymannschaft seinen neuen Assistenztrainer vorstellt: Nolan Thayer ist nicht nur ehemaliger NHL-Spieler, der nach einer Verletzung ans College zurückkehren musste, sondern außerdem verdammt attraktiv. Die Freude darüber, von ihm trainiert zu werden, währt allerdings nur kurz...
  • Shoot The Gap by Jordan Ford

    Shoot The Gap by Jordan Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The final book in a young adult romance series about a small town football team and the girls who win their hearts. Tyler Schumann has always been known as Nelson High’s goofy clown, the guy with the big mouth...
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