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  • Dem Boyz From Da Bottom 3 by Diamond D. Johnson

    Dem Boyz From Da Bottom 3 by Diamond D. Johnson

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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    sports  adult  book  fiction
  • 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
  • Shooting To Win by Elouise Tynan

    Shooting To Win by Elouise Tynan

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ADAM 'VAN' VANDENBERGIt all started one drunken night when she was a sweet and innocent freshman and I was a cocky, overconfident sophomore.I've never forgotten the night we spent together, but life is complicated and I let it get in the way.But the universe has thrown us back together and now that I'm newly single, I can't stop thinking about her...
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    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Love's Octagon by Mel Dau

    Love's Octagon by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    sports  adult  book  fiction
  • Billionaire Status by Natisha Raynor

    Billionaire Status by Natisha Raynor

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    sports  celebrity  cheating  domestic-drama
  • Dziewczyna, która prześcignęła czas by Anna Benning

    Dziewczyna, która prześcignęła czas by Anna Benning

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    „Vortex. Dziewczyna, która prześcignęła czas” to drugi tom elektryzującej trylogii Anny Benning. Książka „Vortex. Dzień, w którym rozpadł się świat” podbiła serca czytelników na całym świecie i przez długi czas utrzymywała się na szczycie list bestsellerów.Rzeczywistość Elaine, to świat tajemnic, tuneli energetycznych oraz ludzi zmutowanych z ogniem, powietrzem, wodą i ziemią...
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    sports  book  dystopia  fiction  young-adult  fantasy
  • Camden's Redemption by L.P. Dover

    Camden's Redemption by L.P. Dover

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For so long, UFC Middleweight fighter, Camden Jameson lived in his twin brother’s shadow, competing to be the best. When he lost his way, he turned to the Dark Side and did some unforgiveable things. After his betrayal, he tried to earn his redemption, but it wasn’t enough. Now his whole world has fallen apart and he’s on the run from those who want him dead. But he’s not alone...
  • Can't Help but Love You by Tay Mo'Nae

    Can't Help but Love You by Tay Mo'Nae

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    sports  alpha-mc
  • The Cocky Cage Fighter Nine Book Box Set by Lane Hart

    The Cocky Cage Fighter Nine Book Box Set by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the first time ever, get the complete nine book Cocky Cage Fighter series in one box set! ~ JAX ~ MMA Middleweight World Champion, Jax Malone has just entered the fight of his life. . Newly admitted attorney Page Davenport is willing to do anything to finally prove herself in her father’s law firm. Anything except represent the infamous miscreant, Jackson "The Mauler" Malone...
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    fighter  sports  adult  anthologies  fiction  humor
  • A Carpino Series Collection, Books 1-3 by Brynne Asher

    A Carpino Series Collection, Books 1-3 by Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the first time ever, your favorite Italian family and their rollercoaster love stories have been compiled into one collection with added bonus scenes at the end of each book. The Carpinos are together—Overflow, Beautiful Life, and Athica Lane—with more Jude and Gabby, Tony and Leigh, and Cam and Paige goodness...
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    sports  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Fumbled Futures: A Sports Romance Collection by Meagan Brandy

    Fumbled Futures: A Sports Romance Collection by Meagan Brandy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The cocky quarterback and his friends have come together in a boxset! This collections includes Fumbled Hearts, Defenseless Hearts, and the exclusive short story no longer available anywhere else, Fourth Down! Follow new girl, Kalani Embers, and friends on their journeys to forever ... One big book, three addictive love stories! Fumbled HeartsHe’s the persistent playboy who refuses to walk away...
  • The Ward Sisters: the Complete Series by Karla Sorensen

    The Ward Sisters: the Complete Series by Karla Sorensen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four Sisters. Four Romances.The Ward Sisters series combined in one box set, with bonus content...
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    sports  contemporary  humor  fiction  book  adult
  • Fire by Aaron Oster

    Fire by Aaron Oster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After facing impossible odds, Roy finds himself back where he first began his Path in the Martial Arts. Questions abound, and the mystery surrounding his Core's strange behavior plagues his every waking moment.Finding answers will mean confronting a past he'd thought was long behind him. But if he wishes to advance further down the Path of Power, that confrontation is inevitable...
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    sports  book  fiction  myths  retellings  young-adult
  • 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..
    Categorized as:
    fighter  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  suspense
  • 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
  • A Rival's Kiss by Maya Hughes

    A Rival's Kiss by Maya Hughes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Walking away would be the smartest decision, but no one’s ever accused me of being smart. Cold, determined, brutal, but never smart.Willa’s mine from the moment I rescue her. I protect her from a brawling crowd and she stares up at me like I’m her prince charming. No one’s ever looked at me like that. No one has ever dared to come that close...
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    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Kyle's Return by L.P. Dover

    Kyle's Return by L.P. Dover

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I promised myself I’d stay away from dangerous men, but I couldn’t live up to that when Kyle Andrews came back to town. He’s a manipulator, a guy who’ll do whatever it takes to get what he wants, sabotaging anyone who gets in the way. After a fatal fight left him wounded, his UFC career came to a close. He has nothing, but he’s determined to get it all back. My name is Megan...
  • Uncaged by J.B. Salsbury

    Uncaged by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NOW INCLUDES THE FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS OF Jack & Sadie! New York Times Bestselling author JB Salsbury celebrates the five-year anniversary of Fighting for Flight with UNCAGED: A Flight Short Story. Eighteen years after Jonah and Raven said “I do”, they find themselves free of demanding pimp fathers and life or death ultimatums. Now, they have an entirely different nightmare to battle...
  • Fused With Him by Kylie Kent

    Fused With Him by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Steamy, Sexy, Alpha-Male goodness!! This is book 2 of The Merge Series, Stand-alone, HAE! No cliffhangers. Contains adult language and sexual scenes. 18+ onlyReillyI learnt the hard and painful way that men don’t stay, ever. Even the ones you trust the most can be taken away in the blink of an eye. It’s easier to keep them at a distance. I have my fun with men and then part ways...
  • Earth by Aaron Oster

    Earth by Aaron Oster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With the rise of the Ancient Cavern Beast, Furea, the Bringer of Fire, comes a threat the likes of which Buryoku hasn't seen in centuries. As if this wasn't bad enough, his armies rise along with him, containing fighters so powerful that even the Scions may not be victorious against them...
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    sports  book  fiction  myths  retellings  young-adult
  • Avenging Angel by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Avenging Angel by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once I was on top of the world. I had the title, fame, and respect. Then everything came crashing down. I lost my title and my best friend. Unable to cope, I fell into the bottle and never wanted to come out. Until Bree walked into my life with her gorgeous eyes and kissable lips. She lights a fire inside me I haven't felt in months...
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    fighter  sports  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Easy on the Eyes by Tina Gallagher, Tina Rasalla

    Easy on the Eyes by Tina Gallagher, Tina Rasalla

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Easy on the Eyes by Tina Rasalla conveys all the passion you’d expect to find between two people falling in love without detailed sex scenes or harsh language. If you’d prefer a steamier version, check out Waste of Handsome by Tina Gallagher. It portrays the same characters with the same basic stories, but with a little more heat. Tina Rasalla is Tina Gallagher’s sweet-romance pen name...
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    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Fallen King by Bella Matthews

    Fallen King by Bella Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜Growing up as the oldest Kingston sibling, I knew what was expected of me.King Corp. was my legacy, and my siblings were my responsibility.The world was ours for the taking. For the living.But I neglected to live it for myself . . . until her.Daphne Brenner wasn’t meant to be part of the deal...
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    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Don't Let Me Down: Milani & Lance by Talena Tillman

    Don't Let Me Down: Milani & Lance by Talena Tillman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    sports  celebrity
  • Haven by Lane Hart

    Haven by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Haven Ward only had one job as a personal bodyguard - keep Mackenzie Stiles alive and unharmed.After making a monumental mistake, his billionaire boss is livid and ready to send him packing. Haven begs Mr. Stiles for a second chance to prove himself; and surprisingly enough, he gives him one...with one small catch.Befriending Mr...
  • The Savage Gentleman by Christopher Harlan

    The Savage Gentleman by Christopher Harlan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Lucas “The Ghost” Esparza. I’m the best MMA fighter in the world that you’ve never heard of, but if I have my way, I’ll be a household name soon enough. My life’s been nothing but hard training, crazy partying, and fast women, and that’s just how I liked it...
    Categorized as:
    fighter  sports  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov
  • Total Knockout by Jane Fox

    Total Knockout by Jane Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Andrei: When I first see Michaela, I figure I must have taken a punch to the head. How can anyone be that gorgeous?Michaela: It's hard to keep my eyes off Andrei and my mind on my job when he's in the ring. But what are the chances he'd even notice someone like me?Sometimes fate needs a little help...
  • Playing Loose by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Playing Loose by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    sports
  • Mr. July by Nicole S. Goodin

    Mr. July by Nicole S. Goodin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From international bestselling author Nicole S. Goodin, comes a new standalone, MMA sports romance. Hudson Scott. Nicknamed ‘The Horror’. Champion MMA fighter. … And caught up in an off-limits woman. Ramsey Ashton. Queasy around blood. Pink haired beauty. … And crushing on her brother’s best friend...
  • Worth it All: MMA Fighter, The Complete Series by Vi Keeland

    Worth it All: MMA Fighter, The Complete Series by Vi Keeland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three complete and swoon-worthy standalone novels featuring men who fight hard in the ring and harder for the women they want. Worth the Fight A STORY OF FATE A tragedy in the ring leads Nico Hunter to lose his edge. Until he meets Elle—a beautiful attorney who he has nothing in common with...
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    sports  fighter  anthologies  fiction  adult  romance
  • Chaos by Brittany Crowley

    Chaos by Brittany Crowley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rules of Play for Bagging and Banging 1. No clingers 2. No repeats 3. No innocents 4. No complications Should be easy right? So why the f*** am I looking at the cult babe like a starving man and she's a succulent prime rib? Georgie's everything I've ever avoided, all wrapped up in a sexy little package that plays havoc with my di... er, boyish ways...
  • 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
  • Black Belt in Love by Winter Travers

    Black Belt in Love by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kennedy Kennedy Kramer has lived the dream. It just wasn't her dream. Yearning to build a life of her own, free of her overbearing parents, she opens Zen yoga studio. To appease her distressed parents and get them off her back, she needs to convince them she’s living the life they want for her. She somehow finds herself entangled with Dante Craig and Operation: Decoy...
  • Black Belt Knockout by Winter Travers

    Black Belt Knockout by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Roman Cocky. Asshole. Player. Roman Yeck has heard it all. Living the past ten years of his life on the tournament circuit, Roman thought only of himself and no one else. After one night of fun, giving into his need for Sage, everything changes. The MILF made the player a DILF. With the realization there are bigger things than himself, Roman turns over a new leaf...
  • Too Much To Love: A Ten-Book Romance Box Set by Summer Cooper, Scarlet Wilder

    Too Much To Love: A Ten-Book Romance Box Set by Summer Cooper, Scarlet Wilder

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Smart. Sexy. Sassy. There’s so much to love...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  anthologies  billionaire  fiction
  • Struck by Emma Louise

    Struck by Emma Louise

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Playboy. Gym rat. Womanizer. I’ve been called them all. Until one-night changes everything. Changes me. Trying to drown a broken heart in cheap whiskey and a willing body leaves me with the last thing I ever expected. All that matters now is my son. There’s no room for anything, or anyone else. Until her. A free spirit. A nomadic soul. She intrigues me. She excites me...
    Categorized as:
    fighter  sports  adult  age-gap  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Slip Shot by Pippa Green

    Slip Shot by Pippa Green

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My best buddy from high school is marrying my ex and I'm the best man. Talk about awkward. The silver lining is I'm paired for the wedding with the groom's little sister Chloe. She's always been adorable...also, off limits - because I'm the small-town bad boy, now an NHL star, and she's the pastor's daughter.But weddings make people do crazy things and we end up doing each other...
  • Second Shot by Pippa Green, Eden Dunn

    Second Shot by Pippa Green, Eden Dunn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A ridiculous knee injury takes me out of the game for the rest of the NHL season. Do I cry? No, because I’m Seamus Byrne. I’m a beast on the ice and I’m not going to let a little knee problem slow me down.Until my wife decides she wants a divorce. Talk about kicking a man while he’s down.My silver lining through it all is my killer doc, Nicole Stewart...
    Categorized as:
    sports  contemporary  romantic-love
  • Snap Shot by Pippa Green, Eden Dunn

    Snap Shot by Pippa Green, Eden Dunn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s nothing wrong with a little sexy foreplay for your Vegas one-night stand, am I right? It only becomes a problem when you get home and realize your hook-up now has naked photos of you in your full glory (and I am glorious, don’t worry about that). Now I have no way to track her down...
    Categorized as:
    sports  contemporary  romantic-love
  • Dare You Forever by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Dare You Forever by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alpha-male, dirty-talking, MMA Light-Heavyweight Champion Josh North has only three days until the wedding to prove to single mother and greatest-love-of-his-life Sophie Garner that he is the only man she'll ever need! As the wedding day approaches and Sophie begins to get cold feet, Josh comes up with a romantic scheme to prove his love and devotion--and employs all his brothers as Cupid’s...
  • Uncaged Love: by J.J. Knight

    Uncaged Love: by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Colt McClure’s career as a champion MMA fighter is threatened by his damaged past. Jo believes their love can heal him. To prove it, she trusts Colt with the secret she’s been hiding from everyone. But there's one person who can stand in their way, and he's not about to let anyone interfere with Colt's future...
  • UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications by W. Richard Stevens

    UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications by W. Richard Stevens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Well-implemented interprocess communications (IPC) are key to the performance of virtually every non-trivial UNIX program. This book provides coverage of various forms of IPC, including message passing, synchronization, shared memory, and Remote Procedure Calls (RPC). It offers a basic introduction to IPC and the problems it is intended to solve...
    Categorized as:
    sports  technology
  • The Fight by Alice Ward

    The Fight by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cherry = Ripe and Delicious. Too tempting.Even though I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I built my own successful R&D company from scratch. I’m always looking for talent. That’s how I meet Cherry Bomb — underground MMA fighting princess. After watching one match, I’m hooked and sign her on as my newest investment.Sweet, tart, and fresh, I want to do more than spar with her. I want her...
  • 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...
  • A Life Worth Fighting by Brenda Kennedy, CBB Productions Christina Badder

    A Life Worth Fighting by Brenda Kennedy, CBB Productions Christina Badder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leah and Robert Grether face many battles after losing their only child, three-year-old Jamie. Leah still grieves and battles depression while Robert fights his own inner demons of guilt. As they try to move on, their attempts to conceive work. Leah is making progress. Her business is thriving and her pregnancy is progressing...
    Categorized as:
    fighter  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • The Fighter by Shey Stahl

    The Fighter by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What would you fight harder for, the one you love, or yourself? When you’ve lost everything, who’s there to pick up the pieces? Nobody but you. Ex-heavyweight champion of the world, Destry Stone used to have it all. Money, fancy homes and cars, and a sexy girlfriend, everything was his for the taking. But trouble has a way of finding the ones on top...
    Categorized as:
    fighter  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  male-mc  new-adult
  • Grip by Lacey Black

    Grip by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lacey Black’s Grip is a second-chance, surprise-baby contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven World project.MackI live to race. It’s in my blood—the smell of dirt and gasoline, the fast cars, the screaming fans. I was the king of a small track in Missouri with the world at my fingertips. I even had the girl, until a call came from the infamous Colton Donavan...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  book  boss-employee  contemporary  fiction
  • The Net by Colleen Charles

    The Net by Colleen Charles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I always put it in the net...As the new guy on the Rochester Riot, I’m used to dealing with haters and trolls.My opponents come after me fast and hard, while fair weather fans play armchair quarterback about my talent or lack thereof.But they never mention how I look – they never ridicule me for my body.I don’t know what it’s like to be called fat, ugly, disgusting, even… worthless...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
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