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Under the Influence by Kimberly Brown
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlanis Kapri is living the American Dream. As the star quarterback of the Carolina Hurricanes, life is luxury. Unfortunately for Alanis, he’s considered the NFL’s problem child. One too many negative press runs have landed his head on the chopping block. He’s been given an clean up his act or be cut from the team. Reluctantly, Alanis agrees to the terms...Categorized as:
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Bradford Brawler by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI can’t say I’ve ever wished for someone to be bitten right on the tip of their junk by a giant bull ant before, but Tanner Morgan—the only man capable of making me want to scream and cream at the same damn time—just might be the guy to change that... -
Men of Inked, Volume 1 by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJoin the Gallo siblings as their lives are forever turned upside down by irresistible passion and unexpected love. This box set contains three full-length novels — Throttle Me, Hook Me, and Resist Me -- plus a bonus novella -- Throttled Book 1: Throttle MeSuzy's a control freak and has her life mapped out — work hard, find a man with a stable job, and live happily ever after... -
All Good Things by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFake romantic interest to get a good review on my business? You know it.It’s finally my chance to take on my father by starting a luxury resort that’s in direct competition with his. And now my big chance is getting blown. By a vlogger with a great set of legs and a terrible first impression of the place. But as always, I’m here to save the day. Seduction is my specialty...Categorized as:
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Sneaking Around With #34 by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have a reputation for being tight-lipped. You learn quick when you become a professional hockey player to be guarded with the media, so I’ve worked hard to cover up the mistakes of my youth.But when I’m traded to the Florida Fury, where my ex–best friend is the starting right wing, I’m forced to confront my past... -
The Retaliation You Deliver by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen something seems too good to be true. It’s usually because it is.A lesson I learned the hard way.Every single fear I had about falling for Leon, has just come true in the most brutal way.The sweet guy act he’s been putting on the past few weeks is over.The cold, hard truth is... he never wanted me. He only wanted retaliation.And like a fool, I played right into his wicked scheme... -
The After Series Slipcase Set by Anna Todd
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPlease Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively: The Complete After Series Collection 5 Books Box Set by Anna Todd: After Ever Happy: After Ever Happy...Life will never be the same... -
Irresistible Rogue by Jaine Diamond
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn angsty and suspenseful enemies-with-benefits romance, featuring a mysterious alpha antihero, an inexperienced heroine on the verge of a steamy awakening, and a one night stand that ignites an all-consuming mutual obsession. One night would never be enough..Categorized as:
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The Next Flame by Penelope Douglas
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times bestseller Penelope Douglas introduces the next generation in her Fall Away series in Next to Never, together for the first time with her bestselling novella, Aflame... -
Queen Rose by Leila James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAria WarringtonPopular, rich, spoiled.She rules Rosehaven with her wicked attitude.Every queen needs her king.Yet, her secrets loom, dark and devastating.She’s damaged.More broken than anyone knows.But maybe our love can save us both...Categorized as:
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In Shining Whatever by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHart Ducaine was the love of Kate Miller's life, but he hadn't been interested in a long-term relationship with her fifteen years before. So why should she trust him now? There is no way he will ever be her knight in shining . . . she can't remember the word . .Categorized as:
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Desperate For You by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou just can’t make these things up…Life has been a rollercoaster through a forest filled with dream-eating squirrels who are hot on my tail.Okay, it’s not that bad, but it feels like it is at times.I’m a single mom to my sister’s little girl, and I found out a year ago that Hollywood is making a movie from one of my books...Categorized as:
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Off Track: A surprise baby, football romance by Chelle Sloan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirst 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... -
On Thin Ice (Bedroom Games) by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Winter Games have begun… I’m the life of the party. A little loud and some buzz kills might say obnoxious, but if you’re around me I guarantee you’ll have a good time. Unless your name is Demi Harrison. If that’s the case, you’d act like I’m the devil incarnate and go out of your way to avoid me. Which makes zero sense because at the last Olympic Games I rocked her world... -
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Enemy Chase by Alex Lidell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAiden McDane. Brave. Loyal. More sexy than any one man has a right to be.Former Special Forces operative Aiden McDane has every reason to hate bombs expert Tara Northpoint. Problem is he can’t remember a single one - and not just because of the way she looks up at him with those big eyes and lush lips.Years ago Aiden was captured and interrogated by the enemy—an enemy Tara worked for...Categorized as:
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Fate Hates by Tina Saxon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOf all the times to crave a man's touch, now is not it.Between being handcuffed to a bed post for trespassing, and the stare down from the sexy-as-sin bodyguard sent in to find answers, I'm certain my body must be confusing fear with lust.I was on a mission to find my mother's killer, not a man, but my body seems to think now is a good time to pursue its search for Mr. Right.He's not Mr. Right... -
Shopping for a Highlander by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m a professional chickenblocker.Except “chicken” is a euphemism.I get paid to follow a womanizing troglodyte who thinks rules are for other people and that my pants are the next pair he’s getting into.Dream on.Bet your first professional job didn’t involve babysitting an extremely hot, muscle-bound Scottish Highlander with an ego the size of a kilt and a libido bigger than his…well…Chicken... -
Along Comes Trouble by Abby Brooks
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the moment we met, Tessa Morgan pegged me as trouble. Why? Your guess is as good as mine. I’m funny. Easy-going. My years as a high school football star worked wonders on my body as well as my reputation. I’m Colton Carmichael. Everyone likes me. Everyone except Tessa. And believe me, the feeling is mutual... -
Guard Me: A Mafia Romance by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe was a tiny little lamb that claimed my heart with one fearful look. I was her captor, the man responsible for breaking her, for preparing her for auction. She was taken, plucked right off the street and brought to me to be sold at the next auction. Rescuing her from my men was never part of the deal, and neither was bringing her up to my room... -
Just One Kiss by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHannah Stark takes care of everyone else, from the patients she nurses back to health, to her family, who can never seem to get it together. She'd love to find someone she can trust, someone she can lean on, someone she can love, but that someone will not be Jake McKenna. The ruggedly attractive owner of Adventure Sports might still make her palms sweat, but Jake broke her teenage heart years ago... -
The Destruction You Desire by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter six years of living in denial, Luca is finally faced with the truth. A brutal discovery he refused to accept when I needed him most.Now the vengeance he so desperately craves isn’t directed at me, but the monster responsible for destroying all our lives.That might put us on the same side this time, but that doesn’t mean I can forgive him for not believing me... -
Admit You Want Me by Taylor Holloway
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy mind says Hell no. My body says Yes please. My heart says You’ve really done it this time.EmmaWard thinks I’m still hung up on him? Please.Who would want that chiseled body? Those broad shoulders? Those strong hands shredding my clothes and exploring every inch… Not me. I got my shallow infatuation out of my system and learned my lesson... -
Into the Blackness by Norma Jeanne Karlsson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCease being everything you’re trained to be in order to find who you’re meant to be…with. Nick Cooper is many things in life. He’s a vicious enforcer for a crime family. He’s a monster that tortures with a smirk tattooed on his lips. He’s an olive-skinned god, mysterious and captivating. He’s the best undercover field agent in the Domestic Crime Agency. He’s my partner for the next year... -
Good Luck Charm by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I need is for this woman to bend to my will. But she ain’t having it. My big chance is here, and I can see more zeroes at the end of my paycheck than ever before. I’m after a contract for storefront property in Texas, and there is one single mom shop owner that won’t sell. So they send in the big guns. Me. And yet, my silver tongue isn’t working. My luck has officially dried up...Categorized as:
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Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the readers of the Love series, Wrapped series, the Burning Souls series and Love you Anyways. A continuation of Lucas and Tessa's story, in Lucas Links POV. In Love Notes, Lucas and Tessa's rekindled love has never been stronger. Although she has never wanted to revisit the past it weighs on Lucas's heart. Lucas wants Tessa to know everything, yet burdening her further is not an option... -
Breathe by N.M. Catalano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSnake Hell is ruled by a queen. She wears stilettos like a boss, fishnets like a porn star, and carries weapons like makeup. She crashed into my life at the absolute worst time, because life’s a bitch like that. But there’s no way I’m letting her leave. She’s bat-shit crazy, and she’s mine. Correction, she’s ours. Because I’m not sure how long I can give her. But she belongs to us now... -
Bad Mood Boss by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. My grumpy ex.Maybe it’s because one of his new billion-dollar toys is broken and I’m the only one brainy enough to fix it.So sad. Sorry, not sorry.He thinks I’m stubborn, obnoxious, and worst of all, smarter than him.He’d be right. Tough situation for the hottie, for sure.But for me? I’m loving every crabby second of it.I love the offer he makes...Categorized as:
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Tortured Souls by Nikki J. Summers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say the devil appears in many different forms. To the town of Sandland, his face was one of them.He was a rebel. A brawler. A bare-knuckle boxer you’d cross the road to avoid if you saw him coming the other way.When he left our town, no one shed a tear, because Brandon Mathers was trouble and trouble followed him wherever he went...Categorized as:
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Deep Check by Kimberly Kincaid
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis story was previously published in the HOT ON ICE anthology. Hotshot hockey center Finn Donnelly wants nothing more than to take The Cup to his best friend's grave after the Rage's big win. The problem is, that also means returning to his hometown and seeing January Sinclair, a.k.a., the woman he left behind. She might be as beautiful and fiery as ever, but Finn's ghosts belong in the past... -
Ruined Rose by Leila James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDaphne DavisNerdy girl with heart.A completely irresistible challenge.Now she’s ruined.And it’s all my fault.She says I’m nothing to her anymore.But she’s stolen my heart.And it will break me if I’m not her everything.Welcome back to Rosehaven Academy...Categorized as:
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The Hardest Hit by A.S. Teague
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMelanie Holstein is the woman I let slip right through my fingertips. One night in Vegas with the fiery woman that gave as good as she got was enough for me to know that she’s the one. Except for a few small problems. I’m Aiden Shaw, the star quarterback for a team that’s nine hundred miles away from her home in Atlanta... -
Hard Rock Heat by Athena Wright
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlayboy rock star Damon Drake is exasperating. He's infuriating. And he wants me in his bed. It's the worst idea in the world. Damon doesn't do commitment. I don't do casual. He's an impulsive, cocky hothead. I'm the mature one who cleans up everyone's mess. But sparks fly during our every encounter. My body melts at the smallest touch...Categorized as:
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Whistleblower by Kate Marchant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKate Marchant presents a story about a young journalist who fights for the truth to come to light—even if it means she might lose everything . . . Laurel Cates has never wanted the spotlight...Categorized as:
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The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"You can't Schitt's Creek a town, Tank.""And you can't verb a noun, son."When a family of former pro football players buy a small Texas town, they didn't intend to start a war with its residents ... or to fall in love. Ever since his career-ending injury, Pat has bounced from job to job, idea to idea, short-lived relationship to short-lived relationship...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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The Hate of Loving You by Maya Hughes
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSix years ago, in the dead of night, I woke up to a cold bed and an even colder future without her. I would’ve followed her anywhere and she left. I thought I’d moved on and left all she meant to me behind. But a first love is never easy to forget. Even harder when I once felt our love is inevitable--inescapable. And I’ve been proven right once again... -
Tripped by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEight hundred and eighty days. That’s how long it’s been since my no good ex broke my heart. And I was doing just fine without him. But now, with both of us playing hockey for Boston University and running in the same circles, I can’t seem to avoid him—no matter how hard I try. And boy do I try.It seems my former boyfriend is cockier than ever—if that’s even possible...Categorized as:
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Come Undone by Penny Dee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJAKE 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... -
Player's Kiss by Sienna Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm his new favorite game.It was supposed to be my big break—landing the coveted spot as the All Ireland Rugby team's new PR assistant.Instead I've become a glorified babysitter, lumped with the heinous job of keeping their star winger out of trouble and out of the papers.Eoin O'Sullivan.Cocky. Charming. Outrageous. Destined to drive me feckin crazy.Party boy.Ladies man.An absolute PR nightmare... -
Scottish Player: A Hero Club Novel by Karen Frances
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan what happens in Vegas stay in Vegas?Taking a well-earned break with her best friend, Sam Walker would never have expected to be faced with her brother, or his teammates enjoying a pre-season stag party.Sam knows the single footballer mentality and didn't expect to be drawn to the charismatic one and only Jackson Taylor.One night. That's all he wanted... -
Defiant: an enemies-to-lovers standalone by Sara Cate
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn enemies-to-lovers standaloneRafeHate is easy.A hell of a lot easier than the alternative.It’s my job to keep Wicked safe, which means getting my hands a little dirty sometimes. After I lost my best friend, I’m not pulling my punches anymore. So it’s hate that helps me win every fight and close every case.But now the past is coming back to haunt me, and I refuse to be cornered... -
Baby I'm In by Ciana Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove was the last thing on Kyle Stader's mind. He'd found and lost that once and he wasn't about to ever let himself feel that kind of hurt again. So, when Liz Redgate shows up in Cotton Creek, he might find himself interested, but it darn sure isn't going to go anywhere except maybe the bedroom. Liz is an enigma... -
Revolution by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. 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... -
The Exception by Mickey Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImagine:You arrive to your dream job as the first female general manager in football. Turns out your first order of business is dinner with a new player who just signed with the team. But he’s not just any new player. He's Dallas Connelly, Super Bowl champion. Through a series of coincidences, he was also your steamy rebound a few months ago in Hawaii. You can look, but you can't touch...Categorized as:
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Exiled by Brenda Rothert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPro hockey player Archer Holt is taking his charm and swagger from the ice to the...sand? One of sixteen players competing to be the last man standing on a new reality show, he’s all in until he finds out the meaning behind the show’s title—Exiled.ArcherBefore I was a pro hockey player, I was an Eagle Scout... -
Playing the Field by L.M. Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWork hard. Play harder.I’m a player - both on and off the field.Avery and I have been friends since we were kids.In a moment of weakness, she winds up being the latest addition in my playbook and everything falls apart – our friendship and my life.I’m spiraling out of control, and with my football career on the line, there is only one person who can save me... -
Riptide by Michelle Mankin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRock star Ramon Martinez can have any woman he wants, and he frequently does because he can’t have her. Karen Grayson Surfer girl. My band mate's wife The one woman I can't have. The one woman who could have my heart though I can never let her know. Ramon Martinez Romeo Completely forbidden. I wanted him back at the beginning, but he didn’t want me. So I made the safe choice. The wrong one...Categorized as:
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No Crosses Count by Rory Ireland, Tate Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt nearly killed me when they took her away from me.My literal other half.The only light in my darkness.My twin sister.She still lives inside my mind, and I feel her in every breath I take.She swore on her life that she'd never forget me.But she lied.So now she has to pay the price.Because a swear is a swear..... -
Twice Burned by Claire Wilder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI won’t be burned again..CASEYI knew it wouldn’t be easy moving back home to Jewel Lakes County.I knew, walking the streets of Barkley Falls, that I’d have to confront the most painful memories of my past.I just didn’t expect I’d have to run into one of them in the flesh.When we were teenagers, Hank promised he’d never let me go. When he left, he promised he’d come back...Categorized as:
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Puck Happens: A Hockey Romance by Hailey Shore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHockey 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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