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Consider Me by Becka Mack
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCarter Beckett is the NHL's resident badboy, top player both on the ice & in the bedroom, and quite possibly the sexiest man to ever grace my field of vision. But worst of all? He knows it.Heโs arrogant, self-centered, and the man doesnโt seem to know what a filter is, let alone how to use one...Categorized as:
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Playing For Keeps: #UofJ Book 3 (U of J) by Alley Ciz
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings@๐จ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ: ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฐ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ . #๐๐๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ #๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ #๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.๐ ๐ฒ: six foot five, two hundred and fifty pounds, collegiate football player. Protected by my pint-sized girlfriend. Comical. Ridiculous. ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ก... -
Game Changer by Alley Ciz
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI had the girl โ THE girl.Kay. My Skittles...MINE.Then a blitz from the past flattened me like a linebacker.Time for a new playbook.Mason Nova is...argh!I told myself to stay away.Warned my heart not to fall for him.Did it listen? NOPE.Now it feels like itโs crushed under a fallen cheer pyramid.Sorry to tell you, but you are NOT a game changer... -
Bang Out: A New Adult College Romance by Penny Clarke
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKennedy needs one night.They say the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. And I know just who. Spencer Armstrong has a reputation on campusโfor bar brawls, a bad attitude, and boundless booty calls. I canโt stand him. Which means heโs perfect to get me past this post-break-up dating slump.One night is all I need... -
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Hold Me Forever by Layla Hagen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs the hockey leagueโs star goalie, I live by three simple principles:1. Keep a pristine image.2. Work hard on the ice.3. Donโt piss off the bossesโฆtoo much.I was killing it until a mishap tarnished my image. Now, management has me cleaning up my reputation and coaching a bunch of kids. And damn, those little punks are growing on me, and so is the program coordinator, Kendra... -
I Sold Myself To The Devil For Vinyls... Pitiful I Know by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLexi Grayson is just a normal teenager, as normal as she can be with her unobserving skills and her overthinking mind. But she'll need the overthinking if she wants to unravel the smirking mystery that is Blake Eaton...Categorized as:
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Black Flag by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen 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, itโs either fight, or give in... -
Player by Natalie Rios
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCocky. Player. A**hole. Without a doubt, Theo Montgomery is the university's most promising student athlete โ and itโs biggest player. Confident, charming, and handsome as sin, there isnโt a single girl at Carlton University whoโs immune to this quarterback. Except Allie. โ Smart. Driven. Sassy. Make no mistake, Allie Perez canโt stand jocks...Categorized as:
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Slap Shot Surprise by Melanie Harlow
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn my defense, I thought the plane was going to crash.Otherwise, I never would have blurted out those embarrassing things to a perfect stranger.Did I mention he turned out to be a scorching hot superstar of professional hockey?But wait, thereโs more.When the plane lands safely, I rush off, praying Iโll never have to face him again... -
The Strike Out by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt started with one night out with the boys.She was the hot diner waitress putting herself through school.I was the rich, arrogant player everyone misjudges.On paper we didnโt match.Yet all it took was one day. One single day to change her mind.She wasnโt planning to spend her day off with me.She wasnโt supposed to fall for my charm... -
The Lion Heart by Carrie Aarons
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeโs supposed to be the ruler of this kingdom. The prince poised to take his rightful place on the pitch. Instead, he plays the jester, shunning his legacy. Only I am privy to his lion heart. Kingston Phillips is the heir to Englandโs football dynasty. The offspring of two of the worldโs greatest players, the expectations set on his shoulders could crush the universe...Categorized as:
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Drew by Lulu Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLet me ask you a question.Have you met your soulmate?I did, then promptly lost her. Because what happens in Vegas stays there, right?Wrong.Iโd never been the relationship type, but Iโve spent every spare second of the past twelve months wondering what if. What if I hadnโt slept through my alarm? What if I hadnโt lost her number? What if Iโd known her name?But I came up blank... -
The Assassins Series by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow all four novels and the companion novella are together in one canโt-miss eBook bundle: ย TAKING SHOTSTRYING TO SCOREEMPTY NETFALLING FOR THE BACKUPBLUE LINES ย The Assassins may be the hottest things on two legs and ice skates, but when the gloves come off, the chiseled men of this Nashville NHL team will do anything for the women they love: A reformed bad boy helps a charming, willful beauty... -
Making His Play by Mari Carr
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlex has a big name in hockey, famous for his stick skillsโon and off the ice. But heโs also got a freckle-faced female problem. He took his sisterโs tomboy best friend, Charley, to a Vegas wedding to cheer her up after a bad breakup.Too much champagne later and heโs waking up with Charley in his bed and his ring on her finger. And the crazy part isโฆMrs. Alex Stone has a nice ring to it... -
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Defending Donovan by Jillian Quinn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe'll do anything to earn her v-card... and her heart. Hereโs the thing about Drake Donovan. Heโs a hotshot hockey player with a secret the size of his stick, a real monster of a problem. And Iโm the only one who can help him. But as we grow closer, I realize thereโs more to Drake than good looks and a big stick. If he wants to be the one to punch my v-card, he has to work for it... -
Forgetting the Rules: A Second-Chance-Romance Sports Standalone by Mariah Dietz
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA standalone sports romance. Book 6 in The Dating Playbook Series... -
Hat Trick by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGood things happen in threes. DโArtagnan Miklas is a lucky dude. Heโs the leading scorer of hat tricks for the Carolina IceCats, heโs got a solid group of loyal friends, and he has a cute little sister he adores.But his friends are all coupling up, and Dart is tired of being the odd man out... -
68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings~Sequel to The Bad Boy And The Tomboy~Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill are together in Manchester, England living the new university life. Their relationship is striving as they meet new people and experience different things and strengthen their beautiful relationship. But then again there's soccer, the Cahill family and girls because where there's Sam Cahill there will also be many girls... -
Behind the Plate: A New Adult Sports Romance by J. Sterling
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChance Carter is the son of local baseball legend, Jack Carter. Now in his junior year at Fullton State, Chance is facing challenges he never saw coming. Failing a class will stop his draft season short, making him ineligible to play and pushing his goal of professional baseball even further away.In steps Danika, a mouthy tutor from New York, who only wants to help him pass his class.. -
Wild Night by Mari Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrenemies RomanceConfirmed bachelor Colm is living the good life with a thriving law practice and all the freedom the playboy has come to enjoy. Until a city-wide blackout and the greatest sex heโs ever had has him reconsidering his single status. Unfortunately, he doesnโt realize the woman of his dreams is actually his lifelong frenemy, Kelli... -
Break the Ice by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Winter Games are over, but the bedroom games are just beginningโฆ This is about the time I normally hang up my snowboard and chill for a while. Except this year. This year, Iโm dealing with what fate dealt me at the Winter Gamesโnope, not gold. A broken arm. Since Iโm not close to my family, I head to my best friend, Skylarโs pad to recoup... -
Outta My League by Ali Parker, Weston Parker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe way she looks, smells, laughs is killing me.I fell in love with my sisterโs best friend. To top it all off, sheโs brilliant. And Iโm failing Chemistry.Of course, when I get her help, sheโs laidback about it. Charming and helpful as always, like she doesnโt know how much I want her. Iโve got to play it cool and let her see a different side of me...Categorized as:
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Home Run King by Stella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy life was what country songs are made of: my Granny died, my girlfriend broke up with me, I knocked up her cousin, and I was inducted into the Major League Hall of Fame. Yupโฆjust like every country song Iโve ever heard. But let me start overโฆ My name is Gage Nix. Thatโs all you need to know. Actually, thereโs a lot more to Gage than meets the eye... -
Interception by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen 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...Categorized as:
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Check Swing by Carrie Aarons
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSinclair Callahan is a trust fund baby.Born into one of the richest, most notorious families in the country, the black sheep title was stamped on him from an early age. While the rest of his relatives earn their keep at the top tier baseball team theyโve owned for generations, Sin prefers spending his time and money on booze, babes and bad decisions... -
Dash: Rushing the Play by Kayley Loring, Connor Crais
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings#99 Dash Taylor. Rookie defensive end for the Boston Tomcats. 285 pounds of fast-twitch muscle. Nickname: Big D.Iโve been sacking quarterbacks since junior high and causing trouble since I was born.My college coach thinks I have a bad attitude, so he makes me take ballet lessons as punishment. If I donโt turn things around on the field next season, heโll bench me... -
No Paine No Gain by McKinley May
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne thing I've learned from three years as an undergrad?College is all about balance.Juggling a science-heavy course load, weekend bar crawls, and my plentiful dating life is an art form. An art form I've got down to a T...Until the campus Casanova comes barreling into my biology class and throws my mojo for a major loop...Categorized as:
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Jasper by Lulu Moore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs Captain of an NHL team, I'm rich, successful and have women falling at my feet.I thought my life was perfect until a pint sized blonde checked into me one day, knocking my life off course.Wolfie Williams is sass personified. Beautiful, fiery, funny and oh so sexy. With every eye roll she gives me I become more and more wrapped around her finger, making me realise she is my missing piece... -
Ditched by R.C. Boldt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author RC Boldt...He's playing for the heart she's had sidelined for years.IVY HAYESDating can be a rocky journey. Once the new shine wears off, you may end up with a case of buyerโs remorse.Thatโs where I come in. I set the backdrop and coach you through the breakup... -
Blades of Glory by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOld vs. YoungExperience vs. AttitudeNo Teeth vs. Also No TeethโฆItโs the game some of these players have been waiting a lifetime for. The veterans of the Nashville Assassins versus the new generation of playersโtheir sons.As part of their prewedding festivities, Aiden Brooks and Shelli Adler have invited the retired Assassins to play a friendly game against the Stanley Cup-winning current team... -
Looking To Score: #UofJ Book 1- An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy Sports Romance (U of J) by Alley Ciz
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLooking To ScoreRelease Date: September 9th, 2020@๐จ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ: ๐ช๐ต๐ผโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น?#๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต#๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.Football God. Ladies Man. Campus Celebrity.Guys want to be me and girls want to bed me.Commitment? Whatโs that?Then I saw โ๐๐โtiny, gorgeous and oh soโฆ๐ ๐๐ก๐... -
Extra Credit by Sarina Bowen
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree 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 Andyโs first blind dateโฆ STUDLY PERIOD: One hunky hockey player with a language barrier. Plus one awkward English tutor with a big crush... -
Desperately Seeking Roommate by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWANTED: A ROOMMATE Requirements 1. Donโt be a smoker. Thatโs gross. 2. Donโt be a jerk. I have no time to deal with your mood swings. 3. Clean up after yourself. Is it really so hard to put dirty clothes where they belong? If you meet these qualifications, call me... -
Felix by Lulu Moore
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI have a secret. Twelve years ago I crushed on my teammateโs little sister, before firmly putting her in the friend zone. Which then became the best friend zone. And my teammate became more of a brother.But now we have two problems.1. I just found out sheโs been crushing on me too, and my feelings have come hurtling back like a puck heading for the net2... -
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First Flight, Final Fall by C.W. Farnsworth
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat do you do when you encounter the famous footballer voted โSexiest Athlete Aliveโ three years running on a soccer field in Germany?ย If youโre Saylor Scott, you challenge him to a shoot-out. And win.ย Saylorโs goals have always involved the literal kind constructed from posts and netting... -
Tripped by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEight hundred and eighty days. Thatโs how long itโs 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 canโt seem to avoid himโno matter how hard I try. And boy do I try.It seems my former boyfriend is cockier than everโif thatโs even possible... -
Always Making Waves by Ali Parker, Weston Parker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWater, waves, and women. Thatโs my focus for my time at Pro-U. As it should be for a guy who looks like me. Unfortunately, I failed English the semester before and now Iโm scrambling to keep my spot on the swim team and on the campus. The last place I expected to find help was from a hot goodie-goodie on the girlsโ team...Categorized as:
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Claiming Carter by Jennifer Bonds
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuarterback Austin Reidโs got it allโtalent, looks, women. The only thing missing? A national championship. Something he intends to rectify. With his kicker laid up and the universityโs home opener in three weeks, heโs not above poaching talent from the womenโs soccer team. Or recruiting a sassy, STEM-loving brunette who wants nothing to do with football or him.Kennedy Carter is no jersey chaser...Categorized as:
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Playing the Field by L.M. Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWork hard. Play harder.Iโm 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 โ our friendship and my life.Iโm spiraling out of control, and with my football career on the line, there is only one person who can save me... -
The Comeback Pact by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeโs everything she hatesโฆ So, why canโt she say no to him? Introducing Book 1 in the Warner University Bulldog series...KennaWest Brooks stands for everything I despise. Heโs a meathead jock whose silence says it all: He only cares about himself and his football season.So, why canโt I say no when he offers me his help?I should run the other way... -
Nude Awakening by Penny Clarke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRylie swears sheโs not a prude.How was I to know the art course my best friend signed me up for meant Iโd be sketching a nude model? I should have checked the fine print. Then I never would haveโquite literallyโbumped into Levi Hart moments before he dropped trou in class... -
Hate, Rinse, Repeat by Whitney Dineen, Melanie Summers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas is a time for hate... Maisy Moore is not looking forward to the holiday season. As owner of the only hair salon in Gamble, Alaska, sheโll be run off her feet helping her clients get dolled up for Christmas and New Years Eve parties. Parties sheโll never be invited to.But thatโs not the worst of it... -
Falling For You by Gianna Gabriela
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZack Hayes was taught that hard work pays off. He lives by that adage, working a part-time job, playing football and taking a full load of courses in the hope that his parents can stop working themselves to the bone. However, when things start to go wrong, Zack begins to believe that when you come from nothing, working hard doesnโt get you anywhere... -
The Rule Maker by Gina Azzi
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNHL Boston Hawks captain Austin Merrick used to be my boy-next-door. Now, heโs the man on my mind. Our paths havenโt crossed in over a decade when I find myself back in Boston, desperate to save face in front of my ex-fiancรฉ. With a devilish smirk and wicked blue eyes, Austin steps back into my life to be my plus one for a summer filled with weddings and events... -
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Icing by Jami Davenport
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteele:I'm a second-year hockey player for the Seattle Sockeyes. Imagine my shock when I return from a trip to find my former roommate has transferred his lease to my nemesis. She's so annoying I can't stand to be in the same room with her. She pushes all my buttons and is my exact opposite. Despite it all, I want to rip off her clothes and make mad passionate love to her... -
Marc Jillson & The Gazebo by Anyta Sunday
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWant true, heart-throbbing romance? Put down the Cheetos, and stop being a jackass.The question is, can I do it?Iโve been an epic dick to my friends, my uncle. Him.Travis Hunter. Photographer, econ-student, paraplegic. Can I redeem myself? Apologize? Make a fresh start?Hunter seems to think so. Even roped me into saving his favorite gazebo from the bulldozers.The confidence of this man amazes me...Categorized as:
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The Kiss List by Maya Hughes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf I were on fire, sheโd break out the marshmallows.Itโs not that we donโt like each other, more like hate with the fury of a thousand suns. But it wasnโt always that way.I still remember how her lips tasted. How they felt pressed against mine. How I wanted more. How I still crave her...Categorized as:
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Hard Pass: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by K.G. Reuss
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo childhood rivals. A weekend in Vegas. And a challenge that changes everything.LexyTravis Owens has been a pain since he tugged my ponytail and challenged me to our first dare when we were eight years old. Time hasnโt changed a thing in regards to the hotter-than-fire football hero, except the game we play with one another now has higher stakes... -
One Night with the Rebel (Looking to Score) by Kendall Ryan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe barged into my life and turned everything upside down. We spent one scorching-hot night together, and then she disappeared into the sunset with the golden jock everyone adored. Which makes sense, right? A girl as beautiful and brilliant as Eden Wynn doesnโt end up with a rebel like me.I expected them to live happily ever after, except that's not what happened... -
Third Time Lucky by R.G. Alexander
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom 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 doesnโt know his butter beer from a snozzberry...
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