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  • Determining Possession by Christina C. Jones

    Determining Possession by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Good decisions don’t always leave you unscathed. Sometimes, the best choice might be the one that leaves you vulnerable. The one that forces you to face a not-so-distant past that hurts, or go through with something you never thought would come to fruition. The one that makes taking a risk your only viable option. Wilhelmina “Wil” Cunningham is no stranger to pressure...
  • Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They say he’s a murderer - so she ran.I say she’s mine - so I must follow.Even knowing the inevitable pain that’s coming straight for me, I’ll continue to search, to wish, and when I eventually find her, continue to kiss her.Because when a Kincaid knows, he knows.*Crazy Eights is the conclusion to Jamie and Cam's story...
  • Wins & Losses by Alexandra Warren

    Wins & Losses by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nasir Valentine has one thing on his mind: winning a championship title in his first year as head coach of the boys basketball team. But when his team captain’s father is murdered just before the start of the season, he quickly learns coaching high school basketball in the inner city is a lot more than just drawing numbers and arrows on a dry erase board...
  • Wildcard by Emilia Finn

    Wildcard by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Ben Conner. I’m a pro fighter, the son of a murderous wifebeater, overprotective big brother, and Evelyn Kincaid’s best friend. I’ve known Evie since we were kids. I loathed her on first sight, and picked on her as often as she picked on me, but somewhere around my fifteenth birthday, my dislike was replaced with something else. It was foreign and new, potent and exciting...
  • Slope of Love by Melissa Foster

    Slope of Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Olympic gold medalist skiers Jayla Stone and Rush Remington have been best friends for years. They've seen each other at their best and worst and have kept each other's secrets without fail. Only there's one secret Rush has kept close to his chest. After months of introspection, Rush realizes he's been filling his bed but not tending to his heart...
  • McCabe Brothers Series Box Set by Julie Capulet

    McCabe Brothers Series Box Set by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This box set contains three fun, scorching-hot romances from the Amazon bestselling author Julie Capulet.Hopeless Romantic(sports romance, new adult romance, college romance)Quarterback Bo McCabe stops playing in the middle of a game to stare at the shy, beautiful “Jumbotron Angel.” But who is she? Bo will stop at nothing to find out if she’s the one he’s been saving himself for...
  • Claiming 10 by Chloe Walsh

    Claiming 10 by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book four in the Boys of Tommen series.Release date subject to change.Blurb coming soon.Based in Ireland, the Boys of Tommen series is bound to captivate and lure you into the world of rugby, love, and teenage heartbreak.* Warning *Some scenes in this book may be extremely upsetting for some readers...
  • A Little Secret by Kelsie Rae

    A Little Secret by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To be fair, when I looked at the pregnancy test results, I didn't think it would literally make me have a seizure.Then, I woke up in the hospital with my brother's best friend by my side and the doctor congratulating us on our baby.Our. Baby.But the worst part?I didn't correct him.Oops.Now, Griffin Thorne is the only man on the planet who knows about my not-so-little secret...
  • Bounce Back by Nicole Falls

    Bounce Back by Nicole Falls

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “This thing between us is unexpected for me…”With her professional basketball career seemingly in her rearview, Micaiah Kennedy is trying to figure out what the future holds for her...
  • Paradise Lane by Ruth Hamilton

    Paradise Lane by Ruth Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A novel, set in the north-west of England, by the author of Billy London's Girls and Spinning Jenny. Young Sally leads a ragged and lonely existence in the shadow of Paradise Mill, whose corrupt, evil and greedy owner destroys his own family and then turns his venom on Sally and her friends...
  • The Assassins Series by Toni Aleo

    The Assassins Series by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Now all four novels and the companion novella are together in one can’t-miss eBook bundle:  TAKING SHOTSTRYING TO SCOREEMPTY NETFALLING FOR THE BACKUPBLUE LINES   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...
  • The Season: Kaufman by Nicole Edwards

    The Season: Kaufman by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Spencer Kaufman When I signed on to the NHL, I promised to give 150% to the game. I’ve done that. Little did I know, but they would ask more from me than merely my skill on the ice. The team wanted me to be their captain. It’s an honor, one I’ve done my best to fulfill. Although I can’t take all the credit, I was there to lead when we won the Stanley Cup...
  • Garret by Allie Everhart

    Garret by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My life is nothing but rules. Rules for how I act. How I dress. Who I date. Who my friends are. I hate the rules and yet I keep following them. Until I met Jade. Being with her is forbidden. She’s not one of us. She’s not allowed in my world. But I don’t care. She’s different and I like her and I want her. And the fact that she wants nothing to do with me makes me want her even more...
  • Along Comes Trouble by Abby Brooks

    Along Comes Trouble by Abby Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From 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...
  • Always by Chloe Walsh

    Always by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "If I told you a secret, would you keep it?"He's damaged.I'm determined.I've loved him my whole life, but he's broken, older, full of secrets.The bruises on his skin, the silent tears, the hidden pain... I know I'm in over my head.My father warns me against him, but his eyes plead with me to save him.All I know is that I can't walk away from him. I promised I would be there for him.And I will...
  • 68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038

    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...
  • Brayden by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Brayden by Susan Fisher-Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Having lost five years to prison after wrongly convicted of murder, Brayden Beckett is starting over. Leaving Texas to return to Montana is step one, opening a rescue sanctuary for horses in honor of his late wife is step two, and doing whatever he can to protect his heart from the pain of falling in love again is step three...
  • The PreGame Ritual by Alexandra Warren

    The PreGame Ritual by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ava knows that she’s the best girls basketball player in the country at the collegiate level. She knows that she’s going straight the pros once her senior season comes to an end. And she knows that finding a man is the least likely thing to happen while she’s chasing that dream. That’s until she meets Miles...
  • Everything is Love by Aubreé Pynn

    Everything is Love by Aubreé Pynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dakari Summers has returned home after two years of attempting to heal from an unexpected betrayal. With his new contract, new team, and reconnection with his college friends, he has made a vow to himself – to never fall in love again. But life back home has different plans for him and they’re going to shake his core...
  • Baker Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels

    Baker Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Since she was a little girl, Paige Bridges has only ever wanted two things; to open her own bakery and to love and be loved by her best friend Mason.Paige has always crushed on Mason Long but life, fate, and a big giant call of the mountain spirit have stopped her from telling him or acting on it. Because if she was truly meant to be Mason’s girl, surely something would’ve happened by now..
  • In the Dark by Danah Logan

    In the Dark by Danah Logan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They used to be best friends. Not anymore. Secrets, love, friendship, betrayal, AND more hidden truths no one would've expected. Three books, one suspensefully twisted (love) story.My name is Lilly McGuire.I accepted a long time ago that my older brother is no longer part of my life. It’s been over two years, and I still have no clue why he stopped talking to me.Everything was great...
  • Fourth and Inches by Kata Čuić

    Fourth and Inches by Kata Čuić

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rob’s life is spiraling out of control. All his carefully made plans have been laid to waste. His friends aren’t speaking to him; he’s estranged from his family. Drafted to the worst team in the NFL, everything he’s worked so hard for seems to be slipping away. The only thing he’s still sure of is that he needs Evie. Evie is lost...
  • All The Colours In Between by Eva Jordan

    All The Colours In Between by Eva Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eva Jordan's much-anticipated follow up to the bestselling 183 Times a Year  It's not a life, it's an adventure! Lizzie is fast approaching 50. Her once angst ridden teenage daughters, now grown and in their twenties, have flown the nest, Cassie to London and Maisy to Australia...
  • Shot on Goal: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey by Jami Davenport

    Shot on Goal: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you're at the top, there's nowhere to go but down. Two talented skaters. Two bright futures. Two shining stars. One ruined by a career-ending scandal and another by a father's ruthless ambition. She was the darling of the winter games, winning a bronze in pairs figure skating one week after losing both parents in a car accident...
  • Royce by Kat Mizera

    Royce by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Just because opposites attract, doesn’t mean they belong together... Professional hockey player Royce Lenahan is no stranger to chaos. He grew up surrounded by it, so as an adult he likes things nice and orderly: His apartment, his hockey schedule, even his dates...
  • The Defenseman's Second Chance by A.J. Wynter

    The Defenseman's Second Chance by A.J. Wynter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How many times do I have to repeat it?Second Chances Don't Work.Twenty years is a long time.Yet, she looks exactly the same.They say you never get over your first love.And, I'd have to agree with that statement.But,I've also never gotten over my first heartbreak.And, I don't believe that people change.The best thing for me - and my heart, is to stay far, far, away from the new girl in town...
  • Brown's Sugar by Marlee Rae

    Brown's Sugar by Marlee Rae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some crushes never go away, instead they intensify…Meet Tonya James, the middle James’ sister. She’s a sugar enthusiast and co-proprietor of the new black woman-owned and sibling-owned SHE-iS spice shoppe in the heart of the city. Tonya enjoys her life but the one permanent thing evading her is love...
  • Gravel Road by Stephie Walls

    Gravel Road by Stephie Walls

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I fell in love with Austin before I even knew what the word meant. Miranda was the only girl who ever had a chance at owning my heart. Defined by the land we grew up on, Mason Belle, Texas, wrote our story. And then it tore out the pages. Six years later, Miranda had managed to slip away again. But this time, I refused to let her run...
  • Montana Hero by Debra Salonen

    Montana Hero by Debra Salonen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    During Flynn Bensen‘s last wildfire rescue, a woman died despite Flynn’s best efforts to save her. He can’t escape his sense of failure or recurring nightmares, but he can escape to Marietta, Montana, to a new job as the head of Crawford County Search and Rescue...
  • Ripped: The Price of Loyalty by Tania Joyce

    Ripped: The Price of Loyalty by Tania Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From an Amazon bestselling author comes a story of friendship, music, and undying loyalty … and how hiding the truth can break more than hearts apart. Gemma loves Hunter. Kyle loves Gemma. Hunter loves himself. Gemma Lonsdale sings lead alongside her two best friends, Kyle McIntyre and Hunter Collins, in world-famous rock band, Everhide...
  • 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...
  • Buried Alive by Stacey Marie Brown

    Buried Alive by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nine years after a tragic accident, Hannah “Brennley” Evans has returned home to the snowy mountains of Whistler, Canada. This is the very place that destroyed her, where her whole world ended, and the reason she now goes by Hannah Jennings. Struggling with his own tragic past, Rhys Axton, an infamous sexy snowboarding champion, wants nothing more than to be the next Olympic hopeful...
  • 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...
  • Pepped Up Forever by Ali Dean

    Pepped Up Forever by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the fifth and final book in the Pepper Jones series, and it’s one you don’t want to miss. Pepper Jones is ready to start breaking some records. She’ll be a junior in college, and if she wants to run professionally when she graduates, it’s time to step things up a notch. This time around, she knows it won’t be accomplished by ramping up her training...
  • The Playmaker by Josie Blake

    The Playmaker by Josie Blake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Playboys and virgins shouldn't mix, like vodka and important decisions. But some things are worth the risk...Until now, college has been fun and games—all girls and hockey, all the time. It’s senior year, though, and I’m still undrafted and unsigned. If I plan to play professional hockey, I need to prove to my critics that I can be a leader and take my hockey game seriously...
  • Felix by Lulu Moore

    Felix by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I have a secret. Twelve years ago I crushed on my teammate’s 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 she’s been crushing on me too, and my feelings have come hurtling back like a puck heading for the net2...
  • Sweet Talk Boxed Set by Brenda Novak, Melody Anne

    Sweet Talk Boxed Set by Brenda Novak, Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In 2014, the boxed set curated by Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research (titled A SWEET LIFE), raised almost $100,000 net to the charity in only one month. This year we’re back for a second helping, and you can indulge, too! This heart-warming, limited edition collection features ten BRAND NEW contemporary romances by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors..
  • Hard Rock Love by Athena Wright

    Hard Rock Love by Athena Wright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s my big sister’s best friend. This rock star god knows I’m off-limits. But is that a rule he’s willing to break? Seth Powers is wild. He’s devilish. He’s hot as sin. He’s also my big sister Everly's best friend and a rock star drummer in one of the hottest bands around. My silly schoolgirl crush from years ago has turned into a burning desire. I crave his strong fingers caressing my skin...
  • 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...
  • Hart Land Lakeside Inn Boxed Set by Chris Keniston

    Hart Land Lakeside Inn Boxed Set by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “You can’t go wrong with a Chris Keniston book!” RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author of the Haven Point series.Shenanigans and romance abound in the new Hart Land series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Chris Keniston...
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  • Playmaker: A Seattle Sockeyes Puck Brothers Novel by Jami Davenport

    Playmaker: A Seattle Sockeyes Puck Brothers Novel by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    KADEN: My teammates think she's married. I think it's more than that.Other than her name, I don't know anything about her, but I can't get enough of her. She's my obsession, my world, my everything. If only she would let me in, tell me why she's terrified, why she stays in the shadows, why she can't be seen in public.Then, as quickly as she came into my life, she disappears...
  • 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...
  • Playing the Field by L.M. Reid

    Playing the Field by L.M. Reid

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Work 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

    Riptide by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rock 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...
  • Wrecked Rose by Leila James

    Wrecked Rose by Leila James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Max SuttonConfident, witty charmer. Out and proud.I never expected him to cross my mind.One kiss wrecked me for anyone else.And now he consumes all my thoughts.If people find out, my world explodes.He doesn’t want to hide us.And I want him … but I might have to choose her.Welcome back to Rosehaven Academy...
  • Angle of Pursuit by Jamie Bennett

    Angle of Pursuit by Jamie Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aubin had a plan…and this wasn’t it.Never, not once in a million years, did Aubin Frazier think that she would end up like single again, rejected by her family and friends, and totally broke...
  • Behind the Count by Kimberly Readnour

    Behind the Count by Kimberly Readnour

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dating my brother’s best friend? Yeah, that’s forbidden…Noah Geren.Cessna University’s starting catcher.Sensible. My life-long crush. And totally off-limits.I only want a few things in life. Graduate with a fashion degree. To be taken seriously. And Noah Geren. After my first year of college, I let the idea of him go. And it almost worked Until that late summer night.Shannon Smith...
  • Love Emerged by Michelle Lynn

    Love Emerged by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dylan Bea Zanders’s interest penetrated me. I tried to ignore her unwavering eyes and lasting touches. But my willpower failed me. Our one-night affair was mutual. No expectations, no exchanging of phone numbers, nothing. The next morning, she sauntered out of my life as fast as she had entered it. Bea I claimed Dylan McCain as soon as I saw him...
  • Dirty Score by Skye Jordan

    Dirty Score by Skye Jordan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rafe “Savage” lives up to his name on the ice and in the bedroom. Forging a legacy as the Rough Riders’ most notorious playboy is easy when the woman he really wants is off limits. Mia’s brother isn’t just Rafe's best friend, he’s also a teammate. With the Cup in site, Rafe won’t screw with anything that threatens the team’s winning streak...
  • Unforgettable by S.B. Alexander

    Unforgettable by S.B. Alexander

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a football god. She’s the daughter of a Texas senator. Their chemistry is like oil and water. My name is Ryker James. I hate when people tell me what to do. I’m cocky, ornery, and I take things when I want them. Caring isn’t in my vocabulary unless it’s related to football or my family, and I just lost my entire family in a blink of an eye. Now all I have is football...
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