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  • Game of Hearts by Emilia Finn

    Game of Hearts by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is book 3 in the brand new series by Emilia Finn. Stacked Deck is the highly anticipated 'Next Generation' series, and begins with our first baby - Evie "Smalls" Kincaid. Full blurb coming soon...
  • Takedown by Nikki Ash

    Takedown by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mila Pregnant and married at the young age of eighteen, I settled into my life not knowing there could ever be more. Until Mason, with his sexy smirk and magnetic baby blue eyes. With a single look and a few words, he made me feel sexy and alive. But as quickly as he came into my life, he was gone, leaving me wanting more...
  • Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’d take a lot for Bobby Kincaid to fall out of love. In fact, I’m not sure he knows how. His mom and dad taught him how to do it right, how to do it fully, and how to never let go. ‘Worth Fighting For’ is the family reunion that you never knew you needed...
    Categorized as:
    family  sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  humor  book
  • My Kinda Player by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    My Kinda Player by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AJ Summer witnessed four of her sisters fall in love and settle down. But not her. She’s stuck in a rut, destined to spend the rest of her life watching from the dugout, kissing frogs. Then one night, she meets a mysterious stranger, who makes her feel alive and realize she’s not as broken as she thought–until she wakes up alone...
    Categorized as:
    family  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  small-town
  • Pretty Beach Posies by Polly Babbington

    Pretty Beach Posies by Polly Babbington

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • 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...
  • Fighting With Faith by Nikki Ash

    Fighting With Faith by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***Synopsis *** Growing up, my parents were the embodiment of love. The perfect example of soul mates. And with that ideal I couldn't wait to find my true love. The day I met her my entire world shifted on its axis and I knew she was the one...
  • Fast Time by Shey Stahl

    Fast Time by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How can you move on when your heart is taken away from you? Axel and Lily Riley live the life most dream of. Seven years after saying, “I do,” they have three great kids and a life full of speed and adrenaline that most men can’t handle. Being a professional racecar driver, Axel’s dream is winning that prestigious World of Outlaws Championship...
    Categorized as:
    family  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov
  • Christmas Rings by Tess Thompson, Ev Bishop

    Christmas Rings by Tess Thompson, Ev Bishop

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Random circumstances brought them together. Love made them family. Kind, funny, successful, and adoring, Jed Marsh is the man of Alissa Mann’s dreams. But Jed’s parents don’t think Alissa, who supplements her kindergarten teacher’s salary as a cocktail waitress at a gentlemen's club, is good enough for their son. And his controlling mother will stop at nothing to keep them from getting married...
  • Break the Ice by L.A. Cotton

    Break the Ice by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes a brother's best friend sports romance. Lakeshore U, where hockey is religion, and the players are gods. Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker?When Aurora Hart moves in with her brother and his two teammates, it’s only supposed to be a temporary fix.Enter Noah Holden.Cocky. Heartbreaker...
  • Leave Me Breathless: A small town brother's best friend romance by Carrie Elks

    Leave Me Breathless: A small town brother's best friend romance by Carrie Elks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s his best friend’s little sister. Completely off-limits. And now she’s moving in with him…When Gabe Winter’s best friend calls with an unusual request – give his broken-hearted little sister a roof over her head for a few months – he readily accepts.But he doesn’t expect Nicole to be quite so enticing. Or for her to bring out all the feelings in him...
  • 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
  • Hot Puck by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Hot Puck by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author who brought you the adrenaline junkie, scorchingly sexy stuntmen of Renegades. Skye Jordan delivers another sizzling series starring her mouthwatering brand of high-octane, insomnia-inducing heroes. Introducing the Rough Riders’ Hockey Series...
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    family  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • Today. Tomorrow. Always by Raven St. Pierre

    Today. Tomorrow. Always by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Events and decisions of the past almost cost her everything, but she was given a second chance. He marvels at the beautiful life he almost missed out on, vowing never to let anything come between them again. The memory of being apart lingers with both Sam and AJ, but those days are long gone...
  • On the Rocks by Gillian Jones, Book Covers Ashbee Designs

    On the Rocks by Gillian Jones, Book Covers Ashbee Designs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Braunwyn Four years ago losing the love of my life almost destroyed me. Years of being labeled and looked upon with disdain by everyone in my hometown almost wrecked me. Four years ago I became a mother and together we were enough...Until I met him. He wanted to rebuild my broken–I just didn’t know how to let him...
  • A Very Blizzard Christmas by Kat Mizera

    A Very Blizzard Christmas by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She has a new baby with the love of her life and Christmas is almost here.It should be the best time of her life.... right? But when Danielle Petrov welcomes her new bundle of joy just in time for the holidays, everything isn’t as magical as it should have been...
    Categorized as:
    sports  family  contemporary  mlm  fiction  holidays  book  adult
  • Rowdy by D.M. Davis

    Rowdy by D.M. Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    D.M. Davis’ ROWDY is a messy, meant-for-me, sexy, contemporary romance and Book Two in the Black Ops MMA series.ROWDY:You think this is a love story. You’re wrong. It’s a massacre. A massacre of who I think I am, where I come from, and who I thought I’d have a future with. One wouldn't have me.The other couldn't.Both stole my heart.You think you know me. You have no idea...
  • Tending Tara by Kat Mizera

    Tending Tara by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can this fake marriage survive real life?It was now or never for hockey star Donovan Legori. He’d been keeping his head down and his skates on the ice since his painful divorce. Getting traded was the only thing that mattered. Tired of playing back-up— he was ready for a team that would make him a starting goalie. What he wasn’t ready for was falling for his teammate’s spunky sister...
  • Calling Cassie by Kat Mizera

    Calling Cassie by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Twenty-three-year-old hockey stud Logan Pelletier is having the time of his life as the ultimate bachelor. It’s all about hockey and living it up with his friends. He has no time for love, let alone a relationship. Until a spunky, hockey-playing stripper dances into his life... and his bed.Miss independent Cassidy Reynolds is already 0-2 in the marriage department...
  • 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...
  • Seaside Serenade by Melissa Foster

    Seaside Serenade by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Love in Bloom series. Seaside Summers is a series of stand-alone steamy romances with beautifully flawed and fiercely loyal, alpha heroes and smart, sassy heroines...
  • Something Amazing: Spin-Off to Something Great Series by M. Clarke

    Something Amazing: Spin-Off to Something Great Series by M. Clarke

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **Can be read as stand alone, but to get the full story of the characters that will be mentioned in the story, start from Something Great, book 1.** Currently FREE ****Watch the book trailer created by Once Upon an Alpha http://vimeo.com/112017360 Some nights have passion, some waves leave you wet, but everything is sexy at Knight Fashion Magazine..
  • 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...
  • Torn by Deborah Bladon

    Torn by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Standalone Book. No Cliffhanger. Falon Shaw is the go-to photographer for celebrities in New York City. She's young, beautiful and driven. She's determined to be the best and she's not about to let anyone get in her way. She dreams of a future filled with travel and photographs of places far away from the only world she's ever known. Music is Asher Foster's passion...
  • Everything with You by Kaylee Ryan

    Everything with You by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Every road, even the broken ones, will eventually lead us to our destination. We hope to find our place in the world, sometimes getting lost and straddled with the fear of never being found. Ultimately it’s that broken road that leads us to the meaning of life, love and happiness. You watched as Allison and Liam fell head over heels...
  • False Start by Lila Felix

    False Start by Lila Felix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rex has firsthand knowledge of how love can rip a person to shreds. How it can swallow a person whole, leaving them gasping for air, and dying a lonely person. He watched his mother give everything she had to his father and then she died, too weak and frail to continue on. His father, the deranged man who could barely feed himself—taking care of him left a permanent crease on Rex's heart...
  • Hawk by Heidi McLaughlin

    Hawk by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s another season of Renegade baseball and, as they say, the boys are back in town. All except for all-star pitcher, Hawk Sinclair, who has returned to his hometown and back to the ranch he grew up on to rehab after shoulder surgery. Real estate agent, Bellamy Patrick, feels like she’s failing at being a single mom...
  • 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...
  • Break Me by M.J. Fields, Chelsea Camaron

    Break Me by M.J. Fields, Chelsea Camaron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a powerful, smoldering novel from the bestselling authors of the Caldwell Brothers series (“Bad boy heroes to die for!”—Tracy Wolff), two tortured souls team up to overcome the past, finding the courage to heal . . . and to love.Jason “Cobra” Stanley was born to fight. With a father like his, he had to toughen up just to survive...
    Categorized as:
    family  fighter  sports  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Believe by Natalie Gayle

    Believe by Natalie Gayle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What Reviewers are Saying: "a wonderful slow burning love story of trifling ordeals and the power of the human spirit" Kawehi Reviews "I fell even more in love with Natalie Gayle's stories, characters, and writing style. She knows how to knock you out with inspiration, heat, and heart." Rochelle's Reviews "Dane...
    Categorized as:
    family  fighter  sports  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Denim Diaries 1: 16 Going on 21 by Darrien Lee

    Denim Diaries 1: 16 Going on 21 by Darrien Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Another great book in the Denim Dairies...
  • 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:
    family  fighter  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Gemma's Bluff by Karly Lane

    Gemma's Bluff by Karly Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gemma's life has always been a foregone conclusion: school, uni, then into the family business. Her best friend, Jasmine, is a whole other story. She thrives on spontaneity, her room is always a mess and she rarely sits down and plans anything in her life...
  • Curvy Girls Can't Date Surfers by Kelsie Stelting

    Curvy Girls Can't Date Surfers by Kelsie Stelting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When my dog runs away on the beach and into the arms of a handsome surfer, I think I’m in luck. Until I realize said surfer is actually a crusty, rude, player who acts like he owns the ocean.I want to forget the encounter ever happened and focus on helping care for my dad, who suffered a brain injury while in the military. But I’m out of luck. Jerk supreme, aka Diego, goes to my new school...
  • Faceoff by Jami Davenport

    Faceoff by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's every man's girl next door. I'm the playboy your mother warns you about.I'm the party-boy extraordinaire and perpetual playboy of the Seattle Sockeyes. I thought this was the dream life, but after multiple poor choices, it's all gone too far and I'm about to lose everything. My reputation has been shot to hell, I'm on thin ice with the team, and I'm financially broke AF...
  • Caught in a Jam by Lila Felix

    Caught in a Jam by Lila Felix

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’ve loved her since we were kids. But loving someone gets tough when they don’t love you back. Nixon Black has made mistakes. He made one mistake that would change his life forever. Now he’s working and in school—and he’s got a three year old. He gave up dating when Scout was born, but every night he retreats to another life in his mind, one he could’ve had with her...
  • Broken Temptation by Eve Carter

    Broken Temptation by Eve Carter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times best-selling author, Eve Carter, comes the final book to the Tempted Series that started with Pure Temptation. A week has passed since fight promoter Bruno Costello took off with the nine year-old daughter of MMA fighter Luke Romero and the FBI have no clue where to look. To make matters worse, the promise of Luke getting back his professional license has fallen through...
  • Perfect for You by Lea Coll

    Perfect for You by Lea Coll

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She always gets what she wants. This time she wants me... As the new captain of my team, publicity is a must.I'm partnering with a new charity, and nothing could’ve prepared me for Dylan Gannon.She’s spontaneous, charming, and beautiful.People are drawn to her… and so am I.Working closely together, I find myself falling for her.But if I win her heart, it will ultimately break mine...
  • Maggie's Way by Linda Bradley

    Maggie's Way by Linda Bradley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Middle-aged, Maggie Abernathy just wants to recuperate from cancer during the solitude of summer vacation after a tiresome year of teaching second grade. Maggie’s plans are foiled when precocious seven-year-old Chloe McIntyre moves in next door with her dad, John. Maggie’s life changes in a way she could never imagine when the pesky new neighbors steal her heart...
  • Fighting For Your Love by Nikki Ash

    Fighting For Your Love by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kaden I fell in love once and it was amazing. Until it wasn't. I swore to protect her. Until I didn't. I swore to love her forever. Until forever came too soon. After I lost her, I swore I would never fall in love again. Until I met Ashley.Ashley I depended on a man once. Until he walked out. I gave him my everything. Until he left me and our son with nothing...
  • Like Snow We Fall by Ayla Dade

    Like Snow We Fall by Ayla Dade

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From their first encounter, figure skater Paisley Harris knows she should stay away from famous snowboarder Knox Winterbottom. But that's easier said than done. The chemistry between them is palpable, but both have secrets that could destroy their dreams in this sexy, sporty, emotionally fraught forced proximity new adult romance from international bestselling author Ayla Dade...
  • Trust Me: Matty and Kayla - Book Three by Christine Bell

    Trust Me: Matty and Kayla - Book Three by Christine Bell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kayla's world has been obliterated and only Matty knows what she's going through. Too bad she can't turn to him anymore now that secrets and lies have torn them apart...
    Categorized as:
    family  fighter  sports  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • The Hurricane by Nicole Hart

    The Hurricane by Nicole Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm Natalie Taylor. First and foremost, I'm a mother. My job is to protect her. That's what a mom does. For so long, it's only been the two of us. But then he walked back into my life and turned it upside down. I let him in. I let my guard down. I didn't just let it down, I let him shatter it. Hoping every second he didn't shatter me. I'm Ryker Hamilton. I spent years of my life fighting...
  • Julian: Taming the Fighter by T.C. Clark

    Julian: Taming the Fighter by T.C. Clark

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    So this is what happens when you mix a former MMA fighter and a quirky bookstore owner..... A Wallflower Series Novella.... Julian Stravanos is a changed man looking for his purpose in life. He’d achieved every goal he’d ever set, and he was still missing something. He decides he needs a life reboot and moves to a small town in Illinois to open a martial arts academy...
    Categorized as:
    family  fighter  sports  adult  alpha-mc  athlete  black-mc  book
  • More to Us by Allie Everhart

    More to Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Austin Wheeler always wanted to be a rockstar. But instead, he's playing guitar in a local band and working construction for his dad. Kira Jacobs always wanted to be an Olympic gymnast, but a devastating fall during a competition derailed that dream. After a year-long recovery, she's starting college but she's not ready to give up gymnastics just yet...
  • Rough Waters by Nikki Chartier

    Rough Waters by Nikki Chartier

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Haley's future has been waiting on the west coast for the past year, but she isn't the only new face in Crescent Cove this summer. When Colby Taylor's parents locate him and interrupt his surf competition, the surf star spirals out of control, dragging Drenaline Surf's reputation through the mud and into the ground with him...
  • The Sheikh's Resisting Lover by Leslie North

    The Sheikh's Resisting Lover by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Tanya May, her trip to Saudi Arabia is supposed to be the perfect getaway from work, stress, and most importantly, men. She can’t wait to relax and see the sights, but with best friend Rene unavailable, there’s only one person left to show her a good time: unrepentant player James Tazeem. From the moment they meet, she’s tempted by every inch of his towering height...
  • Between Us: Reid and Lola, Book Two of Three by Christine Bell

    Between Us: Reid and Lola, Book Two of Three by Christine Bell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lola Taylor never stays in one place. After seeing her own mother put aside big dreams to wind up spending her life in Masonville, Kansas until her untimely death, the last thing she wants is to be stuck somewhere. Even if it means being stuck with a guy like Reid McDaniels...
    Categorized as:
    family  fighter  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Going All the Way by Megan Ryder

    Going All the Way by Megan Ryder

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s looking for redemption. After destroying his reputation, Jason Friar is desperate to make a comeback in Major League Baseball. The only team who will have him is the perennial cellar dwellers, the Georgia Knights, who are looking for a leader for their struggling team. With the contract comes a leash, held by a sexy image consultant with whom he had a hot fling..
    Categorized as:
    family  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
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