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Inevitable: Carter Kids #5 by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf two people are truly meant to be together, eventually they will find their way back to each other's arms. It is a prerequisite of love. It is inevitable… Right? Then why does it feel so wrong? Why is my heart pulling me in another direction? Why do I feel so lost? So utterly broken… On paper, Hope Carter has the perfect life... -
![Love You The Most by Julie Capulet]()
Love You The Most by Julie Capulet
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final epilogue to the I Love You SeriesThis is a bonus conclusion to Rafe and Lexi's epic love story, including babies and an OTT steamy and romantic HEA :)*This book is a 50-page finale to the I Love You Series and is currently available with the I Love You Series box set.It's also FREE! Visit juliecapulet(dot)com for your free copy... -
![Pretty It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman]()
Pretty It Up: The Donovans by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDescriptionSometimes love just isn’t enough, or is it?Lana Gold, one of the Donovan triplets, found her one true love in college but lost him when the life he’d dreamed of became reality. Being an outsider looking in and so far away from her family and hometown took its toll on Lana and her marriage until she’d finally had enough and left it all behind...Categorized as:
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![Burndown by Winter Travers]()
Burndown by Winter Travers
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor the past eight years, master mechanic Remington Grain has been tirelessly working toward his dream job of becoming a member of an NHRA pit crew. But being the new guy is never easy. Not only is he at the bottom of the totem pole, he’s pretty sure his crew chief hates him. Remy knows anything worth having takes hard work and dedication... -
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![The Langfield Brothers : Box Set by Brittanee Nicole]()
The Langfield Brothers : Box Set by Brittanee Nicole
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour billionaires brothers. Four sports romances. Four happily ever afters. And one epic extended epilogue. Enjoy this collection of all four Langfield Brothers.1. Mother Faker (Beckett Langfield)2. Pucking Revenge (Brooks Langfield)3. A Major Puck Up (Gavin Langfield)4... -
![Touchdown by Lisa Suzanne]()
Touchdown by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs much as I’ve coached the pro football quarterback to believe he always has a choice, this time I’m the one backed into a corner.My biggest fears have come true. I’m an adult living with my parents as I contemplate my future. I’ve given up everything to make the ultimate sacrifice, but at some point I need to put what happened behind me... -
![Sneaking Around With #34 by Piper Rayne]()
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... -
![Reunited in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk]()
Reunited in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe remembers the heat. She remembers the heartbreak. Twenty years later do they still have a shot at love? When an injury puts NFL star Krew Slattery’s future in question, he returns to his hometown of Good Hope. He plans to lay low, until he runs into Cassie Lohmeier. Krew has never forgotten the one amazing night they shared, and unfortunately for him, Cassie hasn’t either.. -
![Chosen by Love by Toni Aleo]()
Chosen by Love by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCameron White is the most famous student influencer on the Bellevue campus. Not only that, she is one hell of a gymnast, ready to stick every landing her senior year. It’s time to go out with a bang...Categorized as:
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![Off Track: A surprise baby, football romance by Chelle Sloan]()
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... -
![Second Chance Love Affair: A Bancroft Billionaire Brothers Novel by Ali Parker]()
Second Chance Love Affair: A Bancroft Billionaire Brothers Novel by Ali Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow isn’t the time for a beautiful single mom to steal my heart. Especially not one that I’ve loved before. I’m not that boy anymore, though. Life has been less than kind. My father abandoning us and leaving me to be the man of the house at a young age started the chip growing on my shoulder. He moved on to another life and I helped my family mend as best I could... -
![On Thin Ice (Bedroom Games) by Piper Rayne]()
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... -
![Ian by Kat Mizera]()
Ian by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaught on thin ice between desire and legacy... Scottish-born hockey player Ian Campbell is so much more than a professional athlete and he has the birthright to prove it. But all he cares about is the next championship. Not his law degree and not the weight of the family legacy waiting for him back home; but time is running out on the deal he made with his grandfather... -
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![How We Fell in Love by Toni Aleo]()
How We Fell in Love by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOption One: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am. Option Two: Till Death Do Us Part. Grace has only ever believed in Option One. But James makes her question that belief from the moment she meets him. James has only ever believed in Option Two. But Grace goes out of her way to shake his belief from the moment he meets her... -
![Dare to Dance by S.B. Alexander]()
Dare to Dance by S.B. Alexander
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis story will grab your heart and never let go! Based on true events. Hoping to sign with one of the biggest boxing promoters in the country, Kross Maxwell has to maintain a near perfect record. He can’t afford to lose any more bouts. But his head isn’t in the ring. Instead, he can’t seem to shake his past that’s been beating on his mind... -
![Powershift by Winter Travers]()
Powershift by Winter Travers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMitch Jensen knows what it’s like to have nothing and claw your way up from the bottom. Living with nothing growing up, he always strives to help those in need. Except, he’s never met someone who didn’t want his help. Scarlett James is running from a life she never wanted but was too afraid to leave...Categorized as:
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![Broken King by Bella Matthews]()
Broken King by Bella Matthews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night.I let myself have one night with him after avoiding him for years. But one night was all it took for history to repeat itself.Cade St. James was my past. He was the boy who stole my heart before he left for the Marine Corps. Now he’s back in Kroydon Hills, and there’s no mistaking he’s all man. A former MMA champion, running his own gym, and taking care of his adorable little girl... -
![Saving Sara by Kat Mizera]()
Saving Sara by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBest friends to lovers is a risky game... Pro hockey player Aaron Ferrar has shit luck with women. With one divorce, one psycho, and far too many one-night stands under his belt, he can’t seem to break his bad dating habits. He knows he’s not good enough for his sweet, sexy best friend, so he would never go there, but it’s getting harder and harder to resist her...Categorized as:
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![Romantically Ever After by Tessa Layne, S.E. Rose]()
Romantically Ever After by Tessa Layne, S.E. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Limited Edition Collection of Contemporary Romance Novels The abs are hard. The kisses are countless. And the happily ever afters will leave you breathless…but no one said getting there would be easy... -
![Rumble by Jacob Chance]()
Rumble by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years. That’s the amount of time I’ve wasted lusting after Wyatt Douglas. He had me the moment he roared up on his bike and flashed his charismatic smile my way. I wanted to jump on, wrap my arms around him, and ride off into the sunset. Then my brother introduced him as his friend and crushed my short lived happily ever after... -
![Off the Market at Christmas by Chelle Sloan]()
Off the Market at Christmas by Chelle Sloan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe saying goes that nice guys finish last. The more accurate statement is that nice guys and nerds finish last. We don’t get the girl. We don’t get the happily ever after. Even if it is the one thing we’ve asked for from Santa Claus this Christmas. So when Presley Dawson comes back into my life after twenty years, I don’t even try... -
![Love Notes: A continuance of the Love, Wrapped, and Burning Souls series by M.J. Fields]()
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... -
![Perfect Someday by Lauren Runow]()
Perfect Someday by Lauren Runow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI knew, someday, I’d have the life of my dreams.I just wasn’t prepared to lose him in return.Growing up in small-town Mason Creek, it's hard for a girl to dream big. Since my mom was barely making ends meet, I knew moving away for college wasn’t in the cards. What I didn’t know was how singing a Miranda Lambert song while unpacking a box would change my life forever ..Categorized as:
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![The Legacy series: The Love series, the Wrapped series, and the Burning Souls series. by M.J. Fields]()
The Legacy series: The Love series, the Wrapped series, and the Burning Souls series. by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen full length novels, three complete series, over 4500 real pages, for a limited time only. The Love series is a coming of age, new adult, contemporary series with a HEA, that is not typical. This series is raw and real. It will remind you of yours or someone you knows, first love. The Wrapped series is a single mothers love story with a younger man... -
![In His Kiss by Christina Tetreault]()
In His Kiss by Christina Tetreault
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Ella Bridge fell for Alfred Striker, she thought she’d found the one. But then, days before she left for France as part of a professor exchange program, Striker walked away. Now she’s back home in North Salem, determined to ignore him no matter how tempting she still finds him. Before Ella, Striker lived a carefree life, responsible for no one’s happiness but his own...Categorized as:
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![The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair]()
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:
second-chances sports adult book contemporary enemies-to-lovers fake-relationship fiction -
![Hit and Run by Meghan Quinn]()
Hit and Run by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRight when Jane and Brady have everything right in the world, they lose the one thing they didn’t know they wanted. The pain is too much, the expectations are too high and the pressure they put on each other tears them a part... -
![Never in My Wildest Dreams by Erika Kelly]()
Never in My Wildest Dreams by Erika Kelly
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA blizzard strands two strangers in a cabin on Christmas Eve, and there's only one bed. Neither of them expects the surprise that comes nine months later.Lorelei Calloway was on top of the world. A world-famous pop star, she relied on her inner circle to keep her grounded— until she found out the truth. They’d been betraying her all along...Categorized as:
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![Tripped by Jacob Chance]()
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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![Hit the Brakes: A Fake Boyfriend Food Truck Romance by Beth Bolden]()
Hit the Brakes: A Fake Boyfriend Food Truck Romance by Beth Bolden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan they fake it til Tate makes it?Tate Ward is in a bind. His food truck hasn’t been the runaway success he’d always dreamt it would be. When he tries to join a new food truck collective to gain a larger following, his sales aren’t even high enough to win a spot. What he needs is a high profile endorsement—and he knows just the guy.Tate hasn’t seen Chase Riley since high school... -
![Relentless by Cheryl Douglas]()
Relentless by Cheryl Douglas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNikki Spencer is all grown up, but the world still sees her as the little girl she used to be. She's ready to prove to her adoring public, and a certain rough riding rodeo champion, that sweet little Nikki isn't as innocent as everyone seems to think. J.T. McCall has a reputation as a rough rider, both on the bull-riding circuit, and in the bedroom... -
![Trade Off by Cheryl Douglas]()
Trade Off by Cheryl Douglas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProfessional hockey player, Aiden Cooper, should be happy. He’s been traded to Nashville. But going home also means he has to face the truth. The love of his life is married to his former best friend and new teammate there’s not a damn thing he can do about it. When Sela Clarke finds out her former boyfriend, Aiden Cooper, is finally coming home, she panics... -
![Full Contact by H.J. Bellus, Kathy Coopmans]()
Full Contact by H.J. Bellus, Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Authors comes book one in The Crossover Series. A mafia princess. The nation’s favorite football player. Can they make it work? An unlikely matching of the stars. The opposites had it all for one year. Justice Bexley, the daughter of Cain and Calla leaders of The Diamond Syndicate, sacrificed true love to protect Liam. Her selfish action destroyed them both... -
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![Always You by Jerica MacMillan]()
Always You by Jerica MacMillan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's given up on a second chance Even if she still hasn't managed to get Matt out of her head. Years after their magical summer together, she knows the chances of seeing him again are slim. Until she walks into the first day of her internship. Matt can't believe his eyes when Hannah walks into his intern orientation. The girl he ghosted years ago after promising they'd keep in touch... -
![Winning the Season by Beth Bolden]()
Winning the Season by Beth Bolden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCoach Asa Dawson has fallen wildly in love only twice in his life.First with football.Then with Scott Callaway.But Scott isn’t just the one who got away.He’s the one person—the one man—Asa hoped might finally show him how all-consuming passion could be.Instead, fate (and football) intervened and they never got the chance to explore their attraction...Categorized as:
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![Yesterday Is Ours by H.J. Bellus]()
Yesterday Is Ours by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove struck me at a young age. Bertie Cooper owned my heart from the second grade right up until the moment I ruined everything. I didn't deserve her, not after what I did, so I lied and pushed her away. I took the coward's way out and I broke her heart. Little did I know, I sentenced the rest of my days to an internal prison of hell... -
![Halftime Husband by Erin McCarthy]()
Halftime Husband by Erin McCarthy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRunning into a man once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times makes it fate... right? Unless he is now your grumpy boss who holds the future of your fading dance career in his hands. And you hooked up with him when he was just a mysterious stranger rescuing you…My life is a hot mess... -
![The Exception by Mickey Miller]()
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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![Power Play by C.J. Cartwright]()
Power Play by C.J. Cartwright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the one who got away… comes back? They say you never forget your first love. But does time truly heal all wounds?Levi Fawkes knows hockey, and not much else. As the captain of the Astoria Bay Thunder, his eyes are always locked on the goal... -
![Hot Shot’s Mistake by Gina Azzi]()
Hot Shot’s Mistake by Gina Azzi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTangling up with my new physical therapist, Mila Lewis, is a mistake. One I can’t seem to stop making.When I sign with the Tennessee Thunderbolts, I have two goals: prove my injury hasn’t benched my career and get back to New York.But then, I meet Mila, the enigmatic therapist tasked with rehabbing my shoulder... -
![Exiled by Brenda Rothert]()
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... -
![Brody: The Long Road Home by Jan Scarbrough]()
Brody: The Long Road Home by Jan Scarbrough
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChampion bull rider Brody Caldera returns home after his stepfather’s accident only to discover things have changed big time. When rancher James McKenna is critically injured in a riding accident, his wife calls his daughter and stepson home for a family meeting. Ironically, home is just where stepson Brody Caldera wants to be. He’s taking stock of his life—past, present, and future... -
![Toli & Tessa by Kat Mizera]()
Toli & Tessa by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas...After a whirlwind romance, Las Vegas Sidewinders forward Anatoli Petrov is about to make Tessa Barber his wife…or so he thinks. When someone with a score to settle shows up and wreaks havoc on their special day, a past is revealed that he thought was buried a world away... -
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![Riptide by Michelle Mankin]()
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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![His First Cherry Pie (A Double Virgin Valentine) by Hope Ford]()
His First Cherry Pie (A Double Virgin Valentine) by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA second chance for our first time…Once upon a time I would have given Willa Baker anything. She didn’t want me then when I was big and chubby. None of the girls wanted me.Now I’m even bigger, but solid and strong. The number one Left-tackle draft pick. And everyone wants a piece of me, especially women. But I don’t trust their motives.Willa needs a story on me for her job... -
![Save My Heart by Rhonda James]()
Save My Heart by Rhonda James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ve spent my entire life protecting something.The netMy teammatesMy sisterI’ve played hockey my entire life. Had many girlfriends. Slept with more women than I care to mention. Been in love twice.While one woman tried to control me by changing me into someone I no longer recognized, the other loved me not for who I could be, but for who I already was... -
![Puck Money: A Hockey Love Story by Raine Miller, Brit DeMille]()
Puck Money: A Hockey Love Story by Raine Miller, Brit DeMille
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call me the Ice Dragon but it's really just all for show.—Boris Drăghici, VEGAS CRUSHPUCK MONEY is a sexy STANDALONE sports romance about a Russian/Romanian hockey center with money problems and the tantalizing financial advisor he's hired to sort out his p#cking investments... -
![STORM: Best Friends To Lovers Romance by Michelle Mankin]()
STORM: Best Friends To Lovers Romance by Michelle Mankin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA childhood best friends to lovers romance.He wants her, but he can’t have her. She wants him even though she doesn’t know who he really is. Storm Hardy left Ocean Beach to pursue a career in the music industry.Lotus Irving stayed behind, her world rocked by one terrible tragedy after another... -
![Played by Colleen Charles]()
Played by Colleen Charles
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWould you sell your soul to save your daughter's life? With my NHL career ripped to shreds by a devastating knee injury, I've hit rock bottom. Dead Ass Broke. Divorced. Single Father. My new life isn't glamorous and people love to judge and label...
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