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  • Untaken Twin by Samantha Christy

    Untaken Twin by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A forbidden romance.There’s only one thing worse than your fiancé dying . . .It's having to look into his face every single day.Or should I say - the face of his twin.So I left.I never knew promises were made. Then broken.And I surely never expected those promises to be about me.When I return to my hometown and see his face, the heartache I’ve been running from is front and center...
  • Splintered by Isabel Lucero

    Splintered by Isabel Lucero

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Black Diamond Resort and Spa —the best place to go when all you want to do is disappear and not have anyone expect anything of you.Overwhelmed with work and feeling like I’m being pulled in multiple directions at once, I crave the serenity a private island holds for me...
  • Faking It with #41 by Piper Rayne

    Faking It with #41 by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fake.Being the heir to Jacobs Enterprises, I’ve been around fake people my entire life. I promised myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t change for anyone. Which is the only reason I’m a professional hockey player who lives on the beach and does as he pleases without answering to anyone—except my father.And now, my daughter...
  • Filthy Rich: A Billionaire Romance Box Set by Summer Cooper

    Filthy Rich: A Billionaire Romance Box Set by Summer Cooper

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Get ready to experience the high life with these gorgeous, rich and filthy men. A 7 Book Box Set of Amazon Best Selling Novels! Filled with sizzling hot billionaires and enough heat to melt your e-reader. These sexy alpha males know exactly how to satisfy you. Look inside to meet the billionaires. Book 1 - Billionaire In Vegas Cocky. Filthy rich. Hot...
  • Lost Boy by Hannah Gray

    Lost Boy by Hannah Gray

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was four when my parents gave me my first pair of skates. By six, I was hooked on hockey and couldn’t get enough. At twelve, I had made a name for myself on the ice. And when I was fifteen, colleges were starting to take notice. Life was great—until it wasn’t. Because when I was seventeen, my best friend died in my arms. And nothing made sense after that. Drinking turned to smoking...
  • Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t date football players.I’m not interested in the ones who are a decade older than me. I want nothing to do with the ones who play on the same team as my brothers, and I certainly avoid the ones who spend more time in strip clubs than kids’ clubs...
  • The Promises We Break by Berlin Wick

    The Promises We Break by Berlin Wick

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    EmberIt was supposed to be one night with one incredibly handsome stranger. A night of giving into temptation and forgetting all my inhibitions. Instead, it ends with wedding vows and promises of “I do”.But it turns out, this is exactly what we need for the sake of both our blooming careers. Especially after my new boss tasks me with the opening of a hot new lifestyle club...
  • Shopping for a Highlander by Julia Kent

    Shopping for a Highlander by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a professional chickenblocker.Except “chicken” is a euphemism.I get paid to follow a womanizing troglodyte who thinks rules are for other people and that my pants are the next pair he’s getting into.Dream on.Bet your first professional job didn’t involve babysitting an extremely hot, muscle-bound Scottish Highlander with an ego the size of a kilt and a libido bigger than his…well…Chicken...
  • Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars

    Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MalloryThe day Christopher Johnson decided to kill me, I already knew what it was like to die. I had already experienced it once. Having the life leeched from my body, blood stolen from my veins, oxygen pulled from my lungs.When he decided to walk back into my life, I was in the middle of my third resurrection, healing from the loss of my brother when I was still raw from losing him...
  • Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera

    Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    St. Louis Mavericks star defender Lars Jansson is dead set against relationships. A new love makes him wonder if maybe he can change, but first, he must confront the truth about who he is.LarsOn the ice, I’m unstoppable. If anyone is in my way, it’s simple—I move them. Hockey is my life, and I don’t have the patience for relationships spanning more than one night...
  • The Trouble with #9 by Piper Rayne

    The Trouble with #9 by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trouble.One word that comes to mind when someone talks about me. I like to think of it as protection, watching out for the ones I love. But now I’m spending more time in the penalty box than on the ice and the team owner isn’t happy.Finding myself across the room from the hot therapist I kissed on New Year’s Eve only makes me push my problems down further...
  • Tell Me You're Mine: The British Billionaires by J.S. Scott

    Tell Me You're Mine: The British Billionaires by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A chance encounter between a secretive billionaire and a plus-size PR expert could be the perfect solution to both their problems - or a delicious scandal in the making - in New York Times best-selling author J. S. Scott's new British Billionaires series....I am the type of woman who always plays it safe...
  • Crush by Kelsie Rae

    Crush by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kelsie Rae’s Crush is an emotionally charged, friends-to-lovers contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes Worlds project.I signed up to be a surrogate because the dating pool is that shallow. Besides, my uterus might as well get used before it starts to grow cobwebs, right? Go figure that fate would screw with me as soon as I check in at my first doctor's appointment...
  • Tami by Pepper North

    Tami by Pepper North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a lawn cleaning business introduce an innovative Little to her perfect Daddy?Thinking creatively, animal lover Tami Chamberlin created her own business, Tami’s Canine Poo Service. Cleaning her clients’ lawns of, well, poo, Tami works very hard to earn enough money to support herself...
  • Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James

    Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MickyI’m new to this city, but things are looking up. My bestie’s husband hooked me up with a great apartment above the hockey bar where I currently work, and I’ve got a great side gig bringing in plenty of cash to help fund my dream of opening my own cocktail lounge, Sugar & Ice. Life is sweet. My new neighbor, on the other hand, is not.When he reveals his true self, I hate what I discover...
  • Snowy Montana Nights by Cynthia D'Alba

    Snowy Montana Nights by Cynthia D'Alba

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sexy new book in the Dallas Debutantes/McCool Family trilogy. All books in the trilogy can be read as standalones. Book ONE in the Grizzly Bitterroot Ranch TrilogyA cowboy who isn’t what he appears must play private host to a spoiled Dallas Debutante who isn’t what she seems...
  • Fallacy by Kimberly Bracco

    Fallacy by Kimberly Bracco

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was only supposed to be one night. One night of hot, no-strings-attached sex. But what happens when one night turns into two years? Two of the best years of their lives... until it wasn't. Quinn Taylor doesn't believe in happily-ever-afters. Her heart hardened by the past. Despite Quinn's inability to trust, Alex Conway knows there's something worth fighting for...
  • Justice's Devotion by Mya

    Justice's Devotion by Mya

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Justice Barrett has only known the hustle his entire life. Being the provider for his younger siblings was tough for a young teenage boy. Having to get it out the mud, by any means necessary, he fell into a life of dealing. Within a few years, he was dominating the streets to the point several government agencies were looking to catch him slipping...
  • You Ruined Me by Isabel Jordan

    You Ruined Me by Isabel Jordan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's possible to escape the friendzone and graduate from fake boyfriend to real one, right? Asking for a friend.Michael Montgomery had a plan. He intended to get so drunk he forgot his ex-fiancé was marrying his cousin, and that he had to attend the wedding. Alone...
  • Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Off the Mark by Kathryn Nolan

    Off the Mark by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fake dating my hottest friend was not my smartest move… The cocky ex-baseball player—and flirty playboy—is the one man I’d never fall for. Which is why I stupidly thought he’d make the perfect fake boyfriend. As the reigning queen of the dirt bike racing circuit, my only goal is to win this next championship race. Except I’ve got a bit of a…reputation problem...
  • Freed: An UnInhibited Novella by Kimberly Bracco

    Freed: An UnInhibited Novella by Kimberly Bracco

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The road to happily ever after hasn't been easy for the Garrisons. Blissfully married with a baby on the way, this should be the happiest time in their lives. Except, Ashley can't fully escape the dark shadows of their past...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  sports  steamy  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Tight End by K.T. Quinn

    Tight End by K.T. Quinn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I met the man of my dreams at trivia night.How was I supposed to know he was a famous NFL player?Brody Carter is everything a girl could ever want.Strong, charming, insanely hot–and with a sizzling Texas twang to his deep voice.Not to mention the sense of humor that makes me double-over with laughter.But at the end of our amazing night, after I gave him my number?He never called me...
  • Callum by Sawyer Bennett

    Callum by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Callum Derringer was hired by the Pittsburgh Titans to help rebuild the organization after a devastating plane crash left its future unknown. Now that he’s got the team back on track, it’s time to put some effort into his own life.When I accepted the job of general manager with the Titans, it was just the opportunity I needed to prove myself to the sports world...
  • When We're Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    When We're Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Dr. Alexandra Edison’s world was ripped apart, the last thing she expected was to end up in a casual affair with Blake Westmore. Soon after she was forced to choose between her past and her present, when her strong sense of obligation forced her to leave the woman whom she shared one of the most unforgettable experiences with, and head back to L.A. to help the woman who broke her heart...
  • Accidentally Engaged (Unintentionally Yours, #1) by Mia Mara

    Accidentally Engaged (Unintentionally Yours, #1) by Mia Mara

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A hot neighbor and a future baby daddy? Yes please!Hudson:I know she secretly watches me from her window when I work out by my pool.Behind her quirky, good girl facade, she can't help herself.Especially when I give her the show of her life. No shorts.It turns me on to think about what's going on in her tight jeans.But I know I shouldn't...
  • Just Ten Seconds by Jeannine Colette

    Just Ten Seconds by Jeannine Colette

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Top 2019 Reads List!" -Guide To Romance Novels Just Ten Seconds That's all it took for my life to change forever. I left my posh life in Manhattan and escaped to the Hudson Valley in hopes of a fresh start. It wasn't until I happened upon a bereavement group when I finally found a place I felt understood. I told them my husband was dead when, really, I was the one who had died inside...
  • Simply Irresistible by Deborah Cooke

    Simply Irresistible by Deborah Cooke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tyler has had enough... Going to his fourth sister's wedding without a date will only encourage his female relations to "help" him find romance. Ty's ready to wait for Ms. Right, and doesn't want anyone meddling in his love life. When he learns that the quiet cute woman who works in his building has the same predicament, he's sure they can each provide a solution for the other...
  • Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon

    Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “I’m her dirty little secret, the one she loves to hate.”She knows just what to say to cut deep, and I know how to press every single button she has.We hate each other, until one night after I lose the biggest football game of the year. When she offers the kind of mercy I need. It changes everything… until the next morning.Now I’m her dirty little secret, and she’s avoiding me like the plague...
  • Ethan by Samantha Whiskey

    Ethan by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From Amazon top ten bestselling author Samantha Whiskey comes the billionaire romance you won't want to miss!I’m called many owner of the MLB’s Charleston Hurricanes, perpetual bachelor, and the biggest asshole this side of home plate.I’ve never had a problem with that.Until now.My infamous temper has landed me in serious trouble, and now I’m at risk of losing the baseball team I love...
  • Billionaire In Vegas by Summer Cooper

    Billionaire In Vegas by Summer Cooper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s everything she shouldn’t like… the former athlete, playboy billionaire, with a teasing smile and a body fit for a spread in a magazine... “So that’s a yes, then?” He smiled down at me, looking as sexy as sin and just as tempting. I wanted to say no; I truly did. The last thing I needed was to sit around drinking with my employer’s son...
  • Wish with the Candles by Betty Neels

    Wish with the Candles by Betty Neels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emma Hastings was a splendid theater sister, and the devastatingly handsome Dutch surgeon Justin Teylingen was certainly aware of her talents. During his visit to her hospital, Justin had gained the greatest respect and admiration for Emma, but that wasn't quite the same as feeling love-and Emma knew it was love that she wanted from Justin...
  • Intermission by Lisa Suzanne

    Intermission by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m in love with two men. I’m torn and need to choose which man from my past I want as a permanent part of my future. My heart leads me one way as my brain pushes me toward the other. I want them both, but each of them holds a secret that will change everything...
    Categorized as:
    angst  slow-burn  sports  steamy  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Twice the Charm by Marie Carnay

    Twice the Charm by Marie Carnay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two sexy businessmen, one curvy matchmaker, and an offer too hard to resist. Foster and Dixon run their development company like a well-oiled machine and have the bank accounts to prove it. But when they set their sights on a tiny matchmaking company, the gears grind to a halt...
    Categorized as:
    angst  female-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • The Billionaire’s Christmas Fiancée by Leslie North

    The Billionaire’s Christmas Fiancée by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All his life, billionaire hotelier Josh Denton loved only one woman—his mother, who died a few years back. So when the Cedar Grove Resort and Spa, a place where he’d spent the last Christmas with her, comes on the market, he allows a bit of sentimentality into his heart and sets out to purchase it. Sure, the place is a bit shabby, but he wants it...
  • SIR by R.J. Lewis

    SIR by R.J. Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    angst  slow-burn  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  amnesia  book  contemporary
  • Power Play by C.J. Cartwright

    Power Play by C.J. Cartwright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What 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...
  • Miss Chief by Aubrey Bondurant

    Miss Chief by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brooklyn Morrison is the most fascinating woman I’ve ever met – and she’s my new boss.The first day of my training fellowship offers more than I expected. Brooke isn’t just my boss – she’s also the woman I spent one hot and sexy night with two weeks ago. She’s insistent that our random night together was a one-time only event...
    Categorized as:
    angst  female-mc  medical  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • K is for... by L. DuBois

    K is for... by L. DuBois

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    K is for kidnapping. Oliver Sanz is intrigued by the opportunity his BDSM club’s new checklist game presents. Assigned to the letter K, he gets to kidnap the lovely submissive Kumiko. One weekend together with a list of items and then they’ll part ways. Kumiko Ito is annoyed that she’d doesn’t know who her Dom is, but she knows she doesn’t want to play a game...
  • Wild Card: A Marriage of Convenience Baseball Romance by Tara Wyatt

    Wild Card: A Marriage of Convenience Baseball Romance by Tara Wyatt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens in Vegas… Dallas Longhorns slugger Hunter Blake is wild. He gambles, he parties, and lives in the fast lane. Impulse control isn’t his strong suit, and while he’d originally set out to distance himself from his All-Star father’s pristine reputation, walking on the wild side has become a habit...
  • 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...
  • Forever For You by D.E. Haggerty

    Forever For You by D.E. Haggerty

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am NOT Rowan’s little sister. And I will do everything in my power to prove otherwise. But I swear breaking my ankle, so I could live with him while I recover was not part of the plan. Honestly. I have loved Rowan since I was sixteen and he rushed in like my knight in shining football pads to save me from a bully...
  • Grace by Pepper North

    Grace by Pepper North

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Has one innocent conversation ever changed your life completely?Grace had no idea that telling the alluring stranger about a vacancy in her apartment complex would completely alter her lonely existence. Full-figured pastry chef, Grace Evans has deep reasons why she hides herself from others. The new night manager has been searching for his Little girl for years. He knows that he has found her...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  medical  female-mc  contemporary  fiction  romance  urban  book
  • On Ice by Stella Stevenson

    On Ice by Stella Stevenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last thing Quinn Cooper needs is romance. Between her job and her dad’s diagnosis, she doesn’t have any extra time or need any added stress. She doesn’t have time for a hockey game either, but a favor finds her sitting in the stands as The Arctic takes the ice. Of course she’d end up sitting next to a man she can’t ignore, even if he’s cheering for the wrong team...
    Categorized as:
    sports  steamy  slow-burn  romance  contemporary  fiction  humor  book
  • Iced by Colleen Charles

    Iced by Colleen Charles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve heard it all before. I need to grow up. Take things more seriously. Stop making headlines for anything other than my game.Even though it wasn’t my fault that I recently got into a fight at a bar over a woman…yeah yeah, no one wants anymore excuses. My agent just wants me to overhaul my public image before I lose my contract...
  • Fake The Game by Julia Jarrett

    Fake The Game by Julia Jarrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m the bad boy of baseball. And she’s the good girl who’s meant to repair my image. Falling in love with my pretend girlfriend is not part of the plan…My life is a mess. My career is in serious jeopardy because of one stupid decision that had disastrous results. I’m stuck on the injured list, for who knows how long, and losing endorsements because of my reckless behaviour...
  • The Contract by Alexia Chase

    The Contract by Alexia Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a football player win on and off the field?JennaMy brother's best friend. He was my first love.... and my first heartbreak.After my high school graduation, his pickup was our Hilton. Everything was perfect…. or so I thought. Until the prick told his friends that I was a lousy lay.He can go screw himself.TonyI’m the guy who had it all…. for one night. And then I lost her with no explanation...
  • Shootout Steam by London Casey

    Shootout Steam by London Casey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Guess who got drunk, made out with a hockey player, and ended up all over social media? Oh, did I forget to mention that said hockey hottie proposed to me and I said yes?* * *The easiest decision would be to just call the whole thing off. Live up to my mistake - or the vodka’s mistake - and move on with my life...
  • The Imperfect Proposal by Annie Dyer

    The Imperfect Proposal by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being caught in a cupboard in a compromising position with my latest hook up by my new colleague isn’t a great introduction.The worse thing, that new colleague - she’s my estranged wife who’s been MIA for more than a decade.Throw in the fact that neither of our families knew we were married in the first place and it’s safe to say, events maybe aren’t going as smoothly as planned...
  • Bring The Heat by K.B. Winters

    Bring The Heat by K.B. Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Steamy, Sexy Bad Boys Of Summer! Can It Get Any Hotter? I never claimed to be the greatest pitcher in the world—then again, maybe I did—but I was probably drunk off my ass trying to seduce some chick. I had no intention of ever becoming Cody Wright, the best—or the greatest. That was more my old man’s dream. The REAL Mr. Wright...
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