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  • Hank: Texas Kings MC, Book 11 by Cee Bowerman

    Hank: Texas Kings MC, Book 11 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hank has worked hard to become the man he is today. He's a loyal friend and brother to the men in his club, a tough but caring employer, and a helpful neighbor to the older woman next door. He had one night of passion with a woman that ghosted him and she’s left a hole in his life that he just can't fill...
  • The Swede by Maureen Smith

    The Swede by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Scarlett Warner has three passions: singing, drumming, and hockey. She’s already living her dream as frontwoman of an indie rock band. And then she meets NHL superstar Viggo Sandström, her favorite player and secret fantasy. She wanted him from the very first moment she saw him...
  • The Jamie McGuire Collection: Beautiful Disaster, Walking Disaster, and A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire

    The Jamie McGuire Collection: Beautiful Disaster, Walking Disaster, and A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meet your new obsession—Travis Maddox—in this special collection from the international phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie McGuire.BEAUTIFUL DISASTERAbby Abernathy is a good girl with a dark past she thinks she’s finally escaped—until she meets Travis Maddox, the ultimate bad boy...
  • Iced Out by C.E. Ricci

    Iced Out by C.E. Ricci

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    All's fair in hate and hockey.My path to success never included an enemy as a teammate, especially one as infuriating as Quinton de Haas.Clawing under my skin is his favorite pastime, only feeding the animosity between us as the years pass.We’re as completely opposite as two people can be; the golden boy and the black sheep.Constantly at odds or at each other’s throats...
  • Play by Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Play by Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    SamanthaJase Andrews is trouble... but the best kind. Too gorgeous for his own good, the former professional athlete is every woman’s dream, including mine. I need to stay away, but he’s relentless.Most girls want Jase because of who he is, but that’s exactly why I don’t want to get involved. A guy like him and a girl like me are bound to fumble.His panty-melting smile is so hard to resist..
  • Home Run by Jordan Marie

    Home Run by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Green Lucas doesn't know what's about to hit him. Complete Standalone Romance Wanted A woman with grit and fire who will help me get my son’s head out of his ass. You must be self-sufficient and not looking for a gravy train. Common sense is a plus, book smarts are optional. Cannot have red hair, as my son seems to go for that type and he needs something to shake him up...
  • Kissing The CEO by Layla Hagen

    Kissing The CEO by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Last time I saw Cade Whitley, I was the curvy, nerdy girl who tutored him in math. He was the popular boy who only saw me as a friend. Now he’s the CEO of the competition. The second we meet again, we start pushing each other’s buttons… then end up flirting...
  • Kiss Me Slow by Willow Winters, Tijan

    Kiss Me Slow by Willow Winters, Tijan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some men know how to kiss. Some men know how to love.Sometimes you get those butterflies in the pit of your stomach instantly. Other times… well sometimes other feelings come first.In this collection, you get it all. Right down to those fluttering feelings at the end of the book that make reading romance worth every single page...
  • Sweetest Obsessions: A Contemporary Romance Boxed Set Collection by Jane Anthony, Andy Wayne

    Sweetest Obsessions: A Contemporary Romance Boxed Set Collection by Jane Anthony, Andy Wayne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    25 tempting romances from Sweet to Hot to downright Steamy! Whether your obsession is Alphas, Bad Boys, Friends (or Enemies) to Lovers, or Second Chance Romance, we’ll feed your addiction with 25 drool-worthy heroes in this sizzling collection...
  • Stroked Hard by Meghan Quinn

    Stroked Hard by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s hot. Like, stop breathing kind of hot with his killer body, vivid blue eyes, and constant five o’clock shadow. Did I mention his body? Watching Hollis Knightly, Olympic diving gold medalist, man-pony specialist—and cocky bastard—stand up on the diving platform in nothing but a small piece of Spandex? Yeah, I’m beguiled. And easily seduced...
  • Dirty Secret by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Dirty Secret by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In my defense, I didn’t know she was his sister… A sexy hockey standalone from USA TODAY bestselling author Mira Lyn Kelly This team hates me. Something about my chronic case of resting prick face and that thing with the captain when the season started. My fist, his jaw. Yeah, we go back and not in a good way. Coach says no more “confrontational BS” or I don’t play at all...
  • Drew by Lulu Moore

    Drew by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Let me ask you a question.Have you met your soulmate?I did, then promptly lost her. Because what happens in Vegas stays there, right?Wrong.I’d never been the relationship type, but I’ve spent every spare second of the past twelve months wondering what if. What if I hadn’t slept through my alarm? What if I hadn’t lost her number? What if I’d known her name?But I came up blank...
  • Jesse by Sheridan Anne

    Jesse by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jesse - Who would have known that the 'three-second rule' had the ability to change it all? I sure as hell didn't. How is it possible that I've gone so long without her in my life? Kaylah Millington is everything a guy could possibly want and I need more. So much more. One word from her smart mouth and I was on my knees, absolutely hooked. There's only one issue..
  • Come Down Under by Weston Parker

    Come Down Under by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve scored the best internship ever… with an Alphahole.Six more months and I’ll finally have my PhD from Oxford University in hand. All that’s left is this silly internship. Making it international is the only fun part about it. And I’ve won the jackpot on the company and location. I get to work with one of the most successful businessmen in the world...
  • Something to Believe In by Ella Fox

    Something to Believe In by Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A rock star with millions of adoring fans. A country girl with a broken heart. Rock star, Tyson Allen, is the hilarious, in-your-face bass player for one of the world's most popular bands. Behind his funny-guy exterior hides a tragic past full of unbearable horror. After turning to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain, Tyson hit rock bottom on a New York City sidewalk...
  • Bottom of the Ninth: Seattle Skookums Baseball by Jami Davenport

    Bottom of the Ninth: Seattle Skookums Baseball by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This long-awaited story of the third Wolfe brother introduces the Seattle Skookums baseball team. Zeke Wolfe, the man who's written off his entire family, rescues a young woman and three children on a stormy Seattle night. Before he knows it, he has an instant family and a fake fiancé he's certain he doesn't want...
  • To Wrangle a Rancher by Kelsey McKnight

    To Wrangle a Rancher by Kelsey McKnight

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They may have more in common than they ever imagined…Olivia Hollingsworth is shocked when she’s passed over for VP at Hollingsworth Publishing in favor of her do-nothing cousin. She’s worked harder than anyone and decides to take her talent elsewhere—restoring the failing home improvement magazine that her grandmother loved and her father is axing...
  • Luca by Brenda Rothert

    Luca by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abby I only have one love now—the home furnishings business I’m building into an empire. Maybe money and success can’t love me back, but they keep what’s left of my heart safe. One-night stands are my way of scratching the occasional itch I get for something more. And no one’s better for that than a sexy as sin hockey player I’ll never see again after one very hot night together...
  • Misadventures with a Speed Demon by Chelle Bliss

    Misadventures with a Speed Demon by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***MISADVENTURES ARE STANDALONE ROMANCES THAT CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER*** Brooks Carter is wild, reckless, and the youngest stock car driver on the professional circuit. He’s the one everyone’s gunning for when they’re not hoping for his failure at every turn. But Brooks is too hot to be left in the dust by anyone. Even with masses of female fans, Brooks only has eyes for one woman—Faith Ridley...
  • Cooper by Lulu Moore

    Cooper by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Thirteen years ago I fell for the wrong person and swore I’d never let another woman into my heart. Ever since, I’ve lived on a diet of bunnies and casual sex. That was until Francesca Danvers walked into my life. The sister of my team Captain’s fiancée, her Maid of Honor to my Best Man. She’s my match in every stubborn way. Boiling my blood during the day, lighting me on fire at night...
  • Breaker's Fuse by E.C. Land

    Breaker's Fuse by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BreakerWhen people meet me the first thing they think is this -- what a jokester. Deep down they know nothing of the fuse that's waiting to explode. It's a rarity that I end up losing my temper. I could compare myself to a gator waiting underneath the surface, ready to snatch it's prey within an instant. Much like most predators, we're professionals at taking our time, never striking too early...
  • Skater by Samantha Whiskey

    Skater by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m the Seattle Sharks’ power forward. The rising star. The sniper. The skater. On the ice, I’m invincible. Off the ice, there’s room in my heart for only one girl: my five-year-old niece. When my addict sister leaves Hannah on my doorstep with nothing but a backpack and a note full of excuses, my entire life shifts. Playoffs or not, keeping my niece out of foster care is my first priority...
  • Cowboy Bikers MC #5 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Cowboy Bikers MC #5 by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way.Colt - I’m a biker in an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses. I’m not just a biker, a cowboy, or a rancher, but I am a man of many trades and talents...
  • Fabricating Jada by Vanessa Marie

    Fabricating Jada by Vanessa Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I need a mentor.  YouTube videos can only teach me so much.  And I want to learn from someone real.  From someone tangible.  But no one takes me seriously.  Only in my wildest dreams would I be mentored by Jesse Valentine.  He’s the top motorcycle and hot rod fabricator in the nation.  He also has the reputation for being one of the biggest jerks that ever lived...
  • His Cherry Blossom (The May Flowers) by Tracy Lorraine, Flirt Club

    His Cherry Blossom (The May Flowers) by Tracy Lorraine, Flirt Club

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say that as one door closes another opens. But when that door swung wide, I never expected the sinfully sexy flower that was hiding behind it. I met her on a day I thought I’d want to forget, but she changed everything. The moment our eyes connected, my heart knew it was the beginning of something unexpected. But something I’d been waiting for, just the same...
  • Aragon: Mountain Man Rescue Romance by Tarin Lex

    Aragon: Mountain Man Rescue Romance by Tarin Lex

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aragon: Wylder Mountain Heroes Book 8An Alpha Mountain Man & Curvy Younger Heroine RomanceLeahMy parents left me with nothing but a fortune.Money is great if you have a greater purpose in life.So I’m putting all my energy into writing a family history.But the distractions of the city constantly pull me from my task.I need peace, and quiet, and inspiration...
  • Her Older Protector: An Older Man Younger Woman Curvy Romance by Liz Fox

    Her Older Protector: An Older Man Younger Woman Curvy Romance by Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s running from an abusive ex. He works for a secret agency. Will they realize that they’re stronger together? Her Older Protector is a steamy, short romance with a curvy, younger woman and a handsome older hero. It is the seventh book in the Daddy Knows Better series. Leah It took a lot to escape my ex.Only for him to hunt me down...
  • Playing It Up: A York Bombers Hockey Romance by Lisa B. Kamps

    Playing It Up: A York Bombers Hockey Romance by Lisa B. Kamps

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zach Mummert has never met a woman he didn't like—or a woman who didn't like him. Using his position as a winger for the York Bombers and his talent with social media, he always gets what he wants until he meets the one woman who doesn’t instantly succumb to his charms. Haley Addison lives life on her own terms: no rules, no commitments, and no regrets...
  • Latte Be Desired by Logan Chance

    Latte Be Desired by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the sweet little town of Magnolia Point, there is a coffee shop. Deja Brew is a quaint, charming shop in the center of town run by one of the most marvelous women on the planet. February Frost. Is that too over the top? Fine, maybe I’m not that marvelous. But, my shop is pretty great. So, when the coffee shop on the other side of town tries to take my daily customers away—it’s war...
  • Revved Up by Mae Harden

    Revved Up by Mae Harden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Parker Four months ago, I made the first spontaneous decision of my life. I left my cold, suffocating family behind and set out for the Golden State. In pursuit of happiness, I threw my rule book out the window. New home, new job, and a brand-new spontaneous Parker. I have to admit, becoming New Parker would be a lot easier if I wasn’t flat broke and living in a shack...
  • Check Swing by Carrie Aarons

    Check Swing by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sinclair Callahan is a trust fund baby.Born into one of the richest, most notorious families in the country, the black sheep title was stamped on him from an early age. While the rest of his relatives earn their keep at the top tier baseball team they’ve owned for generations, Sin prefers spending his time and money on booze, babes and bad decisions...
  • Fragile by A.K. Evans

    Fragile by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the lead singer of a wildly popular industrial rock band, Cash Morris has never had to work too hard when it comes to women. They’re all falling at his feet before he even opens his mouth. So when he walks into a small-town New Hampshire hotel and spots the manager, he expects her to do the same. Only, she doesn’t, and that leaves him intrigued...
  • Home Game by Ginger Scott

    Home Game by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Football has been my life. Not that I ever had a choice in the matter. When your dad is a retired, future Hall-of-Fame quarterback, the gridiron tends to weave its way into your DNA.I always loved the game, but I could do without the spotlight that comes with being Peyton Johnson, the great Reed Johnson’s daughter...
  • Home Game by Raleigh Ruebins

    Home Game by Raleigh Ruebins

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s pro football’s hottest wide receiver…But for me he’s pure, red-hot trouble.Storm Rosling is cocky. Charming. A bad boy football player who can’t keep his name out of headlines and scandals.In my life, he’s one big red flag.I’m working with Fixer Brothers Construction to take their home renovation TV show to the stratosphere. I’m all business, and I’m damn good at it...
  • Hayden's Firecracker by Megan Wade

    Hayden's Firecracker by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Tobias by Megyn Ward

    Tobias by Megyn Ward

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I learned a long time ago that people can’t be trusted. I have my brothers. I don’t need anyone else. Argenta was an anomaly. A moment of weakness. In the space of one night, she slipped past every one of my defenses. For one brief, terrifying moment, she had me believing she was different. That we could be different. But in the cold light of day, I saw the truth. She was just like the rest. Cold...
  • Breathe by Lucinda Race

    Breathe by Lucinda Race

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her family’s successful winery business in the Finger Lakes region of New York should have gone to Tessa Price. She’d always dreamed of running the winery, but when the “prodigal son” returns to take up the reins, she boldly strikes out on her own, purchasing Sand Creek Winery—a cash-strapped competitor—right out from under her family...
  • Scandalous Scotsman: A Hero Club Novel by M.J. Fields

    Scandalous Scotsman: A Hero Club Novel by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One trip down the stairs, caused by a lone Lego, while wrapped in a towel, spewing a plethora of profanities, and my cell phone went flying.I landed on my ass, and then the ER.Between those two occurrences was a FaceTime call, placed by a bouncing phone, to the number of a man I didn’t even truly look at, who had now seen more of my body than anyone had since my Tinder days, over a year ago...
  • Jasper by Lulu Moore

    Jasper by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As Captain of an NHL team, I'm rich, successful and have women falling at my feet.I thought my life was perfect until a pint sized blonde checked into me one day, knocking my life off course.Wolfie Williams is sass personified. Beautiful, fiery, funny and oh so sexy. With every eye roll she gives me I become more and more wrapped around her finger, making me realise she is my missing piece...
  • Play Me by Kelly Elliott, Kristin Mayer

    Play Me by Kelly Elliott, Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She has a head for business and a body for sin. He is a coach who knows how to use his equipment. Neither is looking for love. Should be easy, right? Wrong. This might be the most important game Kendall Wales and Hunter Owens have ever played where everything is on the line. With one wrong play, they could lose it all...
  • Running Away with You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Running Away with You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Running Away With You continues the journey of Juliette and Evan that began in “Running Back to You” and "Running Home to You". Juliette Fletcher’s life has been full of surprises ever since she began dating NFL superstar Evan “Big Mac” McGuire. He’s everything she could ever have wished for – strong and tender, and wrapped up in an exquisite package...
  • Fire and Ice by Jane Fox

    Fire and Ice by Jane Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ben: It's my final hockey season, and I don't have time for distractions. So why can't I stop thinking about Jenna? Jessa: I might be a hockey fan, but I'm no puck bunny. Although for a player as hot as Ben Crewe, I might make an exception. Sometimes fate needs a little help...
  • Library Love: An Alpha Man Curvy Woman Romance by Liz Fox

    Library Love: An Alpha Man Curvy Woman Romance by Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Library Love An Alpha Man and Curvy Woman Romance Tootsie It looked like another lonely Valentine’s Day at the library, until I found a mysterious letter in an old book of love poems. Finding the letter’s author prompts an unexpected encounter with a handsome mechanic. He looks good in jeans and a leather jacket, and even better in nothing at all...
  • Kissing the Guy Next Door by Kali Hart

    Kissing the Guy Next Door by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kissing the Guy Next Door: Guy Next Door Book 4An Insta-love blue collar hero and curvy younger woman romanceJennI’ve worked really hard for what I have.Which includes the cute fixer-upper I bought myself.The neighborhood is safe and charming.My neighbors are friendly—except one.The first time I meet Aiden, even his sinfully hot looks can’t save his crappy first impression...
  • Field of Pleasure by Farrah Rochon

    Field of Pleasure by Farrah Rochon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Originally Published by Harlequin Kimani Romance – September 2011 Jared Dawson is used to taking big hits on the football field, but nothing could have prepared the New York Sabers star cornerback for the blow he experiences when he catches his long-time girlfriend in bed with an ex-teammate. Seeking a balm to soothe his wounded ego, Jared decides a no-strings-attached fling is the way to go...
  • Lumberjack BOSS by Tabatha Kiss

    Lumberjack BOSS by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wealth. Power. Wood. Three things I have more of than anybody else around here. It’s taken me two years to get this new housing development off the ground and I won’t let anyone else stand in the way. Except Hazel. She rolled into town, intent on halting this project in its tracks and nothing I’ve done will convince her to stop her protest. She won’t take my money...
  • Pleasure Rush by Farrah Rochon

    Pleasure Rush by Farrah Rochon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Hawaii for her birthday, Manhattan restaurateur Deirdre Smallwood has one mission to accomplish. She's going to shed her humdrum image and do something totally out of character: seduce Thelonius Stokes, the gorgeous ex-linebacker for the New York Sabers. Theo is shocked by the sensual, uninhibited lover warming his bed...
  • Revolution by Rebecca Sharp

    Revolution by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Rebecca Sharp’s Revolution is a hot and angsty enemies-to-lovers romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven World.No tits in the pits!You can grab my pole, Kacey! If Kacey Snyder was a lady, she’d be at home!I’d heard it all before—all the ways I didn’t belong—and it never stopped me. Until a well-deserved punch to a fellow driver banned me from NASCAR for the season...
  • Reel Trouble by Tiffinie Helmer

    Reel Trouble by Tiffinie Helmer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Limited .99 cents sale. Reel in your copy now! A man satisfied with his 'catch and release' type of dating, until he meets the strong-willed woman he can't throw back. And you thought the men were wild… From Tiffinie Helmer, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Wild Men of Alaska series, comes the first in the Wild Women of Alaska series...
  • The Game by Anna Bloom

    The Game by Anna Bloom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Alyssa Rivers accepts the coveted trainer's position with England’s top cricket team, The Red Cats, she knows it's going to be nothing short of hard work. A woman in a man’s world, Lyssa not only has to prove she is the right person for the job, but she must earn the respect of cricket’s most elite players, including the surly team captain, Jase Willis...
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