Books like 'Blue Lock, Vol. 11'
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Free Agent by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor Rori Mitchell, delulu is decidedly not the solulu.Getting her lick back is.What starts as chance encounter at a sporting event ends up being a perfect distraction from the chaos of a broken heart. Instead of throwing herself into work, she throws herself - for good or bad - into Tatum Wilder.An offensive tackle for the Connecticut Kings, Tatum is used to high-stakes games and intense scrutiny... -
Back to the Streets by Treasure Hernandez
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Romeo and Juliet of the streets are still struggling to find their way back to each other after fate has cruelly separated them.In order to move up in rank on the streets of Flint, Michigan, Malek knows that he’s going to have to deal with some jealous players in the game, but when he’s forced to go up against players on his own team, the rules change... -
How to Rebuild by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the height of her professional success, Elise Flynn never imagined a fateful oversight would leave her on the verge of losing everything she’s worked so hard to achieve. Caught up in the drama that has her life unraveling, Elise misses her flight home. With the ensuing fallout, Elise can’t hide her devastation… not even when she spots a handsome stranger sitting at her gate... -
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Back to the Hood by Treasure Hernandez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this latest installment of Treasure Hernandez’s super hot series, the intensity heats up even more—more drama, more sex, more lies . . . more Flint! Ever since fate sent them down separate paths, Halleigh and Malek have been trying to work their way back to the innocent love they once shared... -
A Kiss In The Rain by J.C. Quin
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe rain was pouring when he saw her standing in the middle of the busy street, looking kinda lost.People were passing by her, but she just stood there. He walked towards her, took off his jacket and wrapped it around her shivering body. "Miss are you lost? Do you need help?" he asked her. She looked at him, and for the first time he saw her face. She looked so beautiful, yet looked so fragile... -
The Player Gets Coached (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Manwhore Versus The ManeaterFinn McManus thrives on his reputation as a player’s player – a term that has nothing to do with his years as a professional athlete. A notorious flirt and ladies man, the handsome, charming retired football player rarely dates a woman more than a few times, and shies away from relationships like they were a contagious disease... -
Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScarlet Morgan knows all about happy endings. As a best-selling romance author, it’s her job to be an expert on the subject. It’s just too bad her own story doesn’t write so well. Ryker Holt can build a car from the ground up. While there isn’t much the highly-skilled mechanic can’t fix when it comes to his profession, it’s Ryker’s personal life that’s still in pieces... -
Rapture by Skye Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Skye Jordan brings you another steamy Renegades story! As a premier stuntwoman in Hollywood, Zahara Parrish is no stranger to risk. Neglected as a child, she learned early on never to depend on others to keep her safe. Now, she’s as protective over her heart as she is over her hard earned success, which is why she’ll never mix business and pleasure... -
The Shacking Up Series by Helena Hunting
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree sexy, hilarious full-length Shacking Up novels by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Helena Hunting together in one convenient package for the first time! Shacking Up Ruby Scott is months behind on rent and can’t seem to land a steady job. She has one chance to turn things around with a big audition... -
The Fighter by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat would you fight harder for, the one you love, or yourself? When you’ve lost everything, who’s there to pick up the pieces? Nobody but you. Ex-heavyweight champion of the world, Destry Stone used to have it all. Money, fancy homes and cars, and a sexy girlfriend, everything was his for the taking. But trouble has a way of finding the ones on top... -
Altercation by Mignon Mykel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes it's the fight that proves your worth.Porter Prescott spent years fighting to be his own person.His goal of playing for a hockey club not associated with the Prescott name finally comes true.But just as he's leaving for the next chapter in his life, he meets her.Asher Spence spent a lifetime learning she was worthless and unwanted... -
Iced by Colleen Charles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’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... -
Everything I Need by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharlotte ‘Charley’ Meadows has come face-to-face with adversity more times than she cares to admit. Three months after experiencing yet another devastating tragedy, she leaves her hometown of Ventura, California behind and moves to the cold, snowy mountains of Rising Sun, Wyoming... -
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Million Dollar Baby: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis hard-hitting collection of powerful and moving tales based on the experiences of the late, great fight manager and cut man Jerry Boyd, who wrote under the pen name F.X. Toole, is the basis for the Oscar-winning motion picture starring Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman... -
The Hardest Play by A.S. Teague
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s easy to convince the world that you have it all. I was Quinn Miller: record breaking running back, professional football’s favorite rags-to-riches story, all-around good guy. What’s not so easy? Repairing your reputation after mistakes both on and off the field leave you labeled as a disgrace to the league.With only one team willing to give me a chance, I had no time for a relationship... -
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 by Yuki Yaku
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFumiya Tomozaki's opinion on the game of "real life" has been changing ever since he met Aoi Hinami and began training with her-it may not be the greatest, but at least it doesn't suck. Meanwhile, student elections are coming up, and obviously, Hinami will be running for student council president... -
Independence Day: Silent Zone by Stephen Molstad
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe No. 1 blockbuster movie Independence Day was only part of the story. After the alien invaders are downed and teams are sent out to find survivors, only some personal belongings of Dr. Brackish Okun, head scientist of Area 51, are found.Okun's story is amazing, yet completely believable... -
The Hearts We Break by Katelyn Taylor
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHeart.The most important organ in your body, one of the most fragile too.I’ve always worn mine on my sleeve. I put my heart into everything I’ve ever done and for the most part it’s worked out for me.I’m the best running back in the league, I have a great family and a smoking hot wife.That is until a nasty hit takes me down in a big way.Everyone told me I was done...Categorized as:
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The Final Four by Paul Volponi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFour players with one thing in common: the will to winMalcolm wants to get to the NBA ASAP. Roko wants to be the pride of his native Croatia. Crispin wants the girl of his dreams. M.J. just wants a chance.March Madness is in full swing, and there are only four teams left in the NCAA basketball championship... -
One on One by Tabitha King, Stephen King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA high school basketball star and a defiant outcast discover a profound love that sustains them through a triumphant but painful year... -
His Call by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratings22,000 words. Ten scenes. Seven you thought you knew. Three you never did. In this CALL series novella, get inside Aaron Stone's head for the very first time. Experience some of your favourite scenes from LATE CALL and FINAL CALL from his point of view and enjoy three brand new scenes you always wondered about.. -
All Out of Love by Gracie Graham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook three in the Boys of Riverside series takes off where book two leaves off, bringing you an epic love story for the boy Mackenzie Hart did not choose... -
Hot & Heavy by Tracy Wolff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a daredevil football stud tries to get into your yoga pants, you know class is about to get interesting. The New York Times bestselling author of Down & Dirty returns with Hot & Heavy. Sage: Although I come from a long line of free-spirited yoga teachers, sometimes I wish my life could be just a little more normal. More ordinary. More boring... -
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Our Breakaway by S.C. Kate
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDetroit sportswriter Addie Kessel was looking forward to the hockey season starting back up again, but all excitement flies out the window when she’s assigned to write a feature piece on the team’s new rookie, Tyler Jettersen. Because Tyler’s older brother… is her ex-fiance... -
So Pucking Over It by Elise Faber
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI had everything I had ever wanted…And it meant nothing.Because the love of my life had lost everything.My career was exactly where I’d wanted it—I was on a great team, getting lots of playing time, and I’d finally won the ultimate prize.But Bailey was hurting, and I couldn’t live knowing that.I loved her more than my life, my job, my dreams.She was my dream now... -
Recklessly by A.J. Sand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou first met singer Kai White’s best friend, Wes Elliott, in “Documentary," now get his story in "Recklessly"… Wes Elliott just met his match…and she might actually burn his entire world down. Surfing and sex. This is Wes Elliott's life. And it's just the way he likes it... -
Brenna Blixen Novels Bundle: Double Clutch, Junk Miles, Slow Twitch by Liz Reinhardt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiz Reinhardt's mature YA Brenna Blixen series is now available in a single volume. Brenna explores the ups and downs of young love with loyal and determined Jake Kelly and lovable badass Saxon Maclean at her side. This bundle includes the following: Double Clutch What happens when you fall for the perfect guy...twice.. -
Simmering Ice by Veronica Forand, Susan Scott Shelley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the gloves come off, she's worth the penalty... Physical therapist Annie Davidson is great at her job but unlucky when it comes to love. She's just out of a bad relationship. A really bad relationship. All she can do is focus on work...that is until she runs into professional hockey player Alec O'Meara. She's a touch insecure and doesn't understand why he's interested in her... -
White Noise by Ann Grech
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverything he didn’t know he wanted, and now couldn’t live without… Paramedic and mountain rescuer Stratford ‘Ford’ Wallace fell hard and fast for pro-snowboarder, Reef Reid. For a ‘straight’ guy, falling in love with a dude was not what he expected, but his explosive attraction to Reef is undeniable. Neither of them have uttered those three little words yet, but Ford knows Reef feels the same... -
The Bust by Jamie Bennett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKayden Matthews messed up. Again. But this time, it’s huge. He’s out of professional football. He’s out of his family. He’s out of money.The party’s over. He’s a bust.The only thing he has going for him is that he still has his arm. In other words, he can still play—if any team would have him... -
Running to You by Julie L. Spencer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSammy didn’t expect Brandon to look twice. But Brandon didn’t count on Sammy running off with his heart. First love can be bittersweet in this touching teen romance. Sammy had her sights set on track state finals and never paid much attention to the college guys who came to help her mom run their bed-and-breakfast. But that was before Brandon... -
The Redshirt by Corey Sobel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCorey Sobel challenges tenacious stereotypes in this compelling debut novel, shedding new light on the hypermasculine world of American football. The Redshirt introduces Miles Furling, a young man who is convinced he was placed on earth to play football. Deep in the closet, he sees the sport as a means of gaining a permanent foothold in a culture that would otherwise reject him... -
My Lucky Star by Enni Amanda
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImagine having a celebrity doppelgänger. Now imagine a hot TV star asking you to impersonate that celebrity to save his career... Failing to make it as an actress, Aria Dunne is back in her hometown of Napier, working as a location scout. No more unattainable dreams, just casual clothing and low expectations... -
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Us at the Beach by Stephanie Street
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was shy. I could never believe a guy like Walker Thomas would ever like me.So when he started paying attention to me while our families were on vacation together, I chalked it up to proximity.When a game of hide and seek with our siblings led to a kiss in the dark, I wondered if maybe I was wrong.For Walker, finding dates was easy... -
Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsE. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now he’s back with another winner sure to top the bestseller lists—a rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal . . . and blackmail. Aldridge James “AJ” Richardson is living the good life... -
A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI love the long distance run, when you feel like you're about to die...and then you reach this place where you feel like there are no boundaries for you anywhere...In many ways, Jason Peele is like any other teenager. He hits the books, hangs with his friends, flirts with girls, and omits the full truth of his life from his Aunt Audrey and Uncle Steve, who have raised him since his parents died... -
Undefeated by Stuart Reardon, Jane Harvey-Berrick
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen your world crashes downWhen they all say you’re outWhen your body is brokenI will rise.I will return.And I will be undefeated. Nick Renshaw is the golden boy of British rugby. When a serious injury threatens his career, he starts to spiral downwards, a broken man.Abandoned and betrayed by those closest to him, he fights to restart his life. Maybe there’s someone out there who can help him... -
Falling From The Sky by Nikki Chartier
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll stability in sixteen-year-old Ridge McCoy’s life crashed and burned in the plane crash that killed his dad. This summer-long basketball camp is his chance to improve his skills and escape his problems back home... -
High Risk Love by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPhotographs. Images. Snapshots in time. This is how I experience my life. I’ve hidden behind my camera and viewed the world through the lens. I watch other people live their lives. I’ve given up on my dreams, and sheltered my heart from love; because both have given me nothing but pain. Even thinking about opening myself up, sends my fears into overdrive... -
Falling for My Nurse by Theresa Paolo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJosh will have to reconcile his past…In order to make Kat his future.After surviving a real-life nightmare, Josh Wagner is sent home from his dream college on crutches. Bedridden and tormented by flashbacks, he’s just seen his world shattered and his baseball scholarship go up in smoke... -
Mandatory Release by Jess Riley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThirty-year-old Graham Finch spends his days trying to rehabilitate inmates and his nights trying to rehabilitate his heart--until a new coworker, his high school crush Drew Daniels, walks through the prison gates one hot summer morning. Drew is on the run from a painful past that's nearly crushed her faith in love. Together, they might have just what it takes to mend their hearts... -
Perfect Ruin by Claudia Tan
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTagging along to an unsanctioned MMA match with her best friend and her sister, college freshman Sienna Lane finds herself mesmerized with the dangerous sport. And even more memorizing is the unrelenting and powerful champion of the night, Jax “Deadbeat” Deneris, who just so happens to spot Sienna out of the crowd.After meeting backstage, Jax and Sienna feel an unmistakable chemistry... -
The Match Makers by Maggie Dallen
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe school's biggest rivals are finally going to play nice. Maybe too nice. In fact, there might be kisses involved...Edie and Dane have been at each other's throats for years. Now, for the first time in ages, they actually agree on something--the Love Quiz app is wrong. And they mean to prove it... -
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Girl On The Run by Jane Costello
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe's a real catch . . . if only she could catch him up Abby Rogers has been on health kicks before - they involve eating one blueberry muffin for breakfast instead of two. But since starting her own business, after watching one too many episodes of The Apprentice, the 28-year-old's waistline has taken even more of a back seat than her long-neglected love life... -
One of the Boys by knightsrachel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSamantha Evans.A 17-year old girl in her Senior Year of High School. Stereotype says that she should be worrying about what outfit she's going to wear and what boy she's going to date, but Samantha has a different plan.For Samantha, her Senior Year is all about proving that she deserves to be the Quarterback for Westview High School just as much as the next guy... -
Fearless by Eve Carter
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI am strong, because I've been weak. I'm fearless, because I've been afraid. I'm wise, because I've been foolish. Life is looking up for Jesse. With expert help from Chase, his injuries are healing and he makes preparations to enter the Pro motocross circuit again. A decision that could force Niki to make a difficult choice... -
The Facade by Judy Corry
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEveryone has three lives. A public life, a private life, and a secret life.I’m a junior in high school, and yet, I’ve never been on a date.Everybody says it's because my overprotective brothers scare all the guys away, but I can't help wondering if there's something wrong with me.That is, until I hear a rumor that I’m secretly dating my brothers’ best friend... -
On the Defense by Piper Rayne, Stephen Dexter
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiles Cavanaugh is moving into “The Den”—a notorious four-flat apartment complex in Chicago with two of his new teammates from the Chicago Grizzlies.The Den is known for the number of women who come and go, but as the three bachelors start their new season, they get their first inkling that things are starting to change... -
Riptides by Steph Campbell, Liz Reinhardt
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEnzo Rodriguez doesn't take much seriously--unless it involves waves, boards, or good beer. When too-hot-to-handle Jessica Mills strolls into his life, Enzo is willing to forego all of those things for every second he can spend with her...
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