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  • Hostile by Nicole Dykes

    Hostile by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    GraysonLife has been easy for me. Top of my class. Star quarterback of the football team. Every guy wants to be my friend, and every girl wants to date me.Yeah, life is pretty sweet.Except it’s not.It’s all fake. School comes too easy for me, and I’m bored. Football isn’t fun anymore. The guys I hang out with aren’t really my friends.And the girls? I don’t want to date them...
  • Loving Romeo by Laura Pavlov

    Loving Romeo by Laura Pavlov

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Demi Crawford was Magnolia Falls royalty.I was the boxer from the wrong side of the tracks.She was the epitome of everything good, while I was broody and rebellious.We couldn’t be more different.Her family was enemy number one which made her guilty by association.I despised her before I even knew her.It was easier that way.But now she’d moved in next door to me, and she was everywhere I turned...
  • Dear Heart, I Miss You by Eliah Greenwood

    Dear Heart, I Miss You by Eliah Greenwood

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Finn and Dia's story continues in Dear Heart, I Miss You, a second chance, college romance!Expected Release Date: May 20, 2022. Release date will be moved up...
  • Wild Side by Lacey Black

    Wild Side by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    JamesonLast man standing. I’ve watched all three of my friends fall in love with no desire to ever follow in their footsteps. Collectively, we own the hottest restaurant, bar, and brewery in town. They are a few of the places I find peace, a refuge against this cruel world. When I’m on the stage playing music, everything just seems to fade away.Until I saw her...
  • Kade by Tijan

    Kade by Tijan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have fought. I have bled. I have wreaked havoc for my family. Anyone who threatened us, tried to break us, I broke them instead. Then, there was peace. Marriage. Children. Life was good. Life was great.Until my phone rang one night. Retired, I was no longer in the NFL. We'd recently moved back to Fallen Crest.So I should’ve known. I should’ve remembered. There is no peace in Fallen Crest...
  • The Lover by E.L. Todd

    The Lover by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Against all odds, Finn and I have managed to be together.Colton continues to warn me, says that Finn will never change.But he already has.I don't know what the future holds...but I think Finn fits in somewhere...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Killing Booth by Lani Lynn Vale

    Killing Booth by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every single thing you want is going to require you to be uncomfortable.Those words had been shared with her by the one man she didn’t think she could take a chance on. She just didn’t know that he was right, or that he was going to be the one making her uncomfortable.Nash Wilder Christopherson was the world’s golden boy.For fifteen years, she watched Nash race from the safety of her phone...
  • How West Was Won by Laylah Roberts

    How West Was Won by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Theirs was a love story like no other. . . Or at least it was in Flick O’Malley’s mind. All she’d ever wanted was a man to love her. A family to adore her. Protect her. And she’d do the same in return. Oh, she knew West Malone wasn’t your typical Prince Charming. He was blunt. He was gruff. Sometimes, he was downright scary. But she knew he’d never let anyone mess with someone he claimed as his...
  • Luke's Absolution by K.L. Kreig

    Luke's Absolution by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Demons. Regrets. Absolution. Luke has lived on the wrong side of the law since he was seventeen. His hands are stained and his soul is black, but the worst sin he's committed is falling in love with his brother’s girl. Then he met her. Addy Monroe is pure, innocent and stubborn as an ox. Even though he doesn’t deserve her, Luke will stop at nothing to have her...
  • Forgetting Me by Crystal Spears

    Forgetting Me by Crystal Spears

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She doesn't even see me anymore. I've been discarded and thrown in the trash, right next to the dirty diapers. We have a little downtime, and I can't even get her to go down.I deal with it though, until my oldest daughter sees my hurt. I've vowed always to protect my children; now Storm better watch out, because I'm coming for her...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  friendship  steamy  adult  biker
  • A True Fit by Michele Notaro

    A True Fit by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trent~ My life has been great the past few years and I have zero intention of screwing anything up. I’m certainly not going to let some guy ruin things for me, especially not my boss’s ex. But for some reason, every time I run into Declan, I become more and more intrigued by him...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  mlm  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • The Specialist by Melanie Moreland

    The Specialist by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Final installment of the Men of Hidden JusticeEgan VulpeTrained explosives expert. Gun for hire. Loner.Until the day he falls in love.He leaves the dangerous world he knows behind. He paints, owns a gym, and co-runs Elite Security.In the past, he has worked with his friends at Hidden Justice, always staying behind the scenes.But not far enough behind...
  • Scenic Route by D.D. Prince

    Scenic Route by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Take the ride to Happily Ever After with Beautiful Biker Spencer Valentine of The Dominion Brotherhood MC. Best experienced after Detour (Beautiful Biker 1) and Joyride (Beautiful Biker 2) Spencer knows it’s a long and winding road to happily ever after. He’s got baggage. He has a chip on his shoulder...
  • The Blame Game by Brigham Vaughn

    The Blame Game by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fiery Rescue: Fisher Cats Player Heating Up the Sheets with Handsome Stranger?Fourth line center, Dominic Olson, was spotted with an unidentified man following a fire at the High Park Towers building in Liberty Village late last night.The fire was contained to the fifth floor where—according to firefighters from Toronto Fire Station 346—it began in one of the condo’s kitchens...
  • Don't Let Me Break by Kelsie Rae

    Don't Let Me Break by Kelsie Rae

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Macklin and I are just friends.And even that's a stretch.He saw me at my most vulnerable, and now the guy's popping up left and right.Pretty sure it's because my friend is trying to set me up with him, but what do I know?It's not like I have much experience with guys.And he's...well, Macklin's older, much more experienced, and bluntly put?Way out of my league...
  • From Now Until Infinity by Layne Harper

    From Now Until Infinity by Layne Harper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Eight years have passed since Colin and Caroline “Charlie” ended their college romance. A chance meeting reunited them confirming that time had not diminished their love for each other. Now, they have to turn their passionate reunion into a legitimate and sustainable relationship. Charlie’s medical practice is in Houston. Colin is the starting quarterback for Dallas...
  • Good Intentions by Ella Frank

    Good Intentions by Ella Frank

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gabriel Romero made me hungry for things I’d never wanted, and starved of the things I didn’t think I’d ever need.Until now…Until him… I was never the man who believed in love, romance, or happily ever afters. I was married to my work, and happy to be that way. Until one night, not too long ago, when an audacious young man lied his way into my life and showed me what I’d been missing...
  • Written at Randy's by Katherine McIntyre

    Written at Randy's by Katherine McIntyre

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    An adorkable author and an outgoing club kid as roommates only results in one thing—shenanigans! And of course, love.Love beyond the binary, serving up low angst trans romances at Randy's DinerWritten at Randy’s is a low angst M/X roommates to lovers romance between a reclusive trans male author and a life of the party bigender club kid that reads as a standalone...
  • Code Name: Nina's Choice by Natasza Waters

    Code Name: Nina's Choice by Natasza Waters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nina Samson, an analyst working at Coronado Base Command, lands in Navy sniper Mace Callahan’s lap like an I.E.D. Two weeks of fiery passion with the lithe redhead, and the self-proclaimed bachelor raises the white flag. Arriving in San Diego, Nina, a single mother with an eight-year-old daughter, spots danger ahead...
  • Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Silas: 

I'm a hard man; I've had to be thanks to my father. I protect those I love and care for with everything I have and nothing gets to me. Until the day I carried a slip of a woman, Destiny, out of the hell she had been held in, I took what I wanted with no regrets...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Better Than Beginnings: A Better Than Good Short Story Collection by Lane Hayes

    Better Than Beginnings: A Better Than Good Short Story Collection by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Matt Sullivan knows he met someone special the night he spots the sexy man on the dance floor. However, he doesn’t know his life is about to change forever. First of all, Matt is straight. Okay, maybe not, but he doesn’t think falling in love and spending the rest of his life with a hotheaded, unapologetically fabulous diva is an option...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  mlm  sports  steamy  university  adult  anthologies
  • Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rock Me Harder by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I dazzle the world when I play the guitar,               But I never let anyone dazzle my heart…                                Until I spent one night with her. Darren Ash is living the dream. As lead guitarist for iconic rock band Licks of Leather, he seemingly has it all. But secretly he’s struggling to forget the woman he shared a scorching encounter with over two years ago...
  • Duke: Faking the Play by Kayley Loring, Connor Crais

    Duke: Faking the Play by Kayley Loring, Connor Crais

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    #4 Callum Duquette. Placekicker for the Boston Tomcats. Former underwear model. NICKNAME: Duke. I thought the most annoying thing about being a single dad was that my friends were always trying to find me a date. Until a sassy British ray of sunshine bumps into me at a bookstore...
  • Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Garrett “Hawk” Hawkins may be a bad boy in the rink but he doesn’t know what to do when he’s wrongly accused of on-ice misconduct. Given a five-game suspension by the NHL, he heads down to Mimosa Key to lay on the beach for a few days and get his head on straight—until he runs into a troubled beauty who happens to be the sister of his ex-teammate...
    Categorized as:
    sports  steamy  angst  drama  alpha-mc  romance  secrets  contemporary
  • Bratva Angel by Sabine Barclay

    Bratva Angel by Sabine Barclay

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Our worlds couldn’t be further apart…She’s light. I’m dark. She’s an angel. I’m a devil.I’ll never walk away from my life with the bratva.My only choice is to bring her in.She’s mine and always will be.Maybe she doesn’t know we’re soulmates yet, but I have since we met.I’ll do anything to protect her. No one’s foolish enough to stop me...
  • Second Down Scrooge by Lisa Suzanne

    Second Down Scrooge by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A steamy pro football, second chance, single mom, single dad holiday romance from Amazon Top Ten Bestselling author Lisa Suzanne. I never planned to give Austin Graham, the tight end for the Vegas Aces and the father of my little girl, a second chance this holiday season. After all, he messed up. Big time...
  • Wedlocked by Cambria Hebert

    Wedlocked by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s no secret that, over the past couple years, Elite has been through it. For real, when I look around, I think, Two billion years of evolution for this?But even with the heaping pile of crazy tossed at us on the regular, we still have each other’s backs and are stronger than ever. With Westbrook’s winter break coming up, it’s time Elite got their relax on...
  • Hail Mary: An Enemies-to-Lovers Roommate Sports Romance by Kandi Steiner

    Hail Mary: An Enemies-to-Lovers Roommate Sports Romance by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Leo F*cking Hernandez.North Boston University’s star running back, notorious bachelor, and number one on my people I would murder if I could get away with it list.And now?He’s my new roommate.I used to think I loved him.But that was before I hated him.He doesn’t remember who I am, or how he made my life miserable for years...
  • All We Are by Jessie Walker

    All We Are by Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pride.Will and Waylon have been through hell and back—more than once. But they’re still standing, still loving each other, still embracing their found family. And that’s something Will is stupidly proud of. He’s happier than he’s ever been, and more in love than he ever thought possible. He just hopes he can find a way to make Waylon believe in them as much as he does.Pride...
  • Whoa by Cambria Hebert

    Whoa by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Most people think I’m a moron. In actuality, I’m a man with a plan.It’s one of those three-year plans that takes longer than three years.Still, I’ve been making it happen. Checking off those to-dos and turning them into to-dones.Everything is almost lined up.And then my phone rings.By the time I get to Jess, she’s unconscious and bleeding.My carefully crafted plan blows up in my face...
    Categorized as:
    university  sports  suspense  mlm  family  found-family  steamy  angst
  • Crossing the Lines by M.Q. Barber

    Crossing the Lines by M.Q. Barber

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Neighborly Affection, #2 A safeword won’t save her from love. After six months of cavorting in her neighbors’ bed, Alice admits signing the contract to be Henry’s sexual submissive is the best decision she’s ever made. He delivers on his promise to give her sexual satisfaction. But submitting to his dominance alongside his long-term lover shows her the sharp line between sex and love...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  family  mlm  sports  steamy  suspense  adult  bdsm
  • Forgiving Gia by Gina Whitney

    Forgiving Gia by Gina Whitney

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abel Gunner is a rock-star with legendary skills both in and out of the bedroom. He swore he wouldn't fall for another woman after being schemed and manipulated by an ex-lover. He kept that vow until he met Gia Mastro. The Dom inside of him awoke the moment he set eyes upon the submissive beauty. His dark soul hungered for her submission and affection...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • Road to Victory by Piper Davenport

    Road to Victory by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations. Kimberly Church has led a privileged, but tortured life. In an effort to beat back her demons, she breaks away from her villainous family and creates a stable and safe life for herself, shutting all but her best friend out. Aidan "Knight" Quinn is a well-respected and deeply rooted soldier in the Dogs of Fire Motorcycle Club...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  family  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Wingspan by Cambria Hebert

    Wingspan by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ever feel like you’re being watched?It’s an awareness so familiar I adapted to it long ago.Then I enrolled at Westbrook University to chase my dreamand make up for someone else’s lost one.The prying eyes I’d known almost since birth…They closed.Even still, I never got too close.I made friends with everyone but confided in no one...
    Categorized as:
    university  sports  suspense  mlm  angst  drama  alpha-mc  romance
  • Whiskey Sour by Addison Beck

    Whiskey Sour by Addison Beck

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    KnoxWhat do you do when the love of your life chooses someone else?Easy, you find a nice rebound. If it just so happens to be his hot, dumb hunk of a brother, even better.Elton Hill is everything wrong with people. He’s loud, annoying, way too intense, and pushes too hard. But he’s available and our secret friends-with-benefits relationship turns out to be exactly what I need...
  • Gavriil Nikolaev by Naomi West

    Gavriil Nikolaev by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My boss wants me to have his baby.Under normal circumstances, that’d be an easy “Uhh… no.”But Gavriil Nikolaev is not the kind of man who likes to be denied.Besides, even if I did find him attractive—which I most certainly do not…And even if I wasn’t his employee—which I definitely am…There’s no getting around the fact that he’s an incredibly dangerous man...
  • The Enforcer by Olivia T. Turner

    The Enforcer by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He's mean.And grumpy.When he's on the ice, he's the most violent player out there.But there's something about him I just can't shake.There's a sweetness hiding under that gruff, brute exterior.A little boy peeking out who wants to come out and play.I never thought I'd be with someone like Tucker McKinstry.But once I get past that rough hard shell, I can't imagine being with anyone else...
  • Northern Twilight by Samantha Young

    Northern Twilight by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s the girl he left behind. He’s the boy she tried to forget. But after seven years apart, one passionately reckless night will tie them together forever …As teenagers, Callie Ironside and Lewis Adair were inseparable. So much so, Lewis still can’t work out where it all went horribly wrong, or why he’s spent the last seven years in London away from the love of his life...
  • Grumpy Player by R.C. Stephens

    Grumpy Player by R.C. Stephens

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Marrying the nanny wasn’t my biggest mistake… falling for her was. Being injured on the ice doesn’t just make me a grumpy goalie, it makes me a frustrated single dad unable to care for my daughter… or myself.Ellie is the perfect candidate— kind, patient, beautiful, and looking for a place to call home after a falling out with her family...
  • WTF: Special Edition Paperback by Cambria Hebert

    WTF: Special Edition Paperback by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t do commitment. And though I swing both ways, I don’t do men either.It’s too messy, too stressful, and just asking for trouble.I’d rather shine bright like the sun than drown in the rain, so I adopt a pounce-and-bounce lifestyle for which my sparkling charm keeps me from being hated.When I show up in Sweden for a semester abroad, I expect a roomie. What I don’t expect is Lars...
  • Never Have I Ever: Submitted to My Enemy by Willow Dixon

    Never Have I Ever: Submitted to My Enemy by Willow Dixon

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    How could I not have realized the guy I’ve been chatting with online is the one person I hate?Kai, the bad boy I broke my rules for. Who stomped all over my heart. Twice. He’s arrogant and annoying, and worse, he doesn’t even remember what he did to me.He’s also my new presentation partner...
  • Test of Endurance by Kora Knight

    Test of Endurance by Kora Knight

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The last time Tad saw Scott, the ripped physical trainer left him with quite a lot to think about. And that's pretty much all Tad's been doing for nearly two weeks straight. At his wit's end, he seeks Scott out, voluntarily, on his own terms...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  mlm  sports  steamy  university  adult  audiobook
  • The Loner by Riley Hart

    The Loner by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    DeclanAs a founding member of The Vers, a queer podcast I host with my three best friends, I’m The Loner—quieter than the others, and except for them, I don’t let myself get too close to people. Most of them just let you down anyway, or maybe it’s just that something about me chases people away.Infrequent, no-strings-attached hookups have always worked for me...
  • Tigerland by Sean Kennedy

    Tigerland by Sean Kennedy

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After an eventful and sometimes uncomfortably public courtship, Simon Murray and Declan Tyler settled into a comfortable life together. Now retired from the AFL, Declan works as a football commentator; Simon develops programs with queer content for a community television station. Despite their public professional lives, Simon and Declan manage to keep their private life out of the spotlight...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  friendship  mlm  sports  steamy  adult
  • Never Kiss the Bad Boy by Lauren Landish

    Never Kiss the Bad Boy by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A full plate? More like an overflowing platter.The last thing I have time for is the bad boy next door.Even if he’s hot, sweaty, muscled, pierced, and makes sexy promises that keep me on edge.Survival Mode is how I live. My ghost kitchen is the place to be for every work crew in the city, and I bust my butt from sunup to sun down, while rubbing every nickel and dime together to scrape by...
  • Pretty Mess by Lily Morton

    Pretty Mess by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kiss him, sleep with him, but don’t ever fall in love with him.The first time Wes Archer steps into Jack of Clubs, an exclusive London pleasure club, he’s completely confident he can heed the tried-and-true advice about becoming an escort. Wes gives himself away for free with casual hookups all the time...
  • Only Pleasure by Lora Leigh

    Only Pleasure by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Since Chase Falladay came to her rescue two years ago, Kia Stanton has never been able to forget the powerful man or the kind of life he leads. So two years later when she runs into Chase and his friend, Khalid, and leaves with them that night, she knows exactly where it is all heading. However, little prepares her for what it is like to be in Chase's arms, and in his bed...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  steamy  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.The sizzling adventure continues in this alpha billionaire romance series. The scintillating, steamy and passionate romance between Ciara and Nikolaj picks up where the last book ended. The only difference is that Ciara discovers Nikolaj’s true penchant for domination and to her surprise, she relishes submitting herself to him...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  friendship  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Bound to You: Volume 4 by Vanessa Booke

    Bound to You: Volume 4 by Vanessa Booke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I, Rebecca Gellar, am doing the unthinkable. I'm marrying a man who hits every category on my Run-Like-Hell list... 1. Arrogant. 2. Dangerously Handsome. 3. Brooding. 4. Domineering. 5. Possessive. 6. Playboy. The funny thing is I couldn't be happier...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hockey Holidays by Toni Aleo, Shannon Stacey

    Hockey Holidays by Toni Aleo, Shannon Stacey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **100% of the proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to charity.** This holiday season unwrap a brand-new collection of hockey romances that includes humor, drama, love, and - of course - hockey! Each book is EXCLUSIVE to the anthology and NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED by USA Today, New York Times, and all your favorite bestselling hockey romance authors...
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