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Spark by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’ll do anything for his family… Donovan “Donny” Steel is on a partnership track with a major Denver law firm. He loves his city career and his luxurious downtown loft, and life is going just how he planned it…until his mother, the city attorney for his hometown of Snow Creek, Colorado, asks him to move back and work for her when her assistant retires. Mom asks? Donny goes... -
The Canary Cowards by Jescie Hall
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Author Jescie Hall comes a compelling and angst-filled love story that will pull at your heartstrings and never let go."Occasionally, we all lack the courage to embrace the torture that is love."DylanAs a proud physiotherapist fresh out of school, I never imagined falling for a client. Especially not fallen football star, Lake Decker...Categorized as:
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Destiny by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs love enough?Ava Steel is haunted by a ghost that has come back from the grave. She questions who she is and whether she's capable of being in a relationship with Brendan Murphy, the man she loves. As she shuts down her bakery—something she never does—to deal with these newly discovered secrets, she shuts down her relationship with Brendan as well... -
Hard to Love by K. Bromberg
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author, K. Bromberg, is back with a heartfelt, enemies to lovers romance and a hero who redeems himself to steal your heart . . .He was the one-night stand that didn’t exactly go as planned. Now he’s standing before me as if he’s never seen me naked, telling my manager he’ll take the job. Reluctantly.Finn Sanderson.Sports agent extraordinaire. Handsome as hell... -
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Fallen Snow by Jolie Vines
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHot rock star meets injured snowboarder. Even broken hearts can melt.ViolaAfter a hit and run, my gold medal dreams are forced on hold. I can’t walk, let alone snowboard, and a wheelchair is my new way to get around.Everything I worked for has been destroyed.Then the world’s number one rock star strides into my life.He’s staying in my castle and working with my family... -
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A Major Puck Up by Brittanee Nicole
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere are only a few rules I live enjoy life, smile as often as possible, and don’t ever let a woman come between friends. Oh and hockey is life.For the past forty years I’ve done an excellent job at every single one of them.Until Millie Hall. To be fair, I had no idea who she was that first night. Can’t say the same about the second...Categorized as:
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The Deeper I Fall by Erika Kelly
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's a rough and rugged hockey player. She's a posh British princess. To win an enormous inheritance, they’re forced to live together.This is not going to go well.When his former hockey coach passes away, Declan Cadell is shocked to learn the man left him a cattle ranch. Well, not exactly. He’s got one little hurdle to jump first... -
Wild Card by Maggie Rawdon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe infamous playboy and star wide receiver for the Seattle Phantom is the last person on earth I would ever expect to come to my rescue. Tobias Westfield and I can’t see eye-to-eye on anything. But when my date goes to hell and I end up stranded in the pouring rain on my birthday, he’s there—holding my hand and playing the adoring boyfriend. I might have had him all wrong...Categorized as:
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Traded by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first time I met pro football’s hottest quarterback, we ended up horizontal just before the most embarrassing moment of my life.The second time, I unleashed all my pent-up anger on him.The third time was when the owner of the Vegas Aces introduced him as the newly traded player I’d be coaching for the next year. No…I’m not a football coach. I’ve been hired as his full-time behavior coach... -
The Playbook by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy life revolved around two things. Football and my cock. And not necessarily in that order. Being the head football coach for a top university in Texas had its ups and its downs. The ups? Endless women to f*ck. The downs? The politics that came with the job. From the moment Aubrey Cain walked into my office, she turned my world upside down... -
Coach Sully by Sloane St. James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKendra Ames is a driven young producer in need of a bachelor for her reality show. When she meets Lee Sullivan, the retired captain of Lakes hockey team, they have an instant connection. After listening to Kendra’s pitch, Sully decides he would rather pursue her instead. However, when the show’s network makes him an offer for his dream job with a unique stipulation, he can’t refuse... -
Off Camera by Chelsea Curto
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAvery Sinclair is good at her job as the social media manager for the Baltimore Thunderhawks. She’s one of the best in the NFL, in fact. The only thing stopping her from being the account of the year? The DC Titans, run by the mystery man she’s been feuding with for years.Reid Duncan isn’t the world’s biggest sports fan, but he loves his job...Categorized as:
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Now's the Time by Harlow James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Let me experience all of you tonight, Penelope…since this is all that we get.”That was the agreement between me and Maddox Taylor, the NFL’s most notorious playboy and mega-talented quarterback who happened to be out in California for one night—one night in which I broke all of my rules and gave in to the undeniable attraction I felt for the man... -
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Nothing Less Than Everything by Maggie C. Gates
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Everything you’re feeling—fear of the future. Doubts. Insecurities. Everything in your head that tells you you’re small and insignificant. Every voice that tells you to stay where you are because familiarity is better than failing—let it go.”______________Wren Porter fills her days with paint chips, tile samples, and uppity clients who wouldn’t know a sconce from a scone... -
Bad Taste In Men by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You’ve been moping around long enough. Let me show you how these guys should be treating you.” Bailey Davis does not have bad taste in men. She’s just had some relationships that haven’t worked out. That’s totally normal. And she now has one broken engagement. Big deal. And an ex-fiancé who cheated on her. Okay maybe she has bad taste in men. At least the ones she plans to marry...Categorized as:
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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... -
Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMickyI’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...Categorized as:
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Make Him by Kelly Finley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuca & Scarlett..Categorized as:
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Relief Pitcher by Lee Blair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought I was helping him get his groove back. Turns out he’s helping me fall in love.TylerI have one rule when it comes to matters of my one and done. Consensually, of course. Fun with no complicated romantic feelings. Not that I’m built to experience those, anyway.After my car breaks down on a remote road, I follow a lumbersnack back to his creepy cabin for the cell service... -
Untamed by M.J. Carnal
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteve Wainwright is broken. After catching his fiancé in bed with his radio co-host, he vows to never let anyone in again. But sometimes fate has other plans. Lily Ann Lee is going through a crisis of her own and turns to Steve for help. Their friendship is instant and something they both treasure... -
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Coming for Coby by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the sun sets in Silver Spoon Falls, things heat up at The Sterling Rope. The best girls can find everything their hearts desire within, including some of the town's filthiest billionaires. There are no rules. Only submission.Welcome to Silver Spoon After Dark. Your patronage will be our dirty little secret... -
Rendezvous by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKeaton Holt knows all about the badass throwdown—on the movie set and in the bedroom. As the only sixth-degree black belt stuntman for Renegades, he’s made a career of translating those fighting skills to the big screen. He’s sown his oats and is ready for hometown and apple pie... -
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Tell Me Lies by Hannah Gray
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs a single father, I often feel like the weight of the world sits on my shoulders. When my daughter’s nanny gives me her two weeks’ notice, I’m sweating bullets. Fear that my NHL season with the New England Bay Sharks could be derailed consumes me... -
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... -
The Gamble: A Novel by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings3 friends. 2 players. 1 bet. When Luca Larson makes an expensive wager, guaranteeing the bedding of his only real female friend, he's expecting the situation to go as smoothly as sleeping with any other woman would. It doesn't take long before he realizes his usual plays won't work. She knows them too well. She knows HIM too well... -
Spare Tire: A Curvy Girl Romance by C.L. Cruz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpare Tire is the second story in the Curvy Girl series. It is a short, steamy, standalone story with a curvy heroine, a sexy hero, and an HEA. Emmy I have the perfect life--at least according to my Instagram feed and my two hundred thousand followers. But when my best friend announces she's getting married, I can't help but feel like something is missing. Or someone... -
Don't Let Go by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author, Willow Winters, comes an exclusive collection of novellas available no where else! Seductive. Addictive. Captivating. The irresistible heroes in these stories have those three features in common. Some stories are second chance; others are fated love. But every single one of them, you’ll crave to the last page... -
Renegades, Volume 1: Reckless, Rebel, Ricochet by Skye Jordan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrab this trio of awesomeness from New York bestselling author Skye Jordan! Renegades Volume 1 includes RECKLESS, REBEL and RICOCHET RECKLESS: A couture wedding dress designer to the rich and famous, Lexi LaCroix’s image means everything. Raised on the wrong side of the tracks, her years of polish and hard work are finally about to pay off... -
Secret Keeper by Stacey Lynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat started as a typical night out with my team, became the best night of my life.Picking up a smoking hot blonde, I take her back to the hotel, expecting the evening to go down like any other.But nothing about her is average… she’s sassy, witty and throws me off my game. After one incredible night, I wake up wanting to see her more than I want to go to hockey practice... -
Arrogant Savior: A Hero Club Novel by Terri E. Laine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis standalone contemporary novel set in Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward’s new Cocky Hero Club World! and features Grant King!!! (from my All The King's Sons world), inspired by Playboy Pilot, one of the original books in Vi and Penelope’s blockbuster series. Blurb...A last-minute trip puts me face to face with the most arrogant man I’ve ever met.The pilot...Categorized as:
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The Exception by Mickey Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImagine:You arrive to your dream job as the first female general manager in football. Turns out your first order of business is dinner with a new player who just signed with the team. But he’s not just any new player. He's Dallas Connelly, Super Bowl champion. Through a series of coincidences, he was also your steamy rebound a few months ago in Hawaii. You can look, but you can't touch...Categorized as:
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Power Play by C.J. Cartwright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the one who got away… comes back? They say you never forget your first love. But does time truly heal all wounds?Levi Fawkes knows hockey, and not much else. As the captain of the Astoria Bay Thunder, his eyes are always locked on the goal... -
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Forever: a standalone, interracial romance by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last we saw from Landon Rogers and Melody James, in Love in Paradise, the couple was newly engaged and looking forward to a lifetime of forever. Unfortunately, forever comes with some bumps in the road. Not everyone is celebrating the couple’s engagement. In fact, one person in particular is dead set on seeing the couple’s happily ever after destroyed... -
Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGage Bryant has the best hands and the quickest feet of any wide receiver in football. He also has a secret—one he’ll do anything to protect. He’s a member of The Velvet Club. With airtight non disclosure agreements, playing at Velvet gives him the freedom to assert his dominance and control in a way that not only serves him on the football field, but the way he craves in the bedroom... -
K is for... by L. DuBois
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsK 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... -
Forever For You by D.E. Haggerty
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI 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... -
Play by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTyler Thompson is a bona fide rock star.He went on tour at seventeen and never looked back. And now, fifteen years later, he has more fame, fortune, and success than he ever imagined. He's the bass player for a new band, Nobody's Fool, and all he wants to do is get back on tour. But business and personal issues are blocking his next move... -
Just My Luck by Rebecca Rennick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma Johnson has the worst luck. No really, she does. Murphy’s Law never applied to anyone better. If something can go wrong, it usually does. Thankfully she’s figured out a way to deal with her bad luck curse, by becoming a risk assessment analyst. Until she gets blindsided by her boss who decides AI is cheaper than her... -
Jingle Bell Games by Cat Wynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLara Blunt is a grouch, but she’s a grouch who works at the merriest little Christmas shop in town, The Jingle Bell. Lara can’t wait for her Christmas Eve shift to end so she can sulk at home by herself with a bottle of rum. Her manager (and the owner’s son!) Leo Nicoli, on the other hand, is full of holiday cheer, and he’s had his eyes on Lara since the day she stomped into his store... -
Fake The Game by Julia Jarrett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’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...Categorized as:
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Offensive Rebound: Holding Court by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTRAE It's a call that changes my life--and my little girl's. Years ago, playing for the NBA was the dream, but the Seattle Stallions suck. Worse than that, my old teammate is now the star center--not to mention my number one rival. There has to be a catch, some sort of agenda. Before I was injured, I was the best. Now? There's no way they want me... -
Dirty by J.B. Heller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArcher Austin induced sexual frustration may just be the death of me...Everything in my life was just peachy, until my roommates ditch me and my brother Bates, gets the bright idea to move in and bring his best friend Archer with him. The more the merrier, he says.The problem is, Archer and I had a one night stand last year and now he’s convinced we’re meant to be... -
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Sinful Boss by Liz Fox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSloane I’ve always preferred company of the four-legged variety. They’re full of love and they let me be myself--that’s why I’m going to school to be a veterinarian.When I end up working for my brother's friend during the summer, I don’t expect to be cleaning Maximillian Hawthorne’s toilets.He’s wealthy, pretentious, and a serious pain in the horse’s butt... -
Come As You Are: A Gen X Romance by Jess K. Hardy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’ll win her heart one mixtape at a time.Ashley Cooke will do just about anything to save her struggling ski hill. When she hires the men from a local sober living home for the season to cut costs, even she thinks she’s gone too far... -
Ice Giant by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJonas MichaudThere are two places I'm not supposed to be: in trouble and in a gentleman's club.But thanks to my sister, I find myself in both anyway.And just in time to rescue the sports reporter who drives me crazy.Jamie Knight is the curviest little enemy I've ever had.She's been publishing stories about my hockey teammates for years.But I want her attention focused on me... -
Courtney by Lana Dash
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Curvy Girl Sweet & Steamy Secret Identity Romantic Comedy COURTNEYFictional couples surround me every day, working at a bookstore. And yet, even after reading a lifetime worth of romance, I still can't get my own love life in order. But at my book club meeting, when I accidentally knock hot coffee onto the lap of the cute nerd at the next table, my luck might be about to change... -
Brock by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrock Lassiter has it all: good looks, good health, and the best job in the world. As a defenseman for the Las Vegas Sidewinders hockey team, he’s the luckiest bastard on earth. If only he could stop getting in trouble. One more screw-up and the team won’t renew his contract... -
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