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  • Under the Influence by Kimberly Brown

    Under the Influence by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alanis Kapri is living the American Dream. As the star quarterback of the Carolina Hurricanes, life is luxury. Unfortunately for Alanis, he’s considered the NFL’s problem child. One too many negative press runs have landed his head on the chopping block. He’s been given an clean up his act or be cut from the team. Reluctantly, Alanis agrees to the terms...
  • My Muted Love by Love Belvin

    My Muted Love by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never judge a book by its cover, one of the world’s most common clichés. Though sage advice, the age-old aphorism is rarely followed. Take, for instance, Tori McNabb and Ashton Spencer, two subjects who believe by aesthetics alone, they have no reason to breathe the same air...
  • Shielding Ember by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Ember by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For as long as she can remember, Ember Maxwell’s life hasn’t been her own. A world-renowned influencer, she’s a brand unto herself, created by her parents—who also want Olympic glory for their only daughter. Years of grueling training have led to Seoul, Korea, and a spot on the modern pentathlon team. It’s a turning point for Ember in more ways than one...
  • Offensive Formations by Christina C. Jones

    Offensive Formations by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pedestals are lonely places. Teagan Tolliver is learning the hard way that for every new trophy, every tournament win, comes more scrutiny, more pressure - far beyond what she can do on a court. As an elite, Black female athlete in a sport dominated by people she has little in common with beyond a match, she’s got the eyes of the world on her - for better or worse...
  • Pass Interference by Christina C. Jones

    Pass Interference by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My bio might speak for itself, but I still have everything to prove. Everything to gain. Everything to lose. On the field, and off. I’m here for a reason, and Nate Richardson isn’t one of them… except, he won’t let me relegate him to a non-factor. Even knowing what’s at stake, he won’t let me pass him off. So I’ll adapt. Open myself up. Dominate my position. Defend my right to be here...
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    athlete  poc-mc  sports  adult  age-gap  black-mc  book  contemporary
  • Wins & Losses by Alexandra Warren

    Wins & Losses by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nasir Valentine has one thing on his mind: winning a championship title in his first year as head coach of the boys basketball team. But when his team captain’s father is murdered just before the start of the season, he quickly learns coaching high school basketball in the inner city is a lot more than just drawing numbers and arrows on a dry erase board...
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    athlete  poc-mc  sports  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Free Agent by Christina C. Jones

    Free Agent by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For 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...
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    athlete  sports  poc-mc  romance  celebrity  drama  black-mc  fiction
  • Love's Neutral Zone by Love Belvin

    Love's Neutral Zone by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maaz Zyad, number ninety-seven of the Connecticut Kings, wasn’t a big name in his first three seasons in the League. Thanks to his temperamental girlfriend posting and tweeting her every grievance about the League and Kings franchise, Zyad’s become one of the most talked about players in the media.The Kings cut him a contract extension with a huge pay increase under one condition...
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    sports  poc-mc  romance  black-mc  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • All the Sauce by Toni Aleo

    All the Sauce by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Owen Adler has spent his whole life being half of a matched set. But when his twin brother Evan leaves hockey—and him—behind on the Carolina IceCats, Owen finds he has to skate a new path on his own.Angie Paxton knows a lot about being on her own. She pushed Nashville, and the trauma she experienced there, to the back of her mind and started over in South Carolina...
  • 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...
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    athlete  poc-mc  sports  adult  alpha-mc  book  celebrity  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Wicked Games by Maureen Smith

    Wicked Games by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Maureen Smith comes a sizzling new interracial romance series featuring four hockey hunks who lose their hearts on the road to winning the Stanley Cup….College recruiter Nadia Warner has sworn off jocks for good. So when her sports reporter brother drags her out to a hockey practice, the last thing she’s looking for is romance...
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    athlete  poc-mc  sports  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Just Say  (Hell) No by Rosalind James

    Just Say (Hell) No by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Need an Escape to New Zealand?Valentine's Day.Even a hard man needs a soft side.Marko Sendoa isn’t a beach man. He’s not an Auckland man. He’s a hard man. Born Basque tough, raised in the heart of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, and bred on hard work, discipline, and getting the job done...
  • Losing an Edge by Catherine Gayle

    Losing an Edge by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In any other family, Levi “501” Babcock would have been the golden boy. Instead, he’s lived his entire life in the shadow of his almost-perfect older brother. They both play for the NHL’s Portland Storm, but Levi is tired of being the second-best Babcock brother. He’s determined to find at least one thing he can do better...
  • The Red Zone by Amie Knight

    The Red Zone by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They say the red zone is the hardest place to score. But for me, those last twenty yards were my sweet spot. They didn't call me Lukas "Last Minute Lucy" Callihan for nothing. I was at the top of my game...until life sacked me harder than any linebacker ever could. Losing my mom was devastating and left me as the sole person responsible for my little sister...
  • Player by Natalie Rios

    Player by Natalie Rios

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Cocky. Player. A**hole. Without a doubt, Theo Montgomery is the university's most promising student athlete – and it’s biggest player. Confident, charming, and handsome as sin, there isn’t a single girl at Carlton University who’s immune to this quarterback. Except Allie. ​ Smart. Driven. Sassy. Make no mistake, Allie Perez can’t stand jocks...
  • A Tale of Two Cities: A Valentine's Novella by Alexandra Warren

    A Tale of Two Cities: A Valentine's Novella by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When people think of a holiday for love, they automatically come up with Valentine's Day. But for Brooklyn and Austin, the day after is when the real fun begins thanks to a dare of a DM on Instagram that leads to the two of them spending a hot weekend in Miami together. ;) A Tale of Two Cities Collection: Cute & Sweet Millennial Meets Over a Holiday, All With One Thing In Common; Cities...
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    athlete  poc-mc  sports  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • A Tale of Two Cities: A New Year Novella by Alexandra Warren

    A Tale of Two Cities: A New Year Novella by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When people think of a holiday for love, they automatically come up with Valentine's Day...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  poc-mc  sports  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Limerence: A MM Rivals to Lovers Ballet Romance by Scarlett Drake

    Limerence: A MM Rivals to Lovers Ballet Romance by Scarlett Drake

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FelixDancing is everything to me. It’s the mother I lost, the father who never sees me. It’s the fiery love of my life, and I’ll defend it to my last breath—that’s what it means to be the lead principal at one of the best ballet companies in the world. Just when I thought I was on top, my greatest rival—my eternal nemesis—waltzes back into my Nicoló Savini...
  • Hoops & Heartstrings by Eliza Lentzski

    Hoops & Heartstrings by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a devastating injury threatens Lex Bennet’s dream of playing in the women’s professional basketball league, her world is turned upside down. Despite the setback, Lex is unexpectedly drafted by the new expansion team in Boston...
  • One Timer by Toni Aleo

    One Timer by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You’ve known Harper Allen and Jakob Titov since you met them in Taking Shots. You know their story already, right? Ha! You only think you do. In One-Timer, they’ll tell it for themselves. Harper has been hurt so many times, and she has no interest in anything more than a one-time thing, but Jakob Titov has other ideas. He is looking for his forever...
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    athlete  sports  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Off the Record by Chelle Sloan

    Off the Record by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fans of the Nashville Fury come to me for all things regarding their favorite professional football team. Stats, rumors and even what the players like on their pizza. What they don’t turn to me for is information about how their offensive coordinator is in the bedroom. The answer? It’s too hot for print...
    Categorized as:
    slow-burn  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  romance
  • 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...
  • The Problem with Players by Brittainy C. Cherry

    The Problem with Players by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As a female coach, I’ve always lived by a simple mantra: throw hard, swing for the fences, and never, ever look back--especially when it comes to past flames.So when my ex-boyfriend somehow manages to land the job as my new assistant coach, my life is flipped upside down. The game I thought I'd mastered is now being played with a whole new set of rules.My ex is baseball's all-star Nathan Pierce...
  • Second-Rate Superstar by Siena Trap

    Second-Rate Superstar by Siena Trap

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ever heard of imposter syndrome?Well, if you look it up in the dictionary, you’ll find my picture beside the definition.I’ve been living in my older brother’s shadow since the day I was born.Anyone would struggle to live up to the legacy of the great Jaxon Slate, hockey superstar and face of the league. But it’s worse for me. Everyone expects me to be Jaxon 2...
  • Stone: A Pittsburgh Titans Novel by Sawyer Bennett

    Stone: A Pittsburgh Titans Novel by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Minor league player Stone Dumelin lost his younger brother when the Titans’ team plane went down...
  • 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...
  • Riggs by Sawyer Bennett

    Riggs by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Riggs Nadeau is known as the team loner, giving his all on the ice, but nothing extra off it. His past has shaped who he is, and he’s determined to make a better life for the teenage sister he took custody of. He doesn’t need or want help from anyone, until a beautiful stranger makes him re-think everything he thought he knew...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Side by Side by Nicole Pyland

    Side by Side by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sports Series Book #6. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.As teenagers, Belle Elrod and Chandler Wolfe had been chosen to be part of Team USA figure skating’s elite training program. But when something happened, and Belle left the program, they were both left wondering what might have been...
  • Goal Line by Bianca Sommerland

    Goal Line by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The goal doesn't count until it crosses the line.Captain of the Dartmouth Cobras hockey team, Dominik Mason, believes his team can make a damn good playoff run. He and his men won't stop fighting until they win the ultimate prize. There's no doubt when it comes to The Game.Off the ice, there's nothing but uncertainty. His life has been in a holding pattern and it's time to move on...
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    athlete  poc-mc  sports  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • Home Run King by Stella

    Home Run King by Stella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My life was what country songs are made of: my Granny died, my girlfriend broke up with me, I knocked up her cousin, and I was inducted into the Major League Hall of Fame. Yup…just like every country song I’ve ever heard. But let me start over… My name is Gage Nix. That’s all you need to know. Actually, there’s a lot more to Gage than meets the eye...
  • Ember by Emma Renshaw

    Ember by Emma Renshaw

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One night changed an entire town.Ten years ago, I left Hawk Valley. I never planned to return. Not to the regrets. The bitter memories. The guilt.My baseball career gave me both the excuse and the money I needed to start over. Then my mom called, and I found myself headed back to the one place I swore I wouldn’t step foot again.Meeting Delilah wasn’t part of the plan...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  slow-burn  sports  adult  book  children  contemporary  family
  • 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...
  • sugar butter flour love : a novella by Nicole Falls

    sugar butter flour love : a novella by Nicole Falls

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There are two things on Earth that Isobel Knight loves above all else—her Gamma Betty and their family bakery, Whisk...
  • Switch Stance by M.E. Carter, Andrea Johnston

    Switch Stance by M.E. Carter, Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ****An additional 25% of the ebook proceeds for the month of October 2018 are being donated to charity. This is on top of the September donation. Check out M.E. Carter and Andrea Johnston's FB pages for more information.**** A #MyNewLife & Country Road Series Crossover Standalone ..
  • Nate by Kat Mizera

    Nate by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To win, you have to play the game... Rising hockey star Nate Calloway has overcome a lot to get where he is. Playing professional hockey for the Las Vegas Sidewinders, he plans to keep his head down and do the one thing he’s good at: hockey. Everything is going according to plan until a gorgeous, spunky journalist falls into his lap...
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    sports  athlete  contemporary  angst  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Deflected by Jami Davenport

    Deflected by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alexander “Rush” Markov has been given an ultimatum by his team—shape up or ship out. Alex is celebrating his biggest season in professional hockey, and he’s enjoying every minute of it—perhaps a little too much. He’s been non-stop partying like a rockstar since his team won it all, and management isn’t pleased...
    Categorized as:
    sports  athlete  contemporary  culinary  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Escape To New Zealand Boxed Set by Rosalind James

    Escape To New Zealand Boxed Set by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three sweet and steamy New Zealand rugby romances--Just This Once, Just Good Friends, Just for Now With more than a quarter million ebooks sold since the release of Just This Once in 2012, the Escape to New Zealand series has rapidly become a contemporary romance reader favorite, as strong, sweet, sexy New Zealand rugby players find the women destined to win their hearts...
  • The Wolfe Brothers Trilogy by Jami Davenport

    The Wolfe Brothers Trilogy by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three sports. Three broken brothers. Torn apart by tragedy and forever bound by traumatic pasts. Thrust together once again when their paths cross in Seattle. MELTING ICE Brimming with attitude and broken beyond repair, Isaac "Ice" Wolfe has a heart as cold as his nickname, and he likes it that way--until he meets his neighbor Avery Maxwell...
  • 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...
  • The Hardest Hit by A.S. Teague

    The Hardest Hit by A.S. Teague

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Melanie Holstein is the woman I let slip right through my fingertips. One night in Vegas with the fiery woman that gave as good as she got was enough for me to know that she’s the one. Except for a few small problems. I’m Aiden Shaw, the star quarterback for a team that’s nine hundred miles away from her home in Atlanta...
  • Penalty Play by Jami Davenport

    Penalty Play by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Single dad and star defenseman Matt LaRue lives for his kids and hockey. He's had one failed marriage and doesn't have any interest in going through that hell again. As conservative as they come, he can't comprehend his unexplainable attraction to a free-spirited female who changes hair color more often than his boys create new excuses to avoid doing their homework...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Mine to Take by Natasha Madison

    Mine to Take by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When two worlds crossover. From the This Is Series and The Southern Series. Things are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day. Aren't they? Sofia Barnes I’ve always loved to play dress-up.Creating fake weddings was my childhood pastime.Now it is my dream come true.I’ve finally been handed my first client.But nothing could prepare me for who greeted me when I walked in...
  • Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson

    Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An amazing opportunity to own all 5 Heller Brothers Hockey romances In One Limited Edition Digital Boxed Set...
  • Ditched by R.C. Boldt

    Ditched by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author RC Boldt...He's playing for the heart she's had sidelined for years.IVY HAYESDating can be a rocky journey. Once the new shine wears off, you may end up with a case of buyer’s remorse.That’s where I come in. I set the backdrop and coach you through the breakup...
  • Coen by Sawyer Bennett

    Coen by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Coen Highsmith was a league star, but he lost more than his team the day the Pittsburgh Titans’ plane crashed...
    Categorized as:
    athlete  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Fair Catch by Kandi Steiner

    Fair Catch by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As if things aren’t already tough enough as the only girl on a college football team, Coach had to go and assign Zeke Collins as my roommate.⁣⁣⁣⁣A cocky kick returner and my brother’s best friend who should have been ripped of that title years ago, he’s as infuriating as he is undeniably sexy.⁣⁣⁣⁣I hate him, and for good reason — reason I won’t ever let him forget...
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