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  • Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Loving Echo Kent was painful. Not the falling in love part, that was easy. One look at the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed narcotics detective and I knew I wanted him. A few months later I knew I couldn’t live without him. But my Echo, he had demons and secrets and a mountain of guilt. His love was selfish and one-sided—he could love but he refused to allow others to love him...
  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
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    sports  suspense  contemporary  humor
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  • Love Delayed (Waiting to Breathe ) by Love Belvin

    Love Delayed (Waiting to Breathe ) by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What happens when Zoey Barrett, an ingenuous Princeton scholar, meets NBA All-star rocker-boy, Stenton Rogers? Zoey has her life all planned out. She’s working hard at her degree and to help her family stay afloat financially. Stenton’s at the top of his game on the court, but off, his life is out of bounds...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  sports  contemporary
  • Full House by Emilia Finn

    Full House by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Miles “Iowa” Walker is a fighter on a mission.He’s determined to win this year’s Stacked Deck tournament. He plans to get his six-year-old daughter out of a bad situation. And if there’s any time and money leftover, he’d love to take her out for ice cream without worrying about the cost or deadly consequences.Miles and his daughter have known only what it’s like to struggle...
  • Whistleblower: The Senator's Wife Series Book III by Jen Lyon

    Whistleblower: The Senator's Wife Series Book III by Jen Lyon

    Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As Alex's career continues to flourish as a US soccer star, Catharine struggles to keep her world from falling apart. Dealing with the repercussions of a high-profile divorce, while Carlton's campaign marches toward the primary election, her only solace remains in her blossoming relationship with Alex...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  sports  f-f  athletes  contemporary  queer
  • Smoke by Kris Michaels

    Smoke by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shades of good are colored by the poison of greed, lust, and envy, and all too often the warm colors of humanity are consumed by evil.The assassin known as Smoke had his future planned. When his partner’s life imploded, his absence left Smoke adrift. Then Guardian threw a sassy, enticing anchor at him. When the alluring siren boarded his ship, he should have seen the rocky shore in the distance...
  • The Stone Brothers #1-3 by Samantha Christy

    The Stone Brothers #1-3 by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Have you gotten STONED yet?Which brother will you choose?The over-protective private investigator, the recovering bad-boy movie star, the alluring new ER doctor?These hot and sexy brothers will have you begging for more.You'll love them. You'll hate them.You'll want to hide them away and marry them.Get the series readers are raving about. Book ONE - Stone Rules: CHARLIE DOESN'T PLAY BY THE RULES...
  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dylan Walsh left his small town behind and vowed to never return. But when his brother needs help, Dylan steps back into the memories he tried so hard to forget. He thought there was nothing there for him anymore until a woman he knew as a little girl catches more than Dylan’s eye.Rosie Gallo is known for her kind spirit, good-girl vibes, and her loyalty to the ones she loves...
  • Sacrifice The Knight by Emilia Finn

    Sacrifice The Knight by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sacrifices are never ideal, but to win the game, sometimes the knight must fall. Katrina Blair is a single mom to a daredevil teen, which means she has no time for fruitless endeavours such as dating. Why? Because men are all the same: liars, thieves, and unreliable a**holes...
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    sports  suspense  military  new adult  contemporary
  • Bitter Pill by Fern Michaels

    Bitter Pill by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No one weaves a story as well as beloved New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. In the latest in the Sisterhood series, a team of unscrupulous doctors is profiting from others’ distress—but these loyal friends know just the cure . . .   For the Sisterhood, there’s a special satisfaction that comes with helping a friend in need, especially when it’s someone as dear as Charlotte Hansen...
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    suspense  sports  mystery  contemporary
  • Taggart Family Values by Lexi Blake

    Taggart Family Values by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From Ian and Charlotte’s first meeting in Paris to a look into the future, Taggart Family Values chronicles Masters and Mercenaries’ favorite family through a series of short stories and novellas. Includes one brand new short story and one new novella...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  contemporary
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Are you missing the Steel Brothers? Are you yearning for more? Welcome to the next generation! Join the grown children of Jonah, Talon, Ryan, and Marjorie for new adventures, mysteries, and heart-pounding passion...
  • Dangerous Affair by Riley Edwards

    Dangerous Affair by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dangerous Affair is a one-night-stand-turned-friends to lovers, age gap, alpha protector romantic suspense novel with a tortured hero and a take-no-sh!t heroine who has a feisty, opinionated grandmother who likes to butt into other people's relationships. It was supposed to be a fantasy-fueled, one-night stand, something to make me shed my good girl inhibitions...
  • Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Bishop men are nothing but a plague on this planet, a disease that needs eradication before it spreads. They’re murderers. Liars. Thieves. The day I met Colum Bishop, I thought my life was finally turning around. I was led to believe he would be our saviour. He was supposed to be our hero, a long awaited reprieve from the hardships life insisted on throwing at my mom and me...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  military  new adult  contemporary
  • REGRET by Emilia Finn

    REGRET by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Preston Danes was born and raised on the streets.Unloved. Unwanted. And quickly discarded.Now he’s a man on the verge of a new career when the infamous Checkmate Security offers him a job.They want to shut down a mafia family, and they need the assistance of a skilled hacker to get the job done.Preston knows code like others know their left hands. He’s perfect for the job...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  contemporary  new adult  humor
  • Bound by Desire  (Ravage MC Bound Series) by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Desire (Ravage MC Bound Series) by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Have you ever wanted something so badly it consumes you? There is a fine line between needs and wants. Deke Gavelson has wanted his Ravage cut for as long as he can remember. He’s earned it. He was born to be in this club. He’s not afraid to fight for his place, either. Then she barreled into his world, and Deke suddenly desires something more than his rag and winning the next round...
  • Always Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Always Yours by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rehearsals, leotards, and textbooks—that was my life. Dancing is all I’ve ever known, but when Liam’s problems turn everything upside down, I’m thrust into a world I know nothing about. Secrets and betrayal changed the man I’ve fallen for and he isn’t who I thought he was. Regardless, Liam is all I’ve ever wanted and though I’m struggling with my emotions, deep down I’d do anything for him...
  • Lost in You by Lexi Blake

    Lost in You by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Robert McClellan was forced to serve as a soldier in a war he didn’t understand. Liberated by McKay-Taggart, he struggles every day to reclaim the life he lost and do right by the men he calls his brothers, The Lost Boys. Only one thing is more important – Ariel Adisa. The gorgeous psychologist has plagued his dreams since the day they met...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  mystery
  • Who's Loving You by Mary B. Morrison

    Who's Loving You by Mary B. Morrison

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison sizzles with her edgy, new novel Who's Loving You. When Honey Thomas receives a sudden stroke of good luck, she gets a second chance--and the man of her dreams. But as Honey is about to discover, anything worth having in life comes with a high price..
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    suspense  sports  contemporary  christian
  • Ryker by Nyssa Kathryn

    Ryker by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes, the quest for vengeance can cost more than you’re willing to pay.Blakely Sullivan was a foreign aid worker in the Middle East when a deadly bombing took the lives of families she’d come to know and love, collateral damage in someone else’s war...
  • Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    He never expected to fall for his best friend's sister, but now that he has...he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe.Having a crush on one of your brother’s friends is so cliché. But Reese Woodall isn’t too worried…it’s not as if she’d ever have a chance with the former Delta Force Operative. For one thing, he lives in New Mexico, and she’s in Missouri...
  • Set In Stone: Special Holiday Edition by Dakota Willink

    Set In Stone: Special Holiday Edition by Dakota Willink

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two declarations of love. And a past that won’t set them free.Alexander I had rules. Krystina broke them.That’s just the way things were.But that didn’t mean I didn’t want to make her my wife.She exemplified the triskelion, representing my past, my present, and my future.Without her, I am nothing.But then the past returns to rear its ugly head...
  • Tight Laced by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Laced by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One of us will have to give up the future we’ve dreamed of if we’re going to make this work. It’s not going to be me. We can’t both have that same thought if we want to stay together when our contract ends.But the more I see him struggle against the things his mother does to him, the harder I fall. The more his ex tries to get in his way, the more I want to stand up for him...
  • Don't Chase a Player by Cami Checketts

    Don't Chase a Player by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A football player who's lost everything; a successful artist who values her seclusion. When he crashes into her world can she give him love and hope for a future? Don't miss any of the bestselling, fast-paced, and fun Strong Family romances. Strong Family Romance Novels: 1. Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend - Ella Strong 2. Her Loyal Protector 3...
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    sports  suspense  christian  contemporary
  • Don't Abandon the Superstar by Cami Checketts

    Don't Abandon the Superstar by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A hockey superstar who’s charmed his way through life; a woman who’s never had anything go right, desperate to free her wrongly accused mother. When their mixed luck crosses paths, life will never be the same. Is love at first sight possible? Austin Strong didn’t believe it, until Kate Joy met his gaze, and he crashed into a glass door...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  christian  contemporary  humor
  • Do Claim the Tempting Athlete by Cami Checketts

    Do Claim the Tempting Athlete by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A single mom with a horrific secret, a charming hockey player with a marriage deadline he refuses to meet, and the ghost from her past who won't stay hidden.Eve Jewel is busy and happy raising her daughter and running her fitness center. She doesn't need or trust anyone but her family...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  christian  humor  contemporary
  • Danger: A Driven World Novel (The Driven World) by Logan Chance

    Danger: A Driven World Novel (The Driven World) by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a danger on and off the track.Danger Hudson has made a career out of doing things the hard way. The tabloids have nicknamed him the 'Bad Boy of Racing' and he proves them right at every turn.Wild parties.Fast women.And even faster cars...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  sports  contemporary
  • Her One and Only by Becky Wade

    Her One and Only by Becky Wade

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Romance Fans Eagerly Anticipate Every New Release from Becky Wade Gray Fowler, star NFL tight end, is being pursued by a stalker, so his team hires a protection agency to keep Gray under the watch of a bodyguard at all times. When Gray meets Dru Porter, an agent assigned to him, he's indignant...
  • Tight Hold by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Hold by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The pro football player I’m faking a relationship with has the perfect solution to my career woes. He’s encouraging me to lean into the pseudo-celebrity life I was born into instead of trying to outrun it, and for the first time in my life, someone sees me for me.I feel like he’s falling for me, too.And then my ex shows up...
  • Holding on to Forever by Siobhan Davis, S.B. Alexander

    Holding on to Forever by Siobhan Davis, S.B. Alexander

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Secretly dating Coach Parker’s daughter was never part of the plan. Neither was becoming her dealer… ADAM Returning to my drug-dealing past wasn’t on the agenda when I accepted the full ride to play ball at Cypress U. But Mom lost her job. And my sister’s medical bills are mounting. So, I’ve no choice but to change the playbook...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  sports  new adult  contemporary
  • Tight End by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight End by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I knew playing with my feelings was a huge gamble with someone like him, but I did it anyway. And now I’ve learned the hard lesson that gambling and life in Vegas just aren’t for me.I have a lot of decisions I need to make on my own, so I take a job that will allow me to relocate, regroup, and make new friends as I try to figure out what comes next for me...
  • Fighting for Control by Melynda Price

    Fighting for Control by Melynda Price

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Nikko “the Bull” Del Toro, an ex-marine turned MMA fighter, only two things quiet the demons raging inside him—facing an opponent in the cage…and the memory of his hottest one-night stand. But when his PTSD resurfaces, causing him to lose control at a CFA press party, it’s his career that may be KO’d. Dr...
  • Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Francesca Rossi might be the youngest in a long line of badass siblings, but this computer whiz would rather hack a database than pack a pistol for the family business in Barefoot Bay.  When an assignment forces her out of her comfort zone and into the field, Chessie decides to amp up the excitement quotient and has her first one night stand with a sexy stranger she’ll never see again...
  • Tempting Fate by Pamela Clare

    Tempting Fate by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A woman with no roots… Naomi fled the cult-like nightmare of her childhood and learned to rely on one person—herself. Her resourcefulness keeps her alive during a catastrophe in the mountains, but it’s no help at all when it comes to Chaska Belcourt, the sexy EMT who saves her life...
  • Frostbite by Cambria Hebert

    Frostbite by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold. What if we lose everything? It was a question that had haunted me even after I spoke it aloud. Turns out one loss--one profound loss--is enough to put everything else at stake. What a house of cards life can be. How easily everything ices over. We've survived an avalanche, made it through a blizzard, but now a chill has set in...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  contemporary  new adult
  • Opposition: A Billionaire Enemies to Lovers Romance by Jane Henry

    Opposition: A Billionaire Enemies to Lovers Romance by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I hate Liam Alexander. I hate his Rolex. I hate his scowl. I hate everything his multi-billion-dollar company stands for. When the pompous, rich, arrogant jerk comes strutting into the coffee shop, I barely manage civility. But people make mistakes, and when I screw up, it's epic. I never expected the jerk would actually be a well-respected member of Club Verge...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  super rich hero  contemporary
  • Her Too-Perfect Boss by Cami Checketts

    Her Too-Perfect Boss by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sassy fitness expert, the irresistible man she refuses to fall for, and the tropical storm that will change everything. Navy Quinn has been dodging her perfect boss for over a decade, but a week on a remote island might prove to be her downfall with the tantalizing billionaire Holden Jennings...
  • Breaking Hailey by I.A. Dice

    Breaking Hailey by I.A. Dice

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HAILEY: One evening, two years’ worth of memories lost. Under the pretense of recovery, my father sends me to an elite boarding college, but soon, my memories start rushing back, and it’s obvious I’m not at Lakeside to heal. I’m here to hide. Navigating the scattered past to decipher the threat lurking in the shadows is hard while I’m kept in the dark and even harder when he steals my focus...
  • Castling The Rook by Emilia Finn

    Castling The Rook by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Die a hero. Forever remain a hero. Junior, baby-faced, rookie – Riley Cruz has heard it all. The youngest police recruit in town, Riley is thirty-one years old, but is constantly overlooked because of his youthful features and habit to keep his mouth shut when everyone else is loud. But not everything is as it seems. Not everyone is as innocent as they appear...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  sports  military  new adult  contemporary
  • Hustle by Chelle Bliss

    Hustle by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vinnie Gallo's the hottest rookie in professional football. He's a smooth-talker, good with his hands, and knows how to score. Bianca Hernandez thinks she's immune to Vinnie's charms. She's not impressed by the glitz, glamour, or fame, but after a six month self-imposed break from men and sex, she feels her resistance slipping...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  contemporary
  • Reckless Refuge by Catherine Cowles

    Reckless Refuge by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    There were shadows I was running from. Ones that haunted and taunted. Ones that made it so I had no choice but to disappear. I’d spent years hiding from the world. My little island haven, the only assurance of safety. It all changed the moment he showed up at my door. The hint of pain in his eyes told me that something haunted him, too. And I couldn’t help but be drawn closer...
  • Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t date football players.I’m not interested in the ones who are a decade older than me. I want nothing to do with the ones who play on the same team as my brothers, and I certainly avoid the ones who spend more time in strip clubs than kids’ clubs...
  • Rebel Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rebel Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NASH Parker Sawyer fell into my life like a bomb. The first sight of her hit me like an explosion, changing everything. My mind, my heart, my life. The goals I thought I had and the dreams I thought I wanted. Nothing was the same after Parker. The night I fell in love with her, I let her get away. This time, there's no escape. Parker can run but she won't get far. This time I have a plan...
  • Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Isaac Perry has spent the majority of his life wearing the Devil Hounds MC patches. As president, he’s used to making tough decisions, even the occasionally vicious ones. He doesn’t have to take orders from anyone anymore. He never bends, never breaks, until she literally stumbles into his life.Holly Garrison is young. Too young and innocent for an outlaw like Isaac to lay a hand on her...
  • Black Hearted by Julie Ann Walker

    Black Hearted by Julie Ann Walker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s everything she ever wanted. She’s everything he never knew he needed. Can she convince him she’s the one?The Black Knights are back and better than ever!Samuel Harwood has spent his entire career working in the black and gray areas of international intrigue. Living in the shadows for so long has made him forget who he was and where he came from...
  • Wildcard by Emilia Finn

    Wildcard by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    My name is Ben Conner. I’m a pro fighter, the son of a murderous wifebeater, overprotective big brother, and Evelyn Kincaid’s best friend. I’ve known Evie since we were kids. I loathed her on first sight, and picked on her as often as she picked on me, but somewhere around my fifteenth birthday, my dislike was replaced with something else. It was foreign and new, potent and exciting...
  • Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “Yes, sir.”Galen Harmon lives to hear those two words. And for fifteen years he lived the dream with a submissive who’d knelt at his feet and offered that simple phrase over and over again.But then she was gone. Ripped away in a heartbeat of savage betrayal and anguish that still haunts him.Until he met Alex.She’s everything that was taken from him...
  • The One for Forever by Hannah Shield

    The One for Forever by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He's the older man I've always wanted. An ex-Special Forces hero. My best friend’s dad.And now, he's the bodyguard assigned to protect me while I prosecute a killer.I’ve wanted Rex Easton since I was eighteen, yet he’s never looked at me twice. I’m determined to finally get over this crush. But after he swears to protect me from the faceless thugs who are after me, I can’t avoid him...
  • My Vegas Groom by Piper Rayne

    My Vegas Groom by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Waking up next to a stranger wearing a wedding ring was not on the itinerary.I came to Las Vegas for a quick girl’s trip, but somehow ended up a married woman. What I thought would stay in Vegas followed me back to my small town of Sunrise Bay, Alaska...
  • PUNCHED by Jacob Chance

    PUNCHED by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reagan is the one who got away - or should I say the one I drove away? Now, four years later, she’s back to manage the gym where I train. Seeing her everyday is a distraction I can’t afford. I’m so close to achieving the big payoff I’ve been working for. Nothing’s going to keep me from winning this belt - not even her.This is a second chance MMA romance standalone...
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