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  • The Final Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    The Final Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When life brings you the perfect person at the worst possible time… On a weekend visit to Las Vegas to visit his brother, Marine Braeden Daniels meets a woman who challenges him in ways he can’t deny. The best part is she wants what he wants. No strings. No feelings. Just fun. AJ is a Las Vegas performer who is finally living her dream. Growing up poor, she’s determined to succeed at any cost...
  • The Legend by Shey Stahl

    The Legend by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In a lifestyle of speed, adrenaline and desire, one racer has sacrificed everything for the sport he loved. In turn, he will fight for his name, his family and now his life to be the legend he’s been portrayed to be. You can be everything you set out to be if you want it bad enough. You can be that record breaker you said you’d be. You can be that hero you always thought you would be...
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  • All You Need Is Love by Jessica Redland

    All You Need Is Love by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When you’ve loved and lost, how do you find the strength to let love in again?Jemma thinks she’s found the love of her life. Scott is everything she ever dreamed of and she can’t wait to begin the next stage of their life together. But just as she is heading for her happy ever after, a shock revelation shatters Jemma’s life as she knows it...
  • A Breath of Fresh Air by Jessica Redland

    A Breath of Fresh Air by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The BRAND NEW uplifting novel from MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland Rosie feels like there's something missing in her life.She loves her job as the manager of Willowdale Hall Riding Stables, caring for the horses and teaching children to ride, and she loves the home she shares with her mother in the beautiful Lake District...
  • Tangled Twosome by Meghan Quinn

    Tangled Twosome by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Racer McKay is a broody bastard. From the moment I met him, he’s been rude, irritable, and unbearable. And worse? He's broke. A contractor working to remodel my parents pool house for extra cash, he stomps around in those clunky construction boots with his tool belt wrapped around his narrow waist, and a chip on his shoulder. Racer McKay is also infuriatingly . . . sexy as hell...
  • The Mistletoe Kisser: A Small Town Love Story by Lucy Score

    The Mistletoe Kisser: A Small Town Love Story by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Ryan Sosa, grumpy former corporate accountant, has had it up to here with surprises. He didn’t see getting fired coming. And he certainly didn’t anticipate flying across the country to the world’s hippie-est, happiest, most annoying town to save his great-uncle from some mysterious emergency...
  • Hiding Out by Lila Rose

    Hiding Out by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    What do you do when someone you trust threatens to sell you into slavery? Find the perfect place to hide out. Destitute and apathetic from the loss of her parents, Willow Demora is forced to accept any help thrown her way. Unfortunately, the only person willing to help is her cousin, a cousin who doesn't have a good bone in his body, and would do anything to stay out of the trouble he's in...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  humor  contemporary  bikers  suspense
  • Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I'm going to make her beg. Emma asked me to take her all the way. She wants to experience every delicious thing a woman can feel. She wants to be brought to the very edge of ecstasy, and then she wants to leap right off the cliff. I'm a complete playboy, an expert in the ways a man can make a woman beg, so naturally I accept. I love a good challenge...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  humor  contemporary
  • My Lucky Charm by Courtney Walsh

    My Lucky Charm by Courtney Walsh

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A humiliating break-up leads to an impulsive New Year’s Kiss with a complete stranger. What could possibly go wrong?It’s no secret that I love life. And Dr Pepper. But also, I love a challenge. . .So when the coach of the Chicago Comets gives me the opportunity to help their star player, newly traded to their team, acclimate to life in Chicago, I'm all in.I have to be...
  • Knockout by Jessica Prince

    Knockout by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It wasn’t fair that the man I hated with a passion was so freaking gorgeous.Things in Layla Fox’s life were going great. She had a fantastic job, amazing friends, and a killer apartment. There was just one tiny glitch in all that perfect. Her upstairs neighbor was the very definition of tall, dark, and handsome . . . and she hated the man with every cell in her body...
  • Scenes from the City by Penny Reid

    Scenes from the City by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    No longer for sale. aka... the Festivus Surprise 100% of proceeds go to Toys for Tots. This book cannot be read as a standalone. It is a collection of short scenes following the ladies from the 'Knitting in the City' series and will only be available in eBook format from December 1 - December 15, 2014...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  humor  contemporary  new adult
  • My Lucky Charm by Courtney Walsh

    My Lucky Charm by Courtney Walsh

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A humiliating break-up leads to an impulsive New Year’s Kiss with a complete stranger. What could possibly go wrong?It’s no secret that I love life. And Dr Pepper. But also, I love a challenge. . .So when the coach of the Chicago Comets gives me the opportunity to help their star player, newly traded to their team, acclimate to life in Chicago, I'm all in.I have to be...
  • Check Swing by Carrie Aarons

    Check Swing by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
    Categorized as:
    sports  office  contemporary  humor  baseball
  • Not Part of the Plan by Lucy Score

    Not Part of the Plan by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    From the Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author comes a new installment to the Blue Moon small town romance series. A womanizing bad boy with a motorcycle and sexy-as-sin smile is not part of Emma’s life plan. She moved cross-country to be close to family and finally settle down in hippie, trippy, nosey Blue Moon Bend...
  • Otterly Irresistible by Erin Nicholas

    Otterly Irresistible by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a smoking hot, but grouchy vet meets a sunny and sassy optimist? An opposites attract, grumpy boss, small town romance that's otterly irresistible. Broody wildlife veterinarian Griffin Foster is done. Done trying to save the world. Done getting attached...
    Categorized as:
    cold hero  m-f  contemporary  humor
  • Your Christmas Love (The Bennett Family) by Layla Hagen

    Your Christmas Love (The Bennett Family) by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sienna Hensley loves everything about the Christmas season, from hanging decorations to the cozy get-togethers with her family. Despite being part of the well-known Bennett family, Sienna is determined to first gather experience before joining their business. Her job at Statham department store is perfect for that. But her new boss, Winston, is going to be a slight problem...
  • Needing Him by Kennedy Fox

    Needing Him by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Introducing book 2 in the Bishop Brothers series! A steamy new southern romance series by USA Today Bestselling author duo, Kennedy Fox! Evan Bishop is your typical hotshot doctor. Hardass, brooding, and all business. Instead of working on the family ranch, Evan broke the mold and became an ER doctor...
  • Holy Frigging Matrimony by Emma Chase

    Holy Frigging Matrimony by Emma Chase

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    What does Drew Evans have to say next? Find out in this forty page short story, filled with his sexy charm, unique advice and hilarious one-liners. Marriage: the final frontier. Steven went first. He was kind of our test subject. Like those monkeys that NASA sent off into space in the fifties, all the while knowing they’d never make it back. And now another poor rocket is ready to launch...
  • ICED by Jacob Chance

    ICED by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Oliver Ice, one of Boston University’s notorious hockey players, has been on my radar since I slammed into his rock-hard body during my first week of college, three years ago. He helped me to my feet, muttered an apology, and ran off after his girlfriend, dashing my hopes of a happily ever after. Now, he’s the bartender where I work, and this time, very much single...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  humor  new adult  contemporary  hockey
  • Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

    Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Harvest Grove News:Another Halloween season is upon us! As usual, please be mindful of the movie fans traveling from Vine Street to Cinnamon Way. Favorite bar owner, Ford Prescott, is back in town for his yearly stay, making this his sixth October in Harvest Grove! Be sure to welcome him warmly when you see him at the Wicked Pub and Grub...
  • The Billionaire's Promise by Ivy Layne

    The Billionaire's Promise by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    For two years I held Vance Winters off… Right up until the day my fiancé dumped me for his mistress and Vance kissed me senseless. Vance Winters was six feet of dangerously beautiful mayhem. Wicked blue eyes, tousled blond hair, and golden skin covered in tattoos. Trouble. I should have taken one look and run in the other direction...
  • Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid

    Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 76 ratings
    There are three things you should know about Quinn Sullivan: 1) He is madly in love with Janie Morris, 2) He’s not above playing dirty to get what (or who) he wants, and 3) He doesn’t know how to knit. After just five months of dating Janie, Quinn—former Wendell and unapologetic autocrat—is ready to propose marriage. In fact, he’s more than ready...
  • Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant

    Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The lies will come back to bite you every time...Never borrow pants from your brother. Especially if he’s a size smaller than you are, because all that pressure in the junk will short-circuit your brain.And you’ll lie to a woman in a club about your real name.Leave her unsatisfied after making out in a bathroom.Then find out that she’s the one thing standing in the way of your dreams...
  • Savor by Xavier Neal

    Savor by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lately, Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar's life has been a series of miscommunications with catastrophic consequences. However, this time around, the consequences threaten to not only damage his current relationships but erase a future he only ever dreamed of...
  • The Baby Clause by Melanie Moreland

    The Baby Clause by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    This is a chapter for charity - all profits to go the Keith Milano Memorial Fund. A glimpse into Richard and Katy's future. Reading the book The Contract first is highly recommended. Contains spoilers...
  • Aiden by Lisa Helen Gray

    Aiden by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the second book in A Next Generation Carter Brother Novel; a spin-off from The Carter Brothers. I wasn’t looking for love. I was Aiden Carter; I didn’t do the whole fuzzy, lovey, romantic crap. I loved to party. I loved sex. I loved women. If I wanted it, I got it. It was the way my world worked and I made no qualms about it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  humor  contemporary  abuse  single-father
  • Pitch Please by Lani Lynn Vale

    Pitch Please by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Baseball is life, the rest is just details. Everyone who’s played the game has heard those words a time or two. But Hancock has heard them his entire life from his parents. His family has lived and breathed baseball even before he started little league...
  • Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

    Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Harvest Grove News:Another Halloween season is upon us! As usual, please be mindful of the movie fans traveling from Vine Street to Cinnamon Way. Favorite bar owner, Ford Prescott, is back in town for his yearly stay, making this his sixth October in Harvest Grove! Be sure to welcome him warmly when you see him at the Wicked Pub and Grub...
  • The Show by Lulu Moore

    The Show by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    As any true sports fan will tell you, once you have an allegiance to a team it's set in stone. It's unwavering. It's finite. You never leave.Yet somehow, I’ve been asked to do just that.To set aside my love for The Yankees and take ownership of The New York Lions - the worst team in Major League Baseball.Oh, yes, and turn them into winners...
  • Earn Your Extra Credit by Meghan Quinn

    Earn Your Extra Credit by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    "She went home with someone else that night?" Hearing the disbelief from my best friend's mouth makes the events of my failed date sting that much more. I would like to make it known, I have a lot more swagger than what it seems. I don't normally ask a girl out, have her fail to recognize it's a date, and then give me a high five--as if I'm her wingman--and take off with someone else. No...
  • Grumpy the Bear by Marika Ray

    Grumpy the Bear by Marika Ray

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s a tattooed, blue-eyed jerk who has no business being a single dad. He’s also my next-door neighbor, and after negotiations, my grumpy employer for the summer.I don’t put up with cocky males normally and I certainly won’t put up with that man making noise at all hours of the day and night while he builds his glamp-ground...
  • Tripp by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Tripp by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tripp Patton is not the guy you take home to meet your mom.He is the number one sports agent in the world, and he didn’t get there by playing nice.On the verge of signing the biggest player of his career, someone gets in his way.Lennon Edwards, a younger agent trying to make a name for herself. She’s hungry for success, relentless, and drop-dead gorgeous...
  • Cage's Misconduct by Nikki Worrell

    Cage's Misconduct by Nikki Worrell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dalton ‘Cage’ Booker is the number one goalie for the San Diego Scorpions. Most people describe him as willful and stubborn—sometimes even difficult to control. More often than not, words fly out of his mouth without the benefit of passing through his brain first. And women love him...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  humor  contemporary  hockey
  • Can't Resist Him by Molly McLain, Sommer Stein

    Can't Resist Him by Molly McLain, Sommer Stein

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    *** SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE OF $2.99!*** Sometimes what you want and what you need are two very different things. Always relegated to the "friends with benefits" corner of small town River Bend, Jenny Riley is done giving the milk for free. Falling hard for a bad boy? Not in the plan, either. Sexy, emotionally-wounded Marine Reservist Brody Nelson just needs someone to lend an ear...
  • Bucking Bear by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Bucking Bear by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, the biggest fights of your life are the ones outside the ring. Grace They call Max "Bear" for a reason. He's enormous and hairy, and not someone you want to mess with -- in the ring or out of it. But he's wonderful with my daughter and he makes me feel like a queen. Things were great until my baby daddy started causing trouble...
  • Pulling Doubles by Christina C. Jones

    Pulling Doubles by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    All Devyn wants – besides a tall, fine husband and eventually a few babies to fulfill her “about to turn thirty, running out of time, cute black family” dreams – is to finish her yearlong internship at University Hospital...
  • Mine To Cherish by Natasha Madison

    Mine To Cherish by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day.Aren't they?ClarabellaDid I want to get married today?It's hard to say when he proposed in front of over a hundred people.Everything happened so fast, and I thought it was just nerves.It was not.The knock on the door showed me that what I was feeling was more than just cold feet.I was a runaway bride...
  • Bumbled Love: plus-size sports romance by Lila Rose

    Bumbled Love: plus-size sports romance by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    When Brooke Baker first meets Dustin Grant, the attraction is instant. Add in how he doesn’t cringe at the mention of anal beads, then she’s crushing hard. With a chance second meeting where he’s in need of help with a charity dinner, Brooke is more than ready to step in.Despite her being dressed to the nines, her perfect day out with the handsome football player doesn’t go as planned...
  • Merry Christmas, Baby by Jill Shalvis

    Merry Christmas, Baby by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis brings you a heartwarming tale that could only happen in Lucky Harbor . . . SEASON'S KISSES Wild child Chloe Thompson can't believe how much things have changed. She still can't get enough of her sexy husband Sawyer, but he seems to prefer working to thinking about impending fatherhood...
  • DIRTY REBOUND: A Slayers Hockey Novel by Mira Lyn Kelly

    DIRTY REBOUND: A Slayers Hockey Novel by Mira Lyn Kelly

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I care too much about Cammy Wesley to marry her…Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. But hear me out. Cammy’s my best friend. The one person I can’t live without. The girl with the sunshine smile, the loaded fridge, and the most awesome kid I’ve ever met. She’s also the hot AF single mom I’ve made it my mission to protect from guys like me...
  • Then Came You by Jill Shalvis

    Then Came You by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Rumor Has It and the Lucky Harbor series comes the story of a woman whose world is turned upside down by one night's torrid fling... Veterinary intern Emily can’t believe she wound up in the small town of Sunshine, Idaho, instead of the Los Angeles clinic she had always imagined. Now she has to put her plans to move to L.A...
  • Play Me by Kelly Elliott, Kristin Mayer

    Play Me by Kelly Elliott, Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She has a head for business and a body for sin. He is a coach who knows how to use his equipment. Neither is looking for love. Should be easy, right? Wrong. This might be the most important game Kendall Wales and Hunter Owens have ever played where everything is on the line. With one wrong play, they could lose it all...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  humor  contemporary  insta-love
  • Out of Love by R.C. Boldt

    Out of Love by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Foster Kavanaugh, former Navy SEAL, knows what it’s like to be the top dog, the man in charge, the one calling the shots. Now that he’s running his own security consulting firm, not much has changed. Except the curvy blonde he hired as his office manager. Noelle Davis has been through the damn ringer...
  • Playing the Billionaire by Sasha Lace

    Playing the Billionaire by Sasha Lace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She dominates the soccer pitch.But he’s the boss in the bedroom.MiriI always dreamed of playing football for England. When Gabe Rivers, the billionaire Director of Calverdale Ladies, offers me a spot on his team, I should be ecstatic.Except Gabe doesn’t just want me as his new striker – he wants me in his bed.After a break-up from hell, my priority is protecting my heart...
  • The Wednesday Morning Wild Swim by Jules Wake

    The Wednesday Morning Wild Swim by Jules Wake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For fans of The Saturday Morning Park Run! Take the plunge and discover a gorgeous new read full of friendship, love and the healing power of community!Ettie is trying to figure out her future.Dominic’s just trying to forget his past...
  • The Boy Friend by Mika Jolie

    The Boy Friend by Mika Jolie

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    According to the law of attraction, women and men can’t be friends. Contrary to this myth, my friendship with Coriander Phillips does not rest on unrequited love or un-actualized lust. We’ve been inseparable since the day I pulled one of her pigtails and she punched me in the gut. She’s hilarious, fun to hang out with...
  • Traded by Lisa Suzanne

    Traded by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The 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...
    Categorized as:
    sports  office  contemporary  humor
  • Since I Fell For You by Bella Andre

    Since I Fell For You by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with the San Francisco and Seattle Sullivans. Now get ready to fall in love with the New York Sullivans! BOOK DESCRIPTION: Suzanne Sullivan doesn't need a bodyguard. After all, she's one of the most successful digital security specialists in the world―so she can most certainly take care of herself despite the problems she's been running into lately...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  m-f  humor  new adult  contemporary
  • Home Game by Lisa Suzanne

    Home Game by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Getting fired and dumped in the same thirty seconds makes for a pretty bad Tuesday. But by Thursday, I’ll be in Vegas celebrating my brother’s wedding. Since I could use a fresh start, he offers me a place to stay with a buddy of his.At the bachelorette party, a raunchy game results in a quest to find me a one-night stand...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  contemporary  humor  siblings-bff  football
  • See Me After Class by Meghan Quinn

    See Me After Class by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "Did you have relations with my brother . . ." Good question. I’d like to preface this by saying it was never my intention to ever get involved in a workplace romance, let alone get involved with the most surly, agitating, and pompous man I’ve ever met who just so happens to be my new friend’s brother...
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