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The Vincent Boys Collection: Extended and Uncut by Abbi Glines
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome things are too scandalously steamy to print…This ebook-only collection of The Vincent Boys and The Vincent Brothers contains exclusive scenes of scintillating seduction.Sawyer Vincent is the golden boy. The football star. The straight-A student with the perfect girlfriend to match. His cousin Beau Vincent is the opposite. The bad boy. The rebel. Super sexy—and super dangerous... -
Interference by Zoe Reed
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe last thing Jordan Marshall wants is a relationship, especially with someone like Taylor Becks, the star player from a rival roller hockey team. Taylor doesn’t talk – to anyone. When Jordan’s curiosity about the athlete overpowers her predisposition to being guarded, the two strike up an unlikely romance... -
Broken Empire by Callie Rose
Truths will be uncovered. Alliances will shift.And nothing will ever be the same.The final book in the Boys of Oak Park Prep series is coming soon.**The release date will be moved forward... -
The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Truth In Lies Series. READ This Much Is True, book 1 first, although it's been written as a standalone. Readers say, don't do that. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway ~ A Farewell To Arms They share an epic love but one moment changes everything. A life together that seemed certain is shattered... -
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Whistleblower by Kate Marchant
Kate Marchant presents a story about a young journalist who fights for the truth to come to light—even if it means she might lose everything . . . Laurel Cates has never wanted the spotlight... -
Made to Love You by Megan Smith, Elaine York
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJaylinn McCormick had finally found the man who makes her life complete. After putting the most terrifying night of her life behind her, she’s moving on. Suddenly, unexpected life altering events have Jaylinn spiraling in an unknown direction. Will she be able to survive? Cooper Cahill finally found a balance in his life... -
Fallen Crest Campout: A Fallen Crest/Crew crossover novella by Tijan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSam and Mason return to Fallen Crest for a camping trip.They head north, meeting up with a few friends from Roussou and enjoy a night of booze, some leapfrogging, and there’s a small therapy session to air out some tension in the group... -
Let Me Love You by Megan Smith
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWill their lives take them in different directions? Jaylinn McCormick is determined to forget that one terrifying night which left her feeling broken and tainted. There is one person who can make her whole again… but he is hell bent on keeping her at arm’s length. She has loved him her entire life but can she wait for him to step up to the plate? Cooper Cahill has loved Jaylinn for years... -
Trust Him: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratings𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻.Hadley Rexford wasn’t supposed to get under my skin. But I thought she was like me, until I push her too far, and destroy everything we had.I want to hurt her.Consume her. In the end, I’ll make sure she’s only ever mine.Cole Jagger wasn’t to supposed to become everything to me... -
Habits by Anna B. Doe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow can something so wrong feel so good? A brand new standalone in Greyford High series is coming March 27th! Senior year. Three girls. Three guys. Secrets and lies. Demons of past and present. Old insecurities and new fears. One more year left to pretend. One more year to wreck it all. The countdown begins... -
Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe strongest bodybuilder in Emerson isn’t a match for my focus.Emerson Dance is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the country. And I got kicked off the team right before nationals because my curves don’t “fit.” Not their idea of a perfect dancer's body and definitely not their costume.I’m going to enter the competition on my own and show them that every body is a dancer’s body... -
Bittersweet Always by Ella Fields
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom bestselling author Ella Fields comes an all new standalone. An emotional new adult romance that proves love is worth fighting your demons for. Toby Hawthorne was an enigma. One I didn't factor into my college plans. I wasn't looking for love. I wasn't not looking for it either. And in that state of in-between, he found me. Unaware of the battle he fought everyday, I fell fast... -
Crowned Crew: Heights POVs & Stories (The Heights Crew) by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Crew is back!Delve inside the world of the Heights Crew with stories of how Kyla’s sexy, dangerous guys—Johnny, Brawler, Oscar, and Magnum—ended up in the Crew.Then, read a variety of scenes from all four books from the guys’ perspective... -
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn #ownvoices contemporary YA set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything on the line—even her blooming love story—to follow her dreams.In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life...Categorized as:
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Flame by Erin Noelle, Kerry Genova
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m soaring. After years of hard work and determination, I am exactly where I want to be in life. As the top ranked Freestyle Motocross rider in the world, I have more money than I could ever dream of spending and gorgeous women throwing themselves at me in every city I land. I have everything I want. Everything except her... -
Dreams of Gold by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNine months ago, Amaliya Marcell’s world was rocked when she nearly lost her parents in a devastating accident. In that moment, everything changed, and it was with no small amount of determination that the former ballerina rebuilt her life into something wonderful alongside the man she loves, her pairs ice-skating partner, Tyler.Since he was a child, Tyler Linden has dreamed of Olympic gold... -
Catch Me by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFear… Fear of the unknown. Fear of feeling. Fear of losing. I think I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’m just one scared girl in a world where there’s a lot to be afraid of. Cade, Lex, and Reid helped. They pulled me out of my own head, helped me feel a sliver of happiness again. But with that, I gained a new set of worries. What if I lost another person I love? I’m not perfect... -
Love Struck: Maddison High School Book 2 by Nikki Ashton
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe’s the girl he wants but can’t keep He’d shown me that I did hold some light in my life. I wasn’t all misery and darkness, there was sunshine in there too. Life for survivor Sarah Danes has finally started to brighten. After opening up and trusting the bad boy bully of Maddison High, love is beginning to touch parts of her life she’d thought long dead... -
Varsity Rulebreaker by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHollis Taylor is allowed to break the rules. She’s coach’s little girl. And she’s good. If that means she gets to bump one of the guys for the starting catcher’s job on the Public High baseball team, then the others on the squad better suck it up and deal. But breaking rules has taken Cannon Jennings far in life... -
Deposed by Sofia Daniel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEdward, Henry and Blake used to rule the school. Now they just rule me. They know my secret. Something that will get me into a world of hurt. And now they own me, body, mind, and soul. These days, I play their dangerous games. And I’m helpless to their seductive kisses. I’m in the biggest trouble in my life. But I’m not sure I want to be free... -
Defiance Falls by Ali Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*99 Cent SALE for Preorder only! Will go up to full price upon release.* All I wanted was a little trouble. Okay, so maybe choosing Cruz Donovan’s 18th birthday party wasn’t the way to go about it. Three years ago, I fell for him. I thought he fell for me too. But when he broke it off, he took my heart and, as if that wasn’t enough, he took my best friends too... -
Turmoil by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThey call themselves the Elite—four boys from the wealthiest and most prominent families in Elmwood, which somehow gives them the right to be righteous A-holes. Gorgeous. Arrogant. No regard for rules. And Brock Taylor is the worst of them all. I wish I had known that before I slept with him. A night I just want to forget. But Brock won’t let me. They aren’t just high school boys... -
At the Buzzer by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSenior year. My last chance…The Ballers took everything away from me last year. Riding the bench wasn’t what I’d planned, and I don’t want a repeat of that this season. I can’t have a repeat of that, not if I want to accomplish all those goals I set for myself when I first came to RHS.There’s one problem though. One Baller is determined to keep me on the sidelines. I’m broken because of him... -
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Defenseless Hearts by Meagan Brandy
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter months of silence, here she stands on my front porch, waiting to be let in again. But it's the same play every time, and I know how this ends - I give her all I have and she carries it with her on the way back to him. I should turn her away, but I won't. Couldn't do it if I tried. Because no matter how many times she pops back up, pulls me in and drags me under, it will never be enough... -
Cry Baby by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTristan Lopez is loyal to his brothers. He doesn’t really have a choice, born into a gang that has a chokehold on every kid that roams its streets. He gave his life to them willingly, knowing if he did then one day this kingdom, led by boys drunk with power and ruled by fear, would all be his. He was loyal through it all. Loyal when prison took his dad away... -
The Falling of Love by Marisa Oldham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou will never forget your first date, your first kiss, or your first love. You will also never forget how it felt when it was torn apart. Seventeen-year old Grace Hathaway does not give much thought to falling in love, until the day that Ian Taylor, rebel and misfit walks into her math class. From their first conversation, Grace is mesmerized by Ian's charisma and rock star façade... -
The Aubrey Rules by Aven Ellis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome of the Aubrey Rules to Live By: *If I’m going to indulge in French fries, I must add extra time to the treadmill the next day. *Always keep your work and private life separate. *Being open to new experiences will never involve eating kale. *Never, ever date a professional athlete. For Chicago social media professional Aubrey Paige, the rules are everything... -
High School Debut, Vol. 02 by Kazune Kawahara
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHopeless Haruna needs help finding a boyfriend! After failing to win the eye of any guy in high school, Haruna enlists the help of cute upperclassman Yoh to coach her on how to make herself more appealing to the male species. Yoh agrees, with one catch: Haruna had better not fall for him!Haruna begins to develop feelings for Fumiya, Yoh's friend... -
The Winning Side by CM Doporto
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLexi’s determined to keep her word and stand by Raven’s side because her love for him is too strong to deny. As Raven learns to deal with the issues that are destined to destroy him and their relationship, their love is taken to a new level. As doors are closed and new ones are opened, Lexi and Raven find themselves in a heavenly bliss, but not without the challenges from Raven’s past... -
Pep Talks by Ali Dean
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratings(This is the fourth book in the Pepper Jones series, which should be read in order. The first three books in the series may be purchased as a box set for a discounted price, under the title “The Pepper Jones Collection.”) Pepper’s freshman year at college is a harder transition than she anticipated... -
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Wednesday Riders by Tudor Robins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe island. Meg can’t wait to get back. She’s excited to see her new mare kick up her heels in Salem’s old paddock. She’s impatient to run on country roads between breeze-blown hayfields.Mostly, Meg longs to be back with Jared again.It’s going to be the perfect summer... -
Revenge Kisses by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratings*A SEXY romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling author Addison Moore * ***All 3:AM KISSES books can be read as sexy STANDALONES *** Nothing feels better than REVENGE. Don’t get mad. Get even. When Knox and I catch our respective plus ones making out, all hell breaks loose. So we do the only thing we can—date one another to drive our exes to the brink... -
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Varsity Tiebreaker by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAbby Cortez is a girl with goals, on the verge of turning eighteen and on the brink of stardom. Falling in love isn't just something she doesn't have time for, it's something she doesn't really believe in. Her rule? Date but never, ever fall.Tory "Salvatore" D'Angelo loves falling in love...just not for real... -
Varsity Captain by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA new book in the Varsity Series is coming soon! Varsity Captain will give readers the experience and backstory of Varsity Heartbreaker (book 1 in the series) told from Lucas Fuller's POV. This is a full-length novel with brand new content and not just a simple retelling... -
The Striker by Daniela Romero
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI can’t be fixed, no matter how hard he tries.Gabriel Herrera saved my life.He picked up all my broken pieces and tried to put me back together again.But life doesn’t work that way.And PacNorth’s star striker deserves more than a hot mess like me.So, I pushed him away. I swore I didn’t love him back.I lied right through my teeth.It was for his own good.Then Gabriel suggests we casually hook up... -
Tales From Foster High by John Goode
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew edition contains new material and story points not in the original version. Sharper story telling, different points of view, same old Foster High.Kyle Stilleno is the invisible student even in his nothing high school in the middle of Nowhere, Texas. Brad Graymark is the baseball star of Foster High... -
Guarded Heart by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife can be very scary...Really Scary when a wounded heart is involved. Giving your entire heart to someone is hard enough once but when it is completely shattered by the one person you believed would always keep it safe only makes it almost impossible to give it away a second time... -
The Southern Nights Series by M. Never
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKamdyn Ellis is the man. Mr. All-Star athlete and resident bad boy. #7 quarterback on the field, and #1 player off. Every guy at school wants to be him, and every girl at school wants to date him. Well, except Laney Summers that is. The sassy city girl is the only one immune to Kam’s clear blue eyes and arsenal of southern charm... -
Drops of Rain by Kathryn Andrews
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAli Rain Sometimes I think to myself, “How did I get here?” Then the pain hits and I remember…it’s because she’s gone. I now live in a new town, go to a new school, and I’m supposed to be moving on with my new life. Only, I no longer know who I am anymore. Dancing is all I have left and every day I feel completely alone. Silence has become the theme song to my life... -
Sworn Enemies: A Small Town Enemies To Lovers Sports Romance by Rebel Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSworn Enemies is a new compelling story in The Football Boys Collection: a series of unconnected standalone books. You’ll fall in love with Quinn and Zeke.. -
Fight for Her #2: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe smash series from bestselling author JJ Knight continues... Only one person in the world could get me and Maddie back together. Our little girl. But just when I feel like we’ve got it made, I lose an MMA fight, a big one. I take a blow that might have killed anyone else. For a while, we don’t even know if I’ll be able to fight again... -
The Game by HJ Bellus
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**Mature Content Warning** Recommended for ages 17+ due to language and sexual content. Born to shine. Groomed to dominate. Levi Wilks is destined only to be a champion… Number one on the field, in the record books, and in every fans’ heart. This star QB is perfection from head to toe. Only his looks rival his talent on the field... -
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Speak No Evil by Jordan Ford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s eighteen. She’s pregnant. She’s terrified. He's injured, alone and dying on the ice. Can these two strangers protect each other from the dangers that are coming for them?Kade Kingsley is sick of hiding out in the middle of nowhere.He should be having a good time, partying and living it up, not playing bodyguard to his best friend’s runaway girlfriend... -
Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I lost the fight. I lost her. But I don't care about my promise. I'm chasing that girl... again." Haze Adams and Winter Kingston were supposed to be a done deal. A onetime thing. The notorious street fighter had one goal and one goal only: make the girl fall in love, break her heart to hurt his enemies, and move on to the next best thing. Easy, right? Wrong... -
Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMaguire is bad luck. No matter how many charms she buys off the internet or good luck rituals she performs each morning, horrible things happen when Maguire is around. Like that time the rollercoaster jumped off its tracks. Or the time the house next door caught on fire. Or that time her brother, father, and uncle were all killed in a car crash—and Maguire walked away with barely a scratch... -
Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeck Callahan.Star defensive Lineman.Most popular boy on campus.One of my best friends.He’s always been off limits because I know a relationship with him could never work. Like, ever. He’s too perfect, too sweet, too good looking. Taking what we have a step further has the potential to ruin everything, and his friendship is too important to me... -
Crossing the Ice by Jennifer Comeaux
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFalling hard never felt so good. Pair skaters Courtney and Mark have one shot left at their Olympic dream. They vow not to let anything get in their way, especially not Josh and Stephanie, the wealthy and talented brother and sister team. The heart doesn’t always listen to reason, though… The more time Courtney spends with sweet, shy Josh, the harder she falls for him...Categorized as:
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Faster Dirtier by Colleen Masters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn to race. Destined to fall. Ainsley 'Ace' Vaughn is one of the best drivers in the world. She also happens to be female—and in the male-dominated world of racing, that means season after season on the bench of a cut-rate F3 team. That is, until she’s recruited by the world’s best F1 team to become their first female driver...
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