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#FinishLine by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEvery race has a finish line. Where you go after you cross it is what matters most. And sometimes, that's the most intriguing. Here at GearShark, we've featured lots of drivers. All of them are well acquainted with the finish line. And as race fans, we're well acquainted with cheering as they cross it. What we aren't privy to is riding shotgun, seeing where they drive once the race is over... -
Playing For Keeps: #UofJ Book 3 (U of J) by Alley Ciz
@𝗨𝗼𝗳𝗝𝟰𝟭𝟭: 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗰𝘂𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘅. #𝗜𝘀𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 #𝗗𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 #𝗞𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏.𝗠𝗲: six foot five, two hundred and fifty pounds, collegiate football player. Protected by my pint-sized girlfriend. Comical. Ridiculous. 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗡... -
Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI'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... -
#Vacay by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA #Hashtag and BearPaw Resort Crossover Novella VACATION MODE ON #Vacay Itinerary: —Make new friends —Meet a big dog —Kiss in the snow —Don’t get lost —Ignore the press —Don’t make national news —Drink all the cocoa —Wear all the hoodies —Eat all the food —Get lit! *#Vacay is a crossover novella featuring the characters from the reader favorite Hashtag Series and BearPaw Resort series by... -
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Delayed Call by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsVaughn Johansson is the Nashville Assassins' star player. He's brash, cocky, and talented. And he isn't afraid to let anyone know it. He lives his life on his own terms, never forming romantic attachments, and only allowing his very closest to see his true, caring self. Brie Soledad has the weight of the world on her shoulders... -
Brazen Steele by Ali Dean
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeckett Steele knows what he wants and he’s finally going after it. But there’s one thing that might complicate his mission. It was easy to sign the legally-binding contract prohibiting a public relationship when he had no intention of falling in love... -
ICED by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOliver 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... -
The Two Week Stand: A Sizzling Beach Romance by Samantha Towle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom NYT bestselling author Samantha Towle comes a sizzling beach romance, that will leave you hot in all the right places…Dillon Dawson loves to write romance despite her latest relationship ending with her traveling to the Maldives alone on what was supposed to be her honeymoon. Now, the only thing she wants is two weeks of uninterrupted peace and quiet with absolutely no men in sight... -
Dirty Daddies by Maren Smith, Maggie Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStrong, sexy, dirty as hell... twelve Daddy Doms who know what they want.Twelve women who just don't stand a chance. Dirty Daddies is a sultry anthology of panty-melting romances starring twelve commanding Daddy Doms who won't accept anything less than total surrender... -
The Carolina Cold Fury Hockey Series by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover the series that led Violet Duke to rave, “Sawyer Bennett never fails to deliver heroes I fall hard for and heroines I adore.” Featuring the chiseled bad boys of the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team, these electrifying romances are melting hearts, one reader at a time... -
Buried Alive by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNine years after a tragic accident, Hannah “Brennley” Evans has returned home to the snowy mountains of Whistler, Canada. This is the very place that destroyed her, where her whole world ended, and the reason she now goes by Hannah Jennings. Struggling with his own tragic past, Rhys Axton, an infamous sexy snowboarding champion, wants nothing more than to be the next Olympic hopeful... -
Jax by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI had real love once. The all-consuming, toe-curling kind of love.Fate had other plans for the two of us though.Ruled by a world of dangerous men, I did something reprehensible. I did what I needed to survive. I betrayed Jax—the only man who ever truly cared whether I lived or died.Years later, I remain a brokenhearted plaything. A puppet to maneuver around a chess board... -
Subzero by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy best friend, Liam Mattison, was born with snow in his veins. Me? Ice. Maybe that’s why my eyes are this color. Maybe it’s because I was born in Caribou, where there’s more snow than sun. I always knew I had a chill within me, but after my time with the army, that chill froze over. I saw and did things most people couldn’t fathom. I made contacts with people who were more beast than man... -
In the Crease by Toni Aleo
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJensen Monroe is a unicorn. As handsome as any model, as polite as can be, a goalie of unmatched skill, and the best friend anyone could ask for. But he longs for a particular special someone to make his life complete. He’s been in love with Wren since he was a teenager, but as his best friend’s sister, she’s always been off-limits... -
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Just Another Spark by Carly Phillips
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a rock star wanted by millions.She’s a wife willing to fight for their love. Rock star Dash Kingston is finishing the last leg of his band’s U.S. tour. Exhausted and ready to be home, he can’t wait to see his girl. Time zones, show times, and the demands of his career have made married life harder than expected. Even knowing the rock star life wouldn’t make their relationship easy... -
The Rival by Kendall Ryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing stranded in remote Canada with a hottie?Wasn’t part of my summer plans.Dump my cheating ex? Check.Land an amazing job with Boston’s professional hockey franchise? Check.Fall stupidly in love with hockey’s favorite bad boy? Ugh.After wasting years of my life with the wrong person, I told myself all I wanted was a little no-strings fun... -
Rafe by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI was living my dream until one phone call changed everything. As the second line center for the Arizona Vengeance, my mind has been on one thing—helping my team bring home a championship. But that all changed when I found out my dad had cancer and only months to live. In that moment, nothing mattered more than getting home to North Carolina to be by his side... -
Game Changer: A Wynn Hockey Novel by Kelly Jamieson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJackson Wynn I don’t want anything to do with my crazy family’s drama, which I’ve been watching unfold from a distance over the last year, but now my grandfather has Alzheimer’s and I feel I need to at least make a quick visit to see him. My hockey season’s over, all I have to do is get through my teammate Steve’s wedding, and then I’m on a plane to Los Angeles to do my family duty... -
Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSt. Louis Mavericks star defender Lars Jansson is dead set against relationships. A new love makes him wonder if maybe he can change, but first, he must confront the truth about who he is.LarsOn the ice, I’m unstoppable. If anyone is in my way, it’s simple—I move them. Hockey is my life, and I don’t have the patience for relationships spanning more than one night... -
Ever After by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe thought he could break them apart, but he only made them stronger. Pushed to the limit by secrets and lies, it's time to fight back. My Lost Boys and I aren't going to take any more and the gloves are coming off. We’ve been through hell and it’s finally time for our happy ever after, but the person responsible for everything has one last trick up his sleeve... -
Never Again by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe were supposed to be living our Happily Ever After. It’s been three months since we graduated. X started college, Riot's got his Motocross sponsorship, and Baz is working 20 hour days to try to clean up Peter's mess. Me? I don’t have a clue what I want to do with my life yet. But that might not matter... -
HOLDING by Alexandria House
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsChildhood neighbors, enemies, best friends, lovers, enemies, Sires lineman Terrence Ford and his ex-wife, Krystle, have meant all these things to each other. Once believing their union was indestructible, they find themselves unhappily apart. Maybe what they see as an ending is really the beginning of a stronger bond and a deeper understanding of what love really is... -
Wild Heart by Beth Ehemann
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor Lawrence “Viper” Finkle, hockey isn’t just a sport, it’s a way of life. Since the first time he stepped onto the ice at just eight years old, he knew what he was meant to do, and he does it well. When his career takes an unexpected hit, and his relationship is pushed to the breaking point, he’s left sidelined and wondering what his future holds... -
Tacker by Sawyer Bennett
I am not okay. Fifteen months ago, my life was turned upside down when the plane I was piloting went down. Injured and trapped in the wreckage, I had to watch my fiancée die a painfully slow death, which is something that can really mess with your head. Since that day, I’ve had little desire to do much of anything. Except play hockey, that is... -
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Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started with a heated one-night stand... Three months after a first date that ended in a night of explosive passion, Caress Coleman and Julius Jones find themselves somewhere between roommates with benefits and true love. She's smart, beautiful--and one paycheck away from broke. He's smart, handsome, and very successful. But that's just the beginning of their differences... -
Cage's Misconduct by Nikki Worrell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDalton ‘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... -
Revived by Tia Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'll stop at nothing until Julia Chase is safe in my arms. I had it all—fame, fortune, a woman who loved me, and the start of a family—until one tragic night took them all away... Now, only my nightmares keep me company. I haven't stepped in the cage since, keeping my distance from everything I once loved to avoid the pain of losing anything or anyone again... -
Grappling for Position by Melynda Price
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis battle of wills is about to go below the belt… Willow Scott is sweet, innocent, and 100% untouchable. She’s the epitome of everything MMA fighter Regan “Rapscallion” Matthews has always wanted, but will never have. A woman like her deserves more than a scrapper from the wrong side of the tracks—the Scott’s charity case... -
Lucky by Carina Adams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone loves Lucky # 7. He’s the whole package – smart, athletic, and sexy as sin. A filthy talking bad boy, he can have any woman he wants. Except me. A chance encounter. One unforgettable night. That’s all we could ever have. At least, that’s what we tell ourselves. Fate has other plans. If anyone found out, I would lose my job. He could lose his scholarship... -
Mixtape: A Love Song Anthology by Nikki Sloane, Elle Kennedy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s more romantic than a love song? A mixtape full of them. Twelve bestselling and award-winning authors have curated an anthology of brand-new, standalone stories inspired by love songs, featuring a foreword written by NYT bestselling author Laurelin Paige. Press PLAY on this limited-edition collection that’s guaranteed to make you swoon... -
Slammed by Victoria Denault
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNot every goalie plays it safe... As a publicist for the San Francisco Thunder hockey team, Dixie Braddock is too busy rescuing the players from trouble to get into any of her own. Except, of course, when it comes to the super hot new goalie... -
Puck Shy by Teagan Hunter
I’m having the definition of a bad year.Game Six loss costing my team the Cup? Check.Getting arrested and ruining my image? Check.Almost getting run over after my car breaks down? Oh, look—a hat trick.My contract is up with the Carolina Comets this year, and I need to get it together if I want to stay with the team.I need relaxation, not a relationship...Categorized as:
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Ever Found by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI just keep making mistakes. It was supposed to be an easy job. Steal a timepiece from Hook and in exchange, find out where my little sister is. But the hero isn't always the hero and sometimes the bad guy is the person you least expect... -
Just Say Yes by Rosalind James
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSome fires warm you up. And some burn you down. Kevin McNicholl may be a brutal force on the rugby field, but off the field, the star New Zealand All Black is a famously nice guy. His new tenant, though, arouses more than his protective side. She sets him on fire. Pity he’s evicting her. Every woman deserves her dreams. Chloe Donaldson can’t afford dreams, so she's given them up... -
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If You Were Mine by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsCan two people who have both sworn off love find forever in each other's arms? Find out in IF YOU WERE MINE, the fifth book in Bella Andre’s bestselling Sullivan family contemporary romance series. The last thing Zach Sullivan wants is to take care of his brother's new puppy for two weeks. Until he meets the dog trainer, that is... -
Gridiron Bad Boy: A Football Romance by Eddie Cleveland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI fought for my country. Now, it's time to fight for my dreams. I traded my combat boots for cleats and the battlefield for the football field. I'd say it worked for me. With scouts from the professional league at my games and more girls lined up outside my locker room than at the door of a club, I'm living every bachelor's American Dream... -
DIRTY REBOUND: A Slayers Hockey Novel by Mira Lyn Kelly
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI 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... -
Play Me by Kelly Elliott, Kristin Mayer
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe 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... -
Chicago Blaze Books 1 & 2 by Brenda Rothert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBecause the only thing better than one hot hockey romance is two, the first two books in the Chicago Blaze hockey romance series , Anton and Luca, are bundled together in this collection. Book 1 - Anton He’s known as Father Anton to his teammates—the brooding, sexy captain of the NHL’s Chicago Blaze has a reputation for…not having a reputation... -
Defiant by Sara Cate
An enemies-to-lovers standaloneRafeHate is easy.A hell of a lot easier than the alternative.It’s my job to keep Wicked safe, which means getting my hands a little dirty sometimes. After I lost my best friend, I’m not pulling my punches anymore. So it’s hate that helps me win every fight and close every case.But now the past is coming back to haunt me, and I refuse to be cornered... -
The Offer by Becca Steele
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOne offer. A few fake dates. What could possibly go wrong?All I have to do is pose as the girlfriend of London Hawks player Jake Savage. The bad boy of rugby, he has a reputation both on and off the pitch.Neither of us are interested in a relationship, so our arrangement is perfect. We just have to go on a few dates and pretend to be into each other while we’re photographed for the tabloids... -
Score by Victoria Denault
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe's used to winning, but now he's playing with his heart.Jude Braddock. Hockey god. That's how everyone sees him now. But when they were teenagers, Zoey knew him as the kid who didn't have enough nerve to make a move on their one and only disastrous date. Seems he doesn't have that problem anymore, though. According to the rumors, he's with a different woman every night... -
Grand Slam by Heidi McLaughlin
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWin the game. Lose your heart. Everyone knows who I am and that I could have any female fan I want. That's supposed to be the "perk" of playing left field for the Boston Renegades. But I don't want just any woman; I want her. She should be just another face in the crowd, but I can't stop thinking about the one night we spent together-and her look of regret the morning after... -
Home Game by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGetting 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... -
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Off the Grid by K. Bromberg
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSpencer Riggs is fighting for his place, his name, in the elite sport of Formula 1. His ultimate dream. A future determined by his past. His legacy. He’s passionate, reckless, and unswerving in his pursuit of all things. Including me. Camilla Moretti was determined to never return to one thing: Formula 1. Shadows had kept her away, but family devotion brought her back... -
Trying to Score by Kendall Ryan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTeddy King excels at many things. Playing hockey. Check. Scoring on and off the ice. Check. Being stupidly attractive ... Double check. I knew him way back when. Before he was the guy everyone wanted a piece of, he was just a rebellious college co-ed and one of my more energetic study partners... -
Toxic : An Enemies-to-Lovers, Second-Chance Contemporary Romance by Serena Akeroyd, G.A. Mazurke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe were toxic.Right from the beginning.Until the very end.I met him when I was young. I believed he was the light at the end of the tunnel. A future I didn't dare have. He destroyed me. My talents were wasted until he found me, until he cultivated me, but the second I was on my way to the top, we crashed and burned. Wrecked before we had a chance to begin. He betrayed me... -
Crossing the Line by Kendall Ryan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRecovering from a pulled groin muscle isn’t exactly how I planned to spend my much-needed summer vacation. But I’ll admit, being nursed back to health by my gorgeous friend Bailey, who’s just graduated from medical school, doesn’t exactly sound like a hardship... -
Playing to Win by Stacey Lynn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was a three-week fling. Nothing more than a couple of college kids having some fun, but then I did the stupid thing and fell for Jude Taylor quicker than he can score a goal on the ice. And after one beautiful night together, he left for the pros before I could make my first cup of coffee. I thought I’d put him behind me. I thought I’d moved on... -
Fearless Kiss by Amelia Wilde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI won’t stop until she’s mine. I’m an adrenaline junkie, always searching for my next hit. Skydiving, cliff jumping, surfing massive waves—I’ll do anything to get my pulse racing. But even freediving the ocean’s most deadly sinkholes pales in comparison to the rush I get when I meet Kennedy. And if there’s a bet involved? I’m all in. I never turn down a challenge...
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