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Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLandon 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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Ashes by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDylan 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... -
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![Inferno by Chelle Bliss]()
Inferno by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsStone Gallo has lived life like every day is a party. No attachments, no responsibilities, and absolutely no falling in love. He spent his days at Inked and his nights wherever he pleased. But when Stone rescues a beautiful woman in need, his entire world gets turned upside down, and he’ll never be the same. Opal hasn’t had much luck in life. No family, no friends, and absolutely no love...Categorized as:
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Path To Resolution by TheFeveredBookaholic
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWolfe Emerson is notorious for two things: being an absolute beast in a boxing ring and being a voluntary mute. His story remains unspoken and he prefers to live his life in silence. That is, until, his world is turned upside down when he meets someone who is louder than life... -
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![The Legend by Shey Stahl]()
The Legend by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn 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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Enchanted by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA snarky submissive princess. Sarah Stevens’s life is pretty sweet. By day, she’s a dedicated trauma nurse and by night, a fun-loving club sub. She adores her job, has a group of friends who have her back, and is a member of the hottest club in Dallas. So why does it all feel hollow? Could it be because she fell for her dream man and can’t forgive him for walking away from her? Nope... -
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Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAsher Pryce hides behind a wall of secrets he's spent most of his life building up. How else is the adopted child whose birth parents run a drug cartel supposed to fit in? He's notorious for his overconfident swagger and total lack of patience for bullshit - a master of masks. The one thing in his life he can't fake? His feelings for his best friend's twin sister... -
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Hard To Handle by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSometimes Fate delivers a left hook. After Fate deals Supreme Battle Challenge (SBC) fighter Harley Handleman a sucker punch, his uncle secretly hires a pretty lifecoach to get Harley back in the ring of life. Anastasia Kelley has actually known Harley for years, but never as well as she's going to now... -
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Folding Hearts by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBook two in the Mitchell Series starts where Letting Go left off. Ty and Miranda have always considered themselves cousins, due to the fact that they both share a common relative - Colt - even though they aren't really related at all. After helping Miranda deliver her baby in the backseat of a car, Ty becomes closer to both she and her baby...Categorized as:
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Grand Slam by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAlexis’s father tells me he’s going to ruin me. He does not want his pop star daughter or her brand associated in any way with the bad boy of baseball. I make it my mission to prove to her father that I’m not the bad guy he thinks I am. But he takes things a few steps too far, causing major issues that will affect my upcoming baseball season... -
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Simon Says by Lori Foster
With his perfectly chiseled, lava-hot body, Simon Evans, an ex-fighter, also has a perfect life—great job, great girl, and more than enough dough. All that changes, though, when he catches his girlfriend cheating. To shake things up, Simon goes full force back into the ring, ready to take his rage out on his opponents... -
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Craving In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner
What do you do when you’re in a funk that won’t quit? I tried. - Sleeping all day (check). - Binge watching Stranger Things all day (check). - Feeling sorry for myself all day (check). But nothing works. My funk gets funkier. Depression looms. So I do something drastic to shake myself out of it. I head to the Greene Mountains to go parachuting with my crazy cousin and his wild friends... -
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Sweet Heart by Ivy Layne
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRoyal has more trouble than he can handle. His father's been murdered, and the killer is trying to destroy the Sawyers any way they can. The last thing he needs is to complicate his life further. Like, say, with a woman. But Daisy Hutchins doesn't feel like a complication, she feels like the only thing that makes sense in a life turned upside down... -
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A Callahan Wedding by Monica Murphy
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sweet and sexy conclusion to New York Times bestselling author, Monica Murphy’s standalone Callahan series, bringing readers along for the ride as fan favorites, Jake and Hannah get married! Hannah Walsh. Gorgeous. Intelligent. My first love. My high school sweetheart. My everything. And now my fiancée...Categorized as:
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![Back in Black by Lori Foster]()
Back in Black by Lori Foster
Never before published from the New York Times bestselling author. Gillian is a PR expert hired to smooth out the rough edges on hot- headed sports club president Drew Black. He's rough, raw and ready for any challenge Gillian throws his way. But which one's going to end up on top? -
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Trading Paint by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA must have companion to Happy Hour that give you an inside look into the characters of the Racing on the Edge series. Step into the magic where the clay met rubber and desire defined greatness. Trading Paint takes you inside the hasty driver’s mind to what led him to a decision that changed the path of two souls... -
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Instant Temptation by Jill Shalvis
T. J. Wilder is the perfect package of breathtaking adventure and raw sex appeal. Even better, he's about to reconnect with the one woman he's never been able to forget. .. Get Your Pulse Racing. To Harley, the landscape around Wishful, California, is exhilarating, untamed, and more than a little dangerous. The same could be said for T. J...Categorized as:
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Racing Hearts by Kate Crew
Jax:. I thought finding love would be easy when I was looking for it, but all I found was more ways to be disappointed. I should be happy. I had a good life. But when I find a girl broke down on the side of the road that perfectly crafted world is turned upside down. Carly’s the girl I shouldn’t fall for...Categorized as:
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Close Contact by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThere’s no resisting a desire like this…. MMA fighter Miles Dartman’s casual arrangement with personal shopper Maxi Nevar would be many men’s fantasy. She seeks him out, they have mindblowing sex, she leaves. Rinse, repeat. Yet lately, Miles wants more... -
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Causing Havoc by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsOrphaned and torn from his sisters as a boy, sexy extreme wrestler Dean "Havoc" Conor gets a letter revealing how much his siblings want him back in Harmony, Kentucky. To stop his sister from marrying a sleazeball, Dean finds himself teaming up with her pretty-but-smart-mouthed friend Eve-who's heard of Havoc's reputation and doesn't need some hunk trampling on her heart... -
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Freak Show by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWelcome to the Circus is a brand-new series that centers around a family that owns a circus, 6 sisters and one brother. This is book 1 featuring Val & Felix. -
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The Bodyguard Next Door by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s danger and a wicked, hot grin…. Iris Stuart may have a small crush on her neighbor. After all, Pierce Jennings is gorgeous, muscled, and he has a laugh that makes her toes curl. But she is not going down that particular path of temptation with the former Army Ranger and current Wilde agent. Nope. Not happening. They’ll stay in the friend zone because it’s safer that way... -
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Romancing the Quarterback (Galentine's Getaway) by Eve London
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA curvy gal plus quarterback steamy instalove short. Mina. All I want to do is spend some time with my girlfriends on our valentines getaway, not go toe-to-toe with the burly, cover model worthy guy who's staying in the room next door. And when I find out he's a pro football player, that lands him firmly in the swipe left category. Palmer... -
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Kyle by T.O. Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsK Y L E. I'm not interested in settling down. I get what I want from a woman, and I kick them out of my bed right after. But Skylar Woods is different. And it's just my luck that she's in desperate need of a job and a place to stay. But women always come with some kind of problem, and Skylar was no exception. Before I know it, I'm offering her protection within the club . .Categorized as:
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Love To Love You: A Love/Hate Novella by Isabelle Richards
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a long year of heartache and loss, Chase and Arianna pulled together the shattered pieces of their hearts and rebuilt a relationship that is stronger and more secure than ever before. Letting go of the mistakes of their past, their focus is on the future—their happily ever after. Happily ever after…... -
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Limitless by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the Underground, I make the rules. The Underground is mine . I call the shots. It is who and what I am. I am the Judge , jury, and executioner. Except to her. I’ve always been a man who gets what he wants, but she was too young and too sweet to touch. Now, staying away from her is no longer possible. She has pushed me to the end of my limits...Categorized as:
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Falling For His Fake Fiancè by J.B. Heller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s a guy to do to save his MLB career after one too many of his exploits hit the tabloids? Marry his housekeeper, apparently…. I’m a pretty laid back guy who doesn’t take much outside my job seriously, preferring to party my way through life. But my poor decisions have landed me with The Bad Boy of Baseball, title. I’m totally cool with it, management however, is not... -
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The Measure of Home by Krista Sandor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA fallen supermodel with a secret faces the man she left behind in The Measure of Home, a second chance at love, steamy small-town romance with just enough suspense to keep you on the edge of your seat from USA Today Bestselling Author Krista Sandor. Monica Brandt didn’t have money or power. Beauty was her only currency... -
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Declan by T.L. Drake
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEmber:. My whole life I’ve been a victim. Touched, tormented and eventually, taken. Trust isn’t something I give easily. But I trust Mia, and eventually I found my place within her family. When her cousin, Declan gets hurt by the same men who haunt me, I feel it’s my place to help him through the nightmare. After all, he’s the man who saved me...Categorized as:
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Slow Heat by Jill Shalvis
From the New York Times bestselling author of Double Play, Rescue My Heart, The Trouble with Paradise, and the Lucky Harbor novels. .. After a woman claims she’s pregnant with Wade O’Riley’s love child, Major League Baseball’s most celebrated catcher and ladies’ man is slapped on the wrist by management and ordered to improve his image...Categorized as:
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Killian by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThere's no one more off-limits to me and the Heartlands crew than the Sheriff's daughter. But once I see her, I know there's nothing I won't do to make her mine. And I know there's nothing the Sheriff won't do to stop me. Everyone has always seen me as an outlaw. A criminal. A thief. But she doesn't. She sees the big heart under my tough exterior. She sees the man I could be...Categorized as:
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Fighting for Honor by Dani Wyatt
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBOOK FIVE IN THE WORTH THE FIGHT SERIES OF STANDALONES! . Five minutes was all it took. Five minutes with the beast off its leash and three guys were sprawled and bloody on the floor of my parents’ bar. Next thing I know, I’m a viral sensation with a professional fighting contract. But even as I landed each punch, all I could see was her face. All I could think about was her kiss...Categorized as:
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Undisputed by Aimee Nicole Walker, Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere was once a time in my life where the only thing that mattered to me was fighting and winning. I’d step into that octagon with all the confidence in the world that I’d leave the victor. There was no challenge too great that I couldn’t handle. That was until I met a sassy and sexy reporter by the name of Aiden James and he flipped my world upside down... -
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My Brother's Possessive Friend by Lena Little
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s so many things on my plate and the last thing I need is my best friend, Harry, calling in for a favor—to help his little sister with her newly bought, rundown cottage, right here in Scotland and within walking distance of my own home. I figure I’ll just go and tell her I can’t do anything for her since I have projects on top of projects...Categorized as:
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Stacked Up by Sidney Halston
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOpposites attract in this seductive novel from the author of Against the Cage (“Funny, steamy, scorching. ”—Toni Aleo), with a chiseled MMA fighter falling for a single mom who could use a real man in her corner...Categorized as:
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Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen someone close to Viktor Baran becomes a target of an assassin, he vows a hellfire of a payback. But the enemy is cunning and avoids the trappings of the digital web, preferring to strike out from the shadows. Drawing on old-fashioned cloak and dagger methods to investigate the enemy’s hatred for the Guardians, he uncovers a link to a past he is reluctant to revisit... -
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HEAT by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeckett Montgomery is a well-known detective in the New York area. He takes his job seriously and has little time for anything else. During an investigation in to a series of break in’s of an apartment building on 32nd St. , he finds himself getting a little too involved. What had always in the past been his job, now felt as if it was so much more... -
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Believe by Natalie Gayle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat Reviewers are Saying:. "a wonderful slow burning love story of trifling ordeals and the power of the human spirit" Kawehi Reviews. "I fell even more in love with Natalie Gayle's stories, characters, and writing style. She knows how to knock you out with inspiration, heat, and heart. " Rochelle's Reviews. "Dane. .. -
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State by Lila Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome people say you can fall for someone at first sight. I think they’re f*cked in the head… until I see her across the room. Courtney Anthony has walked into the wrong clubhouse. As soon as I spot her, I know what I want. And what I want most is her. It’s time to see how State meets his old lady. -
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Cage by Jessica Ames
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe cage is where I feel most at home. There’s something about the thrill of the fight, of chasing an opponent around the ring that calms those demons inside me. At least until I found the club. I’m a patched brother now, no longer a prospect and with that comes responsibilities, loyalty too. For the first time in a long time I have a place in the world, one that doesn’t come with conditions... -
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Fighting Love by Abby Niles
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFighting Love by Abby Niles. Talk about kicking a fighter while he’s down. Former Middleweight champion and confirmed bachelor Tommy "Lightning" Sparks has lost it all: his belt, his career, and now his home. After the devastating fire, he moves in with his drama-free best friend, Julie...Categorized as:
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![Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray]()
Ex Best Thing by Marika Ray
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFirst rule in the sister’s handbook: don’t date your sister’s ex-boyfriend. Oops. If there was one man on the planet I shouldn’t be looking at twice, it’s Daire Beneventi. Sure, he’s my sister’s ex, but he’s also the leather jacket to my quilt tote bag... -
![Waiting for You by Lea Coll]()
Waiting for You by Lea Coll
How can Ava resist her best friend’s brother when she's crushed on him since childhood? I didn’t think Alex could get any hotter, but his time at med school was good to him. Dirty blond hair. A bit of scruff across his chiseled jawline. And a body beneath those scrubs that makes me think all sorts of naughty things. Alex seems to be utter perfection… and he barely notices I exist. Or so I thought... -
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Curveball by Kate Angell
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe bad boys of baseball, they are the top power hitters of the Richmond Rogues, and the team's best hope for a shot at the World Series. But when all three have to be benched for brawling, it's the beginning of a whole new ball game, and the opposing team could win something more than a trophy--these ladies are after their hearts... -
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![Lean on Me by Angela Verdenius]()
Lean on Me by Angela Verdenius
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSweet, shy, rubenesque Lori Mackay, she's lived all her life in the small country town. No one knows her secret desires. Still waters run deep, and local paramedic Matt Winters suspects the sexy, curvaceous beauty has hidden depths he just aches to explore. In a town where gossip is rife and secrets abound, can Matt convince Lori that they're meant to be together? -
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Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Laura Spaulding awakens in a hospital to learn a vicious attack has stolen her memories, all she has are her strong, instinctive emotions for close friends and her fiancé, Rob. Rob Carlton is more than just Laura’s fiancé—he’s also her Master... -
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In Jack's Arms by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen pawn broker Abby Kirkwood discovers the evidence of a chilling drug cartel hit on one of the video cameras hocked in her store, she turns to the only man she can trust—Jack Connolly. The smolderingly sexy former Marine runs a successful gym down the street and coaches her brother's special needs baseball team. He's the one man who is always there when she needs him... -
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His Curvy Temptation by Jenna Cook
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe's off limits. But for her, I'm ready to break all the rules. Reckless. Rough. Ruled by my impulses. That's the man I used to be. I've spent the last ten years rebuilding myself. Becoming a man who follows the law. Obeys the rules. Respects the limits. But then she walks into my office. Soaking wet, wide-eyed, and afraid. Temptation on a silver platter. Putty in my hands... -
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Full Contact by Sidney Halston
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSidney Halston returns to steamy Tarpon Springs, Florida, where a hell-raising bad boy prepares to get down and dirty for the woman he loves. How could she have been so stupid? When Jessica Cross decides to give her violently jealous boyfriend—the otherwise influential and charming Dennis Stavros—a second chance, she very nearly becomes a statistic... -
![Forward Passes by Jami Davenport]()
Forward Passes by Jami Davenport
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsQuarterback Tyler Harris is about to find the woman who can get past his defensive line and reach his heart. With two championships in as many years, superstar Tyler Harris is the best quarterback in the league. Gorgeous and rich, he’s at the top of his game. But everyone’s looking to take him down...
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