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  • The Lost Letters by Brittney Sahin, Joseph Cannata

    The Lost Letters by Brittney Sahin, Joseph Cannata

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From Joseph Cannata and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin comes the love story of Jesse and Ella told from a unique perspective in this companion novella to the international bestselling novel The Broken One.Step back into the Falcon Falls Security world and experience it like never before...
  • Shock Advised by Lani Lynn Vale

    Shock Advised by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 44 ratings
    Taima, a.k.a. Tai, is the last person people come to for help. He’s the fuck up… the bad boy… the guy that only looks out for himself. Which couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s fought hard to become the man he is today. He’s a hero in the public’s eye. A firefighter that the young all the way to the old turn to for help at the lowest point in their lives...
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  • Officially Over It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Officially Over It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Going from a professional baseball player to a SWAT officer should’ve been seamless. Should have been. But it wasn’t. All it took was one single calendar shoot for word to spread that Nathan Cox was not only no longer playing professional baseball, but he was also the man behind saving the life of Reggie Morton, the City of Kilgore’s princess...
  • The Diary of Bink Cummings Vol 3.5 by Bink Cummings

    The Diary of Bink Cummings Vol 3.5 by Bink Cummings

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Fat and pregnant, I'm at the end of my rope with swollen ankles and exhaustion. Growing a little person inside of me is no small feat, and when that same little person decides it's time to be welcomed into the world, I'm suddenly catapulted into the beauty of motherhood. Join me in my birthing journey. You're in for one helluva ride. Must Read Vol's 1-3 First. --Novella...
  • Nobody Knows by Lani Lynn Vale

    Nobody Knows by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    All he ever wanted was to matter to someone.What he didn’t know was that he did matter to someone.Someone that worried about him every single day that he was gone.Malachi Gabriel Gnocchi was missing for two years. Thanks to a mission gone wrong, not only had he been captured, but his best friend along with his fellow teammates had been taken, too...
  • Bad Apple by Lani Lynn Vale

    Bad Apple by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 39 ratings
    The road to hell is paved with good intentions… Apple “Core” Drew needs The Uncertain Saints MC like he needs air. He is barely making it through the day, and each one that goes by takes him closer and closer to hell. Literally, not figuratively. He’s a half breath away from killing himself—maybe not by taking his own life, but he’s not against making someone else do it for him...
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  • The Legend by Shey Stahl

    The Legend by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • Black Flag by Shey Stahl

    Black Flag by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When the taste you thought you never needed becomes a thirst you cannot quench, then what? Jameson Riley, a NASCAR rookie driver, and Sway Reins, his pregnant girlfriend, are put to the test. They have love; they have lust, and a bond that proves to be vital. But do they have what it takes to make it through his lifestyle. When tested, it’s either fight, or give in...
  • Hold Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Hold Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Tyler Maxwell's story will be released on January 18th.As the leagues’ top goalie for the Chicago Blades, I stay disciplined and follow three principles:1. Keep a pristine image.2. Play smart and hard on the ice.3. Stay out of relationships...
  • Conflicted Love by Lola Stark

    Conflicted Love by Lola Stark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    (Conflicted Love is book #2 in the Needle's Kiss series and should be read AFTER Tattered Love to fully grasp the story.) Trip’s life motto is simple: get in, get off, get out. His lifestyle works for him, that is until he finds himself in an unexpected situation with the one girl he can't seem to get out of his mind. Teeny has been strong for too long...
  • Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tyler Madden is a mystery, a sentinel passing through town and sticking to the shadows.He’s unforgettable to those who want to know him, but he prefers the darkness, and regularly seeks anonymity.It’s how he keeps his younger siblings safe and off the radar of those who may come looking.Kaia and Louie are not his by law...
  • This Is Love by Natasha Madison

    This Is Love by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    From the best selling series, Something So comes the spin-off series This is... Vivienne Never fall in love. That was my motto, and I was sticking to it. Having my heart broken once was enough, and I never wanted to do it again. He was supposed to be a one-night stand, the only thing I do. One rule shouldn’t be so hard to follow, but then I went back for seconds, then thirds...
  • Happily Evan After by Kat Baxter

    Happily Evan After by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s scared to fall. He’s ready to catch her.MARLEYIt was one night.No names. No strings.Just the kind of reckless escape I never let myself have—until him.Now he’s standing in my clinic, smiling like he doesn’t remember me.Which is fine. Because Evan Cartwright is too young, too charming,and way too dangerous to my heart.EVANI knew it was her the moment I saw her...
  • Just One Look by Rosalind James

    Just One Look by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Luka Darkovic has some tackling skills. He hadn’t planned on using them to bring down a runaway dog the size of a Shetland pony, though, especially not when his neck is already buggered. At 33, a rugby forward protects his vertebrae.. He’s even less happy when the dog’s incompetent owner turns up in his hospital cubicle the next day with a plan to fix those vertebrae...
  • Delayed Call by Toni Aleo

    Delayed Call by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Vaughn 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...
  • A Smoky Mountain Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo

    A Smoky Mountain Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One chalet in the Smokies. Four loving families. While all the grandbabies are on Santa’s Nice List, a few of the adults are getting coal in their stockings. But no matter their status with the man in the red suit, Elli Adler will spoil each and every one of her favorite people with love and holiday cheer...
  • The Final Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    The Final Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 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...
  • Front & Center by A.M. Madden

    Front & Center by A.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Jack was a rock star on the way to fame. Leila was following her dream and joining his band as a back-up singer. An insane attraction sparked between them that they couldn’t deny. Attraction quickly led to so much more. They ignored all the warnings and fell in love. When the couple embark on their tour, they couldn’t be more excited to travel the country hand in hand on the way to stardom...
  • Dare by Chelle Bliss

    Dare by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Austin Moore found his purpose in the military, but there was always something missing. He wanted what everyone in his family had…someone to call his own. But his life didn’t make it easy to find a soul mate, someone to be his forever.Sage Hill enlisted to follow in the footsteps of her father, but never wanted to be in his shadow...
  • The Champion by Shey Stahl

    The Champion by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A powerful love story of tragedy, love, and commitment. The fourth book in the Racing on the Edge series submerges you in the lifestyle of a champion of a sport that dominates America. Through smoke and methanol, you learn the good, the bad, and the secrets no one wants you to know...
  • Mine To Love by Natasha Madison

    Mine To Love by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Presley After my sisters’ disastrous weddings, I’m never going to get married. I’ll just stay single forever. It doesn’t matter that I’m in love with my brother’s best friend. Or that Bennett and I shouldn’t even be friends with benefits. Until the positive sign tells me I’m pregnant. Bennett I fell in love with Presley when she was eighteen and asked me for a favor...
  • On the Double by Giulia Lagomarsino

    On the Double by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Edward Markinson.You’ve read about them in Reed Security.You’ve come to know a little about who the men of OPS are.But everything you thought you knew is a lie—smoke and mirrors.The truth of OPS is hidden deep inside, waiting to be revealed.Owens Protective Services.Defend. Investigate. Secure...
  • The Nest Before Christmas by Piper Rayne

    The Nest Before Christmas by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A grounded plane. A questionable Greyhound bus. A brotherhood on a mission.When the team’s plane gets grounded right before Christmas, the Falcons will stop at nothing to make it home for the holidays, including launching their own Planes, Trains, and Automobiles-style mission across the country to get back to their wives and kids...
  • Happy Halloween from the Montgomerys by Kristen Proby

    Happy Halloween from the Montgomerys by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Caleb is spending his first Halloween as a...
  • The Fake Husband Play by Lili Valente

    The Fake Husband Play by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What’s a girl to do when her longtime hockey crush offers her a marriage of convenience?Say YES. Obviously.I’ve spent three years lusting after Grammercy Graves on my (supposedly anonymous) hockey romance podcast—breaking down his stats, his plays, that panty-melting Cajun accent...The entire internet knows he’s my dream guy...
  • Illicit – A Sizzling Boxed Set by Calinda B., Sylvie Stewart

    Illicit – A Sizzling Boxed Set by Calinda B., Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Over 20 illicit romances with the sexy heroes and strong heroines you crave!Lose yourself in the world of hot hookups, where the stories run from sexy to downright scandalous and the characters will leave you breathless. In these pages, you’ll find tantalizing romance, rekindled flames, and forbidden trysts...
  • Incinerate by Tessa Teevan

    Incinerate by Tessa Teevan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Knox and Charlotte's story. When Knox Wellington opens the door to Charlie Davenport, he's not expecting the fiery brunette with whiskey colored eyes and a feisty personality. Sparks fly immediately, even though their initial meeting is nothing but hostile...
  • Made For Me by Natasha Madison

    Made For Me by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone friends to lovers sports romance. A spin-off from the Only One seriesChaseEveryone expected me to play hockey.I was good at it, but I was better at being a doctor.So I hung up the skates and joined Doctors without BordersBut there is no place like home, so now I’m back...
  • Can't Resist Him by Molly McLain, Sommer Stein

    Can't Resist Him by Molly McLain, Sommer Stein

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 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...
  • Breakaway  (The Rule Book Collection) by A.M. Johnson

    Breakaway (The Rule Book Collection) by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As Tampa Bay's star center, Mark Carmelo's life was hockey, and after a bitter and public break up, all he wanted to do was focus on the game. Until he saw her. The one that got away. The one he thought he'd never see again. For thirteen years, Stevie West drowned in her lackluster life. Recently divorced from her “roommate” with passionless benefits, she was ready to start over...
  • Somebody to Lean On by Jess Mastorakos

    Somebody to Lean On by Jess Mastorakos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do I want to kiss my best friend? Yep. Always have. Too bad it’s not that simple.Jackson Wilson and I are long-distance co-guardians of our friends' daughter, and even though we're best friends and we're totally committed to Phoebe, this isn't a romcom where the best friends get together in the end.Unfortunately .But now, Phoebe and I have nowhere to go but Jackson's tiny Tennessee town...
  • Playboy’s Reward by Gina Azzi

    Playboy’s Reward by Gina Azzi

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It was supposed to be a favor between neighbors…When sexy-as-sin Harper Henderson launches profanities into the night sky from the balcony below mine, I intervene. I volunteer to be her date to her ten-year high school reunion. I may be a professional hockey player with a playboy reputation, but I’m also a good guy and I make an exceptional plus-one.Being Harper's fake date is easy...
  • Freak Show by Lani Lynn Vale

    Freak Show by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • The Friend Face Off by Grace Worthington

    The Friend Face Off by Grace Worthington

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Getting involved with your brother’s best friend is risky enough. But when he's a hockey player? It's a whole new level of bad idea.As a ravenous reader, I’ve got a I’m obsessed with hockey romances.But let me tell you, real life hockey players are nothing like my book boyfriends.So I threw down the gauntlet on BookTok. I challenged any single guy out there to prove me wrong...
  • My Vegas Groom by Piper Rayne

    My Vegas Groom by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 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...
  • Strike Zone by Eva Haining

    Strike Zone by Eva Haining

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love isn't a BALL GAME... it's a CAGE FIGHT!I find her so elegant, and yet I know she could kick my ass with ease.Lincoln Nash is the top hitter in major league baseball, and a World Series Champion. When his best friend hooks up with the sister of MMA fighter, Dee Lex, he’s eager for an introduction. She’s strong, fearless, and effortlessly beautiful...
  • Hometown Hitman by Jacob Chance

    Hometown Hitman by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never planned to return to Albans Cove, until a family emergency has me rushing back home for the first time in fifteen years.Everything’s the same in the small, quirky lake town—everything except the shy girl I left behind.As the owner of the local inn and bar, Whitney Morgan has grown into the confident spitfire I always imagined she’d be...
  • Puck Proposal by Delancey Stewart

    Puck Proposal by Delancey Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My hockey career is on fire, so when my best friend from high school (and the girl I'd always want) shows up on my doorstep in trouble, I have a turn her away (not likely!) or propose. Back then, Josephine Baxter was the unattainable debutante who took pity on the kid from the wrong side of town.We were unlikely best friends. And she was the girl I’d never have. At least not like that...
  • One Timer on Top by London Casey

    One Timer on Top by London Casey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    DON’T SLEEP WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND’S EX. Okay. I get that. I respect that. But what about sleeping with your biggest rival’s ex? And… what about marrying her…?* * *I caught my boyfriend enjoying some “oral service” from another woman. Dumping him is easy. Getting rid of him his almost impossible since I work in PR and he’s one of my clients. (Yeah, I know, don’t mix business with pleasure...
  • Rock God by Kat Mizera

    Rock God by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    They call me The Rock God. As lead singer of the multi-platinum selling rock band Onyx Knight, I have a life most people can’t even dream of… until it all becomes a nightmare.Our bass player dies.Now we’re tasked with the impossible job of replacing him or hanging it up for good.On top of the world just shy of my thirtieth birthday, I can’t imagine walking away. Not now...
  • The Boy Friend by Mika Jolie

    The Boy Friend by Mika Jolie

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • Curves and Cradles by Kat Baxter

    Curves and Cradles by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    JaneOnce upon a time I kissed a sexy soldier to save face in front of my ex and his shiny new fiancée. I never intended the kiss to lead to anything more, least of all the most passionate night of my life . . . and the bundle of joy that shows up nine months later.Kevin I’m only in town to go to a funeral with one of my SEAL buddies when I meet the curvy beauty who changes my life forever...
  • ICED by Jacob Chance

    ICED by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • One Steamy Pucking Meet Cute by Penelope Bloom

    One Steamy Pucking Meet Cute by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ll tell you about the two very large pickles I’ve found myself in, but only if you promise not to laugh… Pickle number one: I'm unexpectedly pregnant by an NHL star, who just so happens to be my big brother's best friend—and no, we weren't exactly dating. For reasons that totally make sense (trust me for now), I never told him about the baby...
  • One Baby Daddy by Meghan Quinn

    One Baby Daddy by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 42 ratings
    An accidental pregnancy, a hunky hockey star, and a surprise twist you will never see coming, this swoon-worthy and heart-felt romance from bestselling author Meghan Quinn will keep you on the edge of your feet as you fall head over ice skates in love with your next book boyfriend, Hayden Holmes. "What are you doing now that your team is out of the running for the Stanley Cup?" Forget...
  • Trying to Score by Toni Aleo

    Trying to Score by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    In a captivating novel of second chances and healing hearts, the newest member of the Nashville Assassins pulls a power play to make things right with the one that got away.   Fallon Parker’s dream has always been to turn her family’s wine company into a runaway success and eventually start a cellar of her own...
  • Second Chance by Gena Showalter

    Second Chance by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She’s never felt desired. He’s never craved a woman more…in this sizzling classic from New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter. Previously published as Can’t Hardly Breathe.Dorothea Mathis has overcome the obstacles life tossed her way…but she can’t shake her long-standing crush on former Army Ranger Daniel Porter...
  • Badd Ass by Jasinda Wilder

    Badd Ass by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 38 ratings
    I was a Sixty-Eight Whiskey—a combat medic. So when I hear someone shout “MEDIC!” training just kicks in. It’s automatic, immediate. I don’t think I even saw the guy whose leg I tended to, not really. All I saw was him. Zane Badd. His tuxedo fit him like he’d been sewn into it, and his eyes reflected the fury and the hardness of a combat veteran, but when he looked at me, he just…softened...
  • Bender by Colleen Charles

    Bender by Colleen Charles

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My second chance is the biggest gamble of my life. I am Marco Rossi, once an Italian nobody, now living the dream as a Vegas Venom player. I thought I was swapping my lonely orphan past for a team-family. But I was wrong. I am on thin ice with everyone, but especially when it comes to Madison McKay...
  • Cement Heart by Beth Ehemann

    Cement Heart by Beth Ehemann

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Lawrence Finkle, known simply to his die-hard Minnesota Wild fans as Viper, isn’t used to hearing the word "no." He lives his whole life just a little on the reckless side. After all, life is just one big game, right? Wrong. When what was supposed to be an innocent bet goes horribly wrong, he’s left to deal with the aftermath—and the guilt...
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