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The Vincent Boys Collection: Extended and Uncut by Abbi Glines
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 24 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...Categorized as:
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Camden's Redemption by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor so long, UFC Middleweight fighter, Camden Jameson lived in his twin brother’s shadow, competing to be the best. When he lost his way, he turned to the Dark Side and did some unforgiveable things. After his betrayal, he tried to earn his redemption, but it wasn’t enough. Now his whole world has fallen apart and he’s on the run from those who want him dead. But he’s not alone... -
Going Long by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThey fell in love in high school and found their way back to one another despite the odds. But can first loves really be forever? For Reed Johnson, the dream was always football. But then Nolan Lennox took over his heart...Categorized as:
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Ryley's Revenge by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOne girl. Three fighters. Two of them want her, but one wants his revenge. **Jealousy runs deep in this STEAMY, romantic suspense novel by NYT and USA TODAY Bestselling author, L.P. Dover. Find out what happens in the highly anticipated conclusion to Ryley's story.** UFC Middleweight fighter, Ryley Jameson, swore it would never happen again... -
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68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 21 ratings~Sequel to The Bad Boy And The Tomboy~Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill are together in Manchester, England living the new university life. Their relationship is striving as they meet new people and experience different things and strengthen their beautiful relationship. But then again there's soccer, the Cahill family and girls because where there's Sam Cahill there will also be many girls... -
Burn by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBurn - Brothers of Ink and Steel Liam Knight, a sexy panty-melting, hard-bodied streetfighter and renowned tattoo artist, is rising up the ranks of the UFC Middleweight Division, but he’s about to get knocked out by his past... -
Paxton's Promise by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsShe hates him, yet she can’t get him out of her mind. Female Bantamweight fighter, Gabriella Reynolds, has a bad habit of falling for forbidden fighters. Enter Paxton Emerson. He’s tall, tattooed, and the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Everyone wants a piece of him, and he only has eyes for her. Through no choice of her own, she’s fallen in his debt and he’s now demanding payment... -
Enjoying the Chase by Kirsty Moseley
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsNate Peters is living the playboy life. He has great friends, a great job, no responsibilities, no girlfriend, and he loves it. Nate, being incredibly skilled with a pick-up line, has never failed to get a girl in his life… until one day he meets Rosie York. Rosie is completely uninterested in him. Being unable to stand a dented ego, Nate makes it his mission to win her over... -
The Game Changer: The Final Score by L.M. Trio
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Game Changer: The Final Score is told from 4 different perspectives: Luke, Mikey, JJ & Deanna... (Teaser #1 & Teaser #2 have been moved to my blog page) The story continues with Luke being released from prison, forced to face many challenges that developed due to his careless decisions. His greatest challenge is facing Jesse, the girl he refuses to let go... -
Amour Amour by Krista Ritchie, Ava Erickson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsListening time 13 hours 21 minutesLove is a circus"Every day,” he says lowly, “I hold a person’s life in my hands. The circus is based one-hundred percent off trust. I give it all to someone, and they give it all to me.”The best aerial technique won’t land 21-year-old Thora James her dream role in Amour—a sexy new acrobatic show on the Vegas strip... -
Uncaged Love, Volume 4 by J.J. Knight
An MMA fighter rescues a girl with powerful raw talent of her own in UNCAGED LOVE, an erotic, romantic suspense series. Volume 4 of the 5-part series With Colt and Jo working as a team, they are unstoppable. Colt’s manager puts him back in line for the MMA title fight. Jo’s own career takes off as she prepares for her second match... -
Make It a Double by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsBrody Markham has endured a nightmare, spending the last five years in prison and losing everything that was dear to him. Now he’s back home, trying to survive in a world he doesn’t recognize anymore. While his family and friends desperately try to reach through to him, he shelters himself further and further away from their love...Categorized as:
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Yuri by Roxie Rivera
While clawing her way out of Houston’s worst neighborhood, Lena vowed to never let any man have power over her. After a lifetime of broken promises from her criminal father and a mother who abandoned her, Lena believes that love makes you vulnerable. She’s never been tempted to test that belief…until Yuri...Categorized as:
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Retribution by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFallen Navy SEAL and Titan Group’s Delta recruit Trace Reeves wants nothing more than a one-night stand to forget that his twin brother was killed-in-action. But when his one-time fling becomes his high value target, the lines blur between her rescue mission and saving himself. Delta: Retribution is the first title in the new Delta series, a spin off from the Titan series... -
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Dalaric by ARKHNN
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDalaric "Ricky" Mikael was known for two things; being the country's best assassin and being a silent brute. His demons enveloped him in darkness and he saw no end of any tunnel.Until a girl, who's weird and wears nothing but a pair of black jeans and t-shirts that are too big for her, called him pretty.___"It's not." He shocks me again and my smile gets wider as happiness flushes through me...Categorized as:
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Fighter by Tijan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAll of Dale's brothers help with their bounty hunting business, all except her. Wanting out of that life, she left for college, but on her first morning back home for the holidays, she’s back to chasing after a bail jumper. When she realizes the jumper is her ex-boyfriend, Jax, Dale gets dragged into helping him evade her brothers so he can win an underground fighting competition... -
Hush by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSenses Series Book 4 Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar finally has everything he's always wanted in life. When a career opportunity, that could jeopardize everything, comes along, he's put back in the position where he's spent most of his life. Torn. Now, Logan has a hard hitting choice to make... -
Uncaged Love, Volume 5 by J.J. Knight
The dramatic conclusion to the erotic suspense series featuring MMA fighters Colt and Jo. Colt’s ability to ever fight MMA again is in jeopardy after suffering injuries in a near-deadly street brawl. In the firestorm of publicity after the attack, Jo’s worst nightmare comes true as her identity is revealed and her past catches up with her... -
Forever Consumed by Skyla Madi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThis is it. My revenge. I can taste it on my tongue, it's sweet and it's addictive. I've worked way too hard to settle for second best and I will come out on top. ------ Seth Marc is back and training harder than ever before to redeem his loss to Don Russell. Tensions are high but stakes are higher as MMAC founder, Matt Somers, forces Seth and Don to train under the same roof... -
Uncaged Love, Volume 3 by J.J. Knight
An MMA fighter rescues a girl with powerful raw talent of her own in UNCAGED LOVE, an erotic, romantic suspense series. Volume 3 of the series. Colt believes another great love has deserted him during his worst hour. Jo is certain Colt is better off without her. There is only one way Colt can prove to Jo that they are meant to be together... -
Uncaged Love, Volume 2 by J.J. Knight
Colt McClure’s career as a champion MMA fighter is threatened by his damaged past.Jo believes their love can heal him. To prove it, she trusts Colt with the secret she’s been hiding from everyone.But there's one person who can stand in their way, and he's not about to let anyone interfere with Colt's future... -
Only for Us by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe third installment of the Only series. Must be read in order. Grayson and Emma. First love. True love. And... they have a daughter. Abandonment is his curse. He left his woman, survived his team, and missed the moment most precious to a father. Until now. "I didn't know you were killing yourself with work. I didn't know you're raising our daughter...Categorized as:
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Meant To Be by Monica Murphy
Ava Callahan.Love of my life.Wrecker of my soul.I would have sworn on anything that what we shared was real.But she broke my trust. And then my heart. I don't think I can piece it back together without her, but I'm sure gonna try.I’m better off on my own, anyways, right? Who needs girls when you have football?If only I believed that... -
Heat by Holly S. Roberts
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter a shoulder injury ends her respectable career as a police officer, Mak also known as Madison Abigail Kinloch turns to the seedy world of private investigations by default. Now her job consists of cheating douchebags and baby daddies dodging child support. Things can’t get much worse. Moon controls Arizona’s largest crime syndicate... -
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Deaf by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhile the pleas of Logan Kellar's best friends typically fall on deaf ears, there's one voice he can't ignore so easily. His own. And when Maxx, his beautiful best friend, says something that shakes his existence, he finds himself suddenly desperate to be heard...Categorized as:
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Off the Record by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsEver Montgomery suffered the ultimate betrayal by the one man who she should have been able to count on for anything. It has left her hurt, jaded and incapable of forming relationships, but it also means that she can spot a liar a mile away... -
Somethin' About That Boy by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBanner Spurlock knew the moment that he walked into Kilgore High School and saw Perry Street that life was about to get interesting.Forced to move due to a problem at home, a problem in the form of his ex-best friend hating him for something that Banner’s father did, Banner doesn’t think very much could improve in his life... -
Numb by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJust when Logan Kellar was finally ready to make some changes in his life, his entire world was flipped upside down. Now the pain he is used to burying is fighting back. Refusing to let him slip into his old ways, refusing to let him hide from his mistakes, and refusing to let him become numb...Categorized as:
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SEALs of Winter: A military romance superbundle by Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNine alpha Navy SEAL romance heroes from your favorite NYT & USA Today bestselling authors. Brand new Christmas military romances from Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy, Jennifer Lowery, Elle James, Anne Marsh, S. M. Butler, Delilah Devlin, Kimberley Troutte, and Zoe York! Sequel to the NYT and USA bestselling SEALs of Summer boxed set... -
Brave by Natalie Gayle
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBrave A moment in time, that’s all it took. Beauty, pain and tragedy. Xander “Pretty Boy” Todd was a demon in the ring. A professional MMA fighter with a career that had the world a buzz—but now it’s gone. Or is it? Eden Sommers had her dreams of an international modelling career within her grasp—and lost it. Gone within a few seconds, leaving nothing but pain... -
Breaking Ryann by Alyssa Rae Taylor, Madison Seidler
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHe promised to leave me alone, but that was a lie. I should have known he’d have this pull on me—seeping through my skin and into my bones, burning me from the outside in. It’s just like when we were kids, and I can no longer avoid him. I’ve accepted it, but what will it take to convince him that I am no longer his? Is that really what I want? I told her I’d leave her alone... -
Linc by Lane Hart
Hi, my name's Linc, and I'm an MMA fighter who’s in love with a porn star. Okay so maybe I'm not in love with Eve Kelly, but I'm completely freakin' obsessed with her, addicted even. Hell, I know that for years I've been using Eve as an escape from reality... -
On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA hopeful novel about love, disability, and the inevitability of change by the author of Give Me a Sign.Ellie’s Deaf boarding school just shut down, forcing her to leave the place she considered home and return to her hearing family. Back in a mainstream school, Ellie quickly becomes the subject of hateful rumors... -
Dark Fall by London Casey, Karolyn James
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKaity Parkner is on the run and the last person she expects to help her is a shady looking biker. Little does she know, her protection will cost her a bullet wound, a car explosion, and the fight of her life. Erik thinks about taking his own life every single day he's alive... -
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In the Zone by Catherine Gayle
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt was supposed to be a single night of fake names, half-truths, and anonymous sex. Neither of them was prepared for it to become more. Keith Burns, star defenseman for the NHL’s Portland Storm, was just looking for a way to pass the time and ease the loneliness of his lavish lifestyle... -
The Game by HJ Bellus
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 21 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... -
Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRyder Axton I always fight hard, fuck harder, and never let myself get personally involved. But my assignment, to apprehend Eduardo Miguel comes to a grinding halt when I find a missing federal witness held captive in his basement. It becomes fucking personal, fast! Keeping Farrington safe, even if it—or more likely she—kills me, is now my only mission... -
Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 15 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...Categorized as:
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Looking to Score by Carrie Gray, Coralee June
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsHe’s like literally the worst. Oakley Davis is the star running back at our University, and the reason I’ve broken my vow to avoid the college party scene. Thanks to a mixup with my advisor, I’m now serving my Public Relations internship as a glorified babysitter to the party-hard football players.Specifically, Oakley.He’s impossible to manage... -
Sweet Girl by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSometimes falling in love means going through hell... She's a sweet girl. Nicola Hart grew up under the heels of her older brother and his sexy best friend, Cash Garrison. Years of ignoring her spark with Cash has transformed their friendship into a slow burning sizzle. One night with him could ruin everything. Or it could be more than she ever dreamed. They play. They flirt... -
The Lover's Promise by J.C. Reed
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMeeting Jett was like lighting a match. Dangerous. Scorching. And better left untouched. In his game, some secrets can be deadly. Brooke Stewart, a realtor in New York, is sure of one thing. She has to stay away from the one man who betrayed her. He fooled her once, and she won’t let it happen again... -
Fight for Her, Volume 4 by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe dramatic conclusion to the bestselling MMA series arrives with Fight for Her #4. Maddie has left me again, and I can’t blame her. I failed to protect her. I don’t even know if I deserve her and Lily. But I’m determined to make things right. First, I’m going to find her father. He’s been living on the streets too long. That has to end... -
Dray by Tess Oliver
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen Cassie, the woman he loves, leaves him for a job in New York, Dray Warner finds his life falling apart. With nothing else to lose he takes up his friend, Barrett Mason’s, offer to head down to Mexico for some surfing and good times. But Dray’s conscience, hot temper and extreme fighting skills hurl him into a world of danger . . . a danger that could cost him his life... -
Unruly by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratings“Tell me I’m the best f**k you ever had.” That’s how we began. But that’s not how we'll end. After all, this is not a simple story. This is not even just one story. There’s a boy, and there’s a girl. But there’s so much more than that. Listen… I was going home. Not forever; only long enough to watch my eternally irresponsible father marry a girl who happened to be my childhood enemy... -
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Forever Yours by Alla Kar
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA damaged fighter ... A hunted hustler ... A love neither expected or thought they deserved ... Layla and Taylor are finally where they want to be. But Taylor wonders if he can be the man Layla needs. If he can leave the fight behind and step up. If she deserves more than he can give...Categorized as:
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Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhy fall for Prince Charming when the villain is so much more tempting? Because it feel so good to be so bad... The dark, dominant, tattooed Spaniard has all the arrogant machismo of a bullfighter and a body carved out of steel. In my sister’s fairytale romance, he almost destroyed my family. He’s the devil, and I hate him. Until he saved my life, and changed everything... -
When I Surrender by Kendall Ryan
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsUndaunted by Knox’s complicated history with sexual addiction, McKenna pushes forward in her relationship with this deliciously flawed man. She experiences the highest highs as they discover each other, along with the lowest lows, and worries that his past may not be entirely behind him... -
Making a Play by Victoria Denault
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHe'll do whatever it takes to win—on and off the ice. Luc Richard is the hottest player in the NHL—and it has nothing to do with hockey. His racy relationship with his supermodel ex set the tabloids on fire but nearly put his career on ice. To avoid being traded, Luc agrees to take a break from the spotlight—and from women—and spend the off-season at home in Silver Bay, Maine...Categorized as:
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Accelerate by Tracy Wolff
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA sexy carjacker takes a would-be starlet for the ride of her life as a pulse-pounding new series from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff begins. Once the brains behind a car-boosting ring, Nic Medina has spent the last three years playing it straight. Now drag racers flock to his L.A. auto shop, Hotwired, for a shot at going head-to-head with the man himself... -
Fighting for Love by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFighting for someone’s heart is more challenging than fighting for a title. For a time, many years ago, love had grown, love was made, and in the end … love was lost. The decision to leave had been the worst mistake Shelby Dawson could have ever made. However, at the time—ten years ago—she felt her secret needed to stay hidden, even if it broke her heart and the heart of the man she loved...
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