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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... -
![Just One Look by Rosalind James]()
Just One Look by Rosalind James
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLuka 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... -
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![Not a Day Goes By by E. Lynn Harris]()
Not a Day Goes By by E. Lynn Harris
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJohn "Basil" Henderson has always played the field, both as a professional football player and as an equal opportunity lover. After retiring his jersey for a career as a sports agent, the dashing playboy is surprising everyone--including himself--by deciding to settle down and commit to his new love, Yancey Harrington Braxton... -
![The 2015 R.L. Mathewson Chronicles Collection by R.L. Mathewson]()
The 2015 R.L. Mathewson Chronicles Collection by R.L. Mathewson
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 2015 collection of R.L. Mathewson Chronicles. The Chronicles are continuations of the books that you loved, The Neighbor from Hell Collection, Pyte/Sentinel Series, EMS series, Hollywood Heart series, etc. The Chronicles are posted on my website every Sunday for free at www.Rlmathewson... -
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![Eat Slay Love by Kenya Wright]()
Eat Slay Love by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night of indulgence.As a sought-after film intimacy coordinator, Rae has spent years choreographing passion on screen while her own love life has faded into the background. This year, she’s planning to change things... -
![Getting Wound Up: A Sapphire Falls/ Love Between the Bases novel-- PART ONE by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas]()
Getting Wound Up: A Sapphire Falls/ Love Between the Bases novel-- PART ONE by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA fun, flirty crossover novel from bestselling authors Jennifer Bernard (the Love Between the Bases series) and Erin Nicholas (the Sapphire Falls series) Caitlyn Murray has never let on that she's had fantasies about her brother's friend Eli Anderson for years... -
![Open Wheel by Shey Stahl]()
Open Wheel by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHow do you choose? How do you keep from hurting the ones you love when you know your heart belongs with both of them? Seven years ago Arie Riley married Easton Levi, current heart-throb of the NASCAR Cup series. She made a commitment to him. She gave her heart and soul to another. Her love is heavy. Consuming. And it’s inherently tied to two people. Arie thought she had made her mind up... -
![All Hung Up by Kathleen Brooks]()
All Hung Up by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThis novella originally appeared in the Three Southern Beaches collection released July of 2014. Taylor Jefferies fled the Hollywood spotlight and found herself helping the citizens of the small town of Keeneston. As luck would have it, the sexy man who caught her eye and found a place in her heart joined her at college that fall... -
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Morning Wood by Megan Wade
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGet ready to fall in love with the mountain men of Clearwater Construction! These blue collar men are about to meet the women of their dreams!In Morning Wood by Megan Wade, chef Piper and carpenter Levi have a misunderstanding over lumber and cold showers that leads to a punny union to last the ages.. -
![Getting Wound Up: A Sapphire Falls/Love Between the Bases novel-- PART TWO by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas]()
Getting Wound Up: A Sapphire Falls/Love Between the Bases novel-- PART TWO by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart TWO of three A fun, flirty crossover novel from bestselling authors Jennifer Bernard (the Love Between the Bases series) and Erin Nicholas (the Sapphire Falls series) Caitlyn Murray has never let on that she's had fantasies about her brother's friend Eli Anderson for years... -
![Getting Wound Up: A Sapphire Falls/ Love Between the Bases novel-- PART THREE by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas]()
Getting Wound Up: A Sapphire Falls/ Love Between the Bases novel-- PART THREE by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart THREE of three A fun, flirty crossover novel from bestselling authors Jennifer Bernard (the Love Between the Bases series) and Erin Nicholas (the Sapphire Falls series) Caitlyn Murray has never let on that she's had fantasies about her brother's friend Eli Anderson for years... -
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Bad Boy by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Bad Boy trying to be good, a Good Girl driven to be bad and a five year old who wants to rule the world… Being good is so freaking hard. And boring. Flynn Boyle has only been doing it for a couple of hours and already he’s had enough... -
![Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter]()
Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis single mom just might be royally screwed…JillianI’m a single mom who works hard to provide for her kid. When my son is away for a week of camp and a friend offers me his condo with a view of the beach for the week, of course I take him up on it! I’m single, not stupid. It’s all fun and games until I get trapped in an elevator with my particular brand of catnip: the hot nerd…... -
![Love, Tussles, and Takedowns by Violet Duke]()
Love, Tussles, and Takedowns by Violet Duke
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe’s a better fighter...but she has all the weapons. After his combat injuries retire him from the military career he wasn't ready to give up, battle-scarred Hudson Reyes now spends his new life as a movie industry fight scene and weapons specialist simply doing what he knows best: surviving. Until he meets her . The one woman who makes him want to live again... -
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![Just Playin' by Shandi Boyes]()
Just Playin' by Shandi Boyes
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPresley “Elvis” Carlton was at the top of his game. Number one draft pick, engaged to an up-and-coming model, and voted best player of the decade his first year on the field. Things were golden. . . until an accident saw everything important torn from his grasp...Categorized as:
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![Changing Lanes by Katie Graykowski]()
Changing Lanes by Katie Graykowski
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsProfessional Football Player, Devon Harding found his soul mate at the age of seventeen. Trouble is, he can’t remember her last name. For the last fourteen years, he’s been waiting for The Universe to send her back to him. When that day comes, he nearly falls all over himself to get to her. But he plays it cool and waits for her to come to him. And she walks right past him... -
![Curves and Cars by Kat Baxter]()
Curves and Cars by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the author of Real Men Love Curves comes your next sweet and steamy read about mistaken identities and a hot one-night stand that just might lead to forever.What happens when you meet the girl of your dreams only to discover she’s your brother’s runaway bride?Yeah, I can actually answer that one... -
![Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett]()
Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsALASKAHe's a hardened military veteran who's returning to his mountain MC to deal with family issues.FAITHShe's the innocent preacher's daughter searching to escape her controlling father... -
![Love So Perfect by Marquita Valentine]()
Love So Perfect by Marquita Valentine
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLove So Perfect, Book 5 in Marquita’s contemporary romance series about the Lawson Brothers. Star quarterback Austin Lawson’s dating life is fair game to the myriad gossip bloggers. Thanks to his most recent screw up with a social media savvy super model, he’s forced to return home so that his PR team can do damage control...Categorized as:
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![Bender by Colleen Charles]()
Bender by Colleen Charles
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy 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...Categorized as:
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![Dirty Boy by Nichole Rose]()
Dirty Boy by Nichole Rose
Can this dirty boy convince his curvy girl that love is worth any risk?DanteBehind my back, people call me rude.To my face, they call me a star.I never cared what anyone had to say.All that mattered to me was football and my family.The minute I saw Ella Morgan, everything changed.Now all I think about is that sweet smile.She thinks we're just a summer fling. She's wrong...Categorized as:
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![Cancun by Kimberly Fox]()
Cancun by Kimberly Fox
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“You need a rebound. They call me Mr. Trampoline.” What happens in Cancun, unfortunately for my cheating boyfriend, doesn’t stay in Cancun. I caught him on the first night of our vacation balls deep in my worst enemy: the bitchy obnoxious girl who my best friend chose to be her maid of honor instead of me... -
![Still Into You by Ryleigh Andrews]()
Still Into You by Ryleigh Andrews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when you continually run from your demons? When Mia watched Ethan walk out of her life, she did what she did best—she ran—ran from the only person who ever made her feel safe; home. They work even harder to try and find you. He was her everything and she let him slip away. And when they do … they’ll come at you full force, guns blazing... -
![His Curvy Woman by Elisa Leigh]()
His Curvy Woman by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHunter Stone had to leave town unexpectedly in the middle of his senior year of high school. He didn't get to say goodbye. Now that he's back he's only interested in one thing, making his best friend's little sister HIS. Whitley had compared all men to the boy she loved when she was just a girl. Now that she's older, no one but him will do, too bad she has no idea where he is... -
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![Again by Miranda P. Charles]()
Again by Miranda P. Charles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter being dumped for glamorous women by past boyfriends, Amanda Payne is convinced she just doesn't have 'it'. So when she stumbles upon a hunky Connor Reid at a party she is forced to crash, she is more surprised than anyone when he ends up in her hotel room that night. But that fantastic experience turns into a hurtful situation the very next day... -
![No More Mr. Chai Guy (The Coffee Loft: Fall Collection) by J.P. Sterling]()
No More Mr. Chai Guy (The Coffee Loft: Fall Collection) by J.P. Sterling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome back to The Coffee Loft, where a new round of stories has been brewed especially for you.Those of you stopping by to visit again, we’ve missed you. The feeling of home is the same that you loved before. If it’s your first time, prepare to be swept off your feet.While our menu hasn’t changed, we think you’ll be pleased with the fall favorites we’ve added... -
![Straight To The Heart by Beth Rinyu]()
Straight To The Heart by Beth Rinyu
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratings*Not a Stand-alone Book 3 of The Three of a Kind Series Special pre-order price of .99 cents Will be $2.99 after release day Gia Maynard always had a wild streak. She doesn’t mind bending the rules, except when it comes to the rules of her heart. She doesn’t do relationships, instead she devotes her time to her true love....dancing. That is until Jasper Campbell comes along... -
![Stepbrother With Benefits 16 by Mia Clark]()
Stepbrother With Benefits 16 by Mia Clark
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt's my first day back at college and I've already screwed everything up... Rule #16 – A week isn't enough. It'll never be enough. Rule number one is null and void. I know everyone says that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but to be completely honest, it just makes my heart hurt. I guess people say it because if you have too much of something, you'll end up growing sick of it, but.. -
![Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison]()
Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsStuck. At thirty years old Belinda Gordon felt her life was at a total standstill. With her love life in the dumps, her best friends happily married and her parents smothering her, she decides her life needs a little bit of shaking up... -
![A Curvy Girl for the Cadet by Sugar Jamison]()
A Curvy Girl for the Cadet by Sugar Jamison
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClayton Calhoun had been a soldier his entire life, but after nearly dying in an explosion, he decided to give up his military career and return to his hometown. But being back home isn't as easy as he thought it would be, and soon he starts to miss the action that the Army Rangers provided. Feeling unsatisfied, he's considers taking a job overseas and risking his life to do what he does best... -
![Stepbrother With Benefits 17 by Mia Clark]()
Stepbrother With Benefits 17 by Mia Clark
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI'm supposed to be a good girl, right? Um... good girls don't do the things I did today. I'm pretty sure they do none of the things I've done today... Rule #17 – "You can't be a jerk to me, Ethan!" "Just you, Princess?" "Mhm, just me." I'm Ashley Banks and I'm supposed to be a good girl. I follow the rules. I'm always responsible. I'm definitely not the type of girl to.. -
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Stepbrother With Benefits 18 by Mia Clark
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThings escalated. That's what I'm going to say happened with our stepbrother with benefits relationship. It escalated. Rule #18 – We have to be open with one another. We have to tell each other how we really feel. I'm not sure you can fully grasp the gravity of the situation I'm in right now. I think I've unleashed a monster inside myself. I also think I kind of love it... -
![A Perfect Moment by Becca Lee]()
A Perfect Moment by Becca Lee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“When life threatens perfect, it’s time to step up and kick life in the balls.” Ella's perfect moment was taken from her is the worst possible way. Humiliated, heart broken and absolutely determined not to allow her heart be destroyed for a second time, she builds an ice wall around her heart. Preston has known that he was in love his big sister's best friend since the age of fifteen... -
![Forever Is Over by Calvin Wade]()
Forever Is Over by Calvin Wade
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Forever Is Over" is an equilateral love triangle focusing on life, love and precious time. Richie Billingham, a married father of two in his early thirties, is attending a party held in his honour and organised by his wife, Jemma. He has terminal cancer. Through the eyes of several characters, we are taken back through the lives of Richie and Jemma... -
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![Primal Surrender by Lori King]()
Primal Surrender by Lori King
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsComing May 13, 2014! The Surrender Trilogy III: Brothers Mack and Ryker Thompson know the pain of failure intimately having recently fallen from the heights of success. One a former football star, and the other a master at his artistic craft, they couldn’t be more different from each other... -
![The Client: Short And Steamy by M. S. Parker]()
The Client: Short And Steamy by M. S. Parker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStand-alone novella, approx. 100 pages. For a limited time, The Client, also includes Book 1 of the upcoming M.S. Parker series, A Legal Affair (Club Prive - Leslie's Story) My life isn't going exactly the way I planned, but I can make ends meet and I have a fiancé I love. I'm one of those people who believes in working with what I've been given… I just never expected this kind of curveball... -
![The Debra Dilemma by Katie Graykowski]()
The Debra Dilemma by Katie Graykowski
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDebra Covington is finally getting her life together. She’s spent the last ten years making Warren Daniver pay for choosing a million dollars over her. Her plan of sport-dating the entire football team that Daniver owns has backfired and the only one she’s hurting is herself. Now, she works at Safe Place helping victims of domestic violence. Warren Daniver has a problem... -
![Second Chance by Angela Verdenius]()
Second Chance by Angela Verdenius
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe terror of his year 4 schooldays was in town, and his knee-jerk reaction had not made a good impression. Drawn to this spirited rubenesque beauty, can Grant convince her to give him another chance? After a less than warm welcome, Tam was suspicious of the handsome vet’s motives. Already burned twice, she isn’t ready for another round. Then there’s Gully’s Fall’s own mystery.. -
![Dangerous Curves Ahead: Steamy Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Mia Madison]()
Dangerous Curves Ahead: Steamy Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Mia Madison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAverie What do you do when the man of your dreams pulls up to your front door, and becomes your number one client? DeVante is everything I've ever fantasized about. Tall, athletic, sexy, and Dominican, he's a recipe for wet dreams. It also doesn't help that he's extremely charming, gracious, and protective. As the agency's top client, he's entirely off limits... -
![Curves and Coding by Kat Baxter]()
Curves and Coding by Kat Baxter
From the author of Real Men Love Curves comes your next sweet and steamy read about co-workers who want each other and the secrets that might keep them apart. Code monkey. Programmer. Computer nerd. Hacker. I’ve been called them all. They’re all true. But so is convicted felon. It doesn’t matter that I hacked that system to protect a friend... -
![Infamous: A Bad Boy Sports Romance Novel by Arabella Abbing]()
Infamous: A Bad Boy Sports Romance Novel by Arabella Abbing
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTouchdowns, touchbacks, touchy interns … he’s got it all covered. April: My boss is the publicist for the hottest quarterback in the NFL. As a lowly intern, I’ve never met Jared Moore -- but as a rabid football fan, believe me, I know all about him. And now my boss is off on her honeymoon … and I’ve been given the job of babysitting Jared... -
![Endless Beauty by Lisa Helen Gray]()
Endless Beauty by Lisa Helen Gray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHarriettHarriett is my name. Candy is my stage name…And I’m a stripper.Yeah, you heard that right.Stripping might not be my life-long goal, but I love what I do. I’m not down on my luck, nor do I have daddy issues. Strippers aren't the cliché people make them out to be.At least, me and my friends aren’t. Life is meant to be lived, and I intend to live it to the fullest... -
![The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller]()
The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMoxie Summers is a curvy, twenty-six year-old teacher who has not had the best track record with relationships. In a drunken stupor at a bar, she meets Miles who turns out to be her sparing equal, until she vomits all over his shoes. Just when she thinks things couldn’t get worse, her dream man turns out to be the single father of the newest student in her class... -
![Wide Open by Tracey Ward]()
Wide Open by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKurtis Matthews is a mystery. His rookie year in the NFL was one of the most inspiring the L.A. Kodiaks had ever seen. He was an unstoppable force that had the fans dreaming of championships and the owners reaching for their checkbooks. Then, just as suddenly as he appeared, he vanished. He was traded away in a deal that sparked outrage both on the field and in the stands... -
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![Him & Her Box Set by Carey Heywood]()
Him & Her Box Set by Carey Heywood
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHIM Sarah Miller hasn’t been home in seven years. She thought she could stay away forever. If it wasn’t for her big brother's wedding, that is. Part of her even feels silly for staying away this long. It's not like anyone even knew what happened. Well, except for him. That guy. The one she compared all others to. The one who set the bar so high no other guy after him could even compete... -
![Thrown for a Curve by Sugar Jamison]()
Thrown for a Curve by Sugar Jamison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWHEN YOU’RE A big girl Cherri has often wished she were thin and graceful like a ballerina instead of being a six-foot-tall blonde with curves that require serious caution. Surely a charming Irishman like her new boss Colin, with his throaty brogue and to-die-for bod, would never go for someone like Cherri... -
![Desperately Seeking Roommate by Micalea Smeltzer]()
Desperately Seeking Roommate by Micalea Smeltzer
WANTED: A ROOMMATE Requirements 1. Don’t be a smoker. That’s gross. 2. Don’t be a jerk. I have no time to deal with your mood swings. 3. Clean up after yourself. Is it really so hard to put dirty clothes where they belong? If you meet these qualifications, call me...Categorized as:
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![A Very Terrible Text by Elana Johnson]()
A Very Terrible Text by Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSometimes the thumbs slip… She’s finally joined the dating app everyone in Cider Cove is raving about…when she accidentally sends a message about wanting to meet up for a first date to her enemy.I’ve been engaged twice now without becoming a bride, and let’s just say those failures have made me more career-focused than ever... -
![Melting Into You by Laura Trentham]()
Melting Into You by Laura Trentham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAlec Grayson returns home to Falcon, Alabama, to rebuild his life after a knee injury ended his NFL career. As the Falcon high school quarterback coach, Alec's love for the game is reignited. Meanwhile, he puts his hard-partying past and the betrayal of the people he trusted most behind him, and adopts a hard demeanor... -
![Playing Hard by Melanie Scott]()
Playing Hard by Melanie Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHIS GAME NEVER FAILS… Baseball fanatic Oliver Shields has had his eye on the ball since he was a kid. Playing for the New York Saints is a dream come true, and making the play-offs is a reason to celebrate years of dedicated field work and batting practice...
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