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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...
  • 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...
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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 ratings
    John "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 ratings
    The 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...
  • Beyond Us by Abby Brooks

    Beyond Us by Abby Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two roommates. One pact. And a kiss that changes everything. Moving in with Eli Hutton was supposed to keep my heart safe. After both our relationships crashed and burned, cohabitation seemed like a no-brainer. A reset from chaos back to stability. A chance to protect one another from Cupid and his stupid little arrows...
  • Morning Wood by Megan Wade

    Morning Wood by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Get 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. .. Piper:...
  • 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. On her own...
  • 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 ratings
    Part 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 ratings
    Part 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...
    Categorized as:
    athletes  humor  contemporary  length-novella
  • Party Animal by Ali K. Mulford

    Party Animal by Ali K. Mulford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s never done love long-term. But will faking it lead to forever? Finch Lachlan works hard and parties harder. But tired of her siblings judging her fun-loving ways, the head veterinarian at her family’s zoo vows to prove she can make it past the third date. And maybe she can begin with the hottie who just seized her attention with a sizzling kiss. Chef, Frankie Benedetti, craves a fresh start...
  • Bad Boy by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Bad Boy by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A 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...
  • Big Girl Panties by Michaela Sawyer

    Big Girl Panties by Michaela Sawyer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This romantic comedy will break your heart. .. and then make you laugh so hard it'll put the pieces back together! One man's trash is another man's treasure. When my ex-husband, Chris, left me shattered, I thought I'd never recover. Then Matt, a famous wrestler, came into my life. He patiently put me back together, making me feel beautiful again even when I couldn't see it myself...
  • Black Light: Worthy by Stella Moore

    Black Light: Worthy by Stella Moore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Handling bossy, demanding millionaires is just a regular Tuesday for Katherine Callahan, one of the most in-demand financial planners on the east coast. Austin Barrick may be baseball’s biggest star, but she figures there’s not much difference between him and the rest of her clients. That is, until he walks into her office, flashes his million-dollar smile, and asks her to dinner...
  • 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...
  • Shut Up and Kiss Me  (Midnight Kisses) by Kat Baxter

    Shut Up and Kiss Me (Midnight Kisses) by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This soccer star has one night to win it all…or risk losing everything. Ben Prescott. By most people’s standards, I’ve got it pretty good. I have a lucrative job playing my favorite game in the world: soccer. I get to live in my favorite city: Austin, Texas. I basically have it all. Except the woman I love. Why, you ask? Because she's my baby sister's best friend...
  • Going All In by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Going All In by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being the nice guy leaves me open to being a rebound romance. Which I’m not interested in. I’ve got better things to do. Like taking my spot on the NBA draft picks. It’s all that matters to me. Love has never been on the radar. I’m too focused for all that fluff. Then life slows me down. Way down...
  • Can't Let You Go by Alice Daniels, Saylor Ann

    Can't Let You Go by Alice Daniels, Saylor Ann

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    I’ve done everything I can to be the best mom for my daughter, including setting my own desires aside. And that desire is named Jason Cunningham. As a single mom of my seven year old daughter, I’ve gotten used to doing things on my own. I’ve moved on after my husband up and left us on what possibly was the worst day of my life with no way to reach him...
  • Eat Slay Love by Kenya Wright

    Eat Slay Love by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One 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 by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas

    Getting Wound Up by Jennifer Bernard, Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fun and flirty crossover novel from bestselling authors, Jennifer Bernard (Love Between the Bases) and Erin Nicholas (Sapphire Falls)! Caitlyn Murray has never let on that she’s had fantasies about her brother's friend Eli Anderson for years. She'd do anything for the sexy baseball player who walked away from stardom to stay in Sapphire Falls and take care of his family...
  • Love, Tussles, and Takedowns by Violet Duke

    Love, Tussles, and Takedowns by Violet Duke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’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...
  • Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ALASKA. He's a hardened military veteran who's returning to his mountain MC to deal with family issues. FAITH. She'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 ratings
    Love 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...
  • 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...
  • Dirty Boy by Nichole Rose

    Dirty Boy by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Can this dirty boy convince his curvy girl that love is worth any risk? Dante. Behind 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    athletes  humor  contemporary  length-short
  • Still Into You by Ryleigh Andrews

    Still Into You by Ryleigh Andrews

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What 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. Hitting rock bottom forced Mia to stop...
  • The Art of Falling in Love with Your Fake Fiancé by Anne Kemp

    The Art of Falling in Love with Your Fake Fiancé by Anne Kemp

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All’s fair in love and war…until you agree to be your best friend’s fake fiancé. Levi: Life as an NFL player has always been fast-paced, but nothing prepared me for becoming the guardian of my godson, Duncan. With his grandmother contesting custody, I need to prove that I’m a steadfast influence who’s not going anywhere and there’s one sure-fire way to show that: get engaged...
  • Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter

    Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This single mom just might be royally screwed…. Jillian. I’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…...
  • Peppermint Passion by Hallie Bennett

    Peppermint Passion by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What happens when the Christmas Grump, actor Eli Cooper, meets a real-life Hallmark-esque heroine? Find out in the next installment of Christmas & Curves--a series dedicated to curvy heroines finding their dream heroes at MerryCon, a holiday extravaganza full of celebrities & Christmas cheer!
  • Again by Miranda P. Charles

    Again by Miranda P. Charles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After 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...
    Categorized as:
    athletes  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • 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 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • Stella by Sadie King

    Stella by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jared. I’m looking for an investment, not a relationship. But when Stella Parker walks into the boardroom, I know I’m a goner. She’s smart, funny, and gorgeous. But can I convince her that mixing business and pleasure isn’t always bad? Stella. Fashion for the curvy girl: It’s what I do, and it’s what I’ve built my business around...
  • 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...
  • Curves and Cars by Kat Baxter

    Curves and Cars by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From 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...
  • Valentine's Rebellion by Dani Elias

    Valentine's Rebellion by Dani Elias

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fourteen Shades of Day 4. Lizzie. I loathe Valentine’s Day, no, I downright despise it. This year, it feels like it's on steroids. But I refuse to let it get the better of me. There's only one escape. I manage to persuade my best friend, Coop, to ditch England and embark on a trip to a secluded Canadian village...
  • Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison

    Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Stuck. 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 ratings
    Clayton 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...
  • Can't Help My Shelf by Frankie Love, Kaylin Evans

    Can't Help My Shelf by Frankie Love, Kaylin Evans

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s one thing in life I’ve always, always wanted. And I’m tired of waiting for my prince charming to sweep me off my feet to help make that happen. On my 26th birthday I make a life altering decision. But before the deed is done, Army officer Nash Nichols walks into the children’s section of the library where I work, changing my trajectory forever...
  • No Time Like Forever by Zoe York

    No Time Like Forever by Zoe York

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brand new release in the sexy small town romance series by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Zoe York! It started with a kiss. .. Mari Beadie needed a boyfriend, and former NHL hockey star Chase Miller happened to be in the right place at the right time. The kiss that followed wasn't necessary, strictly speaking, but it sure was hot...
  • 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...
  • City of Champions by Chloe T. Barlow

    City of Champions by Chloe T. Barlow

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How do you find the will to try, when you've spent all your life playing on a field strewn with shattered lives and broken rules? Tragedy and betrayal taught Jenna Sutherland early on that her safest bet was to fiercely avoid any risk, whether it is in work, life, or love...
  • 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. Richie is from a large middle class family...
    Categorized as:
    athletes  contemporary  humor  length-epic
  • Primal Surrender by Lori King

    Primal Surrender by Lori King

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming 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 ratings
    Stand-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...
  • Security Needs by Alexa Blue

    Security Needs by Alexa Blue

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Security Needs. His Curvy Craving Book 2. A Steamy Older Alpha and Younger BBW Romance. Britney. I find a threatening letter slipped under my door after speaking out against a large modelling house. The girls are abused and I refuse to stand for it. My dad is worried about my safety, but I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself...
  • Christian by Imani King

    Christian by Imani King

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He wants a baby, not a wife. She was hired to do a job, not to heal his heart. They’re locked together for nine months with only one rule: Don’t fall in love. At one time, international sex symbol and infamous race car driver Christian Corbett seemed unstoppable. But after a tragic accident left him scarred and broken, he barricaded himself in his country estate...
  • Georgia On My Mind by Brenda Stokes Lee

    Georgia On My Mind by Brenda Stokes Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Interior Designer, Georgia Porter, aka Peaches is a strong independent woman who is holding it down for her man. Charles is her first love has been with Peaches since high school. An opportunist, he shamelessly allowed Peaches to put him through college and Law School. He promised that he would marry her just as soon as he passed the Bar...
  • Second Chance by Angela Verdenius

    Second Chance by Angela Verdenius

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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 ratings
    Averie. 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...
    Categorized as:
    curvy heroine  humor  contemporary  m-f  betrayal
  • The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller

    The Chronicles of Moxie by Z.B. Heller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Moxie 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...
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