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  • Fallen Crest Campout by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Campout by Tijan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Sam and Mason return to Fallen Crest for a camping trip. They head north, meeting up with a few friends from Roussou and enjoy a night of booze, some leapfrogging, and there’s a small therapy session to air out some tension in the group. Empty chair, anyone? Enjoy a novella crossover between the Fallen Crest series and the crew series!
  • Gentry Boys by Cora Brent

    Gentry Boys by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    “All my life I’d always known what the Gentry boys were. A set of fraternal triplets born to a depraved family, they were rough, sexy and wild as wolves. .. ". DRAW. They called us ‘those white trash Gentry boys’ until we believed that’s what we were. Our people squatted at the edge of a hellhole prison town for generations. The childhood we endured was the stuff of nightmares...
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  • Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton

    Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    All new and exclusive enemies to lovers and bully romance short stories and previews by:. L A Cotton. Siobhan Davis. Ashley Jade. Piper Lawson. Tracy Lorraine. Michelle Mankin. Daniela Romero. Ginger Scott. Ivy Smoak. Becca Steele. Shantel Tessier. This will be a wide release with special preorder pricing...
  • Fame by Jillian Dodd

    Fame by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the eighth book in the addictive Keatyn Chronicles series. Discover a breathless fairy-tale romance with swoon-worthy characters set in a glittering celebrity world. Fans of reality TV will devour this pulse-pounding, sexy Hollywood drama. Follow the lives and loves of those who work at Captive Films:...
  • Trust Him by Caitlyn Dare

    Trust Him by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻. Hadley Rexford wasn’t supposed to get under my skin. But I thought she was like me, until I push her too far, and destroy everything we had. I want to hurt her. Consume her. In the end, I’ll make sure she’s only ever mine. Cole Jagger wasn’t to supposed to become everything to me...
  • Made to Love You by Megan Smith, Elaine York

    Made to Love You by Megan Smith, Elaine York

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Jaylinn McCormick had finally found the man who makes her life complete. After putting the most terrifying night of her life behind her, she’s moving on. Suddenly, unexpected life altering events have Jaylinn spiraling in an unknown direction. Will she be able to survive? Cooper Cahill finally found a balance in his life...
  • Let Me Love You by Megan Smith

    Let Me Love You by Megan Smith

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Will their lives take them in different directions? Jaylinn McCormick is determined to forget that one terrifying night which left her feeling broken and tainted. There is one person who can make her whole again… but he is hell bent on keeping her at arm’s length. She has loved him her entire life but can she wait for him to step up to the plate? Cooper Cahill has loved Jaylinn for years...
  • Crew Princess by Tijan

    Crew Princess by Tijan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Being crew is walking between two worlds. One world is normal: Prom. Parties. College. Those are the concerns they worry about. In our world, we deal with other situations. Cops. Drugs. Brawling. That’s a typical day for us...
  • All That Remains by Michele G. Miller

    All That Remains by Michele G. Miller

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Storms come and go, but true love remains. Fear, guilt, and jealousy all rear their ugly heads as Jules and West strive to figure out what they want now that they've emerged from the wreckage of the storm. A year has passed since the night Jules Blacklin and West Rutledge were thrown together by a tornado...
  • Fence #9 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Fence #9 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
  • Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting

    Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The strongest bodybuilder in Emerson isn’t a match for my focus. Emerson Dance is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the country. And I got kicked off the team right before nationals because my curves don’t “fit. ” Not their idea of a perfect dancer's body and definitely not their costume. I’m going to enter the competition on my own and show them that every body is a dancer’s body...
  • The Hearts We Fumble by Brooke O'Brien

    The Hearts We Fumble by Brooke O'Brien

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Brooke O’Brien comes a small-town, brother’s best friend football romance about a guy who swore she was off-limits—but some lines were meant to be crossed. Football rules everything in our small town...
  • All That Remains by Michele G. Miller, Samantha Eaton-Roberts

    All That Remains by Michele G. Miller, Samantha Eaton-Roberts

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    [Alternate cover edition for ISBN: 9781311741523]. Fear, guilt, and jealousy rear their ugly heads as Jules and West strive to figure out what they want now that they've emerged from the wreckage of the storm. A year has passed since the night Jules Blacklin and West Rutledge were thrown together by a tornado...
  • More Than a Memory by Marie James

    More Than a Memory by Marie James

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “I’m your new roommate. ” Four simple words turned my life upside-down. I can’t let a man—a baseball-playing stranger no less—move into my apartment. Even if he doesn’t have anywhere else to go. Bryson Daniels is too familiar—too much like him. He’ll discover my secrets - my obsession...
  • A Christmas Wish by Ivy Smoak

    A Christmas Wish by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Julia can't help but be a little bit of a Grinch this Christmas. After a painful break up, her little sister showing up with a surprise fiancé wasn't exactly Julia's Christmas wish. Especially when her mother won't stop reminding her that she is currently single. When Julia's mother notices that she's missing an ingredient for cookies, Julia leaps at the opportunity to get away from everyone...
  • Eden High Boxed Set by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Boxed Set by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This ebook contains the following works. Eden High Book 1. Sian Claiborne is not a happy camper. Just when she was getting into the groove of high school hijinks, her parents decides to pick up stakes. Now the popular cheerleader is off to the ritz and glamor of the Hollywood Hills, where her new school is home to the offspring of Hollywood's elite...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 5 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 5 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After the explosion at Sian's home, Jace has some hard choices to make. He's lived his life as one of the crowd in a town where it's known that his family rules. But now to keep his girl safe, he's willing to give up his happy go lucky lifestyle and be the son he was meant to be. There will be some drastic changes at Eden High, and not everyone will be pleased. ..
  • Promise Me by Kristin Mayer

    Promise Me by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With her best friend happily married and now pregnant, Sam Matthews should be overjoyed. Instead, she can only see what is missing in her life. Pushing her emotions aside, she retreats to a piece of her past that she’s kept hidden, something that even her best friend knows nothing about. Taking a step into her future, Sam moves to North Carolina where she once again encounters Mark Robertson...
  • Together Like This by Bethany Monaco Smith

    Together Like This by Bethany Monaco Smith

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This might be a slippery slope. Joel Wilkinson is many things. Funny, charming, charismatic, the best snuggler in the world. The boy who I share a bed with every single night… even though we’re not dating. Did I mention we also kiss sometimes? Yeah, it’s definitely a slippery slope, but it’s one I want to slide down—just slowly. Because here’s the thing, I’m messy at best. And Joel… isn’t...
  • The Wishes Series Box Set by G.J. Walker-Smith

    The Wishes Series Box Set by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first three books in the iBooks #1 bestselling Wishes Series. Bonus inclusion: Sand Jewels (novella) and first 11 chapters of Secret North (book 4). Over 350 000 words, 162 chapters! ! SAVING WISHES: For Charli Blake, being seventeen is a tough gig. She's been branded a troublemaker, her reputation is in tatters and she's stuck in Pipers Cove, a speck of a town on the coast of Tasmania...
  • Burndown by Winter Travers

    Burndown by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the past eight years, master mechanic Remington Grain has been tirelessly working toward his dream job of becoming a member of an NHRA pit crew. But being the new guy is never easy. Not only is he at the bottom of the totem pole, he’s pretty sure his crew chief hates him. Remy knows anything worth having takes hard work and dedication...
  • Brutal Nights by Isla Vaughn

    Brutal Nights by Isla Vaughn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I lost the game. Now? I’m going to lose everything else, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. Sacrificing Damon, who turns my world upside down with a single touch, for my best friend’s happiness is a no-brainer. Protective and determined to make me his, Damon didn’t get the memo. And he’s made it clear that he isn’t going to let me go without a fight...
  • No Regrets Book 1 by Aimee Noalane

    No Regrets Book 1 by Aimee Noalane

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He left you. He's gone. And so are you. If life ever taught me anything, it's that nothing should be taken for granted. One moment. .. is all it takes to break a promise. Friendship becomes love. One second. .. is all takes to end a life. Love becomes pain. One distraction. .. is all it took to change our destiny. Pain becomes hate. One moment, one second, one distraction...
  • Fumbled Futures by Meagan Brandy

    Fumbled Futures by Meagan Brandy

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The cocky quarterback and his friends have come together in a boxset! This collections includes Fumbled Hearts, Defenseless Hearts, and the exclusive short story no longer available anywhere else, Fourth Down! Follow new girl, Kalani Embers, and friends on their journeys to forever . .. One big book, three addictive love stories! Fumbled Hearts...
  • The Complete Fire on Ice Series by Brenda Rothert

    The Complete Fire on Ice Series by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This series has five full-length novels about hot hockey stars and the women who steal their hearts. Bound. College senior Kate Camden has learned to adapt - to her last year of school, to the promise of motherhood, to the fact that she’s doing it all alone. But just when she’s learned to adjust, heartache threatens to break her apart...
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    athletes  sports  young adult  contemporary  hockey
  • Petty Rage by Thandiwe Mpofu

    Petty Rage by Thandiwe Mpofu

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No half measures. No in-betweens. Just two angry extremes with disaster in our very near future. Noah. She’s hellishly smart. Cunning. Stormy. Rebellious. And overly pathetic. One lingering look and I wanted her. A single laugh at her quirky, smart-mouth and I was done for...
  • Denver by Tess Oliver

    Denver by Tess Oliver

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 3, the final installment in Tess Oliver's Bestselling FMX Bros series. Strong. Passionate. Confident. Will Denver's irresistible new neighbor be the one to finally capture this FMX bro's heart? When Denver Mathison moves into a house at the beach, the last thing he expects is a beautiful and tempting upstairs neighbor...
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    athletes  sports  humor  young adult  length-short
  • Raw Temptation by Eve Carter

    Raw Temptation by Eve Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is Book 2 in the Tempted series. You should start with Book 1 Pure Temptation, on sale for only 99 cents here on Amazon. From New York Times best-selling author, Eve Carter, comes the much-anticipated sequel to Pure Temptation...
  • Liam by Jay McLean

    Liam by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Hatred comes in waves. But love? Love is a tsunami. —. Liam Preston was five the first time he laid eyes on Adelaide Baker. Eight by the time he found the courage to actually speak to her. By ten, she’d ruined his entire existence. And at fourteen, he got his revenge—a single decision that drove her out of town for good. Or so he thought. Five years later, she’s back...
  • When Our Worlds Fall Apart by Lindsey Iler

    When Our Worlds Fall Apart by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Love is complicated. Add in high school and it’s bound to get worse. Kennedy Conrad spent her summer hiding from the world, leaving her plenty of time to relive every moment spent with Graham Black. Now at the start of her senior year, she has one goal. Avoid the boy who broke her heart. He seems to be everywhere she turns. Letting go isn’t always the easiest thing to do...
  • Endgame by Samantha Barrett

    Endgame by Samantha Barrett

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
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  • Pep Talks by Ali Dean

    Pep Talks by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    (This is the fourth book in the Pepper Jones series, which should be read in order. The first three books in the series may be purchased as a box set for a discounted price, under the title “The Pepper Jones Collection. ”). Pepper’s freshman year at college is a harder transition than she anticipated...
  • Drive by Brenda Rothert

    Drive by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Years of training are about to pay off for hockey player Nikola Vereshkova. A call to play in the big league means he can finally come through for those who need him. His relocation to Chicago comes with built-in friends – and one gorgeous enemy who was less than impressed with him after their first encounter. Sadie Alexander knows all about the drastic measures men will take just to get laid...
  • Flame by Erin Noelle, Kerry Genova

    Flame by Erin Noelle, Kerry Genova

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m soaring. After years of hard work and determination, I am exactly where I want to be in life. As the top ranked Freestyle Motocross rider in the world, I have more money than I could ever dream of spending and gorgeous women throwing themselves at me in every city I land. I have everything I want. Everything except her...
  • Wicked Rules (Wicked Bay ) by L.A. Cotton

    Wicked Rules (Wicked Bay ) by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the author who brought you the Chastity Falls series, comes the second book in the Wicked Bay series. .. Lo Stone should be used to change by now. It's been her life for the last year, but how much can a girl take before the cracks begin to show? She knew being with Maverick wouldn't be easy, but she didn’t anticipate her life in Wicked Bay becoming a game of deceit and lies...
  • Game Face by Ginger Scott

    Game Face by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I didn't follow Wyatt Stone to college, I followed my heart. He just happened to be there. Against the odds, our love has only grown stronger over the last three years. Now Wyatt's entering his final college football season, only a few months away from the pro draft this spring...
  • Let Me Heal Your Heart by Lily Foster

    Let Me Heal Your Heart by Lily Foster

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    LET ME HEAL YOUR HEART. Book Four in Lily Foster’s LET ME series. First loves are not easily forgotten…. Anna has endured more by the age of eighteen than most do in a lifetime. Unless you know her, you see only the beautiful, privileged, bright college freshman who seems to have it all. Few people know what she’s gone through or know who she really is...
  • Twisting Fate by Charisse Spiers

    Twisting Fate by Charisse Spiers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Note from the author: Content intended for readers 18+ due to language and sexual content. Kinzleigh's life came crashing down after that tragic day leaving her in a whirlwind of despair. How do you move on from something when you have a secret no one knows; a constant reminder of something so beautiful that was taken as if it never existed? Kinzleigh Baker was the golden girl...
  • Dreams of Us by Brooke St. James

    Dreams of Us by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bailey Black was a former college athlete who was now enjoying the beginnings of a successful career in Chicago. Some aspects of her life hadn't turned out the way she planned, but she had slowly come to accept that. She thought she was content with her current lifestyle...
  • Cruel Academy: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Nicole Fox

    Cruel Academy: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ravenlake Prep was my refuge. Caleb Wilson made it my nightmare. My ex-boyfriend did awful things to me. But running from him just made it worse. Because now I’m stuck at Ravenlake Academy with the only boy in this town who might be more dangerous than my ex…. And he wants to break me in half. Caleb Wilson is gorgeous. Deadly. And very, very pissed off. But I need something from Caleb...
  • Road Trip with Lev Thomas by M.J. Padgett

    Road Trip with Lev Thomas by M.J. Padgett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Getting dropped on the side of the road by her ex-boyfriend was not part of her holiday plans. Emma Nadine has a type, and it’s the bad-for-you bad boy in a leather jacket. Only this time, her affinity for the unreformed lands her on the side of the interstate… literally...
  • Miranda Kenneally Bundle: Catching Jordan, Stealing Parker, Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally

    Miranda Kenneally Bundle: Catching Jordan, Stealing Parker, Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Miranda Kenneally has captivated readers with her fantastic contemporary YA series. Now discover the first three Hundred Oaks books for one low price: Catching Jordan, Stealing Parker and Things I Can't Forget-featuring new bonus material that includes:. � Character interviews. � A new short story based on Catching Jordan. � A sneak peek at Racing Savannah. .
  • Forgotten Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Forgotten Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Rule #1: Don’t fall for your brother’s best friend. Rule #2: Wait… What was rule number one again? The summer I grew boobs, my big brother laid down some ground rules. No touching, looking, or breathing near his baby sister. He made it clear I could never get with his friends. His buddies obliged. I did, too. Until I didn’t...
  • When Our Worlds Collide by Lindsey Iler

    When Our Worlds Collide by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Graham Black has the world at his fingertips. He's an all-star baseball player who manages to slide by with his devilish good looks. It's his uncanny charm that leads him into the beds and hearts of most of the girls at school. One night his poor choices collide him into the world of Kennedy Conrad. She's quiet and reserved. Everything he's not...
  • Pepped Up Forever by Ali Dean

    Pepped Up Forever by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the fifth and final book in the Pepper Jones series, and it’s one you don’t want to miss. Pepper Jones is ready to start breaking some records. She’ll be a junior in college, and if she wants to run professionally when she graduates, it’s time to step things up a notch. This time around, she knows it won’t be accomplished by ramping up her training...
  • True Love: The Trilogy: The Complete Boxed Set by Harper Bentley

    True Love: The Trilogy: The Complete Boxed Set by Harper Bentley

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From USA Today Best Selling Author Harper Bentley comes all three True Love books together in one boxed set! True Love, Book 1 - Discovering Us. They wanted forever. .. but sometimes forever's not that easy. Ellen has loved Jagger since she was five and he was seven when they kissed through the chain link fence at school...
  • Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend by Ivy Smoak

    Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I loved his best friend first. I always thought Axel Stevens and I would live happily ever after. But he’s never liked me back. His best friend though? Jacob Miller has made his feelings for me very clear. He’s the sweetest guy I know. His past is heartbreaking. And I want to make his future bright enough to make up for it. But one kiss changes everything...
  • The Game by HJ Bellus

    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...
  • The Winning Side by CM Doporto

    The Winning Side by CM Doporto

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Lexi’s determined to keep her word and stand by Raven’s side because her love for him is too strong to deny. As Raven learns to deal with the issues that are destined to destroy him and their relationship, their love is taken to a new level. As doors are closed and new ones are opened, Lexi and Raven find themselves in a heavenly bliss, but not without the challenges from Raven’s past...
  • Relentless by Nichole Greene

    Relentless by Nichole Greene

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “The boy with the golden arm grew into a golden god, sent to make me atone for the sins of our past. ”. The last person Ivy Bane expected to be her new stepbrother was Levi Marsh, the boy she had lost her heart and virginity to at summer camp two years before. Though she had been young, her feelings for him were real...
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