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  • Finding Peace by Emilia Finn

    Finding Peace by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Til death do they part Tina Cooper is a young mom running from a dangerous past. With fresh scars, broken bones, and only the clothes on their backs, she and her daughter escape from a man who’d rather kill them than let them go...
  • Ruthless Rebel by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Ruthless Rebel by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    My villain. My monster. My Ruthless Rebel… He’ll do anything to get the empire his grandfather promised him... including marry me. His ex. To the media Jericho Grayson is an elite billionaire and one of the heirs to the Grayson legacy. To me, he was the rebel. The boy I first gave my heart to. Eight years ago when he broke up with me, it broke me...
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  • Jag by H.J. Bellus

    Jag by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No matter how fast he runs, there's one thing Jag can't escape. His past. It has the power to destroy the man he's worked so hard to become. Jag is slated to be the next MMA champion. It's been years in the making. The hype surrounding his prized fight is ignited by his charismatic personality and smoldering good looks. But it's all a shield protecting the storm brewing inside of him..
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    new adult  mma-boxing  sports  length-short
  • Finding Redemption by Emilia Finn

    Finding Redemption by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Not even Hell is as bad as the home Jon Hart grew up in For the first fifteen years of his life, Jon sat in the fire of Hades in a bid to protect his baby sister from experiencing even a little of what he lived through. As soon as they were old enough to escape, Jon swore his poisonous bloodline would die out with him. There’s no chick on this planet awful enough to deserve his kind of poison...
  • Losing Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Losing Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All is fair in love and war ... but is this love? Spencer Beckett may have fallen hard for Charlotte Hayes, but one lie has their relationship crashing to the ground. Their glass castle is about to shatter. Breaking Spencer's heart in the process. When tragedy strikes, Charlie needs a man who won't let let her down. Even Princes need second chances ..
  • Love Hate Relationship by Jessica Prince, Becky Johnson

    Love Hate Relationship by Jessica Prince, Becky Johnson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    **Love Hate Relationship is a STANDALONE Romantic Comedy that follows characters introduced in Shrinking Violet. It is not necessary to read Shrinking Violet first** People say that sometimes the line between love and hate is thin. What they don’t tell you is that sometimes it’s invisible...
  • Finn by E.M. Moore

    Finn by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everyone in the Heights knows fairy tales are fake.There’s no happily-ever-after, there’s just making the best of what you got. But what if that isn’t the case for me?First, my brother returns. Sure, he’s come back changed. A ferocious leader, a hardened gangster, but most importantly, an overbearing, overprotective, ass. But hey, he’s alive...
  • Sweet Agony by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Sweet Agony by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vengeance was something I’d been waiting all my life to deliver. It would be sweet and worth every risk I’d taken to get to this point. I was moments away from pulling the trigger, taking the life of the man who’d cost my father his… And then she was dragged into the room, struggling and fighting for freedom. The moment I set eyes on Tavia, everything changed...
  • Finding Hope by Emilia Finn

    Finding Hope by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When a man hits rock bottom, he only has two choices. Professional fighter and undisputed champion of the world, twenty-five-year-old Jack Reilly is back for the final instalment of the Rollin On series. Like many love stories, boy meets girl. Girl grudgingly agrees to a date. Boy sits through cringeworthy sex talk. Boy and girl live happily ever after...
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    new adult  mma-boxing  sports  humor  length-long
  • Finding Forever by Emilia Finn

    Finding Forever by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Jimmy and Izzy are up! Izzy Hart was his from the beginning of time... despite the fact her brothers would kill him for even looking at her. Best friends since birth, Jim and Iz grew up together and knew where their futures were heading; they just didn't tell anyone else their plans, least of all each other. Now Iz is having a baby with another man...
  • Tapping out by Nikki Ash

    Tapping out by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being a fighter is in my blood. My grandfather was a fighter, my father was a fighter, and I'm a fighter. I live for the rush of adrenaline and sensation of victory. When I fight, I give it my all. I step into the octagon and I fight until there's nothing left to fight for. He's been my best friend for most of my life...
  • Finding Victory by Emilia Finn

    Finding Victory by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Are you ready for more Kit and Bobby? After an attack that almost claimed her life, Kit wakes to find her boyfriend standing at her back, exactly where he said he'd always be. He'll protect her forever, just like he promised, but there is such thing as too much love. His coddling threatens to smother her...
  • Trick by H.J. Bellus

    Trick by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s quiet, a thinker who is always three steps ahead of the game—in and out of the ring. Trenton “Trick” Jameson is a mystery, even to his fellow fighters at Diablo’s Throne. They only know him as the Country Boy Brawler who left home to chase his dreams. His band of brothers have no idea what he's lost or left behind... And that’s the way Trick wants it...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  mma-boxing  sports  length-short
  • Son of Saint: A Dark Romance by Ruby Vincent

    Son of Saint: A Dark Romance by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m going through a bit of a rough patch.I lost my job, got kicked out of my apartment, and now I sleep under an overpass. If that wasn’t bad enough, my psychic twin is plagued with daily visions of my death.She guarantees it’ll be gruesome.The last thing I needed was for Sole “Sunny” Bellisario to come crashing through my tent...
  • Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones Lake

    Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A steamy standalone romance featuring a swoon-worthy single dad and the one woman he absolutely shouldn’t fall in love with. Sullivan It’s a hot summer morning and I’m already running late. I’m no one’s white knight, but when I see a damsel in distress, I have to rescue her. I didn’t know it would be Aubrey Dorado, the girl I swore was off-limits...
  • Avalanche by Cambria Hebert

    Avalanche by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Don’t get caught in the surge. Through a bullet hole in a wall, I watch a man bleed to death. Those responsible think their crime died with the victim, until I identify them. What’s a girl to do when she’s being hunted by murderers witness protection can’t even stop? Run. My only refuge is a place I vowed to never go again...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  poor heroine  sports  suspense  mafia  m-f
  • Closer by Mary Elizabeth

    Closer by Mary Elizabeth

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Gabriella Mason is damaged. Teller Reddy is wrecked. Misery loves company, and that’s exactly what Ella gets the afternoon her path crosses with Teller’s: the misunderstood premed student who instantly becomes her lifeline when she moves to Los Angeles, an attempt at escaping her heartbreaking past. In the beginning, Lonely and Defensive complete each other...
  • On My Knees by J. Kenner

    On My Knees by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 36 ratings
    Jackson Steele and Sylvia Brooks continue to thrill in the second novel of a scintillating, emotionally charged new trilogy that returns to the world of J. Kenner’s beloved Stark novels: Release Me, Claim Me, and Complete Me .   I never thought I’d lose control, but his desire took me right to the edge...
  • Resisting Diesel by Megan Fall

    Resisting Diesel by Megan Fall

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trinity's father Grizz was savagely executed by his own motorcycle club and she was witness to it all. Now on the run, she hides from the new President, Detroit, who craves her for his own. Diesel is the President of the Devil’s Soldiers, a motorcycle club comprising ex-military men. When a timid, scared young girl shows up in his town, he can't overlook the attraction he feels for her...
  • How the Light Gets In by L.H. Cosway

    How the Light Gets In by L.H. Cosway

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    He came back to me 16 minutes and 59 seconds into Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7. We parted amid tragedy, so it seemed poetic. Dylan O’Dea, my childhood sweetheart, had once meant everything to me. Now we were strangers, and honestly, after eleven years I never thought I’d see him again. I lived in the world of the average, of getting paid by the hour and budgeting to make ends meet...
  • Birdie by M.C. Carr

    Birdie by M.C. Carr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    All her life Birdie Clements has felt like an outsider. The only dark skinned member of her white Southern family, she struggles to fit in - even at home. At eighteen years old and with only a handful of months before she graduates, her parents' marriage falls apart and Birdie is shipped to her mother's small hometown to live with an uncle she never knew she had...
  • With Kol by K.L. Donn

    With Kol by K.L. Donn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kol Daniels has spent years raising his sister after their parents passed away. Finally gaining the freedom to live his own life, he meets a girl… Who runs away. Thea Andrews only wants to be normal. She wants to drop the scars of her past and move forward. After finding a friendship with a woman who didn’t demand to know all her secrets, Thea feels comfort in her surroundings...
  • Knox by Lane Hart

    Knox by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone thinks I’m a playboy, but the truth is I’m technically a virgin. Don’t get me wrong — I’m no saint when it comes to women. I just refuse to take the chance of bringing an unwanted kid into the world. A kid like me. Growing up with the daily reminder that my parents didn’t give a shit about me is all the birth control I’ve ever needed in life. Until Jade...
  • Mr. Knightsbridge by Louise Bay

    Mr. Knightsbridge by Louise Bay

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Dexter Daniels prefers gems over women. Emeralds over girlfriends. Diamonds over marriage.He might be the most successful jeweler of his generation, a loyal friend and some say the most handsome man in London, but his past means he doesn’t deal in love.When Hollie Lumen enters the ballroom where exquisite royal jewels are on display, she brings Dexter’s world to a screeching halt...
  • Fearless In Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully

    Fearless In Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Meet the Maverick Billionaires―sexy, self-made men from the wrong side of town who survived hell together and now have everything they ever wanted. But when each Maverick falls head-over-heels for an incredible woman he never saw coming, he will soon find that true love is the only thing he ever really needed..
  • Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My second year at the prestigious Harkwright Academy is about to begin. Within these walls I've faced many challenges and I can't help but wonder: can I survive this, and still be the same girl I was when I began?This year I have even more trials to face; from attending the retreat after being claimed by Aeron, to seeing the infamous Harkwright Prince, with no more disguises in place...
  • Magic Man by Jamie Schlosser

    Magic Man by Jamie Schlosser

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    CASEY I’ve been putting my son first for so long that I’ve forgotten how to be me. Each monotonous day bleeds into the next, and I feel like I’m struggling to keep my head above water. But a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel with a man I barely know changes that. Jay reminds me that I used to be bold. Vivacious. Funny. Strong...
  • Memphis by Ginger Scott

    Memphis by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    My mom always said it was just something about the way he moved. The same swagger Archie Valentine wore in the ring when he took his opponents down followed him like a halo everywhere he went. But make no mistake about it—he was no angel. He was like a drug. My mother was his addict. I never understood it…how love could make you blind and convince you to drink the poison...
  • Evermore by B.B. Reid

    Evermore by B.B. Reid

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Grab your dancing shoes and put on your prettiest dress. It's prom season in Blackwood Keep and forever can't wait any longer! Four Archer was the toughest girl around. Just ask anyone. She’s the street racing daredevil who brought the King of Brynwood Academy to his knees...
  • Shotgun Wedding by Natasha Tanner, Ali Piedmont

    Shotgun Wedding by Natasha Tanner, Ali Piedmont

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kat My father's marrying me off to the Russian mob. But is it still a shotgun wedding…if I used to be in love with the groom? Growing up, Gray Petrokov was my closest friend and confidant. Then he left town and broke my heart into a million pieces. Now he's back and waiting for me at the altar...
  • No Perfect Hero by Nicole Snow

    No Perfect Hero by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Bossy. Heart of stone. Snarly mess next door.Send help before I'm prick-matized... My next big mistake has a name. Warren Ford. Best kept secret in this weird little town. An alpha's alpha. Spartan abs. Too blunt for everybody's good. Moody, broody, mysterious, and totally up in my business. I thought Heart's Edge would be safe. No two timing exes. No pink slips...
  • On the Edge by Brittney Sahin

    On the Edge by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    I once lived in two different worlds—billionaire businessman by day, fighter by night. When the suit came off, the gloves came on. It’s been five years since I last stepped into the Octagon, since my life spun out of control. I haven’t even so much as gone near a fighting ring. I promised my family I’d never raise my fists again...
  • Redemption by Tia Lewis

    Redemption by Tia Lewis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I won't stop until I have my title back and Hannah Collin's is mine. Owning Chicago's best MMA gym, the Warrior Zone, doesn't compare to the high I got from being inside the octagon—the lights, the screaming fans, the women. I used to be the top MMA fighter until a near fatal injury forced me to retire and stripped me of that title...
  • Reckless Heat by Lynn Raye Harris

    Reckless Heat by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s my best friend. He’s everything I ever wanted. And he doesn’t know how I feel. I have three weeks left to tell him before he leaves this place forever… There’s only one way I know how to do that. I have to give him what I’ve never given anyone. I’m going to ask him to be my first… Matt Girard is the guy every girl wants. Rich, handsome, and popular, his future is brighter than the sun...
  • Embody by S.E. Hall

    Embody by S.E. Hall

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I'm not "damaged." No horrible childhood or demons in my past I'm trying to outrun. In fact, my family is ideal — funny, supportive and filled with couples that all follow "our" golden rule: Find her. Protect her. Love only her, with everything you are, every day, for the rest of your life...
  • Cruz  (Diablo's Throne MMA) by H.J. Bellus

    Cruz (Diablo's Throne MMA) by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She hates fighting. He lives for it. Layla's vicious past drove her away from her hometown. She couldn't live with all the reminders surrounding her--so she ran. Cruz Felix found a new home, a place where he could get his head on straight, train, and fight match after match toward the end goal--the championship in Las Vegas...
  • Revived by Tia Lewis

    Revived by Tia Lewis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'll stop at nothing until Julia Chase is safe in my arms. I had it all—fame, fortune, a woman who loved me, and the start of a family—until one tragic night took them all away... Now, only my nightmares keep me company. I haven't stepped in the cage since, keeping my distance from everything I once loved to avoid the pain of losing anything or anyone again...
  • The Fight by Alice Ward

    The Fight by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cherry = Ripe and Delicious. Too tempting.Even though I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I built my own successful R&D company from scratch. I’m always looking for talent. That’s how I meet Cherry Bomb — underground MMA fighting princess. After watching one match, I’m hooked and sign her on as my newest investment.Sweet, tart, and fresh, I want to do more than spar with her. I want her...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  mma-boxing  sports  humor  contemporary  m-f
  • Make You Keep Me by L.A. Shaw

    Make You Keep Me by L.A. Shaw

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book Two in the Fight for me duet.She disappeared without a trace. Leaving me with a piece of paper and a shattered heart.We grew up in a world full of demons, but I never expected her to become one of mine.The ghost of her haunted me for over two years.I was finally moving on with my life in more ways than one...
  • Take Your Time by Julie Johnson

    Take Your Time by Julie Johnson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Delilah Sinclair has a certain reputation. Maybe it's the way she walks (in skyscraper designer heels) or the way she talks (in total absence of a filter) or simply the shade of her hair (strawberry blonde). Maybe it's the string of broken hearts she's left across the city of Boston. (Sorry, boys.) For Lila, catching a man's attention is never a struggle...
  • Fury by Clarissa Wild

    Fury by Clarissa Wild

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is book 1.5 in the FIERCE series, and it's a retelling of book 1 from Hunter's POV with lots of unique, previously undiscovered scenes! Would you risk everything for love? Life has held nothing but hardships for Hunter Bane. Growing up with a learning disability wasn't easy, especially when you're poor...
  • Drake by Harper Bentley

    Drake by Harper Bentley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Drake Powers had to be the most infuriating piece of work I’d met in my entire life. Never mind his gorgeous face, body, and tattoos. That was beside the point. The things that came out of the cocky bastard’s mouth—directed toward me, of course—had my own mouth falling open in shock. His controlling, bad-boy demeanor should’ve had me running in the other direction...
  • Gio by Elizabeth Reyes

    Gio by Elizabeth Reyes

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    New Adult/ Contemporary Romance When tragedy strikes in the ring, Giovanni Bravo falls into a deep depression, walking away from his dream of boxing to train instead. He agrees to a two month get-away, helping train Felix Sanchez, his high school best friend and now welterweight champ of the world...
  • Storm by Jo Raven

    Storm by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ONLY 99c RELEASE PRICE - grab this bad boy before the price goes up! Raylin is on the run. Her father’s associates will stop at nothing to claim the money he owes them—including killing her. A last ditch ticket to Florida, a temporary house to hide in and no future to look forward to...
  • Downfall by Jay Crownover

    Downfall by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Solomon Sanders doesn’t have time to fall in love. Until a stunning, skittish, single mother forces him to pause and recognize just how empty and hollow his busy life has become. From the start, it’s been ingrained in Solo’s DNA to fight.Fight for what he believes is right.Fight for the people he loves.Fight for the traces of good in a place which tends to be filled with a variety of bad...
  • Player by Natalie Rios

    Player by Natalie Rios

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cocky. Player. A**hole. Without a doubt, Theo Montgomery is the university's most promising student athlete – and it’s biggest player. Confident, charming, and handsome as sin, there isn’t a single girl at Carlton University who’s immune to this quarterback. Except Allie. ​ Smart. Driven. Sassy. Make no mistake, Allie Perez can’t stand jocks...
  • Make You Want Me by L.A. Shaw

    Make You Want Me by L.A. Shaw

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her demons called out to mine from the first moment I saw her. We were both broken, damaged kids needing an outlet.Now she’s my brother's best friend and no matter how hard I try, I can’t get her off my mind. Needless to say, when I’m asked to train her a couple of days a week at the MMA gym, it’s pure torture...
  • The Beauty of Grace by Nicole Richard

    The Beauty of Grace by Nicole Richard

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    At age eighteen, Grace Bowman's life crumbled right in front of her. The man who held her heart—her forever—was gone, and her family ties were in tatters. As a result, she forged a steel wall round her heart and vowed never to let anyone get close again. Now, six years later, she has been given a chance to start fresh in Savannah, Georgia...
  • Dating Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Dating Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This fairytale doesn’t end at midnight. With one kiss Spencer Beckett swept Charlotte Hayes off her feet. But dating Princeton Charming comes with a cost. And Charlie can barely afford her life, let alone the drama that comes with being Spencer’s girlfriend. His family won’t accept her. His friends think she’s trouble. And she’s doubting her place in his exclusive world...
  • Winning Love by Abby Niles

    Winning Love by Abby Niles

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mac “The Snake” Hannon has spent years throwing himself into cage fighting as a way to lash back at the natural disaster that destroyed his future. A call for help has Mac returning to the one place he swore never to return: Kansas—in the height of tornado season. There he meets free-spirited Gayle Andrews...
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