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  • Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury

    Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author JB Salsbury brings her Fighting series to Harper Sloan’s Hope Town in Fighting for Honor. UFL fighter Caleb hasn’t been to Hope Town since he was eighteen. His next big fight takes place in Atlanta and the serene lakefront home from his childhood is the perfect place to train without distractions...
  • Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every time someone mentions planning their wedding, Violet finds a reason why they should wait.Luca is her soulmate and Love Bug’s favorite person.They are already a family, but they need to make it official.Luca is getting tired of calling her his fiancée and not his wife.But Vi is torn.Saying “I do” to Luca will mean releasing the last hold Remington had on her heart...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  alpha male  contemporary  angst
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  • Hack by Fiona Davenport

    Hack by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Barrett “Hack” Moore has been obsessed with Paisley Wessex for six long months. All it took was one glance at her picture for the tough MC enforcer to fall for the sweet college student. Staying away from Paisley was the last thing Hack wanted, but that’s what he did because it was what she needed.Paisley didn’t know that the hot biker had been keeping a close eye on her all this time...
  • 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...
  • His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I was always the good girl, until I met Quinn…What do a law student and a smuggler have in common? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So I should leave the straight-laced, curvy Coraline alone.But I can’t.I’m no good for her. Every minute she spends with me, she’s risking her career, her future. I should let her go.But I can’t.My need to have her, to possess her, drives me to complete selfishness...
  • Vetting His Kitten by Mink

    Vetting His Kitten by Mink

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I don’t have time for my mother’s games or her menagerie of mammals, reptiles, and god knows what else. At least, I don’t think I have time for them until I meet her trusted veterinarian, Amelia. Suddenly, it seems I’m extremely interested in the wellbeing of my mother’s furry and scaly friends, so much so that I visit the vet’s office on a daily basis...
  • Close Contact by Lori Foster

    Close Contact by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    There’s no resisting a desire like this…MMA fighter Miles Dartman’s casual arrangement with personal shopper Maxi Nevar would be many men’s fantasy. She seeks him out, they have mindblowing sex, she leaves. Rinse, repeat. Yet lately, Miles wants more...
  • Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aurora Dawson loved helping happy couples have their perfect wedding and happily ever after. Even if she never found one for herself.When a divorce office opened shop right next to her, she was livid that someone would help tear apart the couples she brought together...
  • Diablo by Haley Travis

    Diablo by Haley Travis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can this devil atone for his many sins?I was settling into a quiet life. Work, reading, and endless hours riding and living with my brothers of the Dirty Sinners MC.Until Avery appeared. An innocent angel surrounded by sweetness and light.A filthy rich man with an even filthier reputation had no right to even touch her, much less claim her...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air...
  • Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Why doesn’t anyone pray for Satan? He needs it. But so do I, because Kristina Joy Kennedy is killing me. It’s been a year since I first saw her, wearing a white dress, blonde hair braided back with a cute pink bow at the bottom, walking into the church across the street from the Ride or Die bar. A year since my heart came alive. A year since she first told me to get lost.We are worlds apart...
  • Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "You gave me a taste of your fire. Hell no, I'm not walking away."Carlo Adamo is the most perfect man I have ever seen -- and the only one whose touch drives me mad.But some of us aren't meant for happy endings. If he knew the truth, he'd forget about me.I just need to stop trembling in his arms long enough to make him believe it...
  • Caged by Brittany Crowley

    Caged by Brittany Crowley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Savannah I was perfectly content with my life, or at least I thought I was. Then Zander ‘The Hitman’ Cage walked into my bar with those hypnotizing blue eyes and everything I ever thought I wanted flew out the window. Giving him a chance was the easiest decision I ever made. He ripped apart my safe little existence and took me along for the ride of my life...
  • 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...
  • Love Notes by Ella Goode

    Love Notes by Ella Goode

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Three of Us • Belong Together(This is a compilation of Three of Us and Belong Together)Olivia is ready for two college and her men.Despite dating the Audley twins since she was fifteen, it’s been a chaste relationship. No matter how she tries to tempt them. Olivia knows that loving her two men isn’t conventional, but she’s determined to have them even if the whole world disapproves...
  • Rowdy by D.M. Davis

    Rowdy by D.M. Davis

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    D.M. Davis’ ROWDY is a messy, meant-for-me, sexy, contemporary romance and Book Two in the Black Ops MMA series.ROWDY:You think this is a love story. You’re wrong. It’s a massacre. A massacre of who I think I am, where I come from, and who I thought I’d have a future with. One wouldn't have me.The other couldn't.Both stole my heart.You think you know me. You have no idea...
  • Storm Damage by C.P. Smith

    Storm Damage by C.P. Smith

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Logan Storm, an ex-Delta Force sniper, with scars on the inside, is drifting through life on his way to nowhere. While trying to make peace with his past, Logan encounters a young bar owner and her brothers, with trouble brewing the size of Montana.Skylar James is worn out...
  • Undisputed by Aimee Nicole Walker, Nicholas Bella

    Undisputed by Aimee Nicole Walker, Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There was once a time in my life where the only thing that mattered to me was fighting and winning. I’d step into that octagon with all the confidence in the world that I’d leave the victor. There was no challenge too great that I couldn’t handle. That was until I met a sassy and sexy reporter by the name of Aiden James and he flipped my world upside down...
  • Fighting For Grace by Hope Ford

    Fighting For Grace by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fighting For Grace Evan I’m down on my luck and out of patience. If I can’t fight, who am I? I still go to the gym every day to train and get better. When I get talked into teaching self-defense lessons, I never expected to meet her. She’s sweet, innocent... and in trouble. Injured or not, I’m fighting for Grace...
    Categorized as:
    sports  alpha male  mma-boxing  contemporary
  • Fortuity by Rochelle Paige

    Fortuity by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The only kinds of luck I knew were bad and worse...until my life hung in the balance. I finally caught a break in the form of a second chance. I vowed not to let it go to waste. To make a difference. But I didn’t start really living until I met him. Dillon Montgomery. My complete opposite—except for our matching tortured souls. I couldn’t resist him for long...
  • Until the Lightning Strikes: Happily Ever Alpha World by Elle Christensen

    Until the Lightning Strikes: Happily Ever Alpha World by Elle Christensen

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rachel Hill is struggling to get out of the life she was raised in. With only two more semesters to go, she’ll have her college degree and her ticket out of town. But, it seems as though bad luck is raining down on her and when the company she works for goes out of business, her income goes from meager to nothing. She’s desperate to find a way to pay for school...
  • Moody by C.M. Seabrook

    Moody by C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Heartbreaker. Playboy. Reckless. Wild and Rough. Those are just a few of the names she's called me, but I don't care as long as I get what I want - her heart. She deserves more than I can give. Problem is she's all I want. The smart thing would be to stay away. And believe me I've tried. I've kept my distance for four years...and time's up. Isabelle Stewart is mine...
  • Loved by the Hitman by Fiona Davenport

    Loved by the Hitman by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Love didn’t have a place in Merrick Ashford’s life. The former Navy SEAL’s entire focus was on his job with Ruthless Corp. Relationships were the last thing on his mind while working on a hit…until Audrey Cantrell spotted him in the middle of an assignment.Merrick didn’t have any other choice. He had to kidnap the beautiful college student to protect his identity...
  • 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...
  • Fighting for Honor by Dani Wyatt

    Fighting for Honor by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    BOOK FIVE IN THE WORTH THE FIGHT SERIES OF STANDALONES! . Five minutes was all it took. Five minutes with the beast off its leash and three guys were sprawled and bloody on the floor of my parents’ bar. Next thing I know, I’m a viral sensation with a professional fighting contract. But even as I landed each punch, all I could see was her face. All I could think about was her kiss...
  • Paradise Fought: Abel by L.B. Dunbar

    Paradise Fought: Abel by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I'm not a fighter. I was born into a fighting family. As the middle child, I was overlooked in favor of my older brother. He took the negative attention, too. In comparison, there's nothing special about me. I’m not as big as Cobra. I’m not as strong as Cobra. He's the alpha. I'm a beta. The second son. The lesser one...
  • Picture Perfect Obsession by C.M. Steele

    Picture Perfect Obsession by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emmitt: A simple assignment to photograph a fun run, shouldn’t even be a blip on my busy schedule between celebrity and location shoots. Still, one runner catches my eye, and nothing will ever be the same again. I drop everything to find out who she is, and when I can tell her that she’s mine. Because once I have her, there’s no way I’m letting her go...
  • 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:
    sports  new adult  mma-boxing  humor  contemporary  m-f
  • Catching Peyton by Loni Ree

    Catching Peyton by Loni Ree

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    When Dare Riordan’s cousin blackmails him into coaching her daughter’s t-ball team, he’s livid. He quit professional baseball years ago and doesn’t have time to coach a bunch of children. Then the first practice comes, and his world turns upside down. After his eyes land on the love of his life, he sees stars as the world turns black. He never saw the blow coming...
  • Introvert Seeking Mountain Man by Marley Michaels

    Introvert Seeking Mountain Man by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When paths collide, sparks flyWhen Jemma Scott’s boss goes MIA during a writing retreat on an Alaskan mountain, Jemma books a flight to track her down: destination Moose Mountain.What she didn’t expect was to faint at the feet of Cole Cooper, her mountain guide, the moment she meets him...
  • Dirty Plays by Michelle A. Valentine

    Dirty Plays by Michelle A. Valentine

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Zayn and I have been working hard to keep the relationship between us a secret. If we’re discovered after the Devil’s football organization forbid him to have any romantic relationships, he risks a possible suspension.  Zayn’s way of concealing our relationship is passing me off as his niece in order to explain why we’re together all of the time until the season is over...
  • Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Every boyfriend I've ever had either bored me......or hurt me.I'm tired of what the world thinks they know.The gossip. Retaliation.So after another 'date' betrays my trust,when Sofia Sol, my rebellious cousin, says,“Hey...let's get out of here.A vacation from EVERYTHING.”My answer?A big fat YES.I mean, why not?Life can be an adventure.With true love where you least expect it…If you just say yes...
  • Heat by C.M. Steele

    Heat by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In a mad dash to get through her hectic sweaty morning and make it to work on time, Violet finds herself struck by...a limo. Dazed but mostly unharmed, she's surprised when the passenger in the limo swoops her up and is shirtless. What kind of limo did she collide with? Pain and agony strikes Micah when he sees his little Violet in the middle of the street...
  • Hungry For Owen by Cameron Hart

    Hungry For Owen by Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emery: I’ve worked at Sweet Perfection since I was in high school. I’m one business loan application away from being the sole owner of the bakery. Buying Sweet Perfection is the most important thing in my life, so when the too-handsome, too-charming, too-good-to-be-true Owen starts coming in and asking me out every morning, I have no choice but to turn him down...
  • Surprise Baby for the Player by Clarissa McKay

    Surprise Baby for the Player by Clarissa McKay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I didn’t realize I was hooking up with my student, but once I saw his hockey-player body, I couldn’t help myself.If anyone finds out, I’ll be out of a job.Unlike most college boys, he’s mature in all the right ways and completely knows how to turn on a woman.All the dedication he’s shown on the ice is completely focused on me, and I gotta say… I don’t hate it...
  • Axel by Kelsie Calloway

    Axel by Kelsie Calloway

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Axel:There's a new donut shop across the street from the police station run by a curvy girl.When I walk in on Stella talking dirty to her donuts, I think I'm falling in love.Step 1: Get her to go on a date with me.Step 2: Live happily ever after.It can't be that hard, right? I know that I am after what I just witnessed...I'm a cop and I love curves, and Stella's got plenty of sweet treats for me...
  • Doomsday Love by Shanora Williams

    Doomsday Love by Shanora Williams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    **LIMITED TIME SALE OF $0.99! Regular Price $3.99** If you're thinking this is the typical MMA romance...you're wrong. When we were ten, he treated me like a friend. When we were eighteen, he wanted nothing to do with me. And now that we are twenty-two, he longs to claim every single inch of me. He was wild--untamed. And I, a reckless girl, who loved too hard...
  • Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole

    Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When it comes to love, this football coach is done playing by the rules.Garrett MarshAs the high school football coach, I'm supposed to play by the rules. Except the rules are standing in the way of the one thing I want…Ciara Sharp. She dropped everything to provide for her brother when their parents died. Now, she's untouchable, or so says the school board. But I'm done listening to reason...
  • In Heat by C.M. Steele

    In Heat by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gabriel: She’s a temptation I shouldn’t want, yet the bad girl has a habit of tormenting me daily. Sure, I don’t need to linger, but I do. I’m supposed to be pet sitting for my mother, but all I want is the gorgeous Cat next door. Catherine: He’s here to watch his mother’s cat, but I want him to pet me...
  • Mister Landlord by K.L. Fast, M.K. Moore

    Mister Landlord by K.L. Fast, M.K. Moore

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former baseball player Beau Melançon is turning in his cleats for a wrench. He did not expect his tenant to be the one who captures his heart. Eleanor Gremillon has a million things wrong with the old house she rents. She did not expect her landlord to roll up his sleeves and get dirty. Strap on that tool belt, Mister Landlord is here to fix all that ails you...
  • Embody by S.E. Hall

    Embody by S.E. Hall

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 24 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...
  • Misadventures in the Cage by Sarah Robinson

    Misadventures in the Cage by Sarah Robinson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Callan Walsh kicks ass. In fact, he’s famous for it. As one of the brightest up-and-coming stars on the MMA scene, he’s an absolute beast in the cage…and out. Everything he’s trained for has brought him to this moment. Going toe-to-toe with reigning champ Xavier Gray will make or break his career. Nothing can distract him from his lifelong goal. Nothing...
  • The Modern Fairy Tale Collection by Aria Cole

    The Modern Fairy Tale Collection by Aria Cole

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Four swoonworthy tales that blend modern romance and syrupy sweet fantasy the way only Aria Cole can... Over the top gestures, filthy-sweet dirty talk, and possessive alpha goodness--they may be rough-around-the-edges but these men know exactly how to treat their women...
  • Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart

    Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emma Fawn has fallen on hard times. Her mom, unable to support them both, had kicked her out when she turned eighteen and she’s been bouncing from town to town and job to job for a few years until she finally lands in Thorp, Washington. She’s trying to stay positive but she’s run out of money, has nowhere to live, and no real options...
  • Fighting For Faith by Aria Cole, Mila Crawford

    Fighting For Faith by Aria Cole, Mila Crawford

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being infatuated with my childhood best friend was a beautiful curse. Our lives were an uphill struggle against every odd, but as long as we had each other…we had everything. Then it was all gone. Now I've built my life to perfection yet still yearning for that boy I used to know. Then one night, through a chance encounter, I see him. Riot James...
  • Strictly Temporary - Volume One by Ella Fox

    Strictly Temporary - Volume One by Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Just a Small Towne girl… Raised on fairytales and dreams of true love, Arden Winger left for college with a smile on her face and a happy, hopeful heart. Fast-forward seven years and that small town is behind her, but not the baggage she’s been carrying since she left. Just a city boy… It’s not that Exton Alexander had anything against relationships—he just never had the desire to try...
  • You're The One For Me by Hope Ford

    You're The One For Me by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You’re Mine, Pretty GirlAt first, I wanted to protect her.Then I wanted to make her mine.She likes me, but she doesn’t like everything that comes with dating a baseball player...
  • Treasured by Mink

    Treasured by Mink

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    MateoI’m here to do a job. Steal the vase and get the hell out. Easy. At least it would’ve been if I hadn’t witnessed a kidnapping and decided to step in and help. That’s when I meet Milly… And also when I realize I’m in a whole world of trouble.MillyI’m used to bad men. In fact, I was raised by one. But when Mateo tells me he’s a bad guy, I can’t believe him...
  • Married Into Love by Rochelle Paige

    Married Into Love by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there... Alec Rourke wasn’t going to waste a night out on the Strip, not even if his friends skipped their own co-ed bachelor-and-ette party. But he never expected to find a plus-one for their wedding—his new wife. And sometimes you find yourself married to a stranger... Alessia Valenti was having the worst day ever. Fired from her job...
  • Pretend Ring Girl by Cassi Hart

    Pretend Ring Girl by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    EllaAll she’s ever wanted was to open her own restaurant, but her dream comes at a cost as Ella stretches herself thin between a demanding job and night classes. Desperate for some time to prepare for an upcoming exam and unable to take a day off, Ella begs her twin sister to trade places with her...
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