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The Score by Kristen Proby
An all-new meet-cute sports romance from New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kristen Proby, featuring Sophie Montgomery!I have millions of followers on social media, and it has absolutely nothing to do with my last name. It’s because I’m good at what I do. I work hard, and it has paid off. I’m not a trainer who only talks the talk, either...Categorized as:
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Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury
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... -
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![Hard To Handle by Lori Foster]()
Hard To Handle by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsSometimes Fate delivers a left hook. After Fate deals Supreme Battle Challenge (SBC) fighter Harley Handleman a sucker punch, his uncle secretly hires a pretty lifecoach to get Harley back in the ring of life. Anastasia Kelley has actually known Harley for years, but never as well as she's going to now... -
![Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon]()
Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKamal’s an ex-football player. Jayda’s a single mother uninterested in another relationship until she sees Kamal with her daughter.Every rejection will only make his victory sweeter. He plans to lick, taste, and devour her like the delicacy she is until the world, her ex, and Jayda recognizes his name tatted on every inch of her curvy body... -
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![With This Fling by Tara Sivec]()
With This Fling by Tara Sivec
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLaura Bennett has spent her life taking care of other people and running the Dip and Twist. Happily spending her time being single and carefree, she has no intention of settling down or falling in love. With an ever-growing family, she’s a mother to them all, and she loves every minute of it. But her baby is getting married, and her oldest has her own life changes she’s dealing with... -
![Two Minute Warning by Alexandra Warren]()
Two Minute Warning by Alexandra Warren
There’s a lot that can happen in two minutes or less…Kendall “Snoop” Dogwood has something to prove.After a devastating ending to his first year with the Houston Skyhawks, getting redemption is the only thing on the veteran quarterback’s mind coming into the new season...Categorized as:
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![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 ratingsEvery 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... -
![Promise by T.K. Leigh]()
Promise by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe was supposed to be my first kiss. My first love. My first everything... There are moments in our lives that define us. For Brooklyn Tanner, it's the summer before her junior year of high school. The summer boys finally begin to notice her. The summer he finally begins to notice her. Andrew Brinks. Handsome. Popular. Star hockey player. Her best friend's brother... -
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![Finn by E.M. Moore]()
Finn by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEveryone 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... -
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Savor by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLately, Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar's life has been a series of miscommunications with catastrophic consequences. However, this time around, the consequences threaten to not only damage his current relationships but erase a future he only ever dreamed of... -
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Fast Burn by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor the woman who’s his perfect match, he’s willing to break the rules… The moment Brand Berry meets beautiful, driven Sahara Silver, the connection between them is electric. It’s also something he can’t pursue. Sahara wants him, sure—to join Body Armor, where his MMA skills, size and cocky attitude make him perfect for her elite crew of bodyguards... -
![Sizzling In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner]()
Sizzling In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner
My book boyfriends are always the daring adventurous type.The kind of guy who takes the world by his strong hands and molds it to his indomitable will.But that's just fantasy, right?I'm a children's librarian. The most daring I get is trying a new flavor of chamomile tea.I don't want any of that strong dangerous men stuff in real life.At least, I thought I didn't..Categorized as:
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![His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King]()
His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI 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... -
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![The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels]()
The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMeet the girl of my dreams? Check.Have the best night of my life? Check.Get called away for weeks with no contact? Check. Unfortunately.I never expected life post-active duty to be more adventurous than when I was still with my SEAL team, but here we are. A simple freelance contract for the government, and I come home to find my organized life is in chaos.Thankfully, my girl is waiting for me... -
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Burn by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings**Burn is the third and final book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott. This second-chance romance completes this angsty, steamy, new adult trilogy.Dustin Bridge’s world is about speed. About the edge. His life has been carved by cutting corners and making moves, following impulsive decisions while weighing the facts at hand... -
![Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones Lake]()
Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones Lake
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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![Close Contact by Lori Foster]()
Close Contact by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThere’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... -
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Until Brandon (Kindle Worlds: Happily Ever Alpha) by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBrandon Anytime I heard someone speak of the boom, I laughed. Surely only crazy people believe they can fall in love as soon as they lay eyes on someone. I thought it was all in their heads until the moment she walked into my office asking for a job. The instant my gaze locked with hers, I knew she was mine, and I would do anything in my power to protect her... -
![Causing Havoc by Lori Foster]()
Causing Havoc by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsOrphaned and torn from his sisters as a boy, sexy extreme wrestler Dean "Havoc" Conor gets a letter revealing how much his siblings want him back in Harmony, Kentucky. To stop his sister from marrying a sleazeball, Dean finds himself teaming up with her pretty-but-smart-mouthed friend Eve-who's heard of Havoc's reputation and doesn't need some hunk trampling on her heart... -
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Cruz by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe 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...Categorized as:
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![Unbreak This Heart by Betty Shreffler]()
Unbreak This Heart by Betty Shreffler
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEver since that horrific night, I’d shut men completely out of my life. I’d gone from the spunky, fun, Alex DeMarco to a broken woman terrified of intimacy. Easing me back into dating, my best friend sets me up with kickboxing lessons from my charming and perfectly sculpted instructor—Carter Maxwell... -
![Gunner by Megan O'Brien]()
Gunner by Megan O'Brien
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs her older brother's best friend, Gunner Pierce has been part of Emmie Jackson's life for just about as long as she can remember. The often arrogant, always annoying Gunner keeps his distance - except when it comes to demanding she cover up or chasing away every man who expresses the slightest interest... -
![His Runaway Bride by Kate Hunt]()
His Runaway Bride by Kate Hunt
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a runaway bride bursts into his butcher shop, gentle giant Seth is overcome with desire.The bride’s beauty and curves are enough to make him forget his own name.But he holds himself back—it isn’t the time or place to pursue her.Besides, he’s never been smooth with women, and she’s too young for a guy in his forties like him... -
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![Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport]()
Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAurora 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... -
![Noble by Jordan Silver]()
Noble by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI left the hustle and bustle of the city to visit the small town where my late father was born, to offload the ancestral home that had been sitting empty ever since my grandfather died. I had no intentions of staying in the little backwater town any longer than was necessary...but then I saw her... -
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Hot Pickle by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI'm rock hard.No, not like that.When that happens, you won't need me to tell you.I'm a competitive bodybuilder, ready for my very first contest. And winning requires more than killer workouts and stage presence.It's all about the tan.My training partner Franklin uses the best in the business — Camryn Schultz. She understands the career killer of a badly placed white spot.She’s also his sister... -
![Wrath by Dani Wyatt]()
Wrath by Dani Wyatt
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhy 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... -
![Knight Ride by Kat Baxter]()
Knight Ride by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJuneI’ve been a “good girl” all my life. As the only female in a long line of police officers, toeing the line is pretty much in my blood, even it’s meant giving up things I’ve always wanting. Specifically, one thing I’ve always wanted: Matthew Simms. Or, as he’s known in his motorcycle club, Knight. Because, yeah, that’s how off-limits he is... -
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Checking It Twice by Claire Hastings
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's made a list of her own, and he's just the man to help...Haven Taylor is tired of being called a Goody Two-shoes, and her brother's best friend might be the key to fixing that.DB Elliot is seriously sexy and without a doubt someone she can trust for a no-strings-attached secret fling. After all, she's known him her entire life...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Romancing the Quarterback (Galentine's Getaway) by Eve London]()
Romancing the Quarterback (Galentine's Getaway) by Eve London
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA curvy gal plus quarterback steamy instalove short.MinaAll I want to do is spend some time with my girlfriends on our valentines getaway, not go toe-to-toe with the burly, cover model worthy guy who's staying in the room next door. And when I find out he's a pro football player, that lands him firmly in the swipe left category... -
![Caged by Brittany Crowley]()
Caged by Brittany Crowley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSavannah 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... -
![Dare to Tease: A Dare Nation Novella by Carly Phillips]()
Dare to Tease: A Dare Nation Novella by Carly Phillips
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carly Phillips returns to her sexy Dare world of rich billionaire sports heroes in her new DARE NATION SERIES!She handles cocky jocks for a living, but her love life isn’t as successful.Brianne Prescott, publicist for Dare Nation Sports Agency, grew up the only girl with four brothers, three of whom are sports royalty... -
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![Knox by Lane Hart]()
Knox by Lane Hart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone 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...Categorized as:
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![Chains (Northern Grizzlies MC) by M. Merin]()
Chains (Northern Grizzlies MC) by M. Merin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Iron Savages rule Boise. Or they did. Their numbers decimated, the President on his deathbed, the club becomes unrecognizable. When his cousin and her son are threatened and secrets are exposed, Chains must make a choice. Protect his family or stand with his sworn Brothers. The words that are burned in his mind are 'Blood in, Blood out'... -
![Dating Your Arrogant Athlete by Lana Dash]()
Dating Your Arrogant Athlete by Lana Dash
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRule #1: Don't Drop the Ball.Jamie Hayes is a star baseball player with an ego to match. But when we are forced to work together, I see there is more to this arrogant athlete than I originally thought... -
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Love Notes by Ella Goode
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThree 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...Categorized as:
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![Ask for Moore by Rochelle Paige]()
Ask for Moore by Rochelle Paige
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Rochelle Paige comes a rivals-to-lovers, opposites-attract, small-town romance about finding love in the most unexpected of places.Waverly Duncan had one goal: beat Ryland Moore on his home turf.She was the big-city attorney waltzing into small-town Mooreville to protect her client's interests... -
![Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw]()
Crying Shame by Rebel Shaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAddysonLife just threw me a curveball. I have to find a new place to live, but it must be in-district, because my son has his heart set on riding the bus to his first day of kindergarten.When my brother’s sexy best friend suggests we move in with him, I have to remind myself the offer was for his spare bedrooms… not his bed... -
![Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe]()
Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrim:Losing loved ones is nothing new to me. Life is short and seems even shorter for the people I love the most. I refuse to lose anyone else. I have dedicated my life to saving people in need. My brothers will always come first, though. Until I see her bruised and beaten on the side of the road. I vow right then and there to heal her and protect her... -
![River by C.E. Johnson]()
River by C.E. Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first time I met Kalina Lawson, she nearly passed out. Being a firefighter, I couldn’t just walk back to my cabin. I stayed with her until I knew she was all right. But her warm and friendly company is refreshing, and I quickly become enamored with the stunning cabin manager... -
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Cap by Elise Faber
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s the one he wants.And he’s not going to give her up without a fight.As the newly named captain of the San Francisco Gold, Josh is used to pressure and hard work.What he’s not used to?Women despising him.Jess, however, has taken an instant dislike to him, and no matter what he tries to do, he can’t seem to get beyond her prickly exterior... -
![Win a Date with a Bully by Kate Tilney]()
Win a Date with a Bully by Kate Tilney
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA curvy CEO wants redemption with the bully who made high school hard for her but is surprised with what she finds when she wins a date with him at a charity bachelor auction.Bridger Kade and his buddies made high school a living h-e-double hockey sticks for me. Now he's the captain of Seattle's hockey team and people everywhere want to date him.Everyone, except me... -
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![Rowdy by D.M. Davis]()
Rowdy by D.M. Davis
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsD.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... -
![My Limerick Lad by Mazzy King]()
My Limerick Lad by Mazzy King
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBook 4 in the KISS HIM, HE'S IRISH! multi-author series!DeclanI came to Boston from Limerick when I was a lad, and grew up in my parents' pub-style restaurant. When the economy took a hit, my father became indebted to a notorious loan shark to keep the lights on and the doors open.To pay the loan back, I fight. Every weekend... -
![BIG BURLY GUARD by Erin Havoc]()
BIG BURLY GUARD by Erin Havoc
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAfter those threats, I thought I would never feel safe again.There’s only one place I can be myself:In the arms of my big, burly, very off-limits bodyguard.Sebastian Cook is huge, just like my dreams.As unreachable as those too.He’s much older, grumpy. Professional to a fault.I should not be crushing on him, but one touch sends my head spinning.He’ll never make a move... -
![Rebel Boss by Lana Love]()
Rebel Boss by Lana Love
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOne blue-collar boss and confirmed bachelor + One curvy babe with an unexpected inheritance + One vintage Mustang = A searing romance about the power of family and forgiveness!The day a woman brings a vintage Mustang in for restoration, I'm a goner. The car is beautiful, but the woman bringing the car in makes my heart rev like it never has.Thing is, I'm a bachelor... -
![Undisputed by Aimee Nicole Walker, Nicholas Bella]()
Undisputed by Aimee Nicole Walker, Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThere 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 ratingsFighting 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...
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