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  • Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

    Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 53 ratings
    I'm a junior on the Samwell men's hockey team now, and not only do I have new teammates and new responsibilities and new pies to bake... I've got a new beau. ( Remember me ) Believe me: Dating a professional hockey player wasn't anything I expected to do in college. My parents don't know; my teammates have no clue...And Jack and I aren't sure that we want to keep it a secret...
  • The Dugout by Meghan Quinn

    The Dugout by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 84 ratings
    Let me ask you a question: If someone is vying for your spot on a team and just so happens to injure you during practice, would you believe it was on purpose? Word around campus is . . . it was no accident. That injury has cost me everything; my starting position, my junior year—and the draft...
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  • Check, Please!: Year Four by Ngozi Ukazu

    Check, Please!: Year Four by Ngozi Ukazu

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
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  • Franco by Kim Holden

    Franco by Kim Holden

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Franco Genovese is the drummer for world renowned American rock band, Rook. He’s got it all. A killer smile. Tattoos. Talent. Razor sharp wit and humor. And a heart as big, and generous, as they come. Life is good. Steady. Uncomplicated. Just the way he likes things. Until one night at an unassuming L.A. bar changes everything. Enter Gemma Hendricks...
  • That Baby by Jillian Dodd

    That Baby by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    First comes love, then comes marriage . . . and then comes That Baby. That Baby is the final book in the That Boy trilogy by USA Today bestselling author, Jillian Dodd. It’s amazing how a few little words can change your life. It starts with a simple I love you. It’s made official with I do. And becomes incredible with I’m pregnant. Jadyn is the girl I love...
  • Adrenaline by Penelope Douglas

    Adrenaline by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    **You ask. You receive!*** Have you read Bully and the rest of the Fall Away series? Would you enjoy having all the bonus content in one place? Adrenaline is approximately 36, 000 words of bonus scenes, deleted scenes, character conversations, and Q&As shared over the past few years and is mostly material not found in the actual books. Here, you'll find..
  • Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson

    Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    From New York Time’s Bestselling Author R.L. Mathewson comes the YA series inspired by the Neighbor from Hell Series… The Neighbor from Hell YA Series. For readers who enjoy stories that leave them smiling… Do you ever feel like life isn’t going the way that you thought it would? That’s what Sebastian Bradford is realizing as he tries to figure out how everything went wrong so quickly...
  • The Relationship Pact (Kings of Football) by Adriana Locke

    The Relationship Pact (Kings of Football) by Adriana Locke

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    How hard can it be?That was the question rolling around Larissa Mason’s mind just before she asked Hollis Hudson to be her fake boyfriend.It was only supposed to be for five minutes, after all.Granted, that was also before she felt his hand on the small of her back as he charmed the heck out of her family.She hadn’t heard his laugh yet either...
  • An On Dublin Street Christmas by Samantha Young

    An On Dublin Street Christmas by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Braden Carmichael and Jocelyn Butler share their first Christmas together as a couple, exchanging meaningful gifts and spending time with family...
  • 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 Strike Out by Meghan Quinn

    The Strike Out by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 48 ratings
    It started with one night out with the boys.She was the hot diner waitress putting herself through school.I was the rich, arrogant player everyone misjudges.On paper we didn’t match.Yet all it took was one day. One single day to change her mind.She wasn’t planning to spend her day off with me.She wasn’t supposed to fall for my charm...
  • That Wedding by Jillian Dodd

    That Wedding by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    The gorgeous engagement ring on my finger mimics my happiness. I feel so sparkly, glittery, and full of promise, because I absolutely know he's that boy. The boy I want to marry. My prince. My happily ever after. But then our pastor starts asking lots of questions. His parents say I haven’t dealt with my past.  I have horrible wedding disaster dreams. I can’t find the perfect dress...
  • Kissing Madeline by Lex Martin

    Kissing Madeline by Lex Martin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    What’s the worst thing about wanting a sexy NFL football player? Everyone else wants him, too.  After catching my boyfriend getting deep-throated by a skanky cage girl, I’ve learned my lesson – never date a professional athlete. Never. Besides, I have more important things to worry about, like not blowing my shot to make it as a broadcast reporter...
  • That Wedding by Jillian Dodd

    That Wedding by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Marry the boy next door in this sweet contemporary romance by USA Today Best Selling Author, Jillian Dodd.The gorgeous engagement ring on my finger mimics my happiness. I feel so sparkly, glittery, and full of promise, because I absolutely know he's that boy. The boy I want to marry. My prince. My happily ever after.But then our pastor starts asking lots of questions...
  • Stepbrother With Benefits 9 by Mia Clark

    Stepbrother With Benefits 9 by Mia Clark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    I just had to try and be a bad girl, didn't I? I blame Ethan. This is all his fault. Rule #9 – We were never supposed to get this far. It was only supposed to be for a week. I don't even know what we're supposed to do now. I've never done this before. "You ready for the ride of your life, Princess?" I ask her. "You think you're that good, do you, Ethan?" Ashley counters...
  • Strum Your Heart Out by Crystal Kaswell

    Strum Your Heart Out by Crystal Kaswell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Special new release price of 2.99. Price goes up 11/23 Best friends aren't supposed to fall in love. College senior Kara Kendrick is not about to let lust ruin a good friendship. Yes, her rock star guitarist best friend Drew Denton is stubborn, over-protective, and quick to threaten violence on anyone who hurts her. He's also the only person she's ever trusted. He makes her laugh...
  • Playing With Her Heart by Lauren Blakely

    Playing With Her Heart by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    From the NYT & USA Today Bestselling romance author, a sizzling and addictive story of a woman with a broken past and the man who can’t fight his attraction to her… Twenty-three year old rising theater star Jill McCormick has built a life out of pretending. Pretending she’s happy, pretending she’s not haunted by the dark secret that shattered her world six years ago...
  • Somethin' About That Boy by Lani Lynn Vale

    Somethin' About That Boy by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Banner Spurlock knew the moment that he walked into Kilgore High School and saw Perry Street that life was about to get interesting.Forced to move due to a problem at home, a problem in the form of his ex-best friend hating him for something that Banner’s father did, Banner doesn’t think very much could improve in his life...
  • Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It all started with a game of Truth or Dare… It’s bad enough I got arrested for prostitution on Christmas Eve. Alleged prostitution, mind you. I didn’t do it. Of course I didn’t. The cops say I offered up a certain sex act for a $5 gasoline gift card, but honey? My sex acts are worth way, way more...
  • Running Home to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Running Home to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00IFR0XP2 Juliette Fletcher thought she had it all – a strikingly handsome man who adores her, a new business venture with her best friends by her side, and a dream house right on the beach. But appearances can be deceiving and everything comes at a cost...
  • Stepbrother With Benefits 8 by Mia Clark

    Stepbrother With Benefits 8 by Mia Clark

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    "What kind of good girl are you?" I ask. "That's not even something good girls do, Princess." "I'm a very bad good girl," Ashley says, pouting. "I think maybe I need to be punished, Ethan..." Rule #8 – We both want this, so let's take full advantage of it. No holding back, no reservations, no restrictions, maximum pleasure..
  • The Avant-Guards, Vol. 1 by Carly Usdin

    The Avant-Guards, Vol. 1 by Carly Usdin

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When Charlie transfers to the Georgia O’Keeffe College of Arts and Subtle Dramatics, she struggles to find her feet, but winds up exactly where she belongs...in the school’s (terrible) basketball team...
  • A Side Character's Love Story, Vol. 1 by Akane Tamura

    A Side Character's Love Story, Vol. 1 by Akane Tamura

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Growing up, Nobuko Tanaka was always a "side character" standing off in the corner. Now in her 20s, she's fallen in love for the first time. While she isn't any good at being assertive, she will muster her courage bit by bit as she tries her best to close the distance between herself and her crush -- because even side characters fall in love...
  • Stepbrother With Benefits 11 by Mia Clark

    Stepbrother With Benefits 11 by Mia Clark

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Ethan fills a part of me that I never knew needed to be filled before. I give him something that he never knew he was missing. Rule #11 – I want to make you feel ecstasy at least once a day. At least. Maybe twice. Three times. All day. I want to be with you all the time, near you, next to you, inside you. I need you... We all have our strengths and weakness...
  • Rock Candy Kisses by Addison Moore

    Rock Candy Kisses by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Annie Edwards was born deaf, but she’s never let that define her. She’s settling in as a freshman at Whitney Briggs University, loves her dorm, her roommate, her classes, but something feels as though it’s missing—enter Blake Daniels. He’s everything Annie is not—a rocker, a player, a college dropout...
  • The Hazards of Sex on the Beach by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    The Hazards of Sex on the Beach by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One broken heart, one drink too many, one steamy night in the sand... No one warns you about the dangers of drinking with a broken heart. At least no one warned me. I never imagined I'd fall for a musician, especially not one like Chase, but then again I never expected to have my heart broken into a million pieces by the frat guy I thought was the love of my life...
  • Breakable by Tammara Webber

    Breakable by Tammara Webber

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    He was lost and alone. Then he found her.And the future seemed more fragile than ever. As a child, Landon Lucas Maxfield believed his life was perfect and looked forward to a future filled with promise — until tragedy tore his family apart and made him doubt everything he ever believed. All he wanted was to leave the past behind...
  • Revenge Kisses by Addison Moore

    Revenge Kisses by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    *A SEXY romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling author Addison Moore * ***All 3:AM KISSES books can be read as sexy STANDALONES *** Nothing feels better than REVENGE. Don’t get mad. Get even. When Knox and I catch our respective plus ones making out, all hell breaks loose. So we do the only thing we can—date one another to drive our exes to the brink...
  • Love Ever After: Eleven All-New Romances! by Nina Lane, Sharon Page

    Love Ever After: Eleven All-New Romances! by Nina Lane, Sharon Page

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For a limited time, get eleven ALL-NEW romances in one EXCLUSIVE collection! Cowboys, rock stars, hockey players, shifters, vampires and more! Yours To Teach (Captured and Claimed #2) by Cathryn Fox: After an introduction to the darker side of pleasure, Rebecca is anxious to experience the lifestyle to its fullest...
  • Sugar and Spice by Shari L. Tapscott

    Sugar and Spice by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fueled by love and determination, twenty-one-year-old Harper took a great leap of faith and transferred home from college to finally declare her feelings to Brandon, the boy who's adored her since they were children. There was only one thing that could derail her perfect plan, and that was Brandon showing up with a new girlfriend the very same weekend...
  • More Than Water by Renee Ericson

    More Than Water by Renee Ericson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t feel wrong. It just...feels. EJ Cunning, an art history major, dates musicians. Foster Blake, a chemical engineering major, can’t sing a tune. They’re not each other’s type. They’re coworkers. Then, one night leads to sex—sex between friends—which leads to an agreement. It all seems so simple—but nothing ever is. Many layers build a person’s facade...
  • You and Everything After by Ginger Scott

    You and Everything After by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    I’m that teenaged girl who has MS. You haven’t met me, but you’ve seen me around. You probably know my sister. We’re twins, and she’s the pretty one. Maybe you’ve heard about my reputation, how much I like to hook up at parties—how easy it is to get me in bed, get what you want, and forget about me after. Forget what you think you know. I’m leaving that girl behind...
  • Finally, Forever by Katie Kacvinsky

    Finally, Forever by Katie Kacvinsky

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Author's Note: Can be read as book three of the First Comes Love series , or as a standalone . College baseball player, Gray Thomas, had to go far out into left field to find a girl like Dylan, the ex-love-of-his-life. More than a year later, literally at a crossroads, they find each other together on a journey that is a pause between a painful past and an uncertain future...
  • Looking to Score by Carrie Gray, Coralee June

    Looking to Score by Carrie Gray, Coralee June

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    He’s like literally the worst. Oakley Davis is the star running back at our University, and the reason I’ve broken my vow to avoid the college party scene. Thanks to a mixup with my advisor, I’m now serving my Public Relations internship as a glorified babysitter to the party-hard football players.Specifically, Oakley.He’s impossible to manage...
  • Catching the Captain by Jacob Chance

    Catching the Captain by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    When Kaiden Hart, the captain of the Charleston Coyotes hockey team, comes to my aid in an emergency, it’s the first time I’ve seen him since I was a young girl.And boy, have the years been kind to him.When he invites me out to dinner, accepting seems like the polite thing to do.At least that’s what I tell myself...
  • Summer Star by Lisa Swallow

    Summer Star by Lisa Swallow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The latest book from the best selling Blue Phoenix rock romance series. Summer Star is a companion novella to Summer Sky, a retelling of Part One from Dylan's point of view.  "I love the world we're in, where you'll always be my summer Sky. I could live here forever."Dylan Morgan has lived and breathed his life as lead singer of Blue Phoenix for eight years and now it's suffocating him...
  • Breaking Faith by Joy Eileen

    Breaking Faith by Joy Eileen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Faith made the mistake of giving her heart to someone who didn’t deserve her. After making the decision to leave, she sought refuge at a bar full of misfits. They accepted Faith without question, and now they protect her as if she's family. While putting the pieces of her life back together, she fights to keep her broken heart from falling for the moody lead singer of the JackholeS...
  • You Can't Catch Me by Cassie Mae, Becca Ann

    You Can't Catch Me by Cassie Mae, Becca Ann

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My body suuuucks. After lounging around on my butt all summer (okay, so maybe that was my bad), this body decided to become something completely foreign. So now I’m trying to make the track team and I feel like I’m a baby learning to walk again. A couple pounds wouldn’t have been so bad. Work those off, run like a mad woman, no problem, yeah? But no...
  • Shine and Shimmer by Shari L. Tapscott

    Shine and Shimmer by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Opposites Attract in this Sweet & Sparkly Sequel All her life, Riley's followed in her perfect sister's footsteps, but now that she's graduated high school, she's not sure who she really is. When she meets Zeke, a brooding artist who's the very definition of trouble, she decides to throw caution to the wind and set her sights on a guy no good girl would dare bring home to her parents...
  • Getting Closer to You, Vol. 3 by Ruri Kamino

    Getting Closer to You, Vol. 3 by Ruri Kamino

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 5 ratings
    As the basketball team's manager, Kaho Hibi has been working her butt off to turn them into a macho dream team. Meanwhile, she and Natsume have been getting closer and closer... Then, one day during morning practice, he tells her likes her! Resolving to face his feelings, Hibi hatches a plan..
  • How to Date a Douchebag: The Studying Hours: A College Wrestling RomCom by Sara Ney

    How to Date a Douchebag: The Studying Hours: A College Wrestling RomCom by Sara Ney

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    He is a CRUDE. ARROGANT. A**HOLE.Sebastian ‘Oz’ Osborne is a walking, talking cliche. One of the university’s most celebrated student athlete—and possibly the biggest douchebag-- Oz has a filthy mouth, a fantastic body, and doesn’t give a sh*t about what I, or anyone else, thinks.He loves to have fun, but loves winning even more...I am SMART. CLASSY. CONSERVATIVE...
  • Island Kisses by Krista Lakes

    Island Kisses by Krista Lakes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After hundreds of catastrophic dates, she never expected to find love. Harper Thomas loves bad dates. She goes on hundreds of them a year, and then blogs about them online to make her living. When her sister signs her up for a new dating service, Harper's not expecting to find anything other more than ridiculous men. She certainly isn't planning to meet him ..
  • Smart Girl by Rachel Hollis

    Smart Girl by Rachel Hollis

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Brilliant designer Miko Jin is a hopeless romantic. She’s spent most of her life falling in love over and over again…with the men she finds in the pages of her favorite novels.When Miko meets Liam Ashton, it’s love at first sight. At least, for her. Sure, the two of them are polar opposites, and yes, he seems to be dating someone new each week...
  • How to Lose at Love by Sara Ney

    How to Lose at Love by Sara Ney

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    I, Dallas Colter, need a good girl to save my bad reputation.With too much on my plate, the very last thing on my mind was a relationship—the football draft was looming and dating got in the way. I never understood why my teammates bothered with girlfriends. None of us had the time...
  • Chasing Olivia by Micalea Smeltzer

    Chasing Olivia by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Book 2 in the Trace and Olivia Series How far would you go to reignite the spark you once had? Two years later, Trace and Olivia are as much in love as they’ve always been. But the spark they once had for life is waning and Trace is determined that they find it again. His solution? A road trip. But he doesn’t tell Olivia the real reason they’re heading north...
  • Running Back to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Running Back to You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alternate Cover Edition for B00I91EQCA Juliette Fletcher is a girl with a plan. Not one to sit back and wait for life to happen, she moves back home after graduation and begins to carve out a life for herself. Evan McGuire is desperate for a fresh start. His career in the NFL depends on it. Years of partying and carefree living have caught up with him...
  • Then You Happened by Sandi Lynn

    Then You Happened by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When Sierra’s father died, he left her in charge of the family business. At the age of twenty-eight, Sierra Adams became CEO of Adams Advertising & Design, one of the top 10 advertising agencies in the world. Her work was her life. She lived and breathed it every day, leaving little time for play...
  • Mason by Michelle Heard

    Mason by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    "You’re my assistant." The magic words every girl at Trinity Academy is dying to hear. But I’m the one who gets stuck with Mason Chargill, the star of most women’s fantasies but my nightmare. One of the heirs to CRC Holdings, he might be dangerously gorgeous, but his cold and callous demeanor makes him an ice prince...
  • Tomboys Don't Crush on the Captain by Christina Benjamin

    Tomboys Don't Crush on the Captain by Christina Benjamin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love is like water. Sink or swim.Tomboy Nicole Fraser is used to crushing her competition. Crushing on them? That’s a different story. Her passion has always been soccer, but when she gets roped into joining her brother’s crew team, her connection with crew captain, Ian Cruz, is undeniable. The problem? He’s the boy next door and her brother’s best friend. Which means he’s strictly off-limits...
  • Playing for Keeps: A College Football Romance by Bree Hayden, Morgan Waddle

    Playing for Keeps: A College Football Romance by Bree Hayden, Morgan Waddle

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have one rule after my heart's broken. No football players.Including my neighbor, the cocky linebacker who pulls fire alarms to get my attention.My new college is a fresh start, somewhere where no one will recognize me as a football player's trophy. So when number forty-five sets his sights on me, I turn him down flat. I don't need another playboy...
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