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  • Enamored by J.S. Scott

    Enamored by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    All it takes is a little friction to turn up the heat in the third Accidental Billionaires novel by New York Times bestselling author J. S. Scott. Like his brothers and sisters, Seth Sinclair went from blue-collar to billionaire overnight, and he’s decided to invest in what he knows best: construction...
  • Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Carter:. I was grateful for my second chance at life and discovering a family I never knew existed. Relocating my company and myself from South Carolina to Los Angeles brought me closer to them. They were all happily married, except my brother Gabriel, who was engaged to the love of his life. I didn’t trust women, and for good reason...
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  • Power Play by Toni Aleo

    Power Play by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Posey Adler is coming home. After a devastating journey for what she mistakenly thought was true love, she is saying to hell with men and love forever. As the Nashville Assassins’s new assistant coach for special teams, Posey is ready to focus on her job and have the attention on her for a change...
  • Love By Design by Samantha Christy

    Love By Design by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A sexy Christmas novella that’s a cross between The Devil Wears Prada and Holidate. Holland McQuaid works for the toughest designer in New York City. It’s a dream job. It’s heaven and hell at the same time. But when she gets her lucky break, and the job turns into something she never expected, it comes with strings...
  • Hart to Heart by M.E. Carter, Jacob Morgan

    Hart to Heart by M.E. Carter, Jacob Morgan

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Listening Length: 5 hours, 6 minutes. We’re the Harts. Between an engagement, a wedding and an adoption, we’ve had the best year of our lives. Things have never looked better for any of us. But just because you say “I do” doesn’t mean you get a happily ever after. And sometimes, you get tackled more in life than you ever did on the football field...
  • Follow the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Follow the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Follow the Play is a single dad, nanny, friends-to-lovers, forced proximity sports romance. Baker. Being a single dad was never part of the playbook, but one look at my son and everything changed...
  • Path To Resolution by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Resolution by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Wolfe Emerson is notorious for two things: being an absolute beast in a boxing ring and being a voluntary mute. His story remains unspoken and he prefers to live his life in silence. That is, until, his world is turned upside down when he meets someone who is louder than life...
  • Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Endeared by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After finishing a hard-won medical residency, Owen Sinclair now lives his dream as a family physician. The windfall that brought him newfound wealth has also made handsome Dr. Sinclair the town’s most eligible bachelor...
  • A Kind Wedding: Christian & Charleigh by Sandi Lynn

    A Kind Wedding: Christian & Charleigh by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Kind family is back for one last family wedding! Join Christian and Charleigh as they juggle their family life and careers, while dealing with the obstacles that get in the way of planning their perfect wedding. Enjoy bonfires, brotherly talks, weekly surf time, music, laughter, and more in this next installment of the Kind Brothers Series.
    Categorized as:
    super rich hero  new adult  m-f  contemporary
  • Sea of Love by Melissa Foster

    Sea of Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    You fell in love with Lacy Snow in Sisters in White (Snow Sisters, Book Three). Follow her on her path to her forever love in Sea of Love. Lacy Snow hadn’t been looking for love when she met strikingly handsome and seductive Dane Braden...
  • Married to the Beasts by Stephanie Brother

    Married to the Beasts by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three rock gods. One accidental Vegas marriage. Zero chance I make it out with my heart intact. New Year’s Eve in Sin City was supposed to be fun. Champagne, music, maybe a little bad decision-making. But waking up in a luxury suite—naked—with three of rock’s biggest heartbreakers wasn’t part of the plan...
  • The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience...
  • Reckless Reunion (The Reckless Rockstar Series) by Samantha Christy

    Reckless Reunion (The Reckless Rockstar Series) by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Go on tour with the woman who betrayed me? Not on your life. Six years ago, she was just some stranger I woke up next to. By nightfall, I knew she was the one. Or so I thought. Six months later, she destroyed me. And now, we're being forced into a reunion neither of us wants. We may have to play nice, but when the lights are off . .. so are our masks...
  • Kade by Tijan

    Kade by Tijan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I have fought. I have bled. I have wreaked havoc for my family. Anyone who threatened us, tried to break us, I broke them instead. Then, there was peace. Marriage. Children. Life was good. Life was great. Until my phone rang one night. Retired, I was no longer in the NFL. We'd recently moved back to Fallen Crest. So I should’ve known. I should’ve remembered. There is no peace in Fallen Crest...
  • Changing Lines by Toni Aleo

    Changing Lines by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Claire and Jude Sinclair have been living the perfect life for the last ten years. Blissfully in love, professionally successful, happily married… They have everything they want—except a baby to make their family complete...
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  m-f  contemporary  hockey  audiobook
  • Full Contact by Fiona Davenport

    Full Contact by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Micah Daughtry knew he was done for after one smile from the tired, stubborn waitress at The Tight Line. And the linebacker wasn’t subtle about what he wanted. He just started showing up for Rylin Curtis like she already belonged to him. Except Rylin has strict dating rules: no customers, no bosses…and definitely not a pro football player with a panty-melting smile...
  • Forever by Ivy Smoak

    Forever by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Brooklyn. I will never take a single day for granted again. Despite everything, I’m still here. I’m still breathing. And I’m not going anywhere. Even though 16 years have passed, my heart still belongs to Matthew Caldwell. And I think it’s about time we start our forever. Matt. I waited 16 years for Brooklyn to come back to me...
  • Wreck by Cora Brent

    Wreck by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    THOMAS. Not too long ago my future was all mapped out. Then two brutal swings of a steel bat wielded by a maniac wrecked my world. The adrenaline high I used to get from pitching a perfect game is gone. The major league dreams I counted on have vanished. And the peace of mind I took for granted is shattered. The thrills I seek out now are self-destructive. I know this and I can’t stop...
  • Tell Me This Is Forever: The British Billionaires by J.S. Scott

    Tell Me This Is Forever: The British Billionaires by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    What happens when the guy I've hero-worshipped for years on a television screen suddenly shows up in real life? I never expected to meet the legendary Leo Lancaster in the flesh. We don't exactly mingle in the same circles, even though he's a wildlife biologist and I'm an exotic animal veterinarian...
  • Every Kiss You Steal by J.E. Parker

    Every Kiss You Steal by J.E. Parker

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Her past is plagued with darkness. .. He's determined to make her future brighter. -Ashley-. My life was once a nightmare. Because of my past, the walls I've constructed are mighty. But those walls begin to waver the day I meet him. .. Chase Jacobs, star quarterback, and the cutest boy I've ever seen. With his easy smile and sweet words, he's perfect. Problem is, I'm not...
  • Dax by Fiona Davenport

    Dax by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    David “Dax” Xavier knew he was supposed to stay away from Arya Rossi. Not only was she too young for him…Arya was the sister of one of his Silver Saints MC brothers. But even Nova’s threat of death to anyone who touched her wasn’t enough to keep Dax from claiming Arya for himself...
  • Hart to Heart by ME Carter, Murphy Rae

    Hart to Heart by ME Carter, Murphy Rae

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    We’re the Harts. Between an engagement, a wedding and an adoption, we’ve had the best year of our lives. Things have never looked better for Jaxon, Addison and myself. But just because you say “I do” doesn’t mean you get a happily ever after. And sometimes, you get tackled more in life than you ever did on the football field...
  • One Little Kiss by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Kiss by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My name is Colton Westbrook, and life just threw me into a dumpster fire. I like to have fun. I like to go out, but when one wrong decision puts me in the spotlight with a less than favorable glare, my family puts me on lockdown. Vermont has become a second home to me, but every time I’m here, I find myself searching for that girl around every corner...
  • Knight by Fiona Davenport

    Knight by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shane “Knight” Ballard knew the blonde beauty he saw on the courthouse steps was meant to be his. But with danger looming, the time wasn’t right to claim her. Not when it could put her safety at risk. What Knight didn’t know was that Kiara Timkins was already smack-dab in the middle of it all...
  • Cocky Senator’s Daughter: Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Senator’s Daughter: Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    HANNAH COCKER. Every man I've dated in this city has either bored me or hurt me. When Sofia Sol, my crazy cousin, offers a ride on the back of her Harley with no destination in mind besides out-of-Atlanta, what do you think my answer is? I'll give you one guess. TOBIAS KYRKOS. Life doesn't ever hand you what you want. You have to take it...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Home Run by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Home Run by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Green Lucas doesn't know what's about to hit him. Complete Standalone Romance. Wanted. A woman with grit and fire who will help me get my son’s head out of his ass. You must be self-sufficient and not looking for a gravy train. Common sense is a plus, book smarts are optional. Cannot have red hair, as my son seems to go for that type and he needs something to shake him up...
  • Billionaire Unwed~Zeke by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Unwed~Zeke by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You met Lia and Zeke in Billionaire Unloved, Jett and Ruby's book. Now you can find out what happened to them. Did Lia really end up marrying the wrong guy? Although this story is part of The Billionaire's Obsession series, it can be easily be enjoyed as a standalone friends to lovers billionaire romance. Lia:. I thought I had my life all worked out. My wedding had been meticulously planned...
    Categorized as:
    super rich hero  new adult  m-f  contemporary
  • Seducing the Doctor  by J.A. Low

    Seducing the Doctor by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He wasn't supposed to be forever. One night of passion with Miles Hartford was all it took to turn my world upside down and change it forever. He was supposed to be nothing more than a good time and a great memory. Except now, those two pink lines say otherwise. She wasn't who I thought she was. That night she lied to me. She pretended to be someone else...
  • Perfect Blend by M.S. Parker

    Perfect Blend by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Brody: Keeping my mind off Freedom Mercier is damn near impossible. Destiny has thrown curveball after curveball at us. I want her, but how is this ever going to work? Freedom: I learned early on not to trust anyone with my heart. Never date the same person more than once is my general rule...
  • Chosen by Love by Toni Aleo

    Chosen by Love by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cameron White is the most famous student influencer on the Bellevue campus. Not only that, she is one hell of a gymnast, ready to stick every landing her senior year. It’s time to go out with a bang...
  • Shawn by M.S. Parker

    Shawn by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Shawn: I’m good with my hands and I’m a quick study. At least that’s what the women say. No trouble in that department, if you know what I mean. Still, it’s best to keep them at arm’s length. I’ve seen how women go after my brothers for money and the family name. I guess you can say I have always been guarded. But then I met Talia, a woman unlike any other...
  • Dirty Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Dirty Vegas Nights by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My body’s made of iron. My muscles are sculpted by God himself. And my green eyes have been described as ‘lady magnets’ by the Vegas Tribune. The Trifecta sensation is only the dirtiest male revue show Vegas has ever seen. We’ve been blazing the stage for a while and have gained quite the fan base. Women travel from across the country just to catch a glimpse of us...
  • Landon by Cora Brent

    Landon by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    LANDON. My former student. My new roommate. My greatest weakness…. Autumn:. It’s not that I’m hiding out in this hard luck little town. But I’m twenty-six years old, I’ve had one boyfriend and he ditched me for my sister. So I might be a little cynical. Then again, perhaps a high school math teacher shouldn’t expect romance...
  • Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Charity Case: The Complete Series by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    These three women are the toughest juries they’ll ever have to plead their case to. THIS BOX SET INCLUDES…. Clean Slate (Charity Case #0. 5). Moving two thousand miles away wasn’t my plan, but when family needs you, you come. Before I can head back to my hometown of Chicago though, I have two men to say good-bye to. Neither one of them will be happy to hear the news...
  • Learn the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Learn the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Learn the Play is a coach's daughter, forbidden, one-night stand, surprise-pregnancy romance. Bellamy. I watched my parents' marriage crumble when my father chose football over family. His love for the game destroyed us. It’s why I loathe it...
  • Loved by Ivy Smoak

    Loved by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I’m an addict. It’s hard for me to know the difference between addiction and love. But when I’m with Penny, I don’t need any other vices. I feel like I can breathe for the first time in years. I feel…whole. I know I’ve messed up so much in my life. But it’s time to move forward. It’s time to make amends. Because no one deserves to be punished forever. Even a monster like me deserves to be loved.
  • Inked By My Sister's Ex by Flora Ferrari

    Inked By My Sister's Ex by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My sister is all I’ve got. Kelly basically raised me after we lost our parents in a plane crash. When a douche made a joke about it, when life went bad, and when I needed her…. She was there. Always. But I can’t stop crushing on her ex-boyfriend. Jamie Jensen is six and a half feet of pure muscle, his arms tattooed and strong, his hair silver…his aura brooding...
  • The Hail Mary by Ginger Scott

    The Hail Mary by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sixteen years is a long time. In a marriage, it’s a milestone. On the gridiron, it’s a miracle. Reed Johnson wants more time for everything, but time is funny that way. It can be cruel. With a body that can’t quite take the hits it used to and a heart tired of being torn in two different directions, Reed is faced with a reality he’s not quite ready for—life without the game...
  • Ever Found by L.E. Bross

    Ever Found by L.E. Bross

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I just keep making mistakes. It was supposed to be an easy job. Steal a timepiece from Hook and in exchange, find out where my little sister is. But the hero isn't always the hero and sometimes the bad guy is the person you least expect...
  • Protecting Zoey by Mink

    Protecting Zoey by Mink

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Leone. I meet Zoey at the worst possible time and in the worst possible place. Saving her life is like breathing, something I’m hard-wired to do. She’s innocence and sweetness, two things that have no place in my dark world, especially when they make her a beacon for bad men who want to hurt her. But they won’t, not on my watch...
  • Playbook Breakaway by Kenna King

    Playbook Breakaway by Kenna King

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ***brother's best friend, marriage of convenience, steamy hockey romance***. “Marrying a stranger wasn’t part of my playbook. Falling in love with her? Definitely not. ”. On the ice, they call me East—fast hands, sharp edges, zero hesitation. Off the ice? I keep my life simple. Hockey. Teammates. No complications I can’t skate away from...
  • Forever Us by Scarlett Avery

    Forever Us by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    She likes her relationships uncomplicated. So does he. An illicit weekend between them makes things… well, complicated. Love is for pussies…. Ciara learned that the hard way. She likes her relationships uncomplicated. She isn’t girlfriend material…. And she couldn’t care less. She has specific set of rules when it comes to men—love ’em and leave ’em. Nikolaj is a force of nature...
  • Grappling for Position by Melynda Price

    Grappling for Position by Melynda Price

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    This battle of wills is about to go below the belt…. Willow Scott is sweet, innocent, and 100% untouchable. She’s the epitome of everything MMA fighter Regan “Rapscallion” Matthews has always wanted, but will never have. A woman like her deserves more than a scrapper from the wrong side of the tracks—the Scott’s charity case...
  • Change the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Change the Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Change the Play is a found family, forced proximity, workplace, sports romance. Foster. I learned early how to survive on my own. Keep my head down and my past locked away. My childhood taught me that nothing lasts and no one chooses you forever...
    Categorized as:
    football  sports  new adult  contemporary
  • Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

    Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beckett Steele knows what he wants and he’s finally going after it. But there’s one thing that might complicate his mission. It was easy to sign the legally-binding contract prohibiting a public relationship when he had no intention of falling in love...
  • Dark Devotion by Cora Kent

    Dark Devotion by Cora Kent

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Resistance is futile; I will have Christine. With every breath she takes, she's one step closer to being mine . When she finally gives in, I'll leave her yearning for more. Dark Devotion takes place the night before the start of Dark Obsession. When Christine's mother dies, it leaves Niccolo with his eyes on the only prize her daughter...
  • Broken Beauty by Stella Andrews

    Broken Beauty by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I ran from the beast into the arms of the Devil. ”. Sophia Moretti. Maverick. It takes a special kind of glue to mend a broken Angel. She came to the right place—or so she thought. Broken, traumatized and scared. Her past was a place that had no business in her future. But she ran to me. She should have kept running. Sophia...
  • Let You Love Me by Gracie Graham

    Let You Love Me by Gracie Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will Teagan finally get his love story? Find out in book 5 of the Boys of Riverside.
  • A Rose By Any Other Name... by Helen Bell

    A Rose By Any Other Name... by Helen Bell

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When insecure sophomore Emma gets a part-time job, she’s thrilled. The job is a six-week long project where she’ll be coding a website for a martial arts studio. For Emma, a computer science major, it’s perfect—a great way to gain some real world experience. But her excitement quickly evaporates when she finds out that her boss is Ryan Damon, the mean, arrogant guy she has slammed into, twice...
  • Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He kidnapped me to save me, but now we must fight our desires, or risk losing everything. As a mafia princess, I have no choice when my father arranges my marriage to a terrifying stranger. But there's someone even more Dante Bianchi, the devastatingly handsome, ripped, and intensely brooding mafia enforcer working security the night my husband-to-be goes too far...
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