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  • Scarlett and the Kiss Thief by Ivy Smoak

    Scarlett and the Kiss Thief by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    I’ve never been kissed.I know…it’s a huge problem.It all started because I fell in love with my best friend, Axel Stevens. I decided to save my first kiss for him. But…he didn’t fall in love with me back.For the first time in years, he’s finally single though. And I have the perfect plan.I reinvented myself over the summer...
  • That Baby by Jillian Dodd

    That Baby by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 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...
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  • The Dugout by Meghan Quinn

    The Dugout by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 79 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...
  • 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...
  • Kissing Madeline by Lex Martin

    Kissing Madeline by Lex Martin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 40 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: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 37 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...
  • 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: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 46 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: 4.15 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...
  • Denver by Tess Oliver

    Denver by Tess Oliver

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 3, the final installment in Tess Oliver's Bestselling FMX Bros series. Strong. Passionate. Confident. Will Denver's irresistible new neighbor be the one to finally capture this FMX bro's heart? When Denver Mathison moves into a house at the beach, the last thing he expects is a beautiful and tempting upstairs neighbor...
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  • Forgotten Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Forgotten Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rule #1: Don’t fall for your brother’s best friend.Rule #2: Wait… What was rule number one again?The summer I grew boobs, my big brother laid down some ground rules. No touching, looking, or breathing near his baby sister. He made it clear I could never get with his friends. His buddies obliged. I did, too. Until I didn’t...
  • 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..
  • Winger by Andrew Smith

    Winger by Andrew Smith

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy...
  • 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...
  • Kilt to Order by Susannah Nix

    Kilt to Order by Susannah Nix

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    A nerdy wallflower recruits her athlete roommate to give her love lessons As a Highland Games athlete and a firefighter, I’m used to women trying to get under my kilt. But I never expected to be propositioned by my bookworm roommate. Casey’s one of my best friends and my buddy’s younger sister...
  • 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...
  • Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    "I lost the fight. I lost her. But I don't care about my promise. I'm chasing that girl... again." Haze Adams and Winter Kingston were supposed to be a done deal. A onetime thing. The notorious street fighter had one goal and one goal only: make the girl fall in love, break her heart to hurt his enemies, and move on to the next best thing. Easy, right? Wrong...
  • 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...
  • Thin Ice by Nichole Greene

    Thin Ice by Nichole Greene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    One accidental hit and hockey player Brody Bennett is in the penalty box of community service.Olympic hopeful Abby Towers loves spending her free time teaching kids how to skate. When she's paired with Brody, his indifference lights a fire under her and it's the ice that flies during their time together...
  • The Best Friends' Playlist by Jessica King

    The Best Friends' Playlist by Jessica King

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m in love with my best friend. The problem? He doesn’t love me back.Five years ago, on the night of our high school graduation, I handed Jordan my heart, and he handed me a country song's worth of heartbreak and rejection.Now, after returning to my hometown for an internship, I find that despite my delusional fantasies, Jordan’s feelings remain the same. I’m still buddy-buddy Paige...
  • Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn

    Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Knocked up by the QB.Harassed by punt bunnies. Falling for the enemy isn’t an option here. I threw caution to the wind and my v-card at the one man I can’t stand. What did that get me? Pregnant. Now, we’re both screwed. Mr. Superstar wants the punt bunnies off his back. I want my parents off mine. To do that, he proposes a fake relationship...
  • The Ones We Remember by Katie Golightly

    The Ones We Remember by Katie Golightly

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Colin Hartrick is back. Even after five years away from his hometown, nothing could ever make him forget his family or the girl he left behind. The ghost of his eighteen-year-old, grief-stricken self never fails to remind him of how much he lost. Despite every memory and all the lingering feelings that sparked from their intimacy experiment, the girl of his dreams now wants nothing to do with him...
  • Ineligible Receiver by Jerica MacMillan

    Ineligible Receiver by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    My brother’s best friend is the life of the party. I’m the wilting wallflower. Until now …Having grown up sheltered my entire life, I decide to take life by the horns and live a little when my brother invites me to a party at his house, which also happens to be party central for the Marycliff University football team.A hot guy catches my eye. He’s shirtless and clowning with his friends...
  • 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...
  • 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
    · 37 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...
  • The Girl I Was Before by Ginger Scott

    The Girl I Was Before by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    I’m the selfish one. I suppose that’s the nicest thing people say about me. I’ve heard the other things, too. “Paige Owens is a pretty girl with nothing else to offer. She’s just a good time at a party. She’s stupid, heartless, cold and useless. All she cares about is getting a guy to look at her. Why would anyone want to be her friend?” Some of those things are true. Others were true...
  • Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

    Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Heather Hays finally has everything she’s worked for—she’s a principal dancer at New York Ballet Theater, has the best friend a girl could ask for, and is engaged to her forever crush, fellow principal Jack Andersen. They’ve been dubbed “American ballet royalty” . . . but when Heather’s best friend Carly catches Jack with a corps ballet dancer, the castle comes crashing down...
  • Time Out by Stacey Lynn

    Time Out by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A one-night stand with a sexy stranger has me in over my head and calling time out…Most of my team celebrated our Monday Night Football win with family and a few drinks. I celebrated mine with a smoking hot brunette.One wild night of passion, with chemistry off the charts, we had our fun...
  • Rodeo by Tess Oliver

    Rodeo by Tess Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    **SPECIAL EDITION! Contains full BONUS NOVEL Private North. 2 Books for 1 Low Price** Fearless. Protective. Tough. Sexy. "We hadn't seen each other in years, but it felt as if we'd never parted." Book 2 of Tess Oliver's bestselling FMX Bros series . The series that's being called "fantastic", "refreshing" and "fun"...
  • The Ones We Remember by Katie Golightly

    The Ones We Remember by Katie Golightly

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Colin Hartrick is back. Even after five years away from his hometown, nothing could ever make him forget his family or the girl he left behind. The ghost of his eighteen-year-old, grief-stricken self never fails to remind him of how much he lost. Despite every memory and all the lingering feelings that sparked from their intimacy experiment, the girl of his dreams now wants nothing to do with him...
  • The Longest Note by Karolyn James

    The Longest Note by Karolyn James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was supposed to be a ‘reality show’ date… but when the cameras turned off, that’s when reality began. Bad boy rockstar guitarist for Willow Son, Ryker, takes a break from the band only to return to find out that the tour has been officially cancelled and the band’s future is in jeopardy...
  • 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...
  • You and Everything After by Ginger Scott

    You and Everything After by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • The Trouble with Flying by Rachel Morgan

    The Trouble with Flying by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When nineteen-year-old introvert Sarah boards a plane to fly home after an overseas holiday, the last thing she expects is Aiden, the guy sitting next to her who's never flown anywhere before and refuses to shut up. Hours of random conversation later, they part ways. Sarah can't stop thinking about Aiden, though, and wondering if she made a terrible mistake letting him go...
  • Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

    Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Heather Hays finally has everything she's worked for—she was promoted principal dancer and is engaged to her forever crush, ballet royalty Jack Andersen. But after Jack is caught cheating, Heather's near-perfect life comes crashing down...
  • Island Kisses: A Billionaire Love Story by Krista Lakes

    Island Kisses: A Billionaire Love Story by Krista Lakes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 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 ..
  • Anchor by Kandi Steiner

    Anchor by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Palm South University crew is back, and there’s only one thing on their Spring Break .Parties. Romance. Friendship. Everything seems perfect on the surface. But after last semester, Ashlei finds herself in trouble she can’t get out of on her own, Erin faces a choice that will change her life forever, and J-Love is falling deeper than she ever expected for her sexy teacher...
  • 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 [?] · 33 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...
  • Puddin' by Julie Murphy

    Puddin' by Julie Murphy

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    It is a companion novel to Dumplin', which follows supporting characters from the first book in the months after Willowdean's star turn in the Clover City pageant. Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret dream—and to kiss her crush...
  • 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...
  • Ringside by Tracey Ward

    Ringside by Tracey Ward

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kellen and Jenna have been friends for years. A boxer with a shattered past and an artist with a wealthy family, they found each other against all odds. Ever in each other's corner, they grew up together, watched relationships rise and crumble, and the only one that's always left standing is their own...
  • 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...
  • Coming Out at the Ball Game by Jax Calder

    Coming Out at the Ball Game by Jax Calder

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For Elijah, a trip to the ball game with his dad and his ex-friend Jaxon is a special kind of torture. He’s always been a disappointment to his dad, and there’s been an awful awkwardness between him and Jaxon since Elijah came out. Elijah hates that he still cares about what Jaxon thinks of him...
  • 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...
  • The Accidental Boyfriend by Christina Benjamin

    The Accidental Boyfriend by Christina Benjamin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can an accident lead to love? All signs point to yes. Some accidents tear your world apart, others put your right where you were always meant to be.Armed with a Magic 8 ball and a quirky best friend, Lucy Adams tries to pick up the pieces of her life after a car accident shattered things apart. The trouble is, her life just doesn't seem to fit back together the way it used to...
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