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  • Without You: Scotch and Sammy duet - book 2 by Emilia Finn

    Without You: Scotch and Sammy duet - book 2 by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sammy. I left because I thought I was doing the right thing. I was falling on my sword. I thought I was saving everyone a lot of heart ache, and in exchange, I took all that ache on my own. I was supposed to be the hero, but instead I was the villain. He hates me with every fiber of his being…. It’s been thirteen years since we last saw each other. It turns out ghosts can’t be buried...
  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*t. This is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way. ..
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  • Eleusis by Emilia Finn

    Eleusis by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Princesses are meant to kiss frogs to find their prince - not criminals. William Quinn was labeled a killer years ago. The accusations were false. .. until now. Forced to choose between an innocent and a monster, he made a quick decision. Now he’s running from the law, leaving behind the woman he’d kill for. Olivia Conner is a princess in every meaning of the word...
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium
  • Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’d take a lot for Bobby Kincaid to fall out of love. In fact, I’m not sure he knows how. His mom and dad taught him how to do it right, how to do it fully, and how to never let go. ‘Worth Fighting For’ is the family reunion that you never knew you needed...
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-novella
  • 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...
  • Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book 7 in the Stacked Deck Series. Full blurb coming soon.
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium  cliffhanger
  • Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They say he’s a murderer - so she ran. I say she’s mine - so I must follow. Even knowing the inevitable pain that’s coming straight for me, I’ll continue to search, to wish, and when I eventually find her, continue to kiss her. Because when a Kincaid knows, he knows. *. Crazy Eights is the conclusion to Jamie and Cam's story.
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium
  • Bring It Home by Toni Aleo

    Bring It Home by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Boon Hoenes only has three goals in life. To make Posey Adler his wife, to win the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row, and for Shea Adler to like him. The first, he’s got on lock. The second, he’s well on his way. And the third…. Well, two out of three ain’t bad.
  • Twenty-Two by Toni Aleo

    Twenty-Two by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When Lucas Brooks was traded to the Nashville Assassins over a decade ago, he was a brash, brawling hothead without an anchor. Well, four kids and a smokin' hot wife will weigh you down real fast, but Lucas wouldn't change a minute of his happily ever after. During an epic, end-of-season quest for the Cup, changes appear on the horizon, and suddenly, there's a plot twist in Lucas's fairy tale.
  • 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...
  • Busted by Emilia Finn

    Busted by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Daughter of an over protective world-champion fighter, and shielded by dozens of alpha men, Emma Kincaid was locked in an ivory tower many years ago. Too bad she shimmied down water pipes the moment she was old enough to do so. Coercing with the devil twins is as natural as breathing to her, and getting into trouble with them is as easy as falling in love...
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium
  • Dirty Toe Drag by Toni Aleo

    Dirty Toe Drag by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Stella Brooks is a woman who knows what she wants. From her first glimpse of Paris Fashion Week at the tender age of eleven, she has only ever wanted to be a designer. Hardworking and dedicated, she knows she can make a success of it. Until…she is driven to trade fashion for frosting, a move that makes her soul sing but shakes her confidence in her decision-making to her core...
  • 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  hockey  m-f  contemporary  audiobook
  • Can't Help Falling In Love by Erika Kelly

    Can't Help Falling In Love by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas…. The moment Beckett O’Neill retires from professional sports, he swears off schedules and commitments. His new gig has him hopping from one exotic location to the next. No strings, no responsibilities. Nothing that will tie him down. Until he runs into her, the woman who stole his heart for a night in Vegas. .
  • That Forever by Jillian Dodd

    That Forever by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Devaney Diamond and Chase Mackenzie’s relationship has been like a Taylor Swift song. Best friends in elementary school. First loves in high school. Friends with benefits while Dani was away at college. But deep down, they have always loved each other. Have always been drawn to each other. And after much drama, they have managed to work things out and are now in college together as a couple...
  • Bend the Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh

    Bend the Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bend The Pucking Rules is the second book in the sexy and suspenseful Ice Lords Series. An Enemies to Lovers, Why-Choose, College Hockey Romance. I know too much and now, I’m paying the price. One secret shattered my world. Three boys wrecked my life. And one of them just might own my heart—if only he could remember...
  • 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
  • Overtime by Toni Aleo

    Overtime by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Down and out with an injury keeping him away from the game, Assassins’ defenseman Jordie Thomas lives for the blades of his skates on the ice and the feeling of oblivion off it. With no choice but to heal, he’s forced away from the sport that runs through his veins. With everything at stake and darkness setting in, he quickly finds himself spiraling even further out of control...
  • Wild Heart by Beth Ehemann

    Wild Heart by Beth Ehemann

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For Lawrence “Viper” Finkle, hockey isn’t just a sport, it’s a way of life. Since the first time he stepped onto the ice at just eight years old, he knew what he was meant to do, and he does it well. When his career takes an unexpected hit, and his relationship is pushed to the breaking point, he’s left sidelined and wondering what his future holds...
  • The Godfather’s Christmas Twins by Ajme Williams

    The Godfather’s Christmas Twins by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five years ago, I gave birth to his twins. Five years ago, I let another man claim them as his own. Five years ago, my father forced me to marry a mobster. And now these twins are calling their real father "Uncle Max. ". One night of sin with my godfather changed everything. Max Giraldi—seventeen years my senior, my brother's enforcer. By morning, he vanished...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  secret child  pregnancy  mafia  age difference
  • Branded Steel by M.J. Fields

    Branded Steel by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He can sing, dance, and owns whatever stage he’s "performing" on. His looks make him a triple threat. And he’s gone viral. He is the Country Music Artist of the Year. Which means that face, those eyes, that hair, that body, and his voice are every-freaking-where. He’s America’s newest country sensation, and he can do no wrong. Except, he did. He totally did. And he did it to me.
    Categorized as:
    new adult  pregnancy  m-f  length-medium
  • The Chase is Over by Toni Aleo

    The Chase is Over by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    You are cordially invited to the wedding of Shelli Adler and Aiden Brooks…. Shelli has been planning her wedding to Aiden in her scrapbook since she was old enough to wield a glue stick. And now that day has finally arrived...
  • 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...
  • Griz by E. Cleveland

    Griz by E. Cleveland

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 40 ratings
    This fake relationship romance has it all! Funny, awkward moments. The “will they or won’t they”? And so much tension and steam it'll make you sweat! One thousand dollars. I wasn’t supposed to bid at Westbury’s Bachelor Auction. In fact, I was hosting the event when I decided to lean into the microphone and yell out that ridiculous amount. I blame Bridezilla's stupid text (oops, I mean my sister)...
  • Dropping the Mitts by Lasairiona E. McMaster

    Dropping the Mitts by Lasairiona E. McMaster

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love can blur even the fiercest of rivalries. Penelope. When I kiss a guy dressed as Pac-Man at a party, it feels like fate. But fate must have a twisted sense of humor—because falling for the son of the man who ruined my family was never part of the plan. Tate Myers, star hockey player and my sworn enemy, ignites a hate in me that’s hotter than any slapshot...
  • Kitty Valentine Dates a Hockey Player by Jillian Dodd

    Kitty Valentine Dates a Hockey Player by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    SPIN THE WHEEL. DATE THE GUY. WRITE THE BOOK. Six years ago, Kitty Valentine took the book world by storm when her sweet debut romance hit number one on the New York Times Best Sellers list, which was followed by a string of successful releases. Her latest novel, however, totally bombs, causing her editor to suggest she write much sexier books...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  m-f  humor  length-short  audiobook
  • Maxed Steel by M.J. Fields

    Maxed Steel by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Mila. The six-foot-three, two hundred pounds of lean muscle, disgustingly defined by his white tee hugging … all that, with a backpack slung over his bulging broad shoulder is far from innocent. He’s Max Steel. He’s all sorts of grown up. And he’s my enemy … even though he doesn’t know it yet. Max...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  m-f  humor  length-short  audiobook
  • Long Shot by Kat Mizera

    Long Shot by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to Fort Lauderdale. .. where the days are hot and the Knights are hotter. Jace:. I never expected to make it up to the big leagues. But now that I’m here, I’m never going back down. I will out-work, out-train, outdo every other guy on the Knights if that’s what it takes. Not even a shark attack will get in my way… but the sexy surfer chick who rescues me just might. Tawny:...
  • 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...
  • Jonah by Brenda Rothert

    Jonah by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Reyna. I don’t do relationships. A federal agent whose life revolves around rescuing kidnapped children, I’ve got no interest in catching any man who’s not a criminal. So when my new assignment in Chicago requires me to get closer to a VIP Chicago Blaze fan, Blaze goalie Jonah West is the perfect cover. Like me, he’s too focused on his career to make time for love, dates or even hookups. Jonah...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  hockey  contemporary
  • Hard Hit by Toni Aleo

    Hard Hit by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Kirby Litman has been abandoned by everyone in his life at one time or another since childhood. And when his cheating ex drops their baby girl in his lap and leaves the country, he vows he won’t abandon his daughter, Celeste, like he was. Between parenting, hockey, and mentoring three brand-new young players, he doesn’t have much time for himself...
  • Red Rocket by Raine Miller, Brit DeMille

    Red Rocket by Raine Miller, Brit DeMille

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Public Relations" is about to take on a whole new meaning for a standout Russian enforcer with a bad reputation and the feisty redhead from the PR department who just might be the one person who can help him shine up his tarnished image in this grumpy/sunshine hockey love story. "They call me 'The Mad Russian' for a reason. ". —Viktor Demoskev, VEGAS CRUSH...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Love Comeback by Kristine W. Joy

    The Love Comeback by Kristine W. Joy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was my first love. I was her first heartbreak. Now she’s back—with a kid who might steal my heart before I earn a second chance at hers. Running into my high school sweetheart at an NHL meet-and-greet wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was teaching skating lessons to the nephew she’s raising on her own...
  • Under a Different Sky by Lindsey Iler

    Under a Different Sky by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My life is a mess. I'm walking around with a black eye. My position on the hockey team is questionable at best, and if that’s not bad enough, I think I'm falling for my dead girlfriend's best friend. Every day, it's a fight to feel alive, and yet, I drink to numb the pain. Everyone is standing back, watching me fall apart. Everyone except Hannah...
  • The Carolina Cold Fury Hockey Series by Sawyer Bennett

    The Carolina Cold Fury Hockey Series by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Discover the series that led Violet Duke to rave, “Sawyer Bennett never fails to deliver heroes I fall hard for and heroines I adore. ” Featuring the chiseled bad boys of the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team, these electrifying romances are melting hearts, one reader at a time. And now the first four novels are available in one sizzling ebook bundle:. ALEX. GARRETT. ZACK. RYKER...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  hockey  contemporary  length-epic  audiobook
  • Crashing the Net by Lasairiona E. McMaster

    Crashing the Net by Lasairiona E. McMaster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s lost her mobility, her career, and her dreams. .. Can she risk losing her heart to her best friend as well? In the blink of an eye, everything I’ve worked my whole life to achieve is gone, maybe forever. I’m not prepared to accept that I’ll never dance again. It’s all I’ve ever known, and I’m scared to find out who I am without it...
  • Lock 'em Down by Gina Azzi

    Lock 'em Down by Gina Azzi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m a carpe diem, live-in-the-moment, kind of woman. But waking up in Vegas with a rock on my finger and a gorgeous man in my bed? Well, now I’m redefining what it means to roll the dice…. Especially because my new husband is Tennessee Thunderbolts center, Leif Bang. Yes, he has electric blue eyes that pierce me to my core. For sure, I’ve never seen forearms quite like his...
  • Blizzard by Cambria Hebert

    Blizzard by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An arctic blast is coming…. Fleeing to the wintry town of Caribou was always meant to be temporary,. BearPaw Resort just a place to hide. Never in a million years did I expect that running back to the past. would bring me face to face with my future. But it did, and now everyone I love is in danger. I’ve already escaped death three times, and I know my luck is running out...
  • Smokeshow by Raine Miller

    Smokeshow by Raine Miller

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Be "just friends" with a smokeshow like her? That's pretty much a p#cking impossible ask. —Tyler Lockhardt, VEGAS CRUSH. I'm just over here minding my business playing hockey for the Crush when the. SMOKESHOW. of my dreams turns up and seriously rocks my world. For real. Beautiful, smart, and so incredibly sweet I cannot help myself from wanting to get to know her a whole lot better...
  • Tripped by Jacob Chance

    Tripped by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Eight hundred and eighty days. That’s how long it’s been since my no good ex broke my heart. And I was doing just fine without him. But now, with both of us playing hockey for Boston University and running in the same circles, I can’t seem to avoid him—no matter how hard I try. And boy do I try. It seems my former boyfriend is cockier than ever—if that’s even possible...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  sweet heroine  hockey  m-f  humor
  • Over My Dead Body by Sheridan Anne

    Over My Dead Body by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
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  • Room for Just a Little Bit More by Beth Ehemann

    Room for Just a Little Bit More by Beth Ehemann

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Five years ago, my dreams were shattered in an instant. One year ago, a horrible rainstorm flooded a bridge in town, leaving us with an Inn full of stranded travelers. Turns out one of those travelers would give me a whole new set of dreams, ones I never thought possible. Brody Murphy spent the last year teaching me what it was like to live, and more importantly love, again...
  • Slammed by Victoria Denault

    Slammed by Victoria Denault

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Not every goalie plays it safe. .. As a publicist for the San Francisco Thunder hockey team, Dixie Braddock is too busy rescuing the players from trouble to get into any of her own. Except, of course, when it comes to the super hot new goalie...
  • The Endgame Is You by L.A. Cotton

    The Endgame Is You by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Play hard . .. Fight hard . .. Love. hard. The time has come for Cameron, Jason, and Asher to hang up their Rixon Raider jerseys and head off to college with the girls they love. But will their relationships stand the test of college life, new friendships, and most of all, football? *The Endgame Is You is a Rixon Raiders Epilogue. It must be read after the other books in the series.
  • The Roommate Game by Lane Hayes

    The Roommate Game by Lane Hayes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The hockey player, the figure skater, and the roommate situation…. Gus. No one throws a party quite like I do. Technically, I could have graduated three years ago, but I love Smithton, I love hockey, and the team needs a good captain with a positive outlook. That’s me. I love this town, and it loves me. Well, except for my roommate. Rafe doesn’t like me at all—total mystery. I’m a nice guy...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  new adult  m-m  queer  audiobook
  • Waiting for the Sun by Lindsey Iler

    Waiting for the Sun by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’m unapologetically in love with Nick Kovac. He can claim to hate me and blame me for everything. I’ll fight for us both. He severs the promise he made, leaving me on the hockey rink floor, heartbroken and alone. It doesn’t take me long to stand with my head held high, while he's being a coward. Stuck between push and pull, everything we are is in question...
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  hockey  length-short
  • Hooked by Jacob Chance

    Hooked by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Avoiding bad boy hockey player Marshall Winters has been one of my goals since he did me wrong four years ago. However, with both of us attending Boston University and his younger sister being my best friend, it’s damn near impossible. Then he saves me from a dangerous situation, whisking me away to his family’s cabin, changing everything...
  • Wish I May by Lexi Ryan

    Wish I May by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    New adult romance from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Unbreak Me . Due to sexual content and heavy subject matter, this book is intended for mature readers. ~ ~ ~. Nothing about her says cute. Everything about her says sex. And mine. I never thought I'd see her again. Didn't think I wanted to...
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