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  • A Virgin Surrogate & A Underboss by Taniece

    A Virgin Surrogate & A Underboss by Taniece

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From national bestselling author of "Tall Red Dude With Tattoos," Taniece presents "A Virgin Surrogate & A Underboss"—a scorching tale of possession, protection, and the unhinged men who'll cross every line for the women who own their souls.After a lifetime of heartbreak, Pre has one no men. Period...
  • Second Chances at Mermaids Point by Sarah Bennett

    Second Chances at Mermaids Point by Sarah Bennett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on. Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it or not...
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  • A Cranberry Inn Christmas by Beth Ehemann

    A Cranberry Inn Christmas by Beth Ehemann

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Christmas at the Murphy household has always been a big deal, but with her daughters getting older, Kacie Murphy is feeling a bit sentimental, so she decides to give her family the perfect Christmas. Plans of cookie baking, sleigh ride taking, and snowman making are quickly put in jeopardy when Kacie receives devastating news—her mom has sold the beloved Cranberry Inn...
  • Only Fools Get Fouled : The Cambridge Crew by Connie Easton

    Only Fools Get Fouled : The Cambridge Crew by Connie Easton

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lyfe Cambridge is a man that saves the games for the court. When it comes to his marriage, he takes every vow serious. A man that knows what he wants is a man of certainty. However, when the smoke clears from around his marriage, things began to change for all parties involved. Sometimes all one needs is that one person they can’t touch to make things better...
  • My Pucking Secret Baby by Leighton Grace

    My Pucking Secret Baby by Leighton Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I left her at the altar.Now she owns my hockey team.My ex is my boss… and she’s out for revenge.I came to Houston for a fresh start.Instead, I got Ruby Romano – the woman I left behind.She says she’s here to make my life a living hell.And she tries…But the more she pushes, the more I want to push back.Against the wall. Against my bed.Anywhere that gets her out of my head.She wants revenge...
  • Xander: Part 2, The Present by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Xander: Part 2, The Present by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's eleven years later, and we're still living separate lives. While I know she isn't comfortable with my lifestyle after everything she’s been through, I can't be without her anymore. 
I need her.

 She's my wife. 
She's my heartbeat.
 She's my every breath.
 She's my everything. 

I want to know every detail of her life. I want to be part of it all...
  • Portland Storm: The Second Period by Catherine Gayle

    Portland Storm: The Second Period by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delay of Game With her father’s health in question, Sara Thomas is focused on reducing his anxiety. That’s no small feat considering his high-stress job. Everyone knows Sara’s single; no one knows she’s pregnant. There’s never a good time to unexpectedly get knocked up, but now is not it...
  • The Love List by B. Love

    The Love List by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a well-known social media Influencer, Arya Ingram has created a lifestyle for herself outside of her family that she never thought was possible. When her boyfriend, Zion, proposes, Arya believes she has everything she will ever need in life—until a scandal erupts on social media… threatening to taint not just her character but destroy her career as well...
  • Their First Fall: Trucker and Keeka's story by M.J. Fields

    Their First Fall: Trucker and Keeka's story by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A new adult / college standalone sports romance novel from USA Today bestselling author, MJ Fields . Their First Fall Keeka Alone in the world, after her mother’s death, she tries to find the life she dreamed of as a child. Trucker Alone in the world the family he felt part of began to fall apart, as his dreams of being an NFL quarterback become his reality...
    Categorized as:
    sports  cheating  betrayal  new adult  contemporary
  • See You Again by Heidi McLaughlin

    See You Again by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A powerful love story of second chances for two people who are both running from the past, by the New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl.   It’s been fifteen years since Brooklyn Hewett has stepped foot in Southport. After the accident that took Austin—the love of her life—away from her, Brooklyn fled, hoping to leave the pain behind her for good...
  • 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...
  • Hot Shot by Kat Mizera

    Hot Shot by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Fort Lauderdale—where the days are hot and the Knights are hotter.Wolf:I’ve been in love with the same girl since we were seventeen. Back before our careers took off and pulled us away from one another. No amount of fame, money, or puck bunnies could ever replace Scarlett. But she has a mind of her own, and dreams that don’t include me...
  • Athlete Status by Natisha Raynor

    Athlete Status by Natisha Raynor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The pressure to make it into the NBA has been on Kamari Brown's back since he could hold a basketball. His father molded him into the perfect NBA prospect making Kamari a beast on the court. As time passes, everyone else seems to want Kamari to make it more than he wants it for himself, but he makes it...
  • 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...
  • 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 CRUSHI'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...
  • Winning Whitney by Kat Mizera

    Winning Whitney by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hot shot hockey player Jake Curruthers has a plan – focus on his game and avoid distractions. He's succeeding at the first. The Alaska Blizzard has been on the upswing lately, but his focus shifts when the heart-stopping blonde from his past shows up in Anchorage. Yeah, his head is definitely not in the game anymore...
  • Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson

    Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    An amazing opportunity to own all 5 Heller Brothers Hockey romances In One Limited Edition Digital Boxed Set...
    Categorized as:
    athletes  sports  hockey  contemporary  length-epic
  • Heart on Ice by J.A. Low

    Heart on Ice by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pierre St. Pierre is a runaway groom.Catching his fiancée cheating the night before their wedding wasn’t the fairytale he imagined. He’s on the next flight out of Italy, leaving the embarrassing mess behind him.The last person Isabelle Alessi ever expected to see again is her first love and the man who broke her heart...
  • Smoke Signals by Catherine Gayle

    Smoke Signals by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Catherine Gayle presents the second novel in the Tulsa Tunderbirds hockey romance series. Desperation changes a person. Leads them to do things they never would have dreamed. Thanks to his mother, Ray “Razor” Chambers knows what desperation can lead a person to do. But as a defenseman for the Tulsa Thunderbirds, those days are long in the past for both of them...
  • The Widow by Sanne van Ooijen

    The Widow by Sanne van Ooijen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Joan komt voor de grootste uitdaging van haar leven te staan als haar man plotseling komt te overlijden. Ze wordt weduwe en die rol brengt haar vele nieuwe inzichten...
  • Ghost Dance by Catherine Gayle

    Ghost Dance by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Catherine Gayle presents another novel in the sexy Tulsa Thunderbirds hockey romance series. He had it all. And lost it in an instant. The night Dmitri Nazarenko won hockey’s Holy Grail, he lost more than he ever bargained for. With a world of guilt weighing him down, Dima can never forgive himself for his tragic misjudgment...
    Categorized as:
    athletes  sports  hockey  contemporary  m-f  length-medium
  • Canuck by E. Cleveland

    Canuck by E. Cleveland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The best friends to lovers you’ve been waiting for! Grab your copy for a front row seat to the funny, one-upping friendship, the tender understanding only best friends can give each other, and the blood-rushing sizzle they bring to the bedroom. Set some time aside, because you’ll devour this book in one sitting!Canuck. What a weird name. It’s like calling someone The American...
  • The Cleaner by Kiersten Modglin

    The Cleaner by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gunner James is good at death. An expert.His job is to clean up the messes no one else can.But behind that tough exterior, Gunner has a few secrets of his own.Eight years ago, Gunner left his hometown and vowed to never look back. When his past collides with his present in the form of a familiar face, Gunner must return home to take care of one final mess...the woman he left behind...
  • My Pucking Little Secret by Leighton Grace

    My Pucking Little Secret by Leighton Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Devon The Vermont Vipers Star Who Became My Surprising Inspiration - And My Fake BoyfriendI’m a romance writer in a slump.All I did was tag along to a hockey game with my brother.The star player slams a guy into a wall and turns to give the crowd a thumbs-up. Just like that…a spark ignited in me. I went home and scribbled down a story idea, posting it to Instagram...
  • but always in tandem by Youcouldmakealife

    but always in tandem by Youcouldmakealife

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Doesn’t matter which jersey they’re wearing. Doesn’t matter that off the ice Robbie can’t even look at Georgie without feeling sick, half the time. Doesn’t matter that Robbie doesn’t think he’s ever hated anyone more. They still play beautiful hockey together...
  • Faceoff by Rebecca Connolly, Heather B. Moore

    Faceoff by Rebecca Connolly, Heather B. Moore

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She isn’t supposed to want him. He isn’t supposed to want her. But wanting each other is inevitable. Clint McCarthy has finally achieved his dream of playing for a professional hockey program, and is eager to make his mark with his new team...
  • The Story of Our Life by Shari Low

    The Story of Our Life by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Unwind, laugh, cry ... but feel uplifted with this bittersweet love story. Perfect for the fans of Jo-Jo Moyes and Marian Keyes. So what would you do if your husband slept with another woman? Colm strolled into my life fifteen years ago. If there's ever such a thing as love at first sight, that was it for us both...
  • Body Check by Brigham Vaughn

    Body Check by Brigham Vaughn

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The last thing Gavin Racine needs is more heartbreak …Following an ugly public divorce, all Gavin wants is a little stress relief in the bedroom and to put together a winning roster. Unfortunately, his busy and chaotic schedule as the Boston Harrier’s general manager and president of hockey operations means he cancels more hookups than not...
    Categorized as:
    hockey  sports  athletes  m-m  queer  contemporary
  • Bender by Colleen Charles

    Bender by Colleen Charles

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My second chance is the biggest gamble of my life. I am Marco Rossi, once an Italian nobody, now living the dream as a Vegas Venom player. I thought I was swapping my lonely orphan past for a team-family. But I was wrong. I am on thin ice with everyone, but especially when it comes to Madison McKay...
  • Fighting Dirty by Stacey Lynn

    Fighting Dirty by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Raleigh Rough Riders are back, and this time Super Bowl Quarterback Beaux Hale finds himself playing the most important game of his life. Every woman knows Beaux Hale is nothing but a player. Yet the first time he walks into Paige Halloway’s restaurant and flashes his sexy grin, she feels a heat between them spark. Too bad he opens his mouth and ruins it...
  • No Commitment by Lisa Suzanne

    No Commitment by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No commitment. That was my deal with Tyler from the start, at least until his tour was over and we could be together. But thirty days filming a reality show here, two years overseas with his band there... Is it really any wonder why I didn’t tell him about the baby?He comes looking for me once he’s back in the country, but he runs into the man I married instead...
  • The Playmaker by Dakota Madison

    The Playmaker by Dakota Madison

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kian Kavanagh, Mr. Fire on Ice, has just been called up to play hockey for the NHL's new expansion team in Seattle. Finally playing in the NHL is a dream come true...except for one thing. Kian has to leave Northern Arizona and the love of his life, Taylor Thompson, to pursue his dream. Taylor Thompson thinks she's got life figured out...
  • Melting Ice by Jami Davenport

    Melting Ice by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling author Jami Davenport presents another Seattle Sockeyes hockey romance and the fifth book in her Game On in Seattle sports romance series showcasing alpha male heroes of football, baseball, and hockey. Brimming with attitude and broken beyond repair, Isaac "Ice" Wolfe has a heart as cold as his nickname, and he likes it that way--until he meets his neighbor Avery Maxwell...
  • Bodychecking by Jami Davenport

    Bodychecking by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    As the wild child of the family, Bellani Maxwell isn’t interested in settling down. Between a fledgling party crashing business, teaching self-defense at a martial arts studio, and hitting the bar every night, she has her hands full. She doesn’t need the added responsibility or commitment of a relationship...
  • The Wanderer by Nia Forrester

    The Wanderer by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Returning home after a long sojourn abroad, Blu contemplates whether the time has finally come for her to put down some roots. Bryan, meanwhile, has been firmly rooted in one place and in one life for what now seems like far too long...
  • Curveball by Kate Angell

    Curveball by Kate Angell

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The bad boys of baseball, they are the top power hitters of the Richmond Rogues, and the team's best hope for a shot at the World Series. But when all three have to be benched for brawling, it's the beginning of a whole new ball game, and the opposing team could win something more than a trophy--these ladies are after their hearts...
  • Never Over You by Ryleigh Andrews

    Never Over You by Ryleigh Andrews

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Strange how life deals the cards sometimes … Life was perfect for Mia Devereux. “You can always have me, Mia. I’m always yours. Forever, suga.” She had everything she always wanted. But maybe life wasn’t so perfect after all. One event threatens her happily ever after...
  • Break Away by Lisa B. Kamps

    Break Away by Lisa B. Kamps

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jean-Pierre "JP" Larocque is a speed demon for the Baltimore Banners. He lives for speed off the ice, too, playing fast and loose with cars and women...
  • The Effects of Falling by Mariah Dietz

    The Effects of Falling by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have loved my best friend for eleven years. Eleven years of celebrations. Eleven years of victories and losses. Eleven years of inside jokes and shared smiles. Eleven years of helping him raise his daughter as a single father. He smiles at me and my world brightens. He ignores me and I forget how to function. He holds my hand and takes more of my heart...
  • The Import Slot by Alys J. Clarke

    The Import Slot by Alys J. Clarke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One season. I just need to stick it out for one season.Ryan Preston has done seven years in the NHL and just before he signs his contract extension, his twin brother, Liam calls in a favour and asks Ryan to take his place and help an old friend out by playing in the UK for a season. He agrees, but only on the premise that it's for one season, and he'll be back in Canada before he knows it...
  • What if I Told You by Susan Renee

    What if I Told You by Susan Renee

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes— Whoa, whoa, whoa!Look, I don’t know who made up that stupid saying but I am not in love with Ella Montgomery.Sure, she’s my best friend and has been since we could walk. Sure, I offered to let her move in with me when she moved cross-country to apply for the open position as our hockey team’s new mascot...
  • Envy by Dylan Allen

    Envy by Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If envy is a sin, then let me be damned.Graham was born to be a star.  Once upon a time, that star shone only for me.  Now, I have to share him with the rest of the world. For a while, I thought I could do it. Because, beneath the hypnotic smile, gorgeous body and God-given charm that made him famous, I still caught glimpses of my best friend.Of the boy who called me sunshine and loved me...
  • Shattering the Ice by Mary Smith

    Shattering the Ice by Mary Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charity Drake has only known heartache, until she had her son, Ethan. Now, everything revolves around him, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Marc Kane, the goalie for the Chicago Eagles, has dated a few girls, but wants that one true love, and he thinks he found it. The problem is, Charity isn’t sure she’s ready...
  • Delay of Game by Lisa B. Kamps

    Delay of Game by Lisa B. Kamps

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Valerie Michaels knows all about life, responsibility--and hockey. After all, her brother is a defenseman for the Baltimore Banners. The last thing she needs--or wants--is to get tangled up with one of her brother's teammates. She doesn't have time, not when running The Maypole is her top priority. She opened the popular sports bar and restaurant two years ago and has been busy ever since...
  • Best Match by Pippa Green

    Best Match by Pippa Green

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    From the outside looking in, my life is perfect. I’ve made it all the way from Sweden to the USA to be a star player for the Arizona Rattlesnakes NHL team and we’re having our best season ever. The problem is… I can’t take the heat. Literally. I need to get out of the desert as fast as possible...
  • Slap Shot by Maria Luis

    Slap Shot by Maria Luis

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    He’ll do anything for his best friend…even marry her. I live by two universal truths: When I step onto the ice, I’m a god. Daisy Hall is the other half of my soul. My teammates joke that I’m too co-dependent with the coach’s daughter, and maybe that’s true. We’ve been thick as thieves since college, and even when I got drafted to the Boston Blades, Daisy followed me across state lines...
  • Back Check by Kelly Jamieson

    Back Check by Kelly Jamieson

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The so-bad-they’re-good alphas of hockey’s Chicago Aces are back in this emotionally charged novel of sex, love, and second chances from the bestselling author of Top Shelf and the Heller Brothers series.   Tanner Bennet hates weddings. They just remind him that he simply isn’t cut out for any kind of healthy, committed relationship—never has been, never will be...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  athletes  contemporary  audiobook
  • Bennett by Brenda Rothert

    Bennett by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bennett Morse devotes his time to chasing two things: an NHL career and women. He’s the easygoing member of his three-man line on the Fenway Flyers, content to play the game he loves and soak up the female attention it brings – as long as it’s from a different woman each time. He learned the hard way that choosing only one leads to heartache...
  • Francesca's Party by Patricia Scanlan

    Francesca's Party by Patricia Scanlan

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    When everyone expects you to fall apart, do the unexpected: Get a life.After years of being the perfect wife and mother, Francesca Kirwan realizes one dreary fall day that her life is a sad cliche when she catches her husband, Mark, with another woman. With her safe, predictable life turned upside down and an uncertain future ahead of her, Francesca has only two choices: sink or swim...
  • Down to Puck by Sylvia Pierce

    Down to Puck by Sylvia Pierce

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “No touching, beautiful. I warned you. Tonight, I’m only using my mouth.” As the NHL’s sexiest, surliest bad boy, Kyle “Henny” Henderson basically wrote the book on awkward morning-afters...
    Categorized as:
    sports  friends to lovers  hockey  humor  m-f  audiobook
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