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  • Benching Brady by Samantha Christy

    Benching Brady by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    FAST BALLS. FAST CARS. FAST WOMEN. They are how I've learned to cope. But then life throws me a curveball. And I may never play the game I love again. Then I meet her. She represents everything I've lost. In the best and worst of ways. She may be the only one who can get me back into the game. And I'm not just talking about baseball...
  • Someone Like You by Marie Force

    Someone Like You by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The all-new Wild Widows Series about a group of grieving survivors who take Roni into their fold to help her cope with the loss of her husband. The group has only one requirement—members must be willing to entertain the possibility of a “Chapter 2,” as it’s called in widow circles, which means a second chance at love...
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  • Stay for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Stay for Me by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes the final poignant love story in the Arrowood Brothers Series.Hollywood taught me everything I know about relationships—except how to be in one. As an actor, I became an expert at faking it. Faking that I wasn't affected by my childhood. Faking that I was okay. Faking that I knew how to save the day, the girl, the whole damn world...
  • The Start of Something Wonderful by Jessica Redland

    The Start of Something Wonderful by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Autumn Laine has lost her creative sparkle. After losing her grandad and her job as an illustrator in quick succession, she is at a crossroads in life and needs a break. Spending time with her parents in Paris, even in the artistic community of Montmartre, doesn't appear to be the answer...
  • After Burn by Autumn Jones Lake

    After Burn by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One spilled secret shines a light on the throne of lies I've been sitting on for years. A revelation with the power to test the bonds of brotherhood like never before. Promises I've made to my brothers I burn to keep. Vows made to my wife I swear to honor. Through the web of tangled loyalties, one thing remains clear. Hope is embedded in my soul...
  • Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Hearts at Play by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Brianna Heart has a six-year old daughter and a twelve-year plan to keep her life as simple as possible until Layla turns eighteen. That means swearing off relationships and the drama that goes along with them, working two jobs, and being the best damn mother she can be...
  • Stay Anyway by Kaylee Ryan

    Stay Anyway by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Stella Getting pregnant in college wasn’t part of the plan, but I’ll never regret giving birth to the best part of me. Even if my parents did disown me for it. A fresh start in a small town seems like a good idea, until a handsome stranger shows me a little kindness and has me feeling things, I thought I’d never feel again… things I have no business feeling about a man I just met...
  • Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg

    Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    I know finding and signing a military vet to the agency is a long shot--but it’ll be good press just letting him try out. That’s what I tell my family, rather than admit I can’t get the letter he wrote us five years ago out of my head. But what I tell the bartender in his hometown is a lie. I know veterans protect each other. So I pretend to be a graduate student. Sparks. Flame. Fire...
  • Path To Restoration by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Restoration by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nate Hunter; aspiring boxer, brother to five younger sisters, and...stripper. Yeah, you read that right. After his twin sister went through an abusive relationship, Nate fought to restore her honor by starting a chain of nightclubs that hire and help victimized women get back on their feet...
    Categorized as:
    sports  single-mother  m-f  contemporary
  • Edge Of Reality by Freya Barker

    Edge Of Reality by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Horsepower and green thumbs meets justice and flip-flops.I’m a late bloomer.A geek, an introvert, an enigma, and a watchdog. My name is Paco.I’m determined enough to bide my time, yet too clever to pass up on opportunity. I’m a steadfast rebel.An outcast, a defender, a hothead, and an eccentric.My name is Mel.I’m resolute enough to carve my own way, but not too blind to see a better path...
  • Cole by Nyssa Kathryn

    Cole by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She’s a single mom with a secret. He’s a former Delta who doesn’t let people too close.Aria Callas understands struggle and sacrifice. Getting pregnant at sixteen, she’s spent more than a decade and a half ensuring her and her son’s safety the only way she knows how—by staying on the move...
  • 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..
  • With Love, This Christmas by Kimberly Brown

    With Love, This Christmas by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Noelle Ackerman loves Christmas and plans to make this Christmas the most special of all. After five years of living in Paris, she has returned home to Grand Hills, the place where love has always dwelled for her. Love for Noelle is not only her family but with the man who stole her heart at the tender age of five.Kane Weston aka Noelle’s tall, dark, and handsome best friend...
  • Season for Love by Marie Force

    Season for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    His idea of permanence is the VW van that takes him from one gig to the next. . . Owen Lawry has made a living as a traveling musician and enjoys his footloose and fancy free lifestyle...
  • Captive by Brenda Rothert

    Captive by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Two years ago, Jason and Kate Ryker were brought together by grief and bound to one another by love. Now married, they’re confronting their fears together. But heartbreak finds them again, and the ties that bind Kate and Ryke are tested as she struggles against fear and sadness. As a grief counselor, Kate understands all too well the pain of her clients...
  • Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Asher Pryce hides behind a wall of secrets he's spent most of his life building up. How else is the adopted child whose birth parents run a drug cartel supposed to fit in? He's notorious for his overconfident swagger and total lack of patience for bullshit - a master of masks. The one thing in his life he can't fake? His feelings for his best friend's twin sister...
  • The Perfect Game Box Set by Samantha Christy

    The Perfect Game Box Set by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What's better than one sexy friends-to-lovers sports romance?  Three of them!Alluring heroes. Painful truths. Enduring love.Which Nighthawk will be your favorite?Book One - Catching CadenIf all they see are her scars - they aren't looking hard enough.It was my home run ball that shattered her face.Right along with her modeling career.Now it's my mission to help her rebuild her life...
  • In the Crease by Toni Aleo

    In the Crease by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Jensen Monroe is a unicorn. As handsome as any model, as polite as can be, a goalie of unmatched skill, and the best friend anyone could ask for. But he longs for a particular special someone to make his life complete. He’s been in love with Wren since he was a teenager, but as his best friend’s sister, she’s always been off-limits...
  • Love and Lists by Tara Sivec

    Love and Lists by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Love and Lists is the first book in the Chocolate Lovers spinoff - Chocoholics: The foul-mouthed offspring tell their stories. Twenty-five-year-old Gavin Ellis has always had the love and support of his family ever since he was a little boy and couldn't stop talking about his penis. He's also always had their unsolicited advice and uncanny knack of embarrassing him at all costs...
  • Loved Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Loved Enough by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Even though they’d never dated, Lily Shaw always just assumed she’d eventually end up with Ben, the boy who’s been her bestie since they were toddlers. So she’s understandably shocked to learn he’s getting married—and having a child with his fiancée. Shocked…but not terribly upset. The truth is, she's been feeling butterflies every time she’s near a particular horse trainer on her parents’ ranch...
  • That First Flight by Jenn McMahon

    That First Flight by Jenn McMahon

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Something tells me, nothing I do can stop myself from feeling things for my roommate.I’ve always wanted to be a chef.But the same day two pink lines showed up on the test, was the day I gave up chasing my own dreams to put my daughter first.I didn’t expect that to lead to a life of being scrutinized by my parents for every single move I made.After years of it, I was done...
  • Playing Dirty: A Bad Boy Sports Romance by Mickey Miller

    Playing Dirty: A Bad Boy Sports Romance by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I'm going to teach Andrea to play dirty...she just doesn't know it yet. Jake Pulling in eight figures a year as star pitcher for the Chicago Jaguars, there's no shortage of parties, booze, and women. I'm a beast on the mound and between the sheets but when my social media presence becomes a major problem, the team’s owner brings in a PR expert to clean up my image...
    Categorized as:
    sports  baseball  m-f  humor  new adult  contemporary
  • Made to Love You by Megan Smith

    Made to Love You by Megan Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Jaylinn McCormick had finally found the man who makes her life complete. After putting the most terrifying night of her life behind her, she’s moving on. Suddenly, unexpected life altering events have Jaylinn spiraling in an unknown direction. Will she be able to survive? Cooper Cahill finally found a balance in his life...
  • Swing and a Mishap by Tara Sivec

    Swing and a Mishap by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    “Hawks fans still in shock after centerfielder, Shepherd Oliver, sustained season-ending injury last night in the 5th inning of the playoffs against Chicago.”Two years ago, I was a pretty big deal. I thought I had it all, until a blast from my past popped up on my social media feed, keeping my ego in check and reminding me how basic I am. Except sassy Wren Bennett isn’t just a blast from my past...
  • Off the Mark by Kathryn Nolan

    Off the Mark by Kathryn Nolan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Fake dating my hottest friend was not my smartest move… The cocky ex-baseball player—and flirty playboy—is the one man I’d never fall for. Which is why I stupidly thought he’d make the perfect fake boyfriend. As the reigning queen of the dirt bike racing circuit, my only goal is to win this next championship race. Except I’ve got a bit of a…reputation problem...
  • My Kind of Beautiful by Nikki Ash

    My Kind of Beautiful by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From author Nikki Ash comes a stand-alone friends to lovers, surprise pregnancy romance.Lexi You don’t find love... it finds you. Alec is the steady in my crazy, the light to my dark. My best friend. He might be the one for me, but I’m not the one for him.He deserves to have a wife, kids, a home—the complete package...
  • Text Me Baby One More Time by Teagan Hunter

    Text Me Baby One More Time by Teagan Hunter

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A SECOND-CHANCE ROMANTIC COMEDY! I love you , he said. Forever , he said. Turns out, he lied. When he leaves me high and dry after a cross-country move, I push him out of my life as much as I can, which is hard to do when the guy who broke your heart also happens to be the most famous dude in town...
  • Savor You by Kristen Proby

    Savor You by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the next sizzling romance in Kristen Proby's New York Times bestselling Fusion series, two celebrity chefs compete in a culinary competition, but resisting each other will prove to be the greater challenge. Cooking isn't what Mia Palazzo does, it's who she is. Food is her passion . . . her pride . . . her true love...
  • Southern Seducer by Jessica Peterson

    Southern Seducer by Jessica Peterson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    I’ve done a lot of stupid stuff in my life. But sleeping with my best friend tops the list. Annabel and I have been close since college. When I left school to play pro football, she was there. While I collected Super Bowl rings and cars worth more than the house I grew up in—she was there. I always assumed we’d end up together. Everyone did...
  • Second Chance by L.B. Dunbar

    Second Chance by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Another romance for the over 40. Can one sexy silver fox face the woman he once left behind but never let go? Her. A widow at forty-four, her husband left her a letter. Contact Denton. Once upon a time, the three of them had been best friends. Mati Rath isn’t sure she should look back. Her heart isn’t ready, or so she thinks. Him. A pleading phone call forces him to make a decision...
  • Just Say Yes by Rosalind James

    Just Say Yes by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Some fires warm you up. And some burn you down. Kevin McNicholl may be a brutal force on the rugby field, but off the field, the star New Zealand All Black is a famously nice guy. His new tenant, though, arouses more than his protective side. She sets him on fire. Pity he’s evicting her. Every woman deserves her dreams. Chloe Donaldson can’t afford dreams, so she's given them up...
  • A Callahan Wedding by Monica Murphy

    A Callahan Wedding by Monica Murphy

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The sweet and sexy conclusion to New York Times bestselling author, Monica Murphy’s standalone Callahan series, bringing readers along for the ride as fan favorites, Jake and Hannah get married! Hannah Walsh. Gorgeous. Intelligent. My first love. My high school sweetheart. My everything. And now my fiancée...
  • Let Me Be the One by Bella Andre

    Let Me Be the One by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    How far would you go for a friend? Back in San Francisco preparing for her big art show, Vicki Bennett needs help protecting herself and her career from the unwelcome advances of one of the judges. She knows that her longtime friend and baseball star, Ryan Sullivan, will know just how to handle things, and he's the only person she can imagine asking for help...
  • More to Give by Terri Osburn

    More to Give by Terri Osburn

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Callie Henderson had to fight to put her tragic past behind her, but now the up-and-coming player in the hospitality industry is well on her way to happiness. She has her sights set on the lead renovation position at the Sunset Harbor Inn - an inn that just happens to be owned by Sam Edwards, the man who comforted her in her grief and gave her one night of passion before walking away...
  • Waiting for Willa by Kristen Proby

    Waiting for Willa by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Waiting for Willa From New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes the newest installment in her beloved Big Sky Series… Max Hull left Cunningham Falls a long time ago. Thanks to his killer instincts and business smarts, he’s come back to town richer than anyone’s wildest imagination...
  • Somebody Like You by Carrie Elks

    Somebody Like You by Carrie Elks

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s rich, talented and way out of her league. Now he’s making her an offer she can’t refuse…Football has always been Cam Hartson’s life. When he's forced to retire following an injury, he slinks back to his small home town, planning to lie low and lick his wounds. Until he meets Mia Devlin. The beautiful single mom of two tearaway boys has no interest in love...
  • Code Name: Ghost by Sawyer Bennett

    Code Name: Ghost by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I knew the risks of this job when I signed on with Jameson Force Security. Knew my time as a marine would prepare me for the danger I would face. But no amount of training could have ever prepared me for the helplessness of watching my teammates die, the agonizing mental and physical pain of torture, or the despair of captivity...
  • Rafe by Sawyer Bennett

    Rafe by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I was living my dream until one phone call changed everything. As the second line center for the Arizona Vengeance, my mind has been on one thing—helping my team bring home a championship. But that all changed when I found out my dad had cancer and only months to live. In that moment, nothing mattered more than getting home to North Carolina to be by his side...
  • Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

    Brazen Steele by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
  • Somebody to Lean On by Jess Mastorakos

    Somebody to Lean On by Jess Mastorakos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do I want to kiss my best friend? Yep. Always have. Too bad it’s not that simple.Jackson Wilson and I are long-distance co-guardians of our friends' daughter, and even though we're best friends and we're totally committed to Phoebe, this isn't a romcom where the best friends get together in the end.Unfortunately .But now, Phoebe and I have nowhere to go but Jackson's tiny Tennessee town...
  • The Burns We Carry by Marae Good

    The Burns We Carry by Marae Good

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once burnt, twice shy...Shay Davis is desperate for a fresh start — not just for her, but for the new life growinginside of her. But when she arrives in the quiet mountain town of Wallowpine, Arizona, thecold, unforgiving forest ranger who pulls her over seems intent on running strangers out oftown...
  • 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...
  • 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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  • Recovery by L.B. Simmons

    Recovery by L.B. Simmons

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I have the perfect life. I’ve finally found my happy ending. I fought through the loss of one husband, lucky enough to be given a second chance at a lifetime of happiness. Settling into our new lives, however, may not be as easy as it seems...
  • Wrapped in Love by Lexi Ryan

    Wrapped in Love by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A one-night stand with the boss was never in her plans. Neither was falling in love . . . The rumors are true. I am a hot mess with an awful track record at love. Single mom. Down on her luck. Yeah, I’m bad news. So if the hardest part of moving back home to Jackson Harbor was going to be people talking? I’d be fine. I’ve kept my chin up through worse than their decade-old gossip...
  • The Chameleon Effect by Joe Arden

    The Chameleon Effect by Joe Arden

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lights. Camera. Action…I've got everything it takes to make it in Tinseltown: confidence, charisma, and a killer chin. Now all I need is a chance.But Los Angeles is full of hot, young hunks, and talent might not be enough to separate me from the cookie-cutter crowd.Well, you know what they say: fake it till you make it.So I devise a wild scheme to get noticed...
  • On the Line by Julia Connors

    On the Line by Julia Connors

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    My marriage wasn’t perfect, but my husband’s unexpected death yanks away my sense of security and leaves me floundering.Enter Jameson Flynn, former NHL star and my late husband’s sports agent, who’s back in my life as the executor of the will...
  • Down And Flirty by Staci Hart

    Down And Flirty by Staci Hart

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Nothing good comes after the third date.Date three is the crucial point when things get real, which is exactly why I bounce out the door, twiddling my fingers at whatever poor boy I’ve left behind. Because if I stick around, one of three things will happen: he’ll profess his undying love, he’ll get weird and stalky, or I’ll go crazy. Like, Sid and Nancy crazy...
  • Up to the Challenge by Terri Osburn

    Up to the Challenge by Terri Osburn

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Opposites attract in a sexy tale of unexpected love When the Dempsey patriarch suffers a heart attack, Lucas Dempsey steps up to keep the doors of the family restaurant open. The proverbial prodigal son returns home to Anchor Island—putting family first and his quest to make partner at his high-powered law firm on hold...
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