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  • Mistletoe and Magic for the Midwife by Jo Bartlett

    Mistletoe and Magic for the Midwife by Jo Bartlett

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The brand new instalment in the top 10 bestselling Midwives series!It’s the most wonderful time of the year…But for single mum and busy midwife Nadia, it’s quickly turning into her worst Christmas ever.Her marriage is over, and whilst her husband has moved on, Nadia finds herself back home, squashed into her mum’s spare room with her two small children...
  • A Leap of Faith For The Cornish Midwife: The BRAND NEW emotional, uplifting read from top 10 bestseller Jo Bartlett for 2022  (The Cornish Midwife Series) by Jo Bartlett

    A Leap of Faith For The Cornish Midwife: The BRAND NEW emotional, uplifting read from top 10 bestseller Jo Bartlett for 2022 (The Cornish Midwife Series) by Jo Bartlett

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Pre-order the brand new instalment in the top 10 bestselling Cornish Midwife series!Midwife Izzy is devastated to learn that her beloved grandmother is dying. Abandoned as a baby by her own mother, her grandparents have been the only family Izzy has ever known and she wants to spend every last precious moment with them...
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  • Sail Away by Ashley Farley

    Sail Away by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Three women form a village to help a friend in need. Becca has embarked on the most important mission of her life. She trusts no one, and she’s running out of time. On a whim, she rents a beach cottage on Palmetto Island for the summer. She’s searching for a solution to her problem. Help comes in an unexpected friendship with the young woman next door...
  • Twenty-Two by Toni Aleo

    Twenty-Two by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary  hockey  m-f
  • Tackled by Lisa Suzanne

    Tackled by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When compromising pictures of me with the pro football quarterback I’m behavior coaching hit the press, we need damage control. I’m probably going to lose my job since his fiancée’s father—the man who hired me—discovered the pictures as I woke to a cloudy memory of the night before...
  • Timeout by Lisa Suzanne

    Timeout by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As Jack’s wedding draws nearer, the cloud over him seems to darken as he goes through the motions. Instead of enjoying the bachelor party and rehearsal dinner, he needs a timeout from the woman he’s set to marry.If he really walks down the aisle toward her, I can’t keep working with him. Not when I’m in love with him...
  • Bring It Home by Toni Aleo

    Bring It Home by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 19 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...
  • 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...
  • Claiming Her on the Mountain by Pippa Brook

    Claiming Her on the Mountain by Pippa Brook

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s only had one love in his hockey. Then he met her.Winnie:Hockey’s bad boy Jax Whalen is the last person I ever expected to find trespassing on my property. I’m not going to lie. His icy blue eyes, mischievous smile, and sculpted muscles have starred in my wildest fantasies more than once. But I learned long ago not to let my guard down...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary
  • A Very Coral Christmas by Jan Moran

    A Very Coral Christmas by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This season, discover holiday surprises in Summer Beach!Catch up with the beloved residents of Summer Beach in a heartwarming holiday novella of fun, sun, and seasonal shenanigans. As the winter chill sets in, escape to the enchanting shores of Summer Beach, where the spirit of Christmas is as bright and warm as the sun-soaked sands...
  • Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    coming in...
  • Turnover by Lisa Suzanne

    Turnover by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m in love with a man who is marrying somebody else. At least that’s what was supposed to happen when I was kicked out of the wedding last night by the bride’s father. I find myself without a job, without a home, and without the pro football quarterback I’ve fallen for...
  • Play by Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Play by Play by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    SamanthaJase Andrews is trouble... but the best kind. Too gorgeous for his own good, the former professional athlete is every woman’s dream, including mine. I need to stay away, but he’s relentless.Most girls want Jase because of who he is, but that’s exactly why I don’t want to get involved. A guy like him and a girl like me are bound to fumble.His panty-melting smile is so hard to resist..
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary
  • The Chase is Over by Toni Aleo

    The Chase is Over by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 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...
  • Mountain Man's Redemption by Sadie King

    Mountain Man's Redemption by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Does a trained killer deserve love?When I meet Ewan, the mysterious Scottish recluse who lives in the mansion on the side of the mountain, he seems too good to be true.He’s a chicken farmer living a quiet life, working the land.I fall into that idyllic life with him, growing vegetables and sipping scotch in front of an open fire...
  • Bad Beginnings : A Redemption Beach Prequel by Vivian Wood

    Bad Beginnings : A Redemption Beach Prequel by Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller Vivian Wood One minute, everything is normal. The next, it’s all f*cked up. I’m left to pick up the pieces, alone. Life turns out to be a series of these moments. Make it or break it, use it or lose it. Everything is changed forever now. There’s no going back. But I may be able to go forward. There is a light at the end of the tunnel...
  • Promise: A Redemption Series Prologue by T.K. Leigh

    Promise: A Redemption Series Prologue by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He was supposed to be my first kiss. My first love. My first everything... There are moments in our lives that define us. For Brooklyn Tanner, it's the summer before her junior year of high school. The summer boys finally begin to notice her. The summer he finally begins to notice her. Andrew Brinks. Handsome. Popular. Star hockey player. Her best friend's brother...
  • Don't Chase a Player by Cami Checketts

    Don't Chase a Player by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A football player who's lost everything; a successful artist who values her seclusion. When he crashes into her world can she give him love and hope for a future? Don't miss any of the bestselling, fast-paced, and fun Strong Family romances. Strong Family Romance Novels: 1. Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend - Ella Strong 2. Her Loyal Protector 3...
  • Hail Mary: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Hail Mary: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When the quarterback catches a ride with the team trainer, will she fall for his plays or leave him scrambling to recover?MaryI spend a lot of time on the road as a trainer for the Oakwood City Devils.When we’re snowed in at the airport after a game, I decide to drive myself home.To my surprise, the team quarterback joins me...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary
  • Off the Market at Christmas by Chelle Sloan

    Off the Market at Christmas by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The saying goes that nice guys finish last. The more accurate statement is that nice guys and nerds finish last. We don’t get the girl. We don’t get the happily ever after. Even if it is the one thing we’ve asked for from Santa Claus this Christmas. So when Presley Dawson comes back into my life after twenty years, I don’t even try...
  • Nochebuena: A Miami Nights Novella by Marie Force

    Nochebuena: A Miami Nights Novella by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join the Giordino family from Marie’s Miami Nights Series as they celebrate Christmas Eve in the tradition of Abuela’s Cuban family. Best read after How Much I Love, book 3 in the series...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary
  • Rivals by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rivals by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Playing for their country in the Winter Olympics is the highest of all honors, but when family members are pitted as rivals and a dark specter from the past turns up in Beijing, tensions run high, and abruptly, it’s not all about the hockey.Jared is torn—assistant coach for Team Canada, with Ryker on the team; he bleeds red and white and wears the maple leaf with pride...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary  m-m  queer
  • Wish Again by Tammy L. Grace

    Wish Again by Tammy L. Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wishes in branches tied with string. Someone's hopes. Another's dreams.Paige Duncan returns to the small town of Linden Falls to seek the comfort of her hometown and her beloved mother. That contentment is short-lived when after only a few months, she’s faced with an unexpected and monumental loss...
  • All Is Bright: A Christmas Romance by RaeAnne Thayne

    All Is Bright: A Christmas Romance by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "[Thayne] engages the reader's heart and emotions, inspiring hope and the belief that miracles are possible...
  • Escape to Darling Cove Part Four: Setting Sail by Holly Hepburn

    Escape to Darling Cove Part Four: Setting Sail by Holly Hepburn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **PART FOUR in the brand new series from Holly Hepburn, perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley and Katie Fforde**Eve has always lived on Ennisfarne, an idealic island just off the coast of Northumberland and only accessible when tides are low. There she runs a bar on Darling Cove, named after her ancestors who settled there many year ago...
  • Sand, Sun, and Secrets by Grace Meyers

    Sand, Sun, and Secrets by Grace Meyers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With another lonely summer rolling around, Leah decides it’s time for the family to embark on a much-needed getaway to her idyllic childhood home of Tybee Island. She hopes that a few weeks of soul-searching will help clear her head and give her a chance to untangle her messy emotions...
  • Sand, Sun, and Secrets by Grace Meyers

    Sand, Sun, and Secrets by Grace Meyers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With another lonely summer rolling around, Leah decides it’s time for the family to embark on a much-needed getaway to her idyllic childhood home of Tybee Island. She hopes that a few weeks of soul-searching will help clear her head and give her a chance to untangle her messy emotions...
  • One Night with the Player (Club Curve) by Eve London

    One Night with the Player (Club Curve) by Eve London

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brother's best friend. A sister's forbidden desire. OliviaThe man who ruined me for any other is coming home. He thinks he won't have to deal with me, but I’m waiting for him. I need answers only he can provide, and I won’t rest until I get them. The only problem is… once I see Leo Steele, the feelings I’ve kept locked up inside break free...
  • Family First by RJ Scott, VL Locey

    Family First by RJ Scott, VL Locey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An injury threatens to end Stan's career. Will he choose to fight for his beloved hockey, or put his family first?  Few goalies are as dedicated as Stan Lyamin, known for his resilience on the ice, talking to his pipes, and his love of Elvis. Add in his adoration of his family and his life has been filled with all the things that bring him joy...
  • #Fam: A Ten Years Later Novella by Cambria Hebert

    #Fam: A Ten Years Later Novella by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It’s been a decade since a jock fell in love with a #nerd, and even after all this time, their epic love story continues. The Hashtag crew is back with all their antics and good times, giving an inside look at what life is like with each other after ten years of football, kids, and family...
  • Shameless Kiss by Amelia Wilde

    Shameless Kiss by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    No woman can resist me. My money might be the draw, but the rest of me is what reels them in, hook, like, and sinker. I can’t remember the last time any woman in New York—or across the planet —looked me in the eye and turned me down. Until her . And once she does, there’s no way I can give up the pursuit. I don’t need a handout from anyone…especially not a billionaire...
  • Timber by Remy Blake

    Timber by Remy Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All I wanted was some no-strings attached sex, where small talk wasn’t necessary. There'd be no reminders of laundry that needed to be done and my endless list of responsibilities could be forgotten. Signing up for the Timber dating app was my answer. No wining or dining; just sex. Those were my rules...
  • Curvy Cravings: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Curvy Cravings: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Curvy Cravings is a short, sweet, and steamy romance book featuring a strong, independent heroine and the man who wins her heart after it's already been broken before. Curvy Cravings is the 3rd in the series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!LyricAfter enduring an embarrassing, high-profile divorce, I just want to fade into the background...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary
  • Bachelor #10 by Kat Baxter

    Bachelor #10 by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Remember that time you went to a bachelor charity auction and bid on the sexy Scottish bad boy of soccer for your supermodel boss from hell only for the press to get things wrong and think you’re the one who spent a ridiculous amount of money to go on a date with him? No? Right, that was me...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary  humor  soccer
  • Romancing the Quarterback (Galentine's Getaway) by Eve London

    Romancing the Quarterback (Galentine's Getaway) by Eve London

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A curvy gal plus quarterback steamy instalove short.MinaAll I want to do is spend some time with my girlfriends on our valentines getaway, not go toe-to-toe with the burly, cover model worthy guy who's staying in the room next door. And when I find out he's a pro football player, that lands him firmly in the swipe left category...
  • To Know Her Is to Love Her by Marie Force

    To Know Her Is to Love Her by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Online at Ms Force's website. This is a Green Mountain novella about Will and Cameron and follows BK #1 in the Green Mountain series...
  • Mason (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Hope Ford

    Mason (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s a scarred, gruff, military man that wants to be left alone. But he’s also a man that will step up when he needs to.When his mother tells him and his brothers they have to marry to save Snow Valley, he figures he’ll do it. He’ll get married, save the town and then get divorced.But then he met his wife...
  • Seduced by Hope Ford

    Seduced by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    All that’s ever mattered to me is football.Until I meet the woman that makes me question everything.She thinks I care that she’s older than me.She thinks I’ll just give up and forget the one night we had together.But that’s not going to happen.We may have drunk too much.We may have gotten married in a drive-thru wedding chapel,But there’s no way I’m just going to let her run from me...
  • Oral Arguments by Loni Nichole

    Oral Arguments by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A rowdy bar fight and a feisty lawyer have this growly hockey player ready to serve his time in Silver Spoon Falls.Reid LawlessI had one job in Silver Spoon Falls: make the hockey team, the Falcons, look good. My plan went off the rails when fists started flying at a local bar, and a Barney Fife lookalike took me to jail...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary  m-f
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force

    I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For the Abbott siblings, the Green Mountain state has always been an idyllic place to call home...
  • The Third Wish: A Sweet and Sassy Southern Fiction Novella by Carolyn Brown

    The Third Wish: A Sweet and Sassy Southern Fiction Novella by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The things you wish for sometimes need a little push. When she was eight years old, Jessica Graham made three wishes: that she wouldn't always be the tallest kid in the class, that she would find a big conch shell on the beach, and that she would finally meet her father someday...
  • MVP by Rachel Van Dyken

    MVP by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken comes a story about losing everything only to find it again... I was the golden boy. America's Quarterback. I was everything to everyone. Always available. Solid. I can remember how something felt wrong that day. And I haven't been able to get that feeling to go away. Not when I buried my child...
  • End Zone: A Curvy Woman Sports Romance by C.L. Cruz

    End Zone: A Curvy Woman Sports Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a wide receiver falls in love with his best friend, does he have what it takes to get out of the friend zone?LeahI’ve always been in love with my best friend.But he’s never seen me in a romantic light.At least, not until he sees me on a date with another guy.Heath Larson is sexy, athletic, and a nerd at heart...
  • Dirty Plays by Michelle A. Valentine

    Dirty Plays by Michelle A. Valentine

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Zayn and I have been working hard to keep the relationship between us a secret. If we’re discovered after the Devil’s football organization forbid him to have any romantic relationships, he risks a possible suspension.  Zayn’s way of concealing our relationship is passing me off as his niece in order to explain why we’re together all of the time until the season is over...
  • Drew: The Vegas Edition - An Extended Prologue by Lulu Moore

    Drew: The Vegas Edition - An Extended Prologue by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Vegas. Is there anywhere more appropriate for a bachelor party? Even if the groom doesn’t really want to take part.No matter, I intended to enjoy the City of Sin the way it was meant to be enjoyed - for a good time, not a long time.The city which has one cardinal rule – what happens there, stays there...
  • Wishing on Snowflakes by Natalie Parker

    Wishing on Snowflakes by Natalie Parker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    GwenPeople don’t exactly know me for my coordination around here.Hell, I couldn’t even storm out on my cheating, embezzling ex, gracefully.Ah well, life is full of tradeoffs, like this brand new custom snowboard I confiscated from the jerkwad that I don’t know what the hell to do with - that is until I meet a handsome nerdy snowboard instructor who has an idea...
  • I Really Do Miss Your Smile by Susan May Warren

    I Really Do Miss Your Smile by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ingrid and John Christiansen's...
  • Forever Our Boys: A Beaumont Novella by Heidi McLaughlin

    Forever Our Boys: A Beaumont Novella by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Beaumont Series Novella Come back to Beaumont… sort of! Join Josie, Katelyn, and Jenna when they embark on a vacation, away from the glitz and glam that their lives have become...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary
  • Uncaged by J.B. Salsbury

    Uncaged by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author JB Salsbury celebrates the five-year anniversary of Fighting for Flight with UNCAGED: A Flight Short Story. Eighteen years after Jonah and Raven said “I do”, they find themselves free of demanding pimp fathers and life or death ultimatums. Now, they have an entirely different nightmare to battle...
  • Misadventures with a Speed Demon by Chelle Bliss

    Misadventures with a Speed Demon by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***MISADVENTURES ARE STANDALONE ROMANCES THAT CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER*** Brooks Carter is wild, reckless, and the youngest stock car driver on the professional circuit. He’s the one everyone’s gunning for when they’re not hoping for his failure at every turn. But Brooks is too hot to be left in the dust by anyone. Even with masses of female fans, Brooks only has eyes for one woman—Faith Ridley...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary  m-f
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