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  • Pucks, Sticks, and Diapers by Toni Aleo

    Pucks, Sticks, and Diapers by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    First came love, then came the NHL, then came Baylor and Jayden with a baby carriage...
  • 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...
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  • 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  hockey  length-novella  contemporary  m-f
  • 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 Smoky Mountain Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo

    A Smoky Mountain Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One chalet in the Smokies. Four loving families. While all the grandbabies are on Santa’s Nice List, a few of the adults are getting coal in their stockings. But no matter their status with the man in the red suit, Elli Adler will spoil each and every one of her favorite people with love and holiday cheer...
  • Cocky Quarterback: Eric Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Quarterback: Eric Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    BRAND NEW IN THE HIT SERIES WITH OVER 250,000 SOLD I told her I hope he knows how lucky he is. ERIC:  The waitress with the bird tattoo up her middle finger has gotten my attention by not caring if she does. My team thinks it’s hilarious that she’s not into me. I think it’s almost as fascinating as she is. Trouble is she likes musician types... And has one for a boyfriend...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Assist by Alexandria House

    Assist by Alexandria House

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Center for the St. Louis Sires has lived an undeniably good life, but something has always been missing, something he desperately craves—a family.The alluring rapper is at the top of her game, talented and adored by her fans, including the Center for the St. Louis Sires, but what she desires most is a real connection—a friend...
  • 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...
  • Dirty Toe Drag by Toni Aleo

    Dirty Toe Drag by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 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...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  contemporary  new adult  open-door  m-f
  • Pucks & Penalties: Pucked Series Outtakes and Deleted Scenes by Helena Hunting

    Pucks & Penalties: Pucked Series Outtakes and Deleted Scenes by Helena Hunting

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    An extensive compilation of outtakes, deleted scenes and a crossover novella from The Pucked Series, which now includes:ENDORSE THIS: An Area 51 invasion outtake in which Alex once again tries to persuade Violet that he should go where no man has gone before. And likely never will...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  humor  contemporary
  • Edge by Brenda Rothert

    Edge by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    One bad hit has left the career of young NHL Center Luke Hudson in question. When he arrives for rehab with a minor league team, his injury has robbed him of the edge that made him great. Team trainer Adella Price’s job is to help Luke get back in peak condition. But their one on one sessions shake her resolve to remain unattached...
  • Losing an Edge by Catherine Gayle

    Losing an Edge by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In any other family, Levi “501” Babcock would have been the golden boy. Instead, he’s lived his entire life in the shadow of his almost-perfect older brother. They both play for the NHL’s Portland Storm, but Levi is tired of being the second-best Babcock brother. He’s determined to find at least one thing he can do better...
  • 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 Assassins Series by Toni Aleo

    The Assassins Series by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Now all four novels and the companion novella are together in one can’t-miss eBook bundle:  TAKING SHOTSTRYING TO SCOREEMPTY NETFALLING FOR THE BACKUPBLUE LINES   The Assassins may be the hottest things on two legs and ice skates, but when the gloves come off, the chiseled men of this Nashville NHL team will do anything for the women they love: A reformed bad boy helps a charming, willful beauty...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  humor  contemporary  length-long
  • 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...
  • End Game by Toni Aleo

    End Game by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This is going to be Ryan Justice’s year. It’s his last year of college and his last year as a hockey player for the Bellevue Bullies. He’s making all the plays in preparation for achieving his dream of being drafted into the NHL. This is Sofia Castilleja’s beginning. She is starting her college career as a star member of Bellevue’s brand-new gymnastics team...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  new adult  college  contemporary  m-f
  • Wild Tendy by Toni Aleo

    Wild Tendy by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nico Merryweather loves women—all women. Sure, they’re sexy and fun. But “Player” is an easy reputation to hide behind, a way to keep the good times rolling and reality at bay. He’s loud, he’s cocky, he says exactly what he’s thinking, and people just laugh it off because they think they know him. But Nico makes sure no one is close enough to know the truth...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  contemporary
  • Dare to Embrace by S.B. Alexander

    Dare to Embrace by S.B. Alexander

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I have a decision to make—family or my career. The problem is I want both, and I don’t know how to choose. Lacey I promised Kade we would start a family when my baseball contract is up. But now a Triple-A ball club is interested in me. If I sign with them, getting pregnant is not an option.The last thing I want to do is disappoint my husband, but moving up in the major leagues is vital to me...
  • Changing Lines by Toni Aleo

    Changing Lines by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 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  hockey  new adult  contemporary  m-f
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  athletes  contemporary  length-epic
  • 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
  • Rosie and the Beast Next Door by Kaylee Baldwin

    Rosie and the Beast Next Door by Kaylee Baldwin

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a hockey player in possession of a bad reputation must be in want of a fake girlfriend.Rosie Forrester is in desperate need of cash after an embarrassing run-in with the law. Enter Dylan Savage, a disgraced hockey player who needs a place to hide out for a few months while he figures out how to get back on his team...
  • Promise by T.K. Leigh

    Promise 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...
  • Light 'em Up by Kelly Jamieson, Bang Brothers

    Light 'em Up by Kelly Jamieson, Bang Brothers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Light 'em Up by Kelly Jamieson is book 5 in the Bang Brothers Hockey seriesAnnie BangI’m thrilled to be working in professional hockey, since my five brothers are all hockey players. My new role as skating coach to the New York Bears is the perfect fit and I can’t wait to whip all these guys into shape so we can win more games...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  contemporary  humor  length-medium
  • Saving the Game: A Fake Relationship Sports Romance by Susan Renee

    Saving the Game: A Fake Relationship Sports Romance by Susan Renee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Has this ever happened to you?You’re minding your own business after the game, buying drinks at the bar for your teammates when you overhear a woman talking on the phone. You don’t know her, but she’s telling her mother she’s in a serious relationship with you. You decide to play along and ask her when you get to meet the parents...
  • 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...
  • Lost the Handle by Toni Aleo

    Lost the Handle by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Emery “Just tell me to wait for you,” Quinn whispers desperately as he slides his nose along mine. My ribs are having a hard time containing my hammering heart as I keep my eyes locked with his blue ones. I stroke my fingers along his cheek as a sob hiccups out of me. “I can’t. I wouldn’t do that to you.” “I would, though.” His words match the promise in his eyes...
  • One Timer by Toni Aleo

    One Timer by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    You’ve known Harper Allen and Jakob Titov since you met them in Taking Shots. You know their story already, right? Ha! You only think you do. In One-Timer, they’ll tell it for themselves. Harper has been hurt so many times, and she has no interest in anything more than a one-time thing, but Jakob Titov has other ideas. He is looking for his forever...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  contemporary
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Breakaway  (The Rule Book Collection) by A.M. Johnson

    Breakaway (The Rule Book Collection) by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As Tampa Bay's star center, Mark Carmelo's life was hockey, and after a bitter and public break up, all he wanted to do was focus on the game. Until he saw her. The one that got away. The one he thought he'd never see again. For thirteen years, Stevie West drowned in her lackluster life. Recently divorced from her “roommate” with passionless benefits, she was ready to start over...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  christian  humor  contemporary  athletes
  • 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...
  • Home Ice by Catherine Gayle

    Home Ice by Catherine Gayle

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Catherine Gayle presents another novella in the Portland Storm hockey romance series. There’s only one person in the world that Mattias Bergstrom allows to see his soft side: his younger sister, who was born with Down syndrome...
  • Inn Love by Bailey West

    Inn Love by Bailey West

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The great thing about losing something is, if you retrace your steps, a lot of the time, you can find it… Charlene Kearns spent her teenaged years planning a future with the person she would spend the rest of her life with. She dreamed of the day their plans would become their reality. Then she heard those dreaded words: “It’s not you, it’s me...
    Categorized as:
    sports  length-novella  contemporary
  • Foul Play by Kat Mizera

    Foul Play by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Phantoms are back with a vengeance… and the City of Angels will never be the same. When the world's top supermodel’s friend zones you, what's a determined hockey player supposed to do? Change her mind. But it’ll take more than a trick play to convince her. Cheyenne is more than a stunning beauty; she's a part of my life, my bed, and now my heart...
  • 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
  • Power Play by Kat Mizera

    Power Play by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Phantoms are back with a vengeance… and the City of Angels will never be the same.I never asked for the spotlight, but inheriting a pro hockey team pulls me into a world of chaos.All eyes are on me now.I’m no stranger to the world of hockey but watching from the sidelines and calling the shots are two very different things. Especially when you’re not wanted...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  contemporary  m-f  length-epic
  • 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
  • Show 'em How by Jami Davenport, Bang Brothers

    Show 'em How by Jami Davenport, Bang Brothers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meet the Bang Brothers—five hot hockey-playing brothers who are allergic to commitment. The brothers are about to face off against their newly-retired mother…who suddenly has plenty of time to play matchmaker...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  contemporary  length-medium
  • Hit 'em Hard by Kat Mizera

    Hit 'em Hard by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Phantoms are back with a vengeance… and the City of Angels will never be the same. JENSEN: Chasing my pro hockey dreams in the City of Angels has been a relentless battle. Each season feels like starting over, and being miles away from my family only adds to the struggle. I don’t know what I would do without my online gaming friends. Especially @Empress...
  • 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...
  • Long Shot by Kat Mizera

    Long 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.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...
  • #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...
  • Pucking Rebound by V.H. Nicolson

    Pucking Rebound by V.H. Nicolson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When my fiancé cheats on me, I’m devastated.So, when hockey superstar, Jordan Miller, offers to help me forget, how can I say no?What better way to get over someone than to get under someone new?I mean, what could go wrong?Wingman for the Edmonton Eagles, my brother’s best friend. He doesn’t just obliterate the memories of my ex, this man invades my mind, body and soul...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  contemporary
  • The Sweetest Chirp by Toni Aleo

    The Sweetest Chirp by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AudrinaI ran.I left everything I knew, and I didn’t look back.I have loved my best friend since I the moment I knew what love was. While I adore a good best-friends-to-lovers trope, that was never our story. We danced around each other, skated along the line but didn’t cross it, and I never knew why. Until one night, I took matters into my own hands...
    Categorized as:
    sports  hockey  contemporary  humor  m-f
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