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  • Path To Resolution by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Resolution by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Wolfe Emerson is notorious for two things: being an absolute beast in a boxing ring and being a voluntary mute. His story remains unspoken and he prefers to live his life in silence. That is, until, his world is turned upside down when he meets someone who is louder than life...
  • Home Run by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Home Run by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Green Lucas doesn't know what's about to hit him. Complete Standalone Romance Wanted A woman with grit and fire who will help me get my son’s head out of his ass. You must be self-sufficient and not looking for a gravy train. Common sense is a plus, book smarts are optional. Cannot have red hair, as my son seems to go for that type and he needs something to shake him up...
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  • Team Player 2: A Sports Anthology by Charleigh Rose, Ella Fox

    Team Player 2: A Sports Anthology by Charleigh Rose, Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Muscular football players. Passionate tennis pros. Sexy soccer stars. All sorts of alpha hotties, on the field and off. Have no fear! The team is back again, and this time...it's thicker. You'll get your sports romance fix with brand-new stories from eleven bestselling authors. Need one last summer fix? Dive into this anthology...
  • We Said Forever by Marie James, T E Black

    We Said Forever by Marie James, T E Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rock bottom. They say the only way to go from there is up, but what is “up” when you’re born into someone else’s rock bottom? At ten, football became my first love. It’s what got me out of the house away from my self-destructive family...
  • Anger Banger by S.M. Shade

    Anger Banger by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    The residents of Happy Haven Trailer park have been waiting for this for a long time. The slumlord who abandoned this place and let our homes deteriorate has been court ordered to live here while making repairs. Imagine our surprise when the guy who shows up to move in to the dilapidated trailer across the street isn't the sixty year old man we expected, but his son...
  • Playing Dirty by Mickey Miller

    Playing Dirty 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  new adult  baseball  humor  contemporary  m-f
  • 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...
  • Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Sexiled by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Morgan Kennedy:Campus Legend.Ruggedly handsome superstar athlete turned hedge fund manager.My one night stand mistake.And now my boss at my internship.Every staff meeting, I’m taken back to the night I was filled with a need I never knew was possible.Sparks fly between us in the office...
  • Block Shot Bonus Epilogue by Kennedy Ryan

    Block Shot Bonus Epilogue by Kennedy Ryan

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  found-family  contemporary
  • Outta My League by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Outta My League by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The way she looks, smells, laughs is killing me.I fell in love with my sister’s best friend. To top it all off, she’s brilliant. And I’m failing Chemistry.Of course, when I get her help, she’s laidback about it. Charming and helpful as always, like she doesn’t know how much I want her. I’ve got to play it cool and let her see a different side of me...
  • When Our Worlds Stand Still by Lindsey Iler, Pink Ink Design

    When Our Worlds Stand Still by Lindsey Iler, Pink Ink Design

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Time is said to heal all wounds. Kennedy Conrad embraces survival. Group therapy, friends, and dance are helping her find the person she was. Overcoming the darkest period of her past is getting easier every day. Still, the ache in her chest tells her something is missing. Him. The more precious something is, the harder you fight for it. Graham Black embraces change...
  • Fighting For Your Touch by Nikki Ash

    Fighting For Your Touch by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Caleb As a teenager I learned firsthand how untrustworthy and cruel a woman could be. She destroyed me from the inside out and took everything from me. The first chance I got, I ran, and have been running from my past ever since. Until I met Hayley. She's a complete game changer. She's everything I never thought a woman could be...
  • The Way Back To me by Anne Mercier

    The Way Back To me by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She was perky, fun, and full of life—everything I hated about girls and their bullshit exterior. People called her bubbly; I called her “fake-as-hell.” The edgy, dark, lonely girl in front of me was not the Olivia Brennan I knew from high school—far from it, actually. I knew the story—the whole town knew the story, we witnessed it all...
  • Game Day by Piper Lawson

    Game Day by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the heat of victory, I asked her to be mine forever. We’d both triumphed in our own way:Nova broke free from her past.I led my team to a championship and discovered life beyond the court. Our journey to "I do" was supposed to be easy. Except…The hottest resort in Aspen is only available is on short notice.A new season with the Denver Kodiaks looms on the horizon...
  • Going All In by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Going All In by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being the nice guy leaves me open to being a rebound romance.Which I’m not interested in. I’ve got better things to do.Like taking my spot on the NBA draft picks. It’s all that matters to me.Love has never been on the radar. I’m too focused for all that fluff.Then life slows me down. Way down.An injury at the end of the spring semester has me working my way back to full health all summer long...
  • Ice Queen by A.J. Wynter

    Ice Queen by A.J. Wynter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Ice Queen has a SecretEvery hockey player knows that the coach's daughter is off-limits.But, what about the owner's daughter?Is she off-limits too?Asking for a friend...To make things even more complicated, she's the general manager of the team.AKA my BOSS.So, yeah. If I want to see the playoffs, we need to keep this relationship a secret...
  • Bide by E.J. Blaise

    Bide by E.J. Blaise

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Oscar Jackson is a good man in a storm.Luna Evans is the storm.A notorious flirt.A serial anti-monogamist,Wild, carefree, and very, very loud.Luna has one rule in life; don't get attached.Until she meets Jackson.The nice guy on campus.People-pleaser to his core.Reluctant thrower of kick-ass parties.Quiet and unassuming and content to live his life firmly out of the spotlight...
  • Bide by E.J. Blaise

    Bide by E.J. Blaise

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Oscar Jackson is a good man in a storm.Luna Evans is the storm.A notorious flirt.A serial anti-monogamist, Wild, carefree, and very, very loud.Luna has one rule in life; don't get attached.Until she meets Jackson. The nice guy on campus.People-pleaser to his core. Reluctant thrower of kick-ass parties. Quiet and unassuming and content to live his life firmly out of the spotlight...
  • Paradise Fought: Abel by L.B. Dunbar

    Paradise Fought: Abel by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I'm not a fighter. I was born into a fighting family. As the middle child, I was overlooked in favor of my older brother. He took the negative attention, too. In comparison, there's nothing special about me. I’m not as big as Cobra. I’m not as strong as Cobra. He's the alpha. I'm a beta. The second son. The lesser one...
  • For Crosby by J. Nathan

    For Crosby by J. Nathan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Crosby Parks had the life most guys only dreamed of. A wealthy family, girls vying for his attention, and pro scouts after his hockey skills. But when the life he knows comes crumbling down, he’s sent to Alabama to escape the media storm and to rebuild his life. If Crosby has any shot of playing professional hockey, he must keep a low profile and graduate from college...
  • One Night with the Rebel by Kendall Ryan

    One Night with the Rebel by Kendall Ryan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She barged into my life and turned everything upside down. We spent one scorching-hot night together, and then she disappeared into the sunset with the golden jock everyone adored. Which makes sense, right? A girl as beautiful and brilliant as Eden Wynn doesn’t end up with a rebel like me.I expected them to live happily ever after, except that's not what happened...
  • Trust Me: The Complete Box Set: Matty and Kayla's Story - Books 1-3 by Christine Bell

    Trust Me: The Complete Box Set: Matty and Kayla's Story - Books 1-3 by Christine Bell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trust Me, the complete box set! All three books in Matty and Kayla's story... Book One: As the oldest McDaniels boy, it’s always been Matty’s job to take care of his brothers, but lately, he’s been doing a crappy job of it...
  • Bring The Heat by K.B. Winters

    Bring The Heat by K.B. Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Steamy, Sexy Bad Boys Of Summer! Can It Get Any Hotter? I never claimed to be the greatest pitcher in the world—then again, maybe I did—but I was probably drunk off my ass trying to seduce some chick. I had no intention of ever becoming Cody Wright, the best—or the greatest. That was more my old man’s dream. The REAL Mr. Wright...
  • Caught Looking by Kimberly Readnour

    Caught Looking by Kimberly Readnour

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the girl of your dreams turns out to be the very one to destroy them?With the sting from not being drafted still fresh, Dalton Boyd gets sent to the strictest coach with the most rules in summer league ball.Was it mentioned the coach also serves as his host family? No? Well, everyone knows the player staying at the coach’s house has the most brutal regime.But here’s the thing...
  • Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Every boyfriend I've ever had either bored me......or hurt me.I'm tired of what the world thinks they know.The gossip. Retaliation.So after another 'date' betrays my trust,when Sofia Sol, my rebellious cousin, says,“Hey...let's get out of here.A vacation from EVERYTHING.”My answer?A big fat YES.I mean, why not?Life can be an adventure.With true love where you least expect it…If you just say yes...
  • The Roommate Arrangement by Mickey Miller

    The Roommate Arrangement by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mickey Miller presents a brand new, second chance romance with all the feels. Is it true what they say: if it’s meant to be, it will be? Lucas:Eight years ago, I faked a marriage with my best friend.The arrangement was a ruse, but the feelings I developed were real.Then we graduated from college, and let each other go. At last, I tried to. Letting go of Sky was harder than I ever imagined...
  • Strike by Hazel Grace

    Strike by Hazel Grace

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I've told him a million times his games and words won't deter me. That it means nothing when he questions the way I look at him. How my face turns crimson not because his searing eyes deadbolt onto mine fused with his sordid words or my space that he always tends to land in...
  • Three and Out by Meghan Quinn

    Three and Out by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Piper was dead to him. The minute she walked out the door on Mason, he was done. D.O.N.E. Now, three months later, he’s still trying to act like he doesn’t care. Like his heart hasn’t been torn into shreds and obliterated beyond recognition. But it’s not working. He’s broken and beyond repair. Then Piper goes missing...
  • Love to Hate You by Isabelle Richards

    Love to Hate You by Isabelle Richards

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some connections are so powerful they will not be denied. Despite doing everything in their power to fight their feelings, Chase and Arianna decide to give their love a second chance. They hope that the long, painful journey back to each other will have taught them not to make the same mistakes again. This time they’ll get it right. All they need is a little time for the wounds to heal...
  • Against the Rules by Bree Hayden, Morgan Waddle

    Against the Rules by Bree Hayden, Morgan Waddle

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After a famous football coach caused my parents' divorce, I have a rule against dating athletes. When I asked, the cute guy I'm talking to is adamant, no sports.Until I met my stepdad's star defense player. Him.Tattooed, scarred, so gorgeous, King was who I wanted to take my v-card until I saw the jersey on his back.After a tiny clothes-ripping incident in a storage closet, it's done between us...
  • Cutter by Stacy Borel

    Cutter by Stacy Borel

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Did somebody say baby? Macie Rosewood was a firecracker, in and out of the bedroom. She lived her life according to her own rules and high standards. When she caught the attention from one of the most eligible Brooks brothers two years ago, Macie had found real love. Dodger Brooks was the sensible brother that played hard and loved even harder...
  • Whiplash: A Sports Romance by Tabatha Kiss

    Whiplash: A Sports Romance by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If I’m a player… Then she’s the coach. ELIZA My dad doesn’t want me socializing with the team. But I’ve never been much of a daddy’s girl. Junior Morgan thinks he can flash a wink and get me in his bed. I won’t make it so easy for him. Sorry, quarterback. You want me? You’re gonna have to earn it. Let’s play...
  • 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...
  • Burn for You by Marquita Valentine

    Burn for You by Marquita Valentine

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Beau Montgomery is *not* the typical single dad for three reasons: 1. He's rich and famous. 2. He needs a nanny, like yesterday. 3. He has no idea if eight month old, Mia, is actually his daughter. Only, number three doesn't matter to him, because he's determined to give up everything to be a standup dad, including racing, partying, and his favorite vice-women...
  • Playing The Field by Jennifer Seasons

    Playing The Field by Jennifer Seasons

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Single mother Sonny Miller has spent years avoiding love. A rotten childhood and an even rottener ex-boyfriend left her determined to protect her son—and herself—against the risks of romance. That is, until hotshot ballplayer JP Trudeau swaggers into her carefully constructed life, all sin-with-me eyes and irresistible grin...
  • Catching Hell by Mindy Klasky

    Catching Hell by Mindy Klasky

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Anna Benson is an eager "May" to Zach Ormond's downright sexy "December." At age thirty-seven, Zach is a veteran catcher in the last years of his contract, grateful for a no-trade clause that will let him retire a star in Raleigh. Twenty-five-year-old Anna has grown up in the Rockets' front office; her grandfather has long groomed her to take over the team...
  • Playing the Field by Meghan Quinn

    Playing the Field by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The gang is back and this time there is a wedding to celebrate, except that is the last thing on Molly Meyers’ mind. After losing her fiancé, Luke, two years ago, the last thing on her mind is helping her best friend, Jane Bradley, plan her wedding and celebrate the annoyingly, obnoxious, lovey-dovey relationship Jane has with Braves first baseman, Brady Matthews...
  • Home Run by Heidi McLaughlin

    Home Run by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The second novel in New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin's Boys of Summer baseball series. Cooper Bailey finally has a shot at being a major league ballplayer, but it will take all his focus and energy during spring training to make it happen. Complicating things is his instantaneous connection with Ainsley Burke...
  • Curveball by V.K. Sykes

    Curveball by V.K. Sykes

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Taylor Page has never wanted anything but a career in major league baseball. Through talent and guts, she’s finally landed a position as Assistant General Manager of the Philadelphia Patriots. But she wants the ultimate prize—General Manager. The only problem is that most men in baseball still don’t take a woman exec seriously, especially a thirty-year old blonde with no on-field experience...
  • Going Deep by Roz Lee

    Going Deep by Roz Lee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Keeping Carrie blindfolded and in the dark as to his identity suits Major League catcher Jason Holder just fine while he figures out if being a Dom really is his thing. With the media circling like vultures as he works to get his career back on track, the last thing he needs is a sex scandal if things don’t work out...
  • Addiction by Angela McPherson

    Addiction by Angela McPherson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite denying their love for years, in the end no distraction could keep best friends Tristan and Elle apart. Passion and heat explode as the two finally discover what they’ve been missing, needing, wanting for so long. When Tristan and Elle return home for Christmas break, the two are gifted with a few unexpected surprises...
  • Perfect Game by Collette West

    Perfect Game by Collette West

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For New York Kings' first baseman Scott Harper, scoring women is easy. He's ready to get naked anytime, anywhere. But when a hacker leaks his nude selfies, he's unprepared for the scrutiny his full-frontals receive. Carrie McKenzie has a love-hate relationship with her body. No longer the fat chick guys can ignore, she wins the job as the Kings' clubhouse reporter...
  • Inside Game by Collette West

    Inside Game by Collette West

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Third baseman Drake Schultz is the undisputed bad boy of the New York Kings. So it's no surprise when Major League Baseball suspends him for taking performance-enhancing drugs. Furious with their superstar, the front office issues an ultimatum: either work with their sober companion or kiss the rest of his quarter-billion-dollar contract goodbye...
  • Love's Learning Curve by Felicia Lynn

    Love's Learning Curve by Felicia Lynn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    College for most girls comes with a rite of passage to make mistakes, to live fearlessly, and to experience the real world while not under a microscope, having every move made scrutinized, criticized and worst of all, publicized...
  • Stealing First:  (A Bad Boy Single Father Billionaire Novel) by Weston Parker, Kellie Dennis Book Covers By Design

    Stealing First: (A Bad Boy Single Father Billionaire Novel) by Weston Parker, Kellie Dennis Book Covers By Design

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy new non-traditional billionaire tale that's sure to melt your panties... She’s saving herself for marriage. Not if I have anything to do with it! I steal bases for a living. Now watch me steal her v-card. I’ll take it all, over and over, and she’ll beg me not to stop. You don’t get in the batting cage with me and expect to leave unscathed...
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  baseball  humor  contemporary
  • The Option Play by Jamie Bennett

    The Option Play by Jamie Bennett

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Two strikes—and she's out!Caitlyn Waite didn’t mean to get into trouble. Ok, maybe the first time she caused a stir, it was her own fault—but her run-in with Kellen Karma? No way. She didn’t plan to get tangled up with the big football player and go viral with what was actually was just a big mistake! And whatever people may be saying, thinking, and writing about her, none of it’s true...
  • The Chesterboro Wedding: A Happily-Ever-After Hockey Novella by Josie Blake

    The Chesterboro Wedding: A Happily-Ever-After Hockey Novella by Josie Blake

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One of their own is getting married, and you're invited to the party! Come back to Chesterboro for Hannah and Cord's Christmas wedding, and a peek into what the team has been up to.THE CHESTERBORO WEDDING is a collection of epilogues for the five Chesterboo University novels. It's not full-length, but it's full of happily-ever-after content...
  • Lawless In Leather by Melanie Scott

    Lawless In Leather by Melanie Scott

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Reina Easton never expected to be training a cheerleading squad for a baseball team. But the owner of the building where her burlesque club is housed is threatening to sell, and she needs to get a deposit together. Malachi Coulter can't believe that Alex Winters wants cheerleaders for their team...
  • You're The One For Me by Hope Ford

    You're The One For Me by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You’re Mine, Pretty GirlAt first, I wanted to protect her.Then I wanted to make her mine.She likes me, but she doesn’t like everything that comes with dating a baseball player...
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