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Pucking Ever After: Volume 2 by Emily Rath
From the International Bestselling Jacksonville Rays Hockey Series comes a second Happily Ever After novella!PUCKING EVER VOL 2 provides readers with SEVEN new chapters of happily ever after content. This volume spans five years and includes swoony and spicy HEA stories for both the Price Family (PUCKING AROUND) and Tess & Ryan (PUCKING WILD)."Come on daddy...don't make me beg...Categorized as:
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Pucking Ever After: Volume 1 by Emily Rath
From the Amazon Bestselling Jacksonville Rays Hockey Series comes a Happily Ever After novella full of spice, laughter, and so much love.Curious to know what happened to Rachel and the guys after that fateful hockey game in LA? PUCKING EVER VOL 1 provides readers with a six-chapter peek into the future of Team Price. Bonus content in this volume spans four years after the end of PUCKING AROUND...Categorized as:
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Freedom by K.C. Kean
Lost to the darkness, searching for the strength to survive. How the hell am I supposed to get out of here? When the light finally falls on the horizon and hope dances along my fingertips, another wave of fear crashes into me. I’m drowning in a sea of monsters. Frankie, Lucienda, Reece… me? Am I becoming one of them? My life as I know it will never be the same... -
Twisted Lace by A.M. McCoy
They call me Emo Barbie. And they’re not far off, though I consider myself a little more alternative than that. I just so happen to do everything in six-inch heels and blood-red lipstick. I like it when people stare. I like the attention. I’ve never been drawn to the meek or mild... -
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The Scent of Us: Part Two by Eliana Lee
Juno should’ve known it was too good to be true. Her old bonds may be gone but the alphas who entrapped her are not. Andrew Zhao is hellbent on shattering her newfound peace and is going to extraordinary lengths to punish her. Her crime? Daring to be happy. Despite her pack closing ranks around her, Andrew is determined to drag her into the spotlight... -
Parts of Us by Cara Dee
The Game Series, #14 | Doll Parts Sequel | MMMM | M/s | DD/lb | Hurt/ComfortGrab your favorite stuffie and join Cam, Lucian, KC, and Noa as they jump over life’s hurdles together with their kinky friends as support. Brat shenanigans are to be expected, starting with an Easter Egg Hunt—that has a twist—and continue until they’re off on their Caribbean cruise... -
Pucking Wild by Emily Rath
Tess Owens is a confident, 33-year-old plus-sized divorcee daring to start her life over in a new job in a new city. In the process, she meets Ryan Langley, starting forward for the NHL’s Jacksonville Rays. Sure, he’s cute, in a puppy at the beach kind of way. But he’s ten years younger than her, and they have nothing in common.But to Ryan, Tess is his dream girl... -
The Scent of Us: Part One by Eliana Lee
The National Omega Commission has announced they are expanding their experimental clinical trials. This marks the first time omegas have the ability to dissolve bonds without their alpha’s consent. For Juno Liu, who has been forcibly bonded since she awakened, this changes everything. But it turns out breaking her unwanted alpha bonds is the easy part... -
Their Wicked Ways by Willow Dixon
A year ago I lost everything and moved across the country to try and start over. It wasn’t easy, but I found a job I love, I have friends who’ve become my family, and I’m ready to start exploring my bisexuality. Just when I think things are finally starting to go my way, I show up to work and find out the new guys on the crew are the super-hot couple I hooked up with last weekend. F*ck. My...Categorized as:
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A Pack for Winter by Eliana Lee
She’s resigned to being single. They’re on a mission to change her mind. Ivy Noelle Winter is content with being a 31-year-old unbonded omega with no prospects of a pack. She adores teaching fifth grade, she has wonderful friends — and that baking show marathon isn’t going to watch itself.Until a snowstorm and power outage traps Ivy in her classroom after hours…with three men...Categorized as:
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Finding Ian by Riley Hart
JordanHookups have always been my thing, and expanding new ways of playing has me . . . curious. The idea of submitting to someone's total domination and care? It feels right when not much else in my life has.DavidDominance and submission have always been things I need in my life--even when it made me lose someone I loved... -
A Private Miscellany by K.J. Charles
A short (7.5K words) free coda to the Society of Gentlemen series, catching up on the main characters a year and a half later... -
Unexpected by K.M. Neuhold
Kyle needed a place to stay, he never thought it would turn into so much more. So, your gorgeous boss, Maverick, and his yummy husband, Ari, are letting you stay with them while you get back on your feet? Here are a few simple tips: Don’t call his husband Daddy. I know it’ll be difficult, but seriously, don’t. Don’t leave a pair of red, lacy panties in their bed...Categorized as:
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Jingle Bell Rock by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe crossover event to end all crossovers!One night. Seven couples. A Christmas they’ll never forget.Jingle Bell Rock features seven couples from across the Ella and Brooke universe, all coming together in one story to bring you joy, happiness, and a little Christmas cheer... -
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Pay-Per-Heart by Grace McGinty
I moved out to LA to participate in a Graphic Design scholarship that turned out to be fake. That was just my luck. But there was no way I could return home. Not to the already disappointed faces of my parents, who have never believed that ‘fiddling around on your computer’ was an actual career... -
Hide With Me by Cara Dee
The Game Series #13 • Daddykink • Age Gap • D/s • MMMDon’t mind the sweet scent of waffles. That’s just little Gael breaking the resolves of two protective Daddies, one shy yet sinful bite at a time.It’s no coincidence Gael Grimes is in Professor Aavik’s class. He’s had a crush on the professor since he first spotted the man in the kink community they’re both part of... -
Rough Heat by Marina Vivancos
Leo is used to taking Omegas through their heats, what with being a sex worker and an Alpha. When he gets hired by a couple to help with the Omega’s rougher-than-normal heats, he doesn’t think much of it. It’s just another job, after all.Omega Josh and Alpha Damon are obviously in love. They have everything Leo has ever wanted—safety, acceptance, tenderness... -
Triple Threat by Ann Grech, Clarise Tan
She's picked her team. Now she just has to score.When a summer storm sweeps in, Ava finds herself road tripping across the state with two sexy-as-sin strangers. A flat tyre delays their trip, and the only hotel in town with a vacancy has just one bed.Even though the two men are complete opposites, both have her captivated... -
Puck Around & Find Out by Sarah Blue
It’s not easy building a pack when your father forbids you from dating any of his New Haven Foxes hockey players. But Sloane Applegate is an Omega on a mission and her current target is none other than a surly Alpha defenseman who is supposed to be off-limits. It starts off simple, dating in secret, and making sure that her father doesn’t find out she’s being courted by one of his players...Categorized as:
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Knot Her Goal by Ari Wright
They are pro-sports’ Most Valuable Pack.One spoiled quarterback, a dominant billionaire, an all-pro tight end, and the best sports medicine doctor around. Together, they should make a perfect team. But the Ash pack is fumbling… until a sweet, sassy omega wanders into their biggest season ever and steals their hearts.***If life is a game, Meg is definitely not winning...Categorized as:
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Tink by Emmy Sanders
Have you heard the tale of Goldie and the Two Bears? AlexWorking in the adult entertainment industry has its challenges. Mainly, scoring a date that lasts longer than a night. I’d started to wonder if my own happily-ever-after wasn’t in the cards...Categorized as:
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The Wild Tour by Erin O'Kane, K.A. Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWelcome to The Wild Boys, where all your wettest dreams come true. Life on tour is like nothing you can ever expect. G-strings, baby oil and innuendos are rife...and that’s only from the boys. Being a manager of an all male strip show does have its perks though and life is finally getting back on track for us. My job is going well and my love life is like a romantic comedy.. -
How Do We Survive Together? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Mobster with HeartRowen Shaughnessy thought he had the only man he needed—Dr. Vail Mifflin. But when Fallon shows interest, Rowen starts to question his entire view on the world, along with his feelings. How much love can one man give? Fallon has been a constant in Rowen’s life for months, and Rowen never paid much attention to the younger man until now... -
A Smoke Filled Haze by Jessa Aarons
AbbyI left. I got myself out of a bad marriage and returned to the only place I have happy memories of. I need a fresh start, but finding two men wasn’t what I was expecting. Especially when they come from a place that scares the hell out of me—the Rebel Vipers MC clubhouse.When my past comes knocking, I quickly learn I’ve misjudged these men. They come to my rescue, no questions asked...Categorized as:
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Ruffled Feathers by Grace McGinty
I wasn’t known for overthinking problems. I was an “ask for forgiveness and not permission” kind of person.So when I got caught with a cock in my sweatshirt after a police raid on a cockfighting ring, it looked bad... -
She's Got Male by Sinclair Kelly
Meet cutes and roses aren’t my jam. Give me a hot Beta, no promises, and an orgasm any day.Unfortunately for me, I’ve been assigned a new project at work—a daily romance column where I’ll be forced to give advice to eager readers searching for their one true love. This Omega has two take the job and impress my boss or kiss my transfer to Arizona goodbye...Categorized as:
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Assist by L.A. Witt
A rookie, his teammate, and his best friend from a rival team. What could possibly go wrong? Seattle Snowhawks rookie Justin Reid has it bad for his teammate Shawn Kelleher. It’s just his luck that Shawn’s got a crush too… on Justin’s best friend, Vancouver Narwhal center Keith Adams... -
Seeing Red by Shon
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI was only in Bliss Peak to do two See about my grandmother.WriteI wasn’t supposed to get to this town and show my behind. Literally.But I could explain. There was a bat. In my shower. And the threat of rabies was enough to have me sprinting out of my cabin to my only neighbor’s house, with just my towel and suds covering my body... -
Selection by E.J. Lawson
I’ve been selected. One of forty Omegas from academies across the globe. …a one in forty chance to be bonded into the royal pack.It has to be a mistake. The selection committee never would’ve chosen me. I don’t even pay my own tuition. I’m a scholarship student from the bad side of town.I should know better than to hope, but after I meet the royal alphas, I can’t help it... -
Their Ball Boy by Addison Beck
I’m a walking disaster.I'm awkward, perpetually uncomfortable, and afraid of everything. Truly an example of natural selection at its worst.After a series of dead-end jobs, I'm now working with my disappointed dad as a ball boy for his team of superstars. It's the only thing I’ve got going for me, even if I know it's only a matter of time before I fail epically.Then I meet them...Categorized as:
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Rut Bar by Alexis B. Osborne, Lindsay York
Welcome to Rut, where your pleasure is our business. Gorgeous, chiseled alpha dancers. Specialty drinks on demand prepared by flirty bartenders. Omega-only member hours. Veronica has cracked the code for omega-focused entertainment. A bar where omegas like her can let loose without worrying about creepy, predatory alphas...Categorized as:
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Can't Say Goodbye by Eden Finley
BRADYOur quick hellos are followed by drawn out goodbyes.What started out as one fun night turned into a regular thing none of us ever planned for.I can’t walk away from Kit and Prescott. Kit is the stern nurturer I need. He’s the caretaker, the solid presence. Prescott enables my wild ways. He’s someone I can have fun with. They couldn’t be more perfect for me...Categorized as:
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Starting Line by Crea Reitan
Every game begins with a good starting line. Ethan I’ve been secretly married for eight years. Why is it a secret? Because having an open marriage splashed all over headlines isn’t a good look. We’d constantly be under the spotlight; our lives and relationships judged. That’s not the kind of hockey player I want to be known for. Especially because we play for different teams... -
TMI by J.E. Birk, Rachel Ember
Two firefighters. One twink. Can an evil twin, a small-town holiday competition, and revealed secrets bring them together?I returned to Vermont to write an article about Mayor Doug McEmbirk and his town’s battle to win their local Holiday-Off. Even before I knew him, I had a crush on him. Because have you seen the man? OMG...Categorized as:
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Shared Secrets by R. Cayden
His brother’s two best friends, and an HEA worth fighting for…I’ve had a crush on Blake and Casey since I first started getting crushes.My older brother’s best friends, they practically lived at our house growing up. And when I was an awkward tween, I truly believed they were the coolest people on this unworthy planet...Categorized as:
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Unveiled by Christa Wick, Tessa Wood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI've got a giant secret no one knows about. Well, two secrets, if you count my spending the last decade stuck hopelessly in love with my brother's best friend, a man who’s spent most of his life seeing what comes of a not-happily-ever-after ending between two people. Interestingly, the fact that my heart is stubbornly holding onto this ill-advised crush is actually related to my other secret...Categorized as:
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ILYBSM: I Love You Both So Much by J.E. Birk, Rachel Ember
A Holiday M/M/M RomanceEveryone has secrets. I’ve kept some big ones from my two best friends, and I know they’ve got a few of their own. After all, Embry and Adam never told me why they stopped talking to each other the night we graduated college. For my part, I’ve never told them that I’m bi—or that I’ve been in love with both of them for years...Categorized as:
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Flash Me by K.M. Neuhold
Love is multiplied, never divided Liam I was kicked out at sixteen for being transgender, but it turned out to be one of the best things to ever happen to me. At twenty-one, I have a fantastic new family made up of my brother and a handful of wonderful friends, I own my own photography business, and I’m happier than I imagined possible...Categorized as:
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Three Grumpy Groomsmen by Emma Foxx
I’ve had a thing for Ivy Scott since I first laid eyes on her a year ago. She’s smart, sexy, and everything I’ve ever wanted.Too bad she was engaged to one of my best friends.But that idiot leaves her at the altar... -
Dual Wielding by Allyson Lindt
ReeseI’ve loved Danny for as long as I can remember. As a friend. As a band mate. As more. We had a good run as a couple, but I walked away for fame. Talk about a big-time screw-up. No wonder I'm almost forty, still single, and singing in dive bars for beer tickets.DannyWhen Reese and I split, I was adrift without an anchor. I climbed into the bottom of a bottle and made myself at home... -
Wicked Waves by Roxanne Riley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThere are lots of fish in the sea.And she's got two on her line!Raised by a rock star, fame was never the life that Marina McNamara wanted. While several of her six siblings were eager to follow in her father's footsteps, Marina got a nursing degree, and loves every minute of it. Helping people is what she's born to do.Well, most of it... -
Some Like It Hot (Chicago Racketeers ) by Emma Foxx
I’ve always been the feisty side-kick who’s up for anything. I don’t need to be the main attraction. I’m fine being the fun girl who always has a hot take on a good time.For instance, the night I sneak into the Chicago Racketeers New Year’s Eve Party, I find myself trapped in an elevator with a gorgeous grump of a hockey player, before we’re rescued by a sexy fireman who catches Mr...Categorized as:
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Pucking The Players by Jarica James
She thought her heart was frozen for good, too bad these hockey players are experts on ice. After Macy escapes an awful situation, she’s forced to go back to the town she left behind. Going back to help her dad run the hockey rink he owns wasn’t how she saw herself rebuilding a future. Especially not with the three hockey players she meets that are absolutely obsessed with her... -
It's Raining Men by Dani Galliaro
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA big storm’s brewing and you’ll never guess who’s blowing into town. Iris Winters is the mayor of a quiet Ohio town, but the peace is about to be disturbed. A massive storm is headed for Foxboro, projected to bring heavy rain, strong winds, hail, and multiple tornadoes. The storm is also bringing men: three meteorologists chasing the storm, otherwise known as The Boom Brothers...Categorized as:
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What the Heart Wants by Nikki Ash
From USA Today Bestselling Author Nikki Ash comes an emotional romance about finding love after loss...AubreeAfter losing my husband, life was all about taking care of my kids and trying to remain afloat.Brody and Hayden crashed into my life with the force of an entire ocean.Five years is a long time to be alone.Now, I have not one but two sexy and successful men to drown in...Categorized as:
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Three's a Crown by Isla Olsen
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLennoxAs a member of an elite private security firm, I’ve hunted killers, taken down crime rings, protected high profile figures, even helped thwart a couple terrorist attacks. But now one little mistake has seen me exiled to Siberia. Or close enough.. -
Just Looking by Roxanne Riley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was just looking for her birth mother.But instead she may have found a whole new kind of family.Astrid Lucas has been searching for information about her birth family for years. When she finally finds a scrap, an address, she leaps at the chance. So she packs up her bags and drives across the country in the hopes of finding answers about her life... -
Crazy Kinky Dirty Love by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBy buying the box set, you save 40% of the price!XXX’d is a series of short stories revolving around the sex life of a young, kinky couple. Dan and Kyle don’t hesitate to go through with even the dirtiest and least politically correct of sexual scenarios. Each short focuses on a particular fantasy... -
Hat Trick by Ajay Daniel
The Captain. The Jock. The Cowboy. Nathaniel ‘Nate’ ConroySix years ago, I fell in love with my best friend and roommate. I was content knowing I could never have him because he was straight. At least, I thought he was straight, until he came out seemingly out of nowhere. Six years of devotion gave me the courage to shoot my shot, only for him to tell me he was in love with someone else...Categorized as:
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Rogue by Katie Rae
They were complete opposites in every way.Their hatred for one another ran hot through their veins.With one chance encounter, I became the only thing keeping them from destroying one another.And the reason for their temporary truce.We spent our days trying to uncover the mysteries on board the USS Dewitt.While our nights were spent pushing the boundaries of more than just each other’s bodies...
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