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  • Fallen Crest Forever by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Forever by Tijan

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Mason Kade is the dream.He is the promise.He's offering what so many would fantasize about, and it's not that I don't want it/him/us.It's the opposite.There might be ghosts haunting me, but this man who's my soulmate is asking me for forever...
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    new adult  suspense  athletes  angst  sports  cruel hero  m-f  football
  • Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings

    Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Book five in the sensational Magnolia Parks Universe series!How many loves do you actually get in a lifetime? Everyone knows by now that Magnolia and BJ are in the stars, but is that enough?Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what’s been dubbed “the wedding of the century”...
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  • In Harmony by Emma Scott

    In Harmony by Emma Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    "In Harmony...gives a voice to the voiceless..."The root of all madness is an unbearable truth…At seventeen, Willow Holloway’s life was torn apart. The happy, driven girl is gone, and she is left wracked by post-traumatic stress her body remembers even if she does not...
  • First and Forever by Jay McLean

    First and Forever by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    First and Forever is the second book in the Heartache Duet, and must be read after Heartache and Hope. Duet Synopsis: Ava Diaz needs saving. She just doesn’t know it yet. Just like she doesn’t know a thing about the boy she sits next to on the first day of senior year. He thinks she’s a brat. She thinks he’s entitled...
  • The Betrayal You Serve by Tracy Lorraine

    The Betrayal You Serve by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    You can’t outrun the truth...It changes everything.Her secrets might have been exposed, but mine are still hanging over us.A betrayal that sends her straight into the arms of another.It’s like a knife to my heart.But I was holding the blade.Scarlett gave me an ultimatum, one that I need to take seriously.Walk away from the only life I’ve ever known, everything I’ve worked for...
  • Coast by Jay McLean

    Coast by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One life-changing summer. One boy. The boy. The boy who offered me safe touches and heart-stopping smiles - smiles he shared with his son. We filled our days with porch-step kisses, filled our ears with laughter, filled our hearts with love. Deep, soul-aching, desperate love. But love is misleading. It's an invisible, fleeting moment...
  • The Deception You Weave by Tracy Lorraine

    The Deception You Weave by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    I never could hide from him.Kane Legend always finds me.And now he’s found out the truth.The dark secret I’ve been hiding, the one that’s been slowly poisoning me from the inside out.The pain of the words falling from my lips, is nothing compared to the look of devastation in his eyes. Or the rage that follows.The way I thought he hated me back then is nothing compared to the damage he can do now...
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    new adult  sports  cruel hero  angst  m-f  football  athletes  dual-pov
  • The Hard Count by Ginger Scott

    The Hard Count by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 22 ratings
    Nico Medina’s world is eleven miles away from mine. During the day, it’s a place where doors are open—where homes are lived in, and neighbors love. But when the sun sets, it becomes a place where young boys are afraid, where eyes watch from idling cars that hide in the shadows and wicked smoke flows from pipes. West End is the kind of place that people survive...
  • Broken Empire by Callie Rose

    Broken Empire by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Truths will be uncovered. Alliances will shift.And nothing will ever be the same.The final book in the Boys of Oak Park Prep series is coming soon.**The release date will be moved forward...
  • That Promise by Jillian Dodd

    That Promise by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What happens to childhood promises when you grow up?Growing up, Devaney Diamond and Chase Mackenzie promised to go to college together. But it’s been two years since the summer that changed everything between them, and their friendship hasn’t recovered...
  • That Promise by Jillian Dodd

    That Promise by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What happens to childhood promises when you grow up?Growing up, Devaney Diamond and Chase Mackenzie promised to go to college together. But it’s been three years since the summer that changed everything between them, and their friendship hasn’t recovered...
  • Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson

    Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    From New York Time’s Bestselling Author R.L. Mathewson comes the YA series inspired by the Neighbor from Hell Series… The Neighbor from Hell YA Series. For readers who enjoy stories that leave them smiling… Do you ever feel like life isn’t going the way that you thought it would? That’s what Sebastian Bradford is realizing as he tries to figure out how everything went wrong so quickly...
  • Fallen Crest Campout: A Fallen Crest/Crew crossover novella by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Campout: A Fallen Crest/Crew crossover novella by Tijan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sam and Mason return to Fallen Crest for a camping trip.They head north, meeting up with a few friends from Roussou and enjoy a night of booze, some leapfrogging, and there’s a small therapy session to air out some tension in the group...
  • That Summer by Jillian Dodd

    That Summer by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Devaney Diamond’s summer break was shaping up to be the best one ever. Her longtime crush was finally interested in her, and by the time school rolled around in the fall, she knew he’d be her boyfriend...
  • Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross

    Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Life loves a good curveball… Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she's living in Missouri (too cold) , attending an all-girls school (no boys) , and navigating the strange world of professional sports...
  • The Taste of an Enemy by Holly Renee

    The Taste of an Enemy by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rich. Vicious. Vengeful. Forbidden. The Boys of Clermont Bay had always been untouchable. And Carson Hale was the worst of them all. He was pretentious and a player, and he had hated me for so long I forgot that we were ever anything more than enemies. Brutally beautiful and savagely heartless, his only plan was to ruin everything I loved...
  • Trust Him by Caitlyn Dare

    Trust Him by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻.Hadley Rexford wasn’t supposed to get under my skin. But I thought she was like me, until I push her too far, and destroy everything we had.I want to hurt her.Consume her. In the end, I’ll make sure she’s only ever mine.Cole Jagger wasn’t to supposed to become everything to me...
  • Elite by Ivy Smoak

    Elite by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    Welcome to the world of the elite.My mom fell in love with a monster. I know he’s dangerous. And I know my mom never wanted him in my life. I don’t want him in mine either. But I’m being forced to live with him.I’m stuck in his haunting apartment in a world where I don’t belong. A world full of beautiful people with ugly souls. A world filled with secrets...
  • In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Vol. 6 by Mika Yamamori

    In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Vol. 6 by Mika Yamamori

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Though the trial period is over, Yoi and Ichimura-sempai realize that navigating their new relationship will be no easy task. Their friend trip to Kobe reveals they still have a lot of work to do when it comes to being able to voice their own desires while being understanding of their partner's...
  • The Plan by Ruby Vincent

    The Plan by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Don’t piss off the Elite Class. That wasn’t in the rulebook, but it should have been. Landon, Michael, and Cole may have the faces of angels, but a soul turns black when it’s betrayed. The Elites have sworn to take me down, but I can’t get much lower. Or so I thought. Breakbattle wants us to fight and the boys are happy to oblige. No one will help me. No one can...
  • Before Ryan Was Mine by Kahlen Aymes

    Before Ryan Was Mine by Kahlen Aymes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Ryan Matthews meets Julia Abbott for the first time at Stanford University, he immediately knows she will change his life.  They have an instant, unbreakable connection that goes beyond partying and palpable attraction...
  • Paine by Tracy Lorraine

    Paine by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    She was my best friend. The person I told my deepest secrets to. But when my world came crashing down, it was all because of her family. From that moment, I realized I’d been wrong to trust her. Her big caring eyes and sweet face were nothing but an act as she’d watched on while I tried to keep my head above water. That was our past...
  • The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee

    The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sinless. Stunning. Damaged. Tempting. Allie Taylor had been the girl I hated for as long as I could remember. And now she loathed me just as much. It didn’t matter that I betrayed her to save her. Completely devastated and infuriated by my dishonesty, she had no intentions of ever trusting me again. Her trust was shattered, her hate raging on with each second...
  • In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Vol. 1 by Mika Yamamori

    In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Vol. 1 by Mika Yamamori

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face... in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don't notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she's had the nickname "Prince" as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai... the only person who's really seemed to see her for herself...
  • The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Truth In Lies Series. READ This Much Is True, book 1 first, although it's been written as a standalone. Readers say, don't do that. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway ~ A Farewell To Arms They share an epic love but one moment changes everything. A life together that seemed certain is shattered...
  • Heartache and Hope by Jay McLean

    Heartache and Hope by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ava Diaz needs saving.She just doesn’t know it yet.Just like she doesn’t know a thing about the boy she sits next to on the first day of senior year.He thinks she’s a brat.She thinks he’s entitled.Maybe first impressions don’t always last… Because Connor Ledger’s about to save her.He just doesn’t know why...
  • Bittersweet Always by Ella Fields

    Bittersweet Always by Ella Fields

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From bestselling author Ella Fields comes an all new standalone. An emotional new adult romance that proves love is worth fighting your demons for. Toby Hawthorne was an enigma. One I didn't factor into my college plans. I wasn't looking for love. I wasn't not looking for it either. And in that state of in-between, he found me. Unaware of the battle he fought everyday, I fell fast...
  • The Final Move by Victoria Denault

    The Final Move by Victoria Denault

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hockey legend Devin Garrison thought he blew his shot. But his relationship with Callie Caplan just went into overtime.Sexy, rich, and one of the biggest stars in the NHL, Devin Garrison has always been the one who had it all. That is until his marriage falls apart and he realizes he has to start over. If he's honest, there has only been one woman who ever really excited him-Callie Caplan...
  • The Fake Zone by Mariah Dietz

    The Fake Zone by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A romance that will have you on the edge of your seat by USA Today Bestselling Author Mariah Dietz.Greyson Meyers can’t afford the distraction of a relationship. His focus is football and earning his degree to ensure his mom never has to work another day.Mila Atwool has it all together—at least, that’s what everyone thinks...
  • The Art of Breathing by Cali Melle

    The Art of Breathing by Cali Melle

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One last summer together.One bucket list.One line and once it’s crossed, there’s no going back…Luna Truly was living on bottled air and borrowed time.She had spent most of her life in and out of hospitals.All she wanted to do was live a typical life—one where she didn't feel like she was a burden.Everyone treated her like she was a fragile piece of glass, except for one person...
  • Addicted To Him by Monica Murphy

    Addicted To Him by Monica Murphy

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy delivers an angsty high school romance featuring a forbidden love between two high school rivals... Eli Bennett. Quarterback at our biggest rival high school. My brother's worst enemy. So why can't I stop thinking about him? For one, he's totally gorgeous and boy, does he know it. He's an arrogant trash talker who brings drama wherever he goes...
  • Rush: The Beginning by L.A. Cotton

    Rush: The Beginning by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Trouble With You and Wicked Beginnings. The sweetheart of Country is about to show the bad boys of Rock, it only takes a single beat for everything to change. Evangeline Walker knows how quickly everything can change. But nothing can prepare her for the moment she meets Rafe Hunter.Intense gray eyes.Wicked smile...
  • Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen

    Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I fancy myself a purveyor of truth, a sifter of lies, a cutter of bullshit. It’s not a gift, but rather, all skill, honed to a razor’s edge after one too many trips down the rabbit hole. Some may dismiss my talent as misplaced and misguided cynicism, but they’d be wrong. Cliches about hope and faith in mankind are concocted unicorn farts, an effort to keep the dreamers dreaming...
  • The Mistakes You Make by Tracy Lorraine

    The Mistakes You Make by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Tracy Lorraine comes a new dark bully college romance.Some demons we can't outrun.Kane Legend is mine.The gorgeous boy who always finds me.The ruthless bully I've spent my life avoiding.Even leaving Harrow Creek wasn't enough to escape his torment.Because I didn't stay away and neither could he.One weekend home... one party.One night that ruined everything...
  • Curvy Girls Can't Date Best Friends by Kelsie Stelting

    Curvy Girls Can't Date Best Friends by Kelsie Stelting

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It was all fake dating and games until my heart got involved...I wanted to have the best summer ever. To have my first kiss and finally get my brother’s best friend to notice me.So I talked my best friend Carson into helping.He’d do anything for me, and I’d do the same for him. But somewhere between fake dating and pretending to fall in love with him, I fell for real...
  • Dare to Dream by S.B. Alexander

    Dare to Dream by S.B. Alexander

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He'll do anything to protect his love, even if it means trading his life for hers... Bad boy Kade Maxwell knows the pain of loss. His sister's death tore his family apart. His life seemed destined down a nightmarish path until he met Lacey Robinson, a light that cuts though his darkness. Despite her own tragedy, her beauty, determination, and dedication makes him believe he can dream again...
  • At the Buzzer by E.M. Moore

    At the Buzzer by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Senior year. My last chance…The Ballers took everything away from me last year. Riding the bench wasn’t what I’d planned, and I don’t want a repeat of that this season. I can’t have a repeat of that, not if I want to accomplish all those goals I set for myself when I first came to RHS.There’s one problem though. One Baller is determined to keep me on the sidelines. I’m broken because of him...
  • Forever Golden by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Forever Golden by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    West Golden—Fierce protector. The one.The cocky jock I once wanted to kill with my bare hands is now the only one I trust with my heart.In a city full of corruption and dark secrets, knowing who’s on your side gets harder to determine every day. Especially now that Vin’s on the warpath, passing out threats he fully intends to see through to the end...
  • That Wedding by Jillian Dodd

    That Wedding by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Marry the boy next door in this sweet contemporary romance by USA Today Best Selling Author, Jillian Dodd.The gorgeous engagement ring on my finger mimics my happiness. I feel so sparkly, glittery, and full of promise, because I absolutely know he's that boy. The boy I want to marry. My prince. My happily ever after.But then our pastor starts asking lots of questions...
  • Flame by Erin Noelle, Kerry Genova

    Flame by Erin Noelle, Kerry Genova

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m soaring. After years of hard work and determination, I am exactly where I want to be in life. As the top ranked Freestyle Motocross rider in the world, I have more money than I could ever dream of spending and gorgeous women throwing themselves at me in every city I land. I have everything I want. Everything except her...
  • The Game Changer by L.M. Trio

    The Game Changer by L.M. Trio

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    It’s hard to believe that it only takes one split second in time to turn your world completely upside down. Everything that ever made you feel safe and secure; can be gone in an instant...” Jesse’s world is shattered in that instant…the rest of her life is mapped out by a split second change that she never dreamed could happen...
  • Cry Baby by Ginger Scott

    Cry Baby by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tristan Lopez is loyal to his brothers. He doesn’t really have a choice, born into a gang that has a chokehold on every kid that roams its streets. He gave his life to them willingly, knowing if he did then one day this kingdom, led by boys drunk with power and ruled by fear, would all be his. He was loyal through it all. Loyal when prison took his dad away...
  • A Shot in The Dark by Lou Stock

    A Shot in The Dark by Lou Stock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life had never been simple for Miki Quinten. Her mom had died when she was eight, and in the aftermath of their loss, her father turned his grief into alcoholism, inadvertently converting their home into a melting pot of debauchery. Unwilling to be put into the foster system, Miki takes control of her own life and becomes invisible to almost everyone but her best friend and godmother...
  • Defenseless Hearts by Meagan Brandy

    Defenseless Hearts by Meagan Brandy

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After months of silence, here she stands on my front porch, waiting to be let in again. But it's the same play every time, and I know how this ends - I give her all I have and she carries it with her on the way back to him. I should turn her away, but I won't. Couldn't do it if I tried. Because no matter how many times she pops back up, pulls me in and drags me under, it will never be enough...
  • Varsity Tiebreaker by Ginger Scott

    Varsity Tiebreaker by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Abby Cortez is a girl with goals, on the verge of turning eighteen and on the brink of stardom. Falling in love isn't just something she doesn't have time for, it's something she doesn't really believe in. Her rule? Date but never, ever fall.Tory "Salvatore" D'Angelo loves falling in love...just not for real...
  • Varsity Captain by Ginger Scott

    Varsity Captain by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A new book in the Varsity Series is coming soon! Varsity Captain will give readers the experience and backstory of Varsity Heartbreaker (book 1 in the series) told from Lucas Fuller's POV. This is a full-length novel with brand new content and not just a simple retelling...
  • The Falling of Love by Marisa Oldham

    The Falling of Love by Marisa Oldham

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You will never forget your first date, your first kiss, or your first love. You will also never forget how it felt when it was torn apart. Seventeen-year old Grace Hathaway does not give much thought to falling in love, until the day that Ian Taylor, rebel and misfit walks into her math class. From their first conversation, Grace is mesmerized by Ian's charisma and rock star façade...
  • Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kylene Danners’s ex-FBI agent father is in prison for murder and she’s hell-bent on getting him out. But trying to investigate in the small town where a defensive lineman is a hero no matter who he tries to kill and the girl who gets him locked up is public enemy number one is dangerous. Dark secrets are everywhere in Jasperville—the kind Ky can’t walk away from...
  • Ruined Hopes by L.A. Cotton

    Ruined Hopes by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ashleigh Chase has always had big dreams.But when she wakes up in hospital with no memory of how she got there, her bright future dissolves around her.Ezra Bennet has always felt like the odd one out.But this time, he really screwed up and he has no choice but to face the consequences...
  • Dear McKinnon by Danielle Keil

    Dear McKinnon by Danielle Keil

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Everyone knows what it means to have a teal envelope taped to their locker on the first day of the month. Everyone except new girl McKinnon Gregory.The envelope is the start of a monthly tradition called the Secret Admirers, and something McKinnon never thought she'd see. To her surprise-- and everyone else's-- the teal envelope is taped to her locker on March first...
The Harder You Fall by L.A. Cotton
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