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I Pucking Love You by Pippa Grant
A hockey/fake date/not-quite-a-virgin very wrong romantic comedyYou know those stories where an adorably misunderstood clumsy girl needs a fake date to a wedding so she asks her brother’s best friend and they accidentally fall in love?I wish that was the kind of life I lead, but it’s not.I don’t need a date to a wedding. I need a date to a funeral... -
Five Years Gone by Marie Force
The most brazen terrorist attack in history. A country bent on revenge. A love affair cut short. A heart that never truly heals. I knew on the day of the attack that our lives were changed forever. What I didn’t know then was that I’d never see John again after he deployed. One day he was living with me, sleeping next to me, making plans with me. The next day he was gone... -
Dax by Shannyn Leah
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDax Colyn is one of the bad boys of Willow Valley. A fearless volunteer firefighter and hard ass mechanic, he makes all the woman swoon and he likes it that way. He keeps people at a distance since his mother died. He doesn’t want to let anyone in, much less a woman he knows he could fall in love with. Ava Anderson keeps people away, too... -
The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTommy Zane hates lions, a major obstacle in a family of lion tamers. But Tommy's dreams, and talent, fly higher, up in the rigging with the trapeze. When rising star Mario Santelli offers him flying lessons, it looks like the start of wonderful new life, and to Tommy's surprise, his relationship with Mario deepens even as his skill soars in the rigging... -
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My Beastly Boss: A Surprise Pregnancy Age Gap Romance (Forbidden Temptations) by Sofia T Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world believes that I’m dating a star quarterback.But the truth is… I’m using that lie to hide another secret. That big secret has a name… Isaac Shepherd.Manager of the NFL team and one of my father’s closest friends.Let me just say that we tried.We tried really hard to ignore the fire that was brewing between us.Isaac is intense.A workaholic, and extremely accomplished... -
American Gauntlet by Allie Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo sisters. Seven teams. One grueling competition.One life-changing cash prize.American Gauntlet is the number one reality TV competition in the nation, and when Dani Di Laurentis gets the call that she and her sister, Lana, have been selected as contestants, she knows this is her one opportunity to change her family's life for the better... -
American Gauntlet by Allie Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo sisters. Seven teams. One grueling competition.One life-changing cash prize.American Gauntlet is the number one reality TV competition in the nation, and when Dani Di Laurentis gets the call that she and her sister, Lana, have been selected as contestants, she knows this is her one opportunity to change her family's life for the better...Categorized as:
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Mr. Hockey by Raine Miller, Brit DeMille
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hotheaded winger with a superhero complex trying to live up to his father's great legacy rescues a desperate damsel-in-distress with ninety-nine problems and discovers he wants to be so much more than just her "friend" in this friends-with-benefits, he falls first, superhero hockey romance. "When people say I have a superhero complex I take it as a compliment... -
Heart Starter by Michelle Hercules
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMy plans were simple. Graduate from college, get a job, and not worry anymore if I can make next month’s rent.It turns out I might have a shot at getting drafted to play in the NFL, and nothing will distract me from that goal.I didn’t count on Sadie Clarkson wrecking my plans. Our first meeting was explosive, to say the least. Now I can’t stop thinking about her sassy attitude or sexy mouth... -
Spineless by Autumn Reed
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEight years ago, I believed I’d finally found a place to call home. My mother’s marriage to Vincent Sharpe meant security and three stepbrothers who were already my best friends. But Mom’s mysterious death one week before the wedding turned my world upside down. The day of her funeral, I was whisked away to live with my aunt in Kansas, and I never heard from the Sharpes again.. -
Just One Kiss by Carly Phillips
It was supposed to be one fun night of revenge sex.It turned into a second. Then a third.Now Mother Nature is having the last word—with a secret baby surprise!Jade Dare has done everything in her power to overcome her mother’s unstable influence. Changed her name. Became a success. Vowed never to risk passing on the potential for inherited pain...Categorized as:
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Boy Toys by A.E. Wasp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratings10 siblings, 7 fish courses, 6 hockey players, 5 cousins, 4 calling birds, 3 spouses, 2 houses & 1 night that changes everything. Betrayed by first his body and then his girlfriend, Liam O’Reilly, assistant coach of the Seattle Thunder, is not having a very merry Christmas... -
Hard Love by Sara Ney
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 19 ratings“HARD TO LOVE.”Hard head. Bad attitude. Terrible boyfriend. That’s what my exes have said about me—but I wasn’t serious about any of them, so what do I care what rumors they spread? What I need is to be left alone; by the press, by the paparazzi, and by women.Too bad I’m about to be surrounded by them for the weekend... -
Something Real by J.J. Murray
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThanks to her black mother and her Irish father, Ruth "Penny" Borum is the color of a new penny. Big-boned and notoriously sassy, Ruth is nonetheless the organist and a member in good standing of Antioch, Virginia's most prominent black church--or at least she was until she dragged the popular Reverend Jonas Borum into an ugly divorce... -
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Driven Snow: A MM, Nerd loves Jock, Fairy Tale Retelling Romance by Tara Lain
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if the poison apple was a martini?Who says fairy tales can’t happen? When chess campion and physics student, Snow Reynaldi, finds himself tutoring his secret passion, quarterback Riley Prince, up close and personal, he starts to believe in happy ever after, but wait. Cosmic joker time... -
Unbreakable by Abby Reynolds
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom Bestselling Author, Abby Reynolds. This is a stand alone novel. It is not a cliffhanger. And it is the first novel in the Forehead Kisses Series. Can there be too many pieces to piece back together? This is a question Keira faces every day. It’s impossible for her to go anywhere unaccompanied by her cousin, the only person who knows what happened on that horrific night a year ago...Categorized as:
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Summer After Summer by Lauren Bailey
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA woman returns to her family's Hamptons beach house for a final time—and a final chance at the love she's lost before, in this contemporary retelling of Persuasion , perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Rebecca Serle.Olivia Taylor's marriage is in a death spiral when she agrees to come home to the Hamptons to help her father and sisters pack up the family estate... -
Hot Ticket by Deirdre Martin, Julia London
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDeirdre Martin’s Same Rink, Next Year Once a year, concierge Tierney O’Connor hooks up with the same hot goaltender at the hotel where she works. It’s a perfectly uncomplicated arrangement—until a blizzard turns their annual one-nighter into a lost weekend steamy enough to melt the ice... -
Shattered Princess by Amber Vant
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI may have lit the match the first time, but I wouldn’t be the one left burned this round. The elites run this town, but they aren’t ready for a girl like me.Especially the boys who made it known from the beginning I wasn’t wanted here that one summer I stayed with my father. I hadn’t belonged—I knew that—but now I was coming back... -
Something Sweet by Megan Derr
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's just another day at the candy shop for Sherlock: a quiet afternoon spent more on reading his latest fantasy novel than on selling candy. The kind of day he loves, even if the looming New Year's Eve leaves him feeling nostalgic and a little lonely... -
Midnight Kisses by Jeanine Bennedict
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAvailable on Kindle Unlimited November 1, 2022. Pre-orders begin OctoberWhat do a cat, a one-night stand, and a game of Catan all have in common? Love.Despite being the football coach’s daughter, Greta Sahnoun resents the sport and is furious when her best friend mistakes a football house party for a frat kegger...Categorized as:
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The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston
Even the king of the beasts can find himself unexpectedly tamed by the right woman. . . Weddings have the strangest effect on people. Exhibit 1: Sissy Mae waking up in Mitch Shaw's bed the morning after her brother Bobby Ray's nuptials. Exhibit 2: the gunmen trying to kill Mitch. Exhibit 3: Sissy Mae escorting a bleeding yet sexy lion shifter to her Tennessee Pack's turf for safe keeping...Categorized as:
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In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston
Petite, kind, brilliant, and young, Stevie is nothing like the usual women bodyguard Shen Li is interested in. Even more surprising, the youngest of the lethal, ball-busting, and beautiful MacKilligan sisters is terrified of bears. But she’s not terrified of pandas. She loves pandas. Which means that whether Shen wants her to or not, she simply won’t stop cuddling him...Categorized as:
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Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston
The Honey Badgers are at it again in the New York Times bestselling and outstandingly witty, snarky, sexy, shape-shifting, world-building Honey Badger Chronicles. This time around, a family of clueless tiger shifter brothers have no idea how lucky they are to have caught the eye of three fierce honey badger females...Categorized as:
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Captured by Rosa Lee
Who of us isn't a little bit of a monster too? Rivers of red changed my life, in ways that even I am unaware of.I went from being a happy, carefree, and comfortable London girl to moving across the pond and landing at the exclusive Highgate Preparatory Academy, a school for the kids of the rich and powerful, right before my senior year... -
Delirious by M.S. Force, Marie Force
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPara ele, o prazer é um jogo. Até que uma mulher muda todas as regras... Kristian Bowen, um dos produtores mais desejados de Hollywood, está no auge... -
Leopard's Scar by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAnimal attraction takes over in this exhilarating Leopard novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.The moment Meiling sees Gedeon she knows he's a leopard shifter--just as she knows she can't trust him. Meiling doesn't take chances, life has taught her better than that...Categorized as:
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Greyriver Shifters by Kristina Weaver
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe shifters of Greyriver are hot as hell and nothing will stop them in their paths, so cozy up and be ready for some sexy fun! Enjoy 5 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 400,000 words. NO CLIFFHANGERS. UNWANTED MATE I don’t want to feel this pull towards Mika Bright and feel the lust that overtakes me when I smell her... -
Tales You Win by Bea Paige
An Academy of Stardom spin off Grim A nickname given to me by my father, the Ruler of Tales, an East End underground fight club.Tales you win. Heads you lose.And the fighters of Tales never lose.As a kid I’d believed my father was a real king, like the ones found in myths and fairytales I once loved to read. The men he ruled were his faithful soldiers sworn to protect the club, him, me... -
Lightning in a Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final installment in the chilling Fogg Lake trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Olivia LeClair's experiment with speed dating is not going well...
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