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  • Full House by Emilia Finn

    Full House by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Miles “Iowa” Walker is a fighter on a mission.He’s determined to win this year’s Stacked Deck tournament. He plans to get his six-year-old daughter out of a bad situation. And if there’s any time and money leftover, he’d love to take her out for ice cream without worrying about the cost or deadly consequences.Miles and his daughter have known only what it’s like to struggle...
  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
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    sports  m-f  contemporary  suspense  humor
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  • Eleusis by Emilia Finn

    Eleusis by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Princesses are meant to kiss frogs to find their prince - not criminalsWilliam Quinn was labeled a killer years ago. The accusations were false... until now. Forced to choose between an innocent and a monster, he made a quick decision. Now he’s running from the law, leaving behind the woman he’d kill for.Olivia Conner is a princess in every meaning of the word...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  length-medium
  • Dynamite by Emilia Finn

    Dynamite by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They call us the devil twins - a fallacy and unfair assumption on everyone’s part.Well... mostly.My name is Luke Hart, and I’m the oldest of identical twin boys. Although I may be responsible for the ‘devil’ in our name, I have no urge to set the record straight and exonerate the innocent half of our pairing.There’s no point letting the truth get in the way of a good story.Right?Not so...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  length-medium
  • Bluff by Emilia Finn

    Bluff by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tucker Morris - affectionately known by his most annoying friends as Chuck Norris - is a lover, not a fighter.He’s a charmer, with a fast tongue and equal wit. Mechanic by day, motorcycle racer by night, Tucker is magic with his hands, and makes a hobby out of sliding filthy innuendo into as many conversations as he possibly can...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  suspense  length-medium
  • Reshuffle by Emilia Finn

    Reshuffle by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    The first round is for practice. The second round is for keeps. She was everything Ben ever wanted. But time, distance, and jealousy made it impossible. Now they’re adults, Evie’s back in town after college graduation, and Ben never once let go of what he knew was meant to be...
  • No Limits by Emilia Finn

    No Limits by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Everyone knows Bryan Kincaid.He’s the guy you wear a hazmat suit around... while carrying a long range cattle prod to enforce a little distance.Add a Clorox bath to those precautions, toss a little salt over your shoulder, and a girl could probably walk away from his bed without contracting a nasty case of the clap...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  suspense  length-medium
  • Game of Hearts by Emilia Finn

    Game of Hearts by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is book 3 in the brand new series by Emilia Finn. Stacked Deck is the highly anticipated 'Next Generation' series, and begins with our first baby - Evie "Smalls" Kincaid. Full blurb coming soon...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  contemporary  length-long
  • Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’d take a lot for Bobby Kincaid to fall out of love. In fact, I’m not sure he knows how. His mom and dad taught him how to do it right, how to do it fully, and how to never let go. ‘Worth Fighting For’ is the family reunion that you never knew you needed...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  length-novella
  • Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is book 7 in the Stacked Deck Series.Full blurb coming soon...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  length-medium
  • Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They say he’s a murderer - so she ran. I say she’s mine - so I must follow. Even knowing the inevitable pain that’s coming straight for me, I’ll continue to search, to wish, and when I eventually find her, continue to kiss her.Because when a Kincaid knows, he knows. *Crazy Eights is the conclusion to Jamie and Cam's story...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  length-medium
  • Targeted by Kathleen Brooks

    Targeted by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hunter Townsend loves his new home in the small town of Shadows Landing. It’s his sanctuary when he comes home from a mission as part of his Special Forces team. Maggie, the infuriating, monogram loving, bright color wearing, cuter than she should be woman, who loves to tease him was the only issue in Shadows Landing. Until a mission goes wrong . .
  • Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Tyler Madden is a mystery, a sentinel passing through town and sticking to the shadows.He’s unforgettable to those who want to know him, but he prefers the darkness, and regularly seeks anonymity.It’s how he keeps his younger siblings safe and off the radar of those who may come looking.Kaia and Louie are not his by law...
  • REGRET by Emilia Finn

    REGRET by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Preston Danes was born and raised on the streets.Unloved. Unwanted. And quickly discarded.Now he’s a man on the verge of a new career when the infamous Checkmate Security offers him a job.They want to shut down a mafia family, and they need the assistance of a skilled hacker to get the job done.Preston knows code like others know their left hands. He’s perfect for the job...
  • Animal Instincts by Emilia Finn

    Animal Instincts by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Thirty year old veterinarian Beckett Rosa runs a small town animal clinic. When he isn’t at his beloved home away from home, Lakeside Animal Hospital, he spends his time mixing it up and basking in the beauty of the single life...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  military  humor  grovel  length-medium
  • The Final Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    The Final Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When life brings you the perfect person at the worst possible time… On a weekend visit to Las Vegas to visit his brother, Marine Braeden Daniels meets a woman who challenges him in ways he can’t deny. The best part is she wants what he wants. No strings. No feelings. Just fun. AJ is a Las Vegas performer who is finally living her dream. Growing up poor, she’s determined to succeed at any cost...
  • Delayed Call by Toni Aleo

    Delayed Call by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Vaughn Johansson is the Nashville Assassins' star player. He's brash, cocky, and talented. And he isn't afraid to let anyone know it. He lives his life on his own terms, never forming romantic attachments, and only allowing his very closest to see his true, caring self. Brie Soledad has the weight of the world on her shoulders...
  • Redeeming The Rose by Emilia Finn

    Redeeming The Rose by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Life is about checks and balances. People hurt people, and often, they die. Even as a paramedic, I can’t save everyone, but that doesn’t mean I’m not gonna try.My baby sister was a sick child. Her illnesses were the reason I chose the career I did, but her innocence and fragility also made me a man who refuses to let her live her life without my guiding hand...
  • Absolutely Not in Love by Jenny Proctor

    Absolutely Not in Love by Jenny Proctor

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My requirements for a man are simple. Must love books. Must NOT love hockey. Which is why I will never be interested in my neighbor, the aloof and mysterious Felix Jamison, no matter how many books I see him hauling into his apartment. Unless he loses his pro hockey skates, I’m out. But then he shows up at my symphony concert. And I catch the sweet strains of Dvorak floating across the hall...
  • Matchmaker by Ivy Smoak

    Matchmaker by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Matthew Caldwell is NYC's most eligible bachelor.Charming.Gorgeous.Wealthy.Great with kids.Broken.Sixteen years ago he lost everything. He made a vow to never love again. But suddenly everyone in his life is acting like a matchmaker. He can't help but wonder if a broken vow is better than a broken heart.There's just one problem. Only one woman in the city has caught his attention...
  • Busted by Emilia Finn

    Busted by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Daughter of an over protective world-champion fighter, and shielded by dozens of alpha men, Emma Kincaid was locked in an ivory tower many years ago.Too bad she shimmied down water pipes the moment she was old enough to do so. Coercing with the devil twins is as natural as breathing to her, and getting into trouble with them is as easy as falling in love...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  length-medium
  • Chasing Fire by Emilia Finn

    Chasing Fire by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Gilded Knights Series follows the Rosa family; five brothers, and their baby sister, Abigail, who we met in Winner Takes All (Checkmate Series). Chasing Fire is Nixon Rosa's story.The Gilded Knights Series takes place - chronologically - after Checkmate, but before Stacked Deck.Full blurb coming soon...
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    sports  m-f  new adult  military  humor  length-medium
  • Pure Chemistry by Emilia Finn

    Pure Chemistry by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’ve never wished for a knight in shining armor before, but today might be the day I let go of that pigheadedness and accept a little help.I’m a biochemist with a dream to cure cancer, but in my quest to save lives, I may be the reason thousands die...
  • A Smoky Mountain Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo

    A Smoky Mountain Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
  • Crash and Burn by Emilia Finn

    Crash and Burn by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Axel Feeney is the youngest firefighter in his crew, and also my boss’ brother. He’s a risk taker who carries no fear. Or so I thought. When one of his squad perish in the line of duty, what was once his mission to keep me safe turns into an obsession that breaks our hearts and whatever chance we had for a happily ever after...
  • Puck Performance by Alley Ciz

    Puck Performance by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All's fair in love and potatoes. Melody Brightly Broadway Star. Pink hair. A smile that hits me harder than a slap shot. Terrible taste in hockey teams. Full of secrets. The one woman I fail to defend my heart against. Jase Donnelly Defenseman.Charming. Sexy as puck. Makes my hormones give a standing ovation. The one guy I can never be with, but can't stay away from...
  • Tight Hold by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Hold by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The pro football player I’m faking a relationship with has the perfect solution to my career woes. He’s encouraging me to lean into the pseudo-celebrity life I was born into instead of trying to outrun it, and for the first time in my life, someone sees me for me.I feel like he’s falling for me, too.And then my ex shows up...
  • Game Changer by Alley Ciz

    Game Changer by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Blurb...
  • Rogue Wave by J. Bengtsson

    Rogue Wave by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A love story that survives the test of time. Keith McKallister is the king of the stoners. You know the type. Every school has one – the hot, fun, dopey guy beloved by the student body but despised by, well, just about everyone else. He spends his early mornings in the ocean and his days trying to get to class on time...
  • Playing Dirty: A Bad Boy Sports Romance by Mickey Miller

    Playing Dirty: A Bad Boy Sports Romance by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
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    sports  m-f  humor  new adult  contemporary  baseball
  • Always Earned, Never Given by Bella Matthews

    Always Earned, Never Given by Bella Matthews

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Learning how to fly stole my childhood, and accomplishing my dreams took my parents. After my parents’ death, taking care of my little brother and running my dance studio are the only things I’ve got time for in my hectic life.Until Declan Sinclair.As the number one draft pick for the Philadelphia Kings, he’s not afraid of putting in a little hard work to get what he wants. And he wants me...
  • ICED by Jacob Chance

    ICED by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Oliver Ice, one of Boston University’s notorious hockey players, has been on my radar since I slammed into his rock-hard body during my first week of college, three years ago. He helped me to my feet, muttered an apology, and ran off after his girlfriend, dashing my hopes of a happily ever after. Now, he’s the bartender where I work, and this time, very much single...
  • Scoring Beauty by Alley Ciz

    Scoring Beauty by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RyanI’m done with dating.Happily-ever-after isn’t in the cards for me, so I’m officially taking myself off the market.Hockey is my mecca.The arena my temple.The ice the altar I worship at.Then…I met her.Strip me naked and run me over with a Zamboni—she’s the textbook definition of a bad love match...
  • Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t date football players.I’m not interested in the ones who are a decade older than me. I want nothing to do with the ones who play on the same team as my brothers, and I certainly avoid the ones who spend more time in strip clubs than kids’ clubs...
  • Shopping for a Highlander by Julia Kent

    Shopping for a Highlander by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a professional chickenblocker.Except “chicken” is a euphemism.I get paid to follow a womanizing troglodyte who thinks rules are for other people and that my pants are the next pair he’s getting into.Dream on.Bet your first professional job didn’t involve babysitting an extremely hot, muscle-bound Scottish Highlander with an ego the size of a kilt and a libido bigger than his…well…Chicken...
  • Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I'm going to make her beg. Emma asked me to take her all the way. She wants to experience every delicious thing a woman can feel. She wants to be brought to the very edge of ecstasy, and then she wants to leap right off the cliff. I'm a complete playboy, an expert in the ways a man can make a woman beg, so naturally I accept. I love a good challenge...
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    sports  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Smashed Steel: A Steamy Stand Alone Sports Romance by M.J. Fields

    Smashed Steel: A Steamy Stand Alone Sports Romance by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Coming March...
  • Hot Summer Nights by Jordan Marie

    Hot Summer Nights by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Maggie Lucas is my kryptonite. She always has been. My life could be summed up in a childhood refrain. Here I go around the Mulberry Tree—except with me Mulberry is replaced by Magnolia. Actually, maybe the correct line is Mulberry bush--but it definitely still applies. Maggie was my first—and I mean my first everything. I never regretted it, because I was her first too...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  anthologies  humor  length-short
  • Maxed Steel by M.J. Fields

    Maxed Steel by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    MilaThe six-foot-three, two hundred pounds of lean muscle, disgustingly defined by his white tee hugging … all that, with a backpack slung over his bulging broad shoulder is far from innocent.He’s Max Steel.He’s all sorts of grown up.And he’s my enemy … even though he doesn’t know it yet...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  new adult  humor  length-short
  • Drew by Lulu Moore

    Drew by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Let me ask you a question.Have you met your soulmate?I did, then promptly lost her. Because what happens in Vegas stays there, right?Wrong.I’d never been the relationship type, but I’ve spent every spare second of the past twelve months wondering what if. What if I hadn’t slept through my alarm? What if I hadn’t lost her number? What if I’d known her name?But I came up blank...
  • Home Run by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Home Run by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 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...
  • PUNCHED by Jacob Chance

    PUNCHED by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reagan is the one who got away - or should I say the one I drove away? Now, four years later, she’s back to manage the gym where I train. Seeing her everyday is a distraction I can’t afford. I’m so close to achieving the big payoff I’ve been working for. Nothing’s going to keep me from winning this belt - not even her.This is a second chance MMA romance standalone...
  • Second Dive: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Jasmin Miller

    Second Dive: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Jasmin Miller

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Noah Winters was my heart’s desire, the boy I loved desperately and had hoped to spend my future with. Until our plans were derailed and life took us in completely different directions.When our fate changed, and our paths crossed again, nothing prepared me for the punch straight to the heart when I saw him . . . or his anger and bitterness...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  contemporary  humor  length-medium
  • Strength by Amy Daws

    Strength by Amy Daws

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He thought getting a second chance at life was difficult, but resisting the spark he feels with her will test all of his strength. Vi Harris comes with baggage most men can’t handle. A famous ex footballer for a father and four professional footballing brothers. Brothers she helped raise after their mother died...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  humor  contemporary  angst  new adult  soccer
  • Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken’s scorching series, revenge is a justified pleasure… Isla made one teeny little mistake. Now she and her PI company, Dirty Exes, are being targeted by one seriously angry and furiously sexy ex-quarterback. Jessie freakin’ Beckett. But there’s no way some NFL superhunk is going to take her business away...
  • Felix by Lulu Moore

    Felix by Lulu Moore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    I have a secret. Twelve years ago I crushed on my teammate’s little sister, before firmly putting her in the friend zone. Which then became the best friend zone. And my teammate became more of a brother.But now we have two problems.1. I just found out she’s been crushing on me too, and my feelings have come hurtling back like a puck heading for the net2...
  • Hold Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Hold Me Forever by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Tyler Maxwell's story will be released on January 18th.As the leagues’ top goalie for the Chicago Blades, I stay disciplined and follow three principles:1. Keep a pristine image.2. Play smart and hard on the ice.3. Stay out of relationships...
  • Cocky Senator’s Daughter: Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Senator’s Daughter: Hannah by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    HANNAH COCKER Every man I've dated in this city has either bored me or hurt me. When Sofia Sol, my crazy cousin, offers a ride on the back of her Harley with no destination in mind besides out-of-Atlanta, what do you think my answer is? I'll give you one guess. TOBIAS KYRKOS Life doesn't ever hand you what you want. You have to take it...
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    sports  m-f  humor  new adult  contemporary  length-medium
  • Swing and a Mishap by Tara Sivec

    Swing and a Mishap by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “Hawks fans still in shock after centerfielder, Shepherd Oliver, sustained season-ending injury last night in the 5th inning of the playoffs against Chicago.”Two years ago, I was a pretty big deal. I thought I had it all, until a blast from my past popped up on my social media feed, keeping my ego in check and reminding me how basic I am. Except sassy Wren Bennett isn’t just a blast from my past...
  • No Rep by Lani Lynn Vale

    No Rep by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Taos was tired.Tired of everything that came with living. Not to the point where he was suicidal or anything, but tired enough that he just didn’t give a crap anymore.He’d seen all the ugliness this world had to offer due to his job as a police officer for way too many damn years of his less than stellar life...
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