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A Risky Play by Marissa J. Gramoll
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The Wrong Game
Charlie M. Matthews - 2017
His deep brown eyes were a thing of beauty–enough to make you want to bare your soul to him and a whole lot more. When his father was sent to prison, Taylor's life spiralled out of control. Everything he thought he knew was a lie, and his passion for the game to a backseat to everything else in his life. Wasted, and angry at the world, Taylor could see no way out. He was soon forced to realise that not everything in life was easy. But fighting your fears and taking back control was the easy part. Learning to hold on to that control would be Taylor's biggest challenge yet. Lola Henderson - After the accident that ripped her world out from underneath her feet, Lola struggled to find her place in the world again. Living through an endless nightmare, so scared and unsure of herself, and with fear playing a continuous loop, she was fighting a losing battle. Winslow Falls was meant to be the fresh start she needed to find herself again, but when she locked eyes with the star striker on the college football team, she knew she was done for. Would Lola continue to avoid the boy who made her feel things she knew was wrong? Or would fate throw them together, forcing them on to an unlikely path of friendship? Maybe Taylor was exactly who she needed in her life to overcome the fear that plagued her every day. "Two wrongs didn't make a right. But in our case they did."
Interference
Mignon Mykel - 2016
A way to give her the meeting her boss requested, but still say ‘no’ to her pitch.Look, I’ve never wanted the extras that come with an NHL career.Sponsorships, sure.Reality television? Hard no.Except—now that I’ve met the pixie redhead—I find myself agreeing...with one stipulation.She gets to be part of the show in whatever way that allows me to see her again.Twenty female “contestants” be damned.
Squeeze Play
Aven Ellis - 2017
Having spent a lot of her life in the background due to family circumstances, Hayley is eager to step up and be heard—and bring much needed change to her new organization. With romance on the shelf, it’s time to focus on herself and new career. Armed with a workbook to help her improve on a personal and professional level, Hayley is ready to become a better version of who she already is. But will a baseball player for the Washington Soaring Eagles challenge her thoughts on not only dating, but the person she thinks she needs to be? Brody Jensen is the new catcher for the professional team in DC. Baseball is everything to Brody and has been his salvation while growing up. Brody wants to make the most of his full-time shot behind the plate. Which means no serious relationships. However, when a chance encounter leads him to Hayley, Brody finds himself wanting to know all about the beautiful blonde who has engaged him from the moment he spotted her. Together, they find themselves questioning the ideals they had set for not only relationships, but themselves, too. When the cherry blossoms bloom in the nation's capital, Cupid puts a squeeze play on Hayley and Brody. Will they be brave enough to love themselves and each other? Will love be called out? Or will their relationship be safe at home?
The Way We Dance
Katie Rae - 2021
Everything about me exuded prim and proper. At least that was the part of me everyone saw. Tyson Black was a struggling football player. Big and scary looking. Tattoos and muscles everywhere. Kind of annoying.He was also my newest ballet student. Neither one of us were thrilled about it,And it only took us one lesson to learn we didn’t see eye to eye. But after a series of break-ins in Atlanta, including one in my studio,I was on edge and my stoic demeanor started slipping.Everything seemed to be spiraling. Somehow, I managed to push through my fears and teach my classes. It helped that Ty and I had found a rhythm we could agree on. Eventually, I was able to see that we had a lot more in common than just the way we danced.And while that should have been what brought us together, it was actually what threatened to keep us apart.
Nursing School Thrive Guide
Maureen Osuna - 2014
Learn what the different types of classes are like, how to thrive in your clinical rotations, master test-taking strategies and discover the author's own unique system for approaching patient care. With The Nursing School Thrive Guide, you'll start the semester ahead of the curve, with the tools you need to hit the ground running when classes start. Follow the system outlined in this book, and you'll be an organized, confident nursing student...guaranteed. Maureen Osuna is a critical care nurse with a passion (more like obsession) for mentoring nursing students and is owner of the website www.straightanursingstudent.com.
Rookie Mistakes
Danesha Little - 2019
Now a TV personality, her primary focus is to make "Girlfriends Talking Sports" the number one show on ESPN. Her plans are interrupted when NBA Rookie, Sebastian Powers enters her life. Growing up in London, Sebastian Powers' only ambition was to become the greatest basketball player of all time. When his arrogance becomes a roadblock to that goal, he meets his match in Nashya Jordan. What happens when two stubborn souls are forced to face their pasts together?
Crimson Catch
S.M. Donaldson - 2016
Collin Atwood is a sophomore at Everly High School and the all-American boy in an all-American family. It's his first year on the varsity team and the pressure is on, from his dad and the town. For the first time in over twenty years his hometown could be in line for a state championship title and he’s their ticket to get there. That is if he can get his grades up enough to play. Enter the daughter of the last guy that held the town's hopes and dreams of state titles, who turned into a drunk after he blew it all. Paired up with Joelle Prescott as his tutor, these two are far from being in the same social circle. She's an honor student and a badass on the drum line. In her family full of athletes, she feels invisible. Which is good sometimes...makes it easier to keep her secrets. Will he keep her secrets? Will she help him make the grade? WARNING: This book is a Mature YA book. It is intended for people 15+, it is not suitable for those younger.
Fueled Hate (Fueled, #1)
A.J. Logan - 2021
Cars are a part of my soul.Focus. Drive. Win.Once fueled by passion, I’m now fueled by hate.And I’ve never entered a race I knew I couldn’t win.Until Sadie.She isn’t supposed to cause me to swerve off course, but one look and she does.Now, it’s winner takes all. I either get everything I want or none of it.I arrived with one purpose—to punish those responsible for an unspeakable act.I’m not built to back down.Is there any hope of pulling her out of the wreckage or will we crash and burn together, both going up in flames?Fueled Hate is a dark college bully romance. It contains sensitive topics that some may find triggering and is intended for mature readers. Fueled Hate is Book One in the Fueled series and a complete STAND-ALONE.
Anaconda
Autumn Avery - 2016
They’ll fill you in on how I filled them up. I’m a campus legend. My epic performances in the bedroom are second only to my game winning plays on the field as Ohio’s top quarterback. I’m a shoe in for the big leagues, but I’ve let The Anaconda run wild and my grades are in the toilet. I’ve got to get my head right. But when I meet Julie, the chick assigned to tutor me, I’m not sure which head I’ll be able to listen to. Behind those glasses, frizzy hair and Plain Jane clothes there’s a slammin’ hottie just waiting to be brought out. And I’m the man to do it. I rocked her world, taught her things she never thought she’d do with a man. But now she thinks I’m a jerk and wants nothing to do with me. But what The Anaconda wants, The Anaconda gets, and Julie’s about to learn that. The Anaconda is a stand alone sports romance with plenty of steam, romance, twists and turns, and a guaranteed HEA! If you liked STALLION and BULL then you will love this!
Pucking Beast
Colleen Masters - 2016
On and off the ice. I fell for him once back in college… I played right into his hands and fell right into his bed. He took my virginity and then demolished my heart all in the same day. Seeing him again after all these years is torture. I’ll never forgive him, and I’ll certainly never forget the pain he caused me—No matter how rich he is, no matter how handsome he is, no matter how great a father he is. Graham Rising to the top of Professional Hockey has been a challenge, but nothing compares to being a single father to two daughters. And it’s only getting harder as they get older. Now I need an au pair to help balance my professional life and take care of my girls when I take them on the road. But the damn nanny agency decided to play a cruel f*cking joke. They sent me a candidate that is perfect on paper, and my daughters love her… but she’s the one I ruined… the only true regret I carry with me to this day. Whitney Morgan. I’ve been a bastard and a heartbreaker, it’s true. But I always get what I want in the end. I’ll make this right. Pucking Beast is a full-length contemporary new adult sports romance novel clocking in at over 80,000+ words. HEA, No Cliff. This book contains sexually explicit content and adult language, 18+.
And We Walked Away
Subrat Saurabh - 2018
It connects to the kind of boys who are in love and keep trying to convince the same girl in different ways for a long time, not moving on in life. Also, it talks about the kind of girls who don’t believe in love but also, don’t want to take advantage of a boy's feelings. The girls who are not conservative but don’t want to pursue love.Abhimanyu, a well-known author returns to his engineering college in Bangalore after a decade and notices a lot of changes in the college over this period. It reminds him of how he met his ladylove, Naina on the first day of college and fell in love with her at the first sight. Abhimanyu, being an impulsive, stubborn and impatient guy decides to propose her in a rush. She doesn’t believe in love and has her own reasons for it. Abhimanyu with the help of his friends Aarush and Dev proposes and tries to convince Naina many times in unusual ways but he fails miserably. However, a trick helps to melt her heart, but destiny has a different plan.
The Complete Jesse Trilogy: Breathless, Fearless, Carpe Diem
Eve Carter - 2014
The young, hot professional Motocross rider, Jesse Morrison, knows how to leave an impression. Only lately, it has mostly been bad impressions. Frustrated about unlucky turn of events, he surrounds himself with women, booze and drugs, until he, in search of a change of pace, sets out on a trip to sunny California to help his uncle open a sports bar. In Los Angeles, Jesse meets the one woman who can lead him back on the right path, the stunningly beautiful 22 year old, Niki Milani. Only problem is, she is not interested. Niki has her own past demons to fight. A past that left her feeling abandoned with a deep void in her soul. She cannot open up her heart easily and it’s almost impossible for her to trust a man ever again. Especially, not a bad boy player who seems even more messed up than herself. However, Jesse is not the type to back down from a challenge. He is determined to prove to Niki that there is more to him than what appears on the surface. That he is the one person in her life, who can fill the void. The story of Jesse and Niki is a New Adult Romance that will leave you breathless.
Driver's Obsession
Flora Ferrari - 2020
But not Steve. He always treated me like an adult.It’s not until I finish college that I understand what those feelings I get every time I see him, every time I think about him really mean.My heart stops when I see his truck in the drive, knowing I’ll see him again. But I know why he’s here.Could an older guy like him really go for a younger, curvy girl?Would he betray his best friend to get it, even if he wanted it?Or will he leave us both behind and forget about us when he makes it big?STEVEIt’s a dream come true.She’s a dream come true.A pro team contract, my best buddy as chief mechanic and his daughter along for the ride, all in the same day?Maybe she isn’t into older guys. Maybe I’m just imagining things, or maybe it's time I finally get what I want from life.And all I have to do to claim it is reach out and take it.Consequences? Sure, everything has a price, but once I see her again. Once I know she wants what I have to give her, I’ll pay double.Whatever it costs, whatever it takes.She will be mine.*Driver's Obsession is an insta-everything, OTT standalone instalove romance with a HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.
It Takes a Campus
S.C. Kate - 2021
It also doesn't hurt that when she helped him move into his dorm three years ago, she developed a huge crush on his roommate Jake. But as a quiet introvert on the cheer team, she's content with watching Jake on the football field from the sidelines, and when she delivers her brother's laundry to his dorm. Besides, she's got her schedule full with making new friends in her sorority and surviving the cheer team practices with Jake's evil ass girlfriend. She's juggling it well; until she discovers Jake's secret one night and realizes he's in way over his head and desperately needs help.Gunning for the quarterback spot for the upcoming fall season, dating a low-effort, but high-drama hot girlfriend, and living with his funny best friend in the coveted Carnell dorm at DU- Jake's entering second semester of junior year on a high. But when life crashes down around him, and he has to harbor a tiny *pink* secret, he realizes his priorities definitely need to shift.
My Stepbrother's Arrangement 5
Juliette Jaye - 2015
Kaleb's always been a bad boy. A womanizing, cocky, arrogant, aggravating bad boy. Oh, did I add that he has a body that belongs on a magazine cover, cheekbones you can cut yourself on and a smile that makes the panties melt off every girl he meets? And for the whole summer holidays, before I go away to college, he's also my boss. So why, in a moment of vulnerability, did I end up in bed with him? I mean sure, it was just one night. But damn, it was one hell of a night. I tried to forget it. I tried to pretend it didn't happen. After all, I'm a good girl. I don't do things like that. But when he tells me the next day that as his boss, I have to obey his every command... Well, let's just say accounting internships have never been so exciting.