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The Knocked Up Game


Kara Hart - 2017
    And she’s willing to play my little game. One Night. All the domination she can handle. Only, I gave her more than she bargained for. You know what they say: Don’t hate the player. Hate the game. Jacqueline “Beg for it,” he said. Three simple words was all it took for my life to change forever. I thought he was joking. He was so arrogant, kissing me at the party like that. He told me he wanted me more than anything in the world. And when I saw his smirk disappear from his face, I knew that he was serious. After that, we both knew what was going to happen. One kiss leads to another. Suddenly, he’s in my room. His strong body takes over me. I’m one-hundred-percent in his control. He stirs up feelings in me that I didn’t know were possible. Then he brought out the ropes, the chains, and the handcuffs. How was I know to know how bad he actually was? It was supposed to be a one night stand. But then came the morning sickness. Then the panic ensued. Now, I’m pregnant with the most famous athlete in the world’s baby. And guess what? He won’t return a single phone call. Just as I was starting to have feelings, he disappeared without a trace. I hate Lawrence Jones with a passion. But he does things to me without even trying. Things that can’t be explained. That’s why I can’t let him go. Lawrence She was the most innocent woman at the party. She sat under the spotlight, waiting for someone to talk to her. I had to console her. I had to hold her. In that moment, I knew I had to claim her. She must have known what she was getting herself into. I’m a billionaire player. I’m rich and powerful. That means I always get what I want. I couldn’t help myself. One look at her body was all I needed. She would have given me anything that I asked for. Domination was never out of the question. ….but a baby? Sh*t. I didn’t know we’d go that far. I messed up big time. I knocked her up. I left town. I let everyone around me down. Now, she wants nothing to do with me. But I want to prove I can be the man she’s always dreamt of being with. When I left, everything fell apart. Now, I’m coming back for her and my son. *This is a full length standalone book with a happily ever after, no cheating, and plenty of the hottest scenes in romance. But don't worry. You won't need a SAFE WORD for this one! Bonus content is included.*

Personal Foul


Brooke O'Brien - 2020
    She’s had a long, hard road to get to where she is now. She landed her dream job, and she’s not about to risk it all for the newest basketball recruit.The stakes are high for Colson Rush. When he’s traded to the Miami Blaze, his focus is on one thing—winning. But when he helps a fiery redhead fight off a mugger, he can’t deny the sparks between them. Although she tries, neither can she.Too bad she’s his new coach’s daughter.Giving into the temptation is one personal foul neither of them can back down from.Personal Foul was previously featured in the Playing to Win Anthology and is now expanded to a full-length novel.

She Found Him


B. Cranford - 2019
    One thing she’s not so proud of: whacking a man on the head with her handmade sign at an animal rights march. Especially when she takes the whimpering puppy dumped on her front porch to the nearest vet and he turns out to be the man she struck . . . Awkward. One thing Rose didn’t expect to find before going back home to Australia: Love.

Unbreakable


Rebecca Shea - 2013
    She’s a good daughter, makes excellent grades, and always strays on the safe side of life. The last thing she thought would ever happen was falling in love with her best friend’s brother. But sometimes fate just has a way of bringing two people together. Wide receiver for the University of Arizona, Gabe Garcia, seems to have it all. When his feelings for Jessica come to surface, Gabe will give up everything to be with her. But what happens when a tragedy abruptly changes the course of your life? For Jessica and Gabe, everything they thought they knew about each other will be questioned. Sometimes, there are scars in life that are cut too deep to completely heal. Will their love prove to be unbreakable, or will it shatter and prove fate is just another lie?*This book contains mature subject matter and is not intended for those under 17 years of age.*

Jock Blocked


Pippa Grant - 2020
    And what's working is him keeping his pants zipped and doing all of his scoring on the field.So when I hear he's planning to ditch his V-card now that he's been traded to baseball's lovable losers — aka my home team and my reason for living every March through October — I do what any rational, dedicated, obsessed fan would do.I make a plan to stop him.But the thing about stopping him is that it requires spending time with him.Lots. And lots. And lots of time.And the more time I spend with him, the more I like him. Not as the guy who's going to help save my favorite team and finally bring home a championship ring, but as the guy who's helping me in my quest to bring back the team's old mascot. Who also loves making pancake and bacon sandwiches. And who would do almost anything for his love of the game.But after all this time of jock-blocking him… do I even have a chance?And if I do, are we both destined to a life of celibacy in the name of winning?Jock Blocked is a home run of a romantic comedy featuring the world's most superstitious sports fan, baseball's oldest virgin hero, a rogue meatball, an adorable puppy with a cussing problem, and the best lovable losers. It stands alone and comes with a happily ever after more satisfying than a game-winning grand slam.

Can’t Catch My Breath


Sarah Sutton
    Her friends buy the fake smiles and her mom doesn’t seem to notice…or care.And Addy is doing great until she’s paired with Vincent Castello, the most intimidating senior at Greenville High, for a class project. Interview a random classmate and write a report on them. Should be easy, right?Not by a longshot.Because the car accident that killed Addy’s dad? It left Vincent’s father paralyzed.Talk about an awkward ice-breaker.As the two grow closer, can Addy face her grief and guilt head-on and put her past behind her, or will she let it consume her, and lose the guy who truly takes her breath away?

Exception


Sadie T. Williams - 2020
    It is a standalone contemporary sports romance novel.Kiernan Kelly and Brooks McCarthy were each born into football royalty. One fateful meeting changes the course of both their lives.Everyone at Cambria University knows that the most popular, handsome and talented guy at the school is destined for the National Football League - alone. His father, Rhett, not only passed on his DNA, work ethic and love for the game, but a set of rules to keep his son unattainable.Kiernan on the other hand tries to hide her famous lineage as she dazzles everyone with her skill on the softball field. As the daughter of Hall of Fame quarterback, John Kelly, she inherited his athleticism, but not his lust for the spotlight or the public persona he works so hard to protect. She has a plan for her life that does not include falling in love. Love makes you weak. Weak like her mother. But fate has other plans for the stunning athlete.Will Kiernan finally not let fear control her? Has Brooks finally met the exception to his rules? Do their families really have their best interest at heart? If their love can survive the first year then it can survive anything.

Can't Touch


Penny Wylder - 2021
    The girl I can’t touch.That’s what her uncle says, anyway… but even if he controls her, he doesn’t control me.When I see her walking back and forth in the office lobby, her long legs swishing, beautiful curves swaying, and those cherry-red lips, I decide right then: she’s going to be mine.Chianna:My first day on the job I swore I’d be professional. No mistakes. Pure and well behaved.Chris changed all of that.He’s powerful, rich, and when he smiles at me, it makes me weak.If my uncle finds out about us I’ll lose more than my dream internship.Can I keep what I’ve done a secret with Kris tempting me over and over to break the rules?

First Pitch Swinging


Linda Fausnet - 2021
    I grew up idolizing those players, and I ached to wear the orange and black, representing my hometown and playing the game I love.But the team doesn’t want me.I’m one of the hottest players in Major League Baseball, but the Baltimore owner thinks I’m too much of a risk. All because I drink too much and might have trashed a hotel room or two in my day.Everybody thinks getting married means you’ve “settled down.”I figure I need a wife if I’m ever gonna have a chance at playing for the Bay Birds.I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that woman who poured hot coffee on me the day we met. Sweet, beautiful, and stable medical school student, Lyric Rivers. Future doctor.Also known as the future Mrs. Brady Keaton.First Pitch Swinging is the first book in a new, steamy sports romance series. No cliffhangers, lots of humor and heart, and a sexy HEA.

Her Enemy Hero (Alpha Ever After #2)


Kelli Walker - 2020
    No Cliffhangers and a HEA!

Fighter: A Bad Boy College Romance


Anna Ray - 2021
    

Crash


Lizzie Hart Stevens - 2017
    I consider it my personal calling to prove to him he isn't God's gift to women. He embarrassed me, he got under my skin. And I can't let him get away with it.Until he shows up at my best friends wedding. All wearing his suit and tie, looking like a model straight out of GQ. And even though I thought I'd moved on, our connection was undeniable, the sex unbelievable. It was a night I'd never forget.We can't get enough of each other. Each night is better than the last, each touch bringing us closer than I ever imagined possible. Piece by piece he's tearing down his walls, showing sides of himself I never knew existed. But when tragedy strikes can we survive the fall out, or will we crash and burn?

Fool Me Twice


Lizzie Morton
    It turned into a media scandal and now he's famous for all the wrong reasons.To the world he's impossible to love but to me he's impossible to hate.I have a chance to redeem myself and show everyone who he really is. But how can I do that when I don't even know myself?Becket revealed a lot of his secrets the day we met on the plane, but I now know, with absolute certainty, he still has one left to tell.

Kiss and Don't Tell


Meghan Quinn - 2021
    Steamy and unapologetically witty.Five hockey players, a cabin in the woods . . . and little old me, Winnie Berlin.Sounds like the start of a fantasy, right? But it's not. It's my reality.It all started when I got lost in the middle of the Canadian Rockies. A wicked thunderstorm sent my car mud sliding into a ditch and for a girl whose survival skills involve finding the nearest Starbucks, I was in deep trouble.Forced to abandon my car in search of help, I stumbled upon a cabin in the middle of nowhere. Soaking wet, irritated, and in desperate need of a hot shower, I knocked on the door for help only to be greeted by five boisterous, burly, and insanely attractive men.Not just men.Professional hockey players.I hit the motherload of fantasies, right? Wrong.Because as it turns out, one of them is my ex-boyfriend's half-brother. And when I end up crashing in their spare bedroom for the night, things take a very unexpected turn.I'm not sure any amount of survival skills can protect my heart from Vancouver Agitators star goalie, Pacey Lawes. But as long as we kiss and don’t tell, maybe everything will be okay . . .

Alpha Boy (Boys of Summer)


Mika Jolie - 2021
    As if it isn’t hard enough trying to finish college.Now I have my tormentor offering to help me complete my goals.Including losing my V-card.Talk about embarrassing.All he asks in return is that I tutor him so he can keep playing hockey.Easy enough.I can keep feelings out this deal.After all, I hate the pompous jerk…Or, at least, I did...Until one kiss leads to the most incredible night of my life.Now I’m torn between my present and my future.The man who once brought out my ire now owns my heart.But will our hopes and dreams pull us down different paths?Or can this summer fling become something more?