Sarah's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 20 Apr 2025 08:40:36 -0700 60 Sarah's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Ruthless Stranger (Mafia Wars, #1)]]> 56487105 He’s a Ruthless Stranger. One I can’t see, only feel, thanks to my friends who make a deal with him on my behalf.

No names. No personal details. No face to etch into my mind.
Just him, me, and an expensive silk tie.
What happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas.
He warns me he’s full of danger.
I never see that side of him. All I experience is his Russian accent, delicious scent, and touch that lights me on fire.
One incredible night turns into two. Then we go our separate ways.
But fate doesn't keep us apart. When I run into my stranger back in Chicago, I know it’s him, even if I’ve never seen his icy blue eyes before.
Our craving is hotter than Vegas. But he never lied.
He’s a ruthless man�

”Ruthless Stranger� is the jaw-dropping first installment of the “Mafia Wars� series. It’s an interconnecting, stand-alone Dark Mafia Romance, guaranteed to have an HEA.]]> 436 Maggie Cole Sarah 0 currently-reading 4.10 2021 Ruthless Stranger (Mafia Wars, #1)
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]]> Spring Fling 215583253
Spring is in the air and Mylie has everything she could ever want: her tackle shop is thriving and employs a third of Clay Creek, Arkansas, and she lives with her beloved Granny and little sister Cassie, who both keep her on her toes. As tourists pour into town for the annual fishing tournament, Mylie is in her element and ready to bring her all-women team to victory.

After moving to Chicago, Ben never thought he would return to Clay Creek. But with both his grandfather and mother gone, he’s left to deal with their estate. His plan is simple: come in quietly, fix up his lakeside childhood home, sell it quickly, and get out. He underestimates how quickly his arrival will stir up the local gossip, and how intensely his unresolved feelings for Mylie, his childhood best friend, will resurface.

Amid the buzz of competition and the rhythm of small-town life, Mylie and Ben find themselves unable to ignore their shared history. They tentatively explore a future together, despite the impending sale of Ben’s house and Mylie’s insistence on staying put in Clay Creek. Flings are easier said than done, and Mylie and Ben will have to address their clashing lifestyles before their feelings get away from them.

Told with Annie England Noblin’s signature wit, cozy charm, and a dash of spice, Spring Fling is the perfect friends-to-lovers read.]]> 304 Annie England Noblin 0063222280 Sarah 0 to-read 3.38 Spring Fling
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]]> The Big Game 213821346 Miss Congeniality meets the Super Bowl!

TOUCHDOWN FOR LOVE

It’s been years since Lily’s heart was shattered by her college sweetheart and star quarterback, Tate Donaghue. Now, he’s a high-profile NFL player, and unfortunately for Lily, her latest security assignment.

For Tate, Lily left all those years ago without so much as a backward glance let alone an explanation. But pretending he’s in love with her now is easier than he’d like to admit�

With the countdown on to the biggest game in the NFL’s history and the threat level intensifying, can Lily and Tate move on from the past � or will they fumble the ball, and their relationship, when it matters most?

Tropes:

Forced Proximity
Enemies to lovers
Grumpy Sunshine
Opposites Attract]]> 312 Cassie Connor 0008662908 Sarah 0 currently-reading 3.37 2025 The Big Game
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Game, Gamer Girl (Good Game, #1)]]> 219751641 He called me his “mystery girl� on stream. Live. In front of thousands of viewers.

The wildest part? I didn’t even know who he was.

I was at my usual gaming café, grinding ranked matches in a popular MOBA game called NLA.

But instead of celebrating my latest win, I was fuming. One of my teammates had spent the entire game spewing sexist insults at me, even though I carried the match and we won despite him.

While the rank-up animation played on my screen, some guy walked up and tried to congratulate me. Tall, dark-haired, handsome, with a nerdy edge—usually, he’d be my type. But I barely glanced at him. After the night I’d had, I wasn’t in the mood to entertain more fragile male egos.

Turns out, that guy was MnstrX.

Yeah, that MnstrX. The most famous pro gamer in the NLA scene. The guy who’s won every single major tournament in the game—twice.

And now, he’s on his stream, calling me his “mystery girl� and offering to coach me.

What do you even do when the best NLA player in the world asks to coach you?

You say yes.

What started as “just coaching� quickly became something more. Alex Thorne—aka MnstrX—turned out to be thoughtful, kind, and way more down-to-earth than I expected.

And if you think climbing the ranks in a competitive video game is hard, try navigating a secret relationship with one of the biggest names in esports.]]> 238 Reina Zoric Sarah 0 currently-reading 3.55 Good Game, Gamer Girl (Good Game, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fall (The Reluctant Romantics, #1)]]> 28000453 DallasHe was the beginning of my heart . . . and the end of it.I was only fifteen years old when he claimed it and twenty when he took it with him. They say what is meant to be will find a way. But when you have changed to the point of no return, how can anything ever be the same? Seven years later, Dean Martin waltzed back into my life in hopes of resuming what I had fought so hard to forget, but he was in for a wake-up call. I was no longer the naïve woman he had left . . . and I was no longer his. I met the love of my life and my soul mate when I was fifteen. I knew that; he knew that. He wanted that girl back.I wanted to forget she ever existed.DeanWhat I thought was my pre-destined path was very much an illusion.Living seven years with regret, I realized too late that I was broken, and that I only had myself to blame. I thought love could wait . . . but it didn’t. We’d had it all those years ago, and then I foolishly left it behind. She was all that mattered. She was all there ever was. There was no life without Dallas, no reason . . . except her.No matter how hard she tried to convince me, I knew I had to once again make her mine, to make her remember . . . the fall.The Reluctant Romantics Reading Order#1 The Fall#2 The Mind#3 The Heart*All books in the series must be read in order.Companion Books to The Reluctant RomanticsRoom 212 - prequel to The Reluctant SeriesNever Me - Cameo/crossover appearances of Never Me characters in Book #3 The Heart]]> 354 Kate Stewart Sarah 4 4.13 2015 The Fall (The Reluctant Romantics, #1)
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[Pucking Amazing (Team Players #2)]]> 211676559
My job as the Chicago Blizzard's addiction specialist is supposed to be simple. A drunken—and very public—bar fight means that the team needs some good PR, so I’ve been hired to treat the three players involved.

Sure, I’ve never worked with professional athletes before, but they’re just people like anyone else, right?

For me, it’s a chance to start over. New city, new career, and a permanent break from men after escaping my asshole ex.

But it’s not just the players� sobriety on the line—it’s the entire season. No pressure!

And it turns out that everyone on this team wants my advice. Like Tyler, the beautiful backup goalie struggling with his sexual identity, and DJ, the scorching-hot forward whose flirtations are impossible to ignore.

They’re not technically my patients, but when two men this stacked ask for help, how can I say no?

And if they ask for more…well, I’m going to have a lot of trouble saying no to that, too�

TROPES:

Pro Hockey Romance
Bisexual awakening
Workplace Romance
Secret Romance
Found Family]]> 412 Alexis Barlowe Sarah 0 currently-reading 3.99 Pucking Amazing (Team Players #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Consider Me (Playing For Keeps, #1)]]> 60040033
He’s arrogant, self-centered, and the man doesn’t seem to know what a filter is, let alone how to use one. He’s had everything served to him on a silver platter, including endless strings of women, and apparently, I’m up next.

His only problem? I have no intention of falling for his shi—um, charm.

I have the solution to all my sexual frustrations in a drawer at home, and it’s far less complicated than Carter Beckett. Sure, he may be pretty, but he’s also a walking, talking reminder for you to wrap it before you tap it.

But then I start letting my guard down, and he starts showing me pieces of himself I had no intention of seeing. The bricks surrounding me may be tumbling down one by one, but I’m not sold yet, which means for the first time in his life, Carter’s the one begging.

For my time, my trust, for a single chance.
For me to just…consider him.]]> 462 Becka Mack Sarah 0 currently-reading 3.83 2022 Consider Me (Playing For Keeps, #1)
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[Beneath the Hood (Sugarlake, 3)]]> 215057213 Blakely

My life is a stage.
Followed by millions, and loved by none.
And me, the captain of control, steering my image through choppy waters.
Making sure I stay on top.
No one ever sees me.
No one ever looks.
Until him.
But he's everything impossible, and a thousand shades of wrong.
Falling for him would ruin everything I've worked for.
So why can't I stay away?

Jackson

My life is a back-up plan.
Surrounded by friends, and loved by none.
And me, the king of heartbreak, gluing my pieces back together.
Making sure they stick.
No one ever sees me.
No one ever looks.
Until her.
But she's everything off limits, and a thousand shades of sin.
Falling for her would ruin everything I've worked for.
So why won't she stay away?

Beneath the Hood is a full-length, interconnected standalone and book three in the Sugarlake series. The series can be read in any order, however it is highly recommended to start with Book One (Beneath the Stars) to enhance your reading experience.

Beneath the Hood features strong language, explicit sexual scenes and mature situations which may be considered triggers for some. Reader discretion is advised. ]]> 416 Emily McIntire 1464229732 Sarah 4 3.85 2021 Beneath the Hood (Sugarlake, 3)
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> Fake It Like You Mean It 214988485 Fake dating, enemies to lovers, and a wonderfully unique forced proximity debut romance, perfect for fans of Elena Armas’s The American Roommate Experiment and Drew Barrymore’s classic rom-com Fifty First Dates.

Elle’s grandmother Lovie has always taken care of her, as long as she can remember. But remembering is just the problem. With Lovie’s Alzheimer’s progressing fast, it’s Elle’s turn to step up.

Leaving Chicago behind, the last thing she expects when she walks through the door of her childhood home is Adam Wheeler—in her bed. Live-in nurse and pain in the ass, Adam is here to do his job. Eat, sleep, nurse, repeat.

Thrown together to care for Lovie, tensions rise and lines are drawn, but there’s a bigger problem: in her Alzheimer’s riddled mind, Lovie’s convinced that Elle and Adam are madly in love.

Certain she’ll forget by morning, Elle and Adam play along. The only snag? She doesn’t.

Lovie is the only person who thinks this fake dating scheme is real…so why is Elle fantasizing about Adam when he’s not around? And why is it getting harder to pretend?

Fake It Like You Mean It is the perfect blend of romance, laugh out loud comedy, and heartbreaking, beautiful moments.]]> 336 Megan Murphy Sarah 3 3.84 2025 Fake It Like You Mean It
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> <![CDATA[Puck Around and Find Out (Pucked Up Omegaverse, #3)]]> 215795176
It starts off simple, dating in secret, and making sure that her father doesn’t find out she’s being courted by one of his players. But things get a little more complicated when the team’s mascot and new goalie also catch the Omega's eye, on and off the ice.

No matter how intensely feelings and pheromones are pushing them together, secrets threaten to destroy this pack before they’re even bonded. Hopefully, by some small miracle, they can come together and be the pack Sloane has always dreamed of.

This is book three in the interconnected Pucked Up Omegaverse series. It can be read as a standalone.]]> 406 Sarah Blue Sarah 3 4.10 2024 Puck Around and Find Out (Pucked Up Omegaverse, #3)
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> I Love to Hate You 152748491 I graduated college with a degree in marketing, and have just been brought on to be an intern at an ad agency. Contrary to the chaos in my home life, things are looking up � until I learn that Kendrick Kennedy will also intern for the same agency.

I met Kendrick just before graduating college, and out of everyone at Temple U, I hated him the most. I hated the way he intimidated people. I hated the way he always spoke his mind with no filter, and I really hated having to admit that sex with him brought out things in me that I never knew were there.

Now that we’re forced to work together, my hatred for him has returned, and so has the fire in my belly that burns only for him. I can’t stand having him around, but as our lives grow even more complicated, the man I loathe becomes my haven and the source of my greatest pleasures. He doesn’t try to put out the flames within me. He fans them, and together we burn hotter than the sun.
We are chaos and beauty combined, and Kendrick just might be the exact thing I’ve been craving this entire time. Now, if only we can get over our BS.]]> W.S. Greer Sarah 3 3.86 I Love to Hate You
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]]> <![CDATA[Secret or Shutout (D.C. Eagles Hockey, #4)]]> 215626809 A 6'5 NHL goalie walks into a bar and meets the love of his life...no, this isn't the start of a bad joke.

I had a chance encounter in a dimly lit bar that led to an earth-shattering kiss with a beautiful stranger.

But then the next morning my world is rocked again--when I walk inside my team captain's house and see her.

Farrah Remington isn't a mysterious stranger after all, she's the little sister of my captain and best friend. A woman firmly off limits to anyone on the D.C. Eagles.

Now, I have to pretend that kiss never happened. But the more I see Farrah, the hotter our chemistry burns, and the stronger our connection grows--until we can't resist each other any longer.

Sneaking around isn't ideal, but what my team captain doesn't know won't hurt him (or piss him off in the middle of the Stanley Cup playoffs).

I'm with my dream girl and my team is sailing through playoffs...until the truth comes out.

Now my team captain hates me, I can't keep pucks out of my net to save my life, and the woman I love won't speak to me.

Can I save my relationship, my friendship, and enough goals to help the D.C. Eagles finally win the Cup...or will I get shut out of Farrah's life forever?

Secret or Shutout is a dual POV, fade-to-black romance that can be read as a stand alone. This work of fiction contains mild language, depictions of PCOS, infertility, and divorce. If you are sensitive to these subjects, please use this content warning to make an informed decision about reading this book.]]> 338 Leah Brunner Sarah 0 currently-reading 4.17 2025 Secret or Shutout (D.C. Eagles Hockey, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sweet Obsession (Dark Olympus, #8)]]> 209116165 He was mine to protect. Mine to adore. Mine to lose forever.

Icarus may not have flown particularly close to the sun, but he has fallen…right into the rough hands of Olympus's own Poseidon. Being held captive by the gentle giant wouldn't be so bad if Olympus wasn't on the eve of destruction…or if Poseidon stopped looking at him with those irresistibly stormy eyes.

Poseidon doesn't have time to babysit his increasingly bratty prisoner, but he has no Olympus is officially at war, and someone has to keep their best bargaining chip out of harm's way. The thing is, the longer Poseidon is with Icarus, the more he starts to care for his sworn enemy...and the more he realizes that Icarus isn't the villain he's been made out to be. There's a warmth to him, a vulnerability, that Poseidon finds difficult to ignore or deny.

Now with Circe and the Aeaens at the gate and Olympus a hair's breadth away from falling, Poseidon will have to make a difficult about himself, about his allegiances, and about the man who woke his heart from its long slumber only to threaten to break it for good...

A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Poseidon and Icarus.]]> 336 Katee Robert Sarah 0 currently-reading 3.73 2025 Sweet Obsession (Dark Olympus, #8)
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]]> Kiss Me, Doc (Kiss-Met #1) 214983367
Callum Reed just found a fake wife.

When Cal shows up to a speed dating event with the express purpose of reaming out Dr. Ruth Coldwell for her abysmal matchmaking skills, he finds himself with an unusual opportunity instead–she needs a fake husband. He needs a fake girlfriend. It sounds like a match made in heaven, and he proposes a deal. Fake date him, and he’ll fake marry her, and both their problems will be solved.

As the lines between fake dating and real love begin to blur, a sinister shadow from Ruth’s past emerges, bringing with him a painful reminder. Ruth was never meant for love. And Cal was never meant to be hers.

Fake dating, steamy doctor “anatomy lessons,� witty banter, and Atwood’s signature “danger element� weave together this irresistible doctor romcom!]]> 357 Devon Atwood Sarah 0 currently-reading 4.24 Kiss Me, Doc (Kiss-Met #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Charlie Method (Campus Diaries, #3)]]> 212688557 The third in the steamy, hilarious Campus Diaries series by New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy, set in the same world as Off Campus and Briar U.

College senior Charlotte Kingston is living two lives―and she's nailing both of them. By day, she's the perfect sorority girl, a STEM student in biomedical engineering, and the adopted daughter of an overachiever family. At night, she's Charlie: a risk-taking daredevil looking for fun who finds herself chatting on a dating app with two anonymous hotties.

Will Larsen may seem like the breezy boy next door, but his congressman father is a constant thorn in his side. After a scandal hits another Division 1 hockey program, Will's dad is determined to distance his son from it, hiring a journalist to prove how squeaky-clean Will and his team are. Which means the last thing Will wants is for anyone to find out he and his best friend Beckett Dunne―a laidback Aussie shielding secret heartache―sometimes share girls in the bedroom.

When Charlie finally meets them in person and realizes she's been chatting with two gorgeous Briar U hockey players, things get steamy―fast. But all their messy secrets are piling up, and real life soon threatens to shatter the fantasy. With Charlie, Will, and Beckett all coming to terms with what they want and what others want for them, difficult decisions will need to be made.

Especially when lust starts to look a lot like love.]]> 528 Elle Kennedy 1464219354 Sarah 4 3.47 2025 The Charlie Method (Campus Diaries, #3)
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average rating: 3.47
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pucking Wrong Date (Pucking Wrong, #3)]]> 199135679 Walker Davis is going to ruin me� but for once, it might be worth it.

I’m a pariah, an outcast, and my life is not my own. I went to that hockey game hoping for an escape and found one in him. They call Walker Davis “Disney� for a reason, because the superstar goalie is the “Prince Charming� of every girl’s dreams. He told me he understood I just wanted one perfect night� But now he’s everywhere I go. He seems to know everything about me. He keeps saying I’m the one. And he’s trying to change my last name. He’s crazy� A wrong date can never be a happily ever after though� right?

*Note: Walker Davis is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her. This is a darker hockey romance.]]> 454 C.R. Jane Sarah 3 4.11 The Pucking Wrong Date (Pucking Wrong, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pucking Wrong Guy (Pucking Wrong, #2)]]> 157006962
The Pucking Wrong Guy is a hockey romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 414 C.R. Jane Sarah 3 4.01 The Pucking Wrong Guy (Pucking Wrong, #2)
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]]> Thrill Ride 215363234 Business meets pleasure at a family-owned theme park sexy, fun-filled debut from the Editor-in-Chief at Nerdist, as a thrill ride designer shows a straitlaced suit the lighter side of life—and discovers a whole new perspective of her own . . .

From Nerdist Editor-in-Chief and “Queen of the Geeks�

Charlotte Gates grew up in a land of fairytales and mythological creatures—literally—spending her childhood at her aunt and uncle’s theme park, Lands of Legend. It’s no surprise that she eventually landed her dream job designing thrill rides for a massive, global company. The surprise comes when she’s laid off—and catches her now ex-boyfriend cheating. With her boss. Worse, back in her Ohio hometown Charlotte finds that Lands of Legend is struggling. To stay open, they’ll have to work with an investor . . .

To Charlotte’s horror, Gregory Binns not only doesn’t know the difference between a theme park and an amusement park, he’s also never been on a roller coaster.Even more troubling, she’s certain his ideas will ruin Lands of Legend’s uniqueness.So, Charlotte sets out to make sure buttoned-up Gregory experiences the magic firsthand. Opening the new roller coaster, The Thrill Ride, is the perfect opportunity—which brings Charlotte to her next surprise . . .

As Gregory loosens up—even ditching his tie—Charlotte begins to see him in an attractive new light. She even catches herself fantasizing about what a life with less work and more Gregory would be like. But when her old job makes her a tempting new offer, she’s faced with a decision. Reclaim the career she worked her whole life to build, or sit tight for a thrilling new shot at love . . .
]]> 336 Amy Ratcliffe 1496750845 Sarah 0 currently-reading 3.65 Thrill Ride
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]]> On Screen & Off Again 220298658 A romantic will-they-won’t-they debut with a Hollywood twist, for fans of Love & Other Words and Every Summer After.

When Dax left, Wil swore she’d never forgive him. But now they’re co-stars and each other’s second chance at stardom... and maybe something more.

Seven years ago, childhood sweethearts Wilhelmina Chase and Daxon Avery were on top of the world as the charismatic star and beloved sidekick of a hit kids TV series. But when the show got cancelled, Dax left for college across the country, and they broke up.

Now they’re in their twenties, and their paths have diverged. Wil gets more attention in the tabloids than she does in casting calls, and Dax is about to star in a buzzy new movie that could cement his place on the Hollywood A-list. The one problem? After weeks of searching and auditions, his studio still hasn’t found the right co-star.

Meanwhile, Wil has just been arrested for stealing something from the home of a Hollywood bigwig. She gets to make one call from jail, and Dax’s is the only phone number she can remember.

On a whim, Dax swings Wil an audition for the movie. It’s a long shot, but it soon becomes clear Wil hasn’t lost an ounce of her talent; the years have given her a depth and intensity that Dax (and the casting director) can't look away from. As filming begins, the chemistry on both sides of the camera is stratospheric. But this is Wil’s last chance to reclaim her career; she can’t get distracted. Plus, Dax already left her behind once.

Will their romance be an on-screen hit but an off-screen disaster?]]> 343 Caitlin Cross 1961795248 Sarah 3 3.53 2025 On Screen & Off Again
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average rating: 3.53
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pucking Wrong Number (Pucking Wrong, #1)]]> 123414004
* Lincoln Daniels is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her.

This is a darker hockey romance. The Pucking Wrong Number is a hockey romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 390 C.R. Jane Sarah 4 3.56 2023 The Pucking Wrong Number (Pucking Wrong, #1)
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average rating: 3.56
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]]> Dom (Alliance, #3) 193557064
When I was nine, I went to my first funeral. Along with accepting my father's death, I had to accept new and awful truths I wasn't prepared for.

When I was nineteen, I went to my mother's funeral. We weren't close, but with her gone, I became more alone than ever before.

Sure, I have a half-brother who runs The Alliance. And yeah, he's given me his protection � in the form of a bodyguard and chauffeur. But I don't have anyone that really knows me. No one to really love me.

Until I meet him. The man in the airport.

And when one chance meeting turns into something hotter, something more serious, I let myself believe that maybe he's the one. Maybe this man is the one who will finally save me from my loneliness. The one to give me the family I've always craved.

DOM

The Mafia is in my blood. It's what I do.

So when that blood is spilled and one funeral turns into three, drastic measures need to be taken.

And when this battle turns into a war, I'm going to need more men. More power.

I'm going to need The Alliance.

And I'll become a member. By any means necessary.]]> 474 S.J. Tilly 1962096009 Sarah 4 4.28 2023 Dom (Alliance, #3)
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average rating: 4.28
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]]> King (Alliance, #2) 125948154
Okay, so, my bad for assuming the guy I was going on a date with wasn’t married. And my bad for taking him to a friend’s house for dinner, only to find out my friend is also friends with his wife. Because, in fact, he is married. And she happens to be at my friend’s house because her husband was busy working.

Confused? So am I.

Unsurprisingly, my date’s wife is super angry about finding out that her husband is a cheating asshole.

Girl, I get it.

Then, to make matters more convoluted, there is the man sitting next to my date’s wife. A man named King, who is apparently her brother, and who lives up to his name.

And since my date is a two-timing prick, I’m not going to feel bad about drooling over King, especially since I’ll never see him again.

Or at least I don’t plan to.

I plan to take an Uber to the cheater’s apartment to get my car keys.

I plan for it to be quick.

And if I had to list a thousand possible outcomes� witnessing my date’s murder, being kidnapped by his killer, and then being forced to marry the super attractive but clearly deranged crime lord, would not have been on my Bingo card.

But alas, here I am.]]> 394 S.J. Tilly Sarah 4 4.14 2023 King (Alliance, #2)
author: S.J. Tilly
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> Hans (Alliance, #4) 199901720
How to make the handsome, brooding man across the street notice me.

Step one: Deliver baked goods to his front porch, even though he never answers his door and always returns the containers when I'm not home.

Step two: Slowly lose my mind as a whole year passes without ever running into him, no matter how hard I try.

Step three: Have my boudoir photos accidentally delivered to his mailbox instead of mine. Have him open the package. Then have him storm into my home for the most panty-melting scolding of my life.

Step four: Still figuring out step four.

HANS

I'm a dangerous man.

A man who has spent the last two decades removing so many souls from this earth that it's a miracle my hands aren't permanently stained red.

I'm a man who belongs in the shadows.

I certainly don't belong in my pretty little neighbor's bedroom when she's not home, touching her things and inhaling her scent.

I shouldn't follow her. Shouldn't watch her. Because no number of cookies on my doorstep will change the fact that love isn't an option for me.

The only option left for me is violence.]]> 432 S.J. Tilly Sarah 3 4.28 Hans (Alliance, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Run Option (More Than a Game, #3)]]> 214002717 Jason Kingsley is not who I expected to marry.

I didn’t expect to marry anyone so soon, especially not the cocky star quarterback I can’t stand.

But when my work visa expires the same day Jason and I are caught looking a little too much like a couple…I have no choice but to pretend this fake marriage is real.

Jason needs good publicity, and I need to stay in the U.S., so we’re stuck together.

Except, Jason isn’t acting like he’s stuck. He’s playing the doting husband a little too well.

The more time I spend with him, the more I begin to question if my opinions of him have been wrong this whole time. Not that it matters though, because we made a deal, and that deal does not include falling for my husband.

The Run Option is a marriage-of-convenience football romcom for fans of flirty sports romance. It has all the sizzling chemistry you love, without any of the explicit scenes. Check out the third book in the More Than a Game series, an interconnected standalone series based around four men in four different sports.]]> 237 Annah Conwell Sarah 2 4.06 The Run Option (More Than a Game, #3)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.06
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]]> Undulate (Alchemy, #2) 123261541 I cultivate my shamelessness.

I wore it as a badge of honour at my convent school, and I’ve been turning it into an art form at Alchemy, the club whose social media I manage.

My boss, though? He’s the most proper person I’ve ever met. No one would peg him as the Finance Director of a sex club.

(I mean, no one’s pegging him at all, which is probably his problem. #justsayin)

I get it. He’s a widower who’s single-parenting two little girls while holding down a massive job. He needs an outlet. Something just for him.

Besides, I’ve seen the looks he gives me. Equal parts disapproval and desire. Looks that compel me to bring him back to life.

Which is why I proposition him to do unspeakable things to me.

Use my body to find some light in his darkness.

After all, he has an entire sex club at his disposal. Surely it’s rude not to indulge?


ZACH
This woman will be the death of me.

It’s deeply unfortunate that my soul only finds peace when my hands are on her body.

I’m beginning to understand that the basest pleasures of the flesh can overrule the most elevated emotions of the heart.

She looks like the embodiment of sin.

But God, she feels like salvation.

Undulate is a scorching hot age gap, single dad romance with an MMC who’s wounded and widowed and one of the most wonderfully unrepentant FMCs you’ll meet. It features characters you’ve met in Unfurl but has a standalone, monogamous HEA (despite the ‘helping hands� our MCs encounter at Alchemy along the way). It can be enjoyed on its own or as a sequel to Unfurl.]]> 392 Elodie Hart Sarah 4 4.03 2023 Undulate (Alchemy, #2)
author: Elodie Hart
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Beneath the Stands (Sugarlake, 2)]]> 215057173 Becca

I hated before I loved.
I loved and then I lost.
And the only man I’ve ever wanted is the one out of reach.
Temptation is the Devil’s candy, but I lost my faith in God years ago.
He’s forbidden.
Off-limits.
My biggest secret.
One I’m determined to take to my grave.
I’ve learned to live in the ghost of his memory. Craving his touch, but relieved he never comes home.
Until one day, he does. And everything comes crashing down.
After all, nothing secret stays hidden for long.

Eli

I lost before I left.
I left and then I loved.
And the only woman I’ve ever seen is the one that I resent.
There’s a thin line between love and hate, but I stopped playing in-bounds years ago.
She’s forbidden.
Off-limits.
My sister’s best friend.
The one who blazes like the sun.
I’ve learned to live in the shade.
Forgetting the heat and embracing the cold.
Until finally, I’m home. And everything goes up in flames.
After all, she’s the one who lights my fire, and I always chase the match.]]> 432 Emily McIntire 1464229724 Sarah 3 3.86 2020 Beneath the Stands (Sugarlake, 2)
author: Emily McIntire
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[My Dark Prince (Dark Prince Road, #3)]]> 207921757 This Sleeping Beauty woke up...
In a nightmare.

From Wall Street Journal bestsellers L.J. Shen and Parker S. Huntington comes a twisted second-chance romance between a prince haunted by a dark secret and his reluctant Sleeping Beauty.

Oliver
I don’t usually trap women with amnesia into marriage.
But I guess there’s a first time for everything.
When the woman of my dreams falls into my lap, I can’t help but wonder what else she can do in that position.
She’s here. In my house. At my mercy.
And she thinks we’ve been lovers the entire decade we spent apart.
Briar and I have always been unfinished business.
Now it’s time to seal the deal.

Briar
I’m marrying a beautiful monster.
A crooked fraud. America’s wealthiest bachelor.
He claims we’re in love, yet all I taste in our kisses is hate and lust.
I don’t remember why or how.
But I do remember he’s the enemy.
Now, I’m stuck inside a nightmare.
And Oliver will do anything to keep me in the dark.

Authors� Note: My Dark Prince is a standalone enemies-to-lovers Sleeping Beauty retelling, in which a damaged billionaire with a dark past and his childhood sweetheart fall in love—literally. It is set in the decadent Dark Prince Road universe.]]> 438 Parker S. Huntington Sarah 4 4.06 My Dark Prince (Dark Prince Road, #3)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Dream Girl Drama (Big Shots, #3)]]> 214283601 A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can’t seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged—in an all-new rom-com by #1New York Timesbestselling author Tessa Bailey.

When professional hockey player Sig Gauthier’s car breaks down and his phone dies, he treks into a posh private country club to call a tow truck, where he encounters the alluring Chloe Clifford, the manic pixie dream girl who captivates him immediately with her sense of adventure and penchant for stealing champagne.

Sparks fly during a moonlight kiss and the enamored pair can’t wait to see each other again, but when Sig finally arrives to meet his dad’s new girlfriend over dinner, Chloe is confusingly also there. Turns out the girlfriend is Chloe’s mother. Oh, and they’re engaged.

Sig’s dream girl is his future stepsister.

Though the pair is now wary of being involved romantically, Chloe, a sheltered harp prodigy, yearns to escape her controlling mother. Sig promises to teach her the ins and outs of independence in Boston—but not inside his bedroom. They both know there can never be more than friendship between a famous hockey player and his high-society, soon-to-be stepsister. But keeping their relationship platonic grows harder amid the developing family drama, especially knowing they were meant for so much more�


]]> 320 Tessa Bailey 0063380781 Sarah 4 3.45 2025 Dream Girl Drama (Big Shots, #3)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.45
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]]> Truth Or Date 205878621 Falling for the man of her dreams�

Ruby Wood is perfectly happy playing the dating game � until she has a red-hot dream about her very attractive flatmate, Nick. He might spend every day saving lives as a junior doctor, but he’s absolutely the last man on earth that fun-loving Ruby would ever date!

The solution? Focus on all of Nick’s bad points. And if that fails, up her dating antics and find herself a man! So what if she manages to make disapproving, goody two-shoes Nick jealous in the process�

Only, after a series of nightmare first dates, there’s still just one man on Ruby’s mind. Maybe it’s time to admit the truth and dare to ask Nick to be her next date?

]]> Portia MacIntosh 1474049613 Sarah 3 3.43 Truth Or Date
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.43
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]]> <![CDATA[First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)]]> 213243908 A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.

Aiden Valentine has a secret: he's fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore's romance hotline, that's a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight.

Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof—she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending... even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.]]> 448 B.K. Borison 0593641191 Sarah 3 4.06 2025 First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.06
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]]> Unfurl (Alchemy, #1) 83175446 When you’ve been told your whole life that something is sinful, you have two options.

Avoid it like the plague. Like it has the power to destroy all that is good and pure.

Or become as fixated upon it as Eve was upon that apple.

I’m sick of the push-pull of terror and temptation. It’s tearing me apart. I just want a bite of the apple.

More than a bite. I want to devour it. Have its juices spill from my lips.

And by apple I, of course, mean sex.

RAFE
My new neighbour is the kind of beautiful that could bring a man to his knees. But she’s twenty-two. Fourteen years younger than me.

That’s too young. I've vowed to stay away. Until she comes to me for help.

It seems she has something to dispose of. Her chastity.

And it seems I have something she wants. The club I run for discerning adults. More specifically, the programme we’ve created for women just like Belle.

A programme that will transform her from innocent to damned.

Unfurl the parts of her she’s denied until now.

It seems I may not be the only one falling to my knees, after all.

God help us both.

Unfurl is a steamy age-gap contemporary romance featuring multiple partner play and a monogamous HEA.]]> 382 Elodie Hart Sarah 5 3.74 Unfurl (Alchemy, #1)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.74
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]]> Deep End 212808709 A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.

Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships—at least, that’s what she tells herself.

Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It’s how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes.

So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water...]]> 464 Ali Hazelwood Sarah 4 3.94 2025 Deep End
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.94
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]]> Change of Heart 213243919 From the beloved author of Right on Cue and Lease on Love comes a whimsical new rom-com about a workaholic forced to aim for a goal she never thought she'd love.

Campbell Andrews despises exactly three things in incompetence, tardiness, and love stories. Making partner at her law firm at thirty-four, she has no time for anything or anyone else. And certainly no respect for those who choose love over work. That is, until she wakes up in Heart Springs—her own personal hell.

The good news? She's not dead. She's been magically transported to a small town straight out the Hallmark channel, complete with a meddling mayor, seasonal festivals, and friendly townsfolk. Cam can't stand it, but in order to make it back to her real life, she has to fulfill three tasks . . . most importantly, she has to find true love. It seems impossible. But anything's possible with a Change of Heart.]]> 336 Falon Ballard 0593712927 Sarah 3 3.37 Change of Heart
author: Falon Ballard
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.37
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]]> Unloved (The Undone, #2) 214152028 The highly anticipated follow-up to Peyton Corinne’s “unputdownable and unforgettable� (Bal Khabra, author of Collide) TikTok sensation Unsteady follows hopeless romantic Ro and player—on and off the ice—Freddy as their feelings for each other grow from strictly friendly to so much more.

Matt “Freddy� Fedderic is all smiles—at least on the surface. On the ice, he’s the star left winger for the Waterfell Wolves with a stellar reputation in bed and a potential future in the NHL. But in the classroom, he’s barely scraping by on a 2.0 GPA, retaking dropped classes and struggling with a rough mix of dyslexia, dyscalculia, and ADHD. Freddy had plans to enter the NHL draft at eighteen, but then his estranged father added a “graduation� clause to his inheritance, and now, he needs help to pass Biology with a professor who’s already betrayed him before.

Ro Shariff is a hopeless romantic with terrible luck in love—and now, Freddy’s new tutor. She keeps telling herself that she’s very happy with her on again/off again boyfriend, but Ro is desperate for real affection. As her tutoring sessions with Freddy lead to friendship and late-night phone calls, an undeniable heat begins to simmer between them, which they’re both trying desperately to ignore.

Although they are too protective of their newfound friendship to cross that line, Ro can’t stop thinking about how Freddy was her first kiss her freshman year at Waterfell, a spine-tingling moment seared into Ro’s memory that Freddy doesn’t seem to remember, and Freddy is determined to protect Ro from his reputation at all costs. Meanwhile, Ro wants to prove to him that despite what others have led him to believe, he’s worth more than his body. But maybe, just maybe, together they can learn how easily the right person can love every part of you, even your flaws.]]> 449 Peyton Corinne 1668068486 Sarah 4 4.11 2025 Unloved (The Undone, #2)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.11
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]]> Nero (Alliance, #1) 85164835
Running away from home at 17 wasn’t easy. Let’s face it though, nothing before, or in the ten years since, has ever been easy for me.
And I’m doing okay. Sorta. I just need to keep scraping by, living under the radar. Staying out of people’s way, off people’s minds.
So when a man walks through my open patio door, stepping boldly into my home, and my life, I should be scared. Frightened. Terrified.
But I must be more broken than I realized, because I’m none of those things.
I’m intrigued.
And I’m wondering if the way to take control of my life is by giving in to him.

Nero

The first time I took a man’s life, I knew there’d be no going back. No normal existence in the cards for me.
So instead of walking away, I climbed a mountain of bodies, and created my own destiny. By forming The Alliance.
And I was fine with that. Content enough to carry on.
Until I stepped through those open doors, and into her life.
I should’ve walked away. Should’ve gone right back out the door I came through. But I didn’t.
And now her life is in danger.
But that’s the thing about being a bad man. I’ll happily paint the streets red to protect what’s mine.
And Payton is mine. Whether she knows it or not.]]> 368 S.J. Tilly Sarah 3 3.86 2023 Nero (Alliance, #1)
author: S.J. Tilly
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> Celebrity Crush 214175072
Author Emmy Ellison is a sucker for a page-turning happy ending, but she’s no longer counting on one for herself. If she stays focused on her career goals instead of her love life, she just might find success. And now that her latest novel is about to become a movie, she’s determined to become the latest social media sensation.

Enter her plan for her secret celebrity crush, the real-life inspiration for her romantic hero. When he accepts the starring role in the big-screen adaptation of her book, she’s determined to team up with a fake dating scheme—now that he’s in need of some good PR of his own. Ideally, she can ride the wave of popularity all the way to the top of the bestseller lists. But when the harsh spotlight of fame exposes the truth, will they try to turn their on-camera chemistry into a real-life relationship?]]> 352 Christy Swift 1538767767 Sarah 3 3.55 2025 Celebrity Crush
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.55
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rating: 3
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]]> The Launch Date 213344054
In this witty and fun rom-com debut from Annabelle Slator, rival coworkers become reluctant daters after they're forced to work together on a brand-new dating app in hopes of winning a promotion—perfect for fans of Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game.

Grace Hastings’s dream job at the popular “true love� dating app, Fate, has turned into a nightmare. Her boss is a leech, her career is stagnating, and her fiancé has just brutally dumped her. Her hope for finding her own love story is waning, and she feels like a fraud for promoting a concept she no longer believes in. When the company’s CEO offers her an opportunity to earn a big promotion, she resolves to fight her imposter syndrome to show she deserves a seat at the table.

The opportunity? To launch a brand-new app focusing on IRL dating and genuine connection.

The problem? She must develop and test-drive a series of “first dates� with the other person gunning for the job: notorious socialite playboy and Grace’s biggest work rival, Eric Bancroft.

During their disastrous hikes, dangerous cooking classes, and steamy yoga sessions, they begin to realize their stark differences may just be surface level and Eric might just be the perfect person to challenge Grace’s perceptions of love, dating culture, and self-worth.]]> 416 Annabelle Slator 0063383624 Sarah 3 3.83 2025 The Launch Date
author: Annabelle Slator
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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]]> Keyed Up (Brunch Bros, #1) 74710535 A Small Town Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy

Hotel manager Eloise Price is getting a crash course in being careful what you wish for. After years of dreaming about owning the historic Crane Hotel, she was thrilled when her former boss left half of the hotel to her in his will. But dreams have a funny way of turning into nightmares and all that original plumbing has sucked her bank account dry. It doesn’t help that her co-owner hasn’t lifted a finger to help. Would a jury convict her if she strangled him?

Graham Thatcher has it all. A thriving tech business, great friends, and a not-so-small obsession with a romantic Victorian drama that he keeps secret from everyone but his anonymous message board friend. The last thing he wanted was half of the decrepit hotel his great uncle left him in his will. After months of increasingly terse emails and zero progress, Graham finally travels to sleepy Crane Cove, Oregon to convince his stubborn co-owner to see things his way. Except Eloise is not at all what he was expecting, and with every passing day, Graham begins to question if what he thought he didn’t want is exactly what he needs.

And his elusive internet friend? She might be a little closer than he thinks.]]> 362 Sarah Estep Sarah 3 4.13 2023 Keyed Up (Brunch Bros, #1)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.13
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rating: 3
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]]> The Perfect Rom-Com 216052747 She's written dozens of smash hit novels as a ghostwriter. Too bad no one knows it.

Aspiring author Bryony Page attends her first writers conference bursting with optimism and ready to sell her manuscript with long-shot dreams of raising awareness for The Bridge, her grandmother's financially-struggling organization where she teaches ESL full-time. But after a disastrous pitching session, she stumbles into correcting another author's work in a last-ditch attempt to make a good impression with the agent. And she, as it turns out, is spot on.

No one is more surprised than Bryony when the agent offers her the opportunity to be a ghostwriter for Amelia Benedict, popular rom-com novelist. Bryony agrees on one she'll write books for this vain, demanding woman just as long as Jack Sterling, literary agent of the legendary Foundry Literary Agency, works to sell her own book too.

What nobody predicted, however, was that Bryony's books would turn Amelia Benedict into the Amelia Benedict, household name and bestselling author with millions of copies sold around the world.

And just like that, the Foundry Agency can't let her go.

But on a personal note, Jack is realizing he can't either.]]> 304 Melissa Ferguson 0840716885 Sarah 4 3.73 2025 The Perfect Rom-Com
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.73
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]]> Into the Woods 212924210 Summer camp just got a whole lot hotter in this enemies-to-lovers romance, perfect for readers of Tessa Bailey and Lucy Score.

Teddy Knight’s band has just broken up in spectacular fashion after his longtime bandmate and—he’d thought—closest friend decides to go solo. So when he’s offered a last-minute gigto fill in as an artist-in-residence at a summer arts camp—whichcomes with a lake cabin andlots of free timeto workon a revenge album—he takes it. No matter that he knows nothing about nature, dislikes kids, and is generally a grump.

Gretchen Miller is having a mid-life crisis. Luckily, her summer job as the dance teacher at Wild Arts summer camp will allow her to drop out of society for a while. Having sworn off dating, she decides she’ll go into the woods and become a crone. She might skip the “luring innocent children to their death� part of cronedom, but she’s all for the “curse men� aspect.

Teddy and Gretchen clash from the get-go when he mistakes her for a fan, and she relegates him to the “entitled jerk� ash heap. Despite their determination to dislike each other, a wary friendship blooms as the magic of the woods starts to unwind them, and they spend long hours by the campfire talking about art, being stuck, and the idea of starting over.But woods are often filled with monsters, and Teddy and Gretchen will have toface their fears if they want to start over together.]]> 368 Jenny Holiday 1538724952 Sarah 3 3.66 2025 Into the Woods
author: Jenny Holiday
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.66
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]]> <![CDATA[Give Me Butterflies (Oaks Sisters, #1)]]> 183904913
. . . Not that she’s spent much time noticing any of those things.

Finn Ashford doesn’t mean to glare at everyone, but he’s juggling his job at the museum, navigating the grief of losing his sister, attempting to make his nieces smile, and not ruin dinner for the fifth night in a row.

When Millie stumbles through the door of her interview, her eyes scan the committee and land on the one man that could derail her promotion, but it just so happens he’s also the one man that could make all her dreams come true.

Give Me Butterflies is a slow burn, single guardian romance. This steamy story features a handsome grump who seems to only smile for his nieces, an anxious curator finding the confidence to believe in herself, and a cast of endearing, meddling side characters. It’s full of swoony moments, nerdy banter, and enough fiery tension to light the museum ablaze.]]> 340 Jillian Meadows Sarah 3 4.00 2023 Give Me Butterflies (Oaks Sisters, #1)
author: Jillian Meadows
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Only in Your Dreams (Oakwood Bay, #1)]]> 217262692
If he can prove he loved her then, and he loves her still, this time might be different.

Ten years after one of the most heartbreaking nights of her life, Melody Woods is back in her small hometown of Oakwood Bay, broke, jaded, and unceremoniously dumped by her big-city boyfriend. To top it all off, her twin brother, Parker, is pushing her to take his spot on a camping trip with the one guy she’s spent a decade avoiding.

For college football coach Zac Porter, his best friend’s twin sister, Melody, has always been off-limits. And after fumbling his chance ten years ago, a devastated Zac was sure he’d lost Melody for good. So, when Melody shows up at the campsite instead of Parker, Zac realizes that now is the time to prove to her that they were always meant to be, no matter how long it takes to make up for his teenage self’s mistake.

Reeling from the truth of her last relationship, Melody plans to stay in town just long enough to get back on her feet. Then, she’s gone again. Meanwhile, Zac is facing an uphill battle to coach his team to its first winning game in years, to show Melody how she deserves to be loved, and to keep Parker from ever finding out. Maybe then, being with her will be more than just a dream.]]> 432 Ellie K. Wilde 1668093162 Sarah 3 3.91 2025 Only in Your Dreams (Oakwood Bay, #1)
author: Ellie K. Wilde
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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]]> Overdrive (Offtrack #2) 212090782 Racing starts. Rapid hearts. Revved engines.

Shantal knows one thing in life: that success means everything. So when she gets the call to move from London to Brazil, to test out her racing simulator on high performance Formula One racing drivers, she leaves her life behind, and goes. Because she’ll do anything to succeed.

Darien knows one thing in life: passion is everything. It’s his passion for driving that has led him to the heights of motorsport, a coveted seat as a Formula One driver. When his team insists he moves to Brazil to trial a new racing simulator and racetrack, he goes. Because the one thing he is more passionate about than cars, is Brazil, his home.

When Shantal and Darien meet, sparks aren’t just flying from the gearbox. Darien knows from the moment he meets Shantal that she sends his heart into overdrive, and Shantal can’t keep her eyes off of the gorgeous driver. But in the high stakes world of Formula One, there’s no room for error, and there’s definitely no room for romance on the racetrack…]]> 347 Esha Patel 0008693978 Sarah 3 3.57 Overdrive (Offtrack #2)
author: Esha Patel
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.57
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]]> Can't Help Faking in Love 213243972 A young woman with Bollywood roots hires a barista to act as her boyfriend for her cousin’s wedding—only to learn you can’t fake chemistry like theirs—in this desi romance from the author of Match Me If You Can

Harsha Godbole has never felt love from her family, but she’s always been surrounded by their Bollywood business mogul wealth. Now back in Bangalore after studying in America, Harsha is ready to start her adult life without their money. But that becomes impossible when everything she’s worked so hard for comes crumbling down. Fearful of showing up to her cousin’s upcoming wedding as a failure—and worse, a single failure—Harsha decides to put her trust fund to good use . . .

Veer Kannan does everything for his family. He even gave up his dreams of becoming a Bollywood star to get a more consistent gig . . . although working as a barista wasn’t really the big break he was hoping for. It’s a humble life, but a happy one, nonetheless. Then financial aid falls through for his brother’s first year in business school, so now Veer needs to come up with a large sum of money, and fast.

Harsha’s outlandish plan to hire her favorite baristaas her fake boyfriend for the weekend-long wedding bash is received surprisingly well by Veer, who hopes this will be his ticket to Bollywood. But Harsha and Veer get way more than they bargainedfor in this heartwarming journey to finding unexpectedlove and courage.]]> 272 Swati Hegde 0593722930 Sarah 3 3.75 2025 Can't Help Faking in Love
author: Swati Hegde
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.75
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]]> Retrograde 209287055 PRE-ORDER THE PERFECT SIZZLING MOTORSPORTS ROMANCE FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BLOODSTREAM!

Revolution Racing are enjoying their best season yet. But for Lucie Carolan she can’t help but feel there’s still something missing.


Brett Anderson is Revolution Racing’s all star driver. The only thing that matters more to Brett than winning championships? His best friend, and Revolution Racing’s Social Media Manager, Lucie Carolan.
Together, Lucie and Brett have spent 10 years travelling the world with their team, partying like VIPs and, for the sake of their friendship, denying the chemistry that has sizzles between them. So when Brett is forced to take a step back from racing, Lucie knows there’s nowhere else in the world she should be than by his side.
As Brett’s recovery takes them from race tracks to Lucie’s family home in Tuscany, will slowing the pace of their lives finally allow them to give in to their feelings or each other, or will taking a foot off the gas of their glamorous lives cause them to crash and burn?

Perfect for fans of Lauren Asher, Hannah Grace, Elsie Silver and Becka Mack
]]> 364 Emilee Carter 1405958081 Sarah 3 3.33 Retrograde
author: Emilee Carter
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Charming As Hell (Charming, #3)]]> 125157689
After nearly a decade of possessing humans to survive, Mara is looking for answers and she won’t stop until she has the full picture. Despite her paranoia, she manages the loyalty of three very attractive demons. Whether she’ll use this army for war or for her own personal pleasure is yet to be seen.

The one thing for certain is that there’s no stopping this formidable demon from getting what she wants, even if she doesn’t seem to know what her own end game is.

This is the third book in the Charming series. It’s recommended to read in release order, however, this can be read as a standalone.]]> 356 Sarah Blue Sarah 4 3.97 2023 Charming As Hell (Charming, #3)
author: Sarah Blue
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> Rock (Rockers to Lovers #1) 208989783
Turns out it was too good to be true. Rex Sloane is cold, hard, and impenetrable. I'm not convinced he's even human. Oh, and he's a dick.

I should've walked my over-qualified legs right out of his penthouse the moment he screamed at me for wearing a tutu with his daughter, but stupid me, I didn't. His daughter captivated me with her sweet eyes and silent voice, and I couldn't walk away.

Rex is clearly an ass and it's a mistake to stay.

Yet . . . I may have to. For both of them.

Contains mature themes.]]> 0 S.K. Allison Sarah 4 3.83 Rock (Rockers to Lovers #1)
author: S.K. Allison
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.83
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]]> Hale (Hale Brothers #1) 175520113
When professional soccer player HUNTER HALE returns home after years of living in Europe, he needs only one thing: a nanny for his daughter, Story. The problem? No matter how highly skilled the candidates are, he doesn’t like any of them. The situation seems impossible until Story’s uncle, Hayden, finds the solution � his best friend, PIPER EVANS.

With her little sister’s health declining, Piper was forced to drop out of college and help pay for her sister’s medical expenses from her college fund. Her plan? Find a job and save up money so she can continue her studies after taking a year off. Just as she’s about to start work at a local café, Hayden steps in with an offer she can’t refuse.

Working as a live-in nanny for Hayden’s niece sounds like a dream come true—until Piper sees her new boss. It’s been years, and Hunter Hale is not like she remembers him. He’s handsome, well-built, and most definitely, off-limits…right?
_

HALE is a steamy single dad sports romance. The book one of Hale Brothers series and can be read as a standalone.]]> 380 Anastasija White 6090803642 Sarah 5 3.85 Hale (Hale Brothers #1)
author: Anastasija White
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.85
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]]> Bad Crush (Campus Nights, #2) 63276330
Reasons not to crush on Adam:
He's my best friend's brother.
He's my neighbor.
He's the captain of the hockey team.
He's a serial monogamist who's sworn off dating.

Reasons not to fake date Adam: See above.

He has no idea I actually like him—like really like him. But do I listen to any of those really great reasons? Of course not. Now, thanks to my amazing and convincing acting skills, one fake date ends with him being my fake fiancé (oops!).

My bad crush has gotten me in way over my head.]]> 329 Rebecca Jenshak Sarah 3 3.56 2021 Bad Crush (Campus Nights, #2)
author: Rebecca Jenshak
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Charming the Devil (Charming, #2)]]> 63017558 321 Sarah Blue Sarah 4 3.86 2023 Charming the Devil (Charming, #2)
author: Sarah Blue
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> The Tip-Off (Smart Jocks, #3) 206064105
He’s spent his whole life chasing the bright lights of the NBA.

We have nothing in common, except for the fact our friends ditched us for spring break.

I have a bucket list for my senior year at Valley U.

He’s the only person I know on campus.

I’m ready to start checking things off my list.

Frat party: Check.
TP the baseball house: Check.
Goat yoga: Check.
Skinny dipping: Check.
Falling for Zeke Sweets, Valley U’s MVP: Not going to happen.]]> 286 Rebecca Jenshak Sarah 3 3.75 The Tip-Off (Smart Jocks, #3)
author: Rebecca Jenshak
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.75
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]]> <![CDATA[Falling: Discreet Cover (North University)]]> 219266341
MILES DAVIS is North University’s golden boy, famed for his hockey skills and movie-star looks. After a team tragedy, he’s the only one still struggling to bounce back, making it hard to even think about hockey when it used to be the only thing on his mind.

After an eventful meet-cute and a bet-turned-date, Wren and Miles form the perfect partnership. His popularity could revive her star status and team support, while her workouts might get him back on the ice. But their fake dating pact reveals more than they expected. Miles’s kind side starts to thaw Wren’s frozen heart, and she finds herself falling for him more each day.

When the line between what’s real and what’s fake begins to blur, will either of them admit to feelings that aren’t just pretend?

This book was originally self-published by the author in 2023 under the title 'Fake Dates & Ice Skates.' Since then, the author has made minor and some major tweaks to the story, but the overall themes are the same. ]]> 546 Janisha Boswell Sarah 3 3.75 2023 Falling: Discreet Cover (North University)
author: Janisha Boswell
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> Let's Call a Truce 211004830 LET’S CALL A TRUCE is a sexy contemporary romance about second chances at life and love, bursting with humor and a touch of angst from debut author, Amy Buchanan.

After Juliana Ryan's husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her with two grieving kids and a stunted career from years as a stay-at-home mom, she has no choice but to make it work all on her own. But her confidence crashes around her when she overhears her condescending but infuriatingly attractive new colleague, Ben Thomas, talking about how her kids and inexperience are a liability the company can’t afford. This sets off a feud between the two, as Juliana vows to prove him wrong.

Two years later, their feud rages on, but it may be charged with something they aren't willing to admit. When they are forced onto a career-making project together, Juliana has no choice but to call a truce. As their lives become more intertwined in and out of the office, Juliana finds it hard to ignore Ben’s perpetual smile and charming determination. What started as a truce grows into more, as boardroom-clearing arguments turn to desk-clearing kisses. Could the man she deemed her nemesis understand her life–her stress and responsibilities–better than anyone?

But just when Juliana decides to open her heart again, Ben’s past threatens their newfound bliss, and she has to figure out whether this second chance at love is worth it after all.]]> 336 Amy Buchanan 1250341566 Sarah 4 3.76 2025 Let's Call a Truce
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.76
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]]> Work in Progress 213212691
UK Bus Trip Goals:

1. Crawl out of pajamas.
2. Get over cheating bastard and his stupid ironed jeans.
3. Have my first real adventure!
4. Achieve stability, strength, and growth.
5. Definitely do NOT kiss any British men.

Alice loves a good list. But careful planning didn’t stop her from losing her job and her fiance in one fell swoop. With her dreaded 30th birthday looming on the horizon, Alice makes the first impulsive decision of her life - booking a flight to the UK for a three-week, all-female, literary bus tour. What could possibly go wrong?

Turns out - everything.

Alice arrives to discover that this tour isn’t what she expected. At all. Instead of cool, globe-trotting thirtysomethings with meaningful tattoos, she finds a rickety, antique bus full of fluffy-haired octogenarians. And to make matters infinitely worse, the tour guide makes her blood boil! And that devilish grin of his tells her he’s dead set on making her trip a misery.

But as they travel from castle ruins to cozy pubs, Alice may just find that she’s got it all wrong. The ladies are vivacious. The book club chat is on fire. And damn if that mischievous smile doesn't threaten to turn her world upside down - and her beloved list right along with it!]]> 384 Kat Mackenzie 0063379031 Sarah 3 3.84 2025 Work in Progress
author: Kat Mackenzie
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.84
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]]> First Meet Foul 204397461
Luca Monroe doesn’t have time for feelings in his plan to get to the NFL to financially take care of his grandma. He had a rough life and can’t afford to veer off track—no matter how much his teammate’s sister tempts him. She’s a weakness he refuses to indulge, so keeping his distance is the only solution. He’d never betray his quarterback like that, and plus, every second of his day is focused on football.

But when Lorelei ends up in a fight for an internship with the guy who broke her heart, she teams up with Luca to wow her professor. The project brings the two together, and with that, their chemistry implodes. They agree to a friends-with-benefits arrangement. The rules are no feelings and no one ever finds out.

Despite their own rules, feelings get involved. Lorelei refuses to be kept secret, and Luca always puts the football team first. However, when she walks away, Luca’s on defense. He either risks it all for the girl who’s become his everything or miss a chance of scoring real love.]]> Jaqueline Snowe Sarah 4 3.35 2023 First Meet Foul
author: Jaqueline Snowe
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Westin (The Sovereign Mountain, #2)]]> 205774084
Set in the rural beauty of northern Montana, Westin delves into the tumultuous love story of Westin Quinn and Diane Carter.

Diane has lived on Carter Farms for her entire life. Raised by her grandmother, she learned to be strong, smart, and independent.

But after her grandmother’s death, Diane finds herself stuck in a tedious existence, under the thumb of her bitter brother, David.

All that changes when a cowboy from Sovereign Mountain, the biggest and most infamous ranch around, shows up.

He’s dangerous and forbidden. And he pulls her into a whirlwind, scorching hot romance that’s doomed from the start.
But when faced with the possibility of losing the family farm, Diane is forced to give up the one thing she wants most—freedom to choose her own destiny.

She’s not as alone as she thinks, because Westin Quinn, the cowboy from Sovereign Mountain, never moved on.

And he’s getting his girl back.

Westin is a dark, cowboy romance with heavy themes and content suitable for adults only. TWs are provided on the author's site.]]> 402 Raya Morris Edwards Sarah 4 4.06 2024 Westin (The Sovereign Mountain, #2)
author: Raya Morris Edwards
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Break the Rules (Loveless Brothers, #3)]]> 136331772 She’s my best friend’s kid sister.
Now she’s not a kid any more.

As a forest ranger, I believe in the simple life. I prefer cabins to apartments, trails over freeways, and trees to people. My life is orderly, predictable, and quiet.

Until it’s hit by a woman I never saw coming -- Hurricane June.

She’s fierce. She’s feisty. She has a laugh like the first day of spring, and she’s so pretty that I can’t breathe when I look at her. June will only be in town for a few months—just while job-hunting. She won’t last until winter, but how can I resist?

Except I have to. She’s my best, oldest, and most loyal friend’s baby sister.

Betraying him would be the worst thing I’ve ever done. Not betraying him might be the hardest.

Especially once we start working together on a secret project. All this spending time together, sneaking around at night, and lying to her brother about what we’re doing sure feels like more than friendship.

June might break my heart.
Her brother might break my nose.

But I guess some things were made to be broken.

Break the Rules is a steamy, standalone romantic comedy.]]> 403 Roxie Noir Sarah 4 3.79 2019 Break the Rules (Loveless Brothers, #3)
author: Roxie Noir
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Spare (Biotech Billionaires, #1)]]> 183223682
They call me the biotech Wunderkind or the cold billionaire with a tragic past. Controlled, focused, and always a step ahead. I built my seemingly limitless success by pushing boundaries but never crossing them. There’s no obstacle too difficult to overcome, and no situation is too complex to maneuver around. But after years away, coming home and seeing Sloan is a complication I can’t manage. She makes my mind wander to places it shouldn’t, making me want things I can’t have. She’s a forbidden temptation that could crack the defenses I’ve spent years building.


Sloan

My lot in life is to be the spare to a less-than-worthy heir, constantly living in second place. Relegated to the society pages instead of the business section, I’m determined to make a name for myself. A six-month assignment in London will do just that. I’ll secure my position as the youngest senior partner at my firm and prove to my family that I was the choice they mistakenly ignored. My eyes are firmly fixed on the prize until Marcus sweeps back into my life. My older brother’s best friend turned greatest business rival ignites something in me that I can’t ignore. He maintains a facade of cool indifference, but his eyes tell a different story. One that threatens to set our lives alight.]]> Ava Rani Sarah 4 3.56 2023 The Spare (Biotech Billionaires, #1)
author: Ava Rani
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Double Apex (Frontrunners, #1)]]> 207567928
Cosmin Ardelean is intense and committed, but as famous for his off-track romantic exploits as his on-track wizardry. Yet his devil-may-care façade conceals a haunted past. When the pair strikes up a secret—and thrillingly forbidden—“arrangement� to improve their communication and bond of trust, the heat of their attraction turns to something more . . .

But no secret stays hidden for long in the racing world, and soon things are spinning out of control. With everything on the line, will they be able to strip away all their defenses and go full throttle for a chance at love?]]> 353 Josie Juniper 1538768976 Sarah 3 3.20 2024 Double Apex (Frontrunners, #1)
author: Josie Juniper
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.20
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> Out of the Woods 209220944
But Sarah has begun to wonder... Who is she without her other half?

When she decides to take on a project of her own, a fundraising gala in memoriam of her late mother, Sarah wants nothing more than to prove to herself—and to everyone else—that she doesn’t need Caleb’s help to succeed. She’s still her mother’s daughter, after all. Independent and capable.

That is until the event fails and Caleb uninvitedly steps in to save the day.

The rift that follows unearths a decade of grievances between them and doubts begin to grow. Are they truly the same people they were when they got married at nineteen? Are they supposed to be?

In a desperate attempt to fix what they fear is near breaking, Sarah and Caleb make the spontaneous decision to join a grueling hiking trip intended to guide couples through rough patches.

What follows is a life-affirming comedy of errors as two nature-averse people fight their way out of the woods in order to find their way back to their roots.]]> 336 Hannah Bonam-Young 0593871863 Sarah 3 3.99 2025 Out of the Woods
author: Hannah Bonam-Young
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Squeeze Play (Washington DC Soaring Eagles, #1)]]> 36389488
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?
]]> 306 Aven Ellis Sarah 3 3.87 2017 Squeeze Play (Washington DC Soaring Eagles, #1)
author: Aven Ellis
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Second Shot with #76 (Hockey Hotties, #5)]]> 58809873
I’m calculated and respectful in the way I speak to my coaches, the owners, and the media. I’ve never taken a risk� until her.

I could blame it on the fact that for once I pushed away the pressure of my career for the ocean waves, the sand, and good times with my new teammates. But those are excuses because the minute I saw her at the airport, something lit up inside me and the best week of my life was spent with her in my bed.

After our week in paradise, we said goodbye, exchanged phone numbers and both assumed that unless one of us was flying through the other’s city on the opposite side of the country, our vacation fling was over.

Then one night after practice I see her. She’s here. In my city. Telling me she moved here for a job. If that’s not fate tell me what is.

I’ve never wanted a second shot more than I do this time, but she’s determined to leave what we were on the island we left behind.]]> 256 Piper Rayne Sarah 3 3.91 Second Shot with #76 (Hockey Hotties, #5)
author: Piper Rayne
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.91
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]]> Benched (Gold Hockey, #4) 44604061
And one by one his friends were falling in love.

Love. Now that was a dirty four-letter word if he’d ever heard one.

Max had experienced love and all of its aftereffects and where had that gotten him?

Lonely, living in an apartment, and paying alimony to a woman who’d left him at the merest sign of a hiccup in their marriage.

His only bright spot was his son. Brayden had moved back in with him a few months ago, after his mother had taken off to God knew where. Max loved having him home, but with his son only seven and him on the road for forty-two games a year, they’d struggled. Still, they’d found a way to make it work.

But then Brayden threw Max a completely new curve ball.

He wanted Max to find a wife.

Max had been there, done that, got the crappy T-shirt as a souvenir. No way would he make himself vulnerable like that again, no matter how much his son wanted it.

A puppy was a perfectly viable alternative, right?

At least that was what he’d been thinking until he met Angelica Shallows, sister to the team’s Physical Therapist guru, Mandy, and a brilliant engineer in her own right. She was gorgeous, smart, but had shadows in her eyes.

Max knew all about shadows, knew they were meant as a sign for him to stay away.

What was that about the best intentions paving the road to hell? Max may have wanted to stay away, may have wanted to abide the warning signs in Angie’s eyes, but�

The real trouble began when he found that he couldn’t do either of those things.]]> 224 Elise Faber 1946140244 Sarah 3 4.04 2019 Benched (Gold Hockey, #4)
author: Elise Faber
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Falling for Your Boss (Love Clichés, #2)]]> 63345572
I’ve watched the other women in the office fawn over Gavin, who just so happens to be one of Texas� richest and most desirable bachelors.

But I’m interested in business. Totally professional.

We would be a terrible idea. And yet ... I can't seem to make myself want to stay away, despite the whole boss thing and an age gap bigger than the Grand Canyon.

When Gavin's past slams into his present, the lines between business and personal suddenly become very hazy.

Now I have to decide what I want most: my carefully planned future or a man who offers me everything I didn't know I wanted�

Falling for Your Boss is a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming romcom with office romance, an age gap (okay, boomer!), and a surprise twist. All the sizzling chemistry and great characters with closed-door romance!]]> 312 Emma St. Clair Sarah 3 3.78 2020 Falling for Your Boss (Love Clichés, #2)
author: Emma St. Clair
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> It Destroys Me (Betrayal, #6) 214082353
Now all I want to do is repair the broken relationship with the man I've always wanted. But he's wounded by my rejection and it'll take time to heal what I've broken.

But I know there's hope...otherwise he wouldn't have come for me.]]> 370 Penelope Sky Sarah 3 4.50 It Destroys Me (Betrayal, #6)
author: Penelope Sky
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.50
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]]> A Five-Letter Word for Love 209594869 A heartwarming and humorous romance in which an unlikely couple fall in love over Wordle.

Twenty-seven-year-old Emily doesn’t have a lot going well in her life right now. She dreams of a creative career but works as a receptionist in an auto shop. She longs for big city life but lives in a small town on Prince Edward Island. She craves a close group of friends but is stuck with irritating, car-obsessed coworkers.

What Emily does have is a 300+ day streak on theNew York TimesWordle. But one day, with only one guess left and no clue what the answer is, she’s forced to turn to one of her irritating, car-obsessed coworkers, John, for help—and in doing so, realizes that he might not be so irritating after all.

As they make their way, word by word, toward a 365-day streak, Emily is drawn into a surprising romance that will take her outside of her comfort zone—and challenge everything she thought she knew about happiness, success, and love.]]> 368 Amy James 0063399016 Sarah 3 3.46 2024 A Five-Letter Word for Love
author: Amy James
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> Hot Pursuit 207576964 Get ready for your new obsession � meet Lydia and Tom.Bound to her enemy in a race against the clock�

In need of the money, Lydia Smith happily signed up to ‘flee for her life� on a survivalist reality show but finds herself contemplating running for the hills instead when her partner turns out to be her one-night-stand Tom Dereborn.

The two shared an unforgettable weekend of passion a year ago, but she hasn’t heard a word from him since. Now, trapped alone with Tom, with the show’s ‘hunters� on their tails, suppressed emotions boil over and the past starts repeating itself. Soon it’s more than just the money that’s at stake � it’s also Lydia’s heart!]]> 384 Cassie Connor 0008662886 Sarah 4 3.75 2024 Hot Pursuit
author: Cassie Connor
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Curated (Museology, #1) 89573813
Ryan considers himself a likeable guy. That is, until he meets Emmy. She seems immune to his midwestern charm and attempts at professional collaboration. Not one to let something go, Ryan embarks on a personal campaign for Emmy to like him. For the museum’s sake, of course. Not at all because the gruff historian piques his interest.

As Emmy and Ryan evolve from begrudging co-workers to steamy stolen kisses in the archives, their academic work benefits as well. But when their collaborative exhibition becomes critical to both of their successes—while their career goals become further unaligned—extinction seems imminent.]]> 362 Nellie Wilson Sarah 3 3.63 Curated (Museology, #1)
author: Nellie Wilson
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.63
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]]> So Into You 210137413
Britt Branch has a successful My-tube channel where she teaches all kinds of art lessons. Obsessed with the 1970s, she has a style all her own and loves yacht rock. She also has a huge problem--severe social anxiety. She lives with her mom, and while she pays her own bills, she wonders if she'll ever have the courage to move out. When her best friend announces she's getting married, Britt thinks it's time to make a change.

Gorgeous Hunter Pickett has always skated by on his model looks and applying very little effort to anything except sports, and even that was iffy at times. The third son of extremely wealthy and successful parents, he's always been the black sheep of the family and has dealt with the issue by drinking and using drugs. When he lands in jail, he turns his life around. But by his third year of sobriety, he's still dealing with aimlessness. When he catches Britt's channel, he's intrigued and ends up watching her videos even though he's not interested in art . . . at first. He reaches out to her, and they eventually become friends and make a deal--if she gives him art lessons, he'll help her with her social anxiety.

But neither of them is completely honest with the other. When all the secrets come out in the worst way possible, relationships must be rebuilt, and Britt has a decision to make--is she going to continue to hide from life, or is she going to finally start living?]]> 336 Kathleen Fuller 0840716125 Sarah 2 3.63 2024 So Into You
author: Kathleen Fuller
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2024
rating: 2
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]]> The One (Spade Hotel, #5) 213914046
They call me insensitive.
They call me uncaring.
I’m a raging alphahole ninety-nine percent of the time.

But no one really knows Rhett Cole at all.

Memories are my currency.
Regret is my drink of choice.

I’m not the guy who didn’t care.
I’m the guy who only cared about her.

Lainey Taylor.

My reason.
My why.
My one.
The woman I’ve been in love with since my freshman year of high school.

A love so strong that I had her name inked on my body when I was eighteen.
She was my fairy tale.
My happily ever after.

Until I ruined � everything.
Until she looked me in the face and told me she never wanted to see me again.

That’s the day my life lost all meaning.

Fifteen years later, she’s back, and my dead heart begins to beat again.

Every story has a villain.
I’ve held that title for too long.

When the truth is revealed �

Will I win back the one?]]> 377 Marni Mann Sarah 4 4.20 2024 The One (Spade Hotel, #5)
author: Marni Mann
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/03
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]]> <![CDATA[His Risk to Take (Line of Duty #2)]]> 96215352 A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

The greater the risk, the hotter the reward�

Homicide cop Troy Bennett had a reputation on the Chicago PD for being fearless and in control—until the night his daredevil partner is killed during a raid. From that moment on, he swears he’ll never again be responsible for the loss of a loved one. To escape his demons, Troy transfers to the NYPD, bringing him up close and personal with Ruby Elliott, a beautiful, street-savvy pool hustler.

Reckless and stubbornly independent, Ruby embodies everything Troy’s avoiding, but when she walks into O’Hanlon’s Pub and blows his carefully laid plans to hell, Troy knows he has to have her—risks be damned. But there’s a connection between Ruby’s shadowed past and a case Troy’s working involving a notorious Brooklyn felon, throwing her safety into jeopardy. Confronted with his biggest fear, will Troy push Ruby away to keep her safe or fight to keep her in his arms where she belongs?]]> 184 Tessa Bailey Sarah 3 3.13 2013 His Risk to Take (Line of Duty #2)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.13
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> Exposed by Fate (Serve, #2) 61098919 A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

He’ll train her to lure another man. She’ll lure him instead.

When interior designer Eliza Ballas accompanies a friend to New York’s premier BDSM club, she’s taken aback by the sheer want that overruns her body—especially when a sexy Brit assumes Eliza is adept at dark, sensual arts. If she’s going to play, she’ll need an erotic education, and she knows just the man to teach her how to submit…�

Oliver Preston isn’t one to turn down pleasure, but Eliza’s his sister’s best friend, and he’s torn between a sense of duty and his rock-hard need to find out if she tastes as delicious as he’s dreamed. Unable to handle thought of another man owning her body, he draws Eliza deep into his world of exquisite pain and pleasure. He has three lessons to instruct her. Three lessons to drive them both to the brink of ecstasy. And three lessons before he must give her to another man...if he doesn’t lose himself first.
]]> Tessa Bailey Sarah 3 3.40 2014 Exposed by Fate (Serve, #2)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Protecting What's His (Line of Duty #1)]]> 96214125 A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

She’s running from the law, and the law wants her bad.

The opportunity was just too damn delicious for Ginger Peet to pass up. The purse full of money she finds�$50,000 to be exact—could give her and her teen sister the new start they need. So she grabs the cash, her gothy sibling, and their life-sized statue of Dolly Parton, and blows outta Nashville in a cloud of dust.

Chicago, here we come...

Turns out, Chicago has some pretty hot cops. Hot, intense, naughty-lookin� cops like Derek Tyler, who looks like he could eat a girl up and leave her begging for more. And more. Tempting as he is, getting involved with the sexy homicide lieutenant next door poses a teensy problem for a gal who’s on the lam. But one thing is certain—Derek’s onto her, and he wants more than just a taste.

And as far as he’s concerned, possession is nine-tenths of the law.]]> 252 Tessa Bailey Sarah 3 3.19 2013 Protecting What's His (Line of Duty #1)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.19
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Best Fake Fiancé (Loveless Brothers, #2)]]> 136331578 I told a judge I was engaged to my best friend.
Now we’re faking it.
How hard can it be?

My life has room for exactly two women: my daughter Rusty and my best friend Charlotte � known to everyone as Charlie.

One is a feisty, tomboyish firecracker. The other is my seven-year-old. I can’t imagine life without either.

So when my ex springs a custody hearing on me, I find myself telling the judge that I’m engaged to Charlie.

The only problem? I’m not.

Time to fake an engagement.

Pretending we’re a couple will be no big deal.

We’ve been friends for years. We used to sneak cigarettes behind the bleachers. We turned cans of hairspray into flamethrowers. We got drunk on stolen malt liquor.

She’s beautiful, vivacious, spontaneous, and she loves my daughter to death. It’s the perfect answer: we fake it for a few months, then go back to our lives.

Until we touch, and sparks fly. Until I can’t take my eyes off her. Until I can’t stop thinking about what she’s got on under her coveralls.

It takes one kiss.
One touch.
One shared secret and suddenly, I’m not pretending anymore. I want her, I need her in ways I didn’t know I could.

But there’s a lifetime of friendship between us, and falling in love with Charlie could risk everything.]]> 420 Roxie Noir Sarah 3 3.67 2019 Best Fake Fiancé (Loveless Brothers, #2)
author: Roxie Noir
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> Under Loch and Key 209455835 A woman discovers that not all monsters are her enemy—the opposite, in fact—in this new paranormal romance by Lana Ferguson, author of The Fake Mate.

Keyanna “Key� MacKay is used to secrets. Raised by a single father who never divulged his past, it’s only after his death that she finds herself thrust into the world he’d always refused to speak of. With just a childhood bedtime story about a monster that saved her father’s life and the name of her estranged grandmother to go off of, Key has no idea what she’ll find in Scotland. But repeating her father’s mistakes and being rescued by a gorgeous, angry Scotsman—who thinks she’s an idiot—is definitely the last thing she expects.

Lachlan Greer has his own secrets to keep, especially from the bonnie lass he pulls to safety from the slippery shore—a lass with captivating eyes and the last name he’s been taught not to trust. He’s looking for answers as well, and Key’s presence on the grounds they both now occupy presents a real problem. It’s even more troublesome when he gets a front row seat to the lukewarm welcome Key receives from her family; the strange powers she begins to develop; and the fierce determination she brings to every obstacle in her path. Things he shouldn’t care about, and someone he definitely doesn’t find wildly attractive.

When their secrets collide, it becomes clear that Lachlan could hold the answers Keyanna is after—and that she might also be the key to uncovering his. Up against time, mystery, and a centuries old curse, they’ll quickly discover that magic might not only be in fairy tales, and that love can be a real loch-mess.]]> 392 Lana Ferguson 0593816854 Sarah 5 3.58 2024 Under Loch and Key
author: Lana Ferguson
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Making a Play (Hometown Players, #2)]]> 25366914 He'll do whatever it takes to win—on and off the ice.

Luc Richard is the hottest player in the NHL—and it has nothing to do with hockey. His racy relationship with his supermodel ex set the tabloids on fire but nearly put his career on ice. To avoid being traded, Luc agrees to take a break from the spotlight—and from women—and spend the off-season at home in Silver Bay, Maine. It's the perfect plan... until he reconnects with Rose.

Rose Caplan is tired of being shy, sweet, and safe. She's ready for passion, romance—and Luc. Having loved him longer than she can remember, she's finally ready to prove she's not the same innocent little girl he once knew. Off the ice Luc doesn't do games, but this new Rose makes him feel like playing a little dirty. If he's really got a shot at her heart then he's not just playing to win. He's playing for keeps.]]> 288 Victoria Denault 1455564044 Sarah 3 3.96 2015 Making a Play (Hometown Players, #2)
author: Victoria Denault
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Nine Month Contract (Mountain Men Matchmaker, #1)]]> 219655872 “A hilariously fresh and spicy rom-com that I couldn’t put down!� -Meghan Quinn, USA Today Bestselling Author

Help Wanted: Grumpy mountain man seeks baby momma. Job is an incubator position only. Surrogate must be impervious to grunting as the form of communication and nosy brotherly neighbors. Rustic mountain range housing available upon request.

I wanted to pummel my irritating brothers when they posted their own version of a wanted ad to help me with my life.

But I can’t fault the results once the right woman lands in my lap.

Becoming a single father is not a decision I made lightly. In fact, it’s the biggest decision of my entire life.

Which is why when I interview Trista, I know she’s perfect.

She’s wild, she’s opinionated, she wears cowboy boots. Even my pet goat loves her�

She’s the exact type of person I was holding out for.

And to my great horror, I realize on our first night of attempting this baby-making dance—when the lights are low, the cheap wine is flowing and the home-insemination supplies are laid out on the kitchen counter—I want to do a lot more than just make her my surrogate.

I want to make her mine.

Perfect for fans of:
� Grumpy/Sunshine
� Small Town Romance
� Age Gap
� Curvy FMC
� Meghan Quinn and Tessa Bailey]]> 358 Amy Daws Sarah 5 3.94 2024 Nine Month Contract (Mountain Men Matchmaker, #1)
author: Amy Daws
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> Imperfectly Perfect 205519757
Jilted socialite teams up with bad boy Game on!

Wedding planner Cassandra Benedict sells happily-ever-afters for a living. But when Cassie gets stood up at her own wedding, the whole humiliating experience is witnessed by the crème-de-la crème of New York's elite. Cassie comes from a wealthy family, but she built her business through hard work, and now she feels like a fool. She's walking down the road in her ruined dress carrying her beagle decked out in his brides man tutu, when who should offer her a ride but her ex-college boyfriend, Andrew Steele. Just great.

Andrew's journey has been very different. Coming from nothing, Andrew grew up watching the "haves" duke it out in the Hamptons, so he learned and evolved. Now he's New York's hottest celebrity billionaire and darling of the paparazzi, which Cassie despises. But Andrew proposes a mutually beneficial fake relationship that could save her pride and her business. Their sizzling chemistry notwithstanding, bad boy Andrew Steele definitely has the game to pull it off—but is he savvy enough not to fall in love?

"An excellent read� As funny as it is heartwarming." —Library Journal for With Neighbors Like This]]> 288 Tracy Goodwin 1728294878 Sarah 3 2.78 Imperfectly Perfect
author: Tracy Goodwin
name: Sarah
average rating: 2.78
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hookup Equation (Loveless Brothers, #4)]]> 136331997 Teach me everything.

My whole life, I’ve been a good girl. I follow rules like nobody’s business. I obey guidelines like I was born to it. Show me a line, and I’ll toe it.

I’m even a twenty-two-year-old virgin. Good is my middle name.

And then, I break one tiny little rule. Miniscule. Inconsequential.

Next thing I know, I’m trapped with an incredibly handsome stranger. He’s got eyes like cut emeralds, biceps that makes my head spin, and a smile that has me rethinking all my life choices.

We escape a bar bathroom together. We go on an impromptu date. We share the hottest kiss I’ve ever had, one that leaves me panting for more. We promise to see each other again.

Turns out, we see each other the next morning.

In my calculus class.

Which he’s teaching.

My handsome, sexy date is Professor Loveless, and we’ll be seeing each other plenty. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday all semester.

There’s no choice but to call it off. We both have too much at stake: I could lose my scholarship, and he could lose his entire career.

But I can’t call off the way I feel.

I can’t call off the way he looks when he rolls up his sleeves and explains imaginary numbers.

I can’t call off the heated glances, or the way our hands touch when I hand in my homework, or the memory of his body pressing against mine that night.

I’m a virgin.

He’s my professor.

And if we give in, it could cost us both everything.

But I’m so tired of being a good girl.]]> 411 Roxie Noir Sarah 3 3.52 2020 The Hookup Equation (Loveless Brothers, #4)
author: Roxie Noir
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Birthday Girl (Minnesota Ice #3)]]> 35663776 USA TODAY bestselling series

Good things come in extra-large, smoking hot birthday suits.

Things like Cohen James.

Bad boy Cohen James has screwed up yet again. Star forward of Minnesota’s pro hockey team, Cohen’s made a name for himself—and not in a good way. So, at the insistence of his agent, he’s stuck volunteering at the local YMCA teaching introductory adult swim lessons for ten weeks. Ten weeks of torture.

What he doesn’t expect is her.

Annie Plymouth, star pupil.

Her ruffled green bathing suit might be the most ridiculous thing he’s ever seen, but after a few heated breaststroke lessons and some intense mouth to mouth, Cohen’s ready to get her out of the water and into her birthday suit� except she has a different game plan.

Is the pair destined to sink� or can they swim?

** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

This is a full-length, standalone romantic comedy with an HEA. It is intended for audiences 18+ due to mature content including romance, language, and ridiculously fun times.]]> 273 Lily Kate Sarah 3 3.88 Birthday Girl (Minnesota Ice #3)
author: Lily Kate
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.88
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Offside with #55 (Hockey Hotties, #6)]]> 58809901
This past year I’ve reflected on all my regrets, and I told myself that once I retire it’ll be the time to find the right woman. But this is where it gets tricky.

I think I’ve found her—although she’ll deny our connection to anyone who asks. We’ve been sleeping together casually and since I’m still playing hockey, I’ve let her get what she wants—me—whenever she wants.

After being told my career as a player is over, the owner of Florida Fury grants me a shot to stay in the game. A coaching position I didn’t know I wanted until it was offered. The catch? He’s also passing the family business down to his daughter.

Who’s his daughter?

The woman who’s been in and out of my bed for the past year. Which means the woman I intend to make mine is now my new boss.]]> 256 Piper Rayne Sarah 3 4.17 Offside with #55 (Hockey Hotties, #6)
author: Piper Rayne
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.17
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Trouble with #9 (Hockey Hotties, #2)]]> 55445761
One word that comes to mind when someone talks about me. I like to think of it as protection, watching out for the ones I love. But now I’m spending more time in the penalty box than on the ice and the team owner isn’t happy.

Finding myself across the room from the hot therapist I kissed on New Year’s Eve only makes me push my problems down further. I want couch time with her but not the kind she’s used to.

I decide to lie to her just to finish off my therapy so I can do what I really want—date her—even if she says she doesn’t date hockey players. Just when my therapy sessions are up and I’ve made some headway with Paisley, it’s my parents who throw another wrench in my plans.

If I abide by my parent’s wishes to marry the one they’ve chosen, I’ll lose Paisley forever. But if I go against my parents, I’m failing my deceased best friend all over again.]]> 244 Piper Rayne Sarah 3 3.96 2021 The Trouble with #9 (Hockey Hotties, #2)
author: Piper Rayne
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild, #1)]]> 205435930 The special first edition hardcover will include a gorgeous, shimmering jacket with effects, brilliantly illustrated four-color endpapers, striking and detailed-stained edges, and a beautiful foil-stamped case.

In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman determined to save her family joins forces with an unlikely partner, in this steamy romantasy by USA Today bestselling author Ruby Dixon.

As a Holder’s daughter, Aspeth Honori knows the importance of magical artifacts . . . which is why it’s a disaster that her father has gambled all theirs away. Now that her family is in danger of losing their hold—and their heads—if anyone finds out the truth, Aspeth decides to do something about it. She’ll join the Royal Artifactual Guild and the adventurers who explore ancient underground ruins to retrieve the coveted arcane items.

It’s a great plan—with one big problem. The guild won’t let her train because she’s a woman. Aspeth needs a chaperone of some kind. The best way to get around this problem? Marry someone who will let her become an apprentice. Who better than a surly guild member who requires a favor of his own? He’s a minotaur (it’s fine) who is her teacher (also fine) . . . and he’s about to go into rut (which is where it gets tricky). He also has no idea she’s a noble (oops), and he’ll want nothing to do with her if he discovers her real identity.

Now Aspeth just has to pass the guild tests, thwart a fortune hunter, and save her hold—oh, and survive a rut with her monstrous, horned husband, whom she might be falling in love with.

It’s time to dig deep. Literally.]]> 432 Ruby Dixon 0593817028 Sarah 4 3.94 2024 Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild, #1)
author: Ruby Dixon
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Make Me (Broke and Beautiful, #3)]]> 63876709 USA TODAY BESTSELLER

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker comes the last sexy and hilarious novel about three broke and beautiful best friends...

Construction worker Russell Hart has been head-over-work boots for Abby Sullivan since the moment he laid eyes on her. But he knows a classy, uptown virgin like her could never be truly happy with a rough, blue-collar guy like him. If only she'd stop treating him like her personal hero--a role he craves more than oxygen--maybe he could accept it.

With the future of her family's company on her shoulders, Abby barely has time to sleep, let alone find love. And her best friend Russell acting like a sexy, overprotective hulk any time their Super Group goes out in public definitely isn't helping her single status. But after a near-tragedy lands Russell in her bed for the night, Abby's suddenly fantasizing about what he looks like shirtless. Chest hair and tattoos--who knew?

As Russell struggles to keep Abby at a safe distance, she begins to see through his tough-talking exterior--and acknowledge her own feelings. Now she's ready to turn the friend-zone into foreplay...and make him lose control.

"The women share fun banter, but the repartee between Russell and Abby is especially enjoyable... depth, heart, and a lot of playfulness." - Library Journal (starred review)]]> 248 Tessa Bailey 0063329417 Sarah 4 3.41 2015 Make Me (Broke and Beautiful, #3)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Need Me (Broke and Beautiful, #2)]]> 63876708 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker comes a sexy and hilarious rom-com trilogy about three broke and beautiful roommates...

When Honey Perribow traded in her cowboy boots for stilettos and left her small Kentucky town to attend Columbia University, she never expected to find a dirt-cheap apartment or two new best friends. No stranger to hard work, Honey's sole focus is a medical degree... until she sees newly-minted Professor, Ben Dawson, and her concentration is hijacked. Honey is fascinated by her gorgeous, young English professor and vows to find a crack his tweed-wearing, glasses-clad exterior.

While at an off campus party, an accident lands Ben in a dark, locked closet with a sexy-sounding southern belle...and their chemistry is explosive. But when he discovers that the girl in his arms is the same beautiful college student he can't stop thinking about, he is stunned. Yet no matter how hard he tries, Ben can't stay away from Honey.

And when his attempts to fight their attraction nearly ruin the best thing that ever happened to him, Ben will do anything to prove how much he needs her.

"Bailey puts a fun, super-sexy spin on the classic "hot for teacher" trope... The love scenes in Need Me are practically incendiary..." - Booklist]]> 237 Tessa Bailey 0063329379 Sarah 4 3.38 2015 Need Me (Broke and Beautiful, #2)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> Maverick 136478444 Excellent Book 0 Lora Leigh Sarah 3 3.56 2008 Maverick
author: Lora Leigh
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Chase Me (Broke and Beautiful, #1)]]> 63876707 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker comes a sexy and hilarious rom-com trilogy about three broke and beautiful strangers who share an apartment in NYC...

College drop-out Roxy Cumberland moved to New York with dreams of becoming an actress, but her dwindling bank account is quickly putting the kibosh on that fantasy. To make some quick cash, she signs up to perform singing telegrams. Her first customer is a gorgeous, cocky Manhattan trust-funder if she ever laid eyes on one. And what could be more humiliating than singing an ode to his junk, courtesy of his recent one night stand? Maybe the fact that she's dressed in a giant pink bunny costume...

After a night out to celebrate winning his last case, lawyer Louis McNally II isn't prepared for the pounding in his head or the rabbit serenading him from the front door. But the sassy wit and sexy voice of the girl behind the mask intrigue him, and one look at her stunning face--followed by a mind-blowing kiss against his doorjamb--leaves Louis wanting more.

Roxy doesn't need a spoiled rich guy who's had everything in life handed to him on a Tiffany platter. But there's more to Louis than his sexy surface and he's determined to make Roxy see it...even if it means chasing her all over NYC.]]> 251 Tessa Bailey 0063329344 Sarah 4 3.25 2015 Chase Me (Broke and Beautiful, #1)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Enemies with Benefits (Loveless Brothers #1)]]> 131840512 I don’t love him. I don’t even like him.
I just want him.

Eli Loveless was my nemesis from the first day of kindergarten until we graduated high school. Everything I did, he had to do better - and vice versa. The day he left town was the best day of my life.

Ten years later, the day he came back was the worst.

Now he’s my co-worker.

Grown-up Eli Loveless is sexy as sin. He’s hotter than asphalt in the summer. The irritating kid I once knew is gone, and he’s been replaced by a man with green eyes, perfect abs, and a cocky smile.

It’s bad that I want him.

It’s worse that he wants me back.

There are looks. There are smirks. There are smiles that make my panties burst into flame.

And then there’s a shared kiss that leads to the hottest night of my life.

This is no office romance. This is a five-alarm fire.

What’s a girl to do when the man I can’t stand is the one I can’t stop lusting after?

Enter into a friends-with-benefits agreement, of course.

No dates. No relationship. Just blisteringly hot sex, because if there’s one person I could never fall for, it’s Eli.

...right?

Words: 112,319]]> 434 Roxie Noir 1393906648 Sarah 4 3.68 2019 Enemies with Benefits (Loveless Brothers #1)
author: Roxie Noir
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[For Butter or Worse (The Hollywood Series #1)]]> 59040889 They go together like water and oil�

All chef Nina Lyon wants is to make a name for herself in the culinary world and inspire young women everywhere to do the same. For too long, she’s been held back and underestimated by the male-dominated sphere of professional kitchens, and she's had enough. Now, as co-host of the competitive reality TV seriesThe Next Cooking Champ!, she finally has a real shot at being top tier in the foodie scene.
Too bad her co-host happens to be Hollywood’s smarmiest jerk.

Restaurateur Leo O’Donnell never means to get under Nina’s skin. It just seems to happen, especially when the cameras are rolling. It's part of the anxiety and stress he has come to know all too well in this line of work. So nothing prepares him for the fallout after he takes one joke a smidge too far and Nina up and quits—on live TV.

To make matters worse, the two are caught in whatlookslike a compromising situation by the paparazzi…and fans of the show go absolutely nuts. Turns out, a “secret romance� between Nina and Leo may just be what their careers need most.

Now all they have to do is play along, withoutkilling each other...and without catching feelings. Easy as artisanal shepherd's pie. Right?]]> 368 Erin La Rosa 1335506349 Sarah 4 3.38 2022 For Butter or Worse (The Hollywood Series #1)
author: Erin La Rosa
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Parental Guidance (Ice Knights, #1)]]> 43967624 It was my team.
But as almost co-captain I raised my hand to fix it.
Never imagined they'd arrange a PR stunt to make me look like Mr. Right to someone my mom picks out on some new dating app.
Then my salvation walks into the restaurant.
Zara Ambrose.
The five-foot-nothing redhead with more freckles than inches that I convinced to go on five dates with me for all the world to see.
She's got her own reasons for our set up--and her own rules.
But somewhere between the couples' obstacle course, wrestling matches with her Great Dane, and fights over mashed potatoes, Zara went from means-to-an-end to something so much more.
What happens when you start to fall for the one girl you can't have...on live TV?]]> 282 Avery Flynn 1640638156 Sarah 3 3.69 2019 Parental Guidance (Ice Knights, #1)
author: Avery Flynn
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Faking It with #41 (Hockey Hotties, #3)]]> 55445777
Being the heir to Jacobs Enterprises, I’ve been around fake people my entire life. I promised myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t change for anyone. Which is the only reason I’m a professional hockey player who lives on the beach and does as he pleases without answering to anyone—except my father.

And now, my daughter.

Being a single dad wasn’t in the plan but after a one-night stand who took off after the baby was born, this is my reality.

My dad’s been harping on me to quit hockey and join the company for years and now that I’m a father, he’s only intensified his efforts. Until he makes me a deal I can’t refuse.

Insert Lena Boyd, the Jacobs� family PR rep. She’s beautiful and intelligent and not at all the woman for me—ask anyone.

My dad needs us to act happily engaged and sell the idea that we’re in love. If we’re successful I won’t have to join the family legacy—ever. Of course, I agree.

That’s when things get complicated. I thought I had her all figured out until I found out there was more underneath her judgmental sneers and eye rolls. It feels like everything is coming together for the future I really want—with Lena—until my past ruins everything.]]> Piper Rayne Sarah 3 4.03 2021 Faking It with #41 (Hockey Hotties, #3)
author: Piper Rayne
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Sin Shot: A Hockey Love Story (Vegas Crush)]]> 206040012 —Georg Kolochev, VEGAS CRUSH


No, I don’t drink vodka straight from the bottle. I don’t pour it over my breakfast cereal either.

I am not in need of an intervention…unless it involves me and a certain blonde bombshell alone in a room with a locking door.

I’ve done my fair share of partying, I’ll admit. And yes. I’ve built up something of a reputation with the ladies when not on the ice. That’s on me for being careless with my posts on social. And I do know what’s most important in my life.

Two things.

Hockey and Pamela Jenson.

My favorite physical therapist needs me so much more than she knows.

Because I am the guy delivering her SIN SHOT. Yeah, you heard me, I’m her first.

Sinning with Pam has never felt so good...

*Book #2 in the VEGAS CRUSH hockey series. SIN SHOT is one sexy-as-hell STANDALONE sports romance about a Russian bad-boy hockey god and a not so innocent virgin physical therapist!

Things are about to get a little heated in the therapy room...]]> 316 Raine Miller 1942095740 Sarah 4 3.25 2019 Sin Shot: A Hockey Love Story (Vegas Crush)
author: Raine Miller
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> Boarding (Gold Hockey, #3) 43436617
Well, muscles and ligaments and tendons . . . and general body health and�

Sigh. She was blabbering as usual, but muscles combined with lips that were way too kissable and a pair of sharp blue eyes that pierced right through all of her carefully erected defenses had a way of doing that to a girl.

Blane was her fantasy—literally her nightly fantasy. He was sexy, strong, talented, and normally she would have thrown herself at his feet and begged for a night—or, cough, more—showing him exactly what that fantasy was.

But that would mean she would get fired . . . and worse, so would he.

She couldn’t have that on her conscience, not when Blane was a gifted player for the San Francisco Gold. Plus, he was a professional athlete and their relationships were doomed to fail. Mandy knew that firsthand and she also knew she couldn’t live that life. Always being the one left behind, always way down on the priority list.

Hockey was his job and it was all consuming. That was reality and everything was fine�

Until, Blane got hurt. Until she was spending more time with him. Much more time.

Until Blane told her she was his fantasy too.]]> 162 Elise Faber 194614018X Sarah 3 4.00 2019 Boarding (Gold Hockey, #3)
author: Elise Faber
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> Boss Girl (Minnesota Ice #2) 35663770 USA Today bestselling series

Good things come in extra-tall, smoking hot stilettos.

Things like Jocelyn Jones.

Jocelyn “Ice Queen� Jones is the hottest agent in town, and I’m determined to make her mine. My agent, that is. She’s the best at what she does, which is why I’m intent on keeping our relationship strictly platonic, even if the sexual tension between us is thick enough to slice with a skate. After all, I already have a woman in my life. My daughter, Charli, and we’re not sure if there’s room for someone else.

Until Jocelyn Jones breaks all the rules. She lets her icy exterior begin to melt, treating me to a view no man has ever seen before. Suddenly, I’m no longer certain if I want to be on her roster, or in her bed—for good.

Tangling business with pleasure has never been on the agenda. Then again, neither has falling in love.

They say it’s bad business to sleep with the boss.

But they haven’t met Jocelyn Jones.

** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

This is a full-length, standalone romantic comedy with an HEA. It is intended for audiences 18+ due to mature content including romance, language, and ridiculously fun times.]]> 257 Lily Kate Sarah 3 4.00 Boss Girl (Minnesota Ice #2)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Betrothal or Breakaway (D.C. Eagles Hockey, #3)]]> 198431617
First, Amber’s fiancé left her when she told him she was pregnant, and then her daughter's birth left her with complications from a heart defect she didn’t realize she had.

I’m devastated.

Of course I offer to pay for her surgery, but Amber (stubborn woman that she is) insists on wanting to pay me back, which I don't understand. As captain of an NHL team, I have plenty of spare cash, and I’m more than happy to help. I want to help.

So I come up with a plan.

I’ll marry Amber, my health insurance will cover her surgery, I’ll help with the baby, and the gold band on my finger will get my parents—who seem to think I'm incapable of love—off my back.

It's a win-win for both of us.

Two years of platonically wedded bliss before we amicably go our separate ways, and remain best friends, as always.

Only, how am I supposed to let Amber go when I’m not only in love with her, but also with her baby girl� who now feels like my own.

And I might have to let her go sooner than I ever wanted to.


Betrothal or Breakaway is a dual POV, fade-to-black romance with mild langauge. This book is light-hearted, but contains themes of minor heart surgery, broken engagement, and difficult parental relationships.]]> 320 Leah Brunner Sarah 4 4.12 2024 Betrothal or Breakaway (D.C. Eagles Hockey, #3)
author: Leah Brunner
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Crushed (Vegas Crush) 206037251 No-fraternization policies were made to be broken.
-Evan Kazmeirowicz, VEGAS CRUSH

This may sound reasonable coming from the star winger for the VEGAS CRUSH the day he lays eyes on the new social media manager for the team, but for Holly Laurent, it’s a whole different story.

Dating a “player� is a risky business, especially if she wants to keep the job she just landed with the hottest team in the NHL.

Holly loves her independence and her career. She’s doing just fine on her own, thank you very much. Allowing her head to be turned by a hot hockey player and putting her job at risk?

Not. Happening. Ever.

Not even if he looks like a god.

Not even if he possesses enough charm to tempt the panties from a nun.

Not even if she has to cross her fingers behind her back every time she tells him she’s not interested.

Policies exist for a reason. Rules are not meant to be broken and sexy players are not to be trusted.

Right?

*CRUSHED is a super sexy STANDALONE sports romance about a Ukranian/American hockey god and the new social media manager for the team. Twitter is about to explode!]]> 298 Brit DeMille 1942095635 Sarah 3 3.62 2018 Crushed (Vegas Crush)
author: Brit DeMille
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Red Handed (The Gentlemen) 71384934 528 Kate King Sarah 3 3.93 Red Handed (The Gentlemen)
author: Kate King
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[Move It or Lose It (Love Mishaps, #3)]]> 60789296 Scarlett
Do I want to move in with my ex-fiancé?
No.
But will it probably end up being a good thing?
Also no.
Because the truth is, I'm still in love with Jude Anthony. It doesn't matter that it's been years since we've spoken or that he was the one who walked out on me. It's hard to stay mad when I understand why he did what he did.
But it's only one week. One week staying with Jude while I'm in between apartments. So I'll keep my walls up, keep my distance, and everything will be fine. I'm sure Jude doesn't have feelings for me anymore, so there's nothing to worry about. My heart is perfectly safe.
Right?

Jude
Wrong.
Because I was stupid enough to walk away from you once; you'd better believe I'm not going to make the same mistake again.]]> 74 Gracie Ruth Mitchell Sarah 3 3.67 2023 Move It or Lose It (Love Mishaps, #3)
author: Gracie Ruth Mitchell
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[White Lies (Smoke and Mirrors #2)]]> 195460320 Mystery. Mayhem. Anything can happen in the circus.
Including kidnapping.

Logan Whitmere runs Cirque des Miroirs with intense focus. Only one thing has ever risked his the rebellious Sienna Cole. His attraction risks everything he cares about.

And threatens her life.

Now he faces a the circus or Sienna. Family or love.

Duty or happily ever after.]]> 272 Skye Warren 1645960978 Sarah 3 3.90 White Lies (Smoke and Mirrors #2)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[Taking a Shot (Play by Play, #3)]]> 11455168 If you want to score, you have to get in the game... The last thing Jenna Riley needs is more sports in her life. While her brothers are off being athletic superstars, she's stuck running the family's sports bar, whether she likes it or not. Then in walks pro hockey stud Tyler Anderson. As much as Jenna would like to go to the boards with him, she's vowed to never fall for a jock-even one as hot as Ty.

Ty, intrigued by the beautiful bar owner, becomes a regular. He senses that Jenna wants to do something more with her life. And as he gains her trust, the passion between them grows, as does Ty's insistence that Jenna should start living for herself. With his encouragement, Jenna starts to believe it, too...

But first, Jenna has to figure out what she wants, what she needs, who she loves, and if she has the passion and pride to take a shot at having it all-including Ty...]]> 309 Jaci Burton 0425245527 Sarah 3 4.07 2012 Taking a Shot (Play by Play, #3)
author: Jaci Burton
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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