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Game On: A Sports Romance Series Book 1: Touchdown Temptation

Game On: A Sports Romance Series Book 1: Touchdown Temptation

Mia Carmichael

Alessia is known for fixing the kind of messes no one else can handle, and she does it with style, sharp wit, and zero patience for nonsense. So when she is assigned to manage Jace, a headline-making quarterback with a talent for trouble, she treats it like just another job. Except Jace is not just a problem to solve. He is charming, relentless, and far too interested in getting under her skin. Alessia would rather keep things strictly professional, but the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the spark between them. Between press appearances, clever comebacks, and lingering looks, their carefully controlled game begins to shift into something neither of them planned.

I Didn't Belong to You

I Didn't Belong to You

Elfy G

Jamie Harrison has been in love with her brother’s best friend, Finn Campbell, since she was twelve years old. It’s a cliché, she knows, but you can’t choose who you fall for! As much as Jamie has wanted “it” to happen with Finn, the timing has just never been right—that is, until her brother decides to get married in Las Vegas. Add loads of alcohol and years of pent-up lust, and let’s just say there may be more than one wedding this weekend!

Blind Love

Blind Love

Heather Teston

Drake O’Rourke is an ex-cop-turned-bodyguard. Drake’s cocky attitude and heavy drinking have lost him more than one job in California, and he can’t afford to turn down his new assignment. He shows up to work for Nicolas Templeton, a well-known billionaire. But it turns out it isn’t Mr. Templeton he’s guarding—it’s his adult daughter. Catherine Templeton is spunky, assertive, and beautiful, but it turns out she’s also blind. Will Drake accept the job? And if he does, can he ignore the chemistry between him and Catherine?

Age Rating: 18+

How to Find a Mate

How to Find a Mate

Kelsie Tate

Zoey Grey is bright, kind, and beautiful. So why has she been rejected by not one, not two, but THREE mates? To nurse her emotional wounds, Zoey leaves her pack to start a new life for herself, away from wolves. But when Zoey unknowingly crosses into another pack’s territory, she discovers a pack unlike any she’s ever known before: all of the members have lost a mate or been rejected by one. And their alpha is none other than Lincoln, a fellow teacher at her school. Once Lincoln discovers Zoey’s past, he convinces her to join the pack. But as Zoey and Lincoln grow closer, they each begin to envision a life where they aren’t mateless after all. There’s only one problem. The Alpha is not allowed to have a mate.

Age Rating: 16+

The Mancini Brothers Book 1: Defending Fabrizio

The Mancini Brothers Book 1: Defending Fabrizio

Layla Knight

“We shouldn’t be speaking like this. Not when we need to be speaking about the case.”

“There’s no one here to regulate us. We can speak about whatever we want, and I’m not finished speaking about last night.”

Fabrizio Mancini is on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit—but the evidence says otherwise. With no murder weapon and too many unanswered questions, his powerful mafia family hires the best defense lawyer in New York: Benedetta D’Angelo. Winning this case would make her career, but there’s one problem—her dangerously charming client is keeping secrets. As Benedetta fights for the truth, Riz fights a different battle: keeping her out of his world and out of his bed. But some lines are meant to be crossed, and some temptations are impossible to resist.

Roses & Kings Series Book 1: Poison Rose

Roses & Kings Series Book 1: Poison Rose

A. K. Adam

“What the hell happened to you?” he growled angrily, standing up in all his half naked glory. Big, tall, intimidating and strangely beautiful.

Reyna is heir to a hidden Queendom where men are myths and magic runs deep. She's trained to be powerful, poised, and loyal to her people—until an alien king crash-lands straight into her sacred realm and turns everything upside down. Casvan is huge, dangerous, and definitely off-limits. But when he calls her his mate, sparks fly in all the wrong—and oh-so-right—places. Their connection is wild, magnetic, and totally forbidden. As old truths unravel and Reyna’s loyalty is put to the test, she’s torn between duty and a bond that refuses to break. What happens when the one person you're told to hate is the only one who truly sees you?

Summer In Our Bones

Summer In Our Bones

Briana Bennett

Jordan Maxwell shows up in sun-kissed Valencia for a family wedding expecting football, food, and maybe a few too many cousins—not the Silva twins. Gorgeous, rich, and way too sure of themselves, they’re the kind of trouble he swears he’s immune to. Except one of them—Nico—smiles, and suddenly Jordan’s pulse is doing cartwheels.

Between orange blossoms, beach parties, and late-night secrets, Valencia turns into a slow-burn battlefield of flirtation and denial. Nico is equal parts danger and delight, and Jordan can’t decide if he wants to punch him, kiss him, or both. But when sparks catch fire under the Mediterranean sun, there’s no hiding what’s real.

Because some secrets can stay buried—until love blows the lid clean off.

Bad Things

Bad Things

Cassandra Rock

Olivia is the good girl who plays by the rules, counting down the days to graduation with her future neatly planned. Then comes Cameron—the tattooed, bar-owning rebel who has trouble written all over him. He shouldn’t even notice her, but somehow he does. Sparks fly, rules crumble, and one impulsive lie tumbles out of Olivia’s mouth before she can stop it. Now, the line between her quiet world and his dangerous charm is blurring fast. She knows Cameron is the kind of mistake her heart shouldn’t risk… but resisting him might be impossible. Every secret has its breaking point, and hers is hanging by a thread.

Sin to Skin

Sin to Skin

Safari Grace Roz

Jemma Jordon wasn’t looking to meet “The Man,” but there he was, standing in her classroom doorway. Kendrick Brooks, restauranteur, vowed to stay the most eligible bachelor in town. But when their skin touched, he knew the feisty kindergarten teacher belonged on the rug before his fireplace, their bodies skin to skin. When Jemma’s boss threatens to fire her if she pursues Kendrick, she must avoid him.

However, life might just make it impossible.

The Perfect Man

The Perfect Man

Kashmira Kamat

Elsa just needs a simple solution for her high school reunion, nothing complicated, nothing emotional, just a date that gets her through the night. Hiring an escort online seems like the perfect, low-risk answer—until the night becomes unforgettable in all the wrong and right ways. Derek is older, composed, and far too good at making her forget every rule she set for herself. What starts as one arranged evening quickly turns into something Elsa cannot shake from her thoughts. But life has a wicked sense of timing, and when she discovers who he really is, her carefully built world tilts in ways she never planned for. Now every glance feels loaded, every memory a problem, and every boundary a test she never agreed to take.

The Thorntons Book 1: The Nearness of You

The Thorntons Book 1: The Nearness of You

Iris Morland

Everyone wants to tear them apart. But he's not giving up without a fight.

The last thing Sara Flannigan needs is a man in her life. When she returns to her hometown, she vows to create a happy life for her son and to rebuild her life after a painful divorce. Yet when she meets her son’s new doctor, she can’t deny the spark of attraction that heats between them.

The problem?

He’s Harrison Thornton, the oldest son of the illustrious Thornton family. His family would never accept a woman like Sara, a woman who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. She tries to ignore the whispers of her past, but she soon realizes secrets can never stay hidden for long.

Especially from the man claiming her wounded heart.

Growing up in the rich and powerful Thornton family, Harrison has lived a charmed life. A renowned physician, the last thing he expects is to desire the mother of one of his patients. Sara is beautiful and intelligent, and she’s completely devoted to her son, something that only deepens his attraction to her.

He doesn't want a single night of passion, though: he wants forever. Yet there are forces at work and people determined to tear them apart. Even Sara turns from him, certain she's unworthy. Harrison refuses to let Sara slip away, and soon, he’s fighting the greatest battle of all.

The battle to win the heart of the woman he loves.

H. Academy Series Book 1: The Curse

H. Academy Series Book 1: The Curse

Nella Thorn

"Never let them know how powerful you are. The one that defeats you is the one you underestimate.“

Jade thought she'd left magic behind—until her old tattoo starts burning like a warning siren. Now she's back at Hunt Academy, the elite training ground for witches and mages. But this isn't the school she remembers. Students are dying. Shadows whisper her name. Everyone says her powerful, dangerous father isn’t involved… but Jade knows better. With secrets buried under every spell and dark rituals stirring in the night, she’s pulled into a mystery no one wants her to solve. Magic might be her weapon, but it's also the trap—and Jade is done playing nice.

The Ashwood Family Saga

The Ashwood Family Saga

Jessica Bailey

Amelie only ever wanted to live a simple life out of the spotlight of her alpha bloodline. She thought she’d found that with her first mate, but he’s not the man he claimed to be, and Amelie is forced to set herself free. Freedom, however, comes at a price… Alpha Gideon Alois loses his mate on what should be the happiest day of his life, the birth of his twins. He doesn’t have time to grieve, however, as he is the alpha of the Druit Guard, the army and investigative arm of the Council… Amelie Ashwood and Gideon Alois are two broken werewolves that fate has intertwined. As these fated mates come together, sinister plots come to life all around them.

Between Two Goals

Between Two Goals

Ayomide Babade

Jennifer lives and breathes soccer. Every drill, every bruise, every early morning is for one goal: the championship that could unlock the future she’s been chasing for years. But pressure follows her everywhere, especially with her father coaching the underdog team and the whole town watching. Then a dangerously charming rival coach arrives and turns everything upside down. He’s bold, magnetic, and completely off-limits, yet impossible to ignore. As tension builds on and off the field, loyalty, ambition, and longing begin to collide. In a town split by pride and pressure, Jennifer faces a choice that could change more than the scoreboard. Because sometimes the hardest games aren’t played on the field, but in the heart.

Marked

Marked

Tori R. Hayes

From the day of her birth, Rieka has been locked away at night by her family, unable to fulfill her one wish: to look at the stars at night. Now, eighteen years later, she’s concocted a plan to sneak out with her friends, but she doesn’t know that this simple act of rebellion will change her life forever and put her in the sights of an alpha who won’t let her go.

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Forbidden Romance Books

Forbidden Romance Books explore relationships that society says shouldn't exist but feel too powerful to resist. These stories might feature characters from feuding families, workplace boundaries, or cultural differences that create obstacles. The forbidden element adds intensity and urgency to every stolen moment and secret meeting. External obstacles create internal conflict as characters struggle between duty and desire. The emotional stakes feel higher when love requires sacrifice or when discovery could complicate everything. Find stories where the heart wants what it wants regardless of the consequences.... 

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