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Best for readers who like college hockey romance, roommates-to-friends tension, pining, and slow-burn emotional stakes.
Shots on Net
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom · Sports Romance
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Carter Morgan III lives for hockey, but his final stretch at South Carolina University gets complicated when Zeke Cassidy becomes his roommate, his friend, and the person Carter cannot stop wanting, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 5,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like college hockey romance, roommates-to-friends tension, pining, and slow-burn emotional stakes.
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"Shots on Net is a sweet, low-angst gay college romance with great chemistry, believable miscommunication, and a grumpy hockey player worth falling for." - Apropos Books
Carter Morgan III hates everything about South Carolina University except for one thing: hockey. As the starting netminder for the team, he lives for those moments when he can step onto the ice and between the pipes. Unfortunately, his time at school and on the team is slowly coming to an end; although he’d love nothing more than to pursue a career in the NHL, he knows better than to get his hopes up.
Zeke Cassidy needs a place to live. When he answers an advertisement for a roommate, he’s not sure what he is expecting except that it isn’t Carter Morgan III. Carter is unfriendly, aloof, and they have nothing in common; even so, the pair hit it off immediately and become friends.
Carter knows Zeke isn’t interested in being anything beyond friends and roommates. Unfortunately, knowing this doesn’t stop him from hoping for more, no matter how much he tries to convince himself it’s impossible.
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Best for readers who like spicy MM rom-coms with enemies-to-lovers tension, grumpy-sunshine chemistry, Deaf representation, and a happily ever after.
Kiss-Fist
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom
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Kiss-Fist follows a stubborn Deaf professor and the gorgeous personal trainer he refuses to date, until gym sessions, hookups, and one man’s effort to learn sign language start turning attraction into something more, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 3,100 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like spicy MM rom-coms with enemies-to-lovers tension, grumpy-sunshine chemistry, Deaf representation, and a happily ever after.
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Whoever convinced me to join the gym needs to be hung, drawn, and quartered. Or, at the very least, suffer with a pillow hot on both sides every night, because this? This is terrible.
Running? No thank you.
Lifting? Who needs biceps anyway.
Now, I will say the eye-candy is nice. Especially my new personal trainer with the tattoos and dimples. But that’s all he can ever be: eye candy.
Because he’s fit and I’m not.
He’s gorgeous and I’m, well, me.
He’s hearing…and I’m Deaf.
For some people that might not be an issue, but for me, I have rules. And I’m a stubborn man who will not break them, not even for that sexy crooked smile that almost makes me forget my own name.
But I don’t date men who can’t speak my language, and while we can say plenty with our bodies, that’s where our communication ends.
Still, the longer I spend with him, the more I’m starting to realize there may be more to this relationship than frantic, feral office hook-ups. After all, he might be the first hearing person to learn sign for me. And he’s one of the first people I’ve ever known to make me feel worthy.
So maybe, just maybe, that’s worth a little compromise.
Kiss-Fist is the first book in the Deaf Hearts series and can be enjoyed as a stand-alone. It's a spicy MM enemies to lovers rom-com featuring a grumpy professor, a sunshine gym-bro, and their swoon-worthy happily ever after.
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A woman seeking revenge for her half sister’s death is pulled into a vicious war between rival families, three dangerous men, and a stalker who knows exactly how…
Boys Who Taint
Romance · College Romance · New Adult · Romantic Suspense
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A woman seeking revenge for her half sister’s death is pulled into a vicious war between rival families, three dangerous men, and a stalker who knows exactly how to break her. Boys Who Taint is a dark bully romance with obsession, betrayal, vengeance, and why-are-they-like-this levels of possessive tension. Rated 4.4 stars on Amazon and written by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Clarissa Wild.
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Hating them has never felt so sinful …
My half sister died at the hands of a friend, and I vowed to make him pay.
In the midst of a brewing war between two rival families, the mysterious and friendly Grey Westbrook sweeps me off my feet when I need it the most.
However, my childhood friend Levi Torres—now an obsessive, vicious boy—has made it his mission to erase him from my life.
His arrogant and hedonistic cousin Apollo Torres offers protection against Levi's wrath if I agree to all his filthy demands. But Levi and Apollo aren't my only problems…
A ghost of the past is hunting me, promising sweet vengeance, and the temptation is too big to resist.
My body is ravished and ruined, and I don’t want the depravity to stop, even if my stalker is someone I know.
Three jealous, insatiable boys who were there that night still fight to own me … Betray me.
One is a killer.
One is a sinner.
One is a big, fat liar.
And I will expose them all.
BOYS WHO TAINT is a thrilling new Dark Bully Romance standalone by New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Clarissa Wild. WARNING: This book includes scenes that may be disturbing to some readers. Please check the author's note inside the book.
Note: Book contains scenes with multiple men falling for one girl.
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Good for readers who want angsty frenemies-to-lovers romance with first love, heartbreak, and emotional fallout.
Broken Knight
Romance · College Romance · Contemporary Romance · New Adult
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A #1 Amazon bestseller in the entire Amazon store, Broken Knight follows childhood friends and neighbors Luna and Knight as their long-simmering, complicated romance resurfaces amid tragedy, betrayal, and loss. As Luna grows beyond the girl Knight once protected, both are forced to face painful change, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 19,600 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want angsty frenemies-to-lovers romance with first love, heartbreak, and emotional fallout.
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Now #1 Amazon Bestseller in the entire Amazon store
Everyone needs to read this book. I’m certain you won’t feel a single regret. " - Harloe Rae, USA Today Bestselling author.
From Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new, standalone romance about first loves, betrayal and loss.
Not all love stories are written the same way. Ours had torn chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending.
Luna Rexroth is everyone’s favorite wallflower.
Sweet. Caring. Charitable. Quiet. Fake.
Underneath the meek, tomboy exterior everyone loves (yet pities) is a girl who knows exactly what, and who, she wants—namely, the boy from the treehouse who taught her how to curse in sign language.
Who taught her how to laugh. To live. To love.
Knight Cole is everyone’s favorite football hero.
Gorgeous. Athletic. Rugged. Popular. Liar.
This daredevil hell-raiser could knock you up with his gaze alone, but he only has eyes for the girl across the street: Luna.
But Luna is not who she used to be. She doesn’t need his protection anymore.
When life throws a curveball at All Saints’ golden boy, he’s forced to realize not all knights are heroes. Sometimes, the greatest love stories flourish in tragedy.
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Grief can make survival feel less like healing and more like learning how to exist inside the wreckage.
The Air He Breathes
College Romance · Contemporary Romance · New Adult
Our take
Grief can make survival feel less like healing and more like learning how to exist inside the wreckage. In The Air He Breathes, two broken people recognize the damage in each other and begin to reach for something beyond loss. This emotional contemporary romance centers pain, vulnerability, and connection as its characters search for a way back to themselves.
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I was warned about Tristan Cole.
“Stay away from him,” people said.
“He’s cruel.”
“He’s cold.”
“He’s damaged.”
It’s easy to judge a man because of his past. To look at Tristan and see a monster.
But I couldn’t do that. I had to accept the wreckage that lived inside of him because it also lived inside of me.
We were both empty.
We were both looking for something else. Something more.
We both wanted to put together the shattered pieces of our yesterdays.
Then perhaps we could finally remember how to breathe.
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Vaughn and Lenora’s connection is volatile from the start, shaped by bullying, betrayal, artistic ambition, and the haunted weight of Carlisle Castle, making this a fit for readers…
Angry God
Romance · College Romance · New Adult
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Angry God turns old wounds into a dark college romance built on obsession, resentment, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Vaughn and Lenora’s connection is volatile from the start, shaped by bullying, betrayal, artistic ambition, and the haunted weight of Carlisle Castle, making this a fit for readers who want angst-heavy romance with sharp edges and emotional damage at the center.
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Now #1 bestseller in the entire Kindle Store As recommended in Oprah Magazine As recommended in Cosmopolitan (Best 2020 Steamy Romance Books)
"Mother. Of. All. Angst. This book is not for the faint of heart. It is rip-your-hair-out frustrating and full of depth and emotion." - Lana, DG Romance.
From #1 Amazon Bestseller L.J. Shen comes a new, emotional standalone about first love, second chances, and overcoming breathtaking losses at a young age.
Vaughn Spencer.
They call him an angry god.
To me, he is nothing but a heartless prince.
His parents rule this town, its police, every citizen and boutique on Main Street.
All I own is a nice, juicy grudge against him for that time he almost killed me.
Between hooking up with a different girl every weekend, breaking hearts, noses and rules, Vaughn also finds the time to bully little ole’ me. I fight back, tooth and nail, never expecting him to chase me across the ocean after we graduate high school.
But here he is, living with me in a dark, looming castle on the outskirts of London.
A fellow intern. A prodigal sculptor. A bloody genius.
They say this place is haunted, and it is. Carlisle Castle hides two of our most awful secrets.
Vaughn thinks he can kill the ghosts of his past, but what he doesn’t know? It’s my heart he’s slaying.
Angry God is a stand-alone, DARK High School Romance. It deals with sensitive subjects some may find triggering.
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Playing Dirty turns a college rivalry into forbidden attraction when two baseball enemies become stepbrothers under the same roof.
Playing Dirty
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · Sports Romance
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Playing Dirty turns a college rivalry into forbidden attraction when two baseball enemies become stepbrothers under the same roof. Madden Hastings has always been his nemesis, but their blended family forces old hostility into close quarters, where resentment starts to look dangerously like chemistry. This MM sports romance leans into rivalry, loyalty, and the messy line between hating someone and wanting them.
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"Playing Dirty was a fun, satisfying, and entertaining four-star read with great forbidden stepbrother tension, playful enemies-to-lovers banter, and chemistry that felt natural instead of forced. The rivalry felt more like flirting foreplay than overblown drama, and that worked so well." - Apropos Books
Our rivalry formed long before we became siblings.
Madden Hastings has been my nemesis since the day we met.
A divide was born from the age-old rivalry between our universities,
but this year, another layer developed. It became personal.
Because the captain of Blackmore’s baseball team?
He’s also my new step brother.
My disdain for the sudden blending of our families leads to more conflict,
and despite their efforts to force us together, coexisting proves impossible.
But something else starts burning beneath my bitterness and resentment;
an attraction as unexpected as it is potent.
And when the chemistry becomes too powerful to deny,
our already complicated relationship gets even messier.
Because a forbidden fling is one thing, but falling for the enemy?
It forces me into a choice I never wanted to make.
One between loyalty to my team, or the love of my life.
*Playing Dirty is the fourth in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring two rivalry-fueled step brothers, a cut-throat game of capture the flag, and sexual tension that oozes off the page. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.*
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Look But Don’t Touch turns workplace tension into a sharp enemies-to-lovers romance built on pride, proximity, and every argument neither character wants to enjoy.
Look But Don’t Touch
Romance · College Romance · New Adult
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Look But Don’t Touch turns workplace tension into a sharp enemies-to-lovers romance built on pride, proximity, and every argument neither character wants to enjoy. Forced to work under Grant Wood, Ada Hathaway refuses to be dismissed by the guarded CEO who has always seen her as his mentor’s spoiled daughter. Their rivalry becomes harder to control as attraction slips past the rules meant to keep them apart.
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There was one rule. Don’t fall in love with Grant Wood.
And I broke it. God knows I didn’t mean to! I only meant to push his buttons—to drive him as crazy as he drove me. He was the stone-faced CEO of my father's company and I was the spoiled daughter of his mentor. Those had been our roles for years. So what if we couldn’t stand each other?
When my father gave me an ultimatum, I was forced to swallow my pride and report to Grant himself. Intern extraordinaire at your service, sir. He clearly expected me to fail. Dressed in a clean-cut suit, sitting behind his desk, he took one look at me and dismissed me out of hand.
Me. Ada Hathaway, a graduate of Yale and valedictorian of her class. Sure, he might be a self-made millionaire, but so what?The only good part is that he always seemed just as unnerved by me, and I loved it when his cold facade faltered. Arguing with Grant quickly became the best part of my day.
But it was never meant to become anything more. He was as off-limits to me as I was to him.
But our game went too far. What do we do now?
(This is a full-length, enemies-to-lovers novel with a happily ever after! Guaranteed to give you all the feels. No cheating!"
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This sports romance fits readers who want rivalry-driven tension, forbidden attraction, and a relationship tested by identity, pride, and divided loyalties.
The Rivalry
Romance · College Romance · Sports Romance
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The Rivalry turns college football loyalty into the obstacle between attraction and commitment. She knows the star tight end has the charm, confidence, and chemistry to pull her in, but his team represents everything she was raised to hate. This sports romance fits readers who want rivalry-driven tension, forbidden attraction, and a relationship tested by identity, pride, and divided loyalties.
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This tight end is at the top of his game.
He’s good with his hands, even better with his sexy mouth, and the best at making me forget my own name. His—ahem—stats are perfect.
But I can’t fall for him.
He might be everything I want, all rolled into a glorious package of gridiron god, but there’s one teeny-tiny problem. The vile, loathsome team I’ve spent my entire life hating—my beloved school’s arch-rival?
This guy is their star player.
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College gave Ali distance from the hometown humiliation she never fully escaped, but one summer in Ravenswood puts the past ten feet down the hall.
Insincerely Yours
Romance · College Romance · New Adult
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College gave Ali distance from the hometown humiliation she never fully escaped, but one summer in Ravenswood puts the past ten feet down the hall. Insincerely Yours fits enemies-to-lovers romance through its unresolved hurt, forced proximity, sharp history, and the charged tension between a woman trying to move on and the boy who became her greatest mistake.
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"The Boys of Tommen meets The Summer I Turned Pretty for the New Adult crowd! A perfect summer read if you want some spice, banter, and a lot of heart.” - The Book Blitzer
*Illustrated cover available in paperback!*
When they say to keep your enemies close, I don’t think they mean ten feet down the hall.
After experiencing the bliss of being away at college, I’d rather hide in the dorm room air ducts than go back to my hometown for the summer. Sadly, that isn’t an option (Seriously, I tried. The vents aren’t wide enough). I have no other choice. I have to return to Ravenswood—and the torment I’ve been trying to forget.
Jason “Jase” Rivers was the most gorgeous guy I’d ever met—charming, clever, and nothing like the rough-and-tumble hockey goon everyone in high school warned me about. Until he turned out to be exactly that—and worse. He humiliated me so badly I eventually changed my last name to escape my reputation after moving away. So when I hook up with a sexy stranger on my first night back in town, I’m horrified to realize a little too late that he’s not as much of a stranger as I thought. When Jase exited my life three years ago (hopefully to be launched into space or lost at sea), I thought I’d never have to see him again, but guess who’s also back in Ravenswood? Yep. My living nightmare. And just when I think it can’t get worse…
I learn he’s staying at my family’s house. All. Summer. Long.
They say time heals everything, but the letter I never sent him is just as true today as it was back then.
Dear Jase,
You were the greatest mistake of my life.
Insincerely Yours,
Ali
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What begins as lifelong devotion turns complicated when love crosses a line neither of them can ignore.
Torn
Romance · College Romance · New Adult
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What begins as lifelong devotion turns complicated when love crosses a line neither of them can ignore. Torn follows a young woman and her father’s best friend as friendship shifts into forbidden desire, forcing them to confront loyalty, guilt, and the cost of wanting the wrong person. This is an angsty contemporary romance built on emotional intimacy, slow-burning tension, and painful restraint.
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"Well-written tension and forbidden longing. The angst in this was incredible! Loved every second!"
—Penelope Douglas, New York Times bestselling author of Credence
When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace we were going to get married someday. He’d been my closest friend, my protector, and my rock since the day I was born. But during my senior year, our relationship slowly changed. Silly conversations morphed into serious heart-to-hearts. Innocent friendship turned to stolen glances.
Then one day, an unexpected kiss changed everything.
While that kiss was all I’d ever dreamed of, it knocked Tor clear off his axis. His strong moral compass makes it impossible for him to accept our feelings for each other. Because, not only am I eighteen and fifteen years younger than him, I’m the one person he should never, ever want.
Tor is my father’s best friend—my pseudo uncle.
Neither one of us can stand to betray or hurt my dad, but we can’t keep our relationship hidden forever. Will there be a way for us to find our happily-ever-after? Or will we all be torn apart?
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It fits readers who want a college romance built on sharp tension, messy history, and attraction that refuses to stay buried.
Try Me
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult
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Old loyalty and fresh resentment make every encounter feel charged long before either man is willing to name why. In Try Me, two former best friends with family history and unresolved damage go head-to-head for the same law internship while their rivalry turns increasingly personal. It fits readers who want a college romance built on sharp tension, messy history, and attraction that refuses to stay buried.
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Two rivals. One law internship. A whole lot of objectionable activity.
It wasn’t always this way between us.
We were best friends growing up.
Competitive? Yeah.
Ruthless? Definitely.
Neither of us liked to lose.
But the intense chemistry?
That’s new.
The hatred in his eyes?
That’s new, too.
I should let it go.
There’s too much bad blood between our families. Between us.
But I can’t.
I don’t think he can, either.
Now we’re gunning for the same internship.
If he thinks I’ll back down, he’s dead wrong.
Once upon a time, I lost everything.
I won’t let it happen again.
Go ahead. Try me.
From the author of Want Me comes the second new adult college romance in the Extracurricular Activities series. Expect drama, snark, feels, egregious misuse of private property, a guy who’s way more heteroflexible than he realized, and a semi-sorta reformed bad boy who loves to test him.
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