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Chicago Stars volume 8
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Piper Dove is a woman with a dream - to become the best detective in the city of Chicago. First job? Trail former Chicago Stars quarterback, Cooper Graham. Problem? Graham's spotted her, and he's not happy. Piper soon finds herself working for Graham himself, although not as the bodyguard he refuses to admit he so desperately needs. Instead, he's hired her to keep an eye on the employees at his exclusive new nightclub. But Coop's life might be in...
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""What if I played football?" I ask. As soon as it's out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Even suggesting it feels like I've overstepped some kind of invisible line we've all agreed not to discuss. We don't talk about how Mara is different from other girls. We don't talk about how Mara is gay but no one says so. But when I do stuff like this, I worry it gets harder for us all to ignore what's right in front of us. I direct my gaze to Quinn. "What do you...
4) Homecoming
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Boys of fall novels volume 3
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They were the golden boys of fall: Stewart Mills High School's legendary championship football team. Fourteen years later, they're back to relive their glory, save the team-and find themselves again. Sam Leavitt has two goals when he returns home to Stewart Mills to fill in for Coach McDonnell: to keep the school from finding a permanent replacement while Coach gets back on his feet, and to reconnect with his mother. As substitute coach for the high...
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Chicago Stars volume 9
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The unlikely romance between a football player for the Chicago Stars and a world famous opera singer.
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Star quarterback and heartthrob Tyson Palmer has made a name for himself with his spectacular moves - except Dani, whose negative comments about his performance draw high ratings and spectacular notices of her own. Dani can't forgive Tyson's transgressions or forget the sizzling history the two of them shared in college. Even more infuriating, he doesn't realize that the bombshell with huge ratings is the cute girl whose heart he once broke. Can a...
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The golden boy of football just went bad.
Quarterback Grayson Knight has a squeaky-clean reputation in the football world. So when he's arrested for drug possession, lawyer Melissa St. James knows that something doesn't add up. It's clear he's hiding something, though he denies it. But there's one thing he can't deny: he wants Melissa.
BookShots Flames: Original romances presented by James Patterson Novels you can devour in a few hours...
Quarterback Grayson Knight has a squeaky-clean reputation in the football world. So when he's arrested for drug possession, lawyer Melissa St. James knows that something doesn't add up. It's clear he's hiding something, though he denies it. But there's one thing he can't deny: he wants Melissa.
BookShots Flames: Original romances presented by James Patterson Novels you can devour in a few hours...
9) Blitzed
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Playbook (Alexa Martin) volume 3
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Maxwell has finally met an opponent that he can't best in this new football romance from the author of Fumbled. According to Brynn Larson, Maxwell Lewis is more trouble than he's worth. She doesn't care if he's a football god with a rock-hard body that brings most women to their knees. After an encounter that ends poorly, she's not interested in giving him a second chance. The last thing Brynn expects is for him to turn up at her bar months later,...
10) Simply the best
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Chicago Stars volume 10
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When Brett, the hottest sports agent in the business, and Rory, the sister of his superstar client, meet and have a disastrous one-night stand, resulting in murder, they find things getting messy, dangerous, heartbreaking and sexy as they struggle with themselves, each other and love.
11) Hot item
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He'll push all her boundaries and make her realize rules are made to be broken.
Cool, collected Sophie Jordan loves her daily routine running her family's top sports management agency, as long as she gets to stay behind the scenes. But with big sister on maternity leave and little sis on her honeymoon, she's forced to step up to the plate. And a recent media crisis surrounding the disappearance of superagent Spenser Atkins is not going to make the...
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Kings of Country volume 2
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This blast from the past has got country star Emmy Lou King singing the blues...
Emmy Lou King is lead singer for the famous band Three Kings, and her whole family is legendary in country music. When her father lands her the opportunity to sing the American Football League anthem and serve on one of the AFL's anti-drug charities, Emmy Lou agrees. Combining her fan-base and those of the AFL could do some good in the fight against drugs. But can she...
13) Intercepted
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Playbook (Alexa Martin) volume 1
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Series in development with Starz & G-Unit Films and Television by 50 Cent and La La Anthony
One of NPR's Best Books of 2018
An Amazon Best Romance of 2018 Pick
An iBooks “Best of September” Pick
A GoodReads Best of the Month pick for September
One of Booklist's Top 10 Romance Debuts for 2018
One of BookBubs Best Fall Romances of 2018
Marlee thought she scored the man of her dreams...
One of NPR's Best Books of 2018
An Amazon Best Romance of 2018 Pick
An iBooks “Best of September” Pick
A GoodReads Best of the Month pick for September
One of Booklist's Top 10 Romance Debuts for 2018
One of BookBubs Best Fall Romances of 2018
Marlee thought she scored the man of her dreams...
14) The blind side
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"Taken in by a well-to-do family and offered a second chance at life, a homeless teen grows to become the star athlete projected to be the first pick at the NFL draft"--from www.allmovie.com.
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After catching her fiancé cheating--with another man--usually straitlaced, workaholic scientist Ellie Fisher liberates her wild side just long enough to indulge in a passionate one-night stand with a tall, dark stranger she meets at a trendy Miami bar. Embarrassed by her recklessness, she ducks out the following morning without learning the guy's full name, something that shouldn't have been a problem...until a pregnancy test turns out positive....
16) Run the race
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After their mother's death and their father's abandonment, two brothers work together to earn a football scholarship that will provide a better life for them.
17) Fumbled
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Playbook (Alexa Martin) volume 2
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"A second chance doesn't guarantee a touchdown in this new contemporary romance from the author of Intercepted. Single-mother Poppy Patterson moved across the country when she was sixteen and pregnant to find a new normal. After years of hard work, she's built a life she loves. It may include a job at a nightclub, weekend soccer games, and more stretch marks than she anticipated, but it's all hers, and nobody can take that away. Well, except for one...
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"High school star athlete Colin Kaepernick is at a crossroads in life. Heavily scouted by colleges and MLB as a baseball pitcher, he has a bright future ahead of him as a highly touted prospect. Everyone from his parents to his teachers and coaches are in agreement on his future. Colin feels differently. This touching graphic memoir explores the story of how a young change maker learned to find himself and never compromise. How the right decision...
19) Snapped
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Playbook (Alexa Martin) volume 4
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"Elliot Reed is living her best life. Well, that might be an exaggeration, but she's trying really hard. With her dad's passing, this year has not been the easiest. But now that she's landed her dream job as the Strategic Communications Manager for the Denver Mustangs, things are starting to look up. Or at least they were until Quinton Howard Jr. decides to use the field as his stage when he becomes the first player to take a knee during the national...
20) Model behavior
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Unlovabulls volume 2
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"This time around, they'll both have to take risks to make it work. Don't miss this fun and flirty second-chance contemporary romance. Hayes Walker is screwed. His body is giving out, his family is bleeding him dry, and he never prepared for life after football. When the Dallas Bulldogs offer him a coaching position instead of a returning roster spot, only two things keep him going: staying fit in case another football team picks him up, and spending...
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