🏈 Sports Romance

Love stories set against the high-stakes world of athletics, where competition, discipline, and physical intensity fuel both the plot and the chemistry. The best ones make you care about the game almost as much as the relationship.

Limited Edition Husband

by Lauren Blakely • 2023

A divorced NFL player and a newly out Brit wake up married in Vegas. They fake it for a month.

4.23

3k+

💍 Fake Marriage 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Newly Out 💬 Witty Banter

Limited Edition Husband

A divorced NFL player and a newly out Brit wake up married in Vegas. They fake it for a month.

by Lauren Blakely 2023

4.23

3k+ ratings

💍 Fake Marriage 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Newly Out 💬 Witty Banter

Fumbled Hearts

by Meagan Brandy • 2017

A guarded new girl and the star quarterback collide when she refuses to be his next conquest.

4.14

22k+

🏈 Quarterback Hero 💔 Guarded Heroine 🔥 Witty Banter 💀 Third Act Breakup 🏘️ Small Town

Fumbled Hearts

A guarded new girl and the star quarterback collide when she refuses to be his next conquest.

by Meagan Brandy 2017

4.14

22k+ ratings

🏈 Quarterback Hero 💔 Guarded Heroine 🔥 Witty Banter 💀 Third Act Breakup 🏘️ Small Town

April

by Audrey Carlan • 2015

A hired girlfriend for a reckless Red Sox pitcher must unite him with his lovestruck publicist.

3.95

13k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💘 Matchmaking 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🔥 Steamy 😊 Feel-Good

April

A hired girlfriend for a reckless Red Sox pitcher must unite him with his lovestruck publicist.

by Audrey Carlan 2015

3.95

13k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💘 Matchmaking 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🔥 Steamy 😊 Feel-Good

Ride

by Harper Dallas • 2017

A photographer joins a snowboard film shoot and collides with a legend who refuses to fall.

4.02

9k+

💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😏 Reformed Playboy 😢 Angsty Romance

Ride

A photographer joins a snowboard film shoot and collides with a legend who refuses to fall.

by Harper Dallas 2017

4.02

9k+ ratings

💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😏 Reformed Playboy 😢 Angsty Romance

Always My Comfort

by Taylor Jade • 2023

Pregnant by a pro pitcher, she keeps his child a secret even as he falls for her.

3.46

3k+

👶 Secret Baby 💋 One Night Stand 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Southern Small Town 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Always My Comfort

Pregnant by a pro pitcher, she keeps his child a secret even as he falls for her.

by Taylor Jade 2023

3.46

3k+ ratings

👶 Secret Baby 💋 One Night Stand 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Southern Small Town 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Hidden Truths

by Nicole Colville • 2013

An Italian racer and a guarded ex-skier ignite, but their secrets could destroy them.

3.68

228

🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Mental Health Rep 😔 Emotionally Scarred Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Hidden Truths

An Italian racer and a guarded ex-skier ignite, but their secrets could destroy them.

by Nicole Colville 2013

3.68

228 ratings

🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Mental Health Rep 😔 Emotionally Scarred Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Fake Out

by Eden Finley • 2018

After a scandal outs him, an NFL star fakes a romance with a senator's son. Neither expects to fall.

3.96

31k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🌈 Closeted Athlete 🚢 Forced Proximity 💰 Class Difference 👥 Chosen Family

Fake Out

After a scandal outs him, an NFL star fakes a romance with a senator's son. Neither expects to fall.

by Eden Finley 2018

3.96

31k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🌈 Closeted Athlete 🚢 Forced Proximity 💰 Class Difference 👥 Chosen Family

When Grumpy Met Sunshine

by Charlotte Stein • 2024

Tabloids force a curvy ghostwriter to fake a romance with her surly footballer client.

3.36

12k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 💖 Plus Size Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

When Grumpy Met Sunshine

Tabloids force a curvy ghostwriter to fake a romance with her surly footballer client.

by Charlotte Stein 2024

3.36

12k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 💖 Plus Size Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

Keep Me in Your Heart

by Monica Murphy • 2024

Sidelined quarterback. Glitter-tights rebel. One Thanksgiving invitation blurs every line.

3.92

5k+

👔 Prep School Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Keep Me in Your Heart

Sidelined quarterback. Glitter-tights rebel. One Thanksgiving invitation blurs every line.

by Monica Murphy 2024

3.92

5k+ ratings

👔 Prep School Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Hidden Pain

by Nicole Colville • 2013

A young racer crashes into a dominant rival, sparking a dark affair of pain and power.

4.17

139

⏳ Age Gap ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family 💔 Traumatic Past

Hidden Pain

A young racer crashes into a dominant rival, sparking a dark affair of pain and power.

by Nicole Colville 2013

4.17

139 ratings

⏳ Age Gap ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family 💔 Traumatic Past

Strikeout

by Millie Perez • 2024

After a viral scandal, she becomes nanny to a baseball star and his matchmaking five-year-old.

3.87

7k+

👨‍👧 Single Dad 👶 Nanny Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Strikeout

After a viral scandal, she becomes nanny to a baseball star and his matchmaking five-year-old.

by Millie Perez 2024

3.87

7k+ ratings

👨‍👧 Single Dad 👶 Nanny Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Invisible String

by J. Morales • 2025

A boxer finds his childhood love next door. One kiss, years ago, still burns.

4.12

193

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Touch-Starved Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort ☀️ Summer Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

Invisible String

A boxer finds his childhood love next door. One kiss, years ago, still burns.

by J. Morales 2025

4.12

193 ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Touch-Starved Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort ☀️ Summer Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

The Front Runner

by Patricia Nell Warren • 1974

A track coach and his gay runner risk scandal, violence, and Olympic dreams for love.

4.12

6k+

🕰️ Age Gap 🏡 Found Family 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Tragic Love Story 🏳️‍🌈 1970s Gay Activism

The Front Runner

A track coach and his gay runner risk scandal, violence, and Olympic dreams for love.

by Patricia Nell Warren 1974

4.12

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap 🏡 Found Family 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Tragic Love Story 🏳️‍🌈 1970s Gay Activism

Bright Lights & Summer Nights

by Kat Singleton • 2024

An NFL quarterback claims a lost stranger as his girlfriend for his sister's Hamptons wedding.

4.20

37k+

🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Playful Banter 🏖️ Beach Town Romance

Bright Lights & Summer Nights

An NFL quarterback claims a lost stranger as his girlfriend for his sister's Hamptons wedding.

by Kat Singleton 2024

4.20

37k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Playful Banter 🏖️ Beach Town Romance

If Only You

by Chloe Liese • 2023

To repair their images, a soccer star fakes a friendship with her brother's notorious best friend.

4.02

21k+

🏒 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Autistic Heroine 🤝 Fake Dating 🖤 Reformed Bad Boy 🔥 Slow Burn

If Only You

To repair their images, a soccer star fakes a friendship with her brother's notorious best friend.

by Chloe Liese 2023

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏒 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Autistic Heroine 🤝 Fake Dating 🖤 Reformed Bad Boy 🔥 Slow Burn

Breaking Badger

by Shelly Laurenston • 2021

To survive a common enemy, a half-hyena honey badger must trust a brooding tiger shifter.

4.41

7k+

🐾 Shifter Romance 🫂 Found Family 🐅 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark Humor 🩹 Trauma Healing

Breaking Badger

To survive a common enemy, a half-hyena honey badger must trust a brooding tiger shifter.

by Shelly Laurenston 2021

4.41

7k+ ratings

🐾 Shifter Romance 🫂 Found Family 🐅 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark Humor 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Last Field Party

by Abbi Glines • 2022

A final field party reunites Lawton's crew with old flames and the choice to build a future at home.

3.94

3k+

💞 Second Chance Love 🏘️ Small Town Charm 🫂 Found Family 🎓 High School Sweethearts 🎭 Ensemble Romance

The Last Field Party

A final field party reunites Lawton's crew with old flames and the choice to build a future at home.

by Abbi Glines 2022

3.94

3k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Love 🏘️ Small Town Charm 🫂 Found Family 🎓 High School Sweethearts 🎭 Ensemble Romance

Broken

by Andi Jaxon • 2023

His first love fled after his brother's death. Now they're trapped together on a private island.

3.72

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧸 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🗣️ Praise Kink 💔 Hurt Comfort

Broken

His first love fled after his brother's death. Now they're trapped together on a private island.

by Andi Jaxon 2023

3.72

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧸 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🗣️ Praise Kink 💔 Hurt Comfort

To Kill a Badger

by Shelly Laurenston • 2025

A honey badger shifter starts a war with lions. A grumpy tiger becomes her reluctant protector.

4.45

4k+

👥 Found Family 🐯 Grumpy Hero 🦡 Fierce Heroine 🖤 Dark Humor 🐺 Shifter Politics

To Kill a Badger

A honey badger shifter starts a war with lions. A grumpy tiger becomes her reluctant protector.

by Shelly Laurenston 2025

4.45

4k+ ratings

👥 Found Family 🐯 Grumpy Hero 🦡 Fierce Heroine 🖤 Dark Humor 🐺 Shifter Politics

Need You to Choose Me

by Anna B. Doe • 2025

She had one anonymous night. Now she's pregnant, and he's her new student's father.

4.02

10k+

🍼 Surprise Pregnancy 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌙 One Night Stand

Need You to Choose Me

She had one anonymous night. Now she's pregnant, and he's her new student's father.

by Anna B. Doe 2025

4.02

10k+ ratings

🍼 Surprise Pregnancy 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌙 One Night Stand

My Darling Bride

by Ilsa Madden-Mills • 2023

To claim his inheritance, an NFL star must marry. His target just stole his Lamborghini.

4.01

24k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Fake Relationship 🖤 Wounded Hero 💔 Healing From Trauma 📚 Bookstore Setting

My Darling Bride

To claim his inheritance, an NFL star must marry. His target just stole his Lamborghini.

by Ilsa Madden-Mills 2023

4.01

24k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Fake Relationship 🖤 Wounded Hero 💔 Healing From Trauma 📚 Bookstore Setting

Until You Say Stay

by Nate Wilder • 2025

A disgraced F1 driver and an aspiring singer agree to fake-date. The contract says no feelings.

4.38

1k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏁 Formula One Romance 🎤 Musician Heroine 😈 Reformed Playboy 👨‍👦‍👦 Found Family

Until You Say Stay

A disgraced F1 driver and an aspiring singer agree to fake-date. The contract says no feelings.

by Nate Wilder 2025

4.38

1k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏁 Formula One Romance 🎤 Musician Heroine 😈 Reformed Playboy 👨‍👦‍👦 Found Family

Snowed In

by Navessa Allen • 2017

A small-town artist falls for her snow-bound neighbor, an ex-athlete haunted by illness and secrecy.

3.84

7k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💖 Friends To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🕯️ Slow Burn

Snowed In

A small-town artist falls for her snow-bound neighbor, an ex-athlete haunted by illness and secrecy.

by Navessa Allen 2017

3.84

7k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💖 Friends To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🕯️ Slow Burn

Rock Bottom Girl

by Lucy Score • 2019

Broke and jobless, Marley returns to her town, coaches soccer, and fake-dates her high school crush.

4.25

74k+

🌾 Small Town Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Return 🌅 Starting Over

Rock Bottom Girl

Broke and jobless, Marley returns to her town, coaches soccer, and fake-dates her high school crush.

by Lucy Score 2019

4.25

74k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Return 🌅 Starting Over

The No Try Zone

by Valerie Pepper • 2026

A Vegas dare weds a physical therapist to her brother's rugby coach, her new boss.

4.00

222

💍 Accidental Marriage 🤫 Secret Relationship 💼 Workplace Romance 🌙 One-Night Stand 🕯️ Slow Burn

The No Try Zone

A Vegas dare weds a physical therapist to her brother's rugby coach, her new boss.

by Valerie Pepper 2026

4.00

222 ratings

💍 Accidental Marriage 🤫 Secret Relationship 💼 Workplace Romance 🌙 One-Night Stand 🕯️ Slow Burn

Until the Sparks Fly

by Nate Wilder • 2026

Writing about a boxer brings a journalist home to the coach she loved and ruined.

4.35

711

🕰️ Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚗 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn

Until the Sparks Fly

Writing about a boxer brings a journalist home to the coach she loved and ruined.

by Nate Wilder 2026

4.35

711 ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚗 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn

The Grump Next Door

by Brighton Walsh • 2025

A single mom's one-night stand is her new landlord, and he's anything but pleased.

4.18

9k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance

The Grump Next Door

A single mom's one-night stand is her new landlord, and he's anything but pleased.

by Brighton Walsh 2025

4.18

9k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Sweet Temptation

by Bella Matthews • 2025

With cystic fibrosis, she moves in with her brother and the football star who loves her.

4.20

7k+

❤️‍🩹 Chronic Illness Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First 🫂 Found Family

Sweet Temptation

With cystic fibrosis, she moves in with her brother and the football star who loves her.

by Bella Matthews 2025

4.20

7k+ ratings

❤️‍🩹 Chronic Illness Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First 🫂 Found Family

Caught on Camera

by Chelsea Curto • 2023

Her NFL coach best friend fake dates her after a viral kiss cam rescue. Don't fall.

3.92

17k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫠 He Falls First 🛡️ Protective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Caught on Camera

Her NFL coach best friend fake dates her after a viral kiss cam rescue. Don't fall.

by Chelsea Curto 2023

3.92

17k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫠 He Falls First 🛡️ Protective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Duke

by Kayley Loring • 2023

To survive a viral photo scandal, a grumpy NFL kicker and a British actress pretend to date.

4.20

1k+

🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 📸 Celebrity Romance 👧 Single Dad 💬 Witty Banter

Duke

To survive a viral photo scandal, a grumpy NFL kicker and a British actress pretend to date.

by Kayley Loring 2023

4.20

1k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 📸 Celebrity Romance 👧 Single Dad 💬 Witty Banter

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