Basketball Romance

This bundle includes Seven Years, Six Months, and Five Weeks.

Think you know what it's like being a baller's girl? You don't. My fairy tale is upside down. A happily never after. I kissed the prince and he turned into a fraud. I was a fool, and his love—fool's gold. Now there's a new player in the game, August West. One of the NBA's brightest stars. Fine. Forbidden. He wants me. I want him. But my past, my fraudulent prince, just won't let me go.

Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his death right around the corner he's got more reasons than ever to live. Befriending the Foxes was inadvisable. Kissing one is unthinkable. Neil should know better than to get involved with anyone this close to the end, but Andrew's never been the easiest person to walk away from. If they both say it doesn't mean anything, maybe Neil won't regret losing it, but the one person Neil can't lie to is himself.

Kamaria Love and Shea Wolfe feel like a wall separates them as a sweet romance builds between them. All because he's white, and she's black. Will their fragile new love end before it begins? Or can the two prevail past the prejudice directed at them because some believe they are better off with their own race. They meet in a restaurant on the night his team gets to the city to take part in the biggest basketball tournament of the year. Not only does Shea have to deal with the drama on the court. Going head-to-head with one of his teammates who doesn’t think Shea is the right man for ...

The concept of basketball "analytics" has been lauded, derided, and misunderstood. The incorporation of more data into NBA decision-making has been credited—or blamed—for everything from the death of the traditional center to the proliferation of three-point shooting to the alleged abandonment of the area of the court known as the midrange. In The Midrange Theory, Seth Partnow explains how numbers have affected the modern NBA game, and how those numbers urge us toward thinking about it in new ways.

In his teens, Jim Carroll roamed the streets of New York, shooting baskets with some of New York's best "playground" stars, and shooting heroin with some of the city's most memorable street characters. The Basketball Diaries is his chronicle of those years. Written while in his teens, it is a literary tour-de-force and a stunning portrait of contemporary urban street life. The characters and incidents are moving and funny and sad, but always very real.

Alana Marrying Ava was the best choice I ever made. I love her more than anything else. Exploring this new path with her, learning to be a wife, and embracing the chance to share everything with her is like a fairytale come true. Ava wants us to start a family, but I'm afraid due to my medical condition. Additionally, she is in the midst of training for the Olympics and has many goals of her own. I don't want my issues to interfere with her ambitions. Plus, I'm still trying to find my identity which makes me even more nervous. All I want is to wholeheartedly love Ava while sustaining our ...

I am done with men. I like my life the way it is. Calm, quiet, and very private. I may be a brash New Yorker, but I keep a tight circle, and I prefer it that way. Enter Colt Chastain, rising NBA star and magnetic single dad. He's set his sights on me and he's determined to change my mind. I told him he's the absolute last man I would ever be with. So, why does he think getting me into bed is a slam dunk?

In the club, with flashing lights and loud music, seeing him across the room is a scene out of a movie. We lock eyes and sway to the beat—instantly connecting. He nudges his head, calling me to the other side. Me? Of all the women in the club, this sexy man wants me to join him in VIP. So I do. And then I realize how tall he is, and the other guys surrounding him are also. Wait. This guy was on the basketball court at the game I watched the night before. The guys standing around him are his teammates on the Houston Outlaws.

Hungry. Brazen. Devious. The fourth quarter of love’s forbidden game has arrived, but where will it leave the Black Lions? Who will be the last Lion or Lioness standing when the final buzzer sounds? Courtney Engels and her sister are all set to escape everyone and everything with the money stolen from Sherman’s safe. She’s so desperate to escape Big Cousin that Courtney turns to Rita and Bryson for help once again. But can she outrun the one man who’s owned her mind, body and soul since she was a child? What happens to Lil Baby when the predator finally catches up with his prey? ...

When a jock with a troubled past meets a brainy tutor with a broken heart, they discover that love can heal even the deepest wounds in this captivating M/M romance novel. Todd, a basketball star who is tired of burying his bisexuality, turns to the dating app CockyUnicorns after breaking up with his girlfriend. Rebranding himself as MegaEvolvedJock, he seeks a fresh start. Enter Adrian, a hardworking grad student and campus tutor assigned to help athletes—despite his painful history with jocks. Fate brings Todd and Adrian together, and though Adrian tries to resist, he can't ignore the ...

NBA player Leland McClain, the baby of the McClain family, is tall, handsome, talented...and spoiled. He's a man who gets what he wants, and what he wants is the lovely Kimberly Hampton. Kim Hampton is the director of a community center, a woman who lives to help others while trying to forget a troubling past. As far as she's concerned, a relationship with any man is a horrible idea. But a relationship with Leland McClain? That's just out of the question. He has to have her. She is undeniably attracted to him. But will she lower her guard and let him hold her?

Rachel Rodgers, financial maven and heralded author of We Should All Be Millionaires, has created a groundbreaking new Audible Original series with Six Figure Side Hustle. In this installment of a dynamic three-part audio journey, Rachel unveils the blueprint for turning spare time into a $100,000-per-year side hustle in just three months.

Becoming the nanny to a basketball star was never part of my plan. Becoming the nanny to a random hookup from my past is never a good idea. It’s really not a good idea when that hookup resulted in a baby…and I left that baby on her father’s doorstep four years ago. Talk about karma. After my failed attempt at adulting in New York, I’m back in Vegas living with my parents. My dad wants me to get a responsible job, so badly that he sets me up with a job himself. As a nanny for Jayden Johnson - a player on his team, my one time hookup, and father of the daughter I abandoned. My first ...

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

Since Pro basketball player Ty “Pretty Boy” Washington picked up a basketball, he’s only ever wanted one thing: to make it to the pro league and win championships. As the number one pick in the draft, he defies the odds in his rookie year by beating the record of one of the greatest players in the league, Sid “The Wonder Kid” King. For years, Ty has looked forward to playing in the same league as Sid, the epitome of success. What he doesn’t expect is their intense chemistry or how Sid is the only person who can see that he’s barely hanging on.

A fallen NBA star. A small-town coach. One scorching second chance. Malik Carter was a headline-making All-Star—until a brutal injury sidelined him from the game and the spotlight. Sent to quietly recover in his sleepy hometown, he’s bitter, restless, and ready to bolt… until he walks into the college gym and runs into him. Drew Harmon is disciplined, driven, and definitely not thrilled to see his high school rival back in town—especially not looking like that. Now the head coach of a rising basketball program, Drew’s worked too hard to get tangled up with the one man who used to ...

Hungry. Brazen. Devious. Love’s a forbidden game, that’s why the rules must be broken to win. Boseman University’s legendary HBCU status is an asset they all want to claim for themselves, but few newbies are prepared for the lies, drama and voracious appetites of the Black Lions. Between the fraternities, athletes and nepo babies, the competition is as high as their libido. And the incoming freshmen are about to find this out firsthand. Kiela Armstrong intends to lay low and move on from the scandal that landed her in Dad Jail. But when the reclusive virgin becomes the star ...

Hungry. Brazen. Devious. Love's a forbidden game that only the fearless can win. So many questions to be answered as plans are being formed and executed! The Black Lions claim it's love, but it's a dangerous game they're playing too. Courtney Engels is riding the high of Sherman's protection and love. He's the perfect lover and friend, and he's promised her the world. Nothing else matters now that she's secured her future and his bag. But can she remain loyal when Jayda Mae makes a sudden move, and people warn her about Sherman? Sherman Edwards rides the high of being with the cheerleader ...

Bookworm Addison James has vowed to crush it in her second year in college. Avoiding guys who'll break her heart is at the top of her to-do list. But when a smoking hot jerk makes her Monday night shift part of his weekly routine, she wonders if her resolution will even last until midterms....