The Sports category has 377 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 1,392 ratings. The most-rated is Pucked.
Behind the Plate
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The most anticipated J. Sterling release of the year is finally here! You’ve waited years to meet Jack Carter’s son, and the wait is over! Strap in and enjoy the ride. Chance Carter is the son of local baseball legend Jack Carter. Now in his junior year at Fullton State, Chance is facing challenges he never saw coming. Failing a class will stop his draft season short, making him ineligible to play and pushing his goal of professional baseball even further away. In steps Danika, a mouthy tutor from New York, who only wants to help him pass his class...not get in his pants. But try telling that to Chance. He doesn’t trust girls, and he definitely doesn’t trust his new tutor. A lifetime growing up as a Carter taught him that. But Danika has issues of her own. After an incident that happened last year, she doesn’t trust athletes and wants nothing to do with them. And Chance is no exception. The fireworks explode as the two try to deny the chemistry between them and family secrets are revealed. Chance doesn’t know how to give up on something he wants, and he’s decided he wants Danika. There’s just one problem...she has a boyfriend with whom she has no intention of breaking up. How can he have her when she belongs to someone else?
©2020 J. Sterling (P)2020 J. Sterling
Song for a Cowboy
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Emmy Lou King is the 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, she agrees. Combining her fan base and those of the AFL could do some good in the fight against drugs. But can she handle working with Brock Watson? She’d barely recovered from their breakup - and she's never loved anyone else. When a hotshot second-string player arrives to fill in until he’s cleared to play football, Brock Watson feels the pressure. Dealing with his father's declining health, keeping the ranch running, staying in game-ready shape, and working with the charity that changed his life has left no time for anything else - Emmy Lou included. After six years, he'd like to think she couldn't mess with his head anymore, but one look, one smile, and he knows she's as dangerous as ever. He can't resist her, never could, but this time his heart is off limits. The more time Emmy Lou spends with Brock, the harder it is to keep her distance. But his devotion to his family, his fans, and this charity can't erase the way he used her to secure his success. Maybe if she can guard her heart, she can accept the fiery no-strings relationship he's willing to offer. But how can she guard something that, right or wrong, already belongs to him?
©2021 Sasha Summers (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Stronger
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Brought to you by Penguin. To understand how to empower yourself, first of all you have to recognise and accept your vulnerability. In Stronger, Gareth shares how he has managed to deal with the adversity life has thrown at him over the years, from his school years to his most recent difficult announcement that he is living with HIV. Gareth's incredible willingness to expose his deepest emotional frailties as a man and come through even stronger as a result have made him a national hero and a role model for us all. Whether he is confronting the physical challenges of an Iron Man, or the mental resilience needed to be true to who you are, or weighing the medals and trophies he's won alongside the mistakes he's made, Gareth is unwaveringly honest. An inspirational rallying call, Stronger is a vital listen for anyone who wants to turn their fear into a strength and to not only survive, but to thrive.
©2021 Gareth Thomas (P)2021 Penguin Audio
You Are My Everything
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Up-and-coming hockey rookie Michael Friessen has everything going for him: a future few could hope for and parents who are his everything. He doesn’t want anything more until one weekend before he secures a spot with the Canucks, when he wakes up with a ring on his finger and the hottest, sexiest blonde sound asleep beside him. He tries to tell himself it was a mistake...that he isn’t looking for a relationship, and despite everything about her - including the night he’s still trying to remember - he’s determined not to fall for her. But the closer they get, the deeper he falls, until he learns that the night they met may not have been accidental.
©2019 Lorhainne Ekelund (P)2019 Lorhainne Ekelund
Big Stick
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"A sexy NHL player, a sassy heroine, and a heartfelt romance that kept me engaged from beginning to end!" (NYT bestseller Mia Sheridan) Hockey is my life. And it's a great one. There's an endless line of women, and I get to hang with my best friend Oli. Everything is perfect until she shows up. Oli's twin sister, Flynn...hates my guts. I don't blame her. I'm part of one of the worst nights of her life. Now she's next door and seeing her every day is killing me slowly. I wonder if we can ever get back to being friends. The way she looks at me sometimes, well, let's just say my hockey stick isn't the only thing that's feeling hard these days. But if she finds out the secrets I'm keeping, forgiveness will be the last thing on her mind.
©2018 R.C. Stephens (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. This edition is made possible under a license arrangement with Entangled Publishing, Inc.
The Tip-Off
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I’ve spent years hiding in the shadows. He’s spent his whole life chasing the bright lights of the NBA. We have nothing in common, except for the fact our friends ditched us for spring break. I have a bucket list for my senior year at Valley U. He’s the only person I know on campus. I’m ready to start checking things off my list. Frat party: check. TP the baseball house: check. Goat yoga: check. Skinny dipping: check. Falling for Zeke Sweets, Valley U’s MVP: not going to happen.
©2019 Rebecca Jenshak (P)2019 Rebecca Jenshak
Survival
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Vinnie Curto was born in East Boston, Massachusetts, on July 10, 1955. His father Jimmy Curto was a raving, sick, alcoholic homosexual. Vinnie’s father and his drunken friends sexually abused young Vinnie, frequently raping him and performing other deviant sexual acts on him, while his mother Loretta stood by and let it happen. When Vinnie was 14, his father forced him to pursue a boxing career. Jimmy Curto told his son that the only way he could ever be proud of him is if he won a boxing championship. He said if Vinnie failed in that, his only other alternative would be to commit suicide. To make his point, Jimmy produced a handgun and made Vinnie hold it in his hands. It is a memory that has haunted Vinnie for years. To escape his living hell at home, at the age of 16, Vinnie lied about his age and joined the Navy. Although the falsification of his age was later discovered and he was discharged, while serving, he joined the boxing team and made many contacts that would benefit his career in the future. Vinnie’s decision to join the Navy not only altered his life, it may very well have saved it. After his stint in the military, Vinnie joined the Olympic boxing team, where he made several more valuable contacts, including the legendary trainer Angelo Dundee. The doors to his future were being opened. However, his road to a title fight would be long and paved with danger.
©2019 Vinnie Curto (P)2020 WildBlue Press
Hawk
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It's another season of Renegade baseball and, as they say, the boys are back in town. All except for all-star pitcher Hawk Sinclair, who has returned to his hometown and back to the ranch he grew up on to rehab after shoulder surgery. Real-estate agent Bellamy Patrick feels like she's failing at being a single mom. Her son is having a hard time fitting in, and she's hoping that playing baseball will be the answer. When he doesn't make the team, she's willing to do anything to help him...except that! And that's exactly what the little-league coach expects. When Hawk's asked to coach a team of misfit kids, he balks...until he sees how the program is run and how boys are left out. That's when he knows he has no choice but to do the right thing and turn these boys into the players he knows they can be...and while he's at it, convince Bellamy they're meant to be. Contains mature themes.
©2019 Heidi McLaughlin (P)2020 Tantor
Merciless King
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I’m Chuck Sansone. Cocky, arrogant, and the best boxer in the world. I’m a part-time building maintenance guy for Dexter Truitt and now his newest project. It’s been the same structured routine for years: training, working, and fighting. But with Dex behind me, someone who can see my end goal and believes in me, I know this is my time. Finally.... I will fight for the heavyweight world boxing title. Nothing will stop this from happening. Not my team. Not my friends. Not the Mafia. Not the headstrong, desirable, gorgeous blonde bombshell - Caroline. Certainly not the deadly intruder in my life or the unwanted revelation that will change my life forever. Blackmail won’t work either. But who do I trust? Loyalties and people will be broken if I’m to continue with my life ambition of being heavyweight champion of the world. I hope the selfish destruction I cause will be worth it.
©2020 Ellie Jean and Cocky Hero Club, Inc. (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
Pucks, Sticks, and Diapers
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First came love, then came the NHL, then came Baylor and Jayden with a baby carriage.
©2016 Toni Aleo (P)2021 Tantor
The Hookup King
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Jock-jerk. Arrogant hockey player who thinks he’s god’s gift to women. That’s the Tucker Kane I know. Three years ago, we hooked up, and he walked away like it was nothing. Like I meant nothing. Now, he needs my help to pass a class. When I get a message from PuckMe_69 in response to my tutoring post, I have no idea it’s Tucker. He has no clue I’m the girl from his past who still hates his guts. At first, I tell him to go puck himself and walk away. But he’s as persistent as he is sexy. And I need the money. So, we come to an arrangement. One that ends with us breaking all the rules...and, if I’m not careful, my heart.
©2019 Jillian Quinn (P)2019 Jillian Quinn
In Too Deep
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New York Times best-selling author Lexi Ryan brings listeners a sexy NFL player who's pulled out all the stops for one more chance with the love of his life. I have four months to make my wife fall in love with me or let her go forever. I loved Bailey Green long before she watched her loser ex take his last breaths. I held her while they lowered his coffin into the ground, stilled her shaking hands when the nightmares would tear her from sleep. I waited for her through her grief. But while she was always willing to let me in her bed, she refused to let me in the one place I longed to be - her heart. Tired of playing second string to a dead man, I let her go. I moved to Florida to begin my NFL career and tried to pretend my perfect life didn't leave me empty. I'd almost given up. Until one drunken night in Vegas, we stumbled down the aisle and said, "I do". In exchange for the divorce she wants so badly, she's agreed to remain my wife for four months. She has no idea the favors I've called in or the lies I've told to get her here, but if I succeed, none of that matters. My secrets always seemed justified, but Bailey has her own - secrets that explain why she always pushed me away, secrets that make me wonder if I should have let her. Now we're in too deep and I might lose the only girl I've ever loved and the best friend I've ever had. In Too Deep is a sexy and emotional novel intended for mature listeners. It's the fifth book in the world of the Blackhawk Boys, but can be enjoyed as a standalone. Football. Secrets. Lies. Passion. These boys don't play fair. Which Blackhawk Boy will steal your heart?
©2017 Lexi Ryan (P)2017 Lexi Ryan
Heaven, Texas
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All hell breaks loose when two unforgettable people discover love, laughter, passion - and a match that can only be made in Heaven. Come heck or high water, Gracie Snow is determined to drag the legendary ex-jock Bobby Tom Denton back home to Heaven, Texas, to begin shooting his first motion picture. Despite his dazzling good looks and killer charm, Bobby Tom has reservations about being a movie star - and no plans to cooperate with a prim and bossy Ohio wallflower whom he can’t get off his mind or out of his life. Instead, the hell-raising playboy decides to make her over from plain Jane to Texas wildcat. But nothing’s more dangerous than a wildcat with an angel’s heart in a town too small for a bad boy to hide.
©2009 Susan Elizabeth Phillips (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Foreplayer
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She’s got game everywhere but the bedroom. Enter the player who knows exactly how to grade her curves.... After a very public breakup and a viral post that declares him the villain, power forward Cal Foreman is taking a time-out from women and relationships to focus on hockey. When Chicago Rebels captain and old friend Vadim Petrov “volunteers” him to help train Vadim’s sister Mia, Cal figures he can do a favor for a pal and get ready for the season with his new team. But the imperious Russian would slice a skate blade through Cal’s internal organs if he knew what lessons Mia really wants. Yeah, not that kind of stickhandling. Hockey phenom and Olympics hopeful Mia Wallace needs help seducing the man of her dreams. That man is most definitely not Cal Foreman: notorious playboy, thorn in her side, and her brother's bestie. But surely a guy with his reputed skill set has a few tips on how she can nail her target - which makes him the perfect foreplayer. Cal knows Mia sees him as merely the warm-up act in her grand plan to win another man, but as they spend more time together, he wonders if that’s enough. If they could be more. And if he could convince her he’s worthy of the starting lineup...in her heart?
©2020 Kate Meader (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC
When Stars Collide
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Number-one New York Times best seller Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns to her beloved Chicago Stars series with a romance between a Chicago Stars quarterback and one of the world’s greatest opera singers - and a major diva. “Re-entering the world of the Chicago Stars is like a beloved friend come to call.” (Number-one New York Times best-selling author Robyn Carr) Thaddeus Walker Bowman Owens, the backup quarterback for the Chicago Stars, is a team player, talented sideline coach, occasional male underwear model, and a man with a low tolerance for divas. Olivia Shore, international opera superstar, is a driven diva with a passion for perfection, a craving for justice, too many secrets - and a monumental grudge against the egotistical, lowbrow jock she’s been stuck with. It’s Mozart meets Monday Night Football as the temperamental soprano and stubborn jock embark on a nationwide tour promoting a luxury watch brand. Along the way, the combatants will engage in soul-searching and trash talk, backstage drama and, for sure, a quarterback pass. But there’ll also face trouble as threatening letters, haunting photographs, and a series of dangerous encounters complicate their lives. Is it the work of an overzealous fan or something more sinister? This is the emotional journey of a brilliant woman whose career is everything and a talented man who’ll never be happy with second place. Tender and funny, passionate and insightful, this irresistible romantic adventure proves that anything can happen...when two superstars collide.
©2021 Susan Elizabeth Phillips (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers
Alluring Aiden
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“It’s just six weeks. Or forever. You choose.” Aiden is supposed to be travelling the country with his professional motocross racing team. He isn’t supposed to break his wrist over summer and be benched for the whole fall season. He definitely isn’t supposed to find himself falling for a hometown girl who loves dirt bikes as much as he does. And when her boyfriend cheats on her, he probably shouldn’t agree to be her fake boyfriend just to piss him off. But Aiden has never been good at doing the right thing. Jenn’s relationship just fell apart. She thought she’d had it all: a hunky motocross racer boyfriend, an awesome job at her dad’s shop, and a promising career as a physical therapist on the horizon. Then it all falls apart, leaving her broken and hopeless. A fake relationship might get back at her ex, but there’s something in the way Aiden looks at her that doesn’t feel very fake at all. Alluring Aiden is the second stand-alone book in The Team Loco Trilogy, a series of flirty, upper Young Adult contemporary romances. Contains steamy scenes, no cliffhanger, and a happily-ever-after.
©2018, 2019 Amy Sparling (P)2019 Amy Sparling
Swing and a Mishap
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Two years ago, I was a pretty big deal. I thought I had it all, until a blast from my past popped up on my social media feed, keeping my ego in check and reminding me how basic I am. Except sassy Wren Bennett isn't just a blast from my past. She's the only woman I ever saw a future with. Even though my soul leaves my body every time she says she hates baseball and has never watched me play, a year's worth of messages filled with laughter and sarcasm only remind me how amazing my "pen pal" is. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how fine I look in a pair of baseball pants; I'm still 3,000 miles away, and she's taken...or so I thought. Maybe I should have thought a little harder before I dropped her like a seeing-eye single into the outfield. When an injury has me questioning everything about my life, I can only think of one place I need to go and one person I need to see. Home, to Summersweet Island, to get back my "pen pal". Now I just need to make sure single mom Wren knows I didn't come back for a change, and I didn't come back for a job. I'm swinging for the fences, and I'm finally coming home to make her mine. If only she'd stop insulting me and stay in one place long enough for me to tell her. She wouldn't try to drown me with a tub of ice cream, right? I'm sure it'll be fine. Contains mature themes.
©2020 Tara Sivec (P)2021 Tantor
For the Win
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Harrison Wynn Even though I'm the oldest player on the farm team, I'm playing my heart out this year to prove that I have what it takes to compete in the NHL. Everyone expects me to live up to my dying hockey hero dad's legacy, but my chances are receding every season. What I need is to focus, but the team's new yoga instructor is a major distraction; I've had my eye on her from the first time we met. Except she's not interested - okay, maybe actively disinterested - since I accidentally dumped her into the ocean during our paddleboard yoga class. How can I prove to her - and to the NHL - that I'm worth taking a chance on? Arya Ross Men are the last thing I need in my life. Yoga is my priority; it helps me center myself and heal my soul. But I can't turn down the once-in-a-lifetime offer to be the personal yoga instructor for the local hockey team. Sure, there are some cute players - including Harrison Wynn, who seemingly won't take no for an answer, and whose boyish smile and sexy charm are hard to resist. He seems genuine, and I wonder...Can I put my past behind me to start a future with him?
©2020 Kelly Jamieson (P)2020 Tantor
Safe with Me
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Small-business owner and financial advisor Samiyah Manhattan is mourning the death of her six-year marriage when she vows never to trust men again. Alone at a local bar, Samiyah attempts to put her situation in perspective when she is drawn inexorably to the presence of a nearby patron. Celebrity ex-boxer and heavyweight champion turned business mogul Jonas Alexander Rose never takes women too seriously. They only attach themselves to him because of his star-studded status. However, when he meets the beautiful Samiyah Manhattan mulling over a mimosa at his favorite bar and grill, Jonas is overwhelmed by the heart-throbbing, heated attraction, and now he is on a mission to explore this thing called love. But can Jonas break the barrier that Samiyah's put up, and is he even ready? Find out if Jonas and Samiyah are a match made in heaven or if they will miss out on their happily ever after in Safe with Me. Contains mature themes.
©2017 Stephanie Nicole Norris (P)2020 Tantor
Van
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As one of the league's toughest enforcers, Van Turner is ruthless on the ice. He plays hard because it's the only way to channel the rage boiling inside, and a reputation as an A-hole is better than everyone knowing the truth. Van has spent his entire life running from a secret that's kept him from getting involved in relationships-or accepting lucrative deals with East Coast teams. Then the Carolina Cold Fury makes him an offer he can't refuse...and Van meets a woman he can't resist. Simone Fournier is the stubborn one in her family - and that's saying something, considering her brothers are two of the Cold Fury's biggest stars. Simone gets what she wants, and what she wants is Van. Still, there's a part of him Simone can't reach, no matter how hard she tries. In private, he's all fire and passion. In public, he freezes her out. Van may want to push her away, but Simone won't let him go that easily. Because this time, she's playing for keeps. Contains mature themes.
©2017 Sawyer Bennett (P)2017 Tantor