14 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 04-17-2026

LIVE!! SPORTS STAR WAS STRANDED ON A RAINY NIGHT…

Jax Caldwell, celebrity sports star, learned long ago that love comes at a cost. He paid it once. He barely survived it. And he swore he would never risk his heart again.

But all of that changes when he’s stranded on a rain-soaked road in rural Ireland in Ballybeg and meets Deirdre Gallagher.

Dee is recovering from a major loss and is busy fighting to save her family’s pub. She has no time for, nor interest in, a charming American with a fractured past and a face the world recognizes.

But grief recognizes grief, and what begins as guarded distance becomes deeper…”

LIVE!! LOVE TRIANGLE W/ HOCKEY STARS!

Alberto Wade and Callaway Winthrop were my best friends first—until one night broke us, and the three of us stopped being an us.

Now they’re enemies in the league, an “infamous rivalry” splashed across headlines like it’s just hockey.

It isn’t. It’s me. It’s what they’ve always wanted and have never been able to agree on. It’s the way their hate on the ice has always sounded too much like longing off it.

Now, a shocking trade and an emergency back home drag us back into the same orbit. Older. harder. Still dangerous. Still looking at me like I’m the only thing they’ve ever wanted.

They still want to win. They still want me. I still refuse to choose.

But second chances come with scars, secrets, and promises we never got to finish—until a single mistake turns into two pink lines . . .

I’m pregnant—with a baby that isn’t theirs…”

LIVE!! BIKER ROMANCE!!

“…Colt is VP of the Venom Riders MC. He’s dangerous, intense, and convinced I destroyed him when I disappeared without a word. When he corners me in a grocery store with his twin sons at my side, the hatred in his eyes is terrifying. But I don’t remember him. I don’t remember anything from before I woke up seven years ago with no memories and twins growing inside me. Now he’s everywhere—at my sons’ school, at my home, calling me a liar and a cheat. My boys are terrified. I’m terrified. Until the truth comes out, and everything I thought I knew shatters. Those twins? They’re his. The man I don’t remember? He’s my husband. And the night I disappeared? I still don’t remember that, and I’m not sure I want to…”

LIVE!! SHE’S REJECTING THE BOND!

…I don’t have time for this. I’m a warrior maiden, oath-sworn to the Enclave to live and die by my sword in the protection of the omegas. Not only is he the enemy, giving into the pull between us would ruin my career. Because the maiden part of warrior maiden? It’s not optional.

A fated mate bond would mean that I can’t fulfill my life’s purpose, and there’s no way I’m letting that happen. So what’s a girl to do?

Deny everything, and have no regrets. I’m going to reject the bond, because I’ve got no other choice.”

LIVE!! FAKE RELATIONSHIP WHEN HER EX SHOWS UP!

I arrive at a family wedding expecting maid-of-honor chaos—not to share a room with Tristan Hayes, the devastatingly charming nightclub owner I’ve crushed on for too long.

When the hotel runs out of rooms, Tristan gives his to an elderly couple without hesitation, and I see the kind of man he is. So I offer to share my king-sized bed. Just for the weekend. It’s totally innocent. Until my ex shows up with a date.

Suddenly Tristan’s hand is on my waist, his smile lethal, and he becomes my fake boyfriend. It’s temporary and perfect. Except the chemistry isn’t fake. And wedding weekends don’t last…”

LIVE!! FANTASY ROMANCE

It’s been six months since I watched my mate die, since the king took me and, with my sister, manipulated my power to obliterate cities. But everything changes when my mates finally find me.

The world is broken, the Gods are twisted, and my Nexus is out for blood. The king thought breaking me would make me a weapon. He was right—just not the kind he expected. I was born to be a monster, but my mates never saw me as one. They saw a partner. An equal. Their mate. A reason to fight. With my mates, we will stop the immortal king once and for all.

The cost may be too high…but we have nothing left to lose…”

LIVE!! HE FORCED HER TO MARRY HIM…

“…Falling for a man who’s forcing me to marry him makes me sound weak. And in our world, the last thing a woman wants is to feel weak.

…Kane Morgan was never supposed to be anything more than one reckless night. Turns out, he’s the enemy, and he knew exactly who I was when he was making me forget my name—while screaming his. Now, Kane wants more than just revenge on my family. He wants me as his wife.

After a lifetime of heartache, all I want is to marry for love. But Kane’s ripping that dream away, forcing me into a marriage of revenge. He’s cold, ruthless, and calculating, and yet he’s everything I can’t seem to resist. Because when we’re alone, he shows me a different side of him…”

LIVE!! SPORTS ROMANCE MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE!!

I never wanted to get married. Until the night my life went up in flames, and Ryker Beneventi walked into the fire to save me.

The Philadelphia Kings’ scorching hot defensive end has a tendency of doing that . . . Protecting me is instinct. Marrying me is strategy. Calling me “his wife” . . . That’s for fun.

One carefully crafted press release later, and I’m standing beside the most photographed man in football, wearing a diamond I didn’t choose, and bearing a last name revered in this town.

It’s supposed to be temporary. A clean solution to a messy problem. But nothing about our marriage is as it seems…”

LIVE!! M/M HOCKEY ROMANCE!!

“…It doesn’t matter that I was the number one draft pick in the NHL or that I’m projected to be the next great generational player, because none of it is enough to impress my childhood crush back in my hometown.

Sam used to mock me for being like a Disney Princess with my uncanny knack for finding animals in need. And being home in Colorado for the summer, I’m bound to run into him now that he runs the animal shelter where I used to volunteer. Where I used to try to get his attention every chance I had.

He never noticed me then, at least not in the way I wanted. But if there’s one thing my time in the NHL has taught me, it’s how to fight for what I want…”

LIVE!! HE ONCE BROKE HER HEART & NOW THEY’RE STUCK TOGETHER…

“…family has inevitably brought me back, and avoiding my ex, Quinn McQuarrie, is proving impossible when he insists on digging up the past every time we meet.

Quinn is now a single dad, the local contractor, and the person the entire town is rooting for to get his happily ever after. The problem is, he wants me to be his HEA, and I just want to move on. When Quinn sees my plans to save the town’s volunteer lifeboat service as an opportunity to work together, I’m stuck with him…”

LIVE!! SHE’S TEMPORARILY MATED TO THE DEMON KING!

I expect our connection to be nothing more than friends with benefits, and I can accept that. But he’s not willing to let me go.

To the rest of the city, I’m death incarnate, but to him, I’m the pretty little fae queen he’s wanted for a century.

He’s struggling to deal with the mess in his half of the city while claiming me in every possible way he can think of… and with every passing day, I’m beginning to realize that the issues separating us don’t matter to him.

He thinks I’m his. And I’m starting to think he might be right…”

LIVE!! LOVE TRIANGLE W/ HOCKEY STARS!

Alberto Wade and Callaway Winthrop were my best friends first—until one night broke us, and the three of us stopped being an us.

Now they’re enemies in the league, an “infamous rivalry” splashed across headlines like it’s just hockey.

It isn’t. It’s me. It’s what they’ve always wanted and have never been able to agree on. It’s the way their hate on the ice has always sounded too much like longing off it.

Now, a shocking trade and an emergency back home drag us back into the same orbit…”

LIVE!! M/M HOCKEY ROMANCE!!

“…It doesn’t matter that I was the number one draft pick in the NHL or that I’m projected to be the next great generational player, because none of it is enough to impress my childhood crush back in my hometown.

Sam used to mock me for being like a Disney Princess with my uncanny knack for finding animals in need. And being home in Colorado for the summer, I’m bound to run into him now that he runs the animal shelter where I used to volunteer. Where I used to try to get his attention every chance I had…”

LIVE!! COZY FANTASY ROMANCE!!

After a WitchTok fiasco brands her the Heartbreak Witch, Liora flees home to lick her wounds. But when she uncovers her Gran’s grimoire, the secrets inside may explain everything she’s ever gotten wrong about her magick.

Enter Torin, the gruff forester whose relationship she once destroyed. A miscast spell binds him to honesty, making it impossible for him to lie. With the town watching their every move, a fake relationship seems like the only way to keep questions at bay. Except Torin’s unfiltered truths cut straight to Liora’s heart…”