This list of compiled of recommendations I received on Twitter during this year #rombklove event. I have grouped together romances featuring sports that are not very popular and some rather popular in real life but conspicuously missing from romance novels.
My personal recommendations for romance romances presenting less popular sports or offering an unusual take on a popular sport, are listed in this earlier post.
Note 1: The inclusion of books/authors on the list here is not an endorsement on my part unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Note 2: The titles link to the Goodreads page for the book. The Amazon links are affiliate.
Water sports
Diving Deep by KA Mitchell, contemporary m/m romance, diving. Currently not available for purchase
Lake Lovelace series by Vanessa North, competitive wakeboarding. Amazon
Love by the Bay series by Stephanie Kay, rec-league-Coast-Guard rescue swimmers. Amazon
Level Hands / Love Me Like a Rock / Hard Candy by Amy Jo Cousins, m/m romances, rowing. Amazon - Read and Loved
Stroke to His Cox, m/m romance short story by JL Merrow, rowing. Amazon
Swift River series by Kristina Mathews, whitewater raft guides. Amazon
Wavehouse by Alice Kaltman, YA, surfing. Amazon
Hot Holiday Nights by Jaci Burton, m/f romance, surfing. Amazon
Pacific Blue series by Lorelie Brown, m/f romance, surfing. Amazon
Sparks Like Ours by Melissa Brayden, f/f romance, surfing. Amazon
Extreme sports
Renegades series by Rebecca Yarros, m/f romances with X Games athletes. Amazon
Lessons in Gravity and Leaving Everest by Megan Westfield, m/f romances, rock climbing. Amazon
Gravity series by Sarina Bowen, skiers/snowboarders. Amazon - Read and enjoyed
Heartstruck by Angeli E. Dumatol. Arnis (Filipino martial art), YA contemporary m/f. Both MC and LI train and compete in the sport. Amazon
Boxing / Wrestling / MMA
A Fighting Chance by Shannon Stacey (novella). Amazon
Knock Out by Michele Mannon, m/m contemporary. Amazon
Dirty Boxing by Harper St George and Tara Waytt, m/f erotic romance, MMA. Amazon
Showing Him the Ropes by Christa Tomlinson (m/m professional wrestling). Amazon
The Secret Heart by Erin Satie. This historical has a hero that is a bare-knuckle boxer. Amazon (It's free at the time of posting)
Submission Moves by Camilla Sisco is set in the US with an MMA fighter for a hero. Amazon
Below the Belt by Sarah Mayberry, m/f romance, heroine is a boxer. Amazon
Making Him Sweat, Taking Him Down, Driving Her Wild by by Cara McKenna writing as Meg Maguire about boxers. Amazon
Willing Victim by Cara McKenna, m/f romance, hero is an MMA fighter. Amazon
Bad Neighbor by Molly O'Keefe, m/f romance. Amazon - Read and enjoyed
In Her Corner by Vicki Essex, m/f romance with MMA fighter heroine and her coach is the hero. Amazon
Memphis by Ginger Scott's is about a boxer who trains at the heroine's dad's gym. Amazon
Champion’s Heart by Piper Huguley is a Great Depression Era historical romance with black characters, including a boxer hero. Amazon
Field and Track
Love on the Run by Zuri Day, female track and field Olympic & collegiate athlete and male sports management agent. Amazon
Winning Ruby Heart by Jennifer Lohmann. Heroine is a disgraced Olympic athlete who takes up running ultra marathons. Amazon
Love at First Run by Angel C. Aquino, m/f romance, #romanceclass. Amazon
The University of Gatica series by Lexy Timms, track and field heroines. Amazon (Free at the time of posting)
There's Something About Sweetie by Sandyha Menon. Sweetie is a fat girl who runs track, her LI Ashish plays basketball. Amazon
Cars and bikes
Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox m/f romance about a long distance cyclist. Amazon - currently not available for purchase
Holeshot by M.A. Parker, m/f romance, motocross. Amazon
Cat by Freya North about a sports reporter covering Le Tour de France. Amazon - only used copies
Hard Driving series by Audra North, race car drivers. Amazon
Fencing
Clang by E. Davies, m/m contemporary romance. Amazon
The Master Will Appear by L.A. Witt, m/m romance. Amazon
Introducing Mr. Winterbourn by Joanna Chambers, m/m historical romance, both MCs are fencers. Amazon
Lord Carew's Bride by Mary Balogh, m/f historical romance. Amazon - only used copies available
Heart Duel by Robin D. Owens, m/f paranormal romance. Amazon
A Rational Arrangement by L. Rowyn, fantasy polyamory mmf romance. Amazon
Tennis
After Wimbledon by Jennifer Gilby Roberts, m/f romance . Amazon
Courting Carlyn by Melissa Chambers, m/f romance. Amazon
Miscellaneous
Once Upon a Player by Agay Llanera, m/f romance, college volleyball. Amazon
Playing with Seduction by Reese Ryan, heroine is a volleyball player. Amazon
The Cowboy Meets His Match by Sarah Mayberry, which features a female saddle bronc rider. Amazon
Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfied. The heroine’s on a roller derby team. Amazon
Pride, Prejudice, and Curling Rocks by Andrea Brokaw, YA retelling of Pride and Prejudice, curling. Amazon
Settle the Score / Hustle Play by Tara Frejas is a duology of two short stories featuring a female basketball player & a male cheer squad member. Amazon
Settling the Score by R.S. Gray, m/f romance, heroine is a football player, hero is a swimmer adn they meet at the summer Olympics. Amazon
Romancing the Kicker by Catherine Lane, f/f romance about the first female kicker in NFL. Amazon
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