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A Sign of Affection, Vol. 3 by Suu Morishita
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsDoes he really see me as a girl? Yuki's a Deaf college student who is at first enchanted by and soon falls in love with an upperclassman in her school named Itsuomi who doesn't care about her lack of hearing but treats her like anyone else. Yuki resolves to face that love head-on and really pursue it proactively... -
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Coast by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsOne life-changing summer. One boy. The boy. The boy who offered me safe touches and heart-stopping smiles - smiles he shared with his son. We filled our days with porch-step kisses, filled our ears with laughter, filled our hearts with love. Deep, soul-aching, desperate love. But love is misleading. It's an invisible, fleeting moment... -
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![Art & Soul by Brittainy C. Cherry]()
Art & Soul by Brittainy C. Cherry
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsI had always been the invisible art student in high school. Passed by. Glossed over. Unnoticed. Now I was Aria Watson…that girl. After one bad decision, and being labeled a slut, I was no longer unseen. I was the whore. The ignoramus. The tramp. I would never be invisible again. Particularly to Levi Myers...Categorized as:
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Asa by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 64 ratingsJay Crownover’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling Marked Men series continues with the much anticipated story of southern charmer and certified criminal Asa Cross. Starting over in Denver with a whole new circle of friends and family, Asa Cross struggles with being the man he knows everyone wants him to be and the man he knows he really is... -
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![Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson]()
Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson
From New York Time’s Bestselling Author R.L. Mathewson comes the YA series inspired by the Neighbor from Hell Series… The Neighbor from Hell YA Series. For readers who enjoy stories that leave them smiling… Do you ever feel like life isn’t going the way that you thought it would? That’s what Sebastian Bradford is realizing as he tries to figure out how everything went wrong so quickly...Categorized as:
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![The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski]()
The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsTwenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart...Categorized as:
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![The Proposal by J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Proposal by J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsTwitter fiction story of Cam and Avery.http://www.iheartbigbooks.com/2014/03...http://www.scribd.com/doc/231133105/T..Categorized as:
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![The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur]()
The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 22 ratings"You never got over her. You just left." From author Suanne Laqueur comes an astonishing debut novel: a young man's emotional journey to salvage relationships destroyed in the wake of a school shooting. As a college freshman, Erik Fiskare is drawn to the world of theater but prefers backstage to center stage... -
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Franco by Kim Holden
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFranco Genovese is the drummer for world renowned American rock band, Rook. He’s got it all. A killer smile. Tattoos. Talent. Razor sharp wit and humor. And a heart as big, and generous, as they come. Life is good. Steady. Uncomplicated. Just the way he likes things. Until one night at an unassuming L.A. bar changes everything. Enter Gemma Hendricks... -
![Endure by S.E. Hall, Sommer Stein]()
Endure by S.E. Hall, Sommer Stein
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOur vessel may have cracks and dings, tatters in its sail, and sometimes takes on water… but it still cuts through the waves with authority. Because of its Crew— bonded for life. Unsinkable. Will this be our final voyage… or just the beginning of a new chapter in our lives? Endure is best read following Emerge, Embrace, Entangled(novella) and Entice of the Evolve Series... -
![Finding Us by Allie Everhart]()
Finding Us by Allie Everhart
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFinding Us is in both Jade's and Garret's POV After the events of last year, Jade and Garret are anxious to get a fresh start in a new town and a new college, far away from the people who tried to tear them apart. But soon after moving, their relationship problems begin. Jade finds out Garret hasn’t been completely honest with her... -
![Without You by Kelly Elliott]()
Without You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAlex and Will have spent months keeping their relationship hidden from their families. Getting caught prematurely causes them to admit their love for each other to their parents. One decision made by Alex's father changes her entire world, shattering her plans for the future...Categorized as:
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![With This Heart by R.S. Grey]()
With This Heart by R.S. Grey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIf someone had told me a year ago that I was about to fall in love, go on an epic road trip, ride a Triceratops, sing on a bar, and lose my virginity, I would have assumed they were on drugs. Well, that is, until I met Beckham. Beck was mostly to blame for my recklessness...Categorized as:
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![Forever You by Allie Everhart]()
Forever You by Allie Everhart
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsJade and Garret have a love story like no other. They’ve survived heartache, tragedy, and numerous forces trying to tear them apart, but through it all they’ve developed a love that will endure forever. Now it’s time to celebrate their love with a wedding... -
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![Warmth in Ice by A. Meredith Walters]()
Warmth in Ice by A. Meredith Walters
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsClay and Maggie have gone through the dark and come out on the other side. For the first time, they are on this journey together. Fighting for something they both need and can’t live without…each other. But a long distance relationship is hard. Particularly for two people who are still trying to build something solid on a shaky and troubled foundation... -
![That Wedding by Jillian Dodd]()
That Wedding by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe gorgeous engagement ring on my finger mimics my happiness. I feel so sparkly, glittery, and full of promise, because I absolutely know he's that boy. The boy I want to marry. My prince. My happily ever after. But then our pastor starts asking lots of questions. His parents say I haven’t dealt with my past. I have horrible wedding disaster dreams. I can’t find the perfect dress... -
![Wherever You Are by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie]()
Wherever You Are by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsI WILL RUIN HER. You know that old saying “opposites attract” — well, no one ever tells you what happens after the attraction part. Do opposites stick together forever? Or do they just self-combust? And then there’s the third option: someone or something forces them apart. Look, the third option isn’t happening to us. I will end the bastard who thinks he can keep me from her... -
![Down to My Soul by Kennedy Ryan]()
Down to My Soul by Kennedy Ryan
***This is Book 2 of the Soul Series. You MUST read Book 1, My Soul to Keep, first.*** RHYSON She doesn't wear my ring. We never stood before a preacher. The only vows exchanged were between our bodies; between our souls. But she was mine and I was hers until I ruined it. I have to believe that every day, every step, every breath brings me closer to making things right...Categorized as:
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![Curvy Girls Can't Date Best Friends by Kelsie Stelting]()
Curvy Girls Can't Date Best Friends by Kelsie Stelting
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt was all fake dating and games until my heart got involved...I wanted to have the best summer ever. To have my first kiss and finally get my brother’s best friend to notice me.So I talked my best friend Carson into helping.He’d do anything for me, and I’d do the same for him. But somewhere between fake dating and pretending to fall in love with him, I fell for real... -
![Beneath His Stars by Amie Knight]()
Beneath His Stars by Amie Knight
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI met Adam Nova under the twinkling lights of a nighttime sky. He was hiding, but that gorgeous boy didn’t belong in the dark. Nevertheless it was where he lived; a different world than mine. I was Livingston Montgomery, Southern debutante. With the world at my fingertips, I was well on my way to being another spoiled socialite. But I didn’t want money. I didn’t want social status...Categorized as:
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![That Wedding by Jillian Dodd]()
That Wedding by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsMarry the boy next door in this sweet contemporary romance by USA Today Best Selling Author, Jillian Dodd.The gorgeous engagement ring on my finger mimics my happiness. I feel so sparkly, glittery, and full of promise, because I absolutely know he's that boy. The boy I want to marry. My prince. My happily ever after.But then our pastor starts asking lots of questions... -
![Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen]()
Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI fancy myself a purveyor of truth, a sifter of lies, a cutter of bullshit. It’s not a gift, but rather, all skill, honed to a razor’s edge after one too many trips down the rabbit hole. Some may dismiss my talent as misplaced and misguided cynicism, but they’d be wrong. Cliches about hope and faith in mankind are concocted unicorn farts, an effort to keep the dreamers dreaming... -
![Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino]()
Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House... -
![Rush: The Beginning by L.A. Cotton]()
Rush: The Beginning by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Trouble With You and Wicked Beginnings. The sweetheart of Country is about to show the bad boys of Rock, it only takes a single beat for everything to change. Evangeline Walker knows how quickly everything can change. But nothing can prepare her for the moment she meets Rafe Hunter.Intense gray eyes.Wicked smile...Categorized as:
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![Keep by Rachel Van Dyken]()
Keep by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSeaside Pictures Book 2 (All books in this series are interconnected stand alones) My name's shouted on rooftops. It's written on bras, bathroom stalls, hell my name is everywhere. To say my name is to experience an orgasm without ever leaving your house. My name? Zane "Saint" Andrews. I'm sex. I'm a rock god. I'm also a virgin...Categorized as:
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![Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles]()
Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsLuis Fuentes is a good boy who doesn't live with the angst that his big brothers, Alex and Carlos, have always lived with. Luis is smart, funny, and has big dreams of becoming an astronaut... -
![My Life as an Album Series by L.J. Evans]()
My Life as an Album Series by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFive heart-stopping books with football heroes, swoony rock stars, and tortured artists who might just work their way into your soul. It all started with kids at a lake. And when loss hit, they all had to learn to live again...To find joy...To find redemption...To find love... MY LIFE AS A COUNTRY ALBUM ― a boy-next-door, coming-of-age romance... -
![Breakable by Tammara Webber]()
Breakable by Tammara Webber
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsHe was lost and alone. Then he found her.And the future seemed more fragile than ever. As a child, Landon Lucas Maxfield believed his life was perfect and looked forward to a future filled with promise — until tragedy tore his family apart and made him doubt everything he ever believed. All he wanted was to leave the past behind... -
![Chasing River by K.A. Tucker]()
Chasing River by K.A. Tucker
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsArmed with two years' worth of savings and the need to experience life outside the bubble of her Oregon small town, twenty-five-year old Amber Welles is prepared for anything. Except dying in Dublin. Had it not been for the bravery of a stranger, she might have. But he takes off before she has the chance to offer her gratitude. Twenty-four-year-old River Delaney is rattled... -
![The Secret Ex-Boyfriend by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie]()
The Secret Ex-Boyfriend by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"Don’t have a best friend that’s a girl" — this was the advice from my older cousin. I didn’t take it. Because he followed with, "friends don’t f*ck friends. And you’ll want to f*ck her." It was terrible advice. My cousin should’ve told me that being best friends with Baylee Wright — since she was twelve — would be the best and worst decision of my life... -
![The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines]()
The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsGetting a boy to fall head-over-heels in love with you isn’t easy. Especially when he’s been in love with your cousin for as long as you can remember. Lana has lived her life in her cousin’s shadow. Ashton always made perfect grades, had tons of friends, and looks model-perfect. And she’s always had Sawyer Vincent—the only boy Lana’s ever wanted—wrapped around her finger...Categorized as:
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![Strum Your Heart Out by Crystal Kaswell]()
Strum Your Heart Out by Crystal Kaswell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSpecial new release price of 2.99. Price goes up 11/23 Best friends aren't supposed to fall in love. College senior Kara Kendrick is not about to let lust ruin a good friendship. Yes, her rock star guitarist best friend Drew Denton is stubborn, over-protective, and quick to threaten violence on anyone who hurts her. He's also the only person she's ever trusted. He makes her laugh... -
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Almost Beautiful by Jamie McGuire
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe highly anticipated sequel to Jamie McGuire’s New York Times and internationally bestselling phenomenon, Beautiful Disaster.Newlyweds Travis and Abby Maddox return from Vegas, hoping to one day leave Eastern State University’s fatal fire in the past. But when the FBI arrives in Eakins, friends quickly become enemies, and the Maddoxes fear their happy ever after could go up in flames... -
![Cards of Love: The Sun by Stevie J. Cole]()
Cards of Love: The Sun by Stevie J. Cole
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe cliche in love stories is that the good little rich girl falls for the poor bad boy with tattoos. The glamorous prom queen gets knocked-up by the swoon-worthy tattooed god who smells of leather and exhaust from his motorcycle.That is not how this story goes.Elias Black may have had a sleeve of tattoos and grown up on the wrong side of the tracks, but he didn’t have a true bad bone in his body...Categorized as:
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![The Ever After of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen]()
The Ever After of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Temptation of Lila and Ethan comes a story of change, hope, and unbreakable vows. The day Ella has waited for is just around the corner. It's the day she'll marry Micha, the love of her life, the light that guided her out of the darkness... -
![The Best Friends' Playlist by Jessica King]()
The Best Friends' Playlist by Jessica King
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m in love with my best friend. The problem? He doesn’t love me back.Five years ago, on the night of our high school graduation, I handed Jordan my heart, and he handed me a country song's worth of heartbreak and rejection.Now, after returning to my hometown for an internship, I find that despite my delusional fantasies, Jordan’s feelings remain the same. I’m still buddy-buddy Paige... -
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Rebound by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMatthew Steele is over it already. His last year of high school behind him and college looming ahead, the young heartthrob should be enjoying his last summer of freedom. Instead he's nursing a broken heart from the deception of the girl he thought he knew, until she started a campaign of destruction against his younger brother Josh and his new love...Categorized as:
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![More Than Water by Renee Ericson]()
More Than Water by Renee Ericson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIt doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t feel wrong. It just...feels. EJ Cunning, an art history major, dates musicians. Foster Blake, a chemical engineering major, can’t sing a tune. They’re not each other’s type. They’re coworkers. Then, one night leads to sex—sex between friends—which leads to an agreement. It all seems so simple—but nothing ever is. Many layers build a person’s facade... -
![The Dare by Rachel Van Dyken]()
The Dare by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBoring Beth Lynn has always lived up to her nickname… until she wakes up in a hotel bed next to a sexy as sin state senator she re-connected with at a wedding the previous night. The biggest problem? She can't seem to remember anything about the night before except for crying into a box of cookies, and she’s pretty sure Grandma Nadine slipped something in her drink...Categorized as:
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The Prelude of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen Ella Daniels and Micha Scott are fourteen, they make a pact to leave the small town of Star Grove and create better lives for themselves. The pact was made as best friends, but over the next six years, their friendship begins to intensify. Feelings change. Grow. Veer towards love. But one tragic night changes everything. Hearts get broken. And the future they had planned changes forever...Categorized as:
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![Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn]()
Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDex is many things, a college senior, the bassist for The Invisibles, a son, a friend, everything but a boyfriend. Everybody knows him as the shallow guy who’s up for a good time anytime. People rarely take the time to see the loyal guy lying just beneath the happy-go-lucky façade. There are parts of Dex’s life he keeps hidden. Ones he believes no one would understand... -
![Starless Nights by Kathryn Andrews]()
Starless Nights by Kathryn Andrews
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBeau Hale She said that she was my best friend and then one day she wasn’t. Every day I live with the visible scars, but it’s the invisible ones that hurt the most. They are a constant reminder of everything I’ve lost as well as all the things that I’ll never have. I should be over this by now, it’s been years, but I can’t escape the memories that haunt me... -
![The Shortstop by A.M. Madden]()
The Shortstop by A.M. Madden
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 21 ratings“Quint and Annie sitting in a tree…K.I.S.S.I.N.G.” Quint Lawson and Annie Weber heard that childhood song over and over and it never bothered them. Even though Quint was only five, Annie wasn’t just his neighbor. She would become his best friend and the love of his life. Annie wasn’t interested in dolls, or girly things when growing up... -
![Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao]()
Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao
Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an online feud while unknowingly becoming friends in real life, in this dual POV Young Adult contemporary debut from Ann Zhao... -
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![Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy]()
Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBeck Callahan.Star defensive Lineman.Most popular boy on campus.One of my best friends.He’s always been off limits because I know a relationship with him could never work. Like, ever. He’s too perfect, too sweet, too good looking. Taking what we have a step further has the potential to ruin everything, and his friendship is too important to me...Categorized as:
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![Sweet Girl by Cristin Harber]()
Sweet Girl by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSometimes falling in love means going through hell... She's a sweet girl. Nicola Hart grew up under the heels of her older brother and his sexy best friend, Cash Garrison. Years of ignoring her spark with Cash has transformed their friendship into a slow burning sizzle. One night with him could ruin everything. Or it could be more than she ever dreamed. They play. They flirt...Categorized as:
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![The Falling of Love by Marisa Oldham]()
The Falling of Love by Marisa Oldham
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou will never forget your first date, your first kiss, or your first love. You will also never forget how it felt when it was torn apart. Seventeen-year old Grace Hathaway does not give much thought to falling in love, until the day that Ian Taylor, rebel and misfit walks into her math class. From their first conversation, Grace is mesmerized by Ian's charisma and rock star façade... -
![Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron]()
Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsTwo years after her best friend was involved in a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Lottie Anders is ready to start her freshman year of college. Ready to move on. Ready to start forgetting the night that ripped her life apart. Her plans come to a screeching halt when not one, but both brothers responsible for the accident end up back in her life again... -
![Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn]()
Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Rob Winters, aka, Jackass. Even to my closest friends. I wasn’t always so arrogant and condescending. It only took one night to change me—one point twenty-seven seconds, to be exact. When tragedy struck, I promised myself, no matter what, unbreakable chains would lock my heart. If one veers too close or digs too deep, the cruel and mean bastard many hate is unleashed... -
![Echoes of Us by Carina Adams]()
Echoes of Us by Carina Adams
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYoung love.Unpredictable. Fleeting. They say it never lasts.Falling in love when you’re a teenager isn’t supposed to shape your life, but it had defined us.I was fifteen when I fell for the boy with stars in his eyes. At seventeen, desperate to fight the currents pulling us apart, against our families’ wishes, I married him...
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