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  • A Sign of Affection, Vol. 3 by Suu Morishita

    A Sign of Affection, Vol. 3 by Suu Morishita

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    Does 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...
  • A Sign of Affection, Vol. 8 by Suu Morishita

    A Sign of Affection, Vol. 8 by Suu Morishita

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    “There are still parts of me-words, faces-that I've never shown you…” Emma's relentless pursuit of Itsuomi has hit a wall, and Shin is left to pick up the pieces, if Emma will let him. Meanwhile, Oushi-kun's sudden confession makes Yuki anxious about Itsuomi's feelings...
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  • A Sign of Affection, Vol. 4 by Suu Morishita, 森下suu

    A Sign of Affection, Vol. 4 by Suu Morishita, 森下suu

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    “I WISH ITSUOMI-SAN WOULD TAKE ME INTO HIS WORLD…”. Yuki, a deaf college student who’s led a relatively sheltered life, has just taken a huge step: She’s got a boyfriend! And he seems like a keeper: Itsuomi is a multilingual globetrotter who works hard, and he’s a knockout, to boot...
  • Promising You by Allie Everhart

    Promising You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When Jade first arrived at Moorhurst College, she never imagined that the guy who helped her move in would end up being the guy she wants to be with forever. Now, seven months later, Jade and Garret are starting to talk about a future together. But the people around Jade are planting doubts in her mind, questioning her decision to be part of the Kensington family...
  • Coast by Jay McLean

    Coast by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    One 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...
  • More Than Him by Jay McLean

    More Than Him by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 57 ratings
    "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. " - Marianne Williamson. We live in a world of darkness and shadows,. where monsters hide and aim to ruin. And they did. They ruined us and turned our dreams into nightmares. But now we're back. And we're fighting...
  • The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur

    The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 25 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...
  • Bring Me Home by Cassia Leo

    Bring Me Home by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    "Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love. ". Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. She was saved once by her first love, and rock star, Chris Knight. But when she encouraged Chris to leave town to pursue his dreams, both Claire and Chris didn’t realize it would be the biggest mistake of their lives...
  • Kick, Push & Coast Duet: Includes Kick, Push and Coast by Jay McLean

    Kick, Push & Coast Duet: Includes Kick, Push and Coast by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Box set includes exclusive never before seen bonus short story told from Tommy Warden’s ten-year-old mind. ★SYNOPSIS for Kick, Push. There’s a single defining moment within every skater. It lasts only a second. Two if you're good. Three if you’re really good. It’s the moment you’re in the air, your board somewhere. beneath you and nothing but wind surrounds you...
  • Forever You by Allie Everhart

    Forever You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Jade 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...
  • 放学等我 Wait For Me After School by Jiang Zi Bei

    放学等我 Wait For Me After School by Jiang Zi Bei

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    喻繁看班里那位新来的转班生非常不爽。. 对方朝他看了一眼。. 喻繁：他在找我约架。. 第二眼。. 喻繁：他问我是不是怂了。. 第三眼。. 转班生依旧顶着那张面无表情的冰山脸，递给他一封信：“喻同学。”. 喻繁心想学霸就是臭讲究，打架还递挑战信，抡起衣袖站起身。. “请你收下我的情书。”. 喻同学敦地一下坐回去了。.
  • August by trickology

    August by trickology

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Nyctophilia. (n. ) Love of darkness or night. Finding comfort in darkness. August Villin was a name people feared. Cruel and powerful, his anger was a storm that never went away. He was the monster that lurked in all of your worst nightmares, waiting for you to cross onto his dangerous path. But the gates of hell swing open and all hell breaks loose,. When they cross paths.
  • Bittersweet Always by Ella Fields

    Bittersweet Always by Ella Fields

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From bestselling author Ella Fields comes an all new standalone. An emotional new adult romance that proves love is worth fighting your demons for. Toby Hawthorne was an enigma. One I didn't factor into my college plans. I wasn't looking for love. I wasn't not looking for it either. And in that state of in-between, he found me. Unaware of the battle he fought everyday, I fell fast...
  • Wicked Games by L.A. Cotton

    Wicked Games by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton continues. .. They thought the fight was over. .. All Maverick Prince ever wanted was to play basketball in college. So starting for the Steinbeck Scorpions should be a dream come true. But not everyone wants to see him succeed. Just because you’re on the same team, doesn’t mean you play by the same rules...
  • The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley

    The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Phil. “Kenna stood strong, taking my grief into herself. In that moment, if the world had truly threatened to fall, I had no doubt my Baby Girl would hold it up. ”. A pillar of strength, Kenna only grows stronger as time passes. I’ve known from the beginning that I was the weak link between us. Always, she’s risen above and beyond the darkness of the unknown that threatens to suck me down...
  • Warmth in Ice by A. Meredith Walters

    Warmth in Ice by A. Meredith Walters

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Clay 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: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Marry 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...
  • Buried Castles by Monica Alexander

    Buried Castles by Monica Alexander

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Emily Cole thought she was going to have the best summer of her life when she met Zack Easton, the dark, mysterious, gorgeous, guitar playing guy who captured her heart at first glance. He encouraged her to take risks and act without thinking, but more than that, he taught her what it was like to fall head-over-heels in love with someone...
  • Everything I Want by K.L. Shandwick

    Everything I Want by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lily's is moving forward after her break up with Alfie. Her journey continues through some extremely emotional times during key events, as she becomes more self- assured and begins to develop as an performing artist. It isn't easy for Lily to forget Alfie because of circumstances with Alfie's life...
  • Song Chaser by Kandi Steiner

    Song Chaser by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For more than a year, Tanner West has tried to shake his feelings for his long time best friend, Paisley Bronson. She was the perfect girl to fit the lyrics in all his favorite songs – the girl he had always wanted. When she fell in love with another man before Tanner had the chance to tell her how he felt, he was left with no resolve to find love again...
  • My Girlfriend's Child, Vol. 2 by Mamoru Aoi

    My Girlfriend's Child, Vol. 2 by Mamoru Aoi

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    With her pregnancy all but confirmed, Sachi decides to visit a clinic alone and in secret. She indicates that she plans to have an abortion while filling out all the paperwork, but once she hears the quiet heartbeat of the life forming inside her during the ultrasound, her resolve begins to waver. Now she and Takara have three weeks to decide what to do...
  • Wicked Games by L.A. Cotton

    Wicked Games by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton continues. .. They thought the fight was over. .. All Maverick Prince ever wanted was to play basketball in college. So starting for the Steinbeck Scorpions should be a dream come true. But not everyone wants to see him succeed. Just because you’re on the same team, doesn’t mean you play by the same rules...
  • Wild Child by M. Leighton

    Wild Child by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Jenna Theopolis has always known what she wanted. Getting out of her small hometown of Greenfield was number one on her list of priorities. Until she met Rusty Catron. Rusty’s fun-loving personality was the perfect match for Jenna’s inner wild child. But what started off as a summer fling quickly turns into something more. At least it does for Jenna...
  • Wicked Restless by Ginger Scott

    Wicked Restless by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Andrew Harper grew up in a house marked by tragedy. His older brother Owen did his best to shelter him, but you can only be protected from life’s pain for so long. Eventually, you end up just feeling numb…and isolated. Loneliness was the one constant in Andrew’s life. Until one girl, met by chance in a high school hallway, changed everything...
  • Elements of Chemistry: Capture by Penny Reid

    Elements of Chemistry: Capture by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Part 3 of Elements of Chemistry. One week. Manhattan apartment. Super-hot ex-boyfriend. …What’s the worst that could happen? It’s been nine months since Kaitlyn Parker has seen or heard from Martin Sandeke—nine months and five stages of matter. She’s lived through the worst of first-love heartbreak, and is most certainly stronger (and less likely to hide in science cabinets) than ever before...
  • How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles

    How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Amy Nelson-Barak, 17, is back in this third installment about a Jewish-American teen learning how to live and love in peace. She signs up for 10 days of training with the Israel Defense Force as soon as she finds out that her long-distance boyfriend, Avi, will be on base as well. But things turn out to be different from what she'd hoped for...
  • Cruel Love by Kate Brian

    Cruel Love by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After escaping from the Brenda T. Trumball Correctional Facility for Women and stealing the identity of a rich socialite, Ariana Osgood finally thought she was on the path she always believed she deserved. But it seems her past has caught up with her—and it’s blackmailing her right back to her old ways...
  • The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen, Pauline Vidal

    The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen, Pauline Vidal

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A YA novel from USA Today bestselling author Sarina Bowen. Never ask a question unless you’re sure you want the truth. I’ve been listening to my father sing for my whole life. I carry him in my pocket on my mp3 player. It’s just that we’ve never met face to face. My mother would never tell me how I came to be, or why my rock star father and I have never met. I thought it was her only secret...
  • Enough Isn't Everything by K.L. Shandwick

    Enough Isn't Everything by K.L. Shandwick

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lily’s friends in London regard her as having the whole package. Smart, beautiful, and musically talented, she’s finally realised her dream to study in the USA, by securing a music place at college in Miami. She regards herself as worldly, having lived the London life and travelled to Mumbai to work in an orphanage in the past, so felt more than able to cope with living and studying abroad...
  • The Summer You Were There Vol. 3 by Yuama

    The Summer You Were There Vol. 3 by Yuama

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    CRUEL SUMMER. At Kaori’s gentle urging, Shizuku reaches out to Ruri, the girl she bullied back in elementary school. All Shizuku wants is to apologize, but it soon becomes clear that even that won’t be so easy. Things take a dramatic turn when Kaori faints, and Shizuku learns that Kaori’s been keeping a big secret...
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    angst  queer  f-f  contemporary  young adult  length-short
  • The Summer You Were There Vol. 2 by Yuama

    The Summer You Were There Vol. 2 by Yuama

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A TWIST IN THE TALE. After Kaori read her classmate Shizuku's novel, Kaori suggested that the two of them date to give Shizuku inspiration for her next book. Shizuku decides to go along with it, but as they spend time together, she grows worried that she'll hurt Kaori. When Shizuku opens up about her past as a school bully, Kaori has a revelation of her she already knew...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  contemporary  young adult  length-short
  • Every Kiss by Tasha Ivey

    Every Kiss by Tasha Ivey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After witnessing Makenna’s journey to find herself again, Callie is reminded of her own struggles with love. No, Wes wasn’t always the easy going guy that he is today. He was moody and unpredictable in the worst of ways, and she was certain to call him out on it every chance she got. Looking back, she’s amazed at how much their lives have changed since they met...
  • Let Me Heal Your Heart by Lily Foster

    Let Me Heal Your Heart by Lily Foster

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    LET ME HEAL YOUR HEART. Book Four in Lily Foster’s LET ME series. First loves are not easily forgotten…. Anna has endured more by the age of eighteen than most do in a lifetime. Unless you know her, you see only the beautiful, privileged, bright college freshman who seems to have it all. Few people know what she’s gone through or know who she really is...
  • Volatile by Avylinn Winter

    Volatile by Avylinn Winter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 1 in the Treacherous Chemistry series. Like a depressed moth drawn to a wild flame, Chris hoped that flame would brighten his life, not burn him alive. Chris Sinclair fades into a gray world after losing his mother to cancer. When forced to attend a concert, as a last attempt to coax him out of his shell, he discovers that life might not be as bleak as he first thought...
  • Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn

    Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Knocked up by the QB. Harassed by punt bunnies. Falling for the enemy isn’t an option here. I threw caution to the wind and my v-card at the one man I can’t stand. What did that get me? Pregnant. Now, we’re both screwed. Mr. Superstar wants the punt bunnies off his back. I want my parents off mine. To do that, he proposes a fake relationship...
  • If I Never Remember by Meagan Williamson

    If I Never Remember by Meagan Williamson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 6 ratings
    They’re back for the summer… and changing everything. Teddy’s life isn’t her own anymore. It’s been nine months since the accident, and she still can’t remember anything from before it. When all hope rests on the heart-shaped sketch from the six summers she spent in Bear Lake, she memorizes it. A last resort in the laundry list of failed attempts at restoring her memory...
  • More Than Water by Renee Ericson

    More Than Water by Renee Ericson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It 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...
  • Finding Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Finding Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Revised 09/2014. The day she graduated high school, Jaxyn left everything behind to escape. Now, three years later, she's done running from her past and finally returning home to Boston to face the friends she abandoned without warning and the nightmares that still wake her in the night...
  • Out of Control by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green

    Out of Control by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Three years have passed since Dare Wilde walked out of Reagan McKinley's life. Three years of radio silence. Three years of regrets. But she’s not the same girl anymore. Now, at twenty-two, Reagan has big plans to change her life, and it all starts with a trip to Europe...
  • Hammer and a Song by Inglath Cooper

    Hammer and a Song by Inglath Cooper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    CeCe McKenzie grew up dreaming of a life doing what she loves - singing in Nashville. When she and her Hound dog Hank Junior set out to make her dream come true, life takes some twists she hadn't counted on. Like falling for Holden Ashford, a songwriter with a gift. And also a girlfriend...
  • Pleasure in the Rain by Inglath Cooper

    Pleasure in the Rain by Inglath Cooper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Just as Barefoot Outlook begins to hit the big time, tragedy strikes when a rage-filled Nashville musician who hasn’t found the success he’s hoped for crashes an after-concert party and begins shooting. Among the victims are band members CeCe MacKenzie, Holden Ashford, Thomas Franklin, Beck Phillips and his country music star dad, Case...
  • The Love Series Box Set by Melissa Collins

    The Love Series Box Set by Melissa Collins

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Madeleine Becker and Reid Connely both come from a world of pain. Despite their best efforts at guarding their hearts, love finds its way into their lives. Ever the bad boy, Reid walks away when things get too difficult. Coming face to face with the horrors of his past only helps to strengthen the bond that he has created with Maddy, and together they learn how to embrace the love they’ve created...
  • When You Were Mine by Elizabeth Reyes

    When You Were Mine by Elizabeth Reyes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When her head was screaming “enough,” her hopeful heart continued to whisper “wait. ”. It's the only way Valerie Zuniga can justify her ongoing addiction to the amazing but ever, elusive Alex Moreno. Mesmerized by the profound connection neither has ever quite understood, Valerie accepts their crazy relationship for what it is—non-exclusive...
  • Good Sensations by S.L. Scott

    Good Sensations by S.L. Scott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Evan Ashford is sex personified. He makes me feel things I never have and crave things I'm not sure I should. Time doesn't exist when we're together-all of our worries becoming obsolete. Our tongues touch, and as if by memory, they move in harmony, feeling at peace, feeling at home...
  • Beyond Doubt by Karice Bolton

    Beyond Doubt by Karice Bolton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brandy Rhodes is about to enter law school and everything is going according to plan. Until she meets him—the one man in the universe who’s off limits—her best friend’s brother, Aaron. Brandy knows enough to stay away from him, but as the pull becomes impossible to ignore, secrets and lies become part of Brandy’s way of life. And she kind of likes it...
  • The Falling of Love by Marisa Oldham

    The Falling of Love by Marisa Oldham

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    You 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...
  • Glass Hearts by Lisa De Jong

    Glass Hearts by Lisa De Jong

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sequel to Plastic Hearts. .. Can a relationship survive on love alone? Is love truly enough? Dane and Alex’s relationship has never been easy, but now they have a fresh start without the pressures of Alex’s family. Together they try to move forward while continuing to struggle with a past that they can’t seem to escape. Sometimes no matter how hard we try to make things work, love isn’t enough...
  • Backstage Pass: All Access by Elizabeth Nelson

    Backstage Pass: All Access by Elizabeth Nelson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sasha knows that the way things are with Jesse are more than half her fault. Everything had been going so perfectly and she’d managed to throw it out the window. Now she has to decide if he’s worth the fight or if it’s time to move on. Is dating a rock star—something she’s sworn she’ll never do—really worth the constant struggle? She is pretty sure that walking away would be easier...
  • Broken Heart Club by Cathy Cassidy

    Broken Heart Club by Cathy Cassidy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Andie, Eden, Ryan, Tasha and Hasmita love being part of the Heart Club. They've promised to stay best friends forever and nothing can tear them apart. But sometimes things happen that you couldn't ever have expected and forever might not be as long as you think. Now, two years later, Eden and Ryan are haunted by memories of the past...
  • Love Always, Damian by D. Nichole King

    Love Always, Damian by D. Nichole King

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    They say time heals all wounds. What a load of bull. It’s been four years, and Kate’s voice still echoes in my mind. Every. Damn. Day. I numb her memory when it taunts me. In college, I drown her out with booze and easy lays. I can’t do what she asked. I can’t let her go. Not even when Lia shows up, freaking ripping what’s left of me to shreds...
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