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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...
  • The Rosemary Beach Collection: Rush and Blaire by Abbi Glines

    The Rosemary Beach Collection: Rush and Blaire by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    The Rosemary Beach Collection brings together Fallen Too Far, Never Too Far, and Forever Too Far, three sensational new adult novels by #1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines. Fallen Too Far...
  • Rush Too Far by Abbi Glines

    Rush Too Far by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 102 ratings
    Fallen Too Far was Blaire's story. Now it's time for Rush to share his side. Everyone in Rosemary Beach thinks they know how Rush Finlay and Blaire Wynn fell in love. But Rush is back to tell his side of the story. .. Rush has earned every bit of his bad-boy reputation...
  • You Were Mine by Abbi Glines

    You Were Mine by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 77 ratings
    From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Abbi Glines comes a brand-new Rosemary Beach novel about Tripp Newark and his hidden romantic past with Bethy Lowry. In the eyes of the wealthy playboys who frequent Kerrington Country Club in Rosemary Beach, Tripp Newark is a hero...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Gentry Boys by Cora Brent

    Gentry Boys by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    “All my life I’d always known what the Gentry boys were. A set of fraternal triplets born to a depraved family, they were rough, sexy and wild as wolves. .. ". DRAW. They called us ‘those white trash Gentry boys’ until we believed that’s what we were. Our people squatted at the edge of a hellhole prison town for generations. The childhood we endured was the stuff of nightmares...
  • Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Finding 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...
  • Remember When 2: The Sequel by T. Torrest

    Remember When 2: The Sequel by T. Torrest

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    You know how sometimes, your high school crush grows up to be an insanely famous movie star? Okay, probably not. But I do. ~Layla Warren. Back in high school, Trip Wiley’s fanbase only encompassed the denizens of the nothing little suburb of Norman, New Jersey. Ten years later, all that is about to change...
  • Poet Of The Wrong Generation by Lonnie Ostrow

    Poet Of The Wrong Generation by Lonnie Ostrow

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “It’s not that I don’t love you, and my tears are yet to dry. But you can’t go back and forth forever and we’ve already said goodbye. ”. Through these words, a young poet unearths his musical soul while severing ties with the woman he loves after her stunning betrayal...
  • 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...
  • The Connection by Adriana Locke, Ashley Amigoni

    The Connection by Adriana Locke, Ashley Amigoni

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    He was the bad boy she didn't need. She was the exception to his rules. When Jada Stanley and Cane Alexander met, it was lust at first sight. As much as they fought it, it became so much more. Now that they've stopped fighting it and made their own rules, a little respite is needed. Las Vegas is the destination of choice. Despite what they say, not everything that happens in Vegas stays there...
  • Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a tragic accident that plays on an endless loop in her mind, wild child Kate Jolie died inside. She now functions only through her rigid, ironclad routine, which keeps her mind and soul in check – balancing her in a dangerously precarious position between life and death. Rocker and Master's student Sam North knows no limits and seeks out every challenge to conquer and defy...
  • Let Me Love by Michelle Lynn

    Let Me Love by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A chance encounter. An undeniable connection. An unimaginable twist of fate. Kailey’s life is crumbling. Her best friend and sister, Jen, is dying, leaving her young family devastated. With little hope of saving her, Kailey is forced to face a reality she never expected. Trey’s life is fun and carefree. He loves the girls, his drums, and his friends...
  • 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...
  • Heart of a Rebel by Glenna Maynard

    Heart of a Rebel by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The hardest road a man will ever travel is the one he travels alone. Rebel Black lives and rides by his own rules. This is his story…. After hitting rock bottom, Rebel can’t get his life together. He made his bed and he has to lie in it. When forced to face the consequences of his no holds bar lifestyle, he comes face to face with the devastation he has caused...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

    Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    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...
  • 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...
  • Almost Beautiful by Jamie McGuire

    Almost Beautiful by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The 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.
  • Tame This by Hadley Quinn

    Tame This by Hadley Quinn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    KISS THIS continues with Jay’s story, a rebel of his own sort with the need for freedom and unfiltered opinions. His days of unruly behavior and risky decisions have dealt him a hand that he’s still trying to overcome as he seeks to accomplish his business dreams. But the hits keep adding up...
  • The Art of Life by Sarah Carter

    The Art of Life by Sarah Carter

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Jeremy is a devastatingly attractive 21 year old guy with a secret, who just has to walk into a room and flash his winning smile to melt a girl's heart. Isabelle,"Izzy", is a barely noticeable artist, whose home life is less than to be desired. She feels completely alone in the world, that is until the fateful day when Jeremy saves her from school tormentors and changes both their lives forever...
  • Untouchable by Kate Brian

    Untouchable by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Cheating, partying, blackmail, and now. .. murder? Can the Billings Girls remain untouchable? Reed's boyfriend, Thomas Pearson -- the popular, easygoing, irresistibly handsome and charismatic boy she fell in love with -- is dead. No one knows how it happened, and everyone is after the truth. Or are they? Life at Easton Academy begins to feel very different...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Still Water by A.M. Johnson

    Still Water by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After being rejected by his childhood best friend, Todd Dixon turns his back on love and all its false promises. Three years later, he's living in a new city, making a name for himself with his bar, record label, and one night stands...
  • Once Loved by Cecy Robson

    Once Loved by Cecy Robson

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    He's the campus golden boy. She's picking up the pieces of her broken past. But in Cecy Robson's scorching novel of second chances - perfect for fans of Monica Murphy and J. Lynn - their differences only make their connection more explosive. Every memory Lety Tres Santos has from her childhood comes with a scar - some emotional, some physical...
  • A Beautiful Melody by Lilliana Anderson

    A Beautiful Melody by Lilliana Anderson

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Beautiful Series Book 3 - May be read on it's own, or in order. Naomi thought she'd met someone wonderful when Elliot came into her life, but he simply wasn't into her. It's the story of her life. While everyone around her is settling down, she gives up on trying to find her Mr Right, and turns back to the one thing she has always loved - music...
  • 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...
  • Where We Fell by Amber L. Johnson

    Where We Fell by Amber L. Johnson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Oliver Bishop is having a seriously bad day. With one diagnosis, his life suddenly has an expiration date. Confused by the numbness he feels upon hearing the news, he decides that he needs some time to come to terms with it. One decision to visit his favorite diner causes him to unwittingly put himself directly in the sights of a girl that just may give him a reason to fight - and to live...
  • Only for Her by Cristin Harber

    Only for Her by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    First loves never die but Grayson Ford comes close. Bleeding out in a war zone, he barters with God. Bring him back alive, and he'll make it right with his girl. All I want is Emma. I need her, and I fight for her memory. A story. A smile. Anything. But it's all blank. . Emma is not his girl anymore. Time has skipped by and life's been hard...
  • 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...
  • わたしに××しなさい! 1 [Watashi ni xx Shinasai! 1] by Ema Tōyama, 遠山えま

    わたしに××しなさい! 1 [Watashi ni xx Shinasai! 1] by Ema Tōyama, 遠山えま

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    「絶対零度の雪女」とクラスでおそれられる中学生、. 雪菜の裏の顔は、超人気ケータイ小説家のユピナ! 悩みは、恋愛体験0のせいで、読者が期待する. ラブがかけないこと。でも、学校一の人気者・. 時雨の黒い秘密をにぎったことで…。. 絶対服従、恋のミッションがいまスタート! ! 目つきがするどくて「絶対零度の雪女」とクラスでおそれられる雪菜。でも実は、ヒミツのケータイ小説家として大活躍中なのでした。そんな雪菜の悩みは、恋愛体験0なため、ラブがかけないこと。読者のため、なんとか恋愛のシチュエーションを体験しようとする雪菜。ひろった生徒手帳から、学校一の人気者・時雨の裏の顔を知った雪菜は、それをネタに彼をキョーハクします。「わたしのこと、好きになりなさい! 」.
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Same Side by C.M. Doporto

    The Same Side by C.M. Doporto

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The engagement's off and with Collin behind her, Lexi has decided that the temptations of Raven Davenport are too strong to be ignored. It doesn't take long for Lexi and Raven to find themselves wrapped in each other's affection, but not without the challenges that life poses...
  • 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...
  • Invitation Only by Kate Brian

    Invitation Only by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Reed learns how difficult it is to be one of the Billings Girls at the Eaton Academy when she is not invited to the huge Halloween party in New York City and she is blackmailed by her roommate into finding some dirt on her new friends. Title: Invitation Only. Author: Brian, Kate. Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Publication Date: 2006/11/07. Number of Pages: 208. Binding Type: PAPERBACK...
  • Forbidden Temptations by Janine Infante Bosco

    Forbidden Temptations by Janine Infante Bosco

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Anthony Bianci. Since I was a kid all I ever wanted to be was a gangster. I wanted to be feared, to be respected, and for everyone to know my name. And then she came into my life. I never planned on falling in love with the mob boss’ daughter. She was forbidden but somehow she became mine...
  • Becoming His by Mariah Dietz

    Becoming His by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Sometimes life’s unforeseen paths lead us to discovering sides of ourselves we never knew existed. Home has always been Ace Bosse’s place of solace, but returning home for the summer from college, she finds herself building an unexpected relationship with Max Miller, who’s recently returned home from Alaska...
  • Second Chance by Katie Kacvinsky

    Second Chance by Katie Kacvinsky

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN: B0097UX04M. Can two drastically different, imperfect people be perfect for each other? It’s been four months since Gray and Dylan have seen each other. Dylan’s been traveling in Europe, while Gray has college, baseball, and a life rooted in one place. Gray’s determined to forget Dylan, the girl he fell in love with in First Comes Love...
  • Off the Ice by Lindsay Paige, Mary Smith

    Off the Ice by Lindsay Paige, Mary Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the second installment of The Penalty Kill Trilogy, Levi Carr and Presley McCarthy continue to rebuild their relationship as they deal with surprises and other problems. Levi is trying his best not to hover with worry over his father after his heart attack. Presley is still trying to gain the love and respect from her parents and keep her independence as well...
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