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In Time by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsDon't miss this exciting short story that connects The Darkest Minds to its much-anticipated sequel, Never Fade. Gabe's life has been devastated in the wake of the economic crash. The only option left for someone like him to escape his tragic past is to leave his small town behind and to attempt to become a skiptracer... -
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Writing on the Wall by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI’m a girl stuck in Neverland with The Lost Boys. I’m no Wendy, I can hold my own. I don’t need to wait around for Peter to save me, but I’m also not an idiot. I know my enemies. It's been nearly a decade since the world ended. Since Joss watched her parents die at the hands of a nightmare, a nightmare that stalks her even now, all these years later...Categorized as:
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![Reckoning by Laury Falter]()
Reckoning by Laury Falter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsReckoning - the third book in the bestselling Guardian Trilogy. .. With Maggie alone and on the run and with unknown forces conspiring against her, she is in more danger than ever before. As Eran struggles to protect her, Maggie unwittingly ignites the final battle between the Fallen Ones and Alterums, one that could separate her and Eran forever... -
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The Scourge by A.G. Henley
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Groundling, Fennel, is Sightless. She's never been able to see her lush forest home, but she knows its secrets. She knows how the shadows shift when she passes under a canopy of trees. She knows how to hide in the cool, damp caves when the Scourge comes. She knows how devious and arrogant the Groundlings' tree-dwelling neighbors, the Lofties, can be... -
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Reborn by Tara Brown
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsTwenty years ago a man made a child he never intended to love. Ten years ago the world ended and Emma turned her back on the man she believed was her father. .. in an attempt to survive. Eight weeks ago she discovered the truth about her family, including the sister she never knew existed. Last week she had her heart broken by the one man she never imagined giving it to...Categorized as:
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Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen your mind is a weapon, freedom comes at a price. The final installment of the Mindjack Trilogy is here! Four months have passed since Kira left home to join Julian’s Jacker Freedom Alliance, but the hole in her heart still whistles empty where her boyfriend Raf used to be... -
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Silver Diamond, Volume 4: Granting Purpose by Shiho Sugiura
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRakan makes the bold decision to return to the other world with Chigusa and the others. But what awaits them is a world without light or green, a world that is beginning its end. To top it off, as soon as they arrive, Rakan is immediately mistaken for the Prince and attacked by a strange group of people. Who are they, and what do they want? -
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Nicolae by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsBook 3 in the 12-book series that has sold over 63 million copies! Read the books that launched a cultural phenomenon! “This is the most successful Christian fiction series ever. ”—Publishers Weekly“Combines Tom Clancy–like suspense with touches of romance, high-tech flash, and biblical references. ”—New York Times“Call it what you like, the Left Behind series . . -
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Born to Fight by Tara Brown
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen Emma wakes strapped to a cold metal table she has only one name on her lips, "Marshall! " What she doesn't expect is discovering that he is only one of the disturbing people in her small world who deserves to die in a fiery death. Twenty years ago scientists made some remarkable discoveries with genetics and the ability to perfect the babies we gave birth to... -
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Apollyon by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsBook 5 in the 12-book series that has sold over 63 million copies! Read the books that launched a cultural phenomenon! “This is the most successful Christian fiction series ever. ”—Publishers Weekly“Combines Tom Clancy–like suspense with touches of romance, high-tech flash, and biblical references. ”—New York Times“Call it what you like, the Left Behind series . . -
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Eternity by Laury Falter
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsEternity - the second book in the bestselling Guardian Trilogy. .. Maggie thought she was safe until an old enemy arrives in New Orleans with a dire threat: A battle is on the way. With only a few days to spare, she and Eran embark on a path that is expected to prepare them for the world’s most evil creatures...Categorized as:
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El Presidio Rides North by Domashita Romero
On the verge of death by zombie in a public restroom, a young man is saved at the last minute by a shovel—and the intriguing man who wields it. A man who doesn't really want company, and definitely isn't interested in sharing names... -
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Ellie's Wolf by Maddy Barone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic world where women are rare and valuable, Ellie Overdahl is a widow far from home at the mercy of strangers. Sold to be a prize in a Bride Fight, she manages to send word to her cousin, begging for rescue. For six years, Quill Wolfe has mourned the loss of the woman his wolf chose to be his mate... -
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Devour by Megan Duncan
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou never know how strong you are until something makes you choose between humanity, and the beast. As Claire descended deep into the ancient tomb; laying to rest the bodies of the fallen, she wondered if time healed all wounds, would an eternity be long enough? Still recovering from a brutal attack that nearly killed her, she refused to let evil win... -
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Oubliette by Megg Jensen
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsReychel thought she was finally free. She was wrong. Everyone saw her gift of prophecy as a blessing, but her gift is uncontrollable. No one alive can teach her to manipulate her unique gift and the answers she needs lie buried within a madman’s journals. She’s thrust in the midst of a brewing war and the only uniting factor for her people is their belief in the Prophet... -
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Thorns by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSequel to "Frost". Lia Weaver went against everything she’d ever known when she risked her life to help a Farther fugitive named Gabe escape from the Aeralian soldiers, and her life changed forever... -
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Severed by Megg Jensen
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Three: Cloud Prophet Trilogy. Reychel knows her gift of prophecy will lead to madness and now she is at her most vulnerable. The enemy army will attempt to sever her from everything she's ever known: her homeland, her friends, Mark, and her gift. Even at her weakest, she refuses to give up on her desire to end the war between the Malborn and the Serenians... -
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Tainted Blood by Ellabee Andrews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI don’t fear the walking dead like most people, but that may be because I grew up playing Red Rover with them. Once they begin to decay, they’re not very fast, but they’re guaranteed to break through the clenched fists of the other team when they run through them. Sometimes they break those fists off completely... -
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Transcender: First-Timer by Vicky Savage
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRipped away from her quiet Connecticut life with the force of a lightning bolt and glitched into a weird alternate universe, Jaden Beckett lands smack in the middle of a kidnapping--her own! The powerful Inter-Universal Guidance Agency (IUGA) engineers her escape and is working overtime to return her home. But now Jaden's not sure where she belongs...Categorized as:
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Closed Hearts by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen you control minds, only your heart can be used against you. Eight months ago, Kira Moore revealed to the mindreading world that mindjackers like herself were hidden in their midst. Now she wonders if telling the truth was the right choice after all. As wild rumors spread, a powerful anti-jacker politician capitalizes on mindreaders’ fears and strips jackers of their rights... -
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Bluewing by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLia Weaver is a fugitive. Her family's farm has been confiscated by Farther soldiers, her sister has been reassigned to a new family in the village, and her official status is "missing. " Now, she and a band of fugitive followers must make their home in the harsh wilderness of the Frost...Categorized as:
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Haven by Laury Falter
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Guardian Trilogy comes a new romantic suspense. .. HAVEN, Apocalypse Chronicles, Part I. On an ordinary day in early September, Kennedy Shaw leaves for school unaware that within a few minutes the world she knows will be gone - succumbed to an outbreak of epidemic proportions... -
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Weavers by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEvery day, life in the Frost grows increasingly perilous for its inhabitants. The Farther occupation continues, and food is becoming scarce. And Lia Weaver’s family is facing increasing perils, too—Jonn pushes his health to the brink as he works to uncover the secrets of Echlos, and Ivy risks everything to get food for the family...Categorized as:
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Mine to Spell by Janeal Falor
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCynthia has always hidden from her father’s hexes behind her older sister. When her family gains independence unheard of for women, she’s relieved that her days of harsh punishments are over. But as her seventeenth birthday approaches—the typical age to be sold to a new master—death threats endanger her sisters. She now faces two options: run or meet society’s expectations... -
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Revelations by J.A. Souders
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSix weeks after her arrival on the Surface, Evelyn Winters is no closer to unlocking the memories lost in her subconscious than she was when she first came. Isolated in a strange new society, Evie has only Gavin Hunter to remind her of who she once was. But even with a clean slate, it’s easy to see that Evie doesn’t fit in on the Surface... -
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Eddie's Prize by Maddy Barone
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLisa Anton was a world-famous fashion model before her plane crashed in a post-apocalyptic future where women are precious and rare, and technology is only a memory. Offered as a prize in a Bride Fight for the best fighter to take home, Lisa becomes the wife of a man she barely knows. Gorgeous and passionate in bed, her new husband tells her he loves her...Categorized as:
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Save Me by L.J. Baker
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAndi was doing just fine on her own. Sure the world had been hit with an outbreak that turned anyone infected into flesh eating zombies. Not to mention that everyone she ever loved was now dead. She was alive though, taking care of herself. She had little desire to indulge in building relationships with anyone. People just couldn't be trusted... -
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The Lair by Emily McKay
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the battle against the vampiric Ticks, humanity was slowly but certainly headed for extinction. For months, twin sisters Lily and Mel had been “quarantined” with thousands of other young people being harvested for their blood—food for the Ticks. Finally escaping with a few friends, the twins are separated—and must continue the fight on their own . . -
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Glitch by Brenda Pandos
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect world. Lies. Blue eyes. When a mysterious guy from the forbidden zone sneaks an illegal slip of paper to a beautiful young girl from Brighton, she must decide if she should turn him in or follow what the note says. Eighteen-year-old Abigail has no trouble following Brighton’s rules...Categorized as:
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Mortality by Kellie Sheridan
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter surviving a deadly plague outbreak, sixteen-year-old Savannah thought she had lived through the very worst of human history. There was no way to know that the miracle vaccine would put everyone at risk for a fate worse than un-death. Now, two very different kinds of infected walk the Earth, intent on nothing but feeding and destroying what little remains of civilization... -
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Half a Million Dead Cannibals by Kari Gregg
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll that’s keeping Riley from the man he’s falling in love with are the ruins of a city filled with half a million dead cannibals. Strangers, Riley and Graham sheltered together in a basement storage unit when the zombie outbreak slammed into the world three months ago... -
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Stung (Zombie Gentlemen) by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratings--- If you want honey, prepare to get stung. ---. October 1907, Honeyhill. Twenty years into the zombie Plague. Victor is a man of delicate sensibilities, not fit to do backbreaking labour on a farm ran by the mob. Upon arrival in Honeyhill, he decides he needs an anchor, an alliance with one of the guards, if he wants to survive... -
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I Fell in Love with a Zombie by Sean Kennedy
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJay didn't expect to be one of the very few survivors of the virus that decimated the country, leaving shambling, ravenous zombies behind. Fighting for his life amongst the dead, he keeps moving until the day he's surrounded and facing his bloody end-and shockingly, another zombie saves him. But not just any zombie. . -
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Forged by Jennifer Rush
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBefore Anna and Sam, there was Dani and Sam. There's one rule that all Branch operatives must live by: No attachments. When Dani O'Brien entered the Branch, she planned to trade her freedom so that her family could have a better life. But joining up with the mysterious organization is more than she bargained for. Branch head Connor watches over her closely--too closely... -
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