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  • A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

    A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life.Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble...
  • Forever Driven by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Driven by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Driven to fight for her town, driven to fight for love. Riley Davies never backs down from a fight. She stands up for herself and those who can’t stand up for themselves. But she is just the manager of a farm and can only do so much . . . until a political matter threatens to ruin her farm and the town she loves...
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  • Adrenaline by Penelope Douglas

    Adrenaline by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    **You ask. You receive!*** Have you read Bully and the rest of the Fall Away series? Would you enjoy having all the bonus content in one place? Adrenaline is approximately 36, 000 words of bonus scenes, deleted scenes, character conversations, and Q&As shared over the past few years and is mostly material not found in the actual books. Here, you'll find..
  • Say I Love You, Vol. 1 by Kanae Hazuki

    Say I Love You, Vol. 1 by Kanae Hazuki

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    FRIENDSHIP? FORGET IT! Mei Tachibana has no friends-and she doesn't need them! Ever since her "friends" betrayed her in elementary school, she's sworn off friendship entirely. All it leads to is betrayal and heartbreak, and she's well enough on her own...
  • Paradise Kiss, Vol. 1 by Ai Yazawa

    Paradise Kiss, Vol. 1 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    Yukari wants nothing more than to make her parents happy by studying hard and getting into a good college. One afternoon, however, she is kidnapped by a group of self-proclaimed fashion mavens calling themselves "Paradise Kiss." Yukari suddenly finds herself in the roller coaster life of the fashion world, guided by George, art-snob extraordinaire...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  young adult  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

    Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 127 ratings
    Lara Jean is having the best senior year. And there’s still so much to look forward to: a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, and her dad’s wedding to Ms. Rothschild. Then she’ll be off to college with Peter, at a school close enough for her to come home and bake chocolate chip cookies on the weekends...
  • Happy Cafe, Volume 2 by Kou Matsuzuki, Matsuzuki Kou

    Happy Cafe, Volume 2 by Kou Matsuzuki, Matsuzuki Kou

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    Inside Café Bonheur, the pursuit of happiness continues... When two mysterious young men walk into the café to declare war, Uru’s passion gets the best of everyone, and they accept the challenge--with one condition: The loser will have to quit the industry for good...
  • Daytime Shooting Star, Vol. 1 by Mika Yamamori

    Daytime Shooting Star, Vol. 1 by Mika Yamamori

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    After arriving in Tokyo to live with her uncle, Suzume collapses in a nearby park when she remembers once seeing a shooting star during the day. A handsome stranger brings her to her new home and tells her they’ll meet again. Suzume starts her first day at her new high school sitting next to a boy who blushes furiously at her touch...
  • Painless by Devon Hartford

    Painless by Devon Hartford

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    At last! The exciting, steamy, action packed conclusion to the Story of Samantha Smith. Painless follows Samantha through the remainder of her first year in college at sunny San Diego University. Oh, and what about that hot hunk Christos Manos? When we last left him, his life balanced on the brink of disaster...
  • Lay Your Hands On Me by Blair Babylon

    Lay Your Hands On Me by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Brand-new Rock Star Romance from USA Today-Bestselling Author Blair Babylon! Xan Valentine, the rock star that Rolling Stone called “sex incarnate,” stands in the spotlight every night and sings love songs to the women in the audience. They swoon. They scream. They believe him. Those women don’t know him like Georgie does...
  • Nothing Else Matters by Blair Babylon

    Nothing Else Matters by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Georgie broke up with Xan Valentine, the lead singer for the rock band Killer Valentine, the guy that Rolling Stone calls “sex incarnate.” The magazine isn’t wrong, but they don’t know the half of it. He’s the alpha-est male who ever walked onto a stage or into a bedroom and might be crazy, and Georgie is definitely in love with him...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  humor  young adult  contemporary  length-long
  • Kitchen Princess Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Natsumi Andō

    Kitchen Princess Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Natsumi Andō

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    COOKING UP SOME LOVE Najika is a great cook and she likes to make meals for the people she loves. But something is missing from her life. When she was a child, she met a boy who touched her heart – and now she’s determined to find him. The only clue Najika has is a silver spoon that leads her to the prestigious Seika Academy.   Attending Seika will be a challenge...
  • A Love Song for Dreamers by Piper Lawson

    A Love Song for Dreamers by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    He said I taught him how to dream.Maybe he taught me, too.But when fate brings the strongest man I know to his knees, dreams aren’t enough to save us.But true love doesn’t fade to silence after a single verse.Tyler and I have one last chance.And the power to decide how this ends.A tragedy for the ages.Or the perfect ending to the most beautiful song ever written...Ours...
  • Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

    Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 45 ratings
    A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are.But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad...
  • Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce

    Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    From the author of the nationally bestselling Dungeons and Drama comes another gaming romance that's sure to win you over!After moving to a new high school, Quinn is desperate for friends, so she joins a D&D group with their own livestream and serious rules—most no dating fellow party members...
  • Those Summer Nights by Mandy Baggot

    Those Summer Nights by Mandy Baggot

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Sunshine, soft white sand and a sizzling hot millionaire – you don’t get trouble in paradise, right? Imogen Charlton is sorted. Dead-beat husband? History. Dream job? Application sent. But then her impulsive brother, Harry, spends every last penny on a Greek restaurant in Corfu, and is determined to run it himself. It’s up to Imogen to bring him to his senses...
  • A Love Song for Rebels by Piper Lawson

    A Love Song for Rebels by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    I swore I’d never fall for a rockstar. He swore he’d never become one.Tyler didn’t mean to break my heart. He did it anyway.Now, I’ll never play by anyone’s rules but mine.When he shows up in the last place I expect, with a confession and a promise…There’s going to be a reckoning.Because the naive girl he shattered is gone.And the woman in her place is ready for a fight...
  • Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It all started with a game of Truth or Dare… It’s bad enough I got arrested for prostitution on Christmas Eve. Alleged prostitution, mind you. I didn’t do it. Of course I didn’t. The cops say I offered up a certain sex act for a $5 gasoline gift card, but honey? My sex acts are worth way, way more...
  • A Side Character's Love Story, Vol. 1 by Akane Tamura

    A Side Character's Love Story, Vol. 1 by Akane Tamura

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Growing up, Nobuko Tanaka was always a "side character" standing off in the corner. Now in her 20s, she's fallen in love for the first time. While she isn't any good at being assertive, she will muster her courage bit by bit as she tries her best to close the distance between herself and her crush -- because even side characters fall in love...
  • Sinful Desires Vol. IV by M.S. Parker

    Sinful Desires Vol. IV by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How could I have been so stupid? Anastascia had told me that Brock was bad news but I'd never dreamed what he was capable of. First Reed, then Brock. Was my taste in men really that awful? When Piper Black finds out the truth about her first encounter with her boyfriend Brock Michaels, she's devastated, but things only get worse when a familiar face shows up at the wrong moment...
  • Wild Thing by Blair Babylon

    Wild Thing by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The music calls Georgie. Every night, she stands offstage, watching Xan Valentine set fire to the crowd with music until they would burn down the city for him. His music wraps her until her fingers dance, desperately wanting the piano, but her terrified legs could never walk onto a stage...
  • Matcha Made in Heaven, Vol. 7 by Umebachi Yamanaka

    Matcha Made in Heaven, Vol. 7 by Umebachi Yamanaka

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Isshin came back from Shizuoka after completing the work there! Chako is so excited as they start living together again. Isshin now trusts Chako even more since she worked so hard to protect the tea farm while he was away, and supported him in making his bottled tea...
  • Burning Bright by Blair Babylon

    Burning Bright by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Anything worth burning is worth burning down. Lizzy has broken her contract with Mannix and destroyed her growing relationship with Theo, but now Mannix is stalking her, trying to get her back. She wants time away to think, so she manages to get past the sports reporters stalking her at her dorm, where Georgie has received a text from Rae telling them to get on a plane to Paris...
  • Callous by Xavier Neal

    Callous by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    C.J. and Erin have a complicated relationship. They do three things very well together. Argue, have sex, and keep secrets from each other. However, when C.J.'s past comes to tear him away, it not only threatens to destroy the new life he has built, but the relationship with the only woman who has ever been his match...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  humor  young adult  contemporary  length-short
  • On the Rocks by Gillian Jones, Book Covers Ashbee Designs

    On the Rocks by Gillian Jones, Book Covers Ashbee Designs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Braunwyn Four years ago losing the love of my life almost destroyed me. Years of being labeled and looked upon with disdain by everyone in my hometown almost wrecked me. Four years ago I became a mother and together we were enough...Until I met him. He wanted to rebuild my broken–I just didn’t know how to let him...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  humor  young adult  contemporary  length-short
  • Sugar and Spice by Shari L. Tapscott

    Sugar and Spice by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fueled by love and determination, twenty-one-year-old Harper took a great leap of faith and transferred home from college to finally declare her feelings to Brandon, the boy who's adored her since they were children. There was only one thing that could derail her perfect plan, and that was Brandon showing up with a new girlfriend the very same weekend...
  • Tamon's B-Side Vol. 2 by Yuki Shiwasu

    Tamon's B-Side Vol. 2 by Yuki Shiwasu

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    When the F/ACE members compete against each other to determine the new face of the band, Utage helps self-doubting Tamon defend his position...
  • Shopping for a Billionaire Boxed Set by Julia Kent

    Shopping for a Billionaire Boxed Set by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Ever meet a hot billionaire while your hand's in a toilet in the men's room of one of his stores? No? So it really is just me. Hmm. When you're a mystery shopper, you get paid to humiliate yourself, all in the name of improving customer service. Romance isn't in my job description. But the day I met Declan McCormick it was love at first flush.  Until I nearly castrated him with my EpiPen...
  • Lucky Star by Susannah Nix

    Lucky Star by Susannah Nix

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A lonely barista’s dreams come true when her celebrity crush asks her to pose as his fake girlfriend for the paparazzi. Boone Sheridan is a TV heartthrob with a public relations problem. He needs to clean up his image and create a distraction ASAP...
  • The Good Girl & the Bad Boy by M.L. Collins

    The Good Girl & the Bad Boy by M.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    What happens when Jackson High’s Good Girl and Bad Boy are forced to work together? I’ll tell you:I destroy his guitar. (Accidentally!)He uses my guilt to trick me into doing his work.For three weeks!Until I find out he lied. Oh, heck no. This bad boy has crossed the wrong girl.I call him out on it. In front of the whole school.Check mate, bad boy. “It feels good to be bad,” he whispers...
  • Sinful Desires: Vol. II by M.S. Parker

    Sinful Desires: Vol. II by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I wasn't entirely sure why I'd accepted Brock's invitation to be his date for his sister's wedding. A wedding to a man who'd confessed that he didn't love his wife-to-be. All I knew was that I didn't belong in that world. When Piper Black returned to Philadelphia to attend the wedding of the man who'd broken her heart, she never imagined that she'd end up falling for her date..
  • The Cajun Doctor by Sandra Hill

    The Cajun Doctor by Sandra Hill

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling Author Sandra Hill delivers another Tante Lulu Adventure as twin brothers leave Alaska to discover their Cajun roots Dr. Daniel LeDeux and pilot Aaron LeDeux travel to the swampy bayous of Louisiana, where they discover a long-lost family...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  humor  death  young adult  length-long
  • Wanting the Winger by Jacob Chance

    Wanting the Winger by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    My dad has been the coach of the Charleston Coyotes for as long as I can remember. All the time I’ve spent in ice rinks has taught me two things:1. I will NEVER date a hockey player.As a single mom, it’s not like I have time for romance anyway.2. Nothing smells worse than hockey players after a game.And I work as a dog groomer, so I have experience with smelly animals...
  • Smart Girl by Rachel Hollis

    Smart Girl by Rachel Hollis

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Brilliant designer Miko Jin is a hopeless romantic. She’s spent most of her life falling in love over and over again…with the men she finds in the pages of her favorite novels.When Miko meets Liam Ashton, it’s love at first sight. At least, for her. Sure, the two of them are polar opposites, and yes, he seems to be dating someone new each week...
  • Sinful Desires: Vol. III by M.S. Parker

    Sinful Desires: Vol. III by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I was shocked when Brock asked me to move back to Philadelphia and even more so when he'd declared that he'd choose me over his family. Reed, the man I'd thought had honor had turned out to be a bastard, but the guy who everyone said was bad news was starting to look a lot like a white knight...
  • Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons

    Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Why fall for Prince Charming when the villain is so much more tempting? Because it feel so good to be so bad... The dark, dominant, tattooed Spaniard has all the arrogant machismo of a bullfighter and a body carved out of steel. In my sister’s fairytale romance, he almost destroyed my family. He’s the devil, and I hate him. Until he saved my life, and changed everything...
  • Tamon’s B-Side, Vol. 3 by Yuki Shiwasu

    Tamon’s B-Side, Vol. 3 by Yuki Shiwasu

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    As the F/ACE showdown progresses, Tamon and bandmate Ori’s rivalry transforms their relationship from a mere fan-service facade to…a true friendship?! Tamon starts acting odd, however, after overhearing Utage encouraging Ori...
  • Reverb by Lisa Swallow

    Reverb by Lisa Swallow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blue Phoenix drummer, Bryn Hughes, prefers a quiet life away from the spotlight. But that’s proving difficult when his life is complicated by three very different girls: Mia, the girl who doesn’t understand the word no. Avery, who wishes she’d said yes. And his forever girl...
  • Summer Star by Lisa Swallow

    Summer Star by Lisa Swallow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The latest book from the best selling Blue Phoenix rock romance series. Summer Star is a companion novella to Summer Sky, a retelling of Part One from Dylan's point of view.  "I love the world we're in, where you'll always be my summer Sky. I could live here forever."Dylan Morgan has lived and breathed his life as lead singer of Blue Phoenix for eight years and now it's suffocating him...
  • Texting With the Enemy by Delancey Stewart, Marika Ray

    Texting With the Enemy by Delancey Stewart, Marika Ray

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s texting him her heart. But she’s got the wrong number…When Isabel “El” Watson applied for a sales job with her company, she had no idea a jelly donut would explode on her blouse, or that her grumpy boss would practically laugh her out of the interview. Accountants could be salespeople, she was sure of it, even if that jerkface didn’t think so...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  humor  length-short  young adult
  • Tamon’s B-Side, Vol. 4 by Yuki Shiwasu

    Tamon’s B-Side, Vol. 4 by Yuki Shiwasu

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    F/ACE’s success earns them a summer training camp for a TV special, and Utage joins them on the trip as staff! Unfortunately, one of the band members disapproves of her special relationship with Tamon...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  contemporary  young adult  humor  length-short
  • Breaking Rules by Blair Babylon

    Breaking Rules by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Theo has five days to save Lizzy. When Lizzy’s Master Mannix goes away on a business trip, he arranges for her to serve another Dom, who turns out to be Theo Valencia. Theo’s plots to rescue Lizzy from Mannix haven’t worked. For five days, she will stay at Theo’s house, five days of conversations, of glances, of touches, but he thinks it won’t be enough...
  • Breaking Faith by Joy Eileen

    Breaking Faith by Joy Eileen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Faith made the mistake of giving her heart to someone who didn’t deserve her. After making the decision to leave, she sought refuge at a bar full of misfits. They accepted Faith without question, and now they protect her as if she's family. While putting the pieces of her life back together, she fights to keep her broken heart from falling for the moody lead singer of the JackholeS...
  • Shine and Shimmer by Shari L. Tapscott

    Shine and Shimmer by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Opposites Attract in this Sweet & Sparkly Sequel All her life, Riley's followed in her perfect sister's footsteps, but now that she's graduated high school, she's not sure who she really is. When she meets Zeke, a brooding artist who's the very definition of trouble, she decides to throw caution to the wind and set her sights on a guy no good girl would dare bring home to her parents...
  • Love’s in Sight!, Vol. 2 by Uoyama

    Love’s in Sight!, Vol. 2 by Uoyama

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 5 ratings
    Yukiko and Morio don’t have the most graceful of introductions, but their meeting is one that will change their lives and the lives of their loved ones...
  • The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum

    The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friendship, betrayal, and hatred.Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much...
  • Tamon’s B-Side, Vol. 1 by Yuki Shiwasu

    Tamon’s B-Side, Vol. 1 by Yuki Shiwasu

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    Tamon is an insecure mess in real life, and what’s worse, he’s threatening to quit! Utage refuses to let anyone stand in Tamon’s way—least of all himself...
  • Monkey High!, Vol. 2 by Shouko Akira

    Monkey High!, Vol. 2 by Shouko Akira

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 ratings
    • Shouko Akira is also the author of Times Two (a collection of five love stories), published by VIZ Media. • Betsucomi style art (rosy cheeks, cute, clean art) will appeal to Betsucomi enthusiasts • Previewed and promoted in VIZ Media’s Shojo Beat magazine. • Parents will love this squeaky-clean romance story...
  • Unplugged by Lisa Swallow

    Unplugged by Lisa Swallow

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "A rock star doesn't return to his humble beginnings and whisk away the girl he kissed once. Especially if she has a four year old and her relationship status is 'it's complicated'." Blue Phoenix bass player, Liam Oliver discovers pictures of his fiancée with another man and his world crashes around him. He packs up his humiliation and hurt and flies back to his Welsh family home for Christmas...
  • The Things I Do for You by M. Malone

    The Things I Do for You by M. Malone

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A bargain. A baby. A billion things can go wrong. Nicholas Alexander doesn’t mind being called a playboy. His charm serves him well in business and a beautiful woman is always on his arm. Except the one he’s in love with. Raina Winters doesn’t believe in love, so when she’s dumped right before her wedding, she’s more upset about losing what she really wants from marriage. A baby...
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