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The Fallen Crest Series by Tijan
Mason Kade is not known to be nice. He is ruthless, manipulative, and unforgiving. Most will say that he is a jerk and he is to those that cross him or cross his loved ones. However, he does not want to be who he is. He does not enjoy hurting others, but there is no limit to the lengths he will go to protect himself and his brother... -
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Finding You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf Grace Johnson knew one thing at all, it was that all men were dirt bags. All men … except Noah. “I was lost in his eyes. Lost in his tears. My goal was to pull him out of the darkness … if even if it dragged me in as well.” If Noah Bennet knew one thing at all, it was he needed Grace Johnson. Needed her … desperately. “My pain was pulling me under … she was my only saving grace... -
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![Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton]()
Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAll new and exclusive enemies to lovers and bully romance short stories and previews by:L A Cotton Siobhan Davis Ashley Jade Piper Lawson Tracy Lorraine Michelle Mankin Daniela Romero Ginger Scott Ivy Smoak Becca Steele Shantel Tessier This will be a wide release with special preorder pricing... -
![Broken Empire by Callie Rose]()
Broken Empire by Callie Rose
Truths will be uncovered. Alliances will shift.And nothing will ever be the same.The final book in the Boys of Oak Park Prep series is coming soon.**The release date will be moved forward...Categorized as:
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![Broken Hill Havoc by Sheridan Anne]()
Broken Hill Havoc by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCollege? How did this happen? One minute I'm starting my senior year of high school and the next, I'm in college. Let me repeat myself. How did this happen? I can't even begin to understand the crazy amounts of drama I've suffered through over the past twelve months, but I've never been so happy to say it's over. I’m more than ready for this next step in my life... -
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Love Me by Kristin Mayer
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEngaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. But Damien’s past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien’s sister is now after his one and only love, Allison...Categorized as:
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![Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning]()
Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLucy Everyone has ups and downs. I’m no different. I’ve had some really amazing ups, but I’ve also had some crap-tastic downs. When I was four, my biological mother died. I don’t remember crying for her. She’d never been the type to cuddle me, tuck me in, and read bedtime stories. That job was pushed off onto my sister Lana. She did her best to take care of me until Mom died...Categorized as:
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![Broken Hill Hurt by Sheridan Anne]()
Broken Hill Hurt by Sheridan Anne
We had it all until we didn’t.Nate Ryder has been the center of my world for the past few months. He’s cared for me, cherished me, and shown me a love I never even imagined could be real.He was my rock when my father left and my voice when I didn’t have one. He was once my bully but now holds my heart in the palm of his hands, along with it, the power to destroy me... -
![The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen]()
The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Truth In Lies Series. READ This Much Is True, book 1 first, although it's been written as a standalone. Readers say, don't do that. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway ~ A Farewell To Arms They share an epic love but one moment changes everything. A life together that seemed certain is shattered...Categorized as:
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![On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner]()
On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Weightless, A Love Letter to Whiskey, and Revelry What makes you happy? That was the question Emery Reed asked me the day we met, and I couldn’t give him a single answer. I could have said my dog, or my books, or yoga — but I just stared. And then, I got in his car...Categorized as:
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![Stepbrother With Benefits 9 by Mia Clark]()
Stepbrother With Benefits 9 by Mia Clark
I just had to try and be a bad girl, didn't I? I blame Ethan. This is all his fault. Rule #9 – We were never supposed to get this far. It was only supposed to be for a week. I don't even know what we're supposed to do now. I've never done this before. "You ready for the ride of your life, Princess?" I ask her. "You think you're that good, do you, Ethan?" Ashley counters...Categorized as:
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![Broken Hill Hearts by Sheridan Anne]()
Broken Hill Hearts by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI have never been at such a low. School work? Stuff it. Manners? Get screwed.Being a decent human being? Over my dead body.And it’s all because of him. Nate was supposed to be the reason I wake up in the morning until he took that reason away. Now, I’m left feeling like an empty shell of the girl I used to be.He’s the love of my life. Always has been and always will be...Categorized as:
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![#MNGirl by A.M. Brooks]()
#MNGirl by A.M. Brooks
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy family’s scandal is my fall from grace. The night of my seventeenth birthday leads to the final event that catapults my future in a different direction. One call for help turns into my only chance of survival.Now, the only way to stay safe is to keep hidden...Categorized as:
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![Shopping for a Billionaire 4 by Julia Kent]()
Shopping for a Billionaire 4 by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA confusing fight, a garbage-covered car, and a mom who shares her past as a stripper all drive Shannon to the edge of madness. When her big shot at mystery shopping luxury properties leads to another crazy toilet incident, it’s Declan to the rescue..Categorized as:
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![Stepbrother With Benefits 8 by Mia Clark]()
Stepbrother With Benefits 8 by Mia Clark
"What kind of good girl are you?" I ask. "That's not even something good girls do, Princess." "I'm a very bad good girl," Ashley says, pouting. "I think maybe I need to be punished, Ethan..." Rule #8 – We both want this, so let's take full advantage of it. No holding back, no reservations, no restrictions, maximum pleasure..Categorized as:
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![Stepbrother With Benefits 11 by Mia Clark]()
Stepbrother With Benefits 11 by Mia Clark
Ethan fills a part of me that I never knew needed to be filled before. I give him something that he never knew he was missing. Rule #11 – I want to make you feel ecstasy at least once a day. At least. Maybe twice. Three times. All day. I want to be with you all the time, near you, next to you, inside you. I need you... We all have our strengths and weakness...Categorized as:
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![Deposed by Sofia Daniel]()
Deposed by Sofia Daniel
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEdward, Henry and Blake used to rule the school. Now they just rule me. They know my secret. Something that will get me into a world of hurt. And now they own me, body, mind, and soul. These days, I play their dangerous games. And I’m helpless to their seductive kisses. I’m in the biggest trouble in my life. But I’m not sure I want to be free... -
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At the Buzzer by E.M. Moore
Senior year. My last chance…The Ballers took everything away from me last year. Riding the bench wasn’t what I’d planned, and I don’t want a repeat of that this season. I can’t have a repeat of that, not if I want to accomplish all those goals I set for myself when I first came to RHS.There’s one problem though. One Baller is determined to keep me on the sidelines. I’m broken because of him...Categorized as:
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![Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood]()
Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"I lost the fight. I lost her. But I don't care about my promise. I'm chasing that girl... again." Haze Adams and Winter Kingston were supposed to be a done deal. A onetime thing. The notorious street fighter had one goal and one goal only: make the girl fall in love, break her heart to hurt his enemies, and move on to the next best thing. Easy, right? Wrong... -
![Broken Hill Halo by Sheridan Anne]()
Broken Hill Halo by Sheridan Anne
I never expected Nate Ryder to change my life the way he did. Hell, I never expected to fall in love with the one guy who made my life a living hell for five years, but here I am. He’s the perfect example of something I never knew I needed. He’s my rock. My salvation. He’s exactly what I need when my life goes up in flames. I thought the worst was over...Categorized as:
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![You and Everything After by Ginger Scott]()
You and Everything After by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsI’m that teenaged girl who has MS. You haven’t met me, but you’ve seen me around. You probably know my sister. We’re twins, and she’s the pretty one. Maybe you’ve heard about my reputation, how much I like to hook up at parties—how easy it is to get me in bed, get what you want, and forget about me after. Forget what you think you know. I’m leaving that girl behind... -
![Eden High by Jordan Silver]()
Eden High by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsSian Claiborne is not a happy camper. Just when she was getting into the groove of high school hijinks, her parents decides to pick up stakes. Now the popular cheerleader is off to the ritz and glamor of the Hollywood Hills, where her new school is home to the offspring of Hollywood's elite...Categorized as:
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![Falling for Fate by Caisey Quinn]()
Falling for Fate by Caisey Quinn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFate Buchanan just wants to escape the constraints of her old life. After checking her mother into rehab and catching her fiancé with her maid of honor the night before their wedding, she ran. Angry and hurt, she’s aching to do something reckless. Dean Maxwell is having one last summer of freedom before taking over his family’s multi-billion dollar medical conglomerate... -
![Unbroken Rules by Eliah Greenwood]()
Unbroken Rules by Eliah Greenwood
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLies, passion, betrayal. Discover the last book of the teen sensation that captured 30,000,000 hearts across the globe today! Haze and Winter’s relationship has been a fight from day one. From crazy exes, to psycho families, to heart-wrenching betrayal, the couple has been through hell and back and lived to tell the tale...Categorized as:
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![The Same Side by C.M. Doporto]()
The Same Side by C.M. Doporto
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe 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... -
![When the Stars Rise by Emery Rose]()
When the Stars Rise by Emery Rose
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSix weeks. Thirty-five cities. One more chance to get it right.Noah McCallister.Extreme athlete. Habitual heartbreaker. The only boy I’ve ever loved. We’re a tragedy. A beautiful melody with dissonant chords. A soaring ballad of heartache, enduring love, and lost youth.Once upon a time, he was my everything. My once in a lifetime. My past and my future...Categorized as:
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![Damaged by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins]()
Damaged by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNine days have passed since Hayden got into an accident and fell into a coma. Nine days of hoping for a miracle that would allow him to wake up. Nine long, endless days.Half of me is conquered by despair, while the other half clings to the hope that he will recover soon. I refuse to let fear and doubt overcome me... -
![Rock On by E.M. Moore]()
Rock On by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRockstars live by their own set of rules…and these guys are no different.Cruel. Privileged. Sexy.The summer alone with four rockstars in a beach house sounds like a dream come true.Wrong.What I thought was going to be my big break ends up being my own personal nightmare. I’m not learning about music. I’m not making music. I’m a glorified babysitter for one of the hottest bands around... -
![Malicious by Alex Grayson, Melissa Toppen]()
Malicious by Alex Grayson, Melissa Toppen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOliver Conley….The most infuriating man I’ve ever met.He’s crass, selfish, malicious. The worst kind of person.From our very first encounter we were at odds. Standing on opposite ends of the battlefield preparing for war. He didn’t care for me.I despised him.Until one day things started to change….I didn’t want to want him. Hell, I hated myself for it...Categorized as:
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![Like You Hurt by Kaydence Snow]()
Like You Hurt by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDonna What kind of idiot gets on my bad side on his first day at my school? Hendrix Hawthorn is arrogant, cocky, infuriatingly attractive and clearly doesn’t realise I can make his life hell.Which is exactly what I intend to do… until he shows up in the one place no one knows I go to – the one place that makes me feel alive...Categorized as:
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![Guarded Heart by C.A. Harms]()
Guarded Heart by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife can be very scary...Really Scary when a wounded heart is involved. Giving your entire heart to someone is hard enough once but when it is completely shattered by the one person you believed would always keep it safe only makes it almost impossible to give it away a second time... -
![Ever Lost by L.E. Bross]()
Ever Lost by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI made a huge mistake. No, not breaking into Panchard Enterprises, I did that on purpose. It was the getting caught part that changed everything. Instead of prison, Peter Panchard offers me a deal; steal something for him and he’ll help me find my little sister. Now I’m at Neverly Prep wearing a uniform and trying to get close to Lucas Hook, the guy whose safe I need to crack...Categorized as:
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![The Art of Wedding a Greek Billionaire by Marian Tee]()
The Art of Wedding a Greek Billionaire by Marian Tee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce upon a time, there was an ordinary girl who grew up listening to bedtime stories where there were no knights in shining armor or Prince Charming. Instead, it had Greek billionaires and this little girl dreamt she’d one day have Her Own Greek Billionaire to live happily ever after with...Categorized as:
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![Dirty Past by Emma Hart]()
Dirty Past by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOn the heels of Dirty Secret, here is a sizzling hot romance featuring another Burke brother and the girl he can’t resist, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Game series. Walking out on my wedding wasn’t my best idea...Categorized as:
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![Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde]()
Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 17 ratings★☆ Special pre-order price. Will increase upon release. ★☆ Book three in the captivating Kennedy Boys series. Description coming soon. "Lashings of drama, hot chemistry, and great banter. Perfect for fans of Tijan... -
![Did I Mention I Miss You? by Estelle Maskame]()
Did I Mention I Miss You? by Estelle Maskame
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIt’s been a year since Eden last spoke to Tyler. She remains furious at him for leaving her and has moved on with life in Chicago, where she is at University studying psychology...Categorized as:
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![Tennessee Truths by Ashley Munoz]()
Tennessee Truths by Ashley Munoz
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaith:Our story was classic.A typical fairytale.Two young kids falling in love under an onyx sky, making vows they didn’t understand.He was my dream …and I naively thought I was his.Until he bartered our love and sold me a lie.Now, I’m returning to the life I once knew…but not as the pathetic mess that left five years ago.I’m a married woman, wed to the richest man in Nashville...Categorized as:
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![Changing Everything by Molly McAdams]()
Changing Everything by Molly McAdams
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsPaisley Morro has been in love with Eli since they were thirteen-years-old. But after twelve years of only being his best friend and wingman, the heartache that comes from watching him with countless other women becomes too much, and Paisley decides its time to lay all her feelings on the table... -
![Erasing Faith by Julie Johnson]()
Erasing Faith by Julie Johnson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA fairytale city. A forbidden love. A fate doomed from the start. Faith Morrissey is overdue for an adventure. After twenty years in the same small town, she sets out on a year-long study abroad trip, fully expecting to fall in love with the wonders of Budapest. She certainly doesn’t expect to fall for Wes, the mysterious stranger who sweeps her off her feet mere days after her arrival...Categorized as:
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![FAZE by Tracy Lorriane]()
FAZE by Tracy Lorriane
I shouldn’t be fazed by him…He turned up like a ghost in the night, determined to make me scream.But he's no ghost, he's as real as the feelings I try not to have. My illusive stepbrother, has everyone fooled. Except me. One look into his dark eyes and I know. He's pure evil. Haunting my house... and my darkest dreams...Categorized as:
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![Did I Mention I Miss You? by Estelle Maskame]()
Did I Mention I Miss You? by Estelle Maskame
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIt’s been a year since Eden last spoke to Tyler. She remains furious at him for leaving her and has moved on with life in Chicago, where she is at University studying psychology... -
![Fake You by M.V. Ellis]()
Fake You by M.V. Ellis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDrew I hate the lies you tell. For as long as I could remember, everything in my world had been fake. Literally everything. I’d had it with it all: the lies, the pretense, the show. But I was stuck on a dizzying merry-go-round of deceit, and I couldn’t get off. So when she came into my life, I thought I’d hit the jackpot with something and someone more real than anything I’d ever experienced...Categorized as:
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![Love Struck by Nikki Ashton]()
Love Struck by Nikki Ashton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s the girl he wants but can’t keepHe’d shown me that I did hold some light in my life. I wasn’t all misery and darkness, there was sunshine in there too.Life for survivor Sarah Danes has finally started to brighten. After opening up and trusting the bad boy bully of Maddison High School, love is beginning to touch parts of her life she’d thought long dead... -
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Rebound by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 22 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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![The Elites by Ruby Vincent]()
The Elites by Ruby Vincent
Final Year, Final BattleI thought my biggest problem was being kicked off campus, but I'd rather trade my blazer for a skirt than an orange jumpsuit.There's a killer on campus and they think it's me. I have my boys on my side, but this might be one fight we can't win.Someone is determined to bring us down, but with enemies on all sides, the suspects are endless and I'm running out of time...Categorized as:
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![Kings of Mercia Academy 1-4 by Sofia Daniel]()
Kings of Mercia Academy 1-4 by Sofia Daniel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBritish boarding schools aren't for the weak. According to the Kings of Mercia Academy...they aren't for Americans, either. Blake, Edward, and Henry rule my new school. They're aristocratic. Old money. Brutal as hell They'll do whatever it takes to break my spirit and make me leave. If I survive Mercia, I'll get a free ride to college. My future will be set... -
![Love Me by Nora Cobb]()
Love Me by Nora Cobb
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey can’t make me bend, and I refuse to let myself be broken. Not anymore.I want to say I could leave Weissmore unscathed and unscarredBut why lie?I learned what it’s like to be hunted/What it’s like to be hated by the elites of the campus:The three kings who were simultaneously my tormentors and only protectors.But I refuse to let these bully boys to get the best of me...Categorized as:
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![Not Just Another Romance Novel by Lisa Suzanne]()
Not Just Another Romance Novel by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs it really wrong to have more than one boyfriend? I brought a new one into my bed almost every night. From conference rooms to broom closets, I escaped reality with my leading men. Okay, so they were fictional book boyfriends. In reality I should have been concentrating on classes while I looked for a living, breathing man to help me achieve my romantic fantasies... -
![My Dutch Billionaire 2 by Marian Tee]()
My Dutch Billionaire 2 by Marian Tee
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe’s Willem de Konigh. 33 years old. A coldly handsome, excruciatingly polite Dutch billionaire who’s always gotten what he wanted. Only this time, he realizes what he wants the most is the one woman who wasn’t for him. She’s Serenity Raleigh. 19 years old...Categorized as:
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![Catch Me by E.M. Moore]()
Catch Me by E.M. Moore
Fear… Fear of the unknown. Fear of feeling. Fear of losing. I think I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’m just one scared girl in a world where there’s a lot to be afraid of. Cade, Lex, and Reid helped. They pulled me out of my own head, helped me feel a sliver of happiness again. But with that, I gained a new set of worries. What if I lost another person I love? I’m not perfect...Categorized as:
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