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The Moment by T.C. Anderson
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![Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake]()
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsFor readers of Girl in Pieces and The Way I Used to Be comes an emotionally gripping story about facing hard truths in the aftermath of sexual assault. Mara and Owen are as close as twins can get, so when Mara’s friend Hannah accuses Owen of rape, Mara doesn't know what to think... -
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![Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas, Abby McDonald]()
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas, Abby McDonald
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIt's Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to Aruba that promises to be the time of their lives. But when Elise is found brutally murdered, Anna finds herself trapped in a country not her own, fighting against vile and contemptuous accusations... -
![Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole]()
Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse as she grapples with how to reclaim her story, her anger, and her body in a world that seems determined to punish her for the sin of surviving.I'm starting to realizethat a woman doesn't get that madso mad that her hair turns to snakesso mad that her rage turns blood to boulderall on her own... -
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![Secrets Revealed by Alisha Williams]()
Secrets Revealed by Alisha Williams
One secret down, only one more to go.This wasn’t the way I wanted them to find out, but the universe doesn't seem to be on my side these days.But now they know, both of my secrets. I'll need to learn to balance the new changes in my life, while battling with the old wounds of the past.They say they don’t hate me anymore, and that they just want to start over... -
![When Lightning Strikes by River Hale]()
When Lightning Strikes by River Hale
Elise NovakI never expected my first year of residency to be easy. However, returning home after eight years brings more trouble than I was prepared for.When I’m captivated by a painting through a shop window, I discover the painter is none other than Logan Delaney.She hates me, a fact she made perfectly clear before I left town.The first time she touches me, it awakens a deep desire...Categorized as:
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![Rink Rash: A Rivals to Lovers Sports Romance by Santana Knox]()
Rink Rash: A Rivals to Lovers Sports Romance by Santana Knox
SHE'S UNDER MY SKIN AND I'M OUT OF MY MIND There are three things that get under Madeline Maddox’s defeat, disorder and disruption…especially when it comes to her carefully curated life and her roller derby team.No one outskates Mad Maddox—that is, until a cocky little jammer blows back into her hometown wreaking havoc into all her plans... -
![Pyramid Stunt by Alex La Bruyere]()
Pyramid Stunt by Alex La Bruyere
On the first day at my new high school, I'm targeted by the queen bee and her boyfriend. They're a head cheerleader and quarterback stereotypical power couple and beloved by everyone. After two years I'm pretty used to spending my days fighting off their attacks. But then my mother marries the quarterback's father and I have a new stepbrother... -
![Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro]()
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSix years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks.Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals by their own school. New rules...Categorized as:
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Ivory by Kira Roman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAttending an Academy for spoiled rich kids is not on my bucket list, but killing my abuser is.He made my childhood a living hell, until the day Man saved me, and brought me to the Belladonna Mansion.Now it’s time to return the favor.Three targets, one mission.Three broken boys, and three victims.They say bad things come in threes, but there's only one me... -
![Fractured Hearts by C.L. Smoke]()
Fractured Hearts by C.L. Smoke
Kadence I’m a dead girl walking.All I wanted was a new life, a fresh start in Westhaven.But I should know nothing ever works in my favor. My fate is in the hands of an angry God.I wanted a quiet life, to heal from my trauma and hide from my past. But when I met her, myworld tilted off balance.Blaize is as vicious as she is hot, an all-consuming fire that will burn me in the end... -
![Forbidden Girl by Kristen Zimmer]()
Forbidden Girl by Kristen Zimmer
She is your father’s deadliest rival. You’ve been taught to hate her. But what if you can’t resist her?JulesFrom the moment I learned my father was the head of the biggest crime family in Boston, I vowed I would never have anything to do with his “business.” Until Rowan.When our eyes locked for the first time across that crowded room, her emerald eyes lit an unstoppable fire in me... -
![Fold by Ashley Jade]()
Fold by Ashley Jade
She needed to be loved...He needed to be saved.PrestonWhen an opportunity comes knocking, you shouldn't question it. Unless it comes in the form of a 5'2", feisty, loudmouth girl who just so happens to hate your guts. The same girl you haven't been able to get out of your head for three years. But, I'm a gambler by nature. A risk taker...Categorized as:
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![The Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer]()
The Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShade and Jadis are everything to each other. They share clothes, toothbrushes, and even matching stick-and-poke tattoos. So when Shade unexpectedly joins the cheerleading team, Jadis can hardly recognize who her best friend is becoming.Shade loves the idea of falling into a group of girls; she loves the discipline it takes to push her body to the limits alongside these athletes... -
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![Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters]()
Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA National Book Award Finalist offers an intense portrait of an abusive relationship. Johanna is steadfast, patient, reliable; the go-to girl, the one everyone can count on. But always being there for others can’t give Johanna everything she needs—it can’t give her Reeve Hartt. Reeve is fierce, beautiful, wounded, elusive; a flame that draws Johanna’s fluttering moth... -
![Under Mr Nolan's Bed: Revised by Selena Kitt]()
Under Mr Nolan's Bed: Revised by Selena Kitt
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 29 ratings“Get in here,” he whispered, pulling me into the bathroom and locking the door again. “God, Leah, you look so hot! I can’t keep my hands off you!” And then he was kissing me, pinning me hard against the wall... FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING & AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SELENA KITT Leah and Erica have been best friends since just about forever... -
![Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard]()
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
#1 New York Times bestselling seriesThe first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.In ultra-trendy Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four beautiful girls are hiding very ugly secrets. High school juniors Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily have grown apart since their best friend Alison DiLaurentis went missing three years ago... -
![Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier]()
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
In the tradition of audacious and wryly funny novels like The Idiot and Convenience Store Woman comes the wildly original coming-of-age story of a pregnant pizza delivery girl who becomes obsessed with one of her customers... -
![A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth]()
A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones... -
![The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland]()
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThree girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . -
![Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh]()
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
A thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, Some Desperate Glory is Astounding Award Winner Emily Tesh’s highly anticipated debut novel. While we live, the enemy shall fear us. Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth... -
![The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould]()
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCourtney Gould’s thrilling debut The Dead and the Dark is about the things that lurk in dark corners, the parts of you that can’t remain hidden, and about finding home in places―and people―you didn’t expect.The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer. Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon... -
![Loathing You by Amina Khan]()
Loathing You by Amina Khan
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHate. Detest. Despise. These words were the only way that Adaline and Juliette could possibly describe their relationship, or lack thereof.Adaline would argue that this is because a certain she-devil has been making her life hell for the last five years... -
![Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven]()
Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA feminist YA horror-thriller-romance retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by the TikTok sensation and author of The Society for Soulless Girls… Penny Paxton is the daughter of an icon. Her supermodel mother has legions of adoring fans around the world, and Penny is ready to begin her journey to international adoration, starting with joining the elite Dorian Drama School... -
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![All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle]()
All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsUnflinching and gorgeously written, this feminist novel is important, timely, and a compulsive read. From the highly acclaimed author of the beloved The Accident Season comes an epic breakout novel examining the very topical and controversial issue of women’s sexual and reproductive rights, which has never been higher on the public’s radar... -
![Honeybloods by I.S. Belle]()
Honeybloods by I.S. Belle
"Remember when you pinkie promised you'd help me bury a body? Is that offer still good?"TWILIGHT meets JENNIFER'S BODY in this bite-sized sapphic vampire romance full of sweetness, snark, gore, and only one motel bed.Queen bee Honey Williams and burnout Sadie Greer haven't spoken since middle school, when a huge fight ended their lifelong friendship and sent the girls down wildly different paths... -
![Counter Bet by Harleigh Beck]()
Counter Bet by Harleigh Beck
“How about we play a little game?”My name is Emily Brooks. Welcome to Hedgewood High, my domain.I’m the head cheerleader. I date the star quarterback, and I have the homecoming crown in the bag.My life is a cliché.A mask I hide behind.But the mask is slowly cracking.On the outside, I have it all. Or so it seems... -
![Here Lies Olive by Kate Anderson]()
Here Lies Olive by Kate Anderson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrowing up in the dark tourism capital of the United States, sixteen-year-old Olive should be comfortable with death. But ever since an allergic reaction almost sent her to the wrong side of the grass, she’s been terrified that there is no afterlife... -
![Damned If You Do by Alex Brown]()
Damned If You Do by Alex Brown
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsQueer Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Filipino folklore in this horror comedy about a high school stage manager who accidentally sells her soul to a demon.Seven years ago, Cordelia Scott’s abusive father left without a word, and life has been normal ever since... -
![Bright World by Stan Stanley]()
Bright World by Stan Stanley
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Hazards of Love follows the story of a queer teen from Queens who makes some mistakes, gets dragged into a fantastical place, and tries to hustle their way back home.Amparo's deal with the talking cat was simple: a drop of blood and Amparo's name to become a better person...
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