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  • A Sign of Affection, Vol. 3 by Suu Morishita

    A Sign of Affection, Vol. 3 by Suu Morishita

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 41 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...
  • The Rosemary Beach Collection: Rush and Blaire by Abbi Glines

    The Rosemary Beach Collection: Rush and Blaire by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 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...
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  • A Sign of Affection, Vol. 8 by Suu Morishita

    A Sign of Affection, Vol. 8 by Suu Morishita

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • 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: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 32 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...
  • 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...
  • Endure by S.E. Hall, Sommer Stein

    Endure by S.E. Hall, Sommer Stein

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Our vessel may have cracks and dings, tatters in its sail, and sometimes takes on water… but it still cuts through the waves with authority. Because of its Crew— bonded for life. Unsinkable. Will this be our final voyage… or just the beginning of a new chapter in our lives? Endure is best read following Emerge, Embrace, Entangled(novella) and Entice of the Evolve Series...
  • 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...
  • Forever You by Allie Everhart

    Forever You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 25 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: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 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...
  • The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi

    The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice—a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night...
  • Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson

    Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Jason is a basketball star and one of the most popular guys in school. Brainy Kyra isn't, but she doesn't much care what other people think. Under normal circumstances, Jason and Kyra would live in their separate worlds until graduation. But fate intervenes, and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class project...
  • Pretty Girls Make Graves by Steffanie Holmes

    Pretty Girls Make Graves by Steffanie Holmes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Don’t go outside on Devil’s Night.I’m always the good girl. I never stand out. I follow the rules.At Blackfriars University, there’s one whispered rule: Stay inside the night before Halloween. Hide under your blankets and hope the Orpheus Society isn’t the monster outside your window.If they get you, you won’t just be humiliated. They’ll put you six feet under.But I’ve screwed up...
  • 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...
  • Extrait offert - After Saison 5 by Anna Todd, Claire Sarradel

    Extrait offert - After Saison 5 by Anna Todd, Claire Sarradel

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    La vie n'a jamais été rose pour Tessa et Hardin, mais chaque nouveau défi auquel ils doivent faire face renforce leur amour et le lien passionné qui les unit est de plus en plus solide. Mais quand un pan de son passé, qu'il n'aurait pu imaginé, lui est révélé, Hardin est touché au cœur. Tessa de son côté subit une tragédie...
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  • Lifted by Nia Forrester

    Lifted by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if your soulmate could never be your bedmate?Tessa Denison knows who she is—she never has and as far as she’s concerned, never will date men. Though she struggles with coming to terms with the loss of her parents at a young age and her very protective and overbearing brother, Trey, her sexuality and free-loving lifestyle have never given her a moment’s pause.Tyson Clark is a screw-up...
  • Good Sensations by S.L. Scott

    Good Sensations by S.L. Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 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...
  • Deaf by Xavier Neal

    Deaf by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    While the pleas of Logan Kellar's best friends typically fall on deaf ears, there's one voice he can't ignore so easily. His own. And when Maxx, his beautiful best friend, says something that shakes his existence, he finds himself suddenly desperate to be heard...
  • Almost Beautiful by Jamie McGuire

    Almost Beautiful by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • Again for the First Time by Raven St. Pierre

    Again for the First Time by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They Said “I do” when everyone else said “don’t”. “Marry me” were the last words Luke thought he’d say to a perfect stranger. Then again, Lissy never dreamed she’d actually say “yes”. But she did… The odds are against them, but Luke and Lissy must decide whether their newfound love is worth fighting for...
  • The Heartbreakers by Ali Novak

    The Heartbreakers by Ali Novak

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    "When I met Oliver Perry, I had no clue he was the lead singer for The Heartbreakers. And he had no idea that I was the only girl in the world who hated his music." Stella will do anything for her sick sister, Cara—even stand in line for an autographed Heartbreakers CD...for four hours. She's totally winning best birthday gift this year...
  • Pep Talks by Ali Dean

    Pep Talks by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    (This is the fourth book in the Pepper Jones series, which should be read in order. The first three books in the series may be purchased as a box set for a discounted price, under the title “The Pepper Jones Collection.”) Pepper’s freshman year at college is a harder transition than she anticipated...
  • The Hazards of Sex on the Beach by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    The Hazards of Sex on the Beach by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One broken heart, one drink too many, one steamy night in the sand... No one warns you about the dangers of drinking with a broken heart. At least no one warned me. I never imagined I'd fall for a musician, especially not one like Chase, but then again I never expected to have my heart broken into a million pieces by the frat guy I thought was the love of my life...
  • Wild Child by M. Leighton

    Wild Child by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 26 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...
  • Chasing Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Chasing Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrew Reid had his whole life mapped out. Serve his country for four years and then return home to marry his high school sweetheart. Sadie Pierce had everything her heart desired. Sacrificing her life of privilege to be with Clayton West was an easy choice. This is the story of two people who thought they had it all...
  • 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...
  • Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn

    Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dex is many things, a college senior, the bassist for The Invisibles, a son, a friend, everything but a boyfriend. Everybody knows him as the shallow guy who’s up for a good time anytime. People rarely take the time to see the loyal guy lying just beneath the happy-go-lucky façade. There are parts of Dex’s life he keeps hidden. Ones he believes no one would understand...
  • Starless Nights by Kathryn Andrews

    Starless Nights by Kathryn Andrews

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Beau Hale She said that she was my best friend and then one day she wasn’t. Every day I live with the visible scars, but it’s the invisible ones that hurt the most. They are a constant reminder of everything I’ve lost as well as all the things that I’ll never have. I should be over this by now, it’s been years, but I can’t escape the memories that haunt me...
  • Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

    Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 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...
  • Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn

    Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Rob Winters, aka, Jackass. Even to my closest friends. I wasn’t always so arrogant and condescending. It only took one night to change me—one point twenty-seven seconds, to be exact. When tragedy struck, I promised myself, no matter what, unbreakable chains would lock my heart. If one veers too close or digs too deep, the cruel and mean bastard many hate is unleashed...
  • Surviving Us by Erin Noelle

    Surviving Us by Erin Noelle

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Two survivors. Two weeks. One awakening. When Bristol Criswell travels to St. Lucia for an Enduring Life retreat, she hopes to discover encouragement and support from like souls. A vacation fling is the furthest thing from her mind, especially not with a cocky-mouthed, arrogant jerk like Davis McKay...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Forever Love by Chelsea Landon, Megan Smith

    Forever Love by Chelsea Landon, Megan Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For a limited time only, enjoy books one, Forever Dark, and two, Forever Light, in the Forever Love Series together. Forever changed by one night that leaves their lives, love, and sacrifices forever altered...
  • Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones

    Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to take pride in his own abilities.Patrice dreams of a first-class education, but right now she's just got to survive the walk to school.Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother...then her mother lured her to Chicago and ended up in jail...
  • Rock On by E.M. Moore

    Rock On by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Rockstars 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...
  • Dangerous Beauty: Part One: Destiny by Michelle Hardin

    Dangerous Beauty: Part One: Destiny by Michelle Hardin

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One day in a beautiful garden destined them to meet again Nineteen years later ... After the tragic death of his mother, Nathan Salerno has decided to live a life devoid of love. Shutting everything else out, his main purpose has become pleasing his father- the highly feared Don of the Salerno Crime family- and preparing to one day become the leader of a massive criminal organization...
  • Unbroken by R.E. Hunter

    Unbroken by R.E. Hunter

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She was running toward her future. He was running from his past. When their worlds collided, nothing could prepare them for what was to come. Reeling from Luke’s betrayal, Embry Jacobs is lost and looking for answers. His lies have ripped them apart, forcing her to question everything she thought she knew about the man she loves...
  • The Trouble with Flying by Rachel Morgan

    The Trouble with Flying by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When nineteen-year-old introvert Sarah boards a plane to fly home after an overseas holiday, the last thing she expects is Aiden, the guy sitting next to her who's never flown anywhere before and refuses to shut up. Hours of random conversation later, they part ways. Sarah can't stop thinking about Aiden, though, and wondering if she made a terrible mistake letting him go...
  • The Karma Map by Nisha Sharma

    The Karma Map by Nisha Sharma

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A youth group’s temple road trip through India is a liberating escape for a former mean girl and sunshine boy to explore their past and their feelings for each other in the much-anticipated novel about self-discovery by the award-winning author of My So-Called Bollywood Life.Born and raised in the US, Tara Bajaj hides her family secrets...
  • Happenstance 2 by Jamie McGuire

    Happenstance 2 by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Erin Easter was now Erin Alderman, because Erin Alderman was dead. In the second installment of this USA Today bestselling series, follow protagonist Erin, a high school senior in tiny Blackwell, Oklahoma. After a terrible accident leaves two classmates dead, Erin learns that she was switched at birth...
  • The Other Side of Love by J.S. Cooper

    The Other Side of Love by J.S. Cooper

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Love isn't always candy and butterflies Noah Beaumont knows the complete joy and the utter devastation that love can bring. He's haunted by his past and the secrets that he holds inside, but is trying to move on with his life. He thinks he may finally have met his match in Robin, but then the calls from Skylar start coming in...
  • Anchor by Kandi Steiner

    Anchor by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Palm South University crew is back, and there’s only one thing on their Spring Break .Parties. Romance. Friendship. Everything seems perfect on the surface. But after last semester, Ashlei finds herself in trouble she can’t get out of on her own, Erin faces a choice that will change her life forever, and J-Love is falling deeper than she ever expected for her sexy teacher...
  • Saving Tatum by Micalea Smeltzer

    Saving Tatum by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Even tough girls need saving. Jude Brooks is bad news. He’s the kind of guy that leaves behind a string of broken hearts and Tatum O’ Connor is not about to be one of those girls, despite all of Jude’s advances. They have a past, and Tatum’s determined to make sure they don’t have a future. Unfortunately for her, “no” isn’t a word in Jude’s vocabulary...
  • Chasing Olivia by Micalea Smeltzer

    Chasing Olivia by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Book 2 in the Trace and Olivia Series How far would you go to reignite the spark you once had? Two years later, Trace and Olivia are as much in love as they’ve always been. But the spark they once had for life is waning and Trace is determined that they find it again. His solution? A road trip. But he doesn’t tell Olivia the real reason they’re heading north...
  • Winter Wedding by Rochelle Paige

    Winter Wedding by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All Alexa wants is to walk down the aisle to Drake with their family and friends surrounding them. Feeling the loss of her mother more acutely than ever, she agrees to a lavish event in an effort to please her new mother-in-law. The stress of a high-profile wedding starts to wear on her – and that’s before things even start to go wrong. All Drake wants is to make Alexa his wife...
  • Losing Her by Mariah Dietz

    Losing Her by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “I loved her and she left. Maybe I wasn’t enough. Maybe I’ll never be enough.” I’ve been thinking these words since before we even got together. Everything is new. The old no longer has a place here. Physical items are easy to replace. I'm constantly battling the ones that aren't. Every thought and memory I have is stained. By you. You weren't even there for half of them...
  • Just One Day by Gayle Forman

    Just One Day by Gayle Forman

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 85 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay Allyson Healey's life is exactly like her suitcase—packed, planned, ordered. Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she’s not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes...
  • Five Days Until You by Monica Murphy

    Five Days Until You by Monica Murphy

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Unsure. That's how I'm feeling about my entire life. Just when everything's good and I have it all under control, my girl Chelsea decides she's going to leave me for the summer. Despite my disappointment, I have to support her. It's what she wants, an opportunity she can't say no to and no way will I be the one to stop her. I love her too much to hold her back...
  • Then You Happened by Sandi Lynn

    Then You Happened by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When Sierra’s father died, he left her in charge of the family business. At the age of twenty-eight, Sierra Adams became CEO of Adams Advertising & Design, one of the top 10 advertising agencies in the world. Her work was her life. She lived and breathed it every day, leaving little time for play...
  • Caught Up In You by Colee Firman

    Caught Up In You by Colee Firman

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life has a way of shaping you into what it wants you to be, regardless of how much you fight it. Brantley Prescott is damaged. Scarred by a past she can’t forget. Hiding secrets she’s terrified to share. Searching for a future she doesn’t believe she’ll ever find. Myles Franco is alone. Burdened by mistakes he’ll never live down. Fostering a deep resentment for the opposite sex...
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