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Chasing Abby by Cassia Leo
The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shattered Hearts series. Five years, six months, eight days… It’s been eighteen years since Abigail was born with a hole in her heart. Five years since she collapsed on the soccer field. Five years, six months, eight days since she found out she was adopted...Categorized as:
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Coast by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsOne life-changing summer. One boy. The boy. The boy who offered me safe touches and heart-stopping smiles - smiles he shared with his son. We filled our days with porch-step kisses, filled our ears with laughter, filled our hearts with love. Deep, soul-aching, desperate love. But love is misleading. It's an invisible, fleeting moment...Categorized as:
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![More Than Him by Jay McLean]()
More Than Him by Jay McLean
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us." - Marianne Williamson. We live in a world of darkness and shadows, where monsters hide and aim to ruin. And they did. They ruined us and turned our dreams into nightmares. But now we're back. And we're fighting...Categorized as:
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![Someone I Used To Know by Paige Toon]()
Someone I Used To Know by Paige Toon
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSo much can change in half a lifetime… Then At fifteen, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with his circumstances, Leah finds herself getting drawn closer to him. Theo’s wealthy family have mysteriously pulled him out of boarding school and he’s now enrolled at the local state school with Leah and George... -
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![The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur]()
The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"You never got over her. You just left." From author Suanne Laqueur comes an astonishing debut novel: a young man's emotional journey to salvage relationships destroyed in the wake of a school shooting. As a college freshman, Erik Fiskare is drawn to the world of theater but prefers backstage to center stage... -
![Kick, Push & Coast Duet: Includes Kick, Push and Coast by Jay McLean]()
Kick, Push & Coast Duet: Includes Kick, Push and Coast by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBox set includes exclusive never before seen bonus short story told from Tommy Warden’s ten-year-old mind. ★SYNOPSIS for Kick, Push There’s a single defining moment within every skater. It lasts only a second. Two if you're good. Three if you’re really good. It’s the moment you’re in the air, your board somewhere beneath you and nothing but wind surrounds you... -
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![Down to My Soul by Kennedy Ryan]()
Down to My Soul by Kennedy Ryan
***This is Book 2 of the Soul Series. You MUST read Book 1, My Soul to Keep, first.*** RHYSON She doesn't wear my ring. We never stood before a preacher. The only vows exchanged were between our bodies; between our souls. But she was mine and I was hers until I ruined it. I have to believe that every day, every step, every breath brings me closer to making things right... -
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August by trickology
Nyctophilia(n.) Love of darkness or night. Finding comfort in darkness.August Villin was a name people feared.Cruel and powerful, his anger was a storm that never went away.He was the monster that lurked in all of your worst nightmares, waiting for you to cross onto his dangerous path. But the gates of hell swing open and all hell breaks loose,When they cross paths... -
![Bittersweet Always by Ella Fields]()
Bittersweet Always by Ella Fields
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom bestselling author Ella Fields comes an all new standalone. An emotional new adult romance that proves love is worth fighting your demons for. Toby Hawthorne was an enigma. One I didn't factor into my college plans. I wasn't looking for love. I wasn't not looking for it either. And in that state of in-between, he found me. Unaware of the battle he fought everyday, I fell fast... -
![Hawthorne & Heathcliff by R.K. Ryals]()
Hawthorne & Heathcliff by R.K. Ryals
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTwo names that didn't belong to us. Two shoes that did. Intense and introspective, seventeen-year-old Hawthorne Macy knows all about being abandoned. She's felt the stark pain of being left behind by the people who are supposed to love her the most; her parents. Raised by her caring uncle on an old plantation, Hawthorne lives her life on the fringes of her small Southern town... -
![On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner]()
On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 39 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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![Dekoboko Bittersweet Days by Atsuko Yusen]()
Dekoboko Bittersweet Days by Atsuko Yusen
Tiny and adorable when they first met, Rui—still just as adorable—now looms over his boyfriend, Yuujirou. Though they were little more than best friends at first, the confusion over their true feelings for one another smoldered until they confessed...Categorized as:
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![The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley]()
The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPhil “Kenna stood strong, taking my grief into herself. In that moment, if the world had truly threatened to fall, I had no doubt my Baby Girl would hold it up.” A pillar of strength, Kenna only grows stronger as time passes. I’ve known from the beginning that I was the weak link between us. Always, she’s risen above and beyond the darkness of the unknown that threatens to suck me down... -
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![Warmth in Ice by A. Meredith Walters]()
Warmth in Ice by A. Meredith Walters
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsClay and Maggie have gone through the dark and come out on the other side. For the first time, they are on this journey together. Fighting for something they both need and can’t live without…each other. But a long distance relationship is hard. Particularly for two people who are still trying to build something solid on a shaky and troubled foundation... -
![Meant To Be by Monica Murphy]()
Meant To Be by Monica Murphy
Ava Callahan.Love of my life.Wrecker of my soul.I would have sworn on anything that what we shared was real.But she broke my trust. And then my heart. I don't think I can piece it back together without her, but I'm sure gonna try.I’m better off on my own, anyways, right? Who needs girls when you have football?If only I believed that...Categorized as:
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![Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen]()
Low Over High by J.A. DeRouen
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI fancy myself a purveyor of truth, a sifter of lies, a cutter of bullshit. It’s not a gift, but rather, all skill, honed to a razor’s edge after one too many trips down the rabbit hole. Some may dismiss my talent as misplaced and misguided cynicism, but they’d be wrong. Cliches about hope and faith in mankind are concocted unicorn farts, an effort to keep the dreamers dreaming... -
![Come to Me Recklessly by A.L. Jackson]()
Come to Me Recklessly by A.L. Jackson
His heart was turned off…Until she turned him on… Christopher Moore gave up on the idea of love years ago. Now, his life is an endless string of parties and an even longer string of girls. Enjoying the physical perks with none of the emotional mess, hes convinced everyone that hes satisfied—everyone but himself. Samantha Schultz has moved on with her life...Categorized as:
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![Swear on This Life by Renee Carlino]()
Swear on This Life by Renee Carlino
When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer...Categorized as:
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![My Life as an Album Series by L.J. Evans]()
My Life as an Album Series by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFive heart-stopping books with football heroes, swoony rock stars, and tortured artists who might just work their way into your soul. It all started with kids at a lake. And when loss hit, they all had to learn to live again...To find joy...To find redemption...To find love... MY LIFE AS A COUNTRY ALBUM ― a boy-next-door, coming-of-age romance... -
![The Crash Trilogy: Includes Crash, Clash and Crush by Nicole Williams]()
The Crash Trilogy: Includes Crash, Clash and Crush by Nicole Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucy Larson lives for wearing the satin down on her ballet shoes, and has her sights firmly set on a place at Juilliard. She's on her way to the top and has so far been careful to keep trouble out of her life. Well, up until now…Jude Ryder is the quintessential bad boy and everything a girl like Lucy needs to stay away from, especially if she wants to hold onto her dream future... -
![The Design of Goodbye by Kara Renee]()
The Design of Goodbye by Kara Renee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA choice can change everything. Five lines and twenty-six words are all it takes for Madison Winters’s life to change forever.No one knows her mother abandoned her the summer before senior year with only a letter as a goodbye, and she’s determined to keep it that way... -
![When I Grow Up by John Goode]()
When I Grow Up by John Goode
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter graduation, Kyle Stilleno and Brad Graymark move to California to pursue their dreams. But high school sweethearts are called that for a reason, and their love rarely stands up to the test of time. As money, school, sex, and jealousy test their relationship to the breaking point, Kyle and Brad fight to hold on to the love that brought them together... -
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My Girlfriend's Child, Vol. 2 by Mamoru Aoi
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWith her pregnancy all but confirmed, Sachi decides to visit a clinic alone and in secret. She indicates that she plans to have an abortion while filling out all the paperwork, but once she hears the quiet heartbeat of the life forming inside her during the ultrasound, her resolve begins to waver. Now she and Takara have three weeks to decide what to do... -
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![Wicked Restless by Ginger Scott]()
Wicked Restless by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAndrew Harper grew up in a house marked by tragedy. His older brother Owen did his best to shelter him, but you can only be protected from life’s pain for so long. Eventually, you end up just feeling numb…and isolated. Loneliness was the one constant in Andrew’s life. Until one girl, met by chance in a high school hallway, changed everything...Categorized as:
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![Conceal by Juliana Stone]()
Conceal by Juliana Stone
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNo one said going home would be easy... Black sheep and all around trouble maker, Betty Jo Barker is back home and hoping for a do-over. Things are finally looking up until Beau Simon comes to town. The man pushes every button she owns and manages to awaken long dead emotions she'd rather leave buried...Categorized as:
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![How We Deal with Gravity by Ginger Scott]()
How We Deal with Gravity by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen her son Max was diagnosed with autism, Avery Abbot’s life changed forever. Her husband left, and her own dreams became a distant fantasy—always second to fighting never-ending battles to make sure Max was given opportunity, love and respect. Finding someone to fight along her side wasn’t even on her list, and she’d come to terms with the fact that she could never be her own priority again... -
![Where the Night Ends by Melissa Toppen, Silla Webb]()
Where the Night Ends by Melissa Toppen, Silla Webb
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt only takes one night—one moment, one small snippet of time—to change everything. At sixteen-years-old, Sebastian Baxter taught me that. He taught me a lot of things. He never had to work for my heart. In some unexplainable way I think it had always belonged to him anyway... -
![Don't Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Don't Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsJulie Ellis and Luke Muldenhower have always been school sweethearts. Now both are in high school and deeply in love. Luke, a talented football player, is almost certain to receive an athletic scholarship to a top college. And no matter what her parents say, wherever Luke goes, Julie intends to follow. When Luke can't shake what he thinks is a virus, Julie persuades him to see a doctor... -
![Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari]()
Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBest friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance."The heartache and longing of witnessing a beloved character pine hopelessly over her best friend has never brought me this much unadulterated joy... -
![The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen, Pauline Vidal]()
The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen, Pauline Vidal
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA YA novel from USA Today bestselling author Sarina Bowen. Never ask a question unless you’re sure you want the truth. I’ve been listening to my father sing for my whole life. I carry him in my pocket on my mp3 player. It’s just that we’ve never met face to face. My mother would never tell me how I came to be, or why my rock star father and I have never met. I thought it was her only secret...Categorized as:
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Faded by Julie Johnson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI was never supposed to be famous. I was a lyricist, not a singer. Certainly not a star. Too bad none of that seemed to matter to a rock-god like Ryder Woods. He didn’t just want my words — he wanted everything. And he took it. My songs. My voice. My goddamned soul. Between those haunting bedroom eyes and that heart-stopping grin, I never stood a chance... -
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The Summer You Were There Vol. 3 by Yuama
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCRUEL SUMMERAt Kaori’s gentle urging, Shizuku reaches out to Ruri, the girl she bullied back in elementary school. All Shizuku wants is to apologize, but it soon becomes clear that even that won’t be so easy. Things take a dramatic turn when Kaori faints, and Shizuku learns that Kaori’s been keeping a big secret... -
![The Summer You Were There Vol. 2 by Yuama]()
The Summer You Were There Vol. 2 by Yuama
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA TWIST IN THE TALEAfter Kaori read her classmate Shizuku's novel, Kaori suggested that the two of them date to give Shizuku inspiration for her next book. Shizuku decides to go along with it, but as they spend time together, she grows worried that she'll hurt Kaori. When Shizuku opens up about her past as a school bully, Kaori has a revelation of her she already knew... -
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![The Long Way by DomLuka]()
The Long Way by DomLuka
Note: Book cover incorrectly titled.After tragedy strikes at home and he loses a special friend, is betrayed by someone he trusts and his father discovers he's gay, Owen Dovan moves in with the brothers he hasn't seen in two years. Even in a loving environment things aren't always easy...Categorized as:
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Volatile by Avylinn Winter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 1 in the Treacherous Chemistry series Like a depressed moth drawn to a wild flame, Chris hoped that flame would brighten his life, not burn him alive. Chris Sinclair fades into a gray world after losing his mother to cancer. When forced to attend a concert, as a last attempt to coax him out of his shell, he discovers that life might not be as bleak as he first thought... -
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Outcast Girl vs Pretty Boy by Jordan Ford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA protective boyfriend. A girlfriend who wants to fit in. Can love give them the strength to face the ugly secrets they’re hiding?Cam:She’s the most precious person in my life. I’d do anything for Bianca.Except introduce her to my family.I know she wants to meet them, but I can’t predict what my dad might do... -
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Loud Places by A.E. Jensen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You’re my best friend in the whole wide world, Matty.”Three years. It’s been three years since Ethan last saw or heard from his best friend. Three years since Matty ran away. Now that high school is over, nothing stands in the way anymore. Ethan is ready to embark on this journey cross country to find Matty...Categorized as:
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![If I Never Remember by Meagan Williamson]()
If I Never Remember by Meagan Williamson
They’re back for the summer… and changing everythingTeddy’s life isn’t her own anymore. It’s been nine months since the accident, and she still can’t remember anything from before it. When all hope rests on the heart-shaped sketch from the six summers she spent in Bear Lake, she memorizes it. A last resort in the laundry list of failed attempts at restoring her memory... -
![The Brokenhearted Necklace by A.M. Snead]()
The Brokenhearted Necklace by A.M. Snead
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHaunted by a disturbing memory of brutal intolerance, Lonny struggles to deal with being the only gay kid in his school as he suffers daily from the ridicule and taunts of Quarterback Jack Flemming and his group...Categorized as:
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![Finding Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus]()
Finding Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRevised 09/2014 The day she graduated high school, Jaxyn left everything behind to escape. Now, three years later, she's done running from her past and finally returning home to Boston to face the friends she abandoned without warning and the nightmares that still wake her in the night... -
![Out of Control by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green]()
Out of Control by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree years have passed since Dare Wilde walked out of Reagan McKinley's life. Three years of radio silence. Three years of regrets. But she’s not the same girl anymore. Now, at twenty-two, Reagan has big plans to change her life, and it all starts with a trip to Europe... -
![No Romeo by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell]()
No Romeo by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTo everyone in Dayton, Hendrix Hunt was the tattooed bad boy, the bully, the player. Guys hated and feared him. Girls wanted to tame him. And I just wished I could forget him.Two years ago, Hendrix was my world. Then the taint of Dayton ruined everything, breaking us both with secrets and lies. I destroyed him and now he wants to destroy me..Categorized as:
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Spark by Erin Noelle, Kayla Robichaux
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’m failing. My younger brother is getting worse, and my job - my duty - is to help him at all costs. We’ve tried everything modern medicine has to offer and nothing works. Nothing. Deciding to turn to unconventional treatments, we end up at Fire-on-the-Mountain, a holistic resort deep in the Rockies...Categorized as:
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![Glass Hearts by Lisa De Jong]()
Glass Hearts by Lisa De Jong
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSequel to Plastic Hearts... Can a relationship survive on love alone? Is love truly enough? Dane and Alex’s relationship has never been easy, but now they have a fresh start without the pressures of Alex’s family. Together they try to move forward while continuing to struggle with a past that they can’t seem to escape... -
![Echoes of Us by Carina Adams]()
Echoes of Us by Carina Adams
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYoung love.Unpredictable. Fleeting. They say it never lasts.Falling in love when you’re a teenager isn’t supposed to shape your life, but it had defined us.I was fifteen when I fell for the boy with stars in his eyes. At seventeen, desperate to fight the currents pulling us apart, against our families’ wishes, I married him...Categorized as:
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![Broken Heart Club by Cathy Cassidy]()
Broken Heart Club by Cathy Cassidy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAndie, Eden, Ryan, Tasha and Hasmita love being part of the Heart Club. They've promised to stay best friends forever and nothing can tear them apart.But sometimes things happen that you couldn't ever have expected and forever might not be as long as you think.Now, two years later, Eden and Ryan are haunted by memories of the past... -
![An Unplanned Lesson by Beth Rinyu]()
An Unplanned Lesson by Beth Rinyu
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNicole Morgan, the new second grade teacher at Pineview Elementary school, has it all together in the classroom; it’s her personal life that she can’t find peace with. Unable to let go of the guilt that she is harboring from her past, she punishes herself by running from all potential relationships... -
![Love Always, Damian by D. Nichole King]()
Love Always, Damian by D. Nichole King
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThey say time heals all wounds. What a load of bull. It’s been four years, and Kate’s voice still echoes in my mind. Every. Damn. Day. I numb her memory when it taunts me. In college, I drown her out with booze and easy lays. I can’t do what she asked. I can’t let her go. Not even when Lia shows up, freaking ripping what’s left of me to shreds... -
![Skater Boy by Mary Catherine Gebhard]()
Skater Boy by Mary Catherine Gebhard
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRebels. Misfits. Bad boys who rule the streets. Everyone’s welcome at the worst kept secret in town, just as long as you don’t mind getting your reputation—and your heart—a little dirty. Welcome to Patchwork House…Patchwork House is a boy’s club—a mean boy’s club. They made an exception for Tweetie once, and they’re going to make another, because she’s coming home...Categorized as:
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