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Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother's death, she leaves letters at her grave. It's the only way Juliet can cope.Declan Murphy isn't the sort of guy you want to cross. In the midst of his court-ordered community service at the local cemetery, he's trying to escape the demons of his past...Categorized as:
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Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
Tatiana is eighteen years old, pregnant, and widowed when she escapes war-torn Leningrad to find a new life in America. But the ghosts of her past do not rest easily. She becomes consumed by the belief that her husband, Red Army officer Alexander Belov, is still alive and needs her desperately...Categorized as:
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![Malum: Part One by Amo Jones, Lucy Rivers]()
Malum: Part One by Amo Jones, Lucy Rivers
“Love is savage, love is blind, love is something they may not find …”Once upon a time, there was a young girl who lived in a battered trailer, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks.One day, she fell down The Elite Kings’ rabbit hole. Sucked into a dark vortex of lies, hate, and deceit, and spat out by money, glitz, and power... -
![Lunamare by Pepper Winters]()
Lunamare by Pepper Winters
“Is it true…that you pulled a lion from the ocean and fell in love with him?”ASLAN: The sixteen-year-old boy named after a lion.A boy with his entire life ahead of him.A boy running from a terrible secret.All it takes is one awful night to change everything.One secret, one smuggler, one boat, one storm.And he wakes in an entirely different existence...Categorized as:
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![Broken Playboy by Laura Lee]()
Broken Playboy by Laura Lee
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author, Laura Lee, comes the sexy and heart-wrenching new standalone story set in the Windsor Academy world.They call me a player.A joker.The guy always down for a good time.But if they knew the secrets I’ve been keeping, they’d call me something else entirely.For the last two years, I’ve been buried in shame, numbing the pain with various vices... -
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Dear Ana by I.I.E.
When twenty-five-year-old Maya Ibrahim goes to the cemetery on the anniversary of her accident, it’s not so she can pay her respects to the dead girl that saved her life–it’s so she can finally take back the future she was robbed of ten years ago... -
![Made You Up by Francesca Zappia]()
Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. This is a compelling and provoking literary debut that will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook , and Liar... -
![Kingmakers: Year Two by Sophie Lark]()
Kingmakers: Year Two by Sophie Lark
Miles Griffin (son of Callum & Aida)Mafia families from around the world send their children to Kingmakers Academy to learn the skills of criminal enterprise.Under the rules of Sanctuary, students are forbidden to fight or kill...Categorized as:
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![Evoke by Rachel Van Dyken]()
Evoke by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA short novella taking place between Elite and Elect... -
![Bad Boys Don't Stay by B.B. Easton]()
Bad Boys Don't Stay by B.B. Easton
From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 44 Chapters About 4 Men (inspiration for the Netflix original series Sex/Life) comes an immersive romantic suspense trilogy with a dark, dystopian twist.No getting attached. Leave before you get left. Supplies. Shelter. Self-defense. Survival above all else... -
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Savior by S.L. Scott
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsEverything is not as it seems.Alexander IV has succeeded to the throne of the billion-dollar Kingwood Empire, but the people he thought he could trust aren't allies.They're enemies.Everyone he cares about is at risk.Decisions--SACRIFICES--must be made... -
![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... -
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Hollow Hearts by B.C. Morgan
Harkwright Academy, the place where dreams can come true. A three year stay will award you with an education that will rival any college and enough money to aid you in whatever career you choose to take.I’m applying to give my mom the life she deserves, to fund my sister’s medical bills and so I can be sure to have the only thing I truly want... -
![Cross My Heart by Roxy Sloane]()
Cross My Heart by Roxy Sloane
'Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets…And desire.' Discover the blazing hot dark academia romance saga from the USA Today Bestselling author - perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Emily McIntire, and Lauren Asher! Anthony St Clair. The future Duke of Ashford.A reckless enigma… and my greatest temptation...Categorized as:
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![A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass]()
A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass
#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Selection series Kiera Cass is back with her most epic novel yet—a sweeping enemies-to-lovers standalone romance.“Love has a sound. It sounds like a thousand heartbeats happening at the same time.”Princess Annika has lived a life of comfort—but no amount of luxuries can change the fact that her life isn’t her own to control...Categorized as:
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When She Unravels by Gabrielle Sands
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsHe’s the most powerful man in Ibiza, and he’ll do anything to make me his.I’ve been raised to be the perfect mafia wife, but when my marriage turns into a horrific nightmare, I have no choice but to leave everything behind and start a new life.I find myself alone in Ibiza—a place that swallows innocent girls like me alive... -
![Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas]()
Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas
The HELLBENT Series—a spin-off to the Fall Away series—is coming! “The kids are growing up—different from their parents but the same in so many ways…” ARO Hawken Trent. So polite. So sweet. Such an upstanding young man. A virgin, too, I hear. He never gets naughty with a girl. Probably because Jesus told him not to. And now here he is, trying to be the hero by protecting another girl from me...Categorized as:
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![Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake]()
Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, comes an intimate and contemporary study of time, space, and the nature of love. Alone with You in the Ether explores what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken.CHICAGO, SOMETIME—Two people meet in the Art Institute by chance...Categorized as:
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![Ruthless Love by Penelope Bloom]()
Ruthless Love by Penelope Bloom
I’m the girl nobody sees. That is, until I move next door to Parker High’s most eligible bastard, Tristan Blackwood. He’s gorgeous. Eyes as cold as moonlight. Lips made for cruel kisses. The entire town knows it, too. Apparently being able to throw a football elevates you to god status around here. He could have anything he wanted. Anyone. But somehow, all he wanted was to torment me... -
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Silver Crown by Julie Johnson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEmilia Lancaster is the royal family’s dirty little secret.Born the illegitimate daughter of a duke, for twenty years she’s lived as a commoner… despite the regal blood running through her veins. But when the entire royal family is killed in a deadly attack, the line of succession swiftly changes course...Categorized as:
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Volition by Lily Paradis
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsYou know that feeling in the pit of your stomach that stays with you, then tears you apart slowly at first, and all at once shreds every fiber of your being? It’s because you’re contradicting the universe...Categorized as:
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![It Starts with Us: Special Collector's Edition: A Novel by Colleen Hoover]()
It Starts with Us: Special Collector's Edition: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 82 ratingsBefore It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again...Categorized as:
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![The Teacher by Freida McFadden]()
The Teacher by Freida McFadden
From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge.Lesson #1: Trust no one.Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be...Categorized as:
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![One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus]()
One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • There's a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there's a whole new set of rules. The highly anticipated sequel to One of Us Is Lying !Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this...Categorized as:
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![The Broken Note by Nelia Alarcon]()
The Broken Note by Nelia Alarcon
This cruel king won’t stop until he makes a queen of me.Dutch Cross is rich, powerful, and possessive.I gave him too much of me and now it’s too late to run.Yet it’s what I do.Far, far from the villain of the story.But the thing about villains is…They always drag you back to the dark... -
![Bleed Like Me by Christa Desir]()
Bleed Like Me by Christa Desir
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom the author of Fault Line comes an edgy and heartbreaking novel about two self-destructive teens in a Sid and Nancy-like romance full of passion, chaos, and dyed hair. Seventeen-year-old Amelia Gannon (just "Gannon" to her friends) is invisible to almost everyone in her life. To her parents, to her teachers-even her best friend, who is more interested in bumming cigarettes than bonding... -
![Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews]()
Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews
They were such brave children to withstand such suffering. Such clever children to escape such terror! For Carrie, Chris and Cathy, the attic was a dark horror that would not leave their minds, even while they built bright, promising new lives. Of course mother had to pretend they didn't exist. And Grandmother was convinced they had the devil in them. But that wasn't their fault... -
![Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews]()
Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews
The final, haunting novel in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions! The horror began with Flowers in the Attic , the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother. The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns . Now V.C... -
![The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black]()
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal... -
![The Wicked King by Holly Black]()
The Wicked King by Holly Black
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.The first lesson is to make yourself strong. After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne...Categorized as:
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