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The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a #1 New York Times bestselling novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes...Categorized as:
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A Sign of Affection, Vol. 1 by Suu Morishita
Yuki is a typical college student, whose world revolves around her friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on a train leads to her meeting friend-of-a-friend and fellow student Itsuomi-san, her world starts to widen. But even though Itsuomi-kun can speak three languages, sign language isn't one of them...Categorized as:
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The Breathing Series by Rebecca Donovan
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Breathing Series is one girl's story of unspeakable cruelty, life-changing love, and her precarious grasp of hope. Reason to Breathe: Emma Thomas is hiding a terrible secret. Despite her academic prowess and athletic accomplishments, she focuses on surviving high school by fading into the shadows. Without expecting it, she finds love... -
The Library by Bella Osborne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTwo different generations. Two unusual people. Thrown together to save their local library.Tom is a teenager and blends into the background of life. After a row with his dad, and facing an unhappy future at the dog food factory, he escapes to the library. Tom unwittingly ends up with a bagful of romance novels and comes under the suspicion of Maggie... -
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The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 54 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek!Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book club read following Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence with the help of the women who guide her and the books that set her free... -
In From the Cold by Sarah Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAmelia Riley and Ben Lawson have something in common – fathers who have kept secrets.On the day of his father’s funeral, Ben’s life changes forever when a woman he’s never met shows up claiming to be his sister. As he investigates the past, Ben is shaken to discover that much of his life has been built on a carefully constructed foundation of his father’s lies... -
Mulberry Hollow by Denise Hunter
Contractor Wes Mathews is nearly finished hiking the Appalachian Trail in honor of his recently deceased best friend when he falls terribly ill. He stumbles into the nearest town and soon finds himself indebted to the beautiful young doctor who owns the clinic...Categorized as:
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Jesse by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJesse - Who would have known that the 'three-second rule' had the ability to change it all? I sure as hell didn't. How is it possible that I've gone so long without her in my life? Kaylah Millington is everything a guy could possibly want and I need more. So much more. One word from her smart mouth and I was on my knees, absolutely hooked. There's only one issue..Categorized as:
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How The Heart Breaks by Stacey Marie Brown
He was her secret, her sin, the heart she couldn’t love.Emery Robert’s life is everything she wanted. Married to the love of her life, with a good job, and plans for a family in the future. But when Emery’s husband dies tragically, she is the one who stops living.Three years later, at the age of 30, she’s still struggling to move on...Categorized as:
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Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 76 ratingsBritt-Marie can’t stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins. She is not one to judge others—no matter how ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be. It’s just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention... -
Happily Ever Amish by Shelley Shepard Gray
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCombining the appeal of a small-town Amish setting and favorite romance tropes, New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray—one of the most beloved voices in inspirational romance—presents the first in a heart-warming new series perfect for fans of Beverly Lewis, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Charlotte Hubbard...Categorized as:
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Smoky Mountain Stalker by Ashley A. Quinn
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Shay Britton came to North Carolina, she had one goal: stay alive. For two years, she went about her life, keeping her head down and her contacts with people to a minimum as she hid from a stalker. Then Jake Maxwell walked into the bar where she worked and upended everything.Jake knew the moment he met Shay something was wrong. As a cop, he’d learned to spot someone hiding things... -
The Gift of the Magi by O HENRY
O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. In a shabby New York flat, Della sobs as she counts the few coins she has saved to buy a Christmas present for her husband, Jim. One dollar and eighty-seven cents is all the money she has in the world. A gift worthy of her devotion will require a great sacrifice: selling her long, beautiful hair... -
Tyson by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBrylee - It was supposed to be a one-time thing which quickly turned into two, and then three. Don’t ask me how, but now I can't seem count the times on one hand, let alone two. I'm in trouble. I never intended for this to be something more, but he has the ability to keep drawing me back in. He's coming for me. He's always wanted more, but this time, I don't think he's going to let me go... -
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Eden High Boxed Set by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis ebook contains the following works Eden High Book 1 Sian 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... -
Those Summer Nights by Mandy Baggot
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSunshine, soft white sand and a sizzling hot millionaire – you don’t get trouble in paradise, right? Imogen Charlton is sorted. Dead-beat husband? History. Dream job? Application sent. But then her impulsive brother, Harry, spends every last penny on a Greek restaurant in Corfu, and is determined to run it himself. It’s up to Imogen to bring him to his senses... -
Rush: The Beginning by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Trouble With You and Wicked Beginnings. The sweetheart of Country is about to show the bad boys of Rock, it only takes a single beat for everything to change. Evangeline Walker knows how quickly everything can change. But nothing can prepare her for the moment she meets Rafe Hunter.Intense gray eyes.Wicked smile...Categorized as:
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When We Let Go by Rochelle B. Weinstein
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA moving novel of family and forgiveness and of hope and healing by Rochelle B. Weinstein, the USA Today bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends.When Avery Beckett is proposed to by Jude Masters, a widowed father and the man she loves, it should be a time of great joy. Instead, Avery is on edge. She’s wary of the idea of family, doubtful of happy endings, and too afraid to take the leap... -
Eden High : Series 2 Book 6 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter the explosion that could've taken Sian's life, Jace is at the end of his rope. No longer willing to leave Mandy in the same town, he's set things in motion to see to her removal. But first he has to protect the people around him, some from Mandy's wrath once she's cornered, and others, from retaliating against her...Categorized as:
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Echoes of Silence by Anne Malcom
People make love seem complicated. Intricate. Novels try to capture its intensity; music tries to rein in its soul. I’ve read every novel I could. I’ve lived and breathed every song that I could listen to. The sounds fill my unquiet mind. Then he came. Killian. He brought with him the beauty of silence that echoes through my soul and showed me love isn’t complicated. It’s simple...Categorized as:
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Eden High Series 2 #4 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJace knows Sian is up to something. He suspects her sleepover is just a cover for her to get up to no good, so he stakes out her driveway to catch her at it. He'd no sooner pulled her out of her car when she did indeed try to sneak out of the house when there is an explosion. Track is miles away from home when he gets the sense that something is wrong and puts a call out to Valerie and Jace...Categorized as:
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Eden High Series 2 Book 2 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMandy has decided to up the stakes now that Jace seems to be getting farther out of her reach. From the safety of her hospital bed, she has devised a scheme to get Jace just where she wants him, but everything and everyone keeps getting in her way. Jace is hell bent on proving that Mandy had something to do with the attack on Sian but can’t seem to get a bead on just what is going on...Categorized as:
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Strung by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwo brothers. Who knew that the sleepy town of Seaside, Oregon would eventually be the location of both our downfall and our redemption? Drugs, sex, lies, shame...it all led us to the Coast. It led us to her. And ever since we met her. Our lives have never been the same. You may think you know what really happened--but you don't. After all, there's two sides to every story...Categorized as:
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Art for the Anarchist (The Rejected) by Jaycee Wolfe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDean:Another day in this godforsaken town, another painful reminder that we don’t fit in. People only see what they want to see and turn a blind eye to the rougher things in life. Rougher things like my brothers and me. Living the life I have, you come to realize just how weak and careless people can be. That’s why I prefer to stick to myself and my brothers...Categorized as:
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All My Firsts by Krista Swanson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGoing away to college should be the best time of your life, but for Lanie Montgomery it's an escape. After an abusive relationship leaves her distrustful, Lanie has no desire to be in one, let alone fall in love.While Lanie tries to avoid people, Xander continues to show up in her life around every corner. From the moment she lays eyes on him, a connection is made... -
Ambition by Natalie Keller Reinert
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in Natalie Keller Reinert’s beloved Eventing Series, set in the high-stakes world of three-day eventing, now reimagined and repackaged!Jules Thornton didn’t come to Florida horse country to make friends. With her beloved horse Dynamo and her ruthless ambition, she is intent on becoming a world-class rider and trainer... -
Eden High Series 2 #3 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThere's something brewing in the halls of Eden High. Mandy's last scheme to keep Jace and Sian apart has failed, now the cops can't go within ten feet of him without being sued. Not satisfied with her limited efforts from her hospital bed, Mandy makes her way back home where her reign of manipulation and deceit will continue unfettered...Categorized as:
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Capturing Peace by Molly McAdams
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsCoen Steele has spent the last five years serving his country. Now that he's back, he's finally ready to leave behind the chaos of the battlefield and pursue his lifelong dream. What he wasn't expecting was the feisty sister of one of his battle buddies—who has made it obvious that she wants nothing to do with him—to intrigue him in a way no woman has before... -
The Grand Opening by Ava Miles
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Peggy McBride moves to Dare Valley, Colorado, the last thing she wants is to meet a man. If she's learned one thing from her divorce, it's that love is a messy business, and as a single mom and the new deputy sheriff, she has her hands full. But when hotel magnate and poker player Mac Maven moves to town, she becomes enthralled by the very last man she would ever consider dating..Categorized as:
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The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 81 ratingsWhen confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks; but there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love...Categorized as:
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my person by Grey Huffington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a near seven-month hiatus, here you go... -
Rough Justice by Frankie Love
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I leave for a hunting trip to the family cabin, I don’t expect to find the woman of my goddamn dreams squatting there.She’s on the run.She wants a life that is full and staying at her parent’s compound meant she would forfeit her future.I am a real Rough man, with a desperate urge to protect her.Whatever the cost, justice will be served... -
The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsJust days before spring break, Neil Kearney is set to fly across the country with his childhood friend (and current friend-with-benefits) Josh, to attend his brother's wedding―until Josh tells Neil that he's in love with him and Neil doesn't return the sentiment. With Josh still attending the wedding, Neil needs to find a new date to bring along...Categorized as:
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Sycamore Circle by Shelley Shepard Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray returns with the second novel in her “tantalizing” (Publishers Weekly) Rumors in Ross County series. In Ross County, love can stay the course, but first you have to know who to trust. There’s a lot going on in Joy Howard’s life... -
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Love's in Sight!, Vol. 1 by Uoyama
Love blooms between a tough delinquent boy and a spunky girl with a vision impairment!Morio Kurokawa is the toughest-looking tough guy around. Yukiko Akaza is a self-possessed girl with a vision impairment attending a school for the blind...Categorized as:
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Under the Bayou Moon by Valerie Fraser Luesse
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRestless with the familiarity of her Alabama home, Ellie Fields accepts a teaching job in a tiny Louisiana town deep in bayou country. Though rightfully suspicious of outsiders, who have threatened both their language and their culture, most of the people in tiny Bernadette, Louisiana, come to appreciate the young and idealistic schoolteacher as a boon to the town...Categorized as:
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Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
“I made the wrong choice.”Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is go back home...Categorized as:
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In It to Win It by Kelly Jamieson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWynn family bonds bend but never break. . . . “Kelly Jamieson is an auto-buy for me.”—Carly Phillips JP Wynn: I admit, I’ve made some bad choices—on and off the ice. Now all I want to do is show my team I can control my emotions while I’m playing and redeem myself with my family, especially with my brother, Théo. I hate that I hurt him and I’m determined to stay out of trouble...Categorized as:
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Stolen Summer by Cassie Mint
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI should be traveling around Europe this summer. Instead I’m held captive by a hot doctor. My father has always been a controlling jerk, but shutting me away in some institute for ‘behavioral issues’? That’s a new low.I don’t care if the head doctor is the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen. No, I don’t care that his stern, clipped words make me shiver deep inside... -
Twilight Out of Focus 2: Afterimages in Slow Motion by Jyanome, じゃのめ
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJin, third-year director, lead actor, and president of the film club, and second-year director Giichi see eye-to-eye on very little. Jin is flashy, flirty, and focused on keeping everyone happy, while Giichi expects the best from himself and others, and will compromise nothing to see his vision through. Constantly at each other’s throats, the two can hardly stand to be in the same club... -
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 85 ratingsFrom 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... -
Rock Star by S.C. Daiko
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAxel Wainwright. British rock god. Bad boy. He sets the crowds on fire with his voice and his words.Singing backup for him is my dream job.My big chance to get recognised and become a star.Music is my life and now it consumes me.HE consumes me.But I have my career to think about; I’ve worked years for this.I need to keep my distance from Axel, or he'll burn me to ashes... -
Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee
Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer...Categorized as:
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Stirred Up by S.E. Hall, Angela Graham
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCertain men. Certain professions. Some things are just universally sexy. But maybe not quite this sexy… “Lay back for me...Categorized as:
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Vegas Love by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHollywood actress, Ashlyn Roberts, just had the worst week of her life. Her ex released a sex tape of them and just when she was convinced her current boyfriend was a keeper for standing by her side, he breaks up with her at a friend’s wedding. She’s planning to drown her sorrows in booze when she meets a sexy stranger as she’s leaving the wedding and they end up in Vegas, married... -
Her Friend's Father by Lauren Milson
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Steamy Older Man Younger Woman RomanceI haven't seen him in a year. Back then, he was sweet, attentive and kind. And now?JoanneI've wanted my friend's dad for a year, and now I'm stranded in his house, with no ride home, in a bikini that's slightly too small, barely able to contain my curves.William has the body of a Roman soldier. Protective and gorgeous... -
Hammered by Pippa Grant, Lili Valente
I didn’t mean to kidnap the groom. One minute, the town’s bad boy was standing there at the altar, and the next, he’s accidentally passed out in my Vespa sidecar with his bride hot on our tail. I didn't have a choice. It was ‘napping Jace or watching him commit a crime against love and humanity and puppies... -
Accidentally Perfect by Marissa Clarke
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWorkaholic Lillian Mahoney has given everything to her job. The hugely popular lifestyle show she helped create monopolizes her time, energy, creativity, and anything remotely resembling a life. But all it takes is the show’s womanizing, egomaniac star throwing a massive hissy on live TV to utterly implode Lillian’s career in a New York minute...Categorized as:
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Hades' Game by R.G. Angel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe stepped into the game without understanding the rules. His rules… Cora I never wanted anything to do with him.Ayaan Reyne is a criminal—as heartless as Hades himself.But I needed to steal the red diamond Ayaan keeps in his fortress to pay off my brother’s debts.Except I got caught.Now I’m Ayaan’s captive. Completely at his mercy. If he has any.And that’s not even my biggest problem...Categorized as:
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Sock it to Me, Santa! by Madison Parker
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsRyan is assigned to Jamie Peterson for his class's secret gift exchange. If word gets out that he has to make a handcrafted gift for flamboyant and openly gay Jamie, Ryan will be the laughing stock of the school. It's a good thing no self-respecting boy would be caught dead in a craft store, because otherwise he'd be at risk of being spotted when his mom drags him to her weekly craft workshops...Categorized as:
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