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Saving You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhat happens when your head and heart contradict each other regarding the one person you’ve always wanted? Growing up, Luke Johnson and Libby Hayes thought they would be best friends forever. One kiss changed everything. Fearing his love for Libby could cost him their friendship, Luke chooses to listen to his head—instead of his heart...Categorized as:
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Rydeville Elite Box Set by Siobhan Davis, Sara Eirew
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis box set includes the first three books in the Rydeville Elite series. Complete trilogy with HEA. In the power struggle between two elite groups, one feisty girl will bring them to their knees…. Life is a cruel game where only the most ruthless survive. It’s a truth my mother rebelled against, and she paid for it with her life. Now, I play their game... -
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![Un-Shattering Lucy by Terri Anne Browning]()
Un-Shattering Lucy by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe conclusion to USA Today Terri Anne Browning’s The Lucy & Harris Novella Series. Shattered. That was how Lucy Thornton felt in the aftermath of her breakup with Harris Cutter. Her family thought the best thing for her to do was to put the length of the country between her and Harris. Reluctantly, she went... -
![Rocking Kin by Terri Anne Browning]()
Rocking Kin by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Terri Anne Browning. With one promise her life was changed…. Saying goodbye to my mother also meant saying goodbye to my life in Virginia. After reluctantly making a promise to my mom, I was California bound with the father who I haven’t seen since I was four years old... -
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![Stay With Me by Rebel Hart]()
Stay With Me by Rebel Hart
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Savage Vicious Heir: Part Two by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBestselling author Caitlyn Dare brings you a new dark high school romance story in the Heirs of All Hallows' series. Savage Vicious Heir is a dark high school bully romance. If possessive, rugby playing alphaholes aren't your thing, you probably won't like this book!Categorized as:
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Promise Me by Rebel Hart
CRUEL INTENTIONS meets AFTER. Find out what happens in Rae and Clinton's love story. .. -
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Cruel Hearts by Sofia Daniel
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s dog eat dog at Templar Academy. I’m about to get eaten alive… And I think I’ll like it. I thought I had skeletons in my closet. Turns out I have a whole cemetery. But that’s nothing compared to these bullies. Maxwell, Kendrick, and Orlando are wealthy, wicked, and devilishly delicious. They crossed me last term, and now I will uncover their secrets. I’ll have them groveling at my feet... -
![Trick or Treat by L.A. Cotton]()
Trick or Treat by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCalliope James would rather live life through a lens than in the spotlight. So when she reluctantly agrees to go with her best friend to a party, she doesn’t expect to find herself on the other side of the camera. Zachary Messiah left Bay View High School without so much as a word. Now he’s back. He’s not the boy she remembers, but she’s exactly the girl he’s tried so hard to forget... -
![When You're Mine by K. Langston]()
When You're Mine by K. Langston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor Barrett Shaw, there wasn’t much more to life than his career. Still climbing his way to the top, he could do without the distractions and complications of love. But the road to success is a lonely one, and Barrett was starting to think he would never meet a woman who could capture and keep his attention like a courtroom... -
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Wednesday by E.L. Todd
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt took me a long time to forgive Hawke—a very long time. But now that I have, I feel nothing but unbridled joy. Everything is exactly as it should have been two years ago. He’s just what I need, and not just now, but forever. Until disaster strikes...Categorized as:
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UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI was the dirty, poor girl …. … now I don’t have a care in the world. The ‘new girl’ vibe is wearing off, finally. I’m settling into BFH and what I have over ‘the Rulz’ is going to make them look stupid. I agree on a date with each of them. One by one. Barr first. Then Kip. Finally, Pres. I’m setting them up in a way I never thought possible…. … until I end up getting too close... -
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![Mile High Baby by Ajme Williams]()
Mile High Baby by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Have you joined the Mile High club yet? ”. “No…”. “Do you want to? ”. I shouldn’t have said yes… but I did. A panicked phone call from my father has me boarding a plane and flying cross-continent. I never expect to meet a brazen, distinguished silver fox on the plane. Much less the older gentleman initiating me into the Mile High club right then and there…...Categorized as:
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Pembroke Prep by Becker Gray
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe rich boy with a powerful family…. The new girl with her head down…. A scorching hot bully romance! PEMBROKE PREP contains 3 full-length novels. Walk the halls of the most exclusive prep school alongside the band of friends called the Hellfire Club.Categorized as:
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![Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis]()
Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Fallen. Beautiful. Broken. Loyal as hell. Five guys with the power of ten. All determined to uncover secrets and expose lies. All laser focused with their eyes on the prize. They’ll go to great lengths to stop me in my tracks. They’ll cross lines that mean we can never go back. Our story is one of betrayal and deceit. Our connection is destined, our bond runs deep... -
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Reject Me by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPeyton Hutchinson and Jamey Billings were an unlikely couple from the start. They'd been together for a while, half of it in secret, but she's ready to get serious and take things to the next level. She moves in with Jamey, forcing him to label what they are to each other, and he's not pleased about it... -
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Sinners by Cassie James
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA lost heiress finds her way home. She’s about to wish she hadn’t. The town of Patience is home to the privileged, the elite, and the ruthless. Everything Juliet is not. After spending the first sixteen years of her life in a dead-end town, she’s thrust into the spotlight of a legacy she never knew she had. With it comes a decades long mystery about a hidden family fortune...Categorized as:
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Stone Walls: A True Heroes Novel by A. M. Madden
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat happens when a supposedly perfect match is so wrong it’s right? In this roller-coaster novel of destiny and desire from A. M. Madden, a red-hot cop and a broken beauty are linked by painful pasts . . . and one tempting future. As an NYPD officer, Benjamin Stone is married to his job, determined to clean up the drug-infested streets... -
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Love You Now by M Robinson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author M. Robinson. I should have told her everything. How much I loved her. How much I’ve always loved her. But I didn’t. I couldn’t. I just wasn’t made that way. Instead. .. I claimed her. Teased her. Taunted her. Worshipped her. Until. .. I broke her. My best friend. My savior. My girl...Categorized as:
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![Cold and Broken by Nichole Greene]()
Cold and Broken by Nichole Greene
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“No one touches the new girl. No one befriends her. Otherwise they risk the wrath of the Titans. ”. Moving her senior year of high school was not Lilith’s idea of a great plan. She would have much rather stayed with her best friend Zion for their final year of school. Her dad had different plans though; this new job was too good to pass up, and she knew she needed to go with him... -
![Fight Me by Lacey Black]()
Fight Me by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJake Stevens has it made. A local police officer with an open invitation to any number of beds around town, Jake has no desire to settle down with any of the ladies he entertains by night. After watching his best friend fall in love with his little sister, Jake is certain that love and marriage just aren’t in his cards. Heck, he’s not even playing with the same deck...Categorized as:
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In Harmony by Helena Newbury
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's shy, sheltered and inexperienced. .. now an Irish bad boy's about to rock her world. From New York Times bestselling author Helena Newbury, the second in the Fenbrook Academy New Adult trilogy. Karen is one of the top musicians at Fenbrook Academy, but a life spent playing the cello has left no time for anything else. At 21, she's still completely inexperienced in love. .. and sex... -
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![Hidden Secrets by Carmen Rosales]()
Hidden Secrets by Carmen Rosales
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHidden Secrets (Hillside Kings Book 3) Colton and Linda's Story. The death of her boyfriend almost destroyed her, but Linda Ramirez is now determined to move on with her life. Attending the exclusive Hillside University is her first step at taking back her life. Hanging up her dreary khakis and humdrum lifestyle, Linda's ready for something new... -
![Taming Tesla by Megyn Ward]()
Taming Tesla by Megyn Ward
Tess thinks I’m an assh*le. A liar. That I can’t be trusted. She’s right. I’m all of those things and more. Worse. I can’t be trusted. I am a liar. I am an assh*le. What she doesn’t get is that it’s her. She’s the reason. She brings out the best and the worst in me. Makes me who I am. I don’t deserve Tess. I know that. But I want her. Love her...Categorized as:
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Acting Brave by Helena Newbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s spent her whole life acting. But can she make him believe she doesn’t love him? The final book in the Fenbrook Academy trilogy. Three years ago, a terrified girl named Emma fled a world of crime and abuse in Chicago and bought a one-way ticket to New York. She reinvented herself as an actress, enrolled at the prestigious Fenbrook Academy and buried her pain beneath a vivacious new persona... -
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Obeying His Rules by Jenna Rose
When Rain Lauren spies CEO Marlon Carnell at a Manhattan bar, sparks do not fly. In fact, Marlon tells her to walk away, saying she really does not know what she’s getting herself into. But Rain works for the toughest woman in the fashion industry and is not one to back down... -
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Ravaged Rose by Leila James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMatty Montclair. Quarterback of the football team. We were friends until he abandoned me. He left my heart ravaged once. And I think he might do it again. Ryleigh Kendrick. Uber-nerdy artsy girl next door. We used to be friends, but I moved on. Now she’s seen things she shouldn’t have. And it’s up to me to ensure her silence. Ravaged Rose is a prequel to the Rosehaven Academy series... -
![Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable]()
Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey’re not saying I’m a gold-digger. But they’re thinking it. And let’s be honest, some of them are probably saying it too. But I don’t run. Where I came from isn’t where I’m going. They won’t make it easy, I know that. And the most popular boys at Northlake Prep — the Diamonds — they don’t just want me gone. They want me destroyed. Child-star that’s all grown up...Categorized as:
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![The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson]()
The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFool me once? Shame on you. Fool me twice? Not going to happen…. Step one: Go back to school with a thick skin and an impenetrable heart. Step two: Make the queen bees pay. Step three: Bring down the Rogues of Everly Prep. Bullied, befriended, and betrayed, my life has been an emotional roller coaster since moving into the Kincaid Mansion and enrolling at Everly Prep... -
![UNTamed by Jaxson Kidman]()
UNTamed by Jaxson Kidman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI still am the dirty, poor girl…. …with everyone staring right at me. Look. I took on ‘the Rulz’. Those who do that never get a happy ending in life. So why would I expect anything less? Secrets from my past come to the surface, and the last person I expect to see shows up. I have to question who is a friend, who is fake, and who is an enemy. I’m not rich... -
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Mercy by Nora Cobb
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNothing will ever be the same. But I haven’t won yet—not by a long shot. All I’ve ever known since stepping into Montlake was cruelty and humiliation. I’ve learned my lessons, I’ve learned the rules of the game, and I have the scars to prove it. But I’m far from holding all the cards. I’m far from winning. The kings have claimed my heart, and they refuse to let me fight this on my own...Categorized as:
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Insincerely Yours by Lila Evers
When they say to keep your enemies close, I don’t think they mean ten feet down the hall. After experiencing the bliss of being away at college, I’d rather hide in the dorm room air ducts than go back to my hometown for the summer. Sadly, that isn’t an option (Seriously, I tried. The vents aren’t wide enough). I have no other choice...Categorized as:
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![Coming Apart at the Seams by Jenna Sutton]()
Coming Apart at the Seams by Jenna Sutton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of All the Right Places, a sweet and sexy romance about finding the right words and the perfect fit. .. Love can take some time to break in. .. Teagan O’Brien, heiress to the Riley O’Brien & Co. denim empire, is anything but a spoiled rich girl. She’s worked hard to secure her place in the family business and can hold her own, in and out of the office... -
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Clash by C.A. Harms
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was time to fight back. Time to live. Too much of my life had already been taken from me by a man that should have protected me. At the hands of pure evil I have lived in fear. When most young women were learning to love, I was fighting to live. I had broken free of the hate. Finally getting the chance to feel what real love was, but with all good things, bad times seem to follow... -
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King of Nothing by Jacie Lennon
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s the one thing he wants nothing—and everything—to do with. Corbin. I’m one of the kings at Almadale Prep. I act the part, put on the mask, do my duty. But lies and betrayal aren’t a game to me, no matter how well my fellow kings play. So, when Landry arrives, invading my life and my thoughts, I try to forget her... -
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Always His by C.A. Harms
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsForgiveness …. It isn’t always as easy as it sounds. Becoming a Marine had been Ryker’s dream, but that dream faded when it led to losing the one girl who held his heart. Returning to Alabama after being gone for more than five years was going to be hard, but he couldn’t continue to live without her. His world seemed empty and there was only one thing that could heal that void. Find Nicole…... -
![Blind Side of Love by Beth Rinyu]()
Blind Side of Love by Beth Rinyu
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne summer. One guy. One reckless act changed her world forever…. . My life as I knew it began on the day I met Drew Bryant. He taught me that it was okay to not always be perfect, that it was okay to loosen up and have a little fun in life, and that it was okay to fall in love. My life as I knew it ended on the day I met Drew Bryant... -
![Dark Ties by Leia Thorne]()
Dark Ties by Leia Thorne
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEyes Wide Shut meets Cruel Intentions in this ruthlessly unforgiving and sexy dark, high school romance. He calls us his broken saints. And that’s what I am…or was. Broken. Until Gage Astor stole my heart and introduced me to a whole new seductive world—one with secrets and intrigue and money. So much money... -
![All for You by Marquita Valentine]()
All for You by Marquita Valentine
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Marquita Valentine, comes the next book in her bestselling new adult series, Boys of the South! Bully. Tormentor. Lover. West Diaz has been all of these things to me. After being gone for two years, he's back, begging for my forgiveness. And not just my forgiveness. .. He wants more. He wants. .. Me. -
![A Loser's Revenge by Tammi Lynn]()
A Loser's Revenge by Tammi Lynn
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI watch from the shadows of trees against the cars lining the street. Invisible to the three I keep under my anger filled glare. Dressed in black, I have the hood of my zip-up hoodie pulled over my head and drawn closed as I fade into the afternoon shadows to observe and plan my revenge. They probably wouldn’t recognize me if they did see me standing here... -
![Broke, a Secret Baby Romance by Alexandria Hunt]()
Broke, a Secret Baby Romance by Alexandria Hunt
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 13 ratings99 cent release price, it will go up within the week. .. get it now, folks! The first full length standalone HEA sexy story from the Queen of Short and Dirty, Olivia Hawthorne. Join me on my new journey as Alexandria Hunt! Tennyson: He threw mud in my hair in third grade, and from that moment on, Chase Evans and I were inseparable... -
![Reckless Rules by Rebel Hart]()
Reckless Rules by Rebel Hart
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe went against their rules. And now she must be punished. Ophelia Lopez is the most recent scholarship recipient to be admitted to Weis-Jameson Preparatory Academy. A nationally ranked top-fifty 300-meter hurdler, she suspects her recent invitation to WJ Prep has a lot to do with the Academy’s Nike-sponsored Invitational next May. She couldn’t be more wrong...Categorized as:
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![Vengeance by Crystal North]()
Vengeance by Crystal North
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat you’re about to witness comes from a dark place. It’s taken a lot of planning, but you should know that every single thing I’m about to do is deserved. More than deserved, it’s owed, tenfold. Nothing I could do to these people will ever be enough to get even. ***. Charlotte McLintock has a new identity and a new look as Raven Deighton... -
![Wicked Elites by Sofia Daniel]()
Wicked Elites by Sofia Daniel
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBetrayal and plots and deadly games. Only the wicked survive the Brittas Academy. One horrific accident stole my parents. And burdened me with a terrible secret. I was homeless, drowning in debt, and without hope. Until the Brittas Academy offered me a scholarship. They even let me bring my sister—despite her problems. The academy would be our chance for a better future... -
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Take You by M.V. Ellis
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLoyalty tied us together, but love could tear us apart. Kane. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. We’ll work together, we’ll expose the truth. I’ll have his back, like he has mine. We’ve kept our secret for such a long time. At the end of the day, when we both fall. We’ll fight fire with fire, winner takes all. Our bond is strong, we’re close as can be... -
![Brutal Days: A High School Bully Romance by Isla Vaughn]()
Brutal Days: A High School Bully Romance by Isla Vaughn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNo sacrifice is too big. No secret too small. I’m out to win, and I don’t even know the game. My opponents? They’re the Academy’s football stars, gods among their peers, and I want nothing to do with them. But I’m stuck on a mission to help out a friend, and keeping my distance shouldn’t be too hard... -
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Before Lucky by J.S. Cooper
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsBefore Lucky is a novella prequel to New York Times Bestselling book The Last Boyfriend. Zane Beaumont’s life changed the day he walked into Lou’s Burger Joint and saw Lucky Morgan for the first time. He wasn’t sure if it was her smile, or her chocolate brown eyes that captured his heart, but he knew that he would do anything to make sure he got to know her better... -
![Hidden in Darkness by Ali D. Jensen]()
Hidden in Darkness by Ali D. Jensen
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA High School Bully Romance. My life has always been a constant battle, fighting off the demons that hide in the dark. I remained hidden in the shadows for so long. Now my whole world has been flipped upside down and I am finding that I may have to step into the light if I want to find my way. Even though my life isn't what I thought it was, it's prepared me well for what's to come...Categorized as:
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