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Rydeville Elite Box Set: A Dark High School Bully Romance Trilogy 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... -
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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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...Categorized as:
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Stay With Me by Rebel Hart
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Promise Me by Rebel Hart
CRUEL INTENTIONS meets AFTERFind out what happens in Rae and Clinton's love story.. -
Brutal Boy by Selena .
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy name is Harper Apple, and people say I’m rotten to the core. I’m not the only one. The Dolce boys aren’t just dangerous, privileged, rich alphaholes. They’re a gang of three psychopaths backed by a pack of enablers and worshipped by their fangirls. And I want in... -
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... -
Conflagration by Tessa Teevan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIt isn't just a few flames; it's an especially large and destructive fire that causes devastation. Branson Wellington? The name, my name, is usually followed by fucking prick or self-serving bastard , and I can't say I haven't earned those titles. It's true. I'm not the good guy. I'm not the boy next door. I'm definitely not your Prince fucking Charming. Not even close...Categorized as:
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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... -
Hating Piper by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew
My favorite charity asked for my help. It sounded so simple—twelve dates in twelve different cities during my summer tour. All I had to do was show up, take a few pictures with the highest bidder, pretend to have a good time, and move on. Pretty easy, right?Wrong.The highest bidder for the first date was my childhood bully... -
Twisted Empire by Eva Chance, Harlow King
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe past has come back to haunt us... way too literally.Our investigation into my dad's murder has taken an even stranger turn than I could have imagined. One that's shattered everything my stepbrother and long-time love believed about himself and his family. One that's thrown all of our plans for a loop.But the four guys standing by my side won't back down, and neither will I...Categorized as:
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UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 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... -
Savage Vicious Heir: Part Two by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 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...Categorized as:
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Sinners by Cassie James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 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... -
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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... -
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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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... -
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... -
Mile High Baby: An Age Gap, Surprise Pregnancy Romance 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...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... -
Songbird by Sydney Logan
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCallie Franklin doesn’t do one night stands. Ever. She’s far too responsible and focused on her career to ever let herself give in to temptation. But, on the eve of her best friend’s wedding, she meets that temptation . . . And his name is Devin McAllister. Devin, on the other hand, has no problem with meaningless hookups. The very last thing he needs—or wants—is a relationship... -
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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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... -
Cold and Broken by Nichole Greene
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 15 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... -
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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... -
27 Truths: Ava's Story by M.J. Fields
From USA Today Bestselling author, MJ Fields, comes a gripping story of love and it's many truths. Ava Links was raised seeing the different sides of love. The beautiful and the broken. Through it all, she knows the journey she is taking will lead her to the man she is destined to be with. The man she has always loved, Luke Lane...Categorized as:
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UNTamed by Jaxson Kidman
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 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... -
When Rivals Fall by J.L. Beck, Cassandra Hallman
Rivals since before birth there’s never been a time when my family hasn’t hated the Lockwoods, and their daughter Harlow. One year ago she set us up, tainted our family image, ruined my brother’s life. She made it personal. It was no longer just a rivalry between our parents. Now she’s here, at Bayshore University, no longer in her families clutches and without their protection...Categorized as:
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Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 13 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... -
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.CorbinI’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...Categorized as:
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DIGGING A HOLE by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes Book Three of the Ohellno Series, DIGGING A HOLE . (Standalone.) HE'S THE MEANEST BOSS EVER.SHE'S THE SWEET SHY INTERN.THEY'RE ABOUT TO WRECK EACH OTHER CRAZY. My name is Sydney Lucas. I am smart, deathly shy, and one-hundred percent determined to make my own way in the world. Which is why I jumped at the chance to intern for Mr...Categorized as:
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A Loser's Revenge by Tammi Lynn
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 16 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... -
Black Light: Disciplined by Livia Grant
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s looking for a Sugar Daddy, but he’s a very different kind of Daddy.Rules make Caleb's world make sense, and he needs a submissive willing to obey and take her punishment when she earns it.Finding sweet, young Presley sparks the kind of possessive need Caleb hasn't felt in years. She's naive and vulnerable, utterly addictive, but she's also wild and untamed... -
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... -
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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... -
Dark Ties by Leia Thorne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 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... -
Hidden Secrets by Carmen Rosales
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHidden Secrets (Hillside Kings Book 3) Colton and Linda's StoryThe 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... -
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... -
Wrecked by Sherilee Gray
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe's driving her crazy... Piper West is finally on her own, and it's time to get crazy. Except that her overprotective big bro has enlisted his ex-cop best friend to keep an eye on his baby sister. With every move monitored and reported back, Piper's life has gone from "going crazy" to "being driven crazy...Categorized as:
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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... -
Hate So Bad by Nina Lincoln
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou’ll never survive here, Princess. You’re weak. You can’t fight. You…don’t…belong.I thought the hardest part of moving would be grieving my greatest loss. I thought wrong. Dropped into a savage school with no rules where violence was king, I stood out like a sore thumb...Categorized as:
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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... -
You Never Knew Me by B.C. Morgan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I was little my whole world revolved around my older brother and his childhood friends, they protected me, kept me safe from harm and no one would dare look twice in my direction. They were my guardians, and then I lost them all.I’m now seventeen and I’m desperate to know why I had to lose them, why my world was flipped upside down and my family destroyed... -
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... -
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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... -
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... -
Vile Intentions by Savannah Rose, Amelia Gates
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLove is meant to be a fairytale. But I’m more of a nightmare kinda guy.Dear Beth,Your frizzy hair.The waterfall of enthusiasm in your eyes……and that smile.It’s the smile that did it, Beth.You’re too happy.Too happy for someone who has nothing.Happier than me, your high school bully.Captain of the Hockey Team.Rich.Talented... -
Wicked Elites by Sofia Daniel
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBetrayal and plots and deadly gamesOnly the wicked survive the Brittas AcademyOne 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... -
Hidden in Darkness by Ali D. Jensen
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA High School Bully RomanceMy 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... -
Riding Dirty by Kara Hart
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou want to play rough? Be careful what you wish for. Dahlia Do I want to end up with a guy like Lucas? Hell no. I’m the type of girl who won’t take sh*t from an arrogant gangster like Lucas Luciatti. When he looks my way, I should be scared. Instead, I’m curious. I came to this town to escape, not to get pulled into another man’s grasp...
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