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Skip Beat!, Vol. 20 by Yoshiki Nakamura
When Kyoko’s heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight! Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol... -
Christmas with the Reeds by Tammy Falkner
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIt's Christmas! The Reeds have big plans for Christmas and they hope you'll come and join them for their special day. -
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My Favorite Color is Mistletoe by Eva Austin
A double fake date for the holidays? What could go wrong? When Audrey suddenly finds herself without a date over Christmas break, Jax comes up with an outrageous plan. But what happens when their charade starts to feel. . -
The Grift of the Magi by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsKatarina Bishop is a thief. To many it wouldn’t matter that she now uses her considerable skills to resteal valuable works of art and return them to their rightful homes. She’s still a thief. So that’s why Kat’s surprised when an Interpol agent comes to her one snowy evening, asking for her help... -
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New Chances by Lilly Lucas
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEinmal die grosse Freiheit geniessen bei einem Work-and-Travel-Jahr in den USA – davon hat die 21-jährige Leonie jahrelang geträumt. Doch dann geht schief, was nur schief gehen kann, und Leonie strandet ohne Geld in der Kleinstadt Green Valley, auf der Suche nach irgendeinem Job. Einziger Lichtblick ist der ebenso attraktive wie einfühlsame Barkeeper Sam, dem sie prompt ihr Herz ausschüttet... -
New Beginnings by Lilly Lucas
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIhr Jahr als Au-pair in den USA hatte sich Lena aus Berlin definitiv anders vorgestellt. Statt in einer angesagten Metropole landet sie in der Kleinstadt Green Valley in den Rocky Mountains, wo ihre Gastfamilie ein kleines Bed & Breakfast führt... -
The 15th of December: A WesLizNickEmilieBaileyCharlie Christmas by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWes and Liz and Nick and Emilie and Charlie and Bailey - the whole gang - are out doing holiday things in Omaha TONIGHT - December 15th! ! -
Troublemaker - Tome 2 by Laura Swan
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsS’attirer des ennuis. Shayn a toujours excellé dans ce domaine. Se rapprocher de June était défendu, mais inévitable, et dans le chaos respectif de leurs vies, leur relation semble trop belle pour être vraie. Quand ses mauvaises fréquentations le rattrapent, il doit affronter les conséquences de ses actes et y mettre un terme... -
New Dreams by Lilly Lucas
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsNach einem heftigen Streit mit ihrer Mutter bricht Elara fluchtartig zu ihrer Großmutter nach Green Valley auf – und wird mitten in der Nacht in den Rocky Mountains von einem Schneesturm überrascht. Zum Glück ist Noah zur Stelle, der sie mit nach Green Valley nimmt... -
The Last Christmas Kiss by Jo Bartlett
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s been almost six years since tragedy tore Julia and Sam’s relationship apart and the last place they expected to see each other again was in the beautiful Swiss Alps. They can’t avoid the reunion neither of them wanted, when they both accept contracts to work as mountain rescue medics in an exclusive ski resort during the run-up to Christmas... -
Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce
From the author of the nationally bestselling Dungeons and Drama comes another gaming romance that's sure to win you over! After moving to a new high school, Quinn is desperate for friends, so she joins a D&D group with their own livestream and serious rules—most no dating fellow party members...Categorized as:
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Snowflake Kisses by Jordon Greene
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter an eventful fall term, Skylar and Jacob are finally together and getting ready to spend their first holiday together. It′s an extra special holiday for Skylar though. It′s his first Christmas with the Grays as part of a real family, and he′s both nervous and excited... -
Just for Tonight by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy plans for the summer seemed to be falling apart. Originally, I was going to live outside Chicago, in peace and solitude, while I worked on launching my own business. But then a friend borrowed the money I had set aside for that and suddenly couldn’t pay me back. She came up with an alternate plan, one that involved me spending the summer at a family friend’s cabin in Arkansas... -
Sleighed by the Farmer's Daughter by Deanna Lilly
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe thought his holidays were ruined until he was rescued by. .. an elf in Santa’s sleigh. Christmas just got interesting. Seth hasn’t been home for Christmas in over a decade, but now his niece and sister-in-law demand his presence. Last-minute complications at the factory mean driving hours through a snowstorm. One wrong turn, and he finds himself stranded on a farm in the middle of nowhere... -
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A Side Character's Love Story Vol. 12 by Akane Tamura, 田村茜
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"The long summer is finally at an end, and I've just realized that I don't have much time left as a college student. ". With her job hunt concluded at last, Nobuko accepts a position in Ehime after graduation. Though she enjoys what little time remains of her college life with Hiroki and Fumi, she is constantly plagued with anxiety for the future... -
Beguiled By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere were only two things I had to look forward finally moving into my own place without an awful roommate, and my Saturday nights at the only lesbian bar in the state of Maine—Sapph. I make it a rule to never kiss the same person twice, but one night I lock lips (and do a little more) with a platinum-blonde, tattooed stunner and I can’t resist having a second taste... -
A Christmas Wish by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJulia can't help but be a little bit of a Grinch this Christmas. After a painful break up, her little sister showing up with a surprise fiancé wasn't exactly Julia's Christmas wish. Especially when her mother won't stop reminding her that she is currently single. When Julia's mother notices that she's missing an ingredient for cookies, Julia leaps at the opportunity to get away from everyone... -
Fallen Crest Christmas by Tijan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThis is a very very short Fallen Crest High novella consisting of one scene that has three parts, and an additional bonus scene. Happy Holidays from Tijan. -
The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“I’m in love with you. ” How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? “I’m in love with you. ” How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her off… without losing her. I couldn’t lose her. -
Hot Cocoa Hearts by Suzanne Nelson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEmery Mason hates the holidays. She’s so over tinsel, secret santas, and excessive cheer. To make matter worse, her parents are forcing her to work—as an elf! —in their Santa photo booth at the mall. Then she meets Alejandro Perez, who works at the hot cocoa shop next door... -
Hannah's Hope by Karen Kingsbury
Bestselling author Karen Kingsbury offers the final installment in her Red Gloves seriesthe heartwarming tale of a girl whose only wish is to be held by the father she never knew. 15-year-old Hannah Roberts remembers when her father was her closest friend. The image is hazy, though, pulled from her distant childhood memories, and her father is now very cold and distant... -
I'll Be Home For Christmas by Mason Deaver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBen has a plan for the ultimate Christmas present for Nathan. All it requires is taking a large golden retriever from one end of the country to the other. No pressure. When a snowstorm rocks the east coast sooner than expected, though, Ben is trapped at the airport, and suddenly all their plans for a perfect first Christmas with Nathan are on the line.Categorized as:
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Torrid Track by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrynne. My Bonita. She is my ruination. If the Knight’s Legion MC’s president wasn’t my best friend, or the VP my father, I’d be insignificant, a nobody. Just a broken man lurking in the shadows, watching the world go by. Nobody truly knows me until a gorgeous woman with soulful, whiskey-colored eyes looks into mine. Brynne Gallo sees who I am and wants me regardless of my scars and hidden kinks...Categorized as:
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Wicked Surprise by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L A Cotton continues with this holiday novella. .. It's Christmas, and the Stone-Princes are off to Lake Tahoe for the holidays. All they want is a family vacation without drama . .Categorized as:
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Good For You by Tammara Webber
Reid Alexander's celebrity life is an open book. Every relationship, every error in judgment is analyzed by strangers. His latest mistake totaled his car, destroyed a house and landed him in the hospital. As his PR team works overtime to salvage his image, one thing is clear—this is one predicament he won’t escape without paying for it...Categorized as:
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Snow Boys by Simon Doyle
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDean O’Donnell is a wallflower with a secret and a voice that could steal the show. Preferring to blend into the background at his high school, his world tilts on its axis when he is chosen for a major solo in the upcoming Christmas choir performance. His quiet life is further disturbed when he receives a Secret Santa gift, and an unexpected friendship forms... -
Christmas With Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsJoin Billy and Sophie for the next chapter of their story by bestselling author Giovanna Fletcher. Christmas has come to Rosefont Hill and it's destined to be a particularly special festive season for Sophie May. When a smitten stranger emails Sophie to ask her if he can propose to the woman he loves in her little teashop, the romantic in her finds it impossible to refuse... -
The Art of Breathing by Cali Melle
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne last summer together. One bucket list. One line and once it’s crossed, there’s no going back…. Luna Truly was living on bottled air and borrowed time. She had spent most of her life in and out of hospitals. All she wanted to do was live a typical life—one where she didn't feel like she was a burden. Everyone treated her like she was a fragile piece of glass, except for one person...Categorized as:
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Almost Midnight by Rainbow Rowell
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsMidnights is the story of Noel and Mags, who meet at the same New Year's Eve party every year and fall a little more in love each time . . . Kindred Spirits is about Elena, who decides to queue to see the new Star Wars movie and meets Gabe, a fellow fan... -
Popularity Isn't Easy by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAubrey Lane Arrington was given a choice and one week to decide - does she want to stay at Eastbrooke Academy or go to school in London? So much has happened since then that could affect her decision. Her former best friend, Branson, started a fight with her boyfriend, Prince Augie. And when the event is live streamed and goes viral, it has the makings of an international scandal...Categorized as:
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Sacrifice (Heart of a Wounded Hero) by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy military romance about finding love when you least expect it. He’s my landlord. He has a fiancé and he’s way out of my league. But then he gets hurt and has no one. Sure, I can stay with him. I can spend 24/7 with him and not let on how I really feel about him. He doesn’t need to know anyway. He’s grieving and trying to recover,... -
L-DK, Vol. 04 by Ayu Watanabe
美少年・柊聖(別フレキャラ人気投票第1位[男の子部門])のお仕置きがカゲキに加速!ラブ・同居ストーリー連発するドキドキのハプニングとワクワク&スリリングな夏のイベントで、いつもより少しだけ近く感じてしまう柊聖との距離。アツすぎる2人の同居生活に、葵のままならぬ恋の行方は……?とまどい揺れる、ひとつ屋根の下・青春ラブストーリー第4巻。. -
The Winter of Candy Canes by Debbie Viguié
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey re fun! They re quirky! They re Sweet Seasons unlike any other girls books you ve ever read. You could call them alternative, God-honoring chick lit. Join Candace Thompson on a sweet, lighthearted, and honest romp through the friendships, romances, family, school, faith, and values that make a girl s life as full as it can be. Seasons change and so will life for at least one park employee... -
A Cross-Country Wedding by Courtney Walsh
A fun-loving free spirit. Her buttoned-up best friend. And a cross-country wedding that could drive their platonic relationship toward something else entirely. Simon Collier is my friend. Heck, he’s been my friend for most of my adult life—and we couldn’t be more different. I love late-night karaoke. He’s a homebody with a piano I’ve never heard him play...Categorized as:
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Lucky Star by Susannah Nix
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA lonely barista’s dreams come true when her celebrity crush asks her to pose as his fake girlfriend for the paparazzi. Boone Sheridan is a TV heartthrob with a public relations problem. He needs to clean up his image and create a distraction ASAP... -
Perfectly Misunderstood by Robin Daniels
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis dual perspective book is the final installment in The Perfect Series. Jayden Valdez is an overachieving intellectual. Mike McGinnes is Franklin High School’s dumbest jock. Even though they barely know each other, she finds his personality repulsive and he thinks she’s got a giant stick up her you know what...Categorized as:
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L-DK, Vol. 03 by Ayu Watanabe
超ヒット!ラブ・同居ストーリー修学旅行で葵と柊聖が大接近!2人に迫るキケンなオトナも登場同居・延長!!柊聖への想いに気づいた葵の恋は長期戦に――。そんな2人の毎日は、周囲に振り回されて混線模様……!?とまどい揺れる、ひとつ屋根の下。青春ラブストーリー第3巻。. -
Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Christms Box and A Christmas Memory comes a story tracing the lives of a family through reflective diary entries on love, loyalty, and forgiveness. April 3, 1912. "Is this life, to grasp joy only to fear its escape? The price of happiness is the risk of losing it...Categorized as:
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Movie Stars Don’t Fall for Nerdy Girls by Emma Dalton
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEvery nerdy girl deserves to be loved. I’m the Nerdy Girl and I don’t believe in romance. Everyone at school is obsessed with the new student—teen movie star Asher Park. Me? I’m the lucky one who almost gets run over by his limo. And he doesn’t even apologize. To make matters worse, my vice principal asks me to tutor him... -
The Candy Cane Kiss by Maggie Dallen
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFake kisses shouldn't taste so sweet. When the new star quarterback at Briarwood High winds up in the hospital over Christmas break, he's sure that's as bad as it can get. He's wrong. His day is about to get so much worse. First he's stuck with that irritating new girl from school who's currenly dressed as a holly jolly Christmas elf as she volunteers on his floor...Categorized as:
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When the Stars Rise by Emery Rose
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSix weeks. Thirty-five cities. One more chance to get it right. Noah McCallister. Extreme athlete. Habitual heartbreaker. The only boy I’ve ever loved. We’re a tragedy. A beautiful melody with dissonant chords. A soaring ballad of heartache, enduring love, and lost youth. Once upon a time, he was my everything. My once in a lifetime. My past and my future...Categorized as:
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Better Than Before by Lynn Painter
Lynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies collides with Betting on You when, after meeting the annoyingly cute Bailey on his flight, Charlie gets picked at the airport up by his cousin, Wes, who introduces him to his annoyingly cute neighbor, Liz.Categorized as:
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Holiday Hat Trick by Catherine Gayle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMitchell “Q” Quincey, a journeyman playing for the Portland Storm, has three goals for his three-day Christmas break. 1. Move the rest of his gym equipment out of his ex-wife Mia’s house. 2. Get his lawyer to file a petition for joint custody. 3. Spend every last minute he can with his baby girl. When he arrives on Mia’s doorstep, things don’t go as planned... -
Wild About You by Kaitlyn Hill
Two total opposites. One race through the Great Outdoors. In this grumpy-sunshine teen romance from the author of Love from Scratch and Not Here to Stay Friends , the trail to true love doesn't always come with a map. Natalie Hart has always been loud, unfiltered, and unapologetically herself... -
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The Invasion of Adam by Claire Davis, Al Stewart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCollege life, fun nights out, guys everywhere—Adam thought his life was perfect…. Until he met Tork. Green-haired Tork creates origami models and reads Dickens. He lives in supported housing, and he is absolutely not impressed by money. Adam and Tork come from opposite worlds, but even as Adam fights it, the attraction stays strong... -
Thrill of the Chase by Kathryn Nolan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen rivals Harper and Eve are forced to team up on a high-stakes treasure hunt, sparks fly, secrets unravel, and the biggest prize might just be their hearts. Reporter Harper Hendrix is chasing a career-making story―and the legendary Blackburn Diamonds are her ticket to the top. She’s smart, ambitious, and definitely not distracted by the infuriatingly hot antiques salvager standing in her way...Categorized as:
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In the Same Boat by Holly Green
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSadie Scofield is just a few days away from the race of a lifetime. The Texas River Odyssey may be 260 miles and multiple days of arduous canoeing where every turn of the river reveals new dangers-downed trees, alligators, pitch black night-but those dangers pale in comparison to going another year knowing that her father is ashamed of her... -
Breaking The Bad Boy by kaddydee
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAshley Martin has been through more grief than a person experiences in their entire life and carries baggage that no kid should ever entail. Tyler Miller is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse, blinded rage and will single-handedly destroy anybody who stands in his way... -
Leaving the Station by Jake Maia Arlow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNina LaCour meets Alyson Derrick in this cross-country journey of identity, love, and friendships as Zoe tries to figure out her life, one train stop at a time. Zoe’s life has gone off the rails...Categorized as:
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What I want for Christmas by Jo Raven
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt's Christmas, the first Zane and Dakota spend together. As they navigate the tricky waters of new feelings and old fears, they will find out what they want most. *Warning: this book contains a whole lot of graphic sex. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers. *. Author note: This is a very short story taking place after the events in ZANE...
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