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House of Korba by C.L. Stone
It's homecoming week at Ashley Waters, but Sang Sorenson has a lot more on her mind than dresses and crowns. Silas's troubled past—full of secrets he and his team thought they'd buried—comes back to haunt him, threatening to ruin everything. Silas tries to deal, but guilt weighs heavily on him and Sang realizes she might be the only one who can help him keep it together... -
First Days by C.L. Stone
Sang Sorenson used to be the invisible girl in class. As a new student to Ashley Waters High School, Sang hopes that her new friends will be the change she’s been craving and will make fitting in a breeze. But Academy students aren’t there to take it easy. The high school is overcrowded and rife with violence...Categorized as:
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Forgiveness and Permission by C.L. Stone
Sang Sorenson’s abusive mother is secure in a hospital, and her father has vanished to a new family of his own, leaving Sang and her sister to fend for themselves. Sang is hanging by a thread, and her only hope is a group of boys she feels she barely knows. She’s never really alone. The Academy team has stepped in, promising to protect and care for Sang... -
Love's Cruel Redemption by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFrom USA TODAY Bestselling Author, C. L. Stone, read Love's Cruel Redemption, the much-anticipated twelfth book in The Academy Ghost Bird Series. Sang’s life was on pause after the dramatic break with her real family. Now she’s back in the game, returning to Ashley Waters to appear like a normal student. However, returning to school hasn’t made her life any easier... -
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Broken Trust by R.A. Smyth
My name is Hadley Parker, and today is the first day of the rest of my life. Today I start school at Pacific Prep. This is my new lease on life, and I won’t be wasting it. I need this, now, more than ever. I need the education, the promise of a future that I wouldn’t get anywhere else. These rich kids don’t like me though. When Hawk Davenport decides he doesn’t want me here, his friends back him...Categorized as:
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The Ballers of Rockport High by E.M. Moore
**CONTAINS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN BONUS MATERIAL** Includes: GAME ON FOUL LINE AT THE BUZZER I knew I’d ruffle feathers, but the day I walked into Rockport High, I had no idea the cheap shots that were to follow.You see, the Ballers and I have a history. They play basketball. I play basketball. But they hate that I play basketball as good as them...Categorized as:
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Meeting Sang: Gabriel by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe Academy: Ghost Bird series in a different look at the very beginning. Read Introductions with a whole new perspective--the boys'. Despite having eight great friends thanks to The Academy, what Gabriel Coleman really wants is a connection with someone special. However, he’s never had much luck with girls. He doesn't have the sleek looks, wealth, or charm like his friends... -
Meeting Sang: Kota by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsKota Lee has been trying for weeks to get the girl up the street to notice him. She's beautiful and intriguing, but seems incredibly shy. Too shy. Every time he tries to get close, she dodges him, like a skittish little bird, flittering away out of his reach.Troubled by her haunted looks, he's tried to give her some space, respect her need for solitude... -
The Book of the Dead: AESLI-00 by V.E.S. Pullen
Azzie Vokaty is living a perfectly normal life in a perfectly normal small town in the midwest, dealing with a rare blood disorder alongside rude classmates and distant foster parents.Except there is no “normal” anymore, not since the JANUS-23 pandemic decimated the world’s population.And it isn’t a town, it’s a military base.And Azzie isn’t exactly thrilled with the golden cage she’s living in...Categorized as:
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Meeting Sang: Victor by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsVictor Morgan hides from the public whenever he can. It's not that he's a recluse; he hides to avoid rumors and throngs of teen girls throwing themselves at him because of his fame. When his team of friends is assigned a job at a new school, it's his one chance to finally be just Victor; not a local celebrity, or that guy whose parents have a huge house and lots of money...Categorized as:
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Unsung Requiem by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsVictor Morgan’s entire life has been in the limelight. Groomed by his fierce mother as a piano prodigy, intent on using him to build a legacy for the Morgan name.But legacies require the utmost in care. Any little disaster can cause a mountain of problems.After a 17th birthday party ends in catastrophe, a fight with his parents sends Victor out into the world for the first time on his own...Categorized as:
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Broken Hill Honor by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsBeing with Tora Roberts has been nothing but a wild ride, one I never want to get off. At twelve, I knew I loved her. By seventeen, I’d made her life a living hell. She hated me. She stole my heart completely at eighteen. And now at twenty-six, she still hasn’t given it back, and what’s more, I don’t want her to. It’s about time I make her mine… Officially... -
Meeting Sang: Silas by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom the USA TODAY bestselling The Academy: Ghost Bird series, comes a different look at the very beginning. Read Introductions with a whole new perspective—the boys'.Silas Korba's days are filled with working for the Academy and dealing with the realities of bringing his family from Greece to America... -
Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHaley Jones already thought her life was complicated, but after the events of the gala, she is in desperate need of direction—if only there was a compass for locating her missing dad or navigating relationships. Despite her efforts to gain independence and forge her own identity, she still feels adrift in her new life... -
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Defiant Princess by Callie Rose
They called me trash. They called me whore. They called me so much worse.They told me I didn’t belong in their world, and you know what? Maybe they were right.But I can’t just let this go.I’m still a Hildebrand, after all, and I’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of what that legacy means.There are secrets buried in Roseland, and I’m determined to dig them up...Categorized as:
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Meeting Sang: Nathan by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom the USA TODAY bestselling The Academy: Ghost Bird series, comes a different look at the very beginning. Read Introductions with a whole new perspective--the boys'.Nathan Griffin's entire life has been about protecting himself. After his mother ran away to save herself, his father turned his attentions to Nathan. His critical, booze-fueled attentions... -
Mad Boys by Heather Long
The pop princess with her bright blue hair, pouty lips, haunting eyes, and the voice of a siren… She’s always been too busy for us. Music seems to be the one language we both speak. It’s not enough. For her. For them. For anyone.I’m not enough.My brothers want her, the world owns her, and everyone else is vying for a piece of her...Categorized as:
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Keys and Kisses by Heather Long
When the year started, I had one goal—make my AP classes count and keep my grades up. Both my focus and my grades started wobbling. Dating my best friends came with perks like hugs, kisses, and invitations to dances, but it also came with cons in the form of vindictive posts, hate mail, and vandalism of my car.I asked if it could get any worse, and I guess I got my answer.My college essays suck... -
Everything Will Be Alright by Willow Hadley
When Charlotte moved in with her uncle earlier this summer, she never expected to become best friends with five amazing guys.She never expected to fall in love with them either.With school starting, Charlotte worries that everything is about to change for her all over again...Categorized as:
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Undeniable by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNothing could prepare us for the secrets we were about to uncover or the dangers that would come out to haunt us. Our lives are very quickly spiraling out of control and we’re struggling to keep breathing...Categorized as:
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Family by Bea Paige
You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family... But that’s crap. I can choose my family. I choose Eastern. I choose Ford. I choose Sonny. I choose Camden. Four boys. Four boys with broken, jagged edges.Four fierce boys who have chosen me.And now together we face my flesh and blood. My brother, the biggest bully at Oceanside. My father, the most notorious criminal in the country... -
Saving Memphis by Bre Rose
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAshlynnI thought by running he wouldn’t find me, and I could protect the ones I loved. How wrong was I. He found me and the threats continued. I thought this time was different, I had the guys, who swore to protect me. What we never suspected was that there was also a threat closer than we knew. Aiding him in his desire to take me... -
Sacrifice by Caitlyn Dare
The next installment in the dark romance series from the bestselling author of the Rebels at Sterling Prep series… Rhett Savage, Dane Stray, and Wesley Noble. I shouldn’t want them. But I do—all of them. They each give me something I need. Challenge. Love. Comfort... -
Unstoppable by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTully - If he thinks he can just show up on my doorstep after four long years of radio silence, then he’s got another thing coming. Tully Cage does not bow down for anyone; especially ghosts from the past who insist on crashing back into my life and causing all sorts of havoc. My heart can’t take it. That boy put me through hell and back, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever fully recovered... -
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Smile Like You Mean It by Willow Hadley
After Charlotte’s father died, her mother changed. She became cold and distant, and Charlotte slowly withdrew into herself. She spent years feeling lonely and insignificant, and rarely spoke more than a few words to anyone. One night, after a traumatic incident instigated by her mother, Charlotte is arrested and taken to juvie... -
Foul Line by E.M. Moore
The Ballers may have the upper hand at RHS. I underestimated them, their cruelty, their ability to look the other way when something hits them over the head, but camp is a whole other story. Their asses are mine.Foul Line is a reverse harem high school bully romance novel. It's the second book in The Ballers of Rockport High series... -
Unbreakable by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLie to me and I’ll expose you. Hurt me and I’ll take you down. Touch my sister and I’ll personally pave your road to hell. Kelly didn’t know what she was getting herself into when she set her sights on Aria and I didn’t know what I was getting into when I tried to get her back. What it all comes down to, what it’s always come down to is Anton Mathers...Categorized as:
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Ruin by Caitlyn Dare
My whole life I’ve been treated like some innocent naïve girl. Shielded from the dark and dangerous world my big brother inhabits.But not any longer.Now, Savage Falls is my home, the Sinners MC, my family. I’m the new club princess, a burden I neither want nor need.Because I’m not as innocent as they all think.Not by a long shot.Not when I spend most of my days dreaming of them...Categorized as:
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Savage Falls Sinners MC by Caitlyn Dare
A complete dark romance series from Amazon bestselling author Caitlyn Dare. Includes Solace, a BONUS EPILOGUE NOVELLA set five years after the end of Sever.No one knows the code of the Sinners MC better than club princess Sadie Ray Dalton.She’s spent most of her life rebelling against her daddy’s strict rules and overprotective nature... -
Sparrowood Academy by Angel Lawson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSparrowood Academy is for the elite. The rich. The well connected. Eden Warren is none of those things. She’s spent most of her life in Kingston, mostly hanging down at The Park with her sister, Hope. When Hope goes missing, Eden makes a last-ditch effort to find her by going to Hawk, her enemy and the leader of the K-Boys, for help. Sparrowood Academy is filled with darkness. Entitlement...Categorized as:
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Delinquent by Bea Paige
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI’m the kid your parents warned you about… Eighteen months in prison or three years at Oceanside Academy. Reform school has met its match in me, even if it is full of young offenders. Thieves, graffiti writers, drug runners and other petty criminals reside within the walls, and I'm just like them... -
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The Third Strike by Wendi L. Wilson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen life throws you a curveball, you hit it out of the park.I’d never been as wrong as I was when I assumed the Rogues had betrayed me. Now the true culprits were on my hit list—which was, at the moment, dormant. While an impossibly archaic threat hung over Stella’s head, there was nothing to be done but wait...Categorized as:
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Sacred by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome to Savage Falls...A brand new dark reverse harem bully romance trilogy from bestselling author Caitlyn Dare, coming this summer!Two dirty-talking tattooed bikers, a pretty boy football player with secrets, and the MC princess who will bring them to their knees.. -
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In Pieces by K.G. Reuss
Nothing says I love you like murder.Seeing their lifeless bodies nearly killed us. Knowing some monster harmed those we loved created a whole new set of worries. In the wake of all the madness, we need to stay focused. With revenge warranted, we must bide our time. Good things come to those who wait, after all... -
Breathe Me by C.R. Jane, Ivy Fox
They say that true love only comes once in a lifetime.In my case, they were wrong.I gave my heart away three times.To the blue eyed sensitive soul, who read poetry when he thought no one was looking.To the green eyed jock, who made you laugh as hard as he made you cry.And to the dark eyed boy, whose dark heart only ever beat for me.They were my everything, until suddenly they weren’t...Categorized as:
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Leap of Faith by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Iris Boys crash landed into my life and changed everything in it. Now, I’m surrounded by four incredible men - five, if the last one will ever fully open up to me. Never in a million years did I think I’d fall in love. Much less with more than one man. But that’s what I did. I’m in love with the Iris Boys.They are my confidantes.My friends.My closest allies...Categorized as:
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Lost & Found by Serena Lindahl
As kids, they were inseparable. When tragedy struck and circumstances pulled them apart, Senya lost everyone who ever cared about her. A group project brings the four guys and Senya together one last time, but it's clear they're not kids anymore...and it changes everything...Categorized as:
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Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 1 by Junko
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHi there! My name is Serinuma Kae.I’m the kind of girl who loves checking out boys and fantasizing about them getting friendly (and more) with each other—I’m what you might call a fujoshi... -
The Wayward Sons by Angel Lawson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen my mother decided to pull me out of school I didn’t say anything. When she homeschooled me, isolated me, kept me fearful of my peers, I followed along. When she packed me up and sent me across the country to live with my grandmother in the one-stoplight town of Lee Vines, I did as she said. But now that she’s left me here I’m on my own. I can make my own decisions. Make my own mistakes...Categorized as:
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Lads & Lattes by A.J. Macey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEmma’s to-do list: 1- dump Tyler 2- survive new school 3- rock senior year My life was as perfect as a teenage girl could hope it would be; friends, boyfriend, straight-A student, loving parents, and all that jazz. Until my entire world comes crashing down... -
Problem Child by Heather Long
Enrollment begins this autumn. Born into Hollywood royalty, I’ve been making the hot sheet and generating internet buzz since before I could even walk. Doesn’t matter that my parents divorced prior to my second birthday, I can’t escape the shadows—or scandals—of my movie star mother and my rock star father... -
Ever Lost by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI made a huge mistake. No, not breaking into Panchard Enterprises, I did that on purpose. It was the getting caught part that changed everything. Instead of prison, Peter Panchard offers me a deal; steal something for him and he’ll help me find my little sister. Now I’m at Neverly Prep wearing a uniform and trying to get close to Lucas Hook, the guy whose safe I need to crack...Categorized as:
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Remember You This Way by C.R. Jane
Can you ever really start over? It’s the question that follows Ariana now that she’s reunited with the boys from the Sound of Us. Haunted by the past and her hopefully soon to be ex-husband, Ari is dragged along as the band continues its world tour. Touring the world together...it’s what they all used to dream about. Sold out stadiums and screaming fans, it’s everything anyone would want...Categorized as:
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Starlee's Home by Angel Lawson
Starlee ran back to Lee Vines for a taste of freedom.She found that, family and love.But an innocent night away brings unwanted attention to Sierra's foster home and Starlee plays an unwilling part in sending George and Charlie back to their once abusive father. Not only that Sierra forces her to stay away from Dexter and Jake... -
The First Time by Wendi L. Wilson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI might have gone from rags to riches, but this is no fairy tale.I never thought I’d long for the days of pacing the living room of our tiny single-wide trailer, waiting for Mom to get home from her shift serving drinks at The Silver Fox. Or my boring night shifts at the convenience store. Even dodging my skeezy ex-boyfriend’s bumbling attempts to seduce me...Categorized as:
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Triple Option Play by K.L. Coburn
Football? No, thanks.Life isn’t great, but I’m managing. I just have to finish this last year of high school while avoiding my bully and without embarrassing myself in front of my crush. Easily done!But when my mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, I find myself living with my dad and having to change schools...Categorized as:
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Rich Boys Poor Girl by Mia Belle
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHis name is Declan Worthington. Heir to a multi-billion dollar empire. Arrogant, self-absorbed, jerk. And I saved his life. In gratitude for my heroic act, his father offers me a full ride to Queenswood Academy, the top high school in the country. Where only the exclusive rich kids attend. I don’t belong there. I know it, everyone knows it...Categorized as:
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Starlee's Turn by Angel Lawson
After speaking up for Dexter and then yanked from the only place she's ever felt at home, Starlee is lost. Lost without George to make her laugh. Lost without Jake's strong arms. Lost without Charlie's calming presence. Lost without Dexter's intensity and determination. No one is okay with this situation. No one is willing to give up. Not Starlee and certainly not the Wayward Sons...Categorized as:
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Losing the Rhythm by Jaliza A. Burwell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCadence has lost her rhythm and only the guys can help her find it again.It’s a fact that Cadence’s life sucks. Too much, too fast, too often. She doesn’t know what to do with herself anymore. Her music is quiet. Her thoughts are numb. And only the guys staying by her side has kept her from screaming her head off. She no longer knows which direction to turn...Categorized as:
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