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  • Made by J.M. Darhower

    Made by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Corrado Moretti. The world knows the notorious Kevlar Killer, but few have ever seen what lies beneath his armor. The abused child. The neglected teenager. The broken man. He always did whatever he had to do in order to survive. It's kill or be killed. Throughout his life, he has been there in the shadows, a witness to everything from beginning to end...
  • Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

    Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 207 ratings
    Check out the #1 New York Times bestseller Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, called “a surefire hit” by Entertainment Weekly. "The secrets burrowed in this seemingly placid small town. .. are so suburban noir they would make David Lynch clap with glee. .
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  • Almost Broken by Portia Moore

    Almost Broken by Portia Moore

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 35 ratings
    Lauren Brooks fell in love with Cal Scott at 21, married him at 22 and had her heart broken at 23 when he walked out of their marriage. At 25, though raising his daughter on her own, Lauren was finally moving on with her life. Until, she learned the reason for Cal's abandonment, the walls she’d carefully built around her collapsed.
  • Always Crew by Tijan

    Always Crew by Tijan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For the longest time, I was Bren Monroe. I lived in Roussou, California. I had no parents, no brother, but I had a crew. Then things started to change. I never planned for any of it. I didn’t think I’d fall in love. I didn’t think I’d have a relationship with my brother again. I didn’t think that he’d come back. Now I’m in Cain. My crew is in college...
  • Foxes by Suki Fleet

    Foxes by Suki Fleet

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Dashiel's body is found dumped on an East London wasteland, his best friend Danny sets out to find the killer. But Danny finds interaction difficult and must keep his world small in order to survive...
  • Heart of Marley by T.K. Leigh

    Heart of Marley by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    To the moon and back…. From the stars to the ocean…. That was Marley and Cameron Bowen’s secret code. Twins born just five minutes apart, they have the perfect life… Until tragedy strikes just weeks after their eighth birthday and their father is killed by a drunk driver...
  • Pieces for You by Genna Rulon

    Pieces for You by Genna Rulon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Samantha Whitney survived unimaginable tragedy only to discover she had been betrayed by a man who claimed to love her. Shattered, Sam spends months at a safe haven trying to piece herself back together. Ready or not, the time has come for her to return home. As Sam struggles to resume a life that no longer feels familiar, she finds unwavering support in an unexpected, familiar face...
  • Tame by Coralee June, Raven Kennedy

    Tame by Coralee June, Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve got a secret. I’ve got bruises no one can see and the devil’s blood running through my veins. If I want to end my father’s reign, I’ve got to help Rocco Nomar with his daughter. She’s broken, jaded. A sad, pretty little thing with a big heart and eyes that make me feel like I’m drowning. She’s not swayed by the social politics of Savannah, but she has my heart doing double takes...
  • Aggro by Coralee June, Carrie Gray

    Aggro by Coralee June, Carrie Gray

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Two boys. One tragedy. Grief bonds us. The mystery of this murder will break us. My best friend was brutally ripped from this world, but her brother and boyfriend are still here. One of them wants to use me. The other wants to forget me. Both of them make me feel alive. We’ll find Violet’s murderer, no matter the cost. Two boys. One tragedy. Grief bonds us. Love will tear us apart...
  • Ghostgirl by J.B. Salsbury

    Ghostgirl by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She was brainwashed into believing she could save mankind. Now, she’s the one who needs saving. Abandoned with his two younger brothers, Milo Vega was placed in foster care. Now a twenty-year-old high-school senior covered in gang tattoos and working as the school’s janitor, he is living a life vastly different from the one he was destined for...
  • Game by Barry Lyga

    Game by Barry Lyga

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Billy grinned. “Oh, New York,” he whispered. “We’re gonna have so much fun. ”. I Hunt Killers introduced the world to Jazz, the son of history’s most infamous serial killer, Billy Dent. In an effort to prove murder didn’t run in the family, Jazz teamed with the police in the small town of Lobo’s Nod to solve a deadly case...
  • Before I Break by Portia Moore

    Before I Break by Portia Moore

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Out of the past six years of my life, I only remember about half of it. After a dozen doctors and thousands in medical bills, I was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder--one that causes me to lose track of time. Sometimes it’s hours, days or even weeks with no recollection of anything. The good thing is it's been almost two years since I had my last ‘black out’...
  • Reckless Lies by Nikki J. Summers

    Reckless Lies by Nikki J. Summers

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say when you die, your whole life plays over in your mind like a Hallmark movie. A rose-tinted reflection to remind you what a great life you’ve led. But for me, that wasn’t the case. There was no romantic, nostalgic ending for me. All I had was pain, darkness, and despair on the day I died, dragged by fire into the depths of hell. That’s where I live now. A shadow of the man I used to be...
  • Foxes by Suki Fleet

    Foxes by Suki Fleet

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Dashiel’s body is found dumped on an East London wasteland, his best friend Danny sets out to find the killer. But Danny finds interaction difficult and must keep his world small in order to survive...
  • The Fight In Us by Becca Steele

    The Fight In Us by Becca Steele

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Lust. Mystery. Betrayal. Weston Cavendish. My brother's best friend. I'd perfected the art of pretending that I didn't want him, that he didn't affect me every time he was near. Or so I thought. When his world comes crashing down, I'm the one he turns to, and I can't deny my feelings any longer. I know there's something between us. Until he finds out that I've been hiding things from him, too...
  • Salvation and Secrets by L A Cotton

    Salvation and Secrets by L A Cotton

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Chastity Falls was supposed to be Ana Parry’s fresh start. But what started as her salvation soon became her undoing. Four months after losing the very thing that gave her reason again, Ana is back at Chastity Falls. Holding on by a thread and trying hard to forget about Jackson isn’t easy when she’s determined to uncover the Donohue’s biggest secrets...
  • Cruel Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Cruel Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    A NEW LIFE. That’s what the move to canyon falls was supposed to offer me. A chance to leave my past behind. But day one I manage to paint a target on my back and the vindictive boys who run this school, Pax, Finn and Holden. decide to turn me into their personal punching bag. They try it all. Liquidated accounts. Public humiliation. Every prank and act of horror designed to break me...
  • These Dark Hearts by L.A. Cotton

    These Dark Hearts by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Harleigh Wren Maguire has loved Phoenix Wilder for as long as she can remember. He's everything she isn't. Brave. Reckless. One-hundred percent unapologetic. But it's Halloween. .. the perfect excuse to dress up and be someone you're not. To step out of your comfort zone and do things you wouldn't usually do. And Harleigh is determined to make her best friend notice her for once...
  • Hidden Gem by Skye Warren

    Hidden Gem by Skye Warren

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 ratings
    Of all the girls in Paris. .. he picked me. I was studying the Mona Lisa, and he was studying me. Not my sister. Me. He turned me upside-down. I hardly recognized myself through his eyes. Beautiful. Interesting. But it was all a lie.
  • Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas, Abby McDonald

    Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas, Abby McDonald

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    It's Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to Aruba that promises to be the time of their lives. But when Elise is found brutally murdered, Anna finds herself trapped in a country not her own, fighting against vile and contemptuous accusations...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 2 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 2 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Depuis la disparition de la fille d’un yakuza allié au clan Miyama, et le meurtre d’un de leurs hommes,Yoshino est contrainte à passer tout son temps avec Kirishima pour sa propre sécurité. Situation compliquée pour ses nerfs ! À l’occasion d’une sortie, elle aperçoit la soi-disant disparue dans un quartier branché...
  • Remember Me Forever by Sara Wolf

    Remember Me Forever by Sara Wolf

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Isis Blake hasn’t fallen in love in three years, forty-three weeks, and two days. Or so she thinks. The boy she maybe-sort-of-definitely loved and sort-of-maybe-definitely hated has dropped off the face of the planet in the face of tragedy, leaving a Jack Hunter–shaped hole. Determined to be happy, Isis fills it in with lies and puts on a brave smile for her new life at Ohio State University...
  • Hometown Girl Memories by Kirsten Fullmer

    Hometown Girl Memories by Kirsten Fullmer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I was crying one minute and laughing the next. A definite must read! ". Winnie is content in her role as the reining matriarch of Smithville, but when a letter arrives from a long-lost friend, the door to her past is reopened. Memories come flooding in, drawing her back to 1968, her college days; a time filled with people and events she hasn’t allowed herself to recall...
  • Shattered Legacy by Caitlyn Dare

    Shattered Legacy by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Mia Thompson wants only one thing: to survive Gravestone University, graduate, and get far far away from her hometown and its archaic traditions. But she’s about to become a pawn in a game she doesn’t understand. Bexley Danforth wants only one thing: to keep his head down, survive four years at college, and get far far away from his past and the mistakes that haunt him...
  • Say the Word by Julie Johnson

    Say the Word by Julie Johnson

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    "The heart isn’t like the liver. It doesn’t regenerate, no matter how much time passes. Once it’s gone, it’s gone for good. I’d left mine with Sebastian when I walked away that day, and I hadn’t seen it in the seven years since. " — Lux Kincaid. At eighteen, Lux is forced to make a choice. One that nearly destroys her. She breaks a boy’s heart. She breaks her own, too...
  • Unstable by Alexandra Ivy

    Unstable by Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 10 ratings
    WHEN IT COMES TO KILLING. A dead man in a cemetery isn’t news—unless he’s found on top of a grave, with a bullet through his head. The body belongs to Jude Henley, who was supposed to be buried below. Instead, the grave contains the remains of Staci Gale, thought to have run away nearly three decades ago...
  • Whiteout by Dyan Layne

    Whiteout by Dyan Layne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dear Miss Dalton,. On behalf of our client, your presence at Dalton House is kindly requested. She’d been summoned. By the grandmother she’d never met. After missing twenty-one years of her life, why did she want to see her now? Please make arrangements to travel before the arrival of winter weather in the Sierra Nevada. Breanna had questions. Grandmama had the answers...
  • A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

    A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    Faulkner’s most famous, most popular, and most anthologized short story, “A Rose for Emily” evokes the terms Southern gothic and grotesque, two types of literature in which the general tone is one of gloom, terror, and understated violence...
  • Wrong Crowd by Lisa Helen Gray

    Wrong Crowd by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My entire world was turned upside down the day my mum died. I feared what my life would become when an aunt I never knew about came swooping in and threw me into the unknown. She was rich. I couldn’t even afford a pack of gum. We were complete opposites, yet I wanted a fresh start in life, and she was promising to give me that. I just had to live with her for a year, until I graduated college...
  • Ugly by Margaret McHeyzer

    Ugly by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **2. 99 on pre-order and 3. 99 on release date**. If I were dead, I wouldn't be able to see. If I were dead, I wouldn't be able to feel. If I were dead, he'd never raise his hand to me again. If I were dead, his words wouldn't cut as deep as they do. If I were dead, I'd be beautiful and I wouldn't be so. .. ugly. I'm not dead. .. but I wish I was...
  • Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

    Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Connor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivers meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. His final Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he “changes. ” But Connor’s troubles are only beginning...
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  • Ómorphi by C. (Cody) Kennedy

    Ómorphi by C. (Cody) Kennedy

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Hauntingly beautiful, a book that you never wanted to end because you were so much a part of the characters lives. When you finish the book you want to know more, to pick up the phone and call Christy. Magically written, the voices and setting of the story were so clear you lived each moment with the characters. "~Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention, 2014...
  • Nanny Dispute by Shandi Boyes

    Nanny Dispute by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    With an illustrious career and more ‘cool creds’ than he’ll ever need, Brodie Davis, seems to have the world at his feet. The sexy yet moody federal agent could secure the attention of any woman when he enters a room, but he only has eyes for one. His almost six-year-old daughter, Lucy. She’s the apple of his eye. His reason to breathe. And his recently recruited nanny’s biggest ally. ***...
  • The Execution by Ruby Vincent

    The Execution by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 36 ratings
    They think they won. The Elite thought it would end at the battle, but I'm taking them to war. I will topple Landon, Michael, and Cole off their thrones even if it means bringing the system to its knees. Tensions are boiling beneath the surface of Breakbattle Academy. Protests are erupting, the lower classes are fighting back, and the Elites aren’t as invulnerable as they thought...
  • Return to Black Frost Academy by Tatum Rayne

    Return to Black Frost Academy by Tatum Rayne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From Book 1: I don’t belong here, I know it the second I step into Black Frost Academy for the first time. The opulent setting screams of money and is shrouded in secrets but this isn’t my world. Bound by a promise made to my aunt that I’m determined to keep, I lockdown my fear and embrace the fresh start I’ve been given...
  • The Bad Boy Series Collection Books 1 - 4 by S.E. Lund

    The Bad Boy Series Collection Books 1 - 4 by S.E. Lund

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Bad Boy Series Collection. I've been in love with Hunter Saint my entire life. He was my first love and the one I could never forget. Then Fate intervened and we became enemies. Now, I must go to Hunter on my hands and knees to beg him to save my brother's life. I'll pay any price to save him. I'll do anything Hunter wants. Anything…. The Bad Boy Series by S. E...
  • Liar Liar by L.A. Cotton

    Liar Liar by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An angsty and gritty romance duet from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Wicked Bay series and Rixon High series. Moving to Credence is supposed to be the fresh start Becca Torrence desperately needs. But it’s about to become her worst nightmare...
  • Marrow by Tarryn Fisher

    Marrow by Tarryn Fisher

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    In the Bone there is a house. In the house there is a girl. In the girl there is a darkness. Margo is not like other girls. She lives in a derelict neighborhood called the Bone, in a cursed house, with her cursed mother, who hasn’t spoken to her in over two years. She lives her days feeling invisible...
  • Cheerleading Can Be Murder by Carissa Ann Lynch

    Cheerleading Can Be Murder by Carissa Ann Lynch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Getting on the cheerleading squad is hard enough without a psycho on the loose…. For Harrow High freshman Dakota Densford, life should be easy. All she has to worry about is talking to cute boys and remembering her locker combination. But when cheerleading tryouts draw near, she learns the cards are stacked against her—spots on the varsity team are limited...
  • Dead Girls Don't Lie by Jennifer Shaw Wolf

    Dead Girls Don't Lie by Jennifer Shaw Wolf

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Rachel died at two a. m . . . Three hours after Skyler kissed me for the first time. Forty-five minutes after she sent me her last text. Jaycee and Rachel were best friends. But that was before. . . before that terrible night at the old house. Before Rachel shut Jaycee out. Before Jaycee chose Skyler over Rachel. Then Rachel is found dead...
  • All the Little Lights by Jamie McGuire

    All the Little Lights by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie McGuire comes a riveting tale of first love that starts young but runs deep. The first time Elliott Youngblood spots Catherine Calhoun, he’s just a boy with a camera, and he’s never seen a sadder and more beautiful sight. Both Elliott and Catherine feel like outcasts, yet they find an easy friendship with each other...
  • The Falling of Everything by Jessica Sorensen

    The Falling of Everything by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    They call them The Raven Three. They’re the most powerful and dangerous guys in town. Everyone respects them. Everyone fears them. No one ever challenges them until me. But I have nothing to lose and nothing to fear but myself. So they give me a choice. Learn to fear them, or they’ll make sure I do. But they weren’t expecting me to be so stubborn...
  • Love Grudge by Chantal Fernando

    Love Grudge by Chantal Fernando

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their love will ignite a war in this Romeo and Juliet retelling from gripping New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando. Romeo. I was born to rule the Devils MC. Every decision, every move I made was to further that goal—until I met Julianna...
  • Shine by Lauren Myracle

    Shine by Lauren Myracle

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it. Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery mines the secrets of a tightly knit Southern community and examines the strength of will it takes to go against everyone you know in the name of justice...
  • Crash and Burn by Michael Hassan

    Crash and Burn by Michael Hassan

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    On April 21, 2008, Steven "Crash" Crashinsky saved more than a thousand people when he stopped his classmate David Burnett from taking their high school hostage armed with assault weapons and high-powered explosives. You likely already know what came after for Crash: the nationwide notoriety, the college recruitment, and, of course, the book deal...
  • The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia

    The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    I’ve become an expert at avoiding things that could hurt me—which means I will figure out how to stay away from Marco Leone. Seventeen-year-old Frankie Devereux would do anything to forget the past. Haunted by the memory of her boyfriend’s death, she lives her life by one dangerous rule: Nothing matters...
  • Under the Influence by Jennifer Roberts-Hall

    Under the Influence by Jennifer Roberts-Hall

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dalton,. I loved you once. A love I thought irrevocable. A love I mistakenly believed could transcend both time and circumstance. Under the influence of my dimwitted, naïve, traitorous heart, I became intoxicated with what I now know was simply a figment of my self-indulgent imagination. So drunk on the feeling, I couldn't see what was right in front of my face...
  • How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller

    How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A meth dealer. A prostitute. A serial killer. Anywhere else, they’d be vermin. At the Mandel Academy, they’re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The rest disappear. Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class...
  • Cut Me Free by J.R. Johansson

    Cut Me Free by J.R. Johansson

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Charlotte barely escaped from her abusive parents. Her little brother, Sam, wasn't as lucky. Now she's trying to begin the new life she always dreamed of for them, but never thought she'd have to experience alone. She's hired a techie-genius with a knack for forgery to remove the last ties to her old life...
  • The Consequences of Sin by K.A. Robinson

    The Consequences of Sin by K.A. Robinson

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the sun disappeared, the world was cast in shadows, hiding the evil that lay in wait. When it was dark, I hunted. The shadows caressed my body as I did things I could never do in the light of day. Eighteen-year-old Bree Bowen has spent her entire life training and working as one of her father’s assassins. Fear has kept her and her best friend, Wes, under her father’s thumb—until now...
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