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  • Crush by Svetlana Chmakova

    Crush by Svetlana Chmakova

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Following the overwhelming success of AWKWARD and BRAVE, Svetlana Chmakova's award winning Berrybrook Middle School series continues with its next installment - CRUSH!Jorge seems to have it all together. He's big enough that nobody really messes with him, but he's also a genuinely sweet guy with a solid, reliable group of friends...
  • Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The first nine books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in three treasured volumes! Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever...
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  • Hirano and Kagiura, Vol. 3 by Shou Harusono

    Hirano and Kagiura, Vol. 3 by Shou Harusono

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    It just might work out if I try hard enough...At least, that’s what Kagiura keeps telling himself as he works himself to the bone studying for his final exams. After all, that’s the only way to protect his dorm life with his dear upperclassman. But although Hirano agreed to another year of their roomshare, does he really understand what it means to live with the person who’s crushing on him..
  • Fallen Crest Campout: A Fallen Crest/Crew crossover novella by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Campout: A Fallen Crest/Crew crossover novella by Tijan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Sam and Mason return to Fallen Crest for a camping trip.They head north, meeting up with a few friends from Roussou and enjoy a night of booze, some leapfrogging, and there’s a small therapy session to air out some tension in the group...
  • There I Find Rest by Jessie Gussman

    There I Find Rest by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On the shore of Lake Michigan, just up the road from Blueberry Beach is another small town. Strawberry Sands.A place of comfort.A place of rest and peace.A place where divorcee and single mom, Kim Tinsley, can go to try to make a new life for herself, raising her baby, while praying for her older child who has left the faith of her childhood and is questioning everything she’d ever taught her...
  • Coming Attractions by Robin Jones Gunn

    Coming Attractions by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Are you serious? As graduation approaches, Katie Weldon is pretty sure she s ready for the word engaged to describe her relationship with Rick. But Eli seems to always be right there when she needs support. Rick is everything Katie s ever dreamed of, offering her stability and love. Eli, on the other hand, brings adventure, spontaneity, and a wild love for God...
  • Love Always, Kate by D. Nichole King

    Love Always, Kate by D. Nichole King

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Dear Diary, Leukemia’s been my life since I was eleven. Now, six years later, I want my life back. Only I’m not sure what that is. The test results came back today. 22,000. Which means I’m officially out of remission—again. I have three options: 1. Another round of chemo. 2. A super-new experimental drug. 3. Dump it all— forget the meds and treatments and enjoy the time I have left...
  • Close Your Eyes/Without a Doubt/With This Ring by Robin Jones Gunn

    Close Your Eyes/Without a Doubt/With This Ring by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Happenstance…or God’s Great Plan? She’s the bold, free-spirited type. She’s cute, she’s fun, and she’s following God...
  • So Over My Head by Jenny B. Jones

    So Over My Head by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Newly single, stalked by a killer, and in desperate need of some chic clown shoes--Bella is one skinny mocha frapp away from total meltdown. When the Fritz Family Carnival makes its annual appearance in Truman, Bella's keen reporter instincts tell her the bright lights hide more than they reveal. Her suspicions are confirmed when one of the stars is murdered...
  • I'm So Sure by Jenny B. Jones

    I'm So Sure by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "Think you're having a rough week? Bella's stepdad, a semi-pro wrestler, just signed the entire family up for a reality TV show. Bella's first thought: Kill. Me. Now." Living in Truman, Oklahoma wasn't 100% miserable for Bella. Sure, she misses Manhattan, couture clothes, and her dad. But she was making new friends at Truman High and almost enjoying her work at the school newspaper...
  • Peculiar Treasures by Robin Jones Gunn

    Peculiar Treasures by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A fresh start? Katie Weldon catches more than just the bouquet at the wedding of her best friend, Christy Miller. She also snags a job offer that launches her into an adventure she never imagined. Katie eagerly accepts the job as resident assistant at Rancho Corona University, only to find herself in a community of conflict...
  • The Secret Journal of Brett Colton by Kay Lynn Mangum

    The Secret Journal of Brett Colton by Kay Lynn Mangum

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Kathy Colton can t stand her brother, Brett. Her family talks as if he were perfect! All Kathy knows for sure is that Brett is dead. He died of leukemia when he was sixteen and she was only two. But when Kathy turns sixteen, she discovers her brother s hidden journal - a journal written especially for her - and learns about the brother she never knew...
  • Sky Zone by Creston Mapes

    Sky Zone by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Political Rally. A Terrorist Threat. A Nightmare of Cataclysmic Proportions.Jack and Pamela Crittendon have hit the breaking point. After months out of work as a reporter, Jack is playing Mr. Mom and working part-time at Festival Arena with his survivalist friend Brian Shakespeare...
  • The Complete Blueberry Beach Box Set Books 1-8 by Jessie Gussman

    The Complete Blueberry Beach Box Set Books 1-8 by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Escape to Blueberry Beach in this charming collection of sweet, heartwarming romances!Book 1 - Yesterday's When Lindy leaves her workaholic husband and moves with her teenage daughter to their summer cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan, will she find joy and healing with the help of her new neighbors in the town of Blueberry Beach? And when it comes down to a choice between her bright new...
  • Fence: Redemption #4 (Fence: Redemption (Single Issues) #4) by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Fence: Redemption #4 (Fence: Redemption (Single Issues) #4) by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the FINAL ISSUE of The GLAAD Media Award-nominated sports comic’s latest chapter, Seiji gets an up close and personal look into Nicholas’ past, and a clearer picture of just how much determination it took for Nicholas to overcome adversity and a rocky start...
  • Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    DRAG RACEIt's the final day of the Osaka High School Festival, and two big competitions are still up in the air: the relay race and the cross-dressing pageant! You'd think Mizuki, an actual XX-chromosome girl disguised as a boy at an all-guy high school, would be a better cross-dresser than her classmates, but things are never so easy--and what if winning the contest blows her cover? That might...
  • Match Point by Erynn Mangum

    Match Point by Erynn Mangum

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Matchmaker Lauren Holbrook is happy after putting together four successful couples. That is, until the tables are turned and she's on the receiving end of the matchmaking!Lauren and her boyfriend, Ryan, devise a plan to make it look as if they've broken up so people will get off their backs about marriage. No problem, right? That's of course until Lauren realizes she's in love...
  • Fence #10 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Fence #10 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
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  • 68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038

    68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    ~Sequel to The Bad Boy And The Tomboy~Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill are together in Manchester, England living the new university life. Their relationship is striving as they meet new people and experience different things and strengthen their beautiful relationship. But then again there's soccer, the Cahill family and girls because where there's Sam Cahill there will also be many girls...
  • Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe

    Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    This night not only marked the end to the drought, but also the end to the long-held secret we'd kept hidden under the magnolias. Magnolia, South Carolina, 1980Austin Foster is barely a teenager when her mama dies giving birth to twins, leaving her to pick up the pieces while holding her six siblings together and doing her best to stop her daddy from retreating into his personal darkness...
  • Home of Our Hearts by Robin Jones Gunn

    Home of Our Hearts by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Christy and Todd are looking forward to being part of two important weddings. Christy would never think of missing Katie's big day, even though she's getting married in Kenya. Todd has been waiting his whole life to stand up as the best man for his dad's wedding...
  • Waiting for Spring 12 by Anashin

    Waiting for Spring 12 by Anashin

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Waiting for Spring manga volume 12 features story and art by Anashin. Mizuki is a shy girl who’s about to enter high school, and vows to open herself up to new friendships. Of course, the four stars of the boys’ basketball team weren’t exactly the friends she had in mind! Yet the five quickly hit it off...
  • Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 3 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 3 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    MEN AT WORKIzumi, his friend Nakatsu and our crossdressing heroine Mizuki are hired to work at a beach chalet run by the family of weird school nurse Dr...
  • Rematch by Erynn Mangum

    Rematch by Erynn Mangum

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Lauren’s dad may be getting remarried—and Lauren is still looking for the love of her life! Join Lauren on her adventure of caffeine, chocolate, girl talk, and spiritual insights as she continues to search for the right match...
  • High School Debut, Vol. 03 by Kazune Kawahara

    High School Debut, Vol. 03 by Kazune Kawahara

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Hopeless Haruna needs help finding a boyfriend! After failing to win the eye of any guy in high school, Haruna enlists the help of cute upperclassman Yoh to coach her on how to make herself more appealing to the male species...
  • Open Your Heart/Time Will Tell/Now Picture This by Robin Jones Gunn

    Open Your Heart/Time Will Tell/Now Picture This by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Happenstanceâ?¦or Godâ?s Great Plan? Sheâ?s the bold, free-spirited type. Sheâ?s cute, sheâ?s fun, and sheâ?s following God...
  • On a Whim by Robin Jones Gunn

    On a Whim by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What s next? Ever since high school, Katie Weldon has wondered what it would be like to be Rick Doyle s girlfriend. As a college senior she s about to find out...
  • Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe

    Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book # 1.5 of The Keaton Series The much anticipated companion novel to Away -- the heart gripping romance about first loves and unforgettable moments. Now experience it all from Jason's point of view in Letting Go. Jason Bradley is a simple, country guy thrust into a life most wouldn't consider normal...
  • Janessa by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Janessa by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Though she’s seen people she’s close to fall in love, Janessa Halverson has no desire to do the same. Janessa was young when she lost her parents, and though she loves the family she’s a part of now, she has no interest in falling in love with someone, only to lose them. And having kids? Nope...
  • Waiting for Spring, Vol. 13 by Anashin

    Waiting for Spring, Vol. 13 by Anashin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Towa and Mitsuki are finally a couple, but Mitsuki feels like she needs to step up her game to make his heart race. She goes to the ever-composed Kyōsuke for help, and he suggests a surprise birthday party for Towa...
  • Man o' War by Cory McCarthy

    Man o' War by Cory McCarthy

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans swimmer fighting to keep their head above water in a landlocked Midwestern town.River McIntyre has grown up down the street from Sea Planet, an infamous marine life theme park slowly going out of business in small-town Ohio...
  • Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Knitting and life. They’re both about beginnings...and endings.That’s why Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle’s Blossom Street, offers a class called Knit to Quit. It’s for people who want to quit something—or someone!—and start a new phase of their lives.First to join is Phoebe Rylander, who’s trying to get over a man. Alix Turner and her husband want a baby, so she has to quit smoking...
  • Fence #11 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Fence #11 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It all comes down to this—the final match that will determine who makes the team, and who gets left behind...
  • This Quiet Sky by Joanne Bischof

    This Quiet Sky by Joanne Bischof

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    There is nothing extraordinary about Tucker O’Shay’s dreams. Go to college. Become president. Fall in love. And pretend like he has enough time to get it all done.Sixteen-year-old Sarah Miller doesn’t expect anything out of the ordinary when she begins her first day at the one-room-school house in her new hometown of Rocky Knob...
  • Can't Let You Go by Jenny B. Jones

    Can't Let You Go by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An old love whose kisses make her weak, but whose secrets threaten to destroy all she holds dear... Fresh out of college, Katie Parker had it all—a charming romance, a role in a famous stage production, and an idyllic life in London. Until she found her boyfriend cheating and got herself fired from the play...
  • Waiting for Spring, Vol. 11 by Anashin

    Waiting for Spring, Vol. 11 by Anashin

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    THE NEW TEAM TOURNAMENT It’s time for the New Team Tournament, and the stakes are high. If Seiryo wins, the basketball team’s ban on dating will be lifted, and if Mitsuki agrees, she and Towa can finally be an official couple...
  • Trust Him by Caitlyn Dare

    Trust Him by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻.Hadley Rexford wasn’t supposed to get under my skin. But I thought she was like me, until I push her too far, and destroy everything we had.I want to hurt her.Consume her. In the end, I’ll make sure she’s only ever mine.Cole Jagger wasn’t to supposed to become everything to me...
  • Double Take by Lynette Eason

    Double Take by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army Criminal Investigation Division due to wounds sustained when an IED blew up near him. Now with the Lake City Police Department, he's rooming with this good buddy and partner, Cole, while he figures out his family dynamics...
  • One More Wish: Christy & Todd: The Married Years Series by Robin Jones Gunn

    One More Wish: Christy & Todd: The Married Years Series by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As Christy blows out the 26 candles on her birthday cake, she closes her eyes and makes a wish. Could this be the year that she and Todd finally have a baby? They know that everything will change once they have a child. Are they ready for all the adjustments a new little one would bring? Christy isn't sure...
  • Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe, Susan Bennett

    Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe, Susan Bennett

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Magnolia, South Carolina, 1980Austin Foster is barely a teenager when her mama dies giving birth to twins, leaving her to pick up the pieces while holding her six siblings together and doing her best to stop her daddy from retreating into his personal darkness.Scratching out a living on the family’s tobacco farm is as tough as it gets...
  • Lost & Found: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Lost & Found: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jude Tanner came from a humble background. He couldn't believe he was now the owner of a Thoroughbred racehorse. He obviously hoped his colt would be a contender on the road to the Kentucky Derby, but it still surprised him when it actually happened. It was surreal that his dreams were coming true. There were only a few more races before the Derby, and if Mister Everything did well, he had a shot...
  • Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting

    Curvy Girls Can't Dance by Kelsie Stelting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The strongest bodybuilder in Emerson isn’t a match for my focus.Emerson Dance is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the country. And I got kicked off the team right before nationals because my curves don’t “fit.” Not their idea of a perfect dancer's body and definitely not their costume.I’m going to enter the competition on my own and show them that every body is a dancer’s body...
  • Worst-Case Collin by Rebecca Caprara

    Worst-Case Collin by Rebecca Caprara

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This poignant middle grade novel in verse follows twelve-year-old Collin who manages his anxiety by mapping out survival plans for any disaster or worst-case scenario.Collin is always prepared for something to go wrong. Ever since he lost his mom in a car accident, he's been journaling about how to overcome things like avalanches, riptides, or even a bad case of halitosis...
  • Waiting for Spring, Vol. 1 by Anashin, あなしん

    Waiting for Spring, Vol. 1 by Anashin, あなしん

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A sweet romantic story of a soft-spoken high school freshman and her quest to make friends, Waiting for Spring will delight fans of earnest, fun, and dramatic shojo like Kimi ni Todoke and Say I Love You.Mizuki is a shy girl who's about to enter high school, and vows to open herself up to new friendships...
  • Disorder by J.L. Weil

    Disorder by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Return to Elmwood Academy.My douchebag of a stepbrother is blackmailing me. Carter thinks he can use me to steal something from the Elite, something he is desperate to bury.Reckless.Frantic.Violent.I didn’t ask for this life, and yet I’m caught in the middle of a dangerous game. And the stakes are deadlier. The Elite, four damaged, gorgeous, arrogant guys, think they own me now...
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    sports  contemporary  young adult
  • The Summer Island Festival by Rachel Burton

    The Summer Island Festival by Rachel Burton

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When Willow walks out on her own wedding, there's only one place she can go: Seaview village, on the island she once called home. But she's not the only islander back for the summer...Twelve years ago, Willow ran away to the mainland after her childhood sweetheart, Luc, betrayed her...
  • Summer Promise by Robin Jones Gunn

    Summer Promise by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Teens across the nation have made this series from Robin Jones Gunn a bestseller! Readers can find out for themselves why the series is so popular as they, too, become friends with Christy Miller. She becomes the perfect role model for today's teens by making a commitment to Christ in the first book and then growing in her walk with the Lord in the next eleven books...
  • I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones

    I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    She's the coach's brilliant daughter, clueless about love.He's the dethroned football star, ready to teach Romance 101.When dark secrets and sparks collide, there's no playbook for what happens next. If life were a nerd parade, sixteen-year-old Harper O'Malley would be its grand marshal...
  • Come Friday by Brooke St. James

    Come Friday by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wes Bishop had a real sense of adventure. He left Memphis and moved to London as soon as he graduated high school. It had been nearly seven years since then, and even though Wes missed his family, he was doing really well in England. He had a budding career as a musician and had met the girl of his dreams. He really thought he had everything figured out. Then he met Jolene Wright...
  • Sparks & Embers: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Sparks & Embers: A Romance by Brooke St. James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Autumn Rains went to Lexington, Kentucky on a mission.This was no vacation.She had a very specific goal in mind.Autumn had done research and knew who she would encounter on the Tanner Farm.Photographs of the family were accessible on the internet, so she had an idea of what to expect when she arrived.Autumn was already aware that she would be meeting tall, handsome athletes on her trip...
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