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  • Lore Olympus: Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe

    Lore Olympus: Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 38 ratings
    Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!An ingenious take on the Greek Pantheon, Lore Olympus is a modern update on the story of Hades and Persephone...
  • In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn

    In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive.Impossible choices are made, decisions that leave the survivors tormented with grief and regret...
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  • From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender

    From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    Alexis is the last girl you'd expect to sell her soul. She already has everything she needs--an adorable boyfriend, the perfect best friend, and a little sister who's finally recovering after being possessed by an evil spirit, then institutionalized. Alexis is thrilled when her sister joins a club; new friends are just what Kasey needs...
  • The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

    The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 75 ratings
    Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All at the exact moment of Stevie’s greatest triumph . . .She knows who Truly Devious is. She’s solved it. The greatest case of the century...
  • Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

    Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off...
  • The Dying Breath by Alane Ferguson

    The Dying Breath by Alane Ferguson

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Cameryn?s ex-boyfriend is back . . . and ready to kill! Cameryn had thought she was in love with him. He was smart, strong, and would do anything for her?even kill. Kyle O?Neil disappeared after his first attempt on Cameryn?s life at the end of The Angel of Death . Now he is back for his second...
  • Blink by Ted Dekker

    Blink by Ted Dekker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The future changes in the BLINK of an eye...or does it?Seth Borders isn't your average graduate student. For starters, he has one of the world's highest IQs. Now he's suddenly struck by an incredible power--the ability to see multiple potential futures.Still reeling from this inexplicable gift, Seth stumbles upon a beautiful woman named Miriam...
  • The Lightning Conjurer: The Complete Series Collection by Rachel Rener

    The Lightning Conjurer: The Complete Series Collection by Rachel Rener

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Contains the complete Lightning Conjurer series:Book I: THE AWAKENINGBook II: THE ENLIGHTNINGBook III: THE CHRISTENINGBook IV: THE RECKONINGSynopses (includes spoilers in sequel descriptions):THE AWAKENINGThree years ago, Aspen (as she calls herself), woke up in an abandoned cabin without a single memory...
  • Dark Secrets 1 by Elizabeth Chandler

    Dark Secrets 1 by Elizabeth Chandler

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Two girls haunted by the past... and destined to relive it In Legacy of Lies , Megan has to stay with the uptight grandmother she wants nothing to do with. She's determined to get through the visit without any drama, but when she falls into a twisted love triangle with potentially fatal consequences, Megan may be caught up in her family's legacy in more ways than she realizes...
  • Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

    Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    "I won't tell anyone, Echo. I promise." Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been so long since someone touched me like he did. Why did it have to be Noah Hutchins? His dark brown eyes shifted to my covered arms. "You didn't do that-did you? It was done to you?" No one ever asked that question. They stared. They whispered. They laughed. But they never asked.So wrong for each other..
  • Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard

    Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    MY SISTER WANTS THE TRUTH.BUT SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS.For months, my long-lost twin, Emma, has been living my life and trying to solve my murder. She's unearthed dark secrets about my friends, my family, and my tangled past. But when it comes to finding my killer, she keeps running into dead ends.Until my body shows up in Sabino Canyon...
  • Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Psychic Kate Edwards had her first premonition—a vision of her own murder by a faceless attacker. With very few clues to go on, she has to use her psychic gifts to uncover who wants her dead. Paranoia sets in and Kate wonders if there’s anybody she can trust. As Kate fears her impending death, she’s desperate to seek comfort with her ex-boyfriend Jared Corbett...
  • Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    On a misty cliffside, mystery and romance await. . . . Ivy Calhoun's life has been turned upside down. Her new stepdad has uprooted Ivy and her mom, bringing them to live in an actual castle in the misty Scottish countryside. There are stone-faced servants and shadowy corridors, and the ancient walls seem full of secrets. Ivy is at once frightened and intrigued...
  • The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah

    The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A heartfelt novel of shedding secrets, facing the past, and embracing the magic of love and family by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.After the untimely deaths of her aunt and mother, young Riley Mays moved from Chicago to her cousins’ Wisconsin farm...
  • Echoes by Melinda Metz

    Echoes by Melinda Metz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can't believe she did that . . . . . . at four-thirty I have to . . . . . . I hate this place . . . Rae Voight is losing her mind. When she walks down the halls of Sanderson Prep, she hears voices . . . even when no one is talking. Other people's thoughts crowd her head, a confusing tangle of insecurities and dark secrets...
  • Chasing Hadley by Jessica Sorensen

    Chasing Hadley by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Hadley Harlyton’s life has always been about three things:1. Making sure her three younger sisters stay out of trouble.2. Getting good grades so she can get into a decent college.3. Drag racing.She doesn’t have time for anything else, especially guys and dating. So when her family moves to the rural town of Honeyton, and right next door to the Porterson brothers, her life gets thrown for a turn...
  • A Girl Like Me by Ginger Scott

    A Girl Like Me by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m not supposed to be here. Death has come for me more than once, and each time it’s been a boy who’s stood between me and my final breath. I called him Christopher when he saved me as a child. When he came into my life again, only months ago, I knew him as Wes. Just as he did the time before, he disappeared the moment he made sure I was out of harm’s way; as if I didn’t need any more saving...
  • Gasp by Lisa McMann

    Gasp by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    After narrowly surviving two harrowing tragedies, Jules now fully understands the importance of the visions that she and people around her are experiencing. She’s convinced that if the visions passed from her to Sawyer after she saved him, then they must now have passed from Sawyer to one of the people he saved...
  • This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter

    This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A new heart saved her life—but will it help her find out what really happened to its donor?Seventeen-year-old Leah MacKenzie is heartless. An artificial heart in a backpack is keeping her alive. However, this route only offers her a few years. And with her rare blood type, a transplant isn’t likely. Living like you are dying isn’t all it’s cracked up to be...
  • Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 51 ratings
    Danger is hard to resist in this sexy thriller from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga. Brit Pheiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn't prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join her...
  • Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

    Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 73 ratings
    For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe that she would be abandoned as a young child, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice’s old journals...
  • Blink Once by Cylin Busby

    Blink Once by Cylin Busby

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    West is a high school senior who has everything going for him until an accident leaves him paralyzed. Strapped down in his hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, West is terrified and alone. Until he meets Olivia. She's the girl next door-sort of...
  • Gravestone by Travis Thrasher

    Gravestone by Travis Thrasher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His Fear Will Soon Turn to Anger….   At first, Chris Buckley was simply warned. And watched. But as Chris unravels the haunting riddles of the town of Solitary, he finds that much more than the life of a town is at stake. Whether facing a pastor with a house full of skeletons or a cousin he never knew existed, Chris is forced to choose between light and darkness, life and nightmarish death...
  • Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts

    Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 61 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a novel of redemption and suspense, as a woman haunted by the unsolved murder of her childhood friend returns to her small South Carolina hometown. . . .Tory Bodeen grew up in a run-down house where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt—and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish...
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  • Twisted by Sara Shepard

    Twisted by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    It’s been a year since the torturous notes from A stopped and the mystery of Alison DiLaurentis’s disappearance was finally put to rest. Now seniors in high school, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily are older, but they’re not any wiser. The pretty little liars have more secrets than ever - twisted secrets that could destroy the perfect lives they’ve worked so hard to rebuild...
  • It's All In My Head by Kristen James

    It's All In My Head by Kristen James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Avery Waldorf wakes up from a concussion to find a voice inside her head—an adventurous male voice belonging to Marcus, who doesn’t know where he came from, but has an opinion on everything about her life. She just wants to work on her screenplay, go to her writing classes and flirt with the guy of her dreams, Nash, who is finally noticing her...
  • Starlee's Hope by Angel Lawson

    Starlee's Hope by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Now that Dexter has fulfilled his probation and the twins are back home, things are looking good for the Starlee and the boys next door.Except with Sierra gone, her mother taking over as foster parent and the stresses of senior year ahead, Starlee must learn to navigate life in Lee Vines a whole new way...
  • Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard

    Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    IT'S NOT EASY BEING ME.BUT MY TWIN SISTER HAS NO CHOICE.When I died two months ago, my killer told my twin sister to become me - or else. Now Emma has it down to a T. She tosses her hair with the signature Sutton Mercer flip and can lead a Lying Game prank with the best of them. She's even repairing my relationship with my adoptive family. The only thing she hasn't done is solve my murder...
  • The Silver Prince by Lyndsey Hall

    The Silver Prince by Lyndsey Hall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *See all of the books in the Once Upon a Prince Series HERE.*A soldier who conjures shadows.A princess cursed to dance.A mystery none can solve.The people of the Silver Isle are brutes. Savages who live in darkness for half the year. They are not to be trusted, or so Princess Isadora has been raised to believe. As Crown Princess of the Golden Isle, she is the shining light of her kingdom...
  • This is Not a Horror Movie by Sara Dobie Bauer

    This is Not a Horror Movie by Sara Dobie Bauer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Emory Jones loves two things: horror movies and Connor Nichols.For the past four years, Emory, Connor, and their families have vacationed side by side on Longboat Key, Florida. Eighteen-year-old Emory has pined for his neighbor from behind the covers of Stephen King books, but college boy Connor has never noticed him. Probably because Emory looks like Jack Skellington with good hair...
  • Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard

    Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    MY FRIENDS AND I USED TO PLAY LYING GAMES.NOW MY TWIN SISTER IS LIVING ONE.When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we’re both learning just how flawed my family really is...
  • Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty, Vol. 2 by Megumi Morino

    Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty, Vol. 2 by Megumi Morino

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This funny and heartrending romantic manga set in modern Tokyo is not the fairy tale you remember! This time, Prince Charming is a teenage janitor, and this Sleeping Beauty’s curse is a supernatural, gender-bending dream that threatens to pull them both into a deeper and deeper slumber…THE UNINVITEDDespite being a scaredy-cat and crybaby, high schooler Tetsu finds himself working at the eerie...
  • Vanished by Kate Brian

    Vanished by Kate Brian

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Against all odds, Reed Brennan re-established Billings as an underground literary society. She and the new initiates created a glamorous secret headquarters and were ready to show Easton Academy that even though Billings House is gone, the Billings Girls are stronger than ever. But before Reed had a chance to revel in her success, something horrible happened: Noelle disappeared...
  • Untraceable by Shelli R. Johannes

    Untraceable by Shelli R. Johannes

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    16-year-old Grace has lived in the Smokies all her life, patrolling with her forest ranger father who taught her about wildlife, tracking, and wilderness survival. When her dad goes missing on a routine patrol, Grace refuses to believe he’s dead and fights the town authorities, tribal officials, and nature to find him...
  • In the Fading Light by Tara Brown

    In the Fading Light by Tara Brown

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Separated by a curse but bound by love. In the fading light of the night, their eyes meet where their lips cannot. It is a single second that sustains their love. From the moment her eyes met his, Estelle Dumont was captivated. Her heart would always be his. But Edmond Lamont's heart wasn't entirely hers...
  • Tempest by C.L. Stone

    Tempest by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kayli Winchester is on the run. Chased out of the hospital when Alice returns with a warning that she'll be coming for Kayli soon. Emergency protocol is initiated. Axel, Raven, Corey, Brandon, and Marc are preparing to run themselves. They need to separate from the Academy to protect everyone from the danger...
  • The Wilde Trials by MacKenzie Reed

    The Wilde Trials by MacKenzie Reed

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the acclaimed author of The Rosewood Hunt comes a thrilling new mystery about a high-stakes competition packed with shocking twists, second chances, and deadly deceit, where allies—and enemies—are the people you’d least expect.Chloe Gatti will do whatever it takes to win her elite boarding school’s annual competition, the Wilde Trials...
  • Frost Burn by Erica Stevens, Leslie Mitchell

    Frost Burn by Erica Stevens, Leslie Mitchell

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    After years of running, Quinn has finally found a town to settle down in while she searches for the man who tore her life apart. Despite her every intention not to, she’s started to put down some roots and make friends. However, the small bit of solace she’s found is quickly shattered when a group of vampires walk into the bar where she works and turn her life upside down...
  • The Redpoint Crux by Morgan Shamy

    The Redpoint Crux by Morgan Shamy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fans of The Phantom of the Opera and Black Swan will enjoy this thrilling debut. When Megan Van Helsburg gets kicked off the U.S.A. Climbing Team, she has no choice but to return home and leave her climbing career behind. With no coach, no money, and no prospects, she joins the corps de ballet determined to improve her strength and agility. But the ballet theater is in dire straits...
  • Perfect by Sara Shepard

    Perfect by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 64 ratings
    The #1  New York Times  bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars and the upcoming HBO spin-off series Pretty Little Original Sin ! In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four perfect-looking girls aren’t nearly as perfect as they seem. Aria can’t resist her forbidden ex. Hanna is on the verge of losing her BFF. Emily is freaking out over a simple kiss...
  • Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry

    Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Echoes Between Us is bestselling author Katie McGarry’s breakout teen contemporary novel about a girl with everything to lose and the boy who will do anything to save her.Veronica sees ghosts―more specifically, her mother’s ghost, thanks to the blinding migraines that consume her whole life and keep Veronica on the fringes...
  • Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard

    Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    My perfect life was a lie.Now I'd do anything to uncover the truth.Not long ago, I had everything a girl could wish for: amazing friends, an adorable boyfriend, a loving family. But none of them know that I'm gone--that I'm dead. To solve my murder, my long-lost twin sister, Emma, has taken my place. She sleeps in my room, wears my clothes, and calls my parents Mom and Dad...
  • Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard

    Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Sutton Mercer watches from the afterlife as her long-lost twin, Emma Paxton, takes over her identity to solve her murder. But after ruling out her early leads, Emma still hasn’t found Sutton’s killer. A lot of people wanted her dead—but one name keeps popping up: Thayer Vega...
  • Runaway by Meg Cabot

    Runaway by Meg Cabot

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    Emerson Watts is on the run: from school, from work, from her family, from her friends, from herself. With everyone she loves furious with her for something she can't explain, and nothing but the live Stark Angel fashion show on New Year's Eve to look forward to, Em's reached the end of her rope..
  • Fight Like a Tomboy by Stephanie Street

    Fight Like a Tomboy by Stephanie Street

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kelly is a tomboy with a chip on her shoulder. He’s her worst enemy.Jared Oliver. Just hearing his name makes me want to scream! He thinks he’s all that but I know better. He’s just an arrogant jerk and I want nothing to do with him. Hopefully, now that we’ve graduated, I’ll never have to see him again.Wrong.Kelly Harris. I’ve been crushing hard on the super-hot tomboy since the day I met her...
  • He's My Only Vampire, Vol. 2 by Aya Shouoto

    He's My Only Vampire, Vol. 2 by Aya Shouoto

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When Dealer suddenly appears, Kana learns in the ensuing scuffle just what it means to be a Pureblood vampire's "thrall...
  • Stunning by Sara Shepard

    Stunning by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Now a hit ABC Family TV show, Sara Shepard’s #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series continues with Stunning. In the eleventh novel, A is still out there, lurking in the shadows and digging up the liars’ latest secrets... Emily’s reconnecting with an old flame, one baby step at a time...
  • Neverwas by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed

    Neverwas by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "I was sixteen the second time I had my first kiss...." At the end of AMBER HOUSE, Sarah made a choice that transformed everything--and now she must choose it all again. Things are very different--better--for Sarah and her family: her Aunt Maggie grew up; her parents are happily married; her grandmother died after a long, productive and respected life...
  • Fated Dreams by Christina Smith

    Fated Dreams by Christina Smith

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do you believe in true love? Sarah Samson doesn't until she meets hers. But for Sarah, meeting the guy of her dreams comes with a price. On the outside Sarah looks like she has it all--friends, a loving family, and a hobby she's really good at. But if you look closer, Sarah's keeping secrets from everyone in her life, even...Lucas...
  • Silent Harmony by Michele Scott

    Silent Harmony by Michele Scott

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Small town seventeen-year-old Vivienne Taylor is a talented equestrian with Olympic dreams and a little something extra going on she is also an equine empath, someone who has the ability to read horses minds and moods...
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