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  • Nana, Vol. 21 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 21 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Reads R to L (Japanese Style). The all-time best-selling shojo title in Japan Tragedy strikes as the Search Weekly team takes their snooping too far! Hounded to the limit by remorseless reporters, Ren spins his car off the icy road in a horrible accident that will change the course of everyone's future..
  • Nana, Vol. 19 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 19 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The all-time best-selling shojo title in Japan R to L (Japanese Style). The tabloid feeding frenzy has finally brought Blast down, but Nana is determined to keep hope alive. She's going to take a gig as a solo artist, and even accept acting jobs she has no interest in. As long as she keeps herself in the spotlight, she knows there's a chance Blast can make a comeback...
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  • Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon

    Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Choices has been split up into three volumes, the second of which covers 6th year (chapters 20-41)...
  • Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Sam Maggs, Rainbow Rowell

    Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Sam Maggs, Rainbow Rowell

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 41 ratings
    The manga adaptation of the beloved novel by #1 Bestselling author Rainbow Rowell! New York Journal of Books Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, everybody is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath just can't let go. Now that they’re in college, Cath must decide if she’s ready to start living her own life...
  • Resistance by Jaye L. Knight

    Resistance by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 16 ratings
    “Don’t you know? Animals like you have no soul.” Could God ever love a half-blood all of society looks upon with such fear and disdain? Jace once believed so, but when a tragic loss shatters the only peace he’s ever known, his faith crumbles as the nagging doubts he’s tried to put behind him descend on his grieving heart...
  • The King's Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight

    The King's Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Following the harrowing events that brought them to Landale Forest, Jace and Kyrin have settled comfortably into their new lives and the mission of protecting those under the emperor’s persecution. The fast approach of winter brings with it the anticipation of a quiet few months ahead...
  • Trial of Magic by K.M. Shea

    Trial of Magic by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Lord Enchanter Evariste has been missing for years. Everyone has given up all hope of finding him—except for Angelique.Because he dared to befriend her when all other mages scorned her due to her dangerous magic, Angelique is determined to find him—no matter the cost. But as years have passed and she has failed to locate Evariste, she’s forced to realize that he was more than a friend...
    Categorized as:
    christian  fantasy  young adult
  • The Gym by Lawrence H. Sola

    The Gym by Lawrence H. Sola

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was five years later. Peter Pan Man still struggled to look forward as regret held him captive in the shadows of his ruined career. Although The Show, his rise-and-fall inspired novel, ushered in the fresh start he craved, it would be a new manuscript, born in the newspaper pages of local business opportunities, which set him on the course he was meant to take...
  • Deny by Tricia Mingerink

    Deny by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    All lies have consequences. Promoted to the top rank among King Respen’s assassins, First Blade Leith Torren hides his involvement with the Resistance. How many lies will it take to protect his secret? Renna Faythe has done nothing but survive for the past four years, but now Leith’s courage inspires her to try to be something more. If only she could figure out what that duty might be...
  • The Forbidden Bond: Book 20 of the Grey Wolves Series by Quinn Loftis

    The Forbidden Bond: Book 20 of the Grey Wolves Series by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vampires and werewolves. Eternal enemies. But one vampire wants to change that by creating something nature, or the Great Luna, never intended. Alice Douglas, a brilliant geneticist, has devoted her life to helping others through science. But when her powerful father coerces her to take a job at a secret government facility, she discovers helping people is nowhere in the job description...
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    new adult  fantasy  young adult
  • I Fell in Love with Hope by Lancali .

    I Fell in Love with Hope by Lancali .

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The heart-wrenching TikTok sensation about a group of terminally ill patients who vow to live the rest of their lives to the fullest and find a love that transforms and transcends.Against the unforgiving landscape of a hospital, a group of terminally ill patients embraces the joys within their friendship, freedom, rebellion...
  • Rainbow Rowell - Box Set: Fangirl & Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

    Rainbow Rowell - Box Set: Fangirl & Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  young adult  fantasy  length-epic
  • Half-Blood by Jaye L. Knight

    Half-Blood by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The gasps and murmuring grew. Though some were hardly more than whispers, clear words reached Jace’s ears—dangerous, monster, animal, soulless. He tried to back away from their accusing eyes, but the collar pulled hard against his throat and held him in place...
  • Deliver by Tricia Mingerink

    Deliver by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    2018 Alliance Award FinalistCan something broken ever heal? Martyn is broken. After torturing his best friend, he doesn't belong anywhere in Acktar. No matter how far he runs, he can't lose his guilt. Leith is broken. While healing from the torture he received at Nalgar Castle, he struggles to find his new role. But can a Blade ever run from his past? The country is broken...
  • Exiles by Jaye L. Knight

    Exiles by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Exiled after their defeat in Samara, the Resistance struggles to find allies in their quest to restore King Balen to his throne and put an end to the emperor’s tyranny. When the crete people refuse to lend their aid, Balen leads a group to Dorland to reason with them and win their support...
  • My Rosebud Boy by Rainbow Rowell

    My Rosebud Boy by Rainbow Rowell

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This short story was written as a bonus for people who ordered SCATTERED SHOWERS from the Bookworm in Omaha, Nebraska. It's an alternate universe story about Simon Snow and Baz Pitch, characters from Rainbow's Simon Snow Trilogy. It was printed by the author in a brochure format...
  • Dare by Tricia Mingerink

    Dare by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Courage could cost him everything. Third Blade Leith Torren never questions his orders or his loyalty to King Respen until an arrow wound and a prairie blizzard drive him to the doorstep of the girls whose family he once destroyed. Their forbidden faith and ties to the Resistance could devastate their family a second time. Survival depends on obedience, but freedom beckons...
  • A Beast as Dark as Night by Jennifer Kropf

    A Beast as Dark as Night by Jennifer Kropf

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once, there was the Truth, which shone as pure as Gold.Then, came a Beast, who devoured Winter's lights.'Twas Gold versus PoisonDarkness versus LightKing versus BeastDay verses NightA Beast as Dark as Night is the epic finale to The Winter Souls Series, a Christmas themed collection with holiday myths and folklore. Ideal for fans of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S...
  • Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 17 by Sorata Akiduki

    Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 17 by Sorata Akiduki

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A romantic retelling of a classic fairy tale about a beautiful herbalist and a lovestruck prince.Shirayuki is an herbalist famous for her naturally bright-red hair, and the prince of Tanbarun wants her all to himself! The prince from the neighboring kingdom, Zen, rescues her from her plight, and thus begins their love story...
  • A Heart as Red as Paint by Jennifer Kropf

    A Heart as Red as Paint by Jennifer Kropf

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Deck the halls with bells and folly..."Helen Bell has changed since facing off with Mara Rouge in the Quarrel of Sword and Bone. But so has Winter.When a Timepiece crosses the intersect to give Helen a set of three warnings in the form of a puzzle, she's forced to re-enter the world she thought she might never see again to solve it before she meets a deadly end.But things are different in Winter...
  • Casual Farming 5: A Slow Living LitRPG by Wolfe Locke, Mike Caliban

    Casual Farming 5: A Slow Living LitRPG by Wolfe Locke, Mike Caliban

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four years have come and gone.Jason Hunter has done a lot of growing up since coming to Summer Shandy.He's learned how to fight, he's grown his cookbook, and he's ended his farm.Friends have been made and ties have been strengthened.Jason is happy with the path his life has taken.Most of all, love has been found.But the hardest part of the journey is yet ahead.Fatherhood...
  • Isle of Sorrows by Shari L. Tapscott

    Isle of Sorrows by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After several setbacks, Soleil, Lukas, Davyn, and the rest of the Greybrow's team finally arrive at the Isle of Sorrows, and the expedition for the mage's legendary spell tome commences...My name is Soleil Eldemyer, and I don’t like pirates. Or giant jellyfish, voltaic dragons, or goblins—all of which we find on the Isle of Sorrows, a melancholy sort of island at the heart of the Cursed Isles...
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    new adult  fantasy  young adult  length-short
  • Daughter of Darkness and Dreams by Anastasis Blythe

    Daughter of Darkness and Dreams by Anastasis Blythe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 6 ratings
    To save her people, she will doom herself. To save her, he’ll die.Finally back home, Meiling finds that returning to her old life as the cursed princess is harder than she imagined. She’s told to rest and recover from her harrowing time in the enemy’s fortress and enjoy the week-long festival.She can’t. Not when Shang faces losing everything—including his life—because of her...
  • The Remedy by Serena Chase

    The Remedy by Serena Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having come to terms with her long-hidden identity, Princess Rynnaia E’veri is ready to take her rightful place. But before she can join her father at Castle Rynwyk, she must endeavor to fulfill a 200-year-old prophecy and defeat the Kingdom’s ancient enemy, the Cobelds...
  • Destroy by Tricia Mingerink

    Destroy by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before the war, before the Blades, before the Leader… There was a boy and a scullery maid and a secret shame. One moonlit night of blood and knives destroyed their country and their lives forever...
  • Bitter Winter by Jaye L. Knight

    Bitter Winter by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Already struggling with a harsh winter and the threat of food shortage, a catastrophic event leaves those in the Landale camps reeling. Just when things couldn’t get much worse, camp members fall ill with the same devastating sickness that’s sweeping across the country.Determined to gain the cure, Jace sets off to Valcré...
  • Test of the Dragon (Dragon Riders of Elantia (Jasmine Walt) #5) by Jasmine Walt

    Test of the Dragon (Dragon Riders of Elantia (Jasmine Walt) #5) by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Zara and Lessie finally got their hands on a piece of the Dragon God’s heart, they thought their path was clear. Head to the Forge of Derynnis, gain the death god’s favor, and convince him to destroy the evil relic once and for all.But getting to the Forge is no simple feat, and it’s not even the first thing on Zara’s list...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  fantasy  young adult  length-short
  • Snow White by K.M. Shea

    Snow White by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Once upon a time, a princess and her stepmother ruled together with all happiness and joy…until the Queen’s chronic headaches and mood swings escalate to violence, and Princess Snow White is forced to flee for her life. Snow White is certain that a dark magic has pushed her once loving stepmother into madness...
  • Hana-Kimi , Vol. 4 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi , Vol. 4 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The popular gender-bender romance is now reissued as a 3-in-1 omnibus!Mizuki Ashiya has such a crush on a track star named Izumi Sano that she moves from the U.S...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  young adult  humor  fantasy  length-long
  • Hana-Kimi , Vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi , Vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The popular gender-bender romance is now reissued as a 3-in-1 omnibus!Mizuki Ashiya has such a crush on a track star named Izumi Sano that she moves from the U.S...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  young adult  humor  fantasy  length-long
  • Hana-Kimi , Vol. 7 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi , Vol. 7 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The popular gender-bender romance is now reissued as a 3-in-1 omnibus!Mizuki Ashiya has such a crush on a track star named Izumi Sano that she moves from the U.S...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  young adult  humor  fantasy  length-long
  • A Crown as Sharp as Pines by Jennifer Kropf

    A Crown as Sharp as Pines by Jennifer Kropf

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm dreaming of a frightful Christmas...The first thing that Patrolman Zane Cohen notices when he meets Helen Bell again in this new season is that she is not herself.The libraries of the Volumes of Wisdom have been burned to ash. Believers of the Truth are disappearing across the snow globe. A Beast of the darkness is taking hostages and building his army in Winter. And Helen..
  • Devils' Line Vol. 3 by Ryo Hanada

    Devils' Line Vol. 3 by Ryo Hanada

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    Anzai grapples with Lee’s bombshell—that drinking human blood can have regenerative, strengthening powers on devil bodies—and Lee offers to share what he knows if Anzai’s comrades hide him away...
  • Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

    Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sohmeng Par is sick of being treated like a child. Ever since a tragic accident brought her mountain community’s coming-of-age ritual to a halt, she’s caused nothing but trouble in her impatience to become an adult. But when she finally has the chance to prove herself, she’s thrown from her life in the mountains and into the terror of the jungle below...
  • Into the Woods: A Mad World Novel by Hannah McBride

    Into the Woods: A Mad World Novel by Hannah McBride

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I became BexAfter being abandoned in my darkest hour by the boy I thought I loved, I tried to rebuild my life. When that didn’t work, I did what any other sane girl would do—moved to the other side of the world. I’ll always be his BeccaWhen Court Woods shows up in Paris, all bets are off...
  • The Piano Girl 2 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray

    The Piano Girl 2 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part One is now FREE. This is part two of The Piano Girl. She plays from memory. Her memories. The continuing saga of a girl, a boy, and the future of a kingdom. This princess to pauper story is filled with prayers, promises and plenty of piano. Part one and two are combined in paperback, which is now available. In 2016, the Counterfeit Princess series will continue with Alia's sister, Wren...
    Categorized as:
    christian  young adult  fantasy  length-short
  • Devil's Line Vol. 4 by Ryo Hanada

    Devil's Line Vol. 4 by Ryo Hanada

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 8 ratings
    Tsukasa insists on seeing that Oryo is cared for at a hospital, defying Anzai’s wish that she stay hidden at their safe house. Before she can even make it inside the hospital, Tsukasa is taken hostage by a desperate Zero Seven, who eventually makes a surprisingly humane choice when facing off with her old comrades...
  • Keeping Kinley by Annette K. Larsen

    Keeping Kinley by Annette K. Larsen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Rylan made me feel like things were possible. Like I was possible, and he was possible, and we could be possible together." Kinley is content tending her apple orchard, until a chance meeting with a childhood friend changes her priorities. Spending time with nobility is not socially acceptable, but Rylan rejects the norm...
  • To Bind Fire by D.E. Carlson

    To Bind Fire by D.E. Carlson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    A powerful imposter. A land torn by war. Their only hope-a child born in innocence. And Iris has killed him.Iris is a frightened girl thrust into a foreign world by her own terrible mistake.Besaun is Crown Prince of the Fire Empire who would rather tinker than assume the throne.Both are fated to save the world.Iris knows little of her past and less of her heritage, but she knows Fire...
  • Winter's Maiden by Morgan L. Busse

    Winter's Maiden by Morgan L. Busse

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Warrior. Survivor. Daughter of the North.From the moment she is born, Brighid fights to survive in the wastelands of Nordica as a clanless one. But when a new power arrives offering a trial to join the Nordic warriors, Brighid enters, hoping to rise above her station. Soon she becomes one of their fiercest fighters and joins the war against the south...
  • Decree by Tricia Mingerink

    Decree by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Adventure Continues.Discover more of The Blades of Acktar in this collection of novellas and short stories.The Blades as They Should’ve BeenA test and the Gathering of Nobles will decide Leith and Martyn’s futures...
  • Gryphon Rider Academy: Year Four: Wild Flight by Elise Hennessy

    Gryphon Rider Academy: Year Four: Wild Flight by Elise Hennessy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ari and I must establish something to last for years to come. Wild Flight.The new, fragile alliance we have with the wild gryphons will be challenged from all sides, as the concept of Wild Flight changes what we believed about the gryphons and who they Link with.While Ari is busy tending to his family, both wild and tame, I help train the newest cadets at the Gryphon Rider Academy...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  fantasy  young adult  length-long
  • Where Darkness Dwells by Andrea Renae

    Where Darkness Dwells by Andrea Renae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A land plagued with darkness and grief is all Amyrah knows, but when luminescent creatures appear in the Vale, her inborn gift awakens and allows her to see the shadows for what they are. Caught between fear and the pull of light on her soul, she must decide whether her convictions are worth shattering the beliefs of those she loves...
  • The Bride of Lycaster by Perci Jay

    The Bride of Lycaster by Perci Jay

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you are brought up to be only a bride, you are nothing until you are married. Then someone else decides what you are. Serafina Ravenwood is a liar. Caught between bloodthirsty giants destroying her homeland and a cruel Duke who shatters her family, Serafina only has one option to survive—marry the heir to the Dukedom of Lycaster...
  • The Meeting Place by Janette Oke, T. Davis Bunn

    The Meeting Place by Janette Oke, T. Davis Bunn

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A Chance Encounter Forever Changed Their Lives--and Destinies.Crafted by two masters of inspirational fiction--Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn--and combining the engaging historical settings, rich characterization, and heartwarming messages quintessential to both authors, The Meeting Place is another timeless story for you to cherish...
  • Daindreth's Traitor by Elisabeth Wheatley

    Daindreth's Traitor by Elisabeth Wheatley

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    To free the man she loves, she must face those who enslaved them both.Against all odds, Amira and Daindreth found the Istovari sorceresses deep within the perilous Cursewood. But that turns out to be only the beginning.They find the sorceresses greatly weakened and lacking the power they once had. The Istovari claim to be unable to free Daindreth from the curse they placed on him...
  • Curse of Magic by K.M. Shea

    Curse of Magic by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Angelique's story continues with Curse of Magic, coming in April 2019! As Angelique's search for Evariste leads her across the continent, she uncovers magic being used in dark and evil ways that hasn’t been seen in centuries: a prince cursed to live as a beast, a land ruled by an evil ogre, and a selkie enslaved by a sea witch. None of these things should be happening. But they are...
  • Secrets in the Mist by Morgan L. Busse

    Secrets in the Mist by Morgan L. Busse

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What’s lurking in the Mist is the least of their worries… In a world where humanity lives in the sky to escape a deadly mist below, Cass’s only goal is survival. That is, until she finds a job on the airship Daedalus as a diver. Now she explores ruined cities, looking for treasure and people’s lost heirlooms until a young man hires her to find the impossible: a way to eradicate the Mist...
  • Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe by Lindsay S. Zrull

    Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe by Lindsay S. Zrull

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Bounced between foster homes since the age of seven, Jessica knows better than to set down roots. Most of the kids at her new Michigan high school think she’s a witch anyway (because, you know, goth). The only one who gives her the time of day is geeky Oscar, who wants to recruit her fashion skills for his amateur cosplay group...
  • Vampire Princess by Cameron Drake

    Vampire Princess by Cameron Drake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm the first Vampire human hybrid. Someday I will reclaim my father's throne. Until then, I'm stuck in freaking high school. No one knows I survived the attack on my royal family all those years ago. I owe my life to my guardians, two ancient Vampires who would give their lives to protect me...
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