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A Thousand Small Explosions by John Marrs
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsOne simple mouth swab is all it takes. One tiny DNA test to find your perfect partner - the one you're genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one person, millions have taken the test, desperate to find true love.Now, five more people take the test. But even soul mates have secrets... -
Brother of the King Consort by Amizah R
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s been seven years since Cassian pulled the trigger, and six since he left Old Dome territory, hoping never to return. Even with the time spent away, nightmares still plagued his sleep and anxiety still rode his senses... -
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsEisner Award-nominated writer KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (X-Factor) present the premiere volume of BITCH PLANET, their critically acclaimed and deliciously vicious sci-fi satire. Think Margaret Atwood meets Inglourious Basterds. Discussion guide included. Collects BITCH PLANET #1-5... -
The Nations by K.A. Knight
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWar came to the Wastelands and blood and death followed. The Cities will stop at nothing to take what is ours, even if it brings us to the brink of extinction once again.With many dead or dying, it is my duty to make the ultimate sacrifice to save us all.My name is Worth, The Champion, Berserker Queen…This is my ending.Long live the Berserker Queen... -
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More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsPart Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, part Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Adam Silvera's extraordinary debut confronts race, class, and sexuality during one charged near-future summer in the Bronx. Sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto is struggling to find happiness after a family tragedy leaves him reeling...Categorized as:
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Cruelest Oblivion by Michelle Heard
From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard, comes a new, full-length Dystopian Romance novel.Over the past four decades, the dome over our Ecocity has protected us from the deviants living in the forbidden territory. Since the great war ended, our lives have consisted of virtue and order... -
Rushed by Kerri Ann
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the accident I became no one… I’m a blank slate. I don’t remember the larger things you take for granted, like who am I, where I live, or if I have a family. I remember nothing of importance. The only clues are in the ruins that surround me. Walking into the club, the growly voice behind me entices me to learn about myself. To look at this moment instead of the past... -
Fighting for Rain by B.B. Easton
The world was supposed to end on April 23, but Rainbow Williams’s world ended days before that. The mass hysteria caused by the impending apocalypse claimed everything she’d ever loved. Her family. Her city. Her will to live. Until she met him. Wes Parker didn’t have anything left for the apocalypse to take … he’d already lost it all by the time he was nine years old. His family... -
I Am the Weapon by Allen Zadoff
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsPreviously published under the title Boy Nobody They needed the perfect assassin.Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in school, the one few notice and nobody thinks much about. He shows up in a new high school in a new town under a new name, makes a few friends and doesn't stay long. Just long enough for someone to die -- of "natural causes... -
The Marriage Act by John Marrs
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhat if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills — the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single... -
Something to Die For by Kaye Blue
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSomething bad was happening out there.I tried to pay attention, but I was busy.A doctor at the state prison, taking care of the worst of the worst.People like Lucas Crowe.But I missed the danger, and now it’s too late.The world out there is over. And I’m trapped in here...Categorized as:
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His Darkest Devotion by Addison Cain
In the dark embrace of their bond, Lorieyn belongs to Cyderial in every sense—except one. She does not love him. As war threatens to tear their world apart, the terrifying general will risk everything in the battle to conquer her fears and draw her to him. To prove himself worthy of possessing her mind, body, and soul. Teach her that she will be fulfilled kneeling at his feet...Categorized as:
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The Walled City by Ryan Graudin
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 32 ratings730. That's how many days I've been trapped. 18. That's how many days I have left to find a way out. DAI, trying to escape a haunting past, traffics drugs for the most ruthless kingpin in the Walled City. But in order to find the key to his freedom, he needs help from someone with the power to be invisible... -
Her Dark Protector by Felicity Brandon
"Fortorus they called it—for the brave—but as we passed through the colossal iron gates inside the prison, I knew better. This place wasn’t about fortitude or resilience. It wasn’t about hard work or stamina. This was a place to put us until they decided what to do with us. It was a place to torment us, to break us down.It was hell."Great Britain, 2024... -
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When It Ends by Penelope Black
What if the end is just their beginning? They stole my heart at fourteen and broke it before we even graduated high school. It’s been five years since I’ve seen them, and only a twist of fate reunites us when the mountain falls. It’s the first disaster in a predicted apocalypse—a string of natural disasters that could be catastrophic. It’s the beginning of the end of everything. Finis omnibus... -
Panic TV Tie-in Edition by Lauren Oliver
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a captivating, thrilling novel of fear, friendship, courage, and hope that will leave readers gasping for air... -
Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
Would you trade your soul mate for your soul?A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love...Categorized as:
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Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie
I promised to avenge my parents.But their killer is still on the loose, and he's stolen more than my parents' lives. Now, as he draws closer to his mysterious goals, he's poised to destroy what little I have left.I promised to translate an ancient grimoire.But it holds the secrets of my family—and the secret history of demon summoning. I fear its answers as much as I need them...Categorized as:
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Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Anna Latham didn’t know how complicated life could be until she became a werewolf. And until she was mated to Charles Cornick, the son — and enforcer — of Bran, the leader of the North American werewolves, she didn’t know how dangerous it could be either..Categorized as:
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Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsJane Yellowrock must dig deep and find strength within herself if she is to survive in the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series.Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker, and vampire killer-for-hire, but her last battle with an ancient arcane enemy has brought her low... -
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
The specter of graduation looms large as Naomi Novik’s trilogy continues in the sequel to A Deadly Education.In Wisdom, Shelter. That’s the official motto of the Scholomance. I suppose you could even argue that it’s true—only the wisdom is hard to come by, so the shelter’s rather scant... -
Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dark-Hunter: an immortal warrior who has traded his soul to Artemis for one moment of vengeance on his enemies. In return, they swear to spend eternity protecting mankind from the daimons and vampires that prey on them. Valerius isn't a popular Dark-Hunter - he's a Roman, which means that the largely Greek Hunters have a major grudge against him and his civilization for superceding them... -
Phantom Game by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsUnbridled passion collides with an unearthly danger in this GhostWalker novel... -
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 5 by Kore Yamazaki, Adrienne Beck
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA Fairy In NeedChise has taken great strides in overcoming her dark past, and is ready for a brighter future by Elias' side. As for the magus himself, he is finally able to put a name to the strange emotion he's been feeling for Chise. Meanwhile, a deadly threat looms. When a panicked fairy appears at Chise's bedside, begging for help, is there anything the young, novice mage can do.. -
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In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken
Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds... -
Kye by Nyssa Kathryn
Sometimes it’s in the depths of hell, that one finds their angel.Samantha Jacobs thought she was aiding her government. She believed the chip she created, the one that could change the world, would be used for the good of mankind. But it was all a lie…and she discovered the truth too late. Now, Samantha will suffer dearly for her mistake... -
Cold Reign by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker…and the woman rogue vampires fear most. Jane walks softly and carries a big stake to keep the peace in New Orleans, all part of her job as official Enforcer to Leo Pellissier, Master of the City. But Leo's reign is being threatened by a visit from a delegation of ancient European vampires seeking to expand their dominions... -
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp... -
A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her -- not necessarily in that order. Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past... -
Garrett's Destiny by Rebecca Zanetti
Pulsing with passion, adventure, and paranormal suspense and romance, the latest novel inaward-winning and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti’s Dark Protectors series delivers an immortal hero and a dream come true . . .Love and danger . .
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