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  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 157 ratings
    A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.“Treat yourself to this book, please - I can’t recommend it highly enough.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love)“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers...
  • Sleighed by the Farmer's Daughter: A Clean Small-Town Holiday Romance by Deanna Lilly

    Sleighed by the Farmer's Daughter: A Clean Small-Town Holiday Romance by Deanna Lilly

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He thought his holidays were ruined until he was rescued by... an elf in Santa’s sleigh. Christmas just got interesting.Seth hasn’t been home for Christmas in over a decade, but now his niece and sister-in-law demand his presence. Last-minute complications at the factory mean driving hours through a snowstorm. One wrong turn, and he finds himself stranded on a farm in the middle of nowhere...
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  • Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

    Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 52 ratings
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible...
  • The Girl from Snowy River by Jackie French

    The Girl from Snowy River by Jackie French

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particularly for orphaned sixteen-year-old Flinty McAlpine, who lost a brother when the Snowy River men marched away to war...
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    war  young adult  historical  contemporary  racism
  • Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    At just ten years old, Tommy has already been through more horror than most people suffer their entire lives. So when he’s placed in his latest foster home, under the gentle care of Abe and Alabama Powers, he lashes out. He’s scared, confused, angry…and convinced it won’t be long before these new foster parents send him away, too. No one wants a boy his age, especially one who’s broken, dirty...
  • Kodomo no Omocha 03 by Miho Obana, Gualtiero Cannarsi

    Kodomo no Omocha 03 by Miho Obana, Gualtiero Cannarsi

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Take one young actress used to getting her way, add a handful of ruthless bullies, some humorous twists, and a plastic toy hammer, and you've got the recipe for one crazy story Kodocha follows the antics of Sana, a spoiled 11-year-old TV star, and Hayama, a 6th grade Machiavelli who terrorizes both his teachers and his classmates...
  • A Spying Eye by Michelle Cox

    A Spying Eye by Michelle Cox

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In this sixth book of the series, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London, they are approached by their old friend, Inspector John Hartle, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, a famous Renaissance painting, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit...
  • Kodomo no Omocha 02 by Miho Obana, Barbara Chies

    Kodomo no Omocha 02 by Miho Obana, Barbara Chies

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    12-year old Sana Kurata is used to getting what she wants - even in love. Ever since she hired her manager, a man 10 years her senior who she calls her "gigalo," she thought it was true love. When Rei shows his feelings for a woman his own age, Sana realizes that Rei's feelings for her are anything but romantic...
  • Owen by V.H. Nicolson

    Owen by V.H. Nicolson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I was born into privilege.I had it all; the house, the car, more money than I knew what to do with.But it came at a price.Expectation.An arranged marriage to a woman who couldn’t bear to look at me to grow the family empire.As I stood at the altar, the weight of that burden became too much.So, I did the only thing I could. I ran.To another country and straight into the arms of another woman...
  • Maraschino Cherry by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Maraschino Cherry by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker!Could her frustrating next-door neighbor be the one man who discovers her Little side?No-nonsense detective Nicoya Stevens doesn't tolerate any shenanigans at the police station or in her personal life. After a disastrous work day, the last thing she needs is to find the landscaper planting a neighbor's cherry tree on her property...
  • Blurring the Lines: Nothing Left to Lose, Part II by Kirsty Moseley

    Blurring the Lines: Nothing Left to Lose, Part II by Kirsty Moseley

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blurring the Lines is a direct continuation of Guarding the Broken. To enjoy this novel, you need to have read the FREE Part 1. With Ashton at her side, Anna begins to feel more like her old self again. Together, they’re rebuilding her life and attempting to heal old wounds. The more time they spend together, the closer they become, but unfortunately this only serves to complicate matters further...
  • As Time Goes By by Melody Carlson

    As Time Goes By by Melody Carlson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In 1942 San Francisco, war has touched every part of the Mulligans’ lives. With their brother killed at Pearl Harbor, their father recovering from tuberculosis, and their eldest sister a nurse in the Army, those at home are left to keep on, wondering if it’s possible to thrive…or only to survive...
  • Can’t Catch My Breath by Sarah Sutton

    Can’t Catch My Breath by Sarah Sutton

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Addy Arden lives in a land called denial.After losing her dad in a car accident, she’d rather pretend things were okay than be crushed by grief and guilt. Her friends buy the fake smiles and her mom doesn’t seem to notice…or care.And Addy is doing great until she’s paired with Vincent Castello, the most intimidating senior at Greenville High, for a class project...
  • Redeem by Rachel Schurig

    Redeem by Rachel Schurig

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Cash Ransome is a rock star with a bad reputation. When his hard partying lifestyle finally catches up with him, his brothers and band-mates convince him it’s time to get out of the spotlight. A few weeks in the middle of nowhere sounds like the worst kind of punishment to Cash—until he meets Sam...
  • When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw

    When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Tucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York City in 1990 at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Named "this summer's most powerful LGBTQ+ novel" by GAY TIMES, this book is perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H. K. Choi.Film fanatic Adam is seventeen and being asked out on his first date—and the guy is cute...
  • Retribution by Cristin Harber

    Retribution by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Fallen Navy SEAL and Titan Group’s Delta recruit Trace Reeves wants nothing more than a one-night stand to forget that his twin brother was killed-in-action. But when his one-time fling becomes his high value target, the lines blur between her rescue mission and saving himself. Delta: Retribution is the first title in the new Delta series, a spin off from the Titan series...
  • Broken Lives by Brenda Kennedy

    Broken Lives by Brenda Kennedy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emma Greyson thought she had it all, until she was faced with Alec Collins’ ugly past. While Alec tries to leave the past in the past and move on to the future, his wife, Molly, has other plans for her husband. After Emma is stalked and taunted by Molly, Alec makes a decision that could change everything...
  • Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor

    Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    A gripping novel about family secrets…and coming home for the first time. Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she’s never even met...
  • Beautiful Dreams by Alicia Rae

    Beautiful Dreams by Alicia Rae

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kyle has mended Lily’s broken heart, and as they have fallen in love, all she dreams of is finally having her happily ever after. But as time goes on, Lily can no longer ignore the desire to know more about Kyle's past. When she learns more, she will discover if she can heal Kyle’s heartache as he has done for her...
  • Stay With Me by Mila Gray

    Stay With Me by Mila Gray

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Didi Monroe’s waited her whole life for the type of romance you see in the movies, so when Hollywood heartthrob Zac Ridgemont sweeps her off her feet, Didi believes she might finally have met the one. While Zac’s away filming for the summer, Didi begins her internship at a military hospital in California. There, she meets wounded Marine Noel Walker...
  • Return To Me by Jill Sanders

    Return To Me by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Becca and Nick were destined to be together. He was the love of her life, or so she thought. Then tragedy strikes and Becca is left heartbroken and devastated. The road to recovery seems almost hopeless at times, but with love and support from the good people of Pride, she's looking forward to putting the past behind her...
  • Call Sign Karma by Jamie Rae

    Call Sign Karma by Jamie Rae

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love in the no-fly zone… Distraught over the loss of her brother in a fighter jet accident, Tinklee Pinkerton decides to follow in his footsteps—and prove the tragedy wasn’t his fault...
  • Chasing Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Chasing Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrew Reid had his whole life mapped out. Serve his country for four years and then return home to marry his high school sweetheart. Sadie Pierce had everything her heart desired. Sacrificing her life of privilege to be with Clayton West was an easy choice. This is the story of two people who thought they had it all...
  • Words Composed of Sea and Sky by Erica George

    Words Composed of Sea and Sky by Erica George

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Michaela Dunn dreams of getting into an art school, but when her stepfather refuses to fund a trip there for a poetry workshop, Michaela enters a local contest searching for a poet to write the dedication plaque for a statue honoring Captain Benjamin Churchill, a whaler who died at sea over one hundred years ago...
  • SEALs of Winter: A military romance superbundle by Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy

    SEALs of Winter: A military romance superbundle by Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Nine alpha Navy SEAL romance heroes from your favorite NYT & USA Today bestselling authors. Brand new Christmas military romances from Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy, Jennifer Lowery, Elle James, Anne Marsh, S. M. Butler, Delilah Devlin, Kimberley Troutte, and Zoe York! Sequel to the NYT and USA bestselling SEALs of Summer boxed set...
  • SEAL The Deal by Sharon Hamilton

    SEAL The Deal by Sharon Hamilton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Special Operator Nick Dunn gets the call he has been dreading since before his last deployment. His sister is in her final stages of cancer. He and his Team 3 roommate drive up to Sonoma County from Coronado to help her shut down her failing nursery business and tie up her final affairs. Nick only vaguely remembers Devon Brandeburg, his sister’s best friend, but boy has she grown up...
  • Concealed by Selena Laurence

    Concealed by Selena Laurence

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two years ago, Gabe Thompson stood in the desert of Afghanistan and watched the love of his life drive away. When his tour of duty ended six months later, she wasn’t waiting. Now Gabe’s ready to go after the one thing his life is missing – the woman he’s never been able to forget. Twenty-year-old Alexis Garcia rues the day she decided to volunteer for a UN mission to Afghanistan...
  • Hero Book 3 - The Battle: Military Romance by M.S. Parker

    Hero Book 3 - The Battle: Military Romance by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is the final book in MS Parker's HERO series. No more cliffhangers! The series is now complete. Haze Welch has done something stupid. He's fallen for the girl he's being paid to protect. Worse than that, while he's home for a family emergency, his charge is kidnapped. As he races back to LA, he's determined to do whatever it takes to find Leighton and make sure she's safe again...
  • Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly by Marie Bostwick

    Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly by Marie Bostwick

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the author of The Restoration of Celia Fairchild, comes a novel about the meaning of family and the places we call home. If you love "southern summer" fiction authors like Mary Alice Monroe and Kristy Woodson Harvey you'll love this delicious novel about family, friendship, and finding your true path in life...
  • For the Summer by Camille Harte

    For the Summer by Camille Harte

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It's 1983 and eleven-year-old Cat Rossi watches the launch ramp at her dad's marina in Arizona. She's used to the carousel of single summer friends who visit until she meets Will Henderson, the only son of a wealthy doctor. They bond over ice cream, boat rides, and pinky promises, and when August ends, Will vows to come back next year...
  • Cross My Heart: And Hope to Live by Carmen Reid

    Cross My Heart: And Hope to Live by Carmen Reid

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A gripping story of espionage and war-time resistance from bestselling author, Carmen Reid.Brussels, 1940. Fifteen-year-old Nicole watches as the Nazis invade Belgium. Determined not to stand by as her country is brought to its knees, Nicole vows to fight back and joins the Belgian Resistance...
  • Revenge by Meli Raine

    Revenge by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    MY HEART WANTS A KIND OF JUSTICE THE LAW CAN’T GIVE Everything I know about my life is a lie. The more I dig into my father’s death the more I find myself in peril. Mark turns out to be a liar, someone I thought I could trust. He’s not what he seems, and worst of all, a part of me can’t let go...
  • Reunion by Meli Raine

    Reunion by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    MY HEART WANTS A KIND OF JUSTICE THE LAW CAN’T GIVE You can think you’ve had everything stolen from you. That there’s nothing left to lose. You would be wrong. My best friend’s been kidnapped. I was just captured. What I thought was a massive drug operation run by a man who killed my father turns out to be ten times more horrific. I’m trapped. My best friend may be dead...
    Categorized as:
    military  young adult  suspense  contemporary
  • Margot & Me by Juno Dawson

    Margot & Me by Juno Dawson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes love has to cross all kinds of barriers . . .Fliss is on the way to visit her grandmother in Wales - the grandmother who she doesn't get on with - with her mother who is recuperating from chemotherapy...
  • Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman

    Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    SPANNING THREE GENERATIONS AND HALF THE WORLD, WILDFLOWER HILL IS A SWEEPING, ROMANTIC, AND COMPELLING STORY OF TWO WOMEN WHO SHARE A LEGACY OF SECRETS, HEARTBREAK, COURAGE, AND LOVE. Emma, a prima ballerina in London, is at a crossroads after an injured knee ruins her career. Forced to rest and take stock of her life, she finds that she’s mistaken fame and achievement for love and fulfillment...
  • Wait for Me by Caroline Leech

    Wait for Me by Caroline Leech

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    It’s 1945, and Lorna Anderson’s life on her father’s farm in Scotland consists of endless chores and rationing, knitting Red Cross scarves, and praying for an Allied victory. So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Lorna is appalled...
  • Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt

    Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ryder Axton I always fight hard, fuck harder, and never let myself get personally involved. But my assignment, to apprehend Eduardo Miguel comes to a grinding halt when I find a missing federal witness held captive in his basement. It becomes fucking personal, fast! Keeping Farrington safe, even if it—or more likely she—kills me, is now my only mission...
  • Make Mine A Ranger by Kate Aster

    Make Mine A Ranger by Kate Aster

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It's not him. It can't be him..." 24-year-old Bess Foster has a three-year-old daughter she cherishes... friends she adores... and an Army Ranger she's been fantasizing about for nearly four years. But she also has a past that haunts her: an abusive ex-boyfriend she fled to protect her child. She thought she was free of him... till she saw his face again...
  • Capturing Peace by Molly McAdams

    Capturing Peace by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Coen Steele has spent the last five years serving his country. Now that he's back, he's finally ready to leave behind the chaos of the battlefield and pursue his lifelong dream. What he wasn't expecting was the feisty sister of one of his battle buddies—who has made it obvious that she wants nothing to do with him—to intrigue him in a way no woman has before...
  • The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

    The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Saturdays can make dreams come true when the Melendy children take turns to spend their pooled allowances. Actor Mona 13 recites poetry and Shakespeare at the drop of a hat. Engineer Rush 12, mischievous, builds Meccano bridges. Miranda "Randy" 10 dances and paints pictures. Oliver, 6, calm and thoughtful, is a train engineer. Father writes. Housekeeper Cuffy mothers...
  • The London House by Katherine Reay

    The London House by Katherine Reay

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An uncovered family secret sets one woman on the journey of a lifetime through the history of Britain’s WWII spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris in an effort to understand her past, save her family, and claim her future.One call could bring ruin to her family name...
  • The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor

    The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Now:Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn’t there for pastries and walks along the Seine. When her grandmother passed away two months ago, she left Alice an apartment in France that no one knew existed. An apartment that has been locked for more than seventy years...
  • Doctors by Erich Segal

    Doctors by Erich Segal

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962.  His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors--what makes them tick, scheme, hurt . . . and love...
  • Speak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George

    Speak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Six teenagers’ lives intertwine during one thrilling summer full of romantic misunderstandings and dangerous deals in this sparkling retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. After she gets kicked out of boarding school, seventeen-year-old Beatrice goes to her uncle’s estate on Long Island. But Hey Nonny Nonny is more than just a rundown old mansion...
  • How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles

    How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Amy Nelson-Barak, 17, is back in this third installment about a Jewish-American teen learning how to live and love in peace. She signs up for 10 days of training with the Israel Defense Force as soon as she finds out that her long-distance boyfriend, Avi, will be on base as well. But things turn out to be different from what she'd hoped for...
  • Sealed by S.J. Sawyer

    Sealed by S.J. Sawyer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every girl deserves to find the guy who will make her forget her heart was ever broken... Avery Bishop leaves her comfortable Southern life in Texas behind to get the hell away from the ex-love of her life, Jacks. Moving in with her friend Miranda Jones in Baltimore, she gets more than she bargained for right from the start...
  • Finding Jordie by H.J. Harley

    Finding Jordie by H.J. Harley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A widow of eight years, Jordie is devoted to her daughter and knows how to protect her own heart... until Nathan Harper lends a hand when she's punched by a drunkard being forcefully removed from her NYC East Village bar. Nathan is fascinated by the sassy bar owner, who doesn't recognize him from the Silver Screen and who appears more interested in conversation than sex...
  • Inferno Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Sabrina Paige

    Inferno Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Sabrina Paige

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book One, Taming Blaze: A chance encounter would ignite a spark. Fate would fan the flame. Dani doesn't believe in love. She knows that love only leads to heartache, like the murder of her mother when she was just fourteen. Besides, dating is tough when your dad is one of the most powerful crime bosses on the West Coast. So instead of relationships, Dani believes in one night stands...
  • Off the Record by Karolyn James

    Off the Record by Karolyn James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming off the first leg of a major tour, Ryan Rasoner plans to finish Gone by Autumn's new song, take a shot of whiskey, and then invite a woman over for a no-strings-attached one night stand. In that order. After he bumps into a beautiful woman at a local club the band is playing at, Ryan assumes everything he wants is about to come true...
  • Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons

    Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Why fall for Prince Charming when the villain is so much more tempting? Because it feel so good to be so bad... The dark, dominant, tattooed Spaniard has all the arrogant machismo of a bullfighter and a body carved out of steel. In my sister’s fairytale romance, he almost destroyed my family. He’s the devil, and I hate him. Until he saved my life, and changed everything...
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