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  • Always Us by Allie Everhart

    Always Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Final book in The Jade Series! Includes an extended epilogue! The countdown has begun. Garret’s running out of time and he’s losing patience as he waits for his father to take action. It’s getting harder to keep this a secret from Jade, and he may not be able to after an unexpected visitor stops by...
  • Meeting Sang: Victor by C.L. Stone

    Meeting Sang: Victor by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Victor Morgan hides from the public whenever he can. It's not that he's a recluse; he hides to avoid rumors and throngs of teen girls throwing themselves at him because of his fame. When his team of friends is assigned a job at a new school, it's his one chance to finally be just Victor; not a local celebrity, or that guy whose parents have a huge house and lots of money...
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  • Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Finding Us is in both Jade's and Garret's POV After the events of last year, Jade and Garret are anxious to get a fresh start in a new town and a new college, far away from the people who tried to tear them apart. But soon after moving, their relationship problems begin. Jade finds out Garret hasn’t been completely honest with her...
  • Hometown Girl at Heart by Kirsten Fullmer

    Hometown Girl at Heart by Kirsten Fullmer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Tara has always been too engrossed in her work - refurbishing the historical homes in Smithville. She keeps a tight rein on her jobs and her emotions buried, but she’s losing control of both since that ridiculous city boy investor showed up. New in town, Justin is confident that his ultra modern resorts will bring Smithville into the twenty-first century...
  • Accessory by C. L. Stone

    Accessory by C. L. Stone

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Kayli Winchester is still recovering from her last adventure and is out hunting for her missing brother, Wil, when Ethan Murdock calls, asking for help. Billions of dollars have gone missing and Kayli is the perfect person to find them – as one of the few people Ethan trusts. Only one problem: The team is led by Blake Coaltar...
  • Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Engaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. But Damien’s past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien’s sister is now after his one and only love, Allison...
  • Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Haley Jones already thought her life was complicated, but after the events of the gala, she is in desperate need of direction—if only there was a compass for locating her missing dad or navigating relationships. Despite her efforts to gain independence and forge her own identity, she still feels adrift in her new life...
  • Garret by Allie Everhart

    Garret by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My life is nothing but rules. Rules for how I act. How I dress. Who I date. Who my friends are. I hate the rules and yet I keep following them. Until I met Jade. Being with her is forbidden. She’s not one of us. She’s not allowed in my world. But I don’t care. She’s different and I like her and I want her. And the fact that she wants nothing to do with me makes me want her even more...
  • Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Before there was A, there was Alison DiLaurentis. Boys wanted to date her, girls wanted to be her, and somebody wanted her dead. . . .It's the end of seventh grade, and Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the girls of Rosewood Day. Ali runs her clique with an iron fist, and she's got enough dirt on Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer to keep them in line...
  • The Society by Jillian Dodd

    The Society by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the third book in sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society...
  • #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks

    #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My family’s scandal is my fall from grace. The night of my seventeenth birthday leads to the final event that catapults my future in a different direction. One call for help turns into my only chance of survival.Now, the only way to stay safe is to keep hidden...
  • Stay With Me by Jessica Cunsolo, Ava Violet

    Stay With Me by Jessica Cunsolo, Ava Violet

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    It's finally winter break, which means Amelia, Aiden, and the rest of their friends get to enjoy a well deserved vacation at the beach house. After all the drama, the death of Aiden's step-father, and Aiden's arrest, it'll be good to take a break and just relax with friends.Unfortunately, Thea Kennedy, aka Amelia Collins, could never be so lucky...
  • Draco by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Draco by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It’s been two weeks since Haley Jones turned eighteen and her life was turned upside down. While searching for her dad, Haley is adjusting to life in Santa Cruz with a new job and friends. Surrounded by six dangerously appealing guys, she’s still trying to figure out just who Liam, Knox, Ethan, Chase, Theo, and Jackson are and what they do...
  • Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews

    Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A value-priced bindup of the first two books ever published by V. C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind...
  • Black Diaries by Robert Thier

    Black Diaries by Robert Thier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 9 ratings
    INGREDIENTS FOR A HAPPILY EVER AFTER:1. One feisty heroine (That would be me. Hi, I'm Cassy.)2. One deliciously hot hero (I prefer them fresh, not frozen.)3. Passionate love (and a big fat pinch of lust!)4. Oh, and don't forget the "Till death do us part!"Please leave stewing for 10 minutes in deadly intrigue, stir, and then serve with hot chili sauce.See? A very simple recipe...
  • Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kylene Danners’s ex-FBI agent father is in prison for murder and she’s hell-bent on getting him out. But trying to investigate in the small town where a defensive lineman is a hero no matter who he tries to kill and the girl who gets him locked up is public enemy number one is dangerous. Dark secrets are everywhere in Jasperville—the kind Ky can’t walk away from...
  • The Summer Escape by Jill Shalvis

    The Summer Escape by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Secrets are revealed and forbidden sparks ignited in this sizzling Sunrise Cove tale of enemies to lovers, redemption, missing treasures, and love...
  • Teen Killers In Love by Lily Sparks

    Teen Killers In Love by Lily Sparks

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Teen Killers Club is on the brink of destruction, with one faction pitted against another in a deadly game of survival. Erik and Signal are part of the group who’ve had their “kill switches” disabled, and the others are under orders to hunt them down—or meet their own demise. Now, Erik and Signal have to find a way to neutralize the others’ switches and clear Signal's name...
  • Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon

    Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father?"So begins Upstate, a powerful story told through letters between seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, set in the 1990's in New York...
  • Lilly: A Kensington Family Novel by Allie Everhart

    Lilly: A Kensington Family Novel by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lilly Kensington, daughter of billionaire Pearce Kensington, is all grown up and starting college. Before classes even start, one of the hottest guys on campus asks her out. But after a few dates, Lilly begins to question his intentions and wonders if she can trust him.  All her life, Lilly has been taught to trust no one but she isn't sure why...
  • No Limits by Ellie Marney

    No Limits by Ellie Marney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New Australian YA romantic crime from the author of the award-winning Every series... Boozer, brawler, ladies' man - nineteen-year-old Harris Derwent is not a good guy.His one attempt to play the hero - helping out his old flame, Rachel Watts - has landed him in hospital. Now injured, broke and unemployed, he's stuck back in the country, at his father's mercy...
  • Weird Girl by Mae McCall

    Weird Girl by Mae McCall

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cleo St. James is everything a girl could hope to be: beautiful, rich, intelligent, and strong. But by the time she's nine years old, she's also alone--ignored by her parents and shunned by her peers. Her only friends are two grown men, and the fact that one is a gangster and the other a thief provides enough insight into the forces that shape Cleo into the weird young woman that she becomes...
  • The Haunting Between Us by Paul Michael Winters

    The Haunting Between Us by Paul Michael Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "A supernatural story of love, friendship, and discovery that’s heartwarming and frightening... engaging, sweet, and realistic all at once." - Kirkus (Recommends Get It!)Heartstopper meets Haunting of Hill House in this queer coming-of-age romance and ghost story.Cameron can’t believe the boy of his dreams just moved into the house of his nightmares...
  • Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss

    Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 23 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before...
  • Chasing Forever Down by Nikki Chartier

    Chasing Forever Down by Nikki Chartier

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When seventeen-year-old Haley Sullivan is dragged to a corporate party with her parents, she's searching for one thing - the nearest exit. Instead, she finds a mysterious stranger who plays by his own rules and chases his own dreams, and he's definitely cute enough to disappear with for the night...
  • Just One Day by Gayle Forman

    Just One Day by Gayle Forman

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay Allyson Healey's life is exactly like her suitcase—packed, planned, ordered. Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she’s not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes...
  • Under the Surface by Diana Urban

    Under the Surface by Diana Urban

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope… even when all seems lost.Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart...
  • Slam by Holly S. Roberts

    Slam by Holly S. Roberts

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Olivia Stradmore, daughter to Senator Jonathan Stradmore, has one goal in life—win her fifth grand slam tennis title in as many years. Olivia doesn’t have time for problems with a stalker who disapproves of her less than modest life choices. She enjoys the occasional tennis pro in bed, short skirts, and the chance to allow her wild side out...
  • Girl Island by Kate Castle

    Girl Island by Kate Castle

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE SAVAGE.Six teenage girls. One deserted island. Removed from civilised society, can they challenge class, identity and toxic femininity to pull together and survive? Or will they descend into savagery?This thrilling must-read adventure novel is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent...
  • Girl Underwater by Claire Kells

    Girl Underwater by Claire Kells

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    An adventurous debut novel that cross cuts between a competitive college swimmer’s harrowing days in the Rocky Mountains after a major airline disaster and her recovery supported by the two men who love her—only one of whom knows what really happened in the wilderness. Nineteen-year-old Avery Delacorte loves the water...
  • The Courage Tree by Diane Chamberlain

    The Courage Tree by Diane Chamberlain

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Eight-year-old Sophie Donohue just wanted to be like every other little girl. Which is why her mother, Janine, reluctantly agreed to let her go on the weekend camping trip with her Brownie troop. But when Janine arrives to pick up Sophie after the trip, her daughter is not among the others. Somehow, along the forested route from West Virginia, Sophie has disappeared...
  • D.O.G.S by M.A. Bennett

    D.O.G.S by M.A. Bennett

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    After the dramatic events of the last few weeks, Greer Macdonald is trying to concentrate on her A levels. Stuck for a play to direct for her drama exam, she gets help from an unexpected quarter . . .A priceless lost play, buried by time, is pushed under her door. It is Ben Jonson's The Isle of Dogs, a play considered so dangerous in Elizabethan times that every copy was burned . . . except one...
  • Little White Lies by Katie Dale

    Little White Lies by Katie Dale

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first time Lou meets mysterious Christian, she knows he is The One. But Christian is hiding a terrible secret. Why does he clam up every time Lou asks about his past? Why doesn’t he have any family photos, and why does he dye his blond hair black? When Christian’s house goes up in flames, his tires are slashed, and he flees for his life, Lou insists on going with him...
  • The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan

    The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Laura and Casey were once inseparable: as they floated on their backs in the sunlit lake, as they dreamed about the future under starry skies, and as they teamed up for the wild scavenger hunts in their small California lakeside town...
  • Beastly Lights by Theresa Jane

    Beastly Lights by Theresa Jane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gambled away by her brother, Freya is now bound to the music world's resident bad boy Liam Henderson as his live-in maid. Freya Coleman is a struggling artist who can hardly get by. With a past she would rather not revisit and a future that didn't extend past her next cup of coffee, something had to change. Freya just didn't know how much. Liam Henderson lives in the spotlight...
  • Lighthouse Nights by Jake Vander Ark

    Lighthouse Nights by Jake Vander Ark

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alternate covers for this ASIN can be found here and hereJules and Trevor take advantage of potential suicide victims by encouraging them and profiting off their deaths. When Jules falls in love with their seventh target, she's forced to make a series of life-or-death decisions and a single, impossible change...
  • Waterhole by Fiona Bell

    Waterhole by Fiona Bell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    There are a lot of firsts to deal with when someone dies on you. There’s the first meal, the first time you watch a TV show you both liked, the first time you laugh, the first day of the Christmas holidays.Without them.Ever since sixteen-year-old Sunny Maguire’s mother died in a car accident, Sunny has been feeling lost and alone...
  • Cooper Bartholomew Is Dead by Rebecca James

    Cooper Bartholomew Is Dead by Rebecca James

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cooper Bartholomew's body is found at the foot of a cliff. Suicide. That's the official finding, that's what everyone believes. Cooper's girlfriend, Libby, has her doubts. They'd been happy, in love...
  • Cloudburst by V.C. Andrews

    Cloudburst by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The follow-up to Family Storms from New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews features high school senior Sasha Porter in search of her sister—but instead she learns secrets that could tear her family apart.Sasha is a popular senior in high school, with excellent grades and no more secrets to hide...
  • The Prince by Jillian Dodd

    The Prince by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    What happens when you get pulled out of spy academy before graduation because you look good in a bikini? Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Protect the heir to the throne of Montrovia, while uncovering the person or persons behind the plot to assassinate him in order to take over control of this geographically important sovereign nation, and eliminate the threat...
  • Lingering Echoes by Erica Kiefer

    Lingering Echoes by Erica Kiefer

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “You can’t change the past… no matter how much you want to.” If only Allie Collins could go back to that tragic day one year ago, perhaps she could escape the guilt that haunts her. In reality, there was no altering her cousin’s death or the role she played. Then she meets Damien Michaels, a dark-haired stranger on a dirt bike, who seems to watch Allie and know more about her than he should...
  • Neutral Mask by Barry Lyga

    Neutral Mask by Barry Lyga

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Connie is the new girl in town, but she already has friends...and maybe even a boyfriend. Her father isn't happy that Connie is dating a white boy like Jasper Dent, and things get even worse when she realizes that Jasper is the son of Billy Dent, one of the world's most notorious serial killers! This is the story of how Connie and Jazz overcame their early troubles and fell in love...
  • Vindicate by Beth Yarnall

    Vindicate by Beth Yarnall

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beth Yarnall kicks off a steamy new series—perfect for fans of Kendra Elliot and Emma Chase—featuring a San Diego investigative team with a soft spot for lost causes and a passion for redemption.   Cora. . . . I got my driver’s license on my sixteenth birthday so I could visit my brother in prison...
  • Beautiful Criminal by Geneva Lee

    Beautiful Criminal by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    He's an heir to an empire, my family's sworn enemy, and the guy I just spent the night with...In a world with too much money and not enough rules, anything goes. Welcome to Belle Mère, the most exclusive zip code outside the Las Vegas Strip. Emma Southerly doesn't belong in their world or at the West's exclusive, invite-only party. But it's just a party...
  • Someone at the Door by Richie Tankersley Cusick

    Someone at the Door by Richie Tankersley Cusick

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BEWARE THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERSThe phone and the radio were dead, but they'd already heard the news: a mass murderer was on the loose. Hannah and her younger sister Meg were miles from the nearest neighbor, trapped in a raging blizzard, home alone. Until the knock at the door. Two strangers burst into the house, wounded, bleeding and nearly frozen...
  • Sweet Damage by Rebecca James

    Sweet Damage by Rebecca James

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    'I still dream about Anna London's house. In my dreams it's as if the house itself has sinister intentions. But in real life it wasn't the house that was responsible for what happened. It was the people who did the damage ...' When Tim Ellison finds a cheap room to rent in the perfect location in Sydney it looks like a huge stroke of luck...
  • Illicit Contact by Jordan Burke

    Illicit Contact by Jordan Burke

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As Watts and Catherine become more entangled in a relationship marked by searing sex and imminent danger, he reveals the horrific events of his past that led to his current, dark life...
  • Loyal by Scarlett Haven

    Loyal by Scarlett Haven

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hey. I’m Zara. I was just about to start my junior year of high school when my parents shipped me off to boarding school in Switzerland. Yep, you heard that right—Switzerland. Now I’m at a mysterious school that everybody refers to as Spy School. Nobody seems to like me. Except them. Smart. Mysterious. Hot. And they want to be my friends...
  • Wicked Titan by A.J. Logan

    Wicked Titan by A.J. Logan

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The wickedest evil hides in plain sight.One night twisted the reality I knew.I’m thrust into a world of unfathomable wealth and boundless deception.A world where hidden danger lurks just beneath the surface.The face of an angel with a heart of stone.Asher craves my hatred.He wants a challenge, desiring to play a game that will make my life a misery.But the joke is on him. I won’t bow...
  • What If by Rebecca Donovan

    What If by Rebecca Donovan

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A new novel by the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Breathing Series . . . What if you had a second chance to meet someone for the first time? Cal Logan is shocked to see Nicole Bentley sitting across from him at a coffee shop thousands of miles from their hometown. After all, no one has seen or heard from her since they graduated over a year ago...
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