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Sinful by K.G. Reuss
I was not without sin.I carried my name for a reason.Screwing things up was just part of who I was.Sometimes people got hurt because of me.Sometimes they died.After being exiled from the world I’d created with my best friends, I was left to punish myself for my sins against the girl they loved.The sins I spent hours begging whatever entity was out there to forgive me for...Categorized as:
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Allison Shatters the Looking-Glass by C.M. Stunich
I'm so fucking scared right now. No, not just scared—I'm terrified. And if you're reading this, you should be, too. I fell through the Looking-Glass; I got back home. But get this: I didn't come alone. Oh, and it doesn't feel like home anymore. Unlike Alice in the original story, this is not my Wonderland. In the original story, the Walrus and the Carpenter didn't follow Alice back... -
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Stitches by K.G. Reuss
Some secrets should not be kept. They should be screamed. I have a secret. In fact, I have many. Most of them could get me killed, so my silence is the golden ticket to survival in this asylum from hell. But my watchers don’t like it when I’m silent. They like when I scream. When I beg. When I’m a bad girl who tells the things I shouldn’t. Maybe this time I’ll let it all out...Categorized as:
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Monsters by M. Sinclair
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIf King Mario wanted a war, he would get one. It has been one week since I promised war against the Dark Fae. One week of planning and aligning all the pieces on my board to assure victory. Then he did something unexpected. Now, I have no idea which way to move. Offense? Defense? Offense? Defense? Good news? I’ve got some quality drama to keep me entertained... -
Charming Devils by Katie May
Five years ago, they made my life a living hell. They teased me, abused me, and called me a witch.Little did they know...Now, I’m back for my senior year of high school. New hair, new style, new personality. I’ll no longer be the weird girl hiding in the shadows. Instead, I’ll embrace all of my darkness.The goal?Revenge on the boys—the men—who bullied me... -
The Last Heir of Elsewhere by Kate King
Lonnie Skyeborne always knew at least three things to be true: 1. She was human in a land of fairies. 2. She hated the royals above everyone else. 3. She was a liar. Except, ever since becoming the queen of Elsewhere, everything Lonnie knows to be true is crumbling around her. The castle has fallen, the crown has been stolen, and the kingdom of Elsewhere is overrun by rebels and monsters... -
Cruel Saints by Evie Kady
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGirls don’t belong at Lochkelvin Academy.This new girl, Jessa, is an abomination.A doe-eyed goody-two-shoes, as innocent as the day she was born.Our little saint thinks she can survive on her happy-clappy, all-American spirit.But this isn’t a school for girls. It isn’t a school for foreigners, either.The peacekeeper? She’s going down...Categorized as:
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Mark Me by S.E. Traynor
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter a fire ruins my student house in my last year of University, I end up living with the Four Cardinals, the most popular guys at The Royal Academy of KnightsGate. My last name means I'm supposed to be somebody here, but it's this twist of fate that throws me into the Cardinals' world. They're royal, they’re rich, they're powerful, and now, they're all around me... -
Pack Origin by Kate King, Jessa Wilder
They claimed my heat, I claimed their hearts In a world where Omegas are cherished, Alphas are revered, and Betas are forgotten I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Growing up in foster care, my friends and I took care of each other. Ares, Killian, Rafe, and Nox, were my everything: my first loves, my only family, my pack...Categorized as:
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Gallows and Ghouls by Katie May
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne’s a liar. One’s arrested for murder. One’s dead. The rest of us? We’re struggling to get out of this mess alive. With new secrets emerging and the Shadow Man more determined than ever to claim me, we must all do something we’ve never done before: embrace our darkness... -
Here Lives a Corpse by C.L. Matthews
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA Dark Bully Academy Reverse Harem RomanceHere Lives a Corpse is book one of a five-part series. You do have to read all to understand. Each one ends on a cliffhanger.Life doesn’t promise anything but existence.Losing Cass proved that.Everyone thinks I’m crazy.Corpse.Freak.Vampire.They called me the one who never overcame the loss of her brother, the outcast, the least likely to succeed...Categorized as:
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Grimmstead Academy: A Villainous Introduction by Candace Wondrak
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen offered a position at the obscure Grimmstead Academy, I jump on it. It’s not that I’m running from my past, it’s just…well, some things are better left forgotten. An academy for lost souls and criminals? Not exactly what I signed up for, but as I’m about to learn, once you step within the halls of Grimmstead, you can never leave... -
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Destiny of Ashes by Tessa Hale
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Rosen Blood, Vol. 1 by Kachiru Ishizue
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAfter a horrific carriage accident, Stella Violetta awakens in a Gothic mansion to find that her saviors are gorgeous young men. The manor’s residents let her stay as a maid, but Stella soon realizes that their allure hides a savage thirst.Levi-Ruin and the mysterious men who took Stella in have a bare kitchen…and a moaning box in the storehouse... -
The Blackened Blade by Isla Davon
Not many people get a second chance, let alone a second life.I died. Burning in a prison cell I spent years of my life rotting away in.I had been beaten, battered and bruised beyond repair...but not broken.Never broken.By whatever miracle, I’ve been brought back ten years into my past and before I was locked away...But to a different kind of hell…Wensridge Academy...Categorized as:
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Alpha Wolf by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
I came here with a single goal in mind.An aim.A purpose.I will break out of Darkmore Penitentiary.But I was a fool to think that it would be so simple.And now with more and more Fae relying on me to get them out of this slice of hell, I find myself unable to do a damn thing.Mason Cain stabbed me in the back and left me to rot in the dark...Categorized as:
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The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
The answer to your question will be revealed on the Lunar Eclipse. But when finding the truth, don't let the shadows take you.The week of The Reckoning has begun. And senior students have been tasked with making the freshmen's lives pure hell as they prepare to take their fateful assessment... -
Devils' Day Party by C.M. Stunich
I crashed my shitty yellow VW Beetle into Calix’s Aston Martin. To be fair, he deserved it. But Calix and his friends, Barron and Raz, they don’t see it that way. Not that it matters. They’ve bullied me for years, and I’ve never known why. At least today, they have something real to be pissed about. All of which would be fine, if today was a normal day. But it’s not. It’s far from normal...Categorized as:
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Savage Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
There's more to my brother's murder than I realised... Shadows in the halls, mysteries lurking around every corner. Whoever killed him is covering their tracks well. And now I'm walking a dangerous line between getting close to the four kings for information and wanting to crawl deeper under their skin for my own desires. I can't trust anyone. I can't let my guard down...Categorized as:
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Yield the Night by Annette Marie
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsNB: New/alternate cover for ASIN# B00RH8BZOI. Original cover edition here.After surviving a round-trip to hell, Piper figures she can survive anything. After all, she just lived through the devastating loss of her Consul apprenticeship and a torturous stint at boarding school... -
Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
After the events of the Lunar Eclipse, Tory and Darcy must learn to deal with the darkness which shadows their lives.With a secret binding them to Darius and Orion, they must find a way to all work together for the greater good. But some things are easier said than done.. -
Watercolour Smile by Jane Washington
“Maybe I was stupid to have agreed to this, but when all of the options that you have in life are dangerous ones, you can only choose to do something reckless, or turn a blind eye and allow the cards to fall as they may… and I was sick of being blind... -
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SSS: Year Two by Avery Song
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen being different leads to the best years of your life. Powerful witch Silver Spell Solange always dreamed of getting into S.S.S School When she finally achieved it, she couldn't have been happier... -
Descendant of Chaos by M. Sinclair
Stay away from mages. It was a singular phrase my father had ingrained in me from the time of my birth. Sorry, dad. I have a feeling that is going to be a f*cking problem. You have to understand… my life has been bland at best. Everything in my life, every single day, has been scripted, organized, and neat. Calm, cool, and collected. The problem? It wasn’t real... -
The Storm We Face by Katie May
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWell... So far, my apocalpytic upbringing has not been peaches and daisies (if that is how the saying goes). Or is it peaches and pansies? Fighting off feral beasts, surviving natural disasters, and coming face to face with the worst that humankind has to offer is quite tiresome. Psycho ex-girlfriends? Check. Creepy monsters/zombies? Check. Orgasms? Not check. Yet... -
The Exiled by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn ENEMIES TO LOVERS post-apocalyptic fantasy perfect for fans of Holly Black, Kiera Cass, and Sarah J Maas!In a ravaged world full of sickness, devastation, and monsters, it was kill or be killed.After a disastrous second escape attempt, Hazel found herself blood indebted to her savior Noah, but he was no saint... -
Reflections of Us by Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBrighten Magic Academy held its set of challenges, but it didn't prepare us for the one year as Brighten Elite. A year has passed since my boyfriends and I made the executive decision to join the Brighten Elite. Not only did our experiences during our year away strengthen our use of magic, it reinforced the bonds in our relationships- both with me as a male and female...Categorized as:
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Midnight Lies by Leia Stone, Raye Wagner
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsNai thought nothing could be worse than Alpha Academy’s midyear games…The first few months of school weren’t exactly easy: fated-mate from the rival clan, selkie attacks, and that minor, aka huge, plot to kill her.But things seem to be going from bad to worse.After watching a loved one’s horrific death at the hands of the alpha king, Nai decides another visit to Dark Row is in order...Categorized as:
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