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The Moment by T.C. Anderson
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![Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake]()
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsFor readers of Girl in Pieces and The Way I Used to Be comes an emotionally gripping story about facing hard truths in the aftermath of sexual assault. Mara and Owen are as close as twins can get, so when Mara’s friend Hannah accuses Owen of rape, Mara doesn't know what to think... -
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![Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole]()
Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse as she grapples with how to reclaim her story, her anger, and her body in a world that seems determined to punish her for the sin of surviving. I'm starting to realize. that a woman doesn't get that mad. so mad that her hair turns to snakes. so mad that her rage turns blood to boulder. all on her own... -
![To The Flame by Kylie Cross]()
To The Flame by Kylie Cross
I'm not sure how to come back from this. Maybe I shouldn't have let the Laniidae sisters pull me into their orbit. But who could resist them when they looked like that? After joining the Hunt, I'm finally one of them, which means bubbly Teresa, charming Kennedy, and vicious Xander aren't afraid to stake their claim to me. But a war is brewing between the us and the vultures of Cathartidae... -
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![Secrets Revealed by Alisha Williams]()
Secrets Revealed by Alisha Williams
One secret down, only one more to go. This wasn’t the way I wanted them to find out, but the universe doesn't seem to be on my side these days. But now they know, both of my secrets. I'll need to learn to balance the new changes in my life, while battling with the old wounds of the past. They say they don’t hate me anymore, and that they just want to start over...Categorized as:
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![Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas, Abby McDonald]()
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas, Abby McDonald
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsIt's Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to Aruba that promises to be the time of their lives. But when Elise is found brutally murdered, Anna finds herself trapped in a country not her own, fighting against vile and contemptuous accusations... -
![Merciless Queen by C.L. Smoke]()
Merciless Queen by C.L. Smoke
Harlow. My Captor. My Devil. My Wife. Vincenzo Mancini claims me as his own, his most valued possession. And he’s made it clear. Only death can set me free. That is, until she crashes into my life like a demon from Hell. Caterina Moretti is powerful, malevolent, gorgeous. She kidnaps me, intending to kill me to fulfill her vengeance... -
![Eden's Fall: Sparrowood Academy by Angel Lawson]()
Eden's Fall: Sparrowood Academy by Angel Lawson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsElite. Excellence. Entitled. That's what Sparrowood Academy looks like from the outside. Depraved. Deceitful. Destructive. Those on the inside know it's rotten to the core. Reform school would have been easier, but Eden and the K-Boys didn't have a choice. The higher-ups need the brats at Sparrowood kept in check-and they may be the only ones that can do it. . -
![When Lightning Strikes by River Hale]()
When Lightning Strikes by River Hale
Elise Novak. I never expected my first year of residency to be easy. However, returning home after eight years brings more trouble than I was prepared for. When I’m captivated by a painting through a shop window, I discover the painter is none other than Logan Delaney. She hates me, a fact she made perfectly clear before I left town. The first time she touches me, it awakens a deep desire...Categorized as:
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Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSix years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals by their own school. New rules...Categorized as:
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![Rink Rash by Santana Knox]()
Rink Rash by Santana Knox
SHE'S UNDER MY SKIN AND I'M OUT OF MY MIND. There are three things that get under Madeline Maddox’s. defeat, disorder and disruption…especially when it comes to her carefully curated life and her roller derby team. No one outskates Mad Maddox—that is, until a cocky little jammer blows back into her hometown wreaking havoc into all her plans... -
![Ivory by Kira Roman]()
Ivory by Kira Roman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAttending an Academy for spoiled rich kids is not on my bucket list, but killing my abuser is. He made my childhood a living hell, until the day Man saved me, and brought me to the Belladonna Mansion. Now it’s time to return the favor. Three targets, one mission. Three broken boys, and three victims. They say bad things come in threes, but there's only one me... -
![Fractured Hearts by C.L. Smoke]()
Fractured Hearts by C.L. Smoke
Kadence. I’m a dead girl walking. All I wanted was a new life, a fresh start in Westhaven. But I should know nothing ever works in my favor. My fate is in the hands of an angry God. I wanted a quiet life, to heal from my trauma and hide from my past. But when I met her, my. world tilted off balance. Blaize is as vicious as she is hot, an all-consuming fire that will burn me in the end... -
![Forbidden Girl by Kristen Zimmer]()
Forbidden Girl by Kristen Zimmer
She is your father’s deadliest rival. You’ve been taught to hate her. But what if you can’t resist her? Jules. From the moment I learned my father was the head of the biggest crime family in Boston, I vowed I would never have anything to do with his “business. ” Until Rowan. When our eyes locked for the first time across that crowded room, her emerald eyes lit an unstoppable fire in me... -
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![Fold by Ashley Jade]()
Fold by Ashley Jade
She needed to be loved. .. He needed to be saved. Preston. When an opportunity comes knocking, you shouldn't question it. Unless it comes in the form of a 5'2", feisty, loudmouth girl who just so happens to hate your guts. The same girl you haven't been able to get out of your head for three years. But, I'm a gambler by nature. A risk taker... -
![The Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer]()
The Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShade and Jadis are everything to each other. They share clothes, toothbrushes, and even matching stick-and-poke tattoos. So when Shade unexpectedly joins the cheerleading team, Jadis can hardly recognize who her best friend is becoming. Shade loves the idea of falling into a group of girls; she loves the discipline it takes to push her body to the limits alongside these athletes... -
![Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters]()
Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA National Book Award Finalist offers an intense portrait of an abusive relationship. Johanna is steadfast, patient, reliable; the go-to girl, the one everyone can count on. But always being there for others can’t give Johanna everything she needs—it can’t give her Reeve Hartt. Reeve is fierce, beautiful, wounded, elusive; a flame that draws Johanna’s fluttering moth... -
![Under Mr Nolan's Bed: Revised by Selena Kitt]()
Under Mr Nolan's Bed: Revised by Selena Kitt
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 29 ratings“Get in here,” he whispered, pulling me into the bathroom and locking the door again. “God, Leah, you look so hot! I can’t keep my hands off you! ” And then he was kissing me, pinning me hard against the wall. .. FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING & AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SELENA KITT Leah and Erica have been best friends since just about forever... -
![Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard]()
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
#1. New York Times. bestselling series. The first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars. In ultra-trendy Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four beautiful girls are hiding very ugly secrets. High school juniors Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily have grown apart since their best friend Alison DiLaurentis went missing three years ago... -
![Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier]()
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
In the tradition of audacious and wryly funny novels like. The Idiot. and. Convenience Store Woman. comes the wildly original coming-of-age story of a pregnant pizza delivery girl who becomes obsessed with one of her customers... -
![Loathing You by Amina Khan]()
Loathing You by Amina Khan
Hate. Detest. Despise. These words were the only way that Adaline and Juliette could possibly describe their relationship, or lack thereof. Adaline would argue that this is because a certain she-devil has been making her life hell for the last five years... -
![A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth]()
A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones... -
![A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson]()
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
A lyrical and dreamy reimagining of Dracula’s brides, A DOWRY OF BLOOD is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king... -
![The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken]()
The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken
With the dream of Avalon in ruins, Tamsin and her friends are all that stands in the way of Lord Death's plans to unleash the horrors of Anwnn on the world of the living. As the Wild Hunt carves a bloody path across continents, Tamsin is mustering allies, tracking down powerful artifacts, and traversing into new otherlands in search of a way to stop him... -
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![The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland]()
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . -
![Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan]()
Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe epic romance of Lei and Wren comes to a breathtaking conclusion in the explosive finale to the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling Girls of Paper and Fire series. 'Don't struggle, Lei-zhi. It's time to take you back to the Hidden Palace. You're going home. '. The jaw-dropping conclusion to Girls of Storm and Shadow left the fates of Lei and Wren hanging in the balance... -
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Bound by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThis is a 16,000 word short story, primarily featuring Nona, Ara, Kettle, Regol. It should be read between Grey Sister and Holy Sister. Again, I stress SHORT STORY. -
![Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen]()
Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen
It's been nearly two years since Vanja brought down the cult she started, and she’s still paying the price. As the Pfennigeist, she bucks the law in order to help the desperate and haunt the corrupt all across the empire—and no matter what, she works alone. But an impossible killer is tearing through royalty, and leaving Vanja’s signature red penny on every victim... -
![The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson]()
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
The Traitor Baru Cormorant is an epic geopolitical fantasy about one woman's mission to tear down an empire by learning how to rule it. Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up from the sand of her home and see red sails on the horizon. The Empire of Masks is coming, armed with coin and ink, doctrine and compass, soap and lies... -
![Nightstrider by Sophia Slade]()
Nightstrider by Sophia Slade
To stop a vicious demon’s conquest, nightmares and humans will band together in book one of a heart-stopping new dark fantasy series. Wren is a nightmare, a deadly manifestation of the frightening dreams of humans. She is forever bound to the insidious Para Warwick, the only night creature who can cross the boundary between the dream and waking realms...
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