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First Days by C.L. Stone
Sang Sorenson used to be the invisible girl in class. As a new student to Ashley Waters High School, Sang hopes that her new friends will be the change she’s been craving and will make fitting in a breeze. But Academy students aren’t there to take it easy. The high school is overcrowded and rife with violence...Categorized as:
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Brittle Heart by Blake Black
My life has never been perfect. In fact, it’s anything but. When my parents passed away in a car accident, I had to take care of my little sister. I supported us both as I tried to finish college and work two jobs. It’s hard to focus on my life when I have to keep myself together for someone else...Categorized as:
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Silver Fox Firefighters Next Door by Summer Haze
Stuck with a glued dildo, I never expected my firefighters neighbors to be the rescue team—and my new obsession.Moving back to Harmony Valley was supposed to be about helping Grandpa and editing romance novels.Instead, it's about Nash, Tate, and Aiden—three alpha firefighters who are too tempting to ignore...Categorized as:
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Brutal by Auryn Hadley, Kitty Cox
I will take revenge. Their day of disaster will arrive. I am their Ruin.I need to believe that, because someone has to push back against the crap in the world. That someone is us. What happened to my best friend may have formed Ruin, but fixing it didn't break our group. If anything, the seven of us are stronger than ever.But the bad guys still exist. They're also getting worse...Categorized as:
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Silent Desires by Shona Knight
For the past 11 years, Mina has remained silent for fear of her mother’s constant abuse. But when she’s suddenly let out of the locked basement to attend high school, a whole new set of fears threatens to suffocate her.Stepping into the outside world is terrifying. The fear of speaking, of having a panic attack, of standing out in any way, looms over her...Categorized as:
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Broken Hill Honor by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsBeing with Tora Roberts has been nothing but a wild ride, one I never want to get off. At twelve, I knew I loved her. By seventeen, I’d made her life a living hell. She hated me. She stole my heart completely at eighteen. And now at twenty-six, she still hasn’t given it back, and what’s more, I don’t want her to. It’s about time I make her mine… Officially... -
Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long
Everything changes. Even the things we didn’t ask for. Jake, Archie, Coop, and Ian were my best friends and three of them still are and they’re also now my lovers, my boyfriends, and pretty much the anchors keeping me from getting washed away.I’ve had great moments and I’ve had horrible ones. One thing is for sure, I’ll never forget my senior year.It’s the year everything changed...Categorized as:
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Knot Wanted by Jillian West
Shanna Fitzpatrick grew up with rock stars. She's seen enough to know she doesn't want to date one—let alone three—from two rival bands, no less. The bossy, much older security specialist who comes with one of those rock stars might be a different story, but she's still hurting a little too badly from past mistakes to find out...Categorized as:
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Ruin by Auryn Hadley, Kitty Cox
There are good guys. There are bad guys. Then there's me.Moving to a new school sucks. I don't care about being cool and I have no filter – not exactly a recipe for success. Thankfully, the "geeks" welcome me in with open arms, including Zoe. For the first time in my life, I have a female friend, and I kinda like how this feels.I've always been the girl who had to fight to keep going...Categorized as:
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Sever by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSadie, Rhett, Dane, and Wes are back one more time. Will they find their HEA or are there too many obstacles against them?SEVER is a full length dark enemies-to-lovers/bully romance. This is a why choose novel, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. It is book two in the series and must be read after the first three books in the Savage Falls MC series...Categorized as:
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Red Ridge Sinners MC: The Complete Series by Caitlyn Dare
A complete dark romance series from Amazon bestselling author Caitlyn Dare. Includes Reign, a BONUS EPILOGUE NOVELLA set six years after the end of Rule.My whole life I’ve been treated like some innocent naive girl. Shielded from the dark and dangerous world my big brother inhabits.Not any longer.The Sinners MC is my family now, and I’m the new club princess...Categorized as:
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Breathe Me by C.R. Jane, Ivy Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThey say that true love only comes once in a lifetime.In my case, they were wrong.I gave my heart away three times.To the blue eyed sensitive soul, who read poetry when he thought no one was looking.To the green eyed jock, who made you laugh as hard as he made you cry.And to the dark eyed boy, whose dark heart only ever beat for me.They were my everything, until suddenly they weren’t...Categorized as:
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Lovely Deceit by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsGrowing up in the elite world, I’ve been taught not to trust. Still, I did it anyway.Silly, silly me. I should’ve known how it would end…Blindsided by their broken parts and their similarities to my own story, I let my guard down. I put my faith in them—my gorgeous Economics professor and the Knights’ bad apple.And was rewarded with the ultimate betrayal.Not again. Never again...Categorized as:
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Ruin by Caitlyn Dare
My whole life I’ve been treated like some innocent naïve girl. Shielded from the dark and dangerous world my big brother inhabits.But not any longer.Now, Savage Falls is my home, the Sinners MC, my family. I’m the new club princess, a burden I neither want nor need.Because I’m not as innocent as they all think.Not by a long shot.Not when I spend most of my days dreaming of them...Categorized as:
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Devil's Pass by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Ten years ago, The Harlequin Boys broke my heart. I thought my life was complete with them at my side, the five of us against the world, having each other’s backs no matter what the cost. I’d fight for them until my dying breath. It’s just a shame they didn’t feel the same. Once upon a time, my imperfect world shone bright with the light of four boys I would have killed for...Categorized as:
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Leap of Faith by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Iris Boys crash landed into my life and changed everything in it. Now, I’m surrounded by four incredible men - five, if the last one will ever fully open up to me. Never in a million years did I think I’d fall in love. Much less with more than one man. But that’s what I did. I’m in love with the Iris Boys.They are my confidantes.My friends.My closest allies... -
Home by Nikita Parmenter
They were my entire world, then everything fell apart. I didn't get to say goodbye, I didn't get to explain to them that my dad had finally gone off the deep end.Of course, they wouldn't have understood anyway, we were only eight and I never told them how bad it had gotten. Maybe if I had I wouldn't be in this fucked up situation... -
Changes and Chocolates by Heather Long
170 some odd days left in my senior year and everything has changed. I went from untouchable to dating my best friends to making out to being betrayed. Why can’t they understand humiliating and controlling me doesn’t say I care?Could this get any worse?We’ve all crossed lines. Broken the rules.Ian had asked me to Homecoming.Jake spent the night in my bed.Coop and I had made out on the sofa...Categorized as:
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Secrets We Keep by Angel Lawson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSmall towns carry dark secrets, it wasn't until my best friend went missing that I discovered exactly how dark. Three years have passed since a vicious prank tore apart my group of friends.Three years since Finn Holloway, football star and the boy next door, broke my heart by choosing my best friend over me.Three years since Ezra Baxter turned to crime; selling drugs and being chased by the law...Categorized as:
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Three Hearts by Ann Grech, Glen Lloyd
ConnorI owe everything to Levi. Everything. So when I fell for his girl, I did the only thing a good mate would do. I left. Ran. Six years in that hell hole trying to forget, trying to let them live and love each other. But I couldn’t stay away any longer.And now I’m realising it wasn’t just her I’d fallen for. LeviHe left us—spent years defending our country. He’s far more honourable than me... -
Starlee's Turn by Angel Lawson
After speaking up for Dexter and then yanked from the only place she's ever felt at home, Starlee is lost. Lost without George to make her laugh. Lost without Jake's strong arms. Lost without Charlie's calming presence. Lost without Dexter's intensity and determination. No one is okay with this situation. No one is willing to give up. Not Starlee and certainly not the Wayward Sons...Categorized as:
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Beautiful Survivors by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFive forgotten souls. All of us misfits, outcasts, throwaways. Orphans. But me and my four best friends, we're family. These boys, they make the group home we live in bearable. They're my family, almost like brothers. Except...I don't want them to be my brothers. I want them to be my boyfriends. Only, I can't decide on just one. Everything changes the night we decide to escape...Categorized as:
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Triple Option Play by K.L. Coburn
Football? No, thanks.Life isn’t great, but I’m managing. I just have to finish this last year of high school while avoiding my bully and without embarrassing myself in front of my crush. Easily done!But when my mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, I find myself living with my dad and having to change schools... -
Lost & Found by Serena Lindahl
As kids, they were inseparable. When tragedy struck and circumstances pulled them apart, Senya lost everyone who ever cared about her. A group project brings the four guys and Senya together one last time, but it's clear they're not kids anymore...and it changes everything...Categorized as:
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Traitor by Hattie Jude
I’ve lost my family, my wealth, and the place I called home for the past five years.Now I’ve moved back to where it all began…With the guys I thought I’d never see again.Abel, Ronan, Wells, and Bishop were my friends at one time.The only girl they would let into their inner circle. Now they hate me. They think I’m a traitor.And I don’t know why. But I am bound and determined to find out... -
So Wrong by Abby Millsaps
No wrong moves. Those were the words the first boy I ever loved whispered in my ear on graduation weekend. Naively, I believed him. Now those three little words feel like a bad omen I can’t escape. Every move I’ve made since I returned to South Chapel hurts my ex-boyfriend, Greedy. But it’s for his benefit. That’s what I tell myself. Intentionally hurting him is for the best. It has to be...Categorized as:
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Indie and the Brother's Best Friend by R. Linda
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBeing in love with someone who doesn’t love you back sucks. Being in love with your brother’s best friend sucks even more, because you know it can never happen. How tragic is that? I’ve been in love with Lincoln Andrews since we were kids and he stuck up for me against my brother and played tea parties with me in the treehouse...Categorized as:
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Harley by Belle Harper
The day every Pack dreams about… Omega Choosing day. Me? I want anything but my Choosing day. It’s a web of lies. To be chosen by an Omega is a huge deal here. As if we have any say in it. We don’t even get to choose which Pack we get. We just draw a name out and then it’s a “happy ever after.” For the Alpha’s. But an Omega reveals the way to secure the pack of my dreams… a way to rig the draw... -
Knot Now Knot Ever by Elizabeth Knight
If you're looking for Eli's happy ever after, you're in the right place! Lyra’s life hasn’t been all sunshine and roses, she knows what it means to be alone after losing her parents at a young age. Witnessing the devastation her mother experienced after losing her bonded Alphas made one thing clear to Lyra. Scent matching isn’t for her... -
Forever Changed Part One by Amber Nicole
My mother used to tell me stories of all the friends she made and all the amazing parties/ events she attended. I use to dream of the day I would be able to follow in her footsteps. To carry on her legacy.I never thought it would be like this.This isn't how I saw my college experience turning out, but if I could go back and change things. I wouldn't dare.Three guys change everything...Categorized as:
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Jane's Team by Janie Marie
When you’re in love with your best friend, life is complicated. When he’s also your stepbrother, it’s a nightmare. Jane’s apparently a magnet for chaos.Because now she’s agreed to tutor her stepbrother’s enemy, and that sexy bad boy might have a thing for her. She might also love that a tingle surrounds her soul whenever he’s close...Categorized as:
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In Dreams by Mila Crawford
I live in a world where women are a commodity. The only value we have is as bargaining chips for men who crave more power.We are to be silent, unseen, to do as we are told.But I don’t want to be anyone's property. I want to be the one in control of my destiny.But my past doesn’t want to forget me and my present wants to consume me...Categorized as:
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Infamous Like Us by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
22-year-old Sullivan Meadows knew dating Akara & Banks would be complicated, but now that her relationship is public, everything has been put on blast:@HeatherB: Can't believe Sullivan Meadows is dating TWO men and they're like all together. Like OMG. Totally didn't think the rumors were true.@YuiK: anyone know what happened to Sullivan Meadows? News is saying something bad went down...Categorized as:
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Wild Like Us by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
One is new to love.One is bad at love.One denies love.Twenty-one-year-old, foul-mouthed Olympian, Sullivan Meadows, just made a huge mistake. She told her bodyguards-her buddies, her pals-they could take her virginity. Words forever engrained in her brain.And theirs.Akara Kitsuwon & Banks Moretti are best friends, sworn to protect each other and their client Sullivan... -
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