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The Cadence of Part-time Poets by Motswolo
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“They’re… chaos,” Remus said firmly. “And chaos is—”“Rock and roll.”He looked at Sirius sharply, and for once, matched his grin. “Yeah.”“Maybe that’s my excuse then,” Sirius said. “I cause a bit of chaos now, and maybe one day, it’ll turn into rock and roll... -
Art & Soul by Brittainy C. Cherry
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsI had always been the invisible art student in high school. Passed by. Glossed over. Unnoticed. Now I was Aria Watson…that girl. After one bad decision, and being labeled a slut, I was no longer unseen. I was the whore. The ignoramus. The tramp. I would never be invisible again. Particularly to Levi Myers...Categorized as:
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The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 32 ratings"And still on a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,When the road is a gypsy's ribbon looping the purple moor,The highwayman comes riding.. -
Una sfida come te by Katie McGarry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsOttimi voti, stile impeccabile e una carriera di successo: ecco cosa si aspettano tutti da Rachel Young. Specialmente la sua numerosa e assillante famiglia. Ma nessuno sospetta che dietro quella maschera di perfezione si nasconda una ragazza fragile con una lista interminabile di segreti. Segreti inconfessabili come la passione per la velocità e le auto da corsa...Categorized as:
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In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Vol. 6 by Mika Yamamori
Though the trial period is over, Yoi and Ichimura-sempai realize that navigating their new relationship will be no easy task. Their friend trip to Kobe reveals they still have a lot of work to do when it comes to being able to voice their own desires while being understanding of their partner's... -
In the Dark by Danah Logan
They used to be best friends. Not anymore. Secrets, love, friendship, betrayal, AND more hidden truths no one would've expected. Three books, one suspensefully twisted (love) story.My name is Lilly McGuire.I accepted a long time ago that my older brother is no longer part of my life. It’s been over two years, and I still have no clue why he stopped talking to me.Everything was great...Categorized as:
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Becoming Rain by K.A. Tucker
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsLuke Boone doesn't know exactly what his uncle Rust is involved in but he wants in on it-the cars, the money, the women. And it looks like he's finally getting his wish. When Rust hands him the managerial keys to the garage, they come with a second set-one that opens up the door to tons of cash and opportunity. Though it's not exactly legal, Luke's never been one to worry about that sort of thing... -
W Juliet, Vol. 4 by Emura
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMakoto Amano wants to become an actor, but his stern father has decreed that the only way Makoto can pursue his dream is to spend the last two years of high school as a girl! He quickly makes friends with popular tomboy Ito Miura, another drama enthusiast at this new high school and the only student to find out his secret--but are they more than pals?A trip to Hokkaido sends Ito into the arms of... -
W Juliet, Vol. 3 by Emura
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMakoto Amano wants to become an actor, but his stern father has decreed that the only way Makoto can pursue his dream is to spend the last two years of high school as a girl! He quickly makes friends with popular tomboy Ito Miura, another drama enthusiast at this new high school and the only student to find out his secret--but are they more than pals?A high school field trip to an amusement park... -
Scorn of Secrets by B. Truly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling author in Teen & YA Black & African American Fiction 2023 Finalist Winner in African American Fiction for Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021 Finalist Winner in Urban for Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards The Family That Preys meets Flowers in the Attic I must keep it locked away—the memory of my darkest secret…... -
Chasing River by K.A. Tucker
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsArmed with two years' worth of savings and the need to experience life outside the bubble of her Oregon small town, twenty-five-year old Amber Welles is prepared for anything. Except dying in Dublin. Had it not been for the bravery of a stranger, she might have. But he takes off before she has the chance to offer her gratitude. Twenty-four-year-old River Delaney is rattled... -
The Secret Ex-Boyfriend by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"Don’t have a best friend that’s a girl" — this was the advice from my older cousin. I didn’t take it. Because he followed with, "friends don’t f*ck friends. And you’ll want to f*ck her." It was terrible advice. My cousin should’ve told me that being best friends with Baylee Wright — since she was twelve — would be the best and worst decision of my life...Categorized as:
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Show me, sensei by Tiffany luvss
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLove comes in all shapes and forms, but Kelly Young had no idea it'd come in the form of her most hated teacher, Mr. Todd... -
Ai Hime ~ Ai to Himegoto, Vol. 01 by Kako Mitsuki
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThey met. They kissed. The fate has brought them to be uncle and niece... -
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Stepbrother With Benefits 14 by Mia Clark
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt's not just for a week, it wasn't just a fling. Ethan's not just my stepbrother anymore, he's my boyfriend... Rule #14 – You're perfect just the way you are, Princess. Don't let anyone ever try to tell you differently. That's it for an entire week. We're going back to college now. We won't see each other until the weekend. It's only for a week, Ashley, I remind myself... -
Five Years from Now by Paige Toon
In the spirit of Colleen Hoover and Josie Silver’s One Day in December, a heartbreaking story of star-crossed, fated love, and two people who are brought together and torn apart every five years until they must make a choice that’s bigger than their lives alone.A love stronger than distance. A fate determined by time.Nell and Van meet as children when their parents fall in love... -
All Our Broken Pieces by L.D. Crichton
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"You can’t keep two people who are meant to be together apart for long...”Lennon Davis doesn’t believe in much, but she does believe in the security of the number five. If she flicks the bedroom light switch five times, maybe her new L.A. school won’t suck. But that doesn’t feel right, so she flicks the switch again. And again... -
Cards of Love: The Sun by Stevie J. Cole
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe cliche in love stories is that the good little rich girl falls for the poor bad boy with tattoos. The glamorous prom queen gets knocked-up by the swoon-worthy tattooed god who smells of leather and exhaust from his motorcycle.That is not how this story goes.Elias Black may have had a sleeve of tattoos and grown up on the wrong side of the tracks, but he didn’t have a true bad bone in his body...Categorized as:
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Stepbrother With Benefits 15 by Mia Clark
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratings"It's you, Princess," Ethan says. "You're perfect, and I need you in my life." Rule #15 – We have to cuddle as much as possible. All the time. Every night. "I love you," I say, mumbling, not sure how to tell him exactly how I feel about him right now. "I love you, too," he says. "I love you so much." "Can you tell me what you meant before?" I ask... -
Kissing Is the Easy Part by rainbowbrook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFlora is afraid being beautiful is her only talent. Some of the words she hates include economy class, second-hand clothes, and budget. She likes fashion, dating, not being on time and getting what she wants — until she meets Sean, who is like the clock striking midnight; he makes all her magic power wear off... -
Pretty in the Dark by Anne Roman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt wasn’t supposed to happen like this.I was supposed to come home, start over, and live my life free of my father's control.But instead everywhere I turn I’m reminded of my past. Especially when I run into the one man I’ve never been able to get over. Cade Black.We used and broke each other. And I took the revenge he promised me on my knees while begging for more... -
Guitar Notes by Mary Amato
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA "sweet story of two different loners finding their counterpoint" (School Library Journal) from a star of state master and children's choice lists making her YA debut. Clean YA with the emotional resonancy of John Green and Sarah Dessen.On odd days, Tripp Broody uses a school practice room to let loose on a borrowed guitar... -
Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao
Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an online feud while unknowingly becoming friends in real life, in this dual POV Young Adult contemporary debut from Ann Zhao... -
House of the Sun, Vol. 2 by Taamo
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMao takes back her love confession saying it was “a joke” when she sees how troubled Hiro is. She doesn’t want to be a bother to Hiro, but she can’t hold back her feelings. Around the same time, Mao meets a fan of her online novel, Radical-san... -
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Lost Royal by Lily Wildhart
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNothing about my return to Echoes Cove was what I expected, but I wasn’t prepared for the darkness that’s threatening to devour us all.A stalker, patient and cunning, hunting in the shadows.Powerful forces determined to control my every move and bend me to their will.And them.Lincoln, Maverick, Finley and Easton. I’m not sure how I’ll survive them without losing myself, or my heart, along the way...Categorized as:
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The Impossibility of Us by Katy Upperman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe last thing Elise wants is to start her senior year in a new town. But after her brother’s death in Afghanistan, she and her mother move from San Francisco to a sleepy coastal village.When Elise meets Mati, they quickly discover how much they have in common. Mati is new to town too, visiting the U.S. with his family... -
Sweet Talk Boxed Set by Brenda Novak, Melody Anne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 2014, the boxed set curated by Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research (titled A SWEET LIFE), raised almost $100,000 net to the charity in only one month. This year we’re back for a second helping, and you can indulge, too! This heart-warming, limited edition collection features ten BRAND NEW contemporary romances by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors.. -
Paper Planes and Other Things We Lost by Mindy Michele
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn June 18, 1992, Flight 397 crashed off the coast of Long Island. But this story isn't about the crash. Not completely. RUBYThe likelihood of dying in a plane crash is one in five million—meaning my mom shouldn't be dead. But she is, and no one understands my grief. Needing to vent, I pen a letter to another who lost her parent on that flight... -
Calendar Girl Series Vol (1 -4) 4 Books Collection Set By Audrey Carlan by Audrey Carlan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHot and steamy... -
The Big Ohhh by Nikki Ashton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Have you ever had sex in a Vauxhall Combo? No neither have I but it's starting to sound appealing.""I'm Willow Dixon, I'm 24 years old and I'm frustrated... -
Five Dates with the Duke by Daphne Byrne
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“I’ve never been in love before. It’s an insipid emotion that only leads to pain in any case.”Emma has lost all hope for finding a husband, so she enters the Matchmaker’s shop. And she leaves with a date with a Duke…Charming and dangerous, Duke Nicholas has been a perpetual bachelor, until he is tricked into finding a bride... -
Did I Mention I Miss You? by Estelle Maskame
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIt’s been a year since Eden last spoke to Tyler. She remains furious at him for leaving her and has moved on with life in Chicago, where she is at University studying psychology... -
Citrus Vol. 10 by Saburouta
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor fans of Girl Friends and Strawberry Panic! comes the New York Times bestselling yuri series--now with an anime adaptation!Yuzuko Aihara, a high school girl whose main interests are fashion, friends, and having fun, is about to get a reality check. Due to her mom’s remarriage, Yuzu has transferred to a new, all-girls school that is extremely strict. Her real education is about to begin... -
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The DIMILY Trilogy: All 3 books together in one volume by Estelle Maskame
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEnter the addictive world of t he international bestselling DID I MENTION I LOVE YOU trilogy, now in one new breath-taking special edition.When Eden Munro agrees to spend the summer with her estranged dad in Santa Monica, she has no idea she's also going to meet her new stepbrother, Tyler Bruce. The more she struggles to understand him, the more she finds him irresistibly intriguing... -
When September Ends by Andrea Smith
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"When September Ends" takes up where "Until September" ended. The shock of September's runaway mother re-surfacing has all of them reeling. Libby has suffered from severe amnesia, and remembers none of them once they come face to face. She has changed. She is now Sarah Smith, a highly religious woman who only craves a simple life. One with which she resumes her role as Jesse's wife... -
Until You Set Me Free by D.M. Davis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsD.M. Davis’ Until You Set Me Free is a heart-wrenching romance about a millionaire in the making and his best friend's younger sister…Joseph McIntyre is everything I'm afraid to want. I've never been a fairytale-happily-ever-after kinda girl. I'm the nerdy girl with my nose in a book or my laptop. The little sister of the guy who sucks all the air out of the room. You blink twice you'll miss me... -
French Kissed by Chanel Cleeton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the surface, she appears to have it all.If only the facade matched reality…With one year left at the International School in London, Fleur Marceaux is struggling to graduate, her love life is a mess and she can’t stop thinking about Max, her ex-boyfriend’s best friend. But all that pales in comparison to the blackmailer determined to destroy her... -
The Breakup Artists by Adriana Mather
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAdriana Mather, New York Times bestselling author of How to Hang a Witch, brings her signature wit, wild imagination, and all the feels to her new YA novel, The Breakup Artists—perfect for fans of Jennifer E. Smith’s The Statistical Probabilities of Love at First Sight.August and Valentine, seventeen-year-old best friends, run a business called Summer Love, Inc... -
Ringer by C.J. Duggan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey say it’s the quiet ones you have to worry about, and she was quiet, very quiet—when she wasn’t busy despising me with a burning passion. Ringo ‘Ringer’ James has a no-strings-attached policy. Love them, leave them, and remain the eternal bachelor. After a summer in which every one of his mates has succumbed to settling down, or so it seemed, Ringer is on the lookout for a quick exit... -
She's So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAlly Ryan would rather be in Maryland. She would rather be anywhere, in fact, than Orchard Hill, site of her downfall. Well, not hers exactly—but when your father’s hedge fund goes south and all your friends lose their trust funds, things don’t look so sunny for you. Her mother moved her to Maryland to flee the shame, but now they’re moving back... -
Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJason Carrillo came out to his basketball team senior year and lost his university scholarship. Now, with graduation behind him and summer ending, he's asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country... -
My Boyfriend in Orange, Vol. 5 by Non Tamashima
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKyosuke and his fellow Akaboshi Station rescue team members are visiting Moe’s school to man a fire safety booth for the school festival. Moe’s heart speeds up when she and Kyosuke are stuck in a storage room together...and there’s a chance she might speed up their relationship too! Plus, the rescue team puts together something special for Moe’s upcoming birthday... -
Nocturne by Andrea Randall, Charles Sheehan-Miles
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSavannah Marshall is a gifted flutist and daughter of musical royalty when she enrolls in the elite New England Conservatory of Music. Brilliant, eclectic and passionate, she lives music, but struggles with her plans for the future. Gregory Fitzgerald is one of the most renowned cellists of his generation...Categorized as:
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Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThey fell for each other in just twenty-four hours. Now Rowan and Neil embark on a long-distance relationship during their first year of college in this romantic, dual points of view sequel to Today Tonight Tomorrow... -
London Falling by Chanel Cleeton
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe smoldering connection between Maggie and Samir sparks into flame at London's International School in London Falling, now available for the first time in print!When Maggie Carpenter left the seductive glitz of London for summer break in her small South Carolina hometown, she walked away from the most intense encounter of her life... -
Just Don't Mention It by Estelle Maskame
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsTyler Bruce – hell raiser and bad boy – tells his story in his own words.Alternating between past and present, Just Don’t Mention It is narrated from Tyler’s perspective. We see his life as a twelve-year-old boy suffering physical abuse at the hands of his dad... -
Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsPerfect for fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell, Love and Other Foreign Words is equal parts comedy and coming of age--a whip-smart, big-hearted, laugh-out-loud love story about sisters, friends, and what it means to love at all. Can anyone be truly herself--or truly in love--in a language that's not her own? Sixteen-year-old Josie lives her life in translation... -
We Walked the Sky by Lisa Fiedler
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA multigenerational story about two teenagers: Victoria, who joins the circus in 1965, and her granddaughter, Callie, who leaves the circus fifty years later.In 1965 seventeen-year-old Victoria, having just escaped an unstable home, flees to the ultimate place for dreamers and runaways--the circus... -
When September Ends by Graysen Blue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book is the sequel to "Sins of September." My name is Jesse Ryan. I'm thirty, single, but not officially divorced...long story...up until the summer of 2010, I was doing just fine raising my only child, Scout. I'm a construction worker--yeah, hard hat, tool belt slung low on my hips--the real deal. But that summer, I was working some out-of-state projects and I needed some help with Scout...
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