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Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother's death, she leaves letters at her grave. It's the only way Juliet can cope.Declan Murphy isn't the sort of guy you want to cross. In the midst of his court-ordered community service at the local cemetery, he's trying to escape the demons of his past...Categorized as:
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Playboy Princes by Jaymin Eve, Tate James
She's my last chance. Those four words echo in Violet Spencer’s mind, tugging at her curiosity even as rage builds within her. Arbon Academy was supposed to be a bright new start. An opportunity for greatness, and something an orphan girl could only dream of. For a while there, it seemed to be exactly that. But Violet's bright future is suddenly looking dim...Categorized as:
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![BEASTARS 5 by Paru Itagaki]()
BEASTARS 5 by Paru Itagaki
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAt this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey.At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace... -
![BEASTARS, Vol. 11 by Paru Itagaki]()
BEASTARS, Vol. 11 by Paru Itagaki
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAt a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace... -
![BEASTARS, Vol. 9 by Paru Itagaki]()
BEASTARS, Vol. 9 by Paru Itagaki
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAt a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar—a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust?Gray wolf Legoshi confirms the identity of alpaca Tem’s murderer after a Drama Club member is maimed during rehearsal... -
![Gakuen Alice, Vol. 15 by Tachibana Higuchi, 樋口 橘]()
Gakuen Alice, Vol. 15 by Tachibana Higuchi, 樋口 橘
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYoung Mikan runs away to Tokyo following her best friend, Hotaru, who has been enrolled in an exclusive, secretive private school for geniuses. But it turns out that Alice Academy is a lot more than meets the eye... -
![The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi]()
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsA dramatic and deeply moving novel of three generations coping with secrets, violence, and grief, against a backdrop of political and social unrest.They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died.One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover the lifeless body of her son wrapped in fabric on the welcome mat... -
![Lunamare by Pepper Winters]()
Lunamare by Pepper Winters
“Is it true…that you pulled a lion from the ocean and fell in love with him?”ASLAN: The sixteen-year-old boy named after a lion.A boy with his entire life ahead of him.A boy running from a terrible secret.All it takes is one awful night to change everything.One secret, one smuggler, one boat, one storm.And he wakes in an entirely different existence...Categorized as:
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![Killing November by Adriana Mather]()
Killing November by Adriana Mather
It’s a school completely off the grid, hidden by dense forest and surrounded by traps. There’s no electricity, no internet, and an eye-for-an-eye punishment system. Classes include everything from Knife-Throwing and Poisons to the Art of Deception and Historical Analysis... -
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Broken Playboy by Laura Lee
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author, Laura Lee, comes the sexy and heart-wrenching new standalone story set in the Windsor Academy world.They call me a player.A joker.The guy always down for a good time.But if they knew the secrets I’ve been keeping, they’d call me something else entirely.For the last two years, I’ve been buried in shame, numbing the pain with various vices...Categorized as:
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Five Survive by Holly Jackson
Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive. A road trip turns deadly in this addictive YA thriller. Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend - the older brother - his perfect girlfriend - a secret crush - a classmate - and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident... -
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Villain Era by Luna Pierce
He was once our enemy, but now he's my bodyguard.After our rival gives up the throne as my dying wish, my men trust him to keep a close watch on me and protect me from any danger that may come my way.He keeps me safe, somehow understanding the darkness that lurks inside of me. He knows it cannot be caged, and he allows me the ability to set it free when we’re alone...Categorized as:
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Bad Boys Don't Fall by B.B. Easton
From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 44 Chapters About 4 Men (inspiration for the Netflix original series Sex/Life) comes an immersive romantic suspense trilogy with a dark, dystopian twist.I knew my fate the moment I surrendered. I’d seen the public executions on TV. No jury. No bail. Just a hole in the ground and a bullet between the eyes, broadcast live in high-definition... -
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![Kingmakers: Year Two by Sophie Lark]()
Kingmakers: Year Two by Sophie Lark
Miles Griffin (son of Callum & Aida)Mafia families from around the world send their children to Kingmakers Academy to learn the skills of criminal enterprise.Under the rules of Sanctuary, students are forbidden to fight or kill...Categorized as:
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Evoke by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA short novella taking place between Elite and Elect... -
![Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass]()
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsScream meets Clueless in this YA horror from Adam Sass in which two gay teen BFFs find their friendship tested when a serial killer starts targeting their school’s Queer Club. Perfect for fans of Blumhouse horror movies, Ellie Marney's None Shall Sleep, and Stephanie Perkins's There's Someone Inside Your House... -
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King of Patriam: Outlaws by Amizah R
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe combat trials. He's going.Cassian's only qualm is that he has to do the wrong thing to do the right thing.The city's fate rests on his shoulders, but that's not what plagues his thoughts and hurries his heart.She'll never forgive him. He knows it, but he still has hope that he can claim the heart of the woman he left behind.If he makes it out alive...He left her...Categorized as:
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Savior by S.L. Scott
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsEverything is not as it seems.Alexander IV has succeeded to the throne of the billion-dollar Kingwood Empire, but the people he thought he could trust aren't allies.They're enemies.Everyone he cares about is at risk.Decisions--SACRIFICES--must be made... -
![Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas]()
Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas
The HELLBENT Series—a spin-off to the Fall Away series—is coming! “The kids are growing up—different from their parents but the same in so many ways…” ARO Hawken Trent. So polite. So sweet. Such an upstanding young man. A virgin, too, I hear. He never gets naughty with a girl. Probably because Jesus told him not to. And now here he is, trying to be the hero by protecting another girl from me...Categorized as:
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![Ruthless Love by Penelope Bloom]()
Ruthless Love by Penelope Bloom
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsI’m the girl nobody sees. That is, until I move next door to Parker High’s most eligible bastard, Tristan Blackwood. He’s gorgeous. Eyes as cold as moonlight. Lips made for cruel kisses. The entire town knows it, too. Apparently being able to throw a football elevates you to god status around here. He could have anything he wanted. Anyone. But somehow, all he wanted was to torment me... -
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Volition by Lily Paradis
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsYou know that feeling in the pit of your stomach that stays with you, then tears you apart slowly at first, and all at once shreds every fiber of your being? It’s because you’re contradicting the universe...Categorized as:
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![The Teacher by Freida McFadden]()
The Teacher by Freida McFadden
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 92 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge.Lesson #1: Trust no one.Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be... -
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It Starts with Us: Special Collector's Edition: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 82 ratingsBefore It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again...Categorized as:
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![Cross My Heart by Roxy Sloane]()
Cross My Heart by Roxy Sloane
Welcome to the blazing hot dark academia romance trilogy from USA Today bestselling author Roxy Sloane—perfect for fans of Ana Huang. Emily McIntire, and Lauren Asher! "Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets... And desire." Anthony St. Clair. The future Duke of Ashford. A reckless enigma… and my greatest temptation...Categorized as:
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![The Ruthless Note by Nelia Alarcon]()
The Ruthless Note by Nelia Alarcon
This cruel king won’t stop until he owns me.Dutch Cross, lead singer of The Kings, is a nightmare come to life.I fell for his amber eyes, chiseled jaw line, and crooning voice once before and it almost cost me my future.Never again.This time, I’ll be the one to make him bleed.But Dutch has no intentions of giving me the upper hand.Heartless.Ruthless.Savage... -
![The Broken Note by Nelia Alarcon]()
The Broken Note by Nelia Alarcon
This cruel king won’t stop until he makes a queen of me.Dutch Cross is rich, powerful, and possessive.I gave him too much of me and now it’s too late to run.Yet it’s what I do.Far, far from the villain of the story.But the thing about villains is…They always drag you back to the dark... -
![Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews]()
Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews
They were such brave children to withstand such suffering. Such clever children to escape such terror! For Carrie, Chris and Cathy, the attic was a dark horror that would not leave their minds, even while they built bright, promising new lives. Of course mother had to pretend they didn't exist. And Grandmother was convinced they had the devil in them. But that wasn't their fault... -
![Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews]()
Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews
The final, haunting novel in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions! The horror began with Flowers in the Attic , the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother. The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns . Now V.C... -
![Bleed Like Me by Christa Desir]()
Bleed Like Me by Christa Desir
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom the author of Fault Line comes an edgy and heartbreaking novel about two self-destructive teens in a Sid and Nancy-like romance full of passion, chaos, and dyed hair. Seventeen-year-old Amelia Gannon (just "Gannon" to her friends) is invisible to almost everyone in her life. To her parents, to her teachers-even her best friend, who is more interested in bumming cigarettes than bonding... -
![Exquisite Corpse by Pénélope Bagieu]()
Exquisite Corpse by Pénélope Bagieu
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsZoe isn't exactly the intellectual type, which is why she doesn't recognize world-famous author Thomas Rocher when she stumbles into his apartment...and into his life. It's also why she doesn't know that Rocher is supposed to be dead... -
![Creed by Trisha Leaver, Lindsay Currie]()
Creed by Trisha Leaver, Lindsay Currie
Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree went in. Three came out. None even a shadow of who they once were. When their car breaks down, Dee, her boyfriend Luke, and his brother Mike walk through a winter storm to take refuge in a nearby town called Purity Springs. When they arrive, the emergency sirens are blaring and the small farming town seems abandoned. With no other shelter, they spend the night in an empty house... -
![The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan]()
The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan
Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do and Hot Dog Girl, the sole surviving counselors of a summer camp massacre search to uncover the truth of what happened that fateful night, but what they find out might just get them killed... -
![The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward]()
The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward
Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHeathers meets The Secret History in this thrilling coming-of-age novel set in a boarding school where the secrets are devastating—and deadly.When Sarah Taylor arrives at the exclusive St. Ambrose School, she’s carrying more baggage than just what fits in her suitcase... -
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![Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher]()
Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher
Rated: 3.24 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPoppy, Lily, and Belladonna would do anything to protect their best friend, Raven. So when they discovered he was suffering abuse at the hands of his stepmother, they came up with a lethal plan: petals of poppy, belladonna, and lily in her evening tea so she’d never be able to hurt Raven again. But someone got cold feet, the plot faded to a secret of the past, and the group fell apart...
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