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Fake, Volume 02 by Sanami Matoh
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRyo and Dee, two of New York City's finest, are called in to investigate the activities of some two-bit street punk. The operation goes south rather quickly when Dee is kidnapped and Ryo must put all of his skill and training to the test to get his partner back in one piece. Their partnership is on the line as electrified emotions raise feelings between the two guys that are hard to ignore... -
Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 1 by Terry Moore
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsKatchoo is a beautiful young woman living a quiet life with everything going for her. She's smart, independent and very much in love with her best friend, Francine. Then Katchoo meets David, a gentle but persistent young man who is determined to win Katchoo's heart... -
Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA value-priced bindup of the first two books ever published by V. C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind... -
Fake, Volume 03 by Sanami Matoh
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsRyo and Dee are on the hunt for a serial killer who murders women who look like prostitutes. They're aided by FBI agent Diana Spacey, a brilliant investigator who is an old friend of Berkeley's. Soon, she is caught in the serial killer's web, and it's up to Berkeley and the gang to save her. In the second act of the story, Ryo's childhood is explored... -
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This Can Never Not Be Real by Sera Milano
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFIVE TEENAGERSWITH NOTHING IN COMMON,THROWN TOGETHERBY AN ACT OF TERRORISM,CAN'T SURVIVE THE NIGHTWITHOUT EACH OTHER.A compelling, thrilling yet heartbreaking book for fans of Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Jennifer Niven and Holly Jackson.In the unremarkable town of Amberside, the unthinkable has happened: Terrorists have attacked a local festival... -
Hideous Beauty by William Hussey
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Dylan and Ellis’s secret relationship is exposed on social media, Dylan is forced to come out. To Dylan’s surprise they are met with support and congratulations, and an amazing reception at their high school dance. Perhaps people aren’t as narrow-minded as he thought?But Dylan’s happiness is short-lived... -
An Eye for an Eye : The Santorno Stories by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJust in case it isn't hard enough being a teenager, how about heaping on the hardship by facing the sudden realization that you're gay? Toss in a little danger by virtue of being the grandchild of a notorious mobster and a pinch of venom inherited from a mercilessly cutthroat businesswoman who happens to be your great-aunt and you have a nice bubbling stew of 'what the hell'? WARNING: This book... -
Invisible by Jeff Erno
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsChase Devereaux is a fifteen year old boy under a great deal of stress. He has to give a speech today for his Oral Communications class, and he's terrified of public speaking. Worse yet, he's being bullied by one of the most popular kids at school. He just has to make it through his third-hour gym class and then give his speech, and everything will be all right... -
Teen Killers In Love by Lily Sparks
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Teen Killers Club is on the brink of destruction, with one faction pitted against another in a deadly game of survival. Erik and Signal are part of the group who’ve had their “kill switches” disabled, and the others are under orders to hunt them down—or meet their own demise. Now, Erik and Signal have to find a way to neutralize the others’ switches and clear Signal's name... -
Under the Surface by Diana Urban
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope… even when all seems lost.Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart... -
The Haunting Between Us by Paul Michael Winters
"A supernatural story of love, friendship, and discovery that’s heartwarming and frightening... engaging, sweet, and realistic all at once." - Kirkus (Recommends Get It!)Heartstopper meets Haunting of Hill House in this queer coming-of-age romance and ghost story.Cameron can’t believe the boy of his dreams just moved into the house of his nightmares... -
Love and Heart, Vol. 4 by Chitose Kaidō
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter being confessed to by both Haruma and Touya, Yoh’s heart is in turmoil... -
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (Manga) Vol. 1 (宝石商リチャード氏の謎鑑定 コミカライズ (The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Manga) #1) by Mika Akatsuki, Nanako Tsujimura
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis beautifully illustrated, heartwarming mystery romp is based on the popular light novel series that also inspired an anime! When Japanese college student Seigi Nakata rescues a handsome young jewelry appraiser from a group of drunken assailants, he gets more than he bargains for! The appraiser is Richard Ranashinha de Vulpian, a brilliant and mysterious British jewelry expert... -
Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss
Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before... -
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FAKE Vol. 1 by Sanami Matoh
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsDetective Randy "Ryo" Maclean has just arrived at the NYPD 27th precinct. It's not long before is he out on a narcotics case with his new buddy Dee Latener, the brash and self-confident troublemaker, who might be eager for more than just a business partnership with Ryo. Follow the NY cop duo Dee and Ryo in action against crimes, and for a possible romance-to-be.. -
Love and Heart, Vol. 3 by Chitose Kaidō
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn the aftermath of the incident with the Students’ Union, Yoh and Haruma quickly grow close. But even as that happens, they have a chance reunion with a former classmate, Wakana... -
Girl Island by Kate Castle
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE SAVAGE.Six teenage girls. One deserted island. Removed from civilised society, can they challenge class, identity and toxic femininity to pull together and survive? Or will they descend into savagery?This thrilling must-read adventure novel is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent... -
Devil's Rock by Gerri Hill
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwo women vow to bring a killer to justice. Deputy Andrea Sullivan had hoped to leave the horrors of Los Angeles behind her, but the serial murders of college students in peaceful, picturesque Sedona is her nightmare case to solve. The complexities stretch local resources to the limit, and the FBI joins the case with Agent Cameron Ross in the lead... -
D.O.G.S by M.A. Bennett
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter the dramatic events of the last few weeks, Greer Macdonald is trying to concentrate on her A levels. Stuck for a play to direct for her drama exam, she gets help from an unexpected quarter . . .A priceless lost play, buried by time, is pushed under her door. It is Ben Jonson's The Isle of Dogs, a play considered so dangerous in Elizabethan times that every copy was burned . . . except one... -
Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 1: Riot on the Radio by Carly Usdin, Carly Usdin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsWhen Chris joins the staff at her local record store, she’s surprised to find out that her co-workers share a secret: they’re all members of a secret fight club that take on the patriarchy and fight crime!Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Mayhem... -
Love and Heart, Vol. 2 by Chitose Kaidō
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHaving eased her doubts a about Haruma, Yoh starts to relax around him, not realizing that he was actually behind the stalker incident. But when Yoh begins to assist the University Students’ Union, she finds herself in trouble once again... -
Heavy Vinyl #3 by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNow that Chris knows about Vinyl Mayhem’s dark, amazing secret, it’s time to get her in fighting shape to save Roary from certain musical... -
Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a mystery while working as a tour guide on an island and must solve it before history repeats itself.The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough to warrant literal firefighters...Categorized as:
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Waterhole by Fiona Bell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThere are a lot of firsts to deal with when someone dies on you. There’s the first meal, the first time you watch a TV show you both liked, the first time you laugh, the first day of the Christmas holidays.Without them.Ever since sixteen-year-old Sunny Maguire’s mother died in a car accident, Sunny has been feeling lost and alone... -
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Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
Debuting on the New York stage, Zara is unprepared—for Eli, the girl who makes the world glow; for Leopold, the director who wants perfection; and for death in the theater.Zara Evans has come to the Aurelia Theater, home to the visionary director Leopold Henneman, to play her dream role in Echo and Ariston, the Greek tragedy that taught her everything she knows about love... -
Cloudburst by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe follow-up to Family Storms from New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews features high school senior Sasha Porter in search of her sister—but instead she learns secrets that could tear her family apart.Sasha is a popular senior in high school, with excellent grades and no more secrets to hide... -
Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 2: Y2K-O! by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAn all-new original graphic novel follow up to the award-nominated Heavy Vinyl: Riot on The Radio that reunites everyone’s favorite girl vigilantes to save the day by stopping Big Music from killing digital music in 1999!SAVE THE INTERNET, SAVE THE WORLD (OF MUSIC)!It’s 1999 and Chris is living her dream: working at Vinyl Destination by day and fighting for (musical) justice by night (okay,... -
Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA fiercely funny, queer romantic comedy about two girls who can't stand each other, but join forces in a grand feminist plan to expose harassment and inequality at their elite private school.Harriet Price is the perfect student: smart, dutiful, over-achieving. Will Everhart is a troublemaker who's never met an injustice she didn't fight...Categorized as:
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Heavy Vinyl: Y2K-O! by Carly Usdin
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn all-new original graphic novel follow up to the award-nominated Heavy Vinyl: Riot on The Radio that reunites everyone’s favorite girl vigilantes to save the day by stopping Big Music from killing digital music in 1999!SAVE THE INTERNET, SAVE THE WORLD (OF MUSIC)!It’s 1999 and Chris is living her dream: working at Vinyl Destination by day and fighting for (musical) justice by night (okay,... -
The You I've Never Known by Ellen Hopkins
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsHow do you live your life if your past is based on a lie? A new novel in both verse and prose from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ellen Hopkins.For as long as she can remember, it’s been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel’s mom disappeared when she was a baby... -
Neutral Mask by Barry Lyga
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsConnie is the new girl in town, but she already has friends...and maybe even a boyfriend. Her father isn't happy that Connie is dating a white boy like Jasper Dent, and things get even worse when she realizes that Jasper is the son of Billy Dent, one of the world's most notorious serial killers! This is the story of how Connie and Jazz overcame their early troubles and fell in love... -
The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enclosed world of privilege and silence at an elite boarding school and the unlikely group of friends who dare challenge the status quo through their writing.Beth Kramer is a “townie” who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of judgment from her roommate, Sarah... -
No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the bestselling author Tess Sharpe comes a new action packed thriller about two women whose lives―and hearts―are destined for each other. Murder either bonds you or breaks you.Rural PI Mel Tillman knows this well. She’s seen her fair share of bloody cases and botched cover-ups. But killing with someone? That is a different kind of mess all together, and Mel’s got real experience with it... -
Someone at the Door by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBEWARE THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERSThe phone and the radio were dead, but they'd already heard the news: a mass murderer was on the loose. Hannah and her younger sister Meg were miles from the nearest neighbor, trapped in a raging blizzard, home alone. Until the knock at the door. Two strangers burst into the house, wounded, bleeding and nearly frozen... -
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The Gravity of Missing Things by Marisa Urgo
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFlight 133 disappeared over the ocean. No wreckage. No distress signal. Just gone.Suddenly, everyone on the news and social media is talking about whether the pilot intentionally crashed it—everyone but me. Because I know her. The pilot was my mom, and there's no way she would hurt anyone. No one else knows that before she left, she wrote me a note. Trust me, it said... -
Furious by Jamie Pacton, Rebecca Podos
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter years racing go-karts and looking up to her mother, a celebrity Formula 1 racer, Jojo Emerson-Boyd should be starting her own racing career. But when she loses her mom in a tragic crash, Jojo’s future comes to a screeching halt. Now her dad won’t let her get a license, much less race. Instead, she’s stuck working at her grandmother’s mechanic shop in the sleepy small town of Dell’s Hollow... -
Trust Me, I'm Trouble by Mary Elizabeth Summer
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe sequel to TRUST ME, I’M LYING“An irresistible mix of intrigue, high stakes, and self-discovery.” —Lee Kelly, author of City of Savages LITTLE SECRETS. Staying out of trouble isn’t possible for Julep Dupree. She has managed not to get kicked out of her private school, even though everyone knows she’s responsible for taking down a human-trafficking mob boss—and getting St... -
Jack Of Hearts And Other Parts by Lev A.C. Rosen
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsJack Rothman is seventeen and loves partying, makeup and boys - sometimes all at the same time. His sex life makes him the hot topic for the high school gossip machine, but who cares? Like Jack always says, 'it could be worse'.And then it is. After Jack starts writing an online sex advice column, the mysterious love letters he's been receiving take a turn for the creepy... -
She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAn electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in this expertly plotted YA thriller. For fans of E. Lockhart, Lauren Oliver and Kara Thomas.The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art... -
Jack of Hearts by Lev A.C. Rosen
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsRiverdale meets Love, Simon in this modern, fresh YA debut about an unapologetically queer teen working to uncover a blackmailer threatening him back into the closet.Jack has a lot of sex -- and he's not ashamed of it. While he's sometimes ostracized, and gossip constantly rages about his sex life, Jack always believes that "it could be worse... -
Ruby by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIn the heart of the bayou, Ruby Landry lives a simple, happy life. But innocence can't last forever... The only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving guardian, Grandmère Catherine, a Cajun spiritual healer, and her drunken, outcast Grandpèrb Jack...Categorized as:
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Feral by Kate Sherwood
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNoah Reed has his life planned out. There was that one glitch, years ago, but he's back on track now and determined to reach his goal of becoming a veterinarian and building his own practice. Shane Black's hard life has taught him there's no point in looking forward and even less in looking back. He takes life as it comes, and his only real need is medical care for his young pup, Dodger... -
Pulp by Robin Talley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn 1955, eighteen-year-old Janet Jones keeps the love she shares with her best friend Marie a secret. It’s not easy being gay in Washington, DC, in the age of McCarthyism, but when she discovers a series of books about women falling in love with other women, it awakens something in Janet... -
Better Left Buried by Mary E. Roach
Lucy Preston just wants to go on vacation. The beach-swimsuit-sleeping-in kind. Not the impromptu stop in a creepy small town at the edge of the forest kind. But being the daughter of a famous private detective means that sometimes, your beach vacay goes off the rails a bit... -
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Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsA love letter to the craft and romance of film and fate in front of—and behind—the camera from the award-winning author of Hold Still. A wunderkind young set designer, Emi has already started to find her way in the competitive Hollywood film world. Emi is a film buff and a true romantic, but her real-life relationships are a mess... -
Antique Bakery, Vol. 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOno has come a long way since the agonizing day in high school when he confessed his love to handsome Tachibana. Now, some 14 years later Ono, a world-class pastry chef and outed playboy has it all. No man can resist Ono's charms (or his cooking skills!) but he has just found a new position under a man named Tachibana... -
Love and Heart, Vol. 1 by Chitose Kaidō
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a messy breakup, college freshman Yoh Yagisawa returns home only to find she has an unexpected male roommate! Introducing himself as her old childhood friend who moved abroad, handsome Haruma Hirose is back to do a homestay. He's totally hot, super nice, and always there when Yoh's in trouble.. -
When We Were Strangers by Alex Richards
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Evie Parker is devastated in the wake of her father's sudden death. But she knows something her mother doesn' the day of his heart attack, her dad was planning to move out. After finding his packed bags, an impulsive Evie puts everything away to spare her mom more heartache... -
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCaleb Roehrig, author of Last Seen Leaving, delivers another spellbinding YA murder mystery in White Rabbit.Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfriend, Sebastian—the guy who stomped his heart out like a spent cigarette. Just as Rufus is getting ready to move on, Sebastian turns up out of the blue, saying they need to "talk...Categorized as:
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One Was Lost by Natalie D. Richards
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDamaged. Deceptive. Dangerous. Darling. Are they labels or a warning? The answer could cost Sera everything.Murder, justice, and revenge were so not a part of the plan when Sera set out on her senior camping trip. After all, hiking through the woods is supposed to be safe and uneventful.Then one morning the group wakes up groggy, confused, and with words scrawled on their wrists: Damaged...Categorized as:
mystery horror young adult suspense contemporary high-school length-medium audiobook
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