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A Secret Service by Joy Jenkins
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCarter Owens, daughter of a Secret Service agent, is trained to disassemble any weapon, any situation, and anyone. Her biting sarcasm and razor-sharp mind make her impossible to beat in a word fight and when talking doesn’t work, she uses her fists. She attends Hamilton Prep, Washington D.C.’s most prestigious high school, where everyone is related to someone in power, except her...Categorized as:
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In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLife in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his Papaw is dying slowly from emphysema. Dodging drug dealers and watching out for his best friend, Delaney, is second nature. He’s been spending his summer mowing lawns while she works at Dairy Queen... -
The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsCan two broken boys find their perfect home?Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older brother, Avery, have been abandoned by every relative he's ever known. Now Sam's trying to build a new life for them. He survives by breaking into empty houses when their owners are away, until one day he's caught out when a family returns home...Categorized as:
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Just for Tonight by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy plans for the summer seemed to be falling apart. Originally, I was going to live outside Chicago, in peace and solitude, while I worked on launching my own business. But then a friend borrowed the money I had set aside for that and suddenly couldn’t pay me back.She came up with an alternate plan, one that involved me spending the summer at a family friend’s cabin in Arkansas... -
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My Favorite Mistake by Chelsea M. Cameron
Two secrets. One bet. Who will break first? Taylor Caldwell can't decide if she wants to kiss her new college roommate or punch him. On the one hand, Hunter Zaccadelli is a handsome blue-eyed bundle of charm. On the other, he's a tattooed, guitar-playing bad boy. Maybe that's why Taylor's afraid of falling in love with him, or anyone else... -
Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTilly in Technicolor is Mazey Eddings's sparkling YA debut about two neurodivergent teens who form a connection over the course of a summer.Tilly Twomley is desperate for change. White-knuckling her way through high school with flawed executive functioning has left her burnt out and ready to start fresh...Categorized as:
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Warmth in Ice by A. Meredith Walters
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsClay and Maggie have gone through the dark and come out on the other side. For the first time, they are on this journey together. Fighting for something they both need and can’t live without…each other. But a long distance relationship is hard. Particularly for two people who are still trying to build something solid on a shaky and troubled foundation... -
Sacrifice (Heart of a Wounded Hero) by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy military romance about finding love when you least expect it.He’s my landlord.He has a fiancé and he’s way out of my league.But then he gets hurt and has no one.Sure, I can stay with him.I can spend 24/7 with him and not let on how I really feel about him.He doesn’t need to know anyway...Categorized as:
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Popularity Isn't Easy by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAubrey Lane Arrington was given a choice and one week to decide - does she want to stay at Eastbrooke Academy or go to school in London?So much has happened since then that could affect her decision. Her former best friend, Branson, started a fight with her boyfriend, Prince Augie. And when the event is live streamed and goes viral, it has the makings of an international scandal... -
Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, and the boy who comes to live in his house who makes him realize who he is.It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town... -
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah...Categorized as:
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Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
Opposites attract when a free-spirited American singer-songwriter with ADHD teams up with a charming Irishman to revitalize his family’s pub in the next heartfelt romance from the author of Luck and Last Resorts. Raine Hart is used to the challenges of living with ADHD. It’s why she ditched her life in Boston to busk around Europe as a traveling musician. No boss. No schedule... -
The Christmas Catch by Clare Lydon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTwo stranded travellers. One secret crush. Can they make it home without falling in love? Thrown together when their plane conks out and a blizzard rolls in, Morgan Scott and her childhood friend Ali Bradford are on a mission to make it from Glasgow to Devon in time for Christmas... -
Catch My Fall by Ella Fox
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMia Reeves faith, trust and sense of security were all taken away in the blink of an eye. In need of a fresh start, she settles into a new town and begins to make a new life. Tristan Chamberlain has always kept girls at arm's length and he has no intention of changing. He’s caring, smart, handsome, but he’s also dealing with a lifetime of guilt that’s slowly but surely destroying him... -
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Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSam Kinnison is a geek, and he’s totally fine with that. He has his horror movies, his nerdy friends, World of Warcraft – and until Princess Leia turns up in his bedroom, he doesn’t have to worry about girls. Then Sam meets Camilla. She’s beautiful, friendly and completely irrelevant to his life... -
Perfectly Misunderstood by Robin Daniels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis dual perspective book is the final installment in The Perfect Series. Jayden Valdez is an overachieving intellectual. Mike McGinnes is Franklin High School’s dumbest jock. Even though they barely know each other, she finds his personality repulsive and he thinks she’s got a giant stick up her you know what... -
Unafraid by Melody Grace
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"The first time I saw her, I knew this girl was wilder than any stallion I’d ever trained. She was headstrong, wounded, passionate and free. And I had to have her…" Brittany Ray doesn’t care about her bad reputation. Growing up in a sleepy beach town with a junkie mom and a runaway dad, Brit’s learned the hard way that the people you love will only let you down... -
Good For You by Tammara Webber
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsReid Alexander's celebrity life is an open book. Every relationship, every error in judgment is analyzed by strangers. His latest mistake totaled his car, destroyed a house and landed him in the hospital. As his PR team works overtime to salvage his image, one thing is clear—this is one predicament he won’t escape without paying for it... -
Winger by Andrew Smith
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRyan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy... -
The Lying Woods by Ashley Elston
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOwen Foster has never wanted for anything. Then his mother shows up at his elite New Orleans boarding school cradling a bombshell: his privileged life has been funded by stolen money... -
Lucky Star by Susannah Nix
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA lonely barista’s dreams come true when her celebrity crush asks her to pose as his fake girlfriend for the paparazzi. Boone Sheridan is a TV heartthrob with a public relations problem. He needs to clean up his image and create a distraction ASAP... -
The Heartbreakers by Ali Novak
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"When I met Oliver Perry, I had no clue he was the lead singer for The Heartbreakers. And he had no idea that I was the only girl in the world who hated his music." Stella will do anything for her sick sister, Cara—even stand in line for an autographed Heartbreakers CD...for four hours. She's totally winning best birthday gift this year... -
Ringer by C.J. Duggan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 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... -
If We Were a Movie (Power of the Matchmaker) by Kelly Oram
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMusic meets Movies in this sweet college romance from the bestselling author of Cinder & Ella. NYU freshman Nate Anderson is a triplet who is desperate to escape his wild and crazy brothers. After they screw things up for him one too many times, Nate flees his housing situation and takes the first available room for rent as far from his brothers as he can get... -
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The Blue-Haired Boy by Courtney C. Stevens
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet before the events of Courtney C. Stevens's debut novel, Faking Normal, this digital short story focuses on Bodee Lennox, otherwise known as the Kool-Aid Kid.Bodee Lennox has secrets. About where he got the four-inch scar on his leg. About the bruises on his back. About what it's really like to live in the Lennox household. These are things he doesn't share with anyone . . -
Something More by Jackie Khalilieh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed.Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school... -
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLate on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is startled by an urgent knock on the window of his sleep-out. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of danger and intrigue for Charlie... -
K-Drama Our Beloved Summer Prequel Vol 1-2 Set Korean Webtoon Book Comics Manga by Lee naeun, Han Kyoung Chal
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOur Beloved Summer Prequel Vol 1-2 Set Korean Drama Webtoon Book Comics Manga At Midsummer High, Yeonsu Guk is at the top of her class, while Wung Choi is ranked dead-last. And it’s not just their grades -- their personalities couldn’t be more different, as Yeonsu is a no-nonsense stickler and Wung is a care-free slacker... -
Safe Harbor by K. Sinko
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMelanie’s twin brother made a life-altering mistake, and now her entire world is about to change.After years of getting straight A’s at Garrison Prep so she could have a shot at getting into Yale, Melanie’s parents announce they are moving to Haverport, a small beach town off the Connecticut coast, to give her brother Duncan “a fresh new start... -
Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt sixteen, neurodivergent Peta Lyre is the success story of social training. That is, until she finds herself on a school ski trip - and falling in love with the new girl. Peta will need to decide which rules to keep, and which rules to break…'I'm Peta Lyre,' I mumble. Look people in the eye if you can, at least when you greet them. I try, but it's hard when she is smiling so big, and leaning in... -
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First Love, Take Two by Sajni Patel
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the verge of realizing her dream of being a doctor, Preeti Patel should be ecstatic. But between the stress of her residency, trying to find a job, and managing her traditional, no-boundaries family, Preeti's anxiety is through the roof. Relationships and love aren't even an option. Fortunately, Preeti's finally found a new place to stay . . . only to discover that her new roommate is her ex... -
Home is Where You Are by Tessa Marie, Theresa Paolo
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAnna’s life reads like a check list. Straight A’s (Check) Editor of the school paper (Check) Volunteering time at the local soup kitchen (Check) Ivy League (So close she can taste it) Falling in love with a homeless boy (Not on the list) Dean has a plan too. Survive. After being subjected to his foster father’s violent attacks, Dean made the hard choice to leave... -
The End Zone by Erin MacKenzie
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSuper Bowl Champion. All Pro running back. Leading rusher in the NFL.All titles I've strived for my entire career and now that I've achieved them, the pressure to maintain that status has come with a price.Anxiety is a beast.And it doesn't care that I'm supposed to look tough on the outside, it still rages within me... -
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In the Same Boat by Holly Green
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSadie Scofield is just a few days away from the race of a lifetime. The Texas River Odyssey may be 260 miles and multiple days of arduous canoeing where every turn of the river reveals new dangers-downed trees, alligators, pitch black night-but those dangers pale in comparison to going another year knowing that her father is ashamed of her... -
Falling For My Nemesis by Tia Souders
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSpending time with my nemesis never felt so good.Carson Brooks has been my enemy since the day he moved to Sweet Water and tried to drown me in a rogue wave.Not only are we enemies, but we're not quiet about it either. We're polar opposites. Where I'm a perfectionist and methodical in all things, he is carefree and the life of the party... -
Planes, Trains, and Hurricanes by Eli Easton
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoe knows where he is going in life. But one crazy road trip just might change everything. Joe Blankenship knows where he’s going. He’s on track to marry the boss’s daughter and become heir apparent to a multi-million dollar medical supply business. The financial security he never had growing up is within his grasp along with a glitzy Manhattan lifestyle... -
The Dare by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBoring Beth Lynn has always lived up to her nickname… until she wakes up in a hotel bed next to a sexy as sin state senator she re-connected with at a wedding the previous night. The biggest problem? She can't seem to remember anything about the night before except for crying into a box of cookies, and she’s pretty sure Grandma Nadine slipped something in her drink... -
Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCharlie Hanson has a clear vision of his future. A senior at Brighton School of Mathematics and Science, he knows he’ll graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover solutions to the universe’s greatest unanswered questions. He’s that smart. But Charlie’s future blurs the moment he reaches out to touch the tattoo on a beautiful girl’s neck... -
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe award-winning author of Finnikin of the Rock and Jellicoe Road pens a raw, compelling novel about a family's hard-won healing on the other side of trauma. Award-winning author Melina Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel Saving Francesca - but five years have passed, and now it's Thomas Mackee who needs saving... -
Not After Everything by Michelle Levy
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA gritty but hopeful love story about two struggling teens—great for fans of The Spectacular Now, Willow, and Eleanor and Park Tyler has a football scholarship to Stanford, a hot girlfriend, and a reliable army of friends to party with. Then his mom kills herself. And Tyler lets it all go... -
Beautiful Broken by Nazarea Andrews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's been broken by her past. He's been breaking for as long as he can remember. Together, they can make each other whole--or destroy each other. When his best friend asks for something, Dane rarely says no. But babysitting a newly sober Scout Grimes for three weeks isn't exactly a normal request. And with their history, it's a recipe for disaster... -
Anissa of Syria by Zack Love, Jonah Pierce
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings["Clean read" edition of The Syrian Virgin - full details below] Anissa is traumatized by the most brutal conflict of the 21st Century: the Syrian Civil War. In 2012, Islamists in Homs terrorize a Syrian-Christian community and destroy everything that a young woman holds dear. Narrowly escaping death, Anissa restarts her devastated life as a college student in New York City... -
You Keep Breaking Us by Carrie Aarons
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe were the ultimate example of that couple who can’t live with each other, but can’t seem to function without each other.The minute I met Callum Strass at fifteen, I was a goner. We were the golden couple of our high school. The king and queen of prom, the sweethearts voted most likely to get married and have babies, and the absolute idiots who decided to attend the same college... -
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Exactly Where You Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTurtles All the Way Down meets Love and Luck in this “lively” (Publishers Weekly), romantic road trip story about a teen girl’s last chance to have an epic summer with her best friend before everything changes.Florie’s OCD and her mother’s worrying have kept her from a lot of things, like having an after-school job and getting her driver’s license... -
Under Shifting Stars by Alexandra Latos
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis heartfelt novel for fans of Jandy Nelson and Adam Silvera follows twins Audrey and Clare as they grapple with their brother’s death and their changing relationships—with each other and themselves.Audrey and Clare may be twins, but they don’t share a school, a room, a star sign, or even a birthday... -
L-DK, Vol 24 by Ayu Watanabe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAoi e Shusei vivono sotto lo stesso tetto. La convivenza tra i due liceali non è semplice, ma il loro amore – benché tribolato – è un faro che li guida anno dopo anno, tra ex fidanzati, cedimenti e perentori divieti imposti dai genitori della ragazza...Nella notte di Natale la solenne regola viene infranta. L’amore e il desiderio sono cresciuti al punto da diventare incontenibili... -
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
When U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the dirt during his third tour of duty in Iraq, his first instinct is to toss it aside. Instead, he brings it back to the base for someone to claim, but when no one does, he finds himself always carrying the photo in his pocket... -
A Business Proposal by Haehwa
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHa-ri made a deal—go on one blind date for her BFF and pretend to be a super-vixen to end all of her unwanted marriage set-ups! Unfortunately, instead of easy money, Ha-ri’s got a headache. Her date is Taemu, her company’s hot new CEO, and he’s got his own plans to get his family to back off by marrying whoever shows up on the date...Categorized as:
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True Letters from a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy.But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story...
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