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Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJuliet 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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Fake by Tate James
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"You'll always be mine."The latest taunt from my stalker reminded me I was nothing more than a possession to my father, to the Reapers, to Archer D'Ath. Even to Kody and Steele. Princess Danvers―the prize.His wife.Archer D'Ath's wife.I hate them. They lied to me. Over and over again. I knew they were lying, too, and I hate myself for letting it get this far...Categorized as:
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Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
Tatiana is eighteen years old, pregnant, and widowed when she escapes war-torn Leningrad to find a new life in America. But the ghosts of her past do not rest easily. She becomes consumed by the belief that her husband, Red Army officer Alexander Belov, is still alive and needs her desperately... -
Corrupt Knight by Tracy Lorraine
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.The night we met, she was just another one-night stand. We were never meant to see each other again, and my best friend certainly wasn’t supposed to go and fall in love with her best friend...Categorized as:
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More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsRev Fletcher is battling the demons of his past. But with loving adoptive parents by his side, he’s managed to keep them at bay...until he gets a letter from his abusive father and the trauma of his childhood comes hurtling back.Emma Blue spends her time perfecting the computer game she built from scratch, rather than facing her parents’ crumbling marriage... -
King of Patriam: Outlaws by Amizah R
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 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: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 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... -
Twisted Selection by P.H. Nix
Edgewood Elite rule this town, but that doesn’t mean they can rule me.After my dad goes missing, my family falls apart. News of an inheritance from a long-lost relative gives us the restart we need. At least, that’s what I think until we get there.Edgewood Academy is ruled by the town’s four heirs.Wes, broody and stuck up, wants me run out of town... -
Ruthless Love by Penelope Bloom
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 16 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... -
Heavy Crown by Sophie Lark
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe was a temptation he couldn't resist… Sebastian Gallo couldn't believe it when he saw her being stuffed into a Yelena Yenina, the only daughter of the most vicious Bratva boss in Chicago. The Bratva hate Sebastian's family―in fact, they burned his uncle alive. He should have just left Yelena to her fate. But she fought like a Valkyrie―gorgeous, ferocious, and unbreakable...Categorized as:
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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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We Dance in Sin by M.T. Morgan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBrixley Archer has always had a taste for danger. Allured by the darkness she can't escape that lingers deep in the back of her mind. She’s spent most of her life hustling, striving for more than the poverty she’s always known. So when she gets accepted into one of the most selective colleges in the country, she thinks this is her fresh start... -
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Jodi Picoult
In Ponyboy's world there are two types of people. There are the Socs the rich society kids who get away with anything. The there are the greasers, like Ponyboy, who aren't so lucky. Ponyboy has a few things he can count on, hid older brothers, his friends, and trouble with the Socs, whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers like Ponyboy... -
Volition by Lily Paradis
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 12 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... -
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One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • There's a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there's a whole new set of rules. The highly anticipated sequel to One of Us Is Lying !Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this...Categorized as:
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The Ruthless Note by Nelia Alarcon
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis 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... -
Corrupting the Innocent by P. Rayne
Sofia MorettiFor years, I’ve harbored a secret love for my best friend’s older brother. Yet, he’s never shown any sign of sharing my feelings.My fantasies will remain just that though—fantasies. For two reasons. The first being he’s arranged to marry the cunning and cold-hearted, Aurora Salucci... -
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... -
The Broken Note by Nelia Alarcon
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis 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... -
Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas
Secrets, deception, and passion consume two pen pals in the TikTok sensation from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas, now with exclusive bonus material!They were perfect together. Until they met.In fifth grade, Misha’s teacher set him and his classmates up with pen pals from a different school. For the next seven years, Ryen was his everything...Categorized as:
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known...Categorized as:
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Heartsong by T.J. Klune
Heartsong is the third book in the Green Creek Series, the beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.“ Complex and startling... Green Creek is the perfect setting.” ―Charlaine HarrisThe Bennett family has a They're not just a family, they're a pack. Heartsong is Robbie Fontaine's story... -
Relentless by Karen Lynch
Sara Grey’s world shattered ten years ago when her father was brutally murdered. Now at seventeen, she is still haunted by memories of that day and driven by the need to understand why it happened. She lives a life full of secrets and her family and friends have no idea of the supernatural world she is immersed in or of Sara’s own very powerful gift...Categorized as:
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Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie
I promised to avenge my parents.But their killer is still on the loose, and he's stolen more than my parents' lives. Now, as he draws closer to his mysterious goals, he's poised to destroy what little I have left.I promised to translate an ancient grimoire.But it holds the secrets of my family—and the secret history of demon summoning. I fear its answers as much as I need them...Categorized as:
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Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
Would you trade your soul mate for your soul?A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love...Categorized as:
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Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
After the events of the Lunar Eclipse, Tory and Darcy must learn to deal with the darkness which shadows their lives. With a secret binding them to Darius and Orion, they must find a way to all work together for the greater good. But some things are easier said than done.. -
Cursed Fates by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
After the devastating events at Zodiac Academy, we have to deal with this darker world we're faced with. Lionel seeks to hurt us, the Nymphs seek to hurt the entire Fae race, and between all of it, we just have to try and survive each day as it comes. I'm afraid of everything falling apart, but it looks like it already has... -
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal...Categorized as:
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Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie
I'm bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I'm responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That's what my textbooks say. That's what I see. He's ruthless, he's temperamental, he's cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he's hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster...Categorized as:
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Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Anna Latham didn’t know how complicated life could be until she became a werewolf. And until she was mated to Charles Cornick, the son — and enforcer — of Bran, the leader of the North American werewolves, she didn’t know how dangerous it could be either..
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