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The Vincent Boys Collection: Extended and Uncut by Abbi Glines
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome things are too scandalously steamy to print…This ebook-only collection of The Vincent Boys and The Vincent Brothers contains exclusive scenes of scintillating seduction.Sawyer Vincent is the golden boy. The football star. The straight-A student with the perfect girlfriend to match. His cousin Beau Vincent is the opposite. The bad boy. The rebel. Super sexy—and super dangerous... -
First and Forever by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst and Forever is the second book in the Heartache Duet, and must be read after Heartache and Hope. Duet Synopsis: Ava Diaz needs saving. She just doesn’t know it yet. Just like she doesn’t know a thing about the boy she sits next to on the first day of senior year. He thinks she’s a brat. She thinks he’s entitled...Categorized as:
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Scarlett and the Kiss Thief by Ivy Smoak
I’ve never been kissed.I know…it’s a huge problem.It all started because I fell in love with my best friend, Axel Stevens. I decided to save my first kiss for him. But…he didn’t fall in love with me back.For the first time in years, he’s finally single though. And I have the perfect plan.I reinvented myself over the summer...Categorized as:
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The Proposal by J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTwitter fiction story of Cam and Avery.http://www.iheartbigbooks.com/2014/03...http://www.scribd.com/doc/231133105/T..Categorized as:
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Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson
From New York Time’s Bestselling Author R.L. Mathewson comes the YA series inspired by the Neighbor from Hell Series… The Neighbor from Hell YA Series. For readers who enjoy stories that leave them smiling… Do you ever feel like life isn’t going the way that you thought it would? That’s what Sebastian Bradford is realizing as he tries to figure out how everything went wrong so quickly...Categorized as:
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I sold myself to the devil for Vinyls... Pitiful I Know by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLexi Grayson is a normal teenager, as normal as she can be with her unobserving skills and her overthinking mind. But she might need the overthinking if she wants to unravel the smirking mystery that is Blake Eaton...Categorized as:
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That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDevaney Diamond’s summer break was shaping up to be the best one ever. Her longtime crush was finally interested in her, and by the time school rolled around in the fall, she knew he’d be her boyfriend... -
The Taste of an Enemy by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRich. Vicious. Vengeful. Forbidden. The Boys of Clermont Bay had always been untouchable. And Carson Hale was the worst of them all. He was pretentious and a player, and he had hated me for so long I forgot that we were ever anything more than enemies. Brutally beautiful and savagely heartless, his only plan was to ruin everything I loved...Categorized as:
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Going Long by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThey fell in love in high school and found their way back to one another despite the odds. But can first loves really be forever? For Reed Johnson, the dream was always football. But then Nolan Lennox took over his heart... -
That Love by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsI first met the ridiculously handsome Danny Diamond at a party some fifteen years ago. He had brilliant blue eyes, a sexy smirk, and a muscular body.We had a crazy, instant connection.So, I did what I had to do—threw myself in his direction and kissed him.And that kiss … was like a freaking fairy tale. At least it was until he stopped it because he was married...Categorized as:
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Let Me Love You by Megan Smith
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWill their lives take them in different directions? Jaylinn McCormick is determined to forget that one terrifying night which left her feeling broken and tainted. There is one person who can make her whole again… but he is hell bent on keeping her at arm’s length. She has loved him her entire life but can she wait for him to step up to the plate? Cooper Cahill has loved Jaylinn for years... -
Pieces Of You: Pieces Duet Book 1 by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThey could’ve been perfect.In another time. Another world.Where his wasn’t falling apart.And hers wasn’t already in pieces. -High school senior Holden Eastwood only has one fear in life: growing up.He spends his days unmotivated, moving from one game to the next, searching for his next challenge... -
Eden High: Book 5 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSian might have seen something she shouldn't have. How will she deal with her suspicions and who can she share them with? If what she suspects gets out, it can destroy a lot of lives, but she's tired of spending so much time on her arch enemy... -
Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLucy Everyone has ups and downs. I’m no different. I’ve had some really amazing ups, but I’ve also had some crap-tastic downs. When I was four, my biological mother died. I don’t remember crying for her. She’d never been the type to cuddle me, tuck me in, and read bedtime stories. That job was pushed off onto my sister Lana. She did her best to take care of me until Mom died...Categorized as:
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Brutal by Auryn Hadley, Kitty Cox
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI will take revenge. Their day of disaster will arrive. I am their Ruin.I need to believe that, because someone has to push back against the crap in the world. That someone is us. What happened to my best friend may have formed Ruin, but fixing it didn't break our group. If anything, the seven of us are stronger than ever.But the bad guys still exist. They're also getting worse...Categorized as:
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Paine by Tracy Lorraine
She was my best friend. The person I told my deepest secrets to. But when my world came crashing down, it was all because of her family. From that moment, I realized I’d been wrong to trust her. Her big caring eyes and sweet face were nothing but an act as she’d watched on while I tried to keep my head above water. That was our past...Categorized as:
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Frayed: A Small Town Sports Romance by Laura Pavlov
Bad boy football star. Innocent girl next door. Two different worlds. One small town. A million reasons why they should have stayed away from one another.My life was mapped out for me before I even entered the world.Who I'd date, where I’d attend college, what I'd be when I grew up.But there was a time in everyone's life when they'd face a fork in the road...Categorized as:
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Eden High: Book 4 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNow that he has staked his claim Jace and Sian are the new 'It' couple and there's love in the air , not only for these two lovebirds, but their friends seem to have been bitten by the bug... -
Curvy Girls Can't Date Best Friends by Kelsie Stelting
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt was all fake dating and games until my heart got involved...I wanted to have the best summer ever. To have my first kiss and finally get my brother’s best friend to notice me.So I talked my best friend Carson into helping.He’d do anything for me, and I’d do the same for him. But somewhere between fake dating and pretending to fall in love with him, I fell for real... -
The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSinless. Stunning. Damaged. Tempting. Allie Taylor had been the girl I hated for as long as I could remember. And now she loathed me just as much. It didn’t matter that I betrayed her to save her. Completely devastated and infuriated by my dishonesty, she had no intentions of ever trusting me again. Her trust was shattered, her hate raging on with each second... -
Falling For Who by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMarjorie Madden has it all. She’s been out since middle school, is the most popular person in her grade, and according to her friends could get any girl she wants (even the straight ones).Marjorie isn’t interested in dating, though. All of her focus is on becoming a starter on the varsity basketball team and leading her team to victory... -
Finding Perfect by Colleen Hoover
The #1 New York Times bestselling Hopeless series continues with this heartwarming conclusion that illustrates the power of following a difficult journey to discover what happens next. Friends Daniel, Six, Holder, Sky, and Breckin are planning to celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with a Friendsgiving dinner at Sky’s parents’ house...Categorized as:
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Dare to Dream by S.B. Alexander
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe'll do anything to protect his love, even if it means trading his life for hers... Bad boy Kade Maxwell knows the pain of loss. His sister's death tore his family apart. His life seemed destined down a nightmarish path until he met Lacey Robinson, a light that cuts though his darkness. Despite her own tragedy, her beauty, determination, and dedication makes him believe he can dream again... -
Before Ryan Was Mine by Kahlen Aymes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Ryan Matthews meets Julia Abbott for the first time at Stanford University, he immediately knows she will change his life. They have an instant, unbreakable connection that goes beyond partying and palpable attraction... -
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Amour Amour by Krista Ritchie, Ava Erickson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsListening time 13 hours 21 minutesLove is a circus"Every day,” he says lowly, “I hold a person’s life in my hands. The circus is based one-hundred percent off trust. I give it all to someone, and they give it all to me.”The best aerial technique won’t land 21-year-old Thora James her dream role in Amour—a sexy new acrobatic show on the Vegas strip... -
Eden High by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSian Claiborne is not a happy camper. Just when she was getting into the groove of high school hijinks, her parents decides to pick up stakes. Now the popular cheerleader is off to the ritz and glamor of the Hollywood Hills, where her new school is home to the offspring of Hollywood's elite...Categorized as:
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Fighter by Tijan
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAll of Dale's brothers help with their bounty hunting business, all except her. Wanting out of that life, she left for college, but on her first morning back home for the holidays, she’s back to chasing after a bail jumper. When she realizes the jumper is her ex-boyfriend, Jax, Dale gets dragged into helping him evade her brothers so he can win an underground fighting competition... -
Curvy Girls Can't Date Princes by Kelsie Stelting
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOur foreign exchange student is a prince.A real-life prince. Like of a country. And he’s not one of those ugly ones with big teeth that girls only like because he’s royal. No, he’s hot. On fire. I’m drooling just thinking about him.But that’s the problem, because the only reason my parents took him in is because they don’t think there’s any way a guy like him could crush on a girl like me... -
Ella and Micha: Infinitely and Always by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA Secret Series Novella After five years of marriage, Ella couldn’t be happier. Her job is great. Her marriage is amazing. But when she receives some surprising news, her world is turned upside down. Micha loves being a musician, but being on the road, and away from Ella, is difficult...Categorized as:
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A Love Song for Liars by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI fell for Tyler Adams when he had nothing but a guitar.He was my rebel prince, my handsome muse, my twisted friend.We were worlds apart in every way that mattered:He was poor, I was rich.He was beautiful, I was plain.He honed his talent in private, while I ached for the spotlight.When Tyler moved in with us, Oakwood Prep fell on its knees to worship at his altar...Categorized as:
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Fumbled Hearts by Meagan Brandy
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter months of refusing, I finally agreed to make the move to Alrick Falls. My family thought it was best - that a new scene would be good for me - and I was sick of having the same conversation. So here I am, and the plan is simple. Smile through each day and avoid her at all costs. It’s perfect. Until the cocky quarterback comes into play...Categorized as:
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Heartache and Hope by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAva Diaz needs saving.She just doesn’t know it yet.Just like she doesn’t know a thing about the boy she sits next to on the first day of senior year.He thinks she’s a brat.She thinks he’s entitled.Maybe first impressions don’t always last… Because Connor Ledger’s about to save her.He just doesn’t know why...Categorized as:
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Long Way Home by Katie McGarry
Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving.It’s the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it’s up to her to do the saving...Categorized as:
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Only Forever by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe fourth and final installment of the Only series. Must be read in order. There comes a time when Emma must face the secret she's kept from Grayson. But she never thought it would be while she stood on stage at Emerald’s. The seconds she has to convey that her life is in danger are lost in the devastation that she sees rip through him. She pinches her eyes closed. “Don’t leave me...Categorized as:
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Only for Us by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe third installment of the Only series. Must be read in order. Grayson and Emma. First love. True love. And... they have a daughter. Abandonment is his curse. He left his woman, survived his team, and missed the moment most precious to a father. Until now. "I didn't know you were killing yourself with work. I didn't know you're raising our daughter...Categorized as:
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Whatever Happens by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsViolet Page is having a rough time. This former popular girl is lost. Her parents uproot everything after her younger sister’s suicide, moving states away to escape the lingering pain of loss. She doesn’t fit in anywhere, but finds herself strangely drawn to the boy she watches view the world through a telescope. Finnley Crawford isn’t your typical boy next door... -
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In Ruins by Danielle Pearl
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe wanted to start again. To be someone---anyone---different . . . Freedom. When Carleigh Stanger thought of college, that was the word that came to mind. Freedom from her unhappy home life. Freedom from high school mistakes. Freedom from the memory of that terrible morning...Categorized as:
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The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor fans of Sarah Dessen and Mary H.K. Choi, this lyrical and emotionally driven novel follows Alina, a young aspiring dancer who suffers a devastating injury and must face a world without ballet—as well as the darker side of her former dream. Alina Keeler was destined to dance, but then a terrifying fall shatters her leg—and her dreams of a professional ballet career along with it... -
Varsity Captain by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA new book in the Varsity Series is coming soon! Varsity Captain will give readers the experience and backstory of Varsity Heartbreaker (book 1 in the series) told from Lucas Fuller's POV. This is a full-length novel with brand new content and not just a simple retelling... -
Fumbled Past by Lauren Runow
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTwenty years have passed, yet not one thing in my hometown has changed … even the man I left behind.I was the girl no one could touch because they all feared my father. He was a legend, the head football coach who had created this town’s Friday night lights. Only two football players dared to win my heart—the boy next door and the new guy in town...Categorized as:
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Levi by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLife and death … they have a way of tainting fairy tales in the ugliest way. You know the sugary-sweet romances where the new girl moves to a small town, falls in love with the most popular guy in school, and they live happily ever after? I wish my story were that simple. Levi Hollingsworth is the most popular guy in school. He’s stoic, mysterious, and aloof. A man among boys...Categorized as:
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The Southern Nights Series by M. Never
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKamdyn Ellis is the man. Mr. All-Star athlete and resident bad boy. #7 quarterback on the field, and #1 player off. Every guy at school wants to be him, and every girl at school wants to date him. Well, except Laney Summers that is. The sassy city girl is the only one immune to Kam’s clear blue eyes and arsenal of southern charm... -
Ruined Hopes by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAshleigh Chase has always had big dreams.But when she wakes up in hospital with no memory of how she got there, her bright future dissolves around her.Ezra Bennet has always felt like the odd one out.But this time, he really screwed up and he has no choice but to face the consequences...Categorized as:
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Dear McKinnon by Danielle Keil
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEveryone knows what it means to have a teal envelope taped to their locker on the first day of the month. Everyone except new girl McKinnon Gregory.The envelope is the start of a monthly tradition called the Secret Admirers, and something McKinnon never thought she'd see. To her surprise-- and everyone else's-- the teal envelope is taped to her locker on March first... -
A Crack in Everything by L.H. Cosway
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSpecial pre-order price of $2.99. Price will rise to $3.99 upon release Life used to be simple. I was a city girl with humble dreams. Then Dylan O’Dea broke into my flat, held me against the wall and told me to stay quiet. It was like in the movies, where the universe zeros in on a single scene. I looked into his eyes and knew he was going to change me...Categorized as:
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The Game by HJ Bellus
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**Mature Content Warning** Recommended for ages 17+ due to language and sexual content. Born to shine. Groomed to dominate. Levi Wilks is destined only to be a champion… Number one on the field, in the record books, and in every fans’ heart. This star QB is perfection from head to toe. Only his looks rival his talent on the field... -
If There's No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA single choice can change everything.Lena Wise is always looking forward to tomorrow, especially at the start of her senior year. She’s ready to pack in as much friend time as possible, to finish college applications, and to maybe let her childhood best friend Sebastian know how she really feels about him. For Lena, the upcoming year is going to be epic—one of opportunities and chances... -
Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I lost the fight. I lost her. But I don't care about my promise. I'm chasing that girl... again." Haze Adams and Winter Kingston were supposed to be a done deal. A onetime thing. The notorious street fighter had one goal and one goal only: make the girl fall in love, break her heart to hurt his enemies, and move on to the next best thing. Easy, right? Wrong... -
Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeck Callahan.Star defensive Lineman.Most popular boy on campus.One of my best friends.He’s always been off limits because I know a relationship with him could never work. Like, ever. He’s too perfect, too sweet, too good looking. Taking what we have a step further has the potential to ruin everything, and his friendship is too important to me...
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