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In Harmony by Emma Scott
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"In Harmony...gives a voice to the voiceless..."The root of all madness is an unbearable truth…At seventeen, Willow Holloway’s life was torn apart. The happy, driven girl is gone, and she is left wracked by post-traumatic stress her body remembers even if she does not...Categorized as:
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Kade's Game by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWe never go after what we want without circling around it at least a hundred times. Instead, we play games, try to work just the right angle, even when it's not necessary. You've heard Raya's version, and now it's Kade's turn. He had everything mapped out. His life was a series of strategy and games, all of which he was mastering...Categorized as:
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Take a Chance by Abbi Glines
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines comes the story of Grant, the sexy playboy who first captured readers hearts in Fallen Too Far . When Harlow Manning's rocker father goes on tour, he sends her to Rosemary Beach, Florida, to live with her half-sister, Nan. The problem: Nan despises her... -
Without You by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAlex and Will have spent months keeping their relationship hidden from their families. Getting caught prematurely causes them to admit their love for each other to their parents. One decision made by Alex's father changes her entire world, shattering her plans for the future... -
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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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The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Truth In Lies Series. READ This Much Is True, book 1 first, although it's been written as a standalone. Readers say, don't do that. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway ~ A Farewell To Arms They share an epic love but one moment changes everything. A life together that seemed certain is shattered... -
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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Broken Hill Havoc by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCollege? How did this happen? One minute I'm starting my senior year of high school and the next, I'm in college. Let me repeat myself. How did this happen? I can't even begin to understand the crazy amounts of drama I've suffered through over the past twelve months, but I've never been so happy to say it's over. I’m more than ready for this next step in my life... -
Nash by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsWill their past determine their future? Saint Ford has worked hard to achieve her childhood dream of becoming of nurse. Focused on her work and devoted to her patients, there’s no room for love. She doesn’t need a guy making waves in her calm, serene life—especially when he’s the unforgettable hottie who nearly destroyed her in high school...Categorized as:
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A Rival's Kiss by Maya Hughes
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWalking away would be the smartest decision, but no one’s ever accused me of being smart. Cold, determined, brutal, but never smart.Willa’s mine from the moment I rescue her. I protect her from a brawling crowd and she stares up at me like I’m her prince charming. No one’s ever looked at me like that. No one has ever dared to come that close...Categorized as:
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Make It a Double by Sawyer Bennett
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBrody Markham has endured a nightmare, spending the last five years in prison and losing everything that was dear to him. Now he’s back home, trying to survive in a world he doesn’t recognize anymore. While his family and friends desperately try to reach through to him, he shelters himself further and further away from their love...Categorized as:
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His Forever Girl by Lucy Darling
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsZoey Hawthorne has always been my forever. Best friends since we were kids, she and I were meant to be. Until I screwed it all up before we went to high school. I had to step away before I ruined my shot with the girl who held my heart in her hands.Letting her go was the biggest regret of my life. Making it up to her won’t be easy, but I have to show her that I never lost sight of her...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... -
Captivate by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's on the edge of stardom. I'm on the edge of disaster. One night will change our lives forever... I was standing in the middle of a storm when Carter Bosh asks me to dance. I should have said no, but his outstretched hand and glittering green eyes were too tempting to resist. His touch sparked a fire inside of me. His kisses thrill and soothe at the same time...Categorized as:
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Broken Hill Honor by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBeing with Tora Roberts has been nothing but a wild ride, one I never want to get off. At twelve, I knew I loved her. By seventeen, I’d made her life a living hell. She hated me. She stole my heart completely at eighteen. And now at twenty-six, she still hasn’t given it back, and what’s more, I don’t want her to. It’s about time I make her mine… Officially... -
Tame Him: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratings𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼.Remi Tanner was only supposed to be a pawn in my game. But I screwed up. I broke her. And now I have to find a way to fix it. I want her.I need her. In the end, I’ll prove she’s the only thing that matters.Ace Jagger wasn’t supposed to imprint himself on my heart...Categorized as:
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The Fall of a God by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsInnocent. Blameless. Pure. Heartbroken. Josie Vos belonged to the one family I hated more than anything. And I had forced her to despise me just as much. It didn't matter that I had lost track of my plan and fallen for my enemy. Irrevocably hurt and enraged by my deceit, she had no intentions of doing anything but watching me lose my throne. The secrets of our families can never be forgotten...Categorized as:
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Jocul Cu Focul by L.J. Shen
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA broken boy on the path to destruction.A scarred girl without direction.A love story carved in secrets, inked with pain and sealed with a lie.Grace Shaw and West St. Claire are arctic opposites.She is the strange girl from the food truck.He is the mysterious underground fighter who stormed into her sleepy Texan college town on his motorcycle one day, and has been wreaking havoc since...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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No Romeo by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo everyone in Dayton, Hendrix Hunt was the tattooed bad boy, the bully, the player. Guys hated and feared him. Girls wanted to tame him. And I just wished I could forget him.Two years ago, Hendrix was my world. Then the taint of Dayton ruined everything, breaking us both with secrets and lies. I destroyed him and now he wants to destroy me.. -
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Beautiful Burn by Jamie McGuire
Fresh out of college, Ellison Edson has fallen through the cracks of rock bottom. While staying in her family’s vacation home in Colorado, her behavior has finally gained the attention of her parents—but not in the way she hoped. Cut off from the millions she’s always taken for granted, and left alone to fend for herself, Ellie spirals further out of control, making a mistake she can’t take back... -
Wicked Promises by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L A Cotton continues...Forever is a long time.Summer Stone-Prince has her whole life mapped out. Attend college with her childhood sweetheart. Graduate. Get married and live happily-ever-after. But all it takes are two little words and everything changes.Everything...Categorized as:
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Rush: The Beginning by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Trouble With You and Wicked Beginnings. The sweetheart of Country is about to show the bad boys of Rock, it only takes a single beat for everything to change. Evangeline Walker knows how quickly everything can change. But nothing can prepare her for the moment she meets Rafe Hunter.Intense gray eyes.Wicked smile... -
Playing With Her Heart by Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the NYT & USA Today Bestselling romance author, a sizzling and addictive story of a woman with a broken past and the man who can’t fight his attraction to her… Twenty-three year old rising theater star Jill McCormick has built a life out of pretending. Pretending she’s happy, pretending she’s not haunted by the dark secret that shattered her world six years ago...Categorized as:
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Torment Her: A Dark High School Romance by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe wants to rescue her. She wants to escape him.Kennedy Lowe was the girl that got away. So when she turns up broken and bruised, I‘m determined to fix things and finally claim the girl I’ve always loved.I’ll tease her.Tempt herIn the end, I’ll make her mine.Conner Jagger was the boy I always wanted. But we’re not the same people anymore, and I don’t know if I can trust him with my heart... -
Beautiful Broken Mess by Kimberly Lauren
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen life's always been a mess, can you still turn it into something beautiful? Jace Riley’s close connection with his identical twin brother, Jaxon, is put to the test when he tries to choose between keeping his promises and following his heart...Categorized as:
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Broken Hill Hearts by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI have never been at such a low. School work? Stuff it. Manners? Get screwed.Being a decent human being? Over my dead body.And it’s all because of him. Nate was supposed to be the reason I wake up in the morning until he took that reason away. Now, I’m left feeling like an empty shell of the girl I used to be.He’s the love of my life. Always has been and always will be... -
Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Rob Winters, aka, Jackass. Even to my closest friends. I wasn’t always so arrogant and condescending. It only took one night to change me—one point twenty-seven seconds, to be exact. When tragedy struck, I promised myself, no matter what, unbreakable chains would lock my heart. If one veers too close or digs too deep, the cruel and mean bastard many hate is unleashed... -
Broken Hill Hurt by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWe had it all until we didn’t.Nate Ryder has been the center of my world for the past few months. He’s cared for me, cherished me, and shown me a love I never even imagined could be real.He was my rock when my father left and my voice when I didn’t have one. He was once my bully but now holds my heart in the palm of his hands, along with it, the power to destroy me... -
Rich Prick by Tijan
He walked into school on his first day and owned it. I guess that's what happens when you're a prick, rich, and you're best friends with the ruling school's king. Also didn't hurt he's drop dead gorgeous. That's all fine. I mean, I have nothing to do with them. I'm a loner, invisible, and that's how I wanted it to be.I was even proud of it, until I wasn't. Until I saw a girl kneel before him...Categorized as:
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Coming Home by Priscilla Glenn
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLeah Marino hasn’t been on a date in two years. After discovering the man she loved had manipulated and deceived her, she refuses to even entertain the idea of a relationship. Instead, she focuses her attention on taking care of her family, a role she’s assumed since the death of her mother and the one place she knows her kindness won't be taken advantage of again...Categorized as:
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Toxic by Rachel Van Dyken
Everyone has a secret... Gabe Hyde is on borrowed time. He's been hiding his identity for over four years-hidden from the world that used to adore him--obsess over him--driven to the edge of insanity by one poor choice. But that one choice, altered the course of his life forever... -
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 Lyon Trilogy by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis bundle includes the following novels: Lyon's Crew: Colton Lyon is the tattooed, pierced (with an Apadravya) leader of a bike crew. His wealthy background and bad boy good looks makes him every young girl's fantasy but Lyon has sworn off women...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... -
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 Ever After of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Temptation of Lila and Ethan comes a story of change, hope, and unbreakable vows. The day Ella has waited for is just around the corner. It's the day she'll marry Micha, the love of her life, the light that guided her out of the darkness... -
The Space in Between by Brittainy C. Cherry
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe’s scarred by her past. Andrea Evans is traumatized and guilt-ridden by the death of her fiancée. Tired of the gossiping small town, she travels to New York City to pursue her dream of dance. He’s uncertain of his future... -
The King of Black Diamonds: An Enemies to Lovers High School Sports Romance by Nicole S. Goodin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew country, new town, new school... all in my final year of high school. Just what every teenage girl dreams of.I didn't come here with the intention to stir up trouble, but sometimes a fire needs a little friction to really ignite.That's exactly what happens when I cross paths with him.Cullen Carrington...Categorized as:
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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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Let Love Stay by Melissa Collins
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIf you’re lucky, you’ll fall in love – truly, madly and deeply in love. But what happens when that honest and pure love isn’t enough to erase your fears? What happens when your past rears its ugly head and threatens your future? Maddy and Reid had that kind of love – the all-encompassing, Earth shattering, once in a lifetime kind of love. Then life happened... -
Smart, Sexy and Secretive by Tammy Falkner
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsEmily: I'm back in New York, ready to start my brand new life with Logan. Things are still up in the air between us, and it has been three months since I've even talked to him. But there's one thing I'm certain of -- I can't live without him. Logan: I need her like I need air. But now she's back, and her dad and her ex-boyfriend are conspiring to keep us apart. We can do this, though... -
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsA compelling story of romance, family, and friendship with humor and heart, perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins and Lauren Myracle. Francesca is stuck at St. Sebastian’s, a boys' school that pretends it's coed by giving the girls their own bathroom. Her only female companions are an ultra-feminist, a rumored slut, and an impossibly dorky accordion player... -
Unbroken Rules by Eliah Greenwood
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLies, passion, betrayal. Discover the last book of the teen sensation that captured 30,000,000 hearts across the globe today! Haze and Winter’s relationship has been a fight from day one. From crazy exes, to psycho families, to heart-wrenching betrayal, the couple has been through hell and back and lived to tell the tale...Categorized as:
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Erasing Faith by Julie Johnson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA fairytale city. A forbidden love. A fate doomed from the start. Faith Morrissey is overdue for an adventure. After twenty years in the same small town, she sets out on a year-long study abroad trip, fully expecting to fall in love with the wonders of Budapest. She certainly doesn’t expect to fall for Wes, the mysterious stranger who sweeps her off her feet mere days after her arrival... -
Embracing Trouble by Dee Bridle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiscontented with her mundane existence and a father who is no longer interested in being one, Ava wants a taste of the wild life. She meets Zac, a tattooed bad boy who lives with no rules, nameless sex, drugs and dark secrets. Everything about him is trouble and she suddenly wants more. Zac has to stay away from the innocent beauty knowing she deserves better than someone like him...
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