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19 Days by Old Xian
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe cute and funny adventures of a boy and his best friend. Also contains insert art of the characters by the mangaka...Categorized as:
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Love Me by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMy mom says that you can’t love someone until you learn to love yourself. So even though Vincent is getting more and more scary. Even though he’s doing a nationwide search for me. I’m going to learn to love myself. Well, I’m going to try. Mostly, I want a boy to love me... -
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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Adore Me by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom USA Today, bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the fifth book in the addictive Keatyn Chronicles series. Discover a breathless fairy-tale romance with swoon-worthy characters, suspense, and a glittering celebrity world... -
Last Game 01 by Shinobu Amano
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHe's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class... -
Paradise Kiss, Vol. 4 by Ai Yazawa
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen Yukari is asked to be the runway model for the clothing label Paradise Kiss, her life is turned upside down as she juggles college and career... -
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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ラストゲーム 1 by Shinobu Amano, 天乃 忍
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHe's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class... -
Paradise Kiss, Vol. 3 by Ai Yazawa
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen Yukari is asked to be the runway model for the clothing label Paradise Kiss, her life is turned upside down as she juggles college and career... -
The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGrowing Up Can Be Perfect in Its Imperfection The Jessica Darling series chronicles one young woman’s coming-of-age in the first decade of the 21st century. Over five books and ten years, Jessica Darling fumbles her way into adulthood... -
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... -
Meeting Sang: Victor by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsVictor Morgan hides from the public whenever he can. It's not that he's a recluse; he hides to avoid rumors and throngs of teen girls throwing themselves at him because of his fame. When his team of friends is assigned a job at a new school, it's his one chance to finally be just Victor; not a local celebrity, or that guy whose parents have a huge house and lots of money... -
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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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The Youth & Young Loves of Oliver Wade by Ben Monopoli
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA novel in stories, by the author of "The Cranberry Hush"At the heart of these twelve interconnected stories is Ollie Wade, a gay guy navigating life and love from age 13 to 28.At a middle-school dance, a boy keeps a secret from his date; on a subway platform, he realizes a young green-eyed stranger has the same secret... -
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... -
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... -
Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Sometimes there is a single moment that changes your life forever.” Hadie Swinton is giving up on boys. After a disastrous relationship, she is convinced that all males are the same—arrogant, self-assured, and complete jerks. Lincoln Bracks is giving up on his old life. After moving to a new town to escape the problems plaguing him, he is set against ever getting close to anyone again... -
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Illegal My Ass by Makeandoffer
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMia Hastings was never one to follow the rules. Her brother knew it, her best friend knew it. Everyone knew it. She lives for the moment, doing whatever she feels and thinking of the consequences later. Her main goal in life is to live it.Mia’s brother’s best friend Drake O’Connell was never big on rules.The judge who sentences him to 2 years in prison knew it... -
Meeting Sang: Kota by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKota Lee has been trying for weeks to get the girl up the street to notice him. She's beautiful and intriguing, but seems incredibly shy. Too shy. Every time he tries to get close, she dodges him, like a skittish little bird, flittering away out of his reach.Troubled by her haunted looks, he's tried to give her some space, respect her need for solitude... -
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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Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy.How do you make one month last a lifetime?Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules—even if it means sacrificing her dreams... -
Curvy Girls Can't Date Bullies by Kelsie Stelting
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe bullied my sister. Now it’s his turn to pay.Ryker is the top of the Emerson Academy food chain, and he uses his power to remind everyone of just how powerless they are.Until now.When I see him picking on the most innocent girl in school for her weight, I snap. Ignoring him is no longer enough. No, my friends and I are going to make him pay... -
Ruin by Auryn Hadley, Kitty Cox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are good guys. There are bad guys. Then there's me.Moving to a new school sucks. I don't care about being cool and I have no filter – not exactly a recipe for success. Thankfully, the "geeks" welcome me in with open arms, including Zoe. For the first time in my life, I have a female friend, and I kinda like how this feels.I've always been the girl who had to fight to keep going... -
Arabian Nights by Simone Shirazi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBlair Bakhtiar always wanted to be royalty. Zayn al-Haydar wanted to be anything but. When one fateful summer brings them together, the two discover that maybe it's not that much better on the other side... but the journey there is always full of surprises, with love being the biggest surprise of them all. [Book #2 in the Fairytale Series, but can be read as a standalone... -
Still With Me by Jessica Cunsolo, Ava Violet
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 19 ratings*This is a FREE, UNEDITED WATTPAD BOOK... -
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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Say Car For Me – Bonus Brian POV Scene by Kelly Oram
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor those of you who missed the party over the weekend, don't worry, you can still check out the new bonus material. Because I felt like you guys needed 29 new pages from the mind of Brian Oliver, here's the infamous scene where Brian and Ella first come face to face, told from Brian's perspective... -
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Curvy Girls Can't Date Soldiers by Kelsie Stelting
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s in love with me. The only problem? He thinks I’m someone else.I’ve spent my whole life trying not to get bullied. For my frizzy hair. My freckles. The white patches on my black skin or the gap in my teeth. Not to mention the extra hundred pounds I have on most of my classmates.So when my soldier pen pal wants to see a picture of me, I freak... -
Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBefore there was A, there was Alison DiLaurentis. Boys wanted to date her, girls wanted to be her, and somebody wanted her dead. . . .It's the end of seventh grade, and Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the girls of Rosewood Day. Ali runs her clique with an iron fist, and she's got enough dirt on Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer to keep them in line... -
Stay With Me by Jessica Cunsolo, Ava Violet
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt's finally winter break, which means Amelia, Aiden, and the rest of their friends get to enjoy a well deserved vacation at the beach house. After all the drama, the death of Aiden's step-father, and Aiden's arrest, it'll be good to take a break and just relax with friends.Unfortunately, Thea Kennedy, aka Amelia Collins, could never be so lucky...Categorized as:
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Awakening You by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLately, life has been going well for Ayden. His relationship with Lyric is starting to heat up and his career in music is taking off. But the disappearance of his sister still weighs heavily on his mind. Desperate to find out where his sister is, Ayden decides to take drastic measures... -
Savage Falls Sinners MC: A Dark High School Romance by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA complete dark romance series from Amazon bestselling author Caitlyn Dare. Includes Solace, a BONUS EPILOGUE NOVELLA set five years after the end of Sever.No one knows the code of the Sinners MC better than club princess Sadie Ray Dalton.She’s spent most of her life rebelling against her daddy’s strict rules and overprotective nature... -
Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKylene Danners’s ex-FBI agent father is in prison for murder and she’s hell-bent on getting him out. But trying to investigate in the small town where a defensive lineman is a hero no matter who he tries to kill and the girl who gets him locked up is public enemy number one is dangerous. Dark secrets are everywhere in Jasperville—the kind Ky can’t walk away from... -
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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Mistrust by Margaret McHeyzer
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING YA NOVEL I'm the popular girl at school.The one everyone wants to be friends with.I have the best boyfriend in the world, who's on the basketball team.My parents adore me, and I absolutely love them. My sister and I have a great relationship too.I'm a cheerleader, I have a high GPA and I'm liked even by the teachers... -
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... -
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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... -
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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Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHer heart has to break before it can open.When star soccer player Peyton Rios receives an offer from her first-choice college, senior year starts off exactly as planned. But when Peyton uncovers her boyfriend’s dark secret, she confronts him―and finds herself falling down a flight of stairs. Peyton’s knee―and maybe her dream of going pro―is shattered... -
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsYears ago, Rachel had a crush on Henry Jones. The day before she moved away, she tucked a love letter into his favorite book in his family’s bookshop. She waited. But Henry never came. Now Rachel has returned to the city—and to the bookshop—to work alongside the boy she’d rather not see, if at all possible, for the rest of her life. But Rachel needs the distraction, and the escape... -
Inspiring You by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings***Book 4 in the Unraveling You Series*** ***Official blurb coming...
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