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The One with the Kiss Cam by Cindy Steel
It was just one date. My friend told me I needed more fun in my life, so I reluctantly said yes. Fun wasn’t exactly in my wheelhouse. After watching my own mother’s love life implode time and time again it’s only natural that I have a few rules to protect myself.Actually, it’s just one rule…Avoid relationships with men so I don’t get attached. I wasn’t worried...Categorized as:
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped.Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be...Categorized as:
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Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOn an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk care. In 1959, no one is interested in a woman doctor. Nor are they welcoming Calvin and Justin Bell, a newly arrived African American father and son...Categorized as:
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All We Have Left by Wendy Mills
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA haunting and heart-wrenching story of two girls, two time periods, and the one event that changed their lives—and the world—forever.Now:Sixteen-year-old Jesse is used to living with the echoes of the past. Her older brother died in the September 11th attacks, and her dad has filled their home with anger and grief...Categorized as:
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How The Heart Breaks by Stacey Marie Brown
He was her secret, her sin, the heart she couldn’t love.Emery Robert’s life is everything she wanted. Married to the love of her life, with a good job, and plans for a family in the future. But when Emery’s husband dies tragically, she is the one who stops living.Three years later, at the age of 30, she’s still struggling to move on...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... -
Takane & Hana, Vol. 7 by Yuki Shiwasu
Stripped of his wealth and now penniless, Takane has to learn to cope with being poor. He refuses any help from Hana, but she isn’t about to let him brush her off! Takane is as difficult as ever, but Hana sticks by him...Categorized as:
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Takane & Hana, Vol. 8 by Yuki Shiwasu
Valentine’s Day rolls around, and Hana wonders what she should give Takane even as she struggles to hide her feelings from him...Categorized as:
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Jesse by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJesse - Who would have known that the 'three-second rule' had the ability to change it all? I sure as hell didn't. How is it possible that I've gone so long without her in my life? Kaylah Millington is everything a guy could possibly want and I need more. So much more. One word from her smart mouth and I was on my knees, absolutely hooked. There's only one issue..Categorized as:
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All I've Wanted All I've Needed by A.E. Valdez
Harlow Shaw feels naïve for believing in happily ever afters but she craves a love that lights her up.She thought she had it all with her boyfriend. Until his promising baseball career overshadows their relationship and he asks her a life changing question. It causes her to wonder if what they have is all she ever truly wanted.Harlow is yearning for more than the curated life she is living... -
The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“I’m in love with you.” How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? “I’m in love with you.” How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her off… without losing her. I couldn’t lose her... -
Secrets by Raven St. Pierre
Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00JG8E7HE. She’s never loved the way she loves him. He’s consumed by an unquenchable need for her. Sam and AJ have faced so much together, survived so much together, but when secrets and mistrust rock the very foundation of their relationship, they must fight to keep it all from falling apart...Categorized as:
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Curvy Girls Can't Date Bad Boys by Kelsie Stelting
An arranged marriage and a bad boy who breaks all of the rules…My father’s been planning my wedding day for longer than I have. Since I turned seventeen, he’s sent me on date after date with people from the film industry–producers, directors, actors… I’ve dated–and turned down–them all.But Ryde Alexander is the worst... -
Takane & Hana, Vol. 10 by Yuki Shiwasu
When Hana’s childhood friend Okamon confesses that he’s in love with her, Hana goes into a total panic! Can she possibly return his feelings? And once Takane finds out, all bets are off on how he’ll react to the...Categorized as:
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Parachutes by Kelly Yang
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSpeak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma. They’re called teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia...Categorized as:
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Reign by Cassandra Robbins
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Robbins comes her latest sinfully hot rockstar romance. A deliciously angsty, complete stand-alone about a guitar legend and his obsession with his broken vixen... -
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAn #ownvoices contemporary YA set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything on the line—even her blooming love story—to follow her dreams.In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life...Categorized as:
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Takane & Hana, Vol. 11 by Yuki Shiwasu
Takane gives Hana a surprise kiss on the nose, and now a flustered Hana is dying to know what it means! Meanwhile, Takane’s cousin Yakumo wants to be reacquainted with Takane, but there’s an ominous vibe about him… What exactly is he...Categorized as:
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100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels like she has nothing left to be happy about... -
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... -
Curvy Girls Can't Date Bullies by Kelsie Stelting
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Takane & Hana, Vol. 4 by Yuki Shiwasu
Summer’s out, but Takane is so busy with work that he doesn’t have much time to spend with Hana! Enter Takane’s new assistant, Eiji Kirigasaki, an efficient helper who gains Takane’s trust and allows Takane to have more free time...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...Categorized as:
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Tyson by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrylee - It was supposed to be a one-time thing which quickly turned into two, and then three. Don’t ask me how, but now I can't seem count the times on one hand, let alone two. I'm in trouble. I never intended for this to be something more, but he has the ability to keep drawing me back in. He's coming for me. He's always wanted more, but this time, I don't think he's going to let me go... -
Jackson by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElle - He’s the guy with the world against him and I’m the girl they all love to hate. Our reputations suck for two very different reasons and where he’s working to do something about it, I’m working to keep my head down and not draw attention to myself. Falling for Jackson would be a mistake. Falling for him would put me right back in the public eye, somewhere I swore I’d never be again... -
Better Than Before by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies collides with Betting on You when, after meeting the annoyingly cute Bailey on his flight, Charlie gets picked at the airport up by his cousin, Wes, who introduces him to his annoyingly cute neighbor, Liz...Categorized as:
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Better Than Before by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies collides with Betting on You when, after meeting the annoyingly cute Bailey on his flight, Charlie gets picked at the airport up by his cousin, Wes, who introduces him to his annoyingly cute neighbor, Liz...Categorized as:
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Takane & Hana, Vol. 3 by Yuki Shiwasu
After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family...Categorized as:
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Levi by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 18 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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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...Categorized as:
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Peacekeeper by Laura Pavlov
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHarrisonI loved Laney Landers before most people learned to read.Blonde hair, blue eyes that rivaled the ocean, and an invisible halo over her head.She stole my heart the same day she threw sand in my face.What started as a friendship grew into so much more.I thought she’d be my forever.But then life threw me a curveball and I changed course.Laney moved on and found a different happily ever after...Categorized as:
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The Bad Boy, Cupid & Me by Slim_Shady
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsReece smirked, "Trust me Chloe, the Good Girl always falls for the Bad Boy."Chloe Armel is a Good Girl.She never gets in trouble, gets excellent grades and is loved by everyone.Enter Reece.Wild, badass and has an ego that honestly couldn't get any bigger.He gets into fights, breaks every single rule and couldn't care less about the consequences that come with it...Categorized as:
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The Dealmaker by Jessica Peterson
Hating and dating: I didn’t realize they’re two sides of the same coin until I meet him. Theo Morgan.One of Wall Street’s highest-paid traders, he may be hot as sin in his five-thousand-dollar custom-made suit and six-figure SUV. But Theo is the bane of my existence. He’s arrogant, rude, and as brash as they come.As our bank’s newest star hire, he’s also after the same promotion I am... -
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Takane & Hana, Vol. 2 by Yuki Shiwasu
Hana has to continue to pretend to be her sister after Takane’s grandfather expresses his desire to meet Takane’s prospective marriage partner! But Hana’s totally out of her element at a party hosted by the Takaba Group, the largest conglomerate in Japan! Just how the heck is she supposed to pull this...Categorized as:
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Indian Summer by Eve L. Mitchell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou’d think the universe would toss me a break after the year I’d had.I made a plan, one that would give me a fresh start in a new town where no one knew me. It should have been simple, but nothing is ever as easy as it should be when starting over.New town, new school, and a new life. It sounded easy enough, or I’d thought it had.It wasn’t... -
Art for the Anarchist (The Rejected) by Jaycee Wolfe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDean:Another day in this godforsaken town, another painful reminder that we don’t fit in. People only see what they want to see and turn a blind eye to the rougher things in life. Rougher things like my brothers and me. Living the life I have, you come to realize just how weak and careless people can be. That’s why I prefer to stick to myself and my brothers...Categorized as:
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Rebelling With the Bad Boy by Sarah Sutton
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTrusting the bad boy… What could go wrong?It’s on my birthday that I realize the past sixteen years of my life haven't really been mine.From my outfits to my hairstyles and even to my love life, my parents have control over all of it. And instead of fighting, I live by my mantra: keep my head down and keep my mouth shut.Until I’m paired with Brentwood High’s resident bad boy, Hudson Bishop...Categorized as:
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One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsOne single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes Suppose your life sucks. A lot... -
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...Categorized as:
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Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 37 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... -
Callous Prince by Becker Gray
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe’s arrogant. Intolerable. Cruel.From the moment we exchanged our first glance, Lennox Lincoln-Ward has been out to destroy me. So I keep my head down at Pembroke Prep, and I stay out of the Hellfire Club’s way. Even so, Lennox finds me, seeks me out until he pins me in his beautiful, withering gaze—the same gaze that sends a chill down my spine and an undeniable tingle to other places... -
Guarding the Goalie by Jacob Chance
The first time I met Murphy, the goalie of the Coyotes hockey team, I thought he was the most attractive man I’d ever seen.The second time, we shared a wild night and I never planned to see him again.Imagine my surprise when I showed up for a work meeting only to find out Murphy was my new client.He needed a bodyguard to pose as his live-in girlfriend, and I was perfect for the job...Categorized as:
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Takane & Hana, Vol. 12 by Yuki Shiwasu
A hospitalized Takane drops a major bombshell on Hana, and she doesn’t know if he’s serious or not! In typical Takane form, he overdoes things, and Hana is at a loss as to how she should deal with the news...Categorized as:
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Wanting the Winger by Jacob Chance
My dad has been the coach of the Charleston Coyotes for as long as I can remember. All the time I’ve spent in ice rinks has taught me two things:1. I will NEVER date a hockey player.As a single mom, it’s not like I have time for romance anyway.2. Nothing smells worse than hockey players after a game.And I work as a dog groomer, so I have experience with smelly animals...Categorized as:
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Curvy Girls Can't Date Quarterbacks by Kelsie Stelting
Curvy girls deserve happily ever afters too.I’m a big girl, “plus-sized,” whatever. I’m sick of hearing about it, especially since my doctor diagnosed me with PCOS. So when Mean Girl Merritt shot her mouth off about how fat people should just lose weight, I couldn’t take it anymore.And now I’ve got a huge problem...Categorized as:
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The Courtship Maneuver by Ivy Layne
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Courtship Maneuver, the sexy and sweet series by Alexa Wilder, is now available as a complete series. For the first time you can read all three books in one volume! Chloe Henson is in love with her boss. Completely, totally, head over heels in love. She knows he doesn't feel the same way - she doesn't expect him too. Sam Logan is successful and wealthy, and he only dates supermodels... -
First Love, Take Two by Sajni Patel
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 20 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...Categorized as:
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Breaking The Bad Boy by kaddydee
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAshley Martin has been through more grief than a person experiences in their entire life and carries baggage that no kid should ever entail. Tyler Miller is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse, blinded rage and will single-handedly destroy anybody who stands in his way...Categorized as:
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There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsGrief brought Finley to Ireland. Love will lead her home.Finley Sinclair is not your typical eighteen-year-old. She’s witty, tough, and driven. With an upcoming interview at the Manhattan music conservatory, Finley needs to compose her audition piece. But her creativity disappeared with the death of her older brother, Will...
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