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Even When I'm Gone by Nicole Fiorina
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe second book in a heart-consuming series. Ollie. Forget everything you thought you knew. Hell, I don't even know myself anymore. For seven months I've been gone only to come back to be tested in every way possible. They say keep your enemies close, and my demons welcomed me back with open arms. My downfall is a necessary evil. But Mia is my endgame. Mia... -
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Thief by Tarryn Fisher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNote to SelfLove is patient; love is kind.Love doesn't boast or brag.There's no arrogance in love;it's never rude, crude, or indecent-it's not self absorbed.Love isn't easily upset.Love doesn't tally wrongs.Love trusts, hopes, and endures no matter what.Love will never become obsolete.I'll fight for her.ThiefCaleb Drake never got over his first love. Not when he got married... -
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Sabotage by Shantel Tessier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn all-new dark standalone romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Shantel Tessier.COLTONRaylee Lexington Adams is my stepsister and the one woman in the world who can make my blood boil. She’s vindictive, a lot of crazy, and absolutely stunning. I hate everything about her except for when she’s on her knees begging me to use her as my own personal toy... -
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Devotion by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTick tock. One day before the wedding of her dreams, Penny is in a city that is no longer her home. Alone. Heartbroken. Lost. Could the past few years really mean so little to a man that became her world? To a man she'd do anything to protect? There is no future without him. There is no her without him.With only 24 hours until the wedding, is there enough time to repair the damage? Tick tock... -
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Seducing Kaden by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA student-teacher forbidden romance from USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. Standalone with an HEA and no cliffhanger. Kaden The woman I love will never be mine because she already belongs to another. I’ve tried everything to forget her, but it’s impossible when she occupies a starring role in my dreams... -
![Love Me Whole by Nicky James]()
Love Me Whole by Nicky James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwenty-eight-year-old Oryn Patterson isn’t like other people. Being an extremely shy, social introvert is only part of the problem. Oryn has dissociative identity disorder. He may look like a normal man on the outside, but spend five minutes with him, and his daily struggles begin to show. Oryn shares his life and headspace with five distinctively different alters... -
![Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan]()
Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNormal is just a setting on the dryer.High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it’s time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey—and he’s autistic... -
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Whisper by Dani René
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the international bestselling author comes the story of two people who find out that sometimes fate does step in and play it's part. "Lust. It drives people to do things they normally wouldn't." A whisper is a secret that keeps you safe in the dark. It may hold truth, but it may bring about pain. When Eli said goodbye to love, he never counted on Gia... -
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Identical by Ellen Hopkins
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsKaeleigh and Raeanne are 16-year-old identical twins, the daughters of a district court judge father and politician mother running for US Congress. Everything on the surface seems fine, but underneath run very deep and damaging secrets. When the girls were 9, Daddy started to turn to his beloved Kaeleigh in ways a father never should and has been sexually abusing her for years... -
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Glass by Ellen Hopkins
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsCrank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go. Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips... -
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Eruption by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York was supposed to be our fresh start. Our happily ever after. But James is hiding something from me.Secrets from James' past, his scheming ex, and unsupportive parents make it hard to breathe in this city that barely feels like my home.I thought I wanted to marry him. I thought he was the man of my dreams. I thought we'd be happy as soon as we got away from all the rumors... -
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Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsSometimes you don't wake up. But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same.Three lives, three different paths to the same destination: Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act—suicide.Vanessa is beautiful and smart, but her secrets keep her answering the call of the blade... -
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This Isn't Fair, Baby by K. Webster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***This is the sixth book in the series. First five books must be read in order to fully understand this story line.*** The king in my world fell and a new one slid into place. He wasn’t just. He wasn’t FAIR. He was cruel and hateful and twisted. But I had this black king figured out. Or so I thought... -
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Dirty Martini by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a friend from medical school shows up on J.J. Graves' doorstep in distress, J.J. offers her a sanctuary. But the woman has brought trouble to Bloody Mary, and no one is safe... -
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![Saving Brad by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde Media]()
Saving Brad by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde Media
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBrad: I’m in love with my best friend’s girl. She knows it. He knows it. Everyone knows it. Faye will never be mine, but try telling that to my stupid heart. An endless rotation of girls streams in and out of my bedroom in a desperate attempt to forget her, but nothing eases the horrid ache in my chest. Rejection isn’t anything new for me, but it hasn’t gotten any easier... -
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When Forever Changes by Siobhan Davis, Sara Eirew
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the USA Today bestselling author of Inseparable comes another emotional, angsty, friends-to-lovers, second-chance romance. STANDALONE title. Gabby Looking back, I should have seen the signs. Perhaps I did, but I subconsciously chose to ignore them. From the time I was ten, when I first met Dylan, I knew he was my forever guy... -
![Obsession by Shantel Tessier]()
Obsession by Shantel Tessier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have lost those who I have loved. I have bled for those I hate. I have lied to those who are honest. What am I? You're a sinner dressed in white. You’re a ghost in the night. You're the demons that I fight. Who are you? Both of us were sinners. She was hell-bent on revenge, and I was determined to let her have it. She was a beautiful sin that alone would be my damnation... -
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Carved in Ice by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen I was little, I dreamed my life would be a fairy tale. But it just so happens that I don't need a knight in shining armor to save me anymore. I'm made of freaking steel. It's time for answers. Time for vengeance. And time to finally unmask the notorious V. There's no going back now. See what happens in the epic conclusion of the Made of Steel series... -
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Inked Babies: Epilogue to Inked Brotherhood by Jo Raven
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is the epilogue to the bestselling series Inked Brotherhood. Follow the five boys and their girls as they get married, have babies... and save Zane from his demons. Five brothers in all but blood, five girls who love them, emerging from a past fraught with darkness and danger. There are wedding bells, and baby cries and laughter all around. They have found their happy ending... -
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Reckless Whisper by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFBI Special Agent Bree Adams has a personal secret, something she has managed to keep hidden for the past ten years-at least she always thought so… But a chance encounter on a train, and whispered words of chilling consequence change everything. Is the truth about to come out or is someone playing with her mind and her life? Nathan Bishop knew Bree when she was a street kid like him... -
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Scandalized by Livia Grant
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour lives tangled by an invisible thread...Prepare to be scandalized!Nolan and Piper have a lot in common, and a complicated history that has already hit the rocks twice before. But their undeniable chemistry keeps pulling them back together, and even if she's Mistress Ice, Nolan is determined to have Piper any way he can get her -- secrets and all... -
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Before I Break by Portia Moore
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOut of the past six years of my life, I only remember about half of it. After a dozen doctors and thousands in medical bills, I was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder--one that causes me to lose track of time. Sometimes it’s hours, days or even weeks with no recollection of anything. The good thing is it's been almost two years since I had my last ‘black out’... -
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Forged in Flames by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsI remember when I thought my life would be like the fairy tales I read about. I'd do anything to go back in time when everything was so simple. When my knight in shining armor had a face and a name. When my biggest secret was that I snuck out at night to watch the stars.I'm worried that there's a sickness in me, swallowing me whole. I don't understand what's happening to me... -
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Three Complete Novels: Heaven/Dawn/Ruby by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis volume features the first novels in three thrilling V.C. Andrews' series: "Heaven, Dawn, " and "Ruby"--an unprecedented hardcover collection--complete and unabridged--at an inviting price! Available... -
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![Cosa Nostra by Nicci Harris]()
Cosa Nostra by Nicci Harris
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I love you, Max Butcher." Those words are dangerous. Just about as dangerous as the world I was born into. As dangerous as the ruthless bastards that I call family.They hurt her.My. Little. Ballerina. . . My piece of purity.They hurt her. . .I wanted to keep the world beautiful for her.I failed.So I should let her go. For her own safety and my sanity.But she crawled into my bed... -
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Justified Steel by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen offered the keys to the kingdom, I all but pissed on the throne.I didn’t need the figurative crown to become the king, and I sure as hell didn’t want anything more to do with the little queen.When the power started to shift and lives were being torn apart, justice needed to be served... -
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Addiction by Ivy Smoak, Айви Смоук
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTemptation has quickly turned into addiction. Penny fell hard for her mysterious professor, but secrets have torn them apart. After all, scandalous affairs are meant to go down in flames.Now that he's not speaking to her, she feels numb. And what hurts the most is that he appears to be completely fine... -
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Light in the Shadows by A. Meredith Walters
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the bestselling sequel to Find You in the Dark, A. Meredith Walters continues the emotional story of Maggie, Clay, and the power of unconditional love.How do you keep going when you feel like your life is over?Maggie never thought she’d see Clay again. So, she attempts to put her life back together after her heart has been shattered to pieces... -
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Turn (Gentry Generations) by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCASSIE I'm determined to leave my mistakes in the past. These days I'm back in school, I'm surrounded by my wonderful, crazy family and I'm working for my dad. Then Curtis Mulligan happens. A supposedly reformed gang member from the rundown prison town where my folks grew up, Curtis looks like he was built for mayhem. We have nothing in common... -
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Gone by Elisabeth Naughton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree years ago, Alec and Raegan McClane lived every parent’s worst nightmare: their one-year-old daughter, Emma, was abducted from a park when Alec turned his back for just a moment. Emma was never found, and presumed dead. The crushing trauma, plus Alec’s unbearable guilt, ended the couple’s marriage. Now a four-year-old girl matching Emma’s profile is found wandering a local park... -
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If We Disappear Here by Mindy Hayes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey are marionettes under a concrete sky.Pain shoots through Maeve Campbell’s body when she wakes cold and disoriented, locked in a neglected cement room.Her drowsy eyes sweep the cell and land on a masculine, limp body across the room. Gripping his shoulder, she rolls him to his back, face angling toward her. Only it’s not who she thinks.It’s not her husband.And they aren’t alone... -
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Stay with Me by Nicole Fiorina
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn a desperate final attempt to save nineteen-year-old Mia from herself, she gets transferred to Dolor University, a reformatory college in the UK that housed deranged and dangerous young adults who viewed the private institution as their own personal playground. Mia didn’t care. She needed feelings to care... -
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Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA William C. Morris Award Finalist A New York Public Library Best Book for Teens of 2017 A Junior Library Guild Selection “An empowering novel that will speak to many mixed-race teens.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Dazzling.” —Bustle “One of the most compelling reads of the year.” —Paste Magazine “This book is a gem... -
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A Vivacious Little Valentine by Meredith O' Reilly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlways on the outside looking in.At least, that's how Quinn Barkley feels, living and working at Rawhide Ranch, surrounded by men and women who have found their perfect match.Then Ryder Moore shows up, and for the first time in years, Quinn finds herself believing she can have everything she's ever dreamed of. The sweet, loving Daddy her heart needs..Categorized as:
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![Judas: Indignant Few MC Book 1 by Deja Voss]()
Judas: Indignant Few MC Book 1 by Deja Voss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo bikers ever, that’s my one rule to live by. Burning bridges to the ground is my super power. I fled the Indignant Few MC after my dad was murdered to start a life of my own in the adult industry. I’d rather sell my body on the internet then sell my soul to the kind of men I was raised around. I don’t want to end up a club slut, or worse, an old lady like my mother... -
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Ashes to New by Ellie Masters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlthough Ashes to New is a prequel, the author recommends it be read after book #1, Heart's Insanity.Ashes to New is a story about the fiercest kind of love. It's about enduring. Surviving. And never giving up. Elsbeth and Forest are two teenagers trapped within an abusive foster home. They endure tragedy, but find there is light in the darkest places... -
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Keep It Simple by R.B. Hilliard
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter living most of her life surrounded by alpha men, Sarah McLellan wants a sensitive, sweet, doting man in her life. Then she meets Cas. Cas Ashford is running from his past. With a new job in a new city, he has a fresh outlook on life. Keep it simple. Then he meets Sarah. Some things are easier said, than done... -
![If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin]()
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIf he had been with me everything would have been different...I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts... -
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Bells by K.G. Reuss
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBefore I found a love I was willing to die for, I had to survive one I had to kill for.Chapel Crest wasn’t a place of solace. It was made for suffering.I would know.I’d been locked inside ever since my mother tossed me away like I didn't matter.In my suffering though, I found her.Isabella.The girl who made me believe I mattered.The girl I gave everything to.The girl I loved... -
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I Am Grey by Jane Washington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Me and you. It’ll never happen. Not today, not tomorrow, not five years from now. Not when some idiot breaks your heart, or when you realise what your little sundresses do to everyone. Not when you’re thirty, not when you’re fifty. I’m going to push your limits, break you down, make you cry, and in the end … I’ll save you... -
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Darkness Lurks by J.L. Drake
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmily McPhee has struggled to overcome her father’s death... It’s not easy, but Emily finally has the life she wants. She’s an A student at Orange University and has a comfortable home and a great circle of friends. She’s also in love with handsome Orange PD officer Seth Connors. He doesn’t seem to return her feelings, though, so she tells herself his friendship is enough... -
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Blurring Lines by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMackenzie Moore's world came crashing down on her when she was just a child. Her innocence was robbed. Her future was corrupted and dismantled. The events of Mackenzie's past have morphed her into the heartless creature she comes across as. She trusts no one, feels nothing, and avoids everyone... everyone except her step-brother Cade... -
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Therapy by Kathryn Perez
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSometimes you have to get lost in order to be found... I’m needy. I’m broken. Cutting breaks through my numbness, but only opens more wounds. Depression, self-harm, bullying....that's my reality. Sex and guys....that's my escape. The space between the truth and lies is blurred leaving me torn, lost and confused... -
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Half Truths by Claire Contreras
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou’ve heard of these groups – the secretive ones that only the crème de la crème are invited into, the ones outsiders speculate about for centuries – I’m the second in my family invited to attend, but to them, I’m fresh meat. New blood. New money, too. They think they’ll elbow past me, that I’m here for their amusement, for them to walk all over, they’ll find out soon enough that I’m not... -
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![Her Dying Breath by Rita Herron]()
Her Dying Breath by Rita Herron
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJournalist Brenda Banks is on the verge of the biggest story of her career—if she can stay alive long enough to finish it. A serial killer is targeting men in the small town of Slaughter Creek, leaving behind a twisted trail of clues meant only for Brenda... -
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Shame by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings#1 New York Times Bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken, brings you the third and final book in the internationally best selling Ruin series. This is a stand alone novel.Everything done in darkness, will eventually be brought into the light.I ran, but all it did was keep me one step ahead of my past. I tried to start over; new name, new identity. But you can't change your soul... -
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Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIn Crank, Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank." Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne'er-do-well father... -
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Perfect Strangers by J.T. Geissinger
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“These kisses of his...they're demanding and possessive. They're hungry and deep. They're the kisses of a man who wants more of a woman—who wants everything—and isn't going to stop until he gets it." Author Olivia Rossi hasn’t been able to write a word since tragedy struck two years ago and ripped her world apart... -
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Broken Silence by Natasha Preston
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFour years after Oakley left for Australia, the trial is ready to begin. After coming to the decision that she needs to face her abusers to finally be able to move on, Oakley and her family return to England to give evidence in person... -
![The Rebound: A Novel by J.R. Rogue]()
The Rebound: A Novel by J.R. Rogue
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome love affairs aren’t meant for the public eye. Some love affairs won’t survive the fallout. Calliope das Dores is not the perfect rebound, even if her name means "muse". She is not who I should be running to. But I want her anyway. She keeps telling me my squeaky-clean image can’t handle the scandal, but this want between us is not black and white, and it never will be...
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