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Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwin children Jeanne and Simon want to solve the mystery of their origins. In retracing the bitter history of their mother, who is about to die, other characters come into the story—witnesses or key players able to assist in the investigation. Carried aloft by poetic language, the inquiry pursued by Jeanne and Simon unfolds in a dreamlike atmosphere... -
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Always Ever After by Claire Kingsley
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBraxton and Kylie have been married for over a year, and Kylie is busy helping Selene get ready for her upcoming wedding. Kylie and Selene go out of town for a bachelorette party weekend, and Kylie gets a little—or maybe it’s a big—surprise. But springing the news on Braxton is harder than Kylie thought... -
Ashes falling for The Sky 2 by Nine Gorman, Mathieu Guibé
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSuite et fin d'Ashes falling for the sky.Après un cliffhanger insoutenable, on retrouve Sky et Ash aux prises avec leurs démons. La réunion de ces deux destins brisés ne se fera pas sans de nouvelles blessures, et révélations sur leurs passés. Nine Gorman et Mathieu Guibé livrent une suite touchante, riche en thématiques fortes, et dont le final ne laissera personne indifférent... -
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Don't You Dare: A Wedding Bells Alpha Novel by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a playboy like no other…The crown prince of New York City’s real estate industry. A pompous jerk who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and a camera in his face.All of which makes him absolutely perfect.Not for me, obviously, but for something much more important—to save the online fashion magazine I’m the editor of.It’s too bad I can’t get within a mile of the guy.Until I can... -
Make You Mine by Shantel Tessier
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDax's story from Make You Beg: A Dark High School Bully... -
Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a tragic accident that plays on an endless loop in her mind, wild child Kate Jolie died inside. She now functions only through her rigid, ironclad routine, which keeps her mind and soul in check – balancing her in a dangerously precarious position between life and death Rocker and Master's student Sam North knows no limits and seeks out every challenge to conquer and defy... -
68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings~Sequel to The Bad Boy And The Tomboy~Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill are together in Manchester, England living the new university life. Their relationship is striving as they meet new people and experience different things and strengthen their beautiful relationship. But then again there's soccer, the Cahill family and girls because where there's Sam Cahill there will also be many girls... -
Ashes falling for the Sky by Nine Gorman, Mathieu Guibé
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIl n'est qu'une pluie de cendres. Elle s'est noyée dans un ciel trop vaste. Lors de la soirée de pré-rentrée à l'université, Sky décidée à laisser ses démons derrière elle, jette son dévolu sur Ash. Prête à assumer cette aventure d'un soir, elle ignore les avertissements de sa colocataire et se lance dans le jeu de la séduction, mais perd lamentablement la partie... -
The Collected Stories by Amy Hempel
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Collected Stories of Amy Hempel gathers together the complete work of a writer whose voice is as singular and astonishing as any in American fiction. Hempel, fiercely admired by writers and reviewers, has a sterling reputation that is based on four very short collections of stories, roughly fifteen thousand stunning sentences, written over a period of nearly three decades...Categorized as:
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Inked Brotherhood Bundle by Jo Raven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLIMITED TIME OFFER! THE FIRST THREE NOVELS of the New York Times bestselling Inked Brotherhood series for the price of one! *** $4.99 FOR ONE WEEK ONLY *** before the price goes up. ASHER – TYLER – ZANE INKED BROTHERHOOD SERIES Five boys brought together by fate. Five young men trying to overcome their troubled pasts. Five tattoos marking them as a brotherhood built on tragedy... -
Mr. Handsome Hunk: A Manhattan Men Novel by Jacob Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve wanted her my whole life.My best friend’s little sister. But things didn’t work out like they were supposed to.And now she’s back in my life and I’m not sure how I feel about it.She left for college without looking back, and I’m a billionaire bachelor with my eye on lots of prizes now.I’m not the boy she walked away from.Manhattan is my playground, and my family owns the city... -
Dark Child: (Standalone New Adult Contemporary Romance - Merc's Story) by Jo Raven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOT EVERY SCAR IS VISIBLE… What do you do when the girl you want can’t even remember your name? This pretty, long-legged, fiery girl who makes me weak in the knees. Of all the chicks who flirt with me, hang around me, I could have my pick, but no… I want psycho girl . One day she ignores my existence, and the next she smiles and talks to me as if she knows me, as if she wants me... -
Bourbon Bold by Jessica Mills, Ali Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s got a bucket list, and I’m hoping I’m on it.Relationships should be short and sweet, or so I thought, until I meet a woman who shows me what an idiot I’ve been.An enchanting mix of innocence and sensuality, she’s part surgeon, part daredevil.She wants my help with her bucket list, a list filled with adventure and a hint of danger... -
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Ruin Series Boxed Set by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor a limited time get the first two books+the bonus epilogue in the NYT bestselling stand alone Ruin series. Special price only until the third book in the series releases October 6RUINI'm not your typical girl. I've been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness... until Wes Michels offered to be my light... -
Up For Grabs by Heather Young-Nichols
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Flannery Tate left home for a college halfway across the country in Michigan, she'd only planned on getting an education. But when Cain Dorsey walked into her life, she had no choice but to fall for him. However, what’s a girl to do when her scholarship well runs dry? Return home? Get a job? Flannery gets creative... -
Saving Tatum by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven tough girls need saving. Jude Brooks is bad news. He’s the kind of guy that leaves behind a string of broken hearts and Tatum O’ Connor is not about to be one of those girls, despite all of Jude’s advances. They have a past, and Tatum’s determined to make sure they don’t have a future. Unfortunately for her, “no” isn’t a word in Jude’s vocabulary... -
Chasing Olivia by Micalea Smeltzer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 2 in the Trace and Olivia Series How far would you go to reignite the spark you once had?Two years later, Trace and Olivia are as much in love as they’ve always been. But the spark they once had for life is waning and Trace is determined that they find it again. His solution? A road trip. But he doesn’t tell Olivia the real reason they’re heading north... -
Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe sequel to the wildly popular romantic comedy SINGLE DAD ON TOP has arrived.My bride-to-be Arianna wants to meet my parents.But...they live in a trailer. Dad thinks Playboy T-shirts are classy because the naked women are silhouettes. Mom has a tattoo of a dog humping a palm tree. I don't think either one has said a sentence without an f-bomb since 1985.I changed my name a long time ago... -
The Playmaker by Josie Blake
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPlayboys and virgins shouldn't mix, like vodka and important decisions. But some things are worth the risk...Until now, college has been fun and games—all girls and hockey, all the time. It’s senior year, though, and I’m still undrafted and unsigned. If I plan to play professional hockey, I need to prove to my critics that I can be a leader and take my hockey game seriously... -
Feeling Close to You by Bianca Iosivoni
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDas Warten hat ein Ende: Endlich kommt Parkers Geschichte!Teagan hat nur einen Wunsch: endlich raus aus ihrer Heimatstadt und ans College zu gehen. Um das Geld dafür zu sparen, streamt sie nachts online Videospiele. Sie ist so gut, dass sie sogar Parker, den beliebten YouTube-Gamer, besiegt. Der will unbedingt herausfinden, wer die unbekannte Spielerin ist... -
The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPerfect for fans of Love and Hello, Lighthouse , The Yellow Bus from #1 New York Times bestselling Loren Long is a tender and soulful story about a forgotten school bus that finds happiness and purpose in the most unexpected places--and in the journey along the way.There is a bright yellow bus who spends her days driving. She loves carrying children from one important place to another...Categorized as:
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Lucky Numbers by Kelly Gendron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne locked safe, a troublemaking tattoo, and two determined people… add up to unlocked secrets and a love that just won’t stop. Luke “Lucky” O’Conner is a committed bachelor. His motto…“Nobody’s getting this Lucky.” So when Kaley Harlow walks into his tattoo shop and somehow leaves with the only record of the numbers to his new safe tattooed on her sexy little hip, Lucky’s motto is threatened... -
Marrying Mr. Right by Sabrina Sims McAfee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFall in love with the Brides of Hilton Head Island, Sabrina Sims McAfee’s, International Bestselling contemporary romance series. MARRYING MR. RIGHT is an emotional, sexy love story with light suspense. When the alpha men in this series falls in love it’s always and forever. And their dashing brides couldn’t be happier. Book Description: Taylor Spelling is in big trouble... -
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Goddess Rising by Alexi Lawless
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's a bad-ass. He's a bad-boy. One photograph changes everything... Samantha’s been living in the shadow of her father all her life. But now she’s got plans of her own— and they don’t involve the university’s hottest walking one-night stand, no matter how incredibly distracting and utterly relentless he may be... -
A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle Hazen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you can’t get to the Big O, can you get to the happily ever after? Jera McKnight loves music, swoons for hot guys, but sucks at sex. Jacob Tate is her perfect storm: a pun-loving nude model with a heart as big as his record collection... -
Hook, Line, Infinity: Part Three by Shayla Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRein ValdezSomeone once said, the greater the love, the harder the fall.I rolled my eyes so hard I was sure I saw my brain when I read that in one of the catalogue of cheesy magazines my aunt left lying around the house.Unlike the women in my family, I didn’t believe in love. Shit, I had trouble loving myself, let alone another man... -
Memento & Following by Christopher J. Nolan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristopher Nolan's Memento is an intricate, original, fascinating thriller, hailed by Philip French of the Observer as 'one of the year's most exciting pictures'. Its protagonist Leonard (Guy Pearce) is a puzzle, even to himself. He sports the trappings of an expensive lifestyle, yet he lives in seedy motels, and seems to be on a desperate mission of revenge to find the man who murdered his wife... -
Patricia by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPatricia Prentiss had nowhere to turn. John Worth had always been her friend and protected her from the advances of rich, spoiled Thornton Bellingham. But John has disappeared and she's being forced into a marriage with a man she can hardly stand. Then Thornton arranges a gala party, setting the stage for forcing Patricia to agree to the wedding and announce their engagement... -
Di carne e di carta by Mirya, Francesca Baraldi
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChiara vive in un mondo di carta: insegna Lettere in un liceo di Ferrara, studia all’università per conseguire un dottorato e legge di tutto. Sui libri e coi libri è cresciuta, i libri sono stati la sua famiglia e i suoi migliori amici e dai libri ha imparato ad amare, sia le pagine sia gli uomini dentro le pagine, che sono tanto più affascinanti e tanto più semplici da gestire di quelli veri... -
Finding our Forever by Lan LLP
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinding our Forever (Book 2 of 3) For readers 18 and up. When tragedy strikes it doesn't always signal the end. Sometimes it can mean a new beginning.. -
Toxic: Logan's Story by K.A. Robinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTrue love is forever. After years of chasing his best friend, Chloe, Logan finally managed to win her heart—or so he thought. His world crashes down around him when she confesses to cheating on him with a local rock star, Drake. Unable to let her go completely from his life, Logan reassumes his role of best friend while he watches Chloe find her happily ever after with another man... -
Let Love Heal by Melissa Collins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerfection. We all strive for it, but what happens when the desire to be perfect consumes you? What happens when the need to bury your mistakes blinds you? Melanie Crane has always been the perfect daughter, friend, student – she’s been perfect at everything, in fact... -
Back to the Top by J.L. Paul
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book storyline carries on from book 1 (Phone Calls from a Rock Star (Ross Records) So much has changed since graduation… For Isabella Ames, life was supposed to start after high school; college, career, and living the rest of her life with Jake Johnson. But life always seems to throw a curve... Isabella’s new life is not what she expected, but she’s adjusting well... -
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Shuffle by Lisa Swallow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShuffle is the second standalone book in the Ruby Riot rock romance series. The Ruby Riot series is a spin-off from the Blue Phoenix books but can be read separately. Will Campbell, Ruby Riot bassist, is back at university and failing badly at everything apart from partying.With Ruby Riot on a break, Will returns to university to finish his degree... -
Better With You, Always by Gianna Gabriela
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMia Collins & Colton Hunter. She’s smart and sassy, and he’s a swoon-worthy alpha.Better With You took us on a journey where Mia & Colton’s love and mutual self-healing was the final destination. But their story isn’t over.When it comes to these two, they’re better together. Always... -
October by Louise Glück
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘October’ by Louis Glück is a poem that describes the change in the natural world during October. It is the time of autumn when the earth takes a new shape. It wears the robe of new leaves and transforms into her former self again. The poet highlights the natural change at the beginning of autumn. Her voice seems confused at the sight... -
Eunoia: The Set (CD and Book): The Set (CD and Book) by Christian Bök
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe word `eunoia', which literally means `beautiful thinking', is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Eunoia is a five-chapter book in which each chapter is a univocal lipogram (the first chapter has A as its only vowel, the second chapter only E, etc.)... -
Burned by Sierra Rose, C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you fall for the guy you know you shouldn't, you always risk getting... burned. 2 romances. 2 impossible loves. Book 1 - Hooked on the Game by C.M. Owens Everyone has secrets that define them, a past that has shaped them, and a game they play - whether they know it or not... -
Desperately Devastated by Lucy Covington
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIntroducing DESPERATELY DEVASTATED, the ninth book in the electrifying ADDICTED TO YOU series... Dangerous. Sexy. Damaged. These are the words used to describe Justin Brown. Intelligent. Capable. Responsible. These are the words used to describe Lindsay Cramer. Irresistible. Addicting. Passionate. These are the words used to describe their relationship... -
The Continuous Life by Mark Strand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStrand's poems occupy a place that exists between abstraction and the sensuous particulars of experience. It is a place created by a voice that moves with unerring ease between the commonplace and the sublime. The poems are filled with "the weather of leavetaking", but they are also unexpectedly funny... -
Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFiction from Ireland. No 1 Bestseller... -
Only a Little While Here: A Novel by María Ospina Pizano
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis prizewinning debut novel weaves together four meticulously observed animal odysseys in a poignant meditation on migration, displacement, and the inextricability of the human and the natural worlds.In Only a Little While Here, an award-winning author evokes a sensation birders and naturalists know well—the deep gratification that comes through close, compassionate observation of fauna... -
Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA kiss that just won't happen. A disco at the end of the world. A teenage goth on a terror mission. And OAP kiddie-snatchers, and scouse real-ale enthusiasts, and occult weirdness in the backwoods.. -
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Tonguecat by Peter Verhelst
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTonguecat tells the story of a city's decline into chaos and violence upon the arrival of Prometheus, the titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind. In the Netherlands, the novel has been described as "a cross between Jorge Luis Borges's mystical labyrinth and William Gibson's futuristic sprawl" ("The Rights Report")... -
Sweet Southern Sorrow by Tessa Teevan
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsParting has never been such sweet sorrow, at least not for Sawyer Callahan and Cheyenne Hamilton. One summer forever changed the lives of Sawyer Callahan and Cheyenne Hamilton. Two very lonely people found solace in one another and in the end, fell in love. Unfortunately their plans for the fall took them in entirely different directions... -
Moving In Reverse by Katy Atlas
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens after the fairy tale ends? Last summer, Casey Snow's life changed in an instant after a chance encounter with Blake Parker, the lead guitarist of her favorite band. In weeks, she went from being an average high-school student to the paparazzi-plagued girlfriend of a rock star -- all while dodging tabloid rumors that she was responsible for the breakup of his band, Moving Neutral... -
Rekreacje by Yuri Andrukhovych
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRecreations is a novel of carnivalesque vitality and acute social criticism. It celebrates newly found freedom and reflects upon the contradictions of post-Soviet society. Four poets and an entourage of secondary characters converge on fictional Chortopil for the Festival of the Resurrecting Spirit, an orgy of popular culture, civic dysfunction, national pride, and sex... -
Mutual Feelings by Billy Taylor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill Evans lives an ordinary life working and living alongside his best friend, Ted, inseparable since they were four. That doesn't change when they both start seeing girls they're absolutely crazy for. But Will's situation is a complicated one. He wants something more than a physical relationship, but she's been hurt before and doesn't want to open herself up again... -
Čas vos by Alena Mornštajnová
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPomsta, nebo odpuštění? Román o moci minulosti a síle květin.Bára a Ptáčník. Dva lidé, jejichž cesty se protnuly dávno předtím, než se ti dva potkali. Bára je přesvědčená, že její život by byl mnohem šťastnější, kdyby do něj před lety kdosi nezasáhl a nezměnil jeho směr. Minulost už sice nevrátí, ale může se pokusit přepsat ji v paměti lidí. A taky přemýšlí o pomstě...
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