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  • Flare by Helen Hardt

    Flare by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The wildly popular Steel Brothers Saga continues with Flare, which ramps up the suspense as Brock Steel tries to uncover his family’s secrets while Rory Pike does everything in her power to keep her own secrets buried. The Steel family won’t go down on his watch… Rory Pike never imagined she’d fall for a Steel, but she has—Brock Steel, a renowned womanizer, no less...
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    drama  friendship  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Say It Again by Catherine Bybee

    Say It Again by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A Wall Street Journal bestseller. In the final First Wives novel by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee, falling in love could become the most dangerous dare of one woman’s life. Protector-for-hire Sasha Budanov is accustomed to life as a loner. Always on the move, she’s now reached a crossroad...
  • Kiss Me by Jillian Dodd

    Kiss Me by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An alternate cover edition of this ASIN B00AEEFKZ2 can be found hereFrom USA Today, bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the second book in the addictive Keatyn Chronicles series. Discover a breathless fairy-tale romance with swoon-worthy characters, suspense, and a glittering celebrity world...
  • Knowing You by Allie Everhart

    Knowing You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Now that Garret's decided he's no longer following the rules of his wealthy family, he can finally develop a closer relationship with Jade. Things are going well, but Jade still worries that being with Garret is only temporary. And because of that, she's not sure how much of herself and her past she's willing to let him see...
  • So Over My Head by Jenny B. Jones

    So Over My Head by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Newly single, stalked by a killer, and in desperate need of some chic clown shoes--Bella is one skinny mocha frapp away from total meltdown. When the Fritz Family Carnival makes its annual appearance in Truman, Bella's keen reporter instincts tell her the bright lights hide more than they reveal. Her suspicions are confirmed when one of the stars is murdered...
  • Concrete Evidence by DiAnn Mills

    Concrete Evidence by DiAnn Mills

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the family's Brazos River Ranch in Texas, Avery Elliott helps run her grandfather's commercial construction business. Raised by Senator Elliott, Avery has never doubted her grandfather is the man of integrity and faith she's always believed him to be . . . until the day she finds him standing with a gun over the body of a dead man...
  • The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

    The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks; but there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love...
  • Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ayden Gregory may want to keep running from his nightmares, but he no longer has a choice. His past is catching up with him. And fast. He relies on one person to keep him from crumbling. His best friend Lyric Scott. Lyric feels helpless watching her best friend’s world turn upside down. But she does her best to remain positive and upbeat...
  • The Hidden Life by Adina Senft

    The Hidden Life by Adina Senft

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emma Stolzfus has never been courted or kissed, and now that she's 30, it has become her place as the unmarried daughter to look after her elderly mother. But in the dark hours when her mother is asleep, Emma writes letters and essays to Amish periodicals, short stories, and even a novel she's been working on for the last five years...
  • The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs

    The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No one wants me to tell you about the disappearance of Sloane Sullivan.Not the lawyers or the cops. Not her friends or family. Not even the boy who loved her more than anyone. And most certainly not the United States Marshals Service...
  • Heartsong Cottage by Emily March

    Heartsong Cottage by Emily March

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Daniel Garrett is no stranger to heartache or tragedy. Once a successful detective, his world fell apart with his son's murder and his wife's suicide. Leaving the police force, Daniel devotes his life to finding missing children, but when a case goes sour on the anniversary of his personal tragedy, he returns to Eternity Springs hoping for some of the town's fabled healing...
  • The Passions of Chelsea Kane by Barbara Delinsky

    The Passions of Chelsea Kane by Barbara Delinsky

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After the death of her adoptive mother, thirty-six-year-old Chelsea Kane is consumed by the need to uncover her biological heritage. Taking a break from her successful architecture career, she arrives in the New Hampshire town where she was born, determined to learn the truth, her only clue a tarnished silver key...
  • Revelation by Kate Brian

    Revelation by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The biggest mystery of all...and Reed is dying to learn the truth. Two months after Cheyenne Martin was found dead in her Billings House dorm room, exclusive Easton Academy is rocked by another stunning revelation: Cheyenne was murdered. No one knows who the killer is, but everyone agrees that Reed Brennan, who took over Cheyenne's role as Billings's president, gained the most from her death...
  • Accidental Heroes by Danielle Steel

    Accidental Heroes by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A decorated former Air Force pilot. A pregnant flight attendant. A dedicated TSA agent. The fates of these three, and many others, converge in Danielle Steel's gripping new novel--a heart-stopping thriller that engages ordinary men and women in the fight of their lives during a flight from New York to San Francisco. On a beautiful May morning at New York's John F...
  • 74 Seaside Avenue. Debbie Macomber by Debbie Macomber

    74 Seaside Avenue. Debbie Macomber by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Dear Reader, I'm living a life I couldn't even have "dreamed" of a few years ago. I'm married to Bobby Polgar now (you know, the famous chess champion who just happens to be the man I love ). And we've got this beautiful house with a view of Puget Sound.But lately something's been worrying Bobby...
  • Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Perfect for fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling series and the hit ABC Family TV show, this Pretty Little Liars prequel novel reveals Ali's secrets from before she was murdered.Rewind a few years to seventh grade: Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the It girls of Rosewood Day. Boys want to date them. Girls want to be them...
  • Payback by Kristen Simmons

    Payback by Kristen Simmons

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The unpredictable truth will be revealed in Payback, the stunning conclusion to Kristen Simmons’ Edgar-nominated thriller series that started with The Deceivers...Brynn Hilder has conned a lot of people. From the spoiled rich kids of Sikawa City to her mom's loser ex-boyfriend, from a motorcycle gang to a senator's son...
  • Private Eye Protector by Shirlee McCoy

    Private Eye Protector by Shirlee McCoy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After an accident, single mother Rayne Sampson loses her recent memories. Thankfully, her sweet baby girl is front and center in her mind—but so is the terrifying image of a dangerous man. Someone with terrible intent is after her. Private investigator Chance Richardson assures her she's safe...
  • Raincheck by Marlo Lanz

    Raincheck by Marlo Lanz

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ty Benson is tall, dark, delicious – and done with women. As the singer for the iconic rock band Raincheck, Ty is sick of women chasing after him. He’s sworn off relationships, enjoying the simplicity that celibacy brings. Until he meets Liv Madison. She’s completely – and maddeningly - uninterested in him. And it’s seriously turning him on...
  • Trust Me by Romily Bernard

    Trust Me by Romily Bernard

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Jay Asher called Find Me “a thriller that keeps picking up speed,” while New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan hailed Romily Bernard as “an exceptional new voice in YA.” Now in paperback!Trust Me is the thrilling conclusion to the Find Me trilogy, in which loose ends come together and chilling plot twists complicate Wick Tate’s life more than ever...
  • Perfect Mistake: A Privilege Novel by Kate Brian

    Perfect Mistake: A Privilege Novel by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For use in schools and libraries only. Ariana Osgood has everything she's ever wanted. A place at elite Atherton-Pryce boarding school. Fabulous friends. A new crush. And most importantly, a new identity. Now that she's officially become Briana Leigh Covington, Ariana's troubled past is dead and buried...
  • Beautiful Disaster by Kate Brian

    Beautiful Disaster by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She's Back.... After wasting away in a mental institution for a year and a half, Ariana Osgood is finally back where she belongs. She has a new look, a new name, and a new life -- all thanks to her former friend Briana Leigh Covington. Now enrolled as a junior at the exclusive Atherton-Pryce boarding school just outside of D.C...
  • Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

    Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An against-the-odds love story at the heart of a book for teens about prejudice, courage, and a dark, compelling mystery—shortlisted for a Romantic Novelists Association AwardUgly people don’t have feelings. They’re not like everyone else. They don’t notice if you stare at them and turn away. And if they did notice, it wouldn’t hurt them. They’re not like real people...
  • Legacy by Kate Brian

    Legacy by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The price of power...After Cheyenne Martin's death, everyone at Easton Academy is struggling to recover from yet another tragedy--especially the girls of Billings Hall. With Cheyenne gone, they need to elect a new leader. And who better than Reed Brennan, the ultimate Billings Girls?As the new Billings president, Reed suddenly has access to power she never imagined...
  • Paradise Lost by Kate Brian

    Paradise Lost by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Paradise awaits.... Now that Cheyenne's murderer has been revealed and Reed knows the truth about who's been stalking her, she's ready to leave the heartache and turmoil of last semester behind. And what better way to recover than a five-star Caribbean vacation? Reed is reunited with former Billings Girls Kiran and Taylor, and she and her friends take over the exclusive island...
  • What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard

    What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A searing yet ultimately uplifting young adult novel about a teenage girl's recovery from anorexia.Sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has honed a dangerous skill: starving herself. Even when her parents send her to a treatment center, she can't stop. Then she begins receiving packages from someone she doesn't know...
  • Confessions by Kate Brian, Cassandra Campbell

    Confessions by Kate Brian, Cassandra Campbell

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Reed Brennan came to superposh Easton Academy to make a brand new life for herself. At first it seemed as though her dream had come true - she was living in the ultraexclusive Billings Hall, hanging out with the all-powerful Billings Girls, and dating the very hot Thomas Pearson. But Thomas turned out to be different from what she thought...and then he turned up dead...
  • Night School by C.J. Daugherty

    Night School by C.J. Daugherty

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Allie's world is falling apart...She hates her school. Her brother has run away. And she's just been arrested.Again.Now her parents are sending her away to a boarding school where she doesn't know a soul.But instead of hating her new school, Allie finds she's happy there. She's making friends. And then there's Sylvain, a suave French student who openly flirts with her...
  • Untouchable by Kate Brian

    Untouchable by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Cheating, partying, blackmail, and now...murder? Can the Billings Girls remain untouchable? Reed's boyfriend, Thomas Pearson -- the popular, easygoing, irresistibly handsome and charismatic boy she fell in love with -- is dead. No one knows how it happened, and everyone is after the truth. Or are they? Life at Easton Academy begins to feel very different...
  • Inner Circle by Kate Brian, Julian Peploe

    Inner Circle by Kate Brian, Julian Peploe

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Reed Brennan arrived at Easton Academy expecting to find an idyllic private school experience -- challenging classes, adorably preppy boys, and a chance to create a new life for herself. Instead, she discovered lies, deception, blackmail, and...murder. But, thankfully, the killers were caught and the nightmare is finally over...
  • Ambition by Kate Brian

    Ambition by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The higher you climb, the farther you have to fall.... Reed Brennan knew being elected president of exclusive Billings Hall would change her life. What she didn't count on was being dumped by her boyfriend, Josh Hollis, or being held responsible for a fire that destroyed Easton Academy's oldest building. And now the administration wants to shut Billings down. Forever...
  • Last Christmas: A Private Christmas by Kate Brian

    Last Christmas: A Private Christmas by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ariana Osgood has everything an Easton Academy girl could want: straight A's, the perfect boyfriend, and a coveted spot in exclusive Billings House. But on the first night of Christmas vacation, a blizzard traps her on campus with irresistible bad-boy Thomas Pearson. Alone...
  • Moral Compass by Danielle Steel

    Moral Compass by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    At an elite private school in Massachusetts, a wide circle of lives will be forever changed by a devastating series of events in Danielle Steel’s riveting new novel. Saint Ambrose Prep is a place where the wealthy send their children for the best possible education, with teachers and administrators from the Ivy League, and graduates who become future lawyers, politicians, filmmakers, and CEOs...
  • Scandal by Kate Brian

    Scandal by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After her harrowing kidnapping, Reed returns to Easton to find the worst thing she can think of—Billings has been torn down. Finally, after years of controversy, the school’s wealthiest female alumni have been overruled, and the historical dorm is gone from Easton Academy...
  • Isabella Anders by Jessica Sorensen

    Isabella Anders by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Isabella Anders has always been the girl that never fit in. Most days she feels invisible, especially when she’s around her older sister, Hannah, who catches the eye of everyone, including Kai and Kyler, the boys who live next door. Isabella has had a crush on Kyler for years, but knows he’ll never see her as anything more than Hannah’s little sister, unless she finds a way to standout...
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    drama  friendship  high-school  realistic  suspense  abuse  angst  book
  • Vengeance by Kate Brian

    Vengeance by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After the devastating events at Reed's birthday party, Noelle is determined to put the past to rest, but Reed is adament about rebuilding Billings. Coming up against endless roadblocks from the headmaster, not to mention Billings alumni, Reed will not let her legacy end with a pile of rubble. As if that weren't enough, old ghosts come back to haunt to the Billings Girls...
  • Secrets by Lauren Kunze, Rina Onur

    Secrets by Lauren Kunze, Rina Onur

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reputation, Reputation, Reputation. You're a student at the most prestigious university in the country, and you've been tapped for the most elite social club. You've made it Now Don't Blow It Callie Andrews triumphed during her first semester at Harvard: she made incomparable friends, found the perfect boyfriend, and received invitations to the most exclusive secret societies...
  • Weybridge Academy: The Complete Series by Alexandra Moody

    Weybridge Academy: The Complete Series by Alexandra Moody

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All three books in the Weybridge Academy series now available in one special edition omnibus! With an exclusive bonus chapter... Wealth. Power. Privilege.Weybridge Academy is the most prestigious boarding school in the country. Exclusively for the rich and powerful, it's the last place seventeen-year-old Isobel Grace belongs...
  • See Me by Nicholas Sparks

    See Me by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    See me just as I see you . . .Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad decisions behind him and the threat of prison dogging his every step, he's determined to walk a straight line. To Colin, that means applying himself single-mindedly toward his teaching degree and avoiding everything that proved destructive in his earlier life...
  • Diamonds in the Rough by Michelle Madow

    Diamonds in the Rough by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All-access doesn't mean no problems. The three Diamond sisters survived the summer in style after coming to live with their long-lost billionaire father. But making a place for themselves at their exclusive new Las Vegas private school is throwing them any number of gold-plated curves...
  • Second Chances by Christine Kersey

    Second Chances by Christine Kersey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Second Chances is the sequel to Over You . This book descriptions contains spoilers for Over You . After surviving an attack by a madman, Jessica's terror turns to joy when Kyle admits that he never stopped loving her after breaking their engagement five years before...
    Categorized as:
    drama  realistic  suspense  adult  angst  book  contemporary  family
  • Unfriended by Katie Finn

    Unfriended by Katie Finn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Madison MacDonald is glad things are back to normal!Madison It’s SUMMER at last -- let the good times & pool parties roll!Location: Putnam Beach. Putnam, CT.Madison My friends are all together again, and Nate and I are better than ever. Finally, everything in my life is working out. :)Location: Gofer Ice Cream...
  • Two Faced by Melissa Pearl

    Two Faced by Melissa Pearl

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Caitlyn can always see the truth behind people’s lies. But what happens when she sees something that could hurt the guy she loves? Eric knew getting involved with a girl who could read people was risky, but he couldn't help himself. Caitlyn is gorgeous and he loves being with her. Things have been going great..
  • I Know Lucy by Melissa Pearl

    I Know Lucy by Melissa Pearl

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucy Tate is on the run. After witnessing the brutal murder of her parents, she's spent five years in hiding -- taking on different personas and faking her way through life. The authorities can't be trusted, so she remains in the shadows, always one beat ahead of the man who is forever hunting her...
  • Crushed by Sara Shepard

    Crushed by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's springtime in suburban Rosewood, which means iced soy lattes, fresh manicures in shimmering pastels - and prom. But while everyone else is flipping through the racks at Saks in search of the perfect prom dress, Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and Aria are on a different kind of hunt: They're looking for A. . .
  • Invitation Only by Kate Brian

    Invitation Only by Kate Brian

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Reed Brennan's future is looking as bright as the two-karat diamonds in her new housemates' ears. Being accepted to the most prestigious private boarding school in the country wasn't enough for Reed. She had to break every rule to do it, but she has accomplished the impossible: Reed is a Billings Girl now. And with her new status come respect, envy, and, most important, opportunity...
  • Privilege by Kate Brian

    Privilege by Kate Brian

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Most girls would die for a life of privilege...Some would even kill for it.Ariana Osgood ruled exclusive Easton Academy -- until she was arrested for murdering Thomas Pearson. She's spent the past two years at the Brenda T. Trumbull Correctional Facility for Women plotting her escape and is determined to get a second chance at the glamorous life she left behind...
  • Suspicion by Kate Brian

    Suspicion by Kate Brian

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Forbidden fruit... Reed, Noelle, and former Billings Girls Kiran and Taylor have been living it up on St. Barths over winter break. The tropical sun has melted away all the tensions of last semester, and for the first time in months, Reed is happy. She's got her best friends by her side, she has a palatial suite with an ocean view, and she's landed Upton, the most sought-after guy on the island...
  • Ominous by Kate Brian

    Ominous by Kate Brian

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After the shocking revelations made in the Private prequel, The Book of Spells, Noelle and Reed know they are descendants of the original Billings Girls and their legacy includes a mysterious coven of witches. But it's nothing compared to what happens next. One by one, Billings Girls go missing from campus. The entire community bands together to find the lost girls, hoping they are still alive...
  • Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor, Kara Thomas

    Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor, Kara Thomas

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In this breathtaking debut that reads like Gossip Girl crossed with Twin Peaks, a Queen Bee at a blue-blooded New England prep school stumbles into a murder mystery.Anne Dowling practically runs her exclusive academy on New York’s Upper East Side—that is, until she accidentally burns part of it down and gets sent to a prestigious boarding school outside of Boston...
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