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More Than Forever by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNarrated by Nelson Hobbs, Shirl Rae13 hrs and 21 minsUnabridged Audiobook-LUCY-There is a love so fierce it cannot be measured. A heart so strong it will never slow. There is a promise so sure it can never lie.He promised me that love forever.Even when it wasn't enough. -CAMERON-Forever. Everlasting. Eternal.There is no measure of time. No sounds of the ticking of a clock... -
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Say You Swear by Meagan Brandy
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA College Romance...Coming February 18th. For years, I’ve dreamt of what college life could bring and while some things changed, there was always one constant. It didn’t matter how wild I allowed my imagination to run, it always led me to the same place in the end. It led me to him. My future was clear, and he was it. Until suddenly ... he wasn’t... -
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Reckless by S.C. Stephens
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCan love survive when life gets Reckless?When the band hits it big, Kiera and Kellan must ask themselves: Can their love for each other survive the constant pressures of superstardom? The friendships they've formed, the new family they've found, and the history they've forged will all play a part in helping them navigate the turbulent waters of the band's exploding popularity... -
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Pucked Off by Helena Hunting
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI’m NHL defenseman Lance Romero, AKA Lance “Romance." I’m notorious for parties and excess. I have the most penalty minutes in the league. I get into the most fights. I take the most hits. I’m a player on and off the ice. I’m the one women with no inhibitions want. Not because I like the notoriety, but because I don’t know how to be any other way. I have secrets... -
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![More Than Him by Jay McLean]()
More Than Him by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us." - Marianne WilliamsonWe live in a world of darkness and shadows,where monsters hide and aim to ruin.And they did.They ruined us and turned our dreams into nightmares.But now we're back.And we're fighting... -
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Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsLove, loss, friendship, and the betrayals of the past all collide in this first women’s fiction novel from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Autoboyography, Dating You / Hating You).The story of the heart can never be unwritten... -
![Bright Side by Kim Holden]()
Bright Side by Kim Holden
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSecrets. Everyone has one. Some are bigger than others. And when secrets are revealed, Some will heal you ... And some will end you. Kate Sedgwick’s life has been anything but typical. She’s endured hardship and tragedy, but throughout it all she remains happy and optimistic (there’s a reason her best friend Gus calls her Bright Side). Kate is strong-willed, funny, smart, and musically gifted... -
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Love Delayed (Waiting to Breathe ) by Love Belvin
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when Zoey Barrett, an ingenuous Princeton scholar, meets NBA All-star rocker-boy, Stenton Rogers? Zoey has her life all planned out. She’s working hard at her degree and to help her family stay afloat financially. Stenton’s at the top of his game on the court, but off, his life is out of bounds... -
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Logan by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs a kid, Logan Preston was a brat. Through his teens, he became the bad boy. Now, at nineteen, no one knows what the hell to expect.High school dropout, Logan Preston is a good-for-nothing stoner. A black sheep. A disappointment. The worst Preston Punk of the lot.At least that’s how everyone in his small town makes him feel. But Logan Preston has secrets... -
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First and Forever by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst and Forever is the second book in the Heartache Duet, and must be read after Heartache and Hope. Duet Synopsis: Ava Diaz needs saving. She just doesn’t know it yet. Just like she doesn’t know a thing about the boy she sits next to on the first day of senior year. He thinks she’s a brat. She thinks he’s entitled... -
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Fumbled Hearts (A Tender Hearts Novel) by Meagan Brandy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter months of refusing, I finally agreed to make the move to Alrick Falls. My family thought it was best - that a new scene would be good for me - and I was sick of having the same conversation. So here I am, and the plan is simple. Smile through each day and avoid her at all cost. It's perfect. Until the cocky quarterback comes into play... -
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Palm South University: Season 3 Box Set by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDrama. Lies. Sex. Welcome to Palm South University. The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in South Florida. At a school where fraternities and sororities don’t exactly play by the rules, relationships are bound to be tested... -
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Shattered Love (Shattered Love) by Stacey Marie Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEveryone has a story about a broken heart, but Jaymerson’s heart wasn’t just broken. It was completely shattered… Along with her body and mind. Jaymerson Holloway had it all—until one moment. One bad decision. A split second and her life was altered forever. Faced with unimaginable grief and guilt, while learning to simply walk again, Jaymerson realizes she will never be the same...Categorized as:
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![Scarlett and the Kiss Thief by Ivy Smoak]()
Scarlett and the Kiss Thief by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’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... -
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![Jerk It by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Jerk It by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMavis always assumed that she would be in a hospital with the good drugs when her time came. Not in the middle of the road, with no one around but the damn town mechanic that hated her.But there she was, having a rock star’s baby, with no one to rely on but the one that let it be known around every turn that she was a horrible person... -
![That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Jillian Dodd]()
That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDevaney Diamond’s summer break was shaping up to be the best one ever. Her longtime crush was finally interested in her, and by the time school rolled around in the fall, she knew he’d be her boyfriend... -
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Do You Dare? by Lylah James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat happens when a dare goes too far?Maddox Coulter. Reckless bad boy. Infamous playboy. My nemesis. And now my best friend.I know he'll never leave me hanging. He knows I'll never refuse a dare. Everywhere we go we turn heads, but it's not like that.Until it is.For one of us, anyway.I've always known he would be my downfall. But I trusted him to catch me.He proved me wrong...Categorized as:
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Tethered by L.D. Davis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“You were born to be mine and I was born to be yours.” Donya Stewart’s chest filled with the soft beating wings of butterflies when she first met Emmet Grayne’s green eyes at the ripe age of five...Categorized as:
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![The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur]()
The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"You never got over her. You just left." From author Suanne Laqueur comes an astonishing debut novel: a young man's emotional journey to salvage relationships destroyed in the wake of a school shooting. As a college freshman, Erik Fiskare is drawn to the world of theater but prefers backstage to center stage... -
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The Dugout by Meghan Quinn
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLet me ask you a question: If someone is vying for your spot on a team and just so happens to injure you during practice, would you believe it was on purpose? Word around campus is . . . it was no accident. That injury has cost me everything; my starting position, my junior year—and the draft... -
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My Skylar by Penelope Ward
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA USA TODAY BESTSELLER:From New York Times Bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a friends-to-lovers story of longing, passion, betrayal and redemption...with a twist that will rip your heart out.Skylar was my best friend, but I secretly pined for her. One thing after another kept us apart, and I've spent the last decade in fear of losing her forever.Because of me, she left town... -
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Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Novel"No one tried to get involved with me, and I kept to myself. This was the place where everything was supposed to be safe and easy. How could Evan Mathews unravel my constant universe in just one day?"In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all... -
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The Lover by E.L. Todd
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAgainst all odds, Finn and I have managed to be together.Colton continues to warn me, says that Finn will never change.But he already has.I don't know what the future holds...but I think Finn fits in somewhere... -
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Flat-Out Celeste by Jessica Park
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor high-school senior Celeste Watkins, every day is a brutal test of bravery. And Celeste is scared. Alienated because she’s too smart, her speech too affected, her social skills too far outside the norm, she seems to have no choice but to retreat into isolation. But college could set her free, right? If she can make it through this grueling senior year, then maybe... -
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![Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson]()
Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen it comes to love, there’s no such thing as conventional. Everyone thinks Colton Neely is special. Lilly Evans just thinks he’s fascinating. Once friends when they were younger, their bond is cut short due to her accident prone nature and they go their separate ways... -
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Bring Me Home by Cassia Leo
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe breath-taking conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series. "Sometimes, letting someone go is the ultimate act of love."Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. She was saved once by her first love, and rock star, Chris Knight... -
![Until You by Penelope Douglas, Пенелопа Дуглас]()
Until You by Penelope Douglas, Пенелопа Дуглас
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 31 ratings***This novel contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. It is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+. Have you ever been so angry that hitting things felt good? Or so numb that you actually felt high? The past few years have been like that for me. Traveling between fury and indifference with no stops in between.Some people hate me for it, while others are scared of me... -
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Wait for You by J. Lynn
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsSome things are worth waiting for…Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago—an event that forever changed her life... -
![Trust in Me by J. Lynn]()
Trust in Me by J. Lynn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of WAIT FOR YOU, this is the story of Cam and Avery’s sizzling romance as you’ve never seen it before, told exclusively from Cam’s perspective…Cameron Hamilton is used to getting what he wants, especially when it comes to women... -
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The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsTwenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart... -
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A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Spencer Hill Press release will have bonus content never before available.Blue Echohawk doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know her real name or when she was born. Abandoned at two and raised by a drifter, she didn't attend school until she was ten years old. At nineteen, when most kids her age are attending college or moving on with life, she is just a senior in high school... -
![Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry]()
Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTo Whom it May Concern, It was easy to call us forbidden and harder to call us soulmates. Yet I believed we were both. Forbidden soulmates. When I arrived to Edgewood, Wisconsin I didn’t plan to find him. I didn't plan to stumble into Joe's bar and have Daniel's music stir up my emotions. I had no clue that his voice would make my hurts forget their own sorrow... -
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Presently Perfect by Alison G. Bailey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerfection is an illusion fueled by the perception of others. Tweet was my heart, my soul, and my purpose. She was my everything. Neither of us were perfect. We both made mistakes. Looking back, that was okay, because every choice brought us to where we needed to be at the time we needed to be there. The one constant, our love and friendship...Categorized as:
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![Pieces of You by Cassia Leo]()
Pieces of You by Cassia Leo
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe stunning continuation of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series."Sometimes, the lies we tell ourselves are more destructive than the truth we hide from others."In Relentless, college student Claire Nixon and surfer Adam Parker each had a painful past too heavy to carry alone... -
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![Beautiful Broken Mess by Kimberly Lauren]()
Beautiful Broken Mess by Kimberly Lauren
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen life's always been a mess, can you still turn it into something beautiful? Jace Riley’s close connection with his identical twin brother, Jaxon, is put to the test when he tries to choose between keeping his promises and following his heart... -
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Aflame by Penelope Douglas, Abby Craden
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsEveryone wants to be me. Maybe it's the sway of my skirt or the way I flip my hair, but I don't care. Even though their attention is the last thing I crave, I just can't stop. I dominate the track, the speed rattles my bones, and the wind and the crowd screams my name. I'm her. The girl driver. The queen of the race. And I'm surviving-something he thought I'd never do. They all talk about him... -
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Going Long by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey fell in love in high school and found their way back to one another despite the odds. But can first loves really be forever? For Reed Johnson, the dream was always football. But then Nolan Lennox took over his heart... -
![I DARE YOU by Lylah James]()
I DARE YOU by Lylah James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEnemies to best friends to loversMaddox Coulter.Was my enemy. Now my best friend.You know him... Popular jock, rich enough to buy a town and a modern day casanova with a dirty smirk.He's every girl's wet dream. But he wants me.Maddox needs me.One night of untamed passion has us dangling over the edge of something dangerous and it could forever break us.Our hearts are on the line... -
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קוראת את חיי by Renee Carlino
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer... -
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Priceless by Linda Kage
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThree things in my life were fact. I needed Sarah to survive. I needed sex to remain sane. And I could never mix sex with Sarah. I just knew—deep in my marrow—that if I did, I’d somehow lose her. All my deepest darkest secrets would crack open, bleed out, and ruin everything between us. I wouldn’t unleash the shit inside me on my worst enemy, let alone her... -
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Carter by R.J. Lewis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsChildhood friends to lovers story. This is a story about a rising rock star and a love-struck girl. Leah: I was a fool in love. From the moment I saw him, Carter Matheson had always been it for me. I just wished he felt the same way. We grew up together in poverty, seeking solace in one another through our love for music. His voice swept me off my feet... -
![Torn Hearts by Claire Contreras, Madison Seidler]()
Torn Hearts by Claire Contreras, Madison Seidler
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings**This novella is part of the Kaleidoscope Hearts Series, and is meant to be read in between Kaleidoscope Hearts and Paper Hearts (which releases September 10, 2015).** I met a boy once. He made my heart go into a frenzy every time he looked at me, and my knees go weak whenever he touched me. The beginning of our love was beautiful that even its demise was bittersweet. I met a girl once... -
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Fighting Silence by Aly Martinez
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSound is an abstract concept for most people. We spend our lives blocking out the static in order to focus on what we believe is important. But what if, when the clarity fades into silence, it's the obscure background noise that you would give anything to hold on to? I've always been a fighter... -
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Lucas by Jay McLean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a sprint, every millisecond counts. When you’re waiting for love, those milliseconds can feel like eons. High school senior Lucas Preston has it all: star of the track team, a scholarship waiting for him, an apartment to himself and a revolving door of girlfriends... -
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Nash by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today BestsellerFrom New York Times bestselling author Jay Crownover comes the fourth book in the Marked Men series.Saint Ford has worked hard to achieve her childhood dream of becoming of nurse. Focused on her work and devoted to her patients, there’s no room for love... -
![Anti-Stepbrother by Tijan]()
Anti-Stepbrother by Tijan
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHe told me to 'settle, girl.' He asked if 'something was wrong with me?' He said I was an ‘easy target.’ That was within minutes when I first met Caden Banks. I labeled him an *sshole, but he was more than that. Arrogant. Smug. Alpha. He was also to-die-for gorgeous, and my stepbrother’s fraternity brother... -
![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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Dangerous Games by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's the hottest new rockstar on the scene.I was once engaged to his brother.Can he convince me he's worth the risk? Asher York.Talented musician.The voice of an angel.The body of an Adonis.And the man I happened to have a one-night stand with in Vegas.No big deal, right? What happens in Vegas… Well, you know how the saying goes... -
![See Through Heart by Amie Knight]()
See Through Heart by Amie Knight
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAinsley came into my life in a flurry of vibrant colors, lighting my world up when all seemed lost. It wasn’t our quiet nights by the creek or stolen kisses surrounded by a sea of cotton that saved me. It was her. She was my comfort when life threw one ugly tragedy after another at me. Until she dealt me the greatest blow... -
![The Price of Mason by Linda Kage]()
The Price of Mason by Linda Kage
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI might’ve ruined any chance I ever had at a meaningful relationship when I decided to become a male prostitute at eighteen, but that was okay. I paid off my mom’s debt, the rent, my sister’s hospital bills. I put food on the table and kept eviction notices at bay. It was worth it...
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