Books like 'Sever'
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Drama High: Second Chance by L. Divine
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBack for another dose of high drama, Compton’s sassiest, Jayd Jackson, is about to discover it really is a different world when she starts dating South Bay High's finest white boy…All Jayd Jackson wants is a drama-free year at South Bay High, a.k.a. Drama High. But it doesn't seem she's going to get it... -
The Games Destiny Plays by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Last Good Knight: An Original Sinners novella told in five parts. Part III: The Games Destiny Plays Shocked to see Nora's bruises, Lance is furious that she put herself in danger and demands to know where she got them. As Nora confesses her true nature, she's equally shocked to learn that Lance has some secrets of his own, drawing them together despite Kingsley's orders…... -
Remember Me by Cheryl Lanham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA new teen tearjerker in the heartwrenching Dear Diary series for young adults. Leeanne never thought she'd love working at the hospice so much, or that it would be so hard. Her new friend Gabriel isn't like other boys. He is dying. But in his final days, he has one last lesson to teach her... -
The Keatyn Chronicles by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKeatyn’s crazy life comes together in one perfect script in this special combined addition of the first three books in The Keatyn Chronicles. Book 1 - Stalk Me Keatyn’s life is following the script she wrote for the perfect high school experience. She's popular, goes to the best parties, dates the hottest guy, and sits at the most-coveted lunch table... -
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Until Hanna by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHanna has always dreamt of the day when she’d find the perfect man and start a family of her own. But one horrible dating experience after an another, has her second guessing her ability to trust her own judgment when it comes to men... -
The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWhen 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... -
Someone I Used to Know by Patty Blount
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's been two years since the night that changed Ashley's life. Two years since she was raped by her brother's teammate. And a year since she sat in a court and watched as he was given a slap on the wrist sentence. But the years have done nothing to stop the pain.It's been two years of hell for Derek. His family is totally messed up and he and his sister are barely speaking... -
Para sa Hopeless Romantic: Extended Edition by Marcelo Santos III
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Totoo ba ang happy ending? Deserve ba ng isang tao ang second chance? Bakit kung sino pa 'yung nagmamahal, sila pa 'yung nasasaktan?"Ang Para sa Hopeless Romantic Extended Edition ay istorya ng anim na taong nakikipagsapalaran sa mundo ng pag-ibig.Isang lihim na umiibig. Isang umaasang babalikan. Isang naghahangad na mahalin. Isang natatakot nang umibig muli. Isang nagsusumikap na makalimot... -
Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAyden 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... -
Streiker's Bride by Robin Hardy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe had a lot to offer, but his terms were high... -
Just a Little Sequel by Tracie Puckett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s one year, two months, and five days later, and Julie is still dealing with a lot of doubt. Finally having her Uncle Charlie’s blessing, she’s eager to move forward in her relationship with Luke. But something’s up with her adoring boyfriend, and she can’t quite decipher his odd behavior... -
Nico by J.B. Hartnett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen I was a boy, I met a girl. She didn’t know it then, but… She changed me. Now…..I am a man. A man who is broken by the stories of the women who come to me. They are my birds with broken wings. I help them heal, help them to make them strong, so they can fly free. Lark changed me. Loved Me. Made Me Strong. With her, I am free. I write… To the girl of the past... -
Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPerfect 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... -
Wife For Sale by Tabita Gutu
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake an unhappy married couple with a small baby, a man whose wife died in a tragic accident and can’t let go, and you have a story of desperation, loneliness, betrayal and love.When Nicola died, Michael was desperately lonely. Then a year later, he spotted Mary, sitting on a park bench with her young son. She was a spitting image of his dead wife... -
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Kidnap My Heart by Alexandria Michelle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma van der Bilt is clever, snarky, and spoiled rotten. William Knight is cocky, impatient, and slightly dimwitted... -
No Way Back by Chloe Adams
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes bad things happen to beautiful people. The wealthy daughter of a high-ranking politician, seventeen year old Mia Abbott-Renou has everything: designer clothes, wealth, spring breaks in Monte Carlo. She lives blissfully unaware of her family’s secrets, until the night she is raped by the son of her father’s greatest political ally... -
Obsession by Susan Lewis
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCorrie Browne is an ordinary girl with extraordinary ambitions. Determined to find the father she has never known, her search takes her from the quiet Suffolk village where she lives, to a new life in London, a fastpaced television career—and to three people who come to dominate her life... -
Ethan Between Us by Anna Myers, Julia Laserna
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEthan is different. He is gorgeous, easy to talk to, and a uniquely gifted pianist. But his musical talent is both a gift and a curse. The doctors label him a schizophrenic, as he claims to have been taught by a long-dead, 19th-century composer... -
Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf a brother wanna get ahead, he gotta use every minute to better himself. Everything I did made me better -- tougher, stronger, richer, smarter -- or I didn't do it. Take high school. A waste of time. Nobody there taught me what I needed to survive on the streets.... Ty Johnson knows survival... -
Scandalous 2 by H.M. Ward
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRELEASE DATE: FEB 14, 2013Sequel to the New York Times & USA Today Bestseller SCANDALOUS Abby never thought she’d find her soul mate, but she has and it's changed her life forever. Jack is everything she needs and more. There’s a connection between the two of them that transcends logic and rational thought. It’s like they were made for each other. Nothing can keep them apart... -
Promises Hurt by Elle Brooks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI wasn't planning on falling for Ethan Jamison, hell I wasn't planning on our paths ever crossing. He's the most popular guy at school and a complete player. Me; I'm the perpetual good girl, trying to carry out one last request. But when you make a promise, how far do you go to see it through? Blair It's a running joke that I'm a terrible liar, if only people knew the truth... -
Too Young to Die by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt sixteen, Melissa Austin has always worked hard to make things go her way. As the school year begins, her grades are up and she's even landed a coveted spot on the high school Brain Bowl team. She and her best friend, Jory Delaney, are determined to have the best junior year ever.Then suddenly Melissa must face some devastating news about her health... -
My High School Life by angellover254
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet Isabella Ace, a 300 pound girl who was voted the 'ugliest girl' at Woodway Prep; a school for the rich. Sick of all the bullies, mostly Thomas Reed, she decided to change. Eight months later she's back, better than ever, and ready for revenge. Throw in a teasing jock, a jealous cheerleader, a goth best friend, a childhood best friend, a hot trainer, and an overprotective brother... -
Second Chances by Christine Kersey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecond 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... -
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Toxic by Raquel Valldeperas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI didn't mean to let everything get so bad. I never had control over the variables in my life, and that was okay. That's just the way it was. But the drugs were supposed to be my constant, my escape, my refuge. They weren't supposed to pull me under and hold me down, bring me to the brink of death and keep me in that in-between state... -
I Know Lucy by Melissa Pearl
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucy 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... -
First Chances by Komal Kant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Sometimes your first love isn’t your last.” Hadie Swinton isn’t a good girl anymore. After losing the love of her life, she is determined to shed her bookworm image and reinvent herself—even if that means pushing away the only person who may be able to heal her. Eddie Cavallari is sick of being the nice guy who always finishes last... -
Safer Outside by Kristina Renee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Liz moves to a new high school, she hopes for a fresh start. School is her escape from the violence at home and her only hope at breaking the cycle of poverty she was born into. Trying to shield her siblings from her stepfather's fury gets harder each day so when she meets Logan, she thinks it will be a harmless distraction from the fear. She's Wrong... -
Outrunning The Darkness by Anne Schraff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThemes: Hi-Lo, High school, neighborhoods, family, loyalty, friendship, urban teen fiction, self esteem, teen relationships, unrequited love. Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies, and self-esteem to name a few... -
Exit Here. by Jason Myers
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEnter apathy. Travis is back from college for the summer, and he's just starting to settle in to the usual pattern at home: drinking, drugging, watching porn, and hooking up. But Travis isn't settling in like he used to; something isn't right. Maybe it's that deadly debauch in Hawaii, the memories of which Travis can't quite shake... -
Devious: An It Girl Novel by Cecily von Ziegesar
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJenny Humphrey could have lost everything she'd worked so hard for when the reality show her adoring freshman fans were filming backfired on her in the most publicly humiliating way.. -
The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho do you trust when no one is what they seem? The gripping sequel to contemporary, romantic YA thriller, The Rules for Disappearing.Anna Boyd almost lost her life to get what she wanted most in the world: freedom.But just when it seems that her family has finally escaped Witness Protection, the illusion that Anna could resume a normal life comes crashing down... -
Take a Deep Breath by L. Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m doing my best. Trying to put things back together for me and my daughter after fleeing her abusive father. My soon to be ex-husband.I’m throwing myself into my work, caring for my family the best I can. But everyone needs a release. I find mine working as a submissive at the exclusive adult club Masquerade.And that’s where I meet him…Casey Easton.Everything is flipped on its head... -
A French Affair by Susan Lewis
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSome secrets are too devastating to be told...When Natalie Moore is killed in a freak accident in France her mother - the very poised and elegant Jessica - knows instinctively there is more to it.However, Natalie's father - the glamorous, high-flying Charlie - is so paralysed by the horror of losing his daughter, that he refuses even to discuss his wife's suspicions... -
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All the Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"All the Broken Pieces kept me guessing and frantically flipping the pages. It's a unique story with layered characters I couldn't help but fall in love with." -Nyrae Dawn, author of CharadeWhat if your life wasn’t your own?Liv comes out of a coma with no memory of her past and two distinct, warring voices inside her head. Nothing, not even her reflection, seems familiar... -
Ignition by Skye Callahan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you're this close to the redline, there's no room for error----or second chances.A sought after car thief for hire, Colt will do anything for a high--anything for the deafening rush of blood and chemicals that tames the ongoing anarchy in his mind. Fast cars, pain, alcohol, women... his vices come in many flavors, but one woman tempts him closer to the line he can never come back from... -
Countdown to Killing Kurtis by Lauren Rowe
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThroughout her childhood in Texas, Charlene Wilber only wanted to find true love and make her daddy proud. Oh, and to grow up to be adored by audiences in cineplexes all over the world, just like her idol, Marilyn. In Hollywood, Charlene thinks she’s found true love and the answer to all her prayers in Kurtis Jackman, the flashy movie producer who promises to make her a star... -
Finding Freia Lockhart by Aimee Said
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFreia Lockhart just wants to fit in at school but her best friend Kate is determined to get in with the popular Bs: Belinda, Bethanee and Brianna. Even Freia knows when she hangs out with the Bs she fits in like a turkey in a flock of flamingos. Kate convinces Freia to audition for the school play so they can 'all hang out together' and meet all the cute guys... -
It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary by Beatrice Sparks, Dathan Sheranian
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe editor of the classic GO ASK ALICE has compiled the poignant journals of a 14-year-old date-rape victim who contracted AIDS and died... -
Time It Right by Siera Maley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsValerie Marsh and her three closest friends - Tara, Amber, and Kat - have just started their senior year of high school. Tara's a straight-A student with an Ivy League school in her future, Kat's the lead in every play performed at Riverbank High, and Amber is a popular cheerleader with boys lining up to date her... -
Fancy White Trash by Marjetta Geerling
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinding love is simple with the One True Love Plan. If only life were as easy as your sisters. Abby's heard that one before. And it's true. Shelby and Kait aren't exactly prim and proper. Abby is determined not to follow in their footsteps, so she has created the One True Love Plan. The most important part of the plan is Rule #1: Find Someone New... -
Girl Stays in the Picture by Melissa de la Cruz
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDevon (one name only) is the most famous singer/actress in the country, and she is on location filming her newest blockbuster in the South of France. While there, she forms a bond with the director’s daughter—the hottest thing in Hollywood since she has recently lost two hundred pounds—who is learning to enjoy being young, rich, and famous... -
Leslie's Journal by Allan Stratton
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeslie can't seem to avoid trouble, whether it's at school or at home. Just as life seems at its lowest, Jason McCready, the exceedingly cool new guy at school, enters her life. Now Leslie is the envy of all the girls. But Jason's appearance is deceiving--he is determined to control every aspect of Leslie's life and he begins terrorizing her in unimaginable ways... -
Violet in Private by Melissa C. Walker
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe return of Violet, the not-so-confident model. Violet Greenfield knows she's supposed to be a super-confident nineteen-year-old because she's done runway shows in New York and internationally. But now that she's finally headed to college, she's afraid she'll turn back into that girl who blended into the walls in high school... -
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The First Stone by Don Aker
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsREEF IS AN EMBITTERED YOUNG OFFENDER, hardly able to contain his anger at the world over the death of his grandmother, the only person who had shown him any love. Seventeen-year-old Leeza is mourning the death of her older sister. A stone hurled in rage shatters both their lives and throws them together in the most unexpected way―and offers them a chance at healing... -
All That Glitters by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDriven from the Dumas Mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew...Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate-- her first love, whom she was forced to abandon-- is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling wealth... -
Stunden der Nacht by V.C. Andrews, Uschi Gnade
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLillian's world is as thrilling as the fairy tales Mama spins for her and her little sister, Eugenia. No one, not even her cold, stern Papa and her Bible spouting sister Emily, can crush her spirits — until the day Emily reveals the shattering secret at Lillian's birth. Still Lillian refuses to believe Emily's hateful claim that she is evil, a curse... -
Nothing Left to Burn by Heather Ezell
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe autumn morning after sixteen-year-old Audrey Harper loses her virginity, she wakes to a loud, persistent knocking at her front door... -
Choices by Annie Brewer
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGracie had everything planned when it came to her future. She was set to go to California with her scholarship-jock boyfriend, attend college, get a degree, and maybe sometime later when they were older and successful, they would get married and start a family. But all of that was taken away by the passion of one careless night. A night that changed everything... -
The Crushes by Pamela Wells
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe girls from The Heartbreakers are back, and this time, they're looking to fall in love. Raven behaves as if it's okay for her to be applying the code to just anyone, but (not surprisingly), she finds it works best when directed at her kinda-sorta actual boyfriend, whether she's ready to commit to him or not...
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