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  • Endless Possibility by Emma Scott

    Endless Possibility by Emma Scott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Noah Lake describes his arduous journey across Europe, learning to cope with his blindness, and his life now with the one woman who never gave up on him...
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    angst  coming-of-age  drama  multi-pov  sad  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Last Song: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack by Hal Leonard Corporation

    The Last Song: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack by Hal Leonard Corporation

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Note: this is a book of musical scores.PVG Licensed Art & Soundtrack14 songs from the hit movie adapted from Nicholas Sparks' bestselling book and starring Miley Cyrus...
  • Looking for Alaska / An Abundance of Katherines / Paper Towns / The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

    Looking for Alaska / An Abundance of Katherines / Paper Towns / The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Four critically acclaimed, award-winning modern classics from #1 New York Times-bestselling author John GreenThis John Green deluxe box set includes Printz Award–winning Looking for Alaska, Printz Honor book An Abundance of Katherines, Edgar Award–winning Paper Towns, and #1 New York Times–bestselling The Fault in Our Stars...
  • If I Break THE COMPLETE SERIES Bundle by Portia Moore

    If I Break THE COMPLETE SERIES Bundle by Portia Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The complete If I Break Series Bundle. Includes If I Break, Before I Break, Almost Broken and Beautifully Broken. This is not your typical happily ever after... Lauren Brooks wants to do three things: Escape the small town she grew up in, get accepted to her dream school in Chicago, and graduate without drowning in debt. Now she’s working her ass off to do just that...
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    angst  dark  drama  sad  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction
  • Calmly, Carefully, Completely by Tammy Falkner

    Calmly, Carefully, Completely by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ***This New Adult book is intended for audiences over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content and adult situations*** This is book three of the Reed Brothers series, but it can be read as a stand alone book with no worry you've missed any good parts. Pete I met her on the worst night of her life. She was broken, shaking, and waiting for someone to save her...
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    angst  coming-of-age  crime  dark  drama  multi-pov  realistic  sad
  • When Darkness Ends by Marni Mann

    When Darkness Ends by Marni Mann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An all new angsty, dark, stand-alone Contemporary Romance in the Moments in Boston Series ...You never forget your first love … even when he becomes a memory.There was before.When we were together, when we were happy.When we had nothing but dreams.When not a single bad thing could ever happen because we were young and in love.And there was after...
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    angst  dark  drama  multi-pov  university  adult  audiobook  book
  • Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finding Us is in both Jade's and Garret's POV After the events of last year, Jade and Garret are anxious to get a fresh start in a new town and a new college, far away from the people who tried to tear them apart. But soon after moving, their relationship problems begin. Jade finds out Garret hasn’t been completely honest with her...
  • Styx & Stones by Carmen Jenner

    Styx & Stones by Carmen Jenner

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We thought we had forever. We were wrong. Alaska Stone is everything I've ever dreamed of. For years, I’ve watched her in the halls, wanted her, but she never knew I existed. Not until she walked into my chemo session. For me, it was love at first sight. For her? It might take a little longer. But hey, it’s not like we’re on a deadline or anything...
  • Sombra by Leslie McAdam

    Sombra by Leslie McAdam

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything in moderation. Including virtue. I step off the plane in Madrid and meet his warm eyes. His crooked smile. His devastating charm. Worse, he’s courteous. Honorable. Sensuous. Impossibly attractive. Tavo awakens my desires—my body—without even touching it. I don’t want to be attracted to him. I’ve made my promises. My future has already been determined. I'm wearing a ring...
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    angst  drama  multi-pov  university  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Falling by E.K. Blair

    Falling by E.K. Blair

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes it takes someone else to show us what we are truly capable of becoming. Suffering from years of violent abuse, Ryan Campbell has learned how to keep people from getting too close. But when you shut yourself off, people get hurt along the way. Never caring much about others, Ryan creates a world in which he doesn’t have to feel...
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    angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  sad  university  abuse  adult
  • Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time stamps. Our life is marked by them. Significant milestones to the seemingly mundane. All of them have a place. A purpose. Moments and chapters stacking on each other, building scars and memories. Creating stories that are only ours to tell. But those stamps are finite, pre-determined. And eventually our allotment runs out. This is our story. Our collection of time stamps...
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    angst  drama  multi-pov  sad  adult  book  contemporary  epic
  • Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans

    Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Scarlet Morgan knows all about happy endings. As a best-selling romance author, it’s her job to be an expert on the subject. It’s just too bad her own story doesn’t write so well. Ryker Holt can build a car from the ground up. While there isn’t much the highly-skilled mechanic can’t fix when it comes to his profession, it’s Ryker’s personal life that’s still in pieces...
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    angst  drama  multi-pov  contemporary  sports  fiction  book  adult
  • Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte

    Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Royal Organized Crime RomanceMy husband had been keeping a secret from me—a secret that would irrevocably change the course of our lives.He was the son of one of the most ruthless men alive, and an heir to the infamous Fausti crime family. They were beautiful, powerful, ruthless—royalty in their beloved Italy and beyond...
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    dark  drama  crime  angst  romance  fiction  organized-crime  steamy
  • The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Truth In Lies Series. READ This Much Is True, book 1 first, although it's been written as a standalone. Readers say, don't do that. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway ~ A Farewell To Arms They share an epic love but one moment changes everything. A life together that seemed certain is shattered...
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    angst  coming-of-age  drama  multi-pov  sad  university  adult  age-gap
  • White Locks by Rose B. Mashal

    White Locks by Rose B. Mashal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When love knocked on Marie's door, she had a hard time denying her heart what it wanted. Especially after she'd found her black keys. Now Marie finally realizes that home is not where she was born, or where she'd lived all of her life. Home is where her Love is. It's time for her to follow her heart...
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    angst  dark  drama  sad  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke

    Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I sold my soul to the devil only to turn around and slit his throat… Thomas Kincaid took everything from me. My mother. My hopes. My innocence.Now, it’s my turn.He thought he was safe.They all did.They were wrong.Men always think they can take without ever having to deal with the consequences. Well, now I’m back, and I'm the last consequence they’ll ever see...
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    dark  university  multi-pov  sad  romance  contemporary  sports  steamy
  • Ruthless Villain by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Ruthless Villain by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My Knight. My Rebel. My Forbidden Villain …In the dazzling lights of Vegas, I indulged in a passionate one-night stand with a man who looked like a Greek god in the flesh.We no names, no strings attached, just an unforgettable night of fun.The plan was simple—say goodbye and move on.Little did I know fate had other ideas for me.I never expected to run into Mr...
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    drama  dark  angst  sad  crime  romance  sports  contemporary
  • Change My Game by Kelsey Clayton

    Change My Game by Kelsey Clayton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Jace London,And I may have screwed up.I’ve always been the guy who had it all.Privilege, entitlement, and a life of luxury.But after one college night gone tragically wrong,Nothing has ever been the same.Everyone thinks I should be happy.With a trust fund like mine, who could be sad?But no one knows what’s going on with me,Or the nightmares that keep me awake at night...
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    angst  coming-of-age  crime  dark  drama  multi-pov  sad  university
  • Light in the Shadows by A. Meredith Walters

    Light in the Shadows by A. Meredith Walters

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In 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...
  • Toxic by Rachel Van Dyken

    Toxic by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Everyone has a secret... Gabe Hyde is on borrowed time. He's been hiding his identity for over four years-hidden from the world that used to adore him--obsess over him--driven to the edge of insanity by one poor choice. But that one choice, altered the course of his life forever...
  • This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn by Aidan Chambers

    This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn by Aidan Chambers

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Subtitled The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn this is the story of Cordelia from the time she is 15 until she is 20. She is pregnant and plans to give this account to her daughter on her 16th birthday so that they can share their youth together...
  • Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Kyle Carter knew every inch of my body. Every fraction of my soul. He was the first man I'd ever been with intimately. The first to break my heart. The first to put it back together again. He was my first, my last and my everything that came in between." In the aftermath of Rachel's vicious attack, Lee and Kyle must once again pick up the pieces of their broken world and move forward...
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    angst  dark  sad  university  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • A Rose for Melinda by Lurlene McDaniel

    A Rose for Melinda by Lurlene McDaniel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Told in letters, journal entries, e-mails, doctors’ reports, and instant messages, the heartbreaking story of an aspiring ballet dancer battling leukemia. From: Melinda Skye To: Readers Subject: Jesse Hi! I can’t believe it. What a surprise from Jesse...
  • Away by B.A. Wolfe

    Away by B.A. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What good is running AWAY when you only end up lost? Cassandra Pierce had her whole "perfect" life planned out by her parents. One night of pure weakness and lust has her running away from it all and seeking refuge in Alamosa with her best friend. But it seems life has other plans for her when she finds herself lost in the small town of Keaton. Jason Bradley is a charming country guy...
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    angst  drama  realistic  sad  university  book  contemporary  death
  • Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Remedy by M.K. Gilher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jacade Jordan is no good for me. He’s a master at deception, a criminal, trouble. He’s been putting on the ultimate show of betrayal for years. He also saved my life and makes me feel more alive than I ever could have imagined...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  drama  multi-pov  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Reality of Life by Shandi Boyes

    Reality of Life by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 in the 'Perception' Series.The reality of life is sometimes bad things happen to good people, especially when they least expect it. How will Noah overcome his latest tragic event?Continue to follow Noah on his next journey and see which path his life chooses to take.You will laugh and you will cry, but the story of Noah Taylor will stay with you forever...
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    angst  multi-pov  sad  university  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer

    Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have three major loves in my life: my family, my best friend Becky, and ballet. Elijah Turner is quickly becoming the fourth.He's been around as long as I can remember. But now he's much more than just the annoying guy at school.My life was working out perfectly...until it got turned upside down...
  • Prosper by Paula Marinaro

    Prosper by Paula Marinaro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Prosper Worthington is a decorated war hero, a convicted felon, and the ex-cellmate and road companion of his best friend, Jack Winston. Different as two men can be, Prosper is rough, hot-headed, focused, and driven. He’s also had more than enough of Jack’s spur-of-the-moment decisions, faulty reasoning, and Peter Pan-like existence...
  • Tempted By The Queen by Samantha Barrett

    Tempted By The Queen by Samantha Barrett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CarlinaI’m the secret my family kept from the world.The Queen that was to be used to gain them an alliance.I escaped, finally free to live my own life out in the open.A chance encounter with a beautiful stranger derailed my plans.My hope of freedom was torn from me, he took it from me.I need to fight for my freedom, fight for my family and finally embrace who I am and where I come from...
  • Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Want equal rights?Don't f____ a biker.Want safe and predictable?Do not fall for a biker.Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever?Don't accidentally become a club bunny...
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    multi-pov  dark  drama  crime  angst  romance  contemporary  biker
  • Golden Chains by Rose B. Mashal

    Golden Chains by Rose B. Mashal

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Royalty is a dirty game." That's what he'd once told her, but she couldn't imagine how dirty it could really get. Blessed now more than ever, Marie's love for Mazen continues to grow, and with it, her worries and doubts, as well...
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    angst  dark  drama  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Redeem Me by Jennifer Foor

    Redeem Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Road to Redemption is a Long Journey Parker Hutchinson has done a good job messing up his reputation as the golden child. He’s made bad choices, pushed everyone away, and almost ruined his brother’s life. Though he’s tried his best to make amends, he can’t seem to find a way to convince his family that he’s changed. Cameron Hynson is in college with hopes to become a lawyer...
  • The Price of Mason by Linda Kage

    The Price of Mason by Linda Kage

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I 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...
  • Pretty Scars by C.D. Reiss

    Pretty Scars by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In Carrie Drazen’s diamond-studded world, beauty is everything: a blessing, a commodity, and a curse. Her beauty got her past the velvet ropes and into high society, but it ripped her away from the man she loved and chained her to an unbearable life...
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    angst  dark  drama  multi-pov  university  abuse  adult  audiobook
  • Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23

    Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Now published as InnocentsShe loves him. He loves her crazy. She's a hopeless romantic. He's just hopeless. She's afraid to let go. He won't let her. A story about a silly girl in love with a foolish boy. Here, forever is a lie...
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    dark  drama  angst  sad  multi-pov  coming-of-age  realistic  romance
  • Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg, Jovana Shirley

    Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Happily ever after. That was what we were supposed to have. Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her. I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand...
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    angst  drama  multi-pov  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Perfecting Patience by Tabatha Vargo

    Perfecting Patience by Tabatha Vargo

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes happy endings are just the beginning of an even harder road. Although her aunt and sister believe she should get help to deal with her past demons, Patience believes the only thing she needs is Zeke. When he comes back into her world, her life couldn’t be more perfect. Except old demons pick the worst time to surface, and once again their happiness is threatened...
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    angst  dark  multi-pov  realistic  sad  university  abuse  alpha-mc
  • Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Sometimes there is a single moment that changes your life forever.” Hadie Swinton is giving up on boys. After a disastrous relationship, she is convinced that all males are the same—arrogant, self-assured, and complete jerks. Lincoln Bracks is giving up on his old life. After moving to a new town to escape the problems plaguing him, he is set against ever getting close to anyone again...
  • Only One by Tammy Falkner

    Only One by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He knows the value of life. She's still learning...
  • Tyler by Jo Raven

    Tyler by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the USA Today and NY Times bestselling author Jo Raven comes the second installment in the Inked Brotherhood series which began with Asher. Four years have passed since I left home, my parents, and my brother Asher behind – since I shut out my past. And Erin. Four years since I last saw her, since I heard her voice and held her in my arms...
  • Penance and Promises by L.A. Cotton

    Penance and Promises by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternate title/cover for this ASIN can be found here.Seven years ago, Ana Parry walked into Chastity Falls Academy and changed the lives of Jackson Pierce and Braiden Donohue. Her arrival set into motion a series of events that none of them could have ever predicted.But they got out. Escaping Chastity Falls, they left behind a life built on lies and secrets, danger and fear...
  • Beatless by Amber L. Johnson

    Beatless by Amber L. Johnson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mallory Durham has been left behind and it is making her feel less like an adult and more like an afterthought. Divorce, sickness, educational aspirations being shattered, and her Aunt Sam moving into her home, have made Mal's life nearly unrecognizable to her...
  • Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne

    Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Epiphany, the final installment of The Destined Series, continues the stories of four best friends from college who are making decisions that will set the course for the rest of their lives. Mira and Skylar have had their share of painful pasts, troubled presents and an unknown future...
  • Escaped by J.P. Barnaby

    Escaped by J.P. Barnaby

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finally together, Brian McAllister and Jamie Mayfield have risked everything in a desperate escape. Jamie is now free of his tormentor, Steven O’Dell... for the moment. But Brian and Jamie know that one wrong choice could lead Steven to their door. With the strength of Brian and his friends to protect him, Jamie hides and finds the one person he is truly afraid of—himself...
  • A Voice in the Distance by Tabitha Suzuma

    A Voice in the Distance by Tabitha Suzuma

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In his final year at the Royal College of Music, star pianist Flynn Laukonen has the world at his feet. He has moved in with his girlfriend Jennah and is already getting concert bookings for what promises to be a glittering career...
  • Tales From Foster High by John Goode

    Tales From Foster High by John Goode

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyle Stilleno is the invisible student even in his nothing high school in the middle of Nowhere, Texas. Brad Graymark is the baseball star of Foster High. When they bond over their mutual damage during a night of history tutoring, Kyle thinks maybe his life has changed for good. But when you're gay and falling for the most popular boy in school, the promise of love is a fairy tale, not a reality...
  • My Butterfly by Laura Miller

    My Butterfly by Laura Miller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you got a second chance to be with your first love, would you take it? "This is pure romance at its best." ~Romantic Reading Escapes "One of the most beautiful love stories I have ever read." ~Jelena's Book Blog From the author who brought you the national bestselling novel Butterfly Weeds comes the heartwarming story of small-town firefighter Will Stephens...
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    angst  drama  sad  university  book  contemporary  fiction  high-school
  • The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every part of me yearns for Ryland and there hasn’t been a day that’s gone by that I don’t question if I made the right decision...
    Categorized as:
    angst  multi-pov  sad  university  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert

    Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An aspiring film writer tells about her troubled teen years in the Chicago suburbs when she and her friends tried to escape the pain of their lives through rock music and drugs...
    Categorized as:
    angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  realistic  sad  book  contemporary
  • Ugly by Margaret McHeyzer

    Ugly by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *To watch the trailer, click on my author name above. If I were dead, I wouldn't be able to see.If I were dead, I wouldn't be able to feel.If I were dead, he'd never raise his hand to me again.If I were dead, his words wouldn't cut as deep as they do.If I were dead, I'd be beautiful and I wouldn't be so...ugly.I'm not dead...but I wish I was.*This is a dark YA/NA standalone, full-length novel...
    Categorized as:
    angst  coming-of-age  crime  dark  drama  sad  university  abuse
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