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The Last Song: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack by Hal Leonard Corporation
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNote: 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... -
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Glass by Ellen Hopkins
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsCrank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go. Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips... -
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F.A.I.T.H. by Jo P.R.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I was broken. Nothing, no one could fix me. Until you came into my life again. I wish I had gone with you that day instead of him. Because, now I can't imagine how I spent the previous years of my life without you by my side. You are my savior. You showed me that its okay to be broken and you showed me that I wasn't alone. You were with me. i love you for that. But I hate that I love you... -
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Hot Girl by Dream Jordan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's summertime in Bed-Stuy "Do or Die" Brooklyn, and Kate is feeling down in the dumps. Not only is she tired of her raggedy, tomboy image, but she's also missing her best friend, Felicia, who's away for the summer... -
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![She's Dating the Gangster by Bianca B. Bernardino, Boizei Malicdem]()
She's Dating the Gangster by Bianca B. Bernardino, Boizei Malicdem
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt all started when 17-year-old Athena Dizon unwittingly plays a trick on resident heartthrob and bad boy, Kenji de los Reyes. All of a sudden, she finds herself pretending—unwillingly at that—to be his girlfriend to make his ex jealous... -
![MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop]()
MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMAXWELL, Part 3 A tender romance begins to blossom between Savannah and Maddy as darker issues arise when Cole, Gabe and Dane are clued in to Brock Coulson’s intentions to drag Caleb through a vicious court battle. Clint and Cochise return to lend a “helping” hand and Clint finds himself unexpectedly drawn to a least likely candidate for romance... -
![Alone On the Water by MadLori]()
Alone On the Water by MadLori
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSherlock Holmes never expected to live a long life, but he never imagined that it would end like this. - 7725 WordsSorrow’s my body on the wavesSorrow’s a girl inside my caveI live in a city sorrow builtIt’s in my honey, it’s in my milkDon’t leave my half a heart alone on the waterCover me in rag and bone sympathyCause I don’t want to get over you... -
![Journey of Hope by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Journey of Hope by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHEATHER BARLOW HAS always been idealistic, and now that she has finished high school, she’s ready to make a difference in the world. After graduation she joins a mission group on a hospital mercy ship sailing to Africa.Praise for Angel of Mercy:“There’s a huge audience for McDaniel’s romance fiction, and this one has all the features her readers look for... -
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MAXWELL 2: Trial By Fire by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMAXWELL, Part 2 As the trial becomes an emotional battle ground – within the courtroom and without – Max struggles to maintain his resolve to resist his heart. But as it becomes more and more evident that Horatio’s heartbreak over losing Max isn’t healing, but in fact growing worse, Max begins to question the choices he made so long ago... -
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![MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop]()
MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMAXWELL, Part 1 While Abel faces trial for the death of Devlin’s brother – Craig Grant – Max and Horatio struggle with memories of the past, and what they still mean to one another. Holding the key that will free their hearts from the chains that have bound them for two decades, Horatio must hide it away and keep it secret now that “new” hearts are involved... -
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Carry Me Home by Megan Nugen Isbell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturning to Carver hasn’t been the same since Jesse left, but after almost four years, Riley Regas has gotten used to it. She’s picked up the pieces after he broke her heart and has moved on... -
![Virtue and Vice by Ninya Tippett]()
Virtue and Vice by Ninya Tippett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"If I'm going down, I might as well pick my poison. I pick you." *** A Cobalt Bay Billionaires story. *** She couldn’t be sure whether he was her predator or protector... but she was doomed to love him either way. *** It was a summer they will never forget... -
![A Hundred and One Reasons by Bianca Salindong]()
A Hundred and One Reasons by Bianca Salindong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere are still many things Ann needed to know, to explore and live the life she'd always imagined. But everything turned upside down when she learned that she is sick. Not cough and colds sick. No, something much complicated than that. Ann decides that she'd rather fight when she knows she had no chances of winning... -
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![The Wind Blows Backward by Mary Downing Hahn]()
The Wind Blows Backward by Mary Downing Hahn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlthough they share a love of poetry and problems with their parents, shy Lauren's attraction to popular Spencer is tempered by her fear of his moody, self-destructive side. "...hands down, Girl Book of the Year... -
![Little Universes by Heather Demetrios]()
Little Universes by Heather Demetrios
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne wave: that’s all it takes for the rest of Mae and Hannah Winters’ lives to change.When a tsunami strikes the island where their parents are vacationing, it soon becomes clear that their mom and dad are never coming home... -
![Shake It Off by Suzanne Nelson]()
Shake It Off by Suzanne Nelson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBria is used to city life in Chicago, but is headed to her aunt and uncle's Iowa creamery for the summer. Their dairy operation offers a taste of country living to passersby, who can stop in for a milkshake, a wagon ride, and a trip through the corn maze. Bria is definitely out of her element, but her cousin, Wren, loves working on her parents' farm... -
![Between the Raindrops by Sydney Logan]()
Between the Raindrops by Sydney Logan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Scout Ramsey’s life is a mess. With a dead father and a junkie mom, she can’t imagine things can get worse. Then her mother tries to sell her for a bag of meth. After her mom’s arrest, Scout’s forced to switch schools in the middle of senior year. Scared and alone, she pours her heart into her journal and dreams of the day she turns eighteen... -
![A Voice in the Distance by Tabitha Suzuma]()
A Voice in the Distance by Tabitha Suzuma
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 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... -
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Restrained by Shandi Boyes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fourth and final installment in the Bound Series. They say love can make you blind but is that the case with Cleo and Marcus?You know what you saw.You hate what you saw. But is your gut cautioning you not to jump to conclusions; or are you slaying Marcus with the scorn of deceit before the entire story prevailed?Get ready for a book that will keep you guessing until the very last word... -
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Accidentally Famous by Lisa Papademetriou
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet Amy Flowers, a seventh grader who marches to her own beat: Being the new girl at exclusive Allington Academy doesn't break her stride! Meet the League: They rule the school, and their queen is oh-so-mean Fiona, who doesn't exactly appreciate Amy's individuality. This time, Amy is helping League lieutenant Jenelle with a charity fashion show... -
![Stronger Than You Know by Jolene Perry]()
Stronger Than You Know by Jolene Perry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter police intervention, fifteen-year-old Joy has finally escaped the trailer where she once lived with her mother and survived years of confinement and abuse. Now living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in a comfortable house, she’s sure she’ll never belong. Wracked by panic attacks, afraid to talk to anyone at her new school, Joy’s got a whole list of reasons why she’s crazy... -
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Wake by Abria Mattina
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEighteen isn’t too young to run your life into the ground, but it’s not too old to fix it, either. The desire for change drives Willa Kirk from St. John’s, Newfoundland back to her hometown of Smiths Falls, Ontario, away from her mistakes and the place where her sister died... -
![Reach for Tomorrow by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Reach for Tomorrow by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKatie O'Roark is thrilled to learn that Jenny House is being rebuilt. After the fire last year, Katie thought she could never return to the camp, where she spent the summers with teens like her who faced medical odds stacked against them. But thanks to Richard Holloway's efforts, Katie and her longtime friends Lacey and Chelsea will work as counselors once again... -
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![Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert]()
Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn 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... -
![To Live Again by Lurlene McDaniel]()
To Live Again by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDawn Rochelle looks like any other seventeen-year-old girt, but looks can be deceiving. At the age of thirteen, Dawn was diagnosed with leukemia. Now almost three years into remission, Dawn is a senior in high school and looking forward to college. But her plans are disrupted when she suffers another medical crisis that causes partial paralysis... -
![Gray by Pete Wentz, James Montgomery]()
Gray by Pete Wentz, James Montgomery
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes, late at night in the hotel room, after the lights have gone out and the mistakes have already been made, when it is heavy and silent and still, I lie awake and listen to my pulse on the pillow… Imagine you are on a tour bus, the miles whistling away beneath you as you sleep. Tomorrow you will wake up in downtown Somewhere. It doesn’t matter. All the skylines look the same... -
![No Time to Cry by Lurlene McDaniel]()
No Time to Cry by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLurlene McDaniel's moving interconnected novels about Dawn Rochelle, who is diagnosed with cancer, are now available in one volume.Dawn Rochelle is 13 years old when she is diagnosed with cancer. Her journey through her first chemotherapy, her new close friendship with fellow cancer patient Sandy, and their journey together into remission is a moving story... -
![Out of Reach by Missy Johnson]()
Out of Reach by Missy Johnson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy best friend was dying and I was in love with his girl. Andy and I had been best friends since we were eight-years old. Watching him slowly fade away, ever closer to his final breath, made me so incredibly angry. I knew there was nothing I could do to change it--I had given in to despair, but Andy had not. He had one last hand to play... -
![So Much to Live For by Lurlene McDaniel]()
So Much to Live For by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFifteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has survived cancer not once, but twice. No one knows the battle better than she does. That's why Dawn agrees to be a camp counselor for young kids with cancer--the same camp she and her best friend Sandy had attended. Now Sandy is gone... -
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Redemption by Ivory Quinn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘Cause you are my invisible stringsYou’re the ties that bind me wholeYou’re all that keeps me togetherYou’re the dark matter of my soulIt’s been six long months since Gabriel left and Noelle’s nightmares are swallowing her whole. In a last ditch attempt to save her sanity, Jax takes her to Cal Henway, the infamous and enigmatic Master of Kink, to see if he can slay her demons... -
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Marrying Ember by Andrea Randall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt started like it always does. For musicians, anyway. The moment Bo Cavanaugh heard November Harris sing, it all clicked into place. That was a year and a half ago. Between then and now there's been unthinkable tragedy, ruthless heartache, and lifetimes of passion. It was never a question in Bo's mind that he would marry Ember someday... -
![Where Words Fail by Katheryn Kiden]()
Where Words Fail by Katheryn Kiden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAbby Irons has it all together.She has a life everyone envies. She’s the front man for the band Thirty Ought Six and co-owns Ironsound Records with her twin brother Alex. A girl with the world at her feet so young must be happy Except everything is tainted by a past that won't stop coming up. A present that is falling apart everywhere but onstage, and a future that shes not so sure about... -
![Her Journey by Rachael Orman]()
Her Journey by Rachael Orman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s exactly what she doesn’t need… He’s exactly what she shouldn’t want… He’s exactly what she should stay away from… But she can't. After losing her mother, Melia knew her life would never be the same, she just didn’t expect it to be so drastically different. Her mother’s final wish was something that not only changed her life but also the way she lives it... -
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![Infinity: Based On A True Story by Shanora Williams]()
Infinity: Based On A True Story by Shanora Williams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am going to die. I can't change or fix it. It is just something that is bound to happen. I have fought for so long that all I want to do is give up, but I can't because I have a sweet, devoted husband. I have a sister, who I am deathly afraid to leave behind because I am all the family she has left. And then there's Maximilian Grant--the ex that I can't seem to shake or get rid of... -
![Resurrecting Hope by Jane Anthony]()
Resurrecting Hope by Jane Anthony
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings~Hope~ I’m broken. I’m hiding. I’m not the woman he claims he loves. Hope Moon is a figment, a fairy tale. A single mom with sunny smiles on the outside, but whose pitch-black insides are riddled with demons. I can’t look him in the face, can’t tell him who I am. If I let my guard down, Jack will find me. Jack’s wrath left me bound in hell. Can Hank’s love set me free? ~Hank~ I’ve been hurt... -
![Kidnap My Heart by Alexandria Michelle]()
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... -
![My Enemy, My Obsession by Lisa Renee Jones]()
My Enemy, My Obsession by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens in Hawaii stays in Hawaii..... Sofia has the dream of a lifetime, a chance to attend an annual fashion show for a big department store in Hawaii, and the chance to get her "Zoey" brand (named after her mother) on the shelves. But while there she crosses paths with intensely good looking Billionaire Ethan Dalton, who has a past with her father, and not a pretty one... -
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Finding Parker by Scott Hildreth
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVictoria Fisker has lived her life knowing that finding the right man will be difficult. She’s a virgin, and plans on staying that way until she marries. Refusing to stray from her convictions has caused most of her relationships to end poorly and prematurely. As a result, she has lost faith in a man’s ability to accept her for who she is. That is, until she meets Parker Bale... -
![Last Dance by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Last Dance by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRachel Deering's dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer has to be put on hold when she finds out that she has diabetes, but the lessons she learns in managing her disease help her take control of her life... -
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Heartstrings by Heather Gunter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone thinks of me as this happy and upbeat person. What they don't know is that I carry a deep, dark secret. Something horrible happened to me a year ago, and I have kept it quiet all this time. I was fine for a while, but somehow it’s chosen this time to come back, and it's eating at me--like a cancer. I need to tell someone about it, I just don't know how... -
![No Way Back by Chloe Adams]()
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... -
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I Do by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWeddings are the perfect place to fall in love... Jane is not looking forward to being the maid of honor in her cousin Stacy's wedding. To make matters worse, Adam, the biggest jerk at Tilson High, is going to be the best man! The last thing Jane wants to do is walk down the aisle with him. But the more Jane gets to know Adam, the more she realizes that he's actually a very cool guy... -
![Let Him Live by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Let Him Live by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT I KNOW ABOUT YOU ... I CAN'T MAKE YOU LIVE LONGER, I CAN'T STOP YOU FROM HURTING. BUT I CAN GIVE YOU ONE WISH, AS SOMEONE DID FOR ME. Being a candy striper isn't Megan Charnell's idea of an exciting summer, but she's volunteered and can't get out of it... -
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![The Princess Diaries Collection by Meg Cabot]()
The Princess Diaries Collection by Meg Cabot
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe set of books is noted for containing many popular culture references, which include singers, movies, and fads in modern culture. Many critics have taken unkindly to this form of storytelling. In response, Cabot wrote an English teacher into the book Princess In Training who criticizes Mia's writing, telling her that it relies too much on "slick pop culture references... -
![Somewhere Between Life and Death by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Somewhere Between Life and Death by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe celebration isn't supposed to end in tragedy. The night of their high-school drama group's cast party starts out as fun for sisters Amy and Erin. Their lives come crashing down when Amy takes the car to get more food and has a horrible accident. Erin and her family pray for Amy to awaken from her coma... -
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Sixteen and Dying by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou don't know me, but I know about you.... I can't make you live longer. I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me. It's hard for Anne Wingate and her father to accept the doctors' diagnosis: Anne is HIV positive. Seven years earlier, before blood screening was required, Anne received a transfusion to save her life, and the blood was tainted... -
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Break Me by Amanda Heath
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBreak Me is the second book in Amanda Heath’s Make or Break series. It can be read as a standalone. “Wes, I don’t know what you want me to say here.” Royal’s voice is broken. Maybe he is broken. Maybe I broke him. Lord knows I’m broken myself. “Don’t say anything,” I start off with. There are so many things I want to tell him... -
![Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen]()
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... -
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Billionaire Lumberjack's Baby by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA wounded billionaire in hiding. A surprise baby. One woman trapped on the mountain with them…I fled to the mountains to escape the pain of my past.Anguish ruled my days and haunted my nights.It became my constant companion.An ax in my hands became the outlet for my agony.It was the way I liked it.The way it needed to be.No amount of money would ever bring back what I lost...Categorized as:
sad realistic romance contemporary forced-proximity age-gap billionaire womens-fiction
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