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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, Iβve dreamt of what college life could bring and while some things changed, there was always one constant. It didnβt 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 wasnβt... -
![Basketball Night by Lynn Painter]()
Basketball Night by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is Wes's POV of the events that happened at the basketball, their following trip to the ER, and his phone call with Liz after they both got home... -
![The Party by Lynn Painter]()
The Party by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is The Party Scene in 'Better than the Movies' from Wes's POV...Categorized as:
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![Sweet Home Louisiana by Erin Nicholas]()
Sweet Home Louisiana by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sexy, small town, second chance rom com! Thanks to a drawn-up-while-drinking-moonshine partnership agreement, Madison Allain has to spend thirty days back on the bayou before she can sell her part of the family business... -
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![Pause by CJustMe, C.J. Adler]()
Pause by CJustMe, C.J. Adler
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAqueela, a dreamer and comedian at heart, has just one joyous vision - to transform lives through the mere power of friendship, friendships so solid that they last a lifetime. However, Jay, pessimistic by nature, is convinced that friends are overrated, and that Aqueela is nothing short of a whackjob with an idealistic perspective on the world. It would seem that he wants nothing to do with her...Categorized as:
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![Truly Mine by Kennedy Fox]()
Truly Mine by Kennedy Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsπ»πΉπΌπ³π π΄π°π΅π¬ ππ ππ ππππππ, ππππ-ππππ ππππππ π ππ ππππππ πππππππ πππππππ ππ ππ π ππππππππππ πππππππππ ππππ πππππ. The night we met in the dimly lit bar, she looked like a brunette bombshell, and I wanted to learn her deepest secrets... -
![Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann]()
Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"Kissing you feels like catching the sunβ¦" At seven years old, Ella Sunbury and Max Manning were inseparableβuntil life scattered them in different directions, forcing Ella to abruptly leave town. A decade later, she returns for their senior year of high school, moving in across the street from her childhood best friend. But she's not the same girl Max once knew...Categorized as:
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![Stars On Fire by E. L. Todd]()
Stars On Fire by E. L. Todd
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was happily married until the doctor gave me terrible news. My husband must have never really loved me, because he left me shortly afterward. It's been six months and I'm in a better place...but do you ever truly get over something like that? Then I meet Neil Crimson. The guy isn't just handsome, smart, and charming. There's something special about him. He's an astronaut... -
![Lizβs Proposal by Lynn Painter]()
Lizβs Proposal by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is Wes's POV of the scene where Liz comes to his house to ask him if he can help her get closer to Michael by inviting her to the party...Categorized as:
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![Promise: A Redemption Series Prologue by T.K. Leigh]()
Promise: A Redemption Series Prologue by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was supposed to be my first kiss. My first love. My first everything... There are moments in our lives that define us. For Brooklyn Tanner, it's the summer before her junior year of high school. The summer boys finally begin to notice her. The summer he finally begins to notice her. Andrew Brinks. Handsome. Popular. Star hockey player. Her best friend's brother...Categorized as:
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![Burn by Abbi Glines]()
Burn by Abbi Glines
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the moment she fell out of the tree in his backyard, ruining his eighth birthday party, Genesis Stoll had been Kye Levineβs best friend. The one person he knew would be there no matter what. She was his escape, his sunshine when the darkness in his world got too deep. When he had her to run to, he knew no matter how twisted his life got, she would remind him who he was...Categorized as:
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![Something Borrowed, Something You by Vi Keeland]()
Something Borrowed, Something You by Vi Keeland
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo Strings Attached meets Me Before You in SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING YOU, a slow-burn, swoony romance from #1 New York Times bestseller Vi Keeland.My relationship with Hunter Delucia started backwards.We met at a weddingβhim sitting on the groomβs side, me sitting on the brideβs. Stealing glances at each other throughout the night, there was no denying an intense, mutual attraction... -
![Always the Almost by Edward Underhill]()
Always the Almost by Edward Underhill
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win back his ex, but a new boy complicates things in Edward Underhill's heartfelt debut YA rom-dram, Always the Almost...Categorized as:
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![The Key by Jillian Dodd]()
The Key by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsItβs my final day at Kensington School, and my exchange is coming to an end. My flight for New York leaves tomorrow, and Iβm not ready to say goodbye to the boys I love. But then three key things happened at school. Noah told me to forget about him, Harry broke up with me, and I finally kissed Noah Williams. When I kissed him in the lunchroom in front of everyone, it was out of anger...Categorized as:
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![Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream by Lynn Painter]()
Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWes has a dream about Liz coming to him in her prom dress, telling him he is the one she wants. But then he wakes up... -
![Twisted Love: A Fake Relationship Romance by Piper Lawson]()
Twisted Love: A Fake Relationship Romance by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen your rich, handsome best friend asks you to be his fake girlfriendβ¦ Say no. One of the wealthiest self-made men in New York needs a woman to help secure his spot at the helm of his venture firm. Problem is, Ben doesnβt want any girlfriend... He wants me. It will never work. First, weβd have to lie to our families and our friends. Second, I have my own problems in the boardroom...Categorized as:
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![My Life as a Mixtape by L.J. Evans]()
My Life as a Mixtape by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom award-winning author LJ Evans comes an emotionally charged, standalone romance between a sexy bassist and a small-town nurse who canβt walk away from each other when the chips fall downβ¦ βI always saw relationships as a burden instead of a gift...until Wynn showed me the way...Categorized as:
friends-to-lovers slow-burn romance audiobook contemporary small-town fiction young-adult -
![Reckless Rebel by G.N. Wright]()
Reckless Rebel by G.N. Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJACE I thought I could play the game of men and win, but I lost. Again. Now Iβm drowning and canβt find my way back up, until one DNA test changes it all. I have a sister, a sister Iβve never met, a sister living with a family who isnβt mine, yet are willing to welcome me with open arms. Well most of them. Now one girl is standing in the way of my only hope at happiness... -
![Saving the Halfback by Aly Westman]()
Saving the Halfback by Aly Westman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTraumatic past, dark secrets, found family.I spent most of high school as a ghost. Avoiding, blending, disappearing. It wasnβt until my ex slipped into a coma after a freak accident that something inside me shifted. I was able to breathe again, find myself. I even joined the football team, something my ex never wouldβve allowed...Categorized as:
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![Counting the Stars by Tracy McJames]()
Counting the Stars by Tracy McJames
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes love comes when you least expect it.AlexI fell in love from the first moment I met herβseriously.And yeah, I realize that may sound ridiculous, but Iβve never been so sure of anything in my life.Gabby is one of my best friends. She gets me and accepts me for who I am; unlike my stuffy family. But weβve been stuck in the friend zone for more than a year and Iβm getting restless...Categorized as:
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Simmer by Stephanie Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSimmer (verb): to stew gently below or just at the boiling point; to be in a state of incipient developmentMy life was always at a simmerβ¦ only stewing, never going anywhere. I was left to fend for myself when it came to affection or love, so I learned to go without.I refused to let them see how broken and lonely I was; it was much easier to hide behind a false reality... -
![Interception by Lisa Suzanne]()
Interception by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen years after we graduated from high school, I still want Chase Camden. Now a professional football player, he seems unattainable... until I run into him at our reunion.Ten years after we graduated from high school, Gavin Brooks still wants me. Now a superstar of rock music, he finds me unattainable... something I never knew until the night of our reunion...Categorized as:
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![No Perfect Princess by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue]()
No Perfect Princess by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Stones are back. Let the OMGs begin. Angel Payne and Victoria Blue's explosive series continues. Are you ready for Margaux and Michael's story? What came first? The princess or the shoes? And does it really matter? My name is Margaux Asher. Don't be afraid to ask how it's spelled though I may enlighten you, anyway. Yes, I'm that Margaux Asher. The attitude icon... -
![The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight]()
The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsβIβm in love with you.β How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? βIβm in love with you.β How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her offβ¦ without losing her. I couldnβt lose her... -
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![Eye of the Beholder by Gracie Ruth Mitchell]()
Eye of the Beholder by Gracie Ruth Mitchell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne girl. One boy. One bargainβ¦MinaLook, Iβm no social butterfly. I donβt care what the extroverts say; talking to people is scary. Iβd rather hang out with my books than actual human beings. Books donβt call you names or dump water over your head in the cafeteria.But high school is almost over, and Iβm realizing I have nothing to show for it but good grades...Categorized as:
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![Just a Little Honesty by Tracie Puckett]()
Just a Little Honesty by Tracie Puckett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a prison break puts a dangerous convict on the loose, eighteen-year-old Julie Little is faced with making the biggest decision of her life: run away, or face her biggest fear. And when her Uncle Charlie puts forth a plan to have Detective Bruno get her out of Oakland (and as far away from the danger as possible), sheβs in no hurry to put up a fight...Categorized as:
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![The Edge of Forever by J. Saman]()
The Edge of Forever by J. Saman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author J. Saman comes an all-new sexy and emotional STANDALONE novel about first loves and second chances Weston Kincaid was my firstβ¦everything. My brother's best friend should have come with a warning label. The man was a cautionary tale and we were the ill-fated clichΓ©. The star quarterback to my loner art geek. But I didn't listen. Not to the warnings... -
![Coda by Jennifer Hartmann]()
Coda by Jennifer Hartmann
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSix years ago, I hit rock bottom.In a desperate attempt to pull myself from the ashes, I had to burn the people I loved most.Now, those same people are drowning in darkness after their world is rocked by tragedy.I've made a business out of helping others, channeling my past trauma into a good cause. But when the one person who needs my help the most sends me away, I have another choice to make...Categorized as:
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![Going Down on One Knee: A sizzling, laugh out loud romance! by Christina Hovland]()
Going Down on One Knee: A sizzling, laugh out loud romance! by Christina Hovland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"An utterly charming opposites-attract-story. Hovland perfectly balances simmering sexual tension with a surprising amount of emotion, and the stomach-flip-causing ending is the perfect example of why I read and love romance." - New York Times Bestselling Author, Lauren Layne Number-crunching Velma Johnson's perfectly planned life is right on course. That's a lie... -
![Fighting Irish by Katy Regnery]()
Fighting Irish by Katy Regnery
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Blueberry Lane series comes a new trio of romances featuring the Haven triplets! Rory Haven and Brittany Manion knew one another as children... ...but it's been a long time since their childhood summers at Summerhaven. The Havens weren't the children who attended exclusive Summerhaven Camp in Center Sandwich, New Hampshire...Categorized as:
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![Saltan chispas by Alina Not]()
Saltan chispas by Alina Not
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAshley Bennet lleva la vida colgada de Tyler Sparks, el quarterback del equipo de fΓΊtbol del instituto. Ella lo sabe, sus amigas lo saben, Γ©l lo sabe, Β‘todo el instituto lo sabe! El problema es que Ashley tambiΓ©n sabe que nunca serΓ‘ suyo. Pero Cameron Parker, el mejor amigo de Tyler, le propone algo: ayudarla a conseguir que el chico de sus sueΓ±os se fije en ella...Categorized as:
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![Small Town Big Rumors: The Tequila Rose Duet by Willow Winters]()
Small Town Big Rumors: The Tequila Rose Duet by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe tasted like tequila and the fake name I gave him was Rose.Four years ago, I decided to get over one man, by getting under another. A single night and nothing more. I found my handsome stranger with a shot glass and charming but devilish smile at the end of the bar. The desire that hit his eyes the second they landed on me ignited a spark inside me, instant and hot... -
![Intermission by Lisa Suzanne]()
Intermission by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIβm in love with two men. Iβm torn and need to choose which man from my past I want as a permanent part of my future. My heart leads me one way as my brain pushes me toward the other. I want them both, but each of them holds a secret that will change everything... -
![Happy New Year, Baby by Laura Marie Altom]()
Happy New Year, Baby by Laura Marie Altom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDON'T LET HIM DIE! These are the last words ice climber and former Navy SEAL, Brody Crawford, hears before his twin brother plunges to his death--with his pregnant wife watching and screaming in horror. Fast forward a year and Colby is frozen with not only grief but guilt, avoiding friends, his parents, and especially, his brother's widow--Lilliana. A woman he's always secretly adored...Categorized as:
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![The Heartbreak List by Misti Murphy]()
The Heartbreak List by Misti Murphy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI first met Theo Valentine in the womenβs bathroom. He was coming out, still tucking himself back into his jeans, a woman at his heel. He held the door open for me to pass, and smirked. I rolled my eyes. Hard...Categorized as:
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![Sheets by Sareyen]()
Sheets by Sareyen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[BxB] Waking up next to someone after having a little too much to drink was no new, riveting story in this day and age. Waking up next to another boy, when you were also a boy, was a little more interesting, but still nothing to write home about. But waking up in Nico Beckett's sheets?To Wesley, it was a nightmare come to life... -
![Brooklyn & Beale by Olivia Evans, Lisa Hollett]()
Brooklyn & Beale by Olivia Evans, Lisa Hollett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe life of a session musician is rarely easy. After consecutive tour cancellations and a stack of unpaid bills, Chloe Bennett fears her dream has come to an end. Then everything changes. Indie rocker Reid Ryder needs a replacement violinist for his tour. For Chloe, itβs the opportunity of a lifetime. For Reid, itβs a checkmark off his list... -
![No Strings Attached by Lara Ward Cosio]()
No Strings Attached by Lara Ward Cosio
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Steamy Stand-Alone RomanceI donβt normally stare at menβs butts. Especially not random guys in my local coffee shop. I mean, Iβm a single working mom, completely devoted to my four-year-old daughter. This so isnβt me. Itβs just that his backside is β¦ phenomenal.Turns out his name is Tanner and heβs been watching me right back... -
![Dear McKinnon by Danielle Keil]()
Dear McKinnon by Danielle Keil
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone knows what it means to have a teal envelope taped to their locker on the first day of the month. Everyone except new girl McKinnon Gregory.The envelope is the start of a monthly tradition called the Secret Admirers, and something McKinnon never thought she'd see. To her surprise-- and everyone else's-- the teal envelope is taped to her locker on March first... -
![Sidequest for Love by L.H. Cosway]()
Sidequest for Love by L.H. Cosway
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing an avid online gamer, Afric Oβ Connor loves a challenge. Helping Neil Durant reveal himself to the girl heβs been catfishing makes for the perfect sidequest. Besides, itβs not like she isnβt getting something in return. Neil has a head for numbers and Africβs finances are a mess. Itβs the perfect exchange. She assists him with his love life, and he sorts out her accounts... -
![Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend by Ivy Smoak]()
Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI loved his best friend first.I always thought Axel Stevens and I would live happily ever after. But heβs never liked me back.His best friend though? Jacob Miller has made his feelings for me very clear. Heβs the sweetest guy I know. His past is heartbreaking. And I want to make his future bright enough to make up for it.But one kiss changes everything...Categorized as:
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![A Unique Kind of Love by Jasmine Rose]()
A Unique Kind of Love by Jasmine Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLena Rose Winter is a typical seventeen year old girl, or so everyone thought. She has a secret, something she hates talking about. She knew what love is, and she dreads it especially after losing someone close to her heart.Liam Christopher Black is far from your typical bad boy. He's a good guy, the one who sits at the back of the class, not making any sound...Categorized as:
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![Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy]()
Making Her Mine by Monica Murphy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeck Callahan.Star defensive Lineman.Most popular boy on campus.One of my best friends.Heβs always been off limits because I know a relationship with him could never work. Like, ever. Heβs too perfect, too sweet, too good looking. Taking what we have a step further has the potential to ruin everything, and his friendship is too important to me...Categorized as:
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![Release: A Ransom Novel by Rachel Schurig]()
Release: A Ransom Novel by Rachel Schurig
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings**The second installment in the Ransom series from USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Rachel Schurig. This New Adult Contemporary Romance novel is a complete story with no cliffhanger.** Reed Ransome is ready for a break. For once heβs going to relax, to have some fun... -
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![A and D (Re-print) by Louisse Carreon]()
A and D (Re-print) by Louisse Carreon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe's a jock. I'm not. He's popular. I'm not. He's good-looking. I'm not. And have I mentioned that we're the best of friends? So he loves me... as a friend. Too bad, because I don't just love him... I'm in love with him." -Dakota Evans Dakota's sarcastic, Aaron isn't. Aaron's a morning person, Dakota most definitely is not. Dakota's a nerd, while Aaron's a jock...Categorized as:
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![Trust Me Always by Meagan Brandy]()
Trust Me Always by Meagan Brandy
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFake dating one football player while his teammate tries to win me back? Yeah, probably not the best idea, yet here we are.Talk about complicatedβ¦I loathe the day I ran smack dab into the hard chest of Alister Howl, Avix Universityβs second-string quarterback. The moment he smiled my way I shouldβve run. And, well, I did β¦ straight into his bed.That was before I learned he was nothing but a liar...Categorized as:
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![Somewhere in Between by Samatha Harris]()
Somewhere in Between by Samatha Harris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlexandra McCabeββ is disconnected from the world, grieving the loss of her parents...Content with studying and keeping to herself, Alex has no interest in the campus playboy, Drew Collins, trying to get close to her. But even dousing him with beer doesn't deter the easy-going charmer, and against her better judgment, the pair fall into a reluctant friendship... -
![Beautiful by Ella Bordeaux]()
Beautiful by Ella Bordeaux
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkylar Woods unknowingly drew Wyatt Smith toward her. He wanted β¦ needed to learn everything about her. Though he sensed her beauty was more than just skin deep, Wyatt struggled to understand the sadness she attempted to mask with an amazing smile...Categorized as:
friends-to-lovers high-school love-triangle book contemporary dark fiction multi-pov -
![Meeting The Unpredictable by Riann C. Miller, Edee M. Fallon]()
Meeting The Unpredictable by Riann C. Miller, Edee M. Fallon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when opposites attract? Tyler has spent the last six years constructing his perfectly boring life, which is exactly the way he wants it. He spends his days hiding behind the protective walls he has so carefully built and has no intentions of changing . . . until he meets the unpredictable. Lennie Jacobs is an intoxicating mess... -
![Epic by Lark O'Neal]()
Epic by Lark O'Neal
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEPIC A GOING THE DISTANCE NOVEL Every decision is an ending ... and a beginning Broke and close to broken-hearted, Jess Donovan doesn't know what to do with her life. She's lost her job and she's discovered that the man she loves, the charismatic and elusive Tyler Smith, has a troubled past that's left him damaged...perhaps beyond repair...Categorized as:
friends-to-lovers love-triangle book contemporary fiction new-adult young-adult romance
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