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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... -
![Endless Love Letter by Callie Anderson, Jennifer Roberts-Hall]()
Endless Love Letter by Callie Anderson, Jennifer Roberts-Hall
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOur love had to live in the past… The first time we met I knew. She was perfection. I needed to know everything about her—what made her smile, what her lips tasted like, what her body felt like under my skin… But our love was fatal. The purest venom that seeped through my veins and embedded deep into my soul. Emilia was My love. My muse. The woman who owned my soul... -
![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... -
![Overdrive by Jessa York]()
Overdrive by Jessa York
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTick, tock. It's deafening. The damn biological clock. There's only one way to silence it And it's not with the hot, sexy, rideshare driver. He's too young--even if he gets my motor running. One night is all he's getting, All I'm willing to give. Cutting him loose is my only option. But when we meet up again, I realize one thing... -
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![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... -
![The Nicholas Sparks Holiday Collection by Nicholas Sparks]()
The Nicholas Sparks Holiday Collection by Nicholas Sparks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree of Nicholas Sparks's beloved bestselling novels are now available as a boxed set. TRUE BELIEVER: A skeptical science journalist travels to a small town to investigate ghostly apparitions. When he hopelessly falls in love with a local woman, he must take a giant leap of faith... -
![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... -
![Claiming What Is Mine by Abby Brooks, Will Wright]()
Claiming What Is Mine by Abby Brooks, Will Wright
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeredith Still was the love of my life. My dream girl.Gabe Wilde was my protector. My knight in shining armor.We had our future planned out-together-down to the names of our unborn children. Everything was going according to plan, until it wasn't.Sometimes life happens that way.When I left for college, I never thought I'd be back home for anything longer than a visit... -
![Belle Pearl by Arianne Richmonde]()
Belle Pearl by Arianne Richmonde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBelle Pearl, is the fifth book and the conclusion to Arianne Richmonde’s bestselling books in The Pearl Series: Shades of Pearl, Shadows of Pearl, Shimmers of Pearl and Pearl; the tumultuous and heart-rending love story between forty-year-old documentary producer, Pearl Robinson, and French Internet billionaire, Alexandre Chevalier, fifteen years her junior... -
![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 ratingsSubtitled 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... -
![Juicy by Pepper Pace]()
Juicy by Pepper Pace
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJuicy Robinson was the color of sweet black licorice, of a charcoal briquette soaked in lighter fluid and no one was going to make her feel like she wasn't the sexiest thing around-not the white people that her mother had taught her to distrust and certainly not the homeless white man that has been watching her from the alley... -
![A Rose for Melinda by Lurlene McDaniel]()
A Rose for Melinda by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTold 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... -
![Heartwood by L.G. Pace III, Michelle Pace]()
Heartwood by L.G. Pace III, Michelle Pace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"When we were kids, my cousins planned for their weddings like they were coronations. Sleepovers revolved around notebooks stuffed with clippings from bridal magazines and elaborate plans scrawled in purple ink. Horse drawn carriages, twenty tiered cakes, groomsmen in tails, and scads of bridesmaids, none of whom were nearly as pretty as the bride... -
![Carry Me Home by Megan Nugen Isbell]()
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... -
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![His Wounded Light by Christine Brae]()
His Wounded Light by Christine Brae
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe perfect life. The perfect marriage. The jilted lover. Their worlds collide.Fate intervenes twelve years later and their paths intersect once again. All three will question whether the heart is truly capable of dividing and being divided; each will decide whether it matters who you loved first or who you love last. Together they will learn that in the end, there can always only be one... -
![Indelible Love - Jake's Story by D.W. Cee]()
Indelible Love - Jake's Story by D.W. Cee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter 30 years of playing the field, Dr. Jake Reid meets the perfect woman in the cereal aisle of a grocery store at midnight. Emily Logan is stunning, thought provoking and utterly frustrating with her reserved demeanor and guarded heart. Regardless, Jake believes Emily is it even before their first date and works overtime to win her heart... -
![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... -
![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... -
![How Do I Love Thee by Lurlene McDaniel]()
How Do I Love Thee by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThough written more than a century ago, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s beautiful sonnet rings true today for three young couples who believe in the power of love. In “Night Vision,” Brett finds a way to brighten a special girl’s lonely existence. “Bobby’s Girl” features Dana, who must choose between two brothers, both of whom she loves... -
![A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews]()
A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope.Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended her career and left her bitter and broken... -
![I Want to Live by Lurlene McDaniel]()
I Want to Live by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDawn Rochelle has just turned fourteen, and her cancer has been in remission for almost a year. This summer, as she helps prepare for her brother's wedding and goes to camp, her life seems almost normal again.But when Dawn returns home from camp, she's suddenly tired all the time. Her latest test results show that the worst has happened: Her leukemia is no longer in remission... -
![Mollywood by L.G. Pace III, Michelle Pace]()
Mollywood by L.G. Pace III, Michelle Pace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A good chef can throw seemingly random ingredients into a pot and create something delicious. On rare occasions, fate does the same thing with hearts. With the right combination of elements at just the right time, a couple can fall head over heels in love. That being said, blending two lives can get messier than any kitchen and also a hell of a lot harder to clean up... -
![Remember When by R.C. Boldt]()
Remember When by R.C. Boldt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRemember When is the third book in the Teach Me series, but can be enjoyed as a full-length, standalone romance. The third installment of RC Boldt’s Teach Me series returns with two people who once had it all… Over a decade ago, fourth grade teacher Tate Donnelly was attending college with the love of her life by her side... -
![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... -
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![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... -
![One Last Wish: Three Novels by Lurlene McDaniel]()
One Last Wish: Three Novels by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou don't know me, but I know about you.... I can't make you live longer, I can stop you form hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me.Three letters. Three last wishes. In Mother, Help Me Live, Sarah discovers that her birth mother, whom she's never known, is the one person who may have the bone marrow she needs to survive... -
![Breathless by Rachel Brookes]()
Breathless by Rachel Brookes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne look from Savannah Rae was all it took for Tate Connors to fall. From the first moment he laid eyes on her, his world was irrevocably shaken. He’s willing to accept that his life will never be the same again, but when she has to leave for New York the distance becomes more than either of them expected... -
![My Butterfly by Laura Miller]()
My Butterfly by Laura Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf 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... -
![First Instinct by Suzie O'Connell]()
First Instinct by Suzie O'Connell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Northstar, Montana, where friendship and love triumph, and wounded hearts find a place to call home. Nick Hammond and Beth Carlyle have been friends since birth but have always been content to obey the rule that friends shouldn't be lovers... -
![Extras All For The Game by Nora Sakavic]()
Extras All For The Game by Nora Sakavic
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEXTRAS ALL FOR THE GAME NOTE FROM TRANSLATORS: Nora uploaded extra content about the trilogy to her Tumblr page Korakos. You will be able to find information about the life of the Foxes after The King's Man, Andrew and Neil's content, Renee's past and things that you probably wondered when reading the trilogy... -
![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... -
![Telling Christina Goodbye by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Telling Christina Goodbye by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTrisha Thompson and her best friend Christina are having a great senior year. Trisha and her boyfriend, Cody, are making plans to attend Indiana University together in the fall, while Christina has already received a scholarship to the University of Vermont... -
![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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![Sweet Little Thing by Renee Carlino]()
Sweet Little Thing by Renee Carlino
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEver wonder what happened after the final pages of Sweet Thing? From his candid and sometimes neurotic point of view, Will tells all in this musical and sexy follow-up novella to Renée Carlino’s USA Today Bestseller. Life is pure bliss for Mia and Will. They have a puppy, a loft in Brooklyn, and a new music studio on the rise... -
![Un beso bajo la lluvia by Violeta Boyd]()
Un beso bajo la lluvia by Violeta Boyd
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBajo la última lluvia pronosticada, en un romántico día de San Valentín, las cosas no resultaron bien para Floyd McFly. De pie, en medio de un parque, mojada y con el corazón hecho añicos, ella era la viva imagen de alguien a quien acababan de decirle: «Esto no va a funcionar»... -
![Night Shift by Annie Crown]()
Night Shift by Annie Crown
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKendall prefers reading romance novels to college dating, until a real-life meet-cute with the bad boy goes off the rails in the best way possible. *****Kendall works the night shift at the campus library. It's the perfect job: she gets to spend hours reading her romance novels without interruption.. -
![Silenced by RaeBeth McGee-Buda]()
Silenced by RaeBeth McGee-Buda
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmber Brown spent her entire existence believing Dave was her father. When her mother reveals this is untrue, she goes through an emotional spiral with depression. It's hard for her to believe her mother had lied to her all this time. A move to a new home and town causes Amber to be consumed by her "darkness" and reverts to cutting to free herself from her pain... -
![Why Did She Have to Die? by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Why Did She Have to Die? by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat do you do with an older sister who is smart, pretty, popular, and perfect?What do you do when you realize she's the best sister ever?What do you do when you find out she's gone...and you didn't get to say goodbye?Thirteen-year-old Elly Rowan asks herself those questions—and one more.. -
![Seven by Susan Renee]()
Seven by Susan Renee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDEVASTATION Moving back home wasn't anything I ever wanted. But after enduring the worst, Going home was the only answer. Being back is everything I thought it would be... Awful, isolating, a constant reminder of what I lost. And the last thing I need--or want--is another reminder of my past, Especially Bryant Wood... -
![Trouble Makers by Emme Rollins]()
Trouble Makers by Emme Rollins
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen your best friend falls in love with a rock star, you either join her in her fixation, or you spend a lot of nights eating ice cream and watching Netflix by yourself. If you can’t beat them, join them, isn’t that what they say? While Bree—my best friend since forever—couldn’t get enough of “Trouble” and their lead singer, Rob Burns, I set my sights a little lower – and to the left... -
![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... -
![CLAIM by Penny Wylder]()
CLAIM by Penny Wylder
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was ready to live my life alone. Now, I want to share it with her. I gave up my inheritance and ran off into the wild country. I was tired of my father and his bullshit. But that bastard couldn't leave me alone. He sent someone to find me and drag me back into his Wall Street world. I just didn't expect him to send... her. Anna is all curves and long legs... -
![The Blue-Haired Boy by Courtney C. Stevens]()
The Blue-Haired Boy by Courtney C. Stevens
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet before the events of Courtney C. Stevens's debut novel, Faking Normal, this digital short story focuses on Bodee Lennox, otherwise known as the Kool-Aid Kid.Bodee Lennox has secrets. About where he got the four-inch scar on his leg. About the bruises on his back. About what it's really like to live in the Lennox household. These are things he doesn't share with anyone . . -
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![Second Chance by Katie Kacvinsky]()
Second Chance by Katie Kacvinsky
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan two drastically different, imperfect people be perfect for each other?It’s been four months since Gray and Dylan have seen each other. Dylan’s been traveling in Europe, while Gray has college, baseball, and a life rooted in one place. Gray’s determined to forget Dylan, the girl he fell in love with in First Comes Love... -
![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... -
![Please Don't Die by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Please Don't Die by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Katie O'Roark receives an invitation from the One Last Wish Foundation to spend the summer at Jenny House, she eagerly says yes. Katie is ever grateful to the anonymous "JWC," the person who gave her the gift that allowed her to receive a heart transplant. Now Katie is asked to help others who, like herself, are facing medical odds against them... -
![Letting Go of Lisa by Lurlene McDaniel]()
Letting Go of Lisa by Lurlene McDaniel
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNathan Malone has been homeschooled his whole life. He’s never spent much time with kids his own age and he’s never dated. His mother is now busy with his new twin sisters, so Nathan must enroll at the local high school for his senior year. On the first day, a girl on a motorcycle catches his eye and Nathan is excited to discover the girl is also in his English class... -
![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... -
![Sixteen and Dying by Lurlene McDaniel]()
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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