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  • How to Rebuild by A.K. Evans

    How to Rebuild by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At the height of her professional success, Elise Flynn never imagined a fateful oversight would leave her on the verge of losing everything she’s worked so hard to achieve. Caught up in the drama that has her life unraveling, Elise misses her flight home. With the ensuing fallout, Elise can’t hide her devastation… not even when she spots a handsome stranger sitting at her gate...
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    drama  multi-pov  contemporary  sports  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Ayah by Andrea Hirata

    Ayah by Andrea Hirata

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Betapa Sabari menyayangi Zorro. Ingin dia memeluknya sepanjang waktu. Dia terpesona melihat makhluk kecil yang sangat indah dan seluruh kebaikan yang terpancardarinya. Diciuminya anak itu dari kepala sampai ke jari-jemari kakinya yang mungil. Kalau malam Sabari susah susah tidur lantaran membayangkan bermacam rencanayang akan dia lalui dengan anaknya jika besar nanti...
  • One More Day of Us by Shari Low

    One More Day of Us by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Pre-Order the BRAND-NEW page-turner from the #1, multi-million copy Bestselling Author Shari Low Would you give up your dreams for love?1990: In a hot, humid Hong Kong summer, three young singers are loving life, performing to packed crowds every night in a swanky hotel bar. Twenty-three-year-old Scottish songbird, Moira Chiles is living the dream alongside Carina Lloyd and Lisa Dixon...
  • Up By Five: Counting On Love, book five by Erin Nicholas

    Up By Five: Counting On Love, book five by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s got the last thing he ever wanted…and it’s the best thing that ever happened. Counting on Love, Book 5 Ace paramedic Conner Dixon has sworn to never live with another woman after raising his four younger sisters. Now that they’re all in love, Conner’s ready to retire—from worrying, fixing problems, and cleaning up messes...
  • Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Finding Now by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a tragic accident that plays on an endless loop in her mind, wild child Kate Jolie died inside. She now functions only through her rigid, ironclad routine, which keeps her mind and soul in check – balancing her in a dangerously precarious position between life and death Rocker and Master's student Sam North knows no limits and seeks out every challenge to conquer and defy...
  • The Chronicles of Audy: 21 by Orizuka

    The Chronicles of Audy: 21 by Orizuka

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hai. Namaku Audy. Umurku masih 22 tahun. Hidupku tadinya biasa-biasa saja, sampai aku memutuskan untuk bekerja di rumah 4R. Aku sempat berhenti, tapi mereka berhasil membujukku untuk kembali setelah memberiku titel baru: "bagian dari keluarga". Di saat aku merasa semakin akrab dengan mereka, pada suatu siang, salah seorang dari mereka mengungkapkan perasaannya kepadaku...
  • The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis

    The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An optional short novel in the highly-addictive Kennedy Boys series by USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. The Kennedy Boys go wild on vacation in Ireland! It’s the summer before they start college, and Faye and Ky are visiting her home turf together—it’s Ky’s first time in Ireland, and her first trip home since her parent’s tragic death...
  • Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant

    Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the time they were young, Gayle and Patricia were raised like sisters, as close as two friends could be. But they each had dreams that would take them far away - and far away from each other. Gayle was the beauty who believed that a man could make her world complete. Patricia was the intellectual who thought that rising to the top of her career would make her happy...
  • The Day After Forever by Erin Skiffington

    The Day After Forever by Erin Skiffington

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Day After Forever is an emotional story centering around four teenagers who discover and demostrate the true meaning of friendship. It illustrates the agony surroundingf horrific events and how friendship will always stand strong against the circumstances. Jeff has leukemia...
  • That Unforgettable Kiss (A Touch of Passion) by Tamara Ferguson

    That Unforgettable Kiss (A Touch of Passion) by Tamara Ferguson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BESTSELLER!REACHED #11 #FREE IN #KINDLE FICTION SAGANew Romance Series-By Author of Award-Winning Tales of The Dragonfly Romance Suspense Series.  Kate Callahan has always known that, someday, she'd run the family business. So men have always been merely a distraction for Kate; she just doesn't have time for love...
  • Going for Four by Erin Nicholas

    Going for Four by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s stayed away from her for almost two years—technically. Even though he talks to her every day and sees her every weekend. But there’s no kissing, touching, or telling her how he really feels.She wants what her three sisters have—true love. She could almost believe she’s found it with him, if it weren’t for the fact that he’s her older brother’s best friend and her brother won’t have it...
  • Bittersweet by Deborah Bladon

    Bittersweet by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My world exploded on my wedding day.A dark-haired, gorgeous stranger objected as I stood at the altar in my long, white gown.He told all of my friends, my family, and my fiancé that he was the man for me.I had no idea who he was, but he offered me an escape I was craving, so I left the church with him.He might have been a little drunk and horribly confused...
  • Love at Last Sight by Jordan Lynde

    Love at Last Sight by Jordan Lynde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Rose, I’m sorry, but your eyesight will be gone by the end of this year.” Who knew one simple sentence could change a life so drastically? Rose is a normal seventeen year old girl with a normal life, normal friends, and what she thought to be normal vision. When she receives the news her vision is slowly deteriorating, she doesn't know what to think. Her life is over...
  • Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight

    Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sequel to the wildly popular romantic comedy SINGLE DAD ON TOP has arrived.My bride-to-be Arianna wants to meet my parents.But...they live in a trailer. Dad thinks Playboy T-shirts are classy because the naked women are silhouettes. Mom has a tattoo of a dog humping a palm tree. I don't think either one has said a sentence without an f-bomb since 1985.I changed my name a long time ago...
  • Maybe Now by Colleen Hoover

    Maybe Now by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    What is more important? Friendship, loyalty or love? Colleen Hoover and Griffin Peterson collaborate once again to bring fans of Maybe Someday back into the musical world of Ridge Lawson and Sydney Blake. And Maggie. And Warren and Bridgette. This full length novel is a follow-up to the New York Times bestselling novel, Maybe Someday...
  • Snitch by Allison van Diepen

    Snitch by Allison van Diepen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In a school run by gangs, staying out was harder than joining. We knew who our friends were, and were careful what we said. If people thought we were haters, it would only be a matter of time....Lines are clearly marked at South Bay High School. It's mixed territory for the Crips and the Bloods, which means the drama never stops. Julia DiVino wants none of it...
  • Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch

    Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    No girl ever forgets her first love...No one knows that better than Emely Winter. It's been seven years since she last saw the man with the turquoise eyes, Elyas Schwarz?the embodiment of everything mothers warn their daughters about. Good-looking, charming, and with a hint of arrogance, Elyas is back in Emely's life and driving her crazy...
  • Para sa Hopeless Romantic: Extended Edition by Marcelo Santos III

    Para sa Hopeless Romantic: Extended Edition by Marcelo Santos III

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Totoo ba ang happy ending? Deserve ba ng isang tao ang second chance? Bakit kung sino pa 'yung nagmamahal, sila pa 'yung nasasaktan?"Ang Para sa Hopeless Romantic Extended Edition ay istorya ng anim na taong nakikipagsapalaran sa mundo ng pag-ibig.Isang lihim na umiibig. Isang umaasang babalikan. Isang naghahangad na mahalin. Isang natatakot nang umibig muli. Isang nagsusumikap na makalimot...
  • Kau, Aku, dan Sepucuk Angpau Merah by Tere Liye

    Kau, Aku, dan Sepucuk Angpau Merah by Tere Liye

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ada tujuh miliar penduduk bumi saat ini. Jika separuh saja dari mereka pernah jatuh cinta, maka setidaknya akan ada satu miliar lebih cerita cinta. Akan ada setidaknya 5 kali dalam setiap detik, 300 kali dalam semenit, 18.000 kali dalam setiap jam, dan nyaris setengah juta sehari-semalam, seseorang entah di belahan dunia mana, berbinar, harap-harap cemas, gemetar, malu-malu menyatakan perasaanya...
  • Pop! by V. Kelly

    Pop! by V. Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sex contract seemed like a good idea, until she fell in love. When Symone Esquire fails to woo her best friend into taking her virginity, his rejection is the catalyst that inspires her to create a sex contract with a local legend, a man nicknamed “The Cherry Popper”, to take her virginity instead...
  • Gravity by Cat Mason, Asli Fratarcangeli

    Gravity by Cat Mason, Asli Fratarcangeli

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "There has to be something on this Earth that holds you here, other than Gravity." Luke Hanlon was focused on anything but his own life.The happiness of everyone else came before his own. He worked hard to build Artistic Pricks Ink into the profitable business that it is today and yet, it isn't enough anymore. Something is missing. Someone...
  • The Hidden Life by Adina Senft

    The Hidden Life by Adina Senft

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emma Stolzfus has never been courted or kissed, and now that she's 30, it has become her place as the unmarried daughter to look after her elderly mother. But in the dark hours when her mother is asleep, Emma writes letters and essays to Amish periodicals, short stories, and even a novel she's been working on for the last five years...
  • Changing Lanes by Leaona Luxx

    Changing Lanes by Leaona Luxx

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CHANGE... It's change and how well you handle it which defines a person. Three times in my life, I have been faced with such changes. Once when I was fourteen. Again, at eighteen. And now again at twenty-eight. Twice, she was there. Ten years ago, I gave up everything, including her. At the time, it was the right thing to do, for both our sakes...
  • Pants On Fire by Lacey Black

    Pants On Fire by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cricket Success is what you make of it. That’s my motto and the premise of my speech; the one I’m heading back to Southern Illinois University to give at my college alumni reunion. As the morning co-host of Good Morning, San Francisco, I was asked to be one of the keynote speakers, and while I’m honored to do so, there’s only one problem. The other speaker is Danny Ohara, my former boyfriend...
  • 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...
  • The Hazards of Sex on the Beach by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    The Hazards of Sex on the Beach by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One broken heart, one drink too many, one steamy night in the sand... No one warns you about the dangers of drinking with a broken heart. At least no one warned me. I never imagined I'd fall for a musician, especially not one like Chase, but then again I never expected to have my heart broken into a million pieces by the frat guy I thought was the love of my life...
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    drama  realistic  university  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Single Bald Female by Laura Price

    Single Bald Female by Laura Price

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    'Life-affirming, tearjerking and gorgeously written . . . An extraordinary, hugely moving story about the fight for survival' - Hannah Tovey, bestselling author of The Education of Ivy EdwardsAt thirty-one, Jessica Jackson has it all – the career she’s worked so hard for, the loving boyfriend and a cosy London flat they share with their cat...
  • After the Rain by Lisa De Jong

    After the Rain by Lisa De Jong

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A novella follow-up to When It Rains. The last few years have been my best and my worst. Now I’m learning to move on after my greatest heartbreak of all. I’m in college with the guy I’ve loved since I was just a kid, but when two people have the history we do, there are always obstacles to overcome. They say love conquers all, and it's time to find out how true that really is...
  • Times Squared by Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy

    Times Squared by Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Identical twin sisters Payton and Emma Mills have “traded faces” and created “twin-dentical chaos” at school and at home. But you haven’t seen anything yet. Payton and Emma are off to “twin-vade” New York City! Payton’s drama club plans a field trip to see an off-Broadway show, and Emma’s mathletes team will compete in an elite competition...
  • A Chance At Forever by K.B. Andrews

    A Chance At Forever by K.B. Andrews

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mason knew where his life was going, until it was all taken away from him. Left with bitterness and resentment, he forces himself to live the life he never wanted. Lennox came blowing into town looking for a new start. She had big dreams and would do anything to make them come true. Lennox was just what Mason didn’t know he needed...
  • Pretty Little Dreams by Jennifer Miller

    Pretty Little Dreams by Jennifer Miller

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There is a place in all of us where our deepest secrets lie in wait for their moment to surface, and surface they will. After living through a real live nightmare, Olivia wants nothing but to forget. Forget and move on...
  • Ethan Between Us by Anna Myers, Julia Laserna

    Ethan Between Us by Anna Myers, Julia Laserna

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ethan is different. He is gorgeous, easy to talk to, and a uniquely gifted pianist. But his musical talent is both a gift and a curse. The doctors label him a schizophrenic, as he claims to have been taught by a long-dead, 19th-century composer...
  • Now I'll Tell You Everything by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    Now I'll Tell You Everything by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's Alice—for the rest of her life! Yes, the very last Alice book, and it reveals every last bit you'd want to know about Alice, including whether she spends the rest of her life with Patrick! "This is the book where Alice, every girl’s girl, turns into every lady’s lady" (VOYA).Alice McKinley is going to college! And everything, from her room to her classes to her friends, is about to change...
  • Thomas & January by Fisher Amelie

    Thomas & January by Fisher Amelie

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Thomas Eriksson thinks he has it all figured out."People crossed the street when they saw me. I’m not really sure why that was. I mean, okay, I might have looked a bit intimidating if I was being truthful with you. I’d changed since New York. New York represented a life that wasn’t real, not truthfully, anyway. No, New York was the “young, immature, in love, idiot" side of Tom...
  • Vengeance by Kate Brian

    Vengeance by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After the devastating events at Reed's birthday party, Noelle is determined to put the past to rest, but Reed is adament about rebuilding Billings. Coming up against endless roadblocks from the headmaster, not to mention Billings alumni, Reed will not let her legacy end with a pile of rubble. As if that weren't enough, old ghosts come back to haunt to the Billings Girls...
  • Vice, Virtue, & Video: Revealed by Bianca Giovanni

    Vice, Virtue, & Video: Revealed by Bianca Giovanni

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    James Laird and Lola Caraway have been next door neighbors and best friends since elementary school. James was always the ultimate player, and after graduation moves to LA and finds his place as a rising star in the porn industry. Lola, three years younger, is a studious overachiever and on track for graduation and success in college...
  • The Seduction by Carly Phillips

    The Seduction by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best not served … Zach Anders swears to get revenge on Sean Ferro for hurting his sister. The best way to accomplish his goal? Hurt someone close to him in return. No one can get near Ferro’s on again - off again fiancée - so Zach sets his sights on the next best thing, the woman Sean considers family, the girl who grew up next door, Chloe Reynolds...
  • Unraveled by Meg Jolie

    Unraveled by Meg Jolie

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **BOOK ONE, Holding On, will be FREE 7/27 & 7/28. **Please note: Unraveled is Book 3 in the Holding On trilogy. It can be read as a standalone. However, for a more complete story, please consider reading Holding On and Letting Go. Nolan Abbot isn’t the person Carly Johnson thought he was. Nolan was supposed to be the love of her life. The man she was going to marry...
  • The Friendzone: Terlanjur Cinta Banget Sama Kamu by Anjani Fitriana

    The Friendzone: Terlanjur Cinta Banget Sama Kamu by Anjani Fitriana

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jenar adalah deorang gadis berusia 19. Selama hidupnya Jenar tidak pernah berpacaran walaupun semua sahabatnya telah beganti pacar beberapa kali. Sebenarnya hati Jenar telah mencintai sahabatnya sendiri sejak zaman SMA , Reynald. Reynald sendiri sangat baik dan suka berbagi cerita kepada Jenar. Akan tetapi,Reynald adalah seorang playboy kelas satu dengan sederet perempuan...
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    drama  friendship  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Drawn That Way by Elissa Sussman

    Drawn That Way by Elissa Sussman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Packs a swoony punch along with its feminist rage.” —Maurene Goo, author of Somewhere Only We KnowMoxie meets the world of animation in this fresh, unputdownable novel about a teen girl determined to prove herself in the boys’ club of her dream industry no matter what it takes...
  • The Bridge from Me to You by Lisa Schroeder

    The Bridge from Me to You by Lisa Schroeder

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lauren has a secret. Colby has a problem. But when they find each other, everything falls into place. Lauren is the new girl in town with a dark secret. Colby is the football hero with a dream of something more. In alternating chapters, they come together, fall apart, and build something stronger than either of them thought possible--something to truly believe in...
  • Seth & Greyson by Jessica Sorensen

    Seth & Greyson by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After being betrayed by someone he thought he loved, Seth leaves for college hoping to get a new start. But leaving his past behind is more complicated than he expected, and underneath his upbeat attitude, Seth struggles with opening up to people. Then he meets Greyson. Seth is instantly drawn to Greyson and his sweet and charming personality...
  • Promise Me This by Sarah Ashley Jones

    Promise Me This by Sarah Ashley Jones

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to the South - where the tea is sweet and the accents are sweeter. This Southern way of life is all Charlie has ever known. It’s not until she loses the only person who pushed her to break free of the Southern Belle mold that she starts living the life she needs and not the life her parents forced on her...
  • The Hazards of Mistletoe by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    The Hazards of Mistletoe by Alyssa Rose Ivy

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One snowy Christmas Eve, one mistletoe kiss, one friendship changed forever. Don't underestimate the power of mistletoe. It looks innocent enough, but a single branch has the potential to change your life. One mistletoe kiss led to the most embarrassing night of my life, but thankfully by the next Christmas I ended up exactly where I was supposed to be...
  • Lost in Love by Susane Colasanti

    Lost in Love by Susane Colasanti

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this second book of the City Love trilogy by bestselling author Susane Colasanti, three girls share a Manhattan apartment the summer before college begins. Lost in Love captures the essence of summer love, self-discovery, and sisterhood, a perfect fit for fans of Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, and Jennifer E. Smith...
  • Finding Freia Lockhart by Aimee Said

    Finding Freia Lockhart by Aimee Said

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Freia Lockhart just wants to fit in at school but her best friend Kate is determined to get in with the popular Bs: Belinda, Bethanee and Brianna. Even Freia knows when she hangs out with the Bs she fits in like a turkey in a flock of flamingos. Kate convinces Freia to audition for the school play so they can 'all hang out together' and meet all the cute guys...
  • Take Me Away by S. Moose, Kellie Montgomery

    Take Me Away by S. Moose, Kellie Montgomery

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After breaking up with her long time boyfriend, Jackson DeLacey, eighteen-year-old Zara Borzilleri promises herself to focus on school and play the game she loves. Stepping foot onto the lacrosse field, in front of a cheering crowd, pushes aside the pain and reminds her of the future ahead at least until she graduates in four years...
  • WITHOUT YOU by Brooklyn Skye

    WITHOUT YOU by Brooklyn Skye

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dear reader, the sexual content in this novella is more explicit than STRIPPED and is recommended for 17+. Get a LIMITED EDITION with a bonus interview between Torrin and the author during release week only! She was broken when I met her, shattered from the death of her sister and running from love. Not to sound like an egotistical douche or anything, but I fixed her...
  • The Forever Summer by Jamie Brenner

    The Forever Summer by Jamie Brenner

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The discovery of long-buried secrets brings three generations of women together to Cape Cod for the summer homecoming of a lifetime. Marin Bishop has always played by the rules, and it's paid off: at twenty-eight she has a handsome fiancé, a prestigious Manhattan legal career, and the hard-won admiration of her father...
  • Stop Kiss by Diana Son

    Stop Kiss by Diana Son

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ben Brantley of the New York Times summed up the critical reaction to Diana Son's play Stop Kiss when he stated that it "generated the warmest advance word of mouth of any downtown production this season" and heralded it as a Barefoot in the Park for a new generation...
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