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The Bluff by Emma St. Clair
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's hard to be professional when you hate and are attracted to your boss in equal measure... -
![Forever Geek by Holly Smale]()
Forever Geek by Holly Smale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy name is Harriet Manners and I’ll be a geek forever…Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is.Modelling isn’t a sure-fire route to popularity. Neither is making endless lists. The people you love don’t expect you to transform into someone else. Statistically, you are more likely to not meet your Australian ex-boyfriend in Australia than bump into him there... -
![The Chronicles of Audy: 21 by Orizuka]()
The Chronicles of Audy: 21 by Orizuka
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHai. 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... -
![Liar by Stephanie St. Klaire]()
Liar by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFake it until you make it. That was the mantra Cori Dash chanted as she chased a big city dream. The more you tell people you’re on top of the world, the more they believe it – just like they believed the embellished image she sold them with her knock off designer facade. It wasn’t lying if the truth stood somewhere in the middle – and she didn’t get caught... -
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![Sergeant Sexypants by Tawna Fenske]()
Sergeant Sexypants by Tawna Fenske
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBree Bracelyn doesn’t date cops. It’s a personal rule that quavers when Austin Dugan flashes his baby blues—and his badge—at Ponderosa Resort’s grand opening. Bree’s the family fixer, running the resort’s PR and her siblings’ lives with cheerful efficiency. But one thing in Bree’s past can’t ever be fixed, which is why she’s staying the hell away from Officer Hottie... -
![Never Fall for Your Back-Up Guy by Kate O'Keeffe]()
Never Fall for Your Back-Up Guy by Kate O'Keeffe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree things I’ve learned this week:1) Never fall for a client2) Never fall for your best friend3) And most importantly, never fall for your back-up guy…especially if they’re all the same person.Zara Huntington Ross wants to get married. She’s had more dating disasters than you can poke a long-stemmed red rose at...Categorized as:
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![Head Over Heels by Holly Smale]()
Head Over Heels by Holly Smale
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“My name is Harriet Manners, and I will always be a geek.”The fifth book in the bestselling, award-winning GEEK GIRL series.Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is.She knows duck-billed platypuses don’t have stomachs.She knows that fourteen squirrels were once detained as spies.She knows only one flag in the world features a building... -
![The Carrot by Virginia Gray]()
The Carrot by Virginia Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the perfect job was dangled right in front of you? The only catch: Fix an unfixable problem—oh, and it’s in the middle of nowhere. Would you leave your friends, your lover, your world? Would you sacrifice your reputation and your pride? Would you sell your very soul? Susan Wade has designed a fabulous future for herself... -
![Snowbound Squeeze by Tawna Fenske]()
Snowbound Squeeze by Tawna Fenske
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGable Judson needs a hideout. A safe place to escape the shambles of his Hollywood life. When college pal James Bracelyn offers a secret cabin an hour from Ponderosa Resort, Gable’s got the car pointed toward Oregon faster than paparazzi pouncing on a nip slip. Gretchen Laslo needs a retreat...Categorized as:
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![One Way Ticket by Kate O'Keeffe, Melissa Baldwin]()
One Way Ticket by Kate O'Keeffe, Melissa Baldwin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWould you switch lives with someone you just met? Sabrina Monroe is poised and ready for her future as Mrs. Todd Edward Blakely. Everything seems perfect, but on the big day, suddenly she’s not so sure. Her nicely mapped out life ahead of her, she finds herself in her own movie scene as the runaway bride, climbing out of the bathroom window. All she can think is escape... -
![Haute Couture by Joslyn Westbrook]()
Haute Couture by Joslyn Westbrook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBreaking News: Mr. Right Is Always Mr. Wrong... Lauren Blake, fashionista extraordinaire, has what almost every woman wants: Glamour. Fortune. Prestige. Plus a new driver who she finds terribly annoying, despite his good looks. As the creator of the popular clothing line she's worked years to build, Lauren's got no time for love... -
![No One Wants That by Donna Schwartze]()
No One Wants That by Donna Schwartze
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA steamy enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy. A newly single woman who’s just looking for a good time. A chronic playboy who’s finally ready to settle down. KitThere are two things you should know about me up front. First, my boyfriend broke up with me a minute before I left on vacation. Second, I’m a huge fan of the rebound man. Huge fan...Categorized as:
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![Leave It On The Field by Donna Schwartze]()
Leave It On The Field by Donna Schwartze
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe entire gang from Truth or Tequila, Raine Out, and No One Wants That is headed to the World Series. Seb and Sophie from Truth or Tequila will take the reins again as they narrate the fun and games on and off the field. Leave It On The Field is due in August 2022... -
![Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson]()
Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA touching and deeply funny debut about starting over sober only to discover life’s biggest messes are still waiting right where you left them. The very last person anyone should worry about is Emma. Yes, hi, she’s an alcoholic. But she’s officially been sober for one entire year. That’s twelve months of better health...Categorized as:
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![Not Playing Fair by Terri Osburn]()
Not Playing Fair by Terri Osburn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe universe is not playing fair.First, my new boss says changes are coming to our library that threaten the programs I run. Then a letter arrives from my mother—whom I haven’t seen in more than twenty years—saying who knows what because I’m refusing to open it. Last but not least, the man who dumped me eight months ago is telling people that I’m trying to get him back... -
![Holly Freakin' Hughes by Kelsey Kingsley]()
Holly Freakin' Hughes by Kelsey Kingsley
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"People like you don't fall in love with people like me." Meet Holly Hughes , a moderately successful teen advice columnist living in a studio apartment on the Upper East Side with her boyfriend Stephen. She has it all, but at the ripe age of thirty-one, she wants more. She wants to be married, she wants a family, and she's going to have it all with Stephen... -
![Geek Girl (4). Der Star unter den Sternschnuppen by Holly Smale]()
Geek Girl (4). Der Star unter den Sternschnuppen by Holly Smale
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek.Harriet Manners has high hopes for the new school year: she’s a Sixth Former now, and things are going to be different... -
![Smooches by Susan Renee]()
Smooches by Susan Renee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI made one of those dream board things while hanging out with my best friends. You know, the kind that are made with pictures ripped from magazines with special notes about your life goals or biggest wishes. (Mine of course, is covered in glitter!) As a single mom, it’s hard to put my dreams and goals first, but I made my list. 1. Finally finish my degree 2. Learn how to cook new recipes. 3... -
![Crazy To Leave You by Marilyn Simon Rothstein]()
Crazy To Leave You by Marilyn Simon Rothstein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the author of Husbands and Other Sharp Objects comes a witty, bighearted novel about the happy accidents that lead to love and second chances.Forty-one years old, the last of her friends to marry, and down to a size 12, Lauren Leo is in her gown and about to tie the knot. There’s just one thing missing: the groom. With one blindsiding text, Lauren is unceremoniously dumped at the altar... -
![It Shouldn't Be You by Susan Warner, Toni Lynn]()
It Shouldn't Be You by Susan Warner, Toni Lynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, love takes the driver’s seat . . .Travers Warner is way too busy for dating. As Chief Operating Officer of Butler Hotels, he works pretty much around the clock. Most women are only interested in his wallet or his connections anyway, and who has time for that? Travers would much rather focus on business. Besides, the woman he really wants isn’t interested... -
![The Lonely Heart Attack Club by J.C. Williams]()
The Lonely Heart Attack Club by J.C. Williams
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Helen walked out on Jack, she left him with three things: 1. The lease on a decrepit flat that fortunately only had a couple of months to run. 2. The lease on a failing coffee shop - that had ‘always been her dream’. 3. Horace the cat. The client base on the once thriving shop was now threadbare... -
![Checking Out by Nick Spalding]()
Checking Out by Nick Spalding
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat do you do when the doctor says you could die at any moment? Well…after you’ve made a cup of tea, of course. Nathan James is young, successful and has the world at his feet. Unfortunately, he’s also about to die—which ruins things somewhat. And now he’s staring imminent death in the face, Nathan is having to rethink some of his life choices very hard... -
![Marrying Mr. Darcy: A romantic comedy by Kate O'Keeffe]()
Marrying Mr. Darcy: A romantic comedy by Kate O'Keeffe
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs it a truth universally acknowledged, that a girl can humiliate herself on reality TV and still get her fairy tale ending?Emma Brady is in shock. She fell in love with Sebastian Huntington-Ross on national television, showing everyone that opposites can most definitely attract. Now, he's asked her to marry him and live happily ever after in his fancy English manor. It's a fairy tale ending... -
![Logging Off by Nick Spalding]()
Logging Off by Nick Spalding
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom bestselling author Nick Spalding comes a laugh-out-loud story about getting offline—and getting on with life.Andy Bellows is in a right state. Plagued with insomnia, anxiety and neckache, he’s convinced there’s something seriously wrong with him. And the worst thing is that his doctor agrees... -
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![The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading by Charity Tahmaseb, Darcy Vance]()
The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading by Charity Tahmaseb, Darcy Vance
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen self-proclaimed geek girl Bethany Reynolds becomes the newest member of the varsity cheerleading squad, she realizes that there's one thing worse than blending into the lockers: getting noticed. Who knew cheerleading was so hard? Well, at least there's a manual, The Prairie Stone High Varsity Cheerleading Guide. Too bad it doesn't cover any of the really tough questions... -
![5 cm by Donny Dhirgantoro]()
5 cm by Donny Dhirgantoro
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBestseller book di Gramedia Bookstore selama 2 tahun berturut-turut! Lima sahabat telah menjalin persahabatan selama tujuh tahun. Mereka adalah Arial yang paling tampan, Riani sebagai satu-satunya wanita dalam kelompok itu, Zafran yang berlagak seperti seorang penyair, Ian yang paling subur badannya, dan Genta yang dianggap sebagai leader dalam kelompok itu... -
![One Way or Another by Colleen Coleman]()
One Way or Another by Colleen Coleman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘OMG, OMG, OMG I love this book!… A laugh-out-loud, entertaining read… Hilarious.’ Chelle’s Book Reviews Twenty-nine-year-old Katie Kelly is at an all-time low. The love of her life, gorgeous Ben Cole, took a job abroad and broke her heart, the restaurant she’d put her all into went bust, and now she works in a retirement home, cooking beige mush for the residents... -
![Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank]()
Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDorothea Benton Frank is a native of the South whose novels vividly capture the wild beauty, laid-back atmosphere, earthy characters, and charming eccentricities of life in South Carolina's Lowcountry. Written with compelling honesty and emotional depth, her stories have touched readers from coast to coast, and propelled her to the top ranks of bestsellerdom nationwide... -
![Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott]()
Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMean Girls meets High School Musical from the author of I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader! Everyone loves KJ Miller, especially the geeks. She's pretty, smart, and super nice to everyone, which has made her the geek pied piper of Washington High. If only Cameron, the star of the basketball team, would follow her around and worship her the way her dorky entourage does... -
![Soft in the Head by Marie-Sabine Roger]()
Soft in the Head by Marie-Sabine Roger
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA humorous, heartwarming story follows the intellectually dim-witted 45-year-old Germain as he meets and slowly gets to know 85-year-old Margueritte, who sits in the park every day watching the pigeons and reading. She speaks to him as an equal, something his friends rarely do, and reads to him, sparking in him a previously undiscovered interest in books and reading... -
![The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High by Laurie Boyle Crompton]()
The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High by Laurie Boyle Crompton
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Smart satire and a rollicking good read!" Jean Kilbourne, Ed... -
![Third Wheel by Nick Spalding]()
Third Wheel by Nick Spalding
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this madcap tale from the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually, two’s company for Jake and his bestie Sy. But three? A disaster!Jake Carlisle is living his best life, thanks to the crazily successful influencer channel he created with his best friend Sy... -
![Meet The Sennas by Orizuka]()
Meet The Sennas by Orizuka
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAku Daza Senna. Anak kedua dari tiga bersaudara. Yang artinya aku anak tengah …. Astaga. Aku menulis apa, sih? Oke, mari coba lagi. Aku Daza Senna. Aku tinggal bersama orang-orang yang sama sekali tak bisa disebut normal. Dan sialnya, orang-orang itu adalah keluargaku. Hmm, ini sudah lebih bagus... -
![Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell]()
Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLove is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel - with a few surprises and a lot of humour on the way to happinessWhen Nadia Kinsella meets Jay Tiernan, she's tempted, of course she is. Stranded together in a remote Cotswold pub while a snowstorm rages outside... let's face it, who would ever know? But Nadia's already met The One... -
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![The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne]()
The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn "New York Times" bestselling author Hester Browne's delightful new novel, a fading English finishing school is about to get a twenty-first-century makeover... -
![Going Green by Nick Spalding]()
Going Green by Nick Spalding
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually comes a laugh-out-loud story about saving your job…and maybe saving the planet in the process.Meet Ellie Cooke. When it comes to all things environmental she’s, well, a bit ‘green’. It’s not that she doesn’t care about things like climate change and plastic pollution, it’s just that life has always got in the way of that sort of thing... -
![P.S. You're the Worst by Chloe Seager]()
P.S. You're the Worst by Chloe Seager
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn effervescent millennial coming-of-age novel about a woman who spirals after she pulls the death card during a tarot reading and writes cringe-worthy confessional letters to her closest friends and family in anticipation of her imminent demise…only she doesn’t die.Everyone knows the death card in a tarot reading isn’t a literal death sentence. Well, everyone except Becky.Becky is not doing well... -
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Bookends by Jane Green
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsOn the heels of her national bestsellers Jemima J and Mr. Maybe, British sensation Jane Green delivers a sparkling tale of old friends reunited and old jealousies rekindled.Catherine Warner and Simon Nelson are best friends: total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love. Cath is scatterbrained, messy, and–since she had her heart broken a few years back–emotionally closed off... -
![The Summer Set by Aimee Agresti]()
The Summer Set by Aimee Agresti
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe real drama happens backstage in this juicy novel about an idyllic summer theater where hot stars, has-beens and hopefuls chase roles—and each other.Charlie Savoy was once Hollywood’s hottest A-lister. Now, ten years later, she's pushing forty, exiled from the film world and back at the summer Shakespeare theater that launched her career—and where her old flame, Nick, is the artistic director... -
![Fake Boyfriend by Kate Brian]()
Fake Boyfriend by Kate Brian
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe's absolutely perfect. If only he were real. Lane and Vivi have had it with Isabelle Hunter's boyfriend, Shawn Littig (a.k.a. Sluttig). He is the only person who can turn their smart, confident best friend into a complete mess. When Shawn Sluttig cheats on and dumps Izzy just months before the prom she's been planning since the ninth grade, Lane and Vivi decide to take action... -
![Little White Lies: A Novel of Love and Good Intentions by Gemma Townley]()
Little White Lies: A Novel of Love and Good Intentions by Gemma Townley
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWHAT’S ONE LITTLE WHITE LIE? Okay, so it isn’t that little. It’s kind of a whopper. It’s just that when Natalie Raglan ups and quits her job at a Bath advertising firm, breaks up with her loser-ish boyfriend, and moves–to London! Things don’t quite turn out the way she planned. Having made the brave move to the Big City, the lifelong country mouse finds that living chic is still a long way off... -
![Lucky T by Kate Brian]()
Lucky T by Kate Brian
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCarrie Fitzgerald is the luckiest girl: She is the only sophomore on the varsity basketball team, she always had the lead in the school play, and she has the cutest boyfriend in school. Carrie Fitzgerald is also the most superstitious girl: She attributes all of her good luck to a Moroccan T-shirt that her father sent her from one of his distant jaunts around the world... -
![Ladies with Options by Cynthia Hartwick]()
Ladies with Options by Cynthia Hartwick
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMinnesota, 1983 The Mostly Methodist Club met Saturday morning year-round, but was at its best in autumn and winter, when it helped steel the ladies for the Sundays their men spent watching TV sports with eyes glazed like so many holiday hams… The mostly-married, mostly-middle-aged members of the Mostly Methodist Club (Deborah Cohen made it “Mostly”) were used to swapping recipes, not stock... -
![Plan B by Jonathan Tropper]()
Plan B by Jonathan Tropper
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTurning thirty was never supposed to be like this. Ten years ago, Ben, Lindsey, Chuck, Alison, and Jack graduated from New York University and went out into the world, fresh-faced and full of dreams for the future... -
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![Eleven by Mark Watson]()
Eleven by Mark Watson
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsXavier Ireland is the assumed name of a radio-show host with a devoted following of listeners riveted by the sleepless loners who call in throughout the night to seek his advice. Off the air, he leads a low-key life of avoiding his neighbors, playing Scrabble, and maintaining an awkward friendship with his cohost, Murray... -
![Surviving High School by Lele Pons]()
Surviving High School by Lele Pons
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVine superstar Lele Pons—“one of the coolest girls on the web” (Teen Vogue)—teams up with #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz (The Isle of the Lost) in this lovable debut novel about the wilds and wonders of high school that’s as laugh-out-loud addictive as Lele’s popular videos.Ten million followers and I still sit alone at lunch... -
![Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught]()
Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJamie is a senior in high school and, like so many kids in that year, doing too much—including trying to change the world—and fighting for her rights as a very fat girl. And not quietly: she's writing a column every week in the paper with her thoughts and fears and gripes... -
![Always the Bridesmaid by Whitney Lyles]()
Always the Bridesmaid by Whitney Lyles
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat do you do after you walk down the aisle in four weddings in a few months-none of them your own? What's left after you've donned the must-have-not dresses of the season, forked over your cash, and fake-smiled your way through countless photos? After you've dealt with the smashed guest, the smooshed cake, the dashed hopes, and the missed bouquets? That's what Cate Padgett is starting to... -
![Confessions of a Not It Girl by Melissa Kantor]()
Confessions of a Not It Girl by Melissa Kantor
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJan Miller is a senior in high school who’s convinced she is destined to lead the world’s least fabulous life. Her college application deadlines are looming and her French homework is taunting her. And she never seems to say the right thing around guys, unlike her best It Girl friend who knows the moves and lines to catch an older, adorable, sophisticated boyfriend... -
![Rococo by Adriana Trigiani]()
Rococo by Adriana Trigiani
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, beloved by millions of readers around the world for her humor, warmth, and captivating storytelling in the Big Stone Gap trilogy and Lucia, Lucia, takes on love, lust, tricky family dynamics, and home decorating in Rococo, the uproarious tale of a small Italian American town poised for a makeover it never expected...
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