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  • Warped Revelations by Nikita Parmenter

    Warped Revelations by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ever, her men and a couple of extra friends are finally starting to unlock the truth of the missing students, but a new lead gives them some shocking news that none of them could’ve predicted and sends Ever into a tailspin...
  • The Lilac Bouquet by Carolyn Brown

    The Lilac Bouquet by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Come hell or high water, Emmy Jo Massey will have a wedding. After three generations of Massey women with children out of wedlock, she wants the whole town of Hickory, Texas, to witness the legitimacy of her union with Logan Grady. But dream weddings aren’t cheap...
  • Miracle Road by Emily March

    Miracle Road by Emily March

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Robyn Carr and Debbie Macomber, New York Times bestselling author Emily March’s seventh book in the Eternity Springs series is a heartwarming story that celebrates the miracle and joy of love during the holidays.   After tragedy strikes his team, college basketball coach Lucca Romano arrives in the haven of Eternity Springs to reassess his life...
  • Tension by R.L. Griffin

    Tension by R.L. Griffin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Stella who emerges from the rubble of the bombing in Montana is a woman full of conflict. She knows she should be grateful that she lived when others didn't, but after waking in the hospital as a celebrity, complete with a new moniker, she's bitter and distrustful, questioning everything in her life. She's unsure of her friends, her new boyfriend, and her job...
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    dark  drama  female-mc  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • A Wedding on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball

    A Wedding on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Bridget, Cici and Lindsay left behind their safe suburban lives for a stately old mansion in the Shenandoah Valley, they redefined the concept of family. The friends, like the house, have faced many challenges and undergone major changes over the years. But the one thing they never imagined was that one day they would be expanding their house of women to make room for a husband...
  • Echoes by Robin Jones Gunn

    Echoes by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this dramatic contemporary romance by bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn, Lauren Phillips enters the wild, uncharted territory of the Internet on her home computer and "connects" with a man known only as "K.C." As she struggles to recover from a broken engagement, Lauren keeps busy by working full time and striving to finish her college degree. But her correspondence with K.C...
  • Clouds by Robin Jones Gunn

    Clouds by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This bestselling former Palisades release is book five in the new Glenbrooke series by award-winning author Robin Jones Gunn. Shelly Graham has moved home to Glenbrooke, where she's flooded with memories of her high school sweetheart, who took off for Europe after they broke up. But when Shelly travels to Germany, she suddenly runs into the former boyfriend who has filled her thoughts...
  • Double Down by Fern Michaels

    Double Down by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For the first time the menfolk are stepping out of the pages of #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels’ beloved Sisterhood series and into the spotlight… After years of standing by their women, the Sisterhood’s significant others have also become loyal friends...
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    dark  drama  female-mc  friendship  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ayden Gregory may want to keep running from his nightmares, but he no longer has a choice. His past is catching up with him. And fast. He relies on one person to keep him from crumbling. His best friend Lyric Scott. Lyric feels helpless watching her best friend’s world turn upside down. But she does her best to remain positive and upbeat...
  • A Lowcountry Wedding by Mary Alice Monroe

    A Lowcountry Wedding by Mary Alice Monroe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Wedding season has arrived in New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe’s next novel in the “distinct, complex, and endearing” ( Charleston Magazine ) Lowcountry Summer series, set against the romantic, charming Charleston Lowcountry. Nothing could be more enchanting than a summer wedding—or two!—in Charleston’s fabled lowcountry...
  • 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...
  • The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs

    The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No one wants me to tell you about the disappearance of Sloane Sullivan.Not the lawyers or the cops. Not her friends or family. Not even the boy who loved her more than anyone. And most certainly not the United States Marshals Service...
  • Colorblind by Siera Maley

    Colorblind by Siera Maley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Harper has a secret...and it's not that she likes girls. She has a rare and special gift: she can see how old other people will be when they pass away. Nothing she does changes this number, and that becomes especially clear when her mother dies in a car crash. With only one other person in the world who knows about and shares her gift, Harper is determined to keep her distance from everyone...
  • Undone by Cat Clarke

    Undone by Cat Clarke

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jem Halliday is in love with her best friend. It doesn't matter that Kai is gay, or that he'll never look at her the way she looks at him. Jem is okay with that. But when Kai is outed online by one of their classmates, he does the unthinkable and commits suicide. Jem is left to pick up the pieces of her broken life...
  • Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates

    Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Noah York is a closeted gay teenager with a foul mouth, a critical disposition, and plenty of material for his tirades. After his father dies, Noah's mother, a temperamental poet, takes a teaching job in a small New Hampshire town, far from Chicago and the only world Noah has known...
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    dark  drama  high-school  lgbtq  realistic  21st-century  abuse  book
  • Wanted by Sara Shepard

    Wanted by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Back in middle school, Ali plucked Emily, Hanna, Spencer and Aria from obscurity and turned them into the beautiful, popular girls everyone wanted to be. Ali was the best friend they ever had. But she also made them do terrible things and taunted them with their secrets. Now three years later, all their questions about Ali have been answered...
  • Revelation by Kate Brian

    Revelation by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The biggest mystery of all...and Reed is dying to learn the truth. Two months after Cheyenne Martin was found dead in her Billings House dorm room, exclusive Easton Academy is rocked by another stunning revelation: Cheyenne was murdered. No one knows who the killer is, but everyone agrees that Reed Brennan, who took over Cheyenne's role as Billings's president, gained the most from her death...
  • The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr

    The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    OVERALL MATTE Mothers and daughters, sisters and cousins--they lived for summers at the lake house until a tragic accident changed everything. The Summer That Made Us is an unforgettable story about a family learning to accept the past, to forgive and to love each other again. That was then..
  • Accidental Heroes by Danielle Steel

    Accidental Heroes by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A decorated former Air Force pilot. A pregnant flight attendant. A dedicated TSA agent. The fates of these three, and many others, converge in Danielle Steel's gripping new novel--a heart-stopping thriller that engages ordinary men and women in the fight of their lives during a flight from New York to San Francisco. On a beautiful May morning at New York's John F...
  • Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Perfect for fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling series and the hit ABC Family TV show, this Pretty Little Liars prequel novel reveals Ali's secrets from before she was murdered.Rewind a few years to seventh grade: Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the It girls of Rosewood Day. Boys want to date them. Girls want to be them...
  • The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand

    The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    There's death all around us.We just don't pay attention.Until we do.The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment.Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be...
  • The Unbelievable, Inconceivable, Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder by Cookie O'Gorman

    The Unbelievable, Inconceivable, Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder by Cookie O'Gorman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the south, everyone has a secret--and murder is served with sweet tea.The word's out: Ethan Wilder’s coming back to town, and the people of Bowie, Georgia are in a southern tizzy. Everyone knows the story. He shot and killed his sister four years ago, and people say his father, Jim Wilder, the biggest holy roller this side of the Mississippi, sent him packing for just that reason...
  • Invisible by Jeff Erno

    Invisible by Jeff Erno

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Chase Devereaux is a fifteen year old boy under a great deal of stress. He has to give a speech today for his Oral Communications class, and he's terrified of public speaking. Worse yet, he's being bullied by one of the most popular kids at school. He just has to make it through his third-hour gym class and then give his speech, and everything will be all right...
  • Perfect Mistake: A Privilege Novel by Kate Brian

    Perfect Mistake: A Privilege Novel by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For use in schools and libraries only. Ariana Osgood has everything she's ever wanted. A place at elite Atherton-Pryce boarding school. Fabulous friends. A new crush. And most importantly, a new identity. Now that she's officially become Briana Leigh Covington, Ariana's troubled past is dead and buried...
  • Home to Whiskey Creek by Brenda Novak

    Home to Whiskey Creek by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Adelaide Davies, who's been living in Sacramento, returns to Whiskey Creek, the place she once called home. She's there to take care of her aging grandmother and to help with Gran's restaurant, Just Like Mom's. But Adelaide isn't happy to be back. There are too many people here she'd rather avoid-people who were involved in the events of that terrible June night fifteen years ago...
  • Beautiful Disaster by Kate Brian

    Beautiful Disaster by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She's Back.... After wasting away in a mental institution for a year and a half, Ariana Osgood is finally back where she belongs. She has a new look, a new name, and a new life -- all thanks to her former friend Briana Leigh Covington. Now enrolled as a junior at the exclusive Atherton-Pryce boarding school just outside of D.C...
  • Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen

    Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If a brother wanna get ahead, he gotta use every minute to better himself. Everything I did made me better -- tougher, stronger, richer, smarter -- or I didn't do it. Take high school. A waste of time. Nobody there taught me what I needed to survive on the streets.... Ty Johnson knows survival...
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    dark  drama  realistic  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  mystery
  • Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

    Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An against-the-odds love story at the heart of a book for teens about prejudice, courage, and a dark, compelling mystery—shortlisted for a Romantic Novelists Association AwardUgly people don’t have feelings. They’re not like everyone else. They don’t notice if you stare at them and turn away. And if they did notice, it wouldn’t hurt them. They’re not like real people...
  • Paradise Lost by Kate Brian

    Paradise Lost by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Paradise awaits.... Now that Cheyenne's murderer has been revealed and Reed knows the truth about who's been stalking her, she's ready to leave the heartache and turmoil of last semester behind. And what better way to recover than a five-star Caribbean vacation? Reed is reunited with former Billings Girls Kiran and Taylor, and she and her friends take over the exclusive island...
  • What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard

    What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A searing yet ultimately uplifting young adult novel about a teenage girl's recovery from anorexia.Sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has honed a dangerous skill: starving herself. Even when her parents send her to a treatment center, she can't stop. Then she begins receiving packages from someone she doesn't know...
  • Confessions by Kate Brian, Cassandra Campbell

    Confessions by Kate Brian, Cassandra Campbell

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Reed Brennan came to superposh Easton Academy to make a brand new life for herself. At first it seemed as though her dream had come true - she was living in the ultraexclusive Billings Hall, hanging out with the all-powerful Billings Girls, and dating the very hot Thomas Pearson. But Thomas turned out to be different from what she thought...and then he turned up dead...
  • Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens

    Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An edgy, realistic, and utterly captivating novel from an exciting new voice in teen fictionAlexi Littrell hasn t told anyone what happened to her over the summer. Ashamed and embarrassed, she hides in her closet and compulsively scratches the back of her neck, trying to make the outside hurt more than the inside does.At school, nobody sees the scratches or her pain...
  • Killer by Sara Shepard

    Killer by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    In picture-perfect Rosewood, Pennsylvania, ash-blond highlights gleam in the winter sun and frozen lakes sparkle like Swarovski crystals. But pictures often lie— and so do Rosewood's four prettiest girls. Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily have been lying ever since they became friends with beautiful Alison DiLaurentis. Ali made them do terrible things—things they had to keep secret for years...
  • Pretty Little Liars #7: Heartless by Sara Shepard

    Pretty Little Liars #7: Heartless by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    After high school juniors Spencer, Emily, Hanna, and Aria think they have seen Ali, their missing and presumed dead friend, they pursue clues from a mysterious stalker, trying to find out if she is still alive...
  • Hold Still by Nina LaCour, Nina Schindler

    Hold Still by Nina LaCour, Nina Schindler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    An arresting story about starting over after a friend’s suicide, from a breakthrough new voice in YA fiction.dear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can’t.Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful . . . in words and illustrations, Ingrid left behind a painful farewell in her journal for Caitlin...
  • Deadly by Sara Shepard

    Deadly by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Deadly, the fourteenth volume in Sara Shepard's YA Pretty Little Liars series, delivers more juicy scandals, dark secrets, and shocking plot twists. This #1 New York Times bestselling series is also a hit ABC Family original TV show.High school seniors Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer have all done horrible things—things that would put them behind bars if anyone ever found out...
  • Untouchable by Kate Brian

    Untouchable by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Cheating, partying, blackmail, and now...murder? Can the Billings Girls remain untouchable? Reed's boyfriend, Thomas Pearson -- the popular, easygoing, irresistibly handsome and charismatic boy she fell in love with -- is dead. No one knows how it happened, and everyone is after the truth. Or are they? Life at Easton Academy begins to feel very different...
  • Unbelievable by Sara Shepard

    Unbelievable by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Five best friends once shared everything - even their deepest, darkest secrets. Back then for Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily it was a dream come true - until Alison, the most beautiful of them all, suddenly vanished. Now someone named A has turned their charmed lives into a living nightmare...
  • Inner Circle by Kate Brian, Julian Peploe

    Inner Circle by Kate Brian, Julian Peploe

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Reed Brennan arrived at Easton Academy expecting to find an idyllic private school experience -- challenging classes, adorably preppy boys, and a chance to create a new life for herself. Instead, she discovered lies, deception, blackmail, and...murder. But, thankfully, the killers were caught and the nightmare is finally over...
  • Last Christmas: A Private Christmas by Kate Brian

    Last Christmas: A Private Christmas by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ariana Osgood has everything an Easton Academy girl could want: straight A's, the perfect boyfriend, and a coveted spot in exclusive Billings House. But on the first night of Christmas vacation, a blizzard traps her on campus with irresistible bad-boy Thomas Pearson. Alone...
  • Watch over Me by Tara Sivec

    Watch over Me by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Due to heavy subject matter, this book is recommended for ages 17+. From the USA Today Best Selling Author of A Beautiful Lie. Addison Snow is your typical teenager. She has a family that loves her, friends that make her laugh, and she's wrapped up in the excitement of graduating high school and going off to college to pursue her dream of becoming an author...
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    dark  drama  female-mc  high-school  realistic  angst  audiobook  book
  • Moral Compass by Danielle Steel

    Moral Compass by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    At an elite private school in Massachusetts, a wide circle of lives will be forever changed by a devastating series of events in Danielle Steel’s riveting new novel. Saint Ambrose Prep is a place where the wealthy send their children for the best possible education, with teachers and administrators from the Ivy League, and graduates who become future lawyers, politicians, filmmakers, and CEOs...
  • Scandal by Kate Brian

    Scandal by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After her harrowing kidnapping, Reed returns to Easton to find the worst thing she can think of—Billings has been torn down. Finally, after years of controversy, the school’s wealthiest female alumni have been overruled, and the historical dorm is gone from Easton Academy...
  • Isabella Anders by Jessica Sorensen

    Isabella Anders by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Isabella Anders has always been the girl that never fit in. Most days she feels invisible, especially when she’s around her older sister, Hannah, who catches the eye of everyone, including Kai and Kyler, the boys who live next door. Isabella has had a crush on Kyler for years, but knows he’ll never see her as anything more than Hannah’s little sister, unless she finds a way to standout...
  • The Survival Kit by Donna Freitas

    The Survival Kit by Donna Freitas

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Rose’s mom dies, she leaves behind a brown paper bag labeled Rose’s Survival Kit. Inside the bag, Rose finds an iPod, with a to-be-determined playlist; a picture of peonies, for growing; a crystal heart, for loving; a paper star, for making a wish; and a paper kite, for letting go...
  • Diamonds in the Rough by Michelle Madow

    Diamonds in the Rough by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All-access doesn't mean no problems. The three Diamond sisters survived the summer in style after coming to live with their long-lost billionaire father. But making a place for themselves at their exclusive new Las Vegas private school is throwing them any number of gold-plated curves...
  • The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water by Erin Bartels

    The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water by Erin Bartels

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Kendra Brennan moves into her grandfather's old cabin on Hidden Lake, she has a problem and a plan. The problem? An inflammatory letter from A Very Disappointed Reader that's keeping her from writing her next novel as long as its claims go unanswered...
  • Unfriended by Katie Finn

    Unfriended by Katie Finn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Madison MacDonald is glad things are back to normal!Madison It’s SUMMER at last -- let the good times & pool parties roll!Location: Putnam Beach. Putnam, CT.Madison My friends are all together again, and Nate and I are better than ever. Finally, everything in my life is working out. :)Location: Gofer Ice Cream...
  • Wicked by Sara Shepard

    Wicked by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling seriesThe fifth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.In idyllic Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four very pretty girls just can't help but be bad. Hanna will do anything to be Rosewood's queen bee. Spencer's digging up her family's secrets. Emily can't stop thinking about her new boyfriend...
  • Crushed by Sara Shepard

    Crushed by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's springtime in suburban Rosewood, which means iced soy lattes, fresh manicures in shimmering pastels - and prom. But while everyone else is flipping through the racks at Saks in search of the perfect prom dress, Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and Aria are on a different kind of hunt: They're looking for A. . .
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