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  • When It Rains: The bittersweet romance you won't want to miss by Brooke Harris

    When It Rains: The bittersweet romance you won't want to miss by Brooke Harris

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The bittersweet romance you won't want to miss. Perfect for fans of Me before You and The Notebook. I'm dying. I'm not afraid. It's my time. I see so much of me in my granddaughter. I know she will help our family once I'm gone. I just hope she can help herself before it's too late. My grandmother is dying. I'm afraid that it's time. She has given me a gift. A book...
  • Stripping Bare by Kelsey Browning

    Stripping Bare by Kelsey Browning

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bad Boy... Billionaire... Baby Brother... Who is the real Jonah Steele? Video game mogul Jonah Steele may be a billionaire , but as the youngest brother in a family of alphas, his struggle to prove his worth is all-consuming. Although he saved his hometown from ruin, he can’t forgive himself for the biggest failure of his life...
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    medical  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  billionaire  abuse  family  mlm
  • Word of Honor by Tiana Laveen

    Word of Honor by Tiana Laveen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WARNING: This book is adult in nature. It is for mature audiences only. PLEASE NOTE: This is the SECOND book of a two-book series. The first book, "The 'N' Word" has been released at the exact same time, and is also available NOW. It is strongly encouraged that you read that one first. Thank you. Blurb: They say there are two sides to a story...
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    drama  poc-mc  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  black-mc  book  child-abuse
  • The Food of Love by Amanda Prowse

    The Food of Love by Amanda Prowse

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A loving mother. A perfect family. A shock wave that could shatter everything. Freya Braithwaite knows she is lucky. Nineteen years of marriage to a man who still warms her soul and two beautiful teenage daughters to show for it: confident Charlotte and thoughtful Lexi. Her home is filled with love and laughter...
  • Alone by Kendra Elliot, Tanya Eby

    Alone by Kendra Elliot, Tanya Eby

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One rainy night in the woods outside of Portland, Dr. Victoria Peres is called to the site of a haunting crime scene. Six beautiful young girls—all in white dresses and arranged in a perfect circle—have been left for dead. Only one girl, fighting for her life at a nearby hospital, has survived the carnage...
  • Marked Steel by M.J. Fields

    Marked Steel by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TrisWhen a spring flower blooms too early, it often wilts while others blossom during their proper season.That’s me in a nutshell, and what eventually landed me in the nuthouse. Through necessity, I found a new passion, one that helps mask the darkness by thrusting me into the spotlight. Each show is a session, ending in a kiss meant for revenge...
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    medical  poc-mc  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary
  • Breakdown by Jack L. Pyke

    Breakdown by Jack L. Pyke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Who’s been whispering to you, Jack?” ~ Doctor Halliday Jack Harrison has the evidence there in his hands—the DVD and notepad off D.C. Sanders that proves Gray supposedly played a part in tearing him and Jan brutally apart...
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    drama  lgbtq  abuse  adult  age-gap  angst  audiobook  book
  • The Loft by Bette Lee Crosby

    The Loft by Bette Lee Crosby

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    50 YEARS OF MEMORIES ARE HIDDEN IN THE WALLS OF THE LOFT... Annie only needs to find one... the one that will save Oliver's life. On the day of their wedding, Annie saw nothing but happiness ahead, but when an accident calls her back to Memory House, her world is changed forever...
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    drama  medical  adult  book  contemporary  family  female-mc  fiction
  • Justice Served by Radclyffe

    Justice Served by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The hunt for an informant in the ranks draws Lieutenant Rebecca Frye, her lover Doctor Catherine Rawlings, and Officer Dellon Mitchell into a deadly game of hide and seek with an underworld kingpin who traffics in human souls...
  • definition of insanity by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel

    definition of insanity by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pretty, straight boys will tease, and they will tangle you all up with feelings you can't even describe; they will give you hope the way you give them an in inch and they take a mile; they will twist you around their fingers just to see you dance, just for the entertainment, just because they're bored; they will like you, and like you, and like you so much as a person, like being around you and...
  • Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

    Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself solving a murder mystery with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group . . . and trying not to get murdered...
  • Hunger for Life by Andy Marr

    Hunger for Life by Andy Marr

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the day of his graduation, James says goodbye to the future and moves back to his parents’ house in Myreton, the sleepy village of his childhood. He’s not happy, but the thought of continuing his life anywhere else seems unthinkable while his sister, Emma, continues to suffer with the illness that’s plagued her since she was a child...
  • Don't You Forget About Me by Naima Simone

    Don't You Forget About Me by Naima Simone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Whoever said be careful what you wish for had a serious gift for understatement.As one of the world's hugest musicians I'd seen and had it all. Sold out tours. Awards. Fame. Money. Women... And I'd almost lost it all. Epically.Now I'm back home. A broken, burned out, desperate rock star...and a single father. I returned to give my son a family, stability. To figure out my life...
  • The Doors of Time by Felisblanco

    The Doors of Time by Felisblanco

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fanfiction: Supernatural RPF/CW RPFJensen Ackles/Jared PadeleckiIt’s not like Jensen doesn’t try to fit in and make friends, he really does. It just seems like nothing he does is good enough for them. If he smiles they blink. If he speaks they stare. And whenever they see him coming they get this panicked look in their eyes like they want to run away and they don’t even know why...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  abuse  age-gap  angst  book  coming-of-age
  • Aiden's Game by Sienna Mynx, Erica Langdon

    Aiden's Game by Sienna Mynx, Erica Langdon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    First Installment to "Tale of Three Hearts Series" Genre: Multi-cultural Women's Fiction Category: Drama Word Count 55K Other book in the series: Daisy's Choice by Sienna Mynx - Book Two Description: Meet Aiden Keane: rich, sexy, and bored. He owns Vegas and every lost soul looking to make it rich. No bets are placed at the infamous Shamrock Hotel from which Aiden Keane doesn't collect...
  • Owl's Slumber by Nicky James

    Owl's Slumber by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Imagine what life would be like if panic ruled your world at the mere thought of going to bed at night. For as long as he can remember, Finnley Hollins has been crippled by his extreme phobia of sleep. Every night is a battle, and every morning isn’t without consequences. The root cause is something he’s ashamed to admit to anyone. It’s his war, and he will fight it alone...
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    drama  lgbtq  medical  abuse  adult  angst  audiobook  book
  • Alone by E.J. Noyes

    Alone by E.J. Noyes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Half a million dollars will be Celeste Thorne’s reward for spending four years of her life in total isolation. No faces. No voices. No way to leave. Since Celeste has never really worried about being alone, the generous paycheck she’ll receive for her participation in the solitary psychological experiment seems like easy money...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  angst  audiobook  betrayal
  • Clean by Juno Dawson

    Clean by Juno Dawson

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I can feel it swimming through my veins like glitter ... it's liquid gold.When socialite Lexi Volkov almost overdoses, she thinks she's hit rock bottom.She's wrong. Rock bottom is when she's forced into an exclusive rehab facility.From there, the only way is up for Lexi and her fellow inmates, including the mysterious Brady...
  • Conflict of Interest by Jae

    Conflict of Interest by Jae

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Workaholic Detective Aiden Carlisle isn’t looking for love—and certainly not at the law enforcement seminar she reluctantly agreed to attend. But the first lecturer is not at all what she expected. Psychologist Dawn Kinsley has just found her place in life...
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    drama  lgbtq  medical  wlw  adult  angst  audiobook  book
  • Under a Sky of Ash by Brandon Witt

    Under a Sky of Ash by Brandon Witt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    More than a decade after leaving Colorado to escape his past, Isaiah Greene returns and builds a life in Denver as a special education teacher. But coming home revives memories of the racist, homophobic violence that destroyed his youthful first love. When Isaiah meets Ben Woods, the mentor of one of his students, the lightning-quick attraction grows into something deeper...
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    lgbtq  poc-mc  abuse  adult  age-gap  angst  audiobook  book
  • Sapphire Storm by C. Travis Rice

    Sapphire Storm by C. Travis Rice

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Under his new pen name, C. Travis Rice, New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice offers tales of passion, intrigue, and steamy romance between men. The third novel, SAPPHIRE STORM, once again transports you to a beautiful luxury resort on the sparkling Southern California coast where strong-willed heroes release the shame that blocks their hearts’ desires...
  • All I Need by Emily Goodwin

    All I Need by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “My life was hell, nothing but pain and darkness.Every night I hoped I’d lay down to sleep and never wake up. I saw no reason to keep going. There was nothing for me, no promise of a better life. Every morning I woke up hoping this would be my last day.Then I met her, and everything changed...
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    drama  wlw  abuse  adult  book  captivity  contemporary  dark
  • Sweet Seduction Sabotage by Nicola Claire

    Sweet Seduction Sabotage by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I crave to be near you, Kelly. And I have since I first laid eyes on you in Sweet Seduction's store. I can't explain it any other way. I was drawn to you, like the gravity of the sun. I didn't want to fight it, I wanted to, even if only briefly, say it was mine." Kelly Quayle has always been a good time girl, finding her thrills wherever and whenever she could...
  • Everything She Ever Wanted: A Different Kind of Love Novel by Liz Durano

    Everything She Ever Wanted: A Different Kind of Love Novel by Liz Durano

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her perfectly-planned life is off-kilter.... His is off the grid. I was never into fairy tales. But discovering a real live princess in my house reminds me of the story of the three bears and some chick who breaks into their pad, eats all their food, and sleeps in their beds. Just like the one that’s in mine right now...
  • I Will Save You by Matt de la Peña

    I Will Save You by Matt de la Peña

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kidd is running from his past and his future. No mom, no dad, and there’s nothing for him at the group home but therapy. He doesn’t belong at the beach where he works either, unless he finds a reason to stay.   Olivia is blond hair, blue eyes, rich dad. The prettiest girl in Cardiff...
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    drama  poc-mc  abuse  book  coming-of-age  contemporary  death  family
  • Invisible Love by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

    Invisible Love by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is the author of three luminous collections of short stories published by Europa Editions, including the bestselling Most Beautiful Book in the World, and one novel, Three Women in a Mirror...
  • Five Steps to Happy by Ella Dove

    Five Steps to Happy by Ella Dove

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    'An up-lit treasure' Red magazine Life can change in a heartbeat... When struggling actress Heidi has a life-changing accident aged 32, her world falls apart. Stuck in hospital and unable to walk, her only companion is Maud, the elderly lady in the bed next to hers...
  • Drive Me Crazy by Eric Jerome Dickey

    Drive Me Crazy by Eric Jerome Dickey

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The New York Times bestseller-now in trade paperback.Praised for his storytelling, New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey turns up the heat in his explosive new novel of the reckless desires that bind an irresistible woman to a desperate man-and the one wrong move that could destroy them both...
  • 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...
  • Goodnight, Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson

    Goodnight, Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the author of the internationally bestselling novels My Best Friend’s Girl and Marshmallows for Breakfast comes an incredibly moving, powerfully written new novel about motherhood, love, loss, and new beginnings. Nova will do anything for her closest friend, Mal, whom she has known since childhood...
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    drama  poc-mc  adult  audiobook  black-mc  book  contemporary  family
  • Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

    Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    From the creator and executive producer of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman, a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love--the best and worst thing in the universeWritten with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg's stories will make readers laugh, weep, and shiver in uncomfortably delicious...
  • 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...
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    drama  lgbtq  wlw  angst  audiobook  book  coming-of-age  contemporary
  • Before the Storm by Diane Chamberlain

    Before the Storm by Diane Chamberlain

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Fifteen-year-old Andy Lockwood is special. Others notice the way he blurts out anything that comes into his mind, how he cannot foresee consequences, that he's more child than teenager. But his mother sees a boy with a heart as open and wide as the ocean. Laurel Lockwood lost her son once through neglect...
  • The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson

    The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Every love story has a dangerous twist. Tamia Challey is horrified when her husband, Scott, is accused of something terrible – but when she discovers who his accuser is, everything goes into freefall. Backed into a corner and unsure what to think, Tamia is forced to choose who she instinctively believes...
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    drama  lgbtq  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  family
  • Lucy in the Sky by Anonymous

    Lucy in the Sky by Anonymous

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay’s Journal.The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday. She lived in an upper middle class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, and Berkeley-bound older brother. She was a good girl, living a good life...but one party changed everything...
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    drama  lgbtq  book  coming-of-age  contemporary  dark  death  fiction
  • The Shadow Wife by Diane Chamberlain

    The Shadow Wife by Diane Chamberlain

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Get swept up in this emotional tale of regret and rebirth by bestselling author Diane Chamberlain.Joelle D’Angelo’s best friend, Mara, is left with brain damage after she suffers an aneurysm giving birth to her son. Alone and grieving, Joelle turns to the only other person who understands her pain: her colleague—and Mara’s husband—Liam...
  • Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley

    Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the author of Before I Go comes an unconventional love story perfect for fans of the emotional novels of Jodi Picoult and Jojo Moyes. One time a boy kissed me and I almost died... And so begins the story of Jubilee Jenkins, a young woman with a rare and debilitating medical condition: she’s allergic to other humans...
  • Shiver by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine

    Shiver by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wide-eyed and innocent, you stumbled into my world, never knowing the danger that lurked within. The Wolfe’s Den is no place for a little lamb, but you came anyway, and from the moment you stepped inside, you were mine. In my life there are no happy accidents. Every move is carefully orchestrated. Every situation premeditated. That’s what makes the hunt so intoxicating. What you need, I become...
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    lgbtq  drama  romance  mlm  dark  steamy  contemporary  fiction
  • Let It Go by Mercy Celeste

    Let It Go by Mercy Celeste

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When alcohol and fierce tempers land two cowboys from the rodeo circuit under house arrest, it may be time to Let It Go. Can hidden secrets and a common enemy hold the key to happiness or... will they destroy them both? Creed was the main focus of Eli’s fierce temper. For ten years the two men left a trail of destruction in their wake, with rodeo, beer, and fists all they had in common...
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    drama  lgbtq  poc-mc  abuse  adult  angst  betrayal  book
  • Hydraulic Level 5 by Sarah Latchaw

    Hydraulic Level 5 by Sarah Latchaw

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hydraulic Level Five (n.): A whitewater rapid classification indicating large waves, continuous rapids, large rocks and hazards, potential large drops, where precise maneuvering is required. Often characterized by "must make" moves, i.e. failure to execute a specific maneuver at a specific point may result in serious injury or death...
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    drama  wlw  adult  angst  book  cheating  contemporary  domestic-drama
  • The Nanny by Vera Roberts

    The Nanny by Vera Roberts

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tiana Morris is the queen of the financial world with her investment firm, monthly articles, and television appearances. When she comes home to find her husband in bed with a woman half his age, the events turn her world upside down and she swears off men and dating forever...
  • More Than Anything by T.T. Kove

    More Than Anything by T.T. Kove

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He might’ve been the right person—if I hadn’t been so damaged and he hadn’t been so young.The first time I met him, he had a seizure on the pavement in front of my flat. When my efforts to find someone who could take him off my hands failed, I let him spend the night. He was already asleep anyway, so it wasn’t like I had any choice...
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    drama  lgbtq  abuse  age-gap  angst  book  coming-of-age  contemporary
  • Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery.But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  drama  romance  mlm  dark  paranormal  horror  fantasy
  • Enemy by K.A. Merikan

    Enemy by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don’t bring a kiss to a knife fight.Roadkill. Violent. Brash. Obsessive. In the closet.Clyde. Cunning. Ruthless. Biker royalty. Trapped on the other side of the same closet.Roadkill.I’ve hated Clyde Turner since the moment I laid eyes on him. I hate him for existing, for tempting me, for being everything I can’t have...
  • Black Pearl the Prequel by Tiffany Patterson

    Black Pearl the Prequel by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What will it take to rebuild my self-esteem?When I walked in on my boyfriend in bed with another woman, I couldn't believe my eyes. To make matters worse, his lack of remorse was like another slap to the face. Years of his verbal put-downs and hurtful comments about my weight all but thoroughly destroyed my self-confidence.But finally, I was done...
  • The Anatomy of Perception by A.J. Rose

    The Anatomy of Perception by A.J. Rose

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the beginning, there was wreckage. Dane Perry’s mother was dead, and the father who always said he’d amount to nothing blamed him. Dane swore he’d become something. He would be someone. In the middle, there was escape...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  medical  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mental-illness  mlm
  • Domestic Service by Ella Fenn

    Domestic Service by Ella Fenn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Colin Caldwell clawed his way out of a rough childhood to put himself through college, and now grad school. Broke, stressed-out, and struggling to stay afloat after he loses his regular ridesharing gig, he’s willing to do anything that pays the bills.Simon Vessey, on the other hand, is a handsome, wealthy, and successful executive...
  • Something about Eve by Jourdyn Kelly

    Something about Eve by Jourdyn Kelly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Something About Eve" is a story about Eve, a woman haunted by her past whose path crosses with a married woman afraid of her future. As they set out to help each other, an unsuspected and passionate friendship evolves between them. When Eve's past catches up to her, she finds herself having to save the lives of those she loves or lose everything she has worked so hard to achieve...
  • The Ordinary Us by DomLuka

    The Ordinary Us by DomLuka

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the story of seventeen-year-old Quinn Moore. He has a loving family, good friends and a girlfriend he's deemed as perfect. Quinn's also gay, not that he's about to admit it. He likes things just the way they are, thank you. But then he meets Jude Landon, and everything in Quinn's comfortable world is turned upside down.Status: Complete Word count: approx...
  • The Boy at the Bottom of the Fountain by Jay Bell

    The Boy at the Bottom of the Fountain by Jay Bell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes dreams come true, whether you’re ready for them or not. Shane was only fourteen when found a photo of a boy his age and became obsessed with it. Now, thirteen years later, he has a chance encounter with a man who bears a striking resemblance...
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