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The Illusion of Annabella


Jessica Sorensen - 2015
    She had dreams of going to college and becoming a dancer. But the summer before her senior year, the life she knew is ripped away from her, and she’s left wondering if it ever really existed in the first place.Six months later, Annabella is living an entirely different life. The loving family she had no longer exists, and the girl who dreamed of being a dancer can barely walk. She spends most of her time getting into trouble and living in denial over what happened. One night she takes things one step too far and is left dealing with the consequences.Put under house arrest, Annabella can no longer run away from her problems. With the help of her cute, sweet neighbor, Luca Benton, she rediscovers the girl she used to be, and finally learns the truth about what really happened that horrible day that changed her life forever.

Cruel Devils


Mae Doyle - 2020
    Relentless. Filthy rich.And they’re not going to stop until I’m ready to quit.I have to survive Meyer’s Grove.For my future.For the memory of my parents.But that means I have to survive the devils.They’re dangerous, and they play games that I didn’t know existed.There’s just one thing that the devils don’t know –When you lose everything, then you’re no longer afraid.I’ve lost it all.The devils can do what they want.They can’t take this from me, too.Cruel Devils is book one of a reverse harem, high school bully romance. It contains dark themes, cursing, and sexual situations.

Fight For Her


Liz Plum - 2021
    But after the tragic death of her brother, every day is a struggle to keep up appearances―especially with her boyfriend, who cares more about his reputation than about Scarlet’s feelings.When Scarlet accidentally slams into her school’s resident bad-boy-slash-outcast, Elijah Black, in the hallway, he shakes up more than her notebooks. Scarlet’s heard rumors about Elijah, but she’s drawn to him because they share the same sorrow―they’ve both lost a brother. As they grow closer, Elijah lets Scarlet into his hidden life of underground fighting, where long-buried secrets that impact both of their lives unravel. Before long, Elijah and Scarlet are in too deep to turn back, and the only way they’ll survive is to stick together.

Helsing Academy (Overcity Chronicles #1)


Savannah Skye - 2019
    A place for the elite. Where the smartest, fastest, and strongest go to train in preparation to defend the world from the scourge of vampires that have taken over. But the Administration is getting desperate, and apparently “kind of smart, a little fast, and somewhat strong” is good enough, because guess who just got the invite? This girl. Now I have to face off against an instructor with a massive chip on his shoulder, a bunch of catty chicks who think they’re better than me (spoiler alert: they are) and a boy who treats me like the gum on the bottom of his shoe. Oh yeah, and did I mention the whole “fighting bloodthirsty monsters” thing? It’s gonna be a long year… Helsing Academy is an action-packed YA/Young Adult paranormal fantasy adventure series with romantic elements.

Doctor Daddy


Bella Winters - 2019
    Being with him is wrong and I can never let my parents find out. He’s a gynaecologist. My dad’s best friend. The biggest player alive. And my new boss. Basically, he’s a double dose of trouble and I should run for my life. But instead, I’m crawling into his bed.I’ve clearly lost my damn mind… and my V-card. The only way this will get worse is if I get pregnant.  And if I do…  Would he be the one to deliver the baby?

Small-Town Affair (A Secret Baby Romance)


Lauren Wood - 2021
    I’m the one that called it off.The first woman I’ve loved in years, and now she hates me.Time didn’t make it better, only worse.Missing her became my occupation.I don’t blame her for wanting to cut me out of her life.I earned it.We had something great going.I got scared and callously broke her heart.Her gorgeous body and seductive eyesMake me jealous as everyone looks her way.I know I can’t have her, and it kills me.Mila is the woman every man wants by his side and in his bed.Sexy, kind and she is going to be a great motherTo my child that she carries, as I tossed her aside.I am no longer the idiot that called it all off.I deserve a second chance with her.I’ll make it right with her.Then she will forgive me and truly be mine.Note: Adults Only!

Drops of Rain


Kathryn Andrews - 2014
    I now live in a new town, go to a new school, and I’m supposed to be moving on with my new life. Only, I no longer know who I am. Dancing is all I have left and every day I feel completely alone. Silence has become the theme song to my life. She said to find some joy and light, but I don’t know how. Mostly, I feel surrounded in darkness…that is until I meet him.Drew HaleI have only one goal, in 298 days I’m going to drive away from this small beach town and never return. People are always watching me closely, too close, and I’m tired of wearing a mask. I need to be free. Swimming is my ticket out of here and I remind myself daily to fly under the radar, stick to my routine, and under no circumstances let anything distract me. I’m not as perfect as they think, most days I am drowning in guilt. I’m not sure I will ever be able to escape the feelings of shame, worthlessness, and just being unwanted…that is until I meet her.

Like You Care


Kaydence Snow - 2020
    I want to be seen.I want him to see me.I'm not who he thinks I am but I'm starting to suspect he's not all he says he is either.Just my luck that he starts to make friends with my tormentors. How am I supposed to tell him who I really am? How am I supposed to show him my true face? What if the boy I'm falling in love with decides I'm nothing too?*Like You Care is a part of the Bully Me Anthology. In the Bully Me Anthology, this was a 30k novella. This is now the complete book. *

Where the Road Takes Me


Jay McLean - 2015
    She’s made a promise to herself: don’t let anyone in, and don’t let anyone love her. She’s learned the hard way what happens if she breaks her rules. So she’s focused on being invisible and waiting until she can set out on the road—her dream of freedom, at least for a little while.Blake Hunter is a basketball star who has it all—everything about him looks perfect to those on the other side of his protective walls. He can’t let anyone see the shattered pieces behind the flawless facade or else all his hopes and dreams will disappear.One dark night throws Chloe and Blake together, changing everything for Blake. For Chloe, nothing changes: she has the road, and she’s focused on it. But when the so-called perfect boy starts to notice the invisible girl, they discover that sometimes with love, no one knows where the road may lead.

High School Bites


Rachael Alcobia - 2017
    I guess they forgot to mention the crazy girl who thinks you're after her boyfriend or the wolf that attacks you in the woods during the senior class camping trip. Between strange dreams that border on nightmares and Kodi Barrett, a fellow senior that I've been inexplicably drawn to for years at the center of it all, i was positive that life at Mountain Falls High School was about to get much more complicated. I didn't need my senior year to be perfect; I just needed to survive it!

Cocky Savior


Jane Blythe - 2020
     Nope. Turns out she likes arrogant, annoying, ego so big it wouldn’t fit in the ocean Eli Lennox. Just because he saved her life he thinks it gives him permission to meddle in it. He’s determined to save her from herself. Problem is she thinks she’s beyond saving. She’s beautiful, intelligent, and the sexiest woman Eli had ever laid eyes on, and she turns him down flat when he asks her out. That doesn’t happen to him often. Or ever. And it makes him determined to prove to her she’s worth every ounce of effort he’s going to put into winning her heart. Eli Lennox always gets what he wants.

Shattered Princess


Amber Vant - 2022
    The elites run this town, but they aren’t ready for a girl like me.Especially the boys who made it known from the beginning I wasn’t wanted here that one summer I stayed with my father. I hadn’t belonged—I knew that—but now I was coming back. Forced into the one place I despised after my addict mother unexpectedly dies. Only months before my eighteenth birthday.The worst of them all is my half-brother’s best friend. The leader of the group. The oppressor, my enemy. Those hate-fueled cerulean eyes still haunt me in my dreams. He thinks he can break me, but what he doesn’t know is I’ve already been shattered.I hope they’re ready because I wasn’t the obedient, delicate person they remembered. It’s my turn to watch them simmer. Welcome to the world of the hellhounds.You’ll hate it here.SHATTERED PRINCESS is a full-length new adult high school enemies-to-lovers novel. It is the first book in the Hardin Hellhounds Series and does end in a cliffhanger.

Filthy Valentine (Dungeon Demons MC #0.5)


Elizabeth Knox - 2021
    You see, she’s my little sister’s best friend. With an eight-year age gap between us, I went off to college and started my career while she was still learning what she wanted to do in life. I’d check in with my little sister, Cameron, every few weeks and occasionally ask about Scarlett.Imagine my surprise when Cam mentions Scarlett was just dumped by her first ‘serious’ boyfriend.I’m now thirty-two and Scarlett is approaching her mid-twenties. She’s turned into one hell of a woman, and I’m ready to take what should’ve been mine from the get-go.I put a couple things in my little sister’s head to make this think it was her idea, but in all actuality, it was mine.All I have to do is be Scarlett’s date for Valentine’s Day. Who wants to sit in their apartment sulking about their ex anyway?Little does she know just how filthy her valentine will be.

Wild Cards


Simone Elkeles - 2013
    After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s family drama. Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. So when her older sister comes home after abandoning her ten years earlier, with her hot new stepson in tow, Ashtyn wants nothing to do with either of them. Then she comes up with a plan that would finally give her the chance to leave, but it requires trusting Derek—someone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and get the future she wants?

Filthy Little Pretties


Trilina Pucci - 2020
    Liam Brooks is a charmer with puppy dog eyes you can’t say “no” to.They’re the kind of guys that make time stand still when they walk by. And when their childhood best friend, Donovan Kennedy, comes back to New York, friendships get tested. Choices are made they can’t take back. And one boy gets a taste of what it’s like to want someone so bad that you’d burn down the city to have her. “Trilina delivers an addictive high school romance high on angst and drama and a book that is total sexy perfection. Prepare to be twisted into delicious knots! I loved it!”--Siobhan Davis, USA Today bestselling authorDonovan Kennedy is the girl dreams are made of. Five years ago, she was our best friend. Our moral compass. The girl that held our hands everywhere we went. We were young. Innocent. Nothing could touch us — not even heartache. That was then. Now she’s back. All grown up. With red lips and long legs — a challenge waiting to be accepted. A prize that’ll turn our world upside down. Brothers turned to enemies. Friendships decimated. Lies told.Hearts torn apart. Prep school’s never been so scandalous.USA Today Bestselling author, Trilina Pucci, brings you an addictive, sexy friends-to-lovers high school romance packed with off-the-chart chemistry, competition, and raw emotional angst.