She's here for the summer...
Amy has a secret: no one's ever held her hand. She doesn't even know how to hug. Everyone thinks she's smart, but straight A's are way easier than making friends. Then she meets Dane, a golden-haired surfer whose easy charm and hot touch teach her what she longs to know.
He lives on the streets...
Dane lives for the salty breeze and a sweet wave, because that's all he has. He's been on the streets since he was fourteen. A drifter. Homeless. Then he meets Amy. Smart and accomplished, she's everything he's not. He wants to be the sort of man who deserves her.
Except that means facing down his past--and that past might very well swallow them both.
Hell is looking for a way to break loose…
Jax lost the genetic lottery. Descended from Cain, the world's first murderer, he's plagued by a curse that demands violence in exchange for his happiness. He left everything behind, including the girl he loved, but thriving on the pain of others is lonely… And it's killing him.
After a series of heartbreaking losses, Samantha put rubber to pavement and headed for college as fast as her clunker could carry her. But she can't outrun her problems. When an attack at school drives her back home, she's thrown into the path of a past—and a guy—she's been trying to forget.
Sam strains Jax's control over his darkness, but running isn't an option this time. Someone—or, something—followed her home from school: a ruthless monster with a twisted plan centuries in the making. Forced together to survive, and fighting an attraction that could destroy them both, Jax and Sam must stop a killer bent on revenge.
Winning what you want may cost you everything you love.
As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.
One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.
But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.
Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.
What does it take to rise from life’s depths, swim against the current, and breathe?
Weighted down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews College. Then a chance meeting sends Blythe crashing into something she doesn’t expect—an undeniable attraction to a dark-haired senior named Chris Shepherd, whose past may be even more complicated than her own. As their relationship deepens, Chris pulls Blythe out of the stupor she’s been in since the night a fire took half her family. She begins to heal, and even, haltingly, to love this guy who helps her find new paths to pleasure and self-discovery. But as Blythe moves into calmer waters, she realizes Chris is the one still strangled by his family’s traumatic history. As dark currents threaten to pull him under, Blythe may be the only person who can keep him from drowning.
*This book is intended for mature audiences due to strong language and sexual content, and is recommended for Ages 17+
Five dishonored soldiers.
Former Special Forces.
One last mission.
These are the men of Hard Ink.
Tall, dark, and lethal...
Trouble just walked into Nicholas Rixey's tattoo parlor. Becca Merritt is warm, sexy, wholesome--pure temptation to a very jaded Nick. He's left his military life behind to become co-owner of Hard Ink Tattoo, but Becca is his ex-commander's daughter. Loyalty won't let him turn her away. Lust has plenty to do with it too.
With her brother presumed kidnapped, Becca needs Nick. She just wasn't expecting to want him so much. As their investigation turns into all-out war with an organized crime ring, only Nick can protect her. And only Becca can heal the scars no one else sees.
Desire is the easy part. Love is as hard as it gets. Good thing Nick is always up for a challenge...
Title: Foreplay (The Ivy Chronicles, #1)
Before she goes after the life she’s always wanted, she’s about to find the one she needs.
Pepper has been hopelessly in love with her best friend’s brother, Hunter, for like ever. He’s the key to everything she’s always craved: security, stability, family. But she needs Hunter to notice her as more than just a friend. Even though she’s kissed exactly one guy, she has just the plan to go from novice to rock star in the bedroom—take a few pointers from someone who knows what he’s doing.
Her college roommates have the perfect teacher in mind. But bartender Reece is nothing like the player Pepper expects. Yes, he’s beyond gorgeous, but he’s also dangerous, deep—with a troubled past. Soon what started as lessons in attraction are turning both their worlds around, and showing just what can happen when you go past foreplay and get to what’s real…
Photographer Sierra Stratton views the world through a lens all her own. She has an uncanny sense about people, something that often causes her trouble. When she meets the sexy and brooding Evan Dorsey, her intuition tells her he’s suffering, and she wants to be the one to help him.
Evan isn’t open to help from anyone, however. His focus is on his Major League career and making himself as marketable as possible for his upcoming free agency. He plans to ride out the season in Atlanta and then sign with another team, away from the painful memories that haunt him.
Someone’s eager to send him on his way, too. Between anonymous threats and equipment sabotage, it’s clear he’s earned himself an enemy along the way. To him, it’s one more sign that he’s right to move on.
But Sierra threatens his conviction. Her contagious smile proves hard to resist, as does her kiss. She tempts him in ways he never anticipated, making him question his plans for the first time. If he’s not careful, she might just convince him that he’s meant for her.
Title: Not a Drop to Drink
Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.
Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all.
Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. Having a life means dedicating it to survival, and the constant work of gathering wood and water. Having a pond requires the fortitude to protect it, something Mother taught her well during their quiet hours on the rooftop, rifles in hand.
But wisps of smoke on the horizon mean one thing: strangers. The mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won’t stop until they get it…
With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, debut author Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl’s journey in a barren world not so different than our own.
Determined to overcome a dark and tragic past, college student Everly Wallace is only months away from earning her degree in physical therapy. She’s consumed with school, caring for her ailing grandfather, and figuring out how to pay the next bill. The last thing she wants is a relationship, but it just might be the one thing she needs.
Major League pitcher Cole Parker hasn’t fought for anything in his life. He went from a privileged upbringing to a multimillion dollar All-Star career. But when his pitching shoulder starts to give him trouble at only twenty-four years old, he faces the possibility of his injury becoming public knowledge and costing him everything.
In a desperate bid to save his career, Cole decides to hire someone to treat his injury, someone who will keep things off the record and out of the media. He finds the perfect solution in Everly. As mysterious as she is beautiful, she provides an enticing distraction from his pain. Soon, physical therapy is the last thing on his mind.
When an act of betrayal brings the truths they both fear to light, Cole will have to fight for the first time in his life…not just for his career, but for Everly’s love.
**Mature Content Warning** This is a New Adult novel recommended for ages 17+ due to language, sexual content, and mature subject matter.**
Title: Playing With Her Heart (Caught Up In Us, #3)
When you’re acting the role of a lifetime, how can you know if love is real—or all just a part of the show?
Twenty-three year old rising theatre star Jill McCormick has built a life out of pretending. Pretending she’s happy, pretending her long-distance crushes add up to something real, pretending she’s not haunted by the dark secret that shattered her world six years ago. Cast in her first Broadway show, she desperately needs to keep her façade intact, but that’s before she comes face to face with her devastating new boss…
Hot-shot director Davis Milo knows the first rule of directing: never fall for your leading lady. Captivated by Jill’s raw talent, he fights his feelings, but watching Jill on-stage with another man is more than his jealous streak can take. Keeping things professional isn’t an option. He wants all of her.
Soon the ingénue and her director are staying late in the empty theatre, their private rehearsals spiraling into new, forbidden territory. Caught up between fiction and reality, Jill struggles to find the truth in all their staged kisses. But how can she be sure that what she feels is real, and not a part of the play? And when two people spend their lives pretending, what happens after the final curtain falls?
Title: Very Bad Things (Briarcrest Academy, #1)
Born into a life of privilege and secrets, Nora Blakely has everything any nineteen-year-old girl could desire. She’s an accomplished pianist, a Texas beauty queen, and on her way to Princeton after high school. She’s perfect…
Leaving behind her million dollar mansion and Jimmy Choos, she becomes a girl hell-bent on pushing the limits with alcohol, drugs, and meaningless sex.
Then she meets her soulmate. But he doesn’t want her.
When it comes to girls, twenty-five-year old Leo Tate has one rule: never fall in love. His gym and his brother are all he cares about…until he meets Nora. He resists the pull of their attraction, hung up on their six year age difference.
As they struggle to stay away from each other, secrets will be revealed, tempers will flare, and hearts will be broken.
Welcome to Briarcrest Academy…where sometimes, the best things in life are…
Very Bad Things.
Jude has spent the whole twenty one years of his life running. From what, he wasn't quite sure. His mother tried to keep him safe; a low profile, a constant move on the horizon, a week's pay always stashed away. She tried to instill in him that he was special somehow, though would never elaborate. He never felt different. He was so completely normal and vanilla that he wondered if it had all been in her head. But then she was murdered and all he saw was a running silhouette of a man as his mother said three final words to him. Three words that changed his whole being.
Never stop running…
Now he's semi-settled into a big town. The college is huge and easy to blend into. It's been three months since he had to move because 'Biloxi', as he calls the man who killed his mother, found him once more.
Then Marley, an eighteen year old girl who is as infuriating as she is blissfully ignorant of her gorgeousness, smashes into his car with hers. Then smashes into his life as he realizes that whatever it is he has that Biloxi wants, she has it, too. And now, they're after them both.
Title: Greed (The Seven Deadly, #2)
Gather ‘round, love, because I want you. I want what you have, I want what you don’t have, I want more of what I already have. I want. But if you so much as ask for something in return, go ahead and walk away. Know if you want to play in my world, it’s every man for themselves and the weak become mine. Leeches will be obliterated because I make it my job to destroy them. I protect what’s mine and I take what’s yours...because that’s what I do. I want.
My story will not endear me to you and, frankly, I could care less if it does because I’m in this for the money and nothing else. There’s nothing redeeming about me. I’m a corrupt, money hungry, immoral asshole from Los Angeles. I’m every man’s worst nightmare and every girl’s fantasy.
I’m Spencer Blackwell...And this is the story about how I went from the world’s most coveted guy to the guy no one wanted around and why I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.
Books Read in 2011
1. The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg
2. Original Sin by Lisa Desrochers
3. Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
4. The Crescent by Jordan Deen
5. Half Moon by Jordan Deen
6. The Long Weekend by Savita Kalhan
7. Angel Star by Jennifer Murgia
8. The Kingdom Jennifer M. Barry
9. Aces Up by Lauren Barnholdt
10. Falling Under by Gwen Hayes
11. Daimon by Jennifer L. Armentrout
12. Seers of Light by Jennifer DeLucy
13. Silver Moon by Rebecca A. Rogers
14. Hunted by DJ DeSmyter
15. Possession by Elana Johnson
16. Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
17. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
18. Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly
19. A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford
20. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
21. Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton
22. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
23. Frost Bite by Richelle Mead
24. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
25. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
26. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
27. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
28. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
29. Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
30. Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Books Read in 2012
1. Significance by Shelly Crane
2. Moon Spell by Samantha Young
3. River Cast by Samantha Young
4. Blood Solstice by Samantha Young
5. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
6. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
7. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
8. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
9. Slammed by Colleen Hoover
10. Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover
11. Taking Shots by Toni Aleo
12. The Mating by Nicky Charles
13. The Keeping by Nicky Charles
14. What A Boy Wants by Nyrae Dawn
15. What A Boy Needs by Nyrae Dawn
16. Easy by Tammara Webber
17. Crash by Nicole Williams
18. Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson
19. Perfection by R.L. Mathewson
20. Try Me by Diane Alberts
21. The Wild Ones by M. Leighton
22. Inbetween by Tara A. Fuller
23. Being Jamie Baker by Kelly Oram
24. Clash by Nicole Williams
25. Silver by Talia Vance
26. Down to You by M. Leighton
27. Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell
28. My Favorite Mistake by Chelsea Cameron
29. Losing It by Cora Carmack
30. Charade by Nyrae Dawn
31. Rock the Heart by Michelle A. Valentine
32. The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
33. Freeing Carter by Nyrae Dawn
34. Lengths by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt
35. Taming the Wolf by Stephanie Nelson
36. A Dance with Darkness by Courtney Allison Moulton
37. ReVamped by Ada Adams
38. Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole
39. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
40. Play with Me by Piper Shelly
41. The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
42. Crushed by Dawn Rae Miller
43. A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest
44. Shadow's Claim by Kresley Cole
45. Blood Law by Karin Tabke
Books Read in 2013
1. Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright
2. If You Stay by Courtney Cole
3. Rule by Jay Crownover
4. Normalish by Margaret Lesh
5. Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan
6. Devoured by Emily Snow
7. Rocked Under by Cora Hawkes
8. Forever My Girl by Heidi McLaughlin
9. All the Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen
10. The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
11. Playing for Keeps by J.E. MacLeod
12.Tasting Never by C.M. Stunich
13. Falling for Finn by Jackie Ashenden
14. Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally
15. Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally
16. Wait for You by J. Lynn
17. Protecting What's His by Tessa Bailey
18.Private Practice by Samanthe Beck
19. Depths by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt
20. Real by Katy Evans
21. Down for the Count by Christine Bell
22. Falling Into You by Jasinda Wilder
23. Down and Dirty by Christine Bell
24. Rules of Entanglement by Gina L. Maxwell
25. Lover Undercover by Samanthe Beck
26. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
27. Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
28. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
29. Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
30. Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
31. Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
32. Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
33. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
34. Wicked Cravings by Suzanne Wright
35. His Risk to Take by Tessa Bailey
36. The Avery Shaw Experiment by Kelly Oram
37. Dizzy by Nyrae Dawn and Jolene Perry
38. Skin in the Game by Jackie Barbosa
39. Jet by Jay Crownover
40. Facade by Nyrae Dawn
41. Officer Off Limits by Tessa Bailey
42. Limits by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt
43. If You Leave by Courtney Cole
44. Frigid by J. Lynn
45. Out of Play by Nyrae Dawn & Jolene Perry
46. Crave by Monica Murphy
47. The Redemption of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
48. Breaking Nova by Jessica Sorensen
49. Ties by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt
50. Silver Heart by Victoria Green
51. Before We Fall by Courtney Cole
52. Losing Me, Finding You by C.M. Stunich
53. Loving Me, Trusting You by C.M. Stunich
54. Riptides: A Lengths Novella by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt
55. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
56. Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione
57. Against the Wall by Rebecca Zanetti
58. Keeping Her by Cora Carmack
59. Faking It by Cora Carmack
60. Finding It by Cora Carmack
61. Rome by Jay Crownover
62. For Real by Chelsea M. Cameron
63. Falling for the Marine by Samanthe Beck
64. Seducing Her Rival by Seleste deLaney
65. Drift by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt
66. Big Bad Wolf by Christine Warren
67. Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
68. Down the Aisle by Christine Bell
69. Asking for Trouble by Tessa Bailey
70. MacRieve by Kresley Cole
71. My Everything by Heidi McLaughlin
72. My Unexpected Forever by Heidi McLaughlin
73. A Toast to the Good Times by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt
74. What's Left of Me by Amanda Maxlyn
75. Fighting Redemption by Kate McCarthy
76. Forged by Fate by Reese Monroe
77. Mistletoe & Memories by Matilda Maxwell
78. The Professional: Part 1 by Kresley Cole
79. Killing Sarai by J.A. Redmerski
80. Reviving Izabel by J.A. Redmerski
Books Read in 2014
1. Finding my Forever by Heidi McLaughlin
2. Masquerade by Nyrae Dawn
3. The Professional: Part 2 by Kresley Cole
4. Torn by Monica Murphy
5. Savor by Monica Murphy
6. Saving Quinton by Jessica Sorensen
7. The Professional: Part 3 by Kresley Cole
8. The Destiny of Violet & Luke by Jessica Sorensen
9. Love and Other Games by Ana Blaze, Aria Kane, Kara Leigh Miller and Melinda Dozier
10. Fighting for Irish by Gina L. Maxwell
11. Falling For Her Fiance by Cindi Madsen
12. Bonded by Nicky Charles
13. Norse Jewel by Gina Conkle
14. Shadowboxer by Cari Quinn
15. Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright
16. Down on Her Knees by Christine Bell
17. Staking His Claim by Tessa Bailey
18. No Strings Attached by Nicolette Day
19. Tempted by the Soldier by Nicolette Day
20. One Wild Night by Magan Vernon
21. All Lined Up by Cora Carmack
22. Stealing the Groom by Sonya Weiss
23. Delilah: The Making of Red by Jessica Sorensen
24. Nova and Quinton: No Regrets by Jessica Sorensen
25. The High Priestess by Katee Robert
26. Queen of Swords by Katee Robert
27. Finding My Way by Heidi McLaughlin
28. Betrayed: Days of the Rogue by Nicky Charles
29. A Little Bit Cupid by Jennifer Shirk
30. First Night by Lauren Blakely
31. Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde
32. Reaper's Legacy by Joanna Wylde
33. Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti
34. Devil's Game by Joanna Wylde
35. Intoxicated by Monica Murphy
36. The Love Game by Emma Hart
37. Asher by Jo Raven
38. Three Nights with a Rock Star by Amber Lin & Shari Slade
39. Until We Fly by Courtney Cole
40. Tristan: Finding Hope by Jessica Sorensen
41. The Probability of Violet & Luke by Jessica Sorensen
42. The Swan & the Jackal by J.A. Redmerski
43. Learning to Live by R.D. Cole
44. Bound to the Alpha: Part One by Viola Rivard
45. When I Break by Kendall Ryan
46. When I Surrender by Kendall Ryan
47. When We Fall by Kendal Ryan
48. Bound to the Alpha: Part Two by Viola Rivard
49. Bound to the Alpha: Part Three by Viola Rivard
50. Torrent by Gemma James
51. The Girl He Knows by Kristi Rose
52. Monster by Julia Sykes
53. Irrevocable by Skye Callahan
54. Dark Skye by Kresley Cole
55. The Devil's Kiss by Gemma James
56. The Hook Up by Kristen Callihan
57. Dare to Resist by Laura Kaye
58. Falling for the Groomsman by Diane Alberts
59. Baiting the Maid of Honor by Tessa Bailey
60. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
61. The Invitation by Roxy Sloane
62. Nocte by Courtney Cole
63. Owning Violet by Monica Murphy
64. Rampant by Gemma James
65. Perfection by Julie Metz
66. Light Her Fire by Samanthe Beck
67. The Weight of Destiny by Nyrae Dawn
68. Try Me by Olivia Cunning
69. Filthy Beautiful Lies by Kendall Ryan
70. Filthy Beautiful Love by Kendall Ryan
71. Even the Moon Has Scars by Steph Campbell
72. Native Son by Richard Wright
73. Risking It All by Tessa Bailey
74. It Ain't Me, Babe by Tillie Cole
75. Heart Recaptured by Tillie Cole
76. All the Pretty Lies by M. Leighton
77. Broken Dolls by Kitty Thomas
78. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Books Read in 2015
1. Raze by Tillie Cole
2. Almost Lover by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt
3. Owned by Fate by Tessa Bailey
4. The Master by Kresley Cole
5. Stealing Rose by Monica Murphy
6. The Deal by Elle Kennedy
7. Takedown by Cari Quinn
8. Chase Me by Tessa Bailey
9. Captive by Brighton Walsh
10. The Mistake by Elle Kennedy
11. Fervent by Gemma James
12. Tough Love by Skye Warren
13. Love the Way You Lie by Skye Warren
14. Body Shot by Cari Quinn
15. The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan
16. Fair Game by Monica Murphy
17. Taming Lily by Monica Murphy
18. One More Shot by Victoria Denault
19. Sneak Attack by Cari Quinn
20. Scorched by J. Lynn
21. Off Base by Tessa Bailey & Sophie Jordan
22. Up In Smoke by Tessa Bailey
23. With a Twist by Staci Hart
24. Make Me by Tessa Bailey
25. Souls Unfractured by Tillie Cole
26. 12 Days of Forever by Heidi McLaughlin
27. Hard For My Best Friend's Sister by Ava Jackson
28. Slow Ride by Cathryn Fox
29. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
30. The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan
31. Crashed Out by Tessa Bailey
32. No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole
33. Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole
34. King by T.M. Frazier
