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The Right Move, 2
Liz Tomforde · 2023
RYAN<br/><br/>She’s a distraction, that’s what she is.<br/><br/>I’m the newest Captain of the Devils, Chicago’s NBA team, and the last thing I needed this year was for Indy Ivers, my sister’s best friend, to move into my apartment. She’s messy, emotional, and way too tempting.<br/><br/>But when the team’s General Manager vocalizes his blatant disapproval of my promotion to Captain, referring to me as an unapproachable lone wolf with no work-life balance, I can’t think of a better way to convince him otherwise than pretending to date my outgoing roommate.<br/><br/>The only problem? Faking it feels far too natural.<br/><br/>Having a fake girlfriend wasn’t supposed to be messy but having Indy under my roof and in my bed is complicated, especially when she wants all the romantic parts of life that I could never give her.<br/><br/>INDY<br/><br/>I never imagined I’d be living with my best friend’s brother, NBA superstar Ryan Shay. Even more unbelievable? He needs me to act as his loving girlfriend who’s suddenly changed him into a friendly and approachable guy.<br/><br/>Because, well…he’s not. He’s controlling of his space and untrusting of others.<br/><br/>Our arrangement isn’t one-sided, though. I’m in a wedding coming up, one where every one of my childhood friends, including my ex-boyfriend, will be in attendance, and there’s no better date than my ex’s celebrity hero.<br/><br/>Blurred lines make it almost impossible to separate real from fake. Falling for my roommate was never part of the deal, especially when Ryan is quick to remind me that he doesn’t believe in love.<br/><br/>I’m a romantic and can’t help fantasizing that he’ll change, but soon enough, I find myself questioning if sharing a roof with my best friend’s brother was the right move after all
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab · 2020
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER<br/>USA TODAY BESTSELLER<br/>NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER<br/>THE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER<br/><br/>In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.<br/><br/>Recommended by Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, NPR, Slate, and Oprah Magazine<br/>#1 Library Reads Pick―October 2020<br/>#1 Indie Next Pick―October 2020<br/>BOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST―Book of The Month Club<br/><br/>A “Best Of” Book From: Oprah Mag * CNN * Amazon * Amazon Editors * NPR * Goodreads * Bustle * PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Barnes & Noble * Kirkus Reviews * Lambda Literary * Nerdette * The Nerd Daily * Polygon * Library Reads * io9 * Smart Bitches Trashy Books * LiteraryHub * Medium * BookBub * The Mary Sue * Chicago Tribune * NY Daily News * SyFy Wire * Powells.com * Bookish * Book Riot * Library Reads Voter Favorite *<br/><br/>A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.<br/><br/>France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever―and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.<br/><br/>Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.<br/><br/>But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.<br/><br/>Also by V. E. Schwab<br/><br/>Shades of Magic<br/>A Darker Shade of Magic<br/>A Gathering of Shadows<br/>A Conjuring of Light<br/><br/>Villains<br/>Vicious<br/>Vengeful
Legendary, 2
Stephanie Garber • 2019
The “immersive and imaginative“ (USA TODAY) games continue in the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller LEGENDARY, the mesmerizing sequel to CARAVAL<br/><br/>Donatella and Scarlett Dragna escaped their cruel father and made it out of Caraval alive, but the games aren’t over yet. What Scarlett doesn’t know is that, in order to gain their freedom, Tella made a deal with a mysterious stranger and now it’s time to pay.<br/><br/>Except what Tella owes is something that no one has ever been able to deliver: the true name of Caraval Master Legend. Tella’s only chance at uncovering Legend’s true identity is to enter the dangerous game of Caraval once more, and win. But what will she have to sacrifice to do that?<br/><br/>Don’t miss FINALE, the stunning conclusion to the Caraval trilogy―out now!
Mile High, 1
Liz Tomforde • 2022
Zanders<br/><br/>Chicago hockey isn’t complete without me—everyone’s favorite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night.<br/><br/>What I don’t like is the new flight attendant on our team’s private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I’ll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she’ll be begging to quit her job.<br/><br/>But every road trip blurs the lines, and I can’t quite figure out if I keep pushing that flight attendant call button in order to push her buttons or if it’s more than that.<br/><br/>Stevie<br/><br/>I’ve been a flight attendant for years. I thought I’d see it all, but when my new job lands me onboard working for the most egotistical and self-righteous diva in the NHL, I start to second guess everything. Including the promise I made to myself of never hooking up with an athlete again…no matter how annoyingly tempting he may be.<br/><br/>Evan Zanders is unfiltered, unapologetic, and too attractive for his own good. He loves his image, but I hate everything about it.<br/><br/>Everything but him.
Hopeless
Elsie Silver • 2023
Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past.<br/><br/>I’m the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks.<br/><br/>He’s thirty-five and all man, and I’m twenty-two and all . . . virgin.<br/><br/>He’s also my fiancé. Correction: my fake fiancé.<br/><br/>We start out as a bet. He doesn’t believe that anyone holds my last name against me. So he offers me his to prove a point.<br/><br/>It’s win-win. He gets a break from his concerned family’s prying, and I get a chance to shed my family’s reputation while I save up to ditch this small town.<br/><br/>He says all I have to do is wear his ring, follow his lead, and pretend I can’t keep my hands off of him in public.<br/><br/>But it’s what happens between us in private that blurs all those carefully drawn lines.<br/><br/>It’s what transpires behind closed doors that doesn’t feel like pretending at all.<br/><br/>This engagement was supposed to be for show. This agreement? It has an end date.<br/><br/>He once told me he’d never fall in love.<br/><br/>And yet here I am, head over heels for my fake fiancé.
Reckless
Elsie Silver • 2023
Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider. Notorious ladies’ man. Scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package.<br/><br/>And he’s looking at me like I might be his next meal.<br/><br/>But I’m almost free of my toxic marriage and have sworn off men entirely. So all I see when I look back is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak.<br/><br/>The man is hard to trust—and even harder to resist.<br/><br/>Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard I try to freeze him out, he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defenses.<br/><br/>Over a drink in a small town bar, I blurt out my deepest, darkest secrets. Then I spend the singular hottest night of my life with him.<br/><br/>He worships my body. He makes me blush. I come alive beneath his hands.<br/><br/>Then I tell him to forget it ever happened. I want simple, and with him it all feels complicated.<br/><br/>It was supposed to be a one-time thing.<br/><br/>A secret.<br/><br/>But that little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep.
Powerless
Elsie Silver • 2023
Two childhood friends. Two broken hearts. One impromptu road trip to get away from everything. That’s all this was supposed to be. After all, I’ve been living in the friend zone for years now.<br/><br/>But hockey heartthrob Jasper Gervais isn’t looking at me like a friend anymore. And he isn’t touching me like one either.<br/><br/>To his fans, he’s the handsome, talented athlete on TV. To me, he’s still the lost boy with sad eyes and a heart of gold.<br/><br/>The man I’ve loved in secret for years.<br/><br/>So when my life falls apart on my wedding day, it only makes sense that he’s the one to swoop in and save me. And when his world comes crashing down around him, I’m there to return the favor.<br/><br/>But the more time we spend alone, the more Jasper doesn’t feel like a friend at all. He feels like everything I’ve ever wanted and thought I could never have.<br/><br/>Our feelings aren’t straightforward though. They twist and turn around the pain of his past and the reality of my present.<br/><br/>Jasper Gervais acts like he wants me.<br/><br/>But after years of turning me away, he’s going to need to prove it.
Sable Peak
Devney Perry • 2023
Clockwork Angel, 1
Cassandra Clare • 2010
Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still. Discover the “compulsively readable” (Booklist) first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series! Clockwork Angel is a Shadowhunters novel. When Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks, and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos. Kidnapped by a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform into another person. What’s more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own. Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by—and torn between—two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm’s length…everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world…and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.
The Queen of Nothing, 3
Holly Black • 2019
A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author.<br/><br/>He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne<br/><br/>Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.<br/><br/>Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril.<br/><br/>Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics.<br/><br/>And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity . . .
The Wicked King, 2
Holly Black • 2019
The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.<br/><br/>You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.<br/><br/>The first lesson is to make yourself strong.<br/><br/>After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.<br/><br/>When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
Tears Of Salvation
Michelle Heard • 2021
From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new standalone, full-length mafia romance novel.<br/><br/>ISABELLA<br/><br/>I was the party crasher.<br/>He was the Devil.<br/><br/>Three months ago, I suffered a moment of insanity and had a one-night stand without even knowing who the man was.<br/>It was hot and unforgettable.<br/>I tried to forget him, but there are moments I swear I can still smell his aftershave.<br/><br/>Little did I know he’s the head of the Bratva.<br/>Alexei Koslov.<br/>My family’s worst enemy.<br/><br/>There’s a thin line between love and hate, and I’m straddling it.<br/><br/>ALEXEI<br/><br/>There’s an even thinner line between the truth and a lie.<br/><br/>As the head of the Bratva and the best assassin, I’m the devil everyone fears.<br/><br/>I get more than I bargained for when I come face to face with Isabella Terrero.<br/>Instead of the Princess of Terror, she might just be the embodiment of the goddess of mischief and chaos.<br/><br/>For her, I broke all my rules.<br/>For her, I burned down the world.<br/><br/>A complete standalone novel in the Saints Series.<br/>WARNING: 18+ only. Please read responsibly.<br/>THIS NOVEL CONTAINS TRIGGERING CONTENT RELATED TO SLAVERY AND VIOLENCE.
Tears Of Betrayal
Michelle Heard • 2021
Ruthless Saints
Michelle Heard • 2021
Cruel Saints
Michelle Heard • 2021
Merciless Saints
Michelle Heard • 2021
Zodiac Academy 5: Cursed Fates
Caroline Peckham • 2021
After the devastating events at Zodiac Academy, we have to deal with this darker world we're faced with.<br/><br/>Lionel seeks to hurt us, the Nymphs seek to hurt the entire Fae race, and between all of it, we just have to try and survive each day as it comes.<br/><br/>I'm afraid of everything falling apart, but it looks like it already has.
Zodiac Academy 4: Shadow Princess
Caroline Peckham • 2021
The shadows are in my blood.<br/>I can feel them crawling through me, slithering under my skin and taking me hostage.<br/>But the darkness within me, isn't nearly as bad as the darkness that lives around me.<br/>The four heirs will stop at nothing to destroy the lives of me and my sister.<br/>But they haven't figured out yet, we're the strongest creatures they've ever known...
Zodiac Academy 3: The Reckoning
Caroline Peckham • 2021
The answer to your question will be revealed on the Lunar Eclipse. But when finding the truth, don't let the shadows take you.<br/><br/>The week of The Reckoning has begun.<br/><br/>And senior students have been tasked with making the freshmen's lives pure hell as we prepare to take the assessment that will decide whether we stay at Zodiac Academy or lose our places here forever.<br/><br/>With the Lunar Eclipse on the horizon, my sister and i have more to worry about than just passing our exams.<br/><br/>A dark plot is unfolding and the shadows are drawing closer.<br/><br/>It looks like our enemies could be more powerful than we ever realised.
As Good as Dead, 3
Holly Jackson • 2021
THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES • The final book in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end, you'll never think of good girls the same way again... Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can’t help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears? Soon the threats escalate and Pip realizes that someone is following her in real life. When she starts to find connections between her stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, she wonders if maybe the wrong man is behind bars. Police refuse to act, so Pip has only one choice: find the suspect herself—or be the next victim. As the deadly game plays out, Pip discovers that everything in her small town is coming full circle . . .and if she doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears. . . And don't miss Holly Jackson's next thriller, Five Surive!
Good Girl, Bad Blood, 2
Holly Jackson • 2021
THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES• More dark secrets are exposed in this addictive, true-crime fueled sequel when Pip finds herself in another deadly case. Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh. The police won't do anything about it. And if they won't look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way... and this time everyone is listening. But will she find him before it's too late? And don't miss the finale, As Good as Dead!
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El rey oscuro
Jessica Rivas • 2024
Si quieres poner a prueba el carácter de un hombre, otórgale poder.<br/><br/>Alayna ya no está. Tras casi perder la vida, Luca Vitale se encuentra solo y abandonado. Pero, aun así, es incapaz de olvidarla. El recuerdo de la mariposa negra es lo que lo ayuda a seguir adelante, incluso si no sabe qué ha sido de ella. Sumido en un mundo de oscuridad, tendrá que tomar las decisiones más difíciles de su vida.<br/><br/>¿Elegirá el deber antes que el deseo?<br/><br/>¿El poder antes que la felicidad?<br/><br/>Y lo más importante...<br/><br/>¿El amor antes que la familia?<br/><br/>Descubre el explosivo desenlace de la historia de Alayna y Luca en el segundo volumen de Poder y Oscuridad. Recuerda que en la mafia las traiciones nunca se perdonan.<br/><br/>ENGLISH DESCRIPTION<br/><br/>If you want to test a man's character, give him power.<br/><br/>Alayna is gone. After almost losing his own life, Luca Vitale finds himself abandoned and alone. Even so, he is unable to forget her. The memory of the black butterfly is what helps him move forward, even if he doesn't know what has become of her. Immersed in a world of darkness, he will have to make the toughest decisions of his life.<br/><br/>Will he choose duty over desire?<br/><br/>Power over happiness?<br/><br/>And most importantly...<br/><br/>Love over family?<br/><br/>Discover the explosive conclusion to Alayna and Luca’s story in this second volume of Power and Darkness. Remember, in the mafia, betrayals are never forgiven.
