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Vengeful
V. E. Schwab • 2018
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*<br/>*2018 GOOD READS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION CATEGORY*<br/><br/>A super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions―#1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious.<br/><br/>Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Sydney and Serena Clarke. Great partnerships, now soured on the vine.<br/><br/>But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she’s finally gained the control she’s always sought―and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She’ll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other.<br/><br/>With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning.<br/><br/>Entertainment Weekly's 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now<br/><br/>“Readers won't be able to put down this dark and riveting tale of power and revenge.”―Kirkus Reviews, starred<br/><br/>Praise for Vicious<br/><br/>“Schwab's characters feel vital and real, never reduced to simple archetypes...In a genre that tends toward the flippant or pretentious, this is a rare superhero novel as epic and gripping as any classic comic. Schwab's tale of betrayal, self-hatred, and survival will resonate with superhero fans as well as readers who have never heard of Charles Xavier or Victor von Doom.”―Publishers Weekly (starred review)<br/><br/>"V. E. Schwab's Vicious is the superhero novel I've been waiting for: fresh, merciless, and yes, vicious. Wow."―Mira Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Blackout<br/><br/>Villians<br/>#1 Vicious<br/>#2 Vengeful<br/>"Warm Up" (short story)
Vicious
V. E. Schwab • 2013
Immortal Dark
Tigest Girma · 2024
Wisteria
Adalyn Grace · 2024
#1 New York Times bestselling author Adalyn Grace delivers a sensational conclusion to the deathly and decadent Belladonna trilogy, with dramatic twists and a seductive new romance that will set readers' hearts ablaze.<br/><br/>Blythe Hawthorne has never let anyone tell her what to do—not society, not her overprotective father, and certainly not the man she’s bound herself to, no matter how rude and insufferable he is. In fact, she’s determined to be a thorn in his side for the rest of her days, even as he ensures that her life in his palace is anything but a fairytale. But as Blythe discovers a new side of herself linked to his past, she’ll have to decide if she’s willing to let an unexpected spark ignite…and to discover the truth about who she really is.
Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel
Kiersten White · 2024
A vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on her own search for self-discovery and true love in this epic and seductive gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide.<br/><br/>Her name was written in the pages of someone else’s story: Lucy Westenra was one of Dracula’s first victims.<br/><br/>But her death was only the beginning. Lucy rose from the grave a vampire and has spent her immortal life trying to escape from Dracula’s clutches—and trying to discover who she really is and what she truly wants.<br/><br/>Her undead life takes an unexpected turn in twenty-first-century London, when she meets another woman, Iris, who is also yearning to break free from her past. Iris’s family has built a health empire based on a sinister secret, and they’ll do anything to stay in power.<br/><br/>Lucy has long believed she would never love again. Yet she finds herself compelled by the charming Iris while Iris is equally mesmerized by the confident and glamorous Lucy. But their intense connection and blossoming love is threatened by outside forces. Iris’s mother won’t let go of her without a fight, and Lucy’s past still has fangs: Dracula is on the prowl once more.<br/><br/>Lucy Westenra has been a tragically murdered teen, a lonesome adventurer, and a fearsome hunter, but happiness has always eluded her. Can she find the strength to destroy Dracula once and for all, or will her heart once again be her undoing?
House of Salt and Sorrows
Erin A. Craig · 2019
Foxglove
Adalyn Grace · 2023
Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller · (4.5⭐️)
Mystery
Five Survive
Holly Jackson · 2022
Romance
Betting on You
Lynn Painter · 2024
Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood · 2025
One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune · 2025
Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry · 2025
Mile High (Windy City Series Book 1)
Liz Tomforde · 2022
King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, 1)
Ana Huang · 2023
<p>*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*</p> <p>An arranged marriage billionaire romance standalone from New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Ana Huang.</p> <p>She was my North Star, the brightest jewel in my sky.</p> <p>Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.</p> <p>Billionaire CEO Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally.</p> <p>He never planned to marry...until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows.</p> <p>Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy. The wife he never wanted, and the weakness he never saw coming.</p> <p>It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is. Dante will do everything in his power to destroy the blackmail and their betrothal.</p> <p>There's only one problem: now that he has her, he can't bring himself to let her go.</p> <p>***</p> <p>Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered.</p> <p>Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family's ticket into the highest echelons of society.</p> <p>Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money parents.</p> <p>While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty.</p> <p>Craving his touch was never part of the plan.</p> <p>Neither was the worst possible outcome: falling in love with her future husband.</p>
Yours Truly
Abby Jimenez · 2023
Sweet Temptation
Cora Reilly · (5⭐️) (reread)
Wild Eyes
Elsie Silver · (5⭐️)
Bride
Ali Hazelwood · (4.5⭐️)
Redeemed
Lauren Asher · (5⭐️)
Daydream
Hannah Grace • (4.5⭐️)
Let Me Love You
Kelsie Rae (4.25⭐️)
Don't Let Me Down
Kelsie Rae · (4⭐️)
Wrecked
Lauren Asher · (3.75⭐️)
King of Sloth
Ana Huang · (4.5⭐️)
Wild Love
Elsie Silver · (4.5⭐️)
<p>She's been driving him wild for years.</p> <p>The good kind of wild. The bad kind of wild.</p> <p>But mostly, the kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend's little sister and knowing you can't have her.</p> <p>Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World's Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he's her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend's sister, Rosie Belmont.</p> <p>After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm's length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay--friction that soon turns to blistering heat.</p> <p>Ford knows damn well he shouldn't cross this line. But shouldn't and can't are two very different things.</p> <p>And the only thing he truly can't do is resist her.</p>
Wherever You Are
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4.25⭐️)
Whatever It Takes
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4.5⭐️)
Some Kind of Perfect
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (5⭐️)
Darkest Corner of the Heart
Lisina Coney · (4⭐️)
Long Way Down
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (5⭐️)
Fuel the Fire
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4.75⭐️)
Addicted After All
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (5⭐️)
Thrive
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie · (4⭐️)
Make Me
Tessa Bailey · (2.5⭐️)
Biography
The Third Gilmore Girl
Kelly Bishop · 2024
Lit Fic
Talking at Night
Claire Daverley · 2024
To Read
Fearless
Lauren Roberts · 2025
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Coco Mellors · 2022
