Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
By: Lynn Painter
4.29
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic t…
Want to Read $ 9.99"She's not you." "What?" "She.Isn't.You"-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
"I pulled back and let myself stare at his handsome face, at the person who had always been there for me, even when I hadn’t wanted him to be."-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
"Here’s how it usually went: I would see a cute guy, daydream about him for weeks and totally build him up in my mind to be my one-and-only soul mate."-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
"I fell in love with teasing you in the second grade, when I first discovered that I could turn you cheeks pink with just a word. Then I fell in love with you."-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
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1. Killer Instinct (The Naturals, #2)
By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
3.92
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot … read more
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- romance
- young adult
- contemporary
2. The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)
By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she… read more
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3. Funny Story
By: Emily Henry
4.27
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"No, no, no,"-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
4. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
By: Abby Jimenez
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
5. Check & Mate
By: Ali Hazelwood
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destru… read more
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- romance
- young adult romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"— Потому что, когда я с тобой, Мэллори, все по-другому. Когда я с тобой, я больше хочу играть, чем выигрывать."-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate
"Because when I´m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I´m with you, I want to play more than I want to win."-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate
"Nolan?' 'Hmm?' 'Why did you come to Vegas?' His fingers tighten around mine. my heart cartwheels. 'Mallory. I came because you did."-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate
"I think about a deserted chessboard. Only the white king on it, standing on the home square. Alone, untethered, safe from threats. Free to roam."-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate
6. Love, Theoretically
By: Ali Hazelwood
4.11
Format: 389 pages, Paperback
The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she… read more
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- romance
- love
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
7. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
By: Lauren Roberts
4.22
Format: 523 pages, Kindle Edition
She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting. He is the very thing she’s spent her whol… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
"A forget-me-not, since you always seem to be forgetting who I am."-Lauren Roberts, Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
"Every girl deserves something as equally pretty and deadly as they are,"-Lauren Roberts, Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
"when his eyes lock with mine, I wonder why I ever bother looking at anyone else."-Lauren Roberts, Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
"Mark my words, Prince. I will be your undoing." "Oh Darling, I look forward to it."-Lauren Roberts, Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
8. If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)
By: Laura Nowlin
3.91
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
If only I’d told her that I loved her years ago, then I wouldn’t be here now. Finn has always lo… read more
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- romance
- young adult romance
- love
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"I'll love her even if she turns out to be cruel. That's my curse."-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)
"Finn, it's high school. It's an ecosystem, and you just stot right to the top of the food pyramid!"-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)
"Why did you have to leave me like that?" is what comes out . "I was tired. You were reading." "No." I'm not holding back. I say it. "After we turned thirteen. Why did you leave me like that?"-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)
"Like, fairy-tale love? Cartoon character with hearts floating all around him? Or a movie montage with the best song? That's what you were to him. You were the biggest, most impossible dream for him."-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)
9. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
By: Holly Jackson
4.13
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth abou… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Family first", Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise."-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price
"The people who loved you, the ones who really cared, they would always come back. Sometimes, they even came back from the dead."-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price
"They hadn't had time to say one word to each other, which was fine, because it was hard to be rude to someone with just one word."-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price
"A little insensitive", she whispered, loud enough that Bel and Carter could hear. "Giving the man with dementia a book called The Memory Thief."-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price
10. Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
By: Hannah Grace
3.83
Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is goin… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"You already make me happy. Just let me have you"-Hannah Grace, Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
"I-"Fuck. "Well, I am angry at you, Nathan." "Good." "So fucking angry." "Perfect."-Hannah Grace, Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
"I'm in love with her determination and her commitment, her soft side, the way she manages to tell me exactly how she's feeling and why, no matter how uncomfortable it might make her at first. She's t…"-Hannah Grace, Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
11. Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5)
By: Lauren Roberts
4.16
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
Set during the time of the New York Times bestseller Powerless, fan favorite Adena gets a story all… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
"If darkness is the absence of light, then that is what I am when she is not around. And I wonder how I’ve stumbled this long without her to guide me."-Lauren Roberts, Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5)
12. The Seven Year Slip
By: Ashley Poston
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love wit… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"I kept him at arm's length because at least there he wouldn't be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying."-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"But mostly because he was very handsome, and I was very much attracted to him, and that was the kind of surprise that I did not see coming."-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new br…"-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
"Romance wasn't in chocolate, it was in the gasp of breath as we came up for air. It was in the way he cradled my face, the way I traced my finger over the crescent-shaped birthmark on his collarbone.…"-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip
13. Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
By: Chloe Walsh
4.43
Format: 887 pages, Kindle Edition
His first, last, and only true love has always been rugby.Until now.He wants to save her.She wants… read more
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- romance
- high school
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- contemporary romance
"Boom fucking boom da"-Chloe Walsh, Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
"Boom, boom, fucking boom, Da. I'm done for..."-Chloe Walsh, Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
"I didn’t have anything to offer this boy. Nothing at all."-Chloe Walsh, Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
"¨I think I need you for keeps.¨ ¨I think I need you for keeps, too.¨"-Chloe Walsh, Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
14. Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
By: Chloe Walsh
4.51
Format: 938 pages, Kindle Edition
His first, last, and only true love has always been rugby. Until now. Following a devastating inju… read more
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- romance
- high school
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- contemporary romance
"You teach people how to treat you by setting boundaries, lad. If you let someone walk all over you, they're going to think it's okay."-Chloe Walsh, Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
"I can't handle it, Shannon," he whispered. "You have no idea how fucked up in the head it makes me, not knowing if he's back or whether or not you're safe. Every time I think about you in that house,…"-Chloe Walsh, Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
"You didn't have to do that," I whispered, mortified. "Buy me food, I mean." Johnny stared at me for a long moment before blowing out a breath. "Yeah, we're not doing this anymore." "Huh?" I stared at…"-Chloe Walsh, Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
15. The Summer of Broken Rules
By: K.L. Walther
3.91
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Meredith Fox has been going to Martha's Vineyard for the summer as long as she can remember. But th… read more
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- romance
- young adult romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"Your wicked,"-K.L. Walther, The Summer of Broken Rules
16. Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
By: Lynn Painter
4.29
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic t… read more
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- romance
- high school
- young adult romance
- love
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"She's not you." "What?" "She.Isn't.You"-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
"I pulled back and let myself stare at his handsome face, at the person who had always been there for me, even when I hadn’t wanted him to be."-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
"Here’s how it usually went: I would see a cute guy, daydream about him for weeks and totally build him up in my mind to be my one-and-only soul mate."-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
"I fell in love with teasing you in the second grade, when I first discovered that I could turn you cheeks pink with just a word. Then I fell in love with you."-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)
17. The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)
By: Sarah Adams
3.72
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Is it ever too late to leave the friend-zone? Hi, my name is Bree Camden, and I’m hopelessly in … read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"Still with me, Bree Cheese?"-Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)
"Your soul is my favorite in this entire world"-Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)
"I shoot up out of my chair. “It’s Bree. Hide the board!"-Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)
"Bree, hope is healthy. Even if you prepare yourself for the worst in life, it will never make the fall hurt less."-Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)
18. Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
By: Holly Jackson
4.29
Format: 413 pages, Paperback
Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast a… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"That's worth the risk. It's too important."-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
"Time is in charge here, not me, and that's terrifying"-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
"MY DAD ISNT A KILLER!!!" he yelled. -paragraph- "cant relate," Cara shrugged."-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
"It was done, it was gone. There was no going back now. This was her, and it was OK."-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
19. Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome, #2)
By: Sarah Adams
4.02
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
A small-town sweetheart and an emotionally unavailable bad boy try to find some common ground in th… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
20. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
By: Holly Jackson
4.32
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murde… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"He's innocent"-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
"I don’t trust coincidences."-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
"We’re a team, remember. You and me."-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
"Real men wear floral when trespassing"-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
21. Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
By: Lauren Roberts
4.09
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil… After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gra… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
"Tell me you hate me, and I'll still count every heartbeat, every freckle, every shiver of your body, if only you say it with a smile."-Lauren Roberts, Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
"I'd be a fool to not fear something so fierce." I swallow. "And are you not? A fool, that is." He stands then, holding my gaze until he's the one looking down on me. "Not anymore."-Lauren Roberts, Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
"I may be a monster, but if you cut me, I'll bleed. And if you break my heart, Pae, you'll break me. So, if even a sliver of your soul longs for mine, I'll spend the rest of my life trying to deserve …"-Lauren Roberts, Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
"You asked me what my favorite color was once. I'd never even pondered the answer to that question before you. And yet, I realized in that moment that it was blue." He bends to brush a kiss to my temp…"-Lauren Roberts, Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
