23 must-read romance books like A Kiss in the Dark by Gina Ciocca

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A Kiss in the Dark

By: Gina Ciocca

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When the lights go out at a Georgia high school football game, Macy Atwood finds herself in the arm…

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1. Brady Remington Landed Me in Jail

By: Tijan

3.97

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Rayna would do anything for Brady and she has. She's bailed him out of jail. She's healed his bruis… read more

Similar categories in Tijan's Brady Remington Landed Me in Jail book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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2. Princess of Thorns

By: Stacey Jay

3.83

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Game of Thrones meets the Grimm's fairy tales in this twisted, fast-paced romantic fantasy-adventur… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Jay's Princess of Thorns book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"I never get drunk. Never. Iss the beer's fault. I'm strong, but the beer must be sssssstrooooooong.-Niklass"

-Stacey Jay, Princess of Thorns

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3. Cheddar Off Dead (Undercover Dish Mystery #2)

By: Julia Buckley

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the author of The Big Chili comes her latest mystery about c aterer and cook Lilah Drake who i… read more

Similar categories in Julia Buckley's Cheddar Off Dead (Undercover Dish Mystery #2) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • fiction
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4. Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)

By: Lauren DeStefano

3.78

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but danger is never far behind. Running away brings … read more

Similar categories in Lauren DeStefano's Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Trust is the strongest weapon."

-Lauren DeStefano, Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)

"Wanting to be happy is not stupid."

-Lauren DeStefano, Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)

"It's never right to give up on someone."

-Lauren DeStefano, Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)

"Lovers are weapons, but love is a wound."

-Lauren DeStefano, Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)

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5. Touch Me Not (Manwhore, #1)

By: Apryl Baker

4.07

Format: 569 pages, Kindle Edition

A past tragedy has left Lily Holmes burdened with a devastating secret… Since the death of her t… read more

Similar categories in Apryl Baker's Touch Me Not (Manwhore, #1) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She could break him, and he didn’t care."

-Apryl Baker, Touch Me Not (Manwhore, #1)

"Easy, dushka," he mumured. "You're safe."

-Apryl Baker, Touch Me Not (Manwhore, #1)

"Sure, he wanted her in a bad way, but he also had this insane urge to help her, to give her back everything she’d lost. He couldn’t explain it, but Lily mattered to him. In just two weeks, she’d gone…"

-Apryl Baker, Touch Me Not (Manwhore, #1)

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6. Pudding Up With Murder (Undercover Dish Mystery #3)

By: Julia Buckley

4.01

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Secret chef Lilah Drake has a killer casserole to deal with in the latest Undercover Dish mystery f… read more

Similar categories in Julia Buckley's Pudding Up With Murder (Undercover Dish Mystery #3) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • fiction
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7. Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3)

By: Lauren DeStefano

3.78

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Time is running out for Rhine in this conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Chemical Garden … read more

Similar categories in Lauren DeStefano's Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"A feeling can't kill you."

-Lauren DeStefano, Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3)

"Give me time" "For you, always."

-Lauren DeStefano, Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3)

"I miss something I never even had."

-Lauren DeStefano, Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3)

"The months fall to shards at my feet."

-Lauren DeStefano, Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3)

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8. P.S. I Like You

By: Kasie West

4.04

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

Signed, sealed, delivered… While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favo… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's P.S. I Like You book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"When I was dating, my girlfriends and I used to say, ‘Don’t cry in front of him before date three.’ "

-Kasie West, P.S. I Like You

"I feel like if I hold things close, never share, then I never give anyone the opportunity to judge me."

-Kasie West, P.S. I Like You

"Sometimes I wish I were passionate about something real. Something I knew I could succeed in. Right now all my dreams are a little far-fetched."

-Kasie West, P.S. I Like You

"Confidence. I'm bad at it. I get too self-conscious. Especially about things that mean a lot to me. I feel like if I hold things close, never share, then I never give anyone the opportunity to judge …"

-Kasie West, P.S. I Like You

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9. Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2)

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch. That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult
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10. Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.93

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes.… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult
"Archer?"

-Rachel Hawkins, Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)

"Holy hell weasel!"

-Rachel Hawkins, Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)

"Archer! Let us fetch a spot of tea, old boy!"

-Rachel Hawkins, Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)

"The four of us sat around the pentagram holding hands. I wondered if we were about to sing "Kumbaya."

-Rachel Hawkins, Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)

11. Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3)

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Hailed as "impossible to put down," the Hex Hall series has both critics and teens cheering. With a… read more

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12. On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

By: Kasie West

4.02

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

For sixteen-year-old Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, being raised by a single dad and three older … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"-You gotta do your best to be the best, right?"

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"I can do both at the same time," he assured me. "I'm talented like that."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"Sometimes we expect more than people are capable of giving at the moment."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"I knew why I cared. Why this mattered so much. Why his opinion was the only thing that mattered. I was more than crushing on him. I loved Braden."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

13. Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)

By: Katie McGarry

3.89

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

"I won't tell anyone, Echo. I promise." Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been so long since… read more

Similar categories in Katie McGarry's Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

14. Ninja Girl

By: Cookie O'Gorman

3.92

Format: None pages,

Seventeen-year-old Snow-Soon Lee kicks ass--literally. She teaches at her family-owned martial arts… read more

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15. All Laced Up (All Laced Up, #1)

By: Erin Fletcher

4.31

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Everyone loves hockey superstar Pierce Miller. Everyone except Lia Bailey. When the two are forced … read more

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16. Alex, Approximately

By: Jenn Bennett

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The one guy Bailey Rydell can't stand is actually the boy of her dreams--she just doesn't know it y… read more

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17. The Big Chili (Undercover Dish Mystery #1)

By: Julia Buckley

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

First in a delicious new mystery series filled with casseroles, confidences, and killers... Lilah D… read more

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18. Landry Park (Landry Park, #1)

By: Bethany Hagen

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition for this ASIN located . Downton Abbeymeets The Selectionin this dystopian … read more

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19. Wrong For Me

By: Meagan Brandy

3.95

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

They say to keep your enemies close, but 'they' never had to deal with the likes of Alec Daniels, t… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Brandy's Wrong For Me book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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20. This May End Badly

By: Samantha Markum

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pranking mastermind Doe and her motley band of Weston girls are determined to win the century-long … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's This May End Badly book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I grin, imagining it. “I can hear your creepy smile right now."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"Stranger Danger. You can't "stranger danger" someone when you asked them to date you."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"What, worried I’ll find your secret fetish porn stash and tell everyone about your anime bondage tentacle kink?"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"I’d say your worth isn’t decided by whether or not you can get a girl-starved demon from Winfield to lay his nasty fish lips you"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

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21. Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

By: Kasie West

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

At sixteen, Hadley Moore knows exactly who she is—a swimmer who will earn a scholarship to college.… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"But I knew it wasn't that simple. Nobody's fears were. Mine weren't."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"The only reason you need the mask is because you're afraid of not being perfect"

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"I have to keep her around. She owns me." He kissed the corner of my mouth. "You own me."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"I hated being vulnerable, putting myself out there. I hated looking stupid, feeling stupid. I didn't want to do this. But I had to. I would."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

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22. The Wrong Bachelor: An Enemies-to-Lovers YA Romantic Comedy (The Wrong Match Book 1)

By: Alexandra Moody

3.81

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A feel-good high school rom-com bound to make you laugh, cry, swoon and fall in love all at the sam… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Moody's The Wrong Bachelor: An Enemies-to-Lovers YA Romantic Comedy (The Wrong Match Book 1) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"This isn’t the freaking Hunger Games, Laurie,"

-Alexandra Moody, The Wrong Bachelor: An Enemies-to-Lovers YA Romantic Comedy (The Wrong Match Book 1)

"It will look bad if I ride with you" "Then Hide in the back seat!"

-Alexandra Moody, The Wrong Bachelor: An Enemies-to-Lovers YA Romantic Comedy (The Wrong Match Book 1)

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23. Wallflower

By: Cookie O'Gorman

4.09

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Wallflower (wohl-flou-erh): Identifier for someone who is shy and/or awkward. For reference, see V… read more

Similar categories in Cookie O'Gorman's Wallflower book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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24. Defenseless Hearts (Fumbled Futures #2)

By: Meagan Brandy

4.13

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

After months of silence, here she stands on my front porch, waiting to be let in again. But it's th… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Brandy's Defenseless Hearts (Fumbled Futures #2) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • high school
  • contemporary
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25. I Hate You, Fuller James

By: Kelly Anne Blount

3.54

Format: 279 pages, ebook

I hate you, Fuller James. I hate your floppy hair and your lopsided grin and those laughing blue… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Anne Blount's I Hate You, Fuller James book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Kiss Now, Lie Later (Rival Love, #1) by C.W. Farnsworth

26. Kiss Now, Lie Later (Rival Love, #1)

By: C.W. Farnsworth

4.02

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

One boy. One girl. Two feuding towns. MAEVE I've heard a lot of things about Weston Cole. He’… read more

Similar categories in C.W. Farnsworth's Kiss Now, Lie Later (Rival Love, #1) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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27. The Bad Boy and the Tomboy

By: Nicole Nwosu

4.08

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Some love stories begin in all the wrong ways. Always comfortable being one of the guys, Macy An… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Nwosu's The Bad Boy and the Tomboy book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Change was inevitable. It didn't mean I had to like it."

-Nicole Nwosu, The Bad Boy and the Tomboy

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28. Broken Hill Halo (Broken Hill High #2)

By: Sheridan Anne

4.17

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

I never expected Nate Ryder to change my life the way he did. Hell, I never expected to fall in … read more

Similar categories in Sheridan Anne's Broken Hill Halo (Broken Hill High #2) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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29. Broken Hill High (Broken Hill High #1)

By: Sheridan Anne

3.98

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Go live with Nate Ryder,’ they said. ‘Everything will be fine,’ they said. Are they nuts? … read more

Similar categories in Sheridan Anne's Broken Hill High (Broken Hill High #1) book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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30. The Right Player

By: Kandi Steiner

4.00

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

I have a three date rule — but it’s not what you think. See, I’ve been told I’m the “good time g… read more

Similar categories in Kandi Steiner's The Right Player book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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31. A Kiss in the Dark

By: Gina Ciocca

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When the lights go out at a Georgia high school football game, Macy Atwood finds herself in the arm… read more

Similar categories in Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark book and Gina Ciocca's A Kiss in the Dark

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook

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