𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:27:11 -0700 60 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Priest (Priest, #1) 25507389
I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. My name is Tyler Anselm Bell. I'm twenty-nine years old. Six months ago, I broke my vow of celibacy on the altar of my own church, and God help me, I would do it again. I am a priest and this is my confession.

Priest is a standalone, full-length novel with an HEA.  For mature audiences only]]> 354 Sierra Simone 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 currently-reading 3.58 2015 Priest (Priest, #1)
author: Sierra Simone
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2015
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]]> Sinner (Priest, #2) 38233153
So when the gorgeous, brilliant Zenny Iverson asks me to teach her about sex, I want to say yes, I really do. Unfortunately, there are several reasons to say no—reasons that even a very bad man like myself can't ignore.

1. She's my best friend's little sister.
2. She's too young for me. Like way too young.
3. She's a nun. Or about to be anyway.

But I want her. I want her even with my best friend and God in the way, I want to teach her and touch her and love her, and I know that makes me something much worse than a very bad man.

It makes me a sinner.

Sinner is a standalone companion to Priest about Father Bell's brother Sean. You do not have to read Priest or Midnight Mass to read Sinner.]]> 400 Sierra Simone 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.92 2018 Sinner (Priest, #2)
author: Sierra Simone
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2018
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]]> Saint (Priest, #3) 58131787 I can't have Elijah Iverson.

I can't have him because he's my older brother's best friend. I can't have him because I broke his heart five years ago; because he's now engaged to someone else—someone kind and dependable who deserves his whiskey eyes, his soft mouth, his fierce intellect.

I can't have Elijah because I've chosen God instead.

The Bell brothers, though . . . well, we don't exactly have the greatest track record with vows. But I'm determined to do this monk thing right—to pledge myself to a cloistered life and spend the rest of my years in chastity and prayer. But now Elijah's here. He's here and he's coming with me on my European monastery road trip, and between the whispered confessions and the stolen kisses and the moments bent over an ancient altar, my vows are feeling flimsier by the day.

And vows or not, I know in my heart that it would take more than a good and holy monk to resist Elijah Iverson right now. It would take a saint.

And we all know that I'm no saint.]]> 415 Sierra Simone 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.92 2021 Saint (Priest, #3)
author: Sierra Simone
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2021
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]]> Midnight Mass (Priest, #1.5) 26878521
Well, here I am. Wicked and sinful. Desperate to become clean…even though it feels so good to be dirty.

But even I never expected what came next.

Even I never expected my punishment to come so soon.

***Midnight Mass is a novella and a sequel to Priest. It’s intended for mature audiences only.***]]> 193 Sierra Simone 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.71 2015 Midnight Mass (Priest, #1.5)
author: Sierra Simone
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2015
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]]> Punk 57 41021967
Misha

I ’t help but smile at the words in her letter. She misses me.

In fifth grade, my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student, Ryen. My teacher, believing Ryen was a boy like me, agreed.

It didn’t take long for us to figure out the mistake. And in no time at all, we were arguing about everything. The best take-out pizza. Android vs. iPhone. Whether or not Eminem is the greatest rapper ever�

And that was the start. For the next seven years, it was us.

Her letters are always on black paper with silver writing. Sometimes there’s one a week or three in a day, but I need them. She’s the only one who keeps me on track, talks me down, and accepts everything I am.

We only had three rules. No social media, no phone numbers, no pictures. We had a good thing going. Why ruin it?

Until I run across a photo of a girl online. Name’s Ryen, loves Gallo’s pizza, and worships her iPhone. What are the chances?

F*ck it. I need to meet her.

I just don’t expect to hate what I find.

Ryen

He hasn’t written in three months. Something’s wrong. Did he die? Get arrested? Knowing Misha, neither would be a stretch.

Without him around, I’m going crazy. I need to know someone is listening. It’s my own fault. I should've gotten his number or picture or something.

He could be gone forever.

Or right under my nose, and I wouldn’t even know it.]]> 343 Penelope Douglas 1952646049 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.76 2016 Punk 57
author: Penelope Douglas
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2016
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]]> And They Were Roommates 214438316
Romance is the last thing on Charlie’s mind.

On his first day at Valentine Academy for Boys, Charlie’s carefully crafted plan to hide his identity as the school’s only trans student is set in motion. Only to be immediately destroyed. Charlie has been assigned the worst roommate in the world (possibly the universe): Jasper Grimes, the boy who broke Charlie’s heart the year before he transitioned.

Except, Jasper doesn’t recognize Charlie.

Who knows how long until Jasper realizes the truth? Charlie has one shot at freedom and a dorm room all to himself, but only if he helps Jasper write love letters on behalf of their fellow students first. No problem. Charlie can help Jasper with some silly letters.

Long nights spent discussing deep romantic feelings with Jasper? Surely, no unintended consequences will arise…]]> 320 Page Powars 1250347653 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 4 kindle
this was such a cute read! highly recommend if you’re looking for something fun ]]> 3.88 2025 And They Were Roommates
author: Page Powars
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2025
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/06/14
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and they were roommates (OH MY GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES!!!)

this was such a cute read! highly recommend if you’re looking for something fun
]]> The Broposal 212924035 In this Latinx adult romance debut from National Book Award Finalist Sonora Reyes, two friends enter into a marriage of convenience to save one from deportation—but everything changes when they unexpectedly fall in love.

Alejandro (Han for short) has never been in love. He purposefully keeps his heart at arm’s length from anyone who might want it, which he lets his family and friends think is due to commitment-phobia paired with a heavy dose of emotional constipation. Now, though, he's coming to learn that it might have more to do with his fear of looking too deeply inward, whether that be his sexuality (he's straight, right?), or the looming anxiety about being undocumented in an increasingly hostile environment.

On the other hand, Han’s roommate and best friend, Kenny, is stuck in a soul-sucking relationship with a woman who wants nothing more than for Kenny to ditch Han and marry her. Kenny can't stand being alone, and has always been afraid of being punished for making the wrong choice, so his girlfriend happily makes most of his decisions for him. But when she forces his hand and makes him choose between their relationship and his best friend, he finally knows without a doubt who the correct choice is.

But things aren’t as easy as they should be with Kenny's ex out of the picture. When Han loses the job that had promised to sponsor his work visa, it leaves the two of them anxious as ever. In order to give his best friend a chance at security (and ok, maybe to make his ex a little jealous), Kenny asks Han to marry him. But neither of them are prepared for the very real feelings pretending to be madly in love stirs up.]]> 384 Sonora Reyes 153876668X 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 kindle, to-read 3.77 2025 The Broposal
author: Sonora Reyes
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[#Murdertrending (MurderTrending, #1)]]> 34521785
@morrisdavis72195: I hope she meets justice! She'll get what's coming to her! BWAHAHA!

@EltonJohnForevzz: Me? I think Dee's innocent. And I hope she can survive.

WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where good and honest citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society's most infamous convicted felons, streaming live on The Postman app from the suburbanized prison island Alcatraz 2.0.

When seventeen-year-old Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, she realizes she's about to be the next victim of the app. Knowing hardened criminals are getting a taste of their own medicine in this place is one thing, but Dee refuses to roll over and die for a heinous crime she didn't commit. Can Dee and her newly formed posse, the Death Row Breakfast Club, prove she's innocent before she ends up wrongfully murdered for the world to see? Or will The Postman's cast of executioners kill them off one by one?]]> 352 Gretchen McNeil 1368010024 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 2 kindle, hoopla 3.79 2018 #Murdertrending (MurderTrending, #1)
author: Gretchen McNeil
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2018
rating: 2
read at: 2025/06/13
date added: 2025/06/13
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it took everything in me to even bother finishing this book. i wanted so badly to enjoy it but i just couldn’t get into it at all. i unfortunately wont be reading anymore books in this series either, i know people say that the other books are better than this one but i think its a waste of my time. if you enjoyed this book, good for you! i wish i could say the same
]]> We Don't Talk About Carol 218460356 A dedicated journalist unearths a generations-old family secret—and a connection to a string of missing girls that hits way too close to home—in this gripping debut novel.

In the wake of her grandmother's passing, Sydney Singleton finds a hidden photograph of a little girl who looks more like Sydney than her own sister, or mother. She soon discovers the mystery girl in the photograph is her aunt, Carol, who was one of six local North Carolina Black girls to go missing in the 1960s. For the last several decades, not a soul has talked about Carol or what really happened to her. With her grandmother gone and Sydney looking to start a family of her own, she is determined to unravel the truth behind her long-lost aunt and the sinister silence surrounding her.

Unfortunately, this is familiar territory for Sydney. Several years prior, working the crime beat as a journalist on the case of another missing girl, her obsession eventually led to a psychotic break. And now, in the suffocating grip of fertility treatments and a marriage that's beginning to crumble, Sydney’s relentless pursuit might just lead her down the same path of destruction. As she delves deeper into Carol's fate, her own troubled past resurfaces, clawing its way to the surface with a vengeance. The web of secrets and lies entangling her family leaves Sydney questioning everything—her fixation on the missing girls, her future as a mom, and everyone she’s come to trust.

Delving into family, community, secrets, and motherhood, We Don’t Talk About Carol is a gripping and deeply emotional story about overcoming the rotten roots of your family tree—and what we’ll do for those we love.]]> 336 Kristen L. Berry 0593974433 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.29 2025 We Don't Talk About Carol
author: Kristen L. Berry
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.29
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]]> A Happy Marriage 221318549 What holds a strong and loving marriage together? Lies and secrets in a novel of twisting psychological suspense by a New York Times bestselling author.

Los Angeles homicide detective Dinah Marino may have a complicated relationship with her family, but her psychiatrist husband, Joe, makes her feel safe, secure, and happy. She couldn’t want for a more loving or trusting man. But throughout their ten-year marriage, she’s been keeping a secret from him—a secret she’d take to the grave.

Dr. Joe Marino loves his wife more than anything in this world, but there are things he’s learned to keep close to the chest. When a missing woman tied to his wife’s latest case is admitted to his hospital, doctor-patient confidentiality lands their marriage on some new and uneven ground.

As Dinah digs deeper into her case, tension works its way inside their picture-perfect home. Now the carefully constructed lies between them don’t just simply threaten the delicate balance of their marriage—they could kill.]]> 251 A.R. Torre 1662519605 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.89 2025 A Happy Marriage
author: A.R. Torre
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[You've Found Oliver (You've Reached Sam, #2)]]> 223707918 A new story, a new love, an impossible divide. The much-awaited companion to the New York Times bestselling You’ve Reached Sam will break your heart open.

I’ve missed you every day since you left. But I’m sure you already knew that. It’s time to let you go now. I’ll miss you all the time, Sam.

It’s been a year since his best friend, Sam, died. Even though Oliver knows he won’t get a response, he ’t stop texting Sam’s number, especially as the anniversary of his death approaches.

Then one day he accidentally hits the call button, and someone picks up.

The voice on the other end isn’t Sam—Sam’s number was reassigned and a stranger has been reading Oliver’s private and vulnerable messages for months. But Ben, an astronomy student in Seattle, won’t remain a stranger for long.

When they finally meet in person, their spark is undeniable. Everything seems perfect until Oliver discovers something strange that could keep them from being together.]]> 288 Dustin Thao 0593858476 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.48 2025 You've Found Oliver (You've Reached Sam, #2)
author: Dustin Thao
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.48
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]]> When You Disappeared 233860599 All she wanted was the truth, but she’ll wish she never found out.

When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing—except him.

Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children.

But Simon knows the truth—about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds on to are lies.

While Catherine faces a dark new reality at home, Simon’s halfway around the world, alive and thriving. He’s doing whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of the truth.

But he ’t hide forever, and when he reappears twenty-five years later, Catherine will finally learn who he is.

And wish she’d stayed in the dark.

Revised Previously published as The Wronged Sons, this edition of When You Disappeared includes editorial revisions.

When You Disappeared returns with a fresh cover. This version incorporates an exclusive epilogue; while this enhances the reading experience, the main narrative is unchanged from earlier editions.]]> 375 John Marrs 1662533314 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.50 2013 When You Disappeared
author: John Marrs
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2013
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]]> The Good Samaritan 233860649 An ITW Thriller Award finalist.

She’s a friendly voice on the phone. But can you trust her?

The people who call End of the Line need hope. They need reassurance that life is worth living. But some are unlucky enough to get through to Laura. Laura doesn’t want them to hope. She wants them to die.

Laura hasn’t had it she’s survived sickness and a difficult marriage only to find herself heading for forty, unsettled and angry. She doesn’t love talking to people worse off than she is. She craves it.

But now someone’s on to her—Ryan, whose world falls apart when his pregnant wife ends her life, hand in hand with a stranger. Who was this man, and why did they choose to die together?

The sinister truth is within Ryan’s grasp, but he has no idea of the desperate lengths Laura will go to�

Because the best thing about being a Good Samaritan is that you can get away with murder.

Revised This edition of The Good Samaritan includes editorial revisions.

The Good Samaritan returns with a fresh cover. This version incorporates an exclusive epilogue; while this enhances the reading experience, the main narrative is unchanged from earlier editions.]]> 417 John Marrs 1662533330 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.67 2017 The Good Samaritan
author: John Marrs
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2017
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]]> Her Last Move 233860656 “Whatever you do, don’t read this in the dark…� —Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home

He hides in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment. Each kill is calculated, planned and executed like clockwork.

Struggling to balance her personal and professional life, young DS Becca Vincent has landed the biggest case of her career � and she knows that it will make or break her. But how can she identify one face in a sea of thousands? With the help of Police Super Recogniser Joe Russell, she strives to catch a glimpse of the elusive murderer, but he’s watching her every move.

Time is not on their side. The body count is rising, and the attacks are striking closer and closer to home. Can Becca and Joe uncover the connection between the murders before the killer strikes the last name from his list?

From the bestselling author of When You Disappeared and The Good Samaritan comes his most thrilling novel yet.

Her Last Move returns with a fresh cover. This version incorporates an exclusive epilogue; while this enhances the reading experience, the main narrative is unchanged from earlier editions.]]> 377 John Marrs 1662533357 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.00 2018 Her Last Move
author: John Marrs
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2018
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]]> Twice 223688905 What if you got to do everything in your life —twice? The heart of Mitch Albom’s newest novel is a stunning love story that dares to explore how our unchecked desires might mean losing what we’ve had all along.

When he is eight years old, Alfie Logan discovers the magical ability to get a second chance at everything. He can undo any moment and live it again. The one he must accept the consequences of his second try—for better or worse.

He grows up correcting his mistakes and saving himself from adolescent embarrassments. He even takes foolishly dangerous risks, just to see what it’s like to come close to death, before tapping back to safety.

Eventually, Alfie turns his gift to his love life, studying his crushes and going back to make himself more appealing. In time, he falls deeply in love with Gianna, the woman he believes is the one. He seems to find contentment.

But as the years pass, Alfie’s eye begins to wander. Which is when he learns a lone caveat to his once he undoes a love, that person can never fall in love with him again. Knowing if he gives into to temptation, he will risk losing what he has with Gianna, Alfie makes a choice that changes his life forever.

The book begins many years later, after an ailing Alfie is arrested for allegedly cheating and winning millions at a casino roulette wheel. As a curious detective interrogates him, he slowly uncovers Alfie’s incredible story, and its most unlikely conclusion.

In Twice, America’s favorite storyteller, Mitch Albom, is at the top of his powers. A love story that is enchanting, probing, and clairvoyant in matters of the heart, Twice will make you think, weep, and overflow with love from beginning to end.


]]> 320 Mitch Albom 006240668X 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 0.0 2025 Twice
author: Mitch Albom
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
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]]> The Orphanage by the Lake 202173601
AN ORPHANAGE FULL OF SECRETS

Hazel wants a new life.

She’s thirty years old, single, and her private investigation business is months away from folding.

Her luck takes a turn when Madeline Hemsley, a mysterious socialite, pays Hazel a visit with an offer too enticing to resist. An orphan girl has disappeared from a children’s home—The Orphanage By The Lake, as the locals call it—and Madeline wants Hazel to find her.

At first glance, it appears to be a standard runaway case, but as Hazel plunges into the investigation, she finds signs of something more: unexplained blood stains, cryptic symbols, sinister figures shadowing her every move. The more she digs, the more she realizes that The Orphanage By The Lake holds terrifying secrets, and even worse�

…so does Madeline.]]> 300 Daniel G. Miller 1737646366 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.92 2024 The Orphanage by the Lake
author: Daniel G. Miller
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2024
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]]> <![CDATA[The Little Things: Why You Really Should Sweat the Small Stuff]]> 30649398 192 Andy Andrews 0718077326 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, bookshelf 3.97 The Little Things: Why You Really Should Sweat the Small Stuff
author: Andy Andrews
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.97
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sinners (A Quinn Colson Novel)]]> 42524181
The Pritchards had never been worth a damn--an evil, greedy family who made their living dealing drugs and committing mayhem. Years ago, Colson's late uncle had put the clan's patriarch in prison, but now he's getting out, with revenge, power, and family business on his mind. To make matters worse, a shady trucking firm with possible ties to the Gulf Coast syndicate has moved into Tibbehah, and they have their own methods of intimidation.

With his longtime deputy Lillie Virgil now working up in Memphis, Colson finds himself having to fall back on some brand-new deputies to help him out, but with Old West-style violence breaking out, and his own wedding on the horizon, this is without a doubt Colson's most trying time as sheriff. Cracks are opening up all over the county, and shadowy figures are crawling out through them--and they're all heading directly for him.]]> 448 Ace Atkins 0399576754 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, bookshelf 4.15 2018 The Sinners (A Quinn Colson Novel)
author: Ace Atkins
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> The Host (The Host, #1) 1656001
As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never met. Reluctant allies, Wanderer and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love.

Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1 - ACE #2 ]]> 619 Stephenie Meyer 0316068047 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, bookshelf 3.85 2008 The Host (The Host, #1)
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> The Ex 43531101
Joel is sweet, handsome, romantic, and best of all, he’s crazy about Cassie. She thinks she’s found the guy she’ll spend the rest of her life with. Have children with. Grow old with.

Yes, she knows about his perfect ex-girlfriend, Francesca. The beautiful, brilliant chef, beloved by all his friends. But she thinks Francesca is out of the picture. She thinks Francesca is gone for good.

Think again, Cassie.]]> 347 Freida McFadden 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 4 3.90 2019 The Ex
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[#NoEscape (#murdertrending, #3)]]> 50358277 #MurderTrending and #MurderFunding. Gretchen McNeil brings her signature wit and merciless kills to this gruesome yet hilarious, wildly topical young adult novel.

Twenty years before Dee Guerra and the Death Row Breakfast Club took down The Postman and Alcatraz 2.0, long before Becca survived The Juggernaut and Who Wants to Be a Painiac?, the murder games first began with the wildly popular "escape room" trend. Specifically, with Escape-Capades, Ltd.?

When seventeen-year-old Persey, along with five other teens, enters the latest escape room game, they're competing for a grand cash prize. But while most escape rooms are about teamwork and collaboration, this one is all about being cut-throat-literally. When contestants start being killed off, Persey must solve a series of bizarre and gruesome puzzles, riddles, and games to make it out alive. She uncovers secrets about each contestant along the way, learning they're all mysteriously related-and someone is out for vengeance.

Whether readers are new to the #MurderTrending sensation or hungrily back for more, this wickedly campy prequel companion novel delivers a read you won't want to escape.]]> 352 Gretchen McNeil 1368026265 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, kindle, hoopla 4.14 2020 #NoEscape (#murdertrending, #3)
author: Gretchen McNeil
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[#Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)]]> 40275151 WELCOME TO WHO WANTS TO BE A PANIAC?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit serial killer. But don’t worry—no one is actually going to murder anyone, as real as the fake gore and pretend murder may appear . . . uh, right?

Seventeen-year-old Becca Martinello is about to find out. When her perfectly normal soccer mom dies in a car crash, a strange girl named Stef appears to let Becca know that her deceased mom was none other than one of Alcatraz 2.0’s most popular serial killers—Molly Mauler. Soon, Becca ends up on Who Wants to Be a Painiac? to learn the truth about her mom’s connection to Molly Mauler, but things turn sinister when people are murdered IRL. Will Becca uncover dark secrets and make it out of the deadly reality show alive? Or will she get cut?]]> 336 Gretchen McNeil 1368026273 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, kindle, hoopla 3.60 2019 #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)
author: Gretchen McNeil
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Devil Wears Scrubs (Dr. Jane McGill, #1)]]> 18400112
Not literally, of course. But between her drug addict patients, sleepless nights on call, and battling wits with the sadistic yet charming Sexy Surgeon, Jane ’t imagine an afterlife much worse than her first month of medical internship at County Hospital.

And then there’s the devil herself: Jane’s senior resident Dr. Alyssa Morgan. When Alyssa becomes absolutely hell-bent on making her new interns pay tenfold for the deadly sin of incompetence, Jane starts to worry that she may not make it through the year with her soul or her sanity still intact.]]> 308 Freida McFadden 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 3 hoopla 3.45 2013 The Devil Wears Scrubs (Dr. Jane McGill, #1)
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2025/06/05
date added: 2025/06/05
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honestly i didnt really LOVE this one but it was still a good read. im having issues understanding the characters but i think i just went into it expecting something different
]]> The Perfect Son 52616342
Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door.

A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst--murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.

Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth--Liam may have done the unthinkable.

Now she must ask herself:

How far will she go to protect her son?]]> 373 Freida McFadden 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 hoopla
this book had me feeling crazy the way i kept changing my mind but as always, this one was another banger ]]> 4.02 2019 The Perfect Son
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2025/06/04
date added: 2025/06/04
shelves: hoopla
review:
okay but the epilogue?? WHATTTT

this book had me feeling crazy the way i kept changing my mind but as always, this one was another banger
]]> <![CDATA[Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)]]> 61918816 A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match.

Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother’s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that’s probably going to the new man-doctor who’s already registering eighty-friggin�-seven on Briana’s “pain in my ass� scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter.

And it’s a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn’t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who’s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her “sob closet,� and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable—a kidney for her brother—she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor . . . especially when he calls in a favor she ’t refuse.]]> 416 Abby Jimenez 1538704390 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.29 2023 Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)
author: Abby Jimenez
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.29
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)]]> 195820807
Emma hadn't planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

It's supposed to be a quick fling, just for the summer. But when Emma's toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings, they're suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected--including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together?]]> 432 Abby Jimenez 1538704439 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.35 2024 Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
author: Abby Jimenez
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)]]> 58684524
While her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis doesn’t need glory or fame. She’s fine with being a “mere� ER doctor. And every minute she spends with Daniel and the tight-knit town where he lives, she’s discovering just what’s really important. Yet letting their relationship become anything more than a short-term fling would mean turning her back on her family and giving up the opportunity to help thousands of people.

Bringing Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she ’t just give up the joy she’s found with him either. With so many differences between them, how can Alexis possibly choose between her world and his?]]> 389 Abby Jimenez 1538704374 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.25 2022 Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)
author: Abby Jimenez
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> The Tenant 221733722 There’s no place like home�

Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone that he shares with his fiancee, he's desperate to make ends meet.

Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she?

Because something isn't quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets...

Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it'll be far too late. The trap is already set.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden knocks at your door with a gripping story of revenge, privilege, and secrets turned sour�]]> 368 Freida McFadden 1464227314 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 kindle
rip goldy, you wouldve been the only reliable narrator ]]> 3.77 2025 The Tenant
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/06/03
date added: 2025/06/03
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need a level 10 hug after my mind was just BLOWN from this book.

rip goldy, you wouldve been the only reliable narrator
]]> The Coworker 123423832 Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back.

Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m.

So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell—beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running—is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything�

It turns out Dawn wasn't just an awkward outsider—she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim?

But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.

The Coworker is a tense, unputdownable thriller from New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden that explores the dark ways the past can echo through the present―with deadly consequences.]]> 362 Freida McFadden 172829620X 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 this was actually insane 3.68 2023 The Coworker
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/06/02
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this was actually insane
]]> The Teacher 195967140 A mind-bending, psychological thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!

Lesson #1: trust no one

Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except�

Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.

Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says.

But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.]]> 379 Freida McFadden 1728296218 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 4 kindle 3.82 2024 The Teacher
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/05/31
date added: 2025/05/31
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WHATS GOING ON??? the ending??? omg
]]> The Gift 63945326 It’s Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke.

She is so broke that despite working two jobs, she ’t even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas as man and wife. But then a mysterious storekeeper at a pawn shop offers Stella an intriguing trade.

Stella wants more than anything to buy her husband the Christmas gift of his dreams. But will it come at a terrible price?


The Gift is a gripping Christmas-themed thriller inspired by the classic O. Henry tale, The Gift of the Magi.]]> 47 Freida McFadden 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 poor stella 3.23 2022 The Gift
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.23
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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poor stella
]]> The Psyching 27068403
But as the evening wears on, the idyllic psych ward feels ever more boring� and also more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook Hospital is Danni Gerard, a uniquely gifted 24-year-old medical student.]]> 27 Freida McFadden 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 2.52 2015 The Psyching
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 2.52
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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another short one! this reminded me so much of Ward D
]]> <![CDATA[Death Row (Alibis Collection, #1)]]> 230824619
Talia Kemper is on death row for murdering her husband. She had an alibi and no known motive, yet Talia’s unwavering protestations of innocence have always been ignored. Then one day in the visiting area, she sees a recognizable stranger she’s certain is her husband. It turns out the man she’s been convicted of killing may not be dead after all. But as the days tick away toward Talia’s execution, what will it take for her to be believed?

Freida McFadden’s Death Row is part of Alibis, a collection of stories about lies, truth, and deception. It’s just a matter of what you can get away with. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.]]> 74 Freida McFadden 1662532261 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 3.65 2025 Death Row (Alibis Collection, #1)
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2025
rating: 5
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this was a very short read but SO good!! her books always have me hooked
]]> The Intruder 231819058 Who knows what the storm will blow in�

Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door is sways ominously in the wind. But she's a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window.

She’s young. She’s alone. And she’s covered in blood.

The girl won't explain where she came from or loosen her grip on the knife in her right hand. And when Casey makes a disturbing discovery in the middle of the night, things take a turn for the worse.

The girl has a dark secret. One she’ll kill to keep. And if Casey gets too close to the truth, she may not live to see the morning.

In this taut, deadly tale of survival and desperation, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden explores how far one girl will go to save herself.]]> 288 Freida McFadden 1464260915 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.32 2025 The Intruder
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Devil You Know (Dr. Jane McGill, #2)]]> 35260919
She’s got a great job at a VA Hospital, an adorable daughter, and a loving husband. Granted, it would be wonderful if her preschooler wouldn’t wake her up at three in the morning, and it would be a miracle if her husband would change the toilet paper roll once every millennium. Still, in most ways, she has the ideal life she’d always imagined.

Then Jane discovers that Dr. Ryan Reilly is the VA’s newest vascular surgeon. Dr. Ryan Reilly, a.k.a. Sexy Surgeon, a.k.a. the biggest jerk she ever loved.

A decade ago, Jane broke up with the Sexy Surgeon to marry the Nice Software Engineer, but as cracks and crevices appear in her marriage, she ’t help but wonder what life would have been like if she’d made a different choice. Or if it isn’t too late to change her mind…]]> 355 Freida McFadden 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.87 2017 The Devil You Know (Dr. Jane McGill, #2)
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> Technically, You Started It 41016382
A question about a class project rapidly evolves into an all-consuming conversation. Haley finds that Martin is actually willing to listen to her weird facts and unusual obsessions, and Martin feels like Haley is the first person to really see who he is. Haley and Martin might be too awkward to hang out in real life, but over text, they're becoming addicted to each other.

There's just one problem: Haley doesn't know who Martin is. And Martin doesn't know that Haley doesn't know. But they better figure it out fast before their meet-cute becomes an epic meet-disaster . . .]]> 384 Lana Wood Johnson 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.53 2019 Technically, You Started It
author: Lana Wood Johnson
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> The Inmate 61149872 1) Treat all prisoners with respect.
2) Never reveal any personal information.
3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates.

But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates. And they certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheart―the star quarterback who is now spending the rest of his life in prison for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there.

But Shane knows. And he will never forget.]]> 388 Freida McFadden 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 kindle THE ENDING. WHATTTT 4.03 2022 The Inmate
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/05/30
date added: 2025/05/30
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THE ENDING. WHATTTT
]]> The Boyfriend 208503280 She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.

Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.

Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.

Then the brutal murder of a young woman―the latest in a string of deaths across the coast―confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.

Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she ’t shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn’t get to the truth, she’ll be the killer’s next victim...

A dark story about obsession and the things we’ll do for love, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest…]]> 368 Freida McFadden 1728296226 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 kindle 3.95 2024 The Boyfriend
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/05/29
date added: 2025/05/29
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FREIDA YOU HAVE DONE IT YET AGAIN!! THIS IS SO GOOD
]]> Falling 60408568 jennanidz 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.92 Falling
author: jennanidz
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.92
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]]> Captivate Me 198113895 Beauty and the Beast meets Freeform’s Cruel Summer in this dark captive romance. One girl searches for her missing best friend while the other wakes up in a dangerous man’s basement. Both are falling for a man they ’t have . . .

CASSIE

My best friend is missing, and everyone wants to know what happened to beautiful, perfect Noelle van Buren.

But the deeper we get into our search, the closer I get to Theo St. James, Noelle’s boyfriend. Nothing can happen between us. We don’t know if Noelle’s still out there, if she’ll come back someday.

Except . . . I ’t seem to stay away.

NOELLE

When I wake up bound and gagged in someone’s basement, Beau Grayson is watching me. I’ve seen him on my college campus, but I barely know him. He’s beautiful, mysterious, and rumor has it, dangerous.

Now, he’s keeping me here, and I have no idea when I’ll get out. If I’ll survive this. Because, against every instinct, I’m falling for him.

But who could fall in love with their kidnapper?]]> 274 Harmony West 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.73 Captivate Me
author: Harmony West
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.73
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]]> Perfect Little Monsters 193544854 A Children's Book Council 2025 Young Adult, Teacher, and Librarian Favorites Awards Winner

Someone has murdered the queen bee of Sierton High School. All the dead girl’s friends are suspects. And each one has a reason for wanting her dead.

Ella Moore was the most popular girl in school…and also the most hated. When she’s murdered at her own party, there are too many suspects to count--and too many people who think she deserved it. The police’s prime suspect is the new girl, Dawn Foster. She was the last to hand Ella a drink on the night Ella died. Plus, all of Ella’s friends with a motive for wanting her dead are more than willing to implicate Dawn.

But Dawn refuses to go down without a fight. She’s determined to clear her name. As she delves deeper into the past, she discovers that Ella and her friends had enemies, and someone is out for revenge. She must uncover the truth before the police arrest the wrong suspect and before the next person dies.]]> 336 Cindy R.X. He 1728293391 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 3.66 2024 Perfect Little Monsters
author: Cindy R.X. He
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/05/27
date added: 2025/05/27
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someone said that this book was like Mean Girls but with murder and honestly YES. exactly that. and i ATE IT UPPP. this book was so good i wish there were more
]]> <![CDATA[The Compound (The Compound, #1)]]> 2696181
For Eli, no amount of luxury can stifle the dull routine of living in the same place, with only his two sisters, his father and mother, doing the same thing day after day after day.

As problems with their carefully planned existence threaten to destroy their sanctuary—and their sanity—Eli can't help but wonder if he'd rather take his chances outside.

Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. But are they safe—or sorry?]]> 256 S.A. Bodeen 0312370156 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 4 3.88 2008 The Compound (The Compound, #1)
author: S.A. Bodeen
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2025/05/27
date added: 2025/05/27
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the first time that i read this book it was assigned reading for school in the 6/7th grade and i was OBSESSED with it. i loved everything about it and honestly my opinion hasn’t changed much at all! this book is SO good, i cant wait to read the second one
]]> The Last Days of Holly Hayes 215080759
Life's not about fear at all. It’s about love.

When college students Holly and Dylan fall in love, life is wonderful for a while. There’s just one big problem: Holly has no idea that Dylan’s parents are Doomsday preppers and that he’s been living a life drenched in fear.

Months later, Dylan realizes he can no longer hide the truth from Holly, and so he takes her to his small Montana hometown for a hiking trip. But the worst case scenario unfolds: Dylan is warned that the world is about to end. The problem: Holly still has no clue about who and what Dylan is.

Panicking, Dylan forces Holly to seek shelter high up in the mountains. He locks her in against her will, determined to save her life. But is there really an end-of-the-world disaster going on, or is this just another false alarm?

In this unique concept, the reader gets to decide which story to read first.

Will you go with Holly's story (love) or Dylan's story (fear)? This (double) flipover book will allow you to choose where to start reading, making it possible to get more insight on the characters.]]> 480 Sandra J. Paul 9464945311 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.20 The Last Days of Holly Hayes
author: Sandra J. Paul
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.20
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]]> She Started It 62292419 For fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, She Started It is a hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a group of young women whose Caribbean bachelorette party takes a sinister turn. It’s Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much prosecco.

The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected...

Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends—or were, as children. Despite drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them bonded for better or worse, even as their childhood dreams haven’t quite turned out as they’d hoped. Then one day they receive a wholly unexpected—but not entirely unwelcome—invitation from another old friend. Poppy Greer has invited them all to her extravagant bachelorette party: a first-class plane ticket to three days of white sand, cocktails, and relaxation on a luxe private island in the Bahamas.

None of them has spoken to Poppy in years. But Poppy’s Instagram pics shows that the girl they used to consider the weakest link in their group has definitely made good—and made money. Curiosity gets the better of them. Besides, who can turn down a posh all-expenses-paid vacation on a Caribbean island?

The first-class flight and the island’s accommodations are just as opulent as expected...even if the scenic island proves more remote than they’d anticipated. Quite remote, in fact, with no cell service, and no other guests. The women quickly discover they’ve underestimated Poppy, and each other. As their darkest secrets are revealed, the tropical adventure morphs into a terrifying nightmare.

Endlessly twisty, sharply observant, and deliciously catty, She Started It is sure to shock readers until the very end.]]> 352 Sian Gilbert 0063286297 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.56 2023 She Started It
author: Sian Gilbert
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)]]> 199332489
The demon didn't just want my body. He wanted my soul.


My reputation among magicians is unblemished. Killer, they call me; killing is what I’m best at. One wrong move and you’re dead. Except her . The one I was supposed to take, the one I should have killed. The cult that once controlled me wants her, but I’m not about to lose my new toy to them.

I’ve always believed in the supernatural. Hunting for ghosts is my passion, but summoning a demon was never part of the plan. Monsters are roaming the woods, and something ancient—something evil—is waking up . . . and calling my name. I don’t know who I can trust, or how deep this darkness goes. All I know is my one shot at survival is the demon stalking me, and he doesn’t just want my body—he wants my soul.]]> 496 Harley Laroux 1496752899 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.21 2021 Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)
author: Harley Laroux
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.21
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]]> These Silent Woods 56268973
The only people who know they exist are a mysterious local hermit named Scotland, and Cooper's old friend, Jake, who visits each winter to bring them food and supplies. But this year, Jake doesn't show up, setting off an irreversible chain of events that reveals just how precarious their situation really is. Suddenly, the boundaries of their safe haven have blurred—and when a stranger wanders into their woods, Finch’s growing obsession with her could put them all in danger. After a shocking disappearance threatens to upend the only life Finch has ever known, Cooper is forced to decide whether to keep hiding—or finally face the sins of his past.

Vividly atmospheric and masterfully tense, These Silent Woods is a poignant story of survival, sacrifice, and how far a father will go when faced with losing it all.]]> 288 Kimi Cunningham Grant 1250793394 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.01 2021 These Silent Woods
author: Kimi Cunningham Grant
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2021
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead Girls Don't Talk - The Flipover edition]]> 200736890
This is the story of Viola, and what happened before she killed Syl. She may be a killer, but she has something important to say.

This is the story of Syl, and what led to her death. Syl may be dead, but she isn't gone. Yet.

Viola and Syl were like sisters of different mothers. Born on the same day, neighbors from day one. The same schools, the same friends, the same lives. Nobody ever thought that these girls could be torn apart.

Until it happened.

Two weeks before Syl is supposed to leave for Stanford and Viola is ready for her new life in Princeton, Syl's body is found on the passenger seat of Viola's abandoned car. And Viola is gone.

The only evidence found at the scene leads to Viola. Was she really responsible for her best friend's death? Or are there other things at play?

Two versions of the story unfold, told from both Syl's and Viola's point of views in this unique turnaround book.

The reader decides which version to read first, and which one to believe. Or not.]]> 480 Sandra J. Paul 9464661607 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.51 Dead Girls Don't Talk - The Flipover edition
author: Sandra J. Paul
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.51
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]]> <![CDATA[Wanna Play a Game? (The Hunter’s Club, #1)]]> 206332554 Sawyer

Hunting people has become boring…until she comes along. She’s full of fight and fire. Pushing her to her limits is exhilarating. I love scaring her. Hurting her. Hunting her. It makes me hard. She’s our little toy, and the game has just begun. And what a fun game it is to play.

Miles

Sawyer kidnapped a woman and brought her to our home. He wants me to play his twisted games. It’s wrong, but as I get to know her I realize that I’ve never been a moral man. Let’s play.

Ryder

The woman Sawyer brought us an infuriating wild card. Only, I ’t tell if she’ll just play her hand or if she plans to play us too. What I don’t think she realizes is…I never lose. Game on.

Cali

They think they can break me.

I’ll show them.

They won’t win. They ’t win.

Right?

Wanna Play a Game? is a dark romance thriller. There are extensive content warnings. Please read responsibly.]]> 462 Alina May 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.18 Wanna Play a Game? (The Hunter’s Club, #1)
author: Alina May
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.18
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]]> Crawl 59725131 There is no right or wrong, only her.

When I first see Remedy, I know she’s mine. I stalk her for months, learning her desires and secrets, until I know exactly what she craves.

She needs pleasure ripped from her soul like it doesn’t belong to her anymore.

The only way to get my mind off of her is to take another life, and yet I know she’s taking my life, one breath at a time. 

But I don’t care. 

I’m going to give Remedy exactly what she needs, and I’ll kill anyone who gets in my way. 

One day, Remedy will crawl, offering everything to me, even her life.
But my biggest mistake will be offering her my love.

Because if this is love, it will kill us.

Author’s Note: Crawl is a dark romance. It contains disturbing content and irredeemable characters. Reader discretion is advised.

]]> 275 Audrey Rush 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.41 Crawl
author: Audrey Rush
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.41
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Fiend (North Shore, #1)]]> 123352788
I’ve always been a tough, North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA.
But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it.
Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him. The kind that puts my chance of escaping the North Shore at risk. The kind that means betraying my own crew.
He’s on me at all times, his dangerous mind always working on ways to torment me further.

Caden is wicked, unhinged. The North Shore Kings wear his name because of the vicious ways his family has been leading their crew.
Everyone always says there’s no point in fighting him. He has that madness in him that blurs the line between right and wrong. Now he's got his hold on me, and I have nothing and no one to protect me from him.

There’s no way to win.
No way to escape him.

I’m left with no choice but to do exactly what I’m told.

This book is the first in a series of four interconnected standalones. Beautiful Fiend is a dark enemies-to-lovers romance intended for readers over 18. It contains scenes that some readers may find triggering. Please check CW in the book.]]> 492 Lola King 1916837026 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.81 Beautiful Fiend (North Shore, #1)
author: Lola King
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.81
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]]> Better Run 216549583 Jayden

She's become my obsession. I hate her for it.
I took her for another reason.
But now? Now I don't think I'll let her go.

Cole

Jayden brought us home a pretty, murderous little plaything. I think I'm going to keep it.

Mary Jo

I'm kidnapped by two twisted, dangerous, and hungry men. I don't know any of the rules to this fucked up game I'm forced to play.
Well, I know I'm not allowed to run. I've never been good at following rules.
They play with my body and mind, forcing me to join in. Forcing me to like it. But things become increasingly dangerous when I find out the real reason they took me. And it becomes more and more apparent what I need to do to keep both my body and my heart safe...run.

Better Run is part of the Run and Hide Duet. It is a Stolkhome "romance." There is dark and disturbing content. Please check author's page for details. Content not suitable for those under 18. ]]> 225 Alina May 1964979900 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.65 Better Run
author: Alina May
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average rating: 3.65
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]]> The Haunting of Hill House 89717 182 Shirley Jackson 0143039989 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 4 3.85 1959 The Haunting of Hill House
author: Shirley Jackson
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1959
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Ranger (Reynolds Protective, #4)]]> 75617073
After her relationship implodes and tanks her career as a bestselling romance novelist, Sydney decides to start a whole new chapter in the last place that any kind of romance—literal or figurative—could find her: Wisdom, Wyoming: a town with two stoplights, one main street, and zero book boyfriends.

Sydney was prepared to rebuild her life. She was prepared to forget all about sexy firefighters, broody billionaires, and dreams of her own happy ending. She was not prepared for her incredibly intelligent and endearingly awkward landlord—or the way he makes her feel things she’s only ever written about.

Ranger Reynolds lives by his own rules. While his exceptional IQ makes him an asset to Reynolds Protective, Ranger knows he’s too smart for his own good—and too smart to find love like the rest of his brothers. So, he ignores the pull he feels for the woman renting his garage apartment and sticks to facts instead.

When the press show up looking for a story on Sydney, they bring a dangerous plot twist. They’re out for blood, and they aren’t the only ones with Sydney in their sights. Ranger is determined to help. So, when Sydney approaches him proposing a very convenient kind of protection, Ranger agrees. Because what other reason would he have to get married?]]> 389 Rebecca Sharp 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.25 2023 Ranger (Reynolds Protective, #4)
author: Rebecca Sharp
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2023
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]]> In Love With You 130974469
Ryder
Do you want to know a secret? I can feel you here, reading this blurb, the same way I can feel you turning the pages of this book.
And I like it, reader. I like it a little too much.
I’m not sure how or why you’ve appeared in my world but having you close is a comfort when my life has become all too un comfortable.
You’re right beside me as I care for my sick mother. You let me express my fears about the secrets my little sister is keeping. Most of all, you stick with me even when the tantalizing romance writer decides a plaid-wearing, cold-water-surfing, part-time-bartending guy like me would make the perfect research subject for her next novel.
But the lines between what is research and what is honest connection become blurred all too quickly. I find myself stuck between you and Luna, placing the three of us in the most mind-bending love triangle you've ever read about. Are you here for it the way I am?

Luna
Don’t you think it’s a little bit unfair, reader, that you expect me to write a short summary about my own personal story when you’ve already elbowed your way into it, seeing everything as it happens?
Well, fine. But you’re not getting a full summary. You’re getting a hook, so here it goes�
I don’t know if other writers talk to their readers strictly in their head, but I do. It helps me filter out what around me is book-worthy or not. And let me tell you, reader, the moment I slam into that tall, mystery of a man in the surf, I know he is book boyfriend material. He is the answer to every problem I have with my writing career at the moment.
But what I don’t expect is for him to be real-world boyfriend material.
Oh, reader, are you ready to finally watch your favorite romance author get caught up in a love story of her own?]]> 393 Faye Darling 1960626051 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 2.72 In Love With You
author: Faye Darling
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 2.72
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)]]> 23546634 The extraordinary YA TikTok sensation about learning to survive unthinkable trauma from bestselling author, Amber Smith

'After finishing this book, my heart was pounding and I couldn’t find words big enough to describe how brilliant, beautiful, and powerful it is.' L.E. Flynn, author of All Eyes On Her

All Eden wants is to rewind the clock. To live that day again. She would do everything differently. Not laugh at his jokes or ignore the way he was looking at her that night. And she would definitely lock her bedroom door.

But Eden ’t turn back time. So she buries the truth, along with the girl she used to be. She pretends she doesn’t need friends, doesn’t need love, doesn’t need justice. But as her world unravels, one thing becomes the only person who can save Eden� is Eden.

‘A courageous, necessary, and beautiful book.' Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces

'A raw novel that’ll stay with you long after you finish.' Buzzfeed ]]> 385 Amber Smith 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.14 2016 The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
author: Amber Smith
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[The Things We Leave Unfinished]]> 53345408 Told in alternating timelines, The Things We Leave Unfinished examines the risks we take for love, the scars too deep to heal, and the endings we ’t bring ourselves to see coming.

Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia Stanton has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a brutal divorce—the New York house, the friends, and her pride. Now back home at her late great-grandmother’s estate in Colorado, she finds herself face-to-face with Noah Harrison, the bestselling author of a million books where the cover is always people nearly kissing. He’s just as arrogant in person as in interviews, and she’ll be damned if the good-looking writer of love stories thinks he’s the one to finish her grandmother’s final novel…even if the publisher swears he’s the perfect fit.

Noah is at the pinnacle of his career. With book and movie deals galore, there isn’t much the “golden boy� of modern fiction hasn’t accomplished. But he ’t walk away from what might be the best book of the century—the one his idol, Scarlett Stanton, left unfinished. Coming up with a fitting ending for the legendary author is one thing, but dealing with her beautiful, stubborn, cynical great-granddaughter, Georgia, is quite another.

But as they read Scarlett’s words in both the manuscript and her box of letters, they start to realize why Scarlett never finished the book—it’s based on her real-life romance with a World War II pilot, and the ending isn’t a happy one. Georgia knows all too well that love never works out, and while the chemistry and connection between her and Noah is undeniable, she’s as determined as ever to learn from her great-grandmother’s mistakes—even if it means destroying Noah’s career.]]> 473 Rebecca Yarros 1682815889 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.46 2021 The Things We Leave Unfinished
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.46
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]]> Pack Up the Moon 55445159 Every month, a letter. That's what Lauren decides to leave her husband when she finds out she's dying. Each month, she gives Josh a letter containing a task to help him face this first year without her, leading him on a heartrending, beautiful, often humorous journey to find happiness again in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins.

Joshua and Lauren are the perfect couple. Newly married, they're wildly in love, each on a successful and rewarding career path. Then Lauren is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

As Lauren's disease progresses, Joshua struggles to make the most of the time he has left with his wife and to come to terms with his future--a future without the only woman he's ever loved. He's so consumed with finding a way to avoid the inevitable ending that he never imagines his life after Lauren.

But Lauren has a plan to keep her husband moving forward. A plan hidden in the letters she leaves him. In those letters, one for every month in the year after her death, Lauren leads Joshua on a journey through pain, anger, and denial. It's a journey that will take Joshua from his attempt at a dinner party for family and friends to getting rid of their bed...from a visit with a psychic medium to a kiss with a woman who isn't Lauren. As his grief makes room for laughter and new relationships, Joshua learns Lauren's most valuable lesson: The path to happiness doesn't follow a straight line.

Sometimes heartbreaking, often funny, and always uplifting, this novel from New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins illuminates how life's greatest joys are often hiding in plain sight.]]> 480 Kristan Higgins 0451489489 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.12 2021 Pack Up the Moon
author: Kristan Higgins
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.12
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]]> I Fell in Love With Hope 61713106
Since then, I've sworn never to love anyone again. With three exceptions: My friends, Sony, Neo, and Coeur, a little gang of rebellious, dying kids. Sony leads the charge with the air of freedom and only one lung to breathe it. Neo, a bad-tempered and wheel-chaired writer, keeps track of our great deeds from stealing to terrorizing our nurse. Coeur is the beautiful boy, the muscle, the gentle giant with a failing heart.

Before death inevitably knocks down our doors, my thieves and I have one last heist planned. A great escape that will take us far from abusive parents, crippling loss, and the realities of our diseases. So what happens when someone else walks through the door? What happens when a girl joins our party and renders me speechless with her mischievous smile? What happens when she has suns in her eyes, and as terrified as I am to lose again, I start to fall?

Trigger warnings found in foreword

Written By Lancali]]> 402 Lancali 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.86 2022 I Fell in Love With Hope
author: Lancali
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.86
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]]> The Wife Between Us 34189556
You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife.

You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement � a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love.

You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle.

Assume nothing.

Twisted and deliciously chilling, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen's The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.

Read between the lies.]]> 432 Greer Hendricks 1250130921 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.81 2018 The Wife Between Us
author: Greer Hendricks
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2018
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]]> When No One Is Watching 49398072 Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning...

Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she's known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community's past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block--her neighbor Theo.

But Sydney and Theo's deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear. Their neighbors may not have moved to the suburbs after all, and the push to revitalize the community may be more deadly than advertised.

When does coincidence become conspiracy? Where do people go when gentrification pushes them out? Can Sydney and Theo trust each other--or themselves--long enough to find out before they too disappear?

Featured in Parade, Essence, Bustle, Popsugar, Elle, Shondaland, Marie Claire, Buzzfeed, Entertainment Weekly, Good Housekeeping, Brit + Co, Real Simple, Lit Hub, Crime Reads, Blavity, Ms. Magazine, Hello Giggles, The New York Times, Town & Country, Newsweek, New York Post, Refinery29, Woman's World, Washington Post, the Skimm, Book Riot, Bookish, Huffington Post, and more!
]]> 352 Alyssa Cole 0062982656 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.45 2020 When No One Is Watching
author: Alyssa Cole
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2020
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]]> The Woman in the Library 56803179 In every person's story, there is something to hide...

The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who'd happened to sit at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning—it just happens that one is a murderer.

Award-winning author Sulari Gentill delivers a sharply thrilling read with The Woman in the Library, an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most treacherous weapons of all.]]> 292 Sulari Gentill 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.46 2022 The Woman in the Library
author: Sulari Gentill
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perfect Marriage (Perfect, #1)]]> 53450790 Would you defend your husband if he was accused of killing his mistress?

Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. At 33 years old, she is a named partner at her firm and life is going exactly how she planned.

The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He is a struggling writer who has had little success in his career. He begins to tire of his and Sarah’s relationship as she is constantly working.

Out in the secluded woods, at Adam and Sarah’s second home, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers.

Then, one morning everything changes. Adam is arrested for Kelly’s murder. She had been found stabbed to death in Adam and Sarah’s second home.

Sarah soon finds herself playing the defender for her own husband, a man accused of murdering his mistress.

But is Adam guilty or is he innocent?]]> 337 Jeneva Rose 1913419657 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.90 2020 The Perfect Marriage (Perfect, #1)
author: Jeneva Rose
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2020
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]]> <![CDATA[A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)]]> 40916679
Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.

But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?

Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.]]> 433 Holly Jackson 1405293187 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.29 2019 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
author: Holly Jackson
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Bring Me Back 36448554
Twelve years later, Finn has built a new life with Ellen, Layla’s sister, when he receives a phone call. Someone has seen Layla. But is it her � or someone pretending to be her? If it is her, what does she want? And what does she know about the night she disappeared?]]> 291 B.A. Paris 1250151333 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.45 2018 Bring Me Back
author: B.A. Paris
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Sharp Objects 18045891
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)]]> 254 Gillian Flynn 0297851535 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.05 2006 Sharp Objects
author: Gillian Flynn
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Plot (The Book Series, #1)]]> 55315487 Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a psychologically suspenseful novel about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.

Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what’s left of his self-respect; he hasn’t written—let alone published—anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn’t need Jake’s help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism. But then . . . he hears the plot.

Jake returns to the downward trajectory of his own career and braces himself for the supernova publication of Evan Parker’s first novel: but it never comes. When he discovers that his former student has died, presumably without ever completing his book, Jake does what any self-respecting writer would do with a story like that—a story that absolutely needs to be told.

In a few short years, all of Evan Parker’s predictions have come true, but Jake is the author enjoying the wave. He is wealthy, famous, praised and read all over the world. But at the height of his glorious new life, an e-mail arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says.

As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from his readers and his publishers, he begins to learn more about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Who was Evan Parker, and how did he get the idea for his “sure thing� of a novel? What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom?]]> 320 Jean Hanff Korelitz 125079076X 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.75 2021 The Plot (The Book Series, #1)
author: Jean Hanff Korelitz
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1) 55196813
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.

But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late?

A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.]]> 304 Nita Prose 0593356152 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.71 2022 The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
author: Nita Prose
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2022
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]]> Local Woman Missing 57361474 People don’t just disappear without a trace....

Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold.

Now, 11 years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find....

In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense and New York Times best-selling author Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.]]> 356 Mary Kubica 077831166X 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 4.09 2021 Local Woman Missing
author: Mary Kubica
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> They Never Learn 124948406 From the author of the “raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless� (Wendy Walker, USA TODAY bestselling author) Temper comes a dynamic psychological thriller about two women who give bad men exactly what they deserve.

Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she’s even better at getting away with murder.

Every year, she searches for the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she’s avoided drawing attention to herself—but as she’s preparing for her biggest kill yet, the school starts probing into the growing body count on campus. Determined to keep her enemies close, Scarlett insinuates herself into the investigation and charms the woman in charge, Dr. Mina Pierce. Everything’s going according to her master plan…until she loses control with her latest victim, putting her secret life at risk of exposure.

Meanwhile, Gorman student Carly Schiller is just trying to survive her freshman year. Finally free of her emotionally abusive father, all Carly wants is to focus on her studies and fade into the background. Her new roommate has other ideas. Allison Hadley is cool and confident—everything Carly wishes she could be—and the two girls quickly form an intense friendship. So when Allison is sexually assaulted at a party, Carly becomes obsessed with making the attacker pay...and turning her fantasies about revenge into a reality.

Featuring Layne Fargo’s trademark “propulsive writing style� (Kirkus Reviews) and “sinister, of the moment� (Chicago Review of Books) suspense, They Never Learn is a feminist serial killer story perfect for fans of Killing Eve and Chelsea Cain.]]> 349 Layne Fargo 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.85 2020 They Never Learn
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name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[The Kind Worth Killing (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #1)]]> 21936809 The Girl on the Train will love this modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith’s classic Strangers on a Train from the author of the acclaimed The Girl with a Clock for a Heart—which the Washington Post said “should be a contender for crime fiction’s best first novel of 2014.�

On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage that’s going stale and his wife Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. Ted and his wife were a mismatch from the start—he the rich businessman, she the artistic free spirit—a contrast that once inflamed their passion, but has now become a cliché.

But their game turns a little darker when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda for what she’s done. Lily, without missing a beat, says calmly, “I’d like to help.� After all, some people are the kind worth killing, like a lying, stinking, cheating spouse. . . .

Back in Boston, Ted and Lily’s twisted bond grows stronger as they begin to plot Miranda's demise. But there are a few things about Lily’s past that she hasn’t shared with Ted, namely her experience in the art and craft of murder, a journey that began in her very precocious youth.

Suddenly these co-conspirators are embroiled in a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, one they both cannot survive . . . with a shrewd and very determined detective on their tail.]]> 320 Peter Swanson 0062267523 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.98 2015 The Kind Worth Killing (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #1)
author: Peter Swanson
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> My Lovely Wife 39796904 A couple's fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting...

Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored.

We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with.

We all have secrets to keeping a marriage alive.

Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451491725]]> 390 Samantha Downing 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.81 2019 My Lovely Wife
author: Samantha Downing
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> The First Day of Spring 55801220 "So that was all it took," I thought. "That was all it took for me to feel like I had all the power in the world. One morning, one moment, one yellow-haired boy. It wasn't so much after all."

Meet Chrissie...

Chrissie is eight and she has a secret: she has just killed a boy. The feeling made her belly fizz like soda pop. Her playmates are tearful and their mothers are terrified, keeping them locked indoors. But Chrissie rules the roost -- she's the best at wall-walking, she knows how to get free candy, and now she has a feeling of power that she never gets at home, where food is scarce and attention scarcer.

Twenty years later, adult Chrissie is living in hiding under a changed name. A single mother, all she wants is for her daughter to have the childhood she herself was denied. That's why the threatening phone calls are so terrifying. People are looking for them, the past is catching up, and Chrissie fears losing the only thing in this world she cares about, her child.]]> 352 Nancy Tucker 0593191560 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.88 2021 The First Day of Spring
author: Nancy Tucker
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2021
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]]> A Certain Hunger 44294655
But there is something within Dorothy that's different from everyone else, and having suppressed it long enough, she starts to embrace what makes Dorothy uniquely, terrifyingly herself. Recounting her life from a seemingly idyllic farm-to-table childhood, the heights of her career, to the moment she plunges an ice pick into a man's neck on Fire Island, Dorothy Daniels show us what happens when a woman finally embraces her superiority.

A satire of early foodieism, a critique of how gender is defined, and a showcase of virtuoso storytelling, Chelsea G. Summers' A Certain Hunger introduces us to the food world's most charming psychopath and an exciting new voice in fiction.]]> 250 Chelsea G. Summers 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, tiktok-recs 3.72 2019 A Certain Hunger
author: Chelsea G. Summers
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fallout (The Compound, #2)]]> 17166165 In this long-awaited sequel to The Compound, Eli and his family can run but they can't hide.

After barely escaping from the compound where Eli’s dad kept his family for six years, they’re learning to acclimate to “normal� life—whatever that is for them. It seems like the entire world wants to know what happened to this high profile family.

Slowly they begin to make their way back into the world, but Eli ’t escape the creeping feeling that they’re being watched everywhere they go. But by who?

Eli’s anxiety is heightened as unnerving information continually surfaces about Eli’s dad’s company. Not to mention the sketchy new friend his twin brother Eddy has. Nothing seems to be “normal� anymore. New people are entering their lives—but who can Eli and his family trust?]]> 336 S.A. Bodeen 0312650116 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read, kindle 3.78 2013 The Fallout (The Compound, #2)
author: S.A. Bodeen
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[No One Knows Who Dies at the End]]> 213664743
Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he doesn’t have to keep faking his way through this lonely life. After a devastating day, Paz decides he’s done waiting around for Death-Cast. If they say he’s not dying, he’ll just have to prove them wrong. But right before Paz can die, a boy saves his life.

Alano Rosa is heir to the Death-Cast empire that encourages everyone to live their best lives, but he doesn’t feel in control of his own existence thanks to his father. And with a violent organization called the Death Guard threatening Alano, his End Day might be closer than he thinks. It’s time to live.

Fate brings Paz and Alano together, but it’s now up to the boys to survive the tragic trials ahead so no one dies at the end.

This book contains themes that some readers may find difficult.]]> Adam Silvera 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.57 No One Knows Who Dies at the End
author: Adam Silvera
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.57
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]]> The Spectacular Now 8339396
Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimee’s clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and it’s up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go forth and prosper. But Aimee’s not like other girls, and before long he’s in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone else’s life—or ruin it forever.]]> 306 Tim Tharp 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 3 3.56 2008 The Spectacular Now
author: Tim Tharp
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> Save Me 22434718
She doesn’t care about her relationship with her mum and sister. She doesn’t care that she’s pushed away most of her friends. She doesn’t care that she lost her virginity to her friend’s brother in the backseat of his car. She doesn’t care that she uses men, or what people think about her friends with benefits agreement with Kai, a guy she met in a bar.

Tegan doesn’t care about the man that received her father’s heart. And she doesn’t want to care about that man’s son.

She doesn’t want to care about anything ever again.]]> Natasha Preston 1310820430 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.93 Save Me
author: Natasha Preston
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
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]]> The Crash 216223604 The nightmare she’s running from is nothing compared to where she’s headed.

Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn’t realize she’s heading straight into a blizzard.

She never arrives at her destination.

Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she’s made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.

But something isn’t right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn’t what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.

And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself—and her unborn child.

A gut-wrenching story of motherhood, survival, and twisted expectations, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a snowbound thriller that will chill you to the bone.
]]> 384 Freida McFadden 1464232989 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 kindle 3.57 2025 The Crash
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2025
rating: 5
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im NEVER disappointed reading anything from Freida
]]> Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5) 58517502 The devastatingly romantic fifth novella in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series, chronicling the events after Imagine Me, the explosive sixth novel.

Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the Reestablishment once and for all. Life in the aftermath isn’t easy, as they and their friends at the Sanctuary work with their limited resources to stabilize the world.

Warner has his sights set on more than just politics. Since he proposed to Juliette two weeks ago, he’s been eager to finally marry her, the person he loves more than anything and has endured so much to be with. But with so much chaos around them, it’s been nearly impossible for them to have a wedding. And even Juliette has been distracted by everything they need to do.

At long last, Warner and Juliette’s future together is within reach, but the world continues to try to pull them apart. Will they finally be able to be happily, officially, together?

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Tahereh Mafi's bestselling Shatter Me series with Believe Me!]]> 177 Tahereh Mafi 0063228319 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 MY HEART 4.13 2021 Believe Me (Shatter Me, #6.5)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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MY HEART
]]> <![CDATA[Aftermath (Fractured Pasts Book 1)]]> 222664799 Perfect for fans of the show Criminal Minds and Navessa Allen’s Lights Out .

It's been 3 years since the Coastal Killer has claimed a victim.

Lenore Calder threw herself into her work 3 years ago, as a historian at Briarport’s local museum, and never looked back. Aside from her day-to-day tasks, she uses her resources to continue her research on the infamous Coastal Killer, hopeful that one day the victims will see justice. When the cold case draws an FBI agent to town, Lenore ’t pass on the opportunity to see this project through till the end.

Agent Winston Beck has dedicated himself to the FBI and bringing killers to justice, until everything goes wrong. One mistake, and his world comes crumbling around him. When a cold case has new leads, he takes a temporary leave from Quantico to follow the trail of a killer no one has seen in years, seeking justice and redemption.

Forced to accept each other’s help, Lenore and Agent Beck cannot ignore the tension that grows each day. Tracking down a killer that seemingly left almost no trace, the two find themselves falling for each other. Will they be able to put feelings aside to catch the killer before the trail goes cold once and for all?

If you

Tattooed menFBI romancesgrump x golden retrieverTension and banterNew England settingThen Aftermath is for you!]]> 303 M.K. Ahearn 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.89 Aftermath (Fractured Pasts Book 1)
author: M.K. Ahearn
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]]> Crank (Crank, #1) 270730 Crank, Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank." Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne'er-do-well father. While under the influence of the monster, Kristina discovers her sexy alter-ego, Bree: "there is no perfect daughter, / no gifted high school junior, / no Kristina Georgia Snow. / There is only Bree." Bree will do all the things good girl Kristina won't, including attracting the attention of dangerous boys who can provide her with a steady flow of crank.]]> 537 Ellen Hopkins 0689865198 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 3
not to say that this is a bad book, it isnt! the writing style just isn’t for me ]]> 4.17 2004 Crank (Crank, #1)
author: Ellen Hopkins
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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i first read this when i was in middle school and honestly i enjoyed it a lot more then.

not to say that this is a bad book, it isnt! the writing style just isn’t for me
]]> Lights Out 211200239 MEET BOOKTOK'S LATEST OBSESSION . . . DARK, FUNNY AND SUPER SPICY, CAN YOU HANDLE THE RIDE?

I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.

Trauma nurse Aly escapes her hard-working days by thirsting after masked men online. To her, nothing could top the fantasy of her favorite tattooed and masked man hunting her down. But she never could have guessed that one drunken text would turn those dreams into reality . . .

I want things most people don't, craving darkness and depravity instead of light and love.

Josh has spent his life avoiding the limelight, but his online persona is another story. At night, he posts masked thirst traps for his millions of fans, until one follower catches his Aly.

Together, Aly and Josh live out their darkest fantasies, unaware that Aly has captured the attention of someone with far more sinister intentions. As Josh turns from predator to protector, he must ask himself how far he'll go for the woman he can't live without.

Lights Out is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally grey male lead. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to listeners. Please check the content warning at the beginning of the book.

Lights Out, New York Times bestseller, November 2024.]]> 416 Navessa Allen 1638932239 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 kindle, favs, libby
holy SHIT.

i think this just became my favorite book. reading this was SO much fun, i don’t think ive smiled this much reading a book in a WHILE and i hadn’t even realized that until THIS BOOK. aly and josh are BOTH incredible. their relationship is sweet, spicy and SO charismatic. they complement each other perfectly and its shown so effortlessly� i fell into this book EFFORTLESSLY and oh my god i ’t wait to talk about this to anyone who will listen until further notice.

this was everything. i want more of these characters!! ]]> 4.18 2024 Lights Out
author: Navessa Allen
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.18
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rating: 5
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holy shit.

holy SHIT.

i think this just became my favorite book. reading this was SO much fun, i don’t think ive smiled this much reading a book in a WHILE and i hadn’t even realized that until THIS BOOK. aly and josh are BOTH incredible. their relationship is sweet, spicy and SO charismatic. they complement each other perfectly and its shown so effortlessly� i fell into this book EFFORTLESSLY and oh my god i ’t wait to talk about this to anyone who will listen until further notice.

this was everything. i want more of these characters!!
]]> Ward D 123193218 spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.

Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out.

And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to vanish without a trace, it becomes clear that everyone on the unit is in grave danger.

Amy’s worst nightmare was spending the night on Ward D.

And now she might never escape.
]]> 348 Freida McFadden 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 libby 3.98 2023 Ward D
author: Freida McFadden
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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marked safe from damon sawyer �
]]> <![CDATA[Haunting the Hunter: A dark romance psychological thriller where you are the obsession.]]> 231000864 This is not just a book. It’s an invitation. A contract sealed the moment you turn the page. If you choose to read, you choose to be seen. If you choose to follow him, he will hunt you. This story does not end when you close the book..

Cade is a hunter.. he tracks and eliminates the powerful and corrupt. A predator disguised as a savior, but he’s not here to save the innocent. He’s here to rip apart the monsters who hide in plain sight. But something is watching him. An unseen force, a presence he ’t explain—You.

This is a grocery list of triggers so please be aware. A descent into the mind of a man unraveling, desperate to find the one thing that eludes him. And when he does, when he finally sees you... You'll never be alone again.

Are you sure you want to be haunted?]]> Hanna Harp 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 0.0 Haunting the Hunter: A dark romance psychological thriller where you are the obsession.
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]]> Imagine Me (Shatter Me, #6) 44054122
Juliette Ferrars.

Ella Sommers.

Which is the truth and which is the lie?

Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong—between Ella and Juliette—blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control.

The day of reckoning for the Reestablishment is coming. But she may not get to choose what side she fights on.]]> 450 Tahereh Mafi 006267644X 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 4.01 2020 Imagine Me (Shatter Me, #6)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> The Last Letter 40045986
Beckett,

If you’re reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn’t. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have.

I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride.

My little sister Ella’s raising the twins alone. She’s too independent and won’t accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It’s too much for anyone to endure. It’s not fair.

And here’s the kicker: there’s something else you don’t know that’s tearing her family apart. She’s going to need help.

So if I’m gone, that means I ’t be there for Ella. I ’t help them through this. But you can. So I’m begging you, as my best friend, go take care of my sister, my family.

Please don’t make her go through it alone.

Ryan]]> 426 Rebecca Yarros 1640635335 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.43 2019 The Last Letter
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.43
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]]> <![CDATA[Bone Deep: A Psychological Dark Romance]]> 230108166
Then Patrick Dalton walked through the door.

Warm, charming, gentle, devastatingly perfect.
He made my chest ache, even when I tried to keep him at arm’s length. And he made me want more.

And for a while, I let myself believe I could have that.

But life has a way of shifting itself.
And the things we think we’ve buried don’t always stay gone.]]> 333 Rachael Chadwick 1068412011 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.11 2025 Bone Deep: A Psychological Dark Romance
author: Rachael Chadwick
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> The Lamb 216867498
But Mama’s want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a beautiful, white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires, and make her own bid for freedom.

With this gothic coming-of-age tale, novelist Lucy Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire, and animal instincts—and wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood drips from it.]]> 336 Lucy Rose 1399619713 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.87 2025 The Lamb
author: Lucy Rose
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.87
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]]> Traumaland 222532899
Desperate to feel something again, Eli winds up at an underground club called Traumaland. But this is no ordinary nightclub. Here he joins crowds of other emotionally numb people, all seeking to experience a new thrill by entering virtual reality simulations of nightmarish scenarios through the points of view of various characters.

When he enters the story of a boy called Jack, he discovers a darker truth to the club. A truth that sets Eli on a dangerous journey to find the source of his own trauma.]]> 400 Josh Silver 0861549287 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.49 2025 Traumaland
author: Josh Silver
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.49
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]]> <![CDATA[Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic, #1)]]> 216364822 Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.

James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. All that matters is that he managed to do what his older brother, the famous Aaron Warner Anderson, never did: infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of The Reestablishment. In the past decade no outsider has breached the stronghold of the authoritarian regime, but James is in. In a prison cell, sure, but as far as James is concerned, a win is a win.

It’s been ten years since the fall of The Reestablishment. Ten years since the notorious duo � Juliette Ferrars and Aaron Warner Anderson � led a worldwide rebellion and established the New Republic of the West. But after a decade of unsettling quiet, The Reestablishment is ready to make a devastating move, and they have the perfect person for the job.

Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. She always has a plan. On Ark Island, where constant surveillance is packaged as security, even emotions must be experienced with caution. A trained assassin, her every movement is monitored by synthetic intelligence—and when she’s given an order to kill, she never hesitates.

Brimming with pulse-pounding action and torturous romance, Watch Me is an explosive journey through a dystopian landscape where enemies-to-lovers has never felt more impossible. Step into a beloved and breathtaking world that demands an answer to a desperate question�

Who are we when no one is watching?]]> 368 Tahereh Mafi 0063419009 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.30 2025 Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic, #1)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.30
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]]> Reveal Me (Shatter Me, #5.5) 43514655 This fourth companion novella to Tahereh Mafi’s New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series is narrated by fan favorite character Kenji Kishimoto!

The explosive revelations in Defy Me have left readers reeling and desperate for answers. This fourth and final novella in the series will bring readers back to the world of the Shatter Me before the final novel installment hits shelves in winter 2020.

And don’t miss Find Me, the gorgeous paperback bind-up that brings together Shadow Me and Reveal Me in print for the first time!]]> 112 Tahereh Mafi 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 3.96 2019 Reveal Me (Shatter Me, #5.5)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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this is slowly taking over my life
]]> <![CDATA[Death Wish (Deception Duet, #2)]]> 59971245
I'm the daughter of a controlling and cruel billionaire, so I understand about power. But I find myself fighting anyway. I find myself testing them.

I have claws and I bite. I’m not going down without a fight.

It's like I have a death wish.]]> 324 K. Webster 195355380X 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.57 2022 Death Wish (Deception Duet, #2)
author: K. Webster
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.57
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]]> <![CDATA[Triple Threat (Deception Duet, #1)]]> 58636977
A perfect princess locked in a tower.

My father will never let me go.

Not that I could leave. I would never abandon my little sister. Hope comes in the form of a devilishly handsome man with dark eyes and darker secrets.

With each encounter, I’m lured deeper into the labyrinth. The danger lurking beneath his surface calls to me, even as it warns me away.

Except there’s a new side of him every time we meet. A different danger each time we touch. It’s as if three different men want to devour me.

He’s not just one villain. He’s three.
]]> 366 K. Webster 1953553451 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.70 2022 Triple Threat (Deception Duet, #1)
author: K. Webster
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.70
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]]> Defy Me (Shatter Me, #5) 34992959
Juliette’s short tenure as the supreme commander of North America has been an utter disaster. When the children of the other world leaders show up on her doorstep, she wants nothing more than to turn to Warner for support and guidance. But he shatters her heart when he reveals that he’s been keeping secrets about her family and her identity from her—secrets that change everything.

Juliette is devastated, and the darkness that’s always dwelled within her threatens to consume her. An explosive encounter with unexpected visitors might be enough to push her over the edge.]]> 357 Tahereh Mafi 0062676393 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 4.27 2019 Defy Me (Shatter Me, #5)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> Shadow Me (Shatter Me, #4.5) 40863452
The ending of Restore Me left readers gasping, and this novella full of Kenji’s signature sass and big heart is the perfect story to tide fans over until Defy Me, the shocking fifth book in the Shatter Me series.]]> 69 Tahereh Mafi 0062906267 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 3.97 2019 Shadow Me (Shatter Me, #4.5)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.97
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rating: 5
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]]> Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) 34992929 448 Tahereh Mafi 0062676369 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 4.14 2018 Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) 13188676
With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that's not all he wants with her.

The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu. Tahereh Mafi has created a captivating and original story that combines the best of dystopian and paranormal and was praised by Publishers Weekly as "a gripping read from an author who's not afraid to take risks."

Don’t miss Restore Me, the electrifying fourth installment of this New York Times bestselling series, available now!]]> 408 Tahereh Mafi 006208559X 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 4.45 2014 Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> Phantom Limb 35648431
But there’s some horrors love ’t erase�

Elizabeth wakes in a hospital, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak. The last thing she remembers is finding Emily’s body in their bathroom. Days before, she was falling in love and starting college. Now, she’s surrounded by men who talk to themselves and women who pull out their eyebrows.

As she delves deeper into the mystery surrounding Emily’s death, she discovers shocking secrets and holes in her memory that force her to remember what she’s worked so hard to forget—the beatings, the blood, the special friends. Her life spins out of control at a terrifying speed as she desperately tries to unravel the psychological puzzle of her past before it’s too late.]]> 260 Lucinda Berry 1662501404 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 3.92 2016 Phantom Limb
author: Lucinda Berry
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 3.92
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]]> Speak 39280444
"Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say."

From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication.

In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.

Speak was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.]]> 224 Laurie Halse Anderson 0374311250 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 5 libby
silence speaks louder than words ]]> 4.13 1999 Speak
author: Laurie Halse Anderson
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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this was so powerful.

silence speaks louder than words
]]> Out on a Limb (Out, #1) 124950295 397 Hannah Bonam-Young 1778027784 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 0 to-read 4.24 2023 Out on a Limb (Out, #1)
author: Hannah Bonam-Young
name: 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭
average rating: 4.24
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