Ally's bookshelf: cannot-wait-for-books en-US Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:10:25 -0700 60 Ally's bookshelf: cannot-wait-for-books 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg When the World Tips Over 203819256 An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment

The Fall siblings live in hot Northern California wine country, where the sun pours out of the sky, and the devil winds blow so hard they whip the sense right out of your head.

Years ago, the Fall kids� father mysteriously disappeared, cracking the family into pieces. Now Dizzy Fall, age twelve, bakes cakes, sees spirits, and wishes she were a heroine of a romance novel. Miles Fall, seventeen, brainiac, athlete, and dog-whisperer, is a raving beauty, but also lost, and desperate to meet the kind of guy he dreams of. And Wynton Fall, nineteen, who raises the temperature of a room just by entering it, is a virtuoso violinist set on a crash course for fame . . . or self-destruction.

Then an enigmatic rainbow-haired girl shows up, tipping the Falls� world over. She might be an angel. Or a saint. Or an ordinary girl. Somehow, she is vital to each of them. But before anyone can figure out who she is, catastrophe strikes, leaving the Falls more broken than ever. And more desperate to be whole.

With road trips, rivalries, family curses, love stories within love stories within love stories, and sorrows and joys passed from generation to generation, this is the intricate, luminous tale of a family’s complicated past and present. And only in telling their stories can they hope to rewrite their futures.]]>
528 Jandy Nelson 0698195043 Ally 0 4.26 2024 When the World Tips Over
author: Jandy Nelson
name: Ally
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)]]> 31076583 229 Sarah J. Maas 168119631X Ally 0 3.77 2019 A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Ally
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/11/29
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Love to Hate You 38089447
(Except for one wild night in the backseat of a stranger's car!)

But what happens when that bad boy turns out to be her new boss? And what happens when he wants more than one night . . . and he can be very persuasive . . .]]>
400 Jo Watson 1472257782 Ally 0 3.55 2018 Love to Hate You
author: Jo Watson
name: Ally
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/01/24
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Once and for All 32078787 As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake, Once and for All, Sarah Dessen's thirteenth novel, is set in the world of wedding planning, where crises are routine.

Louna, daughter of famed wedding planner Natalie Barrett, has seen every sort of wedding: on the beach, at historic mansions, in fancy hotels and clubs. Perhaps that's why she's cynical about happily-ever-after endings, especially since her own first love ended tragically. When Louna meets charming, happy-go-lucky serial dater Ambrose, she holds him at arm's length. But Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged, now that he's met the one girl he really wants.

Sarah Dessen’s many, many fans will adore her latest, a richly satisfying, enormously entertaining story that has everything—humor, romance, and an ending both happy and imperfect, just like life itself.]]>
358 Sarah Dessen 0425290336 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 3.75 2017 Once and for All
author: Sarah Dessen
name: Ally
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2022/05/14
date added: 2022/05/14
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My Oxford Year 35068830
American Ella Durran has had the same plan for her life since she was thirteen: Study at Oxford. At 24, she’s finally made it to England on a Rhodes Scholarship when she’s offered an unbelievable position in a rising political star’s presidential campaign. With the promise that she’ll work remotely and return to DC at the end of her Oxford year, she’s free to enjoy her Once in a Lifetime Experience. That is until a smart-mouthed local who is too quick with his tongue and his car ruins her shirt and her first day.

When Ella discovers that her English literature course will be taught by none other than that same local, Jamie Davenport, she thinks for the first time that Oxford might not be all she’s envisioned. But a late-night drink reveals a connection she wasn’t anticipating finding and what begins as a casual fling soon develops into something much more when Ella learns Jamie has a life-changing secret.

Immediately, Ella is faced with a seemingly impossible decision: turn her back on the man she’s falling in love with to follow her political dreams or be there for him during a trial neither are truly prepared for. As the end of her year in Oxford rapidly approaches, Ella must decide if the dreams she’s always wanted are the same ones she’s now yearning for.]]>
352 Julia Whelan 0062740652 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 4.5 3.85 2018 My Oxford Year
author: Julia Whelan
name: Ally
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2021/07/04
date added: 2021/07/04
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books
review:
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All the Beautiful Lies 35230481 Her Every Fear and The Kind Worth Killing comes a diabolically clever tale of obsession, revenge, and cold-blooded murder—a sly and brilliant guessing game of a novel in the vein of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Patricia Highsmith.

Harry Ackerson has always considered his stepmother Alice to be sexy and beautiful, in an "otherworldly" way. She has always been kind and attentive, if a little aloof in the last few years.

Days before his college graduation, Alice calls with shocking news. His father is dead and the police think it’s suicide. Devastated, Harry returns to his father’s home in Maine. There, he and Alice will help each other pick up of the pieces of their lives and uncover what happened to his father.

Shortly after he arrives, Harry meets a mysterious young woman named Grace McGowan. Though she claims to be new to the area, Harry begins to suspect that Grace may not be a complete stranger to his family. But she ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t the only attractive woman taking an interest in Harry. The sensual Alice is also growing closer, coming on to him in an enticing, clearly sexual way.

Mesmerized by these two women, Harry finds himself falling deeper under their spell. Yet the closer he gets to them, the more isolated he feels, disoriented by a growing fear that both women are hiding dangerous—even deadly—secrets . . . and that neither one is telling the truth.

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10 Peter Swanson 006280295X Ally 3 3.60 2018 All the Beautiful Lies
author: Peter Swanson
name: Ally
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2020/02/04
date added: 2020/05/18
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<![CDATA[Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)]]> 29589074
Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly, Devious.� It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder. 

The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.]]>
416 Maureen Johnson Ally 4 3.89 2018 Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)
author: Maureen Johnson
name: Ally
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2020/04/08
date added: 2020/04/19
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<![CDATA[Chain of Gold (The Last Hours, #1)]]> 17699853 An inheritance of shadows. A love in chains. An unconquerable foe.

Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to London in hopes of preventing the family’s ruin. Cordelia’s mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. All the while, she must hide her secret love for James, who is sworn to marry someone else.

But Cordelia’s new life is blown apart when a shocking series of demon attacks devastate London. These monsters are nothing like those Shadowhunters have fought before—these demons walk in daylight, strike down the unwary with incurable poison, and seem impossible to kill. London is immediately quarantined. Trapped in the city, Cordelia's friends discover that a dark legacy has gifted them with incredible powers—and forced a brutal choice that will reveal the true cruel price of being a hero.]]>
582 Cassandra Clare 1481431870 Ally 5 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 4.38 2020 Chain of Gold (The Last Hours, #1)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Ally
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2020/03/08
date added: 2020/03/31
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books, march-2020
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Hideaway 45722831
Despite her glamorous background, Cate was a shrewd, scrappy survivor, and she managed to escape her abductors. Callan Cooper was shocked to find the bruised and terrified girl huddled in his ranch house kitchen—but when the teenager and his family heard her story they provided refuge and comfort, reuniting her with her loved ones.

Cate’s ordeal, though, was far from over. First came the discovery of a betrayal that would send someone she’d trusted to prison. Then there were years away in Ireland, sheltered and protected but with restlessness growing in her soul. Then, finally, she returned to Los Angeles, hoping to act again and get past the trauma that had derailed her life. What she didn’t yet know was that two seeds had been planted that long-ago night—one of a great love, and one of a terrible vengeance…]]>
352 Nora Roberts 0349421951 Ally 0 3.96 2020 Hideaway
author: Nora Roberts
name: Ally
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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His Hideous Heart 39127647 Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.

Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales, and how they’ve been brought to life in 13 unique and unforgettable ways.

Contributors include Kendare Blake (reimagining “Metzengerstein�), Rin Chupeco (“The Murders in the Rue Morge�), Lamar Giles (“The Oval Portrait�), Tessa Gratton (“Annabel Lee�), Tiffany D. Jackson (“The Cask of Amontillado�), Stephanie Kuehn (“The Tell-Tale Heart�), Emily Lloyd-Jones (“The Purloined Letter�), Hillary Monahan (“The Masque of the Red Death�), Marieke Nijkamp (“Hop-Frog�), Caleb Roehrig (“The Pit and the Pendulum�), and Fran Wilde (“The Fall of the House of Usher�).]]>
480 Dahlia Adler 1250302773 Ally 4 3.57 2019 His Hideous Heart
author: Dahlia Adler
name: Ally
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2019/09/20
date added: 2019/09/20
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The Invited 40065317 A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house--they build one. . . .

In a quest for a simpler life, Helen and Nate have abandoned the comforts of suburbia to take up residence on forty-four acres of rural land where they will begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams. When they discover that this beautiful property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by the local legend of Hattie Breckenridge, a woman who lived and died there a century ago. With her passion for artifacts, Helen finds special materials to incorporate into the house--a beam from an old schoolroom, bricks from a mill, a mantel from a farmhouse--objects that draw her deeper into the story of Hattie and her descendants, three generations of Breckenridge women, each of whom died suspiciously. As the building project progresses, the house will become a place of menace and unfinished business: a new home, now haunted, that beckons its owners and their neighbors toward unimaginable danger.]]>
353 Jennifer McMahon 0385541384 Ally 0 3.78 2019 The Invited
author: Jennifer McMahon
name: Ally
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/07/19
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Famous in a Small Town 39280480 felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, and all she could ever ask for—she can weather any storm. But when Sophie’s beloved Acadia High School marching band is selected to march in the upcoming Rose Parade, it’s her job to get them all the way to LA. Her plan? To persuade country singer Megan Pleasant, their Midwestern town’s only claim to fame, to come back to Acadia to headline a fundraising festival.

The only problem is that Megan has very publicly sworn never to return.

What ensues is a journey filled with long-kept secrets, hidden heartbreaks, and revelations that could change everything—along with a possible fifth best friend: a new guy with a magnetic smile and secrets of his own.]]>
320 Emma Mills 1250179637 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 3.80 2019 Famous in a Small Town
author: Emma Mills
name: Ally
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/01/19
date added: 2019/07/15
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<![CDATA[Say You're Sorry (Romantic Suspense, #22; Sacramento, #1)]]> 38716904
Daisy Dawson has had more than her fair share of pain too—but she's done being a victim. Daisy's determined to explore every new experience she can—including getting to know the dark and serious FBI investigator she meets when she fights off a masked attacker one night.

It soon becomes clear that Daisy's attack was just the beginning. Now the bloodied bodies of young women are showing up all over California, and, as Gideon tries to find the killer, it's clear that Daisy is in more danger than they ever realised...]]>
544 Karen Rose 1472244184 Ally 0 3.98 2019 Say You're Sorry (Romantic Suspense, #22; Sacramento, #1)
author: Karen Rose
name: Ally
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/06/30
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<![CDATA[Waiting for Tom Hanks (Waiting for Tom Hanks, #1)]]> 40969415
Annie Cassidy dreams of being the next Nora Ephron. She spends her days writing screenplays, rewatching Sleepless in Seattle, and waiting for her movie-perfect meet-cute. If she could just find her own Tom Hanks—a man who’s sweet, sensitive, and possibly owns a houseboat—her problems would disappear and her life would be perfect. But Tom Hanks is nowhere in sight.

When a movie starts filming in her neighborhood and Annie gets a job on set, it seems like a sign. Then Annie meets the lead actor, Drew Danforth, a cocky prankster who couldn’t be less like Tom Hanks if he tried. Their meet-cute is more of a meet-fail, but soon Annie finds herself sharing some classic rom-com moments with Drew. Her Tom Hanks can’t be an actor who’s leaving town in a matter of days...can he?]]>
259 Kerry Winfrey Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 3.49 2019 Waiting for Tom Hanks (Waiting for Tom Hanks, #1)
author: Kerry Winfrey
name: Ally
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/06/17
date added: 2019/06/17
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Meet Cute 41063454 the Daxton Hughes was also a student in her class, her embarrassment over their meet-cute quickly turned into a friendship she never expected. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming either...

Now, eight years later, Dax is in her office asking for legal advice. Despite her anger, Kailyn can't help feeling sorry for the devastated man who just became sole guardian to his thirteen-year-old sister. But when her boss gets wind of Kailyn's new celebrity client, there's even more at stake than Dax's custody issues: if she gets Dax to work at their firm, she'll be promoted to partner.

The more time Kailyn spends with Dax and his sister, the more she starts to feel like a family, and the more she realizes the chemistry they had all those years ago is as fresh as ever. But will they be able to forgive the mistakes of the past, or will one betrayal lead to another?]]>
384 Helena Hunting 1538760185 Ally 3 cannot-wait-for-books 3.5 stars 3.69 2019 Meet Cute
author: Helena Hunting
name: Ally
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2019/06/01
date added: 2019/06/01
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books
review:
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The Night Before 40867676 First dates can be murder.

Riveting and compulsive, national bestselling author Wendy Walker’s The Night Before “takes you to deep, dark places few thrillers dare to go� as two sisters uncover long-buried secrets when an internet date spirals out of control.

Laura Lochner has never been lucky in love. She falls too hard and too fast, always choosing the wrong men. Devastated by the end of her last relationship, she fled her Wall Street job and New York City apartment for her sister’s home in the Connecticut suburb where they both grew up. Though still haunted by the tragedy that’s defined her entire life, Laura is determined to take one more chance on love with a man she’s met on an Internet dating site.

Rosie Ferro has spent most of her life worrying about her troubled sister. Fearless but fragile, Laura has always walked an emotional tightrope, and Rosie has always been there to catch her. Laura’s return, under mysterious circumstances, has cast a shadow over Rosie’s peaceful life with her husband and young son � a shadow that grows darker as Laura leaves the house for her blind date.

When Laura does not return home the following morning, Rosie fears the worst. She’s not responding to calls or texts, and she’s left no information about the man she planned to meet. As Rosie begins a desperate search to find her sister, she is not just worried about what this man might have done to Laura. She’s worried about what Laura may have done to him…]]>
310 Wendy Walker 1250198674 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.65 2019 The Night Before
author: Wendy Walker
name: Ally
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2019/05/16
date added: 2019/05/16
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The Better Sister 39893640
Though Chloe was the younger of the two Taylor sisters, she always seemed to be in charge. She was the honor roll student with big dreams and an even bigger work ethic. Nicky was always restless . . . and more than a little reckless—the opposite of her ambitious little sister. She floated from job to job and man to man, and stayed close to home in Cleveland.

For a while, it seemed like both sisters had found happiness. Chloe earned a scholarship to an Ivy League school and moved to New York City, where she landed a coveted publishing job. Nicky married promising young attorney Adam Macintosh, and gave birth to a baby boy they named Ethan. The Taylor sisters became virtual strangers.

Now, more than fifteen years later, their lives are drastically different—and Chloe is married to Adam. When he’s murdered by an intruder at the couple’s East Hampton beach house, Chloe reluctantly allows her teenaged stepson’s biological mother—her estranged sister, Nicky—back into her life. But when the police begin to treat Ethan as a suspect in his father’s death, the two sisters are forced to unite . . . and to confront the truth behind family secrets they have tried to bury in the past]]>
311 Alafair Burke 0062853376 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.74 2019 The Better Sister
author: Alafair Burke
name: Ally
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/25
date added: 2019/04/25
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Daisy Jones & The Six 40597810 Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.

Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n� roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.]]>
368 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1524798622 Ally 5 4.20 2019 Daisy Jones & The Six
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: Ally
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2023/03/01
date added: 2019/03/12
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<![CDATA[The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)]]> 41945163
Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for Kristen—especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. He's funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm, and always one chicken enchilada ahead of her hangry. Even her dog, Stuntman Mike, adores him. The only catch: Josh wants a big family someday. Kristen knows he'd be better off with someone else, but as their attraction grows, it's harder and harder to keep him at arm's length.

The Friend Zone will have you laughing one moment and grabbing for tissues the next as it tackles the realities of infertility and loss with wit, heart, and a lot of sass.]]>
372 Abby Jimenez Ally 0 3.85 2019 The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)
author: Abby Jimenez
name: Ally
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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Two Can Keep a Secret 38225791
The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone's declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing.

Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself.]]>
329 Karen M. McManus 1524714720 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 3.92 2019 Two Can Keep a Secret
author: Karen M. McManus
name: Ally
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/02/01
date added: 2019/02/01
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<![CDATA[The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)]]> 42972032 Acclaimed author Emery Lord crafts a gorgeous story of friendship and identity, daring to ask: What happens after happily ever after?

It's senior year, and Paige Hancock is finally living her best life. She has a fun summer job, great friends, and a super charming boyfriend who totally gets her. But senior year also means big decisions. Weighing "the rest of her life," Paige feels her anxiety begin to pervade every decision she makes. Everything is exactly how she always wanted it to be--how can she leave it all behind next year? In her head, she knows there is so much more to experience after high school. But in her heart, is it so terrible to want everything to stay the same forever?

Emery Lord's award-winning storytelling shines with lovable characters and heartfelt exploration of life's most important questions.]]>
368 Emery Lord 1681199386 Ally 0 3.66 2020 The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)
author: Emery Lord
name: Ally
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/01/13
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The Taking of Annie Thorne 40035829 The new spine-tingling, sinister thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man.

One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. But she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her. Something happened to my sister. I can't explain what. I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same. She wasn't my Annie. I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.

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432 C.J. Tudor 0718187458 Ally 0 3.76 2019 The Taking of Annie Thorne
author: C.J. Tudor
name: Ally
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/12/16
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The Missing Years 40953912 An eerie, old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that’s now hers.

Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago—her father.

Leaving London behind to settle the inheritance from her mother’s estate, Ailsa returns to her childhood home, nestled amongst the craggy peaks of the Scottish Highlands, joined by the half-sister who’s almost a stranger to her.

Ailsa can’t escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself is watching her—as if her past hungers to consume her. She also can’t ignore how the neighbourhood animals refuse to set one foot within the gates of the garden.

When the first nighttime intruder shows up, Ailsa fears that the manor’s careless rugged beauty could cost her everything.]]>
374 Lexie Elliott 0399586954 Ally 0 3.51 2019 The Missing Years
author: Lexie Elliott
name: Ally
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/12/16
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I Owe You One 40702156
Fixie Farr has always lived by her father’s motto: “Family first.� But since her dad passed away, leaving his charming housewares store in the hands of his wife and children, Fixie spends all her time picking up the slack from her siblings instead of striking out on her own. The way Fixie sees it, if she doesn’t take care of her father’s legacy, who will? It’s simply not in her nature to say no to people.

So when a handsome stranger in a coffee shop asks her to watch his laptop for a moment, Fixie not only agrees—she ends up saving it from certain disaster. Turns out the computer’s owner is an investment manager. To thank Fixie for her quick thinking, Sebastian scribbles an IOU on a coffee sleeve and attaches his business card. But Fixie laughs it off—she’d never actually claim an IOU from a stranger. Would she?

Then Fixie’s childhood crush, Ryan, comes back into her life and his lack of a profession pushes all of Fixie’s buttons. She wants nothing for herself—but she’d love Seb to give Ryan a job. And Seb agrees, until the tables are turned once more and a new series of IOUs between Seb and Fixie—from small favors to life-changing moments—ensues. Soon Fixie, Ms. Fixit for everyone else, is torn between her family and the life she really wants. Does she have the courage to take a stand? Will she finally grab the life, and love, she really wants?]]>
448 Sophie Kinsella Ally 0 3.48 2019 I Owe You One
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Ally
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/12/15
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More Than Words 40131144 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a tender and moving new novel about a woman at a crossroads after the death of her father, and caught between the love of two men.

Nina Gregory has always been a good daughter, a good girlfriend. Raised by her father, owner of New York City's glamorous Gregory Hotels, after her mother's death, Nina was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. And her boyfriend Tim, thoughtful, kind, and honest, not to mention her best friend since childhood, feels the same. But after Nina's father passes away, she learns he may not have practiced what he preached.

As her world falls apart, Nina begins to question everything she thought she knew and to see the men in her life--her father, her boyfriend, and unexpectedly, her handsome and attentive boss, Rafael--in a new light. Soon Nina finds herself caught between the world she knows and loves, and a passion that could upend everything.

More than Words is a heartbreaking and romantic novel about grief, loss, love, and self-discovery, and how we choose which life we are meant to live.]]>
350 Jill Santopolo 0735218323 Ally 0 3.53 2019 More Than Words
author: Jill Santopolo
name: Ally
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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The Last Time I Saw You 42379032 The internationally bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish follows that success with an addictive novel filled with shocking twists about the aftermath of a brutal high-society murder.

Dr. Kate English has it all. Not only is she the heiress to a large fortune; she has a gorgeous husband and daughter, a high-flying career, and a beautiful home anyone would envy.

But all that changes the night Kate’s mother, Lily, is found dead, brutally murdered in her own home. Heartbroken and distraught, Kate reaches out to her estranged best friend, Blaire Barrington, who rushes to her side for the funeral, where the years of distance between them are forgotten in a moment.

That evening, Kate’s grief turns to horror when she receives an anonymous text: You think you’re sad now, just wait. By the time I’m finished with you, you’ll wish you had been buried today. More than ever, Kate needs her old friend’s help.

Once Blaire decides to take the investigation into her own hands, it becomes clear that all is not as it seems in Baltimore high society. As infidelity, lies, and betrayals come to light, and tensions rise to a boiling point, she begins to alienate Kate’s friends and relatives with her relentless, accusatory questions, as she tries to find Lily’s killer. The murderer could be anyone—friend, neighbor, loved one. But whoever it is, it’s clear that Kate is next on their list. . .

In The Last Time I Saw You, Liv Constantine takes the lightning pace of The Last Mrs. Parrish and raises the stakes, creating an exquisitely tension-filled and absorbing tale of psychological suspense in which innocent lives—and one woman’s sanity—hang in the balance.

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316 Liv Constantine 0062868837 Ally 0 3.52 2019 The Last Time I Saw You
author: Liv Constantine
name: Ally
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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An Anonymous Girl 39863515
Dr. Shields seems to know what Jess is thinking� and what she’s hiding.

Jessica’s behavior will not only be monitored, but manipulated.

Caught in a web of attraction, deceit and jealousy, Jess quickly learns that some obsessions can be deadly.

From the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, An Anonymous Girl will keep you riveted through the last shocking twist.]]>
375 Greer Hendricks 1250133734 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.79 2019 An Anonymous Girl
author: Greer Hendricks
name: Ally
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2018/12/10
date added: 2018/12/10
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Her Secret Son 39835414 How far would you go to protect the ones you love…when they may not be yours to protect?

When Josh’s longtime partner, Grace, dies in a tragic accident, he is left with a mess of grief—and full custody of her seven-year-old son, Logan. While not his biological father, Josh has been a dad to Logan in every way that counts, and with Grace gone, Logan needs him more than ever.

Wanting to do right by Logan, Josh begins the process of becoming his legal guardian—something that seems suddenly urgent, though Grace always brushed it off as an unnecessary formality. But now, as Josh struggles to find the paperwork associated with Logan’s birth, he begins to wonder whether there were more troubling reasons for Grace’s reluctance to make their family official.

As he digs deeper into the past of the woman he loved, Josh soon finds that there are many dark secrets to uncover, and that the truth about where Logan came from is much more sinister than he could have imagined�

Tightly paced and brimming with tension, Her Secret Son is a heartbreakingly honest portrait of a family on the edge of disaster and a father desperate to hold on to the boy who changed his life.]]>
378 Hannah Mary McKinnon 0778351262 Ally 0 3.84 2019 Her Secret Son
author: Hannah Mary McKinnon
name: Ally
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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Dear Santa 37638254 From USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle, Dear Santa is a heartwarming Christmas story about finding your passion for life and love.

Angela Carson wants nothing more than to be the third-generation to run her family’s holiday store, Heart of Christmas, successfully. They’ve weathered over sixty tourist seasons, major hurricanes, and urban sprawl, in their old decommissioned lighthouse. But the national chain that set up shop in their small North Carolina town of Pleasant Sands may be more than Heart of Christmas can survive.

Encouraged by her niece to ask Santa for help, Angela gives in and lets the words fly in a way that, if Santa were real, would no doubt land her on the naughty list. What’s the harm when it’s just a computer-generated response?

Geoff Paisley has been at his mother’s side running the mega-chain Christmas Galore for the last ten years. When his mother falls ill, Geoff promises to answer the town’s Dear Santa letters in her stead. Soon he realizes the woman he’s been corresponding with on Dear Santa is Angela. How could the woman that grates his every last nerve in person have intrigued him so deeply through those letters?

When Geoff reveals that he’s her Dear Santa, will Angela be able to set aside their very public feud to embrace the magic of the holiday and possibly find true love?]]>
338 Nancy Naigle 1250185173 Ally 4 3.81 2018 Dear Santa
author: Nancy Naigle
name: Ally
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/12/03
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The Two Lives of Lydia Bird 42289360
What if you could live your great love story again?

THE CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE DAY IN DECEMBER

Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They've been together for almost a decade, and are just about to get married. But then, on Lydia's 27th birthday, Freddie dies in a tragic accident.

Then something unbelievable happens. Lydia gets another chance at her old life with Freddie.

But what if there's someone in her new life who wants her to stay?

A gorgeously romantic love story for fans of PS I Love You and Me Before You , this novel will make you laugh, cry and remind you of what a wonderful gift it is to love and to be loved.

'A beautiful, emotional gift' Jodi Picoult

'Gorgeous' Marian Keyes

'Butterfly-inducing, laugh-out-loud funny' Paige Toon
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WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT THE TWO LIVES OF LYDIA BIRD

'Original, emotional and utterly absorbing' Heidi Swain

' I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED this book' Netgalley reader

'Lydia Bird is a character that will stay with me for a very long time' Emma Cooper

'Heartbreakingly beautiful, butterfly-inducing and laugh out loud funny - you've never read a love triangle like this before!' Paige Toon

'Anyone who has been through the loss of someone will be able to relate to this. Heartbreaking, heartwarming, bittersweet, emotional... one of the best romantic reads of the year. Josie Silver has done it again and stolen another chunk of my heart' Netgalley reader

'Funny and moving and marvellous. Read with a box of tissues and a box of chocolates' Teresa Driscoll

'I'm an emotional mess yet again. The story was just so heart felt, emotional and unputdownable and it will stay with me for a long time' Netgalley reader

'Josie has done it again! This is heart-breaking, heart-warming, and heart-felt... it broke me to pieces and built me right back up again. Beautiful. Generous. Hopeful' Laura Jane Williams

'Well she's done it again.. Hooked, loved, adored' Netgalley reader

'A brave and clever novel...funny, wise and profoundly comforting' Keith Stuart

'Heart-breaking and hopeful - I loved Lydia Bird' Sarah Morgan]]>
431 Josie Silver Ally 0 4.06 2020 The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
author: Josie Silver
name: Ally
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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Under Currents 40693922
From the outside, the house in Lakeview Terrace looks perfect and the Bigelows seem like the perfect family; the respected surgeon father, the glamorous, devoted mother and two beautiful children. A perfect family, in a perfect house living their perfect lives. But perfect surfaces can hide dark undercurrents and behind closed doors lies a very different story.

Teenager Zane and his younger sister, Britt, are terrorised by their violent father and dysfunctional mother. Too afraid to speak out, Zane does his best to protect his sister and counts the days until they can finally be free. One dark, brutal night when their father's temper takes a horrifying turn for the worse, the perfect façade is exposed for the lie it is and Zane and Britt manage to escape.

With the help of their beloved aunt, they rebuild their lives a day at a time, creating new families and putting their past behind them. But a childhood like that can cast a shadow the length of a lifetime. Can Zane and Britt ever be free of their past? Or will those dark undercurrents rise to the surface, forcing them to fight for their lives once again..]]>
436 Nora Roberts 0349421927 Ally 0 4.09 2019 Under Currents
author: Nora Roberts
name: Ally
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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Beautiful Bad 39873226 The Woman in the Window, a beautiful marriage turns beautifully bad.

Things that make me scared: When Charlie cries. Hospitals and lakes. When Ian drinks vodka in the basement. ISIS. When Ian gets angry... That something is really, really wrong with me.

Maddie and Ian's romance began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian's PTSD; her concerns for the safety of their young son, Charlie; and the couple's tangled and tumultuous past with Jo.

From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime.]]>
366 Annie Ward 0778369102 Ally 0 3.57 2019 Beautiful Bad
author: Annie Ward
name: Ally
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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The Christmas Sisters 37539037
In the snowy Highlands of Scotland, Suzanne McBride is dreaming of the perfect cozy Christmas. Her three adopted daughters are coming home for the holidays and she can’t wait to see them. But tensions are running high�

Workaholic Hannah knows she can’t avoid spending the holidays with her family two years in a row. But it’s not the weight of their expectations that’s panicking her—it’s the life-changing secret she’s hiding. Stay-at-home mom Beth is having a personal crisis. All she wants for Christmas is time to decide if she’s ready to return to work—seeing everyone was supposed to help her stress levels, not increase them! Posy ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t sure she’s living her best life, but with her parents depending on her, making a change seems risky. But not as risky as falling for gorgeous new neighbor Lukeâ€�

As Suzanne’s dreams of the perfect McBride Christmas unravel, she must rely on the magic of the season to bring her daughters together. But will this new togetherness teach the sisters that their close-knit bond is strong enough to withstand anything—including a family Christmas?

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407 Sarah Morgan 1488096481 Ally 5 4.01 2018 The Christmas Sisters
author: Sarah Morgan
name: Ally
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/11/26
date added: 2018/11/26
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The Winters 38525524
After a whirlwind romance, a young woman returns to the opulent, secluded Long Island mansion of her new fiancé Max Winter—a wealthy politician and recent widower—and a life of luxury she’s never known. But all is not as it appears at the Asherley estate. The house is steeped in the memory of Max’s beautiful first wife Rebekah, who haunts the young woman’s imagination and feeds her uncertainties, while his very alive teenage daughter Dani makes her life a living hell. She soon realizes there is no clear place for her in this twisted little family: Max and Dani circle each other like cats, a dynamic that both repels and fascinates her, and he harbors political ambitions with which he will allow no woman—alive or dead—to interfere.

As the soon-to-be second Mrs. Winter grows more in love with Max, and more afraid of Dani, she is drawn deeper into the family’s dark secrets—the kind of secrets that could kill her, too. The Winters is a riveting story about what happens when a family’s ghosts resurface and threaten to upend everything.]]>
320 Lisa Gabriele 0525559701 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.65 2018 The Winters
author: Lisa Gabriele
name: Ally
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/10/21
date added: 2018/10/21
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Cross Her Heart 36098733 400 Sarah Pinborough 0008132011 Ally 3 cannot-wait-for-books 3.79 2018 Cross Her Heart
author: Sarah Pinborough
name: Ally
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2018/09/23
date added: 2018/09/23
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One in a Million 33026840 Everyone wants that special someone�.

Annie Higgins has given up on love: she’s too busy trying to get her tiny business off the ground. Infuriated by the advertising agency across the hall making fun of her job, Annie accepts their crazy challenge � to make a random stranger Instagram-famous in just thirty days.

And even when they choose Dr Samuel Page PhD, historian and hater of social media, as her target, Annie’s determined to win the bet � whether Sam likes it or not.

But getting to know Sam means getting to know more about herself. And before the thirty days are out, Annie has to make a decision about what’s really important�

Funny, real and heart-meltingly romantic, Annie and Sam’s story is My Fair Lady for the social media age � and the perfect feel-good read.]]>
416 Lindsey Kelk 0008239045 Ally 0 3.82 2018 One in a Million
author: Lindsey Kelk
name: Ally
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[A Danger to Herself and Others]]> 39986808 Only when she’s locked away does the truth begin to escape�

Four walls. One window. No way to escape. Hannah knows there's been a mistake. She didn't need to be institutionalized. What happened to her roommate at her summer program was an accident. As soon as the doctors and judge figure out that she isn't a danger to herself or others, she can go home to start her senior year. In the meantime, she is going to use her persuasive skills to get the staff on her side.

Then Lucy arrives. Lucy has her own baggage. And she may be the only person who can get Hannah to confront the dangerous games and secrets that landed her in confinement in the first place.]]>
341 Alyssa B. Sheinmel 1492667242 Ally 0 3.86 2019 A Danger to Herself and Others
author: Alyssa B. Sheinmel
name: Ally
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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The Other Woman 36212848 A deliciously disturbing, compulsively readable debut domestic suspense—prepare to meet The Other Woman: there’s nothing she won’t do to keep you away from her son...

Emily thinks Adam's perfect; the man she thought she'd never meet. But lurking in the shadows is a rival; a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves.

Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.

The Other Woman is an addictive, fast-paced psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between Emily, her boyfriend Adam, and his manipulative mother Pammie.]]>
304 Sandie Jones Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.71 2018 The Other Woman
author: Sandie Jones
name: Ally
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/09/11
date added: 2018/09/11
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<![CDATA[Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating]]> 39944217 Most men can’t handle Hazel. But her best friend Josh ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t most men. Don’t miss New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s new novel about two people who are definitely not dating…no matter how often they end up in bed together.Hazel Camille Bradford knows she’s a lot to take—and frankly, most men aren’t up to the challenge. If her army of pets and thrill for the absurd don’t send them running, her lack of filter means she’ll say exactly the wrong thing in a delicate moment. Their loss. She’s a good soul in search of honest fun. Josh Im has known Hazel since college, where her zany playfulness proved completely incompatible with his mellow restraint. From the first night they met—when she gracelessly threw up on his shoes—to when she sent him an unintelligible email while in a post-surgical haze, Josh has always thought of Hazel more as a spectacle than a peer. But now, ten years later, after a cheating girlfriend has turned his life upside down, going out with Hazel is a breath of fresh air. Not that Josh and Hazel date. At least, not each other. Because setting each other up on progressively terrible double blind dates means there’s nothing between them...right?]]> 320 Christina Lauren Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 4.13 2018 Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
author: Christina Lauren
name: Ally
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/09/08
date added: 2018/09/08
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Pieces of Her 36502041 The #1 internationally bestselling author returns with a new novel in the vein of her New York Times bestsellers Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter—a story even more electrifying, provocative, and suspenseful than anything she’s written before.

What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all . . . ?

Andrea Cooper knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she’s spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows she’s never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, don’t we?

But all that changes when a trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years she’s been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now she’s been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again.

The police want answers and Laura’s innocence is on the line, but she won’t speak to anyone, including her own daughter. Andrea is on a desperate journey following the breadcrumb trail of her mother’s past. And if she can’t uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either one of them. . . .]]>
468 Karin Slaughter 0062430270 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 3.82 2018 Pieces of Her
author: Karin Slaughter
name: Ally
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/08/29
date added: 2018/08/29
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Our House 35924499 On a bright January morning in the London suburbs, a family moves into the house they’ve just bought in Trinity Avenue.

Nothing strange about that. Except it is your house. And you didn’t sell it.

When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a modern co-parenting arrangement: bird's nest custody, where each parent spends a few nights a week with their two sons at the prized family home to maintain stability for their children. But the system built to protect their family ends up putting them in terrible jeopardy. In a domino effect of crimes and misdemeanors, the nest comes tumbling down.

Now Bram has disappeared and so have Fiona's children. As events spiral well beyond her control, Fiona will discover just how many lies her husband was weaving and how little they truly knew each other. But Bram's not the only one with things to hide, and some secrets are best kept to oneself, safe as houses.]]>
404 Louise Candlish 045148911X Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.60 2018 Our House
author: Louise Candlish
name: Ally
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/08/12
date added: 2018/08/12
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<![CDATA[Dare You to Lie (Hometown Antihero #1)]]> 37534862
All Ky cares about is clearing her father’s name, but someone won’t let her forget the photo scandal that drove her away two years ago. As the threats gain momentum, Ky finds an unlikely ally in the rookie FBI agent sent to keep an eye on her.

Determined to expose the town's hidden skeletons, Ky unwittingly thrusts herself into a much bigger plot. They thought she’d forgive and forget. They’re about to learn they messed with the wrong girl.]]>
351 Amber Lynn Natusch 0765397676 Ally 0 3.95 2018 Dare You to Lie (Hometown Antihero #1)
author: Amber Lynn Natusch
name: Ally
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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The Window 32928935 Secrets have a way of getting out. . . .

Anna is everything her identical twin is not. Outgoing and athletic, she is the opposite of quiet introvert Jess. The same on the outside, yet so completely different inside--it's hard to believe the girls are sisters, let alone twins. But they are. And they tell each other everything.

Or so Jess thought.

After Anna falls to her death while sneaking out her bedroom window, Jess's life begins to unravel. Everyone says it was an accident, but to Jess, that doesn't add up. Where was Anna going? Who was she meeting? And how long had Anna been lying to her?

Jess is compelled to learn everything she can about the sister she thought she knew. At first it's a way to stay busy and find closure . . . but Jess soon discovers that her twin kept a lot of secrets. And as she digs deeper, she learns that the answers she's looking for may be truths that no one wants her to uncover.

Because Anna wasn't the only one with secrets.]]>
352 Amelia Brunskill 1524720291 Ally 0 3.77 2018 The Window
author: Amelia Brunskill
name: Ally
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Scream All Night 32928987 A darkly hilarious contemporary realistic young adult novel about growing up and finding your place in the world, perfect for fans of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Running With Scissors.

Dario Heyward knows one thing: He’s never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that served as the set, studio, and home to the cast and crew of dozens of cult classic B-horror movies. It’s been three years since Dario’s even seen the place, after getting legally emancipated from his father, the infamous director of Moldavia’s creature features.

But then Dario’s brother invites him home to a mysterious ceremony involving his father and a tribute to his first film�The Curse of the Mummy’s Tongue. Dario swears his homecoming will be a one-time visit. A way for him to get closure on his past—and reunite with Hayley, his first love and costar of Zombie Children of the Harvest Sun, a production fraught with real-life tragedy—and say good-bye for good. But the unthinkable happens—Dario gets sucked back into the twisted world of Moldavia and the horrors, both real and imagined, he’s left there.

With only months to rescue the sinking studio and everyone who has built their lives there, Dario must confront the demons of his past—and the uncertainties of his future. But can he escape the place that’s haunted him his whole life?]]>
400 Derek Milman 0062665677 Ally 0 3.87 2018 Scream All Night
author: Derek Milman
name: Ally
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Hunting Annabelle 35612376
Then Annabelle disappears.

Sean is sure she’s been kidnapped—he witnessed her being taken first hand—but the police are convinced that Sean himself is at the centre of this crime. And he must admit, his illness has caused him to “lose time� before. What if there’s more to what happened than he’s able to remember?

Though haunted by the fear that it might be better for Annabelle if he never finds her, Sean can’t bring himself to let go of her without a fight. To save her, he’ll have to do more than confront his own demons� He'll have to let them loose.]]>
336 Wendy Heard 148809540X Ally 0 3.50 2018 Hunting Annabelle
author: Wendy Heard
name: Ally
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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The Ways 38225337 397 Simon Brown 0008234221 Ally 0 3.61 2024 The Ways
author: Simon Brown
name: Ally
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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Trust Me 36680369
A grieving journalist surfaces from the wreckage of her shattered life.

Their unlikely alliance leads to a dangerous cat and mouse game that will leave you breathless.

Who can you trust when you can't trust yourself?

Trust Me is the chilling standalone novel of psychological suspense and manipulation that award-winning author and renowned investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan was born to write.]]>
400 Hank Phillippi Ryan 0765393077 Ally 0 3.34 2018 Trust Me
author: Hank Phillippi Ryan
name: Ally
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/07/19
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<![CDATA[Tell Me No Lies (Follow Me Back #2)]]> 35355027
No one knows what happened to pop icon Eric Thorn. His Twitter account? Frozen. His cell phone? Cracked and bloody, buried in the snow.

Agoraphobic fangirl Tessa Hart knows the truth, but she's finally left her #EricThornObsessed days behind. She has no intention of ever touching her Twitter app again. But Snapchat... That's safer, right?

After months of living under the radar, Tessa emerges from hiding, forced to face the deadly consequences of her past. But in the interrogation room, answers only lead to more questions in the pulse-pounding conclusion to the Follow Me Back duology.]]>
330 A.V. Geiger 1492648256 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.55 2018 Tell Me No Lies (Follow Me Back #2)
author: A.V. Geiger
name: Ally
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/07/12
date added: 2018/07/12
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Don't Believe It 36296238 The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history—a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over twelve weeks and centers on a fascinating question: Did Grace Sebold murder her boyfriend, Julian, while on a Spring Break vacation, or is she a victim of circumstance and poor police work? Grace has spent the last ten years in a St. Lucian prison, and reaches out to filmmaker Sidney Ryan in a last, desperate attempt to prove her innocence.

As Sidney begins researching, she uncovers startling evidence overlooked during the original investigation. Before the series even finishes filming, public outcry leads officials to reopen the case. 

Delving into Grace’s past, Sidney peels away layer after layer of deception. But as she edges closer to the real heart of the story, Sidney must decide if finding the truth is worth risking her newfound fame, her career … even her life.]]>
342 Charlie Donlea 149671380X Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books MIND. BLOWN. 3.94 2018 Don't Believe It
author: Charlie Donlea
name: Ally
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/07/05
date added: 2018/07/04
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books
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Jar of Hearts 36315374
When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong—one of the most popular girls in school—disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school.

But fourteen years later, Angela Wong's remains are discovered in the woods near Geo's childhood home. And Kaiser—now a detective with Seattle PD—finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women.

To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Geo, he's something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Geo's first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed.

For fourteen years, Geo knew what happened to Angela and told no one. For fourteen years, she carried the secret of Angela's death until Geo was arrested and sent to prison.

While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets buried deep. And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows. Now the obsessive past catches up with the deadly present when new bodies begin to turn up, killed in the exact same manner as Angela Wong.

How far will someone go to bury her secrets and hide her grief? How long can you get away with a lie? How long can you live with it?]]>
311 Jennifer Hillier 1250154197 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 4.09 2018 Jar of Hearts
author: Jennifer Hillier
name: Ally
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/06/28
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Something In The Water 36794629 If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you?

Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. . . .

Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares?

Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events. . . .

Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave?

Wonder no longer. Catherine Steadman's enthralling voice shines throughout this spellbinding debut novel. With piercing insight and fascinating twists, Something in the Water challenges the reader to confront the hopes we desperately cling to, the ideals we're tempted to abandon, and the perfect lies we tell ourselves.]]>
480 Catherine Steadman 0525632921 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.60 2018 Something In The Water
author: Catherine Steadman
name: Ally
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/06/20
date added: 2018/06/20
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books
review:
3.5 - only because the main character made mistake after mistake and never learned from them AND I GET THAT YOU ARE NOT A CRIMINAL BUT MY LORD HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE
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Come Sundown 31415529 Love. Lies. Murder. A lot can happen... COME SUNDOWN

Bodine Longbow loves to rise with the dawn. As the manager of her family's resort in Western Montana, there just aren't enough hours in the day - for life, for work, for loved ones. She certainly doesn't have time for love, not even in the gorgeous shape of her childhood crush Callen Skinner, all grown up and returned to the ranch. Then again, maybe Callen can change her mind, given time...

But when a young woman's body is discovered on resort land, everything changes. Callen falls under the suspicion of a deputy sheriff with a grudge. And for Bodine's family, the murder is a shocking reminder of an old loss. Twenty-five years ago, Bodine's Aunt Alice vanished, never to be heard of again. Could this new tragedy be connected to Alice's mysterious disappearance?

As events take a dramatic and deadly turn, Bodine and Callen must race to uncover the truth - before the sun sets on their future together.

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466 Nora Roberts 1250123070 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 4.03 2017 Come Sundown
author: Nora Roberts
name: Ally
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2018/06/19
date added: 2018/06/19
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Listen to Your Heart 36127456
But to Kate's surprise, she turns out to be pretty good at the hosting gig. Then the podcast gets in a call from an anonymous guy, asking for advice about his unnamed crush. Kate is pretty sure that the caller is gorgeous Diego Martinez, and even surer that the girl in question is Alana. Kate is excited for her friend ... until Kate herself starts to develop feelings for Diego. Suddenly, Kate finds that while doling out wisdom to others may be easy, asking for help is tougher than it looks, and following your own advice is even harder.

Kasie West's adorable story of secrets, love, and friendship is sure to win over hearts everywhere.]]>
336 Kasie West 133821005X Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.85 2018 Listen to Your Heart
author: Kasie West
name: Ally
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/06/01
date added: 2018/06/01
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Love Songs & Other Lies 35034369 It’s summer romance and second chances, the songs that stay in your head, and the boy you’ll never forget.

Two years after rock-song-worthy heartbreak, Virginia Miller is looking forward to a fun, carefree summer. Her friends just landed a spot on a battling bands reality show, and Vee is joining them for her dream internship on tour. Three months with future rockstars seems like an epic summer plan. Until she learns she’ll also be sharing the bus with Cam. Her first love, and her first heartbreak. Now Vee has more than just cameras to dodge, and Cam’s determination to win her forgiveness is causing TMZ-worthy problems for both of them. With cameras rolling, she’ll have to decide if her favorite breakup anthem deserves a new ending. And if she’s brave enough to expose her own secrets to keep Cam’s under wraps.]]>
288 Jessica Pennington 0765392275 Ally 3 cannot-wait-for-books 3.70 2018 Love Songs & Other Lies
author: Jessica Pennington
name: Ally
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2018/05/29
date added: 2018/05/29
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Royals (Royals, #1) 36250708
While the dashing young Miles has been appointed to teach Daisy the ropes of being regal, the prince’s roguish younger brother kicks up scandal wherever he goes, and tries his best to take Daisy along for the ride. The crown–and the intriguing Miles–might be trying to make Daisy into a lady . . . but Daisy may just rewrite the royal rulebook to suit herself.]]>
304 Rachel Hawkins 1524738247 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 3.82 2018 Royals (Royals, #1)
author: Rachel Hawkins
name: Ally
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/05/25
date added: 2018/05/25
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The Favorite Sister 36967019
Brett’s the fan favorite. Tattooed and only twenty-seven, the meteoric success of her spin studio—and her recent engagement to her girlfriend—has made her the object of jealousy and vitriol from her cast mates.

Kelly, Brett’s older sister and business partner, is the most recent recruit, dismissed as a hanger-on by veteran cast. The golden child growing up, she defers to Brett now—a role which requires her to protect their shocking secret.

Stephanie, the first black cast member and the oldest, is a successful bestselling author of erotic novels. There have long been whispers about her hot, non-working actor-husband and his wandering eye, but this season the focus is on the rift that has opened between her and Brett, former best friends—and resentment soon breeds contempt.

Lauren, the start-up world’s darling whose drinking has gotten out of control, is Goal Diggers� recovery narrative—everyone loves a comeback story.

And Jen, made rich and famous through her cultishly popular vegan food line plays a holistic hippie for the cameras, but is perhaps the most ruthless of them all when the cameras are off.]]>
375 Jessica Knoll 1501153196 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.06 2018 The Favorite Sister
author: Jessica Knoll
name: Ally
average rating: 3.06
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/05/23
date added: 2018/05/23
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books
review:
Extremely well-written, but had some pacing issues. It was slow in the middle, but the ending made up for it!
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Baby Teeth 35410511
She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.

Meet Suzette.

She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t the best place for their baby girl after all.]]>
304 Zoje Stage 1250170753 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books
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3.56 2018 Baby Teeth
author: Zoje Stage
name: Ally
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/05/15
date added: 2018/05/15
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books
review:
3.75 Stars

Can’t figure out how to rate this book.
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More Than Words 36342145 Her prince. They became each other's refuge, a safe and magical place far from their troubled lives. Until the day Callen kissed her--Jessica's first real, dreamy kiss—and then disappeared from her life without a word.

Years later, everyone knows who Callen Hayes is. Famous composer. Infamous bad boy. What no one knows is that Callen's music is now locked deep inside, trapped behind his own inner demons. It's only when he withdraws to France to drink his way through the darkness that Callen stumbles into the one person who makes the music return. Jessica. His Jessie. And she still tastes of fresh, sweet innocence . . . even as she sets his blood on fire.

But they don't belong in each other's worlds anymore. There are too many mistakes. Too many secrets. Too many lies. All they have is that instinctive longing, that need—and something that looks dangerously like love.

No one lays open the heart and soul quite like New York Times bestselling author Mia Sheridan.]]>
336 Mia Sheridan 1538727390 Ally 0 3.79 2018 More Than Words
author: Mia Sheridan
name: Ally
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Then She Was Gone 35297426 She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone.

NOW
It’s been ten years since Ellie disappeared, but Laurel has never given up hope of finding her daughter.

And then one day a charming and charismatic stranger called Floyd walks into a café and sweeps Laurel off her feet.

Before too long she’s staying the night at this house and being introduced to his nine year old daughter.

Poppy is precocious and pretty - and meeting her completely takes Laurel's breath away.

Because Poppy is the spitting image of Ellie when she was that age. And now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back.

What happened to Ellie? Where did she go?

Who still has secrets to hide?]]>
359 Lisa Jewell 1501154648 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 4.02 2017 Then She Was Gone
author: Lisa Jewell
name: Ally
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2018/05/09
date added: 2018/05/09
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The Perfect Mother 35887193
They call themselves the May Mothers—a collection of new moms who gave birth in the same month. Twice a week, with strollers in tow, they get together in Prospect Park, seeking refuge from the isolation of new motherhood; sharing the fears, joys, and anxieties of their new child-centered lives.

When the group’s members agree to meet for drinks at a hip local bar, they have in mind a casual evening of fun, a brief break from their daily routine. But on this sultry Fourth of July night during the hottest summer in Brooklyn’s history, something goes terrifyingly wrong: one of the babies is abducted from his crib. Winnie, a single mom, was reluctant to leave six-week-old Midas with a babysitter, but the May Mothers insisted that everything would be fine. Now Midas is missing, the police are asking disturbing questions, and Winnie’s very private life has become fodder for a ravenous media.

Though none of the other members in the group are close to the reserved Winnie, three of them will go to increasingly risky lengths to help her find her son. And as the police bungle the investigation and the media begin to scrutinize the mothers in the days that follow, damaging secrets are exposed, marriages are tested, and friendships are formed and fractured.]]>
317 Aimee Molloy 0062696793 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 3.52 2018 The Perfect Mother
author: Aimee Molloy
name: Ally
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/05/06
date added: 2018/05/06
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<![CDATA[Leah on the Offbeat (Simonverse, #3)]]> 31180248 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst.

When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon.

So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting—especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.]]>
352 Becky Albertalli 0062643800 Ally 5 3.79 2018 Leah on the Offbeat (Simonverse, #3)
author: Becky Albertalli
name: Ally
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/04/29
date added: 2018/04/29
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books, books-i-want-to-hug, happy-reads-for-after-dystopians, recommend-to-everyone-books
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Love and Other Words 36206545 The story of the heart can never be unwritten.

Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away.

But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life—the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her.

Told in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more—spending weekends and lazy summers together in a house outside of San Francisco devouring books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy’s decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love.

Love, loss, friendship, and the betrayals of the past all collide in this first fiction novel from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Autoboyography, Dating You / Hating You).]]>
432 Christina Lauren 1501128019 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books 4.28 2018 Love and Other Words
author: Christina Lauren
name: Ally
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/04/25
date added: 2018/04/25
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<![CDATA[Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of OrĂŻsha, #2)]]> 39122774
Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. But when the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, Zélie must fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.

With civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself at a breaking point: she must discover a way to bring the kingdom together or watch as Orïsha tears itself apart.]]>
404 Tomi Adeyemi 1250170990 Ally 0 3.86 2019 Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of OrĂŻsha, #2)
author: Tomi Adeyemi
name: Ally
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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Guess Who 37686714 A debut thriller that offers a fresh, modern twist on the classic "locked room" mystery novel, for readers of Noah Hawley and Jeffery Deaver

The rules are simple.

But the game is not.


At eleven years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of a teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. The publicity surrounding the case laid the foundation for his reputation as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. He parlayed that fame into a gig as TV’s “resident detective,� solving the more typical tawdry daytime talk show mysteries like “Who is the father?� and “Is he cheating?�

Until, that is, Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed in an unfamiliar hotel room. Around him, five strangers are slowly waking up, as well. Soon they discover a corpse in the bathtub and Sheppard is challenged to put his deductive skills to the test. One of the people in the room is the killer. He has three hours to solve the murder. If he doesn’t find the killer, they all will die.

An ingenious, page-turning debut, Chris McGeorge’s Guess Who matches the high-wire plotting of classic “locked room� mysteries into the unstoppable pacing of the modern-day thriller.]]>
362 Chris McGeorge 1335652825 Ally 0 3.41 2018 Guess Who
author: Chris McGeorge
name: Ally
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Starry Eyes 35297469
But when a group camping trip goes south, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together.

What could go wrong?

With no one but each other for company, Zorie and Lennon have no choice but to hash out their issues via witty jabs and insults as they try to make their way to safety. But fighting each other while also fighting off the forces of nature makes getting out of the woods in one piece less and less likely.

And as the two travel deeper into Northern California’s rugged backcountry, secrets and hidden feelings surface. But can Zorie and Lennon’s rekindled connection survive out in the real world? Or was it just a result of the fresh forest air and the magic of the twinkling stars?]]>
421 Jenn Bennett 148147880X Ally 5 3.95 2018 Starry Eyes
author: Jenn Bennett
name: Ally
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/04/09
date added: 2018/04/09
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The Neighbors 35083336 In 1992, a car accident kills a young man and forever changes the lives of three people� Now, twenty years later, they’ll all come to regret the choices they made that day, as the secrets and lies they’ve told to protect each other become the very things that tear their lives apart.

After a night of fun, Abby was responsible for the car crash that killed her beloved brother. It is a sin she can never forgive herself for, so she pushes away the man she loves most, knowing that he would eventually hate her for what she’s done, the same way she hates herself.

Twenty years later, Abby’s husband, Nate, is also living with a deep sense of guilt. He was the driver who first came upon the scene of Abby’s accident, the man who pulled her to safety before the car erupted in flames, the man who could not save her brother in time. It’s this guilt, this regret that binds them together. They understand each other. Or so Nate believes.

In a strange twist of fate, Liam (her old lover—possibly her true soulmate) moves in with his own family next door, releasing a flood of memories that Abby has been trying to keep buried all these years. Abby and Liam, in a complicit agreement, pretend never to have met, yet cannot resist the pull of the past—nor the repercussions of the dark secrets they’ve both been carrying…]]>
377 Hannah Mary McKinnon 0778311007 Ally 5 cannot-wait-for-books MY HEART HURTS 3.81 2018 The Neighbors
author: Hannah Mary McKinnon
name: Ally
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/04/04
date added: 2018/04/04
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books
review:
MY HEART HURTS
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The Good Twin 36317937 272 Marti Green 1503949850 Ally 0 3.60 2018 The Good Twin
author: Marti Green
name: Ally
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/03/29
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The Husband Hour 35959681 When a young widow's reclusive life in a charming beach town is interrupted by a surprise visitor, she is forced to reckon with dark secrets about her family, her late husband, and the past she tried to leave behind.

Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL. Their future could not look brighter when Rory shocks everyone-Lauren most of all-by enlisting in the U.S. Army. When Rory dies in combat, Lauren is left devastated, alone, and under unbearable public scrutiny.

Seeking peace and solitude, Lauren retreats to her family's old beach house on the Jersey Shore. But this summer she's forced to share the house with her overbearing mother and competitive sister. Worse, a stranger making a documentary about Rory tracks her down and persuades her to give him just an hour of her time.

One hour with filmmaker Matt Brio turns into a summer of revelations, surprises, and upheaval. As the days grow shorter and her grief changes shape, Lauren begins to understand the past-and to welcome the future.

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360 Jamie Brenner 0316394904 Ally 0 3.73 2018 The Husband Hour
author: Jamie Brenner
name: Ally
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/03/20
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It's Always the Husband 31451082
How did things come to this?

As the novel cuts back and forth between their college years and their adult years, you see the exact reasons why these women love and hate each other—but can feelings that strong lead to murder? Or will everyone assume, as is often the case, that it’s always the husband?]]>
336 Michele Campbell 1250081807 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.66 2017 It's Always the Husband
author: Michele Campbell
name: Ally
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2018/03/08
date added: 2018/03/08
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Leave No Trace 38355245 From the author of the “compelling� (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) and critically acclaimed Everything You Want Me to Be, a riveting and suspenseful thriller about the mysterious disappearance of a boy and his stunning return ten years later.

There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned.

Search teams found their campsite ravaged by what looked like a bear. They were presumed dead until a decade later...the son appeared. Discovered while ransacking an outfitter store, he was violent and uncommunicative and sent to a psychiatric facility. Maya Stark, the assistant language therapist, is charged with making a connection with their high-profile patient. No matter how she tries, however, he refuses to answer questions about his father or the last ten years of his life

But Maya, who was abandoned by her own mother, has secrets, too. And as she’s drawn closer to this enigmatic boy who is no longer a boy, she’ll risk everything to reunite him with his father who has disappeared from the known world.]]>
352 Mindy Mejia 1501177362 Ally 0 3.59 2018 Leave No Trace
author: Mindy Mejia
name: Ally
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Bring Me Back 35857495
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?]]>
302 B.A. Paris Ally 0 3.63 2018 Bring Me Back
author: B.A. Paris
name: Ally
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/01/29
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<![CDATA[Pretty Little Killers (The Keepers, #1)]]> 36124950 The predators become prey in a breathless novel of revenge from a USA Today bestselling author.

Still haunted by his wife’s murder—and stained by the blood of avenging it—FBI special agent Hatcher McGee can’t believe he’s being teamed up with rookie agent Korine Davenport. She is his most guilty secret—the one-night stand who almost cost him everything.

Korine has her own demons. As a child, she witnessed her father’s murder, and she’s spent her life waiting for the killer’s return. She and Hatcher are both looking for closure, but the disturbing case that draws them together could be their last.

When the mutilated body of a corrupt Savannah judge surfaces, Hatcher and Korine find themselves on the trail of a vigilante who is showing no mercy. Not for the predators who’ve gone free. And not for anyone who gets in the way.

As the body count rises, and as Hatcher’s and Korine’s own pasts unfold, they must risk their lives tracking a killer they’ve come to understand all too well. After all, the ends justify the means.]]>
331 Rita Herron 1542099846 Ally 0 4.16 2018 Pretty Little Killers (The Keepers, #1)
author: Rita Herron
name: Ally
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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All of This Is True 35068735
Soleil Johnston wanted to be a writer herself one day. When she and her friends started hanging out with her favorite author, Fatima Ro, she couldn’t believe their luck—especially when Jonah Nicholls started hanging out with them, too. Now, looking back, Soleil can’t believe she let Fatima manipulate her and Jonah like that. She can’t believe that she got used for a book.

Penny Panzarella was more than the materialistic party girl everyone at the Graham School thought she was. She desperately wanted Fatima Ro to see that, and she saw her chance when Fatima asked the girls to be transparent with her. If only she’d known what would happen when Fatima learned Jonah’s secret. If only she’d known that the line between fiction and truth was more complicated than any of them imagined. . . .]]>
432 Lygia Day Peñaflor 006267367X Ally 0 3.32 2018 All of This Is True
author: Lygia Day Peñaflor
name: Ally
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2018/01/25
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<![CDATA[A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)]]> 23766634
She has left the Night Court - and her High Lord - and is playing a deadly game of deceit. In the Spring Court, Tamlin is making deals with the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees, and Feyre is determined to uncover his plans. But to do so she must weave a web of lies, and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.

As mighty armies grapple for power, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords - and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

BUT WHILE WAR RAGES, IT IS HER HEART THAT WILL FACE THE GREATEST BATTLE.

THE THRILLING THIRD BOOK IN #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FANTASY SERIES FROM SARAH J. MAAS.]]>
705 Sarah J. Maas 1408857901 Ally 5 4.41 2017 A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Ally
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2018/01/18
date added: 2018/01/18
shelves: cannot-wait-for-books, 2017-books, all-time-favorites, best-romances-33, book-boyfriends
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<![CDATA[The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)]]> 30653853 always have to be careful.

Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly’s totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie’s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she’ll get her first kiss and she’ll get her twin back.

There’s only one problem: Molly’s coworker Reid. He’s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there’s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?]]>
336 Becky Albertalli 0062348701 Ally 4 3.89 2017 The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)
author: Becky Albertalli
name: Ally
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2017/12/30
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I loved this book. My only problem with it was my insane love for Simon and I just wanted more of him in the book.
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The Darkest Star (Origin, #1) 34221193
#1 New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to the universe of the Lux in this brand new series, featuring beloved characters both new and old.]]>
367 Jennifer L. Armentrout 1250175739 Ally 0 4.16 2018 The Darkest Star (Origin, #1)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Ally
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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The Fall of Grace 35618373 The Fall of Grace is an adventure-thriller with a hint of romance, in which not everything as perfect as it seems.

Grace’s junior year is turning into her best year yet. She’s set to make honor roll, her print from photography class might win a national contest, and her crush just asked her to prom.

Then the bottom falls out. News breaks that the investment fund her mom runs is a scam and her mother is a thief. Now, instead of friends, the FBI is at her door. Grace is damaged goods.

Millions of dollars are unaccounted for, and everyone wants to know where all the money went. Can she find it and clear her mother’s name?

The key to repairing her shattered life seems to lie in a place deep in the wilderness, and Grace sets out, her identity hidden, determined to find it.

But she ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t alone.

Sam Rivers, a mysterious loner from school, is on her trail and wants to know exactly what secrets she uncovers. As the pair travels into the wilds, Grace realizes she must risk everything on the dark, twisted path to the truth.]]>
304 Amy Fellner Dominy 1101936231 Ally 0 3.87 2018 The Fall of Grace
author: Amy Fellner Dominy
name: Ally
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Moonlight Sins (de Vincent, #1)]]> 35069549
Lucian’s grandmother claimed de Vincent men fall in love once � and hard. Apparently, it’s Lucian’s turn. Julia’s compassionate care of his twin makes Lucian want to lay himself bare. But some secrets are better for Julia not to know.

The recent “suicide� of Lucian’s father is the latest in a string of deaths on the estate. Someone is eliminating the de Vincents. And the best way to get to Lucian may be through Julia...

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout delivers the unforgettable story of a woman whose new life has just begun � but may end in murder... ]]>
387 Jennifer L. Armentrout 0062674552 Ally 0 cannot-wait-for-books 3.88 2018 Moonlight Sins (de Vincent, #1)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Ally
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Everywhere You Want to Be 35553432 Everywhere You Want to Be, a modern tale inspired by the classic Red Riding Hood.

Matilda Castillo has always done what she was told, but when she gets injured senior year, she watches her dreams of becoming a contemporary dancer slip away. So when Tilly gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend the summer with a New York dance troupe, nothing can stop her from saying yes--not her mother, not her fears of the big city, and not the commitment she made to Georgetown. Tilly's mother allows her to go on two conditions: one, Tilly will regularly visit her abuela in New Jersey, and two, after the summer, she'll give up dancing and go off to college.

Armed with her red vintage sunglasses and her pros and cons lists, Tilly strikes out, determined to turn a summer job into a career. Along the way she meets new friends ... and new enemies. Tilly isn't the only one desperate to dance, and fellow troupe member Sabrina Wolfrik intends to succeed at any cost. But despite dodging sabotage and blackmail attempts from Sabrina, Tilly can't help but fall in love with the city, especially since Paolo, a handsome musician from her past, is also calling New York home for the summer.

As the weeks wind down and the competition with Sabrina heats up, Tilly's future is on the line. She must decide whether to follow her mother's path to Georgetown or leap into the unknown to pursue her own dreams.]]>
284 Christina June 0310763339 Ally 0 3.84 2018 Everywhere You Want to Be
author: Christina June
name: Ally
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Now a Major Motion Picture 35023965 Fandom and first love collide for Iris on the film set for her grandmother’s famous high-fantasy trilogy.

Unlike the rest of the world, Iris doesn't care about the famous high-fantasy Elementia books written by M. E. Thorne. So it's just a little annoying that M. E. Thorne is her grandmother—and that Iris has to deal with the trilogy's crazy fans.

When Iris gets dropped in Ireland for the movie adaptation, she sees her opportunity: if she can shut down production, the Elementia craze won't grow any bigger, and she can finally have a normal life. Not even the rascally-cute actor Eamon O'Brien can get in her way.

But the crew's passion is contagious, and as Iris begins to find herself in the very world she has avoided her whole life, she realizes that this movie might just be amazing…]]>
386 Cory McCarthy 1492652385 Ally 0 3.97 2018 Now a Major Motion Picture
author: Cory McCarthy
name: Ally
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Warcross (Warcross, #1) 29385546 For the millions who log in every day, Warcross ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t just a game—it’s a way of life.

The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down Warcross players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. To make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation.

Convinced she’s going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when instead she gets a call from the game’s creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year’s tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. With no time to lose, Emika’s whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and fortune that she’s only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.]]>
353 Marie Lu 0399547967 Ally 4 4.16 2017 Warcross (Warcross, #1)
author: Marie Lu
name: Ally
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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Match Made in Manhattan 34138510
Giving them each her signature "pants speech"—her pants aren't coming off unless she has a real connection with someone—she desperately wants to push past the awkward small-talk phase to find true love, but finding "the one" is starting to feel impossible. That is, until she meets Luke, who is sophisticated, funny, and not to mention, hot. Alison finds herself falling for Luke harder than any guy she's dated and finally letting her walls down, but will he stick around or move on to his next match?

Match Made in Manhattan is a fast-paced, contemporary story about the struggles of dating in the digital age. Replete with online profiles, witty dialogue, and a super-supportive group of female friends, this all-too-real and relatable debut novel will have readers laughing, crying, and rooting for Alison all the way to the end.]]>
312 Amanda Stauffer 1510728090 Ally 0 3.18 2018 Match Made in Manhattan
author: Amanda Stauffer
name: Ally
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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Shelter in Place 35662371
It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video-game store tending to customers. Then the shooters arrived.

The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. In the years that followed, one would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory of huddling in a ladies' room, hopelessly clutching her cell phone--until she finally found a way to pour her emotions into her art.

But one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. And as the survivors slowly heal, find shelter, and rebuild, they will discover that another conspirator is lying in wait--and this time, there might be nowhere safe to hide.]]>
448 Nora Roberts 0349417830 Ally 0 4.25 2018 Shelter in Place
author: Nora Roberts
name: Ally
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Becoming of Noah Shaw (The Shaw Confessions, #1)]]> 25548744
Everyone thinks seventeen-year-old Noah Shaw has the world on a string.

They’re wrong.

Mara Dyer is the only one he trusts with his secrets and his future.

He shouldn’t.

And both are scared that uncovering the truth about themselves will force them apart.

They’re right.]]>
384 Michelle Hodkin 1481456431 Ally 0 3.64 2017 The Becoming of Noah Shaw (The Shaw Confessions, #1)
author: Michelle Hodkin
name: Ally
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Fragments of the Lost 27797316 From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Perfect Stranger comes a suspenseful psychological mystery about one girl's search to uncover the truth behind her ex-boyfriend's death. Perfect for fans of We Were Liars and 13 Reasons Why .

Jessa Whitworth knew she didn't belong in her ex-boyfriend Caleb's room. But she couldn't deny that she was everywhere: in his photos, his neatly folded T-shirts, even the butterfly necklace in his jeans pocket . . . the one she gave him for safe keeping on that day.

His mother asked her to pack up his things, even though she blames Jessa for his accident. How could she say no? And maybe, just maybe, it will help her work through the guilt she feels about their final moments together.

But as Jessa begins to box up the pieces of Caleb's life, they trigger memories that make Jessa realize their past relationship may not be exactly as she remembered. And she starts to question whether she really knew Caleb at all.

Each fragment of his life reveals a new clue that propels Jessa to search for the truth about Caleb's accident. What really happened on the storm-swept bridge?]]>
373 Megan Miranda 0399556729 Ally 0 3.69 2017 Fragments of the Lost
author: Megan Miranda
name: Ally
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Prince in Disguise 25844635 Someday I want to live in a place where I never hear “You’re Dusty’s sister?� ever again.

Life is real enough for Dylan—especially as the ordinary younger sister of Dusty, former Miss Mississippi and the most perfect, popular girl in Tupelo. But when Dusty wins the hand of the handsome Scottish laird-to-be Ronan on the TRC television network’s crown jewel, Prince in Disguise, Dylan has to face a different kind of reality: reality TV.

As the camera crew whisks them off to Scotland to film the lead-up to the wedding, camera-shy Dylan is front and center as Dusty’s maid of honor. The producers are full of surprises—including old family secrets, long-lost relatives, and a hostile future mother-in-law who thinks Dusty and Dylan’s family ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t good enough for her only son. At least there’s Jamie, an adorably bookish groomsman who might just be the perfect antidote to all Dylan’s stress . . . if she just can keep TRC from turning her into the next reality show sensation.]]>
320 Stephanie Kate Strohm 1484768175 Ally 0 3.75 2017 Prince in Disguise
author: Stephanie Kate Strohm
name: Ally
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily]]> 33413929
When Abelard posts a quote from The Letters of Abelard and Heloise online, their mutual affinity for ancient love letters connects them. The two fall for each other. Hard. But is it enough to bridge their differences in person?

This hilarious, heartbreaking story of human connection between two neurodivergent teens creates characters that will stay with you long after you finish reading.]]>
339 Laura Creedle 0544932056 Ally 0 3.83 2017 The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily
author: Laura Creedle
name: Ally
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Three Sides of a Heart: Stories about Love Triangles]]> 26837046
These top YA authors tackle the much-debated trope of the love triangle, and the result is sixteen fresh, diverse, and romantic stories you don’t want to miss.

This collection, edited by Natalie C. Parker, contains stories written by Renee Ahdieh, Rae Carson, Brandy Colbert, Katie Cotugno, Lamar Giles, Tessa Gratton, Bethany Hagan, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, EK Johnston, Julie Murphy, Garth Nix, Natalie C. Parker, Veronica Roth, Sabaa Tahir, and Brenna Yovanoff.

A teen girl who offers kissing lessons. Zombies in the Civil War South. The girl next door, the boy who loves her, and the girl who loves them both. Vampires at a boarding school. Three teens fighting monsters in an abandoned video rental store. Literally the last three people on the planet.

What do all these stories have in common?

The love triangle.]]>
448 Natalie C. Parker 0062424475 Ally 0 3.10 2017 Three Sides of a Heart: Stories about Love Triangles
author: Natalie C. Parker
name: Ally
average rating: 3.10
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Love, Life, and the List (Love, Life, and the List, #1)]]> 35068742
Which is where the list comes in.

Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list, she’ll become the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being.

But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t as straightforward as it seems . . . and that maybe—just maybe—she can’t change her art if she ľ±˛ő˛Ô’t first willing to change herself.]]>
400 Kasie West 0062675788 Ally 0 3.81 2017 Love, Life, and the List (Love, Life, and the List, #1)
author: Kasie West
name: Ally
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1)]]> 34311452
The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed--and more than half of the world's population was decimated.

Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magic rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river--or in the ones you know and love the most.

As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive.

In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain.

The end has come. The beginning comes next.]]>
419 Nora Roberts 1250122953 Ally 0 3.98 2017 Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1)
author: Nora Roberts
name: Ally
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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The Key to Everything 30289950
To rescue Oakland from a pathetic Christmas break of sitting in front of the computer, her best friend Morgan books the two of them on a guided excursion of Thailand. When the girls meet a pair of American soldiers in Bangkok, Oakland takes Morgan’s advice and engages in a little harmless holiday hooking up. Sergeant Tyson Banks is the perfect mix of sexy and fun. Two weeks with him might just turn out to be the best relationship Oakland has ever had.

Until the day she spots someone familiar across a crowded temple complex—it’s Seth! Somehow the boy she’s been trying to reconnect with is in Bangkok too. If that’s not a sign, then what is?

Filed with friendship, romance, and gorgeous faraway settings, The Key to Everything is a book for anyone who's ever dreamed of finding love when (or where) they least expected it.

Contains explicit content. Recommended for ages 16 and up. ]]>
328 Paula Stokes Ally 0 3.54 2017 The Key to Everything
author: Paula Stokes
name: Ally
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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The Fortunate Ones 36195139
James Ashwood.

He’s my silver lining in a custom black suit.

Besides being a legacy member at the club, he’s a tech mogul and Austin’s most eligible bachelor. Oh, and those dimples? Yeah, they make my stomach dip too.

On good days, I catch his sleek Porsche winding down the tree-lined drive. On better days, I steal a glimpse of his handsome profile as we pass in the hall. And on the absolute best day, I find him alone at the bar, looking for company.

“Come have a seat.�

Those four little words set me down a path I never could have imagined. Private planes, penthouse suites, and temptations around every corner make it impossible to keep my distance. His world feels decadent and wild—but overindulgence comes with a cost. Every kiss comes with strings. Every erotic encounter is a promise I’m not ready to keep.

When I pump the brakes, he hits the gas. James doesn’t want to go slow—he wants a commitment.

And the thing about the fortunate ones?

They’re used to getting what they want.]]>
368 R.S. Grey Ally 0 3.82 2017 The Fortunate Ones
author: R.S. Grey
name: Ally
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Let Me Lie 35839475
Their adult daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents� deaths, unable to comprehend why they chose to end their lives. Now with a young baby herself, she feels her mother’s presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents.

But as Anna digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her. She soon learns that nothing is as it seemed.]]>
386 Clare Mackintosh 0451490533 Ally 0 3.73 2018 Let Me Lie
author: Clare Mackintosh
name: Ally
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[There's Someone Inside Your House]]> 15797848
Makani Young thought she'd left her dark past behind her in Hawaii, settling in with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska. She's found new friends and has even started to fall for mysterious outsider Ollie Larsson. But her past isn't far behind.

Then, one by one, the students of Osborne Hugh begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasingly grotesque flair. As the terror grows closer and her feelings for Ollie intensify, Makani is forced to confront her own dark secrets.]]>
287 Stephanie Perkins 0525426019 Ally 4 cannot-wait-for-books 3.39 2017 There's Someone Inside Your House
author: Stephanie Perkins
name: Ally
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2021/09/17
date added: 2017/10/10
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A Stranger in the House 32943033 Why would you run scared from a happy home?

You're waiting for your beloved husband to get home from work. You're making dinner, looking forward to hearing about his day.

That's the last thing you remember.

You wake up in hospital, with no idea how you got there. They tell you that you were in an accident; you lost control of your car whilst driving in a dangerous part of town.

The police suspect you were up to no good. But your husband refuses to believe it. Your best friend isn't so sure. And even you don't know what to believe . . .]]>
320 Shari Lapena 1473541557 Ally 4 3.55 2017 A Stranger in the House
author: Shari Lapena
name: Ally
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2017/09/19
date added: 2017/09/19
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The Breakdown 29091461
But since then, she’s been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn’t have a baby.

The only thing she can’t forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt.

Or the silent calls she’s receiving, or the feeling that someone’s watching her…]]>
384 B.A. Paris Ally 5 4.09 2017 The Breakdown
author: B.A. Paris
name: Ally
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2017/09/13
date added: 2017/09/13
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<![CDATA[Heart of Iron (Heart of Iron, #1)]]> 35181314
Ana’s desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. But at the last moment, a spoiled Ironblood boy beats Ana to her prize. He has his own reasons for taking the coordinates, and he doesn’t care what he’ll sacrifice to keep them.

When everything goes wrong, she and the Ironblood end up as fugitives on the run. Now their entire kingdom is after them—and the coordinates—and not everyone wants them captured alive.

What they find in a lost corner of the universe will change all their lives—and unearth dangerous secrets. But when a darkness from Ana’s past returns, she must face an impossible choice: does she protect a kingdom that wants her dead or save the Metal boy she loves?]]>
467 Ashley Poston 0062652850 Ally 0 3.74 2018 Heart of Iron (Heart of Iron, #1)
author: Ashley Poston
name: Ally
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/08/07
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<![CDATA[Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)]]> 31450852
After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child, Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need—and will honor it. But Lord Westfall carries shadows from his own past, and Yrene soon comes to realize they could engulf them both.

In this sweeping parallel novel to the New York Times bestselling Empire of Storms, Chaol, Nesryn, and Yrene will have to draw on every scrap of their resilience if they wish to save their friends. But while they become entangled in the political webs of the khaganate, deep in the shadows of mighty mountains where warriors soar on legendary ruks, long-awaited answers slumber. Answers that might offer their world a chance at survival—or doom them all . . .]]>
660 Sarah J. Maas 1681195771 Ally 0 4.25 2017 Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Ally
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Turtles All the Way Down 15837671
Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s son Davis.

Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.]]>
304 John Green 0141346019 Ally 0 4.02 2017 Turtles All the Way Down
author: John Green
name: Ally
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)]]> 33590260
With Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. As destinies weave together at last, all must fight if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation.

Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights to save herself―and the promise of a better world.]]>
980 Sarah J. Maas 1619636107 Ally 0 4.63 2018 Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Ally
average rating: 4.63
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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date added: 2017/07/20
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