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Mercury by refears
Mercury
refears
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In which a girl called Mercury meets a boy who makes her go retrograde HIGHEST RANK #1 IN BIPOLAR #1 IN BONNIEANDCLYDE #1 IN OCD #3 IN DARK ROMANCE FINISHED- CURRENTLY BEING EDITED
Love Notes by Piperjlawson
Love Notes
Piperjlawson
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[COMPLETE] When Tyler Adams knocked on my door, he was a broken prince with a wicked smile. A god with a guitar. I don't trust musicians, but he was different. At seventeen, I offered him my home, my life, my heart... ...He stole them all. LOVE NOTES is a 15,000-word emotional new adult forbidden romance prequel to the new Rivals trilogy.
Tragically Beautiful by OutOfMyLimit17
Tragically Beautiful
OutOfMyLimit17
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  • Parts 53
When a bet was made to see if Riley Carson would fall in love with Mitch Lingston, she didn't think she'd end up as the outcast of school. With rumors flying around there is nothing she can do about it but try and stay under the radar. Riley's dreams of being by herself the rest of the year goes down the drain when Alex Kinley, the notorious bad boy of the school starts to show interest in her. What happens when the bad boy befriends her? Current cover by the amazing @kimberly_white01 Thank you so much for this stunning cover! Past covers by @kimberly_white101 and @reallyreece Which were just as beautiful!
Loving You Differently by feverdreamms
Loving You Differently
feverdreamms
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Aria Adkins only cares about three things: 1.) the bills piling up on her kitchen counter. 2.) getting her sister out of their dead-end hometown and off to college. 3.) keeping the bottle of Jim Beam out of her heartbroken, alcoholic mother's reach. Closed-off and content as one can be with a never ending routine of crappy part-time jobs and the task of cleaning up broken whiskey bottles, Aria is used to dealing with things by herself; especially after her father runs off and she's forced to step up to the plate and solely care for her dysfunctional mother and younger sister. At twenty-one, Aria sticks to herself and has no time for men, romance, and most of all, love. After witnessing the demise of her parents' train wreck of a marriage lead to a cycle of adultery, addiction, and abuse, she swears to herself that she wants no part in any of it. That all changes when she crosses paths with tall and tattooed New Orleans native Austin Delaney, who weasels his way into Aria's heart and refuses to let her maneuver life alone. First, he offers her a job. And then? The promise that he's not going anywhere. • Highest Ranking: #1 in New Adult Romance, #4 in Adult Romance, #22 in Romance •
Broken Beyond Repair by baaab3
Broken Beyond Repair
baaab3
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❝Are you done acting like you care?❞ Tristan's jaw clenches so hard that for a second I'm actually afraid his teeth will disintegrate. ❝I'll ask one more time. Where. Were. You. Last. Night.❞ I lift my chin, wishing the raw command in his voice didn't have me damn near shaking. ❝You really wanna know? Fine, then. I was at Isaac's with his face between my legs getting me to moan his name for hours.❞ And he snaps. My hips are grabbed roughly by big warm hands- hands that teased and touched and caressed every inch of my body just a few days ago- and I'm being shoved up against the closed door of my bedroom. Tristan's blue eyes practically gleam with rage and a muscle in his jaw twitches furiously as he glowers down at me. Yeah, this was not good. This was not good at all. How dare he pin me against a door like a caveman and interrogate me about my whereabouts in my own home? At least... that's what I told myself as I felt my breaths turn shallow and my thighs slowly clench together. {𝓮𝔁𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝔂𝓷𝓸𝓹𝓼𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮} 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 #2 in vulnerable #6 in conflict #12 in jealousy #17 in steamy #19 in chicklit #29 in collegeromance #60 in eroticromance #69 in newyork ⚠ mature language & sexual scenes ⚠
Like Father, Like Son ✔ by MackieJay
Like Father, Like Son ✔
MackieJay
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  • Parts 47
Cat Logan is a single teen mother with a deadbeat ex-boyfriend and parents that haven't spoken to her since she got herself knocked up at the age of sixteen. She's been making it in the world all on her own and has been raising a child that she loves more than anything. She's used to men running for the hills the moment they find out about her two and a half year-old son, so when her best friend Hannah sets her up on a blind date with aspiring musician and college student Nick Bradley, she reluctantly agrees but isn't exactly expecting to find her happily ever after. Maybe it'll just have to find her instead? #Wattys2019
Schooled by Piperjlawson
Schooled
Piperjlawson
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  • Parts 39
[COMPLETE!] "My best friend's brother grew up. Hot." Alexis is months from finishing college and starting a fashion label in New York. Years of planning and saying 'no' to every distraction will pay off... Until he transfers in. There's a reason she hasn't seen Dylan Cameron in years. He's trouble. With a mysterious, badass, and broody capital T. But when Dylan shows up at her birthday party, he's all grown up. Quick with a joke. Hotter than hell. Now one scorching night of confessions threatens to bring down every one of her carefully-laid plans... *This is a COMPLETE story recommended for 16+ due to mature scenes and language. Thanks so much for reading, commenting and voting!*
chryssie by indigobeaudelaire
chryssie
indigobeaudelaire
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  • Parts 72
❛ he had loved her for years, centuries, eons even. he had loved her from the very first touch, from the very first word upon her sweet lips. ❜ all grayson had ever wanted was his chryssie.
D e a n  by drunkonpoison
D e a n
drunkonpoison
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𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴: #1 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 / #1 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 Effy Williams has always been a quiet, timid girl. Between facing bullies at school-and some at home-she'd always learned to suffer in silence. And her only friend is a short tempered boy with deep psychological issues. WARNING: aberrant behavior, bloody and grisly details, strong sexuality, language and major drug use. Readers discretion advised.
Night Shift by anniecrownbooks
Night Shift
anniecrownbooks
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(SAMPLE) Now available everywhere in ebook & paperback (and on Kindle Unlimited in the US & Canada). Kendall works the night shift at the campus library. It's the perfect job: she gets to spend hours reading her romance novels without interruption... until the night that Vincent, king of campus and star of the basketball team, comes to the front desk and asks her for reading recommendations. (75k words. No cheating, no love triangles, happy ending. Adult content. 18+ recommended.)