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Liberty Calling by Maddielb98
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As the war for America's freedom stretches on, Emmeline Reed is sure that she knows exactly what she stands for. Her brothers fight in the British Royal Army. Her father is a British Major. In every way, she is the ideal example of what a Loyalist young lady ought to be. But when a soldier encourages her to form her own beliefs, she begins to question all she knows. Now she must decide who she will trust, how she will fight for what she believes in, and what she is willing to sacrifice.
Faith (Kickstarting My Heart #2} (Completed) by ChasingMadness24
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It's hard to hold on when all you want to do is let go. Quinn Cyrus has always loved sports. From the second her half brother bought her a soccer ball for her sixth birthday she has always found herself attracted to anything sports related. Max Duncun is Carter High's star soccer player. With his quick and graceful moves, no one would ever think that their star player could be in an accident that results in him living the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Bitter and angry, he believes his life is over. Until he meets Quinn when she accident kicks a ball into his backyard. Quin soon finds herself drawn to helping the hatred filled boy as best as she can. In an attempt to show him that sports isn't everything, she ends up realizing that maybe her whole life isn't exactly as she had once thought. That some secrets are better left untold. Two people from completely different worlds, with one thing in common, must find common ground as they struggle with their faith in the world and each other. Book 2 of the Kickstarting My Heart Series
Sample: A Stolen Kiss (Book #1 in A Stolen Royals series) by KelseyKeating2
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NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND E-BOOK This is a 10-chapter sample of a published novel. A stolen kiss. An unstable curse. One big mess in the making. Derric Harver never expected to amount to anything more than the palace stableboy, but when Princess Maria's curse keeps her from accepting a prince's proposal, she turns to him for help, and he doesn't dare refuse. With the help of a lady's maid and a prince, Derric and Maria embark on a dangerous adventure to find the sorceress who cast the curse. Along the way they battle monsters, make friends, and discover new truths about themselves--not to mention the undeniable chemistry between them. Reaching their destination won't be easy, but the true danger lies in the truths they've fought for years to hide. A Stolen Kiss is the first in the Stolen Royals Series--an adventure with magical creatures, dangerous lies, and being true to the power within.
Match Made in Quarantine by katfeatherly
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Aimee is a hardworking med student. Maddox is a wild business major. Together they share an apartment and absolutely nothing else. What happens when these two roommates are put on a 20-day lockdown during quarantine? *** When a nationwide lockdown traps two dysfunctional roommates together, there's nothing they can do... except get to know each other better. This is a total nightmare situation for Aimee, who has successfully avoided doing exactly that for the past few months of living with Maddox, her playboy roommate. While neither of them expects it, they might end up finding friendship, comfort, and maybe even love, at a time when they need it the most. ~~~~~~ R E V I E W S: Match Made in Quarantine is a funny, heart-warming story that captures current world issues all the while incorporating feel-good moments. Delve into Maddox and Aimee's beautiful love story if you love a combination of comedy and romance! - wonder_718 MMIQ is a rollercoaster of a ride, that had me laughing, crying and trying my best not smash my Kindle in frustration at Aimee's "hormones". Drawing inspiration from current events in a brilliant and funny manner, MMIQ is a fantastic read for anyone who enjoys talented writing, clever one-liners and relatable characters. 10/10. - GatsyNogim Filled with love, laughter, and some tears, this book is exactly what you need to put a smile on your face when the world outside isn't. - leahdiseris ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ 🏅Ranked #2 in New Adult, Apr '23 🏅Ranked #4 in Young Adult, Nov '20 🏅Ranked #5 in Romance, Nov '20 🏅Ranked #2 in Humor, Apr '23 🏅Ranked #3 in Love, Feb '22 🏅Ranked #2 in Teen Fiction, Aug '22 ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ MMIQ is a rom-com about a FICTIONAL PANDEMIC!
A Quiet Kismet by RE_BellBooks
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kis·met /ˈkizmit,ˈkizˌmet/ noun destiny; fate. We were always fated to be in each others lives. It was written in the stars the moment we wrestled on the playground our first day of preschool. But it was easier to love him behind the veil of hatred than to ever be upfront. Of course things only got complicated from there. My family crumbled, and left to rebuild again and I knew I'd never see Derek Navarro again. I made peace with that, I had to. Of course, fate had other plans. Fast-forward to my new life in New York working on my breakthrough novel, when fate rears its ugly head in my life again. My baby sister is getting married to a boy who grew up in the childhood home we left behind...and his best man is none other than Derek. The love I had chosen to forget. Was this fate at work?
Stranded by luckyanna
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When Elle was just a little girl, her aunt told her about this great trip through Europe she had once gone on. And so, years later, an eighteen-year-old Elle decides to go on the same trip. But hers doesn’t go nearly as smoothly as her aunt’s. And so, completely disappointed and even more heartbroken than before, Elle decides to go back home. But then her plane has to stop in a little town in the middle of nowhere during the biggest snowstorm of the decade. And so the adventures she had been hoping for and the love she hadn't really expected to find are thrust upon her, in the form of trying to find a place to stay in a town flooded with angry tourists, a crazy set of weird characters that offer their help, and an overly sarcastic yet amiable boy that doesn’t seem like anyone Elle has ever met before.
Street Girl by solacing
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FREE STORY WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT. This is *not* a Paid Story. Eighteen-year-old hockey prodigy Elliot Wexler has three goals for senior year. One: somehow graduate with a 3.5 GPA. Two: hide his bipolar disorder from his peers. And three: make it into the NHL with no scandals. Piece of cake. What he doesn't expect is to find Lucy, a homeless girl, hiding from the winter frost in his dad's shed. Elliot's busy, complicated life doesn't permit room for error, and falling in love with a girl from a totally different world sounds like the opposite of a good idea. But Elliot can't help but be drawn to Lucy and her elusive ways--even when she seems to vanish from his life non-stop, each time leaving him with a bigger hole in his heart. But Elliot is determined to break down Lucy's barriers. And when he does, he discovers that her life is more complicated--and dangerous--than he could have imagined. With drafting season approaching, and Elliot's fragile mental health deteriorating, he's forced to face a difficult question: Is first love supposed to hurt so much? *** PLEASE DO NOT ADD THIS STORY TO GOODREADS.
City of Broken Souls by Lark89
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Trust no one. That was the one rule Daja Lee lived by. After her brother was killed, her life changed forever. Everyone's did. The murders only began with her brother. Six years later, nothing has changed and the city of San Andreas is an empty shell of the bustling port it used to be. When tragedy strikes close to home once again, Daja wonders if maybe the most important rule in her life isn't so important after all.
Agent 34 (Book 1) by Quidam13
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"You're forcing me to work with them and I'm telling you now that I can't do it." "You've worked with teams before." "Yeah, but none with a jackass in charge." *** They're all a part of the biggest secret agency in the world and they've begun disappearing. Agents have begun disappearing. Gone without a trace, only to show up weeks later. Dead. Everly Kingston is the best agent the agency has, and now she's been put in charge of finding the missing agents and preventing more from vanishing as well. She's forced to team up with another team of agents after one of their team members, Agent 34, vanishes during a mission. And she's none too happy about it. With one overbearing and controlling team leader, one agent who really can't focus, an agent with an all-around bad attitude, an agent who redefines the term bitch, another who's stuck trying to keep everyone from killing each other, and one agent that's best described as a sociopath, this mission is bound to be a disaster before it even starts. Fortunately for Everly, she's got a handful of friends she can count on to help pull her out of this mess and keep her from killing her new teammates. But this mission just might be the toughest one she's ever had. She'll have to learn to put aside her differences with her new team as agents continue to disappear. Because it soon becomes clear that the last target, the last agent to disappear, will be her . . . ***2nd Trilogy in the Agent Series. Book 1*** First Trilogy does NOT have to be read to read this one.
Protecting the President's Son | ✔️ by KirstenMx
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[Highest Rank: #1 in Teen Fiction] Luna Prescott is a young special agent and Ace Crawford is the President's son. On one eventful day, she gets given the undercover mission to protect the Ace from the 'danger' in Westside High. Will her physical and mental abilities be enough to keep him safe, let alone survive the torture they call high school? *** We carried on walking through the amusement park until he pointed to a game, where you had to shoot down targets to win. "I bet I will beat you in that." He grabbed my hand and lead me to it. Little does he know. "What do I get when I win?" I laughed. "When? Pshhhh, I will get you a new motorcycle." I keep on forgetting how rich he is. "That means I don't need to catch rides with you anymore," I grin, "Game on, loser." He grabbed his water gun and shot at the cardboard targets and got down 15 out of 20 in the time he had. "Your turn, cupcake" Ace handed me the water gun. "Watch and learn, pretty boy." I grabbed the gun and aimed at the targets. After my two minute go, I shot down 20 out of 20. I turned to him with a smug expression and his mouth hung open. *** Luna Prescott is a 17 year old spy who has been working with the Agency for her whole life. Ever since her parents, former spies, had been found 'off the grid' on a mission when she was only 5, the agency took her and her brother in. She has ,since then, been training and going out to missions until her 17th birthday when she finds out what her most important mission of her life is. Ace Crawford, a 17 year old typical bad boy and he is the president's son. This brings him threats from people who hate his father and dangers that he needs help protecting himself from. [Started - 2/4/18] [Finished - 18/ 9/ 19] *** #51 Teen Fiction - 26/4/18 #45 Teen Fiction - 28/4/18 #42 Teen Fiction - 4/5/18 #37 Teen Fiction - 6/5/18 #5 Teen Fiction - 9/5/18 #3 Teen Fiction - 11/5/18 #1 Teen Fiction - 17/12/19 cover credits: @mara_cleia