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• Cupid's Revenge

  Brueggemann, Wibke,

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  Also available as an eBook. It was never Tilly’s intention to fall in love, but Cupid will get you when you least expect it. That’s exactly what happens when Tilly’s best friend, Teddy, ropes Tilly into a plan to woo his dream girl,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Atlas of Us

  Dwyer, Kristin,

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  Atlas has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fire From the Sky

  Åstot, Moa Backe,

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  Ánte’s life has been steeped in Sami tradition. It is indisputable to him that he, an only child, will keep working with the reindeer. But there is something else too, something tugging at him. His feelings for his best friend Erik have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Secret of the Moon Conch

  Bowles, David (David O.),

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  Fantasy romance. Fleeing to the U.S. border, Sitlati finds a conch shell detailed with ancient markings that connects her to Calizto, a young Aztec warrior in 1521 Tenochtitlan, and together they fight to survive -- and for their love --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Imogen, Obviously

  Albertalli, Becky,

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  Contemporary romance. Pretending to be her queer best friend Lili's former girlfriend, heterosexual Imogen Scott spends a lot of time with Lili's friend Tessa and starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with.

• Forget Me Not

  Derrick, Alyson,

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  Contemporary romance. Fifteen-year-old Stevie and Nora's plan to abandon their conservative small town for California so they can be together is shattered when a terrible fall steals every trace of Stevie's relationship with Nora from her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Always the Almost

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  Underhill, Edward,

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  Contemporary romance. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson's New Year resolutions include winning back his ex-boyfriend and winning the Widewest's biggest classical piano competition, but when a new, proudly queer boy moves to town,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

  Hibbert, Talia,

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  Contemporary romance. To win the grand prize at the end of their survival course, ex-best friends Claire and Bradley trudge through mud, dirt and their messy past to find the adventure bringing them closer together, sparking a whole new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When You Wish Upon a Lantern

  Chao, Gloria, 1986-

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  Contemporary romance. To save her family’s struggling wishing lantern store, Liya secretly fulfills the wishes people write on the lanterns they send into the sky and, in doing so, rekindles her friendship with Kai, which unexpectedly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Henry Hamlet's Heart

  Wilde, Rhiannon,

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  Love stories. Despite their differences, soon to be eighteen-year-olds Henry Hamlet and Lennon Crane have been best friends for most of their lives, but in their senior year at Northolm Grammar School for Boys in Brisbane, Australia, Henry…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spells for Lost Things

  Welch, Jenna Evans,

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  Contemporary romance. Willow has never felt like she belonged anywhere and is convinced that the only way to find a true home is to travel the world. But her plans to act on her dream are put on hold when her aloof and often absent mother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers

  Sass, Adam, 1983-

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  Contemporary romance. Micah Summers runs a popular Instagram full of drawings of his numerous imaginary boyfriends (ninety-nine so far)—though he's never had a real boyfriend before. But when a meet-cute with Boy 100 goes wrong, Micah…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silent Stars Go by

  Nicholls, Sally, 1983-

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  Historical romance. During Christmastime in 1919, 17-year-old secretly pregnant vicar's daughter Margot Allan joins with her family for the first time since World War I ended, while unbeknownst to her, the fiance she thought she lost…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fireworks

  Lin, Alice, (author)

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  Contemporary romance. When her childhood friend, K-pop star Kite Xu, returns home from South Korea, 17-year-old Lulu Li finds herself falling for him, but fame and friendship soon complicate matters of the heart.

• Zyla & Kai

  Forest, Kristina,

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  Contemporary romance. Told in alternating perspectives, this epic star-crossed love story follows Zyla, a cynic about love, and Kai, a hopeless romantic, as they run away together while on a school trip, leaving their friends and family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beauty and the Besharam

  Vale, Lillie,

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  Seventeen-year-old, high-achieving Kavya Joshi has always been told she’s a little too ambitious, a little too mouthy, and overall just a little too much. In one word: besharam. So, when her nemesis, Ian Jun, witnesses Kavya’s very public…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love Radio

  LaDelle, Ebony,

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  Contemporary romance. A 17-year-old self-professed teen love doctor with his own segment on Detroit's popular hip-hop show, Prince Jones has only three dates to prove to Dani, an ambitious writer who hates all thing romance, that he's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Arrow to the Moon

  Pan, Emily X. R.,

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  Paranormal romance, Fantasy. The Yee and Chang families have always hated each other, their distaste the result of a rivalry that spun into enmity after David Yee and Hsueh-Ting Chang competed for the same professorships. As the Changs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Some Mistakes Were Made

  Dwyer, Kristin,

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  Contemporary romance. When a rash decision lands her halfway across the country to finish her senior year, Ellis' relationship with her best friend is thrown into chaos until a visit home forces her to confront the heartache, betrayal and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Year on Fire

  Buxbaum, Julie,

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  Love stories, Realistic fiction. It was a year on fire. They fell in love. Someone was bound to get burned. The Spark: Just days before the start of junior year for twins Arch and Immie and their best friend, Paige, a spontaneous kiss…Read moreRead more of this annotation