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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Struggling to come to terms with the worshipped older brother who disappeared seven years earlier, fifteen-year-old Rocky is seduced by a wealthy older girl in the wake of a mysterious double murder that forces the town to confront past misdeeds.
2) My fault
Author
Series
Culpable volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
*Now an original movie from Amazon Prime*
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Fast-paced and sizzling with a forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance, My Fault is the first book in Mercedes Ron's Culpable trilogy. This suspenseful YA series untangles the threads of love, trauma, and secrets, perfect for fans of Ugly Love and After.
Seventeen-year-old Noah Morgan loves her quiet,
...Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This pair of stepbrothers have their sights set on just one woman ... Scarlet Drake is an insurance fraud investigator hot on the heels of the thief who stole a multimillion-dollar art collection from tycoon Michael Vandenberg's Hamptons estate. Unfortunately, the sexy Wolf of Wall Street is also her prime suspect--along with his equally mouthwatering stepbrother, Montana rancher Sam Reed. Scarlet quickly finds herself tangled up in the two devilishly...
4) Bad things
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Some mistakes you have to live with ... One victim succumbs to an overdose. Another is brutally bludgeoned to death. Each, in turn, will pay. Because you never forget the friends you make in high school--or the enemies ... And others ... In the wake of her stepbrother Nick's death, Kerry Monaghan is visiting Edwards Bay. Kerry has just returned to the small town overlooking an arm of Puget Sound that she left before high school, though not before...
5) Kid owner
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When Ryan learns his estranged father left him the Dallas Cowboys in his will, it is all Ryan can do to keep his dad's other son from snatching the team away"--
Author
Series
Magic animal rescue volume 4
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Maggie's newest chore at her friend Bob's stable is taking care of flying pigs--but they're not so easy to deal with! Maggie's used to putting up with a lot though, like her step-mother Zelia, who is trying to get Maggie's step-brother Peter a job at the stable. Peter working with Maggie? Yeah, right! Maybe when pigs fly..."--
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When her adoptive mother dies, fifteen-year-old Mari and is desperate to avoid being caught up in the foster system. Again. And to complicate matters, she is now the only one who can take care of her super-smart and on-the-spectrum nine-year-old stepbrother, Conor. Is there anyone Mari can trust to help them? Certainly not her mother's current boyfriend, Dennis. Not the doctors or her teachers, who would be obliged to call in social services. So in...
8) XL
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Will Daughtry is just shy of five feet, and is resigned, bitterly, to being tiny forever. His only comfort is his best friend and stepbrother, Drew (6'3"), and their pal Monica (5'10"), the girl he's pined for since fifth grade. With them, he feels whole; everyone else sees him as a half man. But when Will stumbles onto Drew and Monica kissing, he realizes he's on his own. That's when he starts to grow. Astonishingly fast. New possibilities open up:...
Author
Series
Magic animal rescue volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Maggie and her friend, Bob, learn of an injured unicorn in the forest, they set off to rescue him but Maggie's stepbrother, Peter, plans to stop them.
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While trying to jumpstart the zombie apocalypse, twelve-year-old Ernestine Montgomery and her new stepbrother, Charleston, stumble upon a murder mystery in the retirement apartments where their parents do maintenance.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Edward and Nathan, two Navajo stepbrothers, work with a young water monster named Dew to confront their past and save the world from a monstrous, enormous Enemy that is stealing water from all of the Navajo Nation.
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"Am I really a good fit for Suzumura?! Although Nanami managed (somehow) to get through that minefield of a visit with her cousin who may or may not have the hots for Kyouhei and her aunt who most definitely disapproves, Auntie Takako's words keep reverberating through her head. Meanwhile, Nanami's sudden aloofness is throwing Kyouhei off guard...Can he overcome the formidable task of puzzling out the source of her distres and then fixing it?"-- cover...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"That witch!! After Nanami worked so hard to keep her relationship with Kyouhei on the downlow--she even agreed to Mana's ridiculous demands for crying out loud--and Mana just sent that picture to everyone anyway?! Nanami's doomed to a life of solitude for the rest of high school... That is, if the hero of the story doesn't show up to sweep her off her feet. Can Kyouhei become Nanami's knight in shining armor?"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Nanami's high-school crush suddenly becomes her step-brother, she's faced with the unfortunate reality of having to live under the same roof as her now off-limits love-interest! Will his chilly attitude and arrogant ways be enough to turn her off, or is Nanami in for some long and sleepless nights...?"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Even if you're not angry, I am...Survive the cousin visit, check. Listen to Nanami vent about her frustrations, check. Study for exams...a work in progress--but it won't prevent the pair from having some fun in the sun in Okinawa! That was the plan, at least..until Nanami has a miserable run-in with the student council president, Sakuma, at the hotel. And to add insult to injury, he's in the same group as Suzumura! Are his derisive words enough to...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Nanami is not thrilled. In fact, she's about at her wits' end. Her crush is living in her house as her stepbrother, he keeps teasing her, and now he's in the hospital?! Between unexpected guests, nursing the stubborn Kyouhei, and the approach of Christmas, she just can't catch a break... Without a little bit of Kyouhei's sweet chocolate, she just might break."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"She s a mean one Auntie Takako. She shows up at Nanami s house, says rude things to her, and accuses her of doing stuff with Kyouhei that she hasn t even done (yet)! And on top of that, Auntie Takako s decided to stick around and watch every move Nanami makes&Meanwhile, Kyouhei s getting more and more jealous of her cousin Subaru for no real reason (that Nanami can tell). Which means he s more likely to do something stupid and reveal their true relationship...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A Christmas confession leaves Nanami and Kyouhei at...well, Nanami's not quite sure. After all, Kyouhei kind of admitted that he liked her, and maybe even kissed her, but...then acts like his usual self the next day?! On top of that, someone starts spreading rumors about their relationship as siblings...which means even if they are actually dating, they can't tell anyone about it...!!"--Page [4] of cover.
20) Your fault
Author
Series
Culpable volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Noah fell in love with Nick, she knew their relationship would never be easy. They're fire and electricity, and when they're together, every kind of sparks fly. After last summer, Noah thought their passion had grown stronger than their fear, but her life is about to turn upside-down again now that she's starting at the university. Moving again while maintaining her relationship with Nick will be a difficult hurdle, with their age difference,...
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