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Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Logan Gray is the stereotypical bad boy of Hollywood -- a talented but troubled actor who the public loves to hate. Mattie Cole is an up and coming golden boy, adored by all but plagued by insecurities. When Mattie is cast as the love interest in Logan's newest film, the two are persuaded into a fake dating scheme to bring positive publicity to the project. But as the two actors get to know their new characters, real feelings start to develop. And...
Author
Publisher
Carina Press/Adores
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the moment Jack Gardner first laid eyes on Theodore Beaumont, he hated everything about him. Emanating wealth and icy perfection, Theo was everything Jack was not. Their time together at the elite Gwynns Academy changed them both, but it wasn't until a chance encounter the summer after graduation that the tension between them became palpable--unbearable. ... Seventeen years later, Jack's and Theo's worlds collide as they drop their sons off...
83) Sink or swim
Author
Series
Shore leave volume 2
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
Navy chief Calder Euler loves to win big. His latest score? A remote mountain cabin. Checking it out is supposed to be a quick trip, but Calder's luck abruptly turns when a freak injury and a freakier snowstorm leave him stranded. Oh, and the cabin isn't empty. A silver fox caring for two young girls claims that the property is his, but Calder's paperwork says otherwise.
84) The mastermind
Author
Series
Long con adventures volume 1
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time in Rome, Felix Salinger got caught picking his first pocket and Danny Mitchell saved his bacon. The two of them were inseparable... until they weren't. Twenty years later Danny returns to Chicago, the city he shared with Felix and their perfect, secret family, to save him again. Felix's news network--the business that broke them apart--is under fire from an unscrupulous employee pointing the finger at Felix. An official investigation...
Author
Publisher
Push
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town. Just like every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the city--but this time a mysterious boy with a troubled past comes with them. As their friendship evolves, Jackson must confront the changing shapes of...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books US a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anthony "Ant" Stevenson isn't sure when he stopped being a virgin. Or even if he has. The rules aren't always very clear when it comes to boys who like boys. In fact, relationships of all kinds feel complicated, even with Ant's oldest friends. There's Charlie, who's both virulently homophobic and in a secret physical relationship with Ant. Then there's drama kid Jack, who may be gay and has become the target of Charlie's rage. And, of course, there's...
87) Thrall
Author
Series
Legend of the fallen empire volume 1
Publisher
DSP Publications
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Legend of the Fallen Empire ... The old Empire has fallen, and humanity is losing the war against powerful vampires. Kaiden, once the pathetic town drunk, is now a thrall, a mindless servant driven only by bloodlust and his master's orders. But when his master orders Kaiden to kill a vampire hunter, Kaiden disobeys. Hunter Johann has spent years studying old lore and killing thralls, but he's never seen one like Kaiden, intelligent and capable of...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando Alejandro conoció a David, su sonrisa le pareció la magia que podría salvarlo de sí mismo. Durante años ambos se consideraron afortunados, creían que el amor que compartían era capaz de aguantar todo tipo de tormentas. Todas menos una. Hace diez años que se fue de Madrid dejando su dolor, su corazón y a David sin apenas dar explicación. Ahora Alejandro está preparado para enfrentarse al pasado y a David, quien no ha conseguido...
Author
Language
English
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New Releases—October 10, 2023
Description
"Cam is living in Los Angeles and falling apart after the love of his life has died. Kai's ghost won't leave Cam alone; his spectral visits wild, tender, unexpected, and explosive. When Cam returns to his hometown of Houston, he crashes back into the orbit of his former best friend, TJ, and TJ's family bakery. TJ's not sure how to navigate this changed Cam, impenetrably cool and self-destructing, or their charged estrangement. Can they find a way...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Since their college days, Kip Woods has been infatuated with Thaddeus Kaufman, who, years later, is a married father of two children and desperately trying to revive a failing career. Kip's devotion to Thaddeus has been life-defining and destiny-altering, but it has been one that Thaddeus has either failed to notice or refused to acknowledge. But over the course of this heated and mesmerizing novel, set against a background of privilege and affluence...
91) My fair Brady
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Wade Westmore is used to being in the spotlight. So when he's passed over for the lead in the spring musical, it comes as a major blow -- especially when the role goes to his ex-boyfriend, Reese...Shy sophomore Elijah Brady is used to being overlooked. Forget not knowing his name -- most of his classmates don't even know he exists. So when he joins the stage crew for the musical, he seems destined to blend into the scenery. When the two have a disastrous...
92) Going public
Author
Series
Jade Harbor Capital volume 2
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A boss. His employee. And a scandal that's about to change everything...As an operating partner at Jade Harbour, Raymond Chao prides himself in fixing even the most disastrous of portfolio companies--no matter the cost. While his colleagues might not always like his methods, they love his results. But his latest business partner isn't cooperating, and what's worse, Raymond's underhanded tactics have landed him in hot water with the law. Elvin Goh...
93) The Hanged Man
Author
Series
Tarot sequence volume 2
Publisher
Pyr
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Throne, is backed into a fight of high court magic and political appetites in a desperate bid to protect his ward,...
94) Game changer
Author
Series
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When pro hockey star Scott Hunter falls for juice bar barista Kip Grady, he keeps their red-hot relationship behind closed doors because he can't afford anything that might derail his career, but Kip, ready to go all-in, no longer wants to be a secret"--
95) Kings of B'more
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Propelled by his best friend's impending move out of state and inspired by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, sixteen-year-old Harrison plans a farewell through Baltimore that includes a road trip, their first Pride, and a rooftop dance party.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ringmaster -- Rin, to those who know her best -- can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks. With the world still reeling from World War I, Rin and her troupe -- the Circus of the Fantasticals -- travel the midwest, offering a single night of enchantment and respite to all who step...
Author
Series
Heaven official's blessing novels volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Born the crown prince of a prosperous kingdom, Xie Lian was renowned for his beauty, strength, and purity. His years of dedicated study and noble deeds allowed him to ascend to godhood. But those who rise may also fall, and fall he does--cast from the heavens and banished to the world below. Eight hundred years after his mortal life, Xie Lian has ascended to godhood for the third time, angering most of the gods in the process. To repay his debts,...
Author
Publisher
Atria Boks
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
""A modern coming-of-age full of love, desperation, heartache, and magic" (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) about "the ways in which family, grief, love, queerness, and vulnerability all intersect" (Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author). Perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Thirty Names of Night"--
Though Owen Tanner has never met anyone else who has a chatty bird in their chest, medical forums...
99) Domestic do-over
Author
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Real estate guru Brandon Chase knows what 'family friendly' means in the biz, and it's not being open about his sexuality. The end of Brandon's marriage is still making headlines when the Restoration Channel makes him an offer: helm a show about flipping houses in New York City's risky market. Still smarting from the bad press, Brandon is reluctant to get involved--until he falls in love with an old Victorian. It's contractor Travis Rogers's job...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bookshop owner Jacob Moore can't believe his longtime celebrity crush, author Rasul Youssef, is moving to Copper Point. For many, the chance to meet the playboy novelist would be a dream come true, but Jacob dreads it. You should never meet your heroes. You definitely shouldn't pretend to be their boyfriend. Rasul came to this backwater town for an academic residency - a necessary evil, since he's burned through his advance without finishing the...
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