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A tender hate-to-love YA romance about two teens who connect through their high school poetry club, where the power of the written word tears down the walls they’ve built around their hearts. No one in Delray knows Jae Aƒenyo’s story—that she’s a teen mom who placed her baby for...

What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though - she leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But everything she's ever worked for is threatened when Ty Green moves to her school.

Maybe, if we met at another time - another life - he could’ve been mine. Maybe, if I were older. Maybe, if he wasn’t my brother’s best friend. Maybe, if he wasn’t my teacher. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Having my dirty little secret living down the hall had me obsessing over alternate endings and happily ever afters. I’d never wanted someone so badly, but his hot and cold behavior was giving me emotional whiplash.

Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star swimmers forced to spend their summers on a lake together sounds like the perfect match. But it's the same every year - in between cookouts and boat rides and family-imposed bonfires, Sidney and Asher spend the dog days of summer finding the ultimate ways to prank each other. And now, after their senior year, they're determined to make it the most epic summer yet. 

Winnie is living her best fat girl life and is on her way to the best place on earth. No, not Disneyland - her granny’s diner, Goldeen’s, in the small town of Misty Haven. While there, she works in her fabulous '50s-inspired uniform, twirling around the diner floor and earning an obscene amount of tips. With her family and ungirlfriend at her side, she has everything she needs for one last perfect summer before starting college in the fall...until she becomes Misty Haven’s Summer Queen in a highly anticipated matchmaking tradition that she wants absolutely nothing to do with.

Bloomsbury presents The Love Interest by Helen Comerford, read by Carla Harrison-Hodge and Jamie Hoskin. A swoony, speculative and entirely electric YA debut with a humorous and satirical take on the conventions of the superhero-verse, for fans of Michelle Quach’s Not Here To Be Liked and the...

Elizabeth Buxbaum sempre soube que seu vizinho não seria um bom namorado. Apesar de todos acharem Wesley Bennett simpático e muito bonito, Liz tinha certeza de que, na verdade, ele era um chato de galochas. Mas Michael Young era diferente. O amor de infância de Liz estava à altura dos protagonistas das comédias românticas que ela tanto gostava, só que havia se mudado para longe quando os dois ainda eram crianças. Dez anos depois, ele estava de volta, mais lindo e charmoso do que nunca.

Prickelnde Romantik, dekadenter Luxus und dunkle Geheimnisse satt – exklusive Storys aus der Welt der The Inheritance Games-Reihe als Hörbuch. Vier Brüder, durch ein unzertrennbares Band miteinander verbunden, aufgewachsen in einem Haus voller Rätsel und Geheimnisse, umgeben von Freundschaft und Verrat, Liebe und Rache, Macht und unermesslichem Reichtum. Brandneue Geschichten aus der schillernden Welt der Familie Hawthorne enthüllen bislang unbekannte Details und Hintergründe aus dem Leben der vier Hawthorne-Brüder und der Erbin ihres Vermögens, Avery Grambs.

Belly misura il tempo in estati. Tutto ciò che di bello e magico è successo nella sua vita, è successo fra giugno e agosto. L'inverno è solo il periodo che la divide dalla prossima estate, dalla casa sulla spiaggia e da Susannah che, oltre a essere la migliore amica di sua mamma, è anche la madre di Jeremiah e Conrad. Loro sono gli amici con i quali è cresciuta: uno è il ragazzo su cui contare, l'altro è quello che ti fa battere il cuore.

Being crew is walking between two worlds. One world is normal: Prom. Parties. College. Those are the concerns they worry about. In our world, we deal with other situations. Cops. Drugs. Brawling. That’s a typical day for us. But what if it wasn’t? What if there came a day when you stopped? When you considered letting your enemies win? When you didn’t fight back? When you chose a different path? First I lost my family. Then I got the Wolf Crew. I couldn't lose them too. But what happens when Cross, Zellman, and Jordan keep going...and I don’t?

A forced-proximity, brother’s-best-friend romcom perfect for fans of THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY and MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS. When Ally Lockwood’s sworn nemesis moves in with her family for senior year, she’s desperate to get rid of him. Most girls would do anything to live across the...

OVER 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! Romance, luxury, and secrets abound in this thrilling collection that takes readers deeper into the world of the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games Saga. There is nothing frivolous about the way a Hawthorne man loves. An amnesiac playboy and...

From Joya Goffney, author of hit YA romcom Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, comes a stirring coming-of-age, best friends-to-lovers romance... Nikki's always had a difficult relationship with her mum. So when she finds herself homeless at the start of spring break, she decides to rage-quit Texas and...

The heart-rending and inspiring novel from the critically acclaimed author of NOT IF I SEE YOU FIRST. How can you have a future if you can’t accept your past? Mel Hannigan doesn’t have it easy. Mourning the death of her firework of a brother, facing the loss of three friendships that used to...

I’ve spent the past year plotting my revenge and imagining all the wicked things I’d do to her when our paths finally crossed again. I just had no idea it would be so soon. The last thing I expected when I reentered the world was to find myself right in the middle of hers. The girl who betrayed me, the snitch who ruined me - here for the taking. While she’s been oblivious here in Rosewood, I’ve been trapped in hell. Better watch your back, Harley Hunter. You’re about to be owned by a Legend.

In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring...

Rosie Thorne and her father have been short on luck - and money - for years. So when she loses her grocery store job in a heated moment of smashing the patriarchy, she knows she may be forced to give up on her dream of leaving her small town for a prestigious college creative writing program. On the other hand, Vance Reigns has been Hollywood royalty for as long as Rosie’s been clipping coupons and secretly writing massively popular fanfiction. When a tabloid scandal catches up to him, he’s forced to hide out somewhere the paparazzi would never expect to find him: Small Town USA.

Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Where the Rhythm Takes You is a romantic, mesmerizing novel of first love and second chances. Seventeen-year-old Reyna has spent most of her life at the Plumeria, her family’s gorgeous seaside resort in Tobago. But what once seemed like paradise is...

An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious...

Luke spots Eve at his dad's funeral. She's hot - and she's the perfect distraction from his messed up family life. There's only one problem - she's got a boyfriend. Still, Luke's not going to give up that easily.