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Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman.

He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him.

She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse.

Every monster has their weakness. She's his.

His obsession.

His addiction.

His only exception.

***

Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage.

Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship.

But when a threat from her past drives her into the armsā€•and houseā€•of the most dangerous man she's ever met, she's tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time.

Because despite Christian's cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she's with him.

Passionate.

Protected.

Truly wanted.

Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by liesā€¦and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.]]> 560 Ana Huang 1728274893 Gillian 4 4.11 2022
author: Ana Huang
name: Gillian
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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From the author of Reeseā€™s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an addictive thriller about a new motherā€™s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know the man she loves? And what danger does she face if her entire life has been built on a lie?

It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camillaā€™s life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But, when she wakes, her husband Luke isnā€™t there, and in his place is a cryptic note.

Then it starts. Breaking news: there's a hostage situation developing in London. The police arrive, and tell her Luke is involved. But he isn't a hostage. Her husbandā€”doting father, eternal optimistā€”is the gunman.

What she does next is crucial. Because only she knows what the note he left behind that morning says...

Famous Last Words is the story of a crime, a marriage, and more secrets than Camilla ever could have imagined. This novel cements Gillian McAllisterā€™s reputation as ā€œthe best at putting her characters in impossible situations and making her readers not only contemplate but feel what it would be like to find themselves in those situations.ā€ (Emily Henry)]]> 336 Gillian McAllister 0063338424 Gillian 0 to-read 3.70 2025
author: Gillian McAllister
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average rating: 3.70
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The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has.

When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution thatā€™ll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.

No jealousy.

No strings attached.

And absolutely no falling in love.

**

Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl whoā€™s focused on one thing: passing the attorneyā€™s bar exam.

The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferableā€¦ no matter how good-looking he is.

But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes thereā€™s more than meets the eye to the man sheā€™s hated for so long.

Her best friendā€™s brother.

Her nemesis.

And her only salvation.


Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, theyā€™re faced with truths that could either save themā€¦ or destroy everything theyā€™ve worked for.

Twisted Hate is a steamy enemies with benefits/enemies to lovers romance. It's book three in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

Warning: It contains explicit content and profanity. Recommended for 18+.]]> 500 Ana Huang 1728274885 Gillian 4 3.88 2022
author: Ana Huang
name: Gillian
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> 64821637 Childhood enemies discover the fine line between love and loathing in this heartfelt reimagining of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

Katerina Wilmot and Christopher Petruchio shared backyards as kids, but as adults they won't even share the same hemisphere. That is, until Kate makes a rare visit home, and their fiery animosity rekindles into a raging inferno.

Despite their friends' and families' pleas for peace, Christopher is unconvinced Kate would willingly douse the flames of their enmity. But when a drunken Kate confesses she's only been hostile because she thought he hated her, Christopher vows to make peace with Kate once and for all. Tempting as it is to be swept away by her nemesis-turned-gentleman, Kate isn't sure she can trust his charming good-guy act.

When Christopher's persistence and Kateā€™s curiosity lead to an impassioned kiss, they realize "peace" is the last thing that will ever be possible between them. As desire gives way to deeper feelings, Kate and Christopher must decide if itā€™s truly better to hate than to never risk their heartsā€”or if they already gave them away long ago.]]> 366 Chloe Liese 0593441524 Gillian 0 to-read 3.63 2023
author: Chloe Liese
name: Gillian
average rating: 3.63
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]]> 60039565 Opposites become allies to fool their matchmaking friends in this swoony reimagining of Shakespeareā€™s beloved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing.

Jamie Westenberg and Bea Wilmot have nothing in common except a meet-disaster and the mutual understanding that they couldnā€™t be more wrong for each other. But when the people closest to them play Cupid and trick them into going on a date, Jamie and Bea realize they have something else in common after allā€”an undeniable need for revenge.

Soon their plan is in place: Fake date obnoxiously and convince the meddlers theyā€™re madly in love. Then, break up spectacularly and dash everyoneā€™s hopes, putting an end to the matchmaking madness once and for all.

To convince everyone that theyā€™ve fallen for each other, Jamie and Bea will have to nail the performance of their lives. But as their final act nears and playing lovers becomes easier than not, they begin to wonder: What if Cupidā€™s arrow wasnā€™t so off the mark? And what if two wrongs do make a right?]]> 326 Chloe Liese 0593441508 Gillian 0 to-read 3.78 2022
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> 212294418 Star-crossed lovers learn that practicing romance leads to the perfect happy ending in this steamy reimagining of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Since heartbreak entered the scene, Juliet Wilmot, once a hopeless romantic, has sworn off love. But when she's presented with the chance to revisit romance-purely for practice-with the gorgeous, off-limits guy she keeps serendipitously running into, it feels like a sign from the universe.

Quiet, shy Will Orsino knows happily-ever-after isn't on his horizon. Problem is, for the sake of the family business, marriage is. Resigned to the inevitable, but with no confidence he can woo a wife, he can hardly say no when fate hands him the alluring, unattainable woman he keeps crossing paths with, offering to help him learn the ropes of romance.

Neither of them looking for love, Jules and Will agree they're the perfect pair to practice romance. Except that practicing to perfection leads to an irresistible attraction. Their once smitten hearts, though still twice shy, might have happily-ever-after written in the stars for them, after all.]]> 384 Chloe Liese 0593441540 Gillian 0 to-read 3.77 2025
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> 50225678 425 Alexis Hall 1728206146 Gillian 2 3.98 2020
author: Alexis Hall
name: Gillian
average rating: 3.98
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rating: 2
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On a whirlwind tour through Europe, with both an unrelenting schedule and minimal supervision, Ruben and Zach come to rely on each other more and more, and their already close friendship evolves into a romance. But when they decide theyā€™re ready to tell their fans and live freely, Zach and Ruben start to truly realize that they will never have the support of their management. How can they hold tight to each other when the whole world seems to want to come between them?]]> 404 Sophie Gonzales 1250805805 Gillian 0 to-read 3.92 2021
author: Sophie Gonzales
name: Gillian
average rating: 3.92
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]]> 59754566 They donā€™t play for the same team. Or do they?

Jamie Canning has never been able to figure out how he lost his closest friend. Four years ago, his tattooed, wise-cracking, rule-breaking roommate cut him off without an explanation. So what if things got a little weird on the last night of hockey camp the summer they were eighteen? It was just a little drunken foolishness. Nobody died.

Ryan Wesleyā€™s biggest regret is coaxing his very straight friend into a bet that pushed the boundaries of their relationship. Now, with their college teams set to face off at the national championship, heā€™ll finally get a chance to apologize. But all it takes is one look at his longtime crush, and the ache is stronger than ever.

Jamie has waited a long time for answers, but walks away with only more questionsā€”can one night of sex ruin a friendship? If not, how about six more weeks of it? When Wesley turns up to coach alongside Jamie for one more hot summer at camp, Jamie has a few things to discover about his old friend...and a big one to learn about himself.

Warning: contains sexual situations, hotties on hockey skates, skinnydipping, shenanigans in an SUV and proof that coming out to your family on social media is a dicey proposition.]]> 326 Sarina Bowen 1954500491 Gillian 0 to-read 4.10 2015
author: Sarina Bowen
name: Gillian
average rating: 4.10
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]]> 3097601 I'm not crazy. I don't see what the big deal is about what happened. But apparently someone does think it's a big deal because here I am. I bet it was my mother. She always overreacts.

Fifteen-year-old Jeff wakes up on New Year's Day to find himself in the hospital. Make that the psychiatric ward. With the nutjobs. Clearly, this is all a huge mistake. Forget about the bandages on his wrists and the notes on his chart. Forget about his problems with his best friend, Allie, and her boyfriend, Burke. Jeff's perfectly fine, perfectly normal, not like the other kids in the hospital with him. Now they've got problems. But a funny thing happens as his forty-five-day sentence drags on: the crazies start to seem less crazy.

Compelling, witty, and refreshingly real, Suicide Notes is a darkly humorous novel from award-winning author Michael Thomas Ford that examines that fuzzy line between "normal" and the rest of us.]]> 295 Michael Thomas Ford 0060737557 Gillian 0 to-read 3.81 2008
author: Michael Thomas Ford
name: Gillian
average rating: 3.81
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]]> 30653853 always have to be careful.

Then a cute new girl enters Cassieā€™s orbit, and for the first time ever, Mollyā€™s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Mollyā€™s totally not dying of lonelinessā€”except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassieā€™s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, sheā€™ll get her first kiss and sheā€™ll get her twin back.

Thereā€™s only one problem: Mollyā€™s coworker Reid. Heā€™s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and thereā€™s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?]]> 336 Becky Albertalli 0062348701 Gillian 3 3.89 2017
author: Becky Albertalli
name: Gillian
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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Honestly, itā€™s a pretty sweet gigā€”until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and broody older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentorā€™s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And that same Jack who now sits on the hiring committee at MIT, right between Elsie and her dream job.

Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage butā€¦those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when sheā€™s with him? Will falling into an experimentalistā€™s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?]]> 389 Ali Hazelwood 1408725797 Gillian 4 4.07 2023
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Gillian
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.

Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness.]]> 444 Ned Vizzini 078685197X Gillian 3 4.08 2006
author: Ned Vizzini
name: Gillian
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 56653002 She can never be his...but he's taking her anyway.

Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever.

He has never once been tempted to break those rulesā€¦until her.

Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. Sheā€™s nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed.

Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until heā€™s faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her. Take her.

Because sheā€™s his.

His princess.
His forbidden fruit.
His every depraved fantasy.

***

Regal, strong-willed, and bound by the chains of duty, Princess Bridget dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses.

But when her brother abdicates, sheā€™s suddenly faced with the prospect of a loveless, politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted.

And as she navigates the intricaciesā€”and treacheriesā€”of her new role, she must also hide her desire for a man she ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t have.

Her bodyguard.
Her protector.
Her ultimate ruin.

Unexpected and forbidden, theirs is a love that could destroy a kingdomā€¦and doom them both.

Twisted Games is a slow to medium burn contemporary royal bodyguard romance. Itā€™s book two of the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

Warning: This book contains a possessive alpha hero, explicit sexual content, and profanity.]]> 456 Ana Huang Gillian 5 4.10 2021
author: Ana Huang
name: Gillian
average rating: 4.10
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rating: 5
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]]> 215092266 still doesnā€™t know what to do about the massive crush he has on his cleaner. Lottieā€™s clumsy and really crap at her job, but her laugh is infectious, her smile lights up the room, sheā€™s insanely good at chess, and he ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t stop thinking about her.

Aware of the power imbalance, he sets out to make her his, and he thinks heā€™s getting somewhere until she seriously betrays his trust. So now he tells himself he hates her, and he makes sure everyone knows it. But once Ollie realizes that his privilege and self-absorption have made him entitled and completely blind, heā€™s determined to win Lottie back. A fake engagement might be a bit extreme, but his family had been getting its way for five hundred years, and the Duke of Buckingham was no different from his ancestors.

Lottieā€™s life is a struggle. Sheā€™s had to fight for everything since going into foster care at the age of twelve. The Duke of Buckingham, wouldnā€™t understand struggle if it smacked him in the face. Heā€™s got money and family coming out of his ears; she has twenty quid in her current account and no family other than her traumatized, selectively mute eight-year-old little sister, whom Lottie is determined to keep safe.

She doesnā€™t have time for handsome Dukes with silver tongues. So she tells herself sheā€™s not heartbroken when he turns on her like she knew he would, putting everything she worked so hard for in jeopardy. She needs to concentrate on survival. But Lottie underestimates just how charming Ollie can be. Or what a formidable opponent his centuries-old, innate arrogance makes him.

This is a billionaire, enemies to lovers, fake engagement, grumpy boss, contemporary romance.

Trigger warnings for assault, mentions of domestic violence and past childhood neglect. ]]> 338 Susie Tate 1068682027 Gillian 0 to-read 4.14 2024
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name: Gillian
average rating: 4.14
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]]> 136332071
Two years ago, I moved back to my hometown. I started a business, bought a house, took up yoga, and went on hiatus from dating. Life is good.

If I never had to see Seth, it would be perfect.

After all, my history with my ex-boyfriend is anything but simple. Itā€™s taken us years, but weā€™ve finally learned to live in the same town without killing each other.

Is there an elaborate set of rules governing our every casual interaction?

Yes.

Do I still think dirty, off-limits thoughts every single time I see him buying apples at the grocery store?

Of course. Iā€™m only human, and Seth and I are practically experts at the two Fā€™s: fighting, andā€¦

...sleeping together.

Still, weā€™re managing just fine.

And then?

He shows up at my sisterā€™s wedding. The man looks like pure sex in a suit, handsome as the devil himself and twice as charming.

Worse, he claims heā€™s my date.

We flirt.

We dance.

We break every one of our carefully-crafted rules, and weā€¦ should stop.

Too bad Iā€™m having the time of my life.

I know I should end it. After all the heartbreak, hurt, and anger we ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t be more than enemies.

But Seth asks me for one more night.

Just one night.

Then, weā€™re back to being virtual strangers to each other.

I know I should turn him down.

I know this ends with my heart shattered into a million pieces.

I know lunacy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

But Iā€™ve always been bad at resisting a weakness.

One Last Time is a standalone romantic comedy and the final book in the Loveless Brothers series.]]> 520 Roxie Noir Gillian 0 currently-reading 3.59 2020
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name: Gillian
average rating: 3.59
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]]> 136331997 Teach me everything.

My whole life, Iā€™ve been a good girl. I follow rules like nobodyā€™s business. I obey guidelines like I was born to it. Show me a line, and Iā€™ll toe it.

Iā€™m even a twenty-two-year-old virgin. Good is my middle name.

And then, I break one tiny little rule. Miniscule. Inconsequential.

Next thing I know, Iā€™m trapped with an incredibly handsome stranger. Heā€™s got eyes like cut emeralds, biceps that makes my head spin, and a smile that has me rethinking all my life choices.

We escape a bar bathroom together. We go on an impromptu date. We share the hottest kiss Iā€™ve ever had, one that leaves me panting for more. We promise to see each other again.

Turns out, we see each other the next morning.

In my calculus class.

Which heā€™s teaching.

My handsome, sexy date is Professor Loveless, and weā€™ll be seeing each other plenty. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday all semester.

Thereā€™s no choice but to call it off. We both have too much at stake: I could lose my scholarship, and he could lose his entire career.

But I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t call off the way I feel.

I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t call off the way he looks when he rolls up his sleeves and explains imaginary numbers.

I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t call off the heated glances, or the way our hands touch when I hand in my homework, or the memory of his body pressing against mine that night.

Iā€™m a virgin.

Heā€™s my professor.

And if we give in, it could cost us both everything.

But Iā€™m so tired of being a good girl.]]> 411 Roxie Noir Gillian 3 3.53 2020
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average rating: 3.53
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]]> 40097951
Aliciaā€™s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivationsā€”a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a womanā€™s act of violence against her husbandā€”and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.]]> 336 Alex Michaelides 1250301696 Gillian 5 4.17 2019
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name: Gillian
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> 55817097 He has a heart of ice...but for her, he'd burn the world.

Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t escape.

Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.

But when heā€™s forced to look after his best friendā€™s sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:

A crack.
A melt.
A fire that could end his world as he knew it.

***

Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t remember.

But despite her broken past, sheā€™s never stopped seeing the beauty in the worldā€¦including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldnā€™t want.

Her brotherā€™s best friend.
Her neighbor.
Her savior and her downfall.

Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happenā€”but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them bothā€¦and everything they hold dear.

Twisted Love is a brotherā€™s best friend/opposites attract romance with a hint of suspense. It's book one in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

WARNING: This book contains a possessive, morally gray alphahole; explicit sexual content, and profanity. No cheating or menage, but if you're looking for a traditionally sweet, loveable hero, this is not the book for you. Recommended for 18+. ]]> 360 Ana Huang Gillian 0 3.74 2021
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average rating: 3.74
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]]> 58690308 One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....

Nora Stephensā€™ life is booksā€”sheā€™s read them allā€”and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sistersā€™ trip awayā€”with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who sheā€™s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that theyā€™ve met many times and itā€™s never been cute.

If Nora knows sheā€™s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows heā€™s nobodyā€™s hero, but as they are thrown together again and againā€”in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allowā€”what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories theyā€™ve written about themselves.]]> 377 Emily Henry 0593334833 Gillian 5 4.09 2022
author: Emily Henry
name: Gillian
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> 51540935
But the town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered five residents. Until Frank Carter was finally caught, he was nicknamed "The Whisper Man," for he would lure his victims out by whispering at their windows at night.

Just as Tom and Jake settle into their new home, a young boy vanishes. His disappearance bears an unnerving resemblance to Frank Carter's crimes, reigniting old rumors that he preyed with an accomplice. Now, detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis must find the boy before it is too late, even if that means Pete has to revisit his great foe in prison: The Whisper Man.

And then Jake begins acting strangely. He hears a whispering at his window...]]> 384 Alex North 1250318009 Gillian 0 to-read 3.98 2019
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name: Gillian
average rating: 3.98
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]]> 30319086
As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.]]> 354 M.L. Rio 125009528X Gillian 0 to-read 4.11 2017
author: M.L. Rio
name: Gillian
average rating: 4.11
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]]> 36337550
There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit.

We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer.

Understood? Then let's begin . . .

Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others . . .

The most inventive debut of the year twists together a mystery of such unexpected creativity it will leave listeners guessing until the very last second.]]> 432 Stuart Turton Gillian 0 to-read 3.78 2018
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name: Gillian
average rating: 3.78
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]]> 32419 1222 Thomas Harris 0434009059 Gillian 0 to-read 4.46 2001
author: Thomas Harris
name: Gillian
average rating: 4.46
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]]> 62334530
A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alixā€™s childrenā€™s school. Josie has been listening to Alixā€™s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.

Josieā€™s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alixā€™s lifeā€”and into her home.

But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her familyā€™s lives under mortal threat.

Who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?]]> 390 Lisa Jewell 1982179007 Gillian 0 to-read 4.08 2023
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name: Gillian
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Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.

But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?

Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.]]> 433 Holly Jackson 1405293187 Gillian 0 to-read 4.29 2019
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]]> 60556912
Every day I clean the Winchestersā€™ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrewā€™s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, itā€™s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Ninaā€™s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Ninaā€™s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what itā€™s like. But she soon finds outā€¦ and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, itā€™s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters donā€™t know who I really am.

They donā€™t know what Iā€™m capable ofā€¦

An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train wonā€™t be able to put this down!]]> 329 Freida McFadden 1803144378 Gillian 0 to-read 4.31 2022
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]]> 18045891
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)]]> 254 Gillian Flynn 0297851535 Gillian 0 to-read 4.05 2006
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]]> 19288043 What have we done to each other?

These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.

So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?]]> 415 Gillian Flynn 0307588378 Gillian 0 to-read 4.22 2012
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]]> 52867387 A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

Theyā€™re polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, theyā€™re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writerā€™s block.

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. Sheā€™ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and heā€™ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no-one will fall in love. Really.]]> 371 Emily Henry 1984806734 Gillian 0 to-read 3.99 2020
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]]> 199440249 definitely not.

Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all.

Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated as the reigning sex god of his pastry school class and now bakes at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Sure, nothing really compares to what they had, and life stretches out long and lonely ahead of them, butā€”yeah. It's in the past.

All that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never happened, good for 48 months after its original date and about to expire. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately.

It's not until they board the tour bus that they discover they've both accidentally had the exact same idea, and now they're trapped with each other for three weeks of stunning views, luscious flavors, and the most romantic cities of France, Spain, and Italy. It's fine. There's nothing left between them. So much nothing that, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is totally game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition?

But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can't have.]]> 432 Casey McQuiston 1250862744 Gillian 0 to-read 3.70 2024
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]]> 58756420 From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a debut YA romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need...

Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, sheā€™s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing thatā€™s kept her going: winning valedictorian. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principalā€™s perfect progeny.

But a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes.

On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers sheā€™s not the only one Shara kissed. Thereā€™s also Smith, Sharaā€™s longtime quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Sharaā€™s bad boy neighbor with a crush. The three have nothing in common except Shara and the annoyingly cryptic notes she left behind, but together they must untangle Sharaā€™s trail of clues and find her. Itā€™ll be worth it, if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair-and-square.

Thrown into an unlikely alliance, chasing a ghost through parties, break-ins, puzzles, and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. And maybeā€”probably not, but maybeā€”more to Shara, too.

Fierce, funny, and frank, Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules, getting messy, and finding love in unexpected places.]]> 356 Casey McQuiston 1250244455 Gillian 0 3.87 2022
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]]> 174610825
Newly engaged Ruby Tremaine is eagerly planning her wedding to the love of her life when a nasty rumor threatens her reputation and her marriage. Olivia Davenport has committed to the social justice cause and secretly hopes sheā€™ll be reunited with dashing lawyer Washington DeWightā€”until her parents decide sheā€™s to marry someone else. Amy-Rose Shepherd is making her lifelong wish of owning a salon come true, but when an incident forces her to return to Freeport Manor, sheā€™s back in the path of John Davenport, who still holds her heart. Helen Davenport is determined to get over her own heartbreak and bring the Davenport Carriage Company into the new century, even if it means teaming up with a thrill-seeking racecar driver who just loves to get under her skin.

Inspired by the real-life story of the Patterson family, More Than This is the second book in the critically adored Davenports series, following four empowered and passionate young Black women as they navigate a rapidly changing society and discover the courage to steer their own paths in lifeā€”and love.]]> 379 Krystal Marquis 0593463366 Gillian 0 to-read 3.77 2024
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]]> 201145400 Rafael
Ellie Sinclair is a hopeless romantic who writes love songs.
Iā€™m a struggling workaholic who could inspire a hundred breakup albums.
On paper, we have nothing in common except for my son.
For eight months, I avoid her until our summer trip.
Fourteen days. Two islands. And one nanny I shouldnā€™t be attracted to.
Spending time with Ellie is expected, but enjoying her company?
That isnā€™t part of our travel plans.
After my divorce, I swore to protect my heart at all costs.
Even if it means breaking hers in the process.
Ellie
Whatā€™s worse than working for a grumpy single dad?
Admitting that I once had a secret crush on him in high school.
Thankfully, Rafael Lopez and I have changed since we graduated from Wisteria High.
He is a billionaire with a company to run and a child to take care of.
Iā€™m an unemployed songwriter he hired to watch his son and teach music.
We coexist without any issues until a vacation changes everything.
Lines blur and old feelings for Rafael return with vengeance as I face a new dilemma.
Being his sonā€™s nanny is one thing, but wishing for more?
Sounds like a heartbreak song waiting to be written.]]> 551 Lauren Asher Gillian 0 to-read 4.08 2024
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]]> 62080187
But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estateā€¦ with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end.

In search of a book to keep her entertained until the snow abates, Tricia happens upon a secret room. One that contains audio transcripts from every single patient Dr. Hale has ever interviewed. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to Dr. Haleā€™s mysterious disappearance.

Tricia plays the tapes one by one, late into the night. With each one, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and Dr. Adrienne Haleā€™s web of lies slowly unravels.

And then Tricia reaches the final cassette.

The one that reveals the entire horrifying truth.]]> 286 Freida McFadden Gillian 0 to-read 4.09 2022
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]]> 61918816 A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match.

Dr. Briana Ortizā€™s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brotherā€™s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, thatā€™s probably going to the new man-doctor whoā€™s already registering eighty-frigginā€™-seven on Brianaā€™s ā€œpain in my assā€ scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter.

And itā€™s a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isnā€™t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy whoā€™s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her ā€œsob closet,ā€ and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginableā€”a kidney for her brotherā€”she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor . . . especially when he calls in a favor she ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t refuse.]]> 416 Abby Jimenez 1538704390 Gillian 0 to-read 4.29 2023
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]]> 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still havenā€™t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend groupā€™s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week theyā€™ll all have together in this place. They ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t stand to break their friendsā€™ hearts, and so theyā€™ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. Itā€™s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one weekā€¦ in front of those who know you best?

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 Gillian 0 to-read 3.95 2023
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]]> 195967140 A mind-bending, psychological thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!

Lesson #1: trust no one

Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Exceptā€¦

Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.

Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says.

But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.]]> 379 Freida McFadden 1728296218 Gillian 0 to-read 3.82 2024
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]]> 127611580 Ģż
And they ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t stand each other.Ģż
Ģż
Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friendā€™s soulmate, Lachlan thinks sheā€™s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friendā€™s happiness on the line, sheā€™s willing to make a vow to the man sheā€™s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.Ģż

As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomesĢżimpossible to discernĢżtheirĢżfake marriage from a real one. But itā€™s not just familiar dangers that haunt them.Ģż
Thereā€™s another phantom lurking on their doorstep.Ģż

And this one has come for blood.]]> 390 Brynne Weaver 0349441588 Gillian 0 to-read 3.98 2024
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]]> 61431922 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding generalā€”also known as her tough-as-talons motherā€”has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when youā€™re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons donā€™t bond to ā€œfragileā€ humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her motherā€™s daughterā€”like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

Sheā€™ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agendaā€”because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 517 Rebecca Yarros 1649374046 Gillian 0 to-read 4.56 2023
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]]> 198716261 A forbidden, secret affair proves that allā€™s fair in love and science.

Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down.

Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through - and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him.

Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business - one that plays for keeps.]]> 384 Ali Hazelwood 1408728915 Gillian 0 to-read 3.59 2024
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]]> 194802722 A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancƩ, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a childrenā€™s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petraā€™s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaoticā€”with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love balladsā€”Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that sheā€™s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But itā€™s all just for show, of course, because thereā€™s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancĆ©ā€™s new fiancĆ©eā€™s ex... right?]]> 400 Emily Henry Gillian 0 to-read 4.21 2024
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]]> 59571699 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesisā€”with explosive results.

Bee Kƶnigswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project - a literal dream come true - Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.

Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school - archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.

But when her equipment starts to go missing and the staff ignore her, Bee could swear she sees Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas... devouring her with those eyes. The possibilities have all her neurons firing.

But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there's only one question that matters: What will Bee Kƶnigswasser do?]]> 368 Ali Hazelwood 1408725789 Gillian 0 3.88 2022
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]]> 61681786 Callahan
Iā€™m the Kane brother everyone gossips about behind closed doors.
Trust fund brat. Washed-up athlete. High-functioning alcoholic.
No one knows the real me but her.
Lana Castilloā€”my childhood best friend and the only woman I ever loved.
When I broke her heart six years ago, I promised to never return to Lake Wisteria.
I kept my word until my grandfatherā€™s will changed everything.
To receive my inheritance, I was tasked with spending a summer at the family lake house before selling it.
The request was simple in theory until my entire plan blew up on the very first day.
Turns out Lana doesnā€™t just live at the house, but she claims to own it, too.

Alana
Falling in love with Callahan Kane was a mistake.
He told me so before destroying my heart and our friendship six summers ago.
When he promised never to come back, I foolishly believed him.
But then Cal showed up again, intending to sell his grandfatherā€™s lake house.
The biggest flaw in his plan?
My name is on the deed.]]> 583 Lauren Asher 172827222X Gillian 5 4.18 2023
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]]> 86767939 Declan
Iā€™m destined to become the next CEO of my familyā€™s media empire.
The only problem? My grandfatherā€™s inheritance clause.
Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteers for the job.
Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem.
But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract.
Caring about Iris was never part of the deal.
Especially not when breaking her heart is inevitable.

Iris
My plan to marry Declan was simple in theory.
Move in together. Throw a wedding. Have a baby.
We set rules to prevent any kind of issues.
Ones that were never meant to be broken, no matter how much Declan tempts me.
But what happens when our fake relationship bleeds into our real one?
Falling in love was never an option.
At least not for me.]]> 494 Lauren Asher 1737507722 Gillian 5 4.04 2022
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> 74045390 Rowan
I'm in the business of creating fairy tales.
Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels.
Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland.
My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her.
Things spiraled out of control once I texted her using an alias.
By the time I realized where I went wrong, it was too late.
People like me don't get happy endings.
Not when we're destined to ruin them.

Zahra
After submitting a drunk proposal criticizing Dreamland's most expensive ride, I should have been fired.
Instead, Rowan Kane offered me a dream job.
The catch? I had to work for the most difficult boss I'd ever met.
Rowan was rude and completely off-limits, but my heart didn't care.
At least not until I discovered his secret.
It was time to teach the billionaire that money couldn't fix everything.
Especially not us.

The Fine Print is the first book in a series of interconnected standalones following three billionaire brothers.]]> 448 Lauren Asher 1737507714 Gillian 5 3.75 2021
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]]> 136331772 Sheā€™s my best friendā€™s kid sister.
Now sheā€™s not a kid any more.

As a forest ranger, I believe in the simple life. I prefer cabins to apartments, trails over freeways, and trees to people. My life is orderly, predictable, and quiet.

Until itā€™s hit by a woman I never saw coming -- Hurricane June.

Sheā€™s fierce. Sheā€™s feisty. She has a laugh like the first day of spring, and sheā€™s so pretty that I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t breathe when I look at her. June will only be in town for a few monthsā€”just while job-hunting. She wonā€™t last until winter, but how can I resist?

Except I have to. Sheā€™s my best, oldest, and most loyal friendā€™s baby sister.

Betraying him would be the worst thing Iā€™ve ever done. Not betraying him might be the hardest.

Especially once we start working together on a secret project. All this spending time together, sneaking around at night, and lying to her brother about what weā€™re doing sure feels like more than friendship.

June might break my heart.
Her brother might break my nose.

But I guess some things were made to be broken.

Break the Rules is a steamy, standalone romantic comedy.]]> 403 Roxie Noir Gillian 4 3.78 2019
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]]> 56732449 When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationshipsā€”but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professorā€”and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. And when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding. . . six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.]]> 356 Ali Hazelwood 0593336828 Gillian 4 4.10 2021
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name: Gillian
average rating: 4.10
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]]> 33784373
But her life's dream is soon tainted by blood-soaked discoveries in the halls of the school's forbidding castle, and Audrey Rose is compelled to investigate the strangely familiar murders. What she finds brings all her terrifying fears to life once again.

In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Kerri Maniscalco's haunting #1 debut Stalking Jack the Ripper, bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer...or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?]]> 448 Kerri Maniscalco 031655166X Gillian 0 to-read 4.20 2017
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]]> 40727470
Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world.

The story's shocking twists and turns, augmented with real, sinister period photos, will make this dazzling debut from author Kerri Maniscalco impossible to forget.]]> 337 Kerri Maniscalco 0316273503 Gillian 5 3.93 2016
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> 136331578 I told a judge I was engaged to my best friend.
Now weā€™re faking it.
How hard can it be?

My life has room for exactly two women: my daughter Rusty and my best friend Charlotte ā€” known to everyone as Charlie.

One is a feisty, tomboyish firecracker. The other is my seven-year-old. I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t imagine life without either.

So when my ex springs a custody hearing on me, I find myself telling the judge that Iā€™m engaged to Charlie.

The only problem? Iā€™m not.

Time to fake an engagement.

Pretending weā€™re a couple will be no big deal.

Weā€™ve been friends for years. We used to sneak cigarettes behind the bleachers. We turned cans of hairspray into flamethrowers. We got drunk on stolen malt liquor.

Sheā€™s beautiful, vivacious, spontaneous, and she loves my daughter to death. Itā€™s the perfect answer: we fake it for a few months, then go back to our lives.

Until we touch, and sparks fly. Until I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t take my eyes off her. Until I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t stop thinking about what sheā€™s got on under her coveralls.

It takes one kiss.
One touch.
One shared secret and suddenly, Iā€™m not pretending anymore. I want her, I need her in ways I didnā€™t know I could.

But thereā€™s a lifetime of friendship between us, and falling in love with Charlie could risk everything.]]> 420 Roxie Noir Gillian 4 3.67 2019
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]]> 131840512 I donā€™t love him. I donā€™t even like him.
I just want him.

Eli Loveless was my nemesis from the first day of kindergarten until we graduated high school. Everything I did, he had to do better - and vice versa. The day he left town was the best day of my life.

Ten years later, the day he came back was the worst.

Now heā€™s my co-worker.

Grown-up Eli Loveless is sexy as sin. Heā€™s hotter than asphalt in the summer. The irritating kid I once knew is gone, and heā€™s been replaced by a man with green eyes, perfect abs, and a cocky smile.

Itā€™s bad that I want him.

Itā€™s worse that he wants me back.

There are looks. There are smirks. There are smiles that make my panties burst into flame.

And then thereā€™s a shared kiss that leads to the hottest night of my life.

This is no office romance. This is a five-alarm fire.

Whatā€™s a girl to do when the man I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t stand is the one I ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t stop lusting after?

Enter into a friends-with-benefits agreement, of course.

No dates. No relationship. Just blisteringly hot sex, because if thereā€™s one person I could never fall for, itā€™s Eli.

...right?

Words: 112,319]]> 434 Roxie Noir 1393906648 Gillian 5 3.68 2019
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]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Gillian 4 4.56 2000
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> 2767052
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins Gillian 1 4.34 2008
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]]> 61149872 1) Treat all prisoners with respect.
2) Never reveal any personal information.
3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates.

But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates. And they certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheartā€•the star quarterback who is now spending the rest of his life in prison for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there.

But Shane knows. And he will never forget.]]> 388 Freida McFadden Gillian 0 to-read 4.03 2022
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]]> 6186357 There are alternate cover editions for this ASIN here and here.

If you ainā€™t scared, you ainā€™t human.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. Heā€™s surrounded by strangersā€”boys whose memories are also gone.

Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. Itā€™s the only way outā€”and no oneā€™s ever made it through alive.

Everything is going to change.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

Remember. Survive. Run.]]> 384 James Dashner 0385737947 Gillian 5 4.05 2009
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]]> 42844155 An alternative cover for this ASIN can be found here

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!]]> 333 J.K. Rowling Gillian 4 4.46 1997
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]]> 123193218 spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.

Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospitalā€™s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out.

And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to vanish without a trace, it becomes clear that everyone on the unit is in grave danger.

Amyā€™s worst nightmare was spending the night on Ward D.

And now she might never escape.
]]> 348 Freida McFadden Gillian 0 to-read 3.98 2023
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]]> 36341204
Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldnā€™t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriendā€™s things.

But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them?

Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated.

Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited.

But what if they ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t quite nail a first date . . . or a second first date . . . or a third?

What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work . . . and Ben doesnā€™t try hard enough?

What if life really isnā€™t like a Broadway play?

But what if it is?]]> 437 Becky Albertalli 0062795252 Gillian 0 to-read 3.81 2018
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]]> 54860443
But then, thereā€™s this gorgeous girl on the train.

Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save Augustā€™s day when she needed it most. Augustā€™s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers thereā€™s one big problem: Jane doesnā€™t just look like an old school punk rocker. Sheā€™s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe itā€™s time to start believing in some things, after all.

Casey McQuistonā€™s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.]]> 418 Casey McQuiston 1250244498 Gillian 4 3.90 2021
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]]> 40495957
Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He's heard a little about Charlie - the kid who was outed last year and bullied for a few months - but he's never had the opportunity to talk to him.

They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and sometimes good things are waiting just around the corner...]]> 288 Alice Oseman 152722533X Gillian 5 4.43 2018
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]]> 29844228 You ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t stop the future.
You ³¦²¹²Ōā€™t rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Bakerā€“his classmate and crushā€“who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannahā€™s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, heā€™ll find out why.

Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannahā€™s pain, and as he follows Hannahā€™s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.]]> 352 Jay Asher 1595147888 Gillian 2 3.71 2007
author: Jay Asher
name: Gillian
average rating: 3.71
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]]> 19547856
With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simonā€™s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before heā€™s pushed outā€”without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy heā€™s never met.]]> 320 Becky Albertalli 0062348671 Gillian 4 4.14 2015
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name: Gillian
average rating: 4.14
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]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Gillian 3 4.15 1985
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]]> 5107 It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...

Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encountersā€”shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

J.D. Salinger's (1919ā€“2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]> 277 J.D. Salinger 0316769177 Gillian 2 3.81 1951
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]]> 61439040
Alternate cover edition can be found here.]]> 368 George Orwell 0452284236 Gillian 1 4.21 1949
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]]> 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 Gillian 4 4.25 1960
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]]> 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgeraldā€™s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the authorā€™s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgeraldā€™s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 Gillian 4 3.93 1925
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]]> 58679358 On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.]]> 416 Karen M. McManus 0593565371 Gillian 0 to-read 3.87 2017
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]]> 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really areā€”and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 Gillian 3 4.13 2011
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> 52439531
To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.]]> 386 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1368052401 Gillian 0 to-read 4.13 2020
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]]> 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Gillian 5 4.13 2012
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]]> 15749186
But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh.

As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.]]> 355 Jenny Han 1442426713 Gillian 3 4.04 2014
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]]> 32620332
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelynā€™s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ā€˜80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelynā€™s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Moniqueā€™s own in tragic and irreversible ways.]]> 389 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1501139231 Gillian 5 4.39 2017
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]]> 54985743 Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. Sheā€™s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apartā€”sheā€™s in New York City, and heā€™s in their small hometownā€”but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They havenā€™t spoken since.

Poppy has everything she should want, but sheā€™s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation togetherā€”lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?]]> 400 Emily Henry 1984806750 Gillian 5 3.85 2021
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]]> 41150487
As President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you?]]> 448 Casey McQuiston 1250316774 Gillian 5 4.06 2019
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average rating: 4.06
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