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• Wish of the Wicked

  Paige, Danielle (Novelist)

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  Sixteen-year-old Farrow hatches a dangerous plan to seek revenge on Queen Magrit and regain her magic, but when Farrow finds herself falling for the one person who could ruin everything, she must decide whether it is more important to live…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Bet Your Heart

  Parker, Danielle

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  Sasha Johnson-Sun might not know everything—like how to fully heal after her dad’s passing or how many more Saturdays her mom can spend cleaning houses. But the one thing Sasha is certain of? She will graduate this year as Skyline High’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Summer Promise

  Brown, Keah

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  Planning the best summer ever, Andrea Williams realizes that there's just one thing that could ruin it: her best friend Hailee finding out her true feelings, so Andrea will fall out of love with her--or so she thinks.

• House of Marionne

  Elle, J.

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  Seventeen-year-old Quell is reluctantly inducted into a magical debutante society of social elites where she must bind with her forbidden magic while evading the assassin who has been tasked with hunting her kind.

• My Week With Him

  Goffney, Joya

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  Nikki can't wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career... After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. She decides to go to California to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sing Me to Sleep

  Burton, Gabi

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  As the last of her kind, Saoirse must keep her true identity from those who would harm her, but her siren instincts demand that she kill. Saoirse moonlights as an assassin for the mysterious Raze to satisfy her murderous urge. After…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Last Chance Dance

  Wilson, Lakita

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  Leila is devastated when her high school boyfriend breaks up with her right before graduation, but when she gets paired with four unrequited crushes in the lead-up to her school’s annual Last Chance Dance, she might just fall in love with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friday I'm in Love

  Garrett, Camryn

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  After not being able to have a sweet sixteen party, Mahalia decides to throw a coming out party to celebrate love and herself.

• When the Vibe Is Right

  Dass, Sarah

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  From the author of Where the Rhythm Takes You comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance set during Trinidad’s Carnival celebration.

• Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

  Bryant, Elise

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  Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She goes with the flow—which is how she ends up singing in her friends’ punk band as a favor, even though she’d prefer to hide at the merch…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wrong Kind of Weird

  Ramos, James

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  Secretly hooking up with popular cheerleader Karla Ortega, who repeatedly snubs him in public, multicultural geek and nerd club member Cameron Carson meets Mackenzie Briggs, who isn't afraid to be herself, and unexpectedly bonds with this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

  Hibbert, Talia

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  Celine Bangura and Bradley Graeme were friends until a fractious turned them into enemies. Both are highly competitive for top marks in their school and know all too well how to irk each other. When a scholarship opportunity places them…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Davenports

  Marquis, Krystal

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  The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.

• Her Good Side

  Weatherspoon, Rebekah

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  A swoony, heart-melting YA romance from beloved author Rebekah Weatherspoon about two awkward teens who decide to practice dating in order to be good at the real thing.

• As You Walk on by

  Winters, Julian

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  After a disastrous promposal at a party, seventeen-year-old Theo has an existential crisis in an empty bedroom, but as the night progresses, various classmates also seek refuge from the party, and Theo finds he is not as alone as he thinks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nerdcrush

  Her Cosplay Won His Heart. Unmasking Could Lose It.

  Emrich, Alisha

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  Happily Ever Afters meets You’ve Got Mail in this geeky, Black Girl Magic filled debut romance about cosplay and finding the courage to be yourself.

• Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution

  Callender, Kacen

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  Seventeen-year-old neurodivergent and nonbinary Lark pretends that they are the creator of a viral thread that their ex-best friend, Kasim, accidentally posted onto their Twitter account, declaring his unrequited love, but living a lie…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Somebody That I Used to Know

  Davis, Dana, 1984-

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  Dylan and Langston used to be best friends. After he moved away, Langston became a star R&B artist. He returns for visit and stays with Dylan and her family. They start to renew their friendship--and maybe see their relationship grow into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kindred

  Dow, Alechia

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  Joy Abara knows her place. A commoner from the lowly planet Hali, she lives a simple life—apart from the notoriety that being Kindred to the nobility’s most infamous playboy brings. Duke Felix Hamdi has a plan. He will exasperate his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Confessions of An Alleged Good Girl

  Goffney, Joya

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  As a preacher's daughter, Monique is expected to be an example at church although she hates its restrictive rules. When she discovers she physically cannot have sex, and after her boyfriend breaks up with her for that reason, two…Read moreRead more of this annotation