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After Dad cut me off, it was time to start over, far away from my past. New city. New university. New life. A whole new me. Too bad they seem hellbent on ruining my plans. The Kings of Kilborn have set their sights on me, threatening to ruin everything I've built for myself. Kaleb is the broken prince, drowning himself in booze and women to fill the dark void within. Hardin is his quietly menacing older brother, with an intense stare that follows me wherever I go. Despised. Desired. Stalked. I try to hate them, but their unyielding attention and rough touches make me feel so alive.

I only came to Blackwell Falls to find my missing sister. First on my list of suspects: the notorious Kings of Aventine. Now I'm forced to live with the three men I can't afford to trust. Rock tries to fool me with a soft touch, kind blue eyes, and the nurturing I secretly crave. Brooding, dark-eyed Oscar takes pictures of me when I'm not looking and tempts me with his piercings, inked skin, and honeyed words.

I am the golden child, the one who's supposed to be perfect. During the day, I attend Spine Ridge University as my father wishes, but when darkness falls, I put on my mask to hunt criminals and destroy them. Until one night, when I come face to face with three evil boys. Kai, Nathan, and Milo from the Phantom Society. Secretive, violent, dirty guys who promise to expose my vigilante justice and put my dangerous side job in the limelight. They'll show the world how savage I truly am—unless I let them have their way with me. My body bartered for their silence… And I say yes.

This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets. Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student...

Getting Levi back from the Syndicate should be our priority. But with each passing day, it feels like this is just the beginning of something so much worse. There are secrets buried in the catacombs underneath AGU that are more sinister than I ever imagined. The murders haven't stopped, and now, cryptic messages and shadow figures are everywhere I turn. The clock is ticking, and if we don't unmask the killer, one of us won't make it to New Year's.

Pretty Little Liars meets Gossip Girl in diesem fesselnden Auftakt einer New-Adult-Dilogie über Liebe, Intrigen und die Suche nach Gerechtigkeit, die tief in die Abgründe der prestigeträchtigen Inside University blickt. Mit Vincent Fallow, dem begehrten Sprecher der Fourth Wing-Reihe! An der Inside University ist Rache süß, Verrat tödlich und Geheimnisse sind die Währung der Macht. Für Noa wird mit der Aufnahme an der elitären Inside University ein Traum wahr – bis sie im glamourösen Chateau nahe Paris ausgerechnet auf Julie, ihre Erzfeindin aus Schultagen, trifft.

I was sick of being the girl who ran so this time I stayed. For them. Hardin and Kaleb. But now, thanks to Aodhan, there's a target on my back. I thought I could trust him, but he threw me to the wolves. It doesn't matter what he's done to try to fix it; I should hate him. I should…but I can't.

Six deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy Wisconsin’s beautiful Door County peninsula. Murders, or bizarre accidents? Newly hired park ranger Dave Cubiak, a former Chicago homicide detective, assumes the worst but refuses to get involved. Grief-stricken and guilt-ridden over the loss of his wife and daughter, he’s had enough of death. Forced to confront the past, the morose Cubiak moves beyond his own heartache and starts investigating, even as a popular festival draws more people into possible danger.

Liam n'a qu'une ambition dans la vie : obtenir les meilleures notes de High Hills University pour reprendre l'entreprise familiale. La rigueur est son maître mot. Ses deux moyens de décompresser : les fêtes et la musique. Membre des Thunders, un groupe de rock, il est un véritable aimant à filles. Et si son charisme et son sex-appeal sur scène ne laissent personne insensible, lui semble rester de glace.

We were sent to Glennmare Academy. An elite boarding school on a windswept island off the coast of Seattle where the unruly daughters of affluent East Coast families are exiled. Kitty, Bernie, Coretta, Diane, Jolie. We're more like sisters than roommates. Even if Kitty is gone. At Glennmare, each bed is filled with a teenage girl who wears ribbons in her hair, a nod to innocence we lost long ago. When we were sent out into the world, away from home, to fend to for ourselves. If we start telling the truth about what happened that night we might just break down.

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL “Startlingly inventive.”—The New York Times Book Review “A sheer delight to read . . . I had no idea what was going to happen from one page to the next.”—Kate Atkinson On the grubby outskirts of Paris, Grace restores bric-a-brac, mends teapots...

Samantha, Mason, and Logan are all together and united with one common enemy: Park Sebastian, the king of fraternity douchebags. With professional football scouts eyeing his every move, Mason Kade has to walk the line for the first time in his life. Any move he makes against Sebastian has to be perfect and under the radar. One mistake, and his career is over.

Forsyth’s Purple Palace is more than the home of the King and Princes of East End. It’s a place known for elegant parties, deep tradition, loyalty, and family. But most of all, creation. Rub away the gold and it’s nothing but a tarnished house of horrors built on the souls of its victims-and I refuse to allow my son to be next. My Princes, Whitaker, Pace, and Lex, are good at many things, but knowing how to be a parent isn’t one of them. What they do know is how to create, how to protect, and how to draw secrets out of terrible men.

Remington Maddox broke my heart. Simon Perilini bruised my body. And Pretty Nick Bruin tried his hardest to steal my soul. As we struggle to make amends, the four of us must face the real fights occurring in Forsyth: the battle against the legacies of our fathers, the conflict for a kingdom that's stronger than its king, and the wars we wage within ourselves.

Golden boy. Party king. Trust fund brat. That's what they call me—Lee Sterling, Oakmount University's favorite disaster. Everyone thinks they know me, but they only see what I let them. I’m the guy who can charm his way out of anything and never takes life seriously. But it's all a ruse. They don't see the mask I wear or the cage of family expectations slowly threatening to suffocate me.

Quand la princesse des quartiers sud de Chicago débarque dans l’université la plus prestigieuse du pays pour débusquer l’ignoble violeur qui terrorise les étudiantes, ça provoque forcément des étincelles... Elvira Petrova, dix-neuf ans, tombe des nues quand l’avocate de la très renommée King’s University lui fait une proposition des plus inattendues contre un " petit " service. Le deal est risqué, mais bien trop tentant pour qu’elle puisse le refuser.

A shadow looms over Tanglewood University. It threatens the professors and the students. It threatens the dean. I’m powerless to stop corruption that goes deep into the city’s underworld. Professor William Stratford has the secrets we need. And I find inside me a strength that has nothing to do with escaping my family. It has to do with building a new one. Can we reclaim the college? Can we forge a future together?

Tourmentée par ses addictions, Elvira semble avoir totalement abandonné son accord avec l’avocate Stanford. Bien que les enjeux soient lourds de conséquence, la jeune femme se renferme sur elle-même et repousse l’idée d’un quelconque retour à Atlanta. De son côté, Abel Ryder a pris conscience des vérités que lui dissimulait Elvira. Déterminé à la reconquérir, et surtout à l’aider dans son enquête où il semble jouer un rôle malgré lui, le capitaine de l'équipe de hockey va tout mettre en œuvre pour obtenir son pardon.

It was not supposed to end like this. We were supposed to be together forever, but our world erupted into chaos instead. I’ll fight until the very end, but will it be enough?

The day I met the star wide receiver, he was acting like a grumpy ass, and I was so over big, bulky men messing with my life. He was gorgeous, with wide shoulders, a chiseled jaw hidden behind a week's worth of scruff, and the meanest glare I've seen in my life. So what if he was injured during a game? At least he's alive, not that he appreciates it. Now it's a new school year, but some things never change.