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Hot Head

Damon Suede · 320 pages

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Crossroads

Riley Hart · 340 pages

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We Could Be So Good

Cat Sebastian · 384 pages

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Helping Hand

Jay Northcote · 132 pages

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Him

Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy · 356 pages

**They don'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. Rya

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Common Goal

Rachel Reid · 333 pages

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The Assignment

Evangeline Anderson · 190 pages

"Detective Nicholas Valenti, tall, dark and stoic, has been best friends with his partner, Sean O'Brian for six years. The two men have seen each other through divorce, disaster, and danger, and saved each other's asses more times than Valenti can count. Exactly when he started seeing his blond, intense partner in another light, Valenti isn't really sure. He only knows that he wants O'Brian in a w

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz · 368 pages

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

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Physical Therapy

Z.A. Maxfield · 253 pages

Jordan Jensen moves to St. Nacho's he has one goal in mind: starting over. He wants to reconnect with best friends Cooper and Shawn yet is uncertain of his welcome. He has the skills to get a job, but isn't sure any prospective employer can get past the time he spent in jail for alcohol-related vehicular homicide. He's past the worst part of his life but knows it will haunt him forever. So Jordan

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The Letter Z

Marie Sexton

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Game Changer

Rachel Reid · 405 pages

THE SERIES THAT INSPIRED HEATED RIVALRY • NOW A #1 STREAMING SHOW Enter the world of Game Changers, the series behind the epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance Heated Rivalry, streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the U.S. It all starts here with Scott and Kip’s steamy secret-relationship romance by New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid. New York Admirals captain Sco

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Trust the Focus

Megan Erickson

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Beyond Eden

Kele Moon · 400 pages

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My Summer of Wes

Missy Welsh · 258 pages

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Bear, Otter, and the Kid

T.J. Klune · 350 pages

Three years ago, Bear McKenna's mother took off for parts unknown with her new boyfriend, leaving Bear to raise his six-year-old brother Tyson, aka the Kid. Somehow they've muddled through, but since he's totally devoted to the Kid, Bear isn't actually doing much living--with a few exceptions, he's retreated from the world, and he's mostly okay with that. Until Otter comes home. Otter is Bear's

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The King

Tiffany Reisz · 448 pages

Cunning. Sex. Pure nerve. Only this unholy threesome can raise him to his rightful place as a ruler of Manhattan's kink kingdom. Bouncing from bed to bed on the Upper East Side, Kingsley Edge is brilliant, beautiful and utterly debauched. No carnal act or chemical compound can relieve his self-destructive heartache—only Søren, the one person he loves without limit or regret. A man he can never

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Strong Side

Alison Hendricks · 262 pages

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Off Campus

Amy Jo Cousins · 374 pages

Everyone’s got secrets. Some are just harder to hide. With his father’s ponzi scheme assets frozen, Tom Worthington believes finishing college is impossible unless he can pay his own way. After months sleeping in his car and gypsy-cabbing for cash, he’s ready to do just that. But his new, older-student housing comes with an unapologetically gay roommate. Tom doesn’t ask why Reese Anders has

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The Locker Room

Amy Lane

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Heartstopper

Alice Oseman · 336 pages

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The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller · 368 pages

This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend Patroclus. Although Patroclus is outcast from his home for disappointing his father he manages to be the only mortal who can keep up with the half-God Archilles. Even though many will know the facts behind the story the telling is fresh and engaging.

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The All-Star Antes Up

Nancy Herkness · 346 pages

As the champion quarterback for the New York Empire-- not to mention a self-made billionaire-- Luke Archer has given up on serious relationships. When his best friend announces hes retiring from football to spend time with his wife and kids, Luke feels like he's missing out on something much bigger than his career. Miranda Tate fled her familys dairy farm to come to the bright lights of New York C

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