Showing results for "Girl" in Contemporary

It's summertime and 17-year-old Coley is alone, again. Forced to move to middle of nowhere Oregon after losing her mother, she is in no position to risk her already fragile heart. But when she meets Sonya, the attraction is immediate. Coley worries she isn't worthy of love. Up until now, everyone she's loved has left her. And Sonya's never been with a girl before. What if by opening her heart, Coley's risking it all?

The New York Times No.1 bestselling and multi award-winning YA crime thriller and TikTok sensation that everyone is talking about. Now a major BBC series! ‘A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller', GUARDIAN 'Prepare to be murdered by this book. Dark, dangerous – my heart...

The New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling, brilliantly crafted crime-thriller sequel to the no.1 debut of 2019, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. “Nail-biting, taut and pacy. Jackson [is] a homegrown thriller writer to watch." – Guardian Booktok Author of...

Getting the girl was easy, but can Alex and Molly keep each other when they’re both keeping secrets? Find out in this cosy festive companion novella to the tiktok sensation She Gets the Girl from bestselling authors Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick.

From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldn’t be farther apart. Cass has a rule about dating summer girls—just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with the obnoxious daughters of the rich...

"A quick read that history lovers will easily devour."—Teen Vogue "Get ready to be transported to Paris in Taylor's incredible debut novel."—Seventeen, Editor's Choice Code Name Verity meets Jennifer Donnelly’s Revolution in this gripping debut novel. NOW: Sixteen-year-old Alice is...

From the author of Finding Jupiter comes a powerful new novel about love, self-esteem, and mental health. Reeling from unresolved family trauma and a viral heartbreak, a Black teen is thrust onto an unexpected journey of self-discovery, healing, and first love. Sixteen-year-old Skye is an expert...

The hotly anticipated second book from Joya Goffney, author of the 2021 YA romcom Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry. Monique lives a perfect life - a preacher's daughter and the girlfriend of the town's golden boy. But it's not that simple. She's torn between her parents who want the pure virginal...

An ordinary girl must help a popular teen movie star complete a bucket list of classic high school experiences in exchange for his help garnering attention to her struggling small town, in this charming rom-com! Layla Matthews is not a big-city girl. She was born to take over her family’s...

Two teenagers—an ex-social media star and girl who feels totally adrift—find an unexpected connection on a eleven-day, senior citizens cruise. But will rough waters sink their temporary love story? Tate Hall needs a sign. At least, according to the fortune she finds in a trinket shop. Which...

Grace Kelly glamour meets The Inheritance Games stakes in this glittering young adult mystery where puzzles, romance and danger shimmer. A sequel to the national bestseller DARKLY. Months after the haunting events of Darkly, Dia is chasing light—Paris, old friends, maybe even closure. But when...

Never in her life has Harlow felt as low as she does now. Even a beating from her mother was easier to take then the humiliation she just suffered at the hands of the Summer's siblings. Unable to return home due to a promise made to her foster father, she has to stay on until her commitments have concluded. With her new friends Alex and Shane trying to convince her to stay, and her grandparents and father of the same mind, Harlow's heart is torn in two. But a mysterious phone call and a possible job opportunity may just swing the pendulum to one side.

I have a plan for my senior year. Graduate valedictorian, defend my state swimming title, and get a full ride scholarship to my dream school. I can’t afford to let anything distract me, including my crush on Paul. Then I get a new teammate in the pool. Andrea is my biggest rival, and her older brother, Dylan, is the hot swimmer everyone is after. He’s a troublemaker and the exact opposite of me. When Dylan asks me out, I’m not sure what to do.

We're starting over. Mom and Dad think the best way for me to move on from the death of Ben is to move to Oakwood. There, we can spend time with Mom's late best friend's family and open a new bakery. And I'm okay with that. After all, I get to dance and in Oakwood where no one knows me, which means there are no pity stares and silent whispers.

I’ve spent my whole life trying not to get bullied. For my frizzy hair. My freckles. The white patches on my Black skin or the gap in my teeth. Not to mention the extra hundred pounds I have on most of my classmates. So when my soldier pen pal wants to see a picture of me, I freak. I send him a picture of one of the it girls at school and move on. The odds of us meeting in person are less than zero, and for once in my life, I want to know what it feels like to be one of the beautiful girls. Someone a guy like him would be into.

He bullied my sister. Now it’s his turn to pay. Ryker is the top of the Emerson Academy food chain, and he uses his power to remind everyone of just how powerless they are. Until now. When I see him picking on the most innocent girl in school for her weight, I snap. Ignoring him is no longer enough. No, my friends and I are going to make him pay.

Singing is my life, but no agency will sign me because of my size. They want me to lose weight. Dress differently. Be someone other than my size 20 self. They want me to be like Jude Santiago with his perfectly fitted jeans and tight T-shirts and completely sell out. There’s no way I’m going down that path, and I tell him so publicly on my YouTube channel. But when it gets back to him, he has an agreement: go on tour with him and see for myself that he’s authentic. If I can’t, he won’t make another album.

Everyone knows that if you want a Christmas wish to come true, you go to Garland, Maine, and make a wish as the star is placed on top of the tree in Cider Center. And this year, I made an impossible wish–that all of my friends and I would fall in love before the holiday was over.

When I bet on love, I can’t lose. Things didn’t go according to plan my first trimester of school, but second trimester is back on track. I’m dating Paul, and Dylan is out of my life. But I have to train a new instructor while teaching swim lessons, and it turns out to be Dylan. As if working with Dylan isn’t bad enough, I must contend with Bridgette, Paul’s best friend. I enter a 5K race with Paul, and Bridgette bets I’ll lose… the race and Paul. Determined to get into my dream college and stay on track with Paul, I make a bet with Dylan.

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