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Told in dual timelines - half of the chapters moving forward in time and half moving backward - We Used to Be Friends explores the most traumatic breakup of all: that of childhood besties. At the start of their senior year in high school, James (a girl with a boy's name) and Kat are inseparable, but by graduation, they're no longer friends. James prepares to head off to college as she reflects on the dissolution of her friendship with Kat while, in alternating chapters, Kat thinks about being newly in love with her first girlfriend and having a future that feels wide open.

Senior year of high school looms large for Love Bukowski after a tumultuous junior year of romance and heartbreak. But for now, Love is ready for summer break on Martha’s Vineyard. Running her Aunt Mable’s cafe with her best friend Arabella may not be glamorous, but it will at least be fun and perhaps just the refresher she needs after the crazy year she’s had. Plus, Mable’s created a treasure map of clues that will bring her closer to the truth about her family.

It's Love's final year at Hadley Hall - has she learned all she needs to get by? Who said senior year was simple? No longer a day student at Hadley Hall, Love Bukowski's about to move into the dorms - with none other than her archenemy, Lindsay Parrish. Love must deal with Lindsay's rules as head monitor; her handsome boyfriend, Charlie, returning to Harvard; and her ex Jacob giving her the cold shoulder. On the bright side, Love has a new look, a new feel, and best of all, she's going to be reunited with her mom and half-sister, Sadie.

Springtime blooms, but for Love Bukowski, life at home is chilly. After an incredible semester at the London Academy of Drama and Music, Love Bukowski is back at Hadley Hall. Unfortunately, it feels as though her fabulous British life (and boyfriend) are on hold. Love wants only to be at Aunt Mable’s side during her fight with breast cancer. But Love’s English boyfriend, Asher, suddenly doesn’t seem to want to talk to her, and her ex-boyfriend Jacob has popped back into her life. Love’s dad is struggling with the way she’s changed (i.e., grown up), and Aunt Mable has new information about Love’s mysterious mother.

Love Bukowski is finally in London! Her term abroad at the London Academy of Drama and Music promises to be anything but average. After leaving Hadley Hall - as well as her dad, who’s got a new girlfriend, and her beloved Aunt Mable, who is fighting serious health issues - Love faces a new set of challenges across the pond: Voice lessons, keeping up with Arabella and her new friends, and falling for a Brit who is completely off limits.

When Isabel Williams moves to Liverpool, she criticises seemingly everything in Eloise Byrne’s life – her city, her accent, her trademark boldness – so if, when she catches Isabel staring, Eloise feels her pulse race, it must be because they hate each other. It surely couldn’t be for any other reason, could it?

Despite my best intentions, I was beginning to understand how my dad saw the world. The shadows haunting every living thing. The secrets inside the lies wrapped in bullshit. Even Gracie’s box of pills was beginning to make sense. For the past five years, Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, have been on the road, trying to outrun the memories that haunt them both. They moved back to Andy’s hometown to try a “normal” life, but the horrors he saw in the war threaten to destroy their lives.

Adrift after her sister Bailey’s sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive Toby—Bailey’s boyfriend who shares Lennie’s grief—and Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and musical genius. Each offers Lennie something she desperately needs. One boy helps her remember. The other lets her forget. And she knows if the two of them collide, her whole world will explode.

Phoebe Townsend is a rule follower...or so everyone thinks. She’s an A student who writes for her small-town school newspaper. But what no one knows is that Phoebe is also Pom—the anonymous teen who’s rewriting sex education on her blog and social media.

Holland Delviss wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happens to be a girl. But when her school team is selected to be featured and televised as part of HockeyFest, her status as the only girl on the boys’ team makes her the lead story. Not everyone is thrilled with Holland’s new fame, but there’s one person who fiercely supports her, and it’s the last person she expects (and definitely the last person she should be falling for): her bossy team captain, Wes.

There's death all around us. We just don't pay attention. Until we do. The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment. Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be. As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died.

A história acompanha a jornada de Aza Holmes, uma menina de 16 anos que sai em busca de um bilionário misteriosamente desaparecido—quem encontrá-lo receberá uma polpuda recompensa em dinheiro—enquanto lida com o transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo (TOC).

Isabelle Scott and Mirabelle Monroe are still reeling from the revelation that they share more than just the roof over their heads. The media has pounced on their story and the girls are caught up in a flurry of talk-show appearances and newspaper interviews. They’ve put on a happy public face, but someone is leaking their true feelings to the press. While it seems like the world is watching their every move, at least they have each other. But with cotillion season right around the corner, Izzie and Mira have barely had time to process their newfound sisterhood.

Das Leben. Der Tod. Die Liebe. Der Hass. Der Tag. Die Nacht. Im Leben gibt es immer zwei Seiten. Doch trotz ihres Zusammenspiels, zerreißen sie einem manchmal das Herz. Ohne Gnade. Ohne Reue. Emelie hat sämtliche Hoffnung in ihrem Leben verloren, weil das Schicksal sich entschied, sich gegen sie zu wenden und ihr das Wichtigste im Leben zu nehmen. Doch eines Nachts macht sie eine unerwartete Begegnung. Diese reißt sie für einen Moment aus ihrer Dunkelheit und offenbart ihr neue Wege.

Die bekannteste Liebesgeschichte der Welt neu interpretiert! Adams Island – ein Ort, den Theodore Thompson nur noch aus den Geschichten von seiner Mutter kennt. Ausgerechnet hier, umgeben von alten Familienfehden und geheimnisvollen Legenden, soll er sein letztes Highschooljahr absolvieren. Dabei will er nur eins: Nicht in Schwierigkeiten geraten. Doch dann trifft er Penelope Palmer. Sie ist die Vorzeigeschülerin und das nette Mädchen von nebenan. Er hingegen ist der Sohn des größten Kriminellen, den die Insel jemals hervorgebracht hat.

Rockstar-Romance meets Haters to Lovers vor winterlicher Tokio-Kulisse. Zwei ausgebuchte Konzerte in einem riesigen Stadion in Tokio - für die 19-jährige Hailee könnte das den lang ersehnten Durchbruch als Musikerin bedeuten. Als Warmup-Act ist sie mit dem hypererfolgreichen Sänger Finn Wolfcraft unterwegs. Doch leider findet sie den unnahbaren Finn mit seinen hysterischen Fans absolut furchtbar. Und auch Finn ist nicht sonderlich angetan von Hailee, denn er reagiert höchst allergisch auf Menschen, die ihn als Sprungbrett für ihre Karriere nutzen wollen.

»Ich muss ihn finden, weil er mich gefunden hat, als ich verloren war.« Malu möchte nichts wie weg – weg von Zuhause, weg aus Deutschland, weg aus ihrem Leben. Als sie die Chance zu einem Schüleraustausch nach Japan bekommt, ergreift sie daher sofort die Gelegenheit. Und sie glaubt, sich bestens vorbereitet zu haben. Doch Tokio in seiner Andersartigkeit haut sie um, genauso wie ihr geheimnisvoller neuer Mitschüler Kentaro. Nur langsam lässt sie ihn an sich heran, aber Kentaro zeigt ihr sein ganz eigenes Tokio, und Malu entdeckt eine Seite an sich selbst, die sie alleine niemals gefunden hätte.

Von all deinen Versprechen war »Ich verlasse Dich nie« das schlimmste. Alles beginnt mit einem Abschied: Finn hat die Stadt verlassen und Dia mit nichts als gebrochenen Versprechen und tausend Fragen zurückgelassen. Ein Jahr später steht er wieder vor ihr. Mit neuen Tattoos und neuen Geheimnissen. Die Highschoolzeiten sind jedoch vorbei und Dia hat inzwischen jemanden gefunden, der seine Versprechen hält. Finns Ziel ist noch immer dasselbe: Er will Dia zurück. Koste es, was es wolle. Das Problem dabei ist, er ist nicht der Einzige, der sich verändert hat. Dia ist längst nicht mehr das süße und unschuldige Mädchen, das sie einmal war.

Von all deinen Lügen war »Ich liebe Dich« die schlimmste. Alles beginnt mit einer Stellenausschreibung: »Haussitter für den Sommer gesucht. Unterkunft und Verpflegung inbegriffen.« Dass die Anwesenheit eines eingebildeten Basketballers Teil des Deals ist, begreift Dia jedoch erst, als es schon zu spät ist: Finn Richards - arrogant, heiß, unheilbar kaputt und wild entschlossen, Dia zur Kündigung zu bewegen. Dennoch braucht Dia das Geld. Zwei Monate wird sie definitiv aushalten können, das nimmt sie sich fest vor.

EU PRECISO FAZER UMA CONFISSÃO: nunca foi fácil ser eu. Você pode até pensar, com um quê de impaciência e uma boa dose de deboche (e já digo logo que entendo super, tá?): "Ah! Ser loira, popular, bonita, rica e invejada é realmente péssimo! Ter tudo o que deseja e ainda ser o crush de dez entre dez garotos é, com toda certeza, um martírio... Viajar para o exterior duas vezes por ano e ficar nos melhores hotéis é, sem sombra de dúvida, uma coisa pavorosa. Ó-meu-Deus--coi-ta-di-nha!" Já disse, eu entendo que você pense assim.