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266 pp.
| Feiwel
| April, 2018
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TradeISBN 978-1-250-13386-1$18.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-250-13387-8
(4)
YA
Vale's storybook romance takes a tragic turn when her longtime boyfriend ends up in a coma after a graduation- night car crash. After reluctantly leaving his bedside, she heads to college and falls for a sensitive bad boy. A major narrative twist is startling but doesn't add much to character or story. Fans of steamy new-adult romances may enjoy this lightweight drama regardless.
346 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| August, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-3893-3$18.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-3894-0
(4)
YA
Field Party series.
After Riley was raped by a wealthy football star, then shamed and shunned, the fifteen-year-old fled conservative Lawton, Alabama. Now Riley is back--with fifteen-month-old daughter Bryony--and she slowly develops a relationship with senior quarterback Brady, who initially doubted the rape. Told through Riley's and Brady's alternating first-person accounts, this third novel set in football-crazy Lawton reads like a predictable soap opera.
330 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| August, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-3889-6$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-3891-9
(4)
YA
Field Party series.
Willa returns to Lawton to live with her grandmother after being away for six years. But Willa has a secret--and she's not the only one. Reconnecting with former friends, wealthy Gunner and football star Brady, leads to high emotions and romantic conflict. Told in the trio's alternating, somewhat self-absorbed voices, this second volume about the Alabama high school leaves some loose ends open.
330 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| August, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-3885-8$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-3886-5
(4)
YA
Field Party series.
West Ashby, football king of Alabama's Lawton High, is secretly drowning in grief over his father's cancer. At a party, West confides in new girl Maggie, who's experienced her own trauma and hasn't spoken since; when Maggie breaks her silence, a unique bond forms. Despite some contrivances, fans of The Vincent Boys and Glines's other mature romances will enjoy this new series.
259 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| October, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-1-4424-8526-6$17.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-4424-8525-9$9.99
(4)
YA
Preacher's daughter Ashton channels her inner bad girl when she becomes involved in a dangerous love triangle with her quarterback boyfriend's rebel-without-a-cause cousin, Beau. The romance quickly gains momentum as they struggle to keep their relationship a secret. The connection between Ashton and Beau is seriously steamy, but the predictable resolution lacks imagination in this high school romance novel.
281 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| December, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-1-4424-8529-7$17.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-4424-8528-0$9.99
(4)
YA
Lana has been in love with Sawyer Vincent forever, and with his newly single status, Lana decides to make her move. The only problem: Sawyer's ex is Lana's cousin Ashton and the girls have a complicated history. While fans of the companion love-triangle story, The Vincent Boys, will enjoy the same steaminess in this book, its premise is just too familiar.