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Alex Lake's day job is all about helping people, especially children. She cares about them passionately and does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm. When the case of three-years-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention, Alex finds herself completely unable to detach from the child the way she should. She feels an overpowering need to make a real difference in little Ottilie's life, but no one is prepared to believe...
85) Made of stars
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"When eighteen-year-old Hunter Jackson and his half sister, Ashlin, return to their dad's for the first winter in years, they expect everything to be just like the warmer months they'd spent there as kids. And it is -- at first. But Chance, the charismatic and adventurous boy who made their summers epic, is harboring deep secrets. Secrets that are quickly spiraling into something else entirely. The reason they've never met Chance's parents or seen...
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"Comienza la explosiva saga de fantasía número 1 del New York Times. Los supervivientes de la fiebre de la sangre, una enfermedad que arrasó Kenettra hace diez años, son admirados y temidos a partes iguales. Se rumorea que poseen habilidades aterradoras y han empezado a llamarles los jóvenes de la élite."--
87) Half a heart
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At nine years of age, Logan Weber knows the routine. Keep quiet, make the food last, and don't ever cause trouble. He'll do what it takes to evade the rages of his troubled, violent father. Even though he's only a child, Logan already knows too much--has seen too much. So when the opportunity presents itself, Logan runs. He has no idea where his journey will lead, or that the grandmother he's been told is dead is desperately searching for him. Alone...
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Your lie in April volume 1
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"Kosei and Nagi's duet has carried their thoughts and feelings to the most precious people in the musicians' lives. The words, "please play with me again," from Kosei give Kaori a small ray of hope. As Kosei competes to qualify for the East Japan Piano Competition in December, Kaori begins her difficult rehabilitation. Each of them begins their difficult walk forward, but will the coming winter bring healing or hardship?"--Back cover.
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Clara ha perdido su sonrisa y no entiende muy bien por qué. Siente que una sombra la sigue. Una sombra que se hace cada vez más grande. Clara sabe que algo le sucede, pero no logra encontrar las palabras para expresarlo. Una historia sencilla y llena de matices simbólicos, que busca ayudar a los adultos a explicarle a los más pequeños cómo prevenir el abuso sexual infantil.
Clara has lost her smile and doesn't understand why. She feels like...
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"Bentley Rutledge is a rake, a rogue, and an out-and-out blackguard. Scandal trails in his wake, and fair maidens steer well clear of him. Frederica d'Avillez knows better than to trifle with Hell-Bent, but her youthful heart has been crushed by a fickle suitor, and she burns to throw caution to the wind. Who better to burn with than that handsome, hell-bound scoundrel all the ladies whisper about? Unfortunately, Rutledge is far from the carefree...
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"Can you ever escape the past? Stella is a teacher in a secondary school in the village of West Compton, North Yorkshire. She and her partner Wade appear to have the perfect life, but after receiving a series of threatening letters, her life takes a sinister turn. Stella is forced to examine her past to find out who is behind the letters. All evidence points to a man with whom she had a one-night stand. Deciding to confront him, Stella soon discovers...
93) The thorn bearer
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Penned in time volume 0001
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From the decks of the ill-fated Lusitania to the smoke-filled trenches of France, Ashleigh must choose between the forgiveness of her past, life in the present, and a Savior who can rescue her from them all. When her fiancé leaves her eight months before their wedding, the unexpected blow ignites a battalion of insecurities stemming from her father's intimate betrayal. Her worst fears are confirmed - who could ever love a soiled woman? In an attempt...
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Alice Hart lives in isolation by the sea, where her mother's enchanting flowers and their hidden messages shelter her from the dark moods of her father. When tragedy changes her life irrevocably, 9-year-old Alice goes to live with the grandmother she never knew existed, on a native flower farm that gives refuge to women who, like Alice, are lost or broken. In the Victorian tradition, every flower has a meaning and, as she settles into her new life,...