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81) The last brother
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"As 1944 comes to a close, nine-year-old Raj is unaware of the war devastating the rest of the world. He lives in Mauritius, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, where survival is a daily struggle for his family. After a brutal beating lands Raj in the hospital of a prison camp, he meets David, a boy his own age. David is a refugee, one of a groups of Jewish exiles now indefinitely detained in Mauritius. When a massive storm on the island brings chaos...
82) Berlin syndrome
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One afternoon, near the tourist trap of Checkpoint Charlie, Clare meets Andi. There is an instant attraction, and when Andi invites her to stay, Clare thinks she may finally have found somewhere to call home. But as the days pass and the walls of Andi's apartment close in, Clare begins to wonder if it's really love that Andi is searching for a or something else altogether. Berlin Syndrome is a closely observed and gripping psychological thriller that...
83) Coyote
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A daughter disappears in the middle of the night. What happens in the aftermath of this tragedy--after the search is abandoned, after the TV crews move on to cover the latest horrific incident--is the story of Coyote. There is a marriage and a detective. There is a storm, a talk show host, and a roasted boar. People are murdered and things are hidden. Coyotes skulk in the woods, a man stands by the fence, and a tale emerges within this familiar landscape...
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DANA is a beautiful, sweet, young woman who can't wait for the arrival of her little bundle of joy that's growing inside of her. What should be the happiest time of her life is only a piece of reality, shrouded with abuse from NEIL, Dana's unfaithful, abusive fiancé.
87) The spiderling
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"Eleven-year-old Kiwi Seager knows two things: She's going to hell someday and, even worse, her mother can never love her again. Her only friend is the journal where she confides her hopes and fears. Kiwi has done something no mother could ever forgive, something that has forced this mother and daughter to flee their California home and to accept the help of strangers. Can they run fast enough and far enough to lose the evil following them? Or does...
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Set in the late 1920s, in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, eighth grade Emerald is about to learn some hard lessons when a deeply disturbed man is thrust into her life by her abusive father and enabling mother. A blossoming young woman is accompanied by her friends and her foes on a journey toward hope and healing as she questions why her faith didn't save her from assault, and how she might protect herself.
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W ostatnim momencie ucieczka Joanny kończy się niepowodzeniem - kobieta ponownie wraca do niekochanego męża i powoli zaczyna tracić nadzieję na to, że resztę swojego życia będzie mogła spędzić z Richardem. Gdy wybucha pandemia, mąż kobiety staje się jeszcze bardziej agresywny i nie przestaje jej kontrolować ani na chwilę. Samotna Joanna nie wie już, czy Richard naprawdę ją kochał, czy może chciał spędzić z nią jedynie kilka...
90) Next comes love
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Harlequin super romance volume 1594
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"Street-smart city girl Erica Corelli spent the three best days of her childhood on Mirabelle Island. Now her sister has disappeared and Erica's on the run with her six-year-old nephew. The boy's father, an abusive Chicago cop, will stop at nothing to get his son back. Erica can only hope this unforgettable island paradise is a safe place to hide. Garrett Taylor, the island's chief of police, takes one look at Erica and thinks, Trouble. The mysterious,...
92) Liberty
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A man she thought she knew. A passion beyond her wildest fantasies ... When Ryan Beecher returns home after a long deployment overseas, Lexy barely recognizes her husband. The man who left Texas for Afghanistan was cruel and abusive. The man who comes back to her is a badly injured stranger with amnesia--and no memory of their life together. Lexy can't believe how much Ryan has changed. The wounded marine is now gentle, caring and tender. And his...
93) Ostatni lot
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Claire Cook wiedzie idealne życie u boku kochającego męża. Małżeństwo z zamożnym politykiem, luksusowe mieszkanie na Manhattanie i żadnych powodów do zmartwień. Ale to tylko pozory. Za zamkniętymi drzwiami ich domu nic nie jest takie, jak się wydaje. Apodyktyczny mąż nie dość, że nie potrafi zapanować nad swoim wybuchowym charakterem, to jeszcze śledzi każdy ruch żony, aby zyskać pewność, że Claire jest w stanie sprostać...
94) About Phoenix
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Should you get into the car of someone you barely know? Hard to resist when the driver is Jessup Smith, the handsomest teacher in school. That night, he drives sixteen-year-old Phoenix and her little sister Sasha--both brilliant misfits--home. A few days later, their mother, Erika, lets herself be seduced by Mr. Smith. Not long after, he's moving in, filling the empty space left by Phoenix and Sasha's father, who left the family without warning last...
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"A woman on the edge of the sea finds a girl on the edge of life. Brittle but not yet broken, Ia Pendilly ekes out a fierce life in a caravan on the coast of Cornwall. In years of living with Bran - her embattled, battering cousin and common law husband - she's never yet had her own baby. So when she discovers the waif washed up on the shore, Ia takes the risk and rescues her. And the girl, in turn, will rescue something in Ia - bringing back a memory...