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Critically-acclaimed author Donald Cozzens that takes us behind the scenes of the Roman Catholic Church for an unflinching look at clergy sexual abuse and its very personal consequences. Cozzens weaves an intricate story of scholars and trained killers, bishops and priests, church ladies and clandestine operatives struggling--each in their own way--to protect the institution they venerate or to blow the lid off the oldest boys' club in the world.
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Just before she dies, Diedre McAlister's mother gives her a fading photograph and tells her, ''Find yourself. Find your truth. Just don’t expect it to be what you thought it would be.'' Armed with these clues to her past, Diedre sets out to find her older sister, Amber, who was mysteriously sent away by her parents when Diedre was very young. Her search will take her across the country -- and into the path of someone who will do anything to stop...
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Girls from da hood volume 2
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Imagine coming home to find a farewell note, an empty refrigerator, a disconnect notice from the electric company, and an eviction letter giving you thirty days to vacate the premises—all without a job to fall back on. Well, that's what happened to Africa Evans, a shy, insecure woman without a back-up plan. From one bad choice to another, Africa leans on love as an escape from her dilemma. But, for this girl from da hood, tough love may prove
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Memphis Cold Case novels volume 4
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"In a desperate search for her kidnapped niece, Carly Smith comes face to face with her sister's killer and must decide whether to trust her ex-boyfriend, officer Logan Donovan, when he steps in to help"--
45) Palmers Gate
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In the early 1970s, a strange, nearly silent girl moves into ten-year-old Robby's neighborhood, and he befriends her knowing that something is wrong in her house, wanting to help, but not understanding enough even to express his concerns.
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Dirty Red novels volume 1
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Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with a provocative femininity. She employs her dirty ways-- even faking a pregnancy with her boyfriend-- to win a closet full of Gucci bags, a deluxe condominium full of baby accessories, a new car, and a book deal. But when one of Red's scams backfires and she winds up truly pregnant by her inmate ex-boyfriend, Bacon, she finds herself in more trouble than she's ever known....
47) Gild
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Plated prisoner volume 1
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"By best-selling author Raven Kennedy, comes the first book in a stunning new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer L. Armentrout. The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones with power rule. Gold. Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold. Even me. King Midas rescued me. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal....
48) Quiet no more
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College freshman Victoria Parker is trying to move on with her life after surviving sexual assault by her father and six months in foster care. She's focusing on the positives-- attending college, living on her own, repairing old relationships and making new ones, and getting involved with an abuse survivors activist group on campus. Everything is thrown into disarray when a woman shows up claiming to be Victoria's aunt, and asking her to lie about...
49) Scars
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Fifteen-year-old Kendra, a budding artist, has not felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially since she cannot remember her abuser's identity, and she copes with the pressure by cutting herself.
51) El color purpura
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"Esta es la historia de dos hermanas: Nettie, que ejerce como misionera en Africa, y Celie, que vive en el Sur de Estados Unidos, casada con un hombre al que odia y abrumada por la verguenza de haber sido violada por quien cree que es su padre. A lo largo de treinta anos ambas mantienen el recuerdo y la esperanza de reencontrarse y vuelcan sus sentimientos en unas cartas conmovedoras. Pero la dramatica existencia de Celie cambiara cuando entre en...
53) Prey
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Told from their separate points of view, fifteen-year-old Ryan has a secret affair with his thirty-three-year-old history teacher at an Atlanta high school, and his best friend Honey becomes determined to uncover the reason he is increasingly distant.
56) Hotel Iris
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Young hotel clerk Mari is drawn to a widowed translator suspected of killing his wife, who initiates her into a dark realm of pleasure and pain, a world that she embraces even more than the translator.
57) Glow
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Plated prisoner volume 4
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"Free. I'm finally out from under Midas's thumb, but there are consequences when you kill a king. The other monarchs are coming for me. With Slade Ravinger by my side, I have to learn to control my power. Because so long as I live in this world, I won't be used again. So I will fight for him, and he will kill for me, and if we need to, we will become the villains."
59) Glint
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Plated prisoner volume 2
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"For ten years, I've lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas's golden castle. But one night changed everything. Now I'm here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom's army, and I'm not sure if I'm going to make it out of this in one piece. They're marching to battle, and I'm the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war. At the heart of my fear, my worry, there's him--Commander Rip. Known for his brutality on the battlefield, his viciousness...