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1) Love bomb
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An inventive, mordantly funny novel about love, marriage, stalkers, and the indignities of parenthood
In quaint Haddonfield, New Jersey, Tess is about to marry Gabe in her childhood home. Her mother, Helen, is in a panic about the guests, who include warring exes, crying babies, jealous girlfriends, and too many psychiatrists. But the most difficult guest was never on the list at all: a woman in a wedding dress and a gas mask, armed with a rifle,...
3) Wolf
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Edgar Award winner and internationally bestselling author Mo Hayder has made her name with nightmarishly dark, impeccably-plotted thrillers that hook readers from the first page and won't let them go. With her latest novel, Wolf, the frighteningly talented Hayder ratchets up the terror yet another notch, with a bone-chilling novel about a family held hostage in their country home. Wolf kicks off when a vagrant – the Walking Man, an enigmatic, recurring...
4) Out of sight
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Deputy U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is taken hostage by bank robber Jack Foley when she is caught in the middle of his escape from Florida's Glades Prison, and realizes she is attracted to her captor while huddled with him in the trunk of the getaway car.
5) Home free
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Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle of the Sisterhood welcome a break from their work as vigilantes and attempt to embrace normal lives until they are called in by President Martine Connor, who informs them of her new "unofficial" group of which the Sisterhood is a part of, and the women must take on the assignments no one else will.
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The latest masterwork from one of the leading writers of suspense . . . New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell returns with a chilling tale of the law gone wrong and a kidnapping that threatens more than one life. The Wrong Hostage Orphaned at thirteen, Grace Silva clawed her way out of poverty and violence to become one of the most respected judges on the federal bench. Grace believes in the rule of law -- lives it, breathes it. She has...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
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Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
"Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book." —Washington Post Book World
New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Disturbing and tons of fun." -The Guardian
"Just take all those accolades used for thrillers-unputdownable, twisty, dark, chilling, vivid, explosive, intense-and heap them on. Because this book is that good. That credible. And that terrifying..." -First Clue, Starred Review
How far would you go to protect the ones you love?
Jamie and Victoria are off for a last quick vacation before the arrival of their first baby. The remote country guesthouse...
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Posing as undercover and on the run, she has just one chance to escape...
The only way for Special Agent Sadie Buchanan to retrieve a hostage from a criminal camp embedded deep in the Tennessee wilderness is to team up with a stranger she can't figure out. He's attractive and smart, yes. Trustworthy, maybe. But when hardheaded Sadie and operative Flynn move to outsmart the enemy, extreme danger lies ahead...
10) Safe as Houses
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Canongate Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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A single mother stands in the garden of her isolated house, hanging out the washing, when suddenly a man appears. When he grabs at her, Lisa runs, but she is not quick enough.Suddenly Lisa and her young daughter find themselves held hostage in their own home. In the following hours and days, Lisa will do the unimaginable to protect her child - all the time wondering why the only witness has not come back to help her. .Simmering with tension and lust...
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Harlequin
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[2014]
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English
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PASSION FOR HER PROTECTOR Facing marriage to a man she loathes, virtuous Thomasina is forced to choose family duty over her own happiness -- until a high-stakes tournament ends in her abduction! Trapped with her fearless captor, the legendary Wolf of Wales, she soon finds herself irresistibly drawn to the man beneath the armor. Though Rheged captured Tamsin in the name of revenge, he can't ignore his instinct to protect her. Although to love her could...
12) Hostage: a novel
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It's 1975, and Shaltiel Feigenberg, a professional storyteller and writer, has been taken hostage. He has been abducted from his home in Brooklyn, New York, blindfolded and tied to a chair in a dark basement. His captors, an Arab and an Italian, don't explain why Shaltiel has been chosen, just that his life will be bartered for the freedom of three Palestinian prisoners. As his days of waiting commence, Shaltiel resorts to what he does best, telling...
13) The husband trap
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"Had me gasping and on the edge of my seat. Gripping from the start and took my breath away!" --Goodreads reviewer, five stars He's just proposed to his girlfriend--but another woman has him in her sights, in this terrifying thriller by the author of My Dead Husband . Liam finally popped the question, and Emily said yes. But that very same night, Liam gets abducted . . . and wakes up to a nightmare. On a large estate in the middle of nowhere, Liam...
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Harlequin Historical
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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LONDON'S MOST DISSOLUTE BACHELOR No one knows how to sin quite like Zachary Black, Duke of Hawksmere. So when he finds a mysterious veiled woman hiding in his carriage, there's only one thing to do ... carry her to his bedchamber and find out what she wants! But coming face-to-face with beautiful Lady Georgianna Lancaster--his former fiancée -- unnerves Zachary. Maybe the best way to restore his equilibrium is to hold her captive ... and turn the...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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More of the suspense you love -- now Love Inspired Suspense brings you six new titles, in two convenient bundles! Enjoy these contemporary heart-pounding tales of suspense, romance, hope and faith. This Love Inspired Suspense bundle includes Hazardous Homecoming by Dana Mentink, Silent Night Standoff by Susan Sleeman and Perilous Refuge by Kathleen Tailer. Look for six new inspirational suspense stories every month from Love Inspired Suspense!
16) Nowhere to Run
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Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A woman is trapped in a taxi with a killer who has very special plans in place for her . . . After her martial arts class, Katy Mitchell gets into a taxi as usual. But something is wrong as her driver, Markus, misses the turn. Instead, he takes her on a wild, frightening ride. He is testing her, Markus explains. He drives to an abandoned building where he’s holding another hostage. If she kills her fellow captive, Markus will set her free. But Katy...
17) One Breath Away
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When the unthinkable happens, a community is rocked to its core in this heart-stopping and emotionally-charged thriller from New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence, Heather Gudenkauf. In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of Broken Branch watches and waits. Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the town's children...
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Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Harlequin Romantic Suspense brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! Looking for heart-racing romance and high-stakes suspense? This Harlequin Romantic Suspense bundle includes Cavanaugh Undercover by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella, Executive Protection by Jennifer Morey, Traitorous Attraction by C.J. Miller and Latimer's Law by Mel Sterling. Look for 4 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Romantic...
19) The Prize
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HQN Books
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[2012]
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English
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An infamous sea captain of the British Royal Navy, Devlin O'Neill is consumed with the need to destroy the man who brutally murdered his father. Having nearly ruined the Earl of Eastleigh financially, he is waiting to strike the final blow. And his opportunity comes in the form of a spirited young American woman, the earl's niece, who is about to set his cold, calculating world on fire ... Born and raised on a tobacco plantation, orphan Virginia Hughes...
20) Secrets She Kept
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Can she trust him? The Safest Lies by Debra Webb The only way for Special Agent Sadie Buchanan to retrieve a hostage from a criminal camp embedded deep in the Tennessee wilderness is to team up with a stranger she can't figure out. He's attractive and smart, yes. Trustworthy, maybe. But when hardheaded Sadie and operative Flynn move to outsmart the enemy, extreme danger lies ahead... Undercover Accomplice by Carol Ericson A terrorist attack is looming,...
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