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"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America. In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed...
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Charmed Amish life volume 3
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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New York Times Bestselling Author In Shelley Shepard Gray's third book in her Charmed Amish Life series, a respectable young woman finds herself falling for an Amish man from the wrong side of the tracks. Amelia Kinsinger is the perfect Amish woman -- at least according to her neighbors. And while Amelia takes pride in her role as homemaker, she's also harboring a secret: She's been in love with bad boy Simon Hochstetler for as long as she can remember....
43) Against the Law
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Severn House Publishers
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[2018]
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English
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Introducing lawyer-turned-ex-con Edward Hall -- from the "the finest writer of legal thrillers in the country" (Jeremiah Healy, bestselling author of the John Cuddy mysteries). Fresh out of prison, former lawyer Edward Hall thinks his days in the courtroom are behind him. Until his sister, Dr Amy Hall, is arrested for murder . . She's been accused of shooting the ex-husband she supposedly reconciled with and is convinced that her ex-convict brother...
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A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 28
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Destined to be a treasure for the millions of fans who made American Gods an internationally bestselling phenomenon, this beautifully designed and illustrated collectible edition of Neil Gaiman's revered masterpiece features enlightening and incisive notes throughout by award-winning annotator and editor Leslie S. Klinger. A perennial favorite of readers worldwide, American Gods tells the story of ex-con Shadow Moon, who emerges from prison and is...
46) The innocent
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Dutton
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IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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NOW THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES EL INOCENTE!
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger takes readers on an electrifying ride in this thriller that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia—where one mistake can change your life forever.
One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes...
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger takes readers on an electrifying ride in this thriller that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia—where one mistake can change your life forever.
One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes...
47) Snake Eyes
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Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
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[2017]
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English
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A New Jersey family takes an ex-con into their suburban home in this "chilling, nightmarish" novel by a #1 New York Times --bestselling author (San Francisco Chronicle). Attorney Michael O'Meara's dogged belief that Lee Roy Sears was innocent of murder has paid off. The lawyer has not only gotten the convicted inmate released from death row at Connecticut State Prison, but also procured an artist's residency in Mount Orion, New Jersey, for the rehabilitated...
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It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old runaway Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal, who first coddled her and then groomed her into his partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and Manny were infamous for their string of gas station robberies throughout Texas, making a name for themselves as the Texaco Twosome. Fourteen years later, Kit has scraped together a life for herself and her daughter amongst the pecan trees...
50) Redemption
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Jack French has had two long years of prison-ranch labor to focus on starting over, cleaning up his act and making things right. When he comes home to close-knit Beartooth, Montana, he's bent on leveling the score with the men who set him up. The one thing he doesn't factor into his plans is beautiful Kate LaFond. With adventure-seeking in her blood, Kate's got big dreams to chase and a troubled past to put to rest. And even though a red-hot connection...
51) Under Her Skin
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Her Body is His Canvas A darkly possessive relationship has left Uma alone and on the run. Beneath her drab clothing, she hides a terrible secret-proof of her abuse, tattooed onto her skin in a lurid reminder of everything she's survived. Caught between a brutal past and an uncertain future, Uma's reluctant to bare herself to anyone, much less a rough ex-con whose rage drives him in ways she will never understand. But beneath his frightening exterior,...
52) The odds
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The Homicide Department is upside down-Richard Christie is in the hospital, Artie Dolan is headed away on vacation, John Potocki's life is falling apart, and Colleen Greer is so worried about her boss's health, she can hardly think. A young boy in Pittsburgh's North Side neighborhood dies of a suspicious overdose. The Narcotics police are working on tips and they draft Colleen and Potocki to help them. In this same neighborhood, four young kids have...
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2014
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English
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Ray Donovan is the go-to guy who makes the problems of Los Angeles celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls disappear. This powerful family drama unfolds when his Irish gangster father is unexpectedly released from prison, setting off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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The best Christmas gift… is a second chance with her! Cody Jones is a good cowboy with a bad past. But he's paid for his mistakes and is finally coming home to Barren, Kansas. Only this time, ranch princess Willow Bodine won't be waiting. She's gotten engaged to another man: Cody's enemy. Now Cody must prove that a bad boy cowboy can change his spurs…and become the man Willow truly deserves by Christmas. USA TODAY Bestselling Author From Harlequin...
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HQN Books
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2021.
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English
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In Wild River, Alaska, the sweetest Christmas gift may be a second chance…
Jade Frazier is thrilled to see her sister happily in love this holiday season, though she wishes Santa had something special lined up for her, too. For now, Jade will focus on the final assignment for her interior design course-decorating a local business for the holidays. Too bad every store is already decked out…except for the new tattoo shop. Rumors are flying about...
56) Time Served
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Carina Press
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[2015]
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One of my favorite things in this book is that it doesn't pull punches If you're looking for a gritty story with a lot of heat (and I mean a lot) and real characters, I'd definitely recommend Time Served. Dear Author, recommended read Dean Barclay had nothing to do with my decision to flee my old life, but he is 100 percent of the reason I vowed to never look back. I've never forgotten how it felt to follow Dean dangerous, daring, determined away...
57) All Chained Up
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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There are bad boys and then there are the men of Devil's Rock . . .
Some men come with a built-in warning label. Knox Callaghan is one of them. Danger radiates from every lean, muscled inch of him, and his deep blue eyes seem to see right through to Briar Davis's most secret fantasies. But there's one major problem: Briar is a nurse volunteering at the local prison, and Knox is an inmate who should be off-limits in every way.
Knox feels it too-a shocking...
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Even Ray Donovan's actions have consequences and he soon learns that clean slates are a dirty business. Ray has taken some hits that would leave lesser men down for the count, but what doesn't kill a Donovan only makes him stronger. One thing's for sure, whether you're with him or against him, it may be a new day, but it's the same Ray.
59) Void moon
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Ex-con Cassie Black, lured back to a life of crime by a desperate need for money, lines up a mark to rob at a Las Vegas casino, only to find she has been set up by Jack Karch, a psychopathic private investigator employed by the mob.
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Spirit Reign Communication
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[2015]
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English
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Whether your dreams have been derailed by self-inflicted choices or second-hand circumstances, From Felon To Forbes, delivers a fresh breath of possibility for what a person can achieve with their life. Coach Jae's ability to connect, coach, and empower with a mix of relevant analogies, shameless transparency and results-based strategies truly makes him a '1-of-1' amongst today's personal success coaches. The gift, you are now holding, is simply your...
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