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1) Run away
Author
Language
English
Description
"You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs. And you do the only thing a parent can do: you follow her into a dark...
Author
Series
Sisterhood series volume 25
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When French model, Amalie Laurent and her one-time maid, Rosalee Muno fail to report for their weekly check-in with former Supreme Court Justice Pearl Barnes, the Sisterhood and their allies begin a search for them.
Author
Series
Glittering Court volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"For a select group of girls, the Glittering Court offers a shot at a life they've only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. To high-born Adelaide, whose wealthy family is forcing her into a loveless marriage, the Glittering Court represents something else-- the chance to chart her own destiny, and adventure in an unspoiled, prosperous new land across the sea. After a chance meeting with the dazzling Cedric Thorn, Adelaide poses as...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
"A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff's new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a...
6) Search party
Publisher
Focus World
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When the love of his life jilts him at the altar thanks to his hard partying pals Jason and Evan, Nardo follows her down to Mexico where he's carjacked and left naked in the middle of nowhere. Reluctantly summoning Jason and Evan to help reunite him with his runaway bride-to-be, Nardo becomes involved in an escalating series of outrageous misadventures.
7) The newcomer
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya's ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister's warnings: "If anything bad happens to me - it's Evan. Promise me you'll take Maya and run. Promise me." So Letty grabs her sister's Mercedes and hits the road with her wailing four-year-old...
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English
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Description
You don't see me
But I see you
From the author of The Book of You and The Second Sister, a twisty new thriller-perfect for readers of J.P. Delaney and Emily Elgar.
Holly Lawrence always wanted to be a spy, but the experience proved more dangerous than anything she imagined. Now, Holly lives under an assumed name, hiding from the man who nearly destroyed her life. She avoids relationships and trusts no one.
But Holly's new life begins to unravel...
10) Keeping Lucy
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Language
English
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Description
"From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson's heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with DownSyndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure from his powerful family, her husband, Ab, sent Lucy away to Willowridge, a special school for the "feeble-minded." Ab tried to convince Ginny it was for...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Allison Parker is on the run with her teenage daughter, Hannah, and Colter Shaw has been hired by her eccentric boss, entrepreneur Marty Harmon, to find and protect her. Though he's an expert at tracking missing persons--even those who don't wish to be found--Shaw has met his match in Allison, who brings all her skills as a brilliant engineer designing revolutionary technology to the game of evading detection. The reason for Allison's panicked flight...
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Language
English
Description
Dublin, 1962. Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one of the city's Magdalen Laundries. Once places of refuge, the laundries have evolved into grim workhouses. Some inmates are "fallen" women—unwed mothers, prostitutes, or petty criminals. Most are ordinary girls whose only sin lies in being too pretty, too independent, or tempting the wrong man. Among them is sixteen-year-old Teagan Tiernan,...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
For nine years, Drew Baker has been running from her brutal husband and the dark deeds of the night she left him. Focused on protecting her ten-year-old son, Drew reluctantly settles into a small town, eager to find proof of her husband's true nature so she can stop looking over her shoulder. But Drew is also on the run from her own terrible crimes, ones that mean prison and separation from her son should the police catch up to her before her husband...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Leah Townsend, a recently orphaned heiress, flees Richmond after discovering her fiancé's plot to kill her after their wedding. Looking for a safe place to hide, she accepts a newspaper marriage proposal from a God-fearing young rancher in the Montana Territory. But when Leah arrives at the mountain ranch, she learns her intended husband was killed by a grizzly, leaving behind a bitter older brother and a spunky younger sister. Gideon Bryant's first...
Author
Publisher
Golden Owl Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Thea Northcott cannot abide Benedict Bradwell, and the feeling is mutual. Or, is it? Thea: I would do nearly anything to avoid the lecherous advances of an eager earl, including running away from my finishing school and finding employment under a false name. The work turned out to be harder than I expected, however, and the prospect of returning to a life of comfort and a significant reduction of welts on my hands and shadows beneath my eyes just...
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